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My old device was htc wizard. There was an option to disable gsm (phone) only. Is there any way to do this in g1? I just want to avoid calls and in the same time to use wifi. Airplane mode doesn't work for me, because it disables wifi too
mony87 said:
My old device was htc wizard. There was an option to disable gsm (phone) only. Is there any way to do this in g1? I just want to avoid calls and in the same time to use wifi. Airplane mode doesn't work for me, because it disables wifi too
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Not quite the way you are accustomed to it, but there is a 'way' around it... you basically leave the phone on but you can turn on call forwarding... settings > call settings > call forwarding > always.
It doesn't turn the phone off but it won't ring either.
--M
i was wondering the same thing, there might come out with a fix for this in the next update.
demontefixo, i was using the same solution, but I hoped for real solution to disable GSM. Anyway I will just wait
PS: This device is amazing I'm so happy with it. I wasn't using windows on my computer and laptop, and now i am completely MS free
Install anycut and Create a Software to Hidden Application named Phone Info, their you can see the Phone or Radio disable type of option. I have Tried it
It can actuall disable Radio and keep the Wifi on, But i could not renable radio and must have to reboot the phone.
Through the same Phone Info shortcut you can enable it to use WCDMA only or just prefer WCDMA or use GSM only. I think that is what mony87 was looking for.
Or you can go to:
Settings
Mobile networks
Operator selection
If you only see T-Mobile then Search Networks.
Select a non subscribed Network like ATT
It will tell you you your SIM card does not allow a connection...
But if you don't re-select TMobile the Phone Connection will turn off.
To get your Phone Connection back, just select TMobile
hetaldp said:
Install anycut and Create a Software to Hidden Application named Phone Info, their you can see the Phone or Radio disable type of option. I have Tried it
It can actuall disable Radio and keep the Wifi on, But i could not renable radio and must have to reboot the phone.
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I thought I had the same issue but you actually can re-enable the radio after you turn it off...it just takes a while...
Bring up the dialer, type in: *#*#INFO#*#*. Shouldn't need to hit enter. Scroll all the way down, and hit "Turn off radio".
Gary13579 said:
Bring up the dialer, type in: *#*#INFO#*#*. Shouldn't need to hit enter. Scroll all the way down, and hit "Turn off radio".
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that's the same as using the "Phone info" shortcut from AnyCut
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that's the same as using the "Phone info" shortcut from AnyCut
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Some people don't want AnyCut?
*#*#4636#*#*
Works fine for me.
Tho i do hope a app or a fix for this in any near update
Good Morning, Afternoon, or Evening,
I have an unlocked and rooted (I haven't done anything besides download SuperSU and Titanium Backup) Sprint Galaxy S4 that I am able to make calls and texts with but I am unable to go on the internet. I am currently stationed in Belgium and am using Mobile Vikings as my service provider (irrelevant?) and all I want to do is access my APN settings so that I can go on the internet. But the "Edit Access Point" option in settings does not show in my phone.
Have I done this before with another phone? Yes, with an unlocked Sprint Iphone 4s in this country with the same carrier.
I'm unsure at this point what I need to do. Any help is appreciated.
this is solved in post #4
Thanks for the info! Now to figure out how to use it all... I'm new to all of this.
I got the phone unlocked through sprint.
Add the following to your build.prop file and reboot and the APN settings will no longer be greyed out:
Code:
ril.sales_code=LOL
ro.csc.sales_code=LOL
I personally hate the Touchwiz launcher and use Nova Launcher instead. With that, I was able to add a shortcut onto one of my homescreens to go right to the APN settings.
You'll also need to force the phone into WCDMA only mode (not WCDMA preferred, that doesn't work) or it seems to only want to use GSM/EDGE rather than WCDMA/HSPA (at least that was the case for me). Nova Launcher also let me add a shortcut for that hidden menu (called the Testing menu) since Samsung disabled the dialer shortcut for it. There are free apps in the Play Store that will also let you get into the Testing menu.
Thanks for the advice! I'm still lost in the sauce though about how to do all of this but I'll figure it out.
I may have found a solution over at the sprint forums to remedy the issue without messing with the build.prop file! It still requires root, but the guy over there did say it worked for him at least.
It looks like you'll need to do the following, assuming you can get your phone connected to WiFi.
Download the "Offline SIM APN Databse" app over here.
Using Titanium Backup, convert this app to a system app. This is necessary in order for it to write APN settings. To do this, open TB, go to Backup/Restore, find the app, select it, and it should be under "Special Features"
Open the app with your international SIM inserted and press "Look for Settings for this SIM". With any luck it should find the appropiate APNs for it.
Notice when displaying the settings found for your SIM, there's an option to select "Go to Android APN Settings". Without editing the build.prop however, you can not edit or add anything to this hidden menu.
Press "Add These Settings" to add the APN settings. Ignore the warning about it not working on ICS, it'll work as long as you converted it to a system app.
It'll take you to the hiden APN menu, you can confirm it was added just fine here.
That should be it. You can backup your APN settings beforehand if you want, which I don't think is 100% necessary since if anything happened then doing System Update > Update Profile should write the Sprint APN settings in. To back up, Download APN Backup & Restore, convert that to a system app, and Backup your APNs through it.
To get to that menu Ingenium13 talks about to set it to WCDMA only, you have to, in Nova Launcher, long press on the home screen > shortcuts > activities > settings > Testing (the first one). This will add a shortcut to the Nova home screen, go into it then Device Information and from there you can change preferred network type to WCDMA if you need to.
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Ingenium13 said:
Add the following to your build.prop file and reboot and the APN settings will no longer be greyed out:
Code:
ril.sales_code=LOL
ro.csc.sales_code=LOL
I personally hate the Touchwiz launcher and use Nova Launcher instead. With that, I was able to add a shortcut onto one of my homescreens to go right to the APN settings.
You'll also need to force the phone into WCDMA only mode (not WCDMA preferred, that doesn't work) or it seems to only want to use GSM/EDGE rather than WCDMA/HSPA (at least that was the case for me). Nova Launcher also let me add a shortcut for that hidden menu (called the Testing menu) since Samsung disabled the dialer shortcut for it. There are free apps in the Play Store that will also let you get into the Testing menu.
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I have a rooted, unlocked Sprint S4. Added the above lines to my build.prop but my APN settings are not greyed out. In fact, nothing appears in my APN menu.I can access the menu but I see nothing other than 'APNs' and the Gear icon at the top.
Any idea what's going on?
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I have a rooted, unlocked Sprint S4. Added the above lines to my build.prop but my APN settings are not greyed out. In fact, nothing appears in my APN menu.I can access the menu but I see nothing other than 'APNs' and the Gear icon at the top.
Any idea what's going on?
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Press Menu then New APN.
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I have also unlock many Sprint GS4 .. after i would root the phone and download APN Backup & Restore and download Titanium backup and convert to system only and backup the Previous APN to creat a folder n than after i would push my tmobile settings xml ... thats the way i do my settings ..
option
Will this option work for a verizon gs4 flashed to cricket, As of now I inserted a vzw sim and get 3g, after toggling wifi I lose the icon. I have to pull the sim and reinsert it, after doing that I get 4g lte for the 1st 5 mins. However in the acces point names, I only have a VZW-INTERNET option and editing is greyed out as well. but with that said After inserting the vzw sim I get 3g but just about everything in the vzw-internet settings says not set, besides everything from MCC and down is labeled. So will this option work or not, Thanx in advance
Ingenium13 said:
Add the following to your build.prop file and reboot and the APN settings will no longer be greyed out:
Code:
ril.sales_code=LOL
ro.csc.sales_code=LOL
I personally hate the Touchwiz launcher and use Nova Launcher instead. With that, I was able to add a shortcut onto one of my homescreens to go right to the APN settings.
You'll also need to force the phone into WCDMA only mode (not WCDMA preferred, that doesn't work) or it seems to only want to use GSM/EDGE rather than WCDMA/HSPA (at least that was the case for me). Nova Launcher also let me add a shortcut for that hidden menu (called the Testing menu) since Samsung disabled the dialer shortcut for it. There are free apps in the Play Store that will also let you get into the Testing menu.
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This is great info. Where do I add the two lines of code? At the end, somewhere in the middle?
Thanks
bestaudioguy said:
This is great info. Where do I add the two lines of code? At the end, somewhere in the middle?
Thanks
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If you are on NAE you don't have to do this. On stock you can edit apns. But yes add to the end of the build prop.
never mind sorry
Tried this on my Galaxy s 5 and now my APN menu is totally gone. Can't even see the APNs let alone them being greyed out.
FWIW - On both the current firmware versions of the Sprint S4 tri-band (OF1 ) and S5 (OF6) you can still (amazing they haven't plugged this hole!) manually edit the APNs from the ##DATA# menu. Amazingly you don't even need your MSL. After entering ##3282# in the phone dialer, you will get a menu with choice of "View" and "Edit". Select "View", then scroll down to APN Settings. This is great for enabling wifi tethering without rooting (http://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-galaxy-s5/general/lollipop-hotspot-root-flashing-t3144350), among other things. I really can't believe they haven't shut this hack down yet...
How do you execute this edit for un greying?
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How do you execute this un grey the apn's
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/system/app mover is a small and free utility, just 233 kb in size, which lets you convert user apps to system apps and system apps to user apps too. I'm trying this one. However I'm still having issues with this whole APN business. I'll find a chat thread for my new hurdle.
Sprint S6 Edge Plus SM-G928P - Long Shot
:fingers-crossed: So I have the aforementioned phone and I am unable to add or edit my APNs. I have dealt with adding and deleting APNs on multiple handsets. This one though, is kinda new to me and is giving me a brain ache. I have 2 sims I can use and both are GSM. I have tried editing the build.prop file to no avail. I have rooted and flashed and downgraded and upgraded, used apps to try and access the restricted APN menu and all have failed. Am I just stuck like chuck here? Or am I doing something wrong on my end? I know this post is pretty old and chances are slim anyone will answer but in the chance that someone does, any help or ideas are welcomed and greatly appreciated and I thank you all in advance.
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FWIW - On both the current firmware versions of the Sprint S4 tri-band (OF1 ) and S5 (OF6) you can still (amazing they haven't plugged this hole!) manually edit the APNs from the ##DATA# menu. Amazingly you don't even need your MSL. After entering ##3282# in the phone dialer, you will get a menu with choice of "View" and "Edit". Select "View", then scroll down to APN Settings. This is great for enabling wifi tethering without rooting (http://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-galaxy-s5/general/lollipop-hotspot-root-flashing-t3144350), among other things. I really can't believe they haven't shut this hack down yet...
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^This would be really cool if I had the security passcode it is demanding. Some way to set that? Default?
This method requires a way to turn your Wifi on and off. I used a Mobile Hotspot from another phone for ease of use.
Begin by setting up the phone. Connect to Wifi when asked.
Agree to the terms and conditions. When it says "Checking Connection" (A few seconds after hitting Accept), disable your WiFi from the source (The hotspot, or unplug your router). If done at the right time, it will tell you 'Could not connect'. If it says anything else, back up, reconnect to WiFi, and try again. The timing isn't difficult. Hit next. Turn your WiFi Hotspot back on (The power), and make sure your phone reconnects automatically.
It should ask for date and time. Skip ahead until you get to the Privacy Policy screen with 3 check boxes (You have to scroll down to see them all). Click on the 'Privacy Policy' link. Scroll down to the block of text. Click and hold on any word. Click Share. CLICK AND HOLD on the button that pops up. Click Force Stop. Pull down the settings menu and scroll over to 'Ultra Power Saving Mode'. Turn it on. Select your language.
Click More, Click settings. WiFi will have been switched off; switch it back on from this menu. Back out and go to Internet. Go to https:// goo . gl/vzoLBx (Won't let me post links, so remove the spaces) and download the file (Quickshortcutmaker).
Exit the Internet. Click More. Click disable Ultra Power Saving. Click 'Emergency Call'. Dial 112. Wait for it to connect. Scroll to the right and select Internet. Search for 'Samsung Galaxy Apps'. Click the first link. Scroll down slightly, in the banner it will say 'Samsung galaxy Apps' and have an icon next to it. Click the icon. This will open the App. Search for 'Maxi Explorer'. Install it. This will require registering with Samsung, create an account if you don't have one.
Once installed, click the 'Play' icon next to Maxi Explorer. Find the file you downloaded (Should either be in 'Storage/Emulated/Download' or 'sdcard/download'). The file will be 'com.sika524.android.quickshortcut'. View, Settings, Turn Unknown Sources on, click OK, Click Open.
Once Opened, search for 'Google Account Manager' Click the drop down arrow next to it. Find the FIRST 'Type Email and Password', click on it. Click 'Try'. On the upper right, hit the 3 dots and select browser. Login with YOUR gmail account. Once you're back at the menu with 'Try', restart your phone.
From here, you should be able to go through the normal process without any issues. Hope this helped, I can provide more information or screenshots later.
Hello,
I'm starting to hate my S7 Edge, and I'm really missing my Edge 6 Plus. Has anyone else had these problems and perhaps have any advice for resolving them? I've searched around and can't find any other reports of these problems.
First, if I'm traveling, *sometimes* I can't use the Google Navigation App if I'm in motion. For example, if I'm driving home, and I decide to get gas, if I say "OK Google, navigate to the Gas Station" It will of course find a close gas station, and allow me to choose which one. After I do so, the app will plot a course, but then will fail to acquire a satellite. The app will just sit there constantly saying "Acquiring Satellite" (or something to that effect, I can't remember the exact error) but it never does find the satellite. The only fix for this is to repeatedly turn off and on the Location services, until eventually it just works. Which is extremely infuriating not to mention dangerous while driving. I rememeber falling in love with my S6 Edge Plus because it had such an easy time navigating and this S7 Edge is so consistently terrible at locating my position.
Second, this is a problem I did not know I had until today: After mis-placing my phone, I went to the Google "Find my phone" web page on my computer, to force my cellphone to ring. I have used this service before with all my other phones and it never failed to force the device to ring. But this time, my S7 did not ring. Luckilly I was able to find my phone on my own. When I did locate it, i noticed that there was an icon in the notification tray saying "Ringing phone" and yet the phone was NOT RINGING! With the phone in hand, I tried to use the webpage to locate my phone by ringing it again. The same thing happened. It put a notification up that my phone was "ringing" in the phone's notification display, but made no actual noise.
I checked the settings - > Lock Screen and Security -> Find my Mobile, and it asks me for my Samsung Account Password.
Why my samsung account? Why not google? I don't understand.
So I signed in, and google location service is set to ON, as expected. Remote controls is also set to ON. There is a notification at the bottom that says to track and control my device, go to: findmymobile.samsung
So I go there, and I tell it to ring my phone, and what do you know? It rings my phone perfectly. Noise and everything.
How do I switch it over to google's service? I really don't like most of Samsung's software offerings, and would prefer to use native google apps out of convenience. I don't remember ever having this problem with any other galaxy device. Not even my tablet does this.
Can anyone help?
I haven't had any GPS problems with mine (U.S. Sprint version). What are your location settings? Make sure it's set to use GPS, and not just network or WiFi.
Find My Mobile and Android 's service are two different things FMM is Samsung's product. To make sure Google's is active, go to Device Administrators and make sure Android Device Manager is turned on. Then go to Apps, scroll to the bottom and tap on Google, then scroll down and tap on Security. Make sure 'Remotely locate this device' (and 'Allow remote lock and erase' if you want that) are turned on.
meyerweb said:
I haven't had any GPS problems with mine (U.S. Sprint version). What are your location settings? Make sure it's set to use GPS, and not just network or WiFi.
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I have GPS, WIFI and Mobile Networks turned on.
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Find My Mobile and Android 's service are two different things FMM is Samsung's product. To make sure Google's is active, go to Device Administrators and make sure Android Device Manager is turned on. Then go to Apps, scroll to the bottom and tap on Google, then scroll down and tap on Security. Make sure 'Remotely locate this device' (and 'Allow remote lock and erase' if you want that) are turned on.
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-Android Device Manager is turned on in the Device Administrators Section.
-I am not sure how to complete the second instructions. I do not see "Apps" as an option in the Settings panels. Can you advise where to find it?
Thank you!
Kirren said:
-Android Device Manager is turned on in the Device Administrators Section.
-I am not sure how to complete the second instructions. I do not see "Apps" as an option in the Settings panels. Can you advise where to find it?
Thank you!
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Settings / Applications
Scroll to bottom, tap Google (on my Sprint S7 Edge, it's the very last item).
Scroll down until you see "Security" and tap there.
The first two toggles (on mine) are "Remotely locate this device" and "Allow remote unlock and erase."
meyerweb said:
Settings / Applications
Scroll to bottom, tap Google (on my Sprint S7 Edge, it's the very last item).
Scroll down until you see "Security" and tap there.
The first two toggles (on mine) are "Remotely locate this device" and "Allow remote unlock and erase."
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Ah, I was able to find the settings under Google, however both are already checked. Are there any other settings I need to check?
{{Edit: I toggled the setting just to test it, and now it seems to be working. I don't know why this worked, because the setting was already properly configured. But it works now. *shrug* Thank you so very much for your help and patience!}}
Glad to help. I seen lots of things get fixed when you toggle a setting. Something in the settings file got corrupted, and toggling the settings on and off rewrote what should have already been there. At least that's my guess.
Hello, I hope this helps those who don't have access to enable the WIFi HotSpot in the settings on their Boost Mobile Samsung J7.
I just purchased this phone after my old Lg G5 with Tmobile broke, and it frustrated me that although I was paying for the unlimited plan with Boost, I would need to pay $10.00 extra each month in order to be able to access the hotspot feature, and I refused to do that.
I initially downloaded FoxFi and a few other apps from the PlayStore, and FoxFi actually worked for the 1st day but then I started getting an error about "No internet connection" and could not get the hotspot working anymore no matter what app I tried.
Well, after some trial & error and testing, I found a way to enable the hotspot function easily from within the phone itself and without having to download or install any apps like Foxfi, but you do need to install "Shortcut Master" and if you have the full version to allow shortcuts to be created on your home screen its even better.
Instructions:
1. Download and install "Shortcut Master" from play store.
2. Open "Shortcut Master" tap the 3 dots in right hand upper corner, then tap "App Explorer", make sure the drop down says "all apps", then scroll down until you find the line that says "SETTINGS" and under that it says "com.android.provider.settings" and tap on it.
3. A new page with rows and rows of different settings should be listed. Scroll down until you locate the row that says "Settings$TetherSettingsActivity". Once you tap on this row, it will bring up the options to: Launch, Favorite, or Homescreen. At this point you can tap launch which will take you directly into the hidden HOTSPOT settings menu where you can edit the settings for the HOTSPOT and enable it.
4. I'd recommend also tapping "Homescreen" option also so you can add a direct shortcut to the hidden HOTSPOT menu on your homescreen to be able to access the menu turn on and off the hotspot much easier then having to open shortcut Master each time you want to enable the hotspot.
5. And......VOILA!!! You should now be able to turn your hotspot on and off and configure it as needed.
I did a search prior to making this post and all of the post that I saw included downloading 3rd party hotspot apps, but this is much easier and so far I have not had any issues. I am running Android 6.0 at the moment on the stock ROM for the Boost Mobile j7, but I do want to add that I DO HAVE ROOT access but I am not sure if that will matter or not.
If anyones phone is not rooted could test this to verify it also works on your non rooted phones that would be great and much appreciated.
I hope this helps anyone has had trouble enabling their hotspot and are on the Boost Mobile network.
J727P
tatsunn said:
Hello, I hope this helps those who don't have access to enable the WIFi HotSpot in the settings on their Boost Mobile Samsung J7.
I just purchased this phone after my old Lg G5 with Tmobile broke, and it frustrated me that although I was paying for the unlimited plan with Boost, I would need to pay $10.00 extra each month in order to be able to access the hotspot feature, and I refused to do that.
I initially downloaded FoxFi and a few other apps from the PlayStore, and FoxFi actually worked for the 1st day but then I started getting an error about "No internet connection" and could not get the hotspot working anymore no matter what app I tried.
Well, after some trial & error and testing, I found a way to enable the hotspot function easily from within the phone itself and without having to download or install any apps like Foxfi, but you do need to install "Shortcut Master" and if you have the full version to allow shortcuts to be created on your home screen its even better.
Instructions:
1. Download and install "Shortcut Master" from play store.
2. Open "Shortcut Master" tap the 3 dots in right hand upper corner, then tap "App Explorer", make sure the drop down says "all apps", then scroll down until you find the line that says "SETTINGS" and under that it says "com.android.provider.settings" and tap on it.
3. A new page with rows and rows of different settings should be listed. Scroll down until you locate the row that says "Settings$TetherSettingsActivity". Once you tap on this row, it will bring up the options to: Launch, Favorite, or Homescreen. At this point you can tap launch which will take you directly into the hidden HOTSPOT settings menu where you can edit the settings for the HOTSPOT and enable it.
4. I'd recommend also tapping "Homescreen" option also so you can add a direct shortcut to the hidden HOTSPOT menu on your homescreen to be able to access the menu turn on and off the hotspot much easier then having to open shortcut Master each time you want to enable the hotspot.
5. And......VOILA!!! You should now be able to turn your hotspot on and off and configure it as needed.
I did a search prior to making this post and all of the post that I saw included downloading 3rd party hotspot apps, but this is much easier and so far I have not had any issues. I am running Android 6.0 at the moment on the stock ROM for the Boost Mobile j7, but I do want to add that I DO HAVE ROOT access but I am not sure if that will matter or not.
If anyones phone is not rooted could test this to verify it also works on your non rooted phones that would be great and much appreciated.
I hope this helps anyone has had trouble enabling their hotspot and are on the Boost Mobile network.
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Ok I guess this works on the J700P but it don't work on the J727P ! Tested it an it's a no go error !! Hope it work good for everyone on the J700P ! Thanks anyway !
peter couniaz said:
Ok I guess this works on the J700P but it don't work on the J727P ! Tested it an it's a no go error !! Hope it work good for everyone on the J700P ! Thanks anyway !
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Don't know why you would need this on a j700p? Just go to settings and there's a hotspot menu....