yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dkelle4:
I'm pretty sure you got scammed into buying a borked phone. Would probably sell it back on craigslist, honestly obviously :)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rugedraw:
I've seen Evos with bad ESN's sell for a pretty penny on eBay. They can still be used outside the US and can be flashed over to MetroPCS or Boost Mobile here, so it is still not completely useless.

From what I know, the only way to get it to work on Sprint is to know someone in Sprint who will be kind enough to add the ESN on your phone to their database so it can be activated. A co-worker of mine had a Verizon Blackberry Storm on Sprint by doing this a few years back, but he had a family member that worked for Sprint help him out. For all I know, this can't be done anymore, either.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dustylax:
so you dont think i can repair it back to the stock one thats on the sticker under the battery ?

i have been doing a lot of reading and i figured i would give it a shot since if its bad i have nothing to lose.

So far i have the ESN zero'd out 0000000

Meid i cant get because i only found 9 locations, i am not sure where the 10th one is hidden. I am only guessing from what i read that its in 10 locations and thats why it hasnt worked yet.

Using CDMA 2.7 do you know how i might be able to scan to find the last MEID location ?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gedster314:
First off, did Sprint say the Meid that is labeled under the battery is bad? I can only think of two reasons why someone would change the esn/meid. The phone's meid is bad or the person wanted to run an EVO on the $30/month Sero plan. I'm the latter.

Before you go any farther, go back to the Sprint store and find out if the meid under the battery is usable on Sprint. If so you can change the meid back to stock but it is going to require some reading and some effort on your part. CDMAWS 2.7 will not work on the EVO, 2.7 can not do meid #s. Since the esn is all zero's I'm betting the guy botched the job and tried writing the new meid/esn but did not find all the addresses. When you try to change the meid you have to zero out all the meids and all the esn (don't be confused if you see the term pesn. A meid phone calculates an esn based on the meid # and this called a pesn. Essentially pesn and esn are the same thing), there are approx. 16 memory locations you have zero out. If the phone has froyo on it, there are 1 or 2 address that are really hard to get to show up when you are doing a memory dump. You will have to run several dumps until you are no longer finding new memory locations. Rolling back to 2.1 would make it easier.

Go to mobile-files.us. There is a lengthy thread on changing the meid/esn on the EVO. Hopefully the person didn't wipe out your 4G certificate too, I think I read here on XDA that there is away to restore your certificate but I never had to so I never followed the thread.

You aren't completely screwed, think of it like you bought a fixer upper. Even if your stock meid is bad, you could always barrow one from your previous phone but you will not have 4G.

Good Luck, I hope you don't get discouraged and try to find another sucker. It just plain s*cks getting duped. I've been down that road before and that's what got me interested in this aspect of hacking.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gedster314:
double post
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marik11:
If you see the esn and meid from CDMA write it down and call and activate with those numbers, should work.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dustylax:
Thanks, i think he had it programmed for something else like maybe cricket or something, i see a lot of them listed for that, he told me the ESN was good and i checked on a site that checks them and the one under the battery is good.

SO i would have activated it over the phone already but they wouldnt because they said it wasnt a sprint phone... i didnt want to make it their problem and i didnt know what i was talking about at the time as far as asking them for help to fix it.

I also dont want to just dump it back on someone else. I would like to finish the job and get this phone working correctly. I always feel better when i learn how and why its done.

right now im basically stuck after finding 9 of the MEID locations to zero-out. If i cant use CDMA WS 2.7 do you know what program i could use before spending a bunch of money on software ? If buying a new phone will end up as much as software it wouldnt be worth it for me ya know ?

The Evo has OS Version 2.2 and Radio 1.36. Do i need to change either of those before going any further ?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gedster314:
I used a combination of Motorola QPST/QXDM and CDMAWS 3.5 (I bought this when I was playing with the Pre. Can't be shared with others because it checks their servers to verify if that PC has been registered with that user lic.). I used CDMAWS to search for meids and esns. Used Motorola QXBM to change the scm, zero out meids/esns and then write. I also used QPST to match the programming info with my donor phone. The thread at mobile-files mentions how other people dumped the memory locations without having a paid version of CDMAWS.

Even if you went out and bought CDMAWS, my experience is that CDMAWS can not change the EVO's meid on it's own. Maybe some CDMAWS experts can do it but I could not. So don't spend your money on that thinking it will be your savior. It's a great tool for doing programming and working on older phones but it seems to struggle with the newer stuff.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gqstatus0685:
Future Lesson:

When buying a Sprint phone on CL meet up at a Sprint sure and make sure they can activate it in the store. Once successful you then pay the dude.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tombepa:
Is it possible to get root access to remove preloaded apps in the terminal emulator? I am trying to remove the 3d gallery. I used

cd /system/app/

rm Gallery3D.apk

But then it tells me it is read only. I am trying to figure this out on my own but need help. Thanks
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bftb0:
before the "rm" command

mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system

or, in a separate command window you can do a

adb remount

I like to go in to the appropriate dalvik-cache (/cache/dalvik-cache for system apps on Froyo/GB ROMs) and /data/data folders to clear out the associated data and dalvik-cache entries. Sometimes this is not obvious for certain system pre-installed apps, but you can usually find hints with

strings /data/system/packages.xml

Clearly if you are doing this with the phone booted into the regular ROM, you should try to make sure that the app is not running, and you clear it's data and cache first (Using Settings -> Applications -> Manage applications)
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tombepa:
Thanks, I will try in a little while.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] preetb123:
how to root android emulator

Hi all,

I have All android SDK versions(from 1.5 to 2.3.3), and i tried many methods for getting root in android emulator. I don't use any android device and test everything on emulator(AVD).

below are my android versions and emulator specification::

Android SDK Version 1.5:

Kernel Version:

2.6.27-00110-g132305e

mikechan@cheetara #6

Build Number:

sdk-eng 1.5 CUPCAKE 150240 test-keys

Android SDK Version 1.6:

Kernel Version:

2.6.29-00177-g24ee4d2

veenstra@jackv)

Build Number:

sdk-eng 1.6 Donut 20842 test-keys

Android SDK Version 2.1 update1:

Kernel Version:

2.6.29-00261-g0097074

digit@digit#14

Build Number:

sdk-eng 2.1-update1 ECLAIR 35983 test-keys

Android SDK Version 2.2:

Kernel Version:

2.6.29-00261-g0097074-dirty

digit@digit#20

Build Number:

sdk-eng 2.2 FRF91 43546 test-keys

Android SDK Version 2.3.3:

Kernel Version:

2.6.29-00261-g0097074-dirty

digit@digit#20

Build Number:

sdk-eng 2.3.3 GRI34 101070 test-keys

I need to get root access in any one of the android emulator to use the 'iptables' and 'busybox' functionality. And to use iptables i must have root access. Atleast 'su' command should execute in the terminal emulator.

I also installed 'z4root' application, but it takes very long time and doesn't finish rooting, and gets stuck. some say that if we downgrade the system to below RC30, this way we can get root access...if this is true, then how to do this, i use both linux and windows OS.

please someone tell me any method to root my emulator...

i, very urgently need this. please please help.....

Thank you very much..!!
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bftb0:
Sort of an odd question, but whatever.

Every single one of the emulators is already "rooted" - see for yourself with

C:\WindozeSucks> adb -e shell
# id
uid=0(root) gid=0(root)

The emulators do not have a "recovery partition", so using rooting methods that try to install one (z4root, unrevoked, whatever) is doomed.

If you want to run "root apps", then what you want to do is to install the ARM "su" binary and the SuperUser.apk. Find the "engtools.zip" (or "engtools3.zip", I can't remember) in the Eris dev forum to locate the "SuperUser.apk" app and it's companion "su" executable.

Note that there is a pre-existing "su" binary (a different one) in the emulator at /system/xbin/su, so you need to rename it. Also, the partitioning is different in the emulator, (try "cat /proc/mtd"), so if you want to "root the emulator", you might do something like this:

C:\WindozeSucks> [COLOR=green]adb -e shell[/COLOR]
# [COLOR=green]cat /proc/mtd[/COLOR]
dev: size erasesize name
mtd0: 04000000 00020000 "system"
mtd1: 04000000 00020000 "userdata"
mtd2: 04000000 00020000 "cache"
#
# [COLOR=green]mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock0 /system[/COLOR]
# [COLOR=green]mv /system/xbin/su /system/xbin/su.old[/COLOR]
# [COLOR=green]exit[/COLOR]
[COLOR=grey](Unzip "engtools.zip" in the correct folder on the PC)[/COLOR]
C:\WindozeSucks> [COLOR=green]adb -e push su /system/xbin/su[/COLOR]
C:\WindozeSucks> [COLOR=green]adb -e install SuperUser.apk[/COLOR]
C:\WindozeSucks> [COLOR=green]adb -e shell[/COLOR]
# [COLOR=green]chown root.root /system/xbin/su[/COLOR]
# [COLOR=green]chmod 6755 /system/xbin/su[/COLOR]
# [COLOR=green]mount -o remount,ro -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock0 /system[/COLOR]
# [COLOR=green]exit[/COLOR]
C:\WindozeSucks>

enjoy.

bftb0

PS. Now that I have read your post even more thoroughly, it occurs to me that the kernels in use in the emulator might need to be compiled with CONFIG_NETFILTER, but I am not entirely sure of that - you can check that dependency yourself.

adb -e pull /proc/config.gz

gunzip -c config.gz | egrep '(IP|NETF)'

The very first one that I checked (the Cupcake/API 3 emulator) did NOT have CONFIG_NETFILTER built into the kernel. Sorry.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeff7790:
so i started using a galaxy s phone and i really like the music app that it comes with is there a way i can install this on my phone or can anyone modify the apk to make it work with the glacier.
[Venue Pro General] notebookgrail:
Folks, Now that we have opened Native COM Access for Dell Venue Pro, is there anything in particular that the community wants. If so, please chime in with your requests and i will see if i can build an app for it.

Current Work in Progress:

1. Registry Write access(will take sometime)
[Venue Pro General] downey_ryan:
It's so minor, but getting custom accent colors would be great.
[Venue Pro General] domineus:
as soon as it is released wmpu will cover it so far registry access is good enough!
[Venue Pro General] Saitek009:
A default search selector would be awesome.
[Venue Pro General] dilzo:
Has there been any progress with the registry write access?
[Venue Pro General] Thunder_47:
maybe this is a mango issue, but could you re-access the camera flash for a flashlight?

also how about a file explorer, or at least a way to add custom alerts (for text messages)
[Venue Pro General] notebookgrail:
Mango has killed everything. Unless there is a way to use the 'ID_INTEROPSERVICES' in the manifest file, its going no where. MS killed using that feature to access COM files/resources when sideloading.
[Venue Pro General] efjay:
How are htc & samsung phones still able to sideload after updating to the mango rtm?
[Venue Pro General] domineus:
carrying over the ability through the previous oems for the most part

seriously that's how

but I realize if a user doesn't eventually reset after an os update instability can happen so its like meh
[Gen8 General] cajl:
Many photos inside the 4.3 IT

http://www.jbmm.fr/2011/02/16/dans-les-entrailles-du-4-3it/
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jakuburban:
Hi guys,

I'm an owner of x10 and since 1 month I'm using a dual touch, but there is a problem.

When I touch left upper and right bottom side of the screen it fells like I would be touching left bottom and right upper side of the screen.(other way too)

I already tried it with eclair (2.1) and froyo (2.2.1), and it's still the same.

Can You say me if you have also the same problem?

I just want to know if it's malfunction in my x10 device or that's a problem with the files that make dual touch work.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] im_iceman:
try downloading a multitouch test from the market.. dual touch works fine on my phone.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lord Takyon:
Have you tried a reflash?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jakuburban:
I already tried multitouch test and as you can see on the picture it works wrong.

I've tried to reflash it on android 2.1 and 2.2 and it's always the same. I think that's a malfunction of my x10 if it works fine by you.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jakuburban:
I just realized it could be an issue of a screen protector. If your x10 work correct can you tell me do you have any screen protector write now?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ///MEDO:
Dont worry its not malfunction of your phone

i have the same thing too and i think everyone do

see this video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwwVCXdeIPE
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jakuburban:
Thanks

I see the only way to resolve this problem is just waiting for an update
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] im_iceman:
sadly.. the only way to get a resolution to this problem is to get a new phone with true MT support... the X10 will never be able to do it.. this "cross over" issue won't ever go away.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jakuburban:
That's why the sony ericsson didn't gave it full multitouch support.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xtreme144:
Hi all,

Today I installed HDRevo 2.0.11, before this I had 2.0.8. Made a backup and wiped data and cache. When I launched my phone I noticed that all my apps ect. where gona so I thought if I restore the backup I can backup my apps too with titanium. However I reinstalled the restore point, but now my phone won't launch anymore. It stays at the green HTC logo and nothing happens :S

Is there anybody that would be able to help me?

Thanx!
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tolis626:
If I were you,I'd reinstall 2.0.11 from scratch first.If it boots ok we go on.Then,go to recovery.When in recovery,go to backup-restore(or whatever it's called)/advanced restore and select to restore only data.See if that works. :)
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xdauser2000:
When flashing new roms backups or new you need to also do an erase and clear dalvic cache from recovery.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leppie:
Did you possibly install CWM 3.0.0.5?

I had the same problem last night.

Solution, reflash CWM 2.5. Then restore.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tolis626:
Both right!

Check these first Xtreme144! :)
[Galaxy Tab General] unanony:
Basically the problem is this:

I tried to flash a European firmware onto my Arabic tab that I purchased through Amazon with Odin 1.7, but I bricked it.

At first I could faintly see the Samsung logo (with no backlight) on the screen and hear the startup tune, but now, after who knows how many attempts with other firmware the screen is completely blank, and I hear nothing, but I can still go into download mode.

I completely lost track of all the firmwares I have tried, but now everytime I try to flash a new one Odin says:

<ID:0/008> Set PIT file..

<ID:0/008> DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!!

<ID:0/008> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/008> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/008> zImage

<ID:0/008>

<ID:0/008> Complete(Write) operation failed.

Any ideas as to how to fix it, or at least revert it to the way it was initially?

I'll be glad to answer any questions, if I know the answer!
[Galaxy Tab General] rangercaptain:
You probably have the dreaded protected bootloader issue. I can't give you any links now from where I am - can you search? Try "protected bootloader", "black screen with white line". I will check back and see how you are doing.

Can you do anything besides download mode?
[Dell Streak 7] spinn9000:
Just wanted to share for those who were unsure about how to get the Streak 7 into Fastboot, hold down power+vol down while powering up - hold until you get text on the screen saying in white text

"Starting Fastboot USB download protocol"

HTH...
[Dell Streak 7] Silrocco:
Stuck in Fastboot

I did vital mistake by going into Fastboot without enabling USB debugging and now I can not get out! :o

I tried holding down the power button for minutes and also reversed the the method in how how got into this mess [holding Power+Volume(-)] with no success. :(

The worst part is I just bought it and played with it for no more than one hour!! :mad:

Please help!!!
[Dell Streak 7] illdill:
Just use the pinhole reset by the sd card.
[Dell Streak 7] Silrocco:
I woke up this morning to a dead battery, I plugged the charger and let is sit for ten minutes. Then, It powered up...relief!!

Thanks for the tip on the reset pin hole button.
[Dell Streak 7] lou0611:
fastboot devices, does not see the dell streak 7, drivers are installed properly, adb works fine.
[Dell Streak 7] webvan:
Thanks, but when I do that I get 5 choices :

0 - Boot Up

1. Factory Reset

2. Software upgrade via upadte.pkg

3. Factory Reset

4. Power Off

If I keep on holding it says :

"Please release power key before selecting function!!!"

What's the trick to get into fastboot mode? Thanks!
[Dell Streak 7] Hellzya:
Power button plus - volume gets you into fastboot

sent from my re-engineered dInc
[Dell Streak 7] webvan:
Duh...the + had me think it was "volume +", works now, thanks !
[Dell Streak 7] spinn9000:
My apologies for the lack of clarity, I should have said to press and hold the power and volume - at the same time to get into fastboot..
[Dell Streak 7] illdill:
Fastboot Commands

Where do I type them in? If I launch Fastboot.exe (after resolving the adbwinapi.dll not found issue) it pops up in a command console but then immediately disappears. Do I have to use a standard command prompt? (cmd.exe) and if so, what directory do I need to be in?

Thanks.

Lol, this post seems funny now after all i've been through. How quick we learn.
[Dell Streak 7] Hellzya:
Run then cmd. Enter. You should be at a command window. If you have the device on plug it up and type adb devices. Enter. should pull up your serial number. Whatever path you created should read after the c:/ whatever path you created.

Sent from Re-Engineered dInc
[Dell Streak 7] illdill:
If I use 'adb' i get command not recognized. If I do 'fastboot reboot' I get <waiting for device>. If I do 'fastboot devices' it just reproduces the command prompt with no other response. Am I not properly mounted to the device?

Device in fastboot mode

Debugging enabled
[Dell Streak 7] Hellzya:
Your missing drivers then. Or you didn't create a path when installing sdk. I suggest a fresh install of sdk with this guide.

addictivetips.com/mobile/what-is-adb-and-how-to-install-it-android/

Sent from Re-Engineered dInc
[Dell Streak 7] WookieFan:
I have not checked this link, but assuming it's a good one, could we get the moderator to set it as a sticky?

I think a lot of us could use the adb walk-through on the first page of this forum...
[Dell Streak 7] bogdi1988:
Hmm. So i have used fastboot many times before and I can't seem to make it work for this device. 2 machines, sdk installed propperly and still no go. It can't find the device... any ideas?
[Dell Streak 7] Hellzya:
The drivers for the device are stored on the sd card. Mount your internal sd to your pc and pull the drivers. Install the driver for your os. That should fix it. If you installed sdk and the latest platform tools along with the google drivers you should be set once the drivers are installed. Also when you put your device into fastboot and plug it into the pc does it ask to install new hardware? Mine did. But seems like your missing the drivers.

Sent from Re-Engineered dInc
[Dell Streak 7] bogdi1988:
nope. drivers were installed. i see the device in the device manager. i tried version 2 of the drivers that comes with the streak and also tried version 4 that comes with the sdk. nothing :(
[Dell Streak 7] Hellzya:
Does adb work?

Sent from Re-Engineered dInc
[Dell Streak 7] bogdi1988:
adb devices shows the device when it is booted in android.
[Dell Streak 7] Hellzya:
Can you run commands through adb with a command window? If so then fastboot technically should work. What's it list in device manager under android phone? Something composite. When I get home ill see what mine says when Im in fastboot.

Sent from Re-Engineered dInc
[Dell Streak 7] bogdi1988:
I will check the device when I get home and update.
[Dell Streak 7] bogdi1988:
ok. so i don't understand what can be wrong...

i tried on the following: osx, windows 7 ultimate 64 bit, windows server 2008 r2 64bit, windows xp pro 32bit sp2.

in android i see: android adb composite devices. i can adb and can run commands, even shell.

in fastboot: 33% of the time i get device unrecognized, 33% of the time i get android adb device, 33% i get android adb device that would do a code 10 (unable to start). i can never see the device in fastboot.

in xp, i can not update the driver. i have the dell driver installed and it detects the device but i can not choose adb, composite adb, or bootloader interface as i can do in windows 7.

overall, i spent about 3 hours on this thing and i can not figure this out and it pisses me off.. i fastbooted my mytouch3g, my nexus one and my nexus s soo many times :(
[Dell Streak 7] bogdi1988:
ok. so here is what i did and got fastboot to work. will test if flash works but reboot just worked.

here is a modified .inf file.

download the sdk then using the sdk manager download the usb driver.

navigate to the driver. it will be in sdk\extras\google\usb_driver

replace the inf with the one i gave.

install the Android Bootloader interface by connecting the device in fastboot mode and pointing windows to the modded inf file.

now. fastboot devices will not work!

fastboot -i 0x413C reboot will work. all dell streak 7s use the VID_413C so fastboot can be pointed to that device ;)

will test flashing and update.

EDIT: these instructions are for windows. for mac i have no fix at the moment.

EDIT2: tested ./fastboot -i 0x413C reboot on a mac. seems to find the device but i get the following error: "rebooting... ERROR: usb_write failed with status e00002ed"

here is the modified inf View attachment android_winusb.inf.zip
[Dell Streak 7] bogdi1988:
WORKED! :)

fastboot -i 0x413C flash boot boot_v02.img

fastboot -i 0x413C flash system system_v02.img

fastboot -i 0x413C reboot

just flashed the perf tweaks. awesome! :)
[Dell Streak 7] Hellzya:
Did you create a path when you setup sdk? Glad you got it working. I run xp 32bit and first time i had the device in fastboot plugged it up and it found the drivers for me.

sent from my Dell Streak
[Dell Streak 7] bogdi1988:
everything was set up ok. if you looked in the inf from the original google drivers, they don't have the lines for the dell streak so it kept saying missing drivers.

but my way is pretty much guaranteed to work :P
[Dell Streak 7] Hellzya:
Cool mine works fine. Glad you got it up

Sent from Re-Engineered dInc
[Dell Streak 7] jason6616:
oh thanks a lot