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[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JmsBishop:
recovery mode

newbie here, or course. back after 2 years away with BBerry, g2 cant get past recovery. i am looking for a way to get my device to turn back on... basically when i try to fastboot, it say i have the wrong image, or no image, fails to load E: sd card failed. i have acces to another G2 so i can get a copy of the stock rom image but has not worked::: i need assistance in this process. what do i need to load from the sd card to make my G2 turn back on or is this what bricking your device is? i have access to the recovery screen and can still load info from the sd card.

thanks for any info.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boogie1077:
Are you saying your rom doesn't boot? Are you s-off? And if so can you get into recovery?

FYI - people generally don't fastboot from the SD, are you sure you were in fastboot mode and not hboot?
[G1 General] mlhazan:
Hi,

I bought a unlocked Rogers Htc G1 from ebay.The seller sent me a mini usb data cable.When I use the data cable with my two laptop something weird happens,My ubuntu linux laptop shows nothing when I connect the phone.Even nothing shows up on the phones notification bar but it takes charge.Same happens to the Windows 7 laptop.But windows atleast shows new device found.But still the phone shows nothing.do I need the extUSB?or this is actually phone's problem.The phone is in mint condition though.Please help.

Thanks for reading.
[Droid 2 Global General] byebyebryan:
Here it is. Get a unlock code and it works on Rogers network, with 3G.

Just remember to set APN first.

So it is confirmed that Verizon is not messing up the 850/1900 bands outside US.

Canadian Droid lovers, you are safe.

Btw, this phone seems to have some serious reception issues. It only shows one signal bar in my house, while other phones would get full. Hope moto could fix this via a software update.
[Droid 2 Global General] swangotp:
Thanks for confirming this for us. We hear in the US are still having those problems with AT&T and T-Mobile. Hopefully we will find a workaround soon.
[Droid 2 Global General] onlystreet:
Thanks so much. Thats what I've been searching for. BTW, where did you get the phone? Can you just go to Verizon store and buy it outright without signing any contract, not even the month by month plan?
[Droid 2 Global General] byebyebryan:
Got the phone from a friend in the US. What he did was activate a month to month plan, and cancel it right away.
[Droid 2 Global General] onlystreet:
where did you get your unlock code? can you recommend a site?
[Droid 2 Global General] byebyebryan:
Got it on ebay. Just search for "Dorid 2 Global Unlock" and there you go.
[Droid 2 Global General] leobg:
I am following yous steps! I already asked a friend of mine to get me one. Thanks for confirming it is good on Rogers. Ebay seller is a bit greedy though - 50 bucks - ouch!
[Droid 2 Global General] leobg:
Byebyebryan, how is the battery life on Rogers (I assume you switched it to GSM/WCDMA only)? People report some horrible results like 7 hours with no use.. can't be that bad...
[Droid 2 Global General] byebyebryan:
I'm gonna say, 1 day with some use(calls, msgs, emails, and minutes on google map). So not great, but not that bad.
[Droid 2 Global General] maxshiff:
Why would you have to pay for an Unlock Code? Can't you just "ROOT" the phone free?

Max
[Droid 2 Global General] celticjon:
The unlock code is so you can use non-Verizon (Vodafone) SIMs. Rooting is being able to have full read / write access to the entire phone. Rooting alone will not unlock the radio to use 3rd party SIMs.
[Droid 2 Global General] JohnnyAndroid:
Droid 2 Global Recepton problems?

Has anyone else noticed reception issues with this phone? I was waiting and waiting and waiting for the Milestone 2 originally and then this one came out and I want it sooooo bad. I need to upgrade from this HTC Magic but I don't want to buy a phone with hardware flaws.

I tried Googling it but all I'm finding is reception problems on the Droid 2 and the Droid X. Not a lot on the D2G but it seems like the entire Droid line has people reporting reception problems.

Is it just the number of bars showing thats a problem or do you also get frequent dropped calls?

I heard from a friend that Android 2.2 includes a new Battery Manager that reduces power to the radio when you're not making or receiving a call and that's probably why the number of bars showing is low when the phone is idle and there probably isn't really a reception problem unless calls are being dropped. Can anyone confirm this?

It's a long drive from where I am in Canada to the nearest Verizon store so I was going to make purchasing it part of a road trip to visit friends in Seattle in a couple weeks if I can get confirmation that the reception problem is not hardware related.

Any confirmations or advise would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
[Droid 2 Global General] jcrompton:
Reception hasn't really been an issue for me. Seems acceptable. Battery life marginal though but I had the same issue with an HTC Desire
[Droid 2 Global General] byebyebryan:
The funny thing is, even though the phone is showing only one signal bar, I still have great call quality and 3g speed. Wired.
[Droid 2 Global General] JohnnyAndroid:
Thanks guys. That was the news I was hoping to hear.
[Droid 2 Global General] firebrain:
I was having problems with the 3G in France. I never got more than one bar and that was in middle of Paris
[Droid 2 Global General] hgrimberg:
Buy it on prepaid. Its $394 plus $104 of other stuff, total 537.
[Droid 2 Global General] sk03:
I just got the Droid 2 Global and have it unlocked on the Rogers network. I can't get the 3g to work. What APN settings are you using or how did you get it to work? I have input the apn settings that are being posted around the web but can't get 3g to work. Edge works however. Thanks for your help.
[Droid 2 Global General] leobg:
APN settings are same for 3G and EDGE. Are you sure you are not forcing EDGE somewhere in settings? Or maybe battery manager?
[Droid 2 Global General] sk03:
I figured out the problem. I had the phone in "gsm only" mode. When I switched back to"Global" mode in network settings I instantly got 3g and even "H". Thanks for the help anyway
[Droid 2 Global General] camus11:
Hi all,

I'm new writing in this forum but I've read more threads about my phone, the HTC Desire.

I'm Italian and I'm looking to buy a Droid 2 Global from US, but I'm without experience in this things.

One mine friend will go to New York for Holidays so I can ask him to buy one of it for me, but how and where? I've read here to buy from Verizon with month to month option and then delete it, can I have some details about this?

Other buying options?

Otherwise I've seen also auctions on ebay for D2G unlocked or unlock codes.

My intention is to use it with H3g operator that uses UMTS, HSDPA network, should be ok for this droid.

Thank you, hope you'll help me to get this great device!

Have a nice day
[Droid 2 Global General] omegacell:
Anyone have any further insight about the low reported reception on HSPA? I'm using it on Bell in Canada and while the signal seems to be strong, it is seldom reported over 3 bars where other phones are full all the time.
[Droid 2 Global General] leobg:
Same here - tried both Telus (Bellus) and Rogers. I have seen 4 bars only on EDGE. And not steady on 4 bars. Most of the time I get two or even one bar sometimes, but never less (no matter I tried reproducing "death grip" of some sort.

Even on 1 bar phone steadily does 4+ Mbit/s download and 1-2Mbps upload. I have seen as much as 6.5Mbit/s (on Rogers) while indicating 2 bars. Phone doesn't seem to burn a lot of power to stay connected either. Can't get it near as hot as my Milestone for example gets (which usually has full bars).

I haven't experienced any issue while talking - no dropped calls or breaking up communication - both in motion (on the highway) and at office (with no windows btw).

I am thinking it is something wrong with the signal reading while on UMTS/HSPA network.
[Droid 2 Global General] geogal:
Hi,

I had a friend purchase the phone from VZ in US and ship it to me in Canada. I've purchased an unlock code from ebay and get "network request unlock unsuccessful". I even asked another seller if they would get the same unlock codes for my IMEI before I purchase it, they said they got the same code. Any ideas? Is there any prelimenary options you have to set or something you need to do before entering unlock code?

Thanks a lot
[Droid 2 Global General] leobg:
Are you sure you got the IMEI right? I would double check that if I were you. Suggestion: either get the IMEI from the label under the battery, or switch phone to gsm/wcdma only mode and do *#06#. IMEI must be 15 digits. There must be no letters. If you do*#06# while in global or cdma mode, you will get wrong number.

Unlock code must be 8 digits. If you get something longer, it is likely wrong. PM me if you want to know where I purchased my code from (I guess if i post it will be considered unsponsored ad ertisement)
[Droid 2 Global General] geogal:
Yep the IMEI # is the right one and the unlock code is 8 digit, and no dice. I'm contacting you via PM the code supplier (sounds shady :))

Thanks!
[Droid 2 Global General] leobg:
^ I would have posted it here, but I think it is against the XDA rules (to make referrals to companies that are not XDA sponsors). PM sent.
[Droid 2 Global General] hgrimberg:
How can you get an 8 digit code, if it is 15 digits long????? If you call *#06# in GSM/UMTS mode you get a 15 digits code! And on the back it is also a 15 digits.

I tried buying the code from monileincanada and they responded saying: Your unlock code is return as Not Found from the server. This is not because your cellphone have a problem, but just we cannot found a code to unlock it. We are sorry but in this circumstance we are not able to unlock your cellphone and we have refunded you.

What problem can my phone have????
[Droid 2 Global General] leobg:
IMEI is always 15 digits. Unlock code (at least for mine and few other members) was 8 digits.
[Droid 2 Global General] hgrimberg:
Hi Ivan,

One of the guys that sells the codes on ebay says that Verizon adds an extra security code on some phones randomly so that they can't never be unlocked. He says there is 50% chance you can unlock it.

Can this be true?
[Droid 2 Global General] haroldz123:
D2G is not global friendly after all...
[Droid 2 Global General] mhansaq:
Droid 2 global

I am in canada and have the droid 2 global from the US send to me bought it full price. does it have to be activated before unlocking it?

thanks
[Droid 2 Global General] leobg:
Depends. If it is one of those Verizon changed the unlock code, yes, you need to have it activated on account in good standing for at least 60 days before Verizon agrees to provide the right unlock code. Somebody reported he bought phone that came unlocked, I have seen reports that cover both cases- unactivated, activated...

There is still no definitive rule. Let us know what your experience is.

Sent from my DROID2 GLOBAL
[Droid 2 Global General] julianbl:
Hi all,

Have this been resolved? i'm having the same issue. I have a milestone 2 from "Personal Argentina" and I bought an unlock code from 2 different sites (one 10 us$ and the other u$25...) no luck. The phone always says "network request unlock unsuccessful".

Any ideas on how to fix this?

Regards,

Julián
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ferparedes:
Hi,

I bought a i9000T, branded and crap. It has this firmware, CSC, etc:

PDA: I9000TUMJG1 [R5]

Phone: I9000TUMJG1

CSC: I9000TTCEJG1

I'm wondering if I am able to flash to froyo with any of the ROMs available here. I'm specially worried about the CSC, and not being able to get 3G back.

And if I need to go back to -as close to- factory firmware, will the clockworkmod backup do? If not what do I need to do to get a full backup of what it's loaded already? (if at all possible)

Thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ferparedes:
uh..anyone? =) I already downloaded everything but I don't want to brick my phone. Read through the guides but I don't feel like I have the answer to my specific question yet. (except some rather complicated way to keep/change the CSC)

Thanks aggain
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] khandak:
yo tengo el mismo celular y lei que el firmware de canada es compatible y si no hay una forma para no perder el 3g ya baje el odin y el firmware pero no lo he instalado y quien sabe que lo haga me gustaria leer mas experiencias de usuarios al respecto w w w. grupoandroid.com /samsung-galaxy-s-i9000 /10284-i9000t-ahora-firmware-froyo-y-850mhz. html

bo dejan postear links asi que tendras que unir los espacios
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ferparedes:
Canada FW does not work...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chafico21:
OK I Live in Ecuador and HAve a I9000T too.... I hve froyo and this is what I did........

1) Follow Docs froyo V8 JPA/JPO Exactly as he says!!!! You wont loose 850 band!! Becarefull With lagfix and always apply K9 kernel as it says in Docs Post... Dont use odin..... And to make backups of you firmware make a "DD" in the adb shell of all your partitions... specially the modem and kernel and with the CWM take a full backup.... thats all youll have to research in XDA for detailed instructions of everything
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ferparedes:
This sounds promising. The reason I haven't tried it is that an original firmware hasn't been leaked yet, so if something goes wrong I don't have anything to fall back to. I *might* try it!

Edit: Is this the one you're talking about?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=817703
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheGM:
Tried to flash to cog 2.3b6 from 2.2b6. Apparently something went wrong, because I don't have a launcher. It just displays a black screen after the lock screen. Everything still works. Phone calls, noticfication bar, Running apps switcher.

Is there any way to reach to get to the Market to maybe download a launcher? Menu doesn't work at the black screen that's supposed to be home.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] curti.nogg:
I'm not sure if it's part of the launcher, but are you able to long press on the home screen and add shortcuts? If not I'd say reflash.

Sent from my Captivate
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dayv:
Either push a launcher via adb or reflash your phone.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] vlissine:
I`ve tried all the photo album apps on the market, and all of them for some reason scan the whole device searching for images. As a result it grabs all CD covers I have stored along with muisc, and shows it in the album. I HATE it. Why do I need CD covers mixed with my album photos?????

Does anyone know a photo album app which can be instructed to search for photos only in a specific folder?:confused:
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] buff_rob1256:
I had the same problem but I don't think there is a way around it. What I ended up doing was using 'picture folder' app for photos and then 'doubletwist' for music and deleting all of the cover images from the music folders as doubletwist can get the cover art from the ID tag of the files.

Only really helpful if your OCD like me and make sure all your musics ID tags are correct :P
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] sridharrn:
Picture Folder has a feature of hiding folder

Picture Folder has a feature of hiding folder .

Hide your music folder, and recursively hides all subfolders under it.

So won't see any album arts.

Just a work around :)
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] vlissine:
I have finally found a program which works on a folder basis and on which one can set the home folder. It is called PiQu. Unfortunately this is a paid application, but since it works exactly as expected, i don`t mind paying 2 euros for it.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] chupachup:
i use justpictures which allows you to select folders on your local drive and also syncs with facebook. and it's free!
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] vlissine:
Again - it scans ALL folders, and shows ALL pictures. There is no way to define which is the pictures folder by default, and stop scanning other folders (except for adding.nomedia file which has to be done manually). Also I prefer to see thumbnails as thumbnails and not as a deck of playing cards on the table.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] sascha6982:
Use 3d Gallery 2.0. You can find it here on Xda or google.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] vlissine:
3d gallery has same problem. It scans all folders on SD.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] JeK87:
Just use " Picture Folder" works great!
[HD2 General] roblikeschocolatecake:
i have an htc hd2 from tmobile and i dont like windows mobile. i can run android off of my sd card buts its kinda slow. is there a way to put an android rom on the phone so that instead of booting into windows mobile and then into android from the launch android thing can i get it so it just goes into android when i turn it on?
[HD2 General] ashasaur:
Simple answer=No. Read the stickies for info on why.
[General Questions and Answers] jewdln:
I downloaded the XDA wifi modem to my htc touch pro 2 but I can't figure out how to find it/use it

Can someone help this way less than savey tech person...

Thank you:eek::eek:
[General Questions and Answers] jewdln:
Ok, I found it, installed it. Told me the install was successful

Now I can't find the short cut. Went into WiFi and it is not there, went to the start menu and it is not there...

I finally install the darn thing and it confirms success and I can't find it.

Can't anyone help?
[Desire General] xeron0719:
I have a HTC desire, which is once with Android 2.2. The device was downgraded to 2.1 for development purpose.

Now, I would like to test something on Android 2.2. So, I go to Settings > About Phone > System software updates > Check Now to upgrade my phone.

When the zip file was downloaded and saved in the SD card, the device asked me whether I will upgrade now or later, I answered "Upgrade Now".

The device rebooted. But it couldn't upgrade, some message popped up but I couldn't read them since they ran out of the screen so soon.

Also, I tried to restore the backup when the device was not downgraded, which the device told me that the "boot" could not be restored.

Can anyone help? Does anyone have the same problem as well? Any kind of help would be appreciated. ;)
[Desire General] AndroHero:
Do you have a custom recovery? The ota wont work till you restore the stock recovery!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] peekeesh:
Ive been tryin to search where this apk is but have no luck finding it. Do you know where its at? I tried searchin using astro but all i get is nothing.

Thanks
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CheesyNutz:
http://www.appbrain.com/app/heytell/com.heytell

wow that was hard ?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] peekeesh:
it was. i was using my evo a while ago when searching. it would've been easier if I was using the PC.

Thank you, though. I really appreciate the help. :)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fatbas202:
If this thread takes off, I'm sure I'll come up with better/easier ways to accomplish this. Reserving for future use. :)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AvengerBB:
This must just be a cognition issue? My captivate with stock doesn't seem to have a problem with phone numbers formatted with () from Exchange.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fatbas202:
I've seen people with other ROMs on other devices complain about this. DG's Cognition 2.1.x worked fine too. Probably a FroYo refinement...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mark72501:
Thanks! Worked great!

You were right, took about 15 minutes (or less?) and was relatively easy. Just follow the steps detailed here and it will clean up your Contacts easily!

Thanks to the OP for this!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spindlethrift:
Kill those parentheses

Here's hoping fatbas202 is still watching.

I am importing about 4,000 addresses from an ancient address book (Organizer v1) where all of my numbers are in the style +xx xx xxxx xxxx or similar, i.e. leading plus sign, spaces, no hyphens, mostly non-US layout, layout varies according to country standard (about 50-odd countries in toto).

The addresses export to CSV and retain the layout. Yet when I import to Outlook 2010, after changing to International Freephone and rebooting, I get parentheses around the Outlook-presumed area code, e.g. +xx (xx) xxxx xxxx. This is at odds with what you managed to achieve.

To see why my attempt has failed, if I open a contact, Outlook has not posted a stream of digits to "Local Number" but has determined its own country (and dumped my country code digits), put the first few digits in the "Area Code" box and the balance in the "Local Number" box. If I then edit this and put the Area Code digits in the Local Number box I lose the brackets but (a) I also lose all of the spaces which makes the number difficult to read and (b) I can't do this for 4,000 numbers. (I'm also worried that if I ever want to migrate to another address book I will have lost the +CountryCode from the number stream.)

I have searched high and low for a solution to this, do you have any ideas, please? For the record I have tried editing a few of the cells in the CSV (putting in hyphens to see whether these are what allow you to achieve your success) and the CSV considers this a sum and posts a numerical result (unless I put a leading apostrophe). I only did this as a test, I don't actually want the hyphens and I can't edit 4,000 contacts.

Thanks.
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] BrwnSuperman:
Is there anyway to get Need for Speed back on my phone? I came from Blackberry, an 8330 where I kept installing hybrid OS's, where I got rid of EVERYTHING that wasn't necessary, so along with all the bloatware I got rid of NFS. Now I've had the fascinate for a while, flashed, rooted, with a custom kernel... didn't realize how much this phone could do. I want to test out the graphics on NFS vs Asphalt5.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sheek360:
can someone please post the cm6 rc1 build.prop please? copy and paste will be fine, or you can email it to me sheek360@gmail.com

thanks
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boogie1077:
Here you go.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sheek360:
thnx i appreciate it
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jive Turkey:
I have one calendar that I sync with and that is my work MS Exchange ActiveSync account. When I create an event in Outlook, I can't edit it on my phone. It shows up as a meeting invitation, rather than an event. If I create an event on my phone, it works fine.

Is there anyone else that has (had) this problem? Can anybody show me a solution?