I would like to flash a sprint note 2 to boost mobile. I am reading up on the boost mobile thread. And I have been reading up on CDMA Workshop. I'd like to use whats recommended in the thread here (DFS). However, I am a little confused and have a few q's.
Do I need a donor phone?
Will this work with a bad esn phone?
Thx!
rosystreasures said:
I would like to flash a sprint note 2 to boost mobile. I am reading up on the boost mobile thread. And I have been reading up on CDMA Workshop. I'd like to use whats recommended in the thread here (DFS). However, I am a little confused and have a few q's.
Do I need a donor phone?
Will this work with a bad esn phone?
Thx!
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I am pretty sure with boost you need a donor. Any cheap android will work but remember 4G wont work with your note 2. Also a bad esn phone can be flashed over to boost. It requires you to change the note 2 esn to match that of the donor phone. Xda does not like that kind of discussion on it's forum so dont ask for help with that in a public thread or face the wrath of the mods you will.
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jlmancuso said:
I am pretty sure with boost you need a donor. Any cheap android will work but remember 4G wont work with your note 2. Also a bad esn phone can be flashed over to boost. It requires you to change the note 2 esn to match that of the donor phone. Xda does not like that kind of discussion on it's forum so dont ask for help with that in a public thread or face the wrath of the mods you will.
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ok, I wont go that route then
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Hello, I have Sprints version of the Galaxy s2 and would like to totally switch plans/service to Virgin Mobile...I have seen online elsewhere that this is possible but no direct directions on how? I would prefer Virgin but Metro PCS or Cricket would also do if they would function properly with the phone. Any tips or advice would be greatly appreciated!!!
There have been quite a few threads around here regarding flashing over to metro, but I haven't seen anything about virgin. Do a search for metro flashing and like I said youll find a few different threads.
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Its only possible by rewritting esn as virgin is owned by sprint and each virgin esn is scanned in their system
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i tried running search on flashing metro but the only useful info i got was for using another phone model...anywhere i can find model specific flashing info for the SPH-D710? the only experience i have with flashing is taking my old galaxy from froyo to gingerbread using odin...guessing i would need an actual guide if one exists? thanks for your help!
Look up a program call qxdm I believe or cdma workshop u have to rewrite nam and prl if u wanna go to metro then connect phone and dial ##8778# or #8778# and switch phone option to modem need any help shoot me a pm
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You sure can. I have the exact same phone on Platinumtel prwpaid which also runs on the Sprint network. Just rewrite the ESN as stated above...
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I have a sgs2 and cdma workshop on my desk top...what do i need to do to get it to work with virgin mobile?
I know ive seen some post about it. As for the esn I know for the Epic 4g if I remember right I think you needed an old virgin mobile phone for the esn
I know iv seen some saying the sgs2 disnt need a "donor" phone..but i heard sonething about changing something for the 3g to work i just dont see video or info how to get the esn to virgin...i have cdma workshop but not sure what to do with it..lol
There's a guide here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1404270
(I hope it still works)
I have a quick question: is it possible to flash BACK to sprint after flashing to virgin mobile? This is with an epic 4g touch that had a clean esn.
warriorwithin120 said:
I have a quick question: is it possible to flash BACK to sprint after flashing to virgin mobile? This is with an epic 4g touch that had a clean esn.
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Yes, it should just be a matter of reversing the process you used to flash/pgm your device to VM... Assuming you did retain all of the relevant data from your original setup...
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Yes, it should just be a matter of reversing the process you used to flash/pgm your device to VM... Assuming you did retain all of the relevant data from your original setup...
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Does anyone know if you need to flash the virgin mobile version of android 4.1.2 onto a sprint epic 4g touch in order to use Virgin mobile or can you just use any of the sprint roms and just swap the info out from a virgin donor phone.
thanks
Gentlemen, I would caution you on discussing the changing of ESNs here in XDA. As I'm sure you know, flashing this way is now illegal and talking about piracy and the like in the threads is frowned upon by the mods. Just trying to help. Good luck!
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Would much rather keep my E4GT than get a Galaxy Nexus. Can I use it on VZ?
No you can not. Verizon does not allow sprint phones on their network.
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killakarl said:
No you can not. Verizon does not allow sprint phones on their network.
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Thanks. Google wasn't doing much for me this morning.
Hold on,old epic could be flashed to verizon I dont see why you cant flash epic touch.
They are both cdma phones and will work on verizon minus 4g.
lviv73 said:
Hold on,old epic could be flashed to verizon I dont see why you cant flash epic touch.
They are both cdma phones and will work on verizon minus 4g.
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There are "other" methods you can use, but non of which are legal.
Maybe you can.....google it.....
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If you have friends in high places they can get esn added but doesn't happen often..... Otherwise it's illegal options with changing esn from one phone to another ..... In my opinion it's not worth it sell e4gt buy another phone so much easier
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Epix4G said:
If you have friends in high places they can get esn added but doesn't happen often..... Otherwise it's illegal options with changing esn from one phone to another ..... In my opinion it's not worth it sell e4gt buy another phone so much easier
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Changing ESN is illegal?
What about cloning esn from a donor phone to flash epic to virgin mobile,boost and cricket.
You trying to.say that those methods in them threads are not legal?
lviv73 said:
Changing ESN is illegal?
What about cloning esn from a donor phone to flash epic to virgin mobile,boost and cricket.
You trying to.say that those methods in them threads are not legal?
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Technically yea they are not legal if you are doing It and paying for service not so bad but yea they frown upon it because it can be done to steal service
Cricket does not involve changing Esn ....boost and virgin and others do because you can't use phones that they don't sell and are usually low range Android....you can't call up virgin and have them activate a topic touch but you can go to cricket and they will flash it
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Has anybody ever flashed there epic 4g touch to boost mobile or cellcom or straight talk?
If so is it worth it and how?
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I flashed it myself from a tut on here to boost. Its easy to follow just do everything that it says. Like I said I'm on boost and it works great 3g talk text everything.
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Does it got good servise....how much did it cost you to flash over?
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Yea service is great depending on where u are u get fast 3g. But it didn't cost me nothing I just got a boost incognito make sure esn is clean and any et4g bad esn or good it doesn't matter. But to flash it its free if you follow the guide I'll look for it and post you the link
Here you go
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1419488
If you keep looking there's also a link that let you get 4g working on boost
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Sweet thanks bro.....I just moved to shawano wi. And the sprint servise sucks.
So I figured I'd flash to different carrier,but I have to see what boost coverage is here before I flash lol.
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Yea that's true check how sprint is over there since boost uses sprint towers.
And good luck if u need any help pm me and I'll try 2 help u as best as I can. Because after I flashed the phone I got error 16. Also its recommended u use the incognito.
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ScubaSteev said:
Sweet thanks bro.....I just moved to shawano wi. And the sprint servise sucks.
So I figured I'd flash to different carrier,but I have to see what boost coverage is here before I flash lol.
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If you dont get good sprint service chances are you will get even worse service with boost. Boost mobile is a sprint company and runs off sprint towers and has no roaming.
timer1 said:
Yea that's true check how sprint is over there since boost uses sprint towers.
And good luck if u need any help pm me and I'll try 2 help u as best as I can. Because after I flashed the phone I got error 16. Also its recommended u use the incognito.
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Ok I will...thanks again bro
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brooksyx said:
If you dont get good sprint service chances are you will get even worse service with boost. Boost mobile is a sprint company and runs off sprint towers and has no roaming.
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Do you know of any other carriers I can flash too?
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timer1 said:
I flashed it myself from a tut on here to boost. Its easy to follow just do everything that it says. Like I said I'm on boost and it works great 3g talk text everything.
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both my donor phone and the epic 4g touch that i have wont respond to cdma workshop. i dont know whats wrong, but i cannot not get them connected to any port. its asks me for port number but when i go to device manager it doesnt show up, i was wondering if you can help me out since you had some success already flashing your phone.
miguelgarcia1993 said:
both my donor phone and the epic 4g touch that i have wont respond to cdma workshop. i dont know whats wrong, but i cannot not get them connected to any port. its asks me for port number but when i go to device manager it doesnt show up, i was wondering if you can help me out since you had some success already flashing your phone.
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I am having the same issue. ##8778# won't work for me. anyone have any ideas?
miguelgarcia1993 said:
both my donor phone and the epic 4g touch that i have wont respond to cdma workshop. i dont know whats wrong, but i cannot not get them connected to any port. its asks me for port number but when i go to device manager it doesnt show up, i was wondering if you can help me out since you had some success already flashing your phone.
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this thread has been dead for a long time. Please don't necro. There is a full tutorial with what you mentioned in it. Go find it in the general section.
adf777 said:
I am having the same issue. ##8778# won't work for me. anyone have any ideas?
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Do as stated above.
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timer1 said:
Yea that's true check how sprint is over there since boost uses sprint towers.
And good luck if u need any help pm me and I'll try 2 help u as best as I can. Because after I flashed the phone I got error 16. Also its recommended u use the incognito.
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hey there i need help flashing my samgsung galaxy to boost i followed the video and the post but when i get to the drivers for the samsung it wont install i have a sph-d710 and the download is for a sph-d700 and i tryed to get the drivers for mines but it wont show up in my ports but everything else is all right
Hoping I can get some help! I have a Sprint S2 on Boost for my pop. had someone flash it for me. worked perfectly. now i have no data. I am 99% sure I know what is wrong but don't know the KEYS to fix it.
OK from the top. everything worked. but a few hours later voicemail went poof. dial into vmail says invalid number. Grrr nothing I do seems to make it reset then I remember that changing ESN resets voice mail.
SO I activate a boost android phone. it activates fine but no data. it did not "activate" right (boosts end I assume) anyway the automated support provides instructions if you get no data as a last resort kind of thing if you tried everything else.
it has me punch in a ##xxxxxx# string and the phone reboots and intiates activation and data comes on! yeah.
Voicemail is now working again as well.
OK so I swap ESN back to the flashed S2
voicemail properly resets. its working now. calls and text are working but no data now.
I think I know what I need to do. I need to do some similar ##xxxxxx# thing (no its not ##MSL# tried that already) to get it to reset the data connection like I did on the other phone.
BUT .... HOW do I do it? what is the ## code I need to do this on the S2? I can't use automated help since that system "THINKS" I have a different phone so the instructions are wrong (sanyo 3810)
so what I need is the ## code or whatever the procedure is to force the phone to reset its data connection and get 3G back.
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Sorry for asking (i know it's one of those annoying questions):
I was wondering if I can buy the Epic 4G and use it with Boost Mobile.
A friend wants to sell me his Epic (he is moving to an iPhone), but I don't want to commit to Sprint. I would rather do a month by month.
THANK YOU !!!
Yes but you'd have to buy a donor phone for the process. Its a process of flashing and you have to know your stuff before attempting to do this there is a guide on here if you search for "epic 4g flash to boost mobile" should bring you to the guide.
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ÜBER™ said:
Yes but you'd have to buy a donor phone for the process. Its a process of flashing and you have to know your stuff before attempting to do this there is a guide on here if you search for "epic 4g flash to boost mobile" should bring you to the guide.
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Friend, THANK YOU SO MUCH !!!
Is it possible to put the sprint epict 4g touch on verizon? please pm me
Very possible. Mine is on Verizon right now. I believe there is all ready a guide for it in the general forum. This should get you started.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34198703
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beezie42 said:
Very possible. Mine is on Verizon right now. I believe there is all ready a guide for it in the general forum. This should get you started.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34198703
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Ive put my note 2 onto page plus no problem but he is actually with verizon and his extravert dropped in water and he bought a sprint e4gt from a friend and he would like to put it in the place of the extravert but the esn will not be recognized on verizon so he wants to port over his esn to the sprint phone. (For legal purposes I have no intent to use 2 phones on the same line as the donor phone is water logged and if it still works the esn will be zerod out) So now that that is out of the way I guess my question is does anyone have some experience with this as I have gotten pretty far in the process but hit a bump and need to ask a few questions?
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