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[Verizon HTC One (M8)] cntryby429:
Dante: I assume you're talking about the one message at the beginning of the HTC ordering website? Yes, I got that too. This website is "powered by Best Buy" but if you go directly to the Best Buy website and try to purchase this phone as an upgrade, once it checks your account info, it forces you to select your new plan before continuing. However, this only happens if the M8 is in your cart. If you try and upgrade to a One M7, it doesn't force you to select your new plan (at least that was the case a week ago). I would think this is an oversight on BB's part, or maybe HTC, cause Verizon certainly wants to keep people from extending unlimited data contracts which I have (arguably) done. To build ammo in the event they try to switch me later on, I took screen shots all along the way to show how many times it told me that my plan/bill would not change.

Haitu: See above. I will note that you cannot do this in a brick and mortar store because they will activate the phone with the new sim which seems to be what switches your contract :bad: Even some websites will force you to pick up the online-ordered phone in the store so that they can "assist" you with its setup where they inevitably turn it on :bad: The key seems to be a website that doesn't force you to select a new plan AND ships directly to you so that you can immediately remove and toss the included sim.

Disclaimer:

I can only speak to my personal experiences SO FAR. I started with an old 4G phone on a grandfathered UD plan out of contract (month to month). I upgraded at the subsidized price ($200), cut my mini sim to nano, and activated the new phone on my old (cut) sim. My online VZW account now shows the M8 as my device, a contract end date in 2016, and a data usage of "1.7 Gb of Unlimited". That's not to say that this won't change tomorrow and I'll be screwed. I'll cross that bridge if/when I get there.

Should anything change I'll be sure and let folks know here.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dante020:
Thanks for the clarification. It looks like you got away with it. Hopefully they don't try to pull a fast one on you down the road but I'd say you're in the clear.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] haitu:
I'm at work so i can't search but was best buy or htc website the one you used to bypass this?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] cntryby429:
It is, or at least was a week ago, the HTC website which is "powered by Best Buy"
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] garywojdan81:
I don't have an m8, but I do have unlimited data and a G2 which I upgraded to last November. This is how it works if you have a feature phone line to use:

1. Transfer your upgrade to your feature phone line (you can do this right from the vzw website) or you can use the update for that line if it has one.

2. Grab whatever phone you want for whatever the subsidized price is. My G2 was free the week I did this.

3. Activate the new phone on the line with the upgrade using the SIM that comes with the phone. You'll have to pick a data plan. I picked the lowest one. It doesn't matter if you do this in store or at home if you had it shipped to you.

3. Power off the new phone and remove its SIM and reactivate the feature phone on its original line by dialing* 228 and selecting the option to activate your phone (option 1, I think). This effectively cancels the new data plan.

4. Pop your SIM from your unlimited line into your new phone and power it on. It'll automatically be tied to your unlimited line.

5. Enjoy your new device with unlimited data.

I did this for myself and my wife when we upgraded from our droid razrs. I picked my phone up in store where the rep activated it and I put the feature phone back on that line when I got home. My wife's white G2 I had to order off the website so I had it shipped to my house and did the whole process without a hitch, never having to talk to a vzw rep at all.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Lazy8:
I read about peeps getting the m8 for 150 thru HTC...just days ago I got mine for 200....I know it was a gamble but since I would be dealing with HTC and not Verizon I decided to call and ask for a credit. Was told they don't price match and sorry...so I told them I'd be mailing back my phone and reordering....after being on hold for a bit and a quick chat with their manager...I got my 50 back! So...New m8...2 year contract renewal and got to keep my unlimited data plan!....for now anyway..lol
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] elevatorguy:
Question for Garywojdan81. I'm going to use this method to get my m8. My question is if the phone that has unlimited data has a micro sim and not a nano sim how do you get a nano sim and not lose unlimited. Thanks
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] starcms:
Notice my changes to the above. Most notably, u can use the new nano SIM on your unlimited line. Just follow the steps to the T.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dante020:
You can actually cut a sim card, either using a template or a tool made for sim cutting. Just google it - I cut my full size sim down to micro sim size using a paper template and scissors without any issue.

If you need to go back to a larger size, you can find adapters on amazon or ebay so that a nano sim can fit in a micro slot.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] elevatorguy:
Thanks all for your help and advice
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] jpcdmd:
I ordered a new M8 yesterday on bestbuy.com and was not prompted to choose a new plan. I am currently on a Rezound that was under contract for two years with UDP, and recently became eligible for upgrade (I used the feature on their site to verify my eligibility with Verizon). I paid $149 for the M8. When I added the M8 to cart, I was told I would have to select a plan, but when prompted to do so there were no plan options, it only said "Upgrade - Keep Existing Plan". I proceeded to order and pay for the phone using "Keep Existing Plan". I never was prompted to choose a new data plan. I'm not sure where people are seeing that BestBuy eliminated this but as of yesterday it still seems to be keeping UDP plans.

So y'all are saying if I cut down my Rezound sim I will not have NFC function?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Freedom First:
When Verizon processes the order (down the line from Best Buy), you will lose your unlimited data. If you're on a single line plan, there's really no way around this. You can do the sim swap to try to get around it, but since Verizon will update your account to reflect the new 2-year agreement, that's when you're almost certain to see your data package change. I confirmed this with a Best Buy CSR who was a former Verizon CSR.

Yes, you can cut down your Rezound sim (I did mine with some decent shears and smoothed the edges with a fingernail file), but you won't have NFC. Need a new sim for that.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] cntryby429:
I ordered my M8 through the BB (edit: HTC) website with the "keep my existing plan" option in late March. edit: I originally planned to use the BB website as suggested by another XDA user but found that particular loophole closed for the M8, it forced you to actually select a new plan before continuing (not the M7 or some other models strangely). I soon after realized that I was able to use the same "loophole" on the HTC website which was "powered by Best Buy" The new contract end date appeared within a day on the VZW website. I received the phone in the mail and activated it on my cut-down Rezound sim on April 2. It's now 3 weeks later and my VZW account still shows the new contract end date, my M8 as my device, and unlimited data. I won't be completely convinced until I receive a bill with an entire billing cycle (16th - 15th for me) on this new contract but so far so good. There's also a reliable source (an XDA moderator) who used this method to keep his UDP while purchasing a One Max a few weeks earlier than I bought my M8. He hasn't reported anything negative either.

My grandfathered UDP happens to be one of two lines on a family plan (the other is grandfathered as well) but I don't think that has anything to do with my apparent success.

I chose to buy a Noosy cutter to be safe (scissors just seemed crude considering my perceived risk of losing my UDP should anything go wrong) and it worked like a charm. NFC didn't work but I just took my new phone into my local Verizon store and told them I bought the phone elsewhere and used my old SIM just to make sure it was functioning. They got out a new nano sim and activated it to my current account and I was good to go. Even that was over two weeks ago with no changes to my account info as of a few minutes ago.

If anything changes, I'll be sure to post it here immediately as well as the Rezound threads. I have quite a bit of lingering loyalty to that great community. :highfive:
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Freedom First:
I had purchased a cutter to trim my sim down to micro (when I snagged a M7 on the April 1 promotion), but then decided it really wasn't worth the money to buy another when I returned the M7 for the M8. If you're careful, shears work great (but, I'm a machinist/fabricator by trade, and very meticulous about details and dimensions). There's nothing crude looking about my cut-down sim.

I'll be very interested to hear if you guys are able to fly "under the radar" on your upgrades, and not lose your unlimited. I got my M8 by using my wife's upgrade (she's still rocking a Rezound), but may consider getting her a M8 if/when the red Verizon version becomes available. Then, I'll have to transfer/use my upgrade to buy her phone.
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LavAlex:
Hello,

I'm connecting to my company network, using TLS and certificate that was issued for me. Everything works fine, until I decide to switch off WIFI or connect to another network, when I'm trying to connect to company's network back, it refuses to connect without any error message.

The connect back, I need either to reboot the device or "forget network" and declare it all over again, with certificate identity etc ...

I'm using KitKat 4.4.2, tried to change device name, disable wifi optimization, change freq. nothing help.

Anyone saw this problem before?

thanx in advance.
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LavAlex:
Tried the same on my Nexus 4 and could not recreate the issue. Looks like something specifically in Nexus 10....
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] deha:
Before hard reset a have short vibrate when is dialed number connected (in call) how to the get again. Please help.
[HTC Droid DNA] justinds89:
Hello, usually don't have much issues with this sort of thing as I have decent experience with this.

I'm stuck on this particular issue though as my phone is in a constant boot loop. I was planning on just reflashing a ROM on to the device, but in the bootloader or recovery my pc will not detect the device at all so I am unable to run fastboot or adb commands on it. I have tried this on 3 pc's(2 Windows 8.1 and 1 Windows 7).

Any ideas or help would be greatly appreciated.
[HTC Droid DNA] KB2VYZ:
Windows 8 & 8.1 will not work. I used the DNA toolkit on a Windows XP laptop to get my phone out of the bootloop (when you were using the Windows 7 computer, were you using the USB 2.0 port? It's been mentioned in many posts that USB 3.0 will not work). Don't use the drivers from HTC SYNC, the proper drivers are here on XDA (just Google it).
[HTC Droid DNA] justinds89:
Yes it was on USB 2.0. Drivers won't do me any good if device manager won't even detect the device is plugged in to begin with. That is the issue is I have no way to flash a new ROM because I can't even get device manager to pickup that the device is plugged in on any computer.
[HTC Droid DNA] KB2VYZ:
Until I switched to a Windows XP computer, my phone wasn't recognized either, no matter how often I updated the drivers.
[HTC Droid DNA] justinds89:
You can't update the drivers for a device though until it detects there is a device there. There shouldn't be any issue with Windows 7 being able to detect a DNA.

I never had an issue with this until now and now I'm just stuck in either a boot loop or going into recovery.

I would be willing to to try XP for the fun of it when I get an opportunity, but don't feel it is necessary.
[HTC Droid DNA] justinds89:
If I do a factory reset from CWM Recovery I can get into Cyanogenmod and go through the initial setup steps. After that it sits at a black screen, but I can drag the notification drawer down and get into the settings. Only have a minute or two before it reboots back into a boot loop.

Surely there has to be some way to fix this...
[HTC Droid DNA] justinds89:
I managed to get it to stay on. Here is what I did to transfer a new ROM over. Since all I could access on the phone was the settings I changed a locksceen slider to the Play Store and installed AirDroid. I then transferred the file over through AirDroid.

I am about to flash it now. If this installs fine and clears up the boot loop issue then I guess that issue is fixed, but that still doesn't solve the problem with my device not connecting to the PC through USB.
[HTC Droid DNA] justinds89:
Okay I managed to finally get a new ROM to flash over after some issues with the ROM zip itself. It flashed and said updating apps 77/77 and restarted and its been sitting at the boot logo for 10 minutes.

Still never got it to detect USB connection on PC either.

I don't have a single clue what to do now. Am I just out of luck at this point?
[HTC Droid DNA] justinds89:
Okay I know I have flooded this with messages, but I have Cyanogenmod 10.2.1 on there and it seems to be working fine. I can reboot and it goes back into Android without a boot loop from what I can tell.

USB still does not work even within Android though. Is there an issue with the hardware itself? It charges fine.
[HTC Droid DNA] .torrented:
Is MTP checked or USB debugging enabled? If not you need to check them both
[HTC Droid DNA] justinds89:
Yes both of them are checked.
[HTC Droid DNA] thayl0:
Have you tried downloading pdanet that will reinstall adb asking with other drivers
[HTC Droid DNA] justinds89:
Yes I have. Still should allow normal file transfer without it and also at the very least device manager should detect it. I think I am just out of luck on this. At least it can still charge.
[HTC Droid DNA] Uzephi:
On the Win 7 machine, are you sure that USB port is good? Sorry no one asked that simple question.

Also, have you tried cleaning your micro USB port?
[HTC Droid DNA] justinds89:
Yes, like I said other devices work fine on PC and also have tried it on 4 different computers. I also cleaned the port.

NP, appreciate the response.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ConnorAAVance:
I'm not sure what happened exactly. I woke up one morning and my internal storage is gone. Apps can't access it. Mounting from recovery mode does not help either. I don't recall changing any settings before this happened. I have no idea what caused it. Anyone know of a fix?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Heisenberg:
Have you tried formatting? Did you perform a factory reset from the bootloader at any point?

Sent from my Evita
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ConnorAAVance:
I have not yet tried formatting. I was thinking about that last night but I just didn't get around to it. I've been holding off on a factory reset just so I could see if there was a way to get the storage recognized without losing anything. I'll try it as soon as I can.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Heisenberg:
Wait, I didn't say to perform a factory reset from the bootloader, I asked if you had. Performing a factory reset from the bootloader causes the sd card to become corrupt.

Sent from my Evita
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ConnorAAVance:
Don't worry, I didn't do a factory reset and now I don't plan to. Haha. I will try formatting when I get home.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ConnorAAVance:
I'm having trouble figuring out how to format. Could you help me out with this? My computer doesn't even recognize my phone.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] exad:
Format in recovery. Under Wipe, advanced, select internal storage
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ConnorAAVance:
Seems simple enough.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ConnorAAVance:
Thanks for your help guys, I appreciate it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] flybub:
Hey everyone. First off my Verizon galaxy s4 has to go back for warranty replacement due to a bad speaker. I am on MK2, rooted with SafeStrap 3.71 installed. I tried to uninstall safestrap through the safestrap app but my phone is still partitioned as though it is there. I've gone through countless threads trying to remove the partition and even went through the adb commands but nothing has worked. So I figured I would just reflash MK2, however, if I do a No-Wipe Flash, will it remove the safestrap partition? I have tried the emergency wipe with MK2 but I keep getting a failure. Any suggestions? I tried flashing with Odin 3.09.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Mistertac:
Go here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2578209

Grab the full wipe file and flash that in Odin. It'll wipe that thing clean.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] flybub:
That worked great. Thank you Mistertac!
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] RSXtm:
Guys i found a Xperia U for only 89$........

I know that it doesn't have a MicroSD slot, but it's more powerful, it has full and real NXT experience (with the unofficial 4.1.2 port from Xperia Go and P), display is alot better , it has better camera. Maybe i will keep the Xperia E only for music, it has a really good speaker :laugh:
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] Phalangioides:
Ok...

So what problem or question do you have if you created this thread?
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Onscreen control will allow you to accelerate, decelerate, turn wheels, reload the car, enable the handbrake.

There's also a special button to slow the time: you can accurately think the action you are going to perform.

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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barya:
Hi,

I want to know some options for roms that are completely stock based, as stable and fast as possible.

With as many options for customizations such as replacables themes.

From looking at the roms section I can only see Arhcidroid as an option...

Is archidroid customizable with different themes? is it recommended?

Thank you all very much
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boomboomer:
Best rom threads are against the posting rules, try them for yourself.
[Nokia X] bunty786:
can anybody help me out ? can somebody fully explain "SETCPU" configuration for best for "PERFORMANCE" and best for "BATTERY SAVER" as well>?

please :( help me out.!!!

nokia X!:(
[Nokia X] mack2087:
dude..setcpu is all about setting speed of your processor

the lower the speed is set the higher battery performance and lower will be the speed of your phone

if want a balance then set ondemand governer

but if you dont care about performance and want some good battery then lower the cpu speed to 750mhz(lower then this could cause a headache)

good luck:o
[Nokia X] bunty786:
thnxx broder

THANKS bro.!! i want the performance should be best i dont care for the battery :) thanxxx alott broder :D:good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] petr.mostyn:
sorry for my english guys,

i have asus ME301T tablet, but now i can't start, only asus logo shown, then everything stop

i can't get recovery with START+VOL DOWN too

any solutions for dumb newcomer?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vanessaem:
You're not dumb. I don't know anything about this tablet but check to see if you find solutions here.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] timmytim:
I agree with vanessaem.... You are not dumb at all, just a newbie. We all started out as a newbie ourselves :)

I just read on the forums for your device that there is a physical "Reset" button near the SD Card slot. Can you please try to stick a paperclip or pin into that hole and hold it down until the tablet reboots? I also read that these instructions may be in the manual as well.

If all else fails you can restore the tablet to defaults. I also did a quick search and came upwith the easy steps to restore it. These steps are from another forum so I will quote them since this is not my work.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] petr.mostyn:
thanks for all advices, but i think this is a SERIOUS problem ..

i can't do fastboot, can't connect PC-ANDROID or vice versa

my android device has now only two modes / off or stoned when asus logo appears

RECOVERY twrp non reachable!
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] andynumpty:
Hi...looking for some help..

I can send mms no problem.....but i can't receive any...

Any idea why?

Thanx.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] muammery:
MMS Problem..

Download from this site the last version of MMS Client. Then, make correctly operator settings (GPRS, MMS access, etc.). You should leave open MMS client software to get MMS.

Regards.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] andynumpty:
Hi, i cannot find the latest client on the site, do you have a link?

Thanks.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] muammery:
MMS Problem

Do a search in this forum and look at the FTP.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] andynumpty:
Hi, if i could find it i would not be asking for a link......would it just have been easier to post a link instead of a reply that says 'do a search'

Thanks.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] petemidd:
mms probs

Hi, did you find a link ? I'm having similar problems and am considering a full ROM update on a Tmobile MDA compact which is a bit daunting !!
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] muammery:
MMS Problem and FTP link

Hi,

ftp://xda-developers.com

user name: xda

password : xda

Look carefully and you will find a MMS client for your JAM. If you have no idea about any program do not download and install.

Regards.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HeinekenAmstel:
Hello! I am rooted and i have the latest kk update for the z1 by nut. I have noticed, that i hear sounds from my phone at very slow speed and sometimes very fast. Also people complain to me that there are gapps in the conversation, where i dont talk, but i always reply instantly after the other person... Any idea why could this be happening? Any possible fix? Thank you!
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shahzaib.khan:
You need to change the baseband package. Jus download any other ftf file and from that remove top 3 clicks and then jus untick the system from bottom list
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HotKillerZzz:
Does it have anything to do with the call settings?
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anakdayak:
Hi mate I'm currently on NUT 681 LB with Rooted and I;m from Singapore.Just curious is there any issue if I just flash the baseband of my regent ftf?Sorry for the noob question,What does baseband mean?
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fenix:
There's an option in settings/call settings "slow talk", just uncheck it :)