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Note7 Recall CHECK - an easiest way

Hi guys,
Just want to let you know an easiest way to check if your Note7 is safe or it must be replaced through the Note7 Safety Recall program.
Just use the Phone INFO ★Samsung★ app, open the 'Other Tools' menu, and select 'Note7 Recall Check' button to check.
You can check using the device's IMEI or S/N.
Download: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.vndnguyen.phoneinfo

Or just use Samsung+...the built in samsung tech support

That doesn't work for me. I get an error.

borijess said:
That doesn't work for me. I get an error.
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Yes, I've tested it few days ago and it works as expected,
but today, sometimes Samsung site requires the CAPTCHA, that can make it becomes useless.
Sorry about that. You can try it again. If it happens frequently, I will consider to remove it from the app...

vndnguyen said:
Yes, I've tested it few days ago and it works as expected,
but today, sometimes Samsung site requires the CAPTCHA, that can make it becomes useless.
Sorry about that. You can try it again. If it happens frequently, I will consider to remove it from the app...
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It looks like that the server very rarely ask for a CAPTCHA.
So you can use it as expected.
Btw, anyone has a Note7 that's out of this recall program?

GIF Keyboard missing on Oreo update?

Posted this over on reddit but should have asked here first. My Note8 has officially received Oreo ota update 2 days ago. One of the features im looking forward to is the GIF Keyboard. The changelog for the Samsung Keyboard includes - "The GIF keyboard lets you send GIFs". However I cant seem to figure out how to find/ use this GIF keyboard. Anyone know how? I only have emoji, stickers, live message, voice input, settings, handwriting, clipboard, one handed keyboard

bimmerboii said:
Posted this over on reddit but should have asked here first.
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While inside your text messaging app tap on your stickers icon inside your text area of your keyboard then see if you can switch to GIFs down below.

CodeNameRedNeck said:
While inside your text messaging app tap on your stickers icon inside your text area of your keyboard then see if you can switch to GIFs down below.
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I don't see that option...when I tap on stickers, I only see the stickers...nothing for Gifs.

CodeNameRedNeck said:
While inside your text messaging app tap on your stickers icon inside your text area of your keyboard then see if you can switch to GIFs down below.
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I do not have that option

bimmerboii said:
I do not have that option
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That's a bummer. I read in another thread that it was disabled in oreo and I was hoping that was not the case for everyone.

CodeNameRedNeck said:
That's a bummer. I read in another thread that it was disabled in oreo and I was hoping that was not the case for everyone.
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Probably a bug on the Oreo firmware? It is included in the official Note8 Oreo changelog

sefrcoko said:
I don't see that option...when I tap on stickers, I only see the stickers...nothing for Gifs.
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bimmerboii said:
Probably a bug on the Oreo firmware? It is included in the official Note8 Oreo changelog
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What messages version are you all on? If it's less than 5.xx try to install this https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/samsu...g-messages/samsung-messages-5-0-10-9-release/ using adb with the -l -r commands and see if that gets you GIFs back.

CodeNameRedNeck said:
What messages version are you all on? If it's less than 5.xx try to install this https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/samsu...g-messages/samsung-messages-5-0-10-9-release/ using adb with the -l -r commands and see if that gets you GIFs back.
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My "Messages" version is 4.4.10.13 and "Messages Service" version is 4.4.10.4. Looks like that is the culprit and Samsung forgot to include the latest messages version in the Oreo firmware. I haven't done any adb sideloading in ages. Will just wait for Samsung to fix this. Thanks for the input.

I have gif working on Samsung keyboard on the Note 8
The gif keyboard is integrated into Samsung keyboard and allows anyone you use it. The gif option is greyed out if it cannot be used, for instance typing on a browser.
I am using Verizon Note 8 on the Oreo update. I use Verizon messages and I have stock messaging app is disabled on my phone. Gif works fine in my messaging app.
So I would say messaging app not related. Maybe clear cache/data for Samsung keyboard.
Another note, for a fresh run I did factory reset my phone in settings after coming to oreo. Old habit when upgrading to new big builds from my rooted days. Figured I'dgo in fresh. All is working. I used smart switch to backup and restore to save time before and after reset.

bimmerboii said:
Posted this over on reddit but should have asked here first. My Note8 has officially received Oreo ota update 2 days ago. One of the features im looking forward to is the GIF Keyboard. The changelog for the Samsung Keyboard includes - "The GIF keyboard lets you send GIFs". However I cant seem to figure out how to find/ use this GIF keyboard. Anyone know how? I only have emoji, stickers, live message, voice input, settings, handwriting, clipboard, one handed keyboard
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I'm having the same issue. I keep messing with it and nothing. But once I kept messing with it, it finally worked. Honestly I have no idea how I did it lol. Now I'm trying to do it again and I cant get the gif key board to work. Pissing me off lol

Daciple said:
I have gif working on Samsung keyboard on the Note 8
The gif keyboard is integrated into Samsung keyboard and allows anyone you use it. The gif option is greyed out if it cannot be used, for instance typing on a browser.
I am using Verizon Note 8 on the Oreo update. I use Verizon messages and I have stock messaging app is disabled on my phone. Gif works fine in my messaging app.
So I would say messaging app not related. Maybe clear cache/data for Samsung keyboard.
Another note, for a fresh run I did factory reset my phone in settings after coming to oreo. Old habit when upgrading to new big builds from my rooted days. Figured I'dgo in fresh. All is working. I used smart switch to backup and restore to save time before and after reset.
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This is correct, it has nothing to do with the Messages app, it's a feature of the Samsung Keyboard app. Gif was available & worked fine for me with Oreo.
Check to see if you guys have Samsung Keyboard v.3.0.10.34 installed. I have that installed on Nougat & gif keyboard is working fine (although it's useless to me, I never use it or stickers either).

shouren04 said:
This is correct, it has nothing to do with the Messages app, it's a feature of the Samsung Keyboard app. Gif was available & worked fine for me with Oreo.
Check to see if you guys have Samsung Keyboard v.3.0.10.34 installed. I have that installed on Nougat & gif keyboard is working fine (although it's useless to me, I never use it or stickers either).
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Yes I have the same version of Samsung keyboard installed, but no gif option...

sefrcoko said:
Yes I have the same version of Samsung keyboard installed, but no gif option...
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Hmm, that's strange. I wonder if it's CSC/country related? I've used XEF & TMB CSC & both had gif keyboard.
If you go to languages for Samsung Keyboard in settings, do you have English updated/downloaded? If not it will have a down arrow next to it, if it is it should have a toggle next to. I'm not sure if it might be related but if English is not fully updated swipe & predictive text don't work on Samsung Keyboard. Just a thought, worth a try.

shouren04 said:
Hmm, that's strange. I wonder if it's CSC/country related? I've used XEF & TMB CSC & both had gif keyboard.
If you go to languages for Samsung Keyboard in settings, do you have English updated/downloaded? If not it will have a down arrow next to it, if it is it should have a toggle next to. I'm not sure if it might be related but if English is not fully updated swipe & predictive text don't work on Samsung Keyboard. Just a thought, worth a try.
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Thanks, I appreciate it! I actually happened to check the languages today and English was already up to date. I agree though, I'm starting to think it's maybe CSC related too. I'm on XSG.

sefrcoko said:
Thanks, I appreciate it! I actually happened to check the languages today and English was already up to date. I agree though, I'm starting to think it's maybe CSC related too. I'm on XSG.
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Damn, hoping it might have been something simple.
Hope it gets figured out. If I get a chance tonight, I'll flash XSG CSC & see if it disappears for me.

shouren04 said:
Damn, hoping it might have been something simple.
Hope it gets figured out. If I get a chance tonight, I'll flash XSG CSC & see if it disappears for me.
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Thanks, me too! If you have a chance to confirm when you have time that would be great, at least we'd know for sure. It's not crucial, but it seems like an odd feature to restrict. I'm curious...

sefrcoko said:
Thanks, me too! If you have a chance to confirm when you have time that would be great, at least we'd know for sure. It's not crucial, but it seems like an odd feature to restrict. I'm curious...
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Yup will do & will report back here.
You know, I remember seeing something a while back about gifs & fair use. If that's the issue it would make sense for some countries to not allow it but then again IIRC there were reports of people in the US on certain carriers not having it. Usually when carriers disable a feature is cause they offer their own paid service. I doubt carriers would have their own gif feature but if they do & that's the case, that's unbelievable! Greedy SOBs.

sefrcoko said:
Thanks, me too! If you have a chance to confirm when you have time that would be great, at least we'd know for sure. It's not crucial, but it seems like an odd feature to restrict. I'm curious...
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Ok, I tested & unfortunately it appears that my suspicion of it being CSC related is correct. With XSG CSC I don't get the gif keyboard.
I found online that mostly AT&T users are complaining that they don't have gif keyboard. Some are thinking that AT&T forget to include it in their update/firmware. Well that's not the case as it's CSC also. I installed AT&T CSC & sure enough, no gif keyboard either.
I wonder why some countries and/or carriers choose to disable it. I went back to T-Mobile CSC & have gif keyboard again.
Are you rooted?

shouren04 said:
Ok, I tested & unfortunately it appears that my suspicion of it being CSC related is correct. With XSG CSC I don't get the gif keyboard.
I found online that mostly AT&T users are complaining that they don't have gif keyboard. Some are thinking that AT&T forget to include it in their update/firmware. Well that's not the case as it's CSC also. I installed AT&T CSC & sure enough, no gif keyboard either.
I wonder why some countries and/or carriers choose to disable it. I went back to T-Mobile CSC & have gif keyboard again.
Are you rooted?
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Ahh, there we go! Thanks for testing and confirming shouren, much appreciated. Definitely seems strange that some carriers will allow but not others.
I'm slightly embarrassed to say I'm not rooted lol... I've rooted and modded every Android device I ever owned, and specifically got the Exynos Note 8 so I could continue doing the same here. Strangely though, I bought it and then never really felt a need to root yet. I don't even know who I am anymore...
When I do eventually root though, I might as well apply my carrier's CSC (Bell Canada) and hopefully resolve both root and gif keyboard at the same time

sefrcoko said:
Ahh, there we go! Thanks for testing and confirming shouren, much appreciated. Definitely seems strange that some carriers will allow but not others.
I'm slightly embarrassed to say I'm not rooted lol... I've rooted and modded every Android device I ever owned, and specifically got the Exynos Note 8 so I could continue doing the same here. Strangely though, I bought it and then never really felt a need to root yet. I don't even know who I am anymore...
When I do eventually root though, I might as well apply my carrier's CSC (Bell Canada) and hopefully resolve both root and gif keyboard at the same time
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No problem. Ah ok, if you were rooted, I was gonna say I'll dig around in the XSG CSC & see if I can figure out how to get gif kb to work. I think I have an idea of what to change but I'd have to test. But since XSG is not your carrier's CSC, doesn't matter anyway.
Since XSG is not your carrier's CSC, might as well change to XEF CSC? I know gif kb works with XEF. No root needed, may wipe data though if that matters.

US Unlocked N9 on T-Mob

I've read some posts here (and other sources), seems WiFi calling, HD calling are supported and there's a couple work arounds for the camera Shutter sound. What about voicemail? Prefer to go unlocked and keep the bloat ware off. Any other surprises on an unlocked N9?
Coming from Sprint where I had to buy their LG V20 (after a very bad N4 experience) to keep most of these calling features. But it's time for a change now that I moved and T-Mob has better coverage than Sprint (probably true everywhere).

Using note 9 unlocked on t mobile. Everything works except video calling but if you really want that, then you can flash just the tmobile CSC file via Odin. That will add the video calling tab back on the dialer. It will not add the t mobile bloat apps but i do believe you will get the t mobile splash screens on boot/shut down

Thanks for the response and suggestion, that's very helpful.

I tried downloading the Visual Voicemail app from the Play Store on the U1 and had no luck getting it to work. The same happened when I had an S9+ running the U1 firmware. When you flash to the TMB U firmware though, it is included and does work. If you choose to flash to the TMB U though, you will want to brush up on some ADB commands to remove some of the T-Mobile bloat, which is still a lot less than most other carriers.

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I tried downloading the Visual Voicemail app from the Play Store on the U1 and had no luck getting it to work. The same happened when I had an S9+ running the U1 firmware. When you flash to the TMB U firmware though, it is included and does work. If you choose to flash to the TMB U though, you will want to brush up on some ADB commands to remove some of the T-Mobile bloat, which is still a lot less than most other carriers.
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Not a customer but I like to be able to assist people who are. Can you tell me the problems you had with the app from Play Store while running U1?

jcsww said:
I tried downloading the Visual Voicemail app from the Play Store on the U1 and had no luck getting it to work. The same happened when I had an S9+ running the U1 firmware. When you flash to the TMB U firmware though, it is included and does work. If you choose to flash to the TMB U though, you will want to brush up on some ADB commands to remove some of the T-Mobile bloat, which is still a lot less than most other carriers.
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You can use the visual voicemail app on the unlocked note 9 for tmo, you just have to go to the app settings and enable all permissions. For some reason the app never asks you to enable the permissions, but after changing the settings it works fine.

Samzebian said:
You can use the visual voicemail app on the unlocked note 9 for tmo, you just have to go to the app settings and enable all permissions. For some reason the app never asks you to enable the permissions, but after changing the settings it works fine.
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I will give that a try the next time I have one of my devices on U1.

black96ss said:
Using note 9 unlocked on t mobile. Everything works except video calling but if you really want that, then you can flash just the tmobile CSC file via Odin. That will add the video calling tab back on the dialer. It will not add the t mobile bloat apps but i do believe you will get the t mobile splash screens on boot/shut down
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When you are saying T-mobile CSC, are you talking about CSC or USERDATA CSC? Thank you for your answer.

parusia said:
When you are saying T-mobile CSC, are you talking about CSC or USERDATA CSC? Thank you for your answer.
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No such thing as USERDATA CSC. USERDATA and CSC are two different files in the Odin image. In this case he is saying you should flash the TMB CSC (not HOME CSC, since that won't do anything) and the feature will appear for you. I am most curious about this, since it would mean applying U build files to a U1 build. I don't have much experience with that.

I recently bought an unlocked U1 but flashed the TMB U firmware on it a few days ago. I only did so because I heard the data speeds were substantially higher (can anyone confirm/deny this?).
Also, is there any way to get visual voicemail to work through a phone app? It's just so seamless on something like an iPhone or Pixel but I've never gotten it to work on my Note. I really don't want to use a whole separate app just for that.

kzqg said:
I recently bought an unlocked U1 but flashed the TMB U firmware on it a few days ago. I only did so because I heard the data speeds were substantially higher (can anyone confirm/deny this?).
Also, is there any way to get visual voicemail to work through a phone app? It's just so seamless on something like an iPhone or Pixel but I've never gotten it to work on my Note. I really don't want to use a whole separate app just for that.
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Have you tried going into Settings, Apps, and enabling permissions for the app? For some reason, the app doesn't have any permissions when you install it from the Play Store. Try giving it Storage, Phone, and Contacts to see if that gets it working for you.

kzqg said:
I recently bought an unlocked U1 but flashed the TMB U firmware on it a few days ago. I only did so because I heard the data speeds were substantially higher (can anyone confirm/deny this?).
Also, is there any way to get visual voicemail to work through a phone app? It's just so seamless on something like an iPhone or Pixel but I've never gotten it to work on my Note. I really don't want to use a whole separate app just for that.
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What you heard about speed is a rumor. The speed is no different on U1.

jcsww said:
Have you tried going into Settings, Apps, and enabling permissions for the app? For some reason, the app doesn't have any permissions when you install it from the Play Store. Try giving it Storage, Phone, and Contacts to see if that gets it working for you.
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Do you mean to say if I give the standalone visual voicemail app permissions that it'll show up accessible in my phone app (as an extra voicemail tab)? If so that'd be great but from the way you worded it I assume you mean just using the app itself which I was trying to avoid.
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What you heard about speed is a rumor. The speed is no different on U1.
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Good to know; thank you. From my understanding then it doesn't really matter except for updates? I got the impression the unlocked gets quarterly security updates while the T-mobile generally monthly (but a month behind). Pretty sure they're both on the Sept. update right now so it's hard for me to tell.

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Do you mean to say if I give the standalone visual voicemail app permissions that it'll show up accessible in my phone app (as an extra voicemail tab)? If so that'd be great but from the way you worded it I assume you mean just using the app itself which I was trying to avoid.
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Good to know; thank you. From my understanding then it doesn't really matter except for updates? I got the impression the unlocked gets quarterly security updates while the T-mobile generally monthly (but a month behind). Pretty sure they're both on the Sept. update right now so it's hard for me to tell.
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I am not sure about a third party vieual voicemwil app. It can't hurt to give it a try though. I was referring to the T-Mobile Visual Voicemail app.

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I am not sure about a third party vieual voicemwil app. It can't hurt to give it a try though. I was referring to the T-Mobile Visual Voicemail app.
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Ah ok, understood. I've always used phones that had the visual voicemail integrated with the phone app, so it's unfortunate that doesn't seem to be possible in this case.

Question Anyone pull the Custom Google Messages APK yet?

Now that the phone is officially out, has anyone outside the US pulled their Google Messages apk and uploaded it anywhere? Curious to see if we can get it working on the US variant.

What's different than the play store version?

Here you go.
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linksharing.samsungcloud.com
This is an optimized version that works with the Call & Text on other devices and Watches.

Won't install on U1.
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Shuthefrontdoor said:
What's different than the play store version?
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It works with call/message continuity for people who have tablets (messages can normally only be forwarded if you use Samsung Messages). Might be some other cool stuff or differences too, but that's what I'm after.
Nat.smith26 said:
Here you go.
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This is an optimized version that works with the Call & Text on other devices and Watches.
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Thanks! I'm going to attach it to this post in case that link share expires.
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Won't install on U1.
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Someone probably will need to repackage and sign it. Usually you can't just install a system app off of another device. I haven't been into Android modding/development for a few years, so hopefully someone can get that done now that we have this APK here.

If someone can get this working ,it would be great. I jumped to U TMO firmware to keep RCS and not lose text and phone on my TabS7+

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If someone can get this working ,it would be great. I jumped to U TMO firmware to keep RCS and not lose text and phone on my TabS7+
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We honestly might even need their Call & Text on Other Devices apk too. The current one we have tries to kick you off if another SMS app is installed.

I've tried to sign the app but, it still refuses to install. Let me know if any of you have any luck!

I don't have the watch or tablet so I don't need the continuity part. Annoyingly my s21 no longer has encrypted messages.

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I don't have the watch or tablet so I don't need the continuity part. Annoyingly my s21 no longer has encrypted messages.
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Is it not linked to the version in the Play Store for updates or beta sign up? Encryption was a beta feature.

It is still linked but whenever it updates it has a slightly different file name and no encryption. But the version number still matches the latest beta version. For now I uninstalled updates, sideloaded the regular version and disabled automatic updates.

Anyone manage to get this working yet?

How do we start a bounty to get this working ?
I'll contribute some funds

chkn said:
How do we start a bounty to get this working ?
I'll contribute some funds
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I'd probably start a separate bounty thread for it. I don't want to make multiple threads on the same topic though myself, so I'll let someone else. It'll likely be a two part job though with both the Google Messages and Call & Text on Other Devices apps needing modifications.

Would also chip in if someone could get this working for us

chkn said:
If someone can get this working ,it would be great. I jumped to U TMO firmware to keep RCS and not lose text and phone on my TabS7+
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Try using Total Commander app from Google store, I get most of 'other' apps installed with that app. The apk files must go to root Download folder so you can easily find it on Total Commander and install it after you grant permission for it. It works on non-rooted phones as well.

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Try using Total Commander app from Google store, I get most of 'other' apps installed with that app. The apk files must go to root Download folder so you can easily find it on Total Commander and install it after you grant permission for it. It works on non-rooted phones as well.
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I tried using total commander, this is the error I get.
Function aborted!
INSTALL_FAILED_VERIFICATION_FAILURE
Please select all split APK parts!
Are we missing more apk?

Does anyone have any screenshots of the actual app. Are there any visual differences in the one ui messages version?

Just an FYI for anyone hoping to use RCS on their tablet
I got the beta on my exynos s21u and while it does work with the call & text anywhere feature, it currently only replies as SMS even if the inbound msg is RCS

I'll also contribute some funds to get this working if need be. Sad my S21 snapdragon doesn't come with it already. Samsung really needs to polish their brand and stop making it so diverse between countries.

Question callrecording

Hello,
I am the new happy owner of the Pixel 7.
I am looking for a solution for recording calls. I tried various applications, such as Cube ACR and similar. They work, but the quality is poor. I'm looking for a better solution. I was wondering if there is a way to enable native call recording. (On Samsung, for example, I changed the region to one where recording was supported)
If there is no such thing, can you at least recommend a module to use if I root my phone? Well thank you!

With Magisk and GoogleDialerMod should work. See GitHub

Yes there is away

Bofahad said:
Yes there is away
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I don't understand your answer. You can explain?

You'll need to root the phone. Then use Skvalex, installed via Magisk. It is flawless and has optional cloud backup. Works well with BT headsets/earpieces.
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callrecorder.skvalex.com

Yes! that's exactly how I have it now and it works great. Thx for your reply