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[EVO 4G Android Development] netwokz:
My roommate bought an EVO 4G off Craigslist that was pre-flashed to MetroPCS. It had a clean ESN, so I tried to have it activated. I finally got voice and text to work, but no data. After searching the web, visiting flashing stores, and spending hours on the phone with Sprint's so called "Technical Support" over the last week, I finally figured it out...

This is my first tutorial, so bare with me. And I apologize if this is in the wrong forum, it seemed most appropriate. I performed all this in Windows 7 x64.

First you need some software-

1. QPST - http://www.mediafire.com/?m4s81a4zsdbmhen

2. HTC Diag phone drivers - http://www.mediafire.com/?631456zwxi09hh2

3. PRL File 60650 - http://www.corolada.com/prl/

4. I'm not sure if you need ADB installed, but I already did.

5. You will also need to know your MSL. It will most likely be 000000 if your phone is coming from Cricket or MetroPCS.

Now that we have those, we can get to work.

6. Connect your phone via USB and type in ##3424#, your phone should now be in Diag mode. Make sure USB Debugging is ENABLED!

7. Open your device manager in Windows and right click the unknown device "HTC DIAG", Select Update driver.

8. Select Browse my computer for driver. Click select device from list, Click next, Then click "Have Disk" and point to the appropriate HTC Diag driver folder you downloaded.

9. You now should have HTC Modem installed correctly. Right click on it and go to Properties, Then click on the modem tab. Find your port number eg. COM1, COM2, etc.

10. Open up QPST Configuration, Click the PORTS tab. On the bottom right click add port. Add the port you just found from the step above, and hit Enable.

11. Go back to the active phones tab, double click your phone.

12. On the bottom click read from phone. Then save it for a backup.

13. Click on Roaming tab. Find the PRL box, click browse and add your 60650 PRL file you downloaded.

14. Go back to the CDMA tab. Under phone number click the Class 1 box. Enter your phone number (xxx-xxx-xxxx) minus dashes in the box next to Class 1.

15. Click write to phone. Hard parts over!

16. Once that finishes, unplug and reboot your phone.

17. Go to Settings>Update Software>Update PRL then reboot again.

17. Once its back up go into your dialer. Punch in ##3282#. Hit Edit Mode. The password is your MSL.

18. Once in goto Data Profile. Hit Menu then hit RESET.

19. Your phone should now reboot and be able to activate on Sprints network!

I already did this for my roommate, so I am writing this out of memory. I wanted to post pictures but I would have to take CM7 off my phone and redo all of it... grrrr.

Again, this is my first guide so i might have missed something. But I hope not. So many people have helped me here on XDA, so this is my contribution to the community. I hope this helps some people.
[EVO 4G Android Development] rrr1986:
I did this to a hero. I believe I just cleared all the ##data stuff and pep update manually.
[EVO 4G Android Development] netwokz:
I tried that to. But the only way to make it work was to flash the new PRL file. Neither Sprint or a Cricket flashing place could fix it. Which I thought was pretty stupid.
[EVO 4G Android Development] amoamare:
Another quick way of doing it.

Load Stock RUU.

This will rewrite PRL, NV items etc back as it rewrites the radio wich controls these.

Once done ##RTN# need MSL to use this, but this will help as well. and your done.
[EVO 4G Android Development] sirmx:
This is handy to have, and even better to have a few different ways to do it.
[EVO 4G Android Development] ljohnson1981:
Beat me to it.................. This will definitely work.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Walzbeer:
thanks to all. this worked for me. :D
[EVO 4G Android Development] brax:
followed the guide, however data and market place is not working

calls and text work fine, any ideas ? thanks
[EVO 4G Android Development] netwokz:
I tried this like 4 times, and it would never flash the PRL... the way I did it, it finally flashed sprints PRL.

Go into your phone settings, goto About Phone, what is the PRL number listed?
[EVO 4G Android Development] brax:
i am pretty sure i flashed the "60650.prl"

however i sold the phone and it will be back here tomorrow for repairs....

i had the guy do the settings -> update prl without luck....

sigh thanks for any help! :)
[EVO 4G Android Development] netwokz:
Well if for some reason it didn't flash, then "update PRL" wont work cause its not looking for sprints PRL. Try to see what PRL is loaded on the phone, then I can probably help a little better.
[EVO 4G Android Development] brax:
guy claims under settings the prl says 1.77-003

thanks
[EVO 4G Android Development] netwokz:
That's the PRI, not PRL. The PRL will be a five digit number. The latest Sprint PRL is 60675.
[EVO 4G Android Development] brax:
yeah thats what i figured, didnt know if that was a hex abbreviation with sprint's software for the prl or what... waiting for him to text me back...

i am pretty sure when i waited for him to activate the phone it showed a 3g icon when voice and text went active.. you sure if the prl is wrong everything else would work except data/mms/marketplace? thanks

the prl is = 60675
[EVO 4G Android Development] netwokz:
Well you have a Sprint PRL. Did the phone go through the Hands Free Activation when you tried to activate it? If you see a 3G symbol then all should be good. You could have him call Sprint and tell them data isn't working and you need to re-activate it...
[EVO 4G Android Development] brax:
well we had to type in a diag code then hit update and then it activated, not OTA to get talk and text going... he said he spent a hour at the sprint store today and they couldnt solve it
[EVO 4G Android Development] netwokz:
You could try my guide again, from step 17.
[EVO 4G Android Development] brax:
i asked the guy via text to do the guide through 17 to end, he says they tried that at the sprint store... without luck... i guess i can try it tomorrow when the phones in my hands unless anyone else has any other ideas....
[EVO 4G Android Development] brax:
what i did was followed this guide after flashing a oem RUU back to the phone

"RUU_Supersonic_1.47.651.1_Radio_2.05.00.06.10_release_CL195459"
[EVO 4G Android Development] dstrowl2002:
Did you get your phone working? Could you share some of your tricks? Thanks!
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] mcwolves32:
Would anyone be willing to theme swype for cm 7 our even red bread theme or anyone willing to teach a complete noob?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] michaeljo:
I'm about to purchase a carrier unlocked T-Mobile version of the hTC HD2 from eBay.com and I wanted to know if I happened to flash ROM with something different if it's going to somehow get rid of the "unlocked"ness.

I'm heading to South Korea next next weekend and I'll be using it there, so I just want to know if there were any problems with the phone and had to hard reset it; if the phone is going to return back to its original state where T-Mobile had it carrier locked.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samsamuel:
no, once unlocked, you cant lock it again, no matter what you flash.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] michaeljo:
Thanks. Is it possible to unlock the device myself?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samsamuel:
no. only buy a code, or from original network.
[Droid X General] amathophobia:
P3droid posted some screenshots of a leak of gingerbread for the dx today over at my droid world.

http://www.mydroidworld.com/forums/content/928-pictures-gingerbread-droidx-not-port.html
[Droid X General] Funnyface19:
He hasn't been able to root it yet
[Droid X General] Joe92T:
If he has a leak release the update.zip!
[Droid X General] SysAdmin-X:
It is not that simple... This needs to be tested before the community uses it... And as funnyfaces said, they have bot.been able to root on gb
[Droid X General] Joe92T:
Yeah its hard to root a device when your confined to a locked bootloader... If we had a real recovery we could just open up the update.zip and throw root in it and not worry about it being signed
[Droid X General] luigi90210:
i thought root only had to do with the /system partition? plus i thought you could preroot a rom before installing it
[Droid X General] Steven58AF:
P3's on the cutting edge of this stuff, besides being a premier dev for the DX. He'll get there. On another note (probably should be in another thread), this will be my absolute last bootloader locked device. Htc will get my business going forward, if moto doesn't amend their ways.
[Droid X General] Funnyface19:
+1 on moto... had Eris before was easy as pie
[Droid X General] Droidz:
Locked bootloader or not I have had many HTC devices including G2 and Mytouch 4G and HD2, and motorola just makes much higher quality devices for Verizon. Build quality vs. Locked Bootloader, build quality wins.
[Droid X General] Coderedpl:
I've had HTC devices and have not complained at build quality to be honest
[Droid X General] naddame:
Now although I don't see the root ninja, I do see a folder for TBH. So knowing how good P3 is with this stuff, I wouldn't be surprised if it's not rooted. ;)
[Droid X General] iamrobk:
You must never have had some of their older WinMo stuff. Terrible build quality, a lot of people here would go through 5+ devices over 2 years. It's gotten better, definitely, but I love the build quality of the Droid X.
[Droid X General] drhill:
I had an Incredible for awhile. I liked it but the screen was too small and the battery didn't last long enough. The radio seemed pretty close the X, maybe a bit worse.
[Droid X General] Coderedpl:
The thing is.....I don't use winmo devices ;)
[Droid X General] JimSP:
+1 Moto. Had DInc and the battery life sucked. DX better battery and build quality.
[Droid X General] sfreemanoh:
I had the x6800 and the TouchPro 2, and I think I may have had one replaced once... A guy I worked with at the time had his replaced several times, but that's just because he was an idiot and kept dropping it. I hated WinMo, but the devices themselves were pretty solid. But I agree with previous posters, I'm not getting another device with a locked bootloader. Not sure if it'll be an HTC phone or what, but probably not Motorola (though granted, my phone is SO much nicer now that I'm running Liberty 1.5...)
[Droid X General] cmdoptesc47:
I've got both the Incredible and the Droid X right now. If I could have the AMOLED and bootloader from the Inc on the 4.3 in screen, better radio and hardware of the DX, I would be in heaven.
[Droid X General] rocko73:
Yes, once the X2 gets an upgraded screen-locked bootloader I assume though :(- it will still be nice. The 22% larger screen that iPhone really makes a big difference. Looking at 3.5" screens reminds me of when digital cameras first came out and touted 1" LCD screens......
[Droid X General] jdm627:
Droid X or HTC Incredible

Stupid question! For sure we will have a Gingerbread Leak rom for our Droid X?

If not it will be a good decision take it HTC Incredible?
[Droid X General] rocko73:
No one can say for sure. But I wouldn't get an Incredible, that's just me.
[Droid X General] jdm627:
Thank you for your answer.

I read many people with the same idea about HTCI.

May I kow why?
[Droid X General] rocko73:
No HDMI out, no tethering, no image stabalization camera, smaller screen.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 757mrfields:
I'm a Noob... but I am a little informed and so so well read on the forum. Is there a update.zip file just for allowing the phone to recognize permission to let me flash a ROM. Please help

Thanks in advance
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 757mrfields:
By the way I am rooted but can't get file permission
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xxxman999:
The update.zip is generated if it's not already there by ROM manager after you click Flash ClockworkMod Recovery. You can also select Fix Permissions in ROM Manager if it helps.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 757mrfields:
Thanks but it was a no go! Its still saying signature verification denied....
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
Did you use kies mini for stock froyo? It's the 3e stock recovery... Search for the modified stock 3e.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bwcorvus:
Storing the ext contents in the backup folder.

Warning: --ext specified but unable to mount the ext partition.

Your backing up something you don't have. Uncheck ext partition.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drmacinyasha:
Try reading the log you posted. You selected to backup sd-ext WHEN YOU HAVE NO EXT PARTITION.

Derp.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Evo4sickness:
Just had this happen to me right now. But what is crazy I checked both folders. I could not find the /tmp/recovery.log I dont even have this folder.

I did find the /cache/revovery but when I went in there there was nothing there. So is it bad if this happens.

I than tried again without choosing .ext and its gave me the same error now I have a problem. Amon Ra is not allowing me to make a nandroid. And I cant find the recovery log file to move to the sd card.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dougjamal:
Update your recovery to amon_RA_v2.3, wipe cache & dalvik then make 2 nandroid backups. Make one with only the default selections and the other with android.secure selected along with the default selections.

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[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
You don't have sd-ext partition, so it gives you an error and skips it. Update to amon_ra 2.3 and you'll be okay.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Evo4sickness:
I have 2.3 Amon Ra
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Evo4sickness:
So any ideas of what I need to do since I have 2.3 Amon Ra
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dougjamal:
First, let's determine what you need backed up so that a restore will be without failure. Go into recovery, wipe cache & dalvik and then create a nandroid backup with the following items selected to be backed up: Boot, Data, System and android.secure. Afterwards, test to see if you can restore it.

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[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
In addition to that, make a separate backup of your wimax [if you haven't already] and copy it to your pc if you haven't already. Its saved a couple of users.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Evo4sickness:
But if I wipe those than wont that mean I wont be able to back then up on the nandriod since I just wiped them.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dougjamal:
The cache & dalvik will be rebuilt automatically. Wiping the cache & dalvik will in no way mess up or negatively impact your device or cause you to not make a complete backup of your system.

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[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Evo4sickness:
Right understand that but Iam saying its going to wipe the caches info and data that are on my system right now right. Thats what I meant.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Evo4sickness:
OK just tried this like you separately with just wifi and this gave me the same error. So it basically not letting me save anything and there is space on my sd card. It says check recovery log and when I do its empty every time. So something is wrong here. How about re updating Amon Ra 2.3 again as if I was reinstalling it. I will put the pc36img.zip file on the root of the sd card and upload it again. Maybe this can fix the problem.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dougjamal:
Yes, redownload a fresh copy of the PC36IMG.zip file for amon_RA v2.3 and place it on the root of your SD card. Make sure there is no other file with the same name on the rroot of the card. Shut down your EVO. Now simultaneously press the DOWN volume button and the power button until your device starts. After a short pause, a few lines of text will scroll across the screen. After that, the bootloader will autodetect the PC36IMG file and prompt you to install it. Follow the prompts to install. After installation, reboot into your new recovery and attempt to restore your last backup.

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[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Evo4sickness:
Another question if I already have a nandroid backed up from day one I installed the rom would It give me that error as well from trying to make a copy. Becuase I just rembered I did have a nandroid of the day I installed the app which is a 2gig second sd card. I just switched it now and saw that back up. Now I also tried to back up nandroid on the 2gig sd card and it again gave me the same error. So just wanted to know. But remember when I first got this problem it was on my main 8gig sd card which is giving me the same error which that doesnt make any sense because I did not have a nandroid yet but I did select that ext sd card.

OK Iam going to try and restore from the second 2gig sd card. I dont have to wipe anything to restore.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dougjamal:
Hold up a minute. When you rooted your device, especially if you used the unrevoked method, your recovery was probably ClockworkMod. Do not attempt to restore a nandroid backup made with ClockworkMod via amon RA and vice versa. You will indeed have problems.

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[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Evo4sickness:
No of course not. I know not to do that. I uplaoded Amon ra before I flashed my first and only non stock rom CM7. I had 2.6.0.1 and read that Amon ra was the way to go so I got that before I flashed CM7. Now I did do a back up of my stock sense rom with CW 2.6.0.1 which is on my 8gig sd. And also did a nandroid of My CM7 on the 2gig sd card.

Your telling me I cant have two different recovery folders on the same SD card.

So what do you think about the question I asked if you think this error could be happening because it already had a saved folder of Nandroid. But this would not make sense because when you it titles it with the day and hour you did. So even if you save two different nandroids they would be seperated because of the difference in time right
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Evo4sickness:
So again what should I do to make 2.3 Amon ra be able to make nandroids again.

Iam now looking at 3 nandroids made with Amon ra on my 2gig.

The one I made two day with the problem because when you go into the folder there is nothing there.

And the other two I made first day of My CM7 flash and on May 9

Both of these are healthy folders with no problems since when you go into them they have all the proper files.

Android_secure.tar

Boot.img

cache.img

data.img

nandroid.md5

recovery.img

system.img

wimax.img

I should first delete that folder it made today with nothing inside of it right

And than I guess wipe cache dalvik and data and than restore my nandroid the first one I made

This should fix the nandroid saving problem Iam having correct. Since Iam wiping the two cache and data that means I will loose all cache data from after the first Nandroid back up was made right.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Evo4sickness:
So nobody else can help out with this I spent ****ing 4 hours trying to get rid of this problem. I was able to get my back up nandroid of CM7 when I first installed everything went fine. And it took a while to get the whole setup the way I had. Thats whith saving my ADW Ex settings and desktop because I had just installed the rom the day before which was on the 6 the nandroid got made on the 7th.

So once I got every back to its original state of course the first thing I tried was to make a nandroid again and Guess what same stupid ****ing **** with retarded error. Now I have serious problem back to square one. Because I cant save nandroids and cant load my sense rom so I can fix the GPS which is why I even had done this whole mission.

Now when I was wiping the both caches and data I figured why dont I go back to my sense rom before I flash the CM7 which I did. Followed the GPS fix directions exaclty and when I loaded back into the CM7 nothing. So all this time spent was done for nothing. Please someone tell me how to get this error off my Evo. And what doesnt make sense it says check the log file and I do and theres nothing there. So what hell is going on. Sorry but Iam very tired and very frustrated at this point.

AMON RA should really have put a warning or some stop to that option because of the problem it can cause like this one. Anybody in here know anyone thats an expert in AMON RA.

And after I tried to make the nandroid something was going on with the smoothness of the UI it would be a bit jumpy which I have know idea how this could affect that. It gets fixed when you reboot.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Evo4sickness:
Wow its been a whole day and not one reposne how to finally fix this retarded problem. I need to know how to get rid of this because I need to be able to make nandroids and also need this because Iam trying to do the GPS fix. Which like I said tried did every step that was instructed and still dont have working gps on CM7
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dougjamal:
You don't make a backup of your wimax with wifi. You go into recovery, select the backup/restore menu and then select to backup wimax and then proceed with the backup.

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[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dougjamal:
No. You can have two different recovery folders on the same card, however, you cannot use one recovery to restore a backup made with another recovery.

It shouldn't have any effect whatsoever.

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[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dougjamal:
Why would you get an error for copying a nandroid folder? I have several copies of my nandroid backup saved to both my SD card and my MacBook.

Are you absolutely certain those backups were made with amon_RA and not with ClockWorkMod?

I'm confused. If the problem started with the 8gig card, how would it effect a restore if you had not made or copied a nandroid backup to it?

No, you do not have to wipe, but I always do.

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[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dougjamal:
For starters, and I'm being respectful here, the people who peruse these forums to help others are doing so on their own free will. We are not paid employees. We have a life outside of XDA. Many of us are married, have jobs and other commitments and are not "required" to be here to help. Having said that, I know you're frustrated with the problems you are having, yet, you knew there was a risk when you decided to root your phone and flash custom roms and such. Still, I'm trying my best to help you, but you seem to be doing things that I'm finding out later. You're not going to like this, but I really suggest you start from scratch. If I were you, I would reflash my recovery, baseband, PRI, NV and HBOOT as well as reformat and repartition my SD card. I would then download a fresh copy of the rom I want to use, place it on my newly partitioned and formatted card and flash it. I would then go into recovery and make a nandroid backup of it. Then I would add my third party apps and customize my rom to my liking and then make another nandroid backup. I would then copy those backups onto my computer as a backup of my backup.

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[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Evo4sickness:
No thats not what I ment I was talking about trying just to make the wimax back by it self in Amon ra and it didnt work.