Background: For various reasons, I use stock VZW S5 (not rooted). I have a grandfathered unlimited data plan. I use Good For Enterprise (GFE) to access work email. About an year ago, GFE stopped working on my S5. It would not work even work when I was on WiFi. However, if I tethered my Nexus 10 Tablet to my S5 (thanks to FoxFi) and accessed GFE on the tablet, it worked fine. I tried accessing GFE through a VPN on my S5 but it was still blocked. So, it appears that Verizon does not block GFE on their network end but on the device itself, through some software/security policy they manage. To further test this theory, I switched my VZW SIM to a Nexus 6 and GFE worked fine on the Nexus 6. When I switched back to my S5, GFE did not work. I tried to get VZW to unlock GFE (even willing ot pay $15 per month extra) but they said they could do it only if I was on a new limited data plan. They just mumbled some nonsense when I told them their device was blocking GFE even when I was on WiFI, which VZW has no business blocking. This was probably yet another way of forcing us to switch from unlimited data plan, which I refuse to do on principle, and though my average cellular data use is about 4GB, I have spikes of 8GB to 10GB when we go on road trips.
So, my question is: Is there a way to disable VZW from blocking GFE on my phone (it is some local setting, I am sure of that now)? This has to be done without rooting. I do not prefer to, but am open to using a Custom ROM as a lost resort, as long as it is GFE compatible and not rooted.
I tried switching to a Nexus 6P (the 6P is one of the few non-VZW phones that works on VZW and is not affected by VZWs device based restrictions) but it was too big, slippery (needing a case, which I hate to use), did not support wireless charging (which I am addicted to) and was not waterproof (which I actually use very often - my entire Bahamas photo album, including underwater shots and video, was shot on my S5). I would like to continue using my S5 (or perhaps get an S6 Edge but that too would come with the same VZW controls which would block GFE). I wish there was a non-VZW phone with features comparable to the S5 that worked on VZW but without all these stupid blocks and stuff.
So, my question is: Is there a way to disable VZW from blocking GFE on my phone (it is some local setting, I am sure of that now)? This has to be done without rooting. I do not prefer to, but am open to using a Custom ROM as a lost resort, as long as it is GFE compatible and not rooted.
I tried switching to a Nexus 6P (the 6P is one of the few non-VZW phones that works on VZW and is not affected by VZWs device based restrictions) but it was too big, slippery (needing a case, which I hate to use), did not support wireless charging (which I am addicted to) and was not waterproof (which I actually use very often - my entire Bahamas photo album, including underwater shots and video, was shot on my S5). I would like to continue using my S5 (or perhaps get an S6 Edge but that too would come with the same VZW controls which would block GFE). I wish there was a non-VZW phone with features comparable to the S5 that worked on VZW but without all these stupid blocks and stuff.
