Is it likely that the WiFi models of the Tab S8 will see TWRP? I have the Wifi version of the Tab S7 and I haven't found TWRP for it, oddly enough. I would think it would be popular enough for that development. I specifically bought the WiFi version of the Tab S7 for that reason, thinking that would be the case, but oddly enough, the cellular models of the Tab S7 have it, but not WiFi. Frustrating...
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Is it likely that the WiFi models of the Tab S8 will see TWRP? I have the Wifi version of the Tab S7 and I haven't found TWRP for it, oddly enough. I would think it would be popular enough for that development. I specifically bought the WiFi version of the Tab S7 for that reason, thinking that would be the case, but oddly enough, the cellular models of the Tab S7 have it, but not WiFi. Frustrating...
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Yes I bought the tab s6 wifi because that used to be the most popular and now everyone buys the LTE verisons which to me doesn't make sense because I don't take my tablet out and if I did I would just hotspot my phone for Internet and save money on model
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I currently own a Samsung Tablet with Phone functionality via T-Mobile, I'm wondering if there are any other tablets out there that offer this capabilities (hacked or not hacked)?
I use T-Mobile, so itd have to be compatible with T-Mobile/SIM Card... or is the Galaxy Tab my only option?
Love my tab as phone, so much real estate on the screen it's amazing, totally outweighs the size of the phone... just wondering if i have more choices out there
I believe the flyer and the 8.9 tab
NineT9 said:
I currently own a Samsung Tablet with Phone functionality via T-Mobile, I'm wondering if there are any other tablets out there that offer this capabilities (hacked or not hacked)?
I use T-Mobile, so itd have to be compatible with T-Mobile/SIM Card... or is the Galaxy Tab my only option?
Love my tab as phone, so much real estate on the screen it's amazing, totally outweighs the size of the phone... just wondering if i have more choices out there
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How'd you do that??
Search for rotohammer modem switch.
natious said:
I believe the flyer and the 8.9 tab
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8.9 yes have a phone function. BUT flyer?? I don't think so.
polish_express said:
How'd you do that??
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I believe by following this below treat, you can enable the phone function (for european version). Mine is unbranded and unlock (Asian version), that why I can use the phone function.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=929479
Yes, there is Huawei IDEOS S7
check its details on http://www.gsmarena.com/huawei_ideos_s7-3740.php
Also there is Huawei IDEOS S7 Slim
and here is its details http://www.gsmarena.com/huawei_ideos_s7_slim-3789.php
and there is a CDMA version from this one
Rumor doeshave if that 8.9 will
Viewsonic Viewpad 7(quad band GSM)
Hi, just seeking some advice.
I currently own the Samsung galaxy tab 7" p1010 Wifi only,which is think is brilliant. however i have brought vaious accessories such as a bluetooth keyboard and the offical Samsung video out cable that are said to work with the galaxy tab, but after trying they donot work with the wifi only verson.
I live in the UK but will soon being going to america on holiday, im considering buying as 3G verson while i am out there as it should be considerably cheaper.
Can anyone confirm either of the the following issues i may encounter?
will it work in the UK with a UK sim if i buy it in america?
will the accessories i have already pucheased actually work on the 3G verson?
what is the Latest Offical firmware for the 3G verson?
(I do not wish to Root my device just incase anything goes wrong)
Any help would be greatly appericated.
So after months of trying I was finally able to buy and import in the mythical sm-t705m into America. I contacted a few people and when I was telling a colleague he told me we had a coworker who had family in Brazil. And about 6 weeks later I am typing to you from my Tab S.
This is the South American version of the Tab S 8.4 that has the phone built in AND has compatible North American LTE bands. I can verify that LTE bands are working fine. I am on T-Mobile and all I did was take out my old Sim card and popped it into my tab s and it picked them up right away. Speeds are the same as they were on my old Galaxy Mega 6.3, just on a bigger device. Checked the network status and it said I was on band 4.
Tab s itself was about $450 but then cost of shipping and PayPal fee charge and a little something for my coworkers brother, it came to about $600. If I can get $200 for my old phone then I will be very happy with the final cost.
Those that want this device find someone that can help you out. Definitely worth it.
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So after months of trying I was finally able to buy and import in the mythical sm-t705m into America. I contacted a few people and when I was telling a colleague he told me we had a coworker who had family in Brazil. And about 6 weeks later I am typing to you from my Tab S.
This is the South American version of the Tab S 8.4 that has the phone built in AND has compatible North American LTE bands. I can verify that LTE bands are working fine. I am on T-Mobile and all I did was take out my old Sim card and popped it into my tab s and it picked them up right away. Speeds are the same as they were on my old Galaxy Mega 6.3, just on a bigger device. Checked the network status and it said I was on band 4.
Tab s itself was about $450 but then cost of shipping and PayPal fee charge and a little something for my coworkers brother, it came to about $600. If I can get $200 for my old phone then I will be very happy with the final cost.
Those that want this device find someone that can help you out. Definitely worth it.
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This is pretty interesting. I got my Tab S 8.4 from overseas (As I wanted phone capability) But I am only able to use HSPA+ on AT&T in the US. I didn't realize that there was a version with both US based LTE and Phone.
Any idea what model number it is? Is it Exynos or Snapdragon?
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This is pretty interesting. I got my Tab S 8.4 from overseas (As I wanted phone capability) But I am only able to use HSPA+ on AT&T in the US. I didn't realize that there was a version with both US based LTE and Phone.
Any idea what model number it is? Is it Exynos or Snapdragon?
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Its an exynos processor. Just ran CPU Z.
I was going to buy the European model as well, but I read a thread here about there being a South American version that had the compatible LTE bands and it does. I am on T-Mobile and it connects to band 4 all the time. I have ran multiple speed tests and I get usually mid 20s, although I did hit 51 Mbps down one time and 40s a handful of times as well. Depends on where I'm at.
I was worried about future proofing a bit because I read T-Mobile wasnt going to try to increase hspa+ and I was worried eventually they would dump it all together for LTE. This way I am good to go because it also has band 2 something they are working to increase as well this year.
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Its an exynos processor. Just ran CPU Z.
I was going to buy the European model as well, but I read a thread here about there being a South American version that had the compatible LTE bands and it does. I am on T-Mobile and it connects to band 4 all the time. I have ran multiple speed tests and I get usually mid 20s, although I did hit 51 Mbps down one time and 40s a handful of times as well. Depends on where I'm at.
I was worried about future proofing a bit because I read T-Mobile wasnt going to try to increase hspa+ and I was worried eventually they would dump it all together for LTE. This way I am good to go because it also has band 2 something they are working to increase as well this year.
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Yeah, HSPA+ will be going away, but i'm sure i'll have a new by then anyways. Plus so many people are on LTE now that the HSPA+ speeds have been much better than they used to be...
AT&T does use Band 4 from what I can tell as well. I'll have to keep this in mind when buying a phone in the future.
Thanks!
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Yeah, HSPA+ will be going away, but i'm sure i'll have a new by then anyways. Plus so many people are on LTE now that the HSPA+ speeds have been much better than they used to be...
AT&T does use Band 4 from what I can tell as well. I'll have to keep this in mind when buying a phone in the future.
Thanks!
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No problem. Nice thing about the Tab S is that the specs are so good it should last for more than a typical phone.
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No problem. Nice thing about the Tab S is that the specs are so good it should last for more than a typical phone.
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Yes, that is very true. It preforms pretty good, but when the Tab S2 8.0 comes out I may just upgrade to that.
For me the crazy high resolution of the Tab S 8.4 is a little to high for an 8.4 inch device. The video has some lag from all the pixels. I think a lower resolution would be plenty fine and would help performance.
All the manufactures are having pixel density wars, I think they are getting out of hand.
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Yes, that is very true. It preforms pretty good, but when the Tab S2 8.0 comes out I may just upgrade to that.
For me the crazy high resolution of the Tab S 8.4 is a little to high for an 8.4 inch device. The video has some lag from all the pixels. I think a lower resolution would be plenty fine and would help performance.
All the manufactures are having pixel density wars, I think they are getting out of hand.
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I read that the S2 will have a 4:3 ratio and I think that might make it hard for calls and carrying, being wider. I'm happy with the form factor now. I always said a 7 inch would be perfect, but I am enjoying the 8.4 because of small bezels
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I read that the S2 will have a 4:3 ratio and I think that might make it hard for calls and carrying, being wider. I'm happy with the form factor now. I always said a 7 inch would be perfect, but I am enjoying the 8.4 because of small bezels
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Yeah 4:3 might be strange. But looking at the specs We're only talking about 1/2 inch wider. That might be ok for holding. We'll have to see when it comes out...
Literally on my way to purchase a LTE Galaxy Tab S2 but don't know if I should get the Verizon or Tmobile version. I want the Verizon one but if it can't be rooted without losing LTE, then I will settle for the Tmobile version.
Anyone wants to chime in? I did a quick search but didn't find a clear, straightforward answer.
TIA!
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Literally on my way to purchase a LTE Galaxy Tab S2 but don't know if I should get the Verizon or Tmobile version. I want the Verizon one but if it can't be rooted without losing LTE, then I will settle for the Tmobile version.
Anyone wants to chime in? I did a quick search but didn't find a clear, straightforward answer.
TIA!
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If you know the model number . Maybe it's easier to identify if it's rootable or not .
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If you know the model number . Maybe it's easier to identify if it's rootable or not .
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Damn, I don't know it. I ordered it in-store and it should be delivered eitehr tomorrow or Tuesday. I guess I will keep my fingers crossed that I get a model that is rootable.
Seeing that the Tab S2 for Verizon is not rootable because of the locked bootloader, I have decided to return it and ordered the Asus Zenpad Z10 instead.
I see that the Asus Zenpad Z8 has already been rooted, so i expect the Z10 will probably be rootable as well.
Now I'm wondering if the Tab S2 was a better buy all things considered, over the Zenpad Z10.
FML
Hey all sorry for the newbness, I'm kinda totally new to android modding. I've been running a G800A for years now and love it to death, but it's just become a bit too outdated and limiting in stock form. I'm also under the understanding that the G800A is the most limiting version, as there is not even ROMs available to run anything about Android 5.1.1(?)
So I'm understanding if I wanted to go to LineageOS, my options are the G800F/M/Y. Anything I've found on these shows them all virtually identical other than the 4g bands. Would any one of these 3 be any better than the others to use in the USA? Does whatever carrier I would end up going with matter much?
Also, even more stupider questions- has anyone tried installing LineageOS on the G800A?
Last one- what about the G800R4 if I wanted to go with a CDMA carrier?
TIA for any help with this
you can only flash a rom built for your exact device...
only a 800f rom for a 800f device..
or you will brick..
( some roms are built for more then one device like the f/m/y variants)
sadly almost every samsung device sold in the usa after the s4 is bootloader locked.
so you cant flash anything.
you can get a s5 mini g800f from ebay for 60$ and start the flashing game is you love small phones.
That is what is did.
every samsung phone i get now is international or i dont buy it.
@nutpants thx for the reply. I'm still a bit confused tho- aren't US version G900s able to be flashed? Unless I misunderstood some of the stuff I've come across. I'm still on the fence as to whether I want to stay with something quite so small as the G800 (my eyeballs are getting old along with me). I think I might go with a G900 and see how it works out. But is this the same deal ie- I need to look for an international version of that?
Also, I've noticed that tons of international versions have limited to no compatible LTE bands with those used here in the states. I'm assuming there's no workaround for this as it's a hardware issue(?) How much does this affect real world usability?
first off i dont know everything, so you will have to research
https://www.kimovil.com/en/frequency-checker/US/samsung-galaxy-s5-mini
this is a good reference but i just found it so it could be very wrong also.
( it looks like it is not very good with all the variants so its not to be considered the last word)
while i have not looked at every rom posted here ( and there might be a usa at&t s5mini xda page someplace) i don't remember seeing any rom for the g800a variant of the s5mini if it does not say g800a it will very likely not work, and will brick your device if you try.
(https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/rooting-the-s5-mini-from-at-t-g800a.3124674/
its not looking good for your g800a device at all )
i have a g900w8 (Canadian variant) and i can flash anything that the international version uses, but it has all the bands that i usa uses for the most part. (best of both worlds) but i think the usa model (v, r4,p) has a locked boot loader so it is not easy to flash roms.
( i think there is a way to do it, but i never have as i dont but bootloader locked phones)
the s7 and older Canadian phones from samsung are all easily rootable , most can be flashed with international roms, but (dont quote me on this) they use mostly the north america popular bands for lte, hspa, etc.
if you are looking for a newer phone dont get the g900 s5
get the s7 g935w8 canadian phone its about the same size, must faster, better battery ( but you cant replace it, MUCH MUCH better camera (ive had nothing but problems with the s5 camera) and ive found them for about 150$ used in great shape.
if you use data a lot then you want lte to work if you are just going to talk, then the gsm bands are good enough. ive used Canadian phones in the usa plenty and have no serious issues.
but i just got the s5 mini g800f from ebay and im still setting it up so i dont know how well it works yet.
short answer, usa phones are much much harder to root if at all, fewer roms, international phones are much better for all that but may not work well in the usa, canadian phones might be what you want to look at
(my Canadian s5 g900w8 still have support for the latest lineage os 18 )
before you buy check if the phone is supported by lineage os
https://download.lineageos.org/
if it is, then you can root, flash roms and very likely have unofficial roms for years to come.
or you can search xda, but as you can see, the s5mini is all but dead here and developers are not working hard to improve the roms we do have. in another year this place will be a ghost town.
btw i have canadian s4, s5, s7, s4 mini, s7 , s7 edge, note 2, note 3, note 4, mega . and have been very happy with them all. i have a few usa devices (s5 active)but i cant do anything with them. so they sit on a shelf. ( not that any of them do much but the hobby of flashing the newest rom and trying it out.