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Hi all, I have an I9195.
I'm trying to get around the Samsung region/sim lock.
SO, here's what I have on it now..
After some wizardry I am ROOTED (confirmed with root checker) and I'm running Cyanogenmod 10.2. Party on. I was going to throw Kit Kat on there, but it's for a friend of mine and I doubt that she would want to deal with bugs and whatnot.
According to her, the phone was puchased in Italy, and she had never put an Italian SIM card into it. (d'oh!) Now she's traveled to Beijing, and none of the Chinese SIM's are working. CHECK THIS OUT, THOUGH.. my US SIM works, but not my Chinese SIM. Strange.
Anyway, so after some research, I downloaded and installed RegionLock Away and it is telling me "Can't find CSC". None of the dialer codes to change and/or view the CSC codes are working. I tried the CSC Select app and it isn't working, even with root access.
I'm not sure what else to do.. Do I need new firmware? What information do you need from me? I will gladly help you help me.
I'm guessing you need to run stock rom to use those utilities and codes.
arco68 said:
I'm guessing you need to run stock rom to use those utilities and codes.
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OK, so I should flash it back to stock, THEN unlock it?
*YOU MUST BE ROOTED AND USING AN AOSP ROM*
CM11/PA/PAC-MAN/LIQUID SMOOTH will do the trick.
*Pop in a US Sim card (Tmobile, AT&T, H20, Family Mobile etc.)
*Open dialer app
*Dial *#*#4636#*#*
*Choose Phone Information
*Scroll down until you see the Network Type
*Click the box and choose GSM ONLY.!
And that's it folks. You will see the service bars appear after about 2-3 seconds. Set your apns if not already set and enjoy GSM carriers on your Sprint G2.!
Androtopia12 said:
*YOU MUST BE ROOTED AND USING AN AOSP ROM*
CM11/PA/PAC-MAN/LIQUID SMOOTH will do the trick.
*Pop in a US Sim card (Tmobile, AT&T, H20, Family Mobile etc.)
*Open dialer app
*Dial *#*#4636#*#*
*Choose Phone Information
*Scroll down until you see the Network Type
*Click the box and choose GSM ONLY.!
And that's it folks. You will see the service bars appear after about 2-3 seconds. Set your apns if not already set and enjoy GSM carriers on your Sprint G2.!
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The easiest way.....just install any cloudyfa ROM with your SIM. You will get GSM network out of the box.
Sent from My LG G2 LS-980 or LG G Pad 7.0 V400
rogconnect said:
The easiest way.....just install any cloudyfa ROM with your SIM. You will get GSM network out of the box.
Sent from My LG G2 LS-980 or LG G Pad 7.0 V400
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what is the exact link of the cloudyfa rom?
ghettowar04 said:
what is the exact link of the cloudyfa rom?
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Just head over to G2 android development threads...he have 3-4 stock ROM ....G3....G2 stock...g flex etc. ..all GSM roms
Sent from My LG G2 LS-980 or LG G Pad 7.0 V400
rogconnect said:
Just head over to G2 android development threads...he have 3-4 stock ROM ....G3....G2 stock...g flex etc. ..all GSM roms
Sent from My LG G2 LS-980 or LG G Pad 7.0 V400
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what is the direct link please>
so i insert the sprint sim to unlock, my carrier is sprint but line aint active im trying to unlock to set deal with a different network company
Has anyone been able to do this with the LS980 (Sprint phone) on T-mobile and get LTE/4G to work?
ghettowar04 said:
what is the direct link please>
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here is one.. i think http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2783192
Hi I'm new to g2 world. I have a ls980 and I live in Europe so I flashed g3 port that has working gsm sim cards. My problem is coming from n4 I can't live without aosp. My favorite rom is carbon, which I tried but couldn't connect to gsm. Anyone have any idea what to try? Thanks in advance.
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It really works!
I didn't think it'd work at first, because of all the other unlocking methods out there, like changing carrier files, unlock codes, T-Mobile ROMs, but I can happily say it works I tried it with an old Metro pcs sim I had. I got the "No service" signal because it isn't activated, but at least its detecting the sim card Thanks for the info! Oh, & I was using the CloudyG3 ROM version 1.2 & it still worked
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Has anyone been able to do this with the LS980 (Sprint phone) on T-mobile and get LTE/4G to work?
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No LTE, since the needed bands are missing from the phone. But yes, 4G (HSPA+). Several weeks now on Cloudyfa G3 ROM v1.2. Pick "WCDMA preferred" in the mobile network settings, and choose the T-Mobile APN without LTE, although the LTE one seems to work OK as well. If you have any issues kick-starting the GSM radio you can download Radio Switcher from the Play Store.
The only issue is that some of the T-Mobile towers haven't yet been "refarmed" or "unlocked", so on this device in that case you would only get 2G data. For example at home I get HSPA+, but at work only Edge/2G. Hopefully that will change in the coming weeks to months as T-Mobile continues to upgrade its towers. The same issue applies to a Sprint iPhone 4S and Republic Wireless Moto X that I unlocked and am running on T-Mobile as well.
Guys I'm new to this rom update business, I mean I have done plenty of windows phones but none of the newer androids.
I have an LG G2 32GB Sprint (bad esn), purchased from ebay, but I'm in the UK.
Any idea of how to get it working with the UK?
Links and instructions would be most helpful
Thanks in advance
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BIGDADDY786 said:
Guys I'm new to this rom update business, I mean I have done plenty of windows phones but none of the newer androids.
I have an LG G2 32GB Sprint (bad esn), purchased from ebay, but I'm in the UK.
Any idea of how to get it working with the UK?
Links and instructions would be most helpful
Thanks in advance
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Sorry cannot provide links I m on the go. First you need to check if you are on latest ota which is zvd. If you're on zvc root with latest iroot. If on zvd search the forum there is an apk which you just install to your phone and run it (called towelroot). It roots even without reboot. Then search the forum for ls980 permanent unlock and follow the guide. Just use any root explorer to copy the files, restart and you are unlocked but with no speed data icons on status bar. The other way, is after rooting, install autorec (search for it - it's tricky, you might brick). Autorec is needed to install custom recovery. Then just pick a rom from cloudifa (g3 port is great with no bugs). His roms are made for gsm and you will be already unlocked. If you prefer aosp based, only one that worked for me after changing some settings and restarting is Omni. Couldn't make carbon (discontinued), vanir and mahdi to work. They didn't even recognize that a sim was inserted. Before flashing a custom rom, make a full backup via custom recovery and make sure you get familiar with how you enter recovery and download mode with hardware key combination. Keep in mind there is always a chance to brick and then you will have to enter download mode and flash back to stock with lg tool. If you are confused ask any questions and I ll try to help when I get home on my pc. Did all above a week ago and ended with cloudifa g3 port and is working great so far (I'm in Greece).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2655133
Permanent SIM Unlock for LS980 (OTA, APN) JB 4.2.2, KK 4.4.2
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Sp_Ark said:
U
Sorry cannot provide links I m on the go. First you need to check if you are on latest ota which is zvd. If you're on zvc root with latest iroot. If on zvd search the forum there is an apk which you just install to your phone and run it (called towelroot). It roots even without reboot. Then search the forum for ls980 permanent unlock and follow the guide. Just use any root explorer to copy the files, restart and you are unlocked but with no speed data icons on status bar. The other way, is after rooting, install autorec (search for it - it's tricky, you might brick). Autorec is needed to install custom recovery. Then just pick a rom from cloudifa (g3 port is great with no bugs). His roms are made for gsm and you will be already unlocked. If you prefer aosp based, only one that worked for me after changing some settings and restarting is Omni. Couldn't make carbon (discontinued), vanir and mahdi to work. They didn't even recognize that a sim was inserted. Before flashing a custom rom, make a full backup via custom recovery and make sure you get familiar with how you enter recovery and download mode with hardware key combination. Keep in mind there is always a chance to brick and then you will have to enter download mode and flash back to stock with lg tool. If you are confused ask any questions and I ll try to help when I get home on my pc. Did all above a week ago and ended with cloudifa g3 port and is working great so far (I'm in Greece).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2655133
Thanks very much for your help and advice, I can get as far as unlocking the device and it all works However, how do you enable data? If I can enable the data then I'll keep the normal ROM and use it
Also after installing a custom recovery, the autorec works great and I can understand the concept of it, but then when I flash with the cloudifa g3_1.2 it flashes but when the phone restarts it gets stuck (first time at 49%, then had to reflash using stock via LGFlashTool, then second time at the LG logo) so I have to go back to the stock rom, root it, unlock it and back to square one. Unsure what to do next?
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BIGDADDY786 said:
Sp_Ark said:
U
Sorry cannot provide links I m on the go. First you need to check if you are on latest ota which is zvd. If you're on zvc root with latest iroot. If on zvd search the forum there is an apk which you just install to your phone and run it (called towelroot). It roots even without reboot. Then search the forum for ls980 permanent unlock and follow the guide. Just use any root explorer to copy the files, restart and you are unlocked but with no speed data icons on status bar. The other way, is after rooting, install autorec (search for it - it's tricky, you might brick). Autorec is needed to install custom recovery. Then just pick a rom from cloudifa (g3 port is great with no bugs). His roms are made for gsm and you will be already unlocked. If you prefer aosp based, only one that worked for me after changing some settings and restarting is Omni. Couldn't make carbon (discontinued), vanir and mahdi to work. They didn't even recognize that a sim was inserted. Before flashing a custom rom, make a full backup via custom recovery and make sure you get familiar with how you enter recovery and download mode with hardware key combination. Keep in mind there is always a chance to brick and then you will have to enter download mode and flash back to stock with lg tool. If you are confused ask any questions and I ll try to help when I get home on my pc. Did all above a week ago and ended with cloudifa g3 port and is working great so far (I'm in Greece).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2655133
Thanks very much for your help and advice, I can get as far as unlocking the device and it all works However, how do you enable data? If I can enable the data then I'll keep the normal ROM and use it
Also after installing a custom recovery, the autorec works great and I can understand the concept of it, but then when I flash with the cloudifa g3_1.2 it flashes but when the phone restarts it gets stuck (first time at 49%, then had to reflash using stock via LGFlashTool, then second time at the LG logo) so I have to go back to the stock rom, root it, unlock it and back to square one. Unsure what to do next?
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In order to enable data you have to check your apn settings. If there are no settings, try to set it manually (Google your carrier's apn settings). When you are done and you get data to work try a reboot to see if they stick. I think in the permanent unlock thread you can edit this file with the apn settings and add your carrier's ones. Also delete those 2 files so you can automatically have data after each reboot.
Now I didn't really understand what went wrong while trying to flash g3 port. Have you flashed the appropriate baseband? It's very important in order to boot. It's mentioned and there is a link as well in the op of g3 thread.
Sent from my LG-LS980 using Tapatalk
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Bought this phone on eBay few days ago and I started checking around about how to unlock it(though it'd be simple as any other phones, but I guess I was wrong). Found few threads talking about how to unlock it for US GSM carriers but barely find any information about using it in Canada.
Looking to root\use a custom rom and read that the CloudG3 rom will actually GSM unlock the phone,but will it work as well for Canada(will be used on Telus network)
Thanks.
As long as the band's are supported it should work.
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There's a Rom on xda that converts the spring variant to the T-Mobile variant by flashing the Rom. It's basically a T-Mobile variant g2 cm11 Rom but with a Sprint boot.img and a few other Sprint files to make it boot. But if I'm not mistaken it has the T-Mobile radios in it. That should get you their full network experience.
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Think this thread might be dead but if I get a reply it'd be great. Will the OP method work on the latest CM12 nightly? Or does AOSP here refer to only the CM11 variant?
Currently not the Device Maintainer for the G2. I'm working with the G Flex community now. I'm pretty sure there's a CM12 nightly already released. Updates will be posted in whatever thread you originally downloaded it from
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I got my phone around the begining of last month and decided the other night that it was time to root as I have rooted every android device I have owned since the wildfire s. I had previously taken the OTA so I was on vs98512b. I used LG flashtool to downgrade to vs98510b. The downgrade it's self went fine. I then rooted using stumproot again nothing out of the ordinary. I downloaded Supersu and enabled survival mode. I tried to check for New updates and it says "your phone is not registered" I found that to be strange so I checked some other settings and found that my imei was 000000000000000. I found that to be strange. I attempted to make a call and my phone switched to roaming and I lost all my signal bars. I performed a factory reset and after the reset I have all network function, I'm connected to Verizon 4g lte and can make calls, no more roaming. I checked the imei again at this point and it is still showing 000000000000000 and I was still unable to update. So I then reflashed the stock firmware for vs98510b. Again I had the roaming issue that went into being unable to connect to network. Again I performed a hard rest on my phone and got full network function back. I had a new micro SIM tucked away for a rainy day so I put the New SIM card in and activated it with no change to imei. What can I do from here? My phone is working fine with the imei being 000000000000000 it seems like the only issue is not being able to get an OTA, when I try using Verizon's upgrade assistant it won't even list my phone. If I check my Verizon it shows up as a non vow device. Thanks in advanced.
wcallah04 said:
I got my phone around the begining of last month and decided the other night that it was time to root as I have rooted every android device I have owned since the wildfire s. I had previously taken the OTA so I was on vs98512b. I used LG flashtool to downgrade to vs98510b. The downgrade it's self went fine. I then rooted using stumproot again nothing out of the ordinary. I downloaded Supersu and enabled survival mode. I tried to check for New updates and it says "your phone is not registered" I found that to be strange so I checked some other settings and found that my imei was 000000000000000. I found that to be strange. I attempted to make a call and my phone switched to roaming and I lost all my signal bars. I performed a factory reset and after the reset I have all network function, I'm connected to Verizon 4g lte and can make calls, no more roaming. I checked the imei again at this point and it is still showing 000000000000000 and I was still unable to update. So I then reflashed the stock firmware for vs98510b. Again I had the roaming issue that went into being unable to connect to network. Again I performed a hard rest on my phone and got full network function back. I had a new micro SIM tucked away for a rainy day so I put the New SIM card in and activated it with no change to imei. What can I do from here? My phone is working fine with the imei being 000000000000000 it seems like the only issue is not being able to get an OTA, when I try using Verizon's upgrade assistant it won't even list my phone. If I check my Verizon it shows up as a non vow device. Thanks in advanced.
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have you backuped the efs partition like the rooting thread said
Of course not. That would have been to easy. If I had I would have been able to avoid making a new thread. I really do Google first. Except with the back up of the eds partition. I knew nothing about that until I searched imei problems.
wcallah04 said:
I got my phone around the begining of last month and decided the other night that it was time to root as I have rooted every android device I have owned since the wildfire s. I had previously taken the OTA so I was on vs98512b. I used LG flashtool to downgrade to vs98510b. The downgrade it's self went fine. I then rooted using stumproot again nothing out of the ordinary. I downloaded Supersu and enabled survival mode. I tried to check for New updates and it says "your phone is not registered" I found that to be strange so I checked some other settings and found that my imei was 000000000000000. I found that to be strange. I attempted to make a call and my phone switched to roaming and I lost all my signal bars. I performed a factory reset and after the reset I have all network function, I'm connected to Verizon 4g lte and can make calls, no more roaming. I checked the imei again at this point and it is still showing 000000000000000 and I was still unable to update. So I then reflashed the stock firmware for vs98510b. Again I had the roaming issue that went into being unable to connect to network. Again I performed a hard rest on my phone and got full network function back. I had a new micro SIM tucked away for a rainy day so I put the New SIM card in and activated it with no change to imei. What can I do from here? My phone is working fine with the imei being 000000000000000 it seems like the only issue is not being able to get an OTA, when I try using Verizon's upgrade assistant it won't even list my phone. If I check my Verizon it shows up as a non vow device. Thanks in advanced.
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check this out...this is how i solved mine...its something i did on my own...theres instructiong for the sprint but i did it on my verizon...check out my post... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=57849643
please note i did it a little different then the instructions...i didnt use a1 or b1 instruction bc it was different for my phone..
crazy4android said:
check this out...this is how i solved mine...its something i did on my own...theres instructiong for the sprint but i did it on my verizon...check out my post... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=57849643
please note i did it a little different then the instructions...i didnt use a1 or b1 instruction bc it was different for my phone..
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Did it put your imei back in? Or just made it so you can talk and text?
wcallah04 said:
Did it put your imei back in? Or just made it so you can talk and text?
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i rewrote my orignal imei...u can change it if u want but its illeagal...but who cares...i just fixed mine...and data and everything works perfectly...even using at&t on a verizon phone and it humming like a humming bird... its not hard or complicated....very simple dont even have to get nervous...
That's all I need is to put my imei back in. Lol I'll try it as soon as I get home from work. Thanks.
crazy4android said:
check this out...this is how i solved mine...its something i did on my own...theres instructiong for the sprint but i did it on my verizon...check out my post... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=57849643
please note i did it a little different then the instructions...i didnt use a1 or b1 instruction bc it was different for my phone..
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No luck. I can't get my phone to diag mode.
suljo94 said:
have you backuped the efs partition like the rooting thread said
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Is it possible to backup my efs prior to gaining root access?
wcallah04 said:
No luck. I can't get my phone to diag mode.
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which service provider did u use...with verizon i used ##228378 in the dialer code nd i left it in the menu that pop up nd on my pc it showed up a a serial com port...make sure ur drivers are working properly...nd when connecting to cdma tool u pick serial port...
crazy4android said:
which service provider did u use...with verizon i used ##228378 in the dialer code nd i left it in the menu that pop up nd on my pc it showed up a a serial com port...make sure ur drivers are working properly...nd when connecting to cdma tool u pick serial port...
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Hmmm... I have verizon. The only thing I can get the cdma tool to to connect to is the modem port. Nothing else replies...
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Hmmm... I have verizon. The only thing I can get the cdma tool to to connect to is the modem port. Nothing else replies...
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hey check out this tool...i also used this once...it worked great..http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...ol-updated-09-06-14-efs-professional-t1308546 first open efs professional.exe./qualcomm nv tool/...connect to port for the drop down menu on top...i used serial since thats the only one that responded...then press connect...then try and read phone info to see if it sees ur phone...then go to the secure ops tab.....select the imei(dec) box and enter ur imei and then write it...then select meid(hex) box.....write ur meid...same as imei minus the last digit.... thats the best instruction i can give on the top of my head..i did it a while ago...so if confused feel free to ask questions...
VS985: Lost IMEI, Can't Make Phone Calls
I'm having problems with my VS985 after downgrading including losing the IMEI and especially the ability to make phone calls.
So I got a used VS985W that had 35B installed on it for one of my kids. Having put CyanogenMod on my LG G3 (VS985) successfully, I started down that path. I used the TOT method to flash back to 10B, then used KDZ to upgrade to 12B. Then I rooted, installed TWRP, and then CyanogenMod. But I couldn't make phone calls.
There are numerous things I've tried, but it's still unable to make phone calls, usually giving out of service area, but when trying to use the *#06# code, I get an error of "missing IMMI or such".
At one point I found the IMEI had gone to all zeros. I managed to find a method to fix that. I also switched out SIM cards between phones; same issue - it's the phone and firmware.
The only thing that seems to fix it is to go back to stock 35B. Then it makes phone calls. But then I can't root it and restore the apps/data we backed up from the previous phone (LG Spectrum running CM 11).
I have done hours of searching and reading these forums along with others. I've redone the downgrade and root and TWRP install and tried numerous things but still can't get phones calls in stock versions less than 35B or in CyanogenMod (12.1, not 13, which I did try to install but never could get it to reliably boot back up after an installation, so finally gave up and went back to 12.1).
Anyone heard of this before? I can't find it. I did see in this thread post #4:
Google~Android said:
check this out...this is how i solved mine...its something i did on my own...theres instructiong for the sprint but i did it on my verizon...check out my post... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=57849643
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Unfortunately this link doesn't work (moved or deleted). I'm continuing to search, but it almost seems like I managed to royally muck up some partition I didn't mean to? I've tried following the advice of a number of posts, too, on related, similar aspects, but I'm getting to a point of slight insanity. Along with a kid that wants their phone (and the old one has the older style SIM so not just that easy to deal with just switching unfortunately).
Any guidance or thoughts Much appreciated. Am going to continue to try the various things I'm reading about. Thanks, -Mark
Hello
I'm using lg g4 h815 MM6.0. My device i did root
But It does not work well. I thin lg realized.
Applications locked i am gettin error "stopped".
I thin it my cause EULA etc. How i fix ??
I tried every way. Emergency helpp
numanbtn said:
Hello
I'm using lg g4 h815 MM6.0. My device i did root
But It does not work well. I thin lg realized.
Applications locked i am gettin error "stopped".
I thin it my cause EULA etc. How i fix ??
I tried every way. Emergency helpp
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factory reset
It did not work. Lg up white i went back to the original?
I want to use this root without errors (applications without locking). what reason may be due?
numanbtn said:
It did not work. Lg up white i went back to the original?
I want to use this root without errors (applications without locking). what reason may be due?
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sorry i have not rooted mine so idk.
Reflash the firmware... if ur phone is recently repaired by LG aftet bootloop fix remove the back cover check the change model number of the motherboard ...download the stock rom based on the borad mentioned flash it via lg flash tool 2014 in download mode if it give errors dont worry let it finish
no. There is a not problem on the motherboard. I encounter this error only???Nobody from else not was.
It is using a lot of people the roots.
Hey, I'm trying to desanitize my device from the useless carrier stuff. My objectives are the following (Video attached to better explain it):
- Stop recommending carrier related apps;
- Stop Chrome from opening the carrier page (or even suggest the link as homepage) every time I open it;
- Remove the carrier logo when turning on/off;
- Overall, totally delete any "default" thing that's not from LG itself.
I've managed to remove the Carrier logo animation by deleting the bootanimation.zip located on data/shared/cust/. But I still didn't manage to solve the rest, I'm not sure if flashing a EU "Brandless" ROM will fix that because I've flashed a supposed brandless one from my country (iirc: G810EAW10a_06_OPEN_SCA_DS_OP_0726.kdz) and it didn't change a thing.
My device is unlocked and rooted, so I'm assuming that flashing a ROM from another country shouldn't be a problem, but I've already tried with the one mentioned above, which makes me think that flashing a new ROM will not really delete anything related to the carrier.
My device is a G810EAW (LG G8S ThinQ), the carrier is called "Vivo". Any help is gratefully appreciated.
You may also try the open-source tool called universal debloater
KelvinCrag said:
You may also try the open-source tool called universal debloater
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I've seen this one, however, since my carrier isn't on the list, I doubt it will work. I'll give it a try.
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You may also try the open-source tool called universal debloater
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Yeah didn't really accomplished my goal. Couldn't find anything explicitly related to the carrier, aside from some stuff that I've already disabled using app manager.