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Harrier, Sprint -> Verizon switch OK, ghosts lurk in roam

After switching my PPC6600 to Verizon, it mostly works, but a couple issues remain.
First of all, here is what I have done:
1. Loaded Verizon's firmware, which changed the radio and Ext ROM.
2. Switched SID/NID to a Verizon number.
3. Loaded a Verizon PRL.
4. Entered proper MDN and MSID.
Here is where the ghost remains:
Under Roaming, there are Home Only, Sprint(!), and AB.
Why doesn't that say Verizon now? Also, if I tap the Antenna symbol on the header, it says Sprint PCS!
If I set roaming to Home Only, I can make and receive calls & txt messages.
If I set roaming to Sprint, I can place calls, but incoming go direct to voicemail.
Also, my data connection does not work (CDMA wireless) and I have a hunch it's related. It dials, but then says "The answering modem has disconnected".
Any ideas? Thanks!

Got data working!!!!!!!!
Under 3G Data1 I switched from "MIP Pref" to "No IP" and now my CDMA data connection works! I am getting only 1X speeds (100-120 kbps), so now I need to find why EVDO isn't working (I'm pretty sure we have it here).
Still can't figure how the Sprint labels show up after I flashed all the ROM's though!

I love this idea; please consider making a HOWTO for this.
I love this idea; please consider making a HOWTO for this.
I am weary of Sprint and envious of EVDO for the BlueAngel.
Could you document what you've done so far?

EVDO different carrier
Same problem, trying to make work verizon on mexican Iusacell. 1x works, but when trying setting MIP Only or MIP Preferd, i get "No modem at abothe number" I tryed all the roms I found on the net, nothing works. There MAY! be some aditional ROM storing phone settings like number, passwords, SID, MIN and all the settings refered to the data & Phone.
With Samsung i730 i Tryed QPST, but it doesn't recognize 6600, any 1 Know about som software capable to conect to the phone???

you are using a HA01 "EVDO" radio rom correct? latest version i've found is HA01-156

EVO Up on alltel, little help?

So, Got a sprint EVO for cheap. Sprint had the ESN flagged on sprint network because the owner of the phone's account hasn't been paid. Sold the phone to me, I restored it to factory default, running latest stock 2.2.
Steps taken to get to where I am now:
Used CDMA workshop (licensed 3.5.5) to read the SPC code, rewrote the spc code to 000000. I put an Alltel PRL file on the sd card, same one as my mother's Alltel Hero. Rooted the phone using revoked windows app, replaced the EPST.apk with the older version to allow ##775# (prl change), applied my PRL. Activated the phone on alltel, no problem at all getting it activated.
Call text working great... THEN... using CDMA Workshop, in the EVDO tab (similar function in QPST would be the PPP tab) and entered the HDR user name/pass, in alltel's case, UM is [email protected]/alltel and AN is [email protected]/HEXESN. Set under M.IP to have Simple IP only (read that this will fix the "data call failure" errors) Set profile 0 as active and changed the values to what looks to be the same from the Alltel Hero of my mothers only with my cell number in the fields. Set all nam values such as channels, MCC, etc.. correct, flashed. I then edited the telephony.db to alltel's MMS settings.
Phone's current state, what works, what doesnt..
3G is working great, MMS works perfectly, calling is perfect, SMS is perfect...
1X doesn't work AT ALL:
if I enter an area i KNOW 3G doesn't exist, it doesnt switch to 1X like my eris that i programmed to alltel did, just drops data completely if there's no 3G...
I don't seem to get the Data Call Failure message much at all up until I try to run the "wireless tether" app, it pops up like CRAZY and 3G disconnects every time it pops up.
Phone says I'm roaming constantly, I know I have the latest smartphone PRL for my area and MCC codes etc in the nam are set EXACT to my mothers htc alltel hero and hers doesnt report roaming at all... what gives??? Maybe this is the cause of all my problems...
##DEBUG# screen > EVDO, at the bottom, says AUTHENTICATED and I have an IP address, stays solid like that in a 3g area.
Anyone like to help me out? What values do I may have incorrect for 1X to entirely not work at all but 3G works just fine??.. Being that 1X doesnt work, it seems to cause issues sometimes initializing a connection because it seems like 3G goes dormant/sleep after a while and maybe relies on 1X to be connected to keep a constant connection to the network. And.. this whole Data call failure thing is just obnoxious? Anyone truly find the result to this? Obviously has something to do with sprint, 4G is turned off, all the sprint .APK's are removed.
Being that the phone still has sprint options in Mobile Network Settings such as "Roaming" "Data roaming" etc.. could this be causing problems? How do I go about removing ALL of sprints network options on this phone???
thanks a whole lot... excited to see this phone working on the alltel network, would like to press on and get it working flawlessly.

Hey Steve I remember you from over at HoFo. Your Eris info helped me out getting some of my own issues worked out. I am still interested in what work you did to get your mms working in and out. I looked at the telephony.db once but didn't place a lot of effort in to it. So as it stands I get incoming but unable to send mms. So any insight from you would be greatly appreciated. But I will try and see if I can help you with what you have going on.
First I found that programming the Evo was more of a pain than when I did the HTC DInc on Alltel. In my area PRL 31005 is pushed to Alltel smart phones. It is the same PRL I used on the DInc with no issues. The Evo would insist that I was roaming with it. I switched to a non-divested PRL(30057) and haven't had an issue since. Google "answerman prl" for the download for Alltel PRLs. I have rocked with that PRL for over 3 months now. My roaming option is set for automatic in the mobile network settings and the only other thing I have checked there is data roaming, which I can disable with no problem.
Now if you go back to your HoFo thread I wrote that when I got the Evo I only had 1X data. It wasn't until after I went back over your thread and some other stuff that I managed to get 3G working. I used CDMA workshop(3.6.0 Licenced) And wrote the same things as you did. Only I have Mobile + Simple IP set and profile 1. Now I will say this. First I tried to set to profile 0 but when going into ##DATA#, the phone would always insist it wanted to use profile 1 even after having previously writing the data. So I created another profile in CDMA workshop, duplicated the data I had for 0 and made 1 active instead of 0. I had also previously never had issues with the "Data call failure" until the past month or two. After I rooted and moved from the stock rom I used CM6 for a good while even flashing nightlies and never had a problem. I only moved back to a Sense based rom when I was trying to troubleshoot an issue where my data would disconnect and would not re-establish for several minutes or until after a reboot. I was using juice defender at the time and incidently this was also around the time I updated my radio/PRI etc. So when I went to a random Sense rom this error message threw me off and I was sure something was wrong with the phone. But I have seen plenty of posts about it so idk. I run Myn's Warm 2.2 now. On rls1 I would get the DCF's frequently but not so much on rls 2, maybe once in a blue moon. I don't use juice defender anymore and I have also stopped using Set CPU as it conflicts with my current kernel anyway. *shrug* So no idea what truely makes the phone happy and not give me that error as much.
Hope this helps you.

Wow, that was a MESSAGE.
Thanks a whole lot for that.
For MMS:
When I use anycut to access the APN's on my Evo it shows it shows no apn's at all. I didn't add any and left it alone. Now...
I have attached the telephony.db file I edited with Root Explorer and SQL Lite editor. If you open the file in the editor, you'll see what I changed... It was simply an APN specifically for MMS use, changed it to alltel's values and.. BAM, perfect MMS.
Path:
/data/data/com.android./providers/telephony/databases/
Permissions are to be set to
USER: READ CHECKED - WRITE CHECKED
GROUP: READ CHECKED - WRITE CHECKED
No other's checked.
After replacing the telephony.db file, no reboot required, you should be set to send and receive MMS without any issues at all. If it fails, restart the phone or force quit messages and relaunch.
I will try that PRL you mentioned above, I am also on 31005... reports as the same PRL on my mother's alltel hero though, hmm.. doesn't make sense of why my phone still says I'm roaming.
I will also play with cloning profile 0 and profile 1 and switch back to sim+mobile IP mode...

Thread moved to Q&A.

Thanks I will give this a roll when I get home this evening. I hope that some of what I've given you will be helpful. I've been enjoying the phone and I will enjoy it even more I know once I get the MMS thing cleared up. Keep me up to date on what's going on.

Played with everything, did exactly as you said, still no 1X, if I go to ##data and tell it to use CDMA only (turn EVDO off), it just goes to no data at all while my Eris would just stick to 1x in that mode.
odd.
Can someone explain WHAT it is that allows a handset to receive the HA/AAA shared keys when a *228 activation is requested?
We all know that taking for example a Sprint phone and applying an alltel PRL to the radio ... that when activating it WILL NOT receive the HA/AAA keys for data...
Is it the AKEY ? Is it something else in the memory?
An old PPC6800 I have that was SPRINT.. it was a bugger getting data to work, just would NOT receive the HA/AAA keys or anything when *228ing the phone, as soon as I applied the Alltel Rom with the Alltel NV items, it activated without an issue and received all the correct NV items for data and all, worked perfect. How can we do this with the latest smartphone?...
Is it possible I can clone the NV items from my mother's HTC Alltel Hero and write them to my sprint Evo ?
What do you guys think?

Steve check your PM
I never had to do this myself so don't know how applicable it is.

I installed the file and assigned the permissions, now app just blows up when I try to send a pic msg. Any ideas?

STRANGE !
What messaging app are you using?
I am running stock latest OTA... So all the stock apps are installed, minus all the sprint stuff and a few other htc pre-loaded software I have taken out with root explorer.
Should be working perfectly. I have no idea what the deal is.
Did you go to Messages>menu>settings>connection settings and see if the values have changed?

I use Chomp SMS but it did the same with the native messaging app as well.

That's really strange. MMS still online and working flawlessly for me on alltel.
Phone still says I'm roaming though. Mother's HTC Alltel Hero in the same town is not roaming, both flashed with the same PRL and the NAM info looks identical in cdma workshop.
You sure your APN lists are empty? Mine is, no APN's at all in the APN viewer.

[Q] About to throw this damn thing against a wall... any help welcome.

To start, I AM searching and trying to find any and all information that could possibly help me out.
I rooted using unrevoked. Used Calk's rom, switched to netarchy-toastmod-4.3.1-cfs-havs-nosbc-universal-signed, made several nandroid backups (one including the RSA keys, although the backup made when using unrevoked made one of the RSA keys also), tried Ava-Froyo, went back to Calk's. Also tried the PRL hack.
Im new to all this but am fairly technically inclined and understand, so I think, these processes. Of course Im still learning obviously...
....cause somewhere along the line I lost the ability to get incoming calls !!!!!!!
I can still make calls (my number comes up on caller ID correct), send texts, use the net, email, and use wifi tether.
When i make a call it triggers something cause all my texts, mail, and voicemails come streaming in all at once.??????
Im at my wits end, and probably will be up all night trying to fix it.
I found some values in my advanced settings after dialing ##3282# that were different and wonder if thats the problem.
if someone will post me their info from the ##3282# screens (off course omit your phone number under advanced) that would be awesome !!!
S is still showing off.
I have gone back to:
RUU_SuperSonic_S_Sprint_WWE_3.26.651.6_Radio_2.15.00.07.28_NV_1.40_release_140444_signed
and then:
RUU_Supersonic_1.47.651.1_Radio_2.05.00.06.10_release_CL195459
and then the over the air update to 2.2
still not working....
I really dont want to go to the friggin Sprint store....
And any other advice where to steer my searching and efforts would be greatly appreciated !!!!!

Did you mess with your evdo settings from the settings: networks: mobile networks settings screen?
do ##3282#, under evdo, does it say automatic, or something else?

evdo settings
I will list what my phone is set at.
just answer/values
DATA PROFILE:
1
(name)@sprintpcs.com
4D2
4D2
enable
0.0.0.0
255.255.255.255
68.28.89.76
******
******
https://dsa.spcsdns.net:443/dsa/
EVDO:
disable
HDR only
ADVANCED:
(##############)
IS-2000(6)
58
enable
2
310
00
(ph# (not mine though))
9
enable
disable
evrc
voice 13k
<not available> -- LBS PDE IP
<not available> -- LBS PDE PORT
enable
enable
enable
disable
(####)/(#####)
http:/mms.sprintpcs.com
554
rtsp.vog.sprintpcs.com
8085
pd.vog.sprintpcs.com
WIMAX:
10
30
##E#D####A##@sprintpcs.com
(name)@sprintpcs.com
sprintpcs.com
2647000,2657000,2667000
10,10,10
000002
000004
1
120
10
-89
4
300
2
2
0
0
enable
disable
USB CHARGING unchecked

Flash evio 2 1.80 back on
Go into the network settings and select AUTOMATIC for the evdo mode.
EVDO:
disable
HDR only
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HDR is what's preventing you from receiving calls. After you make the above change, go back into ##3282# and confirm that evdo is set to "automatic"
These network settings carry over regardless of rom's. You can flash til you're blue in the face, problem won't go away
Edit:
8085
pd.vog.sprintpcs.com
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You may want to delete that so your streaming works without hiccups.

It needs to be set to auto or hybrid.
Sent from my (insert daily ROM name here) Evo 4g

ok, getting incoming calls now.
i switched to automatic under evdo and also in the advanced settings changed the phone number to my actual phone number and this time hit menu>commit changes.
yeah, now to check everything else!!!!
didnt know about the commit changes thing, i was wondering why nothing changed when i edited them.
also under settings>system updates i updated PRL and PROFILE after this.
crossing fingers!!!!
Thank God for nan back ups, now i can reroot and be back in business in no time !!!!!
BACK TO LOVING THE EVO LOL
Thanks for chiming in !!!!!!!

Glad it worked.
This post defines it a bit more - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11426299&postcount=8879
Operation Mode = ##3282# > EVDO
Hybrid = Automatic
EVDO-Only = HDR
1X-Only = CDMA
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???????
ok, now im stumped!
something keeps changing my friggin phone number in my advanced settings in ##3282#
i can change it, commit the change, update profile and everything will be fine and work (get calls).
but then when i reboot it will switch back !!!!
i havent installed, to my knowledge, any rogue crap.
what in the blazes could be causing this???

Are you changing it in ##3282#, or in the network settings that evio 2 1.80 gives access to?
Try changing in network settings, not in ##3282#.
Also, if you want, there is an option in ##3282# to completely wipe the settings. I can't remember which heading it's under, but you need to hit menu and it'll say something like reset settings, or reset something.

I had a simular issue. Unroot the phone flash the ruu then OTA then call sprint tech suppeort and ask them hard resset your phone. It helped me. should help you to. here is how 2 unroot
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=780141&highlight=unroot

Seems like an awful lot of work to fix this.. I'd exhaust other possibilities before going through all this trouble.

My phone is done. My phone wouldn't call or text earlier so i did a reset on the ##768# screen or whatever so it would run hands free activation again. It failed out. Erased all of my data from the epst screen. Can anyone help? Phone will not connect to data

abdabbs said:
ok, now im stumped!
something keeps changing my friggin phone number in my advanced settings in ##3282#
i can change it, commit the change, update profile and everything will be fine and work (get calls).
but then when i reboot it will switch back !!!!
i havent installed, to my knowledge, any rogue crap.
what in the blazes could be causing this???
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Did you happen to have your number ported over from another carrier when you got your Evo?

Yes, it was ported. But the number listed in there wasnt the old number. Anyway my phone has been working now, with that old number in it...so...
The only thing is that when on data network it show 'EvDo' all the time, never '3G'. Is this a problem? I have been tring to read up on it and it seems fine, but everyone else's Evo's here seem to show 3G.
Im still trying to locate the original settings so I can compare exactly what I see when I do the ##3282#.
Thanks again for you help!

No 3G only 1x - Cloned ESN Swap

Okay, I have a GS3. I swapped the ESN (Evo 4G) and now I can't get 3G
The only time I have 3G is on a stock Rom with the MD4 Modem but even than it feels like 1x.
I've tried all the radios, with no luck including the MD4 one. I've been trying to get it working the past two days now with no luck.
Someone PLEASE, please PLEASE help me?

mac19124 said:
Okay, I have a GS3. I swapped the ESN (Evo 4G) and now I can't get 3G
The only time I have 3G is on a stock Rom with the MD4 Modem but even than it feels like 1x.
I've tried all the radios, with no luck including the MD4 one. I've been trying to get it working the past two days now with no luck.
Someone PLEASE, please PLEASE help me?
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do you have the MSL? Try going to ##data# and making sure everything is set up correctly and even doing a ##debug# and see whats going on there.Make sure you have your radio set to cdma/lte/evdo

Apeleon said:
do you have the MSL? Try going to ##data# and making sure everything is set up correctly and even doing a ##debug# and see whats going on there.Make sure you have your radio set to cdma/lte/evdo
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I do have the MSL
I'm not exactly sure what I should be seeing in the Data menu, but I have gone in there a few times turning things on and off to try and get things working, otherwise I switch is back to default.

Okay,I can try to help for what I know,what was the purpose of you cloning the esn?

Apeleon said:
Okay,I can try to help for what I know,what was the purpose of you cloning the esn?
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My uncle's names on our account and I payed my portion of the bill, he decided to quite halfway through the contract so I cloned it to get back on Sprint.
Any help you can give me is much appreciated. I can't stand this 1x :/

Does anyone think it could have anything to do with the donor phone?

mac19124 said:
Does anyone think it could have anything to do with the donor phone?
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Im not on sprint, but what does it show as the Mobile network type under Settings: About Device: Mobile network type?
I was messing with my phone and had changed the settings in ##DATA#
I was getting 1x only so I had to change the HDR/1x Selection under Data: Others. Hybrid works the best for me, but you could try changing to "LTE + CDMA + EVDO Mode. When I selected CDMA only then it only got 1x and not full EVDO/3g.
If that's not it did you have to enter the HA & AAA secret keys to get data to work?

showcasemodr said:
Im not on sprint, but what does it show as the Mobile network type under Settings: About Device: Mobile network type?
I was messing with my phone and had changed the settings in ##DATA#
I was getting 1x only so I had to change the HDR/1x Selection under Data: Others. Hybrid works the best for me, but you could try changing to "LTE + CDMA + EVDO Mode. When I selected CDMA only then it only got 1x and not full EVDO/3g.
If that's not it did you have to enter the HA & AAA secret keys to get data to work?
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Earlier OP said he is not sure what he should be doing is ##data# menu, maybe I can break it down
Do ##data# on dialer
click on edit
type in msl
enter in 6 digit MSL
**To Enter HDR/1x Selection Stated Above**
Select Other > Select HDR/1X Selection > Select Mode( Try LTE + CDMA + EvDO, if that doesnt work try hybrid or global mode)
Just browse the data menu but do not touch korean mode ever.
for HA and AAA Keys noted aboved its within the Data Profile in the menu of MSL,
let us know if this helps,going to be honest I am a noob but I can research these things as I have been doing so passively trying to fix my own problem

Thanks for the help guys. I was messing around the other day in the settings and somehow wiped my username and MSID. I got the username back, now I'm trying to get the MSID so i can get my phone back on Sprint. I"m an idiot sometimes... lol
As soon as I get back on Sprint I'll let you know how it works out!
Thanks again

To get msin you can just do phone activation through menu and if that doesn't work a sleight tech can provide a new one
Sent from my SPH-L710 using xda app-developers app

is there a way, that actually works, to change buildprop to always use umts??

I have played with buildprop before.... i found a place that said to change "ro.telephony.default_network" to "2"... this doenst work... it constantly switches back to hdspa....
i have better reception though, under umts.
if i go into my actual network settings, the default is always "gsm/cdma auto (prl)"... unless i specifically change it to "wcdma only"
I have consistently 5 bars with wcdma, 4 at the worst...... under the gsm/hdspa, i have normally 3 bars but often 2, 4 at absolute best but quite rare....
is there a *real* buildprop edit that will actually fix this??
thanks!
eta:i already have my phone set to use my home network only (manual network)... so its not trying to roam, ever, and thats why signal is down....

anyone?

The only method known to work seems to be configuring the bands in service mode but that is not boot persistent.

xdajog said:
The only method known to work seems to be configuring the bands in service mode but that is not boot persistent.
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in service mode, you mean the #*#* number thing?? if thats the case, i have tried that and even that reverts after like 5 minutes, not even a reboot required to revert that one either.......
a good example of why i want to do this is at work last night... on the gsm network, one tiny bar, my phone was struggling. switched it to wcdma, and bang, 4 bars.
i dont work in a basement or anything either. smaller 1 floor building with many windows.

Pawprints1986 said:
in service mode, you mean the #*#* number thing?? if thats the case, i have tried that and even that reverts after like 5 minutes, not even a reboot required to revert that one either.......
a good example of why i want to do this is at work last night... on the gsm network, one tiny bar, my phone was struggling. switched it to wcdma, and bang, 4 bars.
i dont work in a basement or anything either. smaller 1 floor building with many windows.
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Which ROM?
ROM version?
Modem/Baseband version?
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xdajog said:
Which ROM?
ROM version?
Modem/Baseband version?
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actual phone is the at&t version, not sure if that matters at all...
Rom is the stock but rooted one, by dman (4.0.4) its one of the few still green in the "everything captivate glide" thread
baseband just says i927uclj3
build number says imm76d
not sure what either of those last 2 mean lol

Pawprints1986 said:
actual phone is the at&t version, not sure if that matters at all...
Rom is the stock but rooted one, by dman (4.0.4) its one of the few still green in the "everything captivate glide" thread
baseband just says i927uclj3
build number says imm76d
not sure what either of those last 2 mean lol
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This sounds ok.
Well I can speak for sediROM only but I can NOT confirm your mentioned back switch. I have configured WCDMA only or also specific bands only and they keep until a reboot..
Baseband service mode:
*#*#2263#*#*
Keep in mind never using the back button here!!! only menu button and then back!
.

Giving this a try right now...
I decided to try wcdma only (instead of picking just one band)....
it does seem to help. the weird part is that if i go into my phones about section to see which type of band its on, at times it will still say the hdspa, but the reception remains so much better. its weird.
So im not sure if one of the bands in wcdma (it stars 3, although only 2 are available on my carrier), could also be a band of hdspa and thats why the name change?
it does seem to help reception though so far, regardless of the name it gives it.
just wish it stayed after reboot

Pawprints1986 said:
Giving this a try right now...
I decided to try wcdma only (instead of picking just one band)....
it does seem to help. the weird part is that if i go into my phones about section to see which type of band its on, at times it will still say the hdspa, but the reception remains so much better. its weird.
So im not sure if one of the bands in wcdma (it stars 3, although only 2 are available on my carrier), could also be a band of hdspa and thats why the name change?
it does seem to help reception though so far, regardless of the name it gives it.
just wish it stayed after reboot
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When you want to choose individually select "wcdma only" and then go back and go to "combi bands". Then select all bands one by one (select one and use menu button - back! - select the next one and so on) .
Don't know what your carrier uses for bands and which one would be the correct ones for you sorry. Ask your provider he can tell you more hopefully.
Dont hesitate to use the incredible thx button if my post had helped you
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it did actually help! I added that number to get to bands as a contact, so i just go in and press *# and it brings up the rest.
its actually not so bad , it takes a second each reboot but its not bad at all.