yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus 5 General] wideasleep1:
Okie-doke. I have hacked the N4 for LTE and have GREAT LTE coverage, and I can tell you that even then, VOIP will still be less reliable than cell calls. Nearly every option, and I tried them all (SIPgate/groove/talkatone,etc) I found the most solid, clean calls came from Skype. I ported an old landline to Vonage, but am disappointed in their Android app...lousy for the call recipient time and again, so I gave up and bought a Skype number and the cheap $30/yr plan, and it is, for me, a SOLID backup solution to the 100 minute problem for calls...otherwise I use Voxer dozens of times daily with friends/family, and have a audio record of months of convo's. Bear in mind Hangouts will offer something to in this regard..anxious to try it out! Cheers, and grab the N5!
[Nexus 5 General] baiju2012:
Thanks. I have Skype too, but its performance has deteriorated over time. It used to be very good, but now has distortions. I thought it may be better on LTE than HSPA, which you are saying is true. I know the limitations of VoIP, it is not equal to the cellular call quality as of now. I will wait little bit before I switch to N5. I love my N4 too. :)

Nexus 4
[Nexus 5 General] zhuozhi211:
:rolleyes:
[Nexus 5 General] pdaod:
I'm in a large urban area and still get roaming on Vzw with a GS3, though I can't force it with stock. Every dual band phone I've had on Sprint (after my original single band SCH-1000) could roam on Vzw. With the N5's CDMA band 0 support I suspect this will still be the case. No band 13 isn't an issue.

Time for meds?
[Nexus 5 General] Ok_Kaleidoscope5109:
Roaming onto dog slow 3G isn't really a benefit. I carry a Verizon iPhone and an AT&T Nexus 4 (now N5), but the N4 woudl be fine on HSPA+ always. The iPhone is great on LTE but if it's ever in 3G, I can forget about getting anything done with sub 1mbps speeds.

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If anything, Apple's doing a better job of pushing out bands. 11 bands for the iPhone 5s and 14 bands on the new iPads means 1 device can roam the world. Google seems 1 step behind in this respect, but of course we'll throw out excuses like "It's a $350 phone though!"
[Nexus 5 General] THE_KINGDOM:
IF morrislee can chime in here, I bet he could prob find a way to unlock some extra LTE bands that are currently software locked, and turn this phone into a TRUE world LTE compatible phone.
[Nexus 5 General] floriz87:
Do any of you know if this band-difference is hardware- or software-related? If software, in the future things may change. I'm thinking about buying a US-version, but I live in Europe, so I'm rather curious.

(from other phones it is thought it is just software-related. however, qualcomm doesn't provide the source-code of the radio-firmware)
[Nexus 5 General] dragonboydbboy:
You lucky! Wish I had a buddy in the big red...

But do let us know how it goes with your brand new unlocked shiny (OK,maybe more matte) baby!

Like what happens when you just slip your Sim card from your droid into your n5. And then what are the steps you take after, and what happens!

But I'm glad that SOMEBODY remains optimistic, instead if blasting every single question with "can't be done! Give up!" :P (not to mention somebody from behind enemy lines ;)
[Nexus 5 General] :
This would also help some of us Canadian Bell and Rogers subscribers, who can't access the faster Band 7 LTE with our Nexus 5s.
[Nexus 5 General] ganwong:
Telus has this on their Nexus 5 page: 4G LTE (LTE): 700MHz (Band 17) / 800MHz (Bands 19, 26) / 850MHz (Band 5) / 1900MHz (Bands 2, 25) / AWS (Band 4) / 2600MHz (Band 7) / 2100MHz (Band 1)

I'm curious about the Band 7 bit... Am I reading this wrong, or do they actually have a different radio?

The URL is www telus com/wireless/devices/nexus-5/ in case somebody wants to confirm it.
[Nexus 5 General] iamholam:
Using D820 on Tmobile while in States

Ok So I bought my Nexus5 in the UK and am using it in the US for 2 weeks on Tmobile, there is no way for me to get onto the Tmobile lte network as my phone (assuming it's a d820) is not supported for lte?

:(
[Nexus 5 General] tctovsli:
I think the ones in UK are D821, thus not made for US.
[Nexus 5 General] Ajfink:
Unless you have access to the original modem firmware source code and you can flash ALL hardware-supported bands active...

...no, no way. But don't despair, anywhere T-Mobile has LTE will have respectable HSPA+.

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That's probably the biggest holy grail of the Nexus 5 right now, akin to enabling LTE on the Nexus 4 (but perhaps slightly less useful to as many people). However, I don't imagine it will be that easy considering I'm sure the bands are determined at the modem firmware level.
[Nexus 5 General] iamholam:
Cool, at least I know and I won't spend the next 2 weeks trying to get access to LTE!
[Nexus 5 General] Zincoshine:
I'm sorry if this reply is a necropost, but I would just like to mention that nexus phones, like almost all of google's services, are essentially banned in china so it's not coming there. Google and the chinese government are at odds with each other and anyone going to china should expect, and be prepared for, a north-korea-like experience in regards to telecommunications during their stay. A VPN is a must for a non-chinese if you want to do any casual web browsing.
[Nexus 5 General] zivan56:
Mostly likely they must have misinterpreted the box where it says "TD2600" 2600 TDD (Band 41) not 2600 FDD (Band 7). Unless the config is special for Telus somehow that doesn't get affected by radio flashes (NVRAM item?)
[Nexus 5 General] random0munky:
With the news of T-Mobile undergoing the purchase of the 700Mhz band from Verizon, how will the Nexus 5 fair with this band purchase? I have a hunch that T-Mobile will associate this frequency band as LTE, but don't quote me on that.
[Nexus 5 General] a5ehren:
Reports have it as Band 12, so the N5 doesn't support it. This year's Nexus will probably have it though.
[Nexus 5 General] decade673:
Oh I Am Dead

Recently I bought a LG Nexus 5, I am so Happy to Hold it in my hands:laugh: but my happiness ends when I try to connect to LTE with a Globe Philippines LTE Sim Card but it didn't connect even if I am on a LTE Zone so i begun searching for any solution suddenly I saw numerous post indicating the LTE BAND Compatibility for my NEXUS 5, and i was shocked that my Nexus 5 D820 doesn't support LTE BAND 3 for GLOBE Philippines and now I am soooooo!!!!!!!!!!! sad:crying: and mad :mad: of buying this fast as i saw it, now I don't know what to do I spent my Money on a Nexus that doesn't support my Carrier, I am SO DEAD for this, how do i Fix this :crying::crying::crying::crying::crying:
[Nexus 5 General] bozzykid:
The only way to fix it would be the get the correct phone (aka the international version D821). You could of saved yourself the trouble by checking band compatibility before you bought the phone.
[Nexus 5 General] doomed151:
Shouldn't have gotten the D820 version.
[Nexus 5 General] FuMMoD:
Why wouldn't you check the model to see if it was compatible........ Your own fault for not reading so hopefully you learned a lesson. No one's fault but your own.
[Nexus 5 General] XIAOSpider:
I'm in China and using a D820 shipped from the United States.

At first, Nexus devices will not be released in China, because Google had quit from China, and move the servers to Hong Kong.

Next, D820 supports band 41, that's LTE TDD (called TD-LTE in China) by China Mobile.

China Unicom will build LTE FDD networks on band 1&3.

Finally, you're wrong, D820 really SUPPORTS band 1.
[Nexus 5 General] iZak17:
Any Update?

Hello Guys,

I´d like to make a question even if the answer seems to be quite obvious.

I brought from Europe a D821 to my country in Latin America (In that moment honestly I didn't thought about the frequency band, I just wanted my Nexus 5). When I get here, I realized that my operator is working on AWS band (band 4) instead the band 7 of the D821.

There are another Cell phone operators in Colombia working on the Band 7 but his quality of service is not good at all.

Question: Definitively it is not possible to change the frequency band of the nexus 5 to enable some locked channels, as we did with the Moto Defy some years ago?

I have been reading A LOT about this, and some people says it can be made, some others says is not possible because the hardware.

Any final verdict? I wouldn't like to change my current operator.
[Nexus 5 General] danarama:
It cannot be done. Although the radio is the same, it is configured at the factory. We don't know if it is hardware or firmware. It is not documented. No body knows. Nobody has done it. The answer we gave 9 months ago has not changed. To all those who say it's possible, I say prove it.
[Nexus 5 General] petard:
Probably not possible. It probably doesn't have the right antennas for the missing bands. If you were to even enable them with NVRAM they would have weak signal.
[Nexus 5 General] danarama:
All we know is it's the same hardware radio. We know nothing else really so it's impossible to say. That said, because we know nothing, that in itself makes it impossible to do :p
[Nexus 5 General] jetbruceli:
Well I brought my 821 to the US for a class and att only works on 3g and below. I am sure the hardware is different not the firmware.
[Nexus 5 General] iZak17:
Thank you for your answer and the update. I hope it could be possible in a near future.
[Nexus 5 General] bitdomo:
You could check the antenna modules in d821 and d820 service manuals. There are circuits for certain bands which are installed both on d821 and d820 mother board more than what showed on the boxes, but the main chip the msm8974 chip decides which band should go through the multiplexer. Also there is a small cricuit where D820 and D821 printend on the board and depnding on which device is your phone there is a resistor at the right text.
[Nexus 5 General] mo976:
That's probably it. I don't think its the antenna cables themselves. Its most likely the circuit. And as much as it sucks not to have 4g here I'm not about to mess with it. A new main board is around $200 for that price I can just put it towards a nexus 5 D821 and be done with it... Hopefully the next nexus phone (not phablet) does LTE right otherwise I'm off to a oneplusone or G3 or something better...
[Nexus 5 General] thedaylights:
I have the D820 in China too. I haven't signed up for service yet. If I choose China Mobile, does LTE work? Do I have to change anything in the phone, or it just works?
[Nexus 5 General] XIAOSpider:
Yes, Band 41 TD-LTE.But if you choose CMCC,notice that if there is no LTE signal, you can just use 2G(EDGE) because CMCC's 3G is TD-SCDMA.

You should install "Nexus 5 Field Test"app, and it requires root access in 4.4.3 and later. Does not work with L Preview.

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D820 REALLY supports China Unicom's TD-LTE band 41 in Shijiazhuang,Hebei.

You should know that band 41 is usually used outdoors, and indoors are band 40 that D820 doesn't support, so the TD-LTE signal is poor indoor.

If you made or answered a call in LTE mode, it will reverse to HSPA+(CUCC)/EDGE(CMCC).You should enter *#*#4636#*#* to set "LTE Only" and then set to "LTE/GSM auto(PRL)" to re-enable the TD-LTE band41 after the call ends.

Hope my experience helped you.
[Nexus 5 General] theknicker:
Hey man, it could be worse... you could have a d821, pelephone 4g, and live in modiin with no 4g coverage.
[Nexus 5 General] thedaylights:
Thanks, XIAOSpider. Based on your explanation I chose China Unicom. The Nexus 5 is compatible with China Unicom's 3G service, as well as band 41 for 4G. It turns out that China Unicom doesn't have 4G coverage in my city, yet (I live in Changzhou, in Jiangsu). In December I can try Band 41 LTE service.
[Nexus 5 General] jtdc:
LTE Band 28... no Nexus5 supports it?
[Nexus 5 General] gut4:
Looks like it possible to add all LTE bands. Anyone tried this?
[Nexus 5 General] Elluel:
It is not possible to add bands.
[Nexus 5 General] Bl4ckX:
It is possible. Did this on my Nexus 4.
[Nexus 5 General] Elluel:
But the Nexus 5 isn't a Nexus 4.
[Nexus 5 General] Bl4ckX:
And if you would have read what the thread mentioned above was about you would know that this works for all devices running a Qualcomm SoC ;)
[Nexus 5 General] baiju2012:
Please share your Nexus 4 details for this mod.

Nexus V
[Nexus 5 General] Bl4ckX:
There are no details of to share. Simply follow the instructions here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2886059

Edit: you just need to take a look at the first page
[Nexus 5 General] baiju2012:
Will try soon. What all LTE bands did you unlock?

Nexus V
[Nexus 5 General] Bl4ckX:
I just needed Band 20 for Vodafone Germany
[Nexus 5 General] MrObvious:
Did you really change out your N5 bands? Isn't AT&T doing testing for Band 20? http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=56409140&postcount=81 This might help if that is the case.
[Nexus 5 General] skrypj:
He said it was on his N4. The hack seems to work on Qualcomm SoC's even back to the Galaxy S3. That was one thing people always wanted to do with the the Verizon S3.
[Nexus 5 General] simms22:
that does not work on a nexus 5. you can not change bands on a nexus.
[Nexus 5 General] Bl4ckX:
This works on all Qualcomm SoCs. Of course you can't get LTE working on a device that has no chip for it but this will work on a Nexus 5.
[Nexus 5 General] simms22:
good luck. as in no one has gotten it to work on a nexus 5, with that thread.
[Nexus 5 General] R3Lax1:
This, the modified NV values just reset on device restart, pity...
[Nexus 5 General] Guiper:
Success!

Not true...

Just managed to get LTE Band 3 in Europe, in a D820 bought in USA, following http://philfeng.com/?p=1536 and http://bbs.gfan.com/android-7656824-1-1.html using a lot google translate. Perfect would be to get band 20 as well.

The band 3 is maintained across reboots if it helps!

Screenshot attached. Speed tests are nothing special, 13Mbps download and around 7mbps upload with 3 bars of signal... http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/a/1030294746
[Nexus 5 General] DubelBoom:
So true or not?!
[Nexus 5 General] aeoveu:
Would you be able to write a walkthrough on how you managed to get the settings to stick after a reboot?

Also, in the translated version, it disabled band 21 support (I think that's what it said). Just curious - do you know why? I mean - it seems odd disabling a band in order to get another band working (I'm not a computer sciences guy, but I'm self-taught in computers).

Cheers!
[Nexus 5 General] DubelBoom:
Actually it does make sense as the radio has a limit of bands it can support, that is the reason for having two models.
[Nexus 5 General] Guiper:
It's not that hard, just spend some 30 minutes reading both my links with google translate, plus the other thread here in xda. Anyone should be able to do it. Just make sure you backup EFS in case something goes wrong!

Put together some basic steps here, http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=56477089&postcount=455

Any further success let me know!
[Nexus 5 General] hussainmushahid:
I'm being unable to open the usb diag menu using the codes (that's assuming I'm dialing the right now)

Is there another way I could use ?

edit: nevermind, seems like I need to do a lot of google translating Chinese websites and cmd.

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does the EFS backup function in TWRP work properly ?

Going to give this a try tomorrow and see if I can get band 3 to work (at least)
[Nexus 5 General] M.Noury:
Yes

Check [MENTION=1201555]Guiper[/MENTION] post
[Nexus 5 General] Guiper:
Created this thread, which hopefully will get more attention.

http://xdaforums.com/google-nexus-5/orig-development/radio-enable-lte-band-3-nexus-5-d820-t2928561
[Nexus 5 General] kusanagi-sama:
Do you suppose this phone can get band 12 when doing the mods? It has 700MHz support, but not band 12 from the factory.
[Nexus 5 General] dstryrwiz:
I was thinking the same thing. What would be great for people on T-Mobile would be to have a mod removing all of the useless Sprint bands (since it's CDMA) and replacing them with band 12 and some of the foreign bands (such as band 3 for example). While not everyone does a lot of traveling with T-Mobile, the fact that we are capable of receiving international data if we want, or even if we fell like using an international SIM while traveling, makes those other bands worth it as well, although band 12 would be a big deal even if the other bands are unavailable.
[Nexus 5 General] mo976:
Hehe...I'm on orange and have the D820, I followed the instructions in the other tread to add band 3 LTE 1800mhz so that I can use Orange LTE in Jerusalem... BUT... I don't actually have a 4G capable sim yet. Maybe I can get one in Malcha tomorrow and see if it actually worked. ?
[Nexus 5 General] theknicker:
Keep me posted on how it went... I have a few D820s in the family that would love some lte.

Thanks
[Nexus 5 General] DubelBoom:
There is no need for a different sim, just sign up on Orange's website and after a few minutes (at least for me on 012mobile it took a few minutes) you will get an sms saying you successfully joined the LTE program and you could use the new network after a reboot.
[Nexus 5 General] mo976:
I got the sms and rebooted but nothing... There was something on their 4G info site about sim+, so I figured it meant if you have a sim+ you need an upgrade. I have this sim since my One S, so at least two years, just kinda made sense. Any APN changes?
[Nexus 5 General] DubelBoom:
No, apn stays the same.

If its an old sim this does make sense, I thought you got a micro sim (not cutting it, getting a new micro sim) that should be new enough.

Anyway, waiting for updates :)

Currently there isn't any LTE network at my location (orange promises till the end of 2014 but who knows) so I didn't have a chance to check it yet.
[Nexus 5 General] mo976:
Its a proper micro sim not cut or anything it says msim 3.5G on it either way I'll get a new one and see. Maybe I didn't do the mod right or it just doesn't work.

Edit: redid the LTE band 3 mod and profit!
[Nexus 5 General] mo976:
Good news it worked, I didn't get a new sim or anything. I just redid the first step, changing the LTE settings via the Nexus 5 field test app and then rebooted! Yesh LTE baby!
[Nexus 5 General] wscaddie56:
This. T-Mobile are talking about getting more data coverage along intestates and my fear is this will be band 12 and we'll get nothing. Plus it's just better spectrum.

Found this thread searching the nexus 5 forum searching for 'band 12'and I'm not finding a solution :mad:
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] viper3ez:
I have wifi calling disabled but whenever I dial or receive a call while connected to wifi, there is no sound and hd voice is active. only fix is to disconnect from wifi for calling. and I can't find a way to disable hd voice which is my suspect cause
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] viper3ez:
no takers?
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] desiregeek:
I think I notice the same problem now. Will double check..
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sgyduos8:
I am having Karbonn A9+. There is problem with camera app, sometimes when i open the camera it shows " unfortunately it has stopped" and it closes. When i restart my phone, it works fine. Sometimes in gallery it doesn't display images. Please help me.
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] solidus69:
Hello everyone I do not know if it was posted some guidelines I have tried but not found I wanted to ask how can I set the soft touch as LED notification I jb rom with stock kernel version and baseband 3,031 cocore i9070xxlqg. there some program or change in the system to do for it. I state that I have installed LED button does not work but the test makes them but when I try to receive a text message or a call does not go as I do? thanks again for the response
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jeroenvk94:
How do you test led light notifications anyway?

Verstuurd van mijn GT-I9070 met Tapatalk
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] szzlgupta:
Try buttonLED.

Search on xda.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] avicii bll:
Hi! I need port of driving mode from S4(which works without internet connection and have much more function then stock from S3)

Does somebody have?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] avicii bll:
I9300 xxufme7:mad:
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] niels:
It seems there is no entry for this phone under the smartphones. However I've the following problem.

Some months ago a flashed this Qtek 8080 with the Imate SP2 rom because of the poor battery performance on the official Qtek Rom.

After 8 months of good work, the rocker button is now dead, it only goes down. As the phone is still under warranty I need to flash in a Qtek rom.

I've the nk.nbf's but I can't get it flashed, it complains about the image not beeing for this phone (I can imagine, as the phone now thinks it is a Imate). I owe an XDA, MDA2 and MDA3 and never had problems playing around with xda2nbf and the other tools, but I just can't get this phone flashed back.

Does anyone have some kind of hint/advice on how to reflash this phone?

I''ve looked at modoco.com and several other sites, but I can't find any real got info about how to reflash this baby.

cheers, and lots of thanks if I can make this work. (As my girlfriend uses this phone with TT5).
[Galaxy Ace II General] Shadowcareful:
So yeah guys this is a Discussion about a problem which may have others noticed too!

In this thread I'll would like to search for a solution of that problem. If anyone of you have the same problem and found or still search for a solution pls say it in this Thread and we can work togehter for a solution!

The bug itself:

Yeah the bug is very simple to explain.

At the left and top of your screen you have almost 2mm thick black stripes (see screenshot ).

You have these stripes also in booting, recovery and download mode.

Reflashing wipe data/cache/dalvik is not solution.

I have this problem since almost 3 month I would guess and I tried a lot to get them away.

So now I hope you know what I mean with the Black stripes bug.

If you have a question just ask.

Shadowcareful

Edit. The first Picture show the Blackstripes at the left side the second at the corner from top and left side and the last shows the difference from the left side and how it should be normal at the bottom.
[Galaxy Ace II General] pinhead97:
Yeah I have had this bug ever since I put on my first stock-based ROM like 6 months ago. At first it was really annoying, but over time you do get used to it. I would prefer it to be fixed though. I only have the black bar at the right side of my screen as well
[Galaxy Ace II General] Rox:
Maybe i can try to change resolution in kernel? But i will not test it on my phone :)

Sent from my GT-I8160
[Galaxy Ace II General] pinhead97:
Well I would be happy to test it if you do
[Galaxy Ace II General] Rox:
Someone on stock can test mb4 kernel and see if there is issue ?

Sent from my GT-I8160
[Galaxy Ace II General] Shadowcareful:
It could be a problem of mb4 because I flashed my Gt-i8160P to an normal Ace 2 and that with mb4 and since that I have that issue :(
[Galaxy Ace II General] pinhead97:
Actually it could be, I flashed mb4 after having gb for ages, and it did have the black bar from then
[Galaxy Ace II General] Rox:
Flash mb4 now and see if there is black stripe... Report me that.. I think i know solution

Sent from my GT-I8160
[Galaxy Ace II General] pinhead97:
Well I have it now, I don't believe I can get it again (unless it would be on a different side). And plus I don't have access to a PC till tomorrow
[Galaxy Ace II General] Rox:
Dude , problem might be resolved with mb4 kernel .. If not, tell me i will know what to try..

Sent from my GT-I8160
[Galaxy Ace II General] pinhead97:
Okay, I'll try tomorrow afternoon and update you