hi guys,
Kindly advice if the E980 AT&T version (which is already unlocked) be flashed with another ROM. Will flashing any other ROM reactivate the Lock or create any other bootloader related issues????
I am planning to buy the At&T version from Ebay and the seller says its already unlocked. but i definitely want to update it asap and am unsure of LG's updates.
I live in India and the phone is from AT&T USA(Unlocked).
Sorry for a such a simple question.......but pardon my ignorance.
Krunal
krunalkamdar said:
hi guys,
Kindly advice if the E980 AT&T version (which is already unlocked) be flashed with another ROM. Will flashing any other ROM reactivate the Lock or create any other bootloader related issues????
I am planning to buy the At&T version from Ebay and the seller says its already unlocked. but i definitely want to update it asap and am unsure of LG's updates.
I live in India and the phone is from AT&T USA(Unlocked).
Sorry for a such a simple question.......but pardon my ignorance.
Krunal
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No problems, that's what I did.
krunalkamdar said:
hi guys,
Kindly advice if the E980 AT&T version (which is already unlocked) be flashed with another ROM. Will flashing any other ROM reactivate the Lock or create any other bootloader related issues????
I am planning to buy the At&T version from Ebay and the seller says its already unlocked. but i definitely want to update it asap and am unsure of LG's updates.
I live in India and the phone is from AT&T USA(Unlocked).
Sorry for a such a simple question.......but pardon my ignorance.
Krunal
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I think whoever you bought the phone from means it's NETWORK unlocked so it can be used on any carrier. You'll probably have to go through the steps of installing a custom recovery before you can flash other ROMs.
Sent from my Vanir 4.3 LG-E980
Thanks Neroga. Yeah you are right its Network Unlocked and I will have to install the Recovery(I guess its got to be the Lokified recovery).
My only concern was if the Network lock would get reactivated due to the installation of a new recovery or a new rom etc. and I have got my answer that it will not get reactivated by any such tweaks.
krunalkamdar said:
Thanks Neroga. Yeah you are right its Network Unlocked and I will have to install the Recovery(I guess its got to be the Lokified recovery).
My only concern was if the Network lock would get reactivated due to the installation of a new recovery or a new rom etc. and I have got my answer that it will not get reactivated by any such tweaks.
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Hey there, I am thinking of getting the same unlocked phone. Are you getting it from the "merawireless" seller located in Kolkata? Let me know how the product is when you receive it.
Thanks.
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Hi,
My sincere apologies if this has been asked before. I am on Deodexed ZVA with SIM Unlocked and using GSM service in India. I got a notification today saying update has been downloaded. Should I go ahead and install it? (Such a Noob ) Will I brick my G2 as I have TWRP and also if not and will the unlock be intact?
Regards.
bindaasathar said:
Hi,
My sincere apologies if this has been asked before. I am on Deodexed ZVA with SIM Unlocked and using GSM service in India. I got a notification today saying update has been downloaded. Should I go ahead and install it? (Such a Noob ) Will I brick my G2 as I have TWRP and also if not and will the unlock be intact?
Regards.
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Do not take it it will make you lose the sim unlock and twrp
Jbcarrera said:
Do not take it it will make you lose the sim unlock and twrp
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Thank you Just wanted to confirm. Disabled the annoying update notification
Hey guys, im from Lebanon and my friend asked me if i can fix here slow Galaxy S3...I told her that i can try to flash a custom Rom (witch basically are made for making mobile phones faster)....the confusion is, we live in Lebanon, and her phone model number is SGH-T999V, so its a Canada variant...i have no ideas about carrier, but i just wanna know if i flash a custom Rom (lets say CarbonROM):
first, the zip file is the one that ends with d2lte?
and second, will the phone be locked to a specific carrier or i can use it with, in my case, a Lebanese Sim card normally without further action?
tnx in advance, and sorry for my bad english
All_New_BoB said:
Hey guys, im from Lebanon and my friend asked me if i can fix here slow Galaxy S3...I told her that i can try to flash a custom Rom (witch basically are made for making mobile phones faster)....the confusion is, we live in Lebanon, and her phone model number is SGH-T999V, so its a Canada variant...i have no ideas about carrier, but i just wanna know if i flash a custom Rom (lets say CarbonROM):
first, the zip file is the one that ends with d2lte?
and second, will the phone be locked to a specific carrier or i can use it with, in my case, a Lebanese Sim card normally without further action?
tnx in advance, and sorry for my bad english
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Yes, D2LTE is the one you are looking for. If the phone has never been SIM unlocked then the phone shall ask for an unlock code as soon as you put a SIM card from another carrier that's not the one that came with the phone.
nirogu325 said:
Yes, D2LTE is the one you are looking for. If the phone has never been SIM unlocked then the phone shall ask for an unlock code as soon as you put a SIM card from another carrier that's not the one that came with the phone.
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thank you for your reply, she already used it with a Lebanese sim for about 2 years with no problem, does it means that the phone is SIM unlocked for use in Lebanon and will stay like this after flashing custom ROM? OTA official android updates also work normally btw, and after the flash she will use the same sim
All_New_BoB said:
thank you for your reply, she already used it with a Lebanese sim for about 2 years with no problem, does it means that the phone is SIM unlocked for use in Lebanon and will stay like this after flashing custom ROM? OTA official android updates also work normally btw, and after the flash she will use the same sim
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If it works already, sure.
All_New_BoB said:
thank you for your reply, she already used it with a Lebanese sim for about 2 years with no problem, does it means that the phone is SIM unlocked for use in Lebanon and will stay like this after flashing custom ROM? OTA official android updates also work normally btw, and after the flash she will use the same sim
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Everything should work the same as usual after the flash. You may just have to change the APN after flashing. So, you may want to write down or screen cap the current APN settings before flashing.
okay guys thank you very much...ill update this post after flashing, sry for bothering
I have searched and haven't found any info on how to do this, so please bear with me.
I recently purchased an AT&T LG G3 with the intention of unlocking it and putting it on T-Mobile. I unlocked it and it is now, for the most part, functioning. There are only a few issues: my MMS doesn't work at all and it has all of the AT&T stuff pre-installed. I wan't to download and install the base KitKat kernal on my phone, but I don't know where to get it and I don't want to risk bricking my phone.
So my questions for you are these:
1. Where can I get the base kernal for the LG G3?
2. Will installing that kernal cause any problems with my phone?
3. Are there any suggestions for something else I can do?
Thank you all!
mascaliente said:
I have searched and haven't found any info on how to do this, so please bear with me.
I recently purchased an AT&T LG G3 with the intention of unlocking it and putting it on T-Mobile. I unlocked it and it is now, for the most part, functioning. There are only a few issues: my MMS doesn't work at all and it has all of the AT&T stuff pre-installed. I wan't to download and install the base KitKat kernal on my phone, but I don't know where to get it and I don't want to risk bricking my phone.
So my questions for you are these:
1. Where can I get the base kernal for the LG G3?
2. Will installing that kernal cause any problems with my phone?
3. Are there any suggestions for something else I can do?
Thank you all!
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How are you planning on flashing anything on a d850??
You cannot flash anything on the D850, because the bootloader is still locked. The kernel is stock so there is no need for change. Check your apn settings to see if there is a T-mobile apn, Google is your friend if it is not there.
Sent from my LG-D850
Sinterion said:
You cannot flash anything on the D850, because the bootloader is still locked. The kernel is stock so there is no need for change. Check your apn settings to see if there is a T-mobile apn, Google is your friend if it is not there.
Sent from my LG-D850
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The bootloader on this phone isn't stock. It has the AT&T boot logo, AT&T bloatware, and some AT&T configurations in the settings.
mascaliente said:
The bootloader on this phone isn't stock. It has the AT&T boot logo, AT&T bloatware, and some AT&T configurations in the settings.
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Your bootloader is locked. Sell your d850 and buy the d851
mascaliente said:
The bootloader on this phone isn't stock. It has the AT&T boot logo, AT&T bloatware, and some AT&T configurations in the settings.
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That is stock D850 from AT&T.
Unless you figured out a way to unlock the bootloader, which, someone asking these kinds of questions wouldn't be able to..
Milkshakes00 said:
That is stock D850 from AT&T.
Unless you figured out a way to unlock the bootloader, which, someone asking these kinds of questions wouldn't be able to..
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I'm new to this, but I'm not incompetent. I found this tutorial www dot androidrootz dot com/2014/07/how-to-unroot-lg-g3-all-variants dot html, my only question now is if I install the T-Mobile firmware will it in anyway damage the device?
Can't flash anything other than stock at&t firmware unless you wanna brick your device
Sent from my LG-D850
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I'm new to this, but I'm not incompetent. I found this tutorial www dot androidrootz dot com/2014/07/how-to-unroot-lg-g3-all-variants dot html, my only question now is if I install the T-Mobile firmware will it in anyway damage the device?
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I think what they are trying to tell you is:
1. only T-Mobile G3's have unlocked boot loaders
2. so only T-mobiles can be rom flashed
3. AT&T boot-loaders are locked, so you can not flash the rom.
Lol the irony. So he/she bought the at&t phone that comes with a locked boot loader (nothing to do with root) and wants to put it on T-Mobile that already have unlocked bootloader? Lmao... Read read and understand what you are asking before talking back to people that are trying to help you.
mascaliente said:
The bootloader on this phone isn't stock. It has the AT&T boot logo, AT&T bloatware, and some AT&T configurations in the settings.
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icon sets defined in build.prop not the bootloader. If you had bothered to look around here you would have seen at least two methods to change them back to stock. As for bloat, that is not bootloader either, just system apps.
mascaliente said:
I'm new to this, but I'm not incompetent.
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Seems like you are very, very, very new. A bit less self confidence and more humility will help.
sonspot said:
Lol the irony. So he/she bought the at&t phone that comes with a locked boot loader (nothing to do with root) and wants to put it on T-Mobile that already have unlocked bootloader? Lmao... Read read and understand what you are asking before talking back to people that are trying to help you.
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I have never unlocked a phone so I apologize if this is a dumb question, but if have a T-Mobile G3 but am on ATT will installing a Rom for ATT model brick my phone or do I use D851 Roms and change APN settings to make it work?
dmd3746 said:
I have never unlocked a phone so I apologize if this is a dumb question, but if have a T-Mobile G3 but am on ATT will installing a Tom for ATT model will it brick my phone or do I use D851 Roms and change APN settings to make it work?
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Flashing a rom for a diferent model will brick your device. Flashing a rom (in generally - e.g. CyanogenMod) will not affect the carrier (sim/net) lock. If your phone is sim/net locked you need a valid unlock code to use it with another carrier's sim.
Thank you and sorry for the question here I realized they asked to have questions placed in Q&A section I won't do it again.
dmd3746 said:
I have never unlocked a phone so I apologize if this is a dumb question, but if have a T-Mobile G3 but am on ATT will installing a Rom for ATT model brick my phone or do I use D851 Roms and change APN settings to make it work?
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do you understand your own question? Are you talking about sim unlocked phone? You are sim unlocked at this moment because you are on ATT. Are you asking about rooting your phone then? The bootloader is not locked on TMO G3. But like the answer given, you can not install a rom on an TMO phone that is not specifically developed that TMO phone. I have TMO G3 and swapped over to ATT several months ago. I was running a custom rom well before I switched to ATT but its a rom developed for TMO G3.
I suggest a lot of education before going down the rooting path and custom roms.
I have flashed a AT&T Rom on my T-Mobile phone. I had to flash the T-Mobile kernel after flashing the Rom, but it did work. I also had to go and configure the apn
I've done this on other phones,but have been scared to try it on my G3. No offense, but I need someone with more then 4 posts to verify this
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Hi everyone,
Is there a way to flash the AT&T or any other Stock ROM to a T-mobile phone ?.
I'v tried ODIN (version 3.7, 3.8, 3.9 and 3.10) .and I can´t manage to get it flashed.
Tried by TWRP too, and it says thet the zip isnt good.
Thanks in advance.
Not directly, no.
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Not directly, no.
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You mean inderictly is it posible? (dont know how is inderectly ).
Yes, but it requires a seasoned developer to make the modifications necessary. I'm not sure why you'd want to do this though as the AT&T version is far more bloated.
dc/dc said:
Yes, but it requires a seasoned developer to make the modifications necessary. I'm not sure why you'd want to do this though as the AT&T version is far more bloated.
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Thanks for your reply.
I absolutely have no that kind of skill.
Anyway, the real reason I came up with that idea is because I cant unlock my T-mobile phone, and I live outside the US.
I've heard and read that sim unlocks by code are having problems.
Unfortunately, flashing firmware will not aid you in unlocking. Have you already tried buying a code for your device?
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Unfortunately, flashing firmware will not aid you in unlocking. Have you already tried buying a code for your device?
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He said flashing a rom not firmware. Someone over in the s6 forums flashed a metro pcs rom and was able to unlock the tmobile s6.
dnkeyhnter said:
He said flashing a rom not firmware. Someone over in the s6 forums flashed a metro pcs rom and was able to unlock the tmobile s6.
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ROM = Firmware. They're interchangeable terms. Also MetroPCS is owned by T-Mobile, so I don't see your point. Flashing software does not unlock the SIM card slot.
dc/dc said:
ROM = Firmware. They're interchangeable terms. Also MetroPCS is owned by T-Mobile, so I don't see your point. Flashing software does not unlock the SIM card slot.
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My appologies, coming from HTC m8...
http://venomroms.com/rom-vs-firmware/
themrmind said:
Hi everyone,
Is there a way to flash the AT&T or any other Stock ROM to a T-mobile phone ?.
I'v tried ODIN (version 3.7, 3.8, 3.9 and 3.10) .and I can´t manage to get it flashed.
Tried by TWRP too, and it says thet the zip isnt good.
Thanks in advance.
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yes you can flash metro pcs firmware via odin and unlock by code
noobsaibot34 said:
yes you can flash metro pcs firmware via odin and unlock by code
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There is no MetroPCS firmware for the S6 Edge as they do not sell it.
my bad this works only on s6...didn't realize you had an Edge
Im living outside of usa .
I have flashed my t mobile s6 using metropcs and unlocked my s6 using a code purchased online.
I reflashed my t mobile software and its still unlocked.
Can i update to stock 5.1.1 using odin and have the device still unlocked .
Once phone unlock is done using a code is it a permanent unlock ?
younussm said:
Im living outside of usa .
I have flashed my t mobile s6 using metropcs and unlocked my s6 using a code purchased online.
I reflashed my t mobile software and its still unlocked.
Can i update to stock 5.1.1 using odin and have the device still unlocked .
Once phone unlock is done using a code is it a permanent unlock ?
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which code did you ask for to unlock the sim, metroPCs(sm-g920T1) or T-mobile(sm-g920T)??, I asked for metroPCs(sm-g920T1) code and unlocked my T-mobile phone
did you updated to 5.1.1?? which T-mobile(5.1.1) or metroPCs(5.1.1) ?? did sim kept unlocked??
thank you
datrico89 said:
which code did you ask for to unlock the sim, metroPCs(sm-g920T1) or T-mobile(sm-g920T)??, I asked for metroPCs(sm-g920T1) code and unlocked my T-mobile phone
did you updated to 5.1.1?? which T-mobile(5.1.1) or metroPCs(5.1.1) ?? did sim kept unlocked??
thank you
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Hello
I have a samsung s6 t mobile version .
Flashed the metro pcs to unlock the phone and reflashed the t mobile firmware .its still unlocked and at 5.0.1 .
Im still looking for answers if i upgrade my s6 to 5.1.1 will my phone will be unlocked .if you find any , do let me know .
Sent from samsung s6
younussm said:
Hello
I have a samsung s6 t mobile version .
Flashed the metro pcs to unlock the phone and reflashed the t mobile firmware .its still unlocked and at 5.0.1 .
Im still looking for answers if i upgrade my s6 to 5.1.1 will my phone will be unlocked .if you find any , do let me know .
Sent from samsung s6
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Your phone was unlocked by code. It is permanent. It is not rom dependant. Just like you flashed a different rom than the metro pcs when you originally unlocked your phone, you can upgrade too.
Flash unbranded rom
I have an unlocked G920T (came locked from amazon, but unlocked easily via device unlock app preloaded)
Is there an unbranded firmware I can flash, even if its from a different variant?
Im also interested to know if i can flash a at&t firmware on my tmobile s6. Not for unlock but because the person i gave it to wants to use the ohone on at&t and feel like its an at&t phone. Whatever right? But can i do that? Or would it have to be a custom rom? Orignal firmware would be nice.