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[HTC EVO 3D] mocoyombiflash:
Error 16 fix!!!!

Dial 611 from evo or android u will get error 16 wait till it connects you to sprint

they will know why u calling! And explain why u got the error

- they will ask you what phone you have

tell them the donor phone model

you boost pin

your name and last name

and zip code

and get a second # for them to call u at

then the rep will tell u to turn off the phone "donor" but ur going to turn off the evo or android and wait for them to call u in the second # you have provided. When they do it means they fix the error turn evo or android back on make a test call and be on that call for atleast 30 secs as the rep will ask you to do and voila! YOU HAVE FIXED ERROR 16 on your flashed phone!

hit thanks *****es
[HTC EVO 3D] blakklanta:
There is a qmat file for the evo shift. I have it if anyone needs it.
[HTC EVO 3D] mocoyombiflash:
your right on that but i explained it in details and it's not because of prl because i've used all boost prl and i've test 611 before flashing the phone and it just says account cannot be validated as soon as you flash it then it just get an error 16 ;)
[HTC EVO 3D] m4f1050:
Aparently is when your phone provisions on an existing account. You have to manually provision the phone now. No SprintZone, no Hands-Free. Manual I say!

:)
[HTC EVO 3D] heartless-1:
:D that makes a whole lot of sense, the guys phone had a messed up port-in to boost. i remember i flashed 3 shifts that day and only that one messed up, it bugged the **** outta me till i read this today. thank you kind sir :)

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from what i've read its been around for a little while. our fellow xda members has explained why it happens (provisioned on an existing account). Even if they try shut us out, we're too smart for that ;), we'll just flash right back in :D

also for those who doubt gotanmp3, he's really big on the *repairing* forums
[HTC EVO 3D] m4f1050:
U welcome!
[HTC EVO 3D] blakklanta:
Is there a qmat script for evo 3d on 2.3.4 with 0.97.10.0808 baseband?
[HTC EVO 3D] mocoyombiflash:
ok explain ur manual provisioning!!!

This is an example of what i did

Evo while it had sprint settings it was trying to do hands free i hit cancel i dial 611 "you account cannot be validated" the usual! I put on Airplane mode i went to shut off the evo ! while i worked on my Sanyo when i got all i neeed i power off and put aside. I turn evo back on Airplane mode! the entire flashing process, Repair esn did everything all usuing one program prl ,msid, MDN , 3g SETTINGS except the usual manual mms settings.

when i fully flashed the evo the entire time it wasw on airplane mode!!!!

i did mms settings i usually reboot to refresh

when i rebooted for the last time did a test call to 611 " error 16 "

that was on a new boost account and that's example #1

the second phone i had problem with was working

perfectly for 3 hours then all of the sudden! the person couldn't make no calls nor receive calls or text and send due to error 16. But 3g was working fine!

- he did mention he turn on Sanyo while he was charging EVO

my theory is no matter if you do manuall programing or not you still get the errror as long as you don't turn on donor phone while the evo hasn't been

register yet to the towers keep donor phone off at all times! while flashing and vice versa if your working on donor turn off evo. When you have finish flashing evo Make a test call and wait atelast 30 seconds on that call while the donor is off that may be solve the issue.

with that said i gotta call today and anoather person had the same error 16 and the phone has been flashed for over 4 months? I didn't ask if he was using donor phone while Evo was on. But as far as i can remember i used to do it before i had my Evo using hotspot while connected to my laptop and i used to use my donor phone for texting ETC.

- i have flashed my own personal android many times but i never turn on my donor phone! since i have all 3g settings saved!!! and i ve flashed it not even on airplane mode and i haven't gotten an error 16 :confused::confused:

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if you got any other theories or hypothesis lol let it flow i've gone tru this error and i've done ufff 100+ androids to boost and just two have gotten this error it just happens out of nowhere! minutes after flashing , 3 hours after flashing or even 4 months after flashing!!!! and it's just something that has me clueless because all this week ive had to do Evos and 2 out of 6 got the error! ????????????????? :eek::eek::eek::eek:
[HTC EVO 3D] mocoyombiflash:
I will post a feedback! on how it goes i'm doing 3 evos right now and i will let you know what i did and see if i can avoid any error 16.
[HTC EVO 3D] Tacoman22:
hey guys i need some help i had someone flash my evo3d to boost and everything was fine but now Im stuck in 1x.....the 3g sign comes on but always times out or loses connection also i cant update profile or prl. the guy that flashed it wont return my calls any help is appreciated
[HTC EVO 3D] mocoyombiflash:
ok guys heres my feedback i did one evo 3d and one evo 4g the evo 4g gave me the error 16 so i call 611 and i asked to speak in spanish since i'm fluently at it the worst mistake of my life! i thought hey since i'm puerto rican maybe this latino dude will help me out not! i stood with him alsmost an hour and he passed me to the supervisor and ended up hanging up after i asked him his employ id.

well i call back 611 from evo and this time i spoke english and gets what it took me 2 mins to get rid of that error 16 much love to u white folks jajjaa!
[HTC EVO 3D] hnic32:
actually in most cases, u can use hands free activation for boost. it will add all the profile 1 info need for the boost (1x) settings. you then go in qpst and enter the profile 0 (3g) data settings. i ve use this many times with the evo 4g, evo shift, evo 3d phones. wont work on samsung phones, epic 4g, tranform, moment. u need to first enter the ur phone number and msid first using qpst in order for the hands free can work for you.

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i have it too, but it didnt work for me. and i had the right radio.
[HTC EVO 3D] m4f1050:
I use dee eff es for shift, evo, pretty much any phone...
[HTC EVO 3D] gadgetdaddy:
I've tried everything to login to the Chinese site and download the guide and info, with no success. I just keep getting the mailbox error.

It would be greatly appreciated if someone would PM me the info, so I can do this for my daughter's Evo 3D.

I hoping to complete it before she leaves town in the morning.

Thanks
[HTC EVO 3D] gadgetdaddy:
Can someone please PM what I'm doing wrong, I did the number 4 and I reboot and still have a slash and can't see the 19xx file.

This is not my first phone, but is my first 3D.

Thanks
[HTC EVO 3D] aem2se:
do you have any quick guide on how to do the evo 3d? if so can you please let me know thanks!!!!
[HTC EVO 3D] thegqguy:
Hi everyone, about error 16

Dont matter what you do, you still can get error 16,... error 16 its some security stuff that sprint has... and not only boostmobile customers are getting it, every company that its attach to sprint network can get this error 16, why they doing it?? well its for our protection, because anyone can randomly get your (MEID) flash an evo with your MEID illegally, and then do a ##786# and the phone will be activated automatically and that person will have free service without paying a penny... so since sprint has that security now its hard to get it working, and the phone will be working if that person has you info.. like pin number, and address and type of phone its on their system... well i hope this will help a little...

Im interesting on getting a 3d on boost... can anyone PM with that info..

if not thanks anyways... lol
[HTC EVO 3D] m4f1050:
It's not that easy... You need the profile 0's AAA and change the username to MEID@hcm.sprintpcs.com in order for the phone to provision, but they can get your MSID/MDN and MEID off the airwaves and manually program a phone and use it. You are correct.

I have a several phones in my account and if I turn all of them off and turn only one of them on I don't get the Error 16. I am in the process of trying to figure out what exactly an Error 16 phone has that the other one doesn't... Maybe it's the TRUE MSID? Still working on that...
[HTC EVO 3D] aFoodStampBaby:
Can someone make a video or guide to do this? I want to flash my phone to boost.
[HTC EVO 3D] thegqguy:
@ m4f1050 i did and evo for a friend and i and i had the error 16 i did everything i could and nothing happend just by calling sprint i had it fixed, but before i called up sprint, i did a hard reset on the donnor phone ##786# and the phone got the error 16 so thats why i decided to cantact sprint by waiting when i make an outbound call and get the error 16, sprint doa refresh on your number and that fixed it, my brother has sprint and he have not used hes meid on another phone.. and he had the error 16 and he got it fix the same way its.. sprint its doing it just for security pporpuse
[HTC EVO 3D] androidbliss:
I have a few questions if someone could offer some help. I had (2) EVO 4G's put on Boost for me...by a Boost store about a month ago and they charged me an outrageous amount! I never did get the "other" phones or even a backup of the files. So anyways I have since paid a guy and was taught how to do this myself...I then turned around and wrote a guide (for my OWN purposes...noone else has ever laid eyes on my guide!!). I know the method to do ANY EVO 4G or 3D in about 20 minutes..no scanning ever, does not matter what android version or baseband, this method does everything..you guys know what I'm talking about. Now to finally get to my question. I bought a 3D yesterday and want to reuse/transfer my info from my 4G that the Boost store did for me. I am able to extract ALL needed info BUT my Profile 1 AAA password...on this phone, and questionably ONLY this phone (I tested other 4G's and was able to get the info), when I reqeust the user prof 1 info in QXDM it returns nothing but all zeros?!?!?!? Now the way I was taught...I need that info. Right or wrong, this is the way I was taught, I know there are other ways...people talk about manual or handsfree activation...but I simply am clueless to what that process is all about. Basically I was taught to write everything extracted from one back to the other. Now it seems I dont need ALL that info...that there is a way to let the 4G/3D download (provision) some of the data?!?!? This method I was taught seems more likely to get the Error 16 also...but from what I'm reading it seems no method is necessarily safe anymore...just deal with it when the Error arrises. Please...before anyone asks me for the guide I wrote I will tell you straight up...I will not give it to anyone! I will not have it showing up on Ebay and being sold by a bunch of greedy people making a buck off other peoples work. I paid alot of money to be taught the method and spent about 7 hours processing the info and writing my own complete idoits guide...so easy even I can't mess the process up...;) I'm 95% sure that the method I use is not a secret (but to some it is). I did not know where to look so I got frustrated and just paid a very knowledgable person to teach me. I will however discuss parts of the process thru PM if anyone is even a bigger noob then me and needs help.

One last question...with this new security measure will it still be possible to switch back and forth between my 4G and my 3D? I would like to use the 4G for work...its in an Otterbox and suited for a harsh environment. But when not working I was hoping to turn the 4G off and then the 3D on, for use at all other times. Just wondering if I'm likely to be dealing with Error 16's all the time if I tried that. Back in the good old days I used to do that with Nextel...I had a junker I took to work, and when I was not at work I popped the SIM card into a real fancy phone that I babied...LOL.
[HTC EVO 3D] iorecki:
my 4g was my donor for the 3d.

I can switch back and forth with no problem...dunno why people are getting error 16 all of a sudden.

try a differnet versions of qpst to read the phone...the version on the Japanese site posted in the beginning is how ppl are getting this to work.
[HTC EVO 3D] androidbliss:
Its not a matter of getting it to work...I have flashed over a few 3D's without a problem...very recent one did give the Error 16 right after flash but had the person stay on the line and Sprint took care of it. This is a matter of for some odd reason not being able to pull the Profile 1 AAA password out of my flashed EVO 4G. I did not flash my own 4G so I don't have the "other" phones info. I have everything I need extracted BUT not the Profile 1 AAA password. If I was using a new "other" phone I could breeze thru the process in about 20 minutes.

I use QXDM to request/read the prof 1 info from the phone...It has worked 99.9% of the time...this one phone (of course my main phone) just will not give up the info. I think I'm going to have to to a handsfree activation and let it provision the profile 1 password...problem is...I have heard about the technique..but do not know how to perform it. I was told all I needed was to write the meid or esn (can't even remember)...and the NV items...then do....?!?!?! and it will download the missing info to the phone. Thats alot of unknown for me to risk my main phone info. I really would like to get this figured out though and switch over to my 3D that is just sitting here begging to be used..lol.
[HTC EVO 3D] iorecki:
i dunno now...u keep losing me lol.

you know how to do it...then you dont know to do it.

youve done it before, but cant seem to do it to this one phone. :confused:

from what i understand all is the same from the 4g to the 3d.

if it doesnt seem to be working try qpst 2.7...

how fast is ur actual 3g speed on the evo 4g ?

maybe you didnt have both profiles flashed ?
[HTC EVO 3D] Tacoman22:
ok guys had someone flash my phone and now they wont return my calls ive lost 3g and i believe it has to do with the aaa secret password bc mine reads all zeros i dont have the original donor phone is there anyway to resolve this without another flash???? If anyone can help id be willing to paypal some $$$
[HTC EVO 3D] iorecki:
nothing should really happen to the 3g unless you actually messed with it after the flash.

you can try updating the prl and profile...

or get ur msl , do ##3282#, edit mode, enter msl , go into data, hit the menu button and hit restore.

might have to do this more than once....

should work by the second time....this is how i fix speed issues or to many disconnects from 3g.
[HTC EVO 3D] m4f1050:
Ok, I think what Sprint/Boost is looking for when you get Error 16 is IMSI T (True MSDI)

Dee Ef Es and Qu Pee Es Tee both let you see/program IMSI T.

I have my phones all programmed with 000000xxxx where the last 4 are all the same on all phones and I have programmed many phones this way and haven't gotten the Error 16. If someone else would like to try please do so and report back. I have 4 on same account (I do not turn 2 on at the same time) but I can switch between phones and no Error 16.

:)

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For Qu Pee Es Tee to work in Windows Vista / Windows 7 without any errors make sure you right click on the link and in Compatibility Mode select Run As Administrator.
[HTC EVO 3D] Tacoman22:
tried this but dont have data connection keep getting error 67
[HTC EVO 3D] iorecki:
got wifi ?
[HTC EVO 3D] m4f1050:
If you lost the AAA key and you don't have the donor unfortunately you are SOL (no 3G)

Always backup your profile 0 AAA!
[HTC EVO 3D] sledwrecker:
Fast times and loose woman... I give up. Boo
[HTC EVO 3D] iorecki:
but where would the AAA passwords have gone if they were already flashed?
[HTC EVO 3D] androidbliss:
LOL..ok. I have done 4G's and 3D's yes. The phone in question is my very first Evo 4G...this phone I did not personally flash, it was done by a Boost Dealer before I learned how to do the process myself. The dealer did NOT give me the donor nor did he give me a backup of the donor files.

I picked up a 3D and I decided I really liked it so I wanted to transfer my Evo 4G's info over...so I proceeded to read all the data from the Evo 4G. When I got to the part where I read the Profile 1 AAA password in QXDM it returns all zeros...even zeros for the shared password.

I have sucessfully pulled the data out of other Evo 4G's for transfer...but THIS phone will not give up the info. I did try it on 2 different pc's.

My internet 3G is as fast as it gets...I have compaired it side by side with 2 other Sprint Evo 4G's (3G data...we do not have 4G here)...and all our phones test out nearly identica in speed tests. So...its not a issue of 3G never being setup properly...it was.

My question was...is it possible to get my 3D working when I have EVERYTHING but the Profile 1 AAA password from my 4G...and if so...how?

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I have not lost my 3G...but this is the exact problem I am having...a read of my Evo 4G returns all zeros for the Profile 1 AAA and shared passwords. The phone works perfect..thank goodness..but I'm stuck as I wanted to transfer my Evo 4G's info over to a 3D.
[HTC EVO 3D] jay7264:
hey every one i can flash your evo 3d i charge 50. i usually dont post this but i have plenty of experience i have been doing this since the motorola razor. if your interested pm me
[HTC EVO 3D] thegqguy:
got my 3d done perfect

no error 16, and if i have any free time i can help anyone freeeeeeee of charge...
[HTC EVO 3D] hnic32:
see this is what i mean. jay7264, most of us in this thread have alot of experience flashing phones. some more than others. we are here to help each other, not to make a quick buck. come on dude stop it!!!
[HTC EVO 3D] m4f1050:
When you reset the phone (##786#) it reverts to the factory one. Also if you write a new AAA, it replaces the old one with whatever you write. If you didn't save this then there is no way to retrieve it.
[HTC EVO 3D] thegqguy:
hey try to do a search of the nv item 1192 and 1194 from there you will be good

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i have not try it... i dont have more tokens to download it.. can anyone try it

and use google chrome to translate it...

diypda dot com /viewthread. php?tid= 290308 &extra =page %3D1

put them together

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yes that true... you are 100,000 %,
[HTC EVO 3D] heartless-1:
error 16 switch 286 can't talk to customer care #

just experienced this one today: if you get error 16 switch 286 and it says please dial the customer care service # that your service provider has supplied to you then hangs up, you have to do some other stuff to get your phone up and running (on mine 3g wasn't working either even with prof 0 & 1 and ppp copied)

you have to talk to customer care for boost mobile

explain to them that you did a prl & profile (data) update and still no luck

they'll ask you the numbers your trying to call, and they might even ask you to put the call on speaker so they can hear also

they are gonna ask you to turn the phone off

they're gonna change your # (no charge)

your gonna have to manually program the mdn and msid (phone will reboot)

they'll ask you make a call (it'll go through) [i stayed on for 30secs just in case]

presto your phone is up and running

i hope this helps anyone that needs it
[HTC EVO 3D] jay7264:
not trying to make a quick buck i do this on a regular basis. im not gonna stop a dam thing. you sir are a cheap ****. im not forcing anybody to come to me. i have helped plenty of people but is it wrong to put a donation button. im not gonna continue on this subject el cheapo

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this is what you do extract nv item 466 then after the 10 is your profile 0 aaa key copy all the text and take out the spaces you should have 32 hex digits then enter that info int mip tab profile 0 aaa key on the target phone then do a hands free activation and thats it
[HTC EVO 3D] Tekn010933:
If had a boost EVO I would do a guide?

Sent from Mecury using xda premium
[HTC EVO 3D] heartless-1:
this thread is starting to feel like mo****fi*** dot com, everybody wants to charge for free information

knowledge is power but,

alot of this info was out there until recently when some sites started to prohibit tutorials on anything esn or meid.

we should probably stop talking about this before this site gets affected as well

:(
[HTC EVO 3D] iorecki:
please take detailed info to pm or email...

we want to continue our learning in this thread.
[HTC EVO 3D] hnic32:
cheap ****, come bro what i need to pay u for, u aint taught me **** on here and doubt u ever will. its 1 thing to have a donation button, but to be outright solicting is another. how many post u have on xda? right!
[HTC EVO 3D] jay7264:
im not an internet thug but am good at what i do. i would have charged the fifty to the people here because i provide the doner. thats to cover the cost of it. and on a side note i have done my time on this i just prefer not to post alot. would you ask a professional mechanic to read your obd and your can/obd 2 for free. he would laugh at you. just for them to hook up the snapon motus diagnostic tool they charge 65$. so i think that flashing and providing a evdo doner is reasonable. im not gong to offer any assistance because you sir are out of line and out of order. have a great day and i hope ths thread gets closed immediately for the discussion of meid/esn altering CLONING ESN REPAIR
[HTC EVO 3D] heartless-1:
yup sounding just like the repairing forums especially like gurus

as soon as they had the 3d tutorial the next day it got taken down

greedy people i guess :(
[HTC EVO 3D] m4f1050:
My $0.02

There are people out there that expects you to do *EVERYTHING* for them. I don't mind helping out, but people that ask you for a step-by-step tutorial (because they don't know how to read or search, or because they are not technically capable of doing this) are out of my list. PERIOD.

If you ask me how to do a certain step, or what goes where, Yeah, I help you. But if I ask you where you have problem with and you tell me everything, I dont know where to start, don't expect me to spend 5+ hours trying to help, I have more important things to do, sorry!
[HTC EVO 3D] blakklanta:
Ok I have a small issue. My active data profile will not stay at 0. I have changed it in qpst, as well as ##3282# from the phone. My internet is crawling at the moment lol. Any thoughts?
[HTC EVO 3D] gadgetdaddy:
I've noticed the last 2 I've done for our family, the active profile is 1.

With no issues.

What Radio and PRL are you using?
[HTC EVO 3D] louforgiveno:
are you clicking "write to phone" in qpst after changing the setting ?
[HTC EVO 3D] blakklanta:
Yes, write to phone. Did it twice. Each time phone rebooted.

Basebands 0.97.10.0808

Prl 21080
[HTC EVO 3D] blakklanta:
I do appreciate the help you gave to me when I needed it. I try to pay it forward at every opportunity.
[HTC EVO 3D] thegqguy:
About Error 16..

Hi People i just notice that if you do, all the steps for flasing your phone its better that you have the evo on airplane mode, and i notice the the sanyo mirro works perfect, as a donor.. and once you finished you wont have no error 16... good job.. now trying to work with other phonesss..... 3G works fast, you can watch videos fast....
[HTC EVO 3D] anarchist9027:
I dont think you'd be able to flash it to boost considering boost is part iDen network
[HTC EVO 3D] gadgetdaddy:
Not sure how your able to get 3G speed, when the mirror is only a 1xRTT donor.