Possible to unlock LTE Band 12 on G930V?

[MrBaltazar]

I know in the past on older Samsung devices (S5, etc) there was a way to unlock more LTE bands on the Qualcomm based devices.. I have a Verizon S7 and I'd like to upgrade this unit to a Note 7. I want to use the S7 on my AT&T SIM card. AT&T uses band 17 and band 12 primarily but the G930v doesn't support the band out of the box.

Is it possible to unlock the other LTE bands on the G930v?

Thanks in advance

 

[j0hnh0lmes]

Just flash the at&t firmware.

Sent from my SM-G930V using XDA-Developers mobile app

 

[DarkMidnight]

Flashing a different firmware for different model on your device will brick your device, baseband cannot be unlocked, it's hardware difference between phones and cannot be changed

False.

Flash the SM-930U and profit. Take a peek at these two posts, particularly the second one.

Reference: http://xdaforums.com/verizon-s7-edge/how-to/guide-flashing-sm-935u-firmware-verizon-t3415145
Reference (2): http://xdaforums.com/verizon-galaxy-s7/how-to/success-lte-band-17-att-mvno-g930v-t3437805

 

[MrBaltazar]

False.

Flash the SM-930U and profit. Take a peek at these two posts, particularly the second one.

Reference: http://xdaforums.com/verizon-s7-edge/how-to/guide-flashing-sm-935u-firmware-verizon-t3415145
Reference (2): http://xdaforums.com/verizon-galaxy-s7/how-to/success-lte-band-17-att-mvno-g930v-t3437805

I did flash the 930U and it worked just fine. Unlocked the LTE band just fine as well. I now have an unbranded S7 running AT&T full LTE coverage.

That is actually my post, lol.

 

[DarkMidnight]

Flashing a different firmware for different model on your device will brick your device, baseband cannot be unlocked, it's hardware difference between phones and cannot be changed

I did flash the 930U and it worked just fine. Unlocked the LTE band just fine as well. I now have an unbranded S7 running AT&T full LTE coverage.

That is actually my post, lol.

Wow...I am dense. Good show lol

 

[entropism]

Just for the record, AT&T doesn't use Band 12, T-Mobile does. AT&T are bands 2, 4, 5 and 17. T-Mobile has 2, 4, 5 (which is new) and 12.

 

[MrBaltazar]

Just for the record, AT&T doesn't use Band 12, T-Mobile does. AT&T are bands 2, 4, 5 and 17. T-Mobile has 2, 4, 5 (which is new) and 12.

They are interoperable. I've seen both 12 and 17 using LTE Discovery with my AT&T sim card in.

 

[jonathonparker]

I just tried to flash this and got the following error on my phone and odin failed.

SW REV CHECK FAIL : [aboot]Fused 4 > Binary 2
[1]eMMC write fail: aboot

Any ideas??

 

[cmlucht]

I just tried to flash this and got the following error on my phone and odin failed.

SW REV CHECK FAIL : [aboot]Fused 4 > Binary 2
[1]eMMC write fail: aboot

Any ideas??

I flashed the u firmware full lte on cricket now I kept getting a fail to so I flashed the home csc file in the zip and worked perfect.

 

[charter3554]

Is it possible to flash a US Qualcomm 930U file onto a Exynos 930F?

 

[micallan_17]

Is it possible to flash a US Qualcomm 930U file onto a Exynos 930F?

No! this can result in a damaged device. SM-G930U firmware are for USA Qualcomm S7s