FLASH to Verizon! - Epic 4G General

Does anyone know how to do it? Is it possible?

Verizon won't activate it.

entropism said:
Verizon won't activate it.
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Yup, you can flash it all you want but if the ESN# doesn't come up in Verizon's system they won't let it near their network.

oh okay. thanks, i currently own a fascinate and love it, however I could really use a FFC. I guess now I lost all hope :-(

Can't you manually alter the esn and imei #'s (using qpst or cdma workshop) with values that are on verizon's list?
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gergenhime said:
Can't you manually alter the esn and imei #'s (using qpst or cdma workshop) with values that are on verizon's list?
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Yes. Information is hard to come by because it's illegal in the US, but it's quite doable.

Poryhack said:
Yes. Information is hard to come by because it's illegal in the US, but it's quite doable.
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Yeah, googling that doesn't give a complete step by step on how to do it or anything.

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Root doesn''t work on Bell Vibrant

I suspect it's just because the update.zip file does not contain any mention of the correct model for Bell. The Bell model is a GT-i9000M. Anyone can update the zip file so I can try again?? Thanks.
Did you try the update method for the i9000? That one might work
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blackerwater said:
Did you try the update method for the i9000? That one might work
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Yes, I did. When it runs it shows i5800, i9000, sgh-i897 but not i9000m. I think it's a simple thing to just add the model number to the script, because I'm pretty sure it gets installed to the same places, but I'm no expert.
Edit: I found the updater script in the zip file and looked at it with notepad, but I'm scared to just add similar notations for the i9000M without some confirmation from someone who knows more.
It really is that simple as finding the few lines in the script and copying the two you need and adding the model name displayed in your settings > about phone.
I'd throw an update.zip for ya but I have to run soon. The worst that'll likely happen is the script won't run if you get the model name wrong.
nice so I'd give it a go
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justadude said:
It really is that simple as finding the few lines in the script and copying the two you need and adding the model name displayed in your settings > about phone.
I'd throw an update.zip for ya but I have to run soon. The worst that'll likely happen is the script won't run if you get the model name wrong.
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Ok, thanks, I know enough to try it. We'll see.
Sweet! It was that simple. I just added an M to the i9000 already in the file. Thanks guys for the feedback.
could you post the update.zip for other bell people?
What are your radio frequencies? im interested in knowing if the Bell Vibrant has any compatible freqs... Our vibrant works 3g for Tmo and AT&T, a first for gsm phones i think?
junkdruggler said:
What are your radio frequencies? im interested in knowing if the Bell Vibrant has any compatible freqs... Our vibrant works 3g for Tmo and AT&T, a first for gsm phones i think?
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taken from a quick google search:
http://www.wilsonamplifierstore.com/bell-mobility
800(850?)/1900 for them. per wilson, but I see CDMA 850 and 2100 on wikipedia. CDMA
tmo us: 1700/1900/2100 per wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-Mobile
Berserk87 said:
could you post the update.zip for other bell people?
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Here it is.
junkdruggler said:
What are your radio frequencies? im interested in knowing if the Bell Vibrant has any compatible freqs... Our vibrant works 3g for Tmo and AT&T, a first for gsm phones i think?
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Frequencies for Bell are 850/1900. So it works on Rogers, Telus, ATT.
I still find it really strange that tmobile chose to add in utms 1900 to the phone...do they even have any unused spectrum in that band...its just really bazar
I don't want to know bells freqs.. I wanna know what the bell vibrants box says...
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junkdruggler said:
I don't want to know bells freqs.. I wanna know what the bell vibrants box says...
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HSPA Tri-Band
(850/1900/2100 MHz)
thank you... I was hoping it would be quadband like the Tmo Vibrant... I want a FFC...
jentech said:
Here it is.
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Could you please tell me which method you used to root it? Ive tried every button sequence method to boot into recovery and none have worked. Thanks.
junkdruggler said:
I don't want to know bells freqs.. I wanna know what the bell vibrants box says...
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Sorry, here's a pic of the box.
jfive74 said:
Could you please tell me which method you used to root it? Ive tried every button sequence method to boot into recovery and none have worked. Thanks.
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I couldn't figure out the button sequence either. I ended up using the tools from the AndroidSDK and the 'adb reboot recover' command.
Croak, I just PM'd you.
Edit: never mind, I'm on my way down

[Q] Slot Cycle Index

Anyone know how to change the SCI on the epic 4g?
volkly said:
Anyone know how to change the SCI on the epic 4g?
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I don't think it matters anymore as it may be controlled on the tower end now... but... ##data# from the phone app gets you to the "hidden menu" and then I think its in advanced. You will need your msl, which you can get using connectbot and the typing getprop in the terminal. Its the 6 digit #.
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Nah its not in there
volkly said:
Anyone know how to change the SCI on the epic 4g?
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BUMP for an answer. Anyone know this yet?
you can use QPST to do that.
like this http://forum.androidcentral.com/384303-post6.html
razorloves said:
you can use QPST to do that.
like this http://forum.androidcentral.com/384303-post6.html
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Or you can just edit the SCI directly from the phone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=823243
Isira said:
Or you can just edit the SCI directly from the phone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=823243
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yea, thats already mentioned in post #2. i was just offering an alternate method.

Having trouble updating PRL? Make sure you have this file:

If your PRL updated before and won't now, make sure you have Sprint_app_updater.apk in your system/app directory. Some ROMs removed it as bloat:
Here it is:
Edit: you may need sprintandroidextensions.apk also
kennyglass123 said:
If your PRL updated before and won't now, make sure you have Sprint_app_updater.apk in your system/app directory. Some ROMs removed it as bloat:
Here it is:
Edit: you may need sprintandroidextensions.apk also
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Cool...might have to freeze these. As I hate for my PRL to get updated off of 11115.
digiblur said:
Cool...might have to freeze these. As I hate for my PRL to get updated off of 11115.
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That is supposed to stop it, but I remember still being thrown off the old 01115 and force fed the 60680. It may work to stop it now though.
What is the latest PRL, anyway? I'm on 60681.
ehurt152 said:
What is the latest PRL, anyway? I'm on 60681.
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That be it for us non-company discount users.
kennyglass123 said:
That be it for us non-company discount users.
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Haha, true that
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What kind of company discount qualifies you for 11115? I have a discount applied due to where I work but I am on 60681.
zetterwing said:
What kind of company discount qualifies you for 11115? I have a discount applied due to where I work but I am on 60681.
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They changed their criteria. It used to be any discount got that PRL.
So if I load 11115 and freeze these apk's will it stay on that? I don't need to roam very much but there are areas that have absolutely horrible data speeds.
zetterwing said:
So if I load 11115 and freeze these apk's will it stay on that? I don't need to roam very much but there are areas that have absolutely horrible data speeds.
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Theoretically yes. Sprint did a push on 60678 a while back and it still changed mine. It should work to freeze those 2 apks but it also messes up Visual voicemail to text.
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zetterwing said:
So if I load 11115 and freeze these apk's will it stay on that? I don't need to roam very much but there are areas that have absolutely horrible data speeds.
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Where can somebody dl 11115 and how do you install it? My brother is high up in sprint and I'm linked to his account and I have 60681 too
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travismoreno said:
Where can somebody dl 11115 and how do you install it? My brother is high up in sprint and I'm linked to his account and I have 60681 too
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It should be in the "how to manually update PRL" thread in development. I will try to remember to look tonight.
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I'm on 60683. That must be the most recent one.
What is the physical difference between the 10000 PRLs and the 60000 PRLs??? Not sure I understand why the business folks get a different PRL and that is what I am trying to understand.
Milkman00 said:
What is the physical difference between the 10000 PRLs and the 60000 PRLs??? Not sure I understand why the business folks get a different PRL and that is what I am trying to understand.
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Apparently business people are more important and it allows for 3G roaming on other networks' towers. So they get a PRL that has 3G turned on at certain roaming towers.
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travismoreno said:
Where can somebody dl 11115 and how do you install it? My brother is high up in sprint and I'm linked to his account and I have 60681 too
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Here's the file and here is how you do it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=898628
Unzip the file first.

Revert Boost Mobile Epic back to Sprint

My friend put my epic on Boost and it works fine. I want to give my phone to my sister but I must put it back to Sprint.
I googled and search but I only see Sprint to Boost but not Boost to Sprint.
Its my phone and ESN is clean.
How do I do that?
Can anyone help please thanks
So you didn't write down the settings that u changed?
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Couldn't you just Odin flash to the stock ROM and kernel? It should restore all Sprint settings back. Just need to re-register the ESN to Sprint.
zman519 said:
So you didn't write down the settings that u changed?
Sent from the Drivers Seat of my Suby txting and Driving doing 100MPH+ in a school zone! Ha.
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I didnt do it myself but now im on my own.
adelmundo said:
Couldn't you just Odin flash to the stock ROM and kernel? It should restore all Sprint settings back. Just need to re-register the ESN to Sprint.
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I hope its that simple! Are you sure about that? And how would I go about re-registering with Sprint??
cocochannel said:
I hope its that simple! Are you sure about that? And how would I go about re-registering with Sprint??
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Hopefully you can just go through hands free activation...
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adelmundo said:
Couldn't you just Odin flash to the stock ROM and kernel? It should restore all Sprint settings back. Just need to re-register the ESN to Sprint.
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Roms, kernels, and modems don't modify provisioning data. I can confirm this with my modified Epic on a $30 SERO plan. This also goes for the MEID, which isn't a legitimate Epic 4G MEID on his Boost-activated Epic. He's going to have to use Google and his brain to repair his meid so it matches what's on the sticker underneath the battery
...or just find someone on craigslist to do the repair instead.
quick99si said:
Roms, kernels, and modems don't modify provisioning data. I can confirm this with my modified Epic on a $30 SERO plan. This also goes for the MEID, which isn't a legitimate Epic 4G MEID on his Boost-activated Epic. He's going to have to use Google and his brain to repair his meid so it matches what's on the sticker underneath the battery
...or just find someone on craigslist to do the repair instead.
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+1, once you fix your MEID, you'll want to odin to EC05, and upgrade to EI22, once your epic is activated again, hands free activation will provision the rest of the needed info.
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Shinydude100 said:
+1, once you fix your MEID, you'll want to odin to EC05, and upgrade to EI22, once your epic is activated again, hands free activation will provision the rest of the needed info.
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Its already on EI22 and what is "hands free activation"?
cocochannel said:
Its already on EI22 and what is "hands free activation"?
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It's what comes up once you do a Factory Reset on EI22, System Update.apk will initiate it. You'll need to activate that Epic with Sprint before that hands-free activation will work, you also need to fix your MEID if it was changed when you had it with boost.
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Shinydude100 said:
hands free activation will provision the rest of the needed info.
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Has anyone actually done this? I ask because in the 3g thread, it has been said that if you lose one of the keys, it cannot be restored and is needed for provisioning.
If someone gets this to work without saving and restoring the original profile passwords, please let us know here.
garyf said:
Has anyone actually done this? I ask because in the 3g thread, it has been said that if you lose one of the keys, it cannot be restored and is needed for provisioning.
If someone gets this to work without saving and restoring the original profile passwords, please let us know here.
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If you're on the correct rate plan for the phone, Hands-Free Activation/Update Profile will plug in all the necessary data values granted the MEID is the correct one registered to that account.
garyf said:
Has anyone actually done this? I ask because in the 3g thread, it has been said that if you lose one of the keys, it cannot be restored and is needed for provisioning.
If someone gets this to work without saving and restoring the original profile passwords, please let us know here.
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That's exactly what Hands-Free provisioning will provide. Given that you restore that Epic's ORIGINAL MEID, as stated time and time again to you. Lol
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I have just upgraded to a epic touch from the epic what i want to do is wipe all the esn meid from my epic so i can sell it would i just zero out the esn and meid number in qpst would this make it safe to sale thanks for any help

Retail Diagnostics .apk

Hello i pulled this .apk off my phone when i left sprint after having my phone looked at just posting it around to see if it helps its a sprint app so please share and give thanks
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1620065
pactive73 said:
Hello i pulled this .apk off my phone when i left sprint after having my phone looked at just posting it around to see if it helps its a sprint app so please share and give thanks
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1620065
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lol link is dead
jesuscash said:
lol link is dead
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o noo lol here try this one
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1620065
Will check it out. But next time you might want to post it in General
the apk kept force closing on me.
running aosp, might be a sense based apk?
jesuscash said:
the apk kept force closing on me.
running aosp, might be a sense based apk?
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Yeah, works fine on sense.
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Retail Diagnostics
I'm using the Motorala Razr from Verizon. I downloaded the apk yesterday and it force closed on me. I am not rooted and I'm still running a stock rom. Is this apk Sense specific or HTC specific?
Infinite7154 said:
I'm using the Motorala Razr from Verizon. I downloaded the apk yesterday and it force closed on me. I am not rooted and I'm still running a stock rom. Is this apk Sense specific or HTC specific?
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Possibly Sprint specific
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I'm an idiot!
one_love_420 said:
Possibly Sprint specific
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I just switched from Sprint to Verizon. I keep forgetting I'm not on Sprint anymore. Thanks.
What are main funtions of this app? It just shows the current status of certain things going on on your device?
sparksco said:
What are main funtions of this app? It just shows the current status of certain things going on on your device?
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Pretty much. It also tests your sms and mms by sending you one from yourself...
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Dread 7us said:
Pretty much. It also tests your sms and mms by sending you one from yourself...
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Definitely a nice app to have when porting roms, etc... Good find to whoever found it! :beer:
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Dread 7us said:
Pretty much. It also tests your sms and mms by sending you one from yourself...
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You seem like the person to ask with as much knowledge as you know about phones and all the work you've created; good grief. I am stuck with Sprint and cant leave until next year without paying ETF; long story short; get terrible service and have airave (only works half the time and have 3 replacements-sprint does not want to address to issue; and me being on a SERO account probably doesn't help either) but someone in a different thread mentioned about a sprint diagnostic tool that you can use to force your phone to Roam verizon towers and get the boot rather quickly from sprint; unfortunately he said it was only for samsung devices; http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1774503
Originally Posted by bigmoneygrip23
Not sure how long you have left on your contract, but there are other ways to get out of it. Not sure about the shift, but on my gnex custom ROM there's a sprint diagnostics app you can use to flash a custom prl and roam on Verizon towers. Sprint will boot you and terminate the contract with no etf if you do it enough. Not that I would condone such a thing.
I didn't know if there was such a tool that could work for the evo shift that you knew of since you work with other devs and know A LOT about A LOT of stuff. I searched google a bit then headed over here of the forums, but couldnt find much in regards to it for my phone. thanks in advance
EDIT
I came across this for the HTC EVO, not shift; but maaaybe http://themikmik.com/showthread.php?16026-On-The-Fly-PRL-Change-PRL-Changes-With-and-Without-a-PC
Why don't you just put your phone into roam only mode. Eventually Sprint won't want you any more...
Chad The Pathfinder said:
Why don't you just put your phone into roam only mode. Eventually Sprint won't want you any more...
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I thought the PRL would need to be changed to something different; I will give Roam Control a go and keep in Roaming...thanks
No you don't need to change your prl. Also, Several Shift ROMs like newSENSE Supreme Sense and StockMod have roam only as an option built in so you don't have to buy roam control if you don't want too.

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