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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] supermaxkato:
boost roaming on Verizon

kali323, I was thinking about going to boost, but does boost allow roaming on Verizon now? I still have an old boost galaxy rush, but I could never get it to roam on Verizon (850mhz) and sprint coverage is poor in my area. Thoughts?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AlpineMan:
How's AT&T coverage in your area? If better than what you have, you may also want to consider switching to Cricket Wireless (owned by AT&T and works on their network). $35/mo for 1 line if you do auto pay. $100 for 5 lines.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AlpineMan:
I don't mean to go off topic. Just a tid bit of announcement since the flashing thread has been closed. I'm thinking about starting a new thread in howardforums to continue the flashing discussion there. Not sure if anyone would be interested. If not, then I'll just let the flashing topic die.

A couple of updates:

Successful full flash of Verizon Samsung Galaxy S5 (running Android 5.0 - lollipop) and Note 3 (running Android 4.4.2 & 4.4.4) to SERO. This means voice, SMS, MMS, and 3G data working fine even w/ cert fail. This method isn't the brute force method...this is the standard Sprint/Boost flashing method applied on Verizon Samsung phones. Only difference...had to use a Lycamobile inactive SIM card to get 3G to work on the Note 3. For some reason, couldn't get 3G to work with inactive T-Mobile SIM card like in the past. T-Mobile SIM card works great on the S5. BTW, to enable diagnostic mode on S5 in lollipop, pull out the battery, then go to recovery mode...choose "Enable CP logging". Reboot, and dial ##DMMODE#.

This leads me to believe that the same standard Sprint/Boost/etc full flash of Verizon Samsung phones will work on the Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 4, Note Edge, S6, and S6 Edge. If you've verified a successful flash (including Profile 0 and Profile 1 AAA password/key), but 3G still isn't working, you'll want to try both an inactive T-Mobile and Lycamobile SIM.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] MuDDuQ:
I havent been around alot but I would be interested in keeping flash thread alive I been playing with a prevail lte sim phone working on getting locked 1192 / aaa key from it if howard dont work I believe team nocternal is still functional I used to post flash stuff there many moons ago
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] aznchic543:
i would like to continue this thread because i reference it from time to time.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] aznchic543:
im able to get my talk and text working on my S4. i even got to the point where the 3G shows up in my notification bar but it doesn't actually work.... i understand the update profile/prl tends to not work with S4. any other methods to navigate this issue besides rooting the phone and transferring the carrier folder? im certain i have the correct profile info.

i tried this with no luck:

Q: "Update Profile" and/or "Update PRL" doesn't work on the Sprint Galaxy S4 and Sprint Galaxy Note 3. How do I fix this?

A: Do the following:

1) Follow the flashing exercise as outlined in the first post.

2) Before you reboot the phone, go to the NAM tab.

3) 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. If you don't know your MIN, just put your cell phone's 3 digit area code in the 1st field and your cell phone's 7 digit number in the 2nd field. Do this for both "MIN A" and "MIN D".

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

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

6) 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".

7) Click on Write button.

8) Reboot the phone.

9) Go back to DFS and double check the values you entered in the NAM tab. Most importantly...there shouldn't be a check mark on "NAM Lock". If there is, remove the check mark, write the values, and reboot again.

10) Perform an "Update Profile" and/or "Update PRL".

11) If you put a wrong value on the MIN and/or MDN fields, running "Update Profile" will automatically correct it for you.

12) Done.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AlpineMan:
Go to your phone settings - > About Phone - > Status - > Mobile Network Type.

What do you see?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] aznchic543:
CDMA - EvDo rev. A

this is without a SIM card in, with the original sprint SIM that comes with it, it says LTE but course i know 4g won't work and the SIM states locked after some time.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AlpineMan:
Hmmm...this tells me your 3G is working fine. Is it possible that you're in an overly saturated area?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] aznchic543:
that's interesting.... im surprised to see the 3G icon there myself. i can't imagine the area is saturated and it wont work for the phone. i still have 3g existing on my S3 (tryin to switch to S4). also 1 other phone in the household with 3g
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AlpineMan:
Could it be your APN settings?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] E-POUND:
I just flashed a Note 3 and I didn't want to risk it doin a ##786# so I just went ahead and flashed it. They didnt want to delete any info out their phone anyways. After the flash just as mention profile update worked. I backed up the carrier folder and can upload it so we can have one for the Sprint Note 3 and Sprint S 4. And the people who flashed the 1st zip who had a Note 3 can try the new one and report back. What do you think AlpineMan?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AlpineMan:
Sounds good to me. Please upload it here and I'll update the first post and attach it there as well.

BTW, do the contents look like the screen shots? Please include the

.chameleon.hash

It's a hidden file.

Thanks.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] brianhot1:
Thanks alpine!! Another great thread!! It works on my galaxy s4 flashed to boost mobile
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ecs87:
Not too sure how well this applies to this thread (repairing the carrier folder) but rather to prevent most HFA issues on the Sprint phones. I was flashing two Sprint Note 3's over to Boost the other day when I made sure to write a generic MIN (I chose 3122222222) and MDN (I chose 7737777777) AFTER repairing the MEID. Keep in mind, after you repair the MEID, your MIN and MDN kind of zero out. You may see something like 0000003372, but most of the numbers will be zero. I'm guessing this triggers the HFA, but ONLY after the phone is rebooted. If you DON'T reboot your phone after a MEID repair, but instead write your MIN and MDN before rebooting it, you shouldn't have a HFA loop. This is assuming that the phone isn't already in a HFA loop.

So, if the phone is already in a HFA loop or if you forget to write the MDN and MIN after repairing the MEID and restarted the phone, repairing the carrier folder is the best solution. Just figured I'd throw this in here, since I'm not sure if this is documented anywhere else.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AlpineMan:
Absolutely correct. If you leave the MDN and MIN at its default values, it will trigger HFA after reboot. It is documented in the flashing thread in FAQ section.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] E-POUND:
Will do as soon as I get time. Personally life kickin my but right now, no time for my hobbie lol.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AlpineMan:
Come to think of it, when you get the chance, please upload it somewhere private first so I can remove a couple of items from the properties.db file.

Thanks!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] shadricksimms:
I did as said but it didn't work for me. No activation popup but.....I can't update profile or prl so what can I do to get it to work

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Help please I want this to work on my sprint note 3
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] E-POUND:
I sent u a PM, but I dnt know it it went thru.

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Just hold off. Im about to send AlpineMan the Note 3 Provision Carrier files. Once he edit them he's gonna repost them in the OP then flash it. Should work just like the s4 zip with the S4 users.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] shadricksimms:
Let me know please when it's done
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AlpineMan:
I'll work on it maybe tonight or tomorrow. Still disappointed with the Super Bowl outcome... Kinda depressed here. :(
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] E-POUND:
I would be depressed too man. Denver didn't even lose... they got they butts WHOOPED! Lol. The only part that I didn't really like is why did sea even let them Score??? I don't understand that part.

I sent you the new carrier zip for the Note 3 all zipped up. Let me know if that's what we needed when ever you cheer up lol.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AlpineMan:
Yeah, got the Note 3 carrier files. I don't have a Sprint Note 3, so there's no way for me to test. Anyone willing to test who's not gonna cry if things don't work out? What I mean is, you need to be proficient with flashing/reflashing your phone just in case. I'm pretty busy at work, so I can't help you with flashing.

I've removed the original carrier.zip file in post #1. Replaced it with carrier-GS4.zip. It's the same file, but there's no rename functionality in the attachments, so I had to remove/reupload.

I've also added carrier-Note3.zip in post #1. Again...this has not been tested. Proceed at your own risk. One thing I found weird is that the zip file contains the following files which don't exist in carrier-GS4.zip:

/carrier/app/AccuweatherPhone2013.apk

/carrier/xbin/su

For those willing to test, please provide feedback here. No need to PM me. Thanks!!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AlpineMan:
I see 2 downloads for the carrier-Note3.zip file. Did it work???
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] TTmaster99:
AlpineMan,

The first carrier.zip file from S4 you posted. Before I put it on my phone, my phone had a cracking static noise when talking on the phone. Many people said to upgrade it to MJ4 to make it go away. But after upgraded, I still have that problem.

But after replaced your carrier.zip

everything works nice and crispy clear loud.

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Guys, The Note 3 carrier folder you posted. APPROVED!

Works, now I get the "Checking for PRL update. Please wait" then "The PRL has been updated. Press OK to continue"

Before when I used the S4 carrier folder on the Sprint Note 3, it kept giving me the connection error when doing profile/prl update.

But the attached Note 3 carrier, works...

---------- Post added at 04:05 AM ---------- Previous post was at 04:02 AM ----------

But I was on 55016 right before the update PRL and now it goes to 32030

Don't know if it's a downgrade or updated Boost Mobile PRL that it just changed to

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Lovely... HFA is gone. Able to update Profile and PRL.

Now only if we can get rid of that Knox warranty counter so I can do System Updates... Anyone up for next challenge?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AlpineMan:
Thanks! We have 1 confirmation so far that the carrier-Note3.zip works. Any others? Thanks again to E-POUND for sharing this file with us!

Next challenge for me is to port Update Profile/PRL on Verizon Note 3, S4, etc. phones that gave been flashed to Sprint (or Sprint MVNO). ;)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] conflikt:
This is just an updated prl or does it flash you over to boost ?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] E-POUND:
Glad i can help. This is what we do AlpineMan. I love making contributions to the community.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AlpineMan:
As the thread title states, this is to fix Update Profile, Update PRL, and the Hands Free Activation nag on Sprint Galaxy S4 and Note 3's that have already been flashed to Sprint (or Sprint MVNO).

If you need assistance in flashing a Galaxy phone to Boost, see my flashing thread (look in my signature for link).
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bremos812:
note3

i used this to do a update one my note3 on a sprint mvno company with byop and what suck is i still only get times one data
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AlpineMan:
It doesn't appear that howardforums is a good choice to continue the flashing thread. You're not able to make edits to past posts...so we're going to end up having numerous hard to find updates on any flashing exercises. I'm open to suggestions. How about at gsmhosting forum?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] aznchic543:
i tried to configure it with these details

http://www.4gtricks.com/2014/08/sprint-apn-settings-sprint-4g-apn-settings.html

i can't get it to save all the info. just name and APN. trying to add the rest just completely deletes the entire entry in the APN list.

however i've read that may not be the correct APN?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Mrhunter13:
UPDATE

Removed
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] aznchic543:
what did you figure out ? im not flashing to boost so may not be as helpful for me but still trying to figure out my 3g with sprint.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] E-POUND:
That's huge! Congratulations
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] aznchic543:
im flashing a sprint S4 to sprint since i'm using a donor.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ecs87:
I've been over on gsmhosting for a while so I'm a bit behind on you guys' progress here. I've tried looking back but there isn't much evidence or any hints left behind (especially since the flashing thread is closed). I assume you're not brute forcing since you actually did achieve EVDO REV.A I'm curious how you got past the CERT check...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ecs87:
I think I catch your drift. I'll leave the conversation alone for now, since "the group" is under a more watchful eye and I'd hate to be the reason this particular thread was closed.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AlpineMan:
[MENTION=4959296]ecs87[/MENTION] even with cert fail, the standard flashing method works on the Verizon S5. Everything works. I suspect it will work on Verizon Note 4, Note Edge, S6, and S6 Edge. I'm assuming the S6's use Qualcomm radio.

Sorry folks, I haven't had time to create the flashing thread with updated content on gsmhosting. They also require minimum 10 posts before you can start a new thread. Although I've been on there for years, I have less than 10 posts.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ecs87:
I can start the thread for you. Let me know which section you want it in. Also I think Mrhunter13 has a Sprint phone? I already knew (thanks to your previous posts) about the Verizon phones and their CERT status disregard on CDMA networks. I didn't really want to go that route since Sprint phones are a lot cheaper and they (Verizon phones) don't seem to negotiate between 1x and 3G as well as the Sprint variants. If in an area with 1x, they seem to stay at 1x (even though you're now in an area with 3g) until you restart the phone or toggle mobile data with a few seconds of waiting between on/off. This could've changed though with the newer modems and phones. The last phone I had flashed onto Boost that wasn't Sprint was a Note 2 on 4.1.2.

On a more thread related note, does anyone happen to have a carrier folder backup from a G900P along with the folder/file permissions? I could've sworn that the L720 carrier files worked for the G900P...but it appears that I'm mistaken.

EDIT: Note 3 carrier files worked for the S5. I had to make sure that the owner and group in the properties were system instead of root (or else system update stayed in the notification bar and none of the updates worked).
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ecs87:
I was able to get data working on Lollipop (OA6 build). I think I know the issue you're running into. I sent you a message on Skype.

EDIT: also tried on OD3. Works as well.

EDIT 2: Back on topic: here's carrier files for the G900P on the OD3 build. https://www.mediafire.com/?lrsbmvgv9j2rfup

I tried the N900P kit-kat files for the G900P and it only seems to cure the HFA loop on a G900P on Kit-Kat. Lollipop had a persistent HFA loop even after using the N900P carrier files from kit-kat. Keep in mind I haven't tested this out. Why? I can't go back to kit-kat after the OD3 update...therefore I'm not really keen on making my perfectly working flashed G900P on the latest build go into a HFA loop without any (public) fix.

If this works for anyone on OA6 or OD3, PLEASE let us know. So far, I don't think anyone has posted fixes for lollipop G900P (nor N910P, N915P, G920P, or G925P) HFA loops.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AlpineMan:
Just another off topic post...but it's interesting as heck. Went over to pick up my mom. She's still on SERO using a flashed Verizon S4 w/ Tmobile SIM. While on the road, I saw 4G LTE on her phone...I'm like...WTH?! I ran the Speedtest app...and sure enough...about 38mbps download and 2mbps upload. Her Mobile Network Mode settings is on LTE/CDMA/EVDO. Now that all of us are in Cricket except for her...this happens. Go figure.

Not sure how long this will last or just a random one time thing.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ecs87:
Hmmm...is there any chance you can confirm the LTE is getting pulled from Sprints network? Is the TMobile SIM still active?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AlpineMan:
I can confirm that's it's not Sprint LTE. The Verizon S4 doesn't have Sprint LTE bands. It's an inactive Tmobile SIM. I bought those from Tmobile site about a year ago and never activated them.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ecs87:
Thats insane. Think its using Verizon's LTE? I know theres a way to check which band its operating on...but its been a while since ive done anything like that. Ummm maybe in *#0011# ?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AlpineMan:
I'll check. There's also the app "LTE Discovery" that will tell you what band you're on. I doubt that it's Verizon LTE either since the SIM is Tmobile. Buy I'll verify when I get the chance.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AlpineMan:
Ok, folks. Let's move the flashing discussions into its new home. See you there!

http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/f77...es-sprint-sero-boost-any-sprint-mvno-1959875/
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ndno:
Wow, interesting activities here. I still got one SERO plan left with a free equipment upgrade; my bro is using it on a S3 (flashed with TP2 donor). For myself I'm on the sprint Framily plan with a S5. I want to use the free upgrade to get a S6, use it for myself and give my S5 to my bro but I want to make sure I can flash the S5 with a donor to allow my bro to continue using it on his cheap SERO plan. He doesn't care much for LTE. I'll head over to the gsmhosting site for sure. It's a pity they closed the other thread here after you guys got too "technical" with details with new findings.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ecs87:
For what its worth stick with the S5 for now if you can. Samsung went through a brief period where they made particular phones stupidly difficult to flash (anyone who has flashed over 10 N900Ps knows what im talking about). My G925P, same issue. It may not be that way with the G920P but be aware. Ive been flashing and doing baseband hacks/hattricks on Samsung Android phones for about 3 years now. It took me over an hour to realize what was going on, and how to resolve it, based on issues I've had with a previous model: the N900P in particular.

Either way, Alpineman has made a new home for us over at gsmhosting. This conversation would probably be better off there.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jric1:
I'm not sure about a sim card, but besides the clean imei. The phone also has to be unlocked by sprint the phone has to be paid off no financial issues. I bought a clean imei sprint note 4, had the guy over at the boost store call boost to activate it was clean but due to it being still under contract with the priginal owner i was not able to activate. I called sprint and they said that the original owner needed to call sprint and have it unlocked by the International department. I asked if I could pay off any of the remaining balance, but was not able to due to not being my contract. I could activate it on sprint due to the clean imei.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] SSDconvert:
samsung sprint note 3 wont do the hfa/prl update . . . im on android 5.0 lollipop

I heard sprint was allowing some phone to be used on boost(my current service)

i met this guy at a sprint store to buy this mint condition note 3 from sprint. we called boost while at the store to verify imei was clean and the phone was not stolen. boost said everything was fine. i gave the guy the money and bought the phone

been on the phone with boost customer care many times. eventually they had me do the ##786# , + reset

Then enter new msl ##092326# -----> then enter my phone number and the enter the msid# they gave me.

. . . originally they were having me try the ##72786# and that wasn't doing anything. once we did the ##786# and entered the new msl + phone # + msid . . . . i now had the ability to make and receive phone calls, texts, and mms, however i have no data connection and therefore no internet.

hands freee activation fails , so does prl, i think i have found the right place in this thread.

Potential issues i face

1) my phone say android 5.0 after read this thread im not sure this works for 5.0

2)i dont have another note 3 from sprint to use as "source" to get the required files for . . . and the note 3 carrier zip in the OP is only for android 4.3 or 4.4 . . . not 5.0

if i can get the phone to properly hfa and prl update i believe this phone is good to go. boost customer care has givin up on me and said the phone will just only work for voice texts and mms only . . . no data.

I know they just dont have a clue. You guys seem to have this things under control.

I am on android 5.0 though, what can/should i do

*i have flashed custom roms and rooted prevail, s2, s3, and now i got a note 3. i think if i can be pointed in the right direction i get this thing to activate properly, if not i have a expensive wifi tablet that i dont need haha.

any advice is appreciated
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AlpineMan:
Have you updated/checked your APN settings? Have a look at my MMS fix thread.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] SSDconvert:
Chameleon

I also forgot one more thing. originally the note 3 was sprint. after boost reprovisioned the imei to their network, and i did the ##786# hard reset . . . . in the top left corner where it use to say sprint, It now says chameleon. is this the chameleon error i see people talking about?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ecs87:
I really wish users and tech support would stop resetting the nv by using that dialer code. It wrecks havoc on the carrier folder. If you don't have a Sprint account there's no way to get rid of the HFA other that copying the /carrier/ of one working phone (preferably on the same firmware version) to the one that's looping and fixing the permissions.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] SSDconvert:
carrier folder location?

what program do i need to swap out the carrier folder . . . i cant find it anywhere on my phone, wheres it located?

also, does this fix work on android 4.4.4?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AlpineMan:
The first post tells you what app you can use.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] luiseno:
Has anybody been able to get this fixed?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AlpineMan:
Yes. Read the feedbacks. A bunch of users got it fixed by following instructions in post #1.