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Verizon XT862 on Manitoba, Canada's MTS Network!?

Hey everyone.. I've been combing through forums for the past 5 hours trying to help out a buddy. He picked up an unlocked Verizon XT862 a while back, but we're having a heck of a time getting it on Manitoba's MTS network (partnered with Rogers in Manitoba, Canada). I put on .890, then rooted, safestraped, and tried Steel Droid. It won't find the MTS gsm network. I even have tried screwing around with a 883 radio and modified build.prop. It would be great if I could just run the Bell XT860 firmware as that would probably do it, but I have heard that's impossible. So has Verizon just locked the ever locking crap out of this things GSM or what? Any way I can get voice/sms/data working up here on this thing? I desperately need some help. Thanks!
System version
5.6.890.XT862.Verizon.en.US
Model number
DROID3
Android version
2.3.4
Baseband version
N_03.18.29P
Kernel version
2.6.35.7-g790a33c
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Build number
5.5.1_84_D3G-55
ERI version
5
PRL version
58008

i dont think verizon locked anything.... Im using a GSM simcard in Lithuania without any problems, try switching your phone Network Mode to Global or GSM/UMTS

Hm.. Okay thanks. I'm just reloading the SBF to get it back to stock. It will find Rogers, but I can never get it to see MTS for some reason. I will keep trying.

So I reloaded the SBF and same issues. When this phone is on Network Mode: GSM/UMTS , it finds Rogers 3G and 2G. If I pick Rogers 3G, I don't get any service. It just has the red No over the signal bars. If I switch it to Network Mode: Global, it gets almost full signal strength, but in *#*#4636#*#* its using the CDMA network. If I change the preferred network type to GSM only, it never finds anything (assuming its only looking for Verizon?). If I try GSM auto (PRL), then it doesn't find anything either. I just don't get why its not finding our MTS 3G network in Network Mode: GSM/UMTS.

Try these apns
http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php/1709183-MTS-APN-settings
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Yeah I have the apns from MTS already. It still doesn't seem to find MTS though. Only Rogers comes up after network scans. I'm going to try to modify the build.prop.

HiQ said:
Yeah I have the apns from MTS already. It still doesn't seem to find MTS though. Only Rogers comes up after network scans. I'm going to try to modify the build.prop.
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Does it use the Rogers network, or have its own? What spectrum does it use? Are you sure the d3 supports its spectrum? I didn't see that info in my good search, although I did see they have a legacy cdma network, can you find that?
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Endoroid: Thanks for the help. Yeah they used to be purely CDMA (EVDO and 1x), but they decided to partner with Rogers in Manitoba and share the HSPA+ (21Mbps) towers. As taken from their website: Please note that any unlocked device must support 4G North American Frequencies (850Mhz), older GSM devices will not function on our new 4G network. You can find out if your device is 4G compliant by reviewing the phone's settings.
So it looks like they operate on the 850Mhz spectrum, which should be fine for the quad band XT862. I'm not 100% sure if the network search should show up MTS 3G or not. I don't have an official MTS GSM phone to check it with. It does find the following two networls:
CAN Rogers Wireless Inc. 3G (302-720)
CAN Rogers Wireless Inc. 2G (302-720)
I would assume I should see something like: CAN MTS Wireless Inc. 3G (something here), but nothing ever shows up. If I select either of the Roger's networks, nothing ever happens. It just has the red block over the signal bars and it never grabs a signal. Then I randomly get the following popup:
Network Error
No GSM/UMTS networks were found. Would you like to switch to the Global mode?
I've had it pull the 1x legacy MTS CDMA network before. I think that might have been in Global mode.
So confused.

Okay I'm RSD'ing VRZ_XT862_5.5.1_84_D3G-55_1FF_01.xml back onto this thing. That should get me back to stock, right? I don't know why it doesn't just work with the stock setup. I really should, shouldn't it? It's unlocked, just load the apns and go? Weird. Does RSD'ing that file reset the radios and everything? I'm not sure what all has been messed with on this thing. I'd like it back to virgin if possible.
Edit: So I reload that file and it boots up asking about international roaming. I agree and it pulls a network. It's MTS 1x CDMA though. I put it to GSM/UMTS and do a network search and the two Rogers networks show up again. If I pick one of them, I instantly get a notification bar error about no service and selected network unable... I have an MTS SIM in this thing and the mts apn entered. So weird.
My buddy said at one point while he was messing with it, he had it find the MTS gsm network. He can't remember what rom or what he had done, but he still couldn't get data working. Only voice/sms. Should I try a different rom? Any suggestions?

HiQ said:
Okay I'm RSD'ing VRZ_XT862_5.5.1_84_D3G-55_1FF_01.xml back onto this thing. That should get me back to stock, right? I don't know why it doesn't just work with the stock setup. I really should, shouldn't it? It's unlocked, just load the apns and go? Weird. Does RSD'ing that file reset the radios and everything? I'm not sure what all has been messed with on this thing. I'd like it back to virgin if possible.
Edit: So I reload that file and it boots up asking about international roaming. I agree and it pulls a network. It's MTS 1x CDMA though. I put it to GSM/UMTS and do a network search and the two Rogers networks show up again. If I pick one of them, I instantly get a notification bar error about no service and selected network unable... I have an MTS SIM in this thing and the mts apn entered. So weird.
My buddy said at one point while he was messing with it, he had it find the MTS gsm network. He can't remember what rom or what he had done, but he still couldn't get data working. Only voice/sms. Should I try a different rom? Any suggestions?
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I dont think rom will matter. You could try editing the build.prop. Change default network mode from 7 to 3 and verizon global phone from 1 to 0. These are the changes needed to get d3(cdma)roms to work on my xt860(GSM) .
You could add the apns to /system/etc/apns-conf.xml I don't think that will make any difference as it should read it from the sim, but never hurts to try.
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That's exactly what I've been trying in regards to the build.prop. Doesn't seem like it ends up doing anything thouhg. Not sure. I will definitely try adding the apns to that other file though. Thanks again!

Ya im sort of at a loss. I've only ever used my device on the bell network(the carrier I bought it from) so I've never had to deal with this issue. Hopefully someone with more experience in this will pipe up
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Endoroid said:
Ya im sort of at a loss. I've only ever used my device on the bell network(the carrier I bought it from) so I've never had to deal with this issue. Hopefully someone with more experience in this will pipe up
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For some reason I recall reading about XT862 users having to flash something like the XT883 radio to access GSM networks? Or am I mixed up...

LaZiODROID said:
For some reason I recall reading about XT862 users having to flash something like the XT883 radio to access GSM networks? Or am I mixed up...
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Hmmm... That might actually make sense. It's supposed to be locked against us gsm networks, but I wonder if it extends to Canadian networks as well. Maybe take a look in the unlock for at&t thread
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1406812
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Endoroid said:
Hmmm... That might actually make sense. It's supposed to be locked against us gsm networks, but I wonder if it extends to Canadian networks as well. Maybe take a look in the unlock for at&t thread
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---------- Post added at 08:51 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:50 PM ----------
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1406812
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Hey guys.. I had sifted through most of that thread and attempted the radio and build.prop flash, but I was still having troubles. Maybe I'll give it another go. Thanks!

I'm trying to follow this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24176930&postcount=176 because I've never put .906 on this thing. I can get the chinese ota to install with rsd fine, but I'm having troubles getting the XT883 OTA.zip to flash. It errors out while installing with safe mode on. Should I be running a different recovery? Also, whenever I try to launch recovery from startup, it just triangle ! errors and dies. Something must be missing. Should I have CMW recovery on this thing instead or any ideas?

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HiQ said:
That's exactly what I've been trying in regards to the build.prop. Doesn't seem like it ends up doing anything thouhg. Not sure. I will definitely try adding the apns to that other file though. Thanks again!
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I'm having the exact same problem.
I have an unlocked DROID 3, which is working perfectly fine for voice and SMS, but no Data.
I've tried flashing the XT883 radio img, which did nothing.
I'm thinking I might just flash the whole XT883 ROM onto it, maybe it'll make a difference?
But, in regards to your case, I do recall that someone mentioned not being able to get a data connection in Canada, en they had to play around with the libmoto_ril.so file.
Here's the thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1406812&page=33
It's apparently been test fro Bells and Rogers.
Hope that helps.
Cheerrs.

I just read in another thread about the stock verizon rom screwing with gsm. Trust big red. Maybe try a custom. Eclipse of mavrom are the most stable gb roms
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+1 for both of those roms
Sent from my HTC Raider

Endoroid said:
I just read in another thread about the stock verizon rom screwing with gsm. Trust big red. Maybe try a custom. Eclipse of mavrom are the most stable gb roms
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Flashed XT883 ROM. No luck.
Only change is that it's automatically getting the default APN's for the network. But no DATA.
At this point, Could it be a hardware issue? My voice and sms radio is working perfectly, are they linked? WIFI works fine.
Such a nice phone. pity.
Cheers.

Better service for my unlocked i-717

My phone is SUBSANTIALLY slower than my wifes Sensation, some of which I understand is because I am using a phone not designed for T-Mo's network, but what is the optimal setup for this phone to run on T-Mo's network
thanks

For me running the t-mobile T879 stock rom and radio on the I717 seemed to work best. I noticed better data speeds but I only ran it for couple of days before I sold the I717 and got my T879. Just follow the instructions in tomin.fhl's thread in the dev section.

I'm also getting horrendous speeds, using stock rom and radio for the i717. Also tried blaze and got about 10kb's more in downspeed. my average speed is about 80Kb/s
:-\

N1vek215 said:
I'm also getting horrendous speeds, using stock rom and radio for the i717. Also tried blaze and got about 10kb's more in downspeed. my average speed is about 80Kb/s
:-\
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I'm running an i717 on Tmobile also. Was able to fix my speeds using this-
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1931679
1. Must be on a tw rom
2. Go to service mode by using *#2263#
3. Go to wcdma per. and click on wcdma 850
4. Signal bar will be replaced with a circle with a line thru it.
5. While about 5-10 seconds. Your signal bars will return but you will have no 4g.
6. Hit settings button, go back and click on wcdma all and 4g will come back.
7. Do a speed test and profit.
8. Every time you reboot you must do this every time. Only takes about 30 seconds
Currently running objection UCLE2. Works on the Black Star Rom also.

holy cow, thanks

I get WORSE service using this. I tried flashing other modems as well, but then my sim stop working. I'm beginning to think some i717s just don't work as well as others.

Hi I hope you can help me out or know someone who can. I have a i717 note unlocked and rooted using straight talk service with a tmobile compatable sim card.Before root I was running 4.0.4 now im on 2.3.6 but my basband say UCLF6 my talk service is great it shows a data signal (g) or (e) edge but it wont let me connect says data error. I need a detailed guide step by step (pictures) of the tutoral if possible. I managed to root my device but there are still alot I need to learn. XDA ROCKS!
THANKS. Hope you have the time to help me out.
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T-Mobile HTC one vs others.

Can T-Mobile one users use the ROMs for the unlocked one? If so do we loose the lte radio until a fix is found?
Don't want this version to be left in the dust like the Amaze was...
Sent from my Jelly Beaned HTC Amaze!

Shadow Samurai said:
Can T-Mobile one users use the ROMs for the unlocked one? If so do we loose the lte radio until a fix is found?
Don't want this version to be left in the dust like the Amaze was...
Sent from my Jelly Beaned HTC Amaze!
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you wont lose LTE but you will lose the 4g symbol if you use the roms...at least the 2 ive tried for the htc one.. the 4g becomes a 3g and H but if youre in a lte area like me youll get the lte symbol also..

kaleonkells said:
you wont lose LTE but you will lose the 4g symbol if you use the roms...at least the 2 ive tried for the htc one.. the 4g becomes a 3g and H but if youre in a lte area like me youll get the lte symbol also..
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Do you know of a fix for this? I've been looking in the dev and theme sections and haven't seen anything. I liked everything looked in the stock tmo rom on the status bar.

sensationfan623 said:
Do you know of a fix for this? I've been looking in the dev and theme sections and haven't seen anything. I liked everything looked in the stock tmo rom on the status bar.
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I haven't seen a mod for that just yet.. I asked about it but I guess no one has worked on it yet..I like the stock tmo too but my phone is more updated than stock tmo so it's fine..this phone is still fresh.. I guess we'll have to wait and see

How To SIM Unlock Samsung Galaxy S4

Edited..
Since lots of ppl already reported that this method doesn't work...
I just read this post in redmondpie..
and I saw the comment and one of them is trying on S4 Sprint..
II really want to try this.. but my wife brought her S4 Sprint with her so I couldn't try this at the moment..
Maybe someone would like to try this out and report this discovery?
so here's the Link:
http://goo.gl/SN8Yx

Tried it when I read it doesn't work for us
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Be very carefully doing this on sprint S4 it may brick it cause this process only works for ATT- T-Mobile GSM phones only

I also tried it to many times with no luck I wish this worked.
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Hello. Some one try to flash radio firmware from verizon sgs4(it has unlocked gsm) ? it work for nexus but vice verca

This method DOES NOT work. Sprint BLOCKS US GSM carriers. To get an international unlock you need to call sprint and ask for one. At this time there is NO way to get US GSM signal on the sprint S4.
EDIT: Apparently this will make your phone unable to connect to a femtocell. Be careful

Do not try this mod. It will mess up your phone and how it connects to the Sprint Airave.

trouthunter7 said:
Do not try this mod. It will mess up your phone and how it connects to the Sprint Airave.
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I noticed this. Any way to revert this? Or will I have to go into sprint?

ehaalandtluk said:
I noticed this. Any way to revert this? Or will I have to go into sprint?
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Not that I am aware of. I am trying a complete factory reset of the phone. I will post my results when I can.

trouthunter7 said:
Not that I am aware of. I am trying a complete factory reset of the phone. I will post my results when I can.
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Please let me know how the factory reset works out for you. My phone is officially messed up. My 3g was not working at all. I would only connect LTE. After troubleshooting forever with sprint, my 3G is working again but it is very slow. I also notice that it does not auto roam to Verizon at all.

spydc said:
Please let me know how the factory reset works out for you. My phone is officially messed up. My 3g was not working at all. I would only connect LTE. After troubleshooting forever with sprint, my 3G is working again but it is very slow. I also notice that it does not auto roam to Verizon at all.
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Updated: I have rebooted the phone next to the booster and then did a firmware update, PRL Update and rebooted the phone. It appears to be connecting again.

trouthunter7 said:
Updated: I have rebooted the phone next to the booster and then did a firmware update, PRL Update and rebooted the phone. It appears to be connecting again.
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How was the speed though? It may show "3G" but my guess is that it's really 2G speed or something on TW.

yujioh said:
How was the speed though? It may show "3G" but my guess is that it's really 2G speed or something on TW.
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I've had massive issues with my 3g after this method. The 3g is super slow and I know something is not right. Is there an app that displays the cdma band that the phone is currently operating on? I read somewhere that it screws up the phones ability to access the cdma 850 band.
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What we really need to do, is find a way to undo this. Even though my phone appears to be working. I really wish I had never tried this and could go back.

Yes I hope someone figures it out. Reflashing the stock software is not enough
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spydc said:
Yes I hope someone figures it out. Reflashing the stock software is not enough
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Update: My phone appears to be staying connected to the Airave and getting a very good signal. Data speeds were never really affected just terrible connections. :good:

I tried this also and it messed up my 3g speeds, after much searching, reading ,and experimenting,i did a SCRTN which restored modem ,lesson learned
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There is another thread that is similar to this for unlocking the sim. I tried it, and possible messed my phone up. I was getting slow 3g speeds and mobile data drop outs. I fixed my issue by doing a complete factory reset/ clearing NVRAM. This is how I did it:
Dial ##786#
Choose Reset
Enter MSL
Here is the thread I mentioned just in case one of you wants to look at it. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2282683

##786# as far as I know will restore your phone to stock .
##72786# should reset your network settings. Just make sure you are in a working 3G coverage area or have a WiFi connection or it wont re-activate. This method does not put your phone back to stock...just reactivates it on the network.

Sorry for the unusable info...
But i got this news from Sprint Htc One thread, that they are able to unlocked the device by simply rooting the phone and sending a line in terminal...
Is it possible to do this with ours?
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1. You should be rooted
2. Download https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jackpal.androidterm
3. Run Terminal Emulator
4. Type "su" (excluding quotation marks) and grant it superuser permission
5. Type "am start com.redbend.vdmc/com.htc.omadm.test.TestMainActivity" (excluding quotation marks)
6. You will get menu on your HTC
7. In that menu, select "API", then scroll down 'till almost end and select "simlock"
8. Reboot the phone and hopefully it would accept GSM SIM
9. Enter *#*#4636#*#* in your dialer
10.In the phone information section(the first one) set preferred network type to something that is GSM specific: "WCDMA Preferred", for example. The phone will switch to GSM mode
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Htc one Slow internet speed and No data connection

Just got my htc one ftom a a friend and for some reason the 3G icon is present but web pages gives me error as if I have my data turned off. and sometimes it does work but its so slow even opening up google.com. Has anyone else experience this issue ?

pimix2009 said:
Just got my htc one ftom a a friend and for some reason the 3G icon is present but web pages gives me error as if I have my data turned off. and sometimes it does work but its so slow even opening up google.com. Has anyone else experience this issue ?
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Sprint? Yes, we are all experiencing Sprint. What's new?

pimix2009 said:
Just got my htc one ftom a a friend and for some reason the 3G icon is present but web pages gives me error as if I have my data turned off. and sometimes it does work but its so slow even opening up google.com. Has anyone else experience this issue ?
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Sounds like the Sprint network in a lot of places. Here around ETSU and downtown, it is unusable except for when the college kids are out of town or sleeping.

i am having issues this morning also must be a sprint outage
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Seems to be back up in my area now

I also have Htc Evo 4g Lte and its not like this. I just flashed both phones to Verizon and the Htc one problem will not go away and what's interesting, Is that with Htc Evo 4g Lte, I can talk and use 3G at the same time but the HTC one 3G icon quick disappears as soon as I start to make a call .

pimix2009 said:
I also have Htc Evo 4g Lte and its not like this. I just flashed both phones to Verizon and the Htc one problem will not go away and what's interesting, Is that with Htc Evo 4g Lte, I can talk and use 3G at the same time but the HTC one 3G icon quick disappears as soon as I start to make a call .
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I think that may be due to the hardware in the phone. I'm not entirely sure, but the 4G LTE is able to do both because the hardware allows it to (2 radios?). I know for a fact though that it can't be done on the ONE unless it's LTE.
Here's an article to support this: http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...supports-simultaneous-voice-and-data-over-3g/
As for the data issue, have you tried this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1710728s-voice-and-data-over-3g/

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I think that may be due to the hardware in the phone. I'm not entirely sure, but the 4G LTE is able to do both because the hardware allows it to (2 radios?). I know for a fact though that it can't be done on the ONE unless it's LTE.
Here's an article to support this: http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...supports-simultaneous-voice-and-data-over-3g/
As for the data issue, have you tried this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1710728s-voice-and-data-over-3g/
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Thank you so much. For awhile I was going crazy but didnt even bother looking into it sucks that Evo Lte have SVDO and the ONe doesn't. I thought it did that on the Evo cuz the phone was flashed but now I know. And to fix the data problem I Used the guide in the second link and worked fine a sprint phone but on the flashed phone some ppl claimed bein s-off solved data speed problems so I got s-ff and flashed a different Rom instead of being on stock and rooted. That solved it

The problem with my One is that when I'm on WiFi, I get like 15 Mbps on Speedtest.net but the browser takes forever to open up pages and load photos on Facebook and stuff. I'm running full stock and it does that. Weird...
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Make sure you have upgraded to latest firmware. My brothers red one came without update and he had the same issue.

syed239 said:
The problem with my One is that when I'm on WiFi, I get like 15 Mbps on Speedtest.net but the browser takes forever to open up pages and load photos on Facebook and stuff. I'm running full stock and it does that. Weird...
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I flashed OMJ's Sprint One v1.7 because my stock Rom was doing this too. The Rom is basically stock but with a little more

pimix2009 said:
I flashed OMJ's Sprint One v1.7 because my stock Rom was doing this too. The Rom is basically stock but with a little more
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Yeah I'm going to root my One soon so I'll flash OMJ when I do. Thanks
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