Root Evo 4G to Boost Mobile Guide/Evo 3D

esthernrob · Apr 19, 2013

well, after all was said and done, i have been defeated... i cannot, for the life of me, get this done... i have set aside my Evo and have moved on... with times the way they are, i have stooped to prepaid service with a new phone... i have gone with boost and the LG Venice... i have had it for the past 2 days and i've gotta say it's not a bad phone at all... so, the Evo will go in desk drawer for now, perhaps to be "reborn" at another time... i'll still be around, that's for sure... still learning... thanks a ton new optimus for all your assistance, much appreciated...

thanewriot443 · May 8, 2013

I bought the Kyocera Coast yesterday relatively cheap and wanted to use the device for my donor phone. But am unable to locate the device drivers for it? Is it possible to use this device, same plainess as the Incognito? Or maybe a workaround? Thanks in advance!!!

kolosus · May 9, 2013

First, even with drivers you cannot get the keys from a Kyocera. Difficult beasts those things. Second, i don't think even if you could get the keys you can use that phone as a donor because you can't put that on Boost.

Ken C · May 17, 2013

I know this isn't a boost question, but figured y'all would be the ones to ask.
I have an og evo that was on Sprint, now I'm carrying an htc one v running on virgin. Since virgin is using Sprint towers and they're both htc devices, what do you guys think of taking the network settings from the one v phone and just swapping them to the evo using the epst that's built into the phones?

Back when I first got the evo one of the tricks to speed up your data involved going in there and zeroing out a couple of entries.
I know I'd still need the msl of the one v to edit those settings. But sounds like it'd be possible to me in theory.

I was curious and figured I'd ask since after searching what feels like everywhere this thread has the largest knowledgebase with this stuff I've come across

new optimus · May 18, 2013

Yes it should work however the aaa keys are not visible using the dialer menu.
they just show as stars

Gh0strider89 · Jun 2, 2013

well guys i need help again been a long time but i had to let my phone go for a bit well try to trun it back on and i could get my old accnt back so i had to make a new boost acnt well now i can remember how to update the phone to my new boost acnt anyhelp out there plzs?

kolosus · Jun 2, 2013

Gh0strider89 said:
well guys i need help again been a long time but i had to let my phone go for a bit well try to trun it back on and i could get my old accnt back so i had to make a new boost acnt well now i can remember how to update the phone to my new boost acnt anyhelp out there plzs?

You need the MSL for that Evo. Do you remember it? If not try MSL Reader from the Android Market, needs root access. Most of the time the MSL is set to 000000 if you followed the directions.

Dial ##your msl# (should be a 6 digit number)
You'll see two numbers. MDN and MIN or some variation.

You want to edit them both to 0000001234. Once you do that you'll need to press menu and then "commit modifications" or something. Once that is done the phone will reboot automatically. If it doesn't then you didn't do it right.

If it does then you did it right. Sit back and watch. It should come back up and try to activate itself. Dont touch anything. Just sit by and watch. Let it activate. Click ok to it is activated... Let it update PRL (which also happens automatically). Ok that too. When the firmware comes cancel that.

If you dial ##msl# and nothing happens then you need a stock (sense) rom and not an AOSP rom. If the phone tries to activate and doesn't then you'll have to reprogram the phone. Did you save your aaa keys?

Keep us posted. Good luck.

new optimus · Jun 3, 2013

kolosus said:
You need the MSL for that Evo. Do you remember it? If not try MSL Reader from the Android Market, needs root access. Most of the time the MSL is set to 000000 if you followed the directions.

Dial ##your msl# (should be a 6 digit number)
You'll see two numbers. MDN and MIN or some variation.

You want to edit them both to 0000001234. Once you do that you'll need to press menu and then "commit modifications" or something. Once that is done the phone will reboot automatically. If it doesn't then you didn't do it right.

If it does then you did it right. Sit back and watch. It should come back up and try to activate itself. Dont touch anything. Just sit by and watch. Let it activate. Click ok to it is activated... Let it update PRL (which also happens automatically). Ok that too. When the firmware comes cancel that.

If you dial ##msl# and nothing happens then you need a stock (sense) rom and not an AOSP rom. If the phone tries to activate and doesn't then you'll have to reprogram the phone. Did you save your aaa keys?

Keep us posted. Good luck.

I helped him get it, and strange thing none of the dialer menu's would work, tried ##786# as well.
This was on stock rom, checked that first. flashed the newest stock rom from xda.

stanglifemike · Jul 7, 2013

I have a few questions, if someone could please help me out here. A friend of mine is wanting to buy one of my Evo 4G LTE phones, but he has Boost Mobile.

1. Will this guide work on a Evo 4G LTE?
2. If the answer to question 1 is Yes -Is this guide still current, and still include the correct information to do this today?
3. If the answer to question 1 is No - Would you mind posting a link to a guide for the Evo LTE? I've searched already, that's how I ended up here.

I'm asking question 2 because the OP of this thread is from December of 2011. Thanks for any and all help!!! I will definitely be hitting the Thanks button for anyone who helps!

ocnbrze · Jul 8, 2013

stanglifemike said:
I have a few questions, if someone could please help me out here. A friend of mine is wanting to buy one of my Evo 4G LTE phones, but he has Boost Mobile.

1. Will this guide work on a Evo 4G LTE?
2. If the answer to question 1 is Yes -Is this guide still current, and still include the correct information to do this today?
3. If the answer to question 1 is No - Would you mind posting a link to a guide for the Evo LTE? I've searched already, that's how I ended up here.

I'm asking question 2 because the OP of this thread is from December of 2011. Thanks for any and all help!!! I will definitely be hitting the Thanks button for anyone who helps!

do not use it exactly but use it as a guide. i have never done what the guide talks about, but i understand the basics of it. you will need a donor phone and you will need cdma. this guide was meant for the og evo and not the evo lte.

new optimus · Jul 8, 2013

ocnbrze said:
do not use it exactly but use it as a guide. i have never done what the guide talks about, but i understand the basics of it. you will need a donor phone and you will need cdma. this guide was meant for the og evo and not the evo lte.

You can do it, but dont expect to get LTE the 3g cdma will work, as long as you can access the nv items which I believe you should be able to.

Boost may allow and have LTE but if the donor is not lte capable the new phone will not access it.

stanglifemike · Jul 8, 2013

ocnbrze said:
do not use it exactly but use it as a guide. i have never done what the guide talks about, but i understand the basics of it. you will need a donor phone and you will need cdma. this guide was meant for the og evo and not the evo lte.

new optimus said:
You can do it, but dont expect to get LTE the 3g cdma will work, as long as you can access the nv items which I believe you should be able to.

Boost may allow and have LTE but if the donor is not lte capable the new phone will not access it.

Cool, thanks guys!! He already has an Incognito to use as a donor. He isn't expecting to get LTE, just wanting an upgrade from his S2.

new optimus · Jul 8, 2013

stanglifemike said:
Cool, thanks guys!! He already has an Incognito to use as a donor. He isn't expecting to get LTE, just wanting an upgrade from his S2.

he could probably use his s2 as a donor, if its a boost s2

stanglifemike · Jul 8, 2013

new optimus said:
he could probably use his s2 as a donor, if its a boost s2

Yea, it's a Boost S2 but he said he has a friend who wants to buy it from him. That was what I said to him too, that's when he told me

Android User 212 · Aug 13, 2013

Sorry by my question, I really don't know if it was asked before. Can I download a program or software to run my window 7 as a xp and then switch back after finished the flash? And what if my donor phone is the same phone that I want to flash and it is working currently? How I flash it then?

new optimus · Aug 14, 2013

You can use VM to run windows xp while in your current O/S VM is virtual machine.
Not sure what you mean when you say donor is the same as one you want to flash, and working currently?

If so why would you want to flash it?

Android User 212 · Aug 14, 2013

When I say donor is the same as the one I want to flash that means that I have a Sprint Htc evo 4g flashed working with boost mobile and I have in mind use it as a donor to the other htc evo 4g. Is that possible?

new optimus · Aug 14, 2013

Android User 212 said:
When I say donor is the same as the one I want to flash that means that I have a Sprint Htc evo 4g flashed working with boost mobile and I have in mind use it as a donor to the other htc evo 4g. Is that possible?

Yes it is.

The evo 4g is very easy to get the info from. I am going to guess that the current evo has some problem maybe cosmetic. Why really doesn't matter.

Just know you can do all the work on windows 7, 64bit or 32bit because htc drivers are working on windows 7

Android User 212 · Aug 15, 2013

Yes the htc I will use as a donor have the screen broke. I have in mind get it later, But now I am having problem with the CDMA 2.7, when I downloaded and unzipped the CDMA link in this guide it was empty. Then Where can i download the cdma 2.7 full?

new optimus · Aug 15, 2013

Android User 212 said:
Yes the htc I will use as a donor have the screen broke. I have in mind get it later, But now I am having problem with the CDMA 2.7, when I downloaded and unzipped the CDMA link in this guide it was empty. Then Where can i download the cdma 2.7 full?

your antivirus is seeing the crack as a problem and deleting it.

You will need to disable the antivirus.

Android User 212 · Aug 16, 2013

Then one time I have set up the cdma 2.7 what I must to do with my donor phone in this case the sprint htc flashed? I was reading the guide but I got confuse because in it he is explaining the process for do it with a incognito as a donor but my case is different so which will be my step by step process to flash the other htc?

new optimus · Aug 17, 2013

Android User 212 said:
Then one time I have set up the cdma 2.7 what I must to do with my donor phone in this case the sprint htc flashed? I was reading the guide but I got confuse because in it he is explaining the process for do it with a incognito as a donor but my case is different so which will be my step by step process to flash the other htc?

The easiest thing to do is open qpst efs explorer and pull item 466 from the phone, open and read in hex editor. There will be a 32 character key that and the standard sprint/boost HA key will be the only real things you need, that and the meid from the phone. which will be item 0.

Android User 212 · Aug 17, 2013

I founded some links to download the QPST 2.7 Build 355 but they are broken. Where can I download it?

new optimus · Aug 17, 2013

Android User 212 said:
I founded some links to download the QPST 2.7 Build 355 but they are broken. Where can I download it?

it has to be build 366 or newer.

I am sorry I dont know where to download them at.

Android User 212 · Aug 24, 2013

I got confused now, the guy that flashed my first htc evo 4g has the donor phone he used to flash it. Now I got another htc evo 4g and I want to flash it by myself and I don't find the guy that flashed my first phone and I just have the htc already flashed and the new one I want to flash. My question is can I flash it using the htc already flashed as a donor phone? and if yes how??

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