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[Fascinate General] jimilives:
Sanity Check

Gentlemen,

I'm preparing to go through this process of converting my fascinate. I've read all 19 pages of the forum, taken notes, all the software is prepared and I believe I understand all the steps. But, one part of the instructions is confusing me...

Then dial **87284 put both options in modem mode[sometimes you need to put the phone in dial mode. dial **33284 then enter 000000 in the block for SPC. SCROLL TO THE BOTTOM AND IT'S THE BOTTOM OPTION. SELECT IT ON] turn on dial network and set port map to hkf,daig

I'm currently running the CM10 Jelly Bean custom ROM. When I try this step, I don't get any choices for menu's, just an automated Verizon response. It appears that the common opinion is to put the stock ROM (EH03) back on the phone before attempting any of this. I'm holding off on doing that until I get the LG phone in the mail and have everything in front of me before messing with the image. I want to do it all at once. But I wanted to go through a dry-run of the process before 'committing' to it. This step worried me.

I want to know if I'm missing something or answered my own question (i.e. put the phone back to stock). Should dialing this number with a custom ROM get the menu's that are mentioned? Is Verizon detecting my ROM version and simply rejecting me when dialing this number?

I'm fully prepared to put my phone back to stock but if this isn't going to work, I don't want to bother rebuilding my phone and I can just return the phone I ordered in the mail.
[Fascinate General] marcustaz:
Funny I just went through this, I do not believe it can be done on CM10 I flashed back to stock, then flashed following the steps in OP post, used the password at bottom post on page one for DFS... Then simply flashed back to CM10.
[Fascinate General] 94SupraTT:
You have to be on a stock rom to access the diagnostic mode on the fascinate.

sent from my Sprint Galaxy Nexus on PPC
[Fascinate General] jimilives:
I have all my Verizon Account info, password, etc and is all valid but I'm alittle unclear as to the sequence of events... Do you go through the conversion process, and then your Verizon number is now ported over to Straight Talk? Do I then follow that with cancelling my account with Verizon? Won't that cancel my phone number? Am I then able to create an account on the Straight Talk website with the Verizon number I just moved over? Doesn't Verizon have to move the number for you or does the conversion process do that?

I guess I'm just not getting how the phone number is moved, how to shut down my Verizon account (without shutting down my phone number), and how to get properly register with Straight Talk. All without losing anything.

If anyone could clarify it would be much appreciated... type SLOW when you do as I'm not the sharpest bulb in the box. :)

Thanks, Scott
[Fascinate General] marcustaz:
Big question here. I flashed my bro's Fascinate over to ST using the OP's instructions and everything is fine. So now my sister wants me to flash her iphone 4 vzw over to ST, so off to Google I go to start reading. Outside of the Iphone flash I start finding threads discussing "Air Tank" software that ST puts on their CDMA phones. Becuase the flashed phones do not have it, they eventually stop working. Is this practice still in effect by ST? Please let me know, thanks. Also if anyone can point me to a thread on how to flash a verizon iphone 4 over to ST it would be greatly appreciated. :angel:
[Fascinate General] marcustaz:
Bump? Any of the pros here answer my question about Air Tank software?
[Fascinate General] netlagger:
Once you port your number to ST it will close your account with Verizon. So if your still under contract it will terminate it, therefore having to pay early termination fee.
[Fascinate General] marcustaz:
Gents, I hate to do this and quote my own post but I really would like an answer on this. Is ST still using the Air Tank software. My bro cannot afford to have his service cut and more important lose his number. Please advise if you can.

Thanks
[Fascinate General] Nakasami:
I bought a Samsung Fascinate and it was rooted already. I went back to stock just fine but when I try to perform step #6 above and go to put the 000000 for the SPC it says Invalid Lock Code. How can I fix this?
[Fascinate General] rich_e:
Works like a charm

Thanks for revising. This method worked fine. :good:
[Fascinate General] AaronCompNetSys:
You are the kind of people that make the internet a great place. Have a thanks button.
[Fascinate General] Nakasami:
Help Please

I have been able to get into my Fascinate ok and am trying to flash over to Straight Talk but it appears that this phone was previously flash to BM. In order to get this to work over on ST does it have to have to have the original Verizon settings first to work correctly? If so how do I get it back to there? Or can I? I currently have it back to stock but it still has BM PRL and other things like that, that isnt stock Verizon. PM me if someone can help, Thanks
[Fascinate General] Nakasami:
Ok, Ive got it all the way to the activation process. when I do the Emergency thing and then go back to the dialer and dial *22890 to program it, it says that this number cannot be dialed diectly, to place this call you must dial 0 the area code the phone number and your calling card #. What am I missing please?
[Fascinate General] jimilives:
Not to toot my own horn, but go to page 19 of this Thread and look for my updated instructions for 12/21/12... Here is the excerpt you are looking for...

16. At this point, the phone will come back & be basically brand-new. You have to select your language and then you will only have the "Emergency" & "Activate" buttons. You DO NOT want to ACTIVATE. It will attempt to call Verizon and not do you any good. Instead, PUT THE PHONE DOWN and go to the Straight Talk Website. "Activate" the new MEID that you just programmed into the Fascinate and that was provided to you on the phone and GREEN card. The Straight Talk website will also ask you for the "Service PIN", this is the $45 for Phone / Data you paid for. *** SPECIAL NOTE: You have the option of "porting" a phone number over from another Carrier as you are activating the LG220 MEID. i.e. Verizon. You HAVE to know your full account number, password, last 4 digits of SSN, and billing address of your VERIZON account. IF you choose to port your number over, it says it can take 2 business days; mine took 15 minutes, your results may vary. Once that is all done, the Straight Talk MEID is activated and your newly programmed Fascinate will be ready to come to life (soon). Straight Talk will show the phone as the LG220 you bought, but you took that MEID from the LG220 and put it into the brains of your Fascinate (that's what DFS does).

16a. Pick your phone back up and at the screen with the 2 buttons for "Emergency" and "Activate", press Emergency and Dial *#83786633. A message will pop up that says "Soft Keys enabled". This will allow you to hit the HOME button and get to the normal desktop and give you access to the Phone Dialer. Thereby, avoiding the "Verizon" Activate button that you would've otherwise been forced to use. Use the Phone Dialer to dial *22890, this is Straight Talks number to Program the phone. **NOTE ** If you ported another number over from your old Carrier (i.e. Verizon), This number "may" not answer right away or not work. I "think" the porting has to be complete before it can program you. If you did not Port your number over, then you should be good to go right away.
[Fascinate General] flipinfin:
I have a htc incredible if i just write the meid s/n to my other phone i have on staight talk will it work ?
[Fascinate General] Nakasami:
Did this and what I said is happening when I perform the above action.

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Says video is private..Cant view it.
[Fascinate General] flipinfin:
I have a htc incredible and a lg optimus q from straight talk already active but its sprint towers. What settings would i need to clone this phone? I tried the meid dec but that didnt work. I called the programming number but it said we cant program your phone. Any help i would appreciate
[Fascinate General] flipinfin:
I have a htc incredible verizon. Also i have a lg optimus q through straight talk but its sprint towers. Can i just use the meid from my activated straight talk phone instead of a activation service pin ? I tried to do it but it said we can not program your phone. Any solutions?
[Fascinate General] flipinfin:
Instead of dogging him why don't you help him out. Like all these people with problems and the guide is specially for that phone. Tons of u ignore people questions with other phones but If u took the time to learn u would gain more knowledge . It's so easy for the fascinate it's easy cuz it's a Verizon phone. Att and T-Mobile phones can easily be transfered to straight talk with their Sims the tutorial on their website even their apn settings just because its a different phone just need to adapt to what you already know and use it
[Fascinate General] ndowens:
So how long has this service lasted, anybody got disconnected yet or sued by ST(:p)?
[Fascinate General] kalehua4791:
Going on one year now with my fassy..... also have a bunch of evos on it also. .....no problems at all.....

K
[Fascinate General] tf1078:
What? I do help but won't do all the leg work. Even the post you quote I was helping. Sounds like you should read the whole thread before judging anyone and maybe take a little of your own advice and contribute to the thread instead of criticizing.

my fassy on straight talk

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A year. Have a sprint epic, sprint lg optimus and of course the fassy. The lg has been on a little over a yr. All off the lg220 with no outages, no phone calls about data usage and great coverage. We've all been happy so far. Wish the data was a bit faster but for the price, its a smokin deal.

my fassy on straight talk

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Yes and through the thread you'll see discussions about it. I haven't had any issues yet but justan00b did and posted a fix in this thread I believe. Maybe more of a work around than a fix. But a year strong for me on all 3 phones and the only airtank issue is the jumbled texts once or twice a month.

my fassy on straight talk
[Fascinate General] marcustaz:
Thanks I'll read through a bit more carefully and see what I can find...
[Fascinate General] justan00b:
Holla *****es.... just kidding. Here ya go, did the digging for you:

I think this is the post I wrote about it, might have talked about it somewhere else too.... http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=30330385&postcount=283

And this might be helpful too http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=30197707&postcount=161

All the prepaid crappy non-android/1x data straight talk phones have air tank crap. I got it just that once and haven't had problems since. Still no idea what triggered it, but basically you'll get a string of weird texts for example/TF 0434383 337480273 82734

If you're lucky you can ignore the texts, if unlucky you check your account online and it says "pending transaction" and you can't add service or do anything and are stuck... customer service fixed it and didn't give me any problems. Like I wrote about in my post I had to fully reflash though afterwards...so my 2nd post I linked you to, I basically did something like that to get my donor meid "fresh" again so I could reactivate using the same meid and pull all the data settings on first activation. So if you wanted to, you could get a cheap straight talk android phone that uses verizon (like the galaxy proclaim), and activating using this meid shouldn't ever give you any problems since the phone is designed for 3g and doesn't have the prepaid/air tank junk....theoritically anyway, haven't tested it. If you run into the air tank crap its a hassle but you shouldn't lose your number..but who knows, anything is possible. Just be cool about your data usage I suppose.

Wish I could have verizons coverage with at&t or tmobile 4g/hspa+ :(
[Fascinate General] marcustaz:
Thanks dude. So far so good just hope it doesn't happen. :beer:

And I agree on the 4G... Guess Verizon doesn't want to share the gold... What else is new... :rolleyes:
[Fascinate General] flipinfin:
You have to use a paid version of dfs. Only way you can write meid dec in dfs is to zero it out first then you can write a new meid dec etc. All your information about the epst of your phone is stored in memory nvfiles. for some phones its hard to write over that memory. which you would need to copy certian nv_files and write to phone through cdma workshop. Have you tried the code to see your epst settings for you

r phone? Do they match the settings you wrote the phone using qpst cdma workshop? Maybe that might help cause sometimes when you write to phone it does not stick you have to do it multple times.

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Dude thats just to port your phone number to straight talk
[Fascinate General] erics88:
DFS $$$

Arrrrrr!!!!! It cost $35 to use the DFS utility for ONLY 5 minutes of access to your phone. Hope I don't screw things up, this could end up costing me more in the long run.

Edit: oops :o Yeah, just keep going and you'll end up being able to do what you need to do. Didn't cost anything.
[Fascinate General] ndowens:
I am assuming that I can't buy a used phone on Ebay to be the donor phone? I would figure it would download the required keys during first activation as well. I was thinking buying a ST Smart phone would eliminate those weird text messages.
[Fascinate General] erics88:
Porting Verizon number

When you port your Verizon Phone # and are asked to provide your Verizon account information, do you enter your account pw or your Security PIN #? I gave them my pw for my online account and the porting process still hasn't completed after 24hrs. I know it says it could take up to 2 days but I'm wondering if I screwed up.
[Fascinate General] justan00b:
Yeah don't pay for DFS, maybe I missed something but not sure why someone mentioned anyone needing the paid version. Demo version works fine to read/write meid, prl, etc.... at least from my experience
[Fascinate General] jimigsu:
Great write up for my "new" fascinate

Thanks for the great write up on how to do this. This saved me some time.
[Fascinate General] LXative:
Maybe I missed this, I did see the update on page 19 though.....

At what point do you cancel your Verizon account? I am going to do this for a friend, she obviously wants to retain her cell number. What point is Verizon contacted?
[Fascinate General] jimilives:
When you port your number over via the Straight Talk website, you provide all your Verizon login info to the Straight Talk website. Straight Talk then ports your number over "from" Verizon, "to" Straight Talk. At that point, it's in Straight Talks control and your Verizon Account will be closed. You will notice this pretty quickly when you login to your Verizon account and it will say your account has been suspended or something like that... Basically, all the normal Verizon account detail and stuff you would see will be completely removed and you won't be able to do anything. In the a couple weeks or so following... you will receive your final bill from Verizon. Verizon will "prorate" your bill to what you would owe to the point of "porting" your number over.

You can always call them to get the final bill total if you don't want to wait for the paper bill. I don't believe you will be able to see it in the website anymore. But I can't remember.

Good Luck.

P.S. This all happens on Step #16 of the instructions I re-wrote on Page 19 of this thread.

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It should be your full account number (including zero's), password to login to website, billing address, & last 4 digits of SSN.

For me, the porting took about 10 minutes. I've gone through the process twice. Once for myself & once for my girlfriend. I'm curious if you have an update to this.

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Buy this: http://www.walmart.com/ip/Straight-...45-Card-Refurbished/17113676?findingMethod=rr

Bought two of them and they worked perfect. Clean ESN. Worked Great.

And you get your first month of Straight Talk with the phone... so you really aren't buying the phone. Not much risk.
[Fascinate General] erics88:
You need your Security PIN# not your on-line Verizon pw.

Sent from my Nexus 7
[Fascinate General] kalehua4791:
Re: How to? Fascinate Diag mode (QPST/QXDM/CDMA Workshop)

Tnx for this
[Fascinate General] erics88:
FoxFi works great for me if you need wifi tether

Sent from my Nexus 7
[Fascinate General] jackfrost28358:
ok guy a little help please first i got a samsung mezmerize on us cellular i got it to take the new meid number and all looks great but when i try the activation *228 it calls us cellular still instead of verizon and wont activate what is wrong thanks
[Fascinate General] erics88:
A MEID # from a Verizon phone?

Sent from my Nexus 7
[Fascinate General] jackfrost28358:
i have a meid from verizon phone in it but still calls us cellular do i need a verizon kernal or to unlock the carrier lock if so i know how to load kernal with oden or sd flash. but how would i do network lock removel
[Fascinate General] erics88:
Make sure you are running stock Verizon Gingerbread which will have Verizon's radio/modem.

Sent from my Nexus 7
[Fascinate General] jackfrost28358:
ok i used the stock verizon ginger bread flash "CI500_VZW_DL09_ECLAIR.tar" but it still dials out to us cellular instead of verizon or straight talk do i need to s off or something or anyone else have any more flashes to try to get it to work.:confused:
[Fascinate General] lestaci:
I am more than confused, I flashed my phone back to GB stock & it's been factory reset, but from there I am lost. I have went through all the pages of comments and replies and I still can't figure it out. How the hell do I flash the ESN from my Straight Talk phone to my Fascinate?

And where the hell can I get DFS from?

^^ Scratch all that & I can't access data or make calls......but can receive calls & place/receive texts. :/
[Fascinate General] vq35ftw:
I dont know if anyone has done it the way i have but this is what i had to do.

I was able to get my sch-i500 onto straight talk. I had a existing account with ST already and had a lg lc55c and a lg22. My lc55c was my current phone and i was able to get my current number and everything working on the samsung. I pretty much did everything that it said on here except i had a spare lg22 and i used that meid on the samsung phone.

Then i called up Straight talk and asked them to switch over my number to the meid i put onto the samsung from the lg22. and went though the activation process on the phone. Then wala data, text and phone were available within 10 mins. Thank you guys for the tut
[Fascinate General] jackfrost28358:
ok for people coming from other networks i was on us cellular will also work on cricket version and so on you need to load the prl for verizon with cdma workshop to make it dial up to straight talk instead of us cellular or other providers after you et the esn changed

1. reopen cdma workshop and open port to phone

2. MAKE SURE THE RIGHT PORT IS SELECTED FOR YOUR DEVICE. CLICK ON THE TOP LEFT BUTTON CALLED "Ports". DOUBLE CLICK YOUR DEVICE. It will be the one that says "Samsung Diagnostic Modem"... or something equivalent. Diagnostic being the key word. You know you are connected to the phone properly when all the information on the main screen fills in with YELLOW text and tells you everything you may (or may not) have wanted to know about the phone.

3. Go back to the Main DFS Screen.

4. You will need the password to unlock the SCH-I500: 2010031619780721.

5.IN THE SPC THE NUMBERS, it should already have 000000 IN IT. CLICK ON THE RUN BUTTON to the Left of the SPC number. In the "Logging Window" that floats to the side, IT SHOULD SAY "Device Unlocked". THEN enter the 16 digit code in the PWD block at the top of DFS program. Click run to the left of the PWD Numbers and it should say "Device Unlocked" again.

6. go to program tab the nam tab under that

7.go over to prl load the verizon prl ( i also read and saved mine first just in case i want to go back to us cellular)

8. then hit write

9.Then hit reset on the DFS main screen. [TOP RIGHT CORNER]

10. thats it now activate it :D
[Fascinate General] marcustaz:
jackfrost28358 or anyone who is knowledgeable, I just got a Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II and I am currently running a Fascinate on ST. Is there anyway to get the Note II onto ST by copying the Fasy data to the Note II??
[Fascinate General] marcustaz:
Bump? Anyone have any guidance on the subject please?

Thanks
[Fascinate General] aa1401:
Straight talk is great, especially the data plan ..thanks for the guide
[Fascinate General] justan00b:
Lookup my guide for flashing the spring epic 4g to straight talk on xda...the routine will be pretty much the same, basically you need to copy all your settings from the fassy to your note II. Main thing you need to figure out is the 16 digit password to unlock your note, which will allow you to change the ESN in DFS or cdma workshop etc. Try googling it, etc. If you can't find the pass to enable changing your ESN / MEID or find a tool to do it, then you're outta luck. If you can find this then it should be easy from there...
[Fascinate General] marcustaz:
Thanks a ton brother. So I can just copy the fassy data no need for another new flip phone from ST?
[Fascinate General] justan00b:
Yep... you can copy the 3G settings including the HA, AAA, and DMU10 key from your fassy, as well as the activation settings that contains your phone number. Of course you won't be able to use your fassy anymore since you're swapping the ESN and other settings to your Note II...
[Fascinate General] marcustaz:
Awesome man thanks for your help! I'll let you know if I run into any trouble. Thanks again for helping out. :beer:
[Fascinate General] Ramos1224:
Any way to get MMS working on a sprint epic touch on straighttalk, i tried but no luck..any suggestions
[Fascinate General] justan00b:
You need the MMS Fix for alternate carriers and have to be running CM7 or newer... look under epic 4g android development for it, should be basically the same for the touch
[Fascinate General] Ramos1224:
Thnx alot... im gonna try that..
[Fascinate General] justan00b:
Here is the link btw

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1622055
[Fascinate General] erics88:
Thanks!

Sent from my Nexus 7
[Fascinate General] marcustaz:
Hey brother. I was able to get talk and sms to work but no data... I tried everything. I was able to follow your directions to a "T", however the one thing I could not do step 14

For whatever reason when I do it from DFS my spc is 000000 however following your directions in step 14 above this does not work. SPC 000000 is not right. I have read about MSL? Is this what I need? Again I used your pics to verify copied my AAA and HA keys, created a DMU folder etc etc and the phone works, I can make calls (SWEET) but no data and I tried like 10 times doing the steps over and over again.
[Fascinate General] 94SupraTT:
You're a life saver! I've been trying to write a MEID (for another purpose) to my Fascinate. The value would not stick because I wasn't entering the password. Thanks so much!
[Fascinate General] marcustaz:
Hey man I've sent you 2 PMs , hope your ok. Wish could give some advise on not being able to get data but everythig else works... please help me if you can.

Thanks
[Fascinate General] dpalmer76:
How is battery life on this ROM
[Fascinate General] erics88:
This is not a ROM. This is a discussion thread on how to setup your Verizon Fascinate to work with a Straight Talk pre-paid plan.

Sent from my Nexus 7