yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Nevell:
I just got done fully flashing my GS4 video is uploading to YouTube now ! :P
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] azteccrew5:
I can confirm this 16 digit passcode working for my Sprint S4. Here is a screenshot of my version. Now lets thank the $#!T out of DaveHern
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] oohaylima:
So somebody tell me why people were charging other members hundreds of dollars just to get this number?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] mrzood:
Ego and greed?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] azteccrew5:
Not true to the Android community. In it for profit
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Nevell:
Well if your doing it on XDA it should be non profit. But, some people rather not try it themselves. A lot of people PM me asking me how much do I charge or making me offers to remote flash their phones for them.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] azteccrew5:
Got my Sprint S4 fully flashed to Boost Mobile, 3G and MMS fully functional. Internet seems a whole lot faster than my Note 2 on Boost for some reason.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] oohaylima:
Egreed! :p

And that's the community I love and grew up with. Open Source for life!

Yeah. Last week in Florida a few messaged me. Lucky for them I was doing a TDY mission down there. They brought their phones to Starbucks and rooted them all. Price tag? 95 cent coffee. Had to get my caffeine on son! :D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] azteccrew5:
5 thanks?! Thats all the thanks DaveHern gets for enlightening us all with this information we were all willing to pool in money for? We can do much better than that. Come on, lets rally and show him some community :highfive:love
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] meiyijun001:
Good,it's worked fine.But,AKEY can't be writen to.

Do you know 16 digit password of sch-i545 ?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] DaveHern:
If cdma workshop accept the password when you put it in then that's the right password i believe is the same password for all S4 cant tell you bout sch-i545 cause im a boost mobile customer so every time i get a phone to flashed to boost i use a sprint version.

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2,914 Views and only 13 says thanks when it took me a all day to get this code and post it here for free anyways im glad you guys finally could flash your phones with my help and thanks for those 13 that they was looking hard for the code and it took days or maybe weeks for them to get it.Thanks to azteccrew5 cause you really know what it takes for us to get this phones flashed and you sound really grateful.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] LAYGO:
I'm more than willing to give thanks . . . except I'm not sure what the code is for? Just to make it possible to switch carriers? Similar to the MSL?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] azteccrew5:
[/QUOTE] 2,914 Views and only 13 says thanks when it took me a all day to get this code and post it here for free anyways im glad you guys finally could flash your phones with my help and thanks for those 13 that they was looking hard for the code and it took days or maybe weeks for them to get it.Thanks to azteccrew5 cause you really know what it takes for us to get this phones flashed and you sound really grateful.[/QUOTE]

I'm glad it shows because I am, very much so. When I last posted there were only 5 Thank yous so glad I was able to assist in adding to it. It might very well be that not many other people know what this code is for therefore does not apply to their immediate world.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] 12manytimes:
Many thanks!!!!

Thanks 4 the password!!! I was ready to pay for it as well, and its sad but true, i just bought the s4 for dirt cheap with a bad esn and needed to flash it to my vzw account... I'm very curious as to how you retrieved the password tho, maybe if people knew how to get it themselves they can make a decision as to what the worth should be if any..idk anyways im going to PM u 4 your paypal bcuz u def deserve a beer 4 this one..your thanks count is pretty low :(

IF YOU USE THE PASSWORD PLEASE THANK THE GUY THAT GAVE IT!!

:good:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] shabbypenguin:
IMO it shouldnt matter if it was a single adb shell command or 4 hours of reversing binaries. a lot of people were willing to throw a decent amount of money for it. now that it is out in the public suddenly the number of people who are willing to put their money where their mouth is for it is an amazingly small number.

lets say next time around he gets the code and decides its not really worth his time to release it publicly, better hope someone else figures out how to...

im on sprint and have no use for this code, but ill give my thanks anyways. instead of collecting hundreds of dollars selling the code to a few people here and there he put it out there publicly for everyone to enjoy.

this isnt an attack on you by any means man, just annoyed by how many "flashing services" people will now use his hard work to make a buck and never even bother to say thanks.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Nevell:
Sad, but true. I was one of the first to hit the thanks button. Some people on xda look forward to donations and thanks. It makes them feel appreciated for the hard work they put in. Others sit around in the background just camping and waiting so they can make that dollar. I write and record video tutorials for xda so other people including dealers can flash their personal phones or make a buck I don't ask for anything in return unless they offer me something in pm. Tighten up people.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] 12manytimes:
Yeah i don't get it either, peeps go from ready 2 cash out to not even a thanks? it does suck but it's not all, there are many people still in the community willing to share and help others as many have helped me along the way. So many thanks to those!!!

I HATE CAMPERS LOL...especially in COD2!!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] vince_wonk:
Does anyone already flashed sgs4 from us cellular? Or is it the same as sprint?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] lordfariq:
anyone have tutorial for this? i need to unlock my gsm to for my SPH-L720..
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] rashadking:
need help bad esn

what settings did you use, do you have a guide or a tutorial so I can do that too
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] sergio_79:
i put a tmobile sim on my phone but just say invalid sim and no pop up to put the code i am wondering if i got to unroot my phone. maybe thats the problem?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] lordfariq:
when will your tutorial will be posted :p im stuck my phones Samsung S4 SPH-L720 cant be use its always said invalid simcard.

i bought this phones online and if it cant be use i have lost a lot of money for this.. hope u can help post it here at XDA...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Nevell:
Yep it will be soon.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] mapan83:
I was just reading this thread because I had no idea what it was for. But I gave you a Thanks just for going through the trouble. Good job!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] lafester:
tmobile sim is not going to work anytime soon.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] McLelle:
How to use this code?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] fallenangell:
ill donate at u.. hope u will release to all XDA user the tutorial..

:D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Nevell:
Lol you got my Paypal account locked O.o
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] fad2061:
How i can put S4 IN diag mode

I tried ##3424# and place the msl and choose dm+adb+modem

But i can't read it with dfs or cdma workshop
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] ehaalandtluk:
Soooo, can some one please help me with this process? I got this phone and I would like to be able to use it in latin american GSM markets with my pay as you go sim card.

Please any help would be appreciated.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] lafester:
Call sprint and ask them to unlock it for you.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] lordfariq:
if u are not from usa then that option is not possible!

Response Via Email (Chris T.) 05/23/2013 04:47 PM

Thank you for contacting Sprint regarding unlocking your device. At this time, since you live outside of the United States and not a Sprint customer, we would be unable to assist with unlocking your Sprint phone. Sprint Policy requires:

1) the device be on an active Sprint Account

2) the account be at least 90 days old

3) the account not be delinquent

4) the account not be on an Account Spending Limit

Without meeting these requirements we could not unlock the device. The request is sent out Over the Air on the Sprint Network and that is why the device has to be on our network for us to assist.

Thank you,

Chris T.

Senior Specialist

Sprint Worldwide

Tues-Fri 2pm-11pm CST

Sat 12pm-9pm CST
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] lafester:
Then you bought the wrong phone.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Vydiot:
Where do I enter this 16 digit PW? I called Sprint and they are able to unlock it for me because I haven't owned it for 90 days. I just landed in Uganda where I am able to buy pay as you go SIMs.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] LordLugard:
You're confusing this 16 digit passcode with a SIM unlock code. These are two different things. The password/passcode being referenced here is for using certain software to program the phone for several purposes (which have little to do with SIM unlocking).

Also if you live in Uganda, why would you buy a CDMA phone (and one this expensive) without first researching if it would work where you were going? It's the little things that matter, some would say.

You should have either bought the International GSM version or any of the GSM U.S variants (Tmobile and or AT&T).

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After ##3424#, did you choose "CDMA MODEM" and then "dm+adb+modem"? Drivers all installed properly? Are you getting a properly assigned ''COM Port" in Device Manager?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] 12manytimes:
Hey so I flashed mine to VZW prepaid..mms fix was super easy, I just modified the apn-confs.xml, the only issue is I get this random "No SIM reboot for data to be restored" error..anyways Im pretty sure I need to modify the build.prop but I dont know where..if anybodys has any feedback id appreciate it :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] honest1212:
So anyone able to write Akey?

I am unable to do that even after having the SPC/MSL and 16 digit password.

Is there any kind of additional protection deployed by Samsung?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] honest1212:
Even a simple hint would be appreciated...

Sent from LG Optimus G using Tapatalk 2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] mayur9890:
Floating in the same boat.... :(.... lready tried dfs, cdmaws, but no luck getting akey flashed....

EDIT ::: found the solution,enjoying my new galaxy s4...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] honest1212:
Dfs evolution can be used to write akey. That software costs 599$.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] gadget069:
What was the solution?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] lordfariq:
share the solution :) alot of people stuck with this phones..
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] mayur9890:
Well solution is only dfs evolution.sorry for delayed reply friendz..i remember the day when this guy(honest1212) demanded me 60$ for writing galaxy nexus akey solution.god bless him...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] JUSMEJOSE:
Theirs a srcipt 16 digitpassword selling on a forum ....

Sent from my SGH-M919
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] honest1212:
I dont believe in trolling but a reply is must in this case.

Telling only half truth does not make it fact.

You yourself being a seller and was desperate enough for asking everyone for the solution at that time. You approached number of members via PM and in past also, whenever you had got any solution, you charged it from your buyers and hence to discourse it, I and couple of members decided to quote such a price.

Hope it clears the misconception created by you.

Coming back to the topic, I am in touch with cdma work shop people and they will get back to me with their solution.

Paying 599$ is too much.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] mayur9890:
Great......get me a single instance when I demanded money to help anyone..your profile name doesnt suits you.....anyways...iam getting popular....thnx
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] mayur9890:
To my perfect knowledge... I never wanted to earn money through words only. Money is just a thing... .. should be exchanged for things only... Yes iam a seller... So??.. But apart from meid registrations i never wanted to earn money for single 2 click steps or so... Beggers are better.. And if my desperate messages asking for solution have disturbed anyone on this amazing forum.. I apologize to them all including you HoNEsT sir...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] rbrown24:
Does anyone know if the methid for flashing the s4 to boost is the same as the s3 or note 2? Wanted to buy one buy wasn't going to waste the money unless I knew for sure
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] jkj:
Still trying to get data working on sprint
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] 12manytimes:
yes same method
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] JUSMEJOSE:
Yes same method .... I have done already 5 s4 using the same s3 method .... well basically just copy the nam and prl and thats it simple as that ...

Sent from my SGH-M919
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] rbrown24:
Okay cool. Thanks guys. Did you have any issues updating the profile and prl ota?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] JUSMEJOSE:
Nope not at all ... I always copy the NAM settings from the donor phone and than just re-boot and update prl and that's it ...

Im looking for the msl script ....

Sent from my SGH-M919
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] 12manytimes:
Hey so i've flashed a few sprint and vzw s4's too..lol what's an AKey and why are people paying so much money for it?...i've never needed it or is it in the NAM we take from the donor phones...? :confused:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] rbrown24:
I'd like to know about that too. I've never used it either. Heard it had something to do with eliminating the error 16 message. Is that true?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] honest1212:
There are few operators who have implemented akey. Whenever you place or receive call, operator checks for the akey, if not found, the call gets disconnected.

So unless, you put the matching akey in your handset, it will not work.

This is the simplest explanation I can provide.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] rbrown24:
I just bought an s4 yesterday that was previously owned but had never been activated. Now I've flashed 2 or 3 s4's to boost but this one wouldn't allow me to update the profile or prl. Everytime I would try it would take me to hands free activation. Tried renaming SprintDM.apk in the system file but when I tried to go to the system updates menu it exited an gave me the message "Unfortunately settings closed". I have no idea how to make this thing update my profile and prl. Anyone else have this issue?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] 12manytimes:
Oh ok so the notorious switch code error 5 from boost that says the account could not b validated?...so for those using the free method of extracting passwords must also locate and write the akey as well? Do u happen to know which carries require the akey?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] RioSoul:
Looks like I've encountered the exact same problem as you. I've flashed more S3's to Boost than I can count & I just bought my first S4 today & attempted to flash it in the same way that I've flashed every S3 that I've flashed in the past (considering that so many others claim that it's the same method) & I can't get this thing to perform a hands free activation, a PRL Update or a Profile Update to save my life! I did manage to flash it manually, but the activation screen just won't go away! It appears that some sorta hand free activation fix needs to be created for some S4's such as the one that can be found at the following link which was created by garwynn to fix the hands free activation/PRL & Profile Updates on the Sprint Note 2 when flashed to Boost: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=36181746&postcount=103

Also, the S4 that I bought has no Sprint branding on it & it doesn't say Sprint on the boot screen, but it's certainly a Sprint S4. I'm thinking that this might have something to do with why it won't perform a hands free activation, a PRL Update & a Profile Update. I just got ahold of a tar file for the stock Sprint S4 rom, so I'm gonna install that to my phone & start fresh & see if that fixes the hands free activation/PRL & Profile Updates errors.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] strive53:
I also wasnt able to hands free activate. Update prl and profile do not work. I had to delete sytem update.apk (I think) in order to get rid of the hands free activation notification. I too do not have a sprint boot screen or have I ever seen one.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] JUSMEJOSE:
I got the script to change your spc after sending your 16 digit password ...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] autoprime:
Nice. Did you have to buy it?

I tried to figure out what it might be... thought maybe it was using some Qualcomm PEEK/POKE tricks. :eek:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] JUSMEJOSE:
Nope my friend gave it to me...some other guy was asking $65 ....

PM me ill share it ... i dont know if i should post it here
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] chris41g:
Simple nv file replacement..
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] chris41g:
Hfa on this device only works with meids in the newer format, starting with a 9 and being almost all numbers.. In the hex form. Update profile will work once you get your info all transferred over, but it's not as easy as it used to be..
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] strive53:
Any insight on what info I might be missing? Everything works 3g, calls, tex...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] chris41g:
are you sure its 3g? because the stock rom will show 3g if it has a 1x connection.. im willing to bet you have 1x and your 2nd profile is not complete/right
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] strive53:
Positive its true 3g. I didnt use the phone until I got it working. :D yea man I def set up my boost nai in prof 1. With my aaa password. Which is 6 or 12 numbers depending on how u see it...think it was described as 6 digits...also running forcerom which has the 1x mod in it. Pretty sure I tried to update profile after I wrote prof 1 and it failed. Is there anything else that needs to be brought over for updating profile? Or was writing prof 1 what u meant by completing my info? Got ur site on bookmark too thanks bro a ton!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] chris41g:
I would say if you have that done, I don't see why it isnt working, maybe because custom rom?

i only did a uicc unlock, then set my phone up, updated prl and profile.. then flashed CM
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] dubroz:
I got a new S4 that was never activated on sprint. I updated profile 0 & profile 1 manually through DFS. Success, I did not get any error 16's, 67's, or 131's. Data, Voice, Text are all working.

The issue is 3G. I do not get real 3G data ... it is stuck in 1x. This is not a location issue. Using speedtest.net app ... Standing outside with no obstructions ... Epic4G is 752kbps download 252 upload ... S4 is 118kbps download 173kbps upload (I made sure only one phone was active at a time).

I did ##DEBUG# to see engineering test of each. The Epic 4G is using EVDO, the S4 shows EVDO state as inactive.

Any help from someone on XDA????

Could the lack of hands free activation be forcing the S4 into 1x???
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] zelduy:
So.. anyone can tell me how to write Akey in this device??

this is really frustrating... tried CDMA workshop, DFS, and QPST none of it are working.. :(
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] strive53:
Hmmmm...pretty sure I was stock when I was doing it. I didnt however do a uicc unlock. Thank you ill try agn going back to stock..
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] 12manytimes:
Theres a thread here on xda about flashing the Note 2 to Boost Mobile

xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=42557555#post42557555

and on the last page they talk about OTA for the s4 is not possible and a few gents had sum solutions for phones that have not been activated.

Maybe u can check with AlpineMan or RioSoul about your prob. ive done only a few sprint s4 to boost and I guess they have all been already activated bcuz I have not seen this issue..ive just written the entire nam onto the phone and that has been sufficient..hope this is a point n the right direction
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] dubroz:
I solved it .... I think you need to re-write certain fields with DFS over and over again. I connected my Epic donor read all the tabs in DFS and took screen grabs of the Programming General, Data, NAM1, NAM2, Mobile IP Profile 0, Mobile IP Profile 1. I connected the S4 Read all the tabs and did a write command to make sure every checkbox matched perfectly and the ones that couldn't be un-populated I left alone. I then re-read the tabs with the S4 to make sure the changes kept.

Voice, Data, Text ... REAL 3G all working with unrooted S4 on Sprint Legacy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Speedtest.net download is 84ms ping, 786 kbps and upload is 903 kbps.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] zelduy:
Do you know how to write Akey to this device?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] 12manytimes:
786? is verizon any good out there bcuz the 50 unliimted plan is giving me between 2-3Mbps
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] JUSMEJOSE:
The way that I have all the gs3/gn2/gs4 over to boostmobile ... is very simple ... copy the meid from the donor ... copy nv items 465,466,1192,1194 ... also copy the NAM programming ... into the phone that you want to flash ... re-boot phone ... connect to wifi ... update profile... update prl ... done .... less than 30 minutes ... you will have a fully flash sprint over to boostmobile ...

Also the new htc one is not flashable ....

Sent from my SGH-M919
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] 12manytimes:
Why is the HTC One not flashable?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] JUSMEJOSE:
Because it won't let you clone the MEID ....
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] 12manytimes:
Ahhhh..so u can get into diag mode but no meid repair? Does it ask for a password?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] RioSoul:
Not true. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2L-7VIDXkbw
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] JUSMEJOSE:
Weird .... I tried it but since I only had the phone for 1 hour ... do I flashed it for pageplus ... ill get another one next week ill try it one more time ...