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Nexus 7 as a real phone (using my existing cell plan)

I know there is a thread out there asking how to turn your N7 into a phone, however I'm looking to do it differently.
I am wondering if it is at all possible (now, or down the line planned) to allow my N7 to act like a phone while tethered (bluetooth or wireless) to my cell phone (SGS 1 running ICS)
The reason I ask is I am hoping to be mostly hands free in the car when I'm driving having the N7 mounted, I'd like to be able to receive or make calls at one touch of the button on it, rather then trying to dig out my SGS1.
Again, looking to use N7 as a phone using my cell phone plan and NOT over 3G/4G.

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Ah the works perfectly, thanks very much.
Hopefully someone down the line can fix the default bluetooth connection issues that the N7 has so we don't have to run another 2 apps ontop of it (on the phone with reguards to Fixi and pdanet) to have them connected for internet too.

It's in early beta and haven't tried it myself but this seems to be the only option: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.funkyandroid.phonelink

AshleyTayles said:
It's in early beta and haven't tried it myself but this seems to be the only option
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Tablet Talk works amazingly, well worth the 3$ especially with that 25$ credit to the playstore.

usb-otg + 3g dongle possible?

So i am very much enjoying the N7 but somewhat missing the 3g on my old galaxy tab. Sure I can tether to a phone but i was wondering, is there any chance that plugging a 3g dongle into usb-otg cable will work on the n7?
Thx

I doubt it. I don't think there are drivers for the device to talk to an external 3g modem.

Look here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=29379181
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I'm planning on using mine by either tethering my phone or one of those little portable wifi/3g sharing things "pocketwifi"

Voice calls on 3g Nexus 7

What do you think is the possibility of us getting this function guys, even if its not officially supported.
I've seen it built in on the 7" samsung galaxy tab 2.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZ9RNhJAgjE&feature=bf_next&list=HL1351349133
Its not ideal, but im thinking it could be a useful feature so you at least have the option of just taking one device when your out and about :good:

If they had voice calls and especially messaging, then I would totally buy this as a replacement to my phone.
As a response to your question, I am pretty sure that it can be done, heck if the app is just deactivated on the stock ROM, it might be re-activeable, right?

I think messaging would be reasonably easy to activate.
The thing with voice calls is that you would either have to do them via speakerphone, headphones or bluetooth kit. I think I could live with that though for the functionality of a full 7" tablet experience. Its not something I would use in replacement to a phone every day but I'd at least like to have the option, and play with it a bit.
I was going to pick up the 32gb wifi and just tether it to my phone, but with past devices (ipad to phone) this hasn't always been a completely reliable experience and I'd like a backup plan.
So if the 3g device doesn't have much of a price premium I can see me picking one of those up instead. Im hoping its a $50 premium to the 3g device, if its $100 I won't bother.

Enabling the phone app can be easily done. The question is now well the Bluetooth support will. In the current WiFi models Bluetooth headset support has been very unstable (in headset profile). This is the idle way one would make a phone calls a voice enabled 3g n7.
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Well let's hope with the arrival of the 3g model there will be more incentive for developers to address the issue.
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I'm seriously contemplating giving this a try for a few weeks when I am able to get a 3g Nexus 7...
Yes there are compromises. Headset or speaker phone calls I cam like with.. The not having a camera would be annoying though... :crying:

All you would need is to copy the phone apk over and get 'er done.
Funny we're talking about it because a few weeks ago I had my N7 at a football party and we we're joking how awesome my new phone was. Everyone was holding it up to their ear and making up stupid fake phone conversations. Haha.
They're all mostly S3 and Note owners btw.
Reminds me of the jokes when the iPad came out and people had pictures of it up to their faces like "Meet the iPhone 9... it does everything for you! "
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I believe that T-Mobile (U.S) has separate SIM cards for phones and tablets. You can't just take the SIM out of your phone and put it in a tablet. Is there a workaround for this?

player911 said:
All you would need is to copy the phone apk over and get 'er done.
Funny we're talking about it because a few weeks ago I had my N7 at a football party and we we're joking how awesome my new phone was. Everyone was holding it up to their ear and making up stupid fake phone conversations. Haha.
They're all mostly S3 and Note owners btw.
Reminds me of the jokes when the iPad came out and people had pictures of it up to their faces like "Meet the iPhone 9... it does everything for you! "
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Our devices already have phone.apk in the system/app directory.... its our framework that needs to be tweaked to allow voice calls. If you try to copy phone.apk over or install it then you will get a message that you will replace a system app are you sure you want to so it.
Our framework is compiled to hide the app as well as some other changes need to be made to XML files in the framework.res area.

nextelbuddy said:
Our devices already have phone.apk in the system/app directory.... its our framework that needs to be tweaked to allow voice calls. If you try to copy phone.apk over or install it then you will get a message that you will replace a system app are you sure you want to so it.
Our framework is compiled to hide the app as well as some other changes need to be made to XML files in the framework.res area.
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What he said + need to make sure the modem will support voice calls in addition to data PLUS let's hope google will fixe the horrible bug the wifi N7 has with BT headset profile where in 99% of the time the mic doesn't work (otherwise you will only be able to make call with the speaker phone which is lame).

bucket19 said:
I believe that T-Mobile (U.S) has separate SIM cards for phones and tablets. You can't just take the SIM out of your phone and put it in a tablet. Is there a workaround for this?
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Lolwat?
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Try google voice
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bucket19 said:
I believe that T-Mobile (U.S) has separate SIM cards for phones and tablets. You can't just take the SIM out of your phone and put it in a tablet. Is there a workaround for this?
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If you use one of subsidized one probably they can tell by IMEI. You don't give away your nexus IMEI. They won't know.
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Try "groove IP "
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ross231 said:
Try google voice
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I can recommend Skype. its working on every platform, free Skype to Skype calls, chat, webcam, etc. the big thing is Google voice is not available in my country so it's a no go for me.
Depending on where to call to its from two cent a minute even to mobile phones... example for Chinese mobile phones.
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endrancer said:
I can recommend Skype. its working on every platform, free Skype to Skype calls, chat, webcam, etc. the big thing is Google voice is not available in my country so it's a no go for me.
Depending on where to call to its from two cent a minute even to mobile phones... example for Chinese mobile phones.
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What I'm most interested in is having a connection for data without a wifi connection. Is that what this is supposed to be? If so, Skype could be my primary "phone". Could even bring my current cell number over when my VZ contract is up.
Not sure what everyone is talking about for the BT headphone issues. I use SKYPE now on my 16GB Nexus 7 with RocketFish RF-MAB headset and the headphone and microphone work perfectly.

rootbrain said:
What I'm most interested in is having a connection for data without a wifi connection. Is that what this is supposed to be? If so, Skype could be my primary "phone". Could even bring my current cell number over when my VZ contract is up.
Not sure what everyone is talking about for the BT headphone issues. I use SKYPE now on my 16GB Nexus 7 with RocketFish RF-MAB headset and the headphone and microphone work perfectly.
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I thought the question was what to use for voip. But now you change to tethering. I for tethering you have several choices.
First wifi hotspot
Second Bluetooth tethering
Third otg data stick method.
For Bluetooth I can recommend open garden even though Skype does not work with it. Tethering works fine out of box on mobile phones. And about the data dongle with otg cable you can find quite enough threads about it.
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Look around the Galaxy Tab 7.7 forum. They've been doing this.

rquinn19 said:
Look around the Galaxy Tab 7.7 forum. They've been doing this.
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I spent a few minutes searching and I didn't find any centralized thread. Do you have one?

SFR in France do it
baileyjr said:
What do you think is the possibility of us getting this function guys, even if its not officially supported.
I've seen it built in on the 7" samsung galaxy tab 2.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZ9RNhJAgjE&feature=bf_next&list=HL1351349133
Its not ideal, but im thinking it could be a useful feature so you at least have the option of just taking one device when your out and about :good:
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Euler MD said:
If they had voice calls and especially messaging, then I would totally buy this as a replacement to my phone.
As a response to your question, I am pretty sure that it can be done, heck if the app is just deactivated on the stock ROM, it might be re-activeable, right?
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Ordering a 3g Nexus 7 from French operator SFR, you can select "Regular Voice Call" in your 3G package

Same bug, different phone?

Hello,
I already opened one thread some weeks ago about the wifi range issue, which I had with my old device. (C5303)
Now I got a new device (sure, also C5303), cause the old one had dead pixels on the touchscreen, I reclaimed it and the shop, where I bought it, gave me a new one.
But Im still facing the same problem like before. The wifi range is just horrible!!!
Im on the newest firmware (2.254).
For example, sometimes I like to watch some videos on youtube, before I go to sleep, but unfortunately I cannot.
I just don't get enough speed to play/load the videos, cause the wifi signal is damn weak.
I made a screen of it.
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As you can see, the video cannot even start, cause of that low signal/speed.
Here is a pic, where u can see the distance between the router and my bed.
Is every Xperia SP facing this problem?
I also wrote an E-Mail to the sony support, but they were not able, to give me a solution, to fix that problem.
It seems, that Sony cannot fix it, so what can I do?
IT IS JUST ANNOYING!!!

1. Try other model of phone and see if the range is the same in same distance, coz u have a wall btw u and the router.
2. The problem maybe no is the phone, its the router. Try to update the router to the latest firmware :thumbup:
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Trust me, you aren't the only one with wifi range issues...i am facing them myself and yeah the wifi is horrible. I have to stay close to my router all the time
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Sadman Khan said:
Trust me, you aren't the only one with wifi range issues...i am facing them myself and yeah the wifi is horrible. I have to stay close to my router all the time
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C5202 : got 2 signal bar (good signal strength),and disconnected-reconnect-connected-disconnected-(repeat).......... poor wifi performance, hooooooorible

Joku1981 said:
1. Try other model of phone and see if the range is the same in same distance, coz u have a wall btw u and the router.
2. The problem maybe no is the phone, its the router. Try to update the router to the latest firmware :thumbup:
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It cannot be the router. I tested many other devices with my network and no one of them had issues with the range.
I also tried different router settings (changing the canal and more)
So, wifi is one of the most important functions for me and like u see, it doesnt work correctly! But I paid 350€ and demand a phone, which works fine at all. Can I demand my money back and give the xperia sp back to the shop? (under warranty)

Deathless93 said:
It cannot be the router. I tested many other devices with my network and no one of them had issues with the range.
I also tried different router settings (changing the canal and more)
So, wifi is one of the most important functions for me and like u see, it doesnt work correctly! But I paid 350€ and demand a phone, which works fine at all. Can I demand my money back and give the xperia sp back to the shop? (under warranty)
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There's a WiFi fix offered in general forum, it worked for me, but as it looks like, I got from the very beginning a device with excellent WiFi Reception, good camera in dark areas and no touch issue.
Its just pure luck I guess, and a bit tweaking it.
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I already tried a lot of wifi fixes, but no one of them worked.

TF701 & 3G dongle

Hi all,
i would like to buy a tablet + keyboard + 3g but the old generation (tf300tg/tf300tl) seems to be no more available here in Italy (i just bought it on amazon.it but it came with the French localization, "azerty" keybord).
I'm wondering if someone ever managed to run an 3g dongle (USB) on the tf7001 (usb on keybord) . This seems to be possible on the tf700 with root and a specific app but i didn't find any info about the tf701.
any suggestion?

I think this device is too new to have some experience with this.
What you could do is search in the TF700 thread what software was used to make it work and test it yourself on your own TF701 after you bought it with a dongle and report here your findings.
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PPP Widget
chiabre said:
I'm wondering if someone ever managed to run an 3g dongle (USB) on the tf7001 (usb on keybord) .
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3G works flawlessly with my Huawei E160 Dongle and the PPPWidget App. You can get it for free in the Play Store.

Or just use a MiFi like everyone else.

sbdags said:
Or just use a MiFi like everyone else.
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While understanding I still wonder "is that an official word"? (PS I am one of everyone)
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Ruud Westerhout said:
While understanding I still wonder "is that an official word"? (PS I am one of everyone)
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Well in the UK it is but seems to have been crested by three.
Everyone I know uses them. You can connect up to 5 devises simultaneously. Battery lasts 30 days on standby, 10 hours continous use. USB dongles are dead.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MiFi

Outside of battery life is there any advantage to using one of these vs just tethering on my phone?
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sbdags said:
Well in the UK it is but seems to have been crested by three.
Everyone I know uses them. You can connect up to 5 devises simultaneously. Battery lasts 30 days on standby, 10 hours continous use. USB dongles are dead.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MiF
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I added another I to your link, just to check. For some reason I was sure that You were talking about making your "M"obile phone active as W"ifi" access point, but this is a little different. Is there some speed gain in this version against making your phone act like WAP ?
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Ruud Westerhout said:
I added another I to your link, just to check. For some reason I was sure that You were talking about making your "M"obile phone active as W"ifi" access point, but this is a little different. Is there some speed gain in this version against making your phone act like WAP ?
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Oops copy and paste fail
It creates a wirless hotspot - whilst connected to 4G - so you get very fast speeds. Also you don't need any drivers or for it to physically connected.

sbdags said:
Oops copy and paste fail
It creates a wirless hotspot - whilst connected to 4G - so you get very fast speeds. Also you don't need any drivers or for it to physically connected.
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Yeah, but that's what my HTC One also does, as long as our provider does actually deliver 4G (does not work so well). Also here no drivers needed, anyway MiFi is not exactly what I thought, but I was close.
So why the dongle?
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