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[HTC Aria General] dmellenbruch:
I'm very interested in the HTC Aria because of its small size, but I have tmobile service. I'm not getting a data plan (I've got wifi everywhere I go) and I'm fine with buying it retail. My only question is how to unlock it to use tmobile's network. I heard I can call ATT and get an unlock code. I also heard there were online service that could generate an unlock code. Well, at this point I'm really nervous to buy this phone because I don't want to purchase this device and not be able to use it on my network. This is going to be my first android phone and I'm eager to get into the whole rooting and custom ROM business. Please help!

Thanks,

dm

EDIT: My grandma has had service with ATT for about a year now. I've heard that tmobile with give the unlock codes for free if you've had service with them for 90 days. I'm curious if ATT does the same.

2x EDIT: Sorry for the typo in the title.
[HTC Aria General] kudvu002:
there are plenty of unlock services via the web, just find a site and after you pay the usual $20 they will email you directions on how to unlock the device so that you are able to run it on tmobile.
[HTC Aria General] dmellenbruch:
Thanks for the quick response! I'm scared that's what I may have to resort to, but I just assume the potential for getting scammed is pretty high. Are there any reputable ones that you know of that unlock the Aria? I know it's pretty new...
[HTC Aria General] dmellenbruch:
I did some searching and the only ones that I can find are:

www(dot)iunlockit(dot)com/htc-aria-unlock-code-p-58064.html

www(dot)unlockallcellular(dot)com/aria-unlock-code-p-58064.html?osCsid=brnitand0jq564to0v7tirhnk7

Like I said, this looks fishy because it appears to be the same site with different domain names. Are these reputable sites? I still haven't bought my Aria because I want to be certain that I can unlock it fairly easily.
[HTC Aria General] F_L_Abs:
I paid $2 to unlock my LG VU on eBay...

Worked perfectly. They said they'd do it for all AT&T phones
[HTC Aria General] sw20matt:
if i unlock this phone to use on tmobile will i still be able to use 3g and all of the other features on this phone?
[HTC Aria General] ryan92084:
no 3g (but if you don't want data it won't matter) all other features should be just peachy afaik
[HTC Aria General] dmellenbruch:
I never thought about ebay; great idea. :)

and, no, I'm not going to be using a data plan, seeing as I rarely use data and I've got wifi everywhere I'm at (work, school, home, etc.)

Thanks a lot guys. I'll leave an update once I get the phone. Hopefully within the next week. :)
[HTC Aria General] ryan92084:
i was going to do the same (to get out of the data) but

free phone+2 years of data=360

just the phone=380

we'll see what att's policies are like in 2 years though
[HTC Aria General] dmellenbruch:
So I bought the Aria and I love it. However, I can't find anyway to unlock it. I bought one of those ebay unlock services, seeing as it advertised an unlock code in 2 hours or less. Well, that was two days ago. I also looked up on those sites that I mentioned previously and they are scams. So I've got this awesome phone that I can't use as a phone. What are my options now? I love this phone!

donald =/
[HTC Aria General] ayush20m:
I have tried this a couple of AT&T phones and it worked for me.

Call up AT&T and tell them you have to leave country for work and would not like to spend money on roaming. They asked for IMEI number and handed me the code instantly.
[HTC Aria General] saint168:
I did this with every single one of my AT&T phones and they never gave me trouble. For me it was the true since I travel to Hong Kong every year to visit my parents.
[HTC Aria General] KB Smoka:
I've done this as well....
[HTC Aria General] tongas:
Hi there, did you find a way to unlock the phone?

I'm wondering on the details about calling AT&T to get the code. I bought my Aria through ebay and presently have the phone at Mexico. Do AT&T ask for phone number (registered with AT&T), ssn or any other personal details regarding the phone? or just by calling them with IMEI # they will provide the code?

I don't have AT&T for obvious reasons.
[HTC Aria General] rafa81:
Unlock

Hi

I try maybe all store in Ebay and nothing, only get my code here:www.freeyourhtc.com/

I hope this help.
[HTC Aria General] tongas:
Thanks Rafa, but just bought a code from the ebay seller... will let everybody know if it worked or not.
[HTC Aria General] tongas:
Ebay Unlock code for HTC Aria actually worked!

I finally got to say that the ebay deal really worked for me!!! Couldn't be more happy!

Please refer to this post for more info:

How sketchy are the ebay unlockers?

Was a little skeptical about it but just got the code on the email minutes ago and worked right away!!! :)

Cost me 9.95 because the price was reduced and paid with PayPal. Bought it in the morning and got the code 5-6 hours later.

Thanks again to breakeven and xda-developers forum!!! :D
[HTC Aria General] kevina90:
Can I unlock my phone if im in a two year contract?
[HTC Aria General] catzilla:
I used http://www.cellunlock.net/ to unlock my gf's MyTouch 3G. They took 1 day and I got the code.

It seems they usually take less time, but they had some problems.

$10 if you use the code crackb50 on checkout.

And no, I don't work for them.
[HTC Aria General] tongas:
Course you can!

If you have at&t, then I would suggest you try the call them and get the code for free method first. If that's doesn't work, then just buy a code.

The reason why me and many others went through ebay, it's because most of the unlockers out there with web site presence, and being the aria a relative new phone, they do not carry yet codes or access to them. I tried first 1 of this unlockers and wrote email to 2 of them and none of the 3 had access to codes yet, finally the ebay thing worked for me and take only about 7 hours to get the code.

You should know that unlocking the phone will no release you of the contract but just give you the ability of changing gsm provider. Unlocking the phone it is only intended for that. If what you want is to remove some crappy apps installed by default, then what you might need is to have root access to phone instead unlocking. Rooting the phone is quite easy with the aria and is free; you just need some further reading about.

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[General Questions and Answers] rockypr:
Any hack, or something for this phone?
[General Questions and Answers] rockypr:
Why the topic says resolved?
[General Questions and Answers] Alex530:
Prolly not. Its a probably the best cheap touchscreen you'll ever get though :)

Sent from my Cliq Xt
[General Questions and Answers] CapnKen:
why is an htc under the samsung solstice heading?

Getting help using my Samsung Solstice a887 seems to be a real problem. Samsung won't help and at&t sure won't and Straight Talk is almost useless. I need to change the MMS settings however it seems that I may have to get some help doing so. Can anyone help with this? This is not a true android phone...:cool:
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] Jesterarts:
Hey,

I've searched through all the topics and I'm pretty sure this hasn't been covered.

When I'm listening to music on my phone, both using bluetooth and the crappy HTC wired headphones, my tracks will randomly skip and play a few seconds of a totally different track, then just back to playing the original track I was listening to.

The track name/album art/timeline don't jump, they continue on as though everything is normal and the original track is playing but the music jumps.

I've tried playing music through the player that came on the Magic and also the Cuber^3 one. Though I also had bluetooth button issues with the Cubed one.

I've searched around on google and haven't heard of anyone else having a similar issue.

What do you guys think it could be?

I've got a 4GB Kingston HC, with a little 4 in a circle on it.

My Magic has Android 1.5 and SenseUI running on it. It's TIM branded, not sure if that help working out what's going on.

Thanks in advance!
[HD2 General] gattaca714:
I have to replace my sim card because it doesn't work...the sim card is under warranty, but does that mean I have to put my HD2 back to stock?

Originally had the stock 2.08 version...then I HSPL'ed it and put Kumars ROM and upgraded to 2.09 radio.

Do they even need my phone to get a new sim card?

Thanks.
[HD2 General] 11calcal:
no you don't need to revert back to stock rom they'll either send you 1 out or go in store to pick 1 up
[Nexus One General] ohgood:
I've noticed the 800xwhatever video recording afforded in froyo 72 doesn't allow for different size/type of recording, like mms or whatever....

and wondered, if it's possible to simply change a .plist (sorry, i use macs) or something that will allow the options again for say...

720p vs 800 vs 320 vs 240 vs 180-slo-motion-high-framerate

anyone else considered it ? it would be pretty cool to capture @ 60/120/180fps even at lower frame sizes to show action/fails/you-get-the-idea.

I promise I won't use this power for porn. ;-)

so, any ideas ?
[Nexus One General] evilkorn:
Your better off capturing the raw video and doing that stuff in post. If you have an idea learn to impliment it. There is already someone working on 720p and it has settings to change the video size, which is something you wanted to do.

The video will be resized when you send a MMS so I don't think you need to worry about that aspect.

Comming from the Marketing aspect of video/photography it's always best to capture as much as you can, then do other effects after the fact that way you don't limit what you already have.
[Nexus One General] ohgood:
i getcha ^ right, but the post processing will mean a good deal of swapping between a computer and the phone. 720p is great, if i want an archive to pull from later on, editing bits and pieces etc but that will not work for a mms or email attachement.

or maybe

i've missed something in the froyo version of gallery/camera as mine is currently dropping to an OVERSIZE FILE error for anything that is not selected as 'mms' or whatever sized video before shooting.

currently frf72 only allows shooting in xyz mode, but no post processing, no resizing.

if sizes were selectable before shooting AND frame rates, it might confuse the user, or like you've pointed out give them a very poor quality video when what was expected was something else. i think it's better as you've pointed out, K.I.S.S. and let it be. :-)

guess this thread could be locked/deleted or whatever. idea would add confusion and delay.
[Nexus One General] evilkorn:
It's not a bad idea, just one that doesn't really have a practical use for being on a phone when you can do so much more with a basic computer program.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mu5ic92:
are we ever going to be able to get a multitouch keyboard on our evos?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] igobyzach:
The default HTC keyboard supports multi-touch.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rekphiv:
lol fail. Did you try typing on the keyboard with two fingers at the same time?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sk63:
Not for me.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] booyakasha:
While the stock keyboard does not support multitouch, there are a couple 3rd party ones that do. Smart Keyboard Pro (I think thats the name) definitely does, not 100% about others though. I've used SKP for awhile and find it to be just as easy to use.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jakmai:
Better keyboard does not, even tho it says it does on the app description. Smart keyboard also does not from what i tried. If you do find one let us know! Maybe we can port the keyboard from the Droid X over.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _Kyros_:
This has nothing to do with a Multi-Touch Keyboard but a Virtual Keyboard nonetheless...does anyone know if there's a way to use the Virtual Keyboard from regular 2.1 Android on our EVOs?, because I personally think that Keyboard is better than HTC's.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mu5ic92:
Sooo basically the evos hardware dosent allow for multitouch keyboards?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danknee:
No, the hardware allows for unlimited multi-touch, but no software keyboard is utilizing it.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _Kyros_:
You can download the Multi-Touch Keyboard APK file from the Motorola Droid X and install it using ASTRO or anything like that and it works fine, I'm using it now, it's close to the regular Android Keyboard I wanted.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gabriel925fm:
How did you activated? I can't seem to get it active after installation.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] initial:
Menu -> Settings -> Language and Keyboards -> Check on Multi Touch Keyboard

then go to any text field, press and hold. a pop up message will come up. select input method and choose multi touch keyboard
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madunix:
download link to apk pls?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mu5ic92:
http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=349307&d=1277415161
[HD Mini General] aflagdam:
Hi to all:

I power-off my HD Mini to replace my simcard. After putting in the simcard, the battery and the cover, I press the power button. After a while, the HTC logo is displayed on the screen, then after maybe 2 seconds, the screen goes blank. I waited and waited nothing happens. I pressed the power button again and HTC logo reappeared on the screen, then screen goes blank again.

I also did hard reset by pressing the volume up and down button and the power button simultaneously but after the HD Mini restated, the problem still exists.

Is somebody out there experienced the same problem and have the solution? Thanks a lot.
[HD Mini General] tuanphuc:
u take out battery again waiting around 1 or 2 minute and put it back , turn on your phone . If same problem maybe your HTC damage.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madflava54:
Whenever I try to boot into recovery to install a ROM, it automatically does the HBoot. I don't have the option to go to Recovery. What did I do wrong?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chazglenn3:
Sounds like you need to press the other volume button when you boot into recovery. I can't remember which one is correct...volume up or volume down...try the opposite of what you are doing now.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madflava54:
Can I delete the PC36IMG.zip file? I feel like that is the culprit.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chazglenn3:
Yes. I renamed mine, but you can delete it.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chuckhriczko:
Yeah basically the bootloader will look for PC36IMG.zip every time you enter it so if it's there it will go through that process all over again. Either rename it or delete it and your problem will be solved.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GumboChief:
I have flashed clockworkmod, but also dont see how to directly boot into it.

When I power-on, if I press down, it goes to hboot. It I press up, I think it goes to fastboot.

The only way I can get into it, is to use rom manager, or go hboot and then choose the recovery option.

Can someone tell me what the official buttons are?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stunna4life888:
You need to take the pc36img off your sd card or rename it. Then press volume down to recovery then power button. Will then boot to a black screen with a red triangle and a EVO in the background. Then run your batch file as admin from your Evo-Recovery file. You should now been in your Recovery Mode ;)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] webs05:
Yes from HBoot you need to choose recovery (assuming you renamed pc36img). That is how I did it. Once you have a custom ROM installed on the phone, download ROM manager and flash the recovery from the app. Then use quickboot to boot to recovery if you need to. But installing custom ROMs from Rom Manager is easiest.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] TheBiles:
There are so many random HTC apps that I don't know which will totally screw things up. Does anyone else use Autostarts who can provide some info?
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] TheBiles:
No one uses this app? So far it has been awesome! It isn't an auto-killer or anything, so you don't have to worry about it running in the background. It actually changes the permissions of when things can launch, and it has a TON of options. I really recommend it.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] freeza:
I use Startup Manager and have disabled a ton of crap with it. However, i'm unsure if it's a task killer or a permissions setter like this program is.
[General Questions and Answers] sandismNZ:
Hey there,

I have been searching and searching but there hasnt been a relevant fix.

I have Windows Mobile 6.1 on my Okta Touch (NZ version of HTC Vogue)

When i send a text, i get the exact time i sent it, while when someone texts me i only get the date of the day.

This is very frustrating and ive tried other peoples similar problem fixes and none have worked.

Any help would be MUCH appreciated
[General Questions and Answers] Robert1960:
Hi, I have looked high and low on XDA and I can't find a solution for this on the site, so apologies if I am asking for help on something that has an existing thread.

This site has become huge since I last posted some years back so any help would be really appreciated.

I accidently changed the display resolution and can not find a way to change it back. This has resulted in the defaut screen showing a green hue and video playback to appear like some late 1970's Doctor Who special effect has been layered over any video playback. I need to change the display resolution on my Vario III (Kaiser) which I think I altered under the camera setting but can not now remedy back. I have checked the manual for display resolution and various other search parameters on this site but have come up with nothing.

Can I adjust manually or has the digitizer that I have read about on other threads been corrupted?

It is frustrating as any video playback including youtube was previously satisfactory but is now unwatchable. Any help/assistance appreciated.

Thank you
[General Questions and Answers] Robert1960:
If anyone can tell me how to manually alter the Screen resolution back to 320x240 for video playback on my mda Vario III, I would be really, really appreciative...
[General Questions and Answers] egzthunder1:
How did you change the screen resolution? Better yet, I think that your issue might be that you installed a program designed for other res and that is why this is happening. Which video playback software are you using?
[General Questions and Answers] Robert1960:
Hi Egzthunder1,

I have managed to change the screen resolution through camera settings but this has not altered the fact that all playback through existing software installed.TCPMP, Windows media player and youtube mobile looks as if contrast settings have been turned up to max. With green patches appearing on high contrast parts of the playback Any ideas how I can improve the playback as I can not find any settings that change this?

Coulf it be a codec issue? My vario III appeared to suffer a partial reset after it froze and some programs, altough still on the handset needed reinstalling, perhaps my codecs needed to also? if so where do I find them on my handset?

Sorry if this is off subject but I installed codecs quite some time ago.
[General Questions and Answers] Robert1960:
All sorted!

The (color) settings of the TCPMP player were inadvertently reset, causing over saturation of the screen display. Rebalance of the settings has put this right.
[Droid X General] jigglywiggly:
To anyone who has tested this phone: have you ran fps2d? I want to see if it has a 30fps cap. I doubt it does, but just want to make sure...
[Droid X General] Ryan Frawley:
You can clearly tell it doesn't from the video engadget posted. It's much more responsive looking than the EVO.
[Droid X General] AdamLJ:
Definitely.
[Droid X General] Pops_G:
Sorry no, you cannot clearly tell from a 24fps flash video if its not capped. I want to see solid proof :D
[Droid X General] alan7467:
Per one of the editors at AndroidCentral it isn't capped. Though in another thread he wouldn't answer what tool he used to verify this...

http://m.forum.androidcentral.com/showthread.php?t=19262
[Droid X General] fiskadoro:
Not sure if this counts as "definitive proof", but Android Central ran a Motorola X benchmark video and it looked very, very impressive and ran at a full 60 fps.

http://www.androidcentral.com/motorola-droid-x-benchmark-tests

Does it have some kind of dedicated chip just for the GPU?
[Droid X General] AdamLJ:
That's definitive proof in my book.
[Droid X General] Riztnack:
Yes it does
[Droid X General] Breakthecycle2:
WHat benchmark test are they using?
[Droid X General] frostman89:
Gears for Android

and

NenaMark1

Both are pretty neat, on my Droid with Froyo at 1ghz, I got 62fps on the Gears one, and 13fps on the Nena one.
[Droid X General] mavermc:
Hey when talking about this video:

http://www.androidcentral.com/motorola-droid-x-benchmark-tests

I do see it runs a lot better with the dedicated GPU, but does that mean now that games will have to be remade to run properly on it?

obviously most won't but if you notice on that last test, there is no shadow for the tree it's just a big black texture. Which makes me think the program is sending data that the gpu can't render. kinda reminds me if you play doom 3 with a directx 7 card isn't going to have any shadow or light effects of the directx 9. So I'm just curious how this is going to effect games now. obviously it looks like the other 2 phones are just using their CPU to render so it will do all the effects that the software engine does.

I plan on getting one on opening day but would like to know how other game graphics fair up and if they will also include artifacts in them.

or do i just have no idea what i'm talking about? (i've never had an android before)
[Droid X General] aaronz:
What would I need to fully, no doubt, answer this besides what haas been said? You guys let me know and I will do it.
[Droid X General] mavermc:
Wow you already have one?!

I have no idea how you test it, other then attempting to run the latest 3d games with the best graphics and see if you can see any differences from footage from the nexus or incredible.

Looking for any kind of artifacts like the tree was in that other video
[Droid X General] Grims:
Meh, just being nitpicky, but an artifact is more like yellow pixels flickering on the screen, rather than improperly rendered graphics.
[Droid X General] mavermc:
Yeah i know :P just didn't know what else to call it, artifact was the closest concept i could think of.

according to this articale:

http://lifehacker.com/5575317/smartphone-comparison-chart-dishes-the-dirt-on-smartphone-specs

it has the same GPU as the original droid, how does this test fair? does not render properly like the x?
[Non-Touchscreen Windows Mobile Other] A.Bagatov:
Hey everyone,

I was wondering: is there a custom ROM for the Samsung SGH-i620?

Currently I'm running the stock ROM and its pretty slow and doesn't work properly.

Thanks!!
[Non-Touchscreen Windows Mobile Other] A.Bagatov:
Anyone? Surprised that there has been no development for this device :eek:
[Non-Touchscreen Windows Mobile Other] dermann:
your best bet will be at www.zn520.com

but all is chinese... sorry.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] dreamersipaq:
reserved

reserved for future.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] dreamersipaq:
Reserved

reserved for future
[Droid Incredible Android Development] coffey_joshua:
Great thread topic... reserved for future use
[Droid Incredible Android Development] dreamersipaq:
Updated

Updated with Reflash instructions.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] rynosaur:
Good start, iPaq! I just want to plug Linux AGAIN. I had zero problems using reflash for linux and using Gparted in Ubuntu/Debian/Linux Mint mint means one can do all kinds of things that will become helpful very soon if not already (e.g., manipulate ext and swap partitions on the sdacard!). Aside from linux being Android's native file system, using a Linux distro just makes 110% good sense if you plan to do any developing for the DI/Android. Why poeple struggle so much with Windows when Linux is free is beyond me :D

2 cents deposited!