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[Epic 4G General] megabiteg:
One thing I noticed is that after performing this hack I was able to update my PRL without issues and got the latest one (60681) without issues.

I'm experiencing better 3g, 4g and GPS Locks since the hack. I've been comparing mines with my wife's phone which I haven't applied the hack to yet and there are some major differences in that stated segments.

Now my questions is: in the Service menu (##MSL#) even after applying the correct phone number and MSID and having the phone reboot and the OTA activation happening, I still ended up having to call Sprint to get it fully active again. I do recognize that I didn't run a Update Profiles, but was this last step critical for activation, or does it not work and you have to call Sprint anyways sometimes?
[Epic 4G General] Shoulon:
For my stock ec05 phone I had called sprint for help. But for my srf 1.2 epic I did the fix withou sprint and it worked.

Here is the number for checking if your phones been activated

888-546-0314
[Epic 4G General] Chabsin:
Dies anyone know what specific nvitems need to be cleared? I suppose the same can be done with cdma workshop etc.?
[Epic 4G General] stackz!:
DO NOT DO THIS IF YOU ARE ON AN MEID-DONATED EPIC.

There is no way to rebuild the Eeprom without shipping it back to Samsung, otherwise.

NOOBNL, YOU ARE AN IDIOT.
[Epic 4G General] megabiteg:
When is this behavior going to stop? can't people just express their concerns without insults? Is school not teaching you how to express yourself without disrespecting your counterparts point of view?

I haven't agreed much with Noobnl in the past on other subjects, but there are my words we can all use to express our problems or concerns without insults.

Just bring your facts, bring your research and post it, no need to go the extra mile. I'm sure that this fix and may others that Noobnl or any other dev will post will not work 100% of the time with all phones, if you or any other will apply this fix LOTS OF READING AND RESEARCH MUST BE DONE PRIOR TO LOADING SOMETHING JUST BECAUSE.

Has it ever crossed our minds that all a dev needs to do is to put some code in their builds and have us all brick our phones?? and I bet you he can say it will and people will still fall for it because they don't read, and guess what, they wouldn't be responsible anyways for what happens to your phone so, I guess that its up to who's going to load the hack the burden to read before doing....

EDIT: I'll edit this post because your not worth another post... It makes me sad to see how I and many more defend a country that has many people like you that are not worth defending... But its our job and we do it for the many more that are worth it. Hope you don't stay in the other group too long.
[Epic 4G General] stackz!:
STFU, your post makes no sense.
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
I too don't always agree with noobnl's posts but this is unnecessary plus the usual disclaimer was posted about not being responsible if it bricks your phone. Every phone is different! Half of us random reboot on EH06 and not EG22 and the other half the complete opposite. Some phones brick from certain ROMs most do not. This post by noobnl has helped some poeple and I am sure he is sorry it damaged your phone. That is not his intention and there really is no need for any name calling on these forums. We are supposed to be intelligent beings taking our phones where no phone has gone before. Let's keep it civil and have fun.
[Epic 4G General] noobnl:
So your telling me you cloned the meid. that illegal here..
[Epic 4G General] ghostrid3r:
RAGED cause his cloned epic is a fail now as a cell-phone. :D

LMAO... gotta love the re-wording of "MEID-DONATED" trying to make a cloned phone sound legit. :rolleyes:

FYI, this method is intended for legit sprint customers who need not fear contacting CS to re-provision their services. If you didn't read through the many post from members here posting their test results and warning users that call to CS might be needed to reset their accounts, then your bad for not paying attention. :p

You Sir are a perfect example of "inaccountability" for your own doing and trying to blame others for your lack patients and/or preparedness.
[Epic 4G General] troyolson92:
Thanks noobl for sharing your find as it has helped many with their issues.
[Epic 4G General] jdelano:
HA !! now I've seen it all.

Do you think they call their neighbor and complain that the "donated-cable" is out because their neighbor switched to direcTV ??
[Epic 4G General] rgregg504:
How come every time noobnl contributes something to the community it turns in to this?
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
Bad Mojo...LOL!
[Epic 4G General] malcolmXman:
You could also say that about every person that releases aROM " How come every time a person contributes a ROM to the community it turns into a "its not working/it bricked my phone" thread.
[Epic 4G General] noobnl:
I am protecting the law from these idiot that cloned their MEID and destroyed their EEPROM/NVRAM. MEID clone destroyer /GPS lifesaver mission was a huge success... phase is complete.
[Epic 4G General] TurboFool:
Unfortunately this didn't resolve the lock-up issue for me. In fact, it's possible it made it worse in a way that's finally going to force me back to FroYo. Now instead of the GPS locking up the entire phone does. Sigh..
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
HA! I always thought you were a Sprint Narc....LOL!
[Epic 4G General] JohnCorleone:
If you really knew that would happen, you are an evil genious.
[Epic 4G General] rgregg504:
It seems to have worked for me I will be able to do a good test when I go back to work
[Epic 4G General] legendarygizmo:
Anyone tried this and not be able to roam anymore? I used Roam Control to test, and it won't let me make roam calls.
[Epic 4G General] noobnl:
Update prl
[Epic 4G General] Shoulon:
by the way, this fixed my prl updating issue.
[Epic 4G General] murso74:
ok i can't seem to clear this hands free activation. my msid and phone number are being saved... i talked to sprint and got reactivated... powered down for 30 seconds, made a 30 second phone call, but i'm still getting this stupid hands free thing. tells me it can't be completed and then force closes. still cant' update my profile or PRL either

srf 1.2 ec05

edit: rebooted rebooted rebooted and retried... it works! instantly updated my prl
[Epic 4G General] poit:
Used roam control today without problem. I'm on Stock EH06
[Epic 4G General] zman519:
OMG ROFL:p

noobnl ;)

WHY cant ppl read the warning in the OP? i mean duh!
[Epic 4G General] murso74:
great find noob. what does the bootloader update do?
[Epic 4G General] JohnCorleone:
Wait, you have had the PRL and Profile errors for a while and this fixed it for you?
[Epic 4G General] murso74:
yup. no more errors. fixed. done. roger =D
[Epic 4G General] f0xblade:
I new it was something simple! Are there any basic hardware architecture diagrams or literature that explains what different parts of an Android phone are supposed to do? I haven't been able to find any.

P.S. sorry for the off-topic reply.
[Epic 4G General] murso74:
is there anyone that has tested the GPS with the new GB build that it hasn't locked up after doing this? i need my GPS for my job, and it seems like this isnt' really fixing the issue although it has been great to fix other stuff =P
[Epic 4G General] Chabsin:
My phone may or my not be a clone (purchased used without baterry. 'Good' esn may be a clone).

Plase don't attack me for sking: What are the risks? Is it indeed impossibe to redo the cloning if it was indeed already cloned and this fix messes it up?

There are only a limited numberof nv items which are gps related. Can somene post what they are supposed to read?
[Epic 4G General] poit:
Sadly, I just had another crash on stock EH06. I noticed that the GPS icon was still on without any apps running. I put the phone in airplane mode to see if it made any difference, the phone started getting real sluggish. When I took the phone out of airplane mode, the phone hard locked. It made the shut down sound, the screen went dark, the soft buttons lit up, and it hard locked. I had to pull the battery to restore it.

Rebooting and everything seems ok again, but clearly the NVRAM clear didn't solve the crash problem.
[Epic 4G General] TurboFool:
Interesting extra note: Besides this not seeming to fix the problem (and in my case making it worse), and beyond needing to call Sprint to reprovision things, it also clears your using Google Voice for voicemail. I just noticed after going back to EC05 that I had voicemails in the Sprint system since yesterday and none in Google Voice. Had to deactivate and reactivate it.
[Epic 4G General] photoframd:
Well, two days later, I started to get an "error 21" on my phone which blocked all outgoing calls. I was then transferred to Sprint Customer Care that resolved the error and re-added my phone to the Sprint Network. The rep did not give me a hard time or even ask what happened to my phone. Even after this "hassle", I would say it is still worthwhile to do since my GPS is SO FAST now! The EH06 modem is a huge improvement for both phone and data connections too.

Thanks again!
[Epic 4G General] poit:
That may be due to Sprint resetting your account settings when they reprovisioned. Just a guess.
[Epic 4G General] TurboFool:
I assume so, yes. Just passing it along so others aren't surprised. I wouldn't have known if I hadn't gone back to EC05 because I removed the Voicemail app from my Gingerbread build since I never need it and don't keep it running. So I had no way of knowing I wasn't getting my voicemails.
[Epic 4G General] jojo08:
I seem to randomly get my data (even in high signal areas) switch from 3G to 1x for some time before it switches back, would doing this possibly fix that problem?
[Epic 4G General] TNTRMSKD:
For those of you who don't want to call Sprint, you can probably manually add/delete your phone from the system if you have a spare phone lying around. Through your 'My Sprint' account, add the serial of the spare phone and 'activate' it temporarily. This will simultaneously deactivate your Epic. After that's done and your temp phone is active, go back to your account and activate your Epic which will thus deactivate your temp phone. I actually have 3 spare phones lying around but I can't do it because I'm on SERO. As soon as I attempt to 'activate' any of my temp phones it tries to get me to change my plan, and of course I'm not gonna do that. But, those of you on normal plans might want to try this and post results.
[Epic 4G General] cblackman:
hahahahaha, I've lurked here forever, but this one post got me. Thanks for the work you've done for the epic community bro!
[Epic 4G General] samwise7:
I flashed this twice. The first time it seemed as though the fix took, but as soon as I had Sprint reconnect me to the network, the re-boots started again. I flashed it again, and again got the transfer to the Sprint service desk. Now it seems as though the fix stayed. Up for 26 hours now, have not had a re-boot yet. GPS is working great. Getting a lock took a little longer but the phone did not freeze on me during my 1 1/2 hour commute (using co-pilot as the nav app). Coming in, out back in of bad data areas didn't effect it either. Looking good so far. 3G speeds improved, 4g speeds improved, so I'm pleased.
[Epic 4G General] csmacdroid:
Sprint hand free activation....
[Epic 4G General] Poryhack:
If your MEID matches what is printed under the battery (not on the battery, so it doesn't matter if you purchased without one) then it is most likely not ripped off another phone and it should be fine.

That said I'm not fully convinced that an NVRAM clear is fatal for people using a non-Epic MEID. If provisioning a NVRAM-cleared Epic with an untouched MEID works I don't see why it wouldn't work with an MEID from some other Sprint phone.
[Epic 4G General] taylortr:
Thanks Noobnl:

Hands free worked for me on RandomRom 2.3 Hawk v2. Odin modem (eh06)- reboot, hands free activate - reboot, update profile and prl all happened automagically!
[Epic 4G General] malcolmXman:
Yeah I just had to call Sprint after about 5 odin efs clears (which the first 4 gave me hands free).
[Epic 4G General] Poryhack:
Aimed at noobnl but anyone feel free to answer:

If a NVRAM wipe is required to get the full effect of fixes in new builds of gingerbread, how will Samsung/Sprint handle this when the OTA finally hits? Surely they won't require everyone to re-activate their phone...
[Epic 4G General] Necrosan:
Clearing EFS isn't a very wise thing to do unless absolutely necessary. (Ie, bad MIP profile write in qpst, etc.)

This option just clears the MIP profiles out (and a ton of other settings that are pushed down OTA during hands free activation) and creates a headache for sprint because it essentially forces users to call in.

If you don't use your phone on sprint, this could create an even bigger headache for you as you must now find your MIP login settings, HDR settings again. etc. (If you didn't flash your phone - you're going to likely be paying whoever did again.)

I promise it does NOTHING for your 3G speeds if your 3G currently works.

(EFS has nothing to do with wimax, so this won't do anything for your 4G either FYI.)

The only reason to do this would be to clear GPS data (overkill, read on!), but ##GPSCLRX# does the exact same thing (deletes JUST the gps data saved on the EFS partition.), or if you can't update your profile via the options (another rare phenomenon.)

You guys mileage may vary, but it's nice to have a bit of back knowledge on what exactly is going on. Good luck!
[Epic 4G General] socos25:
Just couldn't leave it after the first sentence could you? You my friend are a douche bag!:mad:
[Epic 4G General] Zeinzu:
Doesn't ##72786# do the same thing?
[Epic 4G General] csmacdroid:
Had to call sprint. Hand free activation didnt work.
[Epic 4G General] odub303:
It took me several hours to learn the answer to this question....which is....Yes. After re-odin'ing the EH06 modem.bin and selecting "EFS Clear", I could not complete the hands free activation, even after manually inputting my msl and msid. Long story short, I had to call Sprint and request an HRL refresh, which then allowed me to complete the hands free activation. Part of that process was clearing some data using ##72786# and entering my msl. When the phone rebooted, it auto activated and auto updated my PRL and profile. Note, I had not been able to complete a PRL or profile update since there was snow on the ground (in Philadelphia). Now I have a fully updated profile and prl, finally.
[Epic 4G General] BigJPNut:
Worked like a charm....epic activated itself after reboot. Thanks!

SRF 1.2
[Epic 4G General] poit:
I've been doing way too many of these......I just realized I've committed my MSL to memory.:eek:
[Epic 4G General] BigJPNut:
+1 too funny!
[Epic 4G General] kryptoniteman:
Where is the MSL code in getprop? I've looked about ten times and don't see it. Any help would be appreciated?
[Epic 4G General] mattallica76:
type

getprop ril.MSL
[Epic 4G General] kryptoniteman:
Thanks Mattalica
[Epic 4G General] skandranon314:
Just to clarify, this is the same thing as a EFS clear?

I did this, and after reboot hands free ran, worked, rebooted again, auto updated prl. Couldn't have been easier!

EDIT - This did drop me from PRL 11114, to 60681. FYI
[Epic 4G General] odub303:
I am on 60681 as well, when I should be on a 1 series because of the corporate discount on my account. I'm so happy to have working updates again I don't even care lol.
[Epic 4G General] skandranon314:
Just reupdated to 11114. Same way I got there in the first place.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=898628
[Epic 4G General] Dariste:
Finally able to update PRL! Thank you! Hands free didn't work at first but reboot fixed that. Unfortunately GPS still sucks barely locking onto 3 Satellites after 2 minutes. (EH06 modem, EF02 Rom)
[Epic 4G General] odub303:
Thanks :-)
[Epic 4G General] Stringyquark:
Post removed because the poster realized he's stupid and removed it.

Damn auto capitol I
[Epic 4G General] skandranon314:
It needs to be:

"getprop ril.MSL"

No quotes. MSL needs to be in caps or it will not work. Took me awhile to get that too :P
[Epic 4G General] csmacdroid:
Works great!! Even with a storm and I	still with signal.

SFR 1.2 with eh06 modem.
[Epic 4G General] kryptoniteman:
So it seems like a 50% chance this will fix gps? I use my gps with adidas micoach, but lately I had to resort back to nike+ watch...which sucks because I have to hook it to my computer to download
[Epic 4G General] samwise7:
Could the music player be causing this sudden loss of GPS Signal?

Thanks again to noobnl for this fix as it seems to have cleared several issues, (re-boots, satellite locks), but I did some more testing on my drive home last night. And apparently there may still be some GPS signal issues.

The GPS was working great so I decided to throw a few more things at it to make it more of a real world test. First I enabled bluetooth and the "auto-answer" app. Worked great. I had someone make a test call, GPS paused, call was picked up and when the call ended the GPS picked up again.

Then I started the music player, and wham, within about a minute, the gps signal was lost. A hard reboot was needed. This morning the same thing occurred when I started the stock player. I tried it again this time with "winamp" and it seemed not to effect it at all.

I started to search the internet, and it appears that other phones have displayed this behavior. Here's a link. It seems that some people have been able to avoid the hard re-boot and retrieve GPS signal by simply closing the player. I intend to check this tonight.

http://community.htc.com/na/htc-forums/android/f/94/t/3423.aspx

I'm not a developer, so I would like to ask if any of you android guru's thinks this may be causing the problem with our epics?

Thanks
[Epic 4G General] JudasD:
I must send out a thank you to noobnl for this. I have been having issues with not receiving all of my calls only to get the voice mails or text messages moments later. I have also been having issues where the phone would roam more often than it should. Sprint support could not fix my problem. I have tried to odin every modem that i could get my hands on and none of them fixed the issue. Clicking EFS clear and getting hands free activation did the trick! Now i am getting all calls!

Thanks again!

JD
[Epic 4G General] hayzooos:
Pardon the question, but is the MSID just your phone number? That's what it says on mine anyway...right under Phone Number in Settings --> About Phone --> Status.

And the MEID is some obscenly long number, about 16ish numbers long. Is that right?
[Epic 4G General] megabiteg:
Well it may make sence that on stock player you may exprience issues and with winamp not. But regardless, this a bug sammy is going to have to fix or we might be able to tackle once we get source code for GB.

Good tests your ran there, thanks for the insight!

Sent from an Epic with 4G
[Epic 4G General] JohnCorleone:
Ok, I did the ##72786# one and my phone would not Hands Free Activate and when I called Sprint, they couldn't push the activation to me either. It did not fix my Profile or PRL updater. Sprint Zone shows me having an update available as well. I did get a voicemail update though. I had to jump through hoops to get my service back up....still not able to update Profile and PRL. :-(
[Epic 4G General] TurboFool:
As for the claims about the player being the issue: every hard lock-up I received was when I wasn't listening to ANYTHING on the phone. My auxiliary jack in my car died recently, so I've been without music/podcasts on my drives. So I've been running nothing but Google Nav and the phone still consistently locked up.
[Epic 4G General] ac16313:
Yu don't have to have it open for it to be running
[Epic 4G General] JohnCorleone:
Is everybody else getting a voicemail update after doing one of the options in this thread? That's the only thing that works for me by OTA. I have an available PRL and Profile update available but still can't get them...damnit!
[Epic 4G General] Zeinzu:
Are you sure you entered the correct msl after inputting the code?
[Epic 4G General] TurboFool:
Every example provided so far has included someone opening and actively using it. Nobody's talked about it merely being in the background. So considering I NEVER use it, I gave my scenario as a counter-example to this described behavior.
[Epic 4G General] JohnCorleone:
Oh yeah, for sure. The Sprint tech couldn't even push the activation through. It was very odd. I ended up activating it by placing an outgoing call and after a few attempts it went through. I would like to know what my voicemail update was all about. I wonder if I have a bigger problem since the Profile and PRL refuse to update even though there is an available upgrade for both. I haven't been able to update either since rooting my phone
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
Back when I couldn't update my PRL or Profile I always got that notification in the Sprintzone. Then Sprint fixed the network problem on the same day I was going to get my phone replaced because of that problem. Put on 11114 and enjoy 3G roaming capabilities.
[Epic 4G General] Xiutehcuhtli:
So I tried the ##72786# method mentioned and it seemed to give me better GPS lock and accuracy, but my 3g is dead now. It turns on, I can make calls, 4g connects, blah blah blah, but no 3g data.

I input MSID and did ##MSL# upon reboot as well. All is as was.

Any ideas?
[Epic 4G General] skandranon314:
Did you update your prl afterword?
[Epic 4G General] poit:
Update profile may help.
[Epic 4G General] Zeinzu:
Correct, you won't have any 3g connection till you update profile. It doesn't always do it automatically after the reboot, and once done the phone should auto reboot again and your 3g will be active again
[Epic 4G General] Xiutehcuhtli:
PRL wont update and Profile wont either.

Will I just need to call Sprint?
[Epic 4G General] jpeepers:
Just curious if anyone has tried this on RandomRom 2.3 at all. Just wondering what to expect?

Thanks.

.
[Epic 4G General] getut:
I tried this with EH06 Olympus rom and couldn't reactivate even with Sprints help, nandroided back to EG22 rom and finally got it reactivated. I'm not sure if it was EH06 in general, the Olympus rom, or just my install that caused the inability to reactivate.

I also got worse on the gps problem. Before clearing the modem nvram I was already on EH06 and I would keep 3 of 10 or 11 satellites and sometimes get 4 on my way into work.

After clearing the nvram and finally getting it reactivated, I'm still on EH06 modem but yesterday evening and this morning to and from work, I kept only 2 satellites and dropped to 1 quite a few times. It spent less than a minute total locked onto 3 satellites.

Any ideas on how to get my gps working? I'm leaving on a cruise in one week and was hoping to get the gps totally fixed after having struggled with it through stock and a few EF02 and EG22 roms so was ecstatic when I found this thread, but now its even worse. No blame being handed out, just asking for opinions on what to do now.
[Epic 4G General] getut:
Update for my own post... maybe it did fix it afterall. Since doing the wipe I had never reinstalled the gps aids application because my thinking was if the nvram clear fixed the problem, then I shouldn't need the gps aids app. And besides it never fixed my problem before doing the nvram clear.

Since I had nothing else to lose, I loaded gps aids and downloaded the gps helper data and it is now locking on to 6 to 7 satellites. Its never done that since I put the first non stock ROM and/or modem on and may not have ever done it because I never explicitly checked the gps locking ability the short amount of time I was on the original stock ROM.
[Epic 4G General] greenmuggy:
acs1.2

im running acs 1.2 & i wonder if the ota activation apk is removed or still has it i need to do this to my phone ive been switching between modems for a while & now they all act the same...****ty...