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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] Outbreak444:
Used to show up there. Here's a link from Verizon with a screenshot

https://www.verizonwireless.com/support/mobile-hotspot-faqs/
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] brettdacosta:
That's good information.

So why do you use the foxfi app and not the native tethering feature? Because you're on nougat?

Do you think that being rooted and using the XPosed app is what prevents them from seeing it - or the fact that I'm on the grandfathered UDP and their system isn't capable of actually reporting that piece of information (since it's a feature that's technically locked) - and if I go the new plan that "unlocks" the tethering, they'll then be able to tell the difference and their system will be able to display it since it's aware of what's actually happening?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] Outbreak444:
I haven't rooted my S7 or flashed the U firmware yet. I want to wait until nougat is released for the U firmware before I do that.

Hotspot is built into the phone already. I believe that if it doesn't search for subscriber information that the phone will just enable the connections and all your phone provider can see is that you're using data, but they can't see how. This is my opinion, maybe someone else could enlighten us on the specifics. But I can say that being rooted, using Xposed, or being on the grandfathered plan has nothing to do with it other than removing the check for subscriber information, basically what one user posted earlier in this post.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] onlyonenurse:
The back does not come off of a S7 so there is no SIM card. I also depend on FoxFi i

The back does not come off of a S7 so there is no SIM card. I also depend on FoxFi in the work I do (teaching) and it did a fabulous job.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] BUGL3R:
Sim card is on the top under your sd card.

I'm still grandfathered, also and made the mistake of upgrading to Nougat. I've been using Foxfi for the last two years and now it doesn't work with Nougat. Can/ would you point me to where I can revert back to Marshmallow, somehow, please? Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] brettdacosta:
Just to try to keep this thread accurate...

You're right... the back doesn't come off. However, the phone still has a sim card - which is how you are able to receive VZ service.

Just didn't want anyone getting the wrong idea.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] brettdacosta:
I have a follow up question...

What is it about Nougat that's preventing folks from using their hotspots undetected (or at all - which is it)?

Thanks,
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] vincey2kr1:
https://youtu.be/iC9wpPUl7A0

Anyone try this yet?. It says T-Mobile but you can use it on Verizon. Been keeping my wifi off so my s7 doesn't upgrade to nougat so Fing lame!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] brettdacosta:
Well, here's an update that I'm hoping will spark more conversation... See attached picture.

How can the mobile hotspot provisioning work-around work, but they still be able to determine how much data I've used?

It looks like usage on rooted devices with tethering provision enabled and unrooted devices alike are able to be reported to Samsung.

Can someone help me understand how VZ can distinguish between my cellular data and tethering data on a device with the tethering provision module enabled through Xposed?

Thanks,
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] hydrofarmer:
I figured out a way to bypass tether provision on rooted phone.

30 magazine clip on my ghost gun

---------- Post added at 05:30 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:21 PM ----------

So here is what I did on a rooted Verizon note 4. SM-N910V

I installed FoxFi (paid), a VPN (I used nord paid), and an app called VPN Tether (free).

1. Open and connect FoxFi with "hide tether usage" checked

2. Connect to your VPN

3. Open the app VPN Tether and hit start.

No more throttle over 15g :)

30 magazine clip on my ghost gun
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] brettdacosta:
Man. That's awesome! Thanks.

What is it about this combination that works?

Is there any variation of this process you could think of working to be able to use the phone's native hotspot feature?

And how did you figure this out?

Thanks again.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] hydrofarmer:
Haven't tried any variants. As far as figuring it out I was just racking my head against the wall lol.

I just new that if I couldn't get the build prop edit to work for not telling Verizon what kind of data (and let's face it, they don't need to know anyway) was being sent I tried to think of other ways to hide data information and just started trying combinations of things. It was actually by process of elimination and luck I got this to work.

Always glad to contribute when I can.

30 magazine clip on my ghost gun
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] brettdacosta:
Dude! Thanks again, man. Would you have to be rooted to use this method?

My wife's not a fan of the rooted devices and she uses the hotspot more than I do.

Also, how reliable is foxfi? I know a while ago they were working to try to gain root on the s5 back when, I used it and they were going through versions like crazy because they kept being shutdown?

All three services seem to be pretty reliable?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] hydrofarmer:
That's a good question. I am not a developer or guru by any means... just a "weekend warrior." I have just always liked rooting my phone. I don't have a non rooted Android right now besides my Verizon S8+. For some reason FoxFi won't work on the S8+. Not sure if it's a nougat thing or what but I tried on it and it won't activate the hotspot.

Worst case just give it a try on a stock phone and see if it works.

Let us all know if you have luck with a stock phone and what version of Android it is.

30 magazine clip on my ghost gun

---------- Post added at 02:56 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:52 PM ----------

Oh and on my hotspot phone this setup has been running 24/7 for 3 days with no issues.

I have the hotspot phone (second Verizon line dedicated for this) bridged to my home router for home wifi.

(I live in the country and this is my only option for internet service for home computers, security cams etc. That's why I have this setup.)

30 magazine clip on my ghost gun
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] brettdacosta:
I will definitely report back on the results after trying it with a non rooted device.

Now... Help a fellow country living brother out (and I'll need details - I'm sorta technically savvy, but not when it comes to network stuff). Do you have your phone's hotspot connected to a dedicated wifi router that should have a better range than the phone's able to put out or did I miss what setup you're running?

Thanks so much for all your help so far.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] hydrofarmer:
Yes it bridged a home router. My setup is a little more entailed as I have repeaters all over to cover my 23 acre property with WiFi. But all you need is a wireless bridge. Plug it into the modem port on your router and then your router will think that is a hardline from an actual modem. Or you can just get a router that has a repeater mode and it will repeat a wireless signal. Another option is a range extender. If you just want it inside your house you can get a range extender or two and they just plug into an outlet.

30 magazine clip on my ghost gun

---------- Post added at 03:23 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:21 PM ----------

Here is a wireless bridge. Honestly this is the route I would probably go if you are a novice. It just plugs in to your router and you set your router up as normal. Probably the path of least work and research for you.

IOGEAR Ethernet-2-WiFi Universal Wireless Adapter, GWU637 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B018YPWORE/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_dorZzbQQN7WY6

30 magazine clip on my ghost gun
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] brettdacosta:
I sent you a PM.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] agtsoul:
Thank you for the advice. I did have to modify it a little to work on my pixel 2 xl. I have the ULD plan with only 15GB of hotspot. My phone is rooted with the net.tethering.noprovisioning=true in the build.prop. with all that I was still getting throttled once I reached the 15GB limit. So I came looking for a solution which brought me to this thread. I could not get Foxfi to work with wifi hotspot, I am not sure if it is because of Oreo. Anyways here are the steps I used.

1. Start VPN. ( I used IPVanish)

2. Started regular Wifi hotspot.

3. Open VPN Tether. (grant root access and start)

4. Connect PC to phone and no more throttle.

Thanks again.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] hydrofarmer:
Glad you got it to work. Good input to this thread too.

30 magazine clip on my ghost gun
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] Myskiis2fast4u:
Are you still successful with this method?

Thanks
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Accessories] jreber2:
Is there any reg hack or other solution to make phone to use the phone's built-in mic even when headphones are connected?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answers] xhepera:
Last night a message popped up on my screen and won't go away. It appears to be a debugging message. If I tap it, it disappears for a couple of seconds then pops back. It survives reboots. Any idea as to what might be happening and how to correct it? Thanks! Please check the screenshot.

View attachment 4064482
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answers] kcodya:
I'm guessing it's an error from the time widget you are using.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answers] xhepera:
Thanks. Good call. That was my thought as well, but I removed it and restarted and it persists.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answers] xhepera:
Aha! Eureka! Solved! After quite a bit of observation I've figured out that it's tied to notifications from the SMS app, Textra (which updated a couple of days ago). It seems that it appears when a Textra notification pops up on the notification bar. And it will remain there until the notification is swiped away.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GatorsUF:
So I'm on 7.1.2 beers and u got assistant (with build prop tweak) but I'd like the animation on the navbar as well as the night mode setting. Does anyone know how to install those? It's in one of the pixelize zips, but it's not updated to 7.1.2
[Samsung Gear S3] MrBrady:
I'm a crackflasher and frequently am reinstalling my phone.

Do the cards listed in Samsung Pay on the watch stay on the watch when re-installing the phone, or do they get erased when the watch syncs with the phone for the first time?

The reason I ask is because when using Android Pay on my phone, if I reinstall the ROM without removing the card from Android Pay first, my banks see it as having it installed on multiple devices. AMEX for example only lets you have the card setup on 3(I think) devices.

Thanks for the info!
[Samsung Gear S3] RexEscape:
They get erased. I've done it twice. I setup my Gear S3 on my Note 2 perfectly, complete with Samsung Pay. I even got a letter from my bank saying my credit card has a "digital account number" associated with it using Samsung Pay. Then I had to reflash the ROM (because I messed it up trying to fix my Group MMS trying to install different versions of messenger apk). When re-registering the Gear S3 with my newly flashed Note 2, the Gear S3 had to do a "soft-reboot". I had to setup Samsung Pay again (enter the credit card number, sign your signature my Note 2, etc.). I got another letter from my bank saying my credit card has a new "digital account number" (which is different from the first one which no longer works). Everything works again.

EDIT *** Whether the first one is still considered "active' in the eyes of my bank, I don't know.
[Samsung Gear S3] MrBrady:
Great info! Thank you.
[Samsung Gear S3] 10urshin:
2 Questions, did you logged into the same Samsung account for gear manager after the flashing and did you logged in to your Samsung account before starting the pairing process. As far as I know, watch should not reset itself as long as you are pairing with the same phone and user account.
[Samsung Gear S3] RexEscape:
Hmm...I can't remember whether I'm signed into my phone using my Samsung account when I tried to reconnect the Gear S3 on a newly flashed ROM. I wish I remembered exactly what I did and when I did it. Sorry :o
[Samsung Gear S3] MrBrady:
I was thinking of using Titanium Backup to backup and restore all the Samsung Gear apps. This may remedy the card erasing solution.
[Samsung Gear S3] afblangley:
If you have the LTE S3, you can pair it with a cheap phone dedicated solely to that task. It doesn't need a SIM, only a WiFi network. Plus a service like Digits, Google Voice, or NumberSync.
[Samsung Gear S3] 10urshin:
Just a follow up, i just installed nougat update to my s6 edge with wiping data, i logged in to my samsung account and tried pairing phone with gear without resetting the gear, bluetooth pairing worked but as soon as i open gear manager it light reset the gear. After reset it restore all my gear data tho, except settings and widget orders.
[Samsung Gear S3] RexEscape:
I still can't remember whether I was logged into my Samsung account when I paired. It did pair after a light reset but Samsung Pay info was gone and I had to re-register my credit card again.
[Samsung Gear S3] mrbkkt1:
Lol, I had to redo my cards just after taking the pin code off.
[Samsung Gear S3] RexEscape:
So, having the PIN removed, does it just go directly to Samsung Pay without asking for a PIN when you long press the Back button?
[Samsung Gear S3] mrbkkt1:
With my pin removed. I could no longer use Samsung pay. It basically deleted everything pay information wise to my watch. I redid a pin code. And basically started from scratch again. The bank even sent me a new letter about joining Samsung pay.
[HTC Excalibur] gastan:
Hello everybody, today I updated my HTC620 with the official WM6 upgrade from the HTC site. I am wondering why the hell??? :confused:

The first thing were the mixed contacts from SIM card, phone and MSN. I solved it with deleting everything from the SIM card (what a solution!).

What really bothers me is the bug, that does not allow me to call my mother:

I have her number listed as "mama" and when I go to contacts and start typing "m", it shows me all the contacts, that have "m" in the beginning of either name or surname. Then I press "a" and it does not narrow the search to the contacts, that have "ma" in the beginning, but instead, the S620 understands this as "#" and does whatever it does. After pressing "m" again, I see all the contacts, that have "m" in the beginning and so on.

so after pressing "mama" it is searching "m#m#m#" and it shows me all the contacts that include "m".

My investigation shows, that this happens with all the contacts, which have the same letters before and after the second letter "a", i.e. for example:

"mam..."

"tat..."

"nan...."

Can anyone please confirm this?

Is there any fix for this?

Thanks,

Gastan
[HTC Excalibur] uccellino:
I just tried it and yep it seems to be a bug for me too. I don't know of a fix though :(
[HTC Excalibur] jhwo99:
I noticed the same for a few contacts....

Change 'mama' to 'mamma' and the problem for this contact is solved
[HTC Excalibur] gastan:
good solution

Thanks a lot, this really helps for this case :-)

Amazing, what mistakes can occur in the SW.
[HTC Excalibur] lubs:
Yeah... QA and Testing is obviously a little shoddy. I don't think we would ever see this on a Blackberry.
[HTC Excalibur] Blackforge:
That latest ROM that was found/released doesn't have this bug.
[HTC Excalibur] jhwo99:
That's correct but i can't search for the 'z' in contacts.

Anybody a solution ?
[HTC Excalibur] aakash:
you mean this ROM ?

I too have problem of searching.. when i press Z it searches for Y and no result pressing Y.. i got a german mda mail, keyboard mapped for Z-Y fix.
[HTC Excalibur] jhwo99:
Can you post this fix?
[HTC Excalibur] aakash:
replace the attached file in folder \windows\ on phone, you may need to use total commander or any other filemanager to copy it.
[HTC Excalibur] jhwo99:
Are you using the new rom ? Because only in this rom is the "z" problem.

I keymapped a lot of roms but only in the new one i can't fix this problem !

The problem is the 'z' searching in contacts, not the keyboard map.

Thanks anyway.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johninor:
I am using a 1st gen Boost Moto G as a backup phone in my car. I'd like to leave it turned off and plugged in to to USB power so that it charges whenever the car is on. Problem is that sometimes it turns itself on. I assume when the power is applied, but it doesn't always do it so I am not 100% sure. Of course, then it says on when the car is turned off and the battery is drained the next time I want to use it.

Is there any way to prevent it turning on unless I use the power button to turn it on?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] inetquestion:
Finding lots of old threads on this topic which don't work with PF4. Are there any current solutions to get around an activation locked phone? I've tried to downgrade to OG5 and NG5, but no luck it wont allow it. (my bootloader is not unlocked).

-Inet
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] nomaxtech:
I rooted last night which was successful but then I tried installing Xposed with Flashfire and after a reboot, it never came back up. I can get into what appears to be recovery mode and download mode but the phone doesn't do anything past that. In recovery, it says

Android Recovery

MMB29M.G930VVRU2APE1

Verizon/heroqltevzw/heroqltevzw

6.0.1/MMB29M/G930VVRU2APE1

user/release-keys

User volume up/down and power.

Reboot system now

Reboot to bootloader

Apply update from ADB

Apply update from SD card

Wipe data/factory reset

Wipe cache partition

Mount /system

View rcovery logs

Power off

(at the bottom)

Support API: 3

dm-verity verification failed...

If I try to flash from ADB or SD card it says "Update from external storage is disabled."

Rebooting just brings it back here.

If I reboot into bootloader, I get a bright teal colored screen with a large arrow facing down and it says, "Downloading... Do not turn off target"

If I try to flash anything from Odin (AP, BL, CP, etc....), it sees the phone and calls out it's com port, but upon flashing it FAILS within a few seconds. After a fail, it displays

SW REV CHECK FAIL : [aboot]Fused 4 > Binary 2

[1] eMMC write fail: aboot

*****************************************************************************

If I power it off and boot directly into the "Downloading..." screen then it displays

ODIN MODE (HIGH SPEED)

PRODUCT NAME: SM-G930V

CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official

SYSTEM STATUS: Custom

FAP LOCK: ON

QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE

AP SWREV: B4(2,1,1,1,1) K1 S3

SECURE DOWNLOAD: ENABLE

But it still fails flashing from Odin.

I am using Odin3 v 3.12 but the actual file says Odin PrinceComsy.exe

I'm dead in the water here. Did my phone just become a $600 paperweight?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] PureEnergyy:
You've tripped the dm-verity, basically, you've installed TWRP (or another custom recovery) without installing no-verity or removing dm-verity altogether. I believe there is a way to fix it if you look here: https://xdaforums.com/note5/help/how-to-solve-dm-verity-verification-t3293306. I have not personally used this method but most people are saying it works. Just ensure if this does work install no-verity from here:https://build.nethunter.com/android-tools/no-verity-opt-encrypt/ and install in your recovery.

Best of luck :)

EDIT: Just realized this is Verizon, not sure maybe wait till someone confirms this as I have an Exyons and haven't looked a lot into the snapdragon chip
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kacznam:
Hi Everyone!

I've read everything what i found and still can't resolve my problem.

Today my friend brought me a Galaxy Tab 10.1 GT-P7500 which after turning on stuck on Galaxy Tab screen.

Options with hard reset, factory reset etc.. wasn't work so i've decided to download latest firmware from sammobie and try upload it with odin. After first try, result was - fail! Tried again and the same was happen. Only one thing has changed - the device is automaticly starting in download mode.

I've read about PIT files, bootloaders and others, and nothing work, or it's not clear enough for me.

My eyes are bleeding because of reading...

Hope somebody help me.

Sorry for my english.
[Galaxy S3 Neo Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kefrost:
Hi i want to root my phone which is:

Samsung Galaxy S3 Neo I9301I

Build Number:KOT49H.I9301IXCSAPG6

Baseband version:I9301IXXUAPG1

So i read guides for rooting my phone but they was using different Build number so is Build number something important and can i brick my phone if i do the guides using different Build number.
[Galaxy S3 Neo Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] motionsnk:
Just use odin to flash cf.autoroot :)
[Galaxy S3 Neo Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MigoMujahid:
Build number isn't a problem, just flash twrp in Odin and in twrp flash SuperSU.zip and you will get root, or you can also use kingroot.apk to root your phone without pc, it may work if it didn't use KingoRoot for pc ;)
[HTC One SV] T-One:
Hi,

i tried to root a K2_UL with S-ON running 4.2.2

Bootloader Shows:

TAMPERED

UNLOCKED

K2_UL PVT SHIP S-ON RL

HBOTT-2.21

RADIO-1.21.40f.00.23

OpenDSP-v13.2.0268.0620

OS-3.11.169.6

I followed this guide:

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2113671&page=1

But if i tried to boot into recovery it just stoped at "entering recovery..."

So i crawled through some threads and tried the TWRP Recovery in version 2.7 and 2.8, both with the same result.

Anyone with a tip what i can try next?

kind regards

T-One
[HTC One SV] ze7zez:
You should organize and refresh the partition layout.

Flash the appropriate stock ROM for your CID and read my experience.

Read carefully

.

S-Off for the brand HTC One SV - k2_ul

I did CID 111111, because I had Brand ROM. Maybe you do not need. I do not know, because you do not write. Just try.
[HTC One SV] old.splatterhand:
A sign for an outdated recovery.img. I can't give you a link right now, as i'm on mobile, but look into my index thread (in general section) there you should find a working recovery for 4.2.2 OS.
[HTC One SV] T-One:
Haha, i was sooo blind.

I tried different versions from this thread but never noticed the attached zip on the bottom of it, i followed the link and tried about 3 different versions from the TWRP website, also this link is down.

Thanks old.splatterhand.
[HTC One SV] old.splatterhand:
I updated the thread/first post of the linked thread with afh link for TWRP 2.7.0.1.

I also drop the link for it here, if people searching for it: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=457095661767142642
[Android General] williamclarkonet:
I'm new to rooting this is the second phone I have rooted (I bricked my first LOL) Its a Samsung Galaxy On 5 and I want to put some custom ROMS on it but I want to make a back-up of my current ROM just in case can some explain how to do this i am rooted with SuperSU with TWRP
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] PostoronnimV:
Got A-Data 4gb card yesterday and it worked initially until it started to look strange when I was transferring big files unto it. Seems like I couldn't end the transfer and on it appeared a catalog named xxxxxxx.xxx. I disconneced tilt during this transfer and neither tilt no Dell 1420 with SDHC reader can see this card anymore. Nothing happens at all when I plug it in. I hoped that reformatting will work but Dell doesn't see card even in disk management tools (Vista). Regular size SDHC card is read by dell just fine.

Card hardware failure or filesystem problem? Thanks!