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[Droid 2 Global General] seventieslord:
Hey guys. I just bought an unlocked D2G on ebay so I thought I would share my experiences.

I got to the same screen where I was told "phone activation not supported on this network" and it was extremely frustrating. my only option was to hit ok and go back to the "touch the android" screen. I tried everything including the menu button. Nothing worked. This was with my SIM card inserted.

So I took out my SIM card and tried again. this time the menu button worked; it brought up the wireless options menu. I wanted to switch to "GSM only" as I had a feeling that would fix the problem. But I was told "no GSM card, must use CDMA mode". So, feeling stuck, I called Verizon, and after waiting on hold with the first CSR, and getting about 30 seconds into the phone call with the high up tech guy, I was in the middle of telling him about how in CDMA mode the wireless options menu would come up, but not with a SIM card inserted, the wireless options menu actually did come up. So I switched to "GSM only" and I was in!

Well, sorta. I had to get the phone linked with my google account via wifi, because the phone had no internet at all. A quick search of the internet revealed that this was a common problem - "I can talk on my D2G, but no data!" I called Rogers and sure enough, there were some settings I had to change to make this work.

Go into wireless options, then mobile network settings, then GSM/UMTS options (I assume you have a D2G because you want a droid you can put your SIM card in, right?) and then to Access Point Names. As this phone is unlocked, there are no APNs listed and your phone is neutered until one is added. I had no idea because my last phone was straight from Rogers and was of course hardwired to know this stuff.

Setting up the APN is really easy. just give it any name, list the APN as internet.com, MCC is 302, and MNC is 720. That's all. Back out. You will notice nothing is showing there. Don't do it again. It's there, but it's not showing up until you reboot. On my first reboot I had the 3G icon pop up in the notification bar and just about filled my pants. finally, the phone I paid $400 for was fully functional! No issues since then. Smooth as butter.
[Droid 2 Global General] xavier7:
Thanks for the information and sharing leobg and seventieslord!

Gingerbread's rolling out, I'm planning to update my dad's D2G, but we're outside the US with an unlocked phone using GSM. I was worried after updating to Gingerbread, the phone would ask for a reactivation. This thread put my mind to rest :)
[Droid 2 Global General] Phoenix1708:
God damned life saver ...... It is such a small change.... Add a APN.....

THANK YOU !
[XPERIA X2 General] sonygoup:
AFTER trying to update my x2 with SEUS it stopped during the update and never came back on nor was turning on only a red light when attempting to turn on.....so wat to do???
[XPERIA X2 General] x-phy:
I think your X2 is dead... sorry :(
[XPERIA X2 General] robuash:
I think you'll have to take it to the SAT, surelly they could upgrade the firm.

Greetings.
[XPERIA X2 General] sonygoup:
aMMMM wat is SAT?
[XPERIA X2 General] dicoooo:
charger your x2 until fully, uninstall software update on your PC, remove (delete) folder update on program file, install sofeware update on your PC and try doing update from begining again. that meybe the only way get your x2 working again.

good luck....
[Adam Themes and Apps] johnboatcat:
Since at first we will not have access to the Market directly I was thinking that the best way to load aps would be with Titanium Backup. I have an Android phone now (HD2) that keeps the aps I use updated. By using z4root v1.3 or something like it to "root" I could just use my backup from the phone to keep my Adam aps up to date as well as to load them in the first place.

Any thoughts/discussion on this method or other ideas on how best/easiest to do it?
[Adam Themes and Apps] no6969el:
I plan on using dropbox and save all my apks there so I can access them from my Adam and install on the fly
[Adam Themes and Apps] johnboatcat:
Dropbox is an excellant way of handling it.

I plan to use dropbox to get my Titanium Pro and then use the Titanium batch mode to load the aps so I don't have to do them one at a time. I will have to see if I run into over write problems. Want to start with an initial Titanium full BU anyway on the Adam.

I will probably use mostly the same aps on my phone and Adam. The phone stays updated automatically from the market and I do frequent back-ups using the Titanium batch mode for new and updated aps. If I then did an ap restore on Adam they would all be current and updated as well. This method should keep me current until the Honeycomb market opens.
[Adam Themes and Apps] johnboatcat:
AppBrain Market Sync

AppBrain Market Sync will not work in this case because the device needs access to the Market for AppBrain to work. Just FYI. AppBrain is really a Market filter and search engine not an app storage depot.

Update: Other tabs have AppBrain working fine so I am sure the Adam will have it working as well.
[Adam Themes and Apps] joshua.lyon:
I'm sure someone will get the stock Google Apps and Google Market running on the Adam in no time...

--edit--

Check out rothnic's thread called Eden Plus for an update.zip package for rooted access and stock Google Apps added.
[Adam Themes and Apps] webs05:
First and foremost before we do any playing around, even after root, we should make sure full NAND is working. Having a NAND backup that is fully functional is very important. On camera Rohan seems fine with us tinkering around, but when it comes time for his company to pay out warranty costs they will no doubt speak out against rooting.
[Adam Themes and Apps] Crimton:
when i had my g-tablet i was able to do that with titanium. as long as titanium is granted super user permissions it should restore all our apps fine. ideally this is what i'd like to do.
[Adam Themes and Apps] dragonithe:
Isn't it possible to just pull the apps from your phone by using ADB?

I know I where able to do this a long time ago, but I forgot how to do it, and I can't seem to find any info on it anymore.

As that would be easier than trying to get titanium backup working.
[Adam Themes and Apps] johnboatcat:
Yes it is

but Titanium Backup and Drop box are both free so why not use them? Then you can continue to use them to make BUps on your Adam.
[Adam Themes and Apps] dragonithe:
Yea, i know there both free, but to use dropbox whit Titaniumbackup, you need the paid version, so it's not completely free :p
[Adam Themes and Apps] johnboatcat:
Correct

I don't use dropbox through Titanium. I use both for different purposes. It would be to slow to use dropbox to transfere all of those files.

I use dropbox to transfer the occasional single file and do any printing chores.

I use Titanium to backup my programs. Then I use the Nike network* to move the mass files between devices.

* The Nike network or tennis shoe network is an old computer term for using physical media to transfer files between computers. You use your feet to move from one to the other. I first did this on my IBM 5110 in 1979. The 5110 was an early IBM portable computer that had 8" floppy drives and a whopping 64k of memory. Portable in those days meant any computer smaller than a room.
[Adam Themes and Apps] gbishop18:
You have to have root privileges to use titanium backup
[Adam Themes and Apps] Blue_Alien:
Ah, thats the rub! I was going to use this method too until someone reminded me of this.
[Adam Themes and Apps] mt2020:
Awaiting my Adam. I'm hoping My backupPro does the trick for me.

It won't get flash or other pre-installed programs (HTC Incredible) so I'm sure hoping someone is going to put up a thread for "must have" apk's like Flash so we can get to them easily.
[Adam Themes and Apps] joshua.lyon:
Looks like Rothnic has an update.zip package with root access and Google Apps added. :D
[Adam Themes and Apps] webs05:
All Adams are shipped with root privilege access. Just need market and SuperUser app installed, access given to TB, install Busybox from TB, and then it should be good to go.

If someone wants to help speed up this process join ##adamroot on freenode.net and help the devs. They are waiting for someone with an Adam to spend about an hour or less working through the kinks.

Or you can send me ur Adam and I'll help get things working :eek:
[Adam Themes and Apps] BritCrit:
If you have not rooted your adam you can extract and install your titanium backup files with astro. Fyi
[Adam Themes and Apps] Paul74:
A complete newbie question as the Adam will be the first android device I'll own -

Can you back up your paid apps with dropbox / titanium or are they activated by username online?
[Adam Themes and Apps] johnboatcat:
Yes you can back them up, but you have to be rooted first.
[Adam Themes and Apps] litening:
Once you've paid for and app you can always download it again for free from the market (as long as you use the same google account).

If you definitely want to back up the apk, than you use titanium backup or also ES File. Not sure whether you actually need root to do that though.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmo879:
I've noticed that when I flash a custom rom, I always get that "error processing rom list".

But after I odin back to stock, it seems to work perfectly, I can download roms and everything.

Any ideas why this would happen?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobbbb:
Well, I think you're confused. "Flashing" a rom is the so called process of installing a NEW rom. The error you receive is from trying to access the "Download ROM" section of ROM manager, no?

And this has happened to me, just reflash your current ROM, but make sure you backup your apps and data!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmo879:
I did, but everytime I install the rom again it still gives me that error

I get as far as seeing extras and sonofskywalker3

Extras work, but when I click sonogskywalker3 it says "error processing rom list"

But when I'm on stock, it works like a charm!

Idk I just thought people might wanna give this a try especially those having issues downloading blackhole beta rom
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cheve:
All,

I follow the http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=532719 to setup the adb. Here is my output:

D:\>cd D:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk-windows

D:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk-windows>cd platform-tools

D:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools>adb devices

List of devices attached

I89613ba062a device

D:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools>adb shell

$

Does the output look correct to you? Note that I got '$' instead of '#' prompt, is that ok?

My PC assign two drive letters for the phone's SDs. The phone is a Samsung I896(from Rogers)

I have installed the latest JDK 6 and the latest Android SDK from the respective main site.

thanks,
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trekie86:
That looks to be correct. The $ sign means you are running the standard shell. The get to the #, you need to typ 'su' without ticks. Then make sure you allow that on your phone for superuser priviledges. Now you will be the root and you will see the # prompt.

My comptuer also gives two drive letters. One for the internal, the other for the external SD card. However in shell when you cd /sdcard, I believe it goes to the internal card.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mod777:
Cappy is found by adb and yes the $ is what you should see - so looks good
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cheve:
A followup question, I type the su and got the following:

su: not found

does this mean that I need to 'root' the unit first before getting the '#' prompt?

sorry for the noob question:o
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trekie86:
No, that's a very good question. I'm still new to this as well. The reason you can access su is because you need to install busybox. Sorry I don't have the market place link. There are plenty of posts about it around here. So you need to install busy box, run it's utility, then you will have options like su available. The shell through adb is a very stripped down unix shell. Hope that helps.

Oh, and yes. You would have to root the unit to get su permissions. If you aren't doing anything that requires elevated permissions, you can still use adb for push/pull of data.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Goert:
I had to do a hardware reset on my tytnII and now it is stuck in the green windows 61 screen telling me

"

The device is clearing the storage please wait", turning off the device after a couple of minutes. Tried the procedure several times, incl. Removing the battery, but no success.

Any solutions would be appreciated!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Hakim Rahman:
You can also perform a hard reset (also known as a full reset). A hard reset should be performed only if a normal reset does not solve a system problem. After a hard reset, the device is restored to its default settings - the way it was when you first purchased it and turned it on. Any programs you installed, data you entered, and settings you customized on your device will be lost. Only Windows Mobile® software and other pre-installed programs will remain.

Important If Encrypt files placed on storage cards is or was enabled before, then backup all files from the storage card before using Clear Storage, hard reset or updating the ROM system software. Otherwise you will no longer be able to access the encrypted files on the storage card. Use ActiveSync or Windows Mobile Device Center to transfer files between your storage card and computer. After the procedure, copy your files back to the storage card.

To perform a hard reset using device keys

1. Press and hold the left SOFT KEY and the right SOFT KEY, and at the same time, use the stylus to press the RESET button at the bottom of your device.

2. Release the stylus, but continue pressing the two SOFT KEYs until you see the following message on the screen:

3. Release the two SOFT KEYs, and then press green button (phone icon )the HTC Kaiser TyTN II P4550 Hard reset Soft reset Hardreset Softreset button on your device.

Warning! Your device will be set back to factory default settings. Please ensure any additional installed programs and/or user data have been backed up before a hard reset is performed. then reFlash with official ROM for kaiser
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Goert:
Thx for the hint, but that is what i did do exactly (= hardware reset !!!), that is after what i did get stuck in the green wndows 61 screen
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] -Rif-:
Have you flashed any hard SPL?

You could try to reflash your stock Windows Mobile ROM by entering bootloader first

1. Find a stock WM rom from htc website

2. Enter bootlader by pressing power + camera + reset button, you will see a tri color screen with "serial" text on the white colored area

3. Connect your usb cable, the "serial" text will be changed into "usb"

4. Finally flash your device, execute the stock rom file that you've found before
[Epic 4G General] A_Flying_Fox:
They just closed my thread and labeled it as a "troll thread" because I posted about how the dualcore lg phone is what the ns should've been...lmao

They're so sensitive over their phone lol
[Epic 4G General] A_Flying_Fox:
Come to think of it...the mods are the same way here too.

Whenever something is posted that belittles the epic, it gets closed...

That's weird in america
[Epic 4G General] othan1:
The Epic has a less than epic man part.

Its e-peen is so small it's girlfriend thought it was a zit and tried popping it.

If the Epic was a computer it'd make a TRS-80 look like a Cray.

/Testing...testing...:D
[Epic 4G General] A_Flying_Fox:
Lmao!

Chill bruh. We don't want no one to get banned for expressing their negative opinion of a phone on a forum labeled "general"!
[Epic 4G General] muyoso:
Why the hell is this posted here? Why would anyone possibly care that one of your stupid threads was closed on a completely separate board??
[HD2 General] Simota:
Is it possible that I have, as I saw after intensive reading of forum, microphone hardware fail? I have bought used TMOUS HD2 with stock rom 2.10.531.1 and as soon as I used it in Serbian network, microphone gets low in volume with background noise. The same is happening as I upgraded to latest stock rom 3.14.31.1. If I use bluetooth, everything is quite nice, which tells me it is not radio or network issue.

Here is a sample of my voice recorded by Voice Recorder.

Thanks for any help
[HD2 General] hd2life:
Did you install Android? If you have the same problem in Android or some custom rom its probably defective.
[HD2 General] Simota:
I am thinking of doing that. Well, your oppinion is if it behave tha same, it must be hardware. Weird, no posts at all complaining mic!

Thanks anyway, keep you posted.

Happy New Year to all
[HD2 General] Simota:
After installing Android, mike becomes slightly better, but not OK. Could it be some driver issue? As soon as I get back to WM6, it got worse!
[Android Software Development] :
can it be done? or made? even if it runs an old version of android
[Streak 5 Themes and Apps] zyonuf79:
I really missed this when I moved from WinMo and am glad to see it is being developed for Android. I plan on installing it to help out with any bugs. The one thing I haven't been able to find is an alarm app that allowed me to set an alarm to sound every two weeks, once a month, etc. G-Alarm in WinMo allowed this and I hope to find it in the Android version.

Find it here should you wish to try it:

http://www.ageye.de/?s=download
[G2 and Desire Z General] MacaronyMax:
Hey... I don't know if anyone has posted this here before but I found a fix to it although it's temporary (kind of). So basicly when texting I'd send my message then go to the home screen and turn the screen off, but doing that means it won't notify you to tell you you've got a new text, eg. through sound, vibration or in the status bar so I started trying somethings after each text I sent and it turns out all you need to do to make it notify you is after exiting to the home screen, just open and close the app draw :D Simples ;):p

Well it works for me anyway :p:D
[G2 and Desire Z General] T.C.P:
Thanks but the???? Lol aghast you guys and your unrooted phones lol
[G2 and Desire Z General] MacaronyMax:
STOP IT!!!!!!! :mad::mad::mad:

Hehe :)

:D
[G2 and Desire Z General] T.C.P:
Don't worry ull. B able to root soon
[G2 and Desire Z General] MacaronyMax:
Aha.. Yeah hopefully :D
[Blade General] aermua:
hello all

i,m undecided with either OSF or wildfire, i can see the main advantage is bigger and better screen then the wildfire, apart from that is there anything else?

can i use the net from a different provider on the OSF?

any opionions on this would be appreciated to help me decide

and not bothered about camera, rooting, mainly used for net browsing, calls, texts and battery time is also a factor.

thanks
[Blade General] mannas:
wildfire has lower resolution so it isn't very good for net browsing but has a smaller screen so battery life should be longer
[Blade General] AndyHibberd:
It's honestly not a decision.

San Francisco. No question!

Better in every way (not camera).
[Blade General] stylez:
Having set up both with practically same setup have to say the ZTE-Blade is far better, regards speed, screen space, graphics... camera's haven't checked but every HTC device have owned the camera is whak so never been a bigee when buying a smartphone.
[Blade General] cardyology:
OSF

I sold my iphone on Friday & picked up a San fransico today. Been playing with it a few hours n I have to say for £99 it's awesome! I'm using it on giffgaff, unlocked it with a free code from a certain website (google it), took about 2 mins!

I played with a wildfire & didn't think much of the small screen, plus certain games like angry birds don't work due to the lower resolution. AB seems fine on the osf.

So yeah, get the osf! :)
[Blade General] harmohn:
The GPU on the SF makes it the better choice if you fancy playing games etc.
[Blade General] Frostfree:
OSF has better hadware specs but Wildfire has much better build quality and software interface. I have the OSF which is a good stop gap but seriously lacking a good ROM although that should hopefully change soon with official 2.2 leaks that's come through in the last 24hrs..... but the wildfire is a pretty good stable device!
[Blade General] aermua:
thanks a lot for all your replies, my biggest issue nnow is i,m not sure on what rom to use TBH, but this is news to me about the official 2.2, is there any info on it yet?

also any opionion on what the best in terms of reliablity and with all fixes and similar to htc interface (htc clock and weather widegt - fancy widget i think etc)?

thanks
[Blade General] beyorn:
Probably, there wont be any official 2.2, though there is plenty of roms which have 2.2 in it.

I'd personally recommend "Japanese Jellyfish" wich is a really great ROM who have been working really good on my Blade.
[Blade General] aermua:
thanks a lot, how about eclair 2.1, is there a decent stable version, dont need a singing and dancing rom, just stable with all important fixes and not a battery killer

thanks
[Blade General] stylez:
ROM in Sig can be found on there forum along with a sweet black theme :-)
[Blade General] Frostfree:
If you're after stability and great interface (Sense UI) without messing about and supportability, the wildfire wins hands down.
[Blade General] d123:
Ive been using Sebastian's roms since v3. Excellent, stable rooms with good battery life and available in lite or full feature.

Latest one is called "r8_update_de-orangeated_blade_signed.zip" if you want to search for it.
[Blade General] olyloh6696:
OSF hands down mauls the wildfire. Out of all the HTC Phones, the Wildfire is the phone that i hate the most. I was one of the forst people to be using HTC'S (since the days of the XDA himalaya) All my friends would say it was crap. then now they all get the wildfire and try to compare it against my TG01 and OSF. one of my friends who owns a wildfire even said it was better than my Galaxy Tab, because it was smaller and 'quicker'.

the wildfire is a phone that i would happily smash to pieces..

No doubt the OSF is better than the wildfire in everyway. .

- faster CPU

- better screen

- more RAM

- nicer design.

- DOESN'T PISS ME OFF!

haha, thanks :)
[Blade General] MattFerg:
Considering it's previously been said that the Wildfire, due to it's low resolution screen, doesn't support a large majority of apps, the "supportability" of the Wildfire you claim is questionable, no, ridiculous. The SF supports far more things.
[Blade General] stylez:
Could only be a claim about HTC and its amazing support lol remember the days of class action, chuckled away... :D
[Android Apps and Games] Symondo:
Im a bit of a noob when it comes to Android.

im more a windows mobile person however....

For xmas i recieved an android tablet which is an awesome toy! but ive had issues with making the widgets work on the home screen - they dont show up.

Ive read forums and forums all day and each forum points back to xda:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=780828&page=13

Looks great, downloaded the apk tried to copy it to the system/app folder but it wont let me do it.

Ive managed to confuse myself after hours of reading so hoping someone can give me some ideas.

Ive read about needing the device 'rooted' i still dont understand what this is n how i do it.

Ive also read the file is to be pushed into the folder??

Ive downloaded the terminal emulator, file explorer etc... tried copy/paste, move, cut etc... all with the same answer of insufficent access.

The terminal emulator on the other hand i cannot use as its all touch screen with no hard buttons once running i cannot type into the program.

surely theres an easier way to load things into the system folders?

:confused: Sorry if its the wrong section or what seems a simple ask for some direction, I'm used to windows mobile and htc sence modding where you can just delete and replace files at will:rolleyes: