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[Touch Pro, Fuze General] Axeman747:
It's not just that the iPhone won't send or receive MMS, but you don't get the MMs service with the iPhone plan. I just recently changed to the Fuze from the iPhone and had to change my data and texting plan. However when I had the iPhone I called and told them that I used other phones for work(with the iphone sim) and they added MMS to my plan, after alot of arguing.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] Alucard_11:
It wouldnt work.

I had the iPhone also right before i just got my fuze.

If you just put the SIM card in the fuze, u will be able to make phone calls, and text. But once you try to use the Internet, it will fail. You will be able to use WIFI, but not Edge or 3G connections.

When i went to by my fuze, they gave me a new Sim Card. And even WITH THAT...once i got home i wasnt able to connect to the internet using 3G, i had to call AT&T support and they said that they still had the "iPhone" information in their systems...so they were sending an iPhone Signal to my FUZE, which apprently was incompatable.

So, I guess the iPhone receives a different signal than "regular phones."

I also had $20 data plan. But now i have the $30 data plan for my fuze. Since the $20 iPhone doesnt exist anymore, since the the 3G iPhone came out.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] dude64:
Can you please explain what do you mean when you say iPhone uses a different signal? I still think you should try your SIM card with the Fuze before signing up for a more expensive plan.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] ngravatt:
yeah, it sounded like a load of crap to me too. unlimited data is unlimited data, i read as much as i could on the ATT website about my data plan and it does not mention what type of device you can use with each plan.

i am pretty sure she was just using some sales tactics to get me to upgrade my plan

this unlimited data plan ($35/month) also includes the unlimited text and sms. I know they used to offer all that for $20 a month, so if you were smart enough to sign up for it when they offered it you, you should be able to keep it and use it with any phone.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] Kerensky97:
I was also told I had to upgrade from the $20 to $35 plan (unlimited data, 200 messages).

And they are able to detect your phone, I got the 8125 from ATT but when I upgraded to the 8525 I wasn't eligible for the discount and it was cheaper to get one on Ebay and move my SIM card over. When I got the Fuze they checked their computer and saw I had the 8525 even though it was off and the SIM card was now out of it (they must have checked and updated sometime in the last 2 years).

If you want unlimited data just own up to the fact you've going to pay more.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] fone_fanatic:
what i've been doing with cingular/att since the wizard days was place my sim card in a non-pda device, like say a motorola razr or something simple like that. Call them up and tell them you are no longer using the PDA (be it fuze, tilt, 8125, 8528 etc). They'll see what phone your using, actually they'll ask for that phones imie, put it in there system and allow you to switch to the $15 unlimitted medianet plan for non-pdas. Then switch your sim back into your pda.

I'm currently using my tilt with the $15 unlimitted media net plan and have been using this plan with my past 3/4 winmo ppcs. I even tether quite a bit and, knock on wood, haven't been "caught" yet.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] Alucard_11:
im not really sure of details, but that is wat i understood when i called the Customer Support and thats what the tech guy told me

But yea, i guess u should try it and figure it out
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] fone_fanatic:
also if u use the iphone plan on another device and you get a voice mail, you will recieve a jibbirish text message which is what communicates with the visual voicemail on the iphone.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] Ayle:
Are you sure this isn't because of the proxy in the Fuze settings? Because when I swapped my sim from my iphone to a n82 or a tilt when I test drove one, the connection worked perfectly though I still couldn't receive any MMS....
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] BiGBaD:
$19.99 a month

I have an old 19.99 plan. It works with my iphone, tilt, and fuse.

When getting another phone, they liketo change you plan around but after a couple of call ins, they can put it back on. I also have an older phone (like 5 years old) that I give the imei number, they change my internet back to the old plan, ...

Everything works fine.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] CalifornIyay:
I know it works for a fact!

Now if you just bought the HTC Fuze and want a data plan of course they are going to tell you its $30/month because its a PDA. They already have your IMEI number from your purchase when you walked in that store or called att to buy this phone.

Also, each time when you call the sales/customer support please be advise your conversations are monitored in their notes so if you try to be slick and thinking you are going to pull one over them they already have your previouse conversation in their systems.

This is how its done if you want to save $15 a month then listen up!

1) Wait until you get your mail-in rebate check becuase they will check.

2) Call ATT and tell them something funky is going on with the phone and you cant use it until you can get a replacement

3) Tell them you are going on a business trip so you cant wait until they ship the phone and you are going to have to use your old Motorola V300 or anything old laying around.

4) They will ask for your IMEI number and give it to them

5) Tell them you dont want to get charged $30 or $35 for this and give you the $20 Multimedia plan until you get back a month later. (They may say we will pro-rate your bill. Tell them NO! because you had issues before with being pro-rated, just change it until I get back)

6) Dont send your phone in because you have to leave in two days and dont have the time now, you will exchange it when you get back. If they send you another phone then dont accept it when its mailed or just exchange your phone and dont call back.

7) Change is done in their system and there you go..

REMEBER: You are the customer, so when they start to tell you they cant do that or push you away then tell them..THEN GIVE ME SOMEONE WHO CAN HELP ME!! Show your frustration from waiting and different information from their sales reps. Stick to your guns and dont back down. You may need to find someone who actually cares about their job and you can tell who they are..

Good Luck:D

This is what I noticed between the the iPhone and Media Net data plans.

*iPhone:

Pros:

-Unlimited Data, Visual Voice Mail, 200 text messages

Cons:

-MMS Disabled

*Multimedia Net

Pros:

- Unlimited Data, 200 Text Messages, MMS Enabled

Cons:

- No Visual Voice Mail, Not for PDA's
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] TriAxisFL:
I had the MediaMax200 plan on a few phones and it worked fine on all of them including the 8525 PDA. I was going over my 200 text limit so I tried to switch to the MediaMax Unlimited text plan for $35. Everything seemed fine, but I got an email that stated I was using a PDA and the MediaMax Unlimited wasn't eligible for my phone. They removed all plans from my phone and said they were gonna charge me for each text and internet pay per use. I just said screw it and got the $50 PDA unlimited plan, (My work discount gives me a 22% discount on this though, so its under $40)

Anyways as long as you don't change data plans, they don't care or check.

Also I was very upset about what they did, so now I abuse the crap out of my data plan. I send thousands of texts and use a crapload of data just to get my money worth. :D
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] spaghetti_monster:
im on the 30$ unlimited, for my fuze. the 60$ 1 is tethering
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] CalifornIyay:
I think when you called them to upgrade your plan they prob seen a pathern and raised a red flag.

I wonder if their is a way to change your IMEI number on your phone like you can do on a jailbroken iPhone.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] TriAxisFL:
I didn't call them though. I did it through the Manage my Features option online. This obviously isn't done through a computer system, so some person must have got the request and did all the changes. Oh well, Im over it
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] YellowGTO:
Hey for you Fuze owners don't forget if you call up and change your phone for the cheep internet then your insurance changes to the phone too. So if you brake the Fuze your going to get a razr back lol. I used to do that trick too.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] CalifornIyay:
True that..but regardless you have a one year warranty on your fuze. You can just say you gave it to your cousin or something like that.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Shaamaan:
I've got a problem with my S8 which is running latest, official, non-rooted XEO firmware. Specifically, it uses battery like crazy and heats up whilst doing nothing. This smells like a virus / malware infection or just... well, the last update was in December 2021 so it's also possible some system component is wonky OR... <shivers> some rootkit? I'm generally rather careful when installing apps, most of which will be coming in from official sources (Google Store) or at least fairly trusted sources.

Every so often I'll get a warning that a system component is using too much CPU and I should restart the phone - which obviously doesn't help at all. Also the battery drain is reported primarily by Android System and System Core (29 and 15% respectively). Battery usage stats generally don't add up because the listings don't add up to 100%. :/

I know the S8 is an old phone... and I know there are probably steps I should take prior to asking here - like a factory reset. But I'm really sceptical of doing a factory reset simply because I've got so much stuff on the phone that, while not impossible to backup, is certainly annoying (authenticator or banking apps for example - and I don't think the standard backup tools like those available from Google or Samsung backup such apps).

So I'd rather try some solutions or methods of dealing with the damned thing without resetting the phone first. Is there anything I can do?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] blackhawk:
You need to find the root cause. It may be a 3rd party using one or more of the Samsung system apps running under Android services, lol Legend for there are many... all lumped together.

A firewall with logging can help. Karma Firewall is what I use, uses almost no battery. Being rooted you have more options... use them.

Malware is always a possibility.

3rd party apps can cause hell. I don't allow any social media apps on the phone, ever.

Try in safe mode... if things calm down it's likely a 3rd party app. If so start going through the installed apps.

Clear system cache.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Shaamaan:
Will try that, thanks!

The phone is NON-rooted. :(

Oh, safe mode! I'll try that too! Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] blackhawk:
Sorry about the root thing, my bad.

If you're running on Android 9 or lower Karma Firewall's logging feature is fully active otherwise not. Samsung store>Galaxy Labs> Battery Tracker can be useful.

I use Accubattery's history page to get a quick idea of charge/discharge rates.

I use Device Care>storage>clean as well.

Make sure no cloud apps are running in the background.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Shaamaan:
Update: in safe mode the phone doesn't heat up and battery usage seems normal. So it's probably some app.

Alas, the firewall wasn't very helpful - it seemed that apps that attempted accessing the internet were your usual suspects - Play Store, One Drive or other sync apps, Vanced.

Any other suggestions on possibly nailing down the culprit?

PS. I've also decided to send Samsung an error report via the Members app - I don't know what their reply times are and I honestly don't expect much from them but who knows? Perhaps they'll come through. :p
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] blackhawk:
Why other than maybe text messages is anything syncing? Take out the trash and go from there.

The ones that are connecting every minute or more when not open are prime suspects.

Some apps like Brave browser need to be closed out when not in use or they eat battery.

You can also try a hard reboot.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Shaamaan:
Update!

I left the phone in safe mode overnight. I mean, it seemed like things were better, so at least I'd have a stable phone.

Well, in the morning I was greeted with a severely depleted battery (went from 100 to 40 in the span of 6 hours) and I got the "high CPU usage" warning popup. The phone wasn't as hot to the touch tho.

So... Whatever is going on seems to happen also in safe mode, albeit less often? Or perhaps it's less "severe" where it doesn't heat up the phone but the drain is still there? But since safe mode is affected it's probably NOT an app, right?

At this point I'm completely baffled. Any other ideas?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] blackhawk:
Hard reset... hold power button until it powers off.

Try temporarily disabling Google play Services at night, see what that does.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Shaamaan:
OK, I'm baffled. I feel like I didn't really do anything but the phone is now running fine. Battery drain now might be better than ever! 😮

Warms up on usage, obviously, but when idle it's nice and cool and battery drain seems minimal. I'll... leave it for a few days to see how this develops. It's very difficult to tell what the heck's the case here.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] blackhawk:
Retrace what you did. Reason being you may need to do it again. Really most times all you need to do is just "play" with it a bit (a lot🤣). Almost impossible to crash a stock load, so explore and learn by playing with it. You are what you load and download; be careful with 3rd party apps they are the biggest potential hazards.

Once you have a fast, stable OS that's fulfilling its mission, let it be. Don't update or upgrade it.

Updates can and do break Sammy's. This N10+ is still running on Pie, current load is over 2yo. Rock solid stable and it runs like a bat out of hell with minimal maintenance. Security isn't an issue.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Shaamaan:
I have a suspicion this might have been some Samsung app (my bet's on Bixby) since those are likely still able to run in Safe Mode that got updated and then fixed...? Does that make sense?

I'm concerned about the last bit. I mean, upgrading to a new Android version is one thing but security updates are common, no?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] blackhawk:
Kill wittle bixby... you read it EULA?☠

It's more than one apk though. Takes a while to optimize a Sammy the first time🤣

Well... if it's set up and used right Android 9 will run securely in the real world. No saving dumb bunnies anyway; they'll still get tagged even with the latest version🤣

The proof is in my hand. Loaded over 2+ years ago and this N10+ UI version 1.5 is running clean like a bat out of hell. If I do get malware I can't erraticate in an hour or so, factory reset and change passwords.

My data is redundantly backed* up 4+ times, plus the onboard SD card used as a data drive. I'm ready to reload right now if I have to...

A malware forced reload is still less trouble than constantly updating and having the updates screw things up. That means more troubleshooting, finding new work arounds and still maybe needing a factory reset on top of all that. No.

Not vaxed either... not buying the hype.

*critical data must be redundantly backed up or sooner or latter it will likely be lost. Never encrypt data drives as you are the most likely to be locked out!
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Shaamaan:
Oh I'd love that - but it's a system app and removing those without root is kind of... impossible? I can look into disabling it completely however - I never use it anyway. Since it's not a single app - any chance you got a link to the list of apps that need manual disabling?

Anyway, I'm still getting those damned warnings. :( The phone isn't constantly hot however, which is some improvement.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] blackhawk:
Package Disabler kills bixby proper.

You can also disable it with an adb edit. That's one of the first things I do.

Bixby is a hot mess best dump along the interstate... like Google Assistant it needs external servers for many of its functions. I may change my mind but it's eula is like eating dry hardtack for breakfast.
[General Questions and Answers] meesam3379:
I have an old OPPO F15 with an MT6771V and was wondering if I could unlock the Bootloader.
[General Questions and Answers] meesam3379:
I am aware that oppo made fastboot inaccessible but I've seen that some of the oppo phones can be unlocked using an app called "oppo tools". It doesn't work on the F15 tho so I was wondering if there is anything else I could do.
[General Questions and Answers] itz_brokwn-xd:
Use mtk easy tool
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Ramsi Hartmann:
Hi Guys,

is it only my device or does the exynos model suck in general?

This is my S22U(Exynos):

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And here the Tab S8(Snapdragon):

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[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Rapier:
I don't recognize the screenshots, with what are you testing? And what are you actually doing, copy some files from one location to another on the internal storage?
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Batfink33:
Yeah it sucks.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Rapier:
Anything to backup your affirmation or just another preconceived idea?

My Exynos is just what I wanted...no heating, no lag, stutter or whatever, it is fast, I have 6 hrs+ SOT, blazing fast 5G speeds and it lasts the whole day...
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Batfink33:
Have a try at using the Zf4 beside it. You'll see the difference, heck even the ZF3 with sd888 is more efficient and smoother/has less frame drops.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Rapier:
I don't contest a Fold could be faster, I also owned a Fold 3 for some time then returned it as it doesn't fit my needs so I know how they are. But the Exynos 2200 is very close with it's SD counterpart and to be honest I don't care about some marginal higher benchmark scores. I don't do benchmarks, I just use the phone (mainly business) and it never failed me, or had lag or stutter. It just works and is flawless at everything I throw at it.

I don't want to enter in the Exy vs SD debate, it is neverending but saying that it "sucks" at least for the S22 series is completely wrong, actually in tests SD is heating more and suffers from throttling
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Batfink33:
Both the Exynos 2200 and SD 8 Gen 1 both suffer from efficiency problems because the 4nm Samsung Foundry manufacturing process was a failure (hence Qualcomm going to TSMC for the 8+Gen1). It's good that you like the phone and it works for you but there is without a doubt frame drops and general stutter on the Exynos s22u, if it doesn't bother you then great but it bothers me and obviously other S22u users on this forum.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Rapier:
I saw posts and heard people complaining so I don't say it doesnt. Just that it is not general or for all devices. It is not that I am not bothered, I just never encountered lag or stutter on my device and I doubt mine is unique. Maybe I use apps that don't lag, dunno...can you give me some examples of apps where lag is happening? And I don't say about that Reddit thread with scrolling lags because there I have lag too. I am talking about aps or settings on the phone where you do something and it lags. I'll try just to test
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Batfink33:
Animations drop frames and yes scrolling on Twitter and Reddit stutter. Like I said, use it beside the Zf4 or even the ZF3 and you can see the difference even scrolling on the apps. FWIW, I had similar on the P6P which basically uses and Exynos. The S22u doesn't perform badly as such, it just doesn't perform like a £1400 phone should.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Rubby1025:
So, getting back to the topic that was posted, what does any of the above have to do with SMB performance? Numbers were posted via screenshots that are in a foreign language that most don't understand. SMB infers a network copy file operation so a lot to be considered here other than just the phone. As a matter of fact, I would say the phone factors in less that 50% with regards to SMB performance.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Ramsi Hartmann:
I backup and restore a lot of things with network shares. It is a common use case for me. Fact is the SD 8 Gen 1 is almost twice as fast.

Other than that the phone is not bad.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] gianoi:
my exinos do its work no lags no loose of frame

twitter and reddit for me are unuseful and banned from all ny phones and tablets only good to waste time i have two s22 exinos and no problems al all

i use the phone don't play with benchmarks
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Rapier:
I have the same but the point here was performance of network transfers via SMB....I don't use SMB shares so can't check transfer speeds at the moment but I might setup one just for the sake of testing. I find cloud sharing much easier to use for me tho
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] gianoi:
my files are all on nas and pendrive in Italia cloud is not very good and working is an optional like streaming (dazn docet) only in big cities you can use it and not always

for years I've worked in a public company and backup was something really not in the mind of our central company

da noi si usa dire "chi fa da sé fa per tre"
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] bhammler:
Exynos I get around 20 MB/s with SMB2
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Ramsi Hartmann:
That is insane. Are you on Beta? Did you change something?
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Ramsi Hartmann:
accidently send it twice...
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] matze19999:
I often have performance problems when using SMB on android/linux.

Try to use SFTP, its much faster.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] bhammler:
I think, my phone just had a lucky day. I've made some testing, and my speed sucks around 1-5 MB/s
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] PunkOz:
Hello! I think I've bricked my Pixel 6 Pro using Android 13, I rooted with Magisk successfuly but when I flashed kirisakura kernel using EXKM and rebooted it gave me a bootloop, after bootloop tried flashing patched boot.img from factory in Pixel Flasher but didn't work, also tried using adb and nothing. I think I have flashed the wrong file or something after kirisakura because it would show on Pixel Flasher with a ? at the beginning of the ADB connected devices.

It only would boot to Google logo and then restart, did it a few times but then the screen became black and unresponisive, I've tried vol down power and vol down power and vol down only and vol up power any combination for more than 30 seconds and nothing works, doesn't show on adb devices or wants to boot into any mode.

Did I completely brick my device flashing a wrong boot file after my bootloop? Is there any way to recover my Pixel 6 or should I try to return and ask for a new one and see if they accept it?

Sad thing, my Pixel arrived yesterday and I hard bricked it in the same day.

🥲 willing to pay anyone here if someone helps me to boot my pixel again.

Thanks in advance.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] DespairFactor:
Reflash the entire android 13 image
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] PunkOz:
How if it doesn't boot into fastboot or anything, PC won't recognize anything since my Pixel's screen is completely black, won't do a single thing, just a sandwich glass, won't even show if it's charging, nothing.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] blackhawk:
Read this thread if you haven't...
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] PunkOz:
Everything downloaded to my PC belongs to Android 13, factory image, kernel, everything, didn't rollback, I was in a bootloop where my device went into fastboot mode everytime but then it went to google logo and stopped working at all. Nothing shows on my screen, I've read somewhere on reddit that a guy had the same problem and had to return his device.