Root MetroPCS EVO-ALL INFO HERE+[ROM] Metrogenmod 7.1

[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

 

[ocnbrze]

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

 

[mikekelso421]

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

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...

 

[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]

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

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

 

[mikekelso421]

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

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]

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

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]

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

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]

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

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]

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

merged your thread with this one.

 

[mikekelso421]

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

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]

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) click here

For ROMS click here (rom's are:CM7 & Sense,both programed for metro)

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

My ROM and Kernel of choice (thanks OCNBRZE for the kernel suggestion) is:
CM7 7.0.3.1 Stable and the latest Tiamat Kernel.(must flash data/mms .zip when using this combo)also this KERNEL is for AOSP ROM's ONLY!


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

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.

 

[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]

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

moved your thread here.

 

[9to5cynic]

moved your thread here.

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

 

[mikekelso421]

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

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...