[Radio] Enable LTE Band 3 and 8 on D820 and LTE Band 2 and 4 on D821

[iaTa]

Worked perfectly for me using a D820 running latest 05/07/17 build of DARK ROM Hammerheadcaf, included kernel and Magisk: https://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/development/rom-dark-rom-t3492150

Thank you!

 

[mercmobily]

Hack worked, high range bar, but exclamation mark and no connection

Hi,

The title says it all... Help!
I followed the instructions to the letter. I am actually in a small island near Bali and applying the hack was hard work...

Well I have a 820 and now can see a huge difference in connection range, but the connection has an H and a constant exclamation mark. Data is on, and everything worked before the hack. I am with telkocell.

Oh... Stock android just rooted with latest updates.

Is there anything I can do to fix it, other than restore the old state?

Thanks...

Merc.

 

[mercmobily]

Cancel that...

Hi,

Cancel that, I am an idiot.
I was lucky enough to run out of Internet credit in Indonesia while doing the hack. Hence the exclamation mark...

Works perfectly. It made a huge difference to me now. THANK YOU!

Merc.

Hi,

The title says it all... Help!
I followed the instructions to the letter. I am actually in a small island near Bali and applying the hack was hard work...

Well I have a 820 and now can see a huge difference in connection range, but the connection has an H and a constant exclamation mark. Data is on, and everything worked before the hack. I am with telkocell.

Oh... Stock android just rooted with latest updates.

Is there anything I can do to fix it, other than restore the old state?

Thanks...

Merc.

 

[mercmobily]

Hi,

Sorry about the noise. I just wanted to say a HUGE HUGE "thank you" to the modders who wrote this tutorial. I think it's awful that an hardware manufacturer would lock down hardware potential for "marketing" and "market segment" reasons. I love my Nexus 5, it will be my phone for a looong time (and then the Nexus 5s... and then we will see, it might be 8 years from now ).

Really, really thank you for the hard work and for putting this together so nicely.

Merc.

 

[tanve3r]

Thank you finally did it and it work !!!

 

[Spazturtle]

Does this mod persist across ROM flashes? Or does it need to be done every time?

 

[hbenz2008]

Yes sir, it does persist

how to unlock on 7.1.1 roms ?

Try with blu spark kernel

Does this mod persist across ROM flashes? Or does it need to be done every time?

 

[tusharbiswas3]

Worked!! Thanks!!

 

[manojks256]

Does this mod persist across ROM flashes? Or does it need to be done every time?

Persist across all ROM's until you restore original EFS

 

[roshan2989]

guys any one could post the guideline for nought ROM? Help would be appreciated

 

[5zan]

guys any one could post the guideline for nought ROM? Help would be appreciated

It's the same for all ROMs

 

[schwarma]

Can someone update the OP? The links are bad and one is full of malware (QPST)
I was able to get this working on my old stock D821 Nexus5 in the USA on T-Mobile (rooted, TWRP, and ElementalX kernel). Upon reboot it started up on H but then quickly switched over to LTE.

QPST (2.7.460) was found HERE
LG Diag Drivers (4.2) were found HERE

Hope this helps!

 

[rewarp]

Can someone update the OP? The links are bad and one is full of malware (QPST)
I was able to get this working on my old stock D821 Nexus5 in the USA on T-Mobile (rooted, TWRP, and ElementalX kernel). Upon reboot it started up on H but then quickly switched over to LTE.

QPST (2.7.460) was found HERE
LG Diag Drivers (4.2) were found HERE

Hope this helps!

Thanks! This will help immensely. I didn't go through with the instructions because I did not know whether I could trust those files.

 

[prashanthkp]

Can anyone help me out to get it done anywhere in Bengaluru. I am very much in need of enabling band 3 and band 40 in my D820. Is there any way of doing it in a simplified manner since I am bit confused with following the steps.
Thanks & regards,
Prashanth

---------- Post added at 04:47 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:32 PM ----------

Can you help me out to get it done anywhere in Bengaluru. I am very much in need of enabling band 3 and band 40 in my D820. Is there any way of doing it in a simplified manner since I am bit confused with following the steps.
Thanks & regards,
Prashanth

 

[MrMundy]

Hi, i managed to enable LTE band 3 and 8 on my D820 before.
However, recently i had to repair my d820 and i replaced the D820 motherboard with a D821 motherboard (daughterboard and the other parts are the same).
Now i'm not getting LTE signals.
Do i redo this whole tutorial again and if i do, which files should i use?

Thanks in advance.

 

[lell13]

Help

I was pretty exited when i saw this forum but it didn't work. I have a D820 and i tried on CM13, stock 6.0.1, stock 4.4.2 and everytime was like the forum and the russian video describes (got the spc, com port) and when i reboot i get for a few seconds H+ then H, then the signal drops and goes back but no data just umts. No lte, and to get H+ i have to select 3g as desired network. I don't know where the towers are but i'm suposed to be on a 4g area and have a 4g simcard. I don't get it, i really wanted it to work but i doesn't on my nexus 5

I had LTE for two or three weeks but now this is happening to me. I restore EFS and made the process again but did not work.

*Using stock android 6.0.1 with Elementalx Kernel. Carrier uses band 3*

 

[mkarthy]

I got LTE. Thanks so much.

Only problem I noticed was in using QPST latest tool 2.7.460 in Windows 7. It failed opening with 'QPST server not working error', moving back to older version 2.7.422 solved this issue and I am on LTE now. Thanks again.

 

[solace mukhtar]

Great tutorial, i finally activated lte on my Nexus 5 d820.

I just want to make things clear to the folks discovering this tutorial late, and wonder if it'll work on Lollipop/Marshmallow or Nougat, yeah of course it works. I think the only thing u need is for ur kernel to support booting in diag mode and that's all.
I used the tutorial on lineageos 14.1.

And also If u are having troubles with the qpts app u should download the earlier version it works. That's all. Thanks to everyone that contributed.



Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

 

[kmem]

Can someone update the OP? The links are bad and one is full of malware (QPST)
I was able to get this working on my old stock D821 Nexus5 in the USA on T-Mobile (rooted, TWRP, and ElementalX kernel). Upon reboot it started up on H but then quickly switched over to LTE.

QPST (2.7.460) was found HERE
LG Diag Drivers (4.2) were found HERE

Hope this helps!

I realize this post is extremely old but since you are on tmob can you tell me which bands you enabled?

On a general note, does anyone know how to find out which bands are in use by a given carrier in a particular market? Google and the T-Mobile site haven't turned up much on this regard. Perhaps some wiki or forum post that details various bands that carriers use in different markets?

I have an 820 which gets LTE fine in most locations but there are several places where my signal strength is quite low (including my home). I believe this increases my battery usage significantly. I get a stronger signal in these areas on 3g so I usually usually leave LTE disabled but I would love to find a better solution.

I was hoping that this method might be used to enable additional bands that T-Mobile uses in my area and therefore allow me to keep LTE on without major battery drain.

Has anyone had any luck hacking either n5 to use band 12? I have seen a couple posts in this thread that suggest it may be possible but nothing concrete. I would be willing to bet that if I could somehow get band 12 enabled I would get a fantastic signal everywhere.

 

[dhruvkumar12]

Can I flash another radio firmware even after enabling LTE? Experiencing a lot of battery drain on my N5