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Bell Atrix Experience

Hey Guys,
Wanted to share some initial impressions of my new Bell Atrix.
Picked it up yesterday and had to sign a 1month contract (purchased mine full price at $600 + tax). I emailed a guy from one of the threads on here for an unlock code (im on a corporate fido plan) and got the unlock code in literally 2 hrs!! (VERY IMPRESSED!--he is very inexpensive aswell --$20 USD for unlock codes) -- i can provide the email address of the guy if anyone is looking to unlock.
It seems like my WIFI isnt working. It keeps scanning for wifi networks and when i put in my wifi password, it just wont connect. ive got thru the forums here and noticed that others have had this issue, anyway i can fix this without having to get another unit?
I am still in the process of configuring it, but dont want to go too far ahead without getting the Wifi issue resolved. I will be contacting Da_G to do a system dump and see if i can put gingerblur on there.
Mods: If this thread can be integrated into another one, please do so.
Cheers,
SS

I am expecting to get mine today,will be unlocking for Rogers.
Sucks about wifi
Did you root?
What settings did you need to change for Fido? APN? Other?

scorneil said:
I am expecting to get mine today,will be unlocking for Rogers.
Sucks about wifi
Did you root?
What settings did you need to change for Fido? APN? Other?
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I havent rooted it yet. Im still new to Android -- ive been on the corporate iPhone 3gs for a year now...waiting for a smartphone that would be a big bump up from my iphone. Never really felt any of the previous phones cut it / would be a big jump from what im doing on my 3gs. Having said that, my brother is samsung galaxy S user and is accustomed to android for the last 8 months or so..so we'll be playing with this phone all weekend and seeing where things go. Ive also contacted Da_G for a info on a system dump.
I needed to add APN setting for FIDO...here is the forum i used: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=537829
Cheers,
S

scorneil said:
I am expecting to get mine today,will be unlocking for Rogers.
Sucks about wifi
Did you root?
What settings did you need to change for Fido? APN? Other?
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Update: one the Bell atrix forum, one of the posters mentioned that it was my security type for my network. I am able to connect to my work network fine so i think ill change the security type at home and give it another go. for now, all is good!

jackdonogy said:
Update: one the Bell atrix forum, one of the posters mentioned that it was my security type for my network. I am able to connect to my work network fine so i think ill change the security type at home and give it another go. for now, all is good!
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Thanks. But still weird that WPA2 only works until you SIM unlock, and after that, you need mixed mode.

FAKE Galaxy S5 - Safe to use?? Network Issues

Hey guys, I have a Galaxy S5 that I'm 99% sure is fake. I have uploaded some screenshots of the system and hardware info. Can anyone tell if it's definitely fake? If so, would it be safe to use? I factory reset it to clear any apps or anything that might leak personal information but I don't know if that's enough. I was thinking that the manufacturers of fake phones could hide malicious code deep into the system that could potentially leak my personal information like my email address and password and other passwords I enter online.In the case that they do intend to get my personal info I have a VPN service I pay for, so would connecting to the VPN before doing anything online keep them from being able to get information or could they still have a keylogger that logs my keystrokes and what windows are up when I enter them? Are there any roms I could download for it? Also I tried to boot into download mode like my old S3 and it went to a mode that was all in Korean (or Chinese or whatever). So I mean I pretty much know it's fake :silly: Is there any reason I should be worried? I am also having network issues. I have tried many different APN settings (it's unlocked and I have T-Mobile) but I cannot get anything more than a very poor edge connection. Any ideas?
***As you can see it only has 1GB of internal memory lolololololol

jtl_777 said:
Hey guys, I have a Galaxy S5 that I'm 99% sure is fake. I have uploaded some screenshots of the system and hardware info. Can anyone tell if it's definitely fake? If so, would it be safe to use? I factory reset it to clear any apps or anything that might leak personal information but I don't know if that's enough. I was thinking that the manufacturers of fake phones could hide malicious code deep into the system that could potentially leak my personal information like my email address and password and other passwords I enter online.In the case that they do intend to get my personal info I have a VPN service I pay for, so would connecting to the VPN before doing anything online keep them from being able to get information or could they still have a keylogger that logs my keystrokes and what windows are up when I enter them? Are there any roms I could download for it? Also I tried to boot into download mode like my old S3 and it went to a mode that was all in Korean (or Chinese or whatever). So I mean I pretty much know it's fake :silly: Is there any reason I should be worried? I am also having network issues. I have tried many different APN settings (it's unlocked and I have T-Mobile) but I cannot get anything more than a very poor edge connection. Any ideas?
***As you can see it only has 1GB of internal memory lolololololol
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You can be sure for a 100% thats is fake. Yes you should be worried, if there is an issue with your device in the future you won`t have warranty and 0% afterservice, so you`re pretty much on your own and may have to buy another phone.
PS: Don`t flash anything fom the S5 forum or you`ll brick your phone.

jtl_777 said:
Hey guys, I have a Galaxy S5 that I'm 99% sure is fake. I have uploaded some screenshots of the system and hardware info. Can anyone tell if it's definitely fake? If so, would it be safe to use? I factory reset it to clear any apps or anything that might leak personal information but I don't know if that's enough. I was thinking that the manufacturers of fake phones could hide malicious code deep into the system that could potentially leak my personal information like my email address and password and other passwords I enter online.In the case that they do intend to get my personal info I have a VPN service I pay for, so would connecting to the VPN before doing anything online keep them from being able to get information or could they still have a keylogger that logs my keystrokes and what windows are up when I enter them? Are there any roms I could download for it? Also I tried to boot into download mode like my old S3 and it went to a mode that was all in Korean (or Chinese or whatever). So I mean I pretty much know it's fake :silly: Is there any reason I should be worried? I am also having network issues. I have tried many different APN settings (it's unlocked and I have T-Mobile) but I cannot get anything more than a very poor edge connection. Any ideas?
***As you can see it only has 1GB of internal memory lolololololol
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Install Phone INFO ★Samsung★ app, open Menu > 'Refurbishment Check'. It will tell you exactly if your phone is genuine or a fake one.

gee2012 said:
You can be sure for a 100% thats is fake. Yes you should be worried, if there is an issue with your device in the future you won`t have warranty and 0% afterservice, so you`re pretty much on your own and may have to buy another phone.
PS: Don`t flash anything fom the S5 forum or you`ll brick your phone.
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I'm not concerned with the warranty. I actually haven't bought it yet but my friend did and she didn't know it was fake. I would buy it for 50 bucks if I can get 4g to work so what would you guys say? I'm doing some investigating to see if it's safe to use with my gmail and other accounts. What would be the best way to ensure that my information doesn't get sent out? I rooted it last night and found a couple forums for fake samsung phone roms but some of the numbers didn't add up. Thanks for your help.

If it is fake then you shouldn't use it. Your information and passwords may leak and there's a possibility that the device may explode.
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MAC Address cloned, can't reset

(I've started a thread on zentalk forums on this without reply so I thought I'd ask here)
- I'm an owner of two Z00LDs and I thought I'd do myself a favor by clean installing cm13 on phone [a] then take a backup using TWRP then restore it over to phone , everything was going well until I noticed WiFi issues... After frustrating myself with reflashing back and forth I noticed something on the initial WiFi setup, both phones were using the same mac address! If one phone isn't using WiFi it works but once my girlfriend and I both go online the phones rip each others connectivity.
I was wondering if someone has an idea on how to fix this as I've gone as far as doing a full unbrick reflashing [as shown here https://www.asus.com/zentalk/thread-80274-1-1.html] but phone still manages to retain the MAC address.
I know I'm sane because I've checked the units boxes and I confirmed that both of them were using the Bluetooth and MAC addresses printed on phone box [a]
Any help input will be appreciated!

reversedheaven said:
(I've started a thread on zentalk forums on this without reply so I thought I'd ask here)
- I'm an owner of two Z00LDs and I thought I'd do myself a favor by clean installing cm13 on phone [a] then take a backup using TWRP then restore it over to phone , everything was going well until I noticed WiFi issues... After frustrating myself with reflashing back and forth I noticed something on the initial WiFi setup, both phones were using the same mac address! If one phone isn't using WiFi it works but once my girlfriend and I both go online the phones rip each others connectivity.
I was wondering if someone has an idea on how to fix this as I've gone as far as doing a full unbrick reflashing [as shown here https://www.asus.com/zentalk/thread-80274-1-1.html] but phone still manages to retain the MAC address.
I know I'm sane because I've checked the units boxes and I confirmed that both of them were using the Bluetooth and MAC addresses printed on phone box [a]
Any help input will be appreciated!
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WiFi MAC address is stored on /factory. I guess you will figure out what to do :^)

LuK1337 said:
WiFi MAC address is stored on /factory. I guess you will figure out what to do :^)
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F*ck, seriously?! I've wasted half a day searching everywhere, trying all sorts of mac address editing guides and videos and they were all false.
Many thanks BTW. I'm gonna try sorting this out...
Thanks!

reversedheaven said:
F*ck, seriously?! I've wasted half a day searching everywhere, trying all sorts of mac address editing guides and videos and they were all false.
Many thanks BTW. I'm gonna try sorting this out...
Thanks!
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Lmao

Ugggghhhh! Good lord that worked! (and was awfully easy too...) i can't thank you enough. (I can sleep easy now... It's 1:20am here and I've been killing myself with this since 3pm yesterday.)
THANK YOU!

So, there is still no way to tether a non-rooted Sprint phone?

If you wonder if it sucks to have 5-6 years of no-hassle tethering then go to 1.5 years of no tether because the root community fragmented out your phone model/build, then you are right, it does suck, a lot.
Never EVER getting a phone with a locked bootloader again. Ever. Jesus why did I get this phone. Sprint wants 10-20$ dollars to use my existing data on another screen? ooo that frosts me.
Please tell me that, no Blakestr, you are wrong. Here is the easy solution. Don't worry if an OTA snuck through your phone, this will still work.
PDA net has not worked at all, it doens't generate an SSID, even though I downloaded the apk from their website. Don't have option to use USB tether (this is for one of those chinese android units (atoto) so I can have internet from my phone when I drive.

Blakestr said:
If you wonder if it sucks to have 5-6 years of no-hassle tethering then go to 1.5 years of no tether because the root community fragmented out your phone model/build, then you are right, it does suck, a lot.
Never EVER getting a phone with a locked bootloader again. Ever. Jesus why did I get this phone. Sprint wants 10-20$ dollars to use my existing data on another screen? ooo that frosts me.
Please tell me that, no Blakestr, you are wrong. Here is the easy solution. Don't worry if an OTA snuck through your phone, this will still work.
PDA net has not worked at all, it doens't generate an SSID, even though I downloaded the apk from their website. Don't have option to use USB tether (this is for one of those chinese android units (atoto) so I can have internet from my phone when I drive.
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I'm pretty sure there is a hotspot hack that works on the current rom.
I'm still on the original rom,
I blocked updates to prevent my hotspot hack being 'fixed' via OTA ROM.
But, I keep seeing threads about hotspot hack after ota updates.
I'm on my phone posting this,
So linking kinda difficult.
Search this GS7+ sprint forum
And the GS7 sprint forum.
This Thead for NON-ROOT methods for root tricks.
This hotspot hack should still work.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-s7-edge/how-to/nougat-root-guide-tips-tricks-root-t3573195
Another thread, maybe better/same...
https://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-s7-edge/how-to/hotspot-bypass-nougat-ok-t3563446/page22

KaptainRandom said:
I'm pretty sure there is a hotspot hack that works on the current rom.
Another thread, maybe better/same...
https://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-s7-edge/how-to/hotspot-bypass-nougat-ok-t3563446/page22
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This one still works on my S7 Edge with the June 22 update. I believe if your Sprint phone is UICC unlocked by Sprint, you can also edit The APN setting, at least I could after I had them unlock it.

i can confirm the same. My APN section is completely accessible. Is it maybe because I had already modified the radio entries as in the post above? My hotspot is open and my phone is completely unlocked. Strange

Axon 7 hotspot problems oreo b12 edition

ive seen a few people post on here with this problem but none of the posted solutions are working for me. Im on oreo b12, on verizon. i have tried rooted and unrooted. I have 4g lte data connected no problem, but when the hotspot goes up it is not transmitting data. I do pay for the hotspot which makes this aggravating. i did some searching on here and the xda forums, and i read about changing the APN settings, which i have to no avail in helping this. I read about the "settings put global tether_dun_required 0" and tried that only to get an error "failure calling service settings" (i may be a little off im running from memory right now). when googling that error i read about changing the selinux to permissive, thats where i was over my head and was denied, but i stopped there. does anyone here have an idea of another way for me to try to tackle this? was i doing something wrong? I was rooted when i tried all of this, i reinstalled and went unrooted to see if that would help but it did not. Any help or a guiding light would be appreciated and i know this question has come up a few times before its just not working for me.

I'm still on stock, non rooted Nougat and encrypted and have 2 SIMs, was hotspotting my personal SIM no problem but couldn't hotspot my work SIM which was a real PIA. I ensured the APN was good but that didn't help. After some googling for solutions I used my PC and ADB to alter a setting for it.
Now I can hotspot it perfectly. Can't remember what it was but it was a basic command. At the time I also removed a bunch of system apps I didn't use, mostly Google bloat. Made the phone snappier again too.

RobboW said:
I'm still on stock, non rooted Nougat and encrypted and have 2 SIMs, was hotspotting my personal SIM no problem but couldn't hotspot my work SIM which was a real PIA. I ensured the APN was good but that didn't help. After some googling for solutions I used my PC and ADB to alter a setting for it.
Now I can hotspot it perfectly. Can't remember what it was but it was a basic command. At the time I also removed a bunch of system apps I didn't use, mostly Google bloat. Made the phone snappier again too.
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if you do remember can you post that here? im redigging into this

How can u not remember no help at all

InspectMyGadget said:
How can u not remember no help at all
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Keep your pants on, I never saw the reply here
If I get some googling time I'll have a look, but you guys could do the same...

Do it for all of us Google it for us before you post a incomplete reply. If you are unaware of how to create a link to save others to complete your reply maybe try posting that .
It's like saying I know where the true superior being resides in religious texts "Google It" as educated beings know there isn't one but that doesn't stop people googling it and leading them into a pointless search on truth based on someone's made up fairytale.
My pants are on the way they should be on unlike yours because I use a belt as where you has their bare arse hanging out for others to see.
(Made a arse of yourself)
Ball is in your court

You want me to help you whilst insulting me, strange way to go about it
Have a read of this and you get the idea of what needs doing. You have to be comfortable using ADB.
https://diggle.tech/news/2016/03/enable-tethering-android-5-1-beyond-marshmallow/
Another setting to try is:
net.tethering.noprovisioning=true
I can't check it myself as after Oreo update my phone works with hotspot off either SIM anyway.