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[Droid Incredible General] kaze06:
When I get the chance I'll scour the forums to try and find some more useful threads on battery life and consolidate them here.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mobileweasel:
I had adfree working on my Galaxy I7500 ( GAOSP ) in it worked just fine with my Weathereye app. Now that I have the Atrix with the Weathereye app, Adfree just don't remove the ads from it. Anyone else have an issue ?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bongd:
Working fine for me. Connect your Atrix to the computer, run adb and try "su" (or do this in Terminal on your phone). Maybe you don't really have root access.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mobileweasel:
Don't have Terminal showing in the apps list. I rooted via aRoot if it matters. Titanium Backup works fine. To be perfectly honest, I have very little experience with adb. Refresh my memory to try su via adb. I feel like a noob ...

EDIT: Found ADB for Dummies. I do, in fact, have su access. Any chance you can download Weathereye and see if you get ads at the bottom ?? I wonder if its a difference in phones that's causing this ...
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bongd:
Just installed it. No ads here, brotha. I know what you're talking about though - I've seen them before.

Try running Cache Cleaner and/or restarting your phone. There could be DNS info still lurking in the background pulling the ads.

Put a check by Symlink and also you could try doing Revert and then Download and install Hosts again if that doesn't work. Just keep buggering with it and it should work. I have an AT&T Atrix but my buddy has a Bell one and we got his rooted and ran Adfree last night with success. Sometimes it just takes some tinkering.

P.S. Maybe uninstall it and reinstall it after doing the Adfree stuff too. Trying to throw all the tips I can think of. I know that ads freakin' SUCK!!
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mobileweasel:
Thanks for the tips, I'll play some more and see what I get. I'll let you know !
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CRAZED SOB:
I have AdFree and it works on all apps so far. Only have about 20 apps downloaded, though.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mobileweasel:
Well, I am at a loss. I uninstalled weathereye. Downloaded cachecleaner and android assistant. Reverted, then rebooted. Ran cachecleaner, re-downloaded hosts. Checked Symlink. Rebooted phone and re-installed Weathereye. Damned ads still appear. Grrrr !! I know this app will run without ads, I have done it before. I am convinced myself I am not insane, but that could change soon.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mobileweasel:
Well I have tried just about everything. No ads in Angry Birds, but they do persist in Weathereye. Oh well, guess I'll have to live with it. Maybe it'll sort itself out someday.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Silent8Strike:
You could always replace the hosts file, its a bit more complex but it stops every ad, in the browser or anywhere else.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pirateghost:
this is likely due to AdFree not having the updates to the ad sites. AdFree works by replacing your hosts file with a list of known ad sites that loop back to itself, so that you are never presented the ad. if one app is still showing ads, then AdFree needs to update their master list to add in that site
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mobileweasel:
Is there a how to around for this ? I don't mind giving it a go.

The thing is, is that I had no ads in this app when I was using AdFree with my Galaxy. That's partly I am a little frustrated and confused why its not working. Its not the end of the world if I can't get it removed, but it is annoying that these ads are links that sometimes I accidently hit.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] True2TheGame:
i'm having the same exact problem, except my adfree doesn't block anything.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mobileweasel:
I found this thread: Block ads on your android phone. Haven't tried it yet, but I see no reason why it won't work.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mobileweasel:
No luck. I replaced the hosts file in /system/etc and no dice. I saw a hosts file in /etc/, should I be replacing that too ??
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ccrows:
Anyone have any updated info on getting AdFree to work on the Atrix? :confused:

I rooted with Gladroot, rebooted the phone, cleared the cache yet in every app I'm seeing ads.

This is driving me nuts because I had no problems with this on my Milestone or Galaxy S. *sigh* Help!... :(
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bongd:
Really? I just got a Bell Atrix and put Adfree. Superuser requested access, I granted it, updated the .hosts and boom - no ads. Did this to a friend's Bell Atrix and another friend's AT&T Atrix and boom - no ads.

Just did it to my wife's Desire Z last night too because I put a new ROM on there... and no ads. Are you sure you guys are allowing Superuser? I don't know why the heck it works on every phone I do it to but not on phones for people here? Have you explored all the options in Adfree or used it on a wireless network?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ccrows:
It started with no ads (like for 15min), but now it's not working at all. I did the reboot, cleared the cache, and even installed Busybox and ads are everywhere. I tried to redownload, but adfree says I'm up to date. :confused:

This is driving me nuts because I never had a problem with this on other phones.

Also I did the opt out of ads in the market as well and that didn't work either:

http://phandroid.com/2011/04/16/google-letting-users-opt-out-of-ad-targeting-via-market/

Looks like a couple of people in the comments section of that page are having the same issue?...
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mobileweasel:
I noticed the other day that in the /etc directory ( not the system/etc/ directory ) that there is a hosts file, a hosts.allow file and a hosts.deny file. I wonder if I copy everything that adfree put in the host file and put it into the host.deny file if that would fix it ...
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mastadon85:
Hi, I made this account just to post a reply to this thread. I have a GladRooted Bell Atrix and am using Adfree. I noticed it worked before then suddenly stopped...

What I now realized, it works when I am on Wifi!!! but not on the Bell network!! So now how do we get it to work when on the Bell Network???

I am thinking this has to do with the Bell's version of the Atrix software since this is not an issue for AT&T users or for other Bell customers on other phones.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ccrows:
If it helps any, I'm an AT&T user with a Bell phone... :confused:
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ccrows:
Anyone?... :confused:
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nsaia:
I am having similar issues. Ads were blocked perfectly when using the install.bat method, but I have not gotten anything to work since we started using CWM to flash.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mastadon85:
I've done a factory reset and still same problem. Adfree works on wifi but not on 4G Bell.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ccrows:
Bump for help!... :confused:
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mgamerz:
It works fine for me in apps. Browser only somewhat.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ccrows:
How did you get it working?

Which root method did you use, and do you have AT&T or Bell?...
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mgamerz:
I just updated to 1.8.3, used gingerbreak and gladenable, and also then got adfree from the market. Works well, but the place where the ad is supposed to go is kinda weird in apps. On the web its a bit hit and miss as your blocked host list would have to be huge.

On at&t

Sent from my Motorola Atrix 4G on the network with the most backhaul, whatever that is
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mastadon85:
Well guys, I have now flashed my phone with SBF 2.1.1 and GreyBlur (from this thread:http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1070076)

And as a result I have a super fast finger print sensor, D/L and U/L rates at 5.5Mbps down and 1.7Mbps up (this was at 5pm on a weekday at my congested university), and several other improvements like recording in 1080p.

As far as Adfree, it is still not working while on the 4G Bell HSPA network BUT it works on Wifi.

NOTE: Bell Atrix w/ SBF 2.1.1, GreyBlur 2.1, Seven's BlurFix
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mrniceguy0921:
working fine here. have you updated host files?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mastadon85:
I've updated using the built in methods in Adfree, (Download & Install Hosts).

Not working on 4G...
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ccrows:
^ How do you do that manually?

I searched everywhere, and haven't found a guide.

As for Adfree it works perfectly on my Milestone, and SGS but no matter what I've done it will not work on my Atrix (Bell). Ads are freakin EVERYWHERE! :(

Somebody please help me out here...
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mobileweasel:
There is a hosts file around here somewhere. Just copy and past with root explorer. For the record, I did that and it still didn't work.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ccrows:
Yep I did all of that. Also used a custom Hosts File, and even replaced the hosts file with the one Adfree downloaded.

This is driving me ABSOLUTELY NUTS because something is either OVERRIDING the Hosts file, or the Atrix is using a different Host File location.

I also created a custom APN, (same one that I use on my other phones) and that didn't work either.

I am truly stumped and I need help. This is my ONLY MAJOR pet peeve that I have with this phone. I can live with some of my other apps that don't work on this phone, but I can't stand ads!

Also it's not that I don't pay for my apps. I have a whole list of apps that I've bought and even donated, but there's a few that don't have that option.

*Back on topic*

IDK if this is a Motoblur thing, if something is overriding the Hosts file, or if there is a special location that the Atrix uses but I need help figuring this out!... HELP! :(
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barry99705:
What really sucks is adblocking used to kinda work when the Atrix came out. Not sure which update killed it though.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ccrows:
*** Fixed! **** (at least for me)

Check out my FIX to this issue in this thread.

Adfree is working on my Atrix now!... :)
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mastadon85:
This fix is for a AT&T users only (including Bell Atrix w/ AT&T SIM)

You cannot apply this on a Bell Atrix with a Bell SIM (atleast I can't)...
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mobileweasel:
I believe your correct. Its a Bell/Bell sim issue. While looking around in the various files, I found one that was called hosts.deny. Manually changing that did nothing either.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flaviocc:
Until yesterday ADFREE was blocking all ads. After the upgrade stopped. The ads are appearing as if nothing block then.

This occurs in both wifi and 3G (Tim - Brazil)

Any solution ?

Edit:

I managed to make it work:

- Uninstall, reboot and install again

- Clear data from applications that have ads

- Restart if necessary

work that way here.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ronak47:
Do what I did and it should work...

Download an app from the market called "absolute system". It has an add blocker and works for me.

PS. You need to be rooted
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mastadon85:
Absolute Systems seemed to be working but I still gets ads after restart.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gasparzim:
So, I´m at Claro (Rio de Janeiro) and I never get a 3G connection, only EDGE.

The specs says Quad-band GSM: 850, 900, 1800, 1900 Tri-band HSPA: 900, 2100, 1700 HSPA type: HSDPA (7.2Mbps) HSUPA (5.76Mbps), and Claro works in 850M and 2100.

So, am I missing some setting here, or is it a radio restriction? If it´s the radio, does anyone knows of a flashable radio I could use?

Thanks in advance!
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
see that?

no 850 on 3G

most 850 networks does not use 2100 for 3G
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gasparzim:
Oh, crap. Time to change operator, then.

Thanks, AllGamer!

EDIT: Strange, seems like the Defy have same frequencies, and 3G works with Claro...

EDIT (again): Talked to the carrier, suddenly started working in 3G. Man, I´m getting tired of all this misinformation from my carrier =/
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EonHawk:
I'm about to ask someone that's currently in the US to get this phone for me, but I'm worried.

I use Vivo, and I live in São Paulo.

Will it work with 3G here?

If not, is there anything I can run on the phone to make it work with the 3G Vivo has?

Edit: Ok, so I found out that my Carrier uses GSM: 850, 900, 1800 and 1900Mhz

3G:850 and 2100Mh.

I don't get all the quad-band, tri-band lingo though, so I'm not sure if it's going to work with 3G here.

Help?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
find out what frecuency they use for 3G

and make sure the APN is correct
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
if your information is correct, then it would most likely not work on 3G
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fabio008:
Nexus S used 2100 band so it does work in São Paulo, I have tested it and it works fine.

Sent from my Nexus S
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EonHawk:
Are you referring to Vivo, though?

Yeah, I've been calling Vivo's Tech Support for the past couple of days, and each time, someone tells me something different. I've come to the conclusion that...Vivo sucks (or that their support is terribly handicapped).
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rafael Cadina:
Brother! Follow this How'to below. I'm sure it will help you. My friend here in SP uses Claro and used to have the same issue.

http://theunlockr.com/2010/01/20/nexus-one-simple-3g-fix/

;)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gasparzim:
Oh noes... I was thinking about leaving Claro and go to Vivo, but I am not sure anymore.

Last time I try to ask for help, tech support kept asking me "what´s your phone model?" Looks like they don´t even know about the Nexus S.

Well, at least Vivo has a better data plan.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Surfin7:
First: sorry about the "revival", but I have almost the same problem.

I'm using an Captivate, radio specs: 3G: HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100

My operator (TIM) uses 2100 in my city, excellent until now!

But, I'm stuck in EDGE, can't get it to connect any faster. We have other phones here got from England, Ireland and USA, all of them support 2100 and 3G works perfectly, but not this Captivate.

Only thing is that my device runs MIUI 2.3.7, but even flashed a new modem (now using UGKG3) but remains the same thing.

Any help? Thanks!!

Edit:

Ok, now it gets VERY weird! I tried another operator chip (VIVO), that also operates at 2100 in my area and: HSDPA enable at first!

Got back my chip and back to EDGE, this same chip get 3G on a Samsung Jet, Samsung Galaxy Mini and a Samsung i550.

How is that? :confused:
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mauro87:
After searching google I've read a few fairly recent articles that say installing 2.3 on a Bell I9000M is possible and they all give a broken link to the forums here. I've checked samfirmware and the only JVK (2.3) firmware they have there is Europe. I'm very computer literate but fairly new to firmware upgrades / messing around with my phone so I'm just wondering would I be able to install European 2.3 firmware of my Canadian I9000M from Bell? Or is there a special release of it that I need to get? I've poked around here a bit but couldn't find the answer I was looking for. The firmware I'm talking about is the I9000XXJVK release. Thanks in advance, didn't think I could have this much fun with my phone.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kokanee:
Been curious myself had nightmares with the last upgrade... Three sgs's from bell. They didn't like that but i was within the 30 days doa clause.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jentech:
Pretty much any of the stock or custom JVK or 2.2 Roms will run on your Bell Vibrant. I've used Darrky's, Doc's, Ultimate and Serendipity with no problems. Most of the current modems work fine on Bell, although I try to stick with a JL2 modem if I can. It seems to get slightly better signal. Use Doc's Rom Kitchen and you can pick and choose your options including the JL2 modem.

The Kitchen -http://www.romkitchen.org.

More info - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=817703

Stock JVK - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1011901
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mauro87:
Done and done!. If anyone else is curious head on over to samfirmware and grab the European I9000XXJVK release, working for me atm. About to apply root from the last thread jentech posted. Thanks jen!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tony604:
JVK upgrades the bootloaders though right? If you install the version without the bootloaders, you will get into a bootloop right? The bootloaders in JL2 is what is preventing the i9000m from getting corrupt SD failures from what I understand. I would really like to know if updating the bootloaders with JVK will open our phones to the corrupt SD thing again. I would love to hear some feedback from i9000m users who have gone to JVK. Like how long they've been running, and especially if there are any i9000m users who have upgraded to JVK and got corrupt SD. I'm not excited of going through yet another i9000m. Thanks!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slaman:
I would love to know the answer to this question as well!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] remenis:
ive been using criskelo's 2.3.3 rom with no problems... all you have to do is flash stock jvk with bootloaders from odin and then flash a speed mod froyo kernal

after goto cwm and flash the criskelo v25 rom and then get the ugkc1 modem

from criskelo's rom page (page 40 i think cwm 3 compatible)... and flash the rom in cwm and everything willl run awsome... the rom is unreal ive had no problems at all on my i9000m (remember to enable all animations in settings to get the crt screen off effect... runs way smother and faster then froyo....
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trinikartel:
I too have been running on jvk for the past week+. I've alternated between criskelo and juwe's and am currently on juwe's for the past week with no problems. I changed my modem from the jvk one (poor reception) to the jk4 and it runs as normal. give both criskelo and juwe a try to see which u like better (personally the smoothness and battery life of juwe has won me over) as neither has caused any problems at all once u follow the appropriate steps like those that remenis outlined.

**typing this post took waaaaay longer than it should have...was a good drunken night anyway**
[EVO Shift 4G General] herbthehammer:
I've read someone talking about it but never could figure out how it is done. I know I would need a stock img file that's recovery. That's about as far as I could figure out. I was afraid of bricking so I wasn't up to let's try this and see what happens. Anyone who has done this before out there that could tell how its done?
[EVO Shift 4G General] ahager88:
Download a recovery through rom manager, navigate to the download and copy the exact recovery name, then change stock recoverys name to match it, switch out the files. Boom.
[Wildfire General] epod79:
Hi guys.

it is possible to adjust the MTU of the wireless card?

Greetings Epod

Wildfire Cyanogenmod RC3
[GT540 Optimus General] he6rt6gr6m:
I've been at it all day, after having the CyanogenMod. Trying to get back to a British 2.1 ROM, but every single one I try hangs at the LG screen. I can only flash the European Fastboot one. I've tried flashing that THEN flashing a British one, but it still hangs.

As some of you may know, I had a hardware issue that's gonna need LG's attention. Attempting to get it back to stock so I can send it back under the warranty. European Open w/ Fastboot is currently on there and working fine, however I have questions as to if it is an LG ROM, given it's fastboot option.

Any ideas?
[GT540 Optimus General] :
Flash a rom with fastboot, boot in fastboot and type:

fastboot -w

Then flash the rom you want to use.

Joost
[GT540 Optimus General] he6rt6gr6m:
Done this countless times. All with the same result. UK Orange, UK CPW, UK O2 all do the same - hang at the LG screen. I've even gone straight to Download Mode to make sure it doesn't boot and create the user data all over again.

The KDZ Updater just hangs when it reboots the phone (3GQCT : wParam = 205, lParam = 216) for around 15 minutes and then gives me an error message (wParam = 100, lParam = 6).

LG Modem is OFF in Device Manager. Windows Enabler is ON. It will flash Fastboot ROM's and MODDED ROM's, but not official ones. This occurs with both the English version of the KDZ Updater and also the Russian version.

EDIT: Screen Dump:

Log:
[GT540 Optimus General] :
Owke, than the radical stap.

Fastboot erase boot
Fastboot erase system

The phone isn't booting so hold power and volume down to get in download mode

Then flash the rom you want

Joost
[GT540 Optimus General] he6rt6gr6m:
Done that too.

The exact fastboot I've been doing, is:

Battery out. Battery in. Download mode. Flash KDZ. LG screen hang, unless it's a fastboot ROM.

I've just installed a completely new 2.1 ROM. A UK fastboot one. And it works, which further adds to the evidence that it's only fastboot ROM's that'll work properly. This makes absolutely no sense to me.

EDIT: Exactly the same error and log as the above post for boot and system erase, then flashing a 2.1 ROM from the LG site.
[GT540 Optimus General] lavero.burgos:
dont use that method 2. days ago i helped a guy that was trying that way wit no luck so try this way:

cd c:\*SDK\tools (means all the .img files must be inside \tools folder)

fastboot -w
fastboot erase boot
fastboot erase system
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot -w
fastboot reboot
[GT540 Optimus General] he6rt6gr6m:
And what .img files should I be using for the Stock LG 2.1 ROM'S?
[GT540 Optimus General] lavero.burgos:
no stocks no, customs 2.1/2.2/2.3 flashing by fastboot only
[GT540 Optimus General] sanmit:
Lol.....Ters no way to go stock once use flash the fastboot rom.

Jus keep it clean no themes nothing...LG guys r too dumb to recognize a modded firmware.

If want u can edit signatures n stuff so that Ters no chance of getting caught,cos at most what they'll check is about phone;-)
[GT540 Optimus General] pepi74:
I have post many mesages on many forums with that problem months ago, and still there is no have answer. There is no way to flash back official STOCK after you flash with fastboot or modded firmware. But no one cares about that.
[GT540 Optimus General] he6rt6gr6m:
I've been back to the CPW ROM once already using Quarx Black System and out.kdz to flash back but keep failing this time.
[GT540 Optimus General] lavero.burgos:
why you want to go back stock ROM custom ROM is good i was using soft-mod 2.1 custom ROM and i loved it now i upgraded to 1.8 for test but i miss 2.1 interface :D. anyways yes is possible go back to stock ROM i know someone who did it but for me i think is more risk to brick your phone flashing that way . i had problems too making that kdz work few times too. if you have xp good for you is easier though reinstall the kdz and make sure firewall / antivirus be diabled take the battery off conect it to the puter with battery out and do the process again and instead DIAG put EMERGENCY for some works that way.

hope it helps
[GT540 Optimus General] eoghan2t7:
i am almost sure you can go back to stock 2.1 buy first flashing out.kdz then flash a stock 2.1 rom

but as lavero.burgos said there maybe a risk of doing it like bricking your phone.