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[Q] Installing another S4 carrier's modem

I have an I337 running on tmobile network. I have tried both tmobile's and at&ts roms and both get 4g but the att&t rom seem to connect faster. I am currently on mdl modem and woul like to experiment with tmobile's modems and am wondering if it is safe?
Thanks in advance

Airtioteclint said:
I have an I337 running on tmobile network. I have tried both tmobile's and at&ts roms and both get 4g but the att&t rom seem to connect faster. I am currently on mdl modem and woul like to experiment with tmobile's modems and am wondering if it is safe?
Thanks in advance
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I heard doing this could possibly erase your IMEI number. Personally, I'd only flash my carrier's modems. Just to be on the safe side.

Its not wise to use other carriers modems, and it will clear the IMEI, but I have heard that it can be done. Kinda of a hit and miss thing, if you are going to pursue it, backup your efs first.

MattMJB0188 said:
I heard doing this could possibly erase your IMEI number. Personally, I'd only flash my carrier's modems. Just to be on the safe side.
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TheAxman said:
Its not wise to use other carriers modems, and it will clear the IMEI, but I have heard that it can be done. Kinda of a hit and miss thing, if you are going to pursue it, backup your efs first.
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Thank you both for replying, it sounds too risky for me I'm glad I asked first.

Airtioteclint said:
Thank you both for replying, it sounds too risky for me I'm glad I asked first.
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Your welcome, and trust me, do not get into the IMEI restore thing, you talking about a pain, try that once.

good choice. in all the diff radios i have flashed on various phones they gave no more than minimal improvement if any
i thought initially the mf3 radio was better, now not sure

TheAxman said:
Your welcome, and trust me, do not get into the IMEI restore thing, you talking about a pain, try that once.
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I hope I'll never have to go through that but if I did, can you share the steps? With my s3 (may it rest in peace) a simple "reboot nvbackup" and "reboot nvrestore"command in terminal emulator was all it took, and it saved me many times. Would this also work with the s4?
rugmankc said:
good choice. in all the diff radios i have flashed on various phones they gave no more than minimal improvement if any
i thought initially the mf3 radio was better, now not sure
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You're right that has been my experiences with different radios also.

replacing the IMEI, talk about a hardline approach from Samsung.
I remember on my S1 flashing radios from S1's all over the world, Europe, China etc etc
Though thanks for this thread, I was actually wondering about flashing a canadian modem, to unlock AWS and since it's one build higher than the AT&T modem

Just a reminder, it is not wise to run other carriers modems, the modems we have are sufficient to do what you need, and if you find a way, you will not see much of a change if any.
Good luck to all.

TheAxman said:
Just a reminder, it is not wise to run other carriers modems, the modems we have are sufficient to do what you need, and if you find a way, you will not see much of a change if any.
Good luck to all.
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Hey man, i am starting to think i would have to flash another variants modem on my s4 m919v because i dont see any modem files for my phone on xda or atleast i cant find many because this variant isnt all that common. What do you think its possible right?
Oh and the reason i want to flash modem is because i want to flash an older modem for s4s that allowed them to be unlocked using the *#0011# code and i cant do that currently. I have heard flashing an older one will allow me to unlock my phone.

Unlocking different LTE bands.

Hey,
I ordered and received a N9005 unlocked version. I am on Bell network in a city where they use AWS (aka Band 4, aka 1700/2100) and (this is my bad for not checking carefully before ordering) this version doesn't support those LTE bands. It obviously connects fine through hspa+ though.
So, I was wondering, since the hardware actually supports those bands, is it something that a hack could unlock in the future (be able to use LTE with this phone on this network), or am I just gonna have to live on hspa+?
I purposely put this in general as I believe the discussion that this could drive would make it more fitting than in the questions forum if this is a possibility.
Thanks,
Math

N9005 only suppport LTE 2100MHZ IN your operation
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MatAuc12 said:
Hey,
I ordered and received a N9005 unlocked version. I am on Bell network in a city where they use AWS (aka Band 4, aka 1700/2100) and (this is my bad for not checking carefully before ordering) this version doesn't support those LTE bands. It obviously connects fine through hspa+ though.
So, I was wondering, since the hardware actually supports those bands, is it something that a hack could unlock in the future (be able to use LTE with this phone on this network), or am I just gonna have to live on hspa+?
I purposely put this in general as I believe the discussion that this could drive would make it more fitting than in the questions forum if this is a possibility.
Thanks,
Math
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LTE compatibility has been discussed in so many threads, you really should do a search before posting next time. If your phone has unlocked bootloader just flash Bell's modem onto it, once it becomes available. Or ask a friend, who has Bell branded GN3 to dump the radio for you, and take the firmware from him. Qualcomm's MSM8974 chip does support all LTE bands worldwide: http://www.qualcomm.com/snapdragon/processors/800

Apo11on said:
LTE compatibility has been discussed in so many threads, you really should do a search before posting next time. If your phone has unlocked bootloader just flash Bell's modem onto it, once it becomes available. Or ask a friend, who has Bell branded GN3 to dump the radio for you, and take the firmware from him. Qualcomm's MSM8974 chip does support all LTE bands worldwide: http://www.qualcomm.com/snapdragon/processors/800
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I usually do make a search but through all the threads relating to various questions regarding model variations and other questions relating to LTE, bands, compatibility, my search rendered very little insight to my specific question (although I'm sure it was answered before as you say, I just wasn't able to find it through all the other stuff relating to my keywords). And as you can see from the answer above you, I wasn't able to trust some answers that I managed to find.
Truly appreciate your answer though, Thank you very much and I'm happy to know I'll get LTE again soon.
Thanks

I too am waiting for a modem with 700/1700/2100/2600 on the LTE side. For the Note II this was done using Qualcomm's software to instruct it to use those bands... Rogers, Telus and Bell are all launching tomorrow on October 4th - sometime after then I hope to see the modem online and give it a whirl, but I suspect we might need a QCN file change also.
There is hope!

Got us a little closer: On my N9005 - *#0808# will bring up the Qualcomm USB settings.
On the Note II and S3 this is usually *#7283#
We're getting closer! Those with N900S / N900A / N900W8 phones, feel free to dump your NV Params QCN file now using the Qualcomm QPST Software!

bump!

No real luck yet. I can't flash N900W8 firmware onto my N9005. Neither the whole firmware or just the modem.bin.
Editing the NVParams didn't really work either, as some we tried just get reset to default after a reboot.

I flashed a N9005W8 modem (using dd as root) and unfortunately, it fails to communicate. Baseband shows as unknown. I suspect only a NVRAM dump with removed imei will work. Otherwise modem will need to be ported properly.

IamNoone said:
I flashed a N9005W8 modem (using dd as root) and unfortunately, it fails to communicate. Baseband shows as unknown. I suspect only a NVRAM dump with removed imei will work. Otherwise modem will need to be ported properly.
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Did you flash the NON-HLOS.bin as well?

MatAuc12 said:
Hey,
I ordered and received a N9005 unlocked version. I am on Bell network in a city where they use AWS (aka Band 4, aka 1700/2100) and (this is my bad for not checking carefully before ordering) this version doesn't support those LTE bands. It obviously connects fine through hspa+ though.
So, I was wondering, since the hardware actually supports those bands, is it something that a hack could unlock in the future (be able to use LTE with this phone on this network), or am I just gonna have to live on hspa+?
I purposely put this in general as I believe the discussion that this could drive would make it more fitting than in the questions forum if this is a possibility.
Thanks,
Math
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bump.... looking to find out how i can pull the modem file out of a specific firmware file, such as pulling the modem file only out of the bell tar file and then making it flashable with odin for my wind phone? i am downloading the whole bell firmware right now and am going to try to flash it on my phone..... i already tried the puerto rico one and it works, but with bell i only get hspa i assume that the bands bell uses are different than the PR ones. i do know that someone has already stated that they got rogers bands with it, but not bell yet, i dont think....

@Class said:
Did you flash the NON-HLOS.bin as well?
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What does that bin contain? Your sayin that is necessary when i flash the modem? When i flash other n9005 modems i dont flash it.
In either case i dont have a copy. Upload and ill try.

IamNoone said:
I flashed a N9005W8 modem (using dd as root) and unfortunately, it fails to communicate. Baseband shows as unknown. I suspect only a NVRAM dump with removed imei will work. Otherwise modem will need to be ported properly.
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Where can I get that modem? I have searched high and low but cannot find it. I want to flash it to my n9005XXUBMJ1
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sc2ascend said:
Where can I get that modem? I have searched high and low but cannot find it. I want to flash it to my n9005XXUBMJ1
Sent from my SM-N9005 using Tapatalk
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Download the entire N900W8 firmware for odin. The modem and many other interesting things are within.
However unless you know something i dont, you will soft brick your phone. Assuming you are able to flash at all. (odin will not reject the rom)

IamNoone said:
Download the entire N900W8 firmware for odin. The modem and many other interesting things are within.
However unless you know something i dont, you will soft brick your phone. Assuming you are able to flash at all. (odin will not reject the rom)
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Do you think in the future they will extract just the modem and I will be able to flash that separately? On the S3 I remember being able to flash different modems with the latest CWM.
Right now I have an unlocked n9005 with the Baseband I quoted in my last post. I am using it fine on Rogers Canada lte but in some places the signal is weak and I will lose connection altogether. I was hoping flashing the modem for my provider and region might fix it since the s800 has the correct frequencys for Rogers I think some are disabled or not being used because of software (it was an Asian model I think with a csc for a different region). To reiterate it does work on Rogers I was just hoping I could fix these network drops by flashing a more appropriate modem.
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sc2ascend said:
Do you think in the future they will extract just the modem and I will be able to flash that separately? On the S3 I remember being able to flash different modems with the latest CWM.
Right now I have an unlocked n9005 with the Baseband I quoted in my last post. I am using it fine on Rogers Canada lte but in some places the signal is weak and I will lose connection altogether. I was hoping flashing the modem for my provider and region might fix it since the s800 has the correct frequencys for Rogers I think some are disabled or not being used because of software (it was an Asian model I think with a csc for a different region). To reiterate it does work on Rogers I was just hoping I could fix these network drops by flashing a more appropriate modem.
Sent from my SM-N9005 using Tapatalk
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The modem is simple to extract, just untar the odin package.
The trick is actually making the modem boot.
The PBL appears to reject the modem, and thats very bad news for this concept.

IamNoone said:
The modem is simple to extract, just unrar the odin package.
The trick is actually making the modem boot.
The PBL appears to reject the modem, and thats very bad news for this concept.
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Ah OK, well thank you for the information. I am going to be patient and optimistic lol.
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sc2ascend said:
Ah OK, well thank you for the information. I am going to be patient and optimistic lol.
Sent from my SM-N9005 using Tapatalk
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bump, is this possible yet?

Just thinking out loud here, but I wonder if flashing the Canadian csc file would be helpful here? In the stainless rom thread in t mobile the op has the Canadian csc file posted. I wonder if flashing that first would allow things to boot with the w8 modem?
I did some thinking, and since you are trying to get a band working that the Snapdragon does support natively, maybe there is a chance. I would hazard a guess here, after some research and guessing, that the antenna actually would work here, so it could, in theory, just be a matter of firmware. Unfortunately the stock modem for the n900w8 may have to be modified to work....Not sure there. But may be an idea to flash the Canadian csc then flash the modem and see where that gets you? Not responsible if your phone bricks cuz I have no idea if this could work, as I said, just thinking out loud

Any updates on this? I too am interested in getting LTE on my n9005.
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[Q] Flashed LG LS970 & LS980 3G Connection Problem

Hello. I flashed a Sprint LG G2 to PagePlus. The Flash goes well and All my items stick. But the problem is the connection is unstable. I'm noticed with both the LS970 and LS980 the same problem happens. The mobile data will first connect with 1x then to Evdo. Then the network will disconnect. I flash phones to pageplus all the time and they all have 3G - EVDO. But the unstable 3G is crazy. It will not stay connected. Why are the new LG phones like this? Has anyone encountered this problem and found a solution? I look forward to people's reply because I know a lot of people have run into this problem. Thanks in advanced.

Spelunker10 said:
Hello. I flashed a Sprint LG G2 to PagePlus. The Flash goes well and All my items stick. But the problem is the connection is unstable. I'm noticed with both the LS970 and LS980 the same problem happens. The mobile data will first connect with 1x then to Evdo. Then the network will disconnect. I flash phones to pageplus all the time and they all have 3G - EVDO. But the unstable 3G is crazy. It will not stay connected. Why are the new LG phones like this? Has anyone encountered this problem and found a solution? I look forward to people's reply because I know a lot of people have run into this problem. Thanks in advanced.
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Hello spelunker10, can the Verizon LG G2 be put on pageplus also?

nas529 said:
Hello spelunker10, can the Verizon LG G2 be put on pageplus also?
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Hello. Absolutely! That's my personal phone! Just make sure when you flash it, you leave the SIM card in the phone. 3g data works, mms, etc. Good luck.

I have a VZW G2, and want tot ale mine to page plus but I can't find info on flashing anywhere... Can you direct me?

colorsnet said:
I have a VZW G2, and want tot ale mine to page plus but I can't find info on flashing anywhere... Can you direct me?
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The flashing method is same for all phones. Doesn't matter what kind. I'll give you a good starting place. Viper32 has a forum on here helping people with flashing. And there are plenty of forums with a ton of info. Good luck.

this g2 has been a nightmare for me. i have gotten used to samsung just flash and forget about it, only thing break flash on them is ota. this g2 though..... :/
I'm having same issue. unstable 3g

Sprint probs
What happened with mines is similar but I had the att variant
So I flashed mime to sprint and it worked but only on their 1x network and 3g towers in order for 4g to work and there new spark network I had to get a Sim card and pop it in and boom 4g LTE worked the sec I put it in

You can flash a gsm phone to cdma?
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More info in the thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2360776 We got it worked out.

Any issues with losing call history at all, after flashing it to PagePlus?

gadgetdaddy said:
Any issues with losing call history at all, after flashing it to PagePlus?
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No. Call history has nothing to do with flashing. The only way you can lose call history is if you factory reset the phone or you personally delete the call history yourself.

Spelunker10 said:
No. Call history has nothing to do with flashing. The only way you can lose call history is if you factory reset the phone or you personally delete the call history yourself.
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Actually its a known issue with this phone, that it looses its call history when flashed.
It has something to do with the Stock ROM release

I have the same issue.
Also I get a "MIP : 89" error sometimes.
Also, I have a system update downloaded waiting to install but not sure if it'll kill my flash so I've been scared to hit the button.

loveandhate said:
I have the same issue.
Also I get a "MIP : 89" error sometimes.
Also, I have a system update downloaded waiting to install but not sure if it'll kill my flash so I've been scared to hit the button.
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Is your phone the LS980? I had a customer who updated his LS980 this past week and I had to re-flash his phone. You'll probably have to re-flash as well.

3G doesnt stick
Spelunker10 said:
More info in the thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2360776 We got it worked out.
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whats up Spelunker10
did you figure out! how to make the 3G stick on the LG G2 please need your help flashed like 10 different ways but still stuck on 1X

nexio said:
whats up Spelunker10
did you figure out! how to make the 3G stick on the LG G2 please need your help flashed like 10 different ways but still stuck on 1X
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I did. What android version are you running?

Spelunker10 said:
I did. What android version are you running?
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A custom rom 4.4.2 and thank you for answering back to me

nexio said:
A custom rom 4.4.2 and thank you for answering back to me
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I bet I know what your missing. Did you flash the custom nv file?

Spelunker10 said:
I bet I know what your missing. Did you flash the custom nv file?
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Which Custom nv files? Do you mean the ones from cama workshop

nexio said:
Which Custom nv files? Do you mean the ones from cama workshop
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Yes you flash it in CDMA workshop under the Memory Tab. Did you flash this file?

Buying Verizon G2 for use in Europe - flash other ROMS for 4G support?

Hey guys,
is it possible to use one of these in Europe with full 4G support? Can I flash ROMS that are meant to be used on the European model and it will fix the antenna or should I flash specific Verizon ROMS and then flash an european modem, if at all possible? I thank any input because I'm clueless.
Thanks!

mrvlhs said:
Hey guys,
is it possible to use one of these in Europe with full 4G support? Can I flash ROMS that are meant to be used on the European model and it will fix the antenna or should I flash specific Verizon ROMS and then flash an european modem, if at all possible? I thank any input because I'm clueless.
Thanks!
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1st wrong section
2nd, Not 100% sure on the bands, but you cant flash any other firmware other than Verizon unless its a custom rom, But flashing a rom wont unlock bands.

in us version missing bands totally - physically! it isnt about software but only HW ...

hyelton said:
1st wrong section
2nd, Not 100% sure on the bands, but you cant flash any other firmware other than Verizon unless its a custom rom, But flashing a rom wont unlock bands.
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I thought this would be the appropriate section, which one should I use then?
locki said:
in us version missing bands totally - physically! it isnt about software but only HW ...
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So you're saying there is zero chance of making it work by flashing something?
Thanks all!

mrvlhs said:
I thought this would be the appropriate section, which one should I use then?
So you're saying there is zero chance of making it work by flashing something?
Thanks all!
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The questions and anwsers but since youve already posted there's no point in posting there.
Yes its a zero chance of making it work By flashing.

LTE Bands Supported

Anyone know which bands are supported by the VZW version? Is it only 2/3/4/5/13?
TIA

NM

jblazea50 said:
Anyone know which bands are supported by the VZW version? Is it only 2/3/4/5/13?
TIA
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I just read about this. According to this review: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2500353,00.asp
"It (Verizon Wireless Samsung Galaxy S7) has LTE bands 2/3/4/5/7/8/13/18/19/20/38/39/40/41. Samsung unfortunately removed key LTE bands for the other major US carriers—12 for T-Mobile, 17 for AT&T, and 25 for Sprint—to make it difficult to use this model elsewhere."​
I doubt it was Samsung that removed it - more likely, Verizon had them remove the others. Just a guess, tho.

Is there an ELI5 version of this thread? What is the importance of knowing which "bands" are supported?

UndeadCircus said:
Is there an ELI5 version of this thread? What is the importance of knowing which "bands" are supported?
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Using the phone LTE in other carriers. Carriers 'own' certain frequency bands which are used to communicate with your phone. Your phone and the tower need to be able to use the same frequency band in order to communicate.
Most phones work on 2G/3G world wide (except on CDMA carriers like Verizon, generally most phones don't use the tech/frequencies for verzion nor would Verizon allow then on their 2G/3G bands of they did). But LTE is new enough that most phones don't support the 20 odd frequency ranges used (2G/3G use less then 10 combined for most of the world).
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BlackjackWidow said:
I doubt it was Samsung that removed it - more likely, Verizon had them remove the others. Just a guess, tho.
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The modem supports all the bands, Verizon disables it in software. What a bummer! I will suggest you to buy G950U or US cellular model.

Or flash the firmware of the carrier you want to enable the modem which has been successfully posted on a few xda threads and other sites. All snapdragon us variants can be cross flashed.

gunz.jones said:
Or flash the firmware of the carrier you want to enable the modem which has been successfully posted on a few xda threads and other sites. All snapdragon us variants can be cross flashed.
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You meant, if I flash those firmware on my Verizone S7, can I able to get LTE on my my mobile without any problem? please note am outside US and using efferent carrier sim.
Thanks in advance.

shakkirk said:
You meant, if I flash those firmware on my Verizone S7, can I able to get LTE on my my mobile without any problem? please note am outside US and using efferent carrier sim.
Thanks in advance.
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Yes, AT&T bands are in that firmware, evoke TMO bands are in there. Most gsm carriers have all bands except Verizon and Sprint bands enabled

gunz.jones said:
Yes, AT&T bands are in that firmware, evoke TMO bands are in there. Most gsm carriers have all bands except Verizon and Sprint bands enabled
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Sorry I am noob, can you please give me a step by step installation link?
Thanks in advance

shakkirk said:
Sorry I am noob, can you please give me a step by step installation link?
Thanks in advance
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I don't have links to the firmware, I'm at work. If you look at updato.com you can find the latest for the g930a, or you could get the g930u nougat update. There are plenty of threads that work through Odin usage in each forum in the QA

att s8 question
gunz.jones said:
I don't have links to the firmware, I'm at work. If you look at updato.com you can find the latest for the g930a, or you could get the g930u nougat update. There are plenty of threads that work through Odin usage in each forum in the QA
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do you know if an unlocked att s8 will work on page plus ? ( basicly Verizon ,same towers)

skindeep75 said:
do you know if an unlocked att s8 will work on page plus ? ( basicly Verizon ,same towers)
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You'd have to check on the s8 forums. An s7 probably would as I think only the Sprint and tmo phones were simlocked. Not sure though as I've only had my ST phone and read the vzw phone being used on several carriers.

gunz.jones said:
You'd have to check on the s8 forums. An s7 probably would as I think only the Sprint and tmo phones were simlocked. Not sure though as I've only had my ST phone and read the vzw phone being used on several carriers.
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just did a live chat with Samsung and they said an att unlocked s8 will work 100 percent with Verizon, heres to hoping shes right lol

gunz.jones said:
Or flash the firmware of the carrier you want to enable the modem which has been successfully posted on a few xda threads and other sites. All snapdragon us variants can be cross flashed.
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So are you saying that the actual bands are software based not hardware based. So all we have todo is flash the right ENG and ROM and wala I have right radios for my carrier?? US Based.

Yes, flashing the fw of the carrier loads the correct radio drivers. The radios are hardware based, but locked down by what the firmware has the instructions to look for and run.

gunz.jones said:
Yes, flashing the fw of the carrier loads the correct radio drivers. The radios are hardware based, but locked down by what the firmware has the instructions to look for and run.
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Great explanation, I’m new to this stuff - we all have to start somewhere right?
So is root required to flash? The reason I ask is that I’d like to buy an S7 but I want to be able to WiFi hotspot tether without carrier provisioning and some versions of the phone allow it while I’m pretty sure others block that (like att)...By the way do you know which version would be best to flash to for WiFi tethering and ALL LTE bands made available? Thanks!

charter3554 said:
Great explanation, I’m new to this stuff - we all have to start somewhere right?
So is root required to flash? The reason I ask is that I’d like to buy an S7 but I want to be able to WiFi hotspot tether without carrier provisioning and some versions of the phone allow it while I’m pretty sure others block that (like att)...By the way do you know which version would be best to flash to for WiFi tethering and ALL LTE bands made available? Thanks!
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I use the hybrid rom that is loaded with vzw and debloated custom to my needs. It has tethering enabled. You'll just need to use root long enough to get the flashfire setup going and then once you're done it is unrooted. You'll have to check other threads regarding performance tweaks if you decide to stay rooted.

gunz.jones said:
Yes, flashing the fw of the carrier loads the correct radio drivers. The radios are hardware based, but locked down by what the firmware has the instructions to look for and run.
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gunz.jones said:
I use the hybrid rom that is loaded with vzw and debloated custom to my needs. It has tethering enabled. You'll just need to use root long enough to get the flashfire setup going and then once you're done it is unrooted. You'll have to check other threads regarding performance tweaks if you decide to stay rooted.
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I thought the bootloader was locked on the Verizon S7 which doesn't allow rooting?... So rooting actually is possible on the Verizon S7?

charter3554 said:
I thought the bootloader was locked on the Verizon S7 which doesn't allow rooting?... So rooting actually is possible on the Verizon S7?
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Using the engineering kernel for nougat you can achieve toy, but it's buggy and slow since it wasn't meant to be used for daily devices. That's why the hybrid ton was developed to show some root uses without needing to keep root, like removing bloat permanently or getting the tethering service setup.