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So I got the update on the leading edge. Still no VVM under phones on ATT. Called and they say the phone doesn't support it... Of course none of them even know anything about the phone or that there was an update today.
Should we all call in and make them think about this?
I think ATT only supports VVM on the iphone. I don't think it's even on android phones. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong.
They support iPhones and... Get this RIM Blackberries!
What is their issue?
if they do it for us it will cost us
I wish they had it, I have to use youmail and gv, youmail for visual vm and gv for transcription. Wish I had an all in one.
I used those products in the past and it kept getting out of sync, so I just gave up. How simple could it be for ATT to just "flip a switch".
teched said:
So I got the update on the leading edge. Still no VVM under phones on ATT. Called and they say the phone doesn't support it... Of course none of them even know anything about the phone or that there was an update today.
Should we all call in and make them think about this?
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Care to comment on how you got the AT&T official Mango RTM?
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Care to comment on how you got the AT&T official Mango RTM?
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I got the update today on my samsung focus. Just connect to zune, select check for update and voila.
Mango Update
I have the old version of Windows software in my samsung focus,, do they new mango update keeps the apps and pictures???
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I have the old version of Windows software in my samsung focus,, do they new mango update keeps the apps and pictures???
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YES, everything is retained.
blahism said:
I got the update today on my samsung focus. Just connect to zune, select check for update and voila.
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I did that and now have the RTM. However how do we know this is the AT&T matched firmware with the Focus? Since that hasn't been released yet according to the wheresmyphoneupdate website.
Also would you mind running a test on your focus? Download the application called "Bandwidth" and run a 3G test. Let me know your best results. I'm getting terrible results even with the new RTM and Samsung update package.
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I did that and now have the RTM. However how do we know this is the AT&T matched firmware with the Focus? Since that hasn't been released yet according to the wheresmyphoneupdate website.
Also would you mind running a test on your focus? Download the application called "Bandwidth" and run a 3G test. Let me know your best results. I'm getting terrible results even with the new RTM and Samsung update package.
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Programs which relied on Samsung specific drivers are updated and working (compass, etc), which shows this is a carrier ROM. Also, the phone update website has been updated since 10 AM PST to show that the updates are being delivered - I updated at 10:15 AM PST.
Also, sooo many variables affect bandwidth that that isn't a very definitive test on how the update is. Especially with the new network ATT is putting in place.
Please wait for a chat representative to respond.
Welcome to AT&T Chat. My name is 'Kathy Williams' and I’ll be happy to assist you today.
Kathy Williams: I apologize that you are having problems with your Visual Voicemail, Mr.
Kathy Williams: I will be happy to assist you.
: thank you
: I looked everything up on how to set it up but for some reason it is not showing up in settings
: i was informed that I need to have ATT do somethign on their side to "turn on" VVM
Kathy Williams: Please allow me one moment to pull up your account.
Kathy Williams: Did this new update include Visual Voicemail for your phone?
: yes
: All windows phones were updated today and the update includes VVM
: all i need is the "switch" or whatever turned on so that my service allows access to it
Kathy Williams: I apologize but we do not show Visual Voicemail available on your phone at this time.
Kathy Williams: I do not show that we are supporting that feature on this phone yet.
: do you show the Samsung Focus S in your system yet?
Kathy Williams: Yes sir. It has been in our system for awhile.
: does that phone support VVM?
Kathy Williams: No sir.
: ok...
: ATT states they are the premier carrier for windows phones but doesnt offer visual voice mail yet?
: is there any way to find out if they ever will?
Kathy Williams: No on that phone yet. We only have it on the iPhone and Blackberry at this time.
Kathy Williams: I am sure we will offer it. However it is not available right now.
: and there is no way to find out if or when though?
Kathy Williams: We do not have any information at this time, Mr.
WTF!!!
Tom Warren with PC Mag reported on twitter a while ago that hes hearing from sources that AT&T will offer VVM for our phones within the next 30 days, lets hope that is the case!
Anyone that forced Mango today on ATT just got the same RTM Mango version that has been available for awhile with a manual install. You may have got a firmware update from Samsung that enabled the Compass, but you didn't get the ATT Carrier customized Mango yet.
Once you get that if it doesnt have VVM and Mobile Hotspots then feel free to complain.
Um, im on at&t and got it legitly and i dont have vvm yet. at&t is not supporting it yet...
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Anyone that forced Mango today on ATT just got the same RTM Mango version that has been available for awhile with a manual install. You may have got a firmware update from Samsung that enabled the Compass, but you didn't get the ATT Carrier customized Mango yet.
Once you get that if it doesnt have VVM and Mobile Hotspots then feel free to complain.
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I forced and my firmware is AT&T (as labeled LG-C900AT) and there's no VVM option.
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I don't know how many times it has to be said. AT&T does not currently support Visual Voicemail on Windows Phone 7 or Android, only on iPhone and BlackBerry. It will take upgrades on their back end before we see Visual Voicemail.
Hi all,
I've got a few quick questions that I was not able to find the direct answer to in other threads.
1) I'm using an unlocked international HOX on AT&T. I'm on firmware version 1.5 and am unable to get the phone to update. Do I have to do something out of the norm for the phone to see an update?
2) I saw the answer the other thread about Google Wallet being disabled in the States. Is there an APK or something I can load that will allow google wallet to work?
I'm coming from an Iphone 4S and this phone rocks!
Thanks for the help guys!
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Hi all,
I've got a few quick questions that I was not able to find the direct answer to in other threads.
1) I'm using an unlocked international HOX on AT&T. I'm on firmware version 1.5 and am unable to get the phone to update. Do I have to do something out of the norm for the phone to see an update?
2) I saw the answer the other thread about Google Wallet being disabled in the States. Is there an APK or something I can load that will allow google wallet to work?
I'm coming from an Iphone 4S and this phone rocks!
Thanks for the help guys!
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1. No, updates are pushed out in batches so your batch must not have received it yet.
2. If you have Google Wallet it will work just fine, it does on the Nexus.
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joshnichols189 said:
1. No, updates are pushed out in batches so your batch must not have received it yet.
2. If you have Google Wallet it will work just fine, it does on the Nexus.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium
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As stated in the other threads, I'm able to download Google Wallet but it says that it is not available in my region (SE United States). I'm wondering why the Nexus and other phones are able to use Wallet on AT&T but the international/unlocked version of the One X isen't.. Strange..
In regards to the update, has anyone in the US been able to upgrade past 1.5?
Thanks all!
brashebb said:
As stated in the other threads, I'm able to download Google Wallet but it says that it is not available in my region (SE United States). I'm wondering why the Nexus and other phones are able to use Wallet on AT&T but the international/unlocked version of the One X isen't.. Strange..
In regards to the update, has anyone in the US been able to upgrade past 1.5?
Thanks all!
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Same thing with me and Google Wallet.
It says not available or certified in my country. (USA)
Anyone got it working in the US?
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I'm on firmware version 1.5 and am unable to get the phone to update.
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The shipping version was 1.26 and the current version is 1.28. The earliest version is 1.20. Are you sure you're on 1.5?
http://www.filefactory.com/f/7cc7b2fbdd03c031/
Is there an APK or something I can load that will allow google wallet to work?
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Yes. Do a Google search as that's how people got it working on the VZW GN early on. A word of caution. Using the hack leaves all of your GW data open to any apps you have running on your phone. I want GW but, IMHO, it's not worth the risk.
just tried to download. installs, but won't open - not yet certified on device/carrier. i'm on at&t prepaid. wonder if anything will change once at&t lte is widely sold? not a biggie for me personally, but something to think about when it comes down to deciding on which version of the one x to purchase.
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just tried to download. installs, but won't open - not yet certified on device/carrier. i'm on at&t prepaid. wonder if anything will change once at&t lte is widely sold? not a biggie for me personally, but something to think about when it comes down to deciding on which version of the one x to purchase.
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Really, how are you speeds on At&T prepaid?
Are you on the $50 unlimited dumbphone plan?
Can you send and receive MMS?
Thank you.
methodz said:
Really, how are you speeds on At&T prepaid?
Are you on the $50 unlimited dumbphone plan?
Can you send and receive MMS?
Thank you.
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i am too much of a noob at this to have truly useful info. i'm in hawaii. i bought a micro-sim off amazon and signed up for the minimal $2/day when used unlimited talk/text plan plus a small data package, because i don't talk/text very much and i'm usually at home, where i have my own wi-fi set up. so having at&t is a fallback for when i'm out and about. that being said, phone calls are clear. checking email and, for example, pulse news service via at&t has been excellent. the one x is notably faster than my acer tablet. haven't tried mms, but i think it should work pretty well; email with a downloaded file that had been pdf'd whizzed through to my laptop, as did a screen cut of photos using dolphin, though that was off home wi-fi. don't see why at&t wouldn't work as well. what i'm waiting for now is to find out if i can get a good bluetooth headset to work (voice commands and all). if so, i may move to another plan so i can use the phone more extensively and downgrade my landline service to the absolute minimum.
All right. Sent a couple of photos via mms from my net10 phone to the one x w/ home wi-fi off. Net10 is running off Sprint in Hawaii. No problemo. Everything came through fine - and quickly.
Looks to me like the big issue for some of the non-techies like me who aren't about to fumble with rooting might be accessing U.S. only apps. Hoping that won't apply to bluetooth headset usability too.
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BarryH_GEG said:
The shipping version was 1.26 and the current version is 1.28. The earliest version is 1.20. Are you sure you're on 1.5?
http://www.filefactory.com/f/7cc7b2fbdd03c031/
Yes. Do a Google search as that's how people got it working on the VZW GN early on. A word of caution. Using the hack leaves all of your GW data open to any apps you have running on your phone. I want GW but, IMHO, it's not worth the risk.
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Thanks for the heads up. I got my One X directly from a contact at HTC and it has been in a closet for a while I think... I have firmware 1.15.401.1. Should I include a screenshot or am I on some beta ish? It still won't let me manually update.
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Thanks for the heads up. I got my One X directly from a contact at HTC and it has been in a closet for a while I think... I have firmware 1.15.401.1. Should I include a screenshot or am I on some beta ish? It still won't let me manually update.
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Kinda makes me wonder what bootloader you have on your device.
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Kinda makes me wonder what bootloader you have on your device.
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Let me know how to find out and I'll let you know. My build number is also 1.15.XXX.
methodz said:
Really, how are you speeds on At&T prepaid?
Are you on the $50 unlimited dumbphone plan?
Can you send and receive MMS?
Thank you.
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I have an international GSII on the $50 unlimited Go Phone plan.. yes I can send/receive MMS. I plan on cutting my sim down for my One X when I get it
joshnichols189 said:
I have an international GSII on the $50 unlimited Go Phone plan.. yes I can send/receive MMS. I plan on cutting my sim down for my One X when I get it
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Uhh..I want that too . Any way to do it w/o losing your number?
brashebb said:
Uhh..I want that too . Any way to do it w/o losing your number?
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I don't know, I was on T-Mobile prepaid but switched to Go Phone for the sgsii/hox but I know for T-Mobile you couldn't pick your number for prepaid.. I would assume the same for Go phone
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i updated the other thread re non-availability of certain apps on non-us htc one x, but for those on at&t like me with unrooted phones, i will add the info here as well. i managed to download google voice on my one x (at&t prepaid) by using dolphin hd browser to google search "google voice." when the results page came up, i clicked the link that took me to the play store and downloaded. the app opened and seems to be working fine. i was unable to download it by going to the play store directly, so the browser may add some kind of filter which makes this possible?
i can't be totally sure that all google voice options will work, because i chose to install the "lite" version - i only wanted my voicemail kicked back to my phone to avoid having to use the phone to check voicemail. (i'm on the $2/day unlimited text/talk plan and if i have to use the phone only to check a random voicemail, i'm throwing my money away.) called my one x from my landline phone and a still-in-use net10 phone and left messages. seems to work. i used my gmail account as the voicemail recipient. no google phone number.
additional info for anyone planning to use a sophisticated bluetooth headset like blueant q2. i purchased one that was at&t branded. does not function completely. the most critical features - voice commands, voice dialing - are not supported in ics, so while the blueant will pair and one could presumably answer an incoming call, the other key features are unavailable. this appears to be a function of ics and not of at&t, though i assume at&t could tweak its own branded htc one x's to overcome that? i have a jawbone era coming in maybe next week and plan to purchase one of the apps available in the play store to test both headsets at the same time. the app's developer told me he has been trying to get his app to work smoothly with ics. it already handles the blueant in other versions of android.
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i managed to download google voice on my one x (at&t prepaid)
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It must be unique to pre-paid accounts. It showed up in the market for me (post paid) and installed without issue.
additional info for anyone planning to use a sophisticated bluetooth headset like blueant q2. i purchased one that was at&t branded. does not function completely. the most critical features - voice commands, voice dialing - are not supported in ics.
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I'm using a Q2 also. The problem isn't ICS; it's HTC. They left "voice dialer" out of thier ROM. I found APK's from other ICS devices but they don't work. Either a dev has to create one or HTC has to include one for native voice dialing to work. In the meantime I'm using Vlingo. When you use the "in car" mode the phone listens for commands over BT after you say "hey, Vlingo." You can also dictate texts and have incoming texts read back. When you activate it on the Q2 by saying "phone command," it starts up and is listening even though the Q2 says "feature not available." It's not too battery friendly though. Not perfect, but workable.
thanks for the info. is your phone rooted?
everything i found on the net elsewhere says it's android that is the problem re voice dialing - that development was dropped even before ics. does vlingo support announcing incoming caller id on the q2? and follow through on the answer/ignore response? (really, for someone who doesn't use the call function much, i am being very picky. but sophisticated means it should do all things well.)
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thanks for the info. is your phone rooted?
everything i found on the net elsewhere says it's android that is the problem re voice dialing - that development was dropped even before ics. does vlingo support announcing incoming caller id on the q2? and follow through on the answer/ignore response? (really, for someone who doesn't use the call function much, i am being very picky. but sophisticated means it should do all things well.)
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I'm stock. Vlingo lite is free in the Market so play around with it.
mine will hopefully be here Fri, Mon, or Tue. i didn't think to try to get on a free phone's plan, so i'm getting robbed every month paying $70 (7% student discount wow thanks) for 2 GB, 450 mins (over 400 of which i don't use), and zero text. as soon as i can, i'm switching to Red Pocket. i also thought there was some way ATT was catching people with smartphones on gophone cards and turning their data off or something, to force them to come in and get the 4G sim and pay more. if not, good deal. i stay on wifi, but if i'm out and need data and it's too slow, then i won't be happy.
I have metropcs running off tmobile. My previous nexus 6p used built in visual voicemail no problems. How do I use visual voicemail app built into the galaxy s9? thanks.
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So are you saying its not pre-installed on your s9?
vinnievegas said:
So are you saying its not pre-installed on your s9?
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Exactly, only plain old Vanilla voicemail shows up
Can't you install it from the play store?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.metropcs.service.vvm
vinnievegas said:
Can't you install it from the play store?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.metropcs.service.vvm
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Im asking about the built in visual voicemail on the phone.
drago10029 said:
Im asking about the built in visual voicemail on the phone.
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Go to the dialer screen and press the voicemail icon and it will take you to the built in visual voicemail.
truckerdewd said:
Go to the dialer screen and press the voicemail icon and it will take you to the.uilt.in visual voicemail.
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which variant of the galaxy s9 do you have?
drago10029 said:
which variant of the galaxy s9 do you have?
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T-Mobile
truckerdewd said:
T-Mobile
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I'm using a unlocked s9 on metropcs. Maybe visual voicemail is a carrier feature. I can see it is on the phone with my trickery
drago10029 said:
I'm using a unlocked s9 on metropcs. Maybe visual voicemail is a carrier feature. I can see it is on the phone with my trickery
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MetroPCS does have their own visual voicemail app in the store, have you tried the app?
Tel864 said:
MetroPCS does have their own visual voicemail app in the store, have you tried the app?
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Yea iknow about it but i want to use the Samsung VVM app. So i im trying to get into on how to make it happen ?
MetroPCS used to charge 5 bucks for that, is it free now? Possible all you need to do would be call them and have them push out a cfg file.
EDIT: I just realized that it's not showing on my phone. All I had to do was call Consumer Cellular and they enabled it on my phone. I was told that they enable it by customer request because many customers like myself just swap sims without calling in and they don't know if the customers phone supports it.
After doing some research it looks like the visual voicemail on the S9 has major problems. Many people are talking about this on the Samsung Forums. I downloaded the AT&T app and it works well though. I get a pop-up when a voicemail is available and it works seamlessly.
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MetroPCS used to charge 5 bucks for that, is it free now? Possible all you need to do would be call them and have them push out a cfg file.
EDIT: I just realized that it's not showing on my phone. All I had to do was call Consumer Cellular and they enabled it on my phone. I was told that they enable it by customer request because many customers like myself just swap sims without calling in and they don't know if the customers phone supports it.
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it's possible but about the cfg. i know thats the case with the iphone.
But to correcty you on the SIM, they marry sim to the IMEI so you have to call in order to swap.
drago10029 said:
it's possible but about the cfg. i know thats the case with the iphone.
But to correcty you on the SIM, they marry sim to the IMEI so you have to call in order to swap.
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You may have to call to swap on MetroPCS but I don't. I called and got it enabled but like all those folks in Samsung Forums, it's not available in my dialer but the AT&T app works perfectly.
Tel864 said:
You may have to call to swap on MetroPCS but I don't. I called and got it enabled but like all those folks in Samsung Forums, it's not available in my dialer but the AT&T app works perfectly.
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I called metro and just told them it wasn't working. VVM. they didn't fix and actually after 10 minutes of being on hold the customer rep hung up on me
I used nova launcher to look at someone of the hidden/dormant apps and such so i know it exists. maybe this is something that would take some grunt work to unlock on our devices lol
drago10029 said:
I called metro and just told them it wasn't working. VVM. they didn't fix and actually after 10 minutes of being on hold the customer rep hung up on me
I used nova launcher to look at someone of the hidden/dormant apps and such so i know it exists. maybe this is something that would take some grunt work to unlock on our devices lol
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I guess I'm lucky the app works because that is my only option. Apparently if you purchas an unlocked phone to bypass some of the carrier junk you also don't get some of the carrier features. Samsung has this to say about unlocked phones and visual voicemail in particular.
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Thank you for contacting Samsung Technical Support.
We understand that you want to know why Visual Voicemail is not available in the phone. We will provide you with available information.
We are unable to speculate which model phone you are referring to.
If you are referring to latest Samsung US model unlocked version phones, the Visual Voicemail option will not available in the unlocked phones.
If carrier provides Visual Voicemail services for unlocked phones you can use them in the unlocked version phone.
As you are referring to AT&T carrier you cannot use the Visual Voicemail service in the phone as the AT&T will not provide Visual Voicemail for unlocked phones.
Carriers like Sprint and T-Mobile provide Visual Voicemail for the unlocked phones.
We cannot include Visual Voicemail feature in the phone.
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I guess I'm lucky the app works because that is my only option. Apparently if you purchas an unlocked phone to bypass some of the carrier junk you also don't get some of the carrier features. Samsung has this to say about unlocked phones and visual voicemail in particular.
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Thank you for contacting Samsung Technical Support.
We understand that you want to know why Visual Voicemail is not available in the phone. We will provide you with available information.
We are unable to speculate which model phone you are referring to.
If you are referring to latest Samsung US model unlocked version phones, the Visual Voicemail option will not available in the unlocked phones.
If carrier provides Visual Voicemail services for unlocked phones you can use them in the unlocked version phone.
As you are referring to AT&T carrier you cannot use the Visual Voicemail service in the phone as the AT&T will not provide Visual Voicemail for unlocked phones.
Carriers like Sprint and T-Mobile provide Visual Voicemail for the unlocked phones.
We cannot include Visual Voicemail feature in the phone.
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It should work according to that
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It should work according to that
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It possibly should for you. Actually I'm glad I'm not forced to use Samsung's dialer. I like the Google dialer much better and since AT&T isn't going to let me have VV on the default dialer, I can use the AT&T app along with the dialer I like.
I got my Pixel 3 XL today - UK release day - and I am sure like many other was disappointed to see call screening restricted to the US.
It doesn’t make any sense as we speak the same language and I am prepared to change the settings to get it to work.
So I changed the language to US, I changed my Google account location - but nothing still no call screening option.
Anyone have any ideas? Thanks.
Spinstorm said:
I got my Pixel 3 XL today - UK release day - and I am sure like many other was disappointed to see call screening restricted to the US.
It doesn’t make any sense as we speak the same language and I am prepared to change the settings to get it to work.
So I changed the language to US, I changed my Google account location - but nothing still no call screening option.
Anyone have any ideas? Thanks.
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It's a server side feature, has nothing to do with settings. From what I have read- it will be coming to the UK eventually.
So one of the main features I bought the phone for is restricted to the US which they didn't even make clear to us. nice.
I wonder if there are some GDPR issues. Google is monitoring the call, transmitting it to this servers...it warns you the call is being recorded.
Still, they should have been clear on availability.
Nothing is transmitted to their servers, it's all done locally on the device. I imagine the feature will roll out to us in an update, like the night mode on the camera.
Very disappointed to see both features not present in the UK from day one, considering they're two main selling points of the phone. Pisser.
Elicx said:
So one of the main features I bought the phone for is restricted to the US which they didn't even make clear to us. nice.
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They made it perfectly clear, announced at the keynote: https://youtu.be/EsoQGTA1SxY
Posted on their blog on 10/9:
First, starting out in English in the U.S., Pixel 3’s on-device AI helps you screen phone calls and avoid spam calls. Imagine you’re at dinner with family or in a meeting at work and a call from an unknown caller comes in.
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https://www.blog.google/products/pixel/google-pixel-3/
So on, and so forth.
uicnren said:
They made it perfectly clear, announced at the keynote: https://youtu.be/EsoQGTA1SxY
Posted on their blog on 10/9:
https://www.blog.google/products/pixel/google-pixel-3/
So on, and so forth.
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Welp, I must be both death and blind. Apologies for my idiocy there. Thanks.
It is an on phone feature so surely there must be a string or something like with night sight to enable it... maybe someone can make a modded phone app?
I really want to use this rather than wait an inderterminate period of time for it to be released in the UK.
Interestingly I put a Project Fi SIM in my Pixel 3XL and the call screen option appeared but then when I want to try it it was gone... even with a Fi SIM and a US phone number....
Someone in Reddit claims to have activated it in India (on a rooted 2xl)...
So hopefully only a matter of time. (I'm waiting for it in Aus)
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I was also really disappointed as they had never mentioned this in their marketing messages. Then I found this https://www.tpsonline.org.uk/tps/whatistps.html
Apparently, this is a legitimate solution for filtering nuisance calls.
No point in waiting until Google make this available in the UK.
Spinstorm said:
It is an on phone feature so surely there must be a string or something like with night sight to enable it... maybe someone can make a modded phone app?
I really want to use this rather than wait an inderterminate period of time for it to be released in the UK.
Interestingly I put a Project Fi SIM in my Pixel 3XL and the call screen option appeared but then when I want to try it it was gone... even with a Fi SIM and a US phone number....
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I'm in the U.S. but I got it working on my P2XL, including transcripts about a month ago using this mod , but this requires root. Then I bought a P3XL and was irritated that transcripts hadn't rolled out officially even though I had been using them on the P2XL for quite a while. So I opened up the .xml file in the P3XL and the same flags were there. I only changed 2 flags to true and boom, transcripts were working. This is very easy to do and easily reversible (especially when you save a copy of the original xml file). When reading the mod OP, note there are locale based flags to avoid the U.S. location check and I think it's worth a shot if you are rooted. Give it a go and report back if it is working for you. Here are the strings I am referring to:
Code:
<boolean name="__data_rollout__SpeakEasy.OverrideUSLocaleCheckRollout__launched__" value="false" />
<boolean name="G__speak_easy_bypass_locale_check" value="false" />
Follow the below post and it works irrespective of where you are. (It needs root though)
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-2-xl/themes/root-enable-call-screening-pixel-t3861350
yokuoh said:
Nothing is transmitted to their servers, it's all done locally on the device. I imagine the feature will roll out to us in an update, like the night mode on the camera.
Very disappointed to see both features not present in the UK from day one, considering they're two main selling points of the phone. Pisser.
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And you believe them? Google cannot be trusted. I assumed everyone knew this by now.
Call screening is an awful feature and if you use it to filter spam or robocalls in the UK you will end up getting even more as answering a robo call will simply tell the spammers that you are active and they will bombard you.
Jonathan-H said:
And you believe them? Google cannot be trusted. I assumed everyone knew this by now.
Call screening is an awful feature and if you use it to filter spam or robocalls in the UK you will end up getting even more as answering a robo call will simply tell the spammers that you are active and they will bombard you.
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Wow. CS is the best thing ever, and I very much enjoy using it. It works very well on non-spam calls as well when you just cannot take the call or it's a reminder from your doctor, pharmacy, etc. Google already screens out the majority of spam calls (they are marked spam) and makes it easy to block these and any other repeat callers. Yeah, it's still whack a mole but now you don't even need to pick up the phone. As for the UK users, you can try the mod if rooted. Otherwise know it will be there "soon".
I have a Singapore variant of the tab S4 it makes and receives calls just fine over 3G but wont make them over LTE is VoLTE even possible on this? I travel the country and have ran into a few instances where I have LTE coverage but not 3G
It looks bad
Samsung has disabled VoLTE in every tablet that supports it, tab s3, s4, s6 and s7. It won't comment on this. I suggest contacting Samsung and asking for an update to address this issue. I understand there is a complex hack to accomplish this, but it involves editing a binary file.
If Samsung won't do it, maybe the carrier firmware can enable VoLTE?
AT&T says its Tab S4 variant will continue to work after their 3G shutdown.
Tab S4 (SM-T837A) is listed in their compatible devices:
https://www.att.com/idpassets/images/support/wireless/Devices-Working-on-ATT-Network.pdf
Maybe this means VoLTE is enabled for calling? Or they might mean it will keep working but only for data LTE.
There is no carrier tab s4 that will work for calls, and I don't think sms either! The carriers have a system in which you can have data/talk/text on a samsung Tab 3,4,5,6,7,8 if you also have a samsung phone.
Samsung also has a setting you can enable to make calls on your tablet if you also have a phone, if both devices are logged into your Samsung account. No security flaw there! Not sure if the phone must be Samsung too, but it would seem so!
I'm not going to say what I think about a manufacturer going out of its way to reverse a setting, intentionally crippling its flagship products, so customers need to purchase more stuff to obtain the expected functionality!
I did write to the CEO of Samsung Electronics, Co., Ltd.. I asked for a firmware update to enable VoLTE in the Tab S series beginning with the S3.
Earlier Tab S don't have compatible hardware. If you clear your browser data, so no one can tell you're a hacker, and google 'Samsung investor relations', you can find his name and address.
I'm not going to dox him here. But if anyone wants to write him, please be very civil, clean, upright, and simply ask for an update, followed by, "I only ask for Samsung to live up to its reputation! I think my request is more than reasonable! Thank you for taking your valuable time to read my message. Best Regards, name"
Don't use spinglish--words and phrases that mean one thing implied to mean something else. And example in reverse is when Dell dubbed one of its laptops exploding into flames, 'a thermal event'!
Just be direct, brief, polite and honest.
Samsung chat says:
Hi, thank you for contacting Samsung Care. I’m D-- ....
... It will be updated in coming update. You will receive a notification on your tablet once it got updated.
8:36 PM When do you think the update will be?
8:37 PM Profile SEA Digital Messaging We don't have the exact information. Hope it will update will release in couple of weeks.
8:38 PM This is due to the 3G shutdown? That will work then, with the update I'll be able to download a phone app from the app store?
Thank you
8:38 PM Profile SEA Digital Messaging It is not about the 3G shutdown, the feature is not available on the tablet. Carrier have not permitted to use this feature on Samsung tablet. You can use caling feature on third party applications like WhatsApp ETC.
8:41 PM ok yes. Then I will wait for the update. Is this official it will be updated?
the tablet will be updated to download a phone app?
8:42 PM Profile SEA Digital Messaging Yes it will be official once the Update released you will get notification on your screen.
Once you get the Update it will update automatically to make the calls.
8:44 PM ok thank you D
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So maybe it'll be soon I'm hoping to use VoLTE for my tablet soon. Otherwise Singapore firmware might allow VoLTE calls currently? Why is that? I can't download or install or side-load any phone app currently.
edit update: I flashed to t-mobile using odin and that lets me send and receive texts just fine using messenger app. I use tello so I can place outbound calls over wifi too, so I can just use google voice for any other phone call inbound. I've heard other versions outside usa might be able to place calls though?? Suppose we'll get an update here soon anyway hopefully.
-Cat_F
There will be convoluted ways to get data/talk/text on the Tab S models without adding VoLTE compatibility.
awesome14 said:
There will be convoluted ways to get data/talk/text on the Tab S models without adding VoLTE compatibility.
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Cat_F said:
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Like calling on other devices, if both a phone and tablet are logged in to your Samsung account, you can use your tablet for Data/talk/txt, because it's actually using the phone.