[Q] Flash Droid Charge to other CDMA network

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imagecolour

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Jun 6, 2010
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Got problem with my charge, IMEI show "00000000000000" all zeros,and MEID show "unknown", i think my EFS was corrupt.
still have no solution,
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1114958

As i had informed you earlier , the phone initiliazes from the SIM card, we have to handle the sim card .Try to get a gevey CDMA sim and change its min number and hopefully it works.

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It looks like an EFS Repair Tools, I will try that on my spare time. Thanks for the links.

However, I have a solution for EVDO data on Droid Charge and it cost around $30-$40. Check it out!

Hi guys , i have tried to contact a person who says he can send me a Motherboard which fits and works for a Droid Charge and it will be unlocked and works with all networks, but he is charging me 65 U.S dollars inclusive of shipping which i feel is more.I will try to ask for discount and update.
He says it is GSM with SIM slot.
 

Chien35

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Hi guys , i have tried to contact a person who says he can send me a Motherboard which fits and works for a Droid Charge and it will be unlocked and works with all networks, but he is charging me 65 U.S dollars inclusive of shipping which i feel is more.I will try to ask for discount and update.
He says it is GSM with SIM slot.

Don't waste your money bro...
As you know no one said it is working on GSM network, I'm very sure there is no GSM technology inside Droid Charge. Maybe just other phone looks like Droid Charge with GSM network or maybe a replica.
Nowaday there are many replica phone from China with the same form, type and name that you can't even notice the difference when you hold it, but after check more deeply you'll find the answered.
Just info, US Cellular also sold Droid Charge as Samsung Galaxy S Aviator, let's hope the lock more easier to break and can be flash vice versa.
 

imagecolour

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Jun 6, 2010
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Don't waste your money bro...
As you know no one said it is working on GSM network, I'm very sure there is no GSM technology inside Droid Charge. Maybe just other phone looks like Droid Charge with GSM network or maybe a replica.
Nowaday there are many replica phone from China with the same form, type and name that you can't even notice the difference when you hold it, but after check more deeply you'll find the answered.
Just info, US Cellular also sold Droid Charge as Samsung Galaxy S Aviator, let's hope the lock more easier to break and can be flash vice versa.

Thanks a lot for the warning.I am trying to verifying him.he claims that the motherboard belongs to a different Samsung model but it fits and works on droid charge.
 

robbiejobs

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Don't waste your money bro...
As you know no one said it is working on GSM network, I'm very sure there is no GSM technology inside Droid Charge. Maybe just other phone looks like Droid Charge with GSM network or maybe a replica.
Nowaday there are many replica phone from China with the same form, type and name that you can't even notice the difference when you hold it, but after check more deeply you'll find the answered.
Just info, US Cellular also sold Droid Charge as Samsung Galaxy S Aviator, let's hope the lock more easier to break and can be flash vice versa.

Agreed! Droid Charge doesn't have hidden GSM radio like the HTC Rezound, save your money and keep praying that someone will leak the VIA Programming Tools :p

Speaking of Aviator, I have download the User Manual pdf..it's just identical with the Charge, hope there's an ODIN package for the Aviator so I could try to mess the phone :D
 

yolchy

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Glad it's working, any updates for flashing this phone to other carrier ? let me know if you have some progress :)

yes buddy;), the driver put my samsung sch-I110 CDMAmodem mode in function, no more erros INTF2, and the PVST could change the international prl 52642 to one of the prl from a phone company in my country. Sorry for my bad english, thanks again bro, and sorry if i dont understand your question :p
 

Chien35

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My opinion, we don't need any other CDMA tools to inject this phone coz we already have Samsung PST to do all the jobs.
Try open your Samsung PST then select the phone (SCH-I510), click on Setting button then click Select all and Read From Phone, and you'll found all settings we need to inject but the coloumn with grey color blue text is locked. Maybe these settings locked by DLL file that came from Verizon, we need to crack this DLL file to unlock the settings.
 

imagecolour

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I tried changing it, but it reverts back to its original setting after a restart.
As i earlier told you all that the answer is in the SIM.
Try Gevay CDMA SIM if anybody can and please update.
 

Chien35

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I tried changing it, but it reverts back to its original setting after a restart.
As i earlier told you all that the answer is in the SIM.
Try Gevay CDMA SIM if anybody can and please update.

Have u try remove the SIM? When u used the SIM all settings will be back to 4G settings but when u remove the SIM, all settings refer to phone configuration.
My opinion SIM Card is priority, when it available the phone will read it but when it unavailable the phone will switch to CDMA. CMIIW

I formerly use Motorola Photon 4G Sprint but I'm not a Sprint user, when the phone boot the first time it read is 4G network then CDMA follow by GSM. If 4G available then it connect to 4G if not then CDMA, if CDMA not available then GSM.
 

arabdog31

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drivers

how the heck were you guys able to install the drivers that you posted? how do you open and run this crdownload file?
 

robbiejobs

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how the heck were you guys able to install the drivers that you posted? how do you open and run this crdownload file?

.crdownload is an unfinished Google Chrome download, try different browser or internet connection :)

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Thanks for the link, unfortunately Droid Charge didn't use the same SIM card like GSM. Charge uses UICC type, which is different but similar (? :D) from regular SIM Card :(
 

arabdog31

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cdmaworkshop

thanks chien that fixed the driver issue I have been having with the i110 samsung illusion but since this is not a qualcomm chip will i not be able to use cdma workshop to flash this handset?i tried different combos of cdma modem and pda i got the proper diag com ports to show up in cdmawrkshop but it wont read the phone nor will it allow me to write anything either? im wondering if this phone has been fully flashed yet?
 

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    This is what I do to get connected with VPST :

    1. Remove SIM Card, turn on the phone.
    2. Connect the phone to PC, Install VIA Telecom USB Driver.
    3. Dial **USBUI, choose USB > CDMA Modem
    4. While the phone still connected to PC, Dial **DEBUG and then go to ETS Channel. If it's already on USB, change it to DPRAM and then back to USB.
    5. Open VPST Dragon, not VPCT. Update PRL, Restart Phone, Done.
    6. Dial **583, choose Enable CDMA Mode. Phone ask to restart, but you don't have to. And the signal should comes up now
    7. Stuck there, PRL updated, Signal shown (no more roaming indicator) but still cannot make a test call ( *22809 should connect to my local carrier activation, but the call just ended immediately.)

    You can find VPST Dragon on 4shared.com, good luck :)

    Here's the proof :

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    P.S :
    Ignore the 3G Icon, I just change the WiFi icons in SystemUI.apk :p
    VPST couldn't read some PRL, just try another version of your carrier PRL.
    Wrong PRL file will gives you "USB Loopback test : failed"

    This PRL works for me : http://www.mediafire.com/?260oum76c48342n ( for smartfren Indonesia )
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    We discovered early on that QPST just doesn't want to work with this phone. Plus, why did you get a LTE phone when you're just going to use CDMA?

    Sent from my Droid Charge running Infinity Beta
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    i have made a thread with updated via tools. if anyone can help us get full use out of them please share!! http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=26425227
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    The activation process in my country is a little bit different with the U.S (or maybe other country). All we have to do here is go to the Cellular Provider office, tell them our MEID or ESN and then ask for MDN,MIN and A-KEY. Next process is DIY, manually program your phone using QPST or CDMAWS. OTA activation is not yet available in my country ( limited to iPhone and some android phones at this time ) Unfortunately Droid Charge is using VIA Chipset, which is need a different software to program the phone. So far, I have found VPCT,VPST,and ETSMain which is made for VIA Telecom phones... too bad, its all old version and it's not fully compatible with newer VIA Phones.

    For those who needed the driver, I found this driver from somewhere on the internet :

    Code:
    http://www.mydroidfiles.com/downloads/TBH/SamsungFlashingUtility.7z

    *credits to original uploader

    My goal is still... to disable that control freak SIM Card :mad: another 4G-LTE Phone who uses Qualcomm chipset is already able to flashed to another carrier, because it's quite easy to disable SIM Card via QPST,DFS, and another CDMA tools.

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    WOW , this is very good , thanks to you all who are working on it, can you please let me know the link to INTF2 driver or can you send a link for VIA Telecom USB Driver.

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    I feel the activation part is in The SIM, the phone is given a activation pulse from the sim when the phone starts. So by removing the sim i dont think it makes sense. insted we have to try and hack the sim and load the phone number and min from the sim.Or we should try to replace the number and min on the sim with our desired number and min.


    I tried to change MIN and AKEY straight to the SIM Card, but it won't write.. DFS just give some CPS_ERROR ( I forgot the exact error message ).

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    What's Next ? :(
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    Help anyone ?​
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    Hi,
    is anybody was flashed Droid Charge to Boost Mobile, MetroPCS or other CDMA Networks?
    Because i cant connect it to QPST for flash PRL and other settings for my network (Intertelecom, Ukraine).