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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?
Thanks

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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Bought a Sprint S4 today but...

I have T-Mobile service. I had hoped to be able to flash a recovery and then a T-Mobile ROM but so far it looks like this isn't possible. Or is it?

Nope. I don't think it will work.

Sprint is cdma and tmobile is gsm.
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Sprint's Galaxy S4 has T-Mobile's HSPA+ GSM bands so technically it COULD work, only problem is the sim slot is locked to international providers only so until someone finds away to unlock it, no go.

Must be troll

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Must be troll
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Mm probably not
Noobs can be quite nooby

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why the h e dubble hockey stick would you buy a Sprint s4 if u have tmobile service??

P.Mobile said:
why the h e dubble hockey stick would you buy a tmobile s4 if u have sprint service??
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You have that backwards, but still a valid question.

metalfan78 said:
You have that backwards, but still a valid question.
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just caught that.. lol

I bought a sprint s4, and have att service which I prefer.. I also have boost service which is what I'm using on it now, until I sort out the blocked domestic gsm carriers issue..
Why buy sprint s4 when I want it on att? Right deal right time..
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The right deal for a phone you can't use?

metalfan78 said:
The right deal for a phone you can't use?
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Yet...
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Well, each to his/her own, seems like it would be easier just to buy a model that can be used. That's just my opinion though.

itsmillertime said:
I have T-Mobile service. I had hoped to be able to flash a recovery and then a T-Mobile ROM but so far it looks like this isn't possible. Or is it?
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Three major problems with this scheme:
1. Domestic GSM lock. Who known when or if this will ever be worked around.
2. Lack of LTE support for TMO (or AT&T) LTE.
3. Lack of support for AWS HSPA while TMO's HSPA 1900 deployment is still poor in many areas.

metalfan78 said:
The right deal for a phone you can't use?
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as I said.. I have it on my boost account right now and using it.. but I'm pretty handy with phones, and I'm working with a few of the best android guys around to get the domestic block removed..
and tell me you wouldnt buy a bad esn jfltespr for 100?

Chris41g is a boss, if you haven't heard of him around here yet, you will.
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chris41g said:
as I said.. I have it on my boost account right now and using it.. but I'm pretty handy with phones, and I'm working with a few of the best android guys around to get the domestic block removed..
and tell me you wouldnt buy a bad esn jfltespr for 100?
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I wouldn't buy any phone with a bad esn, but maybe that's just me.

metalfan78 said:
I wouldn't buy any phone with a bad esn, but maybe that's just me.
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Well I have 12 devices, and no contracts.. So I pay full price for devices.. And most I just develop on..
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If I were more of a developer then I would probably buy devices with bad esn just to mess around with.

[Q] How to activate?

I Have had this phone since May 3rd I was having signal issues so I did the ##72786# Reset and now my phone won't activate any more. I just moved to Sprint when I got this phone so I don't have a backup any help is appreciated. Thanks

nicotheandroidguy said:
I Have had this phone since May 3rd I was having signal issues so I did the ##72786# Reset and now my phone won't activate any more. I just moved to Sprint when I got this phone so I don't have a backup any help is appreciated. Thanks
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Have you done any modifications to the device? ##72786# always works for me.
I mean worse case scenario, you can do a hard reset or take it to a sprint store.
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Salil999 said:
Have you done any modifications to the device? ##72786# always works for me.
I mean worse case scenario, you can do a hard reset or take it to a sprint store.
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No I just flashed back to stock MDC took it to the store and they couln't help me. Customer Support gave me a $10 bill credit and will have engineers look in to it i know it is a issue with the phone so what else do you recommend I do. BTW do you know how to manually write a data profile because I tried manually activating it and only calls and text worked.

nicotheandroidguy said:
No I just flashed back to stock MDC took it to the store and they couln't help me. Customer Support gave me a $10 bill credit and will have engineers look in to it i know it is a issue with the phone so what else do you recommend I do. BTW do you know how to manually write a data profile because I tried manually activating it and only calls and text worked.
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Well that was nice of customer support. I highly doubt it, but maybe you can update to MDL or MF9.
And I don't know blue to, I'm sorry. But if you got texting and calls working, I think it's a step in the right direction. Just the data doesn't work , right?
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Salil999 said:
Have you done any modifications to the device? ##72786# always works for me.
I mean worse case scenario, you can do a hard reset or take it to a sprint store.
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Well that was nice of customer support. I highly doubt it, but maybe you can update to MDL or MF9.
And I don't know blue to, I'm sorry. But if you got texting and calls working, I think it's a step in the right direction. Just the data doesn't work , right?
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Im already on MF9 through software updates. You are correct just data doesn't work.

nicotheandroidguy said:
Im already on MF9 through software updates. You are correct just data doesn't work.
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I'm not sure then, sorry. Hopefully someone else can give you some advice. The hands free activation has never failed me before, so I'm not sure what to say.

Salil999 said:
I'm not sure then, sorry. Hopefully someone else can give you some advice. The hands free activation has never failed me before, so I'm not sure what to say.
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Thanks anyway I called sprint they said they were sorry and have me $20 of my bill then I woke up this morning and it activated.
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[Solved] AT&T Sim Unlock

Hello, I was curious about something when it comes to doing a SIM unlock. I did some research and found that there are different ways to do sim unlocks depending on what type of phone you have (of course). In my case I'm running a GPE edition ROM on a i337. Would I use the i337 way or the GPE way? Or...would I have to flash a factory ROM to do it? Found a ton of troubleshooting for unlocking but never saw anything about using different ROMs. Thanks for your help!

I actually used this method. Read it carefully before attempting. I recommend printing it so you can have it to refer to. The *#0011# code is the one that I used. Remember that when instructed to hit the 'back' key, that doesn't mean on your device. It refers to the 'back' button you will see when you press your phone's menu button.
http://gs4.wonderhowto.com/how-to/c...y-s4-so-you-can-use-another-sim-card-0148110/
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So you had a custom ROM installed when you did it?
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Just ask at&t for the code. That service menu can cause trouble in the long run. Plus theres no known method of returning settings to stock.

Will they give it to me even though I'm still under contract?
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agent929 said:
Will they give it to me even though I'm still under contract?
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Sometimes they will come times not. Never hurts to ask. And if the first try didn't work give them a call on another day. Sometimes it depends on who you get a hold of.

agent929 said:
Will they give it to me even though I'm still under contract?
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What previous post said. But they have a policy some of their reps follow. Some are more nicer. They give it when youre 90 days in contract

j510 said:
What previous post said. But they have a policy some of their reps follow. Some are more nicer. They give it when youre 90 days in contract
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I'm way past 90 days into my contract. You didn't mean 90 days from your contract expiring did you? By the way thanks for your help along with everybody else in this post that has helped me!

90 days into contract. So you should be good to go. Shouldnt be a problem once they see that you meet requirements.

Thanks guys!
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At&T will not allow me to unlock my phone since it is still under service until 2015 >.< It took 4 people to finally get someone who spoke real english and well this is the last straw with att, no longer buying phones through them. Hello nexus.

toxicpaulution said:
At&T will not allow me to unlock my phone since it is still under service until 2015 >.< It took 4 people to finally get someone who spoke real english and well this is the last straw with att, no longer buying phones through them. Hello nexus.
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I guess you actually don't call them to do it. You can go to https://www.att.com/deviceunlock/client/en_US/ and do it there.

agent929 said:
I guess you actually don't call them to do it. You can go to https://www.att.com/deviceunlock/client/en_US/ and do it there.
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Says it wont allow it.
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Says right on the site...
Postpaid Smartphone Customers: Account has been active for at least ninety days and is in good standing (i.e., it has no past due amount or unpaid balance owed AT&T.
This doesn't apply to Apple products (not that you have one, but I thought it's good to know)

So I got the unlock codes from AT&T a few moments ago..and I'm a little unsure how to enter them into the phone..i thought you type it in the dialer but that didn't work. I just read that you need to insert a sim from another carrier...lol my intention was to sell an unlocked s4 so I could buy a different one. How do I unlock without a different carriers sim card...I have the unlock code

No suggestions?
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agent929 said:
No suggestions?
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Don't think you can. Hopefully, i'm wrong because I can't enter the code due to the previous 'free' attempt and can't get back into service menu (CM rom)

agent929 said:
No suggestions?
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You need to pop in another carriers sim card or any older non att based sim card.
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Some back info first... I had most of the high end AT&T androids and the iphone 5 in the past year. I tried numerous times to get unlock codes from customer service. Unlocked phones just have better resell value. Nothing works cause still under contract.
I currently have 3 smartphones with data share. $250/month is killing me. So recently traded my iPhone 5 for a S4. I didn't activate it on my line. I was looking towards the prepaid especially with Straight talk having ATT lte now and the nationwide release of Aio Wireless but T-Mobile $30 plan (100 min unlimited text and unlimited data up to 5gigs) is what I really wanted. This made me want to unlock the S4 since I live in a refarmed area. I can live with Hspa for $30.
I read on numerous forums that ppl may get a better chance of unlocking their device thru ATT international online chat. I tried so many times but they were always busy. Got lucky, finally spoke to a someone online. Gave them my ATT account info and etc. Was thinking I never got them to give me the codes before. This was just another time they would deny me. Another thing this s4 isn't even activated on my account. Gave them the imei, few minutes later I got directions and the unlock code for it. So damn excited but that's not the best part.
There's also an "Aws T-Mobile mod" for our ATT S4 to enable the Aws bands on the att s4. I'm like this is perfect. I can use the refarmed spectrum and the other hspa+ bands on the s4 and pay only $30/month. This is a no Brainer. Unfortunately. Couldn't get the Aws mod to work because you need a PC and I have a mac.
Took one of my old reg tmobile sim, using a sim template, I cut down the sim to a micro sim. Did the unlock procedure and it worked. Went to best buy to buy a tmobile prepaid kit and activated it with the $30 plan (only available to new activations). I'm thinking the 1900mHz refarmed band is reg but my phone showed 4g and was confused but I was getting 4-6mb down. Definitely could live with this. This is where I live. Driving to work, it showed full bars 4g lte. Got excited so I did a speed test. The highest I got was 12mb. I also looked it up just as I got home and one forum confirmed the same thing. Unlocked AT&T S4 works on T-Mobile Lte.
http://forums.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-s4/292079-t-s4-unlocked-lte-t-mobile.html
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Febby said:
You need to pop in another carriers sim card or any older non att based sim card.
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You have to shut off your phone, insert tmobile sim, restart, entunlockrr code and voila.
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So i have the sprint version......

I have the SPRINT version.... could someone walk me thru on how to give u guys what u need to start working on this??
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stafly17 said:
I have the SPRINT version.... could someone walk me thru on how to give u guys what u need to start working on this??
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Don't most devs start with a system dump of the stock ROM?

Yea... i figured that... but how can i provide that... ive never done that.
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stafly17 said:
Yea... i figured that... but how can i provide that... ive never done that.
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Screenshots first. The consensus is, video too...

interloper said:
Video first.
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Fixed

neato.. you work for sprint or did a drunk sprint employee leave one at the bar?
phones already been dumped. system dump from an actual device wouldn't be a bad idea tho.
@djrbliss has already patched for loki. (thank you)
@Dees_Troy has already built a sprint g2 recovery. (thank you)
I suppose IO/thecubed could update his root tool. I will ask him to do that.

What sim card does it use?
CSIM or USIM?

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neato.. you work for sprint or did a drunk sprint employee leave one at the bar?
phones already been dumped. system dump from an actual device wouldn't be a bad idea tho.
@djrbliss has already patched for loki. (thank you)
@Dees_Troy has already built a sprint g2 recovery. (thank you)
I suppose IO/thecubed could update his root tool. I will ask him to do that.
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Wow you guys are on top of this. Thanks. Looking forward to picking up the Sprint G2 when it comes out.

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I have the SPRINT version.... could someone walk me thru on how to give u guys what u need to start working on this??
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Definitely would like a system dumb. I know some people who would like to take some files from it to see if Google Wallet will work. Actually could you test this for us? Mainly looking to see if you're able to use Tap n Pay (NFC payments) on the sprint G2.

bb12489 said:
Definitely would like a system dumb. I know some people who would like to take some files from it to see if Google Wallet will work. Actually could you test this for us? Mainly looking to see if you're able to use Tap n Pay (NFC payments) on the sprint G2.
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I work for sprint... went to an LG Launch training yesterday... they just handed me one. LOL
The launch date is 11/8/13
I have used the tap and pay at my sprint store and it worked.
I DONT KNOW HOW TO PROVIDE A Dump
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Wow you guys are on top of this. Thanks. Looking forward to picking up the Sprint G2 when it comes out.
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What sim card does it use?
CSIM or USIM?
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neato.. you work for sprint or did a drunk sprint employee leave one at the bar?
phones already been dumped. system dump from an actual device wouldn't be a bad idea tho.
@djrbliss has already patched for loki. (thank you)
@Dees_Troy has already built a sprint g2 recovery. (thank you)
I suppose IO/thecubed could update his root tool. I will ask him to do that.
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stafly17 said:
I work for sprint... went to an LG Launch training yesterday... they just handed me one. LOL
The launch date is 11/8/13
I have used the tap and pay at my sprint store and it worked.
I DONT KNOW HOW TO PROVIDE A Dump
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I wish I could help out with the dump, but I've never done one myself.

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Just check the sim card. A USIM means the Sim card does the LTE authentication while the device does the CDMA authentication. A CSIM means that both LTE and CDMA Authentication comes from the sim card and you can hot swap devices by using the sim card just like the Iphone 5s/5c which uses CSIM.

lilotimz said:
Just check the sim card. A USIM means the Sim card does the LTE authentication while the device does the CDMA authentication. A CSIM means that both LTE and CDMA Authentication comes from the sim card and you can hot swap devices by using the sim card just like the Iphone 5s/5c which uses CSIM.
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Is the look of the USIM vs. CSIM card different? How can you tell if a sim card is a USIM or CSIM?

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Is the look of the USIM vs. CSIM card different? How can you tell if a sim card is a USIM or CSIM?
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When i take the sim out it says 4g is no longer avaliable... but 3g, data, calls, and sms, all work fine with the sim card out.... if that helps?
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stafly17 said:
When i take the sim out it says 4g is no longer avaliable... but 3g, data, calls, and sms, all work fine with the sim card out.... if that helps?
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USIM .. like most current Sprint devices. So most of the provisioning is still done in the EFS.. unlike the 5s which relies entirely on the sim card.

Any idea why the launch date is still a month away?

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Any idea why the launch date is still a month away?
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No clue.... i was told because we are getting the exclusive triband for our sprint network vision.
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phone seems finished. the firmware has been out for over a month. perhaps theyre waiting for the LTE-A network to build out a bit more before launch? idk :/

stafly17 said:
No clue.... i was told because we are getting the exclusive triband for our sprint network vision.
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Sounds like marketing speak to me, not really a legit reason.
More likely they are having tri-band hand off issues.

stafly17 said:
No clue.... i was told because we are getting the exclusive triband for our sprint network vision.
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five40 said:
Sounds like marketing speak to me, not really a legit reason.
More likely they are having tri-band hand off issues.
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Sounds like maybe LTE 2600 (B41) hand off issues between the different LTE bands that is causing the delay. What does this phone being an exclusive triband have to do with it? Obviously the demo units are already available so the phone must be done. I doubt it is due to production issues since LG shouldn't need to make as many phones at launch like Verizon or ATT do. Doesn't sound like it makes any sense to me. Oct 25th would have already been pushing it.
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phone seems finished. the firmware has been out for over a month. perhaps theyre waiting for the LTE-A network to build out a bit more before launch? idk :/
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That seems to be my guess that Sprint is waiting on the LTE 2600 network to be built out a bit more before launch. But it also could be that Sprint can be having LTE 2600 TD-LTE to LTE 1900 FDD LTE hand off issues that is causing the delay.