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Before I rooted my verizon galaxy s5 I was able to use ATT sim cards but the phone would not get any service whatsoever with a tmobile sim or metro pcs sim. Everyone i spoke to at least was able to connect to the tmobile or metro pcs network, even if they were having data issues...but I was not even able to get a network signal. Finally, I rooted the phone and am using a tmobile rom thinking that may help. But no luck. For some reason my phone will not register itself on tmobile or metro pcs, Not even to just connecto to the network to make phone calls. I tried 2 different tomible roms and i think an att rom and no luck whatsoever. Anybody else experience this issue? Is there a root function or service menu that I need to access to enable the proper band? Is rooting the phone even going to change anything? Makes no sense how every other verizon s5 out there has no problem connecting to tmobile or metro but I have the only one. Ive scoured the forums and have yet to find any answer....thoughts? Oh, I also tried every APN settings combination imaginable. Even other carriers just because I was getting nowhere with the tmobile and metro APNs.
Quite a lot of your thread made absolutely no sense, so I'm not sure if this will help.
Look for a tar.md5 that contains the stock modem partition for the Verizon S5, and flash it through Odin.
Are you bootloader unlocked? I would just flash a generic klte rom, like Cyanogenmod, instead of flashing an ATT or T-Mobile rom.
camcorder123 said:
Quite a lot of your thread made absolutely no sense, so I'm not sure if this will help.
Look for a tar.md5 that contains the stock modem partition for the Verizon S5, and flash it through Odin.
Are you bootloader unlocked? I would just flash a generic klte rom, like Cyanogenmod, instead of flashing an ATT or T-Mobile rom.
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According to a few people i spoke with the root for verizon s5 can only accept TW roms. And to clear up anything that doesnt make sense. my verizon s5 will not get any service with tmobile or metro. Works fine with att. So i decided to root. After rooting still no luck. However, before I rooted I was getting no bars at all. After rooting I was actually getting service bars but still would not get any actual service. I tried every APN setting I could find and still no luck. Thats all. I will try your advice as far as flashing the tar.md5 and let you know.
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According to a few people i spoke with the root for verizon s5 can only accept TW roms. And to clear up anything that doesnt make sense. my verizon s5 will not get any service with tmobile or metro. Works fine with att. So i decided to root. After rooting still no luck. However, before I rooted I was getting no bars at all. After rooting I was actually getting service bars but still would not get any actual service. I tried every APN setting I could find and still no luck. Thats all. I will try your advice as far as flashing the tar.md5 and let you know.
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There was a bootloader unlock exploit released - it allows any rom to be flashed. It's been in the top development posts for weeks. Go check that out, and you can flash cyanogenmod.
I actually am in a similiar situation except I am already on CM13 using a previously Verizon S5, I just started Tmobile service yesterday and in general I can make calls but data is rather inconsistent. Example right now when I make it call it falls down to 3g (Normal) but when I disconnect it tries to connect to H+ then 3G but all of them don't supply it data so it just swaps around 3G LTE and H+ and I have to airplane mode on/off to fix it. So this person may still have issues using CM13. I did already go over the APN information with people from TMobile and from post around the web. Does anyone think that flashing the Tmobile s5 modem stuff will fix this?
you just need to get the correct APN settings
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you just need to get the correct APN settings
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I've tried the correct son settings. It didn't work. I used the settings found online for T-Mobile. I called T-Mobile. Non of the settings worked. I flashed back the the stock rom. No joy. flashed a verizon s5 rom again. No joy. I am starting to think that this is the only verizon s5 that won't allow t to register on T-Mobile's network.
Hello, xda_developers.
I just got mail S7 Unlocked in the mail that I ordered from eBay, I believe it was a sweet deal CAD $549.99 + tax. I am with Telus BTW. Let's get to the point.
The phone is with Sprint which has bloatware and APN is locked out. I want to flash a new firmware onto the phone without Tripping the Knox. I looked into the 930U Firmware but don't know which one to pick. I looked into the thread: "Bloat free firmware 930U....anyone tried it?" and saw the part about root, so I backed out.
After I looked into the Sprint SM-G930P firmware and saw few different "Regions": SPR, XAS, and VMU. I found"SPR" is Sprint, and "VMU" is Virgin Mobile USA. For "XAS" I am not too sure, but "XAS image has the APN section unlocked". ("Here" )
Afterwards, I found the forum "Found a code...interesting...." and used the code "##BRAND#" and removed the Sprint boot logo, and some bloatware but the APN was still locked out, and still had "Hands-Free Activation".
I need help picking the right Firmware for my phone, which will let me add APN, and remove the "Hands-Free Activation". I do not want or need to root the phone.
The phone is up to the latest update:
Software Version: SG930PVPS2APG1 ,
Hardware version: REV0.6 ,
Baseband version: G930PVPS2APG1 ,
Build number: MMB29M.G930PVPS2APG1 .
I did not want to flash firmware without knowing for sure it will not brick the phone, brand new phone in a long time, I don't want to break it or brick it on the first day.
Aswell, I am not sure if I can flash a Canadian firmware, SM-G930W8 or the Global Firmware, SM-G930F.
Thank you for reading, hope you can help me out.
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Hello, xda_developers.
I just got mail S7 Unlocked in the mail that I ordered from eBay, I believe it was a sweet deal CAD $549.99 + tax. I am with Telus BTW. Let's get to the point.
The phone is with Sprint which has bloatware and APN is locked out. I want to flash a new firmware onto the phone without Tripping the Knox. I looked into the 930U Firmware but don't know which one to pick. I looked into the thread: "Bloat free firmware 930U....anyone tried it?" and saw the part about root, so I backed out.
After I looked into the Sprint SM-G930P firmware and saw few different "Regions": SPR, XAS, and VMU. I found"SPR" is Sprint, and "VMU" is Virgin Mobile USA. For "XAS" I am not too sure, but "XAS image has the APN section unlocked". ("Here" )
Afterwards, I found the forum "Found a code...interesting...." and used the code "##BRAND#" and removed the Sprint boot logo, and some bloatware but the APN was still locked out, and still had "Hands-Free Activation".
I need help picking the right Firmware for my phone, which will let me add APN, and remove the "Hands-Free Activation". I do not want or need to root the phone.
The phone is up to the latest update:
Software Version: SG930PVPS2APG1 ,
Hardware version: REV0.6 ,
Baseband version: G930PVPS2APG1 ,
Build number: MMB29M.G930PVPS2APG1 .
I did not want to flash firmware without knowing for sure it will not brick the phone, brand new phone in a long time, I don't want to break it or brick it on the first day.
Aswell, I am not sure if I can flash a Canadian firmware, SM-G930W8 or the Global Firmware, SM-G930F.
Thank you for reading, hope you can help me out.
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The 930U firmware will work perfectly fine without root. No bloatware and you can modify the APN's.
Euronymous88 said:
The 930U firmware will work perfectly fine without root. No bloatware and you can modify the APN's.
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the 930U firmware is bloatware free, and I don't have to root the phone? Also does it have the "Hands-Free Activation" or the "Activate this device" in Settings?
It's bloatware free and it doesn't require root. And when I flashed...it simply activated my device and there's no activate device in settings.
Euronymous88 said:
It's bloatware free and it doesn't require root. And when I flashed...it simply activated my device and there's no activate device in settings.
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alright, thank you very much.
Going to go flash it now
edit: Quick Update, went to flash the G930U files(firmware?) and it all went smoothly. Takes time to register onto network. any fix without root?
edit 2: Just did a factory reset from recovery, seems to have fixed the slow network register
edit 3: The phone seems to run warmer than the sprint firmware, no idea why
Never mind, I am, an idiot.
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You have a Sprint S7 and was able to flash a firmware without any bloat on it?! Can you give me the link of which yoi downloaded? And did yoi use odin to flash it?
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Read the thread again @skater95 the link and instructions are in it
Congrats on the phone! That is a good deal considering the phone goes for 899 brand new, and I'd assume around 600-750. But with black listing these days I wouldn't trust Kijiji etc.
Your phone should work fine except for LTE. Its missing I believe 2-3 bands for LTE but on the plus side it's the bands that bell/Telus don't really use much like 2600. So if you ever see soneone else have LTE and not you that would be why but, then again the bands you don't have usually are for rural areas
Enjoy the phone
Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk
PoppNLPatrick said:
Read the thread again @skater95 the link and instructions are in it
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frostyisgod said:
Congrats on the phone! That is a good deal considering the phone goes for 899 brand new, and I'd assume around 600-750. But with black listing these days I wouldn't trust Kijiji etc.
Your phone should work fine except for LTE. Its missing I believe 2-3 bands for LTE but on the plus side it's the bands that bell/Telus don't really use much like 2600. So if you ever see soneone else have LTE and not you that would be why but, then again the bands you don't have usually are for rural areas
Enjoy the phone
Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk
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Thank you very much. It's a pretty nice deal, still going on I believe. I don't have to worry about the blacklist. Even without the 2600 band data works great, really don't mind not having a few LTE bands, for the price i got the phone for. With the 930U firmware, it works great.
frostyisgod said:
Congrats on the phone! That is a good deal considering the phone goes for 899 brand new, and I'd assume around 600-750. But with black listing these days I wouldn't trust Kijiji etc.
Your phone should work fine except for LTE. Its missing I believe 2-3 bands for LTE but on the plus side it's the bands that bell/Telus don't really use much like 2600. So if you ever see soneone else have LTE and not you that would be why but, then again the bands you don't have usually are for rural areas
Enjoy the phone
Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk
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The U firmware has more/better LTE bands enabled than the Sprint (P) firmware. I strongly doubt it's missing any LTE bands used in Canada.
myphone12345 said:
The U firmware has more/better LTE bands enabled than the Sprint (P) firmware. I strongly doubt it's missing any LTE bands used in Canada.
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I believe your correct with the U firmware It shouldn't be missing a band or 2 like it is on the Sprint firmware. But yes about the same price as you'd get it on Kijiji (since there's tax) but it's new and don't have to worry about the blacklist
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The U firmware has more/better LTE bands enabled than the Sprint (P) firmware. I strongly doubt it's missing any LTE bands used in Canada.
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FWIW - here are the bands that are apparently supported in the 930U firmware. This is band priority list from the LTE section of the ##DATA# menu. Not sure which bands Canada uses, but it looks like the only major one missing might be band 17?
Cooljb said:
FWIW - here are the bands that are apparently supported in the 930U firmware. This is band priority list from the LTE section of the ##DATA# menu. Not sure which bands Canada uses, but it looks like the only major one missing might be band 17?
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I think the Canadian networks may have started using MFBI on band 12 (like AT&T has). If so then B17 would no longer be necessary in Canada. The best place to verify this might be to post a question about it on the Bell and Rogers forums on Howardforums.
In G930UUEU2APEH thread it is said:
"root with the only g930a method there is right now"
So, this universal firmware can be rooted, right?
Can any one give me the link for downloading the 930U rom for my sprint sm-g930p and are they facing any problem with the same
jainmayur83 said:
Can any one give me the link for downloading the 930U rom for my sprint sm-g930p and are they facing any problem with the same
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There are two download links in the OP of this thread. The google drive one appears to be working. That's where I downloaded it from.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-galaxy-s7/how-to/xda-community-love-g930u-t3415875
Cooljb said:
There are two download links in the OP of this thread. The google drive one appears to be working. That's where I downloaded it from.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-galaxy-s7/how-to/xda-community-love-g930u-t3415875
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hi,
i downloaded the rom and tried flashing the phone, but in odin it came as "Fail" and now phone is gone. it is going in recovery and the phone is not starting
jainmayur83 said:
hi,
i downloaded the rom and tried flashing the phone, but in odin it came as "Fail" and now phone is gone. it is going in recovery and the phone is not starting
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Did the actual flash fail, or did one or more of the MD5 checks fail? What version of Odin did you use? If any of the MD5 checks failed, you just need to download the firmware again - your download was corrupted. If the actual flash failed, the most common cause is the USB cable/connection. Try another USB cable, and/or another USB port on your computer, and don't move the phone or computer around while it's flashing. Odin is very temperamental if the connection is not perfect.
Cooljb said:
Did the actual flash fail, or did one or more of the MD5 checks fail? What version of Odin did you use? If any of the MD5 checks failed, you just need to download the firmware again - your download was corrupted. If the actual flash failed, the most common cause is the USB cable/connection. Try another USB cable, and/or another USB port on your computer, and don't move the phone or computer around while it's flashing. Odin is very temperamental if the connection is not perfect.
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Hi i tried again and the rom was successfully flashed. Now the problem is that, it is not accepting my T-mobile sim card and there are still some options missing from the settings menu, such as "mobile networks, wifi calling, hotspot and tethering.. Plz help.. I am so confused
jainmayur83 said:
Hi i tried again and the rom was successfully flashed. Now the problem is that, it is not accepting my T-mobile sim card and there are still some options missing from the settings menu, such as "mobile networks, wifi calling, hotspot and tethering.. Plz help.. I am so confused
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I'm confused too. Are you wanting to use it on Sprint or T-Mobile? Do you have a sprint account, and did your phone activate on Sprint? I don't have any experience using a non-Sprint sim with this phone/firmware. The only thing I can suggest it maybe do a factory reset and go through the setup/activation with the T-Mobile sim already in the phone. Good luck.
If you're wanting to use both Sprint and T-Mobile on this phone, I'm not sure if that's possible. From what I've read elsewhere, even though this firmware is unlocked, it can only be active on one carrier at a time. I don't think you can switch back and forth at will, without activating/deactivating from one carrier to the other. I could be wrong though, as I have not used anything but my original Sprint sim.
I am about to purchase this amazing phone, however I would like to use it in my country on GSM network. I want to know whether this particular model has factory GSM unlock like Verizon version or it needs to be SIM unlocked manually.
Also, if it needs to be unlocked separately, does any method available to do the same?
I looked around on XDA but could not find a clear answer.
Thanks..
honest1212 said:
I am about to purchase this amazing phone, however I would like to use it in my country on GSM network. I want to know whether this particular model has factory GSM unlock like Verizon version or it needs to be SIM unlocked manually.
Also, if it needs to be unlocked separately, does any method available to do the same?
I looked around on XDA but could not find a clear answer.
Thanks..
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dirty santa unlocks the uicc, flash the us996 rom or a aosp rom and put in your sim.
otherwise using a cdma phone on a gsm network isnt the best ideal and you should by the unlocked international variant to avoid these issues in the first place. Why buy a carrier phone when you arent using on that carrier? Seems like your trying to go a shady route to me..
Team DevDigitel said:
dirty santa unlocks the uicc, flash the us996 rom or a aosp rom and put in your sim.
otherwise using a cdma phone on a gsm network isnt the best ideal and you should by the unlocked international variant to avoid these issues in the first place. Why buy a carrier phone when you arent using on that carrier? Seems like your trying to go a shady route to me..
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Hello, i was using your magisk rom on sprint network but i decided to flash the deodexed stock version that i downloaded from the dirty santa root method since i also have verizon. The issues with that Rom is that it doesnt read the external sd card and it did not get 4g/LTE. It took me a long time and reading to finally 4g and internet working as well as the hot spot tether by replacing the apn.xml file with one i found online. But is there a way you can share a working kernel that fixes the sd card error issue on this deodexed stock rom? Thank you man you're awesome!
razzrmaxx said:
Hello, i was using your magisk rom on sprint network but i decided to flash the deodexed stock version that i downloaded from the dirty santa root method since i also have verizon. The issues with that Rom is that it doesnt read the external sd card and it did not get 4g/LTE. It took me a long time and reading to finally 4g and internet working as well as the hot spot tether by replacing the apn.xml file with one i found online. But is there a way you can share a working kernel that fixes the sd card error issue on this deodexed stock rom? Thank you man you're awesome!
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If ur using both. Id suggest trying dualboot patcher to swtich between the 2. You should flash a vzw rom with its matching vzw kernel to get it 100%.
Id try the angry albatross aka warewolf kernel or the konverged kernel as they are the most universal.
The kernels i use are for sprint and wouldnt mesh with the us996 rom. Try a Vs995 rom and see how it acts. Thats where you should be pulling the parts you need.
But sd card shouldnt be a issue on any rom as far as i know. May be a sd card error.
Team DevDigitel said:
If ur using both. Id suggest trying dualboot patcher to swtich between the 2. You should flash a vzw rom with its matching vzw kernel to get it 100%.
Id try the angry albatross aka warewolf kernel or the konverged kernel as they are the most universal.
The kernels i use are for sprint and wouldnt mesh with the us996 rom. Try a Vs995 rom and see how it acts. Thats where you should be pulling the parts you need.
But sd card shouldnt be a issue on any rom as far as i know. May be a sd card error.
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Dual boot patcher? ? i actually dont want it on sprint lol i have an lg g5 for my sprint account. I just wish i could get sd card reader working and thank you for the advice. I did try the warewolf kernel a few weeks ago before i got the 4g internet to work on this rom but performance sucked so i went back to magisk.
This is what im running on my ls997 currently working on verizon with hot spot enabled.
Put ur sd card into pc. And run the sd repair and put back in
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Try a Vzw rom fully. Us996 is unlocked rom and is gsm based.. Do VS995 rom.
Team DevDigitel said:
Put ur sd card into pc. And run the sd repair and put back in
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Try a Vzw rom fully. Us996 is unlocked rom and is gsm based.. Do VS995 rom.
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My sd card is not corrupted. It reads fine from the file manager on cwm and any other rom. Is that a software for repairing sd cards what you are suggesting? And i am afraid to try any other roms that are not ls997, i dont want to brick or be stock on a firmware that is going to give me more bugs then what i have.
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My sd card is not corrupted. It reads fine from the file manager on cwm and any other rom. Is that a software for repairing sd cards what you are suggesting? And i am afraid to try any other roms that are not ls997, i dont want to brick or be stock on a firmware that is going to give me more bugs then what i have.
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I would try it lol.. U have twrp backups and ur hust flashing a dif rom.Worst it won't boot but they are on us996 bootloader also. Shouldn't be any diff. May need to find somone with modem backup to get their radios.
Give me a min. Ill go find a vzw rom and flash it on my dualboot lol
You could also flash the rr aosp rom. Its nice. It would be better fit to run a dif carrier also.
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I would try it lol.. U have twrp backups and ur hust flashing a dif rom.Worst it won't boot but they are on us996 bootloader also. Shouldn't be any diff. May need to find somone with modem backup to get their radios.
Give me a min. Ill go find a vzw rom and flash it on my dualboot lol
You could also flash the rr aosp rom. Its nice. It would be better fit to run a dif carrier also.
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As far as the picture messaging which is the second issue, Looking on google it sounds like it has to do with the apns-conf.xml file. Someone said they deleted the cbs parts of the file but if i do it and save it. The rest of the apns disappear from apn setting under settings. Here is the info i have on my .xml file
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
---------- Post added at 01:59 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:52 AM ----------
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
How did you manage to get 4g on the US996 rom? I am having the same issue with that rom.
@Ablazelemon2 Just several posts below is my short guide - please try it - you should be able to use non Sprint SIM.
Oooo Boost...
Ok. I hope Im posting this in the correct area. Please forgive me if I am not.
I purchased a refurbished LG V20 LS997. It's a Sprint model obviously.
It has a clean esn. Verified through the Sprint portal.
I am trying to get it onto the Boost network.
I previously had my Sprint LG G3 LS990 running flawlessly on Boost.
The V20 should work just as well.
My issue that I keep running into is that the V20 I have still has a SIM number attached to it. However, the device did not come with a SIM card at all.
Sprint WILL NOT free the SIM number from the device in order for me to insert and use a Boost SIM.
When I attempt to swap the device myself I am prompted with an error message about the SIM.
When I call Boost to get this process taken care of, they run into the same error.
Now I am aware that the V20 is not present on the list of accepted sprint devices.
However, there is a Boost mobile variant of the V20 directly through LG.
So I am CERTAIN this will work on the Boost network.
Only thing holding the process back is the SIM that is locked to the device.
Does anyone have any idea what I should do here?
I am lost.
Thank you in advance!
Apple_Saucer said:
Ok. I hope Im posting this in the correct area. Please forgive me if I am not.
I purchased a refurbished LG V20 LS997. It's a Sprint model obviously.
It has a clean esn. Verified through the Sprint portal.
I am trying to get it onto the Boost network.
I previously had my Sprint LG G3 LS990 running flawlessly on Boost.
The V20 should work just as well.
My issue that I keep running into is that the V20 I have still has a SIM number attached to it. However, the device did not come with a SIM card at all.
Sprint WILL NOT free the SIM number from the device in order for me to insert and use a Boost SIM.
When I attempt to swap the device myself I am prompted with an error message about the SIM.
When I call Boost to get this process taken care of, they run into the same error.
Now I am aware that the V20 is not present on the list of accepted sprint devices.
However, there is a Boost mobile variant of the V20 directly through LG.
So I am CERTAIN this will work on the Boost network.
Only thing holding the process back is the SIM that is locked to the device.
Does anyone have any idea what I should do here?
I am lost.
Thank you in advance!
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Check the software version.. If it is zv5 then you can unlock it from the hidden menu.. What you can do and what is available for you is dependant on the software version... If you are on an older software version do not upgrade to the newest since you will not have root options..
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Confirmed Sprint LG V20 LS997 on Boost
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Check the software version.. If it is zv5 then you can unlock it from the hidden menu.. What you can do and what is available for you is dependant on the software version... If you are on an older software version do not upgrade to the newest since you will not have root options..
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Thank you for replying!
I have the ZVB Software Version on the device.
Aside form that, I got it activated this evening at a local Boost store. It seems as though all that needed to happen was to get a proper SIM card for it. The employee used a "Bring Your Own PHONE SIM Card Activation Kit". It has an orange package vs. the white packaging for the incompatible SIM I had purchased from the other Boost store I had gone to.
The process was rather painless and took only a few minutes to get the phone up and running on the network.
It cost me $30 and a small amount of patients.
This phone is phenomenal and I am very thankful for the employee that got it working for me.
Thank you again ScottieRotten.
If anyone has any questions about getting the Sprint LG V20 LS997 onto the Boost network, feel free to ask me anything and I will gladly help.
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Thank you for replying!
Aside form that, I got it activated this evening at a local Boost store. It seems as though all that needed to happen was to get a proper SIM card for it. The employee used a "Bring Your Own PHONE SIM Card Activation Kit". It has an orange package vs. the white packaging for the incompatible SIM I had purchased from the other Boost store I had gone to.
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Interesting. My wife used to be a Boost customer. I bought her a LS997 about a year ago, and I intended to just swap her old phone and stay with Boost. However, Boost insisted that they could not activate the V20 on their network. We therefore ported her number to Twigby, and the V20 has been working great on Twigby ever since. Boost lost a long term customer due to their stupid BYOD restrictions.
Note that this discussion is unrelated to the OP though. Boost and Twigby both operate on the Sprint network, so no SIM unlock is needed for them.
spocko said:
Interesting. My wife used to be a Boost customer. I bought her a LS997 about a year ago, and I intended to just swap her old phone and stay with Boost. However, Boost insisted that they could not activate the V20 on their network. We therefore ported her number to Twigby, and the V20 has been working great on Twigby ever since. Boost lost a long term customer due to their stupid BYOD restrictions.
Note that this discussion is unrelated to the OP though. Boost and Twigby both operate on the Sprint network, so no SIM unlock is needed for them.
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Yes it was a bit of hoop jump but as long as the proper SIM is used, you can use just about any Sprint phone on Boost. They swore up and down that "it wasn't a compatible device" but I just insisted they try until they did. And it worked!
Thanks!
Team DevDigitel said:
dirty santa unlocks the uicc, flash the us996 rom or a aosp rom and put in your sim.
otherwise using a cdma phone on a gsm network isnt the best ideal and you should by the unlocked international variant to avoid these issues in the first place. Why buy a carrier phone when you arent using on that carrier? Seems like your trying to go a shady route to me..
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didnt work for me :crying:
did the dirty santa, flashed the rom but still my network isnt coming on
Team DevDigitel said:
If ur using both. Id suggest trying dualboot patcher to swtich between the 2. You should flash a vzw rom with its matching vzw kernel to get it 100%.
Id try the angry albatross aka warewolf kernel or the konverged kernel as they are the most universal.
The kernels i use are for sprint and wouldnt mesh with the us996 rom. Try a Vs995 rom and see how it acts. Thats where you should be pulling the parts you need.
But sd card shouldnt be a issue on any rom as far as i know. May be a sd card error.
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I've read allot in here and it's been years since I've done any of this so I'm basically stating new again. You are the one user here that seems the most knowledgeable.Would you mind helping me out? I'd really appreciate it!
Does the Sprint variant work with Ting GSM (essentially T-Mobile towers) if you SIM unlock it following the SIM unlock tutorials? Or would it require more than that? I looked on HTC's site and its shows the phone has all the same bands for the Sprint version and T-Mobile version. Does anyone have a Sprint version working with Ting or T-Mobile?
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Does the Sprint variant work with Ting GSM (essentially T-Mobile towers) if you SIM unlock it following the SIM unlock tutorials? Or would it require more than that? I looked on HTC's site and its shows the phone has all the same bands for the Sprint version and T-Mobile version. Does anyone have a Sprint version working with Ting or T-Mobile?
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I believe it does if you change your cid and flash it to the unlocked firmware. There are threads everywhere on how to do this, make sure to check the un-carrier branded HTC 10 xda site.
yadnom said:
Does the Sprint variant work with Ting GSM (essentially T-Mobile towers) if you SIM unlock it following the SIM unlock tutorials? Or would it require more than that? I looked on HTC's site and its shows the phone has all the same bands for the Sprint version and T-Mobile version. Does anyone have a Sprint version working with Ting or T-Mobile?
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I run a Sprint device on T-Mobile. Works perfect with the exception of WiFI Calling which I am currently trying to get working.
Simple way is to unlock SIM NV method, load custom recovery, load latest Viper ROM, on AROMA pick the proper base install MM or N and Choose T-Mobile for carrier and that's really it man. the LTE bands are already all there, reason why I say Viper after the unlock is because other people including me had trouble getting data to work on stock Sprint MM. Flashing Viper solved that beautifully.
jblparisi said:
I run a Sprint device on T-Mobile. Works perfect with the exception of WiFI Calling which I am currently trying to get working.
Simple way is to unlock SIM NV method, load custom recovery, load latest Viper ROM, on AROMA pick the proper base install MM or N and Choose T-Mobile for carrier and that's really it man. the LTE bands are already all there, reason why I say Viper after the unlock is because other people including me had trouble getting data to work on stock Sprint MM. Flashing Viper solved that beautifully.
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Thanks!
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Thanks!
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The only thing that sucks is you will be missing WiFi Calling which to me was a little annoying. I have tried everything, I went as far as S-OFF (kinda of a waste of $25) installed multiple firmwares (T-Mobile stock with Sprint radio, etc), different rom's, so far nothing, it seems tied to the actual us unlocked/t-mobile radio which as we know isn't compatible with the Sprint variant. On the plus everything else works including VoLTE.
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The only thing that sucks is you will be missing WiFi Calling which to me was a little annoying. I have tried everything, I went as far as S-OFF (kinda of a waste of $25) installed multiple firmwares (T-Mobile stock with Sprint radio, etc), different rom's, so far nothing, it seems tied to the actual us unlocked/t-mobile radio which as we know isn't compatible with the Sprint variant. On the plus everything else works including VoLTE.
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If you ever figured out Wi-Fi calling on the Sprint HTC 10 for T-Mobile, do you remember how and can you tell me?
Hey guys, I could use a little help here. I've done some firmware flashing on phones years ago, so I'm not a total noob, just haven't needed to in a long time.
Anyway, I recently picked up an unlocked Sprint S7 edge (was a really good deal) and I'm trying to use it with Metro now. The issue is this. If I set the network to GSM mode, I can make phone calls just fine, but data is totally not functioning. If I switch it to LTE/CDMA mode, the data works beautifully, but I can't make or receive any phone calls. It just instantly hangs up if I try to dial out or goes to voicemail if someone calls me.
I've activated the IMEI with my carrier and verified that the phone is indeed unlocked. I'm guessing this is just some annoying Sprint bug put in there to make the phone not work right on other providers. Any ideas what needs to be done? Do I need to run a third-party ROM, flash a different modem to it? Something else?
I really appreciate any tips here.
What firmware is the phone running?
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What firmware is the phone running?
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Hi Ivpre,
Thanks for responding. The phone is running Software version G935PVPU6BRD2, baseband version G935PVPU6BRD2, it's HW revision 7.0 and Android 7.0. Kernel version is 3.18.31-12623509.
I've tried using a few SM-G935U ROMs but they all have failed so far and left the phone in a boot loop. Only by reflashing a Sprint ROM am I able to successfully flash it.
I assume I'm just not selecting or finding a ROM that the same or newer version, as I've read about the downgrade issues with the bootloader. Any idea how to match one? I'd be fine with pretty much any ATT/T-Mobile/Metro ROM since that should fix my issue for the time being. A factory unlocked ROM would be nice though.
I have a T-Mobile Sim (same network Metro uses) in my unlocked Sprint S7 Edge. Network mode is set to Automatic and everything works fine.
Did you Add the APN for T-Mobile? I had to add the T-Mobile APN https://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-28006
And the ALSO add a second APN named internet, with no other values changed. The 2nd one is the one selected, not sure why, but it works that way.
I would like to flash a T-Mobile Rom or the U Rom but they are on Baseband 4, which will not work since our phones are now on Baseband 6(5th number from the right in the firmware version.)
Did you try changing the APN settings?
gullzway said:
I have a T-Mobile Sim (same network Metro uses) in my unlocked Sprint S7 Edge. Network mode is set to Automatic and everything works fine.
Did you Add the APN for T-Mobile? I had to add the T-Mobile APN https://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-28006
And the ALSO add a second APN named internet, with no other values changed. The 2nd one is the one selected, not sure why, but it works that way.
I would like to flash a T-Mobile Rom or the U Rom but they are on Baseband 4, which will not work since our phones are now on Baseband 6(5th number from the right in the firmware version.)
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So you are using the Sprint firmware on T-Mobile? Everything works well? I'm thinking of jumping to cricket this summer, but one phone is stuck on b5 (the other is still rocking 4), so I was a little worried. So basically you just put in the SIM card and added the APN's?
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So you are using the Sprint firmware on T-Mobile? Everything works well? I'm thinking of jumping to cricket this summer, but one phone is stuck on b5 (the other is still rocking 4), so I was a little worried. So basically you just put in the SIM card and added the APN's?
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Yes it was working fine with a T-Mobile Sim card and edited APN's. It is now back on Sprint because T-Mobile coverage is poor/non existent inside my work. I will be porting one of my SERO lines to T-Mobile but keeping one with Sprint. T-Mobile only uses Band 2 and 4 where I live, If you live somewhere that has band 12, it may not be unlocked in the Sprint Firmware.