Ok I paid off my Pixel 4 XL can't unlock boooader. I called TMobile for 2days now they said they white listed my so I'm able to unlock it with the stupid TMobile unlock device app and cut and dry it ain't working. I force closed app cleared storage and nothing. If anybody provide me some help to unlock it. It would be highly appreciated. Because these kooks at TMobile don't seem to know anything. I'm idiot I should have got the my device from Google. First time getting a phone from carrier and it sucks. Please help thx
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freddienuxx said:
Ok I paid off my Pixel 4 XL can't unlock boooader. I called TMobile for 2days now they said they white listed my so I'm able to unlock it with the stupid TMobile unlock device app and cut and dry it ain't working. I force closed app cleared storage and nothing. If anybody provide me some help to unlock it. It would be highly appreciated. Because these kooks at TMobile don't seem to know anything. I'm idiot I should have got the my device from Google. First time getting a phone from carrier and it sucks. Please help thx
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Did you try to unlock the phone without installing the Sim first? Set phone up with WiFi, go to dev options...
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Did you try to unlock the phone without installing the Sim first? Set phone up with WiFi, go to dev options...
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i am actually doing that now as we speak
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i am actually doing that now as we speak
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Didn't work I'm actually replying on my cousins phone. Yea didn't work so now I'm side loading it's zip as we speak. I don't get it why would TMobile do this?
Seeing the same thing on my end. App just doesn't work.
uummmm i got my tmobile pixel 4 even before i received it i contacted twitter support gave them the imei to whitelist it for unlock, got the phone when to the app connected to wifi press unlock and wala when to dev option and oem unlock now i am rooted with bootloader unlocked
Contact T-Mobile via Twitter DM, they're a lot easier to work with. They were able to get my 6T SIM unlocked so I could unlock the bootloader even though it's not paid off yet.
Well today I received my 7th Google Pixel 4XL from TMO. I'm not getting into how i got (7) but TMOHelp finally gave me the OK to Carrier Unlock my device. After about a 5-10 minute wait, i was given the go ahead to Permanently UNLOCK my Pixel and it work! OEM Unlock is NO LONGER Greyed-Out. A couple points I would like to make :
-Device was delivered TODAY (2/11) and Unlocked TODAY ((2/11) NOT (40) Days old as Policy states.
-Device was NOT PAID OFF in full (Device discounted $423 to match competitors pricing)
-Account IS in Good Standing
-I have NOT made 1 payment towards device.
-Obviously device has NOT been reported Stolen, Lost, etc.
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Bought a T-Mobile Pixel 4 XL during the sale. Brand new customer, phones leased and not paid off.
I was able to get the T-Mobile Twitter people to enable dual SIM for me and switch my T-Mobile SIM to an eSIM and then whitelist my IMEI so I could run the T-Mobile unlock app. Now I'm fully SIM unlocked and I've also enabled OEM Bootloader Unlocking in Dev mode.
Later this week when I have time I'm going to at a minium get TWRP and Magik on there for ROOT. Smooth enough that I'm not ready for custom ROMs yet.
TWRP isn't available yet, the developer is doing real life and it turns out it's taking up a lot of his time.
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TWRP isn't available yet, the developer is doing real life and it turns out it's taking up a lot of his time.
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What has replaced it?
There is no replacement. People are rooting by patching the boot with Magisk, you'll also find some other changes in the world brought on by Android 10, (for example) no easy editing of the build.prop. You'll need to read up on procedures and you come across the various changes going on in Android while doing that bit of housekeeping.
Reminds me of when I first got my Nexus 6!
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Bought a T-Mobile Pixel 4 XL during the sale. Brand new customer, phones leased and not paid off.
I was able to get the T-Mobile Twitter people to enable dual SIM for me and switch my T-Mobile SIM to an eSIM and then whitelist my IMEI so I could run the T-Mobile unlock app. Now I'm fully SIM unlocked and I've also enabled OEM Bootloader Unlocking in Dev mode.
Later this week when I have time I'm going to at a minium get TWRP and Magik on there for ROOT. Smooth enough that I'm not ready for custom ROMs yet.
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What did you tell them so your IMEI could be whitelisted and you could run the T-Mobile Unlock app?
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What has replaced it?
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To root: Magisk
Deleted. Wrong thread.
freddienuxx said:
Ok I paid off my Pixel 4 XL can't unlock boooader.
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Ok I paid off my Pixel 4 XL can't unlock boooader...
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Settings->System->Reset options->Reset Wi-Fi, mobile & Bluetooth
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Currently the Google Play Store is listing the Nexus 7 3G with a AT&T Logo...
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Does this mean the N7 w/ 3G will be locked to AT&T, and not available as an Unlocked Device? I certainly hope not!
Okay, Scratched that... Contacted Google Device Support (Actually Got an Intelligent Person this time) and they informed that it will be unlocked, and AT&T is only listed to let buyers know AT&T Service can be used on the Device. (and he hinted at a possible AT&T Data Only plan for the N7)
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Okay, Scratched that... Contacted Google Device Support (Actually Got an Intelligent Person this time) and they informed that it will be unlocked, and AT&T is only listed to let buyers know AT&T Service can be used on the Device. (and he hinted at a possible AT&T Data Only plan for the N7)
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oh.. thanks for your information! i'm very scared when i saw AT&T logo and disappeared unlocked!
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oh.. thanks for your information! i'm very scared when i saw AT&T logo and disappeared unlocked!
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Scared me too...
but with my experience with Google Support is they are often wrong...
YOu can't even select it now. For me it takes me to a page where it says, "The page doesn't exist on this server" or something.
Remove the _att from the end of the link.
strangely enough the canadian version of those pages don't have that issue. In canada (and likely UK and so on too) it's still the old "unlocked" thing in the selection and it works like it used to with the american before the change.
It is available for sale yet? Neither _att or without it works with a purchase link .
The links are fixed now, but they're out of stock I think.
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The links are fixed now, but they're out of stock I think.
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They haven't started selling yet, so it's not really OOS. Also, I've seen them change the links twice now. It's still slightly broken (ie: if you click on AT&T then 3G again, it gives you an error message about not available in your country).
Any second now.....and it should go on sale......hopefully....
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In stock now in the usa!!!!
It looks like they already sold out, I managed to get in an order of the Nexus 7 w/ the ATT Sim Card, but the device said 'unlocked'. The strange thing is, if you're on the page where it gives the description of the Nexus 7 3G + ATT Sim Page, if you scroll down, you'll see a 3rd Card that lists "Nexus 7 + WIFI + HSPA" w/o the ATT Logo and if you click that one I see that it's "Not available in your country"...
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Okay, Scratched that... Contacted Google Device Support (Actually Got an Intelligent Person this time) and they informed that it will be unlocked, and AT&T is only listed to let buyers know AT&T Service can be used on the Device. (and he hinted at a possible AT&T Data Only plan for the N7)
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Confirmed. Just got a promo mail from Google
" Nexus 7 comes with an optional no-contract SIM card from AT&T so you can get started with mobile data service right out of the box."
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Confirmed. Just got a promo mail from Google
" Nexus 7 comes with an optional no-contract SIM card from AT&T so you can get started with mobile data service right out of the box."
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Did you notice that the link to the AT&T plans gives a 404?
Learn more about AT&T mobile data services
http://www.att.com/nexus7&utm_sourc...mpaign=N7_NotifyMe&pcampaignid=111312EMN7US03
Yeah, I think they are still updating the page. You'd think that with half a month of time to get the page ready they'd have it ready to go
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Update - IT WORKS!!!
Phone is unlocked and Tmo LTE is a GO!
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I just picked up my galaxy s6 active, but I plan to use it with tmobile. From what I saw, it takes band 4 lte, which is tmo, so all I would need are the apn settings and I should be good to go.
Now I am very impatiently waiting for my unlock code from Theunlockingcompany.com
I'll report how it goes here.
Will ATT not unlock in store? I thought they would if you pay full price.
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I got mine on Craigslist. So I need to unlock it myself.
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I got mine on Craigslist. So I need to unlock it myself.
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Can you unlock if it's under contract or on payment plan? If so let me know where, thanks!
You can unlock any GSM phone regardless of if it is under any contract or not.
There are plenty of online services that give you unlock codes based on your imei
Tried one on eBay, came back as "this device is active on another user's account" which apparently means it's under contract. Bought phone on swappa so must've been an upgrade.
BTW, this is exactly how I did it. Still waiting on my unlock code though.
https://youtu.be/Xp_enPOLU14
Looks like we are good to go! OP updated.
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Looks like we are good to go! OP updated.
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How much?[emoji6]
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How much?[emoji6]
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Bought the phone on craigslist for $450.... checked to make sure it was not blacklisted.
Paid $40 to unlock it at theunlockingcompany.com
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Bought the phone on craigslist for $450.... checked to make sure it was not blacklisted.
Paid $40 to unlock it at theunlockingcompany.com
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Holy crap! You got a $700 brand new phone on CL for $450? Wonder why the person didn't return phone for refund instead since it's only been out since last Friday officially? Was seller an at&t employee or something?
Yep... the guy had 3 of them
I'm eyeing this phone for use on T-mobile - does it have full LTE support (including band 12) on T-mobile?
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Holy crap! You got a $700 brand new phone on CL for $450? Wonder why the person didn't return phone for refund instead since it's only been out since last Friday officially? Was seller an at&t employee or something?
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Sounds like it fell of the back of a truck deal to me.
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I'm eyeing this phone for use on T-mobile - does it have full LTE support (including band 12) on T-mobile?
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It does not support band 12.
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Does not take band 12 but I'll take it anyway.
So how would you be getting future firmware updates? Would you be able to get it OTA when AT&T release it for the S6 Active, or do you need to wait for it to be uploaded somewhere so you can download and install?
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So how would you be getting future firmware updates? Would you be able to get it OTA when AT&T release it for the S6 Active, or do you need to wait for it to be uploaded somewhere so you can download and install?
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1. Odin flash the update
2. I am counting on root and custom recovery being available at some point.
3. I believe I can still get an Ota even if I have a different carrier Sim in their via wifi.
Just picked up my active. Just waiting on unlock code.
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A question: for the Limited Warranty sheet, does it say that the warranty covers all of North America, or just the States? Trying to figure out if I'll lose the warranty for bringing the phone to Canada
Since there is absolutely ZERO info about this cell, I think those of us should share little what we have. Im uploading a STOCK KERNEL and STOCK RECOVERY file using the FLASHIFY.apk. I am rooted using KINGROOT! The STOCK rom is 5.0.2!
STOCK KERNEL
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0SpViU3rvl6dWtKOVAweEh2QW8/view?usp=sharing
STOCK RECOVERY
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0SpViU3rvl6blNFaEkzQlN4aXc/view?usp=sharing
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Excellent. The only other person besides myself in the world with this variant. I have posted the the boot.img,recovery.img, and build.prop in another thread to have a custom recovery made, but havent heard anything back yet.
I too am having an issue finding anything for this phone. Not to tech savvy myself but I'm sure something will come soon. Black Friday at Walmart sold a ton of these phones so I'm sure it won't be long.
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Me too man bought on Black friday and looking to unlock this for t mobile . Let's see what happen ??
EDIT:- Is someone is using for other network than straightalk ??
I too snagged this phone at Walmart on Black Thursday right after a hearty meal of turkey and all the fixin's lol. So far, all I've been able to really accomplish on this device is to root it with KingRoot, replace KingRoot with SuperSU and enable tethering. We really do need a custom recovery for this variant. A permissive kernel would be nice too.
I bought one of these phones from black Friday online from Wal-mart the Straight Talk model but online it shows S920C instead of S920L.... Does anyone know the difference?
http://www.walmart.com/ip/46716426
I don't have the device in hand yet, should be here by the 4th to verify the model number. I posted the link though.
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I have a SM-S920L(As screenshot above) and i bought from Best buy and it is locked to Tracfone. I called to cell representative and he told me that it can be unlock after 1 year of use.
James L said:
I bought one of these phones from black Friday online from Wal-mart the Straight Talk model but online it shows S920C instead of S920L.... Does anyone know the difference?
http://www.walmart.com/ip/46716426
I don't have the device in hand yet, should be here by the 4th to verify the model number. I posted the link though.
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When trying to update the software from 5.0.2 to 5.1.1 it says update temperarally unavailable I called Samsung and there is an update but for some reason I can't get it anyone else have this problem?
DanHutchins said:
When trying to update the software from 5.0.2 to 5.1.1 it says update temperarally unavailable I called Samsung and there is an update but for some reason I can't get it anyone else have this problem?
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I've read somewhere that in order to update you have to get a new SIM card from Straight talk. I myself haven't test this theory so if anyone is able to update after doing so, please post your results for the rest of us.
I read the same just was wondering if there was another way thanks for the info.
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I read the same just was wondering if there was another way thanks for the info.
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If you do find another way let us know. Seems like a pain just to get an update.
So I talked to straight talk and they said that the ota issue don't qualify for a sim replacement. Not to sure how the other people got there's but they refuse to send me one. I will be doing more research to find another way. They also claim that 5.0.2 is the latest version for the phone but the others that have had the sim replaced have 5.1.1
I haven't seen mention of any SM-S920L's on 5.1.1.
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Me too man bought on Black friday and looking to unlock this for t mobile . Let's see what happen ??
EDIT:- Is someone is using for other network than straightalk ??
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This variant is the LTE version. In other words, it's already unlocked. You should be able to put pretty much any SIM in.
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adrwill2000 said:
This variant is the LTE version. In other words, it's already unlocked. You should be able to put pretty much any SIM in.
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Does this mean that LTE phones are unlocked? I always thought it was just a type of 4g just a bit faster
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After further research I have found that 5.0.2 is the latest for the phone so I am assuming that the others that had this and claim it was fixed with new sim was probably just the timing of the update being available and was only to 5.0.2.
After getting the phone in hand it's indeed a S920L and not a S920C as shown on the Wal-Mart website
Is there anyway to change the APN settings on this phone? Just got it today and i am unable to get picture messages from people i was previously getting them from with my old phone/sim. Thanks!
Azdonald said:
Is there anyway to change the APN settings on this phone? Just got it today and i am unable to get picture messages from people i was previously getting them from with my old phone/sim. Thanks!
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If its a straight talk phone you should be able to go to the Straight Talk website and get the APN APN or VPN whatever you need other than that I don't know
Nope, no way to change it. It's a CDMA/LTE phone on Verizon Wireless.
I have to say this is an awesome phone. I'm using straight talk with TWRP Recovery and Turbos Rom
This is very odd and I have tried to follow any advice found online to alleviate this. I have done many factory resets, reloaded ROM, Modem, Bootloader all via ODIN, went to t-mobile to get a new sim card, and manually created APN to name a few ... but nothing seems to work. I see that I can not downgrade either so I have a working brick if I am close to WiFi... oddly enough the only way it lets me call or text is if I am connected to WiFi and have WiFi calling turned on.
Did you just buy the phone from a second hand seller?
IMEI is probably blacklisted.
aznvi3tric3guy said:
Did you just buy the phone from a second hand seller?
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Nope, I have had the phone since it came out.
darekz said:
IMEI is probably blacklisted.
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Can i not check to see if i am blacklisted?
Walk into your carrier store and they can check while you wait.
Pp.
I have the same problem with my sim unlocked T-Mobile Note 4 but only when roaming. Before 5.1.1 everything was alright.
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Walk into your carrier store and they can check while you wait.
Pp.
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I had gone in and they even gave me a new sim card just to be sure the sim card had not gone bad on me.
I have unlocked note 4 with 5.1.1 with an AT&T SIM card. Sometimes, about 5 times a day, I cannot register on network when I am connected to WiFi for data. If I turn WiFi off, and get 4G LTE symbol, then I can register and make calls. Very strange! How do I got back to old 4.4 version?
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I have unlocked note 4 with 5.1.1 with an AT&T SIM card. Sometimes, about 5 times a day, I cannot register on network when I am connected to WiFi for data. If I turn WiFi off, and get 4G LTE symbol, then I can register and make calls. Very strange! How do I got back to old 4.4 version?
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Not possible to go back to 4.1.1 after 5.1.1.
Try going back to stock firmware and see if problem continues.
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Your better off buying att phone and have a working device, as per your other thread you don't want to play with roms, not on these new Samsung phones, to much security in place.
Pp.
Strangely when I roam I experience the following:
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When I roam, I loose voice but data remains even though there's the "no service" message, and upon inspection not even a carrier!
How come?!?
I have tried flashing several modems and 5.1.1 roms with no luck.
Cheers!
I'm going to blame this one on root.
Pp.
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Walk into your carrier store and they can check while you wait.
Pp.
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Confirmed with T-Mobile that I am not blacklisted. They did give me a special number to call into for help with this release, they claim that I was not the only person who had problems with this update. Since I do not have a landline I have to wait till I get a break at work to try contacting them.... will post results if any. lol
Rayan said:
Strangely when I roam I experience the following:
When I roam, I loose voice but data remains even though there's the "no service" message, and upon inspection not even a carrier!
How come?!?
I have tried flashing several modems and 5.1.1 roms with no luck.
Cheers!
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I can't get my phone to connect to anything, the only thing that works for me is calls and text when I am connected to wifi with wifi calling enabled for some reason. Very strange but it seems that T-Mobile is aware of a number of issues related to this release. I have even tried installing custom ROM to see if that would work but it seems that whatever I do nothing works. I have reloaded stock firmware with odin more times than I can count at this point.
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I'm going to blame this one on root.
Pp.
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Highly doubt it because not everyone is having this problem after root on 5.1.1.
Also, I've been root prior to 5.1.1 without problems.
But thanks
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Not possible to go back to 4.1.1 after 5.1.1.
Try going back to stock firmware and see if problem continues.
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Your better off buying att phone and have a working device, as per your other thread you don't want to play with roms, not on these new Samsung phones, to much security in place.
Pp.
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I guess having a cheap phone would not be so bad at this point... at least I would be able to call in to work if I am going to be late.
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Highly doubt it because not everyone is having this problem after root on 5.1.1.
Also, I've been root prior to 5.1.1 without problems.
But thanks
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I was rooted prior to update, I first flashed back stock rom and then ran OTA. Something did not go as planned but good to know that I am not alone here. I have been so happy with this phone, bought it as soon as it had come out. Hopefully this will be something that t-mobile can fix because I still owe 250 on this phone sadly.
Got done with tech support just now. We found my baseband is not the most recent and have also filed a ticket with their engineers to see if there anything that could be making it so I can not register. I will update thread when I have heard back.
I've since updated to the correct baseband.... no luck. They also recommended going to bestbuy to see if the samsung rep there can do anything.
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I've since updated to the correct baseband.... no luck. They also recommended going to bestbuy to see if the samsung rep there can do anything.
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Best buy may be your best bet, they have software provided by Samsung that can (maybe) fix your problem, if not maybe they can help you with Samsung getting a replacement.
Good luck.
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I have an unlocked Note 8 bought from Amazon.co.uk and i am using it in Greece.
While my Galaxy S7 has the caller id option enabled on my Note 8 this option is greyed out.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
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I have an unlocked Note 8 bought from Amazon.co.uk and i am using it in Greece.
While my Galaxy S7 has the caller id option enabled on my Note 8 this option is greyed out.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
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Unlocked using Verizon and it's enabled for me.
Probably there are a lot of people who do not have the same problem as i do. By just saying that you are ok you understand that you are giving me no help at all, right?
is that option only available on unlocked versions?
I think xbmoyx comment is certainly helpful as it indicates that unlocked Note 8 does support the feature.
My unlocked Note also supports it, using TMO as provider in the US.
I think there is no spam phone register in Europe/Greece yet, so the service is not being provided to you and that is the reason why it is greyed out.
Mine is grayed out but it is on. I am with t mobile.
It works on my unlocked phone here in the UK. I think the option is region specific.
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Definitely sounds region-specific...like my old Galaxy S7 from Sprint that hid/restricted access to the APN settings menu. My S7 was sim-unlocked and I wasn't on Sprint anyways, so I was able to flash an unbranded version of their firmware which lifted those restrictions and provided normal access again to those features. Sounds similar to your case OP.
My phone had that working with hydra rom, when I installed 8 ported rom it no longer works, it also is greyed out in off position
got my unbranded/unlocked on amazon uk as well and it is also greyed out, I've no sim card in it at the moment though, maybe it depends if the actual service is available from your provider
You first have to go to advanced features, enable it there
You can also try downloading the latest software for the carrier you are using it on (from Sammobile or wherever), and then flash the Home_CSC file only.
That's how i got all my carrier features (and caller ID/Spam Protection) back.
winol said:
You first have to go to advanced features, enable it there
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I have a note 8 and I don't even have the option for the Caller ID and spam Protection. I also went to the advanced features and could not find anything there as well. My carrier is Verizon.
Verynoob1 said:
I have a note 8 and I don't even have the option for the Caller ID and spam Protection. I also went to the advanced features and could not find anything there as well. My carrier is Verizon.
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Verynoob1 said:
I have a note 8 and I don't even have the option for the Caller ID and spam Protection. I also went to the advanced features and could not find anything there as well. My carrier is Verizon.
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If your phone was purchased through Verizon it's the 950U and the feature is disabled because they want you to use their pre installed caller id app instead. You will need to flash the latest 950U1 firmware for the feature everyone is talking about. Keep in mind if you flash this you will loose all the Verizon bloatware such as VVM and what not and your phone will be reset. Also the link I provided is the latest firmware as of today but I think another update is coming soon.
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If your phone was purchased through Verizon it's the 950U and the feature is disabled because they want you to use their pre installed caller id app instead. You will need to flash the latest 950U1 firmware for the feature everyone is talking about. Keep in mind if you flash this you will loose all the Verizon bloatware such as VVM and what not and your phone will be reset. Also the link I provided is the latest firmware as of today but I think another update is coming soon.
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Thanks that clears that issue up!!
Verynoob1 said:
Thanks that clears that issue up!!
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No problem, you can always flash back to the Verizon firmware if you don't like the 950U1. I did the same to my wife's S8+.
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No problem, you can always flash back to the Verizon firmware if you don't like the 950U1. I did the same to my wife's S8+.
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Thanks for the info. I am going to try the Hiya app for now as I'm not that very savvy on flashing.
winol said:
You first have to go to advanced features, enable it there
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Will you be more specific? Where in advanced feathers should I change something and what exactly?
I mean I use S9 with U1 firmware, but still this Caller ID and spam protection feature is greyed out. I had it also in my unlocked S7 before with different operators I had been with. Also, I am sure it's not a matter of operator since my friend used the same phone with same operator, but had this not greyed out.
Guys, this issue will be Service provider related. I have two S10, same Model Number (SM-G973F/DS), same Software latest version (G973FXXUFHVE1), working on same network (Vodafone, Spain) so unlocked. One has Caller ID and spam protection ON but you cannot turn off, other is the opposite. Switched OFF and you cannot turn off.
But the Service provider software versions are different (CSC code):
Protectoin ON: .....AMO/AMO,AMO/AMO (Spain)
Protection OFF: .....BTU/BTU,BTU/BTU (Great Britain)
Maybe that's the key... i'm going to try to change BTU version to AMO on my second phone and keep you updated.
Guide how to change the Service provider (CSC code):