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[Think Tank] Wifi bonded to cell connection

With the release of the newest Skype app that supports wifi calling only, is there a way to bond the wifi connection to the cellular connection to allow for calls over 3g?
I only ask because the Skype app is pretty much useless without 3g. Might as well get on a laptop or something.

If some way an app can be written that the apps are for the iPhone then it would work. Ive been using an app called My3G and it does what the OP is asking. It basically tricks the app into thinking its on WIFI but uses the existing internet connection which is 3G.

codester3388 said:
If some way an app can be written that the apps are for the iPhone then it would work. Ive been using an app called My3G and it does what the OP is asking. It basically tricks the app into thinking its on WIFI but uses the existing internet connection which is 3G.
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That would do exactly what I would like. Could easily circumvent the need to be on wifi for Skype.
In the iPhone app, does it do this systemwide or is it application specific?

gehzumteufel said:
That would do exactly what I would like. Could easily circumvent the need to be on wifi for Skype.
In the iPhone app, does it do this systemwide or is it application specific?
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app specific

scrizz said:
app specific
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**** man, we need this ****. lol

Well first we need a version of Skype that lets you log in. (It doesn't work on Galaxy S devices)

tpancoast said:
Well first we need a version of Skype that lets you log in. (It doesn't work on Galaxy S devices)
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I was going to say, but you beat me to it... I been waiting since mid 2009 for this damn app, first on AT&T and now on my TMO Vibrant. Getting very sick of the wait, in fact this is getting down right evil of them....

tpancoast said:
Well first we need a version of Skype that lets you log in. (It doesn't work on Galaxy S devices)
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Yeah, sadly, the ETA is when Froyo drops.

The only skype app. Other then the skype light. Doesnt allow calls only chat.
The normal skype is verizon only. What it does is call a white-listed verizon number to allow data to pass trough it for free.
There is no way up until now. Even fring is now cut off skype.
Just wait.

nimbuzz works it has skype and does calls

might just be me, but i can never get nimbuzz to work for skype calls except on Wi-Fi. the call quality is simply too ****ty otherwise. Call connects but the lag, delay, and distortion makes it unusable.

One Solution
Tether and Skype with your laptop / netbook.
I know, I know... defeats the point of the thread...
but this IS a workaround

Why not just use google voice since it integrates so well with the phone?

People keep saying to use Google Voice, but my Google Voice has absolutely no option to use the data connection to make calls. Am I missing something? All Google Voice does for me is call me from a Google owned number and connect the call... this still uses up minutes. What's the point of using Google Voice to avoid soaking up your plan minutes? Is there some way to make SIP calls with GV that I'm missing?

NWolf said:
People keep saying to use Google Voice, but my Google Voice has absolutely no option to use the data connection to make calls. Am I missing something? All Google Voice does for me is call me from a Google owned number and connect the call... this still uses up minutes. What's the point of using Google Voice to avoid soaking up your plan minutes? Is there some way to make SIP calls with GV that I'm missing?
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Nope. GV is NOT VOIP and it uses a standard voice call, so yes, minutes get used. I don't get why people keep suggesting it in these threads either. The only SIP I know of for Android is SIPDroid, I played with it, but I don't use enough minutes to care about VOIP on my cell. If I were prepaid or something, I would care more.
To hack Skype to bypass the wifi requirement, you will likely need to use a AOSP android build. I suspect they are using the Android APIs that include a method to see if WiFi is connected. You could change the source for that method to tell apps that WiFi is connected when it's not, I suspect you would want to check the app IDs or something to only do it for some of them though.
Another option is to try disabling the check in the app itself, but that involves decompiling or bytecode modification and gets ugly fast. Probably easier to grab the app from a foreign phone that's not restricted to WiFi.

[Q] Galaxy Note 4 turn the volume down while running...

My brother is having problems with his Note 4... It turns the volume all the way down when using the phone while running on the treadmill.... Doesn't matter if the phone is in his pocket or sitting still on the treadmill, doesn't matter which music app he's listening to and doesn't matter what headphones he's using.... The phone has been reset and it didn't make a difference, the phone has been replaced and the problem persist....hes removed Pandora, he removed power amp, he's removed live wallpapers AND all at the request of tmobile trouble shooting process... NOTHING!!! the problem seems to be isolate to him and up until today's search I couldn't find anyone else experiencing this issue... But finally today I came accross this thread
http://forums.androidcentral.com/sa...olume-turns-down-while-listening-pandora.html
But still no solution

Been running all the Pandora and stock music app no issue
BAD ASS NOTE 4 & BAD ASS GEAR S

I also have a Note 4 and so does my wife and neither of us have similar problems with our phones... I'm looking for help with this problem, not more examples of the problem being non existent... If it effected EVERYONE then I wouldn't be at a loss... I don't mean to be rude and if I seem that way please accept my apologies... I just don't want this to turn into a thread of testimonials of how no one else is experiencing this issue.

Just for ****s and giggles. Did you try to use phone while jogging outside. Does it still lowers volume down? That way you would eliminate possibility of interference from treadmill.
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Actually at one point he thought it was Pandora because he was using the unlimited skip apk version of it and in his mind that made it suspect... He removed it and the problem went away... (so he thought) then while jogging home it happened again... He calls the phone "Samsuck" and it makes me feel like **** because I recommended it and I know he's very frustrated... I'm the techy person in the family (everyone comes to me) and I'm at a loss... I'm not an apk developer or a computer wiz of any sort but I'm slightly gifted and I've been installing competition level car audio for 20+ years, so electronics in general are 2nd nature to me

Are you using any sound enhancing software? When I was using Noozxoide Eizo sometimes I was losing volume control by mechanical buttons and touch control via screen after I change volume up/down rapidly. Only restarting phone fixed that. Since I no longer using that soft problem disappeared.
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No unfortunately... If it's software related then it's nothing apparent, nothing like that has been downloaded

juanito157 said:
No unfortunately... If it's software related then it's nothing apparent, nothing like that has been downloaded
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Have you reset the phone and have him just use it stock and only listen to mp3? Then start adding "music" apps one by one.

SiNJiN76 said:
Have you reset the phone and have him just use it stock and only listen to mp3? Then start adding "music" apps one by one.
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He's waiting for his 2nd replacement now... I asked him not to install ANYTHING except Pandora and to use that to work out for a few days and then start installing his apps one at a time... (honestly this is not something he wants to do) He's already extremely frustrated with his phone (as he should be) after all its almost an $800 device... Tmobile told him that if he has issues with this one, they would start talking about a different replacement... He's considering the LG G3... However the way tmobile worded it I'm not exactly sure if they will honestly let him out of this contract and into another... I hope they do... I myself know how electronics can behave and my frustration comes with some understanding that the process of elimination is a crucial part of the process in problems such as these... But even I don't understand Samsung and there constant [email protected]$465sh%)t with these phones... WiFi connectivity issues, incoming messages and alerts lowering bluetooth volume, OK Google no longer pausing music when activated and for me mirrorlink doesn't work with my Brand new pioneer deck... And it's clearly a Samsung issue (I've researched the crap out of it)... Everytime I purchase a new Samsung I tell myself it's my last one and EVERTIME they release another must have flagship phone... I'm a geek and can't help myself but my brother unfortunately just wants something that works without all these issues... He doesn't own a pc and I've taught him how to torrent straight to his device and he's hooked!!! Unlimited skip Pandora apk also is a must have for him and for those 2 reasons I can not recommend an iPhone but otherwise an iPhone would be a better fit for him... For me? Android all the way, all the time!! Thanks everyone for trying to help, I truly appreciate it

Assuming that your mirror link deck is 1.1 version try use this quide.
http://www.primeinspiration.com/how-to-use-mirrorlink-on-your-samsung-galaxy-note-4.html
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Thanks... It's a 2015 deck and although I don't remember the software version number I do know it's the same version mirrorlink as the note 4... Pioneer customer service assured me it was the device I needed for Note 4 compatibility... I'll try it, although the instructions are a little strange... Bluetooth has to be on?? As soon as the radio sees a USB connection, it disables Bluetooth and the other was make sure my phone is connected to WiFi or a network connection? Not sure what that's about??? I would have to deliberately turn it off so I'm sure it was on the last time I tried to enable mirrorlink.

Text and SMS display via bluetooth

Looking for opinions and suggestions for enabling texts and SMS messages to display on the MTCB unit while driving. What, if anything are you guys using?
I searched around already, and found one thread where someone was using tasker and other functions to get messages displayed on the unit from their phone, but that solution didn't appear to be very reliable.
Is there an app that everyone is using? Or am I just late to the party? lol
I realize quite a few of you are using 3G connections with your MTCB, so this conversation is more geared towards those utilizing their Bluetooth only phone connection.

thewesman said:
I realize quite a few of you are using 3G connections with your MTCB, so this conversation is more geared towards those utilizing their Bluetooth only phone connection.
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Even using a 3G/4G dongle cannot solve the SMS reception problem because these SMS are normally sent to the phone number, not to the 3G/4G SIM number. At most the dongle can be used to send SMS.
ATM no easy solution to this problem (and for social networks use too).

Have you looked at Tablet Talk? I'm not sure it would work over BT since the BT in these devices is locked down, but I believe there is also the option of using Wifi.

The other thread was mine and I was looking for the same thing
As mentioned above, I don't think it's actually possible with these units since it seems the Bluetooth is locked down. Can't remember the specific details but I'm sure it's to do with the Bluetooth service that handles the messages.
I could be wrong though but I know its not possible with tasker anyway and I don't think tablet talk works with Bluetooth cause I looked into that too. At the moment the way I do it is through data which as you say isn't quite as reliable
If you find anything though let me know

dc5daft said:
The other thread was mine and I was looking for the same thing
As mentioned above, I don't think it's actually possible with these units since it seems the Bluetooth is locked down. Can't remember the specific details but I'm sure it's to do with the Bluetooth service that handles the messages.
I could be wrong though but I know its not possible with tasker anyway and I don't think tablet talk works with Bluetooth cause I looked into that too. At the moment the way I do it is through data which as you say isn't quite as reliable
If you find anything though let me know
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That's why I started this thread, to see if anyone had made any breakthroughs since your initial post. I went ahead and wasted the money on Tablet Talk, and I can confirm that the Bluetooth connection is the issue (Error Code:1) with our units. This seems like such a basic feature that Android would be capable of... my wife's Jeep does it automatically in Uconnect.
One thing I was considering trying with TabletTalk is to go into the factory settings, with the 126 password, and toggle around the Bluetooth type the unit is currently using. I know saving anything in this menu will effectively reset my unit, unless I save settings in Xposed, so I need a block of time to try it that I don't have right now. If it would even make a difference.

thewesman said:
That's why I started this thread, to see if anyone had made any breakthroughs since your initial post. I went ahead and wasted the money on Tablet Talk, and I can confirm that the Bluetooth connection is the issue (Error Code:1) with our units. This seems like such a basic feature that Android would be capable of... my wife's Jeep does it automatically in Uconnect.
One thing I was considering trying with TabletTalk is to go into the factory settings, with the 126 password, and toggle around the Bluetooth type the unit is currently using. I know saving anything in this menu will effectively reset my unit, unless I save settings in Xposed, so I need a block of time to try it that I don't have right now. If it would even make a difference.
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That's a good idea actually! If I get some free time I'll have a go

Text notifications

Hi. I posted briefly before about a problem I was having. I have a nexus 6p and a vw 2016 head unit. Everything works really well & connects instantly etc except: I am not getting any notification sound for incoming text or hangouts messages. This is not very safe as you have to keep looking at the screen to make sure you haven't missed anything important. The strange thing is that this corrected itself on a recent journey and it was bleeping incoming messages just fine. But now it's gone back to complete silence again?! I'm not aware of having changed anything in set up. Is there anything I could have missed in terms of settings?
Any thoughts or experiences welcome.
Thanks.

dwj said:
Hi. I posted briefly before about a problem I was having. I have a nexus 6p and a vw 2016 head unit. Everything works really well & connects instantly etc except: I am not getting any notification sound for incoming text or hangouts messages. This is not very safe as you have to keep looking at the screen to make sure you haven't missed anything important. The strange thing is that this corrected itself on a recent journey and it was bleeping incoming messages just fine. But now it's gone back to complete silence again?! I'm not aware of having changed anything in set up. Is there anything I could have missed in terms of settings?
Any thoughts or experiences welcome.
Thanks.
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You're not alone. I have found a post somewhere were someone was experiencing the same issue. I also have this issue. No matter what application, there is no notification sound. I think they've changed something in the code that doesn't allow the notifications to gain audio focus, therefore it doesn't play notification sounds. I made a work around using tasker. It seems when I use tasker and use the "say" command (for TTS) and have it set to respect audio focus, then it will interrupt (audio ducking) the audio on the stereo and say whatever I need it to say. I use Autonotification and a few other things to trigger the TTS. For example, if I get a telegram message it will say "New Telegram Message".

MrSickle said:
You're not alone. I have found a post somewhere were someone was experiencing the same issue. I also have this issue. No matter what application, there is no notification sound. I think they've changed something in the code that doesn't allow the notifications to gain audio focus, therefore it doesn't play notification sounds. I made a work around using tasker. It seems when I use tasker and use the "say" command (for TTS) and have it set to respect audio focus, then it will interrupt (audio ducking) the audio on the stereo and say whatever I need it to say. I use Autonotification and a few other things to trigger the TTS. For example, if I get a telegram message it will say "New Telegram Message".
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Ok. Thanks for your thoughts on this. The thing I find quite strange too, is that the time it was functioning correctly, was definately since the last AA update version. End of March I believe. Now it no longer functions in my case and to my knowledge there have been no software updates to either AA or the phone itself since then to change anything . Stranger and stranger!

Apologies for resurrecting an old thread, but I'm having exactly this issue on a Nexus 5x connecting to a Kia Niro stock Android Auto head unit.
When connected, new messages received in Google Messenger and WhatsApp generate notification cards on the head unit and are read when tapping the card. However no notification tone is generated when the message is received.
Are you guys still having the same issue? Or did you find a resolution..

CodeMonkey said:
Apologies for resurrecting an old thread, but I'm having exactly this issue on a Nexus 5x connecting to a Kia Niro stock Android Auto head unit.
When connected, new messages received in Google Messenger and WhatsApp generate notification cards on the head unit and are read when tapping the card. However no notification tone is generated when the message is received.
Are you guys still having the same issue? Or did you find a resolution..
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Hi. In my experience, I don't think there are any solutions as such. There are many "solutions" talked about on forums and it seems some of them work for some & not others and even amongst those that they work for, they may not work all the time. Therefore they can hardly be called a solution really. My experience of this is that it seems to depend on the software of the phone rather than just the AA app. By that I mean that after I upgraded my Nexus 6p from android 6 to android 7, performance on android auto in the car has been much more reliable. Pretty much 100% as it should work in fact.
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dwj said:
Hi. In my experience, I don't think there are any solutions as such. There are many "solutions" talked about on forums and it seems some of them work for some & not others and even amongst those that they work for, they may not work all the time. Therefore they can hardly be called a solution really. My experience of this is that it seems to depend on the software of the phone rather than just the AA app. By that I mean that after I upgraded my Nexus 6p from android 6 to android 7, performance on android auto in the car has been much more reliable. Pretty much 100% as it should work in fact.
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Thanks for responding - I expected as much, just wanted to avoid a DenverCoder9 scenario.
I've implemented a workaround for now using existing an existing Tasker + OutLoud profile to announce the message arrival over the media connection. Hopefully it'll simply start working one day..

And my notifications on a vw at are too loud. Try to increase the volume while you have a notification playing

I, too was having this issue and I think I have it solved, at least for my situation. Once I turned off AT&T's Advanced Messaging, I began to receive all my text notifications again. I know this solution might not apply to everyone but I know other carriers have similar features that may also cause issues.

jezzagroove said:
I, too was having this issue and I think I have it solved, at least for my situation. Once I turned off AT&T's Advanced Messaging, I began to receive all my text notifications again. I know this solution might not apply to everyone but I know other carriers have similar features that may also cause issues.
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I had to switch to a yaata messaging app to fix it. and wondered if it was advanced messaging

Looking for an app.

Is there any app to set the priority of devices in a hotspot?
My not rooted S9 is working as an router, my pc is using USB tethering which has great pings till i enable the wireless hotspot that my family is using.
Is there any app to do that?
Alternatively, I would be happy with an app that could limit the Wireless Hotspot speed to around 50kbps, but would not impact the usb tethering.
Regards,

I'm not sure if that is even possible without rooting. Not all phones have a hotspot, so I assume the manufacturer preloads an app to manage the hotspot, and that would mean you would need a special app for every device, or at least every manufacturer. I doubt anyone would write an app with that kind of complexity for such a tiny group of people that actually need it. That's just my opinion and thoughts, I'm not saying it doesn't exist, I'm saying the chance it does is slim. I hope you find what you're looking for (or found, I just looked at the date). Good luck!
Edit 5 seconds after I posted: I noticed a typo, it's late, I'm tired lol.
Edit 30 seconds after edit #1: I noticed another one.