richking34
Android Enthusiast
on 4g lte?
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Root [Virgin Mobile] [OLD]Sprint to Virgin Mobile LTE/MMS FIX [OLD]
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- samsung galaxy s3
Yes on LTE
richking34
Android Enthusiast
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh damnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
Are you serious?
yeah but hangouts is being weird it say i received the pic but i have to download before it will show up and it wont download. this happened on another phone that was completely stock so i just think its hangouts. but i was at least able to send and receive a pic just once.
been going on al night and dont know y
did notice that a development team would possible work on this phone probably just need more activity on there threads. they did alot of stuff for the S2 i had a while ago. leaked a lot of stock roms before they were OTA. Some of you guys might know of them
here the link tho. its worth a shot
Galaxy S III (Virgin)
here the link tho. its worth a shot
Galaxy S III (Virgin)
Darien153
Android Enthusiast
Hi I'm new to this S3 forum. I have moved from the Evo V 4g. I really appreciate all who test all who test the MMS. As before we could send and receive pics for the evo 3D but we couldn't download it. Most likely it sounds like it has to do with the MMS.apk... In the evo 3d forum we had to change both the APN and MMS.apk. maybe you guys probably noticed already but I'm just trying to help out. Hope I helped .
Good luck
Good luck
junkie2100
Android Expert
heres the thing. mms works fine, both send and recieve, as long as lte is off. on 3g it all works fine, on lte its broken. not really sure what the deal is and dont have a device to tinker with so i dunno what to tell you guys. the problem seems to be samsung specific as well, zte force is fully functional lte/mms wise
Darien153
Android Enthusiast
Well if it was don't you think that virgin mobile MMS and LTE wouldn't be working although it's slightly based off of sprint?
junkie2100
Android Expert
if what was? lte does work, mms does work, they just cant both work at the same time
junkie2100
Android Expert
boost is tied to sprint in the exact same manner, and if i remember correctly the boost s3 has the same issues. the boost zte force however works flawlessly. so if you are saying its not a samsung specific issue i think youre wrong, but i could be wrong i dont have a force yet, so i havent seen my work with my own eyes but im told there are no problems with that. im not exactly sure what is wrong, it may be the mms.apk, but im pretty sure thats been tried to no avail. not really sure where you see the flaw in what i said
junkie2100
Android Expert
there may be a conflict in the radio, there may be a conflict in the code seeing as it was all built for the sprint version, but the conflict is causing the lte's mms connection to connect to the wrong server or use the wrong login info, could be buried deep within the rom itself, tucked away in the framework or hidden in the mms.apk, a rebuild might fix it, it may not.be a samsung specific issue it may just be that they hardcoded the sprint servers into the rom im not really sure, the force cm was made specifically for the force on boost and a virgin specific build of cm for this phone was never attempted that i know of, the sprint stock rom conversions would have to be hacked up and tweaked internally.
basically it could just be due to it being a multi brand phone using one brands rom cooked up as a base instead of rebuilding from scratch, and samsung is one of the few that carries across all three brand names sprint owns, the problem is due to something along one of those lines though, it has to be
the lte apn info for mms is identical to the mms info on the working mms apn entry, so the problem is almost certainly not the apn, the mms.apk has been tried from a virgin stock rom to a sprint conversion im sure, though you are free to try again, and the mms.apk would have to be rebuilt for anything aosp based which you are free to try but why it would work on 3g and not lte i dont understand at all
basically it could just be due to it being a multi brand phone using one brands rom cooked up as a base instead of rebuilding from scratch, and samsung is one of the few that carries across all three brand names sprint owns, the problem is due to something along one of those lines though, it has to be
the lte apn info for mms is identical to the mms info on the working mms apn entry, so the problem is almost certainly not the apn, the mms.apk has been tried from a virgin stock rom to a sprint conversion im sure, though you are free to try again, and the mms.apk would have to be rebuilt for anything aosp based which you are free to try but why it would work on 3g and not lte i dont understand at all
Darien153
Android Enthusiast
Hmmm yea maybe your right. I'm a noob and I'm still looking around. It probably has to be ROM based and apn based. APN is only a part of the solution, MMS apk is also a factor as same for the ROM. I'm still learning. I just got this phone last month.
junkie2100
Android Expert
yea, i am not really sure about the mms.apk tho, that may be another piece in the puzzle but it didnt seem to solve the issue in a sprint based conversion. you know more than some noobs ive seen so youre doing alright and it never hurts to question things, often times solutions come from someone questioning the usual methods. the fact is tho i only really know that the apn should be solid, i helped write it, got lte working, i cant understand why mms and lte would conflict like that and i have no.way of figuring it out without the device in question. i have a wimax s2 and am getting a zte force lte but neither of them are both samsungs and lte...
junkie2100
Android Expert
to be quite honest, not knowing what the hell im doing comes in handy sometimes. it allows me to think outside the box, alot of my ideas can be pure nonsense but getting stuck on what you think should work can be much worse, not everything has a text book answer and if you always go by the book youll never figure it out. trust that i have a better understanding of the inner workings of lte and mms, but never assume that im infallable. if you have a feeling or idea go with it, even if i argue. people are gonna tell you youre wrong, people told the wright brothers they couldnt fly too, and whats it gonna do? break your broken mms? lol
Darien153
Android Enthusiast
The only thing I know that is 4g lte amd is Samsung is the Samsung Galaxy Victory. I wonder if they ever figured out MMS solutions. Not sure if the radio would be the same but I wouldn't hurt to look.
junkie2100
Android Expert
thats a good place to start, i tried looking for lte boost phones for reference when i was working on the boost force, come to find out there was only one and they didnt even have cm running yet... so i was on my own there. ask em about it, see if they have the same issue, hell might even go ask other virgin lte people regardless of whether they are samsungs or not. find out what apns they use for cm/aosp based roms, see what issues they have, you may be able to figure out the issue. i have limited resources, all i can really do is run my mouth at this point, but with a little research and some help from someone with some dev experience you might come up with something
Darien153
Android Enthusiast
Well you may be right about this being a samsung issue. I just searched the Samsung Galaxy Victory Lte to see if they got a thing. They only have gotten only one custom ROM, and they are sorta depending on us because they are having the exact same trouble with MMS and LTE. -.- *sigh* out of most good phones it had to be this one lol. But I'm not a dev. Wish I was.
junkie2100
Android Expert
a year ago today i wasnt a dev either. i was just a guy who got a phone that didnt have any custom recoveries or roms, and although i can live without custom roms, you give me a phone without a way to fix a soft brick im in a world of trouble lol. so i had to do what i had to do, if you wanna learn research, ask around, only the details are device specific, the bigger picture is generic so the more you learn about android and tinker the better you will become. learn about theming, cooking up stock roms, and building from source, choose your path and go with it, just dont think you can only do one, its best to know how to do all three on at least a basic level
Darien153
Android Enthusiast
There is a lot for me to learn. Not to mention school. Not making an excuse but I like to learn about every phone I get. I like to read from every forum that would be important to me. And of course learn from YouTube. But right now I specifically want to learn about me Evo V 4G and my Galaxy S3.
junkie2100
Android Expert
well id suggest learning about android in general to start with. the basics will carry over between both. knowledge of root and cooking roms are gonna come in handy for any android, but keep in mind safety, even the slightest change to system can cause a boot failure, and if you dont have a way to.come back from that youre done for. ive seen people break their phones replacing a boot animation and never be able to recover from it
junkie2100
Android Expert
also, android terminal, android kitchen, and adb and fastboot are good tools to know how to use. look into those as well