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[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] meadowsjared:
Thank you both of you, you were a HUGE HELP!!!!! I'm FIIIIIIXED!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D

I'm going to update the original post to detail how I got fixed (the short version is, I just did what cmlusco said, and as soon as I had root, I followed this and it worked!!!!)
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] meadowsjared:
I wound up loading superuser like cmlusco suggested, only because I wanted to have everything fixed and perfect before loading Albinoman's new ROM, just in case there were issues, that way I'd know that it was the ROM or my phone, especially since my SD Card freaked out on me and that's how I got into this mess :P

....But, you are right, the only problem is, I'm super paranoid, and I like to be super-thorough :)
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tiny4579:
Glad its working for you.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tsar007:
when i charging battery i am wait for fill battery

after filling battery 100% i shut down the mobile and charger still connected the , battery sign appear and still charging

after a half hour , battery charged and "100%" appeared on battery sign

is this bug or what?

and what is the better in this case :

A-charging when mobile is running ?

B- charging when mobile is closed ?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonpaslim:
In ics the charging is faster when mobile is running. The closed phone is longer to charged than open one in ics.

They said that slow charging is good for the capacity of the battery so therefore when the mobile is closed it will hold more capacity than open one, its my own conclusion i may be wrong.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ben805:
I just bought a Nexus 7 today and as soon as I setup the wifi it's prompting me to update to Android 4.11, it has 4.1 on it at the moment. I want to root the tablet but having use the Android Gingerbread in the past it is a PITA to wait for new root after we updated OTA on our smartphone. Should i avoid any OTA update for the N7?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chocu1a:
Update, unlock, root. In that order.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jutt69:
...deodex, flash tablet ui patch.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MRsf27:
Is there a new way to unlock 4.1.1? I'm new to rooting and stuff and I don't want to take any chances so I wanna be 100% sure.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atticusmas:
It's a nexus. The answer to that is ALWAYS yes.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krohnjw:
There's never a new way, it's always the same way. No update will "break" this.

fastboot oem unlock to unlock (this only have to be done once, it will remain unlocked unless you manually re-lock it)

fastboot flash recovery your.recovery.image (to flash a custom recovery)

Boot into recovery and apply the su zip of your choice if you merely want to root or if you want to flash a rom the rom of your choice (assuming these already reside on internal storage).
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MRsf27:
If you don't mind, I'd rather actually root my nexus s instead of my brand new bought nexus 7... I'm assuming it's almost the same guide to root both; just a different file; do you know of a guideline to root the nexus s on 4.1.1?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atticusmas:
http://bit.ly/yf2x50
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MRsf27:
lol clever, that made me look stupid but I tried googling it before and i couldn't find a good one but I think I may have now:o
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atticusmas:
Glad to be of service.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ben805:
[ToolKit] Nexus 7 one click root tool from the dev section is okay to use right? make it much simpler
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chocu1a:
It is okay to use. BUT...it is always best to learn how to use adb. You know, just in case something ever goes wrong.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jamesst20:
It is not like Apple's device, you will always be able to root and all, you dont have to be scared :)
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CharliesTheMan:
I really like Wug's toolkit, I know there's a few so I'm not positive if the one you're referring too is wugs or another one, but I reccomend using wugs, and following its step by step on setting up drivers properly.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] veritasaequita:
I'm not sure if this is something I've just blatantly over looked on all my android devices (shsme on me if so) but is there a way to see if my sd card is fat32 or exfat without having to connect it to my pc to check? thanks for any help.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] bigturk50:
i always thought it could only read fat32, so my guess is it has to be fat32
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] veritasaequita:
i can assure you that "only fat32 is pretty far off, as im pretty sure ive had ext2,3 and 4 amongst a few other types. but thanks for trying
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] veritasaequita:
shameless bump
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Cobra281:
some recoveries have an option that lets you view all the different file systems on your phone and sd card. see if your recovery supports that.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] veritasaequita:
maybe i just didn't realise that i may have seen it in clockwork...does anyone know of a recovery that specifically has this function/ability?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mrbmg:
Ext4 does but we don't have support yet...

Do it on your pc if you have an sdcard reader.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] veritasaequita:
my pc croaked last week. that's why I'm trying so hard this way...now when u say "ext4 does" are you meaning that there is a new custom recovery named ext4 just like the format type? or do you mean something else?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mrbmg:
There is a custom recovery called ext4 that allows you to see what format your sd card is. Not for the gs3 yet.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Cobra281:
It's actually called "4ext recovery", should've mentioned that
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] j2thar1st:
I come home today and find a letter from AT&T and open it up (thinking this outta be good)...Apparently they finally figured out the way they're gonna force us (those in grandfathered unlimited data plans) off. Their letter goes as following:

"Dear (My Name)

We've noticed your service plan may need updating.

Many AT&T customers use their smartphones as a broadband connection for other devices, like laptops, netbooks or other smartphones- a practice commonly known as tethering. Tethering can be an efficient way for our customers to enjoy the benefits of AT&T's mobile broadband network and use more than one device to stay in touch with important people and information. To take advantage of this feature, we require that you have a tethering plan.

Our records show that you use this capability, but are not subscribed to our tethering plan.

If you would like to continue tethering, please log into your account online at www.wireless.att.com, or call us 866-975-0003, Mon-Fri, 6am-midnight or Sat-Sun, 8am-9pm CT, by the end of this month sign up for a plan that allows tethering. Viable plans include the DataPro 5GB for Smartphone plan, the DataPro Enterprise plan, or any of our AT&T Mobile Share plans."

They then go on to list both plans priced $50 and $65 then go on to say "If we don't hear from you, we'll plan to automatically enroll you in one of the above individual Smartphone DataPro 5GB plans in an upcoming bill cycle........If you discontinue tethering by the end of the month, no changes to your current plan will be required."

Funny thing is I don't tether and any usage has been me watching netflix, youtube videos, downloading files from threads here and browsing the web. I wanna complete listing of these alleged "records" they speak of because I'll be damned if they get me off my unlimited data plan!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] 00mred00:
I got the same letter today. Also got a text
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] T.J. Bender:
It's based strictly on usage. I routinely use my phone as a mobile hot spot for my laptop, but only when absolutely necessary and only for a few MB at a time. I've never once heard from AT&T. Meanwhile, I know someone who never tethers to their phone (why would they when they have a mobile wifi router FROM AT&T?). They do, however, smoke through 3-4GB of data per month, as they use their phone in lieu of a laptop when on the road. Now, not that I would ever piece together what I've learned through casual conversation with an AT&T employee or two, but they've both suggested that something like this might resolve the situation if you're ever presented with it:

1. Call AT&T. Ask for supervisor right away--don't waste time with the peons.

2. Ask for the supervisor's name and number. Write them down. Inform supervisor that you received the letter, but do not tether and never have. Ask what "records" they're pulling from. You'll probably get a "usage" reply. If so:

3. Ask them how simple data usage can indicate whether you're tethering or not. They'll most likely say that the amount of data you're using is indicative of tethering.

4. Ask whether your plan contains unlimited data. The answer, of course, is yes. State once again that you do not tether, and as your plan has unlimited data linked to it, they cannot use the amount of data you consume as evidence of tethering.

5. Without giving the supervisor a chance to talk, quickly state that unless they can produce for you documentary evidence of cell data traffic being generated by a device tethered to your phone (here's a hint--they can only see your phone's data, they can't see anything connected to it), you expect them to honor the unlimited data agreement you have with them, and any attempt on their part to move you onto a different plan will be seen as a breach of that agreement and handled as such. Tell the supervisor that you expect a call from the call center's manager within 24 hours to acknowledge that your plan will not be changed absent documentary evidence of tethering, which you are not engaged in in the first place. Confirm the supervisor's name and number with them, "just in case we have any discrepancies when I talk to the center manager".

Not that I would've ever relied upon friends in the right places to detail such an approach for me or anything, but I have heard through the grapevine that the tethering letter consistently goes out to unlimited data users in certain "usage brackets", and they're banking on us not knowing that their towers can't tell whether the data is coming from our phone or from a laptop tethered to it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] waiters:
Att did the same thing with Iphone users but it wasn't a bluff.. They knew in fact you were tethering...

I wouldn't be so quick to assume they are going only on data usage..

I'm willing to bet they know the second you tether...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] j2thar1st:
Exactly! I literally haven't tethered and my data usage did surpass 5GB last month ( I got the infamous text the very last day literally minutes before my billing cycle resets) but is around 3.5 this month....this is a pathetic move on their part to bank on people not opening that letter and change their plan without notice. Once the subscriber notices the call will go something along the lines of "Oh I'm sorry there's nothing we can do as it's a system change and we can not reverse or restore that previous plan." As if I don't pay enough for my monthly plan as it is......corporate greed at its best.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] T.J. Bender:
Based on what those in the know have told me, they have no way of knowing and go solely by usage on Android platforms.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] waiters:
Either that is 100% false or I'm very lucky.. I get throttled from att every month still and in my protest have reached 30gb+..

The only time I got a letter from att I was on an Iphone and was in fact tethering.

I do believe att knew this whole time about tethering but didn't care because they had bigger fish to go after.. Android will eventually level the playing field and att will be concerned with our data usage also.. That might be what you see going on now.. Att trying to go after tethering android users before it becomes a bigger problem...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] j2thar1st:
They don't. They just rely on usage patterns to determine if you're a "data hog" and look for backhanded ways to penalize you based on that data ( really only applicable to those remaining unlimited data folks ) If I was on a tiered data plan they could give two ****s what and how I use up data they'd encourage me to rack up all the GB of data I can and smile at the end the billing cycle cause they know I got ****ed good and hard.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] 00mred00:
Not the first time I have received the letter, all times I had in fact tethered in the month prior.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Sheolrock:
Part of me hopes they pull this with me so I can get out of my contract...I used 16 GB a few months ago and no letter though. Oh and I never tether.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] orlandoxpolice:
They know if you tether. That's why certain tethering apps have spoof capabilities to mask your ID.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] dakpluto:
It's all in HOW the tethering is done. If the app or ROM just simply says to use the built in tethering, then it's very trackable. If the tethering is spoofed to look like the normal data connection, then it can't be tracked.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] 00mred00:
All I use is foxfi and got the letter FWIW

And no, you can't get put of your contract with att on something like this ....its in the fine print that they can change pretty much whatever they want.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Sheolrock:
Fine print isn't automatically legally binding. That guy sued AT&T for throttling and won.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] dakpluto:
That guy won simply because it was proven they were throttling him at a lower usage than an equally priced capped plan.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] liquidzoo:
Legally, you are correct.

However, if you speak to the right people, anything is possible; ESPECIALLY if you've been a customer in good standing for a long time.

Not saying it could happen, just saying it's possible. I missed out on unlimited data, but I do agree with the person on page 1 who numbered out the steps. That is definitely the right way to go.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] 00mred00:
I agree with post on page 1 for sure. I wouldn't be very optimistic on being released from contract obligations though
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] droidbabyxda:
I used foxfi too... first time this month. Probably around 30mb only, decided to try it to see if it works. I received the exact same mail.

Wonder if I should call or not because it says if you stop they will not switch you over. Now, I'm thinking maybe I should. I spent 3gb last month (our area is not LTE but my phone is LTE). What's the best advice on how to go about calling them? SHould I admit to using it or pretend I didn't.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] 00mred00:
Last time I got the letter I just told them I downloaded some app , was unaware of it being an issue, thanked them for the warning and let them know I wpuldnt do it again
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] dutchthomas:
Att probably targets high usage customers for data profiling. When your WoW user agent pops up... bam, they send the letter.

Replace "WoW" with your favorite easily-profiled bandwidth-sapping client, Windows time request, etc.

And that's ignoring any differences between Windows/Linux/android networking stacks that can be finger printed...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] jefem24:
VVM ?

I wonder did you all update you vvm app? It did have new permissions to allow it to see running programs ....! I got the letter too but i still cant figure out why and i didnt update and dont tether
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] j2thar1st:
I usually freeze it but I haven't since I been on my last ROM. And to answer your question my vvm app is up-to-date.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] cschmitt:
Easy to track tethering on the AT&T side by source MAC address in TCP packets that don't match the phones MAC.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] j2thar1st:
So I just got off the phone with at&t and they were like they detected tethering on the 17th of this month, which is bull**** because I haven't tethered this month. So I asked them how is it that they came to this conclusion because I have no reason to tether nor need too. I have data service everywhere I go and my phone has a large enough screen to browse the web and such. They said they can't detect for certain what you did but asked if I had specific tethering apps on my phone. I then asked her is this their way of getting people off the unlimited plan and she quickly became defensive and continued to present her argument as if to say we know you're tethering heavily and it needs to stop or else next billing cycle you will be in a tiered plan. She kept asking me questions then rephrasing the same question as if my answer would change. I just was laughing because I honestly haven't tethered in months and for them to say I did last week is hilarious.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] droidbabyxda:
wow... so techincally speaking they don't know if you've tethered or not? i downloaded the foxfi app and sideloaded it. i wonder if they can keep track of google play store downloads... hummmm
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] zeroshadow21:
I've never tethered and I got that. They sent it about a day after I downloaded a rom from my phone which leads me to believe a jump in data usage is the trigger. Should be a fun fight if they automatically change my plan after talking to them.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] JFizDaWiz:
It never happened, no one with his last name has an account with at&t and searching his name under the clerk of courts where he sued beyond up results but none of which had anything to do with at&t. Yeah I thought it was bull****.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] specter07:
You must be uninformed. He won his case threw small claims and the court ordered AT&T to pay him $850. All you have to do is google Matthew Spaccarelli and read about it. He even has his own website with all the documents on how he did it so others like us can be successful in small claims like him.

www.taporc.com
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] droidbabyxda:
i called them today and demanded details such as day, time and amount of usage. all the "account manager" kept on saying was that their system shows 'excessive usage'. i asked her what does excessive usage mean and she said you are allowed 24mb every month and you used 16x that. So I said... "you mean unli data customers are allowed 24mb of tethering every month?" and she said "so you are admitting of tethering?" i was like "what??? you were the one who said 24mb is allowed every month not me... i said omg! now you are twisting my word... i called because i want to know the exact details and you are completely trying to get me confused" anyhoo, she said "if you don't use it anymore then you won't get switched.. and i was like "how would you know if i used it or not of you can't see any details on your screen? pls just make note in the account that i called about this.. blah blah." i hung up coz it was useless as she just keeps saying things over and over and she won't put any supervisor on.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] lionsroar75:
Greed indeed

I actually have never gotten a letter or text yet, allow an entire dispatch center to tether off me. One month I used 20+ GB. Not sure how they missed that one! LOL

Skyrocket running Paranoidandriod beta 10
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Datron:
My buddy uses over 80gb a month and has never been harassed. So weird.

You guys need to start recording the convos with att. Please!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] droidbabyxda:
what app did you use to tether?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] j2thar1st:
I wonder if they have access to see which apps from the play store you have but based on the apps she (the at&t rep) asked me they are really just guessing at best. She admitted that there is no way for them to know what I did but somehow their system indicates that there is "tethering activity."

I definitely feel so because I think I downloaded a ROM from goo manager using data and they might think that 250MB file was me tethering.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] j2thar1st:
Yeah they just try and bank on you being a choir boy and ratting on yourself so that they can do something. The rep I spoke to did the same thing, just constantly rephrased the same question as if I was gonna say "Oh yeah come to think of it I do tether especially during your document date you claim." Truth of the matter is I haven't tethered in months so it was pretty hilarious to hear this load of **** they came up with during the call.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] colonel187:
Verizon is or did get in trouble for not letting people tether with there data plans.

Edit:

P.s. we need to start standing up to these carriers and put a stop to this price gouging. Home isp's didn't start capping until cell phone companies proved that people won't do anything about getting charged more for less.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] liquidzoo:
Pretty sure all of their new unlimited minute shared-data plans (and AT&T's, for that matter) include tethering for this very reason. They also raised their rates...my bill would go up by at least $50 if I switched to even the lowest shared plan...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] cschmitt:
With the mobile share AT&T raised the per GB overage to match what they are effectively getting on the current plans.

On the current family/individual plans to get tethering you have to buy 5GB of data and the vast number of subscribers don't use it all. Think about it, if a user averages around 3.3GB per month they are already effectively paying $15 per GB. on a $50 / 5GB plan.

With mobile share, at least you have a real chance of using most of the data bucket you pay for since its shared between devices.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] liquidzoo:
True, but between my wife and I, I doubt we use more than 1GB per month since she's on wifi all day and I'm not using my phone for more than received emails for most of the day until I get home (and on wifi). Not economical for me to change plans at all, and I'm certain I'm not alone in that.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] cschmitt:
Totally agree, if it doesn't make $$ sense then stay on the current plan.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] scottx .:
Wife and I have gotten these emails from them. She was using the laptop at work with her phone. They knew. She stopped and the data plan never changed.

She's now my exwife and I have straight talk. I wonder if they'll ***** about it. This was over a year ago. So its no new thing.

I used to always use all 3gb of my plan and go over a gig or so every month so its not how much data you use. Its what's using it.

Tether and they'll know. Sucks but its how it is.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] 00mred00:
I think we have decided to give in. Selling my skyrocket and putting that line on the bare bones 9.99 plan until the etf drops.

Gradually we will migrate the family over to Sprint now that LTE is making progress in our area.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] specter07:
I think just for the hell of it, I'm going to call them and act like I got the letter just to see what excuses they give me. Then at the end after I got all the info I could get out of them, I'll let them know that I never received such letter and see what the reaction is.