L+G DSDS NV Settings on DI 3.

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Application Note
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February 4, 2014

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Contents

1 Introduction...................................................................................................... 5
1.1 Purpose.......................................................................................................................... 5
1.2 Scope............................................................................................................................. 5
1.3 Conventions .................................................................................................................. 5
1.4 References..................................................................................................................... 5
1.5 Technical assistance ...................................................................................................... 6
1.6 Acronyms ...................................................................................................................... 6

2 Features Not Supported with L+G DSDS ....................................................... 7

2.1 Features not supported .................................................................................................. 7
2.2 Disabling above features ............................................................................................... 7
2.3 Enabling DSDS NV settings ......................................................................................... 8

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Tables
Table 1-1 Affected target/software version ................................................................................................. 5
Table 1-2 Reference documents and standards ............................................................................................ 5

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 1 1 Introduction

2 1.1 Purpose
3 This document provides details about NV/EFS/UI settings for L+G DSDS on DI 3.x.

4 1.2 Scope
5 This document is applicable to the Qualcomm Technologies Inc. (QTI) chipsets and releases
6 listed in Table 1-1.

7 Table 1-1 Affected target/software version

Chipset Applicable releases
MSM8974 DI 3.0
MSM9625 DI 3.0
MSM8926 2.0

8 1.3 Conventions
9 Function declarations, function names, type declarations, and code samples appear in a different
10 font, e.g., #include.

11 1.4 References
12 Reference documents are listed in Table 1-2. Reference documents that are no longer applicable
13 are deleted from this table; therefore, reference numbers may not be sequential.

14 Table 1-2 Reference documents and standards

Ref. Document

Qualcomm Technologies
Q1 Application Note: Software Glossary for Customers CL93-V3077-1
Q2 Application Note: SGLTE Device Configuration 80-NJ017-11
Standards
S1 LTE; Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA); Radio 3GPP TS 36.331
Resource Control (RRC); Protocol Specification
S2 Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS); LTE Non- 3GPP TS 24.301
Access-Stratum (NAS) Protocol for Evolved Packet System (EPS)
S3 LTE; Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA); User 3GPP TS 36.304
Equipment (UE) Procedures in Idle Mode

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 Introduction

1 1.5 Technical assistance

2 For assistance or clarification on information in this document, submit a case to QTI at
3 https://support.cdmatech.com/.
4 If you do not have access to the CDMATech Support Service website, register for access or send
5 email to support.cdmatech@qti.qualcomm.com.

6 1.6 Acronyms
7 For definitions of terms and abbreviations, see [Q1].

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 1 2 Features Not Supported with L+G DSDS

2 This chapter lists NV items and EFS files for features not supported with L+G DSDS on DI 3.x
3 releases.

4 2.1 Features not supported

5 The following features are disabled in L+G DSDS/DSDA products:
6  IMS
7  VoLTE/SRVCC
8  CSG
9  eMBMS
10  Carrier Aggregation (CA)

11 2.2 Disabling above features

12 IMS and VoLTE
13 See Section 3.6 of [Q2].

14 CSG
15 Disable CSG by placing the EFS file csg_control under folder /nv/item_files/modem/lte/rrc/csg/.
16 Write the 16-byte value 0x 01 01 01 00 01 00 00 00 E0 93 04 00 00 00 00 00.

17 eMBMS
18 The EFS file embms_feature_status with value 0 should be copied under
19 /nv/item_files/modem/lte/rrc.

20 CA
21 CA is disabled automatically in DSDS mode.

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 Features Not Supported with L+G DSDS

1 2.3 Enabling DSDS NV settings

2 1. Set the following NVs in the QXDM Professional™ NV browser:

4  SUB0
5 – 00010→GWL
6 – 00850→01
7 – 65777→1
8  SUB1
9 – 00010 →GSM only 13
10 – 00850 →cs 00
11 – 65777→0
12  SUB0
13 – NV 70210 – hw_config.UIM[1].DISABLE_UIM – Set to FALSE
14 – 6876 – 5 for DS (Dual_standby_pref)
15 – 6907 – 1 for DS
16 – 4398 – 0 for DS
17 – Do “Spc 000000” in QXDM and then:
18 • 00855 – 0 (for both SS and DS)
19 • 70266 – 1 for DS

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 Features Not Supported with L+G DSDS

1  For IRAT scenario

2 Set the following NVs on SUB0 (SUB0 supports L+G):
3 – 00010→34 (G + L)
4 – 00850→csps 02
5 – 65777→0
6 – NV_BAND_PREF_16_31_I (NV00946)→1f
7 – NV_BAND_PREF_32_63_I (NV02954)→0
8 2. Restart the UE. Now run the dual-SIM commands from the adb shell:
9

10 adb devices
11 adb root
12 adb shell
13 setprop persist.radio.multisim.config dsds
14 getprop persist.multisim.config <It should come up as DSDS>
15

16 Then restart the UE.

17 3. Perform the following steps from the UI:
18 a. Select Settings→Multi Sim Settings.

19

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 Features Not Supported with L+G DSDS

1 b. Select Configure Subscriptions and configure the UIM cards to their respective
2 subscriptions.

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1 c. Return to settings and select Mobile Networks. Select subscriptions and set the respective
2 subs to L and G.

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2 After power-up, you can run the following command to check whether both RILs are activated
3 for DSDS.

===================================================================
C:\>adb shell ps rild
USER PID PPID VSIZE RSS WCHAN PC NAME
radio 243 1 17968 2900 ffffffff 00000000 S /system/bin/rild
radio 247 1 17952 2932 ffffffff 00000000 S /system/bin/rild
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If below cmd return only one radio as output then RIL still in Single Sim mode.
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C:\>adb shell ps rild
USER PID PPID VSIZE RSS WCHAN PC NAME
radio 166 1 16928 2828 ffffffff 00000000 S
/system/bin/rild
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