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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Morinzo:
sad to see that you 2 no longer have your s5's, thx for the help from the both of you.

i still have mine and decided not to jump to the s6, optimal rom has been good for me though so far..
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RElliott:
What root method works best with stock BOF2? I was rooted with KitKat but I get boot loops every time I try to root 5.0.

Thanks
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evilryry:
Odin twrp flash supersu done.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ldeveraux:
Uh... BOF>BOE... Doesn't that mean no downgrade or root?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RElliott:
Thanks for the reply and all you've done for this platform.

I was having problems TWRP. I finally Odined Stock TWRP, used that to flash Ktoonsez TWRP and smooth sailing from there.

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Not sure what you mean. Don't know a lot about this, but I'm on G900R6WWU2BOF2 and now rooted.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ldeveraux:
Yeah, you're not on the SM-900V, which is the official VZ S5, the phone this forum is dedicated to. The 900V CAN NOT be downgraded past OE1, unless on a lower bootloader.:good:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evilryry:
Doesn't matter for this variant if you upgrade the bootloader it's still not locked so it really doesn't matter
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ldeveraux:
Didn't realize this was a G900R6 only thread. whoops!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Morinzo:
[MENTION=4354794]fantasy2c[/MENTION] & [MENTION=5438911]evilryry[/MENTION] do either of you have anything for the 900R6 that u guys was working on?

Also will the LRA patch that you gave me work on other roms? Currently using it on Optimal 15-3.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fantasy2c:
I deleted everything pertaining to the s5, since I haven't physically owned the device in months there was no need to keep anything. Sorry.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evilryry:
I didn't delete everything myself, but haven't made anything. Forgot what was in the lra patch tho if you want to Dropbox it or whatever to me in a post here I'll look at it again
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fantasy2c:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/eoedwsm2aig019o/LRA_Lollipop_5.0_vzw_patch_v2.zip?dl=0

I still have this file on my Dropbox, idk if it was lra patch or not don't have time to check. I see I still have a t mobile version on there too but I don't remember at all if that one worked or not. I had a version that did but can't remember if that was the working version or a test version.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Morinzo:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/99jdzvpy79pu8hs/LRA_Lollipop_5.0_vzw_patch_v2.zip?dl=0
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ddabcd285:
Hello,

Will SM-G900R6 work with the European carriers?

BR,
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evilryry:
No.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lanceleyja:
In need of official firmware for the g900r6 a Google drive download would be awesome sammobile seems to not get along with laptop
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lanceleyja:
After messing around a bit I've got it running a 900f arrow asop ROM using a patch and connect stabilizer do have to manually connect on reboots but its Better than a boot loop lol
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alexander7567:
Anyone know where I can find a pure vanilla stock Android 7.0 ROM that works with this phone? Pure Android...
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deskjet390:
Flash twrp for USC variant and then flash resurrection remix. It's a completely unlocked phone.... Safestrap is a verizon locked bootloader crap.

Flashing sprint builds to this phone works great too. (Kltespr)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deskjet390:
I built resurrection remix which is Nougat 7.1.2 for this phone. It works perfectly and I'll post it up if you want it.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alexander7567:
Yes, please!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deskjet390:
Here you go follow instructions please

1. Flash TWRP recovery to phone

2. install Resurection Remix that I built (sorry for dropbox link as my other hosting site is down)

https://www.dropbox.com/s/leru20wvg1uargs/ResurectionRemix_KLTELRA-nightly-20170525.zip?dl=0

3. Flash GAAPS from OpenGapps.org

Select ARM Android v 7.1 and Mini

Enjoy!!

Note: I made this rom this specific way as to not use the block based OTA that all the new roms have gone to. This was to overcome the "patching system unconditionally" problem I always ran into when flashing roms that are block based installing on this phone.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Blueleader2010:
Any one have current stock for 6900r6
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vasto_lorde97:
so just flashing any sprint rom without flashing anything else except gapps?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vasto_lorde97:
i have te recent marshmellow update from bluegrass in odin format.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deskjet390:
Yes

You need to edit the updater script to allow it to flash (just delete the top 2 lines) and then its also a good idea to change all references to model number to that of your device.

if it will not flash and gets hung on "patching system image unconditionallly" You will need to find a rom that uses the old flashing method instead of the Block based ota method that is used now.

I have built a Resurection Remix for this phone that works perfectly that will flash easily.

Its Android 7.1.2 and has built in Magisk. Absolutely love this rom.

I based it off of the KLTEUSC sources and did away with the block based flash in favor of the old flashing method.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/leru20wvg1uargs/ResurectionRemix_KLTELRA-nightly-20170525.zip?dl=0
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vasto_lorde97:
Currently running it

Why wont the block based method work on our model?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deskjet390:
The only think i can think of is that the block based method has an expected block size (the size of the partition it is about to flash) and since it is a different size because of some variation in our model, It fails.

Same way with the JFLTELRA S4
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Yeah there's not a lot of people with LRA carriers that are on here. I guess most just go for Verizon if they live in LRA territory.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evilryry:
No Verizon in lra territory. At least for me.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Right but if you sign up for Verizon with a service address in VZW territory it's the same thing.

I could have did that and almost did but I didn't want a new phone number and I can't port to Google Voice.

Plus my LRA carrier had a way better plan. Unlimited T/T and 5GB data for $75 and it's only $45 to add another line that has their own 5GB data.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evilryry:
Same. Your phone would have used lra towers tho and said "extended network" instead of Verizon. Not really a point. Unless you're frequently out of lra range. Bluegrass cellular pretty much covers everywhere I go unless I go out of state, then I roam on Verizon. Should be the same for you right?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Morinzo:
How did you discover the bootloader was unlocked??
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evilryry:
I was bored, so I started experimenting. Downloaded twrp manager, hit install recovery (klte) and it installed.. Was like holy s#!t. So then I flashed ktoonsez kernel.. And it worked. Been playing with it.. Found my preferred profile is ktoonzesified v2 with interactive governor but disabled over clock. Keep in mind it does trip Knox.. But I'm not worried. I'm very happy now.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Right. But if you want the latest and greatest phones and phones that usually have better dev support you'd probably go with Verizon. Which is why I think a lot of people on this site do who live in LRA territory.

My LRA carrier only covers 3 counties lol. Very rural counties at that.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evilryry:
I believe bluegrass might be one of the

largest lra carriers, if not the largest of all. I've thought about doing Verizon... It's just cheaper to use what I got. Sucks they aren't as up to date tho.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Yeah that and Pioneer in Oklahoma are probably the biggest. Appalachian Wireless is eastern Kentucky right? That's a big one too.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] magiconthetire:
Sorry buddy! Wish you all the best of luck...Would have kept the r6 had I been able to get it working on T Mobile!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evilryry:
Understandable bro don't worry. Feel free to pop in here any time and see what we're doing lol
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evilryry:
If you guys want to try Verizon 4.4.2 roms, just flash this after. Just remember to restore apn aswell and it works perfectly. Reason for the zip is for a constant phone wakeup that causes bad battery life apparently due to a missing value in the build prop, so it's a flashable build prop already optimal with tweaks. Right now only use this on 4.4.2 like beanstown's Alliance rom and extreme syndicate (which I highly recommend, [MENTION=3812611]elliwigy[/MENTION] is great.) ill make one for 4.4.4 later. Remember to flash kernel of choice (highly recommend ktoonsez) after rom aswell. Have fun!

Ps: 4.4.4 roms will boot and work properly just remember kernel. You will probably have phone wake locks tho. I will be working on a temporary build prop fix until our phone gets 4.4.4 for a proper build prop fix.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/er42gh0ooil9zeg/s5vzwtolraconverter.zip?dl=0
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
The Sprint version of CM wouldn't work for our model would it?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evilryry:
Use the US cellular one

Sent from my Supercharged KT Powered S5
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Thanks. Looks like it hasn't been updated in a few weeks. Wonder if I should just wait for the VZW one.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evilryry:
VZW might take a while. Us cellular one worked fine for me

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Was it less laggy than TW? Because it's driving me crazy.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evilryry:
I personally like tw lol, never really used much aosp stuff, so I don't know exactly how it's supposed to be. Have you ever tried pac man rom? It was pretty good. The verizon one works

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
The US Cellular version has an official nightly now but when I try to install it TWRP says "this package is for klteusc, this device is klte." The last unofficial usc build said this when I tried to flash too.

Any ideas?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evilryry:
Open the zip with 7zip, navigate thru meta inf folder and open updater script with notepad++, edit or cut out the first part about checking device to device ktlelra instead. I'm out right now, I'll try to help more later

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vasto_lorde97:
Maybe we can ask developers to add support for our model

We can test the rom for them in return.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deskjet390:
Its very hard to do add complete support for it...devs do not understand our device at all because it pretty much does not exist. There is not a single instance of a device tree for this phone existing in github.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vasto_lorde97:
Its essentially a Klteusc or G900R4

Since those roms work fine on our model
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deskjet390:
Can you get one to work with the block update method of flashing? Or does it get hung on "patching system image unconditionally"
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vasto_lorde97:
I installed Cr droid 3.0 just fine
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gmer20:
Hi, someone know if I can unlock this model for multiple GSM carrier?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LKJEFoi234:
Did anyone ever figure out how to get this POS to make phone calls? I've browsed the thread as much as I can, but cannot find a solution. I can only SMS, and browse internet (data), not MMS or make/receive calls.

I would like to take a hammer to this phone and the jerk(s) responsible for making it (disclaimer: I'm obviously joking, and only an idiot would take this statement seriously.).
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Got it to install doing that but I can't make phone calls. Data worked though.

My APN would never save either after I entered it in and hit save.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evilryry:
I'll look into call thing. Easier to use apn backup and restore to take care of it. Like backup apn with on stock rom and then restore on rom, just gotta follow instructions on how to. Google apn backup and restore kitkat

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ryanbg:
You guys should attempt to Region unlock the device (NOT SIM unlock)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Didn't realize they were region locked.

These LRA phones should be SIM unlocked because they use Verizon's band 13 LTE network. The reason why all Verizon LTE phones are SIM unlocked. If they aren't a lawsuit could easily be started.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evilryry:
They're sim unlocked, I verified with family members Verizon sim. Likely to only work properly with cdma carriers though, even with apn changes. Just hardware differences. As far as region locks.. I don't see why that would be necessary anyway for a cdma phone

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Verizon doesn't really count since their devices and LRA carriers devices ESNs are whitelisted on one big list. That's why you can use a Verizon phone on an LRA carrier without the LRA carrier ever selling that phone and vice versa. CDMA phones still need their ESN to be on the carriers whitelist for voice.

If it were SIM unlocked you'd be able to use AT&T and T-Mobile SIM, which you definitely should be able to because the LRA carriers use LTE band 13 spectrum. The FCC required devices to be SIM unlocked that use this spectrum.

I guarantee these LRA LTE phones have UMTS 850 1900 and 2100 so that isn't an excuse either.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ryanbg:
So I'm on the border of purchasing an SM-G900R6 for Verizon. I just want to make sure it supports Band 4 and Band 13 for LTE. Can you verify the FCC ID on the sticker behind the battery on the device? Region unlocking (something Samsung does) would prevent you from using certain GSM networks in your market like AT&T and T-Mobile, SIM unlocked or not.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evilryry:
Saw a guy using this on us cellular if that helps at all. What would I be looking for on the sticker?

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
I'm 99% positive that these phones have band 4. Pretty much every device does.

I'd just be careful about MMS because you can't edit the APN. Everything else will work though.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evilryry:
You can edit apn via apn backup and restore...or use Verizon roms. Also fcc Id A3LSMG900V

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Someone was using an R6 on USC? Wonder why they would even do that since they use band 12 LTE.

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Right just didn't know if he wanted to do that much tinkering or not.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ryanbg:
Thanks for the confirmation. I'm thinking I'll pick one of these up as a cheaper alternative to the Developer Edition for VZW. If I could confirm it worked 100% on B4/B13 (both are a requirement for me) I'd definitely get it. I'm confident I can get the device working on GSM carriers as long as it supports the required bands for such.

Can someone do me a quick favor?

Dial *#27663368378# and click [2] UE Settings & Info, then [1] SETTING, then [1] PROTOCOL, then [1] AS, then [1] FREQUENCY LOCK, then [3] LTE FREQ LOCK, and let me know which bands it'll let you set?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evilryry:
It's not that much tinkering :o he would have to do one of those things to get mms/LTE working on an r6

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
They have the dialing codes blocked on this phone. According to the FCC it does have band 4 though. Link won't work for some reason.

We had a guy in this thread a few weeks ago trying to use it on T-Mobile with no luck even though it does have band 2 (PCS) and band 5 (cellular) UMTS as well as GSM.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ryanbg:
If you have root, you can enable the dialing codes with terminal emulator or adb.

$: su

#: cd /efs/carrier

#: echo -e "ON" > HiddenMenu

Then reboot and try.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evilryry:
This what you wanted?

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evilryry:
I'm on a VZW rom if that makes a difference or not.

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ryanbg:
That's exactly it! Thank you! Unfortunately, now I'm even more confused because bands 13/4 aren't even in there, yet they're supported...

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Out of curiosity, did you flash an entire stock VZW tar, including bootloader? Or custom VZW rom?

Also, I see band 5 is enabled, which is also what USC uses for LTE in addition to 12. Upon further inspection, it looks like this device supports international LTE bands, in addition to CDMA and Verizon/T-Mobile LTE/AWS bands. Quite a rare selection of supported bands to see on a single device. Makes me want it even more, I'm just hesitant with Band 13 support and CDMA for activating on VZW.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Those are some weird bands. Don't worry about the phone not working on Verizon though. It will definitely work. Band 13 is all they have where I'm at.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evilryry:
Just rom with ktoonsez twrp

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Anyone have any luck getting CM to work?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fantasy2c:
What did you use for a recovery and where did you get it? I also have a thumb cell phone and would like to put a recovery to help in the quest of a fully working rom. I know on the razr maxxs they had to be build from source which was just slightly differenclt from verizons roms for cm11
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Just use the klte twrp. You can install it after rooting using the twrp manager. Nice to see a fellow TC user :)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fantasy2c:
Likewise! First time finding someone besides me who is rooting and romig on thumbcell! I wanted to pitch in thru porting, i even had trouble getting roms to work 100% on my razr. Yes i know these are two completely different phones but i am assuming the struggle is going to be the same lol.

Im going to c what i can do as well to help us "little guys" here in the modding community but i know our best bet is to make these roms from sourse specifically for our phones and unfortunately i have tried and failed, but who knows maybe with some simple changes we can accomplish roms for our phones with everything working 100% with ease.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fantasy2c:
Tried playing with aicp on my Thumb Cellular s5. Heres what I resulted in...

Verizon version: Rom loads up, sound and vibration both work. Can recieve text messages but not send, no signal bars, yet can call my voicemail, 4??? on signal in about phone settings. Apn restore and still no signal so I gave up for the time being.

US Cellular version: Rom loads up, no sound but working vibration. Recieved signal this time around but could not call out, could send and recieve a text message to myself but not mms, apn restore did nothing as well.

Ktoonz kernel works awesome tho, could easily get 8-10 hours sot with how I have it setup on stock rom
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evilryry:
Last I tried aicp, it worked fine for me. I used VZW version. Didn't have the issues you mentioned

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fantasy2c:
Weird, i did a full wipe then installed the rom and loaded it up. Oh well i can deal with stock as i dont find it that bad personally unless i decide to start digging and seeing what i can figure out.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evilryry:
I use Verizon TW roms. Work better than stock to me. Works perfectly, minus in notification bar where carrier label is, it shows no service which I believe is because of an eri.xml difference in framework. Idk how to fix, and it doesn't hurt. You can use xposed/gravity box to change it or hide it... And It lacks a build prop edit to work properly for us, I made flashable zips to correct a few things. includes a build prop with all kinds of performance/battery etc tweaks built in. I'm using optimalrom 12 4.4.4 with ktoonsez. It's great.

link to 4.4.4 fixer is in op

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fantasy2c:
I actually have your fix on my sd card but only have downloaded a 4.4.4 rom. I like aosp, the more basic/light the happier i am haha. I need to take a look and see what you changed actually.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evilryry:
I just posted a 4.4.4 one. its not much of a edit, but is necessary. without it you get high system/phone drain because of it.. as in like 10k+ wakeups a day. that along with a whole slew of build prop tweaks are added aswell.

not counting build prop tweaks, these lines are all i added that were missing/different from r6 stock build prop to verizon. everything else is basically identical. adding those lines fixed the issues. only thing id like to fix is the carrier label.. i dont know how to mess with the eri, and i dont know if theres anything else that needs to be changed. but xposed works to fix the "No Service" label.

# Default Operator (LRA)

ro.cdma.home.operator.numeric=310000

ro.cdma.home.operator.alpha=Default

# Default Data Roaming (USCC, LRA)

ro.com.android.dataroaming=true
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fantasy2c:
Im planning on looking into it tomorrow, i do believe there is some carrier info in the system ui apk that needs to be decomiled, edited then recompiled. Its been awhile since i have done this stuff tho so i may be wrong. Should be pretty simple to fix honestly

EDIT.

I have to mention a phone status app says my phone is a kltelra, which is gsm...so with messing with roms despite us being under verizon for everything what would trying klte roms do and then restoring our apns?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fantasy2c:
Tried and tried to get my computer to decompile apks and every guide I read to get it working did nothing, Idk why but I can get it to work. My old computer could but I don't have that anymore, so I'm unless to our goal here...