Hi there,
I hope that I'm posting on the right place and sorry for my bad english.
I've searched everywhere on the web for infos about the sprint lg g2 ls980 lte limitations, and there are quite a lot of suggestions that the limitation is hardware level.
Today I found a guy that sells ls980 on ebay and he guaranties that the llimitation is sofware based and that the ls980 that he sells is open to 5 lte bands. He told me that you just need to instruct the modem to communicate on those frequencies.
Is this possible, a scam, something new.??...
Please do comment about this subject, all comments are wellcome.
I can't post the link for the ls980 on sale, but the sale title on ebay is :
LG G2 32GB Unlocked Worldwide & Rooted Smartphone Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean
The seller is : droid_toy
For info, I have an ls980, allready flashed the same rom the guy uses but no 4g on band 7 with my sim card, and he states that the band 7 works on hes ls980.
Thank you,
I'm sure its possible maybee even more but good luck on the radio thats carrier based
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Ive heard/seen such things, but not all devices can do that do take it with a grain of salt.
Article has link to FCC site and bands tested:
http://www.phonescoop.com/articles/article.php?a=12696
charlie95113 said:
I'm sure its possible maybee even more but good luck on the radio thats carrier based
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I don't really know how the guy has done it...
Allready tryed, with an d801 from tmob, to flash it with an d802 rom, then flash an d801 kernel and no other ltes other then the original ones. The weird thing is that if then I try to flash just the radio over all this it will brick, what I find weird since the rom is allready a d802 rom and it is just the boot that is from a d801. (Flashing boot and radio changes commun things?)
Anyway, back to subject, if this method fails then on ls980 it also fails...
How it is possible to have other radios on ls980 and he acctually accepts then well?
Also the d801 when unlocked by code doesn't unlock other lte bands, so for ls980 it is not that either... I haven't tryed yeat, but I belive that with an d802 base rom on ls980 we gain access to same dial codes then d802, so it turns out to be possible to unlock the phone by code. Am I correct?
How can it possibly be done, can you point me some directions on how to try to unlock the lte bands?
Hi there,
No suggestions, no ideas, anyone?
Is it possible that the lte band permission are guiven by the kernel?
it is not a pentaband phone and it is a hardware limitation so buyer beware and don't get ripped off
Jbcarrera said:
it is not a pentaband phone and it is a hardware limitation so buyer beware and don't get ripped off
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Hi,
So you mean the modem chipset is not the same on all lg g2s?
djmdias said:
Hi,
So you mean the modem chipset is not the same on all lg g2s?
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No its not such is the reason why the ls980 can't use American lte from other carriers just hspa+
Sent from my LG-LS980 using xda app starting to miss my Gnex and the ease of Nexus devices
Jbcarrera said:
No its not such is the reason why the ls980 can't use American lte from other carriers just hspa+
Sent from my LG-LS980 using xda app starting to miss my Gnex and the ease of Nexus devices
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Ok then, so it's a scam.
Thanks on the info.
Jbcarrera said:
No its not such is the reason why the ls980 can't use American lte from other carriers just hspa+
Sent from my LG-LS980 using xda app starting to miss my Gnex and the ease of Nexus devices
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Hi there,
Sorry to bother you again, but, are you 100% sure?
According to this site http://pdadb.net/ both ls980 and d802 models share the exact same processor, and this processor has the modem integrated, so, booth models should have the same capabilities.
What am I missing? Is there any other chip associated with the modem and responsable for the bands comunication?
Thanks in advance,
djmdias said:
Hi there,
Sorry to bother you again, but, are you 100% sure?
According to this site http://pdadb.net/ both ls980 and d802 models share the exact same processor, and this processor has the modem integrated, so, booth models should have the same capabilities.
What am I missing? Is there any other chip associated with the modem and responsable for the bands comunication?
Thanks in advance,
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its not the chipset that is the problem it is the actual physical antennas you can have the same chipset in all models but the actual antennas are different making it not possible to pick up the other signals. Thats what makes it a hardware issue
Also I can not find the seller on ebay
Jbcarrera said:
its not the chipset that is the problem it is the actual physical antennas you can have the same chipset in all models but the actual antennas are different making it not possible to pick up the other signals. Thats what makes it a hardware issue
Also I can not find the seller on ebay
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For info, I'll continue to report my experiences.
As I think I've understood on the web, the 4g antenna is a part of the flex,/micro/charger piece.
As I have a few spare parts, I tryed to use a d802 motherboard with a flex cable I had from an ls980, to try and see if I would loose my band 7 4g on the d802.
Didn't worked at all, the d802 couldn't detect a sim card with that combination, whitch I find a bit weird as result since the sim is connected to the noard...
Next step, I'm waiting for some parts to try a combo ls980 board flashed with a rayglobe firmware + d802 flex cable (4g antenna).
I don't have much hope but, hey, we never know...
News?
Some news?
it's probably a nub question, but i can't find the answer
do all the M8 variants (AT&T,VERIZON,T-MOBILE,GOOGLE) have the same hardware (except the Asian one)
if so, does it really matter who i buy from?, because ones i unlock it (sim-lock) i can install any ROM/kernel and use it in any network.
is this the case?
Thanks!
There are different bands supported on the different variants. Look to GSM Arena to see the differences. Otherwise I'm pretty sure all variants are the same.
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awolbrin said:
it's probably a nub question, but i can't find the answer
do all the M8 variants (AT&T,VERIZON,T-MOBILE,GOOGLE) have the same hardware (except the Asian one)
if so, does it really matter who i buy from?, because ones i unlock it (sim-lock) i can install any ROM/kernel and use it in any network.
is this the case?
Thanks!
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Just to let you know that you are not 100% sure that you can unlock it. Some devices cannot be S-OFF-ed for the moment.
bands are not software dependent ?
awolbrin said:
bands are not software dependent ?
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No, they are hardware-dependent
Just a quick question thinking of getting a Koran model but will all roms work or will there be a forum for Korean and one for international
jaythenut said:
Just a quick question thinking of getting a Koran model but will all roms work or will there be a forum for Korean and one for international
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There will be F400 (Korean model) and D855 the international one. Plus other variants China, Japan etc So I think it will have to be separate. Or otherwise we might be able to flash int'l roms. hardware will be the same. Chipset, screen, modem even for some korean version.
Time will tell. I think it will be like this first development on the F400 then later more on the Intl G3 once its out in 3-4 weeks time.
Good you tube vid on the Korean model Pros and Cons I for one could not wait so imported.
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There will be F400 (Korean model) and D855 the international one. Plus other variants China, Japan etc So I think it will have to be separate. Or otherwise we might be able to flash int'l roms. hardware will be the same. Chipset, screen, modem even for some korean version.
Time will tell. I think it will be like this first development on the F400 then later more on the Intl G3 once its out in 3-4 weeks time.
Good you tube vid on the Korean model Pros and Cons I for one could not wait so imported.
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Thanks for that may wait and see
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Just a quick question thinking of getting a Koran model but will all roms work or will there be a forum for Korean and one for international
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couldn't help it....what's a KORAN version??
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couldn't help it....what's a KORAN version??
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f400 looks like the one i need for ee
Unfortunately LG has been quiet about launching an unlocked version of the G3 in the US.
Assuming there wont be an Unlocked US model, which one would be better: Korean F400 model or Asia D855 (both 32GB)?
I'm guessing D855 should have less bloat than an unlocked F400 from Korean carriers and perhaps slightly better screen tuning (European/International version is also D855). Suggestions?
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Unfortunately LG has been quiet about launching an unlocked version of the G3 in the US.
Assuming there wont be an Unlocked US model, which one would be better: Korean F400 model or Asia D855 (both 32GB)?
I'm guessing D855 should have less bloat than an unlocked F400 from Korean carriers and perhaps slightly better screen tuning (European/International version is also D855). Suggestions?
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Korean Model can pick up ATT LTE and I was able to run hotspot apps without rooting or hacking anything. That and the Antennae was a huge plus for me lol
Any other difference?
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Any other difference?
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Im not sure of the radio bands but the Korean model does have a lot of Korean left once you switch it to English. Kind of annoying like in the dialer.
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Im not sure of the radio bands but the Korean model does have a lot of Korean left once you switch it to English. Kind of annoying like in the dialer.
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Thanks. Since both F400 and D855 support my carrier's 3G/LTE bands it all comes down to the other differences likes pre-installed software, screen calibration/tuning and others.
I wonder if anyone tried different G3 models - Korean, European and/or US and would be kind to post some impressions.
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the f400 and d855 are the same size? found some nice back covers on aliexpress but it says only corean version f400 but they are all the same size no?
Is there a reason why the D855 easier to develop for than the D850 for example? Is there a huge difference between the models?
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Is there a reason why the D855 easier to develop for than the D850 for example? Is there a huge difference between the models?
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D850 is for AT&T in the U.S.
It's only one model of a specific country.
D855 is the international model. Works in the whole Europe, South America etc etc. There are many developers to work on it, and still there aren't too many ROMs to choose from.
There aren't as many F400S too
D855 is international model.And most of devs haw d855.