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OK this is pretty much the same as the droid 1 with a few change ups.
Requirements Are as follows
Astro File Manger(from Market)
ROOT(Use Z4root)
Autostart (from Market)
Custom ROM(i like gummyJar so ill go with that)
Rom Manger(from market)
Bootstrap Recovery(from market)
Anycut(from Market)
Root Explorer(from market)
QPST((google it, 2.11 seemed to work fine)
CDMA workshop(google it)
CRICKET PRL for your area(google it)
Harware Virtural Serial Port(google it)
Moto Drivers for your droid2(google once again)
Autostart.sh & U2nl files(google it)
Step 1. Rooting....
Install Astro File Manger from the market, then place z4root on your SD card along with the Rom file renamed Update and the Autostart.sh & U2nl files.
Open Astro File manger and find z4root.apk, Now Run z4root. and permanently root your phone.
now install and open Rom Manger and flash the clockwork recovery and close
next install and open bootstrap recovery and press boot strap recover. let it work its magic, then close and reopen the app and press reboot recovery.
once in the clockwork recovery wipe data and cache and then install via the update.zip.
reboot your phone.
Install your moto drivers to your pc
now install Harware Virtural Serial Port and open, now click login, and click ok.
Go to the Settings tab and make sure that NVT Enabled is unchecked and go back to the Virtual Serial Port tab.
pick a com port above 8 and below 15 so we will use 9 as our com port.
Make sure the IP Address field reads 192.168.16.2 and the Port field reads 11008
aswell as the external NVT command port be 11008.
now plug in your usb cable to your phone and bring the drop down menu, and select USB, and select PC MODE, press ok.
Now Create your Com port. (if you installed the drivers right it will read connected if not, you will get the error notice.
Now Open CDMA WORKSHOP.
Select your com port you set in HW virtual serial port.
and click Connect. Now Click Read. If everything worked you will see your phones info come up.
now go to the security tab and in the SPC field type in 000000 and click send. you will get a notice the phone is now unlocked.
now go to the other tab and Write your PRL for you area to your phone.
now go the NAM tab and write in your MIN and MDN numbers that you have from cricket. Ex.123-000-0000 and click Write.
now go to http://www.whiterabbit.org/android/ and in the first field type in your phone [email protected] and click generate Ex. [email protected]. save the text file to your desktop.
now go to the memory tab in CDMA workshop and under NV ITEMS click write.
and select the text file u just made using the webpage, it will say 12 NV items written if everything went right.
now go to Main tab and click mode and then click reset.
now install QPST to your pc. HW vitrual port and cdma will have lost your phone, so close cdma workshop and unplug and replug in your phone to the usb cable. once HW has found it again. Open
QPST Configuration.(under the start menu) click the ports tab and click add new port. and find your port number. Then go back to active phone and select your phone.
now under the start clients menu select SERVICE PROGRAMMING, Now go to the MIP tab. Click on the entry in the User Profile box and click Edit. Make sure that NAI and Tethered NAI both read [email protected] (replace the x's with your 10 digit phone number). If they don't, type it in. Also make sure Home Address, Primary HA Address and Secondary HA Address read 0.0.0.0 if they don't, change them. Click OK
While still on the M.IP tab make sure Mobile IP Behavior is set to Mob + Simp f/back. And make sure Active User says 0.
Now go to the PPP Config tab. Click the UM button. In the PPP Authentication section make sure Tethered NAI and User ID reads [email protected] (replace the x's with your 10 digit phone number) and Req PW enc is checked and the password is cricket
While still in the PPP Config tab click the AN button. In the PPP Authentication section make sure User ID reads [email protected] (replace the x's with your 10 digit phone number) and Req PW enc is checked and type in the same password. Tethered NAI should be [email protected] (replace the x's with your 10 digit phone number).
Now on the bottom click Write to Phone. May take a few minutes and your phone may restart, so sit back and relax most of the hard part is done.
now install Anycut from the market. Open up Any Cut and click New shortcut. Select Activity>APNs click it and click OK on the popup. This will create an APNs shortcut on your home screen.
Now Set your APNS to the Following.
Click on the Verizon and edit everything to match below:
Name - Cricket
APN internet
Proxy wap.mycricket.com:8080
Port 8080
Username [email protected]
Password cricket
Server wap.mycricket.com
MMSC http://mms.mycricket.com/servlets/mms
MMS Proxy wap.mycricket.com
MMS Port 8080
MCC 310
MNC 004
Authentication Type PAP or CHAP
APN type <Not set>
Now click the menu button and click Save. You can now delete the shortcut off your phone home screen.
Now install Autostart and Root Explorer, now using Root explorer go to your sd card and select Autostart.sh, and copy and paste it to the /data/opt/ (this folder needs to be created) directory of your phones root, you will need to mount the folder so you can write to it.
now head back to you SD card again and select and copy the u2nl and paste it to the /system/bin/ directory. Now exit root explorer and restart your phone.
NOW YOUR DONE. YAYYYYYYY.....now have fun and tell me how it goes for you, so far for me its all good, web,mms,talk,text all work fine.
Nice tutorial!
The only thing I would say is I don't think you need to use Rom Manager with clockwork on the D2. I've heard other people who've installed Rom Manager with recovery and it screws up the Bootstrapped recovery. Everything you need to flash will go through boot strap so the only use for it on the D2 is just to download stuff.
Is this for Droid 2 or Droid 2 Global?
Anyone have any experience with Cricket? How are the data speeds and call reliability?
well in the city and where i live i get about good download speed, normal upload for low end carrier.
in the outta parts like the sticks i get 1x speeds but data none the less.
and No this is not for the Droid 2 global, that would seem like a sim card based phone. so im guessing its GSM which means it can be unlocked to work with any sim card base network
And ive done this flash about 13 times already and rom manger and bootstrap all seemed to play nice. i did flash the clockwork recovery before i install bootstrap just so i could get to the recovery menu.
Would this method work on a Droid Incredible?
Nice write up.Im hoping to do this sometime.
Not sure if it would work on the incredable since droids are made by moto and the increadable is htc
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One question, after flashing to Cricket. How would you go by and updating the system? Cause i could imagine auto updating it would interfere with the flash..
Tumor22 said:
One question, after flashing to Cricket. How would you go by and updating the system? Cause i could imagine auto updating it would interfere with the flash..
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well that would depend on your rom, most rom's faze out the auto update and ever needing it.
And then there's clockwork recovery that's flashed to the phone itself.
clockwork will never allow a carrier update it will always block it and ask you to reboot your phone.
so either way there's no auto updates going to happen, so i would say your safe from the auto update feature in the phone.
But if your rom doesn't have the auto update disabled, your going to get naged to death by it.
Oh i got you. And any Rom works with flashing over to Cricket?
-Thanks for replying quickly Lol[:
Tumor22 said:
Oh i got you. And any Rom works with flashing over to Cricket?
-Thanks for replying quickly Lol[:
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yup any rom will work, so you can install a rom and just try it out for a few hours before you even get to setting it up web and mms
but even if you install new roms, your talk and text will always work right out of the box with any rom since writing of the MDN and MIN numbers are in the phones main system or a kinda bios, so you can alway try before you keep. And sometimes you can set up more then one rom for full cricket settings and just switch between if you wanted to.
hammergunner said:
OK this is pretty much the same as the droid 1 with a few change ups.
Now Open CDMA WORKSHOP.
now go to http://www.whiterabbit.org/android/ and in the first field type in your phone [email protected] and click generate Ex. [email protected]. save the text file to your desktop.
now go to the memory tab in CDMA workshop and under NV ITEMS click write.
and select the text file u just made using the webpage, it will say 12 NV items written if everything went right.
now go to Main tab and click mode and then click reset.
now install QPST to your pc. HW vitrual port and cdma will have lost your phone, so close cdma workshop and unplug and replug in your phone to the usb cable. once HW has found it again. Open
QPST Configuration.(under the start menu) click the ports tab and click add new port. and find your port number. Then go back to active phone and select your phone.
now under the start clients menu select SERVICE PROGRAMMING, Now go to the MIP tab. Click on the entry in the User Profile box and click Edit. Make sure that NAI and Tethered NAI both read [email protected] (replace the x's with your 10 digit phone number). If they don't, type it in. Also make sure Home Address, Primary HA Address and Secondary HA Address read 0.0.0.0 if they don't, change them. Click OK
While still on the M.IP tab make sure Mobile IP Behavior is set to Mob + Simp f/back. And make sure Active User says 0.
Now go to the PPP Config tab. Click the UM button. In the PPP Authentication section make sure Tethered NAI and User ID reads [email protected] (replace the x's with your 10 digit phone number) and Req PW enc is checked and the password is cricket
While still in the PPP Config tab click the AN button. In the PPP Authentication section make sure User ID reads [email protected]om (replace the x's with your 10 digit phone number) and Req PW enc is checked and type in the same password. Tethered NAI should be [email protected] (replace the x's with your 10 digit phone number).
Now on the bottom click Write to Phone. May take a few minutes and your phone may restart, so sit back and relax most of the hard part is done.
NOW YOUR DONE. YAYYYYYYY.....now have fun and tell me how it goes for you, so far for me its all good, web,mms,talk,text all work fine.
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hey hammergunner!
Thks alot for the HOW TO, you are my hero !
i live in asia and i have a Droid 2. I've done all the steps above but just can talk and text.i think i can not do a right config with my network because the NAI and tethered NAI very different
Could you or anyone here help me out of stuck , please show me how to modify my droid 2 to this information :
Nai : [email protected]
Tethered NAI : [email protected]
PPP/Um User ID : S-Fone
PPP/An User ID: [email protected]
i've stayed up late since 1 week ago but can not make the droid 2 works with EVDO-internet
P/S : my previous Phone is HTC hero CDMA and it worked perfectly with my network!
Thks alot ,love u all! (please. i already died) (
i was asking, cause this forum is almost exactly the same as a metro one, i discovered. But the guy there said only Matt's 2.5 works.?
idk if you could give it a look. Can i post links here?
Tumor22 said:
i was asking, cause this forum is almost exactly the same as a metro one, i discovered. But the guy there said only Matt's 2.5 works.?
idk if you could give it a look. Can i post links here?
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thanks very much, u can PM me the link .I give it a try
anyone have a solution. I should know where in the NVitem store those information and i will edit it
thebestvip84 said:
anyone have a solution. I should know where in the NVitem store those information and i will edit it
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im not sure where the NV items are stored on the phone itself.
so your best bet would be to try to write in just the what your setting are suppose to be for your network and write them, and test it out.`
So I'm well on my way with this excellent walkthrough . . . But as a noob who has no current service on this Droid2 and no service with any other phone, what should I do to get cricket service going? Order the android plan by calling them, get the basics set up so that I can establish MIN & MDN, then go through the rest of the steps?
Justin Z said:
So I'm well on my way with this excellent walkthrough . . . But as a noob who has no current service on this Droid2 and no service with any other phone, what should I do to get cricket service going? Order the android plan by calling them, get the basics set up so that I can establish MIN & MDN, then go through the rest of the steps?
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ok first off, yes you do need a cricket account. And No you dont need the android plan. I dont even think cricket will let you get a android plan without THEIR android phone. I tried this awhile back with a blackberry i flashed and wanted the blackberry plan and was told that they would be breaking the contract between them and RIM and could have there store something or other revoked from cricket if they allowed a flashed blackberry to get a blackberry plan instead of buying their phone new, with a new plan.
Soooo in turn i think if would be the same deal so you should just get the basic 40 plan like i have, i have full web,text,mms,email,...etc and all i pay is 46(with tax) a month
and im not sure if cricket will let you order over the phone. But in store they might work with you. Simply ask them to make you an account, pay for everything and then get your MIN and MDN numbers and do the NV items and all the other Settings with your numbers.
BUT this is if the stupid people in store(which almost have no idea other then how to pay your bill) will try to help you with.
MAKE SURE YOU STRESS TO THEM YOU ARE GOING TO FLASH THE PHONE YOURSELF AND THAT YOU FULLY UNDERSTAND THAT THEY ARE NOT HELD LIABLE FOR YOUR PHONE OR SERVICE NOT WORKING EVEN THOUGH YOU PAID FOR IT. (this is just the legal crap so they feel better)
Heh yeah I have already had one experience with the people in the store--I love how about two hours of reading random forum posts online with no structure to how I was getting my information basically gave me more knowledge than an entire store staff combined.
I have read that you can tell them you have an M6000 and get the android plan that way, but then obviously you can't bring the phone into the store with you. On the other hand, you're saying you have full web, i.e. evdo, even without the android plan? If so, makes more sense to me not to pay the $55.
thebestvip84 said:
hey hammergunner!
Thks alot for the HOW TO, you are my hero !
i live in asia and i have a Droid 2. I've done all the steps above but just can talk and text.i think i can not do a right config with my network because the NAI and tethered NAI very different
Could you or anyone here help me out of stuck , please show me how to modify my droid 2 to this information :
Nai : [email protected]
Tethered NAI : [email protected]
PPP/Um User ID : S-Fone
PPP/An User ID: [email protected]
i've stayed up late since 1 week ago but can not make the droid 2 works with EVDO-internet
P/S : my previous Phone is HTC hero CDMA and it worked perfectly with my network!
Thks alot ,love u all! (please. i already died) (
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can my problem be solved?
It's been discussed multiple times but there is no direct answers. Changing the prl on a phone without using cdma workshop or qpst? i am looking to develop my own software such as cdma workshop or qpst was wondering how i would go about changing the prl. Was wondering where the prl would be stored or how to go about changing the prl either via the phone or via a computer threw a shell or something similar? a lot of people say this is not possible how ever it has to be possible because The old HTC ESTP service menu's would allow it and ota programming does it so there has got to be a way my question is how? or at least some one may be able to point me in the right direction to figure this out?
If you cannot answer the above post how bout how to reverse engineer an apk file?
Relocated from email discussion:
Hey, great tool[editorial: I think in reference to: http://code.google.com/p/cdmaworkshoptool/ ]. Would it be possible for me to get a copy of the most recent build? I'm looking into some things on the galaxy s3 because we lose the min and phone number on non-stock roms. -C
to C:
Most recent build is .2 which is public.. What exactly do you mean by lose? As in they must be reprogrammed after.a rom is flashed? Does the, normal version of dev term you have downloaded fail to write the number back?
3:39 PM (2 hours ago)
to me
It's a temporary problem with cm10. Development has been slow. It's lost on the first reboot and then mms doesn't work. In android, under status about it lists "My Phone Number" as unknown and Min as unknown. Just trying to see if I can write them while the OS is booted.
to C:
To write a mdn and min typically you would connect to the phone in diagnostic mode.. Send mode offline. Send spc. Then simply write mdn and min from the nam part of the interface.. There are typically three nv items which dev term writes for mdn, and min. Then, mode reset will reset and you can confirm if this wrote the nv item..
Did that answer any questions?
to C:
Having never tested a galaxy s iii I'm not sure if devterm should work... There is alot of chatter online about a program called ets, you might look.for that if devterm doesn't work. Please let me know if you are able to successfully write on the galaxy siii.
to me
We are able to write to it with qpst. I actually got the numbers back, but I'm not sure how. Now Im in the process of seeing if I can figure out how to replicate it. What is supposed to happen when you put it into reset mode? It doesn't work for me after that.
to C:
After mode reset the radio of the phone will literally reset.. Some phones this will actually turn off and on the whole phone.. Some will just show no.service temporarily... After mode reset.cdmadevterm will disconnect.from phone.. There are alot of variables, but typically if.qpst could write the phone devterm should also be able.. The mdn and min are really quite simply three nv items, I suspect the subsystem that normally stores this information is being overwritten or formatted by cyanogen...
if you have ever used cdma worksop or qxdm the mode offline and mode reset is functionally the.same..
to me
Thank you so much for going back and forth with me on this. I really appreciate it. The only major difference I noticed between an nv dump on stock and cm is that cm has a lock code for some reason. What is this ETS software you're referring to? CDMA workshop is a bit too expensive unfortunately.
Although I am not totally familiar with the tool it is linked on XDA in another section:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1696621
I wonder if this might have something to do with the chipset not being qualcomm? On the other hand if you said it worked with qpst maybe they are somehow compatible?
The VIA tool probably won't work since we do have a qualcomm chipset. I still have not figured out how i managed to get it to work once but it came up with the unlock sim message I put in the code for my phone that I Found in nvram and then I tried the spc and a few other things and eventually hit dismiss. It said that it could not connect or something to that effect. Then I checked and it had my phone number as 000-000-xxxx which xxx was that unlock code. Then I restarted and I had the number again. I'm wondering if I somehow got the phone to let go of how its storing the phone number.
Hm. If it is qualcomm I would think that cdmaDevTerm should work... this is how one would normally write the mdn and min with devterm:
http://www.chromableedstudios.com/techninjutsu/howtowritemdnminwithcdmadevterm
Perhaps if this doesn't work you could include the response to the NV write from the LogQ tab to help understand the behavior? Maybe the rom is activating a different Nam profile or something?(I'm not sure if I even have a spot on the UI for that in devterm but a log might help understand)
(for logging purposes you may want to trying writing a fake phone number for privacy)
I guess my question also is: are you trying to figure out why the rom does this? or just a good way to fix it when it does?
This will be the place holder on the procedure to flash the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 to Boost Mobile.
In regards to respect and response to Trim**
If you brick your phone, it is not my fault. I will not take any liability for your stupidity; and lack of patience. If you want to make a donation to my
fund, then I might be able to help you.
Please have patience and understand the concept on which I will explain to you.
Tools:
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4 hours or less depending on your willingness to read the manual in its entireity (and the ability to overlook spelling and grammar errrrors)
WINDOWS XP PRO with dot net 4.1 and service pack 3
If you do not understand the terms of this paper you should stop immediately and seek professional help or spend another 2 hours learning the terms
The members I menitioned above are responsible for the research and if you lookup there posts you will find the files!!!
SAMSUNG DRIVERS FOR YOUR PHONE
Snagit / or you will need to manually copy the screen shots.
ODin3 v1.85
The factory ROM sph-l900_spr_L900VPALJ1_L900SPTALJ1_Original.zip (file name you need to download from reputable source)
GalaxyNote2RootSprint.zip
RootExplorer.apk
BusyBOX
2 boost mobile phones (in case you f**kup you can revert back without calling boostmobile)
My donors were a incognito and a samsung factor (incognito was donor, factor was there to fix error 16)
DFS 4.0.1.1
CDMA workshop 2.7
QPST 378
QXDM 03.09.19
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Tip 1: Root your phone so you can find the MSL!
Flash the GalaxyNote2RootSprint.zip file as it is VERY important that later on you will need root privelleges to remove spy software.
Look it up as I could easily take up 2 pages of writing to answer how to root your phone, so to keep it simple... Read up using the files I
explained above within the tools section.
Tip 2: Reset the phone everytime you f**k up. Do not proceed if you mess up. START OVER!!!!
go to dialpad and type in ##786#
Tip 2: Create the template:
Gather your (SPC/MSLD, MEID, DEC, ESN, PRL, and CAVE if possible) put them into a notepad.
Tip 3: This is no way even close to how you flash an EVO! So don't go looking at that method as it will mess you up.
Tip 4: Never change your MEID until last!!! If you do it before, your phone will reboot and you will be locked out again!
Tip 5: 32bit passwords are BS and they seem to change each time you switch phones, so do not think they are the same as it takes 20 minutes before boost
unlocks your account for the next / new phone to even browse.
Now without further delay lets begin.
---------------------------------------------------Galaxy Note II L900 Flash from sprint to boost manual -------------------------------------
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Install DFS, QPST, QXDM and workshop 2.7
Get your sanyo incognito (donor) <--- I hate all others, and copy NV items 465,466,1192,1194, then copy NAM1, and NAM2 using workshop 2.7. Make sure you put
the code of SPC in as it will not work in regards to copying the NV items and NAMs mentioned earlier.
Go to DFS and connect the Donor to the proper port and take screen shots of all sub tabs under the programming tab below. Remember to send the password and
passcode so that you can gather all info without delay.
Now type go into QPST and service and programming and connect your phone there as well and take screen shots of all infor there and label accordingly.
-Now if you did everything above you have all you need and you now may turn off the donor and pull battery out and store it. Never turn it back on again!!
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Now connect your Galaxy Note II L900 (L900) and type *#PATI#
Now unplug the USB from the computer and plug it back in. (see now it should recognize properly now)
Now do the same for QPST (If you have errors connecting to QPST you need to change PRL to 61009 then something random after that but go back to 61009 after this, you can change your PRL using DFS)
Next open up DFS and then transfer all information you screen copied from the donor to your note.
Now reset using DFS
Next go into QXDM and issue these commands:
password 01F2030F5F678FF9
RequestNVItemRead meid
RequestNVItemWrite meid 0x00A00000000000 < MEID/HEX ID from donor phone
RequestNVItemRead meid
RequestNVItemRead esn
RequestNVItemRead scm
Write SCM 0x2a
Now close QXDM
Open Worshop 2.7 and apply all NV items and NAMs!
Now you are all set.
If you get error 67 please go back to DFS and rewrite the values.
Once you get it perfect you can simply stop the nagging activation codes using:
root explorer "paid version" to rename the file "/system/app/SprintSyncMLSvc.apk" to "SprintSyncMLSvc.apk.bak"
If you also want to stop the nagging system update message, just stop google framerwork services. "remember to restart when you go to google play" <-- google play depends on it.
Im reading this and had to ask a question. My gn2 was flashed only with one software dfs. I already knew my spc codes for donor and gn2 so all he had to do was read and copy. Your saying I basicly have to have many softwares to do a simple flash. The guy who did my phone is going to charge me 150 to learn how to flash to boost with that one program
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shadricksimms said:
Im reading this and had to ask a question. My gn2 was flashed only with one software dfs. I already knew my spc codes for donor and gn2 so all he had to do was read and copy. Your saying I basicly have to have many softwares to do a simple flash. The guy who did my phone is going to charge me 150 to learn how to flash to boost with that one program
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I learned on CDMA workshop and QPST/QXDM. I do not want to get off topic; but one day you will not be able to flash; because of some simple file/security blocking you. Like those of us that use QPST/Programming learned that DFS was a better choice to use AAA vs relying on the QPST modules.
How long until the reverse happens. I recommend having both skills and if you want to learn, I can teach you for $40.00 I think $150 is a bit steep but his time is worth what he says it is, as its his life... :0)
Hey, Im having an issue with a New Samsung Galaxy Note 2 phone. Im experianced with flashing various phones.
he flash went fine for talk and text, but i have no data due to hands free activation stoping my 3g service. During the handsfree activation 3G pops up showung me my AAA keys are correct, then disappears.
I even tried disabling the sprint ML and activation apks to no avail.
Is the only way to fix this is to activate it on sprint first?
Or does anyone know of a phone code to disable the handsfree activation?
I can guarantee you you do not have evdo set
And your AAA is not correct.
The not has 2 distinctly different AAA
and only the HA is the same
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Both my Unique AAA Passwords are input correctly, and the values are correct. They work fine in both my evo 3d and Epic. But the Note without activating it once, will not let my 3g connection exist.
I also activated 3 other note 2's that were used with no problem with working LTE (3g passthru). Mines is the only new one.
hawaiideveloper said:
I can guarantee you you do not have evdo set
And your AAA is not correct.
The not has 2 distinctly different AAA
and only the HA is the same
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This is not an evo or epic
You should have 3 passwords. I have now done 8 galaxy note 2 phones.
I like you in the past thought the same. If you look at your data settings you will see cdma
Select it and it will begin saying your password is wrong
Reason for is because it is.
Connect to your DONOR not the evo or epic phone using DFS
Then take note of profile 0 and profile 1
As well as the AAA
If you would like I can do a teamviewer session with you and get your data working.
Just PM me 1st
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Despite your 3g icon being on. Do not trust that it is the phone bluffing
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Those values are taken from my Touch Pro 2 using cdma ws. the AAA Profile 1 info from the data edit screen and my Profile 0 info from NV 1192
I just PM'ed you.
Thanks for the help.
hawaiideveloper said:
Despite your 3g icon being on. Do not trust that it is the phone bluffing
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I go into EVDO engineering and see my AAA key is passing and I've set the phone to CDMA only data mode (which used to work before for EVDO) and yet the phone only wants to stay in 1x and fail evdo authentication. I think it has something to do with the profile 1 variables or something. When I reset the phone, it disables profile 0 and pastes [email protected] into profile 1 and I can get that to connect over EVDO no problem with the 3G icon coming up, but that's just some sprint internal network with no internet access, so all I can do is hit an access denied website on the HA gateway and that's it. I have no idea why the boost mobile profile that used to work will now never connect. I've done multiple ODIN flashes and erased and restored NV and nothing...EDIT: And I've read and written NVITEMS but I'm pretty sure the necessary NVITEMS don't stick, even if you send both spc and password to phone before writing nvitems. Seriously getting out of ideas, especially since it used to work on this phone and now it doesn't.
Starting from scratch!
gotonull said:
I go into EVDO engineering and see my AAA key is passing and I've set the phone to CDMA only data mode (which used to work before for EVDO) and yet the phone only wants to stay in 1x and fail evdo authentication. I think it has something to do with the profile 1 variables or something. When I reset the phone, it disables profile 0 and pastes [email protected] into profile 1 and I can get that to connect over EVDO no problem with the 3G icon coming up, but that's just some sprint internal network with no internet access, so all I can do is hit an access denied website on the HA gateway and that's it. I have no idea why the boost mobile profile that used to work will now never connect. I've done multiple ODIN flashes and erased and restored NV and nothing...EDIT: And I've read and written NVITEMS but I'm pretty sure the necessary NVITEMS don't stick, even if you send both spc and password to phone before writing nvitems. Seriously getting out of ideas, especially since it used to work on this phone and now it doesn't.
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Gotonull,
Simply start over and follow my instruction to the "T" and when you get stuck, you can PM me. I do recommend that you make a teamviewer session 1st then that way I can truly walk you through it.
Temporarily closing this until I get it sorted.
Xiaomi Qin F21 Pro with US Bands
LTE Bands 2, 4, 12, 13, 17, 66, 71 as provided by the US Qin F30 Kosher.
Things you need:
Windows PC (as far as I know this only works on Windows)
Qin F21 Pro with unlocked bootloader and TWRP installed.
See: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/tools-mod-scripts-mlgmxyysds-qin-f21-pro-unlock-tool.4368277/
(This can be a headache, there are probably better ways to do this.)
See: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...om-firmware-root-playstore-certified.4405615/
You only have to follow this tutorial up to the point of installing the boot_2.img in TWRP you do not have to root if you don't want to. I do believe most of us with F21's probably have already done this entire tutorial though.
SP Flash Tool: See tutorial above, it comes with it.
ADB (and please know how to use it): https://www.xda-developers.com/install-adb-windows-macos-linux/
The files I provide with this link Which are: F30 files (from my purchased F30), my edited scatter file to show new partitions, SN Write tool with provided Database files.
https://www.mediafire.com/file/3fba0dugos3lkdv/F30_US_LTE_Bands_Package.zip/file
I WILL NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE IF YOUR PHONE DOESN'T BOOT, SOFT/HARD BRICKED! THIS TUTORIAL IS TO DO AT YOUR OWN RISK!
GUIDE:
1. Write down your F21's Original IMEI, Wifi Mac Address, and Bluetooth Address.
Go into your phone settings and scroll all the way down to "About Phone".
Here you will find your IMEI, Device Wi-Fi MAC address, and Bluetooth address.
WRITE THESE DOWN!!!!!!!! YOU NEED THESE LATER!!!!!!! I even included a txt file for you to do it in!
We want to write these down because we will need them for the SNwriter tool later.
2. Turn off your phone and boot into TWRP, you can do this by holding the heart/owl key (top left) and the * (star, bottom left) key, you will see the Douqin Logo. Keep holding until TWRP boots.
3. Plug the F21 into computer and TWRP will allow ADB connections. We are going to use ADB to pull/backup your modem and identifier files in case you mess up =)
DO NOT SKIP THIS STEP. WE WILL BE OVERWRITING THESE FILES - THEY CONTAIN THE IDENTIFIERS THAT YOU WROTE DOWN ABOVE.
Even though we will no longer be using these files, they are original to your phone, and I think its incredibly important to have a back up. I even included an empty folder for you to put them in!
Use the following ADB commands:
adb pull /dev/block/by-name/nvdata
adb pull /dev/block/by-name/nvram
adb pull /dev/block/by-name/nvcfg
Now find those files and put them some where safe!!!
(You can also use TWRP and copy the files, and put the on a USB stick or maybe some where else on the phone)
4. Turn off the phone again, you can do this from TWRP by going to Reboot and chosing Power Off.
5. Open SPFlash Tool and load the scatter file provided from my files "MT6761_Android_scatter - edited.txt". This will add the NVData, NVRam, NVcfg partitions to flashable partitions.
5a. Uncheck all the boxes we don't need and only check off nvcfg, nvdata, nvram, and md1img_a. These are the ONLY partitions we are flashing. (They should already be selected! BUT SO WILL THE PRELOADER, UNCHECK PRELOADER, I had to include it in the folder for the flashing to work, but we do NOT need to flash it!)
5b. Click the "location" portion of each row and find the corresponding file from the files I provided. (This should already be done!)
5c. When you got everything set up, click the Green Arrow Download button. With your phone turned off, hold the BACK button (top right) and plug it in. It will flash these files to your phone. KEEP YOUR PHONE OFF FOR NOW.
6. Open SNwrite tool on your computer, make sure ComPort says USBVCOM, and Target Type says Smart Phone.
6a. Open the System Config button and make sure ONLY IMEI, BT Address, and Wifi Address are checked off in the "Write Option" (top left) section.
6b. In the DataBase File section (at the bottom) and make sure "Load AP DB from DUT and Load Modem DB from DUT are checked.
6c. Click on the MD1_DB button and select the "MDDB_InfoCustomAppSrcP_MT6761_S00_MOLY_LR12A_R3_MP_V88_3_1_ulwctg_n.EDB" file located in the AP DB Base\\MT6761 folder (within SNwrite folder).
6d. Click on the AP_DB button and seelect the "APDB_MT6761_S01__W1947" file located in the AP DB Base\MT6761 folder (within SNwrite folder).
6e. Click Save and go back to the main window, click on "Start" and a new window will pop up. Remember how I told you to WRITE DOWN all of these from your F21? This is where we need it.
IMEI_1 = your original IMEI.
BT Addr = Your Bluetooth Address (no colons!)
Wifi Addr = Your Wifi MAC Address (no colons!)
6f. Before you click OK be sure to have your phone at the ready. You will need to, just like with SP Flash Tool, hold the back button as you plug it in! Click OK and plug in your phone with the back button held. Wait for the bar to progress and the green PASS signal to light up.
6g. When its done, your original identifiers will be flashed to your phone! Another window may pop up making you think you have to flash again, just close it as long as you saw that Green PASS signal you are good.
7. TURN ON YOUR PHONE AND ENJOY US LTE BANDS!!!!!! 2, 4, 12, 13, 17, 66, 71
These cover most of T-mobile and Verizon users!
Go back into your phone settings as in Step 1 and make sure your original IMEI, Wifi Mac Address and Bluetooth Address are there.
To confirm the bands, use the phone dialer and type:
*#*#3646633#*#*
This will take you into engineering mode (use at your own risk, don't mess with anything!) and click on Band Mode. Scroll thru the bands and you can confirm which ones are active. As far as which ones are currently being used, I am unsure of how to do that just yet. Will update when I know (was told there are apps that might be able to do this).
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Things to note:
AGAIN: BE SURE TO BACK UP YOUR FILES and write down your IMEI, Wifi MAC ADDRESS and BLUETOOTH ADDRESS! I cannot state this enough.
If you do not do the SNwrite tool (section 6 of the steps) you will have DUMMY made-up identifiers, and technically those will work for a while.. but you don't want to have the same ones as others, so please do section 6.
I cannot help you with unlocking your bootloader, that part can be easier and the tool I linked was not fun. There are apparently much easier ways, please look into them.
If you can unlock your bootloader, and install TWRP you can do the rest of these steps easy!
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I'd like to thank:
Jbazt_katuforzs (XDA forums) for the Unofficial Qin F21 Pro firmware tutorial.
Sense_101 (XDA forums) who I couldn't have done this without, they helped me with learning ADB commands and knowing which files I would need to get this done.
mosheys (XDA) who told me about SNwrite tool.. which I knew about, but couldn't work before, and gave me the motivation to try again, really made this all come together.
jbriones95 (Reddit) who got me into Dumbphones and introduced me, through his videos, to the F21 Pro. The perfect phone for me!
eitokai (Reddit) who worked on tinkering with the F30 and made me believe I could do it too, and make progress - and everyone they thanked helped too!
Quick shout outs to Highpowers23 (Reddit), and 154FAviator (Reddit).
Lots of other random tutorials online where other people were trying to do similar things with their phones!!
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4/25/23: Fixed an issue where SPFlash tool was giving an Invalid Preloader error on Step 5a. I had to add the preloader file to the supplied download, but we do NOT need to flash the preloader. Edited step 5a to reflect change. Thanks to XDA user mosheys for pointing it out =)
amazing. looking forward to trying this out later tonight.
It worked! Amazing. Thank you for putting the time in to write this up.
Wow, and I always thought that network bands are hardware that can't be added...
How's that possible?
Hi
I have been using this flashed US Bands thing on my phone, and I notice there's few places that my phone just gets thrown off service, I can be in middle of a call and the call ends, etc
Also I miss a lot of calls due to it getting thrown off service in certain areas. (not talking here in basements etc, just random on street)
Anybody else experience such issues?
DEV845 said:
Hi
I have been using this flashed US Bands thing on my phone, and I notice there's few places that my phone just gets thrown off service, I can be in middle of a call and the call ends, etc
Also I miss a lot of calls due to it getting thrown off service in certain areas. (not talking here in basements etc, just random on street)
Anybody else experience such issues?
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I'm sorry I haven't had any issues at all except for one time when I ran out of data unknowingly. What phone provider are you with? You might have to manually add their APNs to your settings.
shulemf said:
Wow, and I always thought that network bands are hardware that can't be added...
How's that possible?
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That's what they'd like you to believe! It can be mostly true, but since the F21 has a US clone, the F30, I was able to make it work via their files. Next thing I really want to try is adding more bands if possible. But it involves hex editing perhaps which I'm no good at.
CatStoleTheCrown said:
That's what they'd like you to believe! It can be mostly true, but since the F21 has a US clone, the F30, I was able to make it work via their files. Next thing I really want to try is adding more bands if possible. But it involves hex editing perhaps which I'm no good at.
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If you figure this out . Love my f21 so much since I used your guide
Can someone post a step by step video on how to do this
Will this work on f22 pro also?
Hi there! Thanks so much for the guide and the files
I followed all your instructions with my brand new F21 pro unlocked that I got from aliexpress, 64/4 version. when the phone arrived, it was already unlocked and had TWRP installed. So I went to follow your tutorial from that point. I specifically bought this phone to use on Verizon for a family member that does not use smart phones so this would be big upgrade for them, since most of the options for Verizon basic phones are bad choices.
Anyway, I consider myself fairly intelligent and computer savvy, I followed your instructions exactly and got no errors both times. first, I got the green checkmark after downloading the files then I did the imei writing I got the green PASS with 0 errors
so I go to turn the phone on, the system now appears "kosher." the Chinese play store is gone, etc. the system is telling me there is a software update which I ignore... when I plug the SIM card into the phone, I am not getting any cellular reception, however the phone does see that sim belongs with Verizon. my phone number shows up in the about section, as well as the original imei and Mac and bluetooth address. so it appears my writing to the phone was successful, but for some reason the bands are not active. I can do wifi calling with Verizon but not over cellular.
I really dont think I did anything wrong but I do have a question was the sp flash tool supposed to only say "download" in the drop down box from the first step?? was it supposed to be install and format??? I left it on download because I wasn't instructed to change anything and went about my business but I am just trying to figure out what went wrong.
again, I want to reiterate, the Verizon employee said they did not see the imei I provided to them with my current sim already in the phone, so why could they not see the f21 pro with original imei and lte bands after your guide? was he lying because they do not want me to use this phone? he asked me if the phone was Samsung and I just said yeah, he was foreign and I didn't feel like explaining.
really trying to figure out what went wrong here. it's frustrating that you can get it to work but I can't. I successfully copied the imei, Mac and Bluetooth address so I dont think that is it. when I go to look at the bands in the developer menu, I do not see the bands you mention with a check box next them. does that mean they are not active??
I really dont want to have to return this phone or sell it because it was a gift and it is actually quite nice for the money. so I put the SIM card back in the old basic phone (sonim xp5) and naturally, it is working as it should... this is a LTE sim and both phones use LTE, so I do not see what the problem is
is there something that must be changed manually in the cellular settings after sim insertion such as LTE/ CDMA only or something like that? again I am on Verizon and I have decent coverage where I am trying this.
thanks
it worked ! Thanks for sharing this guide !
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moogpunk said:
Hi there! Thanks so much for the guide and the files
I followed all your instructions with my brand new F21 pro unlocked that I got from aliexpress, 64/4 version. when the phone arrived, it was already unlocked and had TWRP installed. So I went to follow your tutorial from that point. I specifically bought this phone to use on Verizon for a family member that does not use smart phones so this would be big upgrade for them, since most of the options for Verizon basic phones are bad choices.
Anyway, I consider myself fairly intelligent and computer savvy, I followed your instructions exactly and got no errors both times. first, I got the green checkmark after downloading the files then I did the imei writing I got the green PASS with 0 errors
so I go to turn the phone on, the system now appears "kosher." the Chinese play store is gone, etc. the system is telling me there is a software update which I ignore... when I plug the SIM card into the phone, I am not getting any cellular reception, however the phone does see that sim belongs with Verizon. my phone number shows up in the about section, as well as the original imei and Mac and bluetooth address. so it appears my writing to the phone was successful, but for some reason the bands are not active. I can do wifi calling with Verizon but not over cellular.
I really dont think I did anything wrong but I do have a question was the sp flash tool supposed to only say "download" in the drop down box from the first step?? was it supposed to be install and format??? I left it on download because I wasn't instructed to change anything and went about my business but I am just trying to figure out what went wrong.
again, I want to reiterate, the Verizon employee said they did not see the imei I provided to them with my current sim already in the phone, so why could they not see the f21 pro with original imei and lte bands after your guide? was he lying because they do not want me to use this phone? he asked me if the phone was Samsung and I just said yeah, he was foreign and I didn't feel like explaining.
really trying to figure out what went wrong here. it's frustrating that you can get it to work but I can't. I successfully copied the imei, Mac and Bluetooth address so I dont think that is it. when I go to look at the bands in the developer menu, I do not see the bands you mention with a check box next them. does that mean they are not active??
I really dont want to have to return this phone or sell it because it was a gift and it is actually quite nice for the money. so I put the SIM card back in the old basic phone (sonim xp5) and naturally, it is working as it should... this is a LTE sim and both phones use LTE, so I do not see what the problem is
is there something that must be changed manually in the cellular settings after sim insertion such as LTE/ CDMA only or something like that? again I am on Verizon and I have decent coverage where I am trying this.
thanks
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Hey there,
The fact that the bands aren't checked off in engineering mode indeed means that the bands aren't active (I did it and the bands showed up) you should of course redo the setup carefully in case you might have missed a step.
About Sp flash tool all you have to press is the green download arrow at the top of the window. And remember to make sure to deselect the preloader partition.
And not sure if I understood you correctly but you mentioned that after you finished the process you got the full kosher version on the phone, that shouldn't be the case because we are only copying the necessary partitions from the f30 for the service to work(I might have misunderstood you on that last one).
Potential_Threat said:
Hey there,
The fact that the bands aren't checked off in engineering mode indeed means that the bands aren't active (I did it and the bands showed up) you should of course redo the setup carefully in case you might have missed a step.
About Sp flash tool all you have to press is the green download arrow at the top of the window. And remember to make sure to deselect the preloader partition.
And not sure if I understood you correctly but you mentioned that after you finished the process you got the full kosher version on the phone, that shouldn't be the case because we are only copying the necessary partitions from the f30 for the service to work(I might have misunderstood you on that last one).
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I had prepared the phone for the user I bought it for thinking I did al the steps right. when I realized the phone wasnt working, I re did the tutorial. it wiped all the apps and work I had previously done on the phone such as adding the play store, certification, etc and various apps. it was ready to go... so when I did the tutorial again, starting at the step where you load the F30 files, the phone appeared "kosher" when I flashed it and was once again app less... that is what I meant. it looked like I had started over.
was there anything about the bootloader or the unlocking process that may have not been done properly by the seller of the phone? Again, the phone arrived to me already unlocked and with TWRP installed so I skipped all those steps thinking I wouldn't need to do them.
what did I do wrong if I erased all the apps and the kosher version got installed and wiped the stuff I had already done when I tried to redo the process ?? I'm literally just following the instructions on a brand new phone.
the only thing I could think that I did wrong was skip the unlocking process but I only did that because I assumed the phone was already unlocked. I would assume it's unlocked if TWRP was already installed.... am I wrong ?
moogpunk said:
the only thing I could think that I did wrong was skip the unlocking process but I only did that because I assumed the phone was already unlocked. I would assume it's unlocked if TWRP was already installed.... am I wrong ?
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Do you mean you bought the version with the Google play store ("unlocked") and that's why you bypassed the other stuff?
moogpunk said:
I had prepared the phone for the user I bought it for thinking I did al the steps right. when I realized the phone wasnt working, I re did the tutorial. it wiped all the apps and work I had previously done on the phone such as adding the play store, certification, etc and various apps. it was ready to go... so when I did the tutorial again, starting at the step where you load the F30 files, the phone appeared "kosher" when I flashed it and was once again app less... that is what I meant. it looked like I had started over.
was there anything about the bootloader or the unlocking process that may have not been done properly by the seller of the phone? Again, the phone arrived to me already unlocked and with TWRP installed so I skipped all those steps thinking I wouldn't need to do them.
what did I do wrong if I erased all the apps and the kosher version got installed and wiped the stuff I had already done when I tried to redo the process ?? I'm literally just following the instructions on a brand new phone.
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And now with the kosher version, are you following the steps to fully unlock it first?
nemoslumbers said:
And now with the kosher version, are you following the steps to fully unlock it first?
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I admit I skipped the unlocking part because I bought the "google unlocked world" version from aliexpress, and so I assumed it was done. and in the developer menu it said the phones boot loader was already unlocked... and the phone had TWRP already, so I assumed in order for TWRP to be there, it was unlocked already.
so I guess you are telling me that I shouldn't have skipped it because it wasn't truly unlocked then? okay, I will try it again.
I do not have the kosher version, I was referring to my f21pro phone after flashing with scatter f30 file.
also I just realized that when I was trying to unlock I was holding the wrong two "top buttons" I thought it was the owl button and the back button, not the camera button and the back button
moogpunk said:
yes. I skipped the unlocking part because I bought the "google unlocked world" version from aliexpress, and so I assumed it was done. and in the developer menu it said the phones boot loader was already unlocked... and the phone had TWRP already, so I assumed in order for TWRP to be there, it was unlocked already.
so I guess you are telling me that I shouldn't have skipped it because it wasn't truly unlocked then? okay, I will try it again.
I do not have the kosher version, I was referring to my f21pro phone after flashing with scatter f30 file.
also I just realized that when I was trying to unlock I was holding the wrong two "top buttons" I thought it was the owl button and the back button, not the camera button and the back button
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Maybe give the two top buttons a try before trying the full unlock route? Only a suggestion! I also got the google unlocked world version and was going to try putting all of this on here this weekend. Hoping we don't actually have to go through the full unlock process and maybe it was just the wrong button combo!
nemoslumbers said:
Maybe give the two top buttons a try before trying the full unlock route? Only a suggestion! I also got the google unlocked world version and was going to try putting all of this on here this weekend. Hoping we don't actually have to go through the full unlock process and maybe it was just the wrong button combo!
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I've read some conflicting reports about which buttons it's supposed to be. The actual readme says it's the top two buttons (Owl+back) and someone else, an administrator here actually, posted a photo circling the #+back button.... and someone liked that post assuming it was true
also, someone else said you can only get into TWRP by holding the Star and Owl button when the phone turns on then you have to immediately press the up and back button to boot into TWRP... which isn't entirely true... all you have to do is hold Star+Owl button to boot into TWRP...
I will admit I am new to the world of modding phones but not modding electronics which is why I felt confident enough to take on this project. I have modified many iPods with rockbox in my day and done physical modifications. I find this fun but it's teetering on extremely frustrating.
I am going to have to do the entire unlock process from the very beginning because I don't have any other choice, otherwise I am left with a phone I cannot use on Verizon. it will be waste of ~140usd. not the fault of the aliexpress seller, just poorly written instructions and dumb windows compatibility issues.
I cannot get the phone unlocked because I cannot get my computer to recognize the phone via usb. no amount of button combinations are letting my windows computer see the phone so I cannot unlock it.