I have an HTC PPC6800 from Alltel, and I love it. Problem is, my work is forcing me to carry a PDA on their data plan (a treo). I can either carry the treo only, or two PDA's. I'd like to transfer my 6800 to my work's Sprint account. Can this be done? If so, how?
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I have an HTC PPC6800 from Alltel, and I love it. Problem is, my work is forcing me to carry a PDA on their data plan (a treo). I can either carry the treo only, or two PDA's. I'd like to transfer my 6800 to my work's Sprint account. Can this be done? If so, how?
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You would have to use EPST to wash a Sprint ESN on to it and then I would think flashing a Sprint ROM would do the trick.
How would a semi-technical wanna-be hacker go about doing that?
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Hi guys. I've read through the threads and I've not seen anything specific to my question.
Had to buy the XV6800 for work out of my pocket. Two months later, they let me go (downsizing....yay for me). Luckily, they owned the plan, but I own the phone.
Can I load the Sprint ROM onto my phone and activate it on the Sprint network? I've been with Sprint for 10 years and they generally treat me good. The tech support guy in the store said 'theoretically, yes, if you load the Sprint ROM it should work, but I don't know if they'll activate it or not and we can't support it." He did say that Sprint was trying to be more open in their network.
Any takers to this one? Otherwise, I'm going to have to Ebay this phone, and I really hate doing that. It's been a decent phone. Putting it on Sprint would be nice.
Thanks!
EDIT: I'm asking this because I've seen people mention that they are stuck on Sprint's towers when they upgrade the XV6800 with one of the custom ROMs. It seems possible then to talk Sprint into activating it. But what would I need? MSL, etc?
If it doesnt say "SPRINT" on the phone sprint wont activate it.
This has been discussed several times at PPCGeeks, and from what I've read, it's a lot easier to take a Mogul from Sprint and put it on VZ's network, than it is to take an XV6800 from VZ and put it on Sprint's network. that is, as long as you talk to the right VZ tech. i believe that the techs at VZ have a lot easier time entering new ESN's into their database than do techs at Sprint, and the ones at VZ are a lot more willing to do this. sorry.
but my guess is that after Verizon opens up their network to foreign CDMA ESN's (in june/july-ish i believe) that Sprint would more than likely start putting in more ESN's to grab your business. otherwise, it'd be fighting up a slippery slope if any phone on sprint could be used willingly on verizon.
as for your problem, i really don't know how exactly, but if you do under the grace of god manage to have sprint enter the ESN in, i believe it only takes a few EPST setting changes and a customization to work.
You can but......
Well yes here is an idea for you, but keep in mind that doing it is technically NOT legal to do, for reasons we will not go into. If you have a phone that is on Sprint that is EVDO then you could put the ESN and MIN in the 6800. I am not suggesting that you do this at all, but it would work. Other than legallity issues, and that you could never turn on the power to that other phone or else it would trip fraud detection software and cause a re-generate of the A-Key in the system killing your 6800, so I say just don't do it, but it would work.
i bought an HTC PPC6800 Mogul (on ebay) for the alltel network any ideas, for a noob, on how to make this work with sprint?
i bought an HTC PPC6800 Mogul (on ebay) for the alltel network any ideas, for a noob, on how to make this work with sprint?
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Why would you buy an alltel phone off ebay if you want to use Sprint's network?
i bought the alltel version because i saved 400 bucks doing that, also the same phone is available for both providers so technically there shouldnt be any problems using one or the other right? i am stuck with sprint so must use them for now
Yes there is one big problem. You can't use an Alltel ESN on the Sprint network unless you somehow manage to get Sprint to add it to their database.
so i am stuck with a phone for alltel that i will not get to use with sprint, ever?
Pretty much...unless you can SOMEHOW convince a dumbass sprint rep to add it for you (pretty much never happens)...or you clone a Sprint ESN which is illegal.
Sprint to Alltel
I flashed a Sprint Touch(6900) with the official Alltel rom and Alltel added with no problems and everything on the phone worked great. I would think you can just flash a sprint carrier rom, now whether Sprint will add an Alltel ESN on your account I do not know....
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alltell doesnt care as long as its a phone that they sell ... sprint cares... now for the ESN thing as long as its not a ESN in use by a other phone in therory it isnt cloning its just barrowing... say my old phone broke and i used its ESN this is all theory though good luck
seems i got sprint to add the phone i flashed from alltel to sprint, yea. NOW i would like to supercid it any ideas?
A couple questions:
Change Sprint Mogul to work on Cricket network
1. If I use the DCD v.3.2.2 rom, and use the Cricket carrier cab Is that all I need to go to Cricket and have this Mogul on their network? Will everything work like GPS, MMS, Internet?
2. If I use the Sprint ROM and use the Cricket carrier cab will this work with everything asked above?
I see people advertise on eBay to flash peoples phones to work on the Cricket network. I am not sure what is actually being done when they flash.
Cricket will flash the phone to work but they want $85
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The phone would still have to be programmed (NAM setup) in order to work with cricket. Also, the Cricket PRL would have to be installed and the ESN would have to be activated on the cricket network. All the cab does is configures Internet for you. GPS will work assuming you have a data plan.
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The phone would still have to be programmed (NAM setup) in order to work with cricket. Also, the Cricket PRL would have to be installed and the ESN would have to be activated on the cricket network. All the cab does is configures Internet for you. GPS will work assuming you have a data plan.
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Is this something I can do? Can I find information in the forums somewhere that can teach me to do this? BTW is this a firmware flash? SO if I play around with different versions of the OS and load different ones will I have to get that setup again for cricket network?
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My apologies if this has been covered....I searched a bit but didn't find the answer.
My friend has a Mogul he got from sprint. He'd like to sell it to me for $75.
I wonder. If I use DCD kitchen, load the verizon radio, DCD ROM, then the verizon Carrier cab......would it work?
Thanks,
Matt
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My apologies if this has been covered....I searched a bit but didn't find the answer.
My friend has a Mogul he got from sprint. He'd like to sell it to me for $75.
I wonder. If I use DCD kitchen, load the verizon radio, DCD ROM, then the verizon Carrier cab......would it work?
Thanks,
Matt
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I don't believe so. The radio in the sprint phone is GSM and the radio in the Verizon phone is CDMA.
Edit: I am incorrect. Sprint is CDMA and Verizon is CDMA... so I'm guessing that it could be possible. I have yet to test this though.
The answer is yes and no.
Yes, it is the exact same hardware, and therefore you can flash a custom rom/radio and install the verizon carrier cab leaving you with an xv6800 with a mogul casing.
The only issue is getting Verizon to activate it on their network, as it has a Sprint ESN. In the past, they were very strict about not allowing any non-Verizon ESN's in their database, though I've heard RUMORS that they've eased up a bit on it due to their "Open Network" campaign.
Honestly, it's a crapshoot, but if you can get Verizon Support to activate it, then it would work perfectly.
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The answer is yes and no.
Yes, it is the exact same hardware, and therefore you can flash a custom rom/radio and install the verizon carrier cab leaving you with an xv6800 with a mogul casing.
The only issue is getting Verizon to activate it on their network, as it has a Sprint ESN. In the past, they were very strict about not allowing any non-Verizon ESN's in their database, though I've heard RUMORS that they've eased up a bit on it due to their "Open Network" campaign.
Honestly, it's a crapshoot, but if you can get Verizon Support to activate it, then it would work perfectly.
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I heard somewhere that verizon has a new policy to support any phone on their network, but they also call their data plan with a 5GB cap the "UNLIMITED" plan. Go figure.
Hopefully when Sprint comes out with the Diamond and other awesome new HTC phones about a year ahead of Verizon, we will be able to active their hardware on The Network. I am keeping my fingers crossed.
Yes it can be done. i have an alltel ppc6800 on vzw. the easiest way to do it is from the vzw website esn switch or activate equipment. There are some other steps you have to take to get the software loaded, not the stock rom. Then you will have to call vzw and have them reset your DMU keys. start here:
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=20090
or send you phone in:
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=24855
Oh and you'll have yo change the SPC code since it's a sprint phone. need to get that to a 000000, again the first post will help with that.
Hope this helps.
I have a Qwest branded Mogul.
i am currently running DCD 3.26 and radio 3.42.50 (THX DCD!!!)
qwest is shutting down and forcing their customers to choose a different provider
i have not had my phone for very long, so of course i would like to find a way to use my mogul so i don't have to purchase a new phone
i am aware that i can load custom rom's with different carrier optimizations,
---> so i (as well as most qwest customers ) am curious if anyone knows if either verizon or Sprint will activate the ESN for my mogul.
any thoughts?
I would call a service rep, and ask them, otherwise its as easy as installing a Sprint Carrie cab by DCD. The last thing to do is figure out if Sprint well activate the ESN to allow access to there network.
Godspeed
I'm pretty sure they would just need to put your ESN on their network, which is the hard part since they'd rather you have one of their Mogul's / XV6800's. Good luck trying to port it. Let us know how it goes. I am interested cuz I have an old Mogul and if I could port that to Verizon and have both phones on that account it would be pretty cool.
Has anyone had any luck doing this? Migrating it from Qwest to Sprint successfully? And if so, what would be the correct steps to migrate it?
Would I need to/could I flash a Sprint ROM on the phone?
I see that there is discussion about SPC or MSPL with these phones? What is this used for?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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Brandon
Qwest Mogul on VZW or Sprint
You need to know the code to enter into the MSL to unlock the phone.
The program Get SPL works for most people.
I had to edit the rgeistry to find mine.
Once you have changed the MSL code to 000000,
I use QPST to backup all the important settings just in case I have to adjust data settings.
You need to flash the Olipro bootloader (I use 2.40) then the radio, then you can flash any custom ROM you like.
Then just install a carrier CAB file for your carrier, to the phone.
I find that PPCKitchen has the best program to pick and choose just the programs that you want.
But try a few Pre-cooked ROMs if you like.
There quite a few Chefs here and over at PPCGeeks that put a lot of time and effort into building and uploading custom ROMs for people to try out.
They all monitor the threads to help out if you have any issues.
And remember that you can use a TITAN/Mogul ROM cooked for any carrier,
Just load that CAB file for the carrier that you use.
Also, try to flash via SD card when you can. You never know that cable may fail, or the power outag occures.
Hope this helps,
Above all your esn has to be accepted by whatever provider you want to use. Most of them will not allow the quest esn to be used. So before you do anything all and ask.
Qwest Mogul on VZW or Sprint
Yes that is a very good point.
I have 3 Qwest PPCs that have that problem.
The ESNs are good, but because of policy, I now have 3 ROM slaves.
eBay has plenty of Sprint 6800s, most of the "Usable" ones sell for around $50oo.
If you fee you need to rid yourself ofthat item, PM me pleae.
I could use the parts for a security project I am working on.
Either way, you could allways use it as a test unit to practice on.
quest to whatever.
i dont know about where you all are located, but here in the peoples republic of California if you totaly metro or cricket out your mogul , with working mms and all , you can get 200 to 300 depending on the condition. food for thought.