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[NS4G] Nexus S 4G on MetroPCS?

MetroPCS does not have this phone listed in it's list of flashable phones.
How might I get this working? If I were to get my hands on a MetroPCS ROM for another android device, is it possible I could piece together a working ROM? Or does anyone have any other ideas?
It's currently set up for Sprint (clean ESN for Sprint, not that it matters much for what I'm trying to do).

....... no
one rom for 1 phone doesn't work for another. it requires work to port

Yep, I got that. I was more asking if there is something I can get from an existing metropcs ROM to clue me in onto what changes to make.
If I reset the SPC, upload a metropcs PRL, and I'm assuming change any wap settings to use metropcs's internet... is that enough? Or is there really more to it than that?

mverrilli said:
Yep, I got that. I was more asking if there is something I can get from an existing metropcs ROM to clue me in onto what changes to make.
If I reset the SPC, upload a metropcs PRL, and I'm assuming change any wap settings to use metropcs's internet... is that enough? Or is there really more to it than that?
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the answer is no.
WiMAX isn't even on MetroPCS. It uses LTE. There is just way too much difference in terms of radios and frequencies.

zephiK said:
the answer is no.
WiMAX isn't even on MetroPCS. It uses LTE. There is just way too much difference in terms of radios and frequencies.
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Ahhh. Thanks for the info. Guess I'll activate on Sprint then. Anything to get away from AT&T right now, service in my areas has been horrible for months.

Metropcs nexus S`
Well obviously the 4g portion of it is different.
Now the evdo and supposedly 3g should work on are where metropcs has it.
Its no problem otherwise you can do everything you can with the nexus, just at a slower Internet speed.
You should probably be able to follow a tutorial for a samsung phone.

Is it possible to get an unlocked CDMA Nexus S so that I can use it with Metro PCS. Which brings up another question, would Metro PCS allow me to use the Nexus S on their service?

Technically, the Nexus S as well as the Nexus S 4G are "unlocked" and can be rooted with no special hacks. I would imagine that MetroPCS can develop their own ROM along with a radio and make it available on their site if users choose to do that. I don't believe there is anything in Sprint's contract which would cause a lawsuit for doing that.
The question is if MetroPCS will allow this phone on their network... it's up to them but I don't see why not, as they don't make money on phones anyway (I think)

obsanity said:
Technically, the Nexus S as well as the Nexus S 4G are "unlocked" and can be rooted with no special hacks. I would imagine that MetroPCS can develop their own ROM along with a radio and make it available on their site if users choose to do that. I don't believe there is anything in Sprint's contract which would cause a lawsuit for doing that.
The question is if MetroPCS will allow this phone on their network... it's up to them but I don't see why not, as they don't make money on phones anyway (I think)
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Why would MetroPCS make a ROM for a phone that is unsupported? They'd have to go to Google to make a compatible phone in the first place.
Why would they spend money on making a ROM for the Nexus S? That just makes no sense. A radio is also not open-sourced. Radios can only be created by Samsung or Google for the Nexus S.

Get your facts straight
Whoever asked the thread said nothing about ROMs. He asked if an unlocked nexus s could be flashed over to metro which it should be able to.

SmashMatt said:
Whoever asked the thread said nothing about ROMs. He asked if an unlocked nexus s could be flashed over to metro which it should be able to.
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Hey guys I have ns4g just about everything works except for mms..if you want mms you have to use whatsapp...so if you guys can build a metro rom for the ns4g that will be great

Virgin Mobile and my Evo 4g

Not going in to detail, but if anyone has any knowledge on how to, please hit me up. If you are going to post "its illegal", save it. Because honestly, I dont give a rats ass. Thanks.

It's against the law. lol

Just out of curiosity, how is it illegal?

tcross8361 said:
Just out of curiosity, how is it illegal?
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Here is the short version. To unlock cdma phones, you need a donor phone to get the esn, meid, ect, and then clone them in to the phone you are unlocking. I guess cloning the ESN is illegal. And thats a must to unlock cdma phones to run on other carriers. I dont really know if its illegal since I own both phones.

I know a PRL code is needed... okay, I think a PRL code is needed. As far as I know b_randon14's mod spoofs it. Whether this is a functioning PRL code or not, I do not know.
As to everything else, you know more than I do already.

I can tell you how but I forgot which thread, so I would have to be digging through a whole forum section...

Also intrested in this...
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austrie said:
I can tell you how but I forgot which thread, so I would have to be digging through a whole forum section...
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Try looking in HowardForums' Virgin Mobile USA site (under Sprint Prepaid) if you haven't already. Their information is very good, although it doesn't go beyond anything too "illegal." I would recommend it as a starting point though.

I know how to get it flashed over except i don't know how to get picture mail working. I have a few ideas but no funds to try them out. If anyone has an Optimus V or Samsung Intercept that they are willing to mess around with I'd me more than happy to try to help.

weinerwad3000 said:
I know how to get it flashed over except i don't know how to get picture mail working. I have a few ideas but no funds to try them out. If anyone has an Optimus V or Samsung Intercept that they are willing to mess around with I'd me more than happy to try to help.
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Whats up man,I will give you 40 bucks if you can get me to successfully flash my Epic Touch to Virgin Mobile,i have brand new Optimus V(v2.2.2) as donor phone.
There is this tutorial http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1503386 that just don't work DFS want flash all fields,i managed to get phon e and sms working with QPST on my own with no data.
Can you please help,i spent 150 on Optimus and activation,had to reinstall windows7 and been at this for 4 days now,im ready to murder someone,lol.

You realize that even if you get the Evo 4G activated on Virgin Mobile, it's not going to be "4G" anymore?
I would wait until the EVO 3D comes out for Virgin Mobile, and until we actually have WiMAX setup and working (if it's available in your area).

CornfedChris said:
You realize that even if you get the Evo 4G activated on Virgin Mobile, it's not going to be "4G" anymore?
I would wait until the EVO 3D comes out for Virgin Mobile, and until we actually have WiMAX setup and working (if it's available in your area).
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I've had my evo for almost 3 years and I've never been able to use my 4g. The towns I've lived in had 4g but it was only one strip through the town and I didn't live in the area that actually had it. Only time I was able to use it was once in Las Vegas and it just drained my battery so its not even a big deal that you lose 4G. Sprint is abandoning 4G anyway and going to LTE.
Here is a link that should help everyone get their phones on Virgin.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1620377

It's nowhere near illegal or that hard to do. I've been using my sprint Epic Touch 4G on Virgin for a few months with no issues (many people have done the same. As long as you are actually paying for the service you use and not cloning someone else's phone, you're legal) . Yes I have no 4g but all the high speed web activity I do is at home on wifi. There is a step by step guide to do it. Just search "epic 4g to virgin" on these forums. It's not simple for someone who doesn't hack their phones but anyone who's had to jailbreak an iPhone should be able to do it. It took a couple of tries for mine to take as I missed a step. Be sure to follow the guide exactly. Google "epic 4g to virgin" and select the guide from groovypost.com if you want a concise guide with screenshots.
Virgin just lanched some wimax devices so i hope we can tap into that pipleine as well. Now to get 4g working...
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I can help you pm me
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BlackListed????

Well I found out that the phone that was purchased from craigslist and given to me as a gift was blacklisted on the t-mobile network so it will not work...
My question is will I be able to use it on the AT&T network??? because it does not function on the Simple Mobile network nor the Tmobile network...
Any help would be really appreciated... I don't want to end up with an expensive paper weight.

You can flash it over to the frawg plan. I have my 2 G2xs on the frawg plan getting 3G access without any problems.
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Get an unlock code from eBay. It should work on any Gsm carrier that doesn't piggyback T-Mobile. U may be stuck on edge though
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REM152 said:
Well I found out that the phone that was purchased from craigslist and given to me as a gift was blacklisted on the t-mobile network so it will not work...
My question is will I be able to use it on the AT&T network??? because it does not function on the Simple Mobile network nor the Tmobile network...
Any help would be really appreciated... I don't want to end up with an expensive paper weight.
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Just so you know, you probably just bought a stolen phone. Depending on how the blacklist is organized (internally or combined throughout all the providers), it may not work on a US carrier.

REM152 said:
Well I found out that the phone that was purchased from craigslist and given to me as a gift was blacklisted on the t-mobile network so it will not work... .
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Is it just me or does this ops post fishy. in another thread he said he "purchased it".
Now he claims he got it as a gift. Hes fairly new member since 1/7/2012.
We really should be careful helping people on this board....
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Yes it was given to me as a gift by my father... I came on here trying to get help not have someone judge my credibility... Granted I'm new to this board because I joined when all the issues I began having arose. I'd appreciate it if your not going to contribute with something that will aid in helping to fix my problem, not posting at all because you feel a need to play a detective.

The double posts are odd. I agree. No offence OP. After all, it is the internet. People that read this forum on a daily basis are going to have questions.

You can most likely use it on AT&T but you won't get 3G data. If you like slow Edge data then good luck.

Will you get 4g speeds or whatever they call it?

Dude! Did you actually read what J-Boxer said? He told what you would get. If.you don't know what he is talking about, Google it.
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REM152 said:
Well I recently purchased a G2x and I wanted to use the phone on the Simple Mobile Network, but when I put the sim card in and power on the phone it states "Invalid Sim Card" now when I contacted LG about this their tech support stated that I need a new sim card, but that makes no sense because the sim card works on other phones so as you can see I'm at a loss as what to do or what could be wrong. I've included what it shows as far as the system information that I see. Also I should mention that the phone starts up fine, but it never requests an unlock code??
Android Version-2.3.3
Baseband Version- M660A-SCAUTNZ-2.09720T 1 [JUL 15 2011 10:00:00] MP:TRULGE_08.09.02R_MDM
Kernel Version- 2.6.32.9
Build Number-GRI40
Software Version-LG-P999-V21e
Any help in any way would be greatly appreciated... Thanks in advance
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This is your other post you clearly stated you bought it and you are trying to use it on another network.
I'm not trying to "play detective". As a person who has gotten $h1t stolen before, I've seen a couple newbies posting on xda asking to circumvent lockscreen, etc, etc and I just got suspicious. Don't take it personal, wasn't tryn to start trouble, just was suspicious...
And since its the internet, I can reply to as many posts I wish, just like you created all those threads to try and get your phone working since you bought it.. Err was.given to you.
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Tidewaterns??
How would I go about flashing my phone over to frawgs wireless?

[Q] T-mobile on skyrocket

I was wondering if anyone could help me figure out whats going on. I got the tmobile\walmart plan for $30 that includes 5gigs of data a month at 4g speeds. My phone is unlocked and with the tmobile sim I am only getting edge speeds right out of the box, so I tried flashing various t989 modems with no luck. I would either get edge, or when I would try to goto apn settings it would say no sim installed. Right now Im using the Telus Kj3 modem, and still only getting edge. I am right in the middle of St. louis so I think getting tmobile 4g shouldnt be a problem. Also im on stock 2.3.6 rom. Any ideas?

Read the thread about this. Search
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Ive been searching for two days, and have read about 35 different threads spread all over xda and the skyrocket forum regarding this problem and have tried a hundred different things. I need someone that has successfully gotten it to work that can point me in the right direction. Your advice of "search" does me no good. If I had found the answer, I wouldn't have created a new thread about it.

The thread you seek is in the general section. Good luck
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1507825
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FYI - May be of interest to you: http://www.cellphonesignal.com/exclusive-first-official-pictures-of-the-galaxy-note-for-t-mobile/

Well apart from the search advice ... it's too simple
-unlock the phone with a purchased unlock code
-put T mobile SIM
-flash T Mbile blaze 4G radio using ODIN
-in Android set up the T mobile apn settings

It should of been simple but it wasn't. After days of trying different roms and modems, and reading every page on it, I had no luck. So I invited someone over with a tmobile 4g phone, and I put my sim in it, and that phone didnt get 4g either. Finally figured out it was on tmobiles end, called them, and they fixed the issue. Also, after flashing the blaze modems, my phone said no sim card. The telus modem is the one that worked for me.

speeddevil said:
It should of been simple but it wasn't. After days of trying different roms and modems, and reading every page on it, I had no luck. So I invited someone over with a tmobile 4g phone, and I put my sim in it, and that phone didnt get 4g either. Finally figured out it was on tmobiles end, called them, and they fixed the issue. Also, after flashing the blaze modems, my phone said no sim card. The telus modem is the one that worked for me.
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so what was the issue? what did they do to resolve it? new sim card?

.dan said:
so what was the issue? what did they do to resolve it? new sim card?
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+1
And it's always a good thing if somebody with a problem to disscuss here , would come back and say what worked for him/her so it can benfit the others

I had my wife call. I did not need a new sim. The first tech couldn't figure it out because he had her do things like take the battery out, and power cycle the phone which of course didn't work. So he escalated to a higher tech, which eventually tried "refreshing the signal." Wife said right after he did that, the 4g symbol came on my phone. Sadly though, Groove ip and talkatone don't carry a conversation to well while driving, even on 4g. I think I will try skype, and if that don't work I will have to switch my plan to something with more minutes.

speeddevil said:
I had my wife call. I did not need a new sim. The first tech couldn't figure it out because he had her do things like take the battery out, and power cycle the phone which of course didn't work. So he escalated to a higher tech, which eventually tried "refreshing the signal." Wife said right after he did that, the 4g symbol came on my phone. Sadly though, Groove ip and talkatone don't carry a conversation to well while driving, even on 4g. I think I will try skype, and if that don't work I will have to switch my plan to something with more minutes.
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refreshing the signal eh? hmm i wonder if mine has gone stagnant..

It sounds weird I know... but kudos to the tech guy. Whatever he did, it worked. Rather it be that, or something else he tried.

Straight Talk Flashing

MODERATOR EDIT - ILLEGAL METHODS OF SERVICE. Thread Closed.

Does everything work? Internet? MMS? Etc...
I flashed a Samsung phone to cricket back in the day and never could get MMS to work.
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yes everything work
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Not 4g though, correct?
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no 4g but the 3g it really fast tho faster than the 4g I had with sprint on my s2
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Mrhunter13 said:
no 4g but the 3g it really fast tho faster than the 4g I had with sprint on my s2
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Is this something you are willing to train an individual on? I am familiar with boost and Page Plus and would like to learn Verizon Prepaid and Straightalk.

I can give tips just can't really talk about thevway to do it on here

So here it is a month since the last post.
I got a T-Mobile sim and and thinking of switching to their $30 plan.
how is everything on straight talk with the d2vzw?
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still good ...but I updated to the s4 ...

I would definitely be more interested in Straight talk than T-Mobile.
What should my first step be?
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u need a straight talk donor phone and Verizon 3g donor phone to pull the information from

Mrhunter13 said:
u need a straight talk donor phone and Verizon 3g donor phone to pull the information from
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Does my S3 count as the vzw donor phone, or do i need to acquire two more phones?
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no to thye vzw s3 ...u need the cheap lg220c or any straight talk phone thats on the verizon towers...and a verizon 3g phone to pull all your information to write to the target phone

Flashing and programming
Flashing does not seem to be what I'm looking for from what I read. I hope no one minds i still ask here.
I have a HTC Desire CDMA running custom ROM CyanogenMod and have gotten a number from an old straight talk phone switched to it with the service. Straight talk support says their system shows a successful number change, My activation number *22890 was not programing my phone successfully. They said I may need to format my phone, obviously I don't want to do this but I have backups and what not, unfortunately I couldn't seem to figure it out so I started formatting things. My question was and is what was I missing what do i need to know about custom ROMS or other setting that was and is preventing me from programming this phone?
A finger in the right direction is much obliged.

u have to be on a stock rom cm roms disable the programing code

Omg thank you for replying, Ill put the stock back on, after the initial CDMA program I can get another Custom ROM?

yea ..its just the cm roms ,aopk and aosp roms that u can't do it with ...any stock based rom u can

I have pm'd you. I have an unrooted phone Galaxy S3 i535 I would like to put on straight talk.

I need help
I have a galaxy s3 straight talk but is was not scanned at the register is what straight talk customer service telks me I bought it off craigs list online and they will not activate it. I was wondering if flashing it would help me use it w another carrier or what could I do

remote flash request
Mr. Hunter13,
Thanks for stepping out with this thread. I would like a remote flash on my SCH-I535 to pageplus. I have an existing number/account with them that I would like transferred over to the new Galaxy SIII. The existing account is set up for a droid X2, should you need any donor information. The S III phone is unlocked and has a stock SIM. If you're able to help me out, I would be happy to donate to support your efforts.
Also, I have generally been happy with Pageplus. But I would also appreciate advice if you have a recommendation for a different company that this model works better with.
Thanks!
Rob