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[Desire General] borginator:
I've been using my Desire for about 6months on the $15 data plan and barely use 400mb a month.

Like others, I've gotten both texts, the one says "an eligible data plan is required for Laptop......"

And the one I just received today about my "data service has been restricted due to SIM swapping"

To the guys using oxygen rom, how do I point tethering at proper APN? I'm on CM7 RC1 and just checked my APN and it all looks like what it should be.

Currently I've been grandfathered into a real old plan. Anyone have any idea if I update my plan to a smartphone $15 200mb this would go away? Or do I need to register my IMEI to stop getting harassed by them?

Also anyone know what's going to happen if I just ignore the texts? even after getting the text my data is working, will it be shut off?
[Desire General] borginator:
So about 24 hours of receiving the "your data plan has been restricted" text msg. I haven't contacted them and my data still seems to up. According to that internal memo above, it seems that next billing cycle will might be suspended. One thing I might try doing is shoving my sim card back into a dumbphone for a while to see it will get them off my back.

Looking at a similar thread for the Gtab people have said that when you call into AT&T to upgrade your plan, it really depends who service rep is. If they insist on the $60/month plan try getting a different rep. Some have said that initially the rep was telling them $60/month for unlimited data but he talked to someone else who was able to get him on the $15/month for 200mb plan.

I wonder if there is a IMEI spoofing app or tweak to Android.
[Desire General] jstdontgiva:
heres my latest update:

After switching my data plans, I virtually found out yesterday morning that my internet was shut off again. After being on the phone with ATT for 2 hours yesterday we came up with a plan to put in an IMEI from the htc aria into their system. I was not confident that this would work and I was correct, I woke up this morning to another text message with the same sim swapping garbage. I will be calling them later today to push for a new phone. Because it simply seems they cannot get this issue solved.
[Desire General] cmai02:
If you carefully read the internal memo, sim swapping is only targeting those who have unlimited data plans. So if you switch to either the $15/200MB or $25/2GB smartphone data plans the issue will likely go away. On the first day this occurred, I asked them to remove the data block on my phone when I still had the MediaNet Unlimited plan and my data got blocked the next morning. After changing my data plan from MediaNet Unlimited to DataPro 2GB for smartphone I am have not received any more messages or data blocks. I have been using my phone for roughly two days now since I switched data plans and all is going well. If something changes I will post an update.

If you have access to the unlimited smart phone/iphone data plan for $30, this issue will still remain because AT&T's system is still not registering our imei number as a phone. Until AT&T fixes the imei issue on their end, the system will continue to block our data plans if you are trying to use an unlimited data plan.

On another note, I am sure there are many people who have our phones with AT&T, but only a small subset of us had unlimited data plans.

Hope that this information will help those who are still experiencing an issue.
[Desire General] borginator:
Thanks for the information cmai02, I just had some questions. When you received those emails/texts from AT&T did they block your data immediately?

On my end, it's been four days since I've gotten the text yet my data is still working. This started on the 3/21, which for me, is a new billing cycle. I'm assuming that it'll work all the way through to the next billing cycle 4/21, at which point I'm guessing I'll have to switch data plans. They don't care about sim swapping if you don't have a data plan.
[Desire General] mmceorange:
Hey Guys, just thought I would offer my experiences..

Back in December I bought the Telus Desire and I upgraded my account to the 2GB smartphone plan (along with another two year contract, which got me a free Samsung Captivate... which I sold). I never even opened the Captivate's box, never had my sim in it. Sim went directly into my Desire. I have since not had any issues relating to the data plan (and I actually ended up downgrading to the 200mb since everywhere I regularly go has WiFi).

I know this isnt quite what the thread is about but perhaps it helps rule out a possibility or two.

And in regards to "It's like an Aria, only faster..." my girlfriend has the Aria and we just did the AT&T update to 2.2 and I must say... it works damn well... sometimes better than my Desire.. and she just ignore all the ATT crap. Plus it does Live Wallpaper now, and well!
[Desire General] sebster718:
I have this same problem.

I got the "data has been restricted due to SIM swapping" yesterday. Data stopped working as soon as i got it.

Been on the phone with CS reps repeatedly. They cant seem to register the IMEI as a smartphone thus not letting them add the 2gb/$25 plan. So right now I'm on "Data Opt Out." I used to have the old MediaNet plan unlimited/$15. Had CSR remove the data block still did nothing.

Im gonna try to register my old Nokia E71 IMEI and see if they can apply the 2gb data plan with that phone and swap the sim back to the Desire and see what happens.

Anyone get closer to having this issue resolved?
[Desire General] mmfitzgibbon:
So they did end up blocking data on my Telus Desire. I had this plan:

Data Unlimited for Non-Smartphones (Messaging Unlimited required) $10.00

I first received this message on 3/21:

AT&T Free Msg: An eligible data plan is required for Laptop, Tablet or MiFi devices. Call 611 as soon as possible for details and to avoid service interruption

Then I received the following message twice, once on 3/26 and once on 3/27:

AT&T Free Msg: Your data service has been restricted due to SIM swapping with a Data Connect device. Please call 800-331-0500 to discuss available plan options.

Data wasn't actually blocked until 3/27 which also happens to be the first day of my new billing cycle. I don't know if that is a coincidence or if the block was intentionally implemented at the start of the billing cycle.

Since I was only able to select between non-smartphone plans in OLAM with my SIM in my Desire, I placed my SIM back into my old HTC Fuze smartphone. I was then also to see the choices for the 200MB and 2GB smartphone plans. However, it gave me a error about the feature not being compatible with my device when I tried to apply the smartphone plan. So I called and worked with a telephone rep to get the following plan added to my account:

DataPlus 200 MB for Smartphone	$15.00

As part of the process the rep had to remove the data block, and I had to give him the IMEI of the Fuze and the SIM card number.

I then put the SIM back in my Desire and it seems to be working OK so far. I noticed I still have the Smartphone Exclusion feature, and now I have new Broadband SIM Swap Notice feature:

Broadband SIM Swap Notice $0.00

Smartphone Exclusion $0.00

I wonder if that SIM Swap feature is some sort of flag for tracking repeat offenders. Again, I was not tethering, I was just using my Desire with the non-smartphone plan. I guess we will soon see if I continue to have problems even with the 200MB plan.
[Desire General] sajpogi:
Sounds good! Just update us if you get any texts/notice.

I turned off my data plan for now. I have yet to call customer service to activate a 200mb or 2gb plan.

Ill update you guys once i have done so.
[Desire General] borginator:
As of 4/1/11 my data has been blocked after I received a third text with the "data has been restricted due to illegal sim swapping with a Data Connect device."

When I logged in to AT&T this is what was stated on my account: "Your international and domestic data service has been suspended due to a substantial amount of data usage internationally. Your continued data use has resulted in significant additional data roaming charges. To restore your data service, please call 916-843-4685."

This is a retarded message. When I get home I'm going to call the number above and not the one on the text message. I'm going to try and play dumb and claim I'm using a dumb phone capable of using data. I'll see how far I can get with that and report back.

It's not a tether issue, its the fact that they think we're using a "Data Connect" device, a 3g usb modem for laptops I think.
[Galaxy Tab General] akmzero:
Ok, let me start by saying that im by no means new to the hacking community. I am however new to samsung hacking. I rooted my tab this morning and acording to the directions it was supposed to reboot and backup, it rebooted but never started backing up, so I turned it off and went into recovery and it did as it was supposed to. I finished following directions and what not and now my auto rotate does mot work. I went to try and restore the backup it created, but appearently the md5sum is bad. Any suggestions on getting auto rotate back?
[Galaxy Tab General] roy8846:
Did you flash a rom? If so which one?

Rooting does not change recovery or convert anything.
[Galaxy Tab General] akmzero:
Still on stock, I followed the directions on putting cwm on it, then I flashed voodoo through odin. I flashed kashmeks oc kernel.
[Galaxy Tab General] roy8846:
Now you have cwm installed I would suggest flashing a rom / kernal package. Roto full v4 first maybe then overcome 1.3.0

Assuming you have a euro compatible tab.

Backups fail via nandroid using voodoo..
[Windows Phone 7 General] thekoopers:
To the point, the music i downloaded from ZUNE(on HD2SLASH HD7) is not playing anymore!? I didn't UPDATE with Zune at all. My phone is still UNLOCKED and i do have INTERNET connection running. I never had a problem downloading from ZUNE and playing the music on my phone until 2 days ago. Every time i try to play a song it says, "Can't play. Check your internet connection or try again later." Any solutions????
[Windows Phone 7 General] bennyj71:
Did you have a Zune pass or did you just have the thrity day free trial?
[Windows Phone 7 General] thekoopers:
I believe it was the 14 day free trial. It ended on the 8th of this month.
[Windows Phone 7 General] foxbat121:
Are those songs from Zune pass? If so, it appears Zune DRM works as it is designed to do.
[Windows Phone 7 General] cbebop7:
Thats the reason, they will work only if you have an active Zune Pass.

The 10 free songs per month are DRM free and will play even if your Zune Pass expires, so if these songs were not part of those 10 downloads then yeah these wont play.
[Windows Phone 7 General] thekoopers:
I did not know that. So pretty much i have to have a ZUNE pass period? There is no other way around it? If not, Thank you all for the information. Greatly appreciated.
[Windows Phone 7 General] foxbat121:
Zune pass allows you listen to unlimited songs but not own them (except for the free downloads). You can also opt to buy songs which are DRM free.
[Windows Phone 7 General] thekoopers:
Thanks alot foxbat121
[Windows Phone 7 General] brummiesteven:
The way round it is to actually buy the music.

You have 2 options:

1 - Zune Pass, Pay around £8 a month for unlimited music downloads which are listenable as long as you keep the pass subscription (you can cancel and reenable).

2 - Buy, similar to iTunes, Amazon MP3 etc etc
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Themes and Apps] Starfury:
I called my phone company from my HD2 running WP7 the other day and was presented with a Press1 for this and Press2 for that and Press3 for the other, so I pressed 3 and it asked me again, so I pressed it again and it asked me again... so I kinda figured DTMF wasn't working in WP7...

Is this a known issue or am I doing something wrong?
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Themes and Apps] yogeshmishra23:
I use my HD2 WP7 for same IVR menu and it works fine, no hitch ever. The only problem I face is using the USSD menus, as during USSD the keys are not active and cannot reply USSD requests.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Themes and Apps] TheOnly1:
USSD is a WP7 problem and not HD2 specific! Funny enough USSD works on some networks and doesn't work on others. I can't figure out why. It seems that the different operators have different implementations of USSD and obvoiusly some of them are incompatible with WP7.

In Bulgaria USSD commands are working on the Vivacom network and not working on Globul. Go figure :)

DTFM in IVR works for me perfectly btw.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Themes and Apps] God_Lx:
DTMF for IVR's works fine for me, but USSD is a no go in Optimus from Portugal, tried with an HD2 and a Mozart, same on both (still running 7004 on Mozart haven't tried with NoDo)
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Themes and Apps] hjhjhj:
DTMF works fine for me. In fact, programmed dialing into a conference call line works just fine. Don't know if this will make a difference but check your Settings --> Ease of Access make sure Full is selected.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Themes and Apps] GeremyGilani:
Dtmf ivr sdk

Hi,

I found a website that offers source samples I used to my project. Check it for help... It is for Ozeki VoIP SIP SDK and helps how to create DTMF IVR sample. This SDK also works with Asterisk and other PBXs. I can recommend it:

voip-sip-sdk.com/p_117-c-sharp-dtmf-ivr-implementation-voip.html

BR
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Themes and Apps] c0v0c:
DTMF fine here, in addition I have a CentOS asterisk build and the HD2 works fine with our IVR too, don't know why one would need any external sound files?
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] kidram:
OK so like topic saids I am looking for the app called music fx for sense

-{KiD}-
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ronnyv21:
Hey guys just traded my epic for the evo 4g. Just want to know what the fastest roms out there are, and what kernal is the best for battery and performance. I am currently on CM7 Rc2 with tiamat kernal. Love it so far, but i wanna know about other roms that are comprable. Also, i noticed im getting a lot lower scores with quadrant on the evo than i used to get with the epic. Whats the deal with that?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jgalan14:
Well the quadrant will be lower the epic is in paper better but I found the evo more usefull and for good performance and good battery like MIUI is really good if you don't care about battery life and welcome to the Evo forums
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _MetalHead_:
I don't know what that's about, MIUI gives the BEST battery life and performance. Higher quad scores with MIUI than with any other ROM (excluding CM w/ snap turbo but that's cheating anyways).
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ronnyv21:
yea i keep hearing about cm with snap turbo, is that a cm7 kernel or just for cm 6? and i personally dont like the iphonish themeing of miui. Any good sense roms?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NewZJ:
try new gb miui with tiamat gb sbc. you won't regret, I don't and I'm cm7 fanboy. this new miui is the shiznit
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madflasher:
my

biased

opinion is mikfroyo 4.6b2 odex is the most fastest and stable ROM out. i use nets 4.3.4 kernels..
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jgalan14:
Lmao I should of pay more attention. I meant if you don't care about 4G and battery life is the best ;)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k2buckley:
For full out sense I like Myn's, MikFroyo's, or Evo Elite. They are all smooth, fast, and stable.

For senseless I like VaelPak's 3.2 RC. That is a sick ROM, and very customizable

For AOSP, I myself prefer the new Evervolv Nightly that I'm currently using. It's the most stable Gingerbread build I've ran on my device (in my personal experience) Salvagemod is also a good AOSP rom. And of course CM7, which you're already running.

Just spend a week or two and flash every single rom and try them all out. I think I've literally flashed every single flashable ROM in the dev section. I love trying out new things.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zone23:
I like MikFroYo the best. If you check out my MikFroYo based ROM I make it blue and red with and without colored menus. Enjoy and don't think any ROM you flash will be your last. Its an addiction.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ronnyv21:
hey thanks alot guys! i think im gonna give salvagemod a try and also mikfroyo.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vampshocker:
I use Cyanogenmod 7 RC2. For the most part, it's working well. There's a few irks, like the camera unstable auto focus, that I can't get over.

Any AOSP rom's that have 4g and perfect camera working?

Sent from my customized, cyanogenized Evo 4g.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ethandissi:
is there anyway to use google docs on the atrix w/lapdock without having a data connection... i am a university student and don't want to incur massive data fees (canada you take a beating). any help would be appreciated... i am somewhat familiar with flashing and such... so i can do that if needed would prefer to not have to root this guy quite yet though lol... so essentially all i want is a word processor for my lapdock that i don't need to be connected to the internet with.

Thanks,

Ethan
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ronaldo_9:
how can you use something on the internet without internet?

seriously dude... anyways use a USB stick or save to phone and when you get to some where you have wifi then upload to google doc server
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ethandissi:
k i realized that i cannot use google docs, but is there any other alternative word processor i can use on the lapdock?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Main Target:
Did you actually answer your question? or automatically write him off as a idiot and make a stupid suggestion.

@ethandissi - You might be able to get a usable word processor with the work that people are trying to get apt-get going on webtop, but right now I think you're boned without net access.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ronaldo_9:
yeh i did....

i forgot add QuickOffice app can run when in webtop mode from the virtual phone or other word apps.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kistler82:
vi?

Crazy idea...

I don't have an atrix yet or the ability to hack on webtop yet but...

If you can spawn a terminal in webtop mode - you may be able to use vi...

Can you install a firefox plugin in webtop mode that would let you write documents?
[Desire Themes and Apps] AC5L4T3R:
2 second jobby in photoshop. I'm assuming it'd be pretty simple coding wise, something someone with no programming background (me) could be able to do?

i.imgur.com/NLwec.jpg (cant attach it as ive not made enough posts yet)
[Desire Themes and Apps] itsy:
With WidgetLocker you can use any Widget on your Lockscreen.
[Desire Themes and Apps] AC5L4T3R:
I know that, but that's not my question.

I'm asking if there is a widget like the one I have made in photoshop - check the image.

The time and date minimalistic text, the new message alert is what im talking abouot
[Xperia Arc General] black97one:
:rolleyes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRZj5Z2whIE
[Xperia Arc General] batman_112:
Nice comparison.
[Xperia Arc General] MJ_QaT:
Always impressed by the speed of iOS's browser against Android's, but I believe that's due the flash-support in Android's browser ( ads and stuff )
[Xperia Arc General] McHan:
Very good. I have both phones but use the Arc as my primary. For me Android, with widgets, proper file-management and ability of doing things with the phone without always having to asking Job's permission, will always be a hug advantage. And now with the Arc, that is as fast as the iPhone and has an even bigger screen it is a total win. I'm not saying Android or the Arc are fault-free, but they're pretty damn good, both of them!

Cheers/M
[Xperia Arc General] im_iceman:
How do you have an arc? They've not released it yet have they?
[Xperia Arc General] Ambroos:
Sweden always has stuff from Sony Ericsson before any other country, and many review samples have been distributed.
[Xperia Arc General] McHan:
Indeed, mine is a prototype. Have had it for a month now and still very very satisfied. Especially in view of the price ;-)

Cheers/M
[Xperia Arc General] black97one:
i think XPERIA ARC is the same as IPHONE 4 speed, look at an other video: :eek:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuGjoOSDCCw
[Xperia Arc General] senaps:
the only thing i think maybe! iphone wins in,is battery! iwish sony made us a good battery!

nice comparison!
[Xperia Arc General] MJ_QaT:
It's not that the battery's quality is not good, it all depends on the processor and the applications used.

remember that Android has true multi-task, so many applications are running in the background. Unlike iOS which closes everything to save battery.

2.2 and 2.3 seems to work well in terms of using less power .
[Xperia Arc General] kaisan1:
Howz the battery consumption of arc compared to x10?
[Xperia Arc General] vladuz976:
I wish I could agree, but I can't disagree more.

See

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=14111849#post14111849
[Xperia Arc General] CarbonX13:
I have no problems with my Arc. It's just you.
[Xperia Arc General] rumnyc:
I have the Arc. I have no idea why that person's phone is slow. I certainly don't have that issue.

And yes I also have an iphone 4, which i have happily handed over to my wife.

I honestly believe the Arc is hands-down the best phone you can get right now.

And please don't bring up samsung phones. Their build quality is crap. To be honest, Arc's build quality is still not up to Nokia or Apple levels but its a lot better than Samsung and good enough for me.
[Xperia Arc General] vladuz976:
agree. after resetting my arc, it became lightening fast. I don't know what was wrong, but I am in love with it now.
[Xperia Arc General] gavriel18:
I'm not so sure apples build quality is that much better. I dropped my iPhone 4 from about 3 feet and the screen cracked. My x10 got kicked, yes kicked about ten feet. I put it back together and it worked fine. Just a little dent in the corner
[Xperia Arc General] daveybaby:
Apple build quality is generally pretty poor. Their cases hold up physically really well (you rarely see them actually falling apart even after serious abuse) but the reliability of their electronics is shocking - i've lost count of the number of friends that have sent ipods/iphones back, and dont get me started on their headphones - i think they last about 6 months per pair. The plus side is that they do tend to replace faulty kit pretty rapidly without question.

I think people convince themselves apple kit is well built because, hey, they must be paying all that extra money for *something*, right? Kind of like how if you tell someone a bottle of wine is expensive they will prefer the taste to the same bottle if you told them it was cheap.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madroix:
I was able to change boot animation right after root by using the same methods as I used on my DINC. But I want to replace the boot sound as well. I have tried renaiming to thunderfinal.mp3, android_audio.mp3, and (VZW_) something .mp3 to no avail. Any suggestions or success?:confused:
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] necosino:
The boot sound is the FinalThunder.mp3

If you're rooted w/stock, the file is under /system/customize/resource

If you've flashed Adrynalyne's rom, it's under /system/media
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jsc619:
you have to rename it finalthunder.mp3.old. It worked on mine
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] inline6power:
you guys are reading his question wrong. he doesnt want to get rid of thundersound he wants to add his own music or sound.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] necosino:
Right, so name it finalthunder, make sure it's an mp3, and adb push it to whichever location applies to him.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madroix:
has that worked for you?

I did finalthunder.mp3 and named the renamed the old file to finalthunder.old before i even posted this and still i got nothing. Does it have a specific quality or codec used?