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[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HTC HD2 MAN:
When I use my 2-year contract at bestbuy to get the nexus s, will I just get the phone?

I don't have internet yet.

I need to know if they will (add internet when I get the phone)

or will I (get the phone only)

and then go to t-mobile to add internet.

please answer asap

(tried making the question really simple so no one gets confused.)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fosdos4790:
They should set up all of that in store
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] godsfilth:
its like going to tmobile and getting a contract they will make you get the data plan there
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ap3604:
If you pay $529 you can get it without internet.

If you only pay $199 then you get a 2 year contract and will have internet added to you plan.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] j.bruha:
Sorry to threadjack, though my question is certainly related.

If you're on an Even More Plus plan and you sign your contract to get the phone for $199, can you stay on the Even More Plus or will you be forced onto the more expensive Even More plan?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Anderdroid:
You can't use an Even More Plus plan on a contract.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] uansari1:
T-mobile won't allow you to convert an Even More Plus line into an Even More line of service.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HTC HD2 MAN:
I want the phone by upgrading, but I dont want the internet/web service/data plan/etc. (just the phone only).
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nxt:
Can't, cuz to upgrade you need a new 2 year contract. So you need to pony up $529 to get just the phone.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Capt-CDD:
Yeah, or wait a couple months and buy it online for $300.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ap3604:
I hope I can find one on Craigslist this way :D
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HTC HD2 MAN:
Yeah I can updrade already but when I upgrade to the phone I only pay $200... but i dont want internet or any thing else. Unless I'm understanding wrong.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] j.bruha:
I understand what both of you are saying, but I don't understand what that means for me and my account. Is that to say that the ONLY way for me to get this phone is going to be to buy it unlocked regardless? There's got to be a different way than that.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nxt:
But to do an upgrade and get it at $200, you have to get a data plan, they will force you to get the data plan, you can try later online or calling tmobile and try to get it removed, but probably won't be able to.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jbg1:
my parents are on my family plan they are eligible for upgrade ...can i have them get the phone then cancel the data plan?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HTC HD2 MAN:
I think you can't, since they get the phone with the data plan, you must have it for 2 years. If you take it off in less than 2 years, thats called breaking the contract and you have to pay uhhmmm $200, i think?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redcodefsu:
I still have the G1 and cheaper $65 contract which includes data. Could I buy the unlocked Nexus S and just put the SIM from the G1 in it? The cheapest new contract I could find is $79+
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nxt:
You should be able to.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jroid:
MY question is: is if I will be able to purchase the nexus S at bestbuy with an even more plus plan. My guess is no, since only a tmo rep can access my account credit. what do you guys think?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nxt:
If that Best Buy SELLS T-Mobile service (not just prepaid), then they should be able to. Otherwise you'll need to buy full price and go to a T-Mobile store.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jroid:
you make a good point there. I might just try a bestbuy that sells tmo phones which should be able to deal with plans and individual accounts
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] j.bruha:
I found the answer to my own question. The only limitations between the plans is that Even More Plus is without contract and Even More is with contract. If purchasing a subsidized phone, T-Mobile can and will switch you to the more expensive Even More plan.

This is not the case. You can remove the data plan is not being used anymore, as in your SIM is in another device that doesn't require a data plan. As long as you're SIM is in the Nexus S though, you'll need to have the appropriate data plan for your Even More or Even More Plus plan active as well. Their system will detect your device automatically and add the appropriate data plan.

But why would you want a Nexus S without a data plan? What a waste.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jbg1:
hd2 man was referring to my post about getting the nexus s on one of my parents plan and then canceling the data plan (because they dont need it) and put my sim in
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HTC HD2 MAN:
This is the same exact case that im in. I dont have internet yet and I cant upgrade but my parents can. None of us have internet and my parent donr want internet. I'm the only one who wants internet but if i use my parents upgrade to get the nexus s, they HAVE to add internet on the line... the thing is... the internet goes to my parents line since its there upgrade. I was thinking if it was possible to upgrade my parents line to the nexus s with the required internet and then i get the phone, quit the data/internet plan and add it to my line.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hawaiian.monzta:
If you get the phone and add the data plan to get the phone at the subsidized price, then you cancel the plan, you are opting out and breaking your contact with tmobile. Doing that allows them to charge you $200 each line you cancel because you broke contract. So essentially, you can buy the phone at the cheap price, add data plan, cancel data, and get charged $200 extra because you cancelled :) your choice
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] j.bruha:
This is not correct. ETF's are only charged if a CTN is canceled while under contract. Removing the data plan does not break your contract, but the data plan can not be removed unless a phone that does not require data is used on that CTN.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TL24:
Ever since the Gmail app was updated the notification icon is now grey & black instead of red & white. Anyone know if there's a way to change it back to the red & white icon?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thedarkpassenger:
Um... huh?

Sent from my HTC Vision
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] martx:
Still red and white here.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheMan42:
My notification has always been black and grey, don't know what you had before
[Fascinate General] devlp1213:
ok so i've read several, several threads on making themes, metamorph files, and what not and just wanted to ask a couple of questions since i'm going to try to start my own theme for my fascinate.

i know i need to be in the framework-res.apk and twframework-res.apk files. Is the twframwork-res.apk only needed if i'm themeing for tw or can i just work in the framework-res.apk? also i've read somewhere not to mess with the .9.png files is this true here or is it ok to change these? also i'm not 100% on how to zip for a clockwork flash. do i just do a normal .zip file or is there something else thats has to be done to be flashable thru clockwork. o and is there anyhting else in the drawable folder i shouldnt touch? thanks for the help in advance
[Fascinate General] soba49:
I am a little curious myself, but I haven't taken the time to look into it. You might check out this wonderful pdf:

http://tinyurl.com/2dnt4lv

I hope you get a more proper answer. Bump.

Swyped w/ XDA App. System: http://tinyurl.com/26tmcr9
[Fascinate General] chopper the dog:
Best way to learn how to build something is to take it apart. There are many valuable resources on line about android themeing. Knowledge of performing xml edits for font color and graphic placement. And using 7zip to be able to open an apk using the open archive feature and being able to extract and add image files from the drawable-hdpi folder. Make a back up of you phone and utilize some reverse engineering and experiment with some image replacement and give it a flash. Coming from windows mobile and no android knowledge I had things figured with about 3 hours of reading and experimenting.

good day.
[Fascinate General] notta:
You will need both framework files if you intend on getting it fully themed. It all depends on what you want to change. You can mess with the .9's, assuming you know how to do it properly. IE: modify your .9, edit your .9 in draw9patch, then compile in eclipse.

To sign a zip ---> java -jar signapk.jar testkey.x509.pem testkey.pk8 zip-name.zip new-zip-name.zip.zip
[Fascinate General] devlp1213:
ty for the pdf that explains a lot in simple terms, and maybe I'll dive in on my eris first just in case lol, and thanks for the zip signing
[Fascinate General] nitsuj17:
Also look up apk manager in search (don't have the link handy)
[Fascinate General] devlp1213:
on the .9.png files do I just open them in gimp/photoshop and then open it again in draw9patch to resave it? lol lil confused on these particular files
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jg1319:
I know I have seen this somewhere but after a lot of searching I can't seem to find it. Is there anyone who knows where I can find the tut on sorting/grouping widgets on the Dx? Thanks in advance.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jg1319:
Finally found it after a few more hours of searching. Here it is in case anyone else wants it.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=780828
[Droid Eris Android Development] homewmt:
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/new-hack-for-desire-and-nexus-one-data2ext/

Would this work on our phone? It greatly increases performance, and someone is porting it to the nexus one.

heres a link to the script : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=859419
[Droid Eris Android Development] Conap:
I only took a quick look but it seems as they are just using an ext partition on sd card in place of the data partition. That is what we did with Dual Rom. We used system and data partitions of the phone, one for each rom. Then both roms used and ext partition of sd for the data partitions. We did see benchmarks about 25% higher with that method. I hit as high as 617 quad score with a Froyshedyo. Average was around 590-600. But again these are benchmark scores so take them for what they are worth. I ran the rom for an extended period of time and also have gone back and forth and I can't say that I really see a 25% increase in performance that the benchmarks showed.

Then again maybe i read the links wrong and this is completely different lol.
[Droid Eris Android Development] Hungry Man:
I think this is just creating a buffer for the I/O using a SD partition. It was done a while ago I think on a galaxy phone I believe... I don't know. I mentioned it a long time ago but I think the consensus was that it wouldn't do much for us.
[Droid Eris Android Development] mcdaaaniel:
If anyway could give a straight answer on this it would be fantastic. (not being sarcastic towards the other replies. those are greatly appreciated as well)

I'm pretty curious about this though. Does anyone know if this would actually cause a significant increase in noticeable performance for us? And if so would this be possible?
[Droid Eris Android Development] ToastPwnz:
From what I read about it last night it basically only improves the Quadrant scores, and doesn't do anything really noticeable for performance.

Don't take my word for it though, I could be wrong, thats just what I found from the small bit of research I did.
[Droid Eris Android Development] mcdaaaniel:
Yeah that's pretty much all I can really find too. That it increases quadrant scores. Particularly the I/O score. But i don't have enough knowledge on this stuff to know what exactly that would do to the phone's performance overall.
[Droid Eris Android Development] ToastPwnz:
I recall someone saying that all it really did was "give Quadrant what it wanted", so basically does nothing more then increase your scores.

Sounds pretty useless to me. >.>
[Droid Eris Android Development] vbetts:
I've had this on my Moment for awhile, Samdroid developed this for the Galaxy spica, which is the GSM version of the Moment. SDX ported it to the Moment, and while yes it does give better quadrant scores, it does increase performance. It did help out a lot even more when Samsung and Sprint just abandoned the phone completely. For phones with older and slower hardware, you'll notice a difference. But with phones with Snapdragon or faster, you won't notice it too much.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] webpheret:
Earlier today I upgraded my Streak using the QDLtool method to the official Dell 2.2 Froyo rom.

I tried to change my ringtone to something else, and when I select a different tone, the window with the list of ringtones closes and the ringtone stays as the default.

The same goes for the SMS/MMS notification sound as well.

Is there a fix for this?
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] webpheret:
Oddly enough, I did a reset, then picked some system ringtones to see if maybe the format for the ringtones I had made was wrong or something, and it worked fine.

Feel free to ignore this thread.

Thanks!
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] p51d007:
Mine is doing that also. I'll have to give it a hard reset and see if that fixes it.

Thanks!

Update:

Did a reset (power off, hold up/down volume, 1 for reset), Still will not do any ringtone

but default if selected. Does it need to have the built in reset from the clear storage app?
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mawfuca:
Same problem here. Used QDLTool to update to 2.2. Settings>Privacy>Erase All Data didnt help. Neither did a hard reset.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lufc:
Moving to the New Streak Q&A Section
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mawfuca:
And thanks for the link.
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dalamak:
Is the Mytouch 3g slide with Genius button the same as the regular slide? Phone arena had orignally listed it as an up coming phone a few months back with a 1ghz processor, but I can't find the proocessor specs for it on T-mobile's website, and Phone arean has removed it from upcoming, and it isn't listed under available either, it had said holiday 2010 release date soo...? Also would Dev and rom support for it be in this forum or would XDA open a new section. Thanks

Never Mind, finally found a reference to the processor on the tmobile website, its sayin 600mhz, which leaves me wondering what happened to the phone PhoneArena was taking about strange.
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cingall:
sounds like they might have mixed up the Mytouch 4G specs wit the Mytouch 3G Slide specs.
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dalamak:
Yeah must be the case
[G Tablet General] Gramps:
Howdy all,

Just picked up a Gtab today from Office Depot (they match Sears pricing of $349 with no restocking fee).

I also purchased a couple of 4gb MicroSDHC cards to play around with the different ROMs Reobeet and others are developing. Great job guys..keep up the great work.

Here's my question.. Can I access the SDcard2 on my Gtab from my Windows 7 file explorer? When I connect the Gtab to the PC via USB, I see the Gtab as my E:\ drive. Opening up the E:\ drive shows the following folders:

.android_secure

Android

backups

DCIM

download

LOST.DIR

But not the SDCARD2 or any of the other directories or files is see from the Gtab ES File Explorer.

What do I need on the Windows 7 PC to view and manage files on the Gtab, internal storage and the SDcard2?

Thanks for your help.. I think I'm going to like learning how to Mod my Gtab.

Great work guys and a great forum to share information.

Sincerely,

Gramps..
[G Tablet General] rickyt63:
- Drive E as you see is GTab internal 16GB SDcard.

I don't think you can access SDcard2 via windows ( I know I can't).

Please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.
[G Tablet General] Gramps:
I did some google searching and found this andriod APK which allowed me to access both the internal memory of the Gtab and the MicroSDHC (SDCard2) memory.

SwiFTP FTP Server

http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/map-android-phone-in-windows-7-to-access-root-files-over-wifi/

This Android application converts your phone/*Gtab* into an FTP server which is accessible by a unique FTP IP generated by the app. You then map the FTP IP to your Windows PC and tada.. you can access your Gtab data (all of it). :)

See the link above for download and instructions.

Gramps...
[G Tablet General] butchconner:
Gramps,

If you indeed are going to "play" with mods, then go ahead and side-load a copy of "r4root" and root your tablet.

When you root your tablet, you will be able to see the "/" root directory which has sdcard (your main memory), sdcard2 (your SD cards external), and USBdisk (the directory for your USB port).

I think you should have ES File Manager (right name?) on your stock machine and it may let you see the root directories -- but I'm not sure about accessing them.

Rev
[G Tablet General] linesma:
Thanks for asking this Gramps, I was wondering it myself. I did the ftp solution and it works great.
[Droid X General] ZuneNinja!:
Im looking to find what folder that Android is looking in when you try to send an audio file through an MMS message. Does anyone know?
[General Questions and Answers] derik001:
I've been a long time reader and I've learned quite a bit today on Android and its applications. I've been trying to recompile a modified Protips.apk and have it successfully run on my D1. I've been unsuccessful, and would like some pointers on where to looks next.

I'm intrigued by the modified Home Screen Tips widget as seen on Cyanogen and BuglessBeast. I figured I could do it too since it seems rather simple.

I pulled Protips.apk from my D1, archived it somewhere else, and ran apktools to decompile the app. I found that in: res/values/arrays.xml there's all the code I need to start changing text. I wanted to do something basic like Hello World as a test, so I slightly changed the first item to read Hello World! on the first line. So I edited the .xml file and considered the job done.

I recompiled my modified contents using apktools, and pushed the apk to my phone. It didn't show up in the widgets menu, so I figured I needed to sign the thing.

First I tried copying the META-INF data from the original APK into the new one, and though the you could apply the widget to the homescreen, it'd error. "Problem loading widget." Next I took the original manifest and popped it into the new APK. Same thing.

I thought I could try singing the modded APK myself. After recompiling I ran the APK through Auto-Sign. It still errors.

Someone mentioned that if you're modifying XML files, the resources.arsc file should be removed "prior to recompiling." I'm lost at this point, since when you decompile with apktools, you don't have access to that resource. If you remove it from the final apk, the app doesn't show up in the widgets menu.

I'm trying to figure out where I'm going wrong. Surely it has to be something rather simple.

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Resolved

Decided to give Apk Manager a try. Decompiled the APK, edited the arrays.xml file, Compiled (deleting resources.arsc where instructed in the keep folder), signed the app, then pushed it to my phone. It works. I'll attempt the process using apktools again now that I have a working mod.
[General Questions and Answers] GrimReaper24:
Using apktool you must sign after other wise it won't install... I had issues using it to do a status bar mod.. Wondering if I can just sign it using that apkmanager and have it work... I used a kitchen to sign mine and it didn't sign right...
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] roguly:
Okay so im pretty experienced with flashing and themes, etc with my samsung Vibrant. But my dad just got the HD7 and he gave me permission to play around with his old HD2. so im looking to flash android on it, but i have some quick questions.

IS there a permanent version of android running on HD2?

Will doing the whole .haret thing mess with my sd card at all?

What is the best android rom out there right now? aosp preferred if any. or sense
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] problem1:
ok a quick run down a permanent android os system is bein worked on right now.... it will mess up your sd card if you mess it up like tryin 2 fragment your sd card besides that your fine.... there alot of good roms your best bet is 2 flash aound and see what floats your boat...im using biffmod
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] inshadesofgrey:
Hi everyone,

I recently (3 weeks or so) bought a Rogers Captivate (Canada) and flashed the cognition froyo rom b6 onto it. everything was great. however, As I was traveling to India soon - i wanted to unlock it. So, I flashed the 2.1 AT&T rom, and did the nv_data.bin process where it doesn't ask for a unlock code anymore. I tried my bell canada sim card and it seemed to work fine. The network lock for OFF too.

Now, when I came to India and put an indian sim card (bsnl), it says (phone not allowed MM#6) and the IMEI is 'unknown'. I flashed 2.1 AT&T again and I got network but as soon as I switched the sim card, same problem. No network, with a phone not allowed error. I tried the Axura rom and same problem. Now, I am back to AT&T 2.1 and can't for the life of me, get a sim card to work!!!!!

I NEED to fix this, as I am traveling across india for 3-4 months and not having a phone, is a major problem!!!!!

please help.

I have access to a mac/PC and odin.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chibixzero:
Maybe becouse you have flash att rom into it. And is rogers one, did you do a nandroid backup or anything of that sort before you loaded it with att or did anything?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] inshadesofgrey:
rogers

I did have a Nandroid backup but that didn't help at all.

I have done the one-click downloader, flashed to stock JF6, Master clear, and still not luck

any suggestions?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] inshadesofgrey:
bump...............................
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silvertag:
Lot of info on Google but not much answers on how to make it work.

Basically the indian provider is locking out North American devices based on the imei. Buy a disposable phone.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kfgtboypsp:
Let The Games Begin... :p

Post And State Your Reason(s) why you exchanged it.

Im on my 3rd, going to the 4th!

Reason(s): Washed Displays, Wifi Busted
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dustrho:
I'm on my third MT4G and here's why:

- First one had a loud creaking sound at the bottom, most noticeably when pressing the back button.

- Second one was dropped less than two feet from the ground with the Flex case on it, and the phone's bezel was scratched and misaligned.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobsbbq:
5 times

1. change color

2. power button quit working

3. Tried to get a good screen

4. Tried to get a good screen.

5. I got the good screen Happy so far.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 2012iawait:
this is messed up i bought mine from craigslist brand new and i called tmo try to exchange it they said they wont do it. because i did not buy it from them. the ime number is not in their system :( what can i do?
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CBConsultation:
Got mine the day it released and still on the same original one. No creaking, good screen, cameras centered.

Knock on wood...:D
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vw671:
Exchanged once to get a good screen :)