SM-G900R6 VZW LRA Partner Carrier Variant Help Thread
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Nice. You just used the international twrp recovery?
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The recovery I used is for all Qualcomm s5, if you use twrp manager app in play store, click install and choose klte, and let it do its thing, it works.
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Cool so just root and do that? Is there a stock recovery file I can have for backup?
How would I make a non rooted completely stock backup if I ever want to go back?
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You can Yeah. And the odin firmware flash file is available for a full stock flash. I have it.
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Nice. Could you upload it somewhere for me?
The Odin is the usual pda flash in download mode?
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The Odin is the usual pda flash in download mode?
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Don't really want to upload a 1.8gb file on my sucky Internet. This is where I got it, use one of the mirrors.
http://www.mrcrab.net/down-firmware/16970/Samsung-Galaxy-S5-SM--G900R6.html
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Should be. Believe it pulls from sim card on compatible roms (like our Stock). I guess it's better to be safe and backup anyway.
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Awesome. How's that kernel you're running? You're running it on the stock rom?
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It's pretty good. Running on stock rom, still playing with it. There's a crap ton of options.. Still reading what everything does.. Lol. It and recovery trips Knox warranty flag tho but I believe odin back to stock fixes it if necessary at any point.
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Thank you so much for the information. If this helps any, let me explain some progress I Have made with Bluegrass Variant.
- Inserted T-Mobile US SIM. Under network settings, I Was only able to selected CDMA/LTE, no GSM Options.
-Rooted with TR, AT&T Safestrap. Backed up stock bluegrass rom, wiped and flashed a VZW ROM. GSM option was now available, but when I selected it, it would not "stick". It would simply reset back to a CDMA option even after selecting global. FYI I was getting prompted to switch to global mode, and I was getting the VZW message for unauthorized SIM.
-I Was able to manually select T-Mobile from Network Operators, no Calls/SMS was working
-Tried various Service Mode apps, was able to enter service mode and attempted to force GSM only settings. I was able to get full 4G LTE Data with my T-Mobile SIM card, I COULD NOT USE CALL/SMS!
I will now attempted TWRP and flash a GSM based ROM - I will try an AOSP based rom first.
- Inserted T-Mobile US SIM. Under network settings, I Was only able to selected CDMA/LTE, no GSM Options.
-Rooted with TR, AT&T Safestrap. Backed up stock bluegrass rom, wiped and flashed a VZW ROM. GSM option was now available, but when I selected it, it would not "stick". It would simply reset back to a CDMA option even after selecting global. FYI I was getting prompted to switch to global mode, and I was getting the VZW message for unauthorized SIM.
-I Was able to manually select T-Mobile from Network Operators, no Calls/SMS was working
-Tried various Service Mode apps, was able to enter service mode and attempted to force GSM only settings. I was able to get full 4G LTE Data with my T-Mobile SIM card, I COULD NOT USE CALL/SMS!
I will now attempted TWRP and flash a GSM based ROM - I will try an AOSP based rom first.
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You'll need to look into kernels for that too. Ktoonsez has TW and aosp kernels for s5.
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Latest progress:
Flashed TWRP via TWRP App
Backed up ROM, backed up EFS
Full wipe data/cache/system x3
Flashed AOKP for klte along with full Gapps Package.
Flashed ktoonsez aosp kenel
Put in T-Mobile SIM Card, Full 4G LTE Data automatically working, SMS/MMS TESTED AND WORKING!!! :good::good::good:
CALLS WILL NOT WORK.
Going to tinker somemore and report back
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Mind testing if that works with bluegrass sim?Latest progress:
Flashed TWRP via TWRP App
Backed up ROM, backed up EFS
Full wipe data/cache/system x3
Flashed AOKP for klte along with full Gapps Package.
Flashed ktoonsez aosp kenel
Put in T-Mobile SIM Card, Full 4G LTE Data automatically working, SMS/MMS TESTED AND WORKING!!! :good::good::good:
CALLS WILL NOT WORK.
Going to tinker somemore and report back
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Yes I will attempt later and report back
I listed the phone on swappa if anyone is interested...only asking 260 shipped which.
Linky http://swappa.com/boneyard/post/AS5PM8
Thanks. This is what I am getting with Bluegrass SIM on the klte AOKP ROM.
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AFAIK it is not. Auto network selection doesn't connect and when I select manually they do not seem to work.
Just to confirm when restoring back to stock ROM everything works perfectly on Bluegrass SIM
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