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[HTC EVO 3D] Will32:
I got an error similar to that when I tried to change the banner... Said unable to write NV items, and it didn't change. I did notice that the lockcreen on viper Rom redline says viper Rom, all other Rome say VM.
[HTC EVO 3D] gingson:
What puzzles me is that I have had no issues since I flashed Freeza's FW and Vipers ICS. I even restored my profile and updated PRL with no problems. My 3G is even better or the same.
[HTC EVO 3D] HTCFlyerX:
This is because of the tweaks.apk! Don't be fooled into thinking this is a fix because it is NOT! This is frosting on a pile of dog **** lol
[HTC EVO 3D] Will32:
Well I have been able to update prl and profile but I'm getting errors on sprint apps, sprint tv specifically and I had the radio error once yesterday, and *2 gets me to the sprint operator.
[HTC EVO 3D] Visionikz03:
cuz ur not on a sprint rom. The firmware/software is telling the market that u are on a virgin mobile rom so sprint apps wont install.
[HTC EVO 3D] ckoadiyn:
Finally was able to do a prl n profile update after loosing my settings from doing a profile reset last night. Had no need to call tho but Id give it a shot if the regular ways don't work.
[HTC EVO 3D] Will32:
As far as I can remember... I've always been able to use sprint tv on mikrunny which is what I'm on right now.
[HTC EVO 3D] linkinx64:
isn't that ROM based on a sprint rom? yes is going to work.

nevermind just re read your post.
[HTC EVO 3D] dca1970:
+1
[HTC EVO 3D] Cetus Corr:
I get that too, but only noticed for this app...

However, I downloaded Sprint NBA app fine.
[HTC EVO 3D] pcausey77:
Ok I flashed the vm fw when it come out... Everything says vm.. I am able to download and use sprint tv and movies... I am not however able to call *2 my phone force closes... Just thought I'd let everyone know
[HTC EVO 3D] JohnnyMontana_:
Lol thank God Sprint Nba works! I flashed the fw and was fine for a day with as good or better signal than before. Full 4g even in buildings.It did sit at a call screen without calling for a while. I had to hang up and try again about 3 times until it caught. Yesterday morning I got the sms error in the middle of a text convo. Flashed 2.17 and I've been back with the great service! Still VM branded though.

Edit Also in the same boat as guy above me.
[HTC EVO 3D] @BB:
+1 ... This worked for me too. I ran a speed test on my phone after reading through this thread. I saw the fix a few posts above and applied it. The change was noticable.
[HTC EVO 3D] funkyboy1281:
flashed back to a stock rom for now and my phone finally activated my profile and prl updated. I think I'll stay on the stock for now just to be safe
[HTC EVO 3D] kittykat858:
its the ONLY developer to ever get usbhost mode working in his roms w/ my 2.08 kernels!!!!!
[HTC EVO 3D] raptoro07:
*2 not working is usually because the sprint app is not included in the ROM
[HTC EVO 3D] grindnmosh:
My phone works great as well. I just would like text edited to sprint lol
[HTC EVO 3D] HTCFlyerX:
OK everyone..... This is to all developers...

I have erased and reflashed every partition back to 2.17 firmware with ZERO RESULTS!

Every partition let me erase EXPECT the RCDATA partition!

This most definently where our issue is lying as the rcdata from the vm firmware was LARGER then ours and contained Virgin Mobile when viewing threw hex!

The RCDATA must be erased and reflashed with our stock .img until this can be ruled out!

I have full S-OFF and I also have the engineering HBOOT!
[HTC EVO 3D] Genjinaro:
The only issue I seem to have is a lack of Roaming. 3G & 4G are ok.
[HTC EVO 3D] redeye-fl:
Same here, but I did notice that on my ride to work I usually drop the call I am on or get real bad break up. Now I had a smooth call all the way through and no drop. I ran speed test and both my 3g and 4g results were way up.
[HTC EVO 3D] p3tr0s:
I don't think your lack of roaming/controls is from the firmware... I flashed it as well and can roam just fine on meanrom 4.3.

Its probably just that virgin mobile doesn't allow roam so why would they include the roam controls?
[HTC EVO 3D] linkinx64:
Exactly the rom is the one without the Roaming menu, I have everything running except my 3G speeds suck.
[HTC EVO 3D] majid25:
I can roam on ics leak but no data roaming...however on meanrom I can roam with data just fine. I get the 1X and a triangle (Im getting 1X because a tower is down nearby) but on ics leak just the triangle and no 1X.. I tried the power saver settings method to disable the roaming guards but didn't do anything
[HTC EVO 3D] geniustheanimal:
Awesome progress! The first step to a solution is always clearly identifying the problem at hand. I have faith in our devs!
[HTC EVO 3D] wake69:
Has anyone tried unrooting/rerooting their phone using the hboot downgrade instructions to see if we can get back to sprint?
[HTC EVO 3D] Will32:
I'm gonna say it won't work. That doesn't change the things we are having issues with. Ppl have tried all the available ruus and they didn't work. I'm just glad that some devs took the radio update like me. If they hadn't, they might not care so much.

Thank you flyer, and yes I do remember who u are.
[HTC EVO 3D] droiddawg:
Did this yesterday with 3 different RUUs. No go. Don't waste your time or effort.
[HTC EVO 3D] kittykat858:
what was the partitions names for the rfg_1 file?

working on wiping rcdata now
[HTC EVO 3D] jlechner:
That's what we need. I'm trying every superwipe I can get ahold right now.
[HTC EVO 3D] raptoro07:
Super wipes shouldn't touch those partitions. That would be scary
[HTC EVO 3D] Smac7:
So I flashed back to 2.17 firmware and it seems to be working well except for the banner. I can live with a banner though.
[HTC EVO 3D] HTCFlyerX:
Chad....take a look at the stock 2.17 RCDATA and the VM one...both in notepad+ or in a hex editor and you'll see the added Virgin Mobile info....

We can flash ours but that doesn't erase the added information... It only replaces the sprint info already there!

We MUST be able to wipe our rcdata partition and reflash with the stock!

Fastboot erase rcdata is a no go! I'm looking into other methods but I'm not seeing any!

One other thing....in any of the older ruus is there a rcdata.img that might be LARGER then the 2.17 and VM one? I'm thinking we could find an older version that's larger and might write over the added VM info
[HTC EVO 3D] kittykat858:
superwipe aint gonna do it

there are fastboot commands for wiping stuff - but if u didnt know that, dont even think about going there... major risk or bricking
[HTC EVO 3D] kittykat858:
fastboot erase rcdata

DOES work on 1.58 ENG but not 1.04

im trying to figure out how to get 1.58.0001 onto a retail phone without bricking
[HTC EVO 3D] HTCFlyerX:
I already took the risks and erased every partition on our device and reflashed all with the 2.17 .img's and the ONLY one giving me issue is the rcdata....weirdly the one with the VIRGIN MOBILE displayed in it clearly!
[HTC EVO 3D] droiddawg:
Try mdmrcdata? I saw that in the link I PMed you both. No idea if that's a partition though
[HTC EVO 3D] miguelfp1:
non-dev opinion follows: could the rcdata.img from 2.17 be padded to make it larger?
[HTC EVO 3D] HTCFlyerX:
Listen everyone...I know you all want to help and resolve this issue but at the stage we are at now, it would be DANGEROUSSSSSS for anyone that isn't a pro to go tinkering around the partitions!

Just be patient......Chad, Me, Freeza and others are on the job!
[HTC EVO 3D] HTCFlyerX:
Chad.....please pm me on talk. Ty
[HTC EVO 3D] Will32:
I know some ppl had data problems after running revolutionary, has anybody with this new radio tried revolutionary again?
[HTC EVO 3D] retnuh730:
Can't agree more^. We may be stuck, but panicking and doing something stupid is way more likely to brick your phone than having these radios on here.
[HTC EVO 3D] jlechner:
Yeah your right, superwipes and latest GB firmware didn't change it.
[HTC EVO 3D] kittykat858:
most firmware images have a checksum (kinda like a built in md5) to check for tampering, or damage, bad downloads etc... last thing I personally would do is edit a firmware file.
[HTC EVO 3D] ausch30:
This one was yesterday with CleanROM RC1

This is today after flashing CM9

I don't see a problem with going back, worked fine for me.
[HTC EVO 3D] kittykat858:
most aosp roms have carrier banner hardcoded, and dont pull from the firmware... thats why miui, CMx are showing sprint..
[HTC EVO 3D] HTCFlyerX:
This is for everyone's own knowledge who flashed the no firmware from VM!

Oh I shouldn't worry because CM9 covers it up or Tweaks.apk covers it up!? Is this true? NO! Our phones are labeled both sprint and virgin Mobile now, as the rcdata partition is the radio-customer partition and holds data labeling our phones Virgin Mobile!
[HTC EVO 3D] Felnarion:
Wow, everyone is freaking out. Is there even a reason to believe that a sprint release wouldn't overwrite this file?
[HTC EVO 3D] kdbutler77:
The biggest thing bugging me (more than the VM banner) is when I'm connected to 4G, I can't send or receive calls. If I turn off 4G, all is well. Anyone else noticed this?
[HTC EVO 3D] HTCFlyerX:
YES there is reason to believe that!
[HTC EVO 3D] mswlogo:
Why do you say that. Is Sprint rcdata suddenly going to be large enough to overwrite the VM rcdata?

Can you confirm your even writing the lower portion of that partition.

I suspect it's not being written at all. If that is the case Sprint ICS might fix it.

By the way I flashed all 5 RUU's (the .exe's) and it's still locked on Virgin Mobile.

Also can you confirm that the RFG_1 from Sprint is also flashing from 2.17, because it has a bunch of Virgin Mobile stuff too.

I find it hard to believe that flash a smaller rcdata from sprint is the issue.

I think chad may have even proven that with his engineering hboot. Since I expect that what his eng is allowing it to overwrite (versus padding it).

Is there a way to dump the partitions?

My guess is, it just won't allow to go to an older version. Or the Sprint flash won't allow going from Virgin to Sprint but Virgin Flash did allow going from Sprint to Virgin.
[HTC EVO 3D] Felnarion:
And that is?
[HTC EVO 3D] mswlogo:
Chad do you think this eng hboot (1.04) would work to flash rcdata?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1192306
[HTC EVO 3D] HTCFlyerX:
No it will not. That's the bootloader I am currently using and its still a no go!
[HTC EVO 3D] ausch30:
Sorry about that, I thought it had fixed it. Just flashed myn's Silk RLS1 [ICS 4.0.3/SENSE 3.6/ODEX] and it's back to Virgin Mobile.
[HTC EVO 3D] HTCFlyerX:
Me and Chad have been working on this all day and yes I can confirm that the data is being written because when I type in...

Fastboot flash rcdata rcdata.img and it says successful then its successful!
[HTC EVO 3D] HTCFlyerX:
BTW....if anyone can confirm that they can roam on data after flashing the VM firmware please let us know! I believe data roaming may not work any longer.

And to explain why I don't believe the Sprint ICS leak....very simply....all the rcdata.imgs from our ruus contain the same exact thing....the partition (RCData) is the Radio-Cust.(om?)er?) Data partition and holds pri information and roaming data!

So quite simply....we flashed a file that was built for a different carrier and are now marked as that carrier in different areas of the network.....this WILL conflict with other things as more of us use our devices at different levels!

ADDED AFTER..... Chad has just confirmed with Qualcomm that we have messed up our devices PRI! There is no way to revert from the VIRGIN MOBILE PRI!

The ICS leak may be our fix as it could contain a updated PRI that would be accepted by our devices partition!
[HTC EVO 3D] Will32:
I'll confirm that data roaming works on a gingerbread Rom while roaming after the radio flash but it seemed slower. I was at the lake all day yesterday, roaming only area for me.

Also, roaming data was spotty when its usually solid where I was.
[HTC EVO 3D] Teeeejay:
I was roaming the other day at school with the firmware and the stock 3.6 ROM.
[HTC EVO 3D] HTCFlyerX:
We NEED to downgrade our PRI!
[HTC EVO 3D] Will32:
In the thread in general, chad said he's talking to a software engineer about that.

How does our pri change? What I mean is... If I was on 1.13 and upgraded to 2.17, would it change my pri? Or should my pri always stay the same?
[HTC EVO 3D] majid25:
Nooooooo.....can't believe this is permanent.
[HTC EVO 3D] droiddawg:
Could we hex edit an old rcdata.img to reflect a version higher than the vm one?
[HTC EVO 3D] ckoadiyn:
It used to be we could upgrade and downgrade pri and nv n radios but now we can't on the virgin mobile one.
[HTC EVO 3D] jlechner:
Just tried an older pri-nv zip, no luck
[HTC EVO 3D] mswlogo:
My biggest concern is we may be connecting to inappropriate towers (roaming or not) and in a month or so sprint might kick some of us off !!!

That might we why some of us are seeing different patterns of performance on 3G. Mine seems worse. But it's so tough to measure because it's always up and down.
[HTC EVO 3D] :
So no roaming? I REGRET NOTHING
[HTC EVO 3D] poweroutlet:
I'm worried about something weird going on like this too. Ugh, I really regret flashing this stupid fw. Next time I'll be more patient before flashing things left and right lol.
[HTC EVO 3D] Felnarion:
If you're unsure, just dial *2 and see if you're connected to Sprint.

Everytime I've done it, I've been connected to Sprint.
[HTC EVO 3D] linkinx64:
My main problem is the 3g speeds , is reallyyyy slow
[HTC EVO 3D] thatisandwas:
Hey guys...Just thought i'd pop in and say hello. I work at sprint. I saw a few claims about calling us to refresh your phone to resolve the problem and just thought i'd let you know that we can't do anything of the sort. When you do a ##72786# and enter your MSL all it does is force your phone to hands free activate. The "refresh" we send to the phone just causes the phone to trip the update profile, as far as i can tell with my experience. We do have the power to change the NAI, and MSID. Thats about it. I also flashed this leak unfortunately. I wish i could pull up my account while im at work so i could look and see, but this is a BIG no no at the company. If theres anything i can help with though...be sure i will.
[HTC EVO 3D] jlechner:
You got any tier3 techs you trust? Lol
[HTC EVO 3D] Warboy:
So this virgin mobile doesn't allow PRI downgrade, could we try reverting to the oldest RUU? 1.11 then upgrading to 2.08?

Or would the exploit/bricking to get HBOOT 1.50 to 1.40 work to help?
[HTC EVO 3D] thatisandwas:
Im working on it. The way i see it i'm not allowed to access my own account but i don't see why someone else wouldn't be able to. I'm gonna talk to some of the tech guys tomorrow who wouldn't flip at the notion and see what they say.
[HTC EVO 3D] k2buckley:
Lol, same here. We're all like, "oh **** new radios. Ooh they're for virgin mobile, who cares, what could go wrong? let's flash away" we're all a bunch of dumbass flashaholics, myself included. Next time I'll wait, no doubt.
[HTC EVO 3D] thatisandwas:
QFT
[HTC EVO 3D] HTCFlyerX:
Me and chad have found a fix!!! Stay updated!
[HTC EVO 3D] Visionikz03:
I can confirm that using ##786# in epst and resetting fixes the radio interface error without having to call sprint. My speeds are better than before. No complaints since the new leedroid tweaks lets you change the status bar and lock screen text.
[HTC EVO 3D] ausch30:
Normally I don't really dive in head first but the promise of ICS was too much to resist. Hopefully, with any luck and minds greater than mine working on it, it will get straightened out. In the mean time, I'm running ICS so it really doesn't bother me all that much.

Edit: As I said
[HTC EVO 3D] thatisandwas:
Hmm..OK so i dont think were in danger of losing the ability to operate on the network in any way. The reason i say this is because we load our phones in to the system via MEID-DEC number. Every account has the history of each DEC that has been on it. Lets say by some crazy notion that your phone ended up in virgins realm somehow. All you would need to (theoretically) do is call sprint and say "my phones not working...i don't know why" and then give them the DEC. They would see that indeed this phone was active on the account and then submit a ticket to have it re-entered in to the system. Simple really. This is the kind of thing that happens when someone takes a phone and flashes it to another carrier and then gives it away to someone then that someone sees that it says "Sprint" on it and then when they call us and try to activate it they cant. Well, if the phone has genuinely been on another carrier we won't do it. But if the DEC was last on the actual Sprint account? No problem.
[HTC EVO 3D] jlechner:
Out with it! Get me off this vm! Lol
[HTC EVO 3D] geniustheanimal:
*celebratory booty dance*
[HTC EVO 3D] jlechner:
Woah....
[HTC EVO 3D] nate.spangler:
I did this last night and everything was OK until this afternoon and it came back
[HTC EVO 3D] poweroutlet:
lmao, well said.
[HTC EVO 3D] mswlogo:
Been there done that.

---------- Post added at 06:14 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:12 PM ----------

So are we all gonna line up and flash it INSTANTLY AGAIN :)
[HTC EVO 3D] ckoadiyn:
Yes lol
[HTC EVO 3D] :
Am I the only one that's still going g to stay on this firmware to run Sense 3.6?
[HTC EVO 3D] jxr94:
I can't even lie, my anal retentive saved me from flashing the firmware, I was so against that banner being there that I flashed the Rom by itself just to see if it would work. Otherwise, I'd be right with you guys.

sent from my 3VO
[HTC EVO 3D] mswlogo:
I think a bunch of folks are running the ICS with 3.6 without having flashed the firmware.

But if it's a problem. I have no problem going back to GB if it's not stable on proper Sprint firmware. It won't be long now for official stuff.
[HTC EVO 3D] poweroutlet:
I don't think we ever needed this stupid firmware to run the ICS leak rom in the first place.
[HTC EVO 3D] :
That's good news... I guess all we need to wait for now is chads fix...
[HTC EVO 3D] jivany:
Its my own fault you see I'm also a flashaholic lol!
[HTC EVO 3D] HeckNoTechnO:
Hello, My name is Michael and I'm a flashaholic
[HTC EVO 3D] louforgiveno:
Fixed post, now it doesn't sound like you're questioning Freeza's credibility :)
[HTC EVO 3D] jivany:
I know he was trying to help. Im the one that was ready to feed my ics hungry 3vo lol. I still trust freeza but next time I'm gonna wait a little .
[HTC EVO 3D] saboture:
I'm staying on it. I'm having zero issues with it, and I've been waiting far too long for ICS to let a banner ruin my first TRUE experience with ICS on a device. Every developer here posts warnings that there could be potentially harmful to effects to your device flashing things from here, and now everyone's running around as if their head has been cut off. All you have to do is put it in the microwave, take it to sprint and say this to get a new evo 3D (assuming you have the 10.00 insurance)
[HTC EVO 3D] jlechner:
It's not just a banner issue. Keep up.
[HTC EVO 3D] jlechner:
Yousefak, you may want to update your op since we have a possible fix in the oven.
[HTC EVO 3D] HeckNoTechnO:
I wonder just how long you would have to nuke it for?
[HTC EVO 3D] alanmv567:
Yeah I don't think it's just a banner issue. I work in a control room that's about three levels below ground and i was able to roam with a good signal. Now it just won't work at all. It still shows that I'm connected roaming but there's no network at all.
[HTC EVO 3D] JoeLithium:
I'm tempted to get Reddit over here and destroy you for using that meme incorrectly.

Also it isn't just a banner issue. There are two types of people that flashed this. People having issues and people not having issues yet.
[HTC EVO 3D] linkinx64:
Lol +1
[HTC EVO 3D] jlechner:
I think he looks pretty good with his foot shoved halfway down his throat....lol!
[HTC EVO 3D] saboture:
I'm just poking fun lol. Chad and flyer will have this sorted out for you guys, it's just a matter of time and meme postings.
[HTC EVO 3D] kittykat858:
actually - you would need atleast adsp.img to run a linux 3 kernel
[HTC EVO 3D] jivany:
After all it is XDA. Should be a matter of time. If not its getting nuked lol!
[HTC EVO 3D] alanmv567:
Haha I was thinking that too!!!
[HTC EVO 3D] jayjam99:
Will the fix (If and when you figure out that it works) be posted here? Or will a new thread be started?
[HTC EVO 3D] poweroutlet:
That's interesting. How is it that some users are running the new leaked roms without the VM firmware?
[HTC EVO 3D] kittykat858:
some people cant

and im assuming some people received adsp via a OTA update - i know i did - was forced on me - no choice in the matter

i got a pop up "your software has been updated, press ok"
[HTC EVO 3D] thatisandwas:
I originally ran without the leaked FW fine...hboot 1.4 s off...but i was having issues with 4g not working..."upgraded" fw and fixed it
[HTC EVO 3D] powduh09:
1.58 eng? Never knew it existed...

sent from my nocturnaled ics 3vo
[HTC EVO 3D] kdbutler77:
I'm having zero problems with 3g or 4g connectivity. I'm still on hboot 1.3 so I don't know if that's helping or not.
[HTC EVO 3D] spamking98:
but when you make a phone call doesnt it still say virgin mobile?
[HTC EVO 3D] kdbutler77:
Yes, but when I dial *2 it goes to Sprint.
[HTC EVO 3D] kittykat858:
1.58.0001 ENG PVT

the advantages of having a real eng phone, not a retail hacked to be a eng :)

came via OTA at 9 days ago
[HTC EVO 3D] fearbasel04:
Can this be pushed to our phone via fastboot. If so will it help us?
[HTC EVO 3D] kittykat858:
tried, causes a brick that i couldnt recover from

real ENG bootloaders newer than 1.4x verify 1st 4 digits of ESN (per a conversion i had this morning with a qualcomm employee)
[HTC EVO 3D] powduh09:
Sweet...

sent from my nocturnaled ics 3vo
[HTC EVO 3D] jlechner:
Chad, is your kernel for the new ics the fix?
[HTC EVO 3D] fr0st420:
I was up north camping this weekend and I'm on the new firmware. I had roaming data all weekend. So it didn't mess with my roaming at all.
[HTC EVO 3D] jlechner:
Soooo....how are things?
[HTC EVO 3D] Visionikz03:
No its for people who couldn't boot any ics and did not take the VM firmware update.
[HTC EVO 3D] Visionikz03:
On another note I dialed *2 and got Sprint CS. I thought someone mentioned that when they did this they got a fc or some sort of error. So maybe this fm is not as bad as we think it is. Plus the guy above me was roaming on data. Maybe its specific hw versions that aren't negatively affected... Who knows.
[HTC EVO 3D] G.Newton:
Would someone give me the format of the NAI and Realm in Wimax settings? (##3283#)

Correct me if I'm wrong but

NAI: MACID@virginmobileusa.sprintpcs.com

Realm: virginmobileusa.sprintpcs.com
[HTC EVO 3D] linkinx64:
I don't get anything with that code
[HTC EVO 3D] Visionikz03:
It's ##3282# the correct NAI is

64A769325EAB
[HTC EVO 3D] droiddawg:
I have a hexideximal looking code@sprintpcs.com and my realm is just sprintpcs.com.

I flashed back to 2.17 firmware but my banners still say virgin mobile but I don't have vm settings in epst.
[HTC EVO 3D] linkinx64:
I have virgin mobile as well
[HTC EVO 3D] G.Newton:
The "hex" part is your MACID for your specific phone. If you go into another menu (forgot), it contains that SAME "hex" under MACID.

I manually changed my NAI and Realm to Sprintpcs, by just deleting the virginmbileusa part.
[HTC EVO 3D] HTCFlyerX:
Here's an update for everyone....

Our effeorts are not looking very hopeful right now!:'(

Right now it looks like our only hope will be the official Sprint ICS update or leak and the hope that that update has an updated PRI then the one that was in the Virgin Mobile Firmware Package.

What having a virgin Mobile is doing to our phones..... It puts us on the bottom of the list on the Sprint Towers! This explains the weird data and roaming issues!
[HTC EVO 3D] retnuh730:
can't you update your tower position with qpst settings? i remember reading you could.
[HTC EVO 3D] :
Woah. I am so doing this.