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Flashing to Verizon..

Is it possible to flash the sprint nexus 4g to Verizon? If so, how?
Thanks

The short and simple answer is no. If you want the long detailed version look around xda as this gets asked a lot in other cdma phone sections...
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Oh ok thanks. I figured it could be possible since the verizon iPhone was able to flash to sprint. I guess the nexus is different or something.

i would imagine using tools there available online you could in theory get it going on verizon and maybe even get 3g but 4g wouldnt work for sure

ram130 said:
Oh ok thanks. I figured it could be possible since the verizon iPhone was able to flash to sprint. I guess the nexus is different or something.
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When did this happen? You might be mistaken
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I have a verizon prl flashed. It allows my nexus to roam on the verizon network at all times. It increased my dl speeds from 300k to 2mb per second.
You still need sprint service though.

tanman21 said:
I have a verizon prl flashed. It allows my nexus to roam on the verizon network at all times. It increased my dl speeds from 300k to 2mb per second.
You still need sprint service though.
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Could you post how you did that? I would like increased 3G speed and coverage. 4G is fine in coverage areas for me. 3.5-5 down avg

DirtyShroomz said:
When did this happen? You might be mistaken
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Nope..it's highly possible ..check YouTube and eBay. People even got step by step and so on. So I know it's possible.

I was hoping to do the same thing. Technically it seems like the Sprint ones should be possible.
I poked around the forums trying to find a general answer why this wasn't possible but didn't find any real concrete answer. Can anyone explain why it's not possible or point me to a post that does?
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Possible, yes. Legal? Not so much.
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The fact that its illegal is why your not going to find a how-to on xda.
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Why would it be illegal?
Root your phone and then download roam control.

eagercrow said:
Why would it be illegal?
Root your phone and then download roam control.
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I dont think you understand what the OP is trying to do. He doesn't want to roam on Verizon, he wants to get a Verizon plan and activate his phone on Verizon. That requires falsifying your IMEI and no you cant do that with an app from the market.
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Google is your friend, OP.
You clearly like android, so seek and you shall find
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The hardest part would be getting VZW to add the devices IMEI into their database, impossible, no, but very difficult.
Dan

You guys are really... nvm.
Its the radio chip thats bond to your stupid gay american cariers.
I imported my Ns out of the usa and it works fine on any carier here.
And why? Cuz all cariers here use the gsm-hdsp(or w/e its caled) networks
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ghost010 said:
You guys are really... nvm.
Its the radio chip thats bond to your stupid gay american cariers.
I imported my Ns out of the usa and it works fine on any carier here.
And why? Cuz all cariers here use the gsm-hdsp(or w/e its caled) networks
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That's cool except this thread has nothing to do with gsm carriers. You wont understand how cdma works. Only our brothers in japan and korea understand the headaches and abilities
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(Q)What radio is the S4??

Last night i was at the movies with my girl that has a tmobile S4
And i always dont get signal with my nexus 4 at this theater but she had great signal and internet average was 5mbs
Is ther a way to flash that radio?
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No, different hardware.
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steviewevie said:
No, different hardware.
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So, i guess better hardware?
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Are you on T-Mobile also? My wife's HTC One X also does better signal wise than my N4 in certain areas. I assume it is because her phone is a LTE phone and mine is not. We are with AT&T, and being on the LTE network vs HSPA is like night and day.

fernandezhjr said:
Are you on T-Mobile also? My wife's HTC One X also does better signal wise than my N4 in certain areas. I assume it is because her phone is a LTE phone and mine is not. We are with AT&T, and being on the LTE network vs HSPA is like night and day.
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Yea we both have tmobile phones.
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No you can't flash her s4 radio. They're two different phones.
What kind of question is that? That's like saying, oh my brothers computer is faster, can I flash the bios for his motherboard?
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Raul69.atl said:
Yea we both have tmobile phones.
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So, then what you need to do is get you a true LTE phone or borrow hers.

fernandezhjr said:
So, then what you need to do is get you a true LTE phone or borrow hers.
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Theoretically speaking, the nexus 4 is a unofficial lte device and it does work on t mobile assuming that it's in the users area. He needs to check the lte thread for more information on how to use it on 4.2.2
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zephiK said:
Theoretically speaking, the nexus 4 is a unofficial lte device and it does work on t mobile assuming that it's in the users area. He needs to check the lte thread for more information on how to use it on 4.2.2
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No, you are wrong about official, which is why it is disabled by default. I know it will work in limited areas, but it doesn't have the FCC approval to be sold as an LTE phone. Officially it is not a LTE phone, even though it has some hidden limited capability.

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No, you are wrong about official, which is why it is disabled by default. I know it will work in limited areas, but it doesn't have the FCC approval to be sold as an LTE phone. Officially it is not a LTE phone, even though it has some hidden limited capability.
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No, you`re wrong! N4 fully supports LTE on band 4- T-mobile USA, Canadian carriers! There are people that have been using it for a while! It`s not FCC approved -YES, but it works as any other LTE phone!

fernandezhjr said:
No, you are wrong about official, which is why it is disabled by default. I know it will work in limited areas, but it doesn't have the FCC approval to be sold as an LTE phone. Officially it is not a LTE phone, even though it has some hidden limited capability.
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His post says unofficial and he clearly hasn't edited it so you just misread the post, you're both saying the same thing essentially.

Nigeldg said:
His post says unofficial and he clearly hasn't edited it so you just misread the post, you're both saying the same thing essentially.
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Ahh yes, you are correct. Lol. Sorry zephiK. I did misread your post.
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No, you`re wrong! N4 fully supports LTE on band 4- T-mobile USA, Canadian carriers! There are people that have been using it for a while! It`s not FCC approved -YES, but it works as any other LTE phone!
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That's what I said.

BigDig said:
No, you`re wrong! N4 fully supports LTE on band 4- T-mobile USA, Canadian carriers!
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"Can be made to work with LTE" is a very very different thing from "fully supports LTE".
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ahandlen003 said:
Not to be redundant to other posts but in reality its not different. "fully supports" can be classified as working on networks that have lte which the nexus 4 does. Just because we have to change a few settings doesnt mean it doesnt fully support lte. I get full 4g everywhere i live. I consider that to be fully supportive.
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I guess that your definition of "fully supported" is very different to mine.
My definition wouldn't include the possibility of having to stick to old radios/ROMs to make a feature work, and it would include the possibility of ensuring Google help if there was a problem with that feature.
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Well I bought the s4, now I have signal there lol
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Nexus 4 or original nexus 4

[Q] What's the difference in ROM and can we flash at ROM from those 2 ?
Thank you
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im confused about this too. I just got my phone from the play store and not sure what development section to use of both?

you can flash a rom from either. here is the difference between android and original development http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1219612

Bionik_kaos said:
[Q] What's the difference in ROM and can we flash at ROM from those 2
Thank you
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ROORnNUGZ said:
im confused about this too. I just got my phone from the play store and not sure what development section to use of both?
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Maybe this will help:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1982483

sasa_gm said:
Maybe this will help:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1982483
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That doesn't help but I'm just going to guess I can use both development sections and see what happens

simms22 said:
you can flash a rom from either. here is the difference between android and original development http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1219612
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Thank you .... I come from xperia and gs3 and I must say in speed and graphic this phone kicks ass in a big way Lol.... But never had to deal with 2 different development thread for the same phone ..... Thank you for clarifying this
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I'm with Koodo and I have lte and 4g in my area so I guess I can use baseband .33 and get lte also then right ?
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Bionik_kaos said:
I'm with Koodo and I have lte and 4g in my area so I guess I can use baseband .33 and get lte also then right ?
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.33 yes, or .27 too, but only if they support band 4 lte. most dont support band 4, its new. tmobile supports it, a few canadian companies support it, and att in very very limitted lications support it. i have a feeling that koodo doesnt support it.

simms22 said:
.33 yes, or .27 too, but only if they support band 4 lte. most dont support band 4, its new. tmobile supports it, a few canadian companies support it, and att in very very limitted lications support it. i have a feeling that koodo doesnt support it.
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I had htc8x before and data was lte and was lte but data and vo-lte might be different ?
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Bionik_kaos said:
I had htc8x before and data was lte and was lte but data and vo-lte might be different ?
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just like any other radio, there exists many different frequencies. your htc could have been made to support your lte frequency, band 4 isnt very common. call and ask your provider if they support band 4. if they say they dont know what that is, then they dont support it.

thanks
simms22 said:
you can flash a rom from either. here is the difference between android and original development http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1219612
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Thanks man. That's exactly what I was looking for

simms22 said:
just like any other radio, there exists many different frequencies. your htc could have been made to support your lte frequency, band 4 isnt very common. call and ask your provider if they support band 4. if they say they dont know what that is, then they dont support it.
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OK Lol band 4 lte ..... Its band that is rare Lol OK got it thank you very much
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Bionik_kaos said:
OK Lol band 4 lte ..... Its band that is rare Lol OK got it thank you very much
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telus supports it i think

VZW G2 compatibility with GSM

The spec sheet for the Verizon G2 say that it's capable of both world GSM and CDMA, but someone said that it wouldn't work on any other network. Can someone confirm this? I really want the Verizon one because of wireless charging and lack of tabs in settings menu, but it's no good if it won't work.

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I think it is GSM unlocked but for outside of the US only. And BTW the tabbed settings layout is configurable on all versions.
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XanoZuke said:
droid_
I think it is GSM unlocked but for outside of the US only. And BTW the tabbed settings layout is configurable on all versions.
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Well, I'm not from the US anyways...
For the settings, I figured that one out today, so I might just go with ATT. They rooted it flawlessly and plus ATT has the lowest price. Apparently they found it extremely difficult to root the VZW at first because there were no drivers for VS980.
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I might be getting the VZW version because I live outside of the US too and my carrier works on 3G 900Mhz and (correct me anyone if I'm mistaken) the AT&T version does not support that band.
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Verizon works in the US and is SIM unlocked. Using metro and T-Mobile Sims now as I test out their networks......
Edit: let me also point out you have to add the apn if you want data. You don't have to call Verizon or anything. Just plug in the SIM card of your choice add the apn and you are good to go. This has been done on all verizon LTE phones with SIM cards as long as the phone supports the bands of the network you are trying to use.
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droid_<3er said:
XanoZuke said:
Well, I'm not from the US anyways...
For the settings, I figured that one out today, so I might just go with ATT. They rooted it flawlessly and plus ATT has the lowest price. Apparently they found it extremely difficult to root the VZW at first because there were no drivers for VS980.
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Drivers weren't the issue. It just took a while because people didn't realize you had to select "Ethernet" as your USB connection mode. Takes a single tap and you can use the driver that comes on the phone.
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No Internet connection during phone calls

I just got my galaxy s4 and I noticed that I don't have Internet connection during phone calls even after rooting and putting a custom Rom is there a fix to this
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This usually happens when you only have 2G signal. Is that your case ?
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No I have 4g where I live
mrogers919 said:
I just got my galaxy s4 and I noticed that I don't have Internet connection during phone calls even after rooting and putting a custom Rom is there a fix to this
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shouldnt be the case, you can use 4g or wifi when on the phone, try it and see if works over wifi while on a call

Yes if you have no internet while on a call its because you are NOT on 4G, or WiFi.
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When I had my s3 this wasn't an issue but on my s4 I don't have Internet while on the phone and yes I have 4G where I live
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shouldnt be the case, you can use 4g or wifi when on the phone, try it and see if works over wifi while on a call
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You have 4G where you live but the phone is not receiving it. Perhaps there's something wrong with it's hardware.
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mrogers919 said:
When I had my s3 this wasn't an issue but on my s4 I don't have Internet while on the phone and yes I have 4G where I live
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That's because the s3 is able to use 3G and calling at the same time. The S4 doesn't have the hardware for it. Since you say you have 4G in your area, when you make a call are you connected to 4G or 3G?
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I have 4G when it does this and this was doing that right out the box before I rooted it so thought it was just how the s4 was until it was rooted
Nemuritor said:
You have 4G where you live but the phone is not receiving it. Perhaps there's something wrong with it's hardware.
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I noticed my wife phones does it too and her phone is also rooted I got both of our phones on the same day
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You have 4G where you live but the phone is not receiving it. Perhaps there's something wrong with it's hardware.
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Well all I can tell you is it works great. I just tested it, my phone was showing LTE, I placed a call, and when I was on the call I opened up internet and surfed a couple of pages, ran a speed test, and surfed facebook. So it is definitely something you are doing. You mention you are rooted, did you install a custom rom, which one? Your S3 had SVDO chip which allowed simultaneous data(3g) and voice. Sprint or Samsung got cheap and didn't include SVDO with the S4 because they hoped LTE would be more widespread by the time the phone was sold.

I'm using Sacs custom rom 4.3
cruise350 said:
Well all I can tell you is it works great. I just tested it, my phone was showing LTE, I placed a call, and when I was on the call I opened up internet and surfed a couple of pages, ran a speed test, and surfed facebook. So it is definitely something you are doing. You mention you are rooted, did you install a custom rom, which one? Your S3 had SVDO chip which allowed simultaneous data(3g) and voice. Sprint or Samsung got cheap and didn't include SVDO with the S4 because they hoped LTE would be more widespread by the time the phone was sold.
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mrogers919 said:
I'm using Sacs custom rom 4.3
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Have you asked in that forum? Could be rom related.
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No I didn't because my phone was doing this right out the box also my wife's phone even before the root
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I'm using Sacs custom rom 4.3
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Double-check in your settings what mobile networks the phone can use. Specifically, make sure it's showing both CDMA AND LTE, and not just CDMA. For some reason, some ROMs default to just CDMA.

I did switch it it's still the same i don't know what it could be never had this problem before
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Double-check in your settings what mobile networks the phone can use. Specifically, make sure it's showing both CDMA AND LTE, and not just CDMA. For some reason, some ROMs default to just CDMA.
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mrogers919 said:
I did switch it it's still the same i don't know what it could be never had this problem before
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Well, if that's the case then your phone is broken and you should take it to Sprint and have them replace it. Your phone should definitely be able to access data when on a phone call if you are on LTE or WiFi.

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I just got my galaxy s4 and I noticed that I don't have Internet connection during phone calls even after rooting and putting a custom Rom is there a fix to this
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If you have the new tri-band model: SPH-L720T
Then you can not use LTE while on a call. I just found this out myself yesterday. I am a bit disappointed. on my old GS4 I could and this version I can not. I did use it maybe 2 or 3 times over the past year. Oh well.
Read the 3rd paragraph.
http://s4gru.com/index.php?/blog/1/...-due-to-circuit-switched-fallback-technology/

joems said:
If you have the new tri-band model: SPH-L720T
Then you can not use LTE while on a call. I just found this out myself yesterday. I am a bit disappointed. on my old GS4 I could and this version I can not. I did use it maybe 2 or 3 times over the past year. Oh well.
Read the 3rd paragraph.
http://s4gru.com/index.php?/blog/1/...-due-to-circuit-switched-fallback-technology/
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Beat me to it!

Wow if I knew this I would have gotten a note 3
joems said:
If you have the new tri-band model: SPH-L720T
Then you can not use LTE while on a call. I just found this out myself yesterday. I am a bit disappointed. on my old GS4 I could and this version I can not. I did use it maybe 2 or 3 times over the past year. Oh well.
Read the 3rd paragraph.
http://s4gru.com/index.php?/blog/1/...-due-to-circuit-switched-fallback-technology/
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