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Anyone out there using a 3rd party ROM/modem on an AT&T Galaxy Tab with an AT&T Data Connect plan (i.e. not one of the voice plans)?
I've been seeing an odd problem when on 3rd party ROMs where data would work at times, and then randomly stop working. Most of my experience came with various versions of Overcome (tried all sorts of modems) and JPE. I manually added the APN to be Broadband.
In order to get it working again, I'd have to do one of: (1) reselect the APN (2) toggle airplane mode or (3) reboot. It didn't always seem consistent which one of those was necessary.
I recently have tried returning to stock to see if that would solve the issue, and have managed to get it to mostly stock other than the bootscreens, and the issue seems to have disappeared. However, the problem was so random it's hard to know if it's gone for sure.
Can anyone who has an AT&T Tab and data-only plan talk about their experiences with it?
Wow, am I really the only one with an AT&T Tab and an AT&T data plan on this forum?
In that case, this thread should probably serve as a warning to anyone who ever gets an AT&T Tab and happens upon it, that:
1) AT&T Tabs must be running the AT&T stock ROM in order to reliably connect to AT&T data plans
2) If you flash any type of 3rd party ROM onto your AT&T Tab, you can never ever return 100% to stock. The AT&T Tab seems to have an incompatible bootloader with everything else, and even after restocking with my Roto Backup, I have permanently lost the boot animation and ability to boot recovery.
I am running Overcome, and the KM2 modem.
I get H,3G, Edge. super happy with it.
I recently upgraded to Overcome Jupiter (flashing a custom ROM for the first time), and bought another month of prepaid AT&T data to be sure everything still works okay. I've had no issues so far, no dropouts, errors, or anything. Can even stream Netflix over H/3G just fine! (only to test, it eats the data up quick!)
Hmm that's pretty interesting. You're both on AT&T Tabs right? With the AT&T Data Connect plan (I'm on the 14.99/month for 250MB variant)?
Did your Data Connect plan come pre-activated on your Tabs? If not, did you have any trouble when you first signed up?
I picked up my Data Connect plan (with a new sim) after using my Tab with no plan for a while, and when I went to activate the plan in Overcome, it was extremely fritzy. Even after setting the right APN info, it took a bunch of reboots and changing settings back and forth before it mysteriously started working after a reboot with settings I had already used. And my data has been fussy ever since, with multiple modems tried, and also trying the JPE ROM.
After reflashing to AT&T (minus all the messed up parts I noted) things seem to be well-behaved on the data front now.
manekineko said:
Hmm that's pretty interesting. You're both on AT&T Tabs right? With the AT&T Data Connect plan (I'm on the 14.99/month for 250MB variant)?
Did your Data Connect plan come pre-activated on your Tabs? If not, did you have any trouble when you first signed up?
I picked up my Data Connect plan (with a new sim) after using my Tab with no plan for a while, and when I went to activate the plan in Overcome, it was extremely fritzy. Even after setting the right APN info, it took a bunch of reboots and changing settings back and forth before it mysteriously started working after a reboot with settings I had already used. And my data has been fussy ever since, with multiple modems tried, and also trying the JPE ROM.
After reflashing to AT&T (minus all the messed up parts I noted) things seem to be well-behaved on the data front now.
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Yep AT&T Tab with AT&T plan. I didn't have the data plan pre activated, did it myself on the internet a few months ago with the SIM that was in the Tab when I bought it slightly used on EBay. Bought the 2GB plan for a month on the stock ROM, then this month, got the 25MB plan on Overcome Jupiter to test it out after the upgrade. No issues signing up, or getting data after the upgrade.
BTW, forgot to mention, when I flashed Overcome, I went with the modem recommended in the Guide (JK3). No issues with that at all.
any of you guys have this all work with VOICE? ie, Overcome on AT&T tab, with 3G and modem that supports voice?
I don't and don't think I can test either. If I remember my research right, you need a different SIM for that that supports data and voice, the SIM that comes with the tab is a data only SIM.
manekineko said:
Wow, am I really the only one with an AT&T Tab and an AT&T data plan on this forum?
In that case, this thread should probably serve as a warning to anyone who ever gets an AT&T Tab and happens upon it, that:
1) AT&T Tabs must be running the AT&T stock ROM in order to reliably connect to AT&T data plans
2) If you flash any type of 3rd party ROM onto your AT&T Tab, you can never ever return 100% to stock. The AT&T Tab seems to have an incompatible bootloader with everything else, and even after restocking with my Roto Backup, I have permanently lost the boot animation and ability to boot recovery.
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Complete false statement.
I tested many EU/Asia tab modem worked well with at&t 2G/3G.
you always can 100% return to at&t stock firmware (if you get right one, or well backup one)
cgigate said:
Complete false statement.
I tested many EU/Asia tab modem worked well with at&t 2G/3G.
you always can 100% return to at&t stock firmware (if you get right one, or well backup one)
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Regarding the first statement, that the connection to the AT&T Broadband APN requires stock, I now believe that I was wrong, and I may just have a hardware problem based on feedback from others.
However, there really is no way to go back to AT&T stock firmware, because the "right one" was never released. The other Galaxy Tabs can go back to stock, because their stock firmwares could be just pulled from Kies, but the AT&T Tab's firmware was never on Kies.
Like I said, I have a Roto Backup of my stock AT&T Tab. It still displays corrupted boot animations/recovery after restoring. If you search through the forums, there are other people that have run into this issue, and no one has ever reported being able to solve it.
manekineko said:
Regarding the first statement, that the connection to the AT&T Broadband APN requires stock, I now believe that I was wrong, and I may just have a hardware problem based on feedback from others.
However, there really is no way to go back to AT&T stock firmware, because the "right one" was never released. The other Galaxy Tabs can go back to stock, because their stock firmwares could be just pulled from Kies, but the AT&T Tab's firmware was never on Kies.
Like I said, I have a Roto Backup of my stock AT&T Tab. It still displays corrupted boot animations/recovery after restoring. If you search through the forums, there are other people that have run into this issue, and no one has ever reported being able to solve it.
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Get one from Samfirmware.com, check P1000 section to look in at&t one (under provider), it pretty much compete restock to att stock firmware with original boot-loader.
cgigate said:
Get one from Samfirmware.com, check P1000 section to look in at&t one (under provider), it pretty much compete restock to att stock firmware with original boot-loader.
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So I'm looking at P1000 on Samfirmware:
http://www.samfirmware.com/WEBPROTECT-p1000.htm
I'm not seeing anything labeled AT&T in the provider section, are you saying one of those is the AT&T stock firmware?
I have a stock galaxy to the that I ordered with a data plan, and the connection disappears all the way if I open the android market. Once I kill the market the modem pops back up. This is very annoying to say the least. I wonder if you are opening the market when this connection issue occurs?
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Mine did exactly the same thing when I opened the Market. I took it to an ATT store and they switched out the SIM card and it still did it. I flashed Overcome and have not had a drop out since and my speeds are great.
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I have a stock galaxy to the that I ordered with a data plan, and the connection disappears all the way if I open the android market. Once I kill the market the modem pops back up. This is very annoying to say the least. I wonder if you are opening the market when this connection issue occurs?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I997R using XDA App
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Nope, my problem seems quite random, isn't correlated to opening the market.
btothec said:
I have a stock galaxy to the that I ordered with a data plan, and the connection disappears all the way if I open the android market. Once I kill the market the modem pops back up. This is very annoying to say the least. I wonder if you are opening the market when this connection issue occurs?
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I've got exactly the same problem with my Samsung Galaxy Tab SGH-i987 with stock firmware, and this only happens on 3G, not Wi-Fi. Also, sometimes the Market works for a while if I reset the APN to the default (ATT Broadband).
I've gone through the whole SIM Card swap out process, and was about to start a warranty exchange. Seeing that others have been having the same problem and that there is a possible solution gives me hope.
So I had my sprint s4 flashed to page plus, which as you probably know, is a Verizon 3g prepaid network (it serves my needs well so far). Previously, I had to send the phone to back to Samsung for warranty repair.when it came back, it had 4.42 Knox, and hands free activation request. When I had it De knoxed, rooted, and re flashed to page plus again, the activation was still there on the stock rom. Installed a rom (aosp) and it was gone. I went back to touch wiz rom, and it's back again on this particular rom. How do I disable the nagging activation request? I have heard some people mention s particular file, but I also hear that it disables prl update. But as I am on a Verizon network that is not sprint do I need prl to update capability anyway? Thanks for any advice and my apologies as this is obviously a noob question.
I just found a very helpful video on it actually. I am going to see if this works but I am still curious about if I need prl update capability being on a Verizon network?
Remove Hands Free Activation Samsung Galaxy S4
http://goo.gl/oJtN8M
[Guide] How to switch from AT&T to T-Mobile and keep your SM-N900A fully functional
** DISCLAIMER: I AM NOT A DEVELOPER. I DO THIS AS A HOBBY AND SHARE MY FINDINGS IN CASE SOMEONE ELSE FINDS THEM USEFUL. **
** THIS WORKED ON MY DEVICE BUT IT MAY NOT WORK ON YOURS. APPLY AT YOUR OWN RISK **
Background
I always hated AT&T. When I got my first US cell phone in 1998, AT&T was a dominant force and Cingular was the underdog that provided better service. So for years I went out of my way to keep it Cingular through all of my relocations and phone number changes. Then AT&T bought Cingular and I was forced to become an AT&T subscriber. Then the iphone came along on the AT&T network, with the unlimited internet plan, which sealed my fate with this carrier for years.
At some point AT&T stopped offering the unlimited plan and I was one of the lucky ones who had their iphone plans grandfathered in. That prevented me for a long time from switching, but it became increasingly clear that AT&T has no intention of letting me use my plan as intended. All the signs were there: from threatening text messages every time I tried to tether my phone, to insulting slow-downs of data transfer after 2-5G of usage. At some point one gets tired of feeling like a criminal who is constantly trying to trick the carrier to squeeze a little more service here and there.
The last straw was when they made it very clear that they will not allow me to use a tablet as a phone, even if it has phone capabilities, even if I let go of my unlimited data plan! Their solution? buy a new data-plan only for your tablet. I am done with this $#(^. T-mobile had me at hello. All it takes is to notice the choice of music they play for you when you are on hold with the customer service: ATT: elevator music, T-mobile: Miley Cyrus.
So, here is what I did to make the switch and keep my note 3 issued by AT&T to use on T-mobile network.
Why?
If your phone is unlocked you can certainly pop the new sim card in and it will latch on to the T-mobile network. However you will be missing all the goodies that come with a T-mobile issued phone. Hence my journey to T-mobilize my SM-900A. A T-mobile Note 3 has an unlocked bootloader. I cannot have that transferred to an AT&T phone. But there are other good things that can be ported over. For example T-mobile's WiFi calling is implemented at the OS level and you cannot just copy over an APK to make it work. So if you follow this guide you will be able to turn your phone on and boot it up to (almost) exactly what a SM-N900T looks and behaves like.
Requirements:
1- Your phone should be on Jelly bean 4.3. Mine was on N900AUCUBNB4 but lower versions will work too. I have no intention of upgrading my phone to Kitkat anytime soon because I simply do not see the advantage. However, an experienced developer should be able to modify this process for Kitkat.
2- Your phone should be rooted.
3- You will need about 5G of empty space to install the T-mobile ROM.
4- Read the instructions below once before you start anything. If any word or phrase does not make sense to you STOP, google, ask questions, make sure you understand it, then continue.
Instructions:
1- Always backup your important stuff before doing a thing like this to your phone.
2- Root your phone if it already isn't. Your options that won't trip knox are Kingo and Towelroot. I recommend the latter.
3- dwitherell has done a great job of preparing a Jelly Bean T-mobile Rom for porting to AT&T. Download TweakedN3v2.0.12614 from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2625946
4- This ROM is pre-rooted but contains a few things that should be removed or tweaked for our purpose. Unzip it somewhere.
5- Delete vrtheme directory and bootcolx.img and bootstock.img
6- Replace defaults\install.prop with the file attached below.
7- Replace META-INF\com\google\android\updater-script with the file attached below.
8- Re-zip the whole thing again and call it N3-Tmobile.zip (or whatever you want)
9- Copy that to your sdcard. It may also be a good idea to copy a file manager apk like "File Manager HD" on your sdcard as well so you can later install it when the T-mobile Rom is in place.
10- Install Note 3 AT&T Safestrap 3.71 for Jelly Bean on your phone. It can be found at: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2572978
11- Boot into Safestrap recovery and create a Rom slot. Call it T-mobile or whatever you like. Activate it.
12- From the Safestrap main menu, install the N3-Tmobile.zip that you created in step 8 into the T-mobile slot. Be careful not to mess up your Stock Rom slot. The installation may take 3 to 10 minutes. If it takes longer, reboot the phone, wipe this Rom slot and try again.
13- When it is done, go to Safestrap main menu -> wipe -> advanced wipe -> select ONLY Dalvic, data, and cache, and the hit the wipe button.
14- Turn off the phone. Take out your AT&T sim card out, DON'T put your T-Mobile sim card in yet. Turn the phone on and reboot to the T-mobile Rom. Don't enable Wifi in the initial setup.
15- Now your T-mobile Rom is up and running but you don't have internet or cellular connections.
16- In your /system/app directory rename the following to [file_name].apk.bac (this is where the second part of step 9 becomes useful):
FotaClient.apk
FWUpgrade.apk
LocalFOTA.apk
SPPPushClient_Dev.apk
SyncmlDM.apk
16- Turn your phone off, put the T-mobile sim in it, turn on and enjoy.
If you want to swap the sim card back to AT&T, all it takes is to reboot to your stock ROM. Everything will be still there as you left them.
does it work?
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Here is how well it has worked for me so far. I'm in Sweden now and their free sms abroad and unlimited Internet has so far worked as promised (although at data rates close to 100kb/s only which is expected. In the first screenshot I'm turning wifi off and as you can see the phone registers on to the local carrier. In the next screenshot I turned wifi calling on which allowed me to call back to the US for free. There was a half second audio delay but the quality was very good. Finally I attached my home screen shot that shows the T mobile apps that you get after this installation.
So far everything has been working great in the US and in Europe for me but please post your experience here if this has worked for you too.
Just to make sure we are on the same page, you had an ATT N3 and did this guide to get the TMO network. Is your baseband and broadband tmobile? That is what I am looking at. The ATT N3 works but I want the TMO Broadband / modems. Can you take a pic on the broadband page please. Does this chicken stract make sence?
chargedbird said:
Just to make sure we are on the same page, you had an ATT N3 and did this guide to get the TMO network. Is your baseband and broadband tmobile? That is what I am looking at. The ATT N3 works but I want the TMO Broadband / modems. Can you take a pic on the broadband page please. Does this chicken stract make sence?
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Yes, i have an att n3 and i want it to work on t mobile network. The only thing this method flashes onto your phone is a /system partition. In fact that is all that you can do with safestrap. In one of the steps I am instructing you to remove the baseband from the zip so when you are done your baseband is still ATT.
I'm not sure why you want to flash t mobile base band on your ATT phone. The ATT BB (at least the BNB4) is fully capable of handling t mobile 4G LTE and other data bands.
What do you mean by "a picture of the broadband page?"
najoor said:
Here is how well it has worked for me so far. I'm in Sweden now and their free sms abroad and unlimited Internet has so far worked as promised (although at data rates close to 100kb/s only which is expected. In the first screenshot I'm turning wifi off and as you can see the phone registers on to the local carrier. In the next screenshot I turned wifi calling on which allowed me to call back to the US for free. There was a half second audio delay but the quality was very good. Finally I attached my home screen shot that shows the T mobile apps that you get after this installation.
So far everything has been working great in the US and in Europe for me but please post your experience here if this has worked for you too.
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Second screenshot didn't include a blackout on the I.P. Considering you did that in the first screenshot, just pointing out you might want to for the second one as well.
I don't have a Note 3, my dad does. I'm just browsing the forums for an unlock method for SIM for NC(2?) firmware. I like where this one is going. Dad doesn't want me testing sh^& on his phone though, so no luck there. Sorry, but if another tests and claims it works, I'll have all permission to experiment.
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Second screenshot didn't include a blackout on the I.P. Considering you did that in the first screenshot, just pointing out you might want to for the second one as well.
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Thanks for pointing that out. The reason I did not mask the second ip address is that in the second picture the phone is on wifi and the ip address is an inside-the-house ip address. These addresses are typical in all internal networks and do not contain any identifying information.
najoor said:
Thanks for pointing that out. The reason I did not mask the second ip address is that in the second picture the phone is on wifi and the ip address is an inside-the-house ip address. These addresses are typical in all internal networks and do not contain any identifying information.
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Ah, my apologies. ^^
Switched from AT&T to T-Mobile
I switched from AT&T to T-Mobile and wanted to use my 2 Galaxy Note 3's SM-N9000A on T-mobile with all the benefits of T-Mobiles service (e.g. Wi-Fi calling, etc.). Firstly I had to get my phones sim unlocked, and then to find a rom that would port over T-Mobiles rom SM-N900T. After searching diligently to find answers I came across this thread. Najoor helped me get the rom installed (over PM's) and I unlocked the phones (cellunlocker.net under $30), and I am happily an ex-AT&T customer. I like having control over my cell phone plan, which I believe T-Mobile provides. Thanks again Najoor!
The big question still remains: Why? Just to add wifi calling and t mobile app? The 3g bands are still not enabled so it's either 2G, 4G LTE, or 4G. Does this add native wifi tethering? But you can do that with towel root and xposed framework.
I like to keep my AT&T option open, switching between T Mobile(cheaper $45 for 5GB, no tax) and Go Phone(1GB, $45, but better coverage, no tax also), but I recently rooted to take advantage of the tethering which does not work natively on T-mobile since it's an AT&T phone. I can't imagine being on T-Mobile if the signal is so bad that I would need WiFi calling and the t mobile app works just fine on the AT&T Note 3.
Wait so even if I flash another modem I can't enable the 3G bands? I'm pretty sure I just did
Was looking for something like this.
So, the latest TMOBILE based ROM is only jellybean 4.3 ? Is there a kit kat version.
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monkor said:
Wait so even if I flash another modem I can't enable the 3G bands? I'm pretty sure I just did
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Look at how to enable the AWS band on the note 3 thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2516224
I don't think it has been done. Are you getting 3g in some area? I'm in a good coverage area and only see 4g or 4g LTE. Haven't taken it outside the good coverage area yet but I'm expecting edge only after I leave the 4g area.
I'm having an issuse.
I did exactly what you said, installed safestrap sucessfully, made a rom slot, extracted tweaked whatever, deleted bootstock and bootcolx and vrtheme replaced the two files, installed Tweaked-whatever on that rom slot, deleted Cache, Dalvid Cache, and data and rebooted. It doesn't work. It just gives me a black screen!
What do I do? This doesn't make any sense
EDIT: Didn't realize this thread was dead! Oops!
wifi calling xposed framework
aquaholik said:
The big question still remains: Why? Just to add wifi calling and t mobile app? The 3g bands are still not enabled so it's either 2G, 4G LTE, or 4G. Does this add native wifi tethering? But you can do that with towel root and xposed framework.
I like to keep my AT&T option open, switching between T Mobile(cheaper $45 for 5GB, no tax) and Go Phone(1GB, $45, but better coverage, no tax also), but I recently rooted to take advantage of the tethering which does not work natively on T-mobile since it's an AT&T phone. I can't imagine being on T-Mobile if the signal is so bad that I would need WiFi calling and the t mobile app works just fine on the AT&T Note 3.
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Hello buddy. I would like to try this method to use wifi calling. Where did you get the mod?
It doesn't work.
Just go to Cricket. $60 a month prepaid unlimited talk, unlimited text, and 10GB of data. All on the AT&T network.
OK folks I seem to have run into an issue here. I've got a @samsung gs4 on Sprint and I've been running CyanogenMod that I originally flashed via the Windows installer months ago. Later something got funky so I manually downloaded the ROM and flashed that through recovery and all was well.
I had just been telling my girlfriend about MIUI ROM since previous to her GS5 was an avid Apple fan. So I got the MIUI ROM straight from their site and flashed it to my GS4 show her.
After a few minutes of showing her around AND trying to let me flash it to her device as she still won't let me root and room her device I recovered back to my previous CM11 ROM.
Since then I haven't had anything but LTE service. Which is OK when your visiting the girlfriend family but I don't have it where I live. So now I can't call, text, or get 3G data.
I've checked my MEID and it matched what was under my battery cover. I read that during flashing that you can life that sometimes but I seen to be good there. I was unaware of this issue previously so I hasn't MEID backup.
Any ideas?
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OK folks I seem to have run into an issue here. I've got a @samsung gs4 on Sprint and I've been running CyanogenMod that I originally flashed via the Windows installer months ago. Later something got funky so I manually downloaded the ROM and flashed that through recovery and all was well.
I had just been telling my girlfriend about MIUI ROM since previous to her GS5 was an avid Apple fan. So I got the MIUI ROM straight from their site and flashed it to my GS4 show her.
After a few minutes of showing her around AND trying to let me flash it to her device as she still won't let me root and room her device I recovered back to my previous CM11 ROM.
Since then I haven't had anything but LTE service. Which is OK when your visiting the girlfriend family but I don't have it where I live. So now I can't call, text, or get 3G data.
I've checked my MEID and it matched what was under my battery cover. I read that during flashing that you can life that sometimes but I seen to be good there. I was unaware of this issue previously so I hasn't MEID backup.
Any ideas?
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One you need to make sure you are using cwm recovery. That work for me previously and also you need to do this step.
MIUI FAQ:
How can i turn LTE on?
first try in settings:
- mobile networks
- Network type selection
- LTE
or
- Dial "*#*#4636#*#*"
- Phone Information
- change [LTE/GSM] to [LTE/GSM/WCDMA]
It is all on the MIUI thread.
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I can Connect to LTE only.
1x, 3g, txt and voice are not available on my phone even while in areas that have service.
It's not an LTE issue since that is the only thing (cellular wise) that is working.
Sprint has no idea, and says to warranty it through Samsung. Problem is I'm rooted and I'm concerned they won't cover it. I'm just trying to work through any possibilities before I resort to sending it off to Samsung.
Hello, please give a little advise.
I bought an UNLOCKED used Samsung AT&T S5e (SM-T727A), and another UNLOCKED used Samsung Sprint TAB A (2019) (SM-T517P) from eBay for my grandparents abroad in Argentina; mainly for the SIM capability to use with Whatsapp with me, and their grandkids all over the world.
I have no experience with LTE tablets, but have rooted phones here and there since 2012 thanks to you guys.
I feel very hesitant to root, or install roms on these tablets, since I won't be able to be there for them if anything happens, other than remote assistant pre-programmed for them to hit one button, but even then... the struggle a lot with basic things, and only know Whatsapp.
I have put my SIM card from T-mobile on my Note 8 here in the US on both devices, but although the T-mobile LTE text appears on top, none of the tablets changed Startup intro, or installed T-mobile apps/Removed AT&T or Sprint apps. The Sprint tablet shows an annoying Sprint OMADM notification, and the AT&T tablet won't let me use the dialer.
Both tablets can use LTE from T-mobile fine with great speeds, but need to use alternate dialer to make calls.
Should I install custom ROMS on these to remove their carrier's bloatware? Am I definitely tripping KNOX on them? Will installing these rooms, or unlocking bootloaders mess up with future updates, and leave my grandparents stranded?
Please help; what should I do?
unlocked AT&T Galaxy 727a tablet
I am wondering if you ever got a response to your questions? I too have the same tablet and I want to root it to remove the AT&T software because I also use T-Mobile. I am going to keep searching here in the forums. I don't think I want to flash a rom though as I kind of like the Samsung feel right now. Plus I only had it 2 days so far.
thenetvines said:
Hello, please give a little advise.
I bought an UNLOCKED used Samsung AT&T S5e (SM-T727A), and another UNLOCKED used Samsung Sprint TAB A (2019) (SM-T517P) from eBay for my grandparents abroad in Argentina; mainly for the SIM capability to use with Whatsapp with me, and their grandkids all over the world.
I have no experience with LTE tablets, but have rooted phones here and there since 2012 thanks to you guys.
I feel very hesitant to root, or install roms on these tablets, since I won't be able to be there for them if anything happens, other than remote assistant pre-programmed for them to hit one button, but even then... the struggle a lot with basic things, and only know Whatsapp.
I have put my SIM card from T-mobile on my Note 8 here in the US on both devices, but although the T-mobile LTE text appears on top, none of the tablets changed Startup intro, or installed T-mobile apps/Removed AT&T or Sprint apps. The Sprint tablet shows an annoying Sprint OMADM notification, and the AT&T tablet won't let me use the dialer.
Both tablets can use LTE from T-mobile fine with great speeds, but need to use alternate dialer to make calls.
Should I install custom ROMS on these to remove their carrier's bloatware? Am I definitely tripping KNOX on them? Will installing these rooms, or unlocking bootloaders mess up with future updates, and leave my grandparents stranded?
Please help; what should I do?
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teacher006 said:
I am wondering if you ever got a response to your questions? I too have the same tablet and I want to root it to remove the AT&T software because I also use T-Mobile. I am going to keep searching here in the forums. I don't think I want to flash a rom though as I kind of like the Samsung feel right now. Plus I only had it 2 days so far.
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I am still searching, this is my first LTE tablet, and I believe we ARE NOT meant to use ROMs for the WiFi variant on it (maybe wrong), so that leaves flashing lots of ROMS out... there maybe a few out there, but I doubt many DEVs have these devices available to work on.
Anyway, I decided against flashing roms for now; my only problem with the AT&T Tablet now is that the default Google dialer will not work unless it's with AT&T, so I have to use third party dialers now... no good.
I read somewhere that you can change something called the CSC of the tablet without rooting or flashing, to maybe get rid of the AT&T bloatware, and maybe T-mobile bloatware will let me use Google dialer??? I will try putting my T-mobile SIM today, and do a factory reset of the tablet with the T-mobile SIM in it. This has worked for me in the past with phones by the way, but never tried tablets before.
I may also try using Titanium Backup, and freeze some of these apps, but that will require rooting I believe, and I don't want to do that yet because I worry that unlocking the bootloader will leave that ugly "bootloader unlocked" message on every boot.
luck?
thenetvines said:
I am still searching, this is my first LTE tablet, and I believe we ARE NOT meant to use ROMs for the WiFi variant on it (maybe wrong), so that leaves flashing lots of ROMS out... there maybe a few out there, but I doubt many DEVs have these devices available to work on.
Anyway, I decided against flashing roms for now; my only problem with the AT&T Tablet now is that the default Google dialer will not work unless it's with AT&T, so I have to use third party dialers now... no good.
I read somewhere that you can change something called the CSC of the tablet without rooting or flashing, to maybe get rid of the AT&T bloatware, and maybe T-mobile bloatware will let me use Google dialer??? I will try putting my T-mobile SIM today, and do a factory reset of the tablet with the T-mobile SIM in it. This has worked for me in the past with phones by the way, but never tried tablets before.
I may also try using Titanium Backup, and freeze some of these apps, but that will require rooting I believe, and I don't want to do that yet because I worry that unlocking the bootloader will leave that ugly "bootloader unlocked" message on every boot.
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Have you had any luck, I also have this tablet.
I am with the same problem, I have a Galaxy Tab S5e LTE tablet (SM727A), which is unlocked, but it does not allow me to make normal calls (like a cell phone) due to the AT&T call launcher. does anyone know any way to make calls? I have the tablet outside the USA
This thread is a year and a half old without an answer, doesn't seem right, I have similar issue why no answer?
I am in the US, and I can't get calls to work with Samsung s5e SM-T727UZKAXAA Unlocked Tablet.
Ordered this tablet for my elderly mother with the idea it could basically becone a 10 inch phone for her since she has serious difficulty seeing even the largest phone displays.
I took out her Motorola One sim and inserted it into the new tablet. After all the software updates were complete, I have network connectivity, data (seems slow tbh), and can eveb send/receive texts, but it will not receive calls? This tablet has that functionality, so I'm trying to figure out what exactly I'm missing?
I am using T-Mobile, and am on the Magenta MAX plan for all 3 of my lines including this one that I tried. Any help at all appreciated, thank you.
rich6630 said:
This thread is a year and a half old without an answer, doesn't seem right, I have similar issue why no answer?
I am in the US, and I can't get calls to work with Samsung s5e SM-T727UZKAXAA Unlocked Tablet.
Ordered this tablet for my elderly mother with the idea it could basically becone a 10 inch phone for her since she has serious difficulty seeing even the largest phone displays.
I took out her Motorola One sim and inserted it into the new tablet. After all the software updates were complete, I have network connectivity, data (seems slow tbh), and can eveb send/receive texts, but it will not receive calls? This tablet has that functionality, so I'm trying to figure out what exactly I'm missing?
I am using T-Mobile, and am on the Magenta MAX plan for all 3 of my lines including this one that I tried. Any help at all appreciated, thank you.
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Buy a global version like SM-T725 to use full feartures.
Unlock version give you Data connection, sms, but you need connect to Samsung phone to call.
dangtoi1993 said:
Buy a global version like SM-T725 to use full feartures.
Unlock version give you Data connection, sms, but you need connect to Samsung phone to call.
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so i had ordered one i had to cancel when i saw this post.
and wanted to ask. if there is any way to install android auto as a system app on this model?