yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] coupetastic-droid:
oh yeah! this is going to make the status bar much more cleaner. specially when other mods are added. ill post screenies of mine later. :)
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] coupetastic-droid:
:-) all I need now is the 4g icon that I still can't get to work with the transperant pulldown.
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] bigwillyg:
Is this supposed to make the pull down transparent? Cause it would not do it for me?
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] coupetastic-droid:
This mod only removes the clock in status bar as stated in op.
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] phanirvcse:
Is thr a way to backup-restore d original clock?
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] Jack_R1:
Copy your /system/app/SystemUI.apk and save it somewhere, place it back in /system/app/ if you want the clock back.
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] coupetastic-droid:
Jack, is it possible to get this mod updated for bliss and runnymede?

I'm running rafy's runnymede rom and would like to remove the clock out of this one as well.
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] Jack_R1:
Please upload me the SystemUI.apk, or point me to the ROM download. Thanks.
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] coupetastic-droid:
http://android-maisters.net/roms/in...t4g-runnymede-sense-35/39-mt4gsense35rtypev10

Which I can just upload my systemui but is hard for me to come by a pc. But above is the link for the rom download.
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] Jack_R1:
First post updated with your request. Please test and reply.
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] coupetastic-droid:
sorry jack. that broke my status bar.

heres my systemui.apk if it helps better.
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] Jack_R1:
Sorry, got the same results. Looks like I can't decompile the APK properly - apktool shows warnings, that are probably the reason for the failure you saw.
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] coupetastic-droid:
Thanx for the effort man. Can't win them all.
[HTC Sensation] az5k:
I've had no luck with this one on my Sensation or HD2 on various android or windows builds. I'm trying to set an event repetition to every four weekly (example event; pay rent, payday, etc).

Is it possible? Do I need updates? Maybe a third party calendar app + widget combo?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Podar:
Tonight I received 2 text msgs from different people .......7 times over 6 hoursv....and I'm not talking about notifications repeating. I keep getting the same text messages over and over. Anyone else having this issue? I was running EH06 until an hour ago....and just Odined EH17...and just rcvd the same messages again.

Podar.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
It usually is their network error. I used to get 4 or 5 from this girl on MetroPCS. Once it wouldn't stop for over an hour.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tazfanatic:
My wife had the same issue getting the same 3 messages from me all day. I thought it was a network issue. She was ready to kill me when I got home. Talking each message almost a 100 times :eek:
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Podar:
It finally stopped this afternoon...THANK GOODNESS....INSANITY
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ac16313:
Same here!

Got in some serious shizz earlier with my female and her parents over it lol...

Sent from my SPH-D700
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Podar:
SOLUTION

It turns out it was being caused by my Airave that I have at the house. This evening I reset it and the connection with my phone.....all is well. The wierd thing is that it only affected my Epic(back to stock EC05) and not the Moment, Evo or Evo shift that I have. Crazy stuff.

Podar

Epic 4g....

(BACK TO STOCK EC05)
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Yeah, I posted a thread about Sprint screwing up the Airaves with another "update" which they claimed to "help" us. Not if it messes up the service Sprint!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tazfanatic:
interesting i have a Airrave also but mine happened about a month ago. My wife was stock at the time and at home well I was at work I was on SRF could of been Bonsai. Good to know next time it happens will reset the Airrave thanks for the tip I thanked both OP and Kenny :)
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] JasonPanter:
Hi colleagues!! I am a new proud owner of this super-tablet and I am starting to have problems from the first day. The tablet crashes in a random way, especially when playing Angry Birds, and get me back to the desktop without any warning window...

Does it sound familiar to you??

Thanks in advance for your help!
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] Half Decaf:
That happens to me alot in Opera, not really an issue in other apps.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] DelLoce:
I guess you've got the latest version of Angry Birds.

I've started to get these sudden crashes with Angry Birds too, but only after the latest update.. My girlfriend plays Angry Birds (and Rio too) all the time on the tab, and it's never made any crashes.. Untill yesterday, when she happily announced a new update was ready, downloaded and installed it and started complaining about 10 minutes later, that it crashed.. This happened maybe 3 or 4 times during 2 hours..

I tried to kid around, saying she was the only person on the earth who could mess up an install from the market.. She did not think I was funny....
[Nexus S General] dena994:
downloading!!!!
[Nexus S General] saryu:
Nice find..

What's the difference between v1 if i may ask?
[Nexus S General] Tenhi:
Google! Optimize your translate tool :P...
[Nexus S General] Pitrino:
i can't download...error 404...
[Nexus S General] nonoheran:
Download link :

http://cdn.movilzona.es/repos/superatmel/ROMS/SuperOSR/NexusS/SuperOSR-ST@-Nexus-S-2.0.0-AW.zip
[Nexus S General] coloxim:
sei proprio un pistola....

nice rom!!!

very good!!!
[Nexus S General] Pitrino:
back to kang....i had too FC with this rom
[Nexus S General] yaronyud:
what is the diff?

what is the difference between OSRV1 and this one?
[Nexus S General] slonn:
It's heaps faster than V1 on my NS. For example, I have ALT drawer installed which used to take around 10 seconds to open on V1, but in this version it opens immediately when the icon is pressed.

No force closures yet.
[Nexus S General] DaX05:
Flawless update!
[Nexus S General] coloxim:
This rom is speedy Gonzales!!

very good!!!

Only one problem..dimmer doesn't work..

Inviato dal mio Nexus S usando Tapatalk
[Nexus S General] jca11:
I'll give it a try!

Thanks!
[Nexus S General] bluecluenj:
Dumb question maybe but does this ROM come in English? I cant decipher the google translation, are there any special install requirements or just a wipe and flash?
[Nexus S General] dena994:
Best battery and super fast....i think the best rom....try it!!¡!!!!!

Inviato dal mio Nexus S usando Tapatalk
[Nexus S General] yaronyud:
you can change it to english in menu..

by thw way does any one know how to solve the damn DSP thing that crushes with volume booster they both force close...

:(
[Nexus S General] dario3040:
I love this ROM, might stay on my phone for a long time.
[Nexus S General] ssenbonzakura:
This is my rom of choice. Flawless with matrix kernel. DOwnloading NOW :D
[Nexus S General] jca11:
does this ROM support trinity kernel?
[Nexus S General] jca11:
Have u tried this ROM?
[G2 and Desire Z General] martonikaj:
I've just experienced something that's never happened in the last 8 months I've had T-Mobile. I have always used wifi tethering off and on every month, but never extensively. I've also never gone over 5gb of data in a month. This last billing cycle (ended yesterday) I nearly hit 5gb and tethered more than usual because I moved (no home net) and went on vacation (no wifi). Just a few minutes ago, after restarting my phone, my laptops browser redirected to a FAQ/Info page about adding wifi tethering to my plan. Opening the phones browser does the same. Even after rebooting etc., the phone browser always redirects...

I'm on CM7 nightlies, and have only tethered a few times on any type of stock ROM.

What the heck is going on? Did they really just find this out or do they spam people with this when they push 5gb in a month? Can I call and tell them this is an error? How will they look into this? Surely they can't actually know, especially on a custom ROM...

I would include screenshots but the xda app doesn't like png's apparently.

edit: here's a screenshot:
[G2 and Desire Z General] redpoint73:
Why would you think that? From what I understand, all the data packets being sent over the network are tagged differently when tethering, and its pretty easy for a carrier to tell when you do it. Rooted or custom ROM makes no difference.
[G2 and Desire Z General] martonikaj:
How could they tell though? Its not a T-mo proprietary tethering app, there's no tagging being done. Its just data.
[G2 and Desire Z General] ohgood:
Time to start https'ing everything ?
[G2 and Desire Z General] martonikaj:
I guess so. Idk.

Other threads I found about this situation were quite old, and from the ones I saw they stopped spamming you with redirects after a day or so. I'm gonna wait it out a few days and if they don't stop I'm going to call them. My understanding is that they can't determine between tethered packets and just phone packets.

My personal feeling at this moment is they're spamming me with redirects because I hit like 4.95gb last month and I usually only do 2-3gb.
[G2 and Desire Z General] eneka:
iirc, tethering and wifi-sharing is included with the data plan.
[G2 and Desire Z General] martonikaj:
well they don't require you to get the plan in order to "unlock" the wifi tethering app like AT&T and Verizon do, but they DO offer a Tethering plan to buy.
[G2 and Desire Z General] GetTargetedFans:
Please my son, you are not that special that T-mobile would be able to spot your data packets out of the millions of users. It is something else. I would just call and say what's up.
[G2 and Desire Z General] martonikaj:
That's my point. Why the hell would they ever take the time to solo out someone using 5gb data one month...
[G2 and Desire Z General] eneka:
from what i'm seeing, tethering and wifi-sharing seems to be included if you have a data plan that is $20+

http://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-2384

edit:their info seems to be a bit confusing. I've tethered quite extensively and even went over the 5gig limit before. Try calling customer and see what they say? maybe it's a system error.
[G2 and Desire Z General] martonikaj:
"Your account needs to have a Web add-on feature of $19.95 or higher to use Tethering and Wi-Fi Sharing."

I think this means that in order to

add on

a tethering plan, you need to have a plan of at least that price. Aka no tethering on a non-smartphone 250mb plan or something.
[G2 and Desire Z General] kaijura:
Why not try HoFo's T-mo section. They probably have some employees or ex-csa's there who can answer your question.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Max):
They use the browser agent to know if you're on a computer or not.

The best way to bypass this crappy system is to use a vpn solution.

You may try http://hotspotshield.com/, but I don't know if they patch the 64 bits problem (if you're on a Mac or on 32 bits it will works).

Maybe http://ultrasurf.us/ can help you too.
[G2 and Desire Z General] martonikaj:
Yep it looks like that's whats happening. I changed my UA on my phone back to "android" and I stopped getting redirects on the phone. Still getting redirects if I tether to the laptop, of course.

This is absolutely ridiculous. Any mobile browser lets you change the UA string, checking UA doesn't mean that you are tethering. I'm going to give them a call and get them to drop this crap.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Max):
But try what I said for the tether on your computer (ultra surf or hotspot shield). I'm pretty sure they don't filter those VPN (then, once you're connected, they canno't see what you're doing).

On your Android Phone, you may want to try the orbot network.
[G2 and Desire Z General] martonikaj:
I've used orbot, and I'm very familiar with computer-side VPN solutions. Not really necessary considering T-mobile can't prove that I'm doing anything wrong when they simply filter based on my UA string.

I realize I could do this, but I think they're unnecessary hoops to jump through when I shouldn't be targeted in the first place.
[G2 and Desire Z General] martonikaj:
Got an update for you guys.

I just spent about a half hour on the phone with a very nice CS rep at T-mobile. After going through the usual "did you reset your phone?" and all that jazz, and a few times being put on hold, she literally said she has never heard of this happening, and neither had her manager.

I've been instructed to get the URL that I'm being directed to, my IMEI number, and a few other things so that I can open up some form of advanced ticket with them when they call me tomorrow.

I've restored back to my stock rooted 2.3.4 build, and I'm having trouble getting it to do the same thing that it does when on CM7. Even on Firefox and Dolphin HD, which allow for UA switching to "desktop", I'm not getting redirects. I do still get them, however, when tethering from stock 2.3.4 to my MacBook in both Chrome and Firefox, but not in Safari...

So at this point I get redirects on the phone in CM7 with the UAstring "desktop"; and on the computer tethered using Chrome and Firefox.

I've got all the time in the world to fix this. I know that they can't tell I'm tethering, and they're only checking for UAstring and blocking those pages from loading. I'm not doing anything wrong by switching the UAstring on my browser. Just gotta keep on pushing them till they take this off my account.
[G2 and Desire Z General] martonikaj:
Thanks for the info. Appreciate the big post. Going to look into changing the UA strings.

Won't changing the user agent in Chrome or Firefox (with an extension) then change my browsing experience when using those browsers on the computer? If I make the browser indicate to the websites I visit that I am on a mobile device, I'll start being served mobile views of pages...

Also, could you shed light on the reason why Safari works just fine on my laptop while tethering, right next to Firefox and Chrome which don't work? There must be some subtle things about it... or is T-mobile just not targeting Safari like they do Firefox and Chrome?

So I've downloaded that extension and created the custom user agent to make Firefox look like an iPhone browser. And as I expected I'm being served mobile versions of the sites.

So my real question is, can I create a user agent string that identifies the browser as mobile, but loads regular pages? As in... what Dolphin HD would do when you select "desktop" under the UA string settings? (I think I'll answer my own question in a minute...)

K, answered my own question. I loaded Dolphin HD on my phone, set the user agent in settings to "Desktop" then went to whatsmyuseragent.com and copied that to my "new user agent" I created on Firefox. Everything seems to be working fine...

its horribly annoying that I have to go with this. I REALLY prefer Chrome and wish there was a good extension to accomplish this on Chrome, but I guess I can deal with using Firefox when I tether. Still plan on talking to them tomorrow to get this flag off my account, but really glad I have something to fall back on.

+1,000,000 to you, good sir.

EDIT: Just as an aside, I found an extension for Chrome that does user agent switching: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/...kpdkbamkfgbofhgcj?hl=en-US&hc=search&hcp=main , but because of a lack of API-level support in Chrome, sites that use network-level user agent detection can see through the spoof. I checked it and it doesn't work properly in this case. Just a heads up for people :)
[G2 and Desire Z General] martonikaj:
Seems as though they're not targeting safari at all. I haven't been redirected a single time, even when spamming different pages (20+ tabs over and over again) in Safari while tethered.

Well that explains why the Dolphin HD desktop mode works just fine then :)

I use OSX about 99% of the time, although I do have bootcamp with W7 loaded, and use it from time to time. I'll look into adding it to a chrome shortcut in OSX and report back. For now, dealing with Safari or Firefox is fine.

Makes sense. Chrome is nice, but I think I can deal for the time being!

Also, as an aside, I just got off of the phone with T-mobile again and dealt with 2 different people. This lady was much more blunt with me, and said she was aware of the redirect but siad she can't remove the flag for tethering on my account, and insisted I was tethering. I said that I can 100% replicate it redirecting me on my phone but of course she wasn't interested in any of that.

Her solution was to either switch browsers on my phone or deal with it. Sigh... They ship me a phone that allows me to tether then they do stuff like this. Very sad.

Well I used to use WiFi at home and only use 2gb-3gb per month, but they can be damn sure I'll be using at least 5gb per month from now on :p :D :rolleyes:
[G2 and Desire Z General] kusuriurikun:
The info you noted about it not blocking MacOS X Safari pretty much shows they're sniffing for "Safari" (a final test would be if it blocks Opera Mobile or Firefox Mobile, as they don't spoof User-Agent as being some Safari derivative).

Of course, this makes it so trivial to defeat as to be taking candy from a baby (and honestly, I think the baby might put up more of a fight).

Anyways, here's the new Firefox fix, much easier than manually typing in User-Agent strings (and incorporating the "hey, they're just looking for Safari, awesome" fix):

a) Install User Agent Switcher (noted in previous post)

b) Get the "Tech Pattern list of User-Agents" (http://techpatterns.com/downloads/firefox/useragentswitcher.xml for direct download; they keep an updated list for User Agent Switcher of just about every known User-Agent out there) and save it somewhere on your hard drive

c) Select Tools > Default User Agent > Edit User Agents

d) Click "Import", then select the useragentswitcher.xml file you saved to your hard drive, click "Open", then click "OK"

Now when you want to tether without T-Mobile being the wiser (since it's now screamingly obvious they're just sniffing to see if you're using something calling itself Safari :D):

a) For full web: click Tools > Default User Agent > Browsers - Mac > and select one of the four options for Safari (ranging from MacOS X Snow Leopard to Lion), and you should be able to surf with full functionality.

b) If this doesn't work, Tools> Default User Agent > Mobile Devices > Browsers > Mobile Safari 530.17 (Android) will perfectly replicate the default User-Agent in most Android phones. (You won't have pretty Flash, but if you're worried about data usage, this may be economical.)
[G2 and Desire Z General] martonikaj:
The baby would definitely fight harder.

Downloaded them and set it up just fine. Is there any upside to using those rather than the one I manually created that mimics Dolphin HD + Desktop mode?
[G2 and Desire Z General] kusuriurikun:
Yeah, especially some of the babies I've seen :D

Main bonus is that you don't have to manually create the entries in question--consider it an option for those who are lazy/who may not want to put in several different ones for testing and individually test they work :D (These are tested and known working, you don't have to worry about typos or whatnot.)

Among other things, if other providers restrict tethering (not thinking just T-Mobile but possibly Euro and other North American GSM carriers) there's more options to try if the "Safari Fix" doesn't work for them.

To be perfectly blunt--I'm still just a bit shocked that all T-Mobile is using to check for tethering is a search on "Safari" in the User-Agent. I'd think they'd at least be checking OS in the string as well, but apparently not (possibly to keep from breaking Dolphin HD, I expect)...

Oh, and if others use the "Safari Fix" as well, please report your results--just specify your carrier and what you're using as the User-Agent. (Among other things, it might be useful to map out if T-Mobile is using different methods to catch tethering on non-North American plans. Not as HUGE a deal as it is in North America, as European and Asian providers tend to have sane cell plans, but it's still useful to know what works where.)
[G2 and Desire Z General] SuperDave81:
LOL, OSI model, packet encapsulation... Don't forget, t-mo is an ISP, not just a cell phone provider. All your network traffic goes through them regardless of the source... Do people really think this way?

That's like saying my cable company can't catch me if I order pey per view movies and don't pay for them.
[G2 and Desire Z General] ptesmoke:
you didn't read the whole thread did you...
[G2 and Desire Z General] martonikaj:
I'm surprised too, but really that looks like what they're doing. Keep in mind that T-mobile is generally pretty lax on the whole tethering thing. They pretty much let people tether and then kinda start nudging them to spend the money. Not NEARLY as stringent as AT&T and Verizon are, who straight up block and seemingly monitor more tightly.

If they go too far and start blocking too many different user agents, like you said they'll start breaking mobile browsers and its not worth their time to deal with all of those CS calls they'll receive on that. It was redirecting on my browser so it can't be that far out of the ordinary.

Same. I'd like people to report back on their experiences. Hopefully we've helped a little :P Good to know what the different carriers are doing.

Clearly he did not :P
[G2 and Desire Z General] kusuriurikun:
(Not going to slag you off for not reading the entire thread, just going to do the Cliff's Notes version)

As you noted, there are a number of ways that T-Mobile could detect tethering under the OSI model (being the "ISP point of origin", so to speak).

What has been discovered in the course of this thread is that--at most--T-Mobile is (likely) packet-sniffing HTTP-Get requests for User-Agents that contain "Safari" as a method of detecting tethering (rather than getting into more detailed methods of detecting tethering).

As almost all mobile browsers identify as a Safari variant (blame the iPhone for this :D), and only a few desktop browsers (Safari for MacOS X and Windows and some Chrome builds) identify as Safari, this is effective for about 80 percent of the population to discourage tethering without buying a full data plan (80 percent less those who know about User-Agents and owners of Macintosh computers, that is).

The thing is, because the only mechanism that is being used is to essentially packet-sniff HTTP requests for the string "Safari" to verify that a mobile browser (versus a desktop browser)...it is also trivially defeatable to anyone who has a desktop browser capable of spoofing the User-Agent in HTTP GET requests. (In Chrome, despite its locked-down API, this can be done via the command line; Firefox has a specific extension (User Agent Switcher) designed for cross-platform testing of websites that also can do the same thing.)

The fact that they are ONLY packet-sniffing for the string "Safari" in HTTP GET requests was quite accidentally (and fortuitously) discovered by the original poster, who used a MacOS X version of Safari (which ships stock with MacOS X) and was able to successfully browse whilst tethering (whilst getting tethering warnings with other browsers). This is further confirmed by Dolphin HD not being blocked for tethering in "desktop mode"; its desktop mode consists of the browser spoofing the User-Agent line for versions of Safari shipped with MacOS X Snow Leopard.

(I am still a little surprised at this--I'd think they'd sniff for "Mobile Safari" or for the string "Android" in the User-Agent.)

It is entirely likely other providers (AT&T, Verizon, and overseas/non-US providers such as Telus, Vodaphone, Orange, (Canadian) Bell, etc.) may use more sophisticated methods of detection of tethering when on a non-tethering-enabled plan; the point made was that T-Mobile uses a very unsophisticated (relatively speaking) tethering-detection system. :D