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[Q] After flashing stock firmware image, still "custom" status / Not receiving calls
I had flashed CWM and rooted my phone, then I ran into an issue where I couldn't receive MMS messages at all (I could on WiFi) but not via text.
Anyways, I fixed it by flashing a stock firmware image located here. However, after checking About Phone > status, my phone still states that it is a custom device.
I don't have any intention of using a warranty at the moment, but, this leads me to believe their are some left over files somewhere. If there are, where would I go about to remove this, or how can I go about fixing the custom status so it states it is official?
I also have another issue that if I am ever in a roaming area, instead of getting a call, the person calling me just gets sent straight to my voicemail. With no other option.
This is becoming incredibly annoying, because 90% of the time I am roaming in my dorm room, so, I keep missing calls when people call me.
I honestly don't know what to do. I have tried flashing the stock firmware, that didn't seem to help. The only other thing I can really do at this point, is try going to MDC versus MDL which is what I initially tried.
are you still rooted? if so then there is your problem. "flashing" a stock firmware dosent always mean you loose root.....since i cant click the hyperlink i cant see what you flashed. theres an app on the market called root checker. download it and make sure there is no root access. as for your roaming issue.....your sol cause thats the breaks. if yoru roaming then your not on the carriers network and if your not on the carriers network they cant do anything for you and whom evers network you may be able to connect to is not obligated to letting your call go through......some carriers block these types of calls during peak hours or at times of extreme volume to ensure they are providing the best service they can to their customers......so in short call sprint and try to get you an airave....assuming you have internet in your dorm room that may be a temporary fix.
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are you still rooted? if so then there is your problem. "flashing" a stock firmware dosent always mean you loose root.....since i cant click the hyperlink i cant see what you flashed. theres an app on the market called root checker. download it and make sure there is no root access. as for your roaming issue.....your sol cause thats the breaks. if yoru roaming then your not on the carriers network and if your not on the carriers network they cant do anything for you and whom evers network you may be able to connect to is not obligated to letting your call go through......some carriers block these types of calls during peak hours or at times of extreme volume to ensure they are providing the best service they can to their customers......so in short call sprint and try to get you an airave....assuming you have internet in your dorm room that may be a temporary fix.
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As far as the airave, I have one already and that is at my parents house. So I doubt I would be able to get another one (especially for free because paying 100 dollars a month to get service is stupid). "Not Roam Control" tells me that I am roaming on US Cellular (best guess). I do have internet, but unfortunately, I have to authenticate every time I want to use the internet, and that requires software that can't be loaded onto an airave.
As far as the firmware I was flashing it was from Sammobile / the xda thread that has the non-rooted stock firmwares.
so your back to full stock, no custom recovery, no custom kernel,no custom rom,nothing just plain jane stock.....and this was done via ODIN correct?
ya so pretty much your sol on the whole roaming thing......sprint even has it in your contract that if you move outside a coverage area they are not obligated to provide you with service of any kind nor are they required to credit you for time spent without said services. if you cant use your phone for more than 50% of the time i would look at getting another carrier
I have an ntelos S5 (G900R7). There is no development for this phone anywhere on the internet. Perhaps I can find support here?
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So far (you may skip this part):
I have managed to successfully install Spirit Rom with full functionality, by copying my old build.prop into the system directory, and restoring my previous apn settings using the apnsbu. I forget why I left this rom, but I did. Everything I try has some problem! I then proceeded to try just CM11, by itself, and had 3g difficulties. Then, using Kushman's sprint MIUI, (Ntelos shares sprint towers) things seemed to work right, but it remapped my recent app key to menu... (perhaps I can map it back?) and the volume was not controlled by my physical volume buttons.
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Now my favorite rom so far: Mokee Rom It's fast and visually pleasing, but I have wi-fi and phone difficulties.
After imposing my APN settings, I can reproduce these effects:
(1) Before replacing build.prop, the wi-fi works and can be enabled or disabled as I need. Also, 3g works very well at nice speeds, but it says "Verizon Wireless" underneath the 3g indicator bars. However, I cannot make calls. If I attempt to do so, the 3g data stops working, turns orange, and no longer says "3g". If I do this, then no data can be transmitted or received.
(2) After Replacing build.prop with the "good original" copy (which sometimes fixes similar problems in other custom roms) the wi-fi becomes stuck in a constant state of "turning wi-fi on..." but never turns on. 3g still works, but, as in part (1), it will break if I try to make a call.'' Also, in this case it says "Sprint" instead of "Verizon Wireless"
Does any one have advice, or perhaps some build.prop settings to modify? Or maybe there's a different file that would help. Again, my phone is the SM G900R7. Has someone else with this phone had luck customizing it?
Thank you
nTelos S5
Likewise have a nTelos S5, have not found any custom roms that can successfully be installed without data or phone issues.
Also trying to install any ASOP roms resulted with all phone efs data getting cleared.
Upon searched relentlessly the only rom I found that functions is located at
http://teamcspire.com/index.php?/topic/112-gs5-g900r7-r2-teamcspire-nd8stock-deodexed-101814/
its very stock but functions flawlessly for me.
Advise if you have any luck, I will reciprocate.
doby-nut said:
Likewise have a nTelos S5, have not found any custom roms that can successfully be installed without data or phone issues.
Also trying to install any ASOP roms resulted with all phone efs data getting cleared.
Upon searched relentlessly the only rom I found that functions is located at
http://teamcspire.com/index.php?/topic/112-gs5-g900r7-r2-teamcspire-nd8stock-deodexed-101814/
its very stock but functions flawlessly for me.
Advise if you have any luck, I will reciprocate.
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My advice is to you, is that if you install Mokee rom, do not update it with OTA update. This is what I think broke the network for me. Even after restoring my phone to factory conditions and using Kies, I still had no network. I ended up going to the nTelos store, where they had to reset the network service for my phone on their end... strange.
Anyway, I have made a few roms work, and I suspect I could make more. If you maintain your apn settings, and build.prop, you should be able to make Spirit rom work. The same thing is true for Miui. However, if I remember from my experience correctly, if you do install Miui, then I THINK you should not restore your original build.prop; it may work without it... just restore the apn settings. When you do this, you may have to change the preferred network mode... I am a little freaked out, after my previous experience with Mokee rom, to mess with this any longer, though. I do have a problem with Spirit rom: if I use the Timely alarm clock, the time panel is miscolored, but I believe that could possibly? be fixed by flashing a different kernel. I plan on flashing Spirit tonight.... stock uses up my battery too fast, and Spirit just feels more responsive.
EDIT: I just re-flashed Spirit Rom, and they fixed the discoloration in the most recent version! Also, as before, my 3g and WiFi work fine.
Took me days...
The CSpire shares the model number and ROM. The US Cellular CM11 is the closest. Somewhere in that I lost my ability to send texts (not sure if it's the SMSC or...) and didn't get it back when I ODIN'd to stock. I would LOVE to have CM support for this model.
I also am in the same boat as you guys. I would love to get another reliable ROM on this phone. I just have bad memories of purchasing my last one (Sprint GS3) from ebay, and having one hell of a time making the MMS work after flashing it for nTelos. However, I never did have to mess with any of the APNs or build.prop settings on that one. I would think the Sprint ROMs should be the closest compatible ROM, being that nTelos and Sprint do share towers in WVa and Va (Sprint actually has zero towers in these states, and leases nTelos towers instead).
Is using EFS Backup by Wanam a good method to insure the EFS does not get screwed up?
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(1) Before replacing build.prop, the wi-fi works and can be enabled or disabled as I need. Also, 3g works very well at nice speeds, but it says "Verizon Wireless" underneath the 3g indicator bars. However, I cannot make calls. If I attempt to do so, the 3g data stops working, turns orange, and no longer says "3g". If I do this, then no data can be transmitted or received.
(2) After Replacing build.prop with the "good original" copy (which sometimes fixes similar problems in other custom roms) the wi-fi becomes stuck in a constant state of "turning wi-fi on..." but never turns on. 3g still works, but, as in part (1), it will break if I try to make a call.'' Also, in this case it says "Sprint" instead of "Verizon Wireless"
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You might try saving out your wpa_supplicant file from the stock ROM and replacing it on the flashed ROM. This has worked for me before on my GS3. That might take care of the wifi anyway.
I'm also on ntelos with the s5 now. But it is a us cellular unlocked by them phone. Stuck in a ntelos sim card that I bought from store and everything works. Except 4g. I can live w/o it but it's kinda like a puzzle now. How could I enable this to work on ntelos?
Depending on where you are, ntelos does not have 4G in many places yet. It's still very spotty in West Virginia.
Has anyone taken the OTA Lollipop update? If so, how is it working and does it lock or put in a new bootloader?
I have. It's a little laggy at times, gets really hot when using it while charging and battery drains a little faster. Not sure about the bootloader
i4get75 said:
I have. It's a little laggy at times, gets really hot when using it while charging and battery drains a little faster. Not sure about the bootloader
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I think I will hold off for a while. My stock NK1 is laggy enough as is. Damn, I wish there was a compatible ASOP ROM available for this phone.
Honestly, this Samsung G5 is the absolute worst phone I have ever owned! I would like to get a S6, but my experience has been so bad with this S5, I am almost afraid to stick with Samsung. However, my S3 was awesome!
Just found out that the heart rate sensor is active when the phone is on no matter if S Health is open or not.
I am in the Richmond area on Ntelos. They have stated they have sold their bandwidth to T-Mobile and we are to find another carrier. My phone is not even a year old and no other carrier will activate it. Being I own mine outright and paid close to $600, I am about to lose my mind knowing that I will have a shiny expensive very small tablet in a few months. Has anyone a clue how to change this phone over to GSM or something useful. Verizon refused to even try, though I know when I tried Straight Talk's Verizon Sim it did dial to Verizon's customer service. But Straight Talk nor Verizon would activate it.
Ideas and suggestions welcome.
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I am in the Richmond area on Ntelos. They have stated they have sold their bandwidth to T-Mobile and we are to find another carrier. My phone is not even a year old and no other carrier will activate it. Being I own mine outright and paid close to $600, I am about to lose my mind knowing that I will have a shiny expensive very small tablet in a few months. Has anyone a clue how to change this phone over to GSM or something useful. Verizon refused to even try, though I know when I tried Straight Talk's Verizon Sim it did dial to Verizon's customer service. But Straight Talk nor Verizon would activate it.
Ideas and suggestions welcome.
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page plus,i am an ntelos dealer and pageplus dealer i flash phones to and from both companies everyday i am in ruckersville va 12 mile north of charlottesville lemme know if you need help you right its the enitre eastern side of the companyh is gone now to tmobile but you can still activate on frawg..ive done many for customers
Thanks for the info. I am on the frawg side of things now. Their plans were too much when mine ended and I didn't need a phone at the time. Then a few years later, yeah I made my S1 last almost 4 years, I bought the S5 late last year outright. Loved the S1. Made that do everything it just did everything slow at the end.
Anyway, am glad there are options of some sort. Have been reading the reviews of pageplus. What kind of speeds are you getting on it with 4G? Their map shows coverage everywhere which makes me a bit uneasy, as in too good to be true. Is it a simple flash or require editing?
If I can't do something else with the phone, I may try the band opening options. According to the phone specs, it should already have all the Verizon bands but they refuse to activate it due to the meid it seems. I have a feeling this topic may get more viewers as the Ntelos off switch day comes closer.
Google Fit was the culprit for the heart rate sensor staying on. Un-installed it and fixed it
After all this time, has anybody found a ROM that works well on this phone?
can't get data so Internet not working on galaxy s5 unlocked already switched ntelos
njdan30 said:
page plus,i am an ntelos dealer and pageplus dealer i flash phones to and from both companies everyday i am in ruckersville va 12 mile north of charlottesville lemme know if you need help you right its the enitre eastern side of the companyh is gone now to tmobile but you can still activate on frawg..ive done many for customers
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My internet is not working but I can get talk and text
In case nobody has seen this, there is a now a CyanogenMod 5.1.1 ROM available now for nTelos. I have been running it for 3 days now and I really like it. Good battery life too. Very stable and very speedy. There are some occasional bluetooth audio stuttering issues, but nothing terrible.
See this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...ent/unofficial-cm-12-1-g900r7-inland-t3255191
FYI, Cyanogenmod 13.0 (Android 6.0.1) is available for nTelos and C-Spire (and other) devices here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...ent/unofficial-cm-12-1-g900r7-inland-t3255191
Sucks for ntelos customers bring forced into sprint at least the CDMA phones and iphones are unlocked
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njdan30 said:
page plus,i am an ntelos dealer and pageplus dealer i flash phones to and from both companies everyday i am in ruckersville va 12 mile north of charlottesville lemme know if you need help you right its the enitre eastern side of the companyh is gone now to tmobile but you can still activate on frawg..ive done many for customers
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Sorry it's been a year only thing needed was a sim card and set apns it'll be 3g but beats a paper weight it'll get evdo and ehrpd speeds some cases you can get lte but very limited areas
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My sister bought an S4 off of eBay that was set for Boost Mobile and has had issues with it since she got it. She tells me that when she boots it up that a bunch of error messages pop up but once she closes them she can use the phone for calls and text as well as the internet but only on WiFi. She gets no mobile data and no GPS but does have a SIM card in it, however Boost is not able to activate the card.
She tells me that the phone is a former Sprint phone, and has contacted Boost about her issues but there has been no resolution. They have tried sending firmware to her phone but it has not helped. I do not have physical access to the phone as she is in Florida and I am in North Carolina. I have flashed my AT&T S4 before with no issues and want to try to help her. She however knows nothing about flashing phones but is willing to try it.
What I am trying to find out for her is what she could do to get her phone working the way it should. Would she have to flash it back to a Sprint phone and then to Boost again? What software and firmware would she need to do this? Would she lose her phone number or be able to keep it? I know nothing about doing this but can figure things out pretty well and can follow directions to do the job, and would also have to walk her through doing this herself. This is her only phone and she can't afford to get a different one right now so having this one working is important for her.
Any help with this would be greatly appreciated!
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My sister bought an S4 off of eBay that was set for Boost Mobile and has had issues with it since she got it. She tells me that when she boots it up that a bunch of error messages pop up but once she closes them she can use the phone for calls and text as well as the internet but only on WiFi. She gets no mobile data and no GPS but does have a SIM card in it, however Boost is not able to activate the card.
She tells me that the phone is a former Sprint phone, and has contacted Boost about her issues but there has been no resolution. They have tried sending firmware to her phone but it has not helped. I do not have physical access to the phone as she is in Florida and I am in North Carolina. I have flashed my AT&T S4 before with no issues and want to try to help her. She however knows nothing about flashing phones but is willing to try it.
What I am trying to find out for her is what she could do to get her phone working the way it should. Would she have to flash it back to a Sprint phone and then to Boost again? What software and firmware would she need to do this? Would she lose her phone number or be able to keep it? I know nothing about doing this but can figure things out pretty well and can follow directions to do the job, and would also have to walk her through doing this herself. This is her only phone and she can't afford to get a different one right now so having this one working is important for her.
Any help with this would be greatly appreciated!
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If the phone was originally on Sprint and someone flashed it to Boost Mobile, I can see why she is having problems. I would advise that the phone be returned and obtain other one that hasn't been modified. Boost Mobile will RESKU the Sprint Galaxy S4, S4 Triband and S4 Mini that haven't been modified at no charge and everything will work.
The full list of eligible Sprint devices are listed on the link below.
http://www.boostmobile.com/support/...phone/#which-sprint-phones-can-i-use-on-boost
Does anyone know what this letter C like deal is between my wifi symbol and my call signal ? I was going to ask dottat big D but it seems we have lost him to the forum. He will be missed he was always a good contributing member and a good friend to many of us including myself. He will not easily be replaced and he will be missed. Best of luck to you D a lot of us appreciated everything you did for us.
Now on what I have going on, mine is an unlocked htc 10 s-off unlocked, verizon picks it up as a verizon htc 10 for reasons we are not supposed to discuss on here, so what was done is flashed the verizon htc 10 radio and such as Dottat has on his thread, but what I think is going on is mine is picking the verizon signal up as roaming which it is not, so my problem is in the phone itself and not in my verizon service. The reason why I have it set up to be picked up as a verizon 10 is because I run it on total wireless prepaid which is $35 a month unl talk & text with 5 gigs of verizon data throttled to 5 mbps down and two up. If it was on a post paid account then I could activate the sim in another phone and put in this unlocked 10 and it would work fine registered as an unlocked 10, but for total wireless if you activate the sim in another phone and put it in the unlocked 10 you will only get 3g data I think its this way for all verizon mvno the only exception would be verizon prepaid.
So here is what I have tried I"am running viper10 2.2.0 the first time in viper set up while flashing I selected the phone as unlocked 10 which is where I"am back to because I tried flashing again and selecting the phone as verizon 10 and it was working great problem fixed until I find out camera wont work it turns on then right back off so I tried uninstalling the htc 10 camera app then clear cashe and reboot and re install it from the play store and same deal open the camera app and it closes immediately, then flashed viper again going back to selecting phone as unlocked 10 during rom flash, and camera works great again. I really do not want to convert to a verizon 10 as I like my updates from htc directly and not from douche bag verizon lol. Anyone know this issue ? I do not need to convert to verizon 10 as prepaid does not use Volte so converting is worthless and of no benefit. I dont know if the issue is firmware related but wouldnt you think the unlocked 10 and verizon 10 would use the same software for the camera ? It makes no sense. I guess for the time being I wont have a camera and if I cant find a camera fix I will wait it out for the new nexus 5.5 inch screen phone expected to be due out in a month or two. Anyone have any clue on a camera fix ? Because as unlocked 10 flashed viper10 it works great except the camera wont work at all ?
Here is a screenshot showing the C
I forgot to mention not only is my htc 10 trying to roam, it does not want to send texts they fail sending and that is even trying using verizon messages. And I tried flashing the verizon radio again each time after flashing viper10 and switching from unlocked 10 to verizon 10, and then back to unlocked 10 again to confirm camera was working right again which it was now I will have to flash viper10 again and once again set it up in flash as a verizon 10, have no choice, either my total wireless verizon mvno service works and camera does not or camera working and no service yeah thats a no brainer lol. So there is where I"am and no Dotat to save me this time lol
you cant use the unlocked option on viper if your going to use it on Verizon. the Verizon option in aroma flashes the necessary files to make it work properly on their network, like system apps, libs, apn info, framework files, etc.....
the camera breaks due to mismatched firmware on your phone. you need Verizon radio and firmware for it to work properly. flash the latest Verizon RUU and radio if needed and then reflash viper with the Verizon options. if your using it for Verizon the unlocked firmware and options no longer apply to you and are now on verizons time when it comes to updates.
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you cant use the unlocked option on viper if your going to use it on Verizon. the Verizon option in aroma flashes the necessary files to make it work properly on their network, like system apps, libs, apn info, framework files, etc.....
the camera breaks due to mismatched firmware on your phone. you need Verizon radio and firmware for it to work properly. flash the latest Verizon RUU and radio if needed and then reflash viper with the Verizon options. if your using it for Verizon the unlocked firmware and options no longer apply to you and are now on verizons time when it comes to updates.
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Yeah I will pass on that I guess I can do without camera as I do not want to convert to a verizon version. I like my updates quick and clean from Htc and not from slow verizon who takes months so they can try to figure out extra bloat to add or any other ways they can try to lock your phone down more.
With viper10 2.2.0 set up as a verizon 10 then flashing the verizon radio everything works perfect except no camera so no camera is better to me than putting any nasty verizon software on my phone I dont even want their firmware nothing verizon that I absolutely do not have to have like my unlocked motorola nexus 6 is I get nothing from verizon but the call signal and their LTE data just as it should be.
I just flashed the 1.19.605..9_s_on RUU that Dottat provided for Verizon onto my Sprint HTC 10. Everything works great, except for one thing: the camera launches a black, flashing screen in any camera app. I'm guessing this is due to some mismatch of firmware on the device?
Here's the original thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/ver...l-ruu-1-19-605-9-t3377586/page32#post69151435
Can anyone shed some light on this? I read on this thread here that people are experiencing this, but it isn't clear why, and what possible solutions might be...
I'm so very hesitant to even try to root my phone or do anything with it because I just don't understand Android and I don't honestly have the time to learn it right now. And I mean that literally I have so much going on with trying to teach myself auto repair and keep myself from getting towed so my dog and I will not lose our home. But it seems to me that when I took it to T-Mobile and they switched out my sim there was an improvement but whether it's not being able to make a receive calls or not being able to access mobile data and now it just being so unbelievably slow but technically functioning correctly, I still can't believe that it won't benefit from a root or flashing a universal ROM. But I just don't understand Android and my illness doesn't make it any easier to understand or handle. I can't get rid of the Sprint apps and I cannot use T-Mobile's app and I assume that's because it didn't actually flash the firmware. When my a13 screen broke, I swapped it Sim into this S7 which I was fortunate to have access to and it sort of worked but I didn't have mobile data at that time so I have to take it to T-Mobile and have them help me figure it out we changed access points and long story short I simply cannot load a T-Mobile app even now. This is obviously the results of some sort of conflict within the firmware software whatever I don't know I don't have the ability to comprehend it. But it is unlocked I see the OEM unlock option it even says it's unlocked I see T-Mobile network... You know a picture is worth a thousand words can anybody help me make this phone fully functional? It's just a few more days I'll get a benefit check and I'm getting a new phone but I guess I've become slightly spoiled because I can't handle 2 minutes to load an app in my chaotic life. But I can figure it out I believe if somebody just points me in the right direction. But I always get that one detail wrong when I try to figure it out myself.
I apologize for any rules that I might have broken because I can't seem to not break a rule when I post on forums even after reading and watching videos on forum etiquette guidelines.
Darylzane said:
I apologize for any rules that I might have broken because I can't seem to not break a rule when I post on forums even after reading and watching videos on forum etiquette guidelines.
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Take it easy on yourself. As long as you follow the Forum Rules and Forum Etiquette linked in my signature, you should be OK. If you make a mistake, we will let you know, and if it's a genuine mistake that you don't repeat, you'll be fine.
I would like to point out that your posts are pretty hard to understand. While we can certainly empathize with what you're going through, not everything needs to be shared online, and it's hard to understand your question when there's a lot of other information to sift through. This is why we have Rule 3:
3. Post using a clear and descriptive subject and message.
You're most likely to receive a helpful answer to your question, if you use a short subject title that describes your problem and a message that explains in detail, what your problem is and what you've done to try solving it.
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So to make sure I understand what you're asking...You're trying to use your phone on the T-Mobile network, but it shows Disconnected under Mobile Network and you're unable to make calls or use data, correct?
Unlocking the bootloader shouldn't affect this, nor should the ROM if you're using the factory Galaxy S7 firmware.
When exactly did this stop working, and did you do anything to the phone that may have been related to this problem?
V0latyle said:
Take it easy on yourself. As long as you follow the Forum Rules and Forum Etiquette linked in my signature, you should be OK. If you make a mistake, we will let you know, and if it's a genuine mistake that you don't repeat, you'll be fine.
I would like to point out that your posts are pretty hard to understand. While we can certainly empathize with what you're going through, not everything needs to be shared online, and it's hard to understand your question when there's a lot of other information to sift through. This is why we have Rule 3:
So to make sure I understand what you're asking...You're trying to use your phone on the T-Mobile network, but it shows Disconnected under Mobile Network and you're unable to make calls or use data, correct?
Unlocking the bootloader shouldn't affect this, nor should the ROM if you're using the factory Galaxy S7 firmware.
When exactly did this stop working, and did you do anything to the phone that may have been related to this problem?
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Okay, thank you. I realized I had not done a factory reset, and so I did. As expected, I now cannot use mobile data, make or receive calls. Ive only ever entered recovery mode. Never had stock firmware. And when I factory reset, as I'm entering recovery aqa plop l mb drew it looked like it was updating firmware only to be followed by the little android guy looking like he's dead with "no command" or something to thateffect. .I'm on public. The S7 is a Sprint phone, I'm on the Magenta Max plan at T-Mobile. I still have the new SIM that the rep put in at a T-Mobile store, and while I can't use data or calls, it is performing as I would expect of a phone this old. And I still have sprint apps, of course, T-Mobiles app won't stop crashing. And I just need to know a few things. It's the CSC codes I don't quite understand. If I found y exact phones model firmware on Updato where it says to make certain you download the correct firmware... will this not just reinstall Sprint Firmware. The way I interpret all the warnings is if you download g930u or g930t and flash it, you will brick the phone.
So I want to be certain, is XAA, universal?
And I'm continuing writing this reply after getting back home, I did T-Mobile's access point again and now I have the ability to text and receive texts I can go online without Wi-Fi but I cannot make calls. Modem issue correct? I just don't understand how that works with cellular. And I have this funny feeling that nobody at any T-Mobile store will know anything as much as you people do. So once again thank you so freaking much.
One more thing this means by the phrasing of it that it's not unlocked but I can unlock it right? Or is it such an old phone that its somehow is just a flick of a switch and it's unlocked?
Darylzane said:
Okay, thank you. I realized I had not done a factory reset, and so I did.
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Why did you think you needed to? When did you do this?
Darylzane said:
As expected, I now cannot use mobile data, make or receive calls. Ive only ever entered recovery mode.
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Meaning the device won't boot into Android anymore?
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Never had stock firmware.
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What do you mean by this?
Darylzane said:
And when I factory reset, as I'm entering recovery it looked like it was updating firmware only to be followed by the little android guy looking like he's dead with "no command" or something to thateffect.
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I'm not familiar enough with Samsung devices to know whether it should bring up the menu automatically or
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aqa plop l mb drew
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....What?
Darylzane said:
.I'm on public. The S7 is a Sprint phone, I'm on the Magenta Max plan at T-Mobile. I still have the new SIM that the rep put in at a T-Mobile store, and while I can't use data or calls, it is performing as I would expect of a phone this old.
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Okay, so you used this phone on Sprint and brought it over to T-Mobile? Sprint and TMobile are totally different networks, Sprint is (was) CDMA and TMobile is GSM. The two are not compatible. If your S7 is a Sprint specific variant (G930P) I don't think you can use it on TMobile and will have to get a new phone.
Darylzane said:
And I still have sprint apps, of course, T-Mobiles app won't stop crashing. And I just need to know a few things. It's the CSC codes I don't quite understand. If I found y exact phones model firmware on Updato where it says to make certain you download the correct firmware... will this not just reinstall Sprint Firmware. The way I interpret all the warnings is if you download g930u or g930t and flash it, you will brick the phone.
So I want to be certain, is XAA, universal?
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There are a few CSCs, but they honestly don't matter. Just use any North American one. The CSC isn't the same as your device model. You shouldn't use G930U on anything but a G930U.
Darylzane said:
And I'm continuing writing this reply after getting back home, I did T-Mobile's access point again and now I have the ability to text and receive texts I can go online without Wi-Fi but I cannot make calls. Modem issue correct? I just don't understand how that works with cellular. And I have this funny feeling that nobody at any T-Mobile store will know anything as much as you people do. So once again thank you so freaking much.
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Cell phones use digital radios. The modem is the chipset that handles all the wireless communication. Like I said before, it's possible that your G930P isn't compatible with the TMobile network.
My suggestion: Call T-Mobile. If they gave you the SIM knowing what phone you were going to use, they should help you get it working. It sounds to me like a network provisioning issue, and that's not something anyone here will be able to help with.
i reformatted because it was my fathers, i had **** on there i didnt need to access, see or have cluttering. and a fresh start never hurts any tech in 99% of cases in my experience. it boot just fine. but it was once again a purely sprint phone. i knew it would be, but i think i was only able to make calls because the new T-Mobile SIM was affected by the reset to Sprint variation of the stock firmware. stock is fresh from Samsung with no bloatware. no alterations, there is factory reset, and factory reset from an originally unlocked no carrier ever assigned firmware. correct me if anything is wrong there. but i do think i just need to go to tmobile again to get my phone call function back. but does this mean i can never remove the the sprint startup logo, bloatware (with is any sprint app in my mind thus not stock) And never will be able to use a t-mobile app? if my phone is version 8 oreo, the baseband or pda is the same, as is everything except the fact that my model is a 930P and not 930T then the 930T will potentially break it?
additional questions, in recovery with no bootloader what is apply update from SD or ADB, is that anything firmware related if i do another factory reset and can ODIN or the firmware itself be loaded on my sd and flash itself?
im on a laptop and thats something im more familiar with by comparison. but custom desktops are my forte. a desktop you modify all you want and you can generally very easily fix a mistake. laptops, a tiny mistake and its taken me 6 months to just today think i can save it and save myself a 1000s buck likely. im learning the true definition of proprietary gree.... ahem software and hardware. I cant install and NVIDIA 1660ti graphics driver from NVIDIA directly and unless Lenovo modifies it i lose my display and cannot see what i need to fix. this concept is my question in regards to g930p to g930 u or XAA versions. of 8.0 oreo with everything matching except nowhere on my phone is the CSC code of SPR for sprint.
lastly, my theory is that i thought tmobile bought sprint, if they did, it makes sense T-Mobile wants to slap somthing on a product or software as a big HAHA because of how customer service quality has plummeted worldwide to appalling levels. its disgusting. but ill stop there or ill write a novel on that.
regardless i thank you all for your help. i will live till i get my social security check, but i need to bring an extra two battery banks. my NOCO CAR JUMPSTARTER died trying to keep it alive for a 2 hour long appointment. todays apps just demand too much and too many apps are secretly recording, tracking, advertising and hell in all likelyhood nefariously intended functions. just think of McAfee virus, damn near impossible to get rid of and used to be harder, costs a fortune, slows your rig and a hacker still sent a power surge into my pc killing that 3K PC desktop. smart but careless cause he somehow left screenshots of the DDOS program he used when accessing my OneDrive.
i like information, sorry to blather on, most is useless probably but hopefully you find a diamond in all that rambling.