Hey folks I have the opportunity to buy a gflex for cheap but it is currently on kricket. It was originally a sprint phone and I am a sprint customer. Is it possible (if/how) to flash the phone back to Sprint? Thanks for any help in advance.
latingonzo86 said:
Hey folks I have the opportunity to buy a gflex for cheap but it is currently on kricket. It was originally a sprint phone and I am a sprint customer. Is it possible (if/how) to flash the phone back to Sprint? Thanks for any help in advance.
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If it was originally a Sprint phone that someone took to a Cricket store to enable use on their network, just factory reset the device. It will remove the changes Cricket made.
If you do some digging on the web, you can find customer support pages from Cricket telling their customers to never factory reset their devices, because doing so will cause the phone to no longer run on their network.
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I have my imagio on the cricket network with everything unlimited, Everything works but the mms. can somebody help!!!
I'm interested in getting Cricket and using my Imagio, how easy was the activation process? How much did they charge you? Any tips would help.
Thanks.
Tonytech0 said:
I have my imagio on the cricket network with everything unlimited, Everything works but the mms. can somebody help!!!
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haris3 said:
I'm interested in getting Cricket and using my Imagio, how easy was the activation process? How much did they charge you? Any tips would help.
Thanks.
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It only took like 30 minutes or so it cost me $50/-, but I would recomend getting the SIM (GSM) side of the imagio unlocked first, and the only way to do that is to have your/ imagio activated on the verizon wireless network first and having it on there for at least 2 months, then call verizon wireless globel number which is001-800-922-0204or 001-908-559-4899 if your out side the United States Of America and have them give you the unlock code, or have somebody whos been with verizon for years and has paid there bill on time for the past two month switch there line on to your imagio and then call the vzw globel number and have them give you the unlock code, i wish i had done this before having my imagio flashed to cricket if i want to do it now i' have to get verizon for at least two months before they give me the hnlock code or know some one who has verizon, and then have my imagio flashed to cricket if i want to get it on cricket, , ive already paid 330 for the imagio and another 90 to get it flashed nkw im finding i cant ever use an other sim card unless i have my imagio unlocked, i bust wish i knew this before,
good luck i hope this helps, oh i think once you have paid the full price and own the imagio l without a contract verizon should allow you to have the basic plan for 30 a month with isnt bad... think about it
I have a friend who works at cricket, he tried my imagio but said the esn # was not in the system in my local area? If ur were successfull in getting urs flashed and switched to cricket, please let me know what city u live in or a way for me to get it flashed. This is the only reason i bought the imagio.
BTW mine is already unlocked, currenlty using with ATT.
Tonytech0 said:
It only took like 30 minutes or so it cost me $50/-, but I would recomend getting the SIM (GSM) side of the imagio unlocked first, and the only way to do that is to have your/ imagio activated on the verizon wireless network first and having it on there for at least 2 months, then call verizon wireless globel number which is001-800-922-0204or 001-908-559-4899 if your out side the United States Of America and have them give you the unlock code, or have somebody whos been with verizon for years and has paid there bill on time for the past two month switch there line on to your imagio and then call the vzw globel number and have them give you the unlock code, i wish i had done this before having my imagio flashed to cricket if i want to do it now i' have to get verizon for at least two months before they give me the hnlock code or know some one who has verizon, and then have my imagio flashed to cricket if i want to get it on cricket, , ive already paid 330 for the imagio and another 90 to get it flashed nkw im finding i cant ever use an other sim card unless i have my imagio unlocked, i bust wish i knew this before,
good luck i hope this helps, oh i think once you have paid the full price and own the imagio l without a contract verizon should allow you to have the basic plan for 30 a month with isnt bad... think about it
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haris3 said:
I have a friend who works at cricket, he tried my imagio but said the esn # was not in the system in my local area? If ur were successfull in getting urs flashed and switched to cricket, please let me know what city u live in or a way for me to get it flashed. This is the only reason i bought the imagio.
BTW mine is already unlocked, currenlty using with ATT.
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dayton ohio, how did you unlock your imagio? the cricket people cant help you, you need to go to a cricket non franchise shop who flash phones and have sell other phones besides cricket...
I got mine unlocked from a seller on eBay. cost me $13 bucks. What's a non cricket store? Best Buy? In some cities, Cricket doesn't require you to buy a phone from them in order to get service, u can bring ur own. This the kind of city i'm seraching for. Hopefully they can give me the instructions over the phone and i can activate myself. Get service from that city and after a month get a local number.
Tonytech0 said:
dayton ohio, how did you unlock your imagio? the cricket people cant help you, you need to go to a cricket non franchise shop who flash phones and have sell other phones besides cricket...
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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.
Need to upgrade an old metro pcs phone and I was told that most verizon or sprint phones should work. Would like something with a good sized screen for a good deal. Will the HTC One work with Metro?
LGHT said:
Need to upgrade an old metro pcs phone and I was told that most verizon or sprint phones should work. Would like something with a good sized screen for a good deal. Will the HTC One work with Metro?
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you have to flash it but i suggest you go with verizon prepaid
mrej201 said:
you have to flash it but i suggest you go with verizon prepaid
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is verizon pre-paid a phone or service? Sorry never heard of it
Hi I also got the Sprint HTC One and was wondering is it possible to get it running on metropcs?
I haven't been up to date on flashing and switching carriers in a few years, I used to do it all the time.
My girlfriend broke here phone (Verizon Contract) and needed a new phone, we got a good deal on a HTC One (m7) Model No: HTC PN072. And purchased it.
I thought it was still be the same old flash the radios call Verizon and keep asking for new people until I get someone who can offer to activate. Now I am looking for an unlock tool and all I can find is GSM SIM unlockers, and can't find the right Verizon Radios for this phone.
My girlfriend is pissed because now she doesn't have a phone and we just spent money on this new phone. Am I SOL? Or is there a thread somewhere that my googfu just can't find?
jimk16 said:
I haven't been up to date on flashing and switching carriers in a few years, I used to do it all the time.
My girlfriend broke here phone (Verizon Contract) and needed a new phone, we got a good deal on a HTC One (m7) Model No: HTC PN072. And purchased it.
I thought it was still be the same old flash the radios call Verizon and keep asking for new people until I get someone who can offer to activate. Now I am looking for an unlock tool and all I can find is GSM SIM unlockers, and can't find the right Verizon Radios for this phone.
My girlfriend is pissed because now she doesn't have a phone and we just spent money on this new phone. Am I SOL? Or is there a thread somewhere that my googfu just can't find?
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i tried to do this for a phone for mom. it doesnt matter what you do with the phone- verizon has white lists now. if they dont have the ESN in their system, they WILL NOT activate it. you have a sprint ESN, so you will never activate that on verizon no matter how many times you call them.
sucks, i know. I had to buy a verizon m7.
It can be done using a donor phone the same way you would fllash a phone to metropcs. you can find plenty of tutorials online just replace everything metro with sprint.
Any luck on this? I have a Sprint HTC One M8 that I wish to bring over to Verizon. I'm not new to changing ESNs and I understand the legal ramifications of using a service that is unpaid for, so that aside, I'm paying for the service. I had bought the phone intending to switch to Ting, but the IMEI is locked to Sprint for one year from release. I have until April when that gets unlocked, so I figured to use it without the SIM card, since that's what allows 4G LTE usage on CDMA phones, at least from what I am told by people and the phone (once I removed the SIM card it started giving me that message). Hell I'm ok disabling data altogether, but as long as I can make calls and text, I'm jolly.
You could flash them to pageplus although I think they only have 3g.
Pageplus has 4G albeit at a reduced speed but effective 1/15/2015 they will not accept flashed phones anymore
threesix10 said:
It can be done using a donor phone the same way you would fllash a phone to metropcs. you can find plenty of tutorials online just replace everything metro with sprint.
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This is illegal and not appropriate conversation on XDA. It's out there though, although I've only seen people flashing phones from Verizon to Page Plus or Sprint to Virgin or Boost. Never seen Sprint to Verizon or vice versa.
I was under the impression that Sprint and Verizon use different signal frequencies, and that the radios installed by HTC during build were specific to the frequency. Yes, they are both CDMA, but different frequencies.
Hi everyone,
i got a Sprint HTC One M8 from ebay, it is new but i was planning to use it on AT&T network, since it have a Sim Card Slot. Furthermore, even though i'm living on the US now, i'm from Brazil and i was planning to use the phone there as well.
And now starts the problem.
I called the previous owner, asked him to contact sprint to make the sim unlock procedure. He did so, providing me the MSL for the phone. The next step, he said, was to "flash" the phone on AT&T in order to get it connected to their network. I tried several sims, even bought a new one and activated it but with no success.
I spend almost 2 hours on the phone with the sprint's international support, and all they said was that they did everything that they could about unlocking my phone and now i should contact AT&T.
I'm afraid of staying on this infinite loop and i want your opinion.
Does anyone in fact unlocked their SPRINT phone to use on another GSM US carrier? If yes, what did you do? Because i'm planning to return the phone and ask for my money back.
BUT, with the "International Unlock" i should be able to use the phone on ANY international carrier? Because if that is the case, maybe i keep the phone to use when i go back to Brazil.
Thank you very much!
jeffamorim said:
Hi everyone,
i got a Sprint HTC One M8 from ebay, it is new but i was planning to use it on AT&T network, since it have a Sim Card Slot. Furthermore, even though i'm living on the US now, i'm from Brazil and i was planning to use the phone there as well.
And now starts the problem.
I called the previous owner, asked him to contact sprint to make the sim unlock procedure. He did so, providing me the MSL for the phone. The next step, he said, was to "flash" the phone on AT&T in order to get it connected to their network. I tried several sims, even bought a new one and activated it but with no success.
I spend almost 2 hours on the phone with the sprint's international support, and all they said was that they did everything that they could about unlocking my phone and now i should contact AT&T.
I'm afraid of staying on this infinite loop and i want your opinion.
Does anyone in fact unlocked their SPRINT phone to use on another GSM US carrier? If yes, what did you do? Because i'm planning to return the phone and ask for my money back.
BUT, with the "International Unlock" i should be able to use the phone on ANY international carrier? Because if that is the case, maybe i keep the phone to use when i go back to Brazil.
Thank you very much!
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On the CDMA version of the M8, it lacks the LTE bands needed for Domestic carriers. You can use it overseas somewhat, but not too well. If I was you, I'd grab a Droid Turbo for ~$200-$250 off eBay. It just recently got its bootloader unlocked finally