[Q] Flash i9205 rom to my i9200......will i get lte connection? - Samsung Galaxy Mega

Since the hardware of i9200 and i9205 are identical...is it possible for me to flash a i9205 rom into my i9200...so i can get lte ????:silly::silly::silly::silly::silly::silly:

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Nope. They are not identical, the i9200 is 3g only and will not get LTE signals.

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To be perfectly honest, I lol'd.
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You should flash the leaked note 3 rom.. You get a lot more out of your mega that way..
Full HD Super Amoled, Snapdragon 800 and 16GB Internal memory instead of 8

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Guitarfreak26 said:
You should flash the leaked note 3 rom.. You get a lot more out of your mega that way..
Full HD Super Amoled, Snapdragon 800 and 16GB Internal memory instead of 8
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Haha, hopefully the OP won't take this seriously or else he might flash Windows 8 on his phone. :laugh:

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gx3k said:
Haha, hopefully the OP won't take this seriously or else he might flash Windows 8 on his phone. :laugh:
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you guys are being very helpful!:crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying:

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Instead of being smartass can someone explain why this is such a stupid assumption? I mean if both devices have the same SOC and if the LTE radio built into a SOC, why there's no possibility for it to work? I mean in theory? We cross-flash kernels and they work...

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baladev said:
Instead of being smartass can someone explain why this is such a stupid assumption? I mean if both devices have the same SOC and if the LTE radio built into a SOC, why there's no possibility for it to work? I mean in theory? We cross-flash kernels and they work...
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Because they are not identical. The i9205 uses Snapdragon 400 MSM8930AB while the i9200 uses Snapdragon 400 MSM8230AB.
The 8930 supports LTE and the Snapdragon 400 8230 does not. Kernels might work but without the support you won't magically get LTE.

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according to this post they both have MSM8930:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=43267928&postcount=17
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Also, according to wikipedia MSM8230 only goes to 1.2GHz
8230 28 nm LP ARMv7 Up to 1.2 GHz dual-core Krait 200 L1: 32kB, L2: 1MB Adreno 305 LPDDR2 @ 533 MHz

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baladev said:
according to this post they both have MSM8930:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=43267928&postcount=17
Also, according to wikipedia MSM8230 only goes to 1.2GHz
8230 28 nm LP ARMv7 Up to 1.2 GHz dual-core Krait 200 L1: 32kB, L2: 1MB Adreno 305 LPDDR2 @ 533 MHz
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I got my info from pda.net: i9205 i9200
Also, the i9205 has a secondary cellular module for LTE that's why it works for both 3g and 4g while the i9200 only works with 3g.

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A modem 3G have a size about 12 MB. A modem LTE have a size about 48 MB.
My question: The modem partition on i9200 can be smaller then the modem partition LTE on i9205?
Must compare size of partitions. Look here the i9205 have the modem on 3 partitions. You must see also on i9200 if is same:
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2013-01-01 02:26 hidden -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p22
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2013-01-01 02:26 modem -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p1
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2013-01-01 02:26 modemst1 -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p11
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2013-01-01 02:26 modemst2 -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p12
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2013-01-01 02:26 pad -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p8
Valente
PS: Can You se for me on i9200 whit Root Explorer --> dev -> block -> platform -> msm_sdcc.1 -> by-name...
here, how modem partitions are there?
Thanks

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I thought Galaxy Mega 6.3 i9200 is similar with Lumia 920. Just change the firmware using LTE supported firmware, then the LTE can be activated hehehe

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Magnan
baladev said:
according to this post they both have MSM8930:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=43267928&postcount=17
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Also, according to wikipedia MSM8230 only goes to 1.2GHz
8230 28 nm LP ARMv7 Up to 1.2 GHz dual-core Krait 200 L1: 32kB, L2: 1MB Adreno 305 LPDDR2 @ 533 MHz
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My Mega 6.3 I9200 has MSM8960. Can it handle I9205 rom ?