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[Q] MSL, PRL, and Internet...

This is for an EVO Design.
Does the phone, on Sprint, need the proper MSL to activate the internet or even self program? I have a phone with all 0's as the MSL which is incorrect. The proper MSL is an actual number for this MEID.
Does the phone need the newest PRL to activate properly? PRL version is 51079.

This is for an EVO Design.
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Well this is the Original Evo 4g forum, but i'll try to help.
Does the phone, on Sprint, need the proper MSL to activate the internet or even self program?
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Yes.
I have a phone with all 0's as the MSL which is incorrect.
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Obviously your phone was unlocked and flashed to another carrier. I have no clue how to get it back.
Does the phone need the newest PRL to activate properly? PRL version is 51079.
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It doesn't need the newest, but it definitely needs a proper sprint prl, and that is not it.

verizon prl on sprint help

Im attempting to install the verizon prl on a jellybean sprint nexus. I get as far as putting the anycut widget on my homescreen and I click on the write prl button it closes out and a messege at the bottom of the screen says "Fail to send TEST PRL file". Why is it not working right?

Do you have a Verizon prl that is renamed to Test.prl in the root of your sdcard?
Beamed from my Maguro

Mach3.2 said:
Do you have a Verizon prl that is renamed to Test.prl in the root of your sdcard?
Beamed from my Maguro
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Yes TEST.prl is in the root of sdcard. Tried several different prls. If I dont have one in there it just says that it cant find TEST.prl, but when I have it in there it gives me the fail to send PRL TEST

Got it working now. Went to stock Jellybean. Apparently something was messed up with the aokp rom.

Flash it back to sprint

Hi, I don't know much about flashing but I'm planning on buying a sprint GS3 that's flashed to page plus..I was wondering if u can flash it back to sprint?
Thanks.

Its possible but very hard from what I've heard .
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Make sure before you buy it that it has a clean ESN.
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Wouldn't you just be able to Odin software and modem back to sprint? I would believe in theory that would revert it back to correct settings. I may be wrong however
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Procedure to convert back to sprint.
1) ##RTN# then hit reset
2) Load a sprint prl
a) system settings -> system update -> update prl
b) or load a sprint prl with your favorite software like cdma workshop, dfs, etc.
That is all you have to do. After you do the above your phone should be ready to activate on sprint.
What I am not sure about is changing your msl back to the sprint default. That would not hurt anything, so make sure you save it somewhere in case you need it. I have converted a galaxy 4g to pageplus then back to sprint without any problems and did not change the msl from 000000.
One other note you don't have to change the prl but you will flagged for roaming if you use a verizon prl. That is not a good idea to roam all the time.
Note: Odin does not reset the nvram or change the prl.
Good luck, The sprint s3 works great on pageplus.

alphahere said:
Procedure to convert back to sprint.
1) ##RTN# then hit reset
2) Load a sprint prl
a) system settings -> system update -> update prl
b) or load a sprint prl with your favorite software like cdma workshop, dfs, etc.
That is all you have to do. After you do the above your phone should be ready to activate on sprint.
What I am not sure about is changing your msl back to the sprint default. That would not hurt anything, so make sure you save it somewhere in case you need it. I have converted a galaxy 4g to pageplus then back to sprint without any problems and did not change the msl from 000000.
One other note you don't have to change the prl but you will flagged for roaming if you use a verizon prl. That is not a good idea to roam all the time.
Note: Odin does not reset the nvram or change the prl.
Good luck, The sprint s3 works great on pageplus.
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Would this be the same process flashing back to sprint from boost, or just on page plus?
Thanks in advance

nfixit said:
Would this be the same process flashing back to sprint from boost, or just on page plus?
Thanks in advance
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Same procedure...
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Is there a tutorial on xda (or YouTube) on this procedure? I'm a noob to xda and flashing but I'm capable. For ex. Step #1 ##RTN# then hit reset. Is this done on the phones keypad or a software app ex CDMA workshop?
Thanks again

16-digit password not working after flashing ROM

Flashed my e4gt from a rooted ics to Jellyverse ROM.
Worked flawlessly, but now i need to reprogram my data settings with DFS CDMA Tool... But the damn 16 digit password doesnt work anymore !
Ive flashed this phone to page plus myself and 2010031619780721 worked as a 16 digit password to unlock the phone last time... now no such luck
any suggestions ?

I'm not certain about pageplus but I don't think you need to reprogram the phone through the utility that requires the password. What are you trying to do? Do you have data and the ability to make and receive phone calls?

Call and text are working, there is zero data.
I know when i got the phone all the data profiles and EVDO settings were set to us cellular settings from the previous owner. I initially had to change all the values to my new number and the verizon towers.
I believe these settings got changed when i installed the new GB27 modem for this ROM ?
I spent alot of time reading/learning about flashing phones and I have repeatedly read that flashing new roms to a phone will require to it to be reflashed to the service provider.

easymachtdas said:
Call and text are working, there is zero data.
I know when i got the phone all the data profiles and EVDO settings were set to us cellular settings from the previous owner. I initially had to change all the values to my new number and the verizon towers.
I believe these settings got changed when i installed the new GB27 modem for this ROM ?
I spent alot of time reading/learning about flashing phones and I have repeatedly read that flashing new roms to a phone will require to it to be reflashed to the service provider.
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And that last may be correct. I wonder if you need a specific modem for pageplus. For instance, I have to flash GC01 modem for Boost on Jellybean because the regular Sprint modem doesn't work (even though you think it would since Boost is really Sprint's prepaid provider). Maybe try the one for virgin mobile I can't recall what modem corresponds to pageplus and I don't see one specific to that carrier. Flashing the modem alone should not wipe out any of the phones carrier info that is programmed in that I've ever seen but it is important for it to use data.
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Also, not sure if this applies but it looks like you have to have the correct prl installed for the data to work properly too. I posted in this thread about that and the modem for JB on PagePlus to see if anyone knows for sure:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=49177879#post49177879

Ok, I got a reply.
Must have a Verizon PRL flashed to the phone.
This means, do not use the update profile & PRL option in the ROM or it may wipe out the PRL. He didn't specify which JB modem to use however.
Edit: You will need your MSL to update the prl on the phone and unless you already have it, I understand its not easy to retrieve on a non-Sprint phone if that is what you've got.

thank you for the input
I turned for help to the page plus flashing thread I used initially to flash this phone. I need to find out why the 16 digit password to unlock my phone does not work anymore. The 16 digit password is the same thing as the SPC MSL, as in it unlocks the phone so you can edit the CDMA settings.
Im pretty convinced that either the data or evdo settings got changed, or I need to update the PRL again, like you said.
Flashing the ROM changed one of those settings. We will fix this together XDA !

These threads may be helpful.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2060085
www.howardforums.com/showthread.php...Sprint-SERO-Legacy-Plans-With-HTC-Touch-Pro-2

easymachtdas said:
thank you for the input
I turned for help to the page plus flashing thread I used initially to flash this phone. I need to find out why the 16 digit password to unlock my phone does not work anymore. The 16 digit password is the same thing as the SPC MSL, as in it unlocks the phone so you can edit the CDMA settings.
Im pretty convinced that either the data or evdo settings got changed, or I need to update the PRL again, like you said.
Flashing the ROM changed one of those settings. We will fix this together XDA !
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In case anyone else runs into this...
solution: Sprint 16 digit password worked. The ROM must have been written for a sprint device? either way it works

[Q] LG-LS970 possible to unlock yet or prepaid atleast?

Is it possible to unlock the LG-LS970 without tearing the phone apart and soldering a sim card in it? Or atleast get a prepaid plan with it? It use to be a sprint contract phone.

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Is it possible to unlock the LG-LS970 without tearing the phone apart and soldering a sim card in it? Or atleast get a prepaid plan with it? It use to be a sprint contract phone.
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I'm not quite sure this is what you want, but:
Root and unlock is here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2050582
If you want to do the sim card mod go here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2043604
As for the prepaid plan I'll let you search for that one

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Is it possible to unlock the LG-LS970 without tearing the phone apart and soldering a sim card in it? Or atleast get a prepaid plan with it? It use to be a sprint contract phone.
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You can flash the phone to change the nv settings and allow use of it on a prepaid network such as Cricket or Metro PCS There are other networks as well such as Ting (I think you don't even need to flash to use Ting) https://ting.com/byod

I was wanting it on StraightTalk. I've seen people have this done while searching but I cannot find out how to do it. I'd like to do this without having to sodder anything.

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I was wanting it on StraightTalk. I've seen people have this done while searching but I cannot find out how to do it. I'd like to do this without having to sodder anything.
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Go here http://www.straighttalk.com/wps/portal/home/h/byop/registration
You can proceed with registering your CDMA phone to Straight Talk. I tried with mine (Lg Optimus G) and it went through but I didn't want to go very far because I do not want to actually register my phone to ST.

I have just purchased an LG OG that seems to have been flashed to Page Plus Wireless while the seller said it was ready for sprint activation, any idea on what I need to do to revert back to sprint?

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I have just purchased an LG OG that seems to have been flashed to Page Plus Wireless while the seller said it was ready for sprint activation, any idea on what I need to do to revert back to sprint?
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Might need to be flashed back depending on how the NV items are held. I flashed an HTC evo once to cricket and when I did a hard reset the flash went away. You can try a factory reset through recovery.
But first I would check the esn to see if it will even be accepted on sprint. A lot of times phones get flashed because they have a bad esn with sprint..
check it here.
http://swappa.com/esn

Thanks for the reply. I purchased the phone via swappa and it passes their ESN checks, I also called Sprint customer service and they also verified that the ESN is clean. However the chat representative claimed that it must still be active on some other carrier.
I have also used kitty wireless's meid check and it comes back as active_with_ppc and has what i assume is the old owners phone number. Any ideas? Is it as simple as flashing the correct stock rom/radio/prl and then going through the Sprint activation process?
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bran2113 said:
Thanks for the reply. I purchased the phone via swappa and it passes their ESN checks, I also called Sprint customer service and they also verified that the ESN is clean. However the chat representative claimed that it must still be active on some other carrier.
I have also used kitty wireless's meid check and it comes back as active_with_ppc and has what i assume is the old owners phone number. Any ideas? Is it as simple as flashing the correct stock rom/radio/prl and then going through the Sprint activation process?
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Glad the ESN is good for you.
I think the issue you might have is that it is still active with another carrier. You can try to run through the process of flashing it using qpst. I think the settings for the other carrier are still there.
First try to flash the radio and prl and add it to your Sprint account. But like I mentioned, Sprint doesn't like when the phone is still active on any network, you may have to contact the buyer to remove the phone from their account.
Is the phone rooted? What ROM is on it? What does it list for Radio and PRL now?

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Glad the ESN is good for you.
I think the issue you might have is that it is still active with another carrier. You can try to run through the process of flashing it using qpst. I think the settings for the other carrier are still there.
First try to flash the radio and prl and add it to your Sprint account. But like I mentioned, Sprint doesn't like when the phone is still active on any network, you may have to contact the buyer to remove the phone from their account.
Is the phone rooted? What ROM is on it? What does it list for Radio and PRL now?
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Phone is rooted, and came with stocktimus. The seller also left several other roms and backups, as well as pageplus prls on the device's storage . The current prl is 44018, although the network is listed as Chameleon in the settings.
Baseband: M9615A-CEFWMAZM-2.0 1690
Kernal:3.4.0
Buildnumber:Stocktimus_0_v1
Software:LS970ZVC
If there is other info that might help please let me know. Im new to LG devices and the last device I have modified was a moto atrix.
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bran2113 said:
Phone is rooted, and came with stocktimus. The seller also left several other roms and backups, as well as pageplus prls on the device's storage . The current prl is 44018, although the network is listed as Chameleon in the settings.
Baseband: M9615A-CEFWMAZM-2.0 1690
Kernal:3.4.0
Buildnumber:Stocktimus_0_v1
Software:LS970ZVC
If there is other info that might help please let me know. Im new to LG devices and the last device I have modified was a moto atrix.
Sent from my LG-LS970 using XDA Free mobile app
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Try to flash the ZVC radio and do a reset on the phone. Looks like you might need to flash some files using QPST. Also since you are on a stockish rom try to update the PRL within system updates. It might pick up the current Sprint PRL of 25019, that should help with activation. I don't know if it will pick it up since you are not on Sprint at the moment but it's worth a shot.
If that doesn't work, find a way to flash a newer Sprint PRL with QPST (I don't think you'll find 25019 on the net yet) then try to update it on the phone.
You might try some of these codes too to see if you can do some NV changes, seems like the one for network reset or clear OTA provision might do the trick, I stongly suggest you make a full backup including an EFS backup first before doing anything.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2052816
Here is the thread to create an EFS backup, do not use the zero EFS. The Optimus_G_Create_Flashable_EFSv4 zip will create a flashable recovery of your EFS (the EFS holds you ESN and other good stuff to make the phone work)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2161498

dopy25 said:
Try to flash the ZVC radio and do a reset on the phone. Looks like you might need to flash some files using QPST. Also since you are on a stockish rom try to update the PRL within system updates. It might pick up the current Sprint PRL of 25019, that should help with activation. I don't know if it will pick it up since you are not on Sprint at the moment but it's worth a shot.
If that doesn't work, find a way to flash a newer Sprint PRL with QPST (I don't think you'll find 25019 on the net yet) then try to update it on the phone.
You might try some of these codes too to see if you can do some NV changes, seems like the one for network reset or clear OTA provision might do the trick, I stongly suggest you make a full backup including an EFS backup first before doing anything.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2052816
Here is the thread to create an EFS backup, do not use the zero EFS. The Optimus_G_Create_Flashable_EFSv4 zip will create a flashable recovery of your EFS (the EFS holds you ESN and other good stuff to make the phone work)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2161498
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Looks like the phone is still registered on Page Plus, I had KittyWireless run an ESN check and the MEID came back registered to another number and the status is ACTIVE_ON_PPC. Looks like I'm going to have to return it unless I can get the original owner to cancel their Page Plus account.

Flashed the ZVC.bin, phone rebooted and after conneting the USB it rebooted again to a black screen. Hard brick I am unable to boot into fastboot or download mode. Any fix besides JTAG?

Could anybody who has flashed their ls-970 to Cricket take a second out and tell me how they activated it on Cricket? I see services online that will flash my phone to Cricket for $10, but Cricket staff said there is no way to activate a phone without a sim card. So how did any of you sign up to Cricket with your flashed phone without a sim card if Cricket says it can not be done?