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[Epic 4G Android Development] garyf:
I got an email from callingmart customer support yesterday saying that they are no longer supporting Boost because of some sudden change in Boost's policies.

Prepaidmobile looks like another alternative, but I haven't found any discount codes for them.

Does anyone have any suggestions for the best way to keep a Boost mobile account refilled?
[Epic 4G Android Development] garyf:
When I got an error 16 in October, I called Boost Mobile customer support from another phone with my epic 4g on and told them I had error 16.

The guy told me to type #<my incognito msl># into my phone, so I typed #<my epic msl># and said ok.

Then he had me enter a number into a certain field in the setup. Then he did some server reset.

I haven't gotten an error 16 since.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Syst3m Deadlock:
I know this is a little off-topic, and I apologize. But how do I get to the phone information menu in Gingerbread? I remember for Froyo it was *#info*1111#. I'm trying to make sure I'm still on Rev.A speeds.
[Epic 4G Android Development] weinerwad3000:
Are you on a stock rom?
[Epic 4G Android Development] Syst3m Deadlock:
Nope, I'm on ACS ICS
[Epic 4G Android Development] weinerwad3000:
I don't own an epic. You're on an alpha ice cream sandwich rom? Dialer codes might not work. What info are you looking for exactly.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Syst3m Deadlock:
To make sure I'm still getting Rev.A speeds, because my internet seems a tad slow lately.
[Epic 4G Android Development] mrkevo3000:
##33284# you need your msl

This works on stock roms and the majority of custom roms, then proceed down to data status and you will know if your running at 1xrtt: or evdo A:
[Epic 4G Android Development] LargePrime:
https://network.sprint.com/

It might be a tower upgrade.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Maxpowersxp:
ok igonore the noob post

i got my data wows figured out. here is a quick tutorial stock di18(mine was rooted)

1) get text and call working with all settings and prl

2) for data use QPST service programing to add your own profiles

2) for an settings use PST 3.1.6 use it for only ppp um and ppp an

done
[Epic 4G Android Development] pimpin oh boy:
Strange question I have just purchase a epic 4g touch and I used my the setting from my epic to flash it to boost my question. Is how do I remove those setting from from my old epic because I would like to sell it thanks for any help
[Epic 4G Android Development] garyf:
There is a thread from november in these forums "revert boost mobile epic 4g back to sprint" I can't link from my phone but I'm sure it'll be a high google result.

Did you use cdma workshop on your 4g touch or have to do anything different?

*********

I have a question for everyone, about once every three weeks I get an error 16 when I make a call. I don't have to fix it. I just call again and it's gone. Happen to anyone else?
[Epic 4G Android Development] nerys71:
Yep. Been getting that once in a while too. same solution just redial and it is gone.

no idea what it is.

found a video that says use ##786# and RESET the phone

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPsyECMuG4Y

problem is I have no idea what that really means RESET ALL

does that mean wipe the phone back to base rom install? reset just the phone modem? I have no idea what that actually does so NO I am not doing it :-)
[Epic 4G Android Development] scottyd035ntknow:
I did a hard reset once from a dialer menu... forget which one. Anyway it nuked my 3g. Luckily I had all my keys and whatnot saved so I just rewrote it all to the phone.
[Epic 4G Android Development] BrianFX:
Very basic question - does the Incognito need to be battery-powered to connect to a PC? Can it directly connect to PC via USB with no battery present?
[Epic 4G Android Development] nerys71:
I do not have a certain answer for you but I can say to 99% that NO it will not.

Most phones simply won't turn on without a battery.

when the phone turns on for a "moment" they stop using the charging port and depend on the internal battery. since you don't have one this causes an interruption and it shuts off for no power.

then it see's the charger again and tries to turn on again. ie endless loop.

wire up a pair of NICADS to the terminals and that "MIGHT" work. I say nicads because they are more tolerate to "abuse" (your phone is going to try to pump 3.7 volts into them which is a bit more than they are designed for)

and even once you boot it up most phones will not "STAY ON" if the battery is removed.
[Epic 4G Android Development] ryan1918:
I can't seem to get the step #6 to work

6. Had Fun? Well fun is over.. Close everything and Open QXDM, Select Options, Communications and select your port number, and select ok. Select View, New, Common, Command Output. Now in the white command box located in the lower part of the program type the following commands:

spc YOUR6DIGITSPC

<ENTER>

requestnvitemread ds_mip_ss_user_prof

<ENTER>

when I open QXDM and go to options and commutations and it says disconnected on both of the target and gps and if I click it and pull down the menu it doesn't show anything else, I reinstall the Samsung epic drivers and I just don't know if it's not reading the phone or what, anyone know how to resolve this one issue? Everything else worked perfect like you mentioned except this step.
[Epic 4G Android Development] LargePrime:
did you reboot the pc?
[Epic 4G Android Development] ryan1918:
Yes several times
[Epic 4G Android Development] ryan1918:
one funny thing when I plug in the usb into the boost phone it says charging, if I do it with the Samsung epic it doesn't
[Epic 4G Android Development] ryan1918:
Okay so I ended up getting a brand new cord, this one works and is detecting it, except still same thing disconnected it's showing when I connect the phone it has 3 options which do I choose from?
[Epic 4G Android Development] ryan1918:
I even tried to root my phone yesterday with the one click root, and it kept saying connect phone, and one time it almost worked then it said phone disconnected.. I can hear it ding when I plug the phone into the laptop and I even tried on two laptops still having the same problems.

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Go to about phone in the menu/options then click master reset, or reset, and it will ask are you sure, click yes, It won't erase anything on a memory card you would have to do that separate.
[Epic 4G Android Development] weinerwad3000:
Your charge port may be bad. Happened to me. I have a new one coming in the mail. If you've never taken your phone apart (unlike me) then HTC will fix it for free.
[Epic 4G Android Development] ebuechler3:
Before you open qxdm, Install the Samsung galaxy s drivers. Connect your Epic and dial ##8778#, it will send you to the ultra secret menu and select in both options MODEM... Then always open up qpst before trying to use qxdm..... P.s. If you have in epic touch, you have to use ##8778, then select cp, or qpst&qxdm will not recognize your port/phone!
[Epic 4G Android Development] savior02:
Ok every time I flash a rom I restore my apn for mms. Now I have flashed miui rom and I get neither mms or data after restoring apn. Anybody have a fix?
[Epic 4G Android Development] ryan1918:
okay went to the menu and one of them wasn't on modem, the pc installed some drivers and stuff, what do I do after that? Under GPS port it's showing ports but the target still says disconnected.

What did you mean by cp?
[Epic 4G Android Development] insanity213:
Being that Miui is based on CM7 you may need to change your DNS servers to use the Boost Mobile ones. Boost blocks you from DNSing from the open internet and CM7 hardcoded the DNS servers to Google's 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4.

In a terminal or adb shell type:

getprop | grep dns

If the values for the mobile DNS servers are anything other 66.1.12.132 and 66.1.12.133 you won't be able to resolve names. You must use those DNS servers if you are on Boost.

There are apps on the market that will modify your DNS, or you can edit the pppdrunner script manually to set them. IIRC, the pppdrunner script is in /system/bin.
[Epic 4G Android Development] savior02:
I got this to work however I had to use 66.1.64.132 and 66.1.64.133 instead. Thank you so much I can now use cm7 roms on my epic!

Sent from my Samsung Epic.
[Epic 4G Android Development] insanity213:
Interesting, I guess the DNS servers are regional. If you don't mind my asking, what area do you live in?

This could wind up being an issue when traveling. The better fix would be to take the server assigned DNS instead of hard coding it. When I get a little bit of time later I'll take a stab at modding the pppdrunner script to get server assigned DNS.
[Epic 4G Android Development] LargePrime:
I am using the google dsns and they work fine. Anyone else?
[Epic 4G Android Development] savior02:
I'm in Miami what about you? Are you making an apk by any chance?

Sent from my Samsung Epic.
[Epic 4G Android Development] ryan1918:
Anyone have any ideas on resolving my issue? It can't be a cable problem since this is brand new, but I will go to my friend's store and try a few more of them before ruling that out.
[Epic 4G Android Development] insanity213:
This seems pretty hit and miss, I was talking to some people yesterday who can use Google DNS and it seems to be blocked for some people.

Did you let the handset do OTA activation after you configured the 3G? I'm starting to wonder if doing the OTA activation has anything to do with this.
[Epic 4G Android Development] reeshmd23:
data has been horrible slow did sprint do something to phones on boost? when i first flashed i would get 500kbps download no problem, now im at 50kbps constantly
[Epic 4G Android Development] insanity213:
My wife's Sprint epic gets the same craptastic speeds I get on boost devices.

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I'm near Denver.

If I manage to come up with a fix I can probably put it in a CWM flashable zip.
[Epic 4G Android Development] LargePrime:
Manual 3g.
[Epic 4G Android Development] scottyd035ntknow:
If you are trying to activate ota you are doing it wrong. If you do everything right it will just work after reboot.
[Epic 4G Android Development] BoominSVX:
I activated OTA, and I'm seeing the "wrong" dns settings in my phone. I can still, and have always been able to access the internet throughout all the roms and modems I've used in the past 6 or so months. Insanity already saw my grep dns, but if anything else is needed, let me know.
[Epic 4G Android Development] scottyd035ntknow:
Welp, my wife's boost Epic has been a little glitchy the last few months but re-flashing whatever ROM she's running usually fixed it but now it is freezing during calls on all roms including stock and my Epic is starting to show signs of problems starting. This sucks because I really want to keep the cheap service but I also kind of always knew this was a 1 year thing not to mention it will be nice to not ever worry about having service or not.

Called big red today and unsuspended our lines, my DX is back up and running and will either be a stopgap until the D4 launches in a few weeks and I get it, OR I might just get us both Stratospheres and keep on keeping on with what has been my favorite phone of all time. Or get two free D3s since LTE is at least a year away from the Jersey shore and I doubt I will see anything 4G related out here until 2013. Also nice to get free phones vs having to shell out $300 for a phone that will be obsolete 2 days after launch lol.

So good luck to everyone still going strong with the boost Epics. If one is still able to get a new in box unit that is confirmed to NOT have the capacative button problem then that is the way to go but at this point I would avoid used ones seeing as how our two are starting to go out and not even being two years old yet.
[Epic 4G Android Development] scottyd035ntknow:
Welp, after a fun day with VZW and my wife's contract running out literally in 20 days, I am re-thinking my stance on this. First, there was an unpaid credit in the re-activation of the lines and once I got it fixed, they tell me it won't post until the next billing cycle so my wife is hosed until then as her OG droid is kind of messed up plus she hates it so she's using her Epic for at least 1 more month. But then her contract is up... like cancel with no fees up and then it would only be as much as 1 monthly bill to get out of mine. Problem is we lose unlimited data for VZW but they'll probably find a way to get the unlimited users all gone sooner or later anyway...
[Epic 4G Android Development] pimpin oh boy:
guys i need your help I Have a problem I just got E4gt that i want to flash to boost i already have the Epic with the keyboard on boost I used a incognito as a donor when i first did i had a xp laptop but now i have a windows 7 laptop and the incognito drivers wont work with W7 so i took all my info off the the epic and used that to flash talk and text but when i try to get 3g working using my epic i used the method in the first post but all i get are Zeros the i would try using my nv iten 465 i have access but 466 i get no access to it can any one he with this
[Epic 4G Android Development] scottyd035ntknow:
My solution was to find an old computer and use that. You could also load XP on your computer as a dual boot operating system and just boot into that. I saved all my NV items to my hard drive and SD card as well though which is a good practice if you have a hacked phone.
[Epic 4G Android Development] ryan1918:
You can get a program so you can just boot to the operating system XP instead of having to install it, or find a friends computer with xp.

I wish someone could help me solve my problems which I posted about on 1-2 pages ago
[Epic 4G Android Development] pimpin oh boy:
whats your problem maybe i can help
[Epic 4G Android Development] garyf:
So does anyone have their boost mobile epic running an EL30 rom and radio?

Also has anyone switched to the MTD/Yaffs2 filesystem?

If so, I'd really appreciate any special instructions you'd suggest to get a boost mobile epic 4g from an ec05 rom and radio running ext4 to a (preferably touchwiz) el30 rom and radio running yaffs2.

Thanks a lot.

Also I've started using wirelessrefill.com to recharge my boost account without any service fee that boost itself charges. If anyone has a cheaper service, please let me know.

Thanks again.
[Epic 4G Android Development] LargePrime:
So about MMS;

Can I assume that when people say "working perfectly" they mean they can send, but still receive stupid MediaMail web link crap?

Or can a properly configured phone recieve MMS on Boosts system like a normal MMS, without a Mediamail link???
[Epic 4G Android Development] pimpin oh boy:
Working perfect it is properly configured just follow the info
[Epic 4G Android Development] scottyd035ntknow:
Yeah mine is running marcusants v3 mtd filesystem with the shadow kernel and all the bells and whistles. Only thing you have to do is just redo the apns each time you flash something which takes all of 5 seconds.
[Epic 4G Android Development] maxpower2078:
I gave this a shot on my EVO 4G but no luck, I am using the Energy rom and I can't get MMS outgoing to work for the life of me.
[Epic 4G Android Development] scottyd035ntknow:
There's a thread over on the evo forum somewhere basically about this same topic but obviously on the evo. Check there or google. Lol this sort of thing is why I am going back to postpaid although I will be at $140 vs $90...
[Epic 4G Android Development] LargePrime:
I really did not get an answer.

Can one receive MMS on boost without receiving a mediamail web link?
[Epic 4G Android Development] garyf:
I can. I saw a mediamail web link once when I first got my phone, but since setting up MMS I have not seen one since. I send and get pics all the time.
[Epic 4G Android Development] LargePrime:
Thank you.

I am trying to get the setup to work on CM7. Would you mind detailing what you did?
[Epic 4G Android Development] pimpin oh boy:
18. MMS works too!!! If you are in a eclair ROM (2.1) Dial ##3282#, edit and enter your epic’s spc, scroll down and on change the MMSC URL to “mm.myboostmobile.com” .

For Froyo Roms (2.2) check post #54, or open the “voice dialer” app, say “OPEN A P N” (try V, P, N or just A, P , N) and open the “Open APN” menu. Open “Sprint”, scroll down to the “mms proxy”, select it and erase what is there, now press the “menu” soft button in your epic and save. Restart your phone and now you can start sending funny pictures of cats!!!

Video, Pic, and Slideshow MMS works.
[Epic 4G Android Development] garyf:
Yep, this plus the APN backup restore from the post mentioned higher on this page.

I can't say for sure what exactly resulted in MMS working normally.
[Epic 4G Android Development] strra:
i followed your guide and now have the 3G icon...

however, when i try to use data (browse to a website, etc), i get no connection.

i had a data connection earlier, but after having no voice and attempting a ##786# and re-doing the steps in your guide, i'm stuck where i am.

any ideas?

thanks!
[Epic 4G Android Development] weinerwad3000:
This is strange because I had the same thing happen to me when trying to flash my evo to virgin using a rumor 2 as the donor. I had the symbol but no data. I messed with the phone again and the 3g symbol disappeared. I would say maybe one of your AAA passwords is incorrect. When I flashed my evo to boost it had two seperate AAA passwords so check all of the profile passwords and change accordingly. If this doesn't work and someone else has an idea this may help me get my other evo working on virgin.
[Epic 4G Android Development] strra:
well, according to the guide in the OP, you're supposed to get two AAA passwords but it doesn't specifically say which goes where.

i put the "sprint" AAA password in profile 0 and the "boost" AAA password in profile 1.

however, in ##DEBUG#, in EVDO Engineering, the "AN-AAA" does say "Pass"... so i'm assuming that's a good thing?
[Epic 4G Android Development] weinerwad3000:
You just match up the passwords for the profiles. Put the password for profile 0 in profile 0 and so on and so forth.
[Epic 4G Android Development] gadgetdaddy:
You'd never be able to get 3g when using the rumor 2. It's only 1x, not EV-DO.
[Epic 4G Android Development] weinerwad3000:
Well the rant is the same fone pretty much and it has 3g. Why else would it have a AAA password.
[Epic 4G Android Development] LargePrime:
the AAA has nothing to do with determining if it has 3g. all phones have AAA passwords
[Epic 4G Android Development] weinerwad3000:
Not so sure that's true because the ha secret should determine 1x. If the rumor 2 has 1x and ha determines 1x then there's no reason to have the AAA password. Do you have facts to back this up? You need the AAA in order to get 3G to work so I'm pretty sure AAA is what gets 3G working.
[Epic 4G Android Development] LargePrime:
Do you has AAA?

Do you has 3g?

Do you has google?

http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/phone.php?p=1651

You has 1xEV-DO r0 and AAA. You no has 3g. So Sad :{

Game. Set. Match.
[Epic 4G Android Development] flastnoles11:
That had nothing to do with what he asked... didn't prove that you have aaa without 3g... while I agree with you, that did not PROVE anything... lol
[Epic 4G Android Development] LargePrime:
You have a point.

It is my understanding that the ESN and AAA act like a public and private key. When the phone authenticates it passes the esn and a key based on the AAA, not the AAA itself. The carrier takes the generated key and sees if it will generate has the phones AAA (Something like Key based SSH), and if that matches the ESN on file.

This way the AAA key is never revealed Over The Air, so you cannot hack/vamp the phones credentials.

Is there some reason to believe the AAA is not needed? Are there other carriers that you think do not require it? I ask because I really do not know.
[Epic 4G Android Development] weinerwad3000:
Way to be a douchebag. Like flastnoles11 said, I was only asking if the AAA was needed for 1x to work. Also if you would have clicked on 1xEV-DO in that link you provided you would have seen this.

"Part of a family of CDMA2000 1x digital wireless standards. 1xEV-DO is a "3G" CDMA standard. EV-DO originally stood for "EVolution, Data-Only", but recently is also referred to as "EVolution, Data-Optimized"."

Therefore 1xEV-DO is 3G. You were the one making the claim in the first place so the burden of proof was on you, so why should I do your research. However I did a little research of my own and found that the phone that I was actually talking about (the Rumor 2) is 1xRTT which is considered 2.5G. I'm assuming that the AAA is also needed for 2.5G as well as 3G and that is why the phone has a AAA password. This is purely speculation because I have searched what the AAA password does and I can't find anything. I haven't done a lot of searching but I really don't care too much.
[Epic 4G Android Development] ghanafirst:
mms

True that i just found out native voice mail works if you flash CM7 ..... {:6_151:}
[Epic 4G Android Development] garyf:
Woah, really?

Do you mean the voice mail notifications, the voicemail replay app or voice to text?

It's been so long since I've had native voicemail that I don't remember what it means to say that.

Can anyone confirm native voicemail (whatever that means) for cm9?
[Epic 4G Android Development] brooksyx:
So if I were to switch my epic from virgin mobile to boost and plan on running cm9 would I just need to edit the build.prop and apns-conf.xml to the correct settings to get mms working? I would use an incognito as a donor phone. I like virgin mobile but don't like not being able to receive mms and 300 mins is kinda low. Also does boost having roaming support?
[Epic 4G Android Development] ghanafirst:
To get your mms working good that is sending and receiving

1. open voice dialer app

2. say open APNS or APNS

3. click on MMS SERVER URL

4. type in: http://mm.myboostmobile.com

5. click OK.

6. click MENU

7. click save or confirm.

8. ENJOY :)
[Epic 4G Android Development] scottyd035ntknow:
Ugh I hate you all... I'm about to turn off out epics for good to go back to postpaid and new phones but I have 2 weeks of boost service left so I'm going to give it a shot just to see. Vm Notifier always worked for me but native would be cool.
[Epic 4G Android Development] ghanafirst:
I mean receiving VOICE NOTIFICATION like everybody else does. after flashing CM7 & CM 9>settings > call > voicemail settings > YOUR #.

ENJOY
[Epic 4G Android Development] brooksyx:
Ok thanks. You can also edit the apns-conf.xml file in a rom before you flash it to get the correct apn settings. But do you guys get roaming with boost? I googled it and people said yes and no.
[Epic 4G Android Development] scottyd035ntknow:
You roam but if you try to make a call you get a Verizon automated message asking for credit card info to complete the call. So no you don't roam. Good news is that Sprint has very good coverage and I personally never had a signal issue the whole time I was on boost.
[Epic 4G Android Development] brooksyx:
Ok thanks, yeah I have no problem with sprints network its just in my small college town once you get out of town at all there is no service. Not a huge deal. Sounds like I should just stick with Virgin Mobile for now. Just wish I could get MMS working. Don't care about picture messages, just tired of constantly getting 999999999 messages because my phone can't mark the MMS as recieved so it tries to pull them nonstop.
[Epic 4G Android Development] strra:
as well as changing your MMSC to http://mm.myboostmobile.com, try changing your MMS port to 80

worked for me.

also, iirc, virgin uses sprint's towers too as well as any MVNO that i know of if you're using an android phone
[Epic 4G Android Development] garyf:
Beyond voicemail notifications, has cm7/9 been working completely smoothly for you? MMS, video and still camera, no force closes, 3g and wifi internet working normally, the os running quickly and responsively, no keyboard glitches?