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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AgentJeffy:
Ok, so I've been dealing with this for daaaaays now. I tried the fix with copying the files to the carrier folder. But it's still not allowing me to update the PRL or the Profile to my Note 3. And as such I still don't have 3g or 4g. This phone wasn't "Flashed" to boost per se, but instead was added to the boost network by Boost themselves. And like the other person, boost at this point has given up and is now lying to me telling me that my phone isn't compatible with the boost network because of a minute hardware difference between it and other models.

Any ideas at this point? I'm losing my mind over here.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] japush:
Carrier folder for Samsung Galaxy S4 Spark (SPH-L720T)

And here is the Carrier folder from an activated (3G+4G) Samsung Galaxy S4 Spark (SPH-L720T ). As before, permissions need to be corrected for each file, so here is ziplock bag with screenshots of those permissions. I can say that on a rooted S4 Spark phone flashed to Legacy/SERO using a donor phone, replacing /System/Carrier folder with this folder along with adjusting permissions gets rid of OTA screen on boot.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] SSDconvert:
compatibility issues

Since my phone is on android 5.0 ..... should I attempt to back flash to 4.4 or 4.3 to attempt to fix hfa prob?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AlpineMan:
Or find someone with android 5.0 who can share their /carrier folder with you.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] asapmoola310:
Branding

Do you know how to change branding to the Galaxy S4 without the phone rebooting to switch to Chameleon? You can change the branding thru chameleon.xml under the BrandAlpha field within the xml file but the phone will reset and change the branding to chameleon and eventually reboot again changing it to Sprint. I know if you are able to mod chameleon apk then changing branding without xposed would be possible. Any input on this would be appreciated.:)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AlpineMan:
I have not experimented with branding.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] tankdog03:
Do u have a sprint sim card registered to boost?

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You can register the uicc cards on the boost website with upgrading yr handset

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How can I get the new note 5 rom port to work on my note 3 flased to boost phone. . Been out of the loop for a bit.. im usingvthe s5 port right now. . Thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jkj:
So I'm had a legacy plan for ages now. The big downside is lack of lte. I was thinking of joining a framily but with the lack of subsidized phones. Maybe this is still the way to go. I saw you don't recommend the s6. What about the note 4/5? Are they difficult?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ngokli:
S4 4.2.2 (MDL) with no sprint service (using while travelling abroad)

Thank you AlpineMan and the rest of you wonderful people. I always struggle to digest the firehose of information that's out there when dealing with Android. But I think this thread is pretty close to what I need! :highfive:

My situation is a bit different, so I want to run it by y'all before I screw things up any further. Most of this is probably irrelevant, but please bear with me!

I have a rooted stock GS4 (SPH-L720) running 4.2.2 (MDL). I no longer have an account with Sprint, and I never want to use this phone on Sprint (or any other US carrier) again. I'm using this phone while backpacking around Asia (for the foreseeable future) So I'm not sure if the update profile/prl step will work, and whether I need to do them anyway.

I used this to UICC unlock the S4 (Sprint supposedly unlocked it way back when, but of course it didn't work). So my prepaid Indian SIM has been working for calls, sms, and data (after adding appropriate APNs). I also added ',dun' to some APN entries in telephony.db, to enable the wifi hotspot.

So my problem happened when I was trying to get the hotspot working for more than one client at a time. Not realizing the danger, I overwrote /carrier/chameleon.xml with a modified version (changed GsmMaxUsers from 1 to 8). The owner and permissions were definitely changed in the process. Rebooted the phone (or did it reboot itself?), and I've got the expected HFA problems, screwed up carrier partition (no files in mms and Settings directories), and "Invalid SIM". :confused: Tried reverting the file, but of course no dice. :crying:

So do you know if I can use Carrier-GS4.zip even though I'm running 4.2.2 (MDL)? Will this work even though I don't have any CDMA service for updating profile/prl? I guess there are some identifiers that I'll have trouble getting if I can't do these updates? Or maybe they're unimportant? Hopefully I can fix this in the next week and a half, while I still have access to a Windows tablet! :fingers-crossed:

Also, I did back "everything" up through TWRP a few months ago... or at least I was under the impression that it included everything! But it looks like there are several partitions that TWRP won't grab, huh? :(

In any case, I hope you are all having a wonderful present moment and a wonderful New Year's Day! Be well :o!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] dithxiemay:
Invalid SIM Card

Hi ! I accidentally deleted all the files in /carrier folder upon wanting to uninstall Zact mobile on my SPH-L720.

I succesfully folled steps 1,2 and ES File explorer step. However, upon rebooting phone, I tried updating PRL and update Profile. Cant get any success at Hands Free activation. I also got Invalid SIM Card. I tried adding APN, but the phone won't let me save it.

Also, the phone can search networks but upon registering, it says network unavailable.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ngokli:
[MENTION=4959296]ecs87[/MENTION] I found your conversation with [MENTION=5831489]filipppo[/MENTION] earlier in the thread. Not sure if he got it working, but I have a good feeling! I'm still a bit confused, but hopefully it'll become clearer once I get another chance to work on it (I'm hanging out with my family on the beach in Goa for one last day :cool:)

In the meantime, here's some of my confusion, in case you can easily shed some light on it for me:

My carrier directory is not corrupted nor completely empty. I can move files to and from it, and the missing files are only in the mms and Settings directories. Should I be following the same steps? I tried just copying the missing files from your carrier zip and setting the permissions/owner, but the phone doesn't act any different.

Is this the carrier zip that you posted for filipppo? It's just an empty partition?

I looked through the flashing thread on gsmhosting and got DFS working with my MSL and Samsung password. So writing zeros to the MEID and then writing the original MEID back again is what you mean when you say "repair the MEID", right? But what do you mean by "reflashing data"?

And after all of this, I just do the UICC hack again, right?

I guess you're probably as busy as the average person is, so thanks for any help you can offer!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] adrs168:
Its applicable to LG G4 Sprint?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mattzeller:
1) Probably not since this is a post about Samsung devices. Though it may work in a similar fashion on LG devices

2) you were asked to not quote the whole post (as stated at the beginning of your quoted post)

Sent from my SPH-A120
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ngokli:
Got my phone working with the Indian SIM, so I'll try to share what I did in case it helps anyone else.

I still have the HFA prompt, but it turns out the international SIM unlock works anyway. I'd thought I needed to get rid of the HFA prompt first, so I just hadn't tried the international unlock :(

I did use DFS to write a bunch of stuff to the phone a few times before trying the international unlock. Most of the values were already populated correctly, but I tried following the instructions from the gsmhosting thread as much as I could. I tried zeroing out the meid and rewriting it (though it never seemed to change from the original, correct value). The couple of things that I did change: MIN A, MIN D, MDN, PCS on the NAM tab; One or more of PAP, HDR AN, HDR AN LONG; HA/AAA and HA/AAA long Shared Secrets. I got the 32-digit password by looking in the same phone's EFS (the gsmhosting thread mentions this, but assumes you're getting it from a different phone).

I get an error (something like "Reference to Invalid Object". I wish I had my phone plugged in right now so I could try it and tell you exactly, because that would have helped me deal with the issue!) when entering the secrets into the latest version of DFS (build 15.12.30.1), so I had to use to the older version (v.14.9.4.0) that is also available on the cdmatool website. In v.14.9.4.0, entering the shared secrets is a bit confusing (a lot confusing). Under HA SS / AAA SS, the first field is the HA SS, and the second field is AAA SS (The gsmhosting thread mentions AAA SS before HA SS). Enter your HA SS without the "Show HEX" box checked, and then check the "Show HEX" box and enter your AAA SS (The HA SS will change to HEX when you check the box. That's expected.). Enter the same secrets in the next two boxes (the long versions, though I'm not sure that this is necessary).

That's what I can recall and manage to type right now... heading to the airport in a minute!

Hope this helps someone!! :fingers-crossed:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] phat0074:
I have a sprint note 3 with boost mobile sim but when I flash darkwolf pure lite rom everything works but sending text anybody had this issue with Sprint roms or know of a fix
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] zwawitotti10:
hello everybody :o

i need Boot & Shutdown Animations of sprint spark for galaxy s4 sph-l720t :(

like that video, see it from 0.32s to 1.23s :p

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-jX...=youtu.be&t=32

anyone have the 3 files of boot & shutdown send him to me please

bootsamsung.qmg

bootsamsungloop.qmg

Shutdown.qmg
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AlpineMan:
Were you getting 3G in your original phone? If so, perhaps your Note 3 wasn't flashed correctly.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Horty24:
Hi Alpine. So I rooted the phone with Kingo and it was success on the root. But once I try to backup the carrier file on target phone I see that the carrier file is empty. Also I tried to unzip the carrier file on OP and the phone would not let me. I did enable super user but no luck. Also it Ask about about disabling knox. Should I disable to allow the copying of carrier file? I'm using Es file explorer. Please advice. Thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AlpineMan:
You need to root enable, and configure ES File Explorer to show hidden files and allow writes to system partition. To do so:

1) Install the latest version of ES File Explorer from the Play Store. Launch it.

2) On the upper left hand corner, there's a blue icon that looks like a phone superimposed on a globe. Click on that icon.

3) Expand the Tools section.

4) Scroll down and find "Show hidden files". Turn that on.

5) Scroll down and find "Root Explorer". Turn that on.

6) Grant root access.

7) Press on the word "Root" on "Root Explorer".

8) Choose "Mount R/W"

9) Look for "/system" and choose "RW"

10) Press OK button.

11) Done.

I will add this in the FAQ.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] TTmaster99:
For Note 3, DO NOT upgrade to Kit Kat 4.4.2

This carrier folder replacement will not work on Kit Kat. The Kit Kat keep replacing back to the original ones after you restart. Whether you do a carrier folder replacement or write a PRL, it'll go back to the original one.

Keep yourself in MJ4 if your phone works without problems
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AlpineMan:
Was about to experiment with Kit Kat last night. Thanks for the heads up!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] shadricksimms:
I have a problem as well with kit kat I update and lost data completely and it changed prl
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] E-POUND:
Sup Shad. When u updated to kit kat did u update the modem also? How did u update? Odin? Or did u flash the kit kat ROM? How did u update your sprint note 3?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] shadricksimms:
I used a link on XDA to update the phone with Odin and that's when it all happened

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Sorry Taking Long To Respond Im At WORK AND Checking Updates Here WITH U guys

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] shadricksimms:
Has anyone tried the activation fix for the note 3 while on kit kat with fix for kit kat Sent from my SPH-D700 using Tapatalk 2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AlpineMan:
Perhaps we need a new set of carrier files from a Kit Kat phone currently active/previously activated in a Sprint LTE account.

The carrier files in OP are from Android 4.3.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ecs87:
NOTE THIS ONLY APPLIES TO THE L900 NOTE 2! I figured I'd post it here since it has to do with the Update profile/PRL/HFA fix.

I flashed a guy's Note 2 the other day (Sprint>Boost) and he went ahead and did a ##72768# like a ****ing moron. It had a HFA loop, but I remember that as long as you enter a MDN and MIN on 4.3, it'll cure it...if you DIDN'T enter the dialer code mentioned above. Apparently that code does more than corrupt the carrier partition, because I rooted the phone, copied the files from my L900 to it, rebooted it, and expected to win. A facepalm was seen at the end of this tunnel instead. HFA loop waiting for me with open arms.

Figured I'd go back to what I know, which is going back to LJC and running the flashable carrier fix. It's worked before when I've run into HFA nags, it should work again. I used [MENTION=4428718]billard412[/MENTION] 's MC2 "Back to UNROOTED Stock with Auto Flash Count Reset" (http://xdaforums.com/show...php?p=36388145). It's a .zip file you can use in a custom recovery to overwrite the 4.3 firmware (INCLUDING THE BOOTLOADER!!!!! THIS IS HUGE HERE!!!).

After using this, I had to repackage the LJC firmware because it failed at sboot. Fair enough, I ripped the LJC file apart and inserted the MC2 sboot file into it and made it a tarball: https://www.mediafire.com/?6p9hrhq935t7io2 (you can flash this in Odin 3.09 in the AP tab. NOTE THAT YOU CAN ONLY DO THIS ONCE YOU'VE DOWNGRADED FROM MK4 TO MC2. IT WILL FAIL FAIL FAIL IF YOU TRY TO GO STRAIGHT FROM MK4 TO LJC!). It will succeed. If it doesn't, you DID NOT DOWNGRADE FIRST; READ ABOVE. Once you're on LJC, you're going to need to load a custom recovery again, and apply the LJC carrier fix from: http://xdaforums.com/show...37276600394398 (I also applied the LK8 fix:http://xdaforums.com/show...80219633691012 as well, but it's probably not necessary). At this point you SHOULD be fixed, and the HFA nags should be gone, right?

Mine weren't. I applied both patches multiple times, getting angrier every single time. I found a link: http://xdaforums.com/show....php?t=2062499 that says to do the hands free activation. So, I made a boost mobile account for it, chose to pay later, did the ##72768# reset and tried to activate when it booted back up. It mentioned something weird about "Writing Data" in the activation window, something I've NEVER seen before, and actually went all the way through. Press Done, and it'll reboot. You have no more HFA nag. From here you can upgrade back up to MC2 or MK4 (or whichever firmware you want to be on. Keep in mind you're still on the MC2 bootloader with the rest of the firmware being LJC. If you want a "clean" device I suggest flashing back up to MC2 or MK4).
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] elbozi:
Error 407

Posted in wrong section, Delete.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AlpineMan:
Are you trying to flash your phone, too? This thread is only to fix the HFA nag and Update Profile.

If you're flashing, see my signature.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] fivezerosixzero:
Can I get a carrier for ATT? I'm using Net10 MVNO. Phone works but I can't get it to update PRL etc.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AlpineMan:
This PRL update is Sprint ONLY. You do not need a PRL for AT&T / Net10. You need APN settings to get MMS and data to work.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] E-POUND:
Thanks man this saved me.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bond17_007:
can this be done without root?

Also right now when I try to update profile or update PRL it says "Mobile data not available", I tried turning wifi on but no luck.

Any ideas?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AlpineMan:
Try it without root. You have to write files to /carrier, so that's why I think root is needed.

Do you get 1X data at least? If not, perhaps your phone wasn't flashed correctly.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bond17_007:
You are right, had to root it before being able to write to "/carrier".

I followed the instructions and rebooted, for the first time I did see 1X data.

I rebooted to verify if HFA went away but it did not.

And this time I did not get 1X data either :(.

Back to square one, where after reboot i get a HFA. (Says preparing network...)

I double checked IMSI values and MDN as well as PCS they are correct. I am able to make calls and receive calls.

On Data Tab HDR AN and HDR AN Long user id is my <esn>@hcm.sprintpcs.com

In Mobile IP: I only have profile 1 active (Profile 0 gets disabled every time even if i enable it)

NAI there is my powervision user name.. user@sprintpcs.com

Prim HA 68.28.15.12

Sec HA 68.28.31.12

HA Shared secret is "secret".

During this one I flashed the ESN on this device from donor and did a esn swap to it. (not to donor but but the loaner device).

I try to do Update profile so my password gets pushed .. coz i do not remember what new password has been set since esn swap.

Any thoughts?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bond17_007:
I successfully activated now it says .. preparing network after boot.. And it stays like it... I cannot update profile or prl as it says session in progress try again later
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AlpineMan:
Only thing that I can think of that could cause Update Profile and 1x data to fail is if your AAA password for Profile 0 is incorrect.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bond17_007:
Shouldn't the aaa password be auto set when I activated the device? Does aaa remain same across multiple devices? I mean doing a esn swap changes it?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AlpineMan:
There's Profile 0 AAA password and Profile 1 AAA password. Profile 0 AAA password is unique per device MEID and it is tied to that MEID. Profile 1 AAA password changes each time you do an ESN swap when you activate/deactivate/reactivate phones in your account. Hence, you run Update Profile to automatically populate/update Profile 1 username, password, and MDN/MSID.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bond17_007:
Oh i c learnt something new. But in s4 I cannot enable profile 0. It only has 2nd one green. Btw should profile 0 march the donor or should it be s4's? In that case do #786 to reset?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AlpineMan:
This conversation is getting off topic. Please move this to the flashing thread. Want to keep this thread all about Update Profile / PRL. Most if not all your flashing questions have been answered there in the FAQ.

Thanks.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bond17_007:
Thanks AlpineMan. didn't mean to pollute this thread. Will follow on the main thread.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bond17_007:
Since I brought this up here, wanted to post for others. Make sure you pull the right AAA secret for your profile which is different than HEX one per device. DFS does not seem to pull this, might need to get off device or though QPST etc.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AlpineMan:
If "Update Profile" and/or "Update PRL" still doesn't work on the Sprint Galaxy S4 and Sprint Galaxy Note 3 after you replaced your /carrier files, then try the following procedure first:

1) Launch DFS and connect your phone to DFS. This step is abbreviated assuming you already know what is involved to accomplish this.

2) 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] bond17_007:
So Finally I was able to flash a GS4. 3G/SMS/Voice all works, still getting nagged by HFA. So, I went back to Post #1, copied over the carrier from the zip and replaced in /carrier using ES Explorer (even did a delete and re-create). My device is rooted.

After doing that rebooted the device, it would boot up, in a few seconds the phone reboots itself and after this I loose everything. Looking up on DFS, all my NAM and data settings are gets reset.

Reapplied my NAM/Data setting now still getting nagged by HFA which always fails.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AlpineMan:
I actually experienced the above when I was playing around with the /carrier files. I'm assuming you used the carrier-S4.zip file and also set the permissions according to the screenshots. Also, what ROM are you on?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bond17_007:
Yes I used the carrier-S4.zip. I am on Stock Sprint ROM 4.4.2.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AlpineMan:
I see. When I did the carrier fix, I only tested on 4.3 ROM. I no longer have a Sprint phone to test carrier files. There may be different set of carrier files for 4.4 ROM. In the meantime, since you have everything working, you can freeze Sprint/Samsung DM Service to stop HFA nag. I use Titanium Backup to freeze system apps.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bond17_007:
Alright Finally it is all working. Attached Carrier file works for 4.4.2!

Few things: For some reason when I copied to SD card, it created "lost+found" folder which I deleted because the hash would not match.

Also might be helpful to update the step1 to caution about the permissions. In my case once I updated the permissions as you described then, it worked fine.

No HFA nag, Preparing network notification has gone away as well.

Thanks a lot.. now moving on to GSM unlock for international travel :) Viva la Cancun!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AlpineMan:
When you get your international unlock... You'll be back in the flashing thread to apply the International/Global APN xml files I put in the FAQ. ;)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bond17_007:
Hahha good one! thanks for the heads up...

btw I found http://galaxys4root.com/galaxy-s4-tutorials/how-to-unlock-sim-on-sprint-galaxy-s4/

I used to follow him for Evo hacks. His method requires downgrading ROM.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1959005

talked about having a mod hardware to be installed
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AlpineMan:
That hardware mod is for Sprint Note 2 since it doesn't have a physical SIM slot.

The International unlock method that I used for Sprint S4 is this one: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2415587. Looks like the link you have is based off this method.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bond17_007:
Gotcha.. Thanks.. It says unlock successful. I will try it when I am out of US. Hopefully it all works as described :).