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Calling Anyone With a Verizon or AT&T Tab S 10.5 (SM-T807V or SM-T807A)

Does it have a Snapdragon or an Exynos? If you're not sure, you can check your /system/build.prop file. Open it up and look for the line that starts with ro.board.platform. Thanks in advance! I know Sprint has a Snapdragon, but I think that's there by necessity due to Spark and needing to do TDD-LTE on Band 41. That's why I'm curious about Verizon and AT&T.
AT&T is the only US carrier selling the 8.4" LTE version and it has an Exynos, so I'd assume the 10.5" versions do too unless they have a specific need for a Snapdragon.

We are lucky, I suppose. Verizon Tab S comes with the Snapdragon.

Thanks! So Verizon is now accounted for. How about AT&T? Anyone?
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My AT&T 10.5 807A has Exynos.
ro.board.platform=exynos5
Wish I had snapdragon, but I haven't noticed any slowness or hesitation. But battery life is awful, and with no root I don't know how to remedy that.

Define awful.
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I'm wondering if the Snapdragon, in this case, is due to CDMA2000. Maybe Exynos processors don't play nice with CDMA thus the Snapdragon processors on Verizon and Sprint's models.
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For what it's worth I can also confirm that my t807 (Verizon) has a Snapdragon. As an LG/HTC guy I am very, very happy with the purchase as that snapdragon does a good enough job at providing me with a smooth experience with the only lag/stutters happening with a bunch of apps working the cpu at the same time.

The Exynos 5 in my AT&T 8.4 seems to work well too, but I'd have loved a Snapdragon.
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Yes, I love my Verizon snapdragon version. The only big downside (and hopefully this will be rectified soon) is no root-- which is a big deal with KitKat's restrictive SD card policies.

oldblue910 said:
The Exynos 5 in my AT&T 8.4 seems to work well too, but I'd have loved a Snapdragon.
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have you tried root with your att model?.. since it uses the same processor international model?
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byuboy87 said:
have you tried root with your att model?.. since it uses the same processor international model?
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No I haven't. I'm don't usually root my devices, sorry.

Rooting was scary when I did it. The flashing of cf auto root made me think I did something wrong because it flashed the root which really fast that it showed it rooting then rebooted and done

DUHAsianSKILLZ said:
Rooting was scary when I did it. The flashing of cf auto root made me think I did something wrong because it flashed the root which really fast that it showed it rooting then rebooted and done
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Oh I have no problem rooting a device. I just find it pointless. Once I knew how, my curiosity was satisfied. I don't do anything with any of my devices that requires root so I just leave mine stock. The whole rooting and custom ROM scene just doesn't interest me nearly as much as it used to. haha

I hear ya.. I'm not as in to ROMing as I once was, but debloating all this Samsung and att cap would be extremely helpful. and xposed, of course..
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At&T block default phone call app as well as messaging ability, this annoys me,any one know how to enable those features?

BADBOY1412 said:
At&T block default phone call app as well as messaging ability, this annoys me,any one know how to enable those features?
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It's not possible. The tablet is missing the actual hardware needed. This isn't exclusive to AT&T. Samsung has never once sold a tablet in the United States that has this capability, whether it's AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile or Sprint. None of the US carriers want a tablet that doubles as a phone because they wouldn't be able to sell it as a tablet. They'd have to sell it as a phone, which nobody would want, and they'd have to sell talk/text/data plans with it which are more expensive than data-only plans.
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Use Google Voice! That is what I use on the Tablet. I can text and make calls to anywhere in the U.S. for free.

oldblue910 said:
It's not possible. The tablet is missing the actual hardware needed. This isn't exclusive to AT&T. Samsung has never once sold a tablet in the United States that has this capability, whether it's AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile or Sprint. None of the US carriers want a tablet that doubles as a phone because they wouldn't be able to sell it as a tablet. They'd have to sell it as a phone, which nobody would want, and they'd have to sell talk/text/data plans with it which are more expensive than data-only plans.
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The original Galaxy Tab sold by AT&T was able to be hacked into a phone, albeit without a earpiece, so you had to use speaker or headphones, but it was an awesome device.

osetivo said:
The original Galaxy Tab sold by AT&T was able to be hacked into a phone, albeit without a earpiece, so you had to use speaker or headphones, but it was an awesome device.
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Definitely! Thanks to xda members, I was able to mod my Tab and use it for quite a while as a phone with a bluetooth earpiece. Worked great, until AT&T finally caught onto it and made us pick a tablet data and/or phone plan. Funny thing was I ended up just picking a tablet data plan that cost quite a bit less and used Google Voice and Skype for calls.

Singapore 960 F/DS in Canada

So I have a singapore 960 F/DS that I just got. What will I miss while using this in Canada?
1- Wifi calling / VoLTE (any workarounds without root)?
2- Samsung Pay (will android / google pay still work)?
3- If it supports all LTE bands, then will I have signal issues? I've heard of carrier aggregation and stuff, but it seems to have all bands
4- anything else worth considering?
Thanks!

hkalltheway said:
So I have a singapore 960 F/DS that I just got. What will I miss while using this in Canada?
1- Wifi calling / VoLTE (any workarounds without root)?
2- Samsung Pay (will android / google pay still work)?
3- If it supports all LTE bands, then will I have signal issues? I've heard of carrier aggregation and stuff, but it seems to have all bands
4- anything else worth considering?
Thanks!
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why would you go through the trouble of getting a rootable phone just to not root it but rhen want to achieve goals that require root?

I haven't rooted in years so I am kind of scared, although I used to be very techie before. Do I lose any functionality with root?
1- banking apps?
2- google device policy / corporate e-mail / outlook
3- play store
4- anything else?
Or is it fairly easy to bypass all that? Is root relatively easy for the singapore model?

hkalltheway said:
I haven't rooted in years so I am kind of scared, although I used to be very techie before. Do I lose any functionality with root?
1- banking apps?
2- google device policy / corporate e-mail / outlook
3- play store
4- anything else?
Or is it fairly easy to bypass all that? Is root relatively easy for the singapore model?
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You'll have to wait for more roms if you want to benefit from rooting. At the moment dr.ketan rom is missing csc features.
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hkalltheway said:
So I have a singapore 960 F/DS that I just got. What will I miss while using this in Canada?
1- Wifi calling / VoLTE (any workarounds without root)?
2- Samsung Pay (will android / google pay still work)?
3- If it supports all LTE bands, then will I have signal issues? I've heard of carrier aggregation and stuff, but it seems to have all bands
4- anything else worth considering?
Thanks!
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I have the same phone (960 F/DS). I got it primarily for the dual-SIM and 512GB and don't really have plans to root (those days are long gone for me)! Wifi Calling/VoLTE will not work. Samsung Pay kind of works (only with AmEx), but Google Pay works just fine. I'm with Rogers and have had no issues with reception (I'm in Vancouver and not sure about anything that's far away from a city). The only other thing worth considering is the warranty - we will get no support from Samsung Canada!
Hope that helps!

rajeshr said:
I have the same phone (960 F/DS). I got it primarily for the dual-SIM and 512GB and don't really have plans to root (those days are long gone for me)! Wifi Calling/VoLTE will not work. Samsung Pay kind of works (only with AmEx), but Google Pay works just fine. I'm with Rogers and have had no issues with reception (I'm in Vancouver and not sure about anything that's far away from a city). The only other thing worth considering is the warranty - we will get no support from Samsung Canada!
Hope that helps!
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Yes, I'm also not comfortable with root. Android is open enough that I don't need root. However, I noticed that LTE speeds are much slower. I have two note 9 phones side by side...one canadian model and one F / DS...I am using Fido (Rogers)... at the same time, I am getting 25mbps on the F / DS, and 101 mbps on the Canadian variant...another thing I noticed is that when I call myself from the landline, sometimes the F / DS doesn't ring and the call goes straight to voicemail, while the canadian variant isn't showing this behavior. I am guessing it is because of LTE dropping to 3G, and sometimes that drop may not go well. Are you finding any of this?

hkalltheway said:
Yes, I'm also not comfortable with root. Android is open enough that I don't need root. However, I noticed that LTE speeds are much slower. I have two note 9 phones side by side...one canadian model and one F / DS...I am using Fido (Rogers)... at the same time, I am getting 25mbps on the F / DS, and 101 mbps on the Canadian variant...another thing I noticed is that when I call myself from the landline, sometimes the F / DS doesn't ring and the call goes straight to voicemail, while the canadian variant isn't showing this behavior. I am guessing it is because of LTE dropping to 3G, and sometimes that drop may not go well. Are you finding any of this?
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i have the same problems lte speed are lower, im on claro honduras, and i have a note 8 and the speed are faster

heara67 said:
i have the same problems lte speed are lower, im on claro honduras, and i have a note 8 and the speed are faster
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What's claro honduras? So your note 9 is slow but your note 8 is fast? Are both F / DS models?

hkalltheway said:
What's claro honduras? So your note 9 is slow but your note 8 is fast? Are both F / DS models?
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claro is the cell phone company, and yes both are F/DS maybe it has something to do with csc, because in latin america this year samsung change the exynos for snapdragon

I'm using my F/DS on ATT and have experienced no issues. I also have a F/DS note 8 and it isn't slower than my ATT note 8. I tested data speeds side by side for days. Sometimes the F was faster, other times the ATT I was faster, I don't know why. But v little difference. For me anyway.

ekerbuddyeker said:
I'm using my F/DS on ATT and have experienced no issues. I also have a F/DS note 8 and it isn't slower than my ATT note 8. I tested data speeds side by side for days. Sometimes the F was faster, other times the ATT I was faster, I don't know why. But v little difference. For me anyway.
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How about carrier aggregation? I heard it doesn't work.
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Flash T-Mobile US CSC on N960F

Hello Guys who knows how to get T-mobile CSC on N960F UK.

dastylee said:
Hello Guys who knows how to get T-mobile CSC on N960F UK.
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There will be a flashable mod shortly.
I have already heard someone speaking of it.
With that said, you must know that no matter what you do to the phone it is not possible at this point to get proper carrier aggregation in the USA.
This means that it will work but you will always get slower downloads and sometimes data drops when compared to a USA based SD variant.
We extensively spent months trying to figure this out with the Note 8 and then the S9.
Just giving you a heads up in case that mattered to you.
In case you wanted to test this. Try using any semi recent USA based phone like a N920T or a N950U etc and compare the speeds in the same spot.
You will see what I mean.

DeeXii said:
There will be a flashable mod shortly.
I have already heard someone speaking of it.
With that said, you must know that no matter what you do to the phone it is not possible at this point to get proper carrier aggregation in the USA.
This means that it will work but you will always get slower downloads and sometimes data drops when compared to a USA based SD variant.
We extensively spent months trying to figure this out with the Note 8 and then the S9.
Just giving you a heads up in case that mattered to you.
In case you wanted to test this. Try using any semi recent USA based phone like a N920T or a N950U etc and compare the speeds in the same spot.
You will see what I mean.
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Oh wow lol that will suck hmm i guess i can't win. The main reason was to get international and root and mod my Internet. because with my HTC i was able to do all those things.
I welcome my self to the Samsung world .Thank you for the informaton. With the US N960 iit cant be rooted

dastylee said:
Oh wow lol that will suck hmm i guess i can't win. The main reason was to get international and root and mod my Internet. because with my HTC i was able to do all those things.
I welcome my self to the Samsung world .Thank you for the informaton. With the US N960 iit cant be rooted
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Ya I was there with you when I got the Note 8 and then the S9 but....
I also would rather have the full speed and optimized net, especially because I use it for work and other things.
What do you mean "Mod my internet".
To me the addition of "package disabler" made not having root hurt a little less.

DeeXii said:
Ya I was there with you when I got the Note 8 and then the S9 but....
I also would rather have the full speed and optimized net, especially because I use it for work and other things.
What do you mean "Mod my internet".
To me the addition of "package disabler" made not having root hurt a little less.
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I was able to Enable Wi-Fi Tethering on my HTC One M9 ( /system/customize/ACC) and i was able to tether about 20Gb in my car without getting the Internet slow down.

sm-n960f/ds on at&t

ive been looking everywhere and im not 100% on this BUT will this model work on at&t? lte and everything? might trtade my unlocked note 9 for one

It will work on at&t but you might miss out on some network features like carrier aggregation which gives you faster download speeds. But other than that it would work fine on at&t.
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blane3298 said:
ive been looking everywhere and im not 100% on this BUT will this model work on at&t? lte and everything? might trtade my unlocked note 9 for one
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Works fine. You're not going to have wifi calling, and there's a band or two we're don't have on the phone they ATT uses.
I have been using a 960f/ds on AT&T for a week or two now.

Megaflop666 said:
Works fine. You're not going to have wifi calling, and there's a band or two we're don't have on the phone they ATT uses.
I have been using a 960f/ds on AT&T for a week or two now.
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You run into any problems with it? Decent data speeds? I have at&t prepaid so I dont get wifi calling anyways lol

blane3298 said:
ive been looking everywhere and im not 100% on this BUT will this model work on at&t? lte and everything? might trtade my unlocked note 9 for one
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It will work but you will miss lots of AT&T Features and a few bands are missing, Also no wifi calling thats one of the features there's more features that wont work can't remember now, So if you care about your AT&T Features then it's really not worth getting theses International Phones, Also the Network is Slower Than the one Snapdragon AT&T Has on there phone, Cause of the Bands Missing.

I on att on 960F/DS. Works fine. Speed is the same where I am compared to my att note 8 but that could be because if where I am. If I'm missing a couple of options it's worth it for the flexibility. No issues.

Using dual sim n9600 in USA

I am thinking of getting n9600 for use on t-mobile and at&t
Will losing B71 band mean too much of a hassle, or I won't even feel it?
Any ideas?
Anybody here using that. I am gravitating towards that due to dual sim

tsk1979 said:
I am thinking of getting n9600 for use on t-mobile and at&t
Will losing B71 band mean too much of a hassle, or I won't even feel it?
Any ideas?
Anybody here using that. I am gravitating towards that due to dual sim
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I'm using n9600 in bay area with simple mobile (tmobile network) and get calls, sms/mms and lte data out of the box.
I didn't have to but i flashed detonator anyway for the wifi calling, Volte and video calling. I don't ever use those but it's nice to know it's there.

Seeing as the N9600 is a Snapdragon device, you should be able to use it in the states without any issues.

iceepyon said:
Seeing as the N9600 is a Snapdragon device, you should be able to use it in the states without any issues.
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The problem is
1. No CDMA
2. Some bands like B71 missing. Am wondering if it won't be too much of a hassle

iceepyon said:
Seeing as the N9600 is a Snapdragon device, you should be able to use it in the states without any issues.
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Misleading and oversimplified statement...there's more to it than simply Snapdragon or Exynos.

I just got one (n9600) for Metro by TMobile. Would love video calling, volte, Samsung pay. Any ideas?

tsk1979 said:
The problem is
1. No CDMA
2. Some bands like B71 missing. Am wondering if it won't be too much of a hassle
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It's going to depend on where you are whether the missing bands are going to be a hassle or not. I live in an almost purely Band71 area so it would be almost useless to me at home, however I travel to areas where it's band 4 so it wouldn't be an issue there. So the question is, where do you plan to use it the most?