As we know, we cannot get a UICC for MetroPCS very easily now, they are pricy (just considering what they are) around $25 right now.

I have installed the Basix ROM and the electricsheep-10-newsu-signed Kernel as well.

I want someone to maybe guide me in the correct direction to disable the UICC. I read somewhere after searching on Google that we can possible edit the "build.prop" file in the system directory. I tried disabling something in the build.prop and it was a no go.

[HIGH]#
# Basix for R910 :: k0@k0nane.info
#

ro.build.id=FROYO
ro.build.display.id=Basix R910 1.0 (Aito's Revenge)
ro.build.version.incremental=EE07
ro.build.version.sdk=8
ro.build.version.codename=REL
ro.build.version.release=2.2.1
ro.build.date=7-24-2011
ro.build.date.utc=1311535067
ro.build.type=user
ro.build.user=k0nane
ro.build.host=k0nane.info
ro.build.tags=release-keys
ro.build.changelist=BR910-10
ro.product.locale.language=en
ro.product.locale.region=US

# Market fingerprint
ro.build.description=SCH-R910-user 2.2.1 FROYO EE07 release-keys
ro.build.fingerprint=metroPCS/SCH-R910/SCH-R910/SCH-R910:2.2.1/FROYO/EE07:user/release-keys

# Kilroy was here
ro.config.ringtone=phone.ogg
ro.config.notification_sound=01_Sherbet.ogg
ro.config.alarm_alert=Good_Morning.ogg
net.bt.name=Indulge
ro.debuggable=1
persist.service.adb.enable=1
dalvik.vm.heapsize=48m
windowsmgr.max_events_per_sec=60
ro.tether.denied=false

# Device model info
ro.wifi.channels=
ro.product.model=SCH-R910
ro.product.brand=metroPCS
ro.product.name=SCH-R910
ro.product.device=SCH-R910
ro.product.board=SCH-R910
ro.product.cpu.abi=armeabi-v7a
ro.product.cpu.abi2=armeabi
ro.product.manufacturer=Samsung
ro.board.platform=s5pc110
ro.build.product=SCH-R910
ro.build.PDA=SCH-R910USEE07
ro.build.hidden_ver=SCH-R910USEE07

# System properties
rild.libpath=/system/lib/libsec-ril.so
rild.libargs=-d /dev/ttyS0
ro.sf.lcd_density=160
dalvik.vm.execution-mode=int:jit
ro.cdma.otaspnumschema=SELC,3,00,07,80,87,88,99
ro.opengles.version=131072
keyinputqueue.use_finger_id=true
ro.setupwizard.mode=DISABLED
ro.com.google.gmsversion=2.2_r9

# Android properties
media.stagefright.enable-player=true
media.stagefright.enable-meta=true
media.stagefright.enable-scan=true
media.stagefright.enable-http=true
ro.com.google.clientidbase=android-samsung
ro.com.google.clientidbase.yt=android-samsung
ro.com.google.clientidbase.am=android-samsung
ro.com.google.clientidbase.vs=android-metropcs-us
ro.com.google.clientidbase.gmm=android-samsung
ro.com.google.clientidbase.ms=android-metropcs-us
keyguard.no_require_sim=false
ro.csc.sales_code=MTR
dalvik.vm.stack-trace-file=/data/anr/traces.txt

#
# Basix for R910 :: k0@k0nane.info
#[/HIGH]
I changed

keyguard.no_require_sim=true
to
keyguard.no_require_sim=false

No luck with this.

I am trying to flash this to Page Plus. I disabled RUIM in CDMA Workshop and put in a random SIM and no luck. I still get "Please insert a valid SIM" or with no SIM "Please insert a MetroPCS SIM" or something close to that.

I like to learn, I don't know if I need to try and learn how to compile a custom kernel for this? Or perhaps a new radio image? Can someone steer me in the right direction on some literature for development/tutorials/good reads on doing anything like this?

I know people are going to say flashing is ill3g@l??? But there was a big petition 120k signatures or so and I thought this was basically repealed, making this legal again. <----

Even if you still feel that it is ill3g@l, disabling the UICC SIM would not be right? Just by disabling the UICC would not mean the I or others will be doing this to flash the device.