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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] slocko:
Hi guys,

I find myself exclusively using Talkatone for all my calling needs, both receiving and making calls. I text through Google voice, but mainly use whatsapp for my messaging needs. Further I travel a lot out of the country so I find that I am not using my voice/text plan at all.

Before I would justify keeping my ATT plan because I'm grandfathered with unlimited data. We all know it's not really unlimited but I figured it was worth keeping.

Now I figure it's time to cut costs by getting rid of my voice plan and just having a 3 GB a month prepaid data plan. It's cheaper and I would only pay for the months I am actually in the country. That's big savings right there.

So before I go down this road, I wanted to know which tablet my Galaxy Note should pretend to be when I sign up for the ATT tablet plan. I can't tell them it's a Galaxy Note because then they will insist on me having a voice plan because it's a smartphone.

Any ideas and where would I find the APN settings needed to make the Galaxy Note work with whatever device you guys recommend I ask for.

Thanks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] rangercaptain:
Your phone will tell at&t what it is. You can't bypass that. APN settings won't help either. As soon as you register your device on the network your phone sends your IEMI number.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] slocko:
When I travel to other countries,I can buy a USB modem with a prepaid plan and then I take the sim out of the modem and put it into my phone. I then configure the APN and my internet starts working.

Can't I do something similar with ATT? I asked at ATT if I needed to bring my "tablet' and they said no, just to tell them what I have, and they had IMEIs the could use to provision it.

That's why I thought there would be a good tablet my Note could pretend to be. I was thinking a Galaxy Tab since it's a Samsung as well.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] chrstndsgnr:
The reason you can do that out of country is because those companies don't have at&t imei numbers stored in their databases.

You can give at&t whatever imei you want to try to use. However, as soon as you put that sim in your note, its going to report back exactly what it is and your plan will be changed automatically.

Another option would be T-Mobile prepaid. $30/month for 5gb data. If you don't live in a refarmed area, you'd have to flash a T-Mobile modem to your phone for 4g speeds, otherwise you'll be stuck on edge.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] slocko:
Maybe the answer is buying an ATT Hotspot device. Would mean carrying two devices though. But maybe I can live with that. One plus is I wouldn't have to swap sim cards in my phone when I travel. I would just put the device away and turn off airplane mode when I go out of country and begin using the other sim card.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] rangercaptain:
When I leave the US I buy a local sim card and buy data credit. Why buy the modem?

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Isn't the price of a hotspot data plan more costly than a voice+data smartphone plan?

If dollars is the bottom line then move to Straight Talk. Its a little cheaper and its pay as you go.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] slocko:
When I started travelling a few years ago, usb modem was the easiest way to do it. I was actually surprised when I was able to remove the sim card from the modem and put it into my iphone at the time. It even had a phone number associated with it and I was able to buy voice credit for it.

Now I have a voice/data plan abroad.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] bob60626:
Has it been confirmed that the AT&T Note will not work on an AT&T prepaid tablet plan, or are we being theoretical?

I want a Note as a second (third, fourth,... :D) device but don't yet want to rely on the TMobile refarming in Chicago, can't find a TMobile Note 1, don't want to pay Note 2 prices, and don't want to flash a new radio.

I've considered the international Note but they run noticeably more and I really do prefer the other's layout.

Worst case scenario, I jump on the next clean $250 AT&T Note I see, give it to my girlfriend as a mini wifi tablet, get MY SGP 5.0 back from her, and sell that thing. :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] chrstndsgnr:
If memory serves, it was confirmed by quite a few people in this forum when the phone came out a year ago.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] bob60626:
Bummer. How about the international version? I could activate the sim in my 7.0+.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] slocko:
I don't think so, but the real savings are realized when you can just pay for the hotspot plan as needed versus paying every month.

Assuming you can use the prepaid data plans on the Note, which I don't you can, the cheapest prepaid voice that allows you to add a data plan is $25 a month and the most logical dataplan offered for prepaid smartphones is $25 for 1 GB. That's $50 a month for a lousy 1 GB.

The hotspot plan is $50 a month for 5 GB. I didn't see any mention that it required a contract. There is an option for monthly if you buy the device full price.

Keeping my contract plan I would have to pay $70 a month on the cheapest plan, and no flexibility to only pay the months I'm in the US.

Once I'm back in country, I'll look into this more.

The other option would be to skip the hotspot and use the $200 towards the galaxy tab and use a tethering app. But then you don't know if they are going to catch you tethering.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] rangercaptain:
They will catch you, and send you a text asking you to buy a tether plan. They wait a few days then cut you off. Possibly there's a tether work around for the tab.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] slocko:
Hot Spot it is

So I decided to test Tmobile and ATT in my area where I live, now that I"m back in the states.

I bought Tmobile 4G hotspot first because they offer lower tiers of data, starting at 2 GB I think and they are prepaid, so the plan cancels automatically without having to call to cancel it.

Only received 2 bars and down was 6 and up barely 2.

Returned it and bought the ATT LTE myfi hotspot. I was resisting because it's bigger to carry around and the plan starts at 5 GB and while it's month to month, you have to call and cancel before your new billing cycle begins, else you will be charged.

This thing is fast. 8-10 down and 4-5 up.

So this will work for my needs. I will have to get used to carrying it around to use my phone, but I am only here max 2 weeks at a time.

UP next, I will experiment installing the hotspot sim into my Note. Even if this works, I notice I get a much stronger and better LTE signal on the myfi, than my galaxy note. maybe the note 2, will be better.
[HTC One S] striped121:
Well after smashing my screen on my beloved One v for the second time I've decided to buy a second hand One S and upgrade my experience:D

My Question is .. if i buy from across the pond (USA) will the phone work over in the UK on any sim ( if its unlocked ) .as i'm t-mobile and or giff-gaff.

Also. Will a t-mobile sim work on an Orange locked HOS as they are now sharing networks?

Thanks in advance and im looking forward to hopefully being a HOS owner:victory:
[HTC One S] hunabku:
I am not that sure, but imo only lame iPhone has these kind of "limits"

I might be wrong, so if someone could just verify this.
[HTC One S] Goatshocker:
Its quite possible a locked device wont work.

But unlike the IFail, its quite easy to fix it. Theres a sim unlock thread in the dev section for example.
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maks.xt925:
How your razr hd (in AP Fastboot Mode) look in Windows 7 x64 device manager? I need the screenshot with device ID. Maybe wrong driver were installed cause device dont show correct usb device id (for example in BP Tools, ADB interface not install driver, before i edit the INF file of drivers). Mine as default installed it as Mot Single ADB Interface in the Fastboot Mode (!!!) looks like there is the problem why it not flashed correctly. Help please! :cowboy:
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bei60:
I just got this phone and I took the battery out to find out which xperia is it. And it says E15a... And I think its the X8.

Now I want to format and flash a different ROM. Will anything that works on the X8 work on my phone? Or is it a different phone?

Thanks.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrissykess:
https://www.google.pl/search?q=E15a...illa:pl:official&client=firefox-a&channel=rcs
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krzysiek1984:
E15a is the different name of the X8. Its a normal Xperia X8,dont worry. Another name is E15i and Shakira. Each rom for stock kernel will work.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stamatis:
Yes, everything that is for x8 will work.
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] uNKNOWNNN:
Hi all,

I have CM9 rc2 installed on my galaxy, but since then my GPS does not work..

What can i do to solve that? What is the best fix at the moment?:confused:

Best regards
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] reddvilzz:
Try and install the latest version of CM9 maybe it haven't been fixed in the rc9

Sent From DK OS 10.1 Sensation Phone
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] uNKNOWNNN:
But my version of CM9 already says GPS are working..

Some others solution please?

:/
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] ajeteja:
Fix using pimp my rom
[General Questions and Answers] pajser87:
Hi, i'm new android user and i have one question.

Where i can find custom rom and cwm for Alcatel OT-983 ?

Phone is rooted but i need better rom.
[General Questions and Answers] superusr:
I had a go at porting roeddie rom (without success) here. I don't think anyone else has managed to do anything yet.
[General Questions and Answers] angelvicenteg:
Anyone can help me nacesito one or 4.1 ics rom for Alcatel OT-983 please really need it!
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Titan9119:
Yes they are the same.There's four firmwares that i know and they E15a(yours),E15i,E16a and E16i(mine).You can also change the firmware of these to the other one.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RoberGalarga:
It's the same phone. In fact, I have the same model as you, and I'm using ROMs for the X8 (e15i) without problems ;)
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bei60:
Cool, so now I'd like to format the phone and make it as new but with a good Rom. I heard GingrDX is good.. Any tutorials around?
[HTC Droid DNA] Dri94:
Has anyone started to check out qualcomms battery guru app for our fone ? Is it any diff from othr apps? Does it work ?
[HTC Droid DNA] Trooper Thorn:
Not sure yet. I've got it installed, but it's still in "Learning Mode" (and will be for another day and half). Once it "learns" enough, in theory it will kill background apps syncing, from what I gather. It doesn't sound new or revolutionary, but I'm going to give it a try anyhow and see how it works out. I probably won't have any results for a week or so.
[HTC Droid DNA] Dri94:
Is itpaid or free ?
[HTC Droid DNA] flyinj54:
Free. Trying it now as well. Also in learning mode.
[HTC Droid DNA] darkace:
Just downloaded it as well. Will update with status.
[HTC Droid DNA] ickedmel:
Yeah I've been hearing people talk about this app in the play store has mixed reviews. Going to give it a try when I have a chance.
[HTC Droid DNA] Tidefan13:
Trying it also and its still learning.

Sent from my HTC6435LVW using Xparent BlueTapatalk 2
[HTC Droid DNA] jlevy73:
I tried it but didn't like it. For any of your push apps it never learned even though I went into settings and change things around. But I would still not get gmail and aqua mail on a regular basis. If you don't have a lot of push stuff this could be a decent app as I did not notice battery life improving a little. But I need push and it had serious issues with it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note] zexsuik:
See several posts below for the steps that worked for me

I'm posting this here because my post in the Q&A forums has received zero replies.

I feel like I've tried everything. I installed the UVMA1 over-the-air update and have lost and am unable to regain root. I seriously need a solution to this.

Has anyone been able to root the most updated SGH-T879 with the UVMA1 build?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note] kim621973:
Re: [Q] Rooting the OTA updated UVMA1 build

You have to do following steps

1.download CWM recovery. tar

2.download odin flashable CWM touch recovery.tar

3.go to download mode

4.flash the UVAM1.tar file through odin

5.flash the CWM recovery.tar through odin

6.flash the CWM touch recovery.tar through odin

7.go to recovery mode flash the super user

8.reboot

You should be okay...

I hope that it helping you to Root the phone.

Let me know if you did.

Good luck..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note] fraughtsigewulf:
Flash the CWM recovery tar through Odin.

https://www.onlinefilefolder.com/3sYujqhSWDjt5I

After CWM has been installed, flash superusers through recovery.

https://www.onlinefilefolder.com/3sRc8Cz8TcpOLC

To change recovery to TWRP (which most people seem to prefer now days) flash TWRP zip through CWM recovery. I like this method better than trying to install TWRP through Goomanager, I always have trouble with that for some reason.

Paste below address into your browser

goo.im/devs/OpenRecovery/sgh-t879/openrecovery-twrp-2.3.1.1-sgh-879.zip

Now your phone is rooted and you have TWRP.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note] kim621973:
Re: [Q] Rooting the OTA updated UVMA1 build

I did as same as it.

But. I couldn't go to recovery

That is why important that make it sure flashing CWM touch recovery.tar through odin.

Maybe just my phone?.

Thank you.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note] hogasswild:
I got my phone to root, but have been unable to change the recovery so I can switch to 4.2.2.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note] zexsuik:
I will clean this up as time permits.

Success!

Through trial and error, on Ubuntu and Windows, I have managed to successfully root the UVMA1 build. I did not screenshot the process so I'll be going from memory. On the other hand I will post a stock backup of the ROM for everyone to use as needed.

This did not work on Ubuntu, had to use Windows.

You will need:

Android Tools SDK

CWM

most recent ODIN

Superuser zip

Steps:

download Android Tools SDK.

Extract to your C: on your windows machine

Open command prompt and navigate to the Platform-Tools directory

enable debugging mode on your Note (Settings > Developer Options > USB Debugging

Leaving your phone on, connect via USB to your computer

wait while the Samsung drivers load

On command prompt type "adb reboot-bootloader" or "adb reboot bootloader" and wait (might need to try both)

Your phone should reboot into downloader mode

Open the newest version of ODIN

In Odin, nothing significant will change, I only saw a blue box in the first square top left

Click on 'Bootloader' button and select the tar.md5 file from Tomin's Goodies thread (link to come later)

In Odin, click on Start

Odin will scroll some text in the little window (bottom left) and then stop. I waited about five minutes. Nothing changed.

Disconnect your phone, pull the battery, press the power button (to dissipate magic electrons), put the battery back in and turn the phone on

Your phone should show a screen saying there is an issue with the Firmware and to use Samsung Kies to fix it. IGNORE THIS, don't do anything

Reconnect phone to PC via USB

wait about 30 seconds for the computer

In Odin, press Start again.

Odin should do something differently than the first time, you should see the top left window go green and 'Reset Ok' in the bottom left window.

Your phone will reboot. If it loads to Android then go to the command prompt window on your PC and type 'adb reboot recovery'

wait about a minute. CWM should load on your phone.

Now is the time to install Superuser zip through CWM.

Additionally, clear dalvik and other caches, reset permissions and backup your rom to external SD card now.

If anyone tries this, please document the process with screenshots so we can create a more comprehensive tutorial.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] njascanu:
Hello,

After two monts of perfect usage, yesterday I saw two blue areas on black bachground. I have tested several dead pixel repair apps but no chance. What kind of defect is this?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] peneoark:
Did something hit your screen?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chismay:
i concur it seems like some pressure has been applies to your screen,... remember pressing the screen on an lcd? colour blurs.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] peneoark:
The only time I have seen that is with screen pressure "accidents".

Either replace the screen/digitizer yourself, or send it in for repair if it bothers you.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] njascanu:
The tablet is used exclusively by my boy for gaming. Thanks for your answers!
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] lsander:
Hey have a proble. I decompiled Systemui apk to remowe black notification bar in miui ( thanks to sandy for his tut)

And decompiled framework-res.apk to add smooth spinners.

This is miui based cm9 from chotu and now have one problem:

I don't have cell network. There is no screen to enter pincode and reinstalling rom didn't help. Enabling and disabling flight mode didn't helped.

I just didn't ad semcuxpres.apk from system/framework to apktool cause it wasn't this apk in rom.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] RavinduSha:
if reinstalling rom didn't help, there maybe something wrong with the rom.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] lsander:
no before modifying this too apps all was ok. I wanted to install it againg and try to change framework apk but I remid that wifi is not working there too. So I mark this thread as solved and will never go back to this rom. thanks
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkShot666:
If I'm not mistaken, JB supports audio out through USB.

Does JB push digital or analog line?

There was a demo at Google I/O but reading up on this briefly hasn't stated if an external DAC is required.

Ideally, I'd like to make a male microUSB -> female iOS dock adapter to do both charging and audio out through one port, but never got to it on previous phones. It'd simple enough to do, and be great to take advantage of all the various iOS docks that everyone has, but if it requires an external DAC it could prove to be a little more complicated.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkShot666:
I presume nobody knows?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dsteppa:
Ok so the site is giving some more info at the moment:

http://www.sony-offer.com/

Could someone that has a XZ enter their IMEI and tell me if the offer is UK only or not, it would not only help me but I bet it would also help plenty of other people that aren't in the UK.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brambizimski:
Are you sure this is official? Looks rather fishy to me.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stefanve:
http://www.sony-offer.com/terms-and-conditions

Point 13, only in the uk
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marcgear:
It also seem to be only available if you got your phone sim free from Asda or Tesco, still trying my luck tho.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maddoguk:
Be nice just to get the phone through the door.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marcgear:
So true just a few more days now.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dsteppa:
If it were fake then Sony would have brought it down ages ago, because people would really be able to hurt Sony this way.

I see, thanks.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] indycar:
this is the bonus package (dock and case) from asda special offer

if u bought phone there u can enter imei to confirm and you will get those items
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adizntk:
I'm getting my one with three but I will try anyway :)
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dsteppa:
Yeah, but I don't think that they ship outside of the UK
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brizzle7:
Asda seem to have stopped the deal. :(
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ddevil5:
So I think I made some mistakes upgrading to Cyanogenmod 10.1 -- here's what I did:

I used Hasoon2000's HTC One X All-in-One Kit to unlock my bootloader via the xfactor exploit and the HTCDev method. Then I flashed a custom kernel and cyanogenmod 10.1. It's very buggy, reboots constantly, disconnects from AT&T's data network on a whim, etc. Someone suggested that the problem was that I didn't upgrade my hboot first. I'm currently on hboot 1.14, and after running the all-in-one kit, I now have supercid.

After that, I got the bright idea that maybe I could upgrade to a jelly bean firmware (hboot) after the fact. I followed a guide for upgrading hboot at guidingtech.com. Of course, since my cid is now 11111111, I couldn't verify that my cid was correct, but being a noob, I decided to try anyway. I got through to this command: fastboot flash zip firmware.zip, but that failed. I couldn't flash the new firmware. So I though, "Oh well, I'll just keep using my phone as is until I can figure out how to get back to stock." But then I got stuck in a boot loop where all I could do was get back to the bootloader. I used hasoon's kit to force my phone into recovery to try wiping dalvik/cache. I managed after some finagling to boot back into my broken cyanogen 10.1, but now that phone can't access internal storage. So I can't easily just flash a new rom. I suspect the internal storage is corrupted?

I know many of these questions have been answered piece-by-piece, but I don't know how all of these actions combine. Is it easy to get back to stock now? Can I use an RUU to do so? Can I use an RUU with supercid? Any help would be appreciated.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] redpoint73:
Never even heard of that website. Where did you dig that up? I'd caution against using guides and mods from random websites. At a minimum, other websites are often poorly organized, and might get you installing a mod for the quad core One X, which may lead to a brick. Lots of websites just steal content from XDA, anyway. All you need is here, so may as well get it straight from the source.

I'll agree that you probably did a lot of needless, and possibly dangerous steps. I don't recommend trying anything else, unless an experienced user here tells you to do it. Playing with a smartphone is not a trial-and-error activity for n00bs.

Sounds like you corrupted your SD card by trying to do a factory reset in hboot. You should be able to connect the phone to a PC, go to Device Manager, and it should give you the option to format the SD. Format it FAT32, and that particular issue should be resolved.

Can you get into recovery?

What hboot version does it say you are on now?

What kernel did you try to flash? I would have just tried to revert to the stock CM10 before you did all this other stuff. I don't think what you were experiencing originally was related to hboot version.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ddevil5:
I do get prompted to format my drive whenever I plug in my phone. If I format the internal storage will that erase my rom?

I do admit, I'm a total noob, and I should have done a lot more research before messing around with the guts of my phone. I'm on hboot 1.14. I honestly don't know which kernel I tried to flash. My friend suggested to me what I used. It was from an official cyanogenmod guide for flashing 10.1 to my AT&T One X.

Now that I understand how woefully unprepared I was, I'd like to get back to how my phone came out of the box, if that's possible.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] redpoint73:
No, it just formats the SD partition (think of it as a virtual SD card). Anything that was on it will be gone, but its corrupted anyway, so its already gone. The partition with the ROM will not be formatted, nor will hboot, recovery, or radio partition.

Can you get into recovery? If so, after the SD is formatted, mount the SD memory USB, move the CM 10.1 zip file to the SD. Reflash in TWRP, reboot and see what happens. Don't flash a custom kernel, just use the stock CM10.1 kernel (flashes automatically when you flash the ROM).
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ddevil5:
So, what about hboot? Does that need to be upgraded from 1.14 to be compatible with jelly bean?