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Root anyone using a sprint 3d on virgin?
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SuperAfnan
Android Expert
I think it's possible but most likely illegal in many states. I don't know how to do it and it's complicated. You will probably need to get a donor phone and... Just buy an evo V. Much easier and you won't be breaking the law! 
if this was legal and easy many people would do it since the evo 3d is very cheap now on ebay. Putting on custom roms and tinkering your Android phone is legal, do this instead 
if this was legal and easy many people would do it since the evo 3d is very cheap now on ebay. Putting on custom roms and tinkering your Android phone is legal, do this instead mastersoup
Android Enthusiast
what do you mean drawbacks? is questionable legality not a drawback? evo v was on sale for 230 for like a month. i doubt its much more than a used evo 3d, especially if you consider the effort required to make it work, assuming you make it work.
Leslie Ann
Android Expert
If you get caught, you will lose your account.
You can't call Virgin tech support.
If you do this, you risk ruining the phone and you can never sell it and be 100% safe.
It is illegal in some states due to what is required. It is of questionable legality at the federal level. If you start with a bad esn phone and a cop check s it (which does happen) you can be charged with possession of stolen property. You will have trouble finding a forum where you can find the information bvecause of all of this, which makes it even more likely that you will ruin the phone.
There are four methods to do this, all require a donor phone, only the Evo V will give you 4g, at which point you may as well just use the Evo V. Of the four common methods of doing this, only two work reliably. The first can take up to 30 hours, the second requires $100-$800 software. The other two methods are fast, but fairly unreliable, some people get them to work, others can't.
Regardless, by the time you guy an Evo 3d and a donor, you are 3/4of the way to an Evo V. It's faster and easier to work a few shifts flipping burgers and earn the money than experience the larger number of hours of hair pulling you can expect trying to do what you are considering.
Bottom line, don't waste your time, just buy an Evo V. It's legal, you get support, a warranty, and you can always resell it for close to what you will spend on it.
I don't think any of you know so ill tell you. This ain't my first rodeo. I've had androind since g1 launch many yrs ago. I live to root phones and tinker with them. Give me a guide, I can do it without problem.
I've got a doner triumph. My boy selling his 3d. Cheap for me cuz I root his devices.
Does 4g/3g work? Mms? Voice? What are the bugs? This is what I'm looking for cuz if there are major bugs with it, I'm gunna pass. Too good offer. Had to investigate. I'm aware I would have to change numbers to match triumph.
I've got a doner triumph. My boy selling his 3d. Cheap for me cuz I root his devices.
Does 4g/3g work? Mms? Voice? What are the bugs? This is what I'm looking for cuz if there are major bugs with it, I'm gunna pass. Too good offer. Had to investigate. I'm aware I would have to change numbers to match triumph.
OverByter
Resident Slide Rule Guru
Obviously the only way to get 4g working on your Evo 3d would require a donor phone so that you can pull the Wimax mac address and since the only 4g phone on Virgin is the Evo V you can immediately see the catch 22 that's involved. Using the Triumph as a donor wouldn't help with that hurdle. And I don't care how good you are it's still a monumental pain in the ass, one of the programs reads the required information in reverse binary that you have to convert in the opposite direction in hex to insert into another program. You begin to see the rapidly diminishing returns involved.
Leslie Ann
Android Expert
You will ONLY get 4g if you use an Evo V for a donor. There is no way around this. Everything else can work.
As for your skills, doing it the one way that always works and is free, I have yet to see anyone do it in under 20 hours or so, and that is with a guide and with help. And as for your skills, even Android developers who work with source were no faster. It's not a matter of sill, it's a matter of determination. How much hell are you willing to go through to save $0 and risk your account and possible freedom?
Sell the Triumph and Evo 3d, and go buy and Evo V.
Otherwise, be prepared for a lot of headaches. By the way, linking to a guide (if one exists) will get whoever posts it, banned, here and pretty much any other forum they post it at.
mastersoup
Android Enthusiast
go to mcdonalds and get an application. fill out the application and get hired. work there for 4 days, 8 hours a day then quit. wait for your first check to come in then use that check to buy an evo 3d.
same amount of time, less effort, more likely to work, less likely to get your account blocked, possibly some free food and youll have the option for 4G. then you can sell your triumph and buy scooter.
same amount of time, less effort, more likely to work, less likely to get your account blocked, possibly some free food and youll have the option for 4G. then you can sell your triumph and buy scooter.
Leslie Ann
Android Expert
Less if he sells the Triumph and Evo 3d.
Could probably buy it outright, maybe even have some left.
mastersoup
Android Enthusiast
perhaps even enough to buy some panda express orange chicken?
SuperAfnan
Android Expert
Or a five dolla foot long 