Well, I was trying a few roms a few days ago and later i decided to go back to stock, I accidentally let the customizations run, and it went back to verizon, but i flashed the 0068 (or something like that) PRL file to the phone using EPST, after that I dialed *228 and updated the PRL to 02004 (latest MetroPCS PRL file), but i still cant use it, (i realized just 5 mins ago, 2 days after prl flashing -_-) I called the customer support just now and they said they just reset the device and I should shut it down and restart it, so anyways my question is:
I can't use my phone, I cant call, text or use web, and no one can call me, it says service not activated when i try to connect to the internet, and I cant use my voice mail either(LA 01 message something error) What should I Do?
Thanks guys.
taha1112 said:
Well, I was trying a few roms a few days ago and later i decided to go back to stock, I accidentally let the customizations run, and it went back to verizon, but i flashed the 0068 (or something like that) PRL file to the phone using EPST, after that I dialed *228 and updated the PRL to 02004 (latest MetroPCS PRL file), but i still cant use it, (i realized just 5 mins ago, 2 days after prl flashing -_-) I called the customer support just now and they said they just reset the device and I should shut it down and restart it, so anyways my question is:
I can't use my phone, I cant call, text or use web, and no one can call me, it says service not activated when i try to connect to the internet, and I cant use my voice mail either(LA 01 message something error) What should I Do?
Thanks guys.
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The only thing that comes to mind would be for the VZW customizations to actually modify more than just PRL (but mess with other EPST settings as well). Just to confirm, did you have your phone working on Metro before this?
yes, it was working perfectly, even the mms and web were working :|
EDIT: I can call *611 and *228, oh wait i think i said that in the first post...
taha1112 said:
yes, it was working perfectly, even the mms and web were working :|
EDIT: I can call *611 and *228, oh wait i think i said that in the first post...
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If you had 2.31 installed, the device should still be unlocked. Try running a hard reset/flashing another rom and see if that helps. I have a feeling that you will need to go into EPST and play with your MSID and MIN values and a few other things as well.
egzthunder1 said:
If you had 2.31 installed, the device should still be unlocked. Try running a hard reset/flashing another rom and see if that helps. I have a feeling that you will need to go into EPST and play with your MSID and MIN values and a few other things as well.
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I hard reset on stock rom and didn't let the customizations run, then flashed 3.42.30 (alltell rom i think) and with out resetting the device I just put the nfsfan's rom in the sd card and flashed that, it still didn't help, can someone give me the settings for the PST.
Thanks for the reply
taha1112 said:
I hard reset on stock rom and didn't let the customizations run, then flashed 3.42.30 (alltell rom i think) and with out resetting the device I just put the nfsfan's rom in the sd card and flashed that, it still didn't help, can someone give me the settings for the PST.
Thanks for the reply
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3.42.30 is a radio and not an actual rom. My guess would be that, unless you have them stored somewhere else, you will need to call Metro and ask them to help you re-program the phone. Couple of pointers:
a. Don't tell them that you have a Vogue (let alone a Vogue running 6.5) since they have little/no experience with WM devices.
b. Using BAFMSL, get your MSL from your device (you will need this to unlock and edit the EPST parameters. My guess is that you read the ESN to the Metro rep, who calculated an MSL, which of course did not work (here I am assuming that the ESN on your device has been cloned from another phone)).
c. What you want to get out of the rep are the numeric parameters for:
MIN (normally your phone number)
MSID
HomeSID
Don't assume that he/she will be able to guide you through the editing process because they simply won't know how. A simple "yes, go on" every time they tell you to change something will suffice. Just make sure you write the numbers down in a piece of paper.
Do this and get your numbers. If they are any different from the ones that are currently loaded, then your issue will be solved.
Just thought of one other thing. You said you went back to stock Verizon. Which radio did you have before that? And what radio did the Verizon rom take it to?
well, I had it metroflashed, and i can't do it again as i don't have any money now (only 15 years old xD), it has original ESN, does this change anything?
and btw, i can edit the epst, (the code is six 0s) or i may be wrong )
taha1112 said:
well, I had it metroflashed, and i can't do it again as i don't have any money now (only 15 years old xD), it has original ESN, does this change anything?
and btw, i can edit the epst, (the code is six 0s) or i may be wrong )
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Nah, Metroflash via Houdinisoft does two things:
1. It will add the ESN into Metro's database and will link it to your account.
2. It may provision your phone. I say may because I have seen, more often than not, that Houdini fails to provision any device that runs WM.
Asking you again about the radios. What radio did you have prior to flashing to Verizon stock and what did the stock flash the radio to?
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Nah, Metroflash via Houdinisoft does two things:
1. It will add the ESN into Metro's database and will link it to your account.
2. It may provision your phone. I say may because I have seen, more often than not, that Houdini fails to provision any device that runs WM.
Asking you again about the radios. What radio did you have prior to flashing to Verizon stock and what did the stock flash the radio to?
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well I had 3.42.50 (bell i think), with super froyo 2.2, when I installed verizon stock rom it changed back to 3.37.(something), does this answer your question?
Thanks for helping me btw.
taha1112 said:
well I had 3.42.50 (bell i think), with super froyo 2.2, when I installed verizon stock rom it changed back to 3.37.(something), does this answer your question?
Thanks for helping me btw.
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Yes, I was asking because I was afraid that you went below 3.xx.xx on the radio as this has been known to cause issues, including leaving phones completely useless.
Did you get the parameters from Metro as I suggested earlier?
well I got rid of the phone, as the representatives were not helping me at all (I talked to 5) so I am just going to buy a LG rumor touch (virgin mobile) and my other choice is Tmobile G1 but can I get it without a data plan?
taha1112 said:
well I got rid of the phone, as the representatives were not helping me at all (I talked to 5) so I am just going to buy a LG rumor touch (virgin mobile) and my other choice is Tmobile G1 but can I get it without a data plan?
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Only if you buy it without contract (the G1, that is). Sorry that you couldn't get it to work. I am sure that it was only a matter of re-programming the device.
Does anyone know how I can flash my Hero from the phone itself? I update the PRL and when I dial *228 it says I entered invalid SPCS 15 times and freezes. I'm running the newest Fresh Hero ROM. Thanks in advance
xizzmatt said:
Does anyone know how I can flash my Hero from the phone itself? I update the PRL and when I dial *228 it says I entered invalid SPCS 15 times and freezes. I'm running the newest Fresh Hero ROM. Thanks in advance
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Yes it could be done, but it wouldn't be a 100% percent flash, after you load that PRL, dial ##YOURMSL# and edit the MSN and MIN to match what would be given to you by Cricket, and there you go for Talk/txt for SMS and DATA, dial ##778# enter your MSL and change settings in there to match cricket settings then edit the APN for SMS, I don't know the cricket settings off the top of my head, but just google for "Provision Hero Cricket" . 2 links down is a thread for the settings.
if settings don't stick that way, then you have would to use a computer to finish the provisioning for data
I tried everything I could before coming here.
Today, phone was working fine. Decide to root and install cyanogen. I used Odin and installed CWM. I then made a back up of my rom with CWM. I used a dual boot type thing to keep the stock rom along side cyanogen. After getting installing new rom and gapps I see my phone is roaming. I try calling *228 to activate it. I press 1 and they say my phone can't be activated at this time. I go back into my stock rom, and its still roaming. *228 does the same thing. I restore from my backup. Still roaming. I now have done a factory reset and still have the problem.
tl;dr I can't connect to my phone network.
This is a us cellular phone/network. I noticed when I call anyone including the *228 it says verizon wireless. I don't know if that means anything
Ok i was running alliance rom and had no issues bt i wanted to try a new rom so i went through the steps of wiping factory restore and flashing a new rom now i have biggins rom up and running but when i try to make a call i either get the cal has been lost or it will just end the cal immediately its not my signal because i have full signal and even when it says the call has been lost there was no ringing so it did not go through at all can anyone help i cant even call 611 which goes through no mater what ive been told by vzw
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I was on CyanogenMod 12.1 and everything was fine.
For work related reasons I had to temporarily switch back to touchwiz so I made a full nandroid backup with latest TWRP.
I factory reset the phone to get rid of everything but realised I forgot to do something so I flashed the backup back to the phone but it kept hanging at 99% for 15 minutes where it said "restoring modem".
I figured it was just some kind of glitch or bug so thought what the hell and pulled the battery and after starting the phone back up everything seemed fine untill I later found out I couldn't receive calls and text messages anymore.
I proceeded to flash official modem and bootloader through odin which was succesfull but I was still unable to receive calls and texts.
Thinking that just flashing the official firmware from samsung back to the phone would restore the ability to receive texts and phonecalls I proceeded. Did another factory reset because of bootloop.
Now I am on official firmware and everything works, but I'm still not able to receive calls and texts! I'm getting pretty desperate now so I hope someone knows a sollution!
EDIT: I just did a crosscheck and there is nothing wrong with the sim. Something in the phone is not right!
EDIT 2: Ok... so after the crosscheck and placing the sim back in the S5 suddenly everything works again... I'll just leave this here for the next one...
Can you check whether you still have your IMEI? It should be on Settings->About device->Status
Riyal said:
Can you check whether you still have your IMEI? It should be on Settings->About device->Status
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Hey thanks for your reply! For some strange reason, after using my Sim in another phone and then switching back to the s5 everything worked fine again.