yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] afextwin:
Verizon and Sprint don't share informwation with each other, if both are present in your city then one is the A carrier and one is the B carrier.

Do this: go to a page plus dealer or call one or pm a dealer here or on HoFo with your esn and ask them to validate it. It should come back as AVAILABLE_FOR_USE or UNKNOWN or 4G if it is an original Sprint ESN. You should be fine.

edit: the only way a sprint esn can go bad on the verizon network is a scenario which is next to impossible and i won't go into, so you are good. get it activated from an authorized agent by the end of the month so they can get a nice activation spiff ;)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Viper32:
Yes Bad Esn Sprints fare allowed on Page Plus, but it is coming sooner than later for them not to be........

I activate them every day ;)

Viper
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] alysher:
actually i have a sprint S3 with a bad esn, and its active on page plus.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Viper32:
Yes, I know, I phrased that wrong so I corrected my post. I was saying they are allowed currently, but the end of that will be coming pretty soon I am afraid.

Viper
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dirkdigles:
Would that imply that you wouldn't be able to activate bad ESN sprint phones that were already previously activated on PP? (I remember reading somewhere that if you activate a sprint ESN on PP it goes into their database as an OK ESN)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Viper32:
I would say that if its active with a plan you would probably be ok, but just because it was in the system I would not be so sure. But again this is all just hear say, but I do know that allot of carriers are onboard with this.

Viper
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] showcasemodr:
Just an FYI. I have a Sprint S3 (clean esn) for sale. Gonna put it on Swappa or Ebay but i thought I'd post it here in case anybody wanted it.

PM with questions. Here is the swappa link: http://swappa.com/listing/QRW301/view

Asking $210 (phone, earplugs, instruction book, and box only, no power adapter or usb cord)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] willjob:
Ok. I had a S3 this past summer flashed by Viper and working great. I now am putting my big boy pants on and trying this myself. I have bought the full version of CDMA workshop and have a Sprint S3 to flash to pageplus. If I understand correctly I first need to write the pageplus prl to the phone and then call pageplus to move over (esn change) from an existing account/phone? Once the esn change is done will the S3 pull the phone # and MIN or do I need to manually write that to the phone? Is the MIN # the same on the current account or does it change with the esn change? What about the pageplus APN in the first couple posts of this thread; what do I need to do with that?

I have read and reread so many posts that my brain hurts but want to confirm the process before I mess something up. Thanks!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Viper32:
MIN will remain the same, esn change want change that. APN does not have to be touched. I manually write the MIN and MDN.

Viper
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] willjob:
Thanks Viper. So I can take the phone # and MIN from old phone and write via CDMA to the S3. After this I would call pageplus to do the esn change. Correct?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] JUSMEJOSE:
Haven been to this thread for a bit ... I can see that is not that active ... I guess people are getting that hang of it ...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] csaket:
Has there been any luck getting a G2 or the Nexus 5 to work on Pageplus ?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Viper32:
Well the 4.3 Update not causing me no issues so far ;)

I will post a apk in a few days to get the MSL, don't want to make to many people mad :( by doing it earlier.......

Viper
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] afextwin:
I figured it would be coming soonish. The international IMEI blacklist database is up n running (and working quite well sadly), so why not an international MEID database? Sigh...oh well.

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this i would like to know as well, nexus 5 should be no problem as it has a sprint 3g radio (does not require sim to be present for service, nor does it require NV_ONLY to be set) afaik....at least that's how my sprint tab3 works :P
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] willjob:
Ok... I got a Sprint S3 flashed over to pageplus successfully. Thanks to viper and everyone in this thread. Just no 3g yet. Will have to now figure out how to work the donor phone to pull the keys. Will a mortorola droid X work as a donor phone?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Moduli:
You mean... ota won't harm flash? Or flash on 4.3 has no problem?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dirkdigles:
Don't flash it if you have any plans on changing the firmware anytime soon
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Viper32:
No, it will most likely screw up the flash taking a OTA..... I meant that 4.3 is no issue flashing.

But, you cannot downgrade after going to 4.3 so keep that in mind.

Viper
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] s3_pageplus:
When I am charging my Sprint S3 flashed to Pageplus, the phone goes to digital roaming with a triangle symbol above the bars. I know this has been mention before in this thread but why is this happening? Fix for it?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Viper32:
That is a Sprint S3 issue, I see it from time to time, but not not on all phones. I do know someone said that for whatever reason changing the PRL helped. It will not hurt anything showing that and everything should work even though it shows that while on charge. Maybe someone else will chime in, like I said I have only seen it a couple times.

Viper
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] funone46:
I have seen that changing the eri.xml to read pp has worked as well as changing the prl.

Sent from my Own Deserted Island
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dirkdigles:
I'm on a Sprint S3. If I use a non-modded (i.e. verizon / PP/ etc.) PRL, and I do not make any other modifications, I get the roaming signal on almost all the time.

If I add eri.xml to /data/etc (it might be a different directory, I can't recall, search forums for details), I get the roaming triangle every so often.

As of now, I am using eri.xml w/ one of Viper's modded PRL's (60007 I think) and I haven't seen the roaming triangle since loading his PRL. So that seems to be the best solution.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] s3_pageplus:
Im on a modded PRL already. 65005

It only happens when I am charging the phone. Otherwise, I get great reception in my area.

What is this eri.xml file? Where can I get it?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Moduli:
Flashing the new MK3 modem will not alter pageplus flash:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=47786223&postcount=52
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] funone46:
So what is the general concensus on flashing a new modem on a flashed phone?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dorkm24:
How to Root and Flash 4.3 AFTER flashing to PagePlus?

I successfully flashed a Sprint GS3 to PagePlus using this thread as reference... and I am on unrooted stock 4.1.2. Now, is it possible to root it - without breaking the PagePlus flash? I need root for a couple of things -

1) I need to de-bloat/freeze/uninstall around 30 apps that I definitely dont need.

2) I want to try flashing 4.3 - again, without affecting the PagePlus flash.

What would be the safest way to root it?

Please advise? Thanks!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] WackyJoe:
Multi Root it and just install SuperSu, update binary and you're set.

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1 minute root!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dorkm24:
Thanks for the instant response Joe. Did you mean this app --> xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1822445 ??

And this would not conflict/break my existing PagePlus flash, correct?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] WackyJoe:
NO, it's sometimes also called Impactor by Saurik...I'm on my phone right now, harder to direct u...I have the files on my work computer. .. but if you search for Impactor Saurik or something like that you'll find the program to help you.

I've used it on sprint galaxy models 3 and note 2 this week end. ..simply click start on it...keep screen awake to see payload drop...after done it just looks like the prg went to normal, install SuperSu if u havent already...open it, install binary when asked...select Normal method... you're done!

Saurik's Multi Root (impactor) exploits master key.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] JUSMEJOSE:
Here a apk that I use to read spc from sprint phones ... works good on the galaxy note 3 ....

http://www.mediafire.com/?kjoaw1ooj4ukavp
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] moparfreak426:
Ok. How the heck do you access hidden menu and enable diag mode on a us cellukar s3 thats updated to 4.3?!

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] moparfreak426:
Well tried downgrading and soft bricked. Trying to use kies, cant figure out what s/n is. Tried imei with and without the last digit, dropping first two digits, etc.... And because its on 4.3 downgrade failed. Stuck booting into download mode only saying i need to connect to kies. Kies doesnt recognize it. FML....

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] luckya:
I feel your pain. Sounds like you're where I was last week. I had similar problems on an S4. My solution was to get back to stock 4.3 via ODIN. You can still do it even though you have the kies screen. Reboot into download mode and you should get the normal download screen where you can have odin update to 4.3.

For the S4 once I had 4.3 installed I rooted the phone. Then I changed the contents of /efs/carrier/HiddenMenu from OFF to ON (there's another thread on this which mentions a build.prop edit, but I don't think it's necessary). This allowed me to use the dialer codes at least (which are unavailable on stock 4.3).

But if your experience is anything like mine you might have data issues. I've lost 3G and can't figure out how to get it back.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] catnapped:
Heed the advice: Once you're on 4.3 you're stuck with it (for now).

I'm not going anywhere near it for the time being...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Viper32:
Yes, very true... If you like stock based and don't flash then you are fine. but if you want to flash and play a little you better stay away from it for now. I am afraid that Samsung is going the Apple route, once you upgrade no going back... this sucks but what can you do.......

Viper
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] luckya:
Related to my previous (and first) post I've lost 3G on a USC S4 flashed to PP and can't figure out how to get it back.

Via ebay I had it remotely flashed to PP. The user primarily used DFS and didn’t use a donor phone. The flash was good, I would get ~2.3Mbps consistently when on 3G which was better than I had hoped for. Inadvertently I let it update from 4.2.2 to 4.3 (I know, I know, bad move). Now I no longer have any data (not even 1X). It’s odd because if you look at the connection via CDMA field tool it shows Data Type: Evdo RevA with -81dBm but the Data Con*: is Disconnected. If I flash on CM then I can get a 3G connection (2.6 Mbps) when I boot the phone with wifi disabled. If I enable then disable wifi then I lose the 3G (same situation as stock ROM good signal but disconnected). Booting with wifi disabled does not seem to work for the stock ROM.

Has anyone else encountered this issue?

Any recommended solutions (besides running CM and possibly using an airplane mode toggle to get 3G to work)?

Thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Viper32:
Okay, I have been testing this on 4.3 devices for a week now it will get the SPC/MSL for you. Install the apk to your phone and run......

https://www.dropbox.com/s/qdmjpwzb1t9bkel/SPCUtility .apk

I will add it to main post also.....

Viper
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] moparfreak426:
Ok. Im screwed right now. Been up all night with this guy. This is the result.

And cant find the new 4.3 uodate to odin......

Also the samsung program to update does its thing, then throws an error on extracting, ibe tried it on 3 differemt computers.

Kies update and install, asks for model ok. Asks for serial, where the heck is the serial number?!

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Viper32:
If you want the 4.3 Update on the Sprint S3. I advise going here and using this method. It removes Knox and gives you 4.3.

(Now I am not saying this want break a flash as I have not tested it, but maybe do before flashing)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2541900

Give the Developer a Thanks for his great work ;)

Viper
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Viper32:
Moparfreak,

http://samsung.com/us/mobileupdates/uscc/gs3

Download the simple upgrade and go at it........

Viper
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] moparfreak426:
That simple update thing in 3 different computers gives me this same error

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Viper32:
Get the tar out of it and use odin manually.......... Do a google search on where its located in it.

Viper
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] moparfreak426:
And still how can i try to reflash this dang phone if none of the dialer codes work to enable diag mode?!

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Disnt think of that

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Universal extractor and 7zip are not allowing me to open this. Exe

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Viper32:
Wow..... No Thanks.....

Viper
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] marcmv:
3g not working after port

Hi,

I just activated a new VZ S3 to PagePlus. It's my phone, I upgraded my number to an S4 and am moving my S3 from post paid with VZ to pre-paid with Page Plus.

I've can make and receive phone calls and txts without issue however with data I only get 1X. I think I screwed up by putting vzw in for my AAA and HA Share Key passwords instead of leaving them alone. I did the same for PAP, PPP, HDR AN, HDR AN Long and HDR AN PPP. Is there any way to get this phone up and working on 3G?

Any help would be very greatly appreciated!

Thanksmuch
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dubsides:
Voicemail notifications work again on cm11 (android 4.4)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] moparfreak426:
Well guy took phone to someone else and he burnt up the phone somehow.... As in it was smoking..... What the heck!?

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Viper32:
Wow not good......

Viper
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Moduli:
Dirty flashed this on top of stock rooted MD4 (only wiped Dalvik), and no issues at all. Call/SMS/3g all working well.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] gpz1100:
Bad usb cable/port?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Viper32:
Yeah could be, most likely a bad board or flash of odin that caused issues.

I had a S2 once I used Samsungs Simple Upgrade to update and it went nuts, got so hot afterwards that you could barely hold it in hand. Go figure things never seem to amaze me with these things.

Viper
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] brettbee:
Did a factory reset of my Sprint S3 NOT break the flash?

I wanted to start fresh with the S3 so I did a factory reset.

I prepped the donor phone, got it activated, did the ESN reset, hooked it up to DFS and read all the tabs.

Then I got interrupted. When I got back to what I was doing, I forgot to hook up the S3 and flash. I did another ESN reset (not necessary?), powered it up and tested talk, text and data. And it all worked.

I was distracted by a lot of things, so I wouldn't swear to any of this...but :confused:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dirkdigles:
Hey all,

Curious if anyone else has this issue. This happens to me on ALL TW roms (haven't tried AOSP).

I can never send nor receive MMS if Wifi is ON. If Wifi is off, MMS works just fine, however with Wifi On & connected (with 3G still enabled) MMS never works.

I'm guessing this has something to do with the DATA menu ip settings, or perhaps the APN I'm using.

Here's a paste of the settings I use in the ##DATA# menu:

Data Profile:
Username: phnumber@vzw3g.com
Rev. Tunneling = On
HA SPI
AAA SPI
Device IP = 0.0.0.0 (guessing cuase not connected)
Primary HA IP: 255.”.”.”
Secondary: 255.”.”.”

EVDO: DDTM OFF

Advanced: P_REV = 0.006
Home Orig Voc = EVRC
Home Page Voc = EVRC
EVRC-B = Enabled
SCM = 111010
Slotted Mode = Enabled
Slotted Index = 0002
Home NID = 65535
Home SID = 532
MCC = 310
MNC = 0
Home Sys Reg = Enabled
FSID Reg = Enabled
FNID Reg = Enabled
BSReHRPD = 007
LTE = Disabled

eHRPD: eHRPD = off

Others:
Browser: Gateway IP = 068.028.031.001
Port = 80
Secure Port = 80

MMSC URL = http://mms.vtext.com/servlets/mms
IP = 0.0.0.0
Port = 0

DSS = DSS Server URL = <Not set>
DSS Proxy Server IP = 0.0.0.0
DSS Proxy Server Port # = 0
Multimedia: RTSP Proxy Add: 0.0.0.0
RTSP Proxy Port = 0
HTTPPD Proxy Add: 0.0.0.0
HTTPPD Proxy Port = 0

In EDIT mode:
HDR/1X = Hybrid mode
Voice privacy = off
LTE APN : “Production = 1”

As for the APN, I just use the pageplus.xml file and apply it via APN Backup & Restore (after making it a system app) ... you can check it out here - https://www.dropbox.com/s/n3teghb6krggwaq/pageplus.xml

Anyone else experience this?

Thanks!

-Dirk

EDIT: Oh and PS - out of curiosity I flashed CNexus' 4.3 stock rooted rom last night. It doesn't break your flash at all ... and it is a freaking insanely fast rom! I was extremely surprised how much faster it is than 4.1.2.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Viper32:
This a Sprint Phone by chance?

Sprint Phones do not allow the phone cut wifi off and send by Mobile Data like Verizon does.....

Their is a way around it if you look at Post 2 and use 8sms as the texting apk and configure it properly, he has it built in to settings.

Viper
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dirkdigles:
Ahhh yes, it's a sprint gs3. Didn't know that about sprint phones! That's bizarre. Could have sworn I asked this same q in rom threads and Sprint users said it did work for them. Guess not!

Will take a look at 8sms. Thanks!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] gpz1100:
Viper, is it possible this varies by areas?

I have an evo 4g lte on PP that handles voice/3g data at the same time just fine.

Another friend has a sprint gs3 that does the same. MMS comes in while on wifi. Phone switches briefly to 3g to send/receive the MMS then re-enables wifi.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Viper32:
I see it with every one of them, UNLESS they are on a AOSP Rom or have a Custom MMS Program. But it's mostly just the Sprint S2,S3,S4 Phones.

Viper
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] brettbee:
I have the Sprint S3. I had a heck of time with MMS. I thought I had 8sms working for MMS but then it wasn't. I thought I tried it with and without the stock Sprint messaging app installed and removed and with and without the Verizon Messages (from the Play store or the post) installed.

I ended up just being content with the Verizon app with the Sprint app removed.

Even with wifi on, 3G turns on for both incoming and outgoing MMS.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] RandomXDAUser:
Anyone get working data/3g when installing a KitKat rom? Verizon galaxy s3...data/3g works on 4.3 for me, but not on 4.4.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Viper32:
hmmm, well I ate a Kit Kat bar today ;)

I have not tried 4.4, you guys can't wait for the newest best thing......

I would say that if it is flashed with that version to start with it should work, but updating to it might break things ;)

Viper
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Kuhndog76:
Noob question here.

I just bought a sprint s3 flashed to pp and everything works fine. Problem is I want to root it and I don't want to mess up the carrier flash. I'd say im a novice in general I've rooted and flashed roms on old phones but never delved into the carrier stuff. Just want to remove bloatware and get a couple of my root apps back. If it is risky ill deal with it how it is but I figured I'd ask the experts first. Thanks in advance!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] marcmv:
*228 on S3

So I've been working on this and I found out something pretty interesting. I'm brand new at this so don't take this with too much authority but here goes. I still don't have data working but I figured out how to program my S3 via *228.

Take out the sim card and boot up.

Install a dialer from the google play store. I used Dialer One, it's free and I prefer it to the stock touchwiz dialer anyway.

*228, option 1.

It updates the PRL and programs the phone enough to use txt and voice but not enough to use data.

I was hoping it would do enough to program AAA and HA shared keys so I could get 3g but still no luck... however it did fix a few things in the programming that I got wrong originally. FYI *22890 does not work.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Viper32:
Yeah, would be nice...... not quite as simple as that all together.... 4g devices are different animals in many ways. Talk and text is easy....... Data is a little more involved..... Keep Digging....

Viper
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] marcmv:
BIG THANKS TO Mrhunter13

A big thanks to Mrhunter13. He connected to my PC using team viewer pulled the keys and flashed my S3. Now all is working perfectly!!

Much appreciated. I hope you have a great thanksgiving!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dubsides:
I'm on 3g right now with 4.4
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Viper32:
Yep, told ya no issue ;)

Viper
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] RandomXDAUser:
What Rom are you using? I clean installed the rom cm11 unofficial from this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2525790

and I'm not getting data nor 3g.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] buddy_t:
USCC S III to Straight Talk

Now that Straight Talk has a Bring your own phone program using Verizon Phones, is there a way to reliably use a U.S. Cellular Galaxy S III on Straight Talk and 4G work. My phone is not under contract and has never been, since I am on an old plan that did not require another contract after the first! I can't search this thread for some reason it says search is not working right now!. Thank you!

Buddy
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Mrhunter13:
some ppl don't discus straight talk on here lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Viper32:
Mr.Hunter..............

Thats right, because for one thing they require the changing of ESN's and that is not allowed to be discussed period. And before you start about the BYOD deal they do not allow a 4G ESN to be activated. So in essence some of us that follow the rules are doing that very thing ;)

XDA has a pretty strong stance on this and i abide by it by all means........

Now if you do not agree with the stance on this myself or XDA, then I am sorry but it is what it is......

Viper
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Mrhunter13:
yea I no about the straight talk thing LOL
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dubsides:
Well I'm using the one for sprint phones, basically the same thing I would imagine... http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2519988
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] RandomXDAUser:
Well Verizon is not Sprint, so I'd like to confirm with someone on a d2vzw...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Viper32:
Whew, what a day.....

Not promoting any Sales here.... Just a notice incase you are looking...

I am going to put some Phones up on Swappa in the next few days.

Any that I put up on Swappa will include FREE Page Plus Flashing to a New Number that I activate.

Just a heads up since allot of you are always asking me about phones.....

Things I know I have..... (I am sure I have others also)

Samsung Galaxy Stellar

USSC S3 Blue

Verizon S3 Black

Verizon S3 Blue

(5) Sprint/USSC S2 Black and White

(2) EVO 3D

(2) EVO 4G

EVO Design

Brand New HTC Rezound in the Box (No Beats Headphones inc.)

Razr M

Razr Maxx HD

Razr Maxx

Heck that is all I can think of for now, plenty more but I am tired......

Viper