WORKING ROMS FOR UNLOCKED N900V w/VZW (and MVNO) SIMS

[mightysween]

While trying to research RIL/baseband for CM13, I have tested virtually every ROM for n900v with various combinations of KK and LP modems.

So far, these are the only two that have worked for me...and I must say that the first works VERY well... tempted to use their sources to build out CM13.

1. Dirty Unicorns v9.8 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-3/orig-development/rom-dirty-unicorns-v9-0-t3006601)

With the OF1 modem/non-hlos, DU 9.8 has working LTE right out of the box, and seems to be a very mature ROM.


2. LiquidSmooth 4.1 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-3/development/rom-liquidsmooth-v4-0-lollipop-t3008474)

Liquidsmooth is the only other ROM I have been able to have establish reliable cellular and mobile data. Also using the OF1 modems, but LTE is NOT working reliably. Setting to 3G as preferred works fine and persists through reboots.

3. UPDATE: CM11 OFFICIAL works if you install and boot Dirty Unicorns first, then wipe and flash CM11.. **not working after further testing**

4. CM13...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/ver...opment/rom-temaseks-unofficial-build-t3364382

I have been on my own modded version of Temaseks CM13 for over a week and have had no issues whatsoever. Rock solid.


Anyone else have anything working?

 

[dreyeth]

Thats awesome thanks for sharing the information.

 

[tomixnscale89]

What does "non-hlos" mean? Dirty Unicorns looks pretty nice until a real CM rom comes out.

 

[mightysween]

What does "non-hlos" mean? Dirty Unicorns looks pretty nice until a real CM rom comes out. Is it based on LP?

It is a .bin file that is part of the radio
... Nothing you will need to worry about unless you have been flashing different ones already

If you ODINed OF1 to root/unlock, you should be all set to run this.

Yes, it is LP 5.1.1 and is very well put together. I am still trying to figure out why it runs so well... Looks like a combo of straight AOSP with cherry-picked CM12 features.

 

[tomixnscale89]

I flashed the OFI partial firmware back when I put Jasmine on my phone. Should that be enough?

 

[mightysween]

I flashed the OFI partial firmware back when I put Jasmine on my phone. Should that be enough?

No..you would need to be unlocked to install this which would have required an ODIN flash to OB6 or OF1

 

[tomixnscale89]

No..you would need to be unlocked to install this which would have required an ODIN flash to OB6 or OF1

I am unlocked though with TWRP installed.

 

[mightysween]

I am unlocked though with TWRP installed.

Probably didn't need that partial firmware then. You must have flashed OF1 and rooted at some point, so yes it should be good to go.

if you wanna try, backup your current ROM first in TWRP!

 

[tomixnscale89]

Probably didn't need that partial firmware then. You must have flashed OF1 and rooted at some point, so yes it should be good to go.

if you wanna try, backup your current ROM first in TWRP!

I was on 4.4.2 Kitkat with root and went to Jasmine 6.1.

Yup, already have a backup since I already tried CM 13 once with no success. :good: Thanks!

 

[en11gma]

so right now i can wipe data/cache/dalivk and factory reset then install either of the above zips if im on OF1 BL-Unlocked?

grabbing http://download.dirtyunicorns.com/f...hltevzw_5.1.1_20151113-1513.v9.8-OFFICIAL.zip as i type this

which gapps?

 

[mightysween]

Hmmm... you may still be on NC4 or NK1 modems. I am not sure how coming from 4.4.2 would work...and I didn't think unlock was even possible on 4.4.2 yet.

 

[mightysween]

so right now i can wipe data/cache/dalivk and factory reset then install either of the above zips if im on OF1 BL-Unlocked?

I have done just that with about 20 different ROMS already. So yeah

BTW every ROM has worked great except for the radios (no cell and/or 3g/LTE)

 

[mightysween]

so right now i can wipe data/cache/dalivk and factory reset then install either of the above zips if im on OF1 BL-Unlocked?

grabbing http://download.dirtyunicorns.com/f...hltevzw_5.1.1_20151113-1513.v9.8-OFFICIAL.zip as i type this

which gapps?

I use open gapps nano...but would imagine any 5.1 should work.

 

[en11gma]

mightysween thank-you so much for doing all this testing.
that is so awesome as its been running through my head for about a solid 24hrs.
i was getting ready to do some more research and go get the best cm 12 out.
ill test on mine with the dirty unicorns 9.8
will report any issues with anything i notice
what about NFC and GPS.....Camera?
nfc i read you have to something more then just disable on some other thread. not sure if it pertains but i wouldnt be surprised

 

[mightysween]

mightysween thank-you so much for doing all this testing.
that is so awesome as its been running through my head for about a solid 24hrs.
i was getting ready to do some more research and go get the best cm 12 out.
ill test on mine with the dirty unicorns 9.8
will report any issues with anything i notice
what about NFC and GPS.....Camera?
nfc i read you have to something more then just disable on some other thread. not sure if it pertains but i wouldnt be surprised

GPS and camera seem fine, NFC doesn't appear to work...I know there were some workarounds for various ROMS

 

[en11gma]

GPS and camera seem fine, NFC doesn't appear to work...I know there were some workarounds for various ROMS

im pretty sure i read somewhere about nfc showing that it was off but really being on. there was a fix but i think it involved a zip or two

 

[mightysween]

im pretty sure i read somewhere about nfc showing that it was off but really being on. there was a fix but i think it involved a zip or two

Yeah...as far as this thread goes, mainly looking for working radios as that seems to be the stumbling block for hltevzw until we get CM13 running

 

[en11gma]

GPS and camera seem fine, NFC doesn't appear to work...I know there were some workarounds for various ROMS

Yeah...as far as this thread goes, mainly looking for working radios as that seems to be the stumbling block for hltevzw until we get CM13 running

makes sense to me

 

[mightysween]

It is worth noting that DU 9.8 is a dead project... so there aren't going to be any changes unless a new maintainers comes along

 

[dreyeth]

While trying to research RIL/baseband for CM13, I have tested virtually every ROM for n900v with various combinations of KK and LP modems.

So far, these are the only two that have worked for me...and I must say that the first works VERY well... tempted to use their sources to build out CM13.

1. Dirty Unicorns v9.8 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-3/orig-development/rom-dirty-unicorns-v9-0-t3006601)

With the OF1 modem/non-hlos, DU 9.8 has working LTE right out of the box, and seems to be a very mature ROM.


2. LiquidSmooth 4.1 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-3/development/rom-liquidsmooth-v4-0-lollipop-t3008474)

Liquidsmooth is the only other ROM I have been able to have establish reliable cellular and mobile data. Also using the OF1 modems, but LTE is NOT working reliably. Setting to 3G as preferred works fine and persists through reboots.


Other than these two, every other ROM has major radio issues. All of the CM11 based stuff seems to connect LTE/3G just fine, but will not hold it...the radio constantly cycles. All of the CM13 stuff has radio connected at the base level, but needs some tweaks in order to make it available to the OS properly.


Anyone else have anything working?

Dirty Unicorns wouldn't pick up 4G LTE on Straight Talk (Verizon)

Only data working with Dirty Unicorns and that MVNO was 1G

Screen went blank while calling with speaker phone on and wouldn't come back on unless the power button
was pressed in constantly while I changed the display settings to only blank at 30 minutes.

Samsung SM-N900V OF1 rooted and then bootloader unlocked,
did not flash OF1 after the bootloader unlock and then straight to Dirty Unicorns latest version.