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Fix 3g on fascinate flashed to cricket

I somehow lost my 3g flashing custom roms i eas wondering how or what can i do to get it back
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near the end of post #1 there's a GETTING 3G part
http://www.cricketphonetalk.com/for.../3978-flashing-samsung-fascinate-cricket.html

if the phone was flashed before going to a different rom then the qpst settings dont need to be changed, if the rom you changed to is aosp then you need the data fix for cm7/miui but if not and your data isnt working then you need to set your proxy settings again, thats iff your on a proxy plan. but if not on a proxy plan then somehow the qpst settings did get messed up and you need to double check them on a touchwiz based roms.
dangit, sry mods i didnt realize this was a old thread resurrected.

How do I install a safestrap rom with i337 being unlocked to Tmobile

I'm trying to help a friend install some roms on his att gs4. I'm familiar with Tmobile s4 since i have one and often install custom roms but with att phone i see its a little different.
My main question is how do I get a rom on his phone without losing Tmobile unlock privileges he currently has.
also if someone could explain how this whole loki thing works that'd be awesome, like can i install tmo rom on his 337 or only att made roms
he's probably just looking to install a nice stable tw rom that is up to date with either 4.4.2 or 4.3

Stoowyguy said:
I'm trying to help a friend install some roms on his att gs4. I'm familiar with Tmobile s4 since i have one and often install custom roms but with att phone i see its a little different.
My main question is how do I get a rom on his phone without losing Tmobile unlock privileges he currently has.
also if someone could explain how this whole loki thing works that'd be awesome, like can i install tmo rom on his 337 or only att made roms
he's probably just looking to install a nice stable tw rom that is up to date with either 4.4.2 or 4.3
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How to run other carrier roms:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2295557
All 4.4.2 i337 confirmed roms:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=51130834

Thanks, these are very good links and will be extremely helpful.
I'm just wondering what would happen if after I install a rom what or if I'll have to do anything to make them work with his tmo sim/plan

Stoowyguy said:
Thanks, these are very good links and will be extremely helpful.
I'm just wondering what would happen if after I install a rom what or if I'll have to do anything to make them work with his tmo sim/plan
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The only thing might be entering T-Mobiles apn settings. tell your friend to go to wireless/networks > more > mobile networks > access point names and have him make a .txt with everything there so he can key it in once he's on a new rom

I'm assuming safestrap recovery will allow us to create a good old NANDroid backup incase of anything going wrong

Stoowyguy said:
I'm assuming safestrap recovery will allow us to create a good old NANDroid backup incase of anything going wrong
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yeah, you can back up everything. I'd advise doing only data though

Flashing custom rom- does it wipe modem?

I recently switched from rogers to wind, and to do so, I needed to enable the two extra frequencies for penta band, which I have already done.
This said, I worry that if I flash a custom rom, it will wipe my modem and I won't be able to connect to wind's network anymore.
I do have a backup of the original via QPST, but would like to know before messing anything up.
Thanks!

Flashing a Rom does not touch the modem. It may mess up your apn settings though so if you have problems make sure they're set up correctly.
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jd1639 said:
Flashing a Rom does not touch the modem. It may mess up your apn settings though so if you have problems make sure they're set up correctly.
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Great! Worst case I flash back to stock and restore. Thank you!

What rom do you sugest for this S4 noob

So I just ordered my new to me S4 off ebay, and I will be loading it with a rom once I get it.
I had been running a S2 with Recaluked. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2285290
I am looking for suggestions on a similar rom with great battery life, TW based, custom toggles, and lots of general customization options.
Does anyone have a suggestion on which roms to start with?
Thanks.

Which variant of the S4 are you using?
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cRiMiNaL_Genius said:
Which variant of the S4 are you using?
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SPH-L720

wizardknight said:
SPH-L720
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You won't really find anything similar to the recaulked rom on the s2, as the s4 is way more of a power horse. What you will find is 2 excellent roms Negalite and Sacs for Touchwiz. I personally use both and alternately I will flash Hyperdrive HD in the Verizon forum, of course adding Sprints APN to get LTE.

elwood said:
You won't really find anything similar to the recaulked rom on the s2, as the s4 is way more of a power horse. What you will find is 2 excellent roms Negalite and Sacs for Touchwiz. I personally use both and alternately I will flash Hyperdrive HD in the Verizon forum, of course adding Sprints APN to get LTE.
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Interesting.
How many S4 variants are cross compatible on the roms?

wizardknight said:
Interesting.
How many S4 variants are cross compatible on the roms?
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I've only tried Hyperdrive and echo rom from Verizon but I've heard a few at&t roms work also.
Also coming from the s2 to the s4 you no longer require a recovery/kernel together as they are different now. You can still flash a custom kernel and custom recovery but they are no longer built together like on the s2.

elwood said:
You won't really find anything similar to the recaulked rom on the s2, as the s4 is way more of a power horse. What you will find is 2 excellent roms Negalite and Sacs for Touchwiz. I personally use both and alternately I will flash Hyperdrive HD in the Verizon forum, of course adding Sprints APN to get LTE.
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That is very interesting for a noob such as myself. How do you add the APN? Are you doing a manual edit in settings or is there a means of flashing it?

badreaper said:
That is very interesting for a noob such as myself. How do you add the APN? Are you doing a manual edit in settings or is there a means of flashing it?
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I manually enter them. There is apps on the Play store to help but I've never b used them. I just go to Settings>More Networks> Mobile Network> Access Point Names and you can add a new APN there

Perfect! Thanks Elwood.

[Q] Boost flashed no 3G when on custom ROM

My S4 is flashed to Boost Mobile. Whenever I install a custom ROM I get no 3G or 3G appears for no more than 2 seconds then its 1X. I nandroid backuped to stock and same problem so then I installed a Stock Deodexed NG2 Refitted ROM and right when this ROM boots Boost ID pops up it installs apps and puts it to my boost homescreen setting and my 3G and everything works fine. APN settings are the same when I switch ROMs so I have no idea what the problem is. I want to install a custom ROM like NegaLite but I am stuck at this point.

Have you tried using an app like apn backup and restore?
What are your apn settings on aosp? Are you on the latest modem firmware?
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koivth said:
Have you tried using an app like apn backup and restore?
What are your apn settings on aosp? Are you on the latest modem firmware?
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Right now I am on NG2 4.4.2 Stock deodexed NG2 Refitted ROM. This is the only ROM that my 3G works. My 3G worked on stocked rooted then I went to Negalite didn't work. So I nandroid to my stock rooted and 3G didn't work anymore so I tried this ROM i currently am on and it works.
My apn settings are all Sprint APNs and everything works fine and when I flash a ROM my APns are still the same but 3g is ****. I tried using APN backup and restore on this ROM it lets me disable ICS Check but when I install a different ROM that doesn't work so I can't use it. I even tried moving it to the system. I appreciate your reply

i7vSa7vi7y said:
Right now I am on NG2 4.4.2 Stock deodexed NG2 Refitted ROM. This is the only ROM that my 3G works. My 3G worked on stocked rooted then I went to Negalite didn't work. So I nandroid to my stock rooted and 3G didn't work anymore so I tried this ROM i currently am on and it works.
My apn settings are all Sprint APNs and everything works fine and when I flash a ROM my APns are still the same but 3g is ****. I tried using APN backup and restore on this ROM it lets me disable ICS Check but when I install a different ROM that doesn't work so I can't use it. I even tried moving it to the system. I appreciate your reply
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Are you sure it's true 3g on the refitted ROM. Sometimes it shows 3g but its really 1x. You can check under about phone status. 3g normally works for me as soon as I flash..no need to add apns. I only have to edit mmsc in APN settings to get MMS.

That's what usually happens to me. I installed Sac's ROM and everything works and I actually really like this ROM so I'm going to stay on here. I'm still trying to figure out how to remove this data stat notifiation or something on the top right and also how would I remove a NO SIM notification since I'm on Boost now I don't need a SIM