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[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Crossvxm:
Theres alot of incorrect information here. The latest Sprint phones using sim cards ARE ABLE to use T-Mobile and AT&T as long as GSM is in the hardware. I dont own the S5 but for those blinding others with frequency talk I'm tired of seeing, read it and weep:

http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/phone.php?p=4408

Sprint S5 supports GSM. Now of course no LTE on T-Mobile due to the lack of the 1700 frequency,

but your 4G will be fine. Depending on where you live, you may not even care about LTE over 4G.

Sure, Sprint locks the darn thing up to avoid it getting into the hands of other domestic carriers, but

just as the Sprint Note 3 and my Sprint LG G2, a workaround has been invented. For the G2 it was as

"borrowing" the stock T-Mobile LG G2 firmware and tweaking it to boot up on our LS980. We have

about 3 different tastes of working unlocked roms, not only sticking to T-Mobile, but other carriers

reported working such as Metro PCS and AT&T. So my guess is that the S5 may need a similar

treatment, nobody wants Sprint honestly. The first 14 days (brought in my own LG Optimus G LS970)

I was with them service was glorious here in NYC. But after the 14 day "trial period" ended I was

DAMNED into horrible service, constant 3G instead of 4G, etc. Thanks to refusing to make payments

due to the disgusting service, my GS4's IMEI is basically crap, so I sold it in the same week I got it.

I should have never swapped it out for the LG OG...

Honestly, I'll thank every OP I see that "unlocks" the Sprint version of any phone for domestic GSM

use. Their silly Sprint Spark is useless, why introduce something new when they dont even have full

4G coverage here in the USA? And their agents sound like "AI" controlled cyborgs: "Oh we're sorry to

hear that, your zone is scheduled to be recieving 4G soon." Yeah right. I feel sorry for those who suffer

in other states.

ANYWAYS sorry for drifting off topic. The recap here is that the Sprint S5 IS capable of domestic GSM with some modding.

And also that I hate Sprint.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ervis1:
Any Updates on this

Does anyone have any news on this? I have a S5 from sprint and want to use it with tmobile or other gsm carrier. any1 have any updates on the UCCI deal i read about somewhere? I have the spc phone is rooted what do i need to do? cant bring up the service menu to change things there.. kind a lost pls help
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NightsSPIDER:
lease has anyone found a solution for enabling aws bands on galaxy s5? i have the at&t active version unlocked and rooted using on tmobile but i get only edge :/
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Juliofundora:
What is the verdict? Is there anyone who knows you can use it on any network? :) I am getting mine tomorrow and am unlocking it. Is there a way to test if they will work on any network? I have many sim cards from diff carriers.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mesbah320:
unlock sprint

:rolleyes:
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] variance:
The limitation of what "bands" the radio will cover are software defined. if you look around. you can find a way to modify those defined rules.

to allow it to use 1700 LTE. although the legality may be questionable as the FCC approval for that model was not tested with the LTE. The baseband chip/radio still supports the band with the software changes
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] royhanks3:
impossible
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Crossvxm:
What in the heck? Who fed you this bologna? Do you work for Sprint? Cause I have various complaints for you if you do. My SPRINT G2 running a T-Mobile G2 stock rom which is unlocked DOMESTICALLY works perfectly fine with T-Mobile's 4G. I don't think many people care about LTE, getting off of Sprint alone is a huge leap for mankind (in this case G900P owners). And as it was mentioned, there are ways to get that nice LTE band for various devices with simple mods, problem is that it is NOT widely recognized yet and very few people know that the possibility exists because of various misleading posts that "its all in the hardware" and fingers being pointed at Qualcomm's techniques. Yes there is a possibility for a domestic unlock, sure there might not be LTE for it, but most people will be content with the fact that they can use their expensive locked down phone with another carrier. Honesty Sprint devices would be better off being sold for less than carriers that actually DO allow domestic unlocks. Why do we pay over half a "K" for a phone that in reality we do not completely have full rights over? Why do other carriers alow domestic unlocks and Sprint wants to be greedy and lock in all of their customers with shady contracts and decieving bills?

Thats why many of us including myself would be beyond grateful if we even get some 3G with another carrier. We have CDMA capabilities, we have GSM capabilities, all we need is some sort of domestic unlock.

There is NO third party unlock code of any sorts that will unlock a phone that is unlocked OTA. Check around for many posts from various foreign users who have gotten stuck with a useless Galaxy S5 that can only be used with wifi thanks to Sprint. Is it their fault? No. It is purely Sprint's fault for being so damn greedy. Thankfully I am hearing news that by February of 2015 all devices will be GSM and have the capabilities to be unlocked for domestic use.

Custom roms, honestly most of us are just unsatisfied with the average and like to go to the unique side. But is Cyanogenmod going to allow us to use Air Gestures and all the other cool features of the S5? Not really. Custom kernels would be nice, but many people only seek then in order to overclock their device, which this device is in particular really doesn't need any more added power (or battery drain) than it already has. Optimization tweaks might be worth it but I dont see it helping. If someone could fix the delayed multitasking transitions (switching from one app to the other at times is delayed a second or two) or the crashing browser without custom roms or kernels, then it is best not to waste time on the development of such things. But then again there are those who prefer stock android in combination with other features such as the AMOLED screen technology, but it is best to look for another device.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Youdoofus:
This is absolutely incorrect. I have a Sprint S5 in my hand with the moar 2.0 ROM on it and I popped both an att and tmob sim card in it and calls worked without any finagleing at all. Data is another story as it requires you to add an APN network connection. The freq speak is also incorrect, anyone sho can do something as simple as going to phonescoop and comparing a sprint s5 against something like a tmob s4 will see the exact same mhz ratings of the gsm radio capabilities...
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alfracing16:
I have a galaxy S5 from sprint (g900p). I was told from 2 different sprint call center people that with the MSL code (which I already got) the phone can be used with another domestic company and also international.

From that point I started an account with T Mobile, but when I inserted the SIM card into my phone it doesnt recognize it and obiusly have no signal.

Ive tried different methods to get the phone into the GSM frecuency, even accesing to the Hidden Menu and choosing ONLY GSM FREC, tried to add an APN, and now I'm thinking to install a g900t ROM to make it work or a custom ROM.

If anyone here can help me out with this, I will appreciate that
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hamspiced:
First off... You dont.

My phone (Sprint S5) is internationally unlocked. I have used it multiple times internationally. I also have MOAR 2.0. Plugging in another carrier's Sim (Both AT&T and T-mobile) Will recognize a signal, but will not allow for outgoing calls or data. There has not been any type of workaround for an international or domestic unlock through a rom. If there was i assure you we would have covered it in the thread above this one regarding needing help from the community to unlock the phone.

I dont know where you are getting your information, but judging from your past posts you just seem to be posting in anything regarding an unlock and giving misinformation to the community. So allow me to clarify.

There is no current domestic unlock available. International unlock can only be performed through Sprint Global Customer Service. Although Sprint phones may have the capabilities to be on other GSM bands, it isnt currently available. or possible.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Youdoofus:
Its all very nice that this has been your personal experience, but if you'd like, I can walk over to the same two people I borrowed the sim cards from and reconfirm that att and tmob cards both work for calls, however that seems unnecessary. In addition, I have simunlocked an S2 hercules. Not difficult at all. Also, my most recent posts have been about prl flashing in aosp ROMs, which one member said was possible with *# codes, which I disproved. In either event, my personal g900p does work with those gsm carriers sims. End of discussion...

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Do not install a tmob ROM on a sprint S5 unless you like fancy paperweights
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bcas9472:
OK, I'll finally post it

Guys, everyone has been pming me for this, figure I'd make it public.

To enable TMOBILE 1700 AWS LTE on an Sprint Phone.

Example:

On a SPH-L720 you first need to flash the M919 modem.bin and NON-HLOS.bin. Then, replace the SPH-L720 files libril.so,libril-qcril-hook-oem.so,libril-qc-qmi-1.so with the Tmobile M919 ones.

Once you have done that and rebooted, you can actually go into the Debug Menu and select AWS 1700 for LTE and LTE/WCDMA/GSM for selection.

Use adb shel, su -, am broadcast -a android.provider.Telephony.SECRET_CODE -d android_secret_code://27663368378 to get into debug menu.

Once that is done, enable Modem Mode by executing

am broadcast -a android.provider.Telephony.SECRET_CODE -d android_secret_code://0808

and set to rmnet , dm, modem, fire up DFS, add port, spc unlock with your msl (get using MSLUtility.apk - must have wifi on). Final step in DFS, Go to Band Tab, select Nam1, select the little radio button RF BC COnfig in the lower right, click read to see your bands. Checkbox the WCDMA IV (AWS 1700) USA and click the write button. Repeat for Nam2.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bcas9472:
Yes I double that! Phew thanks man I am glad you cleared that up - I had a long day.

Regards
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] QualcommCode:
i got a Sprint S4 and Sprint S5 ready to experiment.

...if you have some time help me get LTE...ive used DFS...edited nv items..etc... on other phones..
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] angryGTS:
Video/pics would be much appreciated.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lexcell:
If one needs a video, Pics, instruction list, and a pretty much lessons on flashing 101 and editing NV 121, then I advise you to take it to a professional or someone that knows what they're doing. If you don't know how to shell into your phone, use Odin, and input has codes correctly, then you are definitely wasting your time on this forum. Not to be rude, however the man listed clear as day "How To". He was grateful enough to let us experienced persons who make this site go around, know what needs to be done. Those commands and edits are like hearing basic ingredients to a recipe for an experienced cook. Not knowing what you're doing can leave you with a paper-weight and upset at this community for a simple mistake on the user-end. I been around here since 2006 and I'm kind of tired of those who want to be spoon-fed. No disrespect, just words of wisdom.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] angryGTS:
No, I wanted proof that this guy was getting service on domestic GSM carriers which is total bull****. I'm not your typical noob I am well aware of how to flash custom ROMs and mods, I have been doing it since the OG Droid days but thanks for being condisending. Edit: I just saw that when I posted the "pics and video" post that my quote for the person who claims to be able to get service on T-Mobile or AT&T, so I understand your misunderstanding.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xda23:
Hell no!!! ;)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] don bartolo:
Sprint S5 on GSM T-Mobile Signal -invalid simcard

i manage to get signal on SPRINT S5 G900P but now i got " INVALID SIMCARD"
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grumpytexan:
My Crippled S 5

I started using my S5 with Boost Mobile in January. In March the FCC unlocking directive became effective and after some hassles they gave me my unlock code. When I tried to use it in Israel they couldn't get it unlocked to use another SIM card and Boost has no partners outside USA. In June I went to switch carriers to Simple Mobile (used to be TRACFONE). The techie used my unlock code and switched SIMs and things seemed to work. At the end of June the S 5 stopped making phone/text calls. Radio Shack won't help unlock/unblock it, neither will Boost, other vendors tell me it's impossible to switch to another supplier. So now my S 5 works on my U-verse wifi to update apps, provide internet service, but no voice/text.

I'm using an S4 for phone service but I'd like to abandon it if someone can tell me how to rebuild the S 5.

All data/apps can be deleted from it.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Snowby123:
One thing is for certain. Radio shack is bankrupt and will never help anyone again
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TdiGuy:
Unlocking from sprint is complicated as hell. Sprint makes a good number of hoops to jump through to get it. One easy way to check is to use ting.com/byod or the swappa esn checker. With swappa there are 3 fields all 3 have to be green and good for the phone to go to any other carrier. The S5 is listed for gsm and cdma so i don't see why it wouldnt be able to port over. Before committing though i would get a 5$ prepaid plan to test it out with an active sim before committing to anything else though.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] binthe920:
All of you people that put in a different SIM card and says you still were able to get phone calls and text we're never off Sprint network. You were still using their CDMA service and that's why we're still working. Did you ever bother to verify what phone number you were using? Sorry about the typos but I'm using speech to text and I'm not going to bother correcting it.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shagerty:
You Can GSM unlock S5 from Sprint

:fingers-crossed: check out this xda thread.. HERE it works but is paid.. was $50 now down to $35! HERE it is called "idone apps" they support several devices. I am about to try it out myself on a Sprint S5 I have been using as a FLAC/MP3 Player and Camera for months, while reluctant to pay still excited to not use a GoPhone on ATT anymore.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kachmul2004:
There is a cheaper unlock available here
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jiml87:
Can you unlock a T-Mobile G4, H811 ?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stockman7:
All S5"s have all frequency capabilities. Key is finding the control panel...I did goofing around and now I can't remember how I did it but I do remember it's on the same list as clocking speed

*#6563 something something #* phone will reboot on restart will bring up hidden control panel lots of options...oh this also has network unlocking lmfao

No ****...ya it's that easy but my S5 is AT&T

Good luck...it's on cricket works great
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] conflicting:
I'm interested in learning more about this. I have a sprint s5 that I want to use with t mobile. I need help asap because I currently do not have cell phone service. I ported my number and now this t mobile SIM card isn't doing much good inside this sprint phone like I hoped.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jrjorin:
Look for my post jrjorin i just did what you are trying to do.

Hope it helps
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Youdoofus:
its actually not that easy as the unlocking happens in the NVRAM of the phone and has to be written to the radio baseband which isnt accessible via the secret service menu.

there are several unlocking service providers out there that you can pay to have your phone unlocked for use with any carrier, that being said, some make you wait and are cheaper, while the one i used is fairly immediate (provided you have root access) and is a tad more expensive. There are also a couple users on xda that have been known to do the unlocks for free or a donation and have pretty decent reputations. [MENTION=4428363]stifilz[/MENTION] and [MENTION=2101250]asadnow2k[/MENTION] are the members i refer to, but youll have to wait for them as they do them in their spare time. www.idoneapps.com will unlock your phone for $35 and i can vouch for them as ive unlocked 2 of my own G900P's thru them without any issue.

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also, youll need to know that you wont be able to get LTE without enabling all LTE radios which involves getting your phone into diagnostic mode (which requires you to have a specific baseband installed on the phone) and accessing your phone via programs via exe's on your computer called QPST and QXDM to read your phone state, then adjust it accordingly. Are all S5's physically capable of running on any network on any band that any other S5 is capable of? Yes. Is it always easy to achieve? No.

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did you get this taken care of?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] conflicting:
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did you get this taken care of?[/QUOTE]

I did, I paid for an unlock service through ebay. was $18. He even spent the time and downloaded stock firmware and flashed it as I was on a custom rom. He did a remote connection to my computer and did an awesome job. I just now wish I could use Lineage OS but I cant get the network setting right. look like Lineage OS doesnt support the ability to use a sim card gsm service in their rom for the sprint (cdma) variant s5
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bbeds:
I did, I paid for an unlock service through ebay. was $18. He even spent the time and downloaded stock firmware and flashed it as I was on a custom rom. He did a remote connection to my computer and did an awesome job. I just now wish I could use Lineage OS but I cant get the network setting right. look like Lineage OS doesnt support the ability to use a sim card gsm service in their rom for the sprint (cdma) variant s5[/QUOTE]

Anyway you have a link for this guy? Ive been thru like every forum post and contacted everyone. Was able to find one guy around my area that said he could do it for $60 but if i cant get it done for 1/3rd of the price i might be down. Thanks!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] conflicting:
Anyway you have a link for this guy? Ive been thru like every forum post and contacted everyone. Was able to find one guy around my area that said he could do it for $60 but if i cant get it done for 1/3rd of the price i might be down. Thanks![/QUOTE]

text 702-625-4866 he fixes all my phone problems from now on. I dont waste time researching then trying on my own. why when this guy does it for so cheap. He uses remote connection to your computer through internet.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Youdoofus:
www.idoneaps.com ftw. Its not the cheapest, but its guaranteed and permament. Even if you relock it, the app they made will re-unlock it

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youd honestly be surprised at how awesome their service is [MENTION=3077605]Nodial[/MENTION] is the man in their forums too
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bbeds:
I did find idoneapps and there service seemed to be kind of what I was leaning towards. Has anyone used Dr.Fone? Or know anyone with any experiences with them. Ooo, few more questions, for those that have used a Sprint S5 on T-Mobile. Was it worth it? How is the service, etc?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Youdoofus:
ive never used dr fone, nor have i heard of anyone who has. And ive not used tmobile on my g900p, but i currently use at&t (THE other gsm player LoL) and i think its worth it. You wont get LTE, but youll get HSPA+. I use H2O wireless and pay $27/mo for unltd talk n text and 3 GB of data
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bbeds:
Alright, so I finally broke done and went with idoneapps. Great service and worked very quickly. Now I'm on to the next step. Ive figured out I probably wont get LTE (although that would be great) I'm just trying to figure out how to get the fastest that I can get for now. Any ideas? Right now I'm getting crap on a speed test like 0.28 Mbps or somewhere around that.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Youdoofus:
did you set the apns correctly?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bbeds:
Yes I have the APN correctly. It seems that I am only connecting to the H and not H+. Just wondering if there is anything else that I need to set in order to connect to H+. I figured it would be automatic. I really don't feel like trying out add all the LTE bands, it doesn't seem to work for most, and id probably get ahead of myself and really screw something up. Why cant they just make this crap easy? I cant believe nobody has an app to rest the LTE bands and all that to flash over to another carrier. If only I knew how to do it, and make an app I would hook people up.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Youdoofus:
are you on at&t or tmob? and in either case, it could be just that whichever one youre on is just that bad wherever you are. Id just switch to the other one. I use H2O wire less (an AT&T MVNO) and its wonderful where i live, but tmob is garbage in the same area
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bbeds:
Tmobile. I think the main problem was that I was trying to run Lineage 14.1 or which ever. Switched back to stock rooted and seems to be better. Also strongly depends on where I am. I've gotten up to 4mbps. Which is still faster than I've ever gotten with sprint. Guess this is the price I'll have to pay to wait for the note 8. I do have an S8 that should be here today. Can't wait to try that one out.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Astrocreep1369:
So has anyone been able to pull this off correctly:

1. Get SM-G900P working at full speed on Tmo

2. After said idoneapps or something of the like, is running bare bones aosp ROMS like OwnROM I already use possible

3. Form a reply that actually covers the said question for a not-a-noob-but-not-a-dev guy here that's asking it :silly:

Thanks in advance my tmo S5 is physically on its last legs, had the sprint gold variant handed down, brand new, and desperately want it slick, fast and most of all bare like this beaten up chunk of awesome I currently use...
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bbeds:
So here is what I have done and full disclaimer, not a dev but pretty good and figuring stuff out when it comes to these things. Pretty tech savy, if i must say so call myself.

I havr gotten Tmobile network thru idoneapps unlock. I add the lte bands per instructions found on XDA. However I have been unable to access these added lte bands. I have tried alot, different ROMs different modems, all types of things.

So in short NO unless you can figure out something that from what i see no one else has figured out you will NOT get even close to full TMobile speed.

Hope this helps.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kowals:
I have a sprint galaxy s7 (soon to be unlocked by sprint) but would also like to flash the stock tmobile 7.0 firmware. Is this possible and can someone point me in the right direction. Thanks
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jiml87:
Well can you?