Root Flashed to Cricket if i root..

[Stix200]

Hi everyone!

I just came back from flashing the phone over to cricket and i have not activated it just yet i was trying to turn on the wifi but im guessing sprint has a lock on it that will not let it turn on keeps going to error.


I read somewhere that rooting it will allow me to use the wifi on it before i can actually activate it with cricket. ( been working alot by the time i get off of work the stores are usually closed) Im worried that if i root it right now as it says it will wipe everything if it will affect my flash to cricket considering i paid 50$ for the flash i wouldnt want to do that.

Any info on it would be much appreciated

 

[Mikestony]

Welcome Stix200!
Well, whilst I don't know much about flashed phones, I wouldn't think Sprint, or any carrier would have a "lock" for turning on the wifi.
When you turn it on, does it find your router? Or will it not just turn on at all?
What error message do you get?

 

[Stix200]

No the wifi on the phone attemts to turn on but finally just shows Error. If i try to turn it on again or reset the phone it just trys to connect or as it says turning on wifi.. but its like it times out with out making a connection and just says error

 

[Mikestony]

:hmmmm: odd indeed.
So its not an issue of trying to connect to a router, its a matter of it just turning on yes?

I haven't done research about what you stated with the need to root to use wifi on cricket, but rooting should not interfere with the flash. I would say that I am 96.76% sure of that.

If you strictly want to root to see if the wifi issue is resolved, you can follow this method:
http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-all...-rooting-gingerbread-2-3-5-dummies-guide.html

 

[ocnbrze]

could it be your router? does it connect any where else?

 

[Stix200]

no i tried connecting to wifi at starbucks and mcdonalds and my home and still jsut get the error. Im sure it has something to do with the phone. I have read that sprint among others put a lock on it if theres no data plan and the phone isnt active the wifi will not work. Some said that rooting it will bypass the block they have set up for it.

 

[ocnbrze]

no i tried connecting to wifi at starbucks and mcdonalds and my home and still jsut get the error. Im sure it has something to do with the phone. I have read that sprint among others put a lock on it if theres no data plan and the phone isnt active the wifi will not work. Some said that rooting it will bypass the block they have set up for it.

well the part about sprint locking wifi is wrong......i still have my og evo and it is not activated, but i can still use it as tablet sort of speak. it can connect to wifi, so i can surf the net, do emails, and stream music and movies.

so my guess then it has something to do with your flash. whoever did it messed with something.

i'm not too familiar with cricket flashing or flashing to other networks in general, but i thought the phone needs to be rooted.

to verify lets get into the bootloader:

• power the phone off
• press and hold the power button plus vol down
• this should take you to the bootloader screen
• does it say s-on or s-off?
• does it say locked or unlocked?
• report back everything you see on the screen.

 

[Stix200]

Ill put it in just as i see it.

***LOCKED (OOW)***
SUPERSONIC EVT3 SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-2.18.0001
MICROP-041F
TOUCH PANEL-ATMELC03_16ac
RADIO-2.15.00.12.19
Dec 21 2011, 12:50:32

HBOOT

<VOL UP> to previous item
<Vol Down> to next item
<Power> to select item

FASTBOOT
RECOVERY
CLEAR STORAGE
SIMLOCK
HBOOT USB

 

[ocnbrze]

ok s-on and locked......i guess i was wrong in needing to root it to flash to another network.......the only thing then is i would go back to whoever flashed the phone for you and complain.

there is nothing that i know of that messes with wifi. maybe a custom rom might work, but i have no idea really.