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[Motorola Droid 3] XtriFe:
Hi all, im stuck at the part

"Use root explorer to push build.prop"

What exactly do i do at this point ? I have the root explorer app , my phone is unlocked and rooted as well.

I'm assuming build.prop is a file and that i need to copy it to the system folder and overwrite the existing one. But im just assuming things. I'm also lost as to where this build.prop file to be copied is located.
[Motorola Droid 3] sd_shadow:
copy and paste
[Motorola Droid 3] redsrule2500:
Edit: Delete
[Motorola Droid 3] urundai:
It's included in the unlock.zip file and you are correct, it needs to be copied over the existing one. Just to be on the safe side, rename the existing one instead of overwriting :laugh:
[Motorola Droid 3] vinvam:
So I unlocked successfully, rooted, and then flashed the new radio and everything seemed to go successfully but for some reason I have a signal bar with a slash through it. Any ideas?
[Motorola Droid 3] vinvam:
So I got it working somehow... once. Now I have the force close issue. -___-
[Motorola Droid 3] MrObvious:
Probably your build.prop being weird. Post what you have (copy and paste in reply to this from Root Browser or something).
[Motorola Droid 3] vinvam:
Finally got it working again. SBFed to 906 to start fresh and did everything again using the build.prop provided with the two changes and it worked perfectly. I think I was trying to use the build.prop with the 3G fixes from the Kexec thread and that caused the issue.
[Motorola Droid 3] esico:
hi I'm stock on moto-fastboot flash radio radio.img file not in the folder when I enter id it says not recognized as an internal command, please help
[Motorola Droid 3] Dimension2035:
Is this the only rom that supports Att/Tmobile?
[Motorola Droid 3] sd_shadow:
this isn't a rom, this is a thread for unlocking

most roms will work on att, just need to change build prop or install modified rom
[Motorola Droid 3] Skreelink:
As sd_shadow said, it's just for unlocking US GSM bands, for Kexec roms (such as CM10.1) refer to my thread over .
[Motorola Droid 3] ericdkirk:
I have to say this is happening for the second time to me today, the first time this seamed to work but this time, I have been hitting close (step 4) for over half an hour and it is still not letting me into the network settings. Rom Minimoto 1.7

Should I just wait longer or is there a shortcut to the menu like there was with the Droid 2. The buildprop is still fine, just cant get the network to change. I have tried the *#*#info#*#* but it does not seem the save that setting. Any ideas would be appreciated, thanks.
[Motorola Droid 3] sd_shadow:
you should be unlocking in stock rom
[Motorola Droid 3] ericdkirk:
I unlocked long ago, just get stuck sometimes when the wife lets the phone switch to world mode. For reference it took over an hour but finally let me get back into the network settings to change it back to GSM reboot with the SIM all worked great.
[Motorola Droid 3] Pr.TOSHIBA:
Will this work on XT861 non-Verizon Milestone 3?

Thanks
[Motorola Droid 3] sd_shadow:
a milestone 3 should already be unlocked
[Motorola Droid 3] Pr.TOSHIBA:
I got the phone on ebay and the seller said it was a United Wireless device. As far as I know, United Wireless is a CDMA carrier in Kansas, or somewhere around there. When I pop my SIM in it wants an unlock code.
[Motorola Droid 3] sd_shadow:
you could try buying an unlock code from an ebay seller, but I don't know if it will work

it's not a lock on the sim card it self?
[Motorola Droid 3] Pr.TOSHIBA:
I'm pretty sure its not a lock on the card, because I have been using it (AT&T card) in an unlocked T-Mobile phone for years. So buying a code is the only way?
[Motorola Droid 3] sd_shadow:
that's what you do when it's a droid 3.
[Motorola Droid 3] Deadman001:
Removed due to stupidity
[Motorola Droid 3] kiril_nedev:
Hi Guys.

Recently I bought a Motorola Droid 3 (XT862) from eBay (a Verizon locked one).

I had no problem to unlock it with an ebay unlock code.

Then It accepted my GSM SIM card (I`m currently in Bulgaria)

The problem is that it doesn`t connect to 3G/HSDPA or any kind of Data... even GPRS/EDGE

The icon shows only the GSM bars and nothing else.

There`s no connection at all.

I enabled it from the Settings

I tried to also enable it for Roaming.

I changed the GSM mode to GLOBAL and then to UMTS/GSM but no luck.

I tried to return back to the stock ROM 5.6.890 or something like that (it was 5.7.xxx)

I tried to Root it (successfully)

I flashed the radio ROM from this thread successfully.

But still no luck.

Does anyone know if I can use Data with this XT862 in Europe ?

(The standart calls are okay, I have only problem with the mobile internet)

P.S. I have forgotten to reboot it after I changed the build.prop file.

I also added APN and now it seems to work

Just the GSM perception is a bit poor... usually 2-3 bars (out of 4)

P.S.2

Yeah... it works but the perception is really poor... sometimes it even goes to GPRS or without any Internet cover at all... (I`m in a big city and usually there`s perfect coverage even inside buildings here)
[Motorola Droid 3] premiso:
Works like a Charm

Thank you! This process worked flawlessly, except that I had to use the motofail method for rooting.

But phone is unlocked thanks to this guide and unlock4moto for the Unlock code, great service and I highly recommend over any eBay etc. Now I can repurpose this phone to T-Mobile!
[Motorola Droid 3] leobg:
Check this thread how to fix this "signal strength" issue: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1326346
[Motorola Droid 3] kiril_nedev:
Thanks I already fixed this a few months ago. It works fine now! :)
[Motorola Droid 3] leobg:
Sorry, I didn't realize your post is 2 months old. Glad you got it working.
[Motorola Droid 3] shatheone:
so it turns out i have to flash the xt862 radio back on to use it on verizon, so does anyone have an updated link for the stock xt862 radio img? ive searched on the forum and havent gotten too far
[Motorola Droid 3] Skreelink:
I have the img on my computer, currently I am at work. Will try to remember to reupload it for you when I get home.

Edit: Remoted my pc. Here you go.
[Motorola Droid 3] sd_shadow:
I can uipload one, but you can just download one of the XT862 .XMLs and just unzip, open and copy the radio.img
[Motorola Droid 3] shnish:
I recently sold this phone to somebody on T-Mobile, but they're getting this message "no GSM/UMTS networks were found". The phone worked perfectly on AT&T and has the build.prop edits. I really don't want them to have to return the phone since it was working fine, so does anybody have any idea how to fix this?
[Motorola Droid 3] sd_shadow:
didn't reflash firmware with rsd lite? could be bad sim card, even if sim works in anther phone, motorola's can be fickle.
[Motorola Droid 3] shnish:
Firmware was reflashed multiple times. I don't really know if the sim is bad or not. It works in the other phone supposedly, but do you think getting and activating a new sim card would work?
[Motorola Droid 3] sd_shadow:
flashing any of the XT862 Verizon.en.US .XMLs with rsd lite will flash the original Verizon radio and build.prop, and the XT863 radio and build prop will need to reflashed.

If the XT863 radio and buld.prop are correct, I would try a new sim card.
[Motorola Droid 3] shnish:
Yeah, the issue is that it definitely worked for me. I shipped the thing and made sure it worked on att the night before. Now the person I sold it to can't get a connection with T-Mobile. I'm guessing he just needs a new sim card, but people don't like to accept that the fault is with them instead of their device...
[Motorola Droid 3] sd_shadow:
Since some people still have questions about this,

I uploaded a [How-To] video to Youtube

[How-To] Band unlock the Droid 3 (XT862)
[Motorola Droid 3] bigbacon:
anyone else know how to stop this from happening?

from time to time, and it seems totally random, it is like the build.prop file gets corrupt, phone ends up in global mode, and you get the android crash error ove and over forever....

only way I can fix it is to

1. get into airplane mode.

2. copy original verizon build.prop into system.

3. restart phone

4. set from to GSM

5. copy new build.prop in to system

6. restart phone.

7. turn off airplane mode.

why does this happen and how do I stop it? is it a build.prop permissions thing maybe?

Also, can someone point me to directions to easily set these back to the original verizon radio and what not? planning to get some new phones soon and owuld like to sell these off. I can't remember how I can completely flash them back to how the phone was with verizon and clear all the data.
[Motorola Droid 3] sd_shadow:
Maybe fixing permissions in recovery
[Motorola Droid 3] fl4r3:
You have to go into AP Fastboot mode to flash any radio.

For the Droid 3 you have to press the power on while holding the 'M' button. Then use the down Volume key to highlight Ap Fastboot and the Up volume key to select.

Thats all there is to it.
[Motorola Droid 3] junkboy:
The Droid 3 3g on ATT is so much better than my other "4g" devices from ATT. My signal and download/upload speed was more constant. The only complaint I have is the battery drain was crazy.
[Motorola Droid 3] ChocolateShein:
I found this program to be extremely useful for editing the build.prop in other roms. It's a program for comparing two different files.

http://www.multiupload.com/9359I5H4JW
[Motorola Droid 3] RWALEY:
Did you attempt any other ROMs or tweaks to improve battery life?

Battery life seems to be a common issue among Motorola devices. I was able to get pretty good life using CM7 and SetCPU on the D2G. Wondering if there are similar methods for the Droid 3.
[Motorola Droid 3] junkboy:
honestly, you only need wordpad to edit the build.prop.

---------- Post added 16th January 2012 at 12:01 AM ---------- Previous post was 15th January 2012 at 11:58 PM ----------

i tried a bunch of roms but i always went back to MotoBlur 5.7.894 Deodexed with the supercharge script. the script helped out but battery drain was still there. droid 2/3 needs an unlock bootloader fix the battery drain. i had the atrix 4g and the battery life was great because of custom kernals(unlocked bootloader).
[Motorola Droid 3] eis0r:
dumb question:

do i need this in europe on GSM?

i remember being able to use GSM without changing anything on stock rom...

what benefits do i get from flashing this radio.img and which components are affected by flashing it?

thanks for clarifying!
[Motorola Droid 3] junkboy:
You don't need to flash a new radio for oversea. You only need the unlock code for it.
[Motorola Droid 3] eis0r:
so if my D3 is globally unlocked i dont have any benefits from flashing a new radio, right?

just needed to get around verizon lock and use the phone on t-mobile/at&t networks in the US without buying an unlock code, correct?
[Motorola Droid 3] quetonix:
It does undo the tether hack but I just re-did the it and it works without any problems. Just flash the radio image as explained on first page (following it all the way to the end), then do the tether hack and there should be no problems. works for me!

---------- Post added at 01:46 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:43 AM ----------

1) Correct! I live in the UK but I flashed it anyway. Made no difference to me in terms of reception here, but now if I travel to the US at least I wont have to worry about being tied down to using verizon only ;).

2) I don't know. Sorry.
[Motorola Droid 3] quetonix:
Just like to say to Droid 3 users outside of the US that flashing and using this radio has drastically improved my battery life. I have used it moderately for a day and battery is still on 70%. I used 3g for about 20~30mins and gsm has been on for 2~3hrs. This is much better than what I was getting with the stock radio.

Also reception is far better, 3g now is not stuck at a maximum of 3bars like it was before and gsm reception reaches the full 5 bars and not a maximum of 4 bars. Signal booster reports a 54% signal strength compared to the 47% before flashing.

So far not noticed any flaws except that Chinese am/pm sign appears on lock screen clock sometimes and some android notifications are written in Chinese at odd times. This is fixed when lock screen is unlocked and relocked, and notification app is opened. This maybe an odd minor bug, but certainly not major nor intolerable.

Cheers guys.
[Motorola Droid 3] rezapatel:
Hello everyone,

I am expected to receive my droid 3 sometime later today, but its apparently locked on Verizon US.

I would like to unlock it and use it in Pakistan GSM networks.

1. Can someone point ne in the right direction to unlock it for global gsm networks?

2. Would this radio hack make it catch gsm signals on global networks, even if its locked?

Really the first time with getting a Moto, all help from members is appreciated to get me going.

Thanks a whole load guys!

Sent from my HTC Vision
[Motorola Droid 3] quetonix:
Hi,

I dont know if it will unlock your phone as my phone gave me alot of hastle when I tried to unlock it within the UK. This was around 4 months ago so obviously these hacks wern't out at that time. I don't think it will work as when I received my phone from the US, it was locked. I tried to get it unlocked via local phone shops with no success. I also tried calling verizon in the US to get it unlocked officially, but they said I had to be under US coverage and had to have been a verizon customer for so many years. I had to eventually send it back to the seller for a replacement that was unlocked.

Just thought I'd share that with you. You may manage to get a code from ebay, but if your phone says subsidy locked then you are, basically, screwed and will have to have it officially unlocked via verizon, and as ive mentioned above, it is not a very pleasant experience.

You can try this hack if you want and you know how to restore the phone via fastboot if something goes wrong (instructions are somewhere in this forum).

Hope my experience helps you.
[Motorola Droid 3] eis0r:
i did successfully unlock 2 xt862 already by using swiftunlock services on ebay without any problems. cost me about 12$ each.
[Motorola Droid 3] g35mt:
OP, thanks for the guide. I got lost on last two steps. I should have known i need to be in fast boot mode. Again confirm working.
[Motorola Droid 3] sic4672:
Since Mediafire was shut-down, can anyone rehost? Also does someone happen to have a stock radio image laying around? Call me a coward, but I like to have a safety net.

Edit: NVM, I just downloaded it from mediafire. I'll rehost from my dropbox just in case. Still looking for that stock radio though, thanks.

Edit 2: http://db.tt/T7U6xuyN
[Motorola Droid 3] 10kredline:
flashed but now no vzw signal

i can confirm that this works, not a fan of the chinese symbols though. however, i can not get a signal from vzw cdma no matter what i tried. i sbf'd back to stock for now. anyone have different results or suggestions?
[Motorola Droid 3] missingxtension:
dont forget to edit build.prop

Just to let you guys know that the build prop included in the zip is not modified yet.

just open it with wordpad and then press ctrl+f and put "ro.mot.phonemode.vzwglobalphone=" and change it to 0

then find "ro.telephony.default_network=" and change it to 3.

Thanks LEOBG.
[Motorola Droid 3] sic4672:
So does this mean that this mod forces you to use a GSM carrier and prevents you from using VZW CDMA?
[Motorola Droid 3] 10kredline:
That is what i am experiencing. I wanted yo know if anyone got the same result i did, or if i botched a step somewhere. I could only use a gsm carrier, not verizon.
[Motorola Droid 3] JonJt:
I'm attempting to follow this guide to root/unlock my D3 for use on ATT. Unfortunately, the first unlock code I tried did not work. I'm going to try a second tomorrow. If that doesn't work, I'm going to sell the phone.

My question to you guys is this:

Is there a finite number of times that I can attempt to network unlock a D3 before I damage/disable/brick the phone? I'd rather just sell the phone now instead of bricking it. Anyone?
[Motorola Droid 3] g35mt:
i bought an unlock code from ebay. tried for total of 4 times and it didn't work. The seller on ebay told me that 30 percent of the droid 3 can't be unlock and can only be unlock by getting the code from verizon.

then finally got one from verizon, mistype the first time and second times work fine. So i was able to enter 6 times. Time difference between ebay code vs verizon, i said about 4 hours.
[Motorola Droid 3] BenSWoodruff:
Just beg someone with a Verizon account to a) let you activate your phone *temporarily* on their account, b) have their unlock code used on your phone, which is only possible every ten months or so per account, and c) reactivate their own phone after you get unlocked. You may need to pay them or do some other favor in return, but it's worth it.

This is pretty much the only fail-proof way of getting unlocked. The phone would be great to use on AT&T as it gets 3G. I'm fine just using it on T-Mobile which only gets Edge lol, but it's worth it to kick Verizon in the teeth! And that way you don't have to sell this awesome phone to buy some other AT&T garbage.

On another note, how come the best phones are always on carriers other than the one you're on? LOL
[Motorola Droid 3] rustyxj6:
I just got my second Droid 3 to try it on T-Mobile using this guide. Should have read it through I thought it would be easier. The first one I unlocked and sent it overseas.

Also have old Droid 2 that I use with Page Plus and bought a HTC sensation to use on T-mobile. Got the Sensation unlocked thanks to xda.

I got the first Droid 3 unlocked with swiftunlock from ebay. Worked like a charm. Hoping to get lucky again with my New D3.

I'm really trying to take advantage of the new T-mobile offer of unlimited internet for $30 a month but finding a phone that I like is a pain.

Also their signal at my job is bad.

How are the T-mobile edge speeds? I'm coming from page plus and don't watch that many videos or download stuff. However I do some Skype. Page Plus is Ok for this. I seem to get 3G speeds on my Droid 2.
[Motorola Droid 3] sic4672:
So any answer on switching between VZW CDMA and GSM with the chineese radio.img?
[Motorola Droid 3] JonJt:
So, I tried another unlock code but, the phone said the unlock was unsuccessful. But, unlike last time, the phone went straight to the homescreen and did not request another unlock code. Is there anyway to verify the unlock? If it is of any importance, I can tell the phone to operate in Global or GSM/UMTS mode exclusively and tell it only to select a GSM network.

Edit, restarting the phone with the SIM card in place did not cause the phone to prompt me to input a network unlock code.....
[Motorola Droid 3] BenSWoodruff:
I use Edge quite often and even for Pandora, since I have unlimited data at $10 a month :-) sometimes it takes a minute or two between songs, but wifi is a huge help for getting data quickly. I'd think you might want to save most skyping for wifi lol. Sometimes, I'll start out at my house on wifi, then Pandora will get me through several songs before having to load again.

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[Motorola Droid 3] BenSWoodruff:
I don't have a Verizon line to test this on, so I can't really test this.

Congrats, seems it worked for you. To verify unlock, just complete the steps of the guide and see if you can make calls on gsm lol.

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[Motorola Droid 3] JonJt:
Yep, everything worked. I get 3G speeds on my phone, through ATT, calls are clear and messages go through fine.

Now I just have to bootstrap the thing.....
[Motorola Droid 3] BenSWoodruff:
Let me know if you try Safestrap and get a nand backup. I installed Safestrap after doing this mod and couldn't get a backup or get any ROMs to work on the safe system partition.

Might've had to do with the build.prop saying it was a different phone lol.

I've just decided to stay on the stock ROM until I get on Verizon again...whenever T-Mobile goes under lol.

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[Motorola Droid 3] RWALEY:
So far so good with this method.

Very rarely do I see the Chinese am/pm symbols. Not an issue at all.

I have been running it on Eclipse and 2G/3G ATT is working fine.

Just wondering what are the specifics in that build.prop to make it work.

Perhaps people can merge it into the build.prop files of their desired ROM?
[Motorola Droid 3] RWALEY:
Also, if anyone is interested:

I experimented with adding some features from the Bell Canada XT860 build.prop

The signal strength and speed improved after this modification.

Speed Test app went from around 1000~2000 to almost 5000 for me.

However, there is no CDMA support at all.

Pretty much a hybridization of the XT883 and XT860 build.prop

File is attached.

EDIT: New file attached. Think I got rid of the Chinese letters on the am/pm.

Using Verizon XT862 regional settings so now this is a combination of XT860, 862, & 883 build.props

Rebooted about 25 times, no sign of the Chinese letters so far.
[Motorola Droid 3] fl4r3:
Thanks RWALEY, will try this edited build.prop out (couldn't be bothered going through the whole thing myself lol).
[Motorola Droid 3] JonJt:
Yeah, this is a major concern for me. I was about to try installing the Maverick rom, until I noticed that it includes some build.prop edits. I don't know enough about the phone to modify the Maverick ROM build.prop file to match what's needed for the xt862 to work on ATT so, I might just remove the bloatware, install an anti-logging app and keep using the stock ROM until I move to a new phone.
[Motorola Droid 3] JonJt:
Has anyone tried doing OTA updates for a D3 unlocked for use on ATT? Does it edit the build.prop file?
[Motorola Droid 3] BenSWoodruff:
I would flash back to stock, do the update then reapply this tweak. This seems to me the best method also for flashing ROMs. Any unique attributes of the updated/custom build.prop from your new ROM or OS update should be compared to the tweaked build.prop, so that conflicts don't show up. I haven't tried any of this, so feedback is appreciated!

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[Motorola Droid 3] BenSWoodruff:
As for the modified build.prop above, I am testing it now to see what kind of performance it gets me. It was missing my custom edits, so I added some of them. So far, no Chinese am/pm signs lol.

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[Motorola Droid 3] JonJt:
I'd have to unroot, correct? But, even then, the unroot wouldn't change all the files back to stock. So, are you saying that I'd have to find a stock XT862 ROM, flash it over, update with verizon software and then retweek?

If that is the case, wouldn't it be better to just intall a custom ROM, and then try to combine the changes in the build.prop file from this thread with whatever build.prop file is provided in the custom ROM, just as you are doing now?
[Motorola Droid 3] BenSWoodruff:
I don't know exactly what happens when you update. Just to be safe I'd put it back to stock using the fast/easy unbrick method found in the general forum (moto fastboot), since it's so damn easy. Then I'd update and go through this guide's steps again.

For flashing a new ROM you don't necessarily have to go back to stock. I think some may not require wiping /system, in which case you may run into errors. If /system is wiped (which is where the build.prop is), then you don't need to worry about anything because the new ROM will place its files in /system including its build.prop. Then, yes, you'd need to go through the steps in this guide again and be careful to only add the necessary changes which are required because replacing the custom ROM's build.prop may cause errors. Might also be a good idea to check with a ROM's dev to see what build.prop tweaks they are including. Or you can just compare the two files yourself and save them some time.

Tl;dr

Go back to stock to update to OTA. Wipe /system if you just wanna flash a ROM. Then repeat steps of this guide to regain gsm functionality. I'm no expert, but this is what I think will help.

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