yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sony Cross-Device General] futiless:
Windows 8 8.1 users remember to disable driver signature verification or the driver won't install with error :

Z2 Many bands added !!! GREAT JOB !!

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Can anyone confirm that the S5 could be AWS compatible with this method ! : I want to buy one but it has no 1700

HEHEHE I bet it's there ... please let me know for thanks from now into the future... :)

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Can anyone confirm that the S5 could be AWS compatible with this method ! : I want to buy one but it has no 1700

HEHEHE I bet it's there ... please let me know for thanks from now into the future...
[Sony Cross-Device General] palmbeach05:
A computer, an actual computer

Sent from my MB886 CM10.2/4.3.1
[Sony Cross-Device General] Product F(RED):
AT&T model should be (but disabled) and T-Mobile model is out of the box. This has always been the case.
[Sony Cross-Device General] furboom1240:
I have a question

I have a device that is Qualcomm-based (MSM8960). My current device which is a SGH-T699, is currently on T-Mobile. My build.prop implies LTE and I'm running CM 10.2.0 stable. And can I unlock it with this mod? I am fully aware of the risks of my phone becoming a paperweight. I I have a custom recovery, listed below, so my bootloader must be unlocked. Just looking for some pointers...if you need more details feel free to ask...
[Sony Cross-Device General] palmbeach05:
Per Blacksoulxxx's post about 2-3 pages ago, he's getting tired of all this does this work does that work questions. He recommends actually trying it out rather than asking 50 million times if it will work for each of our devices.

Sent from my MB886 CM10.2/4.3.1
[Sony Cross-Device General] rudyo78427:
good write up for viewing cell bands with QPST

I know this is a Sony thread, but would post my findings for two of Verizons HTC phones for anyone looking to use this method to enable more bands. Since Verizon started offering Global mode on their phones, most of the major bands had been unlocked Globally. Since the last two years, the phones come SIM unlocked. I used the method to view the activated band classes for an HTC Rezound and my current HTC One M8. So luckily most verizon users don't need to modify any of the cell bands. Below is the activated bands on the HTC One M8 and old Rezound(doesn't have bit19 or 49 activated):

[Bit_00] Band Class 0, A-System

[Bit_01] Band Class 0, B-System

[Bit_02] Band Class 1, all blocks

[Bit_07] GSM DCS 1800 band

[Bit_08] GSM Extended GSM (E-GSM) band

[Bit_09] GSM Primary GSM (P-GSM) band

[Bit_19] GSM 850 band

[Bit_21] GSM PCS 1900 band

[Bit_22] WCDMA Band I - EUROPE JAPAN & CHINA IMT 2100 band

[Bit_23] WCDMA Band II - US PCS 1900 band

[Bit_26] WCDMA Band V - US 850 band

[Bit_49] WCDMA Band VIII - EUROPE & JAPAN 900 band

P.S. I have been using Verizon since 2003 and always used Motorola or HTC devices. The last 5yrs I have used the global phones and never had an issue installing/using other carriers prepaid SIM cards (I travel international alot and have multiple pre paid sim cards from different countries). Even on my HTC One M8. I wish Sony would release a Z2 for Verizon! :laugh:
[Sony Cross-Device General] BlackSoulxxx:
Sure. Why not? I have a Verizon phone too and unlock it to full working on LTE/CDMA Japan and Korea. It's a great experience............

Since HTC have COM Port driver, use them not mine driver

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Works on MSM8960 http://imgur.com/XWqfmvw

http://imgur.com/iGcXtw3
[Sony Cross-Device General] J_M_V_S:
On HTC One m7 802w (dual sim) it seems is not writing RF BC CONFIG back to the phone. Tried twice reading it back after rebooting and after immediately saved to phone and nothing. The number remains in its original state. Any suggestions?
[Sony Cross-Device General] ftorres:
Hi.

Not sure why. I have win 8.1 x64 and HTC one e8. Disable secure boot and Sig verification. Everything as per instruction until step 10 where nothing happened for driver installation.

Sigh, hope somebody could help.
[Sony Cross-Device General] BlackSoulxxx:
[MENTION=5170426]rudyo78427[/MENTION] Can you share your mate using HTC about how to works with QPST? I don't have HTC...........
[Sony Cross-Device General] BlackSoulxxx:
Hey, for everyone with error "execptionthrow" error pls use QXDM and search for nv 1877 and change it
[Sony Cross-Device General] CHAMAVELI:
Works on Nexus 4, not sure of the effects but I can now enable extra radio bands. Will report if it fixed the very limited signal I was receiving in certain areas, maybe one of the frequencies were disabled in Aus.

I did however have to follow this guide (used Google Translate) to get the Nexus 4 setup then follow this thread to get the bands unlocked, I'm assuming this will work with other LG devices such as Nexus 5.

http://androidlover.net/smartphone/nexus4/nexus-4-global-plusarea.html

EDIT: I advise against changing the bands on Nexus 4. It seems to ruin the signal completely.

Basically how I connected:

1. Remove all installed drivers.

2. Install LG United Mobile Driver

3. Enable debugging and install adb driver if it's not automatically installed.

4. Using adb issue the following commands on a separate line

adb shell
su
setprop sys.usb.config diag, adb

5. Your phone should start installing drivers, once installed under Ports in device manager there should be (* indicates a number):

LGE AndroidNet for Diagnostics Port (COM*)

LGE AndroidNet USB Serial Port (COM*)

You should now be ready to use QPST and follow the guide in first post. This was all done under Windows 8.1 with Driver Signature Enforcement off, although I doubt it'll matter as they are official LG drivers.
[Sony Cross-Device General] BlackSoulxxx:
Great! Pls write how to connect your phone to QPST! Kudos for find how to
[Sony Cross-Device General] kevin3688:
For GSM HTC Phones.

Use "setprop sys.usb.diag.config diagon" instead of "setprop persist.usb.eng 1"
[Sony Cross-Device General] fffft:
Appreciated if you can format a driver for us.

Samsung S5 /SM-G900F Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 /8974-AC

HardwareID

USB\Vid_04e8&Pid_6860&Rev_0400&MS_COMP_MTP&SAMSUNG_Android

USB\Vid_04e8&Pid_6860&MS_COMP_MTP&SAMSUNG_Android

USB\SAMSUNG_MOBILE&MS_COMP_MTP&SAMSUNG_Android

USB\SAMSUNG_MOBILE&MI_00

USB\Vid_04E8&Pid_6860&MI_00

USB\Vid_04E8&Pid_6860&Class_06&SubClass_01&Prot_01

USB\SAMSUNG_MOBILE&Class_06&SubClass_01&Prot_01

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[Sony Cross-Device General] Product F(RED):
How is this different than (on Samsung devices) dialing *#0808# and choosing RNDIS+DM+MODEM ? That's the mode used to flash QCN files in QPST on Samsung devices (default mode/to undo is MTP+ADB).

EDIT: Ok instead of installing the driver, for Samsung devices on a Samsung ROM (not AOSP/MIUI/etc), follow what I posted above, then continue the guide from when you run the NV Manager. It works perfectly. I was able to enable 900 MHz (a European frequency) on my T-Mobile US Note 3. Normally the phone supports:

GSM: 850/1800/1900/2100 MHz

WCDMA: 850/1700/1900/2100 MHz

LTE: This you can't edit, but 700/850/1700/1900/2100/2600 MHz

Using your guide, but with my initial steps (no manual driver installation necessary), I was able to enable 900 MHz WCDMA (since I travel to Europe each Summer it's useful). I can't test whether it actually works, but the phone functions fine. Verizon and Sprint (GSM/CDMA/LTE devices) leave 900 MHz enabled, but I think that AT&T and T-Mobile disable 900 MHz to discourage export of devices. There don't seem to be any side-effects. I rebooted the phone and it connected to my service immediately like normal.

For the lazy, the code to enable 900 MHz (plus all the original GSM and WCDMA bands) is 562950069289856

Again this is for the T-Mobile US Note 3 (N900T).
[Sony Cross-Device General] pincheraro:
After unlock all the bands the simlock wil be removed?

Sorry for my bad english
[Sony Cross-Device General] macravin:
just to clarify, this CAN'T open an LTE band, correct? I can't find LTE bands anywhere in the mzTool chart.
[Sony Cross-Device General] CHAMAVELI:
My original post has been updated
[Sony Cross-Device General] BlackSoulxxx:
You can unlock LTE band by using QXDM and know about binary. Currently I post about Xperia Z2 LTE band unlock, maybe someday I will post for other devices...........
[Sony Cross-Device General] fffft:
The critical apparent difference is that this method appears to define what needs to be edited in NV item 1877. Other than that everything could be done with QPST /QXDM, although some may find this method easier or benefit from availing themselves to a different driver.

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[Sony Cross-Device General] jinosong:
So what are we exactly unlocking here if LTE bands aren't being unlocked?
[Sony Cross-Device General] BlackSoulxxx:
Wcdma/gsm band

And i told zillion times that lte are unlockable but it's more difficult and can brick your device easier than previous method
[Sony Cross-Device General] Product F(RED):
That's not what I meant. Samsung devices don't require that you install that custom inf driver or enter any code onto adb. You just dial *#0808# and choose that menu option I said to enable connection to QPST. From there you can read the NV items with the program. In other words, the first half of the guide is unnecessary for Samsung devices.
[Sony Cross-Device General] jinosong:
Could you elaborate on unlocking LTE for Samsung?
[Sony Cross-Device General] fffft:
That was answered in the very first post.. which you didn't read?

Before

GSM_850, GSM_900, GSM_1800, GSM_1900, UMTS_BC1, UMTS_BC2, UMTS_BC4, UMTS_BC5, UMTS_BC8, LTE_BC1, LTE_BC2, LTE_BC3, LTE_BC4, LTE_BC5, LTE_BC7, LTE_BC8, LTE_BC20

After

GSM_850, GSM_900, GSM_1800, GSM_1900, UMTS_BC1, UMTS_BC2, UMTS_BC3, UMTS_BC4, UMTS_BC5, UMTS_BC6, UMTS_BC7, UMTS_BC8, UMTS_BC9, UMTS_BC11, LTE_BC1, LTE_BC2, LTE_BC3, LTE_BC4, LTE_BC5, LTE_BC7, LTE_BC8, LTE_BC20

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[Sony Cross-Device General] jinosong:
I read it like 10 times already. I've been fixated on this topic for the past two days now. It's pretty amazing. If you could help unlock LTE bands for Samsung, HTC and the Nexus, you guys would be rockstars here man.
[Sony Cross-Device General] fffft:
So just missed (or ignored) the parts not of direct interest to you then.

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[Sony Cross-Device General] BlackSoulxxx:
SO what LTE band do you need?

Here is the sums of LTE band I currently unlock and working

http://i.imgur.com/8Kj9be4.png
[Sony Cross-Device General] Product F(RED):
What you guys need to understand is that there are so many different factors on what bands are unlockable.

It depends on the manufacturer. For example, Sony are known for cramming as many bands as possible into their devices. That means a lot of antennas (each frequency NEEDS a physical, corresponding antenna to work).

Samsung and HTC, however, have actual different hardware variants with different antennas. So, if my T-Mobile US Galaxy Note 3 doesn't support LTE 1800 MHz (used a lot in Europe), chances are it's actually missing the antenna because Samsung wanted to save costs. Enabling it would do nothing best case, and brick my phone worst case.

My point is, the OP/guy who discovered this method got lucky. He has a Sony device, which are known to support tons of bands. This whole thing requires a ton of testing and guinea pigs. Nobody has all of the answers.
[Sony Cross-Device General] DubelBoom:
So what eventually happend to the N4? Is it dead or reflashing the modem fixed it?
[Sony Cross-Device General] ftorres:
Hi, finally I managed to install diagmode using setprop sys.usb.diag.config diagon

But I need some band that is not listed in mztool such as wcdma/umts 2100 for Asia. Anyway to add this in?
[Sony Cross-Device General] BlackSoulxxx:
Choose IMT 2100
[Sony Cross-Device General] Product F(RED):
It's definitely there. I believe it's listed as "JAPAN" next to it. I know it's there because I had to re-enable the existing bands on my device in addition to the new ones, and one of the original bands is 2100 MHz.
[Sony Cross-Device General] CHAMAVELI:
I just returned the values to the originals. Quite sure a reflash of the modem will fix it also, or maybe a full factory reset. But just backup the decimal value that was originally on the phone incase the new value you put in ruins your signal.
[Sony Cross-Device General] ftorres:
I actually have chosen all gsm and wcdma. Not sure what's wrong
[Sony Cross-Device General] DubelBoom:
I just want to be sure, I have more chance to succeed if I choose only the bands I need (3 and 7) or if I select all?

Common sense says only if I choose 3 and 7, but on the OP it says: "I selected all of GSM and WCDMA. I wouldn't suggest you to do anyting else in here unless you know what your'e doing."
[Sony Cross-Device General] ftorres:
I have installed another room which give me *#*#4636#*#* function and now able to choose other band. Thanks for the helps.

Sent from my HTC M8Sw
[Sony Cross-Device General] olokos:
[MENTION=5733862]BlackSoulxxx[/MENTION] please stop ignoring me :/ I want to know how exactly do you modify the drivers in order to help people. The driver works great for me so I couldn't care less, but I want to do this for the guys that actually want to do this. :/
[Sony Cross-Device General] DubelBoom:
EDIT: please delete.
[Sony Cross-Device General] BlackSoulxxx:
Change the HW ids on the inf.......
[Sony Cross-Device General] olokos:
So if we would just force the driver to install without actually changing the HW id's then it would work perfectly anyway, right?
[Sony Cross-Device General] BlackSoulxxx:
IDK.........
[Sony Cross-Device General] DubelBoom:
I have a problem - the new NV isn't saved after reboot on my Nexus 5.

I've tried writing it and then reading again from the phone and it was still the new one, but after reboot it was reverted to the previos one.

Any suggestions?
[Sony Cross-Device General] lukesan:
I wonder if this a licensing issue or just a thing that manufacturers are doing to stop people selling their stuff at the other side of the world.

Like the Oneplus One the LTE band 20 is not available which they say is antenna related. Very weird.

Thinking about it wouldn't it also be possible to add the Beidou GPS to some phones? It's activated on my Oneplus but not on the Nexus 5
[Sony Cross-Device General] olokos:
That's actually a good idea! I'll look into this, that's really interesting. :) Z3 supports Beidou and the GPS chip of the Z3 is the same as of Z1 :)

To anyone that has issues with installing drivers - please contact me. I want to test a way of using those drivers for every device :P
[Sony Cross-Device General] boazlaz:
hi

what rom is it? same problem here.. m8 verizon
[Sony Cross-Device General] ftorres:
Is yours M8? Mine is actually for one E8 just that the code is M8SW
[Sony Cross-Device General] boazlaz:
m8

but what rom?
[Sony Cross-Device General] CHAMAVELI:
Force installing the drivers in Windows (use have disk option when manually searching for drivers) should work the same as changing the hardware ID on the driver files, but it doesn't mean the driver will work for every device as was the case with my Nexus 4.
[Sony Cross-Device General] jerflash:
got it!
[Sony Cross-Device General] BobbySteel:
Has anyone on the verizon m8 had luck opening up the euro lte bands? Is that even possible with the installed antennae?
[Sony Cross-Device General] DubelBoom:
[MENTION=1140654]blackburn[/MENTION] , what is EFS Professional Toolkit?

Didn't find it on google, and I think it might help me with the problem the new NV isn't saved after reboot.

Thanks
[Sony Cross-Device General] regspy:
Yes I opened the euro bands and it doesn't pick up LTE. However, I couldn't get the change bands menu on phone
[Sony Cross-Device General] Xdevillived666:
anyone know the code for oneplus one

Is this method possible for the oneplus one? ive tried from the beginning but cant access the menu via the dialpad code. Thanks
[Sony Cross-Device General] mrsim:
[MENTION=5733862]BlackSoulxxx[/MENTION] and [MENTION=4300205]olokos[/MENTION],

may i ask you posted some drivers for the oneplus

http://d-h.st/On8 OnePlusOne ( lucky guys, I always want this stuff )

so is your method possible with my oneplus...?
[Sony Cross-Device General] jerflash:
ok im running a tmobile lg g3 d851 on at&t. the phone was supposed to come with all compatible bands except for band 5 lte. after running this and seeing what bands the phone could use stock it showed band 5 as available....even thought the fcc listing left it out. I still went through everything and added all the bands except for wcdma xi (1500) because it made the decimal number sting to long for some reason. So now i can use my phone pretty much everywhere.

Is there an app or another way to see what band my phone is using at any current time?

Thanks!!!
[Sony Cross-Device General] BlackSoulxxx:
Yes if your phone has hidden menu like Sony and Samsung.......If you cant find it, the only way to test it is to use it on band 5 only area...
[Sony Cross-Device General] mastero9017:
Any progress on n5?
[Sony Cross-Device General] jerflash:
Ah I got ya. I was in the hidden menu and has an lte only section. When I try band 5 it switches me back to hspa+. Guess I'm not in an area with it
[Sony Cross-Device General] lisbon2004:
Hi! anyone tried doing it with S3 LTE? (Exynos + Qualcomm)

originally it comes with the following frequences:

Galaxy S3 LTE i9305

3G 850 / 900 / 2100

4G 800 / 1800 / 2600

which frequences could be enabled?

(Europe would be looking for 4G 800 at least...)

thanks!
[Sony Cross-Device General] olokos:
I actually DID brought the support of Baidou to Sony devices! You inspired me. ;) At least my Z1, try it yourself and let me know! http://xdaforums.com/crossdevice-dev/sony/beidou-maybe-glonass-support-sony-t2876149
[Sony Cross-Device General] Product F(RED):
See if WCDMA 1900 MHz can be enabled. North America uses 850/1900 as an equivalent to Europe's 900/2100. It's unusual that only 850 is there and makes me suspect that 1900 is turned off.
[Sony Cross-Device General] DubelBoom:
bumping incase someone has a solution....

First I thought it might be because of MultiRom, so I removed it, still didn't work. Then I thought it might be because of Android L, but I went back to KitKat (Paranoid Android, not stock) and it still wont stick after reboot.
[Sony Cross-Device General] bsined:
Well, I've tried it multiple times with same results. When I click "Write NV" in the 1877 line or "Write Changed NV Items to Phone", I get no errors and no notifications of success. I disconnect the phone, close RF NV Manager, then reconnect the phone and start RF NV Manager again, read the values and the new property is visible. However, when I execute the disabling setprop command from the phone's terminal and reboot, the old value comes back and *#*#4636#*#* menu has only USA band option.

Also, when I click "Write Only Listed NV Items to Phone", I get an error:

Exception Thrown!

NvManager::writeToPhone( const string comPort ) -

QpstServer::sendSyncImpl - Error

Code = 80004005

Code meaning = Unspecified error

Source = None provided!

Description = None Provided!
[Sony Cross-Device General] DubelBoom:
Same here happes for me, so it probably is possible.

I've tried to write it, disconnecting my phone and closing the RF NV Manager, then connecting the phone and reading from it again and the new value was still there.

Then I did a reboot and it didn't work. Also tried a couple of combination with the persist.usb.eng 1/0. Didn't change anything (if speaking about this, what does it do and why is it neccessary?)
[Sony Cross-Device General] furboom1240:
Okay. Got it. Didn't mean to be pushy. I will experiment once my phone becomes a backup device so I have an emergency exit. Thank you for your response!
[Sony Cross-Device General] tiskewlio:
Does anyone know if the c6902 z1 is hardware or software restricted? Will I be able to unlock LTE band4 1700 like on the c6906?
[Sony Cross-Device General] jpeg725:
I'm guessing that putting the IDs in the driver's inf file is essential. After all how would windows know which driver to use for a device with IDs it didn't recognise?
[Sony Cross-Device General] ArtDC:
[MENTION=5185583]bsined[/MENTION] that's interesting. I tried the OP method on my LT30at , and all new WCDMA bands showed up in Service info. The problem is that phone reboots as soon as it tries to connect. I have no idea which band it is attempting to use. Perhaps, selecting less bands to unlock would help (I unlocked all possible ones). BTW, I have flashed LT30a baseband and got UMTS_BC4 working on PTEL pay-to-go, and some extra LTE bands. Any idea if our device hardware could support LTE 3 or 7? I guess it wouldn't, but who knows?

P.S. It seems you expect to be able to select bands in *#*#4636#*#* Phone info settings? Did you take a look at *#*#service#*#* Configuration? I did see the new bands listed there.
[Sony Cross-Device General] bsined:
This method unlocks only GSM and UMTS bands. As far as I can gather from the discussion, unlocking LTE bands can brick your phone and requires physical antennae to be present on the device. Though [MENTION=5733862]BlackSoulxxx[/MENTION] can answer that better than me.

When I'm talking about selecting bands, I'm talking about the screen shown in the 2nd post of the thread. The only option I have there after reboot is USA Band. The additional UMTS bands are missing from the service menu.
[Sony Cross-Device General] CHAMAVELI:
Because you are telling Windows to force install the drivers for that device. It will give you a warning that installing drivers not made for a device will cause errors, but you can still proceed.
[Sony Cross-Device General] ArtDC:
Confirmed unlocking of UMTS_BC8 on Xperia TL. Selected BC8 and the original bands. BC8 is listed in Service info config., no more reboots on connection.
[Sony Cross-Device General] BlackSoulxxx:
Success on unlock Sharp-DOCOMO Aquos Zeta SH-04F...............

Also tks for all who try this on their own devices :)
[Sony Cross-Device General] alancai:
almost bricked my pantech a820l by enabling al gsm and wcdma. its msm8660 and mdm9600.

would be great could help enabling EDGE and other LTE frequency. thank you.
[Sony Cross-Device General] BlackSoulxxx:
Hmm....try using Service Programming and tick all band in UTMS Setting tabs....
[Sony Cross-Device General] tjsooley:
Has anyone tried this on a s-off htc one m7 with sense firmware yet?
[Sony Cross-Device General] w1n73rf3ll:
hi !.

hi ... i have a HTC One M7 From Sprint ... is a way to unlock the other frecuencies !.... someone can guide me i read the guide ... but if someone can tell me how to check the available frecuencies in my cellphone i put *#*#4636#*#* and i just see basic info but no the suported freciencies ..... if someone know we can work togheter please send pm or leave message thx to [MENTION=5733862]BlackSoulxxx[/MENTION] his work is amazing ... respect to him
[Sony Cross-Device General] ejlmd:
Following step 32 of OP, when I go to paste the decimal value of the bands I want (minus the commas) in NV item 1877, the field does not populate with the pasted values, and instead I get the following error message:

<unsigned 8 bytes > Band class(s) Supported is empty. Fail to store data.

Edit: after I enabled the original GSM/WCDMA bands:

[Bit_07] GSM DCS 1800 band

[Bit_08] GSM Extended GSM (E-GSM) band

[Bit_19] GSM 850 band

[Bit_21] GSM PCS 1900 band

[Bit_22] WCDMA Band I - EUROPE JAPAN & CHINA IMT 2100 band

[Bit_23] WCDMA Band II - US PCS 1900 band

[Bit_26] WCDMA Band V - US 850 band

When I also ONLY enabled [Bit_25] WCDMA Band IV - US 1700 band, the updated NV item did successfully paste and then write into field 1877.

Phone rebooted, with reception. I am now in a T-Mobile refarmed area so was already getting HSPA (I believe on band 1900), so will have to test in a non-refarmed area to see if I get EDGE only or now HSPA on the newly enabled band 1700.
[Sony Cross-Device General] BlackSoulxxx:
Successfully change the Lte band, not just z2 but maybe all qc devices. Tested on my sammy device...