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[Q] A few questions on the ATT GS4

I got my phone yesterday and charged it up etc. I have been giving it a work out trying to get all I could for customizing it as stock.
1 ST ? is how do I get this "air swipe" thing to work? I have all I can find in the settings / air gesture. All the buttons are set to on and it says there is an icon on the status bar with a hand on it, mine don't show the hand and only holding a finger over such as email will it show content. How do I activate and get the air stuff to work?
2nd ? is this, I was out of town and on my way home I stopped at a Best Buy, there happened to be a Samsung rep in the store with a display out, he let me play with his working demo and I asked a lot of questions. He showed me the phone dialer and said on the ATT version it comes out with a white key pad but the dialer could be "customized" to be a pale blue which his was, but he couldn't get the settings to come up to show me how. Does anyone know where this is changed to make the dialer blue with the contact showing a background as blue ? I don't know which version his demo was but I am assuming it was the international version possibly.
3 rd ? Being used to the ATT HTC One X , when arranging apps on the screen it was possible to merge two or more apps into one folder, on this phone I can't seem to put any apps together in one folder, is this not possible on this phone?
4th ? I was talking with the rep and mentioned I like to "tinker" with custom roms as I rooted , unlocked and S-OFF on the HTC One. Further I told him about reading the dev web site and rooting the new GS4 and as of yet no custom recovery. HE said that would void the "carrier" warranty but didn't say anything about manufacture warranty, so is it void also?
I am sure as I get deeper into this phone I am going to have more questions, so any help with this would be appreciated .

leesumm said:
I got my phone yesterday and charged it up etc. I have been giving it a work out trying to get all I could for customizing it as stock.
1 ST ? is how do I get this "air swipe" thing to work? I have all I can find in the settings / air gesture. All the buttons are set to on and it says there is an icon on the status bar with a hand on it, mine don't show the hand and only holding a finger over such as email will it show content. How do I activate and get the air stuff to work?
2nd ? is this, I was out of town and on my way home I stopped at a Best Buy, there happened to be a Samsung rep in the store with a display out, he let me play with his working demo and I asked a lot of questions. He showed me the phone dialer and said on the ATT version it comes out with a white key pad but the dialer could be "customized" to be a pale blue which his was, but he couldn't get the settings to come up to show me how. Does anyone know where this is changed to make the dialer blue with the contact showing a background as blue ? I don't know which version his demo was but I am assuming it was the international version possibly.
3 rd ? Being used to the ATT HTC One X , when arranging apps on the screen it was possible to merge two or more apps into one folder, on this phone I can't seem to put any apps together in one folder, is this not possible on this phone?
4th ? I was talking with the rep and mentioned I like to "tinker" with custom roms as I rooted , unlocked and S-OFF on the HTC One. Further I told him about reading the dev web site and rooting the new GS4 and as of yet no custom recovery. HE said that would void the "carrier" warranty but didn't say anything about manufacture warranty, so is it void also?
I am sure as I get deeper into this phone I am going to have more questions, so any help with this would be appreciated .
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I do not see any setting for a pale blue dialr either.
As for the folders; When viewing either your home screen or all of your apps, hit the menu key and choose create folder. After creatung the folder, hit the menu key again and choose edit. When the screen adjusts you can drag icons into the newly created folder.

sheikynyc said:
I do not see any setting for a pale blue dialr either.
As for the folders; When viewing either your home screen or all of your apps, hit the menu key and choose create folder. After creatung the folder, hit the menu key again and choose edit. When the screen adjusts you can drag icons into the newly created folder.
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Thank you, well I had this phone in my hands yesterday and the guy had a shirt on that said he was Samsung inside a Best Buy in Arkansas. He did tell me that the ATT version came out with a white dialer , which mine has but his had a blue dialer. He told me there was a setting to change it to blue or ??? but at the time he couldn't find it. I think I have been all around the phone inside but I can't find anything like that and can't get the air thing to work right. He just waved his hand over the screen and it changed screens. I can hover a finger over the email and read inside without actually opening the email. He said this was another "air" feature but it only worked on the Samsung email app. If using , yahoo or gmail or some other app for email it wouldn't work.

leesumm said:
Thank you, well I had this phone in my hands yesterday and the guy had a shirt on that said he was Samsung inside a Best Buy in Arkansas. He did tell me that the ATT version came out with a white dialer , which mine has but his had a blue dialer. He told me there was a setting to change it to blue or ??? but at the time he couldn't find it. I think I have been all around the phone inside but I can't find anything like that and can't get the air thing to work right. He just waved his hand over the screen and it changed screens. I can hover a finger over the email and read inside without actually opening the email. He said this was another "air" feature but it only worked on the Samsung email app. If using , yahoo or gmail or some other app for email it wouldn't work.
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do they have phones in Arkansas? no just kiddin...i think that is a sprint feature...i could be wrong....

TheAxman said:
do they have phones in Arkansas? no just kiddin...i think that is a sprint feature...i could be wrong....
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Yes , I am pretty sure they have cell phones in Arkansas, in fact the local Walmart does a big business in supplying most of the county here. I had a conversation with the Samsung Tech dept. come to find out that feature is only available on the International version. Asked why the Samsung rep was demonstrating a International version at a Best Buy in Arkansas, I was given no answer. After being guided thru the booting of the boot loader, and a cache wipe , then a reset and then a factory reset, I think the feature of the air thing is working, not like I assumed it was supposed to but its almost an air feature I think.

If you want to make folders the easy way (dragging apps together), just use Nova or another 3rd party launcher.
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leesumm said:
Yes , I am pretty sure they have cell phones in Arkansas, in fact the local Walmart does a big business in supplying most of the county here. I had a conversation with the Samsung Tech dept. come to find out that feature is only available on the International version. Asked why the Samsung rep was demonstrating a International version at a Best Buy in Arkansas, I was given no answer. After being guided thru the booting of the boot loader, and a cache wipe , then a reset and then a factory reset, I think the feature of the air thing is working, not like I assumed it was supposed to but its almost an air feature I think.
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Thanks for the info, I didn't not know that. I stand corrected sir.

[Q] restore to factory before exchange?

i'm having screen issues (phone keep face dialing even though screen is off). i think i need a replacement device. i'm with verizon.
i am rooted, have cwr installed, and have a debloated version of 12b installed.
do i need to go through the hassle of putting the phone back into its factory state before taking it in for replacement, or do they not really care about that anymore and i can just take it in as-is?
thanks for the info!

I'm living in Europe, Sweden, in here we actually have an EU-directive that states the owners right to run the firmware of their own choice and that manufacturers must prove that any such custom software IS the reason a device has failed before voiding any warranties.
But still, I ALWAYS return to stock before any service is done, just to get out of the hassle of explaining this to service companies.
Return to stock, that's what I've have done.
Be happy. It's much more fun that way.

Kaherdin, I live in Denmark and I would love to know where I can find that written black on white
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Found the thread, but didn't find the original EU statement: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1998801
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byproxy said:
i'm having screen issues (phone keep face dialing even though screen is off). i think i need a replacement device. i'm with verizon.
i am rooted, have cwr installed, and have a debloated version of 12b installed.
do i need to go through the hassle of putting the phone back into its factory state before taking it in for replacement, or do they not really care about that anymore and i can just take it in as-is?
thanks for the info!
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Just as @Kaherdin said, to avoid any hassle with service reps, just reflash stock ROM and you should be good to go.
Can you perform a sensor test? Seems to me your proximity sensor might be an issue. It's somewhere in the hidden menu, not exactly sure where. Also, see if the problem persists after flashing back to stock.

robogo1982 said:
Can you perform a sensor test? Seems to me your proximity sensor might be an issue. It's somewhere in the hidden menu, not exactly sure where. Also, see if the problem persists after flashing back to stock.
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can you tell me how to get to hidden menu? i tried two different codes from two different threads and neither worked. would LOVE to be able to perform a sensor test.
thanks!!

@byproxy sure. Open the dialer and type 3845#*xxx# where xxx is the model number of your phone. Verizon iz VS980, so I think 980 should work. I really can't say, I have an international D802, so I don't know :/
EDIT: found it.
HiddenMenu and Dialer access enabler
- For some reason, Verizon omitted the HiddenMenus. The apk was absent and they disabled access to most secret codes via the dialer. This adds the newest version of LG's HiddenMenu/AAT apks and enables access via the following dialer codes:
##LGSERVICEMENU - Gets you into the main LG HiddenMenu
##PROGRAM - Verizon's specific menu
##AATEST - AAT menu
##FEATURE - Another VZW menu
##DEBUG
##HELPHELP
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forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2567709&page=1

thanks!!!
robogo1982 said:
@byproxy sure. Open the dialer and type 3845#*xxx# where xxx is the model number of your phone. Verizon iz VS980, so I think 980 should work. I really can't say, I have an international D802, so I don't know :/
EDIT: found it.
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2567709&page=1
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byproxy said:
thanks!!!
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Did you test it? Does it work properly? Try running all of the hardware tests.

[Q] ATT S4 adds + to calls, making them fail

Hi everyone,
I've got an ATT I337 running the awesome Hyperdrive ROM version 17.1. Several of us --but clearly not all of us!-- over in that thread have noticed a problem with incoming calls. I think there's a setting somewhere that can fix it, so I'm opening it to a wider audience by posting it here, in hopes someone from this group will know what to tweak.
Here's the specific problem.
If my cell phone receives a call from a known contact "Bob" and Bob's contact info (being a U.S. phone number) is 317-555-1212, so far the phone seems to recognize the call as coming from Bob. However, it reports it as coming from +317-555-1212. When I go into the call log and try to return the call, it dials +317-555-1212, and the extra + causes the system to interpret it as an international call attempt, and the call fails. Cannot be completed as dialed, the message says. If it's an non-contact number, the + is still added. IT's not JUST for contacts.
Let's say Bob leaves a message. The voicemail indicator shows and it says offers to dial *86, the correct access code for voice mail for ATT as I understand it. However, tapping that actually dialed +11 then my ten digit phone number. Call fails.
At the dialpad, pressing and holding 1 to invoke voicemail has the same problem.
In Contacts, contacts are NOT listed with +s, and clicking the call button for them makes them dial OK without a + being prepended.
So, this looks like some international feature is being enabled that I'm not sure how to turn off. Does anyone have any idea how to turn this off? Sorta puts a crimp in the basic phone functionality. Seriously, who actually calls anyone these days? But it would be good to fix.
Please, if anyone has an idea of what might be at the root of this, I would appreciate your help!
Marc

I am confused. Does this only happen on the Hyper rom or all roms for you.
Not sure how anyone else does their contacts. But, I always enter numbers as 1-555-555-5555 even if local.
My voicemail number is set as +15555555555
I never had issues--
I remember some talk of that on Hyper awhile back. But, never paid attention--

Only happens on Hyperdrive. Or at least, I can say I never saw it on stock. Hyper is the only ROM I've actually gotten so far as to run while SIM card is inserted. :good:
My contacts are almost all US based and are just ten digits, no leading 1. I did try editing the contact to my work cell phone by adding a 1 to it, and calling my S4 phone. It still was registered as +317-555-1212 format and return call didn't work.
So, it's not really about the way the contacts are stored, more about how the phone interprets incoming calls.

Try the 1+ and see what happens. Just do a few of your most used numbers to start--
Can you put a different dialer on phone and see

rugmankc said:
Try the 1+ and see what happens. Just do a few of your most used numbers to start--
Can you put a different dialer on phone and see
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Just edited above, adding 1 to the way contacts are stored doesn't change the behavior. I can certainly try a different dialer and see what happens, but it seems to be based on how incoming calls are interpreted. I'm guessing there's a build.prop item or somesuch that needs a-tweaking.
Marc

so you changed the contact number to 1-555-555-5555 with hyphens
i ran hyper for quite a bit awhile back never any issues. of course could be something new--
i am not thinking rom or a lot more would have issue--

I did some tests.
On the phone in question, I edited the google contact for a test phone number. I then called the phone from that tested phone number.
It didn't matter whether the contact was saved in the formats:
317-555-1212
1-317-555-1212
+1-317-555-1212
+317-555-1212
In all cases, the incoming call was recognized as +317-555-1212, which isn't a valid call-back number, and return calls failed. Since this only happened when I put a custom ROM on, I'm sure it's something buried inside the ROM. However, I'm at a loss as to where to check various settings.
Gotta be something deep in there...

If all else fails you can Odin back to stock, reformat your internal card and reroot.
Under Phone Settings/Additional Settings/My Phone Number--is it in format 15555555555
Also, and I don't know where to check, your country code may not be set. I don't know if we even have that setting anymore or would it be in Build Prop.
Probably under ro.something

rugmankc said:
If all else fails you can Odin back to stock, reformat your internal card and reroot.
Under Phone Settings/Additional Settings/My Phone Number--is it in format 15555555555
Also, and I don't know where to check, your country code may not be set. I don't know if we even have that setting anymore or would it be in Build Prop.
Probably under ro.something
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Interesting thought. I had gone into the dialer settings, and checked the Current Country... it listed United States of America. Then I stopped. But looking further it turns out that in the Assisted Dialing settings just below that, there might be stuff that matters. Currently my assisted dialing is OFF. The settings inside are:
Country code: 1
IDD prefix: 011
NDD prefix 1
City/area code: 131
National number length: 11
The area code probably doesn't matter, but I'm interested in the national number length. Ours tend to be 10. Could you please see what your settings are in there, and let me know if anything is different?
I can always backup (ug, safestrap backup), return to stock, poke around, re-root/restore. But if you could take a quick peek I'd be grateful.
Thank you!
Marc
I tried an alternative dialer... it acted just like the stock with the + thing.

I am on a rom that doesn't have those settings--sorry

Thanks anyway! I experimented changing the last setting to 10, and enabling assisted dialing, and it didn't change anything. Sigh.

Ok, you can still go back to stock with Odin. Or, try one of iB's roms they are very good too, I use them almost exclusively now--
Good Luck--:good:

Yeah. I've been back to stock a couple times with Odin. I've got the process down pat! I prefer the hyperdrive rom if I can work through the few small warts. It's just such an elegantly crafted piece of work. Worth the effort, if I eventually sort out the call issue. Appreciate your help.
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Frankenscript said:
Yeah. I've been back to stock a couple times with Odin. I've got the process down pat! I prefer the hyperdrive rom if I can work through the few small warts. It's just such an elegantly crafted piece of work. Worth the effort, if I eventually sort out the call issue. Appreciate your help.
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i got the same problem too. We'll get it figured out!

Damani311 said:
i got the same problem too. We'll get it figured out!
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I figured out the clock on status bar thing. Like someone else said it was under the alignment options ... hidden by default. One by one warts going away.
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Have the same issue here ..can't dial vm..on hyper
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jshua said:
Have the same issue here ..can't dial vm..on hyper
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If you haven't done so yet i suggest noting the issue in the hyper thread ... either the Verizon or att one depending on your phone. Seems to be a bunch of us... more folks report it the common thread will emerge.
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Same issue here i can not dial voicemail and can not call a number back without typing the number in manually. Deal breaker for me hope it gets fixed soon so i can go back to Hyperdrive. Or somebody comes up with some sort of fix.

Download Prefixer and remove the + for outgoing call

BBG037 said:
Download Prefixer and remove the + for outgoing call
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When I get back from vacation I will have to try this. Thanks!

[Q] How to check if phone is refurbished?

Hi,
I've been searching for a way on how to check if the unit has been serviced (refurbished)? Are there codes of some sort that we can use or a hidden menu that will show this information?

ron.saintg said:
Hi,
I've been searching for a way on how to check if the unit has been serviced (refurbished)? Are there codes of some sort that we can use or a hidden menu that will show this information?
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I believe you can download phone info by samsung then you can check there if your phone is original or refurbished
roaring from the beast NOTE 4(N910C)

I'm actually looking for a way without installing anything. Just looking for ither options.

ron.saintg said:
I'm actually looking for a way without installing anything. Just looking for ither options.
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well ok, but what's wrong with downloading a few mb of apps? then delete it. atleast you can assure that your phone is not refurbish
roaring from the beast NOTE 4(N910C)

Dial ##786# or *#*#786#*#* go to view and scroll down if there is big Yes then your phone is refurbished if NO then your phone is not. Google it for better understanding.

I try both of this code and it's not working for me.
Sm-n910t
Mm 6.0.1

Galaxy S6 Secret Codes Tips & Tricks

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My favorite two 'secret codes':
[enter from phone dialer]
*#0*# - hardware diagnostic tests
*#0011# - service mode (display LTE band, etc)

*#*#4636#*#* is very helpfull menu

joro2077 said:
*#*#4636#*#* is very helpfull menu
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This doesn't do anything...?

Japultra said:
This doesn't do anything...?
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Maybe works only on AT&T ones... On mine it opens a menu-Device info, Battery info, Usage stats and Wifi info, from which you can test your hardware and also you can change from just gsm to gsm/lte and few other options.

My best code
The best code which i use is *#0*#
and one more to test hardware components is *#7353#
i always go to this site for more secret codes

Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6
Do you have the engineering code for the Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 (SM-G920P)?

Just found a code for the Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 ##3424#

These codes are not working on my s6 edge...What might be the problem ?

can someone tell me the codes for checking Samsung galaxy s6..

s6 g920f 6.0.1 not work *#0*# code

Samarthgupta said:
The best code which i use is *#0*#
and one more to test hardware components is *#7353#
i always go to this site for more secret codes
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This is a terrible site, some of those are just wrong. And then it says if they don't work, click here. That link leads you to the page on how to factory reset your device. Lol. Most of the time codes are disabled at the carrier's discretion and resetting your phone won't help there.

S_Akhil said:
These codes are not working on my s6 edge...What might be the problem ?
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You more than likely have a verizon S6 Edge, these codes do NOT work with Verizon phones... What are the verizon codes? Unfortunately, theres non out there that I've came across that work.

Gophermods said:
You more than likely have a verizon S6 Edge, these codes do NOT work with Verizon phones... What are the verizon codes? Unfortunately, theres non out there that I've came across that work.
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This is unlocked phone of EE network UK..

Anyone know how to acces [8]Phone controls then to
[6] network unlocks ... I was told to use #197328640# but that just brings me to the debugging screen if anyone has any ideas please let me know

Shortcut master will disclose all menus for respected model...

These are all the codes I've used on SM-G920P (tested)
*#0011# cert/netstat
##3282# data programming
##3424# ADB/UArt Modem
222222 MSL/SPC (subject to change based on EFS status, highly recommend NOT formatting efs -better to call Carrier for info or GT apk)
*#72768# Factory Parameters
2012112120131219 Diagnostic Code for EFS_Professional
IOTHiddenMenu Settings>Activate this device>Press Volume UUDDDU
*#06# IMEI(MEID)
*#0*# Hardware Testing
*#7353# Hardware Test 2
**05# MMI/Update Profile

My friends ex bf has her phone backing up to his phone so we factory reset it now when we started it again we still see not only the galaxy 6 account but another account so how can I take that other account off even knowing it's already been factory reset