yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cellzealot:
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/7632904/New Fastboot.zip

Also, if you have any trouble, use the fastboot binary and dlls from the link above and place them all in the same directory as the NON-HLOS.bin.

Both the fastboot.exe and mfastboot.exe are updated to handle the larger image size for these devices.

If you use the mfastboot binary than your command will be : mfastboot flash modem NON-HLOS.bin
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jessezx:
thanks a lot.
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] billa:
Confirmed that this hack works, I did it with NV-Tool but the end result is the same.

"H" on AT&T

"E" on Tmo till they refarm all their towers.

Here's the link:

http://cdma-ware.com/workshop/nv-items/NV-items_reader_writer.rar
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aslomagic:
This. The man's either a genius or works for Motorola and didn't tell us :P

Give credit where credit is due.

Sent from my XT907
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jessezx:
Your instructions are so clear and accurate. It took me less than 15 minutes to apply all the changes.

million thanks! I really enjoy my razr-M now.

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May you please share the edited build.prop details? Does it boost signal strength or performance?

thanks!
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tehlike:
The hack removes the block on Tmobile, but i am still getting "E". oh well.

Thanks a lot! I hope i will iron out my problem someday :)
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] freak4dell:
You sure you're in a refarmed area? T-Mobile uses a different frequency for 3G/4G in most of their areas, and haven't finished redoing all the markets to be on the same frequency that AT&T uses yet.
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tehlike:
suddenly i started getting H+! wow!
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cellzealot:
http://db.tt/l7fu6Rk1

This is my build.prop file.
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tehlike:
Getting really good speed!
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] winginsky:
is there a summary or a tutorial for the whole thing?

And from the link, most of the tools are under win 7, can I use them with win XP? I know, I am still using my XP without any problem.

Btw, I assume there is no Mac version of those tools ...
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aslomagic:
Sorry, right now, the best "tutorial" is the one I wrote above. I don't have time to do a better one, but I'm happy many were able to follow the instructions successfully... here's the post for reference: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=37150050#post37150050

I have a macbook, and I executed this mod from a Windows XP virtual machine using VirtualBox. So, yes, the tools are Windows only, but it works on XP and even under a VM (with some proper settings for usb).
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mcaspe1:
This is amazing. I did it!!! I also beat the Jan 26th deadline. HAHA. Thank you both for this. It is important to follow this instructions for 64 bit OS especially on W7. Worked flawlessly for me. Again. Thank you guys. My VZW contract ends in March. ATT Straight Talk, here I come!!!!!!!!!!!
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChuckLezz:
I was actually thinking about this. The phone was already technically unlocked (with the JB or ICS update)?
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] technologicrepair:
It was unlocked for overseas carriers - verizon was blocking AT&T as well as T-Mobile GSM networks that are US based.

This NV edit now permits T-Mobile and AT&T usage. It also allows both 3G and H+ services to be used as, on the Aussie Radio, 3G and H+ were not working.
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChuckLezz:
ya, but wasn't it already unlocked for global purposes. I'm kinda wondering if this is a grayline issue....or would be fully illegal....
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cellzealot:
I have my partner MotoCache1 up to speed on all the developments now and he is going to take a look at the update.zip install issues with me and hopefully we can make this a much simpler procedure.

The lack of proper 64 bit driver support makes the use of DFS Tool much trickier and more complicated than it should be and diagnostic mode access is generally intimidating for end users, even with a well written and supported tool like DFS.

Applying this to other MSM8960 devices is the next interesting challenge too! ;)
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aslomagic:
I suggested to try this on the RAZR HD thread, somebody tried it but said it didn't work... Maybe it's a different nv item?

Sent from my XT907
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vuphongkkk:
I tried it on the razr hd, every step went fine, but when i check it back on step 10 and click on the item 8322 it showed 01.
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mcaspe1:
I had to try it twice on my razr m to get it to work and it did. Maybe that's what you need to do
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zowwie:
Success with DFS on Win8 64-bit

I just did it on my Droid Razr Maxx HD. Under Windows 8 64-bit the driver shows up as 'Motorola QC BP Modem', that was the hardest part. It took me multiple attempts at getting the drivers installed correctly!!! It was a cycle of, try a driver, try DFS, and was actually quite surprised to see DFS finally communicate! Think I spent an hour this morning messing with it and another hour this afternoon. The driver does not automatically install and has to be done manually by using the device manager, choosing to install a generic device and then finding that item under one of the Motorola manufacturer entries.

I used the demo version of DFS and wrote item 8322 twice. When I turned the phone off I swapped out the Verizon SIM for an active AT&T SIM, configured the correct APN for the account and the transition from Big Red to the Deathstar was complete. Swapping back to the Verizon SIM I noticed that on startup it now takes just a little bit longer for the phone to attach to Verizon CDMA/LTE - it spends about 10-20 seconds in an "emergency calls only" before it attaches to Verizon.

THANK YOU :)
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Flaxon:
I had a similar experience, however, something isn't quite right. After rebooting the phone, I'm not prompted to enter a SIM unlock code. I'm not sure what that means. Has anyone else seen that? The (ATT) SIM works fine on other phones.
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vuphongkkk:
Did you get it work on gsm?

I couldn't install the driver for Windows 8 64 bit, so i tried it on 32 bit xp. Tried many times but it still doesn't work with gsm tmobile
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Flaxon:
After 5 or 6 attempts with DFS, the value finally stuck. It now works great on ATT.
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zowwie:
Are you saying that your SIM is locked and requires a PIN for use in any phone its placed in?

Or are you expecting the phone to prompt for a one-time unlock code so that a non-Verizon SIM works at all?

The phone is unlocked, just blocked for GSM networks whose ID's start with 310 or 311. Unmodified it will work just fine with a foreign SIM on a foreign network. Introduce a US GSM/UMTS network into the equation where it sees 310 or 311 in the identifier and its full stop. The one-byte edit seems to take care of that quite nicely :)

The phone will not prompt for any one-time carrier unlock code.

I don't have a SIM with a PIN set to try the first possibility.
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Flaxon:
Thanks for responding. Sorry, I wasn't clear at all. Let me back up.

I was able to successfully change ITEM_8322 from 01 to 00 after several attempts. When I boot into the stock Verizon ROM, my AT&T SIM works great. Flawless.

However, when I boot into CM10.1 (via SafeStrap), I'm prompted to enter a SIM network unlock PIN. I'm not sure what this means, but I'm pretty sure my SIM card isn't PIN protected. The exact message is "SIM network unlock PIN", with a text entry line below it, and two buttons, Unlock and Dismiss. I hit Dismiss and am presented with an "Activating..." screen.

Eventually (after many minutes), the Activating screen disappears and the phone is mostly usable. I place and receive voice calls (on AT&T). I can receive SMS (didn't try sending). However, I cannot connect to the data network. The signal strength indicator is just a solid grey triangle. Under settings, mobile network state is "Disconnected" and Network is "Unknown".

I'm messed around with the APN settings and all the settings under "Mbile networks" to no avail.

At this point, I think I'm probably off topic since this is likely an issue with CM10.1 on this particular phone.

Anyway, I'll keep trying things and post back if I figure it out.
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] technologicrepair:
I think you're in the wrong forum if you're worried about legality; however, I'm gonna put it my way - I paid for this phone 100%. I own it. I do what I want to it and I could care less what "legalities" there are to be concerned with. They're not loaning this phone to me - it's my property; my phone and I'll do what I want with it. Just my 2cents!
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChuckLezz:
haha, I wouldn't say im worried about it, I am just curious on where this would stand.

As for trying CM10, I would get the exact same thing (where it was asking for a sim unlock code), which is why I just stayed with the stock rom for now.
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vuphongkkk:
I saw many 00 under item 8322, which one did you chose
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Flaxon:
For me, all showed as 00 except the first one, which was 01. I set it to 00. Now they're all 00.
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vuphongkkk:
Wow, this instruction work perfectly on the razr hd, too. I got h+ now ^^

Thank you all for making it works
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cellzealot:
Great! I figured it would work on HD as well...now we need to find out if similar items exist in the SG3 for instance. ;)
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abs0lut3z33r0:
Can i used the NON-HLOS.bin on HD MAXX?
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Davenportkurt:
Call quality, MMS, Text?

Dare I ask about:

call quality?

MMS Messaging?

Text?

All working??
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] technologicrepair:
All of the above works fine for me.

There are two strange issues I'm having but it may just be my phone -

1.) I try to run a speedtest using the speedtest.net app and it can't lock onto a download speed - it just sits at 0.

I know this isn't true because every other app can access the net / send emails / etc.

And yes, I have WiFi off so it's definitely working through H+

2.) Signal strength is never really all there - When I'm sitting 500 yds away from the tower I get full bars but when I'm a few miles away I can never seem to get full service - it doesn't effect call quality or speed etc but I know that on my iPhone 4S i got full service (all bars) where this phone may only get 3 - 4 bars. It may just be more sensitive than the iPhone 4S. I know my service should be fine because I live in a major city that has more than adequate coverage.

If anyone has any tips on the above, let me know but all in all this is a heck of a difference from the aussie radio suffering on Edge!!
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vuphongkkk:
Just realize that my phone wants to stay in edge more than h+ even though it can connect to h+ when i switch mobile network to h+ only.

Just don't know why it can't switching automatically. And it only show 1 or 2 bar for signal strength
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mcaspe1:
I don't understand why I'm not working. I did everything according to the directions and all seemed to work fine. I have kept rechecking my M in DFS and it says 00 and unlocked. So when I put in a sim card, I've tried ATT and also Net10/ATT, I get the red triangle with the white cross saying no GSM or UMTS networks found.

Can someone help? I definitaly am in a coverage area for ATT. I also entered all the APNs that the directions told me to.
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nrgyitguy:
I had to use CDMA workshop as DFS would not allow me to change the NV ITEM_8322.

I also had to use a 32-bit computer as my there are no 64-bit pre-release drivers that I could locate. Worked like a dream. I had to flash stock verizon back and then do the editing, just like OP says.

FYI:I have tried with a RAZR MAXX but that phone doesnt seem to have ITEM_8322, I found ITEM_8022 with 01 and changed to 00 with no positive results

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I have found that speedtest and Benchbee (any speed test) seem to be finicky. I rarely get them to show my correct download speed, always stays at around zero and gives me like .02 Mbs download results (which I know are not correct because I can download and install APK in a snap). This seems to be a glitch with something Ive done (or havent done) to my phone. I thought maybe it was Straight Talk throttling me but my _erizon phone does the same, Doesnt happen before I root though. I thought it was a problem with custom roms but I dont think so. I also do not get full bars, although stoked with HSPA+!!!!!!!! on the RAZR M
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mcaspe1:
Never mind. Human error. :). I am now on ATT in Tucson and getting 5Mbs down and 2.5 up. Fantastic!
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sutitan:
6Mb down and 1.6Mb up in Tampa!

Thank you so much!
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redbullrider:
Can i get a more detailed how to connect to DFS im on win 7 64bit :confused:
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GinoDivx:
One important comment to the original 11 step procedure - at the end of step 9, HIGHLIGHT the item ITEM_8322, then do step 10, keeping it highlighted. Once I figured it out, it works on the 1st attempt.
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChuckLezz:
I had to follow these instructions to get it working. Its earlier in the thread, but here they are again:
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sutitan:
I agree with this above statement. I did it about 10 times. Rebooting my phone and all, before I figured this out.
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aslomagic:
Good to know ... even I, when I did it, I guess I clicked around until it finally worked :p I was more familiar with QPST or QXDM, but it wouldn't work with those, so I had to quickly install DFS and figure out how it works...

I edited the instructions in the post to reflect this, for new people. Maybe I should copy the instructions into a new post for easy reference...
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] splash1234:
windows 7 64bit

1) I can't seem to connect to the phone with DFS 3.3.0.7 on windows 7 64bit on any com port. any suggestions?

2) when I choose BT Tools, the phone seems like it just starts up regularly, is it suppose to stay at a certain screen?
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tronjojo:
Can anyone please help me?

I have the drivers installed, and dfs setup, but i can't figure out the com port.

I'm in windows 7 64-bit and the phone is recognized in windows, i just don't see any QC interface at all. I'm pretty sure i'm booted into bt tools, (it just looks like regular android?) i was able to figure out how to tinker w/ my defy. i'm not sure why i've gotten stuck so early with this phone.

Any help, is greatly appreciated.

thanks!
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tronjojo:
Ah so. I was not getting into BP tools mode properly. Can't wait to get home tonight to try again.

Thanks!
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tronjojo:
Thanks for the help! works great!

quick question.

If i go abroad, do i have to undo this hack, to get international gsm?
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aslomagic:
I don't know if anybody has tried, but I'm gonna bet it will work just fine abroad, without undoing it.

Sent from my XT907
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alfa756:
GoogleVoice as default voicemail

If anybody knows the answer. As I do not have t-mobile 1900 towers in my area so I just got an ATT Strait Talk sim and started using it with this phone. One problem I noticed is the phone does not allow conditional forwarding outside Verizon network when **62*destination*nn# code is used. Does anybody know the way to disable this Verizon restriction? I would like to make googlevoice the default voicemail.
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] splash1234:
sorry about the extra questions, but where do I find or dnload the QC Diag driver? I still can not get a connection to my razr m w DFS 3.3.0.7 or DFS 4.3.1.0? thks again.
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mic213:
This was posted earlier in the thread, it helped me with setting up DFS for Windows 8 64bit.

Under 7 64bit (& win8 64bit), when you connect the phone previously started in "BP tool" (android starts normally in this mode)

you will have in the device list window (in device manager), a device called "QC Interface". Right click properties. select "install the driver myself"

view the list of devices. go to "com port" and selection manufacturer as "motorola" and "Motorola QC Diag Port" and remember the number of the COM port
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mic213:
GSM Tweaks

I've been getting over 6Mbits on T-Mobile HSPA+ with some build.prop tweaks I've been using. Here they are for anyone that wants to use them. Tested on Eclipse ROM and CM10.

ro.ril.hsxpa=4

ro.ril.hsdpa.category=14

ro.ril.hsupa.category=6

ro.ril.enable.dtm=1

ro.ril.hep=0

ro.ril.enable.a53=1

ro.telephony.ril.v3=signalstrength,datacallapn

ro.mot.phonemode.vzw4gphone=0

ro.mot.ds.fastdormancy.disable=false

telephony.lteOnCdmaDevice=0

ro.telephony.default_network=0
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] splash1234:
I got it working with a neighbor's laptop: 32bit Win XP, DFS 3.3.0.7 and drivers. THANKS for the detailed instructions from all!
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jessezx:
I am traveling abroad and I can confirm my rara M is not working after the 01 byte clearing hack.

In original Verizon rom, it works with abroad GSM card.

We need a better solution. :(
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redbullrider:
RAZR M

I cant get the razr m to connect at all to dfs, is that .ZIP available yet please
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NRGZ28:
Just for future reference, if anybody is reading this thread with a Razr M in Las Vegas and thinking of editing the NV-items, it works great to get 3G service through TMobile ;)

And before I get asked.. yes I plan to release a kick ass ROM for this device, now that it'll be my main device, daily driver :)
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aslomagic:
That's very unfortunate... oh well, the hack can be undone when traveling, it's just a pain to do it at the moment, we need a easy way to toggle that bit... or a better hack, but I doubt we'll see any for a while, and frankly, this works pretty well at home...

Easy toggle would be the way to go imho... cellzealot, any luck with that zip file? Or even better, an app :p?

Sent from my XT907
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cellzealot:
No, unfortunately it appears we may be out of luck. The MDM6600 based Motos used a hybrid chip set that required the use of motorola.update_nv function in the OTA updates.

These devices with the full QC SoC do not use that function and use apply_patch instead to write to the radio images. Therefore the updater-binary no longer supports the function we use in our zips.

We need another method...sorry.
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ccdsatt:
Are you getting 3g/HSDPA+ abroad I just bought one(I've had it for 2 hours) and it showing sim card from unknown source. I'm on Digicel Jamaica which uses 850mhz for 3g if that matters
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abs0lut3z33r0:
^is it working on 2G ?
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ccdsatt:
It was after taking out the sim a few times, switching between global and going into hidden menu but now just emergency calls only rarely switching to no service

Edit1:(5:41) trying to manually register network,3 networks pop up, gets me no service same thing with network type

Edit:(5:48) selecting radio bands is failing
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abs0lut3z33r0:
Try changing the radio band to us in CDMA mode
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mat3usz:
awesome work!!

Wow this is amazing; credit goes to where it is deserved! Am picking up a Verizon Razr HD Maxx tomorrow and going to give this a shot since I am reading that radios are identical to the M. Woot woot, can't wait to get HSPA+ running on T-Mobile :D
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ccdsatt:
I tried that its successful, so is gsm and wcdma but it keeps on no service then goes to emergency calls only. Also tried forced reboot which is what others on verizon did and it worked and wiping it but that doesn't work for me. It may have started working again because I got the missed call text at around 11 but I was asleep

Last Edit: Its finally working I put the sim into my motorola bravo(aligned it with the pins since it uses a full size sim) sent a text signed up for a data plan and put it into the razr and it worked now getting H+ (really H/3G not getting more than 3 mbps down) :D
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sy0120:
\My oh my, I started this thread a while back and look how its expanded. I finally got my phone working on T-MO! Thanks to all those involved! Thanks to whoever created those directions and found the exploit.
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ajay_zalavadia:
I tried to read through the thread to find out exact steps or procedure to bring my RAZR maxx HD to T-Mobile.

I am still confused, can someone help me or write a noob guide , it would be really appreciated.
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nrgyitguy:
Iv tried with my razr maxx and it wouldnt work. Im not sure if the RAZ HD MAXX is gonna work with this....
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cellzealot:
You don't need to flash the modem for the RAZR HD to work on ATT or T-Mobile.

The NV edit unlocks the stock radio exactly like it does for the RAZR M.

the chip sets are identical and the radios are even interchangeable.

I ran all of the available RAZR HD radios on my RAZR M before we discovered the NV edit.
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nrgyitguy:
Any hope for the regular RAZR's and MAXX's?.... This is awesome on my M!!!
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ajay_zalavadia:
Thank you

Thank you for your support, I will try to read through the link some one posted down here for razr Maxx HD and see if it works , I will get back to you.
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mat3usz:
Razr HD Maxx on T-Mobile!

Great news! Works like a charm on a Razr HD Maxx. Used NV editor instead. Make sure you install all drivers and if you have 64-bit, follow the tip mentioned back a few posts ago.

Using T-Mobile and in a refrmed area and works like a charm! 3G/H+ where I am and am giddy like a 5 year old on Christmas!! Getting anything from 5-10Mb/s down and 1-3Mb/s up. This is the best phone ever!! <3 See no reason this will not work on the regular Razr HD. :good:
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nrgyitguy:
I am glad you got it going!! I was mistaken about the RAZR HD and RAZR HD MAXX, I was/am refering to the original RAZR and RAZR MAXX when I was skeptikal about your situation...I have a RAZR M rolling with this hack and it also recieves 3G/H+, works great!!!
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jessezx:
i can not make call at all. with the 01 resetting.
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sutitan:
Maybe a little off topic, but my highest speedtest to date is 13Mbps down and 3Mbps up (12.975 and 3.020 to be exact). Thats faster then my old Tmobile phone :P
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cellzealot:
The name of the apk that needs to be removed to stop the unknown SIM notification is /system/app/VZWPhoneService.apk and odex.