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So I just bought a Droid 4, equipped with Jelly Bean 4.1.2 as stock. I thought it would be unlocked (as Verizon and Motorola have both told me that Droid does not come locked in the first place. This and its GSM lead me to believe it should work just fine with Cricket, but alas, it seems to not be the case; the Cricket test SIM wasn't recognized when I took it in.
As I've explored this, I've wandered across tons of sites and tutorials that are fore the most part outdated, since the device first came out in 2011, although it seems Motorola has been updating it along the way; this particular device is 4GLTE compatible.
Anyway. When I start into the Fastboot menu, it states that "the device is LOCKED." I don't know if that refers to the device's ability to be used cross-network, though.
Bottom line is can this device be flashed to be supported on the Cricket Wireless network? I'm not concerned about 3G data or anything; I don't care much for having the internet with me wherever I go. I basically only want talk, text, and wifi, when available. Is this possible at all?
Thanks to anyone who can help.
There are 2 different things that are referred to as locked.
Bootloader and radio band/sim
AP Fastboot is referring to the bootloader
What you need to know is about radio bands and GMS
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Cricket wireless uses AT&T Which is GMS
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I believe you need to do something like what is described in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25219819#post25219819
The Bionic, Razr, and Droid 4 are very similar devices
Should be a Droid 4 thread on this, but haven't seen it.
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sd_shadow said:
[/COLOR]I believe you need to do something like what is described in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25219819#post25219819
The Bionic, Razr, and Droid 4 are very similar devices
Should be a Droid 4 thread on this, but haven't seen it.
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Thank you.
From what I can gather, it looks as if GSM unlock for LTE devices is simply not available in America.. Is that correct? The most recent forum post I could find was from December 2014, stating something to this effect. Have you any more updated information regarding this?
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Thank you.
From what I can gather, it looks as if GSM unlock for LTE devices is simply not available in America.. Is that correct? The most recent forum post I could find was from December 2014, stating something to this effect. Have you any more updated information regarding this?
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Master Thread for Radio/GSM Unlocking Discussion in America been awhile since I looked at that thread, guess no one ever got the droid 4 to work with US GMS networks.
Facing network connectivity issue on nexus6 here in India some time network loss automatically.
Having similar issues running almost any ROM after doing a full data/dalvic/cache wipe. Currently running Slimrom 2.2 on att and I get no service. At first it was cutting in and out, but now I just get nothing.
This has been ongoing problem with the entire Nexus line that is being research by both XDA and Google
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This has been ongoing problem with the entire Nexus line that is being research by both XDA and Google
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i have a nexus 4, nexus 5, and nexus 6, and they experience no such problems. chances are that people are just having local connectivity issues. it is not a nexus issue.
There's a thread about adding different bands and i believe one was for india, let me see if i can find it..
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/general/how-to-enable-nexus6-xt1103-4g-lte-t3042373
Nevermind sorry
I'm thinking of purchasing one would someone be willing to tell me the pro's and con's of this phone?
Video Randomly becomes tiled and I can't see anything.
The video randomly becomes tiled and I can't see anything.
Hyberrnating the phone and waking it up fixes it.
Just very annoying. Is there a fix for this? Happens on and off
Frequently.
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rfj1979 said:
I'm thinking of purchasing one would someone be willing to tell me the pro's and con's of this phone?
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Everything is a pro with chroma and elementalx kernel.
Cons missing features for someone unwilling to figure out rooting and romming.
rfj1979 said:
I'm thinking of purchasing one would someone be willing to tell me the pro's and con's of this phone?
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Everything is a pro with chroma and elementalx kernel.
Cons missing features for someone unwilling to figure out rooting and romming.
We are not going to get all the features in Pixel in 7.1. Im hoping after someone does get an unlocked version we can get the features. But it looks like it will only be exclusive to Pixel phones including the launcher
May I ask will Nexus 6 get any more security updates as they come down or no?
Or after Nougat thats it plain and simple?
Thanks In advance
The Launcher is an app. I'm already using an older version of it.
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May I ask will Nexus 6 get any more security updates as they come down or no?
Or after Nougat thats it plain and simple?
Thanks In advance
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No more major Android upgrades, but security updates for at least another year.
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The Launcher is an app. I'm already using an older version of it.
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No more major Android upgrades, but security updates for at least another year.
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Thank you so much for the reply, i appreciate that.
So we have basically another year.
Then prolly look at something else.
New google pixels, well the better model........... near new iphone 7 pricing in canada:laugh:
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May I ask will Nexus 6 get any more security updates as they come down or no?
Or after Nougat thats it plain and simple?
Thanks In advance
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After 7.1 that will be it for the 6 i believe. They say the 6 is iffy on getting the 7.1 and it will be a dev preview if we get it and it will be before end of year.
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The Launcher is an app. I'm already using an older version of it.
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No more major Android upgrades, but security updates for at least another year.
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The new launcher will be hard to get until someone gets the phone then im sure we will have it
who cares about updates?
If the phone runs fine, has great specs, and dev support, no one cares about any of this update non sense..
Do you REALLY care if you get the Pixel launcher on this phone, when Nova already blows it away??
Security updates???? You root your phone, don't you, so you obviously dont care that much about "Security"
This obsession with "updates" is really nothing more than a learned dysfunction...
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So we have basically another year.
Then prolly look at something else.
New google pixels, well the better model........... near new iphone 7 pricing in canada:laugh:
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So, I get it, the Pixel is too expensive for me too. But so was the 6 and the 6P. I bought the 6 after it's been out a year. And the Pixel XL is obviously a good phone, even if we disregard all the PR rubbish they said. Well I couldn't give a critter's backside for the Google Assist, but if it sells more phones, good for them. But the camera is superb for the first time, and the screen looks great, and it's optimized for that hardware. That means a no lag Android phone.
If all the above is true, then it should compete with the Galaxy S, and the iPhone line.
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The new launcher will be hard to get until someone gets the phone then im sure we will have it
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About two weeks. I just hope for factory images, then we'll see what is Pixel exclusive, and what's not...
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So, I get it, the Pixel is too expensive for me too. But so was the 6 and the 6P. I bought the 6 after it's been out a year. And the Pixel XL is obviously a good phone, even if we disregard all the PR rubbish they said. Well I couldn't give a critter's backside for the Google Assist, but if it sells more phones, good for them. But the camera is superb for the first time, and the screen looks great, and it's optimized for that hardware. That means a no lag Android phone.
If all the above is true, then it should compete with the Galaxy S, and the iPhone line.
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About two weeks. I just hope for factory images, then we'll see what is Pixel exclusive, and what's not...
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It was already mentioned yesterday from the SVP of Google that we will not see all the Pixel exclusive features in 7.1 unless you buy that said phone. They may agree later to expand to other phones just not sure
aside from the better camera, I am not sure many real Nexus "fans" care about any of the so called "features" of 7.1 or the Pixel line itself..
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It was already mentioned yesterday from the SVP of Google that we will not see all the Pixel exclusive features in 7.1 unless you buy that said phone. They may agree later to expand to other phones just not sure
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And what did I say, exactly?
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aside from the better camera, I am not sure many real Nexus "fans" care about any of the so called "features" of 7.1 or the Pixel line itself..
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I hear you im happy with my N5 and 6. I dont even use Allo or Duo. Action Launcher and others is just fine with me.
agreed; I tried Allo and duo, but after reading how intrusive and spy ware based they are, I got rid of them..plenty of other choices out there that do the same thing..
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I dont like my note 9??
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I dont like my note 9[emoji85][emoji85]
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[emoji23] why so?
I dont like my hair.
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K-alz said:
[emoji23] why so?
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Dunno really. I like the look etc. I expected better battery life but doesnt seem to work for me I would say I'm a heavy user.
My main problems now is having problems with sound and bluetooth sound. My bluetooth sound has all of a sudden become strange if I'm listening to a song in my van or bluetooth speaker the sound skips like as if a CD jumping.
And notifications dont seem to come through properly. Sometimes I get texts but dont know about them as the notification disappears
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I dont like my hair.
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LMAO. Me neither, I have a little bit of it left.
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Dunno really. I like the look etc. I expected better battery life but doesnt seem to work for me I would say I'm a heavy user.
My main problems now is having problems with sound and bluetooth sound. My bluetooth sound has all of a sudden become strange if I'm listening to a song in my van or bluetooth speaker the sound skips like as if a CD jumping.
And notifications dont seem to come through properly. Sometimes I get texts but dont know about them as the notification disappears
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Man, I have non of these issues you've mentioned. Mine has been flawless. The only weird thing that happens sometimes is somethings reset on their own. Like some apps just disapeare from my home screen/folders for no reason. Some settings clear themselves out without me doing anything. Sometimes, I think Samsung is remotely is messing with my phone.
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Dunno really. I like the look etc. I expected better battery life but doesnt seem to work for me I would say I'm a heavy user.
My main problems now is having problems with sound and bluetooth sound. My bluetooth sound has all of a sudden become strange if I'm listening to a song in my van or bluetooth speaker the sound skips like as if a CD jumping.
And notifications dont seem to come through properly. Sometimes I get texts but dont know about them as the notification disappears
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That's a chipset power management issue. The only fix I've found us turning off wifi or bluetooth for a second and then turn it back on.
The reason its happening is because of the wifi, data, and bluetooth chips being all in one when it comes to power management. Great for form factor, dumb for data/power handling.??
It happens on Oreo as well but pie handles it WAY WAY WORSE.
But seriously K-alz kinda good to have this, I get tired of the high and mighty peeps on XDA jumping on others for crap. We were all new to this once. At&t ota is out, I'm wondering if it will fix the bluetooth issue. Having a hard time pulling away from Oreo. Plus ota just hit for my Note FE, I think S8 ota is coming too plus Javix working on new rom for Note 8 im just trying to keep track of what im flashing where[emoji12]
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Friend of mine has Verizon N9 says her text messages sometimes just vanish.
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@Jammol
Did you get the apk's
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But seriously K-alz kinda good to have this, I get tired of the high and mighty peeps on XDA jumping on others for crap. We were all new to this once. At&t ota is out, I'm wondering if it will fix the bluetooth issue. Having a hard time pulling away from Oreo. Plus ota just hit for my Note FE, I think S8 ota is coming too plus Javix working on new rom for Note 8 im just trying to keep track of what im flashing where[emoji12]
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Friend of mine has Verizon N9 says her text messages sometimes just vanish.
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@Jammol
Did you get the apk's
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Yes indeed sir thank you!!! I just got in there and saw your messages!?? I appreciate you sir.?
I'll be going back to Oreo for a bit until another Pie update is released cause this version doesn't take the cake.
Did you try the new CSC1?
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But seriously K-alz kinda good to have this, I get tired of the high and mighty peeps on XDA jumping on others for crap. We were all new to this once. At&t ota is out, I'm wondering if it will fix the bluetooth issue. Having a hard time pulling away from Oreo. Plus ota just hit for my Note FE, I think S8 ota is coming too plus Javix working on new rom for Note 8 im just trying to keep track of what im flashing where[emoji12]
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Friend of mine has Verizon N9 says her text messages sometimes just vanish.
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@Jammol
Did you get the apk's
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Yup. That's another thing that is getting old. Giving others crap for asking a simple question. Arguing over dumb stuff. Getting off topic on a thread with something very important, root. All of that has brought the idea of having a thread like this. I want everyone to participate and talk about whatever the hell they want. Just make it a chat room.
And man, I'm so jealous of you. You sound so rich having all of these amazing phones...... And freaking rooted. Lol
K-alz...this is my secret...Each pay if I can afford it....I put $20 aside for anything phone related. That way I dont touch my savings thats for the family. Lol not rich at all...you know what I do for a living..not gonna get rich ...lol
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Yes I would love to be able to use Titanium Backup with N9
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And plus Android is my hobby..lol so my wife doesn't mind it at all when I want to get a device..she figures I work hard risk life everyday so doing something I love is fine with her.
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butchieboy said:
Did you try the new CSC1?
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Not yet. Been thinking about it though before I go back to Oreo.
Im actually getting ready to let mine take the OTA..good thing is its still on U1 bootloader so we can go back to Oreo.
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K-alz...this is my secret...Each pay if I can afford it....I put $20 aside for anything phone related. That way I dont touch my savings thats for the family. Lol not rich at all...you know what I do for a living..not gonna get rich ...lol
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Yes I would love to be able to use Titanium Backup with N9
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And plus Android is my hobby..lol so my wife doesn't mind it at all when I want to get a device..she figures I work hard risk life everyday so doing something I love is fine with her.
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Sounds like a good idea, but I stupidly vape, so that $20 goes to juice and coils. And dang, those are some nice bikes you got there, bro.
So after taking the OTA on my Note FE to Pie CSC4 I have found that if I use Package disabler you cannot update apps in playstore. So my At&t Note 9 is going through the OTA to CSC1 now. If I am unable to use package disabler on the new Pie this is a deal breaker for me. I was able to use it on CSB3. I will let you guys know how it goes
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So after taking the OTA on my Note FE to Pie CSC4 I have found that if I use Package disabler you cannot update apps in playstore. So my At&t Note 9 is going through the OTA to CSC1 now. If I am unable to use package disabler on the new Pie this is a deal breaker for me. I was able to use it on CSB3. I will let you guys know how it goes
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Man, screw this. I'll be searching for cheaper unlockable phones from now on. I'm so tired of being locked down on my own device. Xiaomi sounds like a good phone to me. Lol
A buddy of mine has one and loves it
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