Root Evo 4G to Boost Mobile Guide/Evo 3D

[new optimus]

Awesome if it is that easy (wait, did i just jinx myself?)!
Do I have to SPC/MSL unlock the new EVO 3D from Sprint?
Also, I also got off eBay and seller said "Bad ESN".

thanks!

Oh yeah, totally would have stayed with my EVO 4G, if I had not thrown it in the washing machine and broken it!!!

you do need the spc to do most things on the phone, but lucky for you cdma ws can usually pull up the spc for you
your going to want to use the esn from the evo 4g so you will have to follow part of the guide to do so.

2. Put the phone in USB debugging mode by going to settings/ applications/ development and check in where it says USB debugging, also it is helpful to check stay awake so you can see the phone processes while working.
3. Go to phone and dial ##3424# to access Diagnostics mode the computer will need the appropriate drivers to continue, once installed move on to the next step.
5. Open your device manager from the control panel, and locate your com ports, expand the com port section and you will see the port for HTC DIAGNOSTICS.
6. Open QPST Configuration and add the new port for the HTC, then close configuration.
7. Open EFS Explorer from the start menu under QPST and make sure the phone is showing up then, Enter the SPC code and press OK.
8. Once the phone reads completely make a new directory named (open sesame door) without the parentheses and all lower case
9. After making the new folder locate abd.exe from the android sdk install folder and press: start, run and type cmd then press enter you will get a command prompt window that opens up navigate to the android sdk directory and type; adb reboot, the phone should then reboot if you’ve done as you were supposed to.
10. After the phone reboots read it again with QPST EFS Explorer which still should be opened, you will notice that the red no access circle has been removed from the nvm directory so expand it and go to the num directory, locate file 0 and drag it from EFS to your desktop and file 1943 the same way.
11. Open HxD and then open up the 0 file on the desktop it should be your ESN. Zero it all out and then save it, do the same for the MEID in 1943.
12. Back to EFS and right click in the area and click Copy Item File from PC…, then select the new saved files one at time, it will write the and confirm it.

13. Go back to the adb command prompt and type adb reboot again, after reboot read the phone once again then with EFS and delete the (open sesame door) folder.
14. Reboot the phone one last time with adb reboot in the command prompt, when the phone reboots it’s done, dial ##786# to make sure there all zeros.

Round 9 (EVO 3D)
After zeroing all MEID and ESN locations, Reboot your Evo and Dial ##786 to make sure the MEID and ESN is all zeros. *Note if you reboot and your Meid and or ESN is still not zeros then you missed a file somewhere in memory and have to go back to step 6 and rewrite every file again.. This can be a frustrating step and not an easy one by any means but if you keep looking you will find it.
Round 10 (EVO 3D)

Now you can write your MEID/ESN of you Incognito to your Evo 3D, In QXDM type the following commands. (Replace the X’S with your meid




Password 01F2030F5F678FF9
RequestNVItemRead Meid (this will display the current Meid)
RequestNVItemWrite Meid 0x00A0000000000 <-Meid/HEX ID from your donor Incognito/rant
RequestNVItemRead Meid (This should now display your new Meid)
RequestNVItemRead ESN (This should now display your correct Esn)
You are now done close QXDM.

When they say bad esn they mean sprint has blacklisted it, someone never paid the bill.
They wont let that esn work on their network anymore.

 

[jivenene]

Thanks I'll try that today and report back that everything went very smoothly, no hiccups what so ever.

 

[kolosus]

Having a tense problem with your post. You tried it and it went without a hitch? Or you're going to try it and hope that its going to go without a hitch?

Not to burst your bubble but only a handful of the phones that I've flashed went without a hitch. Every phone has a different curve ball to throw at me. It's insulting!

 

[jivenene]

Having a tense problem with your post. You tried it and it went without a hitch? Or you're going to try it and hope that its going to go without a hitch?

Not to burst your bubble but only a handful of the phones that I've flashed went without a hitch. Every phone has a different curve ball to throw at me. It's insulting!

I was being facetious. I am old and wise enough to know that nothing ever goes as planned. I'll be posting back at where I get stuck. First I have to wait until my 3.5yr old goes down for his nap, then I can concentrate.... unless my 6.5 year old starts bothering me...

 

[surmiklo13]

i got my htc evo on boost all works but i dont have root access my s off android 2.3.3 what do i need to run to get root access with out messen up my boost flash

 

[nag2]

ok thank you first and i did everything it works except the 3g or web i tryed metrodroid v 4 nothing i tried MetrogenMod 7.1 nothing i tried some scripts some would not even install i tried mms server url nothing
i also backed up the original sprint sense rom that came with the phone when it was on sprint before i flashed it and i resoted it after all the rom upgrades and talk text still but still no web or 3g and it boots up to sprint rom please can some help me with this trouble

 

[new optimus]

i got my htc evo on boost all works but i dont have root access my s off android 2.3.3 what do i need to run to get root access with out messen up my boost flash

You have custom recovery?

If so just put the super user zip, found in the root guide on your sd card in its zip format and go into recovery and find flash zip from sd card in the menu and point it to that and it will finish then reboot you will then have root access.

 

[atljatl]

ok thank you first and i did everything it works except the 3g or web i tryed metrodroid v 4 nothing i tried MetrogenMod 7.1 nothing i tried some scripts some would not even install i tried mms server url nothing
i also backed up the original sprint sense rom that came with the phone when it was on sprint before i flashed it and i resoted it after all the rom upgrades and talk text still but still no web or 3g and it boots up to sprint rom please can some help me with this trouble

It sounds like you missed something in the mms/data provisioning process. I'd go back and double check you followed this precisely:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=

 

[jivenene]

I was being facetious. I am old and wise enough to know that nothing ever goes as planned. I'll be posting back at where I get stuck. First I have to wait until my 3.5yr old goes down for his nap, then I can concentrate.... unless my 6.5 year old starts bothering me...

Finally figured out how to get the files (465, 466 et...) off the old EVO with EFS Explorer! I thought they were referring to th ES File Explorer app for the longest time! Not the QPST program! Duh!

Anyway I was thinking the most useful thing to have would be a flow chart or block diagram for the newbies. Sometimes you get bogged down in the terminology and details of a procedure and you forget what the goal is and what the next step should be. When I'm following the guides now, I feel like i'm driving with blinders on because there is no flow chart.

Maybe if I have time some day, I will assemble a flow chart to clear up 99% of procedural questions.

Anyone know of a flow chart?

 

[kolosus]

The information out there is muddled and sometimes in places. Intentionally maybe?

A flow chart sounds like a great idea. I've been meaning to put together a newer guide with pictures mabybe... but life gets in the way. Maybe if I didn't spend as much time on the forums I'd have more time... ha ha.

BTW. Did you do OTA activation or did you write in both profiles and do it that way? Optimus and I are having a bit of a tussle there. I've done OTA and prefer it and almost all my phones do it, he cant seem to get it to work.

 

[alexandroid5]

ok thank you first and i did everything it works except the 3g or web i tryed metrodroid v 4 nothing i tried MetrogenMod 7.1 nothing i tried some scripts some would not even install i tried mms server url nothing
i also backed up the original sprint sense rom that came with the phone when it was on sprint before i flashed it and i resoted it after all the rom upgrades and talk text still but still no web or 3g and it boots up to sprint rom please can some help me with this trouble

here's a link Provision Data

follow the instructions and it should work

PS. @atljatl your link is dead

 

[atljatl]

PS. @atljatl your link is dead

yep. thx.
your link is what i tried to link to

 

[jivenene]

Finally figured out how to get the files (465, 466 et...) off the old EVO with EFS Explorer! I thought they were referring to th ES File Explorer app for the longest time! Not the QPST program! Duh!

Anyway I was thinking the most useful thing to have would be a flow chart or block diagram for the newbies. Sometimes you get bogged down in the terminology and details of a procedure and you forget what the goal is and what the next step should be. When I'm following the guides now, I feel like i'm driving with blinders on because there is no flow chart.

Maybe if I have time some day, I will assemble a flow chart to clear up 99% of procedural questions.

Anyone know of a flow chart?

OK, got stuck. HTC Diag drivers work for my EVO 4G, but not for my EVO 3D. I can use QPST with the 4G but not the 3D.

When i connect the 3D and hit ##DIAG# i get nothing from my Win7 x64 laptop. In Device Manager, HTC DIAG, "The drivers for this device are not installed"

I try to point to where i put the drivers (system32\drivers) but no dice.

 

[kolosus]

I definitely see an issue here. The same drivers that work for the 4g should work for the 3d and will also work for other HTC devices. That's been the mo for the android devices from the big manufacturers.

HTC puts out one set of drivers for all their devices. Same with Samsung and LG.

Give this a try
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...sg=AFQjCNGsjleJ6GT11U4Ydz5yWwcbpmzKLQ&cad=rja

If the above gives you a dead link try this
adb_driver_htc.zip - Google Search

If it asks for one particular file just look for the file, its there but for some reason my computer asks me for the file even though its right there.

 

[jivenene]

Thanks kolosus, i''l try that tonight.

Yeah I would assume the same driver would work for every device. Could it be that the phone is S-ON? I had it in debug mode, USB charge only, Fastboot off. what other settings matter?

 

[MsL]

I just paid to flash my phone as I was tired of playing with it. Now my question is: What rom to use. I love love deck reloaded but I can't set my mms ##3282# as it won't allow me to get into the system. I'm not sure about my voicemail but I am going to use my google voice for voicemail so I'm not worry about that it's just my mms. Am I going to have to find a new rom in order for my mms to work on boost?

 

[jivenene]

Thanks kolosus, i''l try that tonight.

Yeah I would assume the same driver would work for every device. Could it be that the phone is S-ON? I had it in debug mode, USB charge only, Fastboot off. what other settings matter?

Kolosus, i could not get these drivers to install. I got an error saying something like "compatible drivers not found"

I did some more searching and happened upon drivers that work here:

windows 7 htc diag drivers - xda-developers

Moving on now!

 

[new optimus]

I just paid to flash my phone as I was tired of playing with it. Now my question is: What rom to use. I love love deck reloaded but I can't set my mms ##3282# as it won't allow me to get into the system. I'm not sure about my voicemail but I am going to use my google voice for voicemail so I'm not worry about that it's just my mms. Am I going to have to find a new rom in order for my mms to work on boost?

This thread has great information for you
Boost Mobile MMS Settings >WIP< Updated 8/25/12 JB rom added - xda-developers

 

[MsL]

Thank you so much. Reading now!!!

This thread has great information for you
Boost Mobile MMS Settings >WIP< Updated 8/25/12 JB rom added - xda-developers

 

[og92]

its alot easier to just get a metro phone and switch the esn, i did it from a huawei to my evo. its hard to find people who will flash phones

I switched the esn with one from a huawei and i got talk/text/web, but ono 3g. How did you get 3g to work?

 

[jivenene]

Ah. I see this is an old issue that New Optimus in familiar with and I'm not. He's correct.

After you meid match the two devices you can pull four files using efs explorer. The files you have to pull are on the evo. They are 465, 466. 465_1 and 466_1. Those are your profile 0 user, profile 0 passwords, profile 1 user and profile 1 passwords, respectively.

As mentioned before, pull them off the evo using efs explorer, and open up your new phone (the 3d) using the same efs explorer and replace the ones there with the ones from your evo.

After meid matching this will match your profile 0 and 1 too. You should be set. You might also want to pull nam1 and nam2 off the evo and write it to the 3d.

BTW: On a side note. My wife has a 3d. I have a Design. The work on the 4g surpasses both those phones. Even now the dev behind the 4g puts the other phones to shame! I'm seriously thinking about ditching my Design and going back to the 4g.

So the files I am supposed to pull off the EVO 4G, 465, 465_1, 466, 466_1, nam1, nam2, do they contain ALL the parameters needed for the new EVO 3D to become a Mobi phone. The more I read, the more items I find have to be tweaked in order to work on another carrier. Like is my 3G going to work after copying those files, or are there more parameters that need to be changed. Same goes for MMS. When the Mobi guy switched over my EVO 4G to Mobi, MMS was spotty at best, and I kept getting a "error 67", which he said could not be fixed, i would just have to deal with the notifications.

 

[new optimus]

So the files I am supposed to pull off the EVO 4G, 465, 465_1, 466, 466_1, nam1, nam2, do they contain ALL the parameters needed for the new EVO 3D to become a Mobi phone. The more I read, the more items I find have to be tweaked in order to work on another carrier. Like is my 3G going to work after copying those files, or are there more parameters that need to be changed. Same goes for MMS. When the Mobi guy switched over my EVO 4G to Mobi, MMS was spotty at best, and I kept getting a "error 67", which he said could not be fixed, i would just have to deal with the notifications.

What you need are the AAA keys for the profiles, I dont know how many profiles mobi uses but boost uses 2 profile 0 and profile 1 You need the HA key and AAA key for both, those are located in the those nv items listed in the guide for BOOST MOBILE I have no idea if they are the same as mobi uses.
I would however think it would be.

 

[jivenene]

What you need are the AAA keys for the profiles, I dont know how many profiles mobi uses but boost uses 2 profile 0 and profile 1 You need the HA key and AAA key for both, those are located in the those nv items listed in the guide for BOOST MOBILE I have no idea if they are the same as mobi uses.
I would however think it would be.

Ok. So then do I have to do the last step in the EVO 3D guide? If so, I need to know the Mobi specific info. or is all this already taken care of when the 465, 466 files are copied?:

Knockout Round: (EVO 3D)
Now open QPST Service Programming, select your Evo and press OK. Once connected, Read from Phone and enter you Evo SPC code we got earlier. Navigate to the M.IP tab.


Continued...

Click profile 0 and click edit. Check and make sure your

 

[new optimus]

Ok. So then do I have to do the last step in the EVO 3D guide? If so, I need to know the Mobi specific info. or is all this already taken care of when the 465, 466 files are copied?:

Knockout Round: (EVO 3D)
Now open QPST Service Programming, select your Evo and press OK. Once connected, Read from Phone and enter you Evo SPC code we got earlier. Navigate to the M.IP tab.


Continued...

Click profile 0 and click edit. Check and make sure your

 

[jivenene]

The information out there is muddled and sometimes in places. Intentionally maybe?

A flow chart sounds like a great idea. I've been meaning to put together a newer guide with pictures mabybe... but life gets in the way. Maybe if I didn't spend as much time on the forums I'd have more time... ha ha.

BTW. Did you do OTA activation or did you write in both profiles and do it that way? Optimus and I are having a bit of a tussle there. I've done OTA and prefer it and almost all my phones do it, he cant seem to get it to work.

So I duplicated alot of the parameters in QPST Service Programming from the old 4G to the new 3D, but neither voice nor data work. When i try to place a call i get "your account could not be validated". Also get "ERROR code 67 Unable to establish data connection."

Then I tried updating the PRL and profile via OTA, and got: error 1012, profile update could not be completed.

I never extracted the HA and AAA passwords manually via QXDM, and never entered them into QPST Service Programming later in the new phone.
Also I tried reading the Nam1 and Nam2 files with CDMA WS, but it failed, so i never copied those over from old 4G to 3D.

What do I do next?

Jive