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Can someone experienced with modems help me please! I'm flashed to Boost, rooted, on KitKat using Freeza's Hybrid ROM with a MJ4 modem. When I updated to KitKat my phone had a 'Red X', so I had to get help to get that straightened out. Even with the NAB Engineering Bootloader flashed I still can't use the NAB modem, I get a 'Red X'. Now the NC5 is floating & I wanna be able to use that & any KitKat modem. Is there a way to configure my phone in a way that I can enjoy these modems or am I stuck with the MJ4? Thank you to all in advance!!
ycs5 said:
Can someone experienced with modems help me please! I'm flashed to Boost, rooted, on KitKat using Freeza's Hybrid ROM with a MJ4 modem. When I updated to KitKat my phone had a 'Red X', so I had to get help to get that straightened out. Even with the NAB Engineering Bootloader flashed I still can't use the NAB modem, I get a 'Red X'. Now the NC5 is floating & I wanna be able to use that & any KitKat modem. Is there a way to configure my phone in a way that I can enjoy these modems or am I stuck with the MJ4? Thank you to all in advance!!
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Hello I have the same problem with the exact same setup.....
Anyone?
K
kalehua4791 said:
Hello I have the same problem with the exact same setup.....
Anyone?
K
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Flash mj4 modem
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Epix4G said:
Flash mj4 modem
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Thx for the response but I said that I have that modem on the phone and when I try to change it all communication is lost.....
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Try the modem from the domestic unlock thread
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It says in that forum and you read that already that it doesn't work with 4.4.2.....
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I'm trying to figure this out also. Someone told me to flash the new modem then use prl helper from the market to flash a new prl after u update ur modem but that didn't help. Any one else?
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E-POUND said:
I'm trying to figure this out also. Someone told me to flash the new modem then use prl helper from the market to flash a new prl after u update ur modem but that didn't help. Any one else?
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I haven't had time to try any different methods, but if u come up with something let us know please.
ycs5 said:
Can someone experienced with modems help me please! I'm flashed to Boost, rooted, on KitKat using Freeza's Hybrid ROM with a MJ4 modem. When I updated to KitKat my phone had a 'Red X', so I had to get help to get that straightened out. Even with the NAB Engineering Bootloader flashed I still can't use the NAB modem, I get a 'Red X'. Now the NC5 is floating & I wanna be able to use that & any KitKat modem. Is there a way to configure my phone in a way that I can enjoy these modems or am I stuck with the MJ4? Thank you to all in advance!!
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I'm not experienced with modems, but I am very experienced with flashing Sprint phones to Boost, and as it currently stands, there's no way to get the NAB or NC5 modems to work on a flashed Sprint Note 3. There's something programmed within them that causes your PRL to turn to 1 and that causes a Red X to appear near the signal bar. There's also no way to get the NAB or NC5 operating systems to work on a flashed Sprint Note 3 without having the MJ4 modem flashed to the phone. Otherwise, you'll get the the Red X and PRL 1, but at least flashing the MJ4 modem is a solution to get the Sprint Note 3 to work. There's currently no solution available for the Sprint Galaxy 5 .
After flashing my Sprint Galaxy 5 to Boost, my PRL changed to 1, and a Red X appeared near my signal bar. I can even do PRL & Profile Updates over WiFi, but I can't pick up any kind of a signal from the network. At this point, I'm stuck and don't know what to do. It looks like some one who's experienced with modems is gonna have to intervene in order for this issue to be resolved. Any help that anyone could offer would be greatly appreciated.
I rooted my stock s4 using saferoot then flashed a kitkat 4.4.2 rom. When the new rom booted up i had lost root. I have since maxed out my binary counter trying to get back to 4.3 mk2 i think? which is what my phone came with. Now im stuck with this rom i dont want, i cant seem to root it using saferoot or motochopper. All this and im getting the yellow triangle which i cant use triangle away on because i dont have root. I used odin to flash the roms, ive tried different ones that were 4.3 but odin keeps failing i think because of my binary counter. Is there a way to reset the counter without root??
Armyeclipse said:
I rooted my stock s4 using saferoot then flashed a kitkat 4.4.2 rom. When the new rom booted up i had lost root. I have since maxed out my binary counter trying to get back to 4.3 mk2 i think? which is what my phone came with. Now im stuck with this rom i dont want, i cant seem to root it using saferoot or motochopper. All this and im getting the yellow triangle which i cant use triangle away on because i dont have root. I used odin to flash the roms, ive tried 10 different ones that were 4.3 but odin keeps failing i think because of my binary counter. Is there to reset the counter without root??
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Well since you flashed some version of 4.4.2 in Odin of course trying to put 4.3 back on won't work without jumping through some hoops. Check this thread out
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2726868
You should also check this one out
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2606501
Not having all your exact steps and what led you to hear doesn't help either. Try to be as detailed as possible.. Reading your post again I'm confused.. Is your phone working right now.. As In booting into Android or is it a brick??
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Armyeclipse said:
I rooted my stock s4 using saferoot then flashed a kitkat 4.4.2 rom. When the new rom booted up i had lost root. I have since maxed out my binary counter trying to get back to 4.3 mk2 i think? which is what my phone came with. Now im stuck with this rom i dont want, i cant seem to root it using saferoot or motochopper. All this and im getting the yellow triangle which i cant use triangle away on because i dont have root. I used odin to flash the roms, ive tried 10 different ones that were 4.3 but odin keeps failing i think because of my binary counter. Is there to reset the counter without root??
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There aren't any 4.4 roms that you can flash outside of a leaked one and you can only do that doing specific steps unless you had a mdk phone or a dev phone....not sure what you did bit sounds like you have messed up. .
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decaturbob said:
There aren't any 4.4 roms that you can flash outside of a leaked one and you can only do that doing specific steps unless you had a mdk phone or a dev phone....not sure what you did bit sounds like you have messed up. .
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Yea well there are Odin files of 4.4 around for our phone and certainly even stock firmware for other variants so... like you said though, sounds messed up
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Not to be a d***...but if people would read even one of the 50+ what not to do ops on here there wouldn't be 10+ per day people posting about how they f***** up their s4 and asking people who are trying to further development how to fix their new paperweight...also people who brick devices constantly due to not reading are the sole reason secured bootloaders exist...
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Not to be a d***...but if people would read even one of the 50+ what not to do ops on here there wouldn't be 10+ per day people posting about how they f***** up their s4 and asking people who are trying to further development how to fix their new paperweight...also people who brick devices constantly due to not reading are the sole reason secured bootloaders exist...
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only will get worse as 4.4 takes over.......
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Not to be a d***...but if people would read even one of the 50+ what not to do ops on here there wouldn't be 10+ per day people posting about how they f***** up their s4 and asking people who are trying to further development how to fix their new paperweight...also people who brick devices constantly due to not reading are the sole reason secured bootloaders exist...
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My phone works fine, its just using a 3.4.0 kernel with some KOT49H.i545VRUFNC2 build that i dont want. Last time I rooted was on my Droid X, so excuse me if i am a little rusty.
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Well since you flashed some version of 4.4.2 in Odin of course trying to put 4.3 back on won't work without jumping through some hoops. Check this thread out
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2726868
You should also check this one out
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2606501
Not having all your exact steps and what led you to hear doesn't help either. Try to be as detailed as possible.. Reading your post again I'm confused.. Is your phone working right now.. As In booting into Android or is it a brick??
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My phone works fine now. here is my kernel and build info now, on the 4.4.2
Kernel: 3.4.0 [email protected]#1 tue mar 11 20:52:21 KST 2014
Build # KOT 49H.I545VRUFNC2
What i did was simply rooted using saferoot, then i used odin 3.07 to flash a kitkat rom for sch I545. Rebooted and when it came on I noticed i didnt have root access so i wanted to go back to stock. I downloaded a stock 4.3 and odin would fail at the FAIL AUTH part, thus bricking my phone. I then reflashed the 4.4.2 rom and it installed. Ive tried different 4.3 roms, even with a PIT file and it still fails. Like i said it works fine, i would just like to go back to stock 4.3. I think my main problem is that I cant seem to get rooted again and i dont know why. Thanks for helping a n00b!
Armyeclipse said:
My phone works fine, its just using a 3.4.0 kernel with some KOT49H.i545VRUFNC2 build that i dont want. Last time I rooted was on my Droid X, so excuse me if i am a little rusty.
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Hey we weren't trying to be jerks.. Just give as many details as you can which led you To here and I'm sure one of us can help.
There's just a lot of people who come on here daily that if they read up a little more they wouldn't be in a tight spot.
If your phone is working fine on the NC2 build but you just rather MK2... then the first link I gave you is a method to downgrade I believe. Now I haven't done it myself but looking at it it's not for the faint of heart and you need to be good with Odin. Maybe start there and ask if in your situation it's even possible to do that .. I'm not 100% as to the steps needed
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Armyeclipse said:
My phone works fine, its just using a 3.4.0 kernel with some KOT49H.i545VRUFNC2 build that i dont want. Last time I rooted was on my Droid X, so excuse me if i am a little rusty.
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As I said...if you had read beforehand you would have know you can't fully revert to 4.3 after flashing that 4.4 image in odin
Update! 4.3 and rooted
I got some help and then i went HERE and now im back on 4.3 with a build of vruemk2. Im also rooted so i made progress. However according the the thread i followed, you have to use some bypasslkm file to get WIFI to work. WTF? i have no idea what im doing. I tried to follow the directions given, by using terminal emulator but i cant figure it out. I cant even find the data/local/tmp folder it says to put the bypasslkm into. Thats where im at now, but something has to be done because i NEED WIFI.
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As I said...if you had read beforehand you would have know you can't fully revert to 4.3 after flashing that 4.4 image in odin
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I wasn't sure if Surges downgrade method would work here... But I'm assuming since this user seems to have simply Odin the NC2 on his phone rather than the update to NC2 and have root method... That he's SOL for now.
Thanks for clearing it up
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Mistertac said:
I wasn't sure if Surges downgrade method would work here... But I'm assuming since this user seems to have simply Odin the NC2 on his phone rather than the update to NC2 and have root method... That he's SOL for now.
Thanks for clearing it up
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Surges method is meant to fix his situation I believe... But there are as always things that cannot be overwritten...he will be able to switch back to 4.3 but certain things from 4.4 are permanent and I think have caused some issues for those who reverted.
Forget it
Forget this crap, im just gonna sell it back on ebay and get another one.
Armyeclipse said:
Forget this crap, im just gonna sell it back on ebay and get another one.
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Check swappa.com for an MDK base S4 if you want more freedom. They've come down on price quite a bit
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I havent been on xda in a while but i have done my searches before i ask this question. Can i flash sprints ls990 recoveries, roms and mods to a us990 us cellular device?
Ah i dont think so just because of modems,radios,software ect.. I could be wrong but im pretty sure not.
1619415 said:
Ah i dont think so just because of modems,radios,software ect.. I could be wrong but im pretty sure not.
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I was curious because i know sprint bought out some of us cellular and the device model numbers are similar us990-ls990. Maybe im hoping for a miracle lol. Idk :/
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I was curious because i know sprint bought out some of us cellular and the device model numbers are similar us990-ls990. Maybe im hoping for a miracle lol. Idk :/
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You could try to look on android fourms or I guess just root it and stick to what you got
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I havent been on xda in a while but i have done my searches before i ask this question. Can i flash sprints ls990 recoveries, roms and mods to a us990 us cellular device?
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recoveries no, roms maybe, mods probably.
I am willing buy a US990 and flash the sprint GSM rom. I should only need to modify the boot.img right?
No, you would have to modify a lot more. Although the boot.img is a good start you are also going to have to modify the kernel and and maybe wrong but some lib files. I have no idea how close the ls990 is to the us990 hardware and software wise. Here is a whole site dedicated to develoment for your device, now I have no idea if these roms are any good but here is the link: http://teamuscellular.com/Forum/forum/429-lg-g3-development/
US990
mfknboss said:
I havent been on xda in a while but i have done my searches before i ask this question. Can i flash sprints ls990 recoveries, roms and mods to a us990 us cellular device?
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In my attempt to unlock US990 for GSM I did folowing so far:
1. I flashed Cloudy 1.3 while selecting the model as LS990.
a. Phone got stuck in boot loop.
b. Lost access to TWRP.
c. Download mode was still accessible, device info showed as LS990 but SWV was still US990.
d. When tried restoring to stock LS990 ZV4, flash tool failed and gave error that device model is different.
2. Restored a LS990 Nandroid Backup.
Results were same as flashing Cloudy 1.3
3. Installed the newly available CM12.1 Unofficial(Thanks a ton to @Seoyne) :
a. Modified telephony on the build.
b. No GSM access yet.
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In my attempt to unlock US990 for GSM I did folowing so far:
1. I flashed Cloudy 1.3 while selecting the model as LS990.
a. Phone got stuck in boot loop.
b. Lost access to TWRP.
c. Download mode was still accessible, device info showed as LS990 but SWV was still US990.
d. When tried restoring to stock LS990 ZV4, flash tool failed and gave error that device model is different.
2. Restored a LS990 Nandroid Backup.
Results were same as flashing Cloudy 1.3
3. Installed the newly available CM12.1 Unofficial(Thanks a ton to @Seoyne) :
a. Modified telephony on the build.
b. No GSM access yet.
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I can try to help you.... Send me a PM and I can see what I can do
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I can try to help you.... Send me a PM and I can see what I can do
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Thanks for replying. I tried a lot of different things since then. I am here now:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-...-ls990-calls-data-t3088944/page5#post60626866
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/help/lg-g3-us990-changed-to-ls990-stuck-t3103711
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Thanks for replying. I tried a lot of different things since then. I am here now:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-...-ls990-calls-data-t3088944/page5#post60626866
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/help/lg-g3-us990-changed-to-ls990-stuck-t3103711
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Send me a PM that way I can help you more
mfknboss said:
I havent been on xda in a while but i have done my searches before i ask this question. Can i flash sprints ls990 recoveries, roms and mods to a us990 us cellular device?
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you can flash kernels. but you have to decompile them and use a new dt img. the one specifically compiled for the us990. i found that out when trying to use a dt img from a ls990 kernel.
Look at the int forum they have a couple of ROMs for your phone
http://forum.xda-developers.com/search.php?searchid=364917567 here that's some stuff on your phone
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/search.php?searchid=364917567 here that's some stuff on your phone
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This link is not working. Can you tell what exactly you were trying to say. TIA
If you have the right dll and the KitKat Sprint tot, you can flash stock Sprint on the us990 you just won't have service on stock roms...you would more than likely have to use cm or aosp based roms
Google how tobflash as990 to ls990...that what I did and I even have an ntelos sim card in this phone and all works but lte
Its time for an upgrade and I am eyeing the G3. Its currently $.99 on upgrade, and the price is playing a big part in my decision as money is tight right now and my older S3 is falling apart.
The thing that draws me to this phone is its unlocked bootloader. I have tried to research on my own, and what I have found is that you can get a custom recovery and ROM on a G3 from most stock OOB configs.
However, I cant find any super recent talk of it. That doesnt mean there isnt, it just means I havent found it on this forum or elsewhere and my Search-Fu is probably weak.. I believe I read that the G3 was recently updated OTA to lolipop, and my question is does the CURRENT, brand new G3 from verizon still have the capability to install custom roms? I am no smartphone expert, ive rooted and custom rom'd an old tablet and I am confident in my technical skills, and I just want to make sure that the phone (which i probably will go pick up from the VZW store tomorrow) is still viable because if its not, ill probably get a different phone. I will go deeper into research mode once I know for sure, I am worried though that the bootloader has been locked as this happened to the S3 later in its life after the Kitkat upgrade.
TLDR is a new G3 from verizon still ROM'able and such?
Thank you for your help, this is a pretty awesome site/forum and I hate to bother you all with noobish questions!
Carmelized_FUNTIME said:
Its time for an upgrade and I am eyeing the G3. Its currently $.99 on upgrade, and the price is playing a big part in my decision as money is tight right now and my older S3 is falling apart.
The thing that draws me to this phone is its unlocked bootloader. I have tried to research on my own, and what I have found is that you can get a custom recovery and ROM on a G3 from most stock OOB configs.
However, I cant find any super recent talk of it. That doesnt mean there isnt, it just means I havent found it on this forum or elsewhere and my Search-Fu is probably weak.. I believe I read that the G3 was recently updated OTA to lolipop, and my question is does the CURRENT, brand new G3 from verizon still have the capability to install custom roms? I am no smartphone expert, ive rooted and custom rom'd an old tablet and I am confident in my technical skills, and I just want to make sure that the phone (which i probably will go pick up from the VZW store tomorrow) is still viable because if its not, ill probably get a different phone. I will go deeper into research mode once I know for sure, I am worried though that the bootloader has been locked as this happened to the S3 later in its life after the Kitkat upgrade.
TLDR is a new G3 from verizon still ROM'able and such?
Thank you for your help, this is a pretty awesome site/forum and I hate to bother you all with noobish questions!
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I have a Verizon g3 but mine didn't come with the boot loader unlocked! And also it's a great phone, the only downside is the battery life with the new lollipop update but if you root it, you can fix that problem
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salvabigboy said:
I have a Verizon g3 but mine didn't come with the boot loader unlocked! And also it's a great phone, the only downside is the battery life with the new lollipop update but if you root it, you can fix that problem
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O really? So you are unable to install a recovery and ROMS?
Forgive my ignorance, I might be misusing the terminology.
Carmelized_FUNTIME said:
O really? So you are unable to install a recovery and ROMS?
Forgive my ignorance, I might be misusing the terminology.
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That's correct. I rooted my phone but I was unsuccesful on unlocking the boot loader and now I updated my phone so I lost root. Although I heard about an app called autorec in the play store that will install the custom recovery for you. There is a Verizon g3 variant too
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Carmelized_FUNTIME said:
O really? So you are unable to install a recovery and ROMS?
Forgive my ignorance, I might be misusing the terminology.
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Plan on kdz'ing or tot'ing back to the stock firmware (10B), and then root, unlock, and install TWRP (custom recovery), and you'll be good to go to install custom roms! All OOB firmwares from Verizon can be kdz'ed or tot'ed back to the stock firmware, so yes that's a HUGE plus.
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Plan on kdz'ing or tot'ing back to the stock firmware (10B), and then root, unlock, and install TWRP (custom recovery), and you'll be good to go to install custom roms! All OOB firmwares from Verizon can be kdz'ed or tot'ed back to the stock firmware, so yes that's a HUGE plus.
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So just to clarify you are saying is that all G3's regardless of stock firmware, even the latest VZW version G3, can be rooted, unlocked and custom rom installed, it just make take a little extra work on some of them?
Carmelized_FUNTIME said:
Its time for an upgrade and I am eyeing the G3. Its currently $.99 on upgrade, and the price is playing a big part in my decision as money is tight right now and my older S3 is falling apart.
The thing that draws me to this phone is its unlocked bootloader. I have tried to research on my own, and what I have found is that you can get a custom recovery and ROM on a G3 from most stock OOB configs.
However, I cant find any super recent talk of it. That doesnt mean there isnt, it just means I havent found it on this forum or elsewhere and my Search-Fu is probably weak.. I believe I read that the G3 was recently updated OTA to lolipop, and my question is does the CURRENT, brand new G3 from verizon still have the capability to install custom roms? I am no smartphone expert, ive rooted and custom rom'd an old tablet and I am confident in my technical skills, and I just want to make sure that the phone (which i probably will go pick up from the VZW store tomorrow) is still viable because if its not, ill probably get a different phone. I will go deeper into research mode once I know for sure, I am worried though that the bootloader has been locked as this happened to the S3 later in its life after the Kitkat upgrade.
TLDR is a new G3 from verizon still ROM'able and such?
Thank you for your help, this is a pretty awesome site/forum and I hate to bother you all with noobish questions!
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If the phone ships with the latest 24B update you can root with my script but TWRP will not work yet.
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NBreunig3 said:
If the phone ships with the latest 24B update you can root with my script but TWRP will not work yet.
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Whats your root script? And have you tried autorec for recovery?
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salvabigboy said:
Whats your root script? And have you tried autorec for recovery?
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My root script will root 24B. Autorec works with 23C and only 23C. So 24B = Root only but 23C = Root + TWRP. Check out my toolkit which will do all of this for you. bit.ly/VZWG3Toolkit
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NBreunig3 said:
My root script will root 24B. Autorec works with 23C and only 23C. So 24B = Root only but 23C = Root + TWRP. Check out my toolkit which will do all of this for you. bit.ly/VZWG3Toolkit
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Thanks! I'll check it out. I really don't want a new Rom anyway. Just interested in the battery saving apps
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Carmelized_FUNTIME said:
So just to clarify you are saying is that all G3's regardless of stock firmware, even the latest VZW version G3, can be rooted, unlocked and custom rom installed, it just make take a little extra work on some of them?
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That's correct. And whether or not you want a custom ROM, I would still root AND unlock, that way you can install TWRP, take nandroid backups, etc. and thereby make it easier on yourself if you ever jacked up the phone doing something with root. I figure if you're gonna go to the trouble of rooting, might as well unlock too. Just my 2 cents
hello, I tried using your method but it tells me " cannot stat "busyboy" no such file or directory" and I tried using the other method you said to use incase that happened and I tried both the root.bat and send command option but still no success! please tell me what to do! I'm on 5.0.1 24B
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NBreunig3 said:
My root script will root 24B. Autorec works with 23C and only 23C. So 24B = Root only but 23C = Root + TWRP. Check out my toolkit which will do all of this for you. bit.ly/VZWG3Toolkit
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hi, I tried your method but it did not work and I got the message "cannot stat "busybox" no file or directory" and then I looked at the forum andsed the other method it said to use incase that happened and used both the root.bat and send command option but it still didn't work! I really need help!! I'm on 5.0.1 24b
Carmelized_FUNTIME said:
So just to clarify you are saying is that all G3's regardless of stock firmware, even the latest VZW version G3, can be rooted, unlocked and custom rom installed, it just make take a little extra work on some of them?
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Technically, it's not unlocked. There is an exploit that allows you to flash custom ROMs and kernels as if the bootloader was unlocked. On the surface, yes. You could say it's unlocked, but it it were truly unlocked, you could flash TWRP without having to be rooted. But you can't replace the recovery correctly without being rooted first. Hence, it's an exploit that skirts around the locked bootloader. It's still locked, but an exploit allows you to flash TWRP after you are rooted.
Here's what I know:
The first thing you must do is root the phone. You can root 24B as stated earlier by an earlier post.
Once rooted, you can flash TWRP but only if you are not on 24B. If you are on the latest OTA (24b), you can still flash TWRP, but it requires some extra steps. However, there is an app for this that you can install and run and it will prep your phone for TWRP and then install TWRP. It's basically a one-click TWRP install. You can get it in the Google Play store at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=b007.autorecvs985. Saves a lot of headaches.
So, I can one-click root my phone. Then install the LG G3 AutoRec-LP app to flash TWRP for me and I'm done!
You're bootloader is not unlocked, but TWRP is a "bumped" version. Bumping is the term they use for taking advantage of the exploit. But, you can't just flash any ROM out there for the G3. ROMs are specific to the model of the phone you have. For instance, you cannot take a D855 version (UK version of G3 I believe) of a ROM and flash it on your VS985 version. You'll brick it. ROMs have to also be "bumped" in order to work and be flashed, hence that is why the ROMs are specific to each model of the G3.
So if the AT&T version of the g3 has a ROM but the Verizon doesn't have that particular ROM, it's because the dev hasn't bumped their ROM for VS985. So, you can only flash those ROMs that are bumped for VS985.
But, the bumped version of TWRP and the ROMs act the same as if you had an unlocked bootloader, but it's an exploit that could be patched in the future. For whatever reason, LG and Verzion have not done that. Not sure why. But, caution on blindly taking any future OTAs. I would wait until you hear whether you can either revert back to a previous version to exploit and still root and bump on that previous version or not. Otherwise, you will be SOL.
As for unlocking the bootloader, that has only been allowed for overseas variants of the G3, but there is one issue that many might now like. When you truly unlock the bootloader with LG's unlocking tool, DRM is removed (which many would love), but then that means, some movie streaming services you use might not work any more because of the DRM removal. So, my feeling right now is, bumping is the best way to go.
Here's LG's description of what happens when you unlock it officially using their tool (mind you, as I stated, this is only for overseas variants of the G3):
http://developer.lge.com/resource/mobile/RetrieveBootloader.dev?categoryTypeCode=ANRS
salvabigboy said:
hello, I tried using your method but it tells me " cannot stat "busyboy" no such file or directory" and I tried using the other method you said to use incase that happened and I tried both the root.bat and send command option but still no success! please tell me what to do! I'm on 5.0.1 24B
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hi, I tried your method but it did not work and I got the message "cannot stat "busybox" no file or directory" and then I looked at the forum andsed the other method it said to use incase that happened and used both the root.bat and send command option but it still didn't work! I really need help!! I'm on 5.0.1 24b
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Download the root separately
NBreunig3 said:
Download the root separately
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How do I do that!? Sorry but it's like my second time ever rooting
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salvabigboy said:
How do I do that!? Sorry but it's like my second time ever rooting
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/general/guide-root-method-lg-devices-t3129197
As mentioned in the title, i am wondering if this firmware is safe to flash. The model and carrier I have is sprint xt1526. Yes, the bootloader is unlocked. The reason for my concern is because i don't want to end up with a brick. Also, if it did successfully flash, would i still be able to use sprint? Or would it be limited to specific us carrier or carriers? I really want to know, so any answer related to the original question is appreciated!
hydroman202 said:
As mentioned in the title, i am wondering if this firmware is safe to flash. The model and carrier I have is sprint xt1526. Yes, the bootloader is unlocked. The reason for my concern is because i don't want to end up with a brick. Also, if it did successfully flash, would i still be able to use sprint? Or would it be limited to specific us carrier or carriers? I really want to know, so any answer related to the original question is appreciated!
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I can't give you a 100% sure answer on that but I am on VM phone and I was going to try to flash the ret us ROM but got cold feet at the last second and flashed superR's Boost 5.1 ROM and it correctly labeled me VM right of the bat with my LTE texts calls etc and downloaded my vm apps automatically. What version are you using right now? Look in settings>about phone>sim info
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I can't give you a 100% sure answer on that but I am on VM phone and I was going to try to flash the ret us ROM but got cold feet at the last second and flashed superR's Boost 5.1 ROM and it correctly labeled me VM right of the bat with my LTE texts calls etc and downloaded my vm apps automatically. What version are you using right now? Look in settings>about phone>sim info
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Build number is LPI23.29-18-S.11
System Version is 25.11.25.surnia_boost.boost.en.US.Sprint
Flash the Boost ROM. We sprint + vm piggy back from boost. I highly recommend starting with the 5.0.2 Boost ROM and then update to 5.1 like that. Just follow the directions in his thread. The stock or debloated both work for us
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Flash the Boost ROM. We sprint + vm piggy back from boost. I highly recommend starting with the 5.0.2 Boost ROM and then update to 5.1 like that. Just follow the directions in his thread. The stock or debloated both work for us
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OK. Thanks for the response! I will assume that the retail us is not flashable. Anyway, I am not willing to chance it.
hydroman202 said:
OK. Thanks for the response! I will assume that the retail us is not flashable. Anyway, I am not willing to chance it.
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No problem. The retail US version probably is flashable, I just don't know what the end result would be
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If anybody wants to volunteer to flash the moto e 2015 LTE retail version, please let me know the results. I would try it, but my computer is currently not being very cooperative.
The most recent update breaks the Wifi and cellular on my Virgin Mobile Moto E (XT1526). I tried it through three methods. 1) flashing SuperR's ROM 2) unrooting, pushing the S.11 firmware, as a fresh install, and 3) unrooting, going back to S.2, and then allowing the OTA updates to work their way up to S.11. Once I get S.11, I appear to lose my ICCID, so cell signal shows an exclamation point, and while the phone sees Wifi (it connects to my router), it also has an exclamation point and no IP address or any other info.