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I was looking at the Galaxy Nexus Canandian verision i9250..Can i use this one in the USA. whats the difference that and the regular one..they are both gsm..Negri electronics told me it doesnt have the most recent ics...4.0.2 or what ever..

if it is carrier unlocked you will be able to since the phone supports Pentaband. It depends where you get it from. I know my cousin got one from a Virgin store and it works on different carriers. So it may or may not work. Try to find out if it is unlocked or not.

I have a Galaxy Nexus from Telus (bought the day they released them). ICS 4.0.1 is the current version. It roams in the States on AT&T / Verizon (companies that Telus has roaming partnerships with), but I assume as long as its the same technology, you can go on any related carrier.
I can't tell you whether or not its unlocked and if someone tells me how to do that, I can update this post. However, I find it unlikely.

Ridel said:
I have a Galaxy Nexus from Telus (bought the day they released them). ICS 4.0.1 is the current version. It roams in the States on AT&T / Verizon (companies that Telus has roaming partnerships with), but I assume as long as its the same technology, you can go on any related carrier.
I can't tell you whether or not its unlocked and if someone tells me how to do that, I can update this post. However, I find it unlikely.
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All Nexus phones are unlocked, it just matters about the radio. That Telus bought phone could be used on Bell, SaskTel, and Telus (prob others but im lazy and only recall these ones) in Canada but would need a new radio to go on Rogers/Fido.
Google does not lock their phones to a carrier. Its just dependent on the radio
Cheers!
Ryan

I'm not sure that is correct, I have a "TELUS" bought Nexus that is working just fine on the original/stock radio on Rogers.

wyild1 said:
All Nexus phones are unlocked, it just matters about the radio. That Telus bought phone could be used on Bell, SaskTel, and Telus (prob others but im lazy and only recall these ones) in Canada but would need a new radio to go on Rogers/Fido.
Google does not lock their phones to a carrier. Its just dependent on the radio
Cheers!
Ryan
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Thanks for clearing that issue of locked and unlocked. I can now tell a few friends that they can switch carriers if they choose to. Just have to pick the right radio.

lobrau said:
Thanks for clearing that issue of locked and unlocked. I can now tell a few friends that they can switch carriers if they choose to. Just have to pick the right radio.
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In Canada, and at least on the big three, they only need to change the radios if they are changing the build from yakjuux (or whatever) to yakju.
Stock ROM/ stock radio will work just fine between telus/rogers/bell

wyild1 said:
All Nexus phones are unlocked, it just matters about the radio. That Telus bought phone could be used on Bell, SaskTel, and Telus (prob others but im lazy and only recall these ones) in Canada but would need a new radio to go on Rogers/Fido.
Google does not lock their phones to a carrier. Its just dependent on the radio
Cheers!
Ryan
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Not sure where you are getting your information, but everything in this post is completely wrong.
Nexus phones are NOT ALL unlocked. Yes, the ones sold in Canada are, but some sold in Europe are LOCKED to specific carriers.
The hardware on all GSM Galaxy Nexus devices is all the same. You can use any GN on Telus, Bell, Virgin, Fido, Rogers,AT&T, T-Mobile, SaskTel, etc. There is no requirement to have a new radio at all.
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OpusX11 said:
In Canada, and at least on the big three, they only need to change the radios if they are changing the build from yakjuux (or whatever) to yakju.
Stock ROM/ stock radio will work just fine between telus/rogers/bell
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Again, not true. There is no need to change radios, unless you feel that one radio performs better FOR YOU than another one. All radios will work on Telus/Rogers/Bell.
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I bought mine on the Day Bell released them. It did not take long before i started playing with ROMS.. When i flashed 2 weeks ago, Bell was using ITL41F. (4.02)
I am now on 4.03 AOKP and I suggest anyone to do the same.

Malarie said:
I bought mine on the Day Bell released them. It did not take long before i started playing with ROMS.. When i flashed 2 weeks ago, Bell was using ITL41F. (4.02)
I am now on 4.03 AOKP and I suggest anyone to do the same.
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ITL41F is 4.0.1, not 4.02...
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Efrant, you are right, I should have said "may need to change the radio" as I've seen other posts from Canadians changing providers who had better results with diff radios after switching to yakju... my bad for not being clear..
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Again, not true. There is no need to change radios, unless you feel that one radio performs better FOR YOU than another one. All radios will work on Telus/Rogers/Bell.
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I've bought my nexus off of bell and can say that it is unlocked. I've swapped my telus sim card into the nexus and it works fine.
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Ok so I got a question about this, as a Canadian user (on Rogers) does it matter if I use a radio from the Galaxy Nexus thats in the States or if I find one on here that tickles my fancy and wanted to give it a shot I can go ahead and flash that?

jonnyg1097 said:
Ok so I got a question about this, as a Canadian user (on Rogers) does it matter if I use a radio from the Galaxy Nexus thats in the States or if I find one on here that tickles my fancy and wanted to give it a shot I can go ahead and flash that?
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You can flash whatever radio you want.
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efrant said:
You can flash whatever radio you want.
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Oh ok thanks.
BTW, I used your how-to video to flash to stock 4.0.2 with fastboot and it worked out fine so double thanks from me. =D

the only differences is that the us version has 4.0.2 and the Canadian version still have thr 4.0.1 and the Canadian version gets update by samsunag

mohammedessam said:
the only differences is that the us version has 4.0.2 and the Canadian version still have thr 4.0.1 and the Canadian version gets update by samsunag
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The "US version" is a CDMA/LTE device, i.e. the Verizon version. All other devices worldwide are the same hardware-wise. Software-wise, there are minor localization differences in the builds, but you can flash the generic version (which gets updated first) on any one of them.
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Jesushasadroid said:
I was looking at the Galaxy Nexus Canandian verision i9250..Can i use this one in the USA. whats the difference that and the regular one..they are both gsm..Negri electronics told me it doesnt have the most recent ics...4.0.2 or what ever..
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I live in the Detroit metro area and recently bought a Galaxy Nexus from Windsor Ontario dealer that was unlocked and it worked perfectly. The phone came with ICS 4.0.2 which is the latest version for this phone.
Of course I have rooted it and running the Manhattan ROM and couldn't be happier.

I got mine from Bell, sim-unlocked and i tested it with a friend sim card that came from videotron

[Q] Verizon Nexus run on GSM network?

I'm getting ready to deploy, and I was curious if you can convert the Verizon Nexus to run on GSM/international networks. If yes, how?

sorry
there is no way my friend. i just got back from deployment. I was in the same boat as you. sell that g nex my friend, and get the gsm one. i found one by going on ebay, searching for guys selling one close to me and off to buy it locally so you're not waiting on shipping. or put on craigslists for a trade for the gsm version, u never know.

Yep, what he said was right - you can't convert it over. The Verizon one has a CDMA antenna and all the other networks require the GSM antenna (why couldn't they have both!! probably for this reason..). And even if the other networks used CDMA, they have to specifically accept your phone into their network (some kind of CDMA authentication thing, whereas GSM accepts everything it can talk to).

So flashing a GSM baseband to the CMDA phone will not work?

NO! Do not flash a GSM baseband on your nexus. The VZW nexus doesn't have any of the GSM radios or frequencies and wont work.

Unfortunately the GN only comes with either GSM or CMDA/LTE. It may be worth looking into getting a global phone that supports both CDMA and GSM.
Masoa said:
So flashing a GSM baseband to the CMDA phone will not work?
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As already stated, definitely never do this.

[Q] Will Galaxy Nexus HSPA+ work in India.

Hello All,
I went through this from the google playstore support site:
"Galaxy Nexus devices purchased on Google Play are unlocked GSM/HSPA+ devices.
1.The unlocked Galaxy Nexus requires GSM compatible service provider for voice calling. In the United States this includes AT&T and T-Mobile. Phones purchased from devices on Google Play are not compatible with Verizon or Sprint.
2.High speed data access requires a compatible 3G/4G HSPA+ cellular data service provider such as AT&T and T-Mobile."
Will this Nexus work in India with GSM and HSPA Networks (Noob question )?

Yes it most certainly will work.

Why not ?? It is world GSM umts phone and certainly works . I am currently using it.
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Yes it will, it has all the 3g bands which are there in the world ...

I know someone who uses maguro full time in india....enjoy!

settings ...
Errr, what radio do they use in india?

Thank You all for the answer.

Jackeduphard said:
Errr, what radio do they use in india?
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2100 Mhz

If you've got a GSM carrier then yes, its unlocked and supports all the frequencies you need. Its the exact same as the i9250 that's been for sale for over 5 months now. There is nothing special about the hardware.
But the Play Store isn't shipping outside of the US. Check out importers that will sell to India.

whats a good radio for India? My buddy was asking the other day. would XXLA2 work?

hp13 said:
whats a good radio for India? My buddy was asking the other day. would XXLA2 work?
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try them all starting with the latest ones and find the one that suites best for you.
just because one radio is good for someone doesn't mean it will have the same results for you.
i'd start off with xxla02 then uglc1, etc etc
all radios work. just dont flash CDMA radios (Verizon + sprint)

zephiK said:
try them all starting with the latest ones and find the one that suites best for you.
just because one radio is good for someone doesn't mean it will have the same results for you.
i'd start off with xxla02 then uglc1, etc etc
all radios work. just dont flash CDMA radios (Verizon + sprint)
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ok thanks.

OTA in India
I have decided to buy the galaxy nexus in US and bring it here to India. My doubt is whether the phone will receive the OTA update in India ?

vigneshp_ceg said:
I have decided to buy the galaxy nexus in US and bring it here to India. My doubt is whether the phone will receive the OTA update in India ?
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even i want to know the answer to this question...also whether 3g will work on it or only 2g??

siddharthmani said:
even i want to know the answer to this question...also whether 3g will work on it or only 2g??
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OTA update is the question. Even I'm thinking to buy galaxy nexus. In Indian, Sammy won't be releasing.
We got 3g carriers(Vodafone,airtel).
Even with the PC companion we should receive updates right?

GNex will keep on receiving updated no matter which country you are in. Only thing is that,there are multiple builds of the GNex. The one with 'yakju' and 'takju' will receive the updates directly via Google. Rest of the builds will get their updates via Samsung and hence it might takes a bit of time.
And yes,you can use 3G services in India. I'm using the same on my Gnex.

[Q] 800mhz CDMA on I747?

Hi all. I747m locked to Virgin Mobiles network. Does anyone know if I could run on Tbaytel's 800mhz CDMA without a SIM unlock? Visiting family for xmas in rural Canada and would really love to at least have talk+text enabled. Thanks for the help!

unersame said:
Hi all. I747m locked to Virgin Mobiles network. Does anyone know if I could run on Tbaytel's 800mhz CDMA without a SIM unlock? Visiting family for xmas in rural Canada and would really love to at least have talk+text enabled. Thanks for the help!
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Your i747m doesn't have a CDMA radio, so to directly answer your first question, no.
Poking around a bit, though, suggests that TBayTel is also running a HSPA+ network, and that they are also directly selling the i747m themselves - so the i747m is obviously compatible with at least their HSPA+ network.
I do not think you will be able to do so, however, without unlocking the phone. You might try here if you want to go through with that (the instructions are confirmed to work with the i747m so long as your device is running the stock Jelly Bean ROM - rooted or other wise - or, presumably, another ROM derived from those.)

smelenchuk said:
Your i747m doesn't have a CDMA radio, so to directly answer your first question, no.
Poking around a bit, though, suggests that TBayTel is also running a HSPA+ network, and that they are also directly selling the i747m themselves - so the i747m is obviously compatible with at least their HSPA+ network.
I do not think you will be able to do so, however, without unlocking the phone. You might try here if you want to go through with that (the instructions are confirmed to work with the i747m so long as your device is running the stock Jelly Bean ROM - rooted or other wise - or, presumably, another ROM derived from those.)
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Ahh too bad! I have a tbaytel SIM as well however I left it on the east coast. Unlocking for 4 days use isnt really necessary IMO. Thanks for the reply!

Thanks again smel! Wasnt sleepy yet so I went ahead and used the hidden menu unlock from the post you linked. Tested with my sisters Tbaytel SIM and worked like a charm. Merry whateveryoucallit-mas and congrats on surviving the apocalypse!

This seems to be the root for S8+

Has anyone here tried the new root file for Verizon S8+
https://download.chainfire.eu/1080/...to-Root-dream2qltesq-dream2qltesq-smg955u.zip

It will only work with an unlocked bootloader. Since all US Snapdragon based S8's have a locked bootloader it useless.

So why has Chainfire made this at all if it does not work or will brick your phone? I should ask him but not sure he will answer.

photolarry said:
So why has Chainfire made this at all if it does not work or will brick your phone? I should ask him but not sure he will answer.
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[emoji19] smh
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photolarry said:
So why has Chainfire made this at all if it does not work or will brick your phone? I should ask him but not sure he will answer.
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He clearly states that it only works with an unlocked bootloader. If the snapdragon versions of the S8/S8+ had an unlocked bootloader it would work. Not sure why you could have an issue with him.

nrage23 said:
He clearly states that it only works with an unlocked bootloader. If the snapdragon versions of the S8/S8+ had an unlocked bootloader it would work. Not sure why you could have an issue with him.
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The U version isn't ever unlocked. Not with him. I'm just confused why it seems this would work on that model but it doesn't

If the bootloader ever gets unlocked by any means, it will work.
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VoxBox101 said:
If the bootloader ever gets unlocked by any means, it will work.
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You missed my point and question to him. Which is "U" model is LOCKED because it is all phones inside the USA that are distributed by all 4 major carriers. So there is no such thing as SM-G955U which is unlocked. Does not exist. Thus I wanna know why there is even a zip file which chainfire created since it cannot be used on any of these phones. And why would it "get unlocked"....it is done at the factory. Only way to "unlock" it is to use a root method like was done on S7, where it basically involves flashing an engineering boot image/kernel that has root. At some point, this probably will be made and then using same modified ODIN (PrinceComsy) would potentially be the solution.

photolarry said:
You missed my point and question to him. Which is "U" model is LOCKED because it is all phones inside the USA that are distributed by all 4 major carriers. So there is no such thing as SM-G955U which is unlocked. Does not exist. Thus I wanna know why there is even a zip file which chainfire created since it cannot be used on any of these phones. And why would it "get unlocked"....it is done at the factory. Only way to "unlock" it is to use a root method like was done on S7, where it basically involves flashing an engineering boot image/kernel that has root. At some point, this probably will be made and then using same modified ODIN (PrinceComsy) would potentially be the solution.
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I will try and clear up some confusion. All US snapdragon versions of the S8+ have the same model number SM-G955U. There is an "unlocked" SM-G955U version of the S8+ in the US. It is carrier unlocked not bootloader unlocked. Apparently the CSC file carries the carrier information in the firmware. Also the S7 was rooted but never bootloader unlocked. So you could use most root apps but you could not modify any system files. The root was achieved with an engineering kernel and was not very useful.(ie bad battery life, phone getting hot and unstable). You could however flash any US S7 to any carrier or even the Unlocked firmware.

But if you cannot flash even the csc, how do you gain root access when Odin basically does nothing. That's my question and point. Seems that if I stick with Galaxy phones that I'm never going to attain root again. Probably because they don't want risks of pay apps being misused. I have one app that refuses to even run if I have usb debugging on. Vendors are getting smarter about locking things down.

It's not Samsung's fault...it is Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile. I can't even take my Verizon phone and change it to T-Mobile. That's ridiculous!

If LG lets it's consumers unlock there bootloader then why don't samsung? I'm selling my ccarrier unlocked s8+ and buying a unlocked g6. Screw this crap. I hope samsung goes bankrupt! SAMSUNG ALLOW US TO UNLOCK OUR BOOTLOADERS.
I wish my S8+ was rooted?

kbatrph said:
It's not Samsung's fault...it is Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile. I can't even take my Verizon phone and change it to T-Mobile. That's ridiculous!
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The reason you can't do this is the bands are different (I believe). Or, at least Verizon is CDMA while T-Mobile is GSM. I don't know much about the differences between CDMA & GSM, but I know that CDMA phones won't work on GSM networks & vice versa. That's why Verizon phones won't work on T-Mobile. Hopefully that (kinda) cleared it up for you.

mybabyloves said:
The reason you can't do this is the bands are different (I believe). Or, at least Verizon is CDMA while T-Mobile is GSM. I don't know much about the differences between CDMA & GSM, but I know that CDMA phones won't work on GSM networks & vice versa. That's why Verizon phones won't work on T-Mobile. Hopefully that (kinda) cleared it up for you.
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My goodness you could not be any more wrong..... That is no longer the case anymore. Verizon phones work on T-Mobile and all GSM carriers. I should know since I was with Verizon and I switched a while back but am now back on Verizon. Some phones from T-mobile won't work with Verizon but some do. It just depends on the phone and what bands it has. Like the S8 from T-Mobile will work on Verizon but an iPhone 7 from T-Mobile won't because it doesn't have CDMA bands. It's simple research

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My goodness you could not be any more wrong..... That is no longer the case anymore. Verizon phones work on T-Mobile and all GSM carriers. I should know since I was with Verizon and I switched a while back but am now back on Verizon. Some phones from T-mobile won't work with Verizon but some do. It just depends on the phone and what bands it has. Like the S8 from T-Mobile will work on Verizon but an iPhone 7 from T-Mobile won't because it doesn't have CDMA bands. It's simple research
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Really?? Man, I feel so stupid about that, sorry =/ I've been researching it, but all of what I've read pointed to what I said... thank you very much for correcting me ? it'll def help me in my journey to become a phone repair specialist! ? sorry people I might've confused.... I'm just an idiot - don't listen to me

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Really?? Man, I feel so stupid about that, sorry =/ I've been researching it, but all of what I've read pointed to what I said... thank you very much for correcting me it'll def help me in my journey to become a phone repair specialist! sorry people I might've confused.... I'm just an idiot - don't listen to me
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CDMA is only for 3G. With 4G, Verizon is using LTE GSM (same with AT&T, T-Mobile).
Verizon LTE covers over 98% of their network, but there are still some remote places where there is only CDMA coverage.
Verizon is moving away from CDMA and it will be retired by 2018.
So as long as you don't mind not having CDMA in a few places, any LTE GSM phone with Band 13 would work with Verizon.
Look at HTC U11, it doesn't have CDMA, but it's still advertised as "Verizon certified".
Sadly, the Internationals versions of S8/S8+ don't have band 13. But fortunately, all US versions have both bands 13 and CDMA support. That's why you can switch to any carrier as long as it's a US version.

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Really?? Man, I feel so stupid about that, sorry =/ I've been researching it, but all of what I've read pointed to what I said... thank you very much for correcting me it'll def help me in my journey to become a phone repair specialist! sorry people I might've confused.... I'm just an idiot - don't listen to me
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No worries mate. Just wanted to put that out there in case anyone become confused. I meant no disrespect
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CDMA is only for 3G. With 4G, Verizon is using LTE GSM (same with AT&T, T-Mobile).
Verizon LTE covers over 98% of their network, but there are still some remote places where there is only CDMA coverage.
Verizon is moving away from CDMA and it will be retired by 2018.
So as long as you don't mind not having CDMA in a few places, any LTE GSM phone with Band 13 would work with Verizon.
Look at HTC U11, it doesn't have CDMA, but it's still advertised as "Verizon certified".
Sadly, the Internationals versions of S8/S8+ don't have band 13. But fortunately, all US versions have both bands 13 and CDMA support. That's why you can switch to any carrier as long as it's a US version.
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My point exactly about the S8's. US variants are all the same no matter what carrier. All Google phones after the Nexus 6 are the same way. The Nexus 6 worked on all US carriers no matter where you got it from and it's like that all the way to the new Pixel phones. Where as iPhone's, just as an example, have different bands when it comes to different carriers. Unlocked, Verizon, and Sprint iPhone's have all bands both CDMA and GSM where as the GSM ones like those bought straight from T-Mobile or AT&T only have the GSM bands.

mybabyloves said:
Really?? Man, I feel so stupid about that, sorry =/ I've been researching it, but all of what I've read pointed to what I said... thank you very much for correcting me ? it'll def help me in my journey to become a phone repair specialist! ? sorry people I might've confused.... I'm just an idiot - don't listen to me
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You're NOT stupid! I had no idea either. I know that I tried to switch my Verizon S8+ to T-Mobile but it wouldn't recognize my IMEI so I just figured the two networks were different

I have a unlocked verizon(xfinity mobile) s8plus on tmobile right now.. The phone had no issues on setup to go on the tmobile network..

https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...root-g955u-g955u1-snapdragon-sampwnd-t3658911
So this has changed?