mikekelso421

This is all the useful info i have as of right now for anyone with an HTC Evo flashed to metro pcs.I am willing to add or edit any info i have provided to make things EASIER to find for this specific phone one METRO PCS.Thanks for your suggestions in advance and i hope this info with help!

To program data to Metro pcs (must be using a SENSE rom) clickhere

For ROMS click here (rom's are out-of-box metro-ready:CM7 & Sense 2.0)

For all the zip's your gonna need,download from these 2 links metrOFF & MetroPCS MMS & Web Script


The .zip titled"MetroPCS Evo AOSP MMS & Web Script v4" you can use to fix MMS on ANY AOSP and most MIUI ROM's.Just flash it AFTER you flash the ROM of your choice and it should fix your MMS.(MAY NEED TO REBOOT TWICE)There is ALSO a similar WEB/MMS fix for SENSE ROM's as well in the same link above.

Programing Data/MMS guide WITH PICTURES here

Here is the link to some fully compatible Sense ROM's that works well with the METRO-FLASHED EVO.

Azrael's Sense ROM + 3.70 OTA sense 2.2 script

Smooth N Sexy Sense (SNS) + 3.70 OTA sense 2.2 script

Synergy RC1 or RC2 + MetrOFF GB.zip Havent tested any other release of synergy to confirm it works.

MY Out-Of-Box MMS -READY CM7.1 ROM (mms working on first flash)
mikekelso421's MetrogenMod 7.1


ANY AOSP ROM WILL HAVE WORKING MMS IF YOU FLASH THE AOSP .ZIP FROM HERE.


I will add more to this thread as i find more useful things to share!


AND NO MATTER WHAT ROM YOU FLASH,YOU WILL NEVER LOSE TALK AND TEXT!!!!!! IT WILL ONLY EFFECT YOUR MMS AND WEB!!

!HOW TO UPDATE YOUR PRL FOR 3G DATA!


YOU MUST CONNECT YOUR PHONE TO THE COMPUTER.AT THE "MAIN" TAB,HIT CONNECT BEFORE ANY OF THIS WILL WORK.ONCE CONNECTED,START STEP 1.

STEP 1:Find the latest and greatest PRL as of now is 3025.

STEP 2: Download CDMA Workshop if you dont already have it.before opening the program,disable your anti-virus (AV causes CDMA not to work)

STEP 3: once opened,go to the tab "OTHER",on the right side you will see PRL and 2 buttons READ and WRITE.click write and a dialog box will pop up to select your PRL,navigate to where you have it downloaded to.

STEP 4:select your PRL and then click open,once it says successfully written,reboot phone and NOW YOU HAVE THE LATEST PRL FOR BLAZING SPEED UPGRADES!!

Before PRL update


After PRL update


[HD VIDEO]HOW TO UPDATE YOUR PRL-HTC EVO 4G ON METROPCS
HOW TO-Evo On MetroPCS PRL Update - YouTube

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Last edited by mikekelso421; December 10th, 2011 at 05:19 AM.

ocnbrze

Thanx for doing that. This will help a lot of people.

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mikekelso421

NO PROBLEM! now hopefully i can add MORE to it.lol hard to find stuff on this topic.

Mr. Ed

great post!

I may actually need this someday...

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mikekelso421

lol if you ever wanna get rid of sprints high ass phone bill,have it flashed to metro..I love it. No 3g but my bill is like 45 bucks. Can't beat that.lol

Mr. Ed

correct me if I am wrong but I believe there is a thread on how to get their 3g...just no 4g as they use lte vs wimax

again ..I could be completely wrong..I have only briefly skimmed the metro threads

Last edited by Mr. Ed; June 1st, 2011 at 02:11 PM.

mikekelso421

UNFORTUNATLY FOR ME i have to say your wrong...the 4G statement was dead on acurate..but as far as 3G goes,no go..believe me,ive seen this topic alot on the forums and i never got anything other than you cant do it (forgot why they said you cant but..unfortunatly for us metro users,no 3G for us.... but i use wifi 95% of the time anyways!

mikekelso421

EDIT ^ here is a thread i saw earlier with SOME info on the 3G topic how to make optimus work on 3g there are others,just didnt feel like searching TOO much.lol

Mr. Ed

I never said it was easy

mikekelso421

if you get any info saying its possible or that its been done,forward it to me!! i would LOVE some bootleg 3G.lol

Mr. Ed

I will find it Friday when I get off work.

aceajoy

Will flashing only a new kernel erase anything? or delete my mms and data settings?

mikekelso421

Nope. Just wipe dalvik and cache,flash kernel then reboot.

messyd06

hi,

if you guys can please answer some questions about flashing my evo over to metro pcs that would be awesome...

when there is a newer software update available (2.4 or higher or whatever) like the android 2.3 will i still be able to download it?

what will be different as far as what i will lose from sprint.. metro evo vs sprint evo?

if i ever had to repair like a screen or somethin on the evo, who fixes that or how the insurance goes that i had on sprint?


thanks guys

mikekelso421

so basically this is the whole rundown..once you flash your evo over to sprint,your never gonna be tied to sprint ever again,until you go back to them (if you choose to,of coarse).that means NO INSURANCE..

first you have to find someone who can add your ESN to metro's database (this is so your phone can be activated on metro's network) with houdini.this is a program that fully programs your phone to metropcs..and regular metro pcs stored usually dont do it either.so search craigslist or other cell phone shops in your area.

once you have your phone programed with talk and text,you can either pay extra to have them do MMS and DATA or you can program DATA/MMS yourself using THIS VERY EASY GUIDE,which i personally used many times on mine and other peoples metro flashed evos.

as far as updates go,metro doesnt push updates out,so your only option is flashing a new rom on your phone (not all ROMS will work for your phone either,BUT MOST WILL).its easy to flash ROMs also,theres tons out there.whenever theres an update,dev's will take that update and cook it into a ROM for us.then we just flash the ROM and theres the update

replaceing a broken screen is actually pretty easy,you can DIY,or pay someone like 100 to fix it (thats what i did once already).and also im on the 45 dollar plan with ALL SERVICES WORKING.GPS,WEB,MMS,TALK and TEXT.
only shitty part is,we get 2G speed on metro.no 3G abut you only pay 45 a month
hope this helps!!

timetoparty

Hey guys im about to get a free HTC Evo and im on metro "piece of shit" PCS
Anyways i was searching on the forums on how to flash it to metro and couldnt find anything, So can someone throw a tut at me or somthin

ocnbrze

merged your thread with this one.

mikekelso421

Read the post directly above your post..also,in this thread youll find links to all the stuff you will need to get your phone ready to go on metropcs. if you need any help of have any questions,feel free to ask..but try to read into some threads before asking any questions,because alot of the time,your answers are already posted in other threads.

ndh777

Yes really, thank you. I gave my Samsung Moment to my friend for MetroPCS and was disappointed that they couldn't get it to work properly there. This will really come in handy if I give my Evo away too.

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junebogey

I got two evos one running mikG 2.0 Rom and I want to flash the other 1 can any1 post a link to this process or tell me how to do it

9to5cynic

If you go back a couple of days worth of threads, there was one where a user was having issues flashing a new rom and was using a different carrier. He said that between the changing roms, there are a couple of files to flash as well (one for data and one for texts or something like that). I'm pretty sure he posted a link to XDA where it talked about the switching process.

ocnbrze

moved your thread here.

9to5cynic

That is (this is?) the thread I was referring to. Well done good sir.

mikekelso421

also remember,this programming guide is ONLY for phones that have talk and text with metro already..this will not convert your phone to metro from another user..only houdini can add an esn and activate talk and text..this guide is simply for programming data and mms..lol

BiohazardVideo

Simply AWESOME! Going to get Evos for the wife and I, I knew someone would post how to do this...

droidsg

so i have a sprint evo on 2.1 firmware but flashed to metro . My question is, is there a way were i can update the sofware without losing metro ?b

9to5cynic

^ I believe so. But personally, I'd use a custom rom to do it. Then there should be a couple of extra files to flash to get your metro voice / text working. Not sure, MikeKelso would know, and he'll probably be checking this out at some point.

droidsg

@9to5cynic

How would you get a custom ROM?
Yes inneed of MikeKelso !

9to5cynic

Well the roms are (usually) downloaded from the internet. I am using MikG, which is a modified version of stock 2.3. You just wipe and flash (as in the Rooting for Dummies Guide). There are also files (such as VR-SuperWipe or Caulkin's Format All) that you can flash and they wipe everything for you.

Just make sure that you make a nandroid before (!!!) and backup anything you need (contacts, sms text messages, data for apps).
You can backup contacts to google, sms with SMS backup (app) and apps with Titanium Backup (app).

Just read through the Rooting for Dummies guide a couple of times, it's probably the most complete guide anywhere online (that I've found) for rooting your evo (and anything about rooting as well).

droidsg

Thanks so much ! Going to try that out.

mikekelso421

Sorry I'm late guys. There is no way to unprogram your phone from metro as far as talk and text. When u flash a rom, usually the only thing that u lose is data ans mms. Sometimes only mms. But there are 2 zip files u flash can use to fix data and mms after a rom. 1 is for sense roms that are ota based. And a second for Aosp roms. These are used to program data and mms for metro PC's after flashing a rom that may have undid it.

droid40

Hello Guy's! I just got my HTC EVO flashed to metropcs with evertything working Camera, Video Chat, MMS and Internet... using a metro/droid custom rom. My question is can i flash a new custom rom with sense 3 and still have everything working.

mikekelso421

if you go to the top of this thread and go to the same page on XDA that has the metrodroid ROM on it,there are also .zip files used to get MMS and DATA working after flashing other ROMS..not ALL roms will work with these .zip files though....im running the new SYNERGY ROM right now..but i found that the provided .zip files are working for me,so im trying to figure out metro's mms settings to manually program it,since im using a sense ROM,im able to use programming codes...such a pain in the ass though...there needs to be more dev's working on metro-stuff...of maybe if i wasnt such a noob i could do it myself..lol a man can dream right.lol

droid40

So to be clear are you saying the mms is not working with the files you added?

mikekelso421

Correct. But only with SOME roms.the aosp.zip has worked with any aosp Rom I have tried. But the sense zips seem to be hit or miss. Like the azrael sense Rom works perfect after flashing the sense mms .but like if I try the mms fix on myns warm or synergy,my mms doesn't work.

zafacon

i have my evo 4g on boost mobile i want to know if i put a costom rom on my phone and root the phone it will stay on boost mobile or i have to do it again thank you for you time

mikekelso421

i never used boost mobile..but assuming that its the same concept,you should try to find a boost mobile compatible rom for your phone...or maybe there is a .zip file similar to the metro programming .zip for boost mobile..
as far as talk and text goes,flashing a rom SHOULDNT screw with that..BUT as far as web and mms goes,im almost certain you will need to re-program..but again,ive never had boost mobile and know nothing about it...sorry i couldnt be more help.

ctindell1981

Hello everyone. As with anything I do, I do lots of research b4 plunging head first n2 the unknown. I really wanna get an evo on metro and am no stranger to rooting and flashing find... what I'm wondering is which Rom is the sense Rom by azrael. Is it azrael x 5 or stock Rom.... I really love the sense UI... that's y I ask...

Any help and answers would b greatly appreciated

mikekelso421

yea.azrael x5 is the newest release..if you go to the links i put in the top post,there is links to the .zip files you will need to get mms working after the rom flash..basically the aosp zip will get mms working on ANY aosp rom...but the zip for the sense roms is kind of hit or miss..ive used it on the azrael sense rom and it works perfectly..right now im running the new SYNERGY rom with the latest ota gingerbread build..my mms seems to work pretty well with minimal problems..but the azrael rom is flawless for everyday users..hope this helps..go to the links i posted and you will learn a little more about this

droid40

Hey So You Now Have the mms working now cool. Now I am ready to try flashing the metro droid flash i have with the SYNERGY ROM. Is it possible i can get links to the right SYNERGY ROM to flash over the metro droid there are many and some looks like they will only work for evo on sprint.

droid40

Hey So You Now Have the mms working now cool. Now I am ready to try flashing the metro droid flash i have with the SYNERGY ROM. Is it possible i can get links to the right SYNERGY ROM to flash over the metro droid there are many and some looks like they will only work for evo on sprint.

mikekelso421

Just ho to the htc evo section of xda developers. Then go to the delevopment section. Every evo rom is in there.

Last edited by mikekelso421; July 20th, 2011 at 11:32 PM.

iamDroidNow

I am new to Droid, I have it Flashed, but cannot get MMS and Data to work.
My Evo:

Android 2.3
Software: Azreal

Any help would be useful.

Thanks!

evohunter

i was jus wondering is there something like a step by step guide to fully flash an evo to metro pcs myself . im new to all this & i jus want my phone flashd , please&thank u

kimmied2000

try this thread

http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-all-things-root/345848-metro-pcs-flashed-evo-info-here.html

mikekelso421

You need to boot into recovery, then flash the metro web and mms script for sense 3.70,then reboot. You should be good to go after that. Lemme know if you have any trouble.

ocnbrze

hey mikekelso,
does that work with only froyo or can it work with the gingerbread roms?

just curious.

edit: ok after reading some of your posts i got my answer which is it is a hit or miss on sense roms. thanks mikekelso for this thread. keep up the great job.

Last edited by ocnbrze; July 22nd, 2011 at 01:14 AM.

ocnbrze

welcome to the forums!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
moved your thread here. i believe that you have to have someone flash this onto metro pcs for you. i'm not sure if that is correct or not.

evohunter

Ive been reading alot online and see tht alot of ppl do it themselves

Mikechanda01

So I have to ask, and my searching has frustrated me beyond belief. We recently had our EVO 4gs flashed over to metro. Suddenly, our mms doesnt work. They guy that did it put cyanogen 7 on them. What im wondering is, could someone be kind enough to direct me to the tut, etc, that would include our particular system ????? Greatly appreciated...