I was just wondering if roam control was working now on the Sprint Galaxy S 4. When I checked a few weeks ago people were still having issues.
exhilaration said:
I was just wondering if roam control was working now on the Sprint Galaxy S 4. When I checked a few weeks ago people were still having issues.
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I use it everyday flawlessly.
It didn't work for me. I had to return it. It would switch my radio off.
It is very hit or miss on whether it will work for you. Mine works so so. I hope that someday it will work 100%. I really miss the Evo LTE MeanBean rom that had force roam integrated into the rom and worked 100% of the time flawlessly. On the S4 it is kind of a .... hope it will work when I need it.
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It didn't work for me. I had to return it. It would switch my radio off.
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Can you tell me what software version you're running?
cruise350 said:
It is very hit or miss on whether it will work for you. Mine works so so. I hope that someday it will work 100%. I really miss the Evo LTE MeanBean rom that had force roam integrated into the rom and worked 100% of the time flawlessly. On the S4 it is kind of a .... hope it will work when I need it.
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I use it everyday at school and it works 100% of the time. Weird lol.
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Can you tell me what software version you're running?
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not sure what you are asking. I was using the latest roam control. My rom is stock mf9
masbirdies said:
not sure what you are asking. I was using the latest roam control. My rom is stock mf9
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That was it, just asking about your ROM version.
Are you guys running a different/custom prl with roam control or the standard sprint prl?
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hotspace said:
Are you guys running a different/custom prl with roam control or the standard sprint prl?
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I'm running the 56015 PRL from here so I can get 3G service on Verizon when I go through a dead zone. I installed it a few weeks ago btw, I only installed RoamControl this morning.
So I finally rooted my phone last night and installed RoamControl this morning. So far it's working great - I'm able to switch between Automatic/Home/Roam and it's changing reliably. It's also much faster than my EVO 3D (retired 3 weeks ago) ever was but that's probably due to the faster phone.
I did have to reboot the phone, set RoamControl's phone selection to "None", set it back to Samsung S4, until it started working reliably. When I tried it just after installation it didn't do anything at all.
56015 prl and yes its been working great for me.
Does the phone need to be rooted to force roam?
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Jnoles07 said:
Does the phone need to be rooted to force roam?
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Yup, root is required.
Cycling "Phone Manufacturer" fixed RoamControl for me
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I did have to reboot the phone, set RoamControl's phone selection to "None", set it back to Samsung S4, until it started working reliably. When I tried it just after installation it didn't do anything at all.
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Oh, my goodness. Thank you so much for this! I had been unable to get RoamControl to work since I got the S4, and went through radio updates and a few versions of RC. Simply setting the Phone Manufacturer to "None" and then back to "GS4" worked, and now I have solid control over roaming. Amazing...
EDIT: I spoke too soon. This technique got voice roaming/un-roaming working, but broke all data until a reboot... After which RoamControl was back to having no effect. What a bummer.
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Oh, my goodness. Thank you so much for this! I had been unable to get RoamControl to work since I got the S4, and went through radio updates and a few versions of RC. Simply setting the Phone Manufacturer to "None" and then back to "GS4" worked, and now I have solid control over roaming. Amazing...
EDIT: I spoke too soon. This technique got voice roaming/un-roaming working, but broke all data until a reboot... After which RoamControl was back to having no effect. What a bummer.
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I'm running into the same situation: voice/sms are fine but data gets flaky or completely stops working until a reboot. I can live with that until the author can find a fix - my plan is to reboot after switching back to auto. I need RC infrequently so this is an acceptable tradeoff for what it can do.
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I've seen a lot of this in the 3.0 Sense ROM threads and experienced it as well. This is a solution that worked for me on my Incredible and when I tried it on my Eris it worked on that as well. If you want to try it out please do and report your results here whether it worked for you or not so others can decide for themselves whether or not to try it as well.
It seems like there is something strange that goes on when using *228 with the Sense Roms ported from another carrier. Though it hasn't been determined yet where the problem finally lies there has been a work around that has worked for others, myself included. It just requires a little bit of your time to complete it. The process requires unrooting your Eris, activating and updating your PRL, then rooting and flashing your preferred rom. I know this sounds like a lot of work however, thanks to great people such as bftb0, amon-ra, j-case, and scary alien, it's not as much work nor as complicated as it sounds
This also works for fixing issues with sending and receiving sms/mms. I do recall that with the texting issue that can be fixed by flashing xtrSense. It has not yet been confirmed if using xtrSense works with the 3g data drops or not but I have had PM's from users that don't have enough posts do post in the dev section confirming that this procedure worked for others having the data issues.
1. Download the FlashBack21 v2 made by bftb0 from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=792026
2. Flash the flashback ROM as you would any other ROM. (Yes this will remove amon recovery and your phone will be completely stock)
3. When your phone boots go through and setup everything as normal. Once that's done dial *228 and select option 1 to activate your phone.
4. After your phone reboots dial *228 again and choose option 2 to update roaming capabilities. Your phone will again reboot after it's completed.
5. Download j-case's recently modded 1-click root app modded by scary alien. You can get this from the following link and scroll to Scenario 5. This will also install amon-ra recovery that Scary alien modified for track-ball optional.... yes.. it's goofy trackball friendly
http://androidforums.com/eris-all-t...2-custom-recovery-trackball-not-required.html
6. Be sure you have the setting checked to allow 3rd party apps to be installed in Settings>applications, copy the 1-click to your sd card and using astro or another file manager install the app and run it.
7. Reboot into your freshly installed recovery and flash your favorite ROM and enjoy having no more 3g data drops.
**Just remember... until the root of the conflict is resolved. Do not use *228 on the 3.0 Sense ROMs.
Please be sure to hit the thanks button on the linked threads to show your appreciation for the work these guys have done on the flashback to stock and everything else. This isn't something they put together in a few minutes and they don't have to do any of it for us. If you don't have an AF account to thank Scary Alien hopefully he will post in this thread soon as well and you can thank him here
As always.. what you do with your phone is your ultimate responsibility and not that of anyone else. No one in any of these threads is responsible for anything that may happen while using any of their work.
CondemnedSoul,
Excellent work, as always, and thank you for your thanks. You are one of many great folks both here and at AF that continue to help out the Eris community, long after the phone was first released (I got mine in middle of Nov. '09).
Please let me know if you need help testing anything on my Eris--its not activated, however, so I don't think I'd be able to help debug any 3G-related bugs for you guys .
Cheers and good luck tracking this issue down.
I don't use Sense 3.0 based roms. I tried Gin-sen-taz but it was too buggy on my phone i might try the latest soon but I'm happy with AOSP right now
Still, thanks for the work-around/fix
I'll try this out once the next version of GST hits the streets. thanks for your efforts!
Sweet deal!
I will try asap and let you know.
haganme said:
I'll try this out once the next version of GST hits the streets. thanks for your efforts!
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chris22_2 said:
Sweet deal!
I will try asap and let you know.
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Looking forward to hearing your results
Any thoughts to doing a*228 while on a stock-based ROM, like XTRSense, or does it seem to be a "start over from the beginning" deal?
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Any thoughts to doing a*228 while on a stock-based ROM, like XTRSense, or does it seem to be a "start over from the beginning" deal?
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I would think it could be worth a try. It seems like on the Inc it has to do with *228 on the sense ROM's ported from another carrier, which there are a lot of especially for GB Sense. There was 1 ROM that a few people had luck on the Inc without having to go through the unroot/reroot process. That was a Stock based ROM as well. Only reason I posted this way so far is this was the way I did it and I know worked for me. If anyone tries it using xtrSense or another stock based ROM without the lengthy process outlined and has positive results I will gladly edit the OP to add that process as well ... It's definately worth a try though
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I would think it could be worth a try. It seems like on the Inc it has to do with *228 on the sense ROM's ported from another carrier, which there are a lot of especially for GB Sense. There was 1 ROM that a few people had luck on the Inc without having to go through the unroot/reroot process. That was a Stock based ROM as well. Only reason I posted this way so far is this was the way I did it and I know worked for me. If anyone tries it using xtrSense or another stock based ROM without the lengthy process outlined and has positive results I will gladly edit the OP to add that process as well ... It's definately worth a try though
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Yeah, I was hoping someone would give thus a shot since, as I stated in the Gin-Sen thread, I'm on a fresh root on a replacement and I haven't had this issue yet.
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demmo86rt said:
Yeah, I was hoping someone would give thus a shot since, as I stated in the Gin-Sen thread, I'm on a fresh root on a replacement and I haven't had this issue yet.
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I'm hoping for some feedback on this soon as well. Given that its not an issue for you now on a freshly rooted phone and it wasn't happening to me after doing this gives a good indication that this should work for most if not all the other users experiencing this.
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I have gotten a few PM's from users confirming this procedure fixed their data drop issues. They don't have enough posts to post in the dev section so they PM'd me and I thought I'd share that this is working for others as well
Worked perfectly on my Eris.
This resolved two issues:
3G data drops
Text messaging issues
Now I can send and receive texts using GB and keep the data connection alive.
Thank you!
stevesk said:
Worked perfectly on my Eris.
This resolved two issues:
3G data drops
Text messaging issues
Now I can send and receive texts using GB and keep the data connection alive.
Thank you!
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Glad to hear it helped you out.
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I have also now seen 1 person saying that using the xtrsense route worked for them on the 3g problem as well
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haganme said:
I'll try this out once the next version of GST hits the streets. thanks for your efforts!
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tried just flashing xtrSense and going through the *228 steps. It didn't work. it seemed to skip through the programming pretty quick, even though it said it was successful. then after i rebooted, i would loose the network. Tried *228 several more times, unsuccessful.
ran the flashbacktostock ROM, and followed your steps from the OP and had network back again.
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I have also now seen 1 person saying that using the xtrsense route worked for them on the 3g problem as well
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By my thinking, it should work using xtrSense as it is basically a rooted version of Sense 2.1, is it not ? Sorta like jcase's "plain jane" ROM(s)... If so, it would eliminate what, a couple of the steps ?
I may give it a try again. I really liked the Sense ROMs I tried but the issues were deal-breakers for me.
haganme said:
tried just flashing xtrSense and going through the *228 steps. It didn't work. it seemed to skip through the programming pretty quick, even though it said it was successful. then after i rebooted, i would loose the network. Tried *228 several more times, unsuccessful.
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Did you hit options '1' and '2' when prompted ?
CondemnedSoul:
By the way, doesn't dialing "*22899" do both the activation step AND the PRL-update step ? Eliminate a reboot and one step
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Did you hit options '1' and '2' when prompted ?
CondemnedSoul:
By the way, doesn't dialing "*22899" do both the activation step AND the PRL-update step ? Eliminate a reboot and one step
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My daughters phone did the same thing - After you do the "dial 1" step, Go to setting/Accounts & Network and change your network from home only to automatic A or B (either one will pick up a signal).
hallstevenson said:
Did you hit options '1' and '2' when prompted ?
CondemnedSoul:
By the way, doesn't dialing "*22899" do both the activation step AND the PRL-update step ? Eliminate a reboot and one step
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I think *22899 just does prl update. *22891 or 7 is it? Does the activation. That's what I thought anyway. I could be and have been wrong before though... Lol
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Finally got the time/nerve to do this, will let you know know in a day or two if it works
thanks!
I have a problem at work I go in and out of roaming which is killing my battery. I have to charge on the way to work, at lunch, and on the way home. A weird thing is I get a 1x above the signal bar sometimes.
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I have a problem at work I go in and out of roaming which is killing my battery. I have to charge on the way to work, at lunch, and on the way home. A weird thing is I get a 1x above the signal bar sometimes.
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What ROM/Kernel?
Shifted from Outer Space
I running new sense with miks 1.5 kernel.
It's been happening to me a lot lately too on aosp roms. I'm pretty sure it's a Sprint wide issue not related to any roms.
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This has been going on before I rooted so I know its not the rom. Thats the reason I decided to root, so I could have more options.
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This has been going on before I rooted so I know its not the rom. Thats the reason I decided to root, so I could have more options.
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Then its sprint for sure but glad you took the jump to root enjoy the great people here!
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I am very glad I rooted and I am enjoying all the people here.
Perhaps changing your PRL (Preferred Roaming List) would solve your problem.
Here are some links for you to get started and hope this helps you a bit...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1529274
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1521343
***Read*** Lotsa reading...
Turn off data roaming. It's more useless than useful anyway.
Rhodigga the second link didn't list EVO shift is it ok to use those codes?
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Rhodiggah the second link didn't list EVO shift is it ok to use those codes?
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I have used the following PRL:
11115
11119
11121
00001
00002
and back to 60687 (current PRL)
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I have used the following PRL:
11115
11119
11121
00001
00002
and back to 60687 (current PRL)
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I really liked 11115
I'm a fan of MrGregg' roam control. Maybe it can help. http://www.roamctrl.com/
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Chad The Pathfinder said:
I'm a fan of MrGregg' roam control. Maybe it can help. http://www.roamctrl.com/
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Why do I need to buy this app when I can do it manually?
j/w
You don't. I just really like the app and it helps someone out to pay for it.
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Well my prl is 60687 also so I'll leave it. I have my governor on scaryv2 and just figured out I can change settings on juice defender free so after 8 hours I have 53%. I can live with that I turned off roaming data. Thanks all of you. My wife keeps griping about me messing with my phone but its addicting now I'm rooted.
One of the main things I like here is that not everyone agrees on things and don't follow the herd.
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One of the main things I like here is that not everyone agrees on things and don't follow the herd.
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It's because we know every phone is different and runs things differently also when it comes to prl's it depends on where you are
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beerbq said:
Well my prl is 60687 also so I'll leave it. I have my governor on scaryv2 and just figured out I can change settings on juice defender free so after 8 hours I have 53%. I can live with that I turned off roaming data. Thanks all of you. My wife keeps griping about me messing with my phone but its addicting now I'm rooted.
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Juice defender free is good. Just my personal preference I don't like mobile data turned off when the screen is off. Root is great. Without it how could we overclock when playing high memory intensive games and then go back to lower cpu setting when idle. I know a lot of people don't play games but if you have kids it's a great option to have.
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Juice defender free is good. Just my personal preference I don't like mobile data turned off when the screen is off. Root is great. Without it how could we overclock when playing high memory intensive games and then go back to lower cpu setting when idle. I know a lot of people don't play games but if you have kids it's a great option to have.
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Oh so true. When you have kids, and a wife every PC / Laptop is usually in use
TEAM MiK
MikROMs Since 3/13/11
Hi guys,
a question,
how do we force the phone in CDMA rather than LTE after this update?
Before the Update in MJ7, I can use the app :4G Toggle (used call Phone Info) to toggle to force in CDMA, but after the update, that app is not working. So Now I have to stay with Global mode or LTE/CDMA/EvDO
The thing is... the reception here in OFFICE is SUPER lousy. so my phone will have very slow and bad 4G signal , unless it is switched (forced into CDMA, which is much faster)
Please help. Now it stayed in 4G so the battery is running faster too, because it is a struggling 4G.
I want a stable 3G than a struggling 4G
Please help
Thanks!
jiwengang said:
Hi guys,
a question,
how do we force the phone in CDMA rather than LTE after this update?
Before the Update in MJ7, I can use the app :4G Toggle (used call Phone Info) to toggle to force in CDMA, but after the update, that app is not working. So Now I have to stay with Global mode or LTE/CDMA/EvDO
The thing is... the reception here in OFFICE is SUPER lousy. so my phone will have very slow and bad 4G signal , unless it is switched (forced into CDMA, which is much faster)
Please help. Now it stayed in 4G so the battery is running faster too, because it is a struggling 4G.
I want a stable 3G than a struggling 4G
Please help
Thanks!
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bump up...
god really there is no one in QnA forum.
Why can't we post QnA into General!!!!!!!
An app from Google play called tellnfo is just like the phone info app. It will do what you want.
Galaxy Note 3, HTC Rezound, HTC Evo 3D, HTC Evo, HTC Touch Pro 2, LG Voyager
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tapbase.LTEswitcher
Just tested it and it works for me.
On the mje base.
♢NoteIII♢
Thanks. Are you rooted ? It still does not work and giving me an error message : this app is incompatible with your phone . Please uninstall. Mine is pure stock Verizon galaxy note 3.... not rooted.
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Yes I am. But it is strange that that would matter. :\
♢NoteIII♢
LeftyGR said:
Yes I am. But it is strange that that would matter. :\
♢NoteIII♢
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Thanks.
I am afraid that certain access will require root privilege after this MJE update. This is the major change of access rights that disabled all similar apps from working.
If the apps you mentioned work for you, others should work too because of the rooted status.
probably I need to go back tonight to use Kingo finally...
HI
I have a Samsung galaxy s4 from sprint and i have rooted my phone using odin. when i tried to use a tether app it would work.
My phone model number: SPH-L720T Android Version: 4.3 Build number ends with MK5
Can any one help me out?
Thanks.
I was on MK5 and since OTA'ed to NAF.
I purchased a tether app from the market for about 2 bucks.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.snclab.wifitetherrouter
I tried every wifi app, and nothing worked except the one I purchased.
lawmangrant said:
I was on MK5 and since OTA'ed to NAF.
I purchased a tether app from the market for about 2 bucks.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.snclab.wifitetherrouter
I tried every wifi app, and nothing worked except the one I purchased.
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Works well with no issues? Good speeds?
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Works great for me, no issues. For 2 bucks, well worth it to me!
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Thank you VandyCWG, this app works very nicely. It is worth the purchase.
Very nice. Sincere thanks. I was getting worried. Now, i can be patiently and wait for roms for the 720t. That app and Xposed is satisfying me huge. Root worked fine for MK5. Philz worked fine. Works well, and fast. This is probablly the only reason why i would want to keep Spark. I can clearly see a different in speeds vs. my wifes S3 also running 4G LTE. (not spark)
Thanks man
youngnex said:
Very nice. Sincere thanks. I was getting worried. Now, i can be patiently and wait for roms for the 720t. That app and Xposed is satisfying me huge. Root worked fine for MK5. Philz worked fine. Works well, and fast. This is probablly the only reason why i would want to keep Spark. I can clearly see a different in speeds vs. my wifes S3 also running 4G LTE. (not spark)
Thanks man
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I had my first taste of spark near Nashville last night, 45 down, 15 up! Blown away! I am ok with a rooted, stock system. I have tether!
i've been working on this tether thing all morning. i've read tons and have followed every thread. i have sprint galaxy s4 4.4.2 NAF. it's rooted, and i downloaded the wifi tether router app that was recommended. everything is installed. when i run the app (enable router) i get the network name: WiFiTeher-AP and network key: abc123456 in red. there's a dialogue box at the bottom for received and sent data- both read 0mb. i have two computers with wireless receivers and the tether network doesn't appear on either. i've refreshed and waited, but to no avail. everything looks like it's working correctly, but i can't get the tether network to come up on my network list. so, where do i go from here?
frustrated
thanks
This thread is on the same page a this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=49702289&postcount=1
w7excursion said:
This thread is on the same page a this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=49702289&postcount=1
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i applied the first set of parameters listed and it worked like a charm! thank you so much!!!:laugh:
I flashed the sweetest rom lastnight ,I can't get the volte option to show up in my menu but I can receive calls fine and do data fine ,all at the same time,like I could when I was on my stock rom.
if I go to about phone it shows I'm on lte but it doesn't tell me I'm on lte on my home screen.
Could this be cause this rom is for a style and I have a pure?
I can't post anything where the actual rom is posted so I brought it here.thanks
First of all , what carrier you on. And yea it could be because that rom is designed for style but maybe try to put it in lte/CDMA only if you are on Verizon.
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First of all , what carrier you on. And yea it could be because that rom is designed for style but maybe try to put it in lte/CDMA only if you are on Verizon.
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Sorry yes I'm on Verizon, and I never had that option, my only options was for 4g, 3g and something else, can't remember. I had to end up going back to stock ROM while I could get incoming calls and use data at the same time they couldn't hear me and I couldn't hear them, other than that everything was working great.
Hucklefard said:
Sorry yes I'm on Verizon, and I never had that option, my only options was for 4g, 3g and something else, can't remember. I had to end up going back to stock ROM while I could get incoming calls and use data at the same time they couldn't hear me and I couldn't hear them, other than that everything was working great.
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Yea it's a common issue for us on Verizon. I am chilling on stock rom and custom kernel for now. You can try flashing the odexed version where volte works (de-odexed) no volte yet.
patt2k said:
First of all , what carrier you on. And yea it could be because that rom is designed for style but maybe try to put it in lte/CDMA only if you are on Verizon.
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I tried that custom kernel but it wouldn't work with my app radio running the chromecast. Seems like running roms etc... on Verizon is a pain. If i wasn't on unlimited data still I'd leave them in a heartbeat for a more friendly flashing experience. Haha
Hucklefard said:
I tried that custom kernel but it wouldn't work with my app radio running the chromecast. Seems like running roms etc... on Verizon is a pain. If i wasn't on unlimited data still I'd leave them in a heartbeat for a more friendly flashing experience. Haha
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Hmm weird which app is that? I don't have any audio issues at all. And yea I feel you. I don't have unlimited but a pretty good plan as well. Verizon isn't the best anymore
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Hmm weird which app is that? I don't have any audio issues at all. And yea I feel you. I don't have unlimited but a pretty good plan as well. Verizon isn't the best anymore
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What it does is mirror my phone on my touch screen radio using arunchained, and a chromecast plugged into my hdmi port on my radio. Instead of getting a video picture I get a snow screen and no audio. I'm guessing if I plugged my chromecast into my TV it wouldn't work either, maybe I'll try it later when my car gets back home.