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[Epic 4G General] synnmox:
Assuming you have your MSL...

-Requirements

*Download and install Qpst. 2.7 build 355

*Download and install normal Epic 4g drivers.

-Plug in your phone to your computer and when prompted to choose between "Charging, mass storage, or tethered modem", choose "Tethered modem", then choose "3g modem".

-Open up QPST > Service programming. Select your phone in the "Select an active phone" box and click on "Read from phone" and enter your SPC when prompted.

For talk/text

1. Write a cricket prl using the "roam" tab, Cricket prl 32100 is preferred.

2. Click on "browse" and locate the prl file and then click on "write to phone".

For internet

1. Click M.IP (may be M.IPv6 and set Mobile IP Behavior as MOB + Simp.

Select any profiles listed under user profiles and click edit. Do the following for all profiles.

Make sure that "profile enabled" is checked and enter in the following:

NAI: your10digitcricketnumber@mycricket.com

Tethered NAI: your10digitcricketnumber@mycricket.com

2. Change home address, primary ha, and secondary HA to all zeros.

3. On both HA Shared and AAA Shared Secret, click enter text string and type in the following password (all lower case): cricket

4. click ok

5. Set active user a 0.

6. Click PPP Config

7. The "Um" Button

8. Under user ID enter your10digitcricketnumber@mycricket.com as well as or tethered NAI. If a text box is black with red lines in it, click it and press ctrl D. Enter cricket in the password box.

9.Click "AN" Button and repeat the last step.

10. Click "write to phone"...After that, you should now have the 3g icon on your phone.

11. Last step to get internet and apps working, if you're already activated on cricket, is to call customer service and have them switch you to the 55 dollar Zio android plan. They have a 55 dollar "All-in" plan, as well as the zio one. So make sure you're put on the right one.

I made this in a hurry, but I believe I got everything.

**thanks to anderdroid for testing Zio plan with fascinate.

***Edit- Since I'm a new member, it wouldn't let me post the links to the downloads of Qpst and the 32100 cricket PRL. PM me if you need either.
[Epic 4G General] GrandMstrBud:
Now if there was a way to make sprint think this was a Hero and not an Epic then we could avoid the $10 charge. That's the only real reason I have went back to the Hero.
[Epic 4G General] dcorn619:
Wow, great guide, thanks! Just a couple o more questions, sorry. Where one has to input the 10 digit cricket number it is assuming then that you have an account already and that you'll be moving to 55 dollar plan in order to achieve that change to 3g enabled correct?
[Epic 4G General] synnmox:
No problem, but to answer your question...yes, it is assuming that. You can get your account set up first and flash the text/talk portion using the steps above and once that's done, you can get the internet set up and working...
[Epic 4G General] dcorn619:
Perfect, thanks! :]
[Epic 4G General] chrisngrod:
If anyone would like screen dumps I can do this... There were a couple of steps I needed to do to connect.

Thanks for the help everyone!

EDIT:

Rock on... Got data now! I had to do this all because my wife and I are going through a divorce. I purchased the phone, but it was on her account. Well she decided to turn it off, and I remembered hearing about how everyone changed their phone over to Cricket...

The store that I started my Cricket service with gave me the all in 55 plan. Had to make a call tonight to get it changed. Nothing happened after the first call and after the second call I asked if there was anything I needed to do. He told me to dial *228 talk and then it would reboot itself. I was hesitant because I thought this might be standard operating procedure for just the Zio. I dialed it and listened to the message. Then it hung up and a pop up screen said CDMA call dropped. There was an X inside of a circle next to the signal bars. I finally rebooted it and then the data worked.

I got the MSL by using ConnectBot from the market and followed this procedure, logging in local (bottom left drop down menu), typing a random username, connecting, and using the "getprop" command.

What will we have to do to get the Froyo update though?
[Epic 4G General] dcorn619:
I need those couple extra steps to connect since I'm having trouble getting the phone recognized by QPST please
[Epic 4G General] chrisngrod:
Open QPST Configuration > Ports > Add New Port (you may have to uncheck Show Serial and USB....)

If you can't locate the port based on the results then go into your Device Manager on your computer. Check under COM ports there to see what your Samsung is under. After you add this port then you should be able to use QPST Service Programmer.

Uh another cool thing is that I can use the Sprint Hotspot utility. I took the security off and it works. 3g hotspot for free and without root.

1043kb down 150kb up, w/ 2-3 bars
[Epic 4G General] derrickmd18:
i have a Epic and its flashed for boost. well i'm getting a lot of data dropping issues so wondering what I have to do to flash it to boost? the person that did my flash didn't save my original epic setting so wondering what I have to change to get it on cricket.
[Epic 4G General] Friend of Sonic:
I followed the directions in the OP and nothing is working-- not even talk or text. This is driving me a little insane especially since I didn't have any trouble flashing my PPC 6700 a few years back.
[Epic 4G General] afisher0711:
3G icon but only upload- Possibly caused by *228...

Ok- I got this to work (it worked beautifully) and then the 3G stopped working. It only uploads. I did try a *228 when I got back home before the 3g stopped working. The *228 actually did not work. It just put an X over the bars and I lost connection. I had to reboot the phone to get service again. It was shortly after this (or maybe a little before) that I lost 3g. Cant recall if it was working before the * 288...

I am a little lost on this one. I am a semi experienced flasher and cannot figure out why the 3g data will not download.

I read somewhere that *228 messes with the radio settings for the EPIC therefore I have to flash a different radio and rom..but then again it didnt got through and just x'd my signal bars.
[Epic 4G General] mwiz123:
will i be able to flash back to Sprint
[Epic 4G General] terinfire:
Flashing back to Sprint is really easy, actually. All you have to do is:

1) Re-Odin a Stock Rom (if you don't already have one).

1a) Make yourself a good sandwich...

2) Factory Reset.

2a) Eat the sandwich.

Done!

As per Cricket flashing and people having issues -- make sure you have the Kyocera or whatever as your "phone" on Cricket. You may need to find a Cricket dealer/flash person who can adjust it in the Cricket's systems for you.

Optionally, you could try to manually set all the APN's with an APN editor, but I highly recommend against it. It's a little painful to do that, since there are so many.

Also keep in mind that Cricket isn't always "working" and sometimes they have "bursts" of intermittence. I tend to wait for 30 minutes after I flash to see if my phone's not flashed right, or if Cricket is the problem at the time. A good, solid power-cycle (power off, pull battery, wait 30 seconds, replace battery, power on) has helped me as well.
[Epic 4G General] djeccomusic:
Hello,

I have followed all the steps on this tutorial and it seems like I did everything right because the new PRL shows up on my phone info. I activated my phone with Cricket yesterday on the Android 55 plan but my phone is getting no signal at all.

It shows the little circle with a diagonal dash on it saying that there is no service, sometimes when I'm outside it will get one bar but it won't hold it for long enough for me to even activate it through *22804.

Anyone has an idea on how to fix this issue?

-Edit: I have tried the following PRL

45722.prl

45513MyCricketForumDotCom.prl

42900.prl

EV 32100.prl

42700.ckt.prl

42800Ckt.prl

Best,

ecco
[Epic 4G General] derrickmd18:
How is the speed and data on cricket? Im on boost and its just going in and out on data and keeps dropping the data connection
[Epic 4G General] synnmox:
Are you still having trouble? This is a late reply, sorry. Do you have service bars? or the 3g icon? What do you hear when you dial *228?

Your data settings might be messed up. I would re-write your settings in QPST, reboot your phone. Dial *22804, let it do its thing, reboot again, then see if your data is working again.

Rewrite your PRL and settings in QPST. When QPST reboots your phone, unplug it, reboot the phone again. When it comes back on try using *22899, *22804 if that doesn't work.
[Epic 4G General] synnmox:
I've always had pretty lackluster data settings with all my phone companies, might be my location. With that being said, my data speeds are right around 800-1100 KB down on cricket.
[Epic 4G General] skandranon314:
When I choose Tethered modem I get a screen:

Tethering

USB tethering [check box]

USB connected. Click to tether.

Checked or unchecked I cannt get QPST to see the phone. How do I get the option to have 3g modem pop up?
[Epic 4G General] synnmox:
Instead of using that method, dial ##8778# in the dialer, and switch both the "UART" and "USB" options to "MODEM". Should work after that. When you're done, revert the options to the way they were.
[Epic 4G General] derrickmd18:
I'm in baltimore md a triband area. Willl this work if I flash my phone to cricket?
[Epic 4G General] jjrizzelcincy:
there are 616 apns on the epic keep going through them

and changing the settings to cricket i am flashing one today i will post back with the right apn -mms settings if i get it working

the epic is a world phone there are APNS on there from cell providers i have never even heard of.lol
[Epic 4G General] logic0verflow:
Quick question. I have my Epic flashed to Cricket and I'm on the $55 android plan. My question is how do I set it up so that I am on the $45 plan? Better yet how do I switch to the $35 plan since I already have internet everywhere I go?
[Epic 4G General] supernononey:
Hey, just flashed my phone and I have talk and internet working, but text messages do not. They fail immediately. 611 still takes me to sprint. And about phone status still shows my old sprint number. What can I do. Also, *228 or the longer version take me to cricket but then end with me getting no bars and have to reboot phone to get service back.
[Epic 4G General] supernononey:
Hey, did some more poking around and got it working. Had to edit my imsi under settings to this number that a cricket guy gave me, he called it the MIN. I also went under system tab and edited my SID to this other number the cricket guy gave me. Now texting is fine, dont know about mms though.
[Epic 4G General] JoeTaylor'D:
HELP PLS

Hii there everybody and yes im a noob :), i was wondering if ANYONE could answer a couple of questions for me, possibly find a solution. I recently purchased a phone, and of course I became a victim of "fraud" lol. My Epic 4g will only talk & text on the cricket network. I took it already several times to local cellphone "shops" but all said that since the phone had already been flashed it was unlikely you could "re-flash" it into getting the Internet and Market to work. That is my question, is it possible to still flash my phone to pick up crickets 3g network. NOTE: My apps do work with WI-FI. THANK YOU!! :D
[Epic 4G General] xbiker321:
Ugh, I know this is a BIG request but I did something in QPST and cannot get my 3G icon to come up anymore. Can someone please post all the QPST settings, like this fella did for the EVO - http://www.mycricketforum.com/flash...ming/6450-qpst-tutorial-pictures-cricket.html

Thank you so much. This will also help out others in the future.

I tried watching Chris do the flash in the video and I copied his settings exactly but it didn't work.
[Epic 4G General] chrisngrod:
You mean dis fella?

I'd be willing to Teamviewer in and check the settings. Just send me a PM, email, IM, smoke signal or something.
[Epic 4G General] elowe425:
so i'm having some issues I followed all of the steps and when my epic 4g restarted it would get a signal but no 3g nor would it allow me to dial 611 or make any calls any thoughts on how i can get this to work. Also under the AN tab it wont let me type into the tethered nai box
[Epic 4G General] chrisngrod:
What PRL did you use, where are you located (city, state), what plan are you on, and did you program in the correct phone number/MIN?
[Epic 4G General] Jesmer:
I bought a "Flashed" Samsung Epic 4g, and took it in to activate it on cricket. They put me on the $45 plan, so I get unlimted everything. Talk and text works fine, however I get no 3g or MMS. I talked to cricket rep over the phone thinking if I change it to $55 plan I would get 3g, but according to her they can't put me on $55 android plan. (Not sure if that would even work in the first place) .

So pretty much I need help on at least getting 3g setup properly, and hopefully get MMS. I have never flashed anything before or messed with any of my phones in the past. Patience is appreciated but not required. :D
[Epic 4G General] terinfire:
Try this out and let me know if it works. I've heard that it does -- you just have to run it and it automatically configures your proxies. The pro version does it at startup.

GreenK45 is the name of the app -- try using it and grabbing via Wireless from the MarketPlace.

This will hopefully get it working without any further hacking.

If that doesn't get it working, you can check out the flashing guide I wrote. You'll need to find a copy of QPST.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1E4nNITQnzEoEkkVp4j7k_N_yghvNh_SozuKe3az_Nx4/edit?hl=en_US

Make sure you understand the steps for using QPST -- but you can skip manually flashing and over-the-air flashing, since you already have Talk/Text. (Sections 6 & 7) Read the manual flashing for information on how to use QPST (always need to read from the phone, etc).

Please let me know if this works, so when I update my guide I can give this recommendation for people who have a phone that's already unlocked on Cricket.
[Epic 4G General] Jesmer:
I downloaded and installed Greenk45 and it did not work. I kept getting an error message. ARGH!!!!!!!!
[Epic 4G General] terinfire:
What was the error message? Are you rooted, etc? This may be an app that needs root access to tweak everything.
[Epic 4G General] Jesmer:
The message says "error? is the 3g logo visible in the notification bar?

I believe the phone is rooted, any way anyone can somehow take a look at this to see how to fix it
[Epic 4G General] rexjr919:
hey i need help the 3g tethering on my phone is not showing up
[Epic 4G General] :
I have figured out how to get mms working on the epic. it was a pain and took me a few weeks but i got it. i will be writing up a tutorial soon. if anyone need any help before i get it up just msg me
[Epic 4G General] :
here is my mms tutorial

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1324183&highlight=cricket
[Epic 4G General] ranger9371:
just wondering how were u able to remove the sprint hands free activation notice on the epic 4g
[Epic 4G General] MrAutomatic:
I don't know what the issue is with my Epic but QPST is not recognizing my device. I can set it to tethered but I don't know about "3G tether" being that I've taken service off this phone. Does this phone have to be on my Sprint service in order to carry this out?
[Epic 4G General] Nashdogg:
I'm pretty sure you do but don't hold me to that.

Sent from my SPH-D700 using Forum Runner
[Epic 4G General] chrisngrod:
No it doesn't need to actively be on Sprint. Follow the tutorial very closely. I can't promote my links because it would be pretty much promoting my site.

You're in Florida I see. Activating it with a Paygo account might be tricky.
[Epic 4G General] dblkspecial:
Just used the tutorial and my phone says 3g but all i have is talk and text..no data at all. And im already on the $55 plan and i had cricket do their thing but still no data. Help please? :-(
[Epic 4G General] terinfire:
You need to be on the Kyocera plan -- ask them specifically to set your device as a Kyocera. It sometimes takes a few hours for data to start working too. And it doesn't play nicely with CyanogenMod 7 right now.
[Epic 4G General] MrAutomatic:
Ironically, I looked over to my buddy who I'm flashing it for and asked them if they had the Paygo plan, and an atom bomb of a clue just fell into my lap. Sigh.

...He says he's switching plans now.

But this still doesn't resolve the reason as to why I can't get the QPST software to see my phone.
[Epic 4G General] tasoli:
Strangely enough, my QPST install just started not recognizing my phone as well. I've already flashed my phone to cricket and it works, but I simply wanted to update the PRL to the newest one. If you figure out why your phone is not being recognized by QPST will you please post here? It would be very helpful.
[Epic 4G General] flipinfin:
do u need a cricket clone to do this
[Epic 4G General] chrisngrod:
no... no cloning required.
[Epic 4G General] flipinfin:
I did everything on the tutorial n when i call *611 it says cant validate your account obviously that means i have to call customer service n update my info
[Epic 4G General] Epiclectic:
I've been happily using this awesome method on 2 epics for about 10 months now...everything works great (except MMS of course). Now we're ready to flash new ROMs and I'm wondering....will we have to redo all these steps? are their known ROMs that just won't work with this cricket method?

She's on Froyo. I'm on bonsai 4.01. both ext4 with twlaunchers. Any shared knowledge appreciated. :)
[Epic 4G General] flastnoles11:
People are having data connectivity problems with cm7 and miui... those are the only roms that I know to have problems while on cricket
[Epic 4G General] dblkspecial:
I found a flashable zip on cricketusers.com that works for cyanogen but I'm not sure about miui.
[Epic 4G General] Epiclectic:
My screen got smashed , so I bought another used Epic. It's rooted and flashed, but I want to use QPST and other programs like Odin, but I can't because no matter what I do, my Mac will not recognize ANY of the 3 epics I have . I've tried:

- 4 samsung cables, 2 LG cables, 3 blackberry cables

- usb debugging off and on

- turned usb from pda to modem (##8778#)

- tried my mac os10.5.9 and my virtual PC running winxp

-tried differnt samsung drivers.

I think its a driver issue, I can't get winxp to install any drivers or recognize my phone under device manger. any clues?
[Epic 4G General] Epiclectic:
UPDATE: Finally got the right combination: BB cable, phone in usb modem, THEN installed samsung 32 bit old school driver with phone plugged in. Now ALL my usb cables work, including the OEM. So , against my instincts, I wasted weeks hunting down the blackberry cables everyone insisted was the issue. pfft. lol
[Epic 4G General] treoarx:
will I be able to use my phone out of area...?
[Epic 4G General] chrisngrod:
If configured properly you should be able to use it wherever there are Cricket or Sprint towers.
[Epic 4G General] treoarx:
Sweeet!!!
[Epic 4G General] BeerChameleon:
Thanks to this and http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1265555 (terinfire tutorial) I successfully flashed my epic to cricket for my GF. It is such an upgrade from the P.O.S samsung non android slider she had. Just got to configure a few more things for data like get the Android Plan or us Green4k45 :D As well as flash CM9 and do the MMS fix :D
[Epic 4G General] beltsnspoons:
anyone know the latest cricket prl offhand? any hybrids available?
[Epic 4G General] veni85:
cant find mdn and min #

hey guys im having an issues with flashing my epic 4g to cricket i can get the 3g working for awhile but when i try to program the settings under ##3282# it saves until i reboot and than it restores back to not set after i reboot i reset the phone back to ginger bread eg22 v2.3.4 and when i try to make a call it says your phone is not authorized to make calls at this time and i have called customer service and they told me they refreshed the plan which is the 60 dollar smart phone plan with tethering i am using prl 38515 for right now i have tried using 42700 i am totally lost here i have flashed several htc eris to cricket no problems but this phone is stumping any suggestions would be greatg
[Epic 4G General] terinfire:
First, please use a little more punctuation so we know where one thought ends and another begins. I think my eyes just bled a little trying to read that.

Second, I really don't use those programming menus -- there's not much point in it.

Are you using QPST to program it? I've never had success using anything OTHER than QPST. Is your phone also unlocked?
[Epic 4G General] veni85:
i do not believe the phone is unlocked and yes im using qpst for flashing settings... but when saving the settings to a file from qpst last night i got a funny error nv version could not be detected so i do believe the nv flash has been corrupted and am now lookng for a way to either flash a new revision of the nv file.. I was looking at a thread about the epic 4g touch and how they used white rabbit and flashed nv settings with cdma workshop in order to get some settings to stick and I am wondering if there is a option for that on this phone

******update******

got it fixed everything working flawlessly if anyone else has this issue just use odin to flash a new modem bin and that solves all the problems it will rpvoision thru cricket if you have changed your msl to all 0s txt works 3g works flawlessly calls are flawless now to get the mms fix going and im good to go
[Epic 4G General] terinfire:
Bingo. When you set the MSL to 000000, you "unlocked" your phone. That allows you OTA program it for voice. Setting up the Data still requires QPST.

The MMS fix is pretty easy -- but you'll need to re-apply it every time you flash a new ROM. I have a standard two-set of "patches" I apply for Cricket every single time I flash a ROM. The first enables Data and the second enables MMS.

cornaljoe did a great job with the MMS patch -- you'll need to modify the apns (you'll have to physically open them up via a Rooted File Explorer). Read the directions he has posted:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1649508
[Epic 4G General] jeffhutch.412:
i got a lil prob.. ive flashed quite a few phones but havent seen this- nor has anyone else.

when i was writing everyting in qpst, it failed and said the phone was disconnected. i unlpugged it and plugged it back in and it shows normal until i 8778. then instead of showing what port the phones on it says data interface 5 times. drivers wont change anything. ive odined it full and just modems. ive tried a few dif cables and comps.

no clue :confused:

thanks for any help :highfive:
[Epic 4G General] flastnoles11:
If I'm not mistaken this error means it is not reading the drivers correctly or the drivers have become corrupted somehow... I have flashed a few phones and never seen this error either so I could be wrong... I would just keep playing with the drivers until it reads it correctly... hopefully someone who is more knowledgable than me can pop in and shed some light on this....
[Epic 4G General] kazestyle:
Is there any way to start a plan with a flashed epic or do you have to get a plan with another phone first? From what I can tell I cant just get a plan without a phone then add the flashed epic?
[Epic 4G General] jeffhutch.412:
thats what i was thinking but it does it on every comp, my gf has a fascinate and its fine on theh same comps and they use the same drivers. its like the part of the phone that the drivers use have become samsushi :eek:

---------- Post added at 01:40 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:06 AM ----------

you can add or start a plan with any flashed verizon or sprint phone. the phones useless without the plan though, so if you have a current plan- call and add the esn to your account and *228 or flash a prl via qpst, or call and make a new account and then do everything i just said :good: