Basically what I want to know is if I can unlock the bootloader of the Sprint XT1526 and flash Verizon firmware to it so that the phone will work on Verizon. If the hardware is the same it should work but of course, I don't know if the hardware is the same. Specifically, I want the LTE bands for Verizon to be enabled.
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Basically what I want to know is if I can unlock the bootloader of the Sprint XT1526 and flash Verizon firmware to it so that the phone will work on Verizon. If the hardware is the same it should work but of course, I don't know if the hardware is the same. Specifically, I want the LTE bands for Verizon to be enabled.
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I doubt the Sprint 2015 Moto E will support band 13. Sometimes band support is possible to add even if it is not tested by the FCC, however, it is possible that no antenna/path/amplifier is present for band 13.
However, bands 2, 4, and 5 are present, so you may have success depending on your market.
https://apps.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/repo..._id=qIxmDu+WY87l6br8nS7oGw==&fcc_id=IHDT56QC7
The Sprint variant supports: 2, 4, 5, 12, 17, 25, 26, 41
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Any progress on this?
I doubt the Sprint 2015 Moto E will support band 13. Sometimes band support is possible to add even if it is not tested by the FCC, however, it is possible that no antenna/path/amplifier is present for band 13.
However, bands 2, 4, and 5 are present, so you may have success depending on your market.
https://apps.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/repo..._id=qIxmDu+WY87l6br8nS7oGw==&fcc_id=IHDT56QC7
The Sprint variant supports: 2, 4, 5, 12, 17, 25, 26, 41
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I can flash the Verizon radios, but upon reboot, they revert back to the Sprint radios. I think the bootloader must make a backup copy of the Sprint radios so even if you flash a different file, on reboot it overwrites it with the backup copy. That way the device stays locked to Sprint. I was able to flash the Boost firmware and then activate the device on RingPlus.
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I can flash the Verizon radios, but upon reboot, they revert back to the Sprint radios. I think the bootloader must make a backup copy of the Sprint radios so even if you flash a different file, on reboot it overwrites it with the backup copy. That way the device stays locked to Sprint. I was able to flash the Boost firmware and then activate the device on RingPlus.
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Interesting. Have you tried using QXDM to enable the band 13 on the Sprint radios? It would be interesting to see if the written values would be stored after a reboot, then pop in VZW SIM and see if it shows 13 or not. If you can get QXDM to work, you could write value 4096, which would be band 13 only. That way you probably would have no LTE if the Sprint radios don't support band 13, or no LTE if the hardware didn't support it.
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Interesting. Have you tried using QXDM to enable the band 13 on the Sprint radios? It would be interesting to see if the written values would be stored after a reboot, then pop in VZW SIM and see if it shows 13 or not. If you can get QXDM to work, you could write value 4096, which would be band 13 only. That way you probably would have no LTE if the Sprint radios don't support band 13, or no LTE if the hardware didn't support it.
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I am using the phone on RingPlus now so I am just leaving it alone for now.
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When I found the Darth Stalker multi-carrier ROM for the Galaxy S4, I was very happy. It works very well, and has allowed me to take my Verizon Galaxy S4 (i545 version) -- that wouldn't work on a US GSM carrier -- and put it on a $60 AT&T "GoPhone" BYOD plan. This saved me about $80 a month since I have 2 phones on the account.
Unfortunately, soon after flashing this ROM, I found out that my WiFi could not be turned on. After some research, I found that there were some modules not included in the ROM that are needed on the i545 variant for WiFi to work properly. I was able to install these easily.
Unfortunately, this ROM will **NOT** work alongside the stock ROM through SafeStrap; it will flash in a ROM slot just fine, but it won't boot at all. This is thanks to the antics of Verizon developers in Verizon's constant attempt to lock their phones to their service. But all is not lost! This just means that you must flash this ROM over the stock ROM.
I have put together the following guide, based on my own experience, that will allow you to properly backup your stock rooted phone completely, properly flash the Darth Stalker ROM over the stock ROM, and make your WiFi work properly. I am using this device & this ROM as my "daily driver", and it works flawlessly.
If, for some reason, things go wrong and you manage to soft-brick your phone, you can re-flash the original MI1 ROM by following the procedures in this thread --> [ http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2301259 ], which also lists download links for the Odin image file and all tools mentioned. Once your phone is recovered, simply re-root it and install SafeStrap in order to completely restore it to pre-flash condition (right down to the wallpaper) using the nandroid backup i will show you how to create.
INSTRUCTIONS TO PROPERLY FLASH DARTH STALKER v9 ON THE i545 VERIZON/ GALAXY S4:
1. This guide assumes that you have brought your Galaxy S4 up to the I545VRUDMI1 baseband version. If you have upgraded past that, there is no way to do this at the present time.
2. Follow the procedute outlined in the this Forum thread --> [ http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2487142 ] to "ROOT" your Galaxy S4.
3. Once you have successfully rooted your Galaxy S4, you can now begin to convert your phone over to one of these GSM carriers, and use a much less expensive GoPhone or StraightTalk SIM card.
4. Go here --> [ http://forum.xda-developers.com/devdb/project/dl/?id=991 ] to download SafeStrap custom recovery, version 3.62. Once you have downloaded it, copy it to your phone's SD card.
5. Go here --> [ http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2292054 ] to download the Darth Stalker ROM that supports multi-carrier operation very well. Once you have downloaded it, copy it to your phone's SD card.
6. Go here --> [ http://forum.xda-developers.com/devdb/project/dl/?id=1342 ] to download the modules that must be added to make WiFi work on the I545 version of the Galaxy S4; the developer did not add them into version 9 of Darth Stalker, but it is easy to do. Once you have downloaded it, copy it to your phone's SD card.
7. On your phone, tap your way to "Settings -> Security -> Unknown Sources", and make sure that it is checked/ enabled.
8. Now that you have all of these ZIP files on your phone's SD card, you have allowed it to install from the SD card, and your phone has been successfully rooted, bring up your phone's file manager.
9. Navigate to your external SD card, and tap on the green shield icon to install SafeStrap. Once it finishes installing, tap "Open", then tap "Install Recovery". Once it is finished, tap the new button for "Reboot Into Recovery" and let your phone reboot into SafeStrap Recovery.
10. Once you are in SafeStrap, tap on "Backup"; make sure that "Data", "Cache" and "System" are all checked, and that the storage location is set for your external SD card (DO NOT PUT THIS BACKUP ON YOUR INTERNAL STORAGE!!!). Then swipe to start the backup. This is referred to as a "nandroid backup" and you can recover your entire phone as it exists at that point from it. Let it work -- it should take around 10-15 minutes.
11. Once you have your backup done, tap "Back" to return to the main menu. You will see, in red at the top of the window, that you are working with the Stock Rom slot -- DO NOT CHANGE IT -- that is what we intend to do.
12. From the main menu, tap "Install", then select your external SD card in the Storage field; then scroll down to "DARTHSTALKER_S4_V9.zip" and tap on it. Swipe the button to begin flashing this ROM.
13. In a few seconds, the Aroma Installer will start up which will allow you to specify what features you want in your ROM. Make sure you follow these "bullet points" from the developer, jovy23 [ http://forum.xda-developers.com/member.php?u=4454815 ] -- it matters!
* Choose The "Full Wipe" Method.
* Choose Any Of The Apps You Want.
* Now Install The Rom Until Its Finished.
* The Aroma Installer Will Then Reboot Your Device.
* Once Rebooted And In The Setup Wizard, DO NOT Touch For 5 Minutes!
* After 5 Minutes, Reboot The Phone... ALMOST DONE!
14. Once you have finished installation, and your phone is working (all except WiFi), you will need to re-install SafeStrap from your SD card. This is a quirk of the stock MI1 bootloader, but can be worked around. Simply re-install SafeStrap when it disappears. Once you have SafeStrap Recovery installed again, reboot your phone into recovery directly from SafeStrap -- DO NOT USE THE PHONE REBOOT MENU TO REBOOT INTO RECOVERY.
15. You will repeat the process you used in originally flashing the ROM, but instead, this time you will flash the file jfltevzw-MI1-modules.zip that is on your external SD card.
16. When flashing is done, tap on the "Wipe Cache/Dalvik" button to clean up and make the kernel recognize the new modules when it loads.
17. Reboot your phone.
18. Once your phone comes up, you will now have WiFi. Enjoy!
Warning: I cannot be held responsible for anything you do to your phone. Anything you do to your phone is your responsibility. I am simply giving your the benefit of my experience in this guide, and I cannot help it if you don't follow it exactly.
Mms and everything works fine?
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killajoe said:
Mms and everything works fine?
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Yep -- everything works great...
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Yep -- everything works great...
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My stock TW VZW Galaxy S4 works wonderfully on T-mobile and AT&T out of the box with a few APN settings added.
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My stock TW VZW Galaxy S4 works wonderfully on T-mobile and AT&T out of the box with a few APN settings added.
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That's curious -- mine would show the APN's with an activated SIM, but no signal whatsoever. This is what I had to do to use anything other than Verizon's CDMA here in the US. I was told that Verizon locks out the US GSM frequencies in their kernel so that you can use GSM outside of the country only.
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That's curious -- mine would show the APN's with an activated SIM, but no signal whatsoever. This is what I had to do to use anything other than Verizon's CDMA here in the US. I was told that Verizon locks out the US GSM frequencies in their kernel so that you can use GSM outside of the country only.
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I wonder if something changed in the later updates. As of MDK/ME7 it was working. I was able to get AT&T HSDPA after putting in the APN data. Voice worked without any of that.
As a part of their 700 Mhz spectrum agreement they had to be sim unlocked. My wife is using a VZW iPhone with an AT&T sim without problem. Did you see any sort of signal when you had the sim in (no data indicators, just signal bars)?
Anyone try stock MDK ROM and MJ7 Modem on ATT or Prepaid ATT with LTE active? Is this possible? In service mode I see both Band 17 and Band 20 as new selectables when updated to the MJ7 Modem
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unlocked out of the box
the sch-i545 is unlocked out of the box. no mod required. the only issue i have with AT&T is caller ID formatting has a + in front. Otherwise once with APN added, it works fine and able to get HSPA+
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I wonder if something changed in the later updates. As of MDK/ME7 it was working. I was able to get AT&T HSDPA after putting in the APN data. Voice worked without any of that.
As a part of their 700 Mhz spectrum agreement they had to be sim unlocked. My wife is using a VZW iPhone with an AT&T sim without problem. Did you see any sort of signal when you had the sim in (no data indicators, just signal bars)?
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No -- no bars at all -- just an empty triangle. I would get the occasional flashing small triangle just above the signal indicator (searching for data, I believe), but the bars would never show. About half the time, I would get a red "NO" circle over the indicator, too.
As soon as I flashed Darth Stalker, though, it glommed onto signal & data lickety-split. I'm happy with it now -- in fact, I did a second one and sent it to my girlfriend in New York.
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Anyone try stock MDK ROM and MJ7 Modem on ATT or Prepaid ATT with LTE active? Is this possible? In service mode I see both Band 17 and Band 20 as new selectables when updated to the MJ7 Modem
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Before I left Verizon, while it was still on MI1, I flashed the MJ7 radios -- it virtually killed my transfer speeds. Went from almost 20 mbps to less than 10.
I've been through allot of this trial and error as I've always used GSM services in the past and before my S4 used a Verizon Note 2 with Straight Talk "AT&T". I got lucky and got an MDK and I've helped a friend with an ME7 on same service.. so I've worked with them both. What I found right away was that the Verizon CyanogenMod builds do not work properly with GSM phone service properly.. then I got a tip and made a custom VZW loki'd ATT recovery and started flashing the i337 CM ROMs and everything worked perfect from that point on.. I still have to do some work swapping files around when I want to run custom kernels.. not sure why most of the devs decide to pre-patch the kernel images instead of loki patching them during the recovery flash process as this would make a universal VZW/ATT kernel.. but it works non-the-less. As for the ME7 i545, the stock rom worked as long as you selected global mode but you'd still get the non-verizon sim error. Used SS with the GE 4.2.2 ROM and it works perfect with his GSM service.
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Before I left Verizon, while it was still on MI1, I flashed the MJ7 radios -- it virtually killed my transfer speeds. Went from almost 20 mbps to less than 10.
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Is this on LTE or did it drop back down to HSPA+?
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Is this on LTE or did it drop back down to HSPA+?
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The radio flashing happened while it was still a CDMA/ Verizon phone, before I flashed Darth Stalker. It really cut my LTE speed. Flashed the original MI1 radios, and I got the speed back.
Now, with Darth Stalker, I am on HSPAP:15 or HSPA:11 but the indicator says 4g -- I get comparable throughput as I did on Verizon.
Anyone getting LTE on ATT or prepaid ATT like goPhone, StraightTalk, AIO with the MJ7 radio?
Guys I actually have un-used AT&T go phone sim card I need it for someone to simply remove activation on iPhone. I put it in my S4 VZW and it showed AT&T as service provide so you don't need to mess with custom roms.
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Guys I actually have un-used AT&T go phone sim card I need it for someone to simply remove activation on iPhone. I put it in my S4 VZW and it showed AT&T as service provide so you don't need to mess with custom roms.
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Are you getting LTE with the goPhone SIM?
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Are you getting LTE with the goPhone SIM?
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Don't know never activated it it was only used for few seconds with iPhone.
If it's a micro sim chances are it's not lte enabled.
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CDMA SIM card
I have a CDMA SIM for 1x and EVDO here in India, we have been using GSM after the unlocking without any extra APN settings. Since the author has mentioned other networks, will this procedure help in using other CDMA SIMs in Verizon S4?
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I have a CDMA SIM for 1x and EVDO here in India, we have been using GSM after the unlocking without any extra APN settings. Since the author has mentioned other networks, will this procedure help in using other CDMA SIMs in Verizon S4?
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No, I think you misunderstood the nature of my original post. It was meant to illustrate how to get away from the high phone bills with Verizon here in the US -- since Verizon locks out all GSM US carriers in the RIL, you MUST replace the Verizon stock ROM in order to be able to use the Verizon phone on any US carrier which uses GSM technology.
You can still use foreign GSM carriers with the stock Verizon firmware, but there is no known method to "open up" the Verizon stock ROM for the use of the phone on US carriers on GSM -- many have tried, and everyone has failed. The only viable option is to completely replace the stock ROM and kernel -- which was the purpose of my "tutorial" here.
If you are in India, and you have a Verizon CDMA S4, you simply need to pop a SIM from a foreign GSM carrier into it in order to use GSM there -- you will NOT be able to use GSM here in the US, though, because of Verizon's lock-out logic contained in the RIL (Radio Interface Layer). I am not sure about the use of the Verizon US CDMA phone on foreign CDMA carriers, though.
So I'm looking into getting a Verizon S4 to use on T-Mobile because it's a lot cheaper. First, does all the T-Mobile bands work on the S4, like HSPA and LTE?
Second, how and in what order would I go about doing these? Basically, I want to
1. Use the phone on T-Mobile
2. Root
3. Install SafeStrap
4. Flash ChaosROM
What version, baseband, modem, etc. do I want to do all of this?
I don't have time to go over everything. But yes it can be done. I did it yesterday on my friends S4 and put Hyperdrive 17.1 on it and it has LTE and everything. You need to search for T-Mobile's APN. Otherwise follow instructions for the VZW one to root/ROM/etc.
I'm currently running Resurrection Remix (Marshmallow 6.0.1) with an (obviously) unlocked bootloader (version 80.0F) on my Sprint (CDMA) Moto E variant XT1526 and RingPlus as my carrier.
I assume it has GSM capabilities like other CDMA variants, so I'd like to perform a Domestic SIM Unlock since I already have the MSL from RingPlus. Inserting an active GSM SIM doesn't show the prompt I'm used to (the one where entering the MSL would perform the unlock). If I knew where the hidden menu (com.qualcomm.qualcommsettings on KK) is located, I could do it that way, but it's my understanding that that was considered a security flaw and it has been "fixed" on LP and MM.
Anyway, I thought I might try downgrading to KK to perform a SIM unlock and then flashing back to MM. I realize downgrading could cause a hard brick, depending on the bootloader. My phone came preloaded with LP (5.0.2, I think), so I'm betting the BL won't let me downgrade to KK...but I wanted to check with you guys, first. And, while I'm at it, find out how low I can downgrade with the BL version I've got (am I stuck with 5.0.2 or 5.1.1?).
TIA!
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I'm currently running Resurrection Remix (Marshmallow 6.0.1) with an (obviously) unlocked bootloader (version 80.0F) on my Sprint (CDMA) Moto E variant XT1526 and RingPlus as my carrier.
I assume it has GSM capabilities like other CDMA variants, so I'd like to perform a Domestic SIM Unlock since I already have the MSL from RingPlus. Inserting an active GSM SIM doesn't show the prompt I'm used to (the one where entering the MSL would perform the unlock). If I knew where the hidden menu (com.qualcomm.qualcommsettings on KK) is located, I could do it that way, but it's my understanding that that was considered a security flaw and it has been "fixed" on LP and MM.
Anyway, I thought I might try downgrading to KK to perform a SIM unlock and then flashing back to MM. I realize downgrading could cause a hard brick, depending on the bootloader. My phone came preloaded with LP (5.0.2, I think), so I'm betting the BL won't let me downgrade to KK...but I wanted to check with you guys, first. And, while I'm at it, find out how low I can downgrade with the BL version I've got (am I stuck with 5.0.2 or 5.1.1?).
TIA!
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Pretty sure this device released with 5.0.2. Not aware of any KK roms for it.
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The Moto E 2015 never had Kitkat. :silly:
dandrumheller said:
Pretty sure this device released with 5.0.2. Not aware of any KK roms for it.
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xtermmin said:
The Moto E 2015 never had Kitkat. :silly:
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Lerp derp. That's going to make it significantly more challenging, then, won't it?
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Lerp derp. That's going to make it significantly more challenging, then, won't it?
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I actually found out how to access the Qualcomm menu on my xt1526. One of the things I found In there was changing the CDMA subscription. It had 3 options: use ruim if available, ruim/Sim/ and nv. The only thing is it needs an "spc" code to change it.
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I actually found out how to access the Qualcomm menu on my xt1526. One of the things I found In there was changing the CDMA subscription. It had 3 options: use ruim if available, ruim/Sim/ and nv. The only thing is it needs an "spc" code to change it.
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Which version of Android are you running? That's not even a hidden menu for me, that's just in Settings > Cellular networks > CDMA subscription
That said, I only have two options: RUIM/SIM and NV. I can't imagine NV is useful (it's for non-LTE CDMA, right?) and RUIM/SIM is already selected on my phone. It doesn't ask for any code if I flip between them.
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Which version of Android are you running? That's not even a hidden menu for me, that's just in Settings > Cellular networks > CDMA subscription
That said, I only have two options: RUIM/SIM and NV. I can't imagine NV is useful (it's for non-LTE CDMA, right?) and RUIM/SIM is already selected on my phone. It doesn't ask for any code if I flip between them.
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Sorry, I should have been more specific. You have to download adw launcher, and then create a custom short cut, then click on pick your activity, then select activities. you will see a bunch of options underneath. Find Qualcomm.qualcommsettings. under there, click the first one. It will take you to a menu with various options. There will be one that says CDMA subscriptions. That's where you will find the options I mentioned before.
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Sorry, I should have been more specific. You have to download adw launcher, and then create a custom short cut, then click on pick your activity, then select activities. you will see a bunch of options underneath. Find Qualcomm.qualcommsettings. under there, click the first one. It will take you to a menu with various options. There will be one that says CDMA subscriptions. That's where you will find the options I mentioned before.
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I downloaded ADW and sure enough, it has different/more options than doing the same through Nova.
That said, I still have access to "CDMA subscriptions" without having to link to it via a hidden menu and ADW. And when I go through ADW as you suggested, the only options I have regarding Qualcomm are on the "root" (they're not under anything else) and they are:
com.qualcomm.qcrilmsgtunnel
com.qualcomm.timeservice
I can't add them as links. They simply don't do anything.
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I downloaded ADW and sure enough, it has different/more options than doing the same through Nova.
That said, I still have access to "CDMA subscriptions" without having to link to it via a hidden menu and ADW. And when I go through ADW as you suggested, the only options I have regarding Qualcomm are on the "root" (they're not under anything else) and they are:
com.qualcomm.qcrilmsgtunnel
com.qualcomm.timeservice
I can't add them as links. They simply don't do anything.
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Maybe this sceenshot will make things a little clearer. Select the picture with the Q on it. And Im on stock lollipop by the way.
hydroman202 said:
Maybe this sceenshot will make things a little clearer. Select the picture with the Q on it. And Im on stock lollipop by the way.
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Yeah, I don't have that option. I'm on Marshmallow, though.
So maybe being on LP is a better bet for getting the phone SIM unlocked. Can I downgrade to Lollipop with the 80.0F bootloader? And if so, can I do both 5.0.2 and 5.1.1? This phone isn't my DD, but I don't want to brick it if I can help it.
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Yeah, I don't have that option. I'm on Marshmallow, though.
So maybe being on LP is a better bet for getting the phone SIM unlocked. Can I downgrade to Lollipop with the 80.0F bootloader? And if so, can I do both 5.0.2 and 5.1.1? This phone isn't my DD, but I don't want to brick it if I can help it.
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What i would do is download the stock lolliopop rom by superr from android forums, the latest one, then flash that in twrp. As for having issues with the downgrade, I haven't run across any using the above procedure.
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I actually found out how to access the Qualcomm menu on my xt1526. One of the things I found In there was changing the CDMA subscription. It had 3 options: use ruim if available, ruim/Sim/ and nv. The only thing is it needs an "spc" code to change it.
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But how does one go about getting the spc code? Isn't that the same as the msl number? Because I tried my msl number to no success.
RFNV Patch for VS985's Band 1/2/5,no gurrantee for works,if you are not familiar with QPST operation,just skip this out,
Resotred guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/radio-enable-lte-band-3-nexus-5-d820-t2928561
DIAG enable:from Verizon hidden menu
NV Patch file: IN ATTACHMENT
FOR TEST ONLY.I WILL NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY OTHER OPERATION EXCEPT RESTORED JUST SUCH A PATCH FILE
What are the positive benefits to this, out of curiosity? Who uses said bands? International?
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What are the positive benefits to this, out of curiosity? Who uses said bands? International?
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PCS and Celluar not used in America?
Tried the file but nothing actually works. There seemed to be some kind of mechanism that revert the value of NV06828/06829 every time the phone is restarted. Therefore unless we can find how exactly the reversion is done and the way to bypass it, maybe it is unlikely we can run VS985 on band 1.
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Tried the file but nothing actually works. There seemed to be some kind of mechanism that revert the value of NV06828/06829 every time the phone is restarted. Therefore unless we can find how exactly the reversion is done and the way to bypass it, maybe it is unlikely we can run VS985 on band 1.
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I saw that problem,you need to turn phone into offline-D mode for operation to avoid read-only matter when AMSS is online
works
this method of qcn flash works on my vs985.
but i need band 40 lte plz provide qcn file for that.
Unbelievable
Will be great if band 3 abd 7 where integrated in this files. Those bands already work.
Thanks
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I saw that problem,you need to turn phone into offline-D mode for operation to avoid read-only matter when AMSS is online
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I'm not quite sure if I'm doing this correctly. I typed "mode offline-d" and spc ”000000“ in QXDM, and then lauched QPST to restore the QCN file. However, when my phone was rebooted automatically, the NV items was reverted back to 4172 once again...
Could you please provide some detailed information regarding the process? Thanks a lot.
Hi everyone, I've followed the WTF thread to unlock the bootloader on a V30 H933 (the Canadian version), but even after unlocking there's no fastboot support on the phone, only the US998 version seems to have it. Trouble is that Rogers, my local operator, only supports VoLTE and VoWiFi on their recognized devices - I tried having US998 running on my phone, calling their support and possibly getting some actual configuration I could put on the phone, but their response was "your phone is defective and needs to be replaced".
All that said, my goal here is to somehow install TWRP on this phone and root under the original ROM, so I can have the features I need from the network. So far, I've been pretty unsuccessful in this, so my plead would be: could anyone chime in to help me either
flash the minimal necessary over US998 to get H933 functionality/network information back as to reenable VoLTE and VoWiFi on my operator
come up with an update.zip or some other file I could use to flash a Magisk-patched boot.img
pack a full flashable ZIP image of the Canadian ROM (my last attempt at this left the phone in bootloop)
an alternative idea I haven't thought about that could help?
Ideally, at the end of the process, I'd like to have TWRP and Magisk installed on the phone, but I could settle for simply Magisk.
Once again, any help or pointers are more than welcome and appreciated.
I think you can extract a h933 kdz and flash individual partitions that do not have to do with recovery or the bootloader. You can probably use the dd command for it. I think the partitions you dont flash are anything with boot in it, abl and recovery. There may be a few more however.
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I think you can extract a h933 kdz and flash individual partitions that do not have to do with recovery or the bootloader. You can probably use the dd command for it. I think the partitions you dont flash are anything with boot in it, abl and recovery. There may be a few more however.
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I tried something similar, extracted a KDZ and put the necessary BIN files on a flashable ZIP I found around. All I achieved was bootlooping the device...
I have an H933 on Freedom Mobile, and running the stock FM firmware. The loss of VOWIFI (and VoLTE) are exactly what i thought would happen if I proceed with flashing to US998.
I think #1 is right; that you may be able to restore access to network specific functionality but it would depend on being able to isolate the specific required "patch".
With this in mind, take a look at this post from the WTF! Thread:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=76613814
That user flashed some files (modem binaries from the original device firmware I think) and was able to restore VOWIFI and VoLTE functionality on the Verizon network.
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My h933 converted to us998 says that my volte is enabled
cre4per said:
My h933 converted to us998 says that my volte is enabled
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What menu is that from @cre4per? Have you had the opportunity to confirm staying on LTE while receiving a call?
That would be good news to hear VoLTE working on a Canadian network using a generic phone model (instead of proprietary stuff).
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What menu is that from @cre4per? Have you had the opportunity to confirm staying on LTE while receiving a call?
That would be good news to hear VoLTE working on a Canadian network using a generic phone model (instead of proprietary stuff).
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and to be honest i never really noticed, will do some checks today to see if i stay on lte, will let you know
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and to be honest i never really noticed, will do some checks today to see if i stay on lte, will let you know
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Looking at this this morning. I don't think that is an indication that you are connected to a VoLTE service; just that your device is ready to accept it if the right service becomes available. I have that switch turned on and the service menu even says the voice network is LTE too (see image below) but Freedom Mobile doesn't even offer VoLTE service so it isn't possible that I actually have VoLTE operational.
I would interpret the LTE provision switch as turning on or off the functionality in your device, not a connection authorization from the network. Sort of like turning on the HD calling option on your device; it allows the possibility but won't do anything unless the service provider has the capability and authorizes it on your connection.
If someone has VoLTE working, could you check the menu cited by @cre4per, then hit the options (3 dots) and in there, select IMS service status? It lools like this is where you *should* see if the network has connected you to their VoLTE service (see image below).
I don't know how to interpret the, "Voice Network: LTE" on the main menu screen.
Just check and switches to 3g on calls also when going into that ims menu says unavailable
GryphonBR said:
I tried something similar, extracted a KDZ and put the necessary BIN files on a flashable ZIP I found around. All I achieved was bootlooping the device...
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Out of all the partitions which ones did you flash and which ones did you not flash? Also was the h933 kdz also for oreo?
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cre4per said:
My h933 converted to us998 says that my volte is enabled
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As @Mad Medik mentioned, so far I don't know of any Canadian operators enabling VoLTE (or VoWiFi for that matter) to generic phones. I have a Rogers P10 Plus that's registered under my account as my main phone and which I reflashed to have these features available, but it just won't work. I've had extended arguments with Rogers representatives about it, and the 1+3T I'm presently using even have the same config your phone is showing: VoLTE Provisioned, but IMS shows as Not Registered so nothing else works. I'm waiting on an LS998 I bought to arrive, I'll try flashing H933 on it to see if it actually allows me to register on IMS.
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Out of all the partitions which ones did you flash and which ones did you not flash? Also was the h933 kdz also for oreo?
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KDZ was for Oreo, indeed. It was the one I used to bring the phone to the latest (at the moment) update available.
As for which partitions I flashed, I was gonna give you a list, but to make it short the only partition not flashed was recovery.
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KDZ was for Oreo, indeed. It was the one I used to bring the phone to the latest (at the moment) update available.
As for which partitions I flashed, I was gonna give you a list, but to make it short the only partition not flashed was recovery.
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As far as I know there are some boot partitions that should not be flashed, which may have caused the soft brick. I know autoprime used to make these zips for the G3 and runningnak3d made one for the V10, you might want to cross reference the partitions they used and what they didnt. Probably the V10 first because the G3 is relatively ancient. I think in essence you should just be able to flash boot, system and modem and rpm though, but you would need 2 combine the split up system images after the extract.
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As far as I know there are some boot partitions that should not be flashed, which may have caused the soft brick. I know autoprime used to make these zips for the G3 and runningnak3d made one for the V10, you might want to cross reference the partitions they used and what they didnt. Probably the V10 first because the G3 is relatively ancient. I think in essence you should just be able to flash boot, system and modem and rpm though, but you would need 2 combine the split up system images after the extract.
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The reason why I was flashing everything is because I used this thread to recover from a previous soft brick I stumbled upon. Upon speaking to the thread creator, he mentioned I should be able to follow a similar process to achieve an H933 flashable file. Did that and, well, managed to soft brick the phone... I might try your idea, though.
So, from my knowledge of attempting to get VoLTE working on an HTC 10, I suspect you won't get VoLTE working on anything other than Rogers H933 firmware. For whatever reason, the programming required for VoLTE isn't on the USIM card in your phone, but rather programmed into the phone by the provider. This means, unless your phone model is sold and supported for VoLTE on the provider you wish to use it on, you're screwed like I was, trying to get VoLTE working on my HTC 10 on Rogers.
This being said, the good news is we are back to CDMA tech here, where the only thing preventing you from using your third party phone with your provider is knowing what code to enter, and what parameters to program in. Since my H933 is on Telus, my programming won't do you much good.
What you're looking for is the IMS settings or IP Multimedia Subsystem settings, as this is what carries the VoIP packets that consist of VoLTE. If someone were to post the settings from their Rogers H933, you may be able to get VoLTE working on US998 firmware.
Why not just flash system and boot? After unlocked and rooted of course.. Lg up partition DL will let you flash individual partitions. I would have done it that way for my carrier but there is no kdz available..
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Why not just flash system and boot? After unlocked and rooted of course.. Lg up partition DL will let you flash individual partitions. I would have done it that way for my carrier but there is no kdz available..
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I tried that last night just bootloops
cre4per said:
I tried that last night just bootloops
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Did you wipe data?
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Did you wipe data?
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Yea. Then went to restore and the restore wouldn't even work anymore. Was saying there was no partitions backed up but I had use that restore numerous of times trying to get los to boot very strange had to start back from scratch
Anyone with H933 from freedom mobile convert to US988? I'm just wondering how the service is after the change. I'm reading mixed reports but once modems extracted and compared there was a difference.