Hello, I'm checking out the "bay" to find an used Evo 3d with clean esn.
I found one that it's perfect for me but it's only for Sprint networks (CDMA).
I have tried to check if it's possible to port an Evo 3D CDMA phone to other network with one of many IMEI online unlock services.
Surely you'll know this better than me... so I ask the great Xda-dev community to help me know if this is really possible before I buy the phone.
Thanks in advance for ANY reply and sorry for my bad english.
alan110112 said:
Hello, I'm checking out the "bay" to find an used Evo 3d with clean esn.
I found one that it's perfect for me but it's only for Sprint networks (CDMA).
I have tried to check if it's possible to port an Evo 3D CDMA phone to other network with one of many IMEI online unlock services.
Surely you'll know this better than me... so I ask the great Xda-dev community to help me know if this is really possible before I buy the phone.
Thanks in advance for ANY reply and sorry for my bad english.
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If you are trying to use it on a gsm network, it is not possible whatsoever
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Only networks other than Sprint are Boost, Cricket, Metro PCS. Dev forum has plenty of information on how to get the phone to work on those networks.
Many thanks. So the only chance I have to get a working evo 3d in italy I've to buy a GSM one...
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Wasn't there a suggestion that you could remove the wimax part, solder in a sim card sold, and then flash gsm software?
Personally.. I'd just sell the evo 3d and get another phone.
There is a way to get it on Verizon from I have heard. There was some members that had it on Verizon.
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i was thinking about buying the htc evo 3d from ebay.. is it possible to unlock it to tmobile?
im not sure the gsm evo 3d is out yet. t-mobile=gsm sprint=cdma
xlk said:
i was thinking about buying the htc evo 3d from ebay.. is it possible to unlock it to tmobile?
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Nope. T-mobile is GSM. Sprint is CDMA.
It wont work with tmobile but maybe you can get it to work with metropcs or even boost.
Although I hear there are some legal concerns about doing this..
You need to buy the EVO 3D from Rogers Canada
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Don't go with Tmobile unless you have to, I have had some bad experiences with them.
Tmobile = FAIL!
Sorry,
You can't. T-mobile needs SIM card slot, Sprint does not. You could get the sensation, a replica with out 3D and half the amount of RAM.
Alchem!st said:
It wont work with tmobile but maybe you can get it to work with metropcs or even boost.
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how can i get the HTC EVO 3D to work on metropcs? i'd love this to happen!!!
xlk said:
how can i get the HTC EVO 3D to work on metropcs? i'd love this to happen!!!
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If you search the forum a bit you can find threads on how to do this. I'm sure I've seen a thread or two on metropcs and evo 3d.
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If you search the forum a bit you can find threads on how to do this. I'm sure I've seen a thread or two on metropcs and evo 3d.
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yeah i saw it too. but i think you cant get mms on it thru metropcs. i hope i'm wrong. i'd love to move from my $55/month (taxes included) on tmobile to $40/month with metropcs. i'd be happy.
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tjlawson09 said:
Tmobile = FAIL!
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I know this must have been answered before but I am not able to find it . You are a senior member can you kindly answer or point me in the right direction?
What are the steps to unlock my Sprint EVO 3D and use it with MetroPCS?
Does rooting mean unlocking?
There seems to be two types of rooting soft and hard, which rooting is required or unlocking?
Thanks
kaptainkool3 said:
I know this must have been answered before but I am not able to find it . You are a senior member can you kindly answer or point me in the right direction?
What are the steps to unlock my Sprint EVO 3D and use it with MetroPCS?
Does rooting mean unlocking?
There seems to be two types of rooting soft and hard, which rooting is required or unlocking?
Thanks
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It's not called unlocking for Metro, Unlocking is a term used for GSM Phones.
You are wanting to FLASH to metro pcs. From what I know there is some CDMA workshop trickery involved, and I believe you DONT need to be rooted for it to work although I could be wrong. Also btw ROOTING ≠ UNLOCKING
Metro is garbage, if you want the best, pre paid , its page plus, 45- buck a month with unlimited talk text and 20mb internet but best part is it uses verizons service
Which in my case tops any pre paid plan by a milestone
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Armenian6000 said:
Metro is garbage, if you want the best, pre paid , its page plus, 45- buck a month with unlimited talk text and 20mb internet but best part is it uses verizons service
Which in my case tops any pre paid plan by a milestone
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lmao...what good is that when u got no data? not only that but PP needs a verizon esn.....if there was a way to change the esn on the evo 3d u think people would pick PP over boost? metro roams off of sprints towers. u can actually load a sprint prl into any metro phone and it will work. anyhow metro is great cause u get unlimited data, even if its slow u still get data and all ur apps work. yes you can flash the evo 3d to metro pcs, its same as flashing any other phone. u need cdma ws to change the passwords and all that stuff the m.ip and the ppp. i sold my last evo 3d on metro pcs alsmot fully working...mms is not working. im getting another evo 3d in 4 days ill see if now with root theres a way to get mms. all apps work on metro pcs.
google: flash evo 4g to metro pcs and its the same settings. u will need cdma ws 3.7 its worth buying it
U can get unlimited data for more money.
I've done my old EVO 4G on page plus, everything works.
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I havnt watched this but here proof it works on EVO 3d
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=696BWrH7LbQ
oscarh24 said:
lmao...what good is that when u got no data? not only that but PP needs a verizon esn.....if there was a way to change the esn on the evo 3d u think people would pick PP over boost? metro roams off of sprints towers. u can actually load a sprint prl into any metro phone and it will work. anyhow metro is great cause u get unlimited data, even if its slow u still get data and all ur apps work. yes you can flash the evo 3d to metro pcs, its same as flashing any other phone. u need cdma ws to change the passwords and all that stuff the m.ip and the ppp. i sold my last evo 3d on metro pcs alsmot fully working...mms is not working. im getting another evo 3d in 4 days ill see if now with root theres a way to get mms. all apps work on metro pcs.
google: flash evo 4g to metro pcs and its the same settings. u will need cdma ws 3.7 its worth buying it
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StrumerJohn said:
You can't. T-mobile needs SIM card slot, Sprint does not. You could get the sensation, a replica with out 3D and half the amount of RAM.
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"Half the ram" are you stupid it is essentially the same phone without 3d
And to answer the op yes you can IF its the GSM version.
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sRs DoLLaR mEnU said:
"Half the ram" are you stupid it is essentially the same phone without 3d
And to answer the op yes you can IF its the GSM version.
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Sensation although not half the ram it is 3/4 the ram.
Armenian6000 said:
Metro is garbage, if you want the best, pre paid , its page plus, 45- buck a month with unlimited talk text and 20mb internet but best part is it uses verizons service
Which in my case tops any pre paid plan by a milestone
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Armenian, thanks for the reply.. but is page plus available in new york? and is it $45 a month with taxes included? please tell me more.. thanks !
I've been trying to Google this and got no results. All the youtubers I asked and all the Google searches I did and I got the same result. The cdma e3d is for the USA and gsm is for the rest of the world...ARRRR! I ALREADY KNOW THAT!
So can someone please explain the internal differences between the cdma and gsm 3d and why can't gsm users flash cdma Roms (if the radio remains untouched). I'm sure I'm not the only 1 wondering why the cdma EVO 3s gets so many more roms than gsm users.
Please don't flame at me if this question has been asked elsewhere.
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I was also searching for this and already found out that its kernel related because it has some other drivers and stuff running to maintain the cdma network.
Theres kernel and framework differences. Even if you were to extract a gsm kernel, and put it into a cdma.rom, it still wouldn't work properly. I've looked at the frameworks for both phones, and there was a lot more differences in the code than I had previously anticipated.
The reason there are more cdma roms, is simply because there are more devs/chefs/tweakers that use/have cdma phones.
Also many old & new developers for the CDMA EVO 3D came from the EVO 4G, which had a huge following on the same carrier.
It was like a migration of birds.
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Noiro said:
Also many old & new developers for the CDMA EVO 3D came from the EVO 4G, which had a huge following on the same carrier.
It was like a migration of birds.
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Ah, that explains it. I was wondering why there is so much more development going on for the CDMA E3D than the GSM, seeing as how Sprint is the only carrier using the CDMA. Stupid, multiple standards!
saltorio said:
Ah, that explains it. I was wondering why there is so much more development going on for the CDMA E3D than the GSM, seeing as how Sprint is the only carrier using the CDMA. Stupid, multiple standards!
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Wrong.
Verizon and U.S Cellular both use CDMA.
Noiro said:
Also many old & new developers for the CDMA EVO 3D came from the EVO 4G, which had a huge following on the same carrier.
It was like a migration of birds.
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Migrate??? More like ransacked. This forum was full before the phone even came out lmao.
Coffee and Hip-Hop!!!
iCaptivate said:
Wrong.
Verizon and U.S Cellular both use CDMA.
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Cricket, Metropcs as well.
knowledge561 said:
Migrate??? More like ransacked. This forum was full before the phone even came out lmao.
Coffee and Hip-Hop!!!
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EL-OH-EL...
..thanks...hahaha, that was great.
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Wrong.
Verizon and U.S Cellular both use CDMA.
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But do Verizon, US Cellular, or MetroPCS offer the EVO 3D? That's what we're talking about here, the EVO 3D.
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Theres kernel and framework differences. Even if you were to extract a gsm kernel, and put it into a cdma.rom, it still wouldn't work properly. I've looked at the frameworks for both phones, and there was a lot more differences in the code than I had previously anticipated.
The reason there are more cdma roms, is simply because there are more devs/chefs/tweakers that use/have cdma phones.
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Thank you soooooooo much for that (ill make sure I whack the that thank button when I get on a computer. I was thinking something to do with kernel and framework but I never had time to check.
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I stand by my comment about stupid multiple standards. Get with the rest of the world, U.S. carriers! Stop being different just for the sake of being different.
Now, not knowing anything at all about ROM cooking, will it ever be possible that ROMs for the E3D may be able to support both CDMA and GSM, or is there no way to code that kind of logic?
saltorio said:
I stand by my comment about stupid multiple standards. Get with the rest of the world, U.S. carriers! Stop being different just for the sake of being different.
Now, not knowing anything at all about ROM cooking, will it ever be possible that ROMs for the E3D may be able to support both CDMA and GSM, or is there no way to code that kind of logic?
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Well kinda. It's not hard to write the ROM for the gsm EVO if you made a ROM for the cdma 1. But It's hard because It's gonna require testing on a device which the cdma dev does not have.
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I was getting bored so why not a poll ?
Wow lol jk I got a sprint version (the original)lol
GSM here. Got mine from an eBay seller who imported it from Taiwan. Works fine on Telstra in Australia.
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The ratio is like 100-1
Gsm. From Rogers
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Gsm...don't even think you can get cdma in Australia any more?
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What IS CDMA
GSM, It is.
GSM over here also!
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Wow where is all the CDMA people at ?
The poll has really shocked me . I thought Cdma would be much much more but apparently not. now may be more devs will come to the gsm android development side .
P.s. based on the poll at the writing of this post
i would go with cdma...gsm companies here are no good..prices suck
CDMA here in the US
GSM here in OZ. I did hear a comercial on the radio saying Telstra is starting 4G roll-out, so maybe soon.
I'm actually kinda surprised at how many have the GSM version. For all that, why not just wait a few extra weeks and get the GNex which just released in Europe.
it seems that no CDMA users here cuz they are bussy rooting and s-off ing and trying new ROMs not like us GSM users we are just jumping around topics looking for something fitting our version and now we lost hope of devlopment section and we are looking for MODS in general section
CDMA here... Sprint
Bump... Bump ....
Cdma here. Sprint service sucks balls
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Cdma here! Catch me on verizons towers
Sprint prl dont cut it.
hTc 3D
Hi guys,
Can anyone give me any sort of instructions on how to flash a Sprint HTC Evo 3D over to Straight talk ?
I have the Sprint CMDA HTC Evo 3D, Revolutionary rooted, downgraded HBoot 1.50 to 1.40, S-OFF.
Thanks
coddyycav said:
Hi guys,
Can anyone give me any sort of instructions on how to flash a Sprint HTC Evo 3D over to Straight talk ?
I have the Sprint CMDA HTC Evo 3D, Revolutionary rooted, downgraded HBoot 1.50 to 1.40, S-OFF.
Thanks
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You cannot.
Straight talk runs on att network so you need a gsm 3d phone.
There is no way to flash cdma to anything but boost, cricket, maybe metro PCS.
The x515a evo 3d would be specific for att bands, x515m for USA T-Mobile bands.
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But...
scariola said:
You cannot.
Straight talk runs on att network so you need a gsm 3d phone.
There is no way to flash cdma to anything but boost, cricket, maybe metro PCS.
The x515a evo 3d would be specific for att bands, x515m for USA T-Mobile bands.
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I would also be interested in this. I just need to know what would need to be changed. Also, there are plenty of "paid" flashing services that use straight talk for the evo 3d. I also happen to own an active CDMA straight talk phone. Im using the crappy flip phone because I am uncertain what settings need to be migrated.
I have the msl # for my phone, so I can access the menus. I am not asking for instructions, just simply 'The PRL needs to be changed, etc. etc." maybe a quicklist ? I love my evo 3d. Help ?
I am also absolutely positive that my current straight talk phone is CDMA. Maybe they have access to a couple of diff. networks ?
If you are not comfortable putting this into a reply, PM me. I am uncertain what they are, but I know there are some boundaries.
I am also a fairly competent engineer, so there would not be any "hand holding" necessarily.
Using qpst it can access all secret programming of phone, there are about a dozen changes done with that program, then finding compatible prl, MSID #, usually ask your provider. It's like your phone number, but not, usually next area code over.
Pull up some YouTube vids, saw it IS possible. Odd cause str8talk in west is using Sims, anyways google always taught me, take guide for OG EVO, same process.
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Nevell posted earlier in his thread that he flashed the evo shift to straight talk. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=27079247 should be close to the same for the 3d.
I recently obtained an EVO 3D from Sprint and successfully flashed it to Virgin Mobile. I got SMS and Calling working, but Data keeps cutting off every minute or so. I know its not permitted to talk about ESN changing or cloning, but I would like to know if anyone has gotten their EVO 3D working in Virgin Mobile with data constantly working?
You would think by now when people end their topic with a "?" that it should probably going in the "Q&A"
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Moved....By the way if your going to use a ? in your thread title then i would hope you would think that it belongs in the Q&A section
I figured it would get moved, but since most people that answer questions about flashing and mods usually post them in the development section, I figured I would give it a try and post it there. My bad
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=29656475
Try these settings for your profile. Worked like a charm for me.
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kevin130 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=29656475
Try these settings for your profile. Worked like a charm for me.
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I'm sorry I'm asking this, but what ROM are you using? Maybe that's whats messing up my 3G
I used the stock ICS Rom for a while but now I'm using Cool ICS.
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Thank you, with your suggestion my 3G started working correctly! Also, I don't know if you have actually found a solution to the MMS, but my MMS is working with this ROM Patch, its in another forum, but I'll still post the link just in case. androidforums.com/evo-v-4g-all-things-root/600667-patch-sos-m-vmshooter-mms-patch.html
awerni said:
Thank you, with your suggestion my 3G started working correctly! Also, I don't know if you have actually found a solution to the MMS, but my MMS is working with this ROM Patch, its in another forum, but I'll still post the link just in case. androidforums.com/evo-v-4g-all-things-root/600667-patch-sos-m-vmshooter-mms-patch.html
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Thanks. Did this patch work with the stock ROM or cool ics ROM?
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Actually it worked with the SOS M rom only, but if you want to I could ask the OP to tell me how he managed to fix the mms in the rom.
Yes please. That's would be awesome. Thanks
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nice to see another person using an Evo and going with Virgin
i have an Evo 4g and just figured out how to get it connected to CDMA workshop. Was able to get my spc.
The problem with this whole thing is my donor phone had its usb data connection disabled by Virgin prior to shipping, like they do with all their cheap phones. i have the mdn, msid, meid...and as far as esn goes i still dont understand if esn is the same as meid. I dont even see anything in cdma workshop that says mdn or msid or meid
I might be on board too. Damn divorce has got me cutting a lot of corners. What is your actual total monthly payment?