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Root HELP! Trying to activate an EVO that is rooted...having problems.

diyeiogt

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A friend gave me his old EVO 4G because he got the new 4G LTE, but its Rooted and it has:
Android 4.0.4
Playground ICS version NewEra8

And the interface seems to be called NOVA
It has Nova Launcher 1.0.3beta2

I went and activated it online through Sprint.com, and it said the phone was activated, but then on the phone, under "Settings"> "About Phone">"Status">"My phone number" it still has HIS phone number and the "MIN" is his too.

On a phone that isn't rooted I know this can be easily changed by updating the PRL.

I called Sprint and they told me to dial ##9...and some other numbers and # again, which I know works on non-rooted phones, but it wont work on this phone.

Does anyone know what I can do??? How to update the PRL on this rooted phone. I really don't care for the root honestly, I am not very knowledgeable of all this stuff. If its easier to remove the root, ill do it.
 
The issue you are having is because you are not running a ROM based on HTC sense. So they numbers sprint is giving you will not work.


You will have to flash a sense-based ROM to activate it.

I would go ahead and download the fullwipe version of this ROM here:
MikG v3.11 [3/9/2012]

You can find instructions for flashing a ROM in the life after root section here:
http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-all...ooting-dummies-guide-gingerbread-edition.html

Also, I am moving this thread to the all things root section seeing how the phone is currently rooted
 
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