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[HELP] Straight Talk Galaxy S5 mobile hotspot.

I've noticed that my Galaxy S5 through Straight Talk is missing quite a bit of options. Like enabling mobile hotspot and adding mobile operators. I was wondering if there was a way to enable these options either through a custom rom (not really wanting to as almost ALL of the posts I see for ST S5's are very incompatible with A LOL of roms. Cyan 13, maverick, etc...) or maybe a module that would give me these settings back. I have root via Odin and TWRP with SuperSU. This phone is supposed to be compatible with all KLTE roms, but no luck finding posts without more negative than positive results.
My main goal is getting the mobile hotspot working.

Sorry is this is in the wrong place. Very sick right now and the mobile version of the site is a tad confusing (as you can see I'm new to posting) but I lurk ALOT and read a lot here.

Same
Have g870a and can access APN and just network unlocked it as we'll in 5.1.1 lolly I have same issue my hotspot shuts down saying contact att for a fix but they can't help I also can't send MMS unless through go messenger now worked fine first few days but ohine started crashing after switch so I erased all and rebooted to non workimg MMS and have tried every trick with APN settings if you find a hotspot fix please inform me I'm not a poster or smart by any means but I know enough bout a little on our phones I've researched it since 2014 when they came out lol

I don't have it period. It is 100% not there on my phone. Any ideas or help?

activating VoLTE

Have finally found the VoLTE settings on the phone but for some reason when I activate it using. *#*#4636#*# it deactivated as soon as I leave the page. Is this because my mobile provider (3 UK) doesn't support it on the Oneplus 3t?

Eggstones said:
Have finally found the VoLTE settings on the phone but for some reason when I activate it using. *#*#4636#*# it deactivated as soon as I leave the page. Is this because my mobile provider (3 UK) doesn't support it on the Oneplus 3t?
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Do you have the volte switch in your settings ?

VoLTE is a feature that is provisioned by your carrier. Most carriers will not provision VoLTE unless they have an open policy (allows all capable devices), or if you are using a carrier-branded phone. For the second option, lots of carriers claim that it is to ensure stability and quality of service, though I suspect that's all BS they spew in an attempt to sell more of their own phones.
Anyhow, try to find out if your carrier provisions VoLTE to unlocked/unbranded phones. If not, activating the VoLTE setting within the phone will not do anything.

I'm in an AT&T HD Voice coverage area.. never been able to use it or even see if it works. The build.prop edits seem to work for some but I've never been able to get it to work at all.. Could be AT&T blocking it of course since I don't have an AT&T device really on any of my 4 lines.. All unlocked non-carrier phones.

jbarcus81 said:
I'm in an AT&T HD Voice coverage area.. never been able to use it or even see if it works. The build.prop edits seem to work for some but I've never been able to get it to work at all.. Could be AT&T blocking it of course since I don't have an AT&T device really on any of my 4 lines.. All unlocked non-carrier phones.
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No issues at all for me. USA TMO.
Sent from my OnePlus 3T using XDA Labs

It is toggled on under status bar together with VoWifi but no idea how to activate it. I suspect my carrier doesn't allow it yet for this phone.

I seem to now have been able to activate it by *#800# but still no joy. I'm guessing this is due to three blocking it rather than my phone.

I use the VoLTE enabler in Magisk and once I enable and restart I have no issues. Workout it I don't get HD calling and any call I make, my phone drops from LTE to H. I'm on AT&T.

OP3T on Three UK. Been using crDroid Pie recently and i'm now able to make VoLTE calls. It comes and goes though. The options are in Settings and 'Enabled'. Phone Test shows VoLTE Provisioned. VoLTE icon show up in Status Bar.
Most of the time when i make a call i still see the Signal Icon drop from '4G' to 'H', but if i repeat dial a few times it latches on to VoLTE. I'm not sure why the inconsistency, but my 4G reception is weak and prone to disappearing entirely, so maybe that's why.
Three APN settings in ROM are same as always. No special 'ims' APN or settings.
@Eggstones
Edit: The package 'org.codeauora.ims' has been mentioned a few times for throwing up a 'Device is HD capable' Notification. I assume it's updates to this package that have enabled VoLTE?

@Dirk
I can get the volte to work fine but not the WiFi calling. I'd love to get that working ok.

Eggstones said:
@Dirk
I can get the volte to work fine but not the WiFi calling. I'd love to get that working ok.
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It's working for me. Turned off Mobile, enabled Wifi calling and had no problem making a call. I think the necessary settings have been added to the ims packages that are commonly included in Pie custom ROMs now.
What ROM are you using at the moment?

Dirk said:
It's working for me. Turned off Mobile, enabled Wifi calling and had no problem making a call. I think the necessary settings have been added to the ims packages that are commonly included in Pie custom ROMs now.
What ROM are you using at the moment?
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My phone is an OnePlus 3t, android 8.0.0 OOS 5.08
Switched off data and reactivated WiFi calling toggle but no success.

Eggstones said:
My phone is an OnePlus 3t, android 8.0.0 OOS 5.08
Switched off data and reactivated WiFi calling toggle but no success.
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As i said, it's working on Pie ROMs. It's not going to start working for you unless you update. It's impossible to say if the same will apply when OOS Pie is released. Maybe, maybe not.

Ok ta

Eggstones said:
Ok ta
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Have you used custom ROMs before? Is there something holding you back, or do you just prefer OOS?

Dirk said:
Have you used custom ROMs before? Is there something holding you back, or do you just prefer OOS?
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No. I have never tried to install one. Not sure how to do it. I'm aware of various guides but haven't taken the plunge. The furthest I got was rooting some old phones.

Eggstones said:
No. I have never tried to install one. Not sure how to do it. I'm aware of various guides but haven't taken the plunge. The furthest I got was rooting some old phones.
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You wouldn't need to Root. Everything else is a doddle on this phone. You might give it some thought. The obvious thing is to find out what the differences are and weigh up the pro's and cons. If Battery life is your absolute priority then OOS might be better. If wifi calling is your priority then custom ROMs are the answer. Gotta decide where you might gain, and where you might lose out.
If you decide to go for it, this is a good guide:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-5/how-to/oneplus-5-unlock-bootloader-flash-twrp-t3624877
Of course that is for the OP5 so you wouldn't use the software linked in that thread, but the principal is the same. The equivelent software for this phone is available here. The guide gets you through the important steps of unlocking Bootloader and getting TWRP on your phone. Beyond that it's easy as Pie to get a custom ROM on your phone.
Just ask if you need help. I can link you to the files you'd need.

Thank you. I might give it a go later this week

Nexus 6, T-Mobile and MMS problem

This has been a frustrating issue. My wife and I both have Nexus 6 phones. She has the 32gb & I have the 64gb version. Hers recently started not receiving MMS messages. Anything with a large picture would simply never show up. Anything with a very small graphic or group text would show up as "Non-text content". Here are the steps we've taken to solve this:
1. TMO started by insisting it was an APN issue. So she edited her APN. Didn't help.
2. We then swapped SIMs. Hmmmm. My phone then behaved like hers while hers could then send/receive MMS.
3. TMO said ok maybe it's the SIM. They sent us a new one. SAME result. Her phone wouldn't receive MMS.
4. Out of frustration, I factory reset her phone and reset the APN info. Didn't help. (Cleaned up her phone of some trash programs though. :laugh
5. TMO engineering says they still can't find anything on their end. Elevate to tech supervisor. She tells us to go a TMO store (right near us) to try a THIRD SIM. OK, we do. SAME RESULT. We tried swapping SIMs around again and the same thing happens. My SIM in her phone, everything works. Her SIM in mine, I can't receive MMS.
6. TMO store guy suggests MAYBE (but unlikely) that there is something her account has that's stored on the SIM when its activated that causes the phone to freak. Also says it's above his pay grade .
So now we are again waiting on TMO to poke around further on their end. My question for all you smart types here is:
Has anyone ever heard of this issue? Is there anything you know of that could be causing it? I think it's a bad provisioning somewhere in the dark recesses of TMO. The ONLY change we made to our plans (which seems just coincidental) is that we moved from the 2 lines Unlimited for $100 plan to the over-55 Unlimited plan. We did this maybe 3 weeks ago. But the features are all the same on both plans.
We are both on the same Android 7.0 final OTA firmware updates from Google. NBD92G
Would there be ANY chance that a sideload firmware update would make any difference? We're getting desperate here. Any & all suggestions welcome.

I wonder if her SIM is configured for wifi calling. There has been a conflict between wifi calling and mms for awhile. I've seen it reported several times where this T-Mobile forum post helps in that case

Don't use old firmware... I had issues on certain custom ROMs and old firmware where MMS wouldn't work over WiFi. Never as bad as you were getting.
If you wanna stay stock, sideload the latest OTA to go to NGI55D. Anything older than that is vulnerable to Blueborne exploit, which is a HUGE security concern IMO. I can confirm MMS is working correctly (even with WiFi enabled) on bone stock NGI55D as well as custom ROM Dirty Unicorns v11.7.1 which includes September security patch.

ktmom said:
I wonder if her SIM is configured for wifi calling. There has been a conflict between wifi calling and mms for awhile. I've seen it reported several times where this T-Mobile forum post helps in that case
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I've had this issue on most LOS roms. i ended up making a custom APN i flash when i try a rom built on LOS.

Yeah, it sure sounds like a problem with account partitioning, or something else with the account that gets associated with the SIM on initial use. What if you try the problem SIM in a phone that is not a Nexus 6? I wonder if you could get a new sim and set it up in a different phone, then transfer it to the problem phone?

OK all, finally got a TMO engineer who agreed with my assessment -- that it was a hidden provisioning problem. She nuked my wife's line and recreated it from scratch. Everything works great now. Frustrating that we had to go through about 15 phone calls and over 3 hours of phone time to get it resolved.

RealSkier said:
OK all, finally got a TMO engineer who agreed with my assessment -- that it was a hidden provisioning problem. She nuked my wife's line and recreated it from scratch. Everything works great now. Frustrating that we had to go through about 15 phone calls and over 3 hours of phone time to get it resolved.
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Glad they figured this out.

Nexus 6 Cell call and text unavailable

I recently flashed Lineage OS 16 onto my Nexus 6 (Shamu) installed Magiskv19 successfully and I have also flashed the latest radio.img (radio-shamu-d4.01-9625-05.51+fsg-9625-02.118) and everything seems to work perfectly fine until I attempt to make a call. I receive an error saying "Mobile Network Unavailable" I have attempted rebooting my phone and also wiping the device from TWRP. I cannot send/receive texts. I have also flashed a few different radio.img files to see if they would work but they have all ended with the same result. My mobile data and hotspot work perfectly fine so I'm sure that it isn't a SIM issue

I see that the Radio version you posted and the Radio version posted under Lineage OS 'Important Info' section doesn't match.
Please double check the descriptions clearly before flashing.
Edit: If you are a Verizon user. Then its the correct one.
But there is already some issues with Calls / Messages with Verizon users and Lineage 16. You can check out the posts

Agree with @Donz7733.
It is probably not the radio, just stick with the newest .51.
But our Pie-roms don't support VoLTE, and that means that phone calls will only work if you have 2G or 3G coverage. Some phone companies are closing the old networks and moving to only 4G.

Donz7733 said:
I see that the Radio version you posted and the Radio version posted under Lineage OS 'Important Info' section doesn't match.
Please double check the descriptions clearly before flashing.
Edit: If you are a Verizon user. Then its the correct one.
But there is already some issues with Calls / Messages with Verizon users and Lineage 16. You can check out the posts
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I am a Verizon user. I made sure I flashed the correct one

runekock said:
Agree with @Donz7733.
It is probably not the radio, just stick with the newest .51.
But our Pie-roms don't support VoLTE, and that means that phone calls will only work if you have 2G or 3G coverage. Some phone companies are closing the old networks and moving to only 4G.
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Will there be a point it time when VoLTE is supported?

Noah Duley said:
Will there be a point it time when VoLTE is supported?
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npjohnson, who is one of the big guys in LineageOS, wrote on Reddit:
"IMS (VoLTE/VoWi-Fi) can't work on Pie ever on platforms before 8996." (8996 refers to the Qualcomm 820 chip, which is ~2 years newer than ours).
So that's a very probable no.

runekock said:
npjohnson, who is one of the big guys in LineageOS, wrote on Reddit:
"IMS (VoLTE/VoWi-Fi) can't work on Pie ever on platforms before 8996." (8996 refers to the Qualcomm 820 chip, which is ~2 years newer than ours).
So that's a very probable no.
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Okay. Looks like I'm switching back to 15.1

RCS

Good news across the interwebs.
RCS working on most (if not all) phones on most (if not all) carriers. I'm not taking credit (or blame), but can confirm (supposedly) it works on my 6t on Verizon.
Need to install Google messages beta and carrier services. Need some way to access activities (I used Nova launcher).
Follow tutorial:
https://www.reddit.com/r/UniversalP...utorial_enable_rcs_on_any_carrierdevice_with/
Handy informative article:
https://www.pixelspot.net/2019/10/2...-any-carrier-and-device-with-google-messages/
As with everything here, blame the guy in the mirror if it goes wrong.
Edit : As of this morning (November 1st), it's no longer working for me. If I run across a reliable guide to get it working again, I'll update the op, but it shouldn't be surprising that this feature is inconsistent on a beta version of an app.
Edit 2: And just like that, messages updated and it's working again. Gotta love betas.

Not working for me. International version , rooted on latest stable os

It only works on wifi for me.

did not work for me either, additionally, I don't understand the significance of RCS. Why do I want/need it?
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It works perfect for me.
I am in Beta 01 of android 10.
Thank you so much.

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It only works on wifi for me.
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Same. Even then, its super finnicky.

Working for me

Worked perfect for me, wifi or cellular.
TMO 6T converted to international, lastest Android 9 release. I don't keep track of the versions anymore. Fully rooted, twrp and magisk, viper too!

Works perfect for me. A bit of thinkering and troubleshooting but got it to work.
RCS think of chat application integrated in your own ecosystem device.

It works for me also oos a10 b1. There's a post from xda about it. I had to do a couple of extra steps to get it working correctly.
https://www.xda-developers.com/enable-rcs-google-messages-any-carrier/
The biggest part was to ensure I set the following :
ACS Url
‘http://rcs-acs-prod-us.sandbox.google.com/’
OTP Pattern ‘Your\sMessenger\sverification\scode\sis\sG-(\d{6}).’

Pressing apply after changing OTP Pattern to ‘Your\sMessenger\sverification\scode\sis\sG-(\d{6}) does nothing. Not sure if it even applied. If i go back and try to change it again the field its empty.
Changing ACS Url to ‘http://rcs-acs-prod-us.sandbox.google.com/’ works, or at least the option sticks.
Using dual sim here and sim nr was ported, not sure if it can affect. By default the messages app doesn't read my phone nr correctly due to it being ported.
Tried forcing RCS by setting up the correct nr on messages RCS setting but it just sits in "setting up..." status.

Not sure why this matters at all. If the counter party has not enabled RCS this seems pointless. And since Google can and likely will **** this down in the near future it will not matter. Last but not least, I am not impatient enough to care if my counterparty is typing or had read the messsage. If I need to know I text them "did you see this".if they don't answer then I know they have but don't care. The whole iMessage thing has never done anything for me. The most annoying thing is the absolute neutering of videos the moment there is an iMessage user on a thread.

I have this working on two devices and after some testing I have to say unfortunately it is not working enough for day to day use. The RCS communication does work between the two devices if you are actively having a conversation but if you set them down and then try to message one the message will say sent but not be received on the other device until you pick up the other device and send a message to the sending device, then the message will come through and RCS will be working. Basically it works but it is not working to push the message through when not active. I re-tested using sms and all was good. Anyone else experience this?

Working perfectly on T-Mo USA 6t on Android 10

Remember there is no end-to-end encryption when using this. So don't send anything naughty ?

After some digging on the net I came to the conclusion that (1) this is not yet stable (2) not secure (3) if the other party doesn't have RCS it will not work (4) international version of Oneplus 6T will not work due to 2 SIMS .

IGKID said:
After some digging on the net I came to the conclusion that (1) this is not yet stable (2) not secure (3) if the other party doesn't have RCS it will not work (4) international version of Oneplus 6T will not work due to 2 SIMS .
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International OP6T version, 2 SIMs, working perfectly.

I did this two days ago and it is working on my wife's OP6 and my Tmo converted to international 6T. No issues for me. Testing between my wife and I is working, although we typically use hangouts.

I have noone to RCS with but I want to try it out! Anyone down to text ? Lol

Seems like this "hidden trick" is starting to break on certain devices... including this phone