Mogul now on MetroPCS w/real ESN

[hunterintusttin]

I managed to get my old Sprint Mogul (6800) with my real ESN onto MetroPCS in the LA-market. It took some major footwork and I found a corporate store willing and able to take care of me.

1. I got my unlock code for my Mogul.
2. Download the latest PRL (00069).
3. Walk into a Metro Store.

The biggest challenge was that Metro Agents have no clue and it seems unless you find a corporate store they can't do much because the Mogul is not part of their Hodinie System.

I was charged $45 for the first month of service and $15 reactivation fee to bring the phone to Metro but it was money spent well.

After the phone was imported into their store inventory, the manager had this phone placed on my new account. Phone and Text worked after I programmed the phone number ##xxxxxx# (x is your lock code) and you will enter the phone number in line 1 and again in line 2. Reboot and it's alive.

Now the Internet:

I followed the instructions I received from anther thread and it works. The only problem I had was the Internet Explorer because I was not able to access all pages. But guess what, Skyfire works for all pages, regardless if YouTube or Bank. Only issues I still have is to get audio streaming working but this will be next on my agenda.

[fred_dj]

did u get skyfire to work? Mine never worked and the skyfire team told me that the new beta version still doesnt support "proxied" connections.... now about the store putting the ESN for you, i would say you're lucky! I've tried that in 5 corporate stores. I am a Metropcs customer with 4 lines since 2001 ( since they came in the market ) i was treated like S**t. they told me not to insist because that phone was not compatible. then I decided to take the other road. My will is to go back to the store and show them the freaking fully functional mogul and say: how'bout that you mofos?

PS: What is a Houdinie system ?

[Sequeira74]

Originally Posted by hunterintusttin

I managed to get my old Sprint Mogul (6800) with my real ESN onto MetroPCS in the LA-market. It took some major footwork and I found a corporate store willing and able to take care of me.

1. I got my unlock code for my Mogul.
2. Download the latest PRL (00069).
3. Walk into a Metro Store.

The biggest challenge was that Metro Agents have no clue and it seems unless you find a corporate store they can't do much because the Mogul is not part of their Hodinie System.

I was charged $45 for the first month of service and $15 reactivation fee to bring the phone to Metro but it was money spent well.

After the phone was imported into their store inventory, the manager had this phone placed on my new account. Phone and Text worked after I programmed the phone number ##xxxxxx# (x is your lock code) and you will enter the phone number in line 1 and again in line 2. Reboot and it's alive.

Now the Internet:

I followed the instructions I received from anther thread and it works. The only problem I had was the Internet Explorer because I was not able to access all pages. But guess what, Skyfire works for all pages, regardless if YouTube or Bank. Only issues I still have is to get audio streaming working but this will be next on my agenda.

Man i have tried but here in MIAMI i can not find any store that will help with the ESN.

[hunterintusttin]

Originally Posted by fred_dj

did u get skyfire to work? Mine never worked and the skyfire team told me that the new beta version still doesnt support "proxied" connections.... now about the store putting the ESN for you, i would say you're lucky! I've tried that in 5 corporate stores. I am a Metropcs customer with 4 lines since 2001 ( since they came in the market ) i was treated like S**t. they told me not to insist because that phone was not compatible. then I decided to take the other road. My will is to go back to the store and show them the freaking fully functional mogul and say: how'bout that you mofos?

I had the same experience at two dealer stores and they called their store support to make sure they can import the phone. It took three trips to the store but it worked on the end.

This is the location:

MetroPCS-Santa Ana
2307 Bristol Street #B
Santa Ana, CA - 92704
Ph: (714) 730-2869

Store Manager: Carlos (great guy)


I guess, if you're in the area (LA Market) make sure to bring your phone and see what they can do for you. I don't know but you might try to call them and have your phone imported to their store data base over the phone w/CC. Give it a try.

In regards to Skyfire, never had any issue (well can't permanently change the location for the weather) but the browser works great. Made it my standard browser and I'm keeping it. When I transfered one of my Moguls to Metro (still keep one on Sprint for the speed) I made a full backup of the Sprint Mogul with all my tweaks to make the transit faster. Later I customized the Metro Mogul a bit (wap.metropcs.net etc) and it works.

Originally Posted by Sequeira74

Man i have tried but here in MIAMI i can not find any store that will help with the ESN.

They have to know that you know your phone because they can't program the phone. But the best issue, once I had the phone activated, I waited one day, killed the new account and had the Mogul transfered to another MetroPCS account. Once it's on the national database, you can assign the phone to any accounts, as long you're able to program it.

Hope this helps.

[danieltorres_cuba]

Originally Posted by Sequeira74

Man i have tried but here in MIAMI i can not find any store that will help with the ESN.

Hi friends, I live in miami, and have a friend that works in MetroPCS, he actually told me that can't do it, but with a little "push" seems he remember how to made it, finally i have entered 2 moguls in the system, (mine is one)

[novastar]

Please Disregard. My question is moot since another thread that I just read that answered my question.



Thanks.

novastar

[savior02]

hows the internet speed on the mogul at metro??

[savior02]

Originally Posted by Sequeira74

Man i have tried but here in MIAMI i can not find any store that will help with the ESN.

try the metro stores in hialeah i heard they can do it..

[Sequeira74]

Originally Posted by savior02

try the metro stores in hialeah i heard they can do it..

Thanks man I got it up and Running, now I need the settings for Internet/MMS

Thanks in advance.

[silvaadams]

okay, jus to let ppl know, houdini is a system that metro uses that technically "flashes" your phone's esn number to metro's server. it also uploads the proper prl and other settings to allow the phone to work. houdini never used to flash smart phones or ppcs but as of recently, htc phones: such as the mogul, diamond, touch, and touch pro, have been added to houdini's system. now there's no reason to have to stalk your local service center, you should be able to walk into an authorized dealer, that has houdini, and get your esn on metro. the authorized representative should also program the phone for you. they charge $47 to have it done but some other places charge $67 cause the stores dont get paid for flashing so they up the price for a 20 dollar profit.