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[Q] ROM development on different carrier versions

I'm about to decide on the AT&T or Verizon Galaxy S3. Do both offer the roughly the same amount of community support and ROM development?

unhappybirthday said:
I'm about to decide on the AT&T or Verizon Galaxy S3. Do both offer the roughly the same amount of community support and ROM development?
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Don't really understand why you needed to start a thread on this issue when you cab just check them both out. Then make your decision
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Just check to see how many threads there are in the ATT GS3 development sub-forum and then compare that with the quantity of threads in the VZE GS3 development sub-forum.

HTC one V CDMA

Hi Guys,
I bought a new HTC one V CDMA ( Virgin Mobile) recently.
I have a set of questions, please answer them.
I wanted to know the difference between the Virgin mobile version and the other listed PrimoC version.?
I am seeing many custom roms listed for the PrimoC version? ...
What will happen if i flash them on to my Virgin Mobile phone...
Also i want to activate the phone on Reliance CDMA india , if you have a procedure to do it let me know.
Whats the default SPC of the phone ? . whats the procedure to change the SPC if required.

Don't make a thread like this here. This is the DEVELOPMENT SECTION not the Q&A SECTION. They can try to help you there.
Codename: One V.

Ryuk666 said:
Don't make a thread like this here. This is the DEVELOPMENT SECTION not the Q&A SECTION. They can try to help you there.
Codename: One V.
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There is no sperate QA section for the CDMA HTC One V so is the reason i have posted it here.
Sorry if it bothers you ..
By the way it will be helpful if you can clarify some of my doubts

yakaaithiri said:
There is no sperate QA section for the CDMA HTC One V so is the reason i have posted it here.
Sorry if it bothers you ..
By the way it will be helpful if you can clarify some of my doubts
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The Q&A section we have is for both in general....... You Just have to specify which one you own. PrimoC IS the virgin Mobile version....... and the ROMs labeled PrimoC are meant for the CDMA version of the One v. I don't know about the others.
Edit: it doesn't bother me. It bothers everyone else. Especially our devs. There are reasons for the separate sub forums our admins and mods have set up for us. Use them please.
Codename: One V.

Doesn't matter to me where it's posted, but if your on Virgin Mobile like me, you are on primoc.
If your get a One V with a sim card, your on Primou.
Stay away from GSM/Primou boot images, and recovery images as well. Its safe to use CDMA stuff, and if you want a GSM ROM, PM me. I can port it over and PM
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yakaaithiri said:
Hi Guys,
I bought a new HTC one V CDMA ( Virgin Mobile) recently.
I have a set of questions, please answer them.
I wanted to know the difference between the Virgin mobile version and the other listed PrimoC version.?
I am seeing many custom roms listed for the PrimoC version? ...
What will happen if i flash them on to my Virgin Mobile phone...
Also i want to activate the phone on Reliance CDMA india , if you have a procedure to do it let me know.
Whats the default SPC of the phone ? . whats the procedure to change the SPC if required.
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Might want to specify that most, if not all, PrimoC roms are for Virgin Mobile USA. If you're in India, you're probably gsm (PrimoU). If your device has a sim card, you're in the wrong subforum.
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Hes in the wrong sub forum anyway lol. This is definitely q&a thread material.
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Putting bickering aside, there are two versions of the one v. The primo C is the CDMA or virgin mobile. It has no sim card, and should say virgin mobile on the back.
The primo U version is gsm and takes a sim card. It's the version that the rest of the world got.
Unfortunately I'm not familiar with Indian carriers, but if the carrier is CDMA based then you should be able to find a unlocking guide somewhere. No promises though.
Good luck, and next time just remember that only the development threads are separated, the rest are joint threads.
Sent by my dog.

Its not bickering, people just need to learn that rules apply. Sub sections like q&a and general exist for a reason.
Op please contact a mod and have this thread moved or closed.
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Not all the world got gsm lol, I'm on alltel and they are cdma one V lol.

How do I tell if I have a GSM or CDMA One V? Thanks.

Do you have a sim card?

Yes

You are gsm

It should be noted that primo c also applies to the cricket wireless version, which is owned by leap wireless, which was just recently purchased by at&t. And as I have the cricket version I can confirm that all virgin Mobil versions work on it
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Poll: Combine Galaxy Note 2 forums

Is it just me, or do you guys find yourself checking out other carrier galaxy note 2 forums here on xda. Honestly I find it annoying jumping back and forth between the tmobile, verizon, att and sprint forums.I know there are subtle differences between the variants software wise but is it honestly enough to create 4 different forums? Alot of the tips and tricks, problems and questions being ask in these forums are very useful and relevant to other carrier galaxy note 2's. I just wanted to get poll and see if everyone else kinda feels the same way. If so, maybe we can get xda to consolidate...

Re: Poll: Combine Glalxy Note 2 forums
What if someone download a wrong rom and brick thier phone lol.
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the_ahmadzais said:
What if someone download a wrong rom and brick thier phone lol.
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That would be something the developer in the development section would point out. The same could be said of people downloading the internationals versions of roms on US devices or vice versa. When i had my g2 there were plenty of roms that were out for the US device that could not be used on the international (z) device. We still however had a combined forum since in most cases the devices were exactly the same. Same courtesy should be extended to this device.

I too think it's better to have different forums for different carriers even though the phone itself are very similar. It make it easier for people to find out updates that is through the carriers only or roms

Merge at least the i317(M) and T889 (potentially also N7105) General/Q&A subforums.
Having these two separate makes almost no sense.

No. It would turn these forums into the never ending
Help lost my imei no signal
Forums

Separate please.

Keep it as it is. The adventurous can take a trip to the other forums.
Hastily spouted for your befuddlement

Can you believe that there are 7 separate forums for Note2 in XDA? I find myself typing "note" into the "Find Your Device..." field very often to see what models are available, and I actually sometimes visit AT&T sections. I don't bather visiting others because it's too cumbersome.
I think it is more like we should change the hierarchy of the forums; move (combine) all Note2 forums under the "Samsung Galaxy Note II" forum which is already there, but keep each variant (different models) into different sub-forums. We would have a separate dev sub-forum for each carrier plus a general dev sub-forum to cover universal matters, but a combined themes sub-forum, etc.
Samsung Galaxy Note II
General ​Development-Works on all models
Development-AT&T specific
Development-Sprint specific
...
Themes&Apps
Accessories​
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This makes it easy to navigate without too much clatter. We can also check the activity levels (i.e. post counts) of other Note's on one page.

Would be sweet if we had the choice to merge/collapse subforums of our own choosing for our own viewing pleasure. I know I'd merge the AT&T and T-Mo forums, so I'd view those as one for myself whereas someone else could view them separately.
XDA 3.0?

I say no.
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No I don't check the other forums.
Sent from galaxy note 2, tablet in my pocket! ^_^

We need to combine the General, Questions and Apps section, not the rest.

Leave it seperate. But I can agree to last post. Lol
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Keep it as it is. There are enough posts here to keep me busy, I never have to go to forums for our carriers to look for information.
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boodies said:
We need to combine the General, Questions and Apps section, not the rest.
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Same here, why in the world do we have separate forums for these topics. They are basically the same phones. I myself find myself going back and forth between these forums, very annoying and also a good loss of creative potential by splitting folks up. Please merge them.
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Merge them, put GSM dev, CDMA dev, then if you really want within those have the carrier sub-forums. The sub-forums would be for things like modems. Accessories forum is already shared, if they collapsed all LTE note 2 sections to one device it would make life easier and devs would not need to have 3 or more threads for multi-carrier ROMs.
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boodies said:
We need to combine the General, Questions and Apps section, not the rest.
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This^^^^^^
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G1(CM7)--> G2(CM9)--> Note 2 T889 stock (root + multiwindow mod)

f4phantomii said:
This^^^^^^
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G1(CM7)--> G2(CM9)--> Note 2 T889 stock (root + multiwindow mod)
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+1.
At the very least.

I think just the ROM forums should be different...
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Why do we have 2 SGS 4 sections?

Why do we have a T-mobile
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=2279
and a regular SGS4 forums
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=2162'
Aren't we T-mobile USA M919 people the same thing as SGS4 9505?

International version is the 19500 something something
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lagunas11 said:
International version is the 19500 something something
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There's the International i9500 and the i9505... one is the octa-core and the other is the quad-core just like the m919. i9505 and m919 ROMs (all SGS4 models except the 9500, actually) are interchangeable so long as they don't include modems/baseband, etc...but who does that anyway? Oh, and the kernel; gotta use a kernel for your specific model...

Yeah.. I get everything you guys are saying, but my question is NOT "What kind of phones are out there"
My question is why do we have 2 forums, the T-mobile forum, and the other SGS4 forum... when we can all just go into the 9505 forum on xda..

xologist said:
Yeah.. I get everything you guys are saying, but my question is NOT "What kind of phones are out there"
My question is why do we have 2 forums, the T-mobile forum, and the other SGS4 forum... when we can all just go into the 9505 forum on xda..
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Yea but think of how many problems this would cause because of the 3 or 4 things that are not compatible. Seems like its easier for newbies to just look for where they bought their phone and not have to worry about basebands, Kernels, Radio/Modems and any other incompatible firmware.

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mike105217 said:
Yea but think of how many problems this would cause because of the 3 or 4 things that are not compatible. Seems like its easier for newbies to just look for where they bought their phone and not have to worry about basebands, Kernels, Radio/Modems and any other incompatible firmware.
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I think things are bad as it is and I agree that 3-4 different S4 models in the same forums
is just asking for more problems and a lot more little shiny BRICKS! LOL
What I really would like to see though, and I am surprised that no one else mentioned it before me which is
the fact that there are two Tmobile M919 Forums, one for the "T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Development"
and the other for "T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development".
At first when the the "Original Development" forums were created it was made clear to all the devs that all the CM10/AOSP/AOKP/MIUI
roms belong in the "Original Development" forums. (this held true for other brands and models of phones not just the S4)
And now for who knows what reason a lot of the CM10/AOSP/AOKP devs started using the "T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android
Development" forum for all those AOSP/AOKP/CM10 roms so now they are all mixed together with the standard Touchwiz Jellybean
based custom roms.
Sometimes it's not very easy to even tell which is which unless we search real hard in the OP post of each roms thread.
I am surprised that none of the xda moderators here have said anything about it, and it's been going on now for a long time.

Misterjunky said:
I think things are bad as it is and I agree that 3-4 different S4 models in the same forums
is just asking for more problems and a lot more little shiny BRICKS! LOL
What I really would like to see though, and I am surprised that no one else mentioned it before me which is
the fact that there are two Tmobile M919 Forums, one for the "T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Development"
and the other for "T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development".
At first when the the "Original Development" forums were created it was made clear to all the devs that all the CM10/AOSP/AOKP/MIUI
roms belong in the "Original Development" forums. (this held true for other brands and models of phones not just the S4)
And now for who knows what reason a lot of the CM10/AOSP/AOKP devs started using the "T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android
Development" forum for all those AOSP/AOKP/CM10 roms so now they are all mixed together with the standard Touchwiz Jellybean
based custom roms.
Sometimes it's not very easy to even tell which is which unless we search real hard in the OP post of each roms thread.
I am surprised that none of the xda moderators here have said anything about it, and it's been going on now for a long time.
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Its because the ROMs in the original development section are built from source. The other section may be based on aosp ROMs but its not built from source.
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It all is very clear. Of everything is original development for original roms. Roms that have original coding and features. Everything else goes in the other development. It is not just a matter of being built from source. I could build an AOKP roms from source but it would not go in original development. As there is nothing original in the rom. Just a kang of someone else's work.
As for the OP question. The simplest and most straight forward answer is that people are stupid and can't read or do proper research before they decide to reprogram their device. So we have to separate them and give them less chance of screwing it up and then filling this development forum with tons of thread stating how they bricked their device and need help fast, like this is some support site.
Wayne Tech Nexus

When the s3 came out last year, I remember that there was only one forum for the Intl and US variants, boy what a mess it was reading threads that does not relate to the tmo version or the att one. I'm glad xda realized it and separated it like how it is now. It is better this way and much easier to find answers or ask questions related to your specific device.
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on the international side roms are based off the international stock version.
Then you have the carrier branded sites for tmobile att verizon etc.. which have roms based off there respective carrier. So for us its based off tmobile rom with tmobile bloat ie wifi calling.
that at least my take.

Tmobile thread

I think it's funny there is a T-Mobile thread that says development when all the development gets posted on the HTC one m8 thread. Why is this? It's very confusing at times
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I feel the same way at times..

I agree that there.shouldn't be a t-mobile or att thread due to cross GSM compatibility. I think though it's not entirely useless as t-mobile does have WiFi calling

md1008 said:
I agree that there.shouldn't be a t-mobile or att thread due to cross GSM compatibility. I think though it's not entirely useless as t-mobile does have WiFi calling
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As does nearly every international Sense ROM. AT&T actually has other devs and power users so their forum belongs...ours is useless. Nothing but teenagers and noobs here. The rest use the international forum.