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I'm only replying so that anyone who tries to find an answer for this problem can know how I solved it

there were two methods I had working at once:

1) I did as mentioned above and set a username with no password, the phone could never connect, but it kept giving me the error message about the username whenever it tried to connect, so it as quite annoying

2) I found a registry key within "comm" and "providers" that let me disable Sprint EVDO which is default set to 1, I don't know the specific registry address, but if you need help, PM me