Hi to all xda members, 2 days ago I acquired a sprint htc hero already rooted and modded with cyanogenmod 6 android 2.2, the phone runs great everything works on it via wifi etc...., I called sprint to activate the phone and they gave me instructions, the first was to find the system update or update profile option under settings about phone, well this option does not appear on my phone u deer about phone, and I could not find it anywhere else in the settings menu, so we moved to the dial pad and the gave me three codes each starting with ## and ending with #, none of the codes opened the magic menu that the sprint engineer was expecting, at that point they concluded the phone may have a hardware issue and cannot be activated, they suspect the phone possibly was flashed for use with another service like metrics and flashed back to sprint thus causing chipsets damage, something about changing frequencies making it unactivateable by sprint, now maybe there is another way to activate a modded phone like this that I'm not aware of, so I hope u guys can show me the right way to activate with my sprint phone and data plan a rooted sprint htc hero running cyanogenmod 6 android 2.2
One last note, I have searched on xda and cyanogenmod forums with no luck, it seems his is not an issue with others, I have not found a way to mod the phones MDN and MSID which I think are the essential mods to activate the phone, and it was modes with the clockwork app
Thanks in advance
Joemango
you need to flash to a non cyanogenmod rom, such as fresh, and your ## codes will work, when you are complete, flash back to cyanogen.
edit: for a future FYI... this post really belongs in Q&A
DJAscendance said:
you need to flash to a non cyanogenmod rom, such as fresh, and your ## codes will work, when you are complete, flash back to cyanogen.
edit: for a future FYI... this post really belongs in Q&A
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That is correct... you'll need a sprint HTC sense rom for it to function.
Make a nandroid backup, flash NFX's stock ROM. Activate it. And then use your nandroid backup to go back to CM6.
Good Luck,
Tee Jay
wow! quick replies, should i use the Deodexed or oxed version of nfx's stock? and can i flash using ROM manager which is currently on the phone? if not then what method should i use to flash nfx first then after activation flash back cyanogenmod 6 which is already backed up on the sd card and usable with rom manager
i would use the odexed version no real differences just the odex one is going to boot a little faster
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i would use the odexed version no real differences just the odex one is going to boot a little faster
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I agree, I prefer odex as well.
joemango said:
wow! quick replies, should i use the Deodexed or oxed version of nfx's stock? and can i flash using ROM manager which is currently on the phone? if not then what method should i use to flash nfx first then after activation flash back cyanogenmod 6 which is already backed up on the sd card and usable with rom manager
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seein as you did label this [Q] this is posted in the wrong section. The fact that even after someone told you all you did was say "WOW FAST RESPONSES", Shows you have no respect for the rules. PLUS you didnt read the sticky at the top of this development section and only want to get your question answered and then go on.
I understand your new and most people cant say that..i see you just joined this month so i will give a lil slack to ya..lol(j/p man your good). I also saw you said THANKS IN ADVANCE on your first post so my apologies for that if i seem like im coming off as an arrogant *ick or something like that. Please tho in the future can you post questions in the correct forums.
AND I WOULD SUGGEST myself the odexed version, ive used it and like others it does boot faster and seems for me to run just a lil smoother. Good luck with getting your phone activated...the Hero when done right is a very amazing phone. Glad to have you among the community!
hello all, well I fixed it, the phone is activated and running caynogenmod 6!. Below are the steps i took to activate, I hope this helps others in a similar situation.
Before anything, I made a full system backup and saved on my sd card using nandroid, using a how to on the cyanogen website, just search on google for "Howto: Nandroid Backup - CyanogenMod Wiki"
1. downloaded Sprint.STOCK.2.31.651.7.ODEX_signed.zip from the net
2. plugged my sd card adapter into comp via usb and copied .zip file to root directory
3. put sd card back in phone and turned on phone.
4. ran ROM Manager and chose Install from SD Card
5. Chose the zip file, chose the "wipe" option, did not choose the "backup" option and hit Ok
6. The phone reboots into recovery mode (RA) and automatically installed the ROM i downloaded.
7. in RA mode, choose reboot system now
8. The new ROM fired up with no problems
9. I called Sprint and activated the phone using the update profile option under menu->settings->about phone
10. once activation was complete I wend to android market on the phone and downloaded/installed ROM manager free edition
11. I ran rom manager and went to backup/restore chose manage and restore backups chose the backup containing cyanogenmod 6 and pressed ok.
12. when restore completed i chose restart system (in RA mode) and voila, done, fini, as a last step i tested phone and data connections, all was fine.
one last note, I did all the rom manipulations with the phone on a wall charger to ensure power during these operations.
I hope others find this helpful, Im sorry if i posted in a the wrong forum, hopefully an admin can move this thread to a more suitable forum.
thanks for all your help, I look forward to contributing more, email me questions, comments, etc....
joemango
An XDA member in need requires a quick response!
I went through same..i repkace hero with evo, since id never rooted before(this was june) i decided to preactice on my hero, got it working couple mnths later i gave it to my bro, n had a time trying to get it activated, i almosted slipped bout it being with custom rom...lol..wouldnt been good
513fabe said:
I almosted slipped bout it being with custom rom...lol..wouldnt been good
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I just can't understand why any employee of sprint would even care. I go into my local Cellular South store and assist their employees with rooting their phones. They love me and can't understand why Cellular South doesn't offer this as a service.
513fabe said:
I went through same..i repkace hero with evo, since id never rooted before(this was june) i decided to preactice on my hero, got it working couple mnths later i gave it to my bro, n had a time trying to get it activated, i almosted slipped bout it being with custom rom...lol..wouldnt been good
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I accidentally took a Hero and an Evo to the sprint store rooted with fully themed modded roms. The guy noticed instantly, he was cool and we talked about modding phones for a good 30mins. Then the next day my friends data wouldnt work so he called sprint and he accidentally told the lady the Hero was rooted, she joked about it and laughed and then told us how to fix the data and even how to get a brand new phone if we wanted to.
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I accidentally took a Hero and an Evo to the sprint store rooted with fully themed modded roms. The guy noticed instantly, he was cool and we talked about modding phones for a good 30mins. Then the next day my friends data wouldnt work so he called sprint and he accidentally told the lady the Hero was rooted, she joked about it and laughed and then told us how to fix the data and even how to get a brand new phone if we wanted to.
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How do you get a brand new phone, lol ? PM me plz...
Just google search the sprint ruu and run it from pc. get the .5 and run universal androot. set up your phone and androot gives you access to reflash cm6 with the use of RomManager by clockwork mod.
CrashV2010 said:
How do you get a brand new phone, lol ? PM me plz...
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Hey, i wanna know too. I think im not the only one that feels this way either.
Sent from my HERO200 using XDA App
Me to please....new phone? How?
Sent from my HERO200 using XDA App
So what is this about getting a new phone? Tell me more, inquiring minds would love to know.
I agree! I would love to get a new phone. I'm due for an upgrade.
Sent from Bryson the HTC Hero.
If you could tell one more person how you can get a new phone, I would appreciated alot lol thank you
Sent from my HERO200 using XDA App
Hi guys,
I'm trying to flash a new ROM into my Cricket Zio, and I'm using CWM to do so. But every time I try, CWM gives me a list saying "Please confirm phone model" and a list of phones other than the Zio. Any idea on how to go about this situation?
Thanks in advance for any help!
Note:
The Zio is just a phone I'm using to practice flashing,rooting, and other modifications on. I have already rooted it.
Sent from my LG MyTouch Q
I was wondering, can flashing a custom rom/kernel change the MSL code?
I was just wondering /c I got a htc evo 3d recently, unrooted it, flash viperROM IC3D Beta 3 rom + AnthraX-htcleak-stockfirmwaretest.zip
then sent the phone to get flashed over to metro, but the guy told me they had trouble getting to the MSL code cause of my rom?
Anybody have thought on this?
does it say virgin mobile all over your phone? namely on the lockscreen banner? there have been LOTS of problems with ppl flashing the firmware leak from virgin mobile on their sprint devices.
if you have access to internet you should try dowloading msl reader from the play store and find out your msl code urself.
I don't think the rom i flashed is the virgin mobile firmware leak, although it is based off of that. and no, it doesn't say virgin mobile all over it.
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I don't think the rom i flashed is the virgin mobile firmware leak, although it is based off of that. and no, it doesn't say virgin mobile all over it.
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i dont know too much about that anthranx kernel you flashed but that could be the culprit. go to settings> about phone> software info>more and tell me your pri, prl, and baseband version. also see if you can find ur msl code with msl reader.
dont tell me ur msl code just tell me if there are numbers or just zeroes.
I don't have the phone with me cause I sent it to the guy to get flashed, but he wants to charge me an extra $40 to get the MSL code. So i was just wondering if there was any truth to that.
lol ok as long as he can boot up the phone and go to the play store he should be able to download a free app thats called msl reader. or you can call up sprint and throw a hissy fit until they give you your msl code...i wouldnt pay $40 for that...sounds like B.S. but if you have no choice i guess you gotta. hope this helps
the phone was bootable and playstore worked when i sent it in.
thanks, we worked it out. I'm not gonna have to pay. But I really wanted to know if that was BS or not?
Just got android fever, get ready for noobs questions evryone, I'm new to the forum!
ok, you know what I need to revive this post because I'm upset right now and I need help from the experienced people on this forum.
I sent in my phone to be flashed to Metro and paid $120. it's been 4 days and I've still not gotten my phone back, every time I talk to them they tell me:
"there's a problem with the rom you flashed"
"we need more time to figure out the MSL code cause of the rom you flashed"
"there's problems with your phone cause of the rom you flashed"
"we can figure it out if you pay $40 extra"...
here's the deal. I bought the phone off ebay in "new" condition. it was stock, I unlocked the phone, flashed it with a synergy rom, then got curiousm did a full wipe and flashed viperROM IC3D Beta 3 rom + AnthraX-htcleak-stockfirmwaretest.zip.
Because I'm on hboot 1.5 i flashed chad's kernal to resolve the bootloop problem. It worked and the rom worked. Only drawback was the 3d camera doesn't work and usb doesn't work which was stated on chad's thread.
I brought the phone to an authorized metro dealer and told him I wanted to flash it to metro. He said for $120 he'll bring to his "guys" and they will do the flashing service. I put in a $100 deposit and let things take it's course. now, I've already had 2 htc evo 3d phones flashed successfully through this dealer before (both phones had synergy rom flashed on them before i sent it in) so I didn't expect any problems to come up.
I told them a couple days ago, if it's the viperrom that's the problem then just flash the syngery rom or revert back to stock. 2 days later, they're still having problems and giving me excuse, we're busy, your phone has problems.
I've been able to flash between roms on that phone successfully and ViperRom is a good rom, I really doubt there are problems with the rom like they say, and if they are competent enough to charge $120 to flash a phone, then they should be competent enough to work out this "kink" they're running into.
I've flashed this viperrom and chad's kernel on my sister's phone and flashed back to synergy rom with no problems and she is on metro.
I sent in a perfectly good phone. I'm extremely frustrated with the situation. <end rant>
Can anyone please shed light on this situation and help me figure out what's going on? Is it really because of the roms or are they just incompetent?
For Those of You Who Have an LG Optimus Slider
NOTE: YOU WANT TO FLASH AREAROMQ, THEN FLASH GINGERKERNEL ON YOUR SLIDER. IT WILL WORK.
Special thanks to emkeene for doing hard work.
How to retrieve the MSL (aka SPC) for the LG Optimus Q (Model LGL55C)
Disclaimer: I am formally not responsible for anything that may happen to your phone while you are performing this procedure. With that in mind performing this is totally at your discretion. This method has been extensively tested by myself only, on a rooted LG Optimus Q (LGL55C) running Area Rom v1.3.
This method requires aLogCat (free download from the market).
Download aLogCat here:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...t#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDMsIm9yZy5qdGIuYWxvZ2NhdCJd
Instructions:
1) Open the aLogCat app.
2) Press Menu and choose "Filter." Type in "D/SpecialCharSequenceMgr" without the quotation marks. Then press Okay to confirm.
3) Press Home. Go to your dialer and enter ##3282#.
4) You'll be prompted for your Service Code (MSL). Enter 000000. Your phone should tell you "Wrong Service Code". This is normal.
5) Now press Home again and go back to aLogcat. Look towards the bottom of the screen. In the line "D/SpecialCharSequenceMgr( 850): MSL = 123456" the six digit number showing after the = is your MSL, where 123456 is in this example.
*The 850 may be 3 other digits on your phone. This line still contains your correct MSL.
There you have it! I searched the internet for hours this evening to find this information.
This method is not my work. It has been adapted to work on the Optimus Q from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1421638 by sarcasmsiempre and marley183rd. Big thanks to these people for posting this helpful information, originally for the Virgin Mobile Optimus Slider.
I recently found my old OpV from when I was on virgin. The phone is still in good condition, turns on, I even have an extended battery for it. I want to sell it cuz I could use the extra money right now.
Thing is..
It's running a version of IHO that I flashed back a while ago.
I don't know what happened to the micro sd card I had in it.
I need to know how, if possible, to get the phone running the stock software again, using an sd card other than the one I had in there when I flashed the rom.
I currently have an htc sensation, so I can back up the files off it's card, erase the card and use it to work on the OpV.
Thing is i'm pretty rusty when it comes to this so if someone could link me, or tell me the steps to getting this thing stock again I would greatly appreciate it.
Thanks.
TeddyTits said:
I recently found my old OpV from when I was on virgin. The phone is still in good condition, turns on, I even have an extended battery for it. I want to sell it cuz I could use the extra money right now.
Thing is..
It's running a version of IHO that I flashed back a while ago.
I don't know what happened to the micro sd card I had in it.
I need to know how, if possible, to get the phone running the stock software again, using an sd card other than the one I had in there when I flashed the rom.
I currently have an htc sensation, so I can back up the files off it's card, erase the card and use it to work on the OpV.
Thing is i'm pretty rusty when it comes to this so if someone could link me, or tell me the steps to getting this thing stock again I would greatly appreciate it.
Thanks.
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Dang! You ARE rusty! So much so that you forgot to SEARCH in the Optimus V Android Development section! You would have found this in the first post of the first sticky thread!
Contains link to stock ROM and recovery along with instructions to flash them near the end of the post.
I am in desperate need of some help. I falshed a rom to my phone using odin that was not for my device, since I am new at this and actually don't know much about it. So I looked for guidance on this forum and messaged many ppl but I have not gotten a response. I have tried links on the forum for the roms but they are all removed from the links. I flashed a rom for a shg-t959d and it boots up but it will not read my sd card says blank card but its not balnk my computer reads it, also my storage says 0.00gb. I just really want my phone back to a working state any help would be greatly appreciated.
Find links?
Any luck with your phone? I am looking to root mine as well, but like you I can't find any working files, or anybody to help. I have also posted and emailed people with no response. Very frustrating for beginners. I would be great full if you could pass any info on to me, and I will do the same for you. Were you able to root your phone without problem, and if so how? I was going to use odin, then I got nervous, so I was going to try superoneclick. Any help you can give would be great.