[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] AlpineMan:
Q: What info/steps do I need to flash a Verizon Galaxy S3, S4, Note 2, or Note 3 to Sprint, Boost, or Virgin Mobile?

A: Do the following:

1) Removing the SIM card (if any) from the phone is the first thing you should do!

2) Put phone in Diagnostic Mode using Verizon's dialer code. Most, if not all, of Sprint's dialer codes won't work on Verizon phones. See FAQ below for instructions.

3) All Verizon phones' MSL/SPC is 000000. If you're flashing a Sprint branded phone, enter your phone's MSL here.

4) Use the new Samsung Verizon password which is 2009031920090615 if you have a newer modem/baseband. Otherwise, try the old Samsung generic password 01F2030F5F678FF9 for older modem/baseband. The passwords mentioned in this step is for Verizon only. See post #2 for the Sprint Samsung passwords.

5) In DFS, do the following:

6) Click on "General" tab.

7) On "Ruim Config" field, change it from "RuimOnly" to "NV_ONLY" and press the Write button. Reboot the phone.

8) Click on "NAM" tab.

9) Under the "Detail" section, put a check mark on "NAM Lock", then remove the check mark. Leave check marks on "Otapa", "SID term", "NID term", and "Home term". No check marks in other boxes. Reboot the phone. Repeat this step if changes didn't take effect after rebooting.

10) Under the "IMSI" section (not "IMSI T"), you will need to manually populate the "MIN A" and "MIN D" fields using your account's MIN.

11) For "MCC", type 310. For "MNC", type 00 (still checking MNC)

12) For "MDN" and "PCS" fields, put your 10 digit cell phone number.

13) Under the "Network Identification" section, only modify the first row in the "Home" section. Change the "SID" to 4139 and "NID" to 65535. The rest of the rows should be 0's in both columns.

14) Click on "Write" button.

15) Click on the "Data" tab.

16) Fill out the "Account settings" field the same way as described in the very first post of this thread.

17) Under the "Data Config" section, the only fields that should have check marks are "SCRM enabled", "EVDO Antenna RX Control".

18) Under the "EVDO SCP" option section, there should be NO check marks except for "Active config".

19) Click on the "Mobile" tab.

20) Under the "DS QcMIP" section, click on the drop down list box and choose "MobileIP"

21) Under "Profile settings", assign the following:

a) "Active profile" -> 1

b) "Number of profiles" -> 6

22) Under "Registration settings", assign the following:

a) "Retries count" -> 1

b) "Pre-reg timeout" -> 30

c) "Retries interval" -> ms2000

23) Under the "Settings", put a check mark on "Dormant handoff" only.

24) Go back to the first post in this thread to configure Profile 0, and follow steps #11 through #14 in the Sprint & Boost section or Virgin Mobile section.

25) You will also need to manually configure Profile 1 for Sprint and Boost. For Virgin Mobile, you're done.

26) Select the second Profile radio button (this should turn green when enabled), this is Profile 1.

27) On the Selected Profile settings section:

NAI: YourSprintUsername@sprintpcs.com (Sprint)

Home address: 0.0.0.0

Prim HA address: 255.255.255.255

Sec HA address: 68.28.57.76 or 68.28.153.76 (either one works)

MN HA SPI set: (checked) 1234

MN AAA SPI set: (checked) 1234

Reverse Tunneling Pref: (checked)

AAA Shared Secret: enter your 6 character AAA password (remove check mark on "Enter value in HEX")

HA Shared Secret: secret (remove check mark on "Enter value in HEX")

28) Click on "Write current profile settings" button.

29) Install appropriate PRL for your provider. See FAQ in post #3.

30) Install appropriate APN settings for your provider. See FAQ in post #3.

31) Done.

Q: How do I put a Verizon Galaxy S3 or Verizon Note 2 in Diagnostic Mode?

A: Do the following:

1) Launch phone app, and dial *#22745927

2) Press "Hidden Menu Disabled"

3) Choose "enable" and press OK button

4) Press Home button

5) Launch phone app, and dial **87284

6) Press "Qualcomm USB Setting"

7) Choose "DM+Modem+ADB"

*** Note to yourself ***

Do not forget to put it back to "MTP+ADB" after you have successfully flashed your Verizon GS3 or Note 2!

If or when you reboot your phone, it is no longer in Diagnostic Mode.

8) Done

Q: How do I put a Verizon Galaxy S4 or Verizon Note 3 in Diagnostic Mode?

A: Do the following:

1) Launch phone app, and dial ##DMMODE# or ##366633#

2) Choose "Enable DM Mode"

*** Note to yourself ***

Do not forget to put it back to "Disable DM Mode" after you have successfully flashed your Verizon S4 or Note 3!

3) Done

Q: I've done the flashing exercise above for my Verizon Galaxy phone. 3G still doesn't work. How do I fix it?

A: Check the following:

1) Your Profile 0 AAA password (32 characters) and Profile 1 AAA password (6 characters) are accurate. HA password for both Profile 0 and 1 is the word "secret".

2) You may have to install an inactive SIM card on your phone to get 3G to work. I know a T-Mobile SIM card works great.

3) Make you setup your APN settings.

Q: Will my flash get undone if I do a factory reset from within Touchwiz?

A: YES! If you do a factory reset from within Touchwiz, your flash will partially get undone. It will change back to RUIM plus remove NAM settings. So if you need to factory reset, do it before the flashing exercise. Otherwise, be prepared to reflash.

A: NO! If you do the factory/data reset from within Safestrap/TWRP your flash will not get undone. However, I noticed that a reset done through Safestrap doesn't wipe contents of internal SD card by design (since there are ROM slots that will be wiped out). It only wipes settings and apps, therefore, you will have orphan files. You'll have to remove them manually.

Q: I've flashed my Verizon Note 3 to Sprint SERO, Sprint legacy account, Boost, etc., now, I can no longer connect to AT&T, T-Mobile or any GSM network overseas. AlpineMan...I thought you said Verizon phones are globally unlocked?! What's going on here and how do I connect to GSM networks?

A: Starting with the Note 3, Samsung Galaxy phones now have security in place that verifies the signature of the content of the EFS data partition. When you flash the Note 3 to Boost (or whatever), this changes the content of the partition, and thus you will experience a Cert Fail since the signature no longer matches. If you want to connect your phone to GSM, you simply have to get the signature to match again. To do so, flash the original Verizon Note 3 MEID back on the phone and revert RUIM Config from NV_ONLY to RuimOnly then reboot. After rebooting, change your phone's network mode from CDMA/LTE to GSM/UMTS. The steps involved to do the Ruim Config switch process is covered in the beginning of post #4 titled, "Q: What info/steps do I need to flash a Verizon Galaxy S3, S4, Note 2, or Note 3 to Sprint, Boost, or Virgin Mobile?" This has been tested on stock Verizon Note 3 leaked KitKat ROM w/ NC2 modem found here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2726558