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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jgotti107:
I'm gonna call that number on my lunch break and I will post an update later. I also have a number to someone in the presidents office of AT&T from some prior customer service dispute I had when a Rep mailed me some equipment they had no record of me ordering ...they get stuff done in that office lol...but I will wait before I go that far...I can PM you that info as well. While I'm at it I'm gonna tell them how upset I am with AT&T's website showing that the sgs2 had an FM radio....

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S 2 using the mind reader app...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Product F(RED):
Tethering uses a different APN. Do you think that maybe you replaced the original APN with the tethering APN, sending all data through that?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] BarryH_GEG:
I'm guessing there's three things that alert them to tethering:

1) Sniffing data packets

2) Monitoring s/w in the 4G servers

3) The IMEI of 4G phones they sell

I tether on a ISGS2 using a 3G plan and have never been flagged. One month I used 14GB of data. No one in the ISGS2 forums on a 3G plan has ever been flagged for tethering and we all use the Cingular APN. All AT&T's 4G phones use an APN that routes via their 4G servers. I think the three things above alone or in combination is what's getting everyone caught.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jgotti107:
Called AT&T they said it was something over my past 2-3 billing cycles that raised a flag...I asked what...they couldn't tell me...even went as far as saying that it might have only been one time. Asked if I ever streamed Netflix. Said they seen that I purchased a SGS2 and they confirm that I haven't tethered since I purchased it...

The facts...I did tether a few times from my Captivate, but the only Nextflix streaming was from my app or my home wifi. I think its more BS because they can prove that I haven't tethered on my SGS2 but can't tell me if or when I did on my Captivate. I think its more so preemptive of them trying to cut down on tethering on the 4G network altogether. They told me as long as I didn't tether anymore this billing cycle my plan will stay the same. Also an odd thing happened while I was on the phone with them. My phone rang several times and the call said unknown but when I checked my call log an actual contact appeared. Maybe I'm being farfetched here bit could they want to to call in to get some kind of info off my device? I was instructed to call a specific number that gave me a.prompt to stay on the line because I had been accused of tethering and my account was in danger of being changed...then the Rep picked right up...never has AT&T customer service been so easy to get in touch with lol.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S 2 using the mind reader app...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] runtohell121:
I wish I had unlimited data plan.. wonder does the iPhone 2G trick work still lol

But yea.. just be careful when using your phone tethering or not, watch your data usage.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] BarryH_GEG:
You have no choice but to accept what they tell you to. You've given up all your rights in the T&C of your subscriber agreement. Choices are suck up what they tell you or leave for another wireless company and not pay them. If you choose the latter they'll trash your credit rating. And I've been with all four major carriers. They're pretty much the same - fine during good times and nasty when things go south.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jgotti107:
True. I really have no use for tethering really anyhow. I've got internet in the house and my phone pretty much does everything else when I'm not home. My concern was mainly how and why they have been flagging. I've heard that things such as plugging you phone into you car stereo or to the TV could be considered "tethering". Much rather keep my data plan than go through any of the unnecessary changes.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S 2 using the mind reader app...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] kletiz:
AT&T Free Msg: Did you know tethering your Smartphone to a computer requires a tethering plan? Pls call 866-975-0005 for details or visit att.com/dataplans.

Just got this text. Did you guys get this text before you got the email?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] brent8577:
I clearly have bad credit haha
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Product F(RED):
Ok now that's just retarded, and not tethering at all.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] MikeyMike01:
And, more importantly, won't be registered as tethering.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Product F(RED):
From the definition of the word "tethering", yes it would be. But in context, in the wireless world, tethering broadcasting your phone's data connection through cable/Wifi/Bluetooth(/or if you're oldschool iRDA) to your computer. It can also be considered the other way around, using your PC's connection for you phone but that doesn't count.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jgotti107:
I got the text after I called but the Rep told me that I would receive it and a mailed letter as well but to just ignore it.

But as far as the "definition of wireless tethering" I'm with you guys. I read on this and other forums that ATT was telling other individuals that they probably received the message because they were tethering to a device through other means than data. Didn't make since to me either...confronted the rep about it just out of curiosity to see if i could get her to confirm and she said only if the devices used my data connection as I assumed...I agree that was a wtf in my book but again trying to figure out the source of the false positives...

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S 2 using the mind reader app...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] antawnm26:
pda net app does that not mask you from at&t? I know it does for jailbroken iphones...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Product F(RED):
It's not just masking. There are 2 APNs: One for normal data and one for tethering data. When you get caught, its usually because most apps go through the paid tethering APN. When they see you don't have a plan but you're using it, you get flagged. OP said he manually changed APNs, so maybe he set the tethering APN as his default.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] antawnm26:
Did you ever make sense of this? If so what was your end result.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] kletiz:
I called them this morning about the text and letter they sent. Ill tell you what, if you need to get a hold of someone quickly at at&t ...call 866-975-0005. I played stupid about the tethering and like someone already mentioned...tethering to your TV is illegal to at&t. Also according to them if your phone connects to another persons phone...that's tethering. What a joke.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Product F(RED):
...what the f*ck? "Tethering to your TV?" How would that even work? And connecting another person's phone? By that definition, making a phone call is tethering...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] quarlow:
I would think tethering to your TV would be using an internet enabled TV over mobile AP. I used to do it on my captivate with my Vizio TV, with built in Netflix. My 3G data was faster than my home connection, so it buffered the shows faster, and played in higher quality.

When I got my Thrill with HDMI cable I could just play netflix on the phone, and watch on my TV, same with Galaxy S II, with MHL.

Sent from my Galaxy S II (i777)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mickey4mice:
Tethering with UnNamed Rom?

guys, since I can't post on UnNamed thread on developer's forum, I thought I may get a response here.

I flashed to unnamed rom, checked TiBu, see no "tetheringmanager" entry and the only APN related one is [sms/mms/apn] dialer storage 2.3.4. Tried both USB & Wifi tethering for about 10 minutes on my laptop and they all work perfectly.

My question is, would ATT detect my tethering (without a tethering plan) apart from data usage pattern (which can be explained away) even though I'm on UnNamed rom with no "tethering manager" installed? I have grandfathered unlimited plan, don't want to lose it if risk of getting caught is high.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] quarlow:
Its possible they can tell. Even if you "explain it away" they can still charge you for a tethering plan, and remove your unlimited data. They have no burden of proof, and its in the wireless ToS that you agree not to tether. So, if they suspect you of tethering they can act as they see fit. What ever that is; to charge you for tethering up to disconnecting your service (you still have to pay the ETF by the way).

Best guess so far for detection is browser agent, using Chrome may bypass the check. Att does not use the App on the phone to detect tethering, only to prevent it. All the tethering detection is done server side.

My recommendations would be to stop tethering if they notify you that they have detected it. You can't fight it (if you were tethering), so don't try.

Sent from my Galaxy S II (i777)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mickey4mice:
I realize there's no real trigger of getting a notice from ATT, but has anyone occasionally tethered with low data usage gotten the nastygram from them? I've no reason to tether regularly, but may need it when hitting the road for some light usage, most likely way below 500mb. I wonder if ATT selectively serve notices to high data drainers only?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] vijovame:
If you install apn manager from the market you will find that rom has duplicated apn and has a apn for broadband, you need to delete all apn and leave just 1 with wap.cingular as apn
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] SPIDERTECH:
I got my GS2 on October 3rd and when I tried to use the built in tethering I got the message that I was not provisioned for tethering and to call AT&T. I used the app APN Backup and Restore that I used with my xperia 10 to backup my manual APN and restored it to the GS2. I tethered with the x10 through barnacle all the time and never got a message from AT&T.

After restoring the APN I noticed one main difference in the two APNs. The one AT&T preloads has a proxy server address included were as the one I restored did not. I switched to the APN I restored and when I tried to tether I did not get that message about needing the tethering plan. Just to test it, I switched it back and got the message again.

Maybe it is still using the same connection as your regular data, but when the connection passes through their proxy, they are able to tell you're using a tethering app thus prompting the message.

Personally I don't use tethering a lot now because I don't really need to, but between the 3rd and now I still managed to pull down 10+gb of data using my phone alone. Maybe it's all the HD youtube videos I watch + facebook pic & video uploads + netflix streaming I do.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mickey4mice:
Okay, I do see mutiple ATT APN entires here - entitlement, phone, WAP, the default is ATT Phone, could I just enable wap.cingular without deleting others when tethering?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] nacixem:
I think att might be fishing for people to respond that have HIGH usage....I say that cause I got one cause I do tether with 16G used yet my wife don't, she just gots high usage with her Iphone at 9G yet she got the same text I got.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] joshuadjohnson22:
they tried to kill my unlimited with the iphone 4 when i tethered that... to keep i had to call and tell them i wouldnt do it anymore... sucks that AT&T would do that, if i have unlimited i should be able to use my data for anything i want....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] vijovame:
No! You need to delete all apn that not has "phone" or "wap.cingular" as apn, if you has something else, delete, you need to delete in wap.cingular apn the proxy, there 2 proxies, one for internet and another for mms, just the internet proxy you need to delete, use apn manager from market
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nate45:
Hi, I'm brand new to this kind of stuff. I've done some searching around, and I have come to the conclusion that I am one of the unlucky Rogers customers with a Play that is SIM-locked I can't unlock the BL.

I've seen the methods that Jinx and others have come up with using SETool but I was wondering if, since the SE site explains that my phone is SIM-locked, I could pay one of the unlocking companies like theunlock.ca and remove the lock from my Play.

Maybe this has been asked before, but after I remove the carrier lock, could I access the BL?
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BuckM:
Nope, a sim unlock is just that, a bootloader unlock on the other hand will grant you access to fastboot and sim unlock your phone, although its a little more expensive.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] swebosdev:
Yes you can sim unlock your phone with a simunlock company. Mine cost 8 bucks to do. Bootloader will still be locked but who cares. The best roms are the stock ones anyway and there is no risk bricking your phone.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Njord0:
I have a Rogers Xperia Play; How can I tell if mine is SIM-locked, or are they all SIM-locked?
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BuckM:
All roger xperia plays are sim and bootloader locked coming from rogers, to test out the sim lock just grab a sim from a different provider and pop it in (it wont work). As for testing the bootloader, turn off your phone, hold the search button and plug in the usb cable to your phone and computer, if it was bootloader unlockable your status LED will turn blue meaning you can use fastboot, if not, nothing.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brochador:
My phone also came from Rogers, sim unlocked from some website for 8$ too.. I still have locked bootloader.. But I think that you can unlock your BL yourself if you already have an unlock sim phone. :rolleyes:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1034371
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alquistador:
There is someone unlocking the rogers bootloader.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1254416

U can get root by installing the original uk firware, ginger break, up date ota and you have the lastest firmware.

Hope this helps
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] swebosdev:
Thats an expensive route to sim unlock though
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lofike:
wait so let me get this straight.... I have the r800a rogers branded simlocked phone.

If I were to pay someone to debrand it which is = sim unlock (correct me if wrong) , then I'll be able to unlock the bootloader myself right? or aka access fast boot.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] swebosdev:
JNo you can sim unlock but you will still be locked out of fastboot as it is factory locked. Here are your choices,

Sim unlock is 8 bucks

Or

Bootloader and sim unlock is about 28 bucks

Or

Unbranding is free, just flash a stock r800a generic rom
[LG Optimus Black] lovefish:
One of the staff from LG China have posted some Screenshot of Official 2.3.4 rom for OB. It is still in test, will be released soon.

sorry, unable to post link yet.

Anyone can post for me thanks, it is in Gfan forum.
[LG Optimus Black] ziiljuks:
Link to the post. Looks meh.

edit: it should work now.
[LG Optimus Black] glasoner:
Error 404 not found ...

Enviado desde mi Optimus Black usando Tapatalk
[LG Optimus Black] umz_786:
I think they might as well ditch the gingerbread update and go straight to ice cream sandwich. Sadly, we'll probably get 2.3.x when 4.0 has been released and will never get a 4.0 update. Capitalism at its best.
[LG Optimus Black] albertwesquer:
TOTALLY AGREED...it sucks that we are still on froyo wile galaxy devices are already getting ice cream sandwich....its so unfair...
[LG Optimus Black] reinbeau:
Gingerbread speculation thread closed. See sticky at top of forum for more info.
[HTC Jetstream] itzik-g:
Need some help !

The HTC Jet stream does not power on - strange problem.

Unit used to work perfect till today - however suddenly the unit does not power on.

1. Battery is fully charged

2. The orange led on the power button is "on" even when its NOT Charging

3. pressing the power on does not do anything.

Tried several things, like doing a "hard reset" from the buttons, by pressing the volume down and at the same time pressing or holding the power - NOTHING help.

The ORANGE screen on the power is "on" with the charger or without it.

Any of you guys have a smart idea to try ?

Anyone know if there is a "hidden" reset button ?
[HTC Jetstream] itzik-g:
problem was solved !

press & hold the power button for 20 seconds & at the same time press the volume button.

This has released the "stuck status" and the jet stream has back to live as normal.
[HTC Jetstream] Velvet2000:
FIXED!!!

Thanks Itzik I have been having the similar problem for sometime now. I tried your solution and firstly I got the AT&T Think Possible screen for about FIVE minutes, then it powers up to Home Screen.

Thanks
[HTC Jetstream] Anil1973:
Pls help my htc Jetstream is starting but it's touch screen is not responding to any touch please help ,my email anilbhavsar10@yahoo.com,mob what's app+91- 9421392453 thankyou
[HTC Jetstream] kishalopez31:
My HTC Jetstream will not stay powered on, when I push the power button the tablet will briefly power on I see the HTC screen for a few seconds and then the tablet powers off and it will then power on and then off every few minutes but will not stay on. Please help!!!
[HTC Sensation] muzicman0:
OK, this is really starting to annoy me! When I go into the picture gallery, it sorts my pictures (or at least the pictures that were already on the SD card) in reverse order...is there any way to fix this?
[HTC Desire S] cristiedward:
I recently brought a htc desire s rooted with sense 3.0. Today when i was downloading an app the phone blocked on the start screen and i couldn t do anything. I got the battery out and reiserted it but after de load screen ..nothing..i could see the screen was lit but nothing.After repeteing the process for 5 times it finally worked and the phone started..What could be the problem? Please help me. And also superuser is not working. it says it failed application or something like that every time i use it or some program tries to use it..The same with programs that require root.They just fail.the rest of the programs work perfectly and the Sense ui is smooth. What could be the problem?
[HTC Desire S] Muru11:
hey..may be the root was done badly..steps missed..try reformating ur fone..re-root and install a fresh rom..Htc runnymede sense3.5

works grt!
[HTC Desire S] mixalakis32:
the good thing is that your phone is not bricked

i would check what eMMC phone has

and of course flash a new rom
[HTC Desire S] amidabuddha:
reboot to recovery and check for error messages like: "E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/last_log"
[HTC Desire S] cristiedward:
how do i check what emmc chip it has?And what do i need to look for?
[HTC Desire S] hardstuffmuc:
Just be careful with pulling the battery... there is a known issue with the Desire S where that menrioned eMMC chip gets messed up when power is disrupted by pulling battery... apparently Power and Vol up Vol down all at the same time pressed do reset the Desire S when a freeze occurs... also.. update apps in market only one by one... and read the threads here in general section a but further down.. Greets
[HTC Desire S] cristiedward:
Thanks for the info...but how do i find out what emmmc chip i have and what is the best rom to flash? Mine says proxuser but i cant overclock or anythnig? Cyanogen for the desire s is good?
[HTC Desire S] kamei:
use esfile explorer start it up tap left upper corner the star select phone then follow this path /sys/devices/platform/msm_sdcc.2/mmc_host/mmc0/mmc0:0001/ tap name open as text tap the first choice.

Mine is m4g2de which is the crappy one i think not sure
[HTC Desire S] kylon:
Do an s-off and re-root the phone with this

Don t install su 3.0 ,it s terrible unstable on desire s.

Try to flash a custom rom( that is more powerful than Stock rom)
[HTC Desire S] cristiedward:
the same here...so i have a crappy chip/?
[HTC Desire S] hoodedman:
We all are in the same boat!

I was getting system freeze in the market too... but after proper system formating... and flashing fresh ROM it was OK!
[HTC Desire S] cristiedward:
so what is the best rom? i am really afraid now that i might broke it..should i sell it and biu a new one with stock rom? wait for the official 3.0?
[HTC Desire S] hardstuffmuc:
I used four the last few month the Virtuous Unity ROM which runs perfectly on my Desire S with excellent battery use...ATM however I am on MIUI ROM which I also really like as it is so cool with theming...just try them all out...at the end your own preference rules! ;-)
[HTC Desire S] cristiedward:
i have entered recovery and it says saga pvt s off rl , hboot 6.98.1002 , radio is 3805 06 02 03 , emmc boot and i have clockwork recovery 5.0.2.0..is it all good? can i roor uin rom manager? thanks very much
[HTC Desire S] enigmaamit:
Just copy the ROM in my signature to your sd card and boot into recovery, and use install from sd card option to flash it.

If you want a sense 3.0 ROM, this is the best out there. For Non-sense ROMs, you can try CyanogenMod or MIUI

However, i would first recommend that you download 4EXT recovery (link in my sig) and flash that instead of CWM (from inside recovery). Then use the format option to reformat your system, data and cache partitions to ext4 and then flash the ROM.
[HTC Desire S] cristiedward:
i saw your post to late..i already installd cm7 for the desire s..it works great by now
[HTC Desire S] enigmaamit:
Glad to know youre up and running without problems. Just trying to help.:D

Might i suggest that you edit your first post and amend the topic by adding the prefix [SOLVED] to it, so its clear that you've found the answer you were looking for?

It will also attract the attention of those in a similar predicament as you were in when you started the thread.

Cheers.
[HTC Desire S] cristiedward:
i have another question. if u have this chips my phone will fry eventualy no matter what?
[HTC Desire S] enigmaamit:
No. I have this "chip" too, and as long as you do not do a battery pullout when the phone is switched on, you are safe. There is no hard and fast rule that your phone will get fried just because you have this chip. Lots of people have it on their phones and most aren't even aware of it! So i wouldn't worry too much about it.

Even if by mistake, you do pull out the battery while the phone is powered up, DO NOT REINSERT IT IMMEDIATELY. Wait for around 30 sec to a minute, then reinsert it.

This is very important. You shouldn't be doing battery pulls, but if you HAVE to, wait for some time before putting it back in... i guess it'll give some time for the capacitors to discharge and not cause a spike of current when you reinsert after some time.

Seems to be working well for people who are doing frequent battery pulls, despite being on the same eMMC chip as us.

Hope this helps you. :D
[HTC Desire S] cristiedward:
yes thank..and btw Cm7 runs flawlesly by now..and the battery life is..OMG almost double..i hope it reamins the same
[Verizon Droid Charge] hogowner:
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/10/motorola-razr-android-motoactv/
[Verizon Droid Charge] AlexDeGruven:
Locked Bootloader + Blur = Pass.
[Verizon Droid Charge] bluevolume:
Dude, it's sweeeeet. Come on.
[Verizon Droid Charge] anoninja118:
LOL no removable battery

blazing through on my 4G Droid Charge
[Verizon Droid Charge] shrike1978:
Seriously? iFail....
[Verizon Droid Charge] DirgeExtinction:
Is that confirmed?
[Verizon Droid Charge] AlexDeGruven:
It's removable, just not with the same ease as other phones.
[Verizon Droid Charge] juanzr1:
lol true

Sent from my SCH-I510