hello to everyone,
i am planning to get my lg g2 from usa,which is carrier based phone. so, i want to unlock the phone to work any sim card in india.
so, which carrier i suppose to choose which can unlock easily. and where i can find code for it.?
first time i am going to try this
lg g2 at&t,lg g2 t-mobile,lg g2 verizon or any?.
please guide me. and is this safe? and any problem can occur in future?
thanks and regards
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dbarot87 said:
hello to everyone,
i am planning to get my lg g2 from usa,which is carrier based phone. so, i want to unlock the phone to work any sim card in india.
so, which carrier i suppose to choose which can unlock easily. and where i can find code for it.?
first time i am going to try this
lg g2 at&t,lg g2 t-mobile,lg g2 verizon or any?.
please guide me. and is this safe? and any problem can occur in future?
thanks and regards
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Did you ever figure out which variant will work in India? I've read that the Verizon one isn't sim locked, but do the GSM frequencies you need match?
cesar33 said:
Did you ever figure out which variant will work in India? I've read that the Verizon one isn't sim locked, but do the GSM frequencies you need match?
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Yes,i checked with Wikipedia Verizon - VS980 model matches with international edition with 2G and 3G network and it does not support for LTE(it does not a problem for me).
is it any problem to buy that mobile in USA?
Hi there,
I am wondering if I can change the basebands/modem from my D801 T mobile G2 to work with the international D802 basebands since I am moving to germany. Can we just flash a new modem to get different LTE bands since it's a S800, as qualcomm said the first world LTE processor?
thanks a lot
flupke70 said:
Hi there,
I am wondering if I can change the basebands/modem from my D801 T mobile G2 to work with the international D802 basebands since I am moving to germany. Can we just flash a new modem to get different LTE bands since it's a S800, as qualcomm said the first world LTE processor?
thanks a lot
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Not that i'm aware of. Check the tmo bands and see if they are compatible with the common german carriers. Otherwise I would just sell your G2 on swappa and purchase another.
that is what i will end up doing if necessary, can someone confirm this is not possible at all? thanks!
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It's not possible to change the bands a phone operates under. Here are the bands the different versions use (taken from Wikipedia) so you can check if the 801 will work with whichever carrier you're planing on going with.
AT&T - D800
GSM 850/900/1800/1900UMTS 850/1900/2100LTE 1900(2)/1700(4)/850(5)/700(17)
Sprint - LS980
GSM 850/1900CDMA 800/850/1900UMTS 850/1900LTE 1900(25)/800(26)/2500(41)
T-Mobile - D801
GSM 850/900/1800/1900UMTS 850/1700/1900/2100LTE 1900(2)/1700(4)/700(17)
Verizon - VS980
GSM 850/900/1800/1900CDMA 850/1900UMTS 850/900/1900/2100LTE 1700(4)/700(13)
Global version - D802
GSM 850/900/1800/1900UMTS 850/900/1900/2100LTE 800/900/1800/2100/2600
Canadian version - D803
GSM 850/900/1800/1900UMTS 850/1900/2100LTE 700,AWS(1700?),2600
Ok thank you, question solved! thanks
I have a D802 Hong Kong version. In the secret menu (3845#*802#) i have found this: LGD802AT-00-V10C-HKG-XX-NOV-30-2013
Now, I would like to use the 4g connection in my country (Italy, carrier TIM) but the 4g option is not avaible in "network mode". After a test with another G2 (italian version and same carrier), I can say that the connection don't switch automatically on 4g but keeps the H+ one. So i think is necessary a modification.
Solutions?
Is it necessary to flash an europe radio? or something else? I'd like to keep the stock rom Lg but is not a fundamental.
Baseband: M8974A - AAAANAZM - 1.0.190036
Kernel: 3.4.0
Build: JDQ39B
I have the g2 for two days. I know it very little. I do not have much knowledge about it. Some good soul can explain to me how to do?
I need your help!
Did you verify that the device has the correct radio bands for the lte on that carrier?
x714x said:
Did you verify that the device has the correct radio bands for the lte on that carrier?
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I don't know how to check! On the box of g2: gsm 850/900/1800/1900; wcdma 850/900/1900/2100; LTE 2100(B1)/1800(B3)/2600(B7)/900(B8)/800(B20).
My carrier is Tim but i don't kwow which band uses.
In secret menu/LTE Band section: avaible band 1,2,3,4,5,7,8,17,20,40. No one is selected.
Can i flash V10E firmware for Italy on V10C firmware for honk kong (actually on my device)?
Flashing different firmware wont help. Its either your apn is wrong or you didnt enable lte correctly. I checked and TIM uses 1800 (band 3) lte which your phone should work with.
x714x said:
Flashing different firmware wont help. Its either your apn is wrong or you didnt enable lte correctly. I checked and TIM uses 1800 (band 3) lte which your phone should work with.
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maybe i should enable "band 3" in LTE setting in secret menu.
Hi,
I've a similar question and I hope someone could help me: I've a G2 phone using the D80210e-ESA-XX firmware.
In the product specifications, supported LTE frequency bands are 900/1800/2100/2600/850. I know that in Italy working frequency bands are 800/1800/2600. Now, my phone does not support 800 MHz: do you think is possible to upload a different firmware (IT or EUR ones) on my phone? With one of these firmware, does the device will work at 800 MHz?
Thank you so much.
I also had the D802 with Korean firmware!
Even though the phone itself supports LTE the Korean firmware doesn't!
I flashed the EU version and everything worked fine afterwards!!!
zacharias99 said:
I also had the D802 with Korean firmware!
Even though the phone itself supports LTE the Korean firmware doesn't!
I flashed the EU version and everything worked fine afterwards!!!
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Hi @zacharias99, are you using the LTE in Italy?
@sunshonic, I didn't understand if your LTE works in Italy using the secret menu. Is it working?
Thank you
madner81 said:
Hi @zacharias99, are you using the LTE in Italy?
@sunshonic, I didn't understand if your LTE works in Italy using the secret menu. Is it working?
Thank you
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No no i am using the LTE in Greece!!!
But LTE is LOCKED in Korean firmware!!!
In older Korean Firmware you could activate LTE from secret menu but in newer version this option has been removed!
The only solution in my case was to flash a european (or in your case italian) Firmware and everything worked like it should
zacharias99 said:
I also had the D802 with Korean firmware!
Even though the phone itself supports LTE the Korean firmware doesn't!
I flashed the EU version and everything worked fine afterwards!!!
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Same here, restored to stock eu/nordic. Using HK G2 in Norway. No issues with 4G now
Sent from my LG-D802 using Tapatalk
Does your country offer 4G networks? I'm in Kenya n any 4G device I ship in shows 4G even though we dont have it yet
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popsi said:
Same here, restored to stock eu/nordic. Using HK G2 in Norway. No issues with 4G now
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@popsi, @zacharias99 did you follow a specific procedure to upload the european firmware. I'm not so sure to perform it cause some month ago I've bricked an old Motorola (I don't remember the exact model) using simply a firmware of a different country. The result was a brick cause two firmware did not use the same way to allocate the memory...
madner81 said:
@popsi, @zacharias99 did you follow a specific procedure to upload the european firmware. I'm not so sure to perform it cause some month ago I've bricked an old Motorola (I don't remember the exact model) using simply a firmware of a different country. The result was a brick cause two firmware did not use the same way to allocate the memory...
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My friend i don't really know where in this forum the instructions for flashing a new stock firmware are... (I am also new in this community)
And i flashed it with Greek instructions so my link won't help you and i don't want to post some link i haven't tested by myself...
Sorry i hope you can understand!
At moment i have no time, but if I would be you I would search in the G2 Section for instructions!
They must definitely be somewhere!
Did you subscribe for LTE with your carrier?
Sent from my LG-D802 using Tapatalk
zacharias99 said:
I also had the D802 with Korean firmware!
Even though the phone itself supports LTE the Korean firmware doesn't!
I flashed the EU version and everything worked fine afterwards!!!
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@zacharias99, I've checked that 4G can be enabled using the secret menu
1. Go to LTE-Only
2. Modem Settings
3. RAT Selection
4. Select GSM / WCDMA / LTE auto
as in the post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2494751
At the moment it doesn't seem to work for me, probably because my sim still has not been enabled for 4g.
Have you ever enabled this option (with the previous korean firmware, I mean)?
@zacharias99, @popsi: the new european firmware allows to navigate over the 800MHz frequency band for you?
Thank you
madner81 said:
@zacharias99, I've checked that 4G can be enabled using the secret menu
1. Go to LTE-Only
2. Modem Settings
3. RAT Selection
4. Select GSM / WCDMA / LTE auto
as in the post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2494751
At the moment it doesn't seem to work for me, probably because my sim still has not been enabled for 4g.
Have you ever enabled this option (with the previous korean firmware, I mean)?
@zacharias99, @popsi: the new european firmware allows to navigate over the 800MHz frequency band for you?
Thank you
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Hi,
the procedure using the secret menu definitively works on my D80210e-ESA-XX, but I need to re-select it after every reboot.
Does anybody know how to make it permanent or how to automate this selection on boot (maybe using Tasker or something similar)?
zacharias99 said:
No no i am using the LTE in Greece!!!
But LTE is LOCKED in Korean firmware!!!
In older Korean Firmware you could activate LTE from secret menu but in newer version this option has been removed!
The only solution in my case was to flash a european (or in your case italian) Firmware and everything worked like it should
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by flash, did you mean flash kdz of different region?
gpkumaran said:
by flash, did you mean flash kdz of different region?
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yes exactly!
I flashed the European .kdz file!
I have an international G2 D802.. We, in india have certain operators in Band 40 LTE.. Is it possible to activate Band 40 in D802 by flashing D802T kdz in D802??? Kindly Help..
Hi, Wanted to ask how I can unlock this sprint G2 to work for international use. Lg G2 sprint ls980 ZVE. Hope you guys can lend a hand and guide me.
Thanks
CellTech03 said:
Hi, Wanted to ask how I can unlock this sprint G2 to work for international use. Lg G2 sprint ls980 ZVE. Hope you guys can lend a hand and guide me.
Thanks
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You can't gsm unlock it as it is not a gsm phone. It is CDMA.
I don't use Sprint, but with Verizon CDMA most the time you can use it with other CDMA carriers, besides the Verizon G2 (VS980) it has a sim card slot for LTE on their network and it is factory unlocked, just put in a compatible sim card and you should at least have voice and SMS working.
CellTech03 said:
Hi, Wanted to ask how I can unlock this sprint G2 to work for international use. Lg G2 sprint ls980 ZVE. Hope you guys can lend a hand and guide me.
Thanks
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Oh sorry apparently the LG ls980 does have a sim card and there is some people working on unlocking it and some claim to have done it, goto here I'm not saying this works, but it looks promising , http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2655133
I have unlocked cdma bands using qpst in my g2 d800 model but not getting to sim work.
can any one knows is this method works for d800 model or not.
plz help me to cdma sim work in this model.
Unfortunately, your d800 is a GSM device, CDMA sim cards won't work. They have different bands/frequencies for their networks.