In a press release regional unlimited service carrier Metro PCS has announced the availability of the first official CDMA handset flashing service in the US.
The service, known as MetroFLASH allows customers with select handsets from Audiovox/UTStarcom, Samsung, Sanyo, Motorola, Kyocera, LG, and Pantech to take them to an authorized dealer or corporate store with the capability in order to program them for use on the network for a nominal one time fee of $30 with a free month of service included.
This is the first time a CDMA carrier in the US has offered such a service openly and is a very common practice in China, and Southeast Asia while the service is seen by many as a response to the recent trend by larger carriers to offer unlimited flat-rate service. The service is now available in every market except for Las Vegas and Bossier City, LA
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Audiovox:
* CDM-8450
* CDM-8615
* CDM-8900
* CDM-8910
* CDM-8912
* CDM-8915
* CDM-8920
* CDM-8940
Kyocera:
* K-132
* K-24 v1003
* K-323
* K-342
* K-404
* K-433
* K-483JLC
* K-493
* K-612b
* KE-413
* KE-424c
* KE-424c
* KE-433c
* KX-1
* KX-13
* KX-16
* KX-160B
* KX-18 5DW
* KX-18-5D0
* KX-414
* KX-44
* KX-444
* KX-5
* KX-9C
* KX-9D
* KX-9D-125
* KX-9E
LG:
* 5000
* AX-355
* AX-490
* AX-830
* AX/LX/UX-260
* AX/UX-145
* AX/UX-380
* DM-L200
* LG/UX-390
* LX-150
* LX-160
* LX-350
* LX-5450
* LX-550
* LX-565
* LX/VI-125
* MM-535
* PM-225
* PM-325
* VX-1000
* VX-10000
* VX-3200
* VX-3280
* VX-3300
* VX-3400
* VX-3450
* VX-4400
* VX-4500
* VX-4600
* VX-4650
* VX-4700
* VX-5200
* VX-5300
* VX-5400
* VX-6000
* VX-6100
* VX-6200
* VX-7000
* VX-8000
* VX-8100
* VX-8300
* VX-8350
* VX-8500
* VX-8550
* VX-8700
* VX-8800
* VX-9100
* VX-9400
* VX-9800
* VX-9900
* VX/AX-4270
* VX/AX-8600
* VX/LS-5500
Motorola:
* C290
* E815
* E816
* ic402c
* ic502
* K1m
* L7c
* V262
* V265
* V276
* V323i
* V325i
* V3a
* V3C
* V3c-2
* V3M
* V710
* V9m
* Ve
* W315
* W385
* Z6m
* Z6tv
Pantech:
* DM-P100
* PN-210
* PN-215
* PN-218
* PN-300
* PN-810
Samsung:
* SCH-A310
* SCH-A475
* SCH-A530
* SCH-A595
* SCH-A605
* SCH-A610
* SCH-A630
* SCH-A645
* SCH-A650
* SCH-A655
* SCH-A670
* SCH-A685
* SCH-A725
* SCH-A790
* SCH-A815
* SCH-A850
* SCH-A870
* SCH-A890
* SCH-A895
* SCH-A915
* SCH-A930
* SCH-A950
* SCH-A970
* SCH-A990
* SCH-N330
* SCH-R200
* SCH-R400
* SCH-R410
* SCH-R500
* SCH-R510
* SCH-R510
* SCH-R610
* SCH-U340
* SCH-U340-1
* SCH-U470
* SCH-U510
* SCH-U540
* SCH-U620
* SCH-U740
* SPH-A303
* SPH-A420
* SPH-A503
* SPH-A505
* SPH-A513
* SPH-A523
* SPH-A560
* SPH-A580
* SPH-A620
* SPH-A640
* SPH-A660
* SPH-A680
* SPH-A740
* SPH-A760
* SPH-A800
* SPH-A820
* SPH-A840
* SPH-A880
* SPH-A900
* SPH-A920
* SPH-A960
* SPH-i830
* SPH-M300
* SPH-M500
* SPH-M510
* SPH-M520
* SPH-M520-1
* SPH-M620
Sanyo:
* DLX
* M1
* MM-7200
* MM-7300
* MM-7400
* MM-7500
* PM-8200
* S1
* SCP-200
* SCP-2300
* SCP-2400
* SCP-3100
* SCP-3200
* SCP-4500
* SCP-4900
* SCP-4920
* SCP-4930
* SCP-5300
* SCP-5500
* SCP-5600
* SCP-6550
* SCP-6600
* SCP-6650
* SCP-6650q
* SCP-7000
* SCP-8100
* SCP-8300
* SCP-8400
UTStarcom:
* CDM-7025
* CDM-7025q
* PPC-6700
I really would like to learn how to flash phones myself. I want to know how to do it with the internet and mms as well. I will pay for someone to help me. Get at me at straightuppromo@gmail.com
I live in fl. I have got my htc touch flash to metropcs. And I have the internet also. The only ting is left to do is for me to get MMS on my phone. Do anybody know how I can get it. Or the program or the setting to enable it. Hit e up
I just recently flashed an LG Dare over to Metro PCS and I need to know if there is any way to access mms and internet. i have heard of people doing it and it is possible. does anyone know how to go about this?
I found this site with very detailed instructions for flashing your PPC6700/xv6700 to Metro PCS. It includes instructions for changing your ESN and for getting on Metro Web.
http://flash-ppc6700-xv6700.neaturl.net/post/How-to-Flash-Your-PPC6700–XV6700-to-MetroPCS.aspx
Hi, this is a great service but i just can’t believe that they can figure out software for phone service and texting but not mms or internet.. i’m sure they will roll it out in the 1st quarter of ’09 fir another $40! anyway, i had the instinct for sprint flashed to metro pcs, has ANYONE out there figured out how to get internet access and/or mms on that phone??
hello i have a palm treo 700wx i want to get flasjed ova but metro said they donnt do it yet but i hav heard that someone does can any1 help me
momqjme4@aol.com/hickstp23@aol.com
I currently have service with metro pcs and i hace 2 phones flashed. A month ago one quit working and now today the other one. I looked on Metro’s site and these phones are no longer able to be flashed. I called tech support and they informed me that there is an issue with the phones that i have. That i have to take them to the store. I have 2 motorola phones an IC502 and IC402. This sucks.
i have a samsung sgh-t819 need it unlocked and flashed can u help me anybody? hit me at esp1220@live.com
Has anyone found away to program an sprinct instinct to cricket to get the internet?
If you live in Miami you can you to the Fleamarket on Us1 and they will flash(any sprint,verizon and some altell phone)i have done at least four phones with them palm treo’s and palm centro.I have text and internet(and the internet is better than the one that I got through Metro)the only thing I cant do is mms(send pics).
I have a LG VX8300 and am considering having it flashed with MetroPCS. What exact features can you get & cant get ??? I would like to have mms, sms, mobile web, pix messaging, the whole works. Will they allow it for the LG VX8300????
Also, What does UNLOCKED/LOCKED mean? I bought my phone from Walmart instead of from Verizon.
Thanks
I’m planning on leaving Sprint, but I want the Samsung Rant 2 be my parting gift. can MetroPCS flash that phone? does it being EV-DO effect the flashing process?
I understand that Metro PCS will flash cdma phones. They provide the model number of the phones that you can buy to flash over to their service on their website however when I went to the website of the different carriers to find the models they suggested I couldn’t find that many. How can I compare models and compatibiliy? I want to buy a phone other than the phones they sell at Metro for my daughter. She talks alot so Metro’s the only way to go!! Can anyone help me out there!! Thanks
This should answer your questions:
http://www.metropcs.com/metroflash/
I heard that in January of 09 Metro PCS can flash Any carrier T-Mobile,Sprint,AT&T, etc. anybody know if there is any truth to this because I really want to take a Sidekick LX. Another thing I was wondering is if Web and stuff like that will work.
I wanted to know if I can flash a tmobile sidekick 2008 …I want to use the sidekick with metro.
The Sidekick is a GSM phone, it cannot be used on CDMA carriers like MetroPCS.
so now its the nw]ew year can we flash a i phone and get every thing a normal metro phone has or do we just wait.
can metro pcs flash a blackberry curve from sprint??
so if a phone isnt listed, it cant be flashed to metro? for instance a samsung i910????
if anyone has information on how to get the internet to work on LG Rumor that has been flashed to Metro PCS can you please tell me thank you
Sprint owns MetroPCS
I heard a radio commercial that they are flashing most carriers, not just sprint and verizon anymore.
Lois, MetroPCS can only flash compatible CDMA phones. While they could flash Cricket and MVNO devices, the vast majority of phones that are supported by MetroFlash are just Sprint and Verizon.
I have a HTC 3450. I got it hooked up through MetroPCS and I need to know how to get the internet, WIFI to work. It was first on sprint. Can anyone help?
I WANT TO KNOW IF THE MOTOROLA KRAVE ZN4 CAN BE USED WITH METROFLASH I DONT HAVE THAT PHONE BUT I SAW IT AT A VERIZON STORE AND WANT TO CONNECT IT TO METRO BUT NOT SURE IF ITS SUPPORTED. CAN ANYONE HELP?????
I WANT TO KNOW IF I CAN FLASH A MOTOROLA KRAVE ZN4 TO METRO THEY DONT HAVE IT ON THE LIST BUT MAYBE ITS POSSIBLE SINCE ITS A NEW PHONE. I DONT HAVE THAT PHONE BUT SAW IT IN A VERIZON STORE AND WANT TO FLASH IT TO METRO.CAN ANYONE HELP??????
E-MAIL S4N.FR4N_415@YAHOO.COM
can anybody tell me if you can flash the htc6800/mogul from sprint and can it get the internet and pictureand texting, please i want to leave sprint but i want to keep my phone!!
sorry also im in newyork and if there is a store that can do this please let me know!! e-mail me at kasseem1000@yahoo.com thanks
Any CDMA phone can be flashed to Metro PCS but you may need to another place if your phone is not listed cause of the limitations of the sodtware Metro use.Go to Craiglist or ebay a search people do it for around $40.There is a couple of models that can use intenet,picture msg,text and all the stuuf metro phones do, but again some models only.
This is a grat idea…too bad most of the phones on this list aren’t exactly the hottest phones on the market. I could do a lot better if they added some models that people want to carry.
hey guys search on the internet , you can flash a lot of cool phones like HTC VOGUE,HTC TOUCH PRO,HTC TOUCH DIAMOND,MOTOROLA Q,PALM TREOS,Sansumg Instinct-voyager,dare and most of todays hottest phones and pdas with a little knowledge anybody can do it and better than metro cause if they do it the do offer internet or mms.
Does anyone know if the BlackBerry Curve will support data if it is flashed over to MetroPCS?
can anybody tell me if you can flash the htc6800/mogul from sprint and can it get the internet and picture and texting, if so can someone tell me what metro store provides it in so cal.
i wanna get a lg glimmer can this phone be flashed to metro and if so would i be able to get sms i really dont care about the net if theres anyone in fla or around the tampabay area plz email me suchafuxin_laydee@yahoo.com
now dat metropcs has a blackberry curve …. n offers a blackberry plan can u flash a blackberry that u already hav frm lets say verizon n get metropcs blackberry service
I have a HTC Touch phone that has been flashed to Metro Pcs service and everything except for SMS works. The internet works just fine. I wish that the SMS would work. If anyone knows how i could get the SMS working please let me know. I bought the phone on ebay from some guy who had already flashed it.
i would like to flash my palm treo 755 i dont know how or where to switch it i just buy my phone from ebay.. so sad about this.. if anyone knows please contact me at wendoly23@hotmail.com
How Can I Get Internet On My Samsung sch-a930 Thats Been Flashed To Metro? please email me at chelleyoh@yahoo.com
How Can I Get Internet On My Samsung sch-a930 That Been Flash To Metro I can pay
now after you get the flash from metro you are not able to have internet and picture messaging which is pretty lame! but i was told that there were people who are able to hack the phones that you flash so that way they are able to use internet and get picture messaging! all i want to know is A. is there any one in orlando, fl who can help and B. how much are you asking for? just write me back please at jrzyboy15@yahoo.com ill be waiting!!!
i heard that the flashed phones cant send or receive picture messages, videos, or get internet. pretty much all you can do is use it for regular texts and phone use. is this true?
the LG Vx10000 is not on there ):
does this mean i can’t flash over my LG Voyager!?
nevermind, found it(:
Does anyone know if Metropcs is buying this company from Laredo Texas called Pocket Smart Wireless?? Please anybody let me know. I heard some rumors and need to know if it is true or not. Thanks!!
Dose any one know if they can flash my palm centro? Sprint
Dgk333@yahoo.com
can anyone flasha blackberry I will pay anythin thanx
jus email meeeeeeeeeee
Is it possable to flash a blackberry storm to metro pcs w/everything?
Is it possable to flash a blackberry storm to metro pcs w/everything?
email me Kemsfpimngt@yahoo.com
does at&t phones work with metro flash and how muc does that cost because my mom was thinking about switching her and my dad to metro but dont want to buy new phones. thanx