I am needing a phone that will support all bands in the UK and for ATT in the US.
Will any version of the LG G2(not g3) have the capabilities of what I am needing?
If so, is there any software tweeks that are needed?
Thank you for your time,
Dustin
dlauth said:
I am needing a phone that will support all bands in the UK and for ATT in the US.
Will any version of the LG G2(not g3) have the capabilities of what I am needing?
If so, is there any software tweeks that are needed?
Thank you for your time,
Dustin
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Wrong forum . g3 forum here.
And they all work in the U.S. and uk but not at full speed lte and 4g if data works at all.
You would need one of each g2 euro or U.S. version
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So if I am wanting full speed and data it looks like its the D802 or nothing? No software tricks, its lack of hardware?
crzygrmn said:
Wrong forum . g3 forum here.
And they all work in the U.S. and uk but not at full speed lte and 4g if data works at all.
You would need one of each g2 euro or U.S. version
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Sorry no software tricks. D802 should do the trick
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dlauth said:
So if I am wanting full speed and data it looks like its the D802 or nothing? No software tricks, its lack of hardware?
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Go to G2 forum and ask!
Wasn't it illegal for companies to have a locked bootloader? Or was it about rooting?
And why are they doing it, we pay for the phones and own it, we have the right to do whatever with it.
Yes, you do. They cannot imprison you for it, except maybe Qualcomm for the Kindle Fire HD, maybe.
So, go ahead and unlock your boot loader without fear. If you can. They don't have to make it easy for you.
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I'm on cricket cdma, I'll be purchasing a g3 to go on cricket gsm. To one day if i'd like bounce between sprint and new cricket as I please.
Now the dilemma here is which is the g3 that will enable me to do so. That is also unlockable rootable and backupable, as well as has the qi charging backside. (I've only read here and there att ver does not have that)
I'm left with sprints actual g3 t mobile's, or Verizon's....
Please help me in my hunt thanks.
-3nJo1
T-Mobile has a unlockable BL according to reports. So that's your best bet and it supports qi.
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I meant
Pilz said:
T-Mobile has a unlockable BL according to reports. So that's your best bet and it supports qi.
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I meant unlockable in terms of cdma, and gsm capabilities
Would t mobile still be best?
On the other note I have been bartering someone for a locked sprint g3 as low as 400 bucs I figure ill never find it.that low ever for some.time but its locked so is the cheapness worth it ?
Hey guys, since T-Mobile has unlocked bootloader, are you guys able to flash other carriers roms like at&t?
I'm only asking because im on an AT&T model, but eventually want to flash T-Mobile roms once our bootloader is unlocked for wifi calling.
cuongfucius said:
Hey guys, since T-Mobile has unlocked bootloader, are you guys able to flash other carriers roms like at&t?
I'm only asking because im on an AT&T model, but eventually want to flash T-Mobile roms once our bootloader is unlocked for wifi calling.
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It would require some tweaking, but in the base idea, yes, they're all the same (with different radios and likely different kernels). You'll want to just wait a little bit and have devs port to the other models. However, your goal of getting wifi calling likely won't work. Maybe I've been out of the loop, but last I checked the app registers your phone number with the T-Mobile network so it knows where to forward calls/texts to. So it more than likely won't work for AT&T/Verizon. I believe Sprint has it now, but same method.
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It would require some tweaking, but in the base idea, yes, they're all the same (with different radios and likely different kernels). You'll want to just wait a little bit and have devs port to the other models. However, your goal of getting wifi calling likely won't work. Maybe I've been out of the loop, but last I checked the app registers your phone number with the T-Mobile network so it knows where to forward calls/texts to. So it more than likely won't work for AT&T/Verizon. I believe Sprint has it now, but same method.
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hi sorry, i left out a big important detail. I'm on t-mobile lol. so it would work for me. This is my first lg phone, and i've been on many other phones where we can easily cross flash carriers without the need of porting the roms. I was under the impression that the at&t model was slightly different? i should revisit that again just to be sure.
I was hoping if there was any hard evidence or experience that someone did flash an at&t rom without any hiccups. That'll mean we can do it vice versa.
Thanks for the info.
On other phones this has been possible, I would wait for a definite answer, or make sure you have a backup ready just in case you do try it...
I am on Verizon and I was also wondering if I can flash a T-mobile rom without the risk of an hard brick. I can take the risk of a SW brick.
Why would you want to do this
I'd be careful, there are probably significant differences, you can't use a vz phone on tmo network.
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dbh369 said:
I'd be careful, there are probably significant differences, you can't use a vz phone on tmo network.
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I'm pretty certain that all Vzw phones come unlocked and can be used on t-mobile. Might not get all the bands to work correctly, but will still work.
Vz runs a cdma network for voice and data, t-mobile runs gsm. Some phones can do both, eg Verizon's world phones, but by no means all of them. YMMV
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Vz runs a cdma network for voice and data, t-mobile runs gsm. Some phones can do both, eg Verizon's world phones, but by no means all of them. YMMV
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If it is 4g it should be a "world" phone.
Here's the details: http://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-6991
While the G3 isn't listed, the G2 is so I would assume it will work.
I have flashed a Verizon rom on my T-Mobile phone and almost everything worked fine. You'll need to adjust the apn and delete Bluetooth apn as it fc. The OP stated that he will most likely make a patch to fix the problems
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Did u flash over kernel etc?
unciviilized said:
Did u flash over kernel etc?
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Yes I flashed the stock d851 kernel after flashing the ROM and before booting
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can I alter the htc one verizone in the international version?
eugene24 said:
can I alter the htc one verizone in the international version?
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Almost any phone can be altered.
eugene24 said:
can I alter the htc one verizone in the international version?
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Umm I could be wrong, but I think u need to be a little more specific, if u want a specific answer… few more details as to what type of "altering" u wanna do…
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Umm I could be wrong, but I think u need to be a little more specific, if u want a specific answer… few more details as to what type of "altering" u wanna do…
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htc verizon/ I want to flash the firmware version for the European market.
eugene24 said:
htc verizon/ I want to flash the firmware version for the European market.
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I don't know for sure, but I think our mount points are different. Why would you want to flash a ul firmware? The wlv firmware is SIM unlocked and you can use any SIM in it.
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Uzephi said:
I don't know for sure, but I think our mount points are different. Why would you want to flash a ul firmware? The wlv firmware is SIM unlocked and you can use any SIM in it.
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I'm in Russia and I want to flash the international firmware without services verizon
eugene24 said:
I'm in Russia and I want to flash the international firmware without services verizon
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As I said, it may cause your phone to be a brick. You can use a Verizon one on any network, just input your carrier APN with your carrier's SIM. You can install any GPE or aosp Rom and it will not have Verizon apps on it iirc.
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Uzephi said:
As I said, it may cause your phone to be a brick. You can use a Verizon one on any network, just input your carrier APN with your carrier's SIM. You can install any GPE or aosp Rom and it will not have Verizon apps on it iirc.
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And turning I can't into a version of which retails for Europe?
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And turning I can't into a version of which retails for Europe?
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I honestly don't think so. A: the radios are different. The Verizon one doesn't support any 4G band except 700mhz 13 and it only supports certain hspa and edge frequencies. So it isn't the same hardware wise.
@santod040 might be able to verify my assumption that flashing an international firmware can possibly brick your device.
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I honestly don't think so. A: the radios are different. The Verizon one doesn't support any 4G band except 700mhz 13 and it only supports certain hspa and edge frequencies. So it isn't the same hardware wise.
@santod040 might be able to verify my assumption that flashing an international firmware can possibly brick your device.
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The firmware from international model will not work, as to it bricking...........no idea on that note(i don't see any reason to find out either, since it won't work for sure). But I know that only VZW firmware will work on the m7vzw. As Uzephi said - the hardware is different.
No it will not work and you will most likely brick by flashing international firmware onto a Verizon one. The radio hardware is different thus making the firmware totally different. Do not do it.
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No it will not work and you will most likely brick by flashing international firmware onto a Verizon one. The radio hardware is different thus making the firmware totally different. Do not do it.
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google play also did not go?,develomper edition?
Santod takes the rom from those devices and ports it to this device. Firmware is a totally different beast altogether.
Hey everyone it has been years since I have rooted, but I want some help and info. I Just switched back to att and I have a Verizon LG g3 in the drawer. I want to know if I should just use as is or try to, if even possible, flash ATT firmware on it or international firmware on it? If att firmware can be put on it, will it get att software updates?
Simple answer to all questions is no. If we could , it would be all over XDA g3 forum
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crzygrmn said:
Simple answer to all questions is no. If we could , it would be all over XDA g3 forum
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lol thanks!
You dont want expensive brick, right?
But check this topic.
in terms of rooting which version should I purchase? I heard that the USA version has a locked bootloader which means it is not rootable correct? Is it impossible to unlock the bootloader unless Samsung does something or..? I would assume that since people are going so far as to refund their phones instead of waiting for an unlocker to be released if that is even possible.
I'm waiting to buy international version of phone with Xynos Chip and no AT&T bloatware. We will probably get better battery life and faster updates. We will lose HD and Wifi calling but no biggie IMHO.
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martinezma99 said:
I'm waiting to buy international version of phone with Xynos Chip and no AT&T bloatware. We will probably get better battery life and faster updates. We will lose HD and Wifi calling but no biggie IMHO.
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what do you mean we will lose HD?
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what do you mean we will lose HD?
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I think he means Voice over LTE (VoLTE)
also i dont mind waiting for the USA version to have an unlocked bootloader but the question i have is will it be possible? if not i might as well get the international version
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also i dont mind waiting for the USA version to have an unlocked bootloader but the question i have is will it be possible? if not i might as well get the international version
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Chance's of the USA version being Unlocked are slim to none... Even the Canadian version is locked down.
galaxys said:
Chance's of the USA version being Unlocked are slim to none... Even the Canadian version is locked down.
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i'm new to this whole thing so there might be things i dont understand but aren't there a lot of other phones that have locked bootloaders but was still able to be unlocked?
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I think he means Voice over LTE (VoLTE)
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Yes, HD Voice is Voice over LTE.
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martinezma99 said:
Yes, HD Voice is Voice over LTE.
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Having done development work in this field, I feel obligated to tell you that's not exactly true. Hd voice consists of two voice codecs - AMR Wideband, and AMR narrowband. These codecs do not explicitly require VoLTE to function. In fact, you can make "HD Voice" calls over 4G HSPA/HSPA+ using the narrowband version of the codec.
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Sounds good to me. Here's AT&T definition of HD voice.
https://www.att.com/esupport/article.html#!/wireless/KM1046244
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martinezma99 said:
Sounds good to me. Here's AT&T definition of HD voice.
https://www.att.com/esupport/article.html#!/wireless/KM1046244
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Yeah everyone dumbs down their definitions for the general public.
Basically, telephony in general has always had an 8khz spectrum width for audio. This was manly due to the fact it's small and low bandwidth. With the advent of 3.5g (hspa/hspa+ and lte) bandwidth is drastically increased. This allows for a doubled (16khz) spectrum width as there's plenty of bandwidth for it.
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martinezma99 said:
Yes, HD Voice is Voice over LTE.
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For AT&T and Verizon, correct. T-Mobile uses HD Voice over their 3G network, and you get better sounding calls when talking to another T-Mobile subscriber (I understand they will eventually bridge HD Voice to other carriers). VoLTE for T-Mobile (Advanced Calling for VZW) allows you to keep your LTE signal while on a call, as opposed to dropping down to 3G.
Scathach said:
also i dont mind waiting for the USA version to have an unlocked bootloader but the question i have is will it be possible? if not i might as well get the international version
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Good question. I heard a rumor that they did some sort of update and locked it?
I have the international variant and it does have VoLTE.
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BozQ said:
I have the international variant and it does have VoLTE.
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What carrier?
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What carrier?
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Singapore here. Singtel.
Would love to get international variant if it works with Tmobile.
I can purchase an international version on eBay, there is one currently for 789$ but there is only gold platinum available and the seller ships from NY.... i want to get this but unsure if it is a fake phone or something ><
The Phone may be region locked. Mine (South East Asia) came with a card that says, the Phone needs to be using SEA sim card for the first boot up.
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I can purchase an international version on eBay, there is one currently for 789$ but there is only gold platinum available and the seller ships from NY.... i want to get this but unsure if it is a fake phone or something ><
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I'm in the same boat, $789 seems lucrative, but no warranty so not sure should take that risk or not. I'm waiting for B&H to go on sale at least they provide their own 1 year warranty.