UPDATED:
VIDEO TUTORIAL HERE
DEMONSTRATION OF TB WORKING ON PagePlus HERE
***I AM IN NO WAY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES THAT FOLLOWING THIS GUIDE MIGHT RESULT IN. USE IT AT YOUR OWN RISK.***
Let me know if you've found this to be useful. Good luck!
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After several hours of research and playing around, I got my TB onto Pageplus with 3G, mms, sms, and voice all working. I hate that every solution I found online was "paid", and I didn't purchase any of them. Just put together the pieces of the puzzle from reading hundreds of online posts from various sources. Anyway, if there is enough interest, I'll invest the time in creating a video and written guide. If anything, I'll just put a donation link if anyone feels so compelled to give for my efforts.
Though the solution will be free, I did have to purchase CDMA workshop to get it working, which cost $100. If you're not willing to make that purchase, then I am not sure you will be able to make it happen. I don't think QPST alone will suffice.
So, should I invest some time in creating this? Anyone Interested? I imagine the same solution would work for any Verizon MVNO so long as the ESNs beginning with 99.... are not blocked by your carrier (they are not blocked by PagePlus).
EDIT: If you have ventured over here from that other forum that has a name similar to "cat", welcome. Now, GIVE ME ALL OF YOUR MONEY!! Hahahaha. j/k. Hope you find the solution useful.
I don't have the need for this, currently. But I am looking for another solution for my thunderbolt. I vote yes please on making the tutorial. Who knows, it may add to the pieces of the puzzle for myself and/or others on a similar venture.
Thanks.
Video tutorial and demo will be up soon on Youtube. Will post a link as soon as I have it uploaded. Hopefully this is helpful to some of you.
Tutorial and proof in the OP. This also shows that the Thunderbolt can use 3G data AND voice simultaneously. I know some have doubted this ability. Pretty cool. Enjoy.
This is amazing.
I wonder if it will work on a BIONIC. I got a good deal online and ordered one without knowing if I can activate on PPC...I dont think it will without this mod.
I went to the CDMA ware website and they had a "DEMO" version to download. Wil that be sufficient to do this?
-mike
bump. anyone know if trying this on a bionic is reversible if it doesnt work?
Does this work for cricket wireless as well
Edit: nevermind! Just watched the tutorial. Great by the way
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could you shed some light as to what MNC MCC numbers to use?
only incoming calls
Thanks for the video. I purchased CDMA-WARE workshop and programed the phone. Unfortunately I can only receive calls. I don't know what I did wrong. Can anyone help me get this phone working on page plus?
Have you been able to fix this? This programming seems very sensitive. Try swapping you ESN to another phone and back.
Also, what MMC and MNC # did you use?
somebody know , how can i do this on ws 2.7 or qpst ?, i don t have other tool ,
zkaloko04 said:
somebody know , how can i do this on ws 2.7 or qpst ?, i don t have other tool ,
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You can't.
I have tried (with 2.7) and only messed up the phone. Buy 3.5.
Can somenody say, wich , cdma sys id, i have to use in this phone, i cant recive calls, & my cdma sys id s , is all 0000 in the fourt ids,
zkaloko04 said:
Can somenody say, wich , cdma sys id, i have to use in this phone, i cant recive calls, & my cdma sys id s , is all 0000 in the fourt ids,
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not sure what your asking here..
I did all same, but i can't recive incoming calls, & mesenges,
i can only make calls & send meseng, thanks for answer
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cools y0. my good ol' sis is on pageplus although she's using the samsung continuum. delightful wee tele eh ?
if pageplus offered unlimited data + 4g i'd switch.
zkaloko04 said:
I did all same, but i can't recive incoming calls, & mesenges,
i can only make calls & send meseng, thanks for answer
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I would do the process over again. And then swap esn to another phone and then back to the TB again...see if that helps. other than that, i don't know what to tell you.
yungwunn911 said:
I would do the process over again. And then swap esn to another phone and then back to the TB again...see if that helps. other than that, i don't know what to tell you.
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ok . after swap esn to other phone nothing, but now work send calls,mesenges & incoming text ,incoming calls only come when I make a call and is in process, but if my thunderbolt part inactive, not recive the call again, any idea, thanks for the help
I personally don't need this but it's good to see we have options if we don't wanna use Verizon. I rememeber some guy was able to flash the TB on cricket but the douche was charging for info on how to do it....nice to see that you're sharing with the community on how to do this. I never heard of
Page Plus so im guessing its no where near my area lol :/
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xXJay_RXx said:
I personally don't need this but it's good to see we have options if we don't wanna use Verizon. I rememeber some guy was able to flash the TB on cricket but the douche was charging for info on how to do it....nice to see that you're sharing with the community on how to do this. I never heard of
Page Plus so im guessing its no where near my area lol :/
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,totalmente de acuerdo estoy agrdecido con ustedes amigos por su ayuda ,
thank you for your time and help ...
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hi guys i know its been posted b4 and im just trying to get some experts attention to this as i've tried most of the current Roms out there and none seem to have this feature..... i know theres a rogers wm6 rom out there that supports this.... and dont really wanna have to use it.... just for this feature. i was hoping maybe one of the chefs here can cook us up a nice rom based on this rom.... i know its a 6.0 rom..... but plzzz this feature is a must wen u get used to it and have billion of ppl calling u.
plzzzzzzzz
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hi guys i know its been posted b4 and im just trying to get some experts attention to this as i've tried most of the current Roms out there and none seem to have this feature..... i know theres a rogers wm6 rom out there that supports this.... and dont really wanna have to use it.... just for this feature. i was hoping maybe one of the chefs here can cook us up a nice rom based on this rom.... i know its a 6.0 rom..... but plzzz this feature is a must wen u get used to it and have billion of ppl calling u.
plzzzzzzzz
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Maybe im just not understanding you. What the hell are you talking about, Name display? What name display. The carrier or the caller. Please be more specific.
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Maybe im just not understanding you. What the hell are you talking about, Name display? What name display. The carrier or the caller. Please be more specific.
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He means that the Rogers network has the ability to identify callers by how they are registered in Phone Company records, and display that information when calling you.
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He means that the Rogers network has the ability to identify callers by how they are registered in Phone Company records, and display that information when calling you.
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in that event then its more of a telecom function rather than a ROM one...
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in that event then its more of a telecom function rather than a ROM one...
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If it works on the stock Rogers ROM, but not any others, one can conclude Rogers has some special software baked into their OEM ROM.
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If it works on the stock Rogers ROM, but not any others, one can conclude Rogers has some special software baked into their OEM ROM.
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well yes that conclusion is pretty sound since any specific data passed by the carrier which is over and above the standard transmissions will need special software to display it on the phone
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If it works on the stock Rogers ROM, but not any others, one can conclude Rogers has some special software baked into their OEM ROM.
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That's exactly what I thought. I'll be greateful if anyone can figure this out, because I have that service in my package but can't use it at all.
The service is called Enhance Call Display
Here is the link of the Rogers Rom that work on Kaiser (I haven't tried it thou). Maybe some pro can extract the little software which does the trick from the rom.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=318042
And here is the $25 bounty on XDA (count me in):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=367381
ya just to update u guys on this whole situation...... rogers canada has a rom out there for the kaiser which was made for testing..... but unforunately they never released a wm pro device after the original tytn......anyways the rom they had.... for some unknown reason is the only rom for the kaiser that has the compatible with this service.."Enhanced Call Display/ Name Display"................. i was just hoping the pros on here would look into this as it would greatly help alot of us up here in canada. Im also willing to donate $25 to the majic man who solves this...... i also have contacted Sakajati regarding this and he is going to look into this for us...
hopefully we get this working!!!
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ya just to update u guys on this whole situation...... rogers canada has a rom out there for the kaiser which was made for testing..... but unforunately they never released a wm pro device after the original tytn......anyways the rom they had.... for some unknown reason is the only rom for the kaiser that has the compatible with this service.."Enhanced Call Display/ Name Display"................. i was just hoping the pros on here would look into this as it would greatly help alot of us up here in canada. Im also willing to donate $25 to the majic man who solves this...... i also have contacted Sakajati regarding this and he is going to look into this for us...
hopefully we get this working!!!
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I did contact him as well... I love his rom and on top of it, he's using Fido as well. This is great hope
I'll give this a shot tonight. Someone will need to test it for me though since I'm not Canadian...
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I did contact him as well... I love his rom and on top of it, he's using Fido as well. This is great hope
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No I'm not using fido Ok guys I'm not sure if this will work, extract the attached archive and install:
1. rogers_settings.cab
2. HTCAP_Service_Rogers.CAB
Reboot device.
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No I'm not using fido Ok guys I'm not sure if this will work, extract the attached archive and install:
1. rogers_settings.cab
2. HTCAP_Service_Rogers.CAB
Reboot device.
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But it said Fido.ca in your profile... I'm testing it right now
edit:not working... can someone else test this? I'm using Fido not rogers
im using fido.... but if it works for rogers it will for fido because they use the same network..... and im about to test this right now!!!! will report back in a couple of minutes!!!!!
edit: not working..........plzzz don't give up!!! i know we can solve this!
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I also tried the file and it didn't work (PLEASE keep trying) I'm with FIDO
as mentioned above here is another threat with 40 dollars bounty thus far
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=367381&page=2
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im using fido.... but if it works for rogers it will for fido because they use the same network..... and im about to test this right now!!!! will report back in a couple of minutes!!!!!
edit: not working..........plzzz don't give up!!! i know we can solve this!
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Guys i recommend you try it on the rogers network because this will be a service providor specific function even if Fido and Rogers use the same network
no problem...... i have a rogers line also..... ive tried the wm6 rogers rom and its works for fido..... they both offer they same services...... in all technicality it shud work if the rom supports it...... ive used rogers phones that support this function under the fido sim and it has worked..... but anyways i have tested sj cab using my rogers sim and its a no go!!!! but keep up the good work... im sure we can figure this thing out
i would love to have this feature working on mine as well. i'm paying for the feature.
www.privusmobile.com offers an enhanced version of this for all networks in teh US/Canada. International coming soon.
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www.privusmobile.com offers an enhanced version of this for all networks in teh US/Canada. International coming soon.
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Says HTC is not yet supported.
Hi - I'm new to the forum - just wondering if any others users here are running their HTC Evo Shift on Boost Mobile?
My apologies if this is posted in the wrong forum or is covered in another thread – I know there are a lot of posts in the general forum about running smartphones on Boost Mobile, but my searches weren’t returning anything specific to the HTC Evo Shift on Boost.
I've recently rooted my phone (thanks to this thread) and now I am hoping to find solutions for a couple of issues that are inherent to running the Shift on Boost:
Voicemail
Understandably my Boost voicemails aren't syncing up with the stock voicemail app that came designed for Sprint. It's not the end of the world to have to auto-dial my own phone number to manage my voicemails manually, but it would be nice to view them through an application – or, at the very least, get notifications & alerts when new voicemails are received. I've been looking at services such as YouMail and HulloMail – but from what I understand; Boost Mobile does not support the call forwarding features that are necessary for these to work. Are there any other Evo Shift users on Boost here that have found a workaround for their voicemail?
MMS
Yes, I know the issue of MMS functionality on Boost Mobile has been covered in a dozen or more other threads on the general forum. However, those threads deal with a lot of different phones – they do not address MMS issues on the Evo Shift specifically. The few solutions suggested there have not worked on my Evo Shift so far.
Just to clarify – I have no trouble sending outbound MMS messages. My pictures and videos seem to be delivered normally to the recipients. The problem is with receiving inbound MMS messages. Rather than receiving a message with the MMS content displayed, I am sent a normal text message from Boost Mobile that essentially says “Hi you’ve received a media message, click here to view it!” and then it provides a link to https://mediamail.boostmobile.com where I’m supposed to go and log in to my account to view whatever picture or video was just sent to me. Obviously, this is incredibly annoying. To make matters worse – the link that Boost provides in their text message doesn’t even work – I have to go open my web browsing app and pull up my bookmark for the media mail website.
Is there an Evo Shift user on this forum who has found a way to receive true MMS functionality through Boost Mobile? So far I’ve just been tinkering with the MMS Server URL under the advanced phone settings (##3282#), and that is not working. I’ve heard mention of the need to change or delete certain apk or codex files – or to do something with the apn – but there were no clearly defined instructions on how to do that... and to be honest, I’m still learning what those terms really mean.
And finally – if someone could point me towards a thread that provides some very introductory information about custom ROM’s for the Evo Shift – such as how they are used, what enhancements they bring to the Evo Shift – and what are the inherent risks or downsides from using them… that would really be appreciated. I’m assuming that is the next subject for me to start exploring now that I’ve successfully perm-rooted my phone. I've been browsing the development forum, but much of it is over my head.
Many thanks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtube_gdata_player&v=7IT2viSqQ6g
This looks legit based on the comments if there real.
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alher591 said:
This looks legit based on the comments if there real.
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Are you talking about the 4:25 mark where he goes in and retrieves the MMS he sent to himself?
I hate to say it.. but I think that might be a little slight-of-hand... it looks to me like he is just viewing the original sent message, not one he received. As I mentioned before - there is no issue with sending MMS, you just can't receive it.
If you look at the messages below the one he sent to himself... it's the "9000" text from Boost Mobile directing him to the media mail website.
I'll post a comment on his video, see if I can get a response.
thanks!
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Are you talking about the 4:25 mark where he goes in and retrieves the MMS he sent to himself?
I hate to say it.. but I think that might be a little slight-of-hand... it looks to me like he is just viewing the original sent message, not one he received. As I mentioned before - there is no issue with sending MMS, you just can't receive it.
If you look at the messages below the one he sent to himself... it's the "9000" text from Boost Mobile directing him to the media mail website.
I'll post a comment on his video, see if I can get a response.
thanks!
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i just talked to sean's partner on the phone (hes local to me) and assures me they have that kink worked out.
hate to say it but the kids pretty damned good despite the legality issues of some of his work.
anyways ive recently switched a sprint evo shift to boost via a pick-a-choose process i collected from scouring the internet for days... some of it from XDA actually...
im considering packing it into a solution... anyways the only feature lost was visual voicemail.
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i just talked to sean's partner on the phone (hes local to me) and assures me they have that kink worked out.
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Oh, that's great! Thanks for confirming this.
So - the question now is how did they do it. Not sure I can justify mailing my phone down to them and paying whatever $ to get it fixed, but it sure would be nice to have a solution for the MMS problem.
At least we know its possible though. Someone on another forum is saying it has to do with what "donor phone" was used to activate the Boost account... if the donor phone had true MMS capability, then the new phone will too. If not, then you're stuck with Boost media mail.
I handed my phone off to a local cellular repair shop to set it up for Boost service, and god only knows what they used to activate it. I should probably start with them if I want answers.
If anyone could PM me or post a link to a step-by-step guide to using my Evo 4G on boost mobile. Thanks.
I have a Evo shift on Boost fully functional! if you are on a stock htc sense rom, you can go into the epst settings by dialing##3282#, then select edit, go to the MMSC, and change that to mm.myboostmobile.com, that should fix your MMS, as far as voicemail goes, you cannot get notifications on the stock sprint rom, but you can if you switch to Cyanogen mod 7... if you switch, which i reccomend, especially because battery life is a million times better, then you will have to download APN manager to change MMS settings to get MMS to work on that ROM... let me know if you have any questions, it took me a month to get all of this figured out, so I would be glad to save someone the headache
I made a post of this but thought it wouldn't be harmful to include it here...
I'm having troubles with my 3G speed, I think the person that flashed my phone skipped some steps or wasnt too experienced...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=15324202#post15324202
Hope you guys can help me
More than likely he did, download speed test from the market and tell me what your are getting!
I recently flashed a shift over to boost mobile, but I think some of the EPST settings are messed up. Can anyone that has a working shift on boost mobile post the EPST settings?
I flashed my wives shift to boost. I'm not sure where you guys are getting your information but your should always check your an/aaa authorization when having your phone flashed and they don't provide a donor. To check if you are on 3g do this
##debug#>EVDO Engineering>AN/AAA Authentication
Should say 1 = Authenticated
Anything else is not 3g its 1x
For voicemails just download voice mail notifier or something similar from market.
This is easy stuff. The guides around the internet make it seem like its harder than it is to do these things.
I'm not sure if I addressed all the questions but I'll check back later if not
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anyone have the guide to swap HTC EVO SHIFT with sanyo incognito?
I have conflicting reports of people telling me that it is the same as the HTC EVO and not.
I also need meid locations on the shift i have 2.2......
any help would be nice, thanks
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anyone have the guide to swap HTC EVO SHIFT with sanyo incognito?
I have conflicting reports of people telling me that it is the same as the HTC EVO and not.
I also need meid locations on the shift i have 2.2......
any help would be nice, thanks
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Samsung-HTC should have told you they are NOT the same phone
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strapped365 said:
Samsung-HTC should have told you they are NOT the same phone
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Uh yea? they are different phones. I was talking about the process of the phone esn swaping.
Got to love the people that make unhelpful posts just to be smart asses. I hope your day went well because of it.
Hey I have an Evo on Boost Mobile, I was wondering if flashing a custom rom from XDA can possibly change the flash and put me back to Sprint? I dont wanna loose my boost flash so i am asking before i do it...Thanks in advance for the help
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Got to love the people that make unhelpful posts just to be smart asses. I hope your day went well because of it.
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No but it sure did once I seen this
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hey did anyone posted a step y step guide for Evo Shift to boost? , i have my account with boost using a incognito but i want to flash my evo **** to it and i've been searching for three days now and i can find for the evo and he epic but nothing for the shift, would the evo tutorial work for the shift ?
thanks in advanced
evo shift on boost
i have an evo shift on boost for the last 4 months. just recently it started going haywire. everytime i turn it on, it starts clicking on random stuff. any thoughts? i cant post any specifics cause it wont allow me to navigate at all. its a paperweight that accepts incoming calls. halp me, iz not a cheezburger!
The EVO shift is confirmed not to work right for boost. It's best to stick with the EVO 4G or the new boost slider the Transform Ultra.
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Please pin this thread
Its easy read nv items 0 t0 275 in htc incredible and write in the thunderbolt
after write you can write with QPST and not need the simcard
Tested in iusacell mexico
Hi boaa
So you now have voice, txt and data?
I want to use it in Iusacell too
boaa said:
Its easy read nv items 0 t0 275 in htc incredible and write in the thunderbolt
after write you can write with QPST and not need the simcard
Tested in iusacell mexico
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And did you follow any other tutorial?? (Im new in all this hehe)
Thanks!
I read the NV from HTC Incredible 0 to 275 wrote them to HTC TB but no luck can u post your NV items plz
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you need try and try some times you can make in the firts time and flash 4 thunderbolts and one im try like 8 times for make
Range (DEC) 0 - 275
Range (HEX) 0 - 113
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is that the number you get when reading the NV items?
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yea, not everyone has an incredible to scan.. post the read!!!! or will an evo work?
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and one im try like 8 times for make
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Uhh..... What?
LOL I already tried like 20 times ,he's just trollin' with us
Its easy
Any body need help send me one pm and i hel for flash its fast
See these video
h??p://youtu.be/v_7KaJkXELA
just post your NV items I think It would be easier
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dude forget 1x i got the real 3G solution which allows for DATA AND TALK at the same time on CRICKET
dexter
You remenber the htc thunderbolt have 2 modems you know that
thanks alot boa for all your help im on 1x.. you help me alot without charging me $500 im working on 3g almost there .. ill post a tutorial when im done for FREEEEE
its easy
whast up trezegol its easy solution
and freeeee
Thanks boaa you are the man ,Im glad to see you are not one arrogant bastard that tries to charge Ferrari's tune up on a Hyundai
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dude forget 1x i got the real 3g solution which allows for data and talk at the same time on cricket
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so do i and gonna post it for free on here and other cdma forums
Whats up ****25
I have always thought that the forums are to help each other, not to make money, to make money I would open a store....
Well the reason y we charge is u get all these wanna be flashes out here flooding the market with $5 flashing making the real Tue good flashers problems with making a dime since they can go to another store that charges less but does ****ty work well I say that's bs and shouldn't be done Damn noobs don't know ****
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ok sorry if this has already been posted ...
i have an htc evo shift and have switched it to boostmobile
i have talk text and i even have the 3g data icon lighting up
but when i try to connect to web or to android market it wont let me
i get an unable to connect message .......i had everything working
and then i did a ##rtn# and then it reset everything back to sprint
except for my esn/meid .......i am back on boost got everything working
again even have the 3g icon lighting up but still no data.....can someone help
Is there an apn your missing or something? I've been thinking about flashing my shift to boost just don't know how, and im not paying the local Craigslist Guy 150 to flash it to boost for me
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im not sure i have gone through the steps 4 times and still cant get it ......i thought if i did the ##rtn# it would do the hands free and when it does it activates on the sprint network..i dont know what i did to it cuz it was working......i had data now i dont..but i got the 3g icon and its flashing...but i dont have no data i cant connect to the web unless i use the wifi.....so i guess till i figure it out i will not have data...
but if you want message me on facebook and ill walk you through it....its not hard at all took me like 20 minutes ........so you will have talk and text but not sure what im doing wrong for data......again if you want i can help i wont charge all i ask is in the future pass the knowledge on to someone else that needs it ....dont be like most the jerks on the web and try to get rich off it.....my facebook is [email protected] if im not on send me a message and i will be on shortly
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im not sure i have gone through the steps 4 times and still cant get it ......i thought if i did the ##rtn# it would do the hands free and when it does it activates on the sprint network..i dont know what i did to it cuz it was working......i had data now i dont..but i got the 3g icon and its flashing...but i dont have no data i cant connect to the web unless i use the wifi.....so i guess till i figure it out i will not have data...
but if you want message me on facebook and ill walk you through it....its not hard at all took me like 20 minutes ........so you will have talk and text but not sure what im doing wrong for data......again if you want i can help i wont charge all i ask is in the future pass the knowledge on to someone else that needs it ....dont be like most the jerks on the web and try to get rich off it.....my facebook is [email protected] if im not on send me a message and i will be on shortly
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Getting rich off android isn't my style, im all about helping others you know, let me pull the boost apn from my girls phone for you
Well I couldn't find it, the reason im bringing up the apn is because im using an unlocked ATT Inspire on T-Mobile so I have to add an apn sometimes, and had to add one for simple mobile
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Check the boost mobile thread pinned on the top of this forum.
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Check the boost mobile thread pinned on the top of this forum.
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Haha I never looked here, oh well I'll look into it when im on my laptop
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Haha I never looked here, oh well I'll look into it when im on my laptop
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hey hit me up on gtalk. got a few questions for you
I found a S3 today and it looks BRAND NEW. no scratches, in a case, looks perfect. So I want to be able to give it back to the owner. I went into my verizon store and they said they wouldnt do anything. It was a young guy and maybe he didnt care or maybe because its hawaii and everyone is laid back... Anyways, I want to be able to return this phone to its owner. I tried putting in random passwords for the lock screen and i got up to attempt 55 and its not asking for an email; though i dont know if it would show their email. Anyway I can hook it up USB and use a debugger and grab some kind of info? Name? Number? Email? Bypass lock screen to call one of their contacts? Any help would be great!
Call a contact in the across book or put up a craigslish add in lost+found
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check if it has an sd card, swap it on your phone or direct to a pc, look for identifying information.
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I found a S3 today and it looks BRAND NEW. no scratches, in a case, looks perfect. So I want to be able to give it back to the owner. I went into my verizon store and they said they wouldnt do anything. It was a young guy and maybe he didnt care or maybe because its hawaii and everyone is laid back... Anyways, I want to be able to return this phone to its owner. I tried putting in random passwords for the lock screen and i got up to attempt 55 and its not asking for an email; though i dont know if it would show their email. Anyway I can hook it up USB and use a debugger and grab some kind of info? Name? Number? Email? Bypass lock screen to call one of their contacts? Any help would be great!
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hey man, cant really help but wanted to say thanks for being a good person.
Id try the vzw route again. im surprised theyre unwilling to help. maybe call the 1800 number and tehy might be able to help and relay information to the store closest to you wtihout giving out the persons information to you over the phone. or call local PD and see if anyone reported something like that stolen. maybe they have the persons info on hand in case its found.
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Call a contact in the across book or put up a craigslish add in lost+found
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what is the across book? If I go to emergency call it doesn't show any contacts. There is no sd card, and I have a att phone so I can't put the sim card in my phone to look at it for contacts. I posted a CL ad already, and will go to the police station and talk to them, though they ha e been rated the most corrupt in the US its hard to see if they will help or just take the phone. I know what it feels like to lose a phone, hopefully I can find the owner!
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what is the across book? If I go to emergency call it doesn't show any contacts. There is no sd card, and I have a att phone so I can't put the sim card in my phone to look at it for contacts. I posted a CL ad already, and will go to the police station and talk to them, though they ha e been rated the most corrupt in the US its hard to see if they will help or just take the phone. I know what it feels like to lose a phone, hopefully I can find the owner!
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I wouldn't worry about the police necessarily especially if they say they're bad. I'd say keep it, and if nobody claims it from craigslist keep it and sell it after wiping it.
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Yea there's not much to do at this point except play the waiting game. Usually after a week or so it'll be claimed IF its gonna be claimed.
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what is the across book? If I go to emergency call it doesn't show any contacts. There is no sd card, and I have a att phone so I can't put the sim card in my phone to look at it for contacts. I posted a CL ad already, and will go to the police station and talk to them, though they ha e been rated the most corrupt in the US its hard to see if they will help or just take the phone. I know what it feels like to lose a phone, hopefully I can find the owner!
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Why not look through the contacts see if any contacts say mom dad brother baby etc... Call them...
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He can't get into the phone. It's locked with a code.
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It has a pin lock and no way to see the contacts. What does everyone feel a reasonable time would be to wait before claiming it as my own?
Maybe a week
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ericrcan said:
It has a pin lock and no way to see the contacts. What does everyone feel a reasonable time would be to wait before claiming it as my own?
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Id try verizon one more time. If theyre willing to let you keep someone elses device then my conscious would be clear to be hoenst with you.
A carrier should be more willing to help you in this situation youre doing the right thing.
I'll try them again and see. Anyone know if it will work using my att sim card? I know the phone had a message that said global mode and its the i535 version
ddurandSGS3 said:
Id try verizon one more time. If theyre willing to let you keep someone elses device then my conscious would be clear to be hoenst with you.
A carrier should be more willing to help you in this situation youre doing the right thing.
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Carrier is not useful at all! i once ended up buying A AT&T Iphone and it was around the time they started Black Listing IMEI, Anyways long story short..the guy who sold it to me had stolen it! So went to the Store to try to see if they will call the owner and give it back. They told me if id try to do that i could possibly end up in trouble and just toss the device in the garbage or keep it as a Ipod.
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Carrier is not useful at all! i once ended up buying A AT&T Iphone and it was around the time they started Black Listing IMEI, Anyways long story short..the guy who sold it to me had stolen it! So went to the Store to try to see if they will call the owner and give it back. They told me if id try to do that i could possibly end up in trouble and just toss the device in the garbage or keep it as a Ipod.
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Wtf?!
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Still no owner yet.....
How has the owner not called his missing phone by now?
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ericrcan said:
Still no owner yet.....
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Is his phone rooted? If it is you could reboot, backup, and dirty flash a rom... or would that keep the lock? can't think of anything else
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blueb0x said:
How has the owner not called his missing phone by now?
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Exactly!
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Is his phone rooted? If it is you could reboot, backup, and dirty flash a rom... or would that keep the lock? can't think of anything else
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That would still keep the lock if all you did was wipe the caches. I had an idea of maybe using a no wipe stock image to Odin flash but wouldn't the same thing happen with the lock screen? Either way, I think runs the risk of it bootlooping and there would be less chance of getting through and calling someone. If it's rooted, maybe there is a nandroid you could restore and maybe they didn't set the lockscreen up?
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