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[Touch CDMA General] cornie:
as far as i know there is no way to do that without deleting the #777 connection in setting/connections/manage current connection.

But then you will not be able to send picture and video message. As that is the same connection it uses.

Also as soon as you soft reset the device. the connection is back again.

Really I don't understand how your company is able to put a cap on this, as most every cell phone now and day can access the internet. Even if it's not activated on the phone, you can still access for a use per minute charge.

And I'm not just talking about pda/phones.

Unless I'm wrong. But i have yet to find one that doesn't.
[Touch CDMA General] phobium:
Call Sprint and have them "Disable NAI Functionality" on your phone. It's a service feature that restricts your device from accessing any kind of data.
[Touch CDMA General] Rudegar:
settings->connections->connections->advanced->select networks

there are some texts showing "programs that automatically connect to the internet should connect using"

and a dropdownbox

select the dropdownbox item which is not called something like "my isp"

but pick the one thats called something like "my network"

then all programs trying to access the internet will be forced to use activesync as internet connection and if activesync is not connected they will fail!
[Touch CDMA General] gima2002:
thanks.

I have been trying to figure this out for ages. Thanks for your help.
[Touch CDMA General] thescotty:
thanks for all of your help, i dont agree with my company, but i really like this phone, i just need to show them that it does not work for a few months then after they stop checking i can re-enable it.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] pieces of cake:
Hey all,

A few days ago, I noticed my phone was only vibrating during incoming calls. I checked the Ringtone section in the sound settings and found that the selected "Tone" was "Silent."

I've tried changing the ringtone to various different sounds, but it continues to revert back to silent. The ringer, itself, ISN'T on silent. It's just the ringtone that seems to get changed somehow.

Anyone else encounter this issue and know how to get it resolved?

Thanks in advance for your help.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] meyerweb:
Are you trying to set it to one of the built-in ringtones, or a custom one you added? If it's a custom one, is it on the SD card? I've had problems in the past with phones "losing" ringtones that were installed on the SD card, rather than internal memory.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] pieces of cake:
I thought you might be on to something there, so I made sure that all of my ringtones and notifications were copied to internal storage and deleted all sounds from my SD card.

I rebooted, setup my sounds again, and had my wife call me a few times over a period of about 2 hours. Rang every time.

Then, just now, I noticed I had 3 missed calls from clients. NOT good. Checked the ringtone settings and it was back to "Silent" again! Infuriating.

It's not the location of the file. And, now that I think about it, if it HAD been the issue, I would've been experiencing loss of notification tones in all of my other apps too.

This problem has seemingly arisen out of nowhere. The ringer worked perfectly fine during the first few weeks I've had the S9+. It just started doing this to me a couple of days ago. I'd really rather not go through the annoyance of a hard reset...
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] pieces of cake:
Damn it, this is getting REALLY annoying
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] pieces of cake:
HaaaaLP MEEEEEH!
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Mailbrat:
I'm having the same issue on my Samsung Note 8. Began happening after the device received the Android 8.0 update. I've tried everything and it seems to happen completely randomly. HELP!
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] yuppicide:
Mine is working fine. I have mine on the internal storage in the Ringtones folder /0/Ringtones/ it's an mp3 less than 2MB in size. Not that I know any of that makes any difference.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] pieces of cake:
I hated doing it, but I just performed a factory reset. Been setting up my phone again for hours and I'm not yet done.

So far, it's ringing, but I'm going to be really disappointed if it reverts to silent again. I'll keep you posted.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Mailbrat:
Tried that too. It worked for a while then randomly went to silent again. It will stay on the ringtone I set for sometimes as long as a day, but eventually it reverts to silent.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] pieces of cake:
So far so good. I've had 7 incoming calls and the ringtone I've selected has stayed in place. For me, before the reset, it would revert to "Silent" after the 2nd call. Fingers crossed.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] ccs86:
Same exact thing is happening to me on my HTC U11.

It started happening right away after a full wipe and install of Bad Boyz ROM (Android 8.0). No one else in that ROM thread seems affected.

I have tried just picking a built in ring tone too, and that will also revert. Sometimes it happens within a few minutes, sometimes it takes hours.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Mailbrat:
That is exactly what happens to me. Custom ringtones make no difference. I've assigned rintones to all my important contacts and those ring through no matter if on silent mode or not. Like you, sometimes it stays put for hours and other times it changes back after a few minutes. Rebooting seems to help it last longer, but I find myself checking my phone all the time to be sure it hasn't gone to silent ringtone. Frustrating!
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] meyerweb:
Hard to blame Samsung if you're not running their software.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Mailbrat:
I don't believe anyone is *blaming* Samsung although the thread did begin in a Samsung forum. We're just trying to find out why our phones are behaving badly and hoping to find a way to fix a really frustrating problem. Do you have a suggestion on where we might look?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] pieces of cake:
Well, I think it's safe to say that the hard reset did the trick. Ringtone is sticking now. Hooray.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Mailbrat:
Glad to hear this seems to be working, but not glad that the answer is factory reset. I really, really don't want to go through that. I think I'll suffer along a bit longer and see if someone comes up with a work around or perhaps an app that can lock the ringtone. One can hope.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] pieces of cake:
Yeah, it was a bit of a pain in the a$$, but worth it. Reset definitely did the trick.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] jjmjraz:
I have the same problem on my S9+ since the last update. the basic sound settings revert to Silent as do custom settings. Has anyone contacted Samsung to dee what their excuse is?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] fredfotouhi@gmail.com:
Hi Folks, I've been having the same issue since 3 weeks ago. Called Samsung and was told to delete my customized settings. That DID NOT WORK. Finally a Fix. I wipe my cache partition and it worked.

Turn off your phone. Turn it on while holding Power, Bixby, and Vol. Up buttons until you get the menu. Use volume down to get to Wipe Cache Partition (NOT wipe Personal data/factory reset.) Press PWR to accept.

This does not erase anything and it's worked problem free for about a week. I read in other forums that changing the SIM has fixed this issue, but changing your SIM will clear the Cache as well.

Hope this works for you.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] santos evelyn:
The solution is to quickly remove the old ringtone and replace the new ringtone for the phone
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] aniruddh268:
samsung note 9 same issue

I was having same issue in my note 9 . whenever i select other factory ringtones or other from internal storage, phone rings on last ringtone set . Lastly i came to know that my phone was ringing with ringtone set in my emergency contact groups.
[HTC Butterfly 3] cat explosion:
Hi Everyone,

Here's a modified Japanese stock kernel, which will make little cluster always offline to prevent the phone overheat and becomes not responsive.

How to do it:

1. Edit the init.rc in initramfs

2. echo 0 | tee /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu{4,5,6,7}/online

3. chmod 0440 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu{4,5,6,7}/online

4. or download and flash the image below

I'm very happy with the result, before mod the phone will become not responsive/laggy/[you mention here] after 5 mins of gaming, after modding to quad core my phone runs very smooth.

This kernel has only been tested on latest JP firmware (2.44.970.4). I am not responsible for any damage to caused by this kernel.

Download -

This is a flashable image file, either do "adb flash boot b3uhhl-boot_quad_core.img" or flash it in TWRP.

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=818070582850507321

Enjoy!
[HTC Butterfly 3] Gilang555:
I will try
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] xzolteu:
Hi, I was on MiFavor 5.0 port to A2017G, and I wanted to return to 4.2. But when I installed backup, after boot it shows ZTE Logo, and then its stuck on "your phone has been unlocked" text. When I flash back to stock files thru TWRP it says that no OS is installed, and when booted it is stuck on that text as well. Can anyone help?
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] BaamAlex:
The Bootloader Message is normal. Which twrp did you use to backup your system and which twrp did you use to restore it?
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] Choose an username...:
If you wipe system, then flash raystef66's bootstack, then a modem, then raystef's stocksystem, then format data as ext4, you shouldn't have that problem. If you still have it just download edl tool and install a full rom
[Honor 9 Lite Questions & Answers] OmaroOmaro:
Help please! I've just tried to restore my Honor 9 Lite but something failed. Now it's in a continuos bootloop and if i try to restore the phone with TWRP it fails. Please Help me!

p.s I cannot access to the phone, becasue it's in bootloop!!
[Honor 9 Lite Questions & Answers] Dio-Genes:
Maybe this one can help?

https://xdaforums.com/devdb/project/dl/?id=28734
[Honor 9 Lite Questions & Answers] OmaroOmaro:
Honor 9 Lite is not listed, which model i have to use?
[Honor 9 Lite Questions & Answers] Dio-Genes:
Did you update the software? It's in there and recognized.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Accessories] cricketpaddleinmyhand:
I tried searching google, amazon, and this forum. No dice.

Anyone heard of a case for note8 that is both decent and also has some kind of physical slider for the camera?

I've only found one online, and its only for junk iphones lol.

Figured I'd ask. Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Accessories] GuestK0079:
This is more gay than everything else that has ever been gay before for a phone accessory. Just my 2 cents... :laugh:
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Accessories] cricketpaddleinmyhand:
Noted.

However, it is more gay having some fat dude spying on yourthrough your selfie cam unknowingly while you are getting dressed/naked.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Accessories] barry99705:
If someone can see you through the phone's cameras, you have bigger issues then some fat dude seeing your junk. :eek:
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Accessories] XP Mai:
I can't see any photos on this thread :confused:
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Accessories] Limeybastard:
You need to be more in line with your verbiage. Gay is not a politically correct word to use these days. I'm thinking using the word " so hetro", as opposed to so gay. Thoughts?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Accessories] iceepyon:
That is actually a good idea. I don't see why case manufacturers don't include this in their case designs as it would add another layer of protection to camera sensor.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Accessories] Max_Terrible:
There is absolutely no way, and I mean zero, someone could be looking at you through your selfie cam without you knowing.

Firstly, when the screen is off, the device cuts the feed to the camera. You can test this by using any number of apps that allow video calling and video call a friend using all of them and turn the screen off during the call. Your friend should report your video feed either freezing or going away entirely.

Secondly, and this is the most important one, the only way someone would be able to have access to your selfie cam is if you installed an app from some unknown source that grants someone access to use your selfie cam without your knowledge. And even then, you'd have to give the app permission to use the camera, first. Apps can't just start using your camera or your microphone without you knowing about it. They need explicit permission, first.

So, if this is a concern for you, go into all the apps in your app manager and turn off the camera permission for every app, except your camera. Or, hell, turn that off also, if you're scared Samsung is spying on you, like someone else on this forum is.

These devices aren't like Windows. You can't accidentally go onto a website and suddenly someone is using your webcam to look at you. Very nearly anything that happens on your device needs your explicit permission. They can't just take control of sensors or install apps willy-nilly without your knowledge.

Also, something someone said once about people sticking tape over their webcam on their laptops; let's say something like this actually happened. Your device is presumably laying on your desk or in your pocket for most of the day. So, for a good portion of the day, whomever is spying through your selfie cam will be looking at a ceiling or a dark pocket. The couple of times that you are using your device, all they'll be looking at is your face, looking at your screen. They can't see what you're doing or looking at, only your face. Why would someone want to hack your device just to look at your face for 5 minutes, a couple of times a day and look at the ceiling the rest of the day (this is assuming also they can access the camera while the device's screen is off, which they can't. So, essentially they'll be looking at a blank camera feed and staring at their monitor all day for that hopeful chance they'll catch you checking your email for 2 minutes, which won't help them anything, again, as all they'll see is your face and not what you're doing).

TL;DR

No need to be so paranoid about anyone spying on you. Trust me, your life isn't that interesting and the ceiling of your work place isn't either.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Accessories] cricketpaddleinmyhand:
And yet, my question still stands and I still am looking for a case like this.

Thanks for the reply and information sir.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Accessories] luisramon17:
But the question is why? Lol. If it was a major concern wouldn't you think case manufacturing companies would jump on the chance to make a quick buck off people's paranoia? They would be offering all sorts of microphone blockers, cameras covers, etc..
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Accessories] Max_Terrible:
Exactly this.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Accessories] gsser:
Just buy any case, cutout a piece of paper, paint it if you would like, stick upper side of the paper to the case and thats it.

Idc if some fat dude is watching me. I always leave my phone upside down and also i dont use dex station so no way of anyone seeing me.

Also go ahead and test it yourself, open a videocall in whatsapp, when you turn the screen of the feed will freeze. If you still dont want to leave it as is, try the method i gave, works everytime. Or simply you can 3d print a case for yourself.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Accessories] Supermaintboyone:
All that noise. If can be done in any way it is being done. You public schooled parrots.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Accessories] Juice56:
To those of you that state it cannot be done or you have nothing to worry about you are VERY wrong. It happens all the time and doesn't take much to be able to infiltrate someones personal phone and turn on the mic or any of the cameras and apps WITHOUT alerting the end user(Yes that means even if the screen is off). Its a fairly common practice, so much so that those in my line of work that take it seriously buy the Vysk QS1 Quantum Security Case. The Vysk takes it a step further and also encrypts your phone calls. Information security is no joke and is rampant in the corporate espionage world. What the OP is looking for is a basic version of the Vysk that only blocks the cameras I think that is a great move and you should too. If you do not congratulations you been dumbed down and made so docile that you believe the world is all rainbows and fairytales. lol OP if you cannot afford the Vysk do what I used to do and tape the cameras with a small dot of electrical tape. Also to you entrepreneurial types, there is a market for camera blocking phone cases. Get on it!!!!

---------- Post added at 11:29 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:20 PM ----------

Also, OP forgot to mention there is a cheap alternative for the mic as well it's called Mic-Lock. There are also small webcam/phone cam sliders that are sold on Amazon just search webcam cover slider. And as another FYI your phone continues to gather data whether it is off or in airplane mode or not. The gyros and all the sensors are actually dialed up in when the phone is in airplane mode and caches all info recorded. As soon as it connects to a tower the cache is sent over to the servers. This is not science fiction or a conspiracy theory it is fact! Whether you choose to believe it or not. So much so that VIP's in many industries carry around portable dead boxes or what you would call a faraday cage to prevent information from exiting or entering the phone during closed-door meetings. You are right in worrying about your privacy OP as everyone should be....
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Accessories] SteelPicori:
OK just for clarification, why get a bloody smartphone in the first place........ I mean the only vibe I get from your post is to never get a smartphone, actually even a cell phone might be exposing yourself to unwanted "privacy intrusion", actually scratch that, the internet is a big flaming heap of privacy intrusion...... I hear foil makes for an excellent Faraday cage
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Accessories] Juice56:
hahahaha always with the tin foil labels. Jest all you want brother but in my industry and many other information security is no joke. So much so that it has grown to 100 billion dollar A YEAR industry. The numbers and security methods do not lie. If it wasn't an issue I wouldn't have a job right now.

Don't take my word for it, do your own independent research or don't and trust the bought and paid publications of your choice. I cannot post links due to me just joining this forum but if you search "Forbes Information security growth" you will see the industry went from 75B a year in 2015 to 124B in 2019. Click the second search result to read the article. Educate yourself instead of throwing out labels when you know absolutely nothing about the topic.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Accessories] SteelPicori:
Always interesting when this is thrown out, look I do not doubt that infosec is a big thing, not only on a commercial level but on a national level too, I am all too aware of how unguarded our national infrastructure is. There are without doubts individuals and organisations who can easily compromise any given assests in our possession.

It is a game is acceptable risk, that is, I do not believe myself to be a valuable enough target, that they might expose themselves to detection, just for a bunch of compromising media on me, I mitigate some of this risk by following smart internet usage and not leaving anything that maybe valuable on an expose attack surface.

So again I will ask, because you did not answer, why get a smartphone given how large of an attack surface such a device pose, or indeed even use the internet.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Accessories] Max_Terrible:
Me, myself, am not too concerned about this. There is nothing, anyone can learn from hacking my camera or my mic. Firstly, they will notice my phone lays on my desk for a large part of the day and they will be staring at the ceiling, or the inside of my pocket. As far the mic is concerned, they'll only hear the radio station I prefer to listen to and sometimes the podcasts I listen to. As far as conversation, English isn't my native language, so they'll only hear me talking in a foreign language which they most likely won't understand, and even if they do, it will by and large be about my work, which is electrical repairs. I doubt them hearing me promising a client his board will be ready in 2 days, will be all that interesting.

Then of course, there is also the matter if they were happening to stream video or audio data from my device, I would notice very quickly, as my data bundles will run out very fast and I will notice the bandwidth traffic on my device, as I also have network traffic monitoring apps on my device so I can see which apps are the data hogs.

This is one thing conspiracy theorists never consider, is that it's not like in the movies where this information is streamed in real time with no means of noticing it. It would require an internet connection and needs to transfer large amounts of data. People on limited packages will notice their data running out very quickly, or if the person has a slow connection, they certainly won't be able to stream HD footage from a mobile device.

It might be possible to do the things you speak of, but it certainly won't be inconspicuous.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Accessories] Juice56:
Assumptions.... I personally have a dumb phone but I am required to have a smartphone for work which is always in its vysk case that was included due to my works security measures. They are pricey! So if you are looking to purchase one yourself be prepared to pay to play.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Accessories] SteelPicori:
Never made any assumptions, just did not notice your recommendation to the OP to forego his smartphone and get a standard cell phone (which are by no means any less secure given that even modern feature phones also runs on some OS or other that probably can parse java applets). I always thought that infosec would be using phones similar to the blackphone and call it a day.