I recently switched from a Galaxy s3 to a Nexus 4 and would like to get LTE on it as Rogers does not support DC-HSPA 42Mbps. So far from all the threads i have read say there are a few ways to do this:
1) downgrade to 4.2.1
2) Flash 4.2.2 with the .33 Radio.
3) custom Rom 4.2.2 with .33 Radio.
From what i gathered people who flashed .33 radio (or older) on 4.2.2 have been having a range of problems. And apparently 4.2.1 has a lot of bugs in general?
It would be great if someone who has already done this could post about their experience with each of the options as i'm tired of reading pages and pages of posts about how the Nexus 4 is not suppose to have LTE and to be happy with the hspda etc.
Thanks
I am also interested in this any advice would be appreciated
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http://techcrunch.com/2012/11/23/how-to-enable-4g-lte-on-the-google-nexus-4/
If you happen to lose the ability to make or receive calls on your Nexus 4 on the .33 baseband then you must flash the latest .48 baseband to make calls.
I am going to flash a 4.1.2 ROM when I get home I had a nexus 4 when they first came out running lte went to a note 2 and now back again to nexus 4;I am running the latest paranoid android 3.1 and faux kernel but the internet is painfully slow without lte I really can't take it any more will try 4.1.2 then 4.2.2 with the different radios
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I am almost positive that there is no backwards compatibility with Android. Meaning, that since the Nexus 4 debuted with 4.2, you couldn't run a 4.1.2 ROM, and that's why they don't exist (to my knowledge).
to anyone interested i flashed a .33 radio from paranoidandroid 3.1 / latest faux kernel and i now have lte back - now everything is good !!
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golfinggino said:
to anyone interested i flashed a .33 radio from paranoidandroid 3.1 / latest faux kernel and i now have lte back - now everything is good !!
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thanks!
golfinggino said:
to anyone interested i flashed a .33 radio from paranoidandroid 3.1 / latest faux kernel and i now have lte back - now everything is good !!
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You're able to make and receive calls using the .33 radio with the latest update from PA?
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golfinggino said:
to anyone interested i flashed a .33 radio from paranoidandroid 3.1 / latest faux kernel and i now have lte back - now everything is good !!
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golfinggino,
Could you be a little more clear/descriptive? What ROM/kernel are you running now? Are you still running 4.2.2 stock or something else? Did you follow instructions that you found somewhere?
Thanks in advance,
JT
golfinggino said:
I am going to flash a 4.1.2 ROM when I get home I had a nexus 4 when they first came out running lte went to a note 2 and now back again to nexus 4;I am running the latest paranoid android 3.1 and faux kernel but the internet is painfully slow without lte I really can't take it any more will try 4.1.2 then 4.2.2 with the different radios
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If there is a 4.1.2 stock rom.....
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Just wanted to report that I was able to receive a call using the .27 radio on Koodo (which should also mean Telus)
March 6th build of PA
Franco kernel r100
.33 did not work for me
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I'm running stock rooted 4.2.2 with trinity kernel and .24 radio.. .33 was horrible reception wise for me
I'm on AT&T by the way
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Yes was running the latest paranoid android and faux kernel wasn't happy with it and just flashed the latest carbon ROM ( much better) along with today's faux update, lte is working on the this ROM as well
i made and received some phone calls and didn't notice anything unusual, i will test making and receiving some calls tomorrow
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tested it today and the call quality seems to be better on the .33 radio then the latest one ? could just be me ? anyway ran on lte all day was connected to wifi for bit and still managed 5 hours screen on time - just picked up a nexus 10 today and in the process of loading up carbon rom on it - that should really fly !
hey again guys thanks for all the responses and sorry about the late response.
golfinggino said:
Yes was running the latest paranoid android and faux kernel wasn't happy with it and just flashed the latest carbon ROM ( much better) along with today's faux update, lte is working on the this ROM as well
i made and received some phone calls and didn't notice anything unusual, i will test making and receiving some calls tomorrow
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I think im going to try the Carbon rom too. Did you have to flash the older radio with it or no? sorry im new to flashing roms and radios and such.
Thanks again guys will post again with my results (hopefully wont mess up my phone in the process XD)
yes i flashed the older radio - the one i used was cwm-radio-mako-m9615a-cefwmazm-2.1.1700.33.zip
i was running paranoidandroid 3.1 but think the carbonrom is smoother
Only problem is that at least on cyanogenmod using any radio other than version 48 causes auto focus in the camera to not work.
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Only problem is that at least on cyanogenmod using any radio other than version 48 causes auto focus in the camera to not work.
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What the hell does the radio have to do with the camera???????????
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Only problem is that at least on cyanogenmod using any radio other than version 48 causes auto focus in the camera to not work.
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What the heck....that is so irrelevant. There is absolutely no relation between the camera application and the baseband. It has to be a CM 10.1 rom issue.
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What the heck....that is so irrelevant. There is absolutely no relation between the camera application and the baseband. It has to be a CM 10.1 rom issue.
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Test it for yourself. Many have had problems with autofocus on .33 radio. Updating baseband fixes that issue. And if updating the baseband fixes it, by definition it's not a cm issue.
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I was thinking about flashing paranoid android but I couldn't find any information on enabling LTE. Do any custom ROMs have an LTE radio by default or do they all require you to flash .33 once the ROM has been flashed? Also, is there a guide for fixing the voice issues during calls with .33 on 4.2.2?
Thanks in advance.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41135571 Basically CM 10.1 that's unofficial
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nexus custom roms do not come with a radio built into it. any of the earlier radios will work for lte(.33, .27..). anyways, its time for you to do some reading about enabling lte, read here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2211618
guide for fixing the voice(in call sound)issue http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2233319
You can't built a lte radio in a ROM.....I know what you meant but yeah. Lol
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Hey folks,
I want to know that is it safe if I just flash the .33 radio via fastboot command on my N4 with stock 4.3?
And if I do so, can I have LTE back or should I do something more?
Right now I am fully stock and the bootloader is unlocked but I even do not have H+ , I just have H when I get data connected.
Thanks in advance
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I think H+ only shows on custom roms.
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Im currently runing on the 4.2.2 basesband (M9615A-CEFWMAZM-2.0.1700.48) to flash a 4.3 rom do i have to update the Newest baseband ????
I had some issues trying to keep an older radio when I first moved to 4.3, I only held onto it for lte purposes but I found some awesome hybrid radios that worked flawless.
Search out the radio thread and grab the latest hybrid, works great if you want to have lte enabled with some of the newest ROMs (that may not support lte out of the box)
And be sure to thank the dev that created them
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would the hybrid radio work on Paranoidandroid ?? cause it asks for you to be on the latest radio
Yes it should work, there are a couple hybrids of the latest ones, again not needed if you don't use lte, but if you do they're great!
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THANKS!!!
I saw a couple CM11 roms that are LTE enabled. I was just wondering if there are any KK based off stock roms that are LTE enabled. I didn't really see any in the main threads for Android and Original Android threads. I guess you need the hybrid radios for it to work? Is it just flashing the hybrid radio and changing the preferred network in the phone settings?
This is one of the best LTE enabled stock based ROMs. The LTE version will even flash a hybrid radio for you
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2537932
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I didn't even know he did a stock KK version. I'm using his CM11 right now. LOL Yeah, his ROMs = good stuff.
Thanks, man.
Zehlek said:
This is one of the best LTE enabled stock based ROMs. The LTE version will even flash a hybrid radio for you
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2537932
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You can manually switch to lte with *#*#4646#*#* in dialer, or the "network app in the play store".
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That was only for pre-KK. Now you have to have a "hybrid radio" in order for LTE to stick, I think. Or downgrade the radio. I like andersonarago's ROM because you can just flash the zip file and everything is done. I think I'm going the try his stockKK version with LTE.
Ace42 said:
You can manually switch to lte with *#*#4646#*#* in dialer, or the "network app in the play store".
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Zehlek said:
This is one of the best LTE enabled stock based ROMs. The LTE version will even flash a hybrid radio for you
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2537932
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