The time may come in the future when you decide to leave Sprint (or maybe Sprint will leave you, in the case of some people who roam excessively), and you’re faced with having a $700 hunk of metal and plastic that doesn’t do much for you any more. At that point, if you want, you can ship on over to Verizon prepaid, and XDA member Asadullah has a good how-to guide for that.
It’ll run you $15 to purchase a Samsung Gusto 2, which you’ll need so that you can clone the MEID from it and implant it on your EVO 4G LTE. Other phone MEIDs will probably work, too, but this seems to be the most inexpensive option.
It’s not too hard of a process to do this, but you will need to use tools like QPST and the DFS CDMA tool. You’ll need your MSL, which you can easily get if you’re rooted, or just call up Sprint and ask them for it. It’s a fairly involved but straightforward process, and there’s even a nine minute how-to video if you want to see it work.
3G should work fine, although you may have to download Verizon Messenger in order to get MMS working properly.
For those concerned about the DMCA changes which make this sort of thing illegal without carrier OK, that only applies to new phones sold after January 26, 2013, according to the thread. You may want to consult a lawyer if you’re actually concerned, though, as comments on a message board tend to not always be accurate. You can also, in theory, get carrier approval after you’ve successfully completed your contract or paid an ETF.
The same method works for other HTC devices, and in theory could be used to breathe new carrier life into most of the EVO line.
It should be noted that LTE will not work when you switch, nor would WiMAX if you left Sprint. You will be limited to 3G on Verizon, but that’s still usually faster than Sprint provides at the moment in most places.
Crazy! I’m always at a loss for words with the Android community and the way these people are relentless for solutions to problems.
Verizons lte is incredibly fast but theres no point switching if i wont be able to use it.. just like sprint lol good to know though if one day i want to switch
yea thats deff good to kno!! i pay 100$ a month for just me and my 3g sux.. no LTE yet either.. so it is something i mite do after my 2 years with sprint it up.. if i had the extra $$$ i would just pay the fee to cancel
Just change your prl to a verzion.. You will get Verizon 3g at unlimited.. Not breaking any law and be free of limited charges..
yeah, but you’re still on Sprint if you just change the PRL, This is mostly for those leaving Sprint, in which case just changing the PRL would not help.
Why dont you make a video about changing your PRL its not illegal and for those who want to get out of their contract it shouldnt be a problem they give you the boot. what do you got to lose, lol sprint cheap service for temporary unlimited verizon service its a win win. Im using a verizon prl and got up to at least 16 gigs for the last two months and im still fine. Im just waiting to get booted off.. Ill be fine and just move over to another carrier until then im a happy camper for sprint with verizon roaming thats unlimited on the contract.. If you dont believe me check your Terms and conditions you have the right to unlimited… I know its says you have 300mbs of roaming or majority of it should be regular.. Think about it if you roam your being less a burden on sprints network.. Right??
Think about the whole picture man!!!! Better service (get your moneys worth), if you want out (easy and legal way), exercise all the contract (unlimited roaming)…
I thought MEID cloning was illegal? Maybe not?
checking into it, I can find legalese for unauthorized, and for forbidden. Seems any time it gets brought up it’s a firefight on the internet.
It’s definitely illegal to use it to clone a phone to steal someone else’s service. It’s not illegal as far as I can tell to do it yourself for learning/teaching.
US laws also don’t apply elsewhere.
So… my uninformed opinion says it’s probably either illegal, a breach of contract, or something strange somewhere that will make it not entirely right. Whether anyone cares if you copy the MEID of a phone you own, I do not know.