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[EVO 4G General] Luro:
Good to know! I do have a few more questions before I decide to do this.

From reading the guide it appears that the phone will just be working after I make these changes and won't require activation on Sprint since the identifiers are already activated?

Round 5 (EVO) calls for autoroot to be run and then a downgraded rom is available in step 1. I am already rooted with s-off so I assume that I will only need to use the ROM that is spoken about in the guide?

The last few pages talk about entering information but it appears to be information for boost - being that I am planning to stay on sprint, will I need to view this information on my Hero and copy that instead of the NAI / HA addresses listed in the guide? This EVO has also already been activated on sprint before so it probably will have the correct addressing already.

Lastly (for this post) is there anyway to undo what gets done through these tools or would I need to copy all the information that I am changing and then manually change it all back should that become necessary?

Thanks again
[EVO 4G General] New Optimus:
First there is a much easier and faster way for esn repair. Follow the evo 3d info.

scroll past the 4g and you will see it go to step 6 You may need to have the 2.3 rom I helped a few people that had reverted to 2.2 rom and it would not work until they brought it back to 2.3.

http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-all-things-root/460035-evo-4g-boost-mobile-guide-evo-3d.html

You dont really need activation if all the information is pulled from the donor and put into the evo. As to the HA keys and such those you WILL NEED as each phone has a different key and that acts as a user ID and PW to access the net.
[EVO 4G General] Klown80:
New optimus answered the question about activation already and I agree the Evo 3d method is much much easier. Before I bought CDMA WS, i never had a problem using the 3D method regardless or which rom I was on as long as it was stock. If you can connect to the needed programs it should work. But to be fair I can't say for sure it works on 2.2 and 2.3, tbh I never paid attention which version was on the phone. I can give you pretty simple directions if you would like to get most of the info you need put into the phone and since boost runs off of Sprints towers anyways not much is different. You will need to access this info on the Hero since that is the phone you are using instead of a Boost phone. As for reverting back, I would suggest you write down EVERYTHING that you change before you change it to be safe. So make sure you save Evo's original NAI's, HA's, and most importantly AAA's. A factory reset will revert alomst everything but you would probably have to manually change a thing or two.
[EVO 4G General] jcthelight:
Can you use the innuendo a donor?

And if so are the files the same as the incognito?
[EVO 4G General] eljean:
U can, u just won't get 3g. Skip the AAA shared password part
[EVO 4G General] jcthelight:
Could you you tell me why you won't get 3g working its 3g phone right?

Sent From My HTC EVO On Boost Mobile
[EVO 4G General] eljean:
The innuendo is not a boost mobile 3g phone. only the incognito, samsung rant, and prevail are true 3g
[EVO 4G General] Klown80:
I beg to differ, it is infact capable of 3G speeds (1xEV-DO) Here is proof below, the link is a site anyone is welcome to use to answer future "Is this phone capable of 3G?" questions. If you scroll down to the "Data" section, under High Speed Data it says 1xEV-DO r0, if it was not capable of 3G then it would say 1xRTT instead.

http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/phone.php?p=2888
[EVO 4G General] yknujssab:
So what you are saying is that we CAN use those as donors for 3g?
[EVO 4G General] cbucz24:
Yes you can, I've already done it once and I just received my second one to do it again.
[EVO 4G General] 9h0s7:
There are different kinds of 3g.

Evdo O is not as.fast as Evdo A, which is why only a few true Evdo A 3g boost phones are recommended.

But, do you what u want.
[EVO 4G General] yknujssab:
I'm just wondering. The other phones that are Rev0 instead of RevA, or the 1x, are not physically able to get the higher signal correct. But our EVOs are capable. So what exactly stops the 3g signal when using a lesser donor?
[EVO 4G General] Dakidd516:
Nice
[EVO 4G General] New Optimus:
I am not 100% sure on this but my reasoned opinion is this.

A phone capable of 3g (revision 0 or A) will have the AAA and HA information your evo can use and it will get the speed its capable of(which would be Revision A) But if the phone is not capable of 3G then you will not get the AAA info needed and the network will limit the speed
[EVO 4G General] Klown80:
I fully agree with New Optimus and he knows alot more than I do!! :)

I used a Sanyo Mirro once, and it is only capable of 1X, strangely enough it gave me a 31009 PRL,

(I checked, it was on 1XRTT network, not EV-DO) the newest 3g PRL for Boost is 61009. Maybe that had something to do with it? (I have no idea tbh, just trying to throw out ideas)
[EVO 4G General] New Optimus:
Thanks, I think prl is only part of it, but the networks ability to see the phone will certainly affect what prl is offered by the network. At least that is my thoughts on it.
[EVO 4G General] yknujssab:
So then the donor has to be either rev0 or revA and we will get what is available in our respective area. But just in case I'll just use the Rant to be sure. Haha
[EVO 4G General] Sofocused504:
If anyone need I have a Samsung rant and a innuendo both ready to activate foe 30 each
[EVO 4G General] 9h0s7:
Correct. They weren't made to utilize that specific network.

Like, Incognitos not being able to get 4G they don't have the necessary authentication information.
[EVO 4G General] eljean:
Your phone may say it is 3G but it is not running 3G speeds. Try running a speedtest.net test see how it goes.

I know from experience. And do your research if you do not believe me, Boost Mobile only offers 3G to the Sanyo Incognito, Samsung Rant, and Samsung Prevail. And of course the new Evo.

That is another misunderstanding, you may get the AAA, which is why I said skip it and also theres a big chance that once you start looking for it it might be denied, but nevertheless it will not be true 3G since it is so consistently slow might as well stick to 1x. But you are right they are different Evdo.

To sum it up

1x - 500Kbps (Boost flip phones)

Revision 0 - up to 2500Kbps (Any other "3G" phone)

Revision A- up to 3.1Mbps (Incognito, Rant, or Prevail)

Keep in mind though, Boost Mobile does not have such good signal so the speeds are drastically lower for bother Revision 0 and 1x.

I still highly reccomend Sanyo Incognitos as your donor phone.
[EVO 4G General] eljean:
If you only want talk and text, all you need is the MEID

If you want Data you will need the phone.
[EVO 4G General] playya:
I put Decks 1.2.1 with Tiamat 4.06 sbc on my friend Evo flashed to Boost and he is getting a full day on his. About 7 email addresses ! corporate and dozens of phone calls. I did not think it would make it for him but he is a mid to heavy phone user by my standards. He makes it from 6 a.m. till 9 when he puts it on the charger.

For even better battery life try Tiamat 3.3.8 sbc but wifi connection may suffer
[EVO 4G General] Geet:
Thank you for da nice guide
[EVO 4G General] ctzw:
Do you mean, boostmobile knows each type of phone based on their ESN, and whether this phone model can use data or not. If I flash ESN of a dumb phone(just call&text) to Evo, will sprint 3G be disabled by default for this ESN, thus my Evo?

Another question that perplexes me is that: some ebay flash services charge $65 for flashing Evo to boost. If a donor phone standalone costs around $50, what is their profit margin? Are they flashing an ESN to multiple Evos for different customers (is that possible?)
[EVO 4G General] Porlean:
Thanks for the guide but I was wondering if any other donor phone besides the rant or incognito can possibly be used to flash without changing the process itself
[EVO 4G General] mebo73:
Brother has the Sanyo Mirror on boost. Can i use that??
[EVO 4G General] eljean:
To answer your first question like I said before what you will need primarily is the MEID, the esn is not that important as the MEID because as you write the MEID it will also write the esn. Also data comes from authorizing the Ha and AAA secret passwords. Basically you will copy these passwords from the donor phone (which you will need to physically connect to the computer to read) and copy them into the phone you want to use which is why I say u need the donor phone for data.

To answer your second question, in ebay the "flashers' probably have a whole lot of donor phones, or will require that you have a donor phone. Nevertheless, U will also need to have a boost account as well.
[EVO 4G General] eljean:
@Porlean and Mebo73

You can use any Boost Mobile phone, but only the Santos Incognito, Samsung Rant, and Samsung Galaxy will give you 3g data.

All others will only give you 1x data speeds which peak at less then 200kbps. Also note that iDen (walkie talkie phones) PHONES CANNOT BE USED AS A DONOR PHONE

If a few other people want I can write a quick guide on how to flash using a 1x donor phone.
[EVO 4G General] mebo73:
Is there any guide to the specific 3g data to enter if we dont have a Incognito or Rant?
[EVO 4G General] 00mustanggt:
Can you please.I would like to know how. and one more question, in the guide i get most things but about half way of the tutorial were they ther two options and you need to choose one, were do i get that text file needed. thats were i get lost?
[EVO 4G General] eljean:
U need a a 3G Donor Phone to get 3G
[EVO 4G General] Porlean:
Please, a guide for that would be beyond perfect. I figured as much for the IDEN phones. Xda doesnt allow me to use any thanks buttons but I will donate, much appreciated man. One more question though, If i were to flash using a NON 3G phone for now will I be able to use a 3G donor phone in the future to get data access
[EVO 4G General] eljean:
1x DONOR PHONE GUIDE

For 1x Donor Phones

YOU WILL NEED YOUR MSL/SPC, GET IT SOMEWAY SOMEHOW

YOU WILL ALSO NEED YOUR DONOR PHONES DRIVER... GOOGLE IT AND FIND IT I CANNOT GURANTEE I HAVE IT

1. Follow Round 9 from the guide to Zero out the MEID and ESN from your EVO. Once zero'ed out in QXDM verify that it is zeroed out by restarting your phone and dialiging ##786# and choosing Advance -> View to make sure your MEID and ESN is all 00000000.

2. Next, go back to QXDM and type in without the quotes "requestnvitemwrite meid 0x00(Your donor phone's MEID) and that should write your MEID and ESN. If an error comes up that means you have not completely zeroed out the ESN and/or MEID.

3. Plug in your donor phone and in CDMA Workshop, and click the NAM Tab. Click “Read” this will display all your phones information inside of “NAM 1” Save the filename as NAM 1 and do the same for NAM 2.

4. Close CDMA Workshop and open up Service Programming. Click your donor phone, then once it is opened click read on the bottom left, enter your MSL, and let it read your phone.

Make a new folder in your desktop called 'PRL' then go back to Service Programming and on the bottom right click "Save As" and save it in the newly created folder. Also navigate to the MIP tab and write down everything in Profile 0, Profile 1.

Since its a 1x phone you can only get Profile 1 AAA, so to get this in most phones, dial ##3282## click edit enter your MSL, and navigate through User Profile to find your AAA Password, it will be a 5-6 character code write this down.

Afterwords you will unplug your donor phone, plug in your HTC, in service programming open the HTC, click read enter your MSL, and in Roam under preferred Roaming click browse and navigate towards the "PRL" folder in your desktop and open the file that will be there. Phone might restart.

Next open MIP tab and enter everything from your donor phone in here, next open Profile 1 and in HA Shared write "Secret" in text string, and in AAA Shared write your AAA from the donor.

5

5. Close service programming, open CDMA Workshop Now go to the “security" tab, Password (16 digits) delete all the FFFFFFFF's and type 01F2030F5F678FF9 then send. You should now see your SPC code magically appearing inside the SPC box, write it down. Navigate to the “NAM” TAB and Write the Nam 1 and Nam 2 Files we saved earlier. If done correctly it should display your donor’s phone number and other information.

Thats it you are done!! :) You should now get 1x only though.
[EVO 4G General] eljean:
wrote it down for you, and is no problem im here to help.

And yeah you can later on use a 3G donor you will just have to do everything all over again. Zero'in out MEID/ESN etc etc.
[EVO 4G General] Porlean:
Thanks again
[EVO 4G General] 00mustanggt:
So I would get internet but in 1x
[EVO 4G General] eljean:
Basically yes
[EVO 4G General] mebo73:
Got an incognito but the inside screen is broke so hopefully we can get this all to work.
[EVO 4G General] eljean:
Mine was like that too. What u need to do is simply register it to boost mobile and then turn it off and on and let it activate by itself. Then follow the guide

Sent from my ADR6300
[EVO 4G General] caseyatbt:
I have seen listings that the EVO View tablet can be done now. Will these instructions work? I have the Incognito coming next week.
[EVO 4G General] dongatta:
So true. Go into your phone settings and see what network you are connected to. If it does not say evdo rev a then the speeds will be slow. I have an epic touch and EVO on boost. Rev A makes a noticeable difference.
[EVO 4G General] yknujssab:
Ok then I have a question about speed tests. When I use the ookla speed app on it only it's rarely over 400 on my Boost Evo (3g from Rant) and when I go to mobilespeedtest.net it shows close to 1000. What is the difference? Also on mobilespeedtest.net there is an option to test with higher kb,like 500kb. And when I do test it, it shows a faster speed, which I'm pretty sure is not a true speed. Any ideas?
[EVO 4G General] New Optimus:
I do too
[EVO 4G General] dongatta:
I second that
[EVO 4G General] Klown80:
I also agree it is best to use an Incognito but I am sure most everyone is looking for other options because the price of a used Incog has gone up a considerable amount in the last year alone. Last time I looked on Ebay they were going for about $45-50, compared to the first one I bought on there for $15 about 1 1/2 years ago.
[EVO 4G General] yknujssab:
Why the Incognito and not the Rant?
[EVO 4G General] draconx:
alright im trying to get the NV items off the phone but the phone keeps disconnecting or something. im using an incognito and im on windows xp

"process is stopped. device does not answer".. does anyone know how to fix this error?.. it's very annoying!. thanks
[EVO 4G General] Klown80:
Did you put in the MSL on the security tab first?
[EVO 4G General] draconx:
yes
[EVO 4G General] Klown80:
Sorry, had to ask that first. :) Ok, I have gotten the same error before too, as long as it says the NV item was saved to desktop or where ever you should be fine. You do not HAVE to read them one after another. If you can get it to save 1 or 2 and then it resets, just go for the last 2 so long as the first 2 got saved. Hope this helps!
[EVO 4G General] anyscai:
I don't know

I want to know how to flash to boost
[EVO 4G General] draconx:
alright im stuck.. i'm using the guide attached but when i get to:

Close Cdma Workshop. Open Service Programming and enter your Donor phones SPC. Click Read and navigate to the “MIP” Tab, we need your Donor phones NAI. Click on Profile 1 and copy down your “NAI” and everything circled in the provided pictures.

i dont see anything when i open Service Programming.. no phone online or to select any ideas?
[EVO 4G General] yknujssab:
MIP Tab is in QPST. Maybe that's what you're looking for.

Sorry didn't read the whole thing. Did QPST find your phone? Should be the same port as in CDMA.
[EVO 4G General] New Optimus:
You may have to open QPST Configuration and go to the ports tab and add new port first, the service programing can only see the phone if you have told the program where it is located.
[EVO 4G General] draconx:
yeah i got that far.. im now at round 9 (evo) and i have NO clue what im suppose to be doing or how to find my meid / esn.. i still am not srue why i have to look at one of the two txt files that were included.. (im on 2.15.00.09.01 btw).. if anyone could help me that would be great :D

oh and after writing the nam's and the nv's the guide says i should be able to see my new phone number on the left.. but i do not.. is something wrong?.. please let me know. thanks :D
[EVO 4G General] New Optimus:
the way your going about changing the meid and esn is very difficult, your much easier and better option is to get back to the latest baseband and use the evo 3d method.

Winhex is the program I use where it says HxD but use what you have or want.
[EVO 4G General] yknujssab:
What about the "open sesame door"? That seemed to work for me.
[EVO 4G General] dongatta:
I think that's what he is referring too. Open sesame door.
[EVO 4G General] yknujssab:
Ok, I found that one in a Virgin Mobile tutorial. Real easy. Just has to make sure there are no caps on "open sesame door"
[EVO 4G General] New Optimus:
Its in the info I posted, I went and highlighted it in red.:good:
[EVO 4G General] draconx:
well dammit!.. i got all the way up to 0 'ing out to figure out the esn meid and decided to give it a night.. turn on my computer and my phone and now my evo will nto turn on.. just does a boot loop on the HTC EVO 4g screen (white screen).. does anyone know how i can fix this??.. grr..
[EVO 4G General] Aftrburnr:
Dunno if this will help, but, I recently picked up an EVO 4G off of craigslist that someone tried to root it using revolutionary and I guess they messed it up. It would only boot to the bootloader screen. I read where possibly clearing cache & dalvik cache might get it to go. It didn't. I then got a stock rooted rom and flashed that. All the data gets wiped but the phone then booted & ran properly.

On a side note, VERY interesting thread. I think I might hafta try doing this. ;)
[EVO 4G General] cbucz24:
Probably the best idea right now for you is to flash the ruu again and start over. You may have zeroed out something you were not supposed too. I had to do that on my last try. I've got two evo's on boost now.

Funny story, I had to call boost to have them reset my account registration info and the lady I spoke with said all the time she gets people calling in saying they have an evo an can't get it to work. Hahaha.

She has to tell them, you can't do that!!! Then hangs up.
[EVO 4G General] dongatta:
Resetting back to stock should resolve the bootloop. You would think by now people would know not to say they have an EVO.
[EVO 4G General] cbucz24:
You would think so, but I've seen a lot of people trying things they have no business doing. Flashing a phone to boost yourself isn't easy. Neither is rom development. Yet I see noobs trying all kinds of things they shouldn't. Lol.

I'm a moderate noob. But there's just limits as to what my knowledge can do. :D
[EVO 4G General] dongatta:
With boost getting better phones the need for flashing may be starting to decline
[EVO 4G General] New Optimus:
not to mention only the true boost 4g phones will be able to get 4g.
[EVO 4G General] cbucz24:
Except there's not enough 4g coverage anywhere. Its not worth it yet for my area
[EVO 4G General] yknujssab:
2nd EVO - data issues - 3rd EVO - success

I flashed my EVO, which had been flashed to Metro, last night. I was able to get talk and text, but no data. I actually got the 3g signal, no connection. I did the activation like I did last time through Boost acct, update handset. So i figured I didn't put in the right numbers again. I checked it multiple times and the numbers were right. It was about 1 AM when I gave up for the night. Today I checked out all the numbers again to make sure i wasn't asleep, but no dice. All good. I keep getting the code 67. I have the open signal app and it shows the network type EVDO A. The phone info also shows that.

After all this I figured I would go ahead and flash my daughter's EVO. I'm a sucker I guess. Went through everything the same way and presto. Everything works fine. No need to reactivate or anything. I guess I just got lucky with this one.

I don't know. Is it because it was flashed to Metro that it is screwing me up? Any ideas?

I also tried updating the profile and prl and it wouldn't go thru. Error code 1012
[EVO 4G General] New Optimus:
yes, even though metro can use some sprint towers the information in the phone is different.

You will need to go through QPST and change more information back, I am unsure atm what to change it to. I can point you to a guide that shows how to set up on metro and tomorrow I may be able to pull the boost info from my phone so you can compare and hopefully make the correct changes.

Just remember any changes using QPST that are incorrect may screw your phone up so be careful.

http://www.howardforums.com/showthr...an-HTC-Droid-Eris-to-Metro-PCS-(Tutorial-v2.0
[EVO 4G General] yknujssab:
Finally

OK Finally got mine going. I was trying to flash mine without having wiped anything or having a fresh rom. I assume that was the problem. Now I have all my EVO's on Boost. Thank you guys very much. Now just to wait for the shrinkage to kick in.:good:

---------- Post added at 07:27 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:23 PM ----------

Thanks Optimus. I finally realized that I should wipe and start fresh. Duh. Haha
[EVO 4G General] New Optimus:
Your welcome, glad you got it
[EVO 4G General] TeamDark:
i Got my Evo Shift 4g on boost.

But i need help My 3g is really Slow

the AN/AAA Authentication say "128=128=128=128="
[EVO 4G General] lows:
hi there

OK first thinks first

to my knowledge i complete the guide that u post (without) step 8 and 9 .......

my evo shift was on boost mobile (i pay someone to flash it for me) long story short .. i wanted it to activate profile 1 a.k.a (true 3g speed by a threath on the forum) on it , so i clll boost and activate my sanyo incognito to do that on monday

- i've been working non stop onto how get it back to life by myself ....

- i've have all the info ( msl spc meid nai ha and aaa secret profile 0 and profile 1 ) i did it first with the sanyo following the guide ...done with it turn off

my shift was unrooted s-off and flash cw7.2 with vicodan threath

i get to step round 7 BOOM ! knock me off my feet i had to downgrade radio baseband to 2.15 in order to keep going OK !download the file run and dint work - i decide to flash back to stock loose root and s-on back on ( im on 2.3.4 back again) -NEVER DID IT

- round 8 scan for ( esn ) dont know how to do it but again i got it from the previous flash so not too worry about it

- round 9 complete stun ...every command i run never finish it and restarts the phone when over ( i work my way around and on tuesday find out my MEID with the qpst !!

-final round go over the process over and over again never get 3g to work, neither hand free activation ## rtn # nor update profile or prl update ..

thephone dont make calls i dont think i can receive either .....

PLZZ HELP THIRD DAY AND CAN FIGURATE OUT BY MYSELF WHAT IM MISSING OR DOING WRONG .....can someone take 5 min.. read the post and gave at less an opinion or solution how to finally downgrade to 2.15 bandbase im missing something (also the guide is for evo not evo shift should change some stepa in order to get it going ..againn :good:
[EVO 4G General] superaman18:
I'm trying to flash my Samsung prevail to an evo 4g... I already have all the information off my prevail: nams & nvitems. But I could really use some help with the evo part. I'm also willing to donate
[EVO 4G General] New Optimus:
using team viewer I should be able to help give me a pm with a good time for you (and include your time zone) im on the east coast so keep that in mind.
[EVO 4G General] conundrum4000:
Can this be done with a Kyocera juno as donor?
[EVO 4G General] New Optimus:
I believe it can. But you will only get 1x speed.