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[HTC EVO 3D] uraganone:
Well It worked ENOUGH

I did all i did now i have PRI V 1.53_145, PRL V 21087.

I am assuming I am good. Still the VM S$*T is there. No phone call drops or stuff like that, i actually have few more bars than i previously had. Thanks chad, My wife has *****ed at me since S$*T hit the fan. Now i can RIP. :)
[HTC EVO 3D] vin255764:
Can somebody post link to vm ics firmware (the one that freeza posted earlier without hboot).I lost that zip and after downgrading to 2.17 I see no reason why not to use ics firmware.Everything worked the same before and after...

oh and that firmware worked fine in all areas between Seattle,WA and Miami,FL (data,roam data,tethering)
[HTC EVO 3D] jlechner:
Horrible idea

Sent from my Sprint/Virgin Mobile hybrid
[HTC EVO 3D] newboyx:
Exactly.
[HTC EVO 3D] BusterChestnut:
LINKS

Below are the links, not sure why you can't download them from elsewhere....

In anycase I have had zero issues with flashing this FW (except the VM banner stuff). Know what you are doing first, there is no going back as has been pointed out numerous times. Below is the full FW leak from the VM 3D as well as the PRI "fix" from Chad. LONG LIVE CHAD THE KERNEL GOD!!! :eek:

3.0 FW without new HBOOT

Chad's PRI FIX
[HTC EVO 3D] vin255764:
Horrible idea is to flash all kinda sh..t ROMs.I had zero issues except VM banner,which I also like better then Sprint lol
[HTC EVO 3D] jlechner:
If you haven't had data issues yet....you will. Plus no one will be able to activate that phone on Sprint.

Sent from my Sprint/Virgin Mobile hybrid
[HTC EVO 3D] raptoro07:
I flashed Freeza's 1.13 VM firmware without HBOOT the day he released it, and have not had one problem.
[HTC EVO 3D] vin255764:
This is old zip,right?I see 00000000000000@hcm.sprintpcs.com in rfg_1.img,strange...

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for activation we have 2.17 ROM,I tested it (erased all phone info ##786#,hands free activation worked fine IN 3G area of course)

And this firmware I used while driving 5 days from Seattle,WA to Miami,FL.It passed my test (time and distance-wise)
[HTC EVO 3D] jlechner:
Well I'm not sure why you insist on arguing, but ok. Have fun with that firmware. You must not be keeping up with my thread.

Sent from my Sprint/Virgin Mobile hybrid
[HTC EVO 3D] vin255764:
Ok,bugers,I converted Virgin Mobile to Sprint in firmware :)

Will update this post within 1-2 hours (Im driving..btw I did this change on the go too lol)

Sprint and Roam data works fine

For now you can flash firmware zip posted HERE and eng hboot
[HTC EVO 3D] vin255764:
Actually I'll start new thread.this method works for any ROM,any firmware (VM or 2.17)
[HTC EVO 3D] bjones8515:
Lol....Good to see u back, Vin version of 4.0?? Would be sweet!!
[HTC EVO 3D] kenpen:
Can't find zip that changes vm to sprint
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
There isn't one, we're working on it, see the sticky'd thread on these forums.
[HTC EVO 3D] kenpen:
Thanks for ur work
[HTC EVO 3D] jlechner:
For anyone following this, there is a new sticky by unknownforce that will fix you up.

Sent from my EVO LTE.
[HTC EVO 3D] funkyboy1281:
haven't noticed any problems after flashing the firmware..then again if my 3g did get worse I wouldn't notice since it sucks already as it is and my phone sits on wifi when I'm at home.
[HTC EVO 3D] droiddawg:
We all knew what we were getting ourselves into. Fortunately I'm not having issues. The banner is just bugging me. No one should be pointing any fingers as we all assume the same risk when we flash anything on our phones and devs are not to be held responsible. The reason I flashed was I assumed it was reversible like radios were,unfortunately I was wrong. All should be good like you and a few others have said, Once the real sprint ruu is released.
[HTC EVO 3D] Will32:
I'm definitely having issues... I had the radio error on one text I tried to send while roaming and I have less bars than usual, kinda sux, shoulda waited. The last person I blame is freeza, I take full responsibility for anything I do to my own phone. I'm sure it'll get worked out soon.
[HTC EVO 3D] Smac7:
same boat as you. I take responsibility, but that doesn't mean im not going to try to fix the issues or ask for some assistance. Missing text and not being able to send text is a pretty bad issues. My first root regret was bound to happen sooner or later. The only reason i did it was because i thought it was reversible. Hopefully the sprint leak comes and fixes our issues.
[HTC EVO 3D] kittykat858:
i think i posted before that the firmware did give me issues on my hw002 phone, but all were 100% resolved w/ a profile update - 1x, 3g, 4g, wifi, roaming, airwave connectivity - all good

text in, text out, calls in, calls out, mms..etc.. all good

speedtest app actually shows an increase in download and upload speeds over 3g
[HTC EVO 3D] pwnyourace:
we all know what we are doing when we flash things to our phones we know the risks, u dont have to defend urself man keep doing what ur doing
[HTC EVO 3D] majid25:
It's not just a banner issue though. I haven't had any issues, calls and texts work fine. Just some apps don't work for me for example...

I use this app a lot for my school, and now it don't work cuz I'm not a "sprint user" anymore
[HTC EVO 3D] droiddawg:
Did you end up keeping the ics firmware or rollback to 2.17 firmware?
[HTC EVO 3D] mteezey:
Has anyone with the virgin mobile banner tried putting the phone in diag.mode and opening up qpst and changing the banner? Just wondering cause mine always says metropcs since I changed it.
[HTC EVO 3D] Cuppeerr:
Yeah, I tried that. It would go into diag mode qpst would recognize it I would click read from phone then I changed the banner text clicked write to phone and then it would hard reboot and nothing changed ):
[HTC EVO 3D] Will32:
Just FYI... I tried to change my banner with QPST (which I've done before) it didnt work. First I chose "read from phone" and it showed my banner as it was before flashing the new radio, not as VM. Then I chose to "write to phone" and it gave me an error, anyone thats done this knows theirs an error usually, but not this error. It said error writing NV items or something and disconnected the phone. Normally the phone does like a hot reboot to apply changes but this time it just shut down. I tried to power up but it wouldnt, it wouldnt even let me enter hboot (now I'm scared) so I plug back in to the comp and its listed as android usb, I opened my command prompt and typed adb reboot bootloader and it went to hboot (thank you Jesus) now I went down to reboot and it just shut off again and wouldnt boot up (oh crap). Once again I get into hboot through adb and then I typed fastboot reboot and finally im back to mikrunny. something is definitly not right with the phone now (thank you Jesus, again)

Moral of the story... Im a noob and almost permabricked my phone.

Hopefully I can get it back to right soon
[HTC EVO 3D] oldjackbob:
Where can I find a tutorial for that procedure?
[HTC EVO 3D] Cuppeerr:
mmhmm thats exactly what happened to me except mine just straight up hard rebooted.
[HTC EVO 3D] aaronagis:
"radio interface resource shortage" cause code: 64 error class: 2
[HTC EVO 3D] Visionikz03:
I dont care about the carrier banner. It's been pretty much agreed that its purely cosmetic. But... i do get that radio interface resource shortage error mentioned quite often lately. Got about 6 in a span of 5 minutes today. Ive tried profile updates, prl updates, restoring, data profile... only thing i havent tried is a complete reflash of rom but im assuming if its a radio error a rom flash wont fix it more than likely... it does affect my ability to send messages which is why it bothers me... so far it hasnt affected calling. if a fix for this is discovered, id be good with the build. I have have a few random reboots but that's expected with a leaked build. Ive heard that others running other roms not ICS are having the same issue with the radio resource shortage error. One guy just upgraded to an 3d from the store so obviously he didnt have root and he had the same issue. Maybe it's a sprint? I hope so but hope they get it fixed pronto...
[HTC EVO 3D] Smac7:
has anyone tried reflashing the same firmware again? Is it even possible? im not going to try it unless i know it's safe.
[HTC EVO 3D] Visionikz03:
Im trying a ##786# restore to "reactive" my device to see if that fixes the resource error. If not a found a thread Viperboy started that asked the same question about the error and people there said they just called sprint and sprint "refreshed" their phones over the network and it fixed the problem. Well see...
[HTC EVO 3D] poweroutlet:
So has there been anyone who has flashed the VM firmware who managed to go back?

Is it pretty much agreed on now that the only hope of going back to a sprint firmware is when sprint releases the official ICS for us?

And if that fails, I guess we're all f*cked.

Wish I hadn't flashed the damn fw lol. My cell reception is all screwed up, roaming isn't working properly and keep getting radio resource shortage errors on texts.
[HTC EVO 3D] Astrikz:
Has anyone tried running an ruu?
[HTC EVO 3D] Smac7:
Let us know. I wonder if the sprint refresh (which is probably the provisioning i was talking about earlier) is a permanent fix though. I've found temp fixes, but nothing that remains for long periods of time.
[HTC EVO 3D] Visionikz03:
It just goes to show how finite these mini computers are... some people got a signal boost and speed increase, while others got the opposite. Usually whenever a major android update is pushed out a firmware update(radio,hboot,pri etc.) is pushed out with it. Sprint did that with that last GB update that removed CIQ so im pretty sure they will update the radios nd stuff to better match ICS. Once we get our hands on those we can flash and we should be good.

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Yeah ill repost with an update. The last post in that forum was on feb 22nd nd no one came back to that forum to post that the problem came back so im assuming the "provisioning" trick from sprint is a permanent fix.
[HTC EVO 3D] majid25:
Does the provisioning fix change virgin mobile to sprint?
[HTC EVO 3D] Visionikz03:
no unfortunately... just "refreshes" your phone on sprints network...
[HTC EVO 3D] k2buckley:
I'm not having any issues, other than the VM banner being annoying. You're the second or third person I've seen that said the eri banner is easily changed...would you happen to feel like enlightening me on how to do that? Thanks man.
[HTC EVO 3D] ckoadiyn:
I have all new firmware such as pri n flashed back to the old radios since that is the only thing.that will downgrade atm and did the restoration w the ##data# and seems like it helped with signal a decent amount....
[HTC EVO 3D] nate.spangler:
i agree, loaded up qpst and cdmaws and both say sprint for the banner, however doing *#*#4636#*#* shows current carrier is virgin mobile as well as the lockscreen
[HTC EVO 3D] Will32:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1144211

Here's a tutorial on changing the banner, but it won't work after that VM radio flash.
[HTC EVO 3D] troyboytn:
It is a permanent fix. Many of us had this same issue immediately after root and s off was first accomplished last year. Worked for me and many, many others.
[HTC EVO 3D] Rydah:
Thought that was a different issue.

Sent From My HTC Evo 3D, On The Now Network From Sprint!
[HTC EVO 3D] k2buckley:
Also, I just noticed that I have no settings or options for roaming. I'm on joelz ICS ROM, and I'm not sure if it had to do with the ROM or the firmware update. Anyone have any idea about that? Roam control isn't working, when I select roam only, the app crashes and I lose all signal until I set it back to home only. I only saw one post about this in the q and a section, but it had no relevant answer.
[HTC EVO 3D] spamking98:
I couldnt receive phone calls before, but after I flashed the firmware, I can now receive calls, and my signal is better...but i do have the virgin mobile sign when i make a call..even after i flashed back to eternity rom...
[HTC EVO 3D] antonio824:
I'm getting this from time to time too.
[HTC EVO 3D] Smac7:
I'll give it a try tomorrow. I do remember doing the same thing when we got s-off actually and that worked. I don't remember this being exactly the same issue though.
[HTC EVO 3D] seanjenks:
I honestly think that its too early to panic I don't think it changed our carrier and now all of a sudden we are all PREPAID Virgin mobile customers I think the the firmware changed something on how the network reads things on our phone or it simply could be something in the radios because i pressed *2 on my phone it said virgin mobile it connected it asked me to enter pin for my SPRINT account i mean lets think about this do u really think we all would still have service virgin is a postpaid carrier in Canada but its prepaid out here in the US yes the ICS update will fix the situation because this was not the final release so things probably everything in the firmware will be different which will over write everything just like this did to our other firmware...yes i know that virgin is sprint
[HTC EVO 3D] troyboytn:
It was the same sms error that some of these guys are getting now, though obviously caused by a different circumstance
[HTC EVO 3D] phonetec:
##786# is a code to reset your phone

And remove the programming from the device then it will reactivate your phone during the hands free activation upon reboot. It might work but it's kind of equivalent to just updating your profile.
[HTC EVO 3D] antonio824:
I also can't access the NASCAR app as it says its only for sprint and Nextel customers. I'm thinking this is either 1) just the app checking to make sure its a sprint phone but the phone thinks its a virgin mobile like when we got NFL app to work by making the app/phone think it were on verizon or 2) we are running on "virgin mobile's" network and that's why we can't access those because it is doing a network check (almost as if we are roaming.) Yes I know virgin uses sprint but I think this might make the most sense.

Just throwing out ideas.
[HTC EVO 3D] mswlogo:
I certainly know there was no ill intent. And we all trust you for your level of knowledge and appreciate the contributions you make. Maybe some of us trusted you too much because of your great track record.

I thought I was being more conservative applying a patch freeza provided.

Anyway all is not fine. If you used VPN, It's gone. If you trigger a hands free reactivate you won't get the 3G back. Some folks apps depend on seeing Sprint or what ever else was changed and won't work.

And for the record I have tried running 2.17 RUU and it did not restore it.

I was really hoping when you got back online you'd say no problem, easy fix.

Oh well.
[HTC EVO 3D] ckoadiyn:
I thought changing my cid/nid might help with everything saying we are on vm but it doesnt... Fyi
[HTC EVO 3D] Smac7:
i want to try the ##786# but before i do it it has a message saying "resetting your device to factory defaults. ALL data will be lost". so that that really include all data? or just my sprint settings? does anyone know if the 786 thing is equivalent to what sprint does over the air when you call in.

edit: if theres a chance i wont get 3g back, maybe i should not try this fix.
[HTC EVO 3D] Cuppeerr:
You can always get 3g back by resetting your data profile with the method I posted
[HTC EVO 3D] kittykat858:
seriously?

1) as with anything you flash from XDA, you should consider yourself lucky you didnt brick your phone.

2) freeza warned about the banner

3) it was clear to EVERYONE that you are flashing Virgin Mobile firmware on a sprint device

4) you were told to flash at your own risk

I have 2 phones.

#1: is a developer phone from qualcomm, it is qualcomm branded, not HTC - it has a qualcomm ESN, not HTC

#2: is a retail phone just like yours

my developer phone received a OTA a few days prior to the leak - the firmware files contained in the ota matched the firmware files in freeza's firmware zip. (md5 compared) -- the difference is freeza's zip had additional files that were not part of the OTA i received.

i flashed freeza's zip on my retail phone - and yes, i had issues and problems. i updated my profile, and now the phone actually works better than b4 (faster data - not 1 issue w/ sending/receiving text msgs or calls)

phone phones are on joelz's 3.6 sense rom

for you to be hard on freeza is way uncalled for. and to this day, he is still the only one i trust with firmware zips.
[HTC EVO 3D] motoelliot:
I updated to VM firmware and downgraded to latest 2.17... With no problems... S-off eng...

Oh yeah had to fix/change my splash screen back...

Sent from 3D A.W.E.S.O.M-O
[HTC EVO 3D] poweroutlet:
I wonder when the official sprint release will come, or maybe it will get leaked.

I just can't seem to get rid of this retarded radio resource shortage crap when I'm texting. Having trouble holding a 3g signal too and can't seem to break 100 kbps download :(.

Does anyone know if the VM Evo 3d has exactly identical hardware to ours?
[HTC EVO 3D] Cuppeerr:
+1 totally agree
[HTC EVO 3D] saboture:
I have a 100% working ICS rom on my phone, hold on while I hit my ***** switch because it says Virgin mobile on my Notification bar lol.
[HTC EVO 3D] Cuppeerr:
I so wanna thank this post man! yet an hour into the day at 1:06am i've already used my 8 thanks.... wtf haha
[HTC EVO 3D] kittykat858:
seriously..

example: the rom virtious posted... the updater script wiped your recovery partition cause they used the wrong partition number

what if it wiped boot loader??? a simple type can cause that...

there is risk w/ everything u flash - dont want the risk... keep ur phone stock and leave this site.

i risk bricking my phone several times a day - flashing kenrels w/ different settings... i flash and run everything for atleast 1 hour b4 i post for others...

my phone is a real s-off phone, not a hacked s-off

im also CID unlocked (again out of the box, not hacked) - i can flash a sensation RUU on my phone.. or gsm, or rezound...

if you give me a sensation ruu, and i flashed it knowing it was for the sensation - i do that at my own risk, and if my phone gets jacked - thats on ME....and only me... not you for giving me the RUU
[HTC EVO 3D] kittykat858:
thanks, and im adding that to my signature

..u just got kanged :)
[HTC EVO 3D] geniustheanimal:
Its been addressed that for a number of people, finding a fix to get rid of the VM stuff is just cosmetic and not necessarily a requirement. But it has also been stated, several times now, that there are individuals who are experiencing problems with their phone's functioning because of the updated firmware. These problems include data issues, poor connectivity, sms problems, and the inability to access applications/services that are dependent upon the phone's identification as "Sprint". If these individuals are having a legitimate concern that is negatively impacting their ability to use their phones stock capabilities, I don't think that'd qualify as hitting a "b*tch switch", even if they have an ICS rom.

Or I could be a **** and I just don't understand humor. That's a perfectly valid option too lol
[HTC EVO 3D] Cuppeerr:
*saarcasm*

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Hold on lemme go get the gpl police :p
[HTC EVO 3D] kittykat858:
it comes down to this: people knew they were flashing firmware made for a different device onto their phone, and they decided they were going to do so on their own free will. they were not forced into it, and they were warned.

yes i feel bad for the people who have issues, but at the same time, this updated helped my device, as well as several others on xda.

its like my post a few posts ago about flashing a sensation ruu on my phone... whos fault if i brick... mine.....
[HTC EVO 3D] Cuppeerr:
hi
[HTC EVO 3D] kittykat858:
dude..ur signal is low.... firmware problem?? :)
[HTC EVO 3D] fusiondynamics:
I got the same problem when I was messing with I tried to flash a old zip file for battery with percentages. Go back run the file from Freeza. It should take care of the problem. At least it did for me. I went a step further and flashed the ICS rom again to be safe. Everything is running fine for me.
[HTC EVO 3D] Cuppeerr:
yeah it made my wifi drop from full to half :p lololololol

lets just say I have better signal now than before the firmware update ;)
[HTC EVO 3D] kittykat858:
we de-railed this thread...opps

nice "sprint" banner you got there
[HTC EVO 3D] antonio824:
I don't think people that are having problems are here to *****. At least I'm not. The reason I am replying to this is for the hope that someone much smarter than me can try to address this, to let those of you who haven't upgraded to know the risks, and to let the people who are having problems know that they aren't the only ones.
[HTC EVO 3D] Cuppeerr:
totally. us and our fully working phones:)
[HTC EVO 3D] Genesis Nova:
This may be a shot in the dark, but the firmware file that was in the leak that isn't in our RUUs, it had to flash somewhere, regardless of wether or not people think we didn't have it, it could very well just be that there was never a need to update it, if we could figure out which partition it got flashed to couldn't we just pull it from a pre-firmware updated phone? I mean there had to be something on that partition prior to the vm firmware being flashed.
[HTC EVO 3D] mswlogo:
Ok.

I thought I'd go through FULL reactivate.

So I activated another phone (my old EVO 4G) that went fine.

Then I went back to reactivate the EVO 3D. I can't.

After it retried it gave me a number on the phone to call.

I called it.

Guess who answered, Virgin Mobile !!!

I'm screwed.
[HTC EVO 3D] Smac7:
I'm not coming here to blame anyone but myself, but that doesn't mean i'm not looking for a fix. I could live with the "problem" if it was just a little banner that's telling me i'm on sprint.
[HTC EVO 3D] Cuppeerr:
Im sorry man but I just totally died laughing at this:) sorry though...
[HTC EVO 3D] kittykat858:
you have a sprint esn - call sprint, speak to a person - done deal

and yes, i am working with a qualcomm employee on a fix to downgrade back to 2.17
[HTC EVO 3D] majid25:
For me personally I thought we can just flash a 2.17 radio and go back that's why I went ahead and did it.. the banner is not affecting me at all I could care less, but like I said before and I posted a screen shot of an app that requires a Sprint phone.
[HTC EVO 3D] Cuppeerr:
Well my phones perfectly fine and now says sprint instead of virgin mobile so im good haha
[HTC EVO 3D] Genesis Nova:
Yup...I'm with ya on that one.
[HTC EVO 3D] Cuppeerr:
yeah or you could do this....

way to get the thread back on track ;)
[HTC EVO 3D] kittykat858:
care to share what firmware zip u flashed to revert?
[HTC EVO 3D] Cuppeerr:
it was leedroid tweaks that set the carrier caption. Also my phone took the firmware update like a champ

Im still running the firmware that freeza provided. From there I installed clean rom, then flashed joelz's leedroid tweaks over that then set the carrier caption as sprint
[HTC EVO 3D] kittykat858:
nice :)
[HTC EVO 3D] Genesis Nova:
That's so cheating...haha
[HTC EVO 3D] Cuppeerr:
nah it's innovation ;)

I'm working on seeing if there's a way of tricking the apps into thinking that it's sprint firmware. Currently the sprint section in play store is gone...
[HTC EVO 3D] Genesis Nova:
We need to get our hands on a pre-ics dzdata_4g.hdr, that'd solve our problems
[HTC EVO 3D] poweroutlet:
I hope people realize that most of us including myself are not trying to blame freeza or anyone else. We realize we flashed it and so we are responsible for our issues. I don't think anyone cares that it says virgin mobile instead of sprint. People are typically complaining if the firmware is interfering with the normal functioning of the phone. For some people it improved their phone, great for them, but that's not the case for all of us.

We're just looking for a fix, nothing else. Not trying to attack anyone over it.
[HTC EVO 3D] Cuppeerr:
I already thanked him!:)