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[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NoteGuy411:
Is anyone having any luck using qpst and Sprint s series Samsung galaxy phones? I've tried everything. It's connected, it sees it but I can't do a nv backup. It fails every time. I'm using the msl code and all.

It fails at 16 percent every time and says this.

qpst could not communicate in diagnostic mode
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FanboyStudios:
Ask MotoJunkie01
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MotoJunkie01:
I've personally had success with the Galaxy S4, S5, S6 & S7 (Sprint compatible variants). I'm sorry I can't be a fountain of information on what you're trying to do, and believe me wholeheartedly when I say I understand your frustrations and woes. I can tell you this much though: QPST isn't by any means a complete necessity. A good quality partition flashing application will suffice, granted that you know somebody with image dumps of the partitions you need. (The /efs partition is typically a focal point on any Galaxy S Series device.)
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FanboyStudios:
Where would I get QPST? I don't know anyone with dumps of the partitions for my S5 Sport.
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MotoJunkie01:
Guys, a warning to any of you planning or anticipating a PRL update on your loophole device. I've received several confirmed reports that Verizon roaming has been killed on DDR devices updating to the current PRL updates. I have done very little research on this as of yet, and cannot say with any certainty whether roaming can be reinstated by manually reverting back to an earlier PRL. As a preliminary precaution it is not recommended to update your PRL or user initiated Data Profile on your DDR configured device. I will try to provide any updates that arise on this matter ASAP.
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MotoJunkie01:
I can confirm that my own DDR devices with PRL Version 25064 have lost roaming data connevtivity. I'm updating my CDMA Toolkit to start experimentation on downgrading my PRL vetsion, in, hopes that data roaming can be reinstated.
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tzheng0311:
Also can confirm. The last PRL update ended up killing one of my devices. Actually it seems that this device was converted to the Data Love plan without my consent.
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FNetV1:
You probably did a Profile update in addition to doing a PRL update, or when you did a PRL update your device also performed a profile update. It is reasonable to expect that doing a profile update would overwrite your existing profile to that of what VM what's to write at the moment and that could very well be a way for them to forcefully convert DDR phones into a Data Love. Those that for any reason wants to update their PRL I would suggest doing it manually if you can, download the actual .prl file and flash it manually, on a samsung phone its much easier to do this through the modded HiddenMenu.apk (might not work for the latest of android versions, but I have confirmed it working on Lollipop and Kitkat, not sure if it would work on MM and up) and of course there is the QPST method that should work for a much broader device according to another user (haven't really tried that method yet).

So, how to stay safe:

* Stay away from all and any "updates", some of these "updates" could disable DDR connecvity to force a profile update which most certainly will convert your DDR phone into a Data Love Phone / Deprogram your SIM card. Any updates you wish to install install them manually, that way you know exactly what's being installed and do a complete nandroid backup first.

* Stay away from making and receiving phone calls using the device's assigned phone number. This could be a great way for you to let Sprint know that your device exists and for them to take action to disable your device on their network. I have seen this happen to a person. To make and receive phone calls use Hangouts (Google Voice) and if that is not good enough you can use other VoIP solutions like WhattsApp, or some cheap/free solutions such as other VoIP phone service with great compression that very little bandwidth is required to sustain a call.

Well these are my own personal recommendations. I might have missed some other pointers that the community might wish to further expand here on how to further stay safe and have a functional DDR phone for as long as possible.
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tzheng0311:
Makes perfect sense. My profile was also updated at that time which probably forcibly converted my DDR device into a Data Love and deprogrammed the SIM card. I know it's a Data Love device now since I have another phone (bought accidentally) that was originally on a different VM plan which is similar. Also to add, I made a phone call once on it, but not in the last half year or so.
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NoteGuy411:
My ddr Sims have never even been in the phones and they are dropping like flies yesterday and today. I have one left working out of 4 that were working a week ago. No prl updates or anything as the modern I use is lte/gsm only and no cdma. All I ever did for them to work was enter an apn. I don't think it's the phones that are killing the ddr Sims.
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droiddude414:
My 2 core primes and Moto G3 all died today. Updated the prl and profile last week on the G3, prl 25064. The core primes, prl 25060, I hadn't touched. All 3 DDR with DDR Sims. Any chance of getting them back?
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tzheng0311:
I have no idea, but I can infer that the SIM on the one that died was just completely deactivated since I did an SCRTN reset and it no longer wants to activate on VM's network. A reset to the stock Boost 5.0.2 build shows a new Virgin Mobile application (the one I see on my regular VM device) for some reason. Something might be going on in the backend. We should form a group to discuss this.
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droiddude414:
Group PM sent.
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] michaelvue:
Is there any way to completely disable PRL/Profile update or even Forced PRL/Profile update? So they don't update by themselves or have us mistakenly update it by accident.

Also on a side note keep getting "MIP: 128" errors(along with a LTE: ESM errors occasionally) don't know what this means and sometimes data works, sometimes not.
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matrx10503:
This^^^ I concur its not the phones or prl updates (if so, would only be partially or an older implementation).

So far a common factor/link hasn't been found <----- Everyone should focus on this for now.

The more we understand "how", we'll understand "what".

And we should stick to group PM's with all pertinent info.
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droiddude414:
You should be able to disable using Titanium Backup. My prl/profile won't update on my core primes even if I try but still lost connectivity. My devices say: "unable to establish a wireless data connection MIP:67"

And I agree with matrx and noteguy, it's not prl/profile updates.
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alf_Doge:
My surnia is dead :( PRL 55057. Phone number and min disappear too :((( i think ddr is dead for me. Any help? cc [MENTION=527869]motojunkie[/MENTION]
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sjow401:
Damn...is this truly the end of an era. My Moto E lost connectivity for the past 2 days. I never used it as a phone or made calls with google hangout either.
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NoteGuy411:
My last SIM just bit the dust. The fat lady has sung.
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] michaelvue:
Looks like they are blocking the sims if it's not blocked by now it will be in a couple of days. Now we go back to paying ISPs and phone carriers :(
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tzheng0311:
Other one I was using just died, maybe they're taking into account the uptime on the SIM?

Edit: I turned on all my other devices and all of them were already deactivated
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FanboyStudios:
Oh crap my worst thoughts might be true.... My data died. I have no service.
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FanboyStudios:
Well we can still get free service... But its not unlimited and will cost a little bit for the sim kit.

FreedomPop
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Irondragonx:
How so?
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FNetV1:
That's exactly what I did, I felt back to use my. Already activated Samsung Galaxy S4 FreedomPop phone that I was using before I discovered the existence of DDR loophole, and I am glad I didn't end up deactivating it because FreedomPop did something that upset me when I was using them back then. I had their $3.99 a month data rollover plan and I had accumulated over 12 GB of data and then all of a sudden one day I discover my phone isn't connecting and my FreedomPop user account was deactivated, pressing a simple button on logged into my account reactivated my account but all data was gone, those 12 GB of data that took me such a long time to accumulate via FreedomPop's data rollover was gone and no reason was given to me as to why my account was deactivated and my accumulated data gone. I never stopped paying the $3.99 monthly fee so that couldn't have been the issue.

Second issue: over 6 months after starting to use the DDR loophole using a Moto G3 and obviously not using the Galaxy S4 FreedomPop device I discovered a mysterious $14 charge on just that month, and here's the deal: after FreedomPop had played foul with me and stole my over 12 GB of accumulated data I terminated the only $3.99/mo service that I was paying them, there was nothing under the Service tab that I had left enabled, but they still felt the need to ding my credit card for $14 for absolutely no reason.

When my Samsung Galaxy S5 DDR device stopped connecting and my Moto G3 stopped connecting the next day I powered on my old FreedomPop Galaxy S4 and it was still activated and works in the 100% free 1 GB (900MB) a month data cap plan, refurbishing this phone in preparation to use it today I flashed OctOS Nougat AOSP ROM and that made a difference in terms of performance compared to the. Older stock KitKat ROM.

So, going toward: I will be using this FreedomPop Galaxy S4 on the completely free 900 MB data a month, but FreedomPop shall not receive a single penny from me for having stolen my accumulated roll overed data despite that I was always a paying customer.

To make and receive calls I am using Hangouts with my number I ported from Verizon Wireless to Google Voice back in 2012 just as I was doing when the DDR loophole used to work.

FreedomPop plans are functional, after all they are a Sprint MVNO, but I. Don't regard them serious, they are probably fine only if you take advantage of their 100% free service, I disabled auto top off and all that and those setting have been respected meaning that they won't (or have not so far) re-enabled them against your will, but watch your credit card statement for any surprise charges from them.

When I am home I have the FreedomPop device connected to WiFi, I am cake as much calls as I wish and for as long as I want using Hangouts, meaning that those 900 MB of free data would be moderated for when I step out. Hangouts consume 20 KB per seconds to sustain a call according to official sources, but actually I measured it to be 8 KB/s down 6 KB/s up over 14-15 KB/s so provided you don't use your data for too much you should have a functional phone with this configuration.
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EssentialWireless:
Now its really over.

I tried to diffuse the situation as best as I could, I tried to make Sprint think that on September 14 they really killed DDR, but nooooo you guys had to continue boasting publicly that your DDR phones continued working past this date, and those sellers (madrinos, magicphone,......) continued selling their ddr devices when they should have faked that ddr was dead and non functional and continued with their sales offline LIKE I DID, none of ya realized that Sprint actively was reading these forums? and here people was all the time bragging that their ddr phones were working past all efforts of vm killing ddr, you guys should have faked and said that your ddr phones stopped working as soon as the next day of Sept 14 passed and only then would Sprint have halted all further efforts of killing DDR which would have benefited all of us! Well now enjoy expensive ripoff massively throttled cellphone plans!

RIP Data Done Right! :(
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FanboyStudios:
A long time ago I said the thread needed killed... Well Iguess sometime I'll need to get a FreedomPop sim.
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FanboyStudios:
How did you get 900mb free per month? I thought it was only 200mb free. They reduced it recently from 500.
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droiddude414:
RIP ringplus and DDR

200mb for the LTE sims (uses ATT)

500mb for boyd cdma phones (uses Sprint)

Add 500mb for friends (max 10 friends [MENTION=4632091]50mb[/MENTION] a friend)

At one time they had a byod plan that I got 2gb free, unlimited talk and text so always worth keeping an eye out. I have several global and LTE sims and they randomly charge my CC a penny from time to time as an "activation" fee.
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sean35:
Is this still working? I turned on my XT1526 for the first time in weeks last night and couldn't connect. I know I used data as recently as early September.
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FanboyStudios:
So far it seems not. I think it has given its final breath. R.I.P. Data Done Right
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sean35:
Stupid me, I missed the last page when I posted and didn't see the most recent responses. Oh well.
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MotoJunkie01:
Huge news on status of loophole. We need a private forum to interact for all interested. Please pm me
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NoteGuy411:
Your mailbox must be full. Can't pm you.
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tzheng0311:
Unable to message you
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droiddude414:
Moto we have a Google private group already. Join the link I gave you or PM me.
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MotoJunkie01:
Joined. Thanks. Just posted

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Sorry about that [MENTION=7710906]tzheng0311[/MENTION]. Visit me in the closed Google group.
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Irondragonx:
I have been unable to pm you also, can you private message me please moto
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drbellushi:
hi

can you invite me to google private group

thanks

DDR for life.
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kikomimi:
Please invite me as well!
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fiveoaks:
Please send me an invite to group. Way back when, the moto e815 can do this data thing too. TIA.
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cardboardballoon:
Google group

Would love to be invited to this group as well, it's been a real bummer since ddr stopped working
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sjow401:
never mind sorry
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PhoneMblem:
Ddr had a way to use virgin media voicemail app to make calls

droiddude414 please add me to the google group

I have a feeling these sims are still active
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ascroutwill:
Please invite me to the group!

I've not opened my DDR phone since a week before the shutdown. Any help to revitalize it would be big. Thank you guys so much. Please add me to Google group! :)
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FanboyStudios:
R.I.P. Data Done Right! I guess now we'll have to put up with Data Done Wrong...back to paying high prices for ****ty service.

Anyway I ordered my Freedompop Sim for 1¢... Link below if you're interested.

freedompop.com/offer/sim-vp
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fiveoaks:
freedompop is a very good solution, best of what is out there
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PhoneMblem:
Yea. I had fun using ringplus while it lasted, got a small amount of data from DDR and made a few calls with it, now its all about freedompop and tello paygo(sometimes a call over cellular is nice) .

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If you would rather not use your ddr phone with Virgin(Sprint) in the future one alternative is another hotspot capable phone to pair with it or get a hotspot and use with freedompop(GSM sim or cdma hotspot)or whatever service works best for you.
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Astr4y4L:
Ok Krap ,

now I gotta get an invite to read the rest of the story...

Not exactly interested in the DDR devices.. but feel some of the info floating around could be benificial to my research on a different project.

Thanks ,

Astr4y4L
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MotoJunkie01:
You won't really see any info on the closed Google group that hasn't already been discussed in this thread. The closed group was started when the loophole was shut down for purposes of having a private discussion forum which could not be monitored by the powers that be.
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Astr4y4L:
Right on Bro.
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FanboyStudios:
Well I bought a FreedomPop SIM a few weeks ago and it's not working in my Moto E LTE? And suggestions on how I can fix this? I've already tried the MNVO Slayer flashable zip.
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MotoJunkie01:
What ROM are you running?
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FanboyStudios:
CyanogenMod 13, because it's rock solid.
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MotoJunkie01:
Yes, it certainly is -- especially the Snapshot release. On a hunch, have you configured your /fsg & /carrier partitions to FreedomPop, via fastboot mode?

fastboot oem config fsg-id freedompop

fastboot oem config carrier freedompop

fastboot erase modemst1

fastboot erase modemst2

After this, do a fresh install of the mvno_slayer Aroma installer.
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FanboyStudios:
I've done that. Just happened to notice that my phone now says no sim even with the sim inserted. I've tried re-inserting it and rebooting still to no avail.
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MotoJunkie01:
I know from experience that you are very thorough in these matters, so I'm only thinking out loud here, but have you tried flashing a stock firmware package from fastboot mode, and performing a carrier data reset SCRTN (##72786#) from the dialpad? Before performing the SCRTN reset, have your FreedomPop UICC (SIM) inserted, so that the PRL & Data Profiles can be correctly rebuilt upon reboot.
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NoteGuy411:
MotoJunkie, I have an idea to run past you about unlimited data and unlimited calling using sprint. This would only cost $10 a month. Do you want me to discuss here?
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slutexpress:
Keep me in the loop too, I have LOTS of these devices laying around.
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MotoJunkie01:
Yes please do ....good to hear from you [MENTION=7874127]NoteGuy411[/MENTION]. If you think your information may be sensitive, please feel free to email me at shnbritt@gmail.com.
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NoteGuy411:
I'm using a cheap jump wireless sprint data plan. I also have a pcsforpeople sprint data plan. Both are unlimited lte for $10 to $15 a month. They come with a junk hotspot so i just take the sims out as you know. I'm using the newest Sierra wireless modem that is still under development. It's the cat 12 em7565, the same snapdragon modem that's in the new galaxy phones. I can get 3xCA with these in excess of 300mbps. Now onto the free phone call part. It seems sprint is now using voice over LTE in beta and this works well on phones I've used with sprint. These data only plans do come with a phone number associated to them but as we know regular voice and 3g is over the cdma network. I'm thinking you can use unlimited lte data and unlimited LTE calling with these data Sims and even have a phone number. They also do texting over wifi and possibly even LTE but this I don't know. I'm not knowledge on the phones, just modems.
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MotoJunkie01:
Yes I'd be willing to wager that you are 100% correct -- that the phone number assigned to the data SIM could be put to good use. Please provide me with some info on your data only plans -- are these contract or prepaid, or either? Thanks in advance.
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NoteGuy411:
Either. Jump wireless is the cheapest pay month to month at $15 a month.

Pcsforpeople is the cheapest yearly at $100 - $120 a year. They run promotions at 10% off all the time.

Both require you to buy a hotspot from them to get the SIM card.
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MotoJunkie01:
Ok I see. I'm definitely going to make the investment .... I'm seeing the potential for certain. Thank you very much for the info, and I'll keep you posted as well on this.
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FanboyStudios:
I haven't tried that yet. I did get a new laptop and my old external drive with backups quit working so I gave it away. Have a link to the latest stock firmware?

Also I logged into my Freedompop account, and they deactivated my service and want to charge me $15 to be able to switch from trial plan to the free plan *damnit i don't have $15*. In sim status it says "searching for service".
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MotoJunkie01:
Here is a link for official Motorola stock firmwares for the Sprint compatible Moto E LTE (xt1526). Use Build LPI23.29-18-S.12, which was the last official build released for the xt1526.

https://firmware.center/firmware/Motorola/Moto E (2nd gen-2015)/Stock/XT1526/

Also, select the Boost firmware package. The Sprint, Boost Mobile & Virgin Mobile variants of the xt1526 all use the same ROM.
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FanboyStudios:
It's bootlooping after I flashed it back to stock. Stuck on the "Bootloader Unlocked" screen.
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MotoJunkie01:
Ok, when you flashed stock firmware via fastboot mode, did you ensure that your first command was:

fastboot oem fb_mode_set

And your very last command needs to be:

fastboot oem fb_mode_clear

Also, after you finish flashing your system sparsechunk files, it's a good idea to execute these commands too:

fastboot erase userdata

fasthoot erase customize

fastboot erase cache

A lot of times, if fastboot oem fb_mode_clear is not the last command executed, a bootloop will occur. If you didn't use the above commands when flashing stock firmware, maybe flash your device again and implement these commands as well. Out of curiosity, which firmware build did you flash?
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mx98station:
Hey [MENTION=7383447]MotoJunkie01[/MENTION], sorry to pop in out of nowhere but I had my eye on this whole DDR thing back in the beginning of 2017, but never really got around to trying anything because the prepaid phones were very expensive due to this exploit being around. However, I had stumbled upon a moto e 2nd gen boost phone on ebay that was pretty cheap so I had picked it up just for the heck of it, so id like to know from you directly: is it still possible for this exploit to still work under the network this phone uses with/without rooting it? I can't seem to get a clear answer since I understand that the DDR service is gone but pre-existing phones still seem to work as well. Thank you and everyone else for sharing this information it is much appreciated

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I actually just did some more reading on this thread and I can see that this only works out of the box on the "data done right" virgin mobile phones so i returned the phone I said that I bought. I did just do a quick google search and I have the opportunity to purchase a moto e 2nd gen virgin mobile phone from ebay, maybe that one will work?
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MotoJunkie01:
The data loophole no longer works. It was permanently patched around October, 2017. Whether on a used device or new in the box, the DDR loophole will no longer work. It was good while it lasted.