yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Windows Phone 7 General] moonshines:
i was also contacted by an htc cs supervisor and he said that htc is working on it. at first he was suggesting that i hard reset the phone to see if itll display the same behaviour. ofcourse i already done that and as a result i lost all of my phone contents so i just rolled back to its previous version. im still waiting for another call back tomorrow. theyve promised me that theyll give me an update if they already have a fix to it or if the update has been modified. patiently waiting for that call. will update you guys if new information comes in.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Budniu:
HTC 7 Pro, customROM DFT v3 Mango 7740 - the same problem mac adress changing every restart device.
[Windows Phone 7 General] moonshines:
the htc cs supervisor called back just to tell me that they still dont have a solution to the ever chaning mac address issue on the update. i was also informed that they are working on it. i also asked why are they still rolling out the same update to other carrier branded devices(from other countries) which support ics though there are already reported complaints about it. the only answer i got is they cant share any information about it and since there is a seperate department who is in charge of the roll out is why they cant give any other detail aside from what has just been given to me.

im guessing, htc will continue to roll out the update and when they have a solution to the mac address issue they will roll out another update to fix it. just a guess though. thats about the update i got from the htc customer service supervisor who called me up.

question: i dont want to apply the update until htc has a fix to the mac address issue and the ics update notification is getting a little annoying lol. say if there will be a new update from MS will i still get it even if there is a pending htc update?will zune provide an option to choose what update i want to apply to my phone?thanks in advance
[Windows Phone 7 General] Davey_in_dud:
Ok, so I excitedly thought I had a fix in the latest update today... But no :(

So now I'm on...

OS ver: 7.10.7740.16

Firmware ver: 2250.21.51001.707

AND STILL THE BLOODY MAC ADDRESS CHANGES WITH EACH REBOOT!!!!! GRRRR!!!
[Windows Phone 7 General] andrewkeith5:
The first ICS update for the 7 Pro has just been released with the same problem, so no WiFi at home for me - my AP runs in a different IP address range and it's a complete arse to go in and update the MAC table, so if it's going to keep changing I guess Vodafone are going to see a lot more data from me!

Vital numbers:

HTC 7 Pro T7576 - Generic EU Version

OS Version: 7.10.7740.16

Firmware Rev: 2250.21.51003.401

Hardware Rev: 02

Radio SW Ver: 5.71.09.02a_22.51.50.21U
[Windows Phone 7 General] Murray01:
Does anybody has got news from HTC Support yet? Seems to getting a bit quite about that issue.
[Windows Phone 7 General] moonshines:
i sent htc an inquiry about this problem and below is the information i got from them (i sent a reply to them clarifying the issue. as well as, i referenced this thread out so theyll know what the problem is really about.
[Windows Phone 7 General] moonshines:
this just came in. email from HTC tech support

yet, it was also stated in the email that if the problem persist, we can escalate the problem to htc. ive been reporting this mac address issue since day one of the roll of the htc update.

if anyone here wishes to escalate the issue to HTC, you only need to fill out the following and send it to HTC. the more the escalations tickets they get the faster they would work on the issue, i guess.
[Windows Phone 7 General] danausgr:
A bit strange why htc continued to deploy the update despite the mac address bug. I received my (internet sharing) update notification on 03DEC2011, but I also got the bug. I see internet threads starting to mention the bug as early as 19NOV2011. The way I see the thing is that they keep the control of the updates deployment to prevent propagation of bugs. If they can't stop the deployment, then why do they still want to keep full control of the deployment process?

Anyway, I think there is no other way than to contact them, so that our issue gets some more weight.

Here are my specifications:

HTC 7 Pro T7576

OS Version: 7.10.7740.16

Firmware Rev: 2250.21.51003.401

Hardware Rev: 0002

Radio SW Ver: 5.71.09.02a_22.51.50.21U

Radio HW: A.102.0.D4

Bootloader: 5.10.2250.0

Chip SOC ver: 2.2.5.0
[Windows Phone 7 General] danausgr:
OK, htc support replied just after 1.5 hours after ticket opening with the following:

I think it's good news, they are not asking me to reset my phone! I have just sent them my IMEI (completely forgot!!!). I also wrote them that I won't be reverting back the update, since I need the Internet Sharing feature.

Fingers crossed!
[Windows Phone 7 General] danausgr:
Following my response with the IMEI, they confirmed that they are aware and investigating.

However, I'd strongly recommend every single affected user to log a ticket with HTC in order to make them resolve this fast.
[Windows Phone 7 General] andrewkeith5:
In case it helps anyone, whilst updating the MAC filter on my router I noticed something interesting...

...rebooting my phone a few times, every time it chucks out a new MAC address it doesn't contain any letters, only numbers. I didn't know this was possible with MAC addresses, and indeed my router took a fair bit of convincing, too...perhaps this is something to do with an encoding mismatch of some sort?
[Windows Phone 7 General] moonshines:
im hearing (reading)rumors that the tmous hd7 and the radar will be getting an update. and it seems that for us who havent applied the HTC IS update,were stuck with the current version we have. also seems like it that zune doesnt have the option to let a user choose what update to install or bypass an update. if rumors are true like what is written in THIS article, i guess we have to wait till HTC does something about the mac address issue before we can proceed to the next update that tmous will be rolling out. aside from thsi rumor, we are also expecting to get the 7740 update. if all is true, therell be two pending updates that we wont be able to install till htc retracts their buggy update.
[Windows Phone 7 General] andrewkeith5:
Well the updates are all cumulative, so if an update is released with a fix the first one will be installed, followed by the fix, and as a result you won't see the problem. I don't see the problem with this?
[Windows Phone 7 General] moonshines:
this is a problem unfortunately for us users with mac filtering enabled in our home and office network. i guess once htc rolls out a fix to the changing mac address issue,thats the time ill update mine.i dont do internet sharing anyway.if theres only a way to bypass that update but like what youv said all update are cumulative so im stuck on this lol. thanks :)
[Windows Phone 7 General] Twistedme:
I keep looking through the custom hd7 roms that include most of these new updates and cant seem to find if this is an issue for the current wp7 cooks?

can anyone confirm if they have been able to fix or has figured out what little nugget of code or driver is causing this and successfully eliminated from a custom rom? me thinks if we compare files specific to the firmware part of the patch and what bits they replace we should be able to pin it down to a specific driver or dll or rights issue.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Twistedme:
I did some more digging and found a copy of schubert_2250.21.40503.531.cab to compare the contents of htc_8x50_os_wireless.cab to the one from 2250.21.51004.531_oemupdate_release.cab

\2250.21.51004.531_oemupdate_release.cab.pks_7c4cd70573f5bdd8529da845c8367b7e3e889173\

\\ HTC_8x50_OS_WIRELESS.cab.pkg

12/08/2011 02:54 AM <DIR> .
12/08/2011 02:54 AM <DIR> ..
11/03/2011 11:05 AM 2,204 a2a5f44f-fe02-496e-8926-6eddc8cf9b44.dsm
11/03/2011 11:05 AM 6,998 A2A5F44F-FE02-496e-8926-6EDDC8CF9B44.policy.xml
11/03/2011 11:05 AM 22,030 A2A5F44F-FE02-496e-8926-6EDDC8CF9B44.rgu
11/03/2011 10:50 AM 16,657 BCM4329B1_002.002.023.0436.0438.hcd
11/03/2011 10:50 AM 16,657 BCM4329B1_002.002.023.0436.0439.hcd
11/03/2011 11:05 AM 318,420 bcmsddhd.dll
11/03/2011 11:05 AM 84,188 BrcmFmPdd.dll
11/03/2011 11:05 AM 91,128 BrcmHci.dll
11/03/2011 11:05 AM 47,396 BRCMInit.dll
11/03/2011 11:00 AM 21,976 BTDebugV2.exe
11/03/2011 11:05 AM 31,480 BTHCI.dll
11/03/2011 11:05 AM 21,512 BTTesterDrv.dll
11/03/2011 11:05 AM 73,148 BT_OEM.dll
11/03/2011 11:05 AM 9,580 BT_Power.dll
12/08/2011 02:54 AM 0 contents51004
11/03/2011 11:00 AM 26,072 gps_middle_layer.dll
11/03/2011 10:52 AM 1,117 mxipupdate_hotspotconfig_01.provxml
11/03/2011 10:52 AM 1,344 mxip_suplconfig_001.provxml
11/03/2011 10:50 AM 1,169 nvram.txt
11/03/2011 10:50 AM 255,382 rtecdc1.bin
11/03/2011 10:50 AM 255,382 rtecdc4329MFG.bin
11/03/2011 10:50 AM 260,936 rtecdcSOFTAP.bin
11/03/2011 10:50 AM 259,696 rtecdcSTATION.bin
11/03/2011 11:05 AM 75,016 serial_btur_8k.dll
11/03/2011 10:50 AM 4,454 silent_tmp.wav
11/03/2011 11:05 AM 15,944 wlan_oem.dll
11/03/2011 11:05 AM 17,688 wl_server_serial.dll
27 File(s) 1,937,574 bytes

=========================
\\schubert_2250.21.40503.531\

\\HTC_8x50_OS_WIRELESS.cab.pkg

08/17/2011 04:35 AM 1,954 a2a5f44f-fe02-496e-8926-6eddc8cf9b44.dsm
08/17/2011 04:35 AM 6,998 A2A5F44F-FE02-496e-8926-6EDDC8CF9B44.policy.xml
08/17/2011 04:35 AM 21,234 A2A5F44F-FE02-496e-8926-6EDDC8CF9B44.rgu
08/17/2011 04:15 AM 16,657 BCM4329B1_002.002.023.0436.0438.hcd
08/17/2011 04:15 AM 16,657 BCM4329B1_002.002.023.0436.0439.hcd
08/17/2011 04:35 AM 548,896 bcmsddhd.dll
08/17/2011 04:35 AM 84,188 BrcmFmPdd.dll
08/17/2011 04:35 AM 91,128 BrcmHci.dll
08/17/2011 04:35 AM 47,396 BRCMInit.dll
08/17/2011 04:29 AM 21,976 BTDebugV2.exe
08/17/2011 04:35 AM 31,480 BTHCI.dll
08/17/2011 04:35 AM 21,512 BTTesterDrv.dll
08/17/2011 04:35 AM 73,148 BT_OEM.dll
08/17/2011 04:35 AM 9,580 BT_Power.dll
08/17/2011 04:29 AM 26,072 gps_middle_layer.dll
08/17/2011 04:17 AM 1,344 mxip_suplconfig_001.provxml
08/17/2011 04:17 AM 1,169 nvram.txt
08/17/2011 04:17 AM 257,486 rtecdc1.bin
08/17/2011 04:35 AM 75,016 serial_btur_8k.dll
08/17/2011 04:15 AM 4,454 silent_tmp.wav
08/17/2011 04:35 AM 10,728 wlan_oem.dll
08/17/2011 04:35 AM 17,688 wl_server_serial.dll
23 File(s) 1,386,761 bytes
[Windows Phone 7 General] moonshines:
hi Twistedme. thank you very much for the information you are providing us. we really do appreciate it. as much as would like to help you out with this,unfortunately i have not the slightest idea extracting or deduce the code or whatever it is called :(.im just a plain user.im stupid when it comes to this kind of stuff. but i really do appreciate you trying to help us users problematic with the update. keep it up sir.im with high hopes youll crack this one. thanks again :cool:
[Windows Phone 7 General] nok_fusion:
i don't understand what is that,it would fix the mac adress changes?
[Windows Phone 7 General] Twistedme:
Lol its a needle in a haystack I just shrunk the hey stack from 49mb down to under 1MB.

in the htc update they included some device specific drivers along with a lot of other stuff these are grouped into install packages what i did was extract the package related to wireless and then compared them and noticed that only a few files are different and then posted them hereforthe xda community and hopefully htc to review. im gonna try to combine them and try to repush it to my device if it doesnt brick it Ill let you all knowwhat i did.

I might have to restore to beofre htc update then reinstall my modded patch Ill definately report back if I can fix it.
[Windows Phone 7 General] silvertonesx24:
Received notification of an update from HTC today.

Updated:

OS 7.10.7720.68

FW Revision 2250.21.51004.531

HW REvision 0002

Radio SW Version 5.71.09.02a_22.51.50.21U

Radio HW Version A.12.0.D4

Bootloader 5.10.2250.0(132968)

Chip SOC 2.2.5.0

And still, Mac address changes on every reset.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Twistedme:
I'm Posting this question here but it is really a question for any WP7 cooks or wp7 phone coders.

I've compared the contents of the last known working patches contents to the last not working patch and have found a few files that have changed in the wireless.cab

2250.21.40503.531\HTC_850_WIRELESS.cab.pkg =(23 File 1,386,761 bytes)\ wlan_oem.dll =10,728 bytes

working wireless drivers

2250.21.51004.531\HTC_850_WIRELESS.cab.pkg =(27 File 1,937,574 bytes)\ wlan_oem.dll =15,944 bytes

nonworking driver

Can we re-roll our own update using the older working wireless cab or will this brick a phone?

---------- Post added at 07:32 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:26 PM ----------

Found this post trolling the htc update for iCS string.

Im a computer tech and spent sometime looking at the guts of drivers both post and pre patch and cant see how these drivers which do load on our device could be effected by the type of media it is being stored on? either way perhaps by we will get an fully working update in a few weeks.
[Windows Phone 7 General] EelcoV:
Is this problem solved yet by an update from HTC?
[Windows Phone 7 General] vchr:
HTC have said they will publish a firmware update by Jan end...
[Windows Phone 7 General] elfacki20:
i agreed with U i had the same prob with wifi on my htc hd2 wm7.. so i change my rooter with a speedtouch without filter for mac and without any updates on my cell phone and that's work fine now.!
[Windows Phone 7 General] lw_1183:
I sure hope HTC are planning to roll out an update. I've raised two tickets with them.

The first was back in Dec, and the representative got back to me confirming that their devs are aware of the issue and investigating, and I should 'keep checking their Facebook pages for updates'(?!)

As there seemed to be no further updates, I then raised a new ticket a few weeks ago asking for an update, and they responded from the below:

"" I’m sorry that we are unable to resolve your query. It is always our aim to ensure that customers receive the right answer in the first instance and I apologies that this has not happened in this case.

We have passed all the information onto Microsoft and they are currently working on a fix for this issue. I apologies that we do not have more information at this time but as we are not dealing with it exclusively we are not being kept up to date.

As soon as an update is available for this issue you will be notified on your phone by an update message. ""

I had a look at some threads regarding this issue on Microsoft's WP7, and it seems the MS guys are pretty much saying it's a HTC issue, talk to them.

So hopefully HTC are planning to roll out an update as mentioned above, otherwise I get the bad feeling that this is being bouned between HTC and MS and no real progress is being made on this
[Windows Phone 7 General] silvertonesx24:
Is there any way to roll back to a previous update, or flash a stock Mango ROM available on XDA?

Do any of the tweaked ROMs fix this issue?
[Windows Phone 7 General] OndraSter:
New ROM for Mozart or HD7 or whatever was the device has this bug already fixed, so update will be rolling out soon I bet.
[Windows Phone 7 General] silvertonesx24:
Which rom is this- are you referring to the 8107 update?
[Windows Phone 7 General] silvertonesx24:
Where did you get notification of the update- did it say HTC update? Was it with the OS 8107 update? I'm still on 7720 with TMobile and haven't gotten an update yet for the OS.
[Windows Phone 7 General] vchr:
I had done the os 8107 update via cab file several days ago. Today I have been notified by Zune that there is a HTC update available and it was the new firmware 2250.21.51101.401
[Windows Phone 7 General] Snake.:
also updating now :)
[Windows Phone 7 General] silvertonesx24:
Can someone post the cab file for the update? Haven't received anything here yet.
[Windows Phone 7 General] The.Clone:
I'm also intrested in the xap file. Could anyone provide us with the Latest firmware (2250.21.51101.401) ?
[Windows Phone 7 General] silvertonesx24:
It's been 3 days and I still haven't received any HTC update notification. I used the CAB update method to update to 8107 without issues a few days ago. Has anyone else received this update? After months without Wifi access, I really would like to get this fixed.
[Windows Phone 7 General] </travis>:
Just got the update, and it fixed the changing MAC thing.

Also, are you sure 2250.21.51101.xxx is the latest update? My one had the 51101 package, and the update that fixes the MAC thing is 51201.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Lifear:
Was this update via Zune?
[Windows Phone 7 General] Twistedme:
the update that fixes the mac address change is a OEM firmware update think anything higher the 51101 will fix it. note the end 3 digits of the cab is usually carrier abd country specific so if you flash the wrong one you can fubar your phone.

2250.21.51101.401_oemupdate_release.cab= Europe

firmware:2250.21.51101.401

XXXX.XX.XXXXX.401=Europe

XXXX.XX.XXXXX.531= Tmobile US

XXXX.XX.XXXXX.111=tmobile german

XXXX.XX.XXXXX.7??= asian

the below user lists the current manual path to pull the europe unbranded patch.

also lots of other updates listed along with how to manually run them on the 1st page of that thread
[Windows Phone 7 General] danausgr:
I was notified today (27jan2012) about an update. Just updated and I confirm that mac address change bug is now history.

Old versions (with mac address bug)

New versions (without mac address bug)

HTC 7 Pro T7576

OS Version: 7.10.8107.79

Firmware Rev: 2250.21.51101.401

Hardware Rev: 0002

Radio SW Ver: 5.71.09.02a_22.51.50.21U

Radio HW: A.102.0.D4

Bootloader: 5.11.2250.0

Chip SOC ver: 2.2.5.0

Case closed for me! Many thanks for this forum!
[Windows Phone 7 General] silvertonesx24:
Have you received the US update yet?
[Windows Phone 7 General] jasonkruys:
Not out yet, although it looks like T-Mobile might be preparing to roll it out..Their HD7 Update page has been update in the last day or so, and there have been hints of it in the user forum.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _symo_:
Hi everyone! someone had just applied this mod http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1346760 to the kernel 2.6.35.13-virtuous-sense-v3.1.0+ Kernel? it works fine?
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nguyenhoangvk:
Hello,

I just have my phone unlocked after ordering an unlock code from Chevron Labs, it works after some seconds, my phone is unlocked. But after that I notice there's something called Inter-Op Lock and this lock state doesn't allow me to side-load apps that need higher privileges. I feels a bit disappointed. Now, I wonder is there's any way to inter-op unlock ? or I need to do revert my phone to Nodo and messing with their old tool ?

Thanks for reading..
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdbastardy:
Interop unlock is required for higher privileges. No way to do that ATM.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PubERB:
With samsung phones it's very easy. You only need to deploy the provxml for interop unlock and using diagnose app run this xml. That's all.

If you do a little effort searching you can found it without problems.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GoodDayToDie:
OP, what phone do you have? There's currently easy interop-unlock for LG and Samsung phones. HTC is technically possible but currently difficult and requires rolling back to pre-Mango first (we're working on it!). Nokia and Toshiba/Fujitsu are not currently available (working on them too...)
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nguyenhoangvk:
Thanks for answers yeah i wa wondering that i can interop unlock directly after unlockd using chevron token. Revert to nodo is ok to go, thanks
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] garychencool:
So I noticed a dead/faulty pixel on my sony Erricsson Xperia mini pro sk17a night. On the most bottom, right part of the screen of you look at it portrait. This pixel flashes whenever I scroll down webpages nut flickers often even on the home screen. Either that or its really dim. It's just one pix I think.

So is anyone else getting this or just me?

Also, to fix this I go to my phone service provider to get it fixed right? Since its Rogers and it said they will fix it for free or something. I have not rooted or done anything to void the warranty.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] reekol:
Exactly the same problem.

I have exactly the same problem on SonyEricsson sk17a . Did they fixed it ?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] nightcrawlerbr:
There's a screen test on service menu: dial *#*#SERVICE#*#*, go to Service tests and test Display. It will go to a color every time you touch the screen, press back to exit. There you can see if its a pixel problem and wich color the pixel is stuck in (or dead).

Then you can take it to SE for repair (warranty of course).
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] SwissGeeK:
It's *#*#7378423#*#* just in case.

Yes I would do the same.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] reekol:
10x.I'l give it a try.

I also contacted with SE's support. Just waiting for there reply ( to be honest it looks like a software issue ) . When there is static image on the display , it is OK.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] stargazer_81:
Hello guys,

So what happened finally with that issue? Was it software problem finally? I have the xperia Mini ST15i and there is a dark pixel on the very left of the screen and it's only visible when there is motion, but not in static images of any color!

Please tell me what happened with your case.

Thanks!
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Someguyfromhell:
Make a test in service menu as said some posts above.

If pixel is indeed buggy, take your phone to shop, should fall under warranty.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] dumraden:
Its the screen's issue. If im not mistaken companies keep the 5 dead pixel policy. Not subpixel, but pixel.

If a subpixel is faulty (i think) you cannot see one of the three RGB subpixels, If the whole pixel is faulty you get a white dot where the pixel should be. So from what i understand you have a faulty subpixel, therefore the company itself wont hold it under warranty but your Service Provider might.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] reekol:
Pixel problem .

From the support center here in bulgariq , they told me , that they will forward this issue to SE .

No response till now . My problem was ( and still is ) identical . Pixel is OK on all the colors, except when there is moving image ( than it is not , white , gray or some other color .Than the pixell i just black (dead) )
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] stargazer_81:
I think I have the same issue, my pixel is ok in all colors, but when there is moving image (for example scrolling in browser) even in white color, there is a dark dot flashing.. when the scrolling stops the dot dissapears too!

Is it the same as yours?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] reekol:
dead pixel

Exactly the same behavior.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] danyboy008:
Same here... A pixel in the bottom of the screen, it works good, but when I scroll, the pixel turns black :S should I send it for the warranty?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] reekol:
Dead pixel issue

Try to send it . I wil contact them again and will try to point the problem more precisely. It is strange. It is not dead subpixel because it shows all the collors correct. I think the display controller is not OK. not the display itself.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] stargazer_81:
so do you think that is the display driver? Or perhaps the build 0.62? Do you think that's good idea to return to a previous build? Is it possible to fix the issue?

I mean it could be graphics driver software issue as well.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Someguyfromhell:
Androids do not have such problems. At least never happened any problems with graphic drivers.