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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ronhero:
Phone loses 3g data after rom flash

I am ripping my hair out trying to figure this out, I have an incog as my donor phone, I have all the information correctly written to the phone and the phone worked fine for months. About a month ago I flashed to the newest version of "The Peoples Rom" with Ktoonsez kernel. I didn't like the kernel so I flashed the same zip but used the stock kernel. As soon as I came back online I was only getting 1x data. After playing around and basically did everything to re-flash the phone and after a few hours got 3g data working again. Now a week later the 3g has randomly dropped and I can not get it back.....

Has anyone had this problem??? I am going to try to flash a few different roms to see if I can get the 3g to stick on any of them.....
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ugabuga:
Hi guys - Still no luck getting 3G on this damn GS3. Getting close to selling it and buying another one..

1. Went into the engineering menu via ##DEBUG# code 777468 to unlock it. Sure enough - ANA status: Fail

2. Manually went in ##DATA# and re-entered the AAA and HA keys - no luck

3. Currently using " The People's Rom" - Reflashed back to Stock Sprint Rom. Wiped all settings in DFS and re-entered. Did hands-free activation. No luck still 1x and ANA status:Fail

4. Getting no errors eveything seems fine except the data stuck at 1x.

At this point i am at a loss. This GS3 is only getting 1x any additional ideas? Could it be possible the Treo i bought as a donor could somehow cause this or could it be the GS3?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] JUSMEJOSE:
Pm me ill help you out bro ...

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---------- Post added at 08:20 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:19 PM ----------

Pm me ill help bro ... its simple ...

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] robcop19:
Maybe in a few years but for now we stay totally separate. The great thing is now we (as a company) can unlock and activate Gsm phones AND flash phones too so that's a huge leap. And on top we're getting a Gsm LTE s3 in 3 days although you are right that it will use tmobile towers but metropcs' awesome 4G lte
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] silkysmoove:
I need Help

Please someone help im sorta new to flashing phones i have the s3 with us cellular i want to flash to boost mobile the only thing i figured out so far is to put my phone into diag mode what steps do i take from there please someone give me complete details if possible im so lost :confused:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] AlpineMan:
I just added a couple more steps in the original instructions...

2a and 8a. Both tell you to click on the Read button first before proceeding.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] derrickmd18:
Can you surf the web and talk on the phone on boost?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] beserker15:
I don't have the phone, but I know the first Galaxy S (Fascinate) on Verizon used different codes than Sprint as well. Try **33284 or **87284 to see if that does anything.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dwightstone:
Want to buy

Where can i purchase an S3 already flashed to boost mobile?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] AlpineMan:
There's even a step by step video for cricket. I saw it in usgalaxys3.com.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] pakesack:
Great job! :good: Which version of DFS did you use to get it working? The website shows there is a Free, Light, Evolution, OTA version.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] AlpineMan:
Free version of DFS is all you need.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] melchorsito:
No they dont work :( i haven been able to find any information on how to flash the verizon version s3.. Im wondering if its going to be possible to flash this phone :(
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] alnova1:
Ok its driving me nuts. Does anyone have or know anyone that has the Evolution software of DFS that costs $699? I have googled it just trying to get some feedback on if its really that great but nothing. I was going to buy the $99 version of CDMA Worksop and tried to and went through Paypal. Then I get an email saying the next day that my order didn't go through and to go through there link to Paypal in the email...no way! I know people have legit copies of WS they have purchased but this seemed a bit shady. Any feedback?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] amirs10000:
How can you get the mms working?

I flashed the galaxy s3 to boost with 3g internet how can you get the mms working on it and I tried restoring apn with a apn backup restore but it says can't do that in 4.0

any help would be appreciated

thank you for 16 digit code.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mrkevo3000:
Root your phone if it isn't already then..Get the paid version of root explorer.. Then push apn backup & restore to system apps..reboot into recovery wipe cache, wipe dalvik cache, go to advanced fix permissions..reboot got back to apn app hit menu and disable the ics check... Now you got working mms... Cheers (also wiping the caches isn't needed I just like to do it)

Edit: Before doing the above steps ##3282# change the mms url to mm.myboostmobile.com, then back up that apn with the app or if you already have that apn xml then your golden, ics won't allow you to restore the apn if you don't follow the instructions up top.. Hit the thanks button if I helped you, also these instructions are in the play store under the apps description.. I take no credit into finding this I just read alot..lol give it a shot mms should work properly without the use of go sms.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] derrickmd18:
Can you talk on the phone and surf the web
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] pakesack:
Excellent instructions on getting 3G to work. Only took me a few minutes with your instructions. One question though. Does the IMEI number play any significance for using the S3 on SERO or Boost? I wasn't sure what to do with the IMEI so I just put 15 zeros in that field. Is the IMEI only for LTE?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] LordLugard:
I can confirm that this works on the Sprint network. Stumbled upon this accidentally actually. Was on a phone call and absentmindedly was carrying on a GTalk IM session as well, and pulled up several websites as well. Was shocked, surprised and excited all in the same vein.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] skx172:
Great instructions by AlpineMan
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] beserker15:
Since I might get the phone in the future, I have some interest and have been researching around. Can you try this:

*#22745927 will let you enable hidden menu. **772 will let you manually program. **87284 will let you switch the UART and USB from PDA to MODEM.

Or this:

Put the Galaxy S3 in diag mode. Do this by opening the dialer and typing *#7284# then send SPC of "000000".

No either if either methods work but I believe they're directions of the Verizon Galaxy S3 I have found on other forums.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] fabzbear:
I know this isn't a thread for it but anyone knows of flashing the s3 (Sprint variant) to metro pcs?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] E-POUND:
Great Info! Took me a lil while to get it but it worked
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mrkevo3000:
Curious someone who has already flashed to boost do ##33282# enter MSL, go to data status, does it still say revA:8 then IP address or did it change to rev A then IP address.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Platin465:
Could someone help me?

I'm doing as follows: install connectbot, run it. Where it says ssh I change it to local, then type in anything for the nickname, hit done on the keyboard. This starts the "terminal" session with a "command prompt". I then type in getprop ril.MSL (case sensitive), and hit enter. I get a blank line, then the "command prompt" again. Any reasons for this, or way around it?

I also tried CDMA WS 2.7, put in the 16-digit provided on one of the previous posts, and it errors out when I try to read the SPC/MSL.

Please help, I've got one more way to get it, but didn't want to involve Sprint. Oh, and I'm not rooted, would like to not do that quite yet.

Thanks for any assistance.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jerebediah:
So I've been on boost for over a year I was flashed originally with the evo shift then in October or November I got the gs3. lately i only get 1x speeds and i haven't been receiving most if not any calls from people. Then i just got a user agreement via email saying they can and will shut down anyone down with suspicious activity. I was just wondering if it was possible for them to throttle down my internet to.almost always at 1x speeds. I never had this problem before 2 weeks ago. Now it's rare i get 3g. Oh and i live in the same place and work at the same place i always have where i had perfect ,3g before. Just weird to me.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nerys71:
post this e-mail message please.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] averyboots:
I am having the same issue and I also came from the evo. My service has been less than crappy I I also live in the same place, work at the same place etc... I did not receive a user agreement though about any suspicious activity. I will be actively watching to see if anyone has any answers to this as well!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jerebediah:
"Our Right To Suspend Or Terminate Services

We can, without notice, suspend or terminate any Service at any time for any reason. For example, we can suspend or terminate any Service for the following: (a) failure to have or maintain an appropriate account balance for applicable charges; (b) harassing/threatening/abusing/offending our employees or agents; (c) providing false or inaccurate information; (d) interfering with our operations; (e) using/suspicion of using Services in any manner restricted by or inconsistent with the Agreement and Policies; (f) breaching, failing to follow, or abusing the Agreement or Policies; (g) modifying a Device from its manufacturer specifications (for example, rooting the device); or (h) if we believe the action protects our interests, any customer's interests, or our networks."

That's part of it the rest is at

http://www.boostmobile.com/support/services-policies/terms-conditions/

It asked me to digitally sign the agreement... which i did.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] hotboy_618:
========> I did the same thinking flashed Samsung Galaxy S3 from Sprint to Boost first have to dial the service number It will work u have to dial about 6 times tell the phone stops the u wait on the line and talk to a representativeand say if you use an incognito for your donor, you tell them that you are an incognito it will say thank you your phone is Working the internet for boost is slow super slowost
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ronhero:
Ok so I got my 3g working with a new donor phone on my people's rom working on md4. For the life of me I can't get mms working. I used a few guides with apn tweeks but whenever I fix permissions it will not boot past the lock screen without blacking out...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jric1:
HI, long time fan of the forum, first time user reason being is that i've always managed to get an answer from reading the threads. I've flashed many phones with the help of this awesome site.

However, recently, I started having troubles that I never encountered before, about a week ago i noticed that when I sent out MMS over wifi i didnt get a reply back from the individual to which i usually did. Then I come to find out the person never received the MMS. The problem I found was that it was not sending mms over wifi. I read somewhere, cant remember the place, but that it may have to do with the introduction of the GS3 to boost and a whole lot of changes. Prior to that i was able to send MMS with the assistance of wifi which made the mms go faster at home (reception is horrible at home, lots of dead zones). I was still able to send mms with data tho. the funny thing is that it did state that it did sent the mms when using the wifi but the person never received it, as i often test my phone by sending mm, mms, to myself. That was actually the first problem.

Problem number 2, is that this past Friday, I sent out a few text to three different people and it was odd that i didn't get a reply or any text even on Saturday. I usually get offers for stuff that I sell on CL. I didnt think anything was wrong at least with the phone because my 3g was working fine.so at work on saturday, I check my voice mail and my calls don't go out, the dial stays quite then cuts off, i tried sending a mm's and mms' and i get the failed report even outside. I havent turned on the donor phone in like over a year. I didn't receive any error message or that dreaded guy saying error 16.

So, I flashed a GN2 that i was selling (GS3 was off), and that worked fine for a little bit, then no mm's or calls go out the 3g was activated. I had the gn2 flashed previously, but decided to unflashed it cause it was too big. so, now, Im not sure what to do because I've reflashed my phone and now it wont update the profile. Not sure what to do.

Im using almost the same method put on here instead, I downgrade rom to 4.1.1 in order to get mms working without having to do the alternative. Im also still using CDMA to install 495, 496, 1194, &1195, and NAM 1&2, qxdm to change the esn, and DFS for 3g. Everything was fine until about a week ago. Is anyone else having the same issue, could it be the introduction of the gs3 on boost is changing things? I gotta thank this awesome forum, Ive learned a lot from here.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] E-POUND:
Same problem here.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jerebediah:
Yeah, recently my mms won't send over WiFi. Idk my main problem is not getting 3g in 90% of the areas I use to get it. The dropped calls and missing text have been happening way more often now! Idk maybe they are catching on.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Carfanatic:
I have recently had trouble with mms also I thought it was because I updated my ROM I was on the older Blazer now recently updated been going crazy trying to get it working again now it will work partially but not completely.

Funny thing is my other GS3 also flashed to boost that has not changed ROMs still works fine with MMS over wifi and 3g.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] AlpineMan:
Just an FYI... No MMS problems so far on GS3 and Note 2 flashed to Sprint legacy accounts. Fingers crossed. :D

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] trim81:
True sprint doesn't have mms problems, only boost does.

The only issue though is sending over wifi. It still works on 3g.

I think the issue is, you need to be behind the boost servers and ip network to send the mms. You cannot do it on a different ip.

Just like sending smtp from isps... You need to be behind their ip in order to send via port 25
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Rodnelson23:
Im having the same issues with my s3 too. But i called boost and they been saying for 4 months they are fixing on 3 towers in my area. I can see it'll go to 3g then cut off and go back to 1x. My pics won't come through wifi anymore only through the phone Internet. But call boost and have them check your area for outage. If so have to go credit your account. For me boost been paying my bill for 2 months now.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Carfanatic:
My donor isn't capable of wifi so can't call and say anything about that :) I don't think sprint/boost just happens to have an "outage" for all of us with this problem it is very doubtful.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] trim81:
What is everyone using for voicemail notification on boost?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Carfanatic:
"Nothing" actually as long as your rooted delete the default voicemail and then the normal boost one seems to work.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] AlpineMan:
You delete the Sprint visual voice mail app and you don't install anything to replace it? You just get a notification if there's VM? Where's the notification coming from?

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Carfanatic:
Yes I used Titanium Backup and first backed it up then I deleted what is listed simply as Voicemail T.....whatever version. I don't know if it is the sprint visual voice mail app or what I am using Blazer rom whatever installs itself from that one.

If I don't delete this then I get no notifications at all ever. Once I do everything works perfect just like I had a boost phone.

I will update in a bit see exactly what is running to send the notification.

Edit: I actually don't see a process/app running that isn't running when I don't have a voicemail so it is hard to say for certain. The notification is just the old tape icon like we use to use for the old voice mail machines for land lines.

If anyone knows for certain how to check what app is sending/showing the notification will gladly try to figure out how exactly it is working.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jric1:
Really, no text, calls, mms through wifi, but does your 3g still work? What are you using now? Im using the incognito and its painful. Im using the gs3 as an itouch basically. If I dont get this resolved, I may end up switching to simple mobile for like $40 unlimited or tmobile. Boost is great tho cause sprint phones are cheap. Ill just need to learn stuff about gsm and how to unlock.

Yeah, it's interesting. Everything was working fine not so long ago, boost just got the left over gs3s from sprint. That could also be something.

Alpineman, you're the man, learned a lot from you. I see you're on sprint legacy, never heard of it, but glad there are no probs with legacy. Boost on the otherhand, different story.

Yeah, no wifi with an incognito.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] trim81:
Hmm... I'm in Cm 10.1 AOSP Rom, any idea what I need to delete?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Carfanatic:
As long as you use Titanium backup you should be safe choosing anything after you back it up but would guess just look for something called Voicemail T.(version number you happen to have)

If you see nothing called Voicemail then I wouldn't know what else to tell you to delete you would have to ask in the CM 10.1 AOSP thread to find what is being used on that rom for voicemail.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] AlpineMan:
Thank you for this! I believe the app that's responsible for the old style notification is the phone app itself using standard MWI (message waiting indicator).

This will probably work with Sprint legacy accounts as well for those who don't want to use 3rd party visual voicemail app like Youmail since the stock VVM app doesn't work on legacy Sprint accounts either. In the past, I've only frozen the stock VVM app using Titanium Backup. But notification still didn't work. Perhaps a full delete of the app is required.

Thanks again.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Mrhunter13:
is it possible to use the gs2 from boost to use as an donor phone to flash a Verizon galaxy s3
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] clip3009:
Yep. just extract the ha & aaa keys
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ghanafirst:
On CM click on the phone app, settings, and under voicemail click message indicator and wala you going a working voicemail
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] trim81:
Sadly this doesn't work for me (wish it did) ... I'm running cm 10.1 pay man rom.

How about you?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dj_ox:
if you have JB most of the codes won't work, you need to flash ICS stock rom
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jric1:
I fixed it, hope its permanent. What I did was that I made it get error 16, I turned on my donor phone. At the same time as the flashed phone. When I got it, u either have the choice of calling sprint or reseting the phone by changing the esn (donor phone) on the boost website by going to update device. You'll need another boost phone any doesnt matter for the latter, but at times its easier than calling boost cause i think they know how error 16 happens so they'll be a lil curious. I still had my juno, from when I had flashed my old evo3d years ago. I did flash the juno, but I wasnt able to get the codes for the boost profile. I didnt have any data, but it gave me error 16 again. I reset the account again by changing it back to incognito. I didnt turn on the donor at all. I reflashed the the phone cause I had reset the phone as I was using it as an ipod while using the donor.

However, I read that u dont need to reflash it, u can just change the esn your boos account. You can just wait like a minute or more everytime you change the esn e.g. rom the incognito to the other phone back to the incognito. It worked for me, the only thing, is that it was updating automatically. I had to cancel when it was updating the firmware as im on 4.1.1 and was able to send mms without any modification. It did update my prl to the boost one 61010. The stock one was 16(something) which was great, it was giving me 3g often even though at first the upload speeds where faster than the download. So, now this prl is pulling like 50 klbts download suck (at home tho).
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] E-POUND:
U did all that to fix MMS? I can get and send MMS on 3G just not on wifi. My girl evo shift flashed to boost cant send MMS at all anymore. It worked at 1st for months then the other day it just wont send for anything.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jric1:
Not just the MMS, everything was working fine about two weeks ago, then all of the sudden, I wasnt able to make calls (no dial tone or the guy saying error16) or send mm or mms. I did have data tho. Im operational now well almost complete as im now able to make calls and send mm. I havent been able to send mms yet due to the updated boost's prl which barely gives me anything at home like 50 kbps download and 40 kbps upload. Lagging big time and since mms through wifi is not possible. Im going to have to reset to the stock prl which was great was pulling like 500+ kbps download on good days, I have to reflash tho... I got rid of the evo a long time ago, it was a battery hog, I loved the rom tho. It was way better than the galaxy one.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] E-POUND:
Yea I had that problem too where I got no dial tone or anything. The phone wouldn't even dial out, jist kept hanging up. So basikally u saying u fixed most of ur problems by moving another phone on ur account then waitin a couple mins and moving ur original phone back on ur account? I kno that fixes error 16 but that fixed most of ur problems?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] guivanni:
Having a problem

I continue to use these things on my S3. Reformating it countless times trying to get the MSL code. I used the cmds and stuff and DFS CDMA only allows you to get it with the full version, like 700$ from what i read. Anything else i could use to get it without spending loads of money on a program that can successful help me!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] AlpineMan:
I've never used CDMA Workshop on the GS3. I've only used DFS and QPST/QXDM... All of which are free.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] JUSMEJOSE:
I use the opposite lol just cdma workshop ... I only used qpst on the new htc one that's about it ...

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jric1:
Yeah, it fixed just about everything, I can make calls and send text. Im havent been able to send mms, it could be the boost prl that is really slow orthrough wifi. When I reset the prl to the original phone's prl, ill let you know of any changes, I have to reflash tho. So not sure if I want to do it, I dont want to lose service, but the error 16 (changing esn) fix I read u can do it often.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] guivanni:
Okay so I got the msl code.

I tried setting up the phone today with CDMA workshop 2.7.0 and I kept running into errors for the ESN.

I got everything else right but I seemed to have trouble writing the NV_FILE.

youtube

/watch?v=FG28hhqpk4E

I watched that video and followed every step

But the problem consists of no access to the internet.

It says every time it needs to be activated.

Now I don't have my ESN to even restore it.

How would I reacquire it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] JUSMEJOSE:
Your prl doesn't have nothing to do with no being able to send mms ... dial ##3282# and others .... and check your MMSC URL says my boostmobile ...

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