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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rast4man:
So rather than flash my perfectly good one I should run right out and buy another one from Boost? I think you're missing the point of this thread dude. :)

Regards,

rast4man
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] dongatta:
No i understand. If you have a good esn try to activate on boost. Then you don't have to worry about a donor and you are offered insurance
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rast4man:
This whole donor phone thing is the problem. I'm not sure if they will activate it since it came from Sprint but obviously I'll give that a go and see if it will work to avoid the donor issue. I'm not 100% clear on the purpose of the donor phone yet since I haven't had time to read about it. Couldn't someone with a Boost phone help me out and give me the information I would need from said donor phone?

Thanks for any/all help.

Regards,

rast4man
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] dongatta:
I would first try the esn through boost. Go online and see if it accepts the esn. If not online just call a rep. As for why u need a donor its the only way you can get a non branded boost phone on boost. You are basically taking the esn of the boost phone and transferring it to the sprint phone. The original post clearly has the answers to your question in detail
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Dwayneiztheshyt:
No because the they would be giving you their information thats tide to their phone and thus giving you their account, no one is going to do that for you unless they dont want the account anymore and that would still be a hassle because you need all their account information. Try going to your local boost mobile shop and see if they will flash it for you, a women told me at the location near my house they would do it for a 160 dollars but you could do it for much cheaper yourself if you just say down and took a look at the guide. Here's the one I used:https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1DJj_LmR65ZX_N1vjbVu83qrknSkNR9xvLLeCDTbeqdM
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] grizzfu:
Ive found that makeing a backup of phone1 & writing that to phone2 in qpst sense they both have the same ("numbers") works extremly well. You just have to go in and insert your ha and aaa passwords respectably afterwards. Just a thought.

Still havent gotten native Voicemail notifications working though! :(
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rast4man:
Could you elaborate a little on that please? I have phone 1 and not phone 2 so at this point I don't see why I can't just flash my E4GT to the Boost ROM/Firmware as laid out in this guide then activate the ESN?!

If that won't work, what if I bought a cheap ass burner phone from Target or Wal-Mart that is FOR Boost Mobile and then use that burner as the donor phone? Would that be a possibility?

Regards,

rast4man
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] grizzfu:
The ROM/firmware will not make a difference. You need a doner plain and simple.

You wouldnt buy a car with a bad motor unless you have one to put in it would you? Same concept.

As for a doner phone I used a prevail, I have successfully flashed both my nexus s 4g and my et4g from that same phone with 4g working on both.. But I wont go into that here!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] j7jman:
You have to download go sms from the Google play then go to advanced settings within the app and then tap "mms" settings. Scroll down and check the box that says insert apn manually and put http://mm.myboostmobile.com . Hopefully that works.

About the dialing codes and changing your phone to "so" you should be able to do it unless you're on a stick ice Rom. I was able to at least.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] grizzfu:
Any news on the voicemail issues?

Sent from a Samsung Galaxy FAR FAR AWAY... From an iPhone5!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] j7jman:
I dont think there's really a "fix".. I've always had problems with voicmail on this phone and my old epic 4g (the one with the keyboard). Try installing Visual Voicemail Plus for the Play Store. I think that app has an option that allows you to forward calls to it, which intern records the voice mail to your device.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] grizzfu:
Tried that already and the EL29 phone.apk.. No go! Apparently boost blocks forwarding! So idk im prolly just gonna buy a new phone or go back to my nexus.

Sent from a Samsung Galaxy FAR FAR AWAY... From an iPhone5!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] vasiaeva:
Im on boost FG31 stock 4.0.4 with AGAT kernel and id like flash to JB. I dont wanna lose any of my DATA 4G 3G ..... Does it safe to flash than reflash and flash again process from here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1342728?? Can someone confirm that there no risk to lost 4g if i flash SPRINT EL29 GB and than JB??
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] j7jman:
Damn sorry to hear that, i also just realized they block forwarding after I installed the app. All I've been doing is checking if I have a voicemail after I get a missed call. If I magically find a fix I'll update the guide and post asap.

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I'm pretty sure someone already did something similar to that and they thought their 3g got messed up but apparently it started working again. Check out page 27 and 28 in this thread.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rast4man:
Thanks for the replies. I'm sucking it up and buying a donor phone. I think I'll get an Incognito. Get this, I found one on Craigslist where this chic is/was selling one for $25 but she lives on the other coast from me. I asked her if she would ship it to me if I paid for the phone itself plus shipping and even a few extra bucks for her time. She said she'd do it for $100 and I'd have to do a Western Union money order. So after I stopped laughing, I shot her back an email and asked her if what she typed wasn't a typo and sure enough, she was dead serious. $25 for the phone and $75 for shipping in the same state 4 hours away. Not a bad deal eh? lol

Anyways, I'm getting a donor phone then I'll get to flashing. I'll report back when I get the phone and have a successful flash.

Regards,

rast4man
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] j7jman:
Hit up eBay man! They always have that one guy who's selling a incognito for around 30 bucks haha. Either way good luck.. and if you have any issues shoot me a pm or email. I have a few classes this week but i'll be glad to help as much as I can.

Later :cool:

Sent from my Paranoid Epic 4G Touch
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rast4man:
Thanks broski. I don't do eBay anymore after I got screwed and they didn't really back me up with a shady transaction. Ill check Amazon and local Craigslist but I'm sure ill find one and if not I will get a different phone. Any suggestions? Wouldn't have to be pimp but a decent phone for a backup in case the E4GT dies or something.

Regards,

rast4man

Sent from my rooted LG burner phone.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] grizzfu:
Me to but i live in the boonies and sometimes i loose service and it wont register a missed call.. Thanks and ill do the same if i come across anything!

Sent from a Samsung Galaxy FAR FAR AWAY... From an iPhone5!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] dongatta:
Got an epic that was flashed to straight talk. I odined back to stock. Factory reset but have not been able to get the 3g icon to come up. I get error 131. Voice works but no data. Any ideas
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] j7jman:
Hmm.. I just realized, my cousin should have an incognito I used to flash his HTC evo 4g.. It took me 3 weeks and the bastard broke his phone and ended buying an evo 3d and getting a sprint plan.. man was i heated. I can ask him if he wants to sell it and Ill throw it on ebay. Im not sure If he'll be down (which there shouldn't be a reason not to) And dont worry man I wont **** you over. Not even trying to brag, i'm a pretty honest dude.:angel: There might be a small reactivation fee with boost though. They charge anyone that tries to reactivate any previously used phone. Let me know if your down if you have no luck with amazon. Btw craigslist would be my last option.. I feel like the chances of getting beat for cash are way to high.. but then again it's just an incognito or 3g boost phone you need. Let me know what the deal and if your interested we'll talk. :good:

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I made a guide that should be able to get you back on 3g. Here's the

link

. You might have to fowllow the step that require a program called QPSD. this is what error code 131 means:

"Error Code 131 Sign-in failed. Your username

and/or password may be incorrect. Please try again. If

this problem persists, you may need to contact Sprint.

Mobile node failed authentication"

You might have erased your data profile when you factory reset or odined. If you have trouble using the guide I made let me know via private message. Although I've been a bit busy with classes latelyy I'll try my best to help.. good luck man. :good:

oh and I just realized you flashed your phone to straight talk.. maybe the guide might work although it's for boost mobile. I've never flashed a phone to straight talk. haha whoops! I'm pretty tired. As for the error code it should mean the same thing.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] dongatta:
Hey thanks for your reply. I am comfortable flashing phones in general. I have never seen the no 3g icon issue before. I don't know if I was clear. I got a epic that was already on straight talk and I am putting it on boost. I have voice working but the 3g icon never comes up and error 131 keeps popping up. Just trying to figure out how to get the icon to come up so I can update profile and get data working. Thanks
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Dubez:
I'm going out on a limb for help here. A friend of mine lost his sprint service so i looked into flashing his E4GT to boost. He bought a Samsung prevail, and i gave it a shot. First cdma ws wouldn't read the phone, so i used dfs, and was able to get into phone to start to extract info. Inthe process of extracting certain bin files i needed to proceed on to the next step, the phone wouldn't read all of a sudden.

Now the Prevail, is in permanent airplane mode. Won't take the msl to get in diag mode, reboots constantly. WTF do i do now. I think there is a way to adb shell key info back into the phone, I'm just oblivious to this process.

Is there anyone that can help me out????
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] iamzeplin:
All right, I did this guide last week and got the phone working perfectly. Had data, text, and calling no problem. I woke up today and I still have 3G (albeit barely any signal) but I can't text or make calls. It never even gets past "dialing" when trying to make a call, and the texts instantly fail.

My question is: can they determine you're using an epic 4g touch later on down the road? I only had two error 16s during the initial flash, and everything has been fine up until this morning.

I will try to reflash if that's what you think is necessary, I just wanted to get an opinion on the matter before I go through with it. Thanks.

EDIT: Everything is working on its own again. Very strange.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] j7jman:
I'm not sure if this has anything to do with your situation but did you try updating your prl?

Sent from my Paranoid Epic 4G Touch

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Is there a way you can factory reset the phone and try again?

Sent from my Paranoid Epic 4G Touch

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Sometimes the ha and aaa passwords are changed by the network. It's happened to me before. What i suggest doing is turning off your epic and turning back on your donor phone. Update your data profile on the donor and Extract the required files (this step can be found in the guide) and read your ha and aaa passwords (this step can also be found in the guide). After you have that information and the files turn off your donor and re-enter the passwords and write those files to your phone. These steps sn be found in... you guessed it.. the guide haha.. I'm trying not to be too specific because I don't want to anger any moderators.

Im not sure if that will definitely work but hopefully that's the reason and it's worth a try. Good luck man

Sent from my Paranoid Epic 4G Touch
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] dongatta:
Thanks. Will give it a try. Its probably something simple
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Dubez:
No but i have the 4 files, the 465, 466, 1192, and 1194 files. Can i go any further with what im trying to do, or do i still need the phone functional at this point?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] crazy_dragonlady:
Wow... I'd love to do this but could never do it on my own... too much technobabble for my brain to digest! :D

Unless someone wants to do it for me? ;)

ttfn

CDL
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] j7jman:
At this point why not just try and see if it'll work, maybe the prevail went into permanent airplane mode because of security issues.. such as extracting those nv files. I've never heard of it but that's the only thing I can think of sorry, that's why incognito's are recommended for this type of stuff.

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I can give it a shot if you want. I love doing this stuff. I pm'd you my email if you're interested =)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] crazy_dragonlady:
I'll get back to you for help once I get the donor phone if that's ok :) Thanks so much for offering!

I can theme the phone but I really aint too sure when it comes to doing any other programming type stuff.

ttfn

CDL
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] j7jman:
Sure no problem, I've been a big fan of xda for a couple years now so I'll definitely be around haha :D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] grizzfu:
This works with straight talk as well! I flashed my epic to straight talk using similar methods. I just had to get the ha and AAA keys a different way. I also used the samsung galaxy precedent as the donor!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mschmidt33:
So my usb port is dead and my phone is pretty much done. Going to pick up another S2 on cl tomorrow. Do I just never turn on the current S2 (not like it does anyway right now) and start the flashing process over? Don't touch the donor (TP2) either I assume?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] j7jman:
I'd love you help with your question but can you clarify a bit more? If your donor phone's working then, sure, you can use it until you get a new phone to flash. Just don't turn it back on once you need to work on the process that requires your new epic 4g touch. And don't have both on at once.

If I'm completely off please elaborate a little more haha

Sent from my Paranoid Epic 4G Touch

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Nice, glad to hear. Would you mind private messaging me how or what you did a little different such as the ha and aaa key process? I would love to make a guide for straight talk to if it's not to different :D

Sent from my Paranoid Epic 4G Touch
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] j7jman:
Ok, sure go ahead and try that :good:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mschmidt33:
Are you being sarcastic? I'm serious, I really don't know how this all works I guess. TP2 is my donor for the current Epic Touch which is not in good shape. Can I just throw the current Epic touch in a lake (example only) and re-flash the new Epic Touch I bought this afternoon?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] j7jman:
No i wasn't haha.. try and follow the guide and see if you can extract the required nv files and get the ha and aaa passwords. There is a guide I wrote here that should help you understand. It mentions using the incognito as a donor but since you're using the tp2 you'll need the drivers for that phone so you can connect it to your pc and it can link up with the software. I'm not 100% it would work but if using this donor phone is your only option then it would hurt to try.

Also if you haven't turned your donor phone on in a very long time, I recommend turning it on so you can update the data profile. Sometimes the passwords that are needed to verify the 3g connection with sprint/boost get changed. By updating the data profile you should be updating the passwords stored in your phones memory. If your not worried about that and it hasn't been a few months or so then disregard this option.

I tried to look up the drivers for the tp2 but had no luck and am kind of busy. If you want let me know what's up I'm interested in seeing if it would work, I hope it does. :D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mschmidt33:
I guess I wasn't really clear... thanks for typing this all out but I already went through this flashing process of extracting the needed info from the TP2 and flashing my current Epic Touch... What I want to do is replace my current Epic touch with another one.

So, just turn off the current Epic Touch for good and flash the original TP2 info to the new one?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] j7jman:
Damn I have some bad add haha :cyclops: mybad. yeah go ahead just dont turn that sucker on you should be fine.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] grizzfu:
Used dfs to copy Nv folder then read them via hex editor
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Unknown Zone:
I have was thinking the same, I have a spare ET2 just incase the orig ET2 dies..etc. I have copies on the 4 (4...4...11...11..) files and the Nam1 Nam2 files from the orig ET2.

I was wondering could I just copy those files to the spare ET2 and of course change the meid and should be good to go when the orig breaks?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mschmidt33:
This means we could flash two phones with the same info and switch them back and forth from day to day theoretically?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Unknown Zone:
I dont see why you could not have two ET2 working phones just like your donor and a ET2 they are also two working phones, just as long as they are not on at the same time that is when all hell breaks loose... :eek:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mschmidt33:
So I got the new one flashed... went much quicker this time. No error 16 and 3g icon popped right up. Only getting 1x right now so will give it some time to see if I missed something. Does 3g icon mean I set it up correct?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] j7jman:
Yeah the 3g icon indicates that you have a data connection, that's awesome :good: good to hear.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Unknown Zone:
Congrats on the flash and not getting any errors if you can call and surf, try doing a update profile and see what happens as you know the 3g icon means nothing since it does not change states to 1x etc...lol. I been living in 1x speed for a long time in my area due to over staturation on the towers. Every mothers carrier are on these damm sprint towers and draging them down.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] j7jman:
Yeah the 3g icon indicates that you have a data connection, that's awesome :good: good to hear.

btw, which guide did you use?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Unknown Zone:
hey j7, did you see my question on the last page could I do that?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] j7jman:
haha true, I still have my old epic 4g (the one with the keyboard) flashed too just in case.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Unknown Zone:
lol....the other question about having the backup files from the orig et2?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] j7jman:
Sure, I've done it with my epic 4g, and it works fine.

You may not have to do this but If there's any issues with 3g or error 16 when you swap phones follow the steps in the guide I wrote to try and fix the issue. It doesn't mention it in the guide but somehow doing this step kind of forces the network to correct itself because you'll be registering the wrong meid then the correct one. I know it might sound confusing, it'll make more sense when you read it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Unknown Zone:
sounds good, i was thinking that is all i needed to do since i am saving the info from the orig et2 so maybe no issues will come up.....this is all future talk when my orig goes tits up...etc.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] j7jman:
I hear you, hopefully it doesn't :crying: if **** hits the fan and there's an issue let me know, I'll try to help. :highfive:

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I thought that seeing the 3g icon being able to change states from 3g to 1x depends on what rom someone has installed.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mschmidt33:
So I don't think I'm getting 3g speeds. Speedtest shows around 100kbps and says 1X in the results. Got to get some sleep will check on this tomorrow. Could always turn on the other ET4G I have that I know had 3g since I got two now! Will be a good comparison to help figure it out.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] j7jman:
Damn, sorry to hear that. after reading Unknown's reply I thought about the possibility that it's not showing the 1x icon. I thought that 1x was technically a type of data connection though. Can you browse the web? If so you probably have to update your prl.

Oh about your question, you can ahead and use your other epic if you want. If anything goes haywire I left Unknown Zone these directions that should pertain to your situation (hopefully you wont need to use them):

"You may not have to do this but If there's any issues with 3g or error 16 when you swap phones follow the steps in the guide I wrote to try and fix the issue. It doesn't mention it in the guide but somehow doing this step kind of forces the network to correct itself because you'll be registering the wrong meid then the correct one. I know it might sound confusing, it'll make more sense when you read it."
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mschmidt33:
Yes I can browse but it is slow. profile and prl update failed...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] j7jman:
I know it sucks but thats good news. It means you flashed it fine. If you didn't sprint wouldn't let you connect on 1x speeds let alone 3g speeds. it's probably your prl that needs to be updated and you need to update it manually. if you don't know how to I can help tonight or tomorrow if you want
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mschmidt33:
So how do I get the profile to update? I think I can manually set a PRL.

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So I just went through everything again and after clicking write to phone I now have real 3g... ~400kbps, not great but not 1x. It changes depending on the time of day all the time. sometimes I can get 1mbps+. All looked good, I must have copied and pasted the passwords wrong somehow last night... boom, back to normal and $35 for unlimited everything.

Question: I'm on prl 60690 which appears to be the latest Sprint one... I think this would be best correct vs. update which would give me Boost prl?

Also, should I try and update my profile? This just sends the password and what not, but would it help or hurt?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] dongatta:
X2. Been at $35 a month for a minute and love it. I feel better when my bill comes not paying 80-100 a month for the same services. Usually the profile update helps authenticate your phone on the network. Can't hurt.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] j7jman:
In the guide I wrote there's a part that explains how to update your prl towards the end, and it also has a link to some prl files. The reason your getting slow sites may just be the coverage in your area too.

Go ahead and try to update your profile, I'm not sure if it'll help but you can give it a shot.

Sent from my Paranoid Epic 4G Touch
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Dwayneiztheshyt:
Any news on getting 4g on boost? Since the Epic is now out?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Unknown Zone:
We have been able to get 4g on boost (well really sprint network) for quite awhile even before the ET was out on boost.

Just follow the instruct on this link

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1447615
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Dwayneiztheshyt:
Holy crap! thanks :D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ravious:
So im having issues with HA and AAA keys..

"Your Authentication code cannot be verified"

I dont think they are getting written to e4gt.

Im not getting data, prl & profile updates.

Everything else is spot on exactly same settings as the donor.

Im thinking that if i activate a different esn, then switch back to my current one it might reset the key retrieval perhaps?

Anyone have any ideas?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] eljean:
You need a 4G donor phone for this right?

Like the Evo design etc

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And don't you need Clear wireless for this to work as well?