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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ecs87:
DO NOT do this for your mega...you possibly corrupted partition 25 if it exists on that device. It's why I said that it's ONLY for the N900P. If someone has the partition layout for the Sprint Mega, I might be able to do the same as I did for the N900P.

But don't get your hopes up. I raw copied the carrier partition for the L900 to a HFA looped phone and it did nothing. I had to go through what I previously posted in this thread for the L900 HFA fix. Different phones, different fixes.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] eazy3445:
wow got it to work!! but for some reason i had to rewrite it twice

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alpine just posted a galaxy mega zip
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ecs87:
Oh I thought you were trying the batch file I made in that URL I posted. Never mind in that case! Glad to see its solved
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] guitarman_715:
Not sure exactly what those files and batch file are supposed to be fixing, but it didn't fix anything on mine. Still can't update profile/prl or get the phone to activate via self-service.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] eazy3445:
dont do self service....u gitta connect to wi-fi nd do update profile
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] guitarman_715:
I re did everything and I got it to work! Thanks!! FINALLY!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ecs87:
Did you use Alpineman's files or the one I just posted? I'd like some users to test it out. I've done it manually, but created the batch file from memory. I may be missing a command or two. Need to also put a pause command at the end so errors are visible after the job is complete.

The two files I have in there is a raw copy of the carrier partition from an already activated phone and the batch file that uses adb to raw write this partition to your phone. I could've just posted the raw copy of the partition but I doubt many people are proficient in a Linux terminal (which adb shell is) hence the need for the batch file so the end user doesn't need to mess with the dd if commands (that can hard brick your phone easily).
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] guitarman_715:
I used the files you posted. Also, the batch file itself didn't work. I don't know if it is related to me using Windows 8 or not but it would hang at adb shell. I just typed everything manually and it worked. I am pretty good with flashing and linux so I wasn't too worried about messing it up.

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So I have another donor phone so I decieded to play a little bit. Started all over and reflashed the new donor. Now the Hands free wants to pop up. I am gona try to use alpine method and a combination of urs to see if I can get it working again.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ecs87:
Were you rooted? If not, it'll hang at adb shell. The next command is "su". I guess if it can't move past that it'll hang. Need to accept the USB debugging prompt (since it uses adb) and the superuser prompt when it pops up. I wonder if I can just package this into a tarball to load through Odin. That'll cut out the need to root and simplify the process (which is what I'm going for here).
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] guitarman_715:
UPDATE: So here is what I did with the help everyone on this forum to get the Note 3 fully flashed to Boost Mobile with update Profile/PRL working on KitKAT

1 Downgrade your radio to MJ4. Radio ONLY.You can not go back to 4.3 from 4.4.2

2 Downloaded the carrier files for the Note 3. Copied the carrier files and fixed the permissions as Alpineman instructs.

Reboot

3 Flashed the phone to Boost like I normally would with CDMA workshop

Reboot

4 Followed the commands provided in ecs87 batch file he created to copy over the partition

Reboot

5 Connect to WiFi and update Profile and PRL

Finished!!

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Yes I am rooted. And I was waiting for the prompt but it never showed up on the phone for whatever reason. Manually typing the commands worked just fine for me though. Thanks for that info I have been struggling with this phone for over a week now.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AlpineMan:
There are a couple of Note 3 carrier files in this thread. The one in the first post and the one a few posts ago from ndno. Which one did you use?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] guitarman_715:
I used the ones in the very first post.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AlpineMan:
The one in the first post was taken from a Note 3 on 4.3. The one that ndno posted is from a Note 3 with KitKat. I'm assuming you had to downgrade your radio to MJ4 to make it work? I'm wondering if the KitKat carrier file will work without a radio downgrade.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] guitarman_715:
Yes I did have to downgrade my radio to MJ4 to work. I had forgotten that I even did that. I will edit my post above so others know.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ecs87:
Odin fix doesn't really work...will post updated instructions on proper fix in a custom recovery.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] guitarman_715:
I'll do a RTN on my Note 3 tomorrow and give this a shot from scratch. I'll let you know what the results are.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] guitarman_715:
That tar file did not work. It keeps wiping the flash and launching hands free.

Now the flash won't hold no matter what I do since I flashed the tar file.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AlpineMan:
[MENTION=4959296]ecs87[/MENTION] I think what's happening is that if you have a flashed phone, then user upgrades to KitKat, 3G will stop working. To fix it, you have to downgrade the radio to MJ4. If Note 3 currently active in Sprint LTE account is upgraded to KitKat, then flashed to Boost (or whatever) then 3G works fine... No radio downgrade needed. Just my theory.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ecs87:
It shouldn't. I'll test it out when I get to work.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] guitarman_715:
I started all over and I got it back working. I had to change the order I was doing stuff. I had to flash the phone and then run the commands in your batch file, THEN reboot. Everytime I rebooted it was wiping the flash after I had flashed your tar file.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jay_x:
Cannot write to 'carrier' folder even rooted

I need to update my Profile and PRL so I'm trying this on my Note 2. However, every time I try to write to the 'carrier' folder it fails. It's a rooted Note 2 flashed to boost running on 4.1.2

I've tried both ES FIle and root explorer.

Lastly, my carrier folder has a lot more files (>300MB of data) than the pictures in the first post. Can this be right?

thanks,

jay
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AlpineMan:
The method to fix the Note 2 is different. In my flashing thread, have a look at the FAQ section. I linked the instructions on how to do it on the Note 2.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ecs87:
If you did a ##72786# you most likely have no way out (if it weren't for the brilliance of [MENTION=4428718]billard412[/MENTION]). For some reason that does something nasty to the activation key and it has to do more with the carrier folder. If you didn't enter that code then repairing the carrier folder/partition may work.

If not, you're going to need to use billard's downgrade MC2, load a custom LJC tarball (without the bootloader) through Odin, apply the carrier fix for LJC through a custom recovery, ##72786# the phone, and activate it through HFA or Self-Service. One of them will work. (You're going to need an active boost mobile account on the phones MEID to accomplish this). I'm pretty sure I missed a few steps. I have the entire process outlined earlier in this thread. (DO NOT USE THE N900P-SPRINT NOTE 3 METHOD!!!)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] galaxys3on3g:
3g data on galaxy note3

great! This carrier zip files works fine i did! Now my sprint note 3 (4.4.2 kitkat version) works fine the only thing i have to figure out why is run slow sometimes in evdo and some time in 1x, i'm going to look over and see if i find something if i find i'm going to share

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you need to root your phone with odim after that copy the carrier zip folder from alipine member to your phone let your pohone restart and let your phone update prl, done let me know if works, i did for a customer
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mocoyombiflash:
Is anyone here having trouble flashing android kitkat version 4.4.2 baseband naf?

Seems not readable with cdma workshop
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] seanroot:
Would you happen to have a zip carrier flash file for metro PCs ?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AlpineMan:
Sorry no. This is for Sprint phones only.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ecs87:
Is that the L720 or the L720T? You may be able to downgrade the modem and flash it. On the N900T I was able to downgrade it to MI3 modem, flash the phone, update it to 4.4.2 baseband, clear security on the IMEI, and write a super imei to pass the certification to get signal. Too much work IMO. Most people would just stop at the modem downgrade.

If you're flashing it to boost you may be able to get away with clearing the security on the IMEI, writing a super imei (to get a signal), repairing the MEID, writing your HDR AN settings, writing profile 0, and writing your MDN and MIN you may be able to update the profile and prl afterwards to fully flash it. If you're not able to change the MDN and MIN after repairing the MEID (you won't know until you reboot the phone) you're gonna be stuck in a HFA loop. I'd suggest backing up your /carrier/ folder beforehand to have a chance at getting out of the loop.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] filipppo:
Hi

i was searching solution, because I cannot receive MMS. Find reset code ##72786# and i was try it. I was lost unlock and now have "preparing network" in the message bar and lost activation sprint? I'm live in Europe, bought the phone from guy and he used Galaxy in Spint, he activated phone also in sprint. Can i restore activation or use this method to activation phone again? I'm on stock sprint rom 4.4.2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ecs87:
Sprint seriously needs to lock that dialer code down. Never do a SCRTN unless you're testing something out. Do you have the Sprint S4 (L720)? And we're you using this on international GSM or CDMA?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] filipppo:
ecs87

Yes i have Sprint S4 (L720). Unlocked witch this method http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2415587 and everything works great GSM, HSPA+, calls, texts, outgoing MMS, its ok but incoming MMS is not!! I can send MMS, but I cannot receive MMS. Now i was trying custom rom and receive MMS works (APN shows automatically, in stock rom i must always do it manually), but i prefer stock rom. I was frustrating and determined to find solution and find this code ##72786# and trying. This reset my phone and activation from old client from sprint, locked again and now i have "preparing network" in the message bar. I was unlocked phone again and everything works but not incoming MMS. I can freeze "preparing network" app with explorer root but maybe i can back to old activation or use solution from here.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ecs87:
I have a zeroed out carrier partition for the L720 that will freeze your HFA, but you won't be able to update profile or PRL (which I'm sure you could care less about since you're not using CDMA). However, I do feel that there's a cleaner and more complete fix. I screwed up my L720 royally the other day...I went into chamelon.xml and changed the name of the operator from Sprint to Boost Mobile. Small change right? Phone didn't like it. Without even seeing SCRTN or RTN my phone wiped out my flash, and reset my NV items. Very weird indeed, AND it also wiped out my international unlock (I'm on Boost, but decided to internationally unlock it because...well why not for future value sake?!). So at this point I think I was in the same boat as you. My carrier folder was corrupted (couldn't copy/paste anything to/from it) and it was empty. Thankfully I had a raw partition copy of it and was able to inject it through adb shell. This restored my carrier partition and I was able to then copy/paste the items from the .zip file into it. Still didn't solve the HFA though...

I ended up zeroing out the MEID, writing my MEID back to it, writing in a generic MDN and MIN, reflashing data, and rebooted the phone. Worked like a charm. Note that I did the raw carrier partition write, copied the files from the .zip file to my carrier folder, and re-flashed the phone without rebooting once. I only rebooted AFTER the phone was completely flashed. It's a process, and your phone is going to need to be rooted. I'll get a link up to the .zip file I used as well as the correct mmcblk you should use to raw write to the partition.

https://www.mediafire.com/?w50f7f78q4xkeyx

Do NOT stray from the instructions. Quadruple check your dd if command (once it gets to that point). One wrong number can mean the difference between getting rid of your HFA nag or having a device that doesn't even boot up to the Samsung logo. By the way this is for the L720, THIS WILL MOST LIKELY NOT WORK/BRICK ANY OTHER PHONE! You've been warned!

EDIT: http://www.mediafire.com/download/w50f7f78q4xkeyx/L720_HFA_Fix.zip New Link. Decided to put peoples' mind at ease by digging deeper on how to create a proper batch file. This one SHOULD work for the L720. Just have to follow the directions, but no chance at bricking a phone with this method. The dd if command is automated.

Also revised the N900P fix. The Odin file seemed to bork the carrier partition and the old batch file hung at adb shell. New one should work all the way through. Sorry if anyone's phone got messed up but here's to hopefully fixing it: https://www.mediafire.com/?l8oywwr54qhdhqm
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mocoyombiflash:
Explain the security on the imei , i'm just not being able to read anything on the device with the baseband NAF cdma workshop its not reading the phone . SPH-L720 SPRINT baseband NAF can i downgrade and flash it?

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i also have a note 3 on N900PVPUCNC5 that is not downgradable right?

HOW BOUT NC6 on s4 ?

this new updates are freaking me out!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ecs87:
The security on the IMEI makes it read only. I'm assuming there's no security on the L720 IMEI because it has no IMEI cert check and it's not GSM. On the N900P its secured (as it is on all the Note 3s). In order for the IMEI to become writable, it needs to either be the service IMEI 0449.... or it needs to be all zeros (or null). If not, the IMEI will not write or it'll revert upon reboot.

You should be able to read anything (minus hex passwords) from any baseband. The software on the phone is damaged or the nv items are corrupted. The only way to solve this is flashing the full firmware for the phone and if this doesn't help you'll need to reset the efs/nv items (a RTN and a SCRTN will not work in this case; to reset the efs you'll need to find your three 3mb partitions (HUGE HINT) holding your nv items and zero them out).

Note: I do NOT recommend resetting the EFS/NV on ANY cdma phone. Resetting the EFS is a method meant for GSM servicing, not CDMA (as we hold a lot more critical items than they do).

But before doing something that drastic try using a different program to read the phone, try different cables, and even try a different computer.

Also my L720 is on NAE. No issues flashing whatsoever. Internationally unlocked as well (on the MDC baseband, but brought it back to NAE after the unlock). The N900P you can flash the MI3 modem to so that you can bypass the IMEI cert fail (which causes you to lose signal). Do NOT try to downgrade an entire firmware. ONLY flash the modem. You WILL soft brick if you attempt to downgrade the entire thing. I've gotta make an uber post with a list of links and info lol.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] filipppo:
ecs87 did you write this message to me? Because the link mediafire is for N900P.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ecs87:
Christ on a cross...I hate it when mediafire doesn't copy the link despite saying it did. Fixed. Thank you for pointing it out!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jric1:
thanks, I followed alpineman's instructions and wala, no more activation and error code 106 on my Note 3 on 4.4.2. I did downgrade to mj4 before doing this, I thought that would've done the trick as I didn't have any issues flashing my gs4 (it was on 4.3 now on 4.4.2 with no issues). I bought the Note on 4.3, but upgraded, I didn't think it would make a difference on my n3 as my gs4 didn't have any issues when I upgraded. I did have to root the N3, but when I installed TWRP recovery. Whenever I tried to get into recovery option, it kept rebooting. I thought I had bricked it, I just had to take out the battery and put it on download and restart from there, but for some reason when I connected the N3 to manually put in the mdi and the other info manually the phone did not respond. However, when I put the files in. It activated itself didn't have to reflash. The only other mod I did was put Alpineman's mod for getting the no sim out and its worked so far. I just had to take out the sim from my gs4.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] filipppo:
So esc87

can You tell me what exactly i must do with this file from mediafire, i must delete old carriers file and copy this with root explorer?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ecs87:
The instructions are included with the .zip file. For the S4 you should only need to run the batch file. For the Note 3 you'll need to run the batch file and over write some files using root explorer (or es file explorer).
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] filipppo:
ok, tkanks, can You give me one more time link with staff for Galaxy SPH-L720 , because i'm confused, that link mediafire from your post is N900PHFAfix.zip for NOTE.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ecs87:
Pretty sure I fixed them yesterday. The one for the L720 is for the Sprint S4. The one for the N900P is for the Sprint Note 3. There's two links (three if you count the outdated, crossed out one). The L720 is the link at the top.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AlpineMan:
[MENTION=4959296]ecs87[/MENTION] just let me know if you want me to add your stuff in the OP. Full credit ofcourse! ;)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] filipppo:
Esc87 thanks i will check it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] filipppo:
Esc87

Can You help me again, i don't understand one line in instruction. "DO NOT FORGET TO REPAIR THE MEID AND FILL IN THE MIN AND MDN WITHOUT REBOOTING". How can i do that, repair the maid and fill...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] koloronopi1:
So I am having a lot of trouble getting my Sprint S4 4.4.2 to update profile/prl. I have been lurking on these forums but needed an account finally for help.

I have successfully flashed it manually using DFS, because I have a pretty good understanding of the software. I have working 3G/Voice/SMS. I cant seem to figure out what I am doing wrong which is not allowing me to update profile/prl. I used the correct files on page 1 of this thread as well (not sure if they are supposed to work with 4.4.2 on an S4).

I am going insane here trying to get this to work. I have double and triple checked everything, still not working properly (profile/prl updates).

I have tried to do a 786 reset as well and redid everything and still not working. I had the annoying HFA messages which I got fixed with the correct files from page 1.

Any ideas?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AlpineMan:
Have you checked the file permissions in your /carrier folder to match those in the screen shots in the 1st post?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ndno:
If you have working 3g/text/talk why would you care about updating your profile? You would only need to do that if 3g wasn't working. For PRL, can probably flash via DFS.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] koloronopi1:
All very good points.

I did update the folder permissions to make sure I did this correctly.

I am happy with the flash, but just was curious as to why the profile/prl update would not work. Trying to learn something for future reference :)

Does anyone have an Sprint S4 4.4.2 file?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ecs87:
The files in my .zip should work on 4.4.2. Should work on any S4 for that matter. I didn't see any partition changes between any of the builds. Then again, I'm not sure if the carrier folder files changed in specific ways (I wouldn't think so since there's never a carrier file in any of the Odin tarballs). But FWIW, I did all of the work for the N900P and L720 on 4.4.2 (specifically NAE on the L720).
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] koloronopi1:
Still no dice, I cant update profile/prl.

I manually setup profile 0 and profile 1. Like I said, everything works except profile/prl updates.

I have done a ##786# reset and a full factory reset as well.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AlpineMan:
After you flashed your phone, did you also configure your NAM settings? Phone and IMSI can't be zeros. Are you also getting Hands Free Activation each time the phone reboots? Are you using a Touchwiz based stock ROM?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] eazy3445:
I just got a note 3 and it has 4.4.2 and now i cant use this trick ugh!!!! and now i cant run update profile and i cant get 3g to work it says it cannot establish a connection MIP: 67 or something like that and MIP : 131
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AlpineMan:
Error 67 means one or more of the following:

1) wrong profile 0 username or password

2) wrong profile 1 username or password

If it's a flashed phone, you can try getting those values from your "other" phone.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] eazy3445:
what does error MIP :131
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mocoyombiflash:
ok kool thanks for the unlock info , as far as flashing the s4 was on baseband NAF i was doing a remote flash and i don't know i got not info what's so ever from the phone on cdma ws 3.9 , so as far as new note 3 basebands all should be able to read on cdma ws and flash correct idk if it was me or anything but i guess i wanted to share to see if anyone else was having problems flashing newer version of basebands thanks i'[ll try 2 note3 on diff basebands one is on Nc5
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