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[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] desertflyer:
I also use Simple Mobile. Their $40 unlimited 3G plan is capped around 120kbps on the download. You'll actually get faster speeds on EDGE. The only way to get actual 3G+ speeds with Simple Mobile is to get the $60 4G plan. I think calling the $40 plan 3G is a scam, but it's still not that bad of a price at $60/month.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] birdisthewordfella:
thanks for that bit of knowledge. well, looks like i'm going to upgrade then. I will be pleased. Then maybe one day I'll wake up and it will be on 4G.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] birdisthewordfella:
switched to 2g only, edge, and I'll be darned, its faster. 156kbps, 215 upload. But its kinda sticky, what i mean is it will go 156 then drop off, then pick back up again. But I suppose that this might work. I just want it for jango music app, to stream music while i drive. NICE!
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] overthinkingme:
Just would like to add that if your phone displayed H at some point, that means 4G speed is available in your area. Upgrade your plan and never look back lol
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] birdisthewordfella:
As I'm sure you can understand, I am quite a bit excited! :D

Now, it has displayed the HSDPA+ icon, (H) and it displays 3G icon. (CM7)

I used to have t-mobile 4G service, but they said it was not available in my area. I never saw a 4G icon, but i used to see H all the time.

Now, I do see an H, and a 3G, they flash back and forth. I seem to remember it staying solid on H and very rarely would I see a 3G icon, but its been a while since I had my tmobile service turned up.

But when i use the net, it does the H icon with both arrows sending and receiving. At any rate, I've decided to go ahead and pay for the $60/mo plan and unlock my speeds. At that price, it just can't be beat. Its so reasonable and they are so pleasant and support you hacking ur own phones. i'm so happy i found these fellaz. I am even signing up with their dealer program.

EDIT: Oh and I just wanted to add that they even have website instructions to change your APN settings... even though they come preloaded and all you have to do is select it from the settings menu. They will even walk you through it. Not sure about if they will help you root and unlock sim, but you can always ask.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] birdisthewordfella:
BS

Well, after having simple mobile for the second month, and this is only the first month having the 4g (aka $60 plan).

It caps at 2GB of data then you are limited to 125Kbps max download. I called and they said the limit was 7GB. But I sware to you, same ROM's that worked dropped off the speed and they told me it was my phone... Now this is all normal, but they didnt even troubleshoot me at all, just told me it was my phone, i said it has the same problem with other phones, and my phone works on other sim cards at full speed. (so I guess they think my phone broke in a way where after 2GB it just couldnt get over the 125KBPS mark.)

So i go to look at t-mobile's homepage, cause thats who simple is, and low and behold for $60 you get unlimited all except after 2GB you get 3g Speeds... its all there in month by month plans on t-mobile's website. What a coincidence!!! I was told there was no limits at all any way. WHAT A LIE!

So all simple does is allow you to use a phone that t-mobile might have banned due to bad ESN or IMSI or w/e (serial number) and they get money for reselling t-mo junk.

So you only get 2gb of 4G then you will be limit to 125KBPS not even real 3g. They will lie to you and hang up, no refunds, no credits, no working with you.

They really made me mad how they told me I was downloading too much, they tried to put the blame on me. I asked them how much is too much!? and got real mad at that and they dropped that spiel quick. 2GB is nothing. Especially when you stream music in your car, the whole reason i have the thing. At 125KBPS i cant listen to a song in last.fm without it having to buffer for 5 minutes.... thats 2 songs in one buffer.

So I ended up asking for a credit or refund, they laughed (rude) and said they dont do refunds. I told them my credit card company does disputes. After winning the last 4 disputes against these lying cell companies, and with my proof, I guarantee they will do THIS refund!
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Drzfr3shboialex:
I say just get tmobile prepaid. 60$ unlimited everything with 4g speeds up to 2gb and 70$ 4g speeds up to 5gb
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jjbat87:
thats the problem , t-mobile has 4G limits , then it throttles for the rest of the month , not cool . and i also have simple mobile , i used to only have the $40 3G plan , but i decided to try the 4G , and its DEFFINETLY worth 20 bucks more , in speedtest i get around 4-5 MBps download and i THINK like 1 MBps upload .

Sent from my Mytouch 4G Running Capychimps Sense 3.5 rom (v.4.0)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] crispy1805:
Has anyone tried their cases for the Skyrocket?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Jetted:
i would doubt it you have to remember the 3.5 jack is positioned different. other than that the dimensions should be the same.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Phoneguy589:
So is the speaker for the speakerphone, it's on the opposite side.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] jamesd1:
also the littie hole at the bottom i guess its the mic is also a little off.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] madmike23:
I have pics up, right here.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1351806
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] ozone777:
Not to mention that the phone's speaker is on the opposite side.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] FinalJenemba:
So what do you guys think, is the new Tab 7.0 worth the extra $100 over the now $300 Flyer? I just got a kindle fire and am less then impressed, so will be returning it. I don't mind spending the extra $ on either tablet, just want it to be good.

Im leaning towards the Tab at this point, the specs are allot more up to date and I have 0 interest in the pen (I actually think I would like the Flyer more if it didn't have the pen stuff and that little green button wasn't there being distracting, no idea why lol).

But there isn't a dedicated 7.0 Plus forum yet so I thought id ask you guys! Thanks
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] globatron:
We don't need another thread about this.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] lrs421:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1329039

Search please.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] FinalJenemba:
frakk, sorry guys I should have searched better. Still not sure what I'm gonna do, anyones tried both?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alextjen:
Last night I installed legendary Rom, but after installation, my Power widget didnt show up.... I tried clearing data/cache, re-installing, same thing. I have tried a few techniques advised on these forums with no luck. Today I installed ACS ICS ROM, and still no luck. Will I ever get this widget back? Anyone have any advice?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nikon120:
I had this very problem after flashing Legendary rom. The actual icons for each button on the widget weren't showing up.

I removed the widget from all screens. Then after doing about 5 reboots, fixing permissions and doing a backup in CWM, the widget returned to normal.

Weird bug. I also made sure to do an md5 checksum comparison before I installed the rom too.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alextjen:
Yeah, no big deal really. I'm a major noob to this.... but if I ever have to odin back to ec05... this problem should return to normal right?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nikon120:
Not necessarily.

During my upgrade process, I decided to ditch all my data and start with 100% fresh on stock before going custom. So I ODIN'ed back to EC05 before moving to EI22. Once on EI22, I then put Legendary rom on my phone and noticed this power control widget bug.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alextjen:
Yeah, I may Odin back to ec05.

Sent using my overclocked 1.44 GHz Samsung Epic running legendary ROM beta : samurai v1.0.4
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dohturdima:
I had the same problem with the power control widget on the Legendary Rom. No biggie: I used Widgetsoid to create a better power control widget. :)
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeffro18:
This happened on the rom I am on as well. Put the widget on your homescreen and give it about ten minutes. The icons should appear eventually.
[Windows Phone 7 General] silvertonesx24:
Just updated my HD7 to the update with internet sharing. After this, I can confirm that every time I reboot my phone, I get a new mac address. Which prevents me from connecting to my MAC-address-filtered wifi. I've done it 6 times and gotten 6 unique MAC addresses.

Does this happen to anyone else's phone? HD7 specific? or all phones with internet sharing? My internet sharing is turned off.
[Windows Phone 7 General] xHausx:
That's strange, I've never heard of a device with a dynamic MAC address before. Does your phone have one printed under the battery?
[Windows Phone 7 General] silvertonesx24:
Nope, just IMEI, SN and PN. No MAC address.

This must be related in internet sharing somehow.
[Windows Phone 7 General] xsi:
I can confirm this on my HD7.

MAC changes on every reboot.
[Windows Phone 7 General] nok_fusion:
I confirm too,i have the issue of mac adress changing every reboot

& my wifi is not visible since the update,My wifi is N and i can only see wifi G near me but not mine :(
[Windows Phone 7 General] beniusc:
hi

for me too : mac adress change after shutdown.

for time don't shutdown the phone to have same mac adress with my internet box.

htc support tell me that they will answer on monday.

but i think it's a big problem with this update...

Ben
[Windows Phone 7 General] morpheuszg:
That's a bit strange. Normally you can't change MAC's for yourself, only spoofing is possible. If WP is really changing the MAC adress with every reboot, WP needs a valid MAC adress block licensed from IEEE, otherwise it would be a violation against IEEE.
[Windows Phone 7 General] comeradealexi:
I thought mac address we're never aloud to change!?
[Windows Phone 7 General] scoobysnacks:
Lol that's illegal as all hell, a dynamic mac address
[Windows Phone 7 General] woodbane:
Gotta be a glitch in the firmware surely? No way that's allowed. Your definitely sure it's not a dynamic IP address you're seeing?

Sent from my SGH-i917 using Board Express
[Windows Phone 7 General] moonshines:
ive also asked this question a couple of days ago right after applying the htc internet sharing update. and ive posted my question here (entry #38) and people provided good answers about it. hope this helps
[Windows Phone 7 General] Ttblondey:
Yes, mine also changes it's only when i read this thread and test my hd7 and i notice the changes.But I S is a breeze.
[Windows Phone 7 General] N8ter:
The issue is that some people assign static IPs to devices on their home networks, and this is done in most routers via MAC address coupling (MAC a always gets IP z and so forth). That way you can simply block all devices you and people in the residence do not own. I do it on all my machines for development reasons, cause I like knowing I can always use x IP address to get at a certain machine even if I turn it off or it's down for a while for repairs. The IP never changes as long as I continue to use that specific network card in the computer.

I don't know why they would do that. Perhaps for security reasons?
[Windows Phone 7 General] Jonno2343:
I have the same problem - cannot connect to my University WiFi network as the MAC address keeps on changing....

This is crazy!
[Windows Phone 7 General] scoobysnacks:
They better get on that quick! They could get in a lot of **** for that
[Windows Phone 7 General] primexx:
putting aside the weird WP7 behaviour for the moment...

MAC filtering is useless as a security measure. It's trivially spoofable by anyone who actually wants to attack your network, and causes a pain in the arse for yourself. do yourself a favour and disable it already. the only thing it might be good for is router-side internet access control of your technically challenged 8 year old who doesn't know how to use google.

just use a strong password i.e. 20+ characters alpha (upper & lower) + numeric + special characters, and proper wireless security (WPA-2 AES, or at least WPA AES) and you'll be just fine.
[Windows Phone 7 General] danlvii:
Confirming

That update was a bag full of $$$$ !Luckly I was able to restore through Zune,but my Bootloader (SPL) was also updated to 5.01 and no way of going back!:mad:
[Windows Phone 7 General] GrahamWager:
With regards to the missing WiFi network - make sure it's not using Channel 13. The new update seems to disable the use of Channel 13 for some reason.

There is also another issue with the changing MAC's - I believe that some "public" WiFi networks such as the cloud use the MAC to remember your device and allow it to connect... :(
[Windows Phone 7 General] N8ter:
Mac filtering is not useless as a security measure. It's not used by itself. It's used in conjunction with other methods, the same way businesses also hide their wireless network's SSID.

I'm not filtering on an Open Connection. That would be retarded.

Seriously...
[Windows Phone 7 General] moonshines:
im not sure though but im guessing so does other apps with secured log in parameters. i do have the bank of america app. right after i did the update, and after inluding the new mac to my networks allowed list of mac addresses, the boa app again posted a message saying that the device where im accessing boa has not been used previously to access the account. so im guessing that it saves all the mac addresses of devices that accessed a boa account.
[Windows Phone 7 General] silvertonesx24:
Does anyone who doesn't have an HTC phone have this resetting address? I can't connect to my company network with this nonsense.

First the Zune Pass lockup, now this...my next WP7 will NOT be HTC.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Twistedme:
same issues

HTC hd7 stock T-Mobile updated yesterday also have 2 other hd7 units updated in the last few weeks and they also have the same issue. Mac change and Mac resets on each boot up. in other posts this seems to effect multiple HTC devices some felt it was specific to htcs ICS drivers which work on mango specific devices like radar and Titan but causes Mac resets on all older units. also the ICS update dumped 6gigs of music files of my phone?

I opened a support email with HTC figured the more people who report it the quicker they will fix it.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Guzman70:
Samsung Omnia 7 doesn't change, HTC HD2 WP7 DOES

Hi, just to confirm that my Samsung Omnia 7 Mango device never changes its MAC after reset/reboot, but my HTC HD2 upgraded to WP7 Mango as well has alwayst showed this behavior: every time I reset/reboot the MAC changes, actually the first 3 bytes never change (00:18:41) but the last 3 are always different.

Even worst, my HD2 doesn't keep correct date/time when I remove the battery... :(

HTH

G.
[Windows Phone 7 General] johnston9234:
Sounds like a NIC problem that came with the software update. The first 3 octets should be preserved since that is determined by HTC alone.
[Windows Phone 7 General] LiFePo4:
I forced the 7740 update using this on my VZW Trophy and tested this and the MAC does NOT change for me. Just FYI - not sure if it is the phone being different from those with issues or if it was the manual update (I got tired of waiting for VZW).
[Windows Phone 7 General] Twistedme:
yes the 00:18:41 does designate a device by HTC however before the update we all had different HTC specific Macs that started with a different set of numbers

rolling back restores the of Mac and keeps it from changing
[Windows Phone 7 General] primexx:
I tried rebooting my Mozart and it seems to retain the MAC address, with Mango (7720). ICS turned off.. Open market phone.

When I got the HTC update I noticed that the only version number which changed was the boot loader, which seems kind of weird since it looks like other phones had greater changes.

yea hiding your wireless SSID is also useless. Actually, it makes it worse because in order to connect one side will have to broadcast the ID. so instead of your one hotspot broadcasting it in the same stationary place, you'd be forcing every single client that wants to connect to it constantly ping the SSID's name everywhere it goes hoping for a response. have fun broadcasting your "hidden" network to the world wherever you go.

combining multiple useless measures doesn't make it any more secure, the attacker will just circumvent each one trivially in sequence. but the more you pile on, the more you make it a pain for yourself to actually use your network.

the bottom line is that if your network is secure already (i.e. secure encryption with good password), there's no need to add frivolous measures on top of that, and if your network isn't already secure, adding frivolous measures won't make it any more secure.

MAC filtering isn't useless generally, since you can use it for access restrictions of ignorant users or for other network management purposes (e.g. static leases, QoS, etc.), but it

is

completely and totally useless as a security measure.
[Windows Phone 7 General] LiFePo4:
The issue with this thread is the MAC address changing (which should never happen) and not about network security. There is an issue with some WP7 devices and that needs to be fixed.
[Windows Phone 7 General] primexx:
certainly. and if you'll see my original post, i did say "putting aside the issue for a moment". the merits of MAC filtering is relevant because OP (and others) are needlessly experiencing disruptions which they can easily avoid notwithstanding the bug on WP7. I never said they shouldn't fix the issue.
[Windows Phone 7 General] metroidnemesis13:
I actually had the same issue on the original WP7 build (cotulla's first build) for the HD2... interesting...
[Windows Phone 7 General] jackrabbit72380:
i rely on wifi only glad my network is for the moment not password protected but none the less im geesing this is just the first of menny bugs to find in the 2 new updates past 7200 i hope htc will fix this issue!
[Windows Phone 7 General] ToddeSwe:
Another device to join the bugtrain

Yes, my updated HD2 WP7 7740 is changing the Mac every reboot.

If anyone is interested :)
[Windows Phone 7 General] Murray01:
Changed priority 3G vs. WLAN

Hello everybody,

I experienced the same issue with a changing MAC-Address and uninstalled the HTC update on my debranded Mozart (prior T-Mobile Germany)

BTW I experienced another issue which I would like to share. After applying the HTC update for tethering the priority for using WLAN before 3G changed on my device.

Everytime I had 3G and WLAN activated the phone used 3G instead of WLAN. Only deactivating 3G manually the phone switched to WLAN. After uninstalling the update (Restore of the device to a version before the update) the priority was reset to default.

Does anybody else experienced that issue?

Thanks in advance.
[Windows Phone 7 General] OndraSter:
All HD2 WP7 ROMs had this behaviour.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Richard Fantom:
I'm also using a debranded Mozart. Changing MAC address issue is a problem for me since the 7720 (Internet Sharing) update.

I've also been having problems with all data-requiring software which would be explained by the phone prioritising 3G traffic over WLAN.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Twistedme:
I can also confirm rolling back the update does restore the phones ability to read the read only devices MAC and show it once we roll back to before the HTC update (not 7740 ive not been offered it yet)

looking at pics of before I ran patch and than after running the patch and reverting to before the patch i noticed that the firmware version reverts back to 2250.21.40503.531

While even though I have rolled back to what should be an unaltered phone it did not undo the radio or the bootloader updates which are still the new version numbers so the issue is entirely in the firmware 51003 and is not an issue with either the bootloader or the radio update since they operate and function fine with the older firmware.

Before patch

firmware version= 2250.21.40503.531

radio software version=569.09.09.29a_22.50.5?? (pic cut off)

bootloader version 4.5.22250.0(129966)

after HTC update for windows phone patch

firmware version=2250.21.51003.531

radio software version=5.71.09.02a_22.51.50.21U

bootloader version 5.10.2250.0(132968)

After reverting back

firmware version= 2250.21.40503.531

radio software version=5.71.09.02a_22.51.50.21U

bootloader version 5.10.2250.0(132968)
[Windows Phone 7 General] Davey_in_dud:
MAC address bug on Mozart WWE unlocked also

Yep, updated last week and I'm seeing this bug. Damn annoying!

OS ver: 7.10.7720.68

Firmware ver: 2250.21.51001.707
[Windows Phone 7 General] downloaderintruder:
Ok so aside from the ever changing MAC address every reboot, is there any way to know the real, assigned, permanent MAC address of your phone without restoring back?

Also, my WiFi seems to be turning off every minute or so when it goes to standby, then it turns back on when opened from standby (like when you turn on the phone from standby, the WiFi icon will drop down about 2 or 3 seconds). AFAIK WiFi doesn't turn off in 7720 and earlier builds, they just disconnect from the access point (in 7720, when you turn on from standby, WiFi icon will be there at the top and try to connect). And my signal bar somewhat lost a bar or two in 3G, and takes time establishing HSDPA.

I know its good to have internet sharing now, but having these drawbacks are just annoying.
[Windows Phone 7 General] arabmed:
Yes, my updated htc mozart WP7 7740 is changing the Mac every reboot

Yes, my updated htc mozart WP7 7740 is changing the Mac every reboot
[Windows Phone 7 General] Nettwerk:
I can confirm as well but not on every reboot. My Mac changes on it if I swap SIM card.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Murray01:
Good to know that I'm not the only one who's experiencing issues with 3G and WiFi after applying the HTC update.

Does anybody else do or has got some suggestions to overcome that issue? (except a fixed update from HTC)
[Windows Phone 7 General] ecsclusiv4u:
after update to 7740 I disappeared Bing and Internet Explorer, and is changing the Mac every reboot.

you have any advice with Bing and internet explorer.

I can not access them."Page not found"

thank you
[Windows Phone 7 General] Ttblondey:
Are you using custom rom?
[Windows Phone 7 General] ansarmirza:
Exactly the same problem. I had to turn off MAC filtering to be able to connect my HD7 to DLINK router.
[Windows Phone 7 General] ecsclusiv4u:
yes , vodafone Netherlands.

no sim unlock.
[Windows Phone 7 General] aliht:
I have the problem from the first time I installed windows phone 7 in my HTC HD2 before the official release.

I thought the problem was because the OS was beta, but after the final release I realized that the problem still exist and nothing changed.

5 minutes ago, I renew the MAC address in my router to be able to access the internet from my mobile.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Twistedme:
Hello All,

I posted a few back specifics but just wanted to let everyone know HTC is aware of the issues on stock branded phones and are still looking into it. I seem to get contacted by a different level of htc support every few days wanting to help resolve this issue with the generic turn it on off factory reset etc.. which I reference back to my original ticket notes and this forum and always get the responce that they are aware of the issue and are working on it and to not allow the update at this time if it is causing me issues.

Guess we will need to confirm the firmware numbers of htc updates to see if a new one gets released.