Activating/Provisioning your EVO

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Picked up my phone at radio shack and after 3 hrs it hadn't become active on the Sprint network yet. Whenever I tried to place a call it would tell me this phone was not authorized.
Called Sprint and they gave me directions to manually activate it on the network, figured I would share with anybody who has the same problem.

Need to double check they have the correct ESN in their system. It can be read off the box or off the back of the phone under the battery.

Next, they'll give you your MSL (six digit number) to enter, ##XXXXXX# .

Choose edit from the menu and then enter your mobile phone number into the mobile directory number and MSID fields. Hit Menu->Commit.
It will reboot the phone and when it comes up, starts hands free activation. Go ahead and hit cancel, since we manually set it up. Skip the updates and it should be activate on the network now!

Originally Posted by joeykrim

Picked up my phone at radio shack and after 3 hrs it hadn't become active on the Sprint network yet. Whenever I tried to place a call it would tell me this phone was not authorized.
Called Sprint and they gave me directions to manually activate it on the network, figured I would share with anybody who has the same problem.

Need to double check they have the correct ESN in their system. It can be read off the box or off the back of the phone under the battery.

Next, they'll give you your MSL (six digit number) to enter, ##XXXXXX# .

Choose edit from the menu and then enter your mobile phone number into the mobile directory number and MSID fields. Hit Menu->Commit.
It will reboot the phone and when it comes up, starts hands free activation. Go ahead and hit cancel, since we manually set it up. Skip the updates and it should be activate on the network now!

So, it is safe to turn on the phone? It won't automatically install the OTA update?

Originally Posted by Saturn2K

So, it is safe to turn on the phone? It won't automatically install the OTA update?

no, i twont auto install anything. it prompts you for each update and you can choose yes or no. in fact, mine actually skipped checking for software updates and only checked for PRL update and firmware update. it updated the PRL but no firmware update.

Bmtx16

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When you mention "Menu", I'm assuming you mean the EPST menu? ##3282#? I can access and edit all that information using that programming code.

Originally Posted by Bmtx16

When you mention "Menu", I'm assuming you mean the EPST menu? ##3282#? I can access and edit all that information using that programming code.

wow, old thread to be bumped. i almost didnt believe it was really mine when i saw my name on it.
the directions I was given over the phone from sprint were, just as stated in the OP, to use the ##MSL# menu, not the ##DATA# (##3283#) menu to provision the phone programming it for use on the Sprint network.

I did this several times and believe it updated my PRI from 1.34 to 1.40. Is this possible? I have been seeing over the forum that a ##768# Factory Reset will cause it to Hands-Free Activation and trying several times can get you back up to 1.40PRI however doing a ##3282#, Edit Mode, Data Profile Restore gets you to the same point and I am pretty sure this is what caused me to get back to the 1.40pri and avoid a Factory Reset. Is this at all possible Joey?

Originally Posted by TheMike1

I did this several times and believe it updated my PRI from 1.34 to 1.40. Is this possible? I have been seeing over the forum that a ##768# Factory Reset will cause it to Hands-Free Activation and trying several times can get you back up to 1.40PRI however doing a ##3282#, Edit Mode, Data Profile Restore gets you to the same point and I am pretty sure this is what caused me to get back to the 1.40pri and avoid a Factory Reset. Is this at all possible Joey?

well if it really worked for you, i'm guessing it is. doesn't surprise me, i dont see why a data wipe would be necessary to update the PRI. So far Factory Reset has failed me twice, both on Fresh 3.1.0.1 and Stock Froyo (rooted). I'm now trying your Profile Restore trick.. i'll report back soon.

edit: didn't work, but i'm guessing it would work for those that the factory reset worked for. i'm going to keep trying, as some people have said it took 10 times!

Going to continue the old thread bump by saying there were issues with CDMA provisioning today. Might want to try again this weekend.

Originally Posted by OneStepAhead

well if it really worked for you, i'm guessing it is. doesn't surprise me, i dont see why a data wipe would be necessary to update the PRI. So far Factory Reset has failed me twice, both on Fresh 3.1.0.1 and Stock Froyo (rooted). I'm now trying your Profile Restore trick.. i'll report back soon.

edit: didn't work, but i'm guessing it would work for those that the factory reset worked for. i'm going to keep trying, as some people have said it took 10 times!

It took me SEVERAL tries I just kept doing it because it seemed doing it with the Factory Reset was the same way, just keep doing it and hope that eventually you end up with 1.40. This just avoided the factory resets for me