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Root Call Blocker/ Call Master - need testers please

Hi guys. Im one of the devs who make RCB and CM. We recently released an update that was supposed to fix issues blocking and otherwise managing calls on the newer xperia phones.
However im getting conflicting feedback. Please be so kind as to download the apps and test their blocking functionality by doing the following:
1. Add another mobile number to a blocking list
2. Call yourself from that number, write down result
3. SMS yourself from that number, write down result
Post here or find the settings item (its the same in both apps) that says "Write to us" and send logs with a description like "XDA XPERIA TEST". Be sure to say what actually happened.
We had to fix this issue using decompiled firmware so theres no guarantee. And of course theres some people saying it was fixed and some saying it wasnt. Some say that its been fixed in JB but is now broken in ICS, so mention what version of android youre running.
Call Master (completely free): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fahrbot.apps.blacklist
RCB (trial): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fahrbot.apps.rootcallblocker.beta
Thanks in advance!!!

I can only write the same as in call master thread, I have Xperia V, currently on JB 4.2.1, CM 10.1, both call master and rcb works for me without any problems, i do not have reflashed stock today, but yesterday call master was ok on LT25i_9.0.1.D.0.10 firmware

Can anyone else please confirm this?

Worked fine on Xperia V 9.0.1.D.0.10. Stock based ROM.
Added a number to the block list
Rang my phone from the blocked number.
Icon appeared and blocked the call successfully (there was a single hint of vibration)
Seems to work fine

Thanks, but I'm not up on the stock ROM builds.... Is that ICS or job?

Sv: Root Call Blocker/ Call Master - need testers please
ftgg99 said:
Thanks, but I'm not up on the stock ROM builds.... Is that ICS or job?
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Ics
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spida_singh said:
Worked fine on Xperia V 9.0.1.D.0.10. Stock based ROM.
Added a number to the block list
Rang my phone from the blocked number.
Icon appeared and blocked the call successfully (there was a single hint of vibration)
Seems to work fine
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Tell me, if you disable the service, go sms continue to be blocked?

How much memory should CM be using?

vibes340 said:
How much memory should CM be using?
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It all depends on what kind of settings youre using. Also, it depends if youve recently been viewing logs but its not a lot. On my phone right now with about 30 managed contacts its using 18 MB. But actual use is probably 10 or so, depending on things like the size of your logs, the pages in the app you have recently opened and so on.
Remember, every activity you dont close will be cached by android, so if you for example keep entering the app then pressing home you will be adding a little. Do it 5 times and there will be a bit more. But this is cache, not memory use.
The automatic memory manager will flush caches if it needs more memory - if it has lots, apps will keep adding to the caches forever. Its unfortunate that many people have no idea how this works, they just assume that its a problem.

Works perfectly now thanks!

It is now fixed. Perfect app (root blocker).

I actually like Call Master more, its by the same devs. More granular you know...

It works always.

Rooted JB (489) / Xperia T here: CallMaster works flawlessly

I apology my poor english.
I bought 'Call Master' last year.
Phone model : IM-T100K
When i used Gingerbread it worked perfectly.
But after upgrade to ICS 4.0.4, sms blocked well, call does not blocked at all.

Language support for facebook -bengali?

Hi, I just got a Samsung Galaxy Ace duos, and i installed the facebook app on it... now i noticed that the Bengali language font is not supported (boxes show up instead of the characters)
Now i think its the fault of the phone, not the app, since i can see the text all right on the facebook app on my sony tablet s ...but the odd thing is that i know that the phone supports bengali text, cz when i first bought the phone it had a bangladeshi sim card in it, and during inital set up when the region selection option came up, 'bangladesh' was written in bengali... but i selected united kingdom cz i wanted my phone to be in english....(yeah i know it wasnt language setting, but i couldnt risk having the whole phone in bengali permanently)
well anyways i dont have bengali in my languages list, just english and korean and some different forms of arabic....and i have no idea how to bring it..total newbie
So basically my question is.... how do i get bengali support on my facebook app?
My phone isnt rooted, and i think its still running...gingerbread...but ill give more details once someone helps out
Sorry for the super long post,just wanted to give as much info as possible
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[Q] Xperia SP ROM for M35t?

Hi guys,
I bought a China Mobile M35t, which is pretty much the same as Xperia SP except that it runs on China Mobile's proprietory 4G Network.
The bad news is, Google's been erased from the phone, which means I can't sync my contacts (and there are many).
I have played around with the phone and have rooted it and it now has Google Play Store. But I still can't sync my contacts, and some apps are blocked to me on the Play Store. I suppose the workaround may be to use another country's SIM but that still doesn't help me with the contacts.
SO my question is, can I use an American Xperia SP ROM? It would be self-defeating if I somehow lose the 4G.
thanks,
Mark

So, you are running wich version of Android ? the 4.1.2 ? So, you can download a Internationnal ROM, and extract contactprovider.apk it may work in your phone : Just put it on /system/app and put permission rw r r
Or directly flash the .254 with flashtool

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Android version is 4.1.2. THe build number listed is 12.0.C.2.42.
Do you think installing an international ROM will work on this phone?

Try to install .254 with flashtool, you'll be fixed

zepp40 said:
Try to install .254 with flashtool, you'll be fixed
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MCChang, did you got it to work?
I just got a M35t from local operator in China and can't use Google Play Store at all!!

MCChang said:
Hi guys,
I bought a China Mobile M35t, which is pretty much the same as Xperia SP except that it runs on China Mobile's proprietory 4G Network.
The bad news is, Google's been erased from the phone, which means I can't sync my contacts (and there are many).
I have played around with the phone and have rooted it and it now has Google Play Store. But I still can't sync my contacts, and some apps are blocked to me on the Play Store. I suppose the workaround may be to use another country's SIM but that still doesn't help me with the contacts.
SO my question is, can I use an American Xperia SP ROM? It would be self-defeating if I somehow lose the 4G.
thanks,
Mark
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Im not sure but.. if your china model have exactly same hardware specification i think you can... try it but find a m35t rom first to flash if it fails
edit: sorry didnt saw ppl answer allready

Hi WingKwan,
Yup I did! I had to revert it to the previous ROM (by flashing the phone, and installing the official ROM), rooted it, and installed the necessary Google apps. So it now runs Google Now, Play and other apps. The only downside is I can't update the ROM when the 4.3 is released. Oh, and Google Play lists quite a few apps as 'incompatible' with my phone, but the workaround is installing those apps through other stores.

that's alright. Thanks for being helpful!

MCChang said:
Hi WingKwan,
Yup I did! I had to revert it to the previous ROM (by flashing the phone, and installing the official ROM), rooted it, and installed the necessary Google apps. So it now runs Google Now, Play and other apps. The only downside is I can't update the ROM when the 4.3 is released. Oh, and Google Play lists quite a few apps as 'incompatible' with my phone, but the workaround is installing those apps through other stores.
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If Google play has incompatible apps then use build prop editor to change m35t to c5303 Google play will then see your handset as a global sp and let you install apps accordingly
Programming is a race between engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.

Hi guys, I realize it has been a while, but I have one (hopefully) last question about my phone.
My google apps are all running smoothly, but I realized that my location services has a feature missing.
In Settings -> Location services ->
I only have one option/slider, which is 'Access to my location'. I do not have anything else, and it is a blank space below 'Location Sources'.
I have read that our phones should have
Settings -> Location services -> Use wireless network
So, my question is, how do I get my phone to use the WI-FI for location, as opposed to always using GPS? There should be a Google setting app I'm missing (I think).
thanks,
Mark

MCChang said:
I have played around with the phone and have rooted (...)
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How did you manage to root it? I am having serious problems as no toolkit can do the job :/
I have 2 phones, one with 12.0.C.2.42 and other with 12.0.C.2.58, Android 4.1.2
Thanks

MCChang said:
So, my question is, how do I get my phone to use the WI-FI for location, as opposed to always using GPS? There should be a Google setting app I'm missing (I think).
thanks,
Mark
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Hi,
I have the same problem.
But i also have gapps installed including the google config app you mentioned. Unfortunazely there is no option in that app to add other localization services
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vascotech88 said:
How did you manage to root it? I am having serious problems as no toolkit can do the job :/
I have 2 phones, one with 12.0.C.2.42 and other with 12.0.C.2.58, Android 4.1.2
Thanks
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I rooted with towelroot without any problems. I am on .2.58
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td101 said:
I rooted with towelroot without any problems. I am on .2.58
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Somehow I also managed to root them, still not sure with which tool as I used 3 and none finished the job without errors...

Sorry for taking so long to reply. I first rooted it last year (.42), but when I updated the stock ROM, I couldn't root it again. I was then forced to flash my phone and reinstall .42. I have been using it since.
All my Google apps are running, but honestly sometimes I wonder if it is worth it. Google is blocked in China, and I can't use Google Now. Maps crashes intermittently even when I'm not using it. On top of all that, my phone has become very slow despite using Greenify and Smart Booster. By checking Settings > Apps , I can see that the bulk of our 1GB RAM is exhausted by Avast (ok, I'm paranoid) and the Google Play Services, which constantly restarts. I didn't have this problem outside China, so I can only assume it is due to the block on Google.
What is really strange is, Chinese apps can determine my location using WiFi behind the scenes.

This is a thread that has only 10% of its content related to the Xperia SP.

[Q] Cant send unicode characters to iPhone?

Hi,
So I'm having a lot of trouble trying to configure a solution to this problem! When I text my girlfriend who is French, her iPhone can't receive accented characters, it instead replaces them with other characters. I presume this is a problem with the Unicode settings on my phone but can't find much information on this topic anywhere! I have a Samsung galaxy s i9000 international triband, baseband I900XXJVT running cm10.1.3 (android 4.2.2). I live in.new Zealand and I'm with 2degrees as my provider, have recently switched from skinny due to band issues. Any help would be much apprecjated ! Thanks!!

Hi There,
dont know if i can really help.
i'm also on 2degrees, were the messages working correctly on skinny?
have you tried texting the same message to another Iphone? or another phone?
and/or texed from another phone to her Iphone?

toby_lost said:
Hi There,
dont know if i can really help.
i'm also on 2degrees, were the messages working correctly on skinny?
have you tried texting the same message to another Iphone? or another phone?
and/or texed from another phone to her Iphone?
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Yes, I have tried many different phones. I'm sure its not the network now, so more looking at trying to see how i can change the settings on my phone, but there seems to be nothing? Can it be that the version of ROM i'm running is the problem and I need to change ROM's?

nippynz said:
Yes, I have tried many different phones. I'm sure its not the network now, so more looking at trying to see how i can change the settings on my phone, but there seems to be nothing? Can it be that the version of ROM i'm running is the problem and I need to change ROM's?
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If you have tried different phones i'd say the likelihood of it being a ROM issue drops through the floor.
Unless by complete coincidence all the other phones you used were running the same ROM (or had the exactly the same settings).
Also if everything worked on skinny that would make me lean toward it being a carrier issue.
I did a quick Google and came up with this article from Apple, sounds very similar to what you have.
*** I cant post a link yet
uummm ... go to apple, then support that search "SMS messages may display incorrectly on other devices"
the article should come up at the top of the list.
hope that helps.

toby_lost said:
If you have tried different phones i'd say the likelihood of it being a ROM issue drops through the floor.
Unless by complete coincidence all the other phones you used were running the same ROM (or had the exactly the same settings).
Also if everything worked on skinny that would make me lean toward it being a carrier issue.
I did a quick Google and came up with this article from Apple, sounds very similar to what you have.
*** I cant post a link yet
uummm ... go to apple, then support that search "SMS messages may display incorrectly on other devices"
the article should come up at the top of the list.
hope that helps.
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Thanks for your help on this! I think you may be correct with the ROM theory, I will just have to change my rom and find out!

nippynz said:
Thanks for your help on this! I think you may be correct with the ROM theory, I will just have to change my rom and find out!
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no problem,
its the small things that are the biggest the bum.
*oh (light bulb moment) have you tried sending a MMS instead of a text? or using whatsapp or similar?
could be a short term work around.
best of luck.

@nippynz it will work with Hangouts or Gmail, Yahoo etc.
It is BTW Apple's speciality to break purposely the compatibility between their products and Android or PC. Not even JPEG or MP3 file data transfer with Bluetooth will work between Android and iPhone. Apple sucks!
tetakpatalked from Nexus 7 flo

[REQ] Sony Xperia Z2/ZR Touch Block for XZ1

Hello,
I've been looking for a third-party application that allows you to use the physical buttons whilist the touch screen is disabled.
That would allow you to use your camera in wet conditions, I know that the XZ1 is not meant to be used as an underwater
camera, but it should at least function correctly in the rain.
Does an application like that already exist? So far I've not found one that functions as I'd like it to.
It would be amazing if someone ported the Sony Xperia Z2/ZR Touch Block application to work with the XZ1.
There's just one thing I'd change in Touch Block, I would love it to have the feature to hide the on-screen clutter.
Thanks in advance!
Kevinpar
EDIT:
I just found out, that Touch Block is included with all stock roms since KitKat, I previously had a custom rom installed which apparently did not include that small application.

kevinpar said:
Hello,
I've been looking for a third-party application that allows you to use the physical buttons whilist the touch screen is disabled.
That would allow you to use your camera in wet conditions, I know that the XZ1 is not meant to be used as an underwater
camera, but it should at least function correctly in the rain.
Does an application like that already exist? So far I've not found one that functions as I'd like it to.
It would be amazing if someone ported the Sony Xperia Z2/ZR Touch Block application to work with the XZ1.
There's just one thing I'd change in Touch Block, I would love it to have the feature to hide the on-screen clutter.
Thanks in advance!
Kevinpar
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Have you tried searching here on XDA yet?
Because this is what I found by simply searching. The first link even.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2660263

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Hermantje said:
Have you tried searching here on XDA yet?
Because this is what I found by simply searching. The first link even.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2660263
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Yes I have, there are currently no working versions of Touch Block for the XZ1 from what I know.
At least for KK 4.4.4, and I am almost certain, that it's not even available for 4.4.2
I've installed several different builds of the application on my XZ1, none have worked flawlessly yet - FC etc...

kevinpar said:
Yes I have, there are currently no working versions of Touch Block for the XZ1 from what I know.
At least for KK 4.4.4, and I am almost certain, that it's not even available for 4.4.2
I've installed several different builds of the application on my XZ1, none have worked flawlessly yet - FC etc...
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That's really weird, because I had Touch Block as one of my Small Apps ever since the update to 4.3 or 4.4. I'm pretty sure because I used my phone underwater already
According to my linked XDA post, that particular version should work on the Z1 though. Do you happen to have root? The only thing I could think of is that you may have conflicting software somehow, causing the FC.

Hermantje said:
That's really weird, because I had Touch Block as one of my Small Apps ever since the update to 4.3 or 4.4. I'm pretty sure because I used my phone underwater already
According to my linked XDA post, that particular version should work on the Z1 though. Do you happen to have root? The only thing I could think of is that you may have conflicting software somehow, causing the FC.
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Just to be sure, I tested that particular version again, I am currently on stock deodexed and rooted 4.4.4, fresh install, so I should not have anything interfering with the application. I've also tried the same .apk, when I was on 4.4.2, no luck. Besides, the topic you referred to, is about a version, that was originally meant for JB 4.2.2. If you go on the 2nd page of the linked thread, in the linked thread, you'll find that it stopped working after the JB 4.3 update, even on Xperia ZR devices, which was the device, it was built for.

kevinpar said:
Just to be sure, I tested that particular version again, I am currently on stock deodexed and rooted 4.4.4, fresh install, so I should not have anything interfering with the application. I've also tried the same .apk, when I was on 4.4.2, no luck. Besides, the topic you referred to, is about a version, that was originally meant for JB 4.2.2. If you go on the 2nd page of the linked thread, in the linked thread, you'll find that it stopped working after the JB 4.3 update, even on Xperia ZR devices, which was the device, it was built for.
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I've never done this before but I think I extracted the .apk file that works on my 4.4.2 Xperia Z1. I'm curious whether you're able to install this now (as I don't know if this the correct way to extract .apk files). But it's worth a shot I suppose. I mean, it's the app that I found in my system/app folder so it could work :silly:

kevinpar said:
Just to be sure, I tested that particular version again, I am currently on stock deodexed and rooted 4.4.4, fresh install, so I should not have anything interfering with the application. I've also tried the same .apk, when I was on 4.4.2, no luck. Besides, the topic you referred to, is about a version, that was originally meant for JB 4.2.2. If you go on the 2nd page of the linked thread, in the linked thread, you'll find that it stopped working after the JB 4.3 update, even on Xperia ZR devices, which was the device, it was built for.
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EDIT: I updated the OP, pretty dumb of me not to check the pre-installed small apps... You're getting a +1 for trying to help!