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Question for DVP India users with new NoDo firmware

1. is the EM diagnostic menu still working under NoDo? does tethering work?
2. do you think Dell fixed the camera blur issues in the new firmware?
thanks

some reports indicate that the em app is available, but far more restricted. I'm not sure about tethering though
and for the second problem, remember, this is Dell. Not likely

I am in the US and have the DVP on T-Mo with the NoDo update (it came that way).
The EM menu is very limited. The only setting that can be changed is MMS Settings.
My phone does not have the camera update, but Dell has stated that will come in mid-April.

Joelh1 said:
I am in the US and have the DVP on T-Mo with the NoDo update (it came that way).
The EM menu is very limited. The only setting that can be changed is MMS Settings.
My phone does not have the camera update, but Dell has stated that will come in mid-April.
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Your phone shipped from Dell US with NoDo?
If so, you have to post details on the RAM reported and if it was a new or refurb.

I posted details 4 weeks ago when I received it. It was a new phone, not a refurb.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=11825404#post11825404
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=11832006#post11832006
If you have any other questions, let me know.

Hi Joelh1. Can it connects to hidden secure and unsecured WiFi? Thanks.

NeverSummer07 said:
Hi Joelh1. Can it connects to hidden secure and unsecured WiFi? Thanks.
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It connects to secure networks that are broadcasting SSID. I have 3 networks set up that are visible and secure. It works great. No freezing, no delays. Very quick. I have been on WiFi and downloaded apps from the Marketplace. No issues.
It does not see hidden networks, and as far as I know, there is no place to manually enter it.

Thanks for the prompt reply. I was hoping the NoDo update allow us to setup unbroadcast SSID. This is the top of my wish list. I work at an organization that have hidden WiFi and broadcast is not an option

[Q] 3g available ?? saw a prog named mobile data

I know what 3g dongle is not working when insert into A500....
but, i saw a prog named Mobile data when i view all program at settings.
then i click the "Mobile data" and saw that is showing 4.00kb.
I clear the data becomes 0.00kb then i plug my E1750.
in about 2 sec time, the Mobile data is showing 4.00kb again.
it seems like it is actually able to read my E1750.
from another thread, i know after rooted and with "some" setting, it is actually able to connect to 3g network.
Thus, can i conclude that android actually allow us to use 3g dongle
but
acer block it so it can came out with a product called A501 to suck your money?
just wish to know.....
possible anyone can bypass the setting perfectly by not rooting it to get 3g dongle works?
Appreciate for your interest in this post.

i think its impossible without rooting

acer block it so it can came out with a product called A501 to suck your money?
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you are mistaken with Apple... (hu hu)
Acer announced already they will have 2 different type of tablet, Wifi and 3G/Wifi
next month the A501 will be available in my country...
and in 2 month the A100 and Iconia Smart will come...
now to be able to make a dongle works, maybe future update or an application will be allow it in the next months, weeks, days, minutes.... who knows

sanaell said:
now to be able to make a dongle works, maybe future update or an application will be allow it in the next months, weeks, days, minutes.... who knows
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Why don't you just do yourself a favour and take a look in the Development section, huh?

duhhhhhh
Search for 3g USB for iconia or just go to the Dec section they have working some models.im considering begging to to fix mine for crickets network as its cheaper and does work well here in my town 35.lo month totally unlimited.barnicle tether does not seem to work as Wellington this tab as it does with my win 7 notebook bohooooo

[Q] Wifi Slow on Galaxy S5 - Strange Issue, Please Help

Hi All,
I was wondering if someone can help me. I am having a bizarre problem on my Galaxy S5, which so far has stumped Verizon, Samsung and Time Warner Cable Tech Supports.
For some reason, when I'm connected to my home Wifi network, certain apps run very slow. Basically, if you open an app like Facebook, Instagram, or the Google Play Store, a lot of the icons, pictures and thumbnails all show up gray, and either don't come up at all, or take forever to load. As soon as I turn Wifi off and switch over to 4G, they all pop up almost immediately. I've also noticed this problem on Google Now. You tap the microphone, say a command and it gets stuck on "Recognizing..." for a long time, and quite often comes up with "Can't reach Google at the moment." Again, it's only certain apps. Other apps like my web browser app don't seem to be affected.
This doesn't make sense to me, because I also have a laptop and my girlfriend's Galaxy S III connected to my Wifi network and they don't have this problem. I've even busted out my old LG Spectrum 2 and sure enough, these apps load up lightning quick on it. I've done an internet speed test on my S5. On my Wifi I get a 19ms ping, download speeds of 18 MB/s and uploads pushing 2 MB/s. When I'm on 4G, the ping is 40ms, and the speeds are only 6MB/s and 0.7MB/s respectively, so the Wifi theoretically should be way faster.
I spent over an hour on the phone with Verizon and Samsung Tech Support, and after trying a ton of different things, including a Factory Reset, they determined it was probably the device. Since I'm under warranty, they sent me another one. I got it yesterday and tried it...yep, same problem.
Just out of curiosity, I tried it on the Wifi at my workplace. Wouldn't you know it, the problem isn't there. But, I don't understand what could be wrong with my home Wifi. I've got Road Runner Turbo internet from Time Warner w/download speeds up to 20MB/s. I've also got a really good modem/router that cost several hundred dollars. And, like I said the problem doesn't seem to happen on other devices.
I've searched the internet and have found almost nothing on this. Does anyone know of something I can try? Here's everything I've tried so far:
"Forgetting" my Wifi Network and Reconnecting
Resetting the Modem/Router
Clearing Data and Cache on Affected Apps
Phone Factory Reset
Trying with another Galaxy S5
Switching from DHCP to Static Connection on Phone
Switching DNS to Google's Addresses on Phone (8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4)
Tinkering with the Modem/Router Security Settings and even Disabling Security
Changing the Router Bandwidth Settings
Changing my Router's Broadcast Channel - Have Tried Several Different Ones
Calling my ISP and Upgrading to a Higher Bandwidth/Speed
Here's my hardware details:
Phone - Verizon Galaxy S5, Unrooted, Running Stock Kitkat 4.4.4
ISP - Time Warner Cable, Road Runner Turbo
Modem/Router - Motorola/Arris SBG6782-AC
Thanks so much in advance!

Watching with interest.
Have a similar situation with my s5 900f international running latest NeatRom.
Some days better than others even when using home sky fibre optic and no drop in speed from router.

Had to get a new router
Ok, so I finally fixed the problem...in a manner that I wish I didn't have to resort to, but it seemed like the only option.
Let me start by thanking Rukbat from Android Central. I posted this topic there too, and his response was very helpful. Here's a repost of it:
Talk to Verizon (the tech people in the back, not the sales associates) or the Time Warner people (same thing - tech people) and see if anyone has an old Linksys or D-Link wifi router you can borrow for a day. (I'm using a Linksys WRT54G at the moment, and in router years it's as old as George Washington's corpse.)
From years of experience, writing communications code, playing with my phone, routers - and looking at my calendar - I'm guessing a bug in KitKat that shows up only with some apps. My almost new Linksys EA4500 started showing this problem almost as soon as the phones updated to 4.4.2, but the apps all work fine on old routers.
If an old router solves the problem, you can get a refurb WRT54 (G or GS) for the $25 range on Amazon (or maybe TW has an old one they'll let you use with one of their modems).
The Facebook app works just fine on mobile data, AT&T hotspots, TMobile hotspots - but not on new Linksys (supposedly the best) routers, and I've heard reports of the same problem on the newer D-Link routers, also supposed to be top-of-the-line. (I actually left the app running for 12 hours once, just to see how long it would take to update. It's more than 12 hours, because it still hadn't done anything. But standing in the parking lot at a Sam's Club, with a barely usable AT&T hotsopt signal, it updates in a couple of seconds.) AT&T connected me to their in-store wifi (which is secured, so of course they deleted the connection after we checked it out) and Facebook updated immediately. Speedtest.com shows over 14mbps download and pings running from 15-50ms with my new router that doesn't work with facebook, so it's not the connection, it's not the wifi signal itself, it's either a problem with certain apps or a problem with the 4.4 wifi firmware. Play store downloads are slower on the new routers too, but not too bad. just noticeably slower. (If I set up a guest account on the router it works fine, though, so it's not a bad router. It's just a pain to have to sign into the guest account every so often.)
This is the reason systems analysts turn grey at a young age and have bald spots. Problems that don't seem to make sense, and people in a position to debug them who can't or won't. I can reproduce the problem at will (which is the difficult part of fixing a problem), but there's no one interested in fixing it.
I ended up just getting a different router, as he suggested. From what he's describing, it sounds like some routers just don't play nice with some newer phones, for no apparent reason at all, which is both discouraging and frustrating at the same time. And I've come to the conclusion that my router is one of them. After spending hours on the phone with technical support from Verizon, Time Warner, Arris and Samsung, no one could find a solution for me.
I will say that I did find some hints from other places online that tweaking certain router settings will fix this problem, but I think I kind of nipped myself in the **** by not doing my homework when I bought my Arris modem/router. This router is locked down pretty tight from changing certain settings. You can't disable IPv6, which some people say fixed the problem. Someone else suggested enabling IP tunneling, but I don't see this setting on my router. Somewhere else, I read that this is the same thing as Port Forwarding, but I really don't know what port you would have to forward to a phone. You can't even update the firmware on my router, as Arris only provides it to cable ISPs...and they won't push it to customer owned devices. I don't even know why they sell this model to the public if that's the case.
So anyway, I just bought a much cheaper Netgear router from Best Buy, and wouldn't you know it, it works great! I think that it even outperforms my Arris. I guess the moral of the story is be careful about what you buy.

Update - problem solved!!!
I cannot believe this. I managed to get my phone working yesterday with my old Arris modem/router. I didn't even have to tweak it, or try to disable IPv6 or anything.
It turned out that the problem was my phone's SIM card. When I first bought the phone, I ordered it online and I remembered that it came in the mail with a SIM card. But, when I placed the card in the phone, it wouldn't activate. I probably should have called Verizon at that point to ask what I should do, but I ended up just taking the SIM card out of my old LG phone, and putting it in the S5. It looked the same to me, so I didn't think it would matter.
Then, not too long ago, I noticed that certain apps were saying that I needed an "Enhanced SIM Card" to use them, so it got me thinking, maybe I should have used the card that came with the phone. I called Verizon, and sure enough, they said that the card that came with the phone used much more updated technology, which is a better fit for the phone. So, they got it activated for me, and now not only do all of my apps work, but the slow Wifi problem is gone too! I didn't even know that the SIM card can affect Wifi. But anyway, this is great! I can take my new modem back, now.
I would ask anybody who has this same problem if they are not using a SIM card that came with the phone. If you are, it could be that you need a new one or more updated one. I believe most carriers will give you a new one for free. You can also check to see if your card is outdated in a couple different ways. Try opening an app like Softcard, and if it says that you need an Enhanced card, then your card is outdated. Also, check the numbers on your SIM. According to Verizon, in the US, the card should have a handful of numbers, followed by FIVE zeroes. If there are any more than five, it is an older card. It might be different for different countries or carriers.
Hope that helps!

Grrrr....spoke too soon. It worked fine for about a week, but now it's doing the same thing again, even with the new SIM card. Switched back to the newer router. Guess it's something with the Arris router after all.

International Tab A with S Pen

Found someone selling the international version of the Galaxy Tab A with the S Pen, model is SM-P585 for $160 and got him down to $130, haven't looked at it yet so don't know if it's in a different language or not, and obviously no warranty. But looks like it's the LTE model, won't be using it. Said it came from Korea, looking at the specs between the US version and Korean version looks the same except the Korean version has 32 gigs of ram vs 16. Only thing that worries me are updates down the road and compatibility with the app store. Will certain apps not load if it sees it as an international version?

hard to say
i did exactly what you are contemplating.
The unit i received boots and works fine via wifi. It does not work on wireless (cellular) networks, even though it has valid SIM card installed. Which is why i'm here, since i am going to try to flash firmware of a different region that has compatible bandplans to where i am. I've researched all that info on the web, and have chosen a "most likely" candidate.
The firmware it arrived with seems to be Singapore and Vietnam based. I'm going to try to flash Malaysian firmware and see what happens.
FWIW, the device will not upgrade via the built in upgrade option (in settings). It returns an error. Current android V 5.0, but i know htere is valid 6.0 firmware available. (which is what i'm going to flash).
I have verified using "System info for android " app, that it sees a network, but is simply not connecting. the curious thing about the situation is, that although the tablet will not connect to the cellular network, it does show the onscreen icon for network strength (which is very strong, 4 or 5 bars). So the device is recognizing a signal, but will not connect. I have used sim cards from several carriers, and "scanned" networks" which gives a list of expected locally available networks, but the device will not connect to any of them.
If anyone reading this has any ideas, i'm happy to hear them.

Good to know thanks. I don't plan on using it for the cellular part just WiFi, don't want to spend money on a data plan. I did find several sites that had marshmallow but you had to use odin I believe. Also found this thread incase it helps you.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-tab-a/help/sm-p585-flashing-firmware-variant-t3498225

I had the Tab A 8.0 with S Pen (SM-P355) the international version capable of making phone calls. I don't think it was ever sold in the US. I had no problems loading any apps from the Play store, including banking apps and others that were regional or required authentication, like Uber.
The last version I received (before cracking my screen) was 6.0, pushed via OTA update.

ROM completely hacked and stealthed from unknown source. Need advice

Couldn't believe it myself but after factory resetting and doing some digging around its come to my attention that my ATT variant S7 seems to have been totally hijacked, as deep as the bootloader itself. I have quite a few recovery logs that display all my system apps being patched at root level. There's a bunch of suspicious background services and after checking with a interface app there seems to be a couple rmnet network connections running in the background pointing to multiple unknown IP assesses. To further support my find out entire network at my office has been completely overrun with an undetectable malware, more so just a complete redirection of our DNS with multiple computers including mine specifically tied into a virtual backdoor tunnel. My PC hasn't been detected by our remote anti virus agent since September along with many policies setup to stealth the negotiating hosts and clients. Anyways for my phone specifically has anyone ever been hit like this? I'm gonna go to ATT later today and have them replace my device with a new one and keep it off network. Here's my phones status and baseband info.

Trying to get a copy of the recovery logs for someone to verify. I went to att and they said there's nothing they can do to check it on there end... guys I'm not joking around here and if everything appears fine can someone tell me or is the s7 a dead stick now and nobody cares?

Nothing's wrong with the phone. All of those connections are normal.
Rest assured, your life is not that important that hackers would personally invade your phone, out of all the things.
That being said, here's why your phone is normal:
- latest security patch available for your service provider ? CHECK.
- stock firmware ? CHECK
- Official device status ? CHECK.
- sit0 network ? PERFECTLY FINE. sit = Simple Internet Transition. AKA 6to4. That's a tunneling protocol for using IPv6 over an existing IPv4 connection. The S7 is capable of using both protocols. In fact, you have both types of connections enabled in your settings.
- rmnet_data ? PERFECTLY FINE. rmnet interfaces are usually associated with cellular connections and usb tethering. In all of your SS, mobile data and some sort of tethering app were enabled.
Case closed, drops the mic.

r3w1NNNd said:
Nothing's wrong with the phone. All of those connections are normal.
Rest assured, your life is not that important that hackers would personally invade your phone, out of all the things.
That being said, here's why your phone is normal:
- latest security patch available for your service provider ? CHECK.
- stock firmware ? CHECK
- Official device status ? CHECK.
- sit0 network ? PERFECTLY FINE. sit = Simple Internet Transition. AKA 6to4. That's a tunneling protocol for using IPv6 over an existing IPv4 connection. The S7 is capable of using both protocols. In fact, you have both types of connections enabled in your settings.
- rmnet_data ? PERFECTLY FINE. rmnet interfaces are usually associated with cellular connections and usb tethering. In all of your SS, mobile data and some sort of tethering app were enabled.
Case closed, drops the mic.
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Thank You! I shall take my walk of shame now, but thank you for taking the time to explain.

You're not wrong. I bet you've been hacked and that's just like I've been hacked.

Guys, everybody's hacked. The gov'ment wants to watch all of us like a soap opera. Carriers can't watch you if you don't have bloat running lineage, and it's a bit harder for the gov'ment to watch without stock firmware.
Don't forget the tin foil hats, and wrap the phones while at it