Universal build for both CDMA and GSM - Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE

I am posting this here because I received an error message stating that I could not post in the development section. Kabaldan had posted that a universal build was available now for the Photon Q and wanted feedback from those that tested it. I wanted to respond but since I can't in that thread I will do it here and hope he finds it. Anyway, I have installed the universal build and for the most part it works great. The only two issues I have are the same two issues I have found with the official cm10.1, the nightlies of cm10.2, as well as all the other custom roms that are available here for the photon Q. Those two issues are as follows:
1) I am unable to connect to my cellular companies network. I am connected through Sprint. What I want to connect to is CSpire's network since that is the company I have my cellular service with. I do not know how tomake that happen.
2) I am unable to send or receive picture messages. So I have followed the suggestions from other users and tried Go SMS, Chomp SMS, and Handsent SMS. If I have those installed I can receive picture messages, sometimes. It is not everytime but most of the time. But even with those 3rd party apps I am unable to send pictures. I have actually had one sending for an hour and half this morning. My phone kept saying "sending..." so I finally stopped it.
Now I am not sure if the two are related or not. I have read where others have had success sending and receiving witht he 3rd party apps. So I am thinking it is maybe because I am not connected to my cellular companies network. Of course, as far as I know that may have absolutely nothing to do with it. If anybody knows, I would be grateful for advice on how to fix this. Otherwise I can't get the full benefit from a custom rom. Thanks in advance.

1. Is not an issue with the ROM at all. Make sure it works on stock before going to any aftermarket ROM's.
2. If you don't have service, how can you send or receive MMS? Cart before the horse buddy, get your cell service issue sorted first.

arrrghhh said:
1. Is not an issue with the ROM at all. Make sure it works on stock before going to any aftermarket ROM's.
2. If you don't have service, how can you send or receive MMS? Cart before the horse buddy, get your cell service issue sorted first.
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Ok, so let me clarify my original post. When I am on the stock ROM I can send and receive MMS. It is when I go to an aftermarket ROM that I am having the issue. I can receive picture messages by using a 3rd party messaging app (such as Handsent) but I cannot send them. I currently do have service. I did not say that I did not have service. I am connected and it says my service provider is Sprint. Sprint is not my cellular company, CSpire is. I can do everything on an aftermarket ROM that I can do on stock ROM except picture messaging. I can surf the web, download apps, watch youtube videos, send and receive email, etc. I was pointing out that my phone states it is connected to Sprint's network and not CSpire's network. I am wondering if there is a difference somehwere that causes picture messaging to not work. That may not have anything to do with it but I am asking so I can rule out all possibilities.

lsufan72 said:
Ok, so let me clarify my original post. When I am on the stock ROM I can send and receive MMS. It is when I go to an aftermarket ROM that I am having the issue. I can receive picture messages by using a 3rd party messaging app (such as Handsent) but I cannot send them. I currently do have service. I did not say that I did not have service. I am connected and it says my service provider is Sprint. Sprint is not my cellular company, CSpire is. I can do everything on an aftermarket ROM that I can do on stock ROM except picture messaging. I can surf the web, download apps, watch youtube videos, send and receive email, etc. I was pointing out that my phone states it is connected to Sprint's network and not CSpire's network. I am wondering if there is a difference somehwere that causes picture messaging to not work. That may not have anything to do with it but I am asking so I can rule out all possibilities.
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So on stock ROM it says CSpire correctly?
The phone works fine when it says "Sprint" in the notification pulldown in custom ROM's, just MMS is failing? Sounds like an APN issue... I'm not sure you can configure this from the normal settings, you might need to tweak the build.prop to work for CSpire.
Hopefully someone chimes in who has CSpire... I'd say there is a build.prop change needed, which can be made into a flashable zip which all CSpire users can apply after flashing...

arrrghhh said:
So on stock ROM it says CSpire correctly?
The phone works fine when it says "Sprint" in the notification pulldown in custom ROM's, just MMS is failing? Sounds like an APN issue... I'm not sure you can configure this from the normal settings, you might need to tweak the build.prop to work for CSpire.
Hopefully someone chimes in who has CSpire... I'd say there is a build.prop change needed, which can be made into a flashable zip which all CSpire users can apply after flashing...
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You are correct. On stock ROM it says CSpire. And you are also correct in that the phone works fine when it says "Sprint" in the notification pulldown in custom ROM's. And yes it seems at this point that only MMS is failing.
And since I will more than likely screw my phone up if I try to tweak it, I will wait and see if someone who knows what they are doing with CSpire (or knowledge of it) chimes in and offers a solution. Thank you for offering your assistance.

The current worldphone CM 10.2 xt897 build is made for Sprint CDMA/universal SIM modded GSM-UMTS usage.
The C-Spire variant would need at least a few changes to build.prop and different eri.xml overlay.

kabaldan said:
The current worldphone CM 10.2 xt897 build is made for Sprint CDMA/universal SIM modded GSM-UMTS usage.
The C-Spire variant would need at least a few changes to build.prop and different eri.xml overlay.
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I'm not positive what these would be. I would also love to see them wrapped up into a flashable ZIP so we don't have to make separate ROM's just for CSpire users.
Shouldn't be too difficult, I just need to know what is different

kabaldan said:
The current worldphone CM 10.2 xt897 build is made for Sprint CDMA/universal SIM modded GSM-UMTS usage.
The C-Spire variant would need at least a few changes to build.prop and different eri.xml overlay.
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I assumed that the build came from the original Sprint version and modded to work (or whatever the process was). That must be the same reason the other custom ROM's have the same issue. I appreciate your explanation. Now I know a little more than I already did. Just wish I had the tech know how to help you guys out.

arrrghhh said:
I'm not positive what these would be. I would also love to see them wrapped up into a flashable ZIP so we don't have to make separate ROM's just for CSpire users.
Shouldn't be too difficult, I just need to know what is different
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I have no idea how to help but I would be glad to if I can. I will say this.... it might be more trouble than it is worth. CSpire is a very small local company and even though they are still selling the Photon Q online, not many of the stores have them in stock. I only know of one other person who has the phone. So there may not really be that big of a demand for this fix other than me. Everything else works great with these ROM's so I can just use alternative methods for sending pics for now. Thanks again.

lsufan72 said:
I have no idea how to help but I would be glad to if I can. I will say this.... it might be more trouble than it is worth. CSpire is a very small local company and even though they are still selling the Photon Q online, not many of the stores have them in stock. I only know of one other person who has the phone. So there may not really be that big of a demand for this fix other than me. Everything else works great with these ROM's so I can just use alternative methods for sending pics for now. Thanks again.
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lsufan72: To fully support CSpire Photon Q in the new unified CM11 builds should be fairly simple now, but I need to see the content of /proc/cmdline from CSpire Photon Q.
Please post it in this thread if you can: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2656570
Thanks.

Related

T-Mobile USA Dash 3G Rom Update 1.17.531.6

http://www.t-mobile.com/wmupgrade/
IMEI Required
Can someone please re-up this to a different server? I have a test version of the phone, it won't accept my IMEI!
what does this upgrade? when i clicked on the linkt o find out it said dash so idk if it mean the dash or dash3g lol
It's for the Dash 3G, and it doesn't seem to do much. From what I've read, it updates how the phone handles switching between EDGE and 3G.
Well I need it to restore mine. I have an old pre-release version. Someone please upload it! My IMEI is the beta so it does not accept!
I downloaded and installed the new ROM and have had nothing but problems. It seem to lose signal when switching between Edge and 3G. TMobile is sending me a new phone. One 10 minute call and they decided to replace it for me. Great service but beware of the new ROM.
jcbofkc said:
I downloaded and installed the new ROM and have had nothing but problems. It seem to lose signal when switching between Edge and 3G. TMobile is sending me a new phone. One 10 minute call and they decided to replace it for me. Great service but beware of the new ROM.
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Would you mind uploading it somewhere please?
I can try it and see if it does it to me too.
Why does nobody try and help me when I posted?
Lazy a**** I help people on here all the time! Well I used to, why should I when nobody wants to help me when I post? Jackas***..
MOD EDIT: Don't post foul language,
First and Final warning.
@elsmacko
why don't you download this rom by yourself?? You only need a valid IMEI to do it.

Rogers mandatory update - Data status

Hello;
I'm wondering if people could post their status for the data so that those of us who don't have data have something to tell Rogers.
My status is that Rogers won't do the Network Refresh - I've called and spoken to about half a dozen people (both in data and not) and there is obviously a memo as none are willing to do it. I've requested escalation but have not heard back.
They are insisting that even if the refresh did work, it could also revert and no longer work -- can anyone confirm whether or not they have lost data since getting their refresh?
They have also told me that they can't do the refresh for technical reasons, they've told me that the refresh won't do anything since the tower won't communicate with my phone until I put their update as it won't be compatible. So basically I'm getting the run-around ... no surprise.
I'm also on a "master ticket" which they claim only have 40 people on it - seems to me that this board has more than 40 people, so maybe there's only 40 of us that are modded and can't otherwise get data.
I'm on 1.6 now, but obviously if I can't get the data back I'll look at CursorSense32A since from what I'm reading here that seems to be the only one that reliably works w/o Rogers intervention.
Here's my current details:
Firmware version 1.6
cyanogenmod 4.2.13
Build DRC92
Baseband 62.52S.20.18H_3.22.20.17
Kernel 2.6.;29.6-cm42
SAPPHIRE PVT 32A SHIP S-ON H
HBOOT-1.33.0009 (SAPP50000)
CPLD-12
RADIO-3.22.20.17
May 8 2009, 21:02:32
What is from development in your post?
Hello 5[Strogino];
My apologies if this is in the wrong area: I put it here as this thread Rogers Mandatory Update is here as well. I did look to see if there was another forum and thought maybe "Software and Hacking General" but it says no noobs and as this is my second post I'm pretty sure I qualify.
I'm really just trying to get a single location where those of us who are/were affected by the mandatory update can post our current status. The original thread has a lot of people posting a lot of different scenarios and there is a lot of time covered in that thread so it's difficult to tell if people had it working, lost connectivity etc.
So with that goal in mind, can you suggest an alternate location for this thread and either maybe you can get it moved (as a sr. member?), or I can repost it there.
Thanks.
I had no data for almost a week. I then upgraded to 6.35.10.18 Radio and 1.76.2007 SPL, and then installed cursorsense rom.
My data returned within about 36 hours.
Lee
Flash the 6.x radio and 1.76 end SPL and then this ROM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=592856
It has the rogers radio.When data returns, you can revert to 3.xx radio.
bcrook said:
Flash the 6.x radio and 1.76 end SPL and then this ROM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=592856
It has the rogers radio.When data returns, you can revert to 3.xx radio.
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LOL
Are you still giving out this bull**** advice?
HERES THE REAL SOLUTION
1. Call Customer Care *611 : Say cancel my service to get to a rep without saying anything else
2. Tell them youve updated to the newest rom and that your data isnt working ( they shouldnt ask any questions really just tell them it was from the website)
3. They will perform a resend to switch which will disconnect you from the call
4. Reboot phone and you will have data
NO NEED TO FLASH ANYTHING
5. Have Data faster than what the above solution is telling you
I can confirm this works on both rooted dreams and magics as i own both and have friends with dreams
data has not been lost once
If customer care gives you a hard time request their manager
The manager should coach them to do the data restore or hell do it himself
If the manager is a douche and wont do it (sometimes this happens)
just tell him u want to cancel because of this
they should be able to do it to prevent you from canceling your service i would think
honestly ive never had a problem finding a rep to do it in 5 seconds
just hang up if you get an idiot and try again ;P
Customer relations and customer care and the escalation support group all have access to the network refresh
If you want a manager they can resend to switch
If you want to cancel you are transferred to customer relations
who can resend to switch
AND the people that you talk to customer care can too
If your talking to tech support they are retarded
The customer care policy from a senior customer care agents mouth " Our reference says to do the resend to switch to refresh the network to restore data"
hey alan090;
I've been trying that for a week -- I'm sure this worked earlier, but this 'hack' appears to be closed. They seem to know not to do this both in the regular wireless as well as the data divisions.
Has anyone installed cursorsense and not gotten their data back?
Question #2:
Are people who have data via network refresh still getting the texts and calls to tell them they need to update?
On Amon RA's 1.6.3 Donut ROM. Had no data for about 24 hours, used the live support and got it back with a network refresh. Have had it even since. Never flashed the new radio or any new ROM. Still getting texts and calls though, quite annoying.
dmod5585 said:
hey alan090;
I've been trying that for a week -- I'm sure this worked earlier, but this 'hack' appears to be closed. They seem to know not to do this both in the regular wireless as well as the data divisions.
Has anyone installed cursorsense and not gotten their data back?
Question #2:
Are people who have data via network refresh still getting the texts and calls to tell them they need to update?
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They have not closed it as this is the procedure they have to follow to give you your data back after 24h
still able to do it and just explain u updated on the weekend
if they want build info, find the build info
alan090 said:
LOL
Are you still giving out this bull**** advice?
HERES THE REAL SOLUTION...
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We all know a network refresh can get our data back. However, we don't know if it is a permanent solution. Rogers can disable phones that have the old radio again any time they like.
On top of that, getting someone to actually do the refresh is a major PITA, something I certainly am not willing to do. Calling in repeatedly to get someone who will do it is not my idea of fun.
I'd prefer to update the phone to the radio they are looking for, and then I can load on any rom I want.
I'd suggest you don't put down others suggestions, especially since they seem to work for everyone. We know the refresh works, and this method works too.
GreenEnvy said:
We all know a network refresh can get our data back. However, we don't know if it is a permanent solution. Rogers can disable phones that have the old radio again any time they like.
On top of that, getting someone to actually do the refresh is a major PITA, something I certainly am not willing to do. Calling in repeatedly to get someone who will do it is not my idea of fun.
I'd prefer to update the phone to the radio they are looking for, and then I can load on any rom I want.
I'd suggest you don't put down others suggestions, especially since they seem to work for everyone. We know the refresh works, and this method works too.
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The refresh is permanent and is the PROPER method
If the Radio works thats just luck
I KNOW agents personally in customer care
I just chatted with them last night
and This is what needs to be done
Changing radio and rom for the data back is too much work even if it does work
The network refresh works for everyone
This method has not been 100% conclusive since people have flashed it and it still does nothing to bring data back
alan090 said:
The refresh is permanent and is the PROPER method
If the Radio works thats just luck
I KNOW agents personally in customer care
I just chatted with them last night
and This is what needs to be done
Changing radio and rom for the data back is too much work even if it does work
The network refresh works for everyone
This method has not been 100% conclusive since people have flashed it and it still does nothing to bring data back
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Flashing the radio is the conclusive way to bring radio back.
If you have any idea who bcrook is you would give some credit to his advice, because he is one of the ones on xda who knows his stuff about the technical aspects of things.
After flashing the radio image, I have not received any more texts or phone calls from Rogers.
Flashing the radio is very simple. You just have to make sure you do it right. I also received a network refresh, but flashing the radio is the permanent solution.
So yes. Do your network refresh. If you can, flash your radio too.
So for those who upgraded to CursorSense basically needs to stay with this ROM forever? I like this ROM but I'd like to be able to upgrade to some version of 2.x in the near future...
xaueious said:
Flashing the radio is the conclusive way to bring radio back.
If you have any idea who bcrook is you would give some credit to his advice, because he is one of the ones on xda who knows his stuff about the technical aspects of things.
After flashing the radio image, I have not received any more texts or phone calls from Rogers.
Flashing the radio is very simple. You just have to make sure you do it right. I also received a network refresh, but flashing the radio is the permanent solution.
So yes. Do your network refresh. If you can, flash your radio too.
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Ive had people on the same radios from day one with their data back
VERIFIED never touched the rogers radio and *gasp* still have data
notice you had the resend to switch as well as the radio? do you think if you didnt flash the radio it would not work magically? no it still will
you can still use the stock 1.5 image with no updates to ANYTHING and get your data back
think what you want im just trying to help you guys get your data
spend 24-48 hours waiting before you actually follow what I said to get your data back as the radio step is completely unnecessary
Oh BTW regarding those texts and/or phone calls
so dont feel special because they stopped sending them to me on my v3 radio too
Alan,
I manage 15 or so Rogers phones at work, and the only people who got texts and calls about it were our dream and magic users. The other 11 or so people did not get any messages.
Rogers would have identified who to alerts/disable by either:
a)IMEI on your account
b)doing a scan for certain phones.
"a" is much more likely, as otherwise they would pickup non-rogers customers who happened to be in a Rogers area when the scan was done.
GreenEnvy said:
Alan,
I manage 15 or so Rogers phones at work, and the only people who got texts and calls about it were our dream and magic users. The other 11 or so people did not get any messages.
Rogers would have identified who to alerts/disable by either:
a)IMEI on your account
b)doing a scan for certain phones.
"a" is much more likely, as otherwise they would pickup non-rogers customers who happened to be in a Rogers area when the scan was done.
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Ill check on that
I thought I had gotten reports from some people that they had gotten them on non-dreams
Ill check on my account that only has a lg xenon on it
alan090 said:
LOL
Are you still giving out this bull**** advice?
HERES THE REAL SOLUTION
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So wait, let me get this straight...
Upgrading to the files they are looking for is "bull**** advice"
The REAL solution is calling into Rogers, threatening to cancel your account to get a network refresh?
I myself called Tech Support and Customer Care for about a week asking for a network refresh and never got one. The days that I did, nothing happened when I rebooted my phone. Eventually I just upgreaded the Radio to 1.76 and installed the default Rom (But I still have access to fastboot for future flashes). Withen about 36 hours my phone had data again.
Threatening to cancel you account is a stupid way to get data back. It's an equivilent to throwing a tempertantrum because your mom said "No more cookies unless you do your homework". Screw doing the homework, cry and tell them you'll run away is the REAL SOLUTION

[Q] SchizioPunk's Epic Experience Roms.

I think I can answer this question myself, but I still want to verify with those who have already "been there, done that"
I'm on SchizioPunk's Epic Experience Rom (DI18)
I have read on his Thread about him working on EB13 for Samsung Epic Phones, while I do realize some of his Rom Updates require Wiping your device, I'm a bit curious on how upgrading to his latest Cooked Rom, (when he releases it) Would Affect my Phone.
I am not with Sprint PCS. It's with Metro PCS. Got my phone "Fully" Flashed at some pretty shady place, I know for the most part, the info needed in case I had to re-input my Mobile Network's Info, but I am not positive wether or not upgrading to his latest cooked rom will require re-inputting all my Carrier's Data all over again, as, I have already stated, is not the default Carrier that came with it..
Please don't post over Titanium Backup, I'm pretty squared away on backing up as a priority. A response would be greatly appreciated.
do u have mms working with this rom?
Sorry for the old reply
Yes, EVERYTHING is working, MMS, GPS, heck even 4G will work if I pay for it using my debit card. (I have already and I tethered it.)
hm...everything working...
LOL @ Crazysnid
You saying just that wasn't either helpful or necessary, obviously you're trying to reach 10 post count -.-

Rant about d850

So like many others using d850 ive noticed that on cloudy 1.2 hotspot is broken. I figured out a fix. I grabbed the apns-conf.xml file from the stock rom and replaced it in cloudys rom. And tethering works great. Don't know if the fix has already been posted but i know a bunch of people were having the problem so i just wanted to share.
Heres what i did:
1. Grab this file
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B6Sl-yzm6h3FbXE3S1JZQkIwTDg/edit?usp=docslist_api
2. Using your root explorer of choice, backup your current apns-conf.xml which can be found in the /system/etc folder
3. Place the downloaded apns-conf.xml in the /system/etc folder and set permissions rw-r-r
4. Reboot phone
5. Go to apn settings and reset default all the current apns will clear out and you'll be left with the stock apn.
I tried adding the stock apn to the list of apns in the settings and while it would add it wouldnt allow mobile hotspot to actually share the connection, itd connect but the connected device wouldn't be able to access internet. Again sorry if this has been posted and sorry for any errors I'm on mobile.
TL;DR: Found out AT&T removed functionality from the phone and have yet to find software experience that provides all features
I want to start off by saying I love this phone. I switched from the nexus 5 to the G3 shortly after launch and have been happy for the majority of the time I've had my phone. In all honesty this rant isn't so much about the d850 as it is AT&T's meddling with the software but I'll explain what I mean. When i first received the phone one of the first things I did was root to remove bloatware and carrier IQ and also to install xposed, I thought that was the extent to which AT&T had dirtied up a great phone, so I just brushed it off and went about way never thinking twice. I found something that i felt covered all my needs. The only minor complaint I had was there was no hotspot quicksetting option, but at that point it was still something so minor I was able to overlook it. Now fast forward a couple of months to when Cloudy was released, after seeing constant posts on reddit about OTA's and AT&T not having received a single one, I felt that switching to an international base would put me on the latest and greatest, plus the flash addict in me just really wanted to try something new. So I installed bump and flashed away, it booted up, I played with all the new options in settings, thought it wasn't bad, but to me what was worth the price of admission alone was i got a hotspot quicksetting tile, I figured this was something that must've been added in later. This was during the time that to get LTE back you had to play around with build.prop, so being the curious person that i was I flashed back to stock and applied some of the same build.prop changes to the stock rom, one in particular, changing the operator from AT&T to OPEN. I rebooted the phone and checked the phone, all sort of nifty little features were added (dropbox in file manager, brightness and volume sliders) but the one in particular that really surprised me? A hotspot quicksetting tile, it's a broken tile that doesn't work but its there. Now this means that this feature came stock on the phone and AT&T removed it from their variant, effectively removing functionality from my phone. Now i know not everyone on AT&T has a hotspot capable plan but these quicksetting tiles can be edited, it could've been turned off by default giving you the option to add it later. Now with the limited number of combinations available to me I've tried every rom available that has this feature and it seems that it gives me this feature at the cost of something else (latest version of cloudy has a broken hotspot, earlier versions had broken speakerphone, poweruser is stripped down to much for my tastes and leaving the build.prop in open leaves you with a broken hotspot all together), leaving me feeling like i have an incomplete phone no matter which software choice I make. I know in a way i brought it on myself for initially flashing the phone, but that's like saying that I'm guilty for wondering how the other half lives. Overall its a great phone and i don't regret buying it in the slightest, I just really needed to vent about a great disservice that was done to this phone, and will really make me consider buying another carrier branded phone.
Yawn.
2SHAYNEZ
Totally agree with you on the att screwing with phones is bull****. It's the contract deals that always sucker me in to buying a phone at a discounted price.
Sent from my LG-D850 using XDA Free mobile app
Another downside to changing to OPEN in the build.prop is that you lose the secret dialer menus. Try using it and you get null
oby2 said:
TL;DR: Found out AT&T removed functionality from the phone and have yet to find software experience that provides all features
I want to start off by saying I love this phone. I switched from the nexus 5 to the G3 shortly after launch and have been happy for the majority of the time I've had my phone. In all honesty this rant isn't so much about the d850 as it is AT&T's meddling with the software but I'll explain what I mean. When i first received the phone one of the first things I did was root to remove bloatware and carrier IQ and also to install xposed, I thought that was the extent to which AT&T had dirtied up a great phone, so I just brushed it off and went about way never thinking twice. I found something that i felt covered all my needs. The only minor complaint I had was there was no hotspot quicksetting option, but at that point it was still something so minor I was able to overlook it. Now fast forward a couple of months to when Cloudy was released, after seeing constant posts on reddit about OTA's and AT&T not having received a single one, I felt that switching to an international base would put me on the latest and greatest, plus the flash addict in me just really wanted to try something new. So I installed bump and flashed away, it booted up, I played with all the new options in settings, thought it wasn't bad, but to me what was worth the price of admission alone was i got a hotspot quicksetting tile, I figured this was something that must've been added in later. This was during the time that to get LTE back you had to play around with build.prop, so being the curious person that i was I flashed back to stock and applied some of the same build.prop changes to the stock rom, one in particular, changing the operator from AT&T to OPEN. I rebooted the phone and checked the phone, all sort of nifty little features were added (dropbox in file manager, brightness and volume sliders) but the one in particular that really surprised me? A hotspot quicksetting tile, it's a broken tile that doesn't work but its there. Now this means that this feature came stock on the phone and AT&T removed it from their variant, effectively removing functionality from my phone. Now i know not everyone on AT&T has a hotspot capable plan but these quicksetting tiles can be edited, it could've been turned off by default giving you the option to add it later. Now with the limited number of combinations available to me I've tried every rom available that has this feature and it seems that it gives me this feature at the cost of something else (latest version of cloudy has a broken hotspot, earlier versions had broken speakerphone, poweruser is stripped down to much for my tastes and leaving the build.prop in open leaves you with a broken hotspot all together), leaving me feeling like i have an incomplete phone no matter which software choice I make. I know in a way i brought it on myself for initially flashing the phone, but that's like saying that I'm guilty for wondering how the other half lives. Overall its a great phone and i don't regret buying it in the slightest, I just really needed to vent about a great disservice that was done to this phone, and will really make me consider buying another carrier branded phone.
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All carriers do it. Always have. Think about video calling. Stock devices had this in EU for years before the us ever did. So what did carriers do. Ordered devices without front cameras. Same thing with call recording. If you never want to deal with this then to be honest your only option will be to by unbranded devices from EU. Yes you pay full price but with the proper research you can be sure to get all that the device can do out of the box.
You should copy and paste that to ATT, *yawn*
zelendel said:
All carriers do it. Always have. /QUOTE]
Unfortunately this is true. AT&T is notorious for doing so. For instance, every android phone I have owned that was AT&T branded has always had the network select disabled but the global variants and some US variants did not. The only reasons I can think of is to lock you in on the bandwidths they want (the most likely scenario) and to prevent non technical people from inadvertently changing this setting and calling tech support. Unless enough people complain to the carriers, the phone manufacturers, AND their congress reps, nothing will change as I am sure it is about the almighty dollar.
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So I thought this is where we can post what we want...General section. Lol but a couple snide posts "yawn". Why post your unwanted, unneeded comments. Just don't read it if you don't have anything constructive to add.
Just sad how much XDA has lost its purpose.
dizzyman1180 said:
So I thought this is where we can post what we want...General section. Lol but a couple snide posts "yawn". Why post your unwanted, unneeded comments. Just don't read it if you don't have anything constructive to add.
Just sad how much XDA has lost its purpose.
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If that is what you think then you are very wrong.
XDA is and always be a developers site.
dizzyman1180 said:
So I thought this is where we can post what we want...General section. Lol but a couple snide posts "yawn". Why post your unwanted, unneeded comments. Just don't read it if you don't have anything constructive to add.
Just sad how much XDA has lost its purpose.
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i think it's because it's something people know already: carriers lock, deactivate, revise the manufacturer's features.
think of the AT&T S5 deactivating download boost (LTE+wifi speeds), or our wireless charger being PMA vs Qi, etc, etc.
I completely agree and I use the hotspot feature daily. In the absence of a quick tile I used tasker/sercure settings/tasker app factory to make a very small installable hotspot toggle app and placed the icon on my desktop. Tap it once for on again for off and it works great. If you haven't already found another solution give it a shot.
rzracer2 said:
I completely agree and I use the hotspot feature daily. In the absence of a quick tile I used tasker/sercure settings/tasker app factory to make a very small installable hotspot toggle app and placed the icon on my desktop. Tap it once for on again for off and it works great. If you haven't already found another solution give it a shot.
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I think stock brought something like that but it was just a shortcut to the setting, i found a way to get the hotspot working again on 1.2 cloudy and currently in love with my phone again.
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If that is what you think then you are very wrong.
XDA is and always be a developers site.
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Lol ok
Oby2, I really like Coudy 1.2 on my D850 but I can't get the hotspot to actually work. It starts and I can connect to it but I don't get data transfer. I'm not getting the AT&T authentication popup that you get with the stock ROM and I'm pretty sure this is where the problem is. I have hotspot in my plan and when I flash back to stock it works great. Can you share how you got it working please? TIA
mrhaley30705 said:
Another downside to changing to OPEN in the build.prop is that you lose the secret dialer menus. Try using it and you get null
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What dialer menus are you referring to? I have several that still work: "3845#*850#", "*#*#4636#*#*", "*#06#". Of course if any others were broken I do not know about it.
dizzyman1180 said:
So I thought this is where we can post what we want...General section. Lol but a couple snide posts "yawn". Why post your unwanted, unneeded comments. Just don't read it if you don't have anything constructive to add.
Just sad how much XDA has lost its purpose.
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I agree.
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rzracer2 said:
I completely agree and I use the hotspot feature daily. In the absence of a quick tile I used tasker/sercure settings/tasker app factory to make a very small installable hotspot toggle app and placed the icon on my desktop. Tap it once for on again for off and it works great. If you haven't already found another solution give it a shot.
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Would you be willing to share the script you fashioned?
rzracer2 said:
Oby2, I really like Coudy 1.2 on my D850 but I can't get the hotspot to actually work. It starts and I can connect to it but I don't get data transfer. I'm not getting the AT&T authentication popup that you get with the stock ROM and I'm pretty sure this is where the problem is. I have hotspot in my plan and when I flash back to stock it works great. Can you share how you got it working please? TIA
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Heres what i did:
1. Grab this file
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B6Sl-yzm6h3FbXE3S1JZQkIwTDg/edit?usp=docslist_api
2. Using your root explorer of choice, backup your current apns-conf.xml which can be found in the /system/etc folder
3. Place the downloaded apns-conf.xml in the /system/etc folder and set permissions rw-r-r
4. Reboot phone
5. Go to apn settings and reset default all the current apns will clear out and you'll be left with the stock apn and working hotspot.
Let me know if you can grab from my drive, I think I set everything up correctly but im not sure. I pretty much copy pasted from the cloudy Q&A thread where i had posted the fix per the rules but it just drowned amongst all the other posts. I'll update my OP in case anyone else needs it.
Many thanks Oby2, with your fix Cloudy is now perfect for my use. I'm looking forward to version 2.x for the D850

General Question About Porting ROMs

I've got a Sprint N920P that's been software unlocked. I'm having a really hard time getting my LTE to work because the only way I've been able to ensure my mmsc and data work I have to set it to GSM/UMTS in which case for some reason I've noticed I only get roughly 1/6th(ish) of my upload speed. Also little things like an incoming call knocks my current call off completely and I can't use data while on the phone. :crying:
I can't seem to find a stable and complete work around, so next I'd like to try porting aROM for TMo (since AT&T has a nasty reputation of having a locked bootloader).
In my experience in the past when unhardbricking an S3 I used to have I think I can flash virtually any rom for my device as long as I flash my specific kernel immediately afterwards
Can anyone confirm this for me and maybe give me some advice?
Thanks guys! I'm constantly learning and striving to become a developer myself someday. The more I can learn the more I can help others like myself.
trinathaniel said:
I've got a Sprint N920P that's been software unlocked. I'm having a really hard time getting my LTE to work because the only way I've been able to ensure my mmsc and data work I have to set it to GSM/UMTS in which case for some reason I've noticed I only get roughly 1/6th(ish) of my upload speed. Also little things like an incoming call knocks my current call off completely and I can't use data while on the phone. :crying
I can't seem to find a stable and complete work around, so next I'd like to try porting aROM for TMo (since AT&T has a nasty reputation of having a locked bootloader).
In my experience in the past when unhardbricking an S3 I used to have I think I can flash virtually any rom for my device as long as I flash my specific kernel immediately afterwards
Can anyone confirm this for me and maybe give me some advice?
Thanks guys! I'm constantly learning and striving to become a developer myself someday. The more I can learn the more I can help others like myself.
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hey ßrother, post your question in the General Questions Forum. You should have bette luck there
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