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I just got Cricket service (couldn't pass up unlimited everything for $55 a month), and I got a used phone which so happens to be the HTC Hero, its flashed from Sprint, I would like to root the phone to get rid of all the sprint BS that's on there. If I root the phone will it still work as it is now?
yeah it,ll still be a phone and text machine,,,just without al the sprint BS,,,check this out http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1140850&highlight=beginners+guide it,ll help ya do what ya need to do;-] later man
Thanks man! I appreciate your help.
ProjektStreet said:
I just got Cricket service (couldn't pass up unlimited everything for $55 a month), and I got a used phone which so happens to be the HTC Hero, its flashed from Sprint, I would like to root the phone to get rid of all the sprint BS that's on there. If I root the phone will it still work as it is now?
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Go to my List of Attachments, and you'll find a app called z4root. Use that to Root your phone!
hell yeah PM good call. forgot about that one....turned retarded for a minute lol...later bro.
PM's a good guy to have with ya man, if you ask him he Will answer, and if he cant (which is pretty rare) he,ll point you to someone that can. hes been around the heroc forum for a while....later man. good luck.
You know what a good rom would be that will work for Cricket?
ProjektStreet said:
You know what a good rom would be that will work for Cricket?
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I'm Honestly not to familiar with Cricket, But I'm pretty sure that Most of the Hero Roms will work! As long as its a Cdma Rom you should be Good...
PMGRANDS said:
Go to my List of Attachments, and you'll find a app called z4root. Use that to Root your phone!
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Where is your List of Attachments?
Robbie_G said:
Where is your List of Attachments?
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You have to go to Full Web View I believe in order to see them... Then go to Control Panel (CP) and look all the way to the Left!
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Nevermind man here you go...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/profile.php?do=editattachments&page=3
6th App Down...
attached z4root
I'd go with CM7 as a first rom. it works well, and is pretty fast.
ProjektStreet said:
You know what a good rom would be that will work for Cricket?
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have to agree with dragoon there, just starting out go with CM 7.0.3 or 7.1.0. easy to flash ,theme and tweek. good for a starter.
Well Ive had a rooted phone before. This is actually a down grade from what I had which was the MyTouch 4G. I used CM7 on that and loved it so I might have to give it a shot.
First and foremost, I did not create this root package.
Just posting it here so people can have it in the forum:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2130276&page=13
Use the Frodo exploit.
I am working with a dev to unlock the bootloader, donation will be automatically to the following charity:
http://www.pawschicago.org/
The Bootloader is in fact locked.
If any devs need the following:
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p1
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p2
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p8
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p9
let me know I can send them to you right away.
drozek said:
First and foremost, I did not create this root package.
Just posting it here so people can have it in the forum:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2130276&page=13
Use the Frodo exploit.
I am working with a dev to unlock the bootloader, donation will be automatically to the following charity:
http://www.pawschicago.org/
The Bootloader is in fact locked.
If any devs need the following:
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p1
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p2
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p8
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p9
let me know I can send them to you right away.
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This worked for me. Thank you for the hint. I have been chomping at the bit trying to figure out how to root this device.
Thank you!
needoZ said:
This worked for me. Thank you for the hint. I have been chomping at the bit trying to figure out how to root this device.
Thank you!
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No problem, I am working on unlocking the bootloader currently, hope to have it done by this weekend if everything goes well.
Really appreciate this. No root has been driving me crazy. :banghead:
From an unlocked Note 2. Hmm...... Can you hear me Verizon, out on Uranus?
Worked for me too. Now I'm a happy camper with my newly rooted Note 10.1 4G/lte.
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Has anyone tried any custom recovery flashes? Does this do what my brothers Verizon note 2 did when I put cwm on it before I realized I had to unlock bootloader first? [Paraphrased] 'Verizon says screw you, this is our device even though you paid for it and you must run our crippled bloated software'
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ddickenson said:
Has anyone tried any custom recovery flashes? Does this do what my brothers Verizon note 2 did when I put cwm on it before I realized I had to unlock bootloader first? [Paraphrased] 'Verizon says screw you, this is our device even though you paid for it and you must run our crippled bloated software'
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Yes I have tried it, the bootloader is locked down, working with a team to try to figure it out.
unlocking
drozek said:
Yes I have tried it, the bootloader is locked down, working with a team to try to figure it out.
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I spoke with their verizon's reps before buying their note 10.1 LTE and asked them if it can be used with other network providers and he said, " Yes, DEFINITELY, The note 10.1 LTE is GSM unlocked" To my great surprise when I received my note 10.1, I couldn't get it to work. Will there be a way to get this to work? They say it is unlocked but in reality it isn't. I need help because I really do not want to be on the verizon network because I have solavei that gives me unli 4g data already. Please help me. I dont mind paying someone to get this working for me, I just don't want to pay verizon's crazy fees just for data.
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I spoke with their verizon's reps before buying their note 10.1 LTE and asked them if it can be used with other network providers and he said, " Yes, DEFINITELY, The note 10.1 LTE is GSM unlocked" To my great surprise when I received my note 10.1, I couldn't get it to work. Will there be a way to get this to work? They say it is unlocked but in reality it isn't. I need help because I really do not want to be on the verizon network because I have solavei that gives me unli 4g data already. Please help me. I dont mind paying someone to get this working for me, I just don't want to pay verizon's crazy fees just for data.
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Yes with an unlocked bootloader this will be possible.
drozek said:
Yes with an unlocked bootloader this will be possible.
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i guess nothing else to do but wait for someone to crack it
drozek said:
Yes I have tried it, the bootloader is locked down, working with a team to try to figure it out.
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Awesome, I wish I could help but my coding skills are in their infancy at the moment. Anxiously awaiting the ability to use nandroid backup again and deodex'd roms. I assume deodex is what it would take to get the multiwindow complete control app to work on the 10.1?
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Awesome, I wish I could help but my coding skills are in their infancy at the moment. Anxiously awaiting the ability to use nandroid backup again and deodex'd roms. I assume deodex is what it would take to get the multiwindow complete control app to work on the 10.1?
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I am not familiar with Multiwindow Complete Control but Multiwindow Manager works really well with a rooted device.
Awesome, works great, thanks
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So once unlocked the verizon note 10.1 can be used with a gsm sim or what?
DJsCrIBbLe said:
So once unlocked the verizon note 10.1 can be used with a gsm sim or what?
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curious as to why someone would buy this from verizon.....Data? uh, use your phone data tether..Just baffles me as to why someone would buy this tablet from verizon. Im on verizon as well and didnt go this route...
antawnm26 said:
curious as to why someone would buy this from verizon.....Data? uh, use your phone data tether..Just baffles me as to why someone would buy this tablet from verizon. Im on verizon as well and didnt go this route...
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Because works gives me one for free, tethering eats battery
Has there been and new developments on the bootloader?
Anyone who used this to root the SCH-i925 does your camera work? This is the first time I tried to use the camera and the unit locks up on me.
drozek said:
Anyone who used this to root the SCH-i925 does your camera work? This is the first time I tried to use the camera and the unit locks up on me.
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Camera works for me. Used it last night in fact.
antawnm26 said:
curious as to why someone would buy this from verizon.....Data? uh, use your phone data tether..Just baffles me as to why someone would buy this tablet from verizon. Im on verizon as well and didnt go this route...
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Theres always a reason someone needs somewthing and your condescending attitude gets you nowhere.
needoZ said:
Camera works for me. Used it last night in fact.
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Camera works fine here also. Front and back, exept the flash doesnt work with the front faciing camera, but i havent looked into it enough to know if its user or software.
RELEVANT TO US BECAUSE WHEN WE GET THE UPDATE, IT LOCKS THE BOOTLOADER.
IF THEY LOCK IT FOR THE S6 EDGE, THEY'LL LOCK IT FOR THE S6!
DO NOT TAKE THE OTA IF YOU DON'T WANT A LOCKED BOOTLOADER.
Unassuming Galaxy S6 edge users are in for a surprise, as T-Mobile appears to be rolling out a freshly cooked OTA based on Android version 5.1.1 Lollipop for the device. The catch, however, it is so far reported only on the T-Mobile network.
XDA forums user Sunderwear mentioned about the OTA a couple of hours back (at the time of writing this story). Urged by other users of the device, the poster also uploaded a video of his Galaxy S6 edge running the latest firmware. The video can be found at the end of this article.
As noted from the narration, the update also locks the bootloader on the device.
So, how many of you have already received the update? What do you think of it?
Source: http://www.sammobile.com/2015/04/29/android-5-1-1-ota-being-rolled-out-on-t-mobile-for-the-s6-edge/
Looks like someone in the Edge forum was able to downgrade the bootloader and flash TWRP but still, tread carefully.
Sunderwear said:
ok I downgraded the Bootloader ONLY and I was able to flash TWRP...dumping a system.img copy..
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Honestly I'm caring less and less about roms but I like the option. Here is some possible good news from a trustworthy guy
jcase said:
Korean variants seem to be getting an app that unlocks the bootloader, I bet we start seeing that for other variants as well (except verizon/att).
This is a good thing, not a bad thing people!
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Honestly I'm caring less and less about roms but I like the option. Here is some possible good news from a trustworthy guy
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Coming from the ROM Flashing mecca of HTC and finding a place in Samsung is.. weird to say the least. I find that there are only minor things I need that require root but I no-longer need the overhaul that I needed with HTC. It's too weird.
nolimit78 said:
Coming from the ROM Flashing mecca of HTC and finding a place in Samsung is.. weird to say the least. I find that there are only minor things I need that require root but I no-longer need the overhaul that I needed with HTC. It's too weird.
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I see you edited your signature!
If/when anyone gets this update try to grab the update before taking it. Also, the bootloader Doesn't actually get locked.
mikeyinid said:
If/when anyone gets this update try to grab the update before taking it. Also, the bootloader Doesn't actually get locked.
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BOOM. Bootloader news is great news
Isn't it odd that just one guy has gotten the update? T-mobile has sold hundreds of thousands of these units and only one guy got an OTA?
I'll believe it when I see it.
Is it possible to do the update if we are rooted? And I mean UPDATE not flash the entire new release.
ipaq_101 said:
Isn't it odd that just one guy has gotten the update? T-mobile has sold hundreds of thousands of these units and only one guy got an OTA?
I'll believe it when I see it.
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This type of thing might happen with a lot of updates. You need to remember the rooting/moding community is very small compared to the people who just use their phone as is. So if anything I think its weird that someone in this community got the update.
Hey I hope it's true, I for one hope it fixes the memory management and battery issues.
According to this guy, it looks like the XDA member was part of a "Soak Test", or he is a guinea pig. Hopefully it doesn't take months to test it.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonk...5-1-1/?utm_campaign=yahootix&partner=yahootix
ipaq_101 said:
Isn't it odd that just one guy has gotten the update? T-mobile has sold hundreds of thousands of these units and only one guy got an OTA?
I'll believe it when I see it.
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it's a leak...also camera is buggy...not a final version
ipaq_101 said:
Hey I hope it's true, I for one hope it fixes the memory management and battery issues.
According to this guy, it looks like the XDA member was part of a "Soak Test", or he is a guinea pig. Hopefully it doesn't take months to test it.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonk...5-1-1/?utm_campaign=yahootix&partner=yahootix
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Never.... EVER... take anything from that website serious.
JoeFCaputo113 said:
Never.... EVER... take anything from that website serious.
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Haha yeah, tech reporters are a bunch of iMorons as it is and love iCrap over everything else. I was shocked that they even knew what xda was.
Someone has the balls to try it on the non-edge S6?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-galaxy-s6-edge/development/5-1-1-blck-tw-t3096994
timeToy said:
Someone has the balls to try it on the non-edge S6?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-galaxy-s6-edge/development/5-1-1-blck-tw-t3096994
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I hope no one tries this. Both devices are TOTALLY different.
J-Hop2o6 said:
I hope no one tries this. Both devices are TOTALLY different.
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They're really not, actually. I imagine it would boot. My guess is touch screen wouldn't work though.
mikeyinid said:
They're really not, actually. I imagine it would boot. My guess is touch screen wouldn't work though.
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Yea, I remember reading about the touch screen not working or working in reverse.
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Yea, I remember reading about the touch screen not working or working in reverse.
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Really? So it might work but register touches opposite of our phone?
nolimit78 said:
I find that there are only minor things I need that require root but I no-longer need the overhaul that I needed with HTC. It's too weird.
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This
Damn I wish this would leak for AT&T. 5.0.1 TW has a bigger memory leak than stock 5.0.1 on my Nexus. This needs to be rolled out ASAP, but I know it won't.
http://m.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-s6-edge-t-mobile-getting-android-511-update
Supposedly locks the boot loader....
Second thread. ..
Just in case this thread doesn't get locked here is a copy and past of my post from the other thread. Important not to freak out about bootloaders unless months go by without the app.
Honestly I'm caring less and less about roms but I like the option. Here is some possible good news from a trustworthy guy
jcase said:
Korean variants seem to be getting an app that unlocks the bootloader, I bet we start seeing that for other variants as well (except verizon/att).
This is a good thing, not a bad thing people!
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It seems like the person got a test release by accident. The kernel build date is yesterday. No one else over on the edge forums has received it either. Dont seem to be false as the person even posted a vid of it. Dude just seems lucky lol.
Nice to know work is being done.
Well the ota update was dated 4/27 and the phone was released on 4/28
expertzero1 said:
Well the ota update was dated 4/27 and the phone was released on 4/28
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What? The phone was released a few weeks ago.
NJGSII said:
It seems like the person got a test release by accident. The kernel build date is yesterday. No one else over on the edge forums has received it either. Dont seem to be false as the person even posted a vid of it. Dude just seems lucky lol.
Nice to know work is being done.
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Cause no one ever faked a build.prop before
mrapp said:
Cause no one ever faked a build.prop before
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The person did post a dump of the OTA so it will be easy to tell if this is real or not.
ThePagel said:
Just in case this thread doesn't get locked here is a copy and past of my post from the other thread. Important not to freak out about bootloaders unless months go by without the app.
Honestly I'm caring less and less about roms but I like the option. Here is some possible good news from a trustworthy guy
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But im sure we can grab the apk
PunishedSnake said:
But im sure we can grab the apk
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Might work but the bootloaders are different for every variant and god knows what kind of black magic is in that apk.
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Might work but the bootloaders are different for every variant and god knows what kind of black magic is in that apk.
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True
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Cause no one ever faked a build.prop before
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Some other users got the dump he posted to boot on their devices so it appears to be legit.
sent from my pimped out phone
Please search before posting
http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmo...android-5-1-1-ota-rolled-t-mobile-s6-t3096311
I've been using a Note 7 port on my Note 4 and have really enjoyed the integrated Hiya into the phone dialer. Of course VZW has disabled it for their own. Hiya has a stand alone app but I was curious if there's a way to take the unlocked phone app and install it on our VZW note 8. Thanks.
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I've been using a Note 7 port on my Note 4 and have really enjoyed the integrated Hiya into the phone dialer. Of course VZW has disabled it for their own. Hiya has a stand alone app but I was curious if there's a way to take the unlocked phone app and install it on our VZW note 8. Thanks.
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I didn't know there was any sort of integration in the past with hiya. Do you have an APK for that or was your phone rooted? That might be the reason. I don't know how the Standalone app works and if you have to make hiya the dialer of choice for it to work properly. If it's anything like mr. number I'd be over it
Don't think you can install the phone APK since it is probably a system app. So short of flashing it or rooting (both impossible right now) I don't think you can get it. Hiya's standalone app is crap. Obtrusive, nags a bit, not integrated into rest of the system. One of the reasons I got unlocked for my T-Mobile plan is to have proper caller ID without T-Mobile shoving their Name ID down my throat at $3.99/mo
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Don't think you can install the phone APK since it is probably a system app. So short of flashing it or rooting (both impossible right now) I don't think you can get it. Hiya's standalone app is crap. Obtrusive, nags a bit, not integrated into rest of the system. One of the reasons I got unlocked for my T-Mobile plan is to have proper caller ID without T-Mobile shoving their Name ID down my throat at $3.99/mo
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That's what I figured, it being a system app so no way to install from another version. Thank you for the reply. Smart going unlocked! If it wasn't for the carrier trade in value I'd have done the same. Enjoy!
The unlocked versions have it intigrated.
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mardukeme said:
The unlocked versions have it intigrated.
Sent from my SM-N950U1 using Tapatalk
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Is there a way to extract that integration to use on non-international devices? My TMO s6 edge+ has an unlocked bootloader on nougat but doesnt have that hiya.
LEGONIKES said:
Is there a way to extract that integration to use on non-international devices? My TMO s6 edge+ has an unlocked bootloader on nougat but doesnt have that hiya.
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If you're referring to the Hiya caller id/spam feature, it''s not just the phone app & there's a chance you may not even need it. It's enabled by cscfeature.
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If you're referring to the Hiya caller id/spam feature, it''s not just the phone app & there's a chance you may not even need it. It's enabled by cscfeature.
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any idea what the code is so i can enable it?
LEGONIKES said:
any idea what the code is so i can enable it?
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Code:
<CscFeature_Common_ConfigSvcProviderForUnknownNumber>whitepages,whitepages,on</CscFeature_Common_ConfigSvcProviderForUnknownNumber>
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Code:
<CscFeature_Common_ConfigSvcProviderForUnknownNumber>whitepages,whitepages,on</CscFeature_Common_ConfigSvcProviderForUnknownNumber>
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Thank you very much. I placed that in the others.xml in the rom I am building. Will let you know how it goes once I flash it.
Rehvix said:
Thank you very much. I placed that in the others.xml in the rom I am building. Will let you know how it goes once I flash it.
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Flashed the rom, and the Smart Call feature worked perfectly. Even had the option under settings. Thanks again for your help!
Rehvix said:
Flashed the rom, and the Smart Call feature worked perfectly. Even had the option under settings. Thanks again for your help!
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:good:
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:good:
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Anyway to get this to work on Verizon one without root?
Stevieboy02008 said:
Anyway to get this to work on Verizon one without root?
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Without root, not possible. Verizon specifically blocks this feature cause they offer their own paid subscription caller ID service.
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Without root, not possible. Verizon specifically blocks this feature cause they offer their own paid subscription caller ID service.
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Ok. Thank you.
Stevieboy02008 said:
Ok. Thank you.
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Reason why I'm still on T-Mobile. Verizon doesn't allow for GSM devices, aka unlocked bootloader phones. Really bothers my how even T-Mobile sells locked bootloader phones. Seems like Samsung and service providers don't care though since we don't represent the majority of consumers.
Here ya go guys, if you root then use this cscfeatures file, the caller ID and spam protection GETS ACTIVATED ALONG WITH EVERY OTHER FREE SAMSUNG FEATURE VERIZON DISABLED. Caller ID, search places, Samsung cloud, as well as a few others. Scroll through the thread and use the one Baggery77 modified for Verizon. It's a few pages in.
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Thank you very much. I placed that in the others.xml in the rom I am building. Will let you know how it goes once I flash it.
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I did a dirty flash of the rom with that csc code and worked it worked with no issue. After a clean install, the option was still in setting andturned on, but it only says Identifiying caller information without giving a result on numbers it would normally work on. Any ideas?