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[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] irblinx:
u seem to be having a mare!

I've no probs with WiFi at all, none of the issues U raise have occurred, WiFi works fine all over my house (I'm tapping this in upstairs & my router is downstairs) & I've got the settings set for best battery life rather than strongest signal. In the hotels I've stayed in recently I've also had faultless WiFi!

A couple of the users @ work have had trouble wiv GPRS overriding WiFi but I put this down to TNBTK!!

I've also seen the lost modem settings problem(also cured by soft reset).

Bluetooth performance has been a touch hit & miss but fiddling in the advanced settings seem to help!!

I've not tried VPN as I'm actively moving us away from this @ work towas web based services. Just a thought though, isn't "connecting to the internet" what you'd expect to see? surely you are using an internet gateway to VPN onto your network?

One other issue I've had is a logon problem with MS sharepoint, I'm hoping to cure that next week by playing about with authentication on the server.

I'v got a route in to some technical contacts at O2 so I'll ask bout the bug reporting for U tomorrow.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] veletron:
Hi

Aye, fun and games at the moment, just like my hardware to do what it says on the box!

Have you tried Skype? I have a feeling that you too will suffer the wifi lock-up problems if you give skype a go at the extreme of your wifi reception. I dont think its skype's fault though, but rather just the XDA not liking what skype gets up to! I am not gonna complain if it drops the wifi connection, its the lock-up that requires the reboot that winds me up.

Most of the time, my wifi is OK as well. Many of the problems I have had are related to use of skype, and having setup the auto-off wifi setting (which is now off again).

You have an XDA IIs? Perhaps mine has old firmware? I certainly dont believe that this is hardware related. I intend to come up with some repeaters for the problems I have, at the moment, they just occur 'when they feel like it'.

>A couple of the users @ work have had trouble wiv GPRS overriding WiFi >but I put this down to TNBTK!!

I have had this with bluetooth, but not with wifi. I think this connection occurs while on bluetooth when using ports that are not passed by default by ICS on the windows host box.

>I've also seen the lost modem settings problem(also cured by soft >reset).

This one really winds me up cause there is no way such a bug should have got past QA.

>Bluetooth performance has been a touch hit & miss but fiddling in the >advanced settings seem to help!!

Apart from the stupid messages about kernel space when trying to start BT, and the daft popup box saying that the BT stack license has expired, the BT on the XDA IIs is one of the more stable implementations that I have seen. You would think that since BT is now around 5 years old, it would be 100% stable these days.

>I've not tried VPN as I'm actively moving us away from this @ work >towas web based services. Just a thought though, isn't "connecting to >the internet" what you'd expect to see? surely you are using an internet >gateway to VPN onto your network?

It seems that there are two main connection methods in PPC, work, and Internet. The Proxy and VPN settings are not available when connected using a profile that is associated with 'internet' they are only available when connected through a 'work' profile. Again, the documentation is very lacking in the manual. O2's idea of a 'work' connection is WAP to O2 active!! A 'work' connection can be made to allow internet connections by checking the checkbox under proxy servers.

The various guides that I have found all suggest using the same profile for 'work' and 'internet', and setting the checkbox under proxies to allow internet access.

The layout of the whole connections applet in PPC is just a mess - completely unintuative!

Anyway, whatever the correct method, I've tried the lot and cant get the VPN to connect!!

>I'v got a route in to some technical contacts at O2 so I'll ask bout the >bug reporting for U tomorrow.

Cheers!

Nigel
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] veletron:
Just got a reply from O2 About Above Bugs!

Hi

Ammused the hell out of me since its obviously a standard reply! There are not hardware problems, they are software problems so exchanging the hardware when the software remains the same aint gonna help!!

Nutters....!

I like the unit, I dont want to return it, I just want then to be aware of, and then fix the bugs and release new firmware promptly. O2's idea, is that if user sends in a bug report that refers to the *software* the unit runs, offer said user a new unit with same software - must cost them a bl00dy fortune!!

See O2's reply below:

Dear Nigel,

Thank you for contacting O2 Customer Service.

Please accept my sincere apologies for any inconvenience that may have

been caused by this matter and thank you for your patience.

I am sorry to know your handset has become faulty within 14 days of

purchase. However, we if you wish to get a new phone, please return your

faulty phone in it`s original packaging using the returns label

provided. If you do not have the original packaging please reply to this email

and I will arrange for a jiffy bag to be sent out to you. Returning

your order is free as the postage is prepaid, however can I ask you

obtain proof of postage as this will assist us greatly in the unlikely event

that your order does not reach our warehouse.

Any money you have paid for your order will be refunded once we have

received your order, however this process may take upto 21 working days.

After this you can order a new phone. There are two ways to order a

product from O2 Online:

You can order directly from our website by clicking on the link below:

http://shop.o2.co.uk/shop/

Alternatively, you can contact our sales team on 0870 225 7879. Who are

available Monday to Friday between 8:30am and 9:00pm and at weekends

between 10:00am and 6:00pm. Calls are charged at National Rate.

Please ensure you have your credit or debit card at hand when ordering.

Before placing your order, please spend a few moments familiarising

yourself with our Online Mobile Terms and Conditions, accessible via the

following link:

http://shop.o2.co.uk/cgi-bin/o2uk/jsp/otherPages/Info.jsp?infoPage=Terms:Shop

Isn't it time to see what you can do with O2.

However, you can also visit your nearest O2 store to get your phone

repaired.

On visiting your local O2 store please take with you proof of purchase.

You should have received this when you originally placed your online

order, if you have not retained this then please contact us again

requesting "proof of purchase".

You can find your nearest store by calling 0800 22 44 77 or by clicking

on the link below:

http://www.o2.co.uk/business/buy/storefinder/0,,130,00.html
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] kelvin_27_84:
dont seems to have the problems you have stated additional i have very good signals over the macdonalds.... (a free wifi service for now) in Singapore and tried with hotels wifi do not seem to have any problems... even installed WiFiForum a Wifi sniffer compitable with IIs and seriously speaking... after installing the WiFiForum i seem to have better phone signals... the best sniffer ever.... For VPN never tried... note: i have pocket skype and it works flawless.... dont get the "locked to network" problem
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] usdiver:
problems?

sounds like a bad unit. I'm new at this and am really wanting the blue angel early next year but reading a lot of bad press. I still have my sharp gx 1 and am looking for a good upgrade, the blue angel seems to have just the features I want...but so many bugs I'm seeing. from yellow tinged screens to connection and software problems. Thing is...is it a new product issue, or a design issue in general, and does anyone know when these bugs will be fixed? I really don't want to jump and buy one on contract and then have problems...don't know what to do. suggestions?
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] kobby:
wifi signal

If you will take down the wifi speed of the access point from mixed a + b to just a, it will improve the signal for the XDA and the coverge will be stronger.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] veletron:
Very very few AP's have A and B. A works on 5.4GHz. B and G is the usual combination since they are both on 2.4GHz. I get no increases in performance by switching my AP to B only, and besides, doing such a thing means that access via my laptop gets well slow!

Modern devices should be able to work with multimode AP's with zero issues. Unfortunately, it seems that not one manufacturer of WiFi gear can read, they all interpret the standards as they see fit (I believe on purpose) thus locking you into their AP and their client side cards if you want a reliable network. WiFi has been around for eons, it should work by now, its hardly rocket science.

And as for the abortion that is bluetooth....!

Nigel
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] chriscole:
Nigel,

Don't know if this is going to be useful or not - but I've managed to get VPN working on the IIs after reflashing with the newer i-mate ROM.

O2 seem to do some wacky setup that defines your 'work' connection as a connection to their O2 Active WAP service - this seems to screw up VPN connections somehow.

Anyway, it's pretty easy to setup once you start with a clean-ish ROM - but if you have problems/questions let me know.

Also, with regards to wifi - does you unit get a better signal when docked/connected to the mains? I'm not quite sure that the power-saving options are being implemented properly on the IIs's...

Chris.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] collins199820:
Okay got bored reading your essay but that bit about the network cards dissapearing when u added a new connection is true! I could only get it to show once I hard reseted and also it used to turn on for a short while when I turned wifi on.... on the Wi fi strength meter I believe its a graphical fault rather than a strength problem also the strength will be affected by other thins i.e. more than one person using the wifi point. I have sent my XDA IIs back to my company in detest about the dissapearing network cards! and I got told in anouther post bluetooth is shot! and an update while be made (Cause i can't connect or see virtually any blutooth devices in range when my mates phone detects 20+) Oh and anouther thing about Wi Fi Strength... Your phone is small and theres less power so naturally u will not be able to pick up as strong as a laptop will in regards to the signal thats why they say blutooth only extends upto 10 meters on mobiles but upto 100 meters on a PC thats deliberate due to power consumption and stuff
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] collins199820:
Check out this wifi scanner it finds hotspots really quick and shows the signal strength and stuff I use it but be sure to EXit from it before using wi-fi as for sum reason it stops u using wifi untill u exit.. its still a quality tool tho and its freeware! I picked up sumones wifi router in there home (it was 3 floors up) from nearly 150 houses away!!!! Naturally i couldnt connect tho :(

Click here to download it I found 16 Wifi Points in my local ASDA! and 20 from work to home (1 mile)
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] olori:
XDA VPN woes

Chriscole

I'm a newbie and piloting the xda IIs for the bosses so forgive my naivety. I have had no joy with the VPN setup to connect to the email servers because like you, the wap gprs keeps getting in the way. i am at a loss how to get the VPN setup tp connect using the mobile gprs instaed. Anychance you could post the steps you applied to get this feature to work for others benefit? Also wher can i get i-mate Rom.

Answer gratefully anticipated.

olori :?
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] kbnc:
I'm a newbie here and after playing one of the games on my xda IIs it freezes and i have to do a soft reset. I've only had it 4 days not sure i want to try anything else on it
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] MotoBarSteward:
VPN and GPRS

Just a thought. I've tried several times over the last couple of years on several platforms to get a VPN connection over GPRS on O2 and I've always failed. Could it be that O2 block the socket on mobile.o2.co.uk? What I'm trying to point out is that this is not an XDA specific problem. I've tried using a laptop, a Clie PEG UX 50, and iPaq 5450 and an old palm VX over time and I've always failed.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] irblinx:
I would definately recommend updating to the latest O2 ROM ...... BUT ...... make sure you use corporate mode (code 0506) so that the rubbish O2 software doesn't get installed.

Still testing but it seems far more stable.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] usdiver:
bugs

Is there any way to take the o2 stuff off after the new ROM has been installed?
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] irblinx:
If you don't mind reinstalling any additional software/ringtones etc then you could just do a hard reset to get onto corporate.

Otherwise a search on this forum should reveal how to edit the registry so that the O2 rubbish doesn't load on startup.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] imranuk:
To give my tuppence re: this subject, I must agree with those whose XDA IIs has been a different machine; a) since the upgraded ROM and b) removal of the O2 junk.

I got mine roughly before Xmas but was rather puzzled by how many times I had to reset the thing becuase it locked up.

I've only managed to upgrade to the latest ROM and reloaded all my software a few days ago and it has worked like a charm since then!

:mrgreen:
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] DaftMule:
Re- stability....remove the "Connections" file from the startup folder adn do a soft reset. It removes that annoying O2 icon from the top task bar. It also seems to make the device waaaay more stable.

I haven't had to reset once since I removed it a week or so ago. before I was re-setting 3 or 4 times a day.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] MartinT:
Stability

> remove the "Connections" file from the startup folder

DaftMule, many thanks for that suggestion. My Xda IIs is now much more stable and the fix was very easy to implement. My favourite kind of tweak!
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] P\LQA_&:
I find this a serious issue - has anyone found a solution or a workaround?
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] t0m4s_g1l:
Hi sorry my english am gona try to say my problem please if someone understand and can help me. I have a galaxy yp-g1 4.0 intl version and i gave to my caousin the player for a while and when he gave me back the player it was all messed and he dont know what he did to it. i tried to enter recovery and wipe data/restore but when i turn on the player its like i didnt make anything and all is as before, all apps, all data, all photos, all music...

i tried downloading odin and the full restore from this forum for my version and odin says PASS but when the player restart it is the samee! i dont know what more to do. all the time with all apps says were sorry proccess XXXXX fail and i need to force close with all i touch in the screen..

Here are some image maby image are better than my english..

And then this happen wen it finish

When it turns on its all same like odin did nothing and all apps FAIL ALL THE THING I PRESS IN THE SCREEN FAIL ALL! ITS LIKE THIS

I would appreciate the help much
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] TheKryptonite:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1468213

See if that works.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] t0m4s_g1l:
Thanks i read that post but i need partion table from another YP-G1 4.0 intl version.. the problem is i dont have no body with exact the same player and i cant repair my partition table manually without that. thats why i ask for help or someone that knows a diferent way to repair device
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
It's not even related because your system can mount and format partitions. Have you tried redownloading the file, reflash it with re-partition enabled and wipe data?
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] t0m4s_g1l:
I think is related bicause the man that posted in super soft-bricked did same he flashed with pit file he wiped data he redownload software and nothing worked. And yes, i redownloaded pit file and stock rom G1ZKC5 2.2.1. The first time i flashed was G1XXKPQ 2.3.6 but still the same. nothing work.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] goldflame09:
have you tried what recovery said and used the wipe functions? that may do it but i highly doubt it
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
The thing is, his device couldn't even get to stock, yours however can but do you only have an error for the setup process or for all apps?

Envoyé depuis mon Nexus 7 avec Tapatalk
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] t0m4s_g1l:
Yes i Enter recovery and wipe data/facory and it says finish. when i turn on its all the same like nothing happened
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] t0m4s_g1l:
For all! when device start all proces fail absoluty all.. the thing is device i can turn on android but i cant do anything. when i wipe it like half hour turning on when it turn on begins all process to fail android proces app process and in the top its says repairing mass storage and than again all apps are instaled like viber games and all that. i dont know whats the problem bicause if i made wipe this shouldnt be there..
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] t0m4s_g1l:
Someone?? the galaxy player its still the same
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
Hmm did you try to flash perhaps the HK stock rom and wipe the data, then update to GB to see if it can fix it?

Envoyé de mon Nexus 4 en utilisant Tapatalk
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] t0m4s_g1l:
can you give me the links? i could try to see if it works
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] obscuresword:
Have you tried using heimdall instead?
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] t0m4s_g1l:
Yes i did, using heimdall on mac.

Thanks for trying to help
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] Austin68:
i would say try this flash this through odin PDA http://d-h.st/Ohu then without rebooting flash steves intl kernel http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1377771

then maybe you will have to flash a pit file from here. make sure you use the PIT section in odin. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1389873

DON'T FLASH YET THOUGH. wait till somebody confirms it. I don't have a Player 4.0 so i may be wrong. somebody please say if i'm wrong
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] t0m4s_g1l:
Hi, I downloaded pit file several times and several files of pit i find for my Galaxy Player but with no luck, and the second link dosent work for me bicause it is for the Galaxy Player USA version....(mines the intl version GP-G1)
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] t0m4s_g1l:
i tried to flash terrasilent recovery that i find here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1643384

i flashed 1.3v and 1.3.5v and i have no luck. The Player enters in bootloop and i cant do nothing.

i found this other WhiteBeam Kernel that has CWM recovery and i can enter to cwm recovery and wipe data, cache partition and dalvik but never boot into andorid. this is the link where i found this kernel.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1807997

I downloaded iChaOS-TestBuild2iostheme rom and tried to flash it via cwm, it says succes but when i restar it will never boot.

i also wiped everything before rebooting.

I redownloaded Stock Rom from (this is the zaclimon post) http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1531850 and flash via odin and pit file. Then make wipes. then it shows all the error message u can see the image in my first post of this thread. It BOOTS into android but with all the information like if i never did something to the player. (all games, photos, apps and folders) but all apps and system apps when the system starts shows message "force close" to all apps and all system apps. (u cann see image in first page of this thread) i dont know what is happening to this player. its like it doesn't want to wipe nothing.

Its like freeze with all things since the day the player damaged.

Someone with some other ideas? am frustrated i dont understand.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] Austin68:
well this is an international kernel not? http://dl.dropbox.com/u/59125319/STeVEs-3.0-EU.tar

it says EU for European. but that's the same thing not

also here would be the right pit file http://www.mediafire.com/?u4fsajrqsw3uk71
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] t0m4s_g1l:
I flashed that kernel... enters in bootloop such as terrasilent's.... thanks for helping
[Droid X General] htcfan85:
So I'm trying to fix a friend's Droid X that all of a sudden stopped working. I know that he didn't brick it by attempting to root it because he's not that tech-savvy. I can get into the "Android system recovery (3e)" but the only choices are reboot system now, apply sdcard/update.zip, wipe data/factory reset and wipe cache partition. There's no option to go into the sd card to look for files to flash (which I'm guessing is only available once you root.

Is there anything I can do to save this? Or is it broken beyond measure?

Also, I get into recovery mode by just turning it on, waiting for it to get to triangle exclamation point icon with the android figure and then pressing the search button. It's not responsive to any other way of getting into recovery.
[Droid X General] sd_shadow:
can't flash anything in android recovery, on a motorola with a locked bootloader

you can try flashing a sbf in bootloader mode with rsd lite

links in my list

sd_shadow's [Collection] of Links for: Droid X (MB810)
[Droid X General] htcfan85:
Thanks, I'll give it a shot when I get the time and let you know how it goes.

Sent from my XE Sero ROM'ed S7 with XDA premium HD app
[Droid X General] sd_shadow:
if the search button, opens recovery, it's only running froyo android 2.2

not that it matters much, but if it was running gingerbread 2.3.x, you need to press both volume buttons to open recovery

did you try wiping data or cache?

or try Safe Mode - DROID X

sbf links

Droid X SBF Files

Using RSD Lite to flash a .SBF to restore (Stock Rom)

or

DX ezSBF
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] noobsean:
Galaxy s3 T999 tmobile phone.

Liquid Smooth ROM. - Amazing rom btw. I cant thank those folks enough for their brilliant work :)

TWRP for recovery

Ive done numerous dalvic/system/cache/data wipes through twrp in preparation for new roms. But my INTERNAL 16 gb SD card always shows that i have around 12GB USED. thats with no personal apps installed

Heres my question. How do i remove all unnecessary data thats hogging up space. I want a CLEAN space to work with!

I do have 4 twrp recovery files (4gb worth of data?) stored in there. Im assuming the system uses about 3 gb's. plus the gapps and liquid rom are only 194 mb combined. So that accounts for maybe 7 or 8 gb

So how do i do a totally clean wipe without losing twrp, recovery files AND root!

the only wipe option ive never used is USB-OTG. (USB On The Go?) No idea what it is or what it does. so i never messed with it. Ive read that it acts like a driver of some sort to allow usb devices to communicate with each other..

Ive also never gone into the Format data section of twrp out of fear that i might wipe the wrong things and render my phone useless

One article i read said that i might have to revert back to stock? im hoping thats not so. And do a factory wipe. Is that different from TWRP's functions? Im assuming that i would lose root.

they said :eek:din flash to stock

Odin master clear (or wipe SD from settings)

*2767*3855# on the phones keypad ...(i think codes in general only work on stock TW)

Do i have to format the sd card? would i lose important partitions that would delete the recovery system?

any ideas? i considered opening a partition wizard app to see the different partions on the internal sd card.