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[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Questions & Answers] robroy90:
Along those lines, does anyone here who is AT&T savvy know if there is a Firstnet (Band 13) equivalent on 5G?

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My speedtest results would beg to differ. Here in STL, I got 283 down and 77.1 up the other day. I can post a screen shot if you would like...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Questions & Answers] Mr. Orange 645:
No it's okay. I believe you. LOL.

Its obviously going to differ by location. My statement was more of a joke, but in Springfield, MO the difference between 5G and 4G on T-Mobile are negligible in a lot of places.

I'm visiting friends in Santa Clarita, CA this week and the 5G here is about double the speed of 4G. But I'm not seeing anywhere near 283 down.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Questions & Answers] butchieboy:
And here in Springfield Illinois I can walk 10 feet and it will be different. If I were to do the speed test at home you guys would laugh at the results
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Questions & Answers] keredini:
Where in STL? I'm real close to a 5G tower on Hwy 141 and half the time it doesn't even show 5G in my network status, even if I'm driving right by it. And my speeds are dogsh!t, even when it does show 5G (see my previous post in this thread). Let me guess, you're on unlimited ELITE?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Questions & Answers] kangi26:
So in my talk with AT&T customer service (take with a grain of salt). They said they will be looking to activate 5G to the other "grandfathered plans" in the near future. They didn't give any dates but it makes complete sense for them to add that to them
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Questions & Answers] rifleman56:
can this be done at an ATT store? been waiting on the phone for 30 minutes so far.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Questions & Answers] butchieboy:
It just sucks that they make us upgrade our packages when the plan i was on said 5G compatible. They told me yeah its for 5G but you have to upgrade to actually get it...WHAT!....LOL

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I'm not sure. If I were you I would call customer care elite. That basic number when you call is a joke. They were the ones that activated new sim when I got device and didn't provision correct
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Questions & Answers] xfaega:
They told me the same thing. It will never happen. I had to upgrade to the unlimited elite (SM) to get 5G. I was on the unlimited signature enhanced plan and they told me there will be no chance to get 5G on that plan. The upgrade only cost me $15 extra a month. Not to bad I guess.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Questions & Answers] kangi26:
Yeah, 5G"e"

:rolleyes:
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Questions & Answers] rifleman56:
Yeah, I did that too. I hope its worth it.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Questions & Answers] jpinoy:
Yup, I'm not on the 5G plan, but when I headed into work(city) my phone showed 5Ge, I tested the speed and it was worst than 4GLTE speeds.. that reminds me, I need to sign up for their 5G elite.. :D it's cheaper than the plan I have now.. I have to check yearly as some better plans come out than the one I'm currently one.. it sucks..
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Questions & Answers] ekerbuddyeker:
Op here. I contacted ATT and upgraded the plan. 5G everywhere. Pretty much. Very good
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Questions & Answers] keredini:
OK, not sure if this is just me being lucky or if there is something going on with the plans and provisioning / throttling. See my previous post in here, i was getting terrible speeds. I was on starter, moved to extra, still couldn't get anything higher than around 4MB down .... I changed my plan to Elite yesterday morning, just to see ... speeds were better but not great, i never got over 8-10 down. After about only an hour I changed my plan back to Extra (the middle tier), and speeds stayed around the same 8-10MB, which is strange since i would have thought it would have throttled back down. I went back into my APN settings and noticed i was on enhancedphone, i switched it to nxtgenphone. BAM! I'm getting consistently above 30MB down in my basement where i ran all previous tests. I'm in my office today, network indicator shows 5G and I'm consistently getting ~70MB down, I'd never get above 4MB in my office before.

Obviously i had toggled the APNs before when i was on the starter and extra plans, and speeds never changed significantly and were always slow. I made no changes to the APNs, just switched between them. I didn't use cell mapper or Samsung Band selector or anything.

Is it possible the change to the Elite plan, which every ATT rep says you need to be on to get 5G, triggered something on my SIM/account/line to stop throttling ... and though even though i changed back to Extra, that change stuck and i am now getting the speeds i expect? I've logged into ATT to make sure the plan change went through, my account is right (my selected plan is listed as Extra, not Elite).

NOTE: I'm not suggesting anyone who upgraded to Elite downgrade to try this out, obviously YMMV. The only other reason i can think of the drastic change in speeds is that the support ticket (mentioned in my post on page 2) did actually get created and someone on the backend did something. But that is pretty coincidental timing that it happened right as i changed plans and changed APNs.

UPDATE: am getting ~130-140 down and 10-15 up just outside my office!
[Sony Xperia 1 II Questions & Answers] blkair445:
I received my new sony 1 ii and have checked and the bootloader can be unlocked and the phone can be rooted. I thought I was away to the races but I'm mystified. I can't get the phone to boot into fast boot.

I appears I have the drivers in place and the phone is recognized by the computer but no luck with fast boot.

I have searched and can't seem to find out why this is. I suspect some kind of driver issue with win10 but when I connect to the computer with the phone off and hold the up-volume nothing happens. I have also tried to boot into recovery mode and that does not work as well. Any help would be appreciated.
[Sony Xperia 1 II Questions & Answers] R800x_user:
On Sony devices you need to power off and hold volume up and plug in the USB cable. That should leave the blue LED to indicate fastboot mode. I'm not 100% sure since it's been a while since I've messed around with Sony devices
[Sony Xperia 1 II Questions & Answers] blkair446:
Thanks for the input. I have done that and am still unable to action ADB - It is a little confusing since the phone only shows the blue light and nothing else.

If I normally boot the phone it will register as an ADB device. I also find it strange that it will not boot into recovery. The android icon flashes but when you release it boots to safe mode. I assume it is a driver issue but it is not revealing its self to me . Cheers
[Sony Xperia 1 II Questions & Answers] Beetle84:
The blue light is fastboot mode. There is no ui interface in fastboot for sony devices. Just a blue light and black screen.
[Sony Xperia 1 II Questions & Answers] blkair446:
Same person but had to change user name -- more on the issue

I managed to unlock the boot loader and it seems that at every step for rooting I am running into curve balls. Windows was not working for me so I managed to unlock the bootloader with Linux and going on to the next step I had to go back to windows to find a current factory ROM.

The next issue: going back to the "how to" I am unable to located boot.xxxxx.sin in the factory ROM and the closest I could find is boot_x-Flash-ALL-2389.sin and that doesn't work.

In the boot directory all files are bootloader_X_44 and a combination of zip and sin files

Can anyone steer me through the muddy waters

The factory rom was downloaded through XperiaFirm application
[Sony Xperia 1 II Questions & Answers] jepher:
May I know how did you unlock the bootloader? Did you use xperia 1 as your device in https://developer.sony.com/develop/open-devices/get-started/unlock-bootloader/#unlock-code?

I have already installed usb drivers and have the platform tools. But everytime I boot my device to fastboot, whether using "adb reboot bootloader" or power button + volume up, screen only shows black (led is solid blue). I did left it for a couple of minutes, nothing happened.
[Sony Xperia 1 II Questions & Answers] blkair446:
I unlocked my bootloader after obtaining the unlock code from sony developers I used adb/fastboot commands in linux mint. Pretty straight forward but the next step for rooting is giving me issues. Just select xperia 1 and the imei number will identify your phone -- cheers
[Sony Xperia 1 II Questions & Answers] jepher:
Yes I followed those. But may I know how long it took you to finish the unlocking?

Install ADB/SDK drivers

Download platform tools

Plug the device

Make sure adb can see my device

Use adb reboot bootloader command

Device booted to fastboot mode

Execute the command with the unlock code

...stucked here

If I miss something. Please do let me know
[Sony Xperia 1 II Questions & Answers] blkair446:
I assume you are using windows and I must say I gave up trying to get win10 to work and I was stuck at the same place you are. I then switched to linux and it went a lot smoother and I didn't need all those tools as laid out in the description.

In linux you must use the phone to go into fastboot mode if you boot from computer it actually boots to a visible screen on the phone and I didn't have connection that would take the command line commands. Linux is very good because if you are missing something it will give you a link or a command line input when you execute the ADB or Fastboot command.

I have run a windows/linux dual boot desktop for a while now and I'm no expert but coming from the era of command line I can muddle through. Sorry if I can't give you more info on windows but win10 is such a pain and I find that with a lot of things linux works better. If I didn't need adobe acrobat I would not even bother with windows.

cheers
[Sony Xperia 1 II Questions & Answers] jepher:
Yes I am using w10. Will try linux later. I have searched everywhere and stucked at the same step. Thank you.
[Sony Xperia 1 II Questions & Answers] jepher:
I have managed to unlock the bootloader and root the phone. But problem is. I can't write on the root folder.
[Sony Xperia 1 II Questions & Answers] blkair446:
More to this I think I might have located the boot file boot_X-flash-all-2396.sin but using magisk it returns no boot image found. I see the guide says use the canary built but that seems to have been shut down, so at an impasse here and am still reaching out for help - damn op phone were never this funky

I might as well put this one out there then -- Is there anyway to flash a op 8 pro in2025 to dual sim - it's the cause of this painful trip
[Sony Xperia 1 II Questions & Answers] jepher:
I was reverting my phone to unroot and locked bootloader. And it is saying that "Your Device is corrupt. It can't be trusted and will not boot" loop.

I tried flashing it using the new flasher. But after flashing, it will do SONY boot loop. If I connect it to a charger it goes back to "Your Device is corrupt. It can't be trusted and will not boot" loop.

I can't use Sony Companion since it is saying that my battery is low, and I can't charge the phone since it will just continue looping.

Do you know/have any recovery.img?

Edt: Fixed my phone. Relocked the bootloader
[Sony Xperia 1 II Questions & Answers] cd993:
Any chance you could post the steps to relock successfully? I presume using the fastboot commands etc though did you then just re run the command to relock the bootloader? Many thanks
[Sony Xperia 1 II Questions & Answers] jepher:
Yes. Relock it using fastboot command.

I use ubuntu to do it. If you can run fastboot commands in windows10 lucky you.
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] thesecondsfade:
I have been a big fan of the Grand Prime because of how customizable it is, its durability, size, and the fact that is still does everything you need from a smartphone. I started with the MetroPCS versions, and was very happy with being able to put LineageOS on it, etc.

I recently bought Sprint versions of the Grand Prime (SM-G530P/gprimeltespr) to take advantage of Tello's low priced plans. I unlocked the bootloader and flashed TWRP using the official gprimeltespr version from the official TWRP site and it installed without issue. However, whenever attempting to actually go into recovery mode, it simply fails and puts me back onto the "battery charging" screen. I have not been able to get past it at all. I tried both of the available versions from TWRP's site.

Edit: Removing some of my additional comments because they're unnecessary now that I have found a solution to get LineageOS 15.1 installed (see 2nd post below).
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] thesecondsfade:
I found a comibnation of TWRP, kernel, and ROM files that successfully allow you to install LineageOS 15.1 onto the Sprint-branded Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime SM-G530P/gprimeltespr.

Steps:

Download this Kernel zip onto the device: oc_hotplug-bootimage-lineage-15.1-j1-20180815-gprimeltespr

Download this ROM zip onto the device: lineage-15.1-j37-20190101-NIGHTLY-gprimeltespr

On your PC, download this Recovery tar and flash it to the device using the AP slot in Odin: TWRP-3.1.1-lineage-14.1_j5_20180101_gprimeltespr.

On the device, open Recovery, backup your current ROM, then do a full wipe.

Install the Kernel zip you downloaded in step 1.

If you attempt to install LineageOS15.1 before you install the Kernel, it will complain about you not having the right phone model.

Restart your device and get right back into TWRP.

Install the ROM zip from step 2.
[HTC Vox] houthakker21:
Hello,

Yesterday i get the THC S-710 mobile as a present.

I'm living in Germany and it's the old cell-phone of my dad!

My dad get his phone by a contract!

I tried to put a German sim in it, but the telephone is locked........

I don't have money and was very pleased that i get the cell-phone from my dad.............

Is there any who could help me to unlock this thing??

I don't have a working cell-phone at the moment.....

Greetz

Houthakker
[HTC Vox] fireburned:
You sould try this :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=355790

It's free !

;)
[HTC Vox] houthakker21:
Hi how can i add a file?

thnx
[HTC Vox] frauhottelmann:
Well it's not exactly free, all he wants is a little donation...
[Xiaomi Mi 10 Ultra Guides, News, & Discussion] ToneLa:
I use Xperia Digital Clock as it's simple and I did love my old Sony years ago. However with the Mi 10 Ultra I found I couldn't press the clock to set an new alarm time

Ditto my weather app widget. Press does nothing.

Easy enough fix for widgets you need to touch:

-Long Press on the widget

- App Info

- Permissions

- Enable "Display pop-up windows while running in background"

Caveat: did immediately switch to Nova Launcher, where this is definitely required.
[Off-topic] Byadanan:
Hi,

I live in Clifton and want to ask what is the best server for me to choose for lineage 2. At this point, I chose a Singapore server because the ping was 90. Kind of good to be true for this game. So please let me know which servers are highly recommended. I have heard that most servers have at least one controlled equalizing relative. They use turtle stone to limit the amount of experience they get. This allows them to do areas without alignment (especially useful at lower levels as it allows them to do all 3 startup areas at a level and then such as Angmar and Forochel)

Thank you in advance
[General Questions and Answers] Bedbug45:
Hello my phone is Samsung Galaxy S3 Neo. Is this speeds are normal? Because these are very slow. Download 2.19mbps Upload 1.73 mbps.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Questions & Answers] OctaneOp:
I had unlocked bootloader on my poco F1 but now when I reeboted the phone it's showing locked but I have proper root access.Why this is happening?
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Questions & Answers] guhvanoh:
I guess you have the special one... Does root really work???
[Xiaomi Redmi S2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] amith07:
PixelExtended ROM (Fan-Edition) for Xiaomi Redmi S2/Y2 [ysl]

What is this?

PixelExtended ROM (or PEX for short) is a fork of Pixel Experience , Combining Pixel Goodies with some essential features you were missing in Pixel Experience, delivers a ROM that promise you stabilty and being feature-rich at the same time . TBH this ROM will keep it's Pixel' idea intact and won't be bloat with unwanted features .

Our mission is to offer the maximum possible stability and security, along with essential and useful features for the proper functioning of the device

Based on Android 10.0

Whats working?

Wifi

RIL

Mobile data

GPS

Camera

Flashlight

Camcorder

Bluetooth

FMRadio

Fingerprint reader

Face unlock

NFC

Lights

Sound / vibration

Known issues

Nothing yet

You tell me

Features That are Available At the Moment

Reworked OOS like network traffic (Different from original project)

Volte icon

QS blur

R style Notification Header

FP Swipe Gestures

Smart Charging

Adaptive Media Playback

Redesigned Volume Dialog like PA

FP unlock after system reboot

Notification Logs

Theming Customisation

Some few New accents

Some few New Fonts

Some few New lockscreen clocks

Some few New icon shapes

As only Essesntial Features will be added so this list will updated whenever there is a new feature

NOTE :- All possible features are toggleable so you always can choose to be stockish.

DON'T FLASH GAPPS, THEY'RE ALREADY INCLUDED

MOD EDIT: Link Removed

Donate

Liked my work? Give me a beer

Stay tuned

Device Support Group

​

Android OS version: 10.0

Security patch level: September 2020

Build author/Device Maintainer: Amith Acharya

Source code: https://github.com/PixelExtended

PixelExtended Developer: Aryan Gupta

Specail Thanks to: jhenrique09

​
[Xiaomi Redmi S2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] yergene:
No downloadable files. Please check link
[Xiaomi Redmi S2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] amith07:
Everything has been fixed now
[Xiaomi Redmi S2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] shadowstep:
[MENTION=10601659]amith07[/MENTION] You've removed the kernel source link from the first post. Kindly re-add the same.

EDIT:

THREAD CLOSED

On account of non-availability of kernel source link.

Regards,

shadowstep

Forum Moderator
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] ishtangli:
The WIFI icon on my 8525 is stuck. Its there even if my WIFI is off. It doesnt change even if I connect to a 3G network.

Im using VP3G's last ROM based on the official AT&T release.

Please help.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] ultramag69:
Try a soft reset....
[General Topics] hurlube:
Good afternoon mods, I'm sorry but I had to open a thread about this topic again.

It's absolutely not illegal to change your IMEI in most of the world. For instance, it's completely legal in the entirety of the US (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Mobile_Equipment_Identity#IMEI_and_the_law).

As far as I know, the only known law in the whole of Europe (referring to the continent) that makes it illegal is in the UK and it's only illegal if you don't have the manufacturer permission. If you do, it's legal (see See 3.b https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/31/section/1). And it's perfectly possible to obtain such permissions from some manufacturers.

There is one specific German law making it illegal if and only if IMEI change is done in the context of tampering with evidence after a crime. And not before if it's not tampering with evidence.

While I do understand IMEI change could be illegal (citation needed?) in some rather few authoritarian regimes like China or even India. It's absolutely not illegal (yet) in most of the democratic world including the US, the UK (if you have permission from the manufacturer) and the EU. But it would be a bit ironic to ban this based on the laws of such regimes as they probably wouldn't allow rooting/jailbreaking either.

I also do understand IMEI change is probably against the ToS of many mobile operators but there is a very large gap between violating ToS and violating the law.

In brief, there are certainly in my opinion not enough of those place (yet) to justify a blanket censorship of this topic when it's also clearly an important privacy issue and that Apps/Operators/Manufacturers and indeed authoritarian law enforcement are using the IMEI to track users and also to track dissidents/protesters (see BLM, see Kashmir, see Hong Kong, see Lebanon, see Belarus, ...)

I would like to kindly request mods to provide a citation of this being illegal before applying such a blanket ban.

This is not a troll at all. There have been numerous threads about this topic on XDA and this is a recurring issue of mods seemingly thinking this is illegal when it's not. The whole perceived illegality of IMEI change is in almost all cases hearsay without any legal base.

Thank you kindly for your consideration and hopefully you won't ban me for this.

(Just to be clear, this topic is not about asking a way to change IMEI but asking the mods to provide citations about the illegality of IMEI change when censoring such threads)
[General Topics] byAidan:
I can't think of a legitimate reason why someone would need to change their IMEI number unless they are doing something shady.

Regardless of if the process itself is legal or not, the reasons why you would need to do it are most likely not legal. I'm sure that's why it falls under the "Don't get us into trouble." rule on here.
[General Topics] hurlube:
Thank you for your answer.

The same reasoning could be used for MAC address randomization or for any other privacy feature such as XPrivacy or Magisk Hide ... Yet those are fine. All the banks and some apps (Netflix) will also argue you have no reason to root/jailbreak and subsequently hide the root/jailbreak if you're not doing shady things.

The same reasoning could be used for VPN/Tor users or those who use private DNS over TLS/HTTPS. If you have nothing to hide you have nothing to fear?

A good legitimate reason is for instance that all Banking Apps (and many others) require "Phone permission" which allows them to read the IMEI. This allows them to track you with an unchangeable UID. A much better UID than any other tracking ID generated by the OS.

Another good legitimate reason besides avoiding commercial tracking is to make illegal dragnet surveillance a bit less effective.

And last but not least, it can help people stay alive under highly oppressive regimes ...

But I'm not arguing to ethically accept something illegal. I'm arguing to not ethically reject something perfectly legal using a wrong reasoning such as its supposed illegality.

I don't see any legitimate reason for Apps/Operators/Manufacturers to be able to track users using unchangeable UIDs such as the IMEI. And again ... it's absolutely not illegal so why make it illegal or shady?

Sure it can be used for shady things ... But this is valid for anything. IMHO Shady people won't use this anyway, they'll just use burner phones. Why bother wasting time with IMEI change ...

In the end, fair enough ... XDA is of course not a public space in itself and they're free to moderate the way they want. I'm just arguing that mods shouldn't use the "It's illegal" reasoning when removing those topics.

Instead they should just say "We think it's too shady and we don't like it ... even if it's legal" ... But stating it's illegal is just factually incorrect in most of the world.