yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sharp Aquos Crystal] Camagopra:
even though I had a T- mobile sim card in the phone, I was abe to make calls but still through Boost Mobile, and use it's 3G data. The message on the lock screen was "SIM/RUIM IS PERSO LOCKED - BOOST MOBILE.
[Sharp Aquos Crystal] roberto1670:
Thanks for the info

Last quetion did you switch the phone to gsm?
[Sharp Aquos Crystal] Camagopra:
The 4G Switch App showed that GSM was in service...but I had no way to verify that.
[Sharp Aquos Crystal] hazridi:
E/use-Rlog/RLOG-RIL-SHARP-EXT( 623): NV Read 32, length 6, data length 6, grde - 313739303538

fake number but it's easy to read: MSL is 179058 (ascii numbers in hex start at 0x30 for 0 and go to 0x39 for 9).
[Sharp Aquos Crystal] Camagopra:
Excellent! How do we find the number you referred to as "fake"?

Cheers.

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Excellent! How do we find the number you refer to as "fake"?
[Sharp Aquos Crystal] hazridi:
313739303538 is a series of hex values, corresponding to the ascii values of

1

7

9

0

5

8

which is the MSL code.

you can look for this string to find the actual MSL/SPC code.

it's only fake in that it's not my real MSL.
[Sharp Aquos Crystal] Camagopra:
Thank , but where in our Sharp 306SH phones can we find that series of hex values in order to finally get the precious MSL code?
[Sharp Aquos Crystal] hazridi:
adb logcat
[Sharp Aquos Crystal] bcountry907:
verifying msl find

I currently have my MSL so im testing to help others.

Boost provided my MSL when i activated.

I have ADB up and running and successfully have dumped the logcat file.

I see you are using the RLOG command to find the MSL in the logcat file.

But theese are linux commands you are using.

My pc is windows based so i can run a linux shell ( bash shell) or

Maybe i can install cygwin.

What linux shell are u using and what can i use.

Can i run this command in adb because i know adb can execute some linux commands.

Or is it possible to put my phone in terminal mode and execute the commands against

Thr logcat on my sd card.

Please just point me in the right direction.

Like i said i have my MSL so i know what number im looking for.

That will confirm the process and we can make step by step instruction.
[Sharp Aquos Crystal] Camagopra:
Hi, if you have your msl then can you reprogram your phone to use it in another carrier? You could test the gsm capabilities using 4G Switcher?. That would be of so much help,...
[Sharp Aquos Crystal] bcountry907:
having msl

I can change the info in the edit section of the hidden menu ##3282#.

I just reviewed the settings there. I dont see any setting for CMDA or GSM.

I think there are more hidden menus we wont have access to untill we root.

THats based off galaxy S4 experience.

Closest thing i see is under LTE menu.

Band 26

Band 41

Band 25

And band priority setting.
[Sharp Aquos Crystal] mofugggz:
kernel sourcre

I emailed sharp again for the second time asking for kernel source code. I also sent a copy of the GPL license highlighting the areas in which states that they have 90 days to release the kernel source code by law. I will repost the feedback I receive when I get it. Hopefully they will be nice enough to give us a broken kernel. Its better than nothing....
[Sharp Aquos Crystal] bcountry907:
I'm gonna look into the 4G switcher. I need to make sure I can put my phone back to the regular cmda net.

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Only 4G switcher i see just changes data network.

Got a link to the one your asking about.
[Sharp Aquos Crystal] Camagopra:
Just be sure to backup all you data and settings, because after switching networks, (before reprograming your phone via MSL) if you reboot your phone it's problable that you'll get the "com.andoid has stopped working" message and you will need to do a factory reset in order o get the phone working fine again. Ocurred to me twice, so now I'm waiting till I get my MSL code and I reprogram my phone before I try 4 G Switcher again.

I assume that having your MSL you have already reprogrammed your phone, and you should very probably succeed in making it work on a GSM provider.
[Sharp Aquos Crystal] bcountry907:
Trying GSM

I have current cmda service.

I dont have service for a gsm provider.

And i need to know what 4G switcher u are using.
[Sharp Aquos Crystal] Camagopra:
enclosed is the image containing the 4G Switcher I used.
[Sharp Aquos Crystal] bcountry907:
Reprogrammed Phone ?

Im not exactlly sure what you mean by reprogrammed my phone.

Basically boost gives you the msl to program your phone manually

In case the over the air update didnt take. Im limited to being able

To change the data in the Edit portion of ##3282# menu. And only

The same settings you have under view are in edit.

So far having my msl dose me nothing good.

I dont have root or system access.

Seems like we need to get into fastboot

Before were gonna accomplish anything.
[Sharp Aquos Crystal] Camagopra:
By reprogramming I mean unlocking your phone in order to use it in another network. I understand you need to make sure you can get back to cdma, I can only tell you that I've done that myself, so I know it's perfectly possible. Please keep us posted. My main interest is to unlock my phone in order to use it in a gsm carrier.
[Sharp Aquos Crystal] bcountry907:
Programming for Gsm Network

If you check out #98 on page 10 of this thread you will see i have posted the instructions provided to me by boost mobile on how to program the phone from a factory state.

So currently my phone is updated to boost by an over the air update that was sent to my phone by boost when i activated it.

Now if i do shutdown phone.

Hold power and volume down and run restore that would put me back to factory data. ( out of the box state). Then i would need to manually update my phone with the information listed on page 10. And again run the over the air update to get back to boost.

Other important info is this phone only uses the sim card for 4 g data.

The rest of the connections are based on the data that is contained in the ##3282# menu.

So what i assume is this:

To connect to a GSM network you would have to manually enter all the data in each field of thoose menus for the GSM network. At a minimum u would need to know the information as listed on page 10 that i posted.

Im not 100 percent sure but i believe at&t / Tmobile may use gsm or be gsm capable in my area. I know someone who is on T-Mobile and maybe i can pull the data off his phone with DFS to test with my aquos.

You see i would need all the APN info ect. In order to truly test the GSM.

Because the Aquos isnt getting that info from the sim it is in the phone itself.

My guess would be if you got all the data for The GSM network entered correctly then used the 4G Switcher to set the Radio To GSM it might work.

I dont think unlocking the sim slot and inserting a GSM sim will do the trick.

But i could be wrong. It would depend on where the Specific Carrier is accesing the connection data in the phone.

If the android system itself is handeling this then it dont matter what sim u use until we can root load rom and have the android system use the sim.

On my galaxy s4 it used the sim originally. Sphl720 from sprint.

After rooting and loading custom rom i got my galaxy flashed at blue wireless to use there service. At that time i didnt use a sim anymore.

So there is alot more to it than just switching the radio band the phone uses. It depends on carrier and weather that carrier uses sim or not.

Plus knowing the settings for the carrier you are trying to use.

Someone please advise if im incorrect here.
[Sharp Aquos Crystal] Camagopra:
Your reflections make a lot of sense, bcountry, I am pretty sure that If I manage to get my MSL and root my phone everything will fall in place.
[Sharp Aquos Crystal] bcountry907:
Switching to GSM

If your GSM carrier dose not require u to use a sim card then all you need is your MSL and the proper info from the carrier to set your phone to the carriers network to allow the network to send a over the air update to your phone. Only catch i see is that the carriers network is gsm so you need to switch the aquos radio to gsm band in order to recieve the over the air update.

Option #2

The carrier you wish to use should be able to update your phone via PC and a flashing software. You will need your MSL for them to do that.

We allready know it is possible to get the MSL using ADB and generating a logcat file and then using the RLOG commands in linux to phrase the ascii values for the MSL and converting the 30 Base Ascii charecters to decimal that equal the MSL.

I just need some help to know where i can execute and how to execute the RLOG commands. IE: LINUX only, terminal on phone, with the ADB Shell, BASH Shell. I dont know what. Platforms support the Rlog command.

Option 3:

I can go to TMobile store and tell them i want to switch to there service on this phone and see if they can do it. If they can then you will only need the MSL to switch to the carrier u want.

Option 4:

I know ting works with theese phones so they are providing an over the air update to the phone without knowing the MSL.

Other carriers should be able to as well.

The catch again is if all the towers in your area are gsm only then the radio of the phone would have to be set to GSM. IF your phone gets any signal if you have any bars showing you should be able to get an over the air update from some carrier.
[Sharp Aquos Crystal] Rx8Driver:
Root seems to be the big issue here. If we had root access everything that's possible on any other device would hold true here. I just got my mother one of these as a cheap replacement to a G2 that she misplaced and I think it's a great device, especially for the price, but not having SuperSU from Chainfire or a working hotspot hack (Sprint) is causing me to reconsider this device as there doesn't appear to be enough community support to get this done soon, if ever :/
[Sharp Aquos Crystal] MSGaldenzi:
So I just got one in from boost mobile through their black friday special. I have 14 days for a return, but I wanted to see if I could get this working on sprint and if not... then off it will go. OP mentioned that the Net10 unlocking kit takes you through the steps to make it unlocked for other CDMA carriers. Considering there is no sim, is there a way to do this without purchasing the kit? Also, is that all I need to do to get it on my sprint account (well, minus going in and having them put it on my account?). I am currently using an S5 (which will be sold if this works) and I want to downgrade to this phone until my upgrade is ready.
[Sharp Aquos Crystal] ecaslak:
The Net10 BYOP kit doesn't unlock the phone. Net10 allows the activation of Sprint postpaid devices (along with Ting, Red Pocket, Straight Talk, and a few other Sprint MVNOs). For some reason, the Aquos Crystal is clear for activation on MVNOs (i.e. shows up as postpaid) where no other Sprint or Boost prepaid devices are.
[Sharp Aquos Crystal] MSGaldenzi:
So does this mean one has to purchase the net 10 kit in order to get on say... Ting? Also does this mean that because its prepaid, will it never be able to activate on sprint? I know in the first post there is mention of FEB but thats 2+ months away.
[Sharp Aquos Crystal] Dave E:
Use sprint Sim card

Hey guys, Since I have bought three aquos, I did some some test on them

First, I port my google voice number to boost mobile, they gave me 100 bucks off when I activated at boost mobile store.

I got the phone, the store staff burned some information on my phone. after I got the phone, I replaced Att sim card, 3g is work, 4g is not.

oversea China mobile sim card, 3g is work, 4g is not. sprint sim card,3g is work, 4g is not.

Second, Since the discount from boost mobile, I bought another two unactivated phone. I tried those three sim card. the phone got no service.

I used 4g switch to change the radio frequency. it still got no service.

The reason why I bought this phone, because, the aquos support LTE band 41, as we know band 41 is cover band 38. So the phone support China Mobile TD-LTE band. I am gonna bring it to China, to make sure wether the phone is oversea carrier unlocked or not.

Wish my tests can give you guys. some hints. Have a good night.
[Sharp Aquos Crystal] ecaslak:
No, the Net10 activation kit is for Net10 only. The universal kit contains 4 activation codes and 3 SIM cards that allows you to activate a single device on the carriers Net10 supports: ATT, T-Mobile, Sprint, Verizon (No SIM / 3G phones only). For Ting, you can just activate any Sprint postpaid device, as well as the prepaid Aquos Crystal for some reason which is somehow exempted.

A few users have confirmed that you cannot activate the Boost or Sprint prepaid version of the Aquos Crystal on Sprint postpaid. If you want to get an Aquos Crystal on Sprint postpaid without renewing a contract, they're $240 outright, which is still a great price for an off-contract phone.
[Sharp Aquos Crystal] moonalikhan:
China mobile sim card worked ?? data or voice . kindly confirm and if it works on china mobile it will for sure work with zong Pakistan
[Sharp Aquos Crystal] onroP89:
You have the 306SH and you can use a AT&T Sim Card? AT&T is using GSM.

Boost is using CDMA ur Phone is locked to CDMA.

CDMA = no need for a SIM Card. The SIM Card is only for 4G Network on CDMA Phones

CDMA vs. GSM: What's the Difference?

Dosent matter which SIM Card you use, the 3G will always work, even without a SIM Card in it.
[Sharp Aquos Crystal] Dave E:
China Mobile

I am not sure it is oversea unlocked or not, but all sprint TMO and ATT's iPhone 6 and 6+ are oversea unlocked. I think maybe aquos crystal is oversea unlocked.

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Yes, CDMA1x and CDMA EV-DO phone in US needn't sim card, That's why I inserted all other carrier's sim in the slot the phone still works. However, according the information from 4g switch, 306sh's communication chip from QUALCOM support GSM that

2G

GSM850/900/1800/1900

3G

WCDMA：2100MHz/1900MHz/850MHz

CDMA1x CDMA EV-DO( Verizon)

4G

TDD-LTE：1900MHz/2300MHz/2600MHz

FDD-LTE：1800MHz/2600MHz

If the baseband is unlocked, We can install a rom or a unlocked baseband to unlock the phone, like nexus 5 American version D820. But at the beginning, we have to root the phone.
[Sharp Aquos Crystal] Jayarama:
After Friday sale lot more people are having this so must be good for us:)
[Sharp Aquos Crystal] Dave E:
Unlock

Since I can read Japanese, the wikipedia 305sh page said that 306sh American version can be unlocked after using these carriers service at least 90 days.

h t t p ://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/SoftBank_305SH
[Sharp Aquos Crystal] moonalikhan:
The strange part in the wikipedia page was that it says the american version has slightly different hardware which i could not understand coz in our previous post some one gave the spec which is almost the same. and yes it says in Japanese carrier service at least 90 days unlock i took some snap of the page check the attachments. :)
[Sharp Aquos Crystal] russ722:
tried rooting with root genius but no go, app said phone was too tough :) anyone else having any luck?
[Sharp Aquos Crystal] Jayarama:
No luck so far, don't want to brick my phone too early:)
[Sharp Aquos Crystal] isa.ahmed:
as per GSMarean.com

this will never work on any GSM network

2G Network	CDMA 800 / 1900

3G Network	CDMA2000 1xEV-DO

4G Network	LTE 850 / 1900 / 2500

as where am i, we use 900/1800/2100 and LTE 1800

so this will never work for me...or any place in the world except US

can anyone correct me?
[Sharp Aquos Crystal] Dave E:
305sh has been used by China Mobile

Hey guys, here comes a good news from China, 305sh softbank version has been used in China Mobile net work.

Here is the web site

h ttp://bbs.blueshow.net/thread-1978130-1-1.html
[Sharp Aquos Crystal] Jayarama:
https://sh-dev.sharp.co.jp/android/modules/oss/index.php?/crystal

Is this source related 306SH too?
[Sharp Aquos Crystal] ivanthec:
It's a Sprint Phone. After 90 days Sprint may unlock it for you, but you will still never be able to use it inside the USA on a different carrier. You will be allowed to use it outside of the USA just fine as long as the carrier supports the phone.
[Sharp Aquos Crystal] moonalikhan:
i dnt think any dev is interested in the phone if i am not wrong till now some one would have came out.

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it looks like the sources Code but i think for a different build as i saw on the website it was

AQUOS CRYSTAL (Build number S0018 ~)

AQUOS CRYSTAL (Build number S0012 ~)

The sprint or boosts phone have a different build number, but may be it works the dev's have to look into it.
[Sharp Aquos Crystal] UltimaXtreme:
Completely wrong. We wouldn't have Kingo and other root tools at work to get this thing superuser, otherwise.

XDA acknowledges the device, they know we exist, it's just left to us to make this software work.

Really, these issues are not new to just us. Recent devices have more tight-knit bootloaders than ever, and it's implied that Lollipop's encryption and security has all but cut the success of SU and custom ROMs to a crawl.

At this time, we still haven't obtained the source code behind the Crystal, and there's still no word on a bootloader unlock, so the chance of full root and custom ROMs are slim as it is. As cheap as the device is, that's what people think it is: cheap. Getting what they pay for. It's a no-contract smartphone, and the desire for it is lacking. If the Crystal X came over as a subsidiary device for the GSM carriers, it would have a vast impact, and a whole slew of toolkit hackers and developers would shove everything they have at that phone, trying to unlock the bootloader and such (although Verizon phones should offer unlocked bootloaders out of the box).

This is a gap that might explain the conflict here. The Crystal is a Sprint phone exclusively, and a no-contract one at that. It doesn't hold a spec sheet that makes it desirable to those with the technical know-how. Yet, the price point seems perfect. Add CM11 or SlimRoms on the Crystal, and what the device offers right now is doubled in performance and power. 6 hours SOT becomes 12, superuser all around, a larger library of user-created frameless effects, removal of all the stupid Sprintware bloat that comes on the devices. Maybe even efforts to improve the gesture-based functionality like the device's offered "Sweep to wake" and such.

These are things a person can desire. But desire becomes want, and want becomes need. But nobody wants this phone because nobody needs this phone expect people who can't afford a fancier device.

Our lack of development simply stems from lack of wider range of support. Get more people interested in the device, specifically developers, and we could probably expect some real work being done to break this device's proverbial prison and give it the real Android experience that puts it to the test against flagships on their stock levels. At the least, we have SOME people with interest and knowledge.

I'm referencing this from another thread real quick to point out that Sharp has previously refused to release the source code, so if what you're looking at is what I'm thinking and searching, ScientiaMobile's Tera-WURFL tells the story.

Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 4.4; 305SH Build/S0018) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/34.0.1847.114 Mobile Safari/537.36

That page notes to the Softbank version under S0018. Looking up S0012 on their site got me an older Sharp phone running Android 2.3, so that might not be accurate here, but I'm not certain. Tomorrow marks the 90 days after the phone's release, so now is the time where the code should be released in compliance with the GPL. Otherwise, those with contributions to Linux in code will have a company to get onto.
[Sharp Aquos Crystal] bcountry907:
Aquos Crystal My Opinion

Hello all.

If you look through some of the threads here you will see that there are post related to what is posted here. I have started working on this phone and hope for a true root soon. I have this phone the Aquos and a Galaxy S4 that is rooted. I am surprised how much i like my aquos vs the galaxy s4. And at a quarter of the cost it runs just as fast as my Galaxy, i like the display and the sound is great. Not to mention the very thick screen i hope is harder to break than the Galaxy. Out of 2 galaxy S4 ended up with busted screen 3 times. Currently my S4 has a busted screen.

The aquos is certinly worth rooting.

I have my msl and ADB running. If i could get Fastboot running i bet we could root.
[Sharp Aquos Crystal] stu5797:
We are all counting on you! I have a note 4 and want to use this amazing phone
[Sharp Aquos Crystal] russ722:
i ageee i had a s3 an i like this phone alot more,faster,better screen and feels well made.

on a sid note about the screen,i dropped my phone today on some gravel rocks screen down and not a scratch! i did have. screen protector on but hey it survived.
[Sharp Aquos Crystal] moonalikhan:
That is some good news i hope the best of luck to you and waiting to hear good news from you .
[Sharp Aquos Crystal] ivanthec:
Looks like everyone will be getting an update pretty soon.

http://www.androidcentral.com/sprin...ers-better-battery-performance-adds-bloatware
[Sharp Aquos Crystal] UltimaXtreme:
Down with bloatware!

Well, the Crystal has better specs for the most part. Looking at at least Sprint and Verizon models...

S3 has dual-core 1.5GHz, Crystal has quad-core 1.2GHz.

S3 has 2GB RAM, Crystal has 1.5GB.

S3 has 2100mAh battery, Crystal 2040mAh

S3 does 4.8in 720p, Crystal is 5in 720p.

ADDS

BLOATWARE?! That is absolutely unacceptable. I don't even use Yahoo except for school and work, why are they enforcing that?

I'm glad I bought my device before this, or I'd risk Sharp installing it. I certainly won't be updating, even if there's possible battery improvement. If we can test root when we have it, and it allows removing that bloatware and keeps us with the improved battery, we can see then.
[Sharp Aquos Crystal] onroP89:
I will donate if you have a running GSM Version for Europe :)

In Germany you can sell the locked Version for 180-200€ even if they dont work lol, Just for the look. A Unlocked Version is esay 250-300€ on eaby.

the Phone is just 150$

I still using my old Phone, already canceled my contract and still waiting for this damn phone...

If you need help pm me, ive never done sth like that before but well ... i study electrical engineering and able to program in C/C++ and some basic micro processor coding.

btw is there any Asian-Fake Version of the Phone?