Hello,
I recently started playing around with Custom roms on my XT1068 and was kinda disappointed by the Multisim Management in CM12 based ROMs compared to stock.
The Stock solution is nothing too fancy it just allowed to assign a color and a Name to each sim and to remember the SIM choice per Number for SMS and voice calls:
I only found one third party solution - Dual Sim Selector (net.pixelrush.dualsimselectortrial in Play Store) which emulates this behaviour.
Is there any way that the stock SIM management solution can be integrated in CM12(.1)?
Are there other solutions/ROMs out there which offer equal functionality?
thanks,
f.luke
12.1 have that and more. what ROM you tested?
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Has anyone tried to enable VoLTE on the XT1096?...Possibly by using files from the Droid Turbo 2 or Nexus 6?
Motorola supposedly removed VoLTE support from the LP and MM updates. I feel like we should be able to come up with the necessary files to enable this feature and use this phone as it was intended (with simultaneous voice & data)...assuming the phone contains the necessary hardware.
Edit:
So I managed to enable advanced calling in the settings menu - unfortunately it just force closes for now... see screenshots
On Verizon I believe you have to enable HD Voice in your account settings to be able to use VoLTE and WiFi Calling, but Verizon won't let you enable it unless the device on that line officially supports it. The Moto X 14 isn't marked as compatible, so VoLTE and WiFi Calling are impossible.
ssmcd said:
Has anyone tried to enable VoLTE on the XT1096?...Possibly by using files from the Droid Turbo 2 or Nexus 6?
Motorola supposedly removed VoLTE support from the LP and MM updates. I feel like we should be able to come up with the necessary files to enable this feature and use this phone as it was intended (with simultaneous voice & data)...assuming the phone contains the necessary hardware.
Edit:
So I managed to enable advanced calling in the settings menu - unfortunately it just force closes for now... see screenshots
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I see Verizon now has VoLTE service for its prepaid customers as well, have you figured out a way to enable HD calling on the XT1096?
So I've seen plenty of discussion on features that the carrier variants support (if used on the same carrier) that the unlocked version does not.
What features (if any) does the unlocked version have that the carrier variants do not? From what I've read, it seems to be the following, but I cannot confirm:
-Built-in Caller ID removed
-No mobile data toggle button from notification area
-Some LTE bands masked out (this is based on some page I read somewhere, but I can't actually confirm)
Are there any other features disabled in the carrier variants? I have an unlocked S10+ and using it on TMobile. I would like to know what I will lose by flashing the TMobile firmware on it.
Verizon removes Samsung Cloud, They have for at least a few years now, as they have their own cloud option. Not sure about Tmobile tho.
I'm on an AT&T variant of S10. The mobile data toggle is hidden and can be revealed through ABD (there's a thread somewhere that shows how really well. Google search "Mobile data tile ADB" and it should be the first one). The thing I noticed when I have the tile back and use it to turn off my data, I get a notification saying some things won't work and I have to hit Turn Off again.
T-Mobile Germany only adds an installer that offers you to install their apps/partnered apps. Everything else is stock, no strings attached.
I just got SM-G973F/DS. I'm very satisfied so far. There's just two problems:
- there doesn't seem to be any way to record calls. There's no button for it on the call screen (even the three dot menu in the corner doesn't have it). Voice recorder app doesn't record anything.
- only the stock camera app (com.sec.android.app.camera, version 11.0.03.24) has access to the telephoto lens. From what I understand, Samsung just blocks access to it on a hardware level.
Is there anything I can do about those things? Would rooting change anything?
I have the same exact phone model (signature notwithstanding). I've spent a week looking into getting call recording working. Your thread gives me an excuse to share what I've learnt regarding it on the S10... I don't know anything about the camera situation.
Background: Call recording isn't legal in any European country. (If I'm wrong and there actually is one, or one with certain stipulations like only one party has to know the call is being recorded, Samsung doesn't care: there is no European region for which they will enable call recording.)
The region of the phone is determined by its CSC. Samsung enables/disables certain features according to the CSC in order to comply with the region's laws and regulations.
For MultiCSC firmware, which your phone will almost certainly have, the region is ultimately determined by the country of the SIM card in the phone.
To get call recording to work to varying degrees of success, you can use an app or enable the native call recording in the dialer. There's ways to do both things (with drawbacks) with a rooted phone and one that isn't rooted.
I didn't want to root this phone because of having to manually update the firmware, SafetyNet etc. etc. To save you from a long read, I ended up changing the phone's region to Vietnam (XXV) to use the native call recorder, which works perfectly.
Call recording with a rooted phone
With an app
This one's easy. Pretty much any call recording application will work perfectly. I would probably use Axet's Call Recorder - it's free and open source. There's Magisk modules out there that will grant it the required permissions to record calls like a system application.
Enabling Samsung's native call recording in the dialer
Edit the CSC files directly. There's guides for this on XDA. Essentially you're telling the phone, yes, call recording is allowed in any region. If you happen to use Xposed, the Firefds module can enable call recording without needing to edit files.
Call recording with a non-rooted phone
With an app
With Android 11, my experience using a third-party app was spotty. Modern Android versions don't allow user-installed programs direct access to the "call line". The only app I found which mostly worked was Boldbeast Call Recorder. Out of its 12 modes, the only working one on my S10 appears to use the microphones: the caller's voice, while understandable, was quiet. Background noise was present - quite noticeably so.
Cube ACR recorder is also said to "work" too but I never tried it. My assumption would be it has the same limitations as Boldbeast on an unrooted phone.
Enabling Samsung's native call recording in the dialer
Without root, you can't tell the phone the CSC it's configured for allows call recording, so your only choice is to change the region to one Samsung allows recording in. There's a list here on XDA with CSCs where you can use the call recording feature.
If your phone is still on Android 10, you can change the CSC for free with the Google Dialer app and a code I can't remember. A Google search will reveal many threads with information on that method. (This might factory reset your phone?)
If you're running Android 10(+), you have two choices. These will not trip Knox:
* Flash the Indonesian (XID) firmware. This can be done for free, and without losing your data - just make sure to flash HOME_CSC, and not CSC. Following a tip on XDA, I also took userdata.img out of the AP tarball, but I don't think that's needed. This works because the Indonesian firmware is single-CSC - even if you put a French or whatever SIM card in, there's no other CSC configured for the phone to be able to switch to.
I had working Wi-Fi calling, VoLTE, heart rate measuring in Samsung Health and call recording in the dialer. I did have Samsung Pay too, but that's a misnomer - Samsung Pay in Indonesia is its own local version, with an Indonesian package name. I seriously doubt I'd be able to add my card to it anyway. (Not that I care, I use Google Pay. Samsung Pay does have the advantage of MST, but it was never really all that useful in the UK anyway - I'd have to go back to my childhood to remember a credit card terminal that only accepts magnetic strips.)
I did this at first (can't beat free) but eventually went for the following option because Indonesia is yet to still get the Android 12 upgrade...
* Buy SamKey CodeReader credits. As long as you've got a MultiCSC firmware flashed, you can use SamKey to change your CSC to whatever you want (a link to a list of CSCs with call recording can be found earlier in this post). I went for the Vietnamese CSC, XXV, because it's was the only call recording-supported country where the Android 12 update was released on the same day as it was for France, Australia etc.
With the Vietnamese CSC, heart rate measuring in Samsung Health and call recording in the dialer works. The VoLTE option is present, but I don't know if it actually works. Samsung Pay - the original - can be installed, but I don't know if it works.
However, Wi-Fi calling will not work. Apparently, Wi-Fi calling is forbidden by Vietnamese law. This isn't actually a problem because the Samsung call recorder doesn't work with Wi-Fi calling on anyway.
If Wi-Fi calling is desired, then the Israeli CSC (ILO; Android 12 not released as of this post) might be a good choice, but Samsung Pay cannot be used.
Big thanks, man. Much appreciated. Sounds like that's all I need to know.
Sucks about those stupid laws. Really, who cares if I record a conversation with someone (even without their knowledge)? Might as well stop putting cameras in phones to prevent you from taking pictures of strangers in the street.
No worries. I also find these restrictions annoying, from Google who locked down the ability for third-party applications to record cleanly, and from Samsung, who seem to be over-zealous in their application of recording restrictions...
An addition to my previous post: I went looking at the CSC files for the latest S10 Android 12 firmware, because the lists out there are a little old and I found there is actually one European country/CSC where call recording can be used: SEK (Ukraine, said to be for the Kyivstar network but unbranded on my phone - and my phone didn't get locked to that network either).
Samsung Pay doesn't work with Ukrainian CSC, and neither does Wi-Fi calling (I think you have to be on the network country's original CSC for that - I never had it working with my Hong Kong S10+ either). But again, Google Pay is good, and call recording can't be done with Wi-Fi calling on anyway. And the built-in call blocking service, Hiya?, isn't available.
EDIT: Wi-Fi Calling disappeared for me with the Android 12 update, anyway, even on XEU...
Good luck!
I just tried Cube ACR Recorder and while the recordings are heavily compressed, I think it does the job.
Can anyone chime in about the telephoto lens problem?
The network access feature was available in arrowos 11 but it is not present in arrowos 13,Cherish os 4.7 as of 14/5/2023. Please let us know whether your Rom support this feature. I am not not talking about blocking background network feature. But blocking Internet for app as a whole.