Hello all. I'm wondering if anyone here has tried to unlock additional bands on their M4...or more specifically E2363.
I purchased the E2363 but didn't initially realize that it does not support any LTE bands for US carriers (t-mobile and ATT)
I was thinking of using this guide to unlock the bands. However, I wanted to check first because can still return the device for a full refund since I have not opened it yet. I WOULD just purchase the E2306 model, which should work on USA LTE bands, but it is hard to find and much more expensive.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/general/guide-unlock-aditional-bands-qualcomm-t2877031
Any advice?
And how do you plan to follow that guide if you don't have root access to enable diagnostic mode? Root is required and at the moment there's no way of obtaining root access in M4 Aqua...
I guess I hadn't realized that it was not rooted yet. But I figure it should eventually happen right, or it is looking like there will be no exploit found?
mbc07 said:
... Root is required and at the moment there's no way of obtaining root access in M4 Aqua...
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It's a cat and mouse game, we'll find an exploit to root, Sony will fix it in a new update, we're going to find another exploit and so the game will continue. Also, when you get root, you'll probably have more luck using the unlock LTE bands from Sony cross-device section that is made especially for Xperia devices...
Hi, this is exactly the problem I try to resolve these days. I accidentally bought E2363 too and it does not support 800 MHz which is the only relevant band for me.
Are there the same chipsets in all devices so they support all bands and you only have to activate the relevant for your area and possibly deactivate the rest?
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I want to unlock my new Verizon Motorola Razr Maxx - not to use it on some other network (it is CDMA so that is a nonstarter) but so I can get root access in order to install Superuser and other such software. I also want to be able to still update the phone with ice cream sandwich when it is finally released and I will need to re-lock the phone accordingly.
I have searched everywhere but all of the blogs and posts talk about how you cannot run a CDMA phone on a GSM network (shocking) and that is not why I want to unlock the phone.
Is it possible to unlock the Razr Maxx?
Unlocking and re-locking the carrier is different from what you want here. What you want is called 'Rooting'. That'll allow you to get the Superuser app and install other root related software.
After rooting you will be able to make system modifications and stuff. If you ever get an update which fails to install due to root just go back to a original fastboot image and try the update again. It will work for sure.
Look here for rooting: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342567
You rock! Thank you for both correcting me query and for providing the solution!
How About Maxx?
Sorry but the page you referenced is for the older Razr - will this work on the Razr Maxx?
Same phone just the Maxx has a bigger battery. Uses the same software. Any post that pertains to the CDMA Razr works for the CDMA Maxx.
Aashrey99 said:
Unlocking and re-locking the carrier is different from what you want here. What you want is called 'Rooting'. That'll allow you to get the Superuser app and install other root related software.
After rooting you will be able to make system modifications and stuff. If you ever get an update which fails to install due to root just go back to a original fastboot image and try the update again. It will work for sure.
Look here for rooting: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342567
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but what if, I'm from another country, and I want to use the MAXX(unlocked) on another country?
-If I change the rom, will it still be locked?
-if I change the kernel, still be locked?
-if I change the modem, still locked?
Thanks ;')
mawaisz said:
but what if, I'm from another country, and I want to use the MAXX(unlocked) on another country?
-If I change the rom, will it still be locked?
-if I change the kernel, still be locked?
-if I change the modem, still locked?
Thanks ;')
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-If I change the rom, will it still be locked?
Rooting is just giving you "administrator" privlages on your phone. From there you can do a lot to it. Changing ROMs will keep your root access as long as its not the stock ROM. And if your using the stock ROM with Root, i'd advise using VooDoo's OTA Root Keeper.
-if I change the kernel, still be locked?
Unfortunately, the Kernel is locked out due to the boot-loader being locked down by Motorola and thus far cannot be fully unlocked (and functional). So no kernel changes (yet). But a custom Kernel will not affect Root access.
-if I change the modem, still locked?
(Not sure what your asking)
IF you're going to another country, you'd just need to make sure your phone is the RAZR GSM Model (international). The CDMA Model will most likely not function well in other countries because it uses a different radio technology.
aety9 said:
-If I change the rom, will it still be locked?
Rooting is just giving you "administrator" privlages on your phone. From there you can do a lot to it. Changing ROMs will keep your root access as long as its not the stock ROM. And if your using the stock ROM with Root, i'd advise using VooDoo's OTA Root Keeper.
-if I change the kernel, still be locked?
Unfortunately, the Kernel is locked out due to the boot-loader being locked down by Motorola and thus far cannot be fully unlocked (and functional). So no kernel changes (yet). But a custom Kernel will not affect Root access.
-if I change the modem, still locked?
(Not sure what your asking)
IF you're going to another country, you'd just need to make sure your phone is the RAZR GSM Model (international). The CDMA Model will most likely not function well in other countries because it uses a different radio technology.
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What I ment the modem was Radio like the one in At&t Captivate.
So what you mean here is, there's no way for me to UNLOCK the phone(If the phone is 1.GSM 2.Lock to verizon), if I want to use another carrier in Razr Maxx?
For example:
I want to buy Razr Maxx and use it in any country, so its either must be:
1. GSM
2. International (Unlock)
3. If its lock (How do I do it? If method changing Roms/Kernels/Radio's does not work)
Thanks :')
i have a droid razr xt912 that is locked to verizon network and in my country i have the gsm freq(i saw that he has gsm and cdma,but the gsm chip is locked) that he has in the specs 900/1800 for 2g and 2100 for 3g , i can unlock it? and actually work in my country? or i have to wait for the ics update to unlock the gsm chip and then unlock it full?
and one more question if there is someone kind to tell me how can i unlock it? i read a few ways but i'm not sure what option is good or bad , i think in the first time i root it then apply a custom recovery then i don't know....
Unlocking Razr maxx CDMA
I recently bought the droid razr maxx before I moved to Korea. When I bought it, I was told by a Verizon clerk that the phone could be unlocked for use on Korean networks when I arrived in Korea. However, I found out that none of the Korean companies know how to unlock it. Both Verizon and Korea use CDMA networks as does the Droid Razr, so I was hoping there was a way I could switch from Verizon to a Korean network. Are there some values that I need to change in the programming section of my phone? (##program). Should I wait for the ICS update to (finally) come? Any help is greatly appreciated! :fingers-crossed:
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I recently bought the droid razr maxx before I moved to Korea. When I bought it, I was told by a Verizon clerk that the phone could be unlocked for use on Korean networks when I arrived in Korea. However, I found out that none of the Korean companies know how to unlock it. Both Verizon and Korea use CDMA networks as does the Droid Razr, so I was hoping there was a way I could switch from Verizon to a Korean network. Are there some values that I need to change in the programming section of my phone? (##program). Should I wait for the ICS update to (finally) come? Any help is greatly appreciated! :fingers-crossed:
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I'm wondering the exactly same issue, but I got the ICS update so I was told about the Global Ready and stuff, but its not working.
RAZR comm chipset
MDM6600: WCDMA 850/900/1900/2100
LTE: 700
http://www.anandtech.com/show/5198/motorola-droid-razr-review-a-better-clad-bionic/6
verizon: CDMA 800/1900 3G
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellular_frequencies#section_3
or
verizon: CDMA2000 850/1900
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_Network_Code#section_1
NOT SURE WHICH ONE IS CORRECT - RESEARCHED FURTHER - looks like Verizon uses CDMA2000, and I'm pretty sure that 800 is the same as 850 (I'm not sure why but they seem to be interchangeable)
South Korea: CDMA2000 800/1700 UMTS 2100
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_Network_Code#section_1
Looks like GSM freqs work too.
The Motorolla Photon uses the same MDM6600 - you may be able to find more info on it by searching for Photon.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1208346
https://forums.motorola.com/posts/24e965bc07
I found some instructions, for using the phone overseas...
http://www.androidupdate.co/use-my-android-phone-overseas/
Let me know if it works.
Verizon international coverage:
http://businessportals.verizonwireless.com/international/traveling_to/index.html
I have a DoCoMo SO-03E and also an SGP321. I have successfully de-branded the SO-03E to an SGP321. Comparing the two tablets, they are identical (after applying the old firmware system to get the 32Gig partition back).
The only issue I've hit has been with LTE in that it has maintained the DoCoMo LTE "working bands" as viewed from the hidden system menu which are 1, 19 and 21 which aren't applicable here in Australia! So it appears that the LTE working bands are part of the firmware of the SnapDragon chip (which has an integrated radio) and hence not changed via the FTF image.
Does anyone know how or if these can be changed via an API/SDK from Qualcomm (if possible) so that the true SGP321 working bands can be applied to the SO-03E to convert it to a true SGP321 with 32gig of internal flash? Looking at the snapdragonS4 pro data sheets and looking at the Sony description of both tablets that state they both use the Snapdragon S4 pro, I would think there is some EEPROM or memory address that could be updated to tell the SnapDragon that it can use the other LTE bands!?? Maybe Sony has the Snapdragon chips configured in batches - those for DoCoMo with 32gig internal flash and those for the rest of the world - SGP321?
Any ideas as to whether this is possible?
Im in your shoes to!
My DoCoMo is debranded with sgb321 and would love to be able to use LTE instead of 3g
I did read somewhere tho that a part of the hardware is different and isnt possibke to do what u want.
Letz hope I read wrong!
If there is an SDK available and the memory space which holds the configuration details for LTE is available then it may be possible. If not, we're stuck with the DoCoMo LTE bands
I was so hoping the firmware re-programed the radio. The issue is the radio is integrated into the Snapdragon S4 Pro chip and not a separate chip.
spyderboyant said:
I have a DoCoMo SO-03E and also an SGP321. I have successfully de-branded the SO-03E to an SGP321. Comparing the two tablets, they are identical (after applying the old firmware system to get the 32Gig partition back).
The only issue I've hit has been with LTE in that it has maintained the DoCoMo LTE "working bands" as viewed from the hidden system menu which are 1, 19 and 21 which aren't applicable here in Australia! So it appears that the LTE working bands are part of the firmware of the SnapDragon chip (which has an integrated radio) and hence not changed via the FTF image.
Does anyone know how or if these can be changed via an API/SDK from Qualcomm (if possible) so that the true SGP321 working bands can be applied to the SO-03E to convert it to a true SGP321 with 32gig of internal flash? Looking at the snapdragonS4 pro data sheets and looking at the Sony description of both tablets that state they both use the Snapdragon S4 pro, I would think there is some EEPROM or memory address that could be updated to tell the SnapDragon that it can use the other LTE bands!?? Maybe Sony has the Snapdragon chips configured in batches - those for DoCoMo with 32gig internal flash and those for the rest of the world - SGP321?
Any ideas as to whether this is possible?
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How did you manage to debrand the SO-03E?
I tried to flash the SGP321 firmware onto my SO-03E with flashtool but it wouldn't flash.
I have successfully flashed the tablet a couple of times using the flashtool. The last time excluding system with the latest so-03e image to get the 32gig partition back..
what did the flashtool say when you tried to flash the new firmware? Mu tablet is locked and not rooted.
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I have successfully flashed the tablet a couple of times using the flashtool. The last time excluding system with the latest so-03e image to get the 32gig partition back..
what did the flashtool say when you tried to flash the new firmware? Mu tablet is locked and not rooted.
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I can't remember what the error was it was a while back when someone first posted the SGP321 firmware. it must have been a bad file or something, I just downloaded the latest firmware and flashed and it worked.
Can you explain how to get my 32gb partition back? do i just flash the So-03e image and tick system in the exclude section, and I will still be on sgp321 stock firmware but with 32gb partition?
thanks for your help!
yep. flash an SO-03E image and make sure you select "system" to ignore
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yep. flash an SO-03E image and make sure you select "system" to ignore
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thanks! will try that tonight!
as for the LTE bands, no one seems to even confirm if the hardware actually supports the other bands, and the tablet z doesn't seem popular enough for enough people to look into this. let alone the s0-o3e is even less common.
fingers crossed!
electric0ant said:
thanks! will try that tonight!
as for the LTE bands, no one seems to even confirm if the hardware actually supports the other bands, and the tablet z doesn't seem popular enough for enough people to look into this. let alone the s0-o3e is even less common.
fingers crossed!
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Looking into the specifications for the Snapdragon S4 Pro, the LTE radio is included in the chip which means that its actually in the Snapdragon code, not Android. Hence, if there is some EEPROM memory somewhere on the chip that allows for the programming of the LTE bands via a SnapDragon Software Development Kit (SDK) then it may be possible to update/change the bands. This would take some serious low level knowledge of the chip. I actually started looking at the Snapdragon data sheets and sdk examples and unfortunately no where did they mention changing settings for the radio..... I think there would be some demand for the ability to do this as the SGP321 doesn't support the LTE bands of some of the USA carriers... Supposedly the Qualcomm radios are the only ones at the moment that support ALL LTE bands... Obviously device manufacturers and carriers can limit the LTE bands which makes me think there are no different flavours of the chips and that it is the device manufacturers that are selecting/locking the bands.
So, I recently bought an Elephone p8000. This is my first time buying an unlocked phone, and I didn't know that one needed specific bands in order to use the various networks.
What I want to know is, is there a way to unlock more bands on the mt6753, or specifically for the p8000?
I've found a similar guide for phones using qualcomm, so I hope that something like that exists for the mt6753.
Unlocking more bands on MT6753
\I have a similar issue. Anyone have a solution to this?
Excuse me for my English
Hello.
I have problem with my HTC One m8 at&t.. I live in Europe in Czech republic and i need band 20 to LTE connectivity, but AT&T not supported band 20. He is locked. I have a question.
Can be enabled band 20 on my HTC ? QXDM and QPST isn't working, because in device menager not found COM of my phone.. I don't know why.
I have Lineage OS with Android 7.1.2 and root (SuperSU).
Please, can you help me ? or i will must buy new phone.
I heard something about the radio flashing, but i was not sure about this.
Thank you
RmcsPwrd said:
Can be enabled band 20 on my HTC ? QXDM and QPST isn't working, because in device menager not found COM of my phone.. I don't know why.
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That process won't work on most M8 version (including AT&T). It only works on Verizon and (possibly) Sprint, which are really different phones.
RmcsPwrd said:
I heard something about the radio flashing, but i was not sure about this.
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It may be possible to add band support by flashing another M8 version's radio baseband (or along similar lines, probably preferable to flash the full firmware or RUU). But you need s-off and change CID to do this. S-off is only possible with sunshine app ($25 US).
Plus, consider that even with the proper band support, your phone may still not support LTE. Since we've seen that happen in many cases. So the money spent on sunshine s-off may be wasted; unless the phone already happens to be s-off.
Trying to decide whether to get G965FD or G9650 to use with T-mobile US. G9650 will have unlockable bootloader for rooting the device, correct? I realize the device is too new and there is no root for Chinese/HK variant yet but it will be there soon if it has unlocked bootloader.
Will flashing T-mobile US CSC give the VoLTE+WiFi calling features while preserving the unlocked bootloader and root?
The only reason I ask is because Exynos S7/S8+ modem download speeds suck on T-mobile US(10Mbps vs 60Mbps on Qualcomm in same location at same time when I tested). And then G9650 may support band71 as G965FD does not for 600MHz LTE on Tmobile.
Bump...
damn, does S9+ SM-G9650 have or not unlocked bootloader ?
would awesome to have 256gb vs low 128gb on S9+ SM-G965F
It has an unlocked bootloader from what others have posted so far. In fact there is first version of TWRP being tested on it looks like. Not sure if we can flash US CSC on it though. Also the modem on it probably is missing band 71 like international Exynos. There won't be many ROMs out for it but at least you can get root, dual SIM and Snapdragon advantage(as mentioned in reviews) I guess....
I think I'm only going to root if there is a way to go back to stock if I want.
I had an LG V20 on Sprint and I rooted it. Which is fine. All worked well and I was able to uninstall LG related crap I did not want. But with that I could not receive Android updates. I wasn't running a custom ROM, I just wanted root to remove LG installed crap.