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Palm Pre Comprehensive Guide for switching carriers, Please Sticky
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NOTE: DO NOT UPDATE TO THE LATEST VERSION OF WEBOS UNTIL AFTER EVERYTHING IS WORKING CORRECTLY. Memory addresses can change with updates and Palm may add other provisioning checks as they develop this mobile OS. Be cautious when updating. First off I have to thank Tonycortes, GaKAsterman, Cleanser, xxRake, and Nickpl for all the wonderful information that has been contributed to this community. Please do not hesitate to look this guide over and suggest any edits or additions to this information, this is solely for the community and will not be distributed by sales, no one person put out all this information, so no one man shall profit from the work of others, therefore it is protected under creative commons licenses. From enabling linux to getting evdo working A start to almost finish guide to the palm prē Okay so you just got your first palm pre, you opened the box and decided it’s just not the time for Sprint. You pop in the battery and power on your palm pre and see a screen that prompts you that you must activate this phone before actually being able to use it, this is crazy! You think to yourself, why can I not use a phone that I paid for!? There are going to be a few things you need for this project: • Qinray’s 1.03 WebOS image: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Z4R3Q7QX • Diagnostic drivers for the palm pre: http://mobile-files.com/forum/showthread.php?t=111201 • CDMA workshop and/or QXDM with QPST: Unfortunately I cannot tell you were to find these, as it would be illegal to upload these. Just google it and you will find it. There is CDMA workshop 2.7 out there, but I like QXDM and QPST more. The versions I used were: QPST_2.15_build_231 and QXDM31136. • Prl’s for the carrier you will want to use the pre on. They can be found here: http://corolada.com/prl/ • For Alltel use 40051, found here: http://www.the-answerman.com/sidlist/prl/index.asp Step 1: So you actually want to use the phone you purchased? (Activation Bypass) Flash your palm prē with the custom xxRake.treo8 WebOSDoctor rom, after clicking the link below click the green button to get your WebOS rom. http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Z4R3Q7QX --> This one may be a faster location. After it is downloaded connect your palm pre to your computer and choose charge only mode, if you haven’t done this before a driver installation will ensue, as soon as this is finished you should be ready to go. Run the jar file and once it’s done you should be good to go. Here are the instructions right off of Palm’s site: Code:
1. Run the tool on your computer. Now since we have bypassed activation it is time to open up the wonderful world of linux on our phone. This was known as “rooting” but has been amended to “accessing linux.” There is a newer way on the predevwiki, but I prefer the older method of accessing linux on the pre. Here is the way I did it: Code:
This comes directly from the predevwiki here: http://www.webos-internals.org/wiki/...x_From_Windows On a sidenote you can continue with the “Next Steps” section in the wiki to install the optware packages for the pre, but they are not the main point of this guide. (However it may be in your best interest to install the optware packages if you are going to use PmModemFactory and TilIpcTest later). You will also want to look at the section about logging in via ssh, it’s very important for pretty much anything else you want to do on the pre. Step 3: So you want to get the pre on a different carrier? (Change the SPC) Well the first thing you are going to want to do is find the Palm pre’s SPC/MSL code, this stands for the Service Provider Code or Master Subsidiary Lock. This allows the provider to lock out certain features or makes it so the user cannot change certain items in the phone; say your mobile directory number or mobile station number, but more on that later. Here is the mini how to GakAsterman wrote up: http://mobile-files.com/forum/showthread.php?t=111201 Quote:
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Step 4: So you want to get your pre working on a different network? (Almost to the data part)
Since you now have your SPC code it is very easy to get the pre on a new network. • Connect your pre to your computer, login in via putty (you should have downloaded putty a while ago when rooting) login as root and type the command: mpt d, this will put your pre into diagnostic mode. You should see a driver install dialogue pop up and install some com ports, you will definitely be using this to connect to QPST. • Once you have those com ports available to you configure QPST to use that port. • Under Service Programming go to the Roaming tab and upload your PRL • After that the easiest way to change your MDN and MSID is to go into the dialer and enter ##SPC# (SPC == your SPC) • Then input your MSID and MDN and close the card • If in the case that you have Alltel or Verizon you are going to want to call their customer support hotlines and try to get them to add your pre’s MEID (I told them it was a Palm Centro and they gave me no hassle adding it) • Once that is done dial *228 for over the air activation. EDIT: Also for verizon you need to edit NV_ITEM 9000 from 02 to 01, this changes it from Sprint to Verizon. • If you don’t want to deal with getting them to add the MEID, just clone the ESN of a different phone already on the network. NOTE: This is very much illegal and I do not condone these practices in any way. The information on this is in the thread here: http://mobile-files.com/forum/showthread.php?t=111278 • Congrats you now have voice and sms working on your palm pre on a different network. • For a cosmetic change you can edit the palm pre’s banner by editing it with PmModemFactory. Just edit nv item 9047 and input the decimal equivalent of the word, use this tool found here: http://home2.paulschou.net/tools/xlate/ Code:
PmModemFactory –p 000000 {<--spc code} • First off the information here is provided by GakAsterman here in this thread: http://mobile-files.com/forum/showthread.php?t=111961 Quote:
First you might need some settings, so these settings will be different depending on the provider, I will try to compile a list of them. Here are alltel's various settings, thanks to Nickpl: Quote:
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his is something I found over on PPCGeeks, could be of use: Quote:
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US Cellular
NAI: {your number}@uscc.net Tethered NAI: {your number}@uscc.net HA Shared Secret: Need to get this from a US Cellular device AAA Shared Secret: (haven't found this yet) MN-HA: 10E1 MN-AAA: 2 Rev Tunnel Preferred: enable Home Address: 0.0.0.0 Primary HA Address: 255.255.255.255 Secondary HA address: 255.255.255.255 DMU Public Key: 41 Cricket NAI: {your number}@mycricket.com Tethered NAI: {your number}@mycricket.com HA Shared Secret: AAA Shared Secret: MN-HA: MN-AAA: Rev Tunnel Preferred: enable Home Address: 0.0.0.0 Primary HA Address: 192.190.109.42 Secondary HA address: 192.190.109.43 DMU Public Key: PAP/PPP user: {your number}@mycricket.com PAP/PPP pass: cricket UPDATE 8/13/09 Verizon Profile Enabled: yes NAI: {your number}@vzw3g.com Tethered NAI: {your number}@dun.vzw3g.com (NOTE: This resets to myphonenumber after every write) Rev Tunnel Preferred: yes Home address: 0.0.0.0 Primary HA address: 255.255.255.255 Seconday HA address: 255.255.255.255 MN-HA SPI: 12C MN-AAA SPI: 2 DMU Public Key ID: 10 DMU Mobile Authenticator: HA Shared Secret: AAA Shared Secret: Active User Profile: 2 Mobile IP Behavior is set to Simple Only PPP Settings UM Tethered NAI: {your number}@dun.vzw3g.com userid: {your number}@vzw3g.com password: vzw AN userid:{your number}@vzw3g.com password: vzw If anyone has anything else to share it would be very helpful, since I have not been able to find all the different carriers data settings. |
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I wrote this guide with a lot of help from the guys over at mobile-files.com. I thought I would share it here.
This is a fairly straightforward way of getting the palm pre on another network |
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Since most Pre's are using WebOS 1.1 and the new units out of the box have it loaded will these instructions not work?
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If the intent is to show users how to get the Pre running on other carriers I would suggest changing the title of the thread.
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What he said^^^^^^^^!
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Thanks for posting it over here as well, ive been following progress over at mobi-files. Still waiting on my pre to arrive in the mail.... cant wait!
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Hi All,
I'm trying to bring my pre over to verizon, and I'm having some issues with qxdm rewriting the spc. Per the guide, i found the reference at 0x00A5C2AA, but when I rewrite it to zeros, it shows as taken, but I still can't issue the command "spc 000000" without it barking incorrect. I've read it takes some shenanigans to get esn/meid's to rewrite, but I haven't really seen any issues with just the spc writing. What am I doing wrong here? Currently the spc comes back: 30 36 32 33 32 31 Then I change to: 30 30 30 30 30 30 ... and it comes back 000000 when I recheck, but always comes back incorrect with. I rebooted the phone, and it then referenced the original spc once again reverting. What am I doing wrong? Should I be doing something else to get it to change in NVram somehow? Also, as far as the PRL's, I'm pulling the latest PRL from corolada.com for verizon, but do I simply need only the "edge" list, or the "non-edge" list as well? The very latest are not a link, and I'm not certain how to reference the "latest" number or add to the prl. Would someone be so good to clarify a bit? Other than those caveats, this is a great help indeed - thanks a bunch for sharing! |
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So I figured out my own issue. Editing the memory direct did not make the settings actually take effect in the end. I had to actually go to QXDM's NV Editor, and first modify item 296, set to "1", rebooted, and then changed in NV Editor item 85 to be the SPC of 000000. Doing so immediately let me validate with the command "spc 000000", and confirmed with a reboot of the system it held. I'm not certain a reboot was necessary once I changed item 296 to 1, so this may actually be optional. I'll be doing another in a day or so, and I'll find out then.
I'd suggest updating your guide to reflect this for other newbies, or at least get some other input on success as instructions sit now. I had little success with steps as-is, and spent considerable time figuring out a work-arounds for the spc issue. Not sure how consistent my experience is with others' hardware. Hey, thanks again for a great guide and for generously posting these tidbits of knowledge. Today has definitely been a learning experience. Hopefully verizon won't have any beef with adding the meid/esn, so onto data tomorrow... |
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wow nice post is all I have to say!
very nice post! |
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i forogt to mention just wondering if anyone has tried doing this so they can still have and use the palm pre with any current sprint rate plan!?
just an idea or will sprint some how notice |
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I really want to understand this lol. I read it a bunch of times, about to get a pre and try to get metro pcs on it. I hope this works. It seems way to much for me. But i was able to do my TP...we'll see!!
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won't the carriers know you are bringing a non supported phone onto their network and complain about it?
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as far as i know. they don't. Especially MetroPCS, hell those guys will even help get it onto their networks.
PS. The Palm Profile screen is a ***** to get by, even following those steps, i am having problems getting pass it. Question, since i only see WPA settings for Andriod, is there a way to keep the Linux based webos? Do i have to find the WPA settings for Linux? Also, how can i activate/bypass that Palm Pre Screen on a windows PC, on a mac i know this is much easier, but i am having a problem getting pass this bypass screen, even with following the instructions. Any help would be aprreciated |
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You are the man! I've been trying to figure a way to get my girl off my account.
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ok i would greatly appreciate it if someone can help me, im trying to get my pre flashed to a verizon prl and not too concerned with the net working just talk and text for now. there is so many resources out there i didnt know where to start but the phone was on 1.3.1 before i started. since in your tutorial mention to have 1.0.3 on the pre i did so and by doing this im stuck on the profile registration crap which i wasnt before. i dont have a sprint account to regsiter so then i tried doing the other flash you mentioned, webosdoctor.xxrake.treo8. this is where im stuck at i dont know if its because the phone is at the stage were i have to register the phone but once i connect the phone to the pc like promted by the rom, the next button stays dimmed out and wont let me flash this rom to bypass the activation stuff? the pc picks up the pre fine. i tried several things can someone please help me get past this.
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has anyone else had problems accessing mobile-files for aout the past week almost.
or is it just me? if it aint just me anyone know whats going on with it? |
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well sucks because i was getting ready to finally give up using qpst and qxdm and was about to buy cdma workshop but i havnt yet because im not goin to spend or waste 100 dollars on a program if there is no where i can go to get information to use the program to flash my pre.
so unless someone copied and pasted the directions from the palm pre cdma workshop solution thread into an notepad document and can pm it to me I have to hold off until its back up. which sucks because i had been trying to use qxdm for like almost the past month to finally give up and decide to use cdma workshop for it to be taken down right when i was about to lol. anyone heard any rumors when it might be back up? also i dont think there was really much pirated software on there that i know of. because not like the new versions of workshop was on there. because i looked lol all there was, was 2.7 which i found a bunch of other forums also. |
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Al CAPONE .. what are you trying to do? Switch to a diff carrier?
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you can help me jumpman? |
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would this work to get the verizon palm pre on sprints network? if the C40 device i see going around isnt nothing special i might get a verizon pre plus and try activating on sprint. also if so can i use my old pre and give it to my GF and have her clone my old moguls info while she uses the pre??
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so does anyone know the answers to my questions.??
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Can anyone say something about data connection on Simple IP mode carrier and WebOS 1.3.5.1?
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wow what a guide. thanks a lot. i may need to use it, if shitty telus won't get pre. i will just get the one from bell
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anyone know what happen to mobile files yet?
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so does anyone know what happen to mobile-files yet? or is it only not working for me?
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this is really starting to bug me. . .what happen to the site?
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I want to move a Pre, clean ESN, from Sprint to Verizon. Using the tools here at the beginning, updated later in the thread I assume, since they say 1.03 is the only Operating system that can use them, can one change a Pre from Sprint to Verizon?
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Please refer to Precentral for the latest guide updates, as I frequent that site more than this one.
http://forums.precentral.net/cdma-no...tch-guide.html |
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