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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] mowrer98:
I'm not familiar with it. All I know is ES File Explorer allows the hot spot, if you hit the home button rather quickly after the creation of the hot spot happens. Although the 611 message appears, the hot spot should be started as well.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] efp722:
Is it possible to use stock sense but change the lock screen to the vanilla android version?
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] BrianBaker:
It is possible..
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] efp722:
Thanks good to know. Can you please point me in the right direction on how one might accomplish that...?

Thanks:)
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] NORCALkID:
Use a file explorer with root access like root explorer or es file manager and look in /system/app for

HtcLockScreen.apk

Then rename it to

HtcLockScreen.apk.bak

And reboot

If you want to change back just remove the .bak from HtcLockscreen.apk.bak and reboot

A known Issue you have with doing this is that calls and text are not visible until you unlock the screen.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] dandan2980:
Actually all you have to change is idlescreen_base.apk to idlescreen_base.bak it will give you the music lock screen widget that actually works correctly
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] efp722:
THANKS!
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] NORCALkID:
Use the thanks button ... And Dandans way is better
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] sauprankul:
Screenshots?

Man I wish I could root this phone.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] NORCALkID:
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[Sprint HTC One (M7)] stagejuan:
Awesome, been looking at how to do this myself. THanks guys!

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Whats holding you back??
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] sauprankul:
My sig.

Once bitten, twice shy.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] Bikegeek:
This would be a root breaker, no?
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] sauprankul:
wut
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] Bikegeek:
Wrong spot, sorry.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] chrisbass:
Did like dandan said.......renamed the file and it didn't do anything, even after a reboot.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] supervandy:
Never knew about this, fantastic. Is there by chance a way to edit the lockscreen shortcuts or clock too?
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] dandan2980:
OK try renaming all the idlescreen_******.apk to idlesreen_********.bak just don't mess with HTC lockscreen .apk that's weird cause it has always worked for me. By the way I use root explorer.

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That I don't know
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] karn101:
What ROM are you on? Also, did you double check that it was renamed? I did the same and ES File Explorer wouldn't do it. Had to use Root Explorer and mount as Read/Write.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] thicklizard:
Are you on the stock unmodified kernel? If so that's why htc has system write protection in the kernel any changes made to system get reset upon reboot.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] chrisbass:
This...was absolutely my problem.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] bosartig:
I can confirm dandan's method works on 42ONE 1.1 with Bulletproof kernel
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wmkprs:
Dear members,

I am since a week owner of a samsung galaxy note 10.1.

The first thing i tryed was to copy my fhoto's from my camera to my tablet for a better look , because on

our next holiday we don't have a laptop with us.

It was a real puzzle for me .

I could see all my pictures , did a "copy to" and that was all ( i could not find a map to copy to )

Than a friend sayd use Quickpic.

But it was the same problem.

Is there anyone on the forum who can help me with some tips for my ( hopely little problem )??

thanks
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sofakng:
I've never used an AMOLED screen until I saw the Galaxy S4 but it does look really nice and the blacks are unbelievable. However, almost every reviewer and person I talk to says how AMOLED is garbage and that LCD is by far better.

Does anybody actually prefer AMOLED to LCD?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dikime:
Well... everyone in this forum lol.

AMOLED is better since it can be set to look like LCD (color-wise). LCD can't be like AMOLED no matter what.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pard0ned:
Yeah, but the lines in amoled - miura, is a pain in the ass.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DummyPLUG:
Ask sony, panasonic, LG and samsung why push OLED TV and why those TV are so expensive when compare to LCD TV
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jtc276:
As of right now, I'm not really that impressed with the S4's screen after coming from the HTC One. I'm hoping there's some mods on here that will change my mind because it might be the deciding factor as to whether or not the S4 is my daily driver or backup phone.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qazmed:
I love amoled but the burning pixels issue is very bad
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jtc276:
Don't tell me what that is because I haven't noticed it yet. :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] .TanTien:
I'm an AMOLED guy. Love those displays. My One S has one, my Note 2 had one and now my Galaxy S4 has one. The colours of those displays are awesome. Only disadvantage is the brightness. On very bright day it's hard to see something on an AMOLED

Send from my Galaxy S4 packed with awesomeness
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] msavic6:
It's all a fad, back when flip phone screens were all TFT everyone prefered the OLED screens that nokia used in their devices. I personally find LCD screens dull and boring in comparison to AMOLED screens.
[Motorola Atrix HD] darknessrise1234:
Is there anyone who can upload the stock recovery image? My internet is horribly slow and unreliable, and I cannot download the full image to restore stock recovery. Any help would be appreciated.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] dtrichard:
I would highly advise doing the device only change with another rep or even at another store. If a device is switched to a different line within 6 months of purchase, it can result in a chargeback for the rep (lose the commission they made off your purchase). I don't know if it differs between corporate and retailers, but I wouldn't do it if somebody asked.

tl;dr = upgrade at one store, device only change at another
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Erievon:
Anyone get commission when you order online? I don't want to screw the rep in the store, they're just trying to make a living like the rest of us, they don't set VZW's BS policies. I was thinking order it online, activate the new phone over the phone. Then call back and put the old phone back on the data capped line. Someday, when I get a chance I'll pop into a corporate store and get a new sim on my unlimited line and activate the S4 on that one.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Shaftamle:
I never deal with corprate stores due to the fact rhat they could not care less about an individual. They have so much traffic they are not imterested in goimg the extra mile. I used to work for a retailer and have done this method at least 10 times, 12 if you include my stuff and also watched countless other reps do rhe same. Nobody ever incured a charge back. I guess you could go to a different store just to be safe but shouldn't be necessary. But I would never choose a corprate store. Tons of bad experiences.

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] dtrichard:
From Verizon's website, I don't believe so. Some retailers allow you to ship a phone to one of their stores, and then whichever rep finishes the process for you gets the commission.

So yeah, it's neutral to buy online. No reps will gain anything or lose anything.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Shaftamle:
Are you corprate or retailer? Cause I dont know where your getting this chargeback thing. Once the phone is sold its sold. How are they going to hold the representative accountable for a phone that switch lines. even if that's true all you have to do is take the SIM card from your old phone and put it in the new phone and it will work. it doesn't even technically need to be switched in system. especially if both phones are 4G once you switch SIM cards they will be updated automatically in system. I highly doubt that anybody will get charged back for something the customer did. Not to mention, if you are correct, how would going to a different store or a different reps make any difference? according to you there still going to chargeback the person you sold the phone right? I'm not saying you're wrong I'm just saying I'm 99.5 percent sure I'm right. Besides the fact, I'd rather screw a rep out of 5 dollars worth of commission then lose my unlimited data or not upgrade my phone.

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] brock350:
Ask jayochs.. I think he works for a retailer or used to.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] mrtruckincowboy:
I did this at a Verizon store at a bjs wholesale no problems he knew what he was doing and thanked me for the commission. I specifically travelled to him knowing he was aware how to do it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] HTID_Pyro:
No commission is lost when you do this. I have a couple friends who work at Verizon retail stores and that's how they do it for people that ask to keep their unlimited data.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] citronbull:
This is exactly what I did. Except the Verizon retailer knew about so I didnt have to BS or anything. They got the commission and I got my new GS4.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] juanzho11:
I went to a Best Buy store, they do everything for you, they don't even charge for the SIM Card, they swap phone and all for you in the spot, I also did the adding a line to my plan so I can get the Galaxy Nexus when it came out, but it's like $17ish a month because of taxes and some fees, At the end of the 2 years you save around $100 bucks, compered to buying the phone full price, but then you'll have another line that you can use the upgrade if you need to. :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] madsquabbles:
i was told that all verizon stores are supposed to give out sim cards for free, even replacements. the csr told me that if anyone charges for them that i'm supposed to report them.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Shaftamle:
That is true for corporate stores. Retailers are different because Verizon charges them for the SIM cards that they have.

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] nicotheandroidguy:
Yeah the person at a cooperate store wouldn't do that method for me so I said F U I'm going to Sprint then and never looked back especially because there lte isn't as saturated here in LA.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] naturalstamina:
costco

I thought i was doomed as well.

fortunately i bought mine through costco, they will also switch around the accounts for you to activate at $199 for galaxy s4 instead of the full retail price of $699 or whatever it is these days.

My advice, go to costco
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] busta6975:
An easier way is to do it online cause they give u the option to move the upgrade to any line u want. I have 4 lines. 2 of them have the note 2 on them with the unlimited data plan. The other 2 lines have 2 lg chocolates on them to avoid having to get a data plan on them lines. So if I have an upgrade on one of the lines that have unlimited data on them I just log in and put the upgrade on one of the other 2 lines that dont have unlimited and order and wait for it to come.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Hondrongo:
That's how I got my S4.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] thesoldier:
Just upgraded to an s4 with a dumb phone line. Going to get it and switch it to my unlimited data line, then remove the data and put the dumb phone back on the other line. Can't wait to get it on Wednesday!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Shaftamle:
They do that in the store as well. Its call an alternate upgrade. The purpose of my post is to explain in easy to understand teminology , how to use the alternate upgrade switch to your advantage. Whether you do it online, at a store or with Santa Claus makes no difference to me. I just don't want people to give up their plan if there is another way. :)

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] dajakal:
I have an unlimited plan on a 3g phone with an upgrade available, and a dumb phone not eligible for upgrade. I tried this alternate upgrade. method at the vzw store and got to the checkout point, and was told that using the upgrade from the unlimited data line on *any* line will lose unlimited data. I went to a different store and asked there as well, and they said the same thing. I guess I have to wait until the dumb phone is eligible for an upgrade...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] co1451:
like a radio shack or target
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] igdawgi:
Family plan

Line 1: unlimited data upgrade eligible

Line 2: same

Line 3, 4 , 5: regular phone no data and not eligible

Can I transfer my eligibility to the other lines?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Shaftamle:
The stores confirmed by others are: a wireless retailer, best buy, Costco, and I think one person said walk mart. I would go with one of the other 3.

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Shaftamle:
Yes, transfer to 3,4 or 5. Upgrade that line and do a device only change back to an unlimited line. Put the basic phone back where it came from. Done. DO NOT upgrade an unlimited line directly. Otherwise, bye bye unlimited.

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] co1451:
hey shaftamle thanks for your help i went to a verizon in the mall. i first went to a radio shack and the lady sent me to the verizon(she was clueless). anyway i told the guy working there i just wanted to get a flip phone hooked up for my "mom"long as i kept my unlimited for my nexus. he said sure and asked me did i want to upgrade my phone. at first i acted like i didnt know what he was talking about but as soon as he explained to me how he could do the upgrade and i was eligible(exactly how u explained) i said yes i want the galaxy note 3. and sure enough he did everything. i still have unlimited and a upgrade. he said he had unlimited and he goes through this process all the time. he said long as verizon lets us keep unlimited he would continue to use loophole. afterward i checked my account to be sure and im still rolling lol.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Shaftamle:
Awesome, glad everything worked out! Enjoy!

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] igdawgi:
Who can do this? Verizon store? Online? Costco?

Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] 93fuelslut:
Sweet

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] broderp:
Target did it for me at the store and i walked out with a $139 S4 with my unlimited date. Please add them to the list! :good:

Unfortunately, I think employee willingness and knowledge will dictate who will do this.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] mosfet356:
Unlimited on GS3

I have a non data flip phone and a gs3 unlimited and iphone 5 with 2gb. When my upgrade comes up for the GS3 and I don't upgrade it will I still keep my unlimited? I am happy with the GS3 right now so don't feel a need to upgrade it at the moment.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Shaftamle:
You will keep unlimited data on that line as long as you never directly upgrade that line.

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] michaelsteinbach:
I just wanted to verify that this works.

I was almost ready to either purchase a new phone at full price or give up my data before I did a little research. After reading much of this thread, I went to BestBuy today and told the guy I was wanting to get a new phone, but having unlimited data, didn't want to loose it. He took me to a computer and looked up my info. At first he said that upgrading would definitely kill my unlimited. I then explained that I found online that people had successfully done this and explained the instructions here. He thought about it for a second and realized that was a possibility.

I had a Bionic on unlimited data and my wife has a Droid2 on a 2GB plan.

After a short wait, they got me set up by puting the new phone on my wife's line, then service swapping mine with the new one.

The process didn't even interrupt my wife's phone while she was at work (didn't need her phone for the swap) and I walked out with a blue HTC One with unlimited data. :cool:

Thanks Shaftamle!

~Mike
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Shaftamle:
Ahhh, these are the stories that make it all worth wild! Good sh*t! Glad I could help. :beer:

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] reubdogg:
amazon

I had a question and thought someone here would know...

I'm have an unlimited line and I'm going to transfer another line from another carrier to my verizon account. I wanna purchase the Note 3 from Amazon because it's only $199 and want to switch the Note 3 to my unlimited line. Obviously, the new transfered line will have limited data, but I'm wondering if there's a problem with doing a device only swap with a phone purchased from Amazon or if there's a particular way I would need to do it.

I'm assuming all I have to do is call Verizon to do the device only swap once I receive the phone from Amazon, but I thought I make sure here first before I purchase the phone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Shaftamle:
I don't see any reason why that wouldn't work. Just make sure that you use the upgrade from the transfer line. The only thing that could be problematic is I'm not sure if you can use an outside vendor when you're switching frm one carrier to another and porting the number. Might check on that if you plan on keeping your phone number.

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Lurking:
I have a single line, unlimited data with an HTC Rezound eligible for an upgrade.

My wife has a different plan of her own. She has the family plan with two lines, both GS3s. Our plans are seperate, bills are seperate.

Could I transfer my upgrade to her plan, upgrade her S3 to an S4, then move the S4 onto my plan and put the S3 back on hers?

Since the lines are not on the same plan would the 'alternate upgrade' even apply here?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Shaftamle:
You can't transfer upgrades to a different account.

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] dano272:
The scenario in the OP's post is exactly what I have. An S4 with unlimited (I paid full retail for it to keep unlimited several months back to replace a gnex). My wife's phone is on the same account but is on a 2gb plan. We share 700 minutes. I have an upgrade available she does not. I want to transfer my upgrade to her and get her a moto x at the upgrade price of $99. Of course, the corp store said doing that would switch MY data to tiered because even though I was transferring an upgrade I was STILL upgrading the original contract with unlimited. I told her that I'd read online this wasn't the case but she was pretty steadfast. I then tried a best buy and was told the same thing. I then went online and through the transfer upgrade screen switched my upgrade to her and placed a moto x in the cart. At no time did it say I would lose unlimited. But before hitting the final button I called Verizon cs and ran the scenario by her. Again she said yep I would lose unlimited. Do I take a leap of faith here and assume it'll work?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Shaftamle:
Unless the loophole was closed very very recently you should be fine. You don't have to take my word for it. Check out all the posts on the previous pages. Nobody has reported losing it using this method. IE post #192

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] kfres39389:
I upgraded my phone through Verizon. Upgraded another line, but got the phone through Costco. Then transferred that phone to the galaxy s4 I'm using now. It counted as a device only upgrade.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] djRamage:
The "loophole" wasn't closed. Seems like you met a few people who were too closely trying to follow objective of removing unlimited plans, or people just uneducated. Try a respected retailer in your area, I bet you will have a better experience.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] dano272:
Happy to report that I took that leap against the dire warnings from Verizon employees (and BestBuy no less) and scored my wife a new Moto X at upgrade price. Just to recap - I'm grandfathered on unlimited and had an upgrade due. My wife with a 4GB plan didn't have an upgrade yet. Both lines on the same account with only sharing minutes. I went online (I know..different than the OP but pretty much the same) and transferred my upgrade to her and then ordered the Moto X at upgrade price - shipped to store. Stopped by the store and picked it up today - signed the new two year contract and left with NO change to my unlimited data plan. On the website now - it shows my phone with the unlimited data with an upgrade date 2 years from today. My wife's new Moto X has an upgrade date matching her previous date - Feb 2014.

Thanks OP and thanks for those who nudged me along.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Shaftamle:
Told ya! ;)

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] mngdew:
Need help!

I'm looking for a way to do the alternate upgrade for buying a Moto X through Motomaker.

Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Shaftamle:
Never used Motomaker but I assume it works the same as buying a phone online.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] mngdew:
Motomaker doesn't let me transfer an available upgrade to another line.:rolleyes:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Shaftamle:
Maybe transfer the upgrade using Verizon's site then use motomaker to design the phone and device only change when you get it in the mail?

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] mngdew:
Motomaker ignores it.:(
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Shaftamle:
Maybe call Verizon tell them see if they can help switch the upgrade. That's my best guess

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