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[Android General] SnipeoffYT:
Umidigi S3 Pro Sending Duplicate Texts

Not sure if this is a good place to post this...let me know.

Anyway I recently got an Umidigi S3 Pro I wanted to activate it with Tracfone which is my current provider, Tracfone offers three carriers towers Verizon, T-mobile or AT&T. Since T-mobile and AT&T's coverage isn't the best in my area I wanted Verizon. So I called Tracfone gave them the Verizon Sim number I had and the IMEI number of the phone, I tried about 3 times but they keep saying that the phone is incompatible with their network.

So unwillingly I used the T-mobile sim instead, but almost everytime I would be on a call it would drop the call. I have had AT&T before and I was out of coverage alot. So after all that I contacted Umidigi and they told me I could just change the IMEI number on the phone to one I knew worked. They sent me an SN writer tool to make the change but for some reason (maybe not having the right drivers or not being in the right mode on the phone) I could not get my computer to recognize the phone when I plugged it in with the power off.

So I had the idea of just using my old Moto G5 plus IMEI number when I activated the Verizon sim card. That brings us to my current issue, using the old IMEI number I got the phone activated on the Verizon sim (applause).....but....now I have a couple of issues I'll rank these by least to must annoying:

1. I can't send pictures via text unless mobile data is on which I could do on my old phone, this isn't a huge deal but I have limited data so I prefer to leave it off most of the time.

2. The phone won't make or receive phone calls unless "Enhanced 4G LTE Mode" is off, I don't have a clue why.

3. The most frustrating one of all, Text messages send in duplicate, and sometimes the second one will take 5 to 10 minutes to come in. Also even though I know that the recipient has received the message (twice no less) It says "message not sent" on my phone.

So I have tried quite a few things to fix this:

I was told by Tracfone to wait 72 hours, did that, they also suggested factory resetting the phone, I did that.

I also reset network preferences

I checked that everything, including Google Messages, Android OS, and Firmware were up to date.

I tried reinstalling Messages, and clearing the cache.

I also tried using Textra or Pulse instead of the built in Google Messages

I'm at a loss, the most logical reason (In My Mind) for this problem is maybe because I have those overlapping IMEI numbers now :confused:

So If anyone has had any luck getting an SN Writer tool to work (or the proper procedure for doing that) I would really appreciate that info.

I have tried installing MTK Drivers with no luck, but I think I might need to get the phone in another mode (Meta, Fastboot, or something) which I don't know how to do exactly.

Any other ideas I would be happy to hear, at this point I'll try anything :D

Thank you all in advance I am eagerly awaiting your reply's
[Android General] Chrisdorum:
firstly did you check what frequencies your phone has and what tmobile uses?

American carriers are kinda weird.

I think I had something similar on my redmi note 4x when I installed pixel experience rom. I had to mess around and check all the mobile network modes (3g, 4g, 3g and 4g, LTE, VOLTE etc etc) turning on one of them and restarting the phone and making a test call until one worked, I think if you switch to 3G only, it will be successful but kinda slow but if that works then you need to switch around the network mode until one works properly, also VOLTE was bugged as well and turning that off mode it possible to use data and make calls.

find the device in device manager then uninstall it. use googles universal driver instead I guarantee it will work. Alternatively I got the driver from "Minimal ADB and Fastboot" which contains the universal google driver.

actually i found one of the installers i used on my pc

universal ADB driver installer

https://ufile.io/3h604dqj

or you can try this minimal adb and fastboot installer (which also includes drivers needed to interact with the phone)

https://ufile.io/au19po7o
[Android General] SnipeoffYT:
So I just Install those an then try the SN Writer tool again

---------- Post added at 06:43 AM ---------- Previous post was at 06:34 AM ----------

So I don't know how to install that Google Universal Driver, but I ran the installer on the Minimal ADB and Fastboot. Now what do I do? Is there more set up?

this is the error I get BTW

(SmartPhoneSN::ConnectWithPreloader(): Get dynamic preloader comport timeout...)
[Android General] cizake:
Is there a way to use both SIMs and a Micro SD? A hack like some phones have?

Thank you
[Android General] Chrisdorum:
here is how to manually install the google driver ( you must uninstall the previous driver first)

https://androidmtk.com/install-google-adb-driver-manually

I think your phone has been messed up to the point of it being easier to just buy a new one, and also it voids your phone warranty unless UMIDIGI instructed you to do so, you might have to send it back for reflashing, messing with the IMEI switching carriers and sim cards really makes the amount of possible problems and solutions so huge you need to do your own google search for this. IMEI change is only a last resort and the network carriers will see every IMEI registration as it carry all the network, mobile network and bluetooth and wifi information of the phone. And they can also choose to block you from the network if they suspect a change in IMEI done by yourself and not by any official company because IMEI change will mask you from the network and also prompt the carriers to believe it is a counterfeit phone.

What you should have done is:

check if this is the EU version, check if it actually supports the network you are using ( in USA its a big mess in my opinnion but thats how their systems work anyway)

and dont switch networks between AT&T and Tmobile beacuse they use totally different network protocols and bands. Now you hacked your phone into doing something its not supposed to do but you made it work somehow but now you also overwrote the original IMEI and you need to talk to UMIDIGI now for help.

What may have worked before you did anything else was to force the band into 3g or 2g only mode because these are fallback modes that all networks must support (unless you use CDMA thats something else) and as you did turn off VOLTE because that was bugged

edit:

As someone else mentioned in another forum and with similar dual sim cards is that there is a difference of sim slot 1 and sim slot 2, for me I am using sim slot 2 which worked without any problems, sim slot 1 is used by the SD card.

Also keep in mind this could be T-mobiles problem too and the problem is on their side not the phone.

https://forums.oneplus.com/threads/dual-sim-card-issue.507021/
[Android General] Jackal81:
I see difference about sim slot1 and sim slot 2 becose nfc payment wont work if you have sim in slit 1. It have to be in slot 2.
[Android General] SnipeoffYT:
Umidigi S3 Pro Sending Duplicate Texts

Please read everything here or it probably won't make sense

I recently got an Umidigi S3 Pro I wanted to activate it with Tracfone which is my current provider, Tracfone offers three carriers towers Verizon, T-mobile or AT&T. Since T-mobile and AT&T's coverage isn't the best in my area I wanted Verizon. So I called Tracfone gave them the Verizon Sim number I had and the IMEI number of the phone, I tried about 3 times but they keep saying that the phone is incompatible with their network.

So unwillingly I used the T-mobile sim instead, but almost everytime I would be on a call it would drop the call. I have had AT&T before and I was out of coverage alot. So after all that I contacted Umidigi and they told me I could just change the IMEI number on the phone to one I knew worked. They sent me an SN writer tool to make the change but for some reason (maybe not having the right drivers or not being in the right mode on the phone) I could not get my computer to recognize the phone when I plugged it in with the power off.

So I had the idea of just using my old Moto G5 plus IMEI number when I activated the Verizon sim card. That brings us to my current issue, using the old IMEI number I got the phone activated on the Verizon sim (applause).....but....now I have a couple of issues I'll rank these by least to must annoying:

1. I can't send pictures via text unless mobile data is on which I could do on my old phone, this isn't a huge deal but I have limited data so I prefer to leave it off most of the time.

2. The phone won't make or receive phone calls unless "Enhanced 4G LTE Mode" is off, I don't have a clue why.

3. The most frustrating one of all, Text messages send in duplicate, and sometimes the second one will take 5 to 10 minutes to come in. Also even though I know that the recipient has received the message (twice no less) It says "message not sent" on my phone.

So I have tried quite a few things to fix this:

I was told by Tracfone to wait 72 hours, did that, they also suggested factory resetting the phone, I did that.

I also reset network preferences

I checked that everything, including Google Messages, Android OS, and Firmware were up to date.

I tried reinstalling Messages, and clearing the cache.

I also tried using Textra or Pulse instead of the built in Google Messages

I'm at a loss, the most logical reason (In My Mind) for this problem is maybe because I have those overlapping IMEI numbers now

So If anyone has had any luck getting an SN Writer tool to work (or the proper procedure for doing that) I would really appreciate that info.

I have tried installing MTK Drivers with no luck, but I think I might need to get the phone in another mode (Meta, Fastboot, or something) which I don't know how to do exactly.

Any other ideas I would be happy to hear

Thank you all in advance I am eagerly awaiting your reply's
[Android General] Chrisdorum:
without getting you much further I saw this related to your problem and most people say this worked which leads me to think that you can do this on the phone itself. But this is now a problem that only a developer can know about because the code to put in engineering is something UMIDIGI would have information about. Did they reply to you with more info?

Also are you in developer mode and did you put USB debugging on?

video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B40C2hoxn8U

forum

https://www.cnet.com/forums/discussions/problem-sn-writer/

another thing to try is using a different tool yes I know this is kinda sketchy but you are open to try something else that might work?

http://www.99mediasector.com/latest-sp-maui-meta-tool-imei-repair-tool-for-mtk-how-to-use/

I found this after jumping through lots of hoops regarding your exact error message, maybe this tool can see your phone?
[Android General] SnipeoffYT:
I haven't made contact with Umidigi yet, I'm gonna try as soon as they open.

Ya I had USB debugging on, I appreciate all your research I'll look into those links and see if I can understand any of it ?
[Android General] meep.o.matic:
Screen Repair

I'm sorry if this is not the best place for this but I'm kinda pannicking...

I broke my screen glass, the screen itself seems to be fine. I'm trying to contact umidigi for a screen repair or replacement. Does umidigi provide this service?
[Android General] Capt.Obvious:
I've picked up this phone after seeing a you tube video of Verizon working on it. Verizon does work on it just not all the features because the carrier acts as the gate keeper. After trying a series of configurations and roms, here is what I've discovered so far.

For #2 - The reason why you need "Enhanced 4G LTE Mode" off to make and receive calls is because the IMS is not registered. This may or may not be the same reason why you are unable to send pics through text since that goes under MMS as apposed to SMS. If you go into your Phone Info or Network Type switcher (Hidden Settings/Info) you will see the Phone Number, IMSI, Voice Network Type, and Data Network Type status is listed as "Unknown".

For #3 - I've had similar issues with the duplicate text and, "Note sent. Tap to try again." status. For some reason 3G (By turning off both 4G settings) returns the proper send confirmation and time stamp of texts but doesn't receive. 4G can sendbut not always receive or get a status. Revising the APN using the method in the link below, with slight changes, matching the settings from the previous phone I was using, the duplicate issue was resolved, I was able to receive, but the status of the messages I sent were not.

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=78147939&postcount=11
[Android General] SnipeoffYT:
So disabling 4G and Enhanced 4G made texts work normally for me, thank you so much for that suggestion. Also does that link you sent me require rooting the phone?
[Android General] cmaik:
Installation does not work OpenGapps, BitGapps. Incorrect sdk number, processor architecture. In 3.2.3-0 it is established normally. pastebin com/ftd4rUSb
[Android General] Capt.Obvious:
I did it with the phone rooted, but it can also be done with just custom recovery as well if you don't wish to root the os.
[Android General] Capt.Obvious:
I'm on Verizon with the UMIDIGI S3 Pro and am only unable to use the Enhanced LTE features. After turning off VoLTE, setting network type to LTE/UMTS auto, and configuring the APN I was making and receiving calls and data just fine. The only issue I am having is obtaining the verified status of texts I send. I have no issues with the status when in 3G, but considering this will be sunset soon I am trying to resolve this issue.
[Android General] SnipeoffYT:
Ya thank for the responses, I just gave up after 3 weeks of fighting with it, I switched to AT&T and everything works perfect coverage is just not as good. I'm hoping Verizon will just authorize the phone soon so I can use Verizon instead
[Android General] croquettelehamster:
OTA update promised for today postponed (again !):
[Android General] cy-rock:
Thx for the headsup.

Better to be postponed with a better quality than releasing something buggy.

That is a good attitude to me from Umidigi point of view / strategy.

Just hoping their QA, test suite is on point :D
[Android General] gameplaygoon:
Thanks for sharing, here is my review of the phone. If the updates make Improvements I will be making a follow up video.

https://youtu.be/qP5QgXmrgfM
[Android General] Chrisdorum:
I was kinda hoping for a postpone, after testing the beta I found some things needed to be added or improved, also that ISO bug freeze is super annoying and I actually felt the images that came out got worse because we dont have a way to control which camera to use and the 48 mp camera is pretty niche because it requires a lot of light, but you cant reduce the resolution the 48 cam takes at, it will only switch it either on or off and anything less than 48mp switches to the secondary module :<

edit:

There is a guy in the beta rom forum that said the performance went down from 150k to 100k on antutu
[Android General] ghost45:
[MENTION=371528]Everybody[/MENTION],

In first page i have rewrite all the steps to enter in the fastboot menu and to go ahead to all the procedure to how to receive right roots...

Other thing that i have tested the officially twrp 331 (old skin) that is the same of mine in blu buttons....soon this twrp official will be directly from teamwin app.
[Android General] ghost45:
New ota update for Umidigi S3 Pro is onLine.

The full firmware is in the rom section of umidigi forum.
[Android General] gameplaygoon:
Great thanks updating mine now will report back
[Android General] cy-rock:
icons on the top left are way too tight for my taste... but let's keep going...
[Android General] xphyle1971:
The update is TRASH. First, they forgot to delete the old camera app so there are two now! As far as I can tell after extensive testing this morning, the HDR button and the AI button do absolutely NOTHING. I took a ton of pictures this morning in a variety of lighting conditions with both AI and HDR enabled as well as disabled. The resultant shots are absolutely identical. I honestly think they stuck an AI and an HDR button on the app that have zero function.
[Android General] gameplaygoon:
Yeah things arn't looking too promising so far, it's weird that they have changed the app alot of people will update and likely not even now its there. The front camera still seems pretty bad, they have added some features but does not really seem to make much of a difference will be doing some tests on the back camera soon.
[Android General] PickleFart9:
Is it a beta or the full firmware update?

I'm not getting it in the OTA so I'm assuming it has to be downloaded and it will be pushed OTA later. Will installing it manually break future OTA updates?
[Android General] gameplaygoon:
Got mine through OTA but it said in the forum post it was for the European phone, I wouldn't worry to much yet sadly your not missing much the camera still seems very bad for me so far.
[Android General] PickleFart9:
I was looking in the wrong system update app, apparently there are two and we need to check for the update in system-advanced-about phone-wireless update. Downloading now.
[Android General] Chrisdorum:
previously:

when taking a 12 mp shot it used to switch to the secondary camera module which took clear and crisp shots because this module was the telephoto lens (thus override background blur AI)

mute camera sound

2x zoom turns off denoising and blur

now:

48mp and 12 mp both use the same camera module, minimal difference in image quality

because we no longer control secondary camera the AI continously bugs out and blurs spots with low quality blur, when zooming in you can see random spots with blur

dont really care for those beauty shots and slim face modes

sometimes when pressing the 2x button freezes the camera app when you start with 12mp

no manual mode (wtf?)

no HDR (also wtf?)

2x zoom turns off denoising and blur

Camera sound cannot mute (need root)

overall image quality went down actually and this might be because of a request I had in the beta forum but now I realized the 48mp sensor is really horrible at low light even though it gathers more light, it also has lots of blur and noise and gives me an eyesore everytime I hope the devs fix this (we need control of the AI background blur because it blurs everything at random now)

oh and also the front camera does not auto focus because it was built as fixed focus camera but the problem is that in order to take the optimal shot in focus you need an arm thats at least 1 meter long at maximum stretch, compared to my old phone i was able to have the phone almost into my face and still be in focus kinda disappointed but still love the phone it just lacks proper software optimizations :z

thats what I got so far

Am I just imagining these things?
[Android General] meep.o.matic:
What's stopping the devs from developing custom roms for this device? Interest?

Doesn't this phone have the same camera sensor as some Honor phone? Is it "as simple" as porting the app for better results?
[Android General] gameplaygoon:
I was thinking along the same lines actually the cameras seem like they have great potential, sometimes some of the shots or video aren't bad others there pretty awful.
[Android General] steelsteehler3@gmail.com:
I'm having issues with my s3 pro. I can't watch Netflix with my Actiontec screen beam mini 2 or Wecast plus. I get audio but the screen is black. I appreciate any ideas. Thanks!
[Android General] divinestyler:
Anyone experiencing battery drain since update? The new cam app crashes but is an improvement over the previous one. Front camera still needs much improvement however I tried snap camera as another commenter suggested and photos look much better! Better than stock and open camera. Also another bug I noticed was uninstalled apps don't disappear from app drawer until restart. Hoping the Umidigi team keeps working on smaller, more frequent updates.
[Android General] Anna2000:
Yes i agree with you!

Seems that in this new upgrade there are a lot of things that wre not good.

The icons are invisible,too short to understand which app request my action.

The wifi icon are now in the right but are all together near in the right why?

The Hotspot icon are 2

, one in the left one in the right...in Umidigi what have seen?

The camera not increase power are the same and add one camera more bthe defauld app to avoid problems?

I want to flash the old firmware sure is better than this last...i will downgrade...:crying:
[Android General] marcukial:
[MENTION=4945206]ghost45[/MENTION] thanks for your work.i just flashed the official 331 twrp.AWESOME:cool:
[Android General] GeramyL:
Phone not being nice.

Last night my phone took the update while I was dreaming in my bed, I woke up this morning and my phone loaded to the recovery and won't boot.

Any suggestions? This is totally not ideal.
[Android General] ghost45:
Hi GeramyL,

like i asked to you in the chat group now if it do not boot in android system you must only flash with flashtool the original firmware..

Enter in the official forum section Rom of umi S3 pro and check the last firmware (the same of this ota) and follow the instructions to how to flash...:

Https://Community.umidigi.com/forum.php?mod=forumdisplay&fid=216

good:
[Android General] DaveinAsia:
The Umidigi community forum also has a survey requesting feedback on the current June 6th update. Unfortunately, it doesn't ask any specific feedback on the photo taking issue or the new app, although you could and (probably) should consider it a software 'bug' and provide feedback under

Which one is the most serious bug that you want to be fixed as soon as possible

?

Here is the survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe2S2tv2LG-3OvnOZO3y91at10bhHG4g4WF7T1sbfoOXCV1bg/viewform

and here is the forum thread in which it's found: https://community.umidigi.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=18762

Let your voice be heard today! :good:
[Android General] Chrisdorum:
Cool I sent a survey and all the problems I encountered, and the things I want to change with the camera.

I kinda love this phone and hate it because of this XD, it is still better than my old phone at the same price
[Android General] Zahr:
Noticed now after update when I switch on tethering it isn't picked up by devices. I edited build.prop, enabled the magisk module, typed in the command in terminal just like I had to before the update to get it to work. I have it with my carrier plan.
[Android General] marcukial:
My imei and meid show unknown in settings.mobile network grayed out.I hope this hasn't happened to anyone with s3 pro....but if anyone has....did u recover them?if so could u explain the process.I've been trying sn writer with no success. When I check in dialer it says null on both imei and meid also. any advice will be appreciated.:o
[Android General] Libra420T:
slow motion format

slow motion is stuck on 3gp format even though I select mp4. having upload issues with apps not accepting 3gp.?? Can you guys try? just check video info after to see format style....
[Android General] ghost45:
[MENTION=5956058]marcukial[/MENTION], if you have problems with the recognize the device.. Probably you do not have installed the drivers.. See my first page.
[Android General] melwak:
call recording program

can any one help me about call recording program was built in in umidigi s2 pro and i didnt fine in umidigi s3 pro if i can download it from any whare

Sorry

its active now
[Android General] marcukial:
The writer is recognising the device and starts flashing. Looks like it gets to bout 20% or so then fails.I make it thru the first handshake.sometimes its a tee error then its something bout modem meta......I don't know where to get the correct ad bp files.I've tried the base files but no justice.I've followed guide from umifigi forum.hopefully I'll stumble on to a solution.thanks for responding.:)
[Android General] ghost45:
But you have tested all the db files in all 3 o 4 firmware about this device?