DISCLAIMER: I NOR ANY OF THE FLASHERS ARE RESPONSIBLE OF YOUR PHONE, IF YOU DECIDE TO PROCEED THEN YOU KNOW THE RISK. AND I CANNOT SHARE OR TELL HOW TO DO THIS ( I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO DO IT SO DON'T PM ME )
THOUGHT IT WOULD BE NEAT TO SHARE SINCE I BELIEVE IT CAN BE DONE REMOTELY.
Well basically my story started when I heard about Verizon IPhones Could be Flashed To Cricket. Soon after discovering that apple had them stop flashed iPhone from Verizon, or Sprint in order for Cricket to recieve iPhones officially. And I'm a person who's about to be done with contract and wanted a prepaid CDMA carrier on my phone. Like Straight Talk, Virgin Mobile, Cricket, Metro PCS and discovered this while searching how to flash my phone http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=S3Uz_zgulNA&desktop_uri=/watch?v=S3Uz_zgulNA
It cost around $45 to flash and believe it can be done Remotely. All you have to do is contact them, tell them the device you wanna flash and they'll get back to you weather or not if your phone can or Cannot be flashed*
Contact info:
Facebook: Remote Flash To Cricket http://www.facebook.com/pages/Remote-Flash-to-Cricket/154854507923555
Phone number: 402-957-1717
Gmail: [email protected]
Main Website: http://remoteflash.net/
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I'm new to smartphones in general because I refused to buy one, they're destroying the world we live in, and now I can't focus on a simple face-to-face conversation without getting distracted by this silly device. But what's done is done. Recently a job opportunity left me no choice. I've been selling iPhones and Droid RAZRs by the truckload on eBay. I was an iPhreak until about christmas when I obtained a few Galaxy S3s to refurbish and sell, and after unlocking one of these i535s to work on Cricket for my girlfriend, I attempted a similar method to get one functioning on AT&T. Using DFS CDMA tool, I've gained the ability to send and receive SMS, as well as receive calls using my AT&T SIM card, but when I attempt to call out (any number), com.android.phone FCs and I'm returned to the home screen. I don't need mobile data, or MMS. I'd just like my phone to function as a phone, not simply a "hand computer".
My question: How can I make outgoing calls with AT&T on a VZW SGS3?
Rooted with an unlocked bootloader. Willing to flash, but insist on remaining rooted. ICS 4.0.4, I535VRLF2.
This would be your best bet: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1895684
Disclaimer: However, attempting anything in that thread could lead to a hard brick. I would stay away unless you know what you are doing.
That's ironic. I'm a total noob to this stuff, and I even managed to get the SecPhone.apk to make outgoing calls for a few days. I either just restarted the phone or flashed it again unknowingly. I''ll be sure to update that thread on my findings. Thanks
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I am getting kicked off of Sprint's network because I moved out of service range. I was about 4 months into a 24mo contract when I moved, so I was not about to terminate that contract. I just now got the letter stating that my line is being disconnected.
I would like to keep my HTC Evo3D phone but move to a Verizon account. I have been searching to find out if this is possible and I have turned up many differing responses. I am hoping to get a definitive answer here. I have seen that it is NOT possible, and that it is illegal.
I have also seen that it IS possible, but I can't find any walkthroughs with the actual EVO3d that I can use.
Granted this phone isn't worth a whole lot anymore, but I can't go and spend $200-300 on another phone right now when I have a perfectly good one. Is anyone willing to give me an honest opinon on my problem?
The device can be flashed to Verizon, but you will probably have to do it yourself. Most contract providers don't do flashing.
phone: HTC EVO 3d flashed to cricket
H-Boot: Jbear 1.50
ROM: Dirty Unicorns
phone: HTC one v cricket
rooted and romed
ROM: provisions
I heard Verizon prepaied allows sprint esns. Dont know the truth behind it. Call and find out. Let us know what they say. But as far as flashing goes its easy to do. It's the esn that is the tricky part.
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I talked to a rep today and the info Is false
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liljoka166 said:
I talked to a rep today and the info Is false
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If your phone is being disconnected by sprint, then the esn is good as there is no outstanding balance on the account nor the phone has been stolen. Flashing is possible, but youll have to flash the phone manually and get a donor phone for the account to activate the other.
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If your phone is being disconnected by sprint, then the esn is good as there is no outstanding balance on the account nor the phone has been stolen. Flashing is possible, but youll have to flash the phone manually and get a donor phone for the account to activate the other.
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i your using a donor phone it shouldn't matter if the esn is clean or not because you are changing the info in the phones
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i your using a donor phone it shouldn't matter if the esn is clean or not because you are changing the info in the phones
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not exactly, you see the donor phone will be the one that will be activated, but you need a clean esn to flash the phone properly to another carrier otherwise, the phone will be flaged, once the phone is flashed, you just need to update the info of your account with the phone you wish to use and wala, its done and you have vzw service on a sprint phone.
My situation: Current Verizon post-paid customer, wanting to try the new BYOP program with Straight Talk, but wondering if I could come BACK to Verizon using that same phone if it doesn't work out.
I have asked around every forum I can find. I called Verizon today and their techs gave me two different answers. What I want to do is take my Motorola Droid X2, that I have on Verizon post paid, and bring it to the new Straight Talk BYOP program. No shennanigans are needed here, it will just activate right on over there.
Now, my question comes here. Basically, what I wanted to know is if I went to Straight Talk, could I bring that phone back to Verizon. One Verizon tech said no, another one said yes that wouldn't be an issue.
Something about when you bring your phone to Straight Talk it reprograms it, and Verizon can't re-reprogram it when they get it back.
Just wondering if anyone knows if this is true, and if so if there would be a way a noob could reprogram the phone to be able to come back to Verizon. It's funny, the Verizon rep actually suggested this, I remember back "in the day" they had everything locked up like Ft Knox. He said to come to xxxda-developers...I mean xda...(neat registration video, I watched it!), and dig up some info.
I searched for this topic but everyone wanted to know going from VZ to ST but ST has this new program where it's kosher now.
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My situation: Current Verizon post-paid customer, wanting to try the new BYOP program with Straight Talk, but wondering if I could come BACK to Verizon using that same phone if it doesn't work out.
I have asked around every forum I can find. I called Verizon today and their techs gave me two different answers. What I want to do is take my Motorola Droid X2, that I have on Verizon post paid, and bring it to the new Straight Talk BYOP program. No shennanigans are needed here, it will just activate right on over there.
Now, my question comes here. Basically, what I wanted to know is if I went to Straight Talk, could I bring that phone back to Verizon. One Verizon tech said no, another one said yes that wouldn't be an issue.
Something about when you bring your phone to Straight Talk it reprograms it, and Verizon can't re-reprogram it when they get it back.
Just wondering if anyone knows if this is true, and if so if there would be a way a noob could reprogram the phone to be able to come back to Verizon. It's funny, the Verizon rep actually suggested this, I remember back "in the day" they had everything locked up like Ft Knox. He said to come to xxxda-developers...I mean xda...(neat registration video, I watched it!), and dig up some info.
I searched for this topic but everyone wanted to know going from VZ to ST but ST has this new program where it's kosher now.
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It may be possible. I just transferred my straighttalk service to the Verizon Motorola Droid OG that my buddy gave me. I called ST and followed the automated system till I got a representative.They ask for your personal info and the serial number of the phone. Since the phone was locked on verizon, I have to give them my credit card number to purchase the network access code.Took about 2 minutes to transfer and works well.
I dont know about the rest.
Bought a used HTC One M9 (Sprint). ESN is OK, but after purchase learned 'Owner Mismatch / FED Not Met', which I think means it's not stolen but a previous owner owes Sprint. The seller says he bought it used also and it's not him who owes Sprint, and can't or won't help me.
I paid a lot for this and need to activate it somehow, somewhere. Currently with a Sprint MVNO but open to moving to any network where I can activate it. Can it be used on a GSM network, or just CDMA?
What do I need to do to finally use it? ASAP, please, as in my frustration I just broke my current POS.
Thanks for any and all help!
Outta luck. Get a full refund if you can. Sprint's got a really nasty policy when it comes to unlocking for cricket/boost AND it's CDMA only so... Unless you're gonna to global to like Korea or India you can't activate it anymore. The only methods left are things like editing IMEI, but that's illegal lol.
I'd like to use the phone, and though I could ask, I doubt the seller (an individual) is going to agree to a refund.
Can you tell me or point me where I'm likely to find accurate directions and the program or tool to edit the IMEI? The phone's not rooted (nor have I experimented with that), but I can be careful (with guidance) if that's my only real option.
Thanks for helping!
I was told there's a guide to repairing (changing) an IMEI number here at XDA, but haven't found it. Can someone correct me? Also, as a clueless noob, any and all advise on the subject would be greatly appreciated.
Phone is an HTC One M9 for Sprint, bought used. Clean ESN (not blacklisted, stolen or reported lost), but previous owner owes Sprint money, I'm told when trying to activate it. I'm with a Sprint MVNO (Kroger i-Wireless, that allows bring-your-own-device, but since I can't return the phone to get my money back, willing to move to any service where I can activate it.
Not clear on this stuff, but I don't have it unlocked (boot, S-ON, or carrier) not is it rooted, though I'll do whatever it takes to be able to use it (myself or pay someone else to do it).
Please help.
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I was told there's a guide to repairing (changing) an IMEI number here at XDA, but haven't found it. Can someone correct me? Also, as a clueless noob, any and all advise on the subject would be greatly appreciated.
Phone is an HTC One M9 for Sprint, bought used. Clean ESN (not blacklisted, stolen or reported lost), but previous owner owes Sprint money, I'm told when trying to activate it. I'm with a Sprint MVNO (Kroger i-Wireless, that allows bring-your-own-device, but since I can't return the phone to get my money back, willing to move to any service where I can activate it.
Not clear on this stuff, but I don't have it unlocked (boot, S-ON, or carrier) not is it rooted, though I'll do whatever it takes to be able to use it (myself or pay someone else to do it).
Please help.
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yeah, get a refund or give up...editing the imei isnt like editing a build.prop heh...and if you cant get a refund get something for it as its now a paperweight, if you have money then just simply go buy a used one online from swappa, ebay etc..
Sorry to hear about your troubles. Sprint is a real bastard with FEC. This phone can do GSM, you could take it to T-mobile but you would first need to do a simunlock on the phone. There are two kinds, domestic sim unlock and international sim unlock. You will need to have a domestic sim unlock done on your phone before it will accept a t-mobile sim card. Also, the phone will do voice and 3g okay but LTE support is limited (sprint version does not support all of the lte bands which t-mobile uses).
Honestly you are probably better off selling the phone on Swappa (assuming you werent able to refund from seller). Phones with FEC problems will usually work on Sprint directly, but not with MVNOs. When buying a sprint phone for a MVNO always ask the seller to check the IMEI at your operators website or ask for the IMEI to check yourself.
May be useful hint regarding Mismatch or FED problem
Old post, but there may be people searching high and low with this very problem and I hope this helps someone.
Domestically, it just may hypothetically be possible to go ahead and activate the phone with prepaid Sprint. Without purchasing a plan, even, just getting the number assigned. Maybe you would need to deactivate the phone online, or it may not even matter. Then, it's a possibility an mvno such as....ring+ may accept and activate the esn you provide when you check for the eligibility online.
Then after you have successfully gotten your assigned number, maybe an hour later you might decide that ring+ isn't right for you after looking at the prices and stipulations more closely and deactivate device.
Then, you may find that you are able to activate your phone on the mvno of your choice.
Maybe I know of someone who thought they were buying a brand-new never activated Sprint-branded phone that could be used on an mvno and ended up accidentally finding a way. Or thought that since the phone was used and deactivated and had that Sprint brand on it but no indication that it was a prepaid device and not postpaid that a Sprint mvno of their choice would accept.
I'm currently an AT&T customer but wanna buy a new phone and switch to Straight Talk.
Hey XDA,hows everybody's day going so far?
Ok, so I have a LG E980 on AT&T. Phone is showing age and the headphone jack is having a hard time connecting. Time for an upgrade.
So I wanna keep the same number but switch to Straight Talk. How does this work? Do I buy the unlocked one or the AT&T and bring my AT&T phone to Straight Talk?
I hope somebody can help me with this. Does anybody know how long it takes for a phone number to transfer to a different carrier?
Thanks in advance for helping me.
Dcm210 said:
Hey XDA,hows everybody's day going so far?
Ok, so I have a LG E980 on AT&T. Phone is showing age and the headphone jack is having a hard time connecting. Time for an upgrade.
So I wanna keep the same number but switch to Straight Talk. How does this work? Do I buy the unlocked one or the AT&T and bring my AT&T phone to Straight Talk?
I hope somebody can help me with this. Does anybody know how long it takes for a phone number to transfer to a different carrier?
Thanks in advance for helping me.
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Ask straight talk if you can bring your phone to there service, should be able to I think? Yeah it's pretty easy to port number over. When you get service call straight talk customer care number and they will contact old carrier for you.
Dcm210 said:
Hey XDA,hows everybody's day going so far?
Ok, so I have a LG E980 on AT&T. Phone is showing age and the headphone jack is having a hard time connecting. Time for an upgrade.
So I wanna keep the same number but switch to Straight Talk. How does this work? Do I buy the unlocked one or the AT&T and bring my AT&T phone to Straight Talk?
I hope somebody can help me with this. Does anybody know how long it takes for a phone number to transfer to a different carrier?
Thanks in advance for helping me.
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First of all chose the phone you want. As for AT&T version or US unlocked version (RS988), it will depend on if root and twrp is important to you or not. If you want TWRP and root, get the RS988 version (I recommend getting it from B&H photo) as it can be bootloader unlocked, rooted and install twrp. It also has all the network bands for AT&T, T-Mobile & Verizon. If you don't care about root you could do the AT&T version if you want. As far as transfering your service, it's pretty easy. Go to walmart (or where ever) and buy the Bring your own phone package (you can buy an AT&T sim from straight talk for the BYOP program as well and it's cheaper). Once you do that activate your service using the instructions for your new G5 and chose the option to port your number. Straight talk will need your AT&T account number and account password to transfer your service, but it usually is pretty quick that it transfers, unless you run into a problem.
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First of all chose the phone you want. As for AT&T version or US unlocked version (RS988), it will depend on if root and twrp is important to you or not. If you want TWRP and root, get the RS988 version (I recommend getting it from B&H photo) as it can be bootloader unlocked, rooted and install twrp. It also has all the network bands for AT&T, T-Mobile & Verizon. If you don't care about root you could do the AT&T version if you want. As far as transfering your service, it's pretty easy. Go to walmart (or where ever) and buy the Bring your own phone package (you can buy an AT&T sim from straight talk for the BYOP program as well and it's cheaper). Once you do that activate your service using the instructions for your new G5 and chose the option to port your number. Straight talk will need your AT&T account number and account password to transfer your service, but it usually is pretty quick that it transfers, unless you run into a problem.
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Thank you,very much for the info.