Hi everyone,
I bought a Nexus 4 few months back for my gf and she has been liking it. It used to work with LTE on Bell but since 4.2.2 I think it is disabled. However, I am looking to buy one for myself now. I am on Fido (Rogers is mother company). Should I expect LTE to work on my Fido with an easy work around like changing the radio baseband?
I will be looking to order a new one tonight.
Any input is much appreciated.
Thanks
I am on Fido and LTE working, use .33 radio and search for the LTE instructions. I am assuming you know how to root and flash radio.
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I am on Fido and LTE working, use .33 radio and search for the LTE instructions. I am assuming you know how to root and flash radio.
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1- I hoped I never have to root a stock version from Google but I don't mind doing it if I have to. What are the disadvantages of Rootin or rolling back to .33 radio? I will have to weigh my options.
2- When LTE worked before the phone had to be set to LTE again upon restart, is that fixed now so it's a permanent change?
3- Is there a ROM that is a basic basic stock image (not like CM Mod) that I can use and yet enjoy the .33 radio?
Thanks
You have to root phone in order to flash old radio. 4.2.2 uses .48 radio, and LTE only works on .33 radio. So this have to be done. Please search around the forum on rooting and enable LTE. Good luck!
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aichemist said:
You have to root phone in order to flash old radio. 4.2.2 uses .48 radio, and LTE only works on .33 radio. So this have to be done. Please search around the forum on rooting and enable LTE. Good luck!
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Thanks again. Does rooting void the warranty? If yes, is there any way to "unroot"
torontobc said:
Thanks again. Does rooting void the warranty? If yes, is there any way to "unroot"
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Yes and yes.
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silverramsrt said:
Yes and yes.
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So, would the "unrooting" make the phone look just like it was never rooted or would Google know regardless?
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So, would the "unrooting" make the phone look just like it was never rooted or would Google know regardless?
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Yep. Even works for RMAs. I unrooted, relocked the bootloader, and flashed back stock rom on my RMA Nexus 4 to send it back. Google doesn't know.
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Since I've installed 4.3 yesterday my SIM card locked up a few times randomly. It also happens when the screen is off. I just lose all signal and then I have to enter my SIM pin. I have no idea why this is happening and I didn't experience it before.
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Anyone?
Factory reset didn't fix it either. I'll try another radio later.
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I had the same problem twice since my update to 4.3 (which was Sunday). Both happened when I travelled between two buildings of the company I work in - in both buildings I have wifi-access, between these buildings I only have GSM (and in some spots no GSM-reception at all). Maybe the switchover between wifi, GSM and "no reception" causes the radio to crash.
After the factory reset, did you restore your apps with a tool like Titanium Backup?
I always do that yes, but since I installed the .48 radio I haven't had any problems yet . Sorry for not updating it here; I already did in another thread I thought.
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Remcotjuuh said:
I always do that yes, but since I installed the .48 radio I haven't had any problems yet
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Thanks for your reply, I'll try that this evening
Remcotjuuh said:
I always do that yes, but since I installed the .48 radio I haven't had any problems yet . Sorry for not updating it here; I already did in another thread I thought.
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Hello, how do you like the .48 radio? i was having the same problem with you with .84 radio and stock ROM 4.3. My carrier is tele2 and this problem forced me to flash older radio which .33.
However, I couldn't receive SMS from abroad now.. Do you know what might be the problem?
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wathefak said:
Hello, how do you like the .48 radio? i was having the same problem with you with .84 radio and stock ROM 4.3. My carrier is tele2 and this problem forced me to flash older radio which .33.
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Why did you flash radio .33 and not radio .48?
.48 solved my problems, everything works fine
Yup, .48 works fine. I don't know about foreign text messages since I haven't used that with this ROM and radio yet.
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Found an article on this topic posted on the Dutch tech site Tweakers today.
http://twk.rs/nmbP
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Actually, I didn't just bought it. I originally bought 2 Nexus 4 at launch. One was for my dad and one is for me. I didn't opened mine until now, which is many months after launch.
I don't know which version of Android is on my phone, but I think it's probably 4.1. I know about the LTE hack and how it was disabled in 4.2. Now that Android 4.3 is out, how can I update to 4.3, but still keep LTE as an option? I prefer stock Android, but a friend is telling me to install Cyanogen Mod. Won't that require a root and is Cyanogen using Android 4.3 yet?
Anyways, my main priority is to update to Android 4.3 while keeping LTE if possible. How can I do that? Thanks!
Nexus 4 comes stock with 4.2. You can use LTE but you'll have to flash a zip file that will enable it. Yes I believe CM has a 4.3 build already.
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Thibaultvw said:
Nexus 4 comes stock with 4.2. You can use LTE but you'll have to flash a zip file that will enable it. Yes I believe CM has a 4.3 build already.
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Will I need to root my phone to enable it? I thought there's also some sort of key command to activate LTE?
Regardless, if I upgrade to Android 4.3 right now, is there a way to enable LTE or you don't recommend me to do any sort of updates until I have sort out the LTE issues? I'm just afraid that after upgrading to 4.3, I won't have any recourse to go back and get things right.
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Will I need to root my phone to enable it? I thought there's also some sort of key command to activate LTE?
Regardless, if I upgrade to Android 4.3 right now, is there a way to enable LTE or you don't recommend me to do any sort of updates until I have sort out the LTE issues? I'm just afraid that after upgrading to 4.3, I won't have any recourse to go back and get things right.
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You will have to flash a custom recovery which isnt that hard. There are a lot of guides out there that will certainly help! Yesterday I came across this vid and he explains it very well!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywaMf29yExQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Hit thanks if I helped
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Thibaultvw said:
You will have to flash a custom recovery which isnt that hard. There are a lot of guides out there that will certainly help! Yesterday I came across this vid and he explains it very well!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywaMf29yExQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Hit thanks if I helped
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So I can flash a custom recovery after upgrading to Android 4.3 right?
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So I can flash a custom recovery after upgrading to Android 4.3 right?
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Yes! I had all these questions myself a few days ago, because I used a toolkit in the past, but actually it isnt hard to do it urself.
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I was hoping i can get someone to help me! i recently uodated my phone to the new darthstalker rom for a canadian varient S4. everything works perfectly fine but my reception is extremely weak and i data doesnt seem to be working. i was hoping someone can help. I am a noob to all this stuff
Do you have the mk6 radio
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Do you have the mk6 radio
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I have no idea what that is lol. when i mean noob im mean like only ever flashed once. where can i get mk6 radio?
Modems/baseband/radio is all the same.
Could also be simply APN settings.
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jball said:
Modems/baseband/radio is all the same.
Could also be simply APN settings.
Google is your friend, use it
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Okay so MK6 would just be the baseband? okay ill google and see if i can fix my problem
Thank you!
jball said:
Modems/baseband/radio is all the same.
Could also be simply APN settings.
Google is your friend, use it
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SO i did a bit of research and understand that if this is the problem i need to flash MK6 onto the phone? and i need to use odin if im correct?
becuase reception and data wasnt working ive returned back to using the Darthstalker version 4 rom.
version 4.2.2
baseband i337mvluamdj
im assuming that i do indeed ned MK6 to run Dartstalker version 10 rom on andorid 4.3?
So I've read the stickies and posted in the forum but I need yk see if anyone can help me out with LTE. I have att service on a stock non rooted n4 I've dialed *#*#4636#*#* changed my network type but it doesn't stick so I can't select lte in my settings and I'm not getting it regardless of my APN settings ... Anyone have any ideas of what's going on outside of rooting and flashing a different modem or radio .. Any help is appreciated ... Thanks
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You need to flash a hybrid radio unless you never updated past stock 4.2.1,
newer radioes have the code disabled since it hasnt been approved by the FCC for LTE
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So I've read the stickies and posted in the forum but I need yk see if anyone can help me out with LTE. I have att service on a stock non rooted n4 I've dialed *#*#4636#*#* changed my network type but it doesn't stick so I can't select lte in my settings and I'm not getting it regardless of my APN settings ... Anyone have any ideas of what's going on outside of rooting and flashing a different modem or radio .. Any help is appreciated ... Thanks
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The Nexus 4 does not support all of the AT&T LTE bands. It lacks the most commonly used LTE bands for AT&T and therefore can only be used in a couple of cities. If you do live in one of those cities, you need to unlock the bootloader and flash a hybrid radio.
OK I've been reading and I'm a little confused is there a solid working root and bootloader unlock for 4.4.2 ?
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OK I've been reading and I'm a little confused is there a solid working root and bootloader unlock for 4.4.2 ?
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Never mind this I have found a few solid working methods sorry
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The Nexus 4 does not support all of the AT&T LTE bands. It lacks the most commonly used LTE bands for AT&T and therefore can only be used in a couple of cities. If you do live in one of those cities, you need to unlock the bootloader and flash a hybrid radio.
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If I root and unlock can I flash any radio even if I'm on 4.4.2
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If I root and unlock can I flash any radio even if I'm on 4.4.2
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You can flash any baseband (aka radio) you want but, in order for LTE to work, you will need to flash a hybrid radio. For 4.4.2, you would need radio version .98 or .97
There was a recently released app that makes installing or changing either the hybrid or stock radios extremely easy. I used to use the manual method until this came along:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-4/themes-apps/app-nexus-4-modem-flasher-lte-enabler-t2607221
As was also mentioned, AT&T Band 4 is not available in too many areas, so don't be surprised if you never get LTE.
So I got the 900W8 canadian version and go tit rooted, now my questions are why do we not have our own forum or do we need it. What can I flash? It's been a while since i've been on samsung. Can I flash other rom but just need my baseband or are there other thing sI should be looking out for. Any help would be great Thanks
bodson66 said:
So I got the 900W8 canadian version and go tit rooted, now my questions are why do we not have our own forum or do we need it. What can I flash? It's been a while since i've been on samsung. Can I flash other rom but just need my baseband or are there other thing sI should be looking out for. Any help would be great Thanks
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bump, ideas anyone
Glad I found this post, I too am curious. I wonder if it will be like when I had the canadian s3 and could just flash the AT&T rooms just fine. Gonna hold of rooting the s5 until this is cleared up
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Glad I found this post, I too am curious. I wonder if it will be like when I had the canadian s3 and could just flash the AT&T rooms just fine. Gonna hold of rooting the s5 until this is cleared up
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Rooting was no issues I used chainfires method and he has a file for our W8 model. It's more the roms I curious about.
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Rooting was no issues I used chainfires method and he has a file for our W8 model. It's more the roms I curious about.
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Yeah, thats what I meant. Gonna wait in general until the rom variants are sorted, who knows maybe there will even be a way to root without trip.
Hey guys. I got a notification about a software update for my Rogers G900W8.
Was wondering if I should apply this update and would it affect root?
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I made a post about this the next day the S5 was lunch. Rooting wasn't an issue for me as for flashing ROMS, some are compatible here, just need to ask them first. I'm wondering if we'll get our forum as well.
Tybalt said:
Hey guys. I got a notification about a software update for my Rogers G900W8.
Was wondering if I should apply this update and would it affect root?
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I got my phone 5 days ago had the same update notification, I did the update and then used chainfires root file and AL worked well no issues with that.
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I made a post about this the next day the S5 was lunch. Rooting wasn't an issue for me as for flashing ROMS, some are compatible here, just need to ask them first. I'm wondering if we'll get our forum as well.
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I would think most roms would work, I'm just wondering about our modem and baseband. Is it just a matter of flashing our modems to ensure lte function.
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I would think most roms would work, I'm just wondering about our modem and baseband. Is it just a matter of flashing our modems to ensure lte function.
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Meh, I didn't think about that =/. I guess you get no signals if modem/baseball aren't compatible. Is there a link to get our modem/baseband?
On the Note 3 N900w8 users got lucky, they could downgrade to JellyBean and back to Kitkat without issues, could root (on JB) without tripping KNOX and can pretty much flash ANY international ROM on their device (in this case the N9005 ROMs, N900T ROMs etc) -- IT is possible, now I use this term very very loosely that you *may* be able to flash a whole lot more than w8 only ROMs.