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[Epic 4G Android Development] Syst3m Deadlock:
Wait, since the Incognito drivers are Windows XP drivers, does that mean I'd have to perform the flash from a Windows XP machine? Sorry if that's a dumb question, that just kind of confused me.

EDIT: Also, I do plan to root my phone. I've rooted every other Android device I've had, so I know the benefits of rooting very well. But, is it better to root my Epic before or after I flash it to Boost?
[Epic 4G Android Development] usagi111:
Yes, the incognito modem is not recognized in Windows 7 and there are no known drivers out there to get it working... you can either make an XP Virtual Machine or use another PC with XP. At least for the incognito portion of the procedure... the Epic works fine on windows 7
[Epic 4G Android Development] Syst3m Deadlock:
Well, in my case, I have Vista. I was able to get the incognito drivers installed on my machine, and was even able to connect and read it when I opened up CDMA workshop. The problem I'm having is actually with my Epic. I got the actual USB drivers installed fine, but CDMA workshop locks up every time I try to get it to connect and read the phone. That, and my PC only recognizes my Epic as a USB controller, but my incognito was automatically assigned to its own port.
[Epic 4G Android Development] weinerwad3000:
When connecting to workshop make sure qpst isn't running.
[Epic 4G Android Development] usagi111:
Did you dial ##8778# on the epic and change USB to 'Modem'? and also enable the USB debugging in the development menu under 'Applications'?...those 2 should make the port come up...
[Epic 4G Android Development] Syst3m Deadlock:
Yeah, I did both those steps. After getting really frustrated, I just restarted my computer and it worked haha
[Epic 4G Android Development] weinerwad3000:
Yeah sometimes that works too teehee
[Epic 4G Android Development] scottyd035ntknow:
Yeah I had all sorts of issues getting the epic connected, then once it finally recognized I never had a problem again... weird...

Sent from my boosted Epic 4G. ACS Frozen, Genocide 1.4ghz.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Syst3m Deadlock:
So today I finally flashed my Epic to Boost using this guide... or at least tried to. I followed this guide step by step, and now I have no voice, data, text, web or anything. My number and all that is all there in the info. I just have no clue what i did wrong at all. That, and when I check my setting by using*#info*1111#, it still says I'm on Sprint, yet my Boost Mobile number is in the phone.

I know that Sprint owns Boost and all, I'm just really confused. Any help would be greatly appreciated. At this point, I'm considering flashing back to stock using ODIN, and starting off from scratch.
[Epic 4G Android Development] jin5:
got my epic working with voice/3g but can't seem to get the wifi hotspot going? anyone able to get that to work ? i can connect to it on laptop but no internet access.

using EC05 radio, FRS 1.2 with included wifi tether app, also tried wifi tether for root on the market, still no dice. can connect to it but cant browse.
[Epic 4G Android Development] usagi111:
You just started from this step?...you have to get phone working with voice first...and like everyone said...can't show you how to do that...get Voice working THEN do these steps...
[Epic 4G Android Development] weinerwad3000:
You didn't change your esn number or meid. Start over.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Syst3m Deadlock:
No, I had voice working first.

No, I did. But after attempting to make a test call, I see that I got the whole "error number 16" error. Guess I'll be giving Boost a call bright and early in the AM.
[Epic 4G Android Development] scottyd035ntknow:
Not sure how many times it can be said in this thread just like it is in the very first original post... you have to have your phone on boost BEFORE you attempt to do anything here. This guide is FOR THE DATA PORTION ONLY and discussing how to get the phone on boost in the first place will not be discussed. If your Google-Fu is strong you will be able to find info on how to put the Epic on boost in the first place though.
[Epic 4G Android Development] chrisonline909:
Good job guys been at this for 3 nights finally got it.. watch out for that rev-0 holdin ya back
[Epic 4G Android Development] derrickmd18:
Anyone elses Internet spoty? I had mine remotely done and mine is spotty.

Thinking about buying a incognito and doing it myself and seeing if i can fix it.

What areyou guys with windows 7 using to do the incognito?
[Epic 4G Android Development] usagi111:
A backup PC running XP... I also found The Virtual XP Shell helpful too...
[Epic 4G Android Development] derrickmd18:
Have to look into the shell only have one computer and it's windows 7 on it
[Epic 4G Android Development] usagi111:
Google "VMware player" for a XP Virtual Machine player program...
[Epic 4G Android Development] Syst3m Deadlock:
After getting the "error 16" now taken care of, I am setting up my data. I quoted step 8 because I am trying to save to file, but the "Field Service" entry is only 5 numbers, and it keeps telling me that it needs to be six. So what should I do? Thanks!
[Epic 4G Android Development] scottyd035ntknow:
Not quite sure what you are talking about. This step is just opening up the program, inputting the Incognito SPC, reading to get all the info from said Incognito and then saving it so you can open it up later and start matching the info when you do the Epic.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Syst3m Deadlock:
I'm well aware of that and that is what I was talking about. I read somewhere that adding a 0 works, so I did just that. It worked. I now have 3G on my Epic and it is fully flashed. Thanks a bunch everyone!
[Epic 4G Android Development] scottyd035ntknow:
I don't remember anything like that but it has been awhile since I flashed either phone. Glad to hear you got it working though.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Syst3m Deadlock:
It probably doesn't happen to most or something than. At least what I did got it to work.

My data keeps going back and forth from EVDO Rev 0 to 1x. I'm not sure if this is normal, or if the phone is still settling and needs time or something? At the moment, I am rooted and on ECLAIR.DI18. Could that be making the data speeds slow at all?

Also, is it still normal for the phone to say Sprint under network? I've had a Verizon Palm Pixi on PagePlus, and that always said Verizon, so I'm guessing this is normal?

UPDATE: Now I keep getting network errors when trying to browse the web or the market.

UPDATE 2: Just flashed the latest PRL (60677), and my phone is blazing fast now. Very shocked at how much of a difference that made.
[Epic 4G Android Development] chrisonline909:
What's up guys just wanted to share where I'm at with this, everything except 3g.
[Epic 4G Android Development] chrisonline909:
Sorry for the double post already I jus got this phone 3days ago. Anyway I didn't have my incognitio any more when I came across a Epic luckily I copied everything in cdma ws. Load and write your online with boost showing 3g I believe is rev 0. Info tools says 0 and A half the time. But half the time in 33248 says failed auth. I've noticed setting 0 as the defualt profile it wileventually makes it way back to 1 default profile but atleast 40k sec usually I never post. But I never had nothin like this I've been doin stuff like this since the 6600 but u guys impress me

I got a incognito todday they both work. need to run some speed test on it. I'm sure its my area I had vzw with a 6800 decent rev a here anyway if I come up with someting usefull ill let ya now
[Epic 4G Android Development] Syst3m Deadlock:
Hey, just a little tip to be added to the guide. When changing the MMSC URL for Eclair ROMs, make sure to add "http://" to the beginning of "mm.myboostmobile.com". So you would put http://mm.myboostmobile.com

I discovered this when my phone would let me receive MMS, but wouldn't let me send them no matter what I did. After changing the MMSC URL to http://mm.myboostmobile.com, restart phone your phone. It worked for me, and I can now send MMS without any issues.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Ma$etas:
+1 for the op to create a guide on how to get the EPIC Touch on boost mobile
[Epic 4G Android Development] garyf:
Is anyone using reboost?

I don't have my phone on automatic payment, but I really don't want to have to use my computer to add money to the phone.

I think the native boost android phones have an app that logs into Boost's servers.

Boost's webpage has javascript that does not allow any mobile browser I've tried to populate the phone number field.

Is anyone able to make payments to boost from within the android system? If so, how?
[Epic 4G Android Development] Syst3m Deadlock:
There's a Boost Mobile refill app in the Android market. Cant say I've ever used it, but I know it's there, I just checked.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Digglez:
Hey so my epic on boost has been working fine for months and today my picture messaging quit working its saying http error 403 forbidden try again later
[Epic 4G Android Development] bilestoad:
solved: HA AAA key access denied on Epic 4g

I was trying to back up my Epic's secret keys (this is my good ESN Epic), the HA and AAA but I kept getting security errors.

I tried two methods: CDMA workshop, enter SPC, read NV Items 466 along with the other 3. Other method is from the OP:

spc YOUR6DIGITSPC

<ENTER>

requestnvitemread ds_mip_ss_user_prof

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Just to simplify things: If you get an access denied error or an "error received from target" error when trying to read NV Items 466 and 1192 (or when using requestnvitemread ds_mip_ss_user_prof to read from the profile), FROM YOUR EPIC 4g, you need to downgrade your modem. After you read the keys and save them somewhere, you can go back to whatever ROM/modem combo you like to use. You are downgrading ONLY to get the keys.

Example:

I'm using an EH17 ROM including EH17 modem. When I downgraded just the modem to EC05 (using Odin, put the modem file in Phone and use the pit file), I could read the HA and AAA keys. Then I went back to the EH17 modem (I flashed the whole EH17 ROM again, just to be sure everything would work).

You can also Odin an entire earlier ROM if you'd like as long as the modem is downgraded. I think you'd need to go to a modem before the EG22, because that one still blocked access to the keys, but EC05 allows you to read them.

Hope this helps other folks.

BTW got my epic completely working on boost (except for 4g!). Tools needed: youtube; this posting; and another xda posting regarding staying on the line when I heard error 16 on my voice calls. Sweet!

FYI I bought a bad esn epic from ebay so I wouldn't be out of contact for the several days that I knew it would take me to successfully do this conversion. I googled the previous owner's email name (something not as common as john smith) and with a little research, came up with one scary looking violent offender's mug shot. But heck, it may not be him, why would he use an Epic 4g? And if he's so violent, why is the phone in such great shape? Phones are always so tempting to hurl in a fit of rage :rolleyes:
[Epic 4G Android Development] usagi111:
So basically you're saying we can never use the GB modem even when the official release comes out? We have to stay on EC05 for as long as we using the phone?
[Epic 4G Android Development] bilestoad:
No, you're right that I was unclear about this. You go to an earlier rom or modem to get the keys and once you're done with that you can odin/cwm whatever you want.

For example. after I saved my AAA and HA keys, I flashed back to the EH17 ROM (deodex/root/busybox) withodin and then installed ERA 1.6 Kevo (CWM). The I did a full CWM restore and I was back where I was before I looked for the keys. I edited the post to clarify, thanks!
[Epic 4G Android Development] scottyd035ntknow:
Just fyi to all, boost is upping their prices by $5 a line if you do ANYTHING to your plan. Like if you were to change from incognito to rant or whatever you will NOT be grandfathered in. There is also talk of throttling or data caps and much stricter enforcement of keeping non boost phones off boost. What does this mean? Sprint is likely going to go to a tiered system like everyone else soon and boost might not be unlimited anymore... also, im not sure how they would know our phones are not the donor phones... maybe seeing an incognito on an android plan or some such like that?

All in all, I am probably going to jump back to vzw and unsuspend my accounts since they are still unlimited. Vzw is just so much faster and having unlimited data with them when lte finally drops out here next year...

I also don't want my phone or my wifes phone to stop working one day because boost is shutting off android plans on non android phones in their database.

I also can't stress how much better browsing is on Vzw 3g vs boost/sprint.

Now, I know you get what you pay for but with the new pricing in boost im sure ill get hit with the $5 increase at some point so the lowest ill ever pay with state tax is $90ish while my Vzw bill would be between $120 and $140.

Honestly imho... I think that on the future if you want boost then you are probably going to have to get a n actual boost phone... I think im going to be making one more payment to boost on my wifes line and then let them both expire. Plus the epic clone (sanding stratosphere) is about to drop on Vzw so if my wife wants the same phone vs the DROID 3 she can get it.
[Epic 4G Android Development] garyf:
Well you might be right, but you might be wrong too. Boost could trivially figure out who is not on a native boost phone, but so far has not.

There must have been a decision up to now that the benefit doesn't exceed the cost. In my case, the benefit would be close to nothing, the aftermarket for used epic 4gs would be weaker, and the aftermarket for bad esn 4gs would be much weaker, but that doesn't impact Sprint's bottom line much.

On the other hand, I would not be with Sprint right now, probably or boost mobile if this was not possible. So the decision sprint/boost has been making up to now may change, but it may not.

I'm on Epic 4G so I don't care what Boost does to people who change from Incognito to Rant.

$5 more dollars isn't going to get me anywhere near $90.

I haven't heard from any other source that any price rise in coming down the pike, as far as I know, two years from now I'll be paying $35 a month.

Assuming GB roms come out with source and some minor problems are resolved, there's a good chance I'll have a more than two year old still working epic at that time.
[Epic 4G Android Development] chrisonline909:
I found the fasted speed is with these settings load nam/evdo with cdma ws make sure active mip profile is set to 0 which is the meid username. Went from 30/kb to about 150kb even had 220kb/sec in rev a area

South phx
[Epic 4G Android Development] scottyd035ntknow:
Pfft I've hit almost 2mbps down late at night around a tower with upgraded backhaul.

Forms an individual line I would for sure say boost is the better buy but for family... you get a pretty big discount on the second line postpaid. I would pay $118 with my discount for the lowest possible anytime minutes (everyone in my family has vzw so mobile to mobile is free), 250 texts (not a heavy texter) and grandfatherd unlimited data with lte supposed to drop here next summer or fall... that is the big kicker for me. I guess my biggest problem is sprint's ass speeds and the fact that I have unlimited data on vzw still and when lte drops that would be huge.

Only issue I am still having is I do not like the idea of having to worry about minutes or texts/paying another $20 for both lines for unlimited texts... plus the availability of new subsidized phones. He'll, that new Pantech lte phone is pretty effing nice for $99 and the epic clone should not be more than $150...

Sigh, decisions decisions...

Edit: also have to worry about the amoled screens going wonky after a year or two. Mine is darker than it should be even on max brightness and has an ever so slight blue tint... I've had my wife's epic apart to do the digitizer so its only an $80 fix but still...
[Epic 4G Android Development] bilestoad:
restoring aaa ha keys on good esn epic without backup?

Chris41g, first off thanks for all your work all over the forum!

Hey has this been verified? Not all of your work, we can all verify that.

But has the restore of the keys been verified, because thenwe wouldn't need to back them up if we're just experimenting, and keep our sprint service on, right?
[Epic 4G Android Development] scottyd035ntknow:
From what I understand, once you overwrite the stock keys they are gone forever but maybe not? Regardless I would probably not do this process to a phone with a good ESN when bad ESN phones are cheaper and work 100% the same as a bad ESN phone when putting them on boost.
[Epic 4G Android Development] ariethekid:
As far as I know, it will be gone forever. But the ESN, if it is still good should still be on the sticker under the battery. If you ever decide to go back to sprint, I would back up my HA and AAA keys (NV Item 466) as well as the NV Item 1192 and 1194 keys just in case and I would flash them back if you ever decide to go back to the original ESN.
[Epic 4G Android Development] scottyd035ntknow:
Yeah if you have a good ESN phone you should FOR SURE backup all that stuff. Again, unless you already have an Epic from a Sprint plan you bailed on or got one for free somehow I would never put a good ESN phone onto boost. Just sell it and turn around and buy a bad ESN phone and pocket the difference.
[Epic 4G Android Development] bilestoad:
That is exactly what I did 2 weeks ago, and it worked out fine. But while I was changing over the bad ESN epic, I decided to back up the good ESN epic, just for paranoid's sake I guess. But I couldn't do it for those security errors, which I eventually figured out (downgrade modem). But then I read the post from Chris41g, who is, I think we all can agree, some kinda android expert, so I wondered.

As the keys can be restored from a backup, maybe I'll give this a try someday. But probably not!
[Epic 4G Android Development] scottyd035ntknow:
Oh, yeah you need to be on 2.1 Eclair for QPST or CDMA workshop (one of them, I forget which) to work properly unless you spend the $100 for the newest version which is pointless since odining to 2.1 takes all of 5 minutes lol.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Syst3m Deadlock:
I had MMS working just fine when I was on an Eclair ROM. But now that I've updated to a Froyo ROM (SRF 1.2), I cant get MMS working properly. I can receive them, but I cant send them. When I try to send them, I just get the whole "Sending" status thing and nothing more. No message telling me it can't be sent or anything like that.

I re-flashed the ROM, after wiping my data, cache partition , and dalvic cache three times in CWM to see if that would help. Ive retried step #18 in the first post, and even tried the instructions in post #54. Went through all the steps again after re-flashing, and still nothing.
[Epic 4G Android Development] scottyd035ntknow:
If you read the whole thread you'll get your answer on page 6. You use the app "apn backup and restore" to delete your current apn and then restore the boost apn. Your mms will now work after a reboot.

Sent from my boosted Epic 4G. ACS Frozen, Genocide 1.4ghz.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Syst3m Deadlock:
I actually did read the whole thread. When I said "I even tried the instructions on post #54", that is about using the app Apn Backup and Restore.

EDIT: Did one more re-flash, made sure all my settings fully wiped, and used Apn Backup and Restore (from post #54, as I stated earlier). Guess my previous settings didn't wipe properly on the first re-flash. Seems to work now, finally.
[Epic 4G Android Development] bilestoad:
Wow, thanks for pointing this out. I hadn't noticed that the MMS wasn't working, so I tested it after reading of the other user's problem. Nope - no mms on boost.

Then I did as #54 said: downloaded APN backup and restore; downloaded file in thread; disconnected the phone (I did airplane mode); ran app and backed-up APN; deleted APN; and restored from file in thread. Then I rebooted. Well actually the phone rebooted.

"Instant" (after all the hacking and stumbling) MMS sending and receiving from epic on boost. Did not reflash, just followed the post.

Thanks again!

PS Here's some speed tests I did the other day, epic on boost 3g in nyc...but it varies greatly...
[Epic 4G Android Development] scottyd035ntknow:
Those are some sick speeds but that is NYC for you where there is a tower like every 2 feet and everything has upgraded backhaul. Philly is pretty good too as is the Wimax. I pulled 12mpbs down on a Wimax signal in Philly but was only able to ever hit 6mpbs in NYC... probably just a bad time of the day.
[Epic 4G Android Development] ariethekid:
You have wimax on boost?
[Epic 4G Android Development] weinerwad3000:
Wimax is 4g
[Epic 4G Android Development] sxypapi:
im in NY and i do not get those speeds, whats ur setup/PRL,NV Etc. if u dont mind me asking? i feel bummed now :( lol
[Epic 4G Android Development] scottyd035ntknow:
Prl is 11115, setup is in sig.

Sent from my boosted Epic 4G. ACS Frozen, Genocide 1.4ghz.
[Epic 4G Android Development] sxypapi:
u get WiMAX with this PRL? no way! really? this is new
[Epic 4G Android Development] Syst3m Deadlock:
Wait a minute. Boost doesn't offer WiMax/4G, so he cant be getting WiMax on Boost. Those are just really good 3G speeds is all... Right? LOL

Than again, it's just not something I've ever looked into because all we have is 3G in my area. Closest WiMax tower is all the way in Philly, and that's more than an hour away. We supposedly have a WiMax protection site somewhere here in the Lehigh Valley, I just haven't been able to find it.
[Epic 4G Android Development] sxypapi:
i know but damn 6MBPS? thats like 4G speeds on like tmobile LOL!!!

well i never heard a PRL getting on to 4G but i know u can give ur phone mac address and sign up online for clearwire 4G, thats about it.

damn wimax protection? that sucks. how are ur 3G speeds over there?
[Epic 4G Android Development] Syst3m Deadlock:
I'm getting about the same 3G speeds that scottyd035ntknow has in his sig. Sometimes a tad better, sometimes worse. Just depends on the network congestion at the time, I guess. Before I updated the PRL, my 3G speeds were sooo bad. I was going in and out of 1x and Rev.0. When I updated to Sprint PRL 60677, I instantly started seeing Rev.A speeds, and have since.

But anyway, now that I finally got MMS working properly, I'm enjoying my Boosted Epic more and more. Very grateful for this awesome guide, and all the members who have helped me.
[Epic 4G Android Development] sxypapi:
wow that's amazing. MMS i been had good but my speeds are not good. it ranges from 400k to 900k, sucks, im gonna update my prl today, ima try that one as well, LOL
[Epic 4G Android Development] scottyd035ntknow:
I've got wimax yes but as was stated, boost does not offer it, no prl will give you 4g. There are numerous how tos on how to activate a boost epic legally on clear but you have to pay the $40/mo. Still, if you live in a wimax area, a shrinkage plan at $40 or $35 gets you a better plan than real sprint and is still less money. If you don't live in or near a wimax area then there is 0 point to worry about 4g. Or if you are just passing through for a day or night and want to have a fast hotspot for a computer or torrent in a movie. You can always pay the $10/day fee and be on for 24 hrs.

My best pull so far tho...

Sent from my boosted Epic 4G. ACS Frozen, Genocide 1.4ghz.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Syst3m Deadlock:
This is around what I usually get.