Bought wife a new LG Stylo 3+ from Cricket and had it unlocked. Nice device, but only issues now are tethering doesn't work at all. Not USB or Wifi tethering is possible using their firmware. I get a network authorization error that was due to Crickets device CSC. I found some notes that others have used SQLite on some devices to clear the carrier crippling, and am now able to turn on the tethering, but now I can't open any webpage when connected to the device and mobile data is on.
This oddball, the LG M430 is a tough one to find any type of clean stock firmware, and forget about trying to root it. Any ideas on flashing it with the M450 firmware from T-Mobile, AT&T or Canada's Freedom M470 variant? Thx.
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Hi guys,
I'm a complete noob to this stuff so please bear with me. I have an unlocked LG G2 that I use on MetroPCS. So the other day I decided to root it to enable free tethering. Now I have done this before on both a Motorola Photon and a HTC Evo 4G, both sprint, both flashed. They both worked splendidly. However, after I unlocked my G2 and attempted to tether to my laptop, the MetroPCS "we blocked you, you need to upgrade your plan," message popped. I tried to tether to another phone and it worked fine. So the search began to see what was wrong and I tried the SQLite thing where you go to the setting storage and change the number to zero and... nope. Then I tried to change the apn settings and once again, it didnt work. Next up was free tether unlocker, then FoxFi, then PdaNet+ of which none worked. All resulted in my laptop displaying the MetroPCS upgrade your plan message. I'm not sure if I did anything wrong but... please help.
Hello All,
For the past 3 weeks, I was reading threads and trying to solve the issue, but no luck. So please help me.
My problem/story started when I have ordered an LG V20 US996 from china, everything was working. I wanted to root it so I have tried this https://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/how-to/v20-h915us996-dirtyelf-bootloader-t3568013 and it worked, but I have lost the GSM Signal
I have tried to fix the issue by going to *#*#4636#*#* -> Phone information, but the US996 rom can’t access this menu. So I have tied to flash LineageOS for US996 it has started but the touch didn’t work so I have used an OTG Mouse, I went to *#*#4636#*#* but no result
After a long search on the internet I have come on a thread that suggest to see the original model of the phone (because as they said in china they may change the phone version), so I have checked the motherboard and I have found out that my phone is VS995.
But when I enter the LGUP or UPPERCUT it says that it is US996, I only can flash US996 KDZ ROM. However, after I went to ##PROGRAM996 I hit there reset (I don’t know exactly where) the phone restarted and now it shows in LGUP that it is VS995
So I have flashed using UPPERCUT VS99512A_06_1114_ARB00.kdz and no result still no GSM Signal then I have rooted the phone using https://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/development/ls997vs995h910-dirtysanta-bootloader-t3519410
I have flashed back the original EFS, no result still no GSM Signal
So I have Installed LineageOS for VS995 in order to access *#*#4636#*#* (because I couldn’t access any hidden menu form the VS995 original dialer) after Installing LineageOS the touch screen didn’t work I have an OTG Mouse, I went to *#*#4636#*#* -> Phone information, I Turn on the Radio but the still no GSM Signal
I have tried flushing multiple kernels and ROMs but no luck
I even tired this https://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/how-to/manual-program-sprint-ls997-v20-t3557676 but no luck, I couldn’t contact Verizon for the MSID number because I live in Lebanon
P.S: I have an IMEI number
I am going crazy here
Please help me
i have also tried this https://forum.xda-developers.com/v2...-ls997-v20-t3557676/post71315675#post71315675
and didn't work
i have no signal problem too, after doing firmware update using wifi, now my VS995 won't register to GSM/LTE network and it says Sim Card is not from Verizon...
how to activate this phone? i'm not in USA as your problem i cannot activate the VS995 using Verizon services,..
what should we do? to activate manually without the Verizon simcards??
Mine was showing no signal until I made a call, then it worked. I'm in the US, though.
VS995
LineageOS 14.1
Verizon
Habe you tried changing to Global. I am in the UK and have a vs995 and i am getting the not a verizon sim (which you can ignore). My problem is that using my contract carrier (EE) i cannot access 4G only 3G GSM but if i use a different carrier sim (O2) 4G/LTE is working.
hey..
can anyone pls share the qcn for vs995..?
Hello, after receiving the wrong phone from Amazon twice now and them saying they won't be able to get me the H918 after that, I may just stick with the H910 instead of switching to another device entirely. I want to switch firmware because from what I am seeing online in a few people, AT&T has hardcoded stuff in the H910 ROM that is causing the two main issues I'm having with the phone (I returned it already, but I can order it again if I'm able to switch to the H918 ROM): Sending and receiving MMS does not work, and tethering/WiFi hotspot does not work, because both are trying to connect to AT&T's services when I am on T-Mobile. Anyway, back to the original point: Would I be able to put the firmware for the T-Mobile (H918) version on the AT&T version (H910)? And if I can, how?
Guessing it would be safe to assume nobody really knows?
wolfmitchell said:
Hello, after receiving the wrong phone from Amazon twice now and them saying they won't be able to get me the H918 after that, I may just stick with the H910 instead of switching to another device entirely. I want to switch firmware because from what I am seeing online in a few people, AT&T has hardcoded stuff in the H910 ROM that is causing the two main issues I'm having with the phone (I returned it already, but I can order it again if I'm able to switch to the H918 ROM): Sending and receiving MMS does not work, and tethering/WiFi hotspot does not work, because both are trying to connect to AT&T's services when I am on T-Mobile. Anyway, back to the original point: Would I be able to put the firmware for the T-Mobile (H918) version on the AT&T version (H910)? And if I can, how?
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No, you cant because they are not exactly the same phone internaly, because tmobile doesnt lock the bootloaders on their phones. AT&T and Verizon phone have the bootloader locked and also LG UP (The tool used to flash the firmware) wont let you load the h918 firmware to a h910 because it will brick.
What you can do is install a custom rom like linage os that will enable wifi hotspot and most of the AT&T locked stuff.
(Note:There is no current way to get back to stock on the AT&T Variant (H910) )
A little while ago I got the brilliant idea to flash the unsupported korean F800K firmware to my American AT&T H910 model V20. In similar genius fashion, I skipped making a backup figuring, if it broke, it broke. I even failed to put TWRP on it. Well, it broke, in a way. The phone works fine, except cellular data connection and usb tethering of a wifi connection. Does this mean there are different USB drivers between these models? I was using the patched LG UP software with uppercut, and ended up getting an error afterward with the recognition of the device model.
Please let me know if anyone has any ideas to get me off the Korean software image of android 8.
Hello! I have Pixel 4 Google edition, bootloader is unlocked, phone is routed. I cannot enable WiFi calling on Verizon network. There is a switch to enable it, bit it does not work. After long troubleshooting with Verizon I was told that unlocked Pixels do not support WiFi calling on Verizon network. They told that I need Verizon ROM to use it. They told that Google edition Pixel 4 does not have that exact piece of software for WiFi calling implementation on Verizon network.
Is there a patch I can flash to enable it? Or can I install Verizon ROM and keep my bootloader unlocked (link to the procedure will be appreciated!). Thank you.
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Hello! I have Pixel 4 Google edition, bootloader is unlocked, phone is routed. I cannot enable WiFi calling on Verizon network. There is a switch to enable it, bit it does not work. After long troubleshooting with Verizon I was told that unlocked Pixels do not support WiFi calling on Verizon network. They told that I need Verizon ROM to use it. They told that Google edition Pixel 4 does not have that exact piece of software for WiFi calling implementation on Verizon network.
Is there a patch I can flash to enable it? Or can I install Verizon ROM and keep my bootloader unlocked (link to the procedure will be appreciated!). Thank you.
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Hmm, that doesn't seem right. I have a Pixel 4 which I'm pretty sure was the Google Edition. I can't be 100% sure since I bought it secondhand, but the seller said it was, and the bootloader is unlockable.
I'm able to enable the WiFi Calling switch, and I see on the lock screen my carrier label has changed to "Verizon WiFi Calling".
I'd recommend trying to flash the factory ROM from Google's site. I just used the current latest on mine, the 12.1.0 with SHA256 checksum of 0138b22040a493223b621fffe1f1d288d307c67524432805f674be05925c3580. You should be able to do this with the bootloader locked. The process is to install adb and fastboot.
You can try using the "Flash" button on that site to use the "Android Flash Tool", which should guide you through the process, though I've never tried that myself. If you want to do it manually, you can use the "Link" link to download the stock ROM as a zip, then extract the zip and run either ".\flash-all.bat" (for Windows) or "./flash-all.sh" (Mac or Linux). That assumes you have fastboot installed. If you don't already have those, you need to install them from here: https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/platform-tools
Thank you phantomsniper773 for your reply! I already have the latest 12.1.0 (SP2A.220405.003, Apr 2022), and I already tried to re-flash it, but it did not help. I also requested the brand new SIM card, and that did not help also. I have Wi-Fi calling switch, but when I try to enable it, it shows 'This will take a few moments', then in a minute or two 'Unable to activate Wi-Fi calling, please try again later'. I also found on-line similar complaints about Verizon Wi-Fi calling on Pixels. And that happens only on Verizon. With T-Mobile SIM card it has Wi-Fi calling enabled by default, and it works just fine! Can you please check yours Pixel 4 Baseband version (Settings - About Phone - Android version - Baseband version)? Mine is g8150-00123-220122-B-8106568. Thank you!