yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] jackler1:
There is another twist. I called T-M yesterday because my bank stopped payment because of the amount. I approved it but T-M cancelled the order. Just as well because I decided I wanted to switch to black instead of silver. That pushed me back a bit but they said I would still get the Netflix and VR set. and a phone by the 11th and overnight. I asked the agent about this issue and she had no clue. She did however say that because I had purchased the phone outright I could call in on day one and get the unlock code. I will believe if when I see it.

HOWEVER this is the twist which I never thought of. The phone is going to arrive with a SIM IN IT and ALREADY ACTIVATED. So I will have no choice. The only way to not have this happen is to purchase the phone on launch day and not let them put a sim in it. So all of us with pre-orders are going to receive carrier locked phones. Bare that in mind when you pre-order. Fortunately I have 14 days and can walk the phone back in if bad news comes.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] jackler1:
US Cellular doesn't offer service in my area for one and two, there is no mention on their website as to the status of the phone being locked or not. The price is right but no year of netflix only VR set. May be an option for some people.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] mocsab:
When I have done Pre-orders in the past with TMobile - the SIM was not installed. Now, maybe they will install it this time - but that seems unlikely to me. That means they would have to open thousands of phones - work the sim card away from the business card holder it comes in and and insert in the phone. I don't think that is likely - but like I said, it could happen. Maybe because it does lock to the carrier of the first Sim card inserted, they will take the extra effort to insert sim cards in every pre-order.

But think about it a bit - anytime you buy a phone from a TMOBILE STORE - they have to manually insert the sim card while you wait - and like I said, all previous pre-orders I had to manually install the sim.

---------- Post added at 10:14 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:04 AM ----------

I also noticed today that I have pending charges on the card I purchased the S7 on - my best reccollection in the past for every pre-order I have done before is that I didn't see charges show up on my card until shipping was imminent. I don't know for sure that this is the case this time, but it has me hopeful for an early shipping date for pre-orders....Fingers Crossed!!! :laugh:

EDIT -

Shipping Label Created today by UPS 2-28-2016

Checked My UPS and discovered that a UPS Shipping Label has been created. (my credit card shows a charge today for the purchase price of my phone) looks like Shipping for my New S7 is Imminent!

---------- Post added at 10:56 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:14 AM ----------

TMobile has very clear policies about unlocking devices - If you have been a customer for more than a year, you can get it unlocked immediately, if you own the phone (paid outright)

If you have been a customer for less than a year, you have to wait 40 days

if you have a Pre-Pay account, you can unlock immediately as long as their is a minimum pre-paid balance of $100 on your account. (but, you can't pre-order an S7 for a Pre-Paid account. They won't sell it to you. You would have to start a different account and then move the phone to the prepaid account by switching sims.)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Tidbits:
No they changed their policy. I have been a customer of theirs since Voicestream. It used to be that way for up to 2 devices. Now there is a 40 day wait. The device has to be on the line requesting unlock for 40days before T-Mobile even considers unlocking it.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] shockreaction:
Does this apply to all variants or just the US variant? I tend to do a bit of travelling and this is a really disappointing development and a huge step backward if it affects all the devices.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] squallz506:
And mine comes with a Verizon sim preinstalled. Oh well, I'll be with big red for the life of the phone anyway. I'll likely give it to a family member on Verizon instead of selling it in that case.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] CuBz90:
I wonder what would happen if you were to put one of them blank sims (generally used for backing up sim cards or cloning). Or a sim card that has no branding such as iD (from Carphone Warehouse in the UK) or GiffGaff (also in the UK)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] danieljenkin:
Sim locking a phone sadly isn't just a US thing. Operators here usually lock theirs, especially Orange, even if you buy it outright from them. Vodafone is hit and miss. Some phones are locked some are not. Telekom usually doesn't lock their phones unless its a special model made under their own branding.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] quikt:
Mine arrived with no sim inserted. sim card had to be punched out of a bigger card. there is an app called device unlock preinstalled allowing you to request a permanent unlock or a temporary unlock, i tried both and unlocking failed call support message.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Tidbits:
It will fail because your phone needs a sim in it to phone home and see if you qualify. These are the requirements for T-Mobile and that app to unlock your phone.

https://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-1588
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] quikt:
That sums it all up thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] rjayflo:
My S7E has carrier (Tmo) bloat without the sim. So I don't think there is a carrier lock
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] CuBz90:
Mines coming straight from EE (in the UK) so I'm going to guess that their branded firmware will be pre-installed before inserting the sim.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] dandv:
I used the Customer Support online chat this morning and they said for the S7 Edge, you have to wait 40 days to unlock even if you have been a customer for more than 1 year.

Also, "The full price of the phone is $779.99 plus tax. With approved credit you can get this phone for $0 upfront plus tax and monthly payments of $35.50 for 24 months." and "The SIM is $15". They didn't know what model the phone was, or whether the CPU was Exynos or Snapdragon - told me to call.

http://www.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s7-unlocked/ suggests the phone will be a SM-G930T/G935T, not an international version.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] rjayflo:
I was able temp unlock right away...now using on AT&T
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] chodaboy19:
Can you elaborate a little bit more?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] rjayflo:
I pre-ordered from Tmo, and I was worried it would carrier lock like the rumored reports indicated. I tested temporary unlock to see if it'll work and it did.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Tidbits:
Then it'll lock itself a month later... Then you do it again then it'll lock itself again. Then you will have to wait a year to temp unlock it again.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] jackler1:
Definitely t-mobile branded and locked. There is no basis for this story in the OP. I inserted my ATT sim on first start and it booted with a TM logo and said it was carrier locked and to call to get it unlocked. So all of this for nothing, same ole same ole.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] daLareid:
Will this SIM region locking thing render an international/global phone locked to the first SIM as well? Apparently sellers like UnlockedMobiles and Clove UK insert a UK SIM on the phone and make a 5 minute call in order to fully unlock the phone so it might be usable in the US, but if that thing about the SIM locking is true that would mean instead of fully unlocking it would actually be locking it, so I'm curious if that only applies to the US version or Global as well?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] rjayflo:
Before the 30 days expire...clear the unlock app data and temp unlock again. I did this for 4 months or so on my S6. I got lazy and let it expire a couple times and it locked...so I just paid off my balance to perm unlock
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] chodaboy19:
Thank you for the feedback! Same old BS.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Beefheart:
And not only that EE Samsung phones definitely have bootloader lock from what I've read. I'm still hoping that the same doesn't apply to Vodafone, although it's looking likely.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] CuBz90:
That's a shame! I would have got it from Carphone Warehouse but it was an early upgrade offer through EE only. I would have to wait another 45 days to upgrade with carphone warehouse and I'm very impatient when it comes to tech. My wife is getting hers from carphone warehouse so maybe I can talk her into swapping as she doesn't care for rooting.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] daLareid:
Investigated a little further and seems like that SIM region lock thing does not apply to Global version of the phone.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] mrfriday2010:
So let me see if I got this right... Lets say I bought an s7 edge from AT&T, and the first sim a insert in it is a sim from a country that doesnt have locked devices; therefore, no software for a particular carrier lets say Saudi Arabia, will the phone be unlocked forever? Because I have lots of friends that do the same thing with iPhones. They come here for the holidays and buy an AT&T iphone, of course they pay in full, and insert the saudi sim first and it works.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] entropism:
Just got mine yesterday, started it up BEFORE inserting the T-Mobile SIM, and it was set up as a T-Mobile device. Splash screen, installed bloatware, etc.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] daLareid:
US phone probably won't work that way, it has to be the International/Global version.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] mrfriday2010:
If Samsung is shipping phones unlocked till a person insert the sim, how can it lock on an international sim that does not have the lock codes for. I dont know maybe you are right I was just wondering.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] daLareid:
I honestly don't how Samsung works their kinks but it's pretty much like that US carrier version won't be unlocked whilst Global will be. But hey I suggest you keep it locked here , last page has 2 guys who bought a T-Mo S7 and got it permanently unlocked somehow without waiting 40 days and will try to put a different SIM to see if it's truly unlocked, they have yet to report on it though but hopefully tomorrow.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] v8dreaming:
Right out of the box, mine had a t-mobile splash screen.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] Eezay:
Hey guys, what do you mean by global version? Is every model other than the us one automatically global? I'll probably get one from Vodafone Germany. So will this thing be unlocked?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] schn1tt3r:
WOW, that might be the way to go! Thanks for this. I will contact them and ask if I can buy one from them without having to open up an account with them.

edit: On their webiste, they don't even let me buy a phone because Florida isn't listed and that is where my friend lives.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] WhiteHartMart:
CPW let you do EE early upgrades now (provided you pay off the outstanding contract) - I'm paying my EE off 2 months early so I can pre-order through them.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] CuBz90:
Techinically tt's not an early upgrade if you;re paying off the remaining contract. You're basically just cancelling your existing contract and taking out a new one on the same line.

I did go with this option at first which cost me £90, then I realised EE offered it much cheaper with no upfront cost or termination fee. It works out cheaper to do that and just buy a Gear VR.

If you're on an EE Extra plan (like me) you can upgrade with EE for free 90 days before the end of the contract.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] WhiteHartMart:
Its kind of a hybrid I guess - chance to pay off early and instantly take out the new plan without a hit on your credit file again.

90 day early upgrade feature is nice - shame that CPW can't replicate that when they punch your number in :)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] CuBz90:
I know. I would have much prefered it from CPW as it will be unlocked and unbrandad, however my wife is getting hers unlocked and unbrandad and has agreed to swap. Woo.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] WhiteHartMart:
Hoorah for the wife - lost count of the number of times I have upgraded my wife's plan just to get a new phone for myself - she's still happy with her iPhone 5 :p
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] CuBz90:
My wife wouldn't let me do that haha she likes her new phones when they're due.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] daLareid:
Yeah 'We're sorry but we do not offer our products & services in this area. Please enter a different zip code or search by city/state.'

Would probably need to have a friend or relative buy it and unlock then send my way but seems like too much of a hassle.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] noamaniac:
I think i'm going to go for it. Just choose any city that they do cover, do a prepaid, and ship to your address. They don't care where you ship to.

[EDIT: Scratch that, they just kibasshed me at the checkout]
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion] daLareid:
Welp I guess that settles it, buying Global.
[Galaxy Note5 General] Yathani:
View attachment 3661211

I know many people include me missed this feature from Note 4 I'm happy to see it return in Marshmallows.
[Galaxy Note5 General] B!GBOY:
I saw that in lollipop too but it isn't OCR. It only shows the [ T ] icon when there is an actual Textview or text for example in chrome. and it only copies the text from the original textview

go ahead and take a screenshot of your screen you just posted and then try to recognize characters from the picture and there wont be a [ T ] when using smart select :D
[Galaxy Note5 General] Yathani:
I just took screen shot of your reply on my Note 5 and saved it to the gallery. Then I open the screen shot and used smart select and it did extract the text out of the picture :)
[Galaxy Note5 General] Yathani:
View attachment 3661245

I took a picture directly from my pc screen and I was able to extract the text out of it.
[Galaxy Note5 General] B!GBOY:
Nice, thats awesome!

it doesn't do that for me :(

edit:

could you share which version you installed? its one of the features i need the most :D

edit 2:

haha I found it out! check to see if you have an app called Optical Reader? after i installed it from samsung store there is the T icon in my Smart select :D
[Galaxy Note5 General] Yathani:
Yes I do have optical reader :)
[Galaxy Note5 General] hovelj:
I hate it! any idea's how to disable?
[Galaxy Note5 General] Drlalitkapoor:
The original Note4 stylus could read a text from any JPG file (graphic and not screen text only) by ocr using smart select.

After the lollipop upgrade and now with Marshmallow this not possible.

Ocr from A screeNshot of text works. But not from a pictorial text as I'd did previously.

Wonder why Samsung killed this powerful feature.
[Galaxy Note5 General] willcor:
hi ,

I read your post and decided to test my OCR features ,on any random text.. image jpg file , i had in pic gallery .(Apart from screenshots )

I found that with clear text( in text/image jpg) and websites ,it works 100 %.

I must add if your text is a bit "vague"/unclear " then yes ,you get a " mumble jumble" text .!

I am on Marshmallow .

So for me it is possible and the OCR feature works fine .

Maybe Rom related ..??..........

but i know for sure it still works !

good luck
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] livinglargetimmy:
Please see attached pictures.

If I dock the graph89 calculator app I get it to a small size, i.e. 3 pane window. But if I have it float it won't shrink to that size. There seems to be a minimum window size for floating windows, which is actually pretty big. Does anybody know how to reduce that minimum size to a smaller value?
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Osama chohan:
There doesn't seem to be any way...I too have tried looking.Thank you for reading.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spere:
[MENTION=4948919]xperiacle[/MENTION] might have some idea, if he is still around at XDA. This aint stupid idea, and I bet it's doable at least by Xposed module.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] Deleted member 2358282:
Coming from the S5, what are the implications of not being able to remove battery to reboot when phone gets stuck while flashing ROMs etc. What is the solution now with s6/s7?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] hella356:
I'm wondering about this, too. I suppose flashing with the battery almost empty & plugged into a low powered charger while flashing would allow for the battery to fully drain after unplugging it? Every phone I've owned had removable battery, so I don't know what to expect.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] unknownbeing:
Holding the power+volume down simulates a battery pull
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] peachpuff:
Holding down the power button for 10 seconds should shut it off too.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] AarSyl:
I do NOT suggest this at ALL! A dead battery while firmware up/downgrading can be quite problematic, to say the least.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] Tiffany84:
This generally doesn't work with the newer Samsung devices, like S6/Note 5. But volume down and power button does every time as someone already mentioned.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] KCRic:
Volume down+power like others have mentioned. Works every time. I found that at times I had to hold the home button as well.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] ayamgoreng:
won't it enter download mode if you press home button as well ?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] Corwinder:
Not if the phone is already powered up it won't. That's as if it's off when you hit that combination.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] KCRic:
Never really noticed that lol. I just knew I as to do it someone's. The more you know, right?
[Mogul, XV6800 General] Olipro:
OK, the unlocker is available, simply click the link below to download, and you're free to run it.

do pay attention to the instructions, it's a pretty simple process.

Cheers again to ImCoKeMaN for HaReT, and letting me piss about with his device.

MOD EDIT

This locker only works for non GPS roms

New version 2.40 to be used for GPS roms

ftp://up.ppcgeeks.com/Titan/Users/ImCoKeMaN/roms/Hard-SPL-MFG.exe
[Mogul, XV6800 General] tpmwr:
Holy ****. Does this mean we will be seeing custom firmwares soon?
[Mogul, XV6800 General] ahe:
This things could use in our titan? That's great! Thanks.
[Mogul, XV6800 General] Olipro:
yes, custom firmwares on the internets, made from pies.

No, I just thought it'd be funny to post a picture of a Titan in the Titan forum so that someone asked the idiotic question of whether it runs on a Titan or not
[Mogul, XV6800 General] ji1386:
wow nice...loved your work with the TyTN when i had one, and now that i've got a Titan, it's great to see a familiar name/thread title.

can't wait to see it in action
[Mogul, XV6800 General] mrgeoff:
Thank you! I knew waiting patiently would pay off :)
[Mogul, XV6800 General] samspoon:
hooray the kind of news i like to hear!
[Mogul, XV6800 General] stroths:
Great work!
[Mogul, XV6800 General] Anubiset:
OMG this is awesome! I can't wait for some ROM kitchens for the Mogul. I thought it would be many more months before someone figured this out! Great work! Very much appreciated. Can't wait for the release!
[Mogul, XV6800 General] ycats:
what kind of improvements could we see with these new roms?
[Mogul, XV6800 General] colonel00:
83% more bars. 150% less Sprint
[Mogul, XV6800 General] ycats:
????????????????????
[Mogul, XV6800 General] TC1:
LMAO.... that made my day. One can only tolerate just so many clueless folks.

Cheers Olipro, keep up the good work.
[Mogul, XV6800 General] betulike2know:
can't wait ... you da man
[Mogul, XV6800 General] h11013:
i can't wait to be 150% less sprint !!!
[Mogul, XV6800 General] 4 Door Skyline:
ditto!!!!!!
[Mogul, XV6800 General] Olipro:
The Unlocker is out, go to the first post to download
[Mogul, XV6800 General] jamesus:
Classic...:D
[Mogul, XV6800 General] Ph33zy:
I'm getting the same error on WinXP SP-2.
[Mogul, XV6800 General] dumblondewalkin:
hooray

got it to work, it got stuck at the bootloader, ran the titan_exbl.exe or whatever, and now I'm good to go.
[Mogul, XV6800 General] chewbaaka:
This is pretty slaimin, had some issues in vista during the unplug and plug back in process but moved to a xp machine and it works fine. got it to eventually work in vista too by updating the drivers for the phone in vista with the vistaRUU file.
[Mogul, XV6800 General] MobileHackerC:
I havent got this to work? i get netframwork error? any help will be greatly appreciated
[Mogul, XV6800 General] rmk1825:
I got it to work and loaded my cooked ROM....but....

I want to load another cooked ROM. Do I need to run the titan unlocker EACH and everytime before loading a new cooked ROM?
[Mogul, XV6800 General] LTxda:
You should not have to.
[Mogul, XV6800 General] NexVision:
If you have .NET framework installed uninstall it and install version 2.0
[Mogul, XV6800 General] tgantt:
Using a Mac

I use a Mac. How do I run the unlocker and roms from a Mac? What is the best rom for the XV6800 and what fixes the problem with connecting to the internet by WIFI? Thanks:confused:
[Mogul, XV6800 General] Mr Nur:
what does it do exactly?
[Mogul, XV6800 General] MobileHackerC:
Where do i find version 2? can you post a link to it and do i have to run this on my PC or Mogul? Thanks:confused:
[Mogul, XV6800 General] mizono:
Mr Nur, the unlocker allows you to flash your device with custom ROMS. The security on the phone wont allow it until you run this app. If your considering using this I would highly recommend looking at the threads regarding ROM flashing and making sure you have the process and risks understood before running anything. Really fantastic app BTW. Major thanks to the developers. Work like this is very appreciated.
[Mogul, XV6800 General] fusQer:
i am trying to use titan_exbl.exe but it says it needs activesync. my activesync is not launching/connecting when i connect the phone. im stuck at the tricolor screen and it says TITA100, SPL-1.20.Olipro. someone help :(
[Mogul, XV6800 General] fusQer:
oh i had to DISABLE activesync :) it worked
[Mogul, XV6800 General] Tregrad:
same here, I need to also flash back to a stock rom but dont have one or know where to find one.
[Mogul, XV6800 General] rgntech07:
so now what?

I was trying to keep focused on what I was doing and somehow now my XV6800 is stuck on SPL-1.06 no matter what I do. I have read many posts on things to try but this was to no avail. So I come to you all with this. Is there any way that I will be able to get the original SPL back to my phone? or atleast get it out of 1.06 misery?

Thanks ahead of time
[Mogul, XV6800 General] scoobdude:
i installed .net 3.5 (released 1/30/08) and it worked fine. Only issue i had is when the app tried to access the c:/tempttn folder it said it was alread in use. thanks for the app though.