settings>about phone>model number>t-mobile G1
the problem.... i have a rogers htc dream
it's not really that big of a deal but it is really irritating to have the tmobile bootscreen and have my model number set as tmobile is there anyway to change this? preferably w/o bricking my phone
I'm not 100% sure but I think you can fix this by editing your build.prop file. I remember a while back when CM ROMs had your Dream labeled as the ADP1 and all the T-Mobile users couldn't use the T-Mobile apps someone found a way to edit your build.prop and fixed that.
it will say tmobile g1 based on what rom you are using.
I was ebi1 and went to ebi0.
There is absolutely no reason for you to go back to ebi1, it will only provide more of a hassle when flashing roms and ect.
If you are still interested in switching back to ebi1 pm me (although i dont know why you would )
no thank you i do not wish to go back, it's much easier this way i just want to get rid of any hints to tmobile as i have never used their service in my life.
ps. if it was the rom i flashed how come it changed my splash1 ?
I'm pretty sure that the G1 bootscreen was flashed when you flashed the DRC83_Base_Defrangled rom. If you want to change it, use the bootscreenflasher 3000 tool from these forums (I think its on the G1 themes section). Also, to make it say rogers under the settings menu, just change the build.prop. (or build.trout.prop, I forget which). Open it with notepad and everytime you see Tmobile G1 just change it to HTC Dream (or whatever you want...). Also, while your there, you can change the android version number it displayes, so if you want you can make it show your on android 3.0 gingerbread lol.
themapleboy said:
settings>about phone>model number>t-mobile G1
the problem.... i have a rogers htc dream
it's not really that big of a deal but it is really irritating to have the tmobile bootscreen and have my model number set as tmobile is there anyway to change this? preferably w/o bricking my phone
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/system/build.prop (or could have a "trout" in there...)
Your phone was broken by someone who doesn't understand that there is NO SUCH THING as a "tmobile g1" -- they are ALL "HTC DREAM".
so i looked into my DRC83_Base_Defrangled rom and it said nothing about a g1 tried reflashing it to no avail. is there anyway to see the file's inside my phone? maybe that way i can adb in a new prop file if that one is messed up.
EDIT: nevermind i found out u can see the files with linda and it was build.trout.prop ........ anyone know what the command is to push that with
$ /ANDROID/android-sdk-mac_86/tools/adb push /ANDROID/build.trout.prop /system/build.trout.prop
failed to copy '/ANDROID/build.trout.prop' to '/system/build.trout.prop': Read-only file system <-- because apparently i don't
EDIT:EDIT: yh i forgot to remount lol it worked now and my phone is now a htc dream again........to bad splash 1 is still the same
You can change the first boot screen using this tool. Its easy to use.
And some quick adb commands for you to know
adb remount (always do first)
adb push C: (location) /system (install/push files to phone)
adb shell rm -r /system/app(apk name) (removes unwanted apps)
EDIT: SOLUTION FOUND!!! HERE (see also the P.S.: Disabling Fast Dormancy on v20s stock)! and file download HERE (Keep in mind this file was for v10E Europe Open)!
After I made the upgrade on the new 10E European Open, the browser keeps getting it's homepage to live.vodafone.com, and a bunch of vodafone bookmarks keep appearing after every phone reset.
I managed to delete them with "Bookmarks Manager", but they keep appearing on reboot, what's worse, they don't work, the pages are not loading and is driving me crazy.
I tried deleting browser.db, setting read only flag to 0 in browser.db for the selected bookmarks with sqlite editor and then deleting, everything, I just can't get rid of these bookmarks once and for all!
Please help!
Maybe if I do some wipe data on some system APP will solve the problem (with Titanium Backup), but wiping the data for the browser doesn't do the trick (only temporary fix)
P.S. Bookmarks Manager was a very good solution for Orange Bookmarks on older firmware, but these VODAFONE ones are very persistent! I tryed an ORANGE sim and the same situation happens but with Orange Bookmarks, once phone reboots, the damn bookmarks get resurrected!
I think these bookmarks are stored somewhere in a file and once phone reboots are read and automatically created... It's very annoying because even my homepage gets changed everytime phone reboots...
Some more info:
I don't want to let this die, here is my experience:
Before I used 10B Orange Romania, and once the bookmarks were deleted, they dissapeared forefer, but maybe because that firmware is (was) intended only for orange phones, so, in truth the phone didn't needed to "PUSH" new bookmarks on reboot.
This only happens with 10E European - OPEN, because, probably being a OPEN firmware it's actually supposed to support all carriers, so maybe the phone scans the sim for carrier name and automatically PUSHES the HOMEPAGE and BOOKMARKS...
I'm in the process of testing this theory with NO SIM, it should NOT push any bookmarks in this case... And what do you know... I'm right, with no SIM, there are no bookmarks loaded! Insert a phone sim and that carriers bookmarks get pushed on the phone! Even the homepage stays untouched!
Could we use this info to trace the program that does this??? if yes HOW?
Try bookmarkymark (free in Market), it got rid of my preinstalled bookmarks, too.
HTH!
I can delete them, the problem is how to make them stay deleted... They come back on every reboot!
Same problem with my P970 on a Red Bull Mobile contract.
NEW INFO and SOLUTION!!!
quyTam said:
@valakinaki & @mihaiolimpiu
and all those who have problem with operator bookmark.
I've got the same problem with a previous rom version, LG black loads operator bookmark from sim card ! è.é
finally (after trying frezing all services), I've found the service who cause that !!
"FlexProvider"
After freezing this service, the problem is solved (but freezing this service crash the default SMS app, so I have to use Handcent)
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Ok, so I found this service resides in:
/data/data/com.lge.providers.flex/
/lib/ dir is empty
/databases/ has two files:
error_report.txt and flex.db !!!Every info for this is stored in that file and by editing this file we might find the answer!!
EDIT:
Yes, indeed the database has all the bookmarks and nasty homepage stored, the problem is that every modification to the file brings flexproviders service to FORCE CLOSE...
PROBLEM FIXED!!! JUST SET read/write for Owner/Group/ALL after you copy the file over!
You will need to have ROOT access to copy the file!
I used http://sqliteman.com/ to edit the file, the info needed is in the table flexinfo:
BRW_SETTINGDB_HOME_URL_I: browser homepage <-SET TO WHATEVER YOU WANT!
BRW_SETTINGDB_CURRENT_HOME_URL_I: current browser homepage <-SET TO WHATEVER YOU WANT!
BOOKMARKDB_CNT: how many bookmarks are loaded from database <-SET TO 0!!! YAY!!!!
BOOKMARKDB_NAME_1_I: name of bookmark <-just ignore if BOOKMARKDB_CNT is set to 0
BOOKMARKDB_URL_1_I: url of bookmark <-just ignore if BOOKMARKDB_CNT is set to 0
FIRST you have to go to the table flexoperator, and find your operator index - OPERATORKEY, for example ORANGE RO is 115!
Then go to flexinfo to operator index you want and find above fields and modify accordingly!
THANKS quyTam for the hint... I couldn't do it without the info you provided!!!
P.S.: Flex.db can be used to disable Fast Dormancy on Gingerbread 20s stock rom, and maybe other Roms:
On v20s, add the requested line to build.prop ro.ril.fast.dormancy.rule=0 and editing flex.db in /data/data/com.lge.providers.flex/ and setting datacom_fastdormancy from 10 to 0 for your operator... tested, fully working, phone now is taking 36-48 hours to fully discharge in stand by mode, from 16-24 hours MAX!
Keep in mind that I had two operators, and with one of them the fix was not needed, the battery problem only occured when I changed Networks!
Or you could use this SQL commands to alter the entire file:
SELECT flex_name, operator_index, user_values, default_values FROM "main"."flexinfo" WHERE flex_name LIKE '%BRW_SETTINGDB_CURRENT_HOME_URL_I%' OR flex_name LIKE '%BRW_SETTINGDB_HOME_URL_I%';
update "main"."flexinfo" SET user_values = "http://www.google.com" where flex_name LIKE '%BRW_SETTINGDB_CURRENT_HOME_URL_I%' OR flex_name LIKE '%BRW_SETTINGDB_HOME_URL_I%';
update "main"."flexinfo" SET default_values = "http://www.google.com" where flex_name LIKE '%BRW_SETTINGDB_CURRENT_HOME_URL_I%' OR flex_name LIKE '%BRW_SETTINGDB_HOME_URL_I%';
SELECT flex_name, operator_index, user_values, default_values FROM "main"."flexinfo" WHERE flex_name LIKE '%BOOKMARKDB_CNT%';
update "main"."flexinfo" SET user_values = 0 WHERE flex_name LIKE '%BOOKMARKDB_CNT%';
update "main"."flexinfo" SET default_values = 0 WHERE flex_name LIKE '%BOOKMARKDB_CNT%';
or download this already edited file and copy over yours (every operator has no bookmarks, and every homepage set to google.com )! I didn't tested the file but it looks ok... I tested only the file I edited for myself! I grabbed the file from EUROPEAN v10E OPEN.
Copy the file over to /data/data/com.lge.providers.flex/databases/flex.db
Don't forget to change permissions on the copied file or you will get a Force Close bonanza!
cool, thank you for analysing it (my method was a little bit "rough" ^^')
I'll try your file.
Please post feedback, I searched the web high and low for a solution to this problem, I'm so excited I finally got my phone back clean and tidy ...
Permissions?
I'm an Android noob...how do you set 'permissions' and what should they be set to for this?
With file manager of choice
Use your file manager of choice to set the right file permissions, I use file expert (search for it on market) which is free, has root support and overall is a g great alternative to astro or root explorer...
The permissions need to be set so that the file sistem has read/write permission to the file, when you copy the file on sd card (like me) the permissions are all screwed up...
Remember, that to do this hack, your phone has to be rooted to have write access to system partition...
mihaiolimpiu said:
Ok, so I found this service resides in:
/data/data/com.lge.providers.flex/
/lib/ dir is empty
/databases/ has two files:
error_report.txt and flex.db !!!Every info for this is stored in that file and by editing this file we might find the answer!!
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Thanks for the solution, I copied your flex.db file to my phone. However I only see /data/ not /data/data/ .
Do I need to be rooted to do this? Sorry but this is my first android phone...
Edit: only see now that it has to be rooted.. thanks.
Yeah it's my second android HOWTO, and I'm learning how to write it along you... I think I made pretty good explanations, but at the moment it's all scattered around, I'll try to make a point by point tutorial, and will edit one of the posts to make it easier to understand and apply on your phone!
Yeah, the phone has to be ROOTED, and if you try to apply this patch to another phone (other than LG O Black) first you have to find your flex service, on motorola I think the database is stored in /data/bla bla flex or something, other manufacturers have different names for the flex service, or they didn't made the bookmarks permanent and you simply don't need this hack!
The /data/data/com.lge.providers.flex/databases/ dir is on system partition, that you normally don't even see if your phone isn't rooted!
BE CAREFULL, this flex database has other info stored in there, practically it configures your whole network, and if you encounter problems , maybe it's better do edit the database by hand, I provided the full SQL command to do that on your PC...
mihaiolimpiu said:
Yeah it's my second android HOWTO, and I'm learning how to write it along you... I think I made pretty good explanations, but at the moment it's all scattered around, I'll try to make a point by point tutorial, and will edit one of the posts to make it easier to understand and apply on your phone!
Yeah, the phone has to be ROOTED, and if you try to apply this patch to another phone (other than LG O Black) first you have to find your flex service, on motorola I think the database is stored in /data/bla bla flex or something, other manufacturers have different names for the flex service, or they didn't made the bookmarks permanent and you simply don't need this hack!
The /data/data/com.lge.providers.flex/databases/ dir is on system partition, that you normally don't even see if your phone isn't rooted!
BE CAREFULL, this flex database has other info stored in there, practically it configures your whole network, and if you encounter problems , maybe it's better do edit the database by hand, I provided the full SQL command to do that on your PC...
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Hi, okay so I've just rooted and verified that it is rooted. I would rather want to use the file you provided.
I installed file expert, renamed my flex.db to "flex.db old" (so I have a backup) and copied your flex.db into /data/data/com.lge.providers.flex/databases/ then changed the permissions to read and write for owner and group.
But when I open the browser it still opens the default home page, I thought it should open google.com.
Am I missing something? Thanks for the help so far.
You are right, it should open www.google.com!
Restart your phone... and the new file should be loaded! or maybe you could have that page open in a new window in browser (Navigator), try closing all browser windows to auto load homepage.
Oh, I remembered, some Operators, don't make their homepages PERMANENT, so maybe it's enough to change the homepage??? I don't know yet hot to remove PERMANENT HOMEPAGE... this is why I set them all to www.google.com!
Q: What about perma - bookmarks are they gone?
If it still opens default page please post feedback with country and operator, and I'll check the file for errors! or if it needs adding some setting if let's say your operator isn't listed!
YOUR FEEDBACK is very, very, very important, because I can only test 2 networks, and from my tests this is all I can do, maybe a setting is different for your operator, I didn't changed anything else (things I don't know what they do - that would be stupid no?).
I rebooted shortly after my previews post but to my horror the "force close" message appeared and I had to keep on dismissing it.
I managed to get into the file manager and delete your flex.db that I copied. It seems like it created a new flex.db when I rebooted again.
The "force close" problem is gone now but I am still stuck on the default home page.
The "force close" issue has something to do with permissions right?
I used the same permissions as the flex.db file that was there in the first place:
read and write for owner and group...
The "force close" thing scared me, it just kept on popping up again and again. I almost thought I bricked my phone.
Edit:
perma links? don't think I have any.
Yeah, the force close message appears if permissions are not set right... It needs read/write for Owner/Group/ALL!!!
I will test the file myself right now to make shure it all works OK! just wait a few sec and I'll post the test result!
Ok, I tested the file, checked all permissions -> phone rebooted, everything works as it should! Homepage set to google.com, no bookmarks anywhere!
Keep in mind I have V10E Europe Open, maybe if you have another firmware you need to manually modify your file... I'm not going to do a reflash just to test ... but, if you still get that FC message, just delete the file and it will go away.. Yeah, I know it's scary but keep it cool and you can fix it quickly by deleting the file!
If you want just open the file on your PC side and see how yours and mine looks.. or check for a VERY different size of the file, if there is a VERY BIG difference, chances are that your service loads a different kind of file and then only solution is to do it manually!
I uploaded a screenshot, see the homepage set to google.com, and only my bookmarks, not even one operator bookmark in sight!
mihaiolimpiu said:
Yeah, the force close message appears if permissions are not set right... It needs read/write for Owner/Group/ALL!!!
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Success! I just needed to add permissions to ALL.
Thanks for the help. I am running Android 2.2.2 V10a.
I just test your DB, it works perfectly !
I think I'm on v10c (Nova Rom), with Belgian provider.
And I don't have given permission to "All", only to "Owner" and "Group" (as the original file).
Thank you very much !
I'm very happy to hear this! Thank you!
I also found out, that every carrier pushes 4 or more RSS adresses for an RSS reader??? have you been bothered by this?? does it need changing?
I think the most common are Engadget, CNN, and 2 more...
More detail on my work:
I searched the database, there are two values regarding browser homepage per carrier, (FROM MEMORY) browserdb_homepage_default_i and browserdb_homepage_current_i, I tried putting {NULL} there, deleting the value, a space, anything, it just doesn't let you change the homepage permanently. On boot it gets overwritten by some default android address (still google.com but more chars), so I decided to give it a rest for the moment.
I'm pretty happy with the results, this would of been great, but, in whole sincerity, who uses a different page different from a good search engine?
So, just consider the file I provided version 1.0!
First of all, please tell me and I'll move this Thread if it is in the wrong section. This is a fix for the problem I faced many many times while changing ROMS, and it actually made me stay on Pillama for a very long time, this is because that was the only one where my APN settings worked/stayed.
So if you have recently changed to a different ROM and you don't have 3G and your APN settings won't stay, here's the fix.
This works providing you have a restorable backup of a ROM with Working 3G and you have an external SD Card.
Boot into Recovery. You can do this via Rom Manager (Downloadable from the PlayStore)
Restore to the Rom which your Mobile Data (3G) works on.
After you have rebooted and you're back on your ROM with working 3G download Root Browser. This is available from the PlayStore.
Navigate to your System Directory.
Look for a folder named 'etc', and go into it.
Scroll down until you see 'apns-conf.xml' hold down on it and select copy.
Navigate to your External SD Card and Paste the file somewhere memorable.
Go into Rom Manager and clear all your caches (Dalvik Cache, Wipe Cache, Format System, clear data) just basically remove everything.
Do a clean install of the ROM that you couldn't get 3G to work on.
Once you're up and running go into the PlayStore and download Root Browser.
Go onto Root Browser, and navigate to your System Directory/folder and into 'etc'.
Delete the 'apns-conf.xml' that is in there.
Navigate to the External SD and copy the 'apns-conf.xml' from there.
Go back to System/Etc and paste the file in there.
Reboot your device.
Go to Settings > Look under Wireless & Networks, underneath Data Usage you should see More... > now select Mobile Networks > Access Point Names > press the menu tab in the bottom right > select Reset to Default. Select your carriers one! Congratulations!
I'm just speaking from personal experience, this problem caused hours of trouble for me and I want to help you guys, so please don't hate if it doesn't work for you! Thanks guys
It's working but only in situation when APN setting disappeared after changing ROM. When phone can't read correctly MNC and MCC codes from the beginning even editing apns-conf.xml and changing codes wont help. I studied this issue few days and didn't find fix for it. There are few carriers in Europe which can't be used in our phones and for now only changing SIM Card for newer version can help.
Okay, just thought I'd give back to the community writing about my experiences with the phone, I'm only 13 though so my knowledge is pretty limited.
Don't worry, I'm not complaining. I just add little correct for Your tutorial cause it was pain in the a** for me and even what You described wont help if You have fu**** up SIM card.
I was given a P9 as a gift.
It was simlocked to Vodafone so I unlocked it with dc-unlocker to use my 3 SIM instead.
I would like to remove the Vodafone branding on the phone by replacing the ROM with a stock one.
I am unsure where to get this and how to install it.
Can someone point me in in the right direction and explain how?
My primary machines run Ubuntu but I do have access to OSX and Windows machines if need be to assist.
i think there is no full firmware yet anywhere?
I have the exact same question! I can purchase the P9 through Vodafone for £329 unlocked but I would like to remove the Vodafone branded firmware. I will be keeping an eye out for firmware posts :good:
You can get the phone payg from Vodafone for 300 plus 10 for a payg sim, ask in store. Ice done that, unlocked the phone, and works fine. Debranding will follow, but for now it's an awesome phone for that price!
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I need a stock rom as well. I decided to give the phone to my wife after using it for a day and had issues wiping it. Finally restored the stock recovery and was able to wipe.. thought all was well. Fast forward to today and a few settings don't work properly and the themes app no longer works as well. Would like to reflash the full rom if possible. I even applied an update from one of the other threads but that didn't fix the problem.
I'm waiting for mine to be delivered so this saves me asking same question
How did you find DC unlocked? Any good
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Excellent, but I chose to "read" the unlock codes from the unlock menu rather than allowing the app to write over the firmware. Much safer and worked a charm.
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NeutronBomb said:
I need a stock rom as well. I decided to give the phone to my wife after using it for a day and had issues wiping it. Finally restored the stock recovery and was able to wipe.. thought all was well. Fast forward to today and a few settings don't work properly and the themes app no longer works as well. Would like to reflash the full rom if possible. I even applied an update from one of the other threads but that didn't fix the problem.
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I had the same problem but managed to get themes working again as follows:
Download the stock themes from http://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-7/themes-apps/huawei-mate-8-huawei-p9-stock-themes-t3354404
Create a folder /data/hw_init/system/themes on the phone (thanks to this thread for the pointer)
Put all of the hwt theme files in this folder
Change all the permissions so that directories are world-executable (i.e., chmod 755) and files are world-readable (i.e., chmod 644)
Reboot and you should be able to apply themes as usual
tnhh said:
I had the same problem but managed to get themes working again as follows:
Download the stock themes from http://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-7/themes-apps/huawei-mate-8-huawei-p9-stock-themes-t3354404
Create a folder /data/hw_init/system/themes on the phone (thanks to this thread for the pointer)
Put all of the hwt theme files in this folder
Change all the permissions so that directories are world-executable (i.e., chmod 755) and files are world-readable (i.e., chmod 644)
Reboot and you should be able to apply themes as usual
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Did have any other problems aside from the themes missing? I've also had problems with changing my voicemail call forwarding number which worked just fine before I wiped it. Also had other random glitches that weren't there before the wipe.
NeutronBomb said:
Did have any other problems aside from the themes missing? I've also had problems with changing my voicemail call forwarding number which worked just fine before I wiped it. Also had other random glitches that weren't there before the wipe.
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I don't use voicemail so I'm not sure if I have that problem. I did notice that the Huawei Fit app (or whatever it's called) has disappeared. But I don't mind since I didn't like my lockscreen reminding me how unhealthy I am!
tnhh said:
I had the same problem but managed to get themes working again as follows:
Download the stock themes from http://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-7/themes-apps/huawei-mate-8-huawei-p9-stock-themes-t3354404
Create a folder /data/hw_init/system/themes on the phone (thanks to this thread for the pointer)
Put all of the hwt theme files in this folder
Change all the permissions so that directories are world-executable (i.e., chmod 755) and files are world-readable (i.e., chmod 644)
Reboot and you should be able to apply themes as usual
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How do I [*]Change all the permissions so that directories are world-executable (i.e., chmod 755) and files are world-readable (i.e., chmod 644)?
Thank you.
Can anyone describe this process clearly please? Also, the links to the P9 themes are dead too.
Many Thanks