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[Epic 4G General] justan00b:
Re: [TUTORIAL] Samsung Epic 4G Flash to Straight Talk

Port your number with straight talk, check their website and choose to port your number instead of activate with a new one.... first time you activate with them you need to be using a verizon phone like the fascinate so you can pull the 3g data settings and keys...the keys are not universal or anything, so yes if you don't have verizon phone you need to borrow (or buy) one... otherwise you can't get 3g working

rooted status, roms, etc shouldn't really matter as long as you can access your phone over diag mode and use cmda workshop, dfs, etc. If you can't do that, you'll have to figure it out for your phone... -- don't hold me to this 100% though, since I've never flashed an evo I can only speculate that rom status s-on etc shouldn't matter, but I don't really see why it would as far as I know...
[Epic 4G General] freddya:
Hey, thanks for the help. Correct and clarify for me this if you would;

Could I buy and port my number to a verizon prepaid plan with an included phone similar to the fascinate to use to pull the 3g data settings and then use it as the donor staying on the verizon prepaid plan and keeping my number and all good, stoked or am I kidding myself?

I read that the Verizon Prepaid plan is a bit more money but the plan is somewhat more forgiving with 3g data usage. Is that true?

Hypothetically, I break my flashed Evo 3D or something and it would never be usable. Could I just switch on the donor and be all good? (that’s if I didn't smash the donor after the flash to start with.)

Im on ICS and dialing the ##diag# for DSF works, got my SPC password so I think I'm almost set to do this once I have the hardware and Vzn or ST plan. If all goes well I'll do a Evo 4G too.
[Epic 4G General] sirhc1982:
so i cant pull the key/data settings for 3G off the Precedent and flash it to the Epic with the IMEI from a donor phone?
[Epic 4G General] justan00b:
You could use the Precedent as your "donor" phone... just copy keys from the precedent and copy all the settings and the Precedent's MEID to the Epic, and don't ever turn on your Precedent again.. . Your Epic would be running on Sprint (Straight Talk) since the Precedent runs on Sprint though... I thought you were asking if you could use your Precedent to pull keys from Verizon (Straight Talk), if you're trying to do this you need an actual verizon phone like the fascinate
[Epic 4G General] justan00b:
I have heard that Verizon (Straight Talk), Verizon Prepaid, and Page plus are all basically the same in activating, pulling keys, and flashing, so you should be able to. Never tried it though...They all run off retail Verizon towers so I don't see why anything would be much different.

Not sure about that, but yeah Straight talk is stingy as hell with their data. Use more than 100 MB in a day or use more than 2GB in a month and they will likely send you an automated warning, ignore the warning and they will disconnect you...

Yeah.. I've done this. My programming got messed up on my epic, needed to make a call quick so removed battery from my epic and powered on donor, had to activate it with *22890 or whatever but the donor worked fine. Just never have your donor on at the same time as another phone that you copied the MEID to!

Cool, just make sure you can change the MEID as well and data settings...
[Epic 4G General] sirhc1982:
so i can pull the info off the Precedent and flash it to the Epic without a Verizon Phone like it says in the tutorial? does it matter that I've already been using the Precedent?
[Epic 4G General] justan00b:
Re: [TUTORIAL] Samsung Epic 4G Flash to Straight Talk

Ok... look, the precedent is a straight talk 3G android smartphone that is running on the sprint network, of course branded with the straight talk logo and you bought it from straight talk/walmart etc, but it actually runs off sprint's network. Since it IS a 3g phone, when you activated the precedent it pulled data settings and 3g keys FOR the SPRINT network....soooo, IF you can access the precedent over diag mode and connect with cdma workshop/DFS/etc, then you **SHOULD** be able to copy all the info to your Epic and power down the precedent and power on your epic... if you copy the MEID and data settings from the precedent to your Epic, the Epic should work fine and will be running on straight talk (through sprint's network)

In the guide it mentions you need both a straight talk donor phone and a verizon phone because 1) the donor phone is more than likely NOT a 3g phone which leads to 2) you need a verizon 3g phone to activate with so it will activate with 3g data settings....if you activate with a donor phone that is not 3g obviously you won't get 3g settings, so you need a phone like the fascinate

Since you already activated your precedent through straight talk and it pulled 3g data settings for SPRINT when you activated (since it is a 3g android phone), so you should be able to copy those settings to your epic and it will work on SPRINT (straight talk).... ***SHOULD** never tried though

if you can't access your precedent through diag mode and copy the settings then you should probably just ignore everything I've said, get a donor phone, and get a verizon 3g phone if you want your epic on verizon (straight talk)
[Epic 4G General] sirhc1982:
Thank You

Thank you for you patience and assistance, i guess the rest is just trial and error from here on, well that's how we learn, thank you very much
[Epic 4G General] dubtruk:
lertybui Beets

hi guys I'm a newbie I recently had my epic 4 G Touch flashed over to straight talk and everything worked fine and then I did a hard reset on my device bc i gave it to my wife qn now my 3g won't work and I can't receive MMS the guy that i used to flash it will not reply to my text messages or emails any ideas please help!
[Epic 4G General] moparfreak426:
Re: [TUTORIAL] Samsung Epic 4G Flash to Straight Talk

Check out my thread. It might be helpful

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[Epic 4G General] tf1078:
Re: [TUTORIAL] Samsung Epic 4G Flash to Straight Talk

Really... that's your response.... and I wonder why you didn't get the quality help you were expecting.... CHECK YOUR ATTITUDE!!!! And good luck!

my fassy on straight talk

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Love to help but you have to have your original doner phone or you'll have to buy another....

my fassy on straight talk
[Epic 4G General] moparfreak426:
Re: [TUTORIAL] Samsung Epic 4G Flash to Straight Talk

Yes! Kind of. There would be very little programming involved simply entering in mmsc and min and mdn are all that's required for a dinc2 I believe

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[Epic 4G General] jeepman_69:
I have Fascinate running on ST after using a donor LG220C MEID. I now want to convert an old Sprint Epic 4G to ST. Can I use this Fascinate already working on ST in the process?

Is it as simple as programming a new donor MEID into the Fascinate, and getting the Keys, etc for the Epic 4G? Then I just put the Fascinate back onto the old donor MEID and I have two phones on ST now?

Should I use Airplane Mode at any point with the Fascinate? I am tripped up by having it sync with ST's Sprint Towers in a bad way, but OTOH it has a valid MEID, so probably being paranoid.
[Epic 4G General] tf1078:
Re: [TUTORIAL] Samsung Epic 4G Flash to Straight Talk

I have used my fassy to pull keys and program several phones then restored it back to my doner.

my fassy on straight talk
[Epic 4G General] sirhc1982:
does anyone know how to get the HA and AAA keys off a Sprint StraightTalk Phone? i want to take them off the Samsung Galaxy Precedent, i already have talk and text
[Epic 4G General] ntrain2k:
Does this guide still work for a D710 that is running the new GB08 or GB27 rom?

Also, if I have a mesmerize that has been flashed over to a verizon ROM, can I use it for the steps to get the key's etc?

Thanks in advance!
[Epic 4G General] lil_wayne99:
Anybody know the 16 digit password for the Samsung precedent sch m828c? Its on straight talk.
[Epic 4G General] sirhc1982:
Believe it or not the Precedent's Password is the same one as the Epic 4G, 01F2030F5F678FF9, so what ideas do you have for the phone, i have the same phone
[Epic 4G General] lil_wayne99:
Thanks. A friend is using it to put his evo 4g lte on straight talk.
[Epic 4G General] sirhc1982:
yeah i have the Precedent and trying to use it to get my Epic on Straight Talk, let me know if you have any luck
[Epic 4G General] justan00b:
le sigh, did you even Google it? I found it in the first results on Google. Supposedly this works anyway, don't have a Precedent so can't tell ya for sure! Put it in diag mode and copy the keys/settings you need

1) Turn on USB Debugging in the Settings > Applications > Development menu

2) Change your "DM" mode to USB on froyo
__a) Get your MSL: "adb shell getprop ril.MSL" (if you don't know how to use ADB, ask for help before following this)
__b) Enter the DM menu dial ##8778#
__c) Enter your MSL
__d) Select USB
To change your phone to DM mode for gingerbread
__a)Dial ##7678#
__b)Enter your MSL
__c)Select DM and your phone should reboot in DM mode
[Epic 4G General] lil_wayne99:
Ok so I got connected but DFS gives me a CPS_ERROR BAD _PARAM. when I try to read from the precedent. Anybody know how to solve that problem?
[Epic 4G General] justan00b:
Did you unlock it with the SPC and or 16 digit pass?
[Epic 4G General] lil_wayne99:
Yes I unlocked it. That worked fine. It just wont read the info I need it to. So I can write it to the other phone.
[Epic 4G General] lil_wayne99:
How did you even get talk and txt? I can't get that far?

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Justan also what version of windows are you using? And which programs and what verision worked for you?
[Epic 4G General] moparfreak426:
Re: [TUTORIAL] Samsung Epic 4G Flash to Straight Talk

Qpst, update prl to verizon towers, call, activate, boom, talk & txt.... Or in qpst put in your min & mdn

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[Epic 4G General] mencret:
Re: [TUTORIAL] Samsung Epic 4G Flash to Straight Talk

Wow perfectly
[Epic 4G General] TPMJB:
You guys think I could use a Samsung U740 (I think it's the "Alias") as a donor phone for Straight Talk? I'm currently using it as a donor phone for Verizon, but I never got 3G/MMS to work. How does one go about doing this? Call up VZW and say "I wanna move to ST"?
[Epic 4G General] moparfreak426:
Re: [TUTORIAL] Samsung Epic 4G Flash to Straight Talk

In theory yes.

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[Epic 4G General] Abdualmowla:
Wellcom

Thanks For You
[Epic 4G General] tf1078:
Alright made the switch to the gsm side and have to say the speeds are way better. This was sitting on my couch which would usually give me a 100kbs on the CDMA side (vzw)
[Epic 4G General] justan00b:
Nice, yeah hspa usually blows my 3g with vzw outta the water too. I think Verizon coverage may be better though... You still on straight talk? AT&T or Tmobile?
[Epic 4G General] tf1078:
Its the T-Mobile side of straight talk since they aren't selling the att sims anymore. And after finding the right modem/ROM combo I get about the same coverage in elevators and between floors of the buildings I work in where a lot of people drop calls/internet but your right. On road trips or out camping the vzw coverage beats all of them hands down. So I put my son on the the fassy and my wife is still loving her epic on the vzw side. I just wanted a little more speed in town. We use their phones for the internet & internet radio on the road trips. I picked up a Canada rogers branded s2 skyrocket on the cheap. Rooted it, unlocked it (which is an easier process at least to me) and now running aocp 4.2.2 and blaze 4g modem/radio which seems to be the right combo in my area. Sitting next to a coworker in the building getting just as fast DL speeds or better and that sucker is still paying twice as much.. Hahaha can't beat it. I'm still buying my aircards from that crazy game time link posted here a while back for 42 and 27 bucks no tax. Can't thank you enough for all your help with the fassy and epic!
[Epic 4G General] marcustaz:
Justin, regarding copying my fassy data on ST over to a Sprint NOTE ll, I was able to get talk and sms to work on the Note, but no data... I tried everything. I was able to follow your directions to a "T", however the one thing I could not do is the step 14 check.

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 without having to activate, (SWEET) but no data and I tried like 10 times doing the steps over and over again. Please try and help me out. What am I missing?

Thanks
[Epic 4G General] Alienx15:
Does anybody know how to get straight talk 2 reset account so i can flash my phone rite with data without having to get another phone? They locked my account to just my donor now when i try to flash my other phone i cant do anything. It worked great b4 they lock my account
[Epic 4G General] marcustaz:
Gents I'm really reaching out here. i don't think we are supposed to bump our own posts but I've been waiting for help to my problem patiently and it seems either none knows the answer or just not responding. I have a Samsung Fascinate flashed to straight talk on Verizon. I purchased a Samsung Galaxy Note 2 Sprint. Now as per Justin's directions in the fascinate thread he told me all I need to do is copy my fascinate data over to the note 2 using this guide. I have already stated I followed his directions to a T and went over it all prob 10 times, going over and over my steps making sure I did not make a mistake. My issue, I can get voice and text without issue on the Note ll but I cannot seem to get data. It may be user error but I'm going over and over and I can't seem to find the problem. Please if you can give me some advice anyone, thank you.
[Epic 4G General] moparfreak426:
I think it might be a modem issue on note

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[Epic 4G General] marcustaz:
Thanks for replying!! So you think it is not possible due to the modem? I see advertisements on eBay pf people selling flashing service to put the NOTE II Sprint model on Verizon Pre Paid so doesn't that mean it will work for Verizon 3g and it should in fact work for ST on VZW 3g towers?
[Epic 4G General] tf1078:
OK.... So does the fascinate have 3g signal? Is it getting 3g speeds? Did you qpst the correct prl from the fascinate? Have you triple checked the ha and as keys? Did you check ALL the active profiles thru qpst and copy the ha and aa keys to all the active profiles? I described having to do this on the sprint epic on like page 3 or around there. Have you read the whole thread?
[Epic 4G General] marcustaz:
Yes fassy has 3g, yes triple checked ha & aa , I just copy posted them into a note file and went from there. Haven't read the whole thread cause Justin said to follow his guide, but I made sure I copied the data to the first 2 profiles and made the 1st the active one. I'll read page 3 as you suggest and see if there is anything I'm missing. Justin seemed to make it real easy posting the pics so I compared what he did and read his guide and followed from there...
[Epic 4G General] tf1078:
Yes his guide is great... My suggestion to read the while thread was merely cause you were having troubles. I was pretty frustrated at one point too but I didn't wait for someone to fix it for me. What I noticed was dfs only saw two profiles, zero and one but when I used qpst mobile programming I saw there were three profiles. It was weird too cause sometimes the epic would pass the aa key check and sometimes it would throw an error code in the status but it never went to the internet till I mirrored all 3 profiles in qpst.
[Epic 4G General] marcustaz:
Ok I'll read and read some more... certainly not asking for anyone to do it for me just need a little guidance. Thanks for helping and I'll let you know.

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Just reading your posts and the note ll has 6 profiles and I programmed the first 2. My bro will be home this weekend and we can try again. The one thing I could not do / check was step 14 as you referenced, the debug step. When I dial it, then I get the prompt for the unlock code but the 6 zeros for SPC does not work and I can't fiqure out tge code for this.
[Epic 4G General] moparfreak426:
It is possible but I'm certain cuz I think u just have to downgrade modems for verizon note 2 to work

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[Epic 4G General] tf1078:
Don't worry about verifying it, you'll know its working when the 3g symbol comes up. You may need to mess with the modem too but I would mirror all 6 profiles with the ha and aa keys. Like I had said before on the sprint epic that's what I had to do before data would work. Once that was done I flashed every modem under the sun till I found the one in my area that gave the best signal and data speeds. Good luck, don't give up! If it were super easy everyone would do it... let us know what finally worked....
[Epic 4G General] marcustaz:
Thanks man will definitely keep you in the loop. He should be here this weekend.

Yea I don't think it is a modem issue since I'm on first release ROM... They changed the 16 dig password with an update.

Thanks again for the tips!
[Epic 4G General] mindstate:
marcus, try 129132 for the SPC #. Also the default 16 digit password didn't work for me on JB, had to be on stock ICS for the pw to work.
[Epic 4G General] marcustaz:
Thanks man I'll try it. This is the Note ll so I don't think there is an ICS ROM for it however they did change the 16dig password with an update so I am running the release JB Rom for it to work.
[Epic 4G General] marcustaz:
Bro programming all 6 profiles did the trick!!! Also another thing I noticed is the active profile on the fassy was 0 so I set the same on the Note II and bang 3G. Now I am not sure what did the trick the profile 0 or writing the data to all 6 profiles, Strange though DFS gives the options to activate profiles 0-6 which is technically 7 profiles or 6 profiles and none active... LOL strange like I said but it's working, Now I am doing the factory android rom update that was in que and see if it breaks data etc...

tf1078 thanks man, thanks a lot!
[Epic 4G General] moparfreak426:
Writing data to 0, u should only need 0 and 1

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[Epic 4G General] tf1078:
You'd think so and I tried that but ended up having to write to all profiles on the sprint phones. Now for some reason the vzw phones 0 and 1 and you're all good.... I don't have any idea why.

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No need to thank me, you did all the work.... I just pointed you in a direction... I'm glad you got up and running! Congrats man... Enjoy half the cost and pretty good service imho...
[Epic 4G General] marcustaz:
ok now no mms! Tried the MMSC URL fix but no go...

tried MMS Fix for Epics on Alternative Carriers but the zip will not flash in recovery using cwm. just gives an error...

Ok Fixed.. Used this:

Another way is to download an app called HiAPNglobal, use a root explorer to move it to system app, let it install itself as a system app and reboot phone(this app is annoying) and then when open hit backup apns.... now navigate in file explorer to hidroid.net folder and read contents of apnbackuplist.xml and change the contents to the following

<apn carrier="Verizon" mcc="310" mnc="004" apn="internet" user="*" password="*" server="*" mmsc="http://mms.vtext.com/servlets/mms" type="default,supl,mms" />

but instead I of HiAPNglobal which is like spamware I used APN manager pro. Thanks moparfreak426!!

Love XDA man, people that help one another make this place what it is!

Thanks again gents!
[Epic 4G General] moparfreak426:
If error is status 7 than its probably bad download

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[Epic 4G General] marcustaz:
Interesting but MMS will not work when WiFi is enabled, seems that data over 3g is totally disabled when Wifi is on. Once I turn WiFi off MMS works like a champ.

Ok another issue now Regarding YouTube. I did what Justin said and zeroed out all the setting in the section he referenced but still no go, will not work. Any suggestions?
[Epic 4G General] marcustaz:
Gents any ideas to get YouTube working. Justin's fix does not work for me.
[Epic 4G General] mindstate:
still cant get mms working ..but im running 4.2.2 what r u running?
[Epic 4G General] moparfreak426:
I have a flash able zip in my thread, but i need to update the apns

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[Epic 4G General] marcustaz:
I used your APNs to make my xml file, just copied and pasted... maybe that's why?

Let me know when you update the APN and I'll give it another go.
[Epic 4G General] mindstate:
if i flash the zip should MMS work? i am running SuperNexus ROM 4.2.2 ..not sure if anyones gotten mms working on a this version of jb.
[Epic 4G General] moparfreak426:
I have. And yes but after i update apns

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[Epic 4G General] EGGrollBEAST:
Meid won't stick

Hi All,

I've been reading this thread great stuff.

I don't have a fascinate so I'm trying to use a droid 2 as the verizon 3g phone.

I've read through a few pages and can't find a solution to my problem.

I can't get the MEID of my ST donor phone to stick. I enter it in, click the write button

and when i click read to see if it stuck it changes..

will keep reading but any input would be appreciated.
[Epic 4G General] marcustaz:
APN update worked like a charm, thanks man!
[Epic 4G General] justan00b:
Got 4G working in conjunction with having my Epic on Straight Talk (Verizon)... if you have 4G WiMax in your area and you're interested, you can signup for 4G service through a provider like Clear or Freedompop and just change the WiMax MAC on your Epic to match their MAC, and change your WiMax realm. See http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2255067 and http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1447615 if interested. I'm using it now and it works sweeet! The complete package, Verizon talk/text/mms/3G data and Freedompop (Clearwire) 4G :cool:
[Epic 4G General] marcustaz:
Awesome what's the total cost breakdown? Or rather whats the cost of the 4G add on?
[Epic 4G General] justan00b:
I'm using Freedompop for my 4G WiMax, and they just use service through Clear or Clearwire or whatever, same as Sprint 4G WiMax uses. Freedompop has free plans and paid plans, and I'm just using a free 500 MB/month plan. You can get additional free data by doing some other stuff but I haven't looked into it.. You have to buy one of their 4G devices (so you can copy the WiMax MAC to your Epic), but their devices are refundable and you're just putting a deposit on it basically. The device was like $45 +$7 shipping so that won't be bad at all especially since I get the money back if I ever cancel... so far it's worked great
[Epic 4G General] marcustaz:
Thanks man I'll look into it. :beer:
[Epic 4G General] EGGrollBEAST:
Sprint S3 no 3G or even 1x

I've got talk and text working on my Sprint S3 but i get no 3g or even 1x.

My fascinate has everything working on it Talk/Text/3g

I've followed the steps and have been re doing them to no avail.

Doe's anyone have any suggestions on what to do?
[Epic 4G General] moparfreak426:
Contact Viper32

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