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[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] JamesChilds:
So if I have bars and there is not a blue triangle above the bars, am I on sprint? And if so when there IS a blue triangle it means I am off sprint, correct? Just need clarification.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] zodiac12345:
LTE should connect using this method. You pose a good question really, I do not live in a 4G area as of now, so I cannot test. However, it should. If anything, you might try checking the "PCS 1900" band as well. If you live in a 4G area, please test the device with my settings to see if it connects. If not, play around with it, worst case you restore my settings. We need to find someone who has an untouched Photon Q and see what the default settings really are.

If you have not changed your PRL and it reads 55008 (as of 10/18/2012), then yes, bars alone mean Sprint Native for the most part. If the triangle appears, you are roaming over Verizon, USCC, etc.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] JamesChilds:
Ok well, I switched my setting back to PCS, I currently have no triangle and will be heading to work soon. I will see if it switches to roaming. If it does I will let you know ;) and my phone is stock.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] JamesChilds:
I have not switched back to cellular and I am roaming at work, I was on sprint pcs this morning and I switched it to pcs last night.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] zodiac12345:
Again, I repeat what I have said before, you can roam over the PCS band. Verizon has operations in this band as well. Verizon uses a mix of PCS and Cellular frequencies. You roaming over the PCS option does not mean you are connecting to the Cellular frequency. For the most part, rarely will you roam over PCS as it does not penetrate through buildings as well as Cellular frequencies. It seems that you work in an area where Verizon's tower is closer than is Sprint's.

Here is the problem that we have: WE WANT TO HAVE OUR PHONES ROAM AUTOMATICALLY OVER VERIZON'S CELLULAR FREQUENCIES. Sprint's PCS vs Verizon's PCS rarely has differentiating service, but Sprint's PCS vs Verizon's Cellular has a huge difference in service quality and coverage. Chances are, if we don't have Sprint signal, we will likely not get Verizon's PCS signal as well. But, we will likelier get Verizon's Cellular signal.

I repeat what I have said before, when you roam, do the following: Go into Dialer (Phone), and dial ##33584# (##DEBUG#). Go into 1x Engineering. Tell us the channel and Band Class. If Band Class says "US (800 MHz)", then congrats, you found an easier fix.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] JamesChilds:
Just to start I want to say I wasn't trying to offend or argue, so I apologize if I come off that way. I also want to say sorry because I did not understand what you were saying but that was my fault. :P
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] PythonFanTN:
Here you go guys, I'd been meaning to provide this for you but kept forgetting to come back and do it until I saw swintec posting about it over on S4GRU. This is the default UMTS tab settings (on an unlocked/rooted Q which hasn't used the method zodiac found for force-roaming):

Edit: Ok, screenshot edited and back up.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] swintec:
Oh wow, thanks. Now that i think about it, i guess it makes sense they are all checked being a world phone. Thanks again.

A question for others, do you think that this change earlier altered other settings we do not know about or should this undo what we did?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] swintec:
Something is weird here. I can not replicate the screenshot since the check box "Any BC" insists that it be checked if checking all of the boxes...or any box for that matter. Your screenshot doesnt have it checked. Grrr. Guess a factory reset may be the only way to go.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] PythonFanTN:
zodiac might be able to figure something out, but I haven't seen him come back and post since I put up the screenshot.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] swintec:
Forgot to mention, if I try to replicate your screenshot and have "Any BC" checked since it insists it must be, i get no signal what so ever.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] zodiac12345:
I'll explain why I was a bit off on the whole QPST checkbooks initially. That is because I only wanted the phone to use USA spectrum, rather than international ones. I now see that Sprint wanted the whole scene of which frequency to use to be an Android OS thing, something the user can control. That is where my methodology of the 4 checks failed, I only wanted it to work on USA CDMA frequencies. Obviosuly, this was wrong.

To replicate the screenshot, click "Read From Phone". Then, check all the boxes manually, DO NOT TOUCH THE "ANY BC" ONE NO MATTER WHAT THE BOX NEXT TO TI SAYS. Click Write to Phone, and the phone should reboot. If the phone does not reboot by itself, something is wrong. Once the phone loads back up, go back into QPST and click on "Read From Phone". The screen should now be identical to the one posted by PythonFanTN. You should also have signal.

As for the phone being hurt or crippled, only time will tell. I, however, do not believe that this will be the case, as my phone was still able to pick up (Not Connect To) AT&T's frequencies. Based on the Evo 4G LTE, our phone would have never connected to Sprint's native signal, but our phone does. I do not believe we will have any problems with this method.

And I am sorry to JamesChild, I was a bit angry at myself for being an idiot and getting in a mess with the whole roaming thing. I only got my anger out on you, which was wrong of me, as you were only trying to help.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] swintec:
Cool that worked, thanks. One thing i saw, on the "System" tab, the drop down for roam preference is set to "Affiliated Only"...do you think this should be "Automatic"?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] swintec:
I went ahead and did a factory reset but a hard reset does not affect these settings in QPST. Bummer. Is there a further reset I need to do to restore these settings within QPST since a normal factory reset does not? I am not sure what to google since I do not know the right terms to look for behind a hard reset.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] zodiac12345:
From what I understand, a factory reset alone won't change these settings. The phone must essentially be made to be out of the box new, and be "activated" over the Sprint Network. I am not sure of the actual steps, as I rather see how well my phone works now. From our friends with EVO 4G LTEs at S4GRU, it seems you have to do a provision, which i assume means more than the android reset.

On another note, I will not be doing a factory reset until I notice problems. For example, if i notice my phone having trouble connecting to LTE in comparison to the LG Viper (which I also own), then I may start looking at QPST again. As of now though, it seems that everything is working fine.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] swintec:
That is what i was worried about. LTE rollout is starting here so I do not have a way to tell if something is amiss or LTE just isnt turned on yet. I assume you are connecting to LTE just fine at this point so I will just have to go with it.

Will look further at the provision steps.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] zodiac12345:
I do not have LTE in my area. I am currently in a college town, which won't receive LTE for a while (most likely end of 2013), not that I need it here anyway. 3G speeds average at about 1.3 mpbs, peak at 2.5 mpbs. Ofcourse, when signal goes bust, (I enter a building on campus) I have wifi to use and Verizon Roaming.

My hometown, however, should receive LTE before the holiday season. If I find LTE signal in my hometown on the LG Viper, and my Photon won't connect, I'll have to start looking for a fix. I would recommend seeing if other phones connect to LTE, rather than just looking at the Photon. Go to a Sprint Store and say you want to look at new phones, such as the Note 2 or the GS3, and compare their signal.

You can also try the method to force LTE that i mentioned in another thread.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] Loader009:
I am owning a Photon Q modified to use SIM-Cards.

I could phone, go to internet etc.

But, I had no EDGE (GPRS instead, no UMTS/3G here) so I tried to change the radio band.

Now I am not able to connect to the radio tower, it looks like the frequencies in all three radio bands are not international.

I was hoping to get it to work again with QPST, but I'm stuck with the wrong driver :/

What have I done?

Set preferred network type to "LTE/CDMA/EvDo/GSM/WCDMA" then changed the radio band.

It worked, but now I don't get the E-GSM frequencies. (900MHz)

Instead (with ##devel#) it uses the US 800MHz band.

PCS and Cellular doesn't have GSM/UMTS settings/frequencies, so it's useless.

If you have any idea, I would be very gratefull.

Greetings from the nice Rhine Valley in Germany

PS: I hope this will warn everybody out of the USA.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] ajoh99:
Hey all,

Just received my Photon Q today. I see lots of progression in this thread but I am not quite sure what my best course of action would be at this time.

I want to be able to force roam on VZ cellular and still have the phone work normally on Sprint PCS. How do I achieve this without damaging the phone and what steps do I need to go through each time to enable / disable force roam.

Can someone tell me which method / settings work the best?

Thanks.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] Loader009:
Solved Driver Problem and QPST works. Driver was right, QPST was old.

Testing, made Backup of my Settings.

//edit: Problem solved. (No EDGE either, Photon Q seems to not have EDGE.)

Enabled all options in UMTS. I will have to get an radio-image, which hasn't been modified with *#*#4636#*#* or QPST.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] CMNDR:
Well seeing as Roam Control doesn't work at this time some people are using a method in the testing area of the phone, reached by dialing *#*#4636#*#* . If you use that method, you will be unable to auto-roam when out of signal. Never had that issue personally as I have pretty good PCS service with only a couple of trouble spots.

Some are saying that you can fix the no auto-roam issue with QPST but I haven't tested that personally.

Hope that helps,

CMNDR
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] wintrxtrem:
I think we all need to start emailing mr greg at roam control. I've sent two or three emails in the past month or so, but the same couple people over and over probably isn't motivational enough..
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] wolficus:
question... anyone get the #*#*4636*#*# method and managed to get 3g with it? the reception says 1xrtt:7...
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] whitelightnin3006:
To roam on 3g, in most cases u need to load a prl that allows 3g roaming
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] wolficus:
would you by chance know the prl i would need then? i found a giant prl page... just not sure which ones work with he q or if they are even phone specific.

still new to the prl changes.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] whitelightnin3006:
Im using 56006 and it seems to be a good one so far. And no they are not phone specific
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] wolficus:
cool thanks :) i will search for that one and start there.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] wintrxtrem:
I'm using 56013 and I get 3G roaming. There's probably a more recent version now (560xx)
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] wolficus:
this may sound like another silly question... due to backup errors.. i had to rsd a stock rom back on.. how do i get the view menu to pop up in the new jb rom?

**fixed spelling**
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] protivakid:
Would also love to know if I can force roaming only on this device somehow. Just picked up one cheap but where I work it spends all day going from 1 bar sprint service to 4 bars roaming and then back. I can't do anything as my connection is interrupted every couple minutes for this ritual. On my Epic 4G I could use roam control to roam all day but RC doesn't seem to support newer Motorola devices.
[HTC EVO 3D] bkt2phone@gmail.com:
no matter what rom i install this happens to , previously had viper3d installed and i lost signal completely havent been able to install a rom since then everything will get to the boot screen or just past it and restart and a continuous cycle please any help suggestions , i did recently upgrade my boot , with the pcimg8600 file with the viper3d rom, thanks alot guys

EDIT so as i was typinpg this i was installing ibreaded rom 5.2.5 and it installed , but im unable to install viper3d or miui , any suggestions , if not idc im leaving my phone as is i was with out i for two days
[HTC EVO 3D] spirithandler:
Have you tried super wipe before you tried installing a new rom?
[HTC EVO 3D] flashallthetime:
Just a question, or questions

Are gsm or cdma?

What's your hboot?

sent on my Evil Evo running the colonel special herbs and spices kernel
[Epic 4G General] certifiednoob93:
Do not try to flash the same modem patch for the next cm10 nightly update. You can use the same kernel patch but you will need the modem update as well... I will update modem patches for the nightlies as soon as they come out. They shall be in the development section. In the ns4g modem nightlies thread. I have posted the modem patch for the 2012904 cm10 nightly build already.

*** IF BY ANY ODD CHANCE YOUR PHONE DOES NOT BOOT OR SOMETHING ELSE HAPPENS I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE... SO PLEASE DO A NANDROID BACKUP BEFORE FLASHING ***

treat ur girl like how u treat ur epic
[Epic 4G General] dynastydoc:
no service

i apologize for my noob question but every time i try to install the crespo modem, it brings me to no service. i am currently running fine on the stock modem with CM10 nightly official 0905.

here are my steps. i have tried it half a dozen different ways and it still seems that once i flash the blobspatch, it puts me into no service.

I am currently on 0905 nightly w stock modem

1) clear cache/davlik

2) flash blobspatch-presojus <<i believe right after this step i always go to no service>>

3) flash zkernal-presojus

4) flash NS4G 0905 build crespo modem patch

5) reboot

i have done it with reboots in different places such as in between blobspatch and zkernal. as well as just after zkernal... i just cant seem to get it to work. i have done it with a clean install of the rom first too. nothing seems to work. i noticed that right after the blobspatch i lose service. sorry for my noobness but any ideas? am i doing something wrong?
[Epic 4G General] certifiednoob93:
Are you getting the modem patch from my thread?... if already on cm10 from cmteamepic then all you need to do is flash the kernel and the modem

treat ur girl like how u treat ur epic
[Epic 4G General] dynastydoc:
crespo

yes i am already on CM10 0905 nightly from cmteamepic. i just tried it with just flashing the kernal (zkernal-presojus) and the modem patch from your thread (the 0905 build). again, its just left me with no service. i can get wifi just no cell service.
[Epic 4G General] certifiednoob93:
Try this...

1. Flash the CM10 Preview

2. Gapss 4.1.1

3. A ns4g modem. From didhiy the steps xboxfanj provides

4. Then the 905 nightly

5. Then gapps again

6. Then the kernel patch by didhiy

7. Then my modem patch.

This should work... do a dirty flash from the preview though

treat ur girl like how u treat ur epic
[Epic 4G General] dynastydoc:
works!

it works now! thanks!

except, i dont think its any faster than the stock modem. i think it might actually be slower =\. im getting ~250 kbps download and ~450 upload.

owell thanks for your help!
[Epic 4G General] certifiednoob93:
No problem....

Try the internet booster from the market or something

treat ur girl like how u treat ur epic
[Epic 4G General] j00manji:
What must I do to leave the nexus modem behind? FC09 was just fine for me, and i dont wana tip toe around all these roms with different patches and stuff.
[Epic 4G General] certifiednoob93:
Just go to this thread and download a flashable modem..

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1848010

treat ur girl like how u treat ur epic
[Epic 4G General] dynastydoc:
i lied

i lied. it was pretty iffy inside of my house but once i got out and about the signal was definitely stronger than i was getting before. simply- it works! thanks
[Epic 4G General] MrGameW1nner:
Are all of your patches going to be 160 dpi from now on?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] szhlibrary:
The DSLR camera app was free on the Samsung Apps store but recently i've been trying to download it and it seems Samsung has removed it from it's app store! Could anyone who has already downloaded it help me out by posting the apk? It shouldn't be illegal since it's free.

Thanks so much!
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] FDisk80:
What is the name of the app?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] szhlibrary:
it's called "DSLR Camera"

i don't think there's any other app out there that let's you manually set every camera settings on the S3...correct me if i'm wrong though! that's why i'm looking for the "DSLR Camera" app.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] renierx:
Check "Camera FV-5" on Play Store. The "DSLR Camera" seems to be a copy of it.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] szhlibrary:
omg thanks so much! much appreciated!
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] FDisk80:
Looks like a very nice app.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Guest69:
It looks great, but quite a few negative comments. Anyone having any issues on the s3?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] dlads:
Try it for yourself and see how it goes, comments are only peoples opinions, most ppl aren't rooted either so it's never a fair judgement

.

Always try it yourself. :)
[HTC One S] arnold1997:
So I ended up activating my phone on 30 4g 5gb cap and 100 min. And i only get these icons and once in a while. 3g icon. My phone just got activated like an hour ago. Sorry for so many question im a mew tmobile costumer. So how do i get "4g"

Btw im on ViperS rom
[HTC One S] usaff22:
Go into the dialer and type *#*#4636#*#*

Now go into phone information. You may be able to select LTE from there.

Sent from pixels to more pixels
[HTC One S] arnold1997:
I still dont get 4g :/
[HTC One S] el_smurfo:
The G icon is a known problem with any TORXX ROM. Search the viper thread.
[HTC One S] arnold1997:
So what rom do u reccomend?
[HTC One S] Closed Source Project:
From what it seems like, you should have 4G. When not using data, your device switches to 3G mode (saves battery). As soon as you start to use data, it switches to 4G. US ROMs show the 4G icon at all times, but the same thing happens. EU ROMs show H instead of 4G but, again, it's all the same. Viper has a glitch where it shows G instead of H, it is annoying.

If you are still skeptical, try what someone mentioned above by typing to code into the dialer and choosing WCDMA preferred or auto modes. As for what ROM to use, it's all the same regarding data. I am on T-Mobile US and use viperOneS with full and stable 4G speeds. I also have the latest radio from the latest EU OTA; 2.31 or something like that.
[HTC One S] el_smurfo:
As they say, opinions are like a$$holes, everyone has one...I'd try them all and see what you can live with. Viper seems to be the most feature rich Sense ROM, but you have to accept that your signal indication may not be accurate. As they say in the Viper thread, just think of G as "Great" signal...try running a speed test and you'll probably see that you are getting 4G speeds when it says G
[HTC One S] arnold1997:
I actually was 4g speeds! lol so ill stay with viper i guess. But will try others out
[Motorola Droid and Milestone Q&A, Help & Troublesh] katypeaceperry:
ok i found this phone on ebay and it says that and you have left to help me please and FYI i have had this phone before and am fine working with it
[Motorola Droid and Milestone Q&A, Help & Troublesh] shimp208:
Probably means the phone is stuck in a bootloop. Id reflash the stock SBF file for for the phone, and go from there. Although I would be a little cautious with this offer seems a little sketchy, and if you can't fix the phone it would be a waste of money.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Jaemostoriginal:
For some reason I'm not able to DL any files zip or anything on WiFi or 3G
[Motorola Photon 4G] Acvice:
Through a browser? Or everywhere? Which browser?
[Motorola Photon 4G] Jaemostoriginal:
Stock browser and tried downloading off of xda and got an unable to connect error
[Motorola Photon 4G] monkey1230:
In the address bar at the beginning does have ad.fly at the beginning?

Sent from my Mopho "PREMIUM"
[Motorola Photon 4G] Jaemostoriginal:
I tried downloading something off of adfly and it usually works but I also had issues downloading ROMs and mixtapes from online which I always had no problem with on WiFi before
[Motorola Photon 4G] monkey1230:
What browser do u use?

Sent from my Mopho "PREMIUM"
[Motorola Photon 4G] mof9336:
Zip files are not native to the device and are not recognized as valid files. You need to download an app that recognizes zip files like estrong file explorer then try redownloading.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Jaemostoriginal:
stock

But I've been able to download zip files for the longest. I'll try what you said and see if it works now
[Motorola Photon 4G] JohnH4:
Is it that you can't dl any type of file? What about apps? I ran into a somilar problem with a HTC inspire. There was a folder to delete that fixed it. There's a post around here somewhere for that.
[Motorola Photon 4G] XxReApErxX:
Not really sure if this is gonna work, try installing Astro file manager, then go to "preferences" (or "options", idk, I have the app in spanish) and select the option "Web browser downloader" (or something like that)

Since I did that, I don't remember having issues to download any kind of file.

Enviado desde mi MB855 usando Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] j0hn0n1:
I'm just wondering if anybody may have any suggestions as to what I could do to get my phone working again.

I bought my GSIII, in a slightly used condition from a shop and everything was working fine, but I didn't have to bother rooting it as it was already done.

I tried to flash Omega v19 and like an idiot I never made a note of which modem it was using before flashing.

Now I can't seem to get any signal whatsoever, I just get a circle with a line through it instead, although using some modems I can get some sort of signal but can't register on any network.

I've tried quite a few different modems, but can't seem to get any joy, I didn't realize I would need to be so exact with what modem I use, I know some can have a better signal than others, but one of them should work.

I've even tried flashing Samsung Firmware, but still the same Circle with a line through it.

I had the phone for one day and already wrecked it... :o

I not sure if the phone maybe a polish phone, because some polish TMobile apps and a polish GPS program, after a factory reset, but I thought any international firmware would have been fine to use....

Thanks ...John...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slaphead20:
If it is network locked them you might need a polish t mobile SIM, or unlock it....sounds a bit dodgy to me....have you been back to the shop with it?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chaitanyapatel8880:
First thing CHECK YOUR IMEI number... If it is anything starting 00 or 000 it means your EFS folder got messed up... If your IMEI number is ok than download the app from the following link which will help you unlock the SIM... I didnt made the App. I am just sharing it... Credit goes to the creator(whoever he/she may be)... :)

http://db.tt/9AGfHu5g
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] j0hn0n1:
No, I've not tried to return it to the shop yet. Im guessing he'll just say that it's my own fault. As everything was working fine until I messed about with it.

It's not a locked handset, I bought it as sim unlocked.

I think the T-Mobile apps and startup screen must install when you first set up the phone. He put a sim into the phone for me and thats the same one that I'm trying to get working now.