I know how to flash my ls-970 to Cricket. What I don't know how to do is then activate it with Cricket.
I called Cricket and they said it was impossible to activate a cellphone that does not have a simcard in it. I do understand that their tech support may not be the brightest people and I see on this forum that other ls-970 owners have flashed to Cricket, but nobody explains how they activated the phone after.
Please help me if you have done this. I don;t want to flash it and then find out I can not activate it.
Thanks in advance. My Sprint contract is up and I would like to NOT have to pay another month with them,
did you get this sorted yet? I'd like to flash my phone to another network also but I can't find anything.
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Hey guys, i was curious...would it be possible somehow to get a desire from a us cellular network and activate it on a cricket network? They are both cdma, but i've searched and can't seem to find anything on the topic. Is there something i dont know, or would this be possible?
When i asked the agent on their website (live chat) she said that i could take it to the store and they *might* be able to flash it, but it would be 35-50 bucks with no guarantee that they won't brick your phone. so i figured, if they can do it why can't I and just bring it to them?
just wonderin'...thanks!
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get it?
okay, for real, nobody knows anything?
anybody know anybody that has a desire running on cricket that we could pull the rom etc. from?
Well CDMA states that it is tied to 1 and only 1 provider since it doesn't use a sim card. So I would say no.
I really messed up this time. I brought a brand new Samsung Galaxy S3 on metropcs carrier from Craigslist. Seller told me that it was sealed and new. I had all iphones before,don't know anything about android and don't know how to test this new phone, when i saw the phone, it was not sealed, it already open by someone, but the phone is new, so I paid $, got the phone. after, I went to metropcs corporate store to active my new phone, the metro guy told me. the phone I'm having right now is reported lost. I got fraud. I'm so sad right now, worked two weeks just for buying this phone, now my money is gone(seller dispeared), I got a phone that I can't even use. I already asked all unlock service, they all tell me they can't unlock the phone, I don't want to sell it to anyone to make them sad, I'm wondering if there is anyway that someone can help me to put the phone back to service(make a call or text).I don't know if root can help or not, I don't know how save this phone, if it can't be used, I will use it as ipod touch,mp3 player. here is all the information that I know to provide, if you guys need to know more, I'll stay here and answer. Thank you for reading it.
AP:R530MVQALJ1
CP:R530MVQLJ1
CSC:R530MMTRALJ1
MEID 99000207231931
MetroPcs R530
does this mean no one can help me here?
Phone is reported lost so the ESN is bad now. That means the phone cannot be activated on Metro PCS anymore. But what you could do is put it on another prepaid carrier like boost mobile if you really want to use it.
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Or u could flash a new esn over from an old metro phone. Go on craigslist look for someone who flashes sprint phones to metro. Explain your problem. U might not get 4g but it should work..
Hi all:
first post here
I just got a Sprint S3 with cracked screen and bad esn for $95 and the screen still works
I had to spend $25 on gas to get it so i guess total = $120 but still not bad
Anyhow i see lots of tuts and videos on how to go from Sprint to Cricket but almost all of them say to use your cricket phone number.
I dont have cricket in my area but where my sister lives she does which is a couple states away from me.
Anyhow i not sure if im gonna make a deal with her or not but that is what originally got me looking in this direction as i usually use skype over wifi but mainly i switch to GV over wifi and it works really good with groove ip
ANYHOW
how do i go about following those tutorials on changing phone from sprint to cricket when i dont actually have any of that data to put in since i dont have a cricket phone with cricket service so if the next person that actually got the phone with cricket service could have it programmed for their area and have it work correctly?
thanks
What's the value if it has a cracked screen? FYI the screen on the s3 is about 300 to replace and you can get a new one on craigslist for that. Anyways see WWW.cricket users.com for instructions on flashing they have all the tutorials you need.
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No if its only the screen and not the digitizer it can be replaced for $30 in 15 mins by the right person.
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did anyone actually even read my the original post that started this thread (that replied in this thread)
people answered how to or not to fix my screen more then anything else
i have read and followed the tutorials on how to flash from sprint to cricket
that is not my Q
how do you do it when you dont have cricket service (cricket phone number)?
what would i enter as my cricket phone number (if i was going to send it to my sister in kansas) so it would be almost all ready for her to start using it without her telling me any of her info?
thanks
just want it to be ready to use like a normal person with cricket service who had bought this phone off ebay and wants to activate with cricket.
im not saying i want to sell it yet as i just got it but im sure some day within next 6months i might or i might make a deal with my sister so if anyone buys the phone and wants to activate with cricket i would like it to be painless as possible
see if i had cricket service i am sure i could cdma tool and enter everything i need to get it working but if it goes to someone new i am sure they will just want to activate like normal and without entering a (cricket) phone number in those tutorials with cdma tool would it make it hard for the next person to activate it on cricket?
would they be able to do it over the phone with cricket or could they take that newly flashed phone in to cricket and they would be able to get it done?
hope someone understands what im saying
if it was for me (and i currently had cricket) im sure that would be easy because i know the web and these tools
what happens when a person gets these phones and dont know any of that stuff?
is it treated just like a regular cricket phone when you take it in their shop?
I really need help. This is my only phone I have. I need instructions on how to flash my Sprint LG G2 phone over to MetroPCS.
Fagaafi1 said:
I really need help. This is my only phone I have. I need instructions on how to flash my Sprint LG G2 phone over to MetroPCS.
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There are plenty of guides here to unlock your phone, did you even bother to look before posting?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2798566
MetroPCS will not be able to activate your LS980 because their system will show it as not compatible with their network when trying to activate. To get around this you have to change the IMEI of the G2 to a 4G capable GSM device using DFS CDMA Tool.
Thank you for the information
jsergio123 said:
There are plenty of guides here to unlock your phone, did you even bother to look before posting?
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Thank you for the information. I am not as savvy when it comes to phones and yes actually I crawled thru all of the posts and didn't see any information whatsoever about flashing the Sprint LG G2 phone. I thought flashing was different from unlocking the phone?
I found alot of information about unlocking, which is great, but not flashing, I even tried unlocking my phone a couple of months ago so I could use it with a SIM card but to no avail, the telephony.dbk keeps appearing no matter how many times I tried deleting it. So my boyfriend had someone flash it over for me, he's in Cali, I had never heard of flashing before then, until after it was done by said retailer. Anyhow, somebody was hacking into my voicemail, MetroPCS changed over my phone # and then it stopped working.
At least you replied when no one else did.
Thank you, totally appreciate it.
Fagaafi1 said:
Thank you for the information. I am not as savvy when it comes to phones and yes actually I crawled thru all of the posts and didn't see any information whatsoever about flashing the Sprint LG G2 phone. I thought flashing was different from unlocking the phone?
I found alot of information about unlocking, which is great, but not flashing, I even tried unlocking my phone a couple of months ago so I could use it with a SIM card but to no avail, the telephony.dbk keeps appearing no matter how many times I tried deleting it. So my boyfriend had someone flash it over for me, he's in Cali, I had never heard of flashing before then, until after it was done by said retailer. Anyhow, somebody was hacking into my voicemail, MetroPCS changed over my phone # and then it stopped working.
At least you replied when no one else did.
Thank you, totally appreciate it.
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Sorry I assumed you were using a Sim since I believe MetroPCS is phasing out all CDMA devices and using T-Mobile's GSM network now. If you are not using a SIM(which you should be) and you are indeed using the CDMA network with MetroPCS then yes you would have to program(flash) your phone. If MetroPCS will allow your G2's MEID on their network then all you would have to do is manually program your data settings and update your MSID and MDN. If they do not allow your G2's MEID on their network then you will have to clone the G2 using a MetroPCS donor phone. If you are not familiar with this then it's going to be to difficult for you do and you are better off paying someone to do it for you.
Also the telephony.db is suppose to be there, if you delete it a new one will be created.
I have been searching for months and I see a TON of posts where people say they HAVE flashed to Cricket (and discuss their various problems), but I am unable to find ANYTHING about how to flash to Cricket. Every lead is a dead-end. They either bring me to pages that do not work, or people who want me to send them my phone. I get that this phone is old and maybe that is why all the links are dead? But any help would be much appreciated.
As far as concerned currently you can't. Ever since AT&T bought it they've allowed certain use of cdma. But as time passed on they were mostly focused on gsm over cdma. Therefore currently only the people with grandfathered plans may use cdma. If not then they have to have a AT&T phone or an unlocked gsm phone to use their services. Long story short yes there was a way to flash to cricket. But not anymore :/ sorry about that bud. But small heads up! If you find the AT&T version of the phone you dont even have to unlock it!