For the beginnings of this thread read posts 838-844 here.
alain57 said:
I did the modification on cucuo92 rom
i went back to CM12.1 and noticed that TWRP restaure an NV partition... So i first told TWRP to NOT restaure this partition => phone did not boot
So i had no choice and restaured this partition after all
well I went to a town where there is ONLY LTE 800Mhz, and like I expected did not work :/
So I guess that the NV partition backup in TWRP contains the NV changes :/
Nevertheless, i'll retry this with Cucuo92 rom to be sure that this mod is working on my phone
if it is, i will create a NV backup and try to compare it with the backup I already have (cucuo rom without changes)
and then I'll try to do the exact same difference on the CM12.1 NV backup... maybe this could work
you need to use another tool to do the LTE mod, the window you are showing is the one for UMTS (3G) modification
this window need to stay open, but the LTE mod are done in one other tool
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So I was reading a little deeper in the thread and a few interesting things came out to me.
CM is known (as of last September) to have added a commit to their code to prevent these changes (my guess is because of their rapid growth and wanting to play with the big manufacturers), so CM12 or CM12.1 may not successfully do this.
It seems that this only works with custom ROM's/kernels that have been compiled from source (meaning Cuoco's ROM is built off of Nubia and they likely are preventing it in the kernel)
It seems the phone has the correct modem to make this happen, but we may also need a custom radio compiled to enable these bands to work - although it seems some people in the other thread have had issues with this. Some say it works and others not so much.
There's more but I don't have time at the moment. I'll try and add more later.
The guy that stated he tried it said to use Cuoco 2.50 or so, and that it didn't work on CM. Maybe Nubia does not have the temper code in its firmware.
Exact I stay under Cuoco 2.51 because I love this rom, but maybe the guide work with CM...
Here, again the link of the guide : http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s5/general/how-to-add-rf-lte-frequency-bands-to-t2886059
voetbalremco said:
The guy that stated he tried it said to use Cuoco 2.50 or so, and that it didn't work on CM. Maybe Nubia does not have the temper code in its firmware.
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voetbalremco said:
The guy that stated he tried it said to use Cuoco 2.50 or so, and that it didn't work on CM. Maybe Nubia does not have the temper code in its firmware.
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This is true, they may not. It was only a presumption on my part. They have been so reluctant (okay, flat out refusing to do so) to release the source code and device tree, it wouldn't surprise me that they have this, I just don't know. Nubia/ZTE really seems like they don't care about anyone outside of China.
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Exact I stay under Cuoco 2.51 because I love this rom, but maybe the guide work with CM...
Here, again the link of the guide : http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s5/general/how-to-add-rf-lte-frequency-bands-to-t2886059
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From what I understand from reading many of the replies in the guide, people have had a hard time making it work with CM. They have to use a different ROM.
well fo me, i enabled band 3, 7 and 20 only with the code number : 524356
I then went to a town where to only LTE is on band 20 (800Mhz) (i checked this on a french 4G => http://www.reseau4g.info/couverture-4g-orange)
and ....
NOT WORKING only 3G (too good to be true)
good part about this : i now has no reason to stay on that ****ty nubia based rom, can switch back to CM12.1
Are you sure you have activates 4G in settings > Msim Settings > Mobile Network > Phone Card One or Two ( Where is your Orange sim card ) > 4G mode, enable LTE 4G networks
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The guy that stated he tried it said to use Cuoco 2.50 or so, and that it didn't work on CM. Maybe Nubia does not have the temper code in its firmware.
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well fo me, i enabled band 3, 7 and 20 only with the code number : 524356
I then went to a town where to only LTE is on band 20 (800Mhz) (i checked this on a french 4G => http://www.reseau4g.info/couverture-4g-orange)
and ....
NOT WORKING only 3G (too good to be true)
good part about this : i now has no reason to stay on that ****ty nubia based rom, can switch back to CM12.1
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Are you sure you have activates 4G in settings > Msim Settings > Mobile Network > Phone Card One or Two ( Where is your Orange sim card ) > 4G mode, enable LTE 4G networks
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yes as I have currently 4G in roaming on a 2600Mhz antenna
these are the settings i setup (i also wrote the second line just in case, but this didn't help :/)
and like I said, i'm currently in 4G but on a 2600Mhz antenna somewhere else
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at least i can confirm that disabling a band really disable it
i just setup my phone to ONLY accept band 20, rebooted it and no more 4G at the place I am (with 4G 2600Mhz)
I guess that some manufacturer disable some bands by software (and in this case, this mod works)
and some other may actually have some hardware limitations (maybe the LTE radio can't find signals bellow 1000mhz ?
nevertheless, i will do a last test by activation all 800Mhz bands (and for course the 3 an 7 bands)
so it will be bands :
3 6 7 18 19 20 27
for code i received 68026468
I'll test this this afternoon... and update the post after getting some results
edit : i went eating in the other nearby town (800Mhz) and no 4G
so this modification is useless :/
Okay, so it seems that we've had someone on Cuoco and on Nubia test this out without success. Next we need someone with one of the versions of CM to see if it works. I'm on CM12.1 and would try, but I don't have a PC; only Mac and Linux and I'm not sure how to make this work with either one.
Well for cm12 we first need to find how to enable the dialog USB.
Cm12 only get adb and mtp or USB mass storage
And noe of the service code worked...
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Well for cm12 we first need to find how to enable the dialog USB.
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You have it explained here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=57561965&postcount=1
You may actually control all the possible USB configs in a similar way.
And it works on a fully booted phone, and not when swiched-off.
intresting thread, i want to buy a z9 mini... there is also no FDD-LTE 20 (800mhz) for being usable in Germany...
anybody tried this? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=55560160&postcount=148
other question, could it be that the reciever isnt possible to get 800mhz? Then the Software edit would be not useful
Had not seen that specific thread; although, the person who wrote it was a major contributor to the one that had been pointed out earlier. A couple of the people here tried adding band 20 (in France I think) and it didn't work. From what I understand, the qualcomm modem should work without a problem, it's the radio that may be the issue. From what I've read elsewhere, if the phone is being used for bands 38-41 in China, the antenna should be suitable for the other bands people are looking into activating on the phone.
Pr3muToS said:
intresting thread, i want to buy a z9 mini... there is also no FDD-LTE 20 (800mhz) for being usable in Germany...
anybody tried this? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=55560160&postcount=148
other question, could it be that the reciever isnt possible to get 800mhz? Then the Software edit would be not useful
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=57012928&postcount=547
doesnt it have also 38-41??
Pr3muToS said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=57012928&postcount=547
doesnt it have also 38-41??
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Yes, it does, but those bands aren't available in all countries. Those are TDD bands primarily used in Asian countries (thought there are others too).
yes , but you said:
if the phone is being used for bands 38-41 in China, the antenna should be suitable for the other bands people are looking into activating on the phone.
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but the OPO hast 38-41 and the FDD20 didnt work, see my last link
thats y iam asking.... depends on antenna, or software? Because Qualcomm Tool should be able to active FDD 20 on Qualcomm based phones.. but if the antenna doesnt support, this all is useless, thats the question now?? mhm
https://www.qualcomm.com/products/snapdragon/modems
this is also very intressting... the LTE modem is buidl in @ processor , so it shoudl be able to add all LTE bands...
but now there is also the question if the antenna is a impotant thing or not?
for exmaple on the Nubia z9 mini, there is snapdragon 615, which is alos build in htc desire 820, Oppo R5 , Coolpad F2 LTE, Samsung Galaxy A7, ZTE Blade S6
only F2 and blade s6 dont support the 800mhz LTE band, the other 3 do...
br
edit: i see the s6 also has b20 support now
http://www.comebuy.com/brandpage/specification.html
The B20 band is possible or not on Z7 mini ?
I'm sorry but i don't have the capacities to test it.
But actually the procedure for SOC qualcomm don't work for our device ?
Pr3muToS said:
https://www.qualcomm.com/products/snapdragon/modems
this is also very intressting... the LTE modem is buidl in @ processor , so it shoudl be able to add all LTE bands...
but now there is also the question if the antenna is a impotant thing or not?
for exmaple on the Nubia z9 mini, there is snapdragon 615, which is alos build in htc desire 820, Oppo R5 , Coolpad F2 LTE, Samsung Galaxy A7, ZTE Blade S6
only F2 and blade s6 dont support the 800mhz LTE band, the other 3 do...
br
edit: i see the s6 also has b20 support now
http://www.comebuy.com/brandpage/specification.html
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hello
Hi everyone, I am trying to enable some lte bands.
I can not make service programming to read my phone. is it totally necessary? becasue qspt and qxdm are reading my phone.
I wrote with qxdm 65609 for bands 1, 4 17 (by the way, is this code alright?) but I can not get 4g to work. Any idea?
I am using quoco's rom
Thanks
LTE band 20 800MHz FDD
Hi did anyone successfull add band 20? Is it working? Can someone help me please? btw have cuocos rom
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Starting this thread to answer a very simple question.
I find some answers scattered through responses in a lot of other threads, but all the information is too spread out to be useful, so I'm trying to get all that info in a single thread.
Most of us will get their P780 through a Chinese website. Most of them will have an English interface probably, but are still the Chinese models.
The main difference is explained elsewhere, so not going into that. Just wondering, I'm living in Europe, but temporarily in Australia.
I have an Australian SIM1, and my European SIM2. Works just fine. Full reception on SIM2 all the time, SIM1 is kind of unstable, going from full reception to almost nothing and back when on 3G. But apart from that, fast data transfer.
In most countries, 3G on 900Mhz is not that popular anyways.
So, is there any reason to flash an ROW rom to a Chinese phone ?
- 3G 900Mhz band not available on Chinese models : does the ROW change that ? Or can you change it by flashing a different modem image or can't you enable 3G 900Mhz at all on them?
- custom ROM support : but so far I haven't seen a ROM interesting enough to do this. Most of us will want the latest android version, which is only VIBE 1.5 on Chinese ones anyways at this moment. SLX and Life look ok, but I don't see much difference with the VIBE roms (UI wise).
- English interface : you can switch the Chinese models to English without too many issues (some text still in Chinese, but not too annoying)
Do Chinese and ROW models have the same hardware, or are there differences ?
On Russian forums, people try to flash ROW to open up the 3G 900Mhz band, but so far, I couldn't find conclusive information that this actually works.
Taking it even further, is there any reason to go for a ROW(usually more expensive) model instead of a Chinese model ?
And perhaps the most important question of all : can you actually flash a ROW ROM on a Chinese model ?
Most answers I find elsewhere say it should work. But my phone gets stuck and won't even start when I do so. Perhaps I'm doing something wrong, perhaps because it's just not possible.
Update : In recent other posts, users successfully flashed a ROW on a Chinese model, so I'm assuming that is possible.
I invite you all to provide some answers or feedback, because when I was looking into buying this phone, that was my most important question
casaben said:
Starting this thread to answer a very simple question.
I find some answers scattered through responses in a lot of other threads, but all the information is too spread out to be useful, so I'm trying to get all that info in a single thread.
Most of us will get their P780 through a Chinese website. Most of them will have an English interface probably, but are still the Chinese models.
The main difference is explained elsewhere, so not going into that. Just wondering, I'm living in Europe, but temporarily in Australia.
I have an Australian SIM1, and my European SIM2. Works just fine. Full reception on SIM2 all the time, SIM1 is kind of unstable, going from full reception to almost nothing and back when on 3G. But apart from that, fast data transfer.
In most countries, 3G on 900Mhz is not that popular anyways.
So, is there any reason to flash an ROW rom to a Chinese phone ?
- 3G 900Mhz band not available on Chinese models : does the ROW change that ? Or can you change it by flashing a different modem image or can't you enable 3G 900Mhz at all on them?
- custom ROM support : but so far I haven't seen a ROM interesting enough to do this. Most of us will want the latest android version, which is only VIBE 1.5 on Chinese ones anyways at this moment. SLX and Life look ok, but I don't see much difference with the VIBE roms (UI wise).
- English interface : you can switch the Chinese models to English without too many issues (some text still in Chinese, but not too annoying)
Do Chinese and ROW models have the same hardware, or are there differences ?
On Russian forums, people try to flash ROW to open up the 3G 900Mhz band, but so far, I couldn't find conclusive information that this actually works.
Taking it even further, is there any reason to go for a ROW(usually more expensive) model instead of a Chinese model ?
And perhaps the most important question of all : can you actually flash a ROW ROM on a Chinese model ?
Most answers I find elsewhere say it should work. But my phone gets stuck and won't even start when I do so. Perhaps I'm doing something wrong, perhaps because it's just not possible.
I invite you all to provide some answers or feedback, because when I was looking into buying this phone, that was my most important question
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I have ROW Phone bough and i commandet P780 Chinese version witch is more cheap then my row bought in my country. Half a price. I will not pay shipment because someone i know will bring it from there. I barrely wait to compare and i will tell you all about it.
So some follow up on my testing:
Remember : I'm working on a P780 4Gb Chinese with production date 15/03/14
This means I have to use a different preloader file than the ones included in all roms (at this moment). I that is not done, the phone will not boot (see my other thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/lenovo-p780/help/p780-bricked-flashing-wrong-rom-doesnt-t2749683).
I succesfully installed following ROMS :
- P780_S135_130917_rooted_twrp_gapps : standard Chinese rom, works well, some chinese, but does the job
- VIBEUI_V1.5_1419_5_DEV_P780_rooted_twrp_gapps : KitKat rom, worked very nice but had a huge problem with battery drain. Location services would hang an eat up to 15%/hour. Tried many things, and in the end, I got it more or less stable, but no location services (Google Now, Maps, weather,...). Too many problems with battery performance, so uninstalled
- P780_ROW_S124_140403_rooted_twrp_gapps + SLXROM_v24a-Lenovo_P780 : this combo gave me the purest Android system so far. Good old Android menus and behavior, good battery life, good everything. However, I had a major problem : every reboot, I would get a problem with SIM1 or SIM2 that did not come up. No problem, I could flash a modem like V52 Modem_S920 and the problem would be gone when the phone started up again...only to return on a next reboot. I liked the rom a lot, but that was just not workable.
- P780_ROW_S124_140403_rooted_twrp_gapps : The ROW stock rom, and I must say, I'm liking it. Works well, good battery, and in all honesty I kind of like the Lenovo shell. Nice launcher, nice behavior. I installed XPosed and GravityBox to update some things I didn't like without problems. Oh and the biggest surprise of all : in my SIM1, I see that WCDMA-GSM-900, aka 3G 900Mhz, is enabled, but I'm in a 2100Mhz only area, so I don't know if this is just there but not actually working... Furthermore, I liked the Power and security app from the VIBE 1.5 ROM, so I opened the img file, and extracted the apks, and installed them on this ROM, and it actually works nice without issues.
So for now, the last rom (ROW), gives me a non-Chinese, nice rom that has the 900MHz band enabled (will try to test soon).
casaben said:
So some follow up on my testing:
Remember : I'm working on a P780 4Gb Chinese with production date 15/03/14
This means I have to use a different preloader file than the ones included in all roms (at this moment). I that is not done, the phone will not boot (see my other thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/lenovo-p780/help/p780-bricked-flashing-wrong-rom-doesnt-t2749683).
I succesfully installed following ROMS :
- P780_S135_130917_rooted_twrp_gapps : standard Chinese rom, works well, some chinese, but does the job
- VIBEUI_V1.5_1419_5_DEV_P780_rooted_twrp_gapps : KitKat rom, worked very nice but had a huge problem with battery drain. Location services would hang an eat up to 15%/hour. Tried many things, and in the end, I got it more or less stable, but no location services (Google Now, Maps, weather,...). Too many problems with battery performance, so uninstalled
- P780_ROW_S124_140403_rooted_twrp_gapps + SLXROM_v24a-Lenovo_P780 : this combo gave me the purest Android system so far. Good old Android menus and behavior, good battery life, good everything. However, I had a major problem : every reboot, I would get a problem with SIM1 or SIM2 that did not come up. No problem, I could flash a modem like V52 Modem_S920 and the problem would be gone when the phone started up again...only to return on a next reboot. I liked the rom a lot, but that was just not workable.
- P780_ROW_S124_140403_rooted_twrp_gapps : The ROW stock rom, and I must say, I'm liking it. Works well, good battery, and in all honesty I kind of like the Lenovo shell. Nice launcher, nice behavior. I installed XPosed and GravityBox to update some things I didn't like without problems. Oh and the biggest surprise of all : in my SIM1, I see that WCDMA-GSM-900, aka 3G 900Mhz, is enabled, but I'm in a 2100Mhz only area, so I don't know if this is just there but not actually working... Furthermore, I liked the Power and security app from the VIBE 1.5 ROM, so I opened the img file, and extracted the apks, and installed them on this ROM, and it actually works nice without issues.
So for now, the last rom (ROW), gives me a non-Chinese, nice rom that has the 900MHz band enabled (will try to test soon).
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Thanks alot for sharing this information with us. Now: can you tell us what are the 2 app original names in system.img?
Found them in the priv-app folder,not app folder (somewhere in system.img,forgot where exactly ?): LenovoPower.apk and LenovoSafeCenter.apk
Lots of other interesting stuff in that folder I must say ?
The power app in vibe 1.5 shows me more accurate timings and has a useful interface to see processes that consume power,especially the keep awake,aka wakelocks, and I like the privacy settings on the security app.but this one seems to crash sometimes because of conflict with the security app of current rom,but still...
Sent from my Lenovo P780_ROW using XDA Free mobile app
casaben said:
Starting this thread to answer a very simple question.
I find some answers scattered through responses in a lot of other threads, but all the information is too spread out to be useful, so I'm trying to get all that info in a single thread.
Most of us will get their P780 through a Chinese website. Most of them will have an English interface probably, but are still the Chinese models.
The main difference is explained elsewhere, so not going into that. Just wondering, I'm living in Europe, but temporarily in Australia.
I have an Australian SIM1, and my European SIM2. Works just fine. Full reception on SIM2 all the time, SIM1 is kind of unstable, going from full reception to almost nothing and back when on 3G. But apart from that, fast data transfer.
In most countries, 3G on 900Mhz is not that popular anyways.
So, is there any reason to flash an ROW rom to a Chinese phone ?
- 3G 900Mhz band not available on Chinese models : does the ROW change that ? Or can you change it by flashing a different modem image or can't you enable 3G 900Mhz at all on them?
- custom ROM support : but so far I haven't seen a ROM interesting enough to do this. Most of us will want the latest android version, which is only VIBE 1.5 on Chinese ones anyways at this moment. SLX and Life look ok, but I don't see much difference with the VIBE roms (UI wise).
- English interface : you can switch the Chinese models to English without too many issues (some text still in Chinese, but not too annoying)
Do Chinese and ROW models have the same hardware, or are there differences ?
On Russian forums, people try to flash ROW to open up the 3G 900Mhz band, but so far, I couldn't find conclusive information that this actually works.
Taking it even further, is there any reason to go for a ROW(usually more expensive) model instead of a Chinese model ?
And perhaps the most important question of all : can you actually flash a ROW ROM on a Chinese model ?
Most answers I find elsewhere say it should work. But my phone gets stuck and won't even start when I do so. Perhaps I'm doing something wrong, perhaps because it's just not possible.
Update : In recent other posts, users successfully flashed a ROW on a Chinese model, so I'm assuming that is possible.
I invite you all to provide some answers or feedback, because when I was looking into buying this phone, that was my most important question
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Hummm...
Please do backup via spflash tool, i found somewhere on xda, spflash tool can pull a backup file from your rom what you using now. So if something happens you wouldn't worry. You have exactly right rom that always running on your phone.
Do research, 1st of all try flash all file and if ended with bootloop, you can try flash again and avoid to flash BL, preloader, sometimes nvram file.
If you have the right backup file, mediatek is nearly unbrickable, even imei can be write permanently without open your mainboard.
Sent from my Lenovo P780
cupliz said:
Hummm...
Please do backup via spflash tool, i found somewhere on xda, spflash tool can pull a backup file from your rom what you using now. So if something happens you wouldn't worry. You have exactly right rom that always running on your phone.
Do research, 1st of all try flash all file and if ended with bootloop, you can try flash again and avoid to flash BL, preloader, sometimes nvram file.
If you have the right backup file, mediatek is nearly unbrickable, even imei can be write permanently without open your mainboard.
Sent from my Lenovo P780
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Please post for us a link for SP Flash Tool with backup. Thank you.
Sent from my Lenovo P780
stympy said:
Please post for us a link for SP Flash Tool with backup. Thank you.
Sent from my Lenovo P780
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Try this bro...
Ive successful on acer liquid e2, this tutorial is very usefully for mtk devices that doesn't have official supports for roms. Should works fine on p780, if fail i think this tuts will never Broke our devices bro..
http://maxed4901note2.blogspot.com/2013/09/installing-clockworkmod-cwm-recovery-on.html?m=1
Sent from my Lenovo P780
cupliz said:
Try this bro...
Ive successful on acer liquid e2, this tutorial is very usefully for mtk devices that doesn't have official supports for roms. Should works fine on p780, if fail i think this tuts will never Broke our devices bro..
http://maxed4901note2.blogspot.com/2013/09/installing-clockworkmod-cwm-recovery-on.html?m=1
Sent from my Lenovo P780
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Great tutorial on the, well mainly SPFT, thanks!
Problem I had with CWM (and apparently you have to have the right version for Chinese or ROW), is that although it did boot into recovery, I'd get random errors about /system or /data or whatever else could not mount. It would give errors when trying to take a backup, and it just didn't feel reliable.
TWRP on the other hand, works great, no issues (although it says that it needs to fix root permission whenever I exit it, but no problems).
After my experience with a wrong flash, I do believe the MT devices are almost unbrickable, as long as you have the right combination of files to flash onto it.
After trying like 7 ROMS, I decided to stick with the ROW stock on my Chinese model. Great battery, stable, the storage division is a bit small, I'm running out of internal storage although I have plenty left in built-in storage, but my apps don't want to install there, neither can I move them.
Most important indeed is : BACKUP first
Update on my current P780_ROW_S124_140403_rooted_twrp_gapps ROM :
Although it shows 900Mhz band active, the 3G connection was pretty unstable. It works well for 1 second, then goes to nothing, then back to working well.
So I decided to flash the V52 Modem_S920.
Downside : no 900Mhz (but is it still used in a lot of countries ?)
Upside : 3G connection a lot better and stable. Browsing the internet is fast.
Where I would see a download speed of 25Kb/s to 500b/s to 200b/s it now stays well above 10Kb/s, with speeds well above that most of the time(up to 250Kb/s)
Current test done in Jakarta (with local SIM). Will test again in other countries.
hey guys,
if someone of you ownes a redmi note 3 pro special edition and have root and twrp(alka) installed please contact me!
Thanks
I'm searching too and guess for the same reason (Band 20/28? ).
User wtfjajaja claims that he has a kate but he is not responding to my pm or in his thread :/
Also I found a user on MIUI with a kate but he is not responding either. Maybe I'm not polite enough
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I'm searching too and guess for the same reason (Band 20/28? ).
User wtfjajaja claims that he has a kate but he is not responding to my pm or in his thread :/
Also I found a user on MIUI with a kate but he is not responding either. Maybe I'm not polite enough
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you are correct! it would be a huge help for us having a willing person with a special edition
Maybe you can PM him too and ask nicely for him to dump his device
His thread is here http://forum.xda-developers.com/redmi-note-3/help/how-to-port-cyagenogenmod-kenzo-to-kate-t3429502
Off topic: what is a "special edition"? I get more confused by so many versions of the same phone
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Off topic: what is a "special edition"? I get more confused by so many versions of the same phone
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The special edition recently got released in Taiwan. It is the same AS kenzo but supports more LTE Bands.
paul_damian said:
Off topic: what is a "special edition"? I get more confused by so many versions of the same phone
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http://mobile.mi.com/tw/note3/#specs
With FDD-LTE B1 / B2 / B3 / B4 / B5 / B7 / B8 / B20 / B28
Nobody haves a Kate
I'm sure there are people (why would they ask about porting kenzo fw to kate if they don't have one) but they are too lazy to help or fear that we could do something with their IMEI and such
edit: maybe we should try to trick people by saying our goal is to port cm to kate device hehehe
follow, soon to be redmi note 3 special edition owner. i would love to find out how to root and install twrp on this device!
Somebody have it in the forum but they say that special edition is 2 mm longer than kenzo. Some phsycal changes might be happen in hardware.
I would like to know this too. If Kate doesn't receive TWRP, I'd choose Kenzo, as it has such strong dev support. I use XMIUI and/or MIUI Tweaks too, and without TWRP and root, I couldn't install them.
It would be nice to have Marshmallow and band 28, but not at the expense of not having TWRP and root.
Just to bring this thread to a close, software-wise Kate is exactly the same as Kenzo apart from it uses a different modem. Now mine has been reflashed it can use all same ROMs as Kenzo etc.
So, I'm planning to flash MODEM_419D_V.00050 to my x829, running stock 16s. I don't want to flash a whole new different region stock ROM (23s) just to get the modem upgraded. Also, I've read that the modem files contain the fingerprint firmware as well, so that's a plus. I want to do it because I've always liked to have the latest versions of everything and keep it all updated. Just for the protocol - I don't have any modem or fingerprint problems with the stock 16s that my phone came with.
What should I backup, so I can go back if something goes wrong, or my network starts misbehaving? And how should I do it?
Thanks.
tr0ubles0me said:
So, I'm planning to flash MODEM_419D_V.00050 to my x829, running stock 16s. I don't want to flash a whole new different region stock ROM (23s) just to get the modem upgraded. Also, I've read that the modem files contain the fingerprint firmware as well, so that's a plus. I want to do it because I've always liked to have the latest versions of everything and keep it all updated. Just for the protocol - I don't have any modem or fingerprint problems with the stock 16s that my phone came with.
What should I backup, so I can go back if something goes wrong, or my network starts misbehaving? And how should I do it?
Thanks.
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Link to all modems available here https://yadi.sk/d/5v2p3F7o3GJBxn posted by someone in finger print thread. Just change as you wish if one does not work etc.
16S is too old. Get yourself on something more recent with a more up to date security patch level.
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16S is too old. Get yourself on something more recent with a more up to date security patch level.
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419D is newest right? Than is 23S?
Do you know changelog or diference. I have problem with GPS on Small EUI V10 where is newest modem.
Generaljan said:
419D is newest right? Than is 23S?
Do you know changelog or diference. I have problem with GPS on Small EUI V10 where is newest modem.
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Not sure about the radio files. I use the one from 23S. Regarding ROMs, the D ones are the more alpha or early beta experimental dev test ROMs. 23S is a stable beta I believe. I think 21S is actually the last official Chinese release. 19S was the last Indian release, maybe? Looks like that side of LeEco's business has gone down the pan, so wouldn't be surprised if they don't release any more. LeEco seem to be in a bad way financially, so praying that we at least get an N based update before they go pop!
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16s is the latest for x829. Actually, it's the only available US ROM and from that point of view it is the most up-to-date of it's kind
Makes no difference which you use as every one of them has bugs. Using 20s Chinese currently and can't get Gmail to come through auto and sometimes don't get texts sent to me and often sends 5 texts to someone when I send just 1.
I am very tempted to sell it and but a oneplus 3.
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16s is the latest for x829. Actually, it's the only available US ROM and from that point of view it is the most up-to-date of it's kind
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That's one of the most tragic truths of this phone. LeEco abandoned US users of this model, in favor of a specific US model. The 16S modem is the only one I have found which supports WiFi Calling with Tmobile (which is the only US carrier which supports that feature on this phone.) So we are stuck using it, unless LeEco releases an update which incorporates this functionality.
Basically, if you are in the US, and need WiFi calling, don't bother trying other ROMs which are incompatible with the 16S modem, or other modems. It probably won't work for you.
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That's one of the most tragic truths of this phone. LeEco abandoned US users of this model, in favor of a specific US model. The 16S modem is the only one I have found which supports WiFi Calling with Tmobile (which is the only US carrier which supports that feature on this phone.) So we are stuck using it, unless LeEco releases an update which incorporates this functionality.
Basically, if you are in the US, and need WiFi calling, don't bother trying other ROMs which are incompatible with the 16S modem, or other modems. It probably won't work for you.
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You're right about the incompatibility. I was using Small EUI (23s) rom and tried to flash 16s modem on top of it but then the phone refused to boot up.
how can I find my modem version?
Settings- About Phone- Baseband Version
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Settings- About Phone- Baseband Version
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I have 23s modem installed but my baseband version shows a 19 in the name not 23 as per pic which is strange. I installed it again too to make sure I had installed it ok.
No, it shows 33 , take glasses on
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No, it shows 33 , take glasses on
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Yeah but if you look at the modem download page all Chinese modems end in 33 lol. It was just the 1.9 at beginning I was referring to and nowhere on that baseband does it mention 23s?
What Modem had D466? Anybody tested?
Did flashing modem actually helped someone with "dead" fingerprint Reader?
I read in other threads that flashing developer modern helps.
But the question is how to back up original modem?
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I read in other threads that flashing developer modern helps.
But the question is how to back up original modem?
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Heyyo, boot to TWRP and go to backup and scroll down to firmware and select it... She's hidden at the bottom of that scroll menu. Took me a bit to figure it out heh
Tbh I find Chinese firmware 23s or 26s better. They are technically modem firmwares but they do also affect fingerprint reader in sleep mode
Thats fine, I installed the latest dev modem firmware. I thought it may help me see something in qxdm, most monitoring fields seem to be empty for me. But it didnt help... The providers here are using bands 1, 3 and 7 mostly. I get less than 50mbit downlink speed most of the time I know the connection is good in the area because when I put the sim into another phone, I get up to about 150mbit.
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Thats fine, I installed the latest dev modem firmware. I thought it may help me see something in qxdm, most monitoring fields seem to be empty for me. But it didnt help... The providers here are using bands 1, 3 and 7 mostly. I get less than 50mbit downlink speed most of the time I know the connection is good in the area because when I put the sim into another phone, I get up to about 150mbit.
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Ah you might benefit then from checking your band selection from this thread but I'm not 100% sure.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/le-max-2/how-to/guide-unlock-bands-leeco-le-max-2-fix-t3439154
Tbh I myself use Chinese 26s firmware since I find it gives me the most reliable signal and the fingerprint reader speed is ok. Developer firmwares to me are the opposite with fastest fingerprint reader but worse signal quality
https://yadi.sk/d/woKdrlRrv8yhr/Китай
I'm on the Chinese 26s from that link. the one without 0509. Of course results vary from user to user so you can always tinker to your heart's content as to which modem firmware compliments you the best.
Since I'm kind of disliking EMUI but love FlymeOS, I'm planning to flash the latter on my phone. I'm downloading the latest version from the official site, flymeos(dot)com.
However, it is listed under Honor 5X, and described as compatible with KIW-L24 / L22 / L21, KII-L23 / L22 / L2 (no mention of KII-L05).
I did some research and KII-L22 / 23 seem practically identical to the L05, in fact certain sites do not even bother to make a distinction between them when describing the specs.
So, can I safely flash this version of Flyme on my device?
Thanks in advance.
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Since I'm kind of disliking EMUI but love FlymeOS, I'm planning to flash the latter on my phone. I'm downloading the latest version from the official site, flymeos(dot)com.
However, it is listed under Honor 5X, and described as compatible with KIW-L24 / L22 / L21, KII-L23 / L22 / L2 (no mention of KII-L05).
I did some research and KII-L22 / 23 seem practically identical to the L05, in fact certain sites do not even bother to make a distinction between them when describing the specs.
So, can I safely flash this version of Flyme on my device?
Thanks in advance.
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If you are on Volte firmware your have to downgrade to non volte firmware before going to custom rom..
I think it for all honor 5x..
Give it a try but do not forget to make full backup before flashing rom.
Hey, thank you for your answer!
hassanjavaid8181 said:
If you are on Volte firmware your have to downgrade to non volte firmware before going to custom rom..
I think it for all honor 5x..
Give it a try but do not forget to make full backup before flashing rom.
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So I gave it a try and got error 7. Maybe it really isn't compatible after all?
Btw here is something else I noticed on their forum page: "The rom is based on android6.0 and it is necessary to flash the based rom", and they provide a link to this based rom, it's for an Indian version of the Honor 5X KIW-L22. I'm quite wary of flashing it though (again, due to the difference in device version). Do you think that it would be absolutely necessary?
In the meantime, I successfully flashed LineageOS. Actually really liking it so far, might as well just keep that if I can get everything to work the way I want.
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Hey, thank you for your answer!
So I gave it a try and got error 7. Maybe it really isn't compatible after all?
Btw here is something else I noticed on their forum page: "The rom is based on android6.0 and it is necessary to flash the based rom", and they provide a link to this based rom, it's for an Indian version of the Honor 5X KIW-L22. I'm quite wary of flashing it though (again, due to the difference in device version). Do you think that it would be absolutely necessary?
In the meantime, I successfully flashed LineageOS. Actually really liking it so far, might as well just keep that if I can get everything to work the way I want.
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I don't understand. If you have lineage os running, you shouldn't have problems installing flyme.
gopinaidu77 said:
I don't understand. If you have lineage os running, you shouldn't have problems installing flyme.
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It's the very first time I encounter error 7 so I don't know, but it is what it is.
Either way, I set up Lineage to my liking and everything seems to work, so at this point the only purpose of flashing Flyme would be aesthetics, though I doubt it's worth the risk and the time. So I'll mark the thread as solved.
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It's the very first time I encounter error 7 so I don't know, but it is what it is.
Either way, I set up Lineage to my liking and everything seems to work, so at this point the only purpose of flashing Flyme would be aesthetics, though I doubt it's worth the risk and the time. So I'll mark the thread as solved.
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To solve error 7 for flyme..
After wiping restart twrp and then flash rom.zip again it will flash
Can I use this rom even im in Philippines? Because my phone dont have cellular signal so I decided to find it's stock rom. TIA
joaquinorrica said:
Can I use this rom even im in Philippines? Because my phone dont have cellular signal so I decided to find it's stock rom. TIA
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Hi there,
First of all, when you say "this rom", which one are you referring to, Flyme, Lineage? They are NOT stock roms for Huawei/Honor devices. The stock for Huawei is EMUI.
I don't know what model number the Philippinean version of the Honor 5X has, but im pretty sure Lineage for kiwi (Honor 5X codename) is universal across device versions. As for Flyme, it installed fine (eventually) on my Canadian version of the phone without being inteded for it, but it was incredibly buggy and unstable, absolutely unusable for daily tasks.
If you feel you must flash a custom rom, go with Resurrection Remix. Don't touch Lineage with a 10 foot pole (I know I wrote above that I was loving it, but shortly after that I discovered a serious bug in it, basically the thing did something to my SD card making it act as if it was ejected after each reboot, I had to reformat it to get it to work properly again). RR has an interface nearly identical to Lineage, but vastly more options and the SD bug isn't there.
However, from personal experience with two different devices, my advice is to avoid custom roms altogether and always stick with the stock. Even the best custom roms like RR are still less optimized for any given device and therefore will function worse than even the crappiest stock rom, such as Honor 5X's EMUI. Since I wrote my original post I tested over 10 different roms, settling eventually for RR but then was not able to stand using even that for longer than a month. The problems were mostly minor annoyances, but when they all added up it drove me crazy.
You say that your phone doesn't have cellular signal, what happened that made it lose it? Depending on what the problem is, it may not even be correctable by flashing a different rom.
joaquinorrica said:
Can I use this rom even im in Philippines? Because my phone dont have cellular signal so I decided to find it's stock rom. TIA
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You say that your phone doesn't have cellular signal, what happened that made it lose it? Depending on what the problem is, it may not even be correctable by flashing a different rom.
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The majority of roms don't cover all the mobile frequencies. I use the KII-L22 in Australia and have the same problem.
I'm still to find a rom that has the mobile frequency B8 included.
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The majority of roms don't cover all the mobile frequencies. I use the KII-L22 in Australia and have the same problem.
I'm still to find a rom that has the mobile frequency B8 included.
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Really? For me if there was one problem that I never got with any of the roms, it was roms not supporting my frequencies. Lineage, RR, and whatever other ones I've tried. The only exception was this one: https://forum.xda-developers.com/ho...m-honor-5x-flyme-os-lollipop-flyme-5-t3429879
No cellular signal at all was working on it for me though not even on 3G or 2G, so I assume there's a bug of some kind in it.
Currently I'm on this rom: https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-5x/development/stable-flyme-6-7-5-19r-honor-5x-t3615084
It's quite good for being a custom rom, but it takes A LOT of fiddling to get everything to work properly. It says the rom is for KIW-AL10, but it works just fine on my KII-L05, even though those variants do not normally share the same bands.
mrfreeman15 said:
Really? For me if there was one problem that I never got with any of the roms, it was roms not supporting my frequencies. Lineage, RR, and whatever other ones I've tried. The only exception was this one: https://forum.xda-developers.com/ho...m-honor-5x-flyme-os-lollipop-flyme-5-t3429879
No cellular signal at all was working on it for me though not even on 3G or 2G, so I assume there's a bug of some kind in it.
Currently I'm on this rom: https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-5x/development/stable-flyme-6-7-5-19r-honor-5x-t3615084
It's quite good for being a custom rom, but it takes A LOT of fiddling to get everything to work properly. It says the rom is for KIW-AL10, but it works just fine on my KII-L05, even though those variants do not normally share the same bands.
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I do have some mobile reception. Mobile carrier has locked 4G. My carrier uses B8. The roms don't seem to have frequency B8.
I can see why you don't have problems, your model doesn't use B8
meekspace said:
I do have some mobile reception. Mobile carrier has locked 4G. My carrier uses B8. The roms don't seem to have frequency B8.
I can see why you don't have problems, your model doesn't use B8
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The LTE bands in the KII-L05 are B 2, 4, 5, 7. In the KIW-AL10 they are B 1, 3, 38, 39, 40, 41. As you can see, none of them overlap. Yet all the bands in my KII-L05 work perfectly fine on a rom intended for the KIW-AL10, so your reception issues are not caused by the roms.
All I know is factory rom - full signal strength. Every custom rom I tried - 2 bars
All models KIWI:
KIW-L21/HUAWEI KII-L21 in Europe and Southeast Asia:
FDD: B3/B7/B8/B20/B1
KIW-L22/HUAWEI KII-L22 in Australia and New Zealand, South Pacific, Taiwan, and Thailand:
FDD: B1/B3/B5/B7/B8/B28/B19
TDD: B40
HUAWEI KII-L23 in Latin America:
FDD: B2/B5/B4/B7/B28
KIW-L24 (dual SIM card version customized for the United States):
B2/B4/B5/B12/B17
KII-L33 (single SIM card version customized for Chile):
B2/B5/B4/B7/B28
KII-L05 (single SIM card version customized for Canada):
B2/B5/B4/B7 /B12/B17
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mrfreeman15 said:
The LTE bands in the KII-L05 are B 2, 4, 5, 7. In the KIW-AL10 they are B 1, 3, 38, 39, 40, 41. As you can see, none of them overlap. Yet all the bands in my KII-L05 work perfectly fine on a rom intended for the KIW-AL10, so your reception issues are not caused by the roms.
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Optus australia 3G
900MHz (B8)
2100MHz (B1)
meekspace said:
All I know is factory rom - full signal strength. Every custom rom I tried - 2 bars
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So then why don't you just stick with the stock rom? Honestly, finding a good custom rom where everything would just work is next to impossible. In my experience, at least. Or you can give the rom I'm currently using a try (I linked it in a post above), it may do the trick, you never know (but don't blame me if it breaks your phone ).
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So then why don't you just stick with the stock rom? Honestly, finding a good custom rom where everything would just work is next to impossible. In my experience, at least. Or you can give the rom I'm currently using a try (I linked it in a post above), it may do the trick, you never know (but don't blame me if it breaks your phone ).
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Why does anyone use a custom rom? Because stock is usually rubbish.
Thank you for the link to the rom. I will have a look and if I try it, i will let you know how it goes.
AT&T and T-Mobile detonators for the S8/S8+/N8 PIE
Thanks to user bigTINY779 I now have a twrp flashable tmb csc features working on pie with my SM-G955N. Should work on most Exynos S8/S8+/N8 PIE - SM-G95X
Please understand the risks of flashing this. Dont try if you dont know how to restore and start over.
I was given permission to share as this is not my work.
I will give no support on this I am just passing it along to the public.
Features include:
wifi calling
caller id
spam protection
recent app protection
call recording
enable camera during call
video calling
Based on the latest omc from n950u. Clean rom flash is recommended but not required, and as always, MAKE SURE YOU BACKUP YOUR EFS AT LEAST! Can be flashed directly after the rom, no need to boot first. ENJOY!
Thanks is also due to tekhd for his original detonators
Downloads : https://mega.nz/#F!GkgQmIKK!tKpLM7K7BAQoSjAUcMUxVg
Thanks for posting this for me. I just haven't had the time. Thanks is also due to tekhd for his original detonators which helped me tremendously in creating these.
bigTINY779 said:
Thanks for posting this for me. I just haven't had the time. Thanks is also due to tekhd for his original detonators which helped me tremendously in creating these.
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Perfect..... now if video calling can be implemented, I would be the happiest
galaxyornothing2 said:
Perfect..... now if video calling can be implemented, I would be the happiest
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Video calling should work...
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Video calling should work...
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I'll give it a try
galaxyornothing2 said:
Perfect..... now if video calling can be implemented, I would be the happiest
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It works for me
Added S9/S9+ and TEST version of N9. If you try the N9 please let me know if it works well. I don't have N9 to test...
I am using the TMO detonator on a Samsung S950FD and it works well (WIFI calling, VoLTE both working), including on a T-Mobile MVNO. I am wondering though if there could be a similar detonator prepared that would be for CSC XAA (which is the US market generic unlocked CSC). Using XAA would allow the same functions to work without having to reflash the phone each time the operator is changed. What do you think?
Video call doesn't work on Att
Sent from my [device_name] using XDA-Developers Legacy app
destructionj said:
Please understand the risks of flashing this. Dont try if you dont know how to restore and start over
Clean rom flash is recommended but not required, and as always, MAKE SURE YOU BACKUP YOUR EFS AT LEAST!
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Is this as simple as restoring a rom backup and possibly also restoring EFS or is there something more to this that I should research?
ACardAttack said:
Is this as simple as restoring a rom backup and possibly also restoring EFS or is there something more to this that I should research?
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If you have a full backup your fine.
bigTINY779 said:
Thanks for posting this for me. I just haven't had the time. Thanks is also due to tekhd for his original detonators which helped me tremendously in creating these.
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Hi, since you know more about this phone I have a quick question
I got G955N and I'm running on this ROM
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...--s8-cross-device-development/thread-t3822134
which is pie based, and I'm going to switch with Verizon in future so I installed
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...ility-flashable-csc-selection-v1-1-0-t3636739
last CSCSelection_SM-G95XF_V2.0.0_O_Final.zip which I believe is for Oreo base
it went fine, but after that my phone is mad laggy and I'm keep getting IMS service isn't working. is there any way I can add those CSC for USA base networks manually so it can work with Verizon and others USA base network?
Hi .. i have Carhd rom PIE .. and my phone is a S8+ sm-955F
Is there a file that i can flash .. ifso wich one to choose .. if not .. to bad ..
Denfic said:
Hi .. i have Carhd rom PIE .. and my phone is a S8+ sm-955F
Is there a file that i can flash .. ifso wich one to choose .. if not .. to bad ..
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ATT_pie_detonator_bigTINY_G95X_N950.zip for AT&T
TMB_pie_detonator_bigTINY_G95X_N950.zip for T Mobile
T-Mobile detonator works perfectly and I love that you kept it minimal to only get all the needed features working.
I'd appreciate a T-Mobile bootlogo removal though tbh
Sorry, I have done quite a few searches, but haven't found any clear instructions on how to install these files. I have a N950F, but use it on ATT, and would like to get wifi calling working. Any help would be appreciated.
I'm new to this. I also am unclear on how to install.
G950F, TWRP 3.4.0 and Magisk 20.4 running. Using Tmobile.
Is this something I have to flash via TWRP or via Odin? And how do I tell which Tmobile file to flash?
I went ahead and just tried to install it the best I knew how.
Phone: SM-G950F Firmware: G950FXXSBDTJ1 Security Patch: October 1, 2020
Carrier T-mobile USA.
I used TWRP 3.4.0 to flash “TMB_pie_detonator_bigTINY_G95X_N950.zip”.
In "Settings>Software Information>Service provider SW ver."
initial CSC was XEU/XEU/OPS.
post detonator it is TMB/TMB/OPS.
I note VoLTE and Wifi Calling options are now present in the drop down menu.
I note HD+ icon during calls now.
I note the 'signal strength' icon on the top now says 4G LTE instead of just 4G.
I'm experiencing poor signal strength and was hoping flashing detonator and getting CSC 'right' for TMO network would help. It has not. Still low download (~5Mbps) and very poor upload (~0.1-0.05Mbps).
My home/neighborhood has lackluster 4g coverage, one of few spots. The TMO-Sprint merger is partly to blame - they're transitioning sprint towers to TMO/making infrastructure changes due to merger. I'm informed things should improve in coming months.
I have yet to test whether everything works 'right'. So far it looks okay, but i'm setting up the G950F as opposed to using it, and instead to give up trying to make the G950F work as I need it to on Tmobile and go for a Pixel 4a 5G on Google Fi and hope that the difference in phone, and the 5g, and ability to switch between networks will meet my needs.
As another poster noted, the tmobile startup splash screen is annoying. I imagine one could hunt for which file to remove from the detonator and repackage it.
That said, thanks to the developers for this tool. It allowed me to answer whether or not optimizing the G950F for the Tmobile USA network would improve signal strength. As such I no longer have to wonder if there was a way to make the G950F work for me and perhaps in the future, when coverage improves, I might find the G950F works quite well and I can give it to a family member.
Does anyone happen to have the files and can reupload? This may be one of the last ways of obtaining t-mobile functionality for the international S8.
I am specifically looking for " TMB_pie_detonator_bigTINY_G95X_N950.zip "
The mega download link must have recently died... (or it just doesn't work for me?)
@LastQuestion any chance you still have it since you posted fairly recently and seemed to have success?
I need these files too
@Puremin0rez were you able to get them?