yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Milestone XT720 General] RyanGDI:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=10001234&postcount=34 - AHA! Videotron and WIND use the same bands (1700/2100), and some digging around turned that up. Looks like they've been having problems too. Can anyone help pinpoint their radio for me? It seems like that might just do the trick. :D

Update:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=944258#11176044 <- Can someone confirm that this is safe for the XT720? If so, my gut instinct's pretty sure this is exactly what I need...the "freq_F_CN_026-850-2100-signed.zip" one appears to be for Canada, while "freq_F_US_342_107-850-1700-2100-signed.zip" does the frequencies right. O-^
[Milestone XT720 General] tharan.a:
Mann, all I had to do was pop in my sim card and off I went. I think there was a 3G fix around here somewhere, make sure to get someone's "approval" first (one of the more experienced guys) because it may damage your phone. Try this though...

Dial *#*#4636#*#*, go into phone information, and see if anything looks off.

As for frequencies, the country does not matter, the frequencies do...for WIND, you need 1700/2100.
[Milestone XT720 General] AllGamer:
do not use those Defy fixes, it'll probably kill your XT720 :eek:
[Milestone XT720 General] RyanGDI:
Whew, alright. Good thing I asked first, thanks. I still can't get it to work properly...I'm more than likely going to have to ditch this thing and go with a G1 or a Touch Pro 2 if I don't have any better luck with it. Thanks for all the help though guys. :/
[Milestone XT720 General] Mioze7Ae:
Have you flashed a sbf? If so, which one? If not did you buy this phone from Wind or somewhere else? If it is a baseband software problem, then perhaps flashing a different sbf will help (Maybe one of the North American ones-- CBW or brightpoint).
[Milestone XT720 General] RyanGDI:
STR_U2_04.1E.1_SIGNED_USASHLSTAB14P2XAPCNCBW039.0R_NACBW_P011_A006_HWp3_1FF (Cincinnati Bell)...that's the only .sbf that I can get RSDLite to recognize for some reason. Attempting to pull up one for the UK or the US Brightpoint for example leaves the File Properties section blank and my start button disabled. I have version 4.5.3, if that's any help. Any hope of a miracle here?

Also, I bought it from a third-party in the US...didn't know what carrier it was with, but after some digging around and checking the "S/W" I found it to be Cincinnati Bell. Ideally I'd be looking for a WIND sbf, but I don't think anyone here's managed to get their hands on one. I'm almost at the point of just trying to take it apart to see if there's something loose in the hardware. Someone else on here was saying that there was a loose cable or somewhat that was preventing their UMTS from working properly (can't find the link). Everyone's saying it should be working just fine, I can't really see any alternative besides the baseband perhaps being flaky.
[Milestone XT720 General] Mioze7Ae:
Yup, that's the Cincinnati Bell sbf. The brightpoint one is essentially identical but unbranded--the only differences are things like default webpage in the browser and preloaded bookmarks, etc. I don't know a lot about basebands, but I do know the only way to change the baseband firmware currently is with sbf. I think yours is fine, though. AllGamer is our resident WIND expert, so if his advice didn't help, I'm afraid I don't have much more to offer.

Actually, if this is a Cincinnaiti Bell phone, maybe it's SIM locked to CBW...? I know both of mine are. Does anyone know how to test that? SIM locks are also black magick to me.
[Milestone XT720 General] RyanGDI:
Already removed the SIM lock (got that taken care of well beforehand)...I guess I'm on my own then.Thanks everyone, I appreciate the help regardless. :3
[Milestone XT720 General] AllGamer:
i have a hunch you are still SIM locked, that error message ("Your SIM card does not allow a connection to this network") you keep having, kinda of suggest that

an easy way to find out, is to see if anyone have an extra unused Cinncinaty Bell's SIM card, and send it to you, so you can pop it in, and if it doesn't give you any error message, but "R"oaming, then that is a good dead indicator that the phone was not properly unlocked.
[Milestone XT720 General] AllGamer:
also in regards to the stock ROMs

you should have no problem flashing any of the .sbf files

my phone was originally an Asian one, then i flashed it to use the UK ROM, and after that i flashed the Dexter 2.2 to it
[Milestone XT720 General] RyanGDI:
So are you saying that its possible that an unlock code can "unlock" the device (pass the unlock code request) and allow it to accept a foreign SIM, but still fail to allow it to connect to the SIM's networks? It'd make perfect sense if Rogers was an affiliated network with Cincinnati Bell (for roaming), since it'd be "mutual ground" between WIND and CBW. And then the SIM wouldn't be able to connect to WIND's exclusive 3G network since it was never on the "allowed" networks as defined by Cincy? =.=
[Milestone XT720 General] AllGamer:
if you are in Toronto, i'll suggest you go to P-mall, any of those cell phone stores there can help you unlock the phone for sure

or you can try your luck online with different ways to unlock the phone

quite sincerely we never really talked much about SIM unlocking of this phone within this forum.

perhaps a DEV might be able to help you figure out how to unlock it for free

because if you go to the malls they might charge you an unlocking fee regardless

although with the chinese places you can argue it didn't work, and they will not charge you for the unlocking
[Milestone XT720 General] RyanGDI:
I swear, I just realized something. Under the "Firmware configuration version"...GAS_ASIA_SHORTSK_P006. Someone's been pulling the wool over my eyes this whole time, phone's been running around with (I can only assume?) an Asian configuration...obviously not for US use. This would be my pinch right here likely, does this help anyone out?

Edit: Well...after a solid 10 minutes of venting over all my effort put into this thing being in vain, I've come to the realization that this is actually a Motoroi that some idiot just threw CBW's stock ROM onto and called a day. Absolutely furious, but it took me far too long to get the phone working and confirm this in order to get a refund. I'll just have to sell it then but at least now I know its properly functional. I appreciate the help from all of you guys here, I'm sorry to have dragged all of you through this. I just hope that my case of "stupid user syndrome" helps out anyone in the future stuck with a similar problem so it can contribute a bit back to the community down the road.
[Milestone XT720 General] sohrab.naushad:
Hey Ryan,

Im sure issues with a phone you've just newly bought is very frustrating but look at the bright side. Now you know your phone is a Motoroi, which gives you access to using 2.3.5 CM7 roms and bunch of other cool things. I think base band problems can be changed by flashing the correct firmware. I think these new phones are surely QUAD band GSM's. Try flashing the Korean 2.2 SBF file you can find on this forum and check how that goes.
[Milestone XT720 General] Mioze7Ae:
The motoroi should have a T logo in the glass just below the phone speaker (the one used when talking on the phone) for the ear and have some strange port above the volume rocker. Milestone XT720 is a dark blue. One or both of the others is black (but I can't remember if that is XT701 or Motoroi).

Edit: I just looked at the label on the phone under the battery. The only thing on the label that meand Milestone XT720 to me is the S/W part. Mine starts STR_ which is what the Milestone XT720 software builds are labeled. The Motoroi ones are four letters with a K (STKT?). STR is definately Milestone XT720. I can't remember the XT701--it's got a C something like STCU. Sorry I'm away from my dev computer so I won't be able to check before tomorrow.

The baseband/frimware string you quoted changes when you flash a SBF, so that of itself it's not really conclusive of anything.

Another thing to check is what is your bootloader version? (Hold camera+volume up while powering on). I think mine is 80.89.
[Milestone XT720 General] RyanGDI:
Mine's 80.89 too, along with the Navy Blue and the "STR" S/W. So...I'll try flashing the Korean 2.2 SBF if everyone's sure that'll be safe. Otherwise, it seems like it could just use a good sbf flash, if anyone can recommend the right one for the job?

Update: I'm still trying to flash the US Brightpoint sbf onto this thing...I can get my phone into bootloader and have it detected without any problems, but when I try to load an sbf, no file properties come up and my start button is disabled. I've tried re-compiling the sbf with the "Motorola Android Firmware (De)packer" by "Skrilax_CZ" (Version 1.2), still no luck. =.=
[Milestone XT720 General] Mioze7Ae:
Another option is to use sbf_flash on linux or macos. http://blog.opticaldelusion.org/search/label/sbf_flash?m=1

On ubuntu I run:

sudo sbf_flash some.sbf
[Milestone XT720 General] RyanGDI:
Nah...I managed to flash on the US Brightpoint SBF after doing a bit of reading around on forums, I'm all good for that. With the new ROM, I can connect to Wind Away with absolutely no problems (even EDGE data works great, could log into my Google account and pull up my email), but Wind Home still gives me the classic "Your SIM card does not allow a connection to this network". Is it possible that it needs to download some OTA updates from Wind in order to connect perhaps? Or do I still not have some kind of configuration set right? I'll try to do a dump of any phone data that I can think of when I come back...going to head out for a bit, so I'll try to connect then.
[Milestone XT720 General] AllGamer:
it does not need to download any OTA update to work with WIND

but it does need the 1700 + 2100 frequency

if you can connect fine to Wind Away which runs on 850 / 1900 (also known as Rogers Roaming) then it kind of suggest your phone does not seem to have the 1700 bands in place

or it needs a modem fix, assuming it is not a motorori but an actual milestone XT720

http://www.gsmarena.com/motorola_xt720_motoroi-3090.php

vs

http://www.gsmarena.com/motorola_milestone_xt720-3375.php

or from the real source http://www.motorola.com/Consumers/X...ervices/Mobile-Phones/ci.MOTO-XT720-XW-EN.alt

in other words, maybe you purchased a known to be "bad flashed" phone

probably the previous owner flashed the wrong ROM into it hoping it can get it to work with Cincinnati Bell or T-Mobile, and when it became a mess, he just got rid of it as a XT720 by false advertising

all the info you have provided so far seems to suggest the phone might have really been a Motoroi XT720 instead of Milestone XT720

the Motoroi XT720 runs on AT&T / Bell / Rogers / Telus bands
[Milestone XT720 General] Mioze7Ae:
I don't think so... everything he's checked points to Milestone XT720--Motoroi is black (from the pictures I've seen) and the software build ID printed on the label should start STSKT_ for Motoroi instead of STR_.

I think "Your SIM card does not allow a connection to this network" indicates that it can *see* the network, i.e. it's on the right bands. But either the phone or the SIM won't allow the connection. That's my guess anyway. When you were at the store, did they test that the SIM works correctly in a different phone (I assume they did)?
[Milestone XT720 General] AllGamer:
it would help if we can see a close up picture of the back of the phone, inside the battery compartment to see what it's supposed to be.
[Milestone XT720 General] easye420:
You can also try replacing apns.xml with a more complete one with wind settings? That might help. But what do I kno
[Milestone XT720 General] AllGamer:
the best thing to try is to go back to a stock .sbf say UK stock perhaps?

that one works for me, when i just got the phone and didn't do any rooting
[Milestone XT720 General] RyanGDI:
Hang on guys. I'm sorry I haven't replied to this in a little while. I'll have a picture up shortly, and try the stock UK .sbf. In the event of a bad flash that could be "jamming" one of the frequencies, is there any way to fix that? :/
[Milestone XT720 General] RyanGDI:
This other phone's 2 MP camera is useless...I'll just manually type out the details here.

XT720

Model: 93334XUESA

FCC ID IHDP56KC6

MSN: K40ENY28FK

S/W: STR_U2_04.!E.1

SEQ: 0000613032

IC: 1090-P56KC6

MKQ7 - 334411A21

And on the other sticker below it:

TA53503QEC

KAUG0031AB

vTO 0TN B10

0102

Update: The UK .sbf is the same as any from earlier. Can see Wind Home, but try to connect and I get the notification instantly, followed by the message that my SIM doesn't allow a connection. =.=
[Milestone XT720 General] Mioze7Ae:
Mine has the same model number, fcc id and s/w. I'm pretty sure that's a Cincinnati Bell phone. I'm not sure if I missed it, but have you tested that sim in a different phone? I mean the fact that you're seeing the network and that the error message says that the SIM is forbidden seems to be the problem.

Your IMEI isn't blacklisted here http://www.amta.org.au/pages/amta/Check.the.Status.of.your.Handset but you probably want to edit your post to remove it.
[Milestone XT720 General] RyanGDI:
Edited, thanks...I'll wait to see what AG has to say on this (if anything)...

(And sorry, forgot to reply about the phone...I've tried the SIM in a different phone (worked fine), and I've tried another working SIM with the Moto (didn't work))
[Milestone XT720 General] tharan.a:
Lol, so whats the general consensus? Do you have a Motoroi or an XT720?
[Milestone XT720 General] RyanGDI:
We're pretty much dead-nuts sure this is the Milestone XT720. S/W versions, casing colour, model number etc all match up with a Cincy Bell. I'm beginning to think that the previous owner did a bad flash and "jammed" the 1700 or 2100 frequency...from what AG said in a previous post, it appears to be possible. After all, the firmware revision version (or something along those lines) pointed to an Asian (Motoroi) build. Perhaps a flash meant for the Motoroi that got thrown on this thing jammed it, it'd make sense since the Motoroi only supports HSDPA 2100 (and not the other 1700 band required, hence perhaps the ability to "see but not connect").
[Milestone XT720 General] crusnikmachine:
Im having the same issue with my dads milestone xt720 which he purchased unlocked from pacific mall. He used it on rogers network for over a year, upgraded to the samsung galaxy note and gave the xt720 to me. i originally hoped i could get it to work on virgin's network since the network specs are nearly identical to the HTC legend (xt720 supports 2100) i was using previously.

With my virgin sim i can see the virgin network but when i try to connect it says "sim card does not allow connection to this network". setting the APN settings didnt fix this..

My legend is toast btw so i need to get this thing to work. This morning i took it to a virgin store and after looking at the IMEI they told me it would not work on they're network. great. anyways i took it to the mobilicity place next to it and tried they're sim just to see if i could connect to they're network however after picking up mobilicity and wind networks i try to connect to mobilicity and it just gave the same error "sim card does not allow connection to this network".

My FW configuration is GAS_ASIA_USASHLSTBRTINT_P029 and after a phone call to motorola they say the phone was made in singapore. ive tried switching the baseband to the wind canada and dexter's but no change. i will soon try another ROM, im currently on the stock 2.1 since I did a factory reset when i got it from my dad.

it sucks you guys didnt find a solution. Ryan did you get any results with a different rom?
[Milestone XT720 General] AllGamer:
my XT720 was also from Singapore, it was unlocked and it works fine out of the box in any network without flashing any radio to it

so probably there's another problem with your phone

try to flash everything back to stock

get the stock UK sbf, flash it, and see if that helps
[Milestone XT720 General] crusnikmachine:
I went to wind today and got it to work with one of they're sims, i had to input APN settings to get the 3G to work but all is good now. I thought because it wouldnt connect to mobilicity that i had the same problem as the OP but i guess not.

Thanks for the quick response though!
[Samsung Infuse 4G] nash2000:
I just read the rules and it siguests to use the search function (obviously) the issue I have is when I try and search something 3e recovery for example I get massive amounts of threads from every device which makes it a giant pain. Also, using the phone app I can't seem to locate a Q check box when starting a new topic.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] rohit3192:
Search

There are two type of searches one for thread and other for whole xda forum.

You can type "3e recovery infuse" for better result and use top search field(with magnifying glass in yellow box)

coincidentally i was just looking for more info on 3e recovery :p

See the results i am getting(much less confusing):

http://www.google.com/cse?q=3e+reco...ub-2900107662879704:fs7umqefhnf&ie=ISO-8859-1

Edit:this for search through computer or xda page opened in mobile internet browser.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] -Kevlar-:
Don't even try using the App search feature. You can't narrow down to a forum.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] nash2000:
OK, that's what I thought. It would be nice if we couldn't since I'm sure the majority use the app.
[LG Optimus Black] dxdiag32:
in my opinion ,music control is useless ,so i want to remove it

i know that we can disable it by setting ,but someone want to remove it (like me :P),so i found a way to "remove" it from LG P990 forum ,link :http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1010733

it will also work for frozen/uninstalled music app

then i'll show you more details

steps:

1.decompile framework-res.apk

2.find status_bar_expanded.xml in \res\layout

3.open status_bar_expanded.xml,find android:id="@id/music_status_bar"

4.after android:id="@id/music_status_bar" you can see those code:

android:background="@drawable/noti_control_bar_bg" android:paddingLeft="3.0dip" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="77.25598dip">

then use those code below to replace them

android:background="@drawable/noti_control_bar_bg" android:paddingLeft="3.0dip" android:visibility="gone" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="0.0dip">

ok ,save and compile framework-res.apk ,then it has been removed :)

in fact ,you read the code ,music control bar is hidden :P
[LG Optimus Black] digitalfrost:
Thanks for the info. I just tried that, but the resulting framework-res.apk is only 4,19mbyte in size, where as the orginial file is 6,86mbytes. Will it work?

Here's what I did:

apktool -d framework-res.apk

Makes changes to xml file, save.

apktool b framework-res framework-new.apk
[LG Optimus Black] Altermind:
this works.. or you could just load the music player and goto settings.. and untick show notification lol :)
[LG Optimus Black] ziiljuks:
Same here.

Is there a some tutorial how to do this stuff?

From my understanding:

1) pull framework-res.apk with adb

2) decompile with apktool

3) edit with editor like notepad++

4) recompile with apktool (somewhere read that system files don't need to sign, is that true?)

5) here I don't know what to do, push or make update.zip, what works? and how?

6) ...

7) Profit
[LG Optimus Black] knzo:
Nice job.

I also think I found out how to remove LG lockscreen but I haven't tested it properly yet.

In android.policy.java there's a file called LockscreenViewGuard or something. Open it, search for Andy (LG lockscreen is called Andy_LockScreen2).

Replace the 2 entries for "LockScreen" instead.
[LG Optimus Black] fjsw:
I think the difference is the setting option only disable the player control (back, pause, forward buttons), it still show the song you are playing in notification bar.
[LG Optimus Black] antonio1475:
EDIT: NOW I get what you mean. You talk about the notification of playing song, not the controls.

OK, nice job. I had to modify that file to get full sized notification toggles (Gingerbread or WP7 theme in nova v3.1 instead of stock toggles).

:)

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[LG Optimus Black] antonio1475:
But by the code I think it's for the control bar. Or is it fof the Now Playing notification?

If it's just for control bar, it makes no sense.

If it's for the Now Playing notification, nice done.

Can you clarify this?

:)

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[LG Optimus Black] dxdiag32:
nice...i tried to find where can we change lockscreen into tap lock,but failed

so this way will work?:D
[LG Optimus Black] dxdiag32:
my fault

it's just for control bar
[LG Optimus Black] Altermind:
agread.. if its for the now playing.. yes.. it needs to be removed... it's just a duplication...
[LG Optimus Black] antonio1475:
I didn't understand because you knew you can do it by Settings :S .

--

:)

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[LG Optimus Black] aeros0ul:
just deinstall the music app and see what happens!

for me,this has to be removed like all these other LG sh*t
[LG Optimus Black] antonio1475:
Yeah sure, if you freeze/uninstall Music app, controls show up.

So, @dxdiag32, add "for frozen/uninstalled music app" to the title and you have a useful tutorial!!

:)

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[LG Optimus Black] digitalfrost:
Man I feel stupid now. I've never opened the stock music app until today :D. Much better, thank you.
[LG Optimus Black] MauricioAedo:
Very thanks but I don't know how to decompile and recompile. This guide is not for begginer users :(

Greetings
[LG Optimus Black] antonio1475:
That's because you can easily search how to decompile and recompile apk's.

Start with "apk manager 4.9 xda" in Google ;)

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[LG Optimus Black] digitalfrost:
Umm yeah...Just bricked my phone :(. Gonna have to reflash :(.

e: So...when i recompile the file without changing anything it is working fine. However when I make the mod and recompile, file size is significantly smaller than original. Here's the log output:

--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|15.08.2011 -- 3:00:31,06|
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java version "1.6.0_26"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_26-b03)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 20.1-b02, mixed mode, sharing)
Could Not Find C:\Android\apk_manager_4.9\place-apk-here-for-modding\../place-apk-here-for-modding/signedframework-res.apk
Could Not Find C:\Android\apk_manager_4.9\place-apk-here-for-modding\../place-apk-here-for-modding/unsignedframework-res.apk
I: Loading resource table...
I: Decoding resources...
I: Copying assets and libs...
W: Could not find sources
I: Checking whether resources has changed...
I: Building resources...
aapt: warning: string 'permdesc_cache_filesystem' has no default translation in C:\Android\apk_manager_4.9\other\..\projects\framework-res.apk\res; found: pt_PT
aapt: warning: string 'permlab_cache_filesystem' has no default translation in C:\Android\apk_manager_4.9\other\..\projects\framework-res.apk\res; found: pt_PT
I: Building apk file...
The system cannot find the file specified.
W: Could not find sources
I: Checking whether resources has changed...
I: Building resources...
aapt: warning: string 'permdesc_cache_filesystem' has no default translation in C:\Android\apk_manager_4.9\other\..\projects\framework-res.apk\res; found: pt_PT
aapt: warning: string 'permlab_cache_filesystem' has no default translation in C:\Android\apk_manager_4.9\other\..\projects\framework-res.apk\res; found: pt_PT
I: Building apk file...
The system cannot find the file specified.
[LG Optimus Black] dxdiag32:
it's fine,just warning,no errors

compression changed so you get a smaller apk:P

you'd better pick xml from your new apk and put it into original apk,that will work
[LG Optimus Black] dxdiag32:
i didn't get what you exactly mean(sorry my bad english:P)

i delete my music app,and music control bar never showed up

and i share this tutoria because i'm making a rom and i don't want to see this when i boot up:)