I have read that I can use a ATT ROM on my T-Mobile S4 and was wondering if I did so and then of course flashed a t-mobile kernel, if I would have wifi calling or not. I am not sure if that is part of the rom or not so wanted to just check.
HughesNet said:
I have read that I can use a ATT ROM on my T-Mobile S4 and was wondering if I did so and then of course flashed a t-mobile kernel, if I would have wifi calling or not. I am not sure if that is part of the rom or not so wanted to just check.
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You can flash an AT&T ROM, but flashing a T-Mobile kernel will not enable WiFi Calling, because it is part of the ROM. Sorry.
The way u wanna do it by flashing an att rom on a tmobile s4 more than likely
wont work cause the wifi call feature is built deep into the tmobile roms... AND ALSO WORKS OF THE SIM CARD.
On the other hand You should be able to flash any tmobile rom.... on a att branded s4 and get wifi calling just keep the att kernel..
And keep att baseband.
This should be no diff for s4 because
On the att s3 you can flash tmobile 4.1.2 roms and get wifi calling
If it uses aroma installer and opts to keep kernel...then keep the kernel but continue flashing tmobile rom...
Ive used many tmobile roms in my att s3 with wifi calling.
Havent tried it with a tmo s4 on a att rom.... just make sure u backup stock att rom if all else fails.
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I know now with the Jelly Bean Rom I can't just go and freeze Tethering Manager anymore.
So I am wondering if any of the New Roms (with Jelly Bean) allow the free mobile hotspot/tethering?
I looked through all of them and haven't seen that listed as one of the "features" of the Rom.
If anyone knows which (if any) Rom with 4.2/4.3 Has the Wireless hotspot/tethering feature already unlocked it would be great.
Right now Im running on the stock Rom and I would love to get the tethering feature to work. (since i have the "true" unlimited data package)
Thanks!
Basically every rom has free tethering. The only ones that don't are the Odin stock roms.
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Basically every rom has free tethering. The only ones that don't are the Odin stock roms.
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thanks alot for the answer. so i guess im going to install the cyanogen rom (i have that on my tablet and is pretty good/stable)
I have an At&t S4, and I want to move it to T-Mobile, but I need the wifi calling. Can I find a rooted stock TW rom with WiFi-Calling and flash it on properly without a problem? Thanks!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2282069
Have a look here
cwbeasley said:
I have an At&t S4, and I want to move it to T-Mobile, but I need the wifi calling. Can I find a rooted stock TW rom with WiFi-Calling and flash it on properly without a problem? Thanks!
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WiFi calling is dependent on what carrier/sim you have. You can use WiFi calling on an AT&T device as long as you have a T-Mobile SIM/service, and are using a T-Mobile TouchWiz ROM that has the feature.
From your question, you are going to switch to T-Mobile service, and in that case you should be able to use WiFi calling with no problem; again, provided you use a T-Mobile TouchWiz ROM. If you are staying on AT&T service then no matter what you do, what apps you install, tweaks you make, you cannot make that feature work.
Just retired my Tmobile S2 / Jedi Mind Trick and purchased a new Tmobile S3 LTE. Just rooted it and put on CWM.... Which ROMS have the following.
1.WiFi Calling and MMS
2.Good Battery Life
3.Silky Smooth and Lighting Quick
4.Plenty of Free Memory
5.Bloatware free
Thanks
All Roms based on the Samsung Touchwiz Framwork will support WiFi Calling. So try S3Rx by @enewman17 or StockMod by @saranhai. Eitheer way, I suggest flash KT747 Kernel for Touchwiz.
In my opinion, (and this can be debatable.) AOSP Roms have more free Ram and slightly better battery life. However they will never support WiFi calling. Let me know if you want to explore that.
I found this thread in search before asking the same question.
Not all touchwiz based ROMs support Wifi calling. Read posts 31 and 32 in this thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735506&page=4
I am having a hard time finding the best ROM for my needs. I have to have wifi calling. I have tried several, and really like the KitKat based AICP, but that doesn't do wifi calling, so I started looking for Touchwiz based ROMs, but can't find a good stable one that works well FOR ME.
To rephrase Perseus' statement, only Touchwiz roms based on T-Mobiles firmware will have wifi calling.
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Yup. That makes it far more difficult to sort them out.
I am going to try out StockMOD Rom now.
Most TW roms are built from a tmobile base. If not it should specify [PORT] in the title and/or OP.
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I can now confirm that wifi calling works on StockMOD.
custom ROM for tethering and wifi calling SGH-T999L
BenzE420 said:
I can now confirm that wifi calling works on StockMOD.
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Hi, I am new here to trying to figure out how to enable mobile hotspot/tethering and wifi calling with my SGH-T999L(t-mobile, prepaid 5GB data).
My phone(ver. 4.3) is rooted by Odin method with root66_TMO-L_T999LUVUBNC1.tar.md5 file. And superSU(ver. 1.94) was automatically(?) installed during the rooting but never used it since. Anyway, this was my very first dealing with phone software; I have never experienced rooting/flashing before. Please bear with my ignorant terms and questions...
q1. Isn't there any reasonably safe ROM to enable tethering?
q2. Can I flash the custom ROM with Odin, same process as my rooting but just change the MD5 file?
q3. Do I need to configure my phone before or after the custom ROM flashing for tethering?
when I rooted, I did not make any recovery. I had no clue about Knox counter before and still don't know where and how to check Knox counter with my phone.. I have just followed YouTube "safe rooting methods for s3" without much knowledge. How lucky my phone is not a brick now!!
1. Any of the Custom AOSP Roms will have tether built in. If you want to keep stock Touchwiz, you will have to use some Tether app from Play store.
2. Yes and no. You first flash custom Recovery with Odin. Same process except different file. Then you flash custom roms (which are in zip format) via the custom Recovery. A custom Recovery is TWRP, CWM or Philz Touch.
3. Usually yes after the custom rom is up and running. Just a few click to turn it on or customize to your preferences. No Rocket science there.
Knox Counter or Warranty Bit is displayed when you put the phone in download mode. If its zero that means its not set. If its 1 then you tripped it.
Is there any Tmobile based TW ROM that has HALO? If not, is there a good add on or app for notifications? Halo was one of the things I really liked about AICP. It seems possible, as Slimbean says it doesn't include HALO by choice.
It seems that all the ASOP ROMs are KitKat. Since KitKat is on the way to Tmobile S3 at some point. When that happens, will it allow ASOP type ROMS with Wifi, or am I mixing up several concepts?
HALO is a feature introduced by AOKP Developer community. Hence it is found only in Roms that are based on that code base such as PAC MAN. Other ROMs particularly Stock touchwiz will never the feature as is. Samsung did introduce something similar called floating Notifications that some liked but most did not. They base on Google's code so the AOKP code will never make it into Samsung Stock. However, I do recall there was bounty on Verizon's forum for bringing HALO to Touchwiz. Don't know what happened to it. I don't use touchwiz.
Speaking of all these terms, you indeed are mixing quiet a few things. AOSP Roms, based either on Google's code or CM's code will never use anything from the AOKP fork. This is by design. If you want to know why, you will have to understand the difference between AOSP and AOKP. Google is your friend.
I recall Liquidsmooth at one point in the 4.3 code had introduced HALO. Don't know if it continued or not. I do know, with the significant code changes to Kitkat, these prior features are not working and the developers are working to port them over. Its a matter of time. Speaking of which, all Custom Roms do have a 4.3 variant. Its just that users want the latest and greatest so you won't see much discussion of the 4.3 now. But it sure does exist.
After you accept Stock Kitkat update, I am sure you can continue to flash custom Kitkat Roms. Who knows, they might have moved to Key Lime Pie by then. But I don't think I understood the question. Are you referring to the Tether or WiFi hotspot ?
I was referring to wifi caling. That is a make or break feature for me. I found a few ROMs that were head and shoulders above TW (FOR ME), but because of lots of steel and concrete structures in my AO I really need wifi calling. I looked into multiboot, but I would have to toggle back and forth too much to make it work.
Wi Fi calling can and only will work with Samsung's Stock Touchwiz. So since that's critical to you, I'd suggest sticking with the stock Rom and Root it if needed. Once Rooted you can remove the bloat to make it more viable. You can also use the KT747 Kernel for Touchwiz. That will allow you to get better battery life.
As to your HALO wish, I guess, you'd have to stick with floating notification and Multi Window features Samsung has. You could try some of the ports of Xposed frameworks. But be cautious to make sure it does not break something else.
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1. Any of the Custom AOSP Roms will have tether built in. If you want to keep stock Touchwiz, you will have to use some Tether app from Play store.
2. Yes and no. You first flash custom Recovery with Odin. Same process except different file. Then you flash custom roms (which are in zip format) via the custom Recovery. A custom Recovery is TWRP, CWM or Philz Touch.
3. Usually yes after the custom rom is up and running. Just a few click to turn it on or customize to your preferences. No Rocket science there.
Knox Counter or Warranty Bit is displayed when you put the phone in download mode. If its zero that means its not set. If its 1 then you tripped it.
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Thank you very much. :good: Really sorry to bother you but more Qs..
1. When you say stock Touchwiz, does that mean the file I flashed for rooting? root66_TMO-L_T999LUVUBNC1.tar.md5
I have also tried many Tether apps found from google store and none of them worked. They just brings me to T-mobile error message.
2. Beyond tethering, I also like to have WIFI calling function although wifi calling is not as important as tethering for me. Benz said StockMOD works for WIFI calling. So, I was thinking about to flash StockMOD for my custom ROM as long as it will also work for tethering... Do you know whether it works for tethering? If so, would you tell me where I can find StockMOD? By the way, is StockMOD a custom ROM?
3. Did I really screw up my phone warranty? Ouch,,, I have just checked the message on download mode of my phone. It says following:
product name: sgh-t999L
custom binary download: no
current binary:Samsung Official
System Status: custom
DualDomm Secure Boot: enable
Warranty Bit: 1
Bootloader AP Swrev: 1
Any unusual status you notice beyond warranty Bit? Is this saying my phone is rooted? Frankly, I am still not confident to say my phone is rooted.. AGain, thank you very much for your help.:good::good:
Touchwiz is the name of samsungs launcher and modifications they made on top of Android. So whem you see stock, tw, or touchwiz its referring to the official firmware from samsung. Touchwiz based, tmobile roms are the only ones with wifi calling.
The warranty bit is tripped. No way around this if you plan to flash anything anymore. But yes, your warranty is now void im afraid...
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Hi guys, I just came from ATT to tmobile. I have hotspot service with T mobile, However it doesnt work on my unlocked rooted ATT samsung S4 with MK2 on stock 4.3 rom. Is there anyway I can get this work? any helps will be really appreciated!
Flash Wicked v10 followed by loki-doki.zip ... Other Tmobile based roms will work with hotspot also.
blek42 said:
Flash Wicked v10 followed by loki-doki.zip ... Other Tmobile based roms will work with hotspot also.
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Is there anyway I can stay on stock rom? or maybe with t mobile stock rom?
Wicked v10 has stock ROM options. I'm sure there is a very close to stock ROM out there that will serve your needs. Wicked v10 installer allows you to flash all the Tmobile stuff you want. If you want to solve your problem, flash it. Otherwise, search the forums for yourself. Go to here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2295557 and look for the Tmobile 4.3 or 4.4 ROM that suits you. Just don't forget to flash loki-doki.zip after you flash the ROM. Happy hunting...