yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HTC EVO 3D] vin255764:
YES YES AND YES

handsfree activation and data profile fixed straight from network,no manual qpst writings :)

1)I fixed my banner with hexedited VMrcdata (1.53_VIN)

2)Upped# and flashed 2.17rcdata (1.53_VIP) to make sure pri is overwrited (Chadgoodman idea)

3)

adb push misc_version /data/local/tmp/misc_version
adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/misc_version
adb shell /data/local/tmp/misc_version -s 2.17.651.5

4)testing ##786# -worked perfect,and no manual editing in data profile.

5)My prl was 21087.I cancelled prl update from network.My PRL now is 21081-is this the one from 2.17 firmware?.Meaning Im truly on 2.17 firmware now? :)

hope this helps to advanced users

6)I think now I can change prl#to 1.42_003 as a "normal" user with method from post#1 or one from my thread,will findout later
[HTC EVO 3D] twcrosno:
Hey Vin

So, we should be on PRI 1.42_003? I had that before I ran the Nocturnal fix, but it changed it to the 1.53_vin. I wonder if I run an activation if it will put it back to 1.42_003? After I did the VM I went to 1.53_144 (I believe that's the right numbers) then I ran an activation for the hell of it and it put me at PRI 1.42_003. Sorry for repeating.
[HTC EVO 3D] vin255764:
If you have Sprint banner,PRI 1.42_003 and handsfree ativation worked,Yes,you good to go.Even if there are VM leftovers,they are not traceable,harmless

After mad experiments,I couldnt downgrade,lost handsfree activation,data worked only after manual switching profile 0 to 1 even with correct secrets.Total disaster lol
[HTC EVO 3D] SITH16:
Ok, so I'm a little confused. If we are already with your fix (153_vin) then we start at...

2)Upped# and flashed 2.17rcdata (1.53_VIP) to make sure pri is overwrited (Chadgoodman idea)

and then move on to...

3)

Code:

adb push misc_version /data/local/tmp/misc_version

adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/misc_version

adb shell /data/local/tmp/misc_version -s 2.17.651.5

4)testing ##786# -worked perfect,and no manual editing in data profile.

5)My prl was 21087.I cancelled prl update from network.My PRL now is 21081-is this the one from 2.17 firmware?.Meaning Im truly on 2.17 firmware now?

hope this helps to advanced users.

And after this, we should be able to do the tutorial in the first post in order to get full restoration of sprint.

And we only need to do this, if hands free activation isn't working...am I correct?
[HTC EVO 3D] vin255764:
Where to start I have no idea...

I just looked at logcat,in my case zero-misc_version was the cause of all problems
[HTC EVO 3D] Will32:
I used the nocturnal fix and now my banner says sprint, I can do prl and profile updates, but I always could do those, I just used the fix for the banner. My pri is vin. How do I go about making my pri 003.

Edit.. got it
[HTC EVO 3D] twcrosno:
K, not sure what it means, but I flashed back to a 2.17 ROM and everything was still all Sprint. I flashed a 1.13 (1) ROM and then to a 1.13 (2) ROM and ##3282# and checked WiMAX and the Realm was back to virginmobile.sprintpcs.com, which made the NAI reference virgin mobile as well. I edited it back to sprintpcs.com, commited, powered off, pulled battery for 30 sec. Just in case you just tuned in, I ran the nocturnal fix.
[HTC EVO 3D] EJerVJerO:
I installed the fix, booted up a Mean GB ROM, did a ##DATA# and once rebooted updated and successfully did hands-free activation.

Installed CM9 and now I am able to finally roam again!
[HTC EVO 3D] twcrosno:
Holy crap, here comes the noobie question. How do I do the hands free activation? OMG I just did this the other day and now I am having a brain fart!!
[HTC EVO 3D] G.Newton:
##786#

Menu > Reset > Reboot >Handsfree.
[HTC EVO 3D] twcrosno:
K, activation did not change me from 1.53_vin to 1.42_003.

In edition: I had to modify my realm again from virginmobile.sprintpcs.com to sprintpcs.com, but everything else shows sprint. (not roam control, banners)
[HTC EVO 3D] vin255764:
To keep everything in 1 post..

UPDATE:

7)Im back to 3.42_003 same way as usuall (like the video in my thread)

It didnt worked for me,I was stuck with 1.53_VIN/1.53_144.TUT from OP stopped working too.It worked twice and then stopped after "tests"

misc_version was the ***** (in my case)
[HTC EVO 3D] phonetec:
So I think something killed my camera...every time I open it, I get a black screen then the phone reboots, any advice on bricking it so I can get it replaced?
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
Phonetec, that may simply be an issue with the ROM. It would be advisable to try wiping reflashing it. This also really isn't related to the topic here (sorry). If something is wrong with the camera, you can probably flash a stock ROM and have them take a look at the phone. That would probably be more feasible to do (and not fraudulent).

Sorry again,

~co~
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
I think I actually might have something for you. I was just about to PM you back. I'm serious. Very serious.

~co~

(Sorry for the terribly cheesy post, but anyways...)

PM Sent: Now to wait and see if I've made a fool out of myself. :o
[HTC EVO 3D] Will32:
@unknownforce

You're so effin good at what you do. Thank you for the update.
[HTC EVO 3D] phonetec:
I have tried different roms and it's the same issue, the reason I cannot take it to sprint is because of the vm firmware, hence why I posted here
[HTC EVO 3D] Will32:
If you need to take it in and can't wait on a fix from unknown, just use the nocturnal fix, that'll give you the sprint banner and they won't ever know.
[HTC EVO 3D] jlechner:
This.

Sent from my Sprint/Virgin Mobile hybrid
[HTC EVO 3D] vin255764:
How do I change ****relocked**** to ****locked****

I remember Unknown talked about it earlier?
[HTC EVO 3D] jcfunk:
He's working on that too

Sent from my DOWNGRADED EVO 3D
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
Correction, after I get this fix working and completed, I'm going to work on that next.
[HTC EVO 3D] jcfunk:
Well by time vm fix, you will know whole layout of emmc. :D

Sent from my DOWNGRADED EVO 3D
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
Ugh, don't remind me.
[HTC EVO 3D] wwjoshdew:
should I swap my service from my EVO 4G LTE to the EVO 3D, BEFORE doing this? It says NOT to let it activate, so when would be a good idea to swap my service over?

and why is the PG86IMG FULL zip got a "5" in it? "PG85IMG"

That nocternal thing... Yes or No? I do wanna take a stab at this, because I've never gotten my hands this dirty before!!! ;)
[HTC EVO 3D] vin255764:
swap service is not necessary.

What is necessary-is to ask yourself,do you really have issues with VM FW worth to start fixing them?
[HTC EVO 3D] wwjoshdew:
If you see my signature, I make YouTube videos to help people out.

And this is a video that no one else has done yet, so yeah! It's worth it.

PS - I hate your signature. I keep trying to swipe that bug off my laptop, and it doesn't do anything.
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
Josh. It would probably be best if you waited. That isn't a full true fix. It's all cosmetic. There are things that go much deeper than the Virgin Mobile banner on the screen. It works in a sense, but it's really just a bandaid for a much larger issue.

Also. You might want to wipe the fingerprints off your laptop now. :) Just joking around.

~co~
[HTC EVO 3D] wwjoshdew:
Do you wanna know the WORST part? I was like, "how do you know my laptop is dirty?" lmao

Thanks for the heads up. I've just never ventured this far out into Android.

And the EVO3D is no longer my daily driver! :)
[HTC EVO 3D] HSadler93:
Like he said there is no true fix and UnknownForce is working really hard to bring a full fix.

Once UnknownForce completes his work doing a video would be a really great idea because i'm sure lots of people will have questions as this has affected many users on XDA
[HTC EVO 3D] jlechner:
off topic: Just called about pricing for the LTE. Buy back is $90, LTE is $130, which becomes $79.99 after a rebate. The sucky part for me, I'm on an employee account and can't upgrade till after 90 days of launch. They do this to get normal customers the phone first, then they let employees buy. lame-o.

on topic, I'm gonna go back 10-15 pages and copy a few posts here and there and update the op in about an hour or so.
[HTC EVO 3D] ckombo:
May I ask how you are getting this pricing?

I just called and they said my best option is to pay the early termination fee ($120 in my case). Then, upgrade to the EVO LTE for $199 (plus $36 activation). I guess I could then get $90 for the buy back on my 3D. So my total would be around $260 + tax.

Your pricing sounds much better!
[HTC EVO 3D] jlechner:
I'm eligible for upgrade.

Sent from my Sprint/Virgin Mobile hybrid
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
OK, So, since starting over, I deleted all the Partition 19's that people sent me. This is both for ease of starting over as well as user confidentiality. (I'm not in the business of selling people's info, nor do I want to have the possibility of them all being on my computer where someone could find them.)

But, I need these again. However, this time, I need much more information. I'm working on determining the pattern to these VM flashes and I'm getting to a point where I need more test data, which is good, because I can start to develop a working fix shortly.

So, what I need is people who are obviously willing to take a risk as well as trust me not to steal their info. (didn't do it last time, and won't do it this time, but just reminding you that this partition contains all the unique phone info, number, MSL, imei, ESN, etc etc)

What I'm going to do first is find the right pattern and the correct spots to fix for every possible scenario, then I'll run through the partition, find the places that need to be fixed and run my patch against your partition, I'll send you back the fixed partition and have you flash it to your device. If I get enough of these that work, I can then simply release the fix.

Use the following adb command on a rooted rom:

adb shell dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p19 of=/sdcard/p19.img

Then pull the p19.img from the sd card, and zip it (it's compacts to really small compared to the 8MB it starts at)

Please use this template when sending them to me...

1.) What works:

Data works Yes/No

Texts Yes/No

Phone calls Yes/No

In/Out of Roaming constantly Yes/No

Everything works, just stuck on Virgin Mobile Banner Yes/No

Provide any additional notes about functionality here:

2.) Things I have done to try and fix it:

rfg_1/2 flashing

flashed 1_53.145 "fix"

flashed VIN's fix

erased partitions to try and revert

flashed 2.17 firmware to try and fix

flashed something else: Explain

Anything else that you tried to do:

Basically, I need as much info about what your current situation is on your phone, and exactly what you've done up to this point. I need to find a pattern and figure out what's working, and what's not working, and why. I need everything you've done from the point of VM flashing on... Anything you've tried to do is relevant. Because like I said before, it's different on every phone.

So, Send me a PM, I'll give you an email address to send it to.

Do not

post it here, it contains your personal info on your phone.
[HTC EVO 3D] jlechner:
OP updated to include your call for help unknown.
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
Thanks, hopefully this will be the last time, now that I know pretty much what I'm looking for with these.

I just want to get a fresh infusion and see if I can't get it down to a bit more of a science rather than luck here.
[HTC EVO 3D] antonio824:
im getting an error, its saying unknown operand of
[HTC EVO 3D] phonetec:
pm sent
[HTC EVO 3D] ministersin:
pm sent
[HTC EVO 3D] brooksyx:
So is it safe to say that the wimax realm for virgin mobile is:

virginmobile.sprintpcs.com
[HTC EVO 3D] Will32:
I'm gonna say yes, just because nobody else will, lol. But I'm not positive because I don't use WiMAX.
[HTC EVO 3D] jlechner:
Seems correct to me.

Sent from my Sprint/Virgin Mobile hybrid
[HTC EVO 3D] jlechner:
unknown, did you get enough pm's?

Sent from my Sprint/Virgin Mobile hybrid
[HTC EVO 3D] RulingCzar:
It is virginmobileusa.sprintpcs.com
[HTC EVO 3D] adrand:
PM sent. Willing to send you a copy of my partition if you still need more. Thanks for all your work thus far.
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
Oh yeah, got plenty. Thanks.

I keep running into brick walls, but I'm still trying things...

The biggest problem I'm facing right now is that somehow certain devices are tripping some low level security that is wiping the radio_config clean, and disabling the radio.

This happens when I just change something as simple as the PRI number to a lower number.

To make matters worse, This doesn't happen on my device. So it makes testing REALLY hard because everything that I do on my end, ends up not working on others...

I've gone over everything and I'm not missing any steps that I'm doing that is any different... so I need to figure out why devices are not responding the same way. Or some way around that low level security wipe...

Still going though... little by little, I'm eliminating possible issues that could be causing it.

This partition is not very friendly. :(
[HTC EVO 3D] ministersin:
I did the Nocturnal fix and then updated PRL through the setting menu and i took me to 21089 from 21087. Is this a Sprint or VM PRL? Anybody else?
[HTC EVO 3D] twcrosno:
I had the same numbers as you then I ran a PRL update and it moved me to 21089 just two days ago. I believe it is Sprint.
[HTC EVO 3D] wjfelibert:
Damn so you just shot my theory. I have run these steps almost 10 times also and tried it on both 1.4 (non eng) s-off and 1.5 s-off (both locked and unlocked). I was going to go home tonight and flash 1.4 eng to see if maybe my hboot was the problem. Are you for sure getting rfg_1 and rfg_5 to delete in fastboot? I guess I should also clarify that no my PRI isn't changing and of course my banner is still VM. However I don't have any issues with data or calls and never did before either. My goal has been to see if I could get this fix to definitely remove banner or not since some people seem to be able to.

Can anyone positively say they got Sprint Banner removed?
[HTC EVO 3D] jlechner:
If you have pri 005 or 003 I wouldn't worry about it.
[HTC EVO 3D] wjfelibert:
True. maybe it's my freshness but when you're saying PRI 003 or 005 are you meaning that if I flashed the pri fix it will say 1.53_145 but is really 1.53_143?? Are you just abbreviating? Or am I looking at the wrong thing?
[HTC EVO 3D] buddywiser:
Yep pretty sure they're erasing. It gives the time in seconds for confirmation.

I also started with hboot 1.4 non eng. I've tried so Manu combinations of Fe/ toms/ hboots. I think I'll stick it out as is for now.
[HTC EVO 3D] jlechner:
That's what I meant, my bad it's late and I been at this all day lol. Yes 145 is ALSO 143. So long as it doesn't say 144.
[HTC EVO 3D] antonio824:
nvm. got it
[HTC EVO 3D] Rydah:
You got a problem? Pm me.

To clarify I'm mad, as I think he did more for the community than anybody had to, but whatever, I can follow him on another forum. Maybe I was wrong, and spoke about something I didn't 100% know about. I don't care who's what kind of moderator like you, I'll do what I want, which is in the communitys favor. (I'm cooling it) I cooled down. I'm over it. Your going to ban me for my opinion, which I got over? Please don't abuse your authority, it really isn't an accomplishment.

Either way, as ive cooled off, let's start over, you and me. I'm cooled off now. I'm Rydah, nice to meet you Jerdog. I did have a legitimate question in that last post of mine BTW.

Edit: chad does have a source. I've seen it... Don't know where you guys get your info from. I can also name a few violations that these mods have made.

Sent From My Half Dead HTC Evo 3D, On The Now Network From Virgin Mobile?
[HTC EVO 3D] jlechner:
What's the q, and please use your own advice from now on and pm anything you wish to say to someone that isn't topic related. That would be appreciated. Ty.

Sent from my Sprint/Virgin Mobile hybrid.
[HTC EVO 3D] Rydah:
I figured it out bro, thanks. To the rest, sorry. Some people take things too serious. I've had way too much **** going on. Lost 3 family members in last 2 months, moving out, working, school, and neighbors a psycho. Too much going on. Let's continue to fix Virus Mobile. Stop telling me to get on Topic. That's off Topic! Okay, that was my last off Topic post. I promise.

Oh, and like I said, anybody have a problem, pm me. K

Sent From My Half Dead HTC Evo 3D, On The Now Network From Virgin Mobile?
[HTC EVO 3D] wjfelibert:
FINALLY confirmed rfg_1 and rfg_5 delete through fastboot with HBOOT 1.4 ENG. So in case it helps it did not work with revolutionary 1.4 or 1.5 both s-off or with 1.5 locked or unlocked. For me it ONLY deleted with 1.4 ENG.

As for the guy who asked about the banners I don't think theirs going to be any chance of banner fixes until we get OFFICIAL Sprint RUU update.

**as I type this I'm flashing stock ruu and I see FAILED on first attempt. hmmmmmm. never saw that before.
[HTC EVO 3D] bluerjb:
It's most likely over writing the hboot do it again. And you'll see that your gonna be back on shipped hboot. It did it to mine.
[HTC EVO 3D] vikes4life:
So I did this method to fix the virgin problem and I almost had it. I did everything and when I flashed back to ics EVOS 4.0 Rom my radio didn't respond. I went to ##data# and tried to restore and it gives me that the radio is not responding. And it does not want to commit to the command that I want. Now I don't have signal nor can send messages. How can I get at least the voice and messages to work? Do I do the same steps over again? I did manage to flash hboot Eg
[HTC EVO 3D] b.huss2:
well after a few days of NO 3G AT ALL, i finally got some 3g. i decided to re-do the whole process of the semi-fix we have. it still would not turn on 3g. i mean no icon, nothing. like mobile networks was turned off really. i have been constantly going into sprintzone testing 3g but it just sends me to settings to turn it on but it's already on. last night i was connected to wifi and i went to test, it prompted me to turn wifi off and i did. just for a second i seen the 3g icon pop up and the test was good but then it went right back off. so, i sat and toggled mobile networks off and on numerous times until finally.....BAM, 3g came on. was real poor but it was on. now i still have to toggle a few times to get it on but i can usually get it, but it's very crappy and it doesn't stay on. i still can't update profile or prl but i woke up this morning to a firmware update and installed it. it was the 2.08.***.3 update. still waiting for the 2.17 update to come. operator still VM.
[HTC EVO 3D] buddywiser:
Now you got me wondering about this. How did you confirm that it only worked on 1.4 Eng? I got the same message for all of them. I forget exactly, but something like...Erasing...Finished (2.76 sec). Nothing to make me believe it failed.
[HTC EVO 3D] Will32:
Where'd you get that 1.4 eng?
[HTC EVO 3D] jlechner:
I had a link up.

check your gtalk
[HTC EVO 3D] triscuit1983:
Exactly what I've got going on. If you look at Mobile Network, it continually says "turning on". When it finally connects it's only for a second.

I asked a question on the first version of the the thread but it was in the midst of the domestic dispute and got lost in the mix. While in QPST, under the "Roam" tab, in the "Preferred Roaming" box, is the "Enable Preferred Roaming" check box checked for anyone? Mine is grayed out and I'm unable to check it. The only way I can get on a new PRL right now is to find on and upload it to my phone with QPST.
[HTC EVO 3D] jlechner:
Also grayed out.
[HTC EVO 3D] jlechner:
Try ##PRL#
[HTC EVO 3D] buddywiser:
1.4 Eng link is still there in Post #1
[HTC EVO 3D] erick1499:
For some reason my phone will not flash the PG86IMG after this step:

get into the bootloader by typing in the cmd window:

adb reboot bootloader

you should be in fastboot and type in cmd window :

fastboot erase rfg_5

then

fastboot erase rfg_1

Anyone have any tips?
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
Hi erick1499. Make absolutely certain that the file is named PG86IMG and not rollbackPG86IMG. It must be on the root of the SD Card (not inside a folder). You're booting up into the bootloader to flash this (Vol - and power).

~co~
[HTC EVO 3D] Will32:
To add, I might be mistaken but I think that if your USB is connected it'll go straight into fastboot mode when you power up and won't look for the zip.
[HTC EVO 3D] jlechner:
Scroll up with the vol+ and select bootloader with the power button.

Sent from my Sprint/Virgin Mobile hybrid
[HTC EVO 3D] erick1499:
Thanks guys i found out that for some reason the Full 2.08.651.2 Firmware was named PG85IMG; for some reason but after having successfully flashed it and updated to 2.17 base i am still on VM PRI

So i am supposed to use the rollbackPG86IMG instead of the Full 2.08.651.2 Firmware?
[HTC EVO 3D] Xenophanesvii:
Right now I'm on the correct PRI, and im on Vins PRL, but now my radio is completely shut off. Zero bars with a little x on the top. Please help, i could give a crap if im on VM firmware, atleast data and calls worked :(

Fixed it! Thank you so much Unknown!
[HTC EVO 3D] jcfunk:
Need QPST, Use software download, backup phone and restore. This will turn-on your radios.

Sent from my DOWNGRADED EVO 3D
[HTC EVO 3D] vin255764:
After 100s of tests,I can tell that using misc_version absolutely not necessary.My advice is to use it one more time and change it to a good number 2.17.651.5 for example or any shipped number

I was able to downgrade to 1.24_003 PRI-from 2.08 ROM

Also figured how to go back all the way to 1.16_003 PRI,which is in 1.13 shipped ROM :)

Banner is a *****,so far I have no banner at all after few edits in Sprint firmware.
[HTC EVO 3D] G.Newton:
Correct. Question was already asked a few days ago. Search. :)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1673057
[HTC EVO 3D] Will32:
Can anyone tell me why it gives me an error when trying to do a backup in software download? Error says "the nv item requested is not the nv item recieved". It stops about halfway through and gives me that error.

I did make a backup in service programming before I did The VM fw but I don't know if that matters.
[HTC EVO 3D] Jamesredmond82:
How were you able to downgrade to 1.16?
[HTC EVO 3D] grandpasghost:
Really appreciate this thread and all who are helping to resolve this issue.

However On the step where you erase rfg_5 and erase rfg_1

I didnt notice at the time that it said FAILED (Remote: not allowed) to both of these.

Is this normal, my logic says no. But at the time i just saw finished on both, and went on from there.

How do i remedy this if its an issue, do i start the whole walkthrough over? or is there a certain point i can jump in at?
[HTC EVO 3D] G.Newton:
You S-off?
[HTC EVO 3D] JTOLOGY:
Don't know if this helps but I ran into the same problem a while back when this issue first came about. I had a seperate copy of the fastboot folder installed on my pc, I opend command prompt from that one and ran the commands and it worked. Again, I don't know if it will work for you, but it worked for me.
[HTC EVO 3D] jlechner:
Soff? 1.4 eng hboot?

Sent from my Sprint/Virgin Mobile hybrid
[HTC EVO 3D] grandpasghost:
S-OFF and HBOOT 1.4

I used the ADB from the thread in a new folder today, but i may try it with the full SDK ADB , since another user mentioned that. And read it while researching the FAIL error. At what step would you recommend starting at to try this again.

Thanks for all the help. 3 replies = awesome support!
[HTC EVO 3D] jlechner:
And you were in fastboot correct?

Sent from my Sprint/Virgin Mobile hybrid
[HTC EVO 3D] grandpasghost:
I cannot say for certain that i was in fastboot. All I know is I used the cmd terminal to run all the commands in the OP.

I entered:

adb reboot bootloader

and next:

fastboot erase rfg_5

if i was suppose to run a command between those steps to start up fastboot. then no i didnt do that.

I flashed the PG86IMG Next. and thats where i am now.
[HTC EVO 3D] jcfunk:
Which version of QPST are you using? Can use .qcn from service programing its not a full backup, but has the important stuff. For me QPST version 2.7-366 works.

Sent from my DOWNGRADED EVO 3D