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Moving out of Sprint network into Verizon

I love my mogul...is there anyway to hack the phone so that I can get it hooked up with another network?

Good for you.
Sorry. There is no way to bring the sprint mogul to the Verizon network.
You will need a new xv6800. Much better phone anyway if you ask me.

why not? verizon opened their network to all devices, he should be able to activate it with them

It should be possible – for instance I operate Sprint Mogul in our local network. I even know people here who programmed HTC devices to have phone services from one network and the data (i.e. Internet) – from another.

defaultdotxbe said:
why not? verizon opened their network to all devices, he should be able to activate it with them
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I believe they are opening up their network and this won't be available until summer.

webbstar842 said:
I love my mogul...is there anyway to hack the phone so that I can get it hooked up with another network?
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The most difficult thing would be to get Verizon to activate your ESN on their network. Verizon has announced that they will allow all approved devices, but that has not yet been implemented. You might be lucky enough to find a CS rep willing to do it.
After that, you would need to flash a Verizon ROM, get an A-key and MSID from Verizon, and either port your phone number to Verizon or get a new MDN. You would need to edit EPST to reflect these numbers.
After all that is done, dial *22801 on the device to set up the data parameters, followed by *22802 to load a Verizon PRL.
If I missed anything, or misstated any of the above, I am sure someone will chime in with a correction.

Actually... Verizon has opened their networks up, as of the 18th of February I believe. I could be wrong about the date, but I know its opened.
You can flash a verizon ROM onto your 6800, then call customer service and activate your phone. It should work that way, its what I did for a friend who switched from Verizon to Sprint for the cheaper data plan...

shield001 said:
I believe they are opening up their network and this won't be available until summer.
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at least some areas opened it right after the announcement, berlin wall style, lol

I know this is an old thread, but has anyone successfully done this?
Specifically Sprint Mogul activated on the Verizon network.
Thanks

Not sure hoe to delete a double post...

so has anyone done this?

HTC Hero (CDMA / SPRINT) flashed to Cricket Wireless

for those who may be interested...it is possible to have your hero flashed to work on the Cricket network. it may not be for everyone, but i couldn't resist the lure of $40/mo unlimited everything with no contract. (saves around $1,000+ over the life of the contract)
here's what i did:
-buy cdma hero on ebay
-go to a cricket store and ask them to activate the phone
-usually the rep will "know a guy" who can work with htc (try a few stores or call around)
-they may charge you $30 or so to flash it and its working
wireless data, visual voicemail, and mms dont' work...but they expect to get them working soon (phone is only a few weeks old at this point)... and where i'm at, i almost always have wifi and don't care about vm or mms.

Might see if any of these guys know about xda...perhaps they just need to be pointed here to share the wealth of what they're doing.

HTC Hero Phone Code Numbers ##
if you do transfer to cricket (or perhaps another cdma carrier), a good thing to know is:
##000000#
this will allow you to edit or view EPST (change/view your Mobile Directory Number MDN and MSID)
The MDN is your current phone number, your local cricket store can give you your MSID (which also depends on your phone number).

yourmanstan said:
for those who may be interested...it is possible to have your hero flashed to work on the Cricket network. it may not be for everyone, but i couldn't resist the lure of $40/mo unlimited everything with no contract. (saves around $1,000+ over the life of the contract)
here's what i did:
-buy cdma hero on ebay
-go to a cricket store and ask them to activate the phone
-usually the rep will "know a guy" who can work with htc (try a few stores or call around)
-they may charge you $30 or so to flash it and its working
wireless data, visual voicemail, and mms dont' work...but they expect to get them working soon (phone is only a few weeks old at this point)... and where i'm at, i almost always have wifi and don't care about vm or mms.
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I dont believe you. How could you possibly "flash it" with out root access?

Negrito said:
I dont believe you. How could you possibly "flash it" with out root access? /QUOTE]
don't believe me then...i'm sure i just imagined myself doing all those things and making phone calls without a sprint account.
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yourmanstan said:
don't believe me then...i'm sure i just imagined myself doing all those things and making phone calls without a sprint account. ?
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Well if im just "being stupid" then you could simply prove me wrong. Put up, or Shut up!

cant wait
Negrito said:
Well if im just "beingstupid" then you could simply prove me wrong. Put up, or Shut up!
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i think he means the regular flash as in flashing the prl not flashing a cricket rom... i cant wait for a rom that i can use on cricket... i have text n voice workin but net and mms is light years away since the phone just came out... cmon guys speed it up... ive been prayin to the cricket flashing gods to give us a saviour to answer our prayers...

Not so far away
I´m in Mexico, and I have a Hero woking here with data. So far it´s 1x, but I only worked on it for about 3 hours. After this long weekend (we have monday off here) I´ll get to work on it to make Ev work.
Don´t lose heart It´ll get there.

Negrito said:
I dont believe you. How could you possibly "flash it" with out root access?
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The radio is separate from the OS and the traditional CDMA tools work on the Hero like any other phone. There are plenty of other forums talking about how to port CDMA phones to other providers; especially Indian forums because there are large CDMA networks there.
Edit: when he says "flash it," he probably just means to put a new PRL (preferred roaming list) and editing the details under ##DATA to match what another provider wants.

kRutOn said:
The radio is separate from the OS and the traditional CDMA tools work on the Hero like any other phone. There are plenty of other forums talking about how to port CDMA phones to other providers; especially Indian forums because there are large CDMA networks there.
Edit: when he says "flash it," he probably just means to put a new PRL (preferred roaming list) and editing the details under ##DATA to match what another provider wants.
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Yeah, thats exactly what it says two posts above yours from a week ago.

jhgas said:
I´m in Mexico, and I have a Hero woking here with data. So far it´s 1x, but I only worked on it for about 3 hours. After this long weekend (we have monday off here) I´ll get to work on it to make Ev work.
Don´t lose heart It´ll get there.
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any luck jhgas?

"Broadband Workaround Trick"
Hey guys!
I'm new to the Hero (CDMA Sprint flashed to Cricket) and Android. Totally new. I'm no stranger to Windows Mobile though, I've been a pretty intense user and contributor to development on the Axim x51v. Thought it was time to update though, and here I am.
Now, I've googled my butt off (which is going to make it tough to poop later, for sure), and I just can't find much detail or step by step info on how to get internet access working on this thing other than Wifi.
I have phone/text, and I also bought a Cricket Broadband plan to go along with it.
My phone is not rooted, not unlocked, unless this was part of what they did at the Cricket store to get my Hero flashed to Cricket.
I've read some mentions in google searches about a way to use my Broadband service through my phone... but I need some step by step info on how to do this. Can anyone help? What would be handy, as a somewhat savvy noob, would be prerequisites, instructions, and info I'll need to do this.
Thanks in advance if anyone can help, and I apologize in advance if I didn't google well enough before asking... although I definitely gave it a damn good shot before asking for help!

I've never tried it, so i don't know, but i have flashed a lot of WM phones to cricket with working mms and WAP. I would think you could get the internet to work by entering first changing your msl to 000000 and then just entering in all the correct settings in your EPST like you would a windows mobile phone?

cricket wap on hero
the phone has built in proxy support so u can download anycut from the market and input "wap.mycricket.com" and "8080" in the proxy settings. however most of the internet apps dont work, but the browser does. i believe the broadband hack or possibly the html plan will help in getting the internet apps to work but havent tried yet

htc hero wap no working
.i have a sprint htc hero that had cellular south on it now its flashed to cricket.the only thing working is calling.can you walk me through getting internet.i belive my wap setting are set up,but when i try and connect to mobile network it says "standbye for connecting to mobile network then connecting and keeps repeating"i have read that iv got to root the phone.iv been trying to root with no success.and hepl please .ty

htc hero cricket
please help dont want to try anything till im shure .lol

its actually possible. my friend works for cricket and got a sprint branded touch pro working. he just has voice and mms. but its a start i guess. i needs my data lol.

so why would you want a hero that only half the features work on?

i have an htc hero...i live in laredo tx..if anyone knows how i can flash this cell phone to cricket please let me know..they have told me that they dont have the software to do so..please HELP ME!!! *TeAr* and where did u guyz flash it so i can go overthere if i cant do to here....

yourmanstan said:
for those who may be interested...it is possible to have your hero flashed to work on the Cricket network. it may not be for everyone, but i couldn't resist the lure of $40/mo unlimited everything with no contract. (saves around $1,000+ over the life of the contract)
here's what i did:
-buy cdma hero on ebay
-go to a cricket store and ask them to activate the phone
-usually the rep will "know a guy" who can work with htc (try a few stores or call around)
-they may charge you $30 or so to flash it and its working
wireless data, visual voicemail, and mms dont' work...but they expect to get them working soon (phone is only a few weeks old at this point)... and where i'm at, i almost always have wifi and don't care about vm or mms.
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hey please let me know where you flashed your htc hero....i will go to whereever to do so..LoL...im in laredo i think wer r not dat advanced n all this **** of flashing cell phones...

Hero to Cricket

Does anybody here have a HTC Hero on the Crickt Network. I can't seem to get it working. I live in Philadelphia. I've tried every Cricket PRL on the Colordo(If I Speeled it right) site and i get nothing. My phone wont even dial out. I did everything the guide said. I unlocked the phone and added the PRL and I get nothin. It has to be something more that i have to do. I can't even find a place in philly that does it. THNKyOU

we need the whole story here...
is it a sprint hero?
which PRL specifically are you using? try looking at a friends phone who has cricket in the same area (is usually listed under phone info>prl) and use the same one
when you say unlocked what do you mean? spc changed?
does your phone *228? does it 611? is philly an AWS market? (i dont know)
is the device actually on an account?
there are good threads out there.. work your google-fu if any of these terms or ideas are foreign to you (dont be afraid to try the google cache if a certain site is down too.. m-f?)

I Have a Sprint Hero. and i have tried every cricket PRL. I have a active Cricket phone and I also checked the info on that phone and i can't find the PRL that my cricket phone has. No *228 does not work or 611. When i dial out it does nothing. and I mean unlocked by changing the SPC to 000000

if you cant 611 or *228 im inclined to think you didn't get the prl properly working
on the hero you can ##786# to check the current prl
once you have the right prl and can 611 then get your phone activated and program... really not any different than any other cdma
really search though. theres threads that cover the whole process already
edit: try asking in a local cricket store if you are in an AWS market, theres a chance your phone might not work with philly/cricket

[Q] Switched to At&t and cant make or receive calls. data works, though

I had to switch from TMobile to At&t for work reasons. I got the Samsung Focus on At&t and I love it, but I flashed Android on my HD2 hoping that I would have the best of both worlds: a WP7 and an Android phone equivalent to the Inspire 4G.
The good news is that when I put my At&t SIM Card on my HD2, it registers and says At&t, and the data works fine (EDGE, but nothing is perfect, i knew that 3G was not going to work because of the different frequencies At&t and TMobile use), the bad news is that I'm not able to make or receive calls or texts.
Anyone has any idea how to make the HD2 with Android work on At&T?
Please ignore the part of my sig where it says that i'm running windows mobile, although i'm willing to flash it if that is the solution, but i want to play with Android for a while.
Any help will be appreciated!
Cheers!

You will have to unlock the phone. Call T_Mobile and they can generate a unlock code for you.

My phone is unlocked... any other ideas?

Did you go to Settings/Mobile Networks/Network Operators/Search Networks and choose AT&T as your carrier? In the same menu, you can Select Automatically so that you don't have to manually choose which carrier is available in your area.

AT&T is the only carrier that shows up whether i select it manually or automatically.

ZaidSenall said:
AT&T is the only carrier that shows up whether i select it manually or automatically.
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That's strange. Seeing your moniker and knowing you were on T-Mobile, it should also show up. Since your phone is unlocked like mine, I used to be on AT&T and would see both carriers when I did a search of the airwaves. Did you check your APN settings so that they are set up for AT&T?
Here's the link to the ATT APN thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=692059
Hope this works for you.

slbenz said:
That's strange. Seeing your moniker and knowing you were on T-Mobile, it should also show up. Since your phone is unlocked like mine, I used to be on AT&T and would see both carriers when I did a search of the airwaves. Did you check your APN settings so that they are set up for AT&T?
Here's the link to the ATT APN thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=692059
Hope this works for you.
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I will try this when i get home tonight. I also thought that both of them would show up. but strangely only AT&T shows up. It's weird that data works fine, though...
Thanks for your help. I will post back with the results tonight...

ZaidSenall said:
I will try this when i get home tonight. I also thought that both of them would show up. but strangely only AT&T shows up. It's weird that data works fine, though...
Thanks for your help. I will post back with the results tonight...
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Nothing worked, so I flashed windows mobile and now everything works fine (except 3g, of course). I guess it is something with Android. I'm sure someone will figure it out...
Thanks for the help, though.

try a different rom. might be the rom you're using... try an unofficial cyanogenmod7 rom and flash with cwm.

Same Problem
I have the same problem with my HD2. It's been flashed to gingerbread 2.3.6 and unlocked. I can get data, but I can't make calls or send texts. I'm wondering if you fixed yours! If so, I'd really appreciate it if you could help me out

H910(AT&T) -> H915(Canada)?

Hi,
I bought the LG V20 H910(AT&T) from Newegg because there was a good deal and it was unlocked, however I don't have a good cell reception with Fido. Could it be possible for me the flash the Canadian variant firmware(H915) over H910 to have the canadian modem and baseband?
Thanks

Yes.
-- Brian

runningnak3d said:
Yes.
-- Brian
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Thanks Brian!

Brazil
I bought an unlocked ATT V20 H910m last year and bought it to Brazil, it's working fine but, as we don't have ATT here I cannot update it.
Do you know if I flash this H915 rom I will be able to use another carrier here and receive OTA updates?
Thanks

Another option (if the flashed firmware doesn't seem to help) is to use the EXT roaming option. It's a no cost (to Canadian cell users with one of the big three) option, all you have to do is manually select the network operator using one of the EXT providers that will show up besides the FIDO ones. I run the H990DS model and I'm over on the west coast of BC. Over the years the Rogers (who Fido actually is) cell tower signal has degraded so bad that it's practically unusable. So I just went to permanently roaming on Telus towers using EXT. Never had any financial repercussions from Fido on my bill and the Telus signal is very good. The EXT roaming is a mutual aid thing that Telus, Rogers and Bell came up with and implemented not that long ago (year or so ago).
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XblackdemonX said:
Hi,
I bought the LG V20 H910(AT&T) from Newegg because there was a good deal and it was unlocked, however I don't have a good cell reception with Fido. Could it be possible for me the flash the Canadian variant firmware(H915) over H910 to have the canadian modem and baseband?
Thanks
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Tim3tripp3r said:
Another option (if the flashed firmware doesn't seem to help) is to use the EXT roaming option. It's a no cost (to Canadian cell users with one of the big three) option, all you have to do is manually select the network operator using one of the EXT providers that will show up besides the FIDO ones. I run the H990DS model and I'm over on the west coast of BC. Over the years the Rogers (who Fido actually is) cell tower signal has degraded so bad that it's practically unusable. So I just went to permanently roaming on Telus towers using EXT. Never had any financial repercussions from Fido on my bill and the Telus signal is very good. The EXT roaming is a mutual aid thing that Telus, Rogers and Bell came up with and implemented not that long ago (year or so ago).
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Interesting. I'll check it out. Thanks!

Tim3tripp3r said:
Another option (if the flashed firmware doesn't seem to help) is to use the EXT roaming option. It's a no cost (to Canadian cell users with one of the big three) option, all you have to do is manually select the network operator using one of the EXT providers that will show up besides the FIDO ones. I run the H990DS model and I'm over on the west coast of BC. Over the years the Rogers (who Fido actually is) cell tower signal has degraded so bad that it's practically unusable. So I just went to permanently roaming on Telus towers using EXT. Never had any financial repercussions from Fido on my bill and the Telus signal is very good. The EXT roaming is a mutual aid thing that Telus, Rogers and Bell came up with and implemented not that long ago (year or so ago).
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I tried to do that but when I go into the network settings and I click on search networks I get Error while searching for networks

Mine does that once in a blue moon.
Either reboot it or turn it off and do a cold boot.
Do not try right away after booting has been completed, give it a few minutes to settle in. I have found that trying to scan right away after a boot is where what you experienced will happen, also once in a blue moon if the current network has issues (or it could just be the LG V20 itself) the signal drops out and a rescan doesn't work. I must say that this is a very infrequent occurrence (months+?).
Once you know how to deal with the idiosyncrasies of using the Fido-EXT it sure has worked great for me.
Out West (BC) I always get multiple Fido-EXT networks (see screenshot).
In my case one of the EXT networks is Telus and the other is BELL. It will only hook up with Telus not Bell, however out East it might be the other way around YMMV (your mileage may vary). No way to tell whose is who, just know to try the other one if the first doesn't work. AFAIK the order will stay the same after a reboot or cold start, so if it is a certain one in the list that works then it should be the same every time.
The odd time I switch back to Fido for awhile then go back to Fido-EXT, I can usually do this on the fly without having issues either way but if it doesn't co-operate a reboot or cold start takes care of it.
Hope that this helps you get it sorted out.
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I tried to do that but when I go into the network settings and I click on search networks I get Error while searching for networks
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Tim3tripp3r said:
Mine does that once in a blue moon.
Either reboot it or turn it off and do a cold boot.
Do not try right away after booting has been completed, give it a few minutes to settle in. I have found that trying to scan right away after a boot is where what you experienced will happen, also once in a blue moon if the current network has issues (or it could just be the LG V20 itself) the signal drops out and a rescan doesn't work. I must say that this is a very infrequent occurrence (months+?).
Once you know how to deal with the idiosyncrasies of using the Fido-EXT it sure has worked great for me.
Out West (BC) I always get multiple Fido-EXT networks (see screenshot).
In my case one of the EXT networks is Telus and the other is BELL. It will only hook up with Telus not Bell, however out East it might be the other way around YMMV (your mileage may vary). No way to tell whose is who, just know to try the other one if the first doesn't work. AFAIK the order will stay the same after a reboot or cold start, so if it is a certain one in the list that works then it should be the same every time.
The odd time I switch back to Fido for awhile then go back to Fido-EXT, I can usually do this on the fly without having issues either way but if it doesn't co-operate a reboot or cold start takes care of it.
Hope that this helps you get it sorted out.
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I don't even see that on my H910. I think AT&T restricts too much stuff on the phone. I even tried to enter the Telus APN manually and it doesn't work. I tried to enter the Telus APN settings in my /system/etc/apns-conf.xml and it didn't work.

The only other thing I can think of is (it might be stupid) do you have "roaming" enabled. If not I can see how that might affect things.
Also have you ever used the "hidden menu" from the dialer to explore?
In my case it's *#546368#*990# but you would substitute 910 for the 990.
You can make changes to the APN from there (and other things) , there's a few posts here on XDA about it.
Finally I also came across this app called "Settings Database Editor" that you can d/l from the Play Store.
I found here on XDA were someone used it to get tethering functioning properly, it lets you do a few things. All of the above work with stock phones - root not required. All these were found in the LG V20 forums.
Just kind of pulling straws for you on the hope that something might be of use.
XblackdemonX said:
I don't even see that on my H910. I think AT&T restricts too much stuff on the phone. I even tried to enter the Telus APN manually and it doesn't work. I tried to enter the Telus APN settings in my /system/etc/apns-conf.xml and it didn't work.
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Tim3tripp3r said:
The only other thing I can think of is (it might be stupid) do you have "roaming" enabled. If not I can see how that might affect things.
Also have you ever used the "hidden menu" from the dialer to explore?
In my case it's *#546368#*990# but you would substitute 910 for the 990.
You can make changes to the APN from there (and other things) , there's a few posts here on XDA about it.
Finally I also came across this app called "Settings Database Editor" that you can d/l from the Play Store.
I found here on XDA were someone used it to get tethering functioning properly, it lets you do a few things. All of the above work with stock phones - root not required. All these were found in the LG V20 forums.
Just kind of pulling straws for you on the hope that something might be of use.
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That could be an idea. I'll try that. Thank you.

I too have the HR1010r AT&T V20 and live in Montenegro (Europe). I would like to flash the Canadian Oreo via the Flash Tool but want to make sure that I can say Bell, Rogers etc., and will it work? I don't care if I can get OTA updates, I just want to get Oreo! Lol
Thanks guys!