Hello
I'm thinking of buying the international Galaxy S4 i9505 and use it on T-Mobile here in the USA (rather than the T-Mobile m919 variant) ...I am aware that i9505 doesn't have HSPA on AWS band and that's fine because most of my area has T-Mobile LTE which works on the 1700/2100 MHz band (band 4)...
Does anyone from the USA use i9505 on T-Mobile and get LTE ?
Another thing, is it possible to flash m919 radio on the international i9505 to have the lacking LTE bands if any ?
A note : according to gsm arena,i9505 has APQ8064T but couldn't find what chipset the T-Mobile m919 has...If they use the same chipset it would be likely possible to interchange radios between the 2 I suppose...
Any ideas are welcomed..
Thanks
I am in same situation.
We need answer about this From the user or developer who has Experience with this case.
Best Regard to all
any help???
I9500 is the international version, i9505 is the US version
2ndammendment said:
I9500 is the international version, i9505 is the US version
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The is not what we want to know.
Will m919 modem work on i9505 ?
It is not wise to flash another carriers modem, but yes, you can.
TheAxman said:
It is not wise to flash another carriers modem, but yes, you can.
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Is the GT-I 9505 will work with T-Mobile LTE Band 4 after flash m919 modem ??????
If yes, how can i do that?? by Oden or By Fastboot or by recovery??
Best Regard
redbike said:
Is the GT-I 9505 will work with T-Mobile LTE Band 4 after flash m919 modem ??????
If yes, how can i do that?? by Oden or By Fastboot or by recovery??
Best Regard
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Recovery, go get the modem you want from tmo forum. and flash it, I do not think it is a good idea, but if you feel it is needed. So be it.
Thanks for the Thanks.
DO NOT flash modems. Flashing modems to enable frequencies has NOT worked on S3, Note2, S4 i337. Don't do it.
"You don't think" doesn't mean "it's not possible" or "a disaster will happen"
I used my skyrocket on T-Mobile after flashing a T-Mobile radio from Hercules (very closely related device to skyrocket... both are s2 variants)....
So please stop the useless advice of not recommended, or not advisor or such... It's xda not Facebook..
If 2 devices has the same chipset and/or the same hardware platform it could be very likely that the only difference between then is the radio software and the commercial name,. Unfortunately I couldn't find enough detailed (deep hardware details) info on the T-Mobile S4...
The main purpose here from this thread is that did anybody here try it and connected to T-Mobile LTE in USA successfully ?
Any update??
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I would also like to know if the i9505 can connect to T-Mobile's LTE in refarmed areas. I'm holding out on the purchase right now but if it does work then I'll go ahead and buy 1.
As I understand it, I don't believe that the I9505 can connect to Tmo's LTE frequencies but it should probably get unto the refarmed (1900 mhz) 3g areas if you're in one of the big cities (ie; NYC, LA).
It looks from the specification that out of the box it will not work..It doesn't have the 1700mhz LTE band(which T-Mobile USA uses for the LTE uplink)..
For sure it'll need some"modding" or radio flash to work...
We need a guinea pig big-time here lol..Probably somebody buys it, flash the S4 M919 radio on it and report back...If it doesn't, ship it back to seller for a refund...
PS: it is useless if it won't connect to T-Mobile LTE(i.e. just 3G)..Pretty much everywhere will get LTE eventually...
We are still waiting for real Solution.............
so is it mainly coming down to the radio thats built into the chipset and not the software side of things, I wanted to flash the modem but I dont know if it will brick, blow up, or turn into optimus prime.... any ideas lads,
cheers
djordje_rosic said:
so is it mainly coming down to the radio thats built into the chipset and not the software side of things, I wanted to flash the modem but I dont know if it will brick, blow up, or turn into optimus prime.... any ideas lads,
cheers
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You have I9505 ? Are you on t mobile ? Do you have a good return policy for the device ? And in the return period ?
If so and you're brave enough, look for a flashable m919(T-Mobile S4) radio zip and flash it using any custom recovery ...Beware that this action might corrupt its imei or might cause a big problem that can't be corrected easily... So you're responsible for that ... But if successful you'll be able to use T-Mobile LTE and do the community a great service...,
Please let us know if you have any updates.
Is the hardware on the AT&T version different? I wanto to buy an S4 I9505, but I want to ask about the AT&T version. Can it flash the same roms, recoveries, etc. or is it version specific for some hardware reason?
I saw that it has different LTE bands, but is there more?
Which GSM GS5 variant is the best to buy (Unlocked on amazon, etc.) for ease of root/custom roms? Why?
I want to buy a new unlocked device online and can't seem to find a decent guide on the differences between the varoius models of the S5.
Thanks in advance!
malachy33 said:
Which GSM GS5 variant is the best to buy (Unlocked on amazon, etc.) for ease of root/custom roms? Why?
I want to buy a new unlocked device online and can't seem to find a decent guide on the differences between the varoius models of the S5.
Thanks in advance!
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get the G-900F support almost all custom roms
G900F is the global variant so yeah... I also recommend getting that variant.
I have the w8. It is good very easy to root. It seems to be able to use a lot of roms except none of the ones for the h model. The bad thing is not being able to get 32gb version imo
Dont buy g900h. It does not have any AOSP custom roms or even a proper custom rom except deodexed roms.
Xposed for lollipop doesnt work well with stock samsung touchwiz hence even a rooted g900h wont be able to take advantage of it.
Sense these phone all have the same equipment in them. Can we cross flash the roms? Only thing I would think be a problem is the modem.
I've seen the U firmware can be flashed onto our Verizon variants. And I've also seen the V firmware flashed onto the U variants. I am sure that this would be possible with all S7's with the snapdragon processors, as long as they're the same processor. Probably the same for the exynos as long as it's flashing on another variant with the same processor.
I am using ZE520KL Taiwan version. However, my it cannot support my Canadian carrier (Koodo) LTE network. Knowing the two model pretty much have the same spec (excepting screen size and ram), I am guessing if I can manage to flash the kernel from USA/Brazil/Canada ZE520KL, then the LTE maybe work somehow?
Suggestion？ Help？
That'll just brick the phone, I'd think. That's what happened when I tried flashing the Canadian modem on my Canadian ZE552KL after flashing the WW ROM from ASUS' website.
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I am using ZE520KL Taiwan version. However, my it cannot support my Canadian carrier (Koodo) LTE network. Knowing the two model pretty much have the same spec (excepting screen size and ram), I am guessing if I can manage to flash the kernel from USA/Brazil/Canada ZE520KL, then the LTE maybe work somehow?
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It won't work even it was possible to make it boot with this kernel.