yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Nick Collision:
Wow... that is annoying. Nice program, but I see your dilemma.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Wilhelm:
Whenever there's a notification (such as wi-fi detected), the left soft key is remapped to it. PocketPlayer does that on mine. I don't mind because I can use the today screen plugin to access the calendar.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] _Alex_:
Use VistaHide battery gauge instead.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Novice Gadget Boy:
Thanks to those who replied.

Tinkering around with the program i discovered a solution. In settings option set the following settings:

<PLEASE SEE IMAGE CAPTURE NUMBER 3 IN THE ATTACHMENTS>

I then click ok and hide the diolog box (hide button). The notifiaction and icon on the top bar are gone. However, there is a small bar right on the top of the top bar with graduations along it. This is the battery bar and each graduation represents 5%. When you tap this bar once, the notification box comes up and displays all the info. When you tap on hide, it all goes away. No more remapping.

Thanks to those who tried to help out. :)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] iTouch24:
batti 2.4 is out but the sounds portion doesnt work on the touch pro ... plays the sounds at random rimes

:mad:

http://code.google.com/p/batti/
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] zen_guru:
very nice work...

perfect for my touch pro.. i didn't check the sounds part, but i'm not interested right now..

i'd like to have a button in programs tab to open the view information page... can someone give me some help?

respect!
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 Questions & Answers] asim99:
Hi,

Normally when we press home button of Samsung tab/phone it minimizes all the apps and takes us directly to home screen but for some reason when I press home button on galaxy tab s3 it opens google search and there is no way that I can minimize all apps at once.

can yo help me to change the function of home button.

Thank you.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 Questions & Answers] fipoly:
Did you have any luck finding out how to stop the home button going to goggle assistant instead of home screen? I all of a sudden have the same issue and haven't found a solution on the web
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 Questions & Answers] drzeller:
It sounds like your home button might be sticking. Do you feel it snap back immediately after pushing it?

Hope you work it out.

David
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 Questions & Answers] Sam Sung:
There are several solutions in this thread that seem to have worked.

In order of the easiest:

1. A settings change, changing the delay for the google shortcut.

2. Remove battery (I know, not possible with the S3, but included for any phone users searching)

3. Clear cache

All of these fixes seem to have worked for various users who commented on a given fix. There are a lot of posts on that thread, many of them commenting on the fixes I've listed. I'd try one or more of these first, then read the rest of the thread if no joy.
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Inferillum:
Delete this
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] stilger:
I contacted Essential support and asked if the phone would support WiFi calling. They responded yes but to contact the carrier to make sure. I am currently on Verizon so I contacted Verizon and they said yes it did support WiFi calling. I was a bit skeptical but I had the agent verify the phone model number. Hopefully this is accurate. I finalized my pre-order right after.

I would take this for what its worth until we have the device in our hands and can make sure. I just thought I would share.

Chat Transcript

Verizon

Thank you for contacting the Verizon Wireless Chat Team regarding your device. How can we help you today?

You

I am thinking of buying the new Essential phone. I was wondering if it will support WiFi-Calling on Verizon

You

https://www.essential.com/

Verizon

That is a great question I will be glad to look into that for you today

You

It says it will support Verizon. I would like to know if it supports the WiFi Calling on Verizon. My signal is very poor at my house and work.

Verizon

Understood let me double check on the WiFi calling feature

You

thank you

Verizon

My pleasure

Verizon

I do see here that WiFi calling is supported so you will perfectly fine to utilize that feature with Verizon

You

WiFi Calling is supported on the Essential Phone? What else does it say about the Essential phone?

Verizon

I can only view tech reports so I do see that the WiFi calling is supported any other questions I would need them to be specif so that I can search

You

I am just trying to make sure we are talking about the same device.

You

I see the model listed as: Essential PH-1

You

is that the same thing you have?

Verizon

While following the link this is the newest unlocked android the device screen is pretty big yes this is the PH-1

You

ok.. Sounds good.. Thanks for your help.

Verizon

No problem at all, was there anything else that I could assist you with today?

You

Nope. All set.. Have a good one.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] lankydakid:
Wifi calling

Thank you for posting that...I was looking into this myself and emailed essential, and have not recieved a response yet. Now the question is... Yet this phone, or wait for pixel 2
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Cowbell_Guy:
Exactly my question as well... Anyone have a spec sheet comparison bw this and pixel 2?
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] faded03cobra:
Awesome. Hope this is true. Ordered mine, but if Volte and WiFi calling don't work I'll have to send it back.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] cb474:
I don't know how anyone could have an accurate spec sheet comparison for a phone that has not been officially announced yet. It would just be speculation and leaks, which are often wrong.

That aside, I think if one is inclined to compare this phone to the Pixel 2 (as I am), why not just wait? It will be announced soon and then you can make an actual comparison between the two phones. Also hopefully by then the other colors will be available (since I don't like the glossy black or white colors).

Unless you desparately need a new phone now, I don't see the harm in waiting.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] -Michael_:
Thanks for sharing, I'm on Verizon as well, and I just ordered my essential ph-1. Hope that rep is correct and not just blowing smoke, but at least now I can be optimistic!
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] stilger:
So the word on the street from the first folks that got their phone is no WiFi calling for Verizon. :( If that is the case my phone will be going back.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] km8j:
Does it work on T-Mobile?
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] stilger:
Someone indicated that WiFi calling was working on T-Mobile.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] branshaw09:
WiFi and VoLTE does work on T-Mobile.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] danon.brown:
There is a WiFi calling option for att
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] jeevz:
Both are also working for me on T-mobile.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] eakrish:
is anyone having issues with rec'ing MMS messages while on wifi using stock messaging app
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] dmoney2005:
Yep it does
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] 2thebrim:
How can I tell if it's working? I cant find a setting and it doesn't show "wifi calling" on my home screen like it did on the pixel. I'm on tmo also.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] ack154:
Can confirm. TMobile and both appear to work properly.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] skinnytoo2:
Won't work on Verizon until it's certified
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] faded03cobra:
Hopefully it gets certified soon. Only feature that doesn't work for me on Verizon is WiFi calling. I actually get a bar of LTE in my house so it is ok for now. My ribs iPhone gets no service just like my s8 and pixel. I'm actually shocked I get any service, nobody does where I live.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] skinnytoo2:
Visual voicemail won't work either.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] jtg11:
I cannot get wifi calling or voicemail (either proper voicemail notification or visual voicemail to work) with Verizon. Everything else seems to work fine.

Does anyone know which default network we should use for Verizon to maximize signal and battery? I am in a fringe area so small differences in reception is a big deal.

Thanks in advance.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] whelmar:
works on t-mobile. just make sure you have the sim in on setting up phone for first time...
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] networx2002:
WiFi calling works on Sprint
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] barleysoda:
Verizon certification is complete now. Interested in knowing what all is working now for you Verizon folks, wifi calling...volte? The Verizon website can finally find my IMEI on my PH1. I'm on Sprint but thinking of switching to Verizon. Was waiting for the certification.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] jtg11:
Verizon is now recognizing my device but at this point wifi calling still not working and still no visual voicemail or even voicemail notifications of any kind. I do get a garbled text every time something happens on voicemail however.

Does anyone know where I can actually download the Verizon visual voicemail app?

After the update this week, my reception does seem better. However, I need to test further to verify.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] CollinFX45:
I wish I had more to add than just "I feel your pain." I, too, was hoping that after the certification finished that we would at the very LEAST have a freakin' notification that we have a voicemail. So far, I cannot figure out how to install any voicemail app. While I can live without WiFi calling, I have my phone in airplane mode sometimes and with calls going straight to voicemail during this time, then I always have to manually call in and check for voicemails after this happens. What a pain.

On that note, I'm not even sure what the certification accomplishes. I guess new buyers can walk into a store with a PH-1 and Verizon can issue them a SIM card now, as opposed to previously needing a SIM card that's already active for the phone to work?

-Collin-
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] stilger:
I ended up sending my phone back. Waiting on the refund to hit my credit card. I can not live without WiFi calling. I plan to purchase a Pixel XL 2 to replace my Pixel XL as soon as I am able. I wish the Essential phone would have worked. It is a beautiful phone.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] ~~Tito~~:
Yep. Confirmed here as well.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] iswope:
I'm on t-mobile and wifi calling works its just really low quality. To the point where I turn it off because people I'm on with complain. It was never an issue with my pixel which was great on wifi calling.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] bL1X:
Odd things afoot

I'm on Verizon and, since certification, Trusted Places no longer works, so now I'm required to unlock my phone even when at home or connected to bluetooth in my vehicle. The only option under Smart Lock is Trusted Face (not going to happen.)

Still no wi-fi calling. The girl that answered at Verizon was a bit inadequate to handle the call. So, two questions here:

Can someone provide all carrier settings for Verizon?

Is anybody else noticing disappearing features?

Bonus question:

Has anybody had better luck with Essential support?
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] zeldatp151@yahoo.com:
Verizon locks down their VVM service to only work on phone models sold by Verizon directly, That way they can charge people the $2.99 a month for the actual text portion of VVM. I have the Verizon VVM app on my essential, but It will not run, stating "this devices is not compatible". Instead I setup VVM for free through google voice. After doing so, I actually prefer the google voice VVM over the Verizon one anyway (being able to check my voicemail from any web browser is pretty nice). Hope this guide helps!!!

Google Voice as VVM setup,

1. Install Google voice from play store

2. Open google voice and choose to get a new phone number and link it to your real phone number( this will not change the number people call you from or what number you call out with.)

3. Go here https://www.google.com/voice and on the left choose the menu button, and choose legacy google voice, it is under the settings button.

4. once in legacy. on the right, click on the gear button and choose settings

5. at the top click voicemail and text

6. in the Voicemail Pin section, set your pin for you voicemail. (optional: you can also record your Name/Greeting hear if you want. I setup my greeting by calling into my voicemail and entering my pin.)

7. Save ( you can also choose to switch back to the new google voice at the top if you want to now.

8. Back on your phone, dial *71xxxxxxxxxx (replace xxxxxxxxxx with your google voice number, this will tell verizon to frorward unanswered and ignored calls to your google voice number.)

9. test by calling your real phone from somewhere, or have someone else do it, and leave a message..

10. ???

11. Profit!
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] bL1X:
Awesome, thanks for these steps. You saved me $2.99 a month.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] zeldatp151@yahoo.com:
YES! good catch, I'll fix it.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] jtg11:
Thanks. Just set this up and works great.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] zeldatp151@yahoo.com:
I can't believe I was ever paying $2.99 a month for VVM, I wish I had known about google voice before, that is why I decided to post these steps, to help others not pay Verizon for something that is free.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] bL1X:
I had heard about it, just didn't know this is what it did. Google is often too subtle with app's capabilities.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] crowsnestitsupport:
Very much amazed to report that I can confirm that VoLTE DOES work on AT&T.. Not sure how Essential gets that while the pixel doesn't :( On AT&T the option for Wifi calling is there, and it lets me enable it, but it does not work. I have WiFi calling enabled on my line via my S8+ and it works on it but no go on the PH-1.. No VVM either.. Stupid AT&T any way.

As for verizon, VoLTE does work as expected but there isn't even and option to enable wifi calling and wasn't able to figure out a way to get the option and also no VVM. I have all three on my unlocked Pixel XL on the big red. Not sure what the deal is there as support from essential says all three should work.

An lastly TMO, of course all works as expected there... I wish all the carriers were that nice..

Don't have sprint to test with, sorry..
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] spotmark:
Service is terrible at my house on VZW, so I just use GV to make WiFi calls from home.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] bL1X:
I didn't realize GV did that.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] spotmark:
You're getting the accelerated course on GV now. I actually use another GV number for my home service with a regular phone. I haven't have a home phone bill in well over five years, probably closer to ten.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] fade79:
I have no options under Smart Lock with my phone on Verizon. I had VoLTE before and now that's not working either. Neither is Wifi calling.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] bL1X:
Post moved to another thread.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] dpackerz:
I am on Verizon also. Just did a factory reset today. I have this under Smart Lock.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] bL1X:
All of my options eventually reappeared as well and I started getting prompts to set them up again. Still no wifi calling, though.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] fade79:
Restarting with Smart Lock disable as a trusted agent and re-enabling after the restart fixes it. If you restart the phone for any reason you have to repeat it though. Seems like VoLTE is working now reliably for me. No Wifi calling though still.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Tikerz:
Does it actually say it's using WiFi calling when you make a phone call?
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] watermyst:
As of today's Update to NMI81C, I have a WiFi Calling Option and Video Call Option available for Verizon under the phone settings. Phone seems more responsive, too. No Visual Voicemail option still, though.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] dpackerz:
What do you have set for preferred network type? Voice & Data work together for me, but don't see options for WiFi/Video calling yet.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] CRasH180:
On my phone, at the top in-between the WiFi icon and Network signal, if the cone with the phone it appears, it means you are using WiFi calling. That is the only way I have seen that it is it is not using WiFi calling.

I have Sprint, by the way.

CRasH180
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] dpackerz:
I have global set. Video calling option is in phone app settings, but I haven't verified it works.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Gilley:
So wifi calling is enabled and able to use on Verizon?
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] QD2DC:
I do not have this option or wifi calling in phone settings and I'm on latest update as well. Last I check essential said they did not support wifi calling, since that's a Verizon feature for Verizon phones, same with visual voicemail but why anyone would pay for that when Google voice is free is beyond me lol
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Tardeaux:
I'm thinking it's an intentional lockout by Verizon. When my phone was 2 or 3 days old, the SIM card died and I couldn't get any LTE at all. I went to the Verizon store for a replacement SIM and immediately the phone activated with working Wi-Fi calling. This lasted until my next reboot the following day, and then the feature deactivated and has since been disabled. Super frustrating!
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] dpackerz:
I have HD showing when I'm taking to another Verizon customer. And in my house the signal is poor, so Wi-Fi calling is probably working. Not sure how to tell for sure.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] QD2DC:
The HD icon just means you have HD voice enabled. That's not wifi calling. Easy way to test, put your phone in airplane mode, turn on wifi and try to make a call. I bet it'll fail.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] dpackerz:
Yeah, it fails. So does Verizon.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] QD2DC:
Not surprised. Wifi calling for Verizon is a Verizon feature for Verizon phones.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] watermyst:
cdma+lte/evdo
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] ccopelan:
I feel your pain. I use Smart Lock to keep my phone unlocked as long as it's connected to my BT headphones, but this stops working on a regular basis, and when I go into Smart Lock settings the page is *completely* blank. The good news is there seems to be a fairly simple fix that does not require rebooting.

Try doing this: Go into settings / security / trust agents. You should see "Smart Lock (Google)", and to the right of it you should see a toggle switch. It should be toggled on already. Toggle it off, and then toggle it back on. Now go back one page to the Security menu, scroll up to Smart Lock, and go into that menu. You should now see all Smart Lock options (On Body, Trusted Places, Trusted Devices, Trusted Face & Trusted Voice). So far (dozens of times) this is all I've had to do to get my Smart Lock settings back.

It seems that the problem often (but not always) occurs when I restart the phone. It's as if it is somehow failing to write setting changes to the appropriate file (build.prop?). Occasionally it happens while I'm using the phone. I've also had problems with bluetooth just randomly shutting off, which may be related if this is indeed a failure to write settings to a file for later use.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] drherdman:
T MOBILE

T mobile WiFi calling working well, a HD symbol pops up during call, super clear.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] strictlyphat:
I definitely don't have these options.

But I took my sim out of my iPhone and out it in here. In the past Verizon has swapped Sims for me and options/vvm starts working just because of a different model sim on iphonr. When I went from a s8 to iPhone 7 plus I had no voicemail. Went to Verizon and they replaced the Sim card and visual voicemail came up after a reboot.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] htcnerd1218:
Odd.. never had to do that. Sprint the only carrier that I have to get a new sim. Verizon I used the same sim for 4 phones. But then again the LTE was the same. Maybe they ran off different LTE bands or the CAT is different.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] strictlyphat:
I'm trying to replicate but I found a Sim in my drawer and activated on Verizon site. Popped in phone and I got the same screena that showed wifi calling and video calling. Turned them on, turned on airplane mode and wifi only back on and tried a wifi call but it said turn on wifi calling to make call. Went back and settings were gone. The Sim I found in the drawer was from the s8. The design on the Sims were different. One that worked on iPhone had a big red check. The one that showed wifi calling said 4g lte
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] tahlsr:
I'm on Verizon and also don't see the wifi or video calling settings that watermyst posted. I'll get a new sim from Verizon and report back.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] watermyst:
Wifi Calling

Make sure its not the SIM card with the check mark (new SIM cards), but the one that says 4G LTE. I had to swap sim cards and they gave me one with the check mark and I lost VoLTE, Video and Wifi Calling. I went back and they said the 4g LTE one I had is their NFC-Enabled Sim Card? Once that was back on there, all old features returned. I can't test VM because I have Verizon Prepaid and doesn't support VM but everything else is working great.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] tahlsr:
Thanks watermyst. My old sim was in fact that one you say works and the new one came in as just the checkmark and neither seems to work. Based on what you said I may try to reactivate my old sim just to see.

---------- Post added at 02:21 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:48 PM ----------

I contacted Verizon and they said there are as many as 8 nano sim cards. The one they just sent me is DFILLSIM4FF-A (that model number is located on the credit card sized cardboard packaging) and that didn't do the trick. Visually it's the one with just a check mark like watermyst describes. Does anyone know the model number of a sim that does work?
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] tahlsr:
fyi, I contacted Essential and will report back when they respond.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] strictlyphat:
You're lucky. I have the correct simply now and it only shows up when I first put it in. After a call or 2(maybe when device registers and downloads carrier info) the wifi option disappears.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] spotmark:
Has anybody else on Verizon, besides watermyst, gotten native video and WiFi calling to work?
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] aer0zer0:
no, i havent been able to either, if you install leedroid shortcutter, you can access the hidden menus and activate, doesnt work.(not the *#*#4636#*#*) menu. Now with root, i tried putting the VVM from htc 10 in system and setting permissions, no go. Im going try moving some of the jar files over to framework, and see if that gets VVM.