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[Samsung Galaxy A12] eddieofny:
It's not to carrier unlock it, the phone is already carrier unlocked. But the TMO firmware does not allow for OEM unlocking and comes with a ton of bloatware as well. From all the research I've done, flashing unlocked firmware solves both of those problems
[Samsung Galaxy A12] V0latyle:
What research where?

Is this a Snapdragon device?

You shouldn't need to repartition your device to flash a different CSC. However, flashing firmware with a different CSC won't enable OEM unlocking.
[Samsung Galaxy A12] eddieofny:
No, it's a MediaTek device. Honestly, I've read so much stuff, I wouldn't be able to remember where. I've read alot from here, as well as Stack Overflow and pretty much anywhere on the internet that looked like it had answers. I came away with the impression that carriers could choose to remove OEM Unlocking from their firmware, but that non-carrier firmware as a general rule of thumb would have that option available. As it stands, I don't have OEM Unlocking in my Developer Options at all
[Samsung Galaxy A12] V0latyle:
Well...Yes and no.

There are a couple of properties that determine whether OEM Unlocking is visible: ro.oem_unlock_supported which is set at build time, and sys.oem_unlock_allowed

The first one is generally set at build time. The second one can be dynamic, like if the OEM/carrier wants the device to normally be unlockable, but wants E.T. to phone home to determine whether it should be allowed.

It's hard to say what the circumstance is here. But, in most cases, simply flashing different firmware will not permit unlocking the bootloader; in fact, a locked bootloader will generally prevent flashing anything but the firmware intended for that specific device.
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[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] theboz1419:
View attachment 5875629

I noticed today, that I had been seeing the no service icon showing when I am still able to connect to the web, infact I was able to stream Disney plus while I had the X on signal strength.

But, also, I have notice I have not recieved calls, also today I had a call go directly to voice mail. I only knew I had a call when the voice mail notification was sent to me without issue. My call log shows no logs of any calls to me this morning. I also talked to someone else and they complained to me that I had not answered the phone this morning. I had to wxplain to them I had no knowledge of any calls to me except for a voice mail message i received.

I do have T-mobile, not sure if its a T-mobile issue or S23U issue.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Talderon:
I think this is a T-Mobile issue.

[TL;DR] - Had same issues, swapped to eSIM and have not had an issue since

Where I live, we have 5G/5G UC just about everywhere and I have noticed, once in a while (more so on my Z Fold 3 than my S23U) that when I leave WiFi Range, add streaming music (not downloaded), things go well, then all of the sudden, I will get VM notifications and a slew of text message just show up.

After paying closer attention, I noticed that I still get DATA when I have this symbol and no SMS/Voice.

Airplane mode on/off and it all comes back.

I have tried the Network Reset several times, but I quit doing that because I got tired of having to set up WiFi and all my BT devices again and again.

THEN, I decided to change to eSIM and I have stopped having these issues.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] theboz1419:
That almost sounds exactly what I am seeing also. I will probably google it as soon as I post this, but how do you change to eSim?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Talderon:
Tutorials | T-Mobile Support

www.t-mobile.com
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] theboz1419:
Before you had a chance to post this, I already screwed it up, lol. I tried to use the esim setup and when it went to Tmobile it faulted and left me with no sim.

I connected to Tmobile chat and she helped me set up the eSim.

Thanks,
[Touch Pro CDMA] mspace00:
Drop the Alltel Nav plan...you don't need it. All it did was set your GPS settings to work, which you can do in the settings. Set GPS Hardware Port GPS and GPS Program Port both to none. Set Baud at 4800 and allow automatic managment. Soft Reset just in case and you should be good to go!

-Space
[Touch Pro CDMA] bfranker:
I only had the Alltel Nav plan for a couple of days... only got it for troubleshooting.

I had tried your settings before and both Google Maps and GPS Test could not even find the GPS. I just tried again and same results... GPS just keeps scanning for the GPS and can never find it. You have an Alltel phone?

The setting that you recommend me changing away from the default setting is the GPS Program Port... if that is set to NONE, the programs can't even find the GPS. When I change it back to COM4, the GPS is found but GPS Test sits at "GPS Starting Up" with either no satellites found or just one most of the time. I did the other day get it to work even on this new phone but then yesterday tried again for 20 minutes sitting still outside and the best I got GPS Test to show was 4 satellites... not even enough to get past the "starting up" message.

It seems like it is defective again but, man, TWO phones in a row with a bad GPS?????
[Touch Pro CDMA] mspace00:
So last night after replying to this thread, I was messing around with the new google maps. This morning...NOTHING works with my GPS. Perhaps the download of alltel nav (although canceled) activated the GPS on my phone for a specified time and now the sub ended. :mad: I was sold on this phone by Alltel reps because the GPS was not locked to an app.

-Space
[Touch Pro CDMA] bfranker:
Well, after screwing around yesterday like I did, I decided to just let it set in my garage (with many sky lights) this morning for a few hours with the GPS Test program running and looking for satellites. NOTHING. Did a soft reset, went outside, started up the GPS Test program and within 5 seconds was locked on to 10 satellites!?!?! I could swear I've done soft resets before and it did no good. Will try a soft reset again if it quits working on me. Also, I'm inside the house now in a room with ZERO windows and it is still seeing 7 satellites. I suspect there is an issue with GPS on this phone but because it seems very "flaky" I'd think a software update may be able to fix it... hope so anyway!

You might want to try a soft reset and see if that works for ya?

I also talked to a smart phone expert guy and he said it doesn't hurt to do the Quick GPS DAILY. He has found that on many phones running a program like this daily helps the phone to connect much quicker. FWIW, I didn't run it today and after the reset it connected in seconds. LOL
[Touch Pro CDMA] mspace00:
Ok, so I tried running Quick GPS and I get an error "Connection Failed". Perhaps this is somehow related to the GPS issue? I will keep trying throughout the day.

-Space
[Touch Pro CDMA] bfranker:
I only ever got that when my 911 location setting was turned OFF when I first got the phone. Turned that on and it worked no problem. Also, of course, you have to be able to get your data connection established. With a data connection and your location settings ON, I don't know why you'd have a problem.
[Touch Pro CDMA] garyr2548:
GPS no worky right for me......

Finally someone with a thread for this issue! I too am having the exact same problem. The GPS is very "flaky" at best.... I have had it work sporadically at best in the car and will drop it for no reason and the pick it right back up and then go out for good. I dont really understand what to do, it is all quite a mystery. I have manipulated the settings back and forth trying diffent things to no avail. I hope there is an update soon that straightens this out. It annoys me becasue my old titan got signal in about 10 seconds, 10 satellites, indoors, in any part of my house.... just a bit frustrating. Hopefully we get a fix soon.

Thanks for any advice on this!

Gary
[Touch Pro CDMA] mspace00:
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!

This was driving me nuts! Now not only does quickGPS work, so does google maps :) I remember now changing that setting last night. Who knew?

-Space
[Touch Pro CDMA] bfranker:
After messing with this a bit more, I think there is definitely an issue with the Alltel version of this phone and the GPS. It seems that if I can't get it to work, it WILL work after I do a soft reset. What triggers the "need" to do a soft reset I have not yet figured out. But, I do know that I saw a friend who just got a Sprint HTC Touch Pro and had no idea about the GPS. I downloaded Google Maps on their phone and in less than 5 seconds the GPS was working like a charm.

Looks like the Alltel GPS works but is very sporadic at best and, for whatever reason, requires a soft reset damn near each time you want to use it. Hoping for a real "fix" for this soon!
[Touch Pro CDMA] filly444:
and how do i change the 911 location settings
[Touch Pro CDMA] mspace00:
The 911 settings are located in the settings for the phone. START->SETTINGS->PHONE then click the Services tab and it is under the Location Setting.

-Space
[Touch Pro CDMA] garyr2548:
Ok here is something that may be contributing to my problem. So i have double and triple checked the my location check and looked at the option which has always read "on". the strange thin is that the icon on the phone dialer screen shows my location feature is set to off. I have gone back to check the location setting and verified it was on. So i selected off then back on and then the icon reflected it was "on". I have tried soft resets after doing this and it goes right back to the way it was before I force it on. I am now hinking this is what is contributing to the flaky response of the gps. just wondering if anyone else has had this problem.....

gary
[Touch Pro CDMA] bfranker:
Which icon are you talking about? I looked through the online pdf manual and could find no icon that indicated this setting was on or off :confused:

Also, while a soft reset sometimes works for this, it doesn't all the time. What has saved me time in this, though, is that I've learned that if it doesn't connect in under a minute, it ain't going to. Mine either works pretty much right away or doesn't work at all. It does seem to help to start up GPS Test first but that doesn't always work either.

After reading a bit more about this on other forums, it doesn't look to be related specifically to the Alltel version like I originally assumed. A number of people with other carriers are also experiencing "flaky" operation of the HTC Touch Pro GPS. The very sad part about this is that, apparently, HTC refuses to acknowledge a problem exists. :mad:

Would be nice to know if this is a software/driver issue or hardware issue. If a hardware issue then I'll be stuck using an external receiver most likely. Software, I can hold out hope that somebody will get it figured out! :)
[Touch Pro CDMA] garyr2548:
the icon i am referring to is on you phone dialer. it is a circle that resembles a set of crosshairs. when the location feature is on, you will see the crosshairs. when the setting is off the crosshairs have a diagonal line through them. i am using my phone to send this so i cant attach any pictures right now. the icon is right next to the back arrow at the top of the dialer where the number you dial is shown.

update... spent 30 minutes with alltel smartphone support and they had no solution other than saying they would send this to the group that reports issues to htc to work on a solution. they did offer me to return it but i like this phone too much. i am

sure we will figure it out soon enough.
[Touch Pro CDMA] bfranker:
Ahh... I see that now and amazingly enough, mine has a line through it. I'll check that next time I can get the GPS to work and see if it changes.

Like you, I really like the phone but it greatly aggravates me that something so expensive doesn't work, as designed, out of the box.
[Touch Pro CDMA] bruceo:
I have had 3 alltel TP phones and all of them once 911 and location was set to on and quick gps was run once then they always got instant locks of 10 satellites. On my mogul the best i would ever get would be 4-6 satellites. Google & Live search use the intermediate driver with default settings with no lag and Iguidance (which is the best voiceprompt gps software) works with no lag when using Franson GPS gate as a virtual com port for the GPS driver.
[Touch Pro CDMA] bfranker:
If you go to your phone dialer, is there a "line" through the crosshair/circle icon?

I haven't been able to get a lock for couple days now. Bummer. I'm going to call Alltel tech support again and see what they say.
[Touch Pro CDMA] bfranker:
Ok, after not even beeing able to get more than a couple satellites being shown in GPS Test which means nothing more than a GPS Starting message, I decided to call tech support to see if they had documented any other issues with the phone since I last contacted them. I was told there are NO known issues with the Touch Pro (not even the problem with the speakerphone or the previously reported GPS issues).

After talking with tech support and they guy telling me that they get a number of calls for "other" GPS software programs but not too many for the Alltel Navagation program that they offer, he told me he can't help me with the other programs and I should contact their vendors. I tried to explain to him that one was a simple GPS Test program and the other was Google Maps but he kept saying that they don't really have problems with "their" GPS subscription program.

Being basically fed up and figuring it was worth the $10 to continue to troubleshoot this problem, I downloaded the Alltel Navagation program again. And guess what... IT WORKED. Guess what else... when I had the Alltel Navagation program working, GPS Test and Google Maps work fine too and I'm even inside a large building right now!!! :mad:

Does anybody have any "inside" on what is going on here? I know a number of Alltel people say the GPS on their Touch Pro works just fine using something like Google Maps. On mine, it "sometimes" works. I find it VERY odd that on my last Touch Pro phone I NEVER got even a single satellite to show until I downloaded the Alltel pay program. Now, with this phone, after struggling with it a bit I can "sometimes" get it to work but haven't been able to for a couple days, even after numerous soft resets but now, immediately after activating and running the Alltel program, my GPS starting working just peachy and even inside a large building!?!? I've got a full 5 bars in the Alltel GPS program inside. WHAT GIVES???

I'm going to pay for this Alltel program for a few days and see if I can consistently get a lock. If so, I'd sure like to know why the phone's GPS magically gets "better" so long as you pay for their service :mad:
[Touch Pro CDMA] bruceo:
I am using the regular windows dialer and yes there is a line through the circle/crosshair.

I just went outside and launched Gpsgate/Iguidance and had 10 sattelites instantly, it has been at least a week since I have drove and used the GPS, but I use it all the time with no problems or lag. Inside I almost instantly get 6-7 sats. using Google maps or livesearch without GPS gate, only the MS intermediate driver I get instant locks as well. I ran quick GPS once about a month ago on this unit.
[Touch Pro CDMA] bfranker:
Dang... sounds like you must have got one of the "special" phones... one that actually works! LOL :D
[Touch Pro CDMA] garyr2548:
Well have tried soooo many programs and settings I dont know what to do. I am going to exchange it for another since it was okayed by tech support and see if a new phone solves the problems. ill let you know in a day or son once the exchange is made. bummer it doesent work, otherwise I would be more than happy with the thing. oh well, here hoping for new roms and radio upgrades!

gary
[Touch Pro CDMA] bfranker:
I thought I might be on to something with the Alltel Navagation program but appears to maybe have been nothing more than a coincidence and that is the time that it started working. Tried this morning to get a connection and nothing. Tried to with the Alltel Navagation program too and nothing again. Drove 10 miles (about 15 minutes) and still the Alltel Navagation program was indicating "No GPS".

Tomorrow is my last day for my 30 day trial. I like this phone but it really bugs me the GPS doesn't work worth a crap. To top that off, the speakerphone is the worst I've ever seen and the out of all the phones I've owned this one has the worst reception. I've worked at the same job 18 years and lived in the same house for about that long. Carried many different phones with service through Alltel and this one is noticeably worse for being able to pick up a signal. Even went back to Alltel today to discuss my options. I love the phone as a "gadget" but it doesn't work well as a phone or a GPS so I have to wonder why it is so hard for me to let it go. LOL! I guess it is the awesome screen!

Still not sure what I'm going to do. My Treo 700wx doesn't have as nice of screen but has a battery that lasts me the entire day, has no problem picking up signals at my job or house (unlike my Touch Pro which is about 1/2 the time trying to find a signal which kills the battery), and with my external Blue Tooth GPS receiver and Treo TomTom software, it even has a GPS that works very very good. So, everything about the Treo is better... except for the way the graphics look. Guess I need to determine if I have a phone to look at and play with or if I need a phone to use. LOL!

I'd keep this phone in a heartbeat if I had confidence the issues were going to be fixed in a few months or so but Alltel just today looked up in their system and it indicated there were no known issues. I don't want to be stuck with a phone for 2 years that sucks as a phone. I talked to the Alltel high level tech support experts and they tried out the speakerphone and agreed it was basically unuseable. They indicated they were going to submit a problem report. That was three weeks ago and they have yet to acknowledge any problems at all with this phone. If they think there are zero problems then they are spending zero time working on a fix. :(

So, just have to decide what I want to do by tomorrow. I'll probably be a sucker and keep it and HOPE that the smart guys here will be able to tweak this phone and make it a more functional phone and GPS as compared to what it is out of the box.
[Touch Pro CDMA] mspace00:
If the GPS does not work on the phone even with the Alltel Nav, I would swap it out for a new one on the grounds that it is faulty. It will start the 30 day period over again, and you may even get a phone that works. :)

-Space
[Touch Pro CDMA] bfranker:
I went ahead and swapped it for a different phone (now on my 4th) on the last day of the 30 day "try out" period.

I was just going to turn it in and go back to my Treo 700wx because I was so frustrated but ended up installing Slingbox on it and it looked very good so I changed my mind and decided to try another one :) Needless to say, Alltel is sick of me and to be quite honest, I'm sick of dealing with their tech support over the phone and waiting in 30 minute lines at the Alltel store too so the feeling is mutual :D Anyway, after talking to a supervisor, they swapped it out again (last time they said) which is fine with me because I just want a $600 phone that actually works! The phone locked on to satellites within a couple minutes the first time I tried it. Tried it later that day and it locked on instantly. Tried it the next day and, again, worked great! But, tried it again later that day and it wouldn't connect after 10 minutes. Sucks. Oh well, unless I was just getting lucky, this one seems to be better than the other. I noticed that the ROM date was the same on the two phones (Oct 9th) so there was no update to the ROM.

My work around to this very flaky GPS is that I bought TomTom Navigator 6. Found it for $119 with the BlueTooth receiver. I've got TomTom working nicely on the phone and when the internal GPS doesn't work I can spend about 30 seconds and change some settings and use the BlueTooth. Defeats the purpose of not having to carry around a receiver but since I don't use the GPS too often it isn't a huge deal. Heck, I don't hardly ever use a GPS but it was the point of it... a $600 phone costs that much because of all the gadgets on it and if the gadgets don't work then it shouldn't cost $600!!!

Anyway, I'm concluding based on all that I've read on different forums that the HTC GPS is sub par and should not even be in production... it's like an early Beta it is so flakey. No matter where I read about the HTC Touch Pro and no matter what carrier, WAY more people than one should expect to see are having problems with the GPS. So, if you are an Allltel user and trying to figure out why you are having problems with the GPS it is most likely simply because the GPS itself has problems. You can try swapping out phones as I have done but you are probably just wasting your time because it probably isn't going to get better.

Bottom line, until the GPS itself is fixed, if I'm going on a trip where I NEED the GPS, I'll be taking the BlueTooth GPS. I am keeping the phone because of the incredible screen but am in the "hope" mode that the smart people who tweak these phones will be able to fix not only the GPS problem but the crappy reception in general... I drop calls with this phone often and when I'm with friends who are all on the same network and I have no signal, they do with their Motorolas, LGs, and Nokias. :( Oh well... I've got a cool gadget even if the phone itself doesn't work that great... for now. LOL!
[Touch Pro CDMA] -ebby-:
im new to this how can i turn the gps for my alltel TP on without using their app?
[Touch Pro CDMA] bfranker:
See post #11 in this thread and ensure that setting is "ON". With that ON, programs can use the internal GPS. From there, in my experience as you can see from reading this tread, it could be a coin toss if your GPS works or it doesn't. Flip a coin. The GPS is extremely unreliable from what I have experienced with multiple phones.
[Touch Pro CDMA] mspace00:
I wonder if the GPS problems have anything to do with the network and Agps. Lets say you live in an area where Agps from the cell towers are not up to date. Could that cause the GPS of the TP to be shakey?

-Space
[Touch Pro CDMA] bruceo:
I and I think most have aGPS disabled. If you search for touch pro gps tweaks on google you will find registry tweaks that minimize delay to make it usable for walking around directions and if you use Iguidance with GPS gate it is perfect for drvoice prompted driving
[Touch Pro CDMA] BillThyCat:
Does anyone know if GC14's/ShadowWing's aGPS mod works no the TouchPro? i.e. using QPST to update the GPS info?

We are getting ready to get 2 of these and I would like to know if I should bother trying to track down the SPC in order to modify this.

I haven't seen anyone else mention this in the other recent GPS threads.

Thanks,

BTC
[Touch Pro CDMA] Scott:
Did you apply any aGPS fix?
[Touch Pro CDMA] darkresiak:
I've been having some problems with the gps as well, until JUST now. I installed google maps (just like everyone else) and initially, no GPS could be found. I verified that my location settings (settings->phone->services->location) were on the "on" setting, but the crosshair in my dialer still had a cross through. By simply setting location to off, then clicking "ok" in the top right, and the going back and setting location back to on, then again clicking "ok", my google maps immediatly recognized 7, and now 8 satellites and got a quick lock-on to my current location.

Hope that helped someone.

(I had used quickGPS to update the map or whatever and it did nothing until I did what I just stated.)

I have an Alltel HTC Touch Pro, btw.