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flashing... Sprint or Alltel ... to Verizon?

I can get a good price on a new Sprint and Alltel Touch (vzw phones are hard to find by me)... but I have Verizon and do not want to switch service due to coverage... can I easily flash the Sprint or Alltel Touch to Verizon?
I'm a techie and have a Kaiser I flash often so very familular with the methods just wanted to know if this was possible and some pointers to threads with the correct info it is.
thanks in advance!

LivinOne said:
I can get a good price on a new Sprint and Alltel Touch (vzw phones are hard to find by me)... but I have Verizon and do not want to switch service due to coverage... can I easily flash the Sprint or Alltel Touch to Verizon?
I'm a techie and have a Kaiser I flash often so very familular with the methods just wanted to know if this was possible and some pointers to threads with the correct info it is.
thanks in advance!
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Yes it is... I have done it and everything works except for the roam indicator.
drellisdee has a post at ppcgeeks about it. (thread is called something like "using another carriers . . ." )

tomz17 said:
Yes it is... I have done it and everything works except for the roam indicator.
drellisdee has a post at ppcgeeks about it. (thread is called something like "using another carriers . . ." )
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Where is the code and How-to?
thx!

I cant find anything in that other forum or others about this. I would really like to find out if a Sprint, Alltel or something can be flashed to Verizon.
Will this help me at all?
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=73894&highlight=flashing+carrier

You can flash to Verizon but the issue will be getting Verizon to add the esn to their network which could be a huge problem. Take a look at codybear's faq if you want to flash to 6.5 on Verizon. Good Luck!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=508544

Do not flush any custom 6.5 ROMs or 6.1 or whatever,this is B.S.
Flash shipped exe ROM of the carrier you want to use.You dont want to confuze techs with twisted custom ROMs
After that you gonna have to activate your phone.It can be done within 1 min in 1 store,and can be refuzed to activate in another store.It all depends on person who works there.Thats what happened to me.:first try-no luck,went to another store and done deal!!!
If they dont want to activate it, there is always ESN clonning method (illigal,but works)You can clone the ESN from activated phone to your Touch.As long as 1 of the clones turned off-you are safe
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=380172

[Q] Samsung Intercept on Boost Mobile

Is there a way to make Samsung Intercept work on Boost Mobile?
Thanks for suggestions.

Yes this would be great. I know they are both CDMA networks unless you go with walkie talkie feature.

rabi347 said:
Is there a way to make Samsung Intercept work on Boost Mobile?
Thanks for suggestions.
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I have to be honest with you the BloAtWaRe they install on it makes the phone so slow and useless. Make sure you root that bad boy and throw that Froyo on it.
ANYWAYS!!! getting back to YOUR post I can see how this could work because both Boost and Sprint and Virgin Mobile (my intercept) are running on the same towers. The only thing I could see getting in your way is that Boost may reject the ESN of you Intercept if its not in their system. I tried to get a Samsung Moment on Boost about 4 mo. ago and they went along with the activation but the computer rejects the ESN.
Best of Luck! Let me know if you get it so i can do it too!

[Q] Houdinisoft wont add EVO to MetroPCS

Ok, so I have a interesting situation here. I went to a corporate metro store and they gave me some bs about there system cant find the drivers for my evo. So I phoned a local retailer and they will do it for a reasonable price, however, here is the catch; They claim they have tried to flash 3 evo's so far and they have all failed. So they told me "if you can get it to flash we'll do it". It's a mom and pop retailer, and the woman was very nice, however she doesn't seem to be able to get Houdini soft to successfully flash a evo. Does anyone have some advice I could bring with me to help get her system to flash a evo? OR at the very least if I flash the PRL myself could anyone tell me what to do to manually add my phone to there inventory?

Anyone...Can anyone at least point me in the right direction? Maybe im just looking in the wrong places but I cant find any useful documentation on the subject. The only thing I have found is that you can flash it as if it were a hero.

Did you search in the DEV section?
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if you already have the ESN on metro's network then you don't need Houdini. just go into the DEV section here, there's a few walkthroughs and roms for MetroPCS.
problem is getting the ESN on the metro network first. I paid a guy to add a friend's EVO, and he swears he's done it right three times, and MetroPCS still hasn't connected it for my friend....claiming all sorts of crazy things.

I still need to add my ESN to metro. How is it done as a hero? I keep hearing that. Are there any walkthroughs on how to flash my evo as a hero with houdini? Ive never seen houdini in my life so Im trying to get an idea of what to expect, im going there first thing in the morning. Once my esn is added, and the prl is written, I have the rest coverd. I already have the rom I want downloaded and everything, im chomping at the bit to get this phone activated.

Ok well i got it myself. I found the 64-bit diag drivers and brought them on a flash drive with me. I had to show to girl behind the counter how to manually install them, after that the evo flashed just fine. Now im off the root,unlock,and flash CM7! PEACE

Wow, you just ran it and it worked? I have a quick question, because I've been searching and I found a small dealer that is willing to help. Apparently Houdinisoft now READS the phone, and it can tell you both the model and the ESN. According to several sources, all they do now is just click "next, next, next". Houdinisoft reads the phone model, ESN and even uploads it if it's a supported phone. Was this the case when you flashed your Evo and if so, how did you get around it?

moving carriers

Have a friend who wants to switch from sprint to metro pcs. Need to find out if it is possible to buy the phone from sprint and switch it to metro. Is this possible?

I don't know how, never tried, but there's tons of little cell shops where I live that'll take any Sprint phone to Metro PCS, even with a bad esn.

You can. you have to use a program called qpst and qxdm. Real higher level phone memory stuff with a higher chance of bricking your phone if you don't know what your doing.
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Yes, it can be done. Actually, Im having quite the opposite problem. I have an evo shift that has already been flashed over to metro.
My problem is trying to figure out how the hell to flash back to sprint. (Phone has clean esn and I did verify thru sprint)
Also, Im willing to do a dump here, so others can just flash the dump on their phones or whatever it is that I could do to help the next group of folks who want to flash from sprint to metro, before I flash back to stock.
Guess I have to go dig/search thru a few hundred threads or so.

xPSYB0RGx said:
Yes, it can be done. Actually, Im having quite the opposite problem. I have an evo shift that has already been flashed over to metro.
My problem is trying to figure out how the hell to flash back to sprint. (Phone has clean esn and I did verify thru sprint)
Also, Im willing to do a dump here, so others can just flash the dump on their phones or whatever it is that I could do to help the next group of folks who want to flash from sprint to metro, before I flash back to stock.
Guess I have to go dig/search thru a few hundred threads or so.
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I wonder how the hell metro does that anyway ...what program do they use ....?
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e240 said:
I wonder how the hell metro does that anyway ...what program do they use ....?
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lol, whatever program/method they use is the one that WE want to stay away from. Reason being is this: They (metro) have not figured out how to get mms working and a few other things.
Well, im not saying their program totally doesnt work, but it doesnt totally work either!!
The closest thing i can find is how to flash the EVO over to metro. Since this is a "modded" version of the evo, then shouldnt the same tools/method work for flashing back to sprint on the SHIFT?

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What happened after the 3 months?
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strive53 said:
What happened after the 3 months?
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Pretty sure he means he has been running it for almost 3 months... and still is...
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blah blah ST sucks, or they'll disconnect you, "air tank" prepaid crap will get you kicked off, use boost mobile, etc.

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Would the steps be identical to that of the fascinate except prior to that you'd have to flash a Verizon prl? I ask because even after the flash was successful, making a call still results in "we're sorry we are currently unable to authentic your phone".

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I'm def interested in this. I've been planning on going to straight talk. If I could take my epic with me that would be awesome!
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Would this be the same Coming from a Vzw on a Dinc2 to St? I know it wouldn't be exactly the same but for the most part would it be? Thanks in advance.

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I'm curious to know what 3G speeds you guys are getting. (I know it varies by location/coverage) but still.
Two Tips:
#1, make sure the Donor Phone can be read, in some way, even if its alternate methods, otherwise you're screwed.
#2, If you're flashing an Epic to any carrier that isn't Sprint, it's BEST to uninstall systemupdates.apk.
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Just wanted to thank justan00b for putting this together. He is truly a helpful community member, with a lot of patience and drive to be contributing to people who need help.
For months, I have sat on my EVO 3D, because I was not able to successfully write the HA, AAA, and the DMU stuff correctly to the phone to get the true 3G speeds. Granted, all Verizon MVNOs are capped to begin with, but using the EVO on 1X was not an option for me. Thanks to justan00b's guide, I will give this a whirl on Saturday and see how it goes...
Thanks again man!

justan00b said:
Depends where I'm at and my signal,but I've gotten download speeds almost 2mbps using speedtest.net app, slowest I'll get is sometimes .50 or .20 mbps down, just depends though. And care to explain on your first tip? What do you mean by can be read, as in can be read in dfs/cdma ws? And what do you mean or else you'll be screwed?
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I'm not sure if Verizon phones are any different, but on other prepaid carriers, the keys are much more difficult to read than others, so say the user following your guide tries it out with a phone that locks up and won't allow you to read the keys, they have a bad investment on their hands. Without the possibility of 1x/3G internet.
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Thanks for the detailed tut. The best so far for flashing to st. Gonna give this a shot once I get my vzw phone, should be here in a week. Will post an update once done. Wonder if you can get higher 3g speeds by using the full throttle tut posted here. Might give that a try when done.

It seems like with most things there are many ways to accomplish something. I just today flashed an EVO 4G over to ST. This is the second one I have done. First time I used a Handsfree Activation method because I did not have a VZ phone to activate an pull the data from. This time around I have a Fascinate and used a similar yet actually much different method then this. Im kicking myself because the first time around I searched like crazy and found the proper MMS settings and APN that got my MMS fully working, and well...did not save the info so now once again Im searching for it...lol. Now I know the HTC and Samsung MMS works differently on ST, but contrary to most peoples belief...the native MMS CAN be fixed and function 100% on the Samsungs. I have seen it personally working and am trying to get in touch with the flasher who set the phone up. If he gives up the secret I will post it here. If he doesnt then Im either going to try and track down the phone I seen working and see if the guy will allow me to take a peek into the settings and backup and pull a copy of the APN....or...lol...Im going to just send the flasher a Sprint Sammy and pay him to flash it. Then I can just pull the info from my own phone. Stay tuned to this thread...I will be posting the fix.

androidbliss said:
It seems like with most things there are many ways to accomplish something. I just today flashed an EVO 4G over to ST. This is the second one I have done. First time I used a Handsfree Activation method because I did not have a VZ phone to activate an pull the data from. This time around I have a Fascinate and used a similar yet actually much different method then this. Im kicking myself because the first time around I searched like crazy and found the proper MMS settings and APN that got my MMS fully working, and well...did not save the info so now once again Im searching for it...lol. Now I know the HTC and Samsung MMS works differently on ST, but contrary to most peoples belief...the native MMS CAN be fixed and function 100% on the Samsungs. I have seen it personally working and am trying to get in touch with the flasher who set the phone up. If he gives up the secret I will post it here. If he doesnt then Im either going to try and track down the phone I seen working and see if the guy will allow me to take a peek into the settings and backup and pull a copy of the APN....or...lol...Im going to just send the flasher a Sprint Sammy and pay him to flash it. Then I can just pull the info from my own phone. Stay tuned to this thread...I will be posting the fix.
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When you used the handsfree method did your data work, and if it did can you share the instructions and where you got them from because i dont have a vzw phone to use for this method.