yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Networking] Ixindor:
I have a Samsung Captivate. Its on AT&T's $50 Unlimited Talk, Text and Web plan, however, the web part is disabled. I have to buy a separate Data Plan to make the internet work.

I was just wondering if there are any free mobile networks out there? Perhaps setting a new APN that lets me on the net without paying for it, how ever slow it may be. I'm not talking about WiFi either. I mean an internet that can used while outside of a WiFi hotspot.

I've heard of such things, but can't find any information about it.
[Networking] dugzino:
I don't think such a thing exists, cuz whatever APN/VPN/... you're setting up, it still has to go through whatever your provider is..
[Networking] cajunflavoredbob:
Are you serious? You think a service provider is going to let you eat their bandwidth for nothing? If that were the case, why would ANYONE pay for data? Keep dreaming big, my friend.
[Networking] ImDonly1:
See here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=16661042&posted=1#post16661042
[Networking] synaesthetic:
In order to use the unlimited featurephone data on the $50 prepaid plan with a smartphone, you need to use an Android device AT&T doesn't recognize. That means an unbranded device with AT&T's 3G frequencies.
[Networking] theccboy:
Exactly, look for a desire Z or a milestone.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fscussel:
How to change the phone number format besides changing the region/language? is there an app to do that?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fscussel:
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[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IrishFran:
I saw this somewhere else, can't remember where. But it's apparently up on the Asus ftp site now, towards the bottom:

ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/asus/EeePAD/TF101/

MEGA slow download though. I've had two interrupted downloads now, am on my third. Hopefully this one will work.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frosty5689:
Stop using Android's Browser's downloader/IE

Only the kernel source matters anyway.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IrishFran:
.

I'm downloading it via Chrome on my desktop.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ondoy1943:
Not quite. Asus' latest firmware/blob is useful for creating boot, recovery, and system image files that are used with nvflash, in case unbricking of one's tf101 is the only way out of the woods. :p
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frosty5689:
You can create those with the OTA too;)
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ondoy1943:
Unbricking the tf101, and you want to get ota? :D:rolleyes:
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gary13579:
You take the OTA update and can turn it into something you can flash via nvflash. You should prolly learn what you're talking about before rolling your eyes/giving a sarcastic response.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CalvinH:
Thanks for the info... I've been looking for this file for sometime.

Regards.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hardy81:
Thanks for the link. The ftp site is bloody useless, so slow.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MagicMans:
Hello all, thanks for looking this thread..

Here is what happened....when I bought the I updated the radio from 2.07 to 2.15 without installing HSPL....and it did install through SD Card..

And also I did not hard reset

Now the Wifi does not connect for long...it automatcially disconnects after 20 seconds...

I now installed HSPL..but no change..

Please help....

Thanks
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SMS92:
Have you done a Task29 and reflashed your rom?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] redmaner:
Discontinued and removed

Because of data retention and your device's health, this thread has been removed
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] redmaner:
Reserved
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] vertcam9:
the problem is no one knows where the EFS folder is on Galaxy Ace :)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] indeezindii:
and also mounting and reading from /efs partition bricked phones/wiped IMEIs (basically corrupted partition) in many cases. there's been huge threads regarding /efs on cheaper galaxies.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] redmaner:
You don't need to mount your efs partition

And if you don't know where efs is search for the nv_data.bin
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Lovetz:
There are no nv_data.bin file on Ace at all;-)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] redmaner:
Your phone has a lot off folders

That nv_data.bin must be somewhere or you don't have a IMEI

Or it is stored somewhere else
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Lovetz:
And this is - a sensible idea)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] QNBT:
I checked my IMEI code and it seem to be functional, I was unable to locate the folder and the file that you were talking about.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] redmaner:
Can someone do this command in adb or terminal emulator and show the result?

ls /
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Lovetz:
$ ls /
COOPER.rle
acct
cache
config
d
data
default.prop
dev
etc
fsua
init
init.goldfish.rc
init.qcom.post_boot.sh
init.qcom.rc
init.qcom.sh
init.rc
lib
mnt
persist
proc
recovery
res
root
sbin
sdcard
sys
system
ueventd.goldfish.rc
ueventd.rc
vendor
$
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] ketut.kumajaya:
But have a "dangerous" stl5 partition.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] izzoe:
So there's no way we could backup our IMEI? I saw people lost their IMEI after downgrading to froyo.. Warranty not going to cover it... =.=
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] redmaner:
There is maybe a way will tell later
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] reivax46:
I'm interested in this since my IMEI is unknown according to my phone after trying to unlock it...

Especially if there's a way to modify a backup to put my IMEI in it and flash it to my phone. But I don't know if it's possible.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] redmaner:
Can somebody try this in terminal emulator or ADB

remember this could be dangerous

su
dd if=/dev/block/stl5 off=/sdcard/efs.rfs bs=4096

when all this succeeds without complications then you will find a file on your sd "efs.rfs"

Upload that file here so I can investegate it
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] indeezindii:
this is exactly the way ppl corrupted their efs - even copying (dd command) somehow interacts with some other process/subsystem apparently accessing it the same time - then it's IMEI gone/brick. i'm not trying to be smart ass, just read quite a bit about it here on xda and try to warn others what it can bring.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] redmaner:
Allright thanks for the info
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] adil_yildiztr:
i backup my stl5 block with dd. but there is no file like nv_data.bin or something has serial numbers or something like it.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] redmaner:
Cqn you upload the file here
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] adil_yildiztr:
private message sent
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] redmaner:
This is your efs!

Everything is stored in here, I am pretty sure off that!

It are other files then mentioned above here but this is containing pieces of your IMEI and your EFS

Well how to restore this I have totally no idea yet because I don't have a Ace.

But I know a very simple method to back-up this safe
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] dimauz:
If you know how to keep the IMEI and EFS then teach me!

Samsung Galaxy Ace.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] luiggi_mobile:
I didn't performed the backup and flashed my phone some weeks ago with no issues. But yesterday i reseted my phone and now the phone is with the "Emergency calls only", and the IMEI shows as "00000000...." can someone help me with that?

I checked in the efs folder (after mount that) and i haven't the file.

Can someone provide me a nv_data.bin file to check if can i recover my phone?

Many thanks from Argentina
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] imranaryan:
there is a software in the market which can backup efs file

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.nfye.insanity.toolbox&feature=search_result
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] russ18uk:
That only works on SGS and copies the nv_data.bin file which holds the IMEI info. It's very different on the newer phones such as the Gio, Ace et al. Backing up the stl5/bml5 (efs) is easy, but there is an issue that it will likely brick your phone. Also there is no known way to restore it.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] mvrk69:
I did the backup with dd and as soon as i reboot the phone it never came up, it only flashes the screen... bye bye to my phone.

SO DON'T MESS WITH stl5.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tkun:
And by Android development, I mean developing and porting roms, kernels, etc, not so much of app development.

Is the general consensus just to learn Java? Anything else you guys suggest?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fischwrap:
Issue 1:

In a few app windows (like Where's My Droid Power) the window is cut short... the menu window is in a smaller size window than the full screen of my Atrix. There is about an inch of blackness from the bottom of the screen to the bottom of the menu, and about a 1/4 inch of blackness on each side of the menu. Anyone else have this issue?

I would post a screenshot, but...

Issue 2:

I can not send emails through the Gmail app. They just sit in my inbox. I tried sending a screenshot to my computer so i could post the menu issue, but alas it is stuck in my outbox...
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fischwrap:
Another issue Im having is that no matter what my display settings are set to, the screen dims after about 5 seconds, and shuts off completely after about 10 or 15.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k4zyn:
These issues need to be posted in the Alien thread so that KennPenn can see them.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fischwrap:
I cant post in the dev forums yet because I dont have >10 postings :-/

Once I get to 10 I will post in Ken's Alien thread.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k4zyn:
I didn't even know that was a rule. Kind of a stupid one if you ask me.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] StewieJr:
Hi everyone,

Today, I just found out about M10tools, which is required to change the m10 files within Rosie.apk and others such as Idlescreen_Base.apk. (for Sense 3.0)

I just wanted to change the image that is displayed when you receive an SMS - so instead of the Giant MMS symbol, I used another image.

So I decompiled the Idlescreen_Bake.apk, decoded the images, found the MMS image in textures, edited/replaced the image with one of my own.

(note, the original image is 250x250, and the image I uploaded is 250x270)

Then saved in another location.

When I check to see if it's replaced correctly, I opened up the new Idlescreen_Base.apk, and when I get to the png image, the image is messed up - kinda like when your analog TV would be messed up on certain channels and the image is repeatedly cut.

I was wondering if it had anything to do with my not editing the original image itself. I tried scaling my image down to 250x250, which didn't work either.

Any help would be greatly appreciated :)
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xTFGx:
Short Answer: its because you didn't edit the original image file

Long Answer: I have never edited mms icons but I have made my own lock rings by editing that same file. Open the apk in m10 tools then find the texture you want to edit and right click the image of it on the right side then choose show in explorer. Right click the highlighted file and open with your image editor. I use Photoshop. Then put your new image on top of the old one and delete the original. Now for lock rings you have to rotate your image 180° and mirror it across the y-axis. I don't know if you have to do this with mms notifications. Then do file save and select PNG as the format and do not change the name of the file. Then back in m10 tools go to save apk. Then push it to /system/app
[Omnia 7 General] protoxido:
Hey guy!

When I connect my phone with the data network together with the use of the position, such as using maps, after a few seconds it starts to warm up, shut down and restart all the time, and I have to remove the battery otherwise it does the same infinity.

If the data network is off, everything works.

Any solutions?
[Omnia 7 General] dormix:
Hi, I have the same problem using both Data Connection and Location but just when recharging battery with travel charger or when connecting to USB cable. I have to switch off Location to solve the issue and recharge the battery.

I hope this bug wil be solved in Mango RTM 7720.

-Omnia 7 WP7 Mango 7712 unlocked-
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] rorytmeadows:
Any thoughts on an auto call recorder?

I'm looking for an app that runs in the background all the time and *clearly* auto records all incoming and outgoing calls and stores them as an audio file locally.

Autocall recorder was a perfect Windows Mobile app that did just that.

Thanks in advance!
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] billnye1999:
You can use the app in this thread. You need a Rom with call recording enabled in the kernel like CM7.1 nightlies for instance. It works great and records all calls automatically in the background. It saves all the calls in the WAV format or MP3 format locally. You can even listen to the files with the music player or app itself.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1048195&highlight=call+record
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] rorytmeadows:
This would be great on a ROM for my MT4GS, but my wife's G2 isn't rooted. Any possibility there?
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] veritasaequita:
i just started using this and i must say it is awesome! my only question is does anyone no of a good way to lock or block access to the recorded calls that store into sdcard/voix/ ? i guess its something ive never looked into, but now that i notice my significant other learning how to navigate my phone better id really rather them not be able to access that folder. ant help or ideas would be greatly appreciated. thanx
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] veritasaequita:
also i just started noticing tonight that when the recorder comes on (active) i lose my cell data connection. does anyone know why this could be happening?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] S0und_:
Hi!

I try to tell my lovely story, let's hope someone can help me, because i am in a huge trouble.

Today i installed WIFIunlocker on my device, and unfortunately, i gave access to the device administrator right to the application, plus i set up a password. Using the app i realised this is not that iam looking for, so i decided to remove it. Tryed to uninstall it, but for the first try i got an error, later on i realised that i need to turn off the device administrator mode inside the app, everything is fine, i was able to unintall it. Now the nightmare starts...

After uninstalling the app, locking the screen then unlocking the phone, it asks for password. I was a bit surprised because i just removed the related app. Nvm, i just entered my "password", but it was wrong. Before the uninstall it worked, now, after the uninstall it doesn't. At this point i can't do anything with the phone, because iam stucked on the "password screen".

What i did today:

- started from Litening rom v2.0

- i was hopeless, so wiped data/factory reset, wiped cache + darvik cache, formated system+data+cache

- installed LeoMar v2.5

- After the boot the it still asked for the password, i removed the sim-card, and somehow was able to access the phone, but unfortunately it locked itself, the "password screen" popped up again.

- My last try was flashing stock KG6 rom then later on CF-Root, but now i can't boot the phone into recovery mode. Download still works.

- What happends when i try to boot it to recovery, the Samsung Galaxy S 2 title shows up, but after that immediately asking for the "password". Before this, the phone booted fully / i was able the access the recovery mode.

So my question is, what can i do now? How can i get rid of this "password screen?"

Youtube video

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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mahatma:
Same problem

But I switched off administrator mode before uninstalled

and i used only one password so it can not be wrong.

I think that the app is a joke or a prank?

DID you managed to fix that?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mahatma:
Well I managed to make my phone the same brick as yours.

What now.

Did g4rb4g3 = Garbage did in purpose?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shadowofdarkness:
I think using download mode to restore your efs partition backup will fix this since password and pin info is saved on it.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prodygee:
Volume DOWN + Home + Power.

Do you have a custom recovery?

Wipe everything. All of it. Flash a new rom. How the hell is this impossible to remove? Flashing a rom wipes all crap right? Wth..

---

Edit: Seems the app is known for this bug with many others. Mods should take the app down, it's killing devices, turning them unusable. If the dev can reproduce the problem or if someone smart enough could come up with a fix..
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shadowofdarkness:
Wrong the password/pin is on the efs partition which is NEVER touched during flashes or wipes.

Or flash a AOSP rom like cm7 or MIUI since they don't use the efs partition for lock settings.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mahatma:
ANd i fixed it again from the brick

Just go to download mode

flush it with stock

after restart try to go to recovery it will ask you about the password

type anything as many timea as it will tell you that if you will try again it will wipe out your internall sd card

of course try once more it will wipe out your sd card and ask you again for password

type anything again and again and it will warn you again that if you try again it will wipe the internal sd card and after that you will see red info that your pass was changed to NULL

restart

and you are in and all is back to normall
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] S0und_:
You can blame him same as yourself. This story shows that you need to be really careful when you mess with your phone. This true from the developer side and from the user side. At least we have some information about this for the future and we can help people out.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dunnhole:
i have two questions about the M0N0LITHTH3ORY V1.1 Rom. one is the M0N0LITHTH3ORY V1.0 link on th3oryrom.com/forums/downloads actually the 1.1 version or is it the 1.0 still because the link will not work on the this site for me for some reason. also when flashing the theme do i just flash the zip with rom manager to apply the theme. thanks for any and all responses.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dunnhole:
nevermind about the link question finally got the link to work after many refreshes. still wondering about the question on flashing the theme.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ILMF:
should flash your theme from recovery.

courtesy of my rooted bolt
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kalkap:
Radio

Anyone have issues flashing the radio? It just keeps telling me it failed and without the radio update the ROM just goes nuts. Is there is certain file name its suppose to have?

I've tried flashing it with the stock name and radio.zip both before and after flashing the ROM but nada.

What am I doing wrong here?
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DroidTh3ory:
You don't flash the radio in recovery, you flash it in hboot.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ILMF:
This place is gonna miss you Th3ory. Best to you and yours.

courtesy of my rooted bolt
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fajardoju90:
The file name should be (PG05IMG.zip) without the parentheses. Also make sure its not double zipped[.zip.zip] which is a noobish mistake I made.a lot of times the file you download is already .zip format, in which case you just need to move it to the root of your SD card. Meaning in no folder or file.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jerzeedevl:
I currently have the gingeritis 3d rom. I'm curious if there's a way to remove the shortcut apps on the lockscreen? I like my lockscreens plain jane. Any ideas?

Thanks!
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] razor2006:
No. Run Gingeritis V1.2.1 if you don't like the Sense 3.0 elements.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dak_181:
um there are quite a few things you could try dont be so quick to tell him he cant without an attempt.. you could go into titanium and freeze the corresponding system data file for the lockscreen (im not sure what exactly it is) or try and find the right apk that runs the lockscreen then pull the one from the old rom that he said to revert to and replace the one thats currently on your phone.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jxrain038:
Install this apk and reboot. I am not responsbile for the file. I am on Gingeritis 3D 1.0 as well. This worked for me. Go to themikmik.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=172&t=1047 to give credit to the correct people.
[HTC EVO 3D] corybucher:
If you don't want to wait for miui than check this launcher out. Very nice so far.
[HTC EVO 3D] alexnaoumi:
i would love a link or screenshot

EDIT** found the link: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.tencent.qqlauncher&feature=search_result

i installed it, it looks really nice, app drawer is a LITTLE bit laggy, but it seems smooth on the homescreen. please thank me for finding the link (i wanna fill up my meter :D)
[HTC EVO 3D] corybucher:
Yeah sorry for no link I figured people could just type that into the market. But thanks
[HTC EVO 3D] rockypr:
I also like Go Launcher, it give you a lot of animated effects in the app drawer
[HTC EVO 3D] jgalan14:
Nice launcher thanks for the tip
[HTC EVO 3D] Killadawg7:
Nice start but laggy in key elements of the UI
[HTC EVO 3D] eman3316@optonline.net:
Thanks for the tip but the launcher lacks a lot of customization at this point.

Go Launcher EX FTW!
[HTC EVO 3D] Chris Hansen:
I just installed this tonight, it looks great, but I can't get widgets to show up. Anyone else have this problem?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] artaoh123:
Hey I undated to the new market and rented a movie the player gave error 49

play back not supported on rooted devices. Is there a fix for this. Help please.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] koopakid08:
Here you go.

http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/0...rooted-users-on-android-2-2-to-stream-movies/
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 3one7:
Its not showing an option to rent when I click on the movie?
[Acer Iconia A500] Bangjr:
Ooops too new to post links but check it out on androidpolice.com.
[Acer Iconia A500] goodintentions:
Same exact price as when I got it a month ago.
[Acer Iconia A500] jlary:
Actually, it's $399 and you also receive a $100 Target gift card according to the Target ad. It makes a little difference (or a lot :mad:) depending upon how much you pay in sales tax in your locale.

jeff.
[Acer Iconia A500] husher:
yeah i just saw the ad for it in the paper this morning. why can't i just use the damn card on the tablet
[Acer Iconia A500] 55Pegasus:
The $100 really helped in getting my wife to let me get this. I've had a Viewsonic GTab for almost a year. Also we used the Target Red card and got another 5% off.
[Acer Iconia A500] liltyke:
Your wife LET you get it.

HaHa

Man up dude.
[Acer Iconia A500] difrent7:
Picking this up tomorrow! My friend works at target is giving me his employee discount and then buying the gift card off of me for $85! I am very excited and looking forward to my first tablet woohoo =]
[Acer Iconia A500] NoHousePhone:
Nice. Ever since I got mine I haven't turn my laptop on.
[Acer Iconia A500] athakur999:
Walmart has the same deal too both online and in stores. I picked up one yesterday.

The Walmart gift card was much closer to cold hard cash for me since I can use it at their gas stations. Plus right now you get 10 off per gallon using a gift card.
[Acer Iconia A500] jimmerz:
I recently bought the 32GB from Costco. It was $429. I am considering a quick return for this model and the $100 gift card (Wal Mart).

This is my wifes toy and she uses it to play some games and browse facebook. I think 16GB should be sufficient?
[Acer Iconia A500] harveydent:
Return and rebuy or price adjust at costco, it's now $350 there