[GUIDE] HTC EVO on MetroPCS!!

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killac93

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Apr 14, 2008
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Alrights guys, don't know if anyone has posted a tut for this yet but I finally got this EVO up and going with web. I don't know who the original poster of this was but it sure rocks!!


So Lets Begin First you will need the following Items

1. Cdma-Workshop (Any Build) i will not post.....hint....Search
2. Qpst v2.7 build 323 (I have attached this)
3. Htc Hero DIAG Drivers (I Have Attached This)
4. Htc Sync (Its On The Link At The Bottom)
5. BetterCut or Anycut ( I have made a link for...Anycut)

Ok Now that we have the Files Lets Start Flashing

1. Press ##DIAG# (##3424) on your phone You will see a screen Pop Up Thats Normal
2. Now plug The phone up to the computer and it will try and find the drivers but it will fail or ask you to locate the drivers manually so make sure you remember where you unzipped the files
3. Once you have that setup Go to Cdma-Workshop Go To the port the phone is on and Read From the Phone and go to the Security Tab.....and On the Spc Section Read The lock Code and write it to back to the phone so it says unlocked Then make the code 000000 and rewrite the code so it says sucess.
4. Now Close Cdma-Workshop and Open QPST Configuration Click On The Ports Tab and Add New Port ( Make Sure Show Serial and Usb/QC Diag Ports Only is Unchecked) and Add The Port Of Your Hero.
5.Highlight Your Port and Click Start Client and Start Service programming and Press Read From Phone The SPC should be all 0's so click on the M.I.P. Tab and Change The Mobile IP Behavior To Simple Ip. Edit The M.I.P. Profiles at the Top. Your NAI and Tethered NAI should be (your10digitnumber@mymetropcs.com or your10digitnumber@mycricket.com)
6. Next Click On The PPP Config Tab and Click the UM Button your user id should be (your10digitnumber@mymetropcs.com or your10digitnumber@mycricket.com) and the password and tethered NAI should be metropcs or cricket Do the Same For the AN Button and press Write to Phone It should Give You a Error But Dont Worry About It
7. Press ##DATA# (##3282#) And Setup your Data for your phone and press menu and Commit So your phone Will Reboot
8. Install BetterCut or AnyCut on your phone and open it Press New ShortCut And Go To Activity It make take a couple of minutes for it to appear but when it Does Go down to Proxy Setting and Click It. It Will Ask for a Name make it whatever you want to. It should say shortcut created sucessfully. Go to your Home Screen and it should be somewhere on there press it and Edit it For Cricket It should be HostNAME: wap.mycricket.com And Port Should be 8080 and for Metropcs HostName: wap.metropcs.net and Port Should Be 3128.

**Forgot who originally posted this, but its not my solution, enjoy**


Drivers:

http://rapidshare.com/files/34424222...AG_Drivers.zip



htc sync:

http://rapidshare.com/files/345204153/HTCSync.exe



anycut:

http://rapidshare.com/files/345202329/any.RAR



QPST:

http://rapidshare.com/files/343520454/qpst_2.7_348.rar

QPST pass is: cdma-king.com
 
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vboyz103

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hmm..interesting read..although I don't want to be on MetroPCS but another coolness to add for Evo :)
 

chumba8

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May 5, 2008
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What about verizon?

How about flashing the evo to verizon? To us that have I/O evo our screw it should I just move to sprint
 

davebu

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Dec 28, 2007
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If you really want it on verizon you could ask an authorized verizon retailer to basically do this same thing for you. they love signing people up this way as they get to pocket the normal phone subsidy ($250 on the evo).
 
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jigglywiggly

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Well you can pretty much get Verizon coverage from that other thread using Altell's towers. Too bad ping gets raised, but hell... way better signal and speedtests :p
 

ap3604

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Feb 20, 2010
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Alrights guys, don't know if anyone has posted a tut for this yet but I finally got this EVO up and going with web. I don't know who the original poster of this was but it sure rocks!!


So Lets Begin First you will need the following Items

1. Cdma-Workshop (Any Build) i will not post.....hint....Search
2. Qpst v2.7 build 323 (I have attached this)
3. Htc Hero DIAG Drivers (I Have Attached This)
4. Htc Sync (Its On The Link At The Bottom)
5. BetterCut or Anycut ( I have made a link for...Anycut)

Ok Now that we have the Files Lets Start Flashing

1. Press ##DIAG# (##3424) on your phone You will see a screen Pop Up Thats Normal
2. Now plug The phone up to the computer and it will try and find the drivers but it will fail or ask you to locate the drivers manually so make sure you remember where you unzipped the files
3. Once you have that setup Go to Cdma-Workshop Go To the port the phone is on and Read From the Phone and go to the Security Tab.....and On the Spc Section Read The lock Code and write it to back to the phone so it says unlocked Then make the code 000000 and rewrite the code so it says sucess.
4. Now Close Cdma-Workshop and Open QPST Configuration Click On The Ports Tab and Add New Port ( Make Sure Show Serial and Usb/QC Diag Ports Only is Unchecked) and Add The Port Of Your Hero.
5.Highlight Your Port and Click Start Client and Start Service programming and Press Read From Phone The SPC should be all 0's so click on the M.I.P. Tab and Change The Mobile IP Behavior To Simple Ip. Edit The M.I.P. Profiles at the Top. Your NAI and Tethered NAI should be (your10digitnumber@mymetropcs.com or your10digitnumber@mycricket.com)
6. Next Click On The PPP Config Tab and Click the UM Button your user id should be (your10digitnumber@mymetropcs.com or your10digitnumber@mycricket.com) and the password and tethered NAI should be metropcs or cricket Do the Same For the AN Button and press Write to Phone It should Give You a Error But Dont Worry About It
7. Press ##DATA# (##3282#) And Setup your Data for your phone and press menu and Commit So your phone Will Reboot
8. Install BetterCut or AnyCut on your phone and open it Press New ShortCut And Go To Activity It make take a couple of minutes for it to appear but when it Does Go down to Proxy Setting and Click It. It Will Ask for a Name make it whatever you want to. It should say shortcut created sucessfully. Go to your Home Screen and it should be somewhere on there press it and Edit it For Cricket It should be HostNAME: wap.mycricket.com And Port Should be 8080 and for Metropcs HostName: wap.metropcs.net and Port Should Be 3128.

**Forgot who originally posted this, but its not my solution, enjoy**


Drivers:

http://rapidshare.com/files/34424222...AG_Drivers.zip



htc sync:

http://rapidshare.com/files/345204153/HTCSync.exe



anycut:

http://rapidshare.com/files/345202329/any.RAR



QPST:

http://rapidshare.com/files/343520454/qpst_2.7_348.rar

QPST pass is: cdma-king.com

Congratulations buddy!

Thanks a hell of a lot for giving us this how to guide. I really appreciate it :)

Just had 3 questions:
1) Are you getting 3g data in Atlanta or is it just Edge?
2) What plan did you sign up for at MetroPCS?
3) If you decide you don't like MetroPCS, how do you reverse this process back to Sprint service?

Thanks again for figuring this out :)
 
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joeykrim

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Too bad ping gets raised, but hell... way better signal and speedtests :p
that probably depends on the tower coverage for the specific geographical location ...

i see the directions mention HTC Hero a few times. has anybody confirmed this works on the EVO?
 
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hack-a-lak

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Jun 15, 2010
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Lol, I just spent all night trying to figure this out and you have made it very easy. Thanks. The Diag Drivers link doesn't work but I am sure we could find it somewhere else.

I do have one question. Do you still need to have a Metro PCS dealer add the ESN to their network?
 
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killac93

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Apr 14, 2008
65
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Atlanta
Lol, I just spent all night trying to figure this out and you have made it very easy. Thanks. The Diag Drivers link doesn't work but I am sure we could find it somewhere else.

I do have one question. Do you still need to have a Metro PCS dealer add the ESN to their network?

Yes the ESN needs to be added to Metro's inventory. I had them add it and wallaahhh!
 

ap3604

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Feb 20, 2010
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Right now talk, text and web are working. Still working on MMS. However I had great 3G reception here in Hotlanta. :)

I see... so for $50/mo (contract free) I can get the the same things that Sprint is offering me for $80/mo. When you minus the extra cost to buy the phone full retail $449 vs $199 on contract you actually saving about $570 over a two year period...

Hard choice ;)
 

SYNTHAXXX

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3G unstable

I have tried many configurations and no matter what I do, it seems that the "mobile network" connection is not stable. It will go out periodically and say "connection failed" or "turning on". Can you verify that you are not having this issue?

Also, this obviously does not bypass the WAP proxy which is used by Cricket. This means that other protocols, such as those used in navigation software and YouTube, are going to be blocked by the proxy server. Does anyone know a way around this?
 

efuse

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May 15, 2010
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I have tried many configurations and no matter what I do, it seems that the "mobile network" connection is not stable. It will go out periodically and say "connection failed" or "turning on". Can you verify that you are not having this issue?

Also, this obviously does not bypass the WAP proxy which is used by Cricket. This means that other protocols, such as those used in navigation software and YouTube, are going to be blocked by the proxy server. Does anyone know a way around this?

google around for the droid eris cricket tutorial. that has the proper method to set it up, and it works on all other cdma htc android phones.

i believe it is posted on howardfourms under the cricket section.
 

xlogix

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I myself was wondering if it was the same because I flashed my evo to cricket the same way just off of flashing know how....going to try and see if the Eris method matches what needs to be done to the evo and will report back
 

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    Alrights guys, don't know if anyone has posted a tut for this yet but I finally got this EVO up and going with web. I don't know who the original poster of this was but it sure rocks!!


    So Lets Begin First you will need the following Items

    1. Cdma-Workshop (Any Build) i will not post.....hint....Search
    2. Qpst v2.7 build 323 (I have attached this)
    3. Htc Hero DIAG Drivers (I Have Attached This)
    4. Htc Sync (Its On The Link At The Bottom)
    5. BetterCut or Anycut ( I have made a link for...Anycut)

    Ok Now that we have the Files Lets Start Flashing

    1. Press ##DIAG# (##3424) on your phone You will see a screen Pop Up Thats Normal
    2. Now plug The phone up to the computer and it will try and find the drivers but it will fail or ask you to locate the drivers manually so make sure you remember where you unzipped the files
    3. Once you have that setup Go to Cdma-Workshop Go To the port the phone is on and Read From the Phone and go to the Security Tab.....and On the Spc Section Read The lock Code and write it to back to the phone so it says unlocked Then make the code 000000 and rewrite the code so it says sucess.
    4. Now Close Cdma-Workshop and Open QPST Configuration Click On The Ports Tab and Add New Port ( Make Sure Show Serial and Usb/QC Diag Ports Only is Unchecked) and Add The Port Of Your Hero.
    5.Highlight Your Port and Click Start Client and Start Service programming and Press Read From Phone The SPC should be all 0's so click on the M.I.P. Tab and Change The Mobile IP Behavior To Simple Ip. Edit The M.I.P. Profiles at the Top. Your NAI and Tethered NAI should be (your10digitnumber@mymetropcs.com or your10digitnumber@mycricket.com)
    6. Next Click On The PPP Config Tab and Click the UM Button your user id should be (your10digitnumber@mymetropcs.com or your10digitnumber@mycricket.com) and the password and tethered NAI should be metropcs or cricket Do the Same For the AN Button and press Write to Phone It should Give You a Error But Dont Worry About It
    7. Press ##DATA# (##3282#) And Setup your Data for your phone and press menu and Commit So your phone Will Reboot
    8. Install BetterCut or AnyCut on your phone and open it Press New ShortCut And Go To Activity It make take a couple of minutes for it to appear but when it Does Go down to Proxy Setting and Click It. It Will Ask for a Name make it whatever you want to. It should say shortcut created sucessfully. Go to your Home Screen and it should be somewhere on there press it and Edit it For Cricket It should be HostNAME: wap.mycricket.com And Port Should be 8080 and for Metropcs HostName: wap.metropcs.net and Port Should Be 3128.

    **Forgot who originally posted this, but its not my solution, enjoy**


    Drivers:

    http://rapidshare.com/files/34424222...AG_Drivers.zip



    htc sync:

    http://rapidshare.com/files/345204153/HTCSync.exe



    anycut:

    http://rapidshare.com/files/345202329/any.RAR



    QPST:

    http://rapidshare.com/files/343520454/qpst_2.7_348.rar

    QPST pass is: cdma-king.com
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    Alrights guys, don't know if anyone has posted a tut for this yet but I finally got this EVO up and going with web. I don't know who the original poster of this was but it sure rocks!!


    So Lets Begin First you will need the following Items

    1. Cdma-Workshop (Any Build) i will not post.....hint....Search
    2. Qpst v2.7 build 323 (I have attached this)
    3. Htc Hero DIAG Drivers (I Have Attached This)
    4. Htc Sync (Its On The Link At The Bottom)
    5. BetterCut or Anycut ( I have made a link for...Anycut)

    Ok Now that we have the Files Lets Start Flashing

    1. Press ##DIAG# (##3424) on your phone You will see a screen Pop Up Thats Normal
    2. Now plug The phone up to the computer and it will try and find the drivers but it will fail or ask you to locate the drivers manually so make sure you remember where you unzipped the files
    3. Once you have that setup Go to Cdma-Workshop Go To the port the phone is on and Read From the Phone and go to the Security Tab.....and On the Spc Section Read The lock Code and write it to back to the phone so it says unlocked Then make the code 000000 and rewrite the code so it says sucess.
    4. Now Close Cdma-Workshop and Open QPST Configuration Click On The Ports Tab and Add New Port ( Make Sure Show Serial and Usb/QC Diag Ports Only is Unchecked) and Add The Port Of Your Hero.
    5.Highlight Your Port and Click Start Client and Start Service programming and Press Read From Phone The SPC should be all 0's so click on the M.I.P. Tab and Change The Mobile IP Behavior To Simple Ip. Edit The M.I.P. Profiles at the Top. Your NAI and Tethered NAI should be (your10digitnumber@mymetropcs.com or your10digitnumber@mycricket.com)
    6. Next Click On The PPP Config Tab and Click the UM Button your user id should be (your10digitnumber@mymetropcs.com or your10digitnumber@mycricket.com) and the password and tethered NAI should be metropcs or cricket Do the Same For the AN Button and press Write to Phone It should Give You a Error But Dont Worry About It
    7. Press ##DATA# (##3282#) And Setup your Data for your phone and press menu and Commit So your phone Will Reboot
    8. Install BetterCut or AnyCut on your phone and open it Press New ShortCut And Go To Activity It make take a couple of minutes for it to appear but when it Does Go down to Proxy Setting and Click It. It Will Ask for a Name make it whatever you want to. It should say shortcut created sucessfully. Go to your Home Screen and it should be somewhere on there press it and Edit it For Cricket It should be HostNAME: wap.mycricket.com And Port Should be 8080 and for Metropcs HostName: wap.metropcs.net and Port Should Be 3128.

    **Forgot who originally posted this, but its not my solution, enjoy**


    Drivers:

    http://rapidshare.com/files/34424222...AG_Drivers.zip



    htc sync:

    http://rapidshare.com/files/345204153/HTCSync.exe



    anycut:

    http://rapidshare.com/files/345202329/any.RAR



    QPST:

    http://rapidshare.com/files/343520454/qpst_2.7_348.rar

    QPST pass is: cdma-king.com

    Congratulations buddy!

    Thanks a hell of a lot for giving us this how to guide. I really appreciate it :)

    Just had 3 questions:
    1) Are you getting 3g data in Atlanta or is it just Edge?
    2) What plan did you sign up for at MetroPCS?
    3) If you decide you don't like MetroPCS, how do you reverse this process back to Sprint service?

    Thanks again for figuring this out :)
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    Got it working yesssss!!!!

    Yes everybody after 4 days of trial and error I got it to work. I want to thank all the people that put this tut together you are Genius, Thanks very much....

    Here's what i did different instead of using "metropcs" for password you need a MSL for metro you can go here to get it by entering your esn .whiterabbit.org/android and when editing profile with qpst look at the (HA shared secret) and the (AAA shared secret) click on (enter text string) and put the password there too you know the one you generated.
    One last thing make sure that QPST resets your phone when you write to phone!!!!


    All done Hope that helps somebody....
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    where can I find the HTC Hero Drivers. The link on page 1 is dead.

    Found them here. http://rapidshare.com/#!download|79l35|293529424|HTC_Hero_DIAG_Drivers.zip|1155
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    Where to get evo flashed

    Currently live in Stockton, CA and when i went to the Metro store and asked them to flash it, they said they couldn't because they were not allowed to... Where exactly can i get this phone Metro flashed? Or can i do it myself?

    you can get it flashed from me, i am in oakland.

    or you may wanna read this
    http://metropcsflash.blogspot.com/p/htc-evo-4g-metropcs.html

    ---------- Post added at 01:16 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:13 AM ----------

    http://metropcsflash.blogspot.com/p/htc-evo-4g-metropcs.html.
    i am not trying to promote this website just telling they have the pictures of how to do it.