HD Voice (anyone notice any change?) - T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII

http://newsroom.t-mobile.com/articles/t-mobile-network-advancements
wonder if this is only for stock/unmodded phones only.
anyone notice sound quality change?

atb1183 said:
http://newsroom.t-mobile.com/articles/t-mobile-network-advancements
wonder if this is only for stock/unmodded phones only.
anyone notice sound quality change?
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interesting, I assume they will need to do an update to each phone's radio?

Hahaha that suppose to be starting yesterday. Weird that just today y friends started telling me that they cant hear me well. That my voice comes and goes but this is suppose to be for tmobile users not the callers

Probably be in an update. Haven't gotten anything on my end.
I am all about it though. Especially my stepdaughters Nokia Lumia as it is ridiculously terrible on the voice side, which is strange as Nokia used to be known just for how good their call quality was. Been through 3 replacements to boot....
My S3 sounds fine as well on most other phones, but the more the merrier as the old saying goes.
Sent from a galaxy far away!

Funny thing is with all the teaming off att frequency band AND thus hd voice thing, my s3 signal quality been worsening. More dropped calls and when not dropped, sounds quality is mediocre to not useable.
Only recently though.used to be quite useable
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atb1183 said:
http://newsroom.t-mobile.com/articles/t-mobile-network-advancements
wonder if this is only for stock/unmodded phones only.
anyone notice sound quality change?
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If you go into Service mode *#0011#, you will see AMR 12.2Kbit/s. Im guessing that this is it. I wonder if you need to have noise reduction enabled for this? Also, I've noticed my signal improved( Usually -89dBm) I'm reading 83dBm now...

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wonder if this is only for stock/unmodded phones only.
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I read somewhere that you need T-Mobile wifi-calling/IMS for VoLTE (Voice over LTE, or in this case HSPA+ "4G")
Oh yes, it is also going to be used for T-Mobile's VoLTE for its 2013 LTE launch, too. So it really does need to become supported in CM9 and AOSP soon.
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Source: xda post
T-Mobile open sourced IMS, which is used to allow apps to use wifi-calling (source is here). In order for "HD voice" to work on AOSP based/non-TW ROMs, IMS support will have to be added to the ROM. AFAIK, it can be done with the code T-Mobile and Movial released, but whether it ever gets added is looking slim as no ROM developer has expressed any interest in it it looks like the source T-Mobile released is pretty useless without knowing how to connect or authenticate with T-Mo's servers.
Sorry if I sound bitter, but I'd personally love to see wifi-calling ported to CM10 T-Mobile ROMs (especially the S3), but it doesn't look like it'll happen. I get horrible coverage in my home and drop calls/lose signal if I move into most areas inside. That said, wifi-calling is the only thing keeping me from ditching TW for a nice CM10 based ROM.

+1 and agree with you. That is the only thing keeping me from a cyanogenmod based rom. I prefer those anyway over everything else. But until wifi calling comes to an aosp rom i will have to stay on tw

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[Q] Has wifi-calling been ported to any ROMs? For t-mobile

I tried searching the roms forum, but I couldn't find anything.
It hasn't yet.
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Nope. And I wouldn't count on it. Its extremely hard to port it to an all-new platform. The apps are special-made for branded T-Mobile devices.
They are actually just built into the ROMs. A dev on HD2 forum has a really great solution, but it used to be an app of some sorts that needed a specific lib to run. Now it seems that they have started to integrate it into the OS. It has a settings page now, no actual app that needs to run.
There is some development going on for it right now over on the T989 forums. I may just go for it even without wifi calling.
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I tried searching the roms forum, but I couldn't find anything.
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Bump as this would be great for those wanting this phone but suffer from poor indoor T-Mobile reception. This is the only thing making me hold off on getting this device over an SGSIII.
quailallstar said:
Bump as this would be great for those wanting this phone but suffer from poor indoor T-Mobile reception. This is the only thing making me hold off on getting this device over an SGSIII.
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It will never come. Do not hold off expecting T-Mobile Wi-Fi Calling to come to this device.
Not having wifi calling was a concern for me but also manyytimes I had problems withnnoticeable delayon a call using ewifiand also yoibmight find that fforcing your phone to 2g where you normally use wifi calling will give you good signal (did for me).
martonikaj said:
It will never come. Do not hold off expecting T-Mobile Wi-Fi Calling to come to this device.
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S4 Google Edition review is live

Come and get it!
http://www.anandtech.com/show/7107/...y-s-4-google-play-edition-review-nearly-nexus
After reading that the updates will come from Samsung, but sent out by Google...it makes me worried. I might just cancel my pre-order...
I saw that too, why does it need to go through samsung really? i didn't know they will have their hands in it you know?
Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXPWylUU-qg
Well i guess now i know why it goes through samsung....samsung is still tweaking things, their case works on the "Pure Google Edition Gs4"
mgbotoe said:
Well i guess now i know why it goes through samsung....samsung is still tweaking things, their case works on the "Pure Google Edition Gs4"
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Its like Ivory Soap. 99&44/100% Pure.
Anyone know of a link for the system dump if there is one? I'm pretty busy and while I know I could prolly find it via Google search, if someone could link me I'd greatly appreciate it
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This help?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2337024
I can't wait for the official rom to drop
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serialtoon said:
After reading that the updates will come from Samsung, but sent out by Google...it makes me worried. I might just cancel my pre-order...
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This, plus the fact that I've seen multiple reviews now that suggest that the actual hardware is the same as the AT&T phone and therefore will not be able to connect to T-Mobile's HSPA+ network. Which I would think would be a total dealbreaker for any T-Mobile customer. Sucks I waited over a month for this phone and am now just considering buying the regular T-Mobile version and putting AOKP on it.
EDIT: The Anandtech review (which I should have read before posting) seems to invalidate my concern above. Sorry!
Now my biggest concern is that the phone doesn't come in black.
I was so close to giving google my money. But they chose white as the only color i could get? bah.
Also, judging by the review you posted, it seems i should be able to go out and get any US tmobile s4 and just transform it into a Google Edition. That is, once the rom drops and their are proper instructions. There are some things i don't understand, such as whether or not we'll be able to completely change the model number from SGH-M919 to GT-I9505G, but i'm sure someone will figure it out.
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This, plus the fact that I've seen multiple reviews now that suggest that the actual hardware is the same as the AT&T phone and therefore will not be able to connect to T-Mobile's HSPA+ network. Which I would think would be a total dealbreaker for any T-Mobile customer. Sucks I waited over a month for this phone and am now just considering buying the regular T-Mobile version and putting AOKP on it.
EDIT: The Anandtech review (which I should have read before posting) seems to invalidate my concern above. Sorry!
Now my biggest concern is that the phone doesn't come in black.
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Must have missed this part where it says it works on LTE
Anyhow the layman's translation is that the SGS4 GPe and HTC One GPe work out of the box on AT&T and T-Mobile LTE. The SGS4 GPe will work on all of T-Mobile and AT&T HSPA+, HTC One GPe will work on all of AT&T HSPA+ but only Band 2 (1900 MHz) T-Mobile HSPA+. The HTC One GPe will not work on T-Mobile's Band 4 HSPA+, only its Band 4 LTE. If you're on Sprint or Verizon CDMA/LTE and care about having Nexus phones you're again on the wrong side of the fence and probably will be for the foreseeable future. I tested both T-Mobile and AT&T personal SIMs in both devices, and had no issues with them attaching flawlessly to LTE and HSPA+ on the respective networks.
Yawn.
It's all getting pushed where it belongs. Who needs new hardware?
So has anyone had hands on with this thing yet? Or seen a VERY in depth video of all features? I need that photosphere! Does the GPe have it?
comoc85 said:
So has anyone had hands on with this thing yet? Or seen a VERY in depth video of all features? I need that photosphere! Does the GPe have it?
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It has no feature? Lol, its nexus on gs4....if you want to look at features check out nexus videos
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This help?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2337024
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Thanks but no :/ i don't have my machine set up to build source code, let alone the bandwidth to download it xD lol. I am waiting for someone to get their Google S4 and plug it into their computer and type "adb pull /system" lol and that is what i want
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It has no feature? Lol, its nexus on gs4....if you want to look at features check out nexus videos
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Yes, but I haven't seen anyone get photosphere to work because the camera is different in the GS4. And since Samsung has it's own "photosphere" app coming, and these updates have to go through them first, I wonder if this feature has been left out.
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It has no feature? Lol, its nexus on gs4....if you want to look at features check out nexus videos
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Not true... The fact the Google Edition HTC One comes with Beats by default should tell you there will be some differences between these phones and the Nexus... Like, for instance... I like the fact that the updates go from Google to the OEM and then to the phone... That allows for the OEMs (Sammy and HTC) to add their own drivers (ESPECIALLY for the camera, my goodness can Google EVER throw a decent camera on their take of Android)
Is it VANILLA Android like it is on the Nexus 4? From the review, I KNOW it isn't. Imagine it more along the lines of a Cyanogenmod or a P.A. AOSP with tweaks.... You don't GET that on Vanilla Nexus... The fact it works like it should with the S-View cover (yes I have one) is a plus in my book. So, when I flash it whenever it comes out, I won't feel like I have no use for the cover I spent TOOOOOOO much money on..
But the google play page said it doesn't support AWS HSPA+. That's so weird.
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Not true... The fact the Google Edition HTC One comes with Beats by default should tell you there will be some differences between these phones and the Nexus... Like, for instance... I like the fact that the updates go from Google to the OEM and then to the phone... That allows for the OEMs (Sammy and HTC) to add their own drivers (ESPECIALLY for the camera, my goodness can Google EVER throw a decent camera on their take of Android)
Is it VANILLA Android like it is on the Nexus 4? From the review, I KNOW it isn't. Imagine it more along the lines of a Cyanogenmod or a P.A. AOSP with tweaks.... You don't GET that on Vanilla Nexus... The fact it works like it should with the S-View cover (yes I have one) is a plus in my book. So, when I flash it whenever it comes out, I won't feel like I have no use for the cover I spent TOOOOOOO much money on..
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Ya, HTC we are talking about samsung here. It does NOT and I doubt will have any samsung features like what you are expecting on TW. Only thing it have is the S-view and probably underlining features no one want is crazy about because let face it, all the samsung gimmics and cool feautures will only be on TW. If you are sitting here holding your breath for them I will advice you to breath

Cant a Dev Mod a Kitkat Port to Allow Wifi Calling?

Many S3 users are complaining that tmobile hasnt released kitkat for the S3 while all the other carriers have. I'm one of those complainers. But why cant a dev just take a Sprint kitkat rom and mod it to allow wifi calling for the tmobile S3? Shouldnt that be easy to do?
If it was easy it would've been done already
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yahanna said:
Many S3 users are complaining that tmobile hasnt released kitkat for the S3 while all the other carriers have. I'm one of those complainers. But why cant a dev just take a Sprint kitkat rom and mod it to allow wifi calling for the tmobile S3? Shouldnt that be easy to do?
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no, WiFi calling has NEVER been ported. So the only ROMs that will have WiFi calling on them are ROMs based on a T-Mobile OS that included WiFi calling. Since every KK ROM on TMO is a port, the OS it NEEDS to be based on technically doesn't exist.
read this to get a better idea:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2302313&page=8
there is already a bounty for a port in the thousands... to give you an idea of the simplicity
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no, WiFi calling has NEVER been ported. So the only ROMs that will have WiFi calling on them are ROMs based on a T-Mobile OS that included WiFi calling. Since every KK ROM on TMO is a port, the OS it NEEDS to be based on technically doesn't exist.
read this to get a better idea:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2302313&page=8
there is already a bounty for a port in the thousands... to give you an idea of the simplicity
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Hi 52brandon. Thanks for letting me kbow. By chance, have you heard of StockMOD Rom? It includes wifi calling but is based on 4.3. If youve heard of it what do you think of it?
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Hi 52brandon. Thanks for letting me kbow. By chance, have you heard of StockMOD Rom? It includes wifi calling but is based on 4.3. If youve heard of it what do you think of it?
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I have not. I don't have TMO (yet. Got grandfathered data on VZW which is nice. But TMO is cheaper, has perfect coverage in my area, and 3x LTE speeds. So probably gonna switch and sell my grandfathered plan AoL. First gonna try to get my number. I heard there's a way to do it with Google Voice, but that's a different topic. I just follow the VoIP developments to see how it goes. IMO every carrier should offer it. I'd love to see some ROM team geniuses get it figured out
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I I'd love to see some ROM team geniuses get it figured out
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Yeah I agree. This is the reason why I'm thinking of getting a Note 3 and selling my S3. Its just weird that tmobile wont release kitkat for the S3. Good luck with selling that grandpa plan. I know how its like being grandfathered into a plan. I was there too.
Just so you guys know, other carriers may soon get the hint and follow T-Mobiles lead on wifi calling. Sprint apparently is just now beginning to introduce it on their networks. From what I hear, its very restricted though, and is nowhere near as good as T-Mobile, but its a start!
Don't hold your breath for finding a way to port it into non Tmobile roms though. The work involved in modding many different parts of the o/s is probably much greater than anyone realizes, and without the full source code is next to impossible. It would require modding of system apps, frameworks, libs, drivers and modules, as well as the base firmware itself, most notably, the modem.
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Just so you guys know, other carriers may soon get the hint and follow T-Mobiles lead on wifi calling. Sprint apparently is just now beginning to introduce it on their networks. From what I hear, its very restricted though, and is nowhere near as good as T-Mobile, but its a start!
Don't hold your breath for finding a way to port it into non Tmobile roms though. The work involved in modding many different parts of the o/s is probably much greater than anyone realizes, and without the full source code is next to impossible. It would require modding of system apps, frameworks, libs, drivers and modules, as well as the base firmware itself, most notably, the modem.
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Really? Its good to hear that Sprint is including wifi calling. But I feel that the S3 wont get it in future releases based on what I read that kitkat is the last Android version for it. If by chance its included in a future release, it'll be months before it comes out. By then I'd have sold my S3.
Regarding the hard work that goes into modding a rom, I'm glad you explained it in detail. That opens up my eyes about how hard it is for a dev to invest his time and energy in modding a rom just right. I didnt know before how difficult it was. Many times we end users take devs for granted not knowing the sheer sacrifice you guys make to make us all happy. We look at you guys as wizards instead of human beings and expect you to give us what we want at the drop of a hat as if by magic, not appreciating your hard labor. For that I thank you Doc. Talk to you again.
Glad I could help!
Unless im mistaken, Sprint will be introducing their wifi calling with the S5/Note4. Not sure if the S4 will see it, bit you're right about kk being the last update for the S3.
As I understand it, they've still got a ways to go to make it as good as T-Mobiles offering, but it'll be better than not having it all!

How many MONTHS until we get VoLTE?

Any guesses? I'd say sometime in Q2 2015 due to general Verizon incompetence.
i thought we already had it? my G2 got an update to get it..i never tried it though
jayochs said:
i thought we already had it? my G2 got an update to get it..i never tried it though
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I don't believe so, if so they hid it really well.
Hobox10 said:
Any guesses? I'd say sometime in Q2 2015 due to general Verizon incompetence.
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Do you understand about VoLTE? it provides no benefit what's so ever. It's a gimmicks to get your money!
buhohitr said:
Do you understand about VoLTE? it provides no benefit what's so ever. It's a gimmicks to get your money!
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I actually like HD voice... which uses VoLTE... It's definitely much clearer if both parties have HD voice.
fibrizo said:
I actually like HD voice... which uses VoLTE... It's definitely much clearer if both parties have HD voice.
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Yep, that is the main feature of VoLTE, way better voice quality. I would think to be fully implemented, everyone needs the new equipment which compatible with VoLTE, which seems to be quite a while.
Fact of the matter is, Verizon advertised the phone as VOLTE, then recently, removed that icon from the Note 4 page, just like they did with the headphones.
Some markets are VoLTE capable now, but you and the person you called must have a supported phone to get HD. It sounds very good. I've heard several T-Mobile customers talk to each other with it.
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Do you understand about VoLTE? it provides no benefit what's so ever. It's a gimmicks to get your money!
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No benefit, if you ignore the much, MUCH clearer voice quality. Right.
This really wasn't a "help" thread, it was a discussion on when we get volte support. But alright I guess.
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Do you understand about VoLTE? it provides no benefit what's so ever. It's a gimmicks to get your money!
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No man. It's free. VoLTE is much clear on both sides of the call. I used it on my GS5, my wife also has a GS5 and it was great.
it's not gimmicks to get your money because it's free.
I think the Note 4 should have it in about a month or so. I'd say depends on how popular this phone will be and how bad people will bug VZW to give it to us.
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Yep, that is the main feature of VoLTE, way better voice quality. I would think to be fully implemented, everyone needs the new equipment which compatible with VoLTE, which seems to be quite a while.
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Any XLTE phone can be compatible with VoLTE, in maybe 2 years most smartphones should be
VolTE just needs an update.. same like G2/S5
the next vzw to get it are the droids from last year. i'm guessing the note 4 will get it before the end of the year. the s5 already has it.

Why would you ever use a rom that doesn't have wifi calling?

I just now realized how sick wifi calling, and realize how many roms don't have that feature. Take advantage of your T-Mobile phone. Over of the only carriers that allow this. Why the hell would you ever flash a rom that doesn't have it!????
Never ever again.
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tikay00 said:
I just now realized how sick wifi calling, and realize how many roms don't have that feature. Take advantage of your T-Mobile phone. Over of the only carriers that allow this. Why the hell would you ever flash a rom that doesn't have it!????
Never ever again.
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Because I might use it once a year and I don't need to talk to anybody bad enough to need wifi calling even if it is cool.
It's just a waste of energy obsessing over it and there are ten times as many roms in the international forum (I9505) most of them far better quality than anything here in the T-mobile forum no offense meant to our dev's but the experts are where the users are.
Last but not least Hangouts has a dialer now, you can use google's wifi calling anywhere on any rom :good:
As a recovering T-mobile believer I can only hope you see the light
Dear T-mobile, your third rate hacks, I'm still waiting form lollipop for my s4...
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Because I might use it once a year and I don't need to talk to anybody bad enough to need wifi calling even if it is cool.
It's just a waste of energy obsessing over it and there are ten times as many roms in the international forum (I9505) most of them far better quality than anything here in the T-mobile forum no offense meant to our dev's but the experts are where the users are.
Last but not least Hangouts has a dialer now, you can use google's wifi calling anywhere on any rom :good:
As a recovering T-mobile believer I can only hope you see the light
Dear T-mobile, your third rate hacks, I'm still waiting form lollipop for my s4...
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None of this made any sense. I've noticed one thing. All these custom kernels and roms eventually slow your phone down a lot, and lag the crap out of it. Never fails. All of them. Stock kernel for the win. All these gimmicky "badass governer" etc. suck.
I've been flashing forever, and I know what I'm talking about. I was using insane hybrid, and it worked good out the box, then a few days later what do you know, same lag like every custom rom and kernel will give you.
And no T-Mobile wifi, no go. Google hangouts sounds like trash in terms of reception. Tmobiles actual wifi calling is flawless victory.
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And I'm already waiting for a bunch of posters to say, "what???, I'm using rom x, and blah blah blah, its amazing!"
Bros, I've been flashing for years, there's not a single rom on this planet that beats a stock firmware, and just uninstall bloatware manually, while using xposed installer. I've seen the light, and I've compared custom roms to stock, untouched, and just manual uninstalls. No comparison.
Roms without wifi calling is a bastardized version of what this phone supposed to be. Truth.
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lots of loyal coolaid drinkers :good:
Doing it wrong, or not knowing what your doing (regardless of how many times you done it) doesn't make the rom or kernel bad.
I'm not championing aosp-ish based roms, they are lackluster featureless toys...ok thats another rant entirely...
Touchwiz based roms remain my choice and my experience with clean deodexed roms and a good kernel are overwhelmingly positive. I've never had a rom/kernel "eventually slow your phone down a lot, and lag the crap out of it", not sure what you are doing to your phone but it doesn't happen to me. I would agree "gimmicky" features in the kernel have never been that useful to me either but I don't use my phone as a supercomputer so maybe someone finds them useful.
I have three s4's currently I'm running stock/deodexed/knoxfree NK2 and hispAsian kernel on one,
I'm running Imperium TW on another, and Omega TW on the third, all with galaxy mod scripts.
I have ZERO issues on all of them Kernels are in their stock configurations or gov's set to intelidemand.
I can say Imperium rom and kernel in its stock configuration is the best benchmarking one of the three.
I have not found googles voice service to be noticeably lower quality than wifi calling especially with international calls I have found googles service to be better.
I guess it's true what they say "Individual results may vary"
Does WIFI calling allow you to make calls and send/receive texts if you have no signal/bars but youre on a WIFI network? If yes, that NEVER worked for me. I always needed some service reception for WIFI calling to work when i was on a stock T-Mobile ROM. Whats the point in that? So i dumped WIFI calling. I get zero service in my office so WIFI calling looked promising. What a disappointment. [emoji53]
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Does WIFI calling allow you to make calls and send/receive texts if you have no signal/bars but youre on a WIFI network? If yes, that NEVER worked for me. I always needed some service reception for WIFI calling to work when i was on a stock T-Mobile ROM. Whats the point in that? So i dumped WIFI calling. I get zero service in my office so WIFI calling looked promising. What a disappointment. [emoji53]
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I've been using it all day today, and my room vets horrible cell reception. Asked everyone how I sounded, said crystal clear, and they sounded crystal clear. I finally came to the light.
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lots of loyal coolaid drinkers :good:
Doing it wrong, or not knowing what your doing (regardless of how many times you done it) doesn't make the rom or kernel bad.
I'm not championing aosp-ish based roms, they are lackluster featureless toys...ok thats another rant entirely...
Touchwiz based roms remain my choice and my experience with clean deodexed roms and a good kernel are overwhelmingly positive. I've never had a rom/kernel "eventually slow your phone down a lot, and lag the crap out of it", not sure what you are doing to your phone but it doesn't happen to me. I would agree "gimmicky" features in the kernel have never been that useful to me either but I don't use my phone as a supercomputer so maybe someone finds them useful.
I have three s4's currently I'm running stock/deodexed/knoxfree NK2 and hispAsian kernel on one,
I'm running Imperium TW on another, and Omega TW on the third, all with galaxy mod scripts.
I have ZERO issues on all of them Kernels are in their stock configurations or gov's set to intelidemand.
I can say Imperium rom and kernel in its stock configuration is the best benchmarking one of the three.
I have not found googles voice service to be noticeably lower quality than wifi calling especially with international calls I have found googles service to be better.
I guess it's true what they say "Individual results may vary"
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My man, I've been flashing roms since the damn vibrant. I know what I'm doing.
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HKSpeed said:
Does WIFI calling allow you to make calls and send/receive texts if you have no signal/bars but youre on a WIFI network? If yes, that NEVER worked for me. I always needed some service reception for WIFI calling to work when i was on a stock T-Mobile ROM. Whats the point in that? So i dumped WIFI calling. I get zero service in my office so WIFI calling looked promising. What a disappointment. [emoji53]
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I live in Waco, Texas (90 miles from Dallas). According to T-Mobile/MetroPCS' coverage map, I should have five bar 4G/LTE coverage at my home address. I have none. Wi-Fi calling works perfectly with my D-Link router for both texting and phone calls......NEVER fails.
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I live in Waco, Texas (90 miles from Dallas). According to T-Mobile/MetroPCS' coverage map, I should have five bar 4G/LTE coverage at my home address. I have none. Wi-Fi calling works perfectly with my D-Link router for both texting and phone calls......NEVER fails.
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Your response makes me think perhaps my work's WIFI is somehow blocking wifi calling from working, although i can log on to wifi with my phone. I get excellent reception everywhere except in my office at work. WIFI calling worked at home but i dont know if it makes any difference since i have excellent reception anyway.
WIFI calling hasn't done anything for me, so i dont factor it into choosing a ROM.
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tikay00 said:
My man, I've been flashing roms since the damn vibrant. I know what I'm doing.
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Me too, I've still got three vibrants I use them as security cameras around my house...
I don't have any problems with the custom rooms I run on them either...
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OldeCrow said:
Me too, I've still got three vibrants I use them as security cameras around my house...
I don't have any problems with the custom rooms I run on them either...
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Maybe I'm just really good at paying attention to detail. I'm OCD when it comes to any slight changes with my phone.
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OldeCrow said:
all with galaxy mod scripts.
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What are these scripts you speak of?
I have been flashing for years as well, and you saying it doesn't make you credible in any sense. Perhaps the custom roms you have installed began to lag, but certain one's will not, so don't be ignorant and say that all custom roms do that because there are respectable developers out there that work hard on them. Back to the topic, I never used WiFi calling because, in my opinion, it's total crap. I have great WiFi speeds and it would always make the call quality bad for some reason, so it was ditched. At least, that is why I left it, and flashed a rom that doesn't have it, but I would understand how this feature would be useful if you have poor reception where you use your phone
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dirkdigles said:
What are these scripts you speak of?
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topic in the unified s4 section Galaxy_Mod_Ultimate
versions of these basic android scripts have been around forever, you've probably had them and not known it...
kevinrubio1 said:
I have been flashing for years as well, and you saying it doesn't make you credible in any sense. Perhaps the custom roms you have installed began to lag, but certain one's will not, so don't be ignorant and say that all custom roms do that because there are respectable developers out there that work hard on them. Back to the topic, I never used WiFi calling because, in my opinion, it's total crap. I have great WiFi speeds and it would always make the call quality bad for some reason, so it was ditched. At least, that is why I left it, and flashed a rom that doesn't have it, but I would understand how this feature would be useful if you have poor reception where you use your phone
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You saying wifi calling is total crap doesn't make you credible in any sense. In fact, I've been told I sound more clear with wifi calling, and the person on the other end sounds more clear as well. Somethings wrong with your modem if its not working well. Wifi calling is optimized for T-Mobile customers. You sure you don't have e a defective phone, or a crap modem???
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Look at the opinionballs on this guy. "It doesn't work right for me, so it's automatically crap for everyone." Riiiiiight.
I've literally flashed hundreds of roms and mods since buying my first smartphone (Samsung Moment) in 2009. Hell, I've even dabbled in development here and there over the years. Hundreds and thousands of different users reporting that a particular rom works as it should for them can't all be full of crap. Furthermore, your subjective opinion is just that. YOURS. If you don't like custom firmware, then don't use it. But, keep in mind where you are. This is a development community, and if you want to bad mouth the hard work done here for free by countless people, then maybe you should log out and go buy an iPhone.
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tikay00 said:
Does that mean I have to flash roms made for that model??? Or do I still have to flash sgh m919 roms?
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Yeah, if you're asking questions like that, then you're not as experienced as you think you are.
tikay00 said:
You saying wifi calling is total crap doesn't make you credible in any sense. In fact, I've been told I sound more clear with wifi calling, and the person on the other end sounds more clear as well. Somethings wrong with your modem if its not working well. Wifi calling is optimized for T-Mobile customers. You sure you don't have e a defective phone, or a crap modem???
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it's just my opinion, from my experience. it never worked for me.
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HampTheToker said:
Look at the opinionballs on this guy. "It doesn't work right for me, so it's automatically crap for everyone." Riiiiiight.
I've literally flashed hundreds of roms and mods since buying my first smartphone (Samsung Moment) in 2009. Hell, I've even dabbled in development here and there over the years. Hundreds and thousands of different users reporting that a particular rom works as it should for them can't all be full of crap. Furthermore, your subjective opinion is just that. YOURS. If you don't like custom firmware, then don't use it. But, keep in mind where you are. This is a development community, and if you want to bad mouth the hard work done here for free by countless people, then maybe you should log out and go buy an iPhone.
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Yeah, if you're asking questions like that, then you're not as experienced as you think you are.
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Ain't that serious boss lmao.
Reason why I asked that is because I don't flash other model roms onto my T-Mobile device. That would actually make me careful, and wise.
Have you ever seen that one snl skit with Jimmy Fallon where he plays the sarcastic IT guy? You remind me of him
I never said I don't like custom roms, and when did I ever bad mouth someone's work? I'm just speaking the truth. Yeah, when you first flash a rom, your phone flies. Then give it a week, and it ALWAYS lags, slows down, or over heats eventually. It's never failed. Every single last rom, EXCEPT Jedi mind tricks ROM for the S2. I swear by that rom, but even then, you realize, half the trick to these roms are just changing the windows animations to 0. Let's be real. And honestly, even then, Jedi mind tricks would eventually start to random reboot, and have certain problems with certain roms.
Ok, here's an example of a problem with a current rom I used a week ago. Won't name names since you think I'm "bad mouthing" the devs. When I'm on my stock Samsung firmware, GPS works like an absolute charm, but when using a certain custom rom, the Google maps starts me off inverted, the map looks different, and the GPS cuts in and out.
Mind you, this is one of the most reliable and populat custom roms for this phone.
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I'd love to have WiFi calling again but since I switch SIMs around occasionally when traveling internationally it's not been a big deal. A T-Mobile provided wireless repeater helps with the deadspot in my living room while in the US. Having CM 12.1 is way more important for me than an outdated, insecure KitKat rom.
Now, if Samsung/T-Mobile releases 5.1.1 with the StageFright fix built in then the stock Touchwiz rom will be redeemed in my mind.

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