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Did I accidentally end up with a developer device?

I just purchased a Galaxy S3 cash from a local guy. Firstly once i removed the stock screen protector I found that the phone had the following inscription just beside the samsung logo to the left side D2-34** other characters there....
It activated with verizon as a "4G test device"
Anyone have any ideas here?

Can you please post the "About Device" information for us?

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Can you please post the "About Device" information for us?
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Doesn't appear to be anything special and samsungs only suggestion was to send it in. With its markings they would not guarantee its return.
Verizon won't update its status and I seriously doubt it would be covered by assurion.
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Do you install a custom rom before activation?
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Do you install a custom rom before activation?
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No it was activated at a vzw location stock during its first power on. They are telling me its how the ESN is listed as a 4g test device.
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Well from your screen shot it is running a custom rom and kernel. Did you flash that after you bought it?
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Well from your screen shot it is running a custom rom and kernel. Did you flash that after you bought it?
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Yes I left it stock for a day then flashed.
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Yes I left it stock for a day then flashed.
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Not much we can tell you since we would have needed your previous information before flashing the Rom.

This is awkward
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Doesn't appear to be anything special and samsungs only suggestion was to send it in. With its markings they would not guarantee its return.
Verizon won't update its status and I seriously doubt it would be covered by assurion.
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I think that it was flashed prior to your purchase based on the name of the build number... try flashing a stock rom to see if it changes or ask for a refund from the guy you bought it from

Edit....
Restoring my stock image now perhaps that will shed some light on the subject....

Stock
These are the details from the stock rom as it was received. To this point the only thing I had done was gain root access.

ballisticevo said:
These are the details from the stock rom as it was received. To this point the only thing I had done was gain root access.
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I spoke to the guy that sold me the phone. He has filed a request with verizon wireless to get the MEID updated in the system to show the proper device. He is a verizon rep so hopefully they will get this pushed through.

I have a friend who works for HTC and I've gotten quite a few dev phones from him. I was in the same boat once and Verizon corrected the meid number with no issue. It does take 2-3 business days though.
The problem is that the phone goes right to HTC, in my case, and not too Verizon. The phone is never tagged in their system so that's why they have too add it.
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mpetruzz said:
I have a friend who works for HTC and I've gotten quite a few dev phones from him. I was in the same boat once and Verizon corrected the meid number with no issue. It does take 2-3 business days though.
The problem is that the phone goes right to HTC, in my case, and not too Verizon. The phone is never tagged in their system so that's why they have too add it.
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who did you speak with to get the phone tagged and added into their system? CS has no idea how to add meid's or esn to the database

Can you help? Didn't speak with with anyone that seemed to be able though the rep I spoke to locally seemed to be able to.
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Sounds like this was a phone they had in a Verizon store that had the smart phone dummies instead of real phones. I think sometimes those stores get a complementary model for people to use when they want to see the real thing... maybe this could be it?
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Colomonster said:
Sounds like this was a phone they had in a Verizon store that had the smart phone dummies instead of real phones. I think sometimes those stores get a complementary model for people to use when they want to see the real thing... maybe this could be it?
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Perhaps..... it functions great on all current roms.
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[Q] Visual Voicemail Not Working?

Anyone get visual voicemail to work? I signed up for visual voicemail first month free with Verizon. I go to text messaging app and scroll left to the visual voicemail tab. It asks me to sign in, i type in my 4 digit password, it loads for about 20sec, then get an error box saying the below picture attached.
Normal voicemail works just fine with same 4 digit password so i know it's not incorrect. Tried calling I.T. in Verizon and they are a joke! Literally lady just went on a website it seemed and looked up troubleshooting for visual voicemail, and you call yourself I.T.?!? She basically said it's a new device and no complaints on this issue yet and maybe a software update will come out to fix it. Basically beat around the bush and told me nothing so told her to just take the free trial off my account.

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Never mind, seems to work now. If anyone had this issue i just had Verizon take it off my account then sign up again from scratch and now it seems to work fine.

I just use Google voice for that. Figured free is best ?
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Link200 said:
I just use Google voice for that. Figured free is best ?
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What is google voice? Is it an app similar to visual voicemail to download? Thanks

It is one of many Google services. Yes there is an app as well.
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Link200 said:
I just use Google voice for that. Figured free is best ?
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Google voice isn't compatible with Verizon bro.
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Google voice isn't compatible with Verizon bro.
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Must have been in the past. I get all my voicemails through Google voice.
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Link200 said:
Must have been in the past. I get all my voicemails through Google voice.
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I used it while on Sprint several years ago. It's never been compatible with Verizon. Verizon had blocked it since day one. They want you to use their VVM and will not let you use something they can charge for.
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cj2566 said:
I used it while on Sprint several years ago. It's never been compatible with Verizon. Verizon had blocked it since day one. They want you to use their VVM and will not let you use something they can charge for.
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Like I said. Every voicemail goes to Google voice for me. Yes, I have Verizon.
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Link200 said:
Like I said. Every voicemail goes to Google voice for me. Yes, I have Verizon.
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My bad. You must've used the manual set up method then. I had completely forgotten about that.
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Check out my thread on getting Verizon visual voicemail to work!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2768874
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(Mod) Enable voLTE

I was looking around in system/customize/ACC/default.xml and found settings to enable volte, voice over lte, (Google it) Its under app name phone, enable volte, then enable toggle by changing false to true. Sorry I can't be more detailed at the moment, I'm short on time.
If you can find any more tweaks in this file please post it here.
See setting at the bottom of the pic.
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Does it work?
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Rushing said:
Does it work?
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I think it depends on the area your in. At least this way there is an option to toggle the setting.

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Does it work?
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How would one even confirm that it works? I'm willing to try it out but I can't figure out a way to isolate the LTE signal. As long as LTE is enabled so will be regular voice, and there's no way for me to figure out over which band the call is going.

sparky_005 said:
How would one even confirm that it works? I'm willing to try it out but I can't figure out a way to isolate the LTE signal. As long as LTE is enabled so will be regular voice, and there's no way for me to figure out over which band the call is going.
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You can force LTE Only. I use the old LTE On/OFF from the Thunderbolt days. It gets you into the advanced Phone Info menu and you can select LTE Only and you will not be able to send any texts or make any calls.
So if you then can...Verizon has voLTE up and running in your area.
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voLTE is not alive and well in Newark, NJ yet

Appears to be working in the Seattle area
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Is this the only switch you changed?
I changed that to true and rebooted but the option doesn't show up under my network settings.
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And the one below it.
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crusecontrl said:
And the one below it.
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Ahh I only changed the toggle...let me change that one too!

So I changed my default.xml and turned off everything but LTE (thanks @bakemcbride21) and it seems that I can still send/receive SMS, but I can't place or receive phone calls. Very strange!

sparky_005 said:
So I changed my default.xml and turned off everything but LTE (thanks @bakemcbride21) and it seems that I can still send/receive SMS, but I can't place or receive phone calls. Very strange!
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Same here!

Ranger093 said:
Same here!
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Ah, good to know it's not just me lol. I was kind of hoping I could cancel my voice plan though
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sparky_005 said:
Ah, good to know it's not just me lol. I was kind of hoping I could cancel my voice plan though
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No kidding, that and never seeing 3g ever again would be nice.

http://forums.androidcentral.com/ht...lte-but-not-svdo-volte-radio-info-inside.html

I work for Verizon (on the field tech side) we are currently rolling out AWS which is LTE overflow for when they launch voice over LTE so if you have AWS it will work fo sho. The things that are coming from us will blow your minds. Wait until you see what happens next year!
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I posted a default.xml file in another thread that has the volte stuff as well as some other stuff endabled. I'm still working out all the cool stuff that that file has in it.
The file I posted should not cause any issues though.
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do you need to be s-off and permanent root to do this or can you just use weaksauce
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schwartz.matthew.e said:
I posted a default.xml file in another thread that has the volte stuff as well as some other stuff endabled. I'm still working out all the cool stuff that that file has in it.
The file I posted should not cause any issues though.
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I use your xml file without issues. The volte option is there and enabled, I can send texts but no voice if i just use lte. But the option is there anyway for in the future.

raypino said:
do you need to be s-off and permanent root to do this or can you just use weaksauce
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You need to be able to write to your system root. I do not believe that weaksauce allows you to do that. Try though!
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Help to enable VoLTE
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You need to be able to write to your system root. I do not believe that weaksauce allows you to do that. Try though!
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Hi guys,
I'm new to this and would like to give this volte a go.
I changed my settings to
<item type="boolean" name="voLteEnabled">true</item>
<item type="boolean" name="voLteEnableImsToggle">true</item>
and pushed it into the /system/customize/ACC/default.xml
I then pulled the file and confirmed the settings is there. If I go into the phone and looked under settings the IMS toggle doesn't show up. If I reboot the phone then default.xml's values reverted back to false.
Questions
1. Do i need to reboot the phone to see the values taking place?
2. If so, how do i make my changes permanent?
thanks
Richard

[Q] Google drive unlocked bootloader

Any trick to get the free space with an unlocked bootloader?
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Darn! I just tried this too. I'm on an unlimited plan, so I activated the phone on a different line, then switched it over to my line. I wonder if that had anything to do with it.

is this a root problem, or bootloader? You could try to run "root cloak" app on Xposed Framework. I know that worked for people wanting to get ISIS wallet to work. It fools the app into thinking that you are not rooted.

It didn't check for root or anything
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They typically don't need to ask for root. If you are rooted try root cloak. Have you edited your build prop or super cid?
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They typically don't need to ask for root. If you are rooted try root cloak. Have you edited your build prop or super cid?
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I haven't edited anything yet.
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I just read this article: http://www.pocketables.com/2014/04/thinking-rooting-htc-one-m8-hold-second.html
Apparently if your bootloader is unlocked Drive will not activate the bonus storage. In the comments someone relocked their bootloader and was able to activate the promotion. I am not that interested to relock for the promotion, but maybe right before it expires.
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Just call HTC. Explain you didn't recieve the promo and they will ask u for your imei ams then email u a link to activate it. This is what I did and worked flawless. I now have 75GB.
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droidkevlar said:
Just call HTC. Explain you didn't recieve the promo and they will ask u for your imei ams then email u a link to activate it. This is what I did and worked flawless. I now have 75GB.
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What's the number?
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jova33 said:
What's the number?
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This is from Google sent me.
They can be reached through a number of methods here:http://www.htc.com/www/support/htc-one-m8/howto/465318.html*by clicking the "contact us" button in the top right.
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*866-449-8358‎ HTC support for those too lazy to look for the number.
They hooked it up for me.
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*866-449-8358‎ HTC support for those too lazy to look for the number.
They hooked it up for me.
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Thanks. They hooked it up for me too.
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droidkevlar said:
Just call HTC. Explain you didn't recieve the promo and they will ask u for your imei ams then email u a link to activate it. This is what I did and worked flawless. I now have 75GB.
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Exactly. That's what I did and they activated it for me no questions asked.

jova33 said:
*866-449-8358‎ HTC support for those too lazy to look for the number.
They hooked it up for me.
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Raising this topic from the dead in case anyone else is in the same boat as me...
I didn't even know about this feature but recently read about it when they upgraded existing users to 100GB. I unlocked my device the day I got it so never opened the stock drive application.
I called the 888 number and they just asked for my IMEI and email address and they sent me an email. I already pay for 100GB, so they added another 100GB on top of that.
Thanks!

Odd, I didn't have any issues getting the promotion and I unlocked/rooted (with Firewater) day 1 as well.

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*866-449-8358‎ HTC support for those too lazy to look for the number.
They hooked it up for me.
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This also worked for my wife's m8. Good look!!

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*866-449-8358‎ HTC support for those too lazy to look for the number.
They hooked it up for me.
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Thanks for this tip. Worked for me yesterday.
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Glad it still works months later. Are y'all rooting, and then trying to get your storage space? Or what's the hiccup?
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No hiccup. Just to bump/confirm, I contacted HTC using their email contact form (see here http://www.htc.com/us/contact/email/), and just now got email with a link to activate my shiny new 100GB Google Drive storage good for two years. Clicked and confirmed, all good. Pleasantly surprised after I procrastinated on the initial offer of just 50GB, lol.
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Hostpot bypass with latest update APD3

Ok so i got the sprint S7 Edge with the latest update and like most of you know you cant change your APN settings with the latest update. Since I had no idea about this before i took the update I lost the chance of gettinf free hostpot. Now if you changed the APN settings before the update it will stick after you take the update. I found this video of a someone turning hostpot on without the need to change any APN settings but it wasnt in the latest update. I still went ahead and gve it a shoot and it worked. This is are the steps you need to do.
1- Resrtar your device.
2- Once is back up quickly turn on hostpot.
3- If you get the error message try turn it on againg without restarting your phone.
note: I got my hostpot to stick in the second try. The first try got the error message after like 10 seconds so without restarting the phone gave it another shoot and it worked. If the secodn time doesnt work just go ahead and restart and try step 1-3 again. Good luck.
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This is common knowledge already
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This is common knowledge already
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Maybe for you it is, not for other people.
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I totally agree this is public knowledge

pr0xyw0rm said:
Maybe for you it is, not for other people.
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I had no idea so I appreciate the thread but I usually only come on here when something breaks

Yeah, so my Hotspot just started working out of nowhere (foxfi) no error codes saying "you aren't subscribed, blah, blah... Never would have tried it agian but it turned on in my pocket, this phone really sucks for that...
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I had no idea so I appreciate the thread but I usually only come on here when something breaks
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yeah, thats is the reasong why i posted. I dont have the time to be here 24/7 like other ppl so it took me a while to find out how to get hostpot working with APNs grayed out. There is like 1 post mentioning this hostpot fixed but that was in another update, not the latest one so I didnt know if it was going to work.
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jr71x said:
Yeah, so my Hotspot just started working out of nowhere (foxfi) no error codes saying "you aren't subscribed, blah, blah... Never would have tried it agian but it turned on in my pocket, this phone really sucks for that...
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lol, at least you got hostpot now [emoji1]
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just verified. hot spot is a go. out of nowhere. lol
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Hello, so this is free and Sprint won't limit you to like 3 GB? I must have tether as I live out in the country where there is no cable or dsl available, and I thought I would have to wait for root for the S7. And would this work on the Sprint S7 non edge as well? thanks.

Toyeboy said:
Hello, so this is free and Sprint won't limit you to like 3 GB? I must have tether as I live out in the country where there is no cable or dsl available, and I thought I would have to wait for root for the S7. And would this work on the Sprint S7 non edge as well? thanks.
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Yes, it is free and I don't think sprint has a way to find out. Not sure if it works on the regular S7 (non edge). Give it a shoot and report back [emoji106]
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I'm on PE1
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If I'm on PD2 are apns still grayed out ?
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Worked for me fallowing the directions in the op. Thanks for the info

worked great for about an hour, than it just stopped.

Has anyone tried an old hiddenmenu apk or the sql edit method?
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Robisgnarly said:
worked great for about an hour, than it just stopped.
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when that happens all you need to do is repeat the proccess one more time and it should work just fine. I'm on the latest update PF2 and still works. It didnt at first for some reason but after few attemps it finally worked.
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pr0xyw0rm said:
when that happens all you need to do is repeat the proccess one more time and it should work just fine. I'm on the latest update PF2 and still works. It didnt at first for some reason but after few attemps it finally worked.
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I'm on PG1, and don't have hotspots on my plan, but the feature works without any error messages. I was able to connect my s5 to my s7's hotspot and surf for quite a while. I didn't have to do any mods or change any apn settings.

Just to let everyone know, this still works with September patch PH7.

I can confirm this works on all sprint galaxy roms from s5 to s7edge
If your hotspot shuts off you have it set to time out
Go to configure hotspot and set time out to never i think its 1 hour by default. It will work till you shut it off if you set it to never time out.
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This no longer works since the last update. After a few minutes the sub message pops up