hi all,
short story: Friend on T-Mobile needed a new phone. I bought them a Unlocked Americas S5 (SM-G900H) on amazon. They received it today. Swap sim cards from their damaged s4. Have them set it to global in network settings, have them change the ADN, and a couple other settings to get it to work on T-Mobile. Find out what was sent was a unlocked Verizon S5 model (SM-G900V) according to their system info screen. They also see Verizon apps installed and whatnot, and bootloader. Either way, they are able to receive data, text, calls. And they are getting 4GLTE just fine (shows and detcts it as tmobile, and they can download and browse the net, no issues), not HPSA+. Work like a charm as far as data and voice go.
However, only one issue.... they keep getting a "SIM Card is from a unknown source" warning on the taskbar that's just annoying. I had them root their phone, install supers, and install a root file browser after finding some information to freeze or remove "vzwphoneservice.apk" which seems to fix this same issues for others on older android phones. Problem is, its not there... not in system\app and not in system\priv-app where it should be. They use 4.4.2 kitkat. So I check my own note 3, which is also Verizon and has 4.4.2 kitkat. Im rooted, check same folders, that file is not in either of those directories.
To me, its apparent Verizon has changed the filename. Just trying to find out what it is so I can freeze or remove it to get rid of that Verizon "SIM Card from unknown source" warning.
Any suggestions or ideas? would be greatly appreciated
capta1ntr1ps said:
they keep getting a "SIM Card is from a unknown source" warning on the taskbar that's just annoying.
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Confirm that both vzwphoneservice.apk and vzwphoneservice.odex are renamed or removed. You may also need to rename VzwController.apk and VzwController.odex and clear your phone cache (from recovery mode).
These are Verizon setup files and it is looking for an encrypted SIM that CDMA carriers like to use. The above should vanquish the message unless you have really rotten luck vis a viz Verizon having added yet another Kitkat setup package.
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capta1ntr1ps said:
hi all,
short story: Friend on T-Mobile needed a new phone. I bought them a Unlocked Americas S5 (SM-G900H) on amazon. They received it today. Swap sim cards from their damaged s4. Have them set it to global in network settings, have them change the ADN, and a couple other settings to get it to work on T-Mobile. Find out what was sent was a unlocked Verizon S5 model (SM-G900V) according to their system info screen. They also see Verizon apps installed and whatnot, and bootloader. Either way, they are able to receive data, text, calls. And they are getting 4GLTE just fine (shows and detcts it as tmobile, and they can download and browse the net, no issues), not HPSA+. Work like a charm as far as data and voice go.
However, only one issue.... they keep getting a "SIM Card is from a unknown source" warning on the taskbar that's just annoying. I had them root their phone, install supers, and install a root file browser after finding some information to freeze or remove "vzwphoneservice.apk" which seems to fix this same issues for others on older android phones. Problem is, its not there... not in system\app and not in system\priv-app where it should be. They use 4.4.2 kitkat. So I check my own note 3, which is also Verizon and has 4.4.2 kitkat. Im rooted, check same folders, that file is not in either of those directories.
To me, its apparent Verizon has changed the filename. Just trying to find out what it is so I can freeze or remove it to get rid of that Verizon "SIM Card from unknown source" warning.
Any suggestions or ideas? would be greatly appreciated
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did you ever figure this out ?
One post wonders. New members who solicit our help to solve their issue. But they don't have the courtesy to even let us know how the situation resolved. Perhaps it's an outright waste of time to try helping people with less than n posts.
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fffft said:
One post wonders. New members who solicit our help to solve their issue. But they don't have the courtesy to even let us know how the situation resolved. Perhaps it's an outright waste of time to try helping people with less than n posts.
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Hey guys, please don't feel that way. I am actually having the exact same issue, however I am unable to locate the files specified. Can you please direct me where to find these files? I will respond to let you know if it worked or not.
Thanks,
Ron
rwestbrookjr said:
I am actually having the exact same issue, however I am unable to locate the files specified. Can you please direct me where to find these files? I will respond to let you know if it worked or not.
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Welcome to XDA.
It would be good if you started a new thread though, rather than hijack someone else's thread on a similar topic.
Tell us what you tried looking for (filenames, where.. using what app, etc. and what phone model you have.. as many details as you can) and lots of us will try to help you out.
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fffft said:
Welcome to XDA.
It would be good if you started a new thread though, rather than hijack someone else's thread on a similar topic.
Tell us what you tried looking for (filenames, where.. using what app, etc. and what phone model you have.. as many details as you can) and lots of us will try to help you out.
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Ok, I created a new thread here. Thank you for the quick reply!
Am i right in saying this is the Chinese equivalent for the samsung s5 duos available here in the UK.
I have the SM-G9006W, i would really like to use it in the UK without all of the Chinese telecom crap that's on it. As this even been done before? can anyone tell me where the heck to start?
i was assuming there was a way to flash the Duos rom/recovery onto the G9006W, is that even possible?
Regards
Cap
Hi Cappilio,
I have the SM-G9008W, that one also had a lot of Chinese telecom stuff on it when I bought it, but I could uninstall all of it through the normal apps menu. That said I was thinking about if it was possible to flash the SM-G900FD firmware on it myself, as there isn't any Google related programs on the SM-G9008W, and I am missing the Play store a bit. I haven't been able for find a definite answer if it's possible to use that firmware on ours, and I am a bit scared of bricking it.
I think my next step is going to be rooting it to install the Google related programs instead.
//Jaco
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thanks
i have searched, im possibly searching for the wrong thin g can you please provide a link perhaps?
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ok
I have searched for the following:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sitesearch.php?q=install google play chinese
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sitesearch.php?q=remove chinia unicomm
all of which give me results but nothing specific to this model, or even a resolution for the models mentioned.
so again any help? please?
Hi all,
My old vibe died and couldnt find a better phone on the market since 2015 so got a new one. However I dont know what the heck is installed on this one.
I have never rooted before but have a cs degree so im not out my league. With the details in the image below, do you know what I can do to get stock installed?
The phone has a trojan application called fun weather and i cant remove it. Have done everything from root access to hard deleted. But as soon as i get wifi again it downloads. Are all custom roms like this so the developer can make cash? I also dont know if this is ROW or China. It has google services installed.
VERSION AND DETAILS SCREENSHOT HERE (2K image here fills the whole browser.)
http://i.imgur.com/jLn2bih.jpg
Regardless apprecaite the help here.
C
OK so after failing to remove it I was able to flash the device.
I made a guide for my future self and also to show that the China mobile varient can be easily flashed and still work. Im from UK and no issues with SIM. It also read my philippines card no problem
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OK so after failing to remove it I was able to flash the device.
I made a guide for my future self and also to show that the China mobile varient can be easily flashed and still work. Im from UK and no issues with SIM. It also read my philippines card no problem
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Maybe this was one of the early firmware. Lenovo has given 5.0 to this mobile. Why didn't you try to update it?
hi all, i want to ask for help about my S5 (Model Number: SCL23) with SpaceX 4.2 Rom because its written in the about Phone : -Build Number = SpaceX V4.2 LP (Jan, 26 2015)..
the reason i dont know the exact rom because my mom gives this phone to me..
the issue is: there is a lot warning about a lot of apps are suddenly stop working, sometime without even im accessing it like "unfortunetely Google Play has Stopped working" something like that..
can anyone help me what i have to do about this issues? because its very annoying for me..
big thanks if u guys willing to help me, and sorry if i have bad english..
good day guys..
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hi all, i want to ask for help about my S5........
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I don't have this variant and, to further clarify, the Galaxy S5 Japanese variant SCL23 is also known as the SM-G900J.
The following thread is specific to the SpaceX Firmware your referring to and would be the best bet in obtaining support and guidance for this specific Firmware.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3012414
With that guidance...
If you can open the Google Play Store, open it up and go to the Settings (within the Play Store itself) and at the bottom repetitively tap on the Build until you see a toast message towards the bottom of the screen.
Now close the Play Store and let the device sit for approximately 10-15 minutes and then reboot your device then open the Play Store again and you should notice that, if there was an update, it should have then been updated and will hopefully resolve your issue.
By tapping the Build in this way is just a manual way to get the Play Store to check for updates and update itself if there are any. This doesn't happen often but, can happen that would require the manual intervention to do so.
This is the best that I can help you with. Any further issues would require support from the above thread.
Good Luck!
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Hey all. As the title says I recently got the tab 3 plus from China and as such it isn't loaded with anything google related. I tried downloading the apk files for google services and store but it seems lenovo have gone out of their way to make sure these things don't work on the device. After many hours trying to figure out how to solve my problem I stumbled upon a video on youtube of a man who flashed a Chinese version of the device with global row firmware. Unfortunately he did not mention how he went about doing this, so here I am in a desperate attempt to figure it out. Going to be honest I was really hoping I wouldn't have to risk bricking my device just so I can use the apps I like. Any help on the safest way to go about this procedure would be greatly appreciated.
Quick edit my model number is YT-X703F running android 6.0.1
I don't know anything about the China version. Have you tried changing the language? Settings/ Personal/ Language and settings.
Download the Google Play apk to your computer. Transfer apk to the tabs Download folder.
http://developer.servalproject.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=content:android:tips:install_apk Method 2.