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More rumors of an update

Just called VZW tech support to complain about my phone's incessant rebooting. After some fairly vocal complaining I got booted up to a Tier 2 or whatever they call them over there, and she told me she personally spoke with an HTC rep today who assured her that there will be a reboot-fixing update pushed out before the end of the week.
When I said "yeah right, whatever you say" she offered up her email address and said if they don't push it out by then, to call her this monday and she'll just get me a new phone (i.e a Charge or Revolution, not a new T-Bolt, already tried that).
So, finger crossed? I'm not sure it'll help me too much, I'm assuming it's simply MR2, which when I rooted and tried using it also gave me rebooting problems up the wazoo. But still, might be interesting news to some of the rest of ya'll.

I'm starting to miss the "Where's Chingy" threads...
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lrs421 said:
I'm starting to miss the "Where's Chingy" threads...
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Lol. An update is coming. When is anyone's guess.
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Bah. I searched first, there's nothing I'm immediately seeing mentioning an OTA update before July 8th for rebooting issues, just people talking about the July 7th update to remove from Hotspot. If I missed it then I apologize, your highness. I'm only going to spend so long search to spare anyone the horror of reading a three sentence thread I started that MAY be redundant.

Agentbolt said:
Bah. I searched first, there's nothing I'm immediately seeing mentioning an OTA update before July 8th for rebooting issues, just people talking about the July 7th update to remove from Hotspot. If I missed it then I apologize, your highness. I'm only going to spend so long search to spare anyone the horror of reading a three sentence thread I started that MAY be redundant.
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Yeah there's been about 3 or 4 update threads lately. A few saying they spoke to reps, etc. Your "Highness", cool, thanks for the new nickname
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Threads like this leave me scratching my head. You have a Bolt. You have ease of rooting. You have a plethora of ROMs, radios, and kernels. But.... you're talking to Verizon about a problem that you could permanently resolved in a lazy afternoon. Don't get me wrong! A new OTA would be groovy... fresh meat for the devs. Just not sure Verizon are the problem-solving folks.

then be happy, if there isn't a update

So I literally just got off the phone with a VZW rep & he went through his bulletin notes & saw TBolt DOES have an update on the way. When? Mid July, no specific dates. Only one can hope...

loonatik78 said:
Threads like this leave me scratching my head. You have a Bolt. You have ease of rooting. You have a plethora of ROMs, radios, and kernels. But.... you're talking to Verizon about a problem that you could permanently resolved in a lazy afternoon. Don't get me wrong! A new OTA would be groovy... fresh meat for the devs. Just not sure Verizon are the problem-solving folks.
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Like I said, I don't think this OTA is going to help me. I've already tried MR2 (worse than MR1 in terms of rebooting) and MR2.5 (racing grade ultra leaded nightmare fuel levels of rebooting) so unless there's some magical un-leaked code in the OTA I doubt my T-Bolt is ever going to be stable. I was more posting this for the few who prefer to keep their 'bolts stock and want a rebooting issue fix.

Get a charge
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OP, why won't they give you another Thunderbolt if after doing the update you are still having problems?
That would be crap customer service.

I promise you there is an OTA coming, eventually. Maybe even two.
100% fact.

I always lmao when i hear "the verizon rep told me" they don't know $#@t. You may as well ask the Guy behind the Mc Donalds counter. He might even know more than the csr's...
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No the update that will be out will be the "free tethering" ending update, that's it.
/thread

I promise you there is an OTA coming, eventually. Maybe even two.
100% fact.
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Yep
Thunderbolt!

I'll believe it when I see it...

g00s3y said:
No the update that will be out will be the "free tethering" ending update, that's it.
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There doesn't need to be any ota for this. Verizon will auto add a block dun feature on your account like the iPhone...there is no device side software needed for this.
The mr2 was pushed till second half of July, and even that is subject to change since there isn't any set date. Just like they said second half of June, so really who knows at this point. Thanks to Bamf and company I haven't had a single issue since day one on the device.

nrfitchett4 said:
OP, why won't they give you another Thunderbolt if after doing the update you are still having problems?
That would be crap customer service.
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I don't know...maybe because it is a known software issue at this point with an update coming and no assurance a replacement won't have the update...

adrynalyne said:
I promise you there is an OTA coming, eventually. Maybe even two.
100% fact.
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BAMF RC5 and BAMF RC6 are the only updates i believe in! Great ROM!

how but this
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until update happens!!!!!

Gingerbread update is working! Download thru kies mini now!!!!

Download now! Kies mini now!!!! When download does work for you Your phone will be put into download mode automatically! Don't be Scared! Just don't touch your phone during the process cause you may **** something up and brick your **** permanently.
People are exclaiming you need to register your device before being able to receive the update. If that's the case go to the Samsung site and register your phone if you already did then register your phone again and wait a little and see if something happens. I registered my phone 2 1/2 hours ago and received the update.
Proof It Works! O and my update is grayed out cause I'm already Updated!
O and shameful No scrolling Wallpaper and my Angry Birds Disappeared! Damn It!
proof by Axiomkid, on Flickr

Axiomkid said:
Download now! Kies mini now!!!!
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Hmm.. But.. Once you go in it.. Will you be able to go back to froyo to root? Won't it make it so that you can't root it with no downgrade tool... Nobody answered me in the other thread... So. Yeah.
In any case.. I like my NumasX.. Soon to be Odined and Zeused..
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can't you use the rogers method?
The kernel would be the same right?

Anyone having problem with Kies getting an error msg similar to:
Handle:1115196,x:692,y:292,width:537,height:466
??
It recognizes my phone and says I have an update, but I get that message after I hit update. )=

the Rogers method will root it but then you lose the HDMI kernel and only have the leaked kernel to flash back to it.. I doubt it will be different from the kernel we already have but getting the official kernel dumped might be tricky, it would only really be needed for potential initramfs changes, which are likely insignificant.
just out of curiosity someone with the update please post the baseband from settings about phone.

Dani897 said:
the Rogers method will root it but then you lose the HDMI kernel and only have the leaked kernel to flash back to it.. I doubt it will be different from the kernel we already have but getting the official kernel dumped might be tricky, it would only really be needed for potential initramfs changes, which are likely insignificant.
just out of curiosity someone with the update please post the baseband from settings about phone.
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I997UCKL2 is the Baseband Kernel Version 2.6.35.7-I997UCKL2-CL806505

looks like the leak was infact the final official build. may as well Odin flash the leak prezkret posted a while back. now its a waiting game for source code.

Im updating as i type this. you dont have to wait 24 hrs. I registered like an hour ago then dl kies mini and odin back to stock and walla. update in progress
Done updating; that was fast too

like another thread was needed

Ltilt2 said:
Im updating as i type this. you dont have to wait 24 hrs. I registered like an hour ago then dl kies mini and odin back to stock and walla. update in progress
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Same here. I and my wife registered two hours ago and my update just finished. My phone is rebooting now....

Like dani said... Flash the leak! Its the same thing... Why jump thru hoops with friggin kies?? We cant do anything til we get source anyway...... No changes on the dev side... Still waiting....
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Ltilt2 said:
Im updating as i type this. you dont have to wait 24 hrs. I registered like an hour ago then dl kies mini and odin back to stock and walla. update in progress
Done updating; that was fast too
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Awesome. Thanks for the info. But um, it's voila, not walla.
--Mike
Sent from one of many Samsung devices.

dman3285 said:
Like dani said... Flash the leak! Its the same thing... Why jump thru hoops with friggin kies?? We cant do anything til we get source anyway...... No changes on the dev side... Still waiting....
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It's the same build number (UCKL2) but is it built using the same tags (release vs debug)? I remember reading that some of the leaks were built using debug keys which can slow down after time because EVERYTHING is logged.
That said, it does look like you'd have to flash back to stock using GTG's unbrick to get back to UCKD5 before Kies will recognize it. So Odin is kind of necessary, at least for the moment.

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im downloading it right now.

dman3285 said:
Like dani said... Flash the leak! Its the same thing... Why jump thru hoops with friggin kies?? We cant do anything til we get source anyway...... No changes on the dev side... Still waiting....
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LOL, lmfao. people just don't get it..... I've said it so many times and the ignorant just quote each other and ask each other questions passing by the fact that we had this for over a month.... it just didn't have an att approved stamp on it yet...
I give up. they are still surprised that bt and HDMI work like att would just scap those features... I'm baffled, still waiting for sources.... I already put in a request for them and will get on twitter in a bit and nudge the Samsung reps, make sure they aren't trying to slide by without complying with gpl.

Dani897 said:
LOL, lmfao. people just don't get it..... I've said it so many times and the ignorant just quote each other and ask each other questions passing by the fact that we had this for over a month.... it just didn't have an att approved stamp on it yet...
I give up. they are still surprised that bt and HDMI work like att would just scap those features... I'm baffled, still waiting for sources.... I already put in a request for them and will get on twitter in a bit and nudge the Samsung reps, make sure they aren't trying to slide by without complying with gpl.
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some off us want the stamp! i want the stamp!
GIVE ME THE STAMP.
jk the only reason why im flashing this
1) because i never flashed any of the leaks.
2) the infuse is not my daily driver
3) im curious to see how the process goes with kies.
leave me alone... i know im weird...

Dani897 said:
LOL, lmfao. people just don't get it..... I've said it so many times and the ignorant just quote each other and ask each other questions passing by the fact that we had this for over a month.... it just didn't have an att approved stamp on it yet...
I give up. they are still surprised that bt and HDMI work like att would just scap those features... I'm baffled, still waiting for sources.... I already put in a request for them and will get on twitter in a bit and nudge the Samsung reps, make sure they aren't trying to slide by without complying with gpl.
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You do realize there are some people who want to upgrade the legitimate way right? Not everyone wants to flash a rom.
Personally, I flashed both my phones back to stock just to see what the whole kies thing was about. Would have been a nice smooth process (since I'm a crazy person who registered my phones as soon as I got them) except for this annoying handle error that no one seems to know the actual cause of.

call me crazy, I dare you but i did install and played with all the leaks but the update feels a lot smoother.

Optimus-Prime said:
some off us want the stamp! i want the stamp!
GIVE ME THE STAMP.
jk the only reason why im flashing this
1) because i never flashed any of the leaks.
2) the infuse is not my daily driver
3) im curious to see how the process goes with kies.
leave me alone... i know im weird...
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if this is how you want to update it then fine. and I'm not calling you specifically ignorant, I mean many people don't visit xda and will have to go through this if they want the software, I'm more laughing at the other thread where people are all "does bt work? " not realizing that the Bluetooth devices that don't work use an old protocol that Samsung doesn't care to support on the devices with bt3.0, or like Samsung and att would over look such a nessessary feature of the Phone to leave it out or broken its actually funny the comments and questions going around.

Dani897 said:
if this is how you want to update it then fine. and I'm not calling you specifically ignorant, I mean many people don't visit xda and will have to go through this if they want the software, I'm more laughing at the other thread where people are all "does bt work? " not realizing that the Bluetooth devices that don't work use an old protocol that Samsung doesn't care to support on the devices with bt3.0, or like Samsung and att would over look such a nessessary feature of the Phone to leave it out or broken its actually funny the comments and questions going around.
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I get ya, see people dont understand what leak and official release mean.
they just dont, and it makes me want to take a bat with nails in it and swing it as hard as i can into a wall then smack them across the head with my hand. lol.

RegawMOD plugin needed for custom bootloader

So now that we have S-Off, I decided to do a bit of research on how to get rid of the red HTC disclaimer and the word "Tampered" from the bootloader screen.
Seems that there is only one way to get rid of "Tampered" and that's to re-lock your bootloader and then flash a RUU.
Whether the word stays gone after you re-flash a custom recovery and ROM/kernel I can't say for sure.
As far as the HTC disclaimer you see on boot-up, It can only be removed by flashing a RUU. As soon as you flash a custom recovery, it'll come back.
I found a thread called RegawMOD which allows you to either delete that red text or change it to whatever you want.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739314
They also have a thread that has instructions on how to make a plugin for your device so that you can also use his tool for your device.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1776900
And yet another thread with a list of current plugins. Maybe one could be used as a template for us?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1786498
I would absolutely love to see this tool become a reality for oneS users and I know I'm not alone in this.
Would probably donate if it worked perfect without issue.

Nvm delete

I tried making a plugin, succeeded, but the tool bricked my phone and put it in QDL mode.

That sucks I made the plug-in too but haven't flashed yet. now you got me worried. More than likely you accidentally messed up a digit of one of your offsets but I don't know that for sure.
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usaff22 said:
I tried making a plugin, succeeded, but the tool bricked my phone and put it in QDL mode.
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That happen when you flash a wrong HBOOT, i think.
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Behold_this said:
That sucks I made the plug-in too but haven't flashed yet. now you got me worried. More than likely you accidentally messed up a digit of one of your offsets but I don't know that for sure.
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Maybe. However, if I were you I wouldn't even think about trying it, I have learnt my mistake, don't try something that could mess up your phone dearly.
I hope others will learn from my mistake.
blackwing182 said:
That happen when you flash a wrong HBOOT, i think.
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Yes, flashed a regawmod hboot that which I made a plugin for and completely screwed up my phone. Not sure if I can even recover it, apart from coughing up the money

usaff22 said:
Maybe. However, if I were you I wouldn't even think about trying it, I have learnt my mistake, don't try something that could mess up your phone dearly.
I hope others will learn from my mistake.
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So...is it not at all possible you messed up your plug in?

Can't Tecardo fix that with the riff box? and if he can he be best to test it.

Do we need a seperate plugin for each h-boot version?
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xxquicksh0txx said:
Do we need a seperate plugin for each h-boot version?
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Yes is needed
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Behold_this said:
So...is it not at all possible you messed up your plug in?
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It's entirely possible. But I had triple checked it. So you might think that everything is correct, and then try it, and you have with you a paperweight.
And when you don't have the money to get it fixed, it's going to prove difficult getting it done freely.
Darknites said:
Can't Tecardo fix that with the riff box? and if he can he be best to test it.
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I don't have the money to ship it to Germany

usaff22 said:
It's entirely possible. But I had triple checked it. So you might think that everything is correct, and then try it, and you have with you a paperweight.
And when you don't have the money to get it fixed, it's going to prove difficult getting it done freely.
I don't have the money to ship it to Germany
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Oh that sucks, hate it when you don't have money.

How much does it cost usaff22?

Tecardo said:
How much does it cost usaff22?
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12 pounds excluding return with royal mail, 50 with ups, also excluding return

would give you back shipping (12 Pounds)

Tecardo said:
would give you back shipping (12 Pounds)
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Now that's a great offer!
Also my plug-in will be going into testing soon as Tec can revive his device should I mess it up, however, i feel cautiously optimistic it will go fine and you will be customizing your bootloaders in no time. Now Tec just needs his test device up (not his s3).

Tecardo said:
would give you back shipping (12 Pounds)
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Thanks! I appreciate for your generous offer
Although my parents say I'm not allowed to send it over, because of issues of sending an expensive item overseas. At this stage I think I will visit my carrier, but thanks anyway for your kindness
edit: I deleted the plugin I had made out of frustration with myself for bricking it, so I can't send it or try it somewhere else

RC joining Note 3 community

Greetings folks!
Bought my International N9005 Note 3 yesterday and I'm extremely surprised of the functionality, battery life, power... everything! I had Xperia Arc S (1.4 GHz single core with 512 MB RAM - a huge step forward) so far, which was about to reach the end of it's time.
First day, I didn't manage to actually empty the battery, even though it got pretty heavy use. Especially by some classmates, who got extremely addicted in Sketchbook application and the opportunities for drawing pictures on it
Got the phone with 4.4.2 on top of it, saving root for later (don't wanna kill KNOX yet). No issues have occurred so far, GPS and all other features work fine, no reboots either, from what I have been reading here.
There are so many features, that it's gonna take ma a few days to actually discover them all
Anyway, great to see so many folks here and active ongoing development.

Welcome to the monster beast of all devices
Someguyfromhell said:
Greetings folks!
Bought my International N9005 Note 3 yesterday and I'm extremely surprised of the functionality, battery life, power... everything! I had Xperia Arc S (1.4 GHz single core with 512 MB RAM - a huge step forward) so far, which was about to reach the end of it's time.
First day, I didn't manage to actually empty the battery, even though it got pretty heavy use. Especially by some classmates, who got extremely addicted in Sketchbook application and the opportunities for drawing pictures on it
Got the phone with 4.4.2 on top of it, saving root for later (don't wanna kill KNOX yet). No issues have occurred so far, GPS and all other features work fine, no reboots either, from what I have been reading here.
There are so many features, that it's gonna take ma a few days to actually discover them all
Anyway, great to see so many folks here and active ongoing development.
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Yeah got mine last week, traded an S4 for it. loving it so far.

welcome to Note 3 community & I'm eager to see your great work ASAP. :silly:

Someguyfromhell said:
Greetings folks!
Bought my International N9005 Note 3 yesterday and I'm extremely surprised of the functionality, battery life, power... everything! I had Xperia Arc S (1.4 GHz single core with 512 MB RAM - a huge step forward) so far, which was about to reach the end of it's time.
First day, I didn't manage to actually empty the battery, even though it got pretty heavy use. Especially by some classmates, who got extremely addicted in Sketchbook application and the opportunities for drawing pictures on it
Got the phone with 4.4.2 on top of it, saving root for later (don't wanna kill KNOX yet). No issues have occurred so far, GPS and all other features work fine, no reboots either, from what I have been reading here.
There are so many features, that it's gonna take ma a few days to actually discover them all
Anyway, great to see so many folks here and active ongoing development.
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Welcome mate and i hope you will enjoy this great (no pun intended) phone

I'm not really much of a developer due to lack of time, mainly focusing on helping fellow community members with guides and tutorials
Anyway, I have a firmware with XEO country code (Poland) at the moment. Attached a screenshot from Phone Info app.
According to sammobile.com, I should be able to receive somewhat newer firmware.
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Refreshed within the phone, also checked via Kies, both claim that I have latest firmware. No region lock. Any ideas about that?
If anyone wonders - No, it is not a clone, S Pen works while hovering as well and all other tests also pass.

Someguyfromhell said:
I'm not really much of a developer due to lack of time, mainly focusing on helping fellow community members with guides and tutorials
Anyway, I have a firmware with XEO country code (Poland) at the moment. Attached a screenshot from Phone Info app.
According to sammobile.com, I should be able to receive somewhat newer firmware.
Refreshed within the phone, also checked via Kies, both claim that I have latest firmware. No region lock. Any ideas about that?
If anyone wonders - No, it is not a clone, S Pen works while hovering as well and all other tests also pass.
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Yes, ND3 is the latest firmware for Poland atm if that is what you mean.

gee2012 said:
Yes, ND3 is the latest firmware for Poland atm if that is what you mean.
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If you look at attached picture you can clearly see its not the latest version on the phone.
That's what he was asking about.

HanZie82 said:
If you look at attached picture you can clearly see its not the latest version on the phone.
That's what he was asking about.
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That`s what it says on Sammobile and what is available for download atm

gee2012 said:
That`s what it says on Sammobile and what is available for download atm
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Do you even read what has been said or dont you understand it?
Because thats what your comment makes me think...

HanZie82 said:
Do you even read what has been said or dont you understand it?
Because thats what your comment makes me think...
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Oeps my bad, didn`t look at the attched screenshot

gee2012 said:
Oeps my bad, didn`t look at the attched screenshot
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Ah ok, you almost got me thinking i was seeing things. :laugh:

The problem is, I can't get it . Don't think I dare to download from sammobile and install it. Also, I would prefer keeping my data (so many apps)
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[Q] Noob question D821 and D820 ROMs different?

I'm about to purchase a D821 coming from a nexus 4 and i just want to make sure. so ROMs for both variants are just the same? or are there any special instructions for both variants? i'm sorry for the noob question i hope someone could help me.

Nickjg11 said:
I'm about to purchase a D821 coming from a nexus 4 and i just want to make sure. so ROMs for both variants are just the same? or are there any special instructions for both variants? i'm sorry for the noob question i hope someone could help me.
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Wrong section, it belongs in Q&A.
But to answer your question, ROMs can be used on either, no special instructions. The only difference between the D820 and D821 is the radios, everything else is exactly the same. :good:

Letharqy said:
Wrong section, it belongs in Q&A.
But to answer your question, ROMs can be used on either, no special instructions. The only difference between the D820 and D821 is the radios, everything else is exactly the same. :good:
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i'm sorry. mods pls close this thread.
thank you very much for answering sir. that's a relief.. excited for the n5. been following and trying the nexus line ever since.

Nickjg11 said:
i'm sorry. mods pls close this thread.
thank you very much for answering sir. that's a relief.. excited for the n5. been following and trying the nexus line ever since.
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You won't be disappointed, the Nexus 5 gets a lot of developer love.

D821 and and D820 only differs radio for LTE networks. However, the modem/baseband/radio images are the same for both wariant.
Tapatalk-kal küldve az én Nexus 5-el

Just make sure you only flash modems meant for D821. Otherwise, you will have no data at the very least, or you could hard brick your device.
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TheLastSidekick said:
Just make sure you only flash modems meant for D821. Otherwise, you will have no data at the very least, or you could hard brick your device.
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I've read somewhere that the modems are identical even after comparing hashes, probably only the chip itself is different.

doomed151 said:
I've read somewhere that the modems are identical even after comparing hashes, probably only the chip itself is different.
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Could be. Better safe than sorry though without actual proof of what would happen. I'm just not brave enough to flash the wrong modem to find out.
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TheLastSidekick said:
Could be. Better safe than sorry though without actual proof of what would happen. I'm just not brave enough to flash the wrong modem to find out.
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Don't worry, it's almost always better safe than sorry.
I took the adventurous route and flashed D820 modems (mine is D821). So far everything works fine, no loss of data, no missing bands, etc.
As stated here, only the modems from KRT16M have been verified equal and they are exactly the same (not even a single byte difference). However, if you're messing around with modems, be sure to have a backup of your EFS partition and store it somewhere else like on your PC or some sort of cloud storage since losing it means that you can't use it as a phone anymore (IMEI is lost and SIM card will be unreadable).
To OP: No, they share the same ROM. They even share the same factory image.
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doomed151 said:
Don't worry, it's almost always better safe than sorry.
I took the adventurous route and flashed D820 modems (mine is D821). So far everything works fine, no loss of data, no missing bands, etc.
As stated here, only the modems from KRT16M have been verified equal and they are exactly the same (not even a single byte difference). However, if you're messing around with modems, be sure to have a backup of your EFS partition and store it somewhere else like on your PC or some sort of cloud storage since losing it means that you can't use it as a phone anymore (IMEI is lost and SIM card will be unreadable).
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Very well said. +1 couldn't agree more about having an EFS backup not to mention a Nandroid at the ready in case something random happens.
So if modems can be flashed vice versa without an adverse effect.. I really wonder what are the differences between the two.
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TheLastSidekick said:
So if modems can be flashed vice versa without an adverse effect.. I really wonder what are the differences between the two.
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It's a physical, hardware-level difference, no kind of software tricks would allow it to change.

Thanks everyone. Sorry I got back to this thread just now.
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