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So my aunt has am AT&T Galaxy Note on T-Mobile and I told the store she purchased the phone from to flash the T-Mobile radios so that she can get 4G HSPA+ but the device is stuck on gingerbread and I would really like to update it to stock Jellybean with Touchwiz? If I use Odin to flash the latest update will she lose her unlock? But then will it need to be unlocked now that T-Mobile has 4G LTE in Las Vegas? I figured all she would need to do is buy a new T-Mobile 4G LTE compatible SIM and then use that but I'm not sure. Can the new firmware be rooted and can it be unlocked if need be? Also, she broke the mirco-usb port so is there any way that I can flash to stock without the use of that port? I'm really sorry for all the questions but if anyone could answer them I would be very grateful.
If the usb port is broken, you won't be able to use Odin. Is the device rooted? If it is there is hope! If not, you're up the river without a paddle.
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If the usb port is broken, you won't be able to use Odin. Is the device rooted? If it is there is hope! If not, you're up the river without a paddle.
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I know right but luckily the device is rooted and because the shop said they flashed the T-Mobile radios, I believe it has a custom recovery on it.
Whew! I'm glad to hear you're already rooted. You can forget about Odin now. Flashing roms ands modems thru recovery won't lose your unlocked SIM info. First thing I would do is update your recovery. Then you can flash a new JB rom. A lot of newer roms depend on TWRP recovery. You can find that here in the original android development section. Read carefully and follow the install via .zip way. Since you're on tmobile I'd read the post just before this one about JB and what modems are working best. I'm on at&t so I can't help you there. They also remark on what roms they are running. You can follow their lead, or check out all three available roms in the development selection. Again read the developers directions, and make sure the rom is for your device before you flash anything. Then enjoy!
I didn't see any mention of having installed a custom recovery. If the OP hasn't done that he can still update to the latest stock rom using Kies Air. He can get that from the app store.
Being rooted has nothing to do with any of this. Rom flashing only depends on having 1) a pc with Odin and a working usb port, or 2)having a custom recovery already installed.
Flashing a custom rom won't affect the radio you already have, but if you update to the JB stock rom it will flash the current baseband (modem).
Unlocking is permanent. No flashing can change that phone back to a locked state.
Yes, you need a 4G LTE sim card, but under even best conditions you will mostly see 4G only (HSPA+ ).
I might be wrong, but to use T-Mobile's LTE you have to use a stock AT&T Rom. I'm in Houston and we just got LTE here.
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I might be wrong, but to use T-Mobile's LTE you have to use a stock AT&T Rom. I'm in Houston and we just got LTE here.
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Not an ATT rom.... but an ATT MODEM.
That and setting the fast.t-mobile.com APN will give access to T-Mobile LTE.
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Not an ATT rom.... but an ATT MODEM.
That and setting the fast.t-mobile.com APN will give access to T-Mobile LTE.
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For real? So I can use a different Rom? Does it still have to be like a 4.0.4 version or can I use something more current?
Christogq said:
For real? So I can use a different Rom? Does it still have to be like a 4.0.4 version or can I use something more current?
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You can use your choice of stock or custom roms with LTE.
UCLF6, UCMB4, UCMD3 can all be used under ICS, JB custom roms. 4.0.4, 4.1.2, 4.2.2 or the likes. Cyanogenmod, paranoid, slim, padawan, it doesn't matter.
On anything but stock samsung you can *#*#4636#*#* into dialer then phone options to change between lte and wcdma or all. Also available under settings/mobile network/preference.
Those are the 3 most current modems with access to LTE. UCLF6 being from the official ICS last year.
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You can use your choice of stock or custom roms with LTE.
UCLF6, UCMB4, UCMD3 can all be used under ICS, JB custom roms. 4.0.4, 4.1.2, 4.2.2 or the likes. Cyanogenmod, paranoid, slim, padawan, it doesn't matter.
On anything but stock samsung you can *#*#4636#*#* into dialer then phone options to change between lte and wcdma or all. Also available under settings/mobile network/preference.
Those are the 3 most current modems with access to LTE. UCLF6 being from the official ICS last year.
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How/Why do you know this lol? All I knew about was the *# stuff lol. You have just made my day bro! Thank you so much!
Christogq said:
How/Why do you know this lol? All I knew about was the *# stuff lol. You have just made my day bro! Thank you so much!
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I've been an android since tmobile.
That and being Computer/SmartPhone Technical Support....I constantly try to be in "the know".
Shoot I fix cars now and never changed my oil before 2 years ago.
I tried to update my I717 (AT&T) and have nothing but access to restore or download mode...it errored out, then I didn't do the emergency backup right away. When I tried to do it later, I get about 96% of the way done, and it errors out....
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A lot of newer roms depend on TWRP recovery.
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I don't think there is a dependence on which recovery you use but more of a recommendation. I've flashed many ROMs with CWM that the developer recommended using TWRP and they worked just fine. So, long as you do the procedure right, it doesn't matter what recovery you use.
Can i flash any tmobile ROM? like this one : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2682608
I recently flashed a MIUI ROM from our verizon thread and noticed it worked decently with either a tmobile sim or our own Verizon LTE.
I also recently flashed this T-mobile ROM :http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2292054
which was posted on the T-mobile thread but had our verizon kernal in the list of downloads, with success.
So my question is this: can i flash any Tmobile ROM as long as it doesn't include a kernal and radio and of course access the network settings to change it to LTE/CDMA.???
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Can i flash any tmobile ROM? like this one : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2682608
I recently flashed a MIUI ROM from our verizon thread and noticed it worked decently with either a tmobile sim or our own Verizon LTE.
I also recently flashed this T-mobile ROM :http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2292054
which was posted on the T-mobile thread but had our verizon kernal in the list of downloads, with success.
So my question is this: can i flash any Tmobile ROM as long as it doesn't include a kernal and radio and of course access the network settings to change it to LTE/CDMA.???
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Probably not. Most ROMs are tightly integrated with their kernel; if you flash just the ROM and not the kernel, lots of things will likely not work well.
I think you should make a little list of the ones you have success with though... [emoji1]
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orateam said:
Can i flash any tmobile ROM? like this one : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2682608
I recently flashed a MIUI ROM from our verizon thread and noticed it worked decently with either a tmobile sim or our own Verizon LTE.
I also recently flashed this T-mobile ROM :http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2292054
which was posted on the T-mobile thread but had our verizon kernal in the list of downloads, with success.
So my question is this: can i flash any Tmobile ROM as long as it doesn't include a kernal and radio and of course access the network settings to change it to LTE/CDMA.???
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You sure can. As log as you are on the MDK bootloader. Many of us have done it. Check this thread for some info
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2674846
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You sure can. As log as you are on the MDK bootloader. Many of us have done it. Check this thread for some info
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2674846
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Thanks! This proves we can use i9505 (generic S4) roms, but doesn't guarantee we can use Tmobile. But that may not matter. This means we can use the repository of I9505 ROMS which opens the door to a boatload of ROMS!!! WHOOOHOOO.
orateam said:
Thanks! This proves we can use i9505 (generic S4) roms, but doesn't guarantee we can use Tmobile. But that may not matter. This means we can use the repository of I9505 ROMS which opens the door to a boatload of ROMS!!! WHOOOHOOO.
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Yeah, if you're one of the lucky few with the MDK bootloader or a developer edition phone.
But you still probably need to flash the entire ROM, including the kernel that supports it, assuming you're one of the lucky ones.
k1mu said:
Yeah, if you're one of the lucky few with the MDK bootloader or a developer edition phone.
But you still probably need to flash the entire ROM, including the kernel that supports it, assuming you're one of the lucky ones.
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I'm assuming most of us have the MDK bootloader. I'm running TW 4.4.2 now (goldeneye ROM). Works flawless. All the mods for i9505 work great too. We have some awesome themes out there in the i9505 themes thread. Verizon S4 keeps getting better and better.
Hey now!
I just rooted/flashed my AT&T Galaxy S5 with AllianceRom - Build 3 to use with T-mobile.
I would like to know if I can get wifi-calling and VoLTE to work with my phone with this ROM or would I need to download the stock Tmobile ROM in order for it to work?
Any help is appreciated!
Thanks!
Your post would fit better in your custom ROM thread, where 99% of the readers will be using the same ROM. Here, only a minority of people will have any specific experience with that ROM.
Does your custom ROM include wifi calling? Are people reporting wifi call success or failures in the custom ROM thread?
Has your custom ROM been updated to include the recent VoLTE update e.g. the equivalent of G900TUVU1BNF6? If so, you should be fine. You have a locked bootloader, but AFAIK that shouldn't interfere with wifi calling. You just need the features configured in the ROM.
Given your locked bootloader, you should do your research before you flash firmware from another carrier. Trying to flash a TMB bootloader, kernel or possibly even stock TMB recovery may put your bootloader in a position of having to choose between incrementing Knox or bricking your phone for you. And we're assuming that you wouldn't want that.
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mllk said:
Hey now!
I just rooted/flashed my AT&T Galaxy S5 with AllianceRom - Build 3 to use with T-mobile.
I would like to know if I can get wifi-calling and VoLTE to work with my phone with this ROM or would I need to download the stock Tmobile ROM in order for it to work?
Any help is appreciated!
Thanks!
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VoLTE is modem specific. If you don't have the T-Mobile modem, you won't have VoLTE (so unless you want a brick, do NOT flash the T-Mobile radio to your ATT device. You will NEVER have VoLTE) I didn't have VoLTE until i flashed the NF6 (first update to include VoLTE) modem. Even with a T-Mobile device. Once i flashed the full tar that included the modem to NF6, i got VoLTE. So you will never have that.
As far as WiFi calling, as long as its present in the frameworks and ROM, last i understood, it should work. I know when i had my S4 people flashed a T-Mobile ROM to their ATT S4 and had WiFi calling. So long as you have a T-Mobile SIM as well. Ensure the ROM supports it as fffft stated.
elesbb said:
VoLTE is modem specific. If you don't have the T-Mobile modem, you won't have VoLTE (so unless you want a brick, do NOT flash the T-Mobile radio to your ATT device. You will NEVER have VoLTE) I didn't have VoLTE until i flashed the NF6 (first update to include VoLTE) modem. Even with a T-Mobile device. Once i flashed the full tar that included the modem to NF6, i got VoLTE. So you will never have that.
As far as WiFi calling, as long as its present in the frameworks and ROM, last i understood, it should work. I know when i had my S4 people flashed a T-Mobile ROM to their ATT S4 and had WiFi calling. So long as you have a T-Mobile SIM as well. Ensure the ROM supports it as fffft stated.
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THANKS!
I think the ROM I installed is somewhat broken. Root/SuperSU isn't working. I will try a different ROM.
mllk said:
THANKS!
I think the ROM I installed is somewhat broken. Root/SuperSU isn't working. I will try a different ROM.
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lol Alliance isn't broken.
aooga said:
lol Alliance isn't broken.
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It's 'broken' on the AT&T phone at least. Root is broken and can't root using towelroot either.
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It's 'broken' on the AT&T phone at least. Root is broken and can't root using towelroot either.
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If root is broken on your phone, then redo your root. It certainly isn't broken for all ATT phones. Nor is the Alliance ROM likely to be broken for ATT phones i.e. 900A either. And of course you can use towel root. It's a good habit to do a forum search before posting.. then you'd be able to pose better informed questions.
To use towel root, you simply have to use a pre June 3rd stock ROM as a base. If necessary, use Odin to write a pre June 3rd 4.4.2 ATT firmware to your phone.
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If root is broken on your phone, then redo your root. It certainly isn't broken for all ATT phones. Nor is the Alliance ROM likely to be broken for ATT phones i.e. 900A either. And of course you can use towel root. It's a good habit to do a forum search before posting.. then you'd be able to pose better informed questions.
To use towel root, you simply have to use a pre June 3rd stock ROM as a base. If necessary, use Odin to write a pre June 3rd 4.4.2 ATT firmware to your phone.
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I used towel root in the first place to get my phone to install roms. I've no problems with root with AT&T roms.
Forgot to mention but the Alliance rom that I tried to install was made for t-mobile so I can use wifi-calling/ISIS. That might be the reason why root doesn't work?
If anyone is able to install tmobile specific rom on their AT&T s5, please help me out.
Thanks!
mllk said:
I used towel root in the first place to get my phone to install roms. I've no problems with root with AT&T roms.
Forgot to mention but the Alliance rom that I tried to install was made for t-mobile so I can use wifi-calling/ISIS. That might be the reason why root doesn't work?
If anyone is able to install tmobile specific rom on their AT&T s5, please help me out.
Thanks!
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Im on att s5 on tmobile alliance. all u need to do is rerun towel root and download busybox again. Once i did that everything worked correctly with root apps like titanium backup. Also good to know about the modem so that means we r f'd with volte unless the very unlikely att/verizon bootloader is unlocked.
mllk said:
Hey now!
I just rooted/flashed my AT&T Galaxy S5 with AllianceRom - Build 3 to use with T-mobile.
I would like to know if I can get wifi-calling and VoLTE to work with my phone with this ROM or would I need to download the stock Tmobile ROM in order for it to work?
Any help is appreciated!
Thanks!
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I had the ATT gs4 using it with Tmobile and had the same issue and never solved it. Im not saying it cant be done but I was told I might be better off just trading my s4 for the tmobile version .. Ended up just buying a Tmobile s5 .. Also my bootloader was locked on my ATT s4 and that was reason enough to dump ATT . No kernels = No att for me
If you find a solution for wifi calling let me know. I do have a buddy with att s5 asking me about it
spirodave said:
I had the ATT gs4 using it with Tmobile and had the same issue and never solved it. Im not saying it cant be done but I was told I might be better off just trading my s4 for the tmobile version .. Ended up just buying a Tmobile s5 .. Also my bootloader was locked on my ATT s4 and that was reason enough to dump ATT . No kernels = No att for me
If you find a solution for wifi calling let me know. I do have a buddy with att s5 asking me about it
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I too am trying to figure this out. Also trying to find backups of any useful stock T-Mobile apps I don't have because of this being an AT&T S5...
kchannel9 said:
I too am trying to figure this out. Also trying to find backups of any useful stock T-Mobile apps I don't have because of this being an AT&T S5...
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I posted the solution in another thread. Basically, with a combination of the OA1 ATT firmware, safestrap and Alliance Rom, you can achieve Volte and Wifi calling with a tmobile sim card on a G900A.
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- be careful not to take the OC4 update from ATT, or it will not work.
Guillaume2x said:
I posted the solution in another thread. Basically, with a combination of the OA1 ATT firmware, safestrap and Alliance Rom, you can achieve Volte and Wifi calling with a tmobile sim card on a G900A.
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- be careful not to take the OC4 update from ATT, or it will not work.
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How can I make sure I'm not on the OC4 update? I am new to messing with anything AT&T...
Thank you so much! I'm going to give it a try soon.
kchannel9 said:
How can I make sure I'm not on the OC4 update? I am new to messing with anything AT&T...
Thank you so much! I'm going to give it a try soon.
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You can go to About Device in the settings, and look at the last three characters of the Base version field. If you see NCE, ND3, NG3 or OA1 you're fine.
It seems that I can try to follow the instructions on this thread but not sure what ATT firmware I should be installing since new updates have been released since OA1. Can someone tell me if I should install entire Tmobile ROM including modem with Odin?
Guillaume2x said:
Guys, I have some great news. Both wifi calling AND VoLTE now work on my SM-G900A on the T-mobile network. Here is what I did:
I installed the latest ATT firmware (OA1), released earlier this February. OTA update did not work, so I had to flash the original firmware (ANCE) via Odin, and then flash the two subsequent updates using update.zip on the SD Card. This will remove safestrap and root, but fear not.
Once my phone had AO1 installed, I used this tutorial to root the phone again. It invonves temporarily flashing an earlier (ND3) kernel, using TowelRoot, and then reflashing the OA1 kernel
With my OA1 rooted, I installed safestrap. Make sure you install busybox first.
With safestrap, I installed the T-mobile Alliance Rom (build B4).
Seconds after booting, both Wifi Calling and Voice over LTE work!
Enjoy!
Guillaume
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Can i do this? I have nc5, root , safestrap running hyperdrive 19. What needs to be done to flash a t mobile rom to the phone and be fully functional? I am using tmobile sim im my verizon phone right now
I believe you just need to insert the T mobile APN and set ur phone to gsm by going into Settings --> More Networks ---> Mobile Networks ---> and you can then set your network mode to GSM and enter the 4G T-Mobile APN's.
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I believe you just need to insert the T mobile APN and set ur phone to gsm by going into Settings --> More Networks ---> Mobile Networks ---> and you can then set your network mode to GSM and enter the 4G T-Mobile APN's.
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Since he's using a tmobile sim, I don't think he needs to change the apn's or gsm settings (since he's trying to use a tmobile rom on tmobile network) but wouldn't the problem be if the verizon s4 and tmobile s4 have different hardware/kernels or something like that?
I'm using a verizon s4 (hence me being in this forum ) on at&t, whenever I flash a rom from here I have to add the at&t apn settings since they all come with verizon settings. I have not tried any at&t roms, but I might since rom slots in safestrap are working now.
let me know if that works
PLEASE let's us know :crying:
Ok I just did it, I install wanamlite for SGS4 19505 and the wifi don't work , I'll try a stocK ROM ROM for SGS4 for t-mobile
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Ok I just did it, I install wanamlite for SGS4 19505 and the wifi don't work , I'll try a stocK ROM ROM for SGS4 for t-mobile
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Did you flash the wifi modules?
Hightower24 said:
Did you flash the wifi modules?
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No, may be that could solve the problem.
1.- Make a nandroid backup with safe strap 3.75
2.- Create a new partition beside Stock one, SS3.75
3.-Change to the New partion.
4.-Flash the new "Compatible ROM" on the new partition.
Those are the steps that I follow, I Thought that if I flash on the "stock partition" the problem can be solve but I haven't tried, I'll try on the week to see what happen If it work, MAY BE we can flash trough Odin the stock version of T-moblie, At&T(GSM networks)
and i9505 an d maybe we can have andorid L faster because i9505 is one of the international version.
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Did you flash the wifi modules?
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Flashing wifi modules make the wifi works!!!! but now I'm curious if Flashing I9505XXUFNC5_I9505H3GFNC2_H3G via odin works
But with flashing a tmobile stock rom let you use tmobile's wifi calling feature
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Any follow up on this? I too am currently using a tmobile sim on a Verizon S4 and I have been wondering this myself. When I get a solid day to myself (no kid no work) then I will try a few things myself.
MDK bootloader here-- very interested in T Mobile's recently announced $100 2 lines unlimited everything promotion-- so all I'd need after signing up is a T Mobile SIM and then either a. Configure APN on my current VZW ROM or b. Install a T Mobile ROM? Would i need to flash Lokidoki too? Would i need to do anything with the radio? Currently on the VRUFNK1 radio.
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Any follow up on this? I too am currently using a tmobile sim on a Verizon S4 and I have been wondering this myself. When I get a solid day to myself (no kid no work) then I will try a few things myself.
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I too had been running Hyperdrive with a T-Mobile sim but I never got LTE, just HSPA+ and no wifi calling. After tons of research, I have a i9505 (Tmobile) rom running on my Verizon S4 (i545) thanks to calebcabob.
I was able to get my vzw Galaxy S4 working with T-Mobile!! Here's what I did:
Be sure you're on a radio/baseband released from Oct 2013 or later - I used NK1
MAKE A NANDROID
Wipe Factory Data, Cache, Dalvik
Using CWM, I flashed @Fenny's T-Mobile based ROM found HERE.
VERY IMPORTANT!! Before rebooting, I flashed the Loki-Doki patch. Just search google for loki-doki zip, it's about 150kb is all
Reboot, let is sit 5 minutes and ta-da stock T-Mobile in perfect working order! Didn't have to touch the apn, it booted straight to LTE and wifi calling works perfectly! I couldn't have done this without calebcabob's help!
ok so i have the verizon s4 (hence me being on this forum lol). i am using mine on tmobile. if i root it and flash any of the verizon roms will it lose the unlock. i don't think it will since these are factory unlocked but i just want to make sure.
Thank You!!!
ElBow513 said:
I too had been running Hyperdrive with a T-Mobile sim but I never got LTE, just HSPA+ and no wifi calling. After tons of research, I have a i9505 (Tmobile) rom running on my Verizon S4 (i545) thanks to calebcabob.
I was able to get my vzw Galaxy S4 working with T-Mobile!! Here's what I did:
Be sure you're on a radio/baseband released from Oct 2013 or later - I used NK1
MAKE A NANDROID
Wipe Factory Data, Cache, Dalvik
Using CWM, I flashed @Fenny's T-Mobile based ROM found HERE.
VERY IMPORTANT!! Before rebooting, I flashed the Loki-Doki patch. Just search google for loki-doki zip, it's about 150kb is all
Reboot, let is sit 5 minutes and ta-da stock T-Mobile in perfect working order! Didn't have to touch the apn, it booted straight to LTE and wifi calling works perfectly! I couldn't have done this without calebcabob's help!
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Thank you so much for this post! It worked great-- I'm on a Verizon S4 with the I545VRUAMDK bootloader-- I too, was able to get Fenny's M919UVUFNB4 T-Mobile 4.4.2 ROM running well with the Verizon I545VRUFNK1 radios.
So here's my question-- and I know it's going to come down to trial and error with NAND backups and restores-- are there any T-Mobile 4.4.4 ROMs that work well with the Verizon MDK bootloader and NK1 radios? For the record, I tried an M919UVUFNH7 based ROM thinking it would work (hey, NH7 should be lower than NK1, right?) but I got no signal or WiFi. Or would an altenate kernel have helped?
Am I stuck on slow shutter/fuzzy 4.4.2 camera forever?
I loved the VZW GPE ROMs-- and I may possibly be able to live without the WiFi calling feature-- are there any T-Mobile GPE ROMs that would work on MDK/NK1?
Hmm... a compatibility matrix might come in handy.
vprasad1 said:
Thank you so much for this post! It worked great-- I'm on a Verizon S4 with the I545VRUAMDK bootloader-- I too, was able to get Fenny's M919UVUFNB4 T-Mobile 4.4.2 ROM running well with the Verizon I545VRUFNK1 radios.
So here's my question-- and I know it's going to come down to trial and error with NAND backups and restores-- are there any T-Mobile 4.4.4 ROMs that work well with the Verizon MDK bootloader and NK1 radios? For the record, I tried an M919UVUFNH7 based ROM thinking it would work (hey, NH7 should be lower than NK1, right?) but I got no signal or WiFi. Or would an altenate kernel have helped?
Am I stuck on slow shutter/fuzzy 4.4.2 camera forever?
I loved the VZW GPE ROMs-- and I may possibly be able to live without the WiFi calling feature-- are there any T-Mobile GPE ROMs that would work on MDK/NK1?
Hmm... a compatibility matrix might come in handy.
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I too would love to know the answer to this question. I'm just so thankful to have T-Mobile working perfectly that I don't want to touch anything lol. Let me know the results of your testing though for sure! I've just used wanam xposed to customize the stock rom with Nova Launcher
And a quick FYI to anybody going back to 4.4.2, my BeyondPod was failing to write to SDCard-- you'll need to do this trick
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Am I stuck on slow shutter/fuzzy 4.4.2 camera forever?
I loved the VZW GPE ROMs-- and I may possibly be able to live without the WiFi calling feature-- are there any T-Mobile GPE ROMs that would work on MDK/NK1?
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The 4.4.4 GPE from Danvdh in the T-Mobile development area also works great on this VZW phone. When I first booted, it defaulted to MetroPCS APN. I simply switched to T-Mobile (settings, wireless & networks, more, mobile networks, access point names) and it took a few seconds but I received an LTE signal and all is well in the world. No Wi-Fi calling, but that's something I don't mind for now.
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The 4.4.4 GPE from Danvdh in the T-Mobile development area also works great on this VZW phone. When I first booted, it defaulted to MetroPCS APN. I simply switched to T-Mobile (settings, wireless & networks, more, mobile networks, access point names) and it took a few seconds but I received an LTE signal and all is well in the world. No Wi-Fi calling, but that's something I don't mind for now.
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Do you think this would work with safe strap? Were there any extra steps you needed to take?
blazetim said:
Can i do this? I have nc5, root , safestrap running hyperdrive 19. What needs to be done to flash a t mobile rom to the phone and be fully functional? I am using tmobile sim im my verizon phone right now
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Ok here is what I did to get LTE on a Verizon S4 running a Verizon rom, as I too am currently on rooted NC5, safe strap, and Hyperdrive 19 with a T-Mobile sim. In a build prop editor I added "ro.vendor.extension_library=/vendor/lib/libqc-opt.so" without the quotation marks. This enables the mobile networks menu to have more options as I will show with a screen shot. It took a few times of switching back and forth from global, gsm only, and back to LTE/CDMA/GSM option. With a few restarts too, but it finally did it. At 1st it didn't take and I didn't even try again. I was about to start trying T-Mobile roms, but I randomly decided to just continue to switch back and forth, and BAM. LTE! I'm so glad I gave it another shot.
Hi,
I have a Galaxy S9+ that was originally on Sprint, but I unlocked it with them after paying it off and moved to a different carrier (Mint Mobile.) However, it is still full of the sprint bloatware and always prompts for carrier updates that never work. I'm assuming this is because it is trying to get Sprint stuff still?
I was thinking of flashing to the unlocked rom, but I am a bit puzzled with this phone. It seems tricker than other phones I've flashed. I've flashed all my other android phones previously, but I'm nervous and don't want to brick this device by flashing the wrong file! Can someone point me in the right direction, please?
Model: SM-G965U
Software Version: G965USQS3BRK3
Hardware Version: REV1.1
Thanks in advance!!
bryan139 said:
Hi,
I have a Galaxy S9+ that was originally on Sprint, but I unlocked it with them after paying it off and moved to a different carrier (Mint Mobile.) However, it is still full of the sprint bloatware and always prompts for carrier updates that never work. I'm assuming this is because it is trying to get Sprint stuff still?
I was thinking of flashing to the unlocked rom, but I am a bit puzzled with this phone. It seems tricker than other phones I've flashed. I've flashed all my other android phones previously, but I'm nervous and don't want to brick this device by flashing the wrong file! Can someone point me in the right direction, please?
Model: SM-G965U
Software Version: G965USQS3BRK3
Hardware Version: REV1.1
Thanks in advance!!
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It doesn't just download the firmware from the new carrier? My bought the unlocked model couple days ago and it downloads the carrier firmware
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tengen31 said:
It doesn't just download the firmware from the new carrier? My bought the unlocked model couple days ago and it downloads the carrier firmware
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Mine didn't... We left sprint about 4 months ago and it still has all the sprint bloatware and the splash screen, etc... I can't get it to go away! Sprint confirmed the device is completely unlocked on their end.
I thought it was going to switch firmware automatically with the new SIM but it didn't.
bryan139 said:
Mine didn't... We left sprint about 4 months ago and it still has all the sprint bloatware and the splash screen, etc... I can't get it to go away! Sprint confirmed the device is completely unlocked on their end.
I thought it was going to switch firmware automatically with the new SIM but it didn't.
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I have seen phones to that. I tried metro PC's and some Sprint stuff stayed on my S8 at the time. Then when I when back to Sprint some metro stuff stayed. I even put a vzw Sim into it and vzw stuff stayed to. Even the unlocked S9 gets the bloadware when you add your Sim. It sucks
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You could flash the U1(factory unlocked) firmware ending in 3ARK5. It was recommended to me to use the one with product code XAA, which I guess is purely carrier-free. When you flash it you'll want to use the patched Odin and use CSC rather than HOME_CSC, so that it will fully wipe your phone and set everything all up to work properly according to your sim card.
@YrrchSebor, I couldn't find 3ARK5/XAA. I did find 3ARJ5/XAR here:
https://updato.com/firmware-archive-select-model?record=111A0940FA9A11E89F15FA163EE8F90B
Will that do the trick?
bryan139 said:
@YrrchSebor, I couldn't find 3ARK5/XAA. I did find 3ARJ5/XAR here:
https://updato.com/firmware-archive-select-model?record=111A0940FA9A11E89F15FA163EE8F90B
Will that do the trick?
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That may well work just fine, but I used XAA from Updato just the other day!
http://updato.com/firmware-archive-select-model?record=295395A2FA9A11E89F15FA163EE8F90B
I actually flashed over from Verizon over a month ago, and I got a string of OTA updates up to ARJ6, but for some reason I got no update to ARK5, so I just flashed it manually. The main thing is to use a firmware with the same bootloader version, which you have by chosing one with a 3. I will say I couldn't be happier since switching to the unlocked firmware.
Ok, thanks! I'll give it a try this evening since you've already had success with that version.
I have Odin3 v3.12.3. Would you mind sharing the Odin version you used? I want to make sure I don't mess up this device.
Thanks again!
bryan139 said:
Ok, thanks! I'll give it a try this evening since you've already had success with that version.
I have Odin3 v3.12.3. Would you mind sharing the Odin version you used? I want to make sure I don't mess up this device.
Thanks again!
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Hmm, that Odin might be an official one? You want the one with patcheD in the file name, looks like you can get it in the first post here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/patched-odin-3-13-1-t3762572
Reason for this is that official Odin will not flash a firmware that doesn't match up with what is already on the phone, so the patched version ignores that check.
Awesome. I'll download that one, then.
Thanks again for your help!
Sounds good, good luck and keep us posted.
Sorry, one more question to clarify- should I just clash the CSC or would you recommend I do BL, AP, and CP as well?
bryan139 said:
Sorry, one more question to clarify- should I just clash the CSC or would you recommend I do BL, AP, and CP as well?
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No problem, you'll wanna do all of them. Definitely AP because I believe that's the system with the apps(or lack of) and everything else. I did all four of them and that way my phone is fully as if it was a U1 out of the box.
Sweet. And I should just leave USERDATA blank right? So it is a complete factory reset?
Yep, you won't find a userdata in that download anyway. Just use CSC instead of HOME_CSC and it should all be good. Back anything up first if you really need it later. after the flash it will boot up and then shut down again so that it can configure everything according to your sim, so make sure and let that happen.
Success! Working better than before now. Thanks for your help.
Arright, glad you got it working, enjoy! One of my favorite things about the unlocked firmware has got to be the free built-in caller ID