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[Motorola Droid 3] xstrike9999:
It is a global phone that supports GSM networks. Arguing over it won't help us much. What will help is an answer to which version of the phone is unlocked for all GSM networks. :P
[Motorola Droid 3] lunacie:
Its is a GSM global phone, includes a Verizon SIM that is locked. Verizon customers in good standing can get the phone unlocked with a call to Verizon Global support.

JT
[Motorola Droid 3] xstrike9999:
Hmmm....yes, but the question here is whether the phones with no contract are also SIM locked or not.
[Motorola Droid 3] thomaslau:
hi guys, can anyone answer my question:p:p
[Motorola Droid 3] xstrike9999:
So, here's the response I got from the Amazonwireless guys:

{I'm very sorry but the replacement phones (phone only no service) on Amazonwireless are locked to the carriers. You would need to find an unlocked phone.

There are basically two types of unlocked phones. CDMA Unlocked and GSM Unlocked.

An Unlocked CDMA phone will basically work with carriers like Verizon, Alltel, and Sprint. Unlocked GSM phones work with carriers such as AT&T and T-Mobile.

Unlocked cell phones are designed to work with any carrier that uses SIM cards. Some advanced features may not work depending on the carrier you are using. I would recommend contacting the carrier you are going to be using to ask if the phone you are interested in will work with their network, and if there are any features that you would not be able to use.

If you would like to shop for an unlocked cell phone please visit Amazon.com using the link below

www(dot)amazon(dot)com/cellphones

I hope this information helps. We look forward to seeing you again soon.}
[Motorola Droid 3] dotson817:
Thomaslau it means that this phone still needs to be activated using *228 which pageplus accepts. 4gLTE phones do not use *228, they use a sim card to activate
[Motorola Droid 3] thomaslau:
so it will works???
[Motorola Droid 3] Tidbits:
What my understanding is with CDMA is that it's ALWAYS unlocked. The problem lies with carriers not allowing foreign ECID/IMEI's on their network database which allows the phones to work.
[Motorola Droid 3] dotson817:
Should work flawless
[Motorola Droid 3] thomaslau:
ok, now i got my droid 3, but i struck at the activation menu, the one with the android robot. what should i do to activate my phone on pageplus?? do i need to activate my phone on verizon then pageplus?
[Motorola Droid 3] dotson817:
I thought with pageplus you call them, give them the esn from the back of the phone, starts with a000000, then dial *228 when they tell you to
[Motorola Droid 3] thomaslau:
thx, i will try it
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thekooliest:
Hey guys,

I usually hang around atrixforums so im not to active here but im so grateful for the knowledge I acquire when I visit. I have Kenneth's 2.3.4 ROM installed, I have written a tutorial on how to do it, and i have helped multiple people do the same so know what I am doing.

I was helping someone and after installing the latest CWM recovery I had him boot to android recovery and he got the android robot caution symbol screen. I tried to have him redownload the img file and re flash it in case there was a problem but now he got a Flashing STORMgr partition: SOS. Is this because I didn't have him delete the install.sh file (I know that isn't it, you know what I mean)?

My ideas were to do:

fastboot erase recovery

fastboot flash recovery cwm.img

fastboot reboot

Not sure of if the phone would boot without a recovery if the install didn't work again for whatever reason because I don't know how the recovery works. Would this be a good idea?

Or would I be better off rooting and deleting that install.sh file and install cwm again?

Thanks guys, I appreciate the help.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dell2:
I had the same exact problem, and yes you do have to delete that old recovery file. I had to go buy root explorer in order to find the file on my phone, but it was worth it. CWM is a very frustrating, yet required step, in all atrix development.

Good luck.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thekooliest:
That's what I thought would be safest. Just wondered if my fastboot idea would be a shortcut, so I don't have to root to delete the file. Oh well, good day sir:)

I guess I love Tapatalk...
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thekooliest:
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[HTC EVO 3D] Tilde88:
So yea, I'm creating a big EXT4 partition on my SD with 1GB swap, I know how to install "ADB INSTALL -s *.apk", but how can I direct that to the EXT4 partition?
[HTC EVO 3D] Tilde88:
anyone?

10.
[HTC EVO 3D] Tilde88:
another hopeful bump up
[HTC Sensation] jdelforge5684:
Can somebody point me in the right direction for a good, current, understandable beginners guide to app creation? I've screwed around in AppInventor, but I know that's a very dumbed down system. I had introductory courses in java and C, but that was a decade ago. Thanks in advance.

Sent from my HTC Sexiness.
[HTC Sensation] graffixnyc:
Probably one of the dummy books. Teach yourself Android Dev for dummies. Teach yourself android dev in 24 hours, beginning java for dummies, java for dummies
[HTC Sensation] nicky041192:
Hmm... What would be better?

Java for dummies or android development for dummies?

I know nothing about java. Best to get some java knowledge before starting o android? Or can you just get into android development?

Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e
[HTC Sensation] ickster:
Google is your friend

"understandable beginners guide to android app creation"

I just added the word android. Maybe take out the word understandable? Maybe not.

I love google . Knowledge is power.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ry_t:
I updated my Droid X to 2.3.3 and forgot to unroot my phone and now Superuser is stuck there,I need help on how to flash it.I think that's the only way possible to bring my phone back to stock.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] steam374:
I'm pretty sure you can do this through adb. I think the command is...."adb shell rm (name for superuser apk). Someone please correct me if I'm wrong. This will delete the superuser apk from your phone by the way.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] htccraze:
backup your rom and then flash an official rom
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ch0s3n0n3:
After installing Gingerth3ory and loving it, my friend then applied the speedtweak and i believe its in an undervolted setting that is causing the phone to powercycle. The phone cant go into recovery to reflash the rom to get rid of the tweak because the P50IMG.zip is still on the SD card, so HBOOT is trying to constantly update that. Is there any way to get rid of the tweak so he can boot up the phone?
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dork6243:
Pull the SD card and delete the PG05IMG.zip either with another device or card reader
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Absolute_Zero:
If you're bootlooping and you have the PG05IMG.zip radio file on your sdcard, the first thing you will need to do is get it off. Use an adapter so you can remove the file using a computer or place the sdcard in another phone and remove it that way. Either way, you need to get that file off to get to recovery to fix your bootloops.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ch0s3n0n3:
Okay he was just able to get the PC to recognize the sd card and pulled the zip. If he reinstalls the rom will that negate the settings of the speedtweak?
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Absolute_Zero:
It would help if we knew what the "speedtweak" you are speaking of actually is. Either way, he can flash the rom then try to boot. If it doesn't boot then boot back into recovery and wipe data/cache. Flashing just the rom will probably work though if they were just clock/voltage related tweaks.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ch0s3n0n3:
Sorry it was Script Fusion, and yes it was a undervolt and overclock tweak. I had him reflash and it seems all is well. I also told him to delete the Script zip until he reads further and learns about it. I really appreciate your help as I am fluent in Droid X not Thunderbolt lol. :D
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ProfEngr:
Bad timing (almost a pun)

So far I'm having zero luck getting out of the boot loop. Tried hboot w/ the ROM as PG05IMG.zip in the root; no go. Tried wiping cash/data/dalvik in CWR; no go. Tried reflashing the ROM via CWR; reboots before it can complete the operation. Anything else I can try? I guess there's no way to get to the init.d file to wipe the changes made by speedtweak?

Tried the "Normal" setting in speedtweak and that's what started everything.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Absolute_Zero:
bootloader flashing isn't for the rom. It needs to be flashed in CWR as you later tried. At this point, the only thing you should be naming PG05IMG.zip, placing on your sdcard, and flashing is a radio (if you need to upgrade). But even then, you should have a booting rom first (not mandatory but encouraged).

You are able to make it to recovery, wipe data/cache, and flash a rom? At what point does the flash fail and is there an error reason stated? If you're in recovery the only thing that should be "preventing" the rom from flashing is the rom itself. The speedtweak files should already be gone before the rom even starts flashing since at that point /data, /cache, and /system have already been wiped.

You could try manually wiping each of those partitions multiple times (which never made complete sense to me) or download another rom or another copy of the current rom and try flashing it.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ProfEngr:
I got help from an IRC chat. Reloaded the 'upgrade' PG05IMG from the Tbolt root thread via hboot. That got me back online to where I could reflash.

Just for reference though, it was rebooting itself about 30sec into the ROM flash after the ROM notes/info scrolled on the screen.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Absolute_Zero:
That is weird. A tweak script that forces you to reflash firmware from the bootloader to fix it? Hmm, I suppose I should look up what this SpeadTweak script actually does for future reference. Either way, glad you got it fixed.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joshnichols189:
No.. Speedtweak.sh is built into imoseyons kernels and it allows you to control your kernel frequencies and governor. You don't have to install via hboot to remove it, all you need to do is flash a new kernel, even one that has Speedtweak.sh would be fine because you need to activate it manually through terminal.

I'm not sure why the OP was rebooting in recovery, that's what all of the phones that were reported as bricks were doing, but they were also rebooting in hboot which the OP wasn't. Obviously it wasn't a brick, but the Speedtweak script doesn't need to be removed via hboot, and it's just weird that the OP was rebooting in recovery.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ProfEngr:
If I understand your terminology, I need to make a clarification.

The phone was stuck in a loop that would make it as far as the 1st HTC boot screen, buzz, hang, then restart the sequence. I was only able to wipe in CWR. It would reboot shortly after starting a ROM flash. hboot still worked as normal.

I'll look into how to flash just a kernel in case this happens again (HOPE NOT!!!)

For another discussion... After I got things sorted and reflashed the MR2 radio, CWR gives me an error when trying to format /system during Nandroid restore of any of my previous backups. :confused:
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Absolute_Zero:
It was my understanding from their posts that they couldn't even flash anything. If it's the kernel itself or even init or bash scripts then flashing the rom clearly would fix that but it does little good if your phone reboots before you can even flash something.

Still not clear on what caused the problems of the two users here but the common denominator was that SpeadTweak script which as I said, someone would need to review to determine what may be causing the problem.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joshnichols189:
I'm by no means saying you're wrong or anything, I was just letting you know what the speedtweak.sh script was since you had mentioned you weren't completely sure. I'm also unsure as to what was amiss with their phones, I just noted that the people who had bricked their phones (via one way or another), were rebooting in recovery, and that's the only time I had heard of rebooting in recovery. Obviously his hboot was fine, it's just very strange that recovery was rebooting because from my understanding recovery uses a completely different kernel than the main ROM.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ProfEngr:
Nice(?) to know I have a few people scratching their heads over this. Probably won't work, but I'll try to keep out of trouble on this until someone posts what's up.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] loonatik78:
That sounds like the boot loop issue that people were having before the MR2 radio came out, doesn't it?
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joshnichols189:
If don't know what issue you mean, there was a bricking issue but this isn't a brick
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] loonatik78:
What they were calling a brick really wasn't much of a brick by definition A) because all it did was boot loop, and B) it was recoverable.
[Milestone 2 General] stanley_opt:
A sales manager(or something like this) of Chinese Moto, 司轩军, just(13 hours ago) said in his SINA Microblog, he has got a GB rom for Milestone 2 from software engineer.

many peoples are asking for leaking, and wondering if the BL will be unlocked at the same time.

sorry, I can't offer a link or picture because I am working, I got this information from SINA microblog client on my MS2

try to add picture,

if I failed, below is the link:

http://weibo.com/1641550843/l4EWKyqjF
[Milestone 2 General] dangpzanco:
Nice! So, how long for you to have time for some links?

Sent from my Milestone 2 XDA App
[Milestone 2 General] Endless7:
司轩军 also confirmed the release data will be the end of Q3 hours ago... orz
[Milestone 2 General] AragornPE:
End of Q3 = end of september?

Sent from my A953
[Milestone 2 General] diditnya:
Milestone 2 for A953 or ME722?

Sent from 2nd age of the Milestone
[Milestone 2 General] Endless7:
Personally YES.
[Milestone 2 General] Endless7:
ME722 and A953 are the same
[Milestone 2 General] dangpzanco:
Not completly, they have minimal differences in radio and audio playback. Checked motorola's official specs.

Sent from my Milestone 2 XDA App
[Milestone 2 General] Liori:
Well I don't know if it's real or not but this pic has been circulating.
[Milestone 2 General] patton82:
2.6.32-9 is the stock froyo kernel
[Milestone 2 General] diditnya:
It Looks little bit upgrade for the kernel from froyo

Sent from 2nd age of the Milestone
[Milestone 2 General] mkmck:
Maybe it's only a ROM. Just like the first leaked GB for D2/X which also hasn't an upgraded kernel.
[Milestone 2 General] stanley_opt:
I believe what he said, but I don't quite expect it right now, it takes too long to wait.

I hope this is a signal, that 2.3 for UK or Brazil or so will come soon, sooner I mean:)
[Milestone 2 General] allanch:
The Five Stripes :D

Just wait...
[Milestone 2 General] kyngoflyonz:
I hope so too. I mean it's been long enough. A lot of Moto loyalists have bee jumping ship in the past few months because of Moto's customer service or lack thereof. I'm still a Moto-head, so here's to hoping for the best in the coming weeks.
[Milestone 2 General] dangpzanco:
Maybe someone could dig for the (fake?) leak in Motorola Servers.
[Milestone 2 General] cobo_:
This will be me. Unless Motorola pull something absolutely amazing off in the next 5 months (such as doing the complete opposite of what they do currently), this Milestone 2 will be my last Motorola phone.
[Milestone 2 General] Endless7:
As recent news shows, they haven`t pack the rom yet , so a leak in the near future seems impossible.

Ps: from some screenshots, the new UI in GB looks like MIUI in some way :confused:
[Streak 5 Accessories] TheManii:
Well the bundled stock headphones include a right angle connector.

But I want to use my iPhone headphones (aftermarket, not the bundled ones)

There's plenty of right angle connectors that are 3 conductor/2 band but you lose the mic/play button with that.

Has anyone found a right angle adaptor with 4 condutor/3 bands? :confused:

Without a right angle adapter I fear too much movement will damage the port or the connector on the headphones (and it doesnt really feel right in the pocket)
[Streak 5 Accessories] marvin02:
Found this one, It may be cheaper to build your own.

I also found some that include are TRRS at the phone (male) end, TRS at the female end and include a mic like this one. With this adapter you can use any headphones and still make calls.
[Streak 5 Accessories] TheManii:
The first like seems to be what I need, it's a bit pricier then what I wanted but it's the right description of what I want. If there was one for approx $10 inc shipping it'd be perfect.

My headphones are the apple in ear headphones so they already include a mic (and more importantly a button to control audio)
[Streak 5 Accessories] Nomgle:
That's perfect, but the pricing is loonacy !
[Streak 5 Accessories] TheManii:
It came to nearly $20 after (even the cheapest) shipping. As the headphone jack was the last piece from keeping me from completely retiring my old iphone (i only used it for music) I figured it while it was expensive it was redicilously expensive.

Once it arrives i'll do a mini review of it, should be here by the middle of the week.
[Streak 5 Accessories] marvin02:
You could probably get the right angle plug and make one, but then you have to actually take the time to make the darn thing. you would also need the straight plug and wire and solder and the skill, Nah - I would probably order one just like you did. :)
[Streak 5 Accessories] TheManii:
Mini-review

So I recieved my connector today.

It doesnt match the picture exactly on the earlier link, but that's a good thing.

The headphone port body seems to be made of electrical shrinkwrap. This good as it means there's nothing on it that can possibly scratch your phone. The issue is that the overall look makes it look like someone hand assembeled it and is not factory made.

It does exactly what it's supposed to do, passes all signals without any perceptable loss in quality.

Pros:

TRRS on both ends (passes all 4 wires)

No metal on body so cant scratch anything

No perceptable change in audio quality

Cons:

Electrical shrinkwrap doesnt scream quality

Price, very expensive for what it is and the build quality

Other:

Doesnt match picture

Cable is 6 inches

Cable is very thick! compare the headphone cable and the extension's cable.

Final Thoughts:

If it were around $8-15 with shipping it'd be a pretty good buy even for it's quality. At $20 it's a bit much for something so small even if it had really good build quality/materials.

But as I mentioned earlier this is the last piece I needed to make my streak fully replace my old iphone. Being able to carry 1 less device makes the high cost not so high.

Issues left to tackle related to streak:

I'm currently using doubletwist to sync with my itunes library and as my music player, currently you can only do single press on the headphone button to play/stop music. It cant do double press to skip forward a track or triple press to go back a track.

Edit: It turns out doubletwist does support double press to skip a track, but not triple press to return to a track. It's a bit finicky though, as it seems to be a hack on detecting that you pressed play/stop quickly and not as a single smooth command.

Also unfortunately you cant use the vol up/vol down button on the headphones (but this isnt the fault of the streak, it's intentional vendor lock-in)

As I'm currently using the apple in-ear headphones I dont expect to change them any time soon, not that other non iphone headphones support volume buttons on the mic block anyway.

The volume buttons on the streak are small and with the right angle connector connected and the port so close to the vol buttons it might be a bit difficult to change the volume without removing it from your pocket. As I have no case for my streak but did for my iphone I dont have the case to guide me to the buttons as easily (You can feel the vol buttons even though the outside of jeans with a case) But I have to walk around a bit and try this part first. The vol buttons work fine for me, I have the phone upright in pocket with screen facing outwards. Finding the buttons isnt an issue at all.

The fact the streak has a metal body means I dont need a case to protect the back from scratches (the front is a different story).
[Streak 5 Accessories] marvin02:
Great review, thanks for taking the time to follow up.
[Streak 5 Accessories] TheManii:
Edited review, turns out using the vol buttons is fine even with the connector.

Doubletwist also includes double tap for skip track so it's pretty much everything I need :)
[Acer Iconia A500] kjy2010:
I didn't see this posted anywhere, so if it was, please forgive me.

I just got back from some late night shopping at Walmart and saw the Iconia A500 at Walmart for $398.00!

I had the clerk scan and check the price, and it may only be in our area, but that's a $50.00 price drop from last week!

If you've got one close to you, and you're looking for one, they have the best exchange/return policy anywhere (in case you do get the occasional lemon). ;)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] hassaan123:
Hello.

I am using a stock rom on my phone with cmw. As you many custom roms are released so i want to flash and try them. But the problem is that every time i flash a new rom, do i need to reinstall all the apps and do the settings? I mean that takes alot of time. Any way to backup and restore everything e.g apps,settings,data,sms etc? Last time when upgrading from stock 2.2.1 to stock 2.3.4 i had tried titanium backup feature for this but that didnt work,, everything got messed up and i had to flash the rom again
[HTC Sensation] MarvinDude:
Well I have been reading about all the sensation problems, and I hoped to god when I got mine it would be perfect.....it was not I have had the phone for about 19 days and yesterday the sound just stopped, I tried restoring, headphone jack fix thing (that only brings it back temporally), turned on the fm radio, pulled the battery, completely drained the battery and let the phone sit overnight.

I noticed that the phone somewhat laggs on the dialer like it will not press any of the numbers but when it does and makes a call there is no sound on the call nor does the mic work( I have tested this from another phone)

I have no idea what to do Please help xD :D and if you can not then Thank you for trying I believe it is just a bad phone..I have to resort to my beloved HD2 for the time being. I am not sure if this is software or hardware I just want to use this beast of a phone xD

Thank you again
[HTC Sensation] MarvinDude:
Is this under the right category?
[HTC Sensation] swellthekitty:
Yeah you're in the right category. Thing is there's already a few threads about this issue. There is no definitive fix, only workarounds so no sense in staff a new one. Best bet is to file a complaint and request a new one as a replacement.

For future reference try out the forum search function.
[HTC Sensation] MarvinDude:
Thanks sorry was in a rush xD
[HTC Sensation] nismax:
Reflash radio get new rom
[HTC Sensation] MarvinDude:
Do you have to root?
[HTC Sensation] PG101:
u cant flash unless you have an SOFF

Check if you have OTA update, that seems to fix the sound issue!
[HTC Sensation] MarvinDude:
How do you check I am on T-mobile usa
[HTC Sensation] Behold_this:
You don't. There have been NO updates to the tmobile version.