##778 hacks shared

[dan-htc-touch]

Anyone care to share any usefull hacks after one has obtained their msl?

[deegimus]

I can't take credit for these, but they work...


Shorten time/ number of rings to answer

Credit to Elkay

Thread

Here is a tip from the 6700 forum that works on the Touch (credit to Elkay in the 6700 forum). You may have noticed that when someone calls you it may take several rings on their end before the Touch begins to ring. The reason for this delay is the “slot cycle index,” or how often your Touch polls the towers for an incoming call. Default appears to be about 5 seconds—way to long. Of course, as always, there is a compromise to be made—the more often it polls the tower, the more power it uses. Anyway here is the hack:

To do this, you will need your MSL number, which only Sprint (or your provider) can provide you.

1) Open up the phone app and dial ##778# (PST).

2) You will be asked to enter your MSL. Enter it, and you will be brought into the provisioning of your phone.

3) From the top left, select Modem Settings. On this page, your Slot Cycle Index (SCI) is how often your phone polls the tower for incoming calls, etc. This value is 1.28 seconds multiplied by 2 (i.e 0=1.28 secs, 1=2.56secs) with 0 fastest, 7 slowest. The default is 2, but lowering it to 1 hasn't noticeably affected my battery life, and roughly 2.5 second (SCI 1) response time is far more reasonable than roughly 5 seconds (SCI 2).
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Force EV-DO/1X, quicker ring response

Same thread

Here is another tip from the same 6700 post by Elkay.

1) Follow steps 1 through 3 in the Shorten time/ number of rings to answer tip:

Also on this page is your preferred operation mode. The Default is Automatic, which is the best available mode (EV that will roll back to 1X when EV is unavailable). There are times when you might be in a fringe area and your mode may cycle frequently and this can seriously drain your battery. Setting this to HDR will force EV-DO only if you demand an EV-DO connection. Changing this setting to CDMA Only will force the phone to ignore an EV-DO tower and maintain only a 1xRTT connection.


Cheers,
DJ

[bugzy]

Also on this page is your preferred operation mode. The Default is Automatic, which is the best available mode (EV that will roll back to 1X when EV is unavailable). There are times when you might be in a fringe area and your mode may cycle frequently and this can seriously drain your battery. Setting this to HDR will force EV-DO only if you demand an EV-DO connection. Changing this setting to CDMA Only will force the phone to ignore an EV-DO tower and maintain only a 1xRTT connection.
DJ

Automatic or CDMA or HDR is preferred for Sprint usage?? which is best?

[randomwit]

Automatic or CDMA or HDR is preferred for Sprint usage?? which is best?

automatic is best under most circumsatnces.

[bugzy]

Automatic works better

i tried the other settings, for some reason, when i call myself on LAN phone, it goes straight to voicemail

[e_town]

Anyone else have a problem when entering the ##778# on the phone dialer? I have been getting random errors (67 and 1012) so i called sprint yesterday to try and resolve them. I was told to type in ##3282# (i think) to enter a service menu. It does nothing.

I press the green talk button to bring up the dialer, type ##778# and nothing hapens. If i press the green talk button again, it attempts to dial ##778#. Anyone care to give me a heads up on something stupid i am missing here? Thanks.

.eric

[bugzy]

Anyone else have a problem when entering the ##778# on the phone dialer? I have been getting random errors (67 and 1012) so i called sprint yesterday to try and resolve them. I was told to type in ##3282# (i think) to enter a service menu. It does nothing.

I press the green talk button to bring up the dialer, type ##778# and nothing hapens. If i press the green talk button again, it attempts to dial ##778#. Anyone care to give me a heads up on something stupid i am missing here? Thanks.

.eric
i hit ##778# and wait like 1 or 2 secs and the screen changes

do not any buttons ... dont need to call out, just ##778# and let it sit for 1 sec

[e_town]

Tried waiting....nothing. Called tech support, they were baffled, suggested hard reset. *sigh

Time to pull everything off and reset.

.eric

[thehelios]

Tried waiting....nothing. Called tech support, they were baffled, suggested hard reset. *sigh

Time to pull everything off and reset.

.eric

I had this problem once. Make sure you don't have some sort of custom dialing skin on. These won't let you access special ## codes. Didn't notice that untill l couldn't get a phone activated with a CSR and figured that was the problem.

[codyppc]

I had this problem once. Make sure you don't have some sort of custom dialing skin on. These won't let you access special ## codes. Didn't notice that untill l couldn't get a phone activated with a CSR and figured that was the problem.

actually different dialers as well as different radios wont allow the codes to work right. i always changes the things i need first and then load the goodies on there.

[e_town]

Ill try that. Anything to avoid a hard reset. I have so many little BS apps on this damn thing. Probably good to clean it up anyways.

.eric

[e_town]

I had this problem once. Make sure you don't have some sort of custom dialing skin on. These won't let you access special ## codes. Didn't notice that untill l couldn't get a phone activated with a CSR and figured that was the problem.


Got it fixed. I removed a bunch of programs i had installed. Dont remember which one actually did it, but i had a bunch of UI tweak programs installed. Thanks for the help guys.

.eric

[getwilde]

I had the same problem until I found this thread. After removing "EquinoXe Wizard reTOUCHED Dialer" and soft-rebooting, it worked.

[brers]

or 91 , 94, 71, 1012 errors are Registration/Provisioning errors. You have to contact tech support 1 800 639 6111 to have them re-provision your services. More than likely your PRL check sum ,User name, HA Shared Secret (should always be the word "secret") or your AAA Shared secret (randomly generated by Sprint) is invailid. In any case, they would have to reset on their end.

As far as the ##data# if you dont really know what your changing, I'd do some research first


Sprint Service Tech
Southeastern Div.
Baton Rouge,LA

Have a good day

[thefish123]

1) Open up the phone app and dial ##778# (PST).

2) You will be asked to enter your MSL. Enter it, and you will be brought into the provisioning of your phone.OK, maybe I am the last one to know this but how do I find my MSL code on the Bell Mobility Touch?

[shawn_]

You can get the MSL by using a program called GetSPC.
There is a link further down in this post:

http://www.sprintusers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=151852

[tycho55]

Do be careful when forcing your phone to use EVDO only -- you won't be able to make/receive any calls or SMS as both of those services require the use of 1xRTT.

[PapaDocta]

is there a way to debrand the sprint htc touch? i'm using it outside the USA!!

[bossman74]

I can't take credit for these, but they work...


Shorten time/ number of rings to answer

Credit to Elkay

Thread

Here is a tip from the 6700 forum that works on the Touch (credit to Elkay in the 6700 forum). You may have noticed that when someone calls you it may take several rings on their end before the Touch begins to ring. The reason for this delay is the “slot cycle index,” or how often your Touch polls the towers for an incoming call. Default appears to be about 5 seconds—way to long. Of course, as always, there is a compromise to be made—the more often it polls the tower, the more power it uses. Anyway here is the hack:

To do this, you will need your MSL number, which only Sprint (or your provider) can provide you.

1) Open up the phone app and dial ##778# (PST).

2) You will be asked to enter your MSL. Enter it, and you will be brought into the provisioning of your phone.

3) From the top left, select Modem Settings. On this page, your Slot Cycle Index (SCI) is how often your phone polls the tower for incoming calls, etc. This value is 1.28 seconds multiplied by 2 (i.e 0=1.28 secs, 1=2.56secs) with 0 fastest, 7 slowest. The default is 2, but lowering it to 1 hasn't noticeably affected my battery life, and roughly 2.5 second (SCI 1) response time is far more reasonable than roughly 5 seconds (SCI 2).
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Force EV-DO/1X, quicker ring response

Same thread

Here is another tip from the same 6700 post by Elkay.

1) Follow steps 1 through 3 in the Shorten time/ number of rings to answer tip:

Also on this page is your preferred operation mode. The Default is Automatic, which is the best available mode (EV that will roll back to 1X when EV is unavailable). There are times when you might be in a fringe area and your mode may cycle frequently and this can seriously drain your battery. Setting this to HDR will force EV-DO only if you demand an EV-DO connection. Changing this setting to CDMA Only will force the phone to ignore an EV-DO tower and maintain only a 1xRTT connection.


Cheers,
DJ

How would I find my unlock code ???

Thanks!

[black_mamba]

How would I find my unlock code ???

Thanks!

"Unlock"?? You're referring to a CDMA Touch, right (which is why you're in the Vogue forum)? I don't think you can unlock these. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but the only carriers using CDMA are Sprint and Verizon (in US). If you wanted to use this with a GSM carrier (ATT, T-Mo) you wouldn't be able to regardless of what you do to the phone.

If you are referring to the MSL number, please read the post that you, yourself, quoted.

[bossman74]

What I meant is that after I "dial" ##778#, and select "edit"

A windows asks "please enter Unlock code:"

I don't know that code, where can I find it ?

[bossman74]

How can I find my MSL with Bell Mobility ?

[bossman74]

How can I find my MSL with Bell Mobility ?

Nevermind I found it with GetSPC...

[fraggy4]

Has anyone figured out a way to hack it so that you can switch to EVDO only and still receive calls? I know it's technically impossible, but maybe a program to quickly switch between EVDO and 1x? I'm using my xv6900 tethered to my computer as I have no internet access here, but I get great EVDO signal. I was having trouble getting it to prefer EVDO if available, so I switched to EVDO only. But I'd like a way to switch quickly without dialing ##778.

[mikedav01]

What I meant is that after I "dial" ##778#, and select "edit"

A windows asks "please enter Unlock code:"

I don't know that code, where can I find it ?

Verizon code is "000000"

[frazell]

Has anyone figured out a way to hack it so that you can switch to EVDO only and still receive calls? I know it's technically impossible, but maybe a program to quickly switch between EVDO and 1x? I'm using my xv6900 tethered to my computer as I have no internet access here, but I get great EVDO signal. I was having trouble getting it to prefer EVDO if available, so I switched to EVDO only. But I'd like a way to switch quickly without dialing ##778.

I don't get your question...

Isn't that they way the phone works by default? My Mogul (I haven't changed anything about this stuff) does EVDO and when it gets or makes a call or gets or sends an SMS drops down to 1xRTT then back up to EVDO...

If that's what you want don't you just want to leave it at its default settings??? Or am I somehow lost here?

[blacka]

Verizon code is "000000"

For GET EPST Code
1. Download GetSPC (http://www.pcperspective.net/GetSPC.rar) anarc and copy the folder to your microSD card your HTC.
2. Start -> settings/system/device info , find your ESN and write it down(Case Sensitive)
3. Run GetSPC.exe from you storage Card and put your ESN# in to INPUT field.
4. Pres "GO" booton
5. In Output field content your CODE
6. Press Call booton , type ##778# , select Edit - WOW - acepted :) -Vualya

[neomaximus10]

ok, awesome, got that working, now i can get callos and stuff, now when i go to internet explorer it says "this page cannot be displayed because the connection was lost. check the connection and try again

[neomaximus10]

ie will not work, but opera 9.5 beta works fine, so thats cool, also i have a white box at the top middle, that has a bold R in it, does that mean my phone is in roaming?