Dear XDA,
I was hoping that there was a way to use my newly acquired Optimus G on my current WIND network with data capabilities. I was browsing the internet and came across a few tidbits of information and was hoping for some clarification:
1) Nexus 4 conversion
[Q] Can the E973 perform this conversion successfully?
- willing to sacrifice LTE, NFC and storage space and perhaps even the camera
[Q] Will this conversion allow for a baseband to be flashed that will sustain a data connection on WIND?
2) Getting WIND data on the E973
[Q] Can an alternative baseband/radio be flashed to enable data over WIND?
Here is what equipment I'm running:
(Telus) LG Optimus G E973 Unlocked Rooted
ROM: Vanilla Rootbox CDN (unofficial) 4.2.2
Radio: AT&T JB
My understanding is that a Nexus 4 conversion will allow me to flash a T-Mobile radio baseband which will enable me to use data over WIND. However I was wondering if there was another approach, possibly a more direct one. Thank you.
Nope not happening the phone doesn't support the 1700 aws bands... There is nothing you can flash that would change the hardware in the phone
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As for N4 conversion... I'm not sure why you would want to? Root and bootloader unlock your phone and then install any of the roms here...
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I suggest rootbox because I feel it's the most mature with amazing customizability features...
Many thanks. Yep I'm gonna be sticking with Rootbox since it rocks. With regards to compatibility, I'm quite certain that the E973 does indeed support AWS (Link). I would very much like to stay as an LGOG instead of covering to an N4, I would only consider converting if it allows for use on WIND where the LGOG would natively not.
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Can this be done without an unlock code from T-Mobile? Also, since the SoC in the phone supports LTE is there any way to get LTE working using the Tmo variant on AT&T? I'm curious because I got at TMo version for free but am under contract on a 5 line family plan on AT&T and want to use this phone instead of my current Lumia 900. I used to have Android for a long time and have rooted, flashed roms, etc. without issue, so I am comfortable doing that with my GSIII to get the most out of it on AT&T.
You can unlock for free. Go through few threads down . There is a thread and way to unlock.
You cant get 4g Lte on T999 from att becoz they have different Mzs I guess .
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Here is unlock method
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2023709
Hi,
I recently bought Samsung Galaxy Note II N719 (GSM+CDMA). i'd like to root this phone. what do i need? also, i need gapps. how to optain gapps?
is it possible to use custom rom? or maybe i can flash it with N7100?
Thank you very much
Looks like a fake one. Never heard of such a model. Please confirm from samsung that it is an official model.
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UtkarshGupta said:
Looks like a fake one. Never heard of such a model. Please confirm from samsung that it is an official model.
Sent from my GT-N7100
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i am sorry. i missed out the detail. i recently bought it in china. Samsung Galaxy Note II SCH-N719 is only for china. the only one that comes with GSM+CDMA (Standby Duo on).
I need to flash the ROM, install the gapps. i wonder anyone can advice.
Thanks
any luck?
blabla01 said:
i am sorry. i missed out the detail. i recently bought it in china. Samsung Galaxy Note II SCH-N719 is only for china. the only one that comes with GSM+CDMA (Standby Duo on).
I need to flash the ROM, install the gapps. i wonder anyone can advice.
Thanks
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I am in the same place - did you have any luck flashing with the 7100 rom?
Cheers
oli82uk said:
I am in the same place - did you have any luck flashing with the 7100 rom?
Cheers
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Does it work properly with CDMA RUIM Cards with EVDO? Thanks
Its not a fake 1 ,but not sure if the normal n7100 root wud aupport or not
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fyi
CDMA/EV-DO phones
SCH-R950, SHV-E250L, SCH-i605, and SCH-N719 are to connect to cdmaOne, CDMA 1xRTT, and EV-DO rev 0/A/B. these variants except SCH-R950, can connect to the GSM network as well.
I also have a SCH-N719 and wanted to do the same (i.e Root, Flash ROM). Did you have any luck on this.
There does not seem to be much support for the N719.
Thanks in advance.
aukhan said:
Its not a fake 1 ,but not sure if the normal n7100 root wud aupport or not
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fyi
CDMA/EV-DO phones
SCH-R950, SHV-E250L, SCH-i605, and SCH-N719 are to connect to cdmaOne, CDMA 1xRTT, and EV-DO rev 0/A/B. these variants except SCH-R950, can connect to the GSM network as well.
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I feel sure somebody must have asked this before, but I used the search function and couldn't find anything.
I've heard that WIND phones (SGH-T999V) are modified to their own frequency, so that you can't use a WIND phone on any other networks. But I figure if the hardware is the same, then you should be able to mod your phone to change the firmware right? And thus be able to use those other frequencies.
So where does the truth lie? For example if I had a phone I bought from WIND, and theoretically the hardware supported Rogers' frequencies, could I use Rogers if I switch to Rogers? And what is the case in terms of hardware support?
Thanks in advance
Wind and Rodgers are going to be similar to T-Mobile vs AT&T. I'm sure you can probably use the phone, but their data networks operate on different frequencies, meaning you might get 2g at best, maybe if you're really lucky you'd get 4g but it just depends. Check what frequency the phone operates on, then find what your preferred carrier uses, and if they match for 4g, then you should be fine. But it's not just Wind. Videotron, Mobilicity, and another I can't remember all use the T999V with the same firmware, so those carriers should all be compatible.
I imagine the same is true for Rodgers, Telus, and whatever else is covered in AT&T forums. You'd have to ask there to be sure though.
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Oh, and if you use a T999V on Rogers you have to be unlocked, and expect little, if any support from the carrier on hardware issues.
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I'm a AT&T subscriber however I want a unlocked device since I travel to other countries. I've looked into LG G3 D855 (European version) unlocked but many people report that although it shows the frequencies used by AT&T, still it doesn't allow 4G LTE on any US carrier.
I do not want to buy LG G3 D850(AT&T version) since i won't be able to use it back home. I'm not sure what the LG G3 F400 version is.
Please help this is really confusing, I've tried contacting both LG and AT&T but they don't seem to have much information on this.
Thank you!
SnowTauren said:
I'm a AT&T subscriber however I want a unlocked device since I travel to other countries. I've looked into LG G3 D855 (European version) unlocked but many people report that although it shows the frequencies used by AT&T, still it doesn't allow 4G LTE on any US carrier.
I do not want to buy LG G3 D850(AT&T version) since i won't be able to use it back home. I'm not sure what the LG G3 F400 version is.
Please help this is really confusing, I've tried contacting both LG and AT&T but they don't seem to have much information on this.
Thank you!
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You said you are an At&t subscriber but you don't want At&t's version since you won't be able to use it back home?
Where do you live exactly? Kind of confused.
xryousukex said:
You said you are an At&t subscriber but you don't want At&t's version since you won't be able to use it back home?
Where do you live exactly? Kind of confused.
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I'm sorry for not clarifying properly, I live in US but my hometown is in Pakistan. I want a device that can work in my hometown and also work with att with 4g lte while i'm in US.
SnowTauren said:
I'm sorry for not clarifying properly, I live in US but my hometown is in Pakistan. I want a device that can work in my hometown and also work with att with 4g lte while i'm in US.
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It seems like Pakistan uses 1800mhz for the LTE. In terms of At&t and Europeans G3, they don't have the same LTE bands.
At&t does NOT use 1800 only the European one has it.
So since Pakistan uses the same bands as the Europe, then you'll have to pick which between having LTE in the U.S. or LTE in Pakistan.
Both phones will work for 3g though.
Hope that helps!
xryousukex said:
It seems like Pakistan uses 1800mhz for the LTE. In terms of At&t and Europeans G3, they don't have the same LTE bands.
At&t does NOT use 1800 only the European one has it.
So since Pakistan uses the same bands as the Europe, then you'll have to pick which between having LTE in the U.S. or LTE in Pakistan.
Both phones will work for 3g though.
Hope that helps!
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I'm not concerned about LTE in Pakistan since as of now Pakistan doesn't have LTE networks setup . Also LTE in US is important for me. In Pakistan I only want to be able to use my phone i.e call/text.
I have two more questions:
1. Would I be able to use an AT&T device with Pakistani/European carriers without unlocking it, if I buy them without contract.
2. Can I use the korean G3 (f400) for ATT LTE? I've read it somewhere that some people have got it working but I want to be sure.
SnowTauren said:
I'm not concerned about LTE in Pakistan since as of now Pakistan doesn't have LTE networks setup . Also LTE in US is important for me. In Pakistan I only want to be able to use my phone i.e call/text.
I have two more questions:
1. Would I be able to use an AT&T device with Pakistani/European carriers without unlocking it, if I buy them without contract.
2. Can I use the korean G3 (f400) for ATT LTE? I've read it somewhere that some people have got it working but I want to be sure.
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Since you not concerned with LTE in Pakistan, that makes it a little easier.
1. You can buy an At&t phone and get it unlocked. If you buy it outright (full cost), at&t might provide you with the unlock code, I'm not positive about that.
If you are still on a contracted type plan and you buy it subsidized with a 2 year contract then you can also just buy an unlock code for $3 and get it unlocked. I'm not affiliated with this website but I have seen others use it (www(dot)gsmzambia(dot)com/) and has success. I personally used cellunlocker and it took 24 hours to get my code and was about $8. (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2780536&page=2)
2. Yes you can use a Korean G3 as it has the correct LTE bands and will works for At&t LTE.
This is only if you're interested in Roms/Modding/Qi Wireless charging
If you plan on buying your phone outright from at&t, I would highly recommend getting a t-mobile phone if you like to flash roms, use QI wireless charging. T-mobile has their bootloader unlocked so its more rom friendly. Also it uses the Qi-wireless standard vs PMA which is much more widely used than At&t's PMA (powermat)
T-mobiles phone works for At&t and has all the bands except for band 5 which at&t isn't using.
See more here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-lg-g3/help/t-mobile-lg-g3-att-t2815009
I second the f400 let working on att. I had one and it worked great.
dee32181 said:
I second the f400 let working on att. I had one and it worked great.
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Was everything hassle-free, like making calls, or getting good signals?
I've searched on amazon and this is what I found:
http://www.amazon.com/LG-LG-F400-Me...8&qid=1407384558&sr=8-1&keywords=lg+g3+korean
It says 4G won't work in US.
xryousukex said:
Since you not concerned with LTE in Pakistan, that makes it a little easier.
1. You can buy an At&t phone and get it unlocked. If you buy it outright (full cost), at&t might provide you with the unlock code, I'm not positive about that.
If you are still on a contracted type plan and you buy it subsidized with a 2 year contract then you can also just buy an unlock code for $3 and get it unlocked. I'm not affiliated with this website but I have seen others use it (www(dot)gsmzambia(dot)com/) and has success. I personally used cellunlocker and it took 24 hours to get my code and was about $8. (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2780536&page=2)
2. Yes you can use a Korean G3 as it has the correct LTE bands and will works for At&t LTE.
This is only if you're interested in Roms/Modding/Qi Wireless charging
If you plan on buying your phone outright from at&t, I would highly recommend getting a t-mobile phone if you like to flash roms, use QI wireless charging. T-mobile has their bootloader unlocked so its more rom friendly. Also it uses the Qi-wireless standard vs PMA which is much more widely used than At&t's PMA (powermat)
T-mobiles phone works for At&t and has all the bands except for band 5 which at&t isn't using.
See more here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-lg-g3/help/t-mobile-lg-g3-att-t2815009
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If i buy tmobile or the international version, would i still get their software updates, if yes then how?
Yes it was lte compatible and I never had any performance problems. I got lte everywhere I would normally get lte. With my att phones
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SnowTauren said:
Was everything hassle-free, like making calls, or getting good signals?
I've searched on amazon and this is what I found:
http://www.amazon.com/LG-LG-F400-Me...8&qid=1407384558&sr=8-1&keywords=lg+g3+korean
It says 4G won't work in US.
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It does get full lte signal on att everywhere I would get lte from my att phones. TMobile won't get lte.
dee32181 said:
Yes it was lte compatible and I never had any performance problems. I got lte everywhere I would normally get lte. With my att phones
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It does get full lte signal on att everywhere I would get lte from my att phones. TMobile won't get lte.
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What about the bloatware and the Korean language. I really hate bloatware!
Also please can you link me the site where you bought it from and also check the F400 version on amazon and let me know if that is the correct one.
Thank you!!!
SnowTauren said:
What about the bloatware and the Korean language. I really hate bloatware!
Also please can you link me the site where you bought it from and also check the F400 version on amazon and let me know if that is the correct one.
Thank you!!!
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90% of the bloatware is uninstallable. The Korean language on the dialer, and in the theming app is what made me get rid of it for the att version. I also didn't like how it handled USA phone numbers via text messages. It always sent and received duplicate text messages
dee32181 said:
Yes it was lte compatible and I never had any performance problems. I got lte everywhere I would normally get lte. With my att phones
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It does get full lte signal on att everywhere I would get lte from my att phones. TMobile won't get lte.
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Tmobile will get att's LTE. I have a tmobile phone using it on att right now
xryousukex said:
Tmobile will get att's LTE. I have a tmobile phone using it on att right now
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I am not talking about a tmobile phone on att. I am talking about the signal that the f400 (Korean model) would get on att and tmobile. You need to 're read my previous comments
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SnowTauren said:
What about the bloatware and the Korean language. I really hate bloatware!
Also please can you link me the site where you bought it from and also check the F400 version on amazon and let me know if that is the correct one.
Thank you!!!
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I bought my from Amazon. The unlocked model for sale there is the f400
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I had the f400k model
dee32181 said:
I am not talking about a tmobile phone on att. I am talking about the signal that the f400 (Korean model) would get on att and tmobile. You need to 're read my previous comments
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I bought my from Amazon. The unlocked model for sale there is the f400
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I had the f400k model
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I bought the ATT version and I love it so far! However my only issue is the charging time on this beast. It takes a lot of time to charge, especially if I'm gaming on the device while it charges.
Pretty straight forward question
I am getting cheap unlocked G3 of one of those 2 variants and i want to know which of those 2 has better development and prospects of more cm based or stock roms in future
Also do these support flashing international stock or cm roms on them
i dont particularly like the stock lg look so i will mostly use cm based roms
i am a very old android user but would be very happy if people would help me with suggestions with best baseband/boot loader and other tweaks and apps for this lg g3
thank you
Also i was using a note 4 before this
so how is the performance since note 4 has 805 and this has 801 snapdragon
Ashwin Prabhunerurkar said:
Pretty straight forward question
I am getting cheap unlocked G3 of one of those 2 variants and i want to know which of those 2 has better development and prospects of more cm based or stock roms in future
Also do these support flashing international stock or cm roms on them
i dont particularly like the stock lg look so i will mostly use cm based roms
i am a very old android user but would be very happy if people would help me with suggestions with best baseband/boot loader and other tweaks and apps for this lg g3
thank you
Also i was using a note 4 before this
so how is the performance since note 4 has 805 and this has 801 snapdragon
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T-Mobile g3 has unlocked bootloader.
ivoh95 said:
T-Mobile g3 has unlocked bootloader.
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can international variant roms be flashed on t mobile rom
Ashwin Prabhunerurkar said:
can international variant roms be flashed on t mobile rom
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I would also like to know this.
tjsooley said:
I would also like to know this.
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You can't on either
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Ashwin Prabhunerurkar said:
can international variant roms be flashed on t mobile rom
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You can't on either
T-Mobile and At&t version support US frequencies that are not compatible with the international version. The international version will only support HSPA+ at the most if you use it in the US. But the US versions might support international frequencies. Do not flash ROMs designed for different carriers or different models. It will definitely hardbrick your device. There is no question about that so please don't (source: experience). xD
I would recommend the T-Mobile version to you because I don't know what frequencies the At&t version supports, but the T-Mobile version definitely supports T-Mobile and At&t LTE bands because they have a roaming agreement from the failed merger. Hope this helps. I personally have the T-Mobile version. Much easier to deal with and it was unlocked out of the box.