I gave my Father my verizon Thunderbolt--he is using Page Plus for his service, so we needed to flash his phone.
It appears to be successfully flashed using CDMA and QPST, as far as I can tell. Phone does not have a SIM Card inside.
SMS-works GREAT. Receiving and sending texts just fine.
MMS- Not working. Not sure why.
Data-not even concerned. My father is not interested in the internet or anything else but calls and texts for that matter.
Calls-NOT WORKING! This has become such a thorn for me. When I go to make an outgoing call, it "freezes" in the dialing stage. When I try to call the thunderbolt, it gets a fast paced busy signal.
I've redone the flash several times, not sure what the problem is. I'm thinking it needs any generic SIM present to make calls--am I correct on that?
Thanks!
I had this same issue. How did you acquire your donor phone's info?
Just wanted to update--fixed the problem.
Put a T Mobile SIM card in, and it works PERFECTLY. The lock screen does state that it needs a SIM card, but when swiped unlocked, it works fine. Totally worth it!
Flashed HTC Thunderbolt
I have the HTC thunderbolt flashed to PagePlus with full talk, text, mms and 3G data using CDMA, QPST and DFS. And without using a donor. Also used a T-mobile non-activated sim card.
When I flashed the ThunderStick rom to my thunderbolt I no longer needed the sim card and got rid of the sim card message on the lock screen.
prahsper said:
I have the HTC thunderbolt flashed to PagePlus with full talk, text, mms and 3G data using CDMA, QPST and DFS. And without using a donor. Also used a T-mobile non-activated sim card.
When I flashed the ThunderStick rom to my thunderbolt I no longer needed the sim card and got rid of the sim card message on the lock screen.
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Can you help guide me through this process?
SteveHebe said:
Can you help guide me through this process?
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Yes I can. Where are you located?
prahsper said:
Yes I can. Where are you located?
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Sorry for the slow response, I am in NJ
SteveHebe said:
Sorry for the slow response, I am in NJ
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Thought I would never hear from you again. Text only @347.946.1477
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If I get a thunderbolt and "put" it on virgin mobile or boost mobile will I be able to use 3g?
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You cannot use it on Virgin as Verizon uses different 3G bands. You could flash it to cricket or metropcs maybe though....
deadpixell said:
You cannot use it on Virgin as Verizon uses different 3G bands. You could flash it to cricket or metropcs maybe though....
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Nah not even, requires a sim card to send/receive phone calls, check out the unboxing video, if a sim isnt present you can't send/receive (excluding 911).
Sebrina said:
Nah not even, requires a sim card to send/receive phone calls, check out the unboxing video, if a sim isnt present you can't send/receive (excluding 911).
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I believe that the sim card for the TB is only used for LTE. The sim card isn't used for 3G data from what I've seen.
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That'll be good I just traded my mytouch 4g for an evo flashed it to metro pcs I live in NY so that didn't work is there anyway I can reset my evo back to stock settings so I can sell it untouched? Or do I have to go to sprint and have them reprogram it. Im gona flash the thunderbolt to boost mobile 3g and that's possible because they both use the same bands right?
Edit: boost mobile and virgin mobile are sprint, same bands and towers
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Yes you can put the thunderbolt on boost!
on thunderbolt dial ##3424# + call select reboot modem+diag.
using ws 3.7.5 go to security and send 000000 to unlock the phone
go to main select cdma2 change r-uim config to NV-only. make sure you take out the sim card.
to get internet to work we need to change the data strings, and thats where im stock at, help please!
i have talk text but no internet and thats what i need help with! anybody
I have a fully working (minus 4g) thunderbolt on cricket wireless. everything but 4g works including 3g and 1x data (including while calling) and mms and sms
message me if your interested in flashing to cricket
Jester1614 said:
I have a fully working (minus 4g) thunderbolt on cricket wireless. everything but 4g works including 3g and 1x data (including while calling) and mms and sms
message me if your interested in flashing to cricket
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Okay Jester...
I've some experience programming phones but could use some help on my tb. I've got phone and text to work (prl change w/cdma2.7) need to program mms, and get internet service working. Please help. I have workshop2.7, qpst
mms, internet, data
For data, internet & market use revskills. The demo will work. Go to the EVDo tab & read the phone. Change usernames to [email protected] and passwords to cricket. NOW BE CAREFUL THE LAST SET IS SWITCHED. THE USERNAME IS cricket and THE PASSWORD IS [email protected]. When you read the phone you will see what I mean. DON'T SWITCH THEM.
At least that's how I did it. There is a great tutorial on www.cricketusers.com for flashing TB to cricket.
I DO HAVE 1 PROBLEM WITH THE 1 I DID. IT WON'T RECEIVE CALLS. I GOT IT TO WORK BUT THE NEXT MORNING IT WOULDN'T RECEIVE CALLS BUT ALL ELSE WORKS. FIXED IT AND THEN AGAIN THE NEXT MORNING SAME THING ALL WORKS EXCEPT RECEIVING CALLS.
ANY IDEAS?
Do I lose cricket if I flash a new rom and wipe data and cache in CWM?
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I have a fully working (minus 4g) thunderbolt on cricket wireless. everything but 4g works including 3g and 1x data (including while calling) and mms and sms
message me if your interested in flashing to cricket
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I want to flash a newer more up to date ROM on my tbolt but im scared it will erase my cricket flash. please help with any info or links.
thanks.
chamren said:
I want to flash a newer more up to date ROM on my tbolt but im scared it will erase my cricket flash. please help with any info or links.
thanks.
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The only thing that is guaranteed to have an issue is the apn settings will be changed (to verizons) unless you load a custom built cricket rom and i am not sure if there is one for the tbolt.
apn's can typically be corrected/changed after the flash to allow MMS (picture messages) I will pm you with my number in case you need any more assistance.
Htc thunderbolt flashng
Hello to anyone out there who can hear me. I really need assistants on Flashing my HTC Thunderbolt. I purchased this phone off of Ebay. I went to three different locations and they want to charge me more for the flashing then I paid for the phone.. So unfair , However. I am requesting my viewers out there for some assistants for a step by step process on how I can do the flashing myself, to add my carrier Pageplus on my new wireless HTC Thunderbolt. Please assist, my old phone is holding on by a thread.. THANKS
it is from us cellular if you ask me its the s3 mini anyways itsa cdma phone that has a sim slot which has a card in it for us ceullar. now im confused the phone specs say its cdma only but with a sim card that makes me t hink its gsm global(locked to any us gsm providers im sure) and cdma so I would assume it will work with say cricket wireless.
I am leaving u ceulluar and would like to use the phone with c ricket wireless and being its a cdma phone im surei could it is just that sim card confused me.
I know on phone in past cricket can take your imei i think it is and use a tool over the phone to convert it to propperly work on their network.
So basically anyone know if this phone can be used with cricket? is it locked? do I ahve to flash it. if the gsm part is locked that wont matter since i will only be ising the cdma part. here is the link to the phone on us cellular
http://www.uscellular.com/uscellula...tandard&device-category=device-category-phone
Edited: The sim card has your programing for CDMA & 4g/LTE access. Just took mine out and it has zero service without it. I would guess as long as you put it in another compatible phone you would get service.
Hoping someone will figure out a simple rooting method, but doesn't appear there is a lot of interest yet.
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Edited: The sim card has your programing for CDMA & 4g/LTE access. Just took mine out and it has zero service without it. I would guess as long as you put it in another compatible phone you would get service.
Hoping someone will figure out a simple rooting method, but doesn't appear there is a lot of interest yet.
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Thanks but nah not what I was wanting, i wanted to be able to use the phone on cricket but since they dont use sim cards since their phones are cdma was why I was confused that this one has a card since usually only GSM phones use those. so im guessing I wont be able to use it on their network if they added it..I know they can convert certain imei's over the phone with a tool they ahve with cricket support but have not tried that yet.
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Thanks but nah not what I was wanting, i wanted to be able to use the phone on cricket but since they dont use sim cards since their phones are cdma was why I was confused that this one has a card since usually only GSM phones use those. so im guessing I wont be able to use it on their network if they added it..I know they can convert certain imei's over the phone with a tool they ahve with cricket support but have not tried that yet.
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Edited: The sim card has your programing for CDMA & 4g/LTE access. Just took mine out and it has zero service without it. I would guess as long as you put it in another compatible phone you would get service.
Hoping someone will figure out a simple rooting method, but doesn't appear there is a lot of interest yet.
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So, just wondering, would the Samsung Axiom work on T-Mobile or AT&T ?
yes and no
The R830 by U.S cellular is a CDMA phone. now ah days having a sim card slot does not symply mean its GSM ....TMobile....GSM ALL DAY. ATT GSM all day. Vzw,sprint, uscellular...CDMA. the Sim card in question is a 4glite. it controls the 4g side and basically activates the phone upon new activation. the question is: WELL THIS PHONE WORK ON CRICKET? Answer...yes...I put one on Pageplus by just activatiing the imei and then OTA...but I'm having trouble with the DAta side... cant get data or MMS (picture messaging) to work..talk and texts works fine.....Now im on to figuring out how to get this thing into DiagMode without rooting it Oh yeah.....try activating your Imei on cricket and then star code it. . if it asks you to press 1 or 2 but you dont see a keyboard,....thats okay...just let the lady run her mouth until the music starts playing....when its done the phone will restart and you'll have talk and text
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So, just wondering, would the Samsung Axiom work on T-Mobile or AT&T ?
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No, your phone will not work on either. The sim slot in question is for 4glte, all 4g phones will have this sim slot. A GSM sim will not provide any functionality at all.
oleskool1970 said:
but I'm having trouble with the DAta side... cant get data or MMS (picture messaging) to work..
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Was anyone got success in enabling the data ???
I have my s4 i545 with mj7 stock and net10 sim card, its the tmobile sim.
I get calls and sms no mms and no data.
my data kind of like flashes, it comes on for a second then turns off over and over it never connects and stays connected.
I used phone info and changed the radio to gsm/lte.
never had this problem when I was using at&t.
any help would be awesome
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I have my s4 i545 with mj7 stock and net10 sim card, its the tmobile sim.
I get calls and sms no mms and no data.
my data kind of like flashes, it comes on for a second then turns off over and over it never connects and stays connected.
I used phone info and changed the radio to gsm/lte.
never had this problem when I was using at&t.
any help would be awesome
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restored and still doing it
anyone?
cmlucht said:
I have my s4 i545 with mj7 stock and net10 sim card, its the tmobile sim.
I get calls and sms no mms and no data.
my data kind of like flashes, it comes on for a second then turns off over and over it never connects and stays connected.
I used phone info and changed the radio to gsm/lte.
never had this problem when I was using at&t.
any help would be awesome
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Did you configure the APN for the Net10 SIM?
k1mu said:
Did you configure the APN for the Net10 SIM?
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yes I did it works for like a hour and then does the off and on thing over and over.
cmlucht said:
yes I did it works for like a hour and then does the off and on thing over and over.
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its strange the data issues stop and work for a few hours then back to no data and I tried everything
is it possible to have a phone flashed badly or wrong? My Samsung Galaxy S4 was originally a U.S Cellular device, but was flashed to Verizon Prepaid. I basically have NO 3G. If and when the icon pops up, the minute I try to search or do anything it disappears.
My phone calls are fine, but my data is averaging 1X to nothing at all. Sometimes I cant even get a picture message out. I is driving me nuts, Especially when your paying for a service you cant use.
Was it possible that it was flashed wrong or bad? or is this something else. I have been trying to get it taken care o by Cricket King (ebay) but I think they think its on my end.
Any help or advice would be appreciated. Should I have it re flashed
Hmmm....I'm not a developer, but I do troubleshoot. Are you using Verizon SIM card? I believe once it's active and inserted you should have full functionality.
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I'm no Dev either, but did you set up the APN settings right? I would assume since it was flashed to a different network you would need to set it back up to work on the Verizon network. As for what those settings are I'm not sure. I've always been on Verizon and haven't had to mess with that stuff
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is it possible to have a phone flashed badly or wrong? My Samsung Galaxy S4 was originally a U.S Cellular device, but was flashed to Verizon Prepaid. I basically have NO 3G. If and when the icon pops up, the minute I try to search or do anything it disappears.
My phone calls are fine, but my data is averaging 1X to nothing at all. Sometimes I cant even get a picture message out. I is driving me nuts, Especially when your paying for a service you cant use.
Was it possible that it was flashed wrong or bad? or is this something else. I have been trying to get it taken care o by Cricket King (ebay) but I think they think its on my end.
Any help or advice would be appreciated. Should I have it re flashed
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Usually it ends up just being the APN's or the sim card. Since these phones are already unlocked it doesn't take much to get them going on another network
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No 3G
Mistertac said:
Usually it ends up just being the APN's or the sim card. Since these phones are already unlocked it doesn't take much to get them going on another network
Sent From My Verizon S4
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Well the guy who flashed it said he would probably have to change the PRL? Does this sound right?
NOTE** I am not using a SIM card (I don't believe ) Does this sound right? It was originally set up for U.S Cellular, bit was flashed to Verizon prepaid
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Well the guy who flashed it said he would probably have to change the PRL? Does this sound right?
NOTE** I am not using a SIM card (I don't believe ) Does this sound right? It was originally set up for U.S Cellular, bit was flashed to Verizon prepaid
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Well I don't know about the PRL much myself. I know my sprint s4 needed the prl updated from time to time but that's sprint.
And your sure your not using a sim? I'll be honest I'm not really sure about switching carriers and all that. Just from what I've read on here I've seen many people do it fairly easy.
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imowt said:
Well the guy who flashed it said he would probably have to change the PRL? Does this sound right?
NOTE** I am not using a SIM card (I don't believe ) Does this sound right? It was originally set up for U.S Cellular, bit was flashed to Verizon prepaid
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You must be using a SIM card because both U.S Cellular and Verizon need a SIM card. But to update the PRL type in your phone *228 and it should come up with a message saying it has been updated. Even though 4GLTE devices automatically update. Also, I would go into Settings, Connections, More networks, Mobile networks, Access Point Names, and make sure there is a green dot next to Verizon.
I plan on getting an M8 and ditching my iPhone 5S, but i've read various posts about mms not working on the M8 with straight talk. I was wondering if anyone had a working solution, because the ones I saw on here worked for a few people but not everyone. I'm not opposed to rom flashing, s-off ect... Thanks for reading
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I plan on getting an M8 and ditching my iPhone 5S, but i've read various posts about mms not working on the M8 with straight talk. I was wondering if anyone had a working solution, because the ones I saw on here worked for a few people but not everyone. I'm not opposed to rom flashing, s-off ect... Thanks for reading
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I have tried every possible APN and still cant get it to work.
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I have tried every possible APN and still cant get it to work.
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they do have a sim unlock method if you are s off
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they do have a sim unlock method if you are s off
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If the user has selected the "AT&T SIM" on Straight Talk, it uses the AT&T network, and does not require SIM unlock.
If the user selected the T-Mobile SIM, the phone functions (voice call, SMS, as well as cell data) wouldn't work either without SIM unlock.
The fact that only MMS is the problem, indicates the issue is with the APN.