Wi-Fi calling on GN? - Samsung Galaxy Nexus

Any word on wifi calling on T-Mobile?
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AFAIK, not possible
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Already a big bounty thread going with no dev attention at all. It's just not going to happen man.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1401476&highlight=bounty

Why not utilize Gvoice?

rice923 said:
Why not utilize Gvoice?
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Gvoice by itself isn't WiFi calling, and when paired with a VoIP solution, still requires a separate phone number unlike the T-Mobile option.
Op: it's not going to happen as there is just too much required that we don't have (reverse engineering).
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[Q] Wifi calling on ICS?

I know there are reasons for not having it in our phone with ICS but many T-mobile users use this product frequently. I noticed that my lg g2x has ics roms available that have wifi calling. And was wondering how this is possible considering there are no tmo phones with ics and wifi calling. And if the g2x has it on ics then we shouldn't be far from getting it in ICS for our galaxy s2. It is integrated in our galaxy s2 and the g2x still uses the app. So the app has been made to work in Ics. I personally don't care if it is the app or integrated.
This is just my observation. Didn't know if anyone else noticed other Tmobile phones with ics and wifi calling.
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letrain02 said:
I know there are reasons for not having it in our phone with ICS but many T-mobile users use this product frequently. I noticed that my lg g2x has ics roms available that have wifi calling. And was wondering how this is possible considering there are no tmo phones with ics and wifi calling. And if the g2x has it on ics then we shouldn't be far from getting it in ICS for our galaxy s2. It is integrated in our galaxy s2 and the g2x still uses the app. So the app has been made to work in Ics. I personally don't care if it is the app or integrated.
This is just my observation. Didn't know if anyone else noticed other Tmobile phones with ics and wifi calling.
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Unfortunately, TMo bakes wifi calling into the ROM. Therefore, until TMo releases ICS, there is a 99.99% probability that there will be no ICS roms with wifi.
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But I just started that lg g2x has ics with wifi calling. but it uses the app instead of integrated. that's it. So there its a Tmobile phone with ics and wifi calling. But it is in the g2x
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Also the hd2 has wifi calling. Not even a Android phone. The app would be the easiest to adapt.
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Correction: TMo baked wifi calling into the 989 rom with 2.3.6.
So again, there will be no wifi calling on ICS roms for this phone (Hercules) until TMo releases ICS for this phone.
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So they only reason is because it was baked in instead if an app?
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Yes, with the new phones T-Mo has started to use IMS based wifi calling. It is integrated into the OS, instead of an external app like they used on other phones in the past.
The app based wifi calling still works. So would it be possible to adapt the app to work on our phone? Considering they have got the wifi app working on so many other devices that never had wifi calling.
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Exactly I think its a legitimate start. G2x has wifi calling and ics. But the s2 had only had integrated wifi calling. So adapting the app to work with or phone us what its needed. It is already ics compatible
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=24659410
Apparently someone got the ball rolling or at least started a development thread.
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Yeah, I'd really love to get it working. The best I've gotten it is it'll let you make / accept calls ~50% of the time with a good chance of going into a bad state and yet unmeasured general radio performance problems.
A lot of the patches out there just don't work -- they don't have enough in the build.props modifications. The most successful attempts I've seen modify the build.props to spoof the build ID and stuff.
Also most of the patches I've seen are missing GanOptimizer.apk which is used for Wifi Calling app.
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Correction: TMo baked wifi calling into the 989 rom with 2.3.6.
So again, there will be no wifi calling on ICS roms for this phone (Hercules) until TMo releases ICS for this phone.
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Sorry, but that is not correct. I have a G2X and my wi-fi calling works with Hellfire Sandwich, Eaglesblood, and CM9.
Why is everone so obsessed with wifi calling? I use groove ip and google voice, allowing to make all of the free calls I want.
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xyros7 said:
Why is everone so obsessed with wifi calling? I use groove ip and google voice, allowing to make all of the free calls I want.
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Groove IP doesn't have the quality. Can't send or receive text or mms using your tmobilenumber.
Yes it works... but its annoying having to use two numbers.
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camalus said:
Groove IP doesn't have the quality. Can't send or receive text or mms using your tmobilenumber.
Yes it works... but its annoying having to use two numbers.
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I have my google voice number for life and the quality on my groove ip over wifi is superior to cellular. I had to tweak the groove settings to get a decent call quality though. I dont use my tmobile number. Complete throw away number that I usually change anyway. To each their own I guess.
I use Google Voice number for texts as well.
Edit: You can port your tmobile number to google anyway
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See all that that you just explained is why people don't "just" use google Voice and or GROOVE IP, its just not needed nor is it worth the headache till this day I have still yet to figure out how to send my txt through Google Voice
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See all that that you just explained is why people don't "just" use google Voice and or GROOVE IP, its just not needed nor is it worth the headache till this day I have still yet to figure out how to send my txt through Google Voice
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You can't send the from your cell number through gv. You can send them from your Google voice number using the Google voice app... but again... its annoying using three services and different apps and two phone numbers. That's why wifi calling is nice.
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T-mobile Tether block bypass for chrome book?

I have an unlocked galaxy nexus running Franco r364. I just bought a Samsung arm chrome book and it will see the nexus Wi-Fi hotspot but will not connect. It let me tether however for a while then blocked it. I have the unlimited data no tethering plan. Does anyone know how to bypass the tethering block or know how I can get the chromebook to connect to the Wi-Fi hotspot. I've researched and found tether bypasses such as clock work tether that work for PC or Mac but not chrome OS anyone experiencing the same issue or have found a solution. Thanks in advance.
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Use the stock teethering feature in android.
T-mobile doesn't have software blocking your device because it's not T-mobile firmware but rather stock google.
you need to enable teethering on your device.
verify that your APN TYPE in your APN settings says "default,supl,dun,mms"
that should enable teethering on your stock device.
dellenrules said:
Use the stock teethering feature in android.
T-mobile doesn't have software blocking your device because it's not T-mobile firmware but rather stock google.
you need to enable teethering on your device.
verify that your APN TYPE in your APN settings says "default,supl,dun,mms"
that should enable teethering on your stock device.
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Wait... Huh? I can bypass T-Mobile's block? Can you elaborate on this more clearly? I had to orkbot (or something like that) and PDAnet just to barely tether. It's slow as hell (1 gbs). Please help!
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andriodee said:
Wait... Huh? I can bypass T-Mobile's block? Can you elaborate on this more clearly? I had to orkbot (or something like that) and PDAnet just to barely tether. It's slow as hell (1 gbs). Please help!
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I think he's trying to say that you should use the stock wireless tethering hotspot function instead of a third party app. Also to modify the APN with the parameters he provided
Just for the record 1gb(p)s is not slow at all...roughly 800mbps
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iLeopard said:
I think he's trying to say that you should use the stock wireless tethering hotspot function instead of a third party app. Also to modify the APN with the parameters he provided
Just for the record 1gb(p)s is not slow at all...roughly 800mbps
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I added the "dun," in and my computer is telling that it cannot connect to the network. Am I don't something wrong? That's with the Wi-Fi tether. I can connect with the USB tether, but I can't access the internet. I get a message from T-Mobile saying, "Turn your Smartphone into a Mobile Hotspot! Share your smartphone's high-speed internet connection […]." I can't move beyond this webpage, either. Ugh. This sucks. :-/
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//****DUN? Are you using OSX?****//
Forget that comment, I'm stupid.
Just connect to it via your wireless adapter.
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Using stock adjusted APN and it connects but when u try to browse it directs u to T-Mobile. Anyway around this?
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The way they catch you is by the UAString. On their side, it makes it look like a desktop is using your data and hence the reason you get blocked. Not too familiar with Chrome OS, but see if there are any add ons for chrome that will change the UA String( User Agent String)
iLeopard said:
//****DUN? Are you using OSX?****//
Forget that comment, I'm stupid.
Just connect to it via your wireless adapter.
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How, though?
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Thanks for the help... This is happening not only on my chrome book but everything now. T-Mobile upped there game.
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calibachrome said:
Thanks for the help... This is happening not only on my chrome book but everything now. T-Mobile upped there game.
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Yeah, they're not having that this year. Lol. Which plan are you using? The $70 unlimited plan?
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I got a family plan with unlimited calls and text. I had 5gb data with hot spot but they recently came out with the uncapped unlimited data and igot it because I knew I was rooted and could still tether. Guess they caught on because as of Feb 1st it keeps redirecting to T-Mobile. I can still get away with it on my ps3 though that's about it.
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I too have the $30 unlimited plan and I can tether just fine. You are using the stock tethering feature right? Have you tried changing the uastring?
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Yeah but that doesn't work for a ps3
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calibachrome said:
I can still get away with it on my ps3 though that's about it.
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2char
2char?
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2char?
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Forums typically require a minimum number of characters (chars) before you can post. 10 characters used to be pretty common, so people would boost their character count by adding "10char" to their post. Looks like 2 characters is the minimum on xda...
I have this problem too, almost. I have the Sprint variant and I don't get redirected to a site on my Samsung ARM CB.
When on any Jellybean rom, my CB sees the built in hotspot from the gnex but says it can't connect to it. Works perfectly on cm9.1, although only when the hotspot is an open network. I honestly can't believe 2 Google devices won't work together.
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Switching to an Android use agent works
Since I bought a Samsung Chromebook in July, I had no trouble using my T-Mobile $30 5GB plan to tether to it . . . until today.
I was unhappy until I switched user agents to an Android user agent. A couple (Android 4.0.2 for Galaxy Nexus & Chrome for Android Tablet) different user agents did the trick.

[GSM] Galaxy Nexus (T-Mobile)

I'm on the $70 prepaid monthly with T-Mobile and I'm at over 15GB of high-speed data with no throttle/cap/dreaded EDGE default. Also, my phone (GSM Galaxy Nexus) operates at 2G, 3G, AND 4G. The downside to this excellence is T-Mobile does not allow tethering for the $70/unlimited plan (sad face). I asked them why and they simply responded with: "If you'd like to use the tether and hotspot services, you need to downgrade your plan from unlimited to [x amount of GB]… once you've reached/exceeded x amount of GB, you will be throttled." My phone's "high-speed internet" is my computer's as well -- since I have no ISP (sigh) -- so I have to tether, but I REFUSE to be throttled like some insubordinate child. I've been using some app called Orbot along with PDANet to hide my tethering activities from T-Mobile, but it's only USB-tether that is hidable (epic sad face). Also, every so often it'll shut off (in the middle of WHATEVER you're doing) and prompt you to restart the service -- how annoying. If anyone knows of any ways to resolve/work around this issue, please respond to this or send me a PM ASAP.
Thanks in advance!
Dee
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Same problem here
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calibachrome said:
Same problem here
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I guess no one has a fix for it.
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Stop being so cheap. Either live with the hacked way you've been doing it or suck it up and pay for an isp or tethering plan.
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thedudejdog said:
Stop being so cheap. Either live with the hacked way you've been doing it or suck it up and pay for an isp or tethering plan.
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I asked for fixes, not backlash, dude. You don't know a person's circumstances to tell them to "stop being so cheap." You should work on your communication skills. And have you misread what I typed? I cannot get a tethering plan with the plan I'm on with T-Mobile ($70 unlimited). I'd pay for an ISP if I were able to, but I cannot (hence my post...). The way that I'm doing it is okay, I guess. I probably need to find a way to stop my phone from getting so daggone hot when using PDAnet's tethering, though.
Last question to you, dude: do you know of any threads that teach everything about kernels (how to configure them for optimum performance; how to determine whether it's better suited for, or compatible with, a specific ROM [like ParanoidAndroid 3.0, for example]; the basics; etc.)? Also, do you know which is the best for a heavy, heavy user (my screen is always on and my phone is always in my hand)?
Thanks in advance,
Dee.
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Question about data and phone calls

I'm new to sprint and I forgot about the fact that the network doesn't really support talk and web like att. If I am on the browser will I still get a phone call??
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I'm new to sprint and I forgot about the fact that the network doesn't really support talk and web like att. If I am on the browser will I still get a phone call??
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Yes
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boonemeat said:
I'm new to sprint and I forgot about the fact that the network doesn't really support talk and web like att. If I am on the browser will I still get a phone call??
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If your on 4g lte you can talk and web browse.
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To better answer/consolidate the above replies:
When you are on 3G data (watching a youtube video, on the web browser, etc) you will still get phone calls, however the data connection will stop to allow the phone call to take place. You will also be able to receive text messages however the data will stop for a brief second (the phone actually goes to 1x for a brief second)
When you are on 4G LTE, you can make phone calls with no problem. The data connection will remain active and you can talk at the same time.
mr pnut said:
If your on 4g lte you can talk and web browse.
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To better answer/consolidate the above replies:
When you are on 3G data (watching a youtube video, on the web browser, etc) you will still get phone calls, however the data connection will stop to allow the phone call to take place. You will also be able to receive text messages however the data will stop for a brief second (the phone actually goes to 1x for a brief second)
When you are on 4G LTE, you can make phone calls with no problem. The data connection will remain active and you can talk at the same time.
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And if you're on wifi, you can make and receive calls while surfing. It is only the 3g cdma radio that mucks things up.
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boonemeat said:
I'm new to sprint and I forgot about the fact that the network doesn't really support talk and web like att. If I am on the browser will I still get a phone call??
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Yes you still get calls. Unless you enable DDTM from settings. Which sends calls straight to vm if you're on active data.
There are cdma phones that do talk and surf but unfortunately our Notes is not one of them even though it came out after all the others ones that can! Damn Samsung Retards.. :banghead:
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RayTrue04 said:
Yes you still get calls. Unless you enable DDTM from settings. Which sends calls straight to vm if you're on active data.
There are cdma phones that do talk and surf but unfortunately our Notes is not one of them even though it came out after all the others ones that can! Damn Samsung Retards.. :banghead:
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This is not entirely Samsung's fault. This is a 3g CDMA radio tech problem requiring SVDO being needed....and Samsung making a multi-carrier handset that has identical hardware.
And yes you can talk and surf so long as you either have LTE and 3g available or have wifi and 3g available.
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This is not entirely Samsung's fault. This is a 3g CDMA radio tech problem requiring SVDO being needed....and Samsung making a multi-carrier handset that has identical hardware.
And yes you can talk and surf so long as you either have LTE and 3g available or have wifi and 3g available.
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You do know the Galaxy S3 can do talk and surf at the same time on 3G right? (Which is a Samsung). So can the Evo LTE, Viper 4G LTE, and a few others.. I would like to know why the Note 2 was excluded!
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RayTrue04 said:
You do know the Galaxy S3 can do talk and surf at the same time on 3G right? (Which is a Samsung). So can the Evo LTE, Viper 4G LTE, and a few others.. I would like to know why the Note 2 was excluded!
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I explained exactly why in my post. Read it again. It is all right there.
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Evdo is part of the qualcomm soc that is in the us variants of the s3 as well as what's used in htc's us version of the one x and Evo4glte. Our note 2 uses an exonos soc and that doesn't have evdo. Period.
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Skripka said:
This is not entirely Samsung's fault. This is a 3g CDMA radio tech problem requiring SVDO being needed....and Samsung making a multi-carrier handset that has identical hardware.
And yes you can talk and surf so long as you either have LTE and 3g available or have wifi and 3g available.
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I explained exactly why in my post. Read it again. It is all right there.
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I've read a few times and I'm a bit confused. You say it's a 3G CDMA radio tech problem requiring SVDO and Samsung making a multi-carrier handset that had identical hardware. Ok.. Wasn't the GS3 a multi-carrier handset with identical hardware? It handles it fine on Sprint's 3G.
The other thing that has me confused was when you said:
And yes you can talk and surf so long as you either have LTE and 3g available or have wifi and 3g available. Were you referring to the GS3 or the Note? Because the Note can't handle calls and web surfing on 3G.
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Evdo is part of the qualcomm soc that is in the us variants of the s3 as well as what's used in htc's us version of the one x and Evo4glte. Our note 2 uses an exonos soc and that doesn't have evdo. Period.
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RayTrue04 said:
I've read a few times and I'm a bit confused. You say it's a 3G CDMA radio tech problem requiring SVDO and Samsung making a multi-carrier handset that had identical hardware. Ok.. Wasn't the GS3 a multi-carrier handset with identical hardware? It handles it fine on Sprint's 3G.
The other thing that has me confused was when you said:
And yes you can talk and surf so long as you either have LTE and 3g available or have wifi and 3g available. Were you referring to the GS3 or the Note? Because the Note can't handle calls and web surfing on 3G.
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See what Mr savoy said. Note2 uses the same hardware across all models... S3 and others used different soc platforms on USA and international handsets.
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Savoy2001 said:
Evdo is part of the qualcomm soc that is in the us variants of the s3 as well as what's used in htc's us version of the one x and Evo4glte. Our note 2 uses an exonos soc and that doesn't have evdo. Period.
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And this is the exact answer I needed to hear. That explains it thoroughly. Which brings me to my next question. Why didn't they go with the qualcomm instead of going backwards? It's like technology advances for CDMA 3G and then Samsung decides to take a step backwards.
Edit: Nevermind I got my answer. Sprint/Samsung sacrificed SVDO for WCDMA support instead. At least that's what I'm getting from researching.
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Thank you all so much for answers! Unfortunately I forgot to check the thread for the answer until after I had the service activated and found out lol.
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You do know the Galaxy S3 can do talk and surf at the same time on 3G right? (Which is a Samsung). So can the Evo LTE, Viper 4G LTE, and a few others.. I would like to know why the Note 2 was excluded!
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It has to do with the processor
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budde2 said:
It has to do with the processor
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Yes I picked that up when researching and people saying is the processor, but sgr4u and a few others speculated it really was put aside for WCDMA support for faster 3G due to the placing if antennas. Which to me makes perfect sense because if Samsung can get LTE to work on their chips what's SVDO to them?
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I wish Sprint allowed for 3G and voicecalls at the same time but but oh well thats what 4G LTE is for
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I wish Sprint allowed for 3G and voicecalls at the same time but but oh well thats what 4G LTE is for
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Sprint does allow it there are like 3 different devices that do it S3 and Evo lte are two the note 2 just cant thats all unless its on lte
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budde2 said:
Sprint does allow it there are like 3 different devices that do it S3 and Evo lte are two the note 2 just cant thats all unless its on lte
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I was only talking about the Note 2, u basically said what I said haha no worries though
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Simultaneous voice and data?

Will the Note 4 have simultaneous voice and data? I know the S5 doesn't.
That is a deal breaker for me.
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No it doesn't. Sprint hasn't had that since the S3 and single band LTE.
It will likely be a year or more till they get that type of thing up and running on their new phones and it is doubtful the Note 4 would ever have it, because it isn't just a simple software upgrade needed. There are hardware issues also.
That shouldn't be a reason to not buy it though. As I said before unless you are getting an S3 no new sprint phone is going to have that capability.
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No it doesn't. Sprint hasn't had that since the S3 and single band LTE.
It will likely be a year or more till they get that type of thing up and running on their new phones and it is doubtful the Note 4 would ever have it, because it isn't just a simple software upgrade needed. There are hardware issues also.
That shouldn't be a reason to not buy it though. As I said before unless you are getting an S3 no new sprint phone is going to have that capability.
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False.
The Note 2 and Note 3 could do it. I had both phones.
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ubigred said:
False.
The Note 2 and Note 3 could do it. I had both phones.
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Ok great, and my phone right now is an S3, and I did not have the info on the Note 2 or 3 but I assumed they didn't have it. My mistake. So they do it also. My point is that no new Sprint phone will do it that has the Tri-Band LTE Spark network. It has to do with the hardware. So if you want a phone that does this you need to get a non Tri-Band/Spark phone. The trade off isn't worth it in my humble opinion because being able to use Tri-band LTE where I live will greatly fix some of the LTE capacity issues I am having right now on my S3.
Until Sprint does VoLTE (probably not until late 2015 to early 2016) this won't be possible. You can still do non-LTE data simultaneously just not LTE.
Let's keep it civil in here guys - don't make me come back for more cleaning or I'll close this thread.
I also moved it to Q&A since it's a question - please post in appropriate sections.
Thank you.
Would you be able to use Hangouts Dialer while using data? Or does the Hangouts Dialer only work with voice?
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pdaddy said:
Would you be able to use Hangouts Dialer while using data? Or does the Hangouts Dialer only work with voice?
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The hangouts dialer only uses data connection - no voice connectivity
For last month I used about 3 minutes of talk time. Voice is actually not important to me at all but I know when Spark was launched it was discovered that Data/Voice could not be simultaneous and it upset alot of people. One of the unfortunate limitation of Spark.
gpvlog said:
For last month I used about 3 minutes of talk time. Voice is actually not important to me at all but I know when Spark was launched it was discovered that Data/Voice could not be simultaneous and it upset alot of people. One of the unfortunate limitation of Spark.
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Yea, it's unfortunate.
I am willing to bet my unborn son, that Sprint executives knew of that limitation and didn't say anything. Bastards!!
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Just my 2 cents. Any phone on 4G LTE on the sprint network can do voice and data at the same time. 3G you cannot unless it is the S3 because of the SVDO chip which has been discussed by others.
MrGameW1nner said:
Just my 2 cents. Any phone on 4G LTE on the sprint network can do voice and data at the same time. 3G you cannot unless it is the S3 because of the SVDO chip which has been discussed by others.
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This statement is false any spark device cannot.
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lballer69 said:
This statement is false any spark device cannot.
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I did not say Spark. I was referring to 4G LTE. Two different things.
MrGameW1nner said:
I did not say Spark. I was referring to 4G LTE. Two different things.
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Sprint's spark is enhanced 4g lte.
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that was what t I was trying to tell the OP before he got rude about it. Tri-Band LTE=Spark=No simultaneous voice/data. Until they release Voice over LTE(VoLTE) this capability will not be available in any spark capable phone.
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slickdaddy96 said:
Tri-Band LTE=Spark=No simultaneous voice/data. Until they release Voice over LTE(VoLTE) this capability will not be available in any spark capable phone.
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Agree.
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this makes sense that simultaneous data and voice will not work over Spark. If the third channel is one use by 3G, which is use to make the data more reliable. 3G was not possible to have voice and data at the same time on Sprint.
Not that I use voice very often, I can see this being a slight irritation from time to time. Although, you'll be able to use voice and WiFi since they're two different radios.
If I didn't already buy this phone this would be a huge deal breaker for me. I didn't realize I would not be able to talk and surf. I do that all the time. I use my data and phone all the time. I hated having a 3g phone not because of the slow speeds but because I couldn't talk and surf without wifi. How does this affect google maps while talking?
Silent25r said:
If I didn't already buy this phone this would be a huge deal breaker for me. I didn't realize I would not be able to talk and surf. I do that all the time. I use my data and phone all the time. I hated having a 3g phone not because of the slow speeds but because I couldn't talk and surf without wifi. How does this affect google maps while talking?
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Do one or the other. Smh
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ubigred said:
Do one or the other. Smh
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I don't understand your point. I use my bluetooth all the time so I can talk and surf. Why would I need to do one or the other unless the current tech doesn't allow me to do more?
I think in the case of navigation and voice, navigation caches the data it needs and allows voice calls during the process, just don't talk for hours while trying to get somewhere. ..lol
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