[Q] How to use EDGE network mode Sprint S4 ?? - Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot

the phone uses HSPA+ which well if you are a pre-paid customer in a 3rd world country find it hard to manage. it chews up all my airtime within a minute or two, so i went custom. installed Omni ROM 4.4.4 and found that GSM Only radio button, which is missing in the official NG2 4.4.2 ROM. then i did sth wrong and had to flash the official ROM again but look, it retained the settings from the omni rom. that's when i discovered it had the icon for E. so am guessing there's a work around without having me to flash a custom rom, or is there not?? Please Help!!

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FitseMan said:
the phone uses HSPA+ which well if you are a pre-paid customer in a 3rd world country find it hard to manage. it chews up all my airtime within a minute or two, so i went custom. installed Omni ROM 4.4.4 and found that GSM Only radio button, which is missing in the official NG2 4.4.2 ROM. then i did sth wrong and had to flash the official ROM again but look, it retained the settings from the omni rom. that's when i discovered it had the icon for E. so am guessing there's a work around without having me to flash a custom rom, or is there not?? Please Help!!
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install Galaxy Tools application from here and go to 'testing/phone info' then to device information then go to set prefered network type to gsm only. viola!!

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Signal drop and antenna issues

Am a total noob to this flashing world
but couple of days back i flashed my phone used a custom rom
cooked by ahmedfikry based on CLEANROM from that moment am facing
Signal drop and antenna issues
please help
It's a bug on Samsung wp7 phones(some said) and tango is a beta ROM(it's not released to the public so it still has some bugs). Run samsung network profile app(marketplace Samsung apps) select a different network carrier as yours. wait to set it (you will see 3G/E sysmbol) then select your network carrier(it depends on what network you are). If your on at&t try it (some people said it works). I'm on Straight Mobile and had this problem on the stock ROM and didn't work(this app only gives you 2 choices AT&T & ATT for my phone at least). Try flashing [ROM] Clean ROM - Stock METRO UI http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1528984 ver. 1.30(mango) it works flawlessly. Tango is still buggy because it's a leaked ROM and not final.
jiraiya_s said:
It's a bug on Samsung wp7 phones(some said) and tango is a beta ROM(it's not released to the public so it still has some bugs). Run samsung network profile app(marketplace Samsung apps) select a different network carrier as yours. wait to set it (you will see 3G/E sysmbol) then select your network carrier(it depends on what network you are). If your on at&t try it (some people said it works). I'm on Straight Mobile and had this problem on the stock ROM and didn't work(this app only gives you 2 choices AT&T & ATT for my phone at least). Try flashing [ROM] Clean ROM - Stock METRO UI http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1528984 ver. 1.30(mango) it works flawlessly. Tango is still buggy because it's a leaked ROM and not final.
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I know its late but still my question is if i switch back to the stock rom should i have to unlock it (coz i live in India)
Pramod9964 said:
I know its late but still my question is if i switch back to the stock rom should i have to unlock it (coz i live in India)
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No, the phone should be unlocked irrespective of the number of times you flash/format it. AFAIK, the unlock is in NVRAM aka non volatile RAM.

[Q] - i9507: No service on KitKat - Can receive calls, can't dial (no service)

Hi Guys,
I'm from Australia and recently bought an Optus Galaxy S4 4G. Strangely, the model number is i9507. I double-checked this online and usually weird model numbers are just carrier-spin-offs. So I went ahead to root and flash just like you would with an International i9505.
So far no problems - 4.3.x PA rom works absolutely fine.
BUT:
I've tried some Kit Kat roms recently and they all flash fine but give me 'mobile network not available'. Strangely though, I can receive calls/text and talk on the phone, but when I try to dial or send text messages, I can't do it. My reception bar is completely empty as well.
WiFi is totally fine, just no data and mobile network
I've tried messing with the 'network operators' setting and if i select my carrier (I have a Vodafone sim) I'll get network reception until I turn off the screen and then my mobile network becomes unavailable again
Not sure what the problem is; modem? APN? or roms not suitable for my phone?
Current info:
ROM - [ROM] KOT49H【4.4.2】 GOOGLE EDITION 4.4.2 by Danvdh, Kryten2k35 & Ktoonsez
Baseband - i9507XXUAMH2
Kernel - [email protected]oonsez-VirtualBox #1
I've been flashing for a while now but it's usually just basic stuff so you can probably tell I'm pretty amateur lol.
Any help is greatly appreciated!
Thanks =)
Richard
richard_huang70 said:
they all flash fine but give me 'mobile network not available'. Strangely though, I can receive calls/text and talk on the phone, but when I try to dial or send text messages, I can't do it. My reception bar is completely empty as well.
WiFi is totally fine, just no data and mobile network
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Current info:
ROM - [ROM] KOT49H【4.4.2】 GOOGLE EDITION 4.4.2 by Danvdh, Kryten2k35 & Ktoonsez
Baseband - i9507XXUAMH2
Kernel - [email protected]oonsez-VirtualBox #1
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Hi Rich
As your baseband is quite out of sync with the firmware you are trying to run (MH2 is from 4.2.2 ,,, right?) I would suggest you change your baseband (modem) flashing an equivalent to the ROM firmware from here.
I've got yesterday the exactly same behaviour when finally and reluctantly I've added a data plan. I was running a successful low-baseband + high-firmware because was setted to "GSM Only" (try it ... will work flawless). When I've switched to LTE got what you've described in the face too . I've promptly updated my baseband and now all is fine :angel:
EDIT: please do nothing of the above described BEFORE taking a EFS backup with every tool you can find and preserving them in several highly fortified locations and 2 or 3 K7 Tapes too . Have an ODIN flashable copy of your MH2 baseband is advisable too.
Hope I've helped and please share your experience.
Nice regards.
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Hey thanks for the reply! Helps heaps =)
While I still had those roms installed I did try flash a few modems within Odin, all failed though =S
Which one should I be flashing?
I believe I tried XXUFNA1 but the flash just doesn't go through
Does it make a difference which rom I flash the new modem from? I.e. flash when the new modem now or flash the new modem on the kitkat rom?
I'm currently using Pacman 4.3.1 since it's perfectly fine. Just can't wait to get on a KitKat rom though! haha
richard_huang70 said:
Hey thanks for the reply! Helps heaps =)
While I still had those roms installed I did try flash a few modems within Odin, all failed though =S
Which one should I be flashing?
I believe I tried XXUFNA1 but the flash just doesn't go through
Does it make a difference which rom I flash the new modem from? I.e. flash when the new modem now or flash the new modem on the kitkat rom?
I'm currently using Pacman 4.3.1 since it's perfectly fine. Just can't wait to get on a KitKat rom though! haha
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Hi Rich
Sorry, may be my fault, but quite didn't got your
You may proceed having the below as a rule of thumb:
Your baseband (modem) version should always match your ROM (firmware) version.
Failure to flash something is never good signal. As you have an i9507 (I own the 5) is very advisable to flash a modem built for your S4 flavour.
The above rule should apply to it too so, if the only modem available for the i9507 is the MH2 your firmware have to match or these issues reported will return.
Did you tested the "GSM Only" option to corroborate (or not) my hyphothesis? With this config, you should perceive no signal drops when waked. I know it isn't a viable operational mode but ... just for fun
Nice regards and keep sharing :laugh:
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Canadian ROM only shows 4G signal icon (with LTE speeds) - why ?

Hi all,
I recently bought a Galaxy S4 337M that was rooted and loaded with a custom ROM. I decided to go back to stock so went to sammobile.net and got the latest rogers firmware for my galaxy S4 (which they said was 4.3).
I loaded with ODIN, all went well, rebooted stock, but the max signal icon I can get now is 4G (even though I used speedtest and am getting close to LTE download speeds I think). Any idea why my LTE is gone ? Did I download the wrong ROM ?
I also noticed that none of the APN settings were there and no rogers apps were installed either. Makes me wonder if it was indeed a stock rogers rom after all.
Another strange thing is that it shows me a bell canada navigator update is available in the google play store, yet its not even on my phone. Regardless, even if its a Bell ROM by some chance, Bell Canada has LTE as well, so I am confused.
Btw I used the standard ltemobile APN settings that I always use on all my phones to get LTE (that always work)....
Any help or suggestions would be really appreciated, thanks so much !!!
My iPhone shows LTE using the same SIM...
PS. If I do need to get an original Rogers ROM, is sammmobile not the best place lol ? Any other places to go??
captiv123 said:
Hi all,
I recently bought a Galaxy S4 337M that was rooted and loaded with a custom ROM. I decided to go back to stock so went to sammobile.net and got the latest rogers firmware for my galaxy S4 (which they said was 4.3).
I loaded with ODIN, all went well, rebooted stock, but the max signal icon I can get now is 4G (even though I used speedtest and am getting close to LTE download speeds I think). Any idea why my LTE is gone ? Did I download the wrong ROM ?
I also noticed that none of the APN settings were there and no rogers apps were installed either. Makes me wonder if it was indeed a stock rogers rom after all.
Another strange thing is that it shows me a bell canada navigator update is available in the google play store, yet its not even on my phone. Regardless, even if its a Bell ROM by some chance, Bell Canada has LTE as well, so I am confused.
Btw I used the standard ltemobile APN settings that I always use on all my phones to get LTE (that always work)....
Any help or suggestions would be really appreciated, thanks so much !!!
My iPhone shows LTE using the same SIM...
PS. If I do need to get an original Rogers ROM, is sammmobile not the best place lol ? Any other places to go??
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I believe that all I337M uses that same firmware but you need a CSC changer to make it change to your carrier as they don't release the specific ones with the carrier apps.
Search "Samsung CSC" in the play store and you should get one.
Thanks for the reply.
Seems I need root - which I deleted when doing a factory restore.
The strange thing is that it was supposed to be a rogers based firmware that I downloaded and flashed.
Maybe something went wrong in the flash.
Will try again.
And check out the CSC
i have a bell i337m and i have the same issue when flashing from a "custom rom to stock" and i have to flash the firmware using odin a second time and than i get my LTE icon enstead of the 4G icon, sounds weird and i can't explain why it takes 2 flashes to get it to show up proper, but it does.
i also have the problem with missing phone vendor apps, the second flash also makes these show up too.
also another thing i noted about my phone is if i don't root and install recovery to wipe, odin will dirty flash my roms, even though odin is supposed to wipe it isn't.
i've tested this to no ends, the results are 100% the same everytime.
Amb669 said:
i have a bell i337m and i have the same issue when flashing from a "custom rom to stock" and i have to flash the firmware using odin a second time and than i get my LTE icon enstead of the 4G icon, sounds weird and i can't explain why it takes 2 flashes to get it to show up proper, but it does.
i also have the problem with missing phone vendor apps, the second flash also makes these show up too.
also another thing i noted about my phone is if i don't root and install recovery to wipe, odin will dirty flash my roms, even though odin is supposed to wipe it isn't.
i've tested this to no ends, the results are 100% the same everytime.
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After flashing the stock Rom, go back into stock recovery and wipe data and cache, then reboot that should fix it. To fix your csc issue there is a way to do it by dialling a number on your dialpad which includes your imei number then you choose a specific code. Search for it, google
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Thanks so much for the replies and help.
I wiped the rom just for fun and rebooted and noticed that its actuality a BELL ROM (all stock BELL apps etc), but when I entered my rogers APN settings it still only showed H+, maybe due to network differences. It's frustrating because I specifically selected a Rogers S4 ROM from Sammobile.net. Any idea where I can get a stock rogers ROM for s4? Also do you think this may have affected my 4G/LTE issue ??
Either way, I will definitely flash the correct ROM twice, and then go back into stock recovery to to wipe data and cache.
Thanks again for all your help
captiv123 said:
Thanks so much for the replies and help.
I wiped the rom just for fun and rebooted and noticed that its actuality a BELL ROM (all stock BELL apps etc), but when I entered my rogers APN settings it still only showed H+, maybe due to network differences. It's frustrating because I specifically selected a Rogers S4 ROM from Sammobile.net. Any idea where I can get a stock rogers ROM for s4? Also do you think this may have affected my 4G/LTE issue ??
Either way, I will definitely flash the correct ROM twice, and then go back into stock recovery to to wipe data and cache.
Thanks again for all your help
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follow this guide, http://www.droidviews.com/how-to-change-csc-in-samsung-galaxy-phones/ real easy, itll put you back to a rogers rom, all the firmwares on sammobile are BELL ROMS. you have to change the CSC yourself.
THAT WORKED
Thanks so much !!!

[Q] No 4G/LTE in my LG G2 D802.

Hey guys,
As you can read in the tittle, my problem is that I don't have 4G/LTE I get 3G+/3G or HSPA+/HSPA.
Right I'm running Lollipop with the custom ROM, BlissPop with B14ckB1rd Kernel. I tried other ROMs (CM, RR, Paranoid) but I don't get 4G in neither of them.
I lost my 4G a quite ago, don't remember exactly how but I can imagine it was when I tried those early Lollipop builds, after that I went back to KitKat and the 4G was gone, even I tried going to full stock but neither that work.
I'm sure is a phone problem because I been with 2 different carriers and couldn't get 4G. The SIM card is brand new and today I spent around 2 hours talking with the Tech Support of my carrier checking everything is all right.
I also tried to change the Baseband/Modem/Radio (Right now I have Cloudyfa KK for the D802).
This might be also helpful for guess what could be the problem, when I dial *#*#4636#*#* go this phone information, down to prefer network type and select LTE only I lose service, by the way, in that configuration I have selected LTE/GSM/CDMA auto (PRL) and USA radio band.
I'm open for all kind of suggestions, If you need more information don't doubt in asking me.: fingers-crossed:
Asiier said:
Hey guys,
As you can read in the tittle, my problem is that I don't have 4G/LTE I get 3G+/3G or HSPA+/HSPA.
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I am having exactly the same issue. I have been going around in circles since days. Recking APN settings constantly etc. Going mad. Would be great to find a solution together!
damnation333 said:
I am having exactly the same issue. I have been going around in circles since days. Recking APN settings constantly etc. Going mad. Would be great to find a solution together!
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Well is good to know I'm not the only one.
Could you share more information?, like when and how it happened, so we can figure out what is wrong.
Today I'm going to try to get some logs, and check the system folder.
It happened to me with stock lollipop v30d vodafone ITA with another carrier sim (TIM). Solved after flashing v30a open ITA kdz.
jnr88 said:
It happened to me with stock lollipop v30d vodafone ITA with another carrier sim (TIM). Solved after flashing v30a open ITA kdz.
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I'm gonna try it, will send feedback as soon as possible.
Sent from my LG-D802 using xda Forum
No luck, I installed the V30a Italian version as you suggested but as you can in the screenshots no 4G at all, when I try to force LTE (This time with the command 3845#*802#) is lose service like in my last ROM, so I'm almost sure is hardware and not software.
Can some confirm me that, cause when you go back to stock by a kdz or how ever their is not residual imformation, every thing is fully clean right? Or some firmware just stay for ever?
If you guys have more suggestions that could try before I send it to somewhere for get it repair.

My XT1570 is recognized as XT1575 and is out of service all time.

Model: XT1570 China Dual Sim (using only 1 sim)
Carrier: China Telecom 4G
ROM: DU Official V10.6 (latest)
I have had great signals when I was on previous DU builds (Mashmallow) but the signal became unstable (completely on and off) on the latest build.
I tried changing a few options not knowing what they actually do in "Settings"->"Mobile". There was an option I can't remember but it seems I changed it from "automatic" to "home only". Since then my phone has been out of service forever. And this option has also disappeared from the "Mobile" submenu too.
I also noticed that my phone model in the info shows XT1575 instead of XT1570.
I guess I first need to make the phone to realize what model it actually is?
bonedriven said:
Model: XT1570 China Dual Sim (using only 1 sim)
Carrier: China Telecom 4G
ROM: DU Official V10.6 (latest)
I have had great signals when I was on previous DU builds (Mashmallow) but the signal became unstable (completely on and off) on the latest build.
I tried changing a few options not knowing what they actually do in "Settings"->"Mobile". There was an option I can't remember but it seems I changed it from "automatic" to "home only". Since then my phone has been out of service forever. And this option has also disappeared from the "Mobile" submenu too.
I also noticed that my phone model in the info shows XT1575 instead of XT1570.
I guess I first need to make the phone to realize what model it actually is?
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u flashed wrong rom over wrong model no. i guess u should be on stock only
http://pan.baidu.com/wap/init?shareid=3975073758
if u want instructions follow the steps given in this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x-style/development/firmware-moto-x-style-pure-stock-t3272486
i recently heard that Chinese variant by default doesn't ship with *ANY* Google services. In fact, last time I checked, entire Google Service Framework is missing
do return to stock and ull get signal back
Sagar_1401 said:
u flashed wrong rom over wrong model no. i guess u should be on stock only
http://pan.baidu.com/wap/init?shareid=3975073758
if u want instructions follow the steps given in this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x-style/development/firmware-moto-x-style-pure-stock-t3272486
i recently heard that Chinese variant by default doesn't ship with *ANY* Google services. In fact, last time I checked, entire Google Service Framework is missing
do return to stock and ull get signal back
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I flash a customized rom just to use google. So flashing back to stock is not my solution.
But I had used the DU rom for several months and all have worked well. So I think there is way to get it to work without using stock rom.
Can't you just roll back to an older version of DU and stay there until you can get the devs of DU to look at it?
In general, the Chinese models are identical to asian models, just without Google... Can't you just flash a gapps package on the stock ROM?

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