I bought a HTC Hero from someone on Craigslist, who ripped me off! Her acct is suspended and I can't activate the phone. How can I reset the rom to clear it?
I am so mad!!!
anyone?
please?
did you tell sprint what happened?
yes
they said there was nothing they could do
you cant...that would require changing the ESN and thats majorly illegal. Best bet is just sell the one for someone for cricket and then get another one.
t12icky0 said:
you cant...that would require changing the ESN and thats majorly illegal. Best bet is just sell the one for someone for cricket and then get another one.
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how do i do that?
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I am planning on selling my rooted HTC Hero to someone who already has Sprint service, but wants my phone. Will Sprint be able to change the phone over to his number with it being rooted? Or will I need to put it back to stock first? Also, can someone give me a link on how to unroot the Sprint CDMA hero and how to restore the factory firmware. thank you
Sprint to should be able to transfer the phone number without issues with the phone already rooted. As far as restoreing the factory firmware, here.
gu1dry said:
Sprint to should be able to transfer the phone number without issues with the phone already rooted. As far as restoreing the factory firmware, here.
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If you Run RUU on the phone, this does not make it so anyone can take the phone to sprint and have it changed. You may have to go with them to the store while they reprovision or whatever the phone to someone else.
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Didn't mean to qoute you gu1dry.
Flashing it to RUU, doesn't affect the transfer process. The buyer can still take it to Sprint & have them transfer the phone number without issues.
gu1dry said:
Flashing it to RUU, doesn't affect the transfer process. The buyer can still take it to Sprint & have them transfer the phone number without issues.
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I was really just refering to the fact of the ESN not being clean. I bought a phone that had an unpaid bill on it...I couldn't activate the phone in my name until the bill was paid....darn ebay.
Thanks for the help. This site is awesome. I had absolutely no experience with the hero and rooted it and put Fresh rom on it the 2nd day of owning it.
thanks again
Oh, I am only selling it b/c AT&T has better service in my area and they just announced an Exclusive HTC android phone just for AT&T. Unfortunately no one no what it's going to look like yet.
schultzy001 said:
Thanks for the help. This site is awesome. I had absolutely no experience with the hero and rooted it and put Fresh rom on it the 2nd day of owning it.
thanks again
Oh, I am only selling it b/c AT&T has better service in my area and they just announced an Exclusive HTC android phone just for AT&T. Unfortunately no one no what it's going to look like yet.
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I feel your pain I'm just waiting on either the dell mini, or Sony xperia to come out.
Hi, can someone explain to me how Sprint knows what phone I am using? Is it with a hardware identification number? Is there a way to spoof this number, so that Sprint will think I'm using a phone that's not a smartphone?
PLEASE - can anyone provide me with some information? I think this is doable - I just don't know much about it. Thanks
infernosoft said:
Hi, can someone explain to me how Sprint knows what phone I am using? Is it with a hardware identification number? Is there a way to spoof this number, so that Sprint will think I'm using a phone that's not a smartphone?
PLEASE - can anyone provide me with some information? I think this is doable - I just don't know much about it. Thanks
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Change your msl and build prop can't tell you how though
infernosoft said:
Hi, can someone explain to me how Sprint knows what phone I am using? Is it with a hardware identification number? Is there a way to spoof this number, so that Sprint will think I'm using a phone that's not a smartphone?
PLEASE - can anyone provide me with some information? I think this is doable - I just don't know much about it. Thanks
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basically when you activate your phone you give them a serial # this is hard coded into every sprint phone, their probably might be a way to do it but i can tell you for sure its highly illegal to do what your trying to do
Thanks for the info - I'm just curious in general as to how Sprint knows what phone we use. I've been looking at the setprop values on my phone, thinking that one of those properties are the ones set by Sprint to determine what phone I'm using. What do you guys think?
infernosoft said:
Thanks for the info - I'm just curious in general as to how Sprint knows what phone we use. I've been looking at the setprop values on my phone, thinking that one of those properties are the ones set by Sprint to determine what phone I'm using. What do you guys think?
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nope nothing on the phone can change what ESN sprint activates that ESN is what determines your model
thoughtlesskyle said:
nope nothing on the phone can change what ESN sprint activates that ESN is what determines your model
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yep. and esn changing/cloning will put you in the slammer.
HeroMeng said:
yep. and esn changing/cloning will put you in the slammer.
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very very true, extremely illegal, and they WILL report you if they find out.
that being said, it CAN be done. no i will not tell you how. if you want to go to jail search the web for esn changing. i am not going to offer any advice on finding it. BUT it is out there, it has been done.
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very very true, extremely illegal, and they WILL report you if they find out.
that being said, it CAN be done. no i will not tell you how. if you want to go to jail search the web for esn changing. i am not going to offer any advice on finding it. BUT it is out there, it has been done.
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I did some reading on ESN changing, and it doesn't seem like something I want to do - it doesn't even seem to do what I want to do.
Changing my ESN to Bob's ESN (for example), would make my calls/texts be deducted from his plan rather than mine - correct?
All I want to do is report my phone as being a dumb phone rather than a smartphone to Sprint - is ESN changing the only way to do this?
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I did some reading on ESN changing, and it doesn't seem like something I want to do - it doesn't even seem to do what I want to do.
Changing my ESN to Bob's ESN (for example), would make my calls/texts be deducted from his plan rather than mine - correct?
All I want to do is report my phone as being a dumb phone rather than a smartphone to Sprint - is ESN changing the only way to do this?
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yes you would have to get a dumb phones esn clone it to that then activate the dumb phone
What could you possibly want to do this for!?
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My guess is he wants out of the monthly data/android charge. It's like thirty bucks on contract.
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Is there a way (other than calling Sprint) to tell if the imei associated with a phone is stolen or otherwise unable to be activated? I am purchasing a new phone because I have broken my hero and I found a replacement on craigslist but worried about trying to activate it. Any suggestions? Thanks guys.
DanWalker said:
Is there a way (other than calling Sprint) to tell if the imei associated with a phone is stolen or otherwise unable to be activated? I am purchasing a new phone because I have broken my hero and I found a replacement on craigslist but worried about trying to activate it. Any suggestions? Thanks guys.
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Not sure, but you'd probably have to call Sprint
theimpaler747 said:
Not sure, but you'd probably have to call Sprint
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You're always so helpful...except this time lol.
DanWalker said:
You're always so helpful...except this time lol.
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Lol, thanks And that's because I don't think Sprint would want anyone being able to lookup whether or not a phone is blah blah blah
I was able to unlock the bootloader for my HTC ONE and I also rooted it. I know there is a way to flash it over to a new carrier but I don't know how..
I also just completed the "SIM Unlock" If there is anyway I can use this phone on a different network that would be great.. All responses are greatly appreciated.
Bump! Could really use some info on this...
Don't you already have a running thread about this?
eXplicit815 said:
Don't you already have a running thread about this?
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several...
Can anyone help me with this? I unlocked the SIM and everything else. Has anyone been able to flash the HTC ONE over to a prepaid carrier?
You need to Google this info and do the leg work. Plenty of info out there if your serious in finding a solution.
Or better yet........look on craigslist and pay someone to do it for you as I it appears you want someone to do all the work for you anyways.
Look on craigslist under cell phones. Depending on your area .......there is many looking to make a buck flashing phones.
solution to "what now"
problem solved, make offer to trade one of the fine developers in this forum your phone for a phone already flashed to a prepaid carrier or one that is compatible. You would be helping out the community and get back into a more affordable service plan. looks like your going nowhere to this point?
Been answered before. No need for another thread....
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Hi, My friend Joined Boost Mobile and they gave him an HTC One. He is not happy with Boost and is going to change carriers. He wants to know if he can flash his phone for another carrier like Sprint or Verizon or ATT or T-mobile or is he better off selling the phone on Ebay and getting a phone through his new carrier?
Thanks for any input you can give.
plainbum said:
Hi, My friend Joined Boost Mobile and they gave him an HTC One. He is not happy with Boost and is going to change carriers. He wants to know if he can flash his phone for another carrier like Sprint or Verizon or ATT or T-mobile or is he better off selling the phone on Ebay and getting a phone through his new carrier?
Thanks for any input you can give.
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Did I post this in the wrong forum?
170 "views" and no replies?
plainbum said:
Hi, My friend Joined Boost Mobile and they gave him an HTC One. He is not happy with Boost and is going to change carriers. He wants to know if he can flash his phone for another carrier like Sprint or Verizon or ATT or T-mobile or is he better off selling the phone on Ebay and getting a phone through his new carrier?
Thanks for any input you can give.
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What happens if he just changes SIM cards? Why have to flash anything?
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What happens if he just changes SIM cards? Why have to flash anything?
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When we talked about this, he said the phone doesn't have a sim. I have no idea if thats true or not. I texted him to double check. He got the phone from Boost when he signed up with them.
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When we talked about this, he said the phone doesn't have a sim. I have no idea if thats true or not. I texted him to double check. He got the phone from Boost when he signed up with them.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boost_Mobile
Looks like a Sprint variant/owned by Sprint, don't know how they operate, so cannot help you. You might wanna check the HTC One Sprint section if anybody knows: http://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-htc-one
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boost_Mobile
Looks like a Sprint variant/owned by Sprint, don't know how they operate, so cannot help you. You might wanna check the HTC One Sprint section if anybody knows: http://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-htc-one
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Thanks Bud, Great info! So it looks like he has a HTC One SV interesting! The hunt continues!