1.) PHONE ORIGINALLY LOCKED TO SPRINT
so i bougt this phone second hand in Europe. The phone had a bad screen and possibly some other damage i don't know about. Anyway, it turned out that the phone was locked to Sprint and i could not use it with my sim-card.
2.) PAID A GUY ON EBAY
https://www.ebay.com/itm/SPRINT-SIM...M-G710PM-CONVERT-TO-UNLOCKED-G7-/302468495217
I paid that guy (i do believe that he is also a member of the XDA community) and he ensured me that the phone was now unlocked and that i could use it with my sim-card. Under settings - hardware info it said model number was G710VM (or VMP or VMW, i don't remember exactly, but it was verizon wireless). the problem was that my phone still could not connect to the network. also, hidden menu *#*#4636#*#* was not accessible. Moreover, wi-fi connectivity was... mixed bag. Sometimes it worked, sometimes it did not work.
(in case the link is dead - he used octoplus to do the thing he did)
(he probably participated in this discussion: https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g7-thinq/help/lg-g7-sprint-unlock-t3823449)
3.) UPDATE TO PIE
https://www.****************/2019/06/17/download-and-install-lg-g7-android-9-pie-via-kdz-firmware/
After following these steps to get the Pie update (which i hoped would be the solution to my problems). Phone now reported it was G710ULM. Also, on lock screen in the top left corner it said 'No service - Mobitel'. Mobitel is the service provider here, so i was kinda hopeful, since it seemed that the phone can detect the network, but cannot connect. Hidden menu *#*#4636#*#* was accesible, but it only helped with my wi-fi connection. The 'select radio band' always reports 'selection unsuccessful'. I still could not set network manually or automatically for that matter (always error when i tried). I also tried the 10f firmware (oreo) and some others, but no luck. after i unlocked the bootloader i also performed the 'erase modemst1 modemst2' commands before flashing a new firmware but that also did not help.
(in case the link is dead - basically flashing firmware via LGUP)
4.) UNLOCKING THE BOOTLOADER
https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g7-thinq/how-to/how-to-bootloader-unlock-g7-thinq-t-t3963568
So this is where it is at at the moment. I followed this steps and now it reports product name LM-V350ULM and 'device state - unlocked' in the bootloader. If i boot it into recovery mode i just get the dead android with the red warning sign and 'no command' written under it. The device could access internet via wi-fi... until i put in the simcard. Now it cannot see the network anymore. If i repeat the command 'fastboot boot 710ULM11g_rootedboot.img' i get wifi back.
5.) THE POINT BEING?
Yeah. the point of this thread is obviously - what can i do to get the network?
This is my first android phone and yeah, quite the introduction to the android world that is.
Obviously i can (hardly, but i can) follow these step-by-step instructions, but apart from that, i have no idea what to do or how to do it. So yeah, this phone is pretty much just a wifi machine unless someone can help me.
so i bougt this phone second hand in Europe. The phone had a bad screen and possibly some other damage i don't know about. Anyway, it turned out that the phone was locked to Sprint and i could not use it with my sim-card.
2.) PAID A GUY ON EBAY
https://www.ebay.com/itm/SPRINT-SIM...M-G710PM-CONVERT-TO-UNLOCKED-G7-/302468495217
I paid that guy (i do believe that he is also a member of the XDA community) and he ensured me that the phone was now unlocked and that i could use it with my sim-card. Under settings - hardware info it said model number was G710VM (or VMP or VMW, i don't remember exactly, but it was verizon wireless). the problem was that my phone still could not connect to the network. also, hidden menu *#*#4636#*#* was not accessible. Moreover, wi-fi connectivity was... mixed bag. Sometimes it worked, sometimes it did not work.
(in case the link is dead - he used octoplus to do the thing he did)
(he probably participated in this discussion: https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g7-thinq/help/lg-g7-sprint-unlock-t3823449)
3.) UPDATE TO PIE
https://www.****************/2019/06/17/download-and-install-lg-g7-android-9-pie-via-kdz-firmware/
After following these steps to get the Pie update (which i hoped would be the solution to my problems). Phone now reported it was G710ULM. Also, on lock screen in the top left corner it said 'No service - Mobitel'. Mobitel is the service provider here, so i was kinda hopeful, since it seemed that the phone can detect the network, but cannot connect. Hidden menu *#*#4636#*#* was accesible, but it only helped with my wi-fi connection. The 'select radio band' always reports 'selection unsuccessful'. I still could not set network manually or automatically for that matter (always error when i tried). I also tried the 10f firmware (oreo) and some others, but no luck. after i unlocked the bootloader i also performed the 'erase modemst1 modemst2' commands before flashing a new firmware but that also did not help.
(in case the link is dead - basically flashing firmware via LGUP)
4.) UNLOCKING THE BOOTLOADER
https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g7-thinq/how-to/how-to-bootloader-unlock-g7-thinq-t-t3963568
So this is where it is at at the moment. I followed this steps and now it reports product name LM-V350ULM and 'device state - unlocked' in the bootloader. If i boot it into recovery mode i just get the dead android with the red warning sign and 'no command' written under it. The device could access internet via wi-fi... until i put in the simcard. Now it cannot see the network anymore. If i repeat the command 'fastboot boot 710ULM11g_rootedboot.img' i get wifi back.
5.) THE POINT BEING?
Yeah. the point of this thread is obviously - what can i do to get the network?
This is my first android phone and yeah, quite the introduction to the android world that is.
Obviously i can (hardly, but i can) follow these step-by-step instructions, but apart from that, i have no idea what to do or how to do it. So yeah, this phone is pretty much just a wifi machine unless someone can help me.
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