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Originally Posted by 0x3g3n
I am wondering, if I were to buy a Sprint 8830, would I be able to flash it with say, alltel's OS and use it on alltel? If I can do this, how would I go about doing it?
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You can, but there are some caveats. Namely, you'll need to be sure the device is unlocked, or has the ability to become so. To do that, you'll need to have it either unlocked when purchased, obtain the MSL code from Sprint, or go through "other" means to obtain it (web sites, online services, etc).
Next, you'll need to get Alltel to assent to having the device on their network. While the GSM world is fairly open, with the network identity of a device being carried around on the SIM card, in the CDMA world, the identity of a phone is carried on the device itself. There are ways, as alluded to previously, of getting the necessary information out of a CSR. If you can get access to the programming section of an Alltel device you want to clone, you may be able to sidestep the CSR, but you'd need to have that Alltel device unlocked via the MSL code to do so.
You don't need firmware from a carrier to run on their network. I'm running Singapore firmware on my AT&T 8820.