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[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dandrumheller:
OK thanks, that's the info I was looking for. Still haven't had time to dig into older info/posts - are you aware of any discussion regarding modem changes? Are we capable of flashing modems separately? Has anyone compiled a list of modem firmwares?
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hydroman202:
If I might add, i am wondering if we could flash a modem from the us retail version or other and maybe remove the lock? I don't know if it would work, but there is always a small chance it might. Another option might be to have someone on a gsm variant to pull the modem files and maybe we could flash that in fastboot? I don't know for certain, but i think it might work. If it doesn't, then the lock must be elsewhere.
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dandrumheller:
Do the GSM variants have hardware support for the same radio bands as the CDMA models? If not, I'd guess flashing GSM radio on CDMA device won't be a good idea
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hydroman202:
This is what I found regarding bands:

Specs	Compare side-by-side vs...

Modes

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LTE (4G)

band 2 / 1900 MHz PCS (Americas)

band 4 / 1700 MHz AWS (Americas)

band 5 / 850 MHz Cellular (Americas, Oceania, Brazil, Israel)

band 12 / 700 MHz Lower 700 (USA (T-Mobile, regional))

band 17 / 700 MHz Lower 700 (USA (AT&T))

band 25 / 1900 MHz PCS+G (USA (Sprint))

band 26 / 850 MHz Extended Cellular (USA (Sprint))

band 41 / 2500 MHz BRS / EBS (USA (Sprint))

WCDMA (3G / 4G)

band 2 (II) / 1900 MHz PCS (Americas)

band 4 (IV) / 1700 MHz AWS (Americas)

band 5 (V) / 850 MHz Cellular (Americas, Oceania, Brazil, Israel)

CDMA (2G / 3G)

800 MHz / band 27 / BC10 ESMR (Americas (Sprint))

850 MHz / band 5 / BC0 Cellular (Americas, Oceania, Brazil, Israel)

1900 MHz / band 2 / BC1 PCS (Americas)

GSM (2G)

850 MHz / band 5 Cellular (Americas, Oceania, Brazil, Israel)

900 MHz / band 8 (Europe, Asia, Africa)

1800 MHz / band 3 DCS (Europe, Asia, Africa)

1900 MHz / band 2 PCS (Americas)

Sprint version / Verizon version supports LTE 2/4/5/13
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dandrumheller:
This is hard to read on mobile so maybe I'm missing it - this shows all the bands supported across all the variants, but do all the variants have identical radio hardware installed and available bands are strictly controlled modem software? Probably have to look at fcc and international equivalent filings to check. My guess is there are some hardware differences. Purely a guess though.
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hydroman202:
I was thinking along the same lines. I will look for info and post a link to the info when i find it.

I think this is the same link, but not sure. http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/phone.php?p=4672
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dandrumheller:
Also interestingly, now that I'm on resurrection remix marshmallow, I'm getting a boost mobile notification on boot. I have a sprint branded device, and have been on sprint stock and PAC ROMs prior. Phone has never had an active sim in it. Not sure if that could come from a build.prop change, or a different default APN, or something else. Assuming it's not a modem change. I forgot to note / screen shot my phone info screens before my changes.
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sirhc:
It's an Eri.xml change and apn_conf change by the Dev to set correct Carrier Labeling
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hydroman202:
Maybe you could help me with getting the RR ROM to work. I keep getting a black screen. It won't cooperate, so maybe you could give me some direction on how to make it work.
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dandrumheller:
I'm guessing you saw my posts over there with my issues. I did nothing unusual to make it work. Full wipe (dalvik/cache/system/data) from newest twrp, flashed the ROM from the link with the supposed fix for mobile data (can't tell as I don't have a sim) and arm32 pico gapps for 6.0. No black screen on boot issues for me.

My wild ass guess as to why some people are having issues and some aren't is that there is some governor or voltage setting in the default setup of that ROM that doesn't play nice with certain bin chipsets. This guess is coming from seeing similar oddball behavior on other devices for which that was the cause.
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hydroman202:
I think i figured it out. I had previously flashed a firmware, and im guessing there was something in there throwing me in the same situation as other users of a different device. Right, now, i am installing the closest i can get firmware to the device. Hopefully, that will solve my issue with the custom roms. I appreciate the response!
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] artieman12:
I am not sure if this is the same prob or not.

I have a Moto E and was trying to get my AT&T sim card to operate the phone. The adventure began when the SIM was not recognized. I thought maybe it was a bad SIM but installing in another phone and it is fine. I then went on to unlock the bootloader, install TWRP followed by the most current CM13 (6.0.1) files.

None of these resolved my problem so I searched on. I found several conversations on the Moto E 1st gen with the same problem and thus followed with radio files but mine is a 2nd gen and the files seemingly will not install.

I get an error when trying to install the radio files, but I am honestly not sure that I have the correct ones anyway. They are labeled TWRP_XT1021_Retail_US_51_Radio.zip or so on. I am not sure I have the correct files, correct version or that I am even downloading the correct code for the handset I have as there is little information in the "fix" as to how to choose. Retail US, Retail Dual Sim, Retail US AWS...

All I am trying to do is to get the SIM Card recognized.

Are you indicating here that there is a way to flash to modems and if so, which modem fw would I use? I am not sure how to cure this...
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xtermmin:
Which model Moto E are you trying to get working? XT1527 (the model sold by AT&T)? XT1526?

A bunch of modem/radio/basebands are located here in this topic: http://xdaforums.com/moto-e-2015/help/moto-e-2015-modems-t3296044

Flash the one appropriate for your model.
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] artieman1:
It is a Boost version I think xt1526 that I am trying to get to operate in GSM and LTE for AT&T
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xtermmin:
Sprint/Boost/related phones are SIM-locked, so you can't use it on other carriers until you get the unlock code from Sprint/Boost.
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] artieman12:
So should there be another way than to contact Sprint or Boost, would that be something to be found here? The gentlepersons I spoke with at Boost started telling me that if the device was not active, a new 12 month requirement would need to be met with active service prior to removing. The phone may have been active already then removed from services so there is not a consecutive 12 mo subscription. This seems somewhat obtuse with respect to the "policy" but haven't found an alternative.

I thought that rewriting the modems may facilitate a remediation to this condition, but I do not know if I have the correct modems to rewrite with.

Can one take the AT&T modems and re-write this phone with them? Any other ideas?
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ck9068:
Trying to make my XT1526 (Boost stock ROM, rooted) work with GSM, and got stuck on something weird. Inserted a SIM card from China Mobile, changed the network mode to "Global" and turned on roaming, after a while it got successfully registered on T-Mobile network, both voice and data. Yet, when I inserted a T-Mobile SIM card, the phone gave an "Invalid SIM card" error, and simply refused to connect. Thought it might be an issue with APN setting, but I couldn't manually add the T-Mo APN to the phone (in fact it wouldn't take any APN).

I think the phone's hardware is capable of LTE/CDMA/GSM. It's a matter of figuring out the right configuration.
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aamszia:
network mode option is disabled .. ( Home Only )
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xtermmin:
Sprint/Boost/related devices are Domestic SIM Locked.
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rczrider:
So SIM unlock is different than bootloader unlock? What code do I need to ask for? Just "SIM unlock code"?

What I'm currently using the phone with Ringplus (a Sprint MVNO)? Would they be the ones to provide the code, or Sprint (since it's the Sprint prepaid variant)?
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hydroman202:
Regarding this device being locked, I spoke to a sprint rep, and he said as long as you have the msl code, you could reprogram the specific values needed to switch the phone to a different network, meaning the mcc and mdn (i may have that first one wrong). I suppose all you would need to do is contact the carrier you wish to switch to and get the above values. And i think it has to be a network that supports cdma.
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xtermmin:
Yes. Bootloader and SIM locks are two totally different things. You need to ask for the Domestic SIM Unlock code.

Hmm, not sure. Sprint should have it since it's a Sprint Prepaid device, but from their point of view you aren't a customer. Not sure if Ringplus would have it.

That's the major problem though. Most of the time Sprint reps will only give the code if you've used the phone on the Sprint service for 12 months (and some reps don't even know what an msl code is).
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dandrumheller:
If you are using a sprint device on ringplus, you already have your MSL code. Ringplus calculates it and provides it when you sign up. Check your device details on your ringplus account page.

That said, I was able to get mine from an on-line chat with a sprint rep as well (it matched the one ringplus calculated).

The problem now is that no one seems to know how to force the phone to ask for the code to activate the unlock. I've tried att and vzw active postpaid Sims, and all the dialer codes I've found online for various devices. No luck.
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rczrider:
So the MSL is the only code needed to unlock the SIM?

Which version of Android are you using? I'm currently on Resurrection Remix (MM 6.0.1) and wondering if I'd have better luck returning it to stock and trying a different SIM.
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hydroman202:
Im wondering if you just need to create an account and get specific programming instructions. Im probably wrong, but I wonder if zeroing out the mdn and min would force it to find a different network? (I know how to get to that menu).
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dandrumheller:
From what I've read, yes it's the only code needed. Don't know how to use it yet, so don't know for sure.

I've tried AT&T and VZW Sims on 5.0.2 stock, 5.1 stock and CM based custom roms, and 6.0 custom roms. No joy on any of them.

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How do you zero the mdn and min? I'll give it a shot, as the phone is a backup to my backup right now.
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hydroman202:
Well, since sprint apparently doesn't want that menu accessed, (It blocks it when you try to put in ##(yourmslcode)#, you have to take a shortcut. Literally. Install adw launcher, long press on the home screen, go over to the add tab, add custom shortcut, then go to pick your activity, click activities, go down the list and find hidden menu, then click on that, and it will display a bunch of stuff underneath it, scroll down a bit and you will find an option called service programming, (there are 2 of them, click on the first, and thats how to get to the service menu.
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rczrider:
That's a neat trick. Never thought about that.

How is it that Sprint is able to block the menus on a custom ROM? And my bootloader's unlocked. Clearly I don't understand all the layers of Android.

Anyway, I don't have quite those options on my phone (which is running Resurrection Remix, MM 6.0.1). I'm using Nova, but I assume they operate the same. I go to Phone Services, under which I've got another two "Phone Services":

com.android.services.telephony.sip.SipPhoneAccountSettingsActivity

.NetworkModePickerActivity

If I do the first, tapping the icon does nothing. No message, nothing. If I do the second, I get the "Permission denied" toast.

Not sure if either of those are what I'm looking for. Phone Settings > Phone (com.android.services.telephony.activation.SimActivationActivity) sounds promising, but I get the same permission denied toast.
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alv09012013:
This method does not work. Know of any other way to her spc number? I know my msl number but have discovered that the 2 are not the same
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bw 1:
Apparently that only worked with Android 4.4. I don't know of any other way to get an SPC number.

As far as unlocking the SIM for domestic use, my understanding is that Sprint does not use unlock codes (anymore?) and sends the unlock command directly to the device OTA.

The only way to get that command sent OTA to your device is to be a Sprint customer and comply with their requirements.
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rczrider:
If Sprint were to send the OTA, is there a way a person could capture that and pass it along to a developer for them to "open it up" to see what, specifically, it's doing?
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bw 1:
I have no idea.
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abatoir:
Well guys I just got my Moto E (xt1526) working on gsm network (internationally) all I did was dial *#*#4636#*#* then select phone info...., then select SELECT RADIO BAND from the menu option then select USA BAND, then go back,scroll down to set preferred network type, then select GSM auto (PRL) , IF it don't work try and try again, oh I'm running lollipop 5.1
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xtermmin:
The Sprint/Boost XT1526 can be unlocked for international use easily. We're talking about domestic (USA) use, which requires a Domestic SIM Unlock (DSU).
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abatoir:
Oh, sorry my bad
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dishe:
Hang on, so if one would be using, say, a Freedompop SIM (which identifies itself as an international SIM from europe, and roams locally on ATT/T-mobile), this would work?
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bitterkrab:
I've been trying to do this unsuccessfully for the past day. Brand new boost moto E with the Freedompop global SIM. It just doesnt register on network - keeps saying "No Service". First boot on this phone was with the activated FP sim. Accessed the GSM options, added apn, etc - no luck.
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bitterkrab:
I got this working. Full set of instructions in the wiki on this thread
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wpcprez:
anyone know if this works on a phone that's already registered to sprint? (ringplus) a lot of us on ringplus will likely want to get off soon.
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] techntechtx:
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you A**, ive been racking my brain going through nv items tri=ying to goet this xt1526 to work on an AT&T owned MVNO, Cricket.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashyx:
Boot into recovery. Hold POWER + HOME + VOL DOWN then as soon as the screen goes blank immediately change to VOL UP whilst still holding the other buttons.
[Galaxy Note 4 Accessories] domsch1988:
Hey everyone,

I'm considering a smartwatch for Christmas this year. Since the new round of watches is out i'd like to get some input on which one to get.

I really like the look of the moto 360. It's really minimalistic. My Priorities would be: Round display, Android Wear, not too thick/heavy/Plasticy.

I like the look of the new samsung offerings, but Tizen rules them out.

The Zenwatch looks nice on pictures, but square display and big frames around it really doesn't look that nice in person.

Which watch would you get, and which is the all around best offering for the current generation?
[Galaxy Note 4 Accessories] bogdan_wrc:
i had the GEAR S and its better than Moto 360. but the new 360 will be the next option.

tizen in really good...
[Galaxy Note 4 Accessories] domsch1988:
Tizen might be good now, but from my experience, everything thats Manufacturer proprietary (especially Samsung) doesn't get as much updates (if any) and no development at all. So Android Wear is a must...
[Galaxy Note 4 Accessories] Kinsman-UK:
Me too :D

I posted my Moto 360 42mm vs Huawei Watch pros and cons over on the Moto 360 2nd Gen forums:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=63194709&postcount=4

Have a read down the whole thread to get some good insights from others too. These are the three I'm considering, as I'm only interested in Android Wear:

Huawei Watch forums: http://xdaforums.com/huawei-watch

Moto 260 2nd Gen forums: http://xdaforums.com/moto-360-2015

Asus Zenwatch 2 forums: http://xdaforums.com/zenwatch-2

Pretty much decided on the 42mm Moto 360 though! :good:

There are lots of good video reviews on YouTube too.
[Galaxy Note 4 Accessories] darkman1983:
Intresting opinions guys.
[Galaxy Note 4 Accessories] darekz:
My gift to myself was Gear S2 4g from Tmobile. Ability to make a phone call from the watch was a tipping point and LG Urbane 2 was recalled
[Galaxy Note 4 Accessories] fxshpac:
I would like Gear S2 Classic 3G to hit US market soon. It's released on Asia already. Gear S2 Classic currently sold in US is Wifi only.
[Galaxy Note 4 Accessories] 3kgt:
GEAR S
[Galaxy Note 4 Accessories] sutty86:
Sony smart watch 3 is best I have used

Embedded gps, custom kernels

I had the zenwatch

Sony is much faster

Also charge 10 times as fast
[Galaxy Note 4 Accessories] James.Markham0757:
Gear S Original.
[Galaxy Note 4 Accessories] Melissakis:
After some research, I decided to go for the Pebble Time. No fancy stuff, just functionality, great battery life and great support from the community.
[Galaxy Note 4 Accessories] nimaim:
I like my LG Urbane ... does the job nicely for me with pretty good battery life.
[Galaxy Note 4 Accessories] WaxysDargle:
I have been through a pebble time, several AW watches and the samsung s2.

android wear has great features, more being added all the time, but getting them all to work reliably is more than troublesome (connectivity issues too). the gear s2 worked a bit more reliably, but naturally samsung screwed it all up by keeping everything proprietary, including but not limited to S-voice, which sucks... real hard.

i was waiting around with my Huawei watch for the speaker update to hit, but got to thinking about my overall experience and the lackluster of making calls on the watch.

i have reverted to the pebble time. it just works. i can't say the same about any of the others. i am a bit of a power user so things have to work for me. pebble time steel on the way.
[Galaxy Note 4 Accessories] caniswesley:
Personally I love my Pebble Time Steel
[Galaxy Note 4 Accessories] JAsko_san:
Few days back I've buyed myself a Moto 360, and I gotta say I'm really happy with it. It works like a charm. I'm really suprised that you need just max. 30min to charge it from 0-100%. Do you have any awesome watchfaces that you recommend??? :)
[Galaxy Note 4 Accessories] alexsoin:
I'm using Moto 360 1st gen for more than a year now and trying to find another watch for update. I tried several smartwatches on and compared the feel of Huawei, Moto 360 2nd gen, LG Urbane and Gear S2 [MENTION=336972]bestbuy[/MENTION]. Strangely enough LG Urbane was looking the most masculine and robust, have some solid build feel to them. Needless to say that the screen is very sharp OLED [something that Motos 360 lacking] and packing 400mAh battery in! I'm wondering how they do in terms of music playback. I workout a lot and just use my Moto 360 with bluetooth headset (Plantronics Back Beat Fit something) and it works good, decent SQ but battery life is just for 1 hour of playback, may be 1h 20m max. So I always have to charge, be at 100% on my watch before each workout. Can someone comment on SQ and battery life at such scenario? Thanx

Another option is Gear S2 and they look fine, being tiny and light can be an advantage at the gym, right? Apparently it'll be easier to hide them under the sleeve (of hoodie or shirt). But that tiny 250mAh battery? Can it even handle 1h workout with non-stop music playback? May be Tizen is more energy efficient than AndroidWear? Can someone comment as well. Thanx in advance!

I also wonder if Tizen has better and more user friendly Music app (on a watch) because the one of AndroidWear is ugly, buggy and more of an afterthought or early alpha built! Like you gotta scroll thru your whole library, say 30 albums, to turn shuffle on! Syncing is a mess too!

If I don't use my Moto 360 as standalone mp3 player then it rocks 2 days easily on a single charge! Notifications, voice control and other stuff work just fine!
[Galaxy Note 4 Accessories] WaxysDargle:
the s2 is beautiful, and Tizen has much less bloat than Android. I got about 2 days out of it easy while i had it. the battery life is much more stable than with Android Wear too. very consistent. i cant speak for the music app, but if you poke around on the web youll likely find that Tizen would be much more suitable.

all of that said... none of them work very well. it took me months of playing with different watches to recognize that the technology just isnt very developed, and that these watches are all seriously lacking somehow. it's going to be at least another year or two before youre able to reliably and consistently get the performance you are looking for.

i bought a pebble steel and a pebble time steel for the price of one of those watches, and i am much much happier now. it's primitive in relativity, but it actually works.
[Galaxy Note 4 Accessories] Kinsman-UK:
I don't use mine much for music control or playing music direct from the watch, but when I do I use PowerAmp and PowerAmp Remote for Android Wear (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.nefastudio.android.nfpoweramp_wear). It allows me to browse my entire music collection (stored on external SD on my Note 4) from my watch by Artist, Album or Folder - very handy! You also have access to EQ controls etc direct from the watch. The PowerAmp Remote can be started direct from your watch without taking out your phone.

I've found this to be pretty much all I need, although I do also use WearMedia when I want to play music direct from the watch (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=qubin.de.wearmedia) which is excellent.

I would be very hesitant to go the Tizen route, as I've found that I can find an app for almost anything I want on Android Wear, but I very much doubt that would be the case on Tizen.
[Galaxy Note 4 Accessories] alexsoin:
I gotta try WearMedia and see how music playback and files transfer works, IMO even slightest improvements over PlayMusic (google junk) will be a win! Thanks a bunch.

I use PowerAmp on my Note 4 as well but I prefer to leave it in a locker room while I'm working out. Less distractions and device is kinda bulky :)

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I wouldn't personally call regular S2 beautiful :) S2 Calssic is better but not worth 400 bucks it's sold for. I don't have experience with Tizen and majority of reviews isn't good tho! AndroidWear's bloat apparently makes notifications and voice controls much more useful than those on Tizen. Gotta do some more research I guess. Pebbles isn't my thing since they couldn't be used as standalone mp3 players! Thanx
[Galaxy Note 4 Accessories] WaxysDargle:
ya, sorry, i meant the s2 classic.

tizen is solid. i was very skeptical but after owning one it was waaaay better than i thought. android wear has serious issues that tizen does not. the main thing lacking on tizen is voice command. its horrible. notifications on tizen were much more reliable than android wear