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[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Quboid:
Hello,

It's been about a year since I purchased my O2 XDA Exec from O2 and my contract is soon expiring. I am not a business customer, I simply want access to the internet to manage my website, stay in contact through email and using the internet for general purpose, such as reading news.

In advance, please forgive me as I am quite a newbie in the phone area when it comes to things like services and sim cards.

I am currently paying around £40/m for my O2 XDA Exec and Data Max (120mb). It seems now, that O2 have removed data tarrifs completely from non-business users. Previously only the bottom 3 were available, now they are all business only.

My main problem stems from the fact I don't use my exec for the internet often as I usually have some other access to the internet at home or at work or a dialup line. However, when I am away from home and work, I use the internet an awful lot (thus a tiny 5mb plan or so wouldn't be enough) and for things such as Logmein (eats up megabytes).

This leads me to wonder what my best option would be. Is there any general non-business options open to people with a lower monthly cost than £40/m but with more than a tiny bit of data (20mb+, ideally 75mb+).

Which leads into my second question - is there any way I can use any of these services on my XDA exec, or will I have to buy a new phone? From what I have read, I understand you can buy a different sim card and put it in the phone and use that service instead.

What looks the most perfect for me, is T-Mobile. T-Mobile seem to have very good internet data plans, and they seem to acknowledge that non-business customers actually do want access to the internet and not just a tiny amount of data. Their Web 'n' walk Plus (12) for £29 a month for unlimited access and allowing laptop access. They also seem to have a service where you pay £1 and then get internet access for the day. This would be even more perfect for me, where I need lots of internet in one go, but then no usage for other times.

My next question would be, do I stand any change of using either of these services with my XDA Exec, and if so, how could I go about doing it? I have done my best to search for details, but have found conflicting reports and a lack of details about how to go about doing these things, especially for a newbie like me lacking in knowledge in this area.

I would really appreciate any help anyone could provide,

Thanks in advance :)
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Jock:
Firstly, I assume that your Exec is unlocked and that you can use any sim in it. AFAIK, all O2 Execs came unlocked, but it might be worth trying a friend's sim in yours first. If not unlocked, I would guess there is an unlock tool somewhere on this forum - haven't looked myself as haven't needed to! Otherwise, there is no reason not to use your Exec on another network - mine is on t-mobile.

Secondly, and somebody may be able to offer advice on this, Three also offer decent unlimited data services but as far as I can see they don't offer sim-only pay monthly deals.

What you don't say is if you use your exec for voice calls at all and how much. On the (big) assumption that voice is not important to you, t-mobile offer two options:

1) pay monthly sim-only - £7.50 gives you 50 mins voice per month per month (15p per minute). You can then add the £7.50 web'n'walk option (unlimited data, but no modem, voip or streaming use). I have read elsewhere that it can be problematic getting this package from sales but I am using it myself so persevere! I assume you can also add the web'n'walk plus instead.

2) Pay as you go sim - 12p per minute plus 0.73p per KB, capped at £1 per day but the t&cs seem to say no modem use so may not be for you.

If you really don't want data approaching 1GB per month as offered by t-mobile, Vodafone's deals may be better - don't have much knowledge of them but they offer 15MB per day for £1 on PAYG (although it seems that it is £1 for the 0.5MB and then free to 15MB, so it may be more expensive than t-mobile - haven't done the maths), or 120MB for £7.50 per month if you're on a sim-only pay monthly contract. They offer 150 mins and 500 texts for £20 per month so this is a marginally better deal than t-mobile if you want to use the Exec for voice. Also, reading the t&cs, they don't seem to preclude modem use as with the basic web'n'walk. Someone may correct me on this.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] captainsensible2002:
I did (almost) exactly the same thing when switching from Orange - went onto one of T-Mobiles 'Relax' packages (combined calls and texts) plus web 'n' walk unlimited internet, and I only pay £27.50 a month now and tend to use the internet a lot. I also got a free Nokia 6233 as well, but put a payg sim in this instead and put the contract sim in my uni...

As far as configuration goes, once you join T-Mobile, you can register on their website, which allows you to access an interactive manual for your device - mine was initially set to the Nokia, but you can change it to the MDA Pro (same as the exec) and it then explains, very clearly, what you need to do to configure gprs/3g connections, etc.

One word of warning though, gsm internet access (which is set up to dial a number) is not included in web 'n' walk, so if you use activesync to sync outlook mails and a gprs/3g connection is not available, it can potentially dial up a gsm connection and stick lots of call charges on your account. This happened to me, and about £150 of extra charges were put on my bill - I managed to get them removed and now I don't have a gsm internet account set up on my uni so it doesn't happen again.

Hope this helps.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Optika:
good info.

I ll do the same.

O2 is not that good for internet. but good for minutes

T mobile internet is cheap.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] stualpha:
I moved to three not so long ago.

I'm not sure if the offer is still there but i'm currently paying:

£17.50 line rental

£10.00 X-Series

£27.50 a month total.

I chose the worst phone(dont use it (LG U300)) from their tarrif to give me 18 months half price line rental. Gives me:

300mins

1000txts

£5 downloads a month

50 video mins

25 MMS

X-Series Gold gives me:

Slingbox & Orb usage (80 hours a month (about 2 hrs a day))

5000 Skype minutes a month

Unlimited MSN Messenger

Unlimited Internet (1 gig before they start throttling)

Signed up for X-Series gold for 12 months (in shop) and they give you a free slingbox (worth about £140) not bad at all!!

Pretty damn good deal. I must say I love three, not had any issues at all.

You can also get x-series silver which is without the orb & sling stuff for £5 a month.

I doubt you'll get a better deal from another mobile provider. The slingbox is just sick, watch your sky tv on the move, i've not tried it yet as it will involve some additional networking but I can't wait!!

worth a look...
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Quboid:
Thanks a lot for all the replies, some really useful information and I very much appreciate it. I apolpogise for the lateness of my reply but unfortunately I have been inundated with work which has put me back looking into this.

What seems to be the most perfect for me, is this plan from the T-Mobile site:

http://www.t-mobile.co.uk/services/mobile-internet/on-your-phone-and-laptop/

Web'n'walk Plus for £12.50/month on top of your voice plan

It says you can use it on your laptop and on your phone, and includes the data allowance (but no VOIP).

However, I'm still a little unclear - would it be possible to get a sim card (withouta phone) for this plan from T-Mobile as it doesn't seem possible from the site? If so, would I get the sim card, configure my Universal with the required settings and then be ready to go?

Thanks for your time,

Quboid.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] captainsensible2002:
You can get a sim only monthly plan from T-Mobile, but it only includes 50 minutes of calls and is £7.50 a month and there doesnt look to be any sort of scale of charges associated with it. It also doesn't see to be available bundled with a web n walk plan, so the only internet you get with it is max charge of £1 per day for using the internet.

I would pick a decent handset to get for free, to use as a spare or if you don't want to lug your Exec about with sometimes, and go with your initial web n walk plan.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Quboid:
Thanks for your reply,

Is it pretty much impossible then to be able to get a sim to use in m Exec without having to get another phone? It seems somewhat furstrating if I have a compatible phone and such to have to get another in order to be able to go with T-mobile? Is there any hope of getting web 'n' walk without having to do this?

Thanks a lot
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] stualpha:
Try phoning up their sales department. They'll be best suited to give you decent info, i'm sure they want a sale.

http://www.3g.co.uk/3GForum/

they might have some more info.
[Xperia Z2 Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deecept:
Hi all,

Wanted to get CM12.1 on my lovely Z2 Tablet with Sim... but it refuses to flash the castor build.. but the castor_windy flashes fine. Tried switching the build.prop file, but then the install fails in TWRP.

I'm so confused as to why it identifies as SGP511 (castor_windy), when it's clearly SGP521 (castor).. I'm literally looking at the sim-card tray.

Tried flashing 5.0.2 stock for SGP521, no go there either.

Anyone got any good ideas as to what to do? What did I break?

Edit:

Seems the culprit was that I flashed the TWRP for SGP511, which in turn insisted that the device wasn't SGP521.

Reflash with correct TWRP solved the issue! Thanks, me :)
[General Questions and Answers] Jesse72:
My accelerometer on my note 4 clone is out 90° anticlockwise. Is there a way to fix this? I believe its a common issue with clone phones, but I haven't been able to fix.

My phone is rooted 4.4.4, with xposed framework, busybox and CWM, if that helps.

Sent from my galaxy note 4 fake, now revived from the dead
[XDA Assist] jithus9119:
Hai all,

This is my very first post here and i hope to get a good support from you guys.

I own a Note 3 (SM-N9005, kit kat 4.4.2). the warranty is finished so i am curious to try a custom ROM. I have been following xda posts & different vids on youtube and all and found out many advantages of having a custom ROm. But I am utterly confused about which is the best ROM to go with. My work is heavily depended on my phone (call/ whatsapp/ texting/ emails/ s note / camera ) & hence i cannot afford to spend hours on backing up / flashing different ROMS repeatedly nor i want my phone to act wierd while performing basic functions.. My requisites are...

1. Best performance in terms of speed & battery life ( CM 12 ?)

2. Stability ( Lollipop ? )

3. Aesthetics / theme customization & upgraded camera features ( Darklord's S6 port ROM - but its Beta means unstable right ? )

4. All functional features of S pen + Floating Windows ( DN4 ROM note 4 port ? )

pls dont mind if there is any noob'iness in my post.:D
[XDA Assist] jithus9119:
No replies yet ?! :(
[XDA Assist] jackeagle:
Hi,

Best Rom Threads are not allowed on XDA and XDA Assist. Every Developer puts lot of efforts and time to bring a new rom to device with new features and stuffs hence pointing to 1 particular rom is disrespect to the developer of other Rom's. Also every person has their own point of views and wont match with each other.

Thread Closed.
[XDA Assist] Zarek1:
Hello,

I want to flash CyanogenMod12 and then flash this kernel, http://xdaforums.com/lg-g2/development/kernel-render-kernel-aosp-lg-roms-t2803929, but I need a JB bootloader.

How do I check which bootloader is on my phone?

What is the correct way to flash a bootloader?

Does my baseband version matter when flashing ROM's/kernels/bootloaders?

I have the LG G2.

Model: d802

ROM: CyanogenMod11

Kernel: 3.4.0-CM+build02@cyanogenmod #1 Fri Nov 14 22:28:57 PST 2014

Recovery: TWRP v2.6.3.3
[XDA Assist] jackeagle:
Hi,

You have already posted similar thread here . Please do not create multiple posts for same topic .

Thread Closed.
[HTC Desire Eye] prmah:
Download link:
[HTC Desire Eye] patmail:
???

where
[HTC Desire Eye] garowl:
cant see the link :(
[HTC Desire Eye] hbrajhbh1:
sir are you forget to write link?
[HTC Desire Eye] Andy:
Empty Thread is Empty.

Thread Closed.
[G4 Accessories] sever-barre:
need a waterproof case to protect our LG G4 when diving
[G4 Accessories] otherego:
i'm looking for the same thing
[G4 Accessories] sever-barre:
any recommeded?
[G4 Accessories] otherego:
I have no G4 at the moment.. Just want to buy one. The availability of a waterproof case makes the difference. Lifeproof planned to build one for s6.. But right now g4 is my favorite buy.
[G4 Accessories] nadram:
I suppose at this point you need to look for a universal case such as this one http://www.amazon.com/JOTO-Universa...Motorola/dp/B00LBK7OSY/ref=zg_bs_9375358011_1

Up to 30 meters and fits phones up to 6 inch diagonal - if it fits the iPhone 6+, it'll fit the G4

There's tons of them on Amazon but that one looks like it's the bestseller with a very good rating.
[G4 Accessories] otherego:
I would like a lifeproof-like one
[G4 Accessories] LancerV:
Those bag cases are the best waterproof cases
[G4 Accessories] sever-barre:
show me link?
[G4 Accessories] sever-barre:
Please post your link when you recommend.
[G4 Accessories] nadram:
[MENTION=6671143]sever-barre[/MENTION]

Are you reading through your thread?

I posted a link of a bag case. You think maybe he was referring to that?
[G4 Accessories] sever-barre:
Okay, will visit it
[G4 Accessories] ShermCraig:
If you don't want to spend $100, Tanga sells universal velcro pouches. I capsized a canoe last weekend and it saved my phone. They are cheap but they work and for that price, you don't care if you lose them. At 2 for $9, you really can't go wrong.

https://www.tanga.com/deals/cde80f2...cord?internal_campaign=front_page_daily_deals
[G4 Accessories] Mad_Duke:
Hi!

Anybody seen something similar to this?

http://www.dx.com/p/protective-sili..._medium=club&utm_campaign=club_skureview_page

for LG G4? Waterproof case would be awesome. I hate those bags so I don't even look at them :P
[G4 Accessories] superbonto:
this might be an option

http://www.ebay.com/itm/LOVE-MEI-Sh...t=LH_DefaultDomain_0&var=&hash=item4197e40eb4
[G4 Accessories] lcneed:
I have the Joto pouch linked in this thread for my G4. The transparent window fits the G4 size perfectly. It is thick enough that you could put in a few credit cards and cash or key. Now the bad part is that the touch screen works well as long as the bag is dry. As soon as you go underwater or if the bag is really wet, the touch screen is mostly unresponsive. You might get lucky and get a few touches in but definitely no swiping action. I could use the camera by double tap the down volume button and take pics using the down volume button, but that's about it. If you are looking to check your email under water, forget about it. :p Oh and because you cannot tap to focus, the underwater pictures do not come out that great. Here is a pic of my pool vacuum in action.
[G4 Accessories] Sophia Zhao:
This universal waterproof case http://www.witrigs.com/universal-waterproof-case-for-smart-phone-acid-blue is what i am using. And it's cheap now.
[G4 Accessories] soninja8:
This case is NOT waterproof. I bought it from Amazon, which stated it was waterproof and I knew it wasn't to begin with because I had the same case for my LG G2. It is, however, one of the most durable cases I have ever owned.
[G4 Accessories] LOLWOWJason:
Does the case can floating on the water?

Does the case can floating on the water?my girl friend buy a case for iphone 6 and her waterproof case cannot floating on the water...
[G4 Accessories] Roigi.Manson:
Hard to find a waterproof case for G4,otterbox and arozell Tank could be a solution, yet from my experience both are not water-resistant instead waterproof,the difference is waterproof support diving into water and water resistance is for unexpected water such as rainwater and water splashing, so firstly you have to get to make it clear that what exactly your request.

Besides,lovemei powerful could be another solution for water-resistant,yet the love mei case would be a little bit akward with its triple protective design, some one may think there comes a bulky, yet its performance on protection is outstanding if you don't care the additional bulky as well as tiny mobile signal missing.

Arozell Tank: http://www.arozell.com/lg-g4-tank-armor/

Otterbox Defender: http://www.otterbox.com/en-us/lg-g4/defender-series/lgx2-g4.html?dwvar_lgx2-g4_color=20

Love Mei: http://www.lovemeicases.com/love-mei-powerful-for-lg-g4/
[G4 Accessories] Mad_Duke:
Has anyone found something. I routinely check around each payday but after going through tons of "waterproof" cases which are actually "water resistant" and not waterproof... I'm not looking for a bag, but a case...
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elwnvd:
Hi All,

I've tried to flash a Lollipop KDZ file to my G2. It aborted at around 50% and since then, the phone is no longer recognized by my computer.

I had a problem like this before and I found the KOUSH drivers which made my phone connect to the computer again, but this time the phone does get seen by the computer, but it appears in Device Manager with an exclamation mark and "This device cannot start. (Code 10)" error.

Currently, all the phone will do is bootup past the LG logo and get into Firmware Update mode.

Despite the phone not being recognized by Windows 7, I tried to see if I could get in by the ADB command prompt, but typing "adb devices" gives... nothing connected..

What's the next step please?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elwnvd:
SOLVED

I could not for the life of me connect the phone to my computer.

I just went to a random phone store (the ones where they unlock phones for € 10) and asked them to flash the phone back to standard.

This cost me € 20 to have a fully functional phone back.

Highly recommended.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] qareembizzle:
Lollipop Mirror MOD for Galaxy S3 (I9300)

​

First of all, I'm not responsible for your phone getting bricked or whatever things could happen

Do a BACKUP of your current ROM first!

For another devs: It's NOT allowed to use anything from THIS MOD without my permissions!

After samsung stopped the development on s3 and we will have official lollipop android

This MOD brings to you a theme of lollipop based on kitkat

you will have notification and animation like samsung official kitkat

Tested on

#Samsung S3 [Blekota Note 4 lite] ROM

#Samsung S3 [DN4] ROM

#Samsung S3 [Luka] ROM

#Note II [DN4] ROM

#Note II [Nemesis 3.4] ROM

#Note II [Eclipse] ROM

Installation process

1) Go to CWM based recovery (PhilzTouch Recovery in recommended)

by holding HOME - POWER - and VOL UP BUTTON

2) Choose "Install ZIP from sdcard"

3) Choose MOD zip file

4) Wait for finishing flashing

5) Reboot and enjoy Official lollipop

Screenshots v10.0

Screenshots S6-MIRROR-V2

Downloads

Credits:

-Blekota for helping me to theme

-teerasith to give me instructions

-AholicCert for custom settings

-bulldog74ts for framework

-haikal14 for porting the S6 wallpaper picker

-AnonyH for s6 mod - thanks a lot

If I forgot some one, please tell me via PM ;)

If you like my work press Thanks button, rate MOD with 5 stars

XDA:DevDB Information

Lollipop KK/4.4.X SystemUI, MOD for the Samsung Galaxy S III I9300

Contributors

qareembizzle

MOD OS Version: 4.4.x KitKat

MOD Firmware Required: Touchwiz

Version Information

Status: Stable

Stable Release Date: 2015-06-2

Beta Release Date: 2015-05-20

Created 2015-06-01

Last Updated 2015-09-7
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] mbyurttutan:
Perfect !
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] noidman123:
What exactly do we need to flash this? Like if I'm on DN4, do I need AholicCert's mod first or can I just flash this on DN4?

T-Mobile Note II User btw
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] RheRa:
Waiting patiently in the line....:D
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] berkay2578:
I'm on Blekota Note 4 Lite v4.5. I'm also using ArchiKernel and ever since I flashed this mod I had system-wide lags and more battery drain. Any idea why?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] spide3:
thinks man for u hard work ........ nice system ui
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] jhorion:
Be happy
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] mbyurttutan:
Android 4.4.2 is not working. Blekota S5 Lite
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] drremo12:
Wonderful waiting for the update
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] animehawk82:
+1:thumbup::thumbup:
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Verna KDM:
will this work on stock 4.4.4 i9305 rom?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] tejas999:
No, it won't, it requires note 4 framework
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] sassinapoli:
Waiting v2
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Flamez01:
Does this work on 4.3 S3?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] animehawk82:
No it's for 4.4.4 rom with note 4 framework. You have to install a custom rom eg Blekota Note 4 lite, to be able to install this mod
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] TENN3R:
No more compatible with Blekota Lite v4.6

Keeps crashing (yeah I've already done a clean install/wipe etc..)
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] qareembizzle:
SOME SCREENSHOT UPDATE V2
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] josephpatrick:
clock click disable

http://i.imgur.com/iaCr5KI.png

does anyone know how to disable click on the system time in the notification panel which launches the date and time settings? thks
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] tmdevil:
This work on Blekota Lite Note 4 v4.6 ?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] nherswift:
Can i ask why my multiwindows switch on notification panel is gone?.if you press "edit"(pencil icon on the right top side) you can see it there and arrange it too but when saving it it wont appear on notification panel. in v4 it is ok. i installed v5 with no custom settings.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Marcu Nicu:
I installed custom setings and I do not go there is no setings a custom button . what is the problem ?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] cunciatta:
[MENTION=6385652]qareembizzle[/MENTION] can you give me the wallpaper put on V4 screenshoot's? Thanks Iif you do :)

---------- Post added at 09:42 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:53 PM ----------

Do you guys wanna earlier the Lollipop update for Note 2?! Let's sign the official petition! https://www.change.org/p/samsung-we...earlier-the-lollipop-update?just_created=true
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Minto107:
Signed but I don't think that Samsung cares about their clients of 3yrs old phablet

Sent from my SHV-E210S
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] SignetSphere:
[MENTION=6385652]qareembizzle[/MENTION]

The mod works perfectly on my device (ROM is Blekota 4.6). As I don't want the Sfinder and QuickConnect i flashed SystemUI without Sfinder and QuickConnect. Just a little request though... can you please remove the extra blue thingy? Sorry dunno what it's called (See attached screenshot request highlighted in red). Thanks a lot.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] qareembizzle:
iam working on it

try v5 for now.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] qareembizzle:
which rom do you use?

i will puch settings.apk modded to show custom setting in it.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] SignetSphere:
Yep. Currently using v5. So I guess I'll just wait for your update then. Thanks again and good luck! :good:
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] qareembizzle:
The Blue one?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] cunciatta:
Yup ! [MENTION=6385652]qareembizzle[/MENTION]
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Minto107:
Anyway has anybody faced this problem on Blekota's Note 4 Lite ROM? My signal bar is not working. It always shows 0bars but right now I should have all

Sent from my SHV-E210S
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] SignetSphere:
I'm on Blekota Note 4 Lite ROM v4.6 too and after I flashed this mod I don't have that problem.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Minto107:
So it a problem that I have S3 LTE I9305? I work on Blekota's Port on I9305 but I don't think so that my modems in I9305 are using another method to show signal bars...

Sent from my SHV-E210S