I have a cyanogenmod 12.1 release on my VS985 LG G3 and it's starting to have some issues with the SIM card potentially. When I first installed cyanogenmod, I had issues seeing the Verizon network, so I flashed the appropriate modem files (can't remember them off the top of my head). It worked for a while, but then at some point a few months back, the phone had issues seeing the LTE network. I found somewhere that if you put it into airplane mode, then restart the phone, then take airplane mode off, you'll see the network, and it worked.
Lately though, the phone is occasionally giving me random problems saying that it can't even see the SIM card. Can SIM cards fail? Are the modem files buggy and just need to be reflashed?
I can't seem to figure this out, and I can't even find all the modem files for the cyanogenmod 12.1 I used...it's starting to become a nightmare! Help!
Yes, SIM cards can fail.
No, the modem files aren't buggy and shouldn't normally require re-flashing. That said, it doesn't hurt anything at all to flash a modem any amount of times. I would suggest you flash the entire Bootstack instead of just the modem. The Bootstack includes the modem. For CM 12.1, the 24B Bootstack from @xdabbeb 's VS985 v2.0 ROM thread is what you need. For reference, the 12B Bootstack is for KitKat, 24B is for Lollipop 5.0.x and 35B is for Lollipop 5.1.x and Marshmallow 6.0. I doubt if reflashing the modem/bootstack will achieve any result you're looking for. If your phone still lists a baseband in the Settings/About menu, then the modem's working.
The modem partition itself is only one file, modem.img.
Last but not least, it's very common for anyone who uses non-stock LG VS985 ROMs that they eventually have problems, usually with Mobile Data but maybe trouble recognizing the SIM card too. Unless you flash back to stock (I suggest the 10B TOT, which will wipe all data including internal storage) and it's possible that you'll find there's nothing wrong with your SIM card at all - if you remain on stock.
I've considered going back to the stock, I felt that the Cyanogenmod for the VS985 was actually a downgrade. The camera for the LG G3 was pretty badass and I never ever had issues with data. CM does allow some cool stuff, so maybe just a rooted version of the stock ROM is what I should go back to...hmmmmmm....
Did you mean this thread for the bootstacks/modems? http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-lg-g3/general/reference-stock-img-files-t2966958
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I've considered going back to the stock, I felt that the Cyanogenmod for the VS985 was actually a downgrade. The camera for the LG G3 was pretty badass and I never ever had issues with data. CM does allow some cool stuff, so maybe just a rooted version of the stock ROM is what I should go back to...hmmmmmm....
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For what it's worth, the paid version of G3TweaksBox for Marshmallow Xposed module helps alleviate some of the pain of not running CM ROMs. Good luck!
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For what it's worth, the paid version of G3TweaksBox for Marshmallow Xposed module helps alleviate some of the pain of not running CM ROMs. Good luck!
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Where do I find this G3tweaksbox? Never heard of it
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Where do I find this G3tweaksbox? Never heard of it
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Just Goggle for:
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I'm on same Problem with my VS985 running on STOCK 6.0 (KDZ). sometimes network bars shows up but it can not make or receive calls/msgs & also no data connectivity from past 2 moths my LG G3 is a 5" Android Tablet nothing much.
DO reply for any solution/suggestion
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I'm on same Problem with my VS985 running on STOCK 6.0 (KDZ). sometimes network bars shows up but it can not make or receive calls/msgs & also no data connectivity from past 2 moths my LG G3 is a 5" Android Tablet nothing much.
DO reply for any solution/suggestion
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Exchange your SIM card at a Verizon store. Also, has the phone ever been previously rooted? If so, see the last paragraph of the second post in this thread.
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Exchange your SIM card at a Verizon store. Also, has the phone ever been previously rooted? If so, see the last paragraph of the second post in this thread.
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Exchanging is what a have already done, no luck but I will try 10B TOT, I'm wondering how to Flash this(TOT) file. I tried with TWRP and some unusual error message came up
morfiq said:
Exchanging is what a have already done, no luck but I will try 10B TOT, I'm wondering how to Flash this(TOT) file. I tried with TWRP and some unusual error message came up
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If you Googled "How to flash TOT" you'd get the general idea. You can't flash TOTs or KDZs from the phone, you need to use a Windows PC.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=69287997&postcount=6
My wife's SIM slot suddenly stopped working a month ago. LG wanted $75 to fix it, so we didn't have it fixed and we'll be in the market for new phones soon - she's just using her old flip phone for now. Apparently it's a common issue with the VS985.
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Ok, i'm fairly new to this stuff but have successfully rooted and modified several of my devices over the years. I've been attempting to upgrade my vs985 to as close to stock 5.1.1 as i can and after much reading decided on jasmine. I was rooted on kk 4.4.2 12b and I had no problems. the main reason i wanted to upgrade was for compatibility with my android play car stereo. I didn't have twrp so first i downloaded flashify and quickboot then flashed twrp from flashify. All good so far. Next I downloaded jasmine 9.0 and 9.1 or at least i thought lol. As it so happened i mistakenly ended up with one of the files being just the kernel for 5.1.1 35b. Must of been a long day cause I mistakenly failed to backup my current system and proceeded wipe data, cache, dalvik, and flashed the kernel file. As you might imagine it didn't turn out very good. I was stuck in boot loop. Fortunately I could still get into download mode so I was able to use the lg flash tool and I brought it all the way back to 10b stock firmware. Then i grabbed stump and rooted and flashed twrp again. at some point i noticed my cell signal was all over the place, up, down , no signal and it roamed almost constantly if there was any signal. I've had this phone and service for well over a year and never had anything like this at all. I knew it was something I did. I checked the back cover to be sure it was on properly and had good connection with the antenna and all checked out. I decided to go ahead and do the upgrade to jasmine 9.1 hoping this would correct the issue. Well no dice. I did create a backup this time and proceeded to wipe everything and flash 9.0 reboot then wipe nothing and flash 9.1, i guess as you call it "dirty" then reboot again. Here is a link to where i got the zips and instructions
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=63305722&postcount=4842
in the instructions it says "RESET factory from within ROM (in Settings) - REQUIRED" . this step seemed strange as why would i do a factory reset on my device and erase everything i just did? would it not return it to original? I wasn't even sure if that was what he meant so i skipped that. After all was finished my signal was still all over the place could hardly make a call. it was bad. So once again I used lg flash tool and returned it to stock 4.4.2 10b, this time I wiped the data, cache, delvik and system. To my complete surprise the signal had not improved, in fact it could have actually been worse. As I said waaaaaay at the top of this post before i started all this i was running 4.4.2 12b, not sure how i ended up with 12b as i don't remember any upgrades after i downgraded to 10b and rooted. I froze the ota's with titanium backup but maybe 12b was pushed before i was able to freeze them. Anyway I couldn't figure out how to get 12b back now so I just flashed the 4.4.2 12b modem instead, This time I wiped cache and delvik before and after the flash then rebooted. This fixed my signal, everything seems normal now. no roaming and good signal. my software build however still shows 10b, but I guess thats correct since I only flashed the modem.
I really want 5.1.1 on my G3 but I need my signal too lol. can any one help me figure out how to get this done, can I flash the 12b modem on 5.1.1 this is where i got the file
http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-lg-g3/development/rom-jasminerom-v1-0-t2904641 it is way down the bottom of the page. Sorry for the extremely long post i just wanted to make sure i didn't leave any details out.
Any help would be greatly appreciated,
thanks in advance
@Allen227
i dont know if jasmine flashes the L modem when you flash it, but if it doesnt, that would be why you are having issues after flashing the rom.
other than that, i dont know what would cause modem issues.
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i dont know if jasmine flashes the L modem when you flash it, but if it doesnt, that would be why you are having issues after flashing the rom.
other than that, i dont know what would cause modem issues.
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TL;DR but yes, JasmineROM flashes the appropriate modem. v9.0 only flashes the 24B modem because it doesn't contain a fuller set of the necessary partitions to allow the 35B modem to work by simply replacing the 24B modem with the 35B one.
You can flash the 35B bootstack after flashing JasmineROM 9.0 and the 9.1 update, or SkyDragon 6.x, but you must not be on the 35B bootstack before flashing either UNLESS you also flash the 35B bootstack again after flashing the ROM.
For reasons why: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=64064555
Edit: I meant to add, the 35B boostack contains the 35B modem and everything needed for it to work with JasmineROM 9.0/9.1.
Hi, anybody from bosses ,plz help, sorry for noob querry... using g3 stock rom 4.4.2 and want to upgrade to lollipop and find jasmine ROM most votes. rooted my device with king root and installed twrp 2.8.7.0 recovry. downloaded jasmin ROM9.0, back up my current rom.
can u please guide me steps,
have i too flash kernal before jasmine ROM? or my existing stock kernal will work fine with jasmine 9.1
placed downloaded ROM in my download folder in phone memory [not in sd Card] , when i would boot in recovry in wipe cache delvik etc will it erase this rom and phone data too???
what if something gone rom? in my g3 there is no option of adb , adb does not work on my g3 dont know why.....
if something gone wrong , can i recover phone?
please see attached pics for some clarification...
sorry for,long post, actualy want to be safe ,,, as i am new for these things ..
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Hi, anybody from bosses ,plz help, sorry for noob querry... using g3 stock rom 4.4.2 and want to upgrade to lollipop and find jasmine ROM most votes. rooted my device with king root and installed twrp 2.8.7.0 recovry. downloaded jasmin ROM9.0, back up my current rom.
can u please guide me steps,
have i too flash kernal before jasmine ROM? or my existing stock kernal will work fine with jasmine 9.1
placed downloaded ROM in my download folder in phone memory [not in sd Card] , when i would boot in recovry in wipe cache delvik etc will it erase this rom and phone data too???
what if something gone rom? in my g3 there is no option of adb , adb does not work on my g3 dont know why.....
if something gone wrong , can i recover phone?
please see attached pics for some clarification...
sorry for,long post, actualy want to be safe ,,, as i am new for these things ..
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In the future, please do not post the same thing in two different threads. This is against XDA's forum rules. Also, no reason to hijack an only partially related thread. I answered you in the JasmineROM thread.
Sorry for rule breaking, actually i did not aware of that. will avoid surely next time and thanks for reply. hats off to you.
Thanks for your help guys. Last night I figured out my phone was allowing me to send and receive text messages and make outgoing calls but was completely unable to receive any calls. Signal still terribly inconsistent, it would be on 4g one minute then you could watch as it dropped then no service. There'd be no service for 3 or 4 minutes then it would repeat that cycle again. If I switch from global to cdma/let in settings it would immediately regain full signal. Then the cycle of it dropping out would start again. I got to looking through about phone in settings and realized my imei number was missing, all zeros. I'm assuming that probably is the root of my problems. Not sure what to do, I doubt Verizon can help. Phones not insured or under warranty anymore. I haven't researched this New development on te forums yet it got to late last night. If anyone knows of this problem I could use your help. Thanks
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Thanks for your help guys. Last night I figured out my phone was allowing me to send and receive text messages and make outgoing calls but was completely unable to receive any calls. Signal still terribly inconsistent, it would be on 4g one minute then you could watch as it dropped then no service. There'd be no service for 3 or 4 minutes then it would repeat that cycle again. If I switch from global to cdma/let in settings it would immediately regain full signal. Then the cycle of it dropping out would start again. I got to looking through about phone in settings and realized my imei number was missing, all zeros. I'm assuming that probably is the root of my problems. Not sure what to do, I doubt Verizon can help. Phones not insured or under warranty anymore. I haven't researched this New development on te forums yet it got to late last night. If anyone knows of this problem I could use your help. Thanks
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If you go into the main Verizon G3 section or possibly the non-Verizon G3 section and use the search field to search for "IMEI" you'll probably find a helpful thread. I think it involves the QPST program on a Windows PC. You'll need the IMEI that it's supposed to have, so hopefully have that on the box or Verizon's website lists it.
Sometimes that's seemed to happen for some people when flashing TOTs, KDZs or ROMs. I've been lucky, it hasn't happened to me through all my flashing over the past year. Once you get it fixed, rooted and put TWRP on, you can back up the IMEI partition in TWRP. It's called something else in TWRP like EI or something - I forget.
Good luck!
roirraW "edor" ehT said:
If you go into the main Verizon G3 section or possibly the non-Verizon G3 section and use the search field to search for "IMEI" you'll probably find a helpful thread. I think it involves the QPST program on a Windows PC. You'll need the IMEI that it's supposed to have, so hopefully have that on the box or Verizon's website lists it.
Sometimes that's seemed to happen for some people when flashing TOTs, KDZs or ROMs. I've been lucky, it hasn't happened to me through all my flashing over the past year. Once you get it fixed, rooted and put TWRP on, you can back up the IMEI partition in TWRP. It's called something else in TWRP like EI or something - I forget.
Good luck!
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Thanks again I will check that out now
Allen227 said:
Thanks again I will check that out now
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I have spent sooooo many hours on this. The qpst apk wont see my phone I have done everything the tutorials suggest. the instructions are only applicable if there are no issues, in other words, in a perfect world. I'm sure its something stupid and very simple but I don't even have a place to start. First, its hard to believe this works on all OS's, but it doesn't state anywhere what it is and isn't compatible with. that info would be helpful. i have spent 4 hours a day for over a week trying to get this fixed and I'm no closer than i was when I started. Very frustrating. I'm still open to suggestions or any help that can be offered.
Hey there!
Yesterday I was using my phone with CM12.1 installed, everything was fine, but suddenly the phone stopped connecting to the cellular network and displayed "Emergency Calls Only" or "No service". What shocks me the most is that it was working perfectly fine that morning. Sometimes it let's me scan networks, and sometimes it gives an error on searching. When it does find and I try to connect it simply says "Can't connect to network, try again later"
I already tried reflashing CM12.1 , CM12, and multiple basebands (12B, 24B and 35B).
I also tried flashing back to stock. Didn't do anything.
IMEI is still intact and I have no backups!
Please help!
Model: vs985
ROM: Cyanogenmod 12.1
Baseband: 24B
Carrier: Verizon
By flashing back to stock do you mean flashing a stock ROM from TWRP or flashing a KDZ or TOT? The reason I ask is that with weird problems like this, just flashing a stock ROM from TWRP might not make any difference where flashing a KDZ or TOT might.
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By flashing back to stock do you mean flashing a stock ROM from TWRP or flashing a KDZ or TOT? The reason I ask is that with weird problems like this, just flashing a stock ROM from TWRP might not make any difference where flashing a KDZ or TOT might.
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I did flash a KDZ file, is that bad? As far as I know it's ok.
ericklc02 said:
I did flash a KDZ file, is that bad? As far as I know it's ok.
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Like I said, flashing a KDZ or TOT would be the only real way to start trying to solve the problem so no.
Did you use the CSE option in LG Flash Tool 2014 (to wipe data and internal storage)? Try removing the MicroSD card and keeping it out (I know, sounds weird)? Try using your SIM card in another device and/or using a SIM in a working device in this one?
Do you not get a signal anywhere you go? If you've only tried in one place, it's possible there's just a local outage.
If you do all that and you still don't get a signal it sounds like your phone has a hardware problem.
roirraW "edor" ehT said:
Like I said, flashing a KDZ or TOT would be the only real way to start trying to solve the problem so no.
Did you use the CSE option in LG Flash Tool 2014 (to wipe data and internal storage)? Try removing the MicroSD card and keeping it out (I know, sounds weird)? Try using your SIM card in another device and/or using a SIM in a working device in this one?
Do you not get a signal anywhere you go? If you've only tried in one place, it's possible there's just a local outage.
If you do all that and you still don't get a signal it sounds like your phone has a hardware problem.
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I did use the CSE option, I've already tried booting without sd card, and the sim card works on my Xperia ZL phone. Also, I know it's not a local outage, I tried it in school as well (Pretty far from home). I also tried a differebt SIM card on the LG and got the same results.
So, do you think it's a hardware problem? It suddenly stopped working, it does make sense. Like from 6 AM to 7 PM yesterday it did work perfectly fine with 4G LTE and everything. And (without turning it off) suddenly stopped working at 7 or so...
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I did use the CSE option, I've already tried booting without sd card, and the sim card works on my Xperia ZL phone. Also, I know it's not a local outage, I tried it in school as well (Pretty far from home). I also tried a differebt SIM card on the LG and got the same results.
So, do you think it's a hardware problem? It suddenly stopped working, it does make sense. Like from 6 AM to 7 PM yesterday it did work perfectly fine with 4G LTE and everything. And (without turning it off) suddenly stopped working at 7 or so...
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That's the only possible guess I can make. You've eliminated software as well as you possibly can. You could try the TOT method but I doubt if it would have any different result than flashing KDZs. I always use KDZs when I have a choice.
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That's the only possible guess I can make. You've eliminated software as well as you possibly can. You could try the TOT method but I doubt if it would have any different result than flashing KDZs. I always use KDZs when I have a choice.
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I kind of doubt it's a hardware problems, if it was I wouldn't be able to see the carriers in the search menu would I?
ericklc02 said:
I kind of doubt it's a hardware problems, if it was I wouldn't be able to see the carriers in the search menu would I?
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You restored to 100% stock software. If the choices are software or hardware how could it be anything but hardware unless you have more information to share?
currently my version is 5.1.1 lolipop if i change to kitkat or marshmallow do i need to flash bootstack 24 or 35 after flashing rom ?
also can someone suggest me a rom which is for all variant and stable..
thank you so much..
im using Skydragon rom and having some problem with hotspot which is for verizon only unfortunately im not in the US so i cant enable it ..
Like I said in the other thread, the 12B Bootstack is for KitKat, 24B is for Lollipop 5.0.x and 35B is for Lollipop 5.1.x and Marshmallow. I believe I also said - but it might've been someone else I recently told - you should just get in the habit of flashing the appropriate bootstack every time after you flash a ROM. There's no need to figure out when you need to flash one and when you don't have to, just flash it.
thanks for the clarify.. can you suggest me a rom for all variant of lg g3 ?i mean a custom rom that suits for all LG G3
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thanks for the clarify.. can you suggest me a rom for all variant of lg g3 ?i mean a custom rom that suits for all LG G3
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You're welcome! No, I can't unfortunately. I only use stock LG VS985-based ROMs. Not only that but from my own experience when I did try one or two that were made to work on all or at least several variants, and these days when I happen to read, people are always having trouble with ROMs that are made to work on several variants of the G3. This is why I stick to ROMs that are based on stock VS985 ones. This is rather common on all phones though. Some people have gotten some to work but you'll have to find them yourself since I don't use them.
Maybe my issue is related to this. I have had stability issues on marshmallow. I flashed the 35B bootstack and upgraded to the Azadi marshmallow variant. It was working fine, but there had been more updates to the rom, so I flashed those as well (without flashing 35B again). I was getting occasional system reboots, so I switched to the stock 47A firmware (debloated using joshua70448 zip generator). I am still having the same issue - the system randomly reboots, sometimes twice in a row. Also sometimes when I power down, the phone will not power up again until I remove the battery. I did not flash the bootstack on either of these clean installs.
Is it possible that failing to flash the bootstack with a clean install is causing the issue? I figured since I had already flashed it once when upgrading to marshmallow the first time, I would not need to reflash it with each new install.
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Is it possible that failing to flash the bootstack with a clean install is causing the issue? I figured since I had already flashed it once when upgrading to marshmallow the first time, I would not need to reflash it with each new install.
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Doubtful, if it's the way you describe it. The only reason I tell people this is because some people ask for help determining when they can get away with not flashing the bootstack again.
It's far simpler to just flash whichever the appropriate bootstack is every time you flash a ROM or restore a TWRP backup. There's just no reason to avoid flashing the right one every time.
If you're experienced enough that you know you don't have to flash it again, then don't. If you're mistaken, you could end up with a temporary brick depending on the exact situation, but it's still not caused by the bootstack.
Also, the wrong bootstack doesn't cause stability issues or reboots. It can cause no signal, not being able to use Advanced/HD Calling and not being able to encrypt your SD card.
I had just made the following yesterday, but this fits this situation. ?
I recommend flashing the 10B TOT. TOTs flash more partitions than KDZs, as @xdabbeb taught me and I verified. I had a weird problem months ago that wouldn't go away no matter what ROM or KDZ I flashed until I flashed the TOT.
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Doubtful, if it's the way you describe it. The only reason I tell people this is because some people ask for help determining when they can get away with not flashing the bootstack again.
It's far simpler to just flash whichever the appropriate bootstack is every time you flash a ROM or restore a TWRP backup. There's just no reason to avoid flashing the right one every time.
If you're experienced enough that you know you don't have to flash it again, then don't. If you're mistaken, you could end up with a temporary brick depending on the exact situation, but it's still not caused by the bootstack.
Also, the wrong bootstack doesn't cause stability issues or reboots. It can cause no signal, not being able to use Advanced/HD Calling and not being able to encrypt your SD card.
I had just made the following yesterday, but this fits this situation. ?
I recommend flashing the 10B TOT. TOTs flash more partitions than KDZs, as @xdabbeb taught me and I verified. I had a weird problem months ago that wouldn't go away no matter what ROM or KDZ I flashed until I flashed the TOT.
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I really thought it wasn't necessary. I will post another thread with this issue.
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Like I said in the other thread, the 12B Bootstack is for KitKat, 24B is for Lollipop 5.0.x and 35B is for Lollipop 5.1.x and Marshmallow. I believe I also said - but it might've been someone else I recently told - you should just get in the habit of flashing the appropriate bootstack every time after you flash a ROM. There's no need to figure out when you need to flash one and when you don't have to, just flash it.
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Sorry bro bother how do I fix the outgoing calling to work BC Everytime I try to call out I got call end I use 35b and still didn't work I'm on 10b I root and running Jedi ROM 5.1.1 but when I get into 6.0 or 7.1 calling ends ass soon I dial out is there a fix for it
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I installed Fulmics 5.2 rom on my Verizon lg g3, and now I am stuck in 3g, even though there is great 4g in my area? Anyone found a reliable fix, or should I give up on Fulmics (which is great otherwise)?
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I installed Fulmics 5.2 rom on my Verizon lg g3, and now I am stuck in 3g, even though there is great 4g in my area? Anyone found a reliable fix, or should I give up on Fulmics (which is great otherwise)?
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+1000 to this request
I wasn't able to install it so you got further then I did. But I had that same issue on a number of non-stock ROMs and never found a "fix" other then trying diff nightlies until one worked. Another is very flaky WiFi which I'm seeing on XenonHD
Just simply give up. Nobody really has ever gotten an international GSM rom with working LTE on the VS985. A couple of months ago we got 3G working on fulmics 5.0. However to my dismay, when I flashed another ROM, I only had 3G data no matter what I used. It turned out that it wiped my EFS partiton, the one that controls call and data information. I had to wipe my phone with the stock KDZ file, and then re root and unlock.That really, really sucked. Moral of the story: give up on the international roms that say they're 'compatible' with the VS985. They're not.
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Just simply give up. Nobody really has ever gotten an international GSM rom with working LTE on the VS985. A couple of months ago we got 3G working on fulmics 5.0. However to my dismay, when I flashed another ROM, I only had 3G data no matter what I used. It turned out that it wiped my EFS partiton, the one that controls call and data information. I had to wipe my phone with the stock KDZ file, and then re root and unlock.That really, really sucked. Moral of the story: give up on the international roms that say they're 'compatible' with the VS985. They're not.
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Thanks!
Fulmics was a wonderful ROM except for Verizon 4g, so now I'll restore to something else. Wish I knew this first, wasted a bunch of time.
No problem man!
I've got it working, I think, my data icon shows a 4G. I've found a post in fulmics thread that says to get it working you should wipe, flash then bootstack, flash fulmics and once again flash the bootstack.
Some times in former versions i've got it working just wiping, flashing fulmics, booting without data and flashing the bootstack after all, so I guess that flash the bootstack after fulmics gets the point.
Give it a try and post back!!!
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I've got it working, I think, my data icon shows a 4G. I've found a post in fulmics thread that says to get it working you should wipe, flash then bootstack, flash fulmics and once again flash the bootstack.
Some times in former versions i've got it working just wiping, flashing fulmics, booting without data and flashing the bootstack after all, so I guess that flash the bootstack after fulmics gets the point.
Give it a try and post back!!!
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I've tried that before, however all I ended up getting is a 4G roaming data icon. Is it showing as roaming for you?
I would go back to fulmics, but I'll admit I was only using it to have a little look at UX 5.0. Then it wiped my EFS partition, so I'm not gonna go back. If it works for you then great! Happy on xenonHD right now though.
Not sure why mods locked my other post, but I DO NOT have an international version of LG G3, I have a Verizon version, VS985.
And this issue is not about Fulmic's ROM, but is about Xdabebb's 47a Marshmallow ROM which is a stock rom.
So I am going to repost, in hope of getting the help I was looking for originally.
I'm pretty tired of my LG G3 which I've owned now for a few months. It is the VS985 version. Purchased brand new.
I started off on the stock Kitkat it came with. Connectivity with Verizon 4g was fine, but the phone overheated regularly.
Then I updated to Fulmics 5.2, which worked okay, but only gave me slow 3g data.
Next I reverted all the way back to stock 10b, and then tried Xdabebb's Stock 47a. The rom works fine, but 4g connectivity is ****! I get constant blinking triangles (roaming) even though roaming is turned off. Worse yet, I don't get phone calls or texts half the time, and it constantly loses data connection. I got a new sim card, which works fine in my Nexus 6, but fails to be consistent in my LG G3.
Here's my questions:
1. Is there a fix with XDAbebb's 47a? Should I reflash the 35b bootstack?
2. If XDAbebb's 47a is the problem, is there a ROM that people have had good Verizon experience on?
3. Or should I just sell my LG G3 and move onto another phone or go back to my nexus 6 (which I like but it's so huge!)
I don't want to waste a lot of more time on this.
Mods, please don't lock this, as it is a different set of questions/issues from my other Fulmic's thread.
android94301 said:
Next I reverted all the way back to stock 10b, and then tried Xdabebb's Stock 47a. The rom works fine, but 4g connectivity is ****! I get constant blinking triangles (roaming) even though roaming is turned off. Worse yet, I don't get phone calls or texts half the time, and it constantly loses data connection. I got a new sim card, which works fine in my Nexus 6, but fails to be consistent in my LG G3.
Here's my questions:
1. Is there a fix with XDAbebb's 47a? Should I reflash the 35b bootstack?
2. If XDAbebb's 47a is the problem, is there a ROM that people have had good Verizon experience on?
3. Or should I just sell my LG G3 and move onto another phone or go back to my nexus 6 (which I like but it's so huge!)
I don't want to waste a lot of more time on this.
Mods, please don't lock this, as it is a different set of questions/issues from my other Fulmic's thread.
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1. There's nothing that needs fixing in @xdabbeb 's stock 47A firmware, at least for the majority of people. It's as completely stock 47A as can be possible while being rooted and still being able to get into TWRP - there's no other differences from stock unrooted 47A. The 35B Bootstack is part of what's necessary in order to have a working modem while still being able to get into TWRP.
I doubt if reflashing the bootstack will make a difference but it doesn't hurt anything either. Does your Settings/About menu list a baseband and an IMEI for your device? If it does, it's doubtful that reflashing the bootstack will help, and that would only help if it said you have no baseband, or the wrong one. Just reflash it though if you have any doubts, like I said, it doesn't hurt anything to flash it.
2. @xdabbeb 's VS985 v2.0 ROM (based on 35B) is overall my very favorite ROM although I've been using his 47A and the 46A before it ever since he released them, along with heavy debloating. His VS985 v2.0 ROM is more heavily modified from stock 35B which is why he differentiates between his VS985 v2.0 ROM and his stock 47A firmware and although 47A in general is really smooth, you can tell the pride he took doing the work he did on the 2.0 ROM.
3. Only you can decide this. Have you tried flashing the 10B TOT (which will wipe your data and internal storage too)? As @xdabbeb taught me and I've personally witnessed when I checked into it, TOTs flash more partitions than KDZs do. Flashing the 10B TOT can fix things that flashing any KDZ or ROM won't. I had a weird problem several months ago that no matter what ROM or KDZ (including 10B) I flashed, the problem persisted. It wasn't until I flashed the 10B TOT that the problem went and stayed away.
It's very common that people that flash several ROMs, especially when some of them are CM/AOSP based and/or international stock ROM ports that they have trouble with mobile data afterward until they flash back to stock. I realize (I think you said) that you flashed the KDZ but try the TOT and go from there. Once you flash it, verify if everything is working 100% okay before rooting, putting TWRP on and flashing anything else. Then once you do that, go straight to flashing whichever stock-based ROM you decide on including the appropriate bootstack.
4. Please mail me your Nexus 6 so I have a new toy to play with.
Thanks, and see my replies below.
roirraW "edor" ehT said:
1. There's nothing that needs fixing in @xdabbeb 's stock 47A firmware, at least for the majority of people. It's as completely stock 47A as can be possible while being rooted and still being able to get into TWRP - there's no other differences from stock unrooted 47A. The 35B Bootstack is part of what's necessary in order to have a working modem while still being able to get into TWRP.
I doubt if reflashing the bootstack will make a difference but it doesn't hurt anything either. Does your Settings/About menu list a baseband and an IMEI for your device? If it does, it's doubtful that reflashing the bootstack will help, and that would only help if it said you have no baseband, or the wrong one. Just reflash it though if you have any doubts, like I said, it doesn't hurt anything to flash it.
[My setting DO not list an IMEI. Is there a problem I need to fix?]
2. @xdabbeb 's VS985 v2.0 ROM (based on 35B) is overall my very favorite ROM although I've been using his 47A and the 46A before it ever since he released them, along with heavy debloating. His VS985 v2.0 ROM is more heavily modified from stock 35B which is why he differentiates between his VS985 v2.0 ROM and his stock 47A firmware and although 47A in general is really smooth, you can tell the pride he took doing the work he did on the 2.0 ROM.
[Thanks maybe I'll try this 2.0 version.]
3. Only you can decide this. Have you tried flashing the 10B TOT (which will wipe your data and internal storage too)? As @xdabbeb taught me and I've personally witnessed when I checked into it, TOTs flash more partitions than KDZs do. Flashing the 10B TOT can fix things that flashing any KDZ or ROM won't. I had a weird problem several months ago that no matter what ROM or KDZ (including 10B) I flashed, the problem persisted. It wasn't until I flashed the 10B TOT that the problem went and stayed away.
[Yes, I flashed the Tot file to 10b, before I went to 47A.]
It's very common that people that flash several ROMs, especially when some of them are CM/AOSP based and/or international stock ROM ports that they have trouble with mobile data afterward until they flash back to stock. I realize (I think you said) that you flashed the KDZ but try the TOT and go from there. Once you flash it, verify if everything is working 100% okay before rooting, putting TWRP on and flashing anything else. Then once you do that, go straight to flashing whichever stock-based ROM you decide on including the appropriate bootstack.
[OK, will try the stock Tot 10b again and make sure it's all okay before rooting or upgrading. How do I fix the IMEI though? ]
4. Please mail me your Nexus 6 so I have a new toy to play with.
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[What's your address? JK, I actually love my Nexus 6 but sometimes want a smaller phone to carry.]
android94301 said:
Thanks, and see my replies below.
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You're welcome!
[My setting DO not list an IMEI. Is there a problem I need to fix?]
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I'm attaching screenshots for where you should find the IMEI on 47A (Settings/About/Status) Just to be clear, you're saying you found the spot the IMEI should be in but it's not listed there? And you do have a baseband listed (Settings/About/Software info)? If so, then not having an IMEI is definitely the problem.
[Yes, I flashed the Tot file to 10b, before I went to 47A.]
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It probably won't make any difference then if you went straight from the 10B TOT, Stump root, TWRP to 35B Bootstack and 47A firmware. Sounds like the no IMEI thing is the problem.
[OK, will try the stock Tot 10b again and make sure it's all okay before rooting or upgrading. How do I fix the IMEI though? ]
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You can't make phone calls either, right? I'm no expert on fixing no IMEI - I've never had to do that personally. When in TWRP, I use it to backup the EFS which I believe includes the IMEI, so that if it should get lost (which happens sometimes when flashing KDZs and TOTs), I can just restore it via TWRP.
If you don't have a TWRP backup of your EFS, then assuming you have the box the phone came in, or some record of what the IMEI was, I believe you have to use some Windows software - maybe QPST - to manually type the IMEI back in the right place. I know there's threads in the General and Q&A section, and probably those sections in the non-Verizon G3 forums too. I'd have to search for the threads myself though.
[What's your address? JK, I actually love my Nexus 6 but sometimes want a smaller phone to carry.]
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Every once in a while I'm tempted to go Nexus, but I guess none have attracted me enough yet, either feature/storage/camera/review/size and/or price-wise. I don't think I'd like anything bigger than the G3.
You are a genius! Saved my LG G3 from Craigslist
roirraW "edor" ehT said:
You're welcome!
I'm attaching screenshots for where you should find the IMEI on 47A (Settings/About/Status) Just to be clear, you're saying you found the spot the IMEI should be in but it's not listed there? And you do have a baseband listed (Settings/About/Software info)? If so, then not having an IMEI is definitely the problem.
It probably won't make any difference then if you went straight from the 10B TOT, Stump root, TWRP to 35B Bootstack and 47A firmware. Sounds like the no IMEI thing is the problem.
You can't make phone calls either, right? I'm no expert on fixing no IMEI - I've never had to do that personally. When in TWRP, I use it to backup the EFS which I believe includes the IMEI, so that if it should get lost (which happens sometimes when flashing KDZs and TOTs), I can just restore it via TWRP.
If you don't have a TWRP backup of your EFS, then assuming you have the box the phone came in, or some record of what the IMEI was, I believe you have to use some Windows software - maybe QPST - to manually type the IMEI back in the right place. I know there's threads in the General and Q&A section, and probably those sections in the non-Verizon G3 forums too. I'd have to search for the threads myself though.
Every once in a while I'm tempted to go Nexus, but I guess none have attracted me enough yet, either feature/storage/camera/review/size and/or price-wise. I don't think I'd like anything bigger than the G3.
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Thanks for your help. As you can see from the pics I've attached, baseband is fine, and there is no IMEI. Must have gotten nuked somehow when I went from Fulmics to 10b to 47A. I have an EFS backup in TWRP, so will try to restore the EFS partition.
I just did, and my IMEI is back, although phone number is blank, IMS registered status is Not Registered, ICCID says unknown. Let's try putting the sim card back in and see what happens.
IMEI is there, as is ICCID. IMS is still not registered. Phone number now shows up. As does PRL. Just tried phone calls and they now work, let's try a text. Works!!!!
Now lets try a data test. Speedtest now is off the charts! 74mbps down, and 13mbps up! Can't beat that.
roirraW "edor" ehT you are a genius, seems like that solved it. Now I guess I should make another nandroid backup while I've got everything working.
One last question, is the improvement of XDAbebb's VS985 v2.0 debloated enough to make it worth going from 47a to that one? Thanks again.
And no stupid blinking triangle of roaming! Tried Google Play store and now things install rapidly.
android94301 said:
Thanks for your help. As you can see from the pics I've attached, baseband is fine, and there is no IMEI. Must have gotten nuked somehow when I went from Fulmics to 10b to 47A. I have an EFS backup in TWRP, so will try to restore the EFS partition.
I just did, and my IMEI is back, although phone number is blank, IMS registered status is Not Registered, ICCID says unknown. Let's try putting the sim card back in and see what happens.
IMEI is there, as is ICCID. IMS is still not registered. Phone number now shows up. As does PRL. Just tried phone calls and they now work, let's try a text. Works!!!!
Now lets try a data test. Speedtest now is off the charts! 74mbps down, and 13mbps up! Can't beat that.
roirraW "edor" ehT you are a genius, seems like that solved it. Now I guess I should make another nandroid backup while I've got everything working.
One last question, is the improvement of XDAbebb's VS985 v2.0 debloated enough to make it worth going from 47a to that one? Thanks again.
And no stupid blinking triangle of roaming! Tried Google Play store and now things install rapidly.
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Both roms are excellent xdabebbs 2.0 is pretty slimmed down and runs really smooth. And his 47A is as close to stock marshmallow as you can get but still being rooted. I'm always flashing back and forth between the two, sometimes a few times per week lol I would recommend either one since they are both awesome. If you run 47A you can use some debloating zips that the warrior has made, and remove a lot of bloat or only take out what you want. I hope this helps in anyway and glad you got your g3 working now.
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android94301 said:
Thanks for your help. As you can see from the pics I've attached, baseband is fine, and there is no IMEI. Must have gotten nuked somehow when I went from Fulmics to 10b to 47A. I have an EFS backup in TWRP, so will try to restore the EFS partition.
I just did, and my IMEI is back, although phone number is blank, IMS registered status is Not Registered, ICCID says unknown. Let's try putting the sim card back in and see what happens.
IMEI is there, as is ICCID. IMS is still not registered. Phone number now shows up. As does PRL. Just tried phone calls and they now work, let's try a text. Works!!!!
Now lets try a data test. Speedtest now is off the charts! 74mbps down, and 13mbps up! Can't beat that.
[URL=" "edor" ehT[/I][/COLOR][/URL] you are a genius, seems like that solved it. Now I guess I should make another nandroid backup while I've got everything working.
One last question, is the improvement of XDAbebb's VS985 v2.0 debloated enough to make it worth going from 47a to that one? Thanks again.
And no stupid blinking triangle of roaming! Tried Google Play store and now things install rapidly.
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Awesome! You're welcome. I'm glad it was that relatively simple and that you had an EFS Backup! I (think I) keep a cloud backup of just an EFS TWRP backup of all of my wife's and my devices just in case. Much simpler than fooling around in proprietary software.
I've just luckily seen enough people have the no IMEI problem enough times on this device - glad it hasn't happened to me yet.