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Hey guys hope this is the right thread for this. I have a verizon s5 thats unlocked using tmobile sim card. Im in the states.... so question is if I root this put whatever rom on it will it cause any issues?? Ive read a lot of conflicting info so im not sure what to do. I loose 4g lte quite a bit and cant use it as a hotspot for my tablet.
Mastershake1 said:
Hey guys hope this is the right thread for this. I have a verizon s5 thats unlocked using tmobile sim card. Im in the states.... so question is if I root this put whatever rom on it will it cause any issues?? Ive read a lot of conflicting info so im not sure what to do. I loose 4g lte quite a bit and cant use it as a hotspot for my tablet.
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I have a Verizon s5 rooted using it with net 10 in the states just fine. I have some issues with not being able to get data to turn off on the custom roms. It should work with tmo, though I really couldn't tell you if you would be able to keep 4g.
Mastershake1 said:
Hey guys hope this is the right thread for this. I have a verizon s5 thats unlocked using tmobile sim card. Im in the states.... so question is if I root this put whatever rom on it will it cause any issues?? Ive read a lot of conflicting info so im not sure what to do. I loose 4g lte quite a bit and cant use it as a hotspot for my tablet.
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You ca keep 4G only if the area has a good reception afterall t mo uses Band 4 which luckily gs5 verizon supports, for the hotspot youll need to use foxify free on google playstore or since your rooted get the latest stock update from the general section ill suggest you use the OD5 by @muniz_ri http://forum.xda-developers.com/ver...w-to-update-to-g900vod5-5-0-keeproot-t3136945 dowload that rom and flash the tether fix zip
abductedllama said:
I have a Verizon s5 rooted using it with net 10 in the states just fine. I have some issues with not being able to get data to turn off on the custom roms. It should work with tmo, though I really couldn't tell you if you would be able to keep 4g.
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Thank you i just want to make sure that if i root it that it doesnt undo the unlocking
Mastershake1 said:
Thank you i just want to make sure that if i root it that it doesnt undo the unlocking
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I posted this a little while back if you get root give it a try. You can put T-mobile roms on the verizon s5.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=61489873#post61489873
Anyone know which bands are supported by the VZW version? Is it only 2/3/4/5/13?
TIA
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jblazea50 said:
Anyone know which bands are supported by the VZW version? Is it only 2/3/4/5/13?
TIA
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I just read about this. According to this review: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2500353,00.asp
"It (Verizon Wireless Samsung Galaxy S7) has LTE bands 2/3/4/5/7/8/13/18/19/20/38/39/40/41. Samsung unfortunately removed key LTE bands for the other major US carriers—12 for T-Mobile, 17 for AT&T, and 25 for Sprint—to make it difficult to use this model elsewhere."
I doubt it was Samsung that removed it - more likely, Verizon had them remove the others. Just a guess, tho.
Is there an ELI5 version of this thread? What is the importance of knowing which "bands" are supported?
UndeadCircus said:
Is there an ELI5 version of this thread? What is the importance of knowing which "bands" are supported?
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Using the phone LTE in other carriers. Carriers 'own' certain frequency bands which are used to communicate with your phone. Your phone and the tower need to be able to use the same frequency band in order to communicate.
Most phones work on 2G/3G world wide (except on CDMA carriers like Verizon, generally most phones don't use the tech/frequencies for verzion nor would Verizon allow then on their 2G/3G bands of they did). But LTE is new enough that most phones don't support the 20 odd frequency ranges used (2G/3G use less then 10 combined for most of the world).
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BlackjackWidow said:
I doubt it was Samsung that removed it - more likely, Verizon had them remove the others. Just a guess, tho.
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The modem supports all the bands, Verizon disables it in software. What a bummer! I will suggest you to buy G950U or US cellular model.
Or flash the firmware of the carrier you want to enable the modem which has been successfully posted on a few xda threads and other sites. All snapdragon us variants can be cross flashed.
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Or flash the firmware of the carrier you want to enable the modem which has been successfully posted on a few xda threads and other sites. All snapdragon us variants can be cross flashed.
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You meant, if I flash those firmware on my Verizone S7, can I able to get LTE on my my mobile without any problem? please note am outside US and using efferent carrier sim.
Thanks in advance.
shakkirk said:
You meant, if I flash those firmware on my Verizone S7, can I able to get LTE on my my mobile without any problem? please note am outside US and using efferent carrier sim.
Thanks in advance.
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Yes, AT&T bands are in that firmware, evoke TMO bands are in there. Most gsm carriers have all bands except Verizon and Sprint bands enabled
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Yes, AT&T bands are in that firmware, evoke TMO bands are in there. Most gsm carriers have all bands except Verizon and Sprint bands enabled
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Sorry I am noob, can you please give me a step by step installation link?
Thanks in advance
shakkirk said:
Sorry I am noob, can you please give me a step by step installation link?
Thanks in advance
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I don't have links to the firmware, I'm at work. If you look at updato.com you can find the latest for the g930a, or you could get the g930u nougat update. There are plenty of threads that work through Odin usage in each forum in the QA
att s8 question
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I don't have links to the firmware, I'm at work. If you look at updato.com you can find the latest for the g930a, or you could get the g930u nougat update. There are plenty of threads that work through Odin usage in each forum in the QA
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do you know if an unlocked att s8 will work on page plus ? ( basicly Verizon ,same towers)
skindeep75 said:
do you know if an unlocked att s8 will work on page plus ? ( basicly Verizon ,same towers)
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You'd have to check on the s8 forums. An s7 probably would as I think only the Sprint and tmo phones were simlocked. Not sure though as I've only had my ST phone and read the vzw phone being used on several carriers.
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You'd have to check on the s8 forums. An s7 probably would as I think only the Sprint and tmo phones were simlocked. Not sure though as I've only had my ST phone and read the vzw phone being used on several carriers.
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just did a live chat with Samsung and they said an att unlocked s8 will work 100 percent with Verizon, heres to hoping shes right lol
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Or flash the firmware of the carrier you want to enable the modem which has been successfully posted on a few xda threads and other sites. All snapdragon us variants can be cross flashed.
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So are you saying that the actual bands are software based not hardware based. So all we have todo is flash the right ENG and ROM and wala I have right radios for my carrier?? US Based.
Yes, flashing the fw of the carrier loads the correct radio drivers. The radios are hardware based, but locked down by what the firmware has the instructions to look for and run.
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Yes, flashing the fw of the carrier loads the correct radio drivers. The radios are hardware based, but locked down by what the firmware has the instructions to look for and run.
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Great explanation, I’m new to this stuff - we all have to start somewhere right?
So is root required to flash? The reason I ask is that I’d like to buy an S7 but I want to be able to WiFi hotspot tether without carrier provisioning and some versions of the phone allow it while I’m pretty sure others block that (like att)...By the way do you know which version would be best to flash to for WiFi tethering and ALL LTE bands made available? Thanks!
charter3554 said:
Great explanation, I’m new to this stuff - we all have to start somewhere right?
So is root required to flash? The reason I ask is that I’d like to buy an S7 but I want to be able to WiFi hotspot tether without carrier provisioning and some versions of the phone allow it while I’m pretty sure others block that (like att)...By the way do you know which version would be best to flash to for WiFi tethering and ALL LTE bands made available? Thanks!
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I use the hybrid rom that is loaded with vzw and debloated custom to my needs. It has tethering enabled. You'll just need to use root long enough to get the flashfire setup going and then once you're done it is unrooted. You'll have to check other threads regarding performance tweaks if you decide to stay rooted.
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Yes, flashing the fw of the carrier loads the correct radio drivers. The radios are hardware based, but locked down by what the firmware has the instructions to look for and run.
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gunz.jones said:
I use the hybrid rom that is loaded with vzw and debloated custom to my needs. It has tethering enabled. You'll just need to use root long enough to get the flashfire setup going and then once you're done it is unrooted. You'll have to check other threads regarding performance tweaks if you decide to stay rooted.
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I thought the bootloader was locked on the Verizon S7 which doesn't allow rooting?... So rooting actually is possible on the Verizon S7?
charter3554 said:
I thought the bootloader was locked on the Verizon S7 which doesn't allow rooting?... So rooting actually is possible on the Verizon S7?
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Using the engineering kernel for nougat you can achieve toy, but it's buggy and slow since it wasn't meant to be used for daily devices. That's why the hybrid ton was developed to show some root uses without needing to keep root, like removing bloat permanently or getting the tethering service setup.
Anyone thought about doing a stock kernel for the US996 that enables the FM radio? I think there are some other libs needed too. I'm willing to test if someone can come up with a flashable zip for it. I'd build it myself if I had the slightest idea how.
Any ideas anyone?
Will your us996 unlock the software is us99610a ?? Are not used lg bridge check update ?? show (can not check the software version try again)
Thx
I have been trying as well with fm related files from tmobile based rom postings, but no luck yet. To answer hehelle, lg bridge reports it cannot check software. Hopefully it is due to no update and not fact that the phone is unlocked / rooted (cutting off all future updates).
Mine says software version US99610d, I've got the carrier unlocked version. Didn't come with FM radio installed. Updates says nothing new yet.
wyvernwaddell said:
Mine says software version US99610d, I've got the carrier unlocked version. Didn't come with FM radio installed. Updates says nothing new yet.
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Same software version here and no FM radio. Also I'm missing the option to always hide my phone number when calling. From searching, I see that many of the carrier locked versions have this option. Any idea how I can get it on the US996? Will rooting the phone allow me to enable this option?
Just rooting won't enable that, I think. That said, I have that setting on mine and it works. I had to go into dialer settings ( from the dialer) and then try Additional settings at the bottom of the list. I had to go in and out a few times to get it to read, but it does work.
SonnyFoxx said:
Same software version here and no FM radio. Also I'm missing the option to always hide my phone number when calling. From searching, I see that many of the carrier locked versions have this option. Any idea how I can get it on the US996? Will rooting the phone allow me to enable this option?
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Just rooting won't enable that, I think. That said, I have that setting on mine and it works. I had to go into dialer settings ( from the dialer) and then try Additional settings at the bottom of the list. I had to go in and out a few times to get it to read, but it does work.
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Really? I'm missing the Additional Settings. Does this have to do with not yet having a carrier? (I have no SIM card in my US996 yet. Haven't decided on a carrier.) May I ask what carrier and plan you ended up going with?
Yeah, not having a SIM card in would probably affect that. I'm on straight talk with a 'bring your own phone' ATT banded SIM. The rates aren't bad and it works pretty much everywhere. I got the unlimited plan.
SonnyFoxx said:
Really? I'm missing the Additional Settings. Does this have to do with not yet having a carrier? (I have no SIM card in my US996 yet. Haven't decided on a carrier.) May I ask what carrier and plan you ended up going with?
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I have the unlocked version and am running it on T-Mobile. It does have the block phone number setting but NO FM radio. Also have to "unhide" the wi-fi calling feature as it does NOT appear in settings.
pazzazz said:
I have the unlocked version and am running it on T-Mobile. It does have the block phone number setting but NO FM radio. Also have to "unhide" the wi-fi calling feature as it does NOT appear in settings.
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So there is wifi calling for tmobile on the unlocked version, you just have to use an app to search for it? That is huge for me as I will just order the unlocked open box off BH and save $100.
If your your rooted and have twrp you can flash this zip, found it here http://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/development/rom-natf-1-00-test-5-debloated-stock-t3509750
Blues fan said:
So there is wifi calling for tmobile on the unlocked version, you just have to use an app to search for it? That is huge for me as I will just order the unlocked open box off BH and save $100.
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It IS important! Download "Quick Shortcut Maker." Search for wi-fi calling and create a shortcut icon. You'll see it under "Call Services." Seems to work perfectly!!
pazzazz said:
I have the unlocked version and am running it on T-Mobile. It does have the block phone number setting but NO FM radio. Also have to "unhide" the wi-fi calling feature as it does NOT appear in settings.
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I have tmobile s7 edge and it has no option to block number. So this is an LG thing? Cool. I remember my old IPhone 3G had this.
OneDon said:
If your your rooted and have twrp you can flash this zip, found it here http://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/development/rom-natf-1-00-test-5-debloated-stock-t3509750
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Can anyone confirm that this works?
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Can anyone confirm that this works?
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Negative.
I have flashed this with stock rooted and now a deodexed test rom and can't get the FM radio to "turn on" - also the FM radio service crashes.
We need something more than the APKs flashed in TWRP. =(
Works well for me on LS997 model LGV20
I flashed my phone with this custom rom: https://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/development/rom-ls997-stock-debloated-su-goodies-t3531923
then using twrp in recovery mode, I did 'install' and chose the fm radio zip in this thread.
After I booted the phone again, I can confirm the fm radio app starts okay, and the FM radio itself turns on successfully when I have my headphones plugged in. All looks great!
Thanks!
Hrm, has anyone tried this on the VS995 with one of the custom kernels?
Buzzy42 said:
Hrm, has anyone tried this on the VS995 with one of the custom kernels?
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trying the fm radio now with WETA 5.0.7 if you are still interested in getting it working. will report back shortly
poixninja said:
trying the fm radio now with WETA 5.0.7 if you are still interested in getting it working. will report back shortly
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Did it work?
ymDroid said:
Did it work?
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Im still working on it. Trying to get all the files needed and may have to remove a model check from the apk
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I ordered my S8 unlocked direct from Samsung. I see that it does not by default have VOLTE available. Is there any way to get that enabled on AT&T?
Craig
csetera said:
I ordered my S8 unlocked direct from Samsung. I see that it does not by default have VOLTE available. Is there any way to get that enabled on AT&T?
Craig
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Need to flash att firmware . Rumor is that u might be able to flash tmobile as well with a little less bloatware.
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Thor2j said:
Need to flash att firmware . Rumor is that u might be able to flash tmobile as well with a little less bloatware.
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Does my bootloader need to be unlocked? In the end, I'm not sure if it is necessarily worth the bloatware to get this feature. Any ideas what other benefits there may be to the AT&T firmware?
csetera said:
Does my bootloader need to be unlocked? In the end, I'm not sure if it is necessarily worth the bloatware to get this feature. Any ideas what other benefits there may be to the AT&T firmware?
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Don't need to touch bootloader. Users here report that even after flashing AT&T firmware, you may also need to get an IMEI off of one of the devices from AT&T store and possibly provide it to tech support so they can add it to your account. I also know for example there are other firmware versions, that are from AT&T, but without carriers bloatware, check on them too.
Just read/ask questions and you will get your questions answered.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s8/how-to/snap-guide-flashing-standard-fw-carrier-t3625817
I've seen some mixed things about this, and would like some confirmation
I've seen some people say they've gotten it on the Tmobile version, but from what I can see, unless I have the Chinese model, I can't get TWRP, maybe they were using the Exynos version on tmobile, but they identified by tmobile
So is it possible to get xposed on snapdragon US unlocked?
ACardAttack said:
I've seen some mixed things about this, and would like some confirmation
I've seen some people say they've gotten it on the Tmobile version, but from what I can see, unless I have the Chinese model, I can't get TWRP, maybe they were using the Exynos version on tmobile, but they identified by tmobile
So is it possible to get xposed on snapdragon US unlocked?
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yes download the xposed app and install the framework within the app i run it myself on my snap s8
TheMadScientist said:
yes download the xposed app and install the framework within the app i run it myself on my snap s8
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I am in the exact same situation. I have a rooted, unlocked snapdragon S8 and get the message that the xposed framework is not yet available on my device when I try to install from within the app.
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I am in the exact same situation. I have a rooted, unlocked snapdragon S8 and get the message that the xposed framework is not yet available on my device when I try to install from within the app.
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You can manually download the framework same as seen in my pic and flash it in with flashfire
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You can manually download the framework same as seen in my pic and flash it in with flashfire
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Thank you!
TheMadScientist said:
yes download the xposed app and install the framework within the app i run it myself on my snap s8
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Do you know if this works for the note 8 snapdragon?
iAmChump said:
Do you know if this works for the note 8 snapdragon?
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I don't believe so this would be better asked in note 8 threads
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I don't believe so this would be better asked in note 8 threads
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Do you have a link to the best thread to ask in. I have asked in many threads an not really had a reply.
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Do you have a link to the best thread to ask in. I have asked in many threads an not really had a reply.
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-8/help
shm02 said:
I am in the exact same situation. I have a rooted, unlocked snapdragon S8 and get the message that the xposed framework is not yet available on my device when I try to install from within the app.
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I have the sm-g955u variant. Where did you find instructions to unlock the bootloader of this phone? Everything I am reading says that it is not unlockable and I need the chinese variant. Do you have TWRP installed on it?