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International HOX on AT&T

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!

brashebb said:
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.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium

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?

brashebb said:
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.

1earful said:
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.
Sent from my HTC One X using XDA

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.

brashebb said:
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.

Bxsteez said:
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.

1earful said:
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.)

1earful said:
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.

S7 Active for use outside the US (WiFi Calling and Software Updates?)

Hey folks,
I bought an S7 Active from eBay and I'm using it in Ireland. Everything is working fine that I need, but my carrier recently introduced WiFi Calling and upon trying to set it up from the setting menu where it reads
"wifi calling lets you make and receive calls over wifi with your at&t accoumt. when you use wifi calling, information about the country where the wifi connection is made will be sent to your carrier. Learn more about wifi calling (link).
GET STARTED"
I get the following error:
"Wifi Calling activation not successful, try again later"
I rang support for my carrier and they think it's something to do with the handset. They support the S7 and the S7 Edge but as the S7 Active is an AT&T exclusive and appears to have custom AT&T software, it seems like it might be trying to connect to AT&T and it can't?
Also, when I check for software updates, it says AT&T Software Update at the top of the screen, now this doesn't give any errors and it says software up to date, so I'm not sure if this is correct or if there's new software out that it can't connect to update?
Is there any way around this? I know maybe it's possible to ROOT and install a new ROM, but I'd rather avoid that hassle..
Any feedback would be great

I am in the same situation. S7 Active unlocked from EBAY, and using it in Czech Republic with Vodafone sim. Is here chance to get OTA Nougat update?

I'm using one in Canada and flashed the updates described in another thread in this phone's forum. They will reset your phone to factory, but you will have 7.0 nougat and security patches into April, 2017. I doubt any kind of OTA will be forthcoming unless you have an ATT SIM, but I'm not an expert in this at all. I plan on keeping good backups and flashing the updates as they become available. Aside from that, it's a great phone. If they make the s8 active global, then I'll look into getting one some time down the road.

Thanks for the replies. Does the S8 have an active version? I hadn't heard anything on it yet?
so when you flash nougat 7, does it completely wipe and install a new ROM on your phone, or it just updates the AT&T rom, so even with the update, you're still bound to the AT&T settings for updates/wifi calling etc?

Yes, it wipes out the phone completely, you'll have to set it up again. Everything else is same, such as AT&T bloats, wifi calling etc.

Ok thanks for letting me know. So no point I guess if it doesn't solve the issue

I live in Czech Republic. In situation, when I will buy prepaid sim card from AT T, and I will use it in my unlocked S7 Active, it is possible to get OTA Nougat update?

That's not a bad idea, would possibly work for the OTA update, but maybe not if it's not actually connected to AT&T?
It wouldn't work for the wifi calling though I'm sure?

faronium said:
I'm using one in Canada and flashed the updates described in another thread in this phone's forum. They will reset your phone to factory, but you will have 7.0 nougat and security patches into April, 2017. I doubt any kind of OTA will be forthcoming unless you have an ATT SIM, but I'm not an expert in this at all. I plan on keeping good backups and flashing the updates as they become available. Aside from that, it's a great phone. If they make the s8 active global, then I'll look into getting one some time down the road.
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I'm in Edmonton AB, Yes, there will be nothing for updates or WiFi calling if you are not on the ATT network with their SIM.
Which ROM did you update to, the QD4, or past it?

Keep it rolling
I'd love to know more about using the S7 Active internationally from anyone who has been down that road already. In the UK and considering getting one from Ebay but I would immediately want to update it to Nougat and I'm unsure if this will be possible? I have a Mac laptop in the house and would hope to use that to apply any upgrades. Really appreciate any info you guys have!

mmmbient said:
I'd love to know more about using the S7 Active internationally from anyone who has been down that road already. In the UK and considering getting one from Ebay but I would immediately want to update it to Nougat and I'm unsure if this will be possible? I have a Mac laptop in the house and would hope to use that to apply any upgrades. Really appreciate any info you guys have!
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ODIN is only available for Windows (Vista/7/8/10). You will have to run Wine for just the Odin program or Boot Camp for the full Windows OS in a partition.
Wine is the easiest solution, start there and install the program, USB drivers.

UnableToResetOldProfile said:
ODIN is only available for Windows (Vista/7/8/10). You will have to run Wine for just the Odin program or Boot Camp for the full Windows OS in a partition.
Wine is the easiest solution, start there and install the program, USB drivers.
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I to am in the UK and purchased a S7 Active from Ebay. The phone came in a sealed box and worked fine. No AT&T logo at startup or bloatware. However when I rebooted the phone after switching of, an integrity error came up which forced me to wipe/erase the phone. I thought maybe a first time glitch but it did it again and all was lost. Had my old S4 Active so persevered and read info on this post to reflash firmware to QB2 using ODIN. Now note this is the first time i have ever attempted anything like this so complete newbie. However all went well and I now have a phone on Nougat. It reboots without error now. But it is now back to AT&T with logo at Startup and US voice for google navigation etc... Google pay now does work though. I am pleased with my results but would love to have firmware that makes it non AT&T specific for use in the UK, any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

[unsolved] Samsung Visual Voicemail app metropcs

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.

Bumping in progress

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.

Tel864 said:
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.

Tel864 said:
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.

Anyone running Hong Kong (TGY) firmware on their SM-N9750 (vs Taiwan (BRI)?)

I switched to the N9750 from a Galaxy S9+ (SM-G9650) from the same "family" (Hong Kong & Snapdragon) because I was so pleased with many of the firmware customizations present in the S9+, including the Hiya integration in the stock Dialer app. (You know it's there if there is a "Places" tab and if a contact search also searches businesses in your area.)
However, my N9750 sadly did not come with this feature, but I did notice that there is a second region option for this model (namely my beloved Hong Kong!)
Can anyone running the Hong Kong firmware comment on whether Hiya integration is there or not?
TIA!

waqqas.khokhar said:
I switched to the N9750 from a Galaxy S9+ (SM-G9650) from the same "family" (Hong Kong & Snapdragon) because I was so pleased with many of the firmware customizations present in the S9+, including the Hiya integration in the stock Dialer app. (You know it's there if there is a "Places" tab and if a contact search also searches businesses in your area.)
However, my N9750 sadly did not come with this feature, but I did notice that there is a second region option for this model (namely my beloved Hong Kong!)
Can anyone running the Hong Kong firmware comment on whether Hiya integration is there or not?
TIA!
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N9750(BRI) have hiya service

zjhao said:
N9750(BRI) have hiya service
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Really? Can you share a screenshot?

waqqas.khokhar said:
Really? Can you share a screenshot?
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here

zjhao said:
here
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Thank you. I checked my apps list and the Hiya service is not there, which is strange. I'm wondering if it is only installed for certain locales when the phone is initially set up?

Well, I've tried resetting my device to both TGY and BRI firmware (though they both show up the same in "About Phone") and I tried different locales in each, but still no sign of Hiya. I'll just hope that it shows up in a later update. It is even advertised by Samsung as "Smart Call" on their global and Canadian websites.

waqqas.khokhar said:
Well, I've tried resetting my device to both TGY and BRI firmware (though they both show up the same in "About Phone") and I tried different locales in each, but still no sign of Hiya. I'll just hope that it shows up in a later update. It is even advertised by Samsung as "Smart Call" on their global and Canadian websites.
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Out of topic. I also have a BRI N9750, I am wondering how do you manage to reset to TGY. I also do not see Hiya services on my BRI N9750

meowone said:
Out of topic. I also have a BRI N9750, I am wondering how do you manage to reset to TGY. I also do not see Hiya services on my BRI N9750
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I should have used the correct terminology. I did a full reset and then flashed the TGY firmware. The two firmware files (BRI and TGY) were exactly the same size, so it was of little surprise that there was no difference as far as Hiya was concerned.
However, even though Hiya was not in my list of apps, when I searched my entire Settings for it, it did show up in my system apps, as did Smart Call. So both services are there, but they just don't seem to be implemented with the current phone app bundled with these firmware releases.
One thing to note about the TGY firmware (before anyone else takes the plunge) was that my signal bars dropped from 4-5 to just 1. I let the phone be for a good 10 minutes and this did not change. When I flashed back to BRI, the bars started off at 1, but then quickly reverted to 3 then 4. It could have been serendipity, but I can't say for sure...

waqqas.khokhar said:
I should have used the correct terminology. I did a full reset and then flashed the TGY firmware. The two firmware files (BRI and TGY) were exactly the same size, so it was of little surprise that there was no difference as far as Hiya was concerned.
However, even though Hiya was not in my list of apps, when I searched my entire Settings for it, it did show up in my system apps, as did Smart Call. So both services are there, but they just don't seem to be implemented with the current phone app bundled with these firmware releases.
One thing to note about the TGY firmware (before anyone else takes the plunge) was that my signal bars dropped from 4-5 to just 1. I let the phone be for a good 10 minutes and this did not change. When I flashed back to BRI, the bars started off at 1, but then quickly reverted to 3 then 4. It could have been serendipity, but I can't say for sure...
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I see, based on my experience with multi CSC firmware, BRI and TGY firmware are the same with multiple CSC included and it will only switch CSC when the correct sim is inserted. So no matter how many times you flash the firmware, it will stay the same CSC unless you are able to find workarounds.
To answer your question on Hiya, I believe it's also CSC dependent. The services are in the firmware (I have just searched), but it will only be active when the correct CSC is activated. I have been trying to find ways to switch to the TGY CSC to get Places and Smart Octopus but there isn't any working method yet. The Smart Call is advertised as a regional feature (you can find that statement the fine print) and I believe Hiya isn't available in Taiwan. It is available in HK so if the phone has TGY CSC it will might activate Smart Call and Places (since it is advertised in the HK Samsung page)

meowone said:
I see, based on my experience with multi CSC firmware, BRI and TGY firmware are the same with multiple CSC included and it will only switch CSC when the correct sim is inserted. So no matter how many times you flash the firmware, it will stay the same CSC unless you are able to find workarounds.
To answer your question on Hiya, I believe it's also CSC dependent. The services are in the firmware (I have just searched), but it will only be active when the correct CSC is activated. I have been trying to find ways to switch to the TGY CSC to get Places and Smart Octopus but there isn't any working method yet. The Smart Call is advertised as a regional feature (you can find that statement the fine print) and I believe Hiya isn't available in Taiwan. It is available in HK so if the phone has TGY CSC it will might activate Smart Call and Places (since it is advertised in the HK Samsung page)
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I even tried the Samkey method and I got a "This model is NOT supported for CSC Change" error, even though the Samkey website mentioned the SM-N9750 as a supported model. I emailed the dev for clarification.

waqqas.khokhar said:
I even tried the Samkey method and I got a "This model is NOT supported for CSC Change" error, even though the Samkey website mentioned the SM-N9750 as a supported model. I emailed the dev for clarification.
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I went through Samkey as well and got the same results and also email the dev. Looks like the only way is to switch to TGY right now is to get a provisioned hk sim.

meowone said:
I see, based on my experience with multi CSC firmware, BRI and TGY firmware are the same with multiple CSC included and it will only switch CSC when the correct sim is inserted. So no matter how many times you flash the firmware, it will stay the same CSC unless you are able to find workarounds.
To answer your question on Hiya, I believe it's also CSC dependent. The services are in the firmware (I have just searched), but it will only be active when the correct CSC is activated. I have been trying to find ways to switch to the TGY CSC to get Places and Smart Octopus but there isn't any working method yet. The Smart Call is advertised as a regional feature (you can find that statement the fine print) and I believe Hiya isn't available in Taiwan. It is available in HK so if the phone has TGY CSC it will might activate Smart Call and Places (since it is advertised in the HK Samsung page)
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meowone said:
I went through Samkey as well and got the same results and also email the dev. Looks like the only way is to switch to TGY right now is to get a provisioned hk sim.
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So, an inactive SIM won't even do? So much for that idea

waqqas.khokhar said:
So, an inactive SIM won't even do? So much for that idea
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I tried that lol since I got one lying around and it keep asking for provision and it didn't change CSC.

My N9750 (I'm using it on T-Mobile in the US) has Hiya support. Volte and WiFi calling are also working. I'm on the Taiwan (BRI) CSC.

ajsmsg78 said:
My N9750 (I'm using it on T-Mobile in the US) has Hiya support. Volte and WiFi calling are also working. I'm on the Taiwan (BRI) CSC.
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Not to sound like I'm doubting you, but do you have the "Places" tab in your Phone app? Can you share a screenshot? Lastly, did you activate with the same t-mobile USA SIM card?

meowone said:
I tried that lol since I got one lying around and it keep asking for provision and it didn't change CSC.
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SamKey 2.20.2 is out and IT WORKS! Go get 'em!
(I would have posted a screenshot but as per the procedure, my phone is almost blank and I'm still in the process of setting it back up--hopefully for the last time in a while!)

waqqas.khokhar said:
SamKey 2.20.2 is out and IT WORKS! Go get 'em!
(I would have posted a screenshot but as per the procedure, my phone is almost blank and I'm still in the process of setting it back up--hopefully for the last time in a while!)
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Nice, thanks for the headsup. Going to try it after back up.

Does anyone know which CSC on N9750 has the native call recording?
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Abu-khulzat said:
Does anyone know which CSC on N9750 has the native call recording?
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Neither CSC has native call recording.

meowone said:
Neither CSC has native call recording.
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ops I just got mine and was surprised HK version didn't had call recording! so, they removed it completely then!
Anyone has any solution for call recording with acceptable quality?
I think they removed network speed in status bar also completely!

Question Using LTE version in other countries

Hello.
I am living in Norway and I have the opportunity to get the Pixel watch from the UK.
Will it be restricted here so just basic functionality like notifications and health tracking will work, or can I take use of e-sim, and google pay?
Maybe there is a way to spoof it if ever it is restricted?
Thanks in advance!
Update: I got it working with help from @lxrable , all kudos to him!
lxrable said:
Hello! I live in Sweden and i got LTE working on the Pixel Watch. I am using the carrier Telenor.
Ordered a esim from a supported carrier/country. (Vodafone De Pay as you go free esim)
Activated the eSim, and restarted my phone making sure I had connection with the supported carrier.
Launched the Pixel Watch App in my phone.
Went into the eSim/Carrier section and clicked on setting up the connection with the supported carrier.
Changed to the phone settings, and deactivated the temporary eSim and activated my primary eSim
Switched back to the Pixel Watch App, with the request to scan a QR code still active.
Scanned the QR-kod I got for smartwatch at Telenor SE
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I live in Italy and I was able to set it up with a modification.
Mod edit: TG contact removed.

hippos78 said:
I live in Italy and I was able to set it up with a modification.
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Ok. Can you elaborate what you did? And did you get LTE to work?

Hello again. I recieved my LTE Watch today.
When it come to adding E-sim to the watch it only say "set up your mobile service", but there is nothing to click after that. Seems some options should show up under the text. I talked to my provider and they said it should work.
Secondly I added my card succesfully to Google pay, but when I open Google wallet on the watch it says it's not supported in my country. Google pay on wearos should be available in Norway so can this be because of the watch not being sold in Norway?
After tinkering with the watch and the phone, I made Google Pay work by clearing data on wallet app on watch. (I did try it before, but didn't do anything then)

Has anybody been able to setup the esim in an unsupported country?
I have an esim for my Pixel watch but like others, the page to set it up in the app is blank.

hippos78 said:
I live in Italy and I was able to set it up with a modification.
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Hi @hippos78 , i live in Italy too!! How did you setup the esim? I have Tim...

I was able to order an eSIM from Vodafone Germany (pay as you go, 0€).
After adding the eSIM to my phone I was able to scan the QR code of my unsupported carrier successfully.
However, my carrier requires custom APN settings, and I don't know how I can change them, so I can call, but I have no data connection.
Does anyone have any idea how I can change the APN settings on the Pixel Watch?

Shebee said:
I was able to order an eSIM from Vodafone Germany (pay as you go, 0€).
After adding the eSIM to my phone I was able to scan the QR code of my unsupported carrier successfully.
However, my carrier requires custom APN settings, and I don't know how I can change them, so I can call, but I have no data connection.
Does anyone have any idea how I can change the APN settings on the Pixel Watch?
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Good idea with the Vodafone eSim! I will do some testing when I get home in a week!

Italy here.
GPay works wonders, no way to put an eSim or another plan on it.
I have Vodafone (IT) which has a secondary plan for watches, but even after activating it, the page in the app is blank.

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I live in Italy and I was able to set it up with a modification.
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Hi, could you please explain the process? I live in Italy too and got the Tim One but no progress with the mobile network page

dino_zwei said:
Hi, could you please explain the process? I live in Italy too and got the Tim One but no progress with the mobile network page
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It was literally explained in this very thread if you just bother to read it all..

Hi, can someone explain how to set it up the Pixel watch with TIM (i live in italy).
I think that the explanation was removed
Thanks a lot!!

@Shebee i can't find it

Shebee said:
It was literally explained in this very thread if you just bother to read it all..
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Did you manage to solve the APN settings problem? Can you tell me how can you get a QR or SM-DP+ code for the multipoint/ multidevice sim service, I could only get a QR for the esim which can be used in only 1 device.

dino_zwei said:
Did you manage to solve the APN settings problem? Can you tell me how can you get a QR or SM-DP+ code for the multipoint/ multidevice sim service, I could only get a QR for the esim which can be used in only 1 device.
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No I haven't been able to change the APN settings no no data connection for me, just calls.
The multisim is dependent your carrier, ask them.

Got it working! See first post.

trainfire said:
Got it working! See first post.
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Thank you so much for the news! I'll try it as soon as possible!
If someone in Italy try before me, let me know if it works with Tim, thanks!

lombo92 said:
Thank you so much for the news! I'll try it as soon as possible!
If someone in Italy try before me, let me know if it works with Tim, thanks!
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Have been trying with TIM for a week. No progress yet. We can't get a QR for the multisim in Italy. Best solution so far is to use a very mobile esim on your watch (no problem with APN but different number so no calls unless watch is connected).

dino_zwei said:
Have been trying with TIM for a week. No progress yet. We can't get a QR for the multisim in Italy. Best solution so far is to use a very mobile esim on your watch (no problem with APN but different number so no calls unless watch is connected).
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Ok thanks Dino, let me know if there are progress here in Italy. Ma a questo punto la vedo dura

How you guys got those pre-paid esims from other countries? Did you actually went there? I can't see any option to send those abroad... :O (sending this from Poland, while nearest "supported" countries are DE & GB)