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I have a n9005 XEO that i bought on ebay. it was working fine for about 5 months now until a few days ago when it just stopped getting cellular signal altogether. no calls, no data, nothing. it seemed to corespond to me using towlroot, installing supersu, and a couple of xposed add-ons, but everything seemed to work fine for a few days before i had this problem. I tried making sure that airplane mode was off, data was enabled, that i had the apn settings correct for my provider (at&t, USA), I even went so far as to restore to factory settings, and then flash another rom (the stock s5 port i found here in the dev forum). still not getting cell signal at all). I went so far as to go to the local at&t store and ask them to place my sim in a known good phone to make sure it has service (and it does and is provisioned properly and i'm paid up). my note sees the sim (i.e. no "sim not found" messages), just plain no service as if i were in a dead zone. the phone hasn't been mishandled, i've tried pulling the battery and putting it back in... I can't think of anything i'm missing here besides trying to flash the modem (which i can't seem to find the stock modem (n9005xxuenc2) or firmware on a site that doesn't take 7 hours to download it from.
can anybody help? (either with a mirror that doesn't suck for the latest stock firmware or latest stock modem, or offer any other suggestions?)
cpgeek said:
I have a n9005 XEO that i bought on ebay. it was working fine for about 5 months now until a few days ago when it just stopped getting cellular signal altogether. no calls, no data, nothing. it seemed to corespond to me using towlroot, installing supersu, and a couple of xposed add-ons, but everything seemed to work fine for a few days before i had this problem. I tried making sure that airplane mode was off, data was enabled, that i had the apn settings correct for my provider (at&t, USA), I even went so far as to restore to factory settings, and then flash another rom (the stock s5 port i found here in the dev forum). still not getting cell signal at all). I went so far as to go to the local at&t store and ask them to place my sim in a known good phone to make sure it has service (and it does and is provisioned properly and i'm paid up). my note sees the sim (i.e. no "sim not found" messages), just plain no service as if i were in a dead zone. the phone hasn't been mishandled, i've tried pulling the battery and putting it back in... I can't think of anything i'm missing here besides trying to flash the modem (which i can't seem to find the stock modem (n9005xxuenc2) or firmware on a site that doesn't take 7 hours to download it from.
can anybody help? (either with a mirror that doesn't suck for the latest stock firmware or latest stock modem, or offer any other suggestions?)
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Type in *#06# on your dialer. Do you get the same IMEI number as the one behind your battery?
Affirmative. The IMEI numbers match
cpgeek said:
Affirmative. The IMEI numbers match
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Tell me your model number, country and if you know the region type it out.
I'll download it from Sammobile and mirror it to your through MEGA.
Type in *#1234# and tell me the values.
nicholaschum said:
Tell me your model number, country and if you know the region type it out.
I'll download it from Sammobile and mirror it to your through MEGA.
Type in *#1234# and tell me the values.
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it's an n9005 xeo from poland, I'm in the USA on AT&T. I downloaded the firmware successfully from sammobile and installed it with odin 3.07 which seemed to go successfully but I still get absolutely no cellular
I've tried using the default apn, tried using at&t's apn settings (which i remember having to do last time before i got data but i'd always been able to make calls and that's not working right now either), no effect...
anybody have any ideas?
cpgeek said:
it's an n9005 xeo from poland, I'm in the USA on AT&T. I downloaded the firmware successfully from sammobile and installed it with odin 3.07 which seemed to go successfully but I still get absolutely no cellular
I've tried using the default apn, tried using at&t's apn settings (which i remember having to do last time before i got data but i'd always been able to make calls and that's not working right now either), no effect...
anybody have any ideas?
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So you're saying it worked perfectly for 5 months, and then suddenly it went haywire on you? Did you do any major changes before it happened?
I also tried flashing the XXUENC2 and ZHUENB5 modems from here with no effect.
still looking for a solution
nicholaschum said:
So you're saying it worked perfectly for 5 months, and then suddenly it went haywire on you? Did you do any major changes before it happened?
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as i noted I rooted it with towlroot, installed supersu, and a coupe of xposed add-ons. but everything was working afterwards for about a week before i had this problem. otherwise, I was using my phone one night, i wake up, and see that i have no service. it was after a big storm so i figured they were doing service on the tower, until my work iphone rings (on the same network) and that feeling of dread set in so i went about trying to diagnose the problem and here i am.
cpgeek said:
as i noted I rooted it with towlroot, installed supersu, and a coupe of xposed add-ons. but everything was working afterwards for about a week before i had this problem. otherwise, I was using my phone one night, i wake up, and see that i have no service. it was after a big storm so i figured they were doing service on the tower, until my work iphone rings (on the same network) and that feeling of dread set in so i went about trying to diagnose the problem and here i am.
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despite having done nothing unusual to the hardware, I've flashed modems (stock and otherwise), i've flashed roms (stock and otherwise) and it doesn't appear to effect my situation, so I can't help but think that this could be hardware related... I'm stuck and sad.
anyone have any other great ideas for me or am I buying another one?
cpgeek said:
anyone have any other great ideas for me or am I buying another one?
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I think the phone could be blacklisted, confirm it via at&t/reputable website with the imei #.
ddogishere said:
I think the phone could be blacklisted, confirm it via at&t/reputable website with the imei #.
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even if it were blacklisted, it should still allow me to place 911 calls and the like. it should work like a deactivated phone. it's not. just in case i was wrong, I also verified the imei on swappa and they confirm that it is indeed NOT blacklisted.
also i'm not sure why it would be blacklisted to begin with. it was working one day then i went to use it the next and bam, not working. i don't get it.
cpgeek said:
anyone have any other great ideas for me or am I buying another one?
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Sounds like your IMEI got tampered or stolen and got blacklisted. Usually this would happen, especially when buying phones online.
nicholaschum said:
Sounds like your IMEI got tampered or stolen and got blacklisted. Usually this would happen, especially when buying phones online.
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But I've used several reputable services to check my IMEI number and they all say that my imei is in good standing... I don't get it. besides, what causes an imei to be blacklisted to begin with? - I wasn't trying to circumvent any security features, had no malware, no reason at all for an accounts admin to want to get me off the network. my account is in good standing, and my sim still works in an old iphone that i've got (i'm using that until i can sort out my regular phone situation).
cpgeek said:
But I've used several reputable services to check my IMEI number and they all say that my imei is in good standing... I don't get it. besides, what causes an imei to be blacklisted to begin with? - I wasn't trying to circumvent any security features, had no malware, no reason at all for an accounts admin to want to get me off the network. my account is in good standing, and my sim still works in an old iphone that i've got (i'm using that until i can sort out my regular phone situation).
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The fact that someone had the phone with them can easily get it stolen. It's a plain 15 digit number, easily forgeable just by looking at the box, and since it has no authentication, people can just get your phone blacklisted by placing it on a defunct phone that hacks the network (or something).
well tonight i took it apart to see if there was a problem with the antenna cables, connections to the various peripheral devices and such and alas, no effect... still does exactly the same thing after field stripping the unit and resenting everything. if it's hardware, it's nothing i can tell...
I was also able to generate a .pit file, grab the latest build for my csc from sammobile (takes forever) and did a nand erase in odin with the pit and the downloaded stock rom... everything went great, but it got me to exactly the same place i'm at... working phone, no service. I have no money, but i think i'm going to just end up ebaying it and buying an s3 until i can save up enough for a note 4 or nexus 6... for now, i'm on a crappy old iphone 4 with a broken lock button, but that's another thread.
well it's been about a month and a half since i've had a decent phone (my 3 phones ago iphone 4 really doesn't cut it). after giving it some thought, I think i might buy a broken-screen sm-n900t, and swap it's mainboard into my phone. hardware-wise i believe they are exactly the same, it should be easily rooted with unlocked baseband,it would give me LTE on at&t, and it should be easily unlocked so i can use it on at&t... it should also only cost me 1/8 the cost of a good condition used n900t. ($60 or so on ebay i hope?).
still pretty sad that such a nice phone quit on me so quickly
cpgeek said:
well it's been about a month and a half since i've had a decent phone (my 3 phones ago iphone 4 really doesn't cut it). after giving it some thought, I think i might buy a broken-screen sm-n900t, and swap it's mainboard into my phone. hardware-wise i believe they are exactly the same, it should be easily rooted with unlocked baseband,it would give me LTE on at&t, and it should be easily unlocked so i can use it on at&t... it should also only cost me 1/8 the cost of a good condition used n900t. ($60 or so on ebay i hope?).
still pretty sad that such a nice phone quit on me so quickly
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Why don't you swap the N9005's screen onto the N900T and keep it like that? The N900T if I can recall, has the most bands available worldwide and if you're already replacing it, just enjoy the vast amount of customizations and potential the N900T has.
Did you pursue all avenue including Samsung service/repair centre or even Samsung line enquiry to confirm it's not blacklisted?
nicholaschum said:
Why don't you swap the N9005's screen onto the N900T and keep it like that? The N900T if I can recall, has the most bands available worldwide and if you're already replacing it, just enjoy the vast amount of customizations and potential the N900T has.
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that's basically the plan, except the motherboard lives on the display side of things, so it would be swapping in a new motherboard (n900t). we both describe the same plan of action.
I have been trying to get wifi calling with AT&T is working on my International S7 edge. I have made headway.
1. First of all I told AT&T I had their branded S7 edge and gave them an IMEI that will show up that phone. So I can activate my phone.
2. I have narrowed down the required apks to the following, but some are obviously for the Wifi Calling, and other's I am not sure. If people know what some of these apks do, please let me know.
3. I have used the Note 7 Port and flashed TTKG CSC selection and chosen the ATT CSC, we are still working on getting it working in the S7 and Edge CSC.
4. The following APK's I feel are related to Wifi Calling are.... If you can help me eliminate some that aren't. They are deodexed, and I have uploaded them, you will need to change the permissions to match the ones in the system folder.
atfwd
ATTVoWifiSPG
com.quicinc.wbcserviceapp
NSDSWebApp
VolteSettings
vsimservice
WAPPushManager
Wispr_ATT
AppSelect_ATT
5. I am unsure if I need to make Buildprop changes or I am missing other system files. I was able to activate wifi calling and turn it on, but it doesn't work.
Psyscope said:
I have been trying to get wifi calling with AT&T is working on my International S7 edge. I have made headway.
1. First of all I told AT&T I had their branded S7 edge and gave them an IMEI that will show up that phone. So I can activate my phone.
2. I have narrowed down the required apks to the following, but some are obviously for the Wifi Calling, and other's I am not sure. If people know what some of these apks do, please let me know.
3. I have used the Note 7 Port and flashed TTKG CSC selection and chosen the ATT CSC, we are still working on getting it working in the S7 and Edge CSC.
4. The following APK's I feel are related to Wifi Calling are.... If you can help me eliminate some that aren't. They are deodexed, and I have uploaded them, you will need to change the permissions to match the ones in the system folder.
atfwd
ATTVoWifiSPG
com.quicinc.wbcserviceapp
NSDSWebApp
VolteSettings
vsimservice
WAPPushManager
Wispr_ATT
AppSelect_ATT
5. I am unsure if I need to make Buildprop changes or I am missing other system files. I was able to activate wifi calling and turn it on, but it doesn't work.
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Did you ever get this resolved? So far I can not for the life of me, get WiFi Calling working on my S7 Edge exynos. Basically throws an error stating the activation failed, and never brings up the screen to enter in my emergency contact address like AT&T is supossed to re-direct you to.
The activation fails because AT&T doesn't have an AT&T wifi capable phone on your account which then allows you to activate the wifi. I have two imei's that are linked to AT&T s6 and s7. I can give you the imei. Go to att tech support give them the imei and tell them to update your account to be able to get visual voice mail and wifi calling. After you do this, they will alow you to activate it. However I gave up after a while. If you flash the custom csc, you must do it before your phone boots up after a factory reset and flash a custom rom. I am waiting as I am on Nougat now, so until ATT updates it's apps again.
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The activation fails because AT&T doesn't have an AT&T wifi capable phone on your account which then allows you to activate the wifi. I have two imei's that are linked to AT&T s6 and s7. I can give you the imei. Go to att tech support give them the imei and tell them to update your account to be able to get visual voice mail and wifi calling. After you do this, they will alow you to activate it. However I gave up after a while. If you flash the custom csc, you must do it before your phone boots up after a factory reset and flash a custom rom. I am waiting as I am on Nougat now, so until ATT updates it's apps again.
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Thanks, although I'm a bit confused on the steps your outlining here. I assume you're stating that I'll need to somehow modify a ROM (in this case SAC's N7 ROM for S7 Edge Exynos), and inject an IMEI? I'm not entirely sure how to do that to change the IMEI (this would be my first time attempting to do that). Then I would reflash that image, and then re flash the CSC update to AT&T? Maybe I'm not understanding, but my iPhone 6 is on my account and fully capable of wifi calling. In fact we have 2 iPhone 6s on the account. What exactly did you give up on?
Hate to sound like a newb here (although in a way... I am), but can you step me through the process so I can follow your line of thought? Appreciate the help!
So first of all an Android WiFi Calling and IPhone Android WiFi calling are different you will need to tell at&t you have an AT&T branded Android phone that has WiFi calling. This will lead at&t to add the ability to add wifi calling on your account.
Have you rooted your phone and installed a custom rom? If so then you would flash ttkg84's csc package and choose att. Which will flash most if not all the files. I got all the way to confirm my address and enable wifi calling, but it never worked.
Do not insert another phones imei into your phone, you will brick it and will have a expensive paper weight.
I have given up for now and am waiting for a full release of Nougat.
PM my I can give you am imei to give AT&T to enable video calling, visual voice mail and give the ability to activate WiFi Calling, but it's not likely to work. Some things are still missing.
You may never get wifi calling working because at&t uses a slightly different method then everyone else. I think they will standardize with Nougat.
Psyscope said:
You may never get wifi calling working because at&t uses a slightly different method then everyone else. I think they will standardize with Nougat.
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That's what I thought.... So what about the King of Nougat ROM that's lingering out there currently? I realize Nougat is still beta, but have you tried the beta?
I haven't tried King of Nougat. I am currently using Nougat? Are you on telegram?
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I haven't tried King of Nougat. I am currently using Nougat? Are you on telegram?
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So... Interestingly enough. I just got WiFi Calling to work this morning...
Basically, I did the following steps:
1. No SIM Inserted into Galaxy S7 Exynos - SD Card only
2. Reboot to Recovery
3. Wipe
4. Download and Install SAC23's Full n7 ROM located here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/s7-edge/development/rom-n7-rom-port-romcontrol-t3430358 - I did the V8 Debloated version
5. When prompted - Wipe Dalik
6. Insert SIM Card from AT&T iPhone (ensured WiFi Calling was turned OFF on the iPhone prior to removing from iPhone)
7. Reboot first time into N7 ROM
8. Go through the setup and connect to a WiFi location that you know WiFi calling works at.
9. Download a browser (Chrome or whatever) at a minimum
10. Eat a Bacon, Lettuce, and Tomato Sandwich :good:
11. Reboot to Recovery
12. Flash CSC for the N7 located here --> http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-7/development/utility-flashable-csc-selection-v1-0-t3450911 - Grab the CSC snapdragon the Exynos zip
13. Reboot
14. Status bar will indicate VoLTE enabled up at top eventually.
15. Try going to the pull down from the top, and clicking WiFi Calling option a couple times.... no dice.
16. Try going to the phone app --> Click Settings --> Note WiFi Calling is off --> Try clicking it on a few times.... you'll get an adroid app stopped working.
17. After sitting on this sceen for a few minutes, note the VoLTE dissapears, and the icons on the phone app screen (The Call Start Button and the Call End button) switch to WiFi magically.... Try making a call with 0 zero cell reception, and indeed, the call is being made through WiFI on AT&T's network.
Now.... I have absolutely zero idea what's going on with the VoLTE icon disappearing.... and the WiFI calling suddenly working. If you reboot the phone, the same thing occurs. It starts in VoLTE.... and then eventually disappears, and eventually after a couple of minutes being connected to a WIFI connection, switches auto-magically to WifFi calling.
I'll take some screenshots.
Usaf-lt-g said:
So... Interestingly enough. I just got WiFi Calling to work this morning...
Basically, I did the following steps:
1. No SIM Inserted into Galaxy S7 Exynos - SD Card only
2. Reboot to Recovery
3. Wipe
4. Download and Install SAC23's Full n7 ROM located here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/s7-edge/development/rom-n7-rom-port-romcontrol-t3430358 - I did the V8 Debloated version
5. When prompted - Wipe Dalik
6. Insert SIM Card from AT&T iPhone (ensured WiFi Calling was turned OFF on the iPhone prior to removing from iPhone)
7. Reboot first time into N7 ROM
8. Go through the setup and connect to a WiFi location that you know WiFi calling works at.
9. Download a browser (Chrome or whatever) at a minimum
10. Eat a Bacon, Lettuce, and Tomato Sandwich :good:
11. Reboot to Recovery
12. Flash CSC for the N7 located here --> http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-7/development/utility-flashable-csc-selection-v1-0-t3450911 - Grab the CSC snapdragon the Exynos zip
13. Reboot
14. Status bar will indicate VoLTE enabled up at top eventually.
15. Try going to the pull down from the top, and clicking WiFi Calling option a couple times.... no dice.
16. Try going to the phone app --> Click Settings --> Note WiFi Calling is off --> Try clicking it on a few times.... you'll get an adroid app stopped working.
17. After sitting on this sceen for a few minutes, note the VoLTE dissapears, and the icons on the phone app screen (The Call Start Button and the Call End button) switch to WiFi magically.... Try making a call with 0 zero cell reception, and indeed, the call is being made through WiFI on AT&T's network.
Now.... I have absolutely zero idea what's going on with the VoLTE icon disappearing.... and the WiFI calling suddenly working. If you reboot the phone, the same thing occurs. It starts in VoLTE.... and then eventually disappears, and eventually after a couple of minutes being connected to a WIFI connection, switches auto-magically to WifFi calling.
I'll take some screenshots.
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Followed the method above using Superman 1.16 and CSC selector 1.86.
Haven't been able to test wifi calling since I haven't found an area with wifi and no cell reception, but so far everything looks like it's working.
Important to note that the AT&T account probably does need to be provisioned for a G935A rather than G935F, which is done by reporting a G935A IMEI to AT&T (and not changing it on the device itself) as mentioned previously.
aramisathei said:
Followed the method above using Superman 1.16 and CSC selector 1.86.
Haven't been able to test wifi calling since I haven't found an area with wifi and no cell reception, but so far everything looks like it's working.
Important to note that the AT&T account probably does need to be provisioned for a G935A rather than G935F, which is done by reporting a G935A IMEI to AT&T (and not changing it on the device itself) as mentioned previously.
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Hmmm, gotcha.... but if you report a G935A they typically want you to power off and power on the phone to check the provisioning while on the phone with them. And what happens if someone calls in and then tries to re-provision the same IMEI on another account? What happens to my SIM in my G935FD? Thanks!
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Hmmm, gotcha.... but if you report a G935A they typically want you to power off and power on the phone to check the provisioning while on the phone with them. And what happens if someone calls in and then tries to re-provision the same IMEI on another account? What happens to my SIM in my G935FD? Thanks!
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Far as I can tell they don't check IMEIs against different accounts.
I can't say for sure, but I haven't had an issue as my phone has a different IMEI (or IMEIs--G935FD) than the one listed on my account (which reads as a G935A).
In short, asking AT&T to change the IMEI on the account hasn't affected or changed the IMEIs on my phone, or caused any problems.
As far as provisioning, I told them I was on the phone, so they called me back a few minutes later and didn't report any issues or discrepancies to me.
It'd be just as easy to tell the rep the phone isn't available though, so just ask them to change the IMEI and you can call them back later if there are issues if that's a concern.
Looks like great news. I was happy I was able to activate my 935F via AT&T (I gave them the actual IMEI and they activated it). I'm on Superman ROM and flashed ATT CSC. I get visual voicemail and the WiFi calling button, but it doesn't actually work. I'll see if I can get a valid 935A IMEI and ask them to activate again. Hopefully that will do the trick. I get a horrible signal at home, and the 4G/LTE icon is constantly flickering on and off... AT&T Video call option shows up in settings, but won't turn on... no wifi calling setting in the settings menu, just the quick settings button.
Any guidance appreciated!
mike
aramisathei said:
Far as I can tell they don't check IMEIs against different accounts.
I can't say for sure, but I haven't had an issue as my phone has a different IMEI (or IMEIs--G935FD) than the one listed on my account (which reads as a G935A).
In short, asking AT&T to change the IMEI on the account hasn't affected or changed the IMEIs on my phone, or caused any problems.
As far as provisioning, I told them I was on the phone, so they called me back a few minutes later and didn't report any issues or discrepancies to me.
It'd be just as easy to tell the rep the phone isn't available though, so just ask them to change the IMEI and you can call them back later if there are issues if that's a concern.
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I have the Moto G4 Play (XT1607) (Harpia) and I have decided to flash LineageOS (lineage-14.1-20170131-nightly-harpia-signed.zip) on it using TWRP v3.0.2 r5. After getting it installed I noticed that it was not connecting to my 4g LTE Internet (I have Ting). So I figured I needed to make some changes to the APN settings. So I go to Settings>... More> Cellular Networks and the moment I click on "Cellular networks" I get an error message saying "com.android.phone has stopped". After reflashing and trying again a few times with the same result, I tried using a completely different ROM. AOKP. (aokp_harpia_nougat_nightly_2017-01-31.zip) and I ran into the same exact problem I was having with LineageOS.
I then tried to see if I could force my way into the APN configuration using an app called "Change APN". This worked, but now I see the message "Access Point Name settings are not available for this user". I decided to ignore this and click on the + to create a new APN. After filling the correct info out for Ting APN, I click on "Save"... and it doesn't save at all.
I decided to revert to the stock rom, and everything works perfectly fine with the stock rom. 4G LTE on Ting works fine. Whenever I try using a custom ROM of any kind, I run into the problem I described above. I don't know if I am forgetting to do something, or completely doing something wrong. I could use some help with this guys.
Isn't Ting a Sprint service? I didn't think CDMA-based networks had APN settings to configure. Verizon and US Cellular have always used *22XXX for programming, as far as I can remember.
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Isn't Ting a Sprint service? I didn't think CDMA-based networks had APN settings to configure. Verizon and US Cellular have always used *22XXX for programming, as far as I can remember.
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Yes. Ting is a Sprint service. Well either way LTE isn't working and the 3G keeps randomly turning on and off whenever I use a custom ROM. However, when I use Stock firmware, everything works perfectly fine. I am unsure what is causing the issue.
It seems nearly all custom ROMs at this point are having data connectivity issues. I'm trying to find a nandroid of the original xt1607 rom so I can just go back until its all sorted out.
mkollersms said:
Isn't Ting a Sprint service? I didn't think CDMA-based networks had APN settings to configure. Verizon and US Cellular have always used *22XXX for programming, as far as I can remember.
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With Ting you can choose to use Sprint or T-Mobile. I am using the T-Mobile side of Ting and you do need to add Ting's APN settings for it to work. I am still on factory ROM but watching closely to see what others are experiencing with custom ROMs.
n76 said:
With Ting you can choose to use Sprint or T-Mobile. I am using the T-Mobile side of Ting and you do need to add Ting's APN settings for it to work. I am still on factory ROM but watching closely to see what others are experiencing with custom ROMs.
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I haven't noticed any issue with my GSM ting service on lineage. I get LTE and the WiFi/LTE handoff seems to work. I don't install many apps and don't let them run in the background, so perhaps there's a conflict between them that's shutting down LTE service. This is just a guess.
Anyone have any information pertaining to this subject? I've searched hours on hours to no avail. I run U.S. Cellular and on the newest RR-5.8.1-OMS after I go to Settings>More>Cellular Networks>Crash. Every time. Resets my radio and picks right back up again. Everything works until I'm in my house, then I'm roaming and there's no way to manage in settings because of the crash.
I looked around in the file system and in /data/data/com.android.phone/ there is no files, no .db files or anything. I don't know of there's supposed to be either. But like OP stated, stock rom is flawless.
Would I be and to copy com.android.phone from stock and restore after flashing? I don't know what to do but this is with every single custom ROM out right now on every release. Data and everything works fine as far as I can tell but just no way to configure the settings. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!
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Anyone have any information pertaining to this subject? I've searched hours on hours to no avail. I run U.S. Cellular and on the newest RR-5.8.1-OMS after I go to Settings>More>Cellular Networks>Crash. Every time. Resets my radio and picks right back up again. Everything works until I'm in my house, then I'm roaming and there's no way to manage in settings because of the crash.
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Just out of curiosity, have you tried the *22XXX thing yet?
EDIT: Just so we're clear, with you all who have CDMA phones, when you go into "IMEI Information," it does show both an IMEI and an ICCID, right? Because if not, I think I figured out why your LTE isn't working.
I tried, I tried dialing *22999 (guessing that the x stood for the 9 button in T9 language) and pressed the make a call button. Am I wrong about the "XXX" part? Because I did try that when I seen it previously in the thread earlier but had the same thoughts.
So to make that novel a shorter version, what exactly should I dial?
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I tried, I tried dialing *22999 (guessing that the x stood for the 9 button in T9 language) and pressed the make a call button. Am I wrong about the "XXX" part? Because I did try that when I seen it previously in the thread earlier but had the same thoughts.
So to make that novel a shorter version, what exactly should I dial?
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It depends on the carrier and the model of the phone. For most Tracfones, it's *22890. For US Cellular, I've seen it as *228 and *22894. You may have to call your carrier and ask what their phone programming code is.
Aaah ok I got you now. Yes I've tried that on nearly every ROM. Matter of fact I just noticed I posted a little off topic almost, but I'm here for the relevance of com.android.phone crashing EVERY SINGLE TIME I try to open Cellular Networks. The only ROM I will say it doesn't force close on is the Slim Nougat ROM, but I don't run that because instead of Cellular Networks settings making com.android.phone crash its when you place a call and then it force closes the UI part of the call but still carries the call through. I forgot to mention that by the way, whatever it is in Slim that is the making the different reason for force closing com.android.phone could probably be a pretty easy red flag for someone better equipped for this Lind of troubleshooting than myself!
Thank you for the suggestion though on the *22(8 in my case)
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Aaah ok I got you now. Yes I've tried that on nearly every ROM. Matter of fact I just noticed I posted a little off topic almost, but I'm here for the relevance of com.android.phone crashing EVERY SINGLE TIME I try to open Cellular Networks. The only ROM I will say it doesn't force close on is the Slim Nougat ROM, but I don't run that because instead of Cellular Networks settings making com.android.phone crash its when you place a call and then it force closes the UI part of the call but still carries the call through. I forgot to mention that by the way, whatever it is in Slim that is the making the different reason for force closing com.android.phone could probably be a pretty easy red flag for someone better equipped for this Lind of troubleshooting than myself!
Thank you for the suggestion though on the *22(8 in my case)
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After I posted that, I went back to try and see if Lineage was able to pick up my phone's MEID (even though I use a GSM SIM, the MEID is still tied to the phone hardware). For some reason, Lineage is not reading it, and I think all of your problems are being attributed to that fact.
The way CDMA phones work (and god, do I hate this), is your 2G/3G network is tied to the phone MEID, while the LTE SIM is data only. The OS needs to read both the 14-digit MEID (sometimes shows as a 15 digit IMEI where last digit is 0) as well as the 20 digit ICCID (SIM Number). A phone may also use the SIM number itself as an IMEI (BYOP SIMs do this) by dropping the first five digits of the 20 digit SIM number.
If you phone is showing only one 15 digit number in the system settings, then it's either the MEID OR the SIM, not both. So either you have calling and no LTE, or LTE and no calling. You can't program APN settings because the phone has no idea what ID number to tie APN settings to. This is actually a rather serious conundrum.
Ok ok, makes sense. I checked my Status info, every ROM has dual SIM capability by the way so I don't know if that would effect anything for xt-1607, but I looked at SIM slot 1 info and it reads my MEID correctly with 14 digits. I couldn't find anything about ICCID. My head pounding question here though, why in the hell (pardon the language) is everything flawless on stock, but on every ROM this problem occurs? Here's my next killer, everything works like it should for me, LTE, 3G, Calls, SMS/MMS, just can't change any of the settings due to a force close, AND I put my friends Straight Talk SIM in and it fired right up with no force close when going to change Network settings...?!
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Ok ok, makes sense. I checked my Status info, every ROM has dual SIM capability by the way so I don't know if that would effect anything for xt-1607, but I looked at SIM slot 1 info and it reads my MEID correctly with 14 digits. I couldn't find anything about ICCID. My head pounding question here though, why in the hell (pardon the language) is everything flawless on stock, but on every ROM this problem occurs? Here's my next killer, everything works like it should for me, LTE, 3G, Calls, SMS/MMS, just can't change any of the settings due to a force close, AND I put my friends Straight Talk SIM in and it fired right up with no force close when going to change Network settings...?!
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I think you just answered your own question. As stated in PCMag back in 2015, "Nobody makes a Dual-Sim phone compatible with Sprint or Verizon." It legitimately believes your MEID is a GSM-based IMEI, and is attempting to cross the streams, so to speak. And the only way your friend's StraightTalk SIM would work is if it was piggybacking off ATT or TMo's networks (the MEID would have been paired to the other phone causing a mismatch).
If you look at the stock ROM for this phone, you will see a BUNCH of system apps for programming Sprint and Verizon network information. They never made it into the custom ROMs we're using. FWIW, here's my thoughts on the matter. Someone needs to go back and make a single-SIM variant of these ROMs, as well as a flashable ZIP containing the necessary APKs for Android to detect the necessary information correctly. And if that doesn't happen, then everyone who bought an XT-1607 has to ditch their carrier and move to a GSM carrier.
That makes complete and total sense! Because I wasn't thinking this while time of it but I was in Oklahoma at the time where the main towers are AT&T, matter of fact Sprint and U.S. Cellular lose almost all signal right when you hit the county line where I was at. Verizon only gets signal because it's Verizon, lol. Reason I say that is because I was wondering why this whole time I has full signal with LTE coverage and completely list everything when I went hone, because where I live is complete opposite, there is hardly any GSM coverage, we don't even have an AT&T store, just Verizon, Sprint, USC.
So, with that being figured out, my laptop just recently kicked the bucket on me so I'm out for the most part, I do have a trick to swap files in and out of a compressed archive without extracting it in any way! But, it takes a while, not too much longer I guess but nowvi just remembered everything is pretty much .dat files so nevermind that.
Not that this thread isn't the most popular, but where would be the best place to take this request too to get the most attention from it? I mean if I had to go back to stock, so be it, but I'm a little spoiled to the custom life. Lol.
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Not that this thread isn't the most popular, but where would be the best place to take this request too to get the most attention from it? I mean if I had to go back to stock, so be it, but I'm a little spoiled to the custom life. Lol.
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IIRC, there is a Verizon thread with 80ish replies, but I think a developer like Squid might need to be made aware of this, so I might copy this into the Lineage thread.
A bit of good news. While reflashing all the time that were force closing when opening cellular networks, I looked in /data/data/com.android.phone/ and was looking, now remember to go back to that directory after I say all this, I found that directory was empty, on all of the Roms. Was curious so I flashed back to stock. Went to the same directory, BOOM! com.android.phone was not empty, in that folder I found 2 folders that were now populated with in:
1: (/files/ )I now had a file named carrierconfig-com.android.carrierconfig- (and after the dash was my ICCID number) so for this directory I need /data/data/com.android.phone/files/carrierconfig-com.android.carrierconfig**ICCID** (replace **ICCID** my ICCID number)
2: then there was this /data/data/com.android.phone/shared_prefs/_has_set_default_values.xml
and
phone/shared_prefs/com.android.phone_preferences.xml
These files are missing on all the Roms, I know this doesn't since everything, but I know for almost a fact it's a good chunk of something that needs to be available. Can I copy these files and move them into place, and set permissions how they were? I ran out of time tonight, and am busy all week so this is mainly for reference I guess. More research told me these files can be edited to change what is available to configure in cellular network settings like option to change from 2G, 3G, LTE, APN, and so on. Sorry for the mess, that's all I have for right now.
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These files are missing on all the Roms, I know this doesn't since everything, but I know for almost a fact it's a good chunk of something that needs to be available. Can I copy these files and move them into place, and set permissions how they were? I ran out of time tonight, and am busy all week so this is mainly for reference I guess. More research told me these files can be edited to change what is available to configure in cellular network settings like option to change from 2G, 3G, LTE, APN, and so on. Sorry for the mess, that's all I have for right now.
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That is definitely a major find! My only concern is even if you do that, there might be further missing components that would cause Dialer to crash on startup or some other wacky side effect. However, if you can make it work, then it's possible the proper APN settings will load by default and you'll no longer need to change them.
If you can, go into the System Apps on the stock ROM and look for any APKs branded by/with Sprint, VZW or USCellular, or anything CDMA related. They might be necessary for reading the SIM's ICCID.
That's what I was thinking too, and sadly for me I don't really know EVERYTHING to look for so it'll be mostly out of trial and error for me to figure it out. I wish they didn't compress Roms into .dat so I could use a root explorer to swap between tabs rather than copy, flash the rom, paste files and then if that didn't work start all over on restoring stock, so on and so forth. I miss my laptop. =(
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Has anyone looked into this further? I'm experiencing the same problem with the latest LineageOS nightly. US Cellular Prepaid with an XT1607.
I noticed that in my case i had to skip the Insert Sim thing on 1st boot. It never did whatever it wanted to there. (Maybe because I have no signal or weak roaming where I live?)
I'm seriously considering trying it from an area that I have good service in..
Neither on wifi nor cellular will it check for update. I get the error "sorry, we are having trouble authenticating your device"
Any idea how to fix this ?
wondering the same :/ anyone have anything?
see my post here. besides flashing the t-mobile ummm rom I guess over it, you won't be able to update. I've tried samsung and t-mobile and the only thing that will work besides that is to borrow a sim from a friend and use that... https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s8/help/best-buy-screw-t3594359/page2
try it today. it should work. the servers were having issues last night and this morning.
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try it today. it should work. the servers were having issues last night and this morning.
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will not work because system updates are coming from carrier and having a tmobile sim in a verizon phone means verizon will not allow you to connect to their update server...
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will not work because system updates are coming from carrier and having a tmobile sim in a verizon phone means verizon will not allow you to connect to their update server...
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Thats not the case. I am using vzw GS8 on att and I receive updates fine
Well I'm confused then. I was able to do the last update with a t-mobile Sim in the phone? Right now when I try checking for updates it errors out saying it couldn't be authenticated. Anyone have any clue?
Hope I can help you!
How to update your system if you're not using the carrier from your S8(+) version.
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Neither on wifi nor cellular will it check for update. I get the error "sorry, we are having trouble authenticating your device"
Any idea how to fix this ?
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you wont be able to updated through wifi or LTE unless you use a verizon SIM but you can do it easily using your computer and samsung smart switch.
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you wont be able to updated through wifi or LTE unless you use a verizon SIM but you can do it easily using your computer and samsung smart switch.
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Are you able to update using your computer?
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Neither on wifi nor cellular will it check for update. I get the error "sorry, we are having trouble authenticating your device"
Any idea how to fix this ?
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Try to get at least an inactivated Verizon sim card from any Verizon store or you can also try a normal working Verizon sim. I had AT&T Galaxy S5 and it needed the carrier's sim card to even check for update. I took the sim, put it in, checked for update and was able to install it.
Fix to your issue
Hey guys so I do also share the same situation, I have a Verizon s8+ yet I have T-Mobile One as my coverage
Because it's not authenticated as a Verizon provided account it simply won't update
Now.. the solution to updating isn't directly on your device.
It's within the Samsung Smart switch App for either Mac or windows, you can run an update through there with little to no problems at all and finally keep your device up to date without having to return it for an unlocked one.
Just a brief note regarding the smart switch App, keep in mind that sometimes the update will freeze at a certain percentage on the computer so just be sure to close the app out only if your Samsung device hasn't received the green upload screen yet.
Hopefully this helps out alot of you guys ?
Best regards
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see my post here. besides flashing the t-mobile ummm rom I guess over it, you won't be able to update. I've tried samsung and t-mobile and the only thing that will work besides that is to borrow a sim from a friend and use that... https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s8/help/best-buy-screw-t3594359/page2
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I'd like to flash mine to t mobile, I'm begging you to help me with this!!!
Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk
I've seen a bunch of info on the forums on how to flash the T-Mo ROM on an s8 - as well as flashing the Samsung Unlocked ROM on the s8 but frankly, almost all the threads are from back at the phone launch - and it is unclear to me which roms & programs to search for.
In a similar vein - I'm a noob to the whole process using oden - which I think is what i would need to use. I have experience from years ago running cyanogen mods on a nook tablet and messing with windows phones - but nothing recent and things have changed a lot.
I've read conflicting reports throughout the forums on doing this...
I'm running a VZW Branded (but it's now "unlocked")
Model: s8 SM-G-950U
Build #: NRD90M.G950USQS2BQL1
Baseband #: G950USQS2BQL1
What I'm looking for (really the right word is "NEED"):
Access to lower 700 A block (full band 12 use)
Ability to get OTA Updates
Mobile Hotspot Functionality
WiFi Calling
VoLTE
Bixby
If I could have these all running the Samsung Unlocked ROM - then that would be preferred...
If not - I would want to flash the T-Mobile ROM.
I need to know ASAP as I only have 14days from today (2/14/18) to figure this out or go back to VZW
Many thanks!
~chris
Hi all,
I grew tired with the lack of VoLTE and WiFi calling on my unbranded, bought direct from Samsung S8 - there's no sign of Three enabling either on unbranded phones.
So I did the unthinkable and flashed the H3G branded firmware - all went fine.
Only trouble is - I have no VoLTE - the option isn't there - and I don't get VoLTE in places where I know I should and have had in the past on my S7.
Three are useless and haven't a clue what I'm talking about. So I wondered if anyone here knows how VoLTE is actually supposed to work with the S8 on Three. I don't have the VoLTE on/off toggle like I did in the settings on my S7 and I don't get VoLTE in places where I used to get VoLTE on my S7. I either get nothing or a very low H/4G.
Is this expected behaviour and are the options just hidden now? Do you still get the little VoLTE indicator as with the S7 when the S8 is using VoLTE?
I was in the same situation, unbranded from Samsung, had to do a full wipe + H3G flash through ODIN and both VoLTE and Wifi calling work.
I had trouble getting them both, until I re-partitioned the phone in ODIN, which was a pain.
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I was in the same situation, unbranded from Samsung, had to do a full wipe + H3G flash through ODIN and both VoLTE and Wifi calling work.
I had trouble getting them both, until I re-partitioned the phone in ODIN, which was a pain.
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I have the G950FD (dual sim) am imaging the 3 banded firmware & Rom is unlikely to support dual sim ? can anyone confirm otherwise ??
hate the three start up screen and branding.... but could do with VOLTE and WIFI calling
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I was in the same situation, unbranded from Samsung, had to do a full wipe + H3G flash through ODIN and both VoLTE and Wifi calling work.
I had trouble getting them both, until I re-partitioned the phone in ODIN, which was a pain.
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Hi,
Does it now work as described with the on/off toggle in settings? Three basically told me that this is just how it works, any options are hidden and it won't go near VoLTE unless there is literally no other signal of any other kind. Where as on my S7 I had the option to switch on and off plus I got the VoLTE symbol in a lot of places.
Is there a guide to link to regarding the re-partitioning you did?
I'm reading some pretty scary things about the re-partition button in Odin!
Yes, re-partitioning was a pain, I got some bootloop issues as a result so wouldn't recommend it (no specific guide from memory)
I actually cannot see any on/off toggle in settings, VoLTE icon appears on most 4g areas.
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Yes, re-partitioning was a pain, I got some bootloop issues as a result so wouldn't recommend it (no specific guide from memory)
I actually cannot see any on/off toggle in settings, VoLTE icon appears on most 4g areas.
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I went for it - no problems, carried out exactly the same process only this time I ticked 're-partition'. I've just restored all my apps and had to reset my Gear S3 again.
I also downloaded the small (40MB-ish) OTA update that comes down after the re-flash, which I assume is the VoLTE settings from Three.
So far, all I've noticed is that WiFi calling is a lot more stable - before, the WiFi calling icon was appearing and vanishing all the time. Now it's solid.
No sign of VoLTE - or any VoLTE toggle. I'll see what happens when I'm out and about later, hopefully it'll have worked.
(Although I'm sure I got VoLTE at home on my S7, I might be mistaken. Checking the coverage checker I'm in solid VoLTE territory though.)
I must say, factory re-store/re-flashing is so much better now that the Samsung back-up and restore app actually restores everything properly! Right down to the shortcuts and widgets on your homescreens. I was dreading it.
Does any one mind hosting the three s8 firmware on a store some where like google drive or drop box
PLEASE I could do with a quick download and rebuild of my phone tonight
G950FH3G1AQDG
or even a ftp share (OLD SCHOOL)
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Does any one mind hosting the three s8 firmware on a store some where like google drive or drop box
PLEASE I could do with a quick download and rebuild of my phone tonight
G950FH3G1AQDG
or even a ftp share (OLD SCHOOL)
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I got it from the Sammobile site. You have to sign up and the download is slow, but it does the job.
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I got it from the Sammobile site. You have to sign up and the download is slow, but it does the job.
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i was hoping you could share your copy. of course i am downing from sam mobile but its taking an AGE.
i flashed it... no problems wifi calling there but no volte for now.
I've been doing some reading, it seem that the way they have it set up is so that VoLTE is a last resort when you lose all other 3G and 4G signal. So if there's 3G available you'll never see VoLTE (or WiFi calling for that matter).
Also explains why you have to have their firmware and they've blocked access to it on unbranded phones? Because surely with regular firmware, if it's there - the phone will log on to it and they can't control that on an unbranded phone. Or is it controllable by the network?
I wonder why they've done this? Seems odd. Also odd that there's no switch, one of the reasons I hate branded firmware is that they can mess with stuff like that, I hate the idea that they're hiding functions and messing with stuff on my phone, that I paid £650 for! - along with the horrible boot logos and bloat.
Wish they would allow it to work on unbranded phones, I'm running dual sim so no chance of ever being able to install
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Wish they would allow it to work on unbranded phones, I'm running dual sim so no chance of ever being able to install
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yesterday night i flash my dual sim G950FD with the H3G G950F firmware all works and the sim manager option is still available to use.
i can confirm wifi calling works but not seen volte becuase i am only been home.
good luck.... just hate the 3 splash screens
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yesterday night i flash my dual sim G950FD with the H3G G950F firmware all works and the sim manager option is still available to use.
i can confirm wifi calling works but not seen volte becuase i am only been home.
good luck.... just hate the 3 splash screens
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I might give it a go over the weekend and see what happens
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I've been doing some reading, it seem that the way they have it set up is so that VoLTE is a last resort when you lose all other 3G and 4G signal. So if there's 3G available you'll never see VoLTE (or WiFi calling for that matter).
Also explains why you have to have their firmware and they've blocked access to it on unbranded phones? Because surely with regular firmware, if it's there - the phone will log on to it and they can't control that on an unbranded phone. Or is it controllable by the network?
I wonder why they've done this? Seems odd. Also odd that there's no switch, one of the reasons I hate branded firmware is that they can mess with stuff like that, I hate the idea that they're hiding functions and messing with stuff on my phone, that I paid £650 for! - along with the horrible boot logos and bloat.
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If you decide to unlock your device and go down the TWRP and Custom ROMS path then feel free to use the attached ZIP to flash the H3G Three CSC to enable WiFi Calling/VoLTE and Call Recording.
I took the CSC utility posted by Tkkg1994 and created a flashable TWRP zip with just the relevent files removing the APK that Three put on when first setting up the phone as well as the Three boot animation leaving the Samsung stock one in place. I did this to save having to have a 1.5GB file on my phone with CSC's that I don't need. All credit goes to Tkkg1994 for the CSC Utility.
I have only tested this on the single sim SM-G950F however and I also recommend making sure you have an EFS backup beforehand as I know the CSC Utility does do that even though this zip doesn't mount and do anything with the EFS partition.
Thanks
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I've been doing some reading, it seem that the way they have it set up is so that VoLTE is a last resort when you lose all other 3G and 4G signal. So if there's 3G available you'll never see VoLTE (or WiFi calling for that matter).
Also explains why you have to have their firmware and they've blocked access to it on unbranded phones? Because surely with regular firmware, if it's there - the phone will log on to it and they can't control that on an unbranded phone. Or is it controllable by the network?
I wonder why they've done this? Seems odd. Also odd that there's no switch, one of the reasons I hate branded firmware is that they can mess with stuff like that, I hate the idea that they're hiding functions and messing with stuff on my phone, that I paid £650 for! - along with the horrible boot logos and bloat.
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That is really silly. EE do the same thing in terms of needing their firmware to use VoLTE but they do not limit it only when you have bad signal lol that is foolish. Funny how things are with different manufacturers. On my U11, VoLTE works for all UK networks with stock unbranded firmware and it even has a toggle, unlike the S7/S8. You'd think there would be more options on the more popular phone.
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Does any one mind hosting the three s8 firmware on a store some where like google drive or drop box
PLEASE I could do with a quick download and rebuild of my phone tonight
G950FH3G1AQDG
or even a ftp share (OLD SCHOOL)
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Use updato.com. no download speed limit
I spoke to three over twitter and they advised they do plan to release this to unbranded phones but there is no date in mind at present
I had to do the same to get Volte on EE.
Does work everywhere though.
WiFi calling worked out the box on BTU unlocked.
Only issue is EE is **** slow at releasing updates.
Is there a file I can flash to enable WiFi and VOLTE on EE when using a custom ROM? Works great on the stock EE firmware but I would like to use another custom ROM.
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Is there a file I can flash to enable WiFi and VOLTE on EE when using a custom ROM? Works great on the stock EE firmware but I would like to use another custom ROM.
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You have to edit csc files to enable them