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just got a G1 with me. i dont have a t-mobile sim with me, but i know the first thing the phone goes to is to set up a gmail account. is there anyway round this?
would it work if i got a normal sim and just put credit on it, like say £10, and then the phone will just use up the credit to register with a gmail account? or do you have to absoloutely have some sort of special plan? i put in my blyk sim with an x-sim IV and it accepted the sim, thinking it was a t-mobile sim. but i dont have any credit on the sim so the connection times out, was thinking of putting some credit on the sim to see if it will connect?
cant you do the setup over wifi? but i cant get into any menus to set it up?
if you absoloutely have to get a bloody t-mobile web'n'walk plan then that, in my opinion, is just as bad as the whol apple ipone thing, what a rip, i'll be selling the phone then.
but if anyone know of how to get around this or if it'll work off credit, then please let me know.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=452316
i love you.
well i type in reboot and nothing happens oh well i guess its time to sell it, but do you know if it would be possible to activate over normal credit on your sim or does it have to have a special t-mobile data plan?
Zub7 said:
well i type in reboot and nothing happens oh well i guess its time to sell it, but do you know if it would be possible to activate over normal credit on your sim or does it have to have a special t-mobile data plan?
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Search is your friend. The phone does not require TMo.
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well i used search and got nowhere. i found one thread about not needing a t-mob data plan but it requires access to the phones APN settings which i dont have
APN settings are available by pressing the menu button when in the setup. Can't remember if is right at the "Touch the android" or not. Just search the forum to get the needed APN settings for your carrier.
There are APN setting of different carriers in this thread
The way I did it without a data plan was to get someone that has a data plan and insert their Tmobile sim card in your G1. After you are able to log in, go into setting->data synch, and uncheck everything. Now you are able to use your Sim card and access the phone without the gmail authentication.
Hi Guys,
I just snagged a T-Mobile G1 off eBay in India and turning it on I found that pattern unlock thingy.Not knowing what the pattern was I did the wrong pattern 5 times and then got stuck on the username/pwd screen.I couldnot go anywhere after that.I consulted some guys on the net and they asked me to give it the alt+w treatment.An voila, now my phone is asking to be reactivated via google. I neither have a T-Mobile SIM, nor am I in T-Mobile coverage. How do i unlock my phone? Is there any way I can flash some unlocked ROM into it so I could get some actual service out of my device other than being a friggin' paper weight. Did I completely fry it?Is there any hope? Please help me....
Thanks
Its not fried... but you will need to flash a modified firmware. But in order to do this you need root access. So, you will need to borrow someone else's T-Mobile sim card. Change your APN at the login page to use the Edge network (there are guides on here on doing that) and then login. Gain root access with again, another guide we have written on that. Finally, flash a modified G1 firmware, preferably JF or Haykuro builds which allow you to skip all that. However.. what service do you even plan on using with your G1? Understand that likely only ATT/ Cingular will work minus the 3G coverage which abolishes pretty much half the functions on the G1, but either way thats what you need to do first.
You dont need tmobile to unlock it from that screen, you can enter apn settings for your area and connect to any local network.
I'm in norway and I could activate mine just fine, I just had to put in my carrier's settings in the apn screen. Also worth noting that you can only get to the data roaming screen if you restart the phone (it'll say "you have lost network connectivity <something>" and allow you to open that screen).
downgrade to rc 29 using dream img from how to downgrade. then look at how to activate without sim topic. activate and voila ur good to go
Hey everyone and before I start I would like to say thank you for everyone that helps and any help is greatly appreciated!
Ok, so I bought an unlocked T-Mobile G1 off of eBay and I plan to use it on the Rogers Canada network. I inserted my friends Rogers SIM and it works perfectly, just he has no data plan so I was unable to get past the enter your gmail account screen. I will get a Rogers SIM card for myself soon, but seeing as I just spent $450 on the phone I don't have much money left to pay for a plan right away, but I would still like to be able to use the phone for things like internet over WiFi and such until then.
I believe the phone has RC30 on it or higher because as I read here if I enter "<enter>reboot<enter>" and nothing happens I have RC30 or higher. Does this mean I am going to have to wait until I have a data plan with Rogers to begin using my new toy?
Thanks again for any help,
Brad
cant you skip the gmail account part?
bradtraver said:
Hey everyone and before I start I would like to say thank you for everyone that helps and any help is greatly appreciated!
Ok, so I bought an unlocked T-Mobile G1 off of eBay and I plan to use it on the Rogers Canada network. I inserted my friends Rogers SIM and it works perfectly, just he has no data plan so I was unable to get past the enter your gmail account screen. I will get a Rogers SIM card for myself soon, but seeing as I just spent $450 on the phone I don't have much money left to pay for a plan right away, but I would still like to be able to use the phone for things like internet over WiFi and such until then.
I believe the phone has RC30 on it or higher because as I read here if I enter "<enter>reboot<enter>" and nothing happens I have RC30 or higher. Does this mean I am going to have to wait until I have a data plan with Rogers to begin using my new toy?
Thanks again for any help,
Brad
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~sigh~ there's already a guide on how to activate your phone using WiFi without the data plan. Go search it up. Once you can access the phone, you can check your version by going into Settings>About Phone if its over RC30, then just downgrade to RC29 and root it using the guide. Also, you can look up the Roger APN settings and just manually add it in to temporarily use the data connection to activate the phone and then just turn it off when you're done. That's what I did. Once you get to the activate screen, just hit menu, APNs, then add APN and google the Roger Network APN settings and enter those in.
How do I downgrade from RC30+ to RC29? All the tutorials I have found say I need to change the settings (which I can not do because I can not get past the No Sim Card / Emergency Call screen).
Could I follow this tutorial (minus the unlocking) and put in the Rogers APN using the EDGE connection to activate it?
bradtraver said:
Could I follow this tutorial (minus the unlocking) and put in the Rogers APN using the EDGE connection to activate it?
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Yes, that's what I was trying to say above...
h.nocturna said:
Yes, that's what I was trying to say above...
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Ok, thanks. I just wasn't sure which tutorial you were refering to and if I could use EDGE instead of 3G to set it up.
Ok, so I got a SIM card, got it activated, got these apn settings (i found when i put 720 for mnc instead of 72 the EDGE logo showed up) and it shows 4 bars for signal and it shows the E logo with the up and down arrows but it still says my SIM card is not provisioned for data services, but it is. Any help?
Thanks,
Brad
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I just realized that the up and down arrows even flash white every once in a while while it tries to communicate with google but it still fails. I really want to use my phone
bradtraver said:
Ok, so I got a SIM card, got it activated, got these apn settings (i found when i put 720 for mnc instead of 72 the EDGE logo showed up) and it shows 4 bars for signal and it shows the E logo with the up and down arrows but it still says my SIM card is not provisioned for data services, but it is. Any help?
Thanks,
Brad
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I just realized that the up and down arrows even flash white every once in a while while it tries to communicate with google but it still fails. I really want to use my phone
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Try the WiFi method.
I can not figure out how to run the adb program. I installed RC29 and enabled adb on the G1 but I can not get the program to run on my computer..
bradtraver said:
I can not figure out how to run the adb program. I installed RC29 and enabled adb on the G1 but I can not get the program to run on my computer..
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What's wrong with the adb on your computer? Its hard to help when I don't know what's wrong.
Sorry, I didn't mean anything is wrong with it, just I can not figure out how to run it.. I read that I have to install eclipse and then update it with adb here, is this correct?
bradtraver said:
Sorry, I didn't mean anything is wrong with it, just I can not figure out how to run it.. I read that I have to install eclipse and then update it with adb here, is this correct?
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? Shouldn't be that hard. Just grab the SDK from somewhere, its everywhere, just use google. Then once you have it, you go under tools and you should see the adb.exe as well AdbWinApi.dll, take both of those, and copy them to c:\android (make a new folder). Then plug the phone into the computer, but do not mount it. Go to device manager and look for the Android Device (or whatever it may be called). Update the drivers to the ones found under usb_drivers from the SDK and you should have adb up and running.
To use it, go into command prompt (cmd) and type:
cd c:\android
then from there, run your adb commands.
It worked! I cant thank you enough!
bradtraver said:
It worked! I cant thank you enough!
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No problem, this is what this forum is for, could you do us a favor and added [SOLVED] to your title so others know?
Will do, one thing though.. How do I change it?
bradtraver said:
Will do, one thing though.. How do I change it?
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Edit your first post and change the title from there.
I would like to say, just to follow up I am now getting to know my way around ADB fairly well, I have updated my phone to Cupcake, realized I wanted a rooted phone, downgraded to RC29, updated to JFv1.41 because I couldn't find a working 1.51 build online, then am updating to 1.51 now. I would just like to say thank you so much, I have learned everything here so far and can not thank you enough!
-Brad
Again, you're very welcome.
Hello, i got a G1 from my cousin, so i cant use it yet but im the 1st day,
i can still use the "camera, calculator and some of the apps, it happens that i wipe-out the datas. but now i discover to make an update that some1 instructed me to do this.
1. Go here: http://code.google.com/p/android-roms/downloads/list
2. Download this: signed-kila-ota-148830.de6a94ca.zip [8th in the list]
3. Rename it: update.zip
4. Place it on your SD card
5. Put SD card in phone. Reboot holding the Power and home buttons.
6 Apply the update...
7. Done.
but then i cant even still see those apps like camera's bar code reader,
calculator etc.. is there a way to see those? or i now need to get an unlock
pin to activate the phone and see those apps?
my phone is 2weeks nothing to do ><
all i can see is the emergency calls xD
Is it asking you to sign in to google?
I'm not really of your scenario, you're using a t-mobile SIM, right? When I got my G1 I didn't have a t-mobile SIM, so all I could do is use emergency call until I unlocked it. Thing is, when you factory reset your SIM unlock is still retained, so I don't really see how this is possible...
So we can understand what happened.
-The phone worked fine
-you factory reset
-Applied that update
-it's asking for a code
Is it an unlock code (for the SIM) or a gogle sign-in?
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Is it asking you to sign in to google?
I'm not really of your scenario, you're using a t-mobile SIM, right? When I got my G1 I didn't have a t-mobile SIM, so all I could do is use emergency call until I unlocked it. Thing is, when you factory reset your SIM unlock is still retained, so I don't really see how this is possible...
So we can understand what happened.
-The phone worked fine
-you factory reset
-Applied that update
-it's asking for a code
Is it an unlock code (for the SIM) or a gogle sign-in?
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First of all thanks for replying bro, its really appreciated
i got my G1 without a T-mobile sim card. so if i put a sim from here
it ask for a pin and also requires me to sign in tio google.
how to fix? or the only way is to get it unlocked?
coz samehere i only can use emergency call xD
so you have an rooted locked g1 and you what? Hard to follow the conversation
If you're not on tmobile you need to purchase an unlock code, you can buy them on ebay for about $15/£10. They will ask for your IMEI. Never publicly post your IMEI. If you see one really really cheap, make sure they are going to give you the code, rather than tell you how to unlock.
After thatyou need apn settings for your carrier, press menu, enter those and sign in.
cmsweet21 said:
First of all thanks for replying bro, its really appreciated
i got my G1 without a T-mobile sim card. so if i put a sim from here
it ask for a pin and also requires me to sign in tio google.
how to fix? or the only way is to get it unlocked?
coz samehere i only can use emergency call xD
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if your phone isnt unlocked and you dont have the unlock code, DO NOT PUT IN A FAKE UNLOCK CODE!!! YOU WILL PERMANENTLY LOCK IT!
follow these instructions
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=452316
AdrianK said:
If you're not on tmobile you need to purchase an unlock code, you can buy them on ebay for about $15/£10. They will ask for your IMEI. Never publicly post your IMEI. If you see one really really cheap, make sure they are going to give you the code, rather than tell you how to unlock.
After thatyou need apn settings for your carrier, press menu, enter those and sign in.
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Thanks for those replies peepz.
btw, what will i do is i will call my cousin who gave me this G1 (coz he lives in USA )
I will ask him a favor to get me a "UNLOCK PIN" for the G1 then i will give my IMEI to him.
and hopefully will get the code after a days.
When it Success, what will i do next? i will need "APN Settings"? i dunno that yet xD.. where can i find the settings? and will i need to have wifi connection?
thanks in advance.
Bump! Bump! Bump!
cmsweet21 said:
Thanks for those replies peepz.
btw, what will i do is i will call my cousin who gave me this G1 (coz he lives in USA )
I will ask him a favor to get me a "UNLOCK PIN" for the G1 then i will give my IMEI to him.
and hopefully will get the code after a days.
When it Success, what will i do next? i will need "APN Settings"? i dunno that yet xD.. where can i find the settings? and will i need to have wifi connection?
thanks in advance.
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did your cousin originally have tmobile? what he can do is call tmobile and say that he sent his g1 overseas to his cousin as a present... jus tmake sure you tell him the IMEI number found on the back of the phone when u take out the battery first before he calls tmobile..
tmobile will give him the unlock code thru email within 24hours.
if he didnt have tmobile then the only thing u can do is buy the unlock code.preferably ebay.
a lot of apps use data. so apps that use internet and such will not work since there is no SIM in it. u need a sim with a data plan. but u can use the phone over wifi. no calls but download from market and browse the web.
PM me so i can walk u thru. more things.
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did your cousin originally have tmobile? what he can do is call tmobile and say that he sent his g1 overseas to his cousin as a present... jus tmake sure you tell him the IMEI number found on the back of the phone when u take out the battery first before he calls tmobile..
tmobile will give him the unlock code thru email within 24hours.
if he didnt have tmobile then the only thing u can do is buy the unlock code.preferably ebay.
a lot of apps use data. so apps that use internet and such will not work since there is no SIM in it. u need a sim with a data plan. but u can use the phone over wifi. no calls but download from market and browse the web.
PM me so i can walk u thru. more things.
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yea actually its a present.. i try to ask him to call tmobile as soon as i got a chance to call him.
ur reply is highly appreciated bro. tyvm
anything u can offer me? any tips/tricks? heh tytyty
dumba$$
ifits t-mobile andits still askingforur sim pin its not asing for an unlock pin
GSAI029 said:
ifits t-mobile andits still askingforur sim pin its not asing for an unlock pin
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nope, i dont have t-mobile sim. ><
BUMP BUMP!!!
cmsweet21 said:
BUMP BUMP!!!
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Its unnecessary to bump unless you have the unlock code cuz there's not much we can help you with until then.
I have a weird issue, and was hoping that maybe someone could shed some light on what I am seeing.
I just got a used G1 on ebay, which I want to unlock. When I put an ATT GoPhone sim in and boot the phone, I am not prompted for a sim unlock code. It is not unlocked, I know the this as I do not connect to the ATT network at all and cannot modify any of the APN settings on the phone. I know that I need the prompt for sim unlock to actually unlock the phone. Fortunately, I just found an old international sim laying around and that one seems to trip the prompt for the sim unlock. My questions - why does the GoPhone sim not cause the phone to prompt me for an unlock code?
Thanks for your time.
Hmmm that is a good one. I used a normal att sim and it asked for the code, is it a older sim? Maybe one from the cingular days? To weird man.
the gophone sim is a new sim, just purchased and activated. I know the sim is okay, because I can use fine in another phone.
I have an unlock code on order. Hopefully, using my other sim to trigger the code request, I will be able to do the unlock. Hopefully, then, the gophone sim will work fine. I hope to post positive results back later.
thanks
Yea you can unlock it with any sim and switch to another and it will work. I know a few people on here use att gophone sims so you should be fine.
so I was able to sim-unlock the phone using a different sim.
I still have a real problem though - when I put the gophone sim in, I still find myself unable to connect. I even go to settings>wireless controls>Mobile Networks>Network operators and try to manually select at&t. When I do, it says "registering on at&t" for a while and then says "Your SIM card does not allow a connection to this network". Again, I know this sim works - I have been using it in another phone.
What do you think I am doing wrong?
Thanks
It sounds like something is ****ed up with the sim, even though it works for the other phone. Do you have any friends with att sims? Something really sounds off here and if it isn't sim related then I don't know what it could be.
will try to find someone with an AT&T sim, but I don't know what the deal is. I even tried an international sim (that should roam on t-mobile here), but I could not get that to connect. I have tried putting in a tmboile sim and that seems to be the only thing I can to talk to a network
As a side note, no APNs show under settings>wireless controls>Mobile Networks>Network>Access point names when I put non-tmobile sims in. When I add one, it still does not show up on the list.
arg
no more advise? any where else I can ask for help?
Thanks,
Ryan
uiucryan said:
no more advise? any where else I can ask for help?
Thanks,
Ryan
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what rom are you using?
cyanogenmod 4.0.4, but the initial problem was being seen with multiple roms
thats odd because i thought he had the large apn file in his rom
david1171 said:
thats odd because i thought he had the large apn file in his rom
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from what i read that is true - but I do not see them
to note I just loaded "The HTC ADP 1.5 CRC1 ROM" from
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=538456 and still I cannot seem to connect to at&t
uiucryan said:
from what i read that is true - but I do not see them
to note I just loaded "The HTC ADP 1.5 CRC1 ROM" from
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=538456 and still I cannot seem to connect to at&t
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i'm sorry i do not know more about the apn side of things i have a tmobile contract so i don't have to worry about that. sorry
I will open a new thread as the thread title no longer accurately reflects the issue.
Thanks,
Ryan
There is a thread for ALL APN's in one of these dream forums. try that one, make sure you save the APN when you enter it to, dont just hit home or whatever.
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There is a thread for ALL APN's in one of these dream forums. try that one, make sure you save the APN when you enter it to, dont just hit home or whatever.
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I do click save and it does not show up on list.
FIXED!!!!
To note, I finally got connected to the At&t network.
Please see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=4469651 to see how I finally got connected.
Thanks to those who helped