First, @dottat - Thanks for your effort and guidance to the community. It is appreciated.
Now on to the issue. I have an HTC 10 unlocked international 64GB model bought on Ebay. I have flashed TWRP (twrp-3.0.2-6-pme.img), rooted (BETA-SuperSU-v2.74-2-forceencrypt), and s-off (Sunshine). Everything holds steady while I go through that process with the trouble starting after flashing the Verizon radio. When the Verizon radio is flashed and the phone rebooted, I receive a No Service message, the IMEI and baseband are "Unknown" to Android and phone will not recognize a SIM card. Further, when entering *#*#4636#*#* to select the proper radio, I am stuck in LTE/WCDMA and unable to change the radio band (Auto, USA, or so on...). The IMEI is still set in fastboot getvars.
I have tried to flash two different Verizon radios VzwHTC10_1.19.605.9radio.img and VzwHTC10_1.19.605.22radio.img. Both result in the same issue.
I can recover from this by flashing the firmware ZIP of the HTC OTA release which seems to be the version that was on the phone to start:
OTA_PERFUME_UHL_M60_SENSE80GP_hTC_Asia_TW_1.30.709.1_R-1.21.709.2_R2_release_477314i6fyk64xlvy886ba
Does anyone have any thoughts on my next step?
Or should I be considering an attempt to return the phone or sell it at a slight loss and pickup an unlocked or Verizon phone from HTC directly?
Thank you in advance.
Mike
PS - I tried searching and reading many threads. I have seen this question or a similar one asked a few times but with no answer that I could find. Please be patient with me.
Have you tried ruu for verizon. The 22 ruu? And I got advanced calling after deleting the 2 modems. To flash the ruu you may need to change cid/mid.
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Mine wasn't international, but was a unlocked version. After some help from dotat finally got everything working. I've done this alittle. Not a device by any means, but will help others if I can.
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losthyway said:
Have you tried ruu for verizon. The 22 ruu? And I got advanced calling after deleting the 2 modems. To flash the ruu you may need to change cid/mid.
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Mine wasn't international, but was a unlocked version. After some help from dotat finally got everything working. I've done this alittle. Not a device by any means, but will help others if I can.
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Did you flash the full Verizon RUU (with OS and apps) or only the firmware portion? I trust that does not impact the s-off or unlocked bootloader?
I also thought about flashing an HTC firmware from another region other than Asia to see if that helps.
Thanks in advance.
Mike
I flashed full ruu. Verizon with everything. That resets all firmware. S-off and bootloader stays the same. Recovery will have to be reloaded but that's it. It will erase everything tho so back up any data you need. But after I flashed ruu and deleted the 2 modems everything worked. Dotat had a guide to delete the modems.
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Any luck?
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I have been doing a bit more research and based on that research I do not believe the HTC 10 International version can work with Verizon (model 2PS620000). In looking at HTC's website, the LTE bands are different:
2PS650000 - US Unlocked
FDD: Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 12, 13, 17, 20, 28, 29, 30
2PS620000 - International
FDD: Bands 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20, 28, 32
TDD: Bands 38, 40, 41
It appears there is a material hardware difference. This is unfortunate as I was looking forward to the 64GB storage of the international model. It will be a great day when all manufactures simply support all global frequencies. There is little reason not too -- other than governments purposely restricting certain frequencies of which the governments would be best served to adopt a global standard.
So, unless anyone has any suggestions, I do not feel flashing a Verizon RUU or firmware will improve the situation.
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I have been doing a bit more research and based on that research I do not believe the HTC 10 International version can work with Verizon (model 2PS620000). In looking at HTC's website, the LTE bands are different:
2PS650000 - US Unlocked
FDD: Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 12, 13, 17, 20, 28, 29, 30
2PS620000 - International
FDD: Bands 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20, 28, 32
TDD: Bands 38, 40, 41
It appears there is a material hardware difference. This is unfortunate as I was looking forward to the 64GB storage of the international model. It will be a great day when all manufactures simply support all global frequencies. There is little reason not too -- other than governments purposely restricting certain frequencies of which the governments would be best served to adopt a global standard.
So, unless anyone has any suggestions, I do not feel flashing a Verizon RUU or firmware will improve the situation.
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Before you get rid of it, flash the 22 Verizon RUU, then download and use "DFS_Tool" from the DFS Studio. Using DFS_Tool, I can change the bands in my U.S. Unlocked 10 and perhaps you can enable Bands 2-4- and 13 to fetch Verizon's signal on yours. (http://www.cdmatool.com)
If this doesn't work, you can put back in the International RUU.
michaelbsheldon said:
Before you get rid of it, flash the 22 Verizon RUU, then download and use "DFS_Tool" from the DFS Studio. Using DFS_Tool, I can change the bands in my U.S. Unlocked 10 and perhaps you can enable Bands 2-4- and 13 to fetch Verizon's signal on yours. (http://www.cdmatool.com)
If this doesn't work, you can put back in the International RUU.
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I assume I need to change the CID to VZW__001 and MID to 2PS650000 before the RUU?
mikieboyblue said:
I assume I need to change the CID to VZW__001 and MID to 2PS650000 before the RUU?
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Yes. Hoping for success!
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mikieboyblue said:
I assume I need to change the CID to VZW__001 and MID to 2PS650000 before the RUU?
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Connect booted up phone to computer. Make sure it is in Charge Only mode, not File Transfer.
Use dialer - ##3424# to get into diagnostic mode. Enter six zeros for passcode. Dismiss diag enabled message.
Start DFS.
Choose Bands tab.
Select LTE. Hit Read.
Choose 2 - 4 - 13 and hit Write. Wait 10 seconds.
Reboot phone and check for LTE signal.
Looks like I'll have to buy the Evolution copy for HTC 10 support in DFS.
DFS
Go to downloads on top tab and download free July version of studio.
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Can anyone confirm that the 5.1 update has broken band 12 LTE on the XT1527 Moto E?
I've read about it here:
https://forums.motorola.com/posts/ecb8265dfc
https://www.reddit.com/r/tmobile/comments/39j0qb/psa_motos_51_update_to_the_2015_moto_e_disables/
Thanks,
skybronco said:
Can anyone confirm that the 5.1 update has broken band 12 LTE on the XT1527 Moto E?
I've read about it here:
https://forums.motorola.com/posts/ecb8265dfc
https://www.reddit.com/r/tmobile/comments/39j0qb/psa_motos_51_update_to_the_2015_moto_e_disables/
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When I purchased my phone, back in March 2015, the marketing material listed band 12. Now if you go to the motorola website they have removed band 12, this is such crap.
can anyone help me get back to 5.0.2?
skybronco said:
When I purchased my phone, back in March 2015, the marketing material listed band 12. Now if you go to the motorola website they have removed band 12, this is such crap.
can anyone help me get back to 5.0.2?
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Is your phone carrier branded? If it is, you can't do anything, as the bootloader is impossible to unlock.
The first thing to do would be finding 5.0.2 firmware for your device. This folder has a lot of firmwares, maybe yours is in here. If it is and you're sure it is, you'll need to unlock the bootloader to be able to downgrade, if your phone is carrier branden, I think you can't do this, according to this page. If your phone is a retail one, you'll be able to flash a firmware with band 12, and then re-flash 5.1 firmware with band 12.
I took care of it, my phone is not branded. Motorola support confirmed band 12 was disabled with 5.1. And before anyone asks, no you can't just flash the 5.0.2 radois on 5.1, that doesn't fix the band 12 problem, I tried it.
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Yeah I am in the same boat..just bites. Band 12 was the only reason I got this phone.
http://www.phonenews.com/motorola-t-mobile-moto-e-lte-band-12-30715/
Time for a new phone..
According to spectrumgateway.com/compatible-phones , the Moto E 4G LTE (2nd Gen) XT1527 is band 12 compatible. Can the XT1528 be made band 12 somehow, or is there a physical hardware difference between the devices?
What I gathered reading around here.
* Firmware images are available for T-Mo 1527. However I read that only the 5.02 firmware has band 12 working
* The bootloader is locked on the verizon device
Someone suggested that it might be possible to use part of the 5.02 firmware files for the radio for the 5.1 firmware, to enable band 12, but so far one person claimed that it did not work. . Looking at the number of views this thread has gotten, it appears there is a lot of interest in getting band 12 working on the verizon handset. If any of my statements are not correct, or otherwise, feel free to correct me
Verified the bootloader is locked on my 1528: https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/standalone/bootloader/unlock-your-device-b
* If it was not the case, then it might be possible to flash a firmware which enables band 12. Then we need a way to unlock the bootloader to enable band 12.
discord said:
What I gathered reading around here.
* Firmware images are available for T-Mo 1527. However I read that only the 5.02 firmware has band 12 working
* The bootloader is locked on the verizon device
Someone suggested that it might be possible to use part of the 5.02 firmware files for the radio for the 5.1 firmware, to enable band 12, but so far one person claimed that it did not work. . Looking at the number of views this thread has gotten, it appears there is a lot of interest in getting band 12 working on the verizon handset. If any of my statements are not correct, or otherwise, feel free to correct me
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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.
Hi All, I have unlock ATT version, then switch to T mobile service (flash T mobile firmware). Now I switch to Sprint firmware. HOwever My ATT ver didn't have the band 25 and 26. Only have band 41. Sprint needs all 3 for better connection. Is there away to unlock 25 and 26 band?
Unlock S9 plus vers and other have all bands
sweetboy02125 said:
Hi All, I have unlock ATT version, then switch to T mobile service (flash T mobile firmware). Now I switch to Sprint firmware. HOwever My ATT ver didn't have the band 25 and 26. Only have band 41. Sprint needs all 3 for better connection. Is there away to unlock 25 and 26 band?
Unlock S9 plus vers and other have all bands
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The G965U and G965U1 are identical hardware wise and all support the same bands. What differentiates the G965U from the G965U1 is the that the G965U1 has the unlocked firmware (non carrier branded if that term makes more sense).
The only thing that differentiates one G965U from another G965U is the firmware. The firmware determines what bands are available as well as custom carrier settings/apps/configurations that is installed. For example if you properly flash the firmware for the Sprint G965U onto the AT&T G965U then it will have all the bands (and sprint customization/bloat) that the Sprint G965U version has.
To give you an example I have the sprint version, flashed it to the unlocked firmware, flashed to AT&T firmware and then finally to T-mobile. I didn't flash it in that order, that is just the different kinds of firmwares I have had on that phone.
Across the different firmware versions all necessary and needed bands were active and working just fine.
scottusa2008 said:
The G965U and G965U1 are identical hardware wise and all support the same bands. What differentiates the G965U from the G965U1 is the that the G965U1 has the unlocked firmware (non carrier branded if that term makes more sense).
The only thing that differentiates one G965U from another G965U is the firmware. The firmware determines what bands are available as well as custom carrier settings/apps/configurations that is installed. For example if you properly flash the firmware for the Sprint G965U onto the AT&T G965U then it will have all the bands (and sprint customization/bloat) that the Sprint G965U version has.
To give you an example I have the sprint version, flashed it to the unlocked firmware, flashed to AT&T firmware and then finally to T-mobile. I didn't flash it in that order, that is just the different kinds of firmwares I have had on that phone.
Across the different firmware versions all necessary and needed bands were active and working just fine.
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Yes, i put in Sprint Sim on the phone then the phone auto removed the Tmobile apps and installed bunch of Sprint apps. I checked the specs for ATT ver and only see band 41 avail online. After Sprint firmware installed, I check again *#0011# and only see band 41. I was too assumed everything should be identical both S9 plus U or U1 but there must me something got block by ATT and carrier firmwares still can't unlock it.
sweetboy02125 said:
Yes, i put in Sprint Sim on the phone then the phone auto removed the Tmobile apps and installed bunch of Sprint apps. I checked the specs for ATT ver and only see band 41 avail online. After Sprint firmware installed, I check again *#0011# and only see band 41. I was too assumed everything should be identical both S9 plus U or U1 but there must me something got block by ATT and carrier firmwares still can't unlock it.
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Did you flash the sprint firmware onto the at&t phone you have or did you just insert the sim card and let the phone apply the settings for the sim card?
If you did the latter (specifically just changing the sim card) this doesn't give you any of the carrier specific tweaks/customizations that can be found on the carrier firmware. For thse tweaks/customizations you need to flash the firmware for the carrier branded phone. So your better connection desire will most likely be a sprint firmware specific thing and not found on the at&t firmware.
Also looking up what the at&t branded phone supports and the sprint branded phone supports won't help much. It will only tell you what the two phones are configured to do for the carrier the phone is branded for. Those specs It do not tell you what the hardware can do (or that the hardware is the same whether it be the unlocked version from Samsung, the sprint branded one you buy from sprint or the at&t branded one purchased through at&t).
scottusa2008 said:
Did you flash the sprint firmware onto the at&t phone you have or did you just insert the sim card and let the phone apply the settings for the sim card?
If you did the latter (specifically just changing the sim card) this doesn't give you any of the carrier specific tweaks/customizations that can be found on the carrier firmware. For thse tweaks/customizations you need to flash the firmware for the carrier branded phone. So your better connection desire will most likely be a sprint firmware specific thing and not found on the at&t firmware.
Also looking up what the at&t branded phone supports and the sprint branded phone supports won't help much. It will only tell you what the two phones are configured to do for the carrier the phone is branded for. Those specs It do not tell you what the hardware can do (or that the hardware is the same whether it be the unlocked version from Samsung, the sprint branded one you buy from sprint or the at&t branded one purchased through at&t).
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This makes sense. I'll will try to flash Sprint firmware on top right now. The reason I said tweaks/customization applied because the whole UI "Settings" of the change completely changed from Tmobile Pie to Sprint Pie (more buttons, header rename...) so I assume tweaks/customizations already applied when Sprint Simcard did its own things
Also I thought the base S9 Pie for U ver all the same. Only when you put the Carrier simcard in then they download their all carrier settings (Not in this case?
sweetboy02125 said:
This makes sense. I'll will try to flash Sprint firmware on top right now. The reason I said tweaks/customization applied because the whole UI "Settings" of the change completely changed from Tmobile Pie to Sprint Pie (more buttons, header rename...) so I assume tweaks/customizations already applied when Sprint Simcard did its own things
Also I thought the base S9 Pie for U ver all the same. Only when you put the Carrier simcard in then they download their all carrier settings (Not in this case?
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Carrier settings (APN, MMS/SMS settings, PRL, Roaming lists and related) are not quite the same when it comes to bands being enabled/disabled or carrier tweaks/customizations. Also I don't know if the base for the s9+ contains all the full carrier customizations/tweaks or not when it comes to android pie. If I had to guess I would say it probably comes with a somewhat generic one size fits all configuration... Perhaps along the lines of what the U1 firmware has.
Though I would presume that the base does not have all the carrier customizations/tweaks because the carriers release android pie at different times.
As an example (for illustrative purposes to explain my presumption) AT&T releases the new update before T-mobile does. T-mobile releases the update before Verizon does. Because Verizon would have been the last to release the update both AT&T and T-Mobile would not have any of the additions Verizon would have made.
When flashing the sprint firmware onto the AT&T phone you have you may need to flash the U1 firmware first, do a factory data reset and then flash the G965U firmware for sprint. Someone else might have some insight if this is still applicable for Android Pie, but when I flashed from sprint to t-mobile using the Oreo firmware that is the process I had to go through.
scottusa2008 said:
Carrier settings (APN, MMS/SMS settings, PRL, Roaming lists and related) are not quite the same when it comes to bands being enabled/disabled or carrier tweaks/customizations. Also I don't know if the base for the s9+ contains all the full carrier customizations/tweaks or not when it comes to android pie. If I had to guess I would say it probably comes with a somewhat generic one size fits all configuration... Perhaps along the lines of what the U1 firmware has.
Though I would presume that the base does not have all the carrier customizations/tweaks because the carriers release android pie at different times.
As an example (for illustrative purposes to explain my presumption) AT&T releases the new update before T-mobile does. T-mobile releases the update before Verizon does. Because Verizon would have been the last to release the update both AT&T and T-Mobile would not have any of the additions Verizon would have made.
When flashing the sprint firmware onto the AT&T phone you have you may need to flash the U1 firmware first, do a factory data reset and then flash the G965U firmware for sprint. Someone else might have some insight if this is still applicable for Android Pie, but when I flashed from sprint to t-mobile using the Oreo firmware that is the process I had to go through.
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I would debate on the example (for illustrative purposes to explain my presumption) you had above, I don't think carriers are related. I would think Google/Samsung (Google may give the base to Samsung first then Samsung distribute to each carrier) give each carrier the base then each carrier goes customize their own settings with their own times to release to us.
Yes the correct way to flash to U1 then flash back to be clean (I guess And I did that when switch from ATT to Tmobile) But i have to much to setup again, so may just dirty flash Sprint now
PS: Still can't find the Sprint Pie in Sammobile website. Only Verizon and Tmobile and Generic ver
scottusa2008 said:
Did you flash the sprint firmware onto the at&t phone you have or did you just insert the sim card and let the phone apply the settings for the sim card?
If you did the latter (specifically just changing the sim card) this doesn't give you any of the carrier specific tweaks/customizations that can be found on the carrier firmware. For thse tweaks/customizations you need to flash the firmware for the carrier branded phone. So your better connection desire will most likely be a sprint firmware specific thing and not found on the at&t firmware.
Also looking up what the at&t branded phone supports and the sprint branded phone supports won't help much. It will only tell you what the two phones are configured to do for the carrier the phone is branded for. Those specs It do not tell you what the hardware can do (or that the hardware is the same whether it be the unlocked version from Samsung, the sprint branded one you buy from sprint or the at&t branded one purchased through at&t).
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Shouldn't have to flash the phone should install the firmware as soon as you install the Sim card
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sweetboy02125 said:
Hi All, I have unlock ATT version, then switch to T mobile service (flash T mobile firmware). Now I switch to Sprint firmware. HOwever My ATT ver didn't have the band 25 and 26. Only have band 41. Sprint needs all 3 for better connection. Is there away to unlock 25 and 26 band?
Unlock S9 plus vers and other have all bands
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All models are the same. Their just blocked in att firmware same goes for vzws B13. Your phone will install the firmware when you put in the sim card
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tengen31 said:
Shouldn't have to flash the phone should install the firmware as soon as you install the Sim card
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All models are the same. Their just blocked in att firmware same goes for vzws B13. Your phone will install the firmware when you put in the sim card
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You are right, I saw 25 and 26 now. Sim card will download and unlock the band needed
sweetboy02125 said:
You are right, I saw 25 and 26 now. Sim card will download and unlock the band needed
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Yep. My S8 did it,so does my S9+
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I am not sure if this would work or not and I haven't done this for a while. I might have the wrong service code or the menu option may have changed with android pie. So if I do someone feel free to correct it.
Note - if you see a message like RAT access/menu isnt allowed (or something like this) power off the phone, take the sim card out and power the phone on without the sim card in it. The process should work then.
*Open the phone app and enter ##DATA# (##3282#)
*Choose edit and if prompted enter a total of siix zeros as the MSL
*Select LTE to edit the active bands
From there you can enable or disable bands. If the band isn't listed you simply cant just add it. I would suggest flashing the carrier firmware as this would have it enabled.
Also I do believe that there are carrier customization/tweaks that may only be on the firmware from the carrier. Swapping the sim may change a few apps, change a few menu items and apply settings from the sim card onto the phone. It also may apply some (or perhaps most) carrier settings. I have not seen anything that gives me cause to believe that it applies all the carrier customization/tweaks.
If that were the case why did my g96u1 (or sprint g965u) firmware not show video calling or get provisioned for it, but flashing the tmobile firmware allowed for the feature to be enabled and provisioned. Also on the tmobile firmware I have had better signal retention and strength (not the signal bars, actual signal strength measurements on the phone) then with the unlocked firmware (or the original firmware that was on the phone with the tmobile sim).
If swapping the sim installs the tmobile firmware then that should have been all it took and I could continue to use the unlocked firmware, but this was not the case. The only features that were enabled were (outside of menu changes and app additions) VoLTE and WiFi calling. Now if this alone indicates carrier firmware specific features/tweaks/customizations can only reside on carrier firmware, then how could one declare it wouldn't also effect what bands are enabled/disabled. Like I said I haven't seen anything that says otherwise, but from what I have seen first hand there are somethings that are apparently only on the carrier's firmware that is not available on the others.
I'm outside us where my carrier network operates on band 3 for 4g service. I was able to browse using 4g then(though some work around by a guy) but on upgrading to VRUGOF1 bootloader, I noticed that the supported bands are 4 and 13 (using qxdm) and I didn't back up my former radio. please, any help on getting LTE band 3.
previously on I545VRUFNC5 bootloader
now on vrugof1
lemdev said:
I'm outside us where my carrier network operates on band 3 for 4g service..........
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This is a unique situation... [emoji79]
The only guidance that I can think of is to flash the NON-HLOS NC5 Firmware Modem from the following thread.
It should work since they have only the Modem Firmware files.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3740093
In case you were wondering... Flashing the Modem doesn't directly affect your firmware that you currently have installed.
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/sp.../guide-enabling-additional-lte-bands-t3563474