MMS fix for Virgin Mobile Epic 4g CM7 & CM9

brooksyx · Feb 11, 2012

First of all I would like to say thanks to the Cyanogenmod Dev Team for developing CM7 & CM9, thanks to the Epic CM7/CM9 Dev team for porting CM7 & CM9 to the epic, thanks to JerryScript for helping me find the necessary framework.jar changes, thanks to the Moto Triumph CM9 team for creating the needed file change, and thanks to Shinydude100 for writing the guide on how to port the Epic to Virgin Mobile.

This fix is for the Epic CM9 port, found here:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1473012

Here is the thread describing porting the Epic to Virgin Mobile:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1404270

Attached to the bottom of this page is an CWM updater.zip for CM9, flash this after every CM9 update you install. If you do a wipe and restore your data flash this fix AFTER you restore your data as the fix deletes the telephony.db file from the data partition, which stores the APN values. This causes your phone to read the apns-conf.xml and write the correct Virgin Mobile values to the telephony.db on the next boot up.

Please report if you have any issues related to MMS or Virgin Mobile stuff. However if they are bugs related to the roms please post in the rom specific thread.
Epic CM9 MMS fix mirror:
http://www.mediafire.com/?e2iq0i5inseec19

Epic CM7 7.2.0 RC2 MMS Fix (Will only work with 7.2.0 RC2:
http://www.mediafire.com/?avak7ybblao2344

If this fix helps you please drop me a thanks and if you can spare a few bucks please donate to the Epic CM9 developer fund: http://epiccm.blogspot.com/p/about-epic-cm.html
Also people please stop messaging asking will I fix this rom or that rom for you. No I will not! I only use CM9 and dont care about other roms. If you want MMS working on those roms figure out how to fix it yourself. You might learn something in the process.

ksmullins88 · Feb 11, 2012

First! This is awesome.

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brooksyx · Feb 11, 2012

ksmullins88 said:
First! This is awesome.

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Thanks, I hope this works for everyone.

flastnoles11 · Feb 11, 2012

brooksyx said:
Thanks, I hope this works for everyone.

Great job man! Looks like its time to get my mom off of boost and flash her over to VM!!! Thanks for all the work you put into this!

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brooksyx · Feb 11, 2012

No problem. Glad its working for all you guys. Tomorrow I plan on putting together a flashable zip that should work with all the nightlies.

usagi111 · Feb 11, 2012

One question, did you solve the Dialer Code (ie. ##DATA#) issue that was found on the original Epic 4G CM ROMS?...to my knowledge this was still a no-go...

brooksyx · Feb 11, 2012

I wouldn't consider that a bug. More like just a missing feature. Plus one can still dial *#*#data#*#* to view data settings, just can't edit them. But just install clean gb, edit your settings, and flash to a cm rom. Problem solved.

Anyways I made no changers to either of these roms other than edit a couple Java and XML files.

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jeanjacket812 · Feb 12, 2012

Just used this to do CM7 for the Evo 4g thanks homie. Been dreaming of this day for a long time!!!

k0nane · Feb 12, 2012

OP, you may want to post a flashable mod, rather than a full ROM, to better keep up with changes upstream. The wholesale kang (beneath your changes) seems a bit unorthodox to me.

brooksyx · Feb 12, 2012

k0nane said:
OP, you may want to post a flashable mod, rather than a full ROM, to better keep up with changes upstream. The wholesale kang (beneath your changes) seems a bit unorthodox to me.

I agree. I plan on doing that for future updates. Also it would seem that for most updates there wont be any changes to the framework.jar and build.prop. And the apns-conf.xml will never change. Thought for the initial release would have a whole rom for people just to make things easy. Also I need to figure out how to make flashable zips

Also not trying to take credit for these roms. Hopefully people realize that in the OP.

k0nane · Feb 12, 2012

brooksyx said:
Also I need to figure out how to make flashable zips

There's really nothing to flashable zips - just need updater-binary and updater-script. For the script, study other examples.

brooksyx · Feb 12, 2012

k0nane said:
There's really nothing to flashable zips - just need updater-binary and updater-script. For the script, study other examples.

Ok thanks, I didn't figure it would be to hard. Ill look into it and release a flashable zip once Alpha 3 of CM9 hits.

hahacrops · Feb 13, 2012

Do you know how to make a metro pcs rom? Or do u know how to fix web for metro on cm9 cause nothing from the other thread works

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brooksyx · Feb 13, 2012

hahacrops said:
Do you know how to make a metro pcs rom? Or do u know how to fix web for metro on cm9 cause nothing from the other thread works

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Sorry can't help you, dont know anything about MetroPCS. My best advice would be to loot at a MetroPCS rom that has data working for another device and compare the files. Also make sure you programmed the epic with all of the correct settings.

hahacrops · Feb 13, 2012

thanks, its just that my data was working before cm 7 or 9. I flashed the alt carrier zip but still doesn't work. Thanks anyway

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brooksyx · Feb 14, 2012

MMS fix for CM9 Alpha 3 is up!

Shinydude100 · Feb 14, 2012

-.-

hahacrops said:
Do you know how to make a metro pcs rom? Or do u know how to fix web for metro on cm9 cause nothing from the other thread works

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I use to have my epic on a metro PCS rom. That was my company before i switched to Virgin Mobile.

The speeds aren't 3g, capped at 1x. And the battery drain for its outdated methods aren't worth having on your epic.

The "data" web/mms was with the use of scripts, and ip tables. It's a dead end, and there's a thread on flashing to alternative carriers for the epic, it has all the info i've known about MetroPCS on the Epic, as well as what another user knew. It's a BIG hassle to get it going on a stock rom, imagine trying to get it working on CM9?

You may be able to get it working, but if you do (whatever year that may be) it won't be worth it in the end because it'll cap at 1x speed, and it won't be worth all your effort in the end.

hahacrops · Feb 15, 2012

Thanks, but got it to working on cm9 alpha 3. Apparently the alternative carrier didn't work on cm9 alpha 0. I have internet working on stock rom and I know what you mean about the data speeds but only 3 carriers work where I live, at&t, verizon, and metro pcs. I would switch to virgin but I don't get service where I live. Thanks I appreciate the look out.
Now just gotta find out how to get mms working lol.

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brooksyx · Feb 19, 2012

Fix for CM9 alpha 4 is up. If you download please post how it works for you and hit the thanks button.

Also I think I am not going to support CM7, because as CM9 gets better and better less people will use CM7. However if you guys want I can post one last CM7 build for Virgin with the current nightly. Let me know.

qew204 · Feb 22, 2012

What is your latest nighlty for CM7? I would use CM9 but Groove IP doesn't seem to work with ICS.

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