Verizon Update - Droid X General

Hey everyone I just had a quick question about the new Verizon update. I have currently been getting free hotspot because of a simple glitch in the phone. I can't remember the app name but I discovered this when reading about how it let droid use the hotspot outside of verizon's plan. I realized that righ after turning on the hotspot, you simply click airplane mode until u see it activate in the notification bar and quick turn it off. This glitch let you get the hotspot for free. Now this stupid automatic notification keeps popping up to download the new verizon update. On top of the work I'll have to do to rename many .bak files to .apk; I'm worried that they fixed the glitch.
Can anyone confirm if the app to let you get free hotspot capabilty works with this update (or even better test the airplane mode method)? If not does anyone know how to keep the popup from coming back every few hours to update?

NeMisiz said:
Hey everyone I just had a quick question about the new Verizon update. I have currently been getting free hotspot because of a simple glitch in the phone. I can't remember the app name but I discovered this when reading about how it let droid use the hotspot outside of verizon's plan. I realized that righ after turning on the hotspot, you simply click airplane mode until u see it activate in the notification bar and quick turn it off. This glitch let you get the hotspot for free. Now this stupid automatic notification keeps popping up to download the new verizon update. On top of the work I'll have to do to rename many .bak files to .apk; I'm worried that they fixed the glitch.
Can anyone confirm if the app to let you get free hotspot capabilty works with this update (or even better test the airplane mode method)? If not does anyone know how to keep the popup from coming back every few hours to update?
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the TBH hack works fine on 2.3.40

Cozmo85 said:
the TBH hack works fine on 2.3.40
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great suggestion !!
Team Black Hat is a great source also for information .Their over in MyDroidWorld .

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[Q] Market Apps Won't DL W/O Wifi

Hi guys, I am having a problem with downloading apps through cellular data on my mytouch 4g. I can download them fine if I am on wifi but it gets stuck on "starting download" progress bar without it. I've tried clearing the data for the market app, restoring it back to factory, and the google talk sign in; none of these worked for me. This is driving me crazy and any help would be greatly appreciated.
Update: Fixed nvm
How did you fix it?
yeah how you fixed it would be nice as mine is doing the same thing... ugh wish t-mo could have just brought a legit phone out
Turn On Wifi
Even if there is no wifi connection, on my MT4G the wifi has to be enabled for the market to download.
I think this may be fixed on the new update that came out today. I still haven't seen my update yet. :-( mine still does this too.
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stoute said:
I think this may be fixed on the new update that came out today. I still haven't seen my update yet. :-( mine still does this too.
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Go into settings/wireless networks/mobile network or operator and select Tmobile network. Even it is checked select it and make sure your phone is gsm/wcdma checked. WCDMA only created problem for me. Also if you have temp root you will not get the update as long as it is running on your phone. In addition, if you disabled any bloatware you have to restore it before the update. Once I disabled Visionary and restored back to factory I got the update in a couple of hours.
This is a really weird problem but it has to do something with the connection to the google servers (mainly google talk). This is evident by the fact that you are signed off and can not connect to google talk when you're stuck on the starting download phase of downloading the app(s). There are two ways around this problem that I've seen so far
1. Before you want to download an app, run google talk and make sure you're signed in, then sign out and sign in again. Go download the app(s) afterwards. Once you do this after you first power on the phone, it should last until you power it off.
2. Another way is go and try to download an app(s) you want and it will be stuck on the starting download bar. DO NOT cancel the download, just restart the phone and it should start downloading once the phone is back on.
P.S. The update did not fix this issue because I still have to deal with it.
If I learn anything new, I will keep you posted.
kamasi36 said:
Also if you have temp root you will not get the update as long as it is running on your phone.
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I got the update with Superuser and root just fine.
Not to rub it in, but I'm really glad that I am not experiencing this problem. I'm liking the phone too much to have a reason to bring it back!
Ok I have found out that the Google talk sign out sign in trick does not always work while the restarting one always works. It definitely is something to do the Google servers and the way the phone syncs with them. What I found interesting is that when you open the market app, immediately experience this problem as you can not sync under accounts settings and services like Google talk stop working. Another thing is that it seems to be the HSPA and HSPA+ connections causing the issue, the apps won't dl on them but it will start immediately as your phone drops to edge. I don't know if this is a hardware, software issue with the phone or the Google servers getting adjusted to the mytouch 4gs since they just came out.
Think I'm going to exchange my phone since not a lot of people have this problem.
Sorry to bring up an old thread but i'm now having this issue aswell. I've tried to clear data, can't download on Wifi or 3g. When i click ok it just says the download will be started and nothing happens, Sometimes if i play around i can get it to go to say starting download but just sits there then i will get either a network error to retry or cancel. Sometimes it's just a download unsuccessful and i click ok.
I tried resetting aswell and still same issue. Not sure how to sign out of google talk.. haven't quit got the hang of android yet but i'm actually not happy right now!

[Q] Turning off "cell" radio NOT wireless 3G radio...

Hello everyone..
here is my problem....
I no longer have cellular service from sprint, lets say sprint disconnected it...
ok so i have my evo and a bunch of things i can still do with it.
but! why is it that i cant turn off just the "cellular" radio without it going into plane mode? keep in mind im not talking about "go into wireless mode and uncheck mobile" that only turns off 3g and leaves the phone COMPLETELY ON.
i mean, i dont have the service why do i still have to put it in airplane mode (and on evo's you cant use bluetooth while on that mode)
is there an apk that i can delete so the "phone" feature is gone and no longer shows my the strength bars without the need for airplane mode? its annoying to have to turn on my "PMP" and have to see the airplane on there.
you can use titanium backup to uninstall the phone, then keep mobile networks unchecked and your good to go
edit I think it may still search for signal
NewZJ said:
you can use titanium backup to uninstall the phone, then keep mobile networks unchecked and your good to go
edit I think it may still search for signal
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do you know the apk's to uninstall?
edwinh2209 said:
do you know the apk's to uninstall?
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installing them wouldn't solve your problem, now I'm thinking delete the prl and set it to roaming only but that would drain the battery fast, that's a toughy, lemme think about it a bit
edit it would be easy if you didn't need bluetooth
Nope, there's no real way to do it. You bought a phone, not an iPod. Live with Airplane mode or get service.
you could kill the radio process in os monitor, unsure of its exact name though
edit ill 2nd dr on this one, theres no good way
Get the app "Network" by Mangelow. It has a button to turn off just the radio.
kcrudup said:
Get the app "Network" by Mangelow. It has a button to turn off just the radio.
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tested, works
thank you for all who helped.
drmacinyasha said:
Nope, there's no real way to do it. You bought a phone, not an iPod. Live with Airplane mode or get service.
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Lol thank you for you useless and helpless post. I suggest if u don't have anything to contribute just read and stay off the thread?
kcrudup said:
Get the app "Network" by Mangelow. It has a button to turn off just the radio.
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I was looking for something like this too. In an area with very little signal, having the radio on is just annoying because it never gets signal, so it drains battery forever, even more because it is constantly scanning. This is perfect for that.
Now if someone could make a widget for this switch...
How does the battery drain? If sprint disconnected your phone it won't keep searching for a network. I have my old phone that laid for over 5 days without charge when I hot my evo... that was both the moment and intercept
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bgchz said:
How does the battery drain? If sprint disconnected your phone it won't keep searching for a network. I have my old phone that laid for over 5 days without charge when I hot my evo... that was both the moment and intercept
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It will still actually be connected to the network, you just wont be able to make calls or get texts. This is required for all cell phones, so you can still call 911, or call the carrier to re-activate the phone if you ever want to.

[Q] Airplane enable and disable message

Is there a way to disable the message the comes up when I enable Airplane mode? It says airplane mode allows you to turn off calling, messaging and data network features. It also turns off connectivity features such as Wi-Fi and bluetooth. To use Wi-Fi and bluetooth, turn them on in the Settings or on the notification panel. I'm not rooted.
Airplane Mode Confirmation Dialog
AHHH this has been driving me nuts! if anyone has any idea how to get rid of this message it would be much appreciated. just got the phone so not rooted yet but will probably do so in the near future, especially if its the only way to get rid of this stupid confirmation.
dingbat005 said:
AHHH this has been driving me nuts! if anyone has any idea how to get rid of this message it would be much appreciated. just got the phone so not rooted yet but will probably do so in the near future, especially if its the only way to get rid of this stupid confirmation.
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There is an option to turn it off with xposed framework
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rcklss1 said:
There is an option to turn it off with xposed framework
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I'm guessing that requires rooting the phone.
If you want to do something that the carrier did not originally intend to allow you to do, you will have to root.
Rooting, however, is not like jailbreaking your iPhone. The Android OS was intended to allow users to root. The carrier may not like it, but you are not damaging or hacking the OS when you root, you are simply making yourself an admin on the device.

Just got this phone, two questions

So, I'm liking this phone so far, we switched from tmo and I went from a m8 to this. Two annoyances, first, is there any way at all to dim the soft button lights, only at night? OMG they were bright last night while laying in bed! From what I can find, it's either 100% or totally disabled. I don't mind them during the day, but not at night. That's just stupid to me.
And another, what I think is major annoyance that just happened. It seems Sprint pushed a bunch of apps down to my phone automatically! I went through all my apps to log in and do all the setup stuff and then rebooted my phone. Now all of a sudden, I've got music players, tv players, support chat, etc., all Sprint branded! WTF?!? Are they going to keep doing this? Is there a way to stop this?
And now another thing...
It turns out that I cannot send or receive picture messages while on wifi. Sprint doesn't seem to know why and is blaming my wifi connection. No, that's not it. It's not slow (100+mb), there are no connection limits, my wife can do this just fine on wifi, we could do it before, etc. WTF????
More info, just found that if I turn off WiFi Calling, things work fine. Never had this problem with tmo....
One last update on the mms issue. Looks like I can't send via wifi. I disabled mobile data and still have the problem. So, with Sprint or the S7 you can't send mms messages via wifi? What's up with that?
1. the lights can be shut off with an app called Galaxy Lights not sure they can be dimmed without root
2. Try package disabler pro you can disable all of those Sprint apps and they wont be in your app drawer
3. Not being able to send MMS is 100% the device, It has worked for me on every device Ive ever owned. Try a factory reset just in case something got botched on the intial set up.
Are you using hangouts to try and send mms? If so, try another messaging app.
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I like to use mysms as default messaging app, but MMS gets stuck when I use it for default app. I have to go back to stock messaging and it works just fine so something might be borked with 3rd party apps for MMS. Another problem is if you change from the default messaging app, notifications for unread text on the always on display stop working.
Try textra, it has an option for sending/receiving over WiFi, I'm not sure if it works with the always on feature.
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Matstarr said:
1. the lights can be shut off with an app called Galaxy Lights not sure they can be dimmed without root
2. Try package disabler pro you can disable all of those Sprint apps and they wont be in your app drawer
3. Not being able to send MMS is 100% the device, It has worked for me on every device Ive ever owned. Try a factory reset just in case something got botched on the intial set up.
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1. Yeah, I don't want them off, just dimmed or maybe be able to turn off just at night automatically.
2. I'll look into that one. I'd rather remove them to free up space, but if that's not an option, then this is the next best best.
3. Ug, I literally spend most of the day yesterday configuring all my apps (signing in, settings, notifications, etc.); I really hate to reset and go through all that crap again.
shuka325 said:
Are you using hangouts to try and send mms? If so, try another messaging app.
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I've tried Hangouts and the Google Messenger app.
ned4spd8874 said:
1. Yeah, I don't want them off, just dimmed or maybe be able to turn off just at night automatically.
2. I'll look into that one. I'd rather remove them to free up space, but if that's not an option, then this is the next best best.
3. Ug, I literally spend most of the day yesterday configuring all my apps (signing in, settings, notifications, etc.); I really hate to reset and go through all that crap again.
I've tried Hangouts and the Google Messenger app.
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For your mms issues, call or go to sprint. There may be an issues with hardware or settings.
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ned4spd8874 said:
So, I'm liking this phone so far, we switched from tmo and I went from a m8 to this. Two annoyances, first, is there any way at all to dim the soft button lights, only at night? OMG they were bright last night while laying in bed! From what I can find, it's either 100% or totally disabled. I don't mind them during the day, but not at night. That's just stupid to me.
And another, what I think is major annoyance that just happened. It seems Sprint pushed a bunch of apps down to my phone automatically! I went through all my apps to log in and do all the setup stuff and then rebooted my phone. Now all of a sudden, I've got music players, tv players, support chat, etc., all Sprint branded! WTF?!? Are they going to keep doing this? Is there a way to stop this?
And now another thing...
It turns out that I cannot send or receive picture messages while on wifi. Sprint doesn't seem to know why and is blaming my wifi connection. No, that's not it. It's not slow (100+mb), there are no connection limits, my wife can do this just fine on wifi, we could do it before, etc. WTF????
More info, just found that if I turn off WiFi Calling, things work fine. Never had this problem with tmo....
One last update on the mms issue. Looks like I can't send via wifi. I disabled mobile data and still have the problem. So, with Sprint or the S7 you can't send mms messages via wifi? What's up with that?
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Try this for the mms. Dial ##72786# then let the phone do its thing
LeftyGR said:
For your mms issues, call or go to sprint. There may be an issues with hardware or settings.
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I went to the store today and after an hour and a half of them trying to figure it out and Googling it, they came to conclusion that it cannot be done. Can anyone with an S7 confirm that they can send a picture message over wifi alone or with wifi calling enabled? I don't believe their claims.
Soooperstar said:
Try this for the mms. Dial ##72786# then let the phone do its thing
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Done that a few times now without help.
ned4spd8874 said:
I went to the store today and after an hour and a half of them trying to figure it out and Googling it, they came to conclusion that it cannot be done. Can anyone with an S7 confirm that they can send a picture message over wifi alone or with wifi calling enabled? I don't believe their claims.
Done that a few times now without help.
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It does work on wifi alone, I shut my data off and sent a pic out via wifi no issues at all.
Matstarr said:
It does work on wifi alone, I shut my data off and sent a pic out via wifi no issues at all.
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Thanks for verifying, what carrier are you on? I'm assuming Sprint, but want to verify.
I've been chatting with them on Twitter to their Sprint Cares account and they seem to be implying that it's because I'm on Sprint.
Im also on Sprint
Matstarr said:
Im also on Sprint
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Thanks so much for testing this! Now It's time to whoop some sprint butt over this!
Well after talking to Sprint again and Samsung, it looks like it's an issue with Google Messages and Hangouts. Using the Samsung texting app, things work as expected. I thought I checked that before, but obviously not.
Much (but not all) of the Sprint bloatware can be uninstalled, not just disabled. Look at them one by one in the Application manager.
meyerweb said:
Much (but not all) of the Sprint bloatware can be uninstalled, not just disabled. Look at them one by one in the Application manager.
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Yeah, I've been able to disable or remove most of it. But there are still a few lingering apps that I can't do either on. Also, they seem to like to push apps down to my phone. Just got something called sprint id the other day (just showed in the notification bar that it was installed). But I don't even see that in my app manager.

Bad reception - Delayed text messages - Rooted phone the cause?

Hello!
I have trouble with my One plus 6 t receiving text messages. I receive them a day late, all coming through at the same time in a bulk of messages the next day. I changed my sim card so T mobile doesn't seem to be the cause of it. Are these problems because I rooted my phone? If so what is the solution? Thank you!
My 6T is also rooted and at one point I has service issues (on Verizon) I tried all my mods one at a time till I figured out witch mod caused it and I was shocked to find out it was my substratum themes messing with something. Once removed all was grand. Hope this help. Go one by one through any mods in place disabling them see if it helps.
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My 6T is also rooted and at one point I has service issues (on Verizon) I tried all my mods one at a time till I figured out witch mod caused it and I was shocked to find out it was my substratum themes messing with something. Once removed all was grand. Hope this help. Go one by one through any mods in place disabling them see if it helps.
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The problem is that I have a lot of apps...Did you disable them one by one? And also I realise that I receive the delayed messages 1 day after so it's not easy to check. So the problem comes from the fact that my phone is rooted? Also when I use the camera my phone closes sometimes, like 30 sec after...Very weird. Does all this come from the rooting? Never heard of this problem before.
Yes I did dilisabled one at a time and rebooted after each one. And for text delay who is your carrier I'm on Verizon and mine was delayed for a hour or so till I figured it out I'd quick text my self hi from my own number and hit home to close the messages app out so I could time the reply time.
This helped me also.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/on...st-cell-signal-to-max-force-ca-t3905939/page1
Are you using stock messenger or one from Play store?
Google messaging. I use the stock dialer and contacts I'd rather the Google but there all but the same better dark mode on the stock. Phone completely stock other then the unlocked bootloader and magisk 19.3
KaM1KaZ3 said:
Are you using stock messenger or one from Play store?
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I am using Google messenger app yes. Can that be the problem?
Wijanyc said:
I am using Google messenger app yes. Can that be the problem?
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I don't think so, I've been using Google messenger since I got this phone without issues whatsoever!
Wijanyc said:
I am using Google messenger app yes. Can that be the problem?
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Try turning off battery Optimization See if that helps, Could be just a delay with your signal... Had that happen before, I had full signal but everything was delayed.
I have similar issue to receive delayed messages after the latest Open Beta 12. Stock message app on unrooted 6T.
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Hi guys, i get a similar problem after update my phone to renovate ice version, even my network was refreshing a lot.
I use t-mobile and i contact customer service and they did a reset network and also I'm back to stock rom and everything it's working perfectly.
So i say bye bye to magisk and twrp
alcoholer said:
Hi guys, i get a similar problem after update my phone to renovate ice version, even my network was refreshing a lot.
I use t-mobile and i contact customer service and they did a reset network and also I'm back to stock rom and everything it's working perfectly.
So i say bye bye to magisk and twrp
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Hello,
So the problem comes from the fact my phone is rooted? Yesterday it was impossible to take a video correctly for example my phone was shutting of every 30 seconds, and the mobile phone network bar disappeared, then came back and so on, like if I was losing the network every 30 seconds. I'll try to do a video of this
Wijanyc said:
Hello,
So the problem comes from the fact my phone is rooted? Yesterday it was impossible to take a video correctly for example my phone was shutting of every 30 seconds, and the mobile phone network bar disappeared, then came back and so on, like if I was losing the network every 30 seconds. I'll try to do a video of this
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This is not normal. I've been rooted for months and do not have these problems. There is something else wrong
Just being rooted wouldn't be the issue. Sometimes it's honestly as simple as resetting your network settings. As for camera issues have you modified your camera in any way, possibly added a magisk module or something that isn't compatible with our phones, outdated modules can sometimes cause issues as well. It's hard to pinpoint but rooting isn't the issue as these phones were designed for rooting. It's something else entirely. You said your on T-Mobile, was it branded T-Mobile? They like to put their own bloated apps on phones that could probably cause issues too. This is why I went straight to the actual company. You get more up to date and their warranties better than tmobiles. Without knowing what's on your phone I can just speculate. But no just rooting and unlocking bootloader isn't causing this issue
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Just being rooted wouldn't be the issue. Sometimes it's honestly as simple as resetting your network settings. As for camera issues have you modified your camera in any way, possibly added a magisk module or something that isn't compatible with our phones, outdated modules can sometimes cause issues as well. It's hard to pinpoint but rooting isn't the issue as these phones were designed for rooting. It's something else entirely. You said your on T-Mobile, was it branded T-Mobile? They like to put their own bloated apps on phones that could probably cause issues too. This is why I went straight to the actual company. You get more up to date and their warranties better than tmobiles. Without knowing what's on your phone I can just speculate. But no just rooting and unlocking bootloader isn't causing this issue
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I bought it from One plus directly, not T mobile. I resetted the network settings a lot of times and it still does the same thing. I noticed it happens more when several applications are opened, like when I watch a youtube video and do something at the same time. But even after closing youtube app and all my other apps, it does the same thing. On magisk I have: Busybox for Android, Energized protection, Google product sans, IOS 12.1 emoji, systemless hosts, viper4android, youtubevanced.
I've noticed that being on WiFi causes phone network issues (e.g., phone calls going straight to voicemail, text messages being delayed). This is with WiFi calling disabled, and a non-rooted phone. Really not sure what's going on here, especially because when it happens, my network signal is just fine. But if I disable WiFi, the delayed texts come in immediately. Super annoying.
This is on T-Mobile, latest beta (I think version 11).
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I've noticed that being on WiFi causes phone network issues (e.g., phone calls going straight to voicemail, text messages being delayed). This is with WiFi calling disabled, and a non-rooted phone. Really not sure what's going on here, especially because when it happens, my network signal is just fine. But if I disable WiFi, the delayed texts come in immediately. Super annoying.
This is on T-Mobile, latest beta (I think version 11).
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I do not see this wifi call option on my one plus 6t.
I have these options: "turn on Wi-Fi automatically" , "Smart Wi fi switcher", "scanning always available", nothing else
Wijanyc said:
I do not see this wifi call option on my one plus 6t.
I have these options: "turn on Wi-Fi automatically" , "Smart Wi fi switcher", "scanning always available", nothing else
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It's in an overly annoying menu to find lol. Settings -> Wi-Fi and Internet -> SIM & Network -> SIM 1 (T-Mobile (for me)) -> then under Enhanced Communication you'll see "Wi-Fi Calling"
adobrakic said:
It's in an overly annoying menu to find lol. Settings -> Wi-Fi and Internet -> SIM & Network -> SIM 1 (T-Mobile (for me)) -> then under Enhanced Communication you'll see "Wi-Fi Calling"
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Oh ok yes found it! All right I hope this is the solution, I let you know!
Wijanyc said:
Oh ok yes found it! All right I hope this is the solution, I let you know!
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Nope, it still doesn't work. Also the youtubevanced app disappeared, I am not able to use it anymore, don't know what is happening with my phone

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