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[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] nageswarswain:
Thanks to mirhl for this

Ok here i am writting what i done but i will not be responsible if u done something wrong.First take all data backup from sd card to pc.I followed mirhl's guide here to partition.On this procedure you dont need a pc(all work will be done on mobile.i have done in this procedure

1.Goto recovery.Then goto File Manager in Advanced menu.Copy the ROM.Zip to /tmp folder (u can find it on root of the mobile where system folder is present.Remember the /tmp folder will hold the file until u reboot the mobile.so if u copied the rom and rebooted the mobile then the rom.zip will gone.so u have to do all these procedure without reboot.if u rebooted then start from step 1 again)

2.Now check the rom.zip is in /tmp folder and then proceed.Goto MOUNT menu in TWRP and Unmount every partition from mount menu.

3. Then go to ADVANCED menu and select Terminal Command.Then select SUPERSU from the list.then click select located at the bottom right corner.

4. Here u have to type the commands said by mirhl.

type echo p | fdisk /dev/block/mmcblk0

The above command print ur actual partition table means it will show the partition table.Write down(In a paper not in moble) the Start sector value of Partition 14 lets call it XXXXX.Where YYYY is the Data partition you want to create.I wanted 4Gb so for me the YYYY value is 4000.Choose as your choice.

5. now type this command(Giving the XXXXX and YYYY values correctly)

echo -e "d\n15\nd\n14\nn\nXXXXX\n+YYYYM\np\nq" | fdisk /dev/block/mmcblk0

Now u will see a partition table again.Write down the value of end sector of partition 14.

Increase that number by 1 and let's call it ZZZZZZ(means add 1 to the write downed number)

6. Now type this command by giving the values

echo -e "d\n15\nd\n14\nn\nXXXXX\n+YYYYM\nn\nZZZZZZ\n\nt\n1 5\nc\nw" | fdisk /dev/block/mmcblk0

Its Over.(Remember dont reboot otherwise the ROM.zip will gone)Now U can Flash the Rom.zip from /tmp folder.After flashing the rom.zip reboot to system.It may give you a messege Encryption and needs to reboot the Reboot it)I actually dont remember what messege it gave but reboot when it prompted.This will take time and then it will boot successfully.Then goto Setting---Storage and format SD CARD.Thats all I have done and Give thanks to Mirhl for this easy Tutorial.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] haris05:
Thanks :)

Going to try this :)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] haris05:
Have done all as you said but in the end am facing the problem :(

When I flash the Rom.zip it gives error

E: Could not extract 'META-INF/com/google/android/update-binary'

Error flashing zip '/tmp/ROM.zip' (ROM.zip is file name I use to flash)

E: Unable to mount ' /data'

. . .done

E: Unable to mount storage.

What to do now?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] nageswarswain:
Flash official stock jelly bean ROM and all will be fine.BTW which ROM u want to flash?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] haris05:
nAOSPRom_b26.zip
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] haris05:
So I have to do all again from the start to install lollipop rom?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] haris05:
Is there a space in \n1 5 or not?

\nZZZZZZ\n\nt\n1 5\nc\nw" this part?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] haris05:
Now I cant flash official stock rom :(

am using flahstool (flashmode) and a *.tft file but nothing happens :(

Again on blind point...
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] nageswarswain:
No space

---------- Post added at 08:44 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:43 PM ----------

What problem you are facing
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] haris05:
These Steps am following:

1) Using flashtool (flashmode) and select the downloaded tft file

2) I check nothing in options just pressing flash....

the device sometimes automatically go in recovery mode which disconnects the device from flashtool
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] haris05:
5/020/2015 20:20:27 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode

05/020/2015 20:20:42 - INFO - Selected Bundle for Sony Xperia S (LT26i). FW release : 1252-0023_6.2.B.1.96_GENERIC-user. Customization : CUST_1257-6921_R3H

05/020/2015 20:20:42 - INFO - Preparing files for flashing

05/021/2015 20:21:03 - INFO - Please connect your device into flashmode.

05/021/2015 20:21:04 - INFO - Opening device for R/W

05/021/2015 20:21:04 - INFO - Reading device information

05/021/2015 20:21:13 - INFO - Unable to read from phone after having opened it.

05/021/2015 20:21:13 - INFO - trying to continue anyway

05/021/2015 20:21:13 - INFO - Start Flashing

05/021/2015 20:21:13 - INFO - Processing loader.sin

05/021/2015 20:21:13 - INFO - Checking header

05/021/2015 20:21:13 - ERROR - Processing of loader.sin finished with errors.

05/021/2015 20:21:13 - INFO - Ending flash session

05/021/2015 20:21:13 - ERROR - Error in processHeader : 2 : The system cannot find the file specified.

05/021/2015 20:21:13 - ERROR - Error flashing. Aborted

05/021/2015 20:21:14 - INFO - Device disconnected

05/021/2015 20:21:15 - INFO - Device connected with USB debugging off

05/021/2015 20:21:15 - INFO - For 2011 devices line, be sure you are not in MTP mode

This is what flashtool showing (flashmode)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] nageswarswain:
Reinstall drivers on PC.seems driver not installed
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] haris05:
Device is rebooting automatically not letting me install drivers :(
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] haris05:
This shows device connected in fastboot mode

But in flashmode no device is there :(
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] nageswarswain:
Reinstall drivers from flashtool folder...power off the device.open flashtool.connect the cable to PC not to phone.now hold the volume down button and stay holding and connect the other end of cable to phone.now look at the pc (flashtool).if it says device connected in flashmode.the leave the volume down button.then click the thunder button on flashtool and select ftf file for flashing.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] haris05:
Doing Exactly the same thing... Flashtool says device connected in flashmode...but after sometime (few seconds) )device reboots into recovery mode automatically that disconnects the device :(

Sometime it says " You must have the according fsc script to flash this device" during flash
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] haris05:
I used Emma... phone is now at stock rom... now again from the start :(

1 more thing I want to know that is there a limit of increasing the partition? Previously I made partition of 7GB.... Is that too much or ok?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] nageswarswain:
You can make it 7 GB.but in my opinion that is actually waste of storage. I have made 4 GB and its enough...one thing if u repartitioned ur data and flash the stock official ROM then it reverts to the original partition(2 GB)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] haris05:
Again did the same procedure with 4GB partition but again unsuccessful :( Encryption Unsuccessful :(

Though the ROM installed successfully this time from /tmp folder but still cannot load the internal storage :(

One more thing.... while unmounting the stroage.... the cross sign shows mount or unmount because it says select storage to mount but have no clue that checking the box means mounted or unmounted.... for me I uncheck all the boxes... Is it ok?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] haris05:
Yes iT is reverted to orginal partition (2GB) with all my data back
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] nageswarswain:
Goto setting-storage and format SD card then you can see 4 GB data.only if you followed the procedure right
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] haris05:
Done... Still 2GB... Have to check all steps again
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] haris05:
Following These Step after coppying and checking ROM.zip in ./tmp folder, unmounting all storage (making all unchecked in mount section) and entering in supersu:

1) type echo p | fdisk /dev/block/mmcblk0 (list displayed)

2) echo -e "d\n15\nd\n14\nn\n42945\n+4000M\np\nq" | fdisk /dev/block/mmcblk0 (XXXX=42945 as mmcblk0 14 start string was 42945 ; YYYY=4000 for 4GB)

3) echo -e "d\n15\nd\n14\nn\n42945\n+4000M\nn\n256569\n\nt\n15\nc\nw" | fdisk /dev/block/mmcblk0 (mmcblk0 14 end string was 256568 so added 1 in that to make ZZZZZZ)

4) flashed ROM.zip in ./tmp folder

5) Reboot then format SD in setting
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] nageswarswain:
Okkk.try
[Sprint LG G2] LOtFiViruS:
hi i need to tot ZVE for my LS980 32GB and then update to ZVG to get stock lollipop

please i need link for downloads
[Sprint LG G2] secret.animal:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2912488
[Sprint LG G2] LOtFiViruS:
Thank You !
[XDA Assist] XDA Visitor:
Ok let me start from the beginning. My nexus 5 i had since release is now in a boot loop. Its stuck at the flying colour dots. So i flashed the stock recovery. I installed all the drivers and used the adb and fastboot tools. I unlocked my bootloader in the cmd right before flashing but something went wrong. There were multiple errors when flashing the image.

Error 1: When flashing the bootloader it says "FAILED <remote: flash write failure>

Error 2: When rebooting the bootloader it LOCKS the bootloader and says "not supported in a locked device"

Error 3: when flashing the boot.img, system.img, recovery.img, Etc... It says " archive does not contain Boot.sig, recovery.sig , vendor.sig and system.sig"

(And yes it did say .sig that was NOT a typo)

Why would it lock my bootloader and later say it does not support a locked bootloader.
[XDA Assist] jd1639:
Hi, thank you for using XDA Assist. The first thing you should do is register on XDA. See this, http://xdaforums.com/register.php

Then you'll want to go to the nexus 5 specific forum here, http://xdaforums.com/google-nexus-5

The symptoms you describe have been related to the eMMC going bad. You might look through this, http://xdaforums.com/google-nexus-5/help/bootloop-unable-to-mount-cache-persist-t2640374 and try this, http://xdaforums.com/google-nexus-5/general/fix-unbrick-nexus-5-stucked-qualcomm-hs-t3043301
[X Play General] jerflash:
Need to get my hands on the Moto X Play. Anyone able to get one from sasktel in canada? They seem to be the cheapest out there with the option to buy the device outright from a store.

Please let me know asap

Thanks guys and gals!
[X Play General] FloatingFatMan:
You might want to hold on there. From what I've read, all the Canadian devices are network locked...
[X Play General] bendirkss:
Telus says theirs are carrier locked
[X Play General] dorezen:
from what I gather, your best bet for acquiring a USA GSM compatible and unlocked Moto X Play is to go with one from Brazil with model number XT1536. The question now is how to get one from that country and not pay too much extra fees for it. On a side note, I noticed all the Canadian carriers seem to carry the 16GB model only. i know memory is expandable but i'd prefer more onboard storage due to faster read/write access plus better memory chips used vs. your typical microsd card.
[X Play General] PrincessBoaa:
They're carrier locked but from what a Bell representative told me, you can pay them 50 (unlocking fee) and then you can unlock the phone yourself / other people to get it to work outside the carrier.
[X Play General] jerflash:
Hey thanks for the heads up man. i thought the brazilian one was also compatible but wanted to see if canada was easier. If it unlocked from brazil it may be a better buy.

Real problem is that conversion really sucks... $300 usd for the one from canada and $400 usd for the one from brazil
[X Play General] PrincessBoaa:
If you want- I can get you the one from Canada- I noticed you were in NYC which isn't too far from where I am- it is $449+tax CAD + $50 unlocking fee + whatever shipping would be to you.

Let me know! I had to go through so much trouble to get one even though I'm already in Canada already ahha- but no regrets at all! Awesome phone.
[X Play General] jerflash:
Hey thanks so much for the offer! I spoke to my warehouse in Canada... I'm in logistics. They said they should be able to ship the phone for em after I buy it. I'm looking into if I can get more then 1 phone... If anyone else wants one
[X Play General] GrandchildDavid:
Hey can you guys count me in? I'm almost ready to buy one except that this phone's just way too damn hard to get. :( How should we go from here though? Do I PM you?
[X Play General] PrincessBoaa:
Yeah just PM one of us =)
[X Play General] jerflash:
I'm going to go through the steps tomorrow and see how it goes. If i can get one for. Myself then we should be good to go after that. I will let you guys know. I also. Made another thread about me getting for other people as well. Also I'm not going to buy the unlock code from. Sasktel at first. Going to see if one of those cheap unlock site work first.
[X Play General] erapmicks:
500 dollars??? better off getting the moto style
[X Play General] Devhux:
Does the Sasktel one come with the Turbo Charger? I saw an article on MobileSyrup that mentioned Koodo is one of two carriers that includes the turbo charger, but didn't see anything more.

Here in Alberta there's no sales tax, so getting it from Koodo may not be a bad idea (if they'll sell outright). I'm considering buying one, but only if I can get it outright.

Sent from my Golden Zenfone 2
[X Play General] jerflash:
Hey it looks like if you go into a koodo store you should be able to buy it sim free from them. Do they have stores in alberta? you willing to go and check it out?
[X Play General] Devhux:
Yes they do. If you can give me until tomorrow, I'll go have a look (I'm probably going to grab one if they have it in stock.

I actually have a Koodo account, so I shouldn't have a problem buying it without the 2-yr term.

Sent from my Golden Zenfone 2
[X Play General] jerflash:
Awesome dude let us know the total cost with tax after you get it. i am very interested.

Moto x play is smaller the the LG G4 in all ways except thickness....who cares with that huge battery!

BTW it is confirmed why we dont have it in the USA.... http://www.droid-life.com/2015/08/25/droid-maxx-2-verizon/
[X Play General] Devhux:
I got my Moto X Play from Koodo today. While I did upgrade from my tab, I also confirmed it's $430.50 outright here in Alberta ($410 + 5% GST).

Sent from my Golden Zenfone 2
[X Play General] Sevael:
Deleted.
[X Play General] shushwap:
Motorola are extremely cheap to unlock... The last few I did were around 5 bucks
[X Play General] Codename_Falcon:
Has anyone figured out how to get the 2nd SIM slot to work on the Canadian variant?
[X Play General] Devhux:
Not sure if it will be possible. Possibly flashing the rom designed for the dual-sim variant will work, but not sure.

(I don't want to risk bricking my phone)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] bighleo114312:
My friends has a g920p and wants to enable some bands so lte from telcel can work now he has only H+. Can that be done. I know that the s3 can with some magic. Thanks

Enviado desde mi SM-N920C mediante Tapatalk
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] george241312:
Just put the phone on automatic in mobile network settings and set up two apns one for hspa and another for lte but make sure the lte apn has the bearer option set to lte the other just leave it how it is.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] bighleo114312:
Didnt get it my friend.... here in mexico we use same apn for 3G or 4G LTE. We just need a sim v6.x and will get the lte bands.

Enviado desde mi SM-G920F mediante Tapatalk
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] radiohead7778580:
Can you explain this a little more im using sprint on tmobile and only getting h+ also
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] motumbo:
I know how to do this, but you would need to have the MSL number, if you don't then Google idoneapps, this guy sells an app that unlocks phone and extract that number.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] bighleo114312:
So i need the msl number so how can i get it. Friends phone is already unlock.

Enviado desde mi SM-G920F mediante Tapatalk
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] motumbo:
MSL number is needed to edit data settings in sprint hidden menu. Install shortcut lite master and then search for PST, launch that application. Then look for ##Data#menu. You'll see there if your LTE is enabled or not. If it is not the only way to enable it is having MSL number.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] fixmewireless:
Hidden Menu

there is no need for app for shortcut. Go to setting and go to Activate this device. Phone will load some info then look at top right for MORE. Click on it then click on PST. This will take to hidden menu,
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] george241312:
Also the phone will automatically switch to the apn that's needed. No need to keep switching apns
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] fixmewireless:
what you stated here is correct. but have you tried it yourself?

I did, but there issue with send text messages. incoming sms works, outgoing - no.

there is no need to set to automatic. in service menu there is point where you can set preferred network type LTE_GSM_UMTS., but again, sms does not work.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] george241312:
Works perfect for me I'm using T-Mobile it does not even switch to 3g when sending a msg idk why yours is not working I'm on oh1 stock no root maybe if you have root it can screw things up because different kernel?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] fixmewireless:
no root. i`m on stock oh1. i`m on metro pcs.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] george241312:
No clue maybe do ##72786# it will reset the phones modem settings and it will nag about activation again and relock the phone but I did it since I can unlock it myself again and never had an issue.

Weird thing is that my phone after unlock it wanted activation popup and then it actually went through and it went away with my T-Mobile sim.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] george241312:
sadfsadf

Ok found something out for some reason if you do not get LTE after setting it to Automatic switch to LTE/CDMA let it reboot and Reswitch it to Automatic reboot again then LTE+GSM_WCDMA should work.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] ali.f.shaban:
Do you mean in service mode select cdma/lte then reboot and then go back to service mode n select gsm/wcdma/lte? Because ive been trying that fkr hkurs since reading your post lol. If this works your a beast . We need a gsm rom for this phone tho
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] ali.f.shaban:
George, do you have a legit way to get lte working on our device ? I haven't seen any proof from anyone claiming lte working on att or tmobile.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] mat3usz:
hmmm, been in the same boat with T-Mobile and a G920P, with only 3G being picked up but after switching it to automatic, it picked up LTE! Thanks for the poiter. However, have you been able to get MMS enabled or working as I seem to have issues with that and not sure why it isn't downloading the messages. Not sure if I need to give T-Mo a call and get something enabled or what. BTW, how did you manage to make that annoying activation screen go away as the moment I got it unlocked and popped in my sim card, it can't ever activate, but works fine though :D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] jeff83nz:
any one succeeded in unlocking bands

Has anyone had any success enabling additional bands on a Sprint S6? Basically the bands it comes unlocked with are useless for Europe 4g and would love to unlock bands 3, 7, 20, 28, however 3 & 7 would be enough. :eek:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] besotsima:
Same here. seems to me Samsung does not give us open source to edit Exynos settings. As I'm aware, our phones' hardware is capable to get those bands :(
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] Androidps3:
I have a sm-g920p unlocked. Stock os 6.0.1.

Just got mms to finally send out. Would like full lte whn not on wifi??
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] Androidps3:
See attachments. Unlocled via stifilz sm-g920p. Still trying to get full lte tho.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] Androidps3:
Settings mobile netowrks lte/cdma restart.

Settings mobile networks automatic restart.

Bearer set to lte.

So far mms is way faster. Stock os 6.0.1 no root. Unlocked remotely via stifilz. Will watch lte signal an post new thread tomoro.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] george241312:
Guys to have LTE working follow these steps :

1.Settings mobile netowoks lte/cdma restart.

2.Settings mobile networks automatic restart.

3. Setup two APN's with identical settings and diffrent name

4. On one APN set Bearer to LTE.

That is all it works fine i have done alot of unlocks on these phones and they work 100% mms sms calls.

However when phone goes into call mode it will switch to 3G or Hsdpa because it does not support VOLTE.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] Androidps3:
How do I add 2nd apn. I have T-Mobile US LTE.

Do I add through data programming or settings menu
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] george241312:
Settings menu
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] Androidps3:
Throught settings menu. Add. Now only diff is the 2nd apn i added is now the only one thr. Lte signal is still halfway. Will check bearer,, bearer is now unspecified. Bfor it was lte.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] albannotosska:
YOU CANNOT ADD 2 SAME APN, when you try to add the second one the first one will be replaced by the second! This method doesn't work. Any other way to unlock bands?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] besotsima:
Problem is not APN, but the LTE bands. In my country we have B3 (1800) band for LTE.

As i know every device's hardware is capable to get this signal, but it's needed to be open.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] Androidps3:
So how does one get the bands open
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] besotsima:
I guess nobody did :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] Androidps3:
You need the msl to edit in data programming. Then you can change band priorty settings. Just remember to save them 1st. Been on more lte thn 3g since then.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] albannotosska:
Hello. Can you please explain this to me, how to do it? You can PM me. Thanks :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] Androidps3:
Did tht work for u
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] nostrings:
Have you guys tried this; http://xdaforums.com/verizon-galaxy-s6/general/enabling-using-servicemode-t3109579
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] george241312:
My Friend the phone automatically switches to the APN it currently needs. if you make a call it will switch to the unspecified apn and if LTE comes back the APN selected will be the LTE apn. For some reason its how this phone works. If some people still cant get LTE to work you need to go into ##DATA# enter MSL and go to LTE and Enable LTE Roaming.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] albannotosska:
Do you know any way I can find my MSL?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] Androidps3:
Call your provider or if ur phone is stock or rooted contact stifilz2@gmail.com.

Tell him i referred u
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] Cooldato:
I did read whole topic and seems like noone managed yet to "unlock"/"open" other bands? Band3(1800) or Band20(800)? I need one of these bands for EU LTE Q.Q

Anyone with some working method?

If i manage to get my MSL and enter it in ##DATA# , will i be able to unlock Band3 or Band20? Sprint has locked these bands coz they aren't needed in USA i guess.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] Haqtiq:
I was able to get this working on Cricket/ATT following the posted instructions of :

1a. Turning on LTE ROAMING in the MSL LTE menu

1b. Creating 2nd APN with LTE as Bearer

1c. switching to lte/cdma, reboot

1d. switching to auto, reboot

At 1c I already had LTE, but no calls, or texts.

And 1d finally enabled all the basic features of the phone (calls, mms, etc)

This is after coming to the conclusion that I would be stuck with ATT 3G until I switched phones or services, this is now not the case, I will probably stick with the plan I am on because of superior service and coverage.

I am on stock 5.1.1 unlocked by stifilz, no root (at the moment)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] TabishKhan:
I guess hardware is not capable of handling LTE band 3 as i have a discussion with senior xda member . He had tried but he was unable to run LTE Band 3 on sprint s6 .. :(

Any progress in this regards would be great for many of us :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] Androidps3:
Dnt knw bout band 3. But bands 2,4, an 12 work fine for me. Only see 3g whn i make a phone call. Sm g920p unlocked by guys frm xda site.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] soulz:
Anyway to enable VoLTE?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] george241312:
Now your dreaming. But someone might be able to port a TMO custom rom over to the sprint variant otherwise i dont see it happening.