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Can anyone Help me out here or try and lead me in the correct direction? So I tried to flash my Galaxy S4 i337M on BELL back to factory in odin. I used the I337MVLUAMDJ_I337MOYAAMDJ_I337MVLUAMDJ_HOME.tar.md5 But after flashing and booting up the phone Wi-Fi no longer works along with the phone either says "emergency calls only" or different SIM errors. I'm 100% sure the SIM works perfect I tested it in both or my other phones my Blackberry 9300 and my galaxy S3 and no problems. I have also downloaded that same bell rom from 3 different locations to see if rom downloaded incorrectly. The Phone is also rooted and has the philz_touch_5.18.2-jfltecan.tar.md5 recovery. Any help would be much appreciated.
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Can anyone Help me out here or try and lead me in the correct direction? So I tried to flash my Galaxy S4 i337M on BELL back to factory in odin. I used the I337MVLUAMDJ_I337MOYAAMDJ_I337MVLUAMDJ_HOME.tar.md5 But after flashing and booting up the phone Wi-Fi no longer works along with the phone either says "emergency calls only" or different SIM errors. I'm 100% sure the SIM works perfect I tested it in both or my other phones my Blackberry 9300 and my galaxy S3 and no problems. I have also downloaded that same bell rom from 3 different locations to see if rom downloaded incorrectly. The Phone is also rooted and has the philz_touch_5.18.2-jfltecan.tar.md5 recovery. Any help would be much appreciated.
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cant say about the wifi issue, im having my own issues too..but download and flash the correct or compatible kernel for that rom .. that usually fixes sim errors or no signal
Do you have Knox issued in download mode? If so, you need to install 4.3 firmware only
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Do you have Knox issued in download mode? If so, you need to install 4.3 firmware only
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How can I tell if Knox is issued?
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How can I tell if Knox is issued?
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I found this....
knox kernal lock: 0x0
knox warranty void : 0x1
does this mean it is issued?
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I found this....
knox kernal lock: 0x0
knox warranty void : 0x1
does this mean it is issued?
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Means you tripped knox. Warranty is now void, and knox itself cannot be used, which has some corporate implications, but if you dont use active sync then it doesn't matter. Now that youve done that, enjoy flashing whatever you want. Cf auto root will give you root, then id install clockworkmod myself via rom manager, and look for a rom to flash. If you wanna keep stock can use xposed to tweak.
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cant say about the WiFi issue, I'm having my own issues too..but download and flash the correct or compatible kernel for that ROM .. that usually fixes Sim errors or no signal
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so last night i flashed the bell 4.3 ROM and WiFi did start working. I do have signal however I'm still getting a unregistered Sim error. is there any kernel you would recommend? I'm willing to try anything at this point. I bought this phone and not more then a few days after getting it I screw my self out of using it.
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so last night i flashed the bell 4.3 ROM and WiFi did start working. I do have signal however I'm still getting a unregistered Sim error. is there any kernel you would recommend? I'm willing to try anything at this point. I bought this phone and not more then a few days after getting it I screw my self out of using it.
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If you flashed the stock rom, you'll already have the stock kernel. Did you perform factory resets after you flashed stock? You'll want to, i find it help. If you flashed back to odin with stock, and didn't unlock at some point, should auto assign apn, etc.
Can you confirm eimi and apn are correct? Did you clean flash? Wiping davlik, cache, and factory reset?
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So guys i figured out my problem..... Which really sucks... so I bought this phone off of kijiji. the reason why my phone shows up as unrecognized sim is because apparently the phone is stolen.... after just getting off the phone with bell I found this out. so I'm out $450 bucks... I don't know if its possible but is there maybe anyway for me to revive this phone still? change the imei # maybe? idk...
You could unlock it i suppose and use on another carrier, you'd need to purchase a new sim or get one on a plan from a new carrier, unless it gets listed somehow. Not much experience with stolen handset. Maybe go back thru kijiji support and push for a refund.
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You could unlock it i suppose and use on another carrier, you'd need to purchase a new sim or get one on a plan from a new carrier, unless it gets listed somehow. Not much experience with stolen handset. Maybe go back thru kijiji support and push for a refund.
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I don't really wanna put anymore money into this phone if unlocking it doesn't work. and I tried to get a hold of the guy that sold the galaxy to me but no such luck. I think I just have a mini tablet on my hands? either that or a paper weight.
Sim card is like 50 bucks at most. Id unlock it (understand you'll lose LTE) and use a sim from another carrier. Can get them for travel or even online.
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Sim card is like 50 bucks at most. Id unlock it (understand you'll lose LTE) and use a sim from another carrier. Can get them for travel or even online.
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Ill get it unlocked later today just phoned around someone will unlock it for $40. so ill give it a try. I will message back later with the results.
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Ill get it unlocked later today just phoned around someone will unlock it for $40. so ill give it a try. I will message back later with the results.
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. I would unlock, and see if you can borrow a friends sim on a different carrier to make a few calls. If it works, try and get the new carrier to sell you a SIM. they may or may not, depends if the device comes back stolen for them too.
there are guides here you can use to unlock. Usually just a code and combination of presses to unlock. Don't need to pay for it. Search out a few guides. Isn't all that hard, and theres a few apps that do it too.
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. I would unlock, and see if you can borrow a friends sim on a different carrier to make a few calls. If it works, try and get the new carrier to sell you a SIM. they may or may not, depends if the device comes back stolen for them too.
there are guides here you can use to unlock. Usually just a code and combination of presses to unlock. Don't need to pay for it. Search out a few guides. Isn't all that hard, and theres a few apps that do it too.
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so just as you recommended I went on you tube and found a free way to unlock my phone. but even after unlocking it and using both a valid Koodo and Fido sims from my friends neither of them worked. both left with the same problem "unregistered sim / emergency calls only" So is there any real way to get my phone fixed? I dont think its possible to change the IMEI? not to imagine that its probably not legal... Any idea if I was to get a smashed s4 even if it was the i337M and say it was the US i337main motherboard would swapping it work?
I have a Galaxy S4 on Bell network (Canadian), the model is I337. Last year, I followed an instruction rooted my phone (but I cannot remember what I did :silly::crying:, which method I used thru ordin). Everything is working fine after root, but my phone's model number changed to GT-I9505G since then. It seems has no impact to functionalities, but just wondering is there a way to change the model number back to the actual model it should be?
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Found the way to change it from another thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=57631844&postcount=4569
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I have a Galaxy S4 on Bell network (Canadian), the model is I337. Last year, I followed an instruction rooted my phone (but I cannot remember what I did :silly::crying:, which method I used thru ordin). Everything is working fine after root, but my phone's model number changed to GT-I9505G since then. It seems has no impact to functionalities, but just wondering is there a way to change the model number back to the actual model it should be?
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I'm not sure what's going on but it seems your phone has been hacked to make it look like an sgh-i337. If you're in Canada you should have a sgh-i337m though, not a sgh-i337 which is the At&t version. I9505G is an international variant I think.
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I'm not sure what's going on but it seems your phone has been hacked to make it look like an sgh-i337. If you're in Canada you should have a sgh-i337m though, not a sgh-i337 which is the At&t version. I9505G is an international variant I think.
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yup, the label on my phone is SGH-i337M (sorry, I missed a letter). I might used the procedure for I9505G to root my Canadian version phone. Luckily, my phone was not bricked. I don't know where the model number be written, just curious if that can be changed back to SGH-i337M?
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yup, the label on my phone is SGH-i337M (sorry, I missed a letter). I might used the procedure for I9505G to root my Canadian version phone. Luckily, my phone was not bricked. I don't know where the model number be written, just curious if that can be changed back to SGH-i337M?
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Are you looking in settings, about phone, or are you talking about when the phone boots up it says i9505G on the Samsung splash screen? I you are talking about in settings/about phone, I am sure it can be changed back if you have the know how. As for the splash screen, that comes alng with being rooted I would imagine. My at&t Galaxy S2 says i9100 on its splash screen because I rooted it.
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Are you looking in settings, about phone, or are you talking about when the phone boots up it says i9505G on the Samsung splash screen? I you are talking about in settings/about phone, I am sure it can be changed back if you have the know how. As for the splash screen, that comes alng with being rooted I would imagine. My at&t Galaxy S2 says i9100 on its splash screen because I rooted it.
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I am looking for the way to change it on settings/ about phone. More details, on my Google Play store, it also shows my phone is GT-I9505G (dunno if that's why some apps complaining not compatible with this device in Play store), same as when I restore the backup from google. Can this be changed back to SGH-i337M?
It can be changed back, but you need the Android programming technical know how to do it.
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It can be changed back, but you need the Android programming technical know how to do it.
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would you mind give me some links to start with?
Since I am only an amateur modder and not a developer, I wouldn't even know where to start myself. Have you tried swappng out the kernel? This sometimes can change the model number in settings.
got the answer from another thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=57631844&postcount=4569
Am Sorry if goggling solves this problem but couldn't solve my rather weird problem, i just got (today to be exact) a new SGS4 which claims to be GT-I9500 but it's not Exynos 5 IT"S Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 1.9ghz. Installed antutu and another info app to make sure and what's happening? is it fake? antutu says it scored 27000 points which is similar to the s600 and camera and UI are Buttery Smooth unlike the fake ones who cannot achieve that, all S apps are accounted for and gallery is well gallery. i haven't installed CPU-Z yet but if in a way this turn out to be real how am i supposed to upgrade it or do any thing related to software manipulations ?
What makes you think it's a snapdragon?
Found out another thing!!
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What makes you think it's a snapdragon?
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Ok!! i finally unplugged it from the so called 3 hour first-charge and went in to the download mode since it tells me the product name, guess what i found, it says it is the Sprint S4, sph-l720 and its on custom rom, if it's a real one it answers the snapdragon thing since sprint's variant uses it, and the font is suspiciously very small. it passed the *#0*# test and OK, tell me something, can you change the device name with a ROM and make every app on it to think that way?? the million dollar question, is the sph-l720 rom my official rom? THANKS!
Yes. You can easily change the device name with the ROM. You probably have the sprint version of S4.
Yes, you can change the device model.
Mine is a GT-I9505. I'm using a GPE rom and because of this all apps show it as a GT-I9505G.
One More Thing!!
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Yes, you can change the device model.
Mine is a GT-I9505. I'm using a GPE rom and because of this all apps show it as a GT-I9505G.
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so is it normal that the download mode font is very small i mean the info part , the green part is fine. and yeah the galaxy dont state model when booting just sgs4. so shall i try to flash the official sprint rom on it? the current OS is messy!! do you know a rom made by BinBinKeji? it says so instead of the build number.
thank you!!
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Am Sorry if goggling solves this problem but couldn't solve my rather weird problem, i just got (today to be exact) a new SGS4 which claims to be GT-I9500 but it's not Exynos 5 IT"S Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 1.9ghz. Installed antutu and another info app to make sure and what's happening? is it fake? antutu says it scored 27000 points which is similar to the s600 and camera and UI are Buttery Smooth unlike the fake ones who cannot achieve that, all S apps are accounted for and gallery is well gallery. i haven't installed CPU-Z yet but if in a way this turn out to be real how am i supposed to upgrade it or do any thing related to software manipulations ?
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hi mate
Use this app , will tell you everything you need to know from your phone
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.vndnguyen.phoneinfo&hl=en
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hi mate
Use this app , will tell you everything you need to know from your phone
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.vndnguyen.phoneinfo&hl=en
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it says my phone is ORIGINAL, the bootloader is L720VPUNAE, bb is L720VPUAMDC, CSC is L720SPTFNAE , PDA is I9500XXUFB7.
Hard Ware =qcom , Board MSM8960, chip apq8064, though samsung serial number is 0000000000.
i found philz touch 6 insteadof recovery, looks like someoe has gone a great length to make it look like s4 gt-i9500, even the info under the battery is for gt-i9500, should i only depend on the motherboard to upgrade it? which is jfltespr sprint s4.
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i found philz touch 6 insteadof recovery, looks like someoe has gone a great length to make it look like s4 gt-i9500, even the info under the battery is for gt-i9500, should i only depend on the motherboard to upgrade it? which is jfltespr sprint s4.
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could be using a GT-I9500 Sticker or better yet the whole frame of the GT-I9500. Best best you can do is download the official sprint odin flash file and revert to factory stock.
Fingers Crossed!!
aromerblz said:
could be using a GT-I9500 Sticker or better yet the whole frame of the GT-I9500. Best best you can do is download the official sprint odin flash file and revert to factory stock.
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Will try, here i only get a single threaded download from sammobile recently, dunno why!! i download every thing else for 2-3MB/s but this file 100kB/s. i hope i finish the download someday but thank you for everything.
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Will try, here i only get a single threaded download from sammobile recently, dunno why!! i download every thing else for 2-3MB/s but this file 100kB/s. i hope i finish the download someday but thank you for everything.
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Did the restore / flashing the stock rom work?
If you have any more trouble, check this guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2511280
Good luck! :fingers-crossed:
Fingers Crossed!! Again!!
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Did the restore / flashing the stock rom work?
If you have any more trouble, check this guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2511280
Good luck! :fingers-crossed:
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Downloading now...
Working BUT...
So i flashed the phone with the file above in the screenshot i uploaded earlier, looks cute and upgraded it immediately to a new update 119 MB.
2 things though, the contacts app dont sync contacts from the SIM card and the most troubling of all, it's forcing me to use HSPA+ data mode. the custom i killed had the option to use EDGE and i want that back, HELP!!
Hey guys,
I'm new to the forum so please excuse me if this is the wrong place to post this. I'll start from the beginning. I bought a Galaxy S4 (SGH-I337m) from somebody in my city. They said the phone originally worked with Rogers/Fido, but that they switched the logic board on it so now it works with Bell/Virgin. The thing is though, when I put my Virgin Mobile sim card in the phone, it won't let me send texts or make calls. I checked the IMEI and it's not blacklisted or anything.
It says No Service and has the little circle with a diagonal line showing up in the notification bar and when I try to send a text, it says No Network Connection (No signal found for mobile networks). I find it weird because I still get a notification saying that I have an unheard voicemail.
I've tried resetting the phone multiple times. I've also tried flashing both the Bell and Virgin Mobile Lollipop firmwares and that didn't work either. To be honest, I'm not sure how to tell which one I would need to install. I noticed when trying to flash the Bell firmware, that the phone kinda skips to a black screen quickly every time I close an app. I'm assuming that would mean it needs the Virgin Mobile firmware.
That still doesn't fix the mobile network issue though. If anyone could help me out, I would GREATLY appreciate it!!!! Here is a bit of info, I'm hoping it helps. If you need anything else, please let me know.
Model number: SGH-I337M
Android Version: 5.0.1
Baseband Version: I337MVLUGOC4
Build Number: LRX22C.I337MVLUGOC4
Also, in the "Status" menu, I noticed it says:
Service State
Voice: Out of Service / Data: Out of Service
Not sure if that has anything to do with it or if that's normal. Again, if you have any suggestions, PLEASE let me know. I'm super desperate as I can't afford to lose the money I paid for this. Thanks in advance.
EDIT: Coincidentally my girlfriend has a Galaxy S4 of the same model and with Bell/Virgin. I opened up the ABOUT DEVICE menu in both phones and the only other difference I noticed is on hers it says:
SE for Android Status:
"sepf_sgh-I337M_5.0.1_0013"
And mine says "sepf_sgh-I337M_5.0.1_0009"
Does that have anything to do with it maybe?
TeknikalMusic said:
Does that have anything to do with it maybe?
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Install this APP and add all screenshots pls .
Okay, will do. I will post the screenshots in about 20 mins. I rooted the phone, installed CWM and am in the middle of flashing the latest firmware again. I forgot to enable USB debugging before flashing originally and I wanted to install CWM to wipe the cache. No idea if that would make a difference but I've been up all night trying anything lol. Thank you for the reply though, will post the screenshots in about 20 mins.
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Okay, will do. I will post the screenshots in about 20 mins. I rooted the phone, installed CWM and am in the middle of flashing the latest firmware again. I forgot to enable USB debugging before flashing originally and I wanted to install CWM to wipe the cache. No idea if that would make a difference but I've been up all night trying anything lol. Thank you for the reply though, will post the screenshots in about 20 mins.
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Don't flash more things atm for avoid one brick pls :highfive:
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Don't flash more things atm for avoid one brick pls :highfive:
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Okay, I have the app installed. Which screens should I screenshot? I know you shouldn't post your IMEI online, so I'm assuming I skip the "personal" tab or?
Here is 4 of the screenshots I took (I hope this works lol)
Here are the other 2 I took
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Here are the other 2 I took
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All seems correct but I think your device works for Bell Mobile (BMC) only but NOT for Virgin Mobile (VMC). Try to use one BELL simcard for verify it.
Joku1981 said:
All seems correct but I think your device works for Bell Mobile (BMC) only but NOT for Virgin Mobile (VMC). Try to use one BELL simcard for verify it.
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In all my experience, Bell/Virgin are always interchangeable. Same with Telus/Koodo and Rogers/Fido. I tried putting a Bell sim card in though just now and it still has the problem. It doesnt load any of the signal bars or anything. Oddly enough, when there is no sim card in the phone, the bars show up?
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In all my experience, Bell/Virgin are always interchangeable. Same with Telus/Koodo and Rogers/Fido. I tried putting a Bell sim card in though just now and it still has the problem. It doesnt load any of the signal bars or anything. Oddly enough, when there is no sim card in the phone, the bars show up?
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Don't doubt it and return it if you can still.
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Don't doubt it and return it if you can still.
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Since it was from Bell, would flashing the Virgin Mobile firmware somehow mess it up? What are the exact steps I would need to take to try to reset it back to stock settings? I'm wondering if I'm missing anything. Or if the APN settings have anything to do with it? I set them to default already and tried adding the Virgin Mobile Canada apn settings as well
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-att is the proper place to ask your questions regarding your S4, rather than where you originally posted this, the International S4 forum. Since more people with your device will be available at the given link, you may want to ask your questions over there. Or simply be patient, as this thread will be moved over there in due time.
Every Rom I tried on my GALAXY S4, lately my calling hasn't worked at all on any of the Roms, I would open the phone app trying to call Voicemail and nothing happens, it doesn't ring or nothing just a long pause and a single beep?. I tried finding ways online how to fix it but so far no luck :-/, has anyone found a solution to fix it? Because Im actually so lost on what to do about it right now.
This happens when running the latest stock ROM? Phone shows the correct IMEI from the dialler?
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This happens when running the latest stock ROM? Phone shows the correct IMEI from the dialler?
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Yeah like my texting and data works fine it's just the calling that doesn't work, and I'm just like lost now and ran out of ideas, like when I go in the settings and go under phone info and it shows I'm connected to mobile network and IMEI info is still the same from stock ROM.
I'm stumped. The sim is working since text and data work.
Is the phone being used with the carrier that issued the phone or was the phone purchased outright and unlocked?
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I'm stumped. The sim is working since text and data work.
Is the phone being used with the carrier that issued the phone or was the phone purchased outright and unlocked?
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It was originally by telus Canada variant, but recently in Canada they made it free to get your phone unlocked under certain conditions, so I called telus and they unlocked it for me to be world wide, because my phone is actually so simaler to the US and European variant, on how they are built so I Flashed TWRP GT-i9505 on it and now so now I'm running XOSP-UNOFFICAL-20180114-JFLTEXX and everything works except calling, right now that's how I'm responding to this thread is by mobile data.
Yes, the sgh-337m (Canadian variant) and GT-i9505 are very similar but the radio bands supported by each model is different. Maybe certain radio bands need to be unlocked or enabled for voice?
You could try this website to check compatibility with a stock i337m ROM: https://willmyphonework.net/
Edit: I just noticed you are in Vancouver. Which carrier is being used with the phone?
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Yes, the sgh-337m (Canadian variant) and GT-i9505 are very similar but the radio bands supported by each model is different. Maybe certain radio bands need to be unlocked or enabled for voice?
You could try this website to check compatibility with a stock i337m ROM: https://willmyphonework.net/
Edit: I just noticed you are in Vancouver. Which carrier is being used with the phone?
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I am using Freedom mobile is my current service provider, not the biggest company but they are growing. OK I'll look at that link
Did you modify the radio bands to enable AWS for Freedom? I know they are expanding their LTE network to bring LTE to phones that previously worked on 3g only like the iPhone 6s a1688.
Modify Bands? May you describe what that is and how? Because I didn't modify anything all I did one day was Flashed stock ROM via Odin from SamMobile and ever since them my IMEI hanged or anything
Freedom frequencies aren't supported by the i337m. The freedom version of the s4 is the sgh-m919v.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2291589
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Freedom frequencies aren't supported by the i337m. The freedom version of the s4 is the sgh-m919v.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2291589
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What how is that possible I get mobile data and texting though? Because even In Stock ROM I'm able to call as well?
So your talking about Sgh-i337m right?
Just want to confirm that calling with a stock rom on freedom doesn't work but data and text does? If yes, that is strange that calling doesn't work.
Does calling work with another carrier?
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Just want to confirm that calling with a stock rom on freedom doesn't work but data and text does? If yes, that is strange that calling doesn't work.
Does calling work with another carrier?
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No I mean when I ran Lollipop from SamMobile calling worked 100% same with texting and data, but calling doesn't work running custom Rom, it works for texting and Data but not calling.
That is strange. The custom ROMs are made for the jflte?
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That is strange. The custom ROMs are made for the jflte?
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This is a screenshot of my device info and Rom and no its for the gfltexx
I just noticed now but in the screenshot of "mobile network state" that it says "disconnected" now I'm confused. About my phone is GT-I337M is the original model name.
I think it may be a kernel issue. Is the phone running the kernel included with the rom?
I never actually knew the differences were between a Rom and a kernel? For a while ithought they were the same, hold on I'll take a screenshot of it.
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I think it may be a kernel issue. Is the phone running the kernel included with the rom?
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This is what it is.