I bought Samsung Galaxy s4 Gt-19500 with Android version 4.2.2 out of Canada. The phone is sim unlocked. My original plan was to get a plan back in Canada and use it there. I found out that it was compatible with Rogers, Fido, and all the carriers who have a band 2600. Wind, Mobilicity, and the cheaper carriers is 1700/2100 and my phone does not work with there sim cards. I searched online and found this link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2291589 which is also with xda-developers but the download links on the bottom, downloaded 77zip which crashed the computer twice and also downloaded lots other programs with out permission. Is there any way to make it work with wind?
I don't need it to work with Rogers, Bell, Fido, or any other carrier after.
Much appreciated- Tyler
Hello i am sorry to tell you that the GT-i9500 does not have the chip needed to run on the wind net work (T-mobile in USA) the chip you would need is a qualcom chip the only international version that has that chi[ is the LTE variant of your phone GT-i9505 and no you cant swap chips nor can you flash a modem and get rid of that file that is crashing your PC if it does what it claims it does than its a lie and most likely a virus sorry for the bad news but my uncle had the same problem and thats why i have some experience with the phone i recommend you sell that one and buy the GT-i9505 or the T-Mobile SGH-M919 i personally have the T-Mobile version and no complaints just the bloatware but i flashed a rom and no more bloatware
Best Of Luck
Hi,
I have SGH-M919V and its unlocked.
I am on Bell and want to use LTE. But this model has LTE disabled. when i enable it, cant make phone calls.
I cant seem to flash T mobile modem via odin. there is this secure boot issue. the AUTH: Fails.
I was thinking of installing Bell SGH-I337M rom on my phone. Is that possible? If so, how do I go about doing it?
Thanks!
Since you have a T-Mobile variant you should ask in the sgs4 tmobile forum...
However your problem with lte/phonecalls is likely just an APN issue
To further assist we would need to know which carrier you are using the device on
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk 4
mg2195 said:
Since you have a T-Mobile variant you should ask in the sgs4 tmobile forum...
However your problem with lte/phonecalls is likely just an APN issue
To further assist we would need to know which carrier you are using the device on
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk 4
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Hey. thank you for the reply, I really appreciate it.
I've been asking a lot there. No one is answering.
Please help me out, please.
My phone is Canadian variant, originally from WindMobile - SGH-m919V. Wind uses Tmobile freq. = 1700/2100 (AWS) only. No LTE.
I got it unlocked two days ago, and switched over to Bell carrier. Bell uses the other freq and LTE.
When I do force LTE by *#2263# - and enable all LTE, i get LTE speeds. But NO calling or texting. this is with the original Windmobile stock rom. No modification. No root.
I tried to flash Tmobile modem via odin 3.07, didnt work. I used the phone button to load the modem.bin. It gave me AUTH: Fail, secure check fail.
I agree, wrong forum, but we are here to please....
if you have a M919V then you would flash the rom you want, before you boot, flash a tmo m919V kernel, it will boot, manually add your apn settings for your device, it will work with data/wifi/calls.
Good luck....
Hi, im sorry for posting in this forum.
so if I want to flash the bell rom - I337M stock original rom , how do I flash it without booting??
And then how would I flash the tmobile kernel so then I can boot??
I dont mind keeping my current rom - wind stock. But, I want to be able to use LTE like how tmobile has pentaband 3g plus lte.
:/ .
I unlocked my sprint sgs4 and am using a sim card in Australia.. its now on FSM and not CDMA.
can I simply flash any i905 ROM and then just a sprint kernel? does that make sense?
I no longer need any of the sprint network customizations being that's I'm using a gsm sim card.. anyone?
Hello everyone
Im new to this so please work with me.
I have a Rogers Galaxy S4 I337M which is unlocked rooted and flashed to work with AWS bands as I needed it to work with Mobilicity.
I want to put Cyanogenmod 11 on it, however since its a rogers phone do I download the T-mobile version of cyanogenmod or the at&t version? Or will none of these allow me to keep my phone working with AWS bands?
This is the method I used to enable AWS bands : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2291589
HarneetJassal_ said:
Hello everyone
Im new to this so please work with me.
I have a Rogers Galaxy S4 I337M which is unlocked rooted and flashed to work with AWS bands as I needed it to work with Mobilicity.
I want to put Cyanogenmod 11 on it, however since its a rogers phone do I download the T-mobile version of cyanogenmod or the at&t version? Or will none of these allow me to keep my phone working with AWS bands?
This is the method I used to enable AWS bands : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2291589
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CM has unified the builds for S4. They are now available under jflte - http://download.cyanogenmod.org/?type=nightly&device=jflte
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So will the GS4 still catch the aws frequencies after cyanogenmod is installed or no ?
I have a telus galaxy s4 that is running 4.2.2. I unlocked it using "Regionlock Away". I know it worked because I tried using my brothers Rogers sim and it worked. I followed the guide posted on XDA on how to unlock AWS bands, but it did not work. When I flash the AWS file with QPST, it all went well. No error messages. It rebooted my phone but I still can't pick up a Wind Mobile signal. Does anyone know where I went wrong? Would leaving the Wind sim card in while flashing caused this?