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I read the threads related to LG G5 from buyspry seller. Sadly I cannot revert the order I made on ebay I need to need few important things(to me) as I will be stuck with this Phone. I live in Bangladesh so I definitely cannot use it w/o SIM UNLOCKED.
I have known that If I upgrade or downgrade I will lose SIM UNLOCK.
Also I cannot root (till now) as it requires downgrade.
And I will be stuck with firmware it came in from the seller.
But still , Here are the things I really need to know :
1. If I compromise myself to use that firmware 20i_un (UNLOCKED) forever it comes from seller & do no modifications will the Phone be perfectly fine?
2. Does that awkward firmware gives or will give any OTA update? Cause if it gives and that accidentally gets installed I am screwed with a T-Mobile Locked device.
3. I will use my local GSM SIM , Will I be able to use Portable Hotspot with that ROM? (I couldn't, with my G2 At&t Unlocked stock At&t ROM)
4. Apart from any upgrade/downgrade(ROM flashing) is there any way I might lose UNLOCK???
Please guys, please do help me with these topics. I just recently damaged my LG G2 and lost a phone Xiaomi MI 4 (Mugged) I really am screwed
minhaz.sourav said:
1. If I compromise myself to use that firmware 20i_un (UNLOCKED) forever it comes from seller & do no modifications will the Phone be perfectly fine?
2. Does that awkward firmware gives or will give any OTA update? Cause if it gives and that accidentally gets installed I am screwed with a T-Mobile Locked device.
3. I will use my local GSM SIM , Will I be able to use Portable Hotspot with that ROM? (I couldn't, with my G2 At&t Unlocked stock At&t ROM)
4. Apart from any upgrade/downgrade(ROM flashing) is there any way I might lose UNLOCK???
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1) Probably.
2) Probably not.
3) No idea. You'd have to discuss that with your carrier.
4) Probably not, but it's still not clear how they achieved unlock via the ROM so who knows?
minhaz.sourav said:
I read the threads related to LG G5 from buyspry seller. Sadly I cannot revert the order I made on ebay I need to need few important things(to me) as I will be stuck with this Phone. I live in Bangladesh so I definitely cannot use it w/o SIM UNLOCKED.
I have known that If I upgrade or downgrade I will lose SIM UNLOCK.
Also I cannot root (till now) as it requires downgrade.
And I will be stuck with firmware it came in from the seller.
But still , Here are the things I really need to know :
1. If I compromise myself to use that firmware 20i_un (UNLOCKED) forever it comes from seller & do no modifications will the Phone be perfectly fine?
2. Does that awkward firmware gives or will give any OTA update? Cause if it gives and that accidentally gets installed I am screwed with a T-Mobile Locked device.
3. I will use my local GSM SIM , Will I be able to use Portable Hotspot with that ROM? (I couldn't, with my G2 At&t Unlocked stock At&t ROM)
4. Apart from any upgrade/downgrade(ROM flashing) is there any way I might lose UNLOCK???
Please guys, please do help me with these topics. I just recently damaged my LG G2 and lost a phone Xiaomi MI 4 (Mugged) I really am screwed
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You lose unlock if you ever update or do anything to the ROM. Phone is garbage unless you're on Tmobile. Obviously you are going to want to update it eventually because it's assumed that LG will be issuing an official Oreo update.
I bought the device and reverted it to official firmware. With a few (lengthy) calls to Tmobile I eventually got them to white list my device for the Sim unlock app to work. I was first told that it was impossible for them to do because it wasn't a Tmobile device, meaning not purchased through tmobile (not sure how buyspry got them, maybe corporate wholesale or something).
I sent a bunch of photos to them showing the box and other tmobile documentation that came with the phone. They agreed to unlock it and after about a week's wait while tech support was working out the specifics, the app successfully unlocked it.
I am on tmobile but told them I preferred to have it unlocked if necessary for international travel.
So yeah, long story short if you're not on tmobile and have no way to get tmobile to officially unlock it return the device. Complain to eBay that the device had hacked firmware or whatever (which is 100% true) and they will let you return it.
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Sdobron said:
You lose unlock if you ever update or do anything to the ROM. Phone is garbage unless you're on Tmobile. Obviously you are going to want to update it eventually because it's assumed that LG will be issuing an official Oreo update.
I bought the device and reverted it to official firmware. With a few (lengthy) calls to Tmobile I eventually got them to white list my device for the Sim unlock app to work. I was first told that it was impossible for them to do because it wasn't a Tmobile device, meaning not purchased through tmobile (not sure how buyspry got them, maybe corporate wholesale or something).
I sent a bunch of photos to them showing the box and other tmobile documentation that came with the phone. They agreed to unlock it and after about a week's wait while tech support was working out the specifics, the app successfully unlocked it.
I am on tmobile but told them I preferred to have it unlocked if necessary for international travel.
So yeah, long story short if you're not on tmobile and have no way to get tmobile to officially unlock it return the device. Complain to eBay that the device had hacked firmware or whatever (which is 100% true) and they will let you return it.
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What yall think i need advice from you all, what if i flash back the version h830v30a so it will lock ok, and after flashing it and try to unlock it with device unlock after i bought the code online. Tell me what you ? think
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What yall think i need advice from you all, what if i flash back the version h830v30a so it will lock ok, and after flashing it and try to unlock it with device unlock after i bought the code online. Tell me what you [emoji848] think
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Device unlock doesn't take a code. It checks with Tmobile database
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I know, i mean if i flash the h830v30a version it will still have the device unlock app it will clear the hack rom,
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What do you think?
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minhaz.sourav said:
I read the threads related to LG G5 from buyspry seller. Sadly I cannot revert the order I made on ebay I need to need few important things(to me) as I will be stuck with this Phone. I live in Bangladesh so I definitely cannot use it w/o SIM UNLOCKED.
I have known that If I upgrade or downgrade I will lose SIM UNLOCK.
Also I cannot root (till now) as it requires downgrade.
And I will be stuck with firmware it came in from the seller.
But still , Here are the things I really need to know :
1. If I compromise myself to use that firmware 20i_un (UNLOCKED) forever it comes from seller & do no modifications will the Phone be perfectly fine?
2. Does that awkward firmware gives or will give any OTA update? Cause if it gives and that accidentally gets installed I am screwed with a T-Mobile Locked device.
3. I will use my local GSM SIM , Will I be able to use Portable Hotspot with that ROM? (I couldn't, with my G2 At&t Unlocked stock At&t ROM)
4. Apart from any upgrade/downgrade(ROM flashing) is there any way I might lose UNLOCK???
Please guys, please do help me with these topics. I just recently damaged my LG G2 and lost a phone Xiaomi MI 4 (Mugged) I really am screwed
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Has anyone ever tried to check their imei using the tmobile site imei check, i checked mine and it wasn't know by the server
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so i requested an unlock from sprint but its still locked. not sure if sprint is just ****ing with me or if i have to be on the sprint firmware, because right now im on the Unlocked firmware.
Might possibly have to be on stock sprint, but if you had them unlock it, they issue a update to the phone, or at least thats how my s5 and s6 was done, and that was only for international not a US carrier unlock. It did take a few days before it was issued to the devices i had so give it another day or so and if its done done, then i'd contact sprint again and ask them to re-send it to your phone.
Keep in mind if its a international unlock, you still wont be able to use any other carriers sim domestically in the USA on the device as it will remain locked to sprint Again it took 2-3 days before my devices received the unlock from sprint.
If you flash the eng boot/unlock files i can unlock it remotely if sprint doesnt come through for you
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anderd said:
Might possibly have to be on stock sprint, but if you had them unlock it, they issue a update to the phone, or at least thats how my s5 and s6 was done, and that was only for international not a US carrier unlock. It did take a few days before it was issued to the devices i had so give it another day or so and if its done done, then i'd contact sprint again and ask them to re-send it to your phone.
Keep in mind if its a international unlock, you still wont be able to use any other carriers sim domestically in the USA on the device as it will remain locked to sprint Again it took 2-3 days before my devices received the unlock from sprint.
If you flash the eng boot/unlock files i can unlock it remotely if sprint doesnt come through for you
Happy Holidays
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hello, it seems i cannot go back to the sprint firmware. where do i find those eng boot/unlock files? and can you do it for free please?
The Android Attorney said:
hello, it seems i cannot go back to the sprint firmware. where do i find those eng boot/unlock files? and can you do it for free please?
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Contact me via PM , let me know what build its currently on and the files, depending on what build you're on, are the S8 unlock files posted in this section already. Those may not work depending on what build revision you have on the phone currently. With those files, you should also be able to flash back to sprint's firmware via the guide posted in this section as well.
I've been busy lately but i'll help ya out as much as possible.. Again PM me with info and we can go from there.
I can help if you need help still? Pm me.
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so i requested an unlock from sprint but its still locked. not sure if sprint is just ****ing with me or if i have to be on the sprint firmware, because right now im on the Unlocked firmware.
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I have a carrier unlocked Note 8. I am currently running stock AT&T firmware. I am trying to figure out how to get the OTA updates on my note. If I need to add a different apn. Does anyone know which one if is? Or is there something else I need to do?
Are you in AT&T network with AT&T sim card (either postpaid or prepaid)?
You can only get OTA from AT&T network server. I know it sucks.
You can borrow AT&T sim card from friends for a few hours if you're using other carrier's sim card. Or flash XAA firmware (unlocked and unbranded).
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Are you in AT&T network with AT&T sim card (either postpaid or prepaid)?
You can only get OTA from AT&T network server. I know it sucks.
You can borrow AT&T sim card from friends for a few hours if you're using other carrier's sim card. Or flash XAA firmware (unlocked and unbranded).
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Yes I am on AT&T network and with AT&T sim card. But I still don't receive the OTA
If you can make a call or use AT&T cellular data,
put this in your phone app: *#8736364#
Then go to Field Test mode.
Change "Device Initiated date" to one or a few minute ahead. wait until you see "SET" then press Home.
Wait until you see software update to kick it.
Try several times if it doesn't work at first.
Still doesn't work? then put your sim card in different phone and turn on for 10min then put it back in your note 8.
Try again.
For your info, my note 8 is unlocked too. And in AT&T network.
power_book said:
If you can make a call or use AT&T cellular data,
put this in your phone app: *#8736364#
Then go to Field Test mode.
Change "Device Initiated date" to one or a few minute ahead. wait until you see "SET" then press Home.
Wait until you see software update to kick it.
Try several times if it doesn't work at first.
Still doesn't work? then put your sim card in different phone and turn on for 10min then put it back in your note 8.
Try again.
For your info, my note 8 is unlocked too. And in AT&T network.
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So u get the AT&T ota?
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So u get the AT&T ota?
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Yes. above steps push AT&T OTA.
What is your current firmware version?
power_book said:
Yes. above steps push AT&T OTA.
What is your current firmware version?
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This
power_book said:
Yes. above steps push AT&T OTA.
What is your current firmware version?
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What do u mean by kick it. This window Pops up a few minutes after following ur instructions.
Yours is just one behind current firmware.
That means you been getting updates before.
Have you try my method?
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Click "device initiated: next event" then change time to a few min ahead...
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What do u mean by kick it. This window Pops up a few minutes after following ur instructions.
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Yours is just one behind current firmware.
That means you been getting updates before.
Have you try my method?
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Click "device initiated: next event" then change time to a few min ahead...
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No I have not received the updates. I did them manually through odin.
So I keep doing the same thing when window Pops up by themselves.
So.... did you try my method?
If you're AT&T customer, why don't you drop by AT&T corporate store for assistance?
I am not AT&T customer, that's reason why I borrowed sim card.
power_book said:
So.... did you try my method?
If you're AT&T customer, why don't you drop by AT&T corporate store for assistance?
I am not AT&T customer, that's reason why I borrowed sim card.
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Yes trying but don't get prompt to update. AT&T wont help if it's a carrier unlocked phone. Did you have to change your apn at all?
borijess, if I am correct, I think you mean you have an unlocked Note 8 directly from Samsung, right? You then odin AT&T firmware so you have a SM-N950U phone now. If that is true, you will not get OTA update from AT&T. This has been discussed before. AT&T will not put your IMEI on their white list. Only phones bought directly from AT&T will have their IMEI on the white list and those are the phones that will get OTA update. Many people have tried to call AT&T to add their IMEI on the white list but to no avail. We are stuck with odin every update, sorry.
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borijess, if I am correct, I think you mean you have an unlocked Note 8 directly from Samsung, right? You then odin AT&T firmware so you have a SM-N950U phone now. If that is true, you will not get OTA update from AT&T. This has been discussed before. AT&T will not put your IMEI on their white list. Only phones bought directly from AT&T will have their IMEI on the white list and those are the phones that will get OTA update. Many people have tried to call AT&T to add their IMEI on the white list but to no avail. We are stuck with odin every update, sorry.
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Yes unlocked from Samsung.
Unfortunately, you will not get OTA update. I have tried multiple phone calls to AT&T to put my IMEI on their white list but unsuccessful. AT&T are on that power trip to try to force customers to buy from them. My contract is up soon and will definitely switch. Anyway, I have been doing odin since I got the phone to update.
AT&T APN thread on xda.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2172110
I could pull AT&T OTA update on Red Pocket (GSMA plan). Red Pocket has same MNC MCC as AT&T.
Hey there,
I got a S8 phone from a coworker, that belonged to their ex. It was locked to their ex's google account. She gave it to me and said I could have it if I could get it to work.
Ended up flashing it with the T-mobile S8 firmware but only to find out that it was unlocked to the Sprint network. She is no longer on his plan so could not call Sprint to unlock it. And she doesn't want to call him to deal with it. Anyway, so no problem. Can unlock it via a 3rd party. Went with unlock base but still waiting for the code.
From what I read on the site, I will need to insert my sim and it will ask me for the unlock code. Unfortunately, when I insert a sim currently, it just says to contact sprint. I'm guessing this is due to the T-mobile firmware.
Will I now have to install the Sprint firmware to get it give me the unlock prompt upon sim insertion?
And after it's unlocked, can I go back to the T-mobile firmware?
Thanks for all the help in advance!
If the IMEI is paid off you can request an unlock from Sprint, if not you would need to use third party.
You can attempt unlock yourself but you do it at your own risk.
Is it possible to flash AT&T SM-G930A Android 8.0, baseband version G930AUCS9CSB1 to latest Sprint firmware? Reason why I need to do this is because sprint doesnt work on the att s7 sm-g930a. Maybe if i flash it to sprint firmware, it might work with sprint sim?
Any help would be really appreciated.
Thank you
not possible
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not possible
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How about SM-G930U firmware?
I disagree, it should be possible so long as you're flashing the same version of Android or higher.
You'll need a patched Odin to get around mismatch errors https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/patched-odin-3-13-1-t3762572
Then you can get the G930P firmware from https://updato.com/firmware-archive-select-model?q=SM-G930P&rpp=15&order=date&dir=desc&exact=1 or your preferred host.
G930U should be possible as well.
Beanvee7 said:
I disagree, it should be possible so long as you're flashing the same version of Android or higher.
You'll need a patched Odin to get around mismatch errors https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/patched-odin-3-13-1-t3762572
Then you can get the G930P firmware from https://updato.com/firmware-archive-select-model?q=SM-G930P&rpp=15&order=date&dir=desc&exact=1 or your preferred host.
G930U should be possible as well.
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Thank you. I was able to flash BOTH G930P and G930U without any issue. i had to use Odin3_v3.13.1_3B_PatcheD
Thank you. Now i just need to get my sprint sim card unlocked.
Beanvee7 said:
I disagree, it should be possible so long as you're flashing the same version of Android or higher.
You'll need a patched Odin to get around mismatch errors https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/patched-odin-3-13-1-t3762572
Then you can get the G930P firmware from https://updato.com/firmware-archive-select-model?q=SM-G930P&rpp=15&order=date&dir=desc&exact=1 or your preferred host.
G930U should be possible as well.
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PopcornKiller said:
Thank you. I was able to flash BOTH G930P and G930U without any issue. i had to use Odin3_v3.13.1_3B_PatcheD
Thank you. Now i just need to get my sprint sim card unlocked.
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you can flash any firmware you want on any of the same model phone you feel so inclined, but the G930A will never work on sprint and the G930P will only work on at&t if you unlock the domestic sim capabilities, but will not use full LTE, only HSPA+
The G930P/U/T/V are all identical hardware, firmware is the only thing that separates them.
If it's SIM unlocked and running the correct firmware, there is no reason it won't use the full carrier capabilities.
I have the phone SIM unlocked, it accepts the sprint card, i think i just left it in there for long period of time while phone was sim locked that sprint sim card got LOCKED. i think i have to either get new sim card from sprint or get the sim card unlocked by sprint. The phone is network unlocked by att.
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The G930P/U/T/V are all identical hardware, firmware is the only thing that separates them.
If it's SIM unlocked and running the correct firmware, there is no reason it won't use the full carrier capabilities.
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Correct
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The G930P/U/T/V are all identical hardware, firmware is the only thing that separates them.
If it's SIM unlocked and running the correct firmware, there is no reason it won't use the full carrier capabilities.
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youre going to find that the radio firmware differs and doesnt allow for full LTE support on the CDMA capable versions. Also, the A version doesnt do CDMA, so no. They ARE different. I sold them for a while. They are NOT the same phone
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just so youre no longer confused, here ya go
https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s7_(usa)-7960.php#g930a
https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s7_(usa)-7960.php
on the second link, click on the expand area in the CDMA portion and youll see which phones have CDMA radios, the AT&T version doesnt have them.
Samsung has built different hardware versions of the same phone for the USA galaxy line because of the CDMA vs GSM thing since inception of the galaxy line. So, no. Youre wrong
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PopcornKiller said:
I have the phone SIM unlocked, it accepts the sprint card, i think i just left it in there for long period of time while phone was sim locked that sprint sim card got LOCKED. i think i have to either get new sim card from sprint or get the sim card unlocked by sprint. The phone is network unlocked by att.
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seriously doubt that. if the sprint sim was active the entire time, its not at all likely, but sprint has done stranger things than that. sprint should give you a new sim at no cost, so all it would take is a drive to one of their stores, or if you dont have one near by, then they might charge to mail one to you. I would personally try putting it back in a sprint phone and see if it works. If it does, you know what your problem is. The phone. Unlocking the P variants has proven to be troublesome and some people think they have it unlocked with the junk number sprint gives you when you call them. Most people have had to resort to third party unlocker services fwiw
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youdoofus said:
youre going to find that the radio firmware differs and doesnt allow for full LTE support on the CDMA capable versions. Also, the A version doesnt do CDMA, so no. They ARE different. I sold them for a while. They are NOT the same phone
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just so youre no longer confused, here ya go
https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s7_(usa)-7960.php#g930a
https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s7_(usa)-7960.php
on the second link, click on the expand area in the CDMA portion and youll see which phones have CDMA radios, the AT&T version doesnt have them.
Samsung has built different hardware versions of the same phone for the USA galaxy line because of the CDMA vs GSM thing since inception of the galaxy line. So, no. Youre wrong
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seriously doubt that. if the sprint sim was active the entire time, its not at all likely, but sprint has done stranger things than that. sprint should give you a new sim at no cost, so all it would take is a drive to one of their stores, or if you dont have one near by, then they might charge to mail one to you. I would personally try putting it back in a sprint phone and see if it works. If it does, you know what your problem is. The phone. Unlocking the P variants has proven to be troublesome and some people think they have it unlocked with the junk number sprint gives you when you call them. Most people have had to resort to third party unlocker services fwiw
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So i went to sprint store, the guy was pretty useless, he tried to active my s7 but the IMEI says its not compatible with sprint so he couldnt activate it. Sprint does use different band which are on "A" version...so im **** out of luck...damn
Thanks for all the help
PopcornKiller said:
So i went to sprint store, the guy was pretty useless, he tried to active my s7 but the IMEI says its not compatible with sprint so he couldnt activate it. Sprint does use different band which are on "A" version...so im **** out of luck...damn
Thanks for all the help
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thats exactly what i was telling everyone. You cant use the 930A on sprint. The only thing you CAN get to work is data, but no vox or text. And even data would require unlocking such as what www.idoneapps.com does, but you have to pay them $35 for that. But that is on the G930P, not the G930A(which is SIM unlocked, but doesnt have a CDMA radio)
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thats exactly what i was telling everyone. You cant use the 930A on sprint. The only thing you CAN get to work is data, but no vox or text. And even data would require unlocking such as what www.idoneapps.com does, but you have to pay them $35 for that. But that is on the G930P, not the G930A(which is SIM unlocked, but doesnt have a CDMA radio)
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Thank you
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Thank you
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no problem