As title, can I unlock a G Flex 2 from Sprint and use it with Tmobile?
since I checked the LTE band:
LTE band 2(1900), 4(1700/2100), 12(700), 25(1900), 26(850), 41(2500) - LS996 (Sprint)
In fact AT&T version H950:
LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 17(700) - H950 (AT&T)
Do not have band 12(700) for Tmobile, so should I buy the ATT or Sprint version to use it on Tmobile?
Please help, thank you!
Any input on this? Just bought a sprint flex 2 to use on T-Mobile.
Blackhalo said:
Any input on this? Just bought a sprint flex 2 to use on T-Mobile.
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You should root and try the instructions of opening other bands with shortcutmaster (lite).
Alex_XV6700 said:
You should root and try the instructions of opening other bands with shortcutmaster (lite).
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Here is the phone http://m.ebay.com/itm/LG-G-Flex2-LS...roid-Phone-Red-Silver-/221950977883?nav=DEALS
Seller is showing its GSM unlocked, do I need root to open the other bands with shortcutmaster? Thanks.
Blackhalo said:
Here is the phone http://m.ebay.com/itm/LG-G-Flex2-LS...roid-Phone-Red-Silver-/221950977883?nav=DEALS
Seller is showing its GSM unlocked, do I need root to open the other bands with shortcutmaster? Thanks.
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If you look at the description under the phone it says this ¨3G on T-Mobile, AT&T & Other GSM¨
So I guess yes you´d have to root and try to enable band 12 to see if it gets TMO LTE.
Alex_XV6700 said:
If you look at the description under the phone it says this ¨3G on T-Mobile, AT&T & Other GSM¨
So I guess yes you´d have to root and try to enable band 12 to see if it gets TMO LTE.
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Hey guys, I just bought the exact phone from Ebay too Blackhalo. I am going to try out the tutorial Alex has given but I am using a MetroPCS SIM card. I grabbed LTE Discovery and it let me know that MetroPCS is Band 4 for LTE. I am hoping I can swap the SIM over to this phone from my Nexus 5 and get it to work. I've rooted a few different Android phones so I don't think it should be too hard. I'll report back on my findings once I get the phone and try things out.
Alex_XV6700 said:
You should root and try the instructions of opening other bands with shortcutmaster (lite).
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tdorid44 said:
Hey guys, I just bought the exact phone from Ebay too Blackhalo. I am going to try out the tutorial Alex has given but I am using a MetroPCS SIM card. I grabbed LTE Discovery and it let me know that MetroPCS is Band 4 for LTE. I am hoping I can swap the SIM over to this phone from my Nexus 5 and get it to work. I've rooted a few different Android phones so I don't think it should be too hard. I'll report back on my findings once I get the phone and try things out.
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Sounds good, yeah I'm sure lots of people will be trying this on GSM networks. Can you not just access the menu from the dialer?
Blackhalo said:
Sounds good, yeah I'm sure lots of people will be trying this on GSM networks. Can you not just access the menu from the dialer?
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No, you cant access this menu cause sprint hides that normal menu with their own.
But its easy to root theres a tutorial on the Development section you should check it out and follow instructions.
Good luck, report back!
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Sounds good, yeah I'm sure lots of people will be trying this on GSM networks. Can you not just access the menu from the dialer?
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The band selection menu? No, as far as I have read, the phone needs to be rooted to open up additional bands for other networks. This was the video I was watching not to long ago:
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No, you cant access this menu cause sprint hides that normal menu with their own.
But its easy to root theres a tutorial on the Development section you should check it out and follow instructions.
Good luck, report back!
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tdorid44 said:
The band selection menu? No, as far as I have read, the phone needs to be rooted to open up additional bands for other networks. This was the video I was watching not to long ago:
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Ok thanks. I was thinking the hidden menu was what was needed to enable the other bands as seen here http://forum.xda-developers.com/g-flex2/help/hidden-menu-flex2-t3087725
Yeah, I've rooted phones in the past but I haven't looked into how user friendly the LG's were to root. Guess i'll be taking that route, be a nice phone at this price if it'll work.
Alex_XV6700 said:
If you look at the description under the phone it says this ¨3G on T-Mobile, AT&T & Other GSM¨
So I guess yes you´d have to root and try to enable band 12 to see if it gets TMO LTE.
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Also, I've looked a little into the development sub-forum, but any clear cut best root method? I've seen someone one click root methods listed on google that say they will work for the Sprint LS996?
Blackhalo said:
Also, I've looked a little into the development sub-forum, but any clear cut best root method? I've seen someone one click root methods listed on google that say they will work for the Sprint LS996?
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Use the root method in development I cant assure you that any other guide you follow wont lead you into bricking your phone. Theres a guide with the ls996 and h955 i think and h950 there in development follow the guide step by step. I suggest you OTA update to ZV9 if its not yet there and then root.
Wouldn't the phone work by itself on t mobile as the sprint version of the phone has band 12 already enabled and the phone is unlocked by the seller?
scorpsteals said:
Wouldn't the phone work by itself on t mobile as the sprint version of the phone has band 12 already enabled and the phone is unlocked by the seller?
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Read the ebay listing! Only GSM is unlocked! And you don't even have 1700 for 3G!
techware7 said:
Read the ebay listing! Only GSM is unlocked! And you don't even have 1700 for 3G!
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Oh ok. Got it. Looks like this phone doesn't support VoLTE so I guess no phone calls on band 12 just data.
scorpsteals said:
Oh ok. Got it. Looks like this phone doesn't support VoLTE so I guess no phone calls on band 12 just data.
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See I use MetroPCS which is essentially T-Mobile for their 4G LTE. When using the LTE Discovery App, it shows my LTE being on Band 4. Thus, I wonder if Band 4 needs to be enabled for T-Mobile users? Or maybe not and the Band 4 is because I'm on Metropcs? Just some thoughts I had on the matter.
Alex_XV6700 said:
If you look at the description under the phone it says this ¨3G on T-Mobile, AT&T & Other GSM¨
So I guess yes you´d have to root and try to enable band 12 to see if it gets TMO LTE.
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Alex_XV6700 said:
Use the root method in development I cant assure you that any other guide you follow wont lead you into bricking your phone. Theres a guide with the ls996 and h955 i think and h950 there in development follow the guide step by step. I suggest you OTA update to ZV9 if its not yet there and then root.
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I saw your post in the root thread about having issues with the ZV9 update, and activating LTE. Would you still recommend OTA'ing to ZV9 before rooting?
Thanks for the help.
Yes. Randrew posted a fix on that same forum. So we can have that fixed immediately after rooting. Though it takes some ability to extract build.prop and edit it. Dunno how u doing with those skills.
I ended up grabbing Tmo G3 for around the same price, this is a phone for my wife so didn't want to go through to much hassle to get LTE to work, hopefully an easier fix will come along before I return the Flex 2 and I'll just keep it for myself.
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I ended up grabbing Tmo G3 for around the same price, this is a phone for my wife so didn't want to go through to much hassle to get LTE to work, hopefully an easier fix will come along before I return the Flex 2 and I'll just keep it for myself.
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i have the gflex 2 on tmobile running LTE Band 12enabled.....everything works fine.....
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Hello.
I want to get this phone unlock to use it on my country (Venezuela) on a gsm carrier (Movistar). Their 3g band is 1900 mhz umts.
Will this phone work with no problem down here on Venezuela? Will the 3g work with no problem?
I'm deciding between this phone and a nexus one.
You should have no problem using it, only problem is when people try to use it with US carriers, people have already used it outside the US without a problem, you just need the unlock codes I believe
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Thanks! I think I'm gonna go with this. I found a great deal for it.
ElectroManiac said:
Thanks! I think I'm gonna go with this. I found a great deal for it.
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Don't buy if not unlocked first.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=880973
OP, you will be fine as long as you can get it unlocked. Make sure you have way to return it if it turns out to be unlockable by normal codes. Check the thread ipgpdp linked above.
Is it true I can simply put an at&t sim card in the phone and use a dumb phone plan if I buy an unlocked ones? Also does it get at&t 3g?
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Besides SIM unlocking you need to perform the US band unlock as described both here, on Rootzwiki, and who knows where else, to use the DROID2 GLOBAL on AT&T or T-Mobile.
As AT&T uses standard WCDMA bands, yes, it will work with their 3G voice/data network as long as the band unlock hack is in place.
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Besides SIM unlocking you need to perform the US band unlock as described both here, on Rootzwiki, and who knows where else, to use the DROID2 GLOBAL on AT&T or T-Mobile.
As AT&T uses standard WCDMA bands, yes, it will work with their 3G voice/data network as long as the band unlock hack is in place.
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Thanks I couldn't find any posts that were newer than a year ago. Now to find someone selling one here with everything done.
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I doubt there are a lot of band unlocked D2Gs on sale as reflashing the SBF image breaks the hack.
You can perform the hack yourself provided you buy a SIM unlocked device.
Refer to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22769743 for instructions. Do note that whenever you soft-brick your device you will need to SBF back to 2.4.x and apply this hack.
Remember to never ever update the device to 4.5.629.
Thanks. Hopefully I get lucky but its Greta to have that link
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Gahh Its Lee said:
Is it true I can simply put an at&t sim card in the phone and use a dumb phone plan if I buy an unlocked ones? Also does it get at&t 3g?
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Dumb phone plan from who? If you get everything done (band unlock as described in the other posts) you can use your phone with an AT&T SIM and don't need any plan at all from Verizon. Is the theory that AT&T won't recognize it as a smart phone because it is not one that they ever sold?
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Dumb phone plan from who? If you get everything done (band unlock as described in the other posts) you can use your phone with an AT&T SIM and don't need any plan at all from Verizon. Is the theory that AT&T won't recognize it as a smart phone because it is not one that they ever sold?
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I guess so. I found a list of every phone that works for att dumb plans and it was on it.
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Any non-carrier-locked GSM phone that has compatible bands can work on AT&T's network. You don't even need a list, just check which bands AT&T uses and check the phone's tech specs.
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Any non-carrier-locked GSM phone that has compatible bands can work on AT&T's network. You don't even need a list, just check which bands AT&T uses and check the phone's tech specs.
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I think the problem is that people don't want AT&T to recognize the phone as a smartphone and helpfully add on a data package on postpaid plans, (presumably these people are intending to use Wifi for data). The claim was made that some people had moved a SIM from dumb phone to a smartphone purchased elsewhere, and suddenly they got billed for a data package. See, for example, http://www.zdnet.com/blog/bott/can-at-t-really-add-a-pricey-data-plan-onto-your-wireless-bill/2667
In the past, there were posts saying that you were "safe" if you used a model that AT&T had never sold, as their system would not be able to recognize it as a smartphone. Not sure how true this really is!
They probably detect it based on IMEIs. But yeah, it's just a speculation without clear facts.
Bought this phone on ebay, later found out its face locked. Would rooting this then flash with a cooked rom make this phone usable ?
Reboot to bootloader and select "Factory".
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Reboot to bootloader and select "Factory".
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That dont work, its still locked.
Shining Light said:
That dont work, its still locked.
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try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2580060
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try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2580060
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This was my next suggestion, arrgh! Anyways, performing an FXZ will terminate existing root, and you will lose root permanently (as of now). Hopefully it's on Jelly Bean... Or you can try to continuously get the security lock wrong in an effort to cause it to factory reset. You'll at least still have the su binary still. Good luck!
Something else you can try before performing above... Reboot to bootloader, select "Recovery", and when you see the Android in distress, press and hold Vol + and then press and release Power to get the recovery menu options. Scroll down to "wipe data/factory reset" and let it do its thing.
Thanks for the help guys.
Im planning to root this and flash a cooked rom on it, whats the safest way to get rid of this face locked? (i def dont want to lose the ability to root it)
Whats the best cooked rom on here? Prefer something thats fast without overclocking and dont have too much pre-installed apps on it.
PS im gonna use this phone on att network, talk and txt should work fine right? Internet i know im not getting LTE i can live with that
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Thanks for the help guys.
Im planning to root this and flash a cooked rom on it, whats the safest way to get rid of this face locked? (i def dont want to lose the ability to root it)
Whats the best cooked rom on here? Prefer something thats fast without overclocking and dont have too much pre-installed apps on it.
PS im gonna use this phone on att network, talk and txt should work fine right? Internet i know im not getting LTE i can live with that
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You're stuck with the stock ROM (unless you can get a bootloader unlock code, which is only available for recently manufactured devices).
Unless you have LTE, the phone isn't going to work on AT&T. The Droid series is exclusive to Verizon, which uses CDMA technology for 3g service. AT&T uses GSM, and the phone doesn't have GSM radios.
@Shining Light You REALLY need to research these things before continuing on. It's unlikely you'll get unlocked so ROMs are out of the question for your case. Hopefully you're lucky and the bootloader unlock method opens again. Did you try asking the seller for their security past the face lock? If you revert to stock with RSD Lite, root will be a mere dream to you.
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You're stuck with the stock ROM (unless you can get a bootloader unlock code, which is only available for recently manufactured devices).
Unless you have LTE, the phone isn't going to work on AT&T. The Droid series is exclusive to Verizon, which uses CDMA technology for 3g service. AT&T uses GSM, and the phone doesn't have GSM radios.
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I think both the statements above are incorrect.
1. The bootloader unlock codes are actually not available for recently manufactured devices. Two of us have 1/10/2014 assembled devices and the unlock codes are unavailable with the seller. How recent should the devices be then?
2. I am using the same phone on GSM (though, outside US). So, the phone does have GSM bands supported. There are many who are using it on AT&T and T-mobile. Someone mentioned that the latest patch has disabled T-mobile network, but I suspect something else may have gone wrong in that case.
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I think both the statements above are incorrect.
1. The bootloader unlock codes are actually not available for recently manufactured devices. Two of us have 1/10/2014 assembled devices and the unlock codes are unavailable with the seller. How recent should the devices be then?
2. I am using the same phone on GSM (though, outside US). So, the phone does have GSM bands supported. There are many who are using it on AT&T and T-mobile. Someone mentioned that the latest patch has disabled T-mobile network, but I suspect something else may have gone wrong in that case.
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The chinese seller says that he has unlock codes for devices assembled in 2014 but some report that while their phones was assembled in 2014 - the unlock code was still not available - but, most of the time if the phone is build in 2014, there should be the code for it.
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Unless you have LTE, the phone isn't going to work on AT&T. The Droid series is exclusive to Verizon, which uses CDMA technology for 3g service. AT&T uses GSM, and the phone doesn't have GSM radios.
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WOW!!! This statement could not possible be any more wrong - DAMN! C'mon people, just google your anwer before posting!
Supported frequencies:
2G Network CDMA 800 / 1900
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 700 MHz Class 13 / 1700 / 2100
I have an unlocked Verizon One M8, and I'm using it in Indonesia using a sim card from here. Everything works well but I can't seem to get LTE on my device. The provider I'm using does have LTE but my phone is just not getting it. Any idea how to fix this? I'm using the S.ROM by the way, this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc...the-worlds-first100-m9-port-m8upload-t3064838
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I have an unlocked Verizon One M8, and I'm using it in Indonesia using a sim card from here. Everything works well but I can't seem to get LTE on my device. The provider I'm using does have LTE but my phone is just not getting it. Any idea how to fix this? I'm using the S.ROM by the way, this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc...the-worlds-first100-m9-port-m8upload-t3064838
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Verizon devices have only LTE bands 4 / 13 enabled by default, regardless on what operator you are on. If you check here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_LTE_networks you´ll see that in Indonesia bands 3 / 8 /40 are used.
So you must enable those bands; if you search on this Verizon thread you´ll find your starting point, which links to a very detailed guide on a Samsung Galaxy S5(same SoC). I did that myself and works like a charm!
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Verizon devices have only LTE bands 4 / 13 enabled by default, regardless on what operator you are on. If you check here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_LTE_networks you´ll see that in Indonesia bands 3 / 8 /40 are used.
So you must enable those bands; if you search on this Verizon thread you´ll find your starting point, which links to a very detailed guide on a Samsung Galaxy S5(same SoC). I did that myself and works like a charm!
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Found the guide, but just to be sure, this is safe to use on my Verizon One M8, it won't brick my device or anything?
Radit26 said:
Found the guide, but just to be sure, this is safe to use on my Verizon One M8, it won't brick my device or anything?
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I can tell my experience, it was straight and smooth. And did it twice, no issues. Several users claim it worked for them, too.
But of course you may brick your device if something goes wrong. Being on XDA always has some risk
rickylambert said:
I can tell my experience, it was straight and smooth. And did it twice, no issues. Several users claim it worked for them, too.
But of course you may brick your device if something goes wrong. Being on XDA always has some risk
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Okay thanks, will try to do it now
Hi all,
I read a post that seemed to confirm this but wanted to be sure.
Verizon g5 on T-Mobile? Any issues, will phone/data work without root and jumping thru a bunch of hurtles?
TheFuzz said:
Hi all,
I read a post that seemed to confirm this but wanted to be sure.
Verizon g5 on T-Mobile? Any issues, will phone/data work without root and jumping thru a bunch of hurtles?
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Many are wondering because you can get the G5 for $120 from Best Buy right now. The AT&T version is really the one to get, but I believe the Verizon one, while unlocked, doesn't have all of Tmo's bands available. They hide them. You do get 2 and 4 but no band 12.
I'm not active in this forum, and I haven't picked one up yet as I'm resisting the urge and have a Z play and Note 4. But if you can root and get into the service menu you could/should be able to make band 12 usable.
Anyone else have anything to add/offer?
Currently we are only seeing HSPA+ and not LTE with a CRICKET Sim inserted.
I don't understand why it won't get LTE on Cricket. It has band 2 and 4. Maybe I have a defective phone.
aaronjwarren09 said:
I don't understand why it won't get LTE on Cricket. It has band 2 and 4. Maybe I have a defective phone.
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No same thing here with T-Mobile SIM.. If you put it on LTE/CDMA the LTE sticks but since we don't have VoLTE on the VS987 its pointless to do that unless you don't care about incoming calls. This has been a issue for verizon LG phones after the G3 and to make things worse *#*#4636#*#* is disabled.