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Get NoDo now without using VPN and dialup!

Hi,
yesterday I updated my LG Optimus 7:
Zune sayed, that i was currently using the latest version (7008) of WP7.
I didn't want to install a VPN client and a dialup.
So i did it as described following:
1. Start Zune
2. Turn off Data connection and Wifi on the Phone
3. Connect the Phone with the PC (USB)
4. Start the update search in Zune
5. About 3 seconds later, disconnect your PC from the internet (Turn WLAN off).
6. Zune finds NoDo-Update. Press OK.
7. Connect to the internet again and install the update.
Should work for all devices that can be updated by the VPN / dialup solution.
If it fails at point 5, try other timepoints for disconnecting, or try it again disconnected.

It Works Perfect ! You are the Man !
Thanks
My Phone= Omnia 7 German unbranded

Will try this once I get home and report.

I can confirm this is working for my Vodafone branded HTC Trophy.
See this link for a screenshot. http://cloud.jorijn.com/5cJv
Man, you are awesome. I thank you.
Edit: It worked the first time. I timed the "There is no update available" twice which took 11 and 10 seconds. I then pulled the WiFi switch on 8 of 9 seconds. Bingo.

Works!
This worked on my AT&T LG Quantum. Not sure whether it matters, but I had previously unbranded it with the registry edit (took out ATT-US).
Thanks for the tip--great find!

Can't get this to work on my AT&T-branded Focus.
Jorijn said:
Edit: It worked the first time. I timed the "There is no update available" twice which took 11 and 10 seconds. I then pulled the WiFi switch on 8 of 9 seconds. Bingo.
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My "There is no update available" message takes about 2-3 seconds to come up. Maybe the speed is complicating this, heh, but it doesn't seem to matter how quickly I do a hardware or software disconnect--I'll either get the "no update" message or a "we can't check for updates right now."

Thank you Noticed!! Worked like a charm on the second try. Updating as I type this

i confirm that it works
i got it twice actually
i was too excited the first time and clicked update without connecting back to the internet
i was calmer the 2nd time and i'm updating now!
posting from singapore on a 7 pro bought from the uk
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Noticed said:
Hi,
yesterday I updated my LG Optimus 7:
Zune sayed, that i was currently using the latest version (7008) of WP7.
I didn't want to install a VPN client and a dialup.
So i did it as described following:
1. Start Zune
2. Turn off Data connection and Wifi on the Phone
3. Connect the Phone with the PC (USB)
4. Start the update search in Zune
5. About 3 seconds later, disconnect your PC from the internet (Turn WLAN off).
6. Zune finds NoDo-Update. Press OK.
7. Connect to the internet again and install the update.
Should work for all devices that can be updated by the VPN / dialup solution.
If it fails at point 5, try other timepoints for disconnecting, or try it again disconnected.
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Wow, this really works! nice find! thanks for sharing Noticed

oh this is much easier, thanks! I'd tried the other way a lot of times and had one success, but then got told I had insufficient disk space and had to start all over again. With this method I only had to try a few times. Only thing that slightly confused me was when you said to disconnect from wireless that I wasn't sure if that was the PC or the phone. Since my PC is wired I just disabled the NIC after 3 seconds. I'd say it worked twice out of about 10 attempts.
thanks

just finish updating
thank you TS for such a great solution
beats that hungary solution hands down

Nice solution!
If it's ok I will integrate it to the sticky thread.

Focus
I have a locked (no Chevron), branded (AT&T) Focus and can't get this to work. Zune says I am uptodate with 7004 (I do not have the pre-nodo). Should this be working for me?

lol nice. works with unbranded vodafone htc trophy. thanks man!

JamesAllen said:
I have a locked (no Chevron), branded (AT&T) Focus and can't get this to work. Zune says I am uptodate with 7004 (I do not have the pre-nodo). Should this be working for me?
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Same.
Since I'm about tired of AT&T's holdups, I might unbrand later today and try again. Are there any consequences to unbranding? I'm assuming I won't be able to connect to the AT&T appcenter, but I can live with that. Will it mess up my messaging or anything?

Amazing.
First try, worked like a charm. Thank you very much!

Hd7 O2 Germany, super Danke........

Thumbs up. Worked on my Samsung Focus AT&T 000-88 registry hack!
edit: maybe because if the internet at my place is slower, I need to turn off my wifi at around 8 seconds mark. The whole process takes around 10 seconds before zune show no update if leave alone.

Works great on my T-Mobile HD7, Thanks!

wow this works!!
Tried all other methods and nothing worked but by my 3rd attempt using this and it was there!
Not sure if this helps but if it fails then disconnect the phone from usb wait a sec and then plug back in. This seems to help with the timing as I found that if it fails and you try again right away the "your phone is up to date" message comes up quicker.
Developer unlocked (offical developer unlocked) UK 02 branded HTC HD7

[Q] Another 4.0.4 bug? Can't send/receive MMS or use GPRS!!

I'm certain I sent or received some MMS before 4.0.4 - although could have been on my G Note - but I've been trying to send a photo for 2 days and it just says 'sending'. I've also been sent 3 photos but in my conversation it just has a 'download' button to which I press and it'll just say 'downloading' for 5 minutes and then turn back to a 'download' button.
Quite rely on MMS as we don't have 3G network in our area so sending emails isn't an option here unless you're on WiFi and I've always in the past used MMS over GPRS.
I also tried accessing the internet over GPRS but it won't load anything - even just google.com.
I've reset my phone thinking perhaps I had done something, used the 'SIM Tool Kit' to get settings, requested settings from O2 and entered manual settings which I had direct from O2.
Any suggestions?

1.Get to http://www.twit88.com/home/utility/sms-pdu-encode-decode.
2.Input your phone mumber in SMSC and click the Convert button.
3.Write down the 'Hexadecimal PDU Message' mumber 18 digits before.
4.Input on the mobile phone of *#*#4636*#*# ,and into phone information.
5.Input that 18 digital in SMSC,then click upeate.
6.Finish!
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Didn't do anything
Thanks for the suggestion.

CaptnSpaulding said:
I'm certain I sent or received some MMS before 4.0.4 - although could have been on my G Note - but I've been trying to send a photo for 2 days and it just says 'sending'. I've also been sent 3 photos but in my conversation it just has a 'download' button to which I press and it'll just say 'downloading' for 5 minutes and then turn back to a 'download' button.
Quite rely on MMS as we don't have 3G network in our area so sending emails isn't an option here unless you're on WiFi and I've always in the past used MMS over GPRS.
I also tried accessing the internet over GPRS but it won't load anything - even just google.com.
I've reset my phone thinking perhaps I had done something, used the 'SIM Tool Kit' to get settings, requested settings from O2 and entered manual settings which I had direct from O2.
Any suggestions?
Getting fed up with Android already with all the issues I'm having and seriously considering going back to iPhone - as much as I don't want to and hate saying it!!!!
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Lol as i said in the past to iphone lovers... Go back to your piece of crap iphone and dont come here to trash talk about android if you are not able to fix an issue thats your problem, dont blame the phone, blame yourself....
In the other hand you should check the APN menu and see if the Settings for the MMS are the same as your Carrier is not well find out wich are the correct Settings and modify it...
And to finish GPRS DOES NOT handle internet data you must have at least EDGE wich by the way its slow as hell and to send just 1 photo depending on the size of it (guessing its a large photo and its not 1 its 3) it will take looooong time to send it and the process will time out....
So its not the phone its you trying to get 300 mph in a Ferrari but using water in tank instead of gasoline... Have a nice day
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8723045587230455 said:
1.Get to http://www.twit88.com/home/utility/sms-pdu-encode-decode.
2.Input your phone mumber in SMSC and click the Convert button.
3.Write down the 'Hexadecimal PDU Message' mumber 18 digits before.
4.Input on the mobile phone of *#*#4636*#*# ,and into phone information.
5.Input that 18 digital in SMSC,then click upeate.
6.Finish!
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You just made him Mess up the sms system.... Omg hes talking about MMS not SMS... Dude if you dont know what your talking about dont post
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium

Now go here http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/SMSC_Updates
And fix your sms system
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium

But I used to be able to send MMS fine on the Galaxy Note and all previous phones including iPhone and Windows Phone, and use the internet over GPRS. Yes it was VERY slow, but it worked!!
I really don't want to go back to the iPhone and am not 'trash talking' iPhone cos I love the customisation of Android - it's just it seems to be too customisable and for someone who isn't knowledgeable about these thing (and rely on help from forums like these) so scared in case I've done something hence why I'm running stock rom and asking if it is a bug or not and for some help.
Only reason I mentioned iPhone is because I know it worked and is a phone a toddler could use cos it 'just works'. Crikey give me a break I'm trying to learn and ask for help here to fix it. I thought that's what these forums were for?
I've removed what I said so not to cause offence and apologise for that.

msedek said:
Now go here http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/SMSC_Updates
And fix your sms system
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium
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You're right. I can't even send text messages now doh!
EDIT:
All fixed, thank you mate.

CaptnSpaulding said:
You're right. I can't even send text messages now doh!
EDIT:
All fixed, thank you mate.
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Follow the steps I posted, find out whats your Carrier smsc number first and thats it, and if you have some kind of market enabler, dissable it too before trying to send your MMS, send 1 picture at a time and check also your Carriers APN for MMS and make sure its the same you have here settings> more> mobile networks> APN
But if you are not able to navigate at least open Google in the browser i doubt you will be able to send MMS cuz that system depends on having internet acces thats why the Settings are in the APN (access point name)
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msedek said:
Follow the steps I posted, find out whats your Carrier smsc number first and thats it, and if you have some kind of market enabler, dissable it too before trying to send your MMS, send 1 picture at a time and check also your Carriers APN for MMS and make sure its the same you have here settings> more> mobile networks> APN
But if you are not able to navigate at least open Google in the browser i doubt you will be able to send MMS cuz that system depends on having internet acces thats why the Settings are in the APN (access point name)
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Yeah already done that and input a new APN from settings given to me by my carrier.
I just phoned my carrier and they suggested perhaps it's because I was on an iPhone tariff it didn't work so they've put me on a standard network bundle to try which won't come into effect until tomorrow or Tuesday. I doubt it's the problem as like I said before, I'm sure I sent MMS before 4.0.4 and I definitely used GPRS for internet before it and on my Galaxy Note - but it's worth a try.
With all these accusations of signal issues with 4.0.4 I thought perhaps it could be related.
Thanks for the suggestion and help with that little text message fiasco though - was seriously panicking then!! lol

as msedek said, sending MMS needs data call active. end of story.
GPRS should be able to do this. GPRS is one of the (if not the) first mobile data protocols running on top of GSM, i'll check this later at work to be totally sure.
Edge is another version of GSM data call protocols.
Then you got UMTS mobile networks, which in turn allow for 3G and HSDPA/HSDPA+/HSUPA data calls.
Sent from my TF201

Hehe no problem and could be the plan also in the mean time why dont you read in general forum how to change your baseband and do some testing, dont forget to backup ur current radio with the toolkit... And have fun
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GPRS and Edge
Am facing a similar issue, I dont keep the mobile data turned ON at all times, after turning on and off a few times it doesnt work any more. The E symbol does not appear on top of the signal indicator and typing *#*#4636#*#* shows GPRS as disconnected. A power cycle always fixes the issue and I can keep using it , till it stops again after turning the Mobile data ON and OFF couple of times. Any suggestions ?
--Vj

MMS is sent over a DIFFERENT APN than data, so you need to have both APNs (for your carrier) configured in your settings.

msedek said:
And to finish GPRS DOES NOT handle internet data you must have at least EDGE
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GPRS handles data so it can handle Internet data as well. It might be slow, but back in the days it was the only thing available and we were using it for internet access as well.
Now... to back to the topic issue.
I had the same problem after updating my Note to ICS. The solution which I found was to go to:
Settings > More > Mobile Networks > Access Point Names > click on the left soft button and select Reset to default. That's it! It worked for me and it I hope it will work for you as well.
I noticed on a friend's SIII that while looking on his APN connections there was only one bullet shown by the first APN. On mine there was one bullet on the side of every APN. When I hit Reset to default, these bullets dissapeared and only one was left.

Free (for now) CDMA Flasher Software

Taken from slickdeals.com If the mods wish to move this to the proper forum so be it. I noticed our "SPRINT" phone was supported to flash to Metro. Also if the .exe file is no longer downloadable let me know... works for other phones also....Thanks
Sprint Samsung SPH-D710 (Epic Touch SGS2) Full and Half
Free (for now) CDMA Flasher Software
This is a software program that dealers pay a monthly fee to flash CDMA phones to Page Plus, Cricket, and MetroPCS among other services. Right now they are letting people download the software for free. They have also posted a public username and password so everybody has full access to the program. As their goal is to sell a monthly subscription to the software, I would not expect this public account to last long.
Program is good in that it is free if your phone and your designated carrier is among the supported. Process is also simple in that you just input some numbers and click the PROVISION button. Not so good is that some phones do not have flashing directions at all. Maybe a similar model's directions would work??? Also although data might work with a Full Flash, it may not be 3g.
Looks like the typical way a phone is flashed is by first putting it in USB debugging mode and then dialing ##3424#. You also need to enter your phone number, MID, and SID (for you locale).
Software:
http://www.cdmaflasher.com/Downloads/index.php
1. Install CDMA Flasher
2. Install driver if needed
3. Install .Net Framework if not already on your computer
Public Account from their homepage cdmaflasher.com
Username: CDMAFLASHER
Password: test
If somebody knows of specific instructions to a particular phone with no directions within the software program, feel free to post it here.

so have you used this for yourself?

No i havent since i'm locked in for another year. I just may have to thou next year.

I took a peek at it, looks like a quick way to flash your phone over to one of the MVNO networks from the main networks, e.g. From Sprint to Cricket or USCell to MetroPCS (but not vice-versa)
Looks like the application is a mostly cloud-based backend, where you log-in to use the application, and then it will pull ODIN libs and device images from their servers temporarily to your PC for flashing a device over to the desired networks. the interface has dynamic menus to make it easy to figure out what's available, the D710 being one of them.
asks for destination carrier, then current carrier, device manufacturer, device model, and whether you want a full or half-flash ( what's a half flash? like i could install a cricket config next to my sprint config?)
Might be cool if I was thinking about doing that right now, but I doubt I'd really decide to make that change while this thing is still free to use. If half-flash would leave me with a simplified option to chose to use cricket at any time later if i wanted to, might be of interest...)

Oh wow. O. If still up when data renews jan 6th will doanload
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Flasher Software
Thanks for the thread.
I have been trying to flash a generic Samsung SCH-i500 to ntelos for about a month and was able to get phone and text to work but no data.
I had tried everything with no luck until this.
Worked great and saved me from paying ntelos fees especially when they said they would not guarantee 3g
Thanks again

Call me skeptical and old fashioned, but... I personally can't fathom how someone can charge a monthly subscription for something like this.
From what I have read, the half flash involves giving the phone in question talk and text capabilities (read: this thing ONLY slaps in the MDN and MIN, maybe even going as far as pushing the PRL for the carrier). Full flash, unless I missed something, will likely include the half flash plus adding proxy and port settings for MMS and internet. The fact that they "cannot guarantee that 3G will work" is a dead give away of this and that the service is a scam, and here is why:
* Provisioning your device (which is all this thing does) is only a tiny piece of the whole flashing process, and a simple one to do for that matter. You don't need a PC for this (any phone can be provisioned from itself if you know the MSL number which you can either find out through terminal emulator, MSL reader apps, or even by calling your current carrier), let alone a software package with a monthly fee. The biggest hurdle is to get the device added to the carrier's db of approved phones. This is done by adding the device's MEID and pESN onto their db via things like Houdini (this is for MetroPCS, not sure about what others use as more often than not, they will not allow you to BYOP anyways);
* They cannot guarantee the 3G for a very simple reason... this does not modify/touch (likely depending on the device, of course) the HA and AAA keys needed for the 3G to be validated by the carrier's system. Much like MEID and pESN, these keys are device specific, which means that if they are not accepted by the system, you will never get a 3G connection, period.
The only 2 ways to avoid having to pay the fees for BYOP are to:
1. Have someone you know working for a corporate store add the device to their network for free;
2. Go the "illegal" route, which I am not about to describe/discuss here.
Stay away from this program, and please.... whatever you do... DO NOT pay them a monthly fee. The program will add the numbers as it describes, but please... everything this program does can be done manually through the phone itself. But most importantly, you will still need to get the device added to your carrier by paying them.

Worked For Me
My only response is the program worked for me in getting the i500 to have data and 3g. Granted I did not need it for voice or text however Ntelos told me they could not guarantee the phone would have data and I did not want to spend the bucks for them to try and fail and it still come out of my wallet.
I will say their apk for getting MMS to work did not work on my phone, but I can live with that.
For a free trial it worked for me. Most of the time all that is needed to flash a phone is the proper software.

egzthunder1 said:
Call me skeptical and old fashioned, but... I personally can't fathom how someone can charge a monthly subscription for something like this.
From what I have read, the half flash involves giving the phone in question talk and text capabilities (read: this thing ONLY slaps in the MDN and MIN, maybe even going as far as pushing the PRL for the carrier). Full flash, unless I missed something, will likely include the half flash plus adding proxy and port settings for MMS and internet. The fact that they "cannot guarantee that 3G will work" is a dead give away of this and that the service is a scam, and here is why:
* Provisioning your device (which is all this thing does) is only a tiny piece of the whole flashing process, and a simple one to do for that matter. You don't need a PC for this (any phone can be provisioned from itself if you know the MSL number which you can either find out through terminal emulator, MSL reader apps, or even by calling your current carrier), let alone a software package with a monthly fee. The biggest hurdle is to get the device added to the carrier's db of approved phones. This is done by adding the device's MEID and pESN onto their db via things like Houdini (this is for MetroPCS, not sure about what others use as more often than not, they will not allow you to BYOP anyways);
* They cannot guarantee the 3G for a very simple reason... this does not modify/touch (likely depending on the device, of course) the HA and AAA keys needed for the 3G to be validated by the carrier's system. Much like MEID and pESN, these keys are device specific, which means that if they are not accepted by the system, you will never get a 3G connection, period.
The only 2 ways to avoid having to pay the fees for BYOP are to:
1. Have someone you know working for a corporate store add the device to their network for free;
2. Go the "illegal" route, which I am not about to describe/discuss here.
Stay away from this program, and please.... whatever you do... DO NOT pay them a monthly fee. The program will add the numbers as it describes, but please... everything this program does can be done manually through the phone itself. But most importantly, you will still need to get the device added to your carrier by paying them.
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Actually the half flash is free for everyone. You are only charged for full flashes. The monthly subscription gives you unlimited full flashes and includes the iPhone, and there is no required subscription or contract.

has anyone used this yet?
Has anyone used this yet?

I tried to contact by email n yahoo messenger, 2 weeks no reply

tjongi said:
I tried to contact by email n yahoo messenger, 2 weeks no reply
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Don't worry, it's nothing you can't find anywhere else.
The people who were saying that this does nothing worth paying for are correct too.
What is worth paying for is a way around needing the secret keys, HA and AAA, which are required if you want to get on a different network. A Verizon 3g phone does not need to be flashed for it to run on Page Plus, but a Sprint phone does. It's a wooly world of scammers out there, except for certain ones.
Those that work offer a guarantee.

need help
can i flash my maximus max906 with this software. its android version 2.3.6 . and kernel version 2.6.3 .

Doen't work
I downloaded it using the posted log in name and password but would not activate.

could this work on lg intuition on verizon?

For those with Cricket
I did the half flash, activated over the phone by calling cricket and switching my device. And then got the 3g working by following the steps at.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=492824
Sweet, no cost phone replacement for me! Hope this helps anyone in the same situtaion.
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Need all samsung flash loader in one
Need all samsung flash loader in one
Any body help me

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Need all samsung flash loader in one
Any body help me
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Not sure what you're talking about, but this post is over a year old
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anybody know of one of these tools that flashes phones TO SPRINT and not just FROM SPRINT to other carriers

phat0074 said:
anybody know of one of these tools that flashes phones TO SPRINT and not just FROM SPRINT to other carriers
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If you know what you are doing with the tools such as CDMA workshop and others, it makes no difference which carrier you flash to.
You want me to put the hammer down?

[Q] Unlocking for GSM service

Hi everyone,
I've got 3 weeks left before heading overseas for volunteer service. I'll be Lesotho, Africa for 27 months and surprisingly, they have cellular/edge/wimax/3G services there.
Has anyone unlocked our phone for GSM use before? I just want to get the facts straight before calling them up. I have my Dinc2 which is rooted and running CM7- will I need to flash stock to get the unlock prompt after they give me the code? Or will the prompt still display on a custom ROM?
I have a 2nd Dinc2 I just picked up on ebay. It is still "locked" as well but all stockified. I've read big red only allows 1 unlock per year.. but I bet with enough persistence I can get it done.
Thanks in advance
-rev

revile said:
Hi everyone,
I've got 3 weeks left before heading overseas for volunteer service. I'll be Lesotho, Africa for 27 months and surprisingly, they have cellular/edge/wimax/3G services there.
Has anyone unlocked our phone for GSM use before? I just want to get the facts straight before calling them up. I have my Dinc2 which is rooted and running CM7- will I need to flash stock to get the unlock prompt after they give me the code? Or will the prompt still display on a custom ROM?
I have a 2nd Dinc2 I just picked up on ebay. It is still "locked" as well but all stockified. I've read big red only allows 1 unlock per year.. but I bet with enough persistence I can get it done.
Thanks in advance
-rev
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The phone itself is unlocked. If you plan to use Verizon service, I don't think you have to do anything. If you want to use local service provider there, you have to "Sim unlock" Dinc2 by calling Verizon and request MEP code. This can only be done in stock rom as far as I know. After unlocking Dinc2 to use different carrier sim, you can reflash with a custom ROM. So far I have tested and it works with CM7 rom in the States but at the moment MROM is not working with me when I'm back to Vietnam so I have to investigate further. But that is the general process.

startrek1312 said:
The phone itself is unlocked. If you plan to use Verizon service, I don't think you have to do anything. If you want to use local service provider there, you have to "Sim unlock" Dinc2 by calling Verizon and request MEP code. This can only be done in stock rom as far as I know. After unlocking Dinc2 to use different carrier sim, you can reflash with a custom ROM. So far I have tested and it works with CM7 rom in the States but at the moment MROM is not working with me when I'm back to Vietnam so I have to investigate further. But that is the general process.
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This is exactly the advice I was looking for. Thank you very much startrek. I planned on using MROM but I'll be sure to have a copy of Official CM7 in the event it doesn't work.
Also, I'll note that VZW gave me the 2 unlocks codes for both my vivows, even though one of them was purchased on ebay. The customer service was surprisingly helpful.

revile said:
This is exactly the advice I was looking for. Thank you very much startrek. I planned on using MROM but I'll be sure to have a copy of Official CM7 in the event it doesn't work.
Also, I'll note that VZW gave me the 2 unlocks codes for both my vivows, even though one of them was purchased on ebay. The customer service was surprisingly helpful.
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After spending a whole day testing and trying out, I finally figured out what was going on with MROM. Apparently the latest version of it (20130401) is not able to keep the phone sim unlocked after the first reboot when you are done flashing. I tried to downgrade from 2013-04-01 to 2013-02-15 without wiping data but the problem still existed. However, if you do a fresh reflash (wiping data, cache and all that jazz) of the 2013-02-15 version, the phone will work with GSM and it will NOT lock the sim back again as it happened to me with 2013-04-01 version.
The link is here if you still need it. http://goo.im/devs/mmontuori/mrom/vivow
However, I am still unable to get the data working. I've been trying but it hasn't worked. Probably have to take it to Customer Service Rep to figure it out. Other than that, voice and texts are fine.
And yes, Verizon rep are very comfortable with giving you the MEP code for some reason. They probably have had a lot of people requesting the same thing.

startrek1312 said:
After spending a whole day testing and trying out, I finally figured out ... the phone will work with GSM and it will NOT lock the sim back again as it happened to me with 2013-04-01 version ... I am still unable to get the data working. I've been trying but it hasn't worked.
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A # of newcomers and semi-related questions about Sim-unlocking the GSM radio so that it can work with Sim cards other than VZW/vodafone Sim pre-installed in the DI2 - let me share my limited expertise in this area.
You do NOT need to flash the RUU before calling for the unlocked code from VZW - if you want to be as close to stock as possible, download AndyBone's ROM as his link is apparently down - I posted Dropbox link to mine, in case anyone is looking for it - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1219471&page=184 (see post #1831) Or, just use Nit's TSM Sense 5"m" with or w/o Ext.4 option - based on Sense 2.1 - that's what I use when I travel abroad.
To verify, (borrow one if you do not have it) a working AT&T Gophone (prepaid) Sim from someone (or, a T-Mobile prepaid Sim, although it's a bit more work to modify the APN to get data & the account has to be provisioned for it) - put the Sim into the DI2, power up & change network to GSM only - and you should be good with voice & SMS. Make a test call to confirm that you can dial out and receive incoming call on that mobile # - you do NOT want to find out that it's not working traveling inside Mexico, Japan or somewhere in Europe or what not.
For mobile data on your GSM provider to work - you need to confirm that APN settings are valid & working - and that it is saved to the device. Those are your APN Name, Proxy, Port, Username, Password, MMSC, etc. - some are blank, others are carrier-specific, etc. AT&T has theirs, ditto for T-Mo and other GSM providers. If they are not set or incorrect, mobile data might but most likely not work - generic settings for Android phones should be sufficient, but not always. If yours aren't working, confirm that the Sim card is valid & working on an unlocked quadband phone and try again. It is sometimes possible for the carrier to do OTA download to update the device so that SMS/MMS & mobile data can work by loading the APN's to the device, otherwise - it has to be done manually by going to the sub/menus.
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A # of newcomers and semi-related questions about Sim-unlocking the GSM radio so that it can work with Sim cards other than VZW/vodafone Sim pre-installed in the DI2 - let me share my limited expertise in this area.
You do NOT need to flash the RUU before calling for the unlocked code from VZW - if you want to be as close to stock as possible, download AndyBone's ROM as his link is apparently down - I posted Dropbox link to mine, in case anyone is looking for it - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1219471&page=184 (see post #1831) Or, just use Nit's TSM Sense 5"m" with or w/o Ext.4 option - based on Sense 2.1 - that's what I use when I travel abroad.
To verify, (borrow one if you do not have it) a working AT&T Gophone (prepaid) Sim from someone (or, a T-Mobile prepaid Sim, although it's a bit more work to modify the APN to get data & the account has to be provisioned for it) - put the Sim into the DI2, power up & change network to GSM only - and you should be good with voice & SMS. Make a test call to confirm that you can dial out and receive incoming call on that mobile # - you do NOT want to find out that it's not working traveling inside Mexico, Japan or somewhere in Europe or what not.
For mobile data on your GSM provider to work - you need to confirm that APN settings are valid & working - and that it is saved to the device. Those are your APN Name, Proxy, Port, Username, Password, MMSC, etc. - some are blank, others are carrier-specific, etc. AT&T has theirs, ditto for T-Mo and other GSM providers. If they are not set or incorrect, mobile data might but most likely not work - generic settings for Android phones should be sufficient, but not always. If yours aren't working, confirm that the Sim card is valid & working on an unlocked quadband phone and try again. It is sometimes possible for the carrier to do OTA download to update the device so that SMS/MMS & mobile data can work by loading the APN's to the device, otherwise - it has to be done manually by going to the sub/menus.
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Thank you for such an informative post. Apparently I've been setting up my APN wrong. I have to set my APN Type to be "default, supl" After I did that, it's up and running! I blame Vietnamese carrier for NOT being helpful whatsoever! But thanks so much!

startrek1312 said:
Apparently I've been setting up my APN wrong. I have to set my APN Type to be "default, supl" After I did that, it's up and running! I blame Vietnamese carrier for NOT being helpful whatsoever! But thanks so much!
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Happy to hear that you got it working - by any slim chance, it's MobiFone in HCMC, last used one of their prepaid Sim 3 years ago, voice was easy and just work. Our bilingual English tour guide tried all day as we got it while stopping for Pho near one of the older market in District 1, and no luck at all. Back at our hotel, we tried using the online website for self-help and it wasn't useful either, details within the English website were mostly in Vietnamese, except for the pictures - and, looked like nothing much has changed. This is off-topic, another recommendation for a local mobile provider should we plan another visit in the future?
Take care & have fun - and are you now getting 3G speed or at least showing that on the screen?

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Back at our hotel, we tried using the online website for self-help and it wasn't useful either, details within the English website were mostly in Vietnamese, except for the pictures - and, looked like nothing much has changed. This is off-topic, another recommendation for a local mobile provider should we plan another visit in the future?
Take care & have fun - and are you now getting 3G speed or at least showing that on the screen?
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I'm glad you are thinking about returning to Vietnam. Most people don't after their first visit lol. I personally use MobiFone in Vietnam and I don't plan to change that. Their voice quality is really good and Customer Service number is toll-free unlike another popular carrier Viettel (or at least it was when I left Vietnam). I really enjoy using them and would recommend you to use them as well.
Are you talking about trouble getting SMS work or just data? My friend uses Galaxy Note 2 and everything automatically got set up and ready to go (APN and SMS centre) after she just popped the SIM in her phone so I blame the Dinc2 for being so troublesome. I can post their APN setting down here if you want to. I had to do a little bit of Googling but it shows up in the first 5 results.
And yes I am able to get 3G speed. MobiFone uses Hspda+ in Vietnam.
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Wifi calling asks for SIP account

I'm on T-mobile and have a stock G3, wifi calling enabled and calling preference set to Wi-Fi Preferred. When I try a wifi call I get "There are no internet calling accounts on this phone" and am asked to make a SIP account. Anybody seen this?

Yes use this to log into works voip system so I can make and receive work calls.
Do you have a voip package
--LG G3--

Iceax123 said:
Yes use this to log into works voip system so I can make and receive work calls.
Do you have a voip package
--LG G3--
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T-mobile says I don't need anything but a standard home network and their phone.

That's not how I have done it, and I'm not sure how that would work
--LG G3--

Iceax123 said:
That's not how I have done it, and I'm not sure how that would work
--LG G3--
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Just found this, "T-Mobile has opensourced their SIP with TLS/SIM Auth stack on android..." here

Mine worked out of the box, connected to WiFi and WiFi calling came on. No extra stuff is necessary.
When you say stock you mean a stock tmobile g3 right?

Not sure if you're trying to specifically execute internet calling. For T-Mobile Wi-Fi calling just have it enabled (set preferred), and be on wifi with internet access. You should see a notification appear saying you're using Wi-Fi Calling. Then just make normal calls and they go over wifi.

My wife also got a G3 at the same time, and hers works so it's not my location, router, DSL, etc. Tried a factory reset to no avail. It's in T-Mobile's hands now. If it's not a programming thing on their end I'll go for a new phone.

Tried the wife's sim and also compared every setting in her phone to mine but saw nothing different. Got a new phone, still no dice.
T-Mobile says that "Internet call" in the pop-up refers to voip and "Cell phone call" is cell and also wifi calling if it's on. I've never used voip so I don't see how it could be some remnant of that. Tech support gave it several shots but finally threw in the towel.
I get this on every number i dial except voicemail:
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I have same issue
howardmoon said:
Tried the wife's sim and also compared every setting in her phone to mine but saw nothing different. Got a new phone, still no dice.
T-Mobile says that "Internet call" in the pop-up refers to voip and "Cell phone call" is cell and also wifi calling if it's on. I've never used voip so I don't see how it could be some remnant of that. Tech support gave it several shots but finally threw in the towel.
I get this on every number i dial except voicemail:
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Did you migrate from a Nexus 5 or a rooted android device? I have the same issue. My Nexus 5 had the ability for a VoIP (SIP) account which I had configured on my Nexus device. I believe the T-Mobile LG G3 skin does not allow for this or it is hidden. So when Google restored my setting on my new LG G3 phone, it included the settings for VoIP /SIP account however not supported by t-mobile. This means I need to figure out how to access this account or I need to factory default out my G3. The issue is once I do this, I will not be able to use Google services to restore my config or it will configure the VoIP account again and I will be back at square one.

deweymm said:
Did you migrate from a Nexus 5 or a rooted android device? I have the same issue. My Nexus 5 had the ability for a VoIP (SIP) account which I had configured on my Nexus device. I believe the T-Mobile LG G3 skin does not allow for this or it is hidden. So when Google restored my setting on my new LG G3 phone, it included the settings for VoIP /SIP account however not supported by t-mobile. This means I need to figure out how to access this account or I need to factory default out my G3. The issue is once I do this, I will not be able to use Google services to restore my config or it will configure the VoIP account again and I will be back at square one.
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My last phone was a G2. Yes, the voip settings are missing (normally under Call, Internet Settings) which I assume is T-Mobile's doing. I added a dummy SIP account to see what would happen and the dialer attempted to use it. I could not delete this account in Settings, but clearing data for the Phone app erased it. I guess there is another setting that I can't get to that will fix this. If by "factory default" you mean factory reset, that did not help me. If you mean new google account, that may work but is more trouble than it is worth to me.

SIP Account should not migrate
howardmoon said:
My last phone was a G2. Yes, the voip settings are missing (normally under Call, Internet Settings) which I assume is T-Mobile's doing. I added a dummy SIP account to see what would happen and the dialer attempted to use it. I could not delete this account in Settings, but clearing data for the Phone app erased it. I guess there is another setting that I can't get to that will fix this. If by "factory default" you mean factory reset, that did not help me. If you mean new google account, that may work but is more trouble than it is worth to me.
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Thanks for the reply. It seems we are in the same boat my friend. I wonder if Google or Google + has an interface to show what apps and config get restored? If I find anything out I will update this post.

deweymm said:
Thanks for the reply. It seems we are in the same boat my friend. I wonder if Google or Google + has an interface to show what apps and config get restored? If I find anything out I will update this post.
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Installed an OTA update today that was supposedly for Wi-Fi Calling enhancements but it did nothing for me. Help you?
EDIT: Funny, the update was changed to "T-Mobile Free Inflight Texting support".

Also Google has finally brought WiFi calling with Google Voice into Hangouts, like they had foe over a year already on iOS. This pretty much eliminates any need for voice minutes on any US or Canadian carrier and works fine over WiFi or data.
I called my son and was able to retrieve my Voice phone number which I had forgotten.
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