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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sosmooth757:
Okay thanks for the info. So which is better Sprint Rant or Boost Rant? Or does it not make a difference? Also if I choose to use the Sprint Rant as a donor, after flashing the S3, if I needed to switch back and fourth, will I need to call Boost to have the S3 reactivated or could I just go online to Boost website under update handset and switch?

I did some more research to see if my S3 was flashed properly and used ##33284#. I looked under EVDO Engineering and the AAA said fail and under Data Status it says 1X. SMH...Now I gotta pay more money to have it reflashed, luckily I have a Sprint Rant that's been sitting around. Cant trust everyone on Ebay.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] makkonen:
Thanks for all the help in this thread -- once I got my SPC, flashing, with full profile updating and EVDO Rev A working, took under 10 minutes. Free version of DFS (4.0.0.6 now) worked a treat, did everything I needed (except grabbing nvitems from the EFS for a backup, but I wasn't terribly worried about that). A whole lot less struggle than the last two phones I've tried (GNex and EVO LTE).

Just a note for anyone who is having persistent trouble extracting their SPC/MSL, even after following the instructions in this thread and others: the LI3 ROM has this function locked down. No matter what you do, you cannot get anything but a blank line from 'getprop ril.MSL'. After spending hours looking for another way to extract those precious six numbers, I flashed CWM and upgraded to the LIH leak, and was up and running in 2 minutes. Didn't even need 'su' to get it.

And, craig198, as far as getting LTE service to work -- I think that's HIGHLY unlikely. Almost certainly, that sort of thing is provisioned on the backend, not on the phone itself. I'd love to be proved wrong, but I'm keeping my expectations low.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] AlpineMan:
You do not need to flash a whole ROM. Just flash the radio. When setting up a new GS3, I always go back LG2 radio. Once everything is done with QPST/DFS, I flash to the latest radio.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] craig198:
I would love to prove you wrong;)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] izzox:
Could you please check What radio is loaded on your GS3?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Carfanatic:
I was trying to follow the post on page 5 I've flashed my SII to boost I am using the same donor sanyo incognito how do I piece together my 32 digit HEX AAA password and the HA Shared Secret: secret. I read nv items 465, 466, 1192 and 1194 from the sanyo but didn't know how to use that for the SIII

Do I/can I just use CDMA WS to write the NV items and that will do the HEX AAA and HA Shared Secret for me? Then what do I still need to do in DFS?

Trying to do this all free but just not understanding what I need to do in DFS....and if I need CDMA WS at all or what.

EDIT: I got how to get the HEX AAA and the HA Shared through DFS easily so guessing all I have to do is change my SIII ESN to match my Sanyo then do all the other DFS stuff and push apn and I should be good???
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sosmooth757:
The idiot on Ebay flashed my phone wrong. I got it reflashed last night. 3g with good speeds now.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] domwin:
You think the note ii would be able I be flash to boost right?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] izzox:
Is the sprint Note II available?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nerys71:
seeking some help with this. I have searched for the last HOUR and found nothing anywhere.

I have an incognito. I have an S3 I have MSL's to both.

I install 2700 drivers (windows xp) no problem. I connect incognito and windows see's it fine and CDMA workshop can "read" it even though I don't need to do that step I checked to make sure.

I open QXDM and I can not select a target port the only available option is Disconnected. it seems QXDM does not "see" my incognito. How do I proceed from here?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Carfanatic:
Fully flashed my phone to Boost using the info here and semi using what I did for my S II.

It was actually easier than the S II since DFS was much easier than using CDMA WS,QXDM and QPST.

Took maybe 10 minute even with the mms fix since I already had it rooted and custom rom on and knew my msl.

For anyone looking to go totally free with DFS just having the msl didn't seem to be enough in dfs to write certain things but with the msl you can get the Pwd(01F2030F5F678FF9) and then send that and then writing all things works.

Great thread here thanks to everyone's info and posts it helped make it a very easy upgrade from the SII to SIII for me.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Carfanatic:
I used DFS CDMA Tool v 4.0.0.5 totally free download. You just open DFS and then select port and it shows up there you double click it at the top then it appears at the bottom then you double click that and then it "opens" the phone enter your MSL for it and then you can gather all needed information from there by hitting the Read buttons on the appropriate places.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nerys71:
i had to open qpst and enable the com port. then qxdm worked fine.

but now can not get the S3 to connect such that QXDM OR DFS can "access" it we think it might be the roms since the guy who made the toot also can no longer connect his S3 to QXDM

so I am downloading a stock rooted rom to try that (slow connection at work another hour to go)

QXDM says "waiting" QPST see's the com but says no phone

DFS tries to connect to something but eventually says device offline.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Carfanatic:
That could be but you can also check *#7284# Qualcomm USB setting and then make sure it is set to DM + Modem + ADB I forget that from time to time.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nerys71:
yup that is exactly what it was !! :) also found out you have to have to have WMP installed to use MTP Grrr

all done successfully on boost :)

if you have a problem getting the phone to reconnect to DFS disable the usb diag mode reboot and re enable the diag mode and poof its in again.

phone works great. stopped working this morning (calls would ring once and then goto VM) so I tried calling out and got the error and operate told them sany incognito and they sent whatever it is they send and its working all good now (odd that took so long)

much fun. and saved me $100 too :)

I plan to do a full write up of how I did it later on here on XDA. with huge credit to MuDDuQ. he put in so much actual real time online e-mail and on the phone and remote logged in getting this going he deserves huge kudo's for that.

we also got his instructions all tweaked so others should not encounter the same problems I did.

tremendous fun :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Carfanatic:
Glad you got it going.

I would be leery of posting a write-up on here without express permission it could get you a vacation.

I plan on using my old S II before the new owner comes to get it to record a vid for youtube though again don't know about posting that here guess if it is just a link and posted the right way it may be fine.

I had to have the "operator" fix mine too but I was actually expecting it since I had to do the same thing for my SII. It was a little odd though since right after the flash I placed a call and it worked and then I received a call right after and it worked too but, then I tried to call again and then had to have it fixed. It actually took two attempts to get it working right the first one I did as told and turned the phone off and waited a minute and turned it back on and still had the same problem the second I was told to turn it off pull the battery and wait a minute then turn it back on and that worked.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nerys71:
oh. is that kind of content taboo here? if so then won't post it here :) hehe

same here last night incoming and outgoing worked got wonky this morning but the operate fixed it.

the incog is easy if anyone asks (and no one has yet) I will just say "I tried some internet instructions to hack into the phone to remove that stupid carousel crap from the main screen so I can see my wallpaper but I stopped when things got really technical it looks like I might have messed something up while in that odd programming menu."

anytime I needed the MSL for a sprint samsung feature phone this worked zero questions asked :) though now I don't need to do that since you can just esn change on the website and get the MSL.

when I paid to have my S2 done the operate thing happened first call.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] xinghk:
Is that possible to flash vzw s3 to virgin mobile US

Is that possible to flash vzw s3 to virgin mobile US?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nerys71:
its usually not possible/easy to flash a verizon network phone to a sprint network account.

ie you would need to flash AND clone not sure how that would work.

cloning to boost or virgin FROM sprint is doable largely because most of the actual information is the same since technically they are all "sprint" anyway.

when you clone a sprint phone to boost your not flashing. your just cloning.

flashing is changing the software itself to be a compatible variety (I am no expert at this this is just what I "think" is going on)

so its a lot harder. so far all the people I have used can NOT flash VZW hardware to a sprint carrier. only a few droids are doable.

the S3 might end up being one of them if the hardware truly is "identical" across all providers (obviously cdma to cdma gsm to gsm etc..).
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] domwin:
Just came out today!!!:highfive:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nerys71:
is it confirmed to have NFC ?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] AlpineMan:
I flashed my VZW GS3 to Sprint (will work on Boost, Virgin Mobile, or any other Sprint MVNO). The same method works except that you have to use QPST to program Profile 0 and 1. I haven't had the time to do the guide yet. And no... I didn't have to put any Sprint software in the phone. I had to change VZW APN config file obviously to point it to Sprint to get MMS working.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mrej201:
not true i flash 5 sprint gs3 to verizon 3g
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nerys71:
nothing I said is untrue. come on MREj201 read the very first and the very last lines.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mrej201:
lol the only problem is that you get better speed on the internet with boost but you will always most of the time have signal with verizon

the most i got with boost was 3mbs with verizon 1.5 mbs
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nerys71:
yeah catch 22 you want signal or you want data :) hehe

though I can't honestly see much speed difference between my sprint S3 and Boost S3
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] AlpineMan:
Sprint GS3 to Sprint and Verizon and their MVNO's has been done. So has a Verizon GS3 to Sprint and Verizon and their MVNO's. No point in arguing if it can be done or not.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nerys71:
no argument. I just know my guy told me most phones can't be easily if at all converted Vz to Sprint (I really really wanted that Commando ruggedized droid badly !!) but no joy.

there are some that can be converted. someone stated the SGS3 is one of those. that is good enough for me.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] chimstar:
Alpineman can you say how you did this on the verizon model change VZW APN config file been trying to change it but no luck yet or is their a link explaining how to do it i get a parse error usning apn backup and restore after i do a restore permissions or am i going in the wrong direction on the sprint model i have no problems at all but these verizon ones are tricky......any help? thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] joeynreggie:
Reset your phone in the settings! I flashed my files in cdma ws, reset phone, connected to qdxm thru qpst to re-write. Then ##msl# to set activation code. Text, talk, 3g in 10 min. Mms fix to complete job in under 30 min. ** reset, not reboot!!!**
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nerys71:
we figured it out. he forgot a really important step. ##3282# and put it in diag mode :) hehe

all good on boost now.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Carfanatic:
mh
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] intrepid1:
Hi. I flash my sprint s3 to old sero. Its even activate is self.I got everything working but the 3g speed very slow. Seem like its show the 3g icon but its 1x speed. I follows the instructions in page 21 but nothing help. Please let me know if I'm missing some thing.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nerys71:
No 3g if I recall correctly usually means you either copied the aaa's wrong or you did not let the donor establish 3g before cloning

Reconnect the donor and use it for a day yang theinternet often then recopy the keys turn off the s3 of course
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] retailguy:
Has anyone tried to side load the new JB update?

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If you're on the stock rom, you might try ##3282#, then select edit, enter your MSL and then go into the data profile menu. I don't remember exactly where, but I had good success when I selected "hybrid" mode. Play around with the choices, and see if you can get it to improve. At first, I had 3g signal for about a minute, then had to reboot to get it back. That seemed to help.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] YoYo9500:
Would it matter if i tried to flash to boost if the phone has jellybean?:confused:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Sofocused504:
No it will not matter as long as you xan acess the ##3424# settings shouldnt have a problem
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nerys71:
I cloned my boost S3 while it was on JB LIH and I installed the LJ7 OTA release with ZERO issues.

except of course that you have to reset the MMS server of course. (APN backups don't work on ICS/JB as of right now)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Carfanatic:
I was rooted and flashed to Jellyblazed and everything works great including mms. So would say that it really doesn't matter if your on JB or anything as long as you can access the menus to put it in the correct USB settings and have access to change the mms url.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] intrepid1:
I finally got my 3G working. By using the old method Copying the 1192 nv file to SGS3 by CDMA2.7. Now 3G and Calls work at same time.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] YoYo9500:
Ahh just soo confusing

Is AlpineMan's guide is whole process to flash the phone or just getting 3g to work?

Sorry just confused
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] george241312:
How did you guys change the A10193019301 or 2684736392837 on the s3?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] 167BX:
evo flash guide

you guys can just incorporate the needed parts into flashing the s3. i have full talk text and 3g working. only had 1x before but now have evdo-rev.A (3g). juat follow the mobile ip settings in the pics. i used DFS to write the AAA and QXDM to write the meid @ command; password 01f2030f5f678ff9; requestnvitemwrite meid 0xA0(your meid). the nv items were written to the phone through cdma ws

for MMS on boost

use the apn file i have attached and place the apns-conf.xml in SYS/ETC yes overwrite, then go into cwm recovery and wipe cache partition and click advance fix permissions than reboot system now

after reboot: dial ##3424# go to OTHER ------ MMSC URL and rewrite H33P://---mm.myboostmobile---.com hit home and you are done.

if it doesnt work reboot and try again.

tried to simplify it here for those having problems like i did. thanks..
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Carfanatic:
AlpineMans guide is just to fix 3g no one that doesn't want a vacation(or permaban) from this site would post a total guide on how to clone since it is "illegal" and could get the site prosecuted.

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DFS can be used for everything as long as you have the password for the SIII....
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] 167BX:
Is that with the free version? 4.0.1.1

I couldn't get it all written using dfs only
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mocoyombiflash:
Use cdma paid.version simple.in 5 mins i can flash s3 pay up stop freeloading
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Carfanatic:
If you don't send both the msl and the password some things will not write. I had the same issue all I used was the free version.

Use DFS free it takes longer waiting for the 90 seconds because of using the free version than it does to actually fix the phone.

Some people speak and remove all doubt :eek:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ganjamatik:
ok so i have a us cellular version.... i can change the phone number using CDMAWS but NOTHING else will stick ...all the mip info ..MIN number and all other stuff will not stick.. if anyone can assist me that would b awesome.. i have already rooted and flashed a rom and changed the phone number and i have done the verizon and sprint version with no issue.. sprints easyyyyy..verizon easy but a few more steps.. this one well i have no clue what im doing wrong. thx ahead of time!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] trim81:
I never done a us cellular, have you tried dfs

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And qpst
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Carfanatic:
If you have the paid version of CDMAWS it will work but if not then you will need DFS or other programs. In CDMA WS try to send both the MSL and the Samsung Password then try to see if more things stick.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ganjamatik:
i use the paid version of cdmaws the newest one.. the PASSWORD that it accepts is the samsung i500 and i send the spc .. i have been able to get all the data info to stick but nothing on the CDMA tab.. no phoen number and msid .. and the prl just says 1 and will not write at all... dfs was the same except NOTHING would stick using that. and again ive done teh sprint and verizon no issues at all.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ganjamatik:
thanks agian for any help and just to clarify i have most settings stuck but some are not staying no matter what i try.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Carfanatic:
This one? if that doesn't work then I dunno what else to do myself.

Samsung password 01F2030F5F678FF9
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ganjamatik:
this is a nightmare.... i cannot believe the damn phone number and prl wont stick.. all the mip settings stick.. ive tried everything.. the absolute only thing i can think of is if it might be the rom.. im using a custom rom.. does anyone have first hand experience with a us cellular s3?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] trim81:
Flash to a stock rom and try different radio
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ganjamatik:
i cant find a stock us cellular rom.. are sprint stockroms compatible?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] AlpineMan:
I was actually able to do a nandroid restore of a Sprint GS3 Blazer ROM backup to a Verizon GS3 using TWRP. I only restored the system partition... No other partition.

Btw, this was the only way I got a VZW GS3 to work 100% running on the Sprint network. Before I did this... Sure, almost everything worked except for MMS attachments using the stock MMS app. After doing this, the stock MMS app worked just fine. I have to thank user "black7" for giving me the idea.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] trim81:
Very good tip, alpine.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ganjamatik:
forgive me for not knowing if u were replying to my post.. but are u saying that i could program a sprint or verizon version then use a nandroid back from that device and install only the system with twrp to see if that will work?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] AlpineMan:
You asked if Sprint stock ROMs were compatible with your US Cellular GS3. I used a custom Sprint ROM on a Verizon GS3. I'm thinking a stock ROM will work as well.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ganjamatik:
oh ok and for the record i just got a second us cellular s3 and its on stock rom just rooted and same thing... the phoen number min number and prl wont stick everything else does..i will pay 50$ to anyone if they can resolve this issue by today..this sucks they both act exactly the same. and also i just tried a stock rom and it works fine but still doesnt let me write the prl or phone number or min
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Carfanatic:
Maybe root install CWM then install a stock rooted ROM from CWM and then try. All I can go by is from a rooted Jellybean rom experience I use DFS and it lets me change anything and it sticks as long as I send the MSL and Password.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ganjamatik:
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im rooted with touch recovery.. would you happen to have a link to the same rom you are using i would love to try it..also u have a us cellular version? thanks for the replies this is greatly appreciated.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Carfanatic:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1944503 is the Rom I am using

I would find the "older" v0.2 though and run that v0.3 just came out and it still has a few bugs like camera app not working and other things still being worked on.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Twistedcell:
Help using CDMAWS to flash S3 to Boost

Can anyone help me flash the Samsung Galaxy S# to Boost unsing paid version of CDMAWS 3.8.7? I flashed all other phones but having trouble with the S3... if you can PM me please!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] AlpineMan:
Downgrade the radio to LEN or LG2, then try flashing again. I don't use CDMA Workshop...You can try the free version of DFS as well.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] cardsandchips:
Try this app from the markey " A Better Voicemail"
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Twistedcell:
How do I do it in DFS I just downloaded it. Was your steps just for 3G web or was that the whole flash?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] AlpineMan:
Only for 3G. But if you go through the screens, you'll easily find what else you need to do for a full flash.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Twistedcell:
OK I'll Do that.. One more thing, do you happen to know the 16 digit password for the S3 on CDMAWS?

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What is the 16 digit Password to use on CDMAWS for the Galaxy S3?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Unknown Zone:
Try the default:

(Default) - 01f2030f5f678ff9
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Twistedcell:
Thanks I will try that.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] makkonen:
Did you happen to confirm whether the sprint update profile/update prl work on the frankenstein'd verizon model? that'd make flashing one of those over to sprint/boost a much more seamless, smooth process. (As I recall, this worked fine on the GNex, so I wouldn't be surprised if it does on GSIII as well)

And you don't lose the ability to go to gsm mode by doing that, do you? I imagine the 'Insert SIM Card' annoyance is gone -- hopefully not at any cost in functionality.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] AlpineMan:
I haven't tried the update profile or Sprint Zone app to update profile 1. I haven't played with GSM mode either. I do not have possession of the phone at this time to try it.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Twistedcell:
Is it possible to get and change SPC through DFS?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Carfanatic:
I will try tomorrow maybe when I mess with my daughters SII and then might try with my SIII if it works.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] craig198:
ive noticed that my 3g speed is horrible on this phone. my evo would get way better 3g speed than this s3. now pandora is buffering alot and gmusic is streaming way slower and web pages are really slow. is there some hack to fix this data bottleneck? just fyi i did check and its evdo rev a
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] YoYo9500:
Is it normal when i have 3g data off

I look in settings it says evdo

Also in ##debug# menu.

I cant update profile or prl while data is off? Normal?

Seems like i dont get 1x connection but i can still talk and text

Just not sure you can do that on a evdo connection