I have a galaxy nexus (Verizon) that i do not use as a phone, so basically i ONLY use the wifi no 3g/4g i dont even have a sim card. So i was wondering since i dont care about the cell radios, could i flash a GSM stock rom, so i could get android 4.2. Would this work? or would it totally destroy my phone?
andriodfanatic said:
I have a galaxy nexus (Verizon) that i do not use as a phone, so basically i ONLY use the wifi no 3g/4g i dont even have a sim card. So i was wondering since i dont care about the cell radios, could i flash a GSM stock rom, so i could get android 4.2. Would this work? or would it totally destroy my phone?
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Not sure that would be good, you should have a rom by tonight, no worries!
Do not do this.
andriodfanatic said:
I have a galaxy nexus (Verizon) that i do not use as a phone, so basically i ONLY use the wifi no 3g/4g i dont even have a sim card. So i was wondering since i dont care about the cell radios, could i flash a GSM stock rom, so i could get android 4.2. Would this work? or would it totally destroy my phone?
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it could brick the phone. dont do it.
just do it bro!
I say go for it
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You probably shouldn't do it especially when flashing incorrect bootloader.
In theory, it should work, but since the APN's will get f'ed up it may just not boot or give you a lot of force closes.
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It should work.
Talking g from experience here.
I once accidentally installed a CDMA ROM on my GSM GNex.
It booted and everything worked except for the network and in Phone Status I had Network: unknown/unavailable and bunch of other things like that.
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I'm wondering if I can like flash the factory ROM/radio/bootloader for the Sprint Galaxy Nexus onto the Verizon one and basically turn it into a Sprint phone?
I know they're really the same device so I think it could be done with the Nexus Toolkit easily, but before I try I want to know if it really can be done, I know any carriers Sim Card works so why not this too?
Thanks to any that provide info
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Yeah sure if you want a 500$ paper weight.
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LMAO!!!!!!! This just made my night!!!
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Not a chance.
verizon cdma radio will work fine on sprint, no need to try to flash a sprint one.
lte obviously will not work at all no matter what you try.
of course getting sprint to recognize the phone is another matter and more trouble then its worth considering the same phone is available on sprint with working lte.
LiquidSmokeX64 said:
I'm wondering if I can like flash the factory ROM/radio/bootloader for the Sprint Galaxy Nexus onto the Verizon one and basically turn it into a Sprint phone?
I know they're really the same device so I think it could be done with the Nexus Toolkit easily, but before I try I want to know if it really can be done, I know any carriers Sim Card works so why not this too?
Thanks to any that provide info
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They are not the same device. They are sufficiently different hardware that you wouldn't be able to activate even if you found a Sprint CSR that would be willing to lose their job by adding the MEID to their database
Hello,
So im having a bit of an issue and hoping someone can help. I gave an unlocked galaxy s2 t989d to a friend in the us to use on att. Data was not working so i entered the correct apn values and it works great. For some reason though, the phone jumps onto the tmobile network randomly sometimes even while in an att service area.
So my question, is there any way to stop it from going to tmobile? I want it to stay on att.
Thanks for any help!
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Hello,
So im having a bit of an issue and hoping someone can help. I gave an unlocked galaxy s2 t989d to a friend in the us to use on att. Data was not working so i entered the correct apn values and it works great. For some reason though, the phone jumps onto the tmobile network randomly sometimes even while in an att service area.
So my question, is there any way to stop it from going to tmobile? I want it to stay on att.
Thanks for any help!
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Does it happen in any area or typically their home area? It could be several factors that cause this...is the phone rooted?
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It happens when she is at home. She has weak signal in her basement and the data drops down to edge. It then will briefly jump over to tmobile and say roaming then go back to att.
Any ideas?
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MrXeC said:
It happens when she is at home. She has weak signal in her basement and the data drops down to edge. It then will briefly jump over to tmobile and say roaming then go back to att.
Any ideas?
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well she's in a basement first and foremost, some basements can cause that. Thats normal, if the signal coming into the home isn't that strong in that area of the house, then thats normal and in reality there isn't much you can do about that. However, you can try to flash a different radio. I've heard good things about the blaze 4g radio (uvlf4) in some areas, and the galaxy notes radio (uvlg3) for others. I personally get the best signal off of uvle1 (tmo ics radio). Try those other two out and see if it improves. But if its only that one area, then that could be the culprit, and that unfortunately is something nobody can really do anything about. I had an apartment that was like that once, couldn't get anything useful out of my cell unless i was on wifi.
worse case scenario she can install a home repeater for AWS 1700/2100
http://www.wilsonelectronics.com/ProductDetails.aspx?Product=155&title=AWS+70+(802365)&Category=11
it has been tested and it really works, luckily i have no needs for that, but I've always planned to install one for my Car when i drive to poor reception areas
Thanks for the help!
I will try flashing a new radio when i grt the chance and see if that helps. I figured it was just an issue because of the low reception. I just did not want her to incur any roaming charges or anything so i figured i would see if someone had an idea.
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I've been hearing a lot of people say that they are having really good luck with the Galaxy Note radio- FYI, Good Luck!
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Thanks for all the help guys!
So i have decided to try out the stock tmobile 4.0.4 rom with the tmobile radio that comes stock. One question, csn i flash the odin of stock tmobile right over the stock telus 4.0.3 without issue or do i need to unlock the bootloader and root first?
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**edit** i found an image for the stock 4.0.4 tmobile rom for odin. Before i flash it, just wsnt to check if i have to install cwm, or root or unlock bootloader to do something first or can i just put the phone into download mode and just odin it right over the stock telus 4.0.3?
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Hi.
I just bought a galaxy nexus for sprint off eBay for $183.50.
The post had HD pics and all sides of the phone looked super clean and few, if any, marks. It also advertised it was rooted with clean ESN and I think the rooted part lowered the price.(I sniped bid at 7 seconds with $6.50 bid max.)
Anyway. Although eBay protects the purchase and the seller has 100% positive feedback, I'm a little paranoid yo why I got a good deal.
Is there any permanent damage that can be done by rooting like Google wallet NFC lock up or erasing imei number when flashing.??? Also does the sprint gnex use a sim card?
Im coming from the ns4g and been around the block rooting but I don't know everything.
I don't have money to buy new phones left and right so did I grab a good deal or should I be worried?
All answers will get my thanks.
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If you don't do anything that requires root, then you don't need to worry a bit. Even if you do things that require root, it's ok if you know what you're doing.
The most common problem that people have is bootloop, which can be fixed my restoring nandroid backup.
Swyped on my Galaxy Nexus running AOKP with Franco Kernel
Rooting doesn't really mess up Google Wallet, however if he flashed a custom rom after setting up GW, he could have bricked the secure element. I'm pretty sure just having the phone rooted won't cause the IMEI to disappear, unless he did it intentionally.
Also the Sprint version of the Gnex doesn't have a sim card slot. Only GSM Gnex use sim cards, the Sprint version is a CDMA, like Verizon.
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Rooting doesn't really mess up Google Wallet, however if he flashed a custom rom after setting up GW, he could have bricked the secure element. I'm pretty sure just having the phone rooted won't cause the IMEI to disappear, unless he did it intentionally.
Also the Sprint version of the Gnex doesn't have a sim card slot. Only GSM Gnex use sim cards, the Sprint version is a CDMA, like Verizon.
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The CDMA gnex does have a Sim. It's not accessible tho.
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The CDMA gnex does have a Sim. It's not accessible tho.
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The Verizon GNexus has a sim and it is accessible by the user by removing the battery.
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cteneyck said:
The CDMA gnex does have a Sim. It's not accessible tho.
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Cteneyck. It was just last week you said goodbye to us at ns4g and I thought I was going to be stuck for another year but hopefully eBay works and not everyone jumps on the new nexus.
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The Verizon GNexus has a sim and it is accessible by the user by removing the battery.
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The Sprint one (as indicated in the title) is not.
biscuitownz said:
Rooting doesn't really mess up Google Wallet, however if he flashed a custom rom after setting up GW, he could have bricked the secure element. I'm pretty sure just having the phone rooted won't cause the IMEI to disappear, unless he did it intentionally.
Also the Sprint version of the Gnex doesn't have a sim card slot. Only GSM Gnex use sim cards, the Sprint version is a CDMA, like Verizon.
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Its showed the pic of the about phone settings and its was running cm10 nightly sept 21. So it was working a month ago. Any good way to physically check if its good? Like water damage and fried CPUs?
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Well if it was water damaged some components wouldn't work correctly, like volume/power buttons etc. Also if the CPU was fried it would not work at all
Does it work or even possible? I have a sprint nexus. And I see a lot of roms on gsm I wouldn't mind trying. Will it work?
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ppillow said:
Does it work or even possible? I have a sprint nexus. And I see a lot of roms on gsm I wouldn't mind trying. Will it work?
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Might work, but radios won't. There are also safety measures that may be built into roms to prevent flashing on other devices. Just make sure you have fastboot/odin ready, in case something goes horribly wrong, and be ready to lose all your stored data.
Hi all,
This is a new one on me. My phone suddenly can't connect to anything. It just says "a network error has ocurred" whenever I try to do anything (web browsing, play store...everything). BUT, when I tether the phone's connection over USB to my PC, I can browse online without problem. This seems to have started spontaneously as I was using it without issue on my train ride home, but then it stopped suddenly. I have tried wiping the phone's data, re-seating the SIM. My wife has the exact same provider and I ensured all the APN settings are 1:1 the same and she is browsing normally while sitting next to me.
Can anyone help?
Thanks in advance..
We need more info. Carrier? Are you stock?
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We need more info. Carrier? Are you stock?
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This. Which specific Galaxy Nexus are you using? What carrier? What ROM?
For example, 4.3 on the Verizon Galaxy Nexus is having similar data issues. GSM Galaxy Nexus devices have not been affected.
ExodusC said:
This. Which specific Galaxy Nexus are you using? What carrier? What ROM?
For example, 4.3 on the Verizon Galaxy Nexus is having similar data issues. GSM Galaxy Nexus devices have not been affected.
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I'm running 4.3 AOSP rooted. It's a GSM device, my carrier is Mobilicity (Canada). Previously I used this on T-Mobile in the US before moving up north.
I'd definitely try another ROM, then, perhaps a 4.2.2 ROM.