Ask me any questions you might have about ATT pure and i will be more than glad to answer it for you here
Im looking to buy a pure in a week and unlock it for tmobile. Would i be better off unlocking it and having to work around the ATT ROM (I did this with my pantech duo and its not fun.) or install the stock Topaz ROM from htc. and if I do the latter (the best option all acounts) will I have to install any extra drivers the pure?
I am a newbee. I am just coming over from my Touch HD T8285 and need to know how to HSPL. I have read the thread but it keeps giving me a connection error. I am pretty familiar with flashing on my polaris, hd, tilt, but I am having a hard time with the pure. Any help would be great.
Came over from a moto q, how do I change the colors of the touch flo icons and bar, I already found where to change the start bar and the lower bar but touch flo is still att blue. Do I have to make a custom rom or edit some registry settings or what?
01eger said:
Im looking to buy a pure in a week and unlock it for tmobile. Would i be better off unlocking it and having to work around the ATT ROM (I did this with my pantech duo and its not fun.) or install the stock Topaz ROM from htc. and if I do the latter (the best option all acounts) will I have to install any extra drivers the pure?
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IIRC you will only get edge on this if you jump to tmobile. If you use the ATT rom, you will probably have media net setup automatically and it might be a pita to try to setup.
Maybe I read the specs wrong on the frequencies though
Yodarage said:
Came over from a moto q, how do I change the colors of the touch flo icons and bar, I already found where to change the start bar and the lower bar but touch flo is still att blue. Do I have to make a custom rom or edit some registry settings or what?
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You'll have to install a new theme that overwrites TF3D.
I just got my phone upgrade to HTC pure from ATT. I have bought the unlock from http://www.htc-unlocks.com/ ( Olipro ) .Everything went well for unlocking but when I restart the phone it went to dead. After HARD reboot shows as:
Security unlocked
TOPA210 32M
SPL-1.33.01 iMex
MicroP-Topaz (LED) v11
TPMFG DATA
512,555 190,897
191,208 833,208
833,899 calibrated
Can Someone here help ?
Thanks!
ATT Pure
How do you "reset" the Pure.
My old Tilt had a hole for the stylis to reboot it.
The reset hole is in the stylus housing, a small red dot.
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IIRC you will only get edge on this if you jump to tmobile. If you use the ATT rom, you will probably have media net setup automatically and it might be a pita to try to setup.
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thats what I thought. what drivers would I have to if I use the htc stock rom?
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Maybe I read the specs wrong on the frequencies though
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no your right about the frequencys. tmobiles 3g is 1700 mhz att is 1900 I think. I dont use mobile internet any way so 3g is not so necessary for me.
You are basically screwed if you thought you would get "3G" on tmob (then again, they don't have good "3g" coverage, so maybe you wouldn't notice).
Return the phone or admit your mistake.
Yea really, I don't see why ppl are buying this phone specifically desiged for the AT&T 3g Spectrum to use on TMO. But, then again TMO does have a unique choice of bands who no one likes to manufacture unless you get it from them. Atleast, Nokia makes AT&T band devices once in a blue moon.
Questions
I am not a newbie, but have some questions re my new Pure:
1 - Is there a program that can map and control all or more of the buttons using push and hold - like hbuttons?
2 - What about making the zoom area usable for special functions?
3 - is there a working TCPMP that can play all .flv files including the on2v6 codec?
I've only had mine for ~24 hours at this point. I had a Tilt before this, but I have a couple questions about the Pure:
1. The TouchFlo screens let you set the wallpaper for the home screen, but the other screens all have the Death Star logo. Is there a way to change that without flashing the ROM? I don't want to flash yet because:
a. it's too soon
b. the HSPL program didn't work.
2. Next to the USB port, there are two holes; one very tiny one above it about the size of a stylus point, and another to the right that is much larger. I'm hoping that the top hole is the microphone, and the one on the right is for a phone strap. Can anyone confirm that? I'd hope not to damage the microphone with my repeated attempts to hang a keitai strap from it.
3. Is there a way to remove the battery icon from the status bar on top? I plan to use a different one that I like better, so having the other one there is redundant.
In return for getting my questions answered, I will check back here and answer others' questions based on my experiences.
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Yea really, I don't see why ppl are buying this phone specifically desiged for the AT&T 3g Spectrum to use on TMO. But, then again TMO does have a unique choice of bands who no one likes to manufacture unless you get it from them. Atleast, Nokia makes AT&T band devices once in a blue moon.
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It's true. None of the 4 national CellCos (is that a word?) are compatible with one another. The ones that share frequencies don't share technologies. To exacerbate the problem further, Europe uses 2100MHz, which is different from North America. So, if you want 3G to work right, alas, you have to get a phone from your carrier.
Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UMTS_frequency_bands
Too many questions and so little answers? Where's our wiseman?
I just bought mine but I'm going to wait to see the answers, like that won't be posting the same questions
Archpope said:
I've only had mine for ~24 hours at this point. I had a Tilt before this, but I have a couple questions about the Pure:
1. The TouchFlo screens let you set the wallpaper for the home screen, but the other screens all have the Death Star logo. Is there a way to change that without flashing the ROM? I don't want to flash yet because:
a. it's too soon
b. the HSPL program didn't work.
2. Next to the USB port, there are two holes; one very tiny one above it about the size of a stylus point, and another to the right that is much larger. I'm hoping that the top hole is the microphone, and the one on the right is for a phone strap. Can anyone confirm that? I'd hope not to damage the microphone with my repeated attempts to hang a keitai strap from it.
3. Is there a way to remove the battery icon from the status bar on top? I plan to use a different one that I like better, so having the other one there is redundant.
In return for getting my questions answered, I will check back here and answer others' questions based on my experiences.
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3 - If you go to alarms screen the more tab (last tab) you can have the time show up at the top.
I just got the Pure from ATT store and happy me
I am a complete noob with windows phone, so bear with me
1. I connected my phone to the Wi-Fi at my house, and launched Opera. However 90% of the time the browser just simply could not load a webpage. Anything else that require data would not work either (this includes the weather tab). Every once in a while it would load up some data and then it would stop working again. Did I get a defective phone?
2. Like everyone else has asked, is there a way to change the blueish TF3D theme with ATT logo to something else?
3. On the Internet tab on TF3D, when I click Launch web browser it automatically directs me to att.net. Is there a way to change it to some other websites?
^
1. opera i have found is horrible on this phone. its has know problem working on the medianet setting on the phone when using wifi. go to the connection settings and change it to ATT isp and it will work. I use IE for browsing and Skyfire for flash
2. not on the stock rom
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1. opera i have found is horrible on this phone. its has know problem working on the medianet setting on the phone when using wifi. go to the connection settings and change it to ATT isp and it will work. I use IE for browsing and Skyfire for flash
2. not on the stock rom
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Works perfect! Thanks!
Any light on the default att.net homepage issue?
Related
I am looking for a quick and easy way to switch from 3G to Edge (Yes I have a Tilt on AT&T) from the today screen so that I can conserve battery life most of the time but get to 3G quickly.
I thought that phoneAlarm could do it by profile but it doesn't.
Freeware would be great since I am not looking for anything profile, time or location based but at the point I am open to whatever.
See http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=317982
(explicitly linked from the Wiki at http://wiki.xda-developers.com/inde...(GPRS & EDGE) modes to optimize battery life! )
Menneisyys said:
See http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=317982
(explicitly linked from the Wiki at http://wiki.xda-developers.com/inde...(GPRS & EDGE) modes to optimize battery life! )
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Thank you sir.. I have been on the board for too long trying to figure out some flashing things and got lazy.
I have working this issue from the phoneAlarm end as well since it seems to have decided to stop working on me for some reason
http://www.pocketmax.net/smf/index.php?topic=5374.msg37434#msg37434
Have a great weekend!
I did some more testing and the plot thickens (or at least becomes more complicated) I read here that the Tilt changes bands differently than other WM6 phones (although I have not yet figured out how) so I think that may be part of the problem.
I flashed _Alex_ ' s ultra clean ROM and the only thing I installed was phoneAlarm. The phone was connected to MEdia Net in 3G. When I switched to a profile that did not have 3G (selected as GSM in the options) the connection disconnected and reconnected, but it remained 3G.
The same was true in reverse if I selected a GSM profile and reset it would start is EDGE. If I changed it to 3G profile it would disconnect, reconnect and stay EDGE.
I started checking the comm manager (I am using a 10 button comm manager) and the 3G selector would change with the profile although the band switch would not occur.
What is funny is that if I used the 3G selector on the comm manager the band switched with no problem, following the same behavior patter of disconnecting and reconnecting.
I don't know enough to really dig in any further but I will keep googling how the Tilt changes bands and hopefully one of the more technically adept folks will have something figured out or can give me an assist.
dcdivenut said:
I am looking for a quick and easy way to switch from 3G to Edge (Yes I have a Tilt on AT&T) from the today screen so that I can conserve battery life most of the time but get to 3G quickly.
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3G and edge use the exact transmitted power! (Always on connection is the main problem!) An Ipod uses Edge which is slow. But what the hey, you have a question and it will be answered here...
Farsquidge said:
3G and edge use the exact transmitted power! (Always on connection is the main problem!) But what the hey, you have a question and it will be answered here...
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That is interesting, because I get significant improvements in battery life if I spend the day on EDGE vs 3G. In fact, my battery rarely lasts more than 3/4 of a day with light phone usage if I am on 3G! This experience would see to be pretty common and I have even seen something that says 3G uses up to 4 times as much power as EDGE. This was supposedly the reason why Apple made the iPhone EDGE not 3G.
I am not bashing you and there may some electrical engineering reason why they use the same transmitted power but real life this translates into something different.
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This was supposedly the reason why Apple made the iPhone EDGE not 3G.
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That does it!!! I'm finished...
One of the 10 key Comm Managers works. I don't recall what thread I got it in but it works fine for me.
HTC changed the old way to change the band in tilt. Now It isnt enought to change a registry key and reset the radio device. Now are needed dark and undocumented api calls to htc libraries. Bandswitch and commmgrpro(bandswitch + profiles) do it correctly.
Dani
danielherrero said:
HTC changed the old way to change the band in tilt. Now It isnt enought to change a registry key and reset the radio device. Now are needed dark and undocumented api calls to htc libraries. Bandswitch and commmgrpro(bandswitch + profiles) do it correctly.
Dani
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Thanks - I will pass this along to Bruce, who is the phonealarm creator, and is trying to fix this in his next release. Another reason I love the product!!!
Shameless plug for them but it really is an awesome product and the support is great! Worth every freakin' penny!
Farsquidge said:
3G and edge use the exact transmitted power! (Always on connection is the main problem!) An Ipod uses Edge which is slow. But what the hey, you have a question and it will be answered here...
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Uh, you wanna cite your source for that one?
I think HTC have been changing things again as my new Touch Dual, with latest bandswitch does not swap, it will allow the change and it even shows it in the system settings, but remains on 3G
A little divergent from the main topic thread, but:
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This was supposedly the reason why Apple made the iPhone EDGE not 3G.
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If Apple could have made it 3G they would have. Steve Jobs was quoted in an interview that the reason the iPhone was not released with 3G originally was that the hardware to make it 3G was not out long enough to be tested thoroughly at the time the phone was being built and tested, not the time it was released. Once the decision was made to go Edge, Apple couldn't release a much better phone within a quarter or two so the incentive to get it out sooner went away. I have it on good authority (rumors in the media also confirm this) that the 3G iPhone will be released Q2/Q3 in 2008. Also, given the popularity of the iPhone and Cingular's small but growing 3G network at the time of release, Cingular was concerned that not everyone that bought an iPhone would have been in 3G areas and would have complained about performance. This is why Cingular has seemingly accelerated the roll-out of 3G-ready areas faster over the last few quarters. This comes from a few friends at Cingular.
If a new 3G iPhone will have battery life as long as the current Edge iPhone (removable battery would be the bomb to carry an extra one or extra capacity, it will be a very compelling unit, despite the inability to add 3rd party apps. And to bring this full circle to the thread, if a 3G iPhone allows 3G to be turned on/off, look out Windows mobile....oh, and removable storage capacity, too, and GPS..., and a good IM program...
Try these Comm Managers. They both work perfectly fine on my tilt.
None of these work on the Dual as it moans about permissions when installing.
rolandrat said:
None of these work on the Dual as it moans about permissions when installing.
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Go to Settings>System> Memory>Running Programs and Stop the Comm Manager application. Then install the Comm Manager.
That should do the trick.
GarJones27 said:
Try these Comm Managers. They both work perfectly fine on my tilt.
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I am currently using the dutty black 3G and that works perfectly. What I have done is link comm manager to a button so I can access it quickly and switch as needed. Changing comm managers does not address the phoneAlarm issue since phoneAlarm changes reg keys (according to Bruce) and with the Tilt (and maybe the Kaiser) it takes "api calls" or something else I don't fully understand.
If there is anyone who knows how this works and would be willing to share with Bruce over at pocketMax so he can build this into a update release that would be awesome!
GarJones27 said:
Go to Settings>System> Memory>Running Programs and Stop the Comm Manager application. Then install the Comm Manager.
That should do the trick.
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Stopping everything and install worked thanks.
Hello All,
Been reading this forum for quite a while, 1st time posting. This community has helped me improve my life immeasurably in the past couple years.
I got an HTC Tilt a couple days ago. Unfortunately it's not able to be returned or warrantied. When I first turned the device on it saw the 3G network (or at least displayed the icon; I never had the chance to connect). I navigated to my sd card and went to delete Fieldtest.exe, which I had placed there for ease of use from my previous 8525 (I do some network testing for my job). I forgot and tapped it rather than holding down the stylus and opened the program; the 3G icon disappeared and went to E and I haven't been able to get it back. I've tried clearing the memory and have completely reflashed the device using the HTC retail ROM. Also tried kaisertweaks to enable HSDPA and the bandselect tool.
This is really bizarre. I don't think that Fieldtest.exe could have damaged just the 3G portion of the chipset.. but I'm running out of ideas. I've searched through this forum (finding wonderful nuggets of information as usual - can't wait to try Digitaltigre's method for using the Kaiser, or maybe old 8525, as DiNovo Mini) and others to try to find others with a similar experience and I've done the obvious (reflashing the radio I thought for sure would do it). Besides this the device works great - EDGE connects and is usable, voice calling works, tethering works, etc.
Any ideas you folks can come up with would be greatly appreciated,
Thanks,
Shoehopper
ROM: 1.62.502.0
ROM date: 01/17/08
Radio version: 1.27.14.09
Protocol version: 22.45.88.07H
And I'm in a very strong 3G area (-65 to -70 dBm typically)
did u try changing your rom or doing a clear storage?
I tried both. The ROM I reflashed was the same version as the ROM that was already on it however.
try a different one
are you sure your area is 3G enabled? or at least have decent enough 3g coverage.
try this one addon it's called band select. it adds a tab to your phone settings where it lets you pick auto, regular gsm (G,E), or 3G. You can then force it to be on 3G only. The problem is, if this doesnt work it may mean what you thought earlier that either your 3G chip is messed up or you just not in a decent coverage area for 3G.
i cant find it on my pc, if you do a quick search you may unveil it. hope that helps
using 3g off/on in comm manager works for me or if i wanna get serious i use bandswitch or comm manager pro www.commmgrpro.com
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...Unfortunately it's not able to be returned or warrantied...
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Why is this? Even a secondhand Tilt will be less than 1 year old, and covered by AT&T's warranty.
I tried using BandSwitch, when I pick UMTS it constantly searches for signal (... under the antenna icon and x on the connection icon). Selecting Auto reverts to E.
I am certain of being in UMTS area (Redmond, WA HQ building of certain large wireless organization.. which is also why I cannot warranty or exchange he device).
Thanks,
shoehopper
errr nm i did some homework. Thought i had an answer.
eeeekkkkkkk
weird. I have some bugs depending where i am if the signals are real strong, i sometimes cant seem to leave my wifi on and stream info over 3g AND use my bluetooth. Are you running anything else at ALL. ? in the case i mentioned, i sometimes have to turn off my wifi to get my bluetooth to work.
Maybe some weird bug w/ something else your running?
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Why is this? Even a secondhand Tilt will be less than 1 year old, and covered by AT&T's warranty.
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Found on the side of the road?
fell out of the truck?
Stolen?
It was company provided, which means I'm not out anything personally, but it does have a $ value nonetheless. Being company provided but outside the retail channel, it is not able to be warrantied or returned. Sheesh.. people assume the worst.
I am not running any fancy connections. Haven't even turned on the Wifi or Bluetooth. No programs (besides the aforementioned kaisertweaks, and now BandSelect). It's not that it doesn't connect; it doesn't even SEE that there is UMTS coverage available, only EDGE.
Thanks,
shoehopper
I'd try a warranty exchange anyways, if I were you. (Once you've determined if there is a hardware problem...) Supposedly the warranty follows the device, no matter what channel it takes to get to the current end user. Anyways, that's what I've heard, and it wouldn't hurt to try. Just call customer service and ask for the warranty department.
I've spent every free moment of the past few days looking at Hero ROMs trying to find one that would suite me best. And I am coming up with a lot of mixed feelings about different ones. I was wondering if you guys know of a stable and not laggy rom that has most of what i am looking for:
2.1
Backlight for the keyboard
voice search
Car Home
Bluetooth(i know it is hard to find but if you know, let me know please))
Wifi working(and wifi tethering)
Autoatic Google account sync
I am runing a G1 with Amons Recovery latest radio and danger SPL. Thank you in advance.
ttyrawa said:
I've spent every free moment of the past few days looking at Hero ROMs trying to find one that would suite me best. And I am coming up with a lot of mixed feelings about different ones. I was wondering if you guys know of a stable and not laggy rom that has most of what i am looking for:
2.1
Backlight for the keyboard
voice search
Car Home
Bluetooth(i know it is hard to find but if you know, let me know please))
Wifi working(and wifi tethering)
Autoatic Google account sync
I am runing a G1 with Amons Recovery latest radio and danger SPL. Thank you in advance.
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None of them, Bluetooth does NOT work on ANY Hero/Sense rom for the G1
As far as I know, 2.1 hero roms do not have keyboard backlights.
I have saw some 1,5 that have BT. But I kinda figured no 2.1 had BT yet. And how sure are you on the backlight, because that is kind of a big one for me. Thanks for your help in advance
You ask for too much. Options 1, 2, and 5 won't work. Options 2 and 5 won't work with Option 1. I'm not sure about Option 4. I'm sure Option 3 will work but only with the Android Search Widget. Option 6 will work for most ROMs. And Option 7 is a yes for most ROMs.
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You ask for too much. Options 1, 2, and 5 won't work. Options 2 and 5 won't work with Option 1. I'm not sure about Option 4. I'm sure Option 3 will work but only with the Android Search Widget. Option 6 will work for most ROMs. And Option 7 is a yes for most ROMs.
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What he said, btw he needs to check his pm's
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I have saw some 1,5 that have BT. But I kinda figured no 2.1 had BT yet. And how sure are you on the backlight, because that is kind of a big one for me. Thanks for your help in advance
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No, no sense rom for the G1 has bluetooth, never has, probably never will
Unless HTC shows us some LOOOVE! And stops calling us Illegal ROM MAKERS who BREAK RULES, but then BE NICE. COUGH COUGH loll.
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Unless HTC shows us some LOOOVE! And stops calling us Illegal ROM MAKERS who BREAK RULES, but then BE NICE. COUGH COUGH loll.
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Actually, that's Motorola. HTC has given XDA to continue its pursuit in the perfect Sense ROM (I'm pretty sure HTC "borrows" some of these changes"). And the only confrontation I've heard about with legal issues was Drizzy vs. Motorola (Not sure if this was true or not, but not my place to judge) and Google vs. Cyanogen (Which was over a perfectly valid, but imo stupid, reason)
Oh. Well then they're losers if they steal from us. And yeah, because Google tried to stand in our way to not allow us to get what we want, but Cyanoegn found his way around things, and now they're cool again =D
"You do the math of putting those together" -Chahk
So you guys are sure Backlight won't work with 2.1 hero?
No. It won't. And neither will BlueTooth. But you're all set for Tethering, Voice Search, Google Sync, Car Home, and 2.1 is up to you. I suggest Vegaman's Legend Port.
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So you guys are sure Backlight won't work with 2.1 hero?
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There is a temporary fix of changing the Display brightness WHILE the keyboard is open (for some reason this rubs the right file in the system the right way) and all lights on the phone will automagically light up, but this stops as soon as the phone is put into sllep mode (or standby, or screen turns off, using synonyms now, aren't I?)
Stop using big words like Synonyms, Antonyms, Metaphores, Onomatopoeias, it makes you sound smart and like you know what you're doing, and no body likes a person who uses big words and proper gramer. Btw, don;t spel ur wordz ritte.
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There is a temporary fix of changing the Display brightness WHILE the keyboard is open (for some reason this rubs the right file in the system the right way) and all lights on the phone will automagically light up, but this stops as soon as the phone is put into sllep mode (or standby, or screen turns off, using synonyms now, aren't I?)
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How would one go about doing this?
ttyrawa said:
How would one go about doing this?
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Settings>Sound & Display>Brightness, move the slider while the keyboard is out
There's an app in the market i use to manually turn on and off the keyboard backlight. It's called "Backlight Off", and its pretty useful since I have a white G1 and sometimes the backlight makes the keys unreadable. I haven't tried any 2.1 sense roms, so maybe this app can fix it? Lol, I might be way off but its worth a shot=p
first post and epic fail for me!
FYI, I rooted and flashed multiple droid phones to GB in the past with no problem.
I followed the wrong instructions and flashed my Galaxy Tab 7 in with the rooted kernel (i have the wifi only version)
I am unable to get into download mode or boot up. When i hold down the power and volum controls, I get the LCD backlight turned on, but nothing else.
Same thing with the power button alone. Once i release the button, the light goes off.
It doesnt look like windows or Odin is even seeing the device when connected. I think I'm boned
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first post and epic fail for me!
FYI, I rooted and flashed multiple droid phones to GB in the past with no problem.
I followed the wrong instructions and flashed my Galaxy Tab 7 in with the rooted kernel (i have the wifi only version)
I am unable to get into download mode or boot up. When i hold down the power and volum controls, I get the LCD backlight turned on, but nothing else.
Same thing with the power button alone. Once i release the button, the light goes off.
It doesnt look like windows or Odin is even seeing the device when connected. I think I'm boned
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It does sound like it is bricked, if you are interested I can un-brick this for you send me a PM if you are interested.
well, fortunately for me, i just got this today and called up circuit city saying "uh, i think my uh...ipad type thing... galaxy something is broken" lol
put on the old "i r dumb in tech" routine and am getting a new one shipping for next day service (for free)
Appreciate he offer though, however, I do have a question.
Does this work at all for wifi only? Or is this strictly GSM?
I thought the rooting files were optional and THAT part was GSM needed
nope...you can only flash roms that are made for Wifi only models...GSM roms will not work on Wifi only models due to differing infrastructure....furthermore wifi only model has downgraded CPU as well as GPU and Bluetooth
hitokiri2007 said:
well, fortunately for me, i just got this today and called up circuit city saying "uh, i think my uh...ipad type thing... galaxy something is broken" lol
put on the old "i r dumb in tech" routine and am getting a new one shipping for next day service (for free)
Appreciate he offer though, however, I do have a question.
Does this work at all for wifi only? Or is this strictly GSM?
I thought the rooting files were optional and THAT part was GSM needed
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To answer your question if you got the wifi only version, then thats it.
GSM version are T-Mobile and AT&T and also has wifi as well and
CDMA version would be Verizon and Sprint and wifi.
There are several different reasons to root:
1 - Installing a different flavor / version of Android
2 - Enabling cellular phone dialing
3 - etc, etc
Just be carefull when you root
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To answer your question if you got the wifi only version, then thats it.
GSM version are T-Mobile and AT&T and also has wifi as well and
CDMA version would be Verizon and Sprint and wifi.
There are several different reasons to root:
1 - Installing a different flavor / version of Android
2 - Enabling cellular phone dialing
3 - etc, etc
Just be carefull when you root
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yeah, i screwed up.
I dont mind the weaker cpu and junk as it is a gift for my brother (he is the best man at my wedding), but I wanted to root, get rid of bloatware and throw on GB (gb is rockin on my droid), then throw on launcherpro and some other things. You know, but this nice and smooth and junk.
But I killed it. Wont happen with the next one as it doesnt seem like there is any type of gm rom for the wifi only model
Hello fellow droid people.
Ok here is my question/questions. I apologize in advance if some of these questions are redundant with others, but I am at work at the moment and my search functions are limited due to web lock downs.
So I know a bit about what I'm doing in terms of flashing and backing up with safe-strap (v3.05). Currently I'm running MiniMoto v1.6 on a 5.7.906.xt862 system version on the Verizon US network.
My first question is what are the benefits of swapping to the xt833 over the xt862, if there are any at all.
My second question is dealing with the 3g vs 1x connections. I usually get a 3g connection just fine, but soon as I switch to any heavy internet usage, steaming music, downloading/updating from the play store etc, it will drop down to a 1x connection and my data will slow down drastically I grandfathered into the unlimited data from Verizon so idk if its a cap thing or what.
My last question is that when I turn on the GPS it takes a drastically long time to find any satellites to be able to do navigation. I tired installing the GPS status app which seems to help a bit but still takes a long time to connect that first time after its been off for a while.
Lastly, not really a question I suppose, but I am looking for suggestions too on ROMS to run. My biggest issue, as I'm sure with most people, is batter life and looking to get the most out of it. I do run Juice Defender Pro and with the minimalistic approach of MiniMoto I do get a lot of battery life. I guess what Im looking for though is something that is VERY bare bones, no extra stuff at all, not even gappps, at least on a fresh install, and with the features to customize what I want to have on there, almost like a build your own capabilities. For example I notice most ROMS I've tried (Ive run CM9 a long time ago on an x2, Steel Droid, v3 i think, and now MiniMoto) and they all have things like the Flicker Authorization on it, I have no use for that personally. yes I know I can freeze it with Titanium Backup (which i have also) or rename the .apk file to like .apkb or something, but I am looking for something where its just not there, if its out there.
Thanks for making it though this wall of txt and look forward to participating on here after a long time lurking and using the forums for info
Another question that just popped into my head, if someone can point me in the direction of how to apply the build.prop things that get put out, Ive seen a lot of things about them, but never been able to find how to apply them it would be appreciated.
-Waff
-Droid x2 - returned to get the Droid 3
-Droid 3 .906 x862 running MiniMoto
-Asus Transformer 300
1) The 883 radio/build.prop is used to unlock GSM in the USA. Totally unneeded and will disable your CDMA part of your radio from my experience unless you want to unlock for T-Mobile/AT&T.
2) The 3G/1X switching may be you needing to do a *228. But you can force 3G by *#*#4636#*#*, Phone Information, EVDO only. Note: You won't get inbound calls or texts, as those use 1X.
3) Minimoto is about as barebones as you can get. If you want more battery life play with the overclocking and keep it at 1 GHz but change governors and stuff. I get through the day just fine. What are you expecting? Maybe you have apps that you download that are killing it (like Words With Friends is notorious for me).
Thanks for your response MrObvious
As to the 3g/1x thing. Ya i don't want to force 3g that way as i do still need to receive calls and such. I have tried the *288 a few times and its doesn't help at all, I'm thinking its just a bad location in my office as that seems to be where I have the most issues.
For the battery thing. Its not that I see a big drain on it, far from it when I know I'm going to need to be maximizing it I can just use Juice Defender to cut the pushes and radios that aren't needed to a minimum and I can easily get a full day plus of standby. I was just looking for a way to maximize what I did have already.
It is two two eight not 288.
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Google talk
Also new to flashing roms, and I am using minimoto 1.65. Do you know how to get google talk installed?
guyland123 said:
Also new to flashing roms, and I am using minimoto 1.65. Do you know how to get google talk installed?
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Good source.
http://goo.im/gapps/
guyland123 said:
Also new to flashing roms, and I am using minimoto 1.65.
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before you add the gapps from above, might want to upgrade to 1.7, he just put a new version out a couple of days ago with some fixes and more removal of things. and it requires a full flash, not just an update.