Newbie here I bought a US Cellular S4 but it is flashed to Verizon. I am able to use GSM overseas. Now I want to root and I wonder if I do that, will I lose the unlock? And is it possible to root flashed S4? Will it go back to US Cellular after rooting? Thanks for your help
tojikjon said:
Newbie here I bought a US Cellular S4 but it is flashed to Verizon. I am able to use GSM overseas. Now I want to root and I wonder if I do that, will I lose the unlock? And is it possible to root flashed S4? Will it go back to US Cellular after rooting? Thanks for your help
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I would try Saferoot.
Just rooting definitely shouldn't affect anything wrt carrier flashing, but there's always some amount of risk involved.
tojikjon said:
Newbie here I bought a US Cellular S4 but it is flashed to Verizon. I am able to use GSM overseas. Now I want to root and I wonder if I do that, will I lose the unlock? And is it possible to root flashed S4? Will it go back to US Cellular after rooting? Thanks for your help
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No, you won't lose the unlock. The i545 isn't SIM-locked unless your carrier does something very unusual.
Rooting your phone should work just fine, but be careful what you mess with afterwards if you want to be able to go back to stock.
k1mu said:
No, you won't lose the unlock. The i545 isn't SIM-locked unless your carrier does something very unusual.
Rooting your phone should work just fine, but be careful what you mess with afterwards if you want to be able to go back to stock.
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Does it matter if it was US Cellular before flashing? Thanks
tojikjon said:
Does it matter if it was US Cellular before flashing? Thanks
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"Flashing" to a non-VZ carrier usually only does cosmetic things to the phone- replacing VZ logos, adding the proper APNs, and so forth. The majority of the software is still VZ factory stock. So, you can still root, and still use whatever SIM you want.
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"Flashing" to a non-VZ carrier usually only does cosmetic things to the phone- replacing VZ logos, adding the proper APNs, and so forth. The majority of the software is still VZ factory stock. So, you can still root, and still use whatever SIM you want.
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My phone was US Cellular originally
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I'm station in Guam and purchased At&T Galaxy S2 on E-bay. I used unlockedthatphone.com to unlocked the phone and rooted the phone using galaxts2root.com method. The problem that I'm having is that the phone is always roaming; if you go to settings,about phone, under status, it shows roaming when I know it's not. Is there a way I can make the phone think that it's not roaming?
version 2.3.4
base band I777UCPLC5
kernel version 2.6.35.7_ZedomaxStockKernel
build number Gingerbread.UCKH7
Here in Guam I'm with DOCOMO PACIFIC
So u paid someone to unlock the phone. When there's an app that does it for free on the Android market? That does suck.
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Phalanx7621 said:
So u paid someone to unlock the phone. When there's an app that does it for free on the Android market? That does suck.
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Thanks bro! Now my phone it's not in roaming status anymore.
iggynasty said:
Thanks bro! Now my phone it's not in roaming status anymore.
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i like the response.
Bottom line is you used a different site to root your phone, we dont support that site here. why you no ask them whats up with thier stuff?
Want to fix it. start over following the guides here.
MotoMudder77 said:
i like the response.
Bottom line is you used a different site to root your phone, we dont support that site here. why you no ask them whats up with thier stuff?
Want to fix it. start over following the guides here.
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This was the reason I posted the question...GUIDANCE..THX MotoMudder77. The thing is that I was under the impression that the phone was on roaming status because it was made for AT&T and if used on any other network it will show roaming.
So, you want me to unroot the phone and lock it? How do I do that?
Could flash back to stock, might be necessary if you have issues with any of the
If you have clock work recovery, you could just flash a ROM that you find suitable for .
Full wipe in recovery. If you don't have recovery, you'll have to flash a Kernal with it, using Odin our heimdall.
MotoMudder77 said:
Could flash back to stock, might be necessary if you have issues with any of the
If you have clock work recovery, you could just flash a ROM that you find suitable for .
Full wipe in recovery. If you don't have recovery, you'll have to flash a Kernal with it, using Odin our heimdall.
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So I unrooted the phone using 2a.) Flash the UCKH7-CL503881 stock kernel and system package using Odin3 One-Click Downloader (Windows) (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1313659) and did a factory reset. The only thing I can't do is to lock the phone back to AT&T sim cards, so pretty much the phone still unlocked. I still have the same problem, every time I pop that DOCOMO SIM card in and look at the phone status, it still shows roaming when I know that's not the case.
Do you think if a change the modem/radio it will go away?
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So I unrooted the phone using 2a.) Flash the UCKH7-CL503881 stock kernel and system package using Odin3 One-Click Downloader (Windows) (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1313659) and did a factory reset. The only thing I can't do is to lock the phone back to AT&T sim cards, so pretty much the phone still unlocked. I still have the same problem, every time I pop that DOCOMO SIM card in and look at the phone status, it still shows roaming when I know that's not the case.
Do you think if a change the modem/radio it will go away?
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You dont want to re-lock the phone, if thats even possible.
but being that your on a stock at&t ROM, the fact that your on a different carrier than at&t, the phone probably just thinks its roaming.
You could try an international ROM, if you hellraise it, or grab a ported one from the ported dev section.
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You dont want to re-lock the phone, if thats even possible.
but being that your on a stock at&t ROM, the fact that your on a different carrier than at&t, the phone probably just thinks its roaming.
You could try an international ROM, if you hellraise it, or grab a ported one from the ported dev section.
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I was able to locked the phone with samsung galaxy unlock app from the market and unlocked it with the same app. You are right, because the phone is on a different carrier than at&t it thinks that is roaming when we know it's not. I flashed Shostock2 v2.2.6 w/cherrypicker v1.1 and I still get the roaming status. Schostock2 is a i9100 ICS base rom but that didn't work, don't get me wrong I'm loving Shostock2 it's just annoying having that r right next to the signal bars.
I've got an Atrix 4G that was originally locked to AT&T that I unlocked when I went to Europe for a while for use on European SIMs. Do I still need to use the AT&T options for the various files used when unlocking the bootloader and rooting? I'm on 4.5.141 if that's relevant. I also assume that my phone will remain carrier-unlocked regardless of whether I unlock the bootloader/root/install a new ROM?
I tried a brief search, but didn't really see much directly relevant to my question. Thanks in advance!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=36155233
Second part of the post.
Search is your friend.
ravilov said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=36155233
Second part of the post.
Search is your friend.
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While I appreciate your response, you didn't actually answer my question. I also noted that I did search (and read that thread) and found nothing directly relevant.
I realize that unlocking the bootloader and carrier-unlocking aren't, in fact, the same thing. What I don't know, however, is whether the carrier unlock happens to affect anything else on the phone; sometimes one change on a system can have much more wide-reaching effects if you don't really know what's going on. I don't have a whole lot of experience with mobile systems, so I don't know if things like that happen often or at all with them, hence the question.
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I've got an Atrix 4G that was originally locked to AT&T that I unlocked when I went to Europe for a while for use on European SIMs. Do I still need to use the AT&T options for the various files used when unlocking the bootloader and rooting? I'm on 4.5.141 if that's relevant. I also assume that my phone will remain carrier-unlocked regardless of whether I unlock the bootloader/root/install a new ROM?
I tried a brief search, but didn't really see much directly relevant to my question. Thanks in advance!
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Yes and yes, but when in doubt, choose ATT (especially when returning to stock Blur, either with an SBF or fruitcake).
ROMs like CM7 are carrier agnostic, but you'll need to add your relevant APNs and flash the proper radio.
Carrier unlock is permanent.
Inspiredwire said:
Yes and yes, but when in doubt, choose ATT (especially when returning to stock Blur, either with an SBF or fruitcake).
ROMs like CM7 are carrier agnostic, but you'll need to add your relevant APNs and flash the proper radio.
Carrier unlock is permanent.
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Thanks a lot! That's what I expected, but I wanted to make absolutely sure before I started doing anything.
Hey guys,
My cousin's friend bought him a second-hand Verizon SGS4 SH-I545. Little did he know my cousin is not on Verizon.
I said: No matter we got XXA baby!
So here are my questions:
1. What is the latest firmware that you recommend him to flash? He is currently on: I545VRUFNC5 - which I see as the latest on SamMobile.
2. Is the phone locked in any way? If so, what's the best way to unlock it?
3. I want to have him rooted using a stock kernel, so that he can get rid of bloatware and use Titanium Backup
Suggestions, guides, links are all appreciated
Thank you!
-Dubbed
Read the stickie in general forum.... Most your answers are there
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decaturbob said:
Read the stickie in general forum.... Most your answers are there
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There's so much info there and more so it is apparently impossible to downgrade to bootloader and thus flash?
I just want someone to list it down for me in simple bullet points - not direct me to massive threads that have 20 links in them
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There's so much info there and more so it is apparently impossible to downgrade to bootloader and thus flash?
I just want someone to list it down for me in simple bullet points - not direct me to massive threads that have 20 links in them
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Why would we want to type all that over again? Read the sticky: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2606501
If you won't be bothered to read that, then here's some short, bullet points:
You can't downgrade the bootloader.
You can't have a custom recovery (except for the unsupported Safestrap)
You can't have CyanogenMod.
The only ROMs you can flash are those that are Safestrap and NC5 compatible
You can root using Towelroot
However, please read the sticky at the very least. If you won't do that, you WILL brick your phone.
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Why would we want to type all that over again? Read the sticky: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2606501
If you won't be bothered to read that, then here's some short, bullet points:
You can't downgrade the bootloader.
You can't have a custom recovery (except for the unsupported Safestrap)
You can't have CyanogenMod.
The only ROMs you can flash are those that are Safestrap and NC5 compatible
You can root using Towelroot
However, please read the sticky at the very least. If you won't do that, you WILL brick your phone.
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Yeah read that already but wasn't sure- simply because it seems a little disorganised and very hard to understand with loads of links flying left and right.
TotallydubbedHD said:
Yeah read that already but wasn't sure- simply because it seems a little disorganised and very hard to understand with loads of links flying left and right.
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If it's too difficult to digest perhaps modding a phone isn't for you...
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decaturbob said:
If it's too difficult to digest perhaps modding a phone isn't for you...
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lol...
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lol...
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S4 has alot of peculiarities, depending on firmware series. Once you go past MDK, custom recovery is limited to Safestrap and yet we see people all the time trying to load Twrp or CWM and end up borking their phone. Simple reading would prevent almost all those situations from happening. I know I had my thunderbolt for a couple years and loaded a ton of ROMS on it and when I moved up to S4 it was a rude awakening on what I can and can't do.
There is a lot of info to digest, even for the experienced people. Lately with kitkat many people run into wifi and bluetooth issues. Why? Mostly because they aren't loading right modules that have been discussed countless times.
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S4 has alot of peculiarities, depending on firmware series. Once you go past MDK, custom recovery is limited to Safestrap and yet we see people all the time trying to load Twrp or CWM and end up borking their phone. Simple reading would prevent almost all those situations from happening. I know I had my thunderbolt for a couple years and loaded a ton of ROMS on it and when I moved up to S4 it was a rude awakening on what I can and can't do.
There is a lot of info to digest, even for the experienced people. Lately with kitkat many people run into wifi and bluetooth issues. Why? Mostly because they aren't loading right modules that have been discussed countless times.
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I totally agree - that's why I'm asking as I'm unsure.
Last thing I want is something going wrong - and due to it being locked I don't want him running into problems.
So from what I understand I can't flash down and then flash back up?
I can however root? But what about unlocking?
TotallydubbedHD said:
I totally agree - that's why I'm asking as I'm unsure.
Last thing I want is something going wrong - and due to it being locked I don't want him running into problems.
So from what I understand I can't flash down and then flash back up?
I can however root? But what about unlocking?
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if you mean unlocking the bootloader...NO
the sim is unlocked
decaturbob said:
if you mean unlocking the bootloader...NO
the sim is unlocked
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bootloader is locked apparently...and to unlock it I would have to make my lil cousin supposedly flash an older version...
Sim being unlocked is the biggest thing
TotallydubbedHD said:
bootloader is locked apparently...and to unlock it I would have to make my lil cousin supposedly flash an older version...
Sim being unlocked is the biggest thing
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the bootloader CAN NOT be unlocked,,,,,,there was an exploit in MDK firmware that "loki" process was able to use, since then da nada......devs been looking at it for almost 2 year and substantial bounty so far, da nada
sure fire way to brick the phone is messing with bootloader....
decaturbob said:
the bootloader CAN NOT be unlocked,,,,,,there was an exploit in MDK firmware that "loki" process was able to use, since then da nada......devs been looking at it for almost 2 year and substantial bounty so far, da nada
sure fire way to brick the phone is messing with bootloader....
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haha cool beans thanks for confirming.
TotallydubbedHD said:
haha cool beans thanks for confirming.
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No problem... We want to help people from messing up their S4..
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OK - so my cousin tried putting another SIM in the phone (T-MOBILE) and he wasn't able to get it registered on network - it wouldn't allow him to do so.
Thus the phone is not sim locked then?
What do I have to do in order to unlock it? That's all I want to do and then root it after that.
TotallydubbedHD said:
OK - so my cousin tried putting another SIM in the phone (T-MOBILE) and he wasn't able to get it registered on network - it wouldn't allow him to do so.
Thus the phone is not sim locked then?
What do I have to do in order to unlock it? That's all I want to do and then root it after that.
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No, it is not SIM locked. This is yet another frequently asked question, sadly.
The phone is configured with Verizon APNs. When you install a non-Verizon SIM, you must configure the APN for your non-Verizon carrier. (Settings/More networks/Mobile networks/Access Point Names, use the "+" to add an APN.)
Hopefully T-mo has a band in common with your VZ phone in your area.
k1mu said:
No, it is not SIM locked. This is yet another frequently asked question, sadly.
The phone is configured with Verizon APNs. When you install a non-Verizon SIM, you must configure the APN for your non-Verizon carrier. (Settings/More networks/Mobile networks/Access Point Names, use the "+" to add an APN.)
Hopefully T-mo has a band in common with your VZ phone in your area.
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Anyway of getting APN settings for TMobile?
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Anyway of getting APN settings for TMobile?
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Read one of the several other T-Mobile threads here, or ask T-Mobile.
Yeah, I'm being lazy and not searching for you, but you can search as easily as I can.
Samsung Updates
OK I have the device rooted and running Hyperdrive 17.1. The only issue I'm having is how to block Samsung's constant attempt at upgrading the software. Running a custom Rom with Safestrap on Kit Kat. Anyway to get rid of that annoying reminder from Samsung about software updates???
Thanks
Krissy
Isis111 said:
OK I have the device rooted and running Hyperdrive 17.1. The only issue I'm having is how to block Samsung's constant attempt at upgrading the software. Running a custom Rom with Safestrap on Kit Kat. Anyway to get rid of that annoying reminder from Samsung about software updates???
Thanks
Krissy
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Well if you're on stock Touchwiz you freeze SDM using TiBu. I believe hyperdrive already has SDM removed?!
Are you talking about the Security Policy update? If that is what you're talking about just search for that using TiBu and freeze that....
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Hey now!
I just rooted/flashed my AT&T Galaxy S5 with AllianceRom - Build 3 to use with T-mobile.
I would like to know if I can get wifi-calling and VoLTE to work with my phone with this ROM or would I need to download the stock Tmobile ROM in order for it to work?
Any help is appreciated!
Thanks!
Your post would fit better in your custom ROM thread, where 99% of the readers will be using the same ROM. Here, only a minority of people will have any specific experience with that ROM.
Does your custom ROM include wifi calling? Are people reporting wifi call success or failures in the custom ROM thread?
Has your custom ROM been updated to include the recent VoLTE update e.g. the equivalent of G900TUVU1BNF6? If so, you should be fine. You have a locked bootloader, but AFAIK that shouldn't interfere with wifi calling. You just need the features configured in the ROM.
Given your locked bootloader, you should do your research before you flash firmware from another carrier. Trying to flash a TMB bootloader, kernel or possibly even stock TMB recovery may put your bootloader in a position of having to choose between incrementing Knox or bricking your phone for you. And we're assuming that you wouldn't want that.
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mllk said:
Hey now!
I just rooted/flashed my AT&T Galaxy S5 with AllianceRom - Build 3 to use with T-mobile.
I would like to know if I can get wifi-calling and VoLTE to work with my phone with this ROM or would I need to download the stock Tmobile ROM in order for it to work?
Any help is appreciated!
Thanks!
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VoLTE is modem specific. If you don't have the T-Mobile modem, you won't have VoLTE (so unless you want a brick, do NOT flash the T-Mobile radio to your ATT device. You will NEVER have VoLTE) I didn't have VoLTE until i flashed the NF6 (first update to include VoLTE) modem. Even with a T-Mobile device. Once i flashed the full tar that included the modem to NF6, i got VoLTE. So you will never have that.
As far as WiFi calling, as long as its present in the frameworks and ROM, last i understood, it should work. I know when i had my S4 people flashed a T-Mobile ROM to their ATT S4 and had WiFi calling. So long as you have a T-Mobile SIM as well. Ensure the ROM supports it as fffft stated.
elesbb said:
VoLTE is modem specific. If you don't have the T-Mobile modem, you won't have VoLTE (so unless you want a brick, do NOT flash the T-Mobile radio to your ATT device. You will NEVER have VoLTE) I didn't have VoLTE until i flashed the NF6 (first update to include VoLTE) modem. Even with a T-Mobile device. Once i flashed the full tar that included the modem to NF6, i got VoLTE. So you will never have that.
As far as WiFi calling, as long as its present in the frameworks and ROM, last i understood, it should work. I know when i had my S4 people flashed a T-Mobile ROM to their ATT S4 and had WiFi calling. So long as you have a T-Mobile SIM as well. Ensure the ROM supports it as fffft stated.
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THANKS!
I think the ROM I installed is somewhat broken. Root/SuperSU isn't working. I will try a different ROM.
mllk said:
THANKS!
I think the ROM I installed is somewhat broken. Root/SuperSU isn't working. I will try a different ROM.
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lol Alliance isn't broken.
aooga said:
lol Alliance isn't broken.
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It's 'broken' on the AT&T phone at least. Root is broken and can't root using towelroot either.
mllk said:
It's 'broken' on the AT&T phone at least. Root is broken and can't root using towelroot either.
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If root is broken on your phone, then redo your root. It certainly isn't broken for all ATT phones. Nor is the Alliance ROM likely to be broken for ATT phones i.e. 900A either. And of course you can use towel root. It's a good habit to do a forum search before posting.. then you'd be able to pose better informed questions.
To use towel root, you simply have to use a pre June 3rd stock ROM as a base. If necessary, use Odin to write a pre June 3rd 4.4.2 ATT firmware to your phone.
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fffft said:
If root is broken on your phone, then redo your root. It certainly isn't broken for all ATT phones. Nor is the Alliance ROM likely to be broken for ATT phones i.e. 900A either. And of course you can use towel root. It's a good habit to do a forum search before posting.. then you'd be able to pose better informed questions.
To use towel root, you simply have to use a pre June 3rd stock ROM as a base. If necessary, use Odin to write a pre June 3rd 4.4.2 ATT firmware to your phone.
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I used towel root in the first place to get my phone to install roms. I've no problems with root with AT&T roms.
Forgot to mention but the Alliance rom that I tried to install was made for t-mobile so I can use wifi-calling/ISIS. That might be the reason why root doesn't work?
If anyone is able to install tmobile specific rom on their AT&T s5, please help me out.
Thanks!
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I used towel root in the first place to get my phone to install roms. I've no problems with root with AT&T roms.
Forgot to mention but the Alliance rom that I tried to install was made for t-mobile so I can use wifi-calling/ISIS. That might be the reason why root doesn't work?
If anyone is able to install tmobile specific rom on their AT&T s5, please help me out.
Thanks!
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Im on att s5 on tmobile alliance. all u need to do is rerun towel root and download busybox again. Once i did that everything worked correctly with root apps like titanium backup. Also good to know about the modem so that means we r f'd with volte unless the very unlikely att/verizon bootloader is unlocked.
mllk said:
Hey now!
I just rooted/flashed my AT&T Galaxy S5 with AllianceRom - Build 3 to use with T-mobile.
I would like to know if I can get wifi-calling and VoLTE to work with my phone with this ROM or would I need to download the stock Tmobile ROM in order for it to work?
Any help is appreciated!
Thanks!
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I had the ATT gs4 using it with Tmobile and had the same issue and never solved it. Im not saying it cant be done but I was told I might be better off just trading my s4 for the tmobile version .. Ended up just buying a Tmobile s5 .. Also my bootloader was locked on my ATT s4 and that was reason enough to dump ATT . No kernels = No att for me
If you find a solution for wifi calling let me know. I do have a buddy with att s5 asking me about it
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I had the ATT gs4 using it with Tmobile and had the same issue and never solved it. Im not saying it cant be done but I was told I might be better off just trading my s4 for the tmobile version .. Ended up just buying a Tmobile s5 .. Also my bootloader was locked on my ATT s4 and that was reason enough to dump ATT . No kernels = No att for me
If you find a solution for wifi calling let me know. I do have a buddy with att s5 asking me about it
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I too am trying to figure this out. Also trying to find backups of any useful stock T-Mobile apps I don't have because of this being an AT&T S5...
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I too am trying to figure this out. Also trying to find backups of any useful stock T-Mobile apps I don't have because of this being an AT&T S5...
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I posted the solution in another thread. Basically, with a combination of the OA1 ATT firmware, safestrap and Alliance Rom, you can achieve Volte and Wifi calling with a tmobile sim card on a G900A.
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- be careful not to take the OC4 update from ATT, or it will not work.
Guillaume2x said:
I posted the solution in another thread. Basically, with a combination of the OA1 ATT firmware, safestrap and Alliance Rom, you can achieve Volte and Wifi calling with a tmobile sim card on a G900A.
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- be careful not to take the OC4 update from ATT, or it will not work.
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How can I make sure I'm not on the OC4 update? I am new to messing with anything AT&T...
Thank you so much! I'm going to give it a try soon.
kchannel9 said:
How can I make sure I'm not on the OC4 update? I am new to messing with anything AT&T...
Thank you so much! I'm going to give it a try soon.
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You can go to About Device in the settings, and look at the last three characters of the Base version field. If you see NCE, ND3, NG3 or OA1 you're fine.
It seems that I can try to follow the instructions on this thread but not sure what ATT firmware I should be installing since new updates have been released since OA1. Can someone tell me if I should install entire Tmobile ROM including modem with Odin?
Guillaume2x said:
Guys, I have some great news. Both wifi calling AND VoLTE now work on my SM-G900A on the T-mobile network. Here is what I did:
I installed the latest ATT firmware (OA1), released earlier this February. OTA update did not work, so I had to flash the original firmware (ANCE) via Odin, and then flash the two subsequent updates using update.zip on the SD Card. This will remove safestrap and root, but fear not.
Once my phone had AO1 installed, I used this tutorial to root the phone again. It invonves temporarily flashing an earlier (ND3) kernel, using TowelRoot, and then reflashing the OA1 kernel
With my OA1 rooted, I installed safestrap. Make sure you install busybox first.
With safestrap, I installed the T-mobile Alliance Rom (build B4).
Seconds after booting, both Wifi Calling and Voice over LTE work!
Enjoy!
Guillaume
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Hey all,
This is a noob question for sure, but here goes. I have a LG V10 H901, which is the t-mobile variant. But I am using it with AT&T. It works flawlessly. With that being said, I really don't like to see the T-Mobile boot animation. I want to change it. I know I need root. But my question is this: Am I to assume that since the hardware is T-Mobile, I will have to root it as a tmobile phone? Also, if I do root it, (tmobile), will I lose the info regarding the at&t network stuff?
Thanks all.
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Hey all,
This is a noob question for sure, but here goes. I have a LG V10 H901, which is the t-mobile variant. But I am using it with AT&T. It works flawlessly. With that being said, I really don't like to see the T-Mobile boot animation. I want to change it. I know I need root. But my question is this: Am I to assume that since the hardware is T-Mobile, I will have to root it as a tmobile phone? Also, if I do root it, (tmobile), will I lose the info regarding the at&t network stuff?
Thanks all.
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Yes you do have to root using the TMO method as this is the only root method available. When you unlock the bootloader (the first step in rooting), your device will get reset and wiped as if it was right out of the box. So yes you will have to at&t stuff and will have to enter the APN info again. But that is simple enough to do and does not take that long. That is the downside, the upside is you will achieve root and the device will be yours to do with as yours wish.
Philly,
Thank you for answering my questions. I was able to fully root the device w/o any hiccups.
Thanks again for helping me out!
creatvlif said:
Philly,
Thank you for answering my questions. I was able to fully root the device w/o any hiccups.
Thanks again for helping me out!
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You might as well get xposed modules going and run amplify and greenify for battery saving.
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