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sim card question!?

hello i have a question
im ordering a htc vivid. i currently have a htc inspire
when i recieve it can i just switch my inspire sim card and put it in the vivid and it will work while the vivid sim card would work in the inspire?
thanks

First of all what carrier are you with ? Any others, you are fine. (Vivid needs to be UNLOCK).
With ATT, you are better off getting a new SIM that is LTE ready (Regardless if your area has LTE signal or not) - In which will of course work on Inspire & Vivid - That's just my opinion - You can still use your old sim card if you decide to do nothing. You'll always get HSPA+ signal only.

Not to hate on the above post but you dont need a New sim I've been using the same sim since my inspire the only thing is you need to do is switch your plan to LTE that's the only thing that needs to be changed
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Thanks for the replys
I have att.I'm not trying to switch plans or anything.I'm fine with my network and signals I have now I just want to know if after I'm done setting up the HTC vivid with the sim card that comes with it it will work when I switch sim cards
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The LTE similar is fancy though. But no you don't need one unless your in an LTE city.
I dont think LTE cost more. Just easier to go over your data cap. I don't know. Though. I've been on the same contract for years and years. So long I get an upgrade every year.
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I'll hafta look if they cost more.I'm not really trying to spend more money
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lilmikey201 said:
I'll hafta look if they cost more.I'm not really trying to spend more money
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Retail stores will give you one. Corporate stores will probably charge you. All they do is convert your current data plan to an equivalent plan that's coded LTE in their system. As far as i know this is what gives you access to the pta APN that allows you to use LTE

Couldn't you just go to APN settings and create an APN?
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I did the same thing (switched from Inspire to Vivid). You will need to make sure you do have an LTE approved SIM. It shouldn't cost you a dime to do. If your SIM is recent odds are you are fine.
I did have to call and have them check the settings on their side. I was not getting LTE and I live in an LTE area. So a 10min phone call fixed it.
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but it will work right? without the lte sim

lilmikey201 said:
but it will work right? without the lte sim
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If you have unlimited data and want to keep it you are going to need to upgrade to the lte sim.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1455702&page=1
If you aren't on unlimited then I don't think it will matter. You can run with the sim from your inspire.

Dear lord quit trying to confuse the op, the hspa sim and the LTE sim are the same if you got a new sim when you got your inspire which you pretty much had to , if you aren't in an LTE area don't worry about switching your plan , if you are you can make a two min phone call and they will provision your current data to LTE it doesn't matter if its unlimited or not you will still keep unlimited
....and boom goes the dynamite....
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thank uuuu lol nice and simple

[Q]Data For Page Plus?

Hello, I am doing this for a family member and need help with this...I got the talk and text done and working but no data...Has anyone achived to get atleast a 1x out of the D4? If so can you tell me what im doing wrong? i'm not a noob at this...I have done the EVO 4G and various other phones w/talk/text/web all working... But cant get the web working at all with the D4...Thanks in advance.

Im not sure what changes are made to 4g phones so they can work with Pageplus.
I wonder if Beigephone.com can flash it for u.

Yeah I got it running on page plus but can't figure out the data,switched sim to 3g and disabled LTE detection aswell
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What have you done so far?
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CreepyE said:
What have you done so far?
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So far I've only gotten talk and text working...I tried putting the settings in and all but no 1x,edge,or 3g
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I know, but how?
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Do you have the lte sim installed I flashed one to ntelos and 3g wouldn't work without the sim card
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vdub804 said:
Do you have the lte sim installed I flashed one to ntelos and 3g wouldn't work without the sim card
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Yes sim is installed
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Anyone got a write up on how to flash These? I was able to flash me OG DROID to cricket but I don't know how to do these 4G phones
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I was under the impression that the Verizon LTE phones had their CDMA authentication modified to use the SIM card for authentication as opposed to the IMEI as in non LTE phones. They also modified their 3G network to use SIM based authentication for 3G data as opposed to IMEI. If this is true it would prevent you from accessing the 3G CDMA based data network because the phone would be passing SIM based authentication for data and the network was expecting IMEI based authentication. In theory you could flash a different radio firmware if you can find it to correct this... but currently as Verizon is the only carrier of this phone I do not believe there are any alternative radio firmwares available. Community....please correct me if i am wrong but this is my understanding.

swjpilot said:
I was under the impression that the Verizon LTE phones had their CDMA authentication modified to use the SIM card for authentication as opposed to the IMEI as in non LTE phones. They also modified their 3G network to use SIM based authentication for 3G data as opposed to IMEI. If this is true it would prevent you from accessing the 3G CDMA based data network because the phone would be passing SIM based authentication for data and the network was expecting IMEI based authentication. In theory you could flash a different radio firmware if you can find it to correct this... but currently as Verizon is the only carrier of this phone I do not believe there are any alternative radio firmwares available. Community....please correct me if i am wrong but this is my understanding.
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That's what I thought too that's why I haven't even tried flashing mine
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CreepyE said:
That's what I thought too that's why I haven't even tried flashing mine
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Its totally possible to reflash it and NOT have to use a sim card..... a few nights ago i was able to disable RUIM support and then i installed a sprint and cricket prl sucessfully.
However *228 is blocked in the OS :/

jnc8651 said:
Its totally possible to reflash it and NOT have to use a sim card..... a few nights ago i was able to disable RUIM support and then i installed a sprint and cricket prl sucessfully.
However *228 is blocked in the OS :/
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Did you get data working?
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No, BUT i dont have a sprint or cricket account i could put the phone on so i couldn't try it.

jnc8651 said:
No, BUT i dont have a sprint or cricket account i could put the phone on so i couldn't try it.
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How did you disable ruim?
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You can use QPST to set it to NV only.

You can attempt to use QPST, however it would not accept the change. I did it using cdma workshop 2.7

jnc8651 said:
You can attempt to use QPST, however it would not accept the change. I did it using cdma workshop 2.7
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ill give it a shot and report back when I get the phone back
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You can use QPST to set it to NV only.
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the droid razr and droid 4 are basicly exactly the same phone. I used the info in this post (and the links in post #5) to switch my droid 4 over to pageplus. I have had 3g data, MMS and talk all working fine for a couple months now.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1530160

Need Help
Is everything the same on the Droid 4? I'll pay somebody to do it for me! I'll pay to ship the phone or whatever. I never have too great of luck with the CDMA Workshop or QPST. I DO know how to access the User activation and everything on the phone with the ##PROGRAM then press send and put in the 000000. Any help would be greatly appreciated from anybody. I just got my Droid 4 in the mail today and called Page Plus to activate only to have them tell me LTE couldnt be flashed to Page Plus. What if I called them and used the IMEI and dropped off the last number? Would that work if I just called them and gave them that? HELP! LOL!
matthewjohnunderwood said:
the droid razr and droid 4 are basicly exactly the same phone. I used the info in this post (and the links in post #5) to switch my droid 4 over to pageplus. I have had 3g data, MMS and talk all working fine for a couple months now.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1530160
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sprint s4 metropcs mms fix

This is to fix Mms message on metropcs flashed sprint galaxy s 4 your phone most already be flashed to metropcs with working internet, Flash the zip in recovery and reboot, mms messages should work from first boot. This will last thru a factory reset.
Edit: I was ask to add some details as to wat the zips doing and wat I do. I edit the mms-config.xml in the stock Mms.apk/SecMms.apk to settings from verizon which work for metropcs, I also use an apns-conf.xml that I edited for metropcs. the zip will mount data and mount system, it will delete Mms.apk/SecMms.apk and Mms.odex/SecMms.odex, it will delete dalvik-cache for Mms.apk/SecMms.apk, it will delete the telephony.db file in /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/ which countains apns. it will replace Mms.apk/SecMms.apk with the one I edited for metropcs it also replaces the apns-conf.xml in /system/etc/ which countains the default apns for the one I edited for metropcs (on first boot the phone will create a new telephony.db with the default apns countained in this apns-conf.xml, that is why this fix lasts thru a datawipe/factory reset). For more details take a look at the updater-script.
for the 4.3 script, flash the zip - reboot to system. Then open dialer and dial ##3282# hit edit enter spc then go to more then lte apn settings and click the circle on the right of the global roaming apn to activate it then hit home and all should be good
if you have issue where messaging app has default android icon use root explorer go to /system/app long press on SecMms.apk select move hit back hit back again go to /sdcard and paste SecMms.apk on sdcard, it should now show the up on sdcard with normal icon long press on SecMms.apk select move hit back go to /system/app and paste SecMms.apk back in /system/app and reboot phone should now show normal messaging icon
I am not responseable for anything that happens
Thanks to uncorrupted for the build.prop editor
New zip here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2766197

maybe
do you think this could work for a verizon s3 to metro?

robcop19 said:
do you think this could work for a verizon s3 to metro?
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U can try it but apns will probably not show I can try to make u a zip if u will test it
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Yea I can test it. If anything goes wrong I can always restore from a nandroid I would think
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Another oakieville mms fix now for theGS4...great

robcop19 said:
Yea I can test it. If anything goes wrong I can always restore from a nandroid I would think
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U wouldn't even need to do that just backup up /system/app/secmms.apk to sdcard and backup /system/etc/apns-conf.xml to sdcard so u can restore them if anything goes wrong. Can u send me ur build.prop and apns-conf.xml

yup gimme about an hour
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here
im not too sure how to upload the files

Is metro better than boost? Reason I ask is bc im going to be flashin my phone soon
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Yes. More towers better coverage and better internet
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robcop19 said:
Yes. More towers better coverage and better internet
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Hang on...I must clarify. As much as I love to profit off of Metro flashes, we need to get the facts straight.
Flashed phones to Metro will not work nationwide. Boost will. Metro has better talk & text in their coverage area, but their data can either be equal to or slightly slower then Boost (depends what time of the day you're on the network). We also JUST got 3g here in the Tampa Bay area, and we're a huge market, go figure.
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maybe
cbernardo13 said:
Hang on...I must clarify. As much as I love to profit off of Metro flashes, we need to get the facts straight.
Flashed phones to Metro will not work nationwide. Boost will. Metro has better talk & text in their coverage area, but their data can either be equal to or slightly slower then Boost (depends what time of the day you're on the network). We also JUST got 3g here in the Tampa Bay area, and we're a huge market, go figure.
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ive had very good luck though if i may say so myself. i have traveled to florida new york san francisco and alabama and gotten very good coverage on my flashed s3 from verizon and im suing the 3033 prl in atlanta. its faster than i could have hoped for. i have heard though before that flashed phones do not work well outside of the state theyre flashed in but aside form that metro itself has bigger coverage than boost and sprint. and now they are merging with t-mobile although im still not sure how thats working out because theyre rolling out city by city certain thing such as hartford dallas baltimore and i think boston.

robcop19 said:
im not too sure how to upload the files
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Try this let me know how it goes http://oakieville.com/mysite/external/files/Verizon-GS3-4.1.2-metropcs-mms-fix-signed.zip
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done it
oakieville said:
Try this let me know how it goes http://oakieville.com/mysite/external/files/Verizon-GS3-4.1.2-metropcs-mms-fix-signed.zip
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hey sorry i took so long to get back to you. i did install your zip and been metroized jaja ill test it out and see

zip
oakieville said:
Try this let me know how it goes http://oakieville.com/mysite/external/files/Verizon-GS3-4.1.2-metropcs-mms-fix-signed.zip
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so i tried the zip file and flashed it in recovery. i tried sending something though but it wouldnt work but when i send a picture, as long as i have wifi on, the 3g symbol appears in the status bar but its never done that before even if im not conected to wifi. i have internet working on my phone but its never shown the connection but its blazing fast

robcop19 said:
so i tried the zip file and flashed it in recovery. i tried sending something though but it wouldnt work but when i send a picture, as long as i have wifi on, the 3g symbol appears in the status bar but its never done that before even if im not conected to wifi. i have internet working on my phone but its never shown the connection but its blazing fast
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Wat u mean u have internet but its never shown the connection if internet works with wifi off it will show 3g/1x if no 3g/1x and not on wifi then no internet

Any tutorial how to flash it.
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rojohacker said:
Any tutorial how to flash it.
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Follow bloodykillers guide for the evo its old but solid except for ha password and aaa password leave it blank don't put metropcs also u have to set it to nv only instead of ruim only on lte phone but basically same as flashing any other phone. I will stay away from discussing the whole getting meid on metro thing tho lol
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cbernardo13 said:
Hang on...I must clarify. As much as I love to profit off of Metro flashes, we need to get the facts straight.
Flashed phones to Metro will not work nationwide. Boost will. Metro has better talk & text in their coverage area, but their data can either be equal to or slightly slower then Boost (depends what time of the day you're on the network). We also JUST got 3g here in the Tampa Bay area, and we're a huge market, go figure.
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interesting. almost a year ago we had 3g coverage over here in saint pete, i had to use a special prl on my step brothers admire 3g to get it to load up right though.
now a days its all lte anyways so no one uses 3g

Then you would have been the first. I've been flashing in this area for over 2 years at least, and none of my fellow flashers in the area got 3g besides 1 tower near University Mall.
Can you tell us about this special prl?
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[APN] Straight Talk All, AIO Wireless Flashable & (for Devs) Sprint Full Data Fix

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motcher41 said:
Download the file and flash it after you flash your ROM and gapps. Once it boots up go into to your APN settings. By hitting settings>more>mobile networks>access point names.
Hit the little menu button and select default.
Select the Straight Talk APN that pops up and reboot.
I've tested and this works great. APNs are not a hard thing to enter but just a pain in the butt and you may not always have your APN settings.
So if you have Straight Talk you can use this for your APN this is not for any other cell phone provider.
https://db.tt/fuiV839u
I'm not responsible for any damage blah blah blah
Can do other odd ball APNs if you pm me with the APN info.
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Fails to flash in latest twrp. :/

My bad the correct file is in the original post now
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at&t or t-mobile?

norwoodesteel said:
at&t or t-mobile?
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Shouldn't matter. I'm on att though.
Nothing looked att specific. Your sim determines what network you use
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Thanks for this, although I set up my new sim manually. I was able to get AT&T LTE here in Beaverton, Oregon. However, the speed is not impressive - about 6-8 mbps down and 2mbps up. Any trick to improve? Or am I stuck with that in my area?

p0k3y said:
Thanks for this, although I set up my new sim manually. I was able to get AT&T LTE here in Beaverton, Oregon. However, the speed is not impressive - about 6-8 mbps down and 2mbps up. Any trick to improve? Or am I stuck with that in my area?
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Same speeds as mine down 4 Mbps up though. I came from Sprint 4g at 20+ Mbps and to this honestly I haven't noticed a difference. Stuff loads just as fast
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motcher41 said:
Same speeds as mine down 4 Mbps up though. I came from Sprint 4g at 20+ Mbps and to this honestly I haven't noticed a difference. Stuff loads just as fast
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Yeah, haven't noticed much difference myself either, as the phone is blazing fast compared to my Droid Razr. I just wanted to make sure that I didn't miss any setup.

i wish i had this two days ago lol. i've entered my apn about 12 times already. to anyone not sure, this is the exact APN on straight talk's site
http://straighttalkbyop.com/program.php#
Name straight talk
APN tfdata
Port 80
MMSC http://mms-tf.net
MMS Proxy mms3.tracfone.com
MMS Port 80
and this is in the zip
<apn mnc="410" mcc="310" mmsport="80" mmsproxy="mms3.tracfone.com" mmsc="http://mms-tf.net" port="80" apn="tfdata" carrier="Straight Talk"/>
as you can see they are identical :good:

I just signed up for StraightTalk. And apparently, it seems you use different APNs depending on which SIM you installed. There's one for AT&T, one for T-Mobile, and a third one (?).
Here's a site that gives the info for the AT&T and T-Mo ones.
http://straighttalkbyop.com/program.php

Saturn2K said:
I just signed up for StraightTalk. And apparently, it seems you use different APNs depending on which SIM you installed. There's one for AT&T, one for T-Mobile, and a third one (?).
Here's a site that gives the info for the AT&T and T-Mo ones.
http://straighttalkbyop.com/program.php
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Hmmm third would be sprint probably I would assume
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Thanks
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Straight Talk T-Mobile one for someone to test
https://db.tt/WuBYt4xH
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I'm just guessing on this but if someone e want to try it next time you falsh a ROM. If not I will next time. Try not selecting an APN after flashing this and try to send yourself an MMS. Let me know if it goes through
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p0k3y said:
Thanks for this, although I set up my new sim manually. I was able to get AT&T LTE here in Beaverton, Oregon. However, the speed is not impressive - about 6-8 mbps down and 2mbps up. Any trick to improve? Or am I stuck with that in my area?
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Here in Salem I'm getting 7 to 10 down and about 4 up on tmobile and att. I think it's just location.
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I can help with the manual APN settings. PM ME
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Thanks but link says file is removed.
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I was playing with my APN settings yesterday as a passenger, hit a bump & accidentally discarded them so this is handy. AT&t giving me 17Mbps down at home.
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Need a fresh link. Dropbox says file not found. Thanks for setting this up Op.

spectrematrix said:
Need a fresh link. Dropbox says file not found. Thanks for setting this up Op.
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I'm glad to mirror on my goo or android file host if the OP wants... PM me @motcher41
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no more simultaneous voice + LTE with Kit Kat

I updated to the latest OTA and I now don't have simultaneous voice + LTE. I know that the new tri band phones with Sprint Spark lost this feature but I didn't think the OTA would break an existing feature. Anyone else experience this??

First off, wrong section. Secondly, there is no way for that to be possible. When I was using the Sense 5.5 ports, the LTE signal would disappear on call, but the devs confirmed it was still working. We never found out why it happened, but data & voice on LTE will always work hence why everyone SVDO was dropped.

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First off, wrong section. Secondly, there is no way for that to be possible. When I was using the Sense 5.5 ports, the LTE signal would disappear on call, but the devs confirmed it was still working. We never found out why it happened, but data & voice on LTE will always work hence why everyone SVDO was dropped.
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You're wrong man this is the right section lol
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Let Kaos reign!!
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I can confirm that when on LTE and you get a call the data indicator shows as if your data dropped but data still works. Just noticed it myself yesterday as a matter of fact.

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You're wrong man this is the right section lol
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This should be in the Q&A section actually
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I remember on the Evo 4g LTE, you could do 3G while using voice. I wish that feature still worked... I still don't have 4G

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This should be in the Q&A section actually
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Exactly sir, thank you...

Data and voice at same times works fine on cm11.
I believe it worked for me on stock you just need to enable DDTM.
in dialler do ##3242#, edit, then enter your msl
I think its under evdo. Look for DDTM and set to enable.
n3m35155
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So this works with LTE only/ I know i lose 3G when i get a call because if im using data at the time i get a notification about no data connection.

benny3 said:
So this works with LTE only/ I know i lose 3G when i get a call because if im using data at the time i get a notification about no data connection.
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The EVO LTE & S3 generation of phones were the only SVDO phones. S4 until now CAN'T do voice over 3g. You'll only get voice/data on WiFi and/or LTE!

I have noticed that since the update every-time I end a call I get the no data message and it takes 20-30 seconds for it to come back, rather annoying actually.