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[Solved] Flash EVO back to Sprint from Cricket/MetroPCS!

My roommate bought an EVO 4G off Craigslist that was pre-flashed to MetroPCS. It had a clean ESN, so I tried to have it activated. I finally got voice and text to work, but no data. After searching the web, visiting flashing stores, and spending hours on the phone with Sprint's so called "Technical Support" over the last week, I finally figured it out...
This is my first tutorial, so bare with me. And I apologize if this is in the wrong forum, it seemed most appropriate. I performed all this in Windows 7 x64.
First you need some software-
1. QPST - http://www.mediafire.com/?m4s81a4zsdbmhen
2. HTC Diag phone drivers - http://www.mediafire.com/?631456zwxi09hh2
3. PRL File 60650 - http://www.corolada.com/prl/
4. I'm not sure if you need ADB installed, but I already did.
5. You will also need to know your MSL. It will most likely be 000000 if your phone is coming from Cricket or MetroPCS.
Now that we have those, we can get to work.
6. Connect your phone via USB and type in ##3424#, your phone should now be in Diag mode. Make sure USB Debugging is ENABLED!
7. Open your device manager in Windows and right click the unknown device "HTC DIAG", Select Update driver.
8. Select Browse my computer for driver. Click select device from list, Click next, Then click "Have Disk" and point to the appropriate HTC Diag driver folder you downloaded.
9. You now should have HTC Modem installed correctly. Right click on it and go to Properties, Then click on the modem tab. Find your port number eg. COM1, COM2, etc.
10. Open up QPST Configuration, Click the PORTS tab. On the bottom right click add port. Add the port you just found from the step above, and hit Enable.
11. Go back to the active phones tab, double click your phone.
12. On the bottom click read from phone. Then save it for a backup.
13. Click on Roaming tab. Find the PRL box, click browse and add your 60650 PRL file you downloaded.
14. Go back to the CDMA tab. Under phone number click the Class 1 box. Enter your phone number (xxx-xxx-xxxx) minus dashes in the box next to Class 1.
15. Click write to phone. Hard parts over!
16. Once that finishes, unplug and reboot your phone.
17. Go to Settings>Update Software>Update PRL then reboot again.
17. Once its back up go into your dialer. Punch in ##3282#. Hit Edit Mode. The password is your MSL.
18. Once in goto Data Profile. Hit Menu then hit RESET.
19. Your phone should now reboot and be able to activate on Sprints network!
I already did this for my roommate, so I am writing this out of memory. I wanted to post pictures but I would have to take CM7 off my phone and redo all of it... grrrr.
Again, this is my first guide so i might have missed something. But I hope not. So many people have helped me here on XDA, so this is my contribution to the community. I hope this helps some people.

I did this to a hero. I believe I just cleared all the ##data stuff and pep update manually.
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I tried that to. But the only way to make it work was to flash the new PRL file. Neither Sprint or a Cricket flashing place could fix it. Which I thought was pretty stupid.

Another quick way of doing it.
Load Stock RUU.
This will rewrite PRL, NV items etc back as it rewrites the radio wich controls these.
Once done ##RTN# need MSL to use this, but this will help as well. and your done.

This is handy to have, and even better to have a few different ways to do it.

amoamare said:
Another quick way of doing it.
Load Stock RUU.
This will rewrite PRL, NV items etc back as it rewrites the radio wich controls these.
Once done ##RTN# need MSL to use this, but this will help as well. and your done.
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Beat me to it.................. This will definitely work.

amoamare said:
Another quick way of doing it.
Load Stock RUU.
This will rewrite PRL, NV items etc back as it rewrites the radio wich controls these.
Once done ##RTN# need MSL to use this, but this will help as well. and your done.
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thanks to all. this worked for me.

followed the guide, however data and market place is not working
calls and text work fine, any ideas ? thanks

amoamare said:
Another quick way of doing it.
Load Stock RUU.
This will rewrite PRL, NV items etc back as it rewrites the radio wich controls these.
Once done ##RTN# need MSL to use this, but this will help as well. and your done.
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I tried this like 4 times, and it would never flash the PRL... the way I did it, it finally flashed sprints PRL.
brax said:
followed the guide, however data and market place is not working
calls and text work fine, any ideas ? thanks
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Go into your phone settings, goto About Phone, what is the PRL number listed?

i am pretty sure i flashed the "60650.prl"
however i sold the phone and it will be back here tomorrow for repairs....
i had the guy do the settings -> update prl without luck....
sigh thanks for any help!

brax said:
i am pretty sure i flashed the "60650.prl"
however i sold the phone and it will be back here tomorrow for repairs....
i had the guy do the settings -> update prl without luck....
sigh thanks for any help!
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Well if for some reason it didn't flash, then "update PRL" wont work cause its not looking for sprints PRL. Try to see what PRL is loaded on the phone, then I can probably help a little better.

guy claims under settings the prl says 1.77-003
thanks

brax said:
guy claims under settings the prl says 1.77-003
thanks
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That's the PRI, not PRL. The PRL will be a five digit number. The latest Sprint PRL is 60675.

yeah thats what i figured, didnt know if that was a hex abbreviation with sprint's software for the prl or what... waiting for him to text me back...
i am pretty sure when i waited for him to activate the phone it showed a 3g icon when voice and text went active.. you sure if the prl is wrong everything else would work except data/mms/marketplace? thanks
the prl is = 60675

brax said:
yeah thats what i figured, didnt know if that was a hex abbreviation with sprint's software for the prl or what... waiting for him to text me back...
i am pretty sure when i waited for him to activate the phone it showed a 3g icon when voice and text went active.. you sure if the prl is wrong everything else would work except data/mms/marketplace? thanks
the prl is = 60675
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Well you have a Sprint PRL. Did the phone go through the Hands Free Activation when you tried to activate it? If you see a 3G symbol then all should be good. You could have him call Sprint and tell them data isn't working and you need to re-activate it...

well we had to type in a diag code then hit update and then it activated, not OTA to get talk and text going... he said he spent a hour at the sprint store today and they couldnt solve it

You could try my guide again, from step 17.

i asked the guy via text to do the guide through 17 to end, he says they tried that at the sprint store... without luck... i guess i can try it tomorrow when the phones in my hands unless anyone else has any other ideas....

what i did was followed this guide after flashing a oem RUU back to the phone
"RUU_Supersonic_1.47.651.1_Radio_2.05.00.06.10_release_CL195459"

Did you get your phone working? Could you share some of your tricks? Thanks!
brax said:
what i did was followed this guide after flashing a oem RUU back to the phone
"RUU_Supersonic_1.47.651.1_Radio_2.05.00.06.10_release_CL195459"
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[Q] please help

i have a charge in europe and i want to use it as a console,player,etc...but its allways searching an 4g sim or something like that...how can i use it witout that?thanks in advance and apologise if i did smting wrong,im first time here

mindandminds said:
i have a charge in europe and i want to use it as a console,player,etc...but its allways searching an 4g sim or something like that...how can i use it witout that?thanks in advance and apologise if i did smting wrong,im first time here
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Maybe go into the drop down menu at the top of the screen and disable data so 3g/4g isnt present or go into settings mobile networks and un select use packet data.

blueis300 said:
Maybe go into the drop down menu at the top of the screen and disable data so 3g/4g isnt present or go into settings mobile networks and un select use packet data.
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its not helping...it ask me to select the language,than say SORRY,THIS SIM CARD IS NOT SUPPORTED OR READABLE.PLEASE CONTACT YOUR WIRELESS SERVICE PROVIDER.....i tried whith and without a sim inside...i plug the usb data cable and i cant even acces the internal memory...please help,it got to be a solution

So your phone was never setup before? I just took my sim card out and started and I could change and it worked.
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blueis300 said:
So your phone was never setup before? I just took my sim card out and started and I could change and it worked.
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Maybe start the setup process, select english, next , skip back up assistant,either enter a gmail account or fake and see if you can get as far as you can just to get into the settings.
Ok what screen are you seeing can you do anything? Some company's can unlock the phone so u enter ur country code I guess then maybe bypass setup.Maybe have a friend that has a setup sim card for your country put in the phone just to pass the setup screen then there are several options to continue.
If you can get to a keypad screen,
Try this:
1. Select emergency call and dial ##778.
2. Select edit and enter service password 000000.
3. Select NAM Settings.
4. Change Mobile Directory number to 0000000000 (Ten digits).
5. Change MIN1 to 0000000 (Seven digits).
6. Change Mobile Country Code to 000 (Three digits).
7. As you back out "Commit the Change".

blueis300 said:
So your phone was never setup before? I just took my sim card out and started and I could change and it worked.
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Maybe start the setup process, select english, next , skip back up assistant,either enter a gmail account or fake and see if you can get as far as you can just to get into the settings.
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my phone is new,and i cant skip the asistant,because its not setup...i cant enter the menu at all,after i select english its teling me that message about the sim

It worked a while for me until it recognized that there was no SIM card in which case it locked up again but just did the
Press the emergency call button.
Then dial *#83786633
Press the home key.
method and it bypasses the SIM activation for a while again.
No keypad or picture of a droid? Ive read several posts that if you can stick a valid sim card in even if its not your I would assume from the country you bought the phone you can bypass setup.If bought in the US use any active sim card and then bypass everything.
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Read another option, get a prepaid sim card from your country to help get past the no sim card and then disable the sim card check without continue as setup as you dont want to use as phone and cant.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-1080753.html
Can you show me the actual screen and I can search from there?

just before your post,i find the same method on the other frum,here on xda....thank you very much,you guys are awsome...what is the thing with thanks meter?because i want to thank you...P.S.the phone is awsome!!!

On the bottom of this post it says thanks quote etc... Just hit thanks button. Or whatever you already said it. Glad you got it to happen. Had 2 other ideas but to dang early. Gonna try and sleep some more.

blueis300 said:
On the bottom of this post it says thanks quote etc... Just hit thanks button. Or whatever you already said it. Glad you got it to happen. Had 2 other ideas but to dang early. Gonna try and sleep some more.
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If i manage to root the phone and install a custom firmware,i still have to enter in testmode every time i start the phone?well,for me isnt realy a phone,is a mini tablet...

Yeah I think so as you wipe everything and it wants to do some type of setup.

So,i cant get rid of the verizon apps and the bypass process in any way?
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mindandminds said:
So,i cant get rid of the verizon apps and the bypass process in any way?
Sent from my SCH-I510 using XDA App
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If you can bypass the setup process like you said you would just install a rooted rom that is either debloated or download a program to unistall or freeze them. So basically use ODIN to install debloated Rom and then you can do whatever you want. To be honest I havent really paid attention as Ive changed my phone so many times but even with rooted roms I think you would still need to bypass setup and like I said then you can do whatever you want.Didnt you say you had bypassed the setup process?
Just read you post #9 so you were referring to entering test mode everytime you restart your phone. Dont know didnt do anymore research as you said you had it working. I would have to google more an look it up. Maybe someone else might know more?

[Guide] How to fix roaming/wont activate problem after flashing 4.2.1 rom

***ONLY VERIZON GS3***
A lot of people have been having problems with flashing CM10.1 and the SlimBean 4.2.1 beta. This guide will tell you how to fix the data. At first it looks like you lost your IMEI, but you probably didn't. It is a simple fix.
What you will need:
Odin: http://samsung-updates.com/Odin307.zip
Stock Rom: https://www.dropbox.com/s/wjaifmod7d78lt0/stock.vzw_root66.tar
Instructions:
1. Go into Odin put the stock rom into the PDA part and make sure the check mark next to it is checked.
2. Boot into Download mode by hitting Volume Down + Power + Home
2. Make sure only "Auto Reboot" and "F. Reset Time" are checked under options (if not you can seriously mess up your phone).
3. Flash the stock rom using Odin.
4. Once it says pass in Odin take your phones battery out and boot into recovery by hitting Volume Up + Power + Home.
5. Hit wipe data/factory reset (your phone should restart)
6. Hit the bottom left then right then left then right then volume up to pass activation.
7 Then type *2767*3855# into the phone once you set it up (you shouldn't have to press call).
Now you phone should be fixed, and you should be able to root, unlock your boot loader and try again.
Tip:
When flashing SlimBean 4.2.1 beta 1 and CM10.1 use a dirty flash over a 4.1.1 or 4.1.2 rom.
- Dirty flash is when you don't clear your data before you flash.

I think you forgot a step, after step 4 when they boot into recovery they need to wipe data/factory reset and then boot the ROM, and THEN dial the number to re-provision.

Thank you for this. I have been trying to fix my phone for a couple days now from this roaming thing. I flashed the stock VRALHD, erased data, called that *2767blahblah number over and over. Nothing seemed to work. Finally, after leaving my family's Christmas party to catch my ferry back home, I figured I would try to dial that *2767*3855# again so I'd be able to let my family know I made the boat. After reboot, I had data! Not sure what changed but I'm afraid to reboot or do anything in fear of losing data again and being stuck in roaming. I'm going to try this fix when I get home. Thanks again, and merry Christmas!
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Jborch8 said:
Thank you for this. I have been trying to fix my phone for a couple days now from this roaming thing. I flashed the stock VRALHD, erased data, called that *2767blahblah number over and over. Nothing seemed to work. Finally, after leaving my family's Christmas party to catch my ferry back home, I figured I would try to dial that *2767*3855# again so I'd be able to let my family know I made the boat. After reboot, I had data! Not sure what changed but I'm afraid to reboot or do anything in fear of losing data again and being stuck in roaming. I'm going to try this fix when I get home. Thanks again, and merry Christmas!
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Once the phone successfully re-provisions you won't have any problems with data anymore, unless you flash a 10.1 build without RIL support for data that is. If you want to flash 10.1 again make sure it is the 12/24 nightly or later.

Chris123NT said:
Once the phone successfully re-provisions you won't have any problems with data anymore, unless you flash a 10.1 build without RIL support for data that is. If you want to flash 10.1 again make sure it is the 12/24 nightly or later.
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Thank you. Any ideas as to why it took so many attempts at re-provisioning? Like I said, I've been trying for two days now.
Sent from my SCH-I535 using xda premium

This is a touchy subject. I once had the triangle and roaming with dual clock. I did all I could with all the fixes. Wound up getting sim replaced. Then happened again with the slim bean update. So both were triangles. But the luck the second time was flashing the backup of strumer jons miui. It has all the nice deep network settings. And it worked. I see now many are talking about the fix in most cases kust going in to network settings and chainging to ruim from nv ...then auto. So try this if you have the roaming triangle and still have your imei and number.. min
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Droid2drummer said:
This is a touchy subject. I once had the triangle and roaming with dual clock. I did all I could with all the fixes. Wound up getting sim replaced. Then happened again with the slim bean update. So both were triangles. But the luck the second time was flashing the backup of strumer jons miui. It has all the nice deep network settings. And it worked. I see now many are talking about the fix in most cases kust going in to network settings and chainging to ruim from nv ...then auto. So try this if you have the roaming triangle and still have your imei and number.. min
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Hello i am dealing with this right now as i type this. I have gone into Network settings and switched everything i can possibly find, nothing seems to get rid of the triangle
Also tried flashing other roms i had backed up
Also tried a fresh factory reset
Right now im downloading this ROM and Odin, and ill give it a whirl. If all else fails i guess i have to go get a new SIM? What do i tell them at the counter? Will they care that I am rooted? Do i even need to bring my phone to them or can i just bring the SIM and ask for a new one?
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To the OP ... you mentioned follow these steps then i should be able to root/unlock ... but I already have. Do you mean that by following these steps I will lose my root and ill need to do it again?
Thanks

I wish this guide was out a couple days ago I had to figure it out by googling and flashing through Odin/face plants into keyboard. But what he says is what I did works great!
Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk 2

I feel like such a nub lol, never did use Odin. Im following this process ... i booted the phone and i see the little android robot. It says "Downloading... Do not turn off Target!"
I open Odin and i pointed the PDA path to the ROM i downloaded, check box is checked ... I hit start, and nothing happens.
Just says "<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 0)"
Did i do it wrong?
EDIT, apparently i had to wait for it to "ADD" my drive ... now i hit start and its doing all sorts of ish ... wish me luck!
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I have gotten through to step 5 (factory reset) and now booted. It appears to be in an "Activation Loop" or something? I see the triangle is on top, and actually it sometimes switches to an "R" but then back to a triangle.
The phone says "Activating ..." and every minute it dials out to some number and connects for 2 seconds, then disconnects, and just keeps repeating.
It did that maybe 5 or 6 times, now it says my only option is to restart or make an emergency call. Cannot dial the code in step6 from the emergency keypad, it wont let me.
Im restarting, not sure what to do, there are no options.
Is this normal?

rsarno said:
I feel like such a nub lol, never did use Odin. Im following this process ... i booted the phone and i see the little android robot. It says "Downloading... Do not turn off Target!"
I open Odin and i pointed the PDA path to the ROM i downloaded, check box is checked ... I hit start, and nothing happens.
Just says "<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 0)"
Did i do it wrong?
EDIT, apparently i had to wait for it to "ADD" my drive ... now i hit start and its doing all sorts of ish ... wish me luck!
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I have gotten through to step 5 (factory reset) and now booted. It appears to be in an "Activation Loop" or something? I see the triangle is on top, and actually it sometimes switches to an "R" but then back to a triangle.
The phone says "Activating ..." and every minute it dials out to some number and connects for 2 seconds, then disconnects, and just keeps repeating.
It did that maybe 5 or 6 times, now it says my only option is to restart or make an emergency call. Cannot dial the code in step6 from the emergency keypad, it wont let me.
Im restarting, not sure what to do, there are no options.
Is this normal?
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The R or triangle is what this is fixing that means your roaming just get out of the activation screen and call the number.

Right on ... it worked! I googled "How to get past activation screen" and could not believe that tapping actually worked, but it did lol. Dialed the number and bam .. service.
Now im assuming i need to reroot and unlock? Ill get on that now
Thanks so much to everyone.

rsarno said:
Hello i am dealing with this right now as i type this. I have gone into Network settings and switched everything i can possibly find, nothing seems to get rid of the triangle
Also tried flashing other roms i had backed up
Also tried a fresh factory reset
Right now im downloading this ROM and Odin, and ill give it a whirl. If all else fails i guess i have to go get a new SIM? What do i tell them at the counter? Will they care that I am rooted? Do i even need to bring my phone to them or can i just bring the SIM and ask for a new one?
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To the OP ... you mentioned follow these steps then i should be able to root/unlock ... but I already have. Do you mean that by following these steps I will lose my root and ill need to do it again?
Thanks
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This was the case for me. However easy to go into verizon without your phone. Tell them its ar home and you just need new sim. Offer to pay for it. Then they will give it free.
Sent from my SCH-I535 using xda premium
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Also you need to make sure you still have #. Abd imei is correct.
Sent from my SCH-I535 using xda premium

rsarno said:
Right on ... it worked! I googled "How to get past activation screen" and could not believe that tapping actually worked, but it did lol. Dialed the number and bam .. service.
Now im assuming i need to reroot and unlock? Ill get on that now
Thanks so much to everyone.
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No, you don't need to unlock, the root66 ROM preserves your unlocked bootloader. All you have to do is flash Clockworkmod recovery, or TWRP recovery, and then you can flash back your custom ROM

So I originally had the roaming issue. Went back to the stock rom and entered the code provided in the dialer, re rooted and unlocked bootloader and flashed a custom recovery. Tried flashing 10.1 again...still the same deal. Roaming. How can I get past this roaming with an android 4.2 rom!? has anyone been successful at it?
any suggestions would be greatly appreciated haha

996 said:
So I originally had the roaming issue. Went back to the stock rom and entered the code provided in the dialer, re rooted and unlocked bootloader and flashed a custom recovery. Tried flashing 10.1 again...still the same deal. Roaming. How can I get past this roaming with an android 4.2 rom!? has anyone been successful at it?
any suggestions would be greatly appreciated haha
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You have to do a dirty flash over a 4.1.1 or 4.1.2 rom.

Post over at the cyanogenmod forums suggest trying:
Go into Mobile Settings -> Mobile Networks
Change CDMA mode to RUIM
Toggle Airplane Mode (or reboot)
Haven't been able to verify myself, but if it can save someone from reflashing it's worth a shot.

fuego3048 said:
Post over at the cyanogenmod forums suggest trying:
Go into Mobile Settings -> Mobile Networks
Change CDMA mode to RUIM
Toggle Airplane Mode (or reboot)
Haven't been able to verify myself, but if it can save someone from reflashing it's worth a shot.
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I just tried this to fix my s3 and I can confirm it works

fuego3048 said:
Post over at the cyanogenmod forums suggest trying:
Go into Mobile Settings -> Mobile Networks
Change CDMA mode to RUIM
Toggle Airplane Mode (or reboot)
Haven't been able to verify myself, but if it can save someone from reflashing it's worth a shot.
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Worked for me also.
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This worked for me but I have a couple question.
- How do I get to be bone stock from here? I don't want to be rooted or flash any roms
For some reason, I don't have any 4LTE service only 3g.
I went to status update two times and both times I got upgraded to 4.04 not 4.1
Basically I would like the phone like it just came out of the box and I did an OTA update for 4.1
Thanks.

toonz333 said:
This worked for me but I have a couple question.
- How do I get to be bone stock from here? I don't want to be rooted or flash any roms
For some reason, I don't have any 4LTE service only 3g.
I went to status update two times and both times I got upgraded to 4.04 not 4.1
Basically I would like the phone like it just came out of the box and I did an OTA update for 4.1
Thanks.
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Are you sure that your in a 4g area?

Mobile data : Disconnected

Hey everyone. im in a little bit of a pickle right now and could use some help. so thanks for reading.
just bought an M8 from swappa. previous owner was using it on T-Mobile. he had venom rom flashed. i downloaded the newest one of it and flashed that. i have not been able to get Mobile Data. phone calls, and texts work on Global. but im not able to get online unless i use WiFi. i just did RUU to 4.4.4 and I still have the same problem. any help is appreciated.
edit: when i switch preferred networks to LTE, it doesnt come up with anything and says to switch to global.
thanks
edit 2: went to the vzw store to try a new sim card, still nothing. it all has to do with the Mobile data setting, but i just dont know what to do.

sprovo said:
Hey everyone. im in a little bit of a pickle right now and could use some help. so thanks for reading.
just bought an M8 from swappa. previous owner was using it on T-Mobile. he had venom rom flashed. i downloaded the newest one of it and flashed that. i have not been able to get Mobile Data. phone calls, and texts work on Global. but im not able to get online unless i use WiFi. i just did RUU to 4.4.4 and I still have the same problem. any help is appreciated.
edit: when i switch preferred networks to LTE, it doesnt come up with anything and says to switch to global.
thanks
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Set it on global. Under cdma options go in and hit the Verizon one to put a bullet next to it. Reboot to boot loader. Make sure you have stock recovery flashed and perform a factory reset.
Edit...and to verify this IS in fact a Verizon m8 right?

dottat said:
Set it on global. Under cdma options go in and hit the Verizon one to put a bullet next to it. Reboot to boot loader. Make sure you have stock recovery flashed and perform a factory reset.
Edit...and to verify this IS in fact a Verizon m8 right?
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ok, thank you for the reply. ill do that now. when you say hit the Verizon one, you mean...CDMA Options>Access point names> selcet Internet/vzwinternet

sprovo said:
ok, thank you for the reply. ill do that now. when you say hit the Verizon one, you mean...CDMA Options>Access point names> selcet Internet/vzwinternet
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Yes...and do me a favor while in fastboot if you can
Run the command
Fastboot getvar all
Pm me the output.

dottat said:
Yes...and do me a favor while in fastboot if you can
Run the command
Fastboot getvar all
Pm me the output.
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PM sent

sprovo said:
PM sent
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Good news is you definitely have a vzw phone and all information there is correct. Let me know the outcome of the above process.

dottat said:
Good news is you definitely have a vzw phone and all information there is correct. Let me know the outcome of the above process.
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i just did a factory reset, but it still the same.if i click network prefernce i get a list of all GMS/UMTS networks. if i click LTE only it will go to no signal at all then say no network found. switch to global

//SM-N920V\\ **Nougat Odin Firmware N920VVRU3CQB9**

This is official Nougat firmware use this to update or just want to update
CP_N920VVRU3CQB9_N920VVZW3CQB9_CL10809541_QB12868949_REV00_user_low_ship.tar
BL_N920VVRU3CQB9_N920VVZW3CQB9_CL10809541_QB12868949_REV00_user_low_ship.tar
AP_VZW_N920VVRU3CQB9_N920VVZW3CQB9_CL10809541_QB12868949_REV00_user_low_ship.tar
CSC_VZW_N920VVRU3CQB9_N920VVZW3CQB9_CL10809541_QB12868949_REV00_user_low_ship.tar
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JUSMEJOSE said:
This is official Nougat firmware use this to update or just want to update
CP_N920VVRU3CQB9_N920VVZW3CQB9_CL10809541_QB12868949_REV00_user_low_ship.tar
BL_N920VVRU3CQB9_N920VVZW3CQB9_CL10809541_QB12868949_REV00_user_low_ship.tar
AP_VZW_N920VVRU3CQB9_N920VVZW3CQB9_CL10809541_QB12868949_REV00_user_low_ship.tar
CSC_VZW_N920VVRU3CQB9_N920VVZW3CQB9_CL10809541_QB12868949_REV00_user_low_ship.tar
Will upload them tonight
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waiting....

Please upload it.waiting..

link is up

JUSMEJOSE said:
link is up
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thnx man u saved me a lot of headache with that upload :good:

JUSMEJOSE said:
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I thought I saw a Google forms link on your signature 2 days ago asking who wants unlock? I filled the form. I hope to get a free unlock for my tmobile s7. It currently $70 on eBay. Been going up since last month. ?
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sevenalive said:
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Will this procedure clear data? Factory reset?

Can someone please confirm if this clears existing data? I thought Odin doesn't work in this case because of the locked bootloaded on Verizon?

ynag said:
Can someone please confirm if this clears existing data? I thought Odin doesn't work in this case because of the locked bootloaded on Verizon?
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Yes, it probably will. If you are that worried about it, backup your data first. Odin will work even with the bootloader locked. Locked bootloader does not prevent you from loading official firmware.

gregcapps said:
Yes, it probably will. If you are that worried about it, backup your data first. Odin will work even with the bootloader locked. Locked bootloader does not prevent you from loading official firmware.
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What app can we use to back up all data like apps sceen layout ect... since we don't have root on Verizon, I know we can't use titanium back up because we don't have root bit is their a similar app to do what that does

[email protected] said:
What app can we use to back up all data like apps sceen layout ect... since we don't have root on Verizon, I know we can't use titanium back up because we don't have root bit is their a similar app to do what that does
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Not sure you'll be able to preserve that. I was referring to user data, not system data.

[email protected] said:
What app can we use to back up all data like apps sceen layout ect... since we don't have root on Verizon, I know we can't use titanium back up because we don't have root bit is their a similar app to do what that does
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Helium or My Backup Pro, but they are limited without root, which means some data can be restored, but not all.
Sent from my SM-N920V using XDA-Developers Legacy app

JUSMEJOSE said:
This is official Nougat firmware use this to update or just want to update
CP_N920VVRU3CQB9_N920VVZW3CQB9_CL10809541_QB12868949_REV00_user_low_ship.tar
BL_N920VVRU3CQB9_N920VVZW3CQB9_CL10809541_QB12868949_REV00_user_low_ship.tar
AP_VZW_N920VVRU3CQB9_N920VVZW3CQB9_CL10809541_QB12868949_REV00_user_low_ship.tar
CSC_VZW_N920VVRU3CQB9_N920VVZW3CQB9_CL10809541_QB12868949_REV00_user_low_ship.tar
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=817550096634763863
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I extract and I get several files? None of them being .tar files. Does anyone have the 4 files to flash in odin? Am I the only one who didn't get the 4 files mentioned when extracting the Md5? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Nobody?

patrickpingpong said:
Nobody?
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You have to go in odin and select PDA and then add the entire md5 file! If you don't want to do it that way, then you have to download a zipping app like 7z or similar and create the .tar yourself.. Which is pointless unless you're planning on flashing 1 file like the boot.img for a reason or other.. The md5 file has all of the files that need to be flashed there's no need to unzip the files. Just flash as is!
If you're downloading from the OP then you need to unzip the file from the .zip because you can only flash .md5 or .tar.

MrMike2182 said:
You have to go in odin and select PDA and then add the entire md5 file! If you don't want to do it that way, then you have to download a zipping app like 7z or similar and create the .tar yourself.. Which is pointless unless you're planning on flashing 1 file like the boot.img for a reason or other.. The md5 file has all of the files that need to be flashed there's no need to unzip the files. Just flash as is!
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Thanks. I have issue of my note saying "searching for signal" with full bars until i make a call. I dont think flashing the full file in Ap reset my modem to stock.

patrickpingpong said:
Thanks. I have issue of my note saying "searching for signal" with full bars until i make a call. I dont think flashing the full file in Ap reset my modem to stock.
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Try flashing a modem only file then which is for that signal.. Also boot into recovery using the 3 button combo and clear your Cache after a flash..

MrMike2182 said:
Try flashing a modem only file then which is for that signal.. Also boot into recovery using the 3 button combo and clear your Cache after a flash..
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I've cleared it after flash and no fix. Does anyone have a modem file I could use. Does it have to be from the same firmware version? Sorry just not really experienced just need to fix this phone it's killing me. I got it off Craigslist don't know the history of it I just know that flashing a fresh stock rom didn't fix the issue.

patrickpingpong said:
I've cleared it after flash and no fix. Does anyone have a modem file I could use. Does it have to be from the same firmware version? Sorry just not really experienced just need to fix this phone it's killing me. I got it off Craigslist don't know the history of it I just know that flashing a fresh stock rom didn't fix the issue.
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Is it an actual Verizon phone? And do you know for sure that it's Verizon? Go into settings then about phone and tell me what model it says. If it says other than SM-N920V then it's not a Verizon one.. You can only flash firmware for a specific carrier.. Also check the APN settings too.. And about the modem no you don't have to use the same exact one from the same firmware version you can try a different one however I don't think that'll fix the problem.. Try checking the APN settings first.. Also if you just dropped a sim card into it without first giving Verizon the IMEI then it's not gonna work! You'll have to give them the IMEI and if the IMEI is bad the phone will never work at least not with Verizon.

MrMike2182 said:
Is it an actual Verizon phone? And do you know for sure that it's Verizon? Go into settings then about phone and tell me what model it says. If it says other than SM-N920V then it's not a Verizon one.. You can only flash firmware for a specific carrier.. Also check the APN settings too.. And about the modem no you don't have to use the same exact one from the same firmware version you can try a different one however I don't think that'll fix the problem.. Try checking the APN settings first.. Also if you just dropped a sim card into it without first giving Verizon the IMEI then it's not gonna work! You'll have to give them the IMEI and if the IMEI is bad the phone will never work at least not with Verizon.
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It is indeed n920v clean imei through verizon prepaid. It gets apn through SIM card which is accurate I have signal T all times and internet/mms work. However when I boot my phone or randomly every so often it will say 'searching for service' throughout the day while still full having signal. During this time I don't receive calls/messages/internet notifications and it is stuck that way until I notice it and dial my voicemail which it then displays "Verizon wireless" and then all notifications come through.

patrickpingpong said:
It is indeed n920v clean imei through verizon prepaid. It gets apn through SIM card which is accurate I have signal T all times and internet/mms work. However when I boot my phone or randomly every so often it will say 'searching for service' throughout the day while still full having signal. During this time I don't receive calls/messages/internet notifications and it is stuck that way until I notice it and dial my voicemail which it then displays "Verizon wireless" and then all notifications come through.
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Maybe try using this downgraded version from my Android File Host and flash it using odin but before flashing take the sim card out and after it's done flashing immediately do a factory reset by holding the power and volume down button and after the screen turns off and then back on select shut down and then boot into recovery and do the factory reset after it's finished put the sim card back in then turn it on and go through all the setup and see if it works.. Let the phone charge some first don't try doing this at 3% battery cause if it shuts down in the middle it can brick the phone. Not likely but it could.
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