If i have my Hero flashed from Ntelos to Metro Pcs since i wont be in Ntelos area anymore will i lose my ROM im on the 2.3.4 GB deck 5 23-2011 rom. I was told i will only have talk and txt. Will i still be able to have wifi working. Also i have google voice with sipgate thru wifi which i wont need anymore unless i dont have a signal. I just want to make sure i wont lose this rom or radio. Experts please
I have never flashed a phone to a different carrier, but I think I can help.
Wifi has nothing to do with the carrier and will not be affected by the flash.
From other posts on here I have read that the ROM has nothing to do with the carrier either. Once the PRL and Radio are set up correctly you can use any of the Hero ROMs.
hope this helps
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=796257
Thanks to all who contributed to this guide
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I have been combing the forums and searching like crazy for a way to get my MMS to work on T-Mobile USA with my ATT Tilt. It has the stock WM 6.1 on it.
Can someone PLEASE help me and NOT refer me back to searching? I'm about ready to get rid of the phone
Have you tried using the T-mobile configurator?
http://tmobileuspublic.wdsglobal.com/
There was a Cab floating around called tmobyjoe599 that could also set all the data settings. It appears to be here.. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=395203
or http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=565522
Ya, non of that seems to work. I'm sure that someone out there must have gotten this to work...I've had other phones from other provides and didn't have an issue with MMS...
Check to see that you have 3G signal. No 3G no MMS. Also, I'm not sure but does the Kaiser3 (TILT) even support the 3G Frequency of T-Mobile?
Also, SINCE you are using a Stock At&t ROM I have a sneaking suspicion that you won't get an At&t Optimized ROM to work on another Network. Maybe you should flash a Custom ROM and see if that helps.
Ya, i've tried that too, and I can't even get the hardSPL to install...SOOOO i think I'm stuck with no MMS : ( I get the big "E" on my screen for the edge network of T-Mobile.
EDIT: Nevermind, I FINALLY got it, with the help of T-Mobile Configuration tool...
moneyies?
do you have to pay for the configuremyphone thing if you have unlimited texting?
Hi everyone. A bit new to flashing roms but thanks to the very helpful guides I was able to flash the Energy rom onto my phone. I bought an unlocked Verizon Touch Pro 2 with GSM capabilities and I want to run it on the Tmobile network.
After flashing the Energy rom, do I have to change any settings to get my voicemail and texting to work? Will it automatically detect from the SIM? Or should I flash a Tmobile radio onto the phone?
You'd probably be better off asking your question in the CDMA sub-forum. Because your phone is a CDMA-based one, even though it also has GSM capabilities too. I am pretty sure that flashing a GSM radio would be a very very bad idea
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Hi everyone. A bit new to flashing roms but thanks to the very helpful guides I was able to flash the Energy rom onto my phone. I bought an unlocked Verizon Touch Pro 2 with GSM capabilities and I want to run it on the Tmobile network.
After flashing the Energy rom, do I have to change any settings to get my voicemail and texting to work? Will it automatically detect from the SIM? Or should I flash a Tmobile radio onto the phone?
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you will have to refer to the cdma forum here...http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=517. as a general reminder, NEVER flash a gsm rom on your verizon even though you are using tmobile. im not sure about your radio issue but if its unlocked, you can detect your sim, and at least make a call, i would suggest you run the connection wizard. this will automatically set up tmobiles internet/mms settings on the vz tp2. also you will have to use the vz keyboard patch so your keyboard will be correctly configured. let me know if you get tmobile to work on vz. i kinda like that version of the tp2 also... but first, read the cdma forum.
Apologies if this has been covered over and over and over... and my eyes just aren't seeing it anywhere!
I'm running a rooted CS Hero w/2.1 and am ready to get my feet wet with a custom rom. Everything I'm finding seems to be geared towards Sprint Heros. Is there a difference? Is there anything I should watch for or avoid? Can I grab, say, a cyanogenmod rom that's listed for the Sprint Hero and run it on mine?
Thanks for the wealth of work and info you guys have here. I've been lurking for a few weeks - you are an amazing group!
Ok, answers please. Be gentle with the new guy.
--troid
You should be able to run the cyanogenmod for CMDA heros without any problems. I do not think mms would work until you add your apn settings into it though.
Also roms based on sprints ruu usually have a few errors that come up when using it with other carriers. The errors you can ignore but they get annoying. The one I always get is the PCS vision data error. The other is the handsfree activation. They also don't have voicemail notifications for non sprint users. This can be worked around by using google voice as your voicemail service.
Just make sure you don't do the radio and prl updates for sprint , as these can give you signal problems or give you roaming charges.
I am not with CS but a regional carrier and have jumped between roms every other week. Aside from the errors I get in the sprint based roms everything works fine.
Also make sure you do your nandroid backups, and read the instructions for each rom.
Thanks, d-shade. I'll make the jump and see what happens.
I'm using a Bluegrass Hero, and when I first got my phone, it picked up rev.A evdo just fine. Back on the old 1.5 rooting method, when I first rooted it, it lost rev.A and went to rev.0. Even on the official 2.1 update, it still had rev.0. I need to fix this. Please help!
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I'm using a Bluegrass Hero, and when I first got my phone, it picked up rev.A evdo just fine. Back on the old 1.5 rooting method, when I first rooted it, it lost rev.A and went to rev.0. Even on the official 2.1 update, it still had rev.0. I need to fix this. Please help!
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I think I remember seeing a thread somewhere where this changed on its own depending on signal.... could be wrong.
No, it doesn't. Full signal or not, always rev.0.
And yes, I've done a power cycle, turned airplane on and off, reflashed the rom, etc.
not sure if your carrier does this, but on mine if I dial *228 I get an automated activation thing that will unlock the spl and re-program the radio. I usually do that when I have data or calling issues after changing roms and it usually works.
I am working on getting a hero working on Verizon. I currently have created a custom rom using FroShedYo.V6 and update-cm-6.1.0-RC1-Heroc-signed. This is running but I am not getting a data connection. The mobile network state is disconnected and I am always roaming. I was able to do a *228 and both options said they worked.
I replaced the wifi driver with the one from the hero and I have wifi working now. Does anyone know if there is a 3g driver or the like for the hero that I need to replace? Or is this a MMS programming issue?
So close yet so far away.
You gotta change the apn settings and and eri.xml is your rom sense based or what?
The roms I am working with are CM6 based without sense. I think. I am new to android hacking. The eris one is the FroShedYo.V6 and there is no /data directory in either one. I am going to try a different rom with the /data directory already in it.
try hexscrews rom I believe it has apn settings in it for all carriers
I'm wondering if this is a PRI issue. I see there used to be a leaked rom that had an Eris PRI from verizon that was installed. Is there anyway to get this somehow installed on my hero on purpose now?
I now have the hero on the verizon network with talk and text. I used a base eris rom and used the drivers for wifi, screen rotation, bluetooth from a hero rom with the same kernel. The one thing that I do not have working is the 3G data connection. I have looked at several things trying to get this to work but have had no success.
I am getting data connection errors in the radio that I can see in logcat. The phone also appears to always be roaming.
Anyone have any suggestions on how I can get these things fixed?
Well if the phone is always roaming and its set for Verizon that means its picking up sprint, I think the biggest issue your going to run into is that It needs to be provisioned before data will work and you can't do that in cm6 I would try a sense Rom first then try cm6
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Guys, I have a GUIDE that is about switching from Sprint-> PagePlus (pageplus would be the better option here) just search for my threads by me. I have everything working using it with CM6. In the guide even have the ERI/APN settings for PagePlus
I have flashed the southpaw odex 2.1 rom and copied over the apn and did the qpst programming. Still stuck on roaming and no data. My phone information currently:
baseband:2.32.40.11.09
PRI:2.20_003
PRL:51893
I have tried the PRL's in the sprinttopageplus guide and still roaming and no data.
I can still make calls and text.
I tried pst programming earlier to try to match settings in another verizon android based phone. I may have messed up the pst programming and got stupid and did not back up. Anyone have a qcn file for the hero working on verizon/pageplus?
bowb, make sure that setting applied match those that I outlined, also in the package thre should be two prl files, one will be used adn it will get data and it will force it to 1x, after teh 1x (it reset the a-key) then use the other prl so that it enables EVDO, if used in reverse order=no data
If there is only 1 prl, then:
http://www.fortuneinyou.com/buddy/pageplus.prl
then
http://www.fortuneinyou.com/buddy/pageplus1.prl
The first prl gets me on the Verizon network without roaming and no data. The second prl I have no data and roaming. I'm getting closer. Thanks for the help.
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The first prl gets me on the Verizon network without roaming and no data. The second prl I have no data and roaming. I'm getting closer. Thanks for the help.
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it will always say roaming unless you use a CyanogenMOD/AOSP ROM, I always get that unless Im on those. I know it's a PITA. ensure that in your mobile network settings that data is enabled while roaming for a 2.1 rom.
TpyoKnig what PRI version are you using? Over on the Eris section when the 2.2 Leaked rom was installed it looks like a Verizon PRI was installed and there were issues with data. I think I might have the opposite. I think I may have a Sprint PRI and it is not working on Verizon. When I logcat the radio it does not compare to a phone working on Verizon and it even has 'Sprint' in the output. Or I may be completely wrong.
So I have change my PRI and it still does not work. I noticed I am getting a
Failed setting numeric '31172' to the current operator
This is a sprint operator code? I have tried changing this in build.props to 31004 which is verizon for the gsm.operator.numeric etc... but it keeps coming back.
Does this lead me down the rabbit hole?
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So I have change my PRI and it still does not work. I noticed I am getting a
Failed setting numeric '31172' to the current operator
This is a sprint operator code? I have tried changing this in build.props to 31004 which is verizon for the gsm.operator.numeric etc... but it keeps coming back.
Does this lead me down the rabbit hole?
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sorry heres my info from bootloader:
Radio: 2.32.40.11.09
as far as the PRI if you arent referring to the radio, then I have the stock one that came with 2.1
I'm going to do a hard reset. Flash the Sprint 2.1 RUU to get my PRI back and try this radio. I see that it is a verizon radio so maybe that will get me some results. If this doesn't do it I probably have messed up my system programming.
bowb said:
I'm going to do a hard reset. Flash the Sprint 2.1 RUU to get my PRI back and try this radio. I see that it is a verizon radio so maybe that will get me some results. If this doesn't do it I probably have messed up my system programming.
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Ok, in the guide that I made, it has the appropriate settings that need to be applied in EPST (##3282#) for data with PagePlus (verizon)
The phone I am trying to move from is a samsung reality. Is it possible it has a different way of making the data connection?
try a droid eris rom. It's pretty much the same thing as the hero but for verizon. Me if I was doing this I would ruu back to the 2.27.651.51.5 and set everything up in ##data. Use the verizon prl and then flash the radio. Then go from there.
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The phone I am trying to move from is a samsung reality. Is it possible it has a different way of making the data connection?
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same for both, buy why did you post 'hero on verizon' if here you explicitly state its a samsung..