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[Nexus 7 (2013) General] okayfine:
Just curious, why 117, and not 100 or 120? Is there something magical about 117? Thanks.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] oldblue910:
No, it's a completely arbitrary number. You could do 100, 120, 234, whatever you want. haha
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] oldblue910:
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[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Mr.Preacher:
I tried a number from another completely different device (Galaxy 2 7in.) and the online activation worked without a hitch. Thanks.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] oldblue910:
Awesome!!
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] oldblue910:
So here's a good story...today I stopped by my usual bar to wet my whistle. While I was there, one of the girls there was telling me she just picked up a Verizon Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 off Craig's list. She didn't have service on it but wanted to test the cell capability to make sure it activated and it wasn't stolen or something. So I told her I had a Verizon SIM in my Nexus 7 (which I had on me). I popped the SIM out of mine, put it in her tablet and it worked as expected. So she goes to take the SIM out of her tablet to give it back to me...AAAAANNNNDDDD the SIM card falls in my drink. Awesome. I dry it off...it doesn't work. Dammit.

So after I left the bar, I drove up to my closest corporate store, fully prepared to go to war with them over getting a new SIM. After all, getting a new SIM means I have to give them the IMEI number...which isn't in their database...which means they can't give me a SIM card...yadda yadda stop me if you've heard this one.

So I get to the Verizon store and the guy asks how he can help. I started off with "Well, my SIM card fell in my drink and fried. Long story." He starts laughing and says "So you need a new SIM card?" I said "Yeah I do, but here's the thing...this is a non-Verizon device. You guys don't sell this thing and thus, the IMEI number for it isn't in your database." He says "Nexus 7?" I said "Yep." He said "Yeah, no problem. I've activated about 10 of them in the last month. No big deal, I can get around all that. I'll have you out the door in 5 minutes."

Sure enough, he had me out the door in 5 minutes with a new SIM card. :good:
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] naturecannon:
SO is this you writing the article at Android Police or did the guy steal the credit pretty much word for word?? http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/12/11/how-to-activate-a-nexus-7-on-verizon-wireless/
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] oldblue910:
It was me. :)
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] borgs:
Hi,

Very confused about this. When I go into connections it lists work connections and when I click on manage work connections there is one I added: VirginNet which uses CSD. No other exists.

Whenever I access a web page it keeps trying to connect to O2 Internet using GPRS.

Any ideas how I get it to stop? Do I have to hit the registry?

Cheers
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] oltp:
R u sure there's only 'my work network' & no entry like 'my isp'.

if not create one for the csd type you want & check the advanced tab as well. 'my isp' is for internet. 'my work' for lan.

regards, M
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] snorbaard:
Here goes..

If you open connections, go to the second tab, and click the "select networks" button. This is where you tell the operating system what network connection to ue for which application. You'll be specifically interested in the internet portion, which is the first section.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] borgs:
I had no My ISP section but it obviously still had the details somewhere. I've had to hard reset and start again.

Thanks for the replies though.

I guess, even with a CSD rather than GPRS, if something on my pocketPC tries to connect it will still cost me.

I seem to remember in Pocket PC 2000 that it couldn't do this on its own, it always needed permission.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] stevedebi:
Well, you are going to pay for the phone minutes if you use dial up, or you pay for GPRS useage. Actually, I didn't even realize the Magician had a dial up modem...

In any case, you can establish a connection by going to Connections and adding a connection. Select "Cellular Line" (which is the default, and go from there). I haven't done it with the Magician, but I have used dial up with WM2003.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] kuangtian:
:lol: :lol:

Man,as far as I learnt from my master courses, the GSM is a method for calling.For data transferring,it's GPRS........So if you wanna IE transfer data for ya,GPRS is needed.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] oltp:
That's not entirely true, you can configure a csd connection like with a regular modem.Which dials a number & have the data over the phone call.

Works OK PIE won't see the diff.

Cheers, M
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] borgs:
I'm using CSD rather than GPRS because I can use my voice allowance of 200 minutes per month for data access. I've just checked my bill and, going via VirginNet dialup, it is using my allowance rather than being charged. It's slow but I can access the internet on the small number of occasions that I need to.

The question is; if something requires internet access on my pocket PC will it just go ahead and dial up now? Those 200 minutes won't last long if it fails to disconnect.

I would prefer it if the device would actually ask before it went ahead to get internet access.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] oltp:
Yes it will dial up & show shortly a message with the cancel/hide buttons. I'm on flatfee gprs from TMO & don't bother, so I can use journal bar, timesync, true imap mail (vgs mail), have automatic virus scan updates etc. etc. I guess your 200min. will be gone soon. In the Netherlands the internet dial-up numbers are seperate and expensive, so keep an eye on it.

Cheers, M
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] snorbaard:
It all depends on the application you use.

IE won't connect on its own without you telling it to go to a web page. Messaging won't connect without you telling it to connect occasionally either.

Well-developed programs like Worldmate and PocketWeather won't either. You have to specifically allow them to connect, but it's program-dependent. If you install some rogue program that doesn't ask you, then yes, you will have problems.

Just remember that if you dial up using CSD, you will be connecting at around cellular speed 14.4Kbps (unless you connect to a HS connection, which I'm not sure the JARJAR even supports).
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] borgs:
Hi,

Thanks for all the info.

In the end I've created 2 CSD profiles, one with user id info etc. and one without. When I don't intend to use the internet I set it to the one without. If anything attempts to get internet access it gets stuck at the network log on dialog and doesn't actually dial out - unless I accidentally hit the ok button on the handset. Best I can do I think.

When I want internet access I switch to the proper profile and it dials out normally.

Don't see why Microsoft couldn't provide a "Don't dial out" profile but there you go.

Cheers
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] gadgetman901:
I had a question pertaining to GSM/GPRS. Will the Magician/Jam, etc be able to upgrade to EDGE service once it is available in the U.S. at a decent rate? Will companies force us to upgrade our devices? How long will GPRS be available to consumers?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] loolita:
i have i9505 my my problem a little bit strange

when my phone sleep and the screen turn off

and i turn it on the signal of network is gone " circle " and says no service

then i should set my phone to airplane mode and turn it on

the problem is when screen goes off and i turn it on the network replaced with circle

>> sorry for my bad ENG
[General Marketing & SEO] WittyPotato:
Hi guys,

Does anybody has some experience with AppBrain and their paid application promotion services? Is it worth spending any money?
[General Marketing & SEO] Millenium Apps:
Good question. I think that if you have a highly valuable app, it really worth it as you pay about 20 cents per install that you will get back after only 2 to 4 clicks on ads. It's aslo useful to get exposure to countries where your app is not known yet. In other cases it doesn't worth it
[General Marketing & SEO] WittyPotato:
Thanks! Until now I found only AppBrain - do You know about any other such service?
[General Marketing & SEO] Millenium Apps:
Yep! If you mean CPI ad networks, i recommend you Appia. I use their offerwall, it performs at least as AppBrain offerwall :D

I mean in the publisher side, it must be the same from advertiser side.

You can do it on facebook too, it will cost you a little bit more :) but it worth to give it a try as they offer about 40$ for your first compaign and they allow you to target users with age, area, devices and even preferences (where you can select all what can be related to android and to your app)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] necka7:
Hi guys, lately I have been having this strange problem with the screen of my i9100. Occasionally it shows these random horizontal stripes, very ghost-like: link in attachment

The problem is I am completely unable to force this behavior. It seems independent of any kind of temperature, both surroundings (outside - 10°C vs inside - 23°C) and temperature of stuff within the i9100 (i tried firing up some benchmarks to cause heat, but the problem occurs regardless). The display brightness does not seem to affect this at all, being set to many levels both automatically and manually. No apps seem to be involved, or rather this behavior can be seen in virtually any app or with any background.

The issue seemed to be vaguely linked to the percentage of phone surface covered by my hands. Looked promising, but still could not reproduce the issue.

Doing the *#0*# (or similar code) and testing all the choices did not reveal anything suspicious.

This problem appears at random occasions almost daily.

The reason I have not yet applied the warranty is that I have recently try applying it to another issue i have had, the SoD, but I have been told that the issue could not be reproduced and hence it was deemed unexisting. So, I would like to avoid any similar experience by discovering how this issue can be reproduced or what might be the cause.

Note that I googled stuff like horizontal flickering lines/stripes, but what I have found has revealed nothing. Mostly I came upon a different problem with 1pixel wide lines.

So, any help in revealing what's wrong with my phone or how to reproduce it would be very much appreciated.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] necka7:
just if anyone was interested, device was found defective.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] JustJon:
I received a Samsung Galaxy Note SGH-i717 from an AT&T rep a year and a half ago, but never used it as a phone. It was just used on wifi with stock ROM for testing purposes. A couple months ago, I wanted to unlock it to use on another network, so I called up their support and received the unlock code. When I put a T-Mobile SIM in the phone and tried the code, I got a message saying Network Unlock Unsuccessful. I've gone through their support both on the phone and in person and ultimately they are either unwilling or unable to assist me (depending who I am speaking to).

I've tried Googling and going through the forums, but really haven't been able to get the phone unlocked. Is there anything I can do, short of paying some local kiosk an inflated fee to get the phone finally unlocked to use on another network?

Thanks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] jman315:
I was able to unlock my phone by following the instructions in this thread.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2124544
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] alejov77:
I was on At%t as well but they didn't want to give me the code so I followed the instructions provided in the topic whose link is in the previous post and everything went fine
[Security Discussion] matte0:
Hi guys.

Please help, my phone was stolen earlier today and my SIM card is removed from the phone.

My gmail accoount is still in use and I have my IMEI number.

Is there a way to find out the phone number of that SIM card that uses my phone, so I can text this someone or try to call it?

have some data on the phone which is very important for my work, can't afford of losing it.

Please help me if there is a way, gmail daschbord also does't show that new number in use.

Please help.
[Security Discussion] lreyes:
here you go bro try this

Android Device Manager
[Security Discussion] matte0:
Thank you lreyes so much for your reply.

Tried that right now, but it won't show up, not even a location.

don't know what to do, desperate I am.

do you have any idea more?
[Security Discussion] Stround:
Have you tried samsung dive?

Samsung dive enables you to send a message for the person carrying the phone if you already signed in with it on your phone!
[Security Discussion] matte0:
hey Stround. my phone is sony xperia mt11i. would that work on sony? thank you
[Security Discussion] SetiroN:
if it's running gingerbread, you can try plan b

http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lookout.labs.planb&hl=en
[Security Discussion] matte0:
hi to all. kind of lost hope on finding it..

nothing works, but my phone is still in use. how come gmail doesn't show the number, don't know what to do anymore...
[Security Discussion] Stround:
I'm Verry sorry to tell you

This happened to me and many phones got stollen from me but samsung dive only works on samsung phones :( you can still contact your carrier and i think you can locate it using its unique serial number. Good luck finding your phone!
[Security Discussion] jianC:
Talk to your carrier, and if they can't track phone through IMEI, have them blacklist the IMEI on that phone so it will be useless. That's about all that you can do..
[Security Discussion] SecUpwN:
As a matter of fact, not even your provider will help much if it's not to save someones life. File a case with the police, get a new phone and install AVAST first (it tells you the number of the new SIM once it's changed).

If your gmail account is still in use, try sending YOURSELF a message with friendly words to the thief of your phone and offer him money. In a perfect scenario, your phone will notify the guy of an incoming E-Mail and he is curious enough to read it. If you are clever, you include a read receipt within that mail, which might reveal the location of the thief. I'm sure there are also other services online, which offer traceable E-Mails. In a perfect world, this guy is at home and opens it there.

Once he agrees to hand over your phone (just offer enough money), call police and tell them when and where the f*cker will give you the phone to pwn him for even changing the SIM. Mentally prepare that all your data got deleted. Good luck mate, don't give up. Never!
[Security Discussion] Curious_Sid:
have you any anti-virus on phone?
[Security Discussion] Lamalord2:
Do you get your phone back?
[Security Discussion] Wasim625:
Best of luck with your phone :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] blydude:
Hope I'm not kicking an old issue here, but I've been combing through forums all afternoon and still haven't found a fix for this issue. Client brought a VZW Galaxy Nexus in with the "no signal" problem - he said it gets signal maybe once a week for a minute or two, then drops back off.

I'm not about to root the device and flash a new radio and/or ROM, as some people with this issue have already tried to no avail, and went thru the usual checklist of reboots, airplane on/off, etc. with no success. Anyone had any luck with this? Thanks.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joker of Jesters:
I picked up my G2 a few days ago at Best Buy and I didn't have any problems with it until I started to notice on calls at times the audio coming in would get distorted for a second and go back to normal even though I have fairly good signal. I'm asking if i should take it back and get a new one or if this is something known about or maybe a software issue.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eyeisdasteve:
I have also been wondering the same thing.

It has been spotty for me. People cant hear me, I cant hear them etc.

I think I might get it exchanged for a new 1. Im still within my return period. If it happens again I will go to the N5 or something. I really like this phone tho..

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I also just noticed a dead pixel and a little bit of light bleed. Im gonna have them send me a new 1 and go from there.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Darryjr:
I am on my 2nd one and still having same issue. So a return might not help you. I have spent a lot of time on phone with sprint. They reset my network, hard and soft resets, and their answer is network issues. I get a popping and slight occaisional static on my end of call, other end hears me fine.. I have a 3rd seperate one besides my returned two and that one is fine. What I have noticed is if I roam, my calls are crystal clear, unfortunately I can't force a constant roam. I love the phone so I am gonna stick with it. Possibly the processor and sprint not behaving nicely? I am in the New York area, where are you guys?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joker of Jesters:
I'm in the NC, Raleigh area a little out in the woods but I still get good coverage and popping would be exactly how I would describe the problem. I'm hopping I can fix it I'm really loving this phone.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Darryjr:
Try and see, if possible, when roaming, make a call and see if it clears up. That's the only time I have the same quality call as my HTC one.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joker of Jesters:
will post results when I'm able to.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eyeisdasteve:
Ill give it a shot now. Im in the MA area. I also get the weird pops and static on my end sometimes too. You think its software?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Darryjr:
I am not an expert, but do read the forums a lot and a bunch of Verizon users had same issue and now sprint customers are starting with same problem. Both CDMA, so possibly, yes, software related.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Geronimo.USMC:
All of you, Please call Sprint & make them aware so they can fix this. I already let them know as this is my 2nd one & it exhibits the same problems.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] whouston.jr:
I travel between Dorchester and Malden MA most often and I get the same issue. I tried all sorts of things. I did a chat with tech support and a phone call. They setup an appt for me in a corporate store and the tech just dismissed and imediately said it's a network issue with ALL of the newer Sprint phones. He mentioned the S3, S4 and of course the G2 (how convenient) as well as the Note 3. Mind you my daughter just got an S3 a month ago and her phone is fine. The tech just kind of left it at that but suggested he try a network reset with no guarantees of course. He also suggested I try roaming of a GSM carrier (he said we aren't charged for roaming). He also said if it does it when roaming then I should bring it back (I assume then he would actually do real troubleshooting. So I left the store and was in the area for about an hour and things got progressively worse. I ended up going back and the manager switched it out right away. So far the new one sounds pretty good. Time will tell.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eyeisdasteve:
What store did you go to?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Darryjr:
This was a problem with the note 3 when released on sprint as well "Problem:

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Voice quality on a connected call is garbled, with intermittent popping, morphing, cracking." I found that a few minutes ago. Same exact issues, both phones have same processor, sprint sent out a patch and it resolved issue for those phones. I have called sprint and been to two stores, returned one, got another with same issue. People need to speak up to sprint forum on sprints site, so they realize we are having same issue and hopefully they fix it soon. CSR s in sprint are useless, a manager at a corporate store said to me " I haven't sold a g2 yet, so I can't justify problem you are having " fu@#$ng great answer. I wanted to punch her out of her chair. Hopefully we all can be at ease soon.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] whouston.jr:
I went to the corporate store on Boylston St, near Copley. FYI, the tech that paid attention advised me that the tower near the Pru is having problems so don't walk that way and expect to use your phone. Not only will it sound like **** but you'll drop calls too.

So far with the replacement phone, I've only had the issue a couple times
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eyeisdasteve:
I was told today by someone higher up in the technical department that the issue is being investigated and should be resolved with a software update.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] casiouser:
I am having the same sort of intermittent sound on my Verizon G2 as well. I never had that issue on any other phone before.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eyeisdasteve:
When.... now thats a mystery. Haha
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fatboypup:
I was just thinking my calls sound like crap on this handset but didn't want to admit it being I don't talk on the phone alot
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eyeisdasteve:
We feel your pain..
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joker of Jesters:
I've called Sprint about the issue to let them know and I've called Geek squad because of my warranty with Best buy and Geek squad just told me to get it replaced and I think that's what I'm going to do, if it's something that can be fixed with a software update this one should act the same right?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eyeisdasteve:
I just had mine replaced yesterday because of a dead pixel and it is doing the same thing. So I would assume so.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] esoh:
I'm in NYC and have this too. I can try it later, but does it happen on both handset and BT?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joker of Jesters:
I don't have a BT so I can't try this but if any one does have one, using it should answer all of questions actually!!
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eyeisdasteve:
Is this happening on other variants also? Or just sprint?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eyeisdasteve:
Just talked to our LG rep. He was not aware of the issue. I told him about everything and said he is going to put it in his report for the day.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Darryjr:
Not true, some people have returned up to 3 of them and still have same issue. Some people exchange 1 and problem solved. I just figure why should I keep going back, return, and possibly have same issue and just get madder and madder. More people are reporting issue, so, I would assume it will be addressed soon with a software update.

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It happened with Verizon version, both sprint and Verizon are CDMA, so I assume its something g to do with that. T mo and att are fine. Patch was releasesd for Verizon and fixed issue.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eyeisdasteve:
Does anyone think they can get the Verizon OTA to work on Sprint? Or port over the updates in other words?

The call quality is killing me.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eyeisdasteve:
I'm guessing no.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] esoh:
Also happening with BT, FYI.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joker of Jesters:
Thanks for the update and it looks like the Verizon fix was a long shot.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eyeisdasteve:
I unfortunately can't deal with it anymore. I use my phone a lot for calls. Especially at work. This phone is one of the best I have had. But I am going to exchange it for the N5. First time I have ever had to do this too.

:(