[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note5] nofitbox:
I have the next problem with a Sprint Note 5 N920P. The text is large but I wanted to try to explain all as well as possible to avoid confusions

The phone does not have the next features and or native apps

- missing Hotspot and Tethering feature from the menu settings

- missing wifi calling feature (is not important for me, however is missing)

- missing Sprint bloatware: Sprint Zone app, Sprint Fun & Games. I tried to install the Sprint Zone apk but no luck, there is no way to get the apk run or work, when try to install it there is an error and no open.

- missing the sprint boot animation (is not important for me, however is missing). in the booth only is shown the samsung logo/animation as an international version of note 5 (Example: N920i, N920G...). the sprint boot logo/animation is not shown neither running stock Android LP rom nor stock Android MM rom. sprint boot logo never seen in this phone.

the main and most important feature I really need is the hotspot, but native samsung hotspot as all others sprint note 5, not a 3rd party app.

The next are all I have tried with no luck:

- dialing ##RTN# = ##786# entering the MSL and erasing/wiping to "get all recovered as stock" but no luck. doing that and still no boot animation, no hotspot native app etc. the phone make kind of wipe or reset but nothing come back as this and others post says.

- dialing ##RCRTN# = ##72786#. again the phone make kind of wipe or reset but nothing come back as this and others post says.

- dialing ##update# and others codes like this and nothing.

- flashing 5 different Android versions of Stock Tar file downloaded from sammobile and XDA . Under options, checking the following: Auto Reboot, F. Reset Time, Nand Erase All, Phone EFS Clear, and RTN for Sprint and after flash the roms it shows the RTN erase/wipe/rest but still nothing of I need come back as should and as others tell work for them.

- installing nova launcher wich appears to be can create shorcuts/toggles for some of these missing features but no luck, can't find the way to make a shortcut to go to the hotspot.

- installing Power Toggles app from play store wich is a widgets that you can setup toggles/shortcuts that are missing in Sprint Note 5 from navigation panel. We have to remember even in a Sprint Note 5 running normal with all its stock features we don't have some toggles on the navigation panel like Mobile Data on/off toggle and Hotspot on/off toggle. for example the Verizon Note 5 has these stock toggles but for some reason sprint decided not to keep those toggle in any note5, S6 Plus etc. Well, with Power Toggles app (free from play store) you can add shortcuts/toggles for some important features like hotspot and mobile data etc. but when is installed in the note 5 we are talking about and try to go to hotspot the phone goes to the native hotspot app but all is blank so there is no way to turn the hotspot on or off nor change the network name nor change the password because nothing of that is there, all is missing and only is showing a blank window only saying Hotspot on top and nothing else. I will upload a capture to understand better this.

- other thing tried is to install a MOAR custom ROM (Android LP 5.1.1 OK3) (Using TWRP Recovery etc etc) and when the rom is installed still there isn't the missing features in the menu settings as should but, but in the navigation panel there is the hotspot togle to go to the samsung native/stock hotspot app/feature and at this time it appears to be as normal showing the native stock samsung hotspot as should (can modify network name, password, turn it on/off and all as normal). Now with MOAR ROM the hotspot appears to work but going though the toggle MOAR adds to the navigation panel. still no shortcut from menu settings. the menu settings keeps exactly as with the stock ROM. the problems here is even being working, I need a stock ROM running on the phone and the most important is the phone lose the GSM sim card unlock, however, I repeat what I need is work in a stock ROM as just revived from the factory.

- trying to install the MOAR MM 6.0.1 custom ROM again recovering the feature to be able to go to the hotspot native samsung app through the navigation panel where MOAR add the hotspot toggle (again, a feature missing in ALL stock sprint note 5 but as a custom rom, the developer decided to recover these important features). After be installed the phone is able to go to the hotspot as should being available to turn on/off change hotspot network name password etc but also again the phone is missing the GSM unlocked that for the moment only can be done runing Android 5.1.1 rooted

Other important detail. Yesterday I contacted to freeza XDA developer and he has not this model but he told me the next: "it sounds like the CSC isn't applying correctly". In Odin I see a button called CSC but never used. always used the AP/PDA option/button to flash any ROM

important note: the stock ROMs downloaded from sammobile have been tested with other sprint note 5 and all works as should and the other note 5 has all its normal features toggles shortcuts boot and animation sprint apps etc. all as stock, nothing missing.

I hope someone here can help me with this.

Thank you