I have been using the original Tab 7inch as a mobile office since it came out. It runs my trading programs and phone quality is great enough for business. Can the ATT Tab 3 (7 or 8 in) make phone calls? It appears some international versions can but the ATT model does not have a phone icon. Not sure if just adding a dialer is the solution or if hardware is missing.
Doji
I use an app called "Spare Phone" to use the tablet as a phone. It requires you also have Google Voice .
I use earbuds for the calls.
dojiman said:
I have been using the original Tab 7inch as a mobile office since it came out. It runs my trading programs and phone quality is great enough for business. Can the ATT Tab 3 (7 or 8 in) make phone calls? It appears some international versions can but the ATT model does not have a phone icon. Not sure if just adding a dialer is the solution or if hardware is missing.
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I use an app called "Spare Phone" to use the tablet as a phone. It requires you also have Google Voice .
I use earbuds for the calls.
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Thanks Unreasnbl. That appears to be a voip solution but I am looking for native cellular voice calls. I guess I'll stick with my first gen tab for the time being.
Thanks again
Was this project never undertaken? I am also looking for a way to make phone calls that will not count towards my data (i.e., I want to use my own phone number), but so far I only see the old GTab information. Can anyone point in the right direction? I have used hangouts dialer to make calls, but it is only showing up as private, and I cannot receive calls (when they call my number it goes to voicemail immediately).
I just received my Galaxy S8 plus which I ordered directly from Samsung. My carrier is T-mobile
Samsung supplied me with a T-mobile SIM which I activated through the T-mobile store
I noticed that the " on lock screen " setting is not present. This setting was present on my Galaxy S7
Did they forget to put that feature in ? or just did away with it ? I wanted to disable the SMS preview on my lock screen and went crazy trying to find the setting. I tried searching for others that may have encountered this.
Any assistance or confirmation would be greatly appreciated.
ryche316 said:
I just received my Galaxy S8 plus which I ordered directly from Samsung. My carrier is T-mobile
Samsung supplied me with a T-mobile SIM which I activated through the T-mobile store
I noticed that the " on lock screen " setting is not present. This setting was present on my Galaxy S7
Did they forget to put that feature in ? or just did away with it ? I wanted to disable the SMS preview on my lock screen and went crazy trying to find the setting. I tried searching for others that may have encountered this.
Any assistance or confirmation would be greatly appreciated.
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Check settings/notifications then select advanced in upper right, choose the app and you will find on screen there.
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.
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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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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.
Had my Note 10+ since release day and have just used it as intended (Unlocked version) for a bit. A few things im curious about and wondering if anyone else was/is as well and if there is a work around.
1) I use my Note 10+ to record bust videos (of my kids sports) using my S Pen as a remote but the button only stops the video and starts a new one, is ther a way to change the S Pen button to simply "Pause" the video instead of stop it?
2) My previous Note (8) had WiFi calling which is almost necessary where i live (AT&T is in the dark ages, i guess) but my Note 10+, since its the unlocked version, does not have this as a feature. Is there any other option, other than installing an AT&T ROM on my Unlocked phone, to get WiFi calling?
Thanks for all comments and suggestions,
I have Verizon variant.
I have an S6 tablet
I want them to be in the same samsung ecosystem..
Meaning
I would love to be able to text and call from my new s6Tablet via through my Note10Plus
It has been said I can utilize the unlocking tool to enable an option on my phone to allow the tablet to talk to each other and utilize this...
Am I on the right thinking path?
ganggreen777 said:
I have Verizon variant.
I have an S6 tablet
I want them to be in the same samsung ecosystem..
Meaning
I would love to be able to text and call from my new s6Tablet via through my Note10Plus
It has been said I can utilize the unlocking tool to enable an option on my phone to allow the tablet to talk to each other and utilize this...
Am I on the right thinking path?
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I think you need Samsung Flow
check it here
https://www.samsung.com/us/support/answer/ANS00048749/
I have looked at that.....not what I need
I need the option for both devices:
'Call and Text from other devices '
(Call continuity)
It has been said if I unlock my verizon note 10 plus
That will enable these options
You can't unlock the Verizon 10+ so that's off the table.
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juliospinoza said:
I think you need Samsung Flow
check it here
https://www.samsung.com/us/support/answer/ANS00048749/
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Samsung flow isn't a thing anymore
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ganggreen777 said:
I have looked at that.....not what I need
I need the option for both devices:
'Call and Text from other devices '
(Call continuity)
It has been said if I unlock my verizon note 10 plus
That will enable these options
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You should be able to enable allow calls and text on other devices. This is a Samsung feature through your samsung account I don't know why and haven't heard of the device needing to be unlocked. Verizon doesn't lock LTE devices either after 60 days they are auto unlocked.