I know it seems strange. I'm deployed to Afghanistan right now and brought my phone with me because it's my alarm clock. I since purchased the DishPointerAR app. (I'll be doing a review shortly) I now constantly have my phone with me. I don't like having it in normal mode because my T-Mobile Germany SIM is still in it and I don't want to rack up crazy charges over here. I DO however want to have the ability to use WIFI because we have a connection here that I use. I remember a while back I used a rom that had this built in, but don't remember what it was. Besides, I really enjoy cyanogen. If anyone can help I'd really appreciate it.
Not sure if this is what you want but try droid wall in the market. Blocks data use
for data you can try the app above or just go into your wireless settings and remove your current APN settings. also disable mobile networks and data roaming.
for voice calls, if you want to disable that, you can set all of your contacts to be sent straight to voicemail when they try to call you. i think you can even contact tmo and tell them to disable service temporary until you come back. or you can remove your simcard all together. if you lose the simcard you can always get a replacement without ill effects.
hope those are some alternatives you can try.
@Jamison904
That would be part of it. I also want to disable even the remote possibility of phone calls or anything like that. I keep getting messages that I have voice mails if I disable airplane mode. I've even had the phone actually ring. I don't want the ridiculous international roaming charges I'm sure to incur here.
@NguyenHuu
The SIM card thing would be a reasonable Idea. Although I don't know how my phone would do without a SIM in it. All contacts to VM sort of works, but sometimes people call from #s not in my contacts. I have no idea how T-Mobile Germany would be about putting my account on hold due to me deploying with US Military. (I went straight to the company, I didn't go through the re-seller on base that could maybe work those kinds of things.)
ghrayfahx said:
I know it seems strange. I'm deployed to Afghanistan right now and brought my phone with me because it's my alarm clock. I since purchased the DishPointerAR app. (I'll be doing a review shortly) I now constantly have my phone with me. I don't like having it in normal mode because my T-Mobile Germany SIM is still in it and I don't want to rack up crazy charges over here. I DO however want to have the ability to use WIFI because we have a connection here that I use. I remember a while back I used a rom that had this built in, but don't remember what it was. Besides, I really enjoy cyanogen. If anyone can help I'd really appreciate it.
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Apndroid is also an app you could use and it includes a widget to put on your home screen to turn off 3g/edge/gprs. It's in Wesgarner's rom which is based off of Cyan's rom or you probably can get it in the market.
download anycut, new shortcut, activity, phone info. From there disable the radio
Airplane mode?
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Airplane mode?
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airplane mode disables wifi. the OP wants to have a functional wifi device.
I forgot my phone in my B-Hut but later I'll pick it up and try Apndroid and Anycut. We'll see how that does.
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I forgot my phone in my B-Hut but later I'll pick it up and try Apndroid and Anycut. We'll see how that does.
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man, there is actually an app that does exactly what you want. but i have no access to market now and i dont remember the name.
I will have a look for you in some way.
I remember the author posting on these forums.
Be careful, I'd rather deactivate voicemail in the web-control on T-Mobiles homepage. I don't know if things have changed but my old knowledge tells me that sending somebody to voicemail while roaming is more expensive than accepting a call (since the call is directed to you, then forwarded back to voice-mail, which would result in paying active+passive roaming fee)
If you deactivate voice-mail via t-mobile (can't do that via the phone's settings menus), you can just push the "hang up" button when the phone rings. Alternatively remove the SIM-card.
Remove SIM Card?
You don't mention you are using your phone for actual phone calls either (you say it's originally just for alarm), if this is the case, why not remove your SIM card? If you do this, no worries about calls or using mobile data. But, you will still have access to wifi.
Pull out the sim, flip it upside down, shove it back in while still upside down.
Well, I tried APNDroid but that was JUST for Data. The Anycut trick worked prefectly and does exactly what I was looking for. I tried the "turn the SIM around" trick, but I couldn't get the battery back in because the little nub on the batt that goes in the notch of the SIM. It DID work without a SIM at all, but I don't want to lose mine and rist TM Germany charging some stupid amount of money for a new one. Everything's working great now.
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I tried the "turn the SIM around" trick, but I couldn't get the battery back in because the little nub on the batt
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Not much imagination there, huh? You can actually TRIM the sim card or the battery to make it fit. The chip is ENTIRELY under the gold contact pads, so any plastic beyond the gold pads can be safely trimmed.
There is actually a free, dedicated app for this, it was also mentioned on the previous page (as an edit note though).
The app is called "Airplane Mode Wi-Fi Tool". It lets you connect to Wi-fi whilst having airplane mode activated.
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Try this: Airplane Mode WiFi Tool (http://www.androlib.com/android.application.net-geekherd-airplanemode-qqiq.aspx)
I'm using this and it allows the use of WiFi while in Airplane mode.
It's also free which is always a bonus!
Hope this helps,
Airplane Mode Wi-Fi Tool
The app you are looking for is called "Airplane Mode Wi-Fi Tool" Its in the Market. Not a very catchy name but it does EXACTLY like you want. Turn OFF the phone and turn ON the wi-fi. Hope this helps.
What I did was use anycut to get access to the phone info. I turned off radio and it worked perfectly.
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What I did was use anycut to get access to the phone info. I turned off radio and it worked perfectly.
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You can also just type in to your dialer *#*#4636#*#* to get there.
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Just purchased a used htc touch diamond that was locked to Orange UK. I've since apparently "unlocked" the device. The process went fine and the software reported back that the simlock had been removed.
However, after trying an o2 contract sim card in the phone, it never registers on the network. The sim card is known to be working and has been tested numerous times in my p990i and g900.
There is an exclamation mark on the system status bar indicating that there is no network available, however, the g symbol shows indicating that gprs is available, which it is. I can launch youtube and the browser and use the gprs access point to browse/search etc.
When trying to make a call I am greeted with the message, "operation failed".
Has anyone ever come across this and is there a known fault/fix? A little closure on this would be great as i've been pulling my hair out over it for the last three days.
I've tried various roms and radios. Currently running the latest official radio (1.11.25.1) and still no joy.
Any input/help/advice/solution would be greatly appreciated.
The same thing happened to me I was able to browse internet and even send text messages over the network but couldnt make calls. What I did is a hard reset (by holding the volume, action, and reset buttons). then it worked.. try that and let us know what happens
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The same thing happened to me I was able to browse internet and even send text messages over the network but couldnt make calls. What I did is a hard reset (by holding the volume, action, and reset buttons). then it worked.. try that and let us know what happens
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Was that after you unlocked your handset?
I've tried several hard resets with no result. Starting to really annoy me now. I'm actually posting this from my netbook thats connected to the diamond over usb. I have a hspda data connection, yet the signal bar still has an exclamation mark as if there wasn't any network available.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
never come across this myself personally, have you tried changind bands gsm etc?
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never come across this myself personally, have you tried changind bands gsm etc?
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I've tried everything mate. The thing thats bugging me the most, is that I didn't have an Orange sim (Original network) to hand to test the handset with before I unlocked it. I'm sure something has gone wrong in the unlocking process (Even though all steps were followed correctly, and no errors were reported at any point during the process).
I'm still connected to o2's hspda service and browsing/downloading without a problem.
wanny1 said:
I've tried everything mate. The thing thats bugging me the most, is that I didn't have an Orange sim (Original network) to hand to test the handset with before I unlocked it. I'm sure something has gone wrong in the unlocking process (Even though all steps were followed correctly, and no errors were reported at any point during the process).
I'm still connected to o2's hspda service and browsing/downloading without a problem.
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Im sure its something simple seeing as you can browse etc, I would have thought connection setup wizard would sort it also, but if that doesnt I dont know, unless like you say didnt go well with the unlocking, ive unlocked a few devices in the past with no worries, sorry couldnt help
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Im sure its something simple seeing as you can browse etc, I would have thought connection setup wizard would sort it also, but if that doesnt I dont know, unless like you say didnt go well with the unlocking, ive unlocked a few devices in the past with no worries, sorry couldnt help
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I really hope it is something simple, but thus far, everything I have tried has been unsuccessful. Just took a few screenies of varying stages of trying to register on the network. Couldn't get a screenie of the net connection symbol alongside the signal icon, but I can guarantee that I am surfing the net with the offending phone as a modem.
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hey man sorry for the delay i was busy.. Yeah it was right after I unlocked it. I put in my sim card, no service just internet (HSDPA) and I could even send text messages. When people call me only the keypad would light up but i couldnt answer and i couldnt even open the input keypad to dial a number, not even the phone application. All I did was a hard reset. Try changing several radios.. If not maybe change your rom. Let me know what happens.
What about changing the radio ROM
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hey man sorry for the delay i was busy.. Yeah it was right after I unlocked it. I put in my sim card, no service just internet (HSDPA) and I could even send text messages. When people call me only the keypad would light up but i couldnt answer and i couldnt even open the input keypad to dial a number, not even the phone application. All I did was a hard reset. Try changing several radios.. If not maybe change your rom. Let me know what happens.
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No worries bro, tbh, any help or input is better than nothing.
I can access the phone application just fine which is more frustrating. I can send mms and use all the data services. Its just calls and texts over gsm that are the issue.
The thing that is rattling me, is that if I click on system status, the icon for the reception actually indicates that there is reception available. And i'm obviously connected the the network if I can use the data services. (Sorry if I keep repeating myself )
I've changed radio/rom several times, with quite a few hard resets in between. I'm about to download a few stock roms/radios, and may even return the phone to a fully stock state. The only thing with that is that I can't reset the sim lock (At least I don't think I can).
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What about changing the radio ROM
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Tried several times mate. Going to try it a few more right now mate. Thanks for the input guys, appreciate it.
Anyone have any more thoughts on this? I don't have much hair left on my head.
LOL its ok man.. I only hope you can get it fixed soon I know how annoying it is.. Did you try going back to stock?
mmmhhh86 said:
LOL its ok man.. I only hope you can get it fixed soon I know how annoying it is.. Did you try going back to stock?
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Its going back to the original owner mate. Phoned htc and they were prepared to repair it, but I wasn't prepared to pursue that route as I shouldn't have been having an issue to begin with. Can't wait to get my g1 back.
Hey Wanny1,
I'm just curious, did you try to put other SIMs in your phone? Or does every SIM fail to connect (GSM-wise) and not just yours?
sonnybravo said:
Hey Wanny1,
I'm just curious, did you try to put other SIMs in your phone? Or does every SIM fail to connect (GSM-wise) and not just yours?
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Hey man, I have tried a t-mobile uk sim which is known to be working. The phone registers on the t-mobile network, and I can use the data services, but again, I cannot call out, receive calls, or send text messages. Its a really strange scenario and i'm sure it must have been caused during the unlocking process. I just wish that there was something that could be done.
wanny1 said:
I've tried everything mate. The thing thats bugging me the most, is that I didn't have an Orange sim (Original network) to hand to test the handset with before I unlocked it. I'm sure something has gone wrong in the unlocking process (Even though all steps were followed correctly, and no errors were reported at any point during the process).
I'm still connected to o2's hspda service and browsing/downloading without a problem.
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I had problems after unlocking a T Mobile MDA IV and using an o2 sim. My phone was generally ok apart from texts. Was advised to use radio 1.00.25.5 and works a treat now. Also got a new sim card as alot of people were saying older sim cards had some issues on these phones. By the way what SPL r u on?
wanny1 said:
Hey man, I have tried a t-mobile uk sim which is known to be working. The phone registers on the t-mobile network, and I can use the data services, but again, I cannot call out, receive calls, or send text messages. Its a really strange scenario and i'm sure it must have been caused during the unlocking process. I just wish that there was something that could be done.
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Wow, yeah this is a strange one... To tell you the truth, I had the exact opposite thing that you have right now: I could make calls and send text sms via GSM, but I could in no way connect to the internet. But after I installed HTC Connection Setup (was not installed on the lite rom I use) the problem was solved... But you already tried this right, so I'm just as puzzled as you are. I take it you're as bald-headed as an 8-ball right now huh?
hoogy07 said:
I had problems after unlocking a T Mobile MDA IV and using an o2 sim. My phone was generally ok apart from texts. Was advised to use radio 1.00.25.5 and works a treat now. Also got a new sim card as alot of people were saying older sim cards had some issues on these phones. By the way what SPL r u on?
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I've tried that radio with no success mate. Plus my sim card is pretty new. When I press vol down plus reset, the device lists that hard spl 1.24 is installed, however, I have just apparently installed the stock 1.93 spl so cant understand why its reporting back as 1.24??
sonnybravo said:
Wow, yeah this is a strange one... To tell you the truth, I had the exact opposite thing that you have right now: I could make calls and send text sms via GSM, but I could in no way connect to the internet. But after I installed HTC Connection Setup (was not installed on the lite rom I use) the problem was solved... But you already tried this right, so I'm just as puzzled as you are. I take it you're as bald-headed as an 8-ball right now huh?
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It doesn't make any sense whatsoever. Connection setup has been on all the roms i've tried and run upon each setup process. Another baffling thing, is that when I click on the signal icon with the exclamation mark, the additional info suggests that there is a signal available. Will upload some pictures now to explain.
Ok, after another attempt at the stock 1.93 spl update, this is a screenie. Does this look right? What is the 1.00DIAM that is being reported as the update? Shouldn't this say 1.93?
wanny1 said:
Tried several times mate. Going to try it a few more right now mate. Thanks for the input guys, appreciate it.
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what about flashing a O2 ROM?
might have some advanced network settings or something...
i'm probably talking absolute rubbish, but worth a try
Ok. I still wanted the calling capability of the tab, so I installed the EURO firmware.
Shortly after, I had got the GrooveIP app installed and used it alot. Well, I realized I can go back to Gingerbread now, right? NOPE, it failed each and every time. Photo shows the fail I receive from v1.7 odin, after just the first step.
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So I do the complete load and restart of the EURO firmware and everything loads just fine through Odin, but the phone will not stop shutting off within 3-5 mintues, every time.....So I attempted to do a recovery reboot and data wipe, that way to get it started fresh and I get the notification that's in the 2nd picture. I can only ask, PLEASE HELP, PLEASE HELP, I'm already scared to think it's done for, but at least a little bit of encouragement might get me to save this precious tool of mine!
THANK YOU THANK YOU, I pray for a solution.
Can you take out the SIM card put it back in any other working phone say the Galaxy S and make sure its working? I can only suspect your sim card got fried since the tablet was working as a phone for 2 days. If there is any error in the modem or firmware it shouldn't work at all to begin with. Also if your line got blacklisted by your operator for one reason or the other (it happens) the sim will not work anywhere.
Your carrier probably removed your voice plan. A tablet is not a phone. The US carriers are greedy and want you to have 2 seperate devices.
If you want to use your tab as a phone, you may want to try downloading the google voice app and the groove ip app. I know this works for me with the Sprint Galaxy Tab and it uses voip so you don't have to have minutes or a calling plan. Been using it for a week now and the only issue is the groove ip app sometimes needs to be restarted so I get "registered" again. Works well on both 3G and wifi.
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Can you take out the SIM card put it back in any other working phone say the Galaxy S and make sure its working? I can only suspect your sim card got fried since the tablet was working as a phone for 2 days. If there is any error in the modem or firmware it shouldn't work at all to begin with. Also if your line got blacklisted by your operator for one reason or the other (it happens) the sim will not work anywhere.
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I swap them both, both working fine. Even right now the GS4g sim is in the tab.
Data connection, on both, with swapped sim cards is very iffy. wifi, is awesome!
@GldRush98 - I still have calling availability through the GS4g phone when I return both sims to the proper device. CAnnot make calls with the TAB sim in the TAB, looking into SIP calling. I wish it was easy to set up.......I've been searching alot and almost have found a completely free way, but we'll see.
@cmcollins001 - I'll look into your suggestion, I've tried to use the GV app with the tablet number, but the calling ability with the tab sim doesn't allow incoming or outgoing calls. I've got free incoming calls with skype, using a ring2skype phone number that uses voip to skype.
Personal note, for everyone. I'm cancelling the use of T-mobile, for what it's worth. The customer service is the worst I have ever received. I'm not even 30 days past due and they suspend my service??? Yeah, I was 17 days past the due date, they suspended service. This happened two months in a row. My order for a tab dashmount kit, came to me INCOMPLETE. Samsung box, that was put into the box tmobile sent me, was damaged, and the cradle for the kit was no where to be found. The box was sealed and no apparent damage at all. Looked for tape that ight have been re-applied, NOPE. So tmobile shipping, genius he/she IS NOT, put the samsung box as it was, into the box from tmobile for shipping and sent it out. You'd think that the monkey, I mean employee, would have noticed the box was damaged, as it was obvious! NOPE< just put it in there and taped it up. Its been 1 month 5 days. I still haven't recieved the replacement order, and I've spoke with them 4 times, finally this past friday, I confirmed my account status of "Not a Valuable Customer AT ALL" when they said, "Sir, your order is on back order".........as well as they expect me to pay for the incomplete order, as part of my past due bill........Yeah, tmobile, you can take my account and stick it in the "I'm never going to pay my bill if you're not going to fulfill my order". It's obvious, JD Powers is calling Tmobile employees and that's how they are getting the 4 years of customer service awards, cause my satisfaction has felt like, "sir, it's your money we want, not your acceptance". Good thing is my voice and personal opinion doesn't go unnoticed, when someone asks me about phone and service, I let them know NOT [email protected]
cmcollins001 said:
If you want to use your tab as a phone, you may want to try downloading the google voice app and the groove ip app. I know this works for me with the Sprint Galaxy Tab and it uses voip so you don't have to have minutes or a calling plan. Been using it for a week now and the only issue is the groove ip app sometimes needs to be restarted so I get "registered" again. Works well on both 3G and wifi.
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I can't find the thank you link, but THANK YOU! It's working great.
Bump: Followup.....Pictures!!! Boot Looping now.
Ok. I still wanted the calling capability of the tab, so I installed the EURO firmware.
Shortly after, I had got the GrooveIP app installed and used it alot. Well, I realized I can go back to Gingerbread now, right? NOPE, it failed each and every time. Photo shows the fail I receive from v1.7 odin, after just the first step.
So I do the complete load and restart of the EURO firmware and everything loads just fine through Odin, but the phone will not stop shutting off within 3-5 mintues, every time.....So I attempted to do a recovery reboot and data wipe, that way to get it started fresh and I get the notification that's in the 2nd picture. I can only ask, PLEASE HELP, PLEASE HELP, I'm already scared to think it's done for, but at least a little bit of encouragement might get me to save this precious tool of mine!
THANK YOU THANK YOU, I pray for a solution.
Bump. Please help.
Personal edit and great help from sserpentine
Ill help. Pm me.
Bam-Bamm said:
I guess I'll take into consideration that no one has any assistance to help me out??????
Thanks for at least taking a moment to read.
Anyway, I guess I've learned my lesson, I wont come back here, I'll just leave my next tablet alone and use it as it was meant to be used. Sorry no one gave any help here, I feel I gave alot of good information toward someone/anyone giving me a solution
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Sir, you got lots of help from here, quick too. If something is broken, no amount of advice from us will repair it. Good luck with the next tab.
I have done a large amount of reading and learning.
I am all better now and I owe it all to you. THANK YOU To sserpentine.
My tablet is running great with Overcome!
Thanks again, and also, if you know of a better ROM for my tablet, I'm all ears.
Jamie
Ok, this is frustrating. I can't seem to get VoLTE working. Clean flashed, and in the hidden menu there's this View attachment 3217747. I didn't ever set it to ON, so I don't know why the OFF option is there. Whenever I make a call, the LTE icon goes away, and no internet.
Not sure if this will help as I don't know what steps you have already taken, but have you gone through these steps first?
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Not sure if this will help as I don't know what steps you have already taken, but have you gone through these steps first?
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Yep. added it to my plan. Is there an advanced calling app for us yet?
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Yep. added it to my plan. Is there an advanced calling app for us yet?
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No, no app. Maybe you should try enabling on stock and then flashing back to Euphoria. Maybe that will help.
The rom is likely missing necessary components
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The rom is likely missing necessary components
Sent from my Nexus 6 using XDA Free mobile app
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No, it's not.
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No, it's not.
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Does it have ims.apk in system apps?
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Before I would get the setting and it would be enabled but I coudn't do simultaneous voice/data. I flashed stock but now i get server error try again later each time. weird.
I'm completely stock verizon nexus 6 (recevied mine yesterday in the mail), but I was having same frustration you describe. Could not use hotspot and browse internet while in a voice call. And it was always in 3g.
I don't know if this will help but here is what I did.
first I did the hidden menu... *#*#4636#*#*
tapped the volte provision option and then I forced a power down.
After powering up I confirmed that the Enhanced 4G LTE was enabled in settings.
I went back into the hidden menu and confirmed that volte provision was turned on. It was because it now showed the "Turn OFF volte" option instead of "Turn On".
I retried using internet/data while in a voice call and the phone still would not allow data while in the call. I could only get 3g in hotspot and voice calls would still interrupt data.
I then learned that I had to enable HD or whatever the new service is called on my Verizon account. They said in the webpage instructions that I may have to reboot and check for system updates. And to wait about 15 minutes for it to take affect.
I rebooted, forced a check for new system updates (there were none), and then I tried retesting by turning on hotspot (still was just 3g) and trying to place a call while using hotspot and browsing from my laptop. As soon as the voice call was made I could no longer browse the internet using hotspot... basically same as it always had been. I was frustrated to the point of seriously considering returning the phone to verizon.
Then I went back into the hidden menu and changed the radio option to "USA" (the option in upper right corner of that hidden menu.) I don't know what it was set to previously but I never leave the country so USA is good enough for me.
I rebooted again and to my pleasant surprise, it showed nearly full bars in LTE and hotspot/internet worked great all while in a voice call.
*Solution? I'm not sure if it was just my repeated reboots that did it, or if it was that last radio USA option I selected, or if it just took 15 minutes or so for Verizon to update my account to enable the HD (or whatever it is called).
Again, I'm completely stock vanilla on Verizon. But my frustration sounded very much like yours so maybe this will help you situation. Good luck
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Before I would get the setting and it would be enabled but I coudn't do simultaneous voice/data. I flashed stock but now i get server error try again later each time. weird.
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No one else?
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No one else?
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try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/general/verizon-nexus-6-verizon-users-volte-t3058117
This worked for a few people and it was confirmed having the same issue ur having.
People keep bring up these steps are useless but like i said i have people confirmed this works over the other method.
Hope it helps
I followed all of the steps in the tutorials with no success. I have MultiRom installed along with ElementalX as my kernel as it supports MultiRom. I installed Scott's 5.1 stock rooted rom as a secondary rom and made sure the settings were correct for VoLTE. HD Voice was working as well as voice/data over 4G. When I booted back into Euphoria, everything worked great. This is what worked for me, but your mileage may vary. It's crazy that people are having to do so many steps and workarounds to get the features active on the same hardware and essentially the same core software.
I found a Caller/carrier menu code (not sure of real name). I was doing some reading and stumbled across a code that when you type it in your phone keypad as if you're making a phone call it lets you select a different phone carrier and it says something about sales code. I'm with Eastlink Mobility Canada so my code is currently set at (ESK) by the way its an eastern canada cable/Internet/mobile phone provider. The code I enter in my keypad is dialed just like your placing a call. It is exactly this... *#272*356631090050396# now I don't know if this works on all phones in all regions and so on and so forth but I am on the Qualcomm Snapdragon model and running Android 9.0 the latest update. I'm curious as to what this code does exactly and what changing the carrier settings to another carrier might do for me such as unlock Wi-Fi calling or some other cool features that are being held back from my mobile provider. Could anyone shed some light on what changing these menu options could possibly do for me, and do you know if I do decide to Tinker with it, will I be able to use the same code again, and turn back my carrier to its original (ESK). Any help would be great and I apologize if this is the incorrect form for this type of thing but it is a question-and-answer situation so I thought I would put it in this section.
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TWiiTCH said:
I found a Caller/carrier menu code (not sure of real name). I was doing some reading and stumbled across a code that when you type it in your phone keypad as if you're making a phone call it lets you select a different phone carrier and it says something about sales code. I'm with Eastlink Mobility Canada so my code is currently set at (ESK) by the way its an eastern canada cable/Internet/mobile phone provider. The code I enter in my keypad is dialed just like your placing a call. It is exactly this... *#272*356631090050396# now I don't know if this works on all phones in all regions and so on and so forth but I am on the Qualcomm Snapdragon model and running Android 9.0 the latest update. I'm curious as to what this code does exactly and what changing the carrier settings to another carrier might do for me such as unlock Wi-Fi calling or some other cool features that are being held back from my mobile provider. Could anyone shed some light on what changing these menu options could possibly do for me, and do you know if I do decide to Tinker with it, will I be able to use the same code again, and turn back my carrier to its original (ESK). Any help would be great and I apologize if this is the incorrect form for this type of thing but it is a question-and-answer situation so I thought I would put it in this section.
Thanks & cheers!
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if you change ure CSC to an other it will reset your phone and should install that said carrier's bloat. technically if you set it to XAC(unbranded) it should not install any carrier bloat. while some carriers offer volte and wificalling, i am not sure if these features will still be there. recent updates seem to point that on xac, volte should stick but wificalling might not be there.
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if you change ure CSC to an other it will reset your phone and should install that said carrier's bloat. technically if you set it to XAC(unbranded) it should not install any carrier bloat. while some carriers offer volte and wificalling, i am not sure if these features will still be there. recent updates seem to point that on xac, volte should stick but wificalling might not be there.
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Thanks for the response. That was actually what I was hoping for. It seems most carriers here have Wi-Fi calling and when I go through my system app list it even shows an application called Wi-Fi calling. The only thing is it's not functional or usable or even accessible on my phone right now. I'm hoping somebody has tried it and might be able to tell me more but thanks for letting me know what you knew about it. Have a great night my friend. I'm off to bed
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Thanks for the response. That was actually what I was hoping for. It seems most carriers here have Wi-Fi calling and when I go through my system app list it even shows an application called Wi-Fi calling. The only thing is it's not functional or usable or even accessible on my phone right now. I'm hoping somebody has tried it and might be able to tell me more but thanks for letting me know what you knew about it. Have a great night my friend. I'm off to bed
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should be in the phone app in the 3 dot menu ootions.
but east link just might not have it. call them or check in their site.
Thanks for the update, looks like I'm out of luck for now. Here's an image of what I see after I hit settings....
So it seems as if I'm out of luck for now. Wi-Fi calling would definitely be handy especially for overseas calling or extreme long distance. The only loss I have at the moment as if I'm calling outside my nation. Wi-Fi calling you would also have to be at home where as using data to make the call would serve the same purpose but it would run out much quicker especially if it's a video call and if it's a long call. I still want Wi-Fi calling now so maybe I will start harassing EastLink and hopefully one person well drive them mad enough to push through the option for me haha. Thanks for letting me know where to check though, have a great day bud.
I tried flashing the xac firmware which is region free but it quickly defaults back to esk on its own the first time I fire up the phone. Esk is EastLink. There must be something that tells it to reset to the current company that the SIM card is from I'm guessing. Thanks for the idea but I tried it and it failed miserably. If you know how to make it stick I'd love to know how you do it.
Try this for WiFi access
Install Activity Launcher. Search for "call" (no s), select Settings, select "com.android.settings.Settings#WifFCallingSettingsActivity", create and save the shortcut to your home screen. The shortcut should open to Wi-Fi Calling menu where you can toggle it on and off.
Hi everyone,
I came across a very perculiar problem for which I am hoping you all might have a solution other than try a factory reset (this is time very consuming) or rooting (I don't want to root).
I recently changed provider. I live in The Netherlands and moved from Vodafone to Simyo (a KPN company). I used the option to retain my mobile number but I got a brand new (nano) sim card from Simyo.
Now first of all, the service of my new provider is working fine, I can call, have 4G internet and the app recogizes my usage so no complaints there.
I have an unlocked phone, purchased straight from the Samsung website, my Vodafone subscription was prepaid, my current Simyo subscription is sim only.
So what I found is that when I go in to connection settings, there is an entry in the menu displaying service provider. This entry still lists my old provider and when I click on it, it recommends me to install the app of my old provider.
What I've tried so far: turning off phone, taking out sim card, waiting 10 minutes, turn on phone, then the service provider section is gone, then turn off phone, put back the Simyo sim card, wait 10 minutes, turn on phone. ---> After a short while the section service provider apears in the menu again and displays Vodafone. I also tried manually selecting my new provider from the scanned list but this did not change anything either.
Now the above makes me think that this service provider might be linked to the phone number itself, however I can't rule out it somehow stored this somewhere and just reads it from backup.
Anyway, I don't want to go do a factory reset. Setting all my authenticators, bank apps, government apps, etc is such a chore .
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Could it be that Simyo roams on Vodafone? If not (mine shows "Partner" when roaming) then try putting the phone in airplane mode for a while, see if that helps.
You won't be able to force a provider from the list, in my experience at least where I live that has never worked in the last 10 years. Leave it auto.
Everything else failing, call Simyo to check the subscriber provisioning.
Just a wild thought: Would clearing cache and storage from "Carrier Services" help?
It's a benign experiment so you could try it and see if it makes a difference... Put phone in Airplane mode first, then find Carrier Services under Settings>Apps and then Force Stop, then under Storage, clear Cache and then clear Data.
I don't have any solid scientific basis for recommending this, but since Google recommends the same to fix broken RCS due to carrier issues, I thought you just might have a little luck trying it out. Nothing to lose.
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Could it be that Simyo roams on Vodafone? If not (mine shows "Partner" when roaming) then try putting the phone in airplane mode for a while, see if that helps.
You won't be able to force a provider from the list, in my experience at least where I live that has never worked in the last 10 years. Leave it auto.
Everything else failing, call Simyo to check the subscriber provisioning.
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Just a wild thought: Would clearing cache and storage from "Carrier Services" help?
It's a benign experiment so you could try it and see if it makes a difference... Put phone in Airplane mode first, then find Carrier Services under Settings>Apps and then Force Stop, then under Storage, clear Cache and then clear Data.
I don't have any solid scientific basis for recommending this, but since Google recommends the same to fix broken RCS due to carrier issues, I thought you just might have a little luck trying it out. Nothing to lose.
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Hi Ipse and Enigmaamit,
Thank you for your suggestions.
First regarding the roaming, I am fairly certain this is not the case. The network it selects is the KPN one and is shows Simyo as provider. I also disabled roaming to try it out. KPN used to be the Dutch state network and inherited that infrastructure. If anything Vodafone probably uses some of the KPN network structure. I also live in one of the bigger cities in a low building area so I expect the coverage is not an issue.
As for the cache clearing, I forgot to mention that I went in to recovery mode and cleared my android cache. I also tried clearing the carrier services but that cache is already 0 and it also indicated its not my default program. I did clear all data but to no effect.
I fear what happened is that as soon as I inserted the vodafone prepaid sim it somehow aquired some piece of software from the network and installed this on my phone. I am wondering still if it is possible that this software is number bound and if android has some option to look up what provider uses that number and then suggests the software of that number.
The helpdesk of Simyo is also not able to provide an explanation.
Its OK for me, I don't mind it showing Vodafone in some obsucre part of the menu structure but I am curious if there is a solution and what is causing this
If you suspect a Vodafone app that triggers this, you can try to "guess" it in adb and uninstall it. That's however a very long shot in a very dark night
You might get lucky and it has Vodafone in the app name.