Are there any differences between the two? Can you use the Sprint version on Boost Mobile. I see mixed info on them.
U should b able to just try they should if phone has not been stolen or blacklisted . Boost just runs on Sprint network
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I'm thinking about switching to Virgin Mobile. They have 3G in my area and are EXTREMELY cheap. Cheaper than my T-Mobile plan..
I haven't been able to get a hold of customer support so I'm wondering if anyone here can answer my question.. If I use my current HD2 (rooted w/ android) would I be able to use it on their network? I know they use the sprint network.. If their phones don't use sim cards would it be possible to somehow program the information into the phone?
Thanks!
Are you in the USA ?? Because that's what it sounds like and if that's so, then no.
Totally different hardware. Virgin in the USA is not using a GSM network and it will never work.
I don't have virgin but from what I've heard you can't even use different phones not offered by virgin them selves. What ever phone selection they have to offer is all you have. A pretty ****ty, and limited selection if you ask me compared to the HD2.
Is there a guide to move me from Verizon to MetroPCS along with MMS, etc?
yea its called flashing and i really dont know the tutorial on it but do a craigslist search on it and people sell the service like theyll do everything open your account and flash your phone to metropcs
but i recommend flashing with boost
metro flashing doesnt seem to give 3g
friend has an evo with metro and speeds are painful to watch
other friend has nexus s on boost and it is amazing
good luck
Cdma workshop is the name of the program. I wasent aware that verizon had compatible phones with metro.
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Any Sprint or Verizon phone is compatible with MetroPCS. GSM phones cannot be flashed because they have SIM cards. Therefore T-Mobile and AT&T phones are not compatible.
hey guy new here, i had a couple questions for you guys, i am curently with boost mobile with a flashed evo 4g, but im switching over to stright talk with a skyrocket. how would i go about canceling my boost account and selling the evo 4g that was already flashed to boost. Im going to have my current number ported to straight talk. i someone purchase it , what do they have to do
thanks again
pete
can anyone help me out, im also porting my old number to the new service
Just went through this ordeal with my dad and a EVO3D on boost. by porting your number over it will automatically cancel your Boost account. When you sell the phone the person you are selling it to will need a CDMA Boost phone or need the ESN that was flashed to the EVO to get it to work on Boost otherwise if you try to use the ESN on the EVO sticker they will not activate it.
So pretty much they will have to have it reflashed to there boost mobile account?
You should supply the donor phone with it.
I sent the phone out to get flashed , but if they have it reflashed, they will use a different donor phone, right?
Dial ##786# on evo and write down ESN or MEID. That is what the buyer need to activate the phone.
im porting the number to the new service , would that make it a bad esn, cant i just tell them it has to be reflashed to there boost mobile account
Anyone know how to get VoLTE to work on cricket, with a non-branded cricket phone? Cricket is telling me it has to be a Cricket-branded phone. Does that mean specific IMEIs or could I just install Cricket S8 software?
Also, does anyone know if VoLTE will work on Straight Talk using Verizon's network? Thanks for any help.
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Anyone know how to get VoLTE to work on cricket, with a non-branded cricket phone? Cricket is telling me it has to be a Cricket-branded phone. Does that mean specific IMEIs or could I just install Cricket S8 software?
Also, does anyone know if VoLTE will work on Straight Talk using Verizon's network? Thanks for any help.
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I would think flashing the cricket firmware and csc would be enough as they are not lying the prscess to convert a non cricket BYOD is rough I Tried on a verizon LG G5 And still never got it working properly
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I would think flashing the cricket firmware and csc would be enough as they are not lying the prscess to convert a non cricket BYOD is rough I Tried on a verizon LG G5 And still never got it working properly
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I will try this. Do you happen to know if Cricket is 950u or 950u1? I can only find AIO (cricket, i believe) for 950u1. Would I need to change the CSC if I use official cricket firmware?
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I will try this. Do you happen to know if Cricket is 950u or 950u1? I can only find AIO (cricket, i believe) for 950u1. Would I need to change the CSC if I use official cricket firmware?
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I believe so on the csc but there is 950u1 and u2 you have to look in your settings to see which you are on the u1 or 2 is the bootloader version f it is u2 U cannot flash any U1 firmware
Verizon prepaid was great with VoLTE BYOD. All 3 of my family's phones worked (HTC U11 unlocked, iPhone 6, Samsung J7 Verizon). It was beautiful sound quality. I had to ditch Verizon, because, despite having a strong signal, 4G LTE data performance was very unpredictable. Sometimes my download speed was essentially zero at my home, even though I had 5 bars. One morning during a power outage, I had a good strong signal, but I couldn't bring up a single website using the HTC U11. The Verizon branded Samsung J7 wasn't much better. I called Verizon prepaid support a couple days later, and they had me do the usual ridiculous insulting troubleshooting where they try to blame the user/device. Also, I did hate that there was no visual voicemail app for Verizon on prepaid plans (makes no sense). That being said, I went back to Cricket in order to get normal LTE data performance, even though I get one bar of signal at my home. Now, back on Cricket, the sound quality has returned back to horrible when I call home from work, but data is pretty good. Also, I cannot stand that my unlocked HTC U11 cannot use the hotspot functionality on Cricket without my paying extra. The HTC One A9 my family member uses can serve a hotspot, probably because it's S-OFF and rooted. Verizon prepaid allowed anybody to serve out a hotspot for free. Today I tried an experiment. I called home using Google Duo. My phone and my family member's phone have Duo installed. The sound quality was incredible and sounded just like HD Voice. Essentially, it was a workaround to get VoLTE. The phone at home was on WiFi, and I was using 4G LTE. So, my poor-man's HD Voice will end up carving out bytes from my data allowance. I don't know when and if Cricket will open up all VoLTE capable phones like Verizon did. It bugs me that Verizon had this weird data issue, because Cricket seems to be game playing even more than T-Mobile and Verizon do. I was tempted to try T-MOB again, but they have this ridiculous policy with their prepaid family plan where you have to make a deposit that they keep for a year. Who does that?
I've done a bit of digging and I can't seem to find a clear answer here. Does the boost variant need to be on boost service for a year for it to be unlocked? I thought flashing a custom rom bypassed the SIM locking but I do not get any sprint service with AICP, nor will sprint allow me to add the device to my account (it obviously shows up as locked to them). Is there a step I'm missing or am I SOL? Thanks!
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I've done a bit of digging and I can't seem to find a clear answer here. Does the boost variant need to be on boost service for a year for it to be unlocked? I thought flashing a custom rom bypassed the SIM locking but I do not get any sprint service with AICP, nor will sprint allow me to add the device to my account (it obviously shows up as locked to them). Is there a step I'm missing or am I SOL? Thanks!
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I think that only works to use it on a GSM network. Sprint owns boost, and it may be the CDMA radio that's locked. So I don't think that's going to work.
Unfortunately I think you're right. Thanks for the input, hopefully I can still return the phone and get a sprint branded version.
Yes, Sprint, Boost Mobile, Virgin Mobile and most other Sprint-based Prepaid carriers know the IMEIs registered to the devices. Sprint knows your device is supposed to be used on Boost Mobile and will only allow it to register with Boost service. Even if it's unlocked, you can only use it on Boost unless you use a carrier that's not owned by Sprint, like Verizon or US Cellular or some GSM carrier like AT&T or T-Mobile.