Sonim XP3-Kashering, Tips, Tricks And Buying Guide

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The Phone:

Waterproof, Shockproof And 8HR+ Battery life. [Login to see the link]

When buying the phone directly from your carrier [Login to see the link]. You do not get this warranty if you purchase the phone on eBay.

Updating The Phone-Do this as soon as you get the phone:

Go to settings, scroll all the way down to system, click system then scroll all the way down to system updates, and then click on update firmware. If a new update is found you'll get a prompt to update the phone. The update will install and then it will give you an option to restart the phone.
You may have to update the phone a few times to get to the current version.

Testing The Phone To Make Sure It Works

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Open the Sonim Scout app. (Your phone may have tp be updated for this app to appear), then go to the support tab and click on Sonim Care, and then click on Self-Diagnosis test. You will now have the option to test various features of the phone. In my experience, the most important thing to test is the vibration.

Kashering-When Using WebADB (These commands have worked for me on the Sprint version-they should also work on the AT&T version as well)

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(Some of these commands will only work if the phone is fully updated-see previous step)

pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.android.browser

pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.sonim.sprintauth.sprintvowificalling

pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.android.quicksearchbox

(This will remove Wi-Fi calling as there is a loophole through that package-simply removing the browser will not do the trick)

Installing Apps:

First Enable developer options and USB debugging, enter Star Pound, Star Pound 2387 Pound Star, Pound Star

Simply use ADB to put on apps the way you normally do-All of Apps4Flip's apps work-Besides for the new Hebrew keyboard and the mouse for the LG classic.

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Where to get the phone:

You can get the phone [Login to see the link], [Login to see the link], or you can go the eBay route.

Buying the phone on eBay:

While buying the phone on eBay is significantly cheaper you do not get the 3-year warranty offered by Sonim. Therefore I would recommend that you buy a Square Trade Warranty when buying the phone on eBay. A Square Trade Warranty is usually pretty cheap and super-easy to make a claim. To buy a warranty simply click "add plan" when prompted on eBay. [Login to see the link]

Get the phone on eBay:

Note: I am unaffiliated with all these sellers and take no responsibly for any issues with them.

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[Login to see the link] (I have bought from this seller a few times and was always satisfied.)

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Further Reading:

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If you have any questions drop a comment below and ill try to help you!

mg5077

chaimontherun
which carrier can I use on it?
and is this locked for such a period of time to any carrier?
can TAG or other filtering services block this phone?
is this a basic phone or a ..... ?

cowculator

chaimontherun (This will remove Wi-Fi calling as there is a loophole through that package-simply removing the browser will not do the trick)

What does that mean? You have to remove wifi calling in order to disable the browser?

BrachMeir

chaimontherun please exact command to uninstall video

BrachMeir

chaimontherun
Anyone with a adb command to uninstall the video player??

chaimontherun

mg5077 which carrier can I use on it?

You buy the phone for the carrier that you want. What carrier are you looking for?

mg5077 can TAG or other filtering services block this phone?

You'll have to ask them, although you can remove the browser yourself.

mg5077 is this a basic phone or a ..... ?

Its consider a basic phone, but you can put on apps thru ADB.

mg5077

chaimontherun

chaimontherun Its consider a basic phone, but you can put on apps thru ADB.

all apps ? without modifying ?!

chaimontherun

mg5077 All of the apps listed on Apps4Flip.
As far as unmodified apps its a hit or miss on whether the app will work, but many unmodified apps will work.

mg5077

chaimontherun sorry NOT good news!

chaimontherun

mg5077 Why not?

Techgen

mg5077 If you trust yourself to only put on apps that are kosher its not that big of a deal, technically if you know how to modify apps you can put most apps on the other phones also. I'm not going to get in the the hashkafic discussion of why its different than a filtered smartphone. Some good news for you is that you need to put the apps on through adb, it wont work to just click on the apk on the phone like most others [once its modified] so you cant just install an app like apk pure and have a full fledged store right on the phone. There are also many device restrictions you can block with a password in addtion to any apps, such as security, wifi, and usb restriction.

chaimontherun

[Login to see the link] Can you pin this? Or link to it from the main site?

Apps4Flip-Admin

chaimontherun Yes will link to it

anonymousflipphone

You can use the built in sonim application to block the browser with a pin...

chaimontherun

anonymousflipphone Correct, but there may be loopholes. (I haven't found any yet.) Also you must remove the Wi-Fi calling package even if you block browser, otherwise the device will have internet access.

cowculator

anonymousflipphone Indeed, it is not too difficult to get around the Sonim Safeguard. It took me about a day. (I'm not trying to show off, I'm just pointing out so that וכל העם ישמעו וייראו).

chaimontherun

Apps4Flip-Admin Thank you! I'll try to update the post tomorrow with screenshots and ADB instructions to remove text, FM radio etc.

Apps4Flip-Admin

Added to the odds n ends section

Techgen

chaimontherun BTW the AT&T version does not have wifi calling [for good and for bad]

chaimontherun

Techgen All apps from apksure need ADB but I've found one (Zello) that can be Bluetoothed onto the device (or just put onto a SD card) but every app that I've tried from apkpure required ADB.

Techgen

Techgen I just wanted to add that you can also restrict factory resetting the phone with the built in restrictions app.

chaimontherun

Techgen Are you sure? Was the software fully updated? (The software must be FULLY updated for Wi-Fi calling to work)

Techgen

chaimontherun Interesting, I can't say I tried every app, but anything I tried from apk pure or elsewhere only worked with adb

Techgen

chaimontherun Yes, I've researched it as well, it is not available for ATT. There are many small differences between the two versions

chaimontherun

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chaimontherun

Techgen Yup, your correct. I found this on the web:

The phone supports voice-over-LTE on both AT&T and Sprint, and Wi-Fi calling on Sprint. It has HD calling, but not EVS. (EVS, which offers even better call quality than HD calling, requires a much higher-end modem.)