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[Q] Dialer in US ROMs?

Has anyone actually tried copying out the dialer/phone app from an international ROM and putting it into a US ROM? I did a quick search of the dev and general Tab forums and haven't seen a mention of it.
Is the limitation for not making calls in the modem or kernel, or is it just the lack of the software?

maniac3389 said:
Has anyone actually tried copying out the dialer/phone app from an international ROM and putting it into a US ROM? I did a quick search of the dev and general Tab forums and haven't seen a mention of it.
Is the limitation for not making calls in the modem or kernel, or is it just the lack of the software?
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I *think* it is just the lack of software.

Interesting. I may have to look into this, compare an international ROM to the stock AT&T one.

Are either of you actually reading these forums?
The AT&T Tab has already been hacked to make calls.
The TMo Tab can be made to make calls, but you'll lose 3G.
Regards,
Dave

maniac3389 said:
Has anyone actually tried copying out the dialer/phone app from an international ROM and putting it into a US ROM? I did a quick search of the dev and general Tab forums and haven't seen a mention of it.
Is the limitation for not making calls in the modem or kernel, or is it just the lack of the software?
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It's been tried. So has just flashing the modem. Neither worked.

Yeah I've seen those posts, I was just just wanting to see if there was any way to do it without having to flash another ROM onto my Tab. I'm guessing it's pretty deeply ingrained into the framework or something.
(Mainly wanted to ask because my quick search did not pull up results of retrofitting Phone capability into a "crippled" US ROM)

I dont know if this has been pointed out before but in my tmo tab when using root explorer and I look in system/app all the phone apps are already installed. They are just being blocked, is there a way to modify them to work?

jayisking said:
I dont know if this has been pointed out before but in my tmo tab when using root explorer and I look in system/app all the phone apps are already installed. They are just being blocked, is there a way to modify them to work?
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The dialer is there and I think it is installed but is disabled somehow. Trying to bring it up just displays a message on the screen saying the dialer application is not supported on this device. I would be very interested in just modifying this ROM to re-enable that feature so flashing the EURO ROM isn't necessary. I am sure someone will figure it out before me but I am looking into it too. I am just so scared of doing stuff with this thing because for some reason it feels like uncharted territory and I am afraid of unknown consequences. Once the dialer is working a simple IMEI and serial number change will remove any restrictions on T-Mobile's end.

jnutz said:
Once the dialer is working a simple IMEI and serial number change will remove any restrictions on T-Mobile's end.
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Simple IMEI change? Do you have the instructions?

Isn't that illegal to change imei?
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I got to thinking, maybe it's a service or something preventing it? (Either an option or argument passed to the services)

rotohammer said:
Simple IMEI change? Do you have the instructions?
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I was going to give this a try...
http://www.sptbox.com/

Molezou said:
Isn't that illegal to change imei?
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In some places like the UK it is. However here in the US it is not.

Very interesting!! I downloaded the program just now, but gonna wait this out a bit.

http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/f452/sptbox-deluxe-9-9-2-released-we-did-again-1126534/
SGH-T849 Imei/Unlock/Flash
My Kung-fu is strong.

what about the 10.1.5 that is out?

jtc442 said:
what about the 10.1.5 that is out?
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Go with the newest version. I was just showing when it got support.

very interesting it would be great if we could change the imei with another phone we own, im about to return mine to tmobile to get it off contract wonder if i should try this first...
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daym $250 umm yeah..

I downloaded it, but couldnt get it to install completely?
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jtc442 said:
I downloaded it, but couldnt get it to install completely?
Sent from Jt's Samsung Galaxy Tab!!
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Do you have an SPT box? You need the hardware this isn't a pure software solution.
http://www.sptbox.com/Products/Default.aspx
And it isn't cheap so I haven't decided whether or not I want it that bad. But I have been reading their forums and this product can in fact change the IMEI and serial number. It has been tested as sucessful on just about every GSM model of the TAB there is.
I just realized this is all way off topic. The OP is talking about enabling the dialer software and not changing the IMEI. Lets continue this in another thread.

Samsung UK Support: Broken display repaired...but why did they wipe the phone?!?

This is a question and warning.
My S4 display broke. Had no backup as I had just transferred from my S3 and then wiped the S3
I sent it in and received it back.
They fixed the display.
AND...
[begin quote, their letter]
For peace of mind, your repaired device has also been independently checked by our Quality Team to ensure it is fully working order before we return it to you.
We've also installed the latest approved software as part of our standard repair process. This is to ensure you hvae the latest version of software which could include performance enhancements and new features.
[end of quote]
So what did they do?
THEY WIPED THE DEVICE, INCLUDING ALL MY DATA AND INSTALLED A BRAND NEW IMAGE.
It doesn't even have my Google accout or anything stored.
Wtf!?!?
This after a broken display. The "peace of mind" bit sounds almost as if they are making ridiculing me.
No idea whether this is standard Samsung behavior, but when I called them to arrange the pickup they told me nothing about wiping my device.
And no, I do not have a current backup, just like 6 months old, am on Linux and USB mtp is kind of sketchy on there..
Q: Is this standard behavior of Samsung? Or was I just "lucky"
Bastards!!!!
PS If requested I can put that letter online.

They always do and it does say somewhere
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mxn- said:
They always do and it does say somewhere
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Well, I called it in and was nowhere notified.
Nor did I see it on their webpage.
This is a crazy policy.
Thx for the quick answer.
But maybe someone can enlighten me, why does upgrading the OS, require wiping the user data?
We can do it without, so they should be able to do so too, no?

My nephew had to send his S2 in for warranty last year and they said his phone will be wiped but it wasn't. Maybe just depends on the repair centre but I think they should just fix the screen and leave any updates or wiping to to owner.
Seriously it makes no sense.
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Any company would tell you to backup your device before sending it for repair. Its not rocket science. When they do a repair they also test out every other aspect of the device to avoid any other problems that may occur.

Trueray said:
Any company would tell you to backup your device before sending it for repair. Its not rocket science. When they do a repair they also test out every other aspect of the device to avoid any other problems that may occur.
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Believe me, I would have if I could have.
USB MTP backup, requires mounting the device, which only works properly, IF you can unlock it, which you can't without display
The sdcard I took out, what do I know, maybe they would have wiped that one too, just to be sure...

av676 said:
Believe me, I would have if I could have.
USB MTP backup, requires mounting the device, which only works properly, IF you can unlock it, which you can't without display
The sdcard I took out, what do I know, maybe they would have wiped that one too, just to be sure...
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Are you sure?
I can use MTP without unlocking the device just fine.
So the broken screen shouldn't be a problem.
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Mithrandir007 said:
Are you sure?
I can use MTP without unlocking the device just fine.
So the broken screen shouldn't be a problem.
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Absolutely. I can mount it and see two directories the SD and EXTSD cards, but if I access them they are empty.
Then even KDE prompts me, is the device maybe locked?
I unlock the S4 and eg refresh the SD directory and voila all the directories appear.
This feature actually makes sense, security-wise.
If I remember correctly the S2 had a notification and asked you whether you wanted to grant access, but my memory might fail me here.
[edit: btw you are using a custom ROM, I was on latest stock]

av676 said:
Absolutely. I can mount it and see two directories the SD and EXTSD cards, but if I access them they are empty.
Then even KDE prompts me, is the device maybe locked?
I unlock the S4 and eg refresh the SD directory and voila all the directories appear.
This feature actually makes sense, security-wise.
If I remember correctly the S2 had a notification and asked you whether you wanted to grant access, but my memory might fail me here.
[edit: btw you are using a custom ROM, I was on latest stock]
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Indeed that makes sense, I thought about that right after I posted that.
Actually, I currently just use swipe to unlock, which might be the reason it works without unlocking for me, since there's no security anyway.
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It is possible the new screen needs a later firmware version to work correctly, while this is true in the i9100 and i9300, I doubt it's required for the i950x because the phone is only recent launched.

Note 3 Keyboard

Is anyone else seeing a Note 3 Keyboard listed as installed AT THE BOTTOM of your "All" list in google play..... but not showing as installed in your "Installed" list? I am not able to find it anywhere on my device and Samsung on live chat said that they never issued a OTA with a note 3 Keyboard. This is spyware. I can not get rid of it. No matter what I do it comes back after a day or two.

Don't see that. Stock rooted mf9.

This crap won't go away. It keeps coming back. Rooted or not. I never see a notification. It just appears suddenly. I have appnotifier and it shows nothing being installed. I just appears magically. I hate this ****. Whatever it is is deeply embedded in my phone. I notice that when I do a wipe in recovery my data partition doesn't mount. Can you tell me if yours does please? You don't have to wipe anything just see if you can mount and unmount the data partition. Mine says unmounted and will not mount at all. I think this might be part of the problem. The data wipe doesn't really happen, and this Keyboard is in that part that isn't getting wiped. That is the only thing I can think on how it keeps coming back no matter what I do. PIT files and numerous firmwares, and nothing removes it permanently. If you could tell me if yours mounts...That would help me a lot. Thanks

Sleepycloud said:
This crap won't go away. It keeps coming back. Rooted or not. I never see a notification. It just appears suddenly. I have appnotifier and it shows nothing being installed. I just appears magically. I hate this ****. Whatever it is is deeply embedded in my phone. I notice that when I do a wipe in recovery my data partition doesn't mount. Can you tell me if yours does please? You don't have to wipe anything just see if you can mount and unmount the data partition. Mine says unmounted and will not mount at all. I think this might be part of the problem. The data wipe doesn't really happen, and this Keyboard is in that part that isn't getting wiped. That is the only thing I can think on how it keeps coming back no matter what I do. PIT files and numerous firmwares, and nothing removes it permanently. If you could tell me if yours mounts...That would help me a lot. Thanks
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Take a screenshot because I really dont understand what your saying. I dont have such problem with keyboard and what recovery you are using?
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ROMANTiC KiD said:
Take a screenshot because I really dont understand what your saying. I dont have such problem with keyboard and what recovery you are using?
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Here are some screenshots and a little more info.
https://plus.google.com/u/0/102254187406524404989/posts

I have it. On triforce. Figured it's a google bug or a remnant from a 4.3 "funflash"
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galland1 said:
I have it. On triforce. Figured it's a google bug or a remnant from a 4.3 "funflash"
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I talked with Samsung. They said it is not a legit Samsung app and it was never rolled out to any S4 OTA or included in any OEM firmware. I think I know where it came from. Did you ever flash firmware from Galaxys4root.com? That is just a hunch of mine. May not be the source at all. But after I flashed that firmware I noticed lots of extra b.s. going on and found it. It shows on my phone, but not when I look at my play orders on my computer. Samsung said it's not really linked to Google play at all. That is why you can't leave a review or report the app. Try that and you'll see. The creator was cleaver enough to give it the appearance of a legit Google apps so that it will install on your phone without being blocked. Have you ever looked on your device for it? I can't find anything and my appnotifier and lookout never pick it up. It just magically appears once I root or allow install of apps from unknown sources.

Can anyone tell me if maybe my SIM card needs to be changed? Like is it possible that this Note 3 Keyboard keeps coming back because of the personal information or MEID contained on my phone? LIke, I did a full reflash with PIT files, and pulled the battery and did a factory reset from recovery before I let it boot. It still came back after about a day with no updates at all.
Would some of you more skilled people give me some ideas to try and maybe explain or suggest how this can be happening? Like is it possible that a new partition has been created that does not get rewritten with PIT file and firmware? Please... I want this **** off my phone! Any suggestions are gonna be appreciated and tested. I know somebody has an idea of what is happening here....Thanks for reading this.

Ever find the answer to this?
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i too have this note 3 keyboard, did anybody find out what this is all about or if there is nothing to it?

matraca said:
i too have this note 3 keyboard, did anybody find out what this is all about or if there is nothing to it?
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All I know is that I talked to Samsung via live chat and they said that it is not affiliated with Samsung in any way and a Note 3 keyboard should not be on any Galaxy S4. Go to live chat yourselves and ask questions. Sprint told me that I can get a new one on my warranty but there is a $50 surcharge. The Tech at sprint said it's not affiliated with Google play. It just has some of the API's to trick the phone into letting it install. I don't kow for sure where it came from. I've flashed so many ROM's and firmwares that it is impossible to pinpoint it. I got a feeling that a lot of people will find it if they look for it. At least the ones that are flashers will anyways.
I've tried deleting everything but when the new ROM loads and I look through the files, I'm still finding folders and files with week old dates on them. I'm not sure how that is happening. I'm dying to get to the bottom of this. Help me keep this thread bumped so more people will see it. Hopefully someone will give us the right info to get rid of it.

I see the same thing I'm on stock.
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Sleepycloud said:
All I know is that I talked to Samsung via live chat and they said that it is not affiliated with Samsung in any way and a Note 3 keyboard should not be on any Galaxy S4.
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I would say they are full of it. That app is from Samsung. I have a friend with a Note 3 and it updated itself using that app. Now why it is showing on the S4 is probably just some glitch in there programming, or because they are working on a 4.3 update for the S4. I also have it on mine. Once the new update comes out for the S4 I suspect it will have the new keyboard and the app will then work.

Delete the Samsung keyboard lol. I did.

Well I went to the mall yesterday and a friend of mine has a note 3 and he has that keyboard as well, also the link on the playstore takes you to the korean or japanese samsung website. I am beggining to think is just a glitch. I also have the stock samsung keyboard removed and use swiftkey.

w7excursion said:
Delete the Samsung keyboard lol. I did.
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I did too. The note 3 keyboard still shows as installed.

matraca said:
Well I went to the mall yesterday and a friend of mine has a note 3 and he has that keyboard as well, also the link on the play store takes you to the korean or japanese samsung website. I am beginning to think is just a glitch. I also have the stock samsung keyboard removed and use swiftkey.
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I'm certain that somebody has exploited the keyboard. It wasn't on my phone when it was stock unrooted right from the store. It only showed up after flashing back to "stock" firmware. In which one instance I was seeing lots of bogus crap going on. Apps where getting flashed right over the top of the little green android. In the applications manager you could see the little green Android behind numerous app icons. They all had a little something extra. My phone was doing all sorts of neat crap on it's own. Somebody had complete control of my device. That came from galaxys4root.com Flash that **** and you'll see for yourself. Everything was tainted. The play store, the play services It was like it was in a war, it would have two updates for the same thing showing in pull down notification window. One real, one bogus. The first time I flashed it, I just hit updtae on everything. When I noticed all the funny stuff, I re-flashed it and paid attention to all the updates. All of the Samsung apps were tainted, It would go back and forth updating and then updating back to the other. Thats what made me notice the differences. It kept updating the same apps over and over. That is when I noticed that they were different.

Sleepycloud said:
I did too. The note 3 keyboard still shows as installed.
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Delete all the files associated with it.

w7excursion said:
Delete all the files associated with it.
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I did. It still shows as installed. I cut everything out. Even everything that had input devices in the name. It still shows as installed. When I factory reset it is not there for anywhere from 12 hours to 24 hours. My phone is fast as hell, scrolls like a champ and the battery lasts all day on one charge. Like 16 to 18 hours. As soon as that keyboard shows up it slows down, acts funny and gets laggy. The battery is disappearing like crazy. I have to charge it twice a day to make it till I get home. It might be a legit app for many, but I'm positive that someone has exploited the app and is using it in firmware as a information collector, and it does not go away no matter what I do. I'm wondering if it is in my efs partition... if that is even possible. What I know is that with Android, almost anything is possible. If you can think it, someone can code it.

HDC SM-n9006 some features not responding

Hello i bought a clone of the note 3, an sm n9006. This phone have smart control, air gesture but not Air Command.
When i extract the pen it is like the pen is still inside and nothing appear. Air command seems to not work correctly. inside the phone it is snote software and the pen" work".
The exact model is N9006ZCUBMI3 and the build is JSS15.N9006ZCUBMI5.
Using a different rom for 9006 could be unlock the air command?

GabrieleR said:
Hello i bought a clone of the note 3, an sm n9006. This phone have smart control, air gesture but not Air Command.
When i extract the pen it is like the pen is still inside and nothing appear. Air command seems to not work correctly. inside the phone it is snote software and the pen" work".
The exact model is N9006ZCUBMI3 and the build is JSS15.N9006ZCUBMI5.
Using a different rom for 9006 could be unlock the air command?
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Lolz dude non offense but your coming to the att note 3 board to talk about a Chinese knock off clone? And your actually surprised that some knock off features aren't included or functioning? Lol
Sorry man not trying to be a jerk but you should have known when you ordered it that you were taking a long shot when 99% of the clone ads are full of lies and misrepresentations.
Good luck but I'm guessing you won't find much support or help in this board jmo of course
Mega

this is not a place for your phone. you will have to search else where

megalomanic14 said:
Lolz dude non offense but your coming to the att note 3 board to talk about a Chinese knock off clone? And your actually surprised that some knock off features aren't included or functioning? Lol
Sorry man not trying to be a jerk but you should have known when you ordered it that you were taking a long shot when 99% of the clone ads are full of lies and misrepresentations.
Good luck but I'm guessing you won't find much support or help in this board jmo of course
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ops, actually my english is not so good so dunno what is att note 3. aniway i see other similar post like mine. I know that chinise are very ambiguous but i know this feature is in my model and other guys whit this same identical device have no problem whit it. So i was asking, i can live good whitout air command so Can you please tell me if there is a section of this forum in which i can talk about chinise devices whitout persons that say to me that chinise is fake and liar?

To my knowledge there are no fake phone forums on xda. You will need to do a google search to find what you want. You wont find anything here for it. Good luck
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To my knowledge there are no fake phone forums on xda. You will need to do a google search to find what you want. You wont find anything here for it. Good luck
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ty, aniway i found some usefull information

GabrieleR said:
ty, aniway i found some usefull information
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Whatever you do, DON'T flash a Note 3 rom onto your device. You will brick it...

I Desperately Need HELP for my Clone Note 4 PLEASE. Thank you and very much appreciat

Hi everyone, I'm new to android and also this forum and website. But I do have a samsung galaxy y gt-s5360 before and I gain a very big helped from this forum before by learning how to flash and root my 5360 previously successfully with ressurection ROM. And I'm sorry this is the first time I created a topic post and I'm sorry and I'm not sure if I'm creating this topic at the right column of this forum. If I'm wrong I apologize dear Admin.
OK back to the main point of this topic. I just bought a clone Samsung note 4 yesterday. There's a lot of question marks in my head now and I need all the experts advice here and hope everyone could help me out please.
1) I don't even know what are the real specs of my phone now as it is clone and I don't even know how to identified it by real.
2) I wish I can flash a best note 4 original rom or custom ROM with the latest and updated and a nice ROM for my clone note 4.
3) 1 main reason is if possible I need a ROM with the real note 4 display resolution on my clone note 4 in order for me to use my Rock Dr.V casing for my clone note 4 which required an app from the rock case website itself which could not support and even run on my current clone note 4.
All kinds of helps and enquiries is needed and much appreciated. I will try to provide as much information, details and screenshots as I can. But starting with even screenshot now I don't even know how to screenshot my phone now because normally you can just swipe with your hand from right to left of the whole screen to make a screenshot but now this function is not even working.... I'm blurred and stuck now. The current state of of my clone note 4 now is running without problem as I can still use most of the common standard default apps and the commercial downloaded apps such as whatsapp, wechat, facebook and all including waze GPS too.
Another last thing is the imei no on the sticker behind the phone is different with the one stating on the about phone inside android software phone status imei. I tried scanning the imei behind with imei.info it tells me it is a Galaxy S4 but the imei inside the android software which I scan on imei.info was stated with "Invalid imei". That is all the information that I can provide now. Hopefully someone can teach me how to screenshot at least so I can start uploading more pics and Info's.
Please help me. Thank you very much all forumers.
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**** latest update, I just found out my GPS sensor is not working permanently. Meaning when I switch on waze it take some time to detect where am I and finally found me but when Im navigating to a direction it stated no GPS approximate location detected. Damn it.
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Someone please help me.... Am very frustrated... Please....
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You can find a screenshot app on Goole play store(ei: screenshot by Kastorsoft since it works on rooted and some unrooted devices)