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[EVO 4G Android Development] ap3604:
Thank you efuse, I really, REALLY appreciate any help you can give tutorial wise. I'm not that smart when it comes to things like rooting and flashing so I will make sure to buy you a beer once I get it to work with your instructions! :)

I've got a ton of old threads from HowardForums and ppcgeeks but none of them have been done for the Evo and without any previous experience like you have I am just not sure which one is safe to use on an Evo.

Thank you again efuse :)
[EVO 4G Android Development] ap3604:
Unfortunately ... they are switching to LTE for the 4g network instead of WiMax :(

But I really don't care as long as I can get 3g on the Evo for $40/mo contract free I would be the happiest man alive :D:D:D
[EVO 4G Android Development] ObsidianX:
Hey, you mention you just moved the esn.... how did you do that? Every metro store I've been to have either been idiots to how their own network works or have told me that they cant just add esn -numbers to their network.

Thanks!

ObsidianX

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[EVO 4G Android Development] killac93:
As for 3G, yes. $40 plan . To reverse the flash simply load Sprint's prl, factory reset and the rest would revert during provisioning.
[EVO 4G Android Development] killac93:
Yeah most stores that you deal with have no clue what is really going on. They CAN manually add them, they just don't like to. You have to find someone who knows what they are doing. For example, anytime houdini fails to flash a phone, they have to go in and do it manually. Personally I think it's a political deal with Houdini but that's just my personal opinion.
[EVO 4G Android Development] guyver2077:
pretty cool accomplishment.. but metro is just plain horrible/ghetto

Do they even have 3g? I know they have come a long way but I could just NEVER go back to them.
[EVO 4G Android Development] ap3604:
Great 3g coverage in Southern California.

I think paying Sprint $40/mo more than Metro ($960 total) is a much more horrible/ghetto option to me ;)
[EVO 4G Android Development] ap3604:
Has anyone else been able to get the EVO work on Metro?
[EVO 4G Android Development] SYNTHAXXX:
EVO on Cricket/Metro

It's very easy to get the EVO to work on another carrier. The problem is that these carriers route their 3G connection through a WAP proxy. This means that commonly required and used protocols are typically not allowed and/or understood by the WAP proxy - thus rendering such protocols as (seemingly) broken, such as navigation software and YouTube. Most web browsers have no problem with WAP, so browsing websites will be no problem until you run into a web page which utilizes an unsupported-by-WAP protocol.

There are ways around this, as has been seen with the ERIS (Check it out here), however; until this is properly coded for the EVO, half-ass internet is all we can expect from a WAP proxy.

Something else I have noticed with flashing the EVO to Cricket is that the voice mail notifications are not working. Instead, the EVO pops up a message saying that voice mail delivery is being delayed. This is annoying... Anyone else experiencing this? Anyone know of a fix for this? I'm guessing it has to do with some of the Sprint-ware which is waiting for Sprint voice mail to be setup. This is just an assumption - any input on this would be appreciated.
[EVO 4G Android Development] SYNTHAXXX:
Full internet

Indeed, and it will be nice once the code is up for the rest of us :)
[EVO 4G Android Development] efuse:
Have you tried the ERIS solution? I haven't had the time today, I got an incredible earlier today and have been having some fun with that. I see no reason that the eris solution shouldn't work on the evo, it works on other HTC phones. It's a very simple, basic fix.

Delete the sprint APKS and see if that fixes it.
[EVO 4G Android Development] ap3604:
Way to go efuse! :)

For some reason I thought flashing to metro might be easy and that with enough effort searching forums I could figure out how to do this on my own like I did with jailbreaking my iPhone 3gs.

Big Mistake.

After spending the last 2 days searching like crazy and getting runaround after runaround from slimeballs trying to keep information from the public just so they can extort money from them, I've come to the conclusion that the Metro solution will either come from the great guys here at XDA or I just wont get an Evo.

It REALLY pisses me off when an snake comes to a thread trying to extort the uninformed, like me since I'm not that smart at this stuff, saying "It can be done...... I'll only charge you $50-100 and sending me your phone" instead of just letting the public have information.

Thanks you guys for all the helpful responses you have given in this thread. I really appreciate you knowledge :)
[EVO 4G Android Development] patrickdl:
can it be done to straightalk which has unlimited data.
[EVO 4G Android Development] ap3604:
Straight Talk uses the verizon network which means you should get great coverage IF you can make it work =)
[EVO 4G Android Development] eastside770:
man has anyone tried this with verizon yet?
[EVO 4G Android Development] X-Kenshin-X:
hey how about to get this working on cricket?

what would be the different steps to get it working on cricket?

i've already flashed many windows mobile phones to cricket, so i know most of the steps, but i don't know if for flashing android there is any additional steps that must be taken??

and btw what version of CDMA-workshop are u using? is 2.7 sufficient??
[EVO 4G Android Development] efuse:
straight talk is easyyyyy
[EVO 4G Android Development] monterodavid:
I flashed my evo to cricket and get the same voice mail message I read about the eris on how to maKE THE APPS work trough the 3g network and I'm not sure if to try the same process on the Evo and see if it works, on the youtube video you can see apps work on cricket, I wonder how they did it Ill be searching arround and if I find something will inmediatly post it trough here, also if anyone figures it out first please be kind and share the info, keep it up guys!!!!!!!!!!
[EVO 4G Android Development] X-Kenshin-X:
so you guys haven't been able to get everything working on the phone yet??
[EVO 4G Android Development] babyoche:
has any1 try to activated with boost mobile, it was ez for me to activate my tp2 to boost mobile I just told them to activate my new phone, I told them I had the mirror and they ask me for my esn gave them my tp2 and is working, everything works with my tp2
[EVO 4G Android Development] eastside770:
so whats the best way to get this up and running on vzw with everything working?
[EVO 4G Android Development] killac93:
Yeah I'm still working on a solution to this as well with the EVO. As soon as I get it up and going I will post a Tutorial for everyone to view. This other guy that is trying to sell the method really should be BANNED. Now that I've said that, I'm back to the lab and hopefully I'll have some good info soon.
[EVO 4G Android Development] louforgiveno:
Nice !, so far I've got internet working consistently for the browser, I've even been able to get google googles, youtube, apps (just view) navigator, weather- app etc. working...but not all the time, in qpst it seems like it keeps switching back to user profile 1 instead of staying at user 0, I figure this is part of the problem, that and the password (metropcs) is not sticking. all seems to work for a while but then I'll wake the phone and the weather will be back to "current location" apps,youtube googles can't connect, but I can still use web and get email notifications.

Haven't even started MMS, to me thats less important than the rest of the issues, but I do want that working too !!

Hope this helps
[EVO 4G Android Development] louforgiveno:
Update: made a few changes in qpst settings and have been fully connected constantly {weather,youtube, market, googles etc.} without network error. I haven't restarted my phone so I can't say its 100% yet. Been connected fully for the last 35 hours, btw i'm rooted on stock.
[EVO 4G Android Development] khoacalacan:
Can you share your method? I've been trying to get the apps to work on the internet but couldn't figure it out.
[EVO 4G Android Development] louforgiveno:
Sure, I followed suggestions from this

h t t p :// w w w .howardforums.com/showthread.php/1648026-HOW-TO-Fully-Flash-an-HTC-Droid-Eris-to-Metro-PCS-%28Tutorial-v2.0%29?highlight=droid+eris+cricket

won't let post link (remove spaces)
[EVO 4G Android Development] heygrl:
Most of MetroPCS' nework is 1xRTT and 3G/EV-DO has never worked on flashed phones.
[EVO 4G Android Development] thenava:
QPST settings

@louforgiveno

Hi louforgiveno, I have been working with me Evo 4G, and have had some of the problems you were describing. On the MIP tab, the Active User keeps getting reset to 1. How did you fix this? Also, did you follow all the steps from the eris tutorial? For example, here it says use simple IP, but there it says mob+simple ip. Which one did you use? Also, you said you got most stuff working - does this include google talk? Did you do it via the u2nl method? (I have tried the method, but only very limited things work, like email). Finally, what types of speeds are you getting? I can only get 13 kilobytes per second :(. Thank you very much!!
[EVO 4G Android Development] louforgiveno:
Haven't figured out how to make m.ip setting stick, i tried some of the things from the guide but ya I'm using simple ip, i don't use google talk, it shud work, didn't do mms yet u2nl method, email seems to work like browser, pretty much all the time. just did a speed test and getting 49kbps D 96kbps U with 4bars.yesterday phone was buggy all day as far as connecting for utube and the rest, that 36 hr connect i had seems like just a fluke, nothings really stable. btw i'm on stock rom rooted soon ima flash a custum rom and see how stable that might be, im thinking without sprint bloatware maybe it won't keep reverting ?

are you running custom rom? also got some qpst settings in here

h t t p:// xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=571190
[EVO 4G Android Development] louforgiveno:
ended up flashing a cust. rom last night, actually i redid root with the simple root BTW before you mess around too much backup your nv with qpst, under software download, create a back up.

so i did step one, and it set rom back to stock w root, (suddenly my headphone delay attatch problem was gone) nice :), then did step 2, headphone problem back :( Tried to make a call and got some sprint collect call message....fak, so then i did step one again hoping to revert phone settings, no game. then i loaded qpst, did restore backup and i was back up and running, went ahead did steps 2 & 3 then flashed omj 1.6r rom,again sprint message,re ran qpst restored backup nv,good to go.

but internet was not working till i redownloaded Anycut and created the proxy shortcut and added (host name) proxy.metropcs.net (port) 3128. that got the browser going again but no apps, followed the rest of the guide for droid eris (mob+simp) all apps (except voice search) work for me, but i still don't have mms working,

Ps ran speedtest again and now i'm getting down: 125 kbps up: 168 kbps.

haven't had any connection errors, also some times using the browser i'd get the (504 timeout message) and i'd just have to reload page and it would connect, Now i get non of that ! seems quite stable now,

will report back.
[EVO 4G Android Development] louforgiveno:
*******Happy 4th of July *******
[EVO 4G Android Development] gazla1978:
so hi everyone i bought a bad esn evo today to flash it to metro.

I took the phone to couple metro stores in my area amd they either refysed it since it is a smart phone or tried it and say it doesnt go thru houdini! So far i have rooted the evo that was running the latest sprint software (1.47.651.1 OTA Edition) using a program called Simple Root (http:// myevo4g .net/simple/)(FIX THE SPACES) and installed a sprint custom rom called DamageControl v3.1.2. Now planing to start the flashing guide posted here but link for drivers are missing (found it here on another post) and i would like to ask if anyone had any new progress since 4th on flashing evo to metro/cricket.

Ohhh and the most important please tell me how can i add this evo's esn to metro via houdini since houdini has the htc hero's flashing info stored only.

Thanks
[EVO 4G Android Development] demarko9999:
cant download

i flashed my htc hero over to metro and i got the internet working using anycut and proxies but i cant seem to download anything off the phone it always gets stuck on the download part it just keeps saying waiting for download. is there a way of getting all the features working like mms, visual voicemail and google market
[EVO 4G Android Development] gazla1978:
i did it :) found a store and they did flash my evo to metro by using houdini via HTC HERO flashing techniques and a settings. Still dont have a gps and mms and wap of course but soon will figure those out also.
[EVO 4G Android Development] fritzel67:
There is a way to get market apps working without Anycut and avoid the manual proxy change setting (search howardforums or xda for autostart and/or u2nl). However, while I have everything except MMS working on my Evo...EvDO is shaky (loses connection frequently) so I'm not all the way yet.
[EVO 4G Android Development] lexce92:
Ive been trying all day to do this i just cant always get a error of some sort can you help? im on metropcs what rom would be great dor it? and how to get apps to work ive been trying all day
[EVO 4G Android Development] thorpe24:
i work for a verizon premium retailer, and am wondering how i would get the evo to work on my verizon plan (major discount) is it as simple as adding the esn to my account?
[EVO 4G Android Development] gazla1978:
i am on sprint damage control with metropcs where my girlfriend has a stock sprint rom with sprint and have the same phones after i got mine flashed to metro i noticed that my phone heats up pretty bad when it has apps running on it. I think it is the tweaks on the Rom might be causing it or i might be totally wrong.
[EVO 4G Android Development] gazla1978:
autostart and/or u2nl

this is what we are looking for than

thanks bro !
[EVO 4G Android Development] :
No, you would need to change the MEID, which is illegal unfortunately. (Change the meid to another Verizon smartphone that is)
[EVO 4G Android Development] lexce92:
I have pushed autostart and u2nl to my phone with the Eris guide and the apps see not working I tried over a 100 times and everything goes through expect the mkdir that always fails and says file exists but can never run that command
[EVO 4G Android Development] fritzel67:
I realize this is a MetroPCS thread, but since there is so little info related to getting the Evo working on any carrier other than Sprint, I will add to this by describing how I got my Evo to work on Cricket 3G with reliable talk/text/web including market apps (except for a few audio streaming apps like NPR).

I mostly used Brandon Harrison's Eris to Cricket guide, including the autostart/u2nl solution to work around the Cricket proxy issue (using autostart and an autostart.sh script along with u2nl you can avoid having to use Anycut and manually setting the proxy...which as kc stated only gets basic web browsing working and not apps). This worked, but as stated my 3G was "flaky" and seemed to time out and not even work some of the time..especially for apps. On top of that, my ping times were 999ms (using SpeedTest by ookla available in the market)!

I knew something was amiss so I went back into the QPST settings and noticed there were several Sprint related "4d" entires in on the M.IP tab (under User Profiles). I also had experienced the inability to set profile 0 to default. So...I deleted all but the 0 profile...making sure it was set correctly for Cricket per the Eris instructions and made sure the "active user" setting was 0. Then write to phone. That fixed the flaky 3g connection AND resolved the high ping times (afterwards my ping was back down to around 200ms which is normal).

So now the only 3 problems I have left are:

1. The sporadic Sprint-related "Data Call Failure" code 98 errors (I believe this error comes from the phone trying to connect to the SprintPCS Vision system and/or Sprint Hotspot account and can't since it's not on Sprint's network)

2. Some market apps like NPR won't stream audio (youtube and pandora work...but Cricket's 3G is really too slow for video streaming).

3. MMS doesn't work (the APN backup/restore appears to set things correctly, but doesn't work and I couldn't find a "carrier" entry in the telephony.db file to input the Cricket settings.

It is my understanding that at least one or maybe all 3 of these problems may require a custom ROM.

If anyone needs some assistance or if you make some progress on these 3 issues...feel free to PM me or please post an updated tutorial.

Overall I'm happy since I don't use MMS and especially after ironing out the 3G bugginess. However it would be nice to get rid of the annoying Data Call Failure errors...but not worth $150-200 to do so. :p
[EVO 4G Android Development] efuse:
Delete all the sprint related APKs. I imagine that would solve it; it sounds like sprint promotion is trying to dial in. That and Sprint Hotspot/Sprint Nascar/etc are all locked to sprint in an unusual way.
[EVO 4G Android Development] lexce92:
still need help when i send the mkdir command i get a failed for opt anybody else had that problem??
[EVO 4G Android Development] jogitoxxx:
I'm working on mms, I take the file telefony.db from a working hero and put it into the hero system.

now the mms does not show me any sending error, seems like it's working fine ,but the mms never arrive.

any ideas ???:confused:
[EVO 4G Android Development] tonyperez0:
Can anyone verify this works fully?

phone, sms, mms, gps, email?
[EVO 4G Android Development] fritzel67:
Yes, everything except MMS will work on the EVO with Cricket and/or Metro. There are a few hiccups (Data Call Failure errors on occassion) and a few market apps won't stream audio. There are folks also selling paid solutions that will make everything work completely including MMS and minus the Data Call errors...but it will cost you (ask in the Metro or Cricket forums on Howardforums if you're interested in paying for the solution).

I'm currently taking a look at the telephony.db possibility again too re: MMS not working. I was advised by an EVO developer today that if there is a working Cricket/Metro solution for MMS on the Sprint Hero phone, that same solution should work on the Sprint EVO.

*lexce92:

Regarding the mkdir command for autostart, make sure:

1. Your phone is rooted

2. You are using adb shell and you have root access at the command line (the prompt should be # and not $)

3. By default the system partition is read-only. You have to use the following command on the EVO to mount it temporarily as read-write prior to mkdir:

mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system

*Note that this is slightly different than on the Eris where 'mtdblock3' was used in this same command.

I tried cleaning out some more Sprint apk and odex files, but haven't had enough time to test whether the Data Call Failure message is still occurring.
[EVO 4G Android Development] X-Kenshin-X:
hey guys i've been able to follow this guide and basically get everything done to about 90% of the way. all my settings stick, i got root and everything else working, but i did not like at the very end u2nl was just mentioned along with auto start, there was no instructions to get it working

i already got autostart from the market, i got the u2nl zip file from the whiterabbit site, and i already had the google sdk folder.

now my problem is, that there is not preconfigured .nh file for the Evo, there's only a file for cricket for the Droid, and one for the Eris. what's up with that? does anyone know of or where i can get a Evo .nh file?

i opened it up to see what was programmed in it, but it has commands i am not familiar with, so i am not sure if it would be safe to use the droid cricket file on my Evo... or if anyone has one that works??

thanks for the help!
[EVO 4G Android Development] fritzel67:
I'm using the autostart.sh file for the Eris on Cricket and it works fine. Just make sure and select either Cricket or Metro depending on your carrier as they are slightly different.
[EVO 4G Android Development] X-Kenshin-X:
cool, thanks for the huge tip man, so are all the adb instructions the same as the ones in that eris guide??

i am trying to use the adb instructions but i am getting errors, here's a screen shot:

also it was not explained what screen the phone should be in, should i be in the fastboot screen? should i hold down volume and power, and start putting commands in the command prompt when the phone is in that screen? or do i also do volume up and power? or where exactly am i supposed to be on the phone while executing these commands??

also one more question, i still haven't actually gotten my txt or call to work (phone still isn't activated but i remember when i flashed my TP2 i could send and receive sms after i put in all the settings in the EPST menu. i am using PRL 1014. on this one, as of now it's giving me an error:

SMS Error

Cause Code: 97

Error Class: 2

PS.

if i dial *228, i do get the cricket error msg...
[EVO 4G Android Development] lexce92:
I Am rooted and have a custom rom but at the command line i get a $ but when i type su i get a # still says fail with new line given i even downloaded unrevoked and did that root and it is still not working any ideas?
[EVO 4G Android Development] fritzel67:
You both need to make sure when you mount the /system directory as read-write, you use "mtdblock4" and not "mtdblock3". That part is different from the Eris guide.

Also, I have heard negative comments about the unrevoked method of rooting the Evo. I used ToAsTcfh's 2-part guide with success...and have heard the SimpleRoot method for 1.47 works well too.

Btw...removing the Sprint .apk files doesn't seem to affect the Data Call Failure errors. :(
[EVO 4G Android Development] X-Kenshin-X:
thanks a bunch dude, THAT is exactly what i was asking, there's some stuff that's different but no one pointed it out! or made a guide for it... :/

i mean most of us aren't programmers or familiar with linux for these things to be blatantly obvious to us...

i used the new Simple Root method... it's basically toast's method, but automated. it copies the same files, and does the same stuff. really neat.

btw what is like the best most stable custom rom right now? i am very new to the android roms, i just want a stable one that has all features working, and HTC sense to use with cricket...

PS.

on an update, my evo is not yet activated with cricket, but it's already receiving all my calls from my other cell phone, so i guess it's good to go on voice and text at least.

btw now i got this error using mtdblock4
[EVO 4G Android Development] SYNTHAXXX:
Everything working (tutorial will be posted later)

I have everything working on Cricket. I take no credit for any of this, however I am happy to provide a detailed tutorial which will be easy to follow. I'll do my best to have this posted later today. Check back later.
[EVO 4G Android Development] fritzel67:
Can't wait to see it! Thanks!!
[EVO 4G Android Development] ap3604:
Your a great man SYNTHAXXX :)

The power of open knowledge for everyone is amazing. Keep up the good work with your tutorial to come :D
[EVO 4G Android Development] X-Kenshin-X:
i cannot wait to see it either, please send a PM, or post here again when you have it and the link! we've all been struggling quite a bit with this!

thanks a ton!
[EVO 4G Android Development] lexce92:
Cant wait to see post either very very very excited
[EVO 4G Android Development] gazla1978:
+1

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