Hello guys, it is my first post here! I tried searching for my specific question but I did only find hints, not a true answer.
I'm about to change my phone soon, I come from iOS world so please don't be too hard on me if what I ask is stupid or evident for you (as it would not necessarily be the case for me ).
I am right now looking at a Sprint 32GB version of a LG G2, it does have a bad ESN with Sprint. Obviously it is not high priced since ESN is bad. I understand a little that ESN is linked to WMCA networking, which is specific to each carrier. It is the same as connecting to data with Sprint or Verizon or AT&T, or in my area, SFR, Orange, Bouygues, Vodafone... Am I right?!
From what I've read, it would be best for me to search for a regular phone instead if I was in USA. But I live in Europe, so I don't care about not being able to connect to Sprint network.
If I flash/root this phone with an EU stock ROM or International ROM (or even a custom ROM, since a lot are available here), will I be able to connect to my local carriers' networks?
Regarding your advices I will or will not buy this phone.
Sorry if my english is bad, & Thanks in advance! :good:
Vanarian said:
Hello guys, it is my first post here! I tried searching for my specific question but I did only find hints, not a true answer.
I'm about to change my phone soon, I come from iOS world so please don't be too hard on me if what I ask is stupid or evident for you (as it would not necessarily be the case for me ).
I am right now looking at a Sprint 32GB version of a LG G2, it does have a bad ESN with Sprint. Obviously it is not high priced since ESN is bad. I understand a little that ESN is linked to WMCA networking, which is specific to each carrier. It is the same as connecting to data with Sprint or Verizon or AT&T, or in my area, SFR, Orange, Bouygues, Vodafone... Am I right?!
From what I've read, it would be best for me to search for a regular phone instead if I was in USA. But I live in Europe, so I don't care about not being able to connect to Sprint network.
If I flash/root this phone with an EU stock ROM or International ROM (or even a custom ROM, since a lot are available here), will I be able to connect to my local carriers' networks?
Regarding your advices I will or will not buy this phone.
Sorry if my english is bad, & Thanks in advance! :good:
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If you're saying that you're gonna buy the Sprint version because it's good in price and you live in Europe. Just check the bands which the Sprint version supports and the bands which your network provider in Europe provides. If they are compatible then no worries. Just make sure that you only flash ROMs etc which are made for the Sprint variant. I think you would also need to unlock the device which I'm not sure about.
Still, the best thing to do us to buy the international variant(D802) which is not locked if you also can't figure out how to unlock.
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Haseeb123 said:
If you're saying that you're gonna buy the Sprint version because it's good in price and you live in Europe. Just check the bands which the Sprint version supports and the bands which your network provider in Europe provides. If they are compatible then no worries. Just make sure that you only flash ROMs etc which are made for the Sprint variant. I think you would also need to unlock the device which I'm not sure about.
Still, the best thing to do us to buy the international variant(D802) which is not locked if you also can't figure out how to unlock the Sprint phone.
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Haseeb123 said:
If you're saying that you're gonna buy the Sprint version because it's good in price and you live in Europe. Just check the bands which the Sprint version supports and the bands which your network provider in Europe provides. If they are compatible then no worries. Just make sure that you only flash ROMs etc which are made for the Sprint variant. I think you would also need to unlock the device which I'm not sure about.
Still, the best thing to do us to buy the international variant(D802) which is not locked if you also can't figure out how to unlock.
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Ok thank you for your advice, I'll check the bands too (I didn't even think of that)!
Same question.
Im im from India and we dont have LTE here only 3D and CDMA which is horribad and used only on cheap phones.
So basically my question is if i buy a sprint LG G2 off ebay with a Bad ESN , Can i root flash CM or AOKP something and use the phone with a regular GSM sim from my country ?
PS: all the bands are supported since its a world phone.
Thanks in advance.
berz said:
Same question.
Im im from India and we dont have LTE here only 3D and CDMA which is horribad and used only on cheap phones.
So basically my question is if i buy a sprint LG G2 off ebay with a Bad ESN , Can i root flash CM or AOKP something and use the phone with a regular GSM sim from my country ?
PS: all the bands are supported since its a world phone.
Thanks in advance.
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Sprint does not support 2100 frequency. 3g hspa HSDPA so on use the above mentioned frequency. According to my knowledge India uses 2100 frequency band. So unfortunately you'll not be able to use 3g in India with the sprints version.
Try for at&t version
im using 3G just fine in india on sprint version :|
LS980
berz said:
im using 3G just fine in india on sprint version :|
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Hi I am also using the sprint version of LG G2 LS980, got it from Ebay and I am from bangalore, I am not able to use the net in lg g2 please help me i am on software version ZVA.
Prayan said:
Hi I am also using the sprint version of LG G2 LS980, got it from Ebay and I am from bangalore, I am not able to use the net in lg g2 please help me i am on software version ZVA.
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You will have to input APN settings manually.
Name Airtel
Apn : Airtelgprs.com
rest leave it default save select and your net should start working.
Gprs not working
berz said:
You will have to input APN settings manually.
Name Airtel
Apn : Airtelgprs.com
rest leave it default save select and your net should start working.
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Actually bro everything is fine with the setting I guess, as I have tried a different sim as well, whenever i enable data it does not show "E" on the notification bar as it Use to show before I could only see GSM inside a small circle when ever i activate net there is no "E" at all. All the problems started when I updated the cell via OTA update initially when I got the cell it was ZV7, now after the update its ZVA and not able to Use net since then. Please find the attached screen shot about the GSM showing up when i enable data.
it will not show E on stock rom unless u make some changes,
thats how Sprint rom reports network.
Other roms ull see E and H.
Inetrnet
berz said:
it will not show E on stock rom unless u make some changes,
thats how Sprint rom reports network.
Other roms ull see E and H.
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Bro thanks a lot that you have taken time to reply. Please tell me now what can i do now since net does not work now please suggest what process i need to follow since you know a lot more then me
Prayan said:
Bro thanks a lot that you have taken time to reply. Please tell me now what can i do now since net does not work now please suggest what process i need to follow since you know a lot more then me
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Flash the LG G3 Rom or AOSP rom and check once.
I did a search it seems like from the last comments I saw the Radio for the G2 on AT&T has no success for certain APK to work. I was wondering if anybody got it to worked on a rooted G2 AT&T version.
zensui said:
I did a search it seems like from the last comments I saw the Radio for the G2 on AT&T has no success for certain APK to work. I was wondering if anybody got it to worked on a rooted G2 AT&T version.
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Not sure I understand your question. Want to re-state it for clarity?
I just want to make the fm radio to work on att lg g2.
zensui said:
I just want to make the fm radio to work on att lg g2.
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I'm not sure the American variants have the hardware to make that happen, but good luck!
rfarrah said:
I'm not sure the American variants have the hardware to make that happen, but good luck!
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Yup. Sux to have a carrier in America. They usually take out things that will not give them more money. I guess this d!#k move is to push people in using data streaming services. I wonder if anybody got it to work. So far I'm rocking my Pandora, at work I use my data plan but at home its pure WiFi and I have plenty left on my 2G plan by each month refresh and never go over it.
Hey guys ,I just bought a G2 international version (d802). I was hoping this could work on any carrier.Somehow, I can make phone calls but no able to access internet at this point. Anyone can tell me why and how to fix this ? I'm using it with an ATT sim at the moment.
nofound said:
Hey guys ,I just bought a G2 international version (d802). I was hoping this could work on any carrier.Somehow, I can make phone calls but no able to access internet at this point. Anyone can tell me why and how to fix this ? I'm using it with an ATT sim at the moment.
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Have you checked your APN settings? If not, see if they match what they are supposed to be for AT&T. If you don't know what they should be, just google it.
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This page should have all the info you need - http://apn-settings.com/us/att-apn-settings/
Gentlemen, I am getting LG G2 Verizon from US and like to use with Windmobile Canada. I am not sure will the phone work on wind because AWS or something. Please can someone confirm before I get into trouble. Thanks for your time and courtesy answers. Thanks.
Hello guys, Newbie here, i'm currently looking to buy an LG G2 for my girlfriend and would like to know which variant has 4G LTE on metropcs, because i noticed that people have issues with unlocked ATT models, but the international version doesn't have the frequencies that metropcs works on, so any help? i noticed that the Verizon is the most likely and it also has Qi wireless charging, so any help please?
blebron said:
Hello guys, Newbie here, i'm currently looking to buy an LG G2 for my girlfriend and would like to know which variant has 4G LTE on metropcs, because i noticed that people have issues with unlocked ATT models, but the international version doesn't have the frequencies that metropcs works on, so any help? i noticed that the Verizon is the most likely and it also has Qi wireless charging, so any help please?
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Well MetroPCS has been gobbled up by T-Mobile, and they're shutting down their CDMA network and going all GSM (T-Mobile frequencies), so the T-Mobile version would be your best bet.