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Vivid for T-Mobile 4G

Have anyone got HTC Vivid worked for T-mobile 4G. I always get "E". I heard LTE (1700/2100) can be used for Tmobile 4G after flash a tmobile 4G radio. Is this kind of radio available for Vivid?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1507825
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23522477&postcount=113

Ive wondered the same thing myself but found nothing but you can also use straight talk or h20 wireless if you are tired of Edge.
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Brightxda said:
Have anyone got HTC Vivid worked for T-mobile 4G. I always get "E". I heard LTE (1700/2100) can be used for Tmobile 4G after flash a tmobile 4G radio. Is this kind of radio available for Vivid?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1507825
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23522477&postcount=113
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I don't think anyone has discovered a radio yet that will allow us to use t mobile...I'm no dev so I really don't know what it takes to make a radio compatible...but if you want (risk bricking your device) you can experiment and flash some t mobile HTC radios...maybe like the sensations or something...idk
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I've got a Vivid on T-Mobile..haven't need to swap radios or anything. i get tmobile 4g just fine, only problem i have with mine is SMS occasionally hangs making me have to factory reset and reinstall a rom

Wolf61477 said:
I've got a Vivid on T-Mobile..haven't need to swap radios or anything. i get tmobile 4g just fine, only problem i have with mine is SMS occasionally hangs making me have to factory reset and reinstall a rom
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That's interesting. Does you Vivid show 4G icon? How do you know it is 4G.
T-mobile uses UMTS/AWS: 1700/2100 Mhz for 3G/4G (not really 4G though), while Vivid 4G in AT&T uses LTE/700 MHz Class 17, 1700/2100 MHz. I don’t think you can use Vivid in T-mobile 4G, not even 3G, unless you flash a correct T-mobile radio.
I think the most possible working radio in Vivid for T-mobile 4G is HTC Amaze. It has UMTS: 850, (AWS) 1700/2100, 1900, 2100MHz. I am not daring to try it.

"H" icon and speedtest give speeds of 8-10mb/s down and 2mb/s up, faster than what my T-Mobile G2 was giving me.. i think on stock ics rom it was showing 4g icon but i havent used it in a while

Wolf61477 said:
"H" icon and speedtest give speeds of 8-10mb/s down and 2mb/s up, faster than what my T-Mobile G2 was giving me.. i think on stock ics rom it was showing 4g icon but i havent used it in a while
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That's weird. I don't know how you can get 4G. I hope someone (Dev) can explain it. I always get "E" with 150kb down and 120kb up. I am in a stock ICS though. There was a thread discussed the possiblilty:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1548553

Wolf61477 said:
"H" icon and speedtest give speeds of 8-10mb/s down and 2mb/s up, faster than what my T-Mobile G2 was giving me.. i think on stock ics rom it was showing 4g icon but i havent used it in a while
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What ROM, radio, and kernel combo are you using?

I almost temped to try the amaze radio but I would have to read more up on it.Whats the worst could happen brick my phone and have to run the ruu.what do you guys think?
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Mjones307 said:
I almost temped to try the amaze radio but I would have to read more up on it.Whats the worst could happen brick my phone and have to run the ruu.what do you guys think?
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I have no clue what the ramifications are. Are the platforms the same?
I'm still interested in what combo is used above.

So I pulled radio.img from the Amaze factory ROM: RUBY_ICS_35_S_TMOUS_2.14.531.3_R2_Radio_1.14.550L.17DC_30.78.550L.15_release_262141_signed.zip
According to this, the radio is 1.14.550L.17DC_30.78.550L.15. I did a fastboot flash (fastboot flash radio radio.img) and it did it, had progress bars on the screen, and the cmd prompt windows said OKAY. However, when I go into Settings > About Phone > Software Info > More, the Baseband still shows 3.02.4740.14_34.22.701040.19, and I still have the E at the top.
It was worth a shot...
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Fastboot output:
Code:
fastboot.exe flash radio radio.img
sending 'radio' (21997 KB)... OKAY
writing 'radio'... OKAY
I get the green progress bar during sending, and then the red progress bar during writing, so I thought it worked.

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What ROM, radio, and kernel combo are you using?
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All in the screenshots.. ive not changed out the radio at all, using Virtuous Inquisition and at the time it was probably one of the older Kozmic kernels

Same baseband as mine. I might try this ROM & Kernel combo to see if I get the H. You said 'at the time', are you using a different combo now and still getting HSPA+?
Another question I had was regarding your SMS issue, do you still have it? Mine generally works for a few days, the any SMS I send is stuck in 'Pending'. If I reboot, the first message (or oldest in the queue) will go out, but no others. If I do a full wipe in recovery, SMS works again.

cougar694u said:
Same baseband as mine. I might try this ROM & Kernel combo to see if I get the H. You said 'at the time', are you using a different combo now and still getting HSPA+?
Another question I had was regarding your SMS issue, do you still have it? Mine generally works for a few days, the any SMS I send is stuck in 'Pending'. If I reboot, the first message (or oldest in the queue) will go out, but no others. If I do a full wipe in recovery, SMS works again.
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still using kozmics kernel, just updated and i still get hspa+, as for the sms issues, yes i still have the problems where it gets stuck on sending and even when i restart that txt usually does not go through and i end up having to do a factory reset or restore a backup and it works again for a while, then quits..i just rinse and repeat when this happens

Gonna test the ROM & kernel shortly. Was hoping for a fix for the SMS issue, but been using gvoice as a workaround.
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Running Virtuous Inquisition v4.0.2.1 & KozmiKKernel RC2 and still only have the E. I tried changing the bearer for the APN to eHRPD & LTE, but I lose mobile data, I have to leave it as Unspecified.
What does it show for Mobile network type in Settings > About phone > Status?

Man this SMS issue is annoying. Took backup, full wipe, loaded Virtuous ROM, SMS worked fine, backup of Virtuous, wipe, restore of Stock ICS, no SMS

when im at home i usually get stuck on edge only..when i leave home im able to pick up 3g and 4g..took these screenshots today while i was out

That's awesome. Maybe I didn't leave mine on long enough? On the Note & Skyrocket threads, people mentioned signal degradation. I normally only get EDGE inside my work, but 4G outside the building. I tested outside the building, but reflashed to stock after. The non-working contacts autofill killed me. Now the no sms is killing me, maybe I'll try virtuous again shortly.

Only difference I see is that ? in the square after T-Mobile, and 0 dBm
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cougar694u said:
Only difference I see is that ? in the square after T-Mobile, and 0 dBm
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that's weird..did you go to settings/more.../mobile network/network operators and search for network?

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
[email protected] #1
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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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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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?

Data connection DROID 3
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
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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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[Q] San Jose, CA: HTC ONE, no LTE at LTE tower and loss of BT audio

Good evening,
I'm an Ericsson(Sprint) tech (Since 2000) in the San Francisco Bay Area.
My phone is unlocked (Via HTC unlock), had TWRP 2.5.0.0 installed, and is running stock other than that. Rooted with SuperSU
I recently got an HTC ONE and found two odd things:
1. After flashing http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2251788 , and Power Toggles from the Play store, my Bluetooth audio would go away. The call still connects to the BT headset, but no audio. A stock rom re-flash takes care of that issue 100%. Semi-noob lesson learned, back up BEFORE trying new mods.
2. This phone will not connect to 4G LTE. (more detail to come)
I have tried all the obvious choices: Reflash/Reset, make sure CMDA/LTE mode is set, even changed my LTE Next Timer to 5 from 300 in the ##DATA# screen. I even called employee care and verified that my UICC ID is properly set on the account.
Of course, the local store employees have no idea what to tell me.
I exchanged that brand-new HTC ONE for another brand new handset yesterday. It exhibits the very same exact issues.
This morning on the drive to work, it briefly connected to 4G LTE for a speedtest and I haven't seen LTE since.
For those of you who will say "Yes, but you're in a pre-launch market." I hear you. My response to that is that I physically work on the NV sites. I can take a cabinet key and open the cell site up to verify operation. I am testing this standing UNDER or a few feet away from a NV site running 1900mhz LTE, and my company-issued test LTE phone (different model) is picking up LTE no problem. In fact, I'm so close my download speeds are approaching 30mbps.
I've been lurking here for a while but wanted to see what the community thinks. Did I get TWO faulty handsets, or is there something I'm missing? I still have 1.5 weeks to exchange for yet another handset if I need to.
Thanks in advance for your time.
Disclaimer, these are my own opinions, and not those of Ericsson or Sprint in any way.

I'm pretty sure BT audio is a known issue in most custom ROMs.
Look up "Force LTE" in the Sprint forums. See if that changes anything. (You might have already done this, though)
EDIT: Dial *#*#4636#*#* and change it to LTE only and if that works, LTE + CDMA. If that works, try CDMA/EVDO/LTE (default).
BTW: Where is said tower in San Jose? I live there (here?) and I rarely get LTE signals (but I do).

sauprankul said:
Look up "Force LTE" in the Sprint forums. See if that changes anything.
BTW: Where is said tower in San Jose? I live there (here?) and I rarely get LTE signals (but I do).
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PM Sent. I'll look up Force LTE on the Sprint forums.

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PM Sent. I'll look up Force LTE on the Sprint forums.
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Forcing LTE only didn't seem to help.
Here's my plan for tomorrow:
1. Drive to official LTE launch market
2. Test for LTE connection with phone as-is
3. If LTE=YES, happy camper
4. If LTE=NO, run the RUU to flash everything back stock (I know I shouldn't need this, but I'm grasping at straws here)
5. Test for LTE after RUU is complete.
6. If LTE=YES, happy camper
7. If LTE=NO, exchange for a black Sprint HTC ONE (Have Silver now). Maybe there's a bad few in a row.
I'll post tomorrow with results.

Also, to be clear, I'm NOT on a custom ROM. I'm on the Stock Sprint ROM, just unlocked and rooted.

I have had better luck with setting my network mode to automatic instead of cdma/lte ... I live In the Fremont area I see tons of areas light up with LTE now ..
But once I get to my house or my shop for work I have nothing lol.
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NORCALkID said:
I have had better luck with setting my network mode to automatic instead of cdma/lte ... I live In the Fremont area I see tons of areas light up with LTE now ..
But once I get to my house or my shop for work I have nothing lol.
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There are a lot of people working really hard to get launched. Glad you're seeing some of that paying off.
I've been going into panic mode with my personal HTC One. I had a horrible experience directly with Samsung on my Galaxy SII. I was hoping to just pick this up and see the heavens open and the light shine down lol.
That hasn't been my experience thus far I'm jealous of all of you happy modders going crazy on this beautiful device. I hope to join you soon

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There are a lot of people working really hard to get launched. Glad you're seeing some of that paying off.
I've been going into panic mode with my personal HTC One. I had a horrible experience directly with Samsung on my Galaxy SII. I was hoping to just pick this up and see the heavens open and the light shine down lol.
That hasn't been my experience thus far I'm jealous of all of you happy modders going crazy on this beautiful device. I hope to join you soon
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You will soon .. I blame most of it on the network. I know you guys are working hard to get it done. I live in union city and and I have been roaming for the past 2 weeks which really sucks ... I have been forced to use roam control and change my prl to have better roaming ... It sucks to say that I am currently roaming on to metro pcs and have great connection both voice and data lolololol
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Well, here's my results:
1. Drive to official LTE launch market DONE
2. Test for LTE connection with phone as-is NO LTE NEXT TO TOWER IN LAUNCHED MARKET
3. If LTE=YES, happy camper NOT A HAPPY CAMPER
4. If LTE=NO, run the RUU to flash everything back stock (I know I shouldn't need this, but I'm grasping at straws here) FLASHED
5. Test for LTE after RUU is complete. NO LTE
6. If LTE=YES, happy camper NOT A HAPPY CAMPER
7. If LTE=NO, exchange for a black Sprint HTC ONE (Have Silver now). Maybe there's a bad few in a row. CALLING TO EXCHANGE NOW
So frustrating. It worked for one connection the morning I got it and then nothing.
Maybe I'll ask for a black ONE just in the hopes that it came from a different production run.
I really want to like this phone, its beautiful. But this will now be my third brand-new handset.

sharksfan98 said:
Well, here's my results:
1. Drive to official LTE launch market DONE
2. Test for LTE connection with phone as-is NO LTE NEXT TO TOWER IN LAUNCHED MARKET
3. If LTE=YES, happy camper NOT A HAPPY CAMPER
4. If LTE=NO, run the RUU to flash everything back stock (I know I shouldn't need this, but I'm grasping at straws here) FLASHED
5. Test for LTE after RUU is complete. NO LTE
6. If LTE=YES, happy camper NOT A HAPPY CAMPER
7. If LTE=NO, exchange for a black Sprint HTC ONE (Have Silver now). Maybe there's a bad few in a row. CALLING TO EXCHANGE NOW
So frustrating. It worked for one connection the morning I got it and then nothing.
Maybe I'll ask for a black ONE just in the hopes that it came from a different production run.
I really want to like this phone, its beautiful. But this will now be my third brand-new handset.
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Black HTC One all the way! With any luck you just got two lemons. That's pretty awful luck though, and kind of crazy. Maybe you need to sit on top of the tower.

Rirere said:
Black HTC One all the way! With any luck you just got two lemons. That's pretty awful luck though, and kind of crazy. Maybe you need to sit on top of the tower.
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>Getting my climbing gear out now< LOL
Black ONE is on the way.
Should I just leave the bootloader saying "Re-locked" or go through the dance to get it back to saying "locked?"
I sent the first dud back "Re-locked" as the guys in the store didn't seem to care at all. I guess it's probably no big deal.
I have done very minimal identical items to both phones:
1. Unlock via HTC /Fastboot
2. Install TWRP 2.5 into Recovery via Fastboot
3. Install SuperSU by following the prompts from TWRP 2.5
4. Installed the 3-button mod here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2251788 via TWRP 2.5
5. Installed "Power Toggles" from the Google Play store. (After this step on each phone, Bluetooth would connect, but no audio. I also never saw LTE work again)
6. Reflashed the official RUU after things aren't working.
You guys are all pro modders, is there any step here that would stand out to you as potentially damaging to getting 4G LTE or maybe hurting the radio file somehow? I see everyone having a field day modding and flashing custom ROMs, now I'm scared to do even the basics for fear that somethings going on behind the scenes.
I've got to go do some actual work now. I'll post an update when the Black ONE comes in.

I have had the same problem of LTE not connecting anywhere. I have done the same things as you, including installing power toggles. If I remember correctly, I believe my LTE quit working after installing it as well. I find it hard to believe that the power toggles app could be the culprit, but it's a possibility I guess.
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Hmm...weird. Before and after I rooted my phone and installed TWRP 2.5 with Super SU and left my phone "as-is" I fortunately have always had LTE in the downtown Hayward area.
I've been able to flash custom roms and not really have any issues other than those related to the Rom itself. Hopefully you really did just have bad luck...maybe buy a lottery ticket? Lol.
Good luck with your next One!
Hope it works out for you!
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tristandespain said:
I have had the same problem of LTE not connecting anywhere. I have done the same things as you, including installing power toggles. If I remember correctly, I believe my LTE quit working after installing it as well. I find it hard to believe that the power toggles app could be the culprit, but it's a possibility I guess.
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The only thing that doesn't sit right with me is that after I run the RUU to restore everything, you'd think the issue would be fixed right?

Well look at this everyone...does this sound familiar?
From: http://www.howardforums.com/showthr...scuss-All-Related-Questions-Here-ONLY/page509
"UPDATE: awww, one of those 2g/3g toggle widgets permanetly turned off the LTE radio. Yesterday I could see LTE from Tmo, ATT, Cricket, and MetroPCS. Today all LTE options are gone. When I go into *#*#4636#*#* I can re-select LTE/GSM/WCDMA as a preferred network, but when manually searching for network the phone still can't see any LTE. Power cycling the phone, the field goes back to "GSM auto (PRL)", does anyone know how to make the preferred network stick with LTE without changing back in this hidden menu? What should be in this preferred network blank? and how do you make it stick? anyone?"

sharksfan98 said:
The only thing that doesn't sit right with me is that after I run the RUU to restore everything, you'd think the issue would be fixed right?
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Yeah you would think so. I have ran the RUU on 2 seperate occasions just to make sure and still no LTE. I will probably just end up trying to exchange it for another one and hope the new one holds up better.
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Now we just need one more brave soul to test power toggles to see if it really is a problem. If it is, contact the dev and tell 'em to declare it incompatible with this device!

sauprankul said:
Now we just need one more brave soul to test power toggles to see if it really is a problem. If it is, contact the dev and tell 'em to declare it incompatible with this device!
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I agree. If this app is causing this kind if an issue with the One, we need to verify and make sure that nobody else installs it. Maybe someone has a One that they are about to exchange for a different issue would be willing to test this theory for us.
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I don't know about the 2G/3G facet of it (simply because it's never been noted as compatible with my device in Power Toggles), but I've used this app for a long time and I pull LTE quite comfortably.

Update: called Sprint about the issue and they notified my local Sprint store that when I brought my phone in, they were to exchange it for a new One (not refurbished) at no cost. They were out of stock and I should be receiveing it Saturday or Monday
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VZW G2 - Traveling out of country

Hi guys. I'll be heading to South America(Uruguay) in two weeks. I have heard that I can use a SIM card down there and get service on my phone. How exactly does this work? I would assume the G2 is unlocked since it's a 4G phone. I had heard the FCC wanted Verizon to unlock all 4G phones for GSM purposes. So my question would be, how do I make this work? I planned on borrowing a very old T-Mobile phone (MyTouch) and popping in a SIM card from ATCEL. It's in Spanish but here's the phone on that site. It states GSM and LTE I think.
http://www.antel.com.uy/antel/personas-y-hogares/movil/equipos/lg-electronics/lg-g2
Would I just have to buy a SIM and pay two weeks of service? I'd plan on using a stock ROM like XDABEBBS or Steel Droid. Or should I focus on using something from CM?

sefirosu0522 said:
Hi guys. I'll be heading to South America(Uruguay) in two weeks. I have heard that I can use a SIM card down there and get service on my phone. How exactly does this work? I would assume the G2 is unlocked since it's a 4G phone. I had heard the FCC wanted Verizon to unlock all 4G phones for GSM purposes. So my question would be, how do I make this work? I planned on borrowing a very old T-Mobile phone (MyTouch) and popping in a SIM card from ATCEL. It's in Spanish but here's the phone on that site. It states GSM and LTE I think.
http://www.antel.com.uy/antel/personas-y-hogares/movil/equipos/lg-electronics/lg-g2
Would I just have to buy a SIM and pay two weeks of service? I'd plan on using a stock ROM like XDABEBBS or Steel Droid. Or should I focus on using something from CM?
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Exactly. VS980 is full unlocked for any GSM network. I live in Russia, so I bought this phone to use in my Russian operator "MobileTeleSystems", so it works perfectly. You should take microSIM card. But LTE will not work, only 3G.

I can live with that for a couple of weeks. So what would I need to do? Just power off the phone and insert the new SIM card or do I have to factory reset? I'll be running a stock rooted Rom.
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No factory reset needed. Just turn the phone off, switch SIM cards, turn it back on and you should have service. I think I had to enter APN settings to get 3g data working properly in Honduras, but voice and text worked fine with no special settings. You should be able to Google the settings for ATCEL if you need to
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phunkyjoey said:
No factory reset needed. Just turn the phone off, switch SIM cards, turn it back on and you should have service. I think I had to enter APN settings to get 3g data working properly in Honduras, but voice and text worked fine with no special settings. You should be able to Google the settings for ATCEL if you need to
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Thanks so much! Just did a quick search and I think this is all I'll need. If not, I'm sure they'd know down there, right?
http://wiki.apnchanger.org/Uruguay

Yeah that looks like all you need. If ATCEL had any other weird requirements I'm sure they'll be able to let you know when you get down there, assuming you find someone who speaks English. You might want to download the Spanish language packs for Google Translate before you head down there if you don't speak Spanish
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phunkyjoey said:
Yeah that looks like all you need. If ATCEL had any other weird requirements I'm sure they'll be able to let you know when you get down there, assuming you find someone who speaks English. You might want to download the Spanish language packs for Google Translate before you head down there if you don't speak Spanish
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Awesome. I've got the Spanish part down. Thanks for all the help!

sefirosu0522 said:
Awesome. I've got the Spanish part down. Thanks for all the help!
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I am using the VS980 here in Mexico with good results. The only other thing I can think of that may give a problem is if for some reason you are stuck at the activation screen, then use this workaround: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2522646
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forgiven90 said:
I am using the VS980 here in Mexico with good results. The only other thing I can think of that may give a problem is if for some reason you are stuck at the activation screen, then use this workaround: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2522646
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Thanks. I did see this a few days ago. I don't think I'll be factory resetting though. If I have to, I'll keep this in mind.