Most of the stuff I've seen is from 2013 saying you can't have wifi calling on a t-mobile s3 if it's rooted. Is this true still?
Never been an issue for me....
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Its never been true
You can have wifi calling as long as you're using a Touchwiz rom
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serio22 said:
Its never been true
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What hasn't ever been true?
The only way this would be true is if you didn't have a T-mobile rom on your device... if you're running a Carbon Rom or Omnirom or some other ASOP rom on your phone, you wouldn't have this... or a rom ported from AT&T or what not.
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What hasn't ever been true?
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That you can't have Wi-Fi calling if you root. As stated in earlier posts, the only way you won't have Wi-Fi calling is if you flash an aosp/cm ROM or a ported ROM from another carrier. Touchwiz T-Mobile ROMs or just plain root won't kill Wi-Fi calling
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Just picked up my new Note II this week and was wondering if wiped out my tmo stock ROM.. would I be able to load an international stock ROM of X language/country region?
What I am aiming for is basically a fresh clean installed ROM without the tmo bloatware and etc. Also, would my Note II have any wifi calling issues being on a non-tmo stock ROM?
Any advice is appreciated and thank you in advance.
There should be a stock debloated rom floating around in the android dev sections. I used it untill jedi x7 came out and roms were becoming stable.
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Wifi calling only available in TMobile roms. You will lose wifi calling if you install international roms or any roms that is not base on TMobile.
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Wifi calling only available in TMobile roms. You will lose wifi calling if you install international roms or any roms that is not base on TMobile.
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Yeah, I was afraid of that.. losing wifi calling. My area lacks coverage so I depend on wifi calling.
Hm.. is there a way to extract the wifi calling feature from stock tmo roms and install with other custom or international roms.
niuyue said:
Yeah, I was afraid of that.. losing wifi calling. My area lacks coverage so I depend on wifi calling.
Hm.. is there a way to extract the wifi calling feature from stock tmo roms and install with other custom or international roms.
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Well, in the sense that anything could be possible... sure. But it would be a huge undertaking much more involved then an extract-and-install scenario. My gut says the juice isn't worth the squeeze on that one... but I've been wrong on such things before so don't take my word for it.
My current ROM is Tweaked 1.5 I can confirm that Wi-fi calling works.
Should you choose to flash this rom (Tweaked 1.5) In Aroma installer, make sure you tick "install all t-mobile apps"
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brickinphoneslol said:
My current ROM is Tweaked 1.5 I can confirm that Wi-fi calling works.
Should you choose to flash this rom (Tweaked 1.5) In Aroma installer, make sure you tick "install all t-mobile apps"
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Fwiw - installing all t-mobile apps is not necessary for wifi calling to work on tweaked.
I use the Galaxy Note 2 I 317 on T Mobile I would really like to try some different roms weather AT&T or t-mobile roms but I need the wifi calling feature I know one of th3 T Mobile ROMs was incorporated with the AT&T note 2, and it has wifi calling working which is what I'm using currently but it is pretty basic 4.1 .2 build.
Does anybody know of any tmobile or att built roms that have the wifi call feature incorporated that I can flash on the i317 that will give me the wifi calling feature unfortunately I rely on that because of poor coverage in my area
I'm guessing the roms are probably probably if any going to be t mobile base roms I know you can pretty much flash anything onto the I 317 from t-mobile as far as I have read but I was curious about the radio and modem part of it
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Most Rom's don't include the modem!!!! But when flashing a Rom the OP should state that this Rom is compatible across many devices!
And yes if you mix match the wrong modem with your phone you'll end up with a boot loop:banghead:! Fyi
There's a few AT&T Rom's that a few TMO users have tried and work great.
I'm running SKY NOTE on both my AT&T & TMO GN2 with no problems. And GW set-up on both of them.
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I understand but what im looking for is a tmobile rom that flashes fine with wifi calling or an att rom that was rebuilt with t mobile wifi calling. All I want is a rom that has wifi calling wethwr is att rebuilt or t mobile based . That will flash to the i317.
I know of one its just stock t889-i317 with the wifi calling Built 4.1.2 but its plain jane.
No matter how much I google oe look under and development for eqch forum I cant pinpoint one rom that has this.
Thus why im asking outright as a question.
This is all temporarily until I can trade for a branded t889
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lojak29 said:
I understand but what im looking for is a tmobile rom that flashes fine with wifi calling or an att rom that was rebuilt with t mobile wifi calling. All I want is a rom that has wifi calling wethwr is att rebuilt or t mobile based . That will flash to the i317.
I know of one its just stock t889-i317 with the wifi calling Built 4.1.2 but its plain jane.
No matter how much I google oe look under and development for eqch forum I cant pinpoint one rom that has this.
Thus why im asking outright as a question.
This is all temporarily until I can trade for a branded t889
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If that TMO Wi-Fi calling is an apk??, then you should be able to pull it from any Rom that has it!!
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I may be way off base, but I just upgraded to a new 4.4.2 CM based ROM and the dev believes WiFi Calling is exclusive to Samsung. I am under the impression it is exclusive to T-Mobile firmware. Does that even make a difference?
And can WiFi Calling be integrated into CM based ROMs?
Thanks for the help in advance!
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I may be way off base, but I just upgraded to a new 4.4.2 CM based ROM and the dev believes WiFi Calling is exclusive to Samsung. I am under the impression it is exclusive to T-Mobile firmware. Does that even make a difference?
And can WiFi Calling be integrated into CM based ROMs?
Thanks for the help in advance!
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Short answer - WiFi calling is only for T-Mobile and only for Touchwiz Roms. Period.
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Thank you for the reply.
Now, I guess the question is why can't the WiFi calling script be implemented into an AOSP source?
Is it a matter of no dev feeling the motivation? It looks like the WiFi calling SDK is available...
code.google.com/p/the-ims-op...t-for-android/
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WiFi Calling is something integrated deep into the OS. The SDK likely is for allowing apps to work with that closed source OS system, not to duplicate it. It would have to be completely reverse engineered by studying network packets generated by the phone during WiFi calling, figure out the protocol and any encryption used, find any encryption keys needed, and rewrite everything from scratch based around those findings. Not an easy task, and for the most part it's of fairly low reward to most users as normal calling works fine. That said I was reading a discussion recently on /r/linux about the Antrax kernels (forget what device it was for) and the developer witholding source code (which is illegal under the GPL if you distribute binaries). It looked like one of the sources that might be witheld is an open source WiFi calling implementation.
http://phoronix.com/forums/showthread.php?93124-AnthraX-Linux-Kernels-Remain-Closed-Source&p=385801
If he really does have WiFi calling working at the kernel level then we should be pressuring whoever is entitled to make him release code to do so. By the nature of the GPL license anything at all that goes into a kernel binary released to the public MUST be released under the same license (GPLv2) and thus those people who received the binary are entitled to his source code which they can then redistribute.
Wow. Really good info. Thank you for sharing.
I do happen to be in the minority group that has shoddy coverage, so wifi calling is a godsend.
It's unfortunate firms like the one discussed in that post don't have to be 'resolved' quickly, given the volatile responses. Either make them share it asap, or figure out the price points and let everyone know how the game is going to be played...
Here's to hoping a dev feels compelled to go through all the hard work you mentioned nonetheless. Cheers!
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corwest said:
Short answer - WiFi calling is only for T-Mobile and only for Touchwiz Roms. Period.
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Don't forget HTC sense has wifi calling as well
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Don't forget HTC sense has wifi calling as well
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My wife has an LG optimus l9 (I think that's what it is anyway) with wifi calling - it's a T-Mobile-variant phone thing more than a particular android skin (TW, Sense, ...whatever LG calls its thing..., etc.).
Isn't wifi calling just on t mobile regardless of the phone
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WiFi calling is on many T-mo phones, but not all and it's not only Samsung and it doesn't have to be smart phone either. My father has it on some older flip phone, not sure what it is running but I'm sure it's not touch wiz, probably not even Android. I think even some old Nokias had it under Symbian?
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Don't forget HTC sense has wifi calling as well
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In reference to the Note 3 it is only Touchwiz.
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Is it fair to assume that if a developer's ROM is TW-based, Wifi calling is implemented as 'standard', or would the developer need to specifically build it in?
I'm curious because I see TW-based ROMs for the Note 3 that don't say anything about Wifi calling as a feature.
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Is it fair to assume that if a developer's ROM is TW-based, Wifi calling is implemented as 'standard', or would the developer need to specifically build it in?
I'm curious because I see TW-based ROMs for the Note 3 that don't say anything about Wifi calling as a feature.
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It has to be both TW-based AND TMo(carrier)-based (meaning the international TW bases won't have the native Wifi Calling feature).
I am looking for the best new rom ( kit kat ?) with wifi calling. Can anyone recommend one?
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I am looking for the best new rom ( kit kat ?) with wifi calling. Can anyone recommend one?
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KitKat with WiFi calling does not exist as of this posting. dbombROM, Wicked or anything base on T-mobile TWz (4.3 is the latest) firmware will have WiFi calling.
thanks! i'll try wicked.
There technically are 4.4 Roms that exist with WiFi calling, but they're leaks and not to be considered as daily drivers in my opinion.
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There technically are 4.4 Roms that exist with WiFi calling, but they're leaks and not to be considered as daily drivers in my opinion.
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The only "leaked" 4.4 I've seen are for the international model (i9505) Only T-mobile firmware will have WiFi calling.
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I am looking for the best new rom ( kit kat ?) with wifi calling. Can anyone recommend one?
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Unfortunately this is more like an International (19505) forum rather than a T-Mobile (M919) one right now as far as new roms are concerned. I tried several 4.4 builds and they even change your model type to a 19505 in your device settings.
Like @ nbeebe24 Said, there are 4.4 roms with WiFi Calling. Running one now.
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Like @ nbeebe24 Said, there are 4.4 roms with WiFi Calling. Running one now.
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Is it posted here on XDA? Can't seem to locate it with search or Google search.
I'm currently using S3Rx 3/20 build. It has the tethering hack built in. Is there a something like a flashable zip for that hack you can flash in asop roms? Thanks
Most aosp Roms have the hack built in. I know the kk aosb ROM does for a fact
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tokenpoke said:
Most aosp Roms have the hack built in. I know the kk aosb ROM does for a fact
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I had Carbon Rom and everytime i tried to use tether the tmo hotspot thing popped up. I give the asob rom a try. Thanks.
@DaRealAce I forgot to mention I use Ubuntu 13.10. You may be able to use Firefox and a different user string on windows. I haven't tried.
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With Touchwiz Roms, T-Mo's Plan check will kick in each time. Switch to AOSP Roms to get around.
Perseus71 said:
With Touchwiz Roms, T-Mo's Plan check will kick in each time. Switch to AOSP Roms to get around.
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Currently running s3rx on my phone. Tether to tablet, other androids and Ubuntu working just fine. Bluetooth, USB and wireless all work.
Metropcs device running T-Mobile "epc" APN setup that came on the ROM.
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