Root_Genie
Lurker
also to answer the difference question between a sph-l710 and a sph-l710t, I found this link Tri-Band definition (Phone Scoop)
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Root [Boost Mobile] Is it possible to wifi tether with stock 4.4.2 rooted?
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Madbat
Android Expert
lol, trust me the last thing I want to do is brick the phone. What is the difference betrween ndc and nd8 anyways? is it the same as d2lte? Im trying to get a feel for what I'm looking for and if by chance I find a way to get around this tether problem with out having to pay for it trust me you all will be the first to know. I make it a personal mission in life to make the impossible, possible.
Bro, it's like 3 bucks. Get the app.
wetbiker7
Extreme Android User
lol, trust me the last thing I want to do is brick the phone. What is the difference betrween ndc and nd8 anyways? is it the same as d2lte? Im trying to get a feel for what I'm looking for and if by chance I find a way to get around this tether problem with out having to pay for it trust me you all will be the first to know. I make it a personal mission in life to make the impossible, possible.
NDC is Boost and ND8 is Sprint. In this case they represent both the bootloader and the modem. The modems can be ran on either carrier but the phone must be running a custom kernel.
The T stands for tri-band. I'm sure you can use Google to find out all the info you need.
NOTE: The Tri-band phone uses a completely different modem. NDC and ND8 do not apply to the Tri-band phones. They cannot be used on them either. Flashing the NDC and ND8 modems on a Tri-band phone will result in the loss of radio and data.
Gendo420
Android Enthusiast
I Odin'ed ND8 on my triband S3, no brick, I just lost the Spark capability.
*edit* ignore me, mixing up my two devices, one with and one without spark. After posting I started to think, and checked.
wetbiker7
Extreme Android User
That's good news because flashing the new modems on the old bootloader will result in a brick. Several developers over at XDA found this out the hard way and bricked their phones right the 4.4.2 update was released. I figured it would brick the tri-band also since it runs a different bootloader. Good thing you only lost radio and data and didn't hard brick. I saw in the other thread where a flashable modem zip for the tri-band has been created to remedy this in case anyone else accidentally flashes the wrong modem. :thumbup:
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I will edit my previous post to reflect this new found info and that flashing the NDC or ND8 modems on the tri-band will only result in the loss of radio and data, not a brick.
deadeyesystems
Lurker
I have Boost Mobile SPH-L710T rooted with Philz latest Via JODIN (Web Based ODIN alternative). I just installed WIFI Tether Router 6.0.4 as suggested. It works perfectly so far. Running persistent PING to Google. No lags. So far good connection.
I was unable to download WIFI Tether Router from Play Store because it says that it is not compatible with carrier. After some messing around I have tethering working with android-wifi-tether. It is available for download from https://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/. Download version 3.3 Beta 2. Your phone must be rooted. Use default settings except change device profile to Samsung Galaxy S4 and it works great. Set a new WPA2 password. Its working great on my LG Volt, and its Free!