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[Asus Transformer TF700] Darnell_Chat_TN:
This is a SIM unlock matter with US carrier branded devices.

It was announced last year. So this is not really "news" at this point.

IF you buy a carrier branded device that is SIM locked for a specific carrier network, "legally" you'll only be able to get the SIM unlock code from the carrier. And given how carriers have rules for giving up the unlock code, that favors them.

Anyone who buys an unlocked device has nothing to worry about. Our Infinities are not locked to any carrier and no US carrier has a branded Infinity. So this is not a concern for us.

Personally I'm with a pre-pay carrier and intend to buy unlocked devices going forward anyway.
[Asus Transformer TF700] ZeDroid:
AW: Possbile sad time for unlockers with the DMCA law.

And that's why I'm happy to be able to buy unlocked phones and tablets and choose my carrier later.
[Asus Transformer TF700] BobbyHenceMcGee:
Haha the US made a law forbidding users to do whatever they want with a device they paid good money for?

Can anyone say dictatorship?

Glad I'm Australian.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Darnell_Chat_TN:
The rational for the most recent decision is this. Someone signs up for a 2 year carrier contract and gets a phone free. (Or they get it at a price much lower than the actual cost of the device.) They then unlock that phone via 3rd party means and then leave the carrier. The EFT fee they may pay ends up being less than the cost of the device they obtained for free. So the carrier ends up losing a customer and losing money overall. The ruling is to thwart that kind of thing, or at least that's the position being taken.

People who pay full price for a device should still be able to get the unlock code and people who obtain a subsidized device should be able to get the unlock code after they've either paid off the device or meet other obligations as determined by their contract. They will need to get that code from the carrier, but they should be granted it. (I must say, I asked T-Mobile USA for unlock codes before I left them and they didn't send them to me in the timeframe they promised. I waited a week and got nothing. I ended up SIM unlocking on my own via a utility on this site.)

Anyone who buys an unlocked (International) device can do as they please and its already SIM unlocked anyway with no carrier ties.

Bottom line, don't buy things with the carrier's brand on them. Things with their brand are subject to their rules.

I've left the full service carriers and I'm not looking back.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Nebucatnetzer:
They should just adjust the contracts. In Switzerland you have to pay a lot if you want to buy out of a contract.

Or you quit it but you can't do that before the end of the period written in the contract. This way I can unlock my phone as I want but the carrier still gets his money.

I don't understand why America needs a law for that.
[Asus Transformer TF700] folkrav:
Here in Quebec (Canada), they passed Bill 60 not far from three years ago, they basically take the rebate they gave you, divided by 36 months (3 year contracts). It repays slowly each month, if you wanna break the contract you pay what's left to pay. Let's say a 600$ phone you got free (so 600$ rebate), you pay 300$ to cancel after a year and a half. Carriers still are the winners in this, but it's not too bad if you got a good plan and you're a bit lucky. Before, we had to pay 20$ per month remaining on contract + variable cancellation fee (depending on the carrier), minimum 100$ and pretty much no maximum (I think it was 600$). Back then, I had to pay over 250$ to break a 1 year remaining contract with Rogers with a crappy Samsung sliding-keyboard phone).

How are early cancellation fees calculated in US? I'd love to see how in hell can someone pay his phone cheaper by going with a plan and cancelling out immediately.
[General Questions and Answers] AHLASSICH:
Installed cm920130120p505.zip and gapps-ics-20120429-signed.zip

The cm9 install went well. Rebooted well. Everythings appears to work fine, make and receive calls, WIFI & G3 works. Turned off the phone and it would not reboot. Just a blank screen. Tried to reboot into recovery. Won't work. Removed battery and waited. Tried recovery again. Won't work. Tried again, this time it rebooted into recovery! I then went ahead and flashed gapps thinking maybe it needed gapps. Turned off phone and it will not reboot. I sweet talked the phone into recovery and went back to Gingerbread 2.3.4.

I did the normal procedure for flashing. Wiped and formated, cleared the cache and wiped battery stats. Flashed the rom, rebooted. Everything looked great. Turned off the phone and tried to reboot into recovery and got the blank screen. You have to try rebooting into recovery by removing the battery and reinserting it and try the boot process maybe 2 or 3 times before it will work.

My Phone Stats: LG-P505, Android version 2.3.4, Kernel version 2.6.35.7-perf, Build number GRJ22, Software or Base Band version LG-P505-V20f - I am unlocked and rooted.

I did install the wrong gapps at first but I figured I could just reflash the correct one afterward and it would get rid of the old gapps. To make sure, I cleared the ROM of everything and started over from scratch 2x. Same result.
[Android Apps and Games] EduFunApps:
Xylem and Phloem LLC, is proud to announce "Isopod: The Roly Poly Science Game". This truly unique app is best described as an integrated synthesis between arcade-quality gameplay and scientific encyclopedia, with the intention of inspiring a fascination with insects and their relationship to a variety of life science subjects.

This full version has the levels available depending upon completion. The teacher's version has all the levels unlocked including the learning center.

Playing the game is instant access to fun: The Isopod rolls up into ball and is then controlled by accelerometer-based "tilt-physics" that transforms the android into a game controller. As the user rolls and bumps their way through levels, new environments filled with indigenous creatures appear. Every interactive element has its own set of topic pages, and new topics open as the player succeeds in gameplay.

Explore photos, links and much more in the Isopod Learning Center, featuring 24 scientific topics, with a deep focus on the interconnected world of entomology and ecosystems. Also covered are topics such as bioluminescence, mycology, camouflage and more. The topics covered are authored by a variety of professionals, entomologists, researchers, biologists, teachers as well as Xylem and Phloem LLC staff.

Isopod: The Roly Poly Science Game features 24 photo-realistic, interactive creatures inhabiting their natural environments from other locations around the world.

GAMEPLAY TIPS:

Env1: Beetles will come to you if you can stay in one general area. Bumping the blue butterfly means you can go anywhere quickly without a problem but make sure you are not behind an ant line when the power runs out.

Env 2: Follow the yellow butterfly as much as possible, bump whenever you get a chance and free as many gladiators as you can in your enlarged and invulnerable state.

Env 3: Learning to bump twice is easy enough, but when multiple katydids are on screen a good strategy is to bump each one once, and then come back and bump again later, if you can move fast enough.

Env 4: When the millipede stops, get far away...the cyanide gas has an extended reach. Also, wait until a group of 8-10 fireflies appears all at once before bumping the female glowworm power up, that way you can free a bunch at once.

**5 out of 5 stars! Appsforhomeschoolers.com

**5 out of 5 stars! Smartappsforkids.com

edufunapps.com
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] kingstatus:
Hey guys I was wondering if anybody has their note on Straight Talk? I'm thinking of switching over but I want to make sure that Talk, Text and Web are all working fine including video streaming ie: Netflix, hulu, YouTube etc..

Thanks in advance.!!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] aarynb1:
Im am using mine on straight talk and it works just fine, lte dosent work though. You can find the apn settings on straight talks website.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] kingstatus:
Wow awesome man, I appreciate it a lot!!! If LTE doesn't work do we still get 4G? (:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] atothep:
Everything has been working for me on straight talk. 3g speeds ok but really doesnt matter to me that much on wifi most of the time. And no 4g just like previous poster said but for $45 a month u cant beat it
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] kingstatus:
YouTube and video streaming too? Lol I chill in my car a lot with my gf and watch movies off Netflix being hippies so that's major haha..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Kinz1980:
You tube works just fine

swyped on my huge phone
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] pdtp:
Been on straight talk for over a year now, first with a sim out of a Nokia then a sim from the BYOD program. The biggest issue you may run into is some towers don't like the Pay as you go APN. I have a tower in the next town over that sometimes just wont let any web traffic through, drive 5 miles down the road, it switches towers and suddenly i'm getting 6Mbps down and 1.5Mbps up, and it's not just my note, happened to my captivate, my Infuse, my skyrocket, and my Note. My friends on a ATT LTE APN have no issues on the same tower. Other than that, it is awesome! Can't beat 45$ for some nice service and great coverage.

I use mine for tethering to my tablet, Netflix, YouTube, and my Dish Network account. I have had a problem once where i went over about 3 gigs in one month and i got throttled, i called customer support and they un-throttled me with no hassle, great customer service.

Make sure to leave out the proxy settings when you setup the APN.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] kingstatus:
Just got it activated so far so good!!! Why leave the proxy settings out? Sorry if that comes off as redundant lol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] pdtp:
It's been discussed in many other device threads that the proxy settings do more harm than good when it comes to capping the speed you get on downloading and uploading.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] kingstatus:
Good stuff man, I really appreciate it.

Aaaaand... proxy's off. Lol.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Partridge86:
I am not sure if it might be in another thread but seeing as this is about straight talk I dont think it would be off topic to ask..

Do any of you all just pay the 25$ per month with no data plan? It has been advertised that with the unlimited messaging you still get picture messaging and I was able to with my captivate however since switching to the note I have not been able to download a single picture that is sent to me so I do everything by email. In the messageit just says downloading and I have yet to see something actually download. If anyone has any info on this that would be great!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Vintage144:
apn: att.mvno

mmsc: http://mmsc.cingular.com

mms proxy:66.209.11.33

mms port: 80

mcc: 310

mnc: 410

apn type: default,supl,mms

apn protocol: ipv4

when done hit menu>save and your done , reboot if you want , you should have mms now
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Partridge86:
it took me a second to realize where to fix that but I just made the changes and am now testing thanks a ton!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Kinz1980:
swyped on my huge phone
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] donaldms44:
help

I wanted to ask if you know which prepaid plan a sgh i717 from att would work better on? Straight talk or att?

I see you have yours own straight talk. Would I have to go into the phone setting to make it work or just buy a sim card, put into the phone and it works?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] 440bro:
You'd just need a SIM card to make it work. If the SIM card is from t mobile or a different carrier then you'd need to obtain an unlock code.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raro03:
I have FFF and TWRP installed on my KF but when FFF is told to boot recovery or fastboot, it simply boots the stock ROM. Help?
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thepooch:
It is possible to have installed fff and not twrp. So I suggest resending twrp to the device.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xlxMAVERICxlx:
I'm having the same problem. TWRP installed with FFF but it still doesn't boot to TWRP. Simply reinstalling it, especially through KFU is only a temporary solution as it does allow to reboot to the recovery but only as long as you use KFU like I did. But this disappears once you reboot out of the recovery.

So try rebooting via KFU and see if that works.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] carlybelle:
set onsswou

I'm not sure if you can help me, but your like the God of this site, so um I have rooted my kindle and whenever I boot my kindle up it gets stuck on the Kindle Fire Orange Splash screen, it gets past the TWRP splash screen but not the orange stock screen? Any idea on how to fix this? Did I brick my kindle?
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jenrose82:
I'm not sure if this helps, but it worked for me....

If you can get KFU to regognize your kindle as online (and you have the latest KFU) then you can select the "install the latest TWRP" option and it will run something, reboot, then get you into TWRP. From there I was able to flash roms or install an old backup. I hate to have to do it this way since it means I have to be connected to a computer to make it work.

I couldn't get my computer to see the kindle as online, so if you cant get the kindle to boot and show up on your computer to use KFU (it gets stuck on your bootscreen), unplug your kindle, try to run the "install TWRP" option on KFU and it will wait for the device, this is when you plug in your device and it should catch it at some point when it is trying to boot up and do what you need.

If anyone has a real way of fixing this issue I am very interested!!! Otherwise I am thinking I will end up installing an older version of FFF and TWRP because it used to work just fine with the old versions.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] votinh:
That is what we're expecting. After installing custom recovery, why not install custom bootloader? That way you don't have to use computer to boot into recovery.

I wouldn't suggest that way but hey, if it works for you, great.
[Dell Venue] TheManii:
Recently kibuuka recieved a new V, and it just so happened that it was loaded with 328.

With the info he has provided, I have apparently found that 328 is also available as a pkg.

Thunder_328_19208_16.pkg

Rom details:

Android 2.2.2/FRG83G

Build date: Fri Aug 26 20:54:27 CST 2011

Dell Stage 1.6

Region: 16 (NTT com)

There is no real reason to install this, this is merely an informational post.

The rom itself is over a year old, but it was previously unknown to us.
[Dell Venue] terminal17:
What abt the recovery for this rom? Can we use 325 or 328 recovery is available
[Dell Venue] TheManii:
No, they are the wrong regions.

I'll upload the matching recovery later, I merely havnt had the chance to get around to it.
[Dell Venue] TheManii:
<Dev Host>\Venue\328

Decrypted pkg and generated recovery image for it.

I dont recommend installing this if you are currently on a rom that has no pkg to return to.

Doubly I dont recommand installing it period, it's not a generic region rom like 00/30.
[HTC Desire S] uberduder101:
OK, need a bit of help with a Desire S that can only get to HBOOT screen (vol down + power) otherwise it's just a white HTC screen.

Phone is S-ON. HBOOT 0.98.002.

I've tried Revolutionary.io's guide to convert to S-OFF but I just get 'Waiting for Device'. Tried uninstalling HTC drivers then installing again without luck, disabling firewall and AV, still no luck. Kinda given up on that front.

Trying 'fastboot devices', device is recognised, but if I try to flash a recovery ROM from fastboot I get an 'out of memory' error.

I don't know if USB debugging is enabled or not (how can I tell & enable from HBOOT if not)?

I thought about going via HTCDEV and their method, but my HBOOT is at the wrong version (can I upgrade it to V 2.000.2?)

I'm really running out of options now....anything else I can try??? HELPPPP!
[HTC Desire S] amdr:
Run htc ruu exe file and don't close the windows, find rom.zip in windows temp folder, rename it to PG88IMG.zip ale copy to sdcard. Turn on your phone in hboot mode, rom will be flashed automaticaly.

Or just go to fastboot mode in hboot and then run RUU, should work if you have bootloader locker (relocked).
[HTC Desire S] uberduder101:
Thanks. Noobish of me, but where do I download the relevant RUU file from? I don't know what carrier the phone is locked to by the way.
[HTC Desire S] dave3002:
Download original ics rom here : http://dl4.htc.com/RomCode/Source_a...401.2_20.76.30.0835_3831.19.00.110_275068.zip

it has hboot 2!!!:fingers-crossed:
[HTC Desire S] uberduder101:
I couldn't open that, but thanks.

sorry, but I'm really not getting this. I'm looking for a RUU to flash a recovery ROM. When I went to HTC dev, there were all the ROMs for all the different carriers. I don't know what mine is. I tried downloading one for Vodafone, unzipped and searched for RUU.exe but there isn't one.

I need to get to this RUU.exe but dont know how.:crying:
[HTC Desire S] hisname:
what is a recovery ROM? anyway, people over here at the DS forum has already extracted the radio, Hboot and ROM of official ICS. search around...

Sent from my supercharged :tank:
[HTC Desire S] uberduder101:
I had a bit of progress. I downloaded the latest 4.0 RUU util from HTC Dev, ran it, extracted the ROM.zip and renamed it to PG88IMG.zip, copied it up to the SD card, rebooted the phone into FASTBOOT and the phone recognised it and started installing.

Wahey, I thought, that's it I've cracked it, but then it gets stuck on Updating the bootloader. Stuck for nearly an hour. Tried twice and different SD cards...same thing.

Is this because I'm still S-ON and bootloader is locked, or do you think my internal memory is fried?
[HTC Desire S] hisname:
you can't flash that when you are s-on

Sent from my supercharged :tank:
[HTC Desire S] Jack_R1:
You're right, that's the case. Search and you'll see similar cases.

Absolutely irrelevant. He's not flashing anything himself, he's executing RUU which can flash everything.
[HTC Desire S] uberduder101:
OK, so how do I enable USB debugging if I can only get into HBOOT? Is there a FASTboot or ADB command that can do it? I think that's what's stopping Revolutionary.
[HTC Desire S] hisname:
if you read again, he said he was flashing the rom zip after extracting the rom from the RUU

Sent from my supercharged :tank:
[HTC Desire S] amidabuddha:
And the difference is?

Sent from my HTC Desire S
[HTC Desire S] uberduder101:
FYI - I tried executing the RUU itself, and that just hangs too.

I'm going down the line of toasted internal memory and am now throwing in the towel. Besides I just can't spend any more time on it.

Thanks for all your help.
[HTC Desire S] hisname:
difference is he isn't flashing the RUU, just the ROM

Sent from my supercharged :tank:
[HTC Desire S] amidabuddha:
And what means to flash a RUU? Do you see any RUU running on your phone?

Trying to help people is a good thing but not before trying the stuff yourself, knowing the differences, how it works and WHY it should be done
[HTC Desire S] packchenung:
Same problem with this post!

When i followed your step, this has many time to wait. I'm waiting 45 minute but this just show:

Can you help me?
[HTC Desire S] SKENER:
Do you have recovery?Can you get in? If you can fastboot then flash recovery and try to get in.Once in try to open info or just try to wipe all (no SD card) then you will see bricked or not.
[HTC Desire S] packchenung:
i don't have recovery, when i press power, my device just show HTC with white screen

When I press power + volume down, then come to recovery, it's not show
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] الله أكبر:
Is there a mod to use the volume button to skip music track on S3 ? Im runnin on SOTMAX ROM v14 but I don't know if in this ROM there is a possibility to do that.

Thanks
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saywhatt:
Yes. It's in the themes & apps section

Sent from this girl who's an android nerd
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rvin5:
You can find it in the themes & apps section
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pezlomd:
I noticed a strange pattern of squares all over the screen..they are rather Invisible until you look at it under some light already certain angle. I tried my best to take a picture but it's hard to see if you're not looking from human eyes. Either way I don't know if this is part of the design or is it some type of weird defect. I attach some pictures check it out. Look near the light glare and you will see the little square patterns they are all over the screen I tried to capture it as well as I could.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brightfly:
OMG got the same "problem"! Duno if this is normal or not... But now its night and im writing from my n7 and i see this little dots that are in this weird pattern. Got my n7 today.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VClouds:
Its the touch screen digitizer... every nexus 7 has this square pattern.

there's already a thread about it somewhere around here.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pezlomd:
I searched pretty well on Google but I guess I wasn't wording it correctly going to grab my buddies Nexus and compare it a little later today but good to know that this isn't a defect
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] speedygonzo:
All IPS Displays have this pattern.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Foggy79:
Those squares you see is the ceiling above you :laugh:

No, j/k :silly: It's indeed the digitizer
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] swisstourist:
Got the same... It s normal.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brightfly:
Thx for calming my nerves. Mine has broken speaker and gór replacement form store. And i got this weird marks on screen like somebody put on it a coffe mug and it leaves those circle signs... Got new one! :)
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Foggy79:
I have that circle to... My colleague has one to, also with that circle... Seems common..

Doesn't bother me anymore after I put on a nice screenprotector.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brightfly:
My new one (after in store exchange) have no screen marks or any other "weird" parts... :P
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Ikillpple:
Any suggestions?

Koodo GS2 X
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] esema1o:
Need drivers my brodaa
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Ikillpple:
i do have them
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] esema1o:
U got unroot then will worj

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Or just go to sammobile and get the file.fram ther and flash it on odem
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bqudamith:
I recently brought a vibrant from eBay.. The problem is after it boots, when it comes to media scan it stops (shut down) I tried odin with repartition... But still have the problem...

Please help...
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xriderx66:
Just curious, You're posting from SGH-I777, SGSII AT&T, so i'm guessing you're SURE its a vibrant? (sorry many people make this simple mistake, making sure)

How do you know the media scan is stopped?

Download https://play.google.com/store/apps/...1bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5hZGR6Lm1lZGlhc2Nhbm5lciJd

and then try it.

Is all your music/pics not showing up on music/gallery app?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bqudamith:
Yes.... :) .. t959 is my second phone..
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] testomat:
AW: Vibrant shut down on media scan..

Put your micro sd card out from phone. Maybe it's defect?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bqudamith:
i dont have external sd card.. :(

this is about internal sd
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bqudamith:
found!!!

i found the error.. it has damaged sd card that's why.. i repaired it by following this thread..

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1665123

thanks everyone .. for helping