Hello, I recently picked up a Sprint S3 on craigslist that had been flashed to Cricket. I was interested in using to phone on Boost or Straight Talk.
I have been searching the internet for hours and I still haven't found the straightforward answer I was looking for.
First I made sure the IMEI numbers matched on the phone's software and physically on the back of the phone. Check.
Next, I used ##786# to restore phone back to Sprint specs.
Next, used DFS CDMA tool to update from Cricket PRL to Sprint PRL. (with the intentions of activating as a BYOP through the Straight Talk network, as the phone has a clean Sprint ESN. However, I guess BYOP through Straight Talk requires a SIM??)
So, the ultimate question.. is it REQUIRED to clone an ESN from a Straight Talk/Boost phone for me to activate my SPH-L710 on their network?
Any help is greatly appreciated!
Thanks, Sky
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Hey everyone,
So I'm looking at a Sprint Epic 4G for sale in Toronto on Ebay. It says the phone is locked on sprint.
I understand that the phone is CDMA and does not have a sim card, so unlocking and transferring carriers is tough.
I found a program on ppc geeks that can give me the MSL code for the epic, with this code, can I then unlock the phone from the Sprint network and convince Telus to register the phone to my current plan?
I know the phone will operate on Telus's 800/1900 frequencies, and I don't care about data (I just text and call, no data plan).
Is it possible to unlock the phone from Sprint using the MSL?
Thanks.
Warrimonk said:
Hey everyone,
So I'm looking at a Sprint Epic 4G for sale in Toronto on Ebay. It says the phone is locked on sprint.
I understand that the phone is CDMA and does not have a sim card, so unlocking and transferring carriers is tough.
I found a program on ppc geeks that can give me the MSL code for the epic, with this code, can I then unlock the phone from the Sprint network and convince Telus to register the phone to my current plan?
I know the phone will operate on Telus's 800/1900 frequencies, and I don't care about data (I just text and call, no data plan).
Is it possible to unlock the phone from Sprint using the MSL?
Thanks.
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The MSL code is easily found by simply connecting by telnet to your Epic with something like Connectbot. It can be obtained by connecting through Local and entering "getprop ril.MSL" without quotes.
The MSL code will allow you to unlock certain settings on your Epic for one of two purposes:
1. To manually activate it on another Sprint plan. (Sprint will know you're on an Epic)
2. To clone an existing Sprint phone. (Sprint will know you're on an Epic)
The common denominator is that you'll still be linked to Sprint. What you're asking to do is to "flash" the phone to another network/carrier. I do believe this is gray area on XDA and you won't likely find your answer here. I'm not entirely clear how to do this on the Epic anyway, so this is the most help I can give you on the matter.
Good luck!
Hi,
I have the sprint version of the Samsung S3. I have all ready flashed the phone over to verizon prepaid. The phone is working with talk, text and 1x data. I did use the Samsung fascinate to get my ha and aaa keys. I have the full version of cdma workshop. On the fascinate everything works great. So I that if I copied all the info and keys from fascinate to the s3 in cdma workshop that everything would work. It does not. The S3 says 3g the icon shows up. But when look at about phone the network status is 1x. Please help
Thanks
Try getting the ha and aaa keys from a Verizon s3? Idk, just thought I'd help...
Sent from my White Galaxy s3 by Sprint
aekie95 said:
Hi,
I have the sprint version of the Samsung S3. I have all ready flashed the phone over to verizon prepaid. The phone is working with talk, text and 1x data. I did use the Samsung fascinate to get my ha and aaa keys. I have the full version of cdma workshop. On the fascinate everything works great. So I that if I copied all the info and keys from fascinate to the s3 in cdma workshop that everything would work. It does not. The S3 says 3g the icon shows up. But when look at about phone the network status is 1x. Please help
Thanks
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If you get 1x, Just back the NV item from the donor in cdmaws. and restore them on the GS3.
unlock phone with spc
back up Nv items, 465,466, 1192, 1194,
(they contain HA and AAA passwords)
restore the four nv's on you gs3. Done.
please help me, i have a s3 and verizon prepaid i tried a lot of different setting i can get service/active
used a donor flip phone,
i tried the non-evdo and evdo prl , a nd b, sid only, cdma and hdr ,cdma only /, how do i get my min# i called them and asked for it and they gave me a number that starts with 0573563778
please mate
Okay well I got the real min from the donor phone , Verizon did not want to give them to me.lol. so I tried sooooooo many combinations and the answer is ,b then a, and automatic for the other 2 thingys, I got Verizon facaniate and was going to get the ha and award keys like you said although I was told my flashedphones.net that I would olny have 4 out of 7 of the authentication keys and would be getting my account terminatedas soon as a Verizon tech looked into my account and lose my phone number , and he can do it right with no worries about getting into trouble for $99 bucks although its been about a week now and I guess he is busy and not answering messages to get this done, so I am asking people here who has done the facaniate method mention above and not had any problems with Verizon closing their account. Please confirm that it is safe to use the method and not get your account terminated.
Sorry if this is in the wrong forum, But my question is I have been trying to port my SGH-L900 to straight talk, because in my area verizon is the best, and sprint is just crap when it comes to data and signal strength. I have everything working according to this guide, but for some reason the only data service I get is 1x and not 3g, I don't know if it is because of something with my data profiles, HA or AAA, or my DMU10 key? Any help would be appreciated, and Thanks in advance.
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JMHershey125 said:
Sorry if this is in the wrong forum, But my question is I have been trying to port my SGH-L900 to straight talk, because in my area verizon is the best, and sprint is just crap when it comes to data and signal strength. I have everything working according to this guide, but for some reason the only data service I get is 1x and not 3g, I don't know if it is because of something with my data profiles, HA or AAA, or my DMU10 key? Any help would be appreciated, and Thanks in advance.
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Confused...Straight Talk runs off AT&T & T-Mobile networks, depending on which SIM you order...they don't have anything to do with Verizon. Soooo...maybe not possible to get the Sprint Note2 flashed to Straight Talk with 3G?
if you want to use Straight Talk I would just but the International Unlocked version of the note2.
I used a LG220c witch does run on the verizon network, I had my galaxy S2 running fine on verizon, steps were to use a samsung fascinate donor phone, clone the lg220c esn and meid to the fascinate, then clone the fascinate to the S2. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1473141
Afternoon everyone. I have a question I was looking for some help or direction on. I have 2 phones on hand one is a Samsung Galaxy s3 sprint version and the other is a LG Viper 4G Lte sprint phone. I bought the galaxy with the thought I would use it on one of the sprint resellers that allows bring your own used sprint phones like Voyager. They can activate all old non active Sprint phones. I bought that galaxy as the esn was clean but had trouble getting it on and come to find out its a clean esn but the phones imei is listed as active to an account still meaning I can not turn it directly on untill the last owner gets a new phone on contract to kick that one out or until the fill contract length it was subsidized on is completed which is about a year away still. That sais the old sprint branded LG viper I have is completely clean and not active on an account. My question and thought for educational purposes is can I simply just swap the imei number from the good to goo viper to the galaxy 3 and then be good to go or is that imei alaos attached to the esn? In that case Is it possible to swap all the info from one phone to the other including the lte 4G and then just turn it on that way? The viper I checked with Voyager mobile and they can turn it on no issue on sprints network. I want to use the galaxy on Voyager which is sprint but I would like it to have full lte 4G working. The Viper is also Lte and could be the donor. What can I do as far as options like this since Im using 2 sprint lte phones and will keep these on sprints network...? Thanks for ideas in advance.
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No ideas or thoughts on this?
Okay, I'm sure the information is all out there, so before I get told to search forums or google, I have. My issue is that I'm just having the hardest time putting all the scattered information together and understanding it. There's too much information to decipher whats needed, accurate andd up to date for my situation. So I was wondering if someone whose done this before could just give me the straight to guide.
I have verizon, my girlfriend has sprint. She broke her S4. I have an old verizon note 2 that is unlocked, rooted, custom recovery and on CM11.
What I need to do is get it on the sprint network and get her service switched over to it.
I know it has something to do with APN settings, but there's so many different ones whether it's for internet and MMS. I basically just want her to be able to use it to make phone calls and maybe regular texts. I got all confused when I saw things dealing with PRL and what not, so I don't actually know which things I need to make this work.
I put the sim card from her S4 into my Verizon note 2 and opened the access point settings under mobile network. There are a bunch of sprint ones in there now, I don't know which one to choose. I tried the one just labeled "Sprint" and then rebooted to get the APN settings to switch over but I still have no service to try and activate the phone.
So could someone please give me a simplified walk-through of putting in sprint's settings on a verizon note 2. I tried flashing a Sprint CM11 rom but it failed. So now i am going to try flashing a sprint touchwiz rom to see if that will make all the necessary changes for me.
Update: I Just finished flashing jellybomb touchwiz rom, it flashed but wont get into the phone setup, says there's an encryption error and the phone needs to be reset. I did that and it still does the same.
Thanks in advance guys, I've flashed a lot of roms, I've just never switched my phone to another carrier before.
You can't activate a non Sprint branded phone on the Sprint network. Period. The esn is not in the Sprint database and even if you wanted to use the phone strictly for traveling internationally, The sim card from Sprint will not work in the Verizon phone for the same reason. You'd have to "clone" the phone/esn and that is completely illegal. I would spend my time on craigslist or Facebook and try to trade your Verizon phone for a Sprint one. That's what I would do.
FYI . Verizon phones are actually in demand due to the much larger customer base so making a trade for a Sprint S4 or Note 2 should be fairly easy. But MAKE SURE you check the ESN with Sprint before making a trade because a blacklisted esn phone can NOT be activated and you will be SOL.
So only networks like at&t and T-mobile will work on my Unlocked verizon phone?
TruEastSydeBoi said:
So only networks like at&t and T-mobile will work on my Unlocked verizon phone?
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If you're referring to your Verizon phone being a "world phone" which does in fact have a sim card and gsm network capabilities, then technically yes it would perhaps be possible to get it to work on AT&T or T-Mobile onl;y but it would be very difficult and time consuming to unlock the sim portion of the Verizon phone and hack it so that it would not be rejected by either network due to the ESN. You'd have better luck trying T-Mobile because they seem to be more lax with unbranded iPhones etc on their network. But in all honesty you would be better off trading your Verizon phone especially if it has a clear esn and getting a phone that's ready to go with no headaches and fully functional on the network.
thanks for the replies