N73G development links thread - Nexus 7 General

Since we don't have an N73G dev forum yet, I suggest that in this thread we post links to useful threads in the dev forum dealing with the 3G model.

no one, has one yet and for us to release a rom for it we need the gsm binary pulled from a device

A few of us have Nexus 3G's as of today.
That said, I've about as much clue how to pull a GSM binary off the thing as I have reading ancient mandarin.

Nonetheless there will be 3G specific dev threads. Even if it's only tweaks, guides etc. Some folks have their N73Gs in hand already.
There are plenty of devices out there that have plenty of dev threads even under incomplete circumstances.
Regarding the binaries to pull - would they be present in the stock N73G image Google posted?
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Found a thread with a mod to enable wifi hotspot:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34244067

I don't have a nexus 7 gsm but I would like to know if ROMs between the two versions will be compatible.
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blackhand1001 said:
I don't have a nexus 7 gsm but I would like to know if ROMs between the two versions will be compatible.
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Not for now.
However at some point in the future it may be possible to release universal ROMs that work on both. Just as there are universal GSM/CDMA ROMs available for Galaxy Nexus.
Some of the mods may work on both equally, but only if they do not touch any of the radio related files (and I'm sure a lot of files have radio info).

cmstlist said:
Not for now.
However at some point in the future it may be possible to release universal ROMs that work on both. Just as there are universal GSM/CDMA ROMs available for Galaxy Nexus.
Some of the mods may work on both equally, but only if they do not touch any of the radio related files (and I'm sure a lot of files have radio info).
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All that's needed is to build the ROM with the ril packages Google will provide once the 3g source files are posted if they haven't already,
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IRX120 said:
All that's needed is to build the ROM with the ril packages Google will provide once the 3g source files are posted if they haven't already,
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Google has already stated that the cellular radio components are NOT going to be released to AOSP as long as licensing issues remain. Without source for the cellular stack, it's a lot more challenging.
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You will find now a thread about Nexus 7 3G "nakasig" in N7 Android development, and you will find all the links which concern the N7 3G.
[Index] All for NEXUS 7 - "nakasig" - (GSM/HSPA+)
and I open another thread for questions, discussions and solutions on the N7 3G => NEXUS 7-"nakasig"-(GSM/HSPA+) - For all Your Jelly Bean Discussions, Problems and Solutions
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[Q] I957 vs. Other 8.9 Tabs (New Owner)

Hi folks,
I just traded a Toshiba Thrive for this I957 Galaxy Tab 8.9. I am really pleased with my end of the deal, but didn't look into the development side of things before pulling the trigger. I came on this forum and read about differences in the different flavors, but can't seem to find a definitive thread. I am hoping someone can explain them to me.
Also I have no intention of using the AT&T service, with that being said is there a way to turn off the AT&T Radio? I didn't see it in my quick look through the options.
What are the best ROMS available for the I957 right now. I would prefer ICS, but I am aware that there are camera issues there. I don't require the camera as long as most of the rest of the hardware worked well.
The i957 has root, cwm, and an oc kernel. No roms other than stock right now.
The i957 is a different animal than the international or wifi versions.
The only way I know of to turn off the radio is to use flight mode, or delete the radio and phone files from the system.
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Yes no roms yet, but when ics comes out for the galaxy note and the skyrocket we will most likely get a port.
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neubauej said:
The i957 has root, cwm, and an oc kernel. No roms other than stock right now.
The i957 is a different animal than the international or wifi versions.
The only way I know of to turn off the radio is to use flight mode, or delete the radio and phone files from the system.
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What is different about the i957? Is it somehow inferior to the others?
Different Chipset from the older devices.
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Thanks
Thank you for the information. Now to get cracking on Root and stuff for this thing

Why the hell

Would they put something out with so many issues from the get go??
I don't understand.. Reports of lte, sensors and rotation being broken ...
Its like they don't give a ****
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Crisisx1 said:
Would they put something out with so many issues from the get go??
I don't understand.. Reports of lte, sensors and rotation being broken ...
Its like they don't give a ****
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Flash .33 radio = problems solved
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Crisisx1 said:
Would they put something out with so many issues from the get go??
I don't understand.. Reports of lte, sensors and rotation being broken ...
Its like they don't give a ****
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Well, LTE isnt supported on the nexus 4. SO thats not a issue......
diablos991 said:
Flash .33 radio = problems solved
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I know about all the fixes...and I didn't flash the new radio ...
But just kinda blows my mind they would give us something with problems
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Crisisx1 said:
Would they put something out with so many issues from the get go??
I don't understand.. Reports of lte, sensors and rotation being broken ...
Its like they don't give a ****
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LTE is a non-issue as this isn't a device sold with LTE support.
The sensors is from flashing the radio/baseband onto 4.2.1 builds. People will have to deal with it, or flash up to 4.2.2
These are not "problems" from Google as they are people causing it to themselves.
expertzero1 said:
Well, LTE isnt supported on the nexus 4. SO thats not a issue......
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So how have people been getting lte speeds before
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Crisisx1 said:
So how have people been getting lte speeds before
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From stock software and hardware left in from a sister device. It is not supported by Google and as such is a non-issue.
For sensors flash this http://www.mediafire.com/?079z7ky9nomb9i8 it fixed it
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So how have people been getting lte speeds before
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LTE wasn't approved by the FCC. Therefore, it wasn't mentioned as a feature of the phone.
The reason we could enable LTE was due to an oversight by LG or Google.
This update patches that oversight.
The phone is not suppose to carry LTE in first place. The fact that it works for some people whose carriers are on band 4 is bonus.
And issues, well those come with almost all phones. No point in defending any phone for things like this, but sadly things like this is part of almost any purchase of any thing. Forum like XDA is to get help, so you will get threads here about the problems. You will get far fewer threads which are there to praise the phone on daily basis. If you go to any device section here on XDA, you will get similar threads with issues some of the purchasers face. Those people are here to discuss those. THat sometimes paints the picture that phone is riddled with issues that everyone will face. It is hardly the case.
But if you still want to see enthusiastic threads, go checkout Indian nexus 4 thread That will show you cheerful side of things
Every hardware usually has some weak points, and hardware does break down. With the sheer number of devices sold, there will always be few that break down or are faulty. And you will find large number of those people finding their way here in search of solution. Relax, it is same with almost every phone.
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So how have people been getting lte speeds before
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There was a backdoor to get LTE if your provider had LTE on the AWS bands, the N4 was not approved or licensed to be used as an LTE device, it was just a matter of time before Google attempted to disable it. As for the other issues, it's incompatibilities between the new 4.2.2 stuff and 4.2.1 custom ROMs, this is why it's a bad idea to mix and match things like this, they aren't Google issues, all this stuff works just fine on stock 4.2.2 except LTE but that's not supposed to work.
If I understand correctly the radio issues happens only when you flash then on 4.2.1 correct? Then that's your problem, flash the full 4.2.2 and then if it's an issue that's a problem. Anyway I'm on paranoid android 4.2.2 and see no issues.
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Oh okay that clears a lot of things up then.
For some reason I thought people were already on 4.2.2 and having the issues didn't know they were still on 4.2.1 trying to flash the radio.
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I have a feeling the biggest reason they pushed this 4.2.2 update was to take care of the lte so there wasn't any big lawsuit ...
But then again they really didn't because people can just revert to the baseband before...lol
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Wait. So you personally haven't updated and haven't experienced any issues and yet you started a complaint thread?
Seriously?
Reported.
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There is many ways to become less frustrated than creating a new thread.

Dev Edition ROM options?

I am seriously considering purchasing the dev. edition (for the 64GBs) , but never having used a device that is not carrier specific, I'm uncertain what my options would be regarding flashable ROMs. If I, as an example, got a t-mobile SIM and went month to month on their network, would I then be limited to ROMs written for the tmo HTC One? Or are the options in this specific forum the ones I should be choosing from?
I hope I've expressed my quandary clearly, and that it's not too naive - believe me, I searched.
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baciv said:
I am seriously considering purchasing the dev. edition (for the 64GBs) , but never having used a device that is not carrier specific, I'm uncertain what my options would be regarding flashable ROMs. If I, as an example, got a t-mobile SIM and went month to month on their network, would I then be limited to ROMs written for the tmo HTC One? Or are the options in this specific forum the ones I should be choosing from?
I hope I've expressed my quandary clearly, and that it's not too naive - believe me, I searched.
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i think your good for trickdroid rom
You'll be able to use any of the ROMs in this section.
You should also be fine to flash ROMs from the other HTC One forums (except Sprint) but the ROMs in the other forums are just copies from ROMs in this section anyway.
Thank you, Mr. Carter.
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[Q] Why is Sprint so hard to make ROM's for?

I know it's CDMA and everything, but does that make a difference? And If it makes a huge difference and I'm just being stupid, please explain why? I want to flash ARHD to my One, but I can't since it doesn't work on Sprint!
It's not hard to make a rom for it but because of the hardware differences, it's impossible to make a cross flashable Rom for cdma and gsm.
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Even for the One, which is the same across all carriers?
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Bseagull said:
Even for the One, which is the same across all carriers?
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The One is the across all carriers, EXCEPT SPRINT. CDMA and GSM are completely different pieces of hardware, so one ROM cannot address both chips.
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Bseagull said:
I know it's CDMA and everything, but does that make a difference? And If it makes a huge difference and I'm just being stupid, please explain why? I want to flash ARHD to my One, but I can't since it doesn't work on Sprint!
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I was actually happy to leave CDMA carrier like Sprint and start using GSM phone which are more widely used and have far more development due to the fact they have the same hardware as their international counterparts
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On of top that Sprint has such inconsistent and spotty service in many parts of the country. Some parts of the country Sprint compatible networks are all but absent.
There's a reason why Sprint subscribers can get such great price and package deals for their phones & data plans... Becausr they cannot hold onto customers who get lured in by the great deals, then as soon as they leave their comfortable metropolitan areas, they have zero signal in some random small town, where the average AT&T and Verizon customers have at least some phone service.
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spitfire2425 said:
It's not hard to make a rom for it but because of the hardware differences, it's impossible to make a cross flashable Rom for cdma and gsm.
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Using Aroma it is quite easy to do this. There were many ROMs in the EVO 3D forums that had one flash-able zip for GSM and CDMA phones. You just selected in Aroma. I believe Trick Droid for the One in the International forum is also like this.
And it is not harder to make ROMs for the Sprint version. It is just a matter of DEVs. There are more developers for the GSM version and some are more actively developing and therefore there are more ROMs available. Also they have a 4.2.2 kernel as is for their phone and there has not been one released for the Sprint version. Once there is a 4.2.2 Kernel available for the Sprint variant you'll see lots of movement.
raptoro07 said:
Using Aroma it is quite easy to do this. There were many ROMs in the EVO 3D forums that had one flash-able zip for GSM and CDMA phones. You just selected in Aroma. I believe Trick Droid for the One in the International forum is also like this.
And it is not harder to make ROMs for the Sprint version. It is just a matter of DEVs. There are more developers for the GSM version and some are more actively developing and therefore there are more ROMs available. Also they have a 4.2.2 kernel as is for their phone and there has not been one released for the Sprint version. Once there is a 4.2.2 Kernel available for the Sprint variant you'll see lots of movement.
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Ahh, gotcha! Thanks!
Now I just get to sit here and wait for ARHD to work on Sprint. Maybe when 4.2.2 is released officially on Sprint, right? So then they can get the kernel?
Bseagull said:
Ahh, gotcha! Thanks!
Now I just get to sit here and wait for ARHD to work on Sprint. Maybe when 4.2.2 is released officially on Sprint, right? So then they can get the kernel?
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I think once we get a SPrint 4.2.2 kernel/firmware there will be more crossover, mostly the difference in the the variants is at the kernel level.
raptoro07 said:
Once there is a 4.2.2 Kernel available for the Sprint variant you'll see lots of movement.
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I agree; I think people are waiting too. It's hard to invest a lot of time into developing a ROM when we'll get a 4.2 release "soon". Sometimes one can just diff to see what's different and incorporate the new features into an already made custom ROM (or vice versa), but it's easier and more stable to start over.
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Now question. Since we have gsm capabilities. If we unlocked our devices in 90 days would we not be able to flash gsm roms?
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HTC_M7 said:
Now question. Since we have gsm capabilities. If we unlocked our devices in 90 days would we not be able to flash gsm roms?
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Short answer is no.
I believe the Sprint phones are Hardware rev 0004 which means they would need a kernel for our specific hardware. It's mostly a kernel thing.

HTC one Google Edition 4.3 Kernel source dropped before update.

http://m.androidcentral.com/google-...rce-released?utm_source=ac&utm_medium=twitter
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Maybe this will hold the key to getting things going.
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Well this is a first
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maybe they released it by mistake lol
this is not like HTC at all
flex360 said:
maybe they released it by mistake lol
this is not like HTC at all
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That was my reaction lol
Maybe HTC is finally chang--nah. That can't be it
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Quick, grab it before they realize what they did and pull it!!!
Can anyone with ROM making knowledge tell me if this will be useful for us, considering we use the CDMA version of the phone?
nerv8765 said:
Can anyone with ROM making knowledge tell me if this will be useful for us, considering we use the CDMA version of the phone?
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Hardware is almost exactly the same
Also. Kernel has almost nothing to do with cellular connections, it specifies how the software should interact with the hardware and nothing else
The GPE port and 4.2.2 sense 5 ports are both using kernels made for the international version
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CNexus said:
Hardware is almost exactly the same
Also. Kernel has almost nothing to do with cellular connections, it specifies how the software should interact with the hardware and nothing else
The GPE port and 4.2.2 sense 5 ports are both using kernels made for the international version
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So we have to wait for HTC to release 4.2 CDMA radios, or CDMA 4.3 radios, for those roms to work? Like we have the google edition port, but data doesn't work. What do we need to get that fixed?
No we don't have to wait for that. We have all we need to get it working now. Just give it a few mire days.
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nerv8765 said:
So we have to wait for HTC to release 4.2 CDMA radios, or CDMA 4.3 radios, for those roms to work? Like we have the google edition port, but data doesn't work. What do we need to get that fixed?
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Framework/smali edits are all that's left
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I would say once Verizon gets the One progress can be made... But at this rate, we will get an official update before they release the device. Lol
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And on that note, 4.3 has been released for the Google Edition phones. http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/2/4584200/galaxy-s4-and-htc-one-google-play-editions-receiving-android-4-3
I am so jelly right now. Well, at least porting it to the CMDA One shouldn't be that difficult if I'm understanding correctly.

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