Considering switching carriers to sprint and I am thinking on getting the nexus 5. My only concern are the roms..are they both the same as the Google/unlocked version? I can flash the nexus 5 roms no problem or is there a separate sprint nexus 5 forum/thread..
They're all the same. No variants. The only thing is there is a couple of ROMs that have to merge in a commit for data to work on cdma
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CRIME INC. said:
They're all the same. No variants. The only thing is there is a couple of ROMs that have to merge in a commit for data to work on cdma
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thank you for the quick response.just wanted to double check and make sure before I get one.
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Think? the AT&T radio fro the G2 and the nexus 5 the same?
daddioj said:
Think? the AT&T radio fro the G2 and the nexus 5 the same?
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They do not use the same radio, the radio in the Nexus is a newer model with features the G2 lacks such as LTE Envelope Tracking.
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They do not use the same radio, the radio in the Nexus is a newer model with features the G2 lacks such as LTE Envelope Tracking.
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interesting. I gonna have to look that up. thanks
I did a write-up on the radio in the General Nexus 5 forum, maybe search by my username. Suffice to say the radio in this phone is only in 1 other phone and that is the Note 3.
sluflyer06 said:
I did a write-up on the radio in the General Nexus 5 forum, maybe search by my username. Suffice to say the radio in this phone is only in 1 other phone and that is the Note 3.
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thanks I dug this up too if anyone wants to see it
http://gigaom.com/2013/11/01/the-nexus-5-will-be-a-battery-miser-thanks-to-new-qualcomm-tech/
That links in my thread as well as another source. Qualcomm also has a article on this radio, its quite a sweet piece of tech.
sluflyer06 said:
I did a write-up on the radio in the General Nexus 5 forum, maybe search by my username. Suffice to say the radio in this phone is only in 1 other phone and that is the Note 3.
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So we need a brave soul to attempt to flash a note 3 modem baseband on the n5?
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So we need a brave soul to attempt to flash a note 3 modem baseband on the n5?
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I'm not sure I understand why we'd want to do that, is there something to gain?
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I'm not sure I understand why we'd want to do that, is there something to gain?
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Possibly gaining access to lte band 13.
babybacon said:
Possibly gaining access to lte band 13.
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More likely to come from the muckings between the two Nexus model firmwares.
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So we need a brave soul to attempt to flash a note 3 modem baseband on the n5?
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I was actually thinking about doing that. My Nexus 5's radio is doing horrible compared to my ATT note 3. Since they use the same radio it would be worth a shot.
l Frosty l said:
I was actually thinking about doing that. My Nexus 5's radio is doing horrible compared to my ATT note 3. Since they use the same radio it would be worth a shot.
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Sure, if you want to brick your radio.
By the way, LTE bands are not software limited. Flashing a radio will not open up bands
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rootSU said:
Sure, if you want to brick your radio.
By the way, LTE bands are not software limited. Flashing a radio will not open up bands
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Not concerned with the bands just the reliability.
At this point my nexus is already bricked since it doesn't operate efficiently.
l Frosty l said:
I was actually thinking about doing that. My Nexus 5's radio is doing horrible compared to my ATT note 3. Since they use the same radio it would be worth a shot.
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they do not use the same radio. the radio for the note 3 has att files included, and has been tested for att by att. the nexus 5 radio uses a more generic form of radio, since google doesnt let the carriers add anything to any nexus. flashing the note 3 radio would essentially make the nexus 5 radio stop working completely, forever.
simms22 said:
they do not use the same radio. the radio for the note 3 has att files included, and has been tested for att by att. the nexus 5 radio uses a more generic form of radio, since google doesnt let the carriers add anything to any nexus. flashing the note 3 radio would essentially make the nexus 5 radio stop working completely, forever.
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Well there goes that idea..
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Well there goes that idea..
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It had already gone. I told you it would brick your radio
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rootSU said:
It had already gone. I told you it would brick your radio
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You did. You did. Oh well.
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So I'm switching from Galaxy S3 to Nexus 5 and was wondering a couple of things.
1: For most phones, there are carrier version and each version had it's own rom/flashes, so for Nexus 5 I noticed that there is no separate forum for Sprint, ATT, etc. Does that mean all flashes/rooting methods work on the Nexus 5?
2: Is there something like Odin for Nexus 5?
Bump, really do need help. Don't want to brick phone.
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So I'm switching from Galaxy S3 to Nexus 5 and was wondering a couple of things.
1: For most phones, there are carrier version and each version had it's own rom/flashes, so for Nexus 5 I noticed that there is no separate forum for Sprint, ATT, etc. Does that mean all flashes/rooting methods work on the Nexus 5?
2: Is there something like Odin for Nexus 5?
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There so no carrier version nexus 5, there are two variant, LGD820 for north america and LG821 for the rest of the world. LG820 and LGD821 are 100% the same. The only difference is a programmed chip. This chip in LGD820 programmed to work with north amrrican lte network, in LG821 this is programmed to work with not north american lte networks. This two variant is needed, because this chip only capable to handle 7 lte networks, and there are more then 7 lte network on the whole world.
Yes there are an app like odin. It is called lg flash tool, but only works with LGD820 because the dll refuse to work with LGD821, someone have to hack it to make it work for LGD821 too, and we dont have factory images, just user images so you will get the same result if just flashed a rom with fastboot.
Oh yes and nexus 5 has a mode called fastboot. You can flash system, boot, recovery images with fastboot to nexus 5, you can boot your phone with a kernel without flashing it to your phone and etc...
This would be a good thread to read through before you do anything: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2508292
Also, please stay away from Toolkits. Learn how to do things the right and safe way. It will help you out in the long run and you'll know how to fix common problems.
As @El Daddy said stay away from toolkits, those cause more troubles in those hands who dont know what are they doing than they should.
+1 for ditching toolkits
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Toolkits?!! What about the kittens?! The horror. The horror.
D7Knight said:
So I'm switching from Galaxy S3 to Nexus 5 and was wondering a couple of things.
1: For most phones, there are carrier version and each version had it's own rom/flashes, so for Nexus 5 I noticed that there is no separate forum for Sprint, ATT, etc. Does that mean all flashes/rooting methods work on the Nexus 5?
2: Is there something like Odin for Nexus 5?
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Look here for how to setup adb http://www.redmondpie.com/how-to-set-up-android-adb-and-fastboot-on-windows-tutorial/.
Here`s one with a YouTube tutorial http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XslKnEE4Qo8.
My phone is stuck on Google logo and won't go pass the boot loader but at the same time it only turns on when I'm charging but it does the on an off bs please help I'm using a google nexus 5 for tmobile
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Seannytee said:
My phone is stuck on Google logo and won't go pass the boot loader but at the same time it only turns on when I'm charging but it does the on an off bs please help I'm using a google nexus 5 for tmobile
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Sounds like you have a stick power button. You may have to get it repaired
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I know the nexus 5 on T-Mobile does not have the WiFi calling feature. I don't know if that is due to lack of hardware or software. With that, I was wondering if it was possible being rooted by means of a ROM or kernel or some sort of mod?
If so, could you kindly point me in the direction of it?
Thank you,
Whiteice
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There's no mod for this at the moment. Not sure what the restriction is but I've seen it asked many times here. You may learn the restriction if you search
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rootSU said:
There's no mod for this at the moment. Not sure what the restriction is but I've seen it asked many times here. You may learn the restriction if you search
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there's alot of stuff that tmobile has to add to the phone for it to be able to work. some framework, APIs, and special RIL.
its not possible since none of this information is known.
WhiteiceDMSTech said:
I know the nexus 5 on T-Mobile does not have the WiFi calling feature. I don't know if that is due to lack of hardware or software. With that, I was wondering if it was possible being rooted by means of a ROM or kernel or some sort of mod?
If so, could you kindly point me in the direction of it?
Thank you,
Whiteice
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I just purchased my N5 from T-mo last month here in the states. One of the features that sold me on it was the ability for it to do calls over wifi. I have tested it as I was in Canada and when calling my v-mail it did not recognise my caller-id so it prompted me for a password. So long story short, it should be able to call over WiFi natively.
This is just my $0.02
It can't
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I just purchased my N5 from T-mo last month here in the states. One of the features that sold me on it was the ability for it to do calls over wifi. I have tested it as I was in Canada and when calling my v-mail it did not recognise my caller-id so it prompted me for a password. So long story short, it should be able to call over WiFi natively.
This is just my $0.02
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the nexus 5 doesnt have the software nor, very importantly, tmobiles framework for wifi calling to work. the great thing about owning nexus devices is that carriers do not have access to them to install all their carrier crap on them, wifi calling being one of those. its not as simple as just installing an app to have it work. it needs tmobiles framework built into it as well.
Anyone know if WiFi calling forks on t-mobile? I read that the nexus 6 works because Google tmo and qualcom ALL support it, so what about Sammy and their new baseband chips?
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Anyone know if WiFi calling forks on t-mobile? I read that the nexus 6 works because Google tmo and qualcom ALL support it, so what about Sammy and their new baseband chips?
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Yes WiFi calling works
Just in case you wanted a second opinion...yes, it works.
WHen I had my Note 3 and S3 (not at the same time...) wifi calling was great. But my last couple phones (Nexus 6, LG G3, HTC M8), it quality has been poor. My internet speeds have actually increased over that time too. I dont' use it anymore. I'll give it another shot on my Note 5, but I'm not holding my breath.
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Anyone know if WiFi calling forks on t-mobile? I read that the nexus 6 works because Google tmo and qualcom ALL support it, so what about Sammy and their new baseband chips?
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Of course it works - sorry, but this seems like an odd question - from what I know, ALL TMOBILE PHOnes have wifi calling - certainlly all of the TMO Phones i have owned have it - and they were all Samsung phones -
Hi all,
I have a friend running 5.1.1; he got his nexus 5 from Google and his carrier is T-Mobile.
Since he did not purchase the phone from T-Mo, he does not have WiFi calling available.
I've been searching for a T-Mobile stock hammerhead ROM that I can flash on his phone, but I have been unable to find one.
Anyone knows if any of the images listed either at
https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images?hl=en
or at
http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/ref-nexus-5-stock-ota-urls-t2475327
would be useful for the above purpose?
Or will he need to use a custom ROM for this?
Thanks in advance
poodleDoo said:
Hi all,
I have a friend running 5.1.1; he got his nexus 5 from Google and his carrier is T-Mobile.
Since he did not purchase the phone from T-Mo, he does not have WiFi calling available.
I've been searching for a T-Mobile stock hammerhead ROM that I can flash on his phone, but I have been unable to find one.
Anyone knows if any of the images listed either at
https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images?hl=en
or at
http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/ref-nexus-5-stock-ota-urls-t2475327
would be useful for the above purpose?
Or will he need to use a custom ROM for this?
Thanks in advance
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As far as I know, the Nexus 5 doesn't have WiFi calling. Even if bought from T-Mobile. The Nexus 5 factory images from Google are for all Nexus 5 devices regardless of carrier.
jsgraphicart said:
As far as I know, the Nexus 5 doesn't have WiFi calling. Even if bought from T-Mobile. The Nexus 5 factory images from Google are for all Nexus 5 devices regardless of carrier.
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Thank you for the info.