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Anyone using this phone on net 10?
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Anyone using a Verizon phone on any other carrier
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speedfreak228 said:
Anyone using a Verizon phone on any other carrier
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Yes you can use it on other carriers. Phone comes SIM unlocked, early versions did not allow you to add APNs without rooting, that may have been fixed in 4.1.2 update, not sure. Anyway you can find a ton more info here including what people did to get going on AT&T, Tmobile, and various non-US carriers:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2044449
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Yes you can use it on other carriers. Phone comes SIM unlocked, early versions did not allow you to add APNs without rooting, that may have been fixed in 4.1.2 update, not sure. Anyway you can find a ton more info here including what people did to get going on AT&T, Tmobile, and various non-US carriers:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2044449
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Thanks you!!
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So for anyone that has sent theirs back to try and get on with the old software on the phone... I called and told them my speaker wasn't working and they are sending me a new one but I believe it is going to be a factory refurbished black 16gb...what are my chances of it having old software so I can root, unlock and get custom recovery?! Anyone that has experienced this your input would be greatly appreciated!!! Thanks!!!
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pschatz12 said:
So for anyone that has sent theirs back to try and get on with the old software on the phone... I called and told them my speaker wasn't working and they are sending me a new one but I believe it is going to be a factory refurbished black 16gb...what are my chances of it having old software so I can root, unlock and get custom recovery?! Anyone that has experienced this your input would be greatly appreciated!!! Thanks!!!
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I really have no idea, but 50/50 is my guess.
andybones said:
I really have no idea, but 50/50 is my guess.
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I'm hoping to find someone that has done this and can confirm the older software on the phone... I'm hoping old lol
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pschatz12 said:
I'm hoping to find someone that has done this and can confirm the older software on the phone... I'm hoping old lol
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If you took the time to search there many posts of ppl sending back and getting phones with MDK, also those with new OTA, so like I said, it's a crap shoot and it's 50/50.. Cant hurt to try, though
The chances likely decrease each day for getting the MDK build so the sooner the better.
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AliceBToklas said:
The chances likely decrease each day for getting the MDK build so the sooner the better.
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Well its being shipped today so keeping my fingers crossed!!!
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I have took the time but Idk if there getting brand new phones or certified like new phones
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pschatz12 said:
Well its being shipped today so keeping my fingers crossed!!!
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Good luck. As the saying goes, there but for the grace of ......
Many of us could find ourselves in your shoes if our phones go awry.
Let us know.
AliceBToklas said:
Good luck. As the saying goes, there but for the grace of ......
Many of us could find ourselves in your shoes if our phones go awry.
Let us know.
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Will do!
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pschatz12 said:
So for anyone that has sent theirs back to try and get on with the old software on the phone... I called and told them my speaker wasn't working and they are sending me a new one but I believe it is going to be a factory refurbished black 16gb...what are my chances of it having old software so I can root, unlock and get custom recovery?! Anyone that has experienced this your input would be greatly appreciated!!! Thanks!!!
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Nobody would know the chances. Good luck with your refurbished. I dont know about sending in a perfectly working phone to receive a refurb, I guess if you want the MDK then do what you gotta do. I personally cant stand the purple smear on the MDK build...its horrible and unbearable.
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richii0207 said:
Nobody would know the chances. Good luck with your refurbished. I dont know about sending in a perfectly working phone to receive a refurb, I guess if you want the MDK then do what you gotta do. I personally cant stand the purple smear on the MDK build...its horrible and unbearable.
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Purple smear? I'm planning on flashing custom roms right away
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From the AT&T forum: warrwnty replacement arrives with MF3 update installed:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2384352
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Bummer...still hoping
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What about buying one of the developers edition ones and sending back the non development phone and getting a refund? Will they know?
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Purple smear? I'm planning on flashing custom roms right away
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QskpJDvA7zc&feature=youtube_gdata_player
All roms built off of mdk do this smearing, even AOSP builds. Its very noticeable in the gallery too.
I'm surprised nobody notices it other than me, its the most annoying thing to deal with, makes the gs4 screen look crappy.
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Does me7 fix that
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Does me7 fix that
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Absolutely!!
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I kinda want to odin to stock and reroot.. cuz I like stock roms. Hmmmm.
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Anyone receive a replacement recently?!
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Just an update... Got my replacement today with MDK! Rooted and custom recovery installed!!!
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I tried this and it worked for my Bell Mega, don't know if the same as AT&T but probably is. TRY AT OWN RISK
defender007 said:
I tried this and it worked for my Bell Mega, don't know if the same as AT&T but probably is. TRY AT OWN RISK
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What method? No of these worked for me.
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bigfau said:
What method? No of these worked for me.
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He was probably successful because the Bell device is not "protected" from running unsigned boot.img and recovery.img like the Att device is.
It may not be "protected" against writing a custom system image but it is not clear to me how to dump the stock one in order to modify it.
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He was probably successful because the Bell device is not "protected" from running unsigned boot.img and recovery.img like the Att device is.
It may not be "protected" against writing a custom system image but it is not clear to me how to dump the stock one in order to modify it.
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I cant find the Bell firmware on SamFirmware
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bigfau said:
What method? No of these worked for me.
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Big, when you tried rooting, what happened? Did Odin fail or did it just not change anything?
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Big, when you tried rooting, what happened? Did Odin fail or did it just not change anything?
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It failed. I also tried rooting through ADB.
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I tried with Odin also and it just said FAIL. I have an unlocked Mega and an AT&T Mega and I tried all of these root methods. I also tried SuperOneClick and Motochopper just for the hell of it and those didn't work either.
There is this model SGH-i527. The i527M is made specially for Bell, it's normal not on Sammobile:
http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=specs&id=4675&view=1&c=samsung_sgh-i527_galaxy_mega_6.3_lte
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It failed. I also tried rooting through ADB.
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could you try somthing like this thay have locked bootloaders on them also
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2380325
fixit35 said:
could you try somthing like this thay have locked bootloaders on them also
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2380325
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I tried and it didnt work.
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I just tried Motochopper that works on any model using Snapdragon 600. It failed but it did install a non working superuser so it might be close.
It works on the S4. If it could be made to work with ours would be great. It's a very easy install...don't even have to go into download mode.
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I just tried Motochopper that works on any model using Snapdragon 600. It failed but it did install a non working superuser so it might be close.
It works on the S4. If it could be made to work with ours would be great. It's a very easy install...don't even have to go into download mode.
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That doesn't work on the S4 after the MF3 update. However, there is this:
http://galaxys4root.com/galaxy-s4-root/how-to-root-for-verizon-galaxy-s4-on-build-vruame7/
Which I have been meaning to try on my AT&T Mega, since it is running a very similar software build.
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That doesn't work on the S4 after the MF3 update. However, there is this:
http://galaxys4root.com/galaxy-s4-root/how-to-root-for-verizon-galaxy-s4-on-build-vruame7/
Which I have been meaning to try on my AT&T Mega, since it is running a very similar software build.
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Fails on the device detection. I527 not supported.
Yup, fails on detection. This is very frustrating.
Damn, but you know, if the S4 can be rooted, the i527 can also.
I don't really care about the ROMs so much, because I have flashed so many and still have other devices I can play with. But, I would like to root to delete all of the ATT stuff that I will never use and is taking up space.
Keep the faith....it will come.
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Damn, but you know, if the S4 can be rooted, the i527 can also.
I don't really care about the ROMs so much, because I have flashed so many and still have other devices I can play with. But, I would like to root to delete all of the ATT stuff that I will never use and is taking up space.
Keep the faith....it will come.
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Agreed. I can live without custom ROMs for now. I just want root so I can delete bloatware and restore my Titanium Backup.
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That doesn't work on the S4 after the MF3 update. However, there is this:
http://galaxys4root.com/galaxy-s4-root/how-to-root-for-verizon-galaxy-s4-on-build-vruame7/
Which I have been meaning to try on my AT&T Mega, since it is running a very similar software build.
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I think you would be better off trying the At&t S4 root . Rather than Verizon root.
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bigfau said:
I think you would be better off trying the At&t S4 root . Rather than Verizon root.
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Look at that page again. It includes the AT&T version
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greyhulk said:
Look at that page again. It includes the AT&T version
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I never went to the page. I just looked at the link and seen Verizon in it. My bad.
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I never went to the page. I just looked at the link and seen Verizon in it. My bad.
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Yeah. Apparently, the Verizon method works on the AT&T version. Go figure.
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My girlfriend has the Verizon S4 4.3..
However she hates it and wants to go back to 4.1.2 or 4.2.... Can I just flash the Ruu file in Odin to go back without any problems?
Thanks for any help!
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ubigred said:
My girlfriend has the Verizon S4 4.3..
However she hates it and wants to go back to 4.1.2 or 4.2.... Can I just flash the Ruu file in Odin to go back without any problems?
Thanks for any help!
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No
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richii0207 said:
No
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What do you suggest I do?
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The tar file for Odin cannot be used to downgrade due to bootloader. Much like the ruu on most HTC phones won't allow a downgrade due to locks in the bootloader.
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So she is stuck on 4.3?!?
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ubigred said:
So she is stuck on 4.3?!?
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Yea
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Damn......
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So she is stuck on 4.3?!?
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Yep....your only option would be safestrap and a few roms compatible to run with it.
safestrap enabled, Hyperdrive driven
Or root and clean it up. I did even though I hate stock. TW and Sense are both horrible. VZW and carriers make it worse with the bloat. Root, delay and freeze. I even deleted VZW apk files so I didn't have to worry about them running. I'm on straight talk though, so I wouldn't need them anyway.
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Yeah, thanks. She's not very tech savvy and prefers the old look. Smh at locked bootloaders
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Just found out today that Tmobile has diagnostic software @ technical support and they can tell whether or not your device has been rooted. They can also see what software you have installed, settings, etc.
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Yeah but you can turn it off. I did that just so my phone isn't bogged down from it
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How do u turn it off.? U talking about carrier iq?
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How do u turn it off.? U talking about carrier iq?
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That and in the tmobile my account you have to disable the "device check" feature.
Be sure to turn it off after visiting them. They turn it on sometimes. Happened to my cousin and buddy
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I work for t-mobile and we never use that thing it's for idiots
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seshaz said:
I work for t-mobile and we never use that thing it's for idiots
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Since you work for tmobile, it would be nice to get a definitive answer to this. Do they check knox when you trade the phone in for a jump upgrade?
aooga said:
Since you work for tmobile, it would be nice to get a definitive answer to this. Do they check knox when you trade the phone in for a jump upgrade?
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I did a jump upgrade no problems on 2 phones no problem here trade s4 and note 3 both running kit kat and no have to galaxy s5's ?
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Tmobile does not check knox
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