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[Desire HD General] Planescape:
For some reason my friends stream has recently stopped working. I hit refresh and it looks like it is going to look for updates to facebook but returns with nothing. Any ideas? I searched on the forum but couldn't find anything.
[Desire HD General] snaveage:
I had this problem too, if you go into the Friend Stream settings, remove your facebook account and then set it up again you should be good to go
[Desire HD General] Planescape:
thanks for that, works perfectly :)
[Desire HD General] conradv:
Is there a way to also include Google Buzz in Friends Stream?
[Desire HD General] Firething:
some people with the Desire had same problem.... try emptying cache and temp files...worked for them
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lifemusic73:
dose any1 know how to do this or know where to find it

i hav a htc evo flashed to metro
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drfosters:
What part of it (specific information), and what have you tried?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lifemusic73:
well i already hav the driver installed and everything...when i open qpst n go to

efs explorer and select my phone n put in the spc

it show the file on my phone...

the only thing is that the nvm folder has a cross on it..i think it locked
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Necrosan:
Why exactly do you need it unlocked?

Just use QXDM and request your nv items after sending MSL..
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lifemusic73:
i need 2 get the $sys file....can u show me how idk how use qxdm
[G2 and Desire Z General] andrewklau:
Hello,

Quick question does anyone know how to auto start vpn connect to server in Cyanogen in vpn settings on boot.

I assume it would simply be to isolate the activity and have that added to the /etc/init.d/ directory

Any suggestions? Its not a huge deal as I simply have a short cut settings on my homepage but it would be nice to have the piece of mind knowing that before my gmail syncs it's connected through my personal vpn.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Abolfazl:
I ran fix_permissions in terminal on my phone and I got some errors about permission denied and opening a file from sdcard. Now it says my sdcard is blank or has unsupported filesystem. Running df -h shows that my sdcard (/mnt/asec) is now 185Mb and is tmpfs. How do I fix this?
[Vibrant General] mainevent3405:
Don't know if this is new or not, but I cant recall seeing it before, but when you open the Mobile AP tethering app, it says something about contacting At&t to sign up for a special plan in order to use it?

What is THAT all about? It's been working for me since I first installed a 2.2 rom over a month ago and this evening for some reason, my PS3 and my computer both lost connection. I go to the Mobile AP app which has been powering both devices and I see this At&t crap and now my connection to both no longer works?!?! :confused::confused::confused:

Anyone with insight on this?
[Vibrant General] down8:
Are you on AT&T...?

-bZj
[Vibrant General] KWKSLVR:
The same thing was happening to people who were using tethering apps from the market.

I'm just gonna take a stab in the dark on this one. My understanding is that the only way a carrier can tell if your tethering is based on watching your http:// activity. In other words, are you browsing mobile sites or full sites. I think the only people they'd even look for are heavy users.

Probably what happened is that they realized (through traffic) that you were hitting up http:// and assume your tethering. The only thing you could probably do is to call them and tell them you aren't tethering. Do you get the message if you use something like the SkyFire Browser to go to say the full blown facebook website?
[Vibrant General] T313C0mun1s7:
They can actually tell packet by packet if it originated as a phone packet or a tethered data packet. When tethered the phone acts as a modem and it identifies the traffic as modem traffic. They are designed to hit different APNs and the header of the packets themselves are by design dead giveaways. It is rudimentary networking for them to route or track this traffic differently. This said they usually don't bother to worry about it much unless they see abuse from a particular account.

I would bet this is a glitch and is not intentional. It will be interesting to see how this develops.
[Vibrant General] mainevent3405:
I suppose it would make sense to me if I was on AT&T, but I'm on T-mobile lol.

That's the confusing part!:eek:
[Vibrant General] N8ter:
T mobile has been blocking people lately as well...
[Vibrant General] ronnieb00:
Had it during the onyx/obsidian era of roms... never had an issue actually using the mobile ap. I think it was just the rip of the settings app from samsung. It's gone on nero, and I wouldn't worry about it.
[Vibrant General] nirogu325:
Had those issues on the 2.1 custom ROMs. Since Nero, no disconnects whatsoever. Be it wired or wireless tether.
[Vibrant General] KWKSLVR:
That's what my non-technical brain was trying to say. A buddy of mine explained it to me the exact same way but added that running a script to look at http traffic might be easier than sniffing packets? And most likely a carrier probably wouldn't go looking for it in accounts that aren't being bandwidth hogs. (Although he's an IT Network Guru and not a cell expert and admittedly made some assumptions). Thanks for the info. :D

I tether seldomly (I have a MiFi for work) but a couple of months back I tethered through the Vibrant one Saturday and streamed over 6 gigs of video from ESPN360. I never heard a peep out of them (I'm usually right around a gig/month).
[Vibrant General] T313C0mun1s7:
In networking we have what we call the 7 Layer OSI model. Layer 1 is the physical media, Layer 2 is hardware such as the MAC address, At layer three you get into IP and routing, all the way up to Layer 7 which is application and you can actually filter based on the program being run, for example you can deny any traffic to or from uTorrent.

In enterprise networking Layer 7 gear is now quite common. I am not sure what level T-mobile is using in their switching equipment, but I do know that telling if the traffic is phone or modem is all the way down at the hardware layer. So no packet sniffing would be required. All they need to do is set a policy in the equipment and it will get enforced automatically. Doing it on a customer by customer basis is slightly more complicated as it has to involve the billing system. The billing system is where they are going to control all the non-global settings. This is why they let non-abusers go. Technically stopping you is trivial, but it is not the network admins making the decision, so it becomes part of the can of worms that is politics, policy, and customer service.
[Vibrant General] KWKSLVR:
Well now that's one hell of an explanation! :D
[Vibrant General] T313C0mun1s7:
Thank you. As a Tech I am very well versed in networking and computers with a lot of specific experience in Stand Alone Wireless & Wireless as a service provider, Fiber-to-the-home, Voice over IP, multi-scope/multi-tenant office building as phone and Internet provider, and I even did the worlds first (un-offical) VoIP over Wireless in a production environment. The reason I have had the fun and fortune of getting to do these types of projects though is because I really shine in being able to make the really technical stuff that causes most peoples eyes to gloss over actually make sense to non-technical laypersons. Also, I do it without giving wrong or too overly simplified information.

I think everyone at some level likes to know how stuff really works, they just don't want to have to learn and entirely new paradigm to do it.
[Vibrant General] mainevent3405:
Well all is well again. Mobile AP is working fine. :D Don't know what happened yesterday, but it's all good now.

Thanks for the replies.
[Vibrant General] pjbbigbear44:
what is nero

what is Nero are you talking about the burning software or somthing different?
[Vibrant General] rjwisniewski:
Head over to the Vibrant Android Development section. Nero is just one of many Vibrant ROMs. Check them out.
[Vibrant General] Genesis3:
They're looking at the HTTP "USER AGENT" string folks.

It APPEARS that they're only doing it on "newer" accounts and/or data options. Thus far. Incidentally, if they start doing it on those of us with legacy data plans (e.g. "Total Internet") they're going to lose those customers, as we were explicitly sold those plans with the understanding and explicit support of tethering that they built into the devices they sold through "Internet Sharing" (e.g. on the MDA, etc.) Same with "Loyalty Android" that many of us converted to before Tethering became "an option".

It's cool to change the rules for later signups and users, but a serious problem if they try to impose it on people who have been customers for a long time under the previous understanding. And most of us, myself included, are off-contract.

I don't abuse it but if they do it to me I'll be gone in literal minutes.
[Vibrant General] fearmonkey:
I'd be interested to find this out definitively. They could check USER_AGENT and they can definitely see if multiple devices are nat'd behind the phone. But I don't know of anything they can use to see if just ONE device is behind a nat'd gateway aside from checking USER_AGENT and making an educated guess.

Wonder if we can get iptables to mangle the HTTP_USER agent or something to that effect.
[Vibrant General] Genesis3:
There are ways around the user agent check (with the proper browser), but they may cause your computer to display web sites in a "mobile" format.
[Vibrant General] GenTsoChkn:
My cable modem went down for a couple of days and while I waited for the cable company to come out I used my Mobile AP. I've been using it on and off during some of my many travels either by using the Mobile AP or by using one of the other apps that someone made.

I have never been charged more for using it and have only been warned of the throttling, which actually never happened. If there was any slow down I would just jump down to 2.75G and go from there.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dabbsy:
Hi there. I'm intrested in maybe applying a custom firmware desire, but i'd like to know exactly what i'm doing. I managed to debrand my phone to get the 2.2 update awhile ago as o2 were taking ages, have not done anything else. Here is some information on the firmware i'm running.

Android Version: 2.2

Baseband: 32.49.00.32U_5.11.05.27

Kernel: 2.6.32.15-gf5a401c

htc-kerneland18-2 #1

Build: 2.29.405.5 CL293415 release-keys

Software: 2.29.405.5

Browser: WebKit 3.1

As i'm a right noob to rooting etc I have a few questions.

1. Is it really worth it, rooting that is?

2. What is the best custom firmware for the desire. (ideally one without htc sense just the standard nexus style layout)

3. If done right what are the chances of bricking my phone

4. Is it hard to do?

Thanks!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fllash:
The word 'best' is awfully subjective. I, personally, believe for multiple reason, that MIUI is the best rom type available. Some of the interesting features:

- Revamped settings app, with access to many more options

- Privacy mode (very useful, might I add)

- Very very fast (quadrant scores of over 1800 are not uncommon)

- Theme app allows you to apply a theme on the go (much like an integrated metamorph type thing)

- Custom Music, Gallery, Launcher, Lockscreen and Data monitor.

I have been using MIUI as my rom of choice for about two months. I test other roms (like new DeFrost releases sense HD updates, for example), but I keep going back to MIUI.

In particular, the ROM I use (and help develop) is located here:

www.miui-au.com

Josh.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dabbsy:
Well I managed to flash a custom rom then after awhile flash back to stock but something is annoying me. I've done a few formats here and there and after all them one of my calendar events is still there??
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] HDR:
Is there a reboot app that will actually soft reset the phone instead of just restarting android? It should be possible since the wipe phone function under setting soft rest my phone.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] JigSawMan:
Quick Boot by Sirius Apps Ltd. is in the market
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dustintendo:
i first noticed it on a new flash of XTRsense, but now its doing it on nonsensikal 16.1

i noticed it wouldnt let me log into dropbox, and then i logged out of facebook and KIK just to see and now i cant get back into them either..wierd
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] synesthete:
If you aren't using the stock keyboard, try switching it back to default.
[Click General] gumatias:
Hey everyone,

I've just seen that the new ADW Launcher Ex has been out so I was just wondering if anyone has tried it and how well it works on the Tattoo. I watched their promo on youtube and to be honest it really impressed me! can't wait to buy it!

Gus
[Click General] manilu001:
it works great, on 1.6 rom is the best you can find, go for it
[Nexus S General] redhatyellow:
Stock browser just cannot compete.

should I even bother downloading firefox?
[Nexus S General] theimpaler747:
Not a huge fan of Firefox, not all that great and way to big of an app for a browser IMHO ;)
[Nexus S General] onthecouchagain:
It's a shame that if you should use something else besides the stock browser, you can't change out the stock browser icon in the dock. It feels like dead weight to just have it there. Given Google's propensity for open-ness and customization, not sure why Android stock doesn't let you change these dock icons. Unless I'm mistaken?
[Nexus S General] unremarked:
Firefox for mobile(aka Fennec) is really slow for me right now. It might be great eventually, but right now it's super slow and has alot of bugs.

Dolphin Browser HD, to me, is like Firefox. Alot of extension, alot of addons, alot of enhancements but still kinda slow. Dolphin Browser Mini is more like Chrome in that it has a few extensions/addons/enhancements but it's extremely quick.
[Nexus S General] slowz3r:
gotta remember it has a Beta tag for a reason :)

its come a long way, from when it was a 60 meg install
[Nexus S General] unremarked:
Yes, sorry! Meant to mention in my post that I have hopes it'll be something nice eventually hehe.
[Nexus S General] etking:
Try skyfire. feels like stock browser, is much smoother and faster and has way more options.
[Nexus S General] NexusDro:
Is the Dolphin mini like Opera mini which uses an external server to render webpages?
[Nexus S General] nicholasbgr:
No, it renders on the device. The difference between Dolphin HD and Mini is that the first is based on the stock Eclair browser and the second on Donut.
[Nexus S General] Marsiano:
for me the best one is the opera mini.
[Nexus S General] kolyan:
I use stock and xscope.
[Nexus S General] ceo4eva:
To me dolphin is extremely slow even when loading Google. I'm using the stock since it gives me what I need. When it comes to video I use dolphin
[Nexus S General] Philster5050:
My nexus s put 3 of each of my contacts on it and I was just wondering is there any way of deleting more than one contact at a time?
[Nexus S General] ikon8:
Do it from your gmail account.
[Nexus S General] slowz3r:
google.com/contacts
[Nexus S General] hah2110:
You can clear data on contacts or search market for delete contacts
[Nexus S General] onthecouchagain:
Contact Remover from the Market. Free. Easy.
[Nexus S General] bcl0328:
you can go to contacts then menu and hit delete then select all.
[Nexus S General] onthecouchagain:
Hm, I don't see a delete button after hitting Menu in the Contact list.
[Nexus S General] gietl:
Sounds like you pulled the contacts from your sim card. If they have already synced what I recommend is logging into your gmail account. Then go to contacts, you can merge contacts. So if you have 3 contacts for each person merge them and edit them to be nice and pretty.

While doing this I would recommend having auto sync turned off on the phone. My preference is then to just do a factory reset on the phone. It will then pull the contacts from your google account.

There are other ways to do it, but this worked well for me. The bonehead at the Best Buy mobile store decided to import my contacts from my sim. I told her not to and instead of clearing it out she left it.

I was furious and explained to her I just came in here with a G1, why on earth would you import from my sim when you know it will just sync from my google account?
[Nexus S General] hah2110:
Factory reset is retarded. Just clear data under contacts or use one of the many alloys apps mentioned here. You don't need to even do that though because the sync will fix it.
[Nexus S General] gietl:
Almost as retarded as installing an app to clear contacts? ;) My assumption is that the poster just got the phone and imported form the sim so there is really no harm. It takes only a couple minutes to get everything back in place. It's pretty painless.
[Nexus S General] RogerPodacter:
Just go on your computer to gmail, clean up all your contacts under my contacts, and let the auto sync work its magic.
[Focus General] psills:
I think these need to be addressed as soon as possible in the next software update:

Gapless Audio Playback

Individual Volume Controls (Ringer, Music, Phone, Speakerphone, Games)

Showing MAC Address in Settings

DLNA Support - Playback and Server

Audio Enhancement Settings (equalizer, SRS WoW, etc.)

Better SkyDrive Support (all file types)

File Browser/USB mode

...
[Focus General] ITDRAGON:
*An actual theme changer not just colors

*Able to change the button functions, Like say the camera button to only take pictures and not turn on the camera

*Task manager

*Like to hide the album art on the zune player and just use the zune artist background.

*Windows Media Remote control

*More control over the WiFi functions

*Bluetooth audio play back for video

*Fix the tile layout on the phone bottom tiles are cut off.

That's all I can think of off the top of my head.
[Focus General] Ninlour:
Video sharing! Via MMS
[Focus General] psills:
Also, all possible screens should also work in Landscape rotation

Wider keyboard in landscape rotation
[Focus General] wspaw:
Basics

Ability to connect to hidden wifi networks

vcard support (especially with no cut & paste - there's no even remotely convenient way to send contact info to other contacts)

Bing results (local) should have an "add to contacts" option

BTW - this thread should be in the WP7 General forum...
[Focus General] Ninlour:
Save camera settings!! This is annoying
[Focus General] jmerrey:
When you start typing in the search box in maps, it should bring up a list of suggestions from your address book.
[Focus General] ITDRAGON:
Ahh yes I just notice no Bing local for us, but for anyother phone out there it works.. What is up with microsoft's apps being junk for their own platorm. I tried using Microsoft Tag and it's garbage... Triple P's
[Focus General] wspaw:
Bing local works well for me. Better results than google maps... I understand this is not the case outside the US, however...
[Focus General] sempermarine29:
And PLEASE ADD SOME KIND OF FILTER TO THE MARKETPLACE!!

I swear if I see one more fart app I am going to go nuts! I understand that the idea is to get the marketplace upp to a high number of apps in a short amount of time, to show that the Marketplace is growing faster than the Android Marketplace did, but it cheapens the whole experience when half of the apps are just douchebaggery (I'm looking at you "I'm Rich" app, $499.99...please)
[Focus General] psills:
Also, please sync SkyDrive documents with the phone - completely. If I'm working on a OneNote notebook, why can't I see it on the phone?
[Focus General] LS1Jabroni:
How about watching videos via 3G in high quality instead of it being so grainy! Funny that the Captivate, which is almost identical to Focus offers that option. Must be a Windows platform downfall... Still Focus > Captivate in my opinion!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shamelin73:
I have tried the blinky app that was pre-installed and also the CW to turn the BLN off.

But the four lights still come on when I get a message.

Is there a way to actually turn them off so the don't use battery.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crusecontrl:
Goto the Market and search for BLN and DL the app to turn it off...or just delete blinky.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 10tonhammr:
In Blinky, there are 3 check boxes at the top of the screen. Make sure you uncheck all 3. That should kill BLN completely. Also, after changing any settings in the Blinky app make sure you scroll all the way down to the bottom of the app's settings screen and click "save". If you just launch the app, change something, and back out of the app, the changes won't stick.
[Wildfire General] awink1:
Hi guys,

I got my wildfire today and I love it :D

It's all upgraded to froyo, but I can't find the Apps2sd functionality... where do I find it and how do I use it?

It seems to install everything (apart from Angry Birds) on the phone memory, just wondering what I'm doing wrong :)

Please help a NOOB
[Wildfire General] kevin2516:
Settings -> Applications -> Manage Applications -> (go to an app) -> Move to SD Card.
[Wildfire General] awink1:
Cheers mate!!! :D
[EVO 4G General] edwinh2209:
Hello everyone..

here is my problem....

I no longer have cellular service from sprint, lets say sprint disconnected it...

ok so i have my evo and a bunch of things i can still do with it.

but! why is it that i cant turn off just the "cellular" radio without it going into plane mode? keep in mind im not talking about "go into wireless mode and uncheck mobile" that only turns off 3g and leaves the phone COMPLETELY ON.

i mean, i dont have the service why do i still have to put it in airplane mode (and on evo's you cant use bluetooth while on that mode)

is there an apk that i can delete so the "phone" feature is gone and no longer shows my the strength bars without the need for airplane mode? its annoying to have to turn on my "PMP" and have to see the airplane on there.
[EVO 4G General] NewZJ:
you can use titanium backup to uninstall the phone, then keep mobile networks unchecked and your good to go

edit I think it may still search for signal
[EVO 4G General] edwinh2209:
do you know the apk's to uninstall?
[EVO 4G General] NewZJ:
installing them wouldn't solve your problem, now I'm thinking delete the prl and set it to roaming only but that would drain the battery fast, that's a toughy, lemme think about it a bit

edit it would be easy if you didn't need bluetooth
[EVO 4G General] drmacinyasha:
Nope, there's no real way to do it. You bought a phone, not an iPod. Live with Airplane mode or get service.
[EVO 4G General] NewZJ:
you could kill the radio process in os monitor, unsure of its exact name though

edit ill 2nd dr on this one, theres no good way
[EVO 4G General] kcrudup:
Get the app "Network" by Mangelow. It has a button to turn off just the radio.
[EVO 4G General] NewZJ:
tested, works
[EVO 4G General] edwinh2209:
thank you for all who helped.
[EVO 4G General] edwinh2209:
Lol thank you for you useless and helpless post. I suggest if u don't have anything to contribute just read and stay off the thread?
[EVO 4G General] fenixjn:
I was looking for something like this too. In an area with very little signal, having the radio on is just annoying because it never gets signal, so it drains battery forever, even more because it is constantly scanning. This is perfect for that.

Now if someone could make a widget for this switch... :)
[EVO 4G General] bgchz:
How does the battery drain? If sprint disconnected your phone it won't keep searching for a network. I have my old phone that laid for over 5 days without charge when I hot my evo... that was both the moment and intercept
[EVO 4G General] sitlet:
It will still actually be connected to the network, you just wont be able to make calls or get texts. This is required for all cell phones, so you can still call 911, or call the carrier to re-activate the phone if you ever want to.