I want to start by saying how much I loved my Note3, it is an amazing phone, and has done a lot for me in the time I've had it. That said, I've recently upgraded to a Note4, and it's time to part with the Note3. I always root my phones, and put roms on them, and all of that, but before selling it, I want to revert it back to a fully "stock" configuration. Ideally I want the next owner to be able to start fresh, and even get updates if/when they become available.
The phone came from TELUS, and, as far as I know, is still locked to that provider (I haven't checked, but neither have I done anything to change that)
I found a couple of supposed "TELUS" firmwares that I flashed via ODIN, however in each case when I booted the phone up, I was surprised to see Bell pre-installed apps, and not TELUS. Now I understand that Bell and TELUS phones are the same except for the software, but the software is the important part here. If I'm selling the phone, someone is going to be mighty confused to buy a TELUS phone, that must be used on the TELUS network, but has all sorts of Bell garbage per-loaded. (even more so in that TELUS pre-loads less bloat on their phones than Bell does)
So, does anyone have a source for an actual TELUS image I can put on this thing? (not a Bell one labelled for TELUS)
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Hi,
I did an unlock for this phone that i found in these forums. I have a generic tmobile sim card and put that in after i got the unlock code. from there i typed in the info and tmobile showed up on the banner.
well, i took the phone to a guy to trade for another, and now he's telling me he isn't getting any data, just phone and texting. of course, he's telling me this long after we made the trade.
is there any reason he wouldn't be getting data? or does an unlocked lg g2 only get edge speeds or something?
any help would be great.
My first guess is that he doesn't have the correct APN settings put in for his carrier.
You should let everyone know if the device is a stock rom, or another rom. Since the stock AT&T rom should not have the APN settings for Tmobile, but something like CM's rom should.
Worst case he should just need to enter the APN settings by hand, which isn't too hard to do. Other then that he could be in an area where Tmobile uses different bands for data then the AT&T version supports... that part I don't know how much it effects the AT&T G2, but has effected older devices going between AT&T and Tmobile.
Niscandia said:
My first guess is that he doesn't have the correct APN settings put in for his carrier.
You should let everyone know if the device is a stock rom, or another rom. Since the stock AT&T rom should not have the APN settings for Tmobile, but something like CM's rom should.
Worst case he should just need to enter the APN settings by hand, which isn't too hard to do. Other then that he could be in an area where Tmobile uses different bands for data then the AT&T version supports... that part I don't know how much it effects the AT&T G2, but has effected older devices going between AT&T and Tmobile.
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thanks, and it is a stock rom, non-rooted. is that info available online? he says he went to the store and they tried to tell him it wasn't unlocked, or it's only half unlocked...people...especially people who sell phones.
dmoss74 said:
thanks, and it is a stock rom, non-rooted. is that info available online? he says he went to the store and they tried to tell him it wasn't unlocked, or it's only half unlocked...people...especially people who sell phones.
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Google would be your friend in this case, or his actually.
And can't blame them too much, they aren't given all the training that they should be given. They are just sales people, not tech trained most of the time. Every time I go into the AT&T store that I like, I end up talking unlocking & rooting for Android devices since they aren't told anything about that stuff. And I do let them know if they are truly interested to look here for more help.
I have been struggling for a couple years now with finding a phone that works both with Bell in Canada, and Verizon. Mostly because Verizon seems to be very picky with the phones it allows on the network.
I noticed spec wise the G900V in theory should work if I can get my hands on an unlocked one, but I was just wondering if anyone might test their IMEI on bells site (http://support.bell.ca/Mobility/Sma..._phone_or_smartphone_work_on_the_Bell_network) so I can see if they actually will accept it or not.
I'd hate to buy one only to discover otherwise (as happened with my current phone which spec wise should of worked, then verizon said no lol)
So I bought a N920W8 from Bell (Canada) and I didn't put a bell sim card in it when first powered on the device, but a Wind Mobile sim(Bell store people didn't touch the phone when bought). I was all ready with my unlock code I purchased and what do you know? IT WASN'T LOCKED TO BELL! It worked on Wind as if it was an unlocked phone. Then I had an idea to put a Bell sim card in and BAM! DEVICE IS SIM LOCKED. Seems that the phone locked itself to the first sim card's carrier it sees. This might be different for US/overseas models that are carrier specific, but here in Canada all our carrier use the N920W8...same firmware as far as I can tell. I can change CSC codes without problems too, however I did SIM unlock the phone before I tried that to avoid any soft bricking issues that might arise. Pass on the good news!
Weird that this happened. I traded my phone for a Note 5 a couple days ago, not expecting it to work with Wind at all (it was apparently unlocked, but I instantly figured an unlocked Bell phone would never work with Wind so theres no point in trying), well a couple days passed, and I said what rhe heck, so I popped my phone in, got the Neteork Locked Sim [enter unlock code], entered the unlock code, and about 10 mins later, it worked!
I was so happy that I didnt have to take the extra time to trade the note 5 for a wind compatible one.
I too have to N920W8 version (which is considered the n9208 here)
This is my first Samsung phone, ever.. Rooting it was... different, and the extreme lack of rom/kernel support is staggering. Any tips?
imatts said:
Weird that this happened. I traded my phone for a Note 5 a couple days ago, not expecting it to work with Wind at all (it was apparently unlocked, but I instantly figured an unlocked Bell phone would never work with Wind so theres no point in trying), well a couple days passed, and I said what rhe heck, so I popped my phone in, got the Neteork Locked Sim [enter unlock code], entered the unlock code, and about 10 mins later, it worked!
I was so happy that I didnt have to take the extra time to trade the note 5 for a wind compatible one.
I too have to N920W8 version (which is considered the n9208 here)
This is my first Samsung phone, ever.. Rooting it was... different, and the extreme lack of rom/kernel support is staggering. Any tips?
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Well. First thing that comes to mind is that you've got some more reading to do. As most of your assumptions are just wrong.
But not to bust your chops, you have to know, every w8 Canadian model, regardless of provider, is essentially same phone. Difference being only in active csc loaded. Starting with this year, putting first sim in brand new phone determines your active csc. It is easily changed.
Where you might get some issues is for some providers options like VoLTE, you still need rogers/fido phone as they discriminate based on imei for those features, which means only phone sold by them.
More importantly, I have no clue how and why you would get that our w8 model would have anything to do with 9208 model (which is Asian dual sim)? It does not.
Our phone, is actually identical to tmobile 920t, with only one difference. The modem. Which for several generations has to be signed, and not interchangeable once set by samsung.
So if you need roms, kernels etc, look in tmobile thread, with Canadian specific install instructions.
Rooting samsung nowadays is the same procedure as nexus owners have with android 6+.
1.Custom recovery, root, custom kernel done.
2.In case of system less root, custom recovery, system less root package, done.
Lastly. Read Canadian thread in this section for some Canadian specific insights.
All the best.
Edit: And now you've got cf-autoroot since today. Easiest.
Note 5 ?
I'm kind of newb at this S7 stuff, I'm more of an HTC guy. Yesterday, I bought an unlocked G930P (sprint) and am not sure, but think I learned that normally, people don't change out the ROMs to use a different carrier, they simply unlock the phone and live with the old carrier's bloatware. I started reading up, and first learned that TWRP apparently isn't available on a Snapdragon processor, so the G930A, G930P, etc, aren't candidates for TWRP. At first, I was kind of dismayed. Then, I found the G930U ROM and on a whim, I tried punting the G930U ROM to the G930P. I bought the phone off craigslist, and he said he didn't know where HE got it from, but it was unlocked. Anyhow, the phone took the rom without a hitch and now it looks like a U model...
My goal: Go with T-Mobile. Use Wi-Fi calling. Eventually have Nougat. Remove bloatware, but possibly keep some nice T-Mobile add-ons, if any, because I don't have their service yet (I hated ATT's crapload of stuff). Note this isn't specifically a "TMobile" question, substitute your carrier of choice for the questions...
Get to the damned question, you say? Ok, here goes:
1. I'm not going to ask any "do these bands work" when moving from a P model to T mobile. You guys seem to fight about that stuff until you can't type any longer. I'm going to assume what whatever bands work, that's what I get. Unless I get a T-Mobile specific phone.
2. But I will ask this: do the over the air bands it uses depend on the baseband ROM that is on the device? This is something I can't figure out.
3. I heard T-Mobile uses an updated boot kernel (3.0?) and ATT & others use an older boot kernel, and that if I move to T-Mobile boot kernel, I can't go back to any of the older ones. This process I seriously don't understand. Can I run a T-Mobile OS (or any OS) while using an older boot kernel ROM? I would think NO, right?
4. I don't like all of Carrier X's bloatware. I'd rather use a stripped down, cleaner ROM. I guess there are apps for that, but is it cleaner to do it with a stripped down generic ROM that I see floating around?
6. Speaking of ROM's - I saw a lot of Xetheros or whatever ROM's floating around, but it seems like there aren't any for the snapdragon-based ones. Is this true? The posts on this site don't really talk much about the snapdragon-based phones and why there aren't any ROMs for them, and why it won't work, and what, if anything, is being done to get around this. I guess the G930U is Samsung's answer to that, and allows fooling around with roms, but will the other phones ever be actually rom-able, or should I ditch this G930P and actually buy a G930U? Now that my phone THINKS it's a G930U, did that get me around some weird barrier and NOW I can update other funky roms intended for a G930U?
I'm considering selling the G7 I just got and going from a G930F (now that I'm a bit wiser). Any common sense why not to do that? I already HAVE an ATT G7 (not the sprint one I just bought), but it has a "bad signal". It gets only about 1 bar indoors, on a good day. I took it to a repair facility and they said, "nothing wrong with the antenna, it's your mainboard, don't bother just buy a new phone". Anybody have any advice on that?
thanks
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I'm kind of newb at this S7 stuff, I'm more of an HTC guy. Yesterday, I bought an unlocked G930P (sprint) and am not sure, but think I learned that normally, people don't change out the ROMs to use a different carrier, they simply unlock the phone and live with the old carrier's bloatware. I started reading up, and first learned that TWRP apparently isn't available on a Snapdragon processor, so the G930A, G930P, etc, aren't candidates for TWRP. At first, I was kind of dismayed. Then, I found the G930U ROM and on a whim, I tried punting the G930U ROM to the G930P. I bought the phone off craigslist, and he said he didn't know where HE got it from, but it was unlocked. Anyhow, the phone took the rom without a hitch and now it looks like a U model...
My goal: Go with T-Mobile. Use Wi-Fi calling. Eventually have Nougat. Remove bloatware, but possibly keep some nice T-Mobile add-ons, if any, because I don't have their service yet (I hated ATT's crapload of stuff). Note this isn't specifically a "TMobile" question, substitute your carrier of choice for the questions...
Get to the damned question, you say? Ok, here goes:
1. I'm not going to ask any "do these bands work" when moving from a P model to T mobile. You guys seem to fight about that stuff until you can't type any longer. I'm going to assume what whatever bands work, that's what I get. Unless I get a T-Mobile specific phone.
2. But I will ask this: do the over the air bands it uses depend on the baseband ROM that is on the device? This is something I can't figure out.
3. I heard T-Mobile uses an updated boot kernel (3.0?) and ATT & others use an older boot kernel, and that if I move to T-Mobile boot kernel, I can't go back to any of the older ones. This process I seriously don't understand. Can I run a T-Mobile OS (or any OS) while using an older boot kernel ROM? I would think NO, right?
4. I don't like all of Carrier X's bloatware. I'd rather use a stripped down, cleaner ROM. I guess there are apps for that, but is it cleaner to do it with a stripped down generic ROM that I see floating around?
6. Speaking of ROM's - I saw a lot of Xetheros or whatever ROM's floating around, but it seems like there aren't any for the snapdragon-based ones. Is this true? The posts on this site don't really talk much about the snapdragon-based phones and why there aren't any ROMs for them, and why it won't work, and what, if anything, is being done to get around this. I guess the G930U is Samsung's answer to that, and allows fooling around with roms, but will the other phones ever be actually rom-able, or should I ditch this G930P and actually buy a G930U? Now that my phone THINKS it's a G930U, did that get me around some weird barrier and NOW I can update other funky roms intended for a G930U?
I'm considering selling the G7 I just got and going from a G930F (now that I'm a bit wiser). Any common sense why not to do that? I already HAVE an ATT G7 (not the sprint one I just bought), but it has a "bad signal". It gets only about 1 bar indoors, on a good day. I took it to a repair facility and they said, "nothing wrong with the antenna, it's your mainboard, don't bother just buy a new phone". Anybody have any advice on that?
thanks
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All U.S. models are built the exact same and will all accept each others firmware if done right , so any unlocked s7 you put the U firmware will essentially be a g930u other than the number stamped on the back , I dont believe the U firmware supports wifi calling or VOLTE , There is a t-mobile nougat firmware floating around if you want to try that , your att g7 if it has a hardware issue should be under warranty but if your using it with a different carrier I would flash the appropriate firmware to it and see if that fixes you signal issue and if not put it back to stock and call Samsung , as far as switching from the international model , Well i bought a international edge as soon as they release and it took a crap on me within 4 months and I was unable to warranty it , that was my only issue with using a international model but also i dont think you can get wifi calling on those either . hope that helps
edit* and yes the bands are dictated by the rom , U firmware opens all of them otherwise carrier roms unlock specific , and T-mobile nougat dowgrade back to MM will be dictated by the baseband , I know the Sprint nougat can be downgraded but not T-mobile for sure
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All U.S. models are built the exact same and will all accept each others firmware if done right , so any unlocked s7 you put the U firmware will essentially be a g930u other than the number stamped on the back , I dont believe the U firmware supports wifi calling or VOLTE , There is a t-mobile nougat firmware floating around if you want to try that , your att g7 if it has a hardware issue should be under warranty but if your using it with a different carrier I would flash the appropriate firmware to it and see if that fixes you signal issue and if not put it back to stock and call Samsung , as far as switching from the international model , Well i bought a international edge as soon as they release and it took a crap on me within 4 months and I was unable to warranty it , that was my only issue with using a international model but also i dont think you can get wifi calling on those either . hope that helps
edit* and yes the bands are dictated by the rom , U firmware opens all of them otherwise carrier roms unlock specific , and T-mobile nougat dowgrade back to MM will be dictated by the baseband , I know the Sprint nougat can be downgraded but not T-mobile for sure
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The U firmware does support WiFi calling and VoLTE on T-Mobile.
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The U firmware does support WiFi calling and VoLTE on T-Mobile.
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I guess us AT&T users just done get them features =/ , is it enabled or do you have to do something to enable those features ?
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I guess us AT&T users just done get them features =/ , is it enabled or do you have to do something to enable those features ?
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I don't believe those features are supported on AT&T (probably at AT&T's own request). Perhaps that might change in the Nougat version but I wouldn't bet on it.
I fear posting a thread to sites like this, because this technology is just outside my level of experience. I've attempted to root one phone before, and that was a success. I tried to search for a similar thread, but haven't seen it.
I bought a Sprint S8+, but when I got married, my wife had a Verizon plan, and I moved over to it. My preference is to stay on the Verizon plan, but I want to have an image that is better designed for it - in particular, I want to make sure that I am able to use ANY features that the Sprint phone isn't letting me. So, I have a few questions, and I'm not looking for all the answers, but even just some direction would be wonderfully appreciated.
Assumptions:
Samsung S8+ SM-G955U unless otherwise stated
G955USQU8DTI3, Android 9 unless otherwise stated
Sec Patch Sept 1, 2020 unless N/A
I would like to flash the latest Verizon image onto my Sprint phone. Since Verizon doesn't use the same type of network (and now let's throw in the T-Mobile joy-ride) does that complicate things further?
1) Can a phone safely be flashed/rooted to have a different company's image on it as long as it is the same model. (Bonus question: Are there other phones that do allow this if the assumed phone doesn't?)
2) Once rooted, are there any particular issues that I need to be careful of doing?
3) What am I not getting, if I'm missing this entirely?
Another phone of mine (LG VS986) is a Verizon model, and won't allow the hotspot to work since the SIM is a T-Mobile. You'd think that I'd just get smart and swap the SIM cards, but the LG is just not a Samsung. In reality, it is my spare, and I'm not moving my primary phone's usage to the LG from a S8+.
Again, I'd be deeply grateful to anyone who can shove me in the right direction.
FasterThanLightRobb
(But probably slow as molasses in this case.)