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HTC Census

I was on my way out to go rock climbing with my wife when a US census taker was making the rounds at our condo complex, he was using one of the HTC/Harris Census handhelds.
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The ONLY visible difference was that the Harris logo was on the top left and the HTC logo was on the top right of the case. The HTC Melbourne is named for the Harris' hometown of Melbourne, FL.
No, it does not have a keyboard like reported in other stories.
I did not find out what carrier network the device was on, so no idea was type radio is being used. Or even if the radio was enabled for voice/data or data only.
It looks a lot more rugged than ANY regular HTC device.
http://blog.htc-unlocks.com/2008/11/29/htc-melbourne-htc-converse/
And contrary to Olipro's blog... The Census subcontractor DID NOT act like a "census nazi", he was quite pleasant actually. He did not ask to take fingerprint scans or for any personal data at all, right now the device appears to be strictly to accurately map street address data to GPS coordinates.
I have a friend who is starting with the Census Bureau in the next week or so, I am going to try to get a better look at one the devices.

Here is Service manual for this rare device
http://rapidshare.com/files/209478659/HTC_Melboume__SM_A03.pdf

Here is what I have found out:
The contractors receive 2 days of inside training and then a day of field training. The rank and file have to turn the device in to their team leaders at the end of the day. Team Leaders and QC are allowed to take their devices home. Part of the training does involve the data transfer, either OTA or via the RJ-11 modem.
The device boots to the mapping software, so they end user does not see the underlying WinMo OS. The devices are activesync capable and any work done happens at the regional office the device is assigned to. My contact did not see what was done prior to servicing the device but I suspect that the device was put into bootloader mode and reflashed. They were able to confirm that the device was connected to a Windows PC and that there was some type of remote diagnostic software used prior to the re-flash. Sorry, my contact is not a tech person so some of the specifics are lost on them.
The users are required to sign several NDA's prior to the device being issued to them. The serial # and asset id # are mapped to that user for Inventory control. The fingerprint scanner is used for user login only "at this time"...
The first phase of the contract runs until June of this year, so I will have quite a few chances to actually get my hands on one. If I do, I'll try to dump the ROM to SD Card using BuzzLightyears Grab-It. But I am going to wait on that until the end of the Phase 1 contract.

Screen to small for me and no physical keyboard
Thanks anyway for sharing

RiverRat812 said:
I'll try to dump the ROM to SD Card using BuzzLightyears Grab-It. But I am going to wait on that until the end of the Phase 1 contract.
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I work for the census and your comments trouble me. You would do well to abandon this idea. You know better than to tamper with our machines. Need I mention the oath you took, or the prison sentences listed in your manual?

Someone from the census bureau came to my house and immediately I was intrigued by this device. I didnt ask to see it, but tried very hard to get a better look at it. I could swear it had the verizon logo on the front of it instead of the logo pictured, but they look so similar I could be mistaken. Although useless to anyone who does not work there it would have been neat to play with.

Can't tether with root (rogers dream)

Hey all!
Ok so i have rooted the rogers dream to i could tether the phone to my PC. now i have done this i cant see to tether, i have tried 2 different apps (code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/ and tetherWifi)
I dont seem to get an error message from the first tether program but the second seems to say "error: su: access granted"
Is there some way that maybe the app has not been given super user access?
Thanks!

Any help would be amazing

I am pretty sure to tether you have to call into Rogers and get tetheing activated first. I know for the iphone you have to do this. It should be the same deal with the Dream.

phantom1260 said:
I am pretty sure to tether you have to call into Rogers and get tetheing activated first. I know for the iphone you have to do this. It should be the same deal with the Dream.
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WHAT?????? Are you serious, thats the worst advice ever. You don't call them up to have it activated. I'm sure Rogers is like T-mobile and frown upon tethering cause it hogs up bandwidth.

Yea and while your at it tell them you rooted your phone. Tethering involves 0 help from your carrier, all your doing is sharing the connection from your phone so if it's not working something isn't setup right.

Also since bad advice is being given out. Go ahead and flash the new spl with the old radio. I heard that turns your phone into something cool.

Ya i know it sounds wierd but i guess there allowing it to sell larger data plans or soemthing.
I double checked on the Rogers site it says you have to have a minimum 1GB data plan to do tethering.
Thats why i thought you have to call in because the iphone prompted me to call in when i was trying to do it with a 512 MB data plan.
Scroll down to the bottom and you will find the tethering FAQ this page is for the iphone but i'm sure same rules apply to the Dream
http://www.rogers.com/web/content/wireless-products/iphone_faqs
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@Phantom - Dude really just STFU.
@tiptop33 - Make sure you are rooted and that you have USB Debugging turned on. Without USB Debugging the SU app will sometimes timeout.

Fingerlickin said:
@Phantom - Dude really just STFU.
@tiptop33 - Make sure you are rooted and that you have USB Debugging turned on. Without USB Debugging the SU app will sometimes timeout.
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LOL... Do we need to throw up a pic..... ok you made me with that comment.

Whose doing our Wreckin Crew graphic?

Well first off.. rogers in there plan you can tether why the hell would i call them and ask for it??
but yeah i think i found the problem i needs some program that allows and disallows apps access but dont know what its call!
But yeah thanks for the help eh!

System Update

Checked for an update and got this. It is about 21MB.
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Most of us have it already

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Most of us have it already
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I just saw this now so I'm updating it now. How come my phone didn't automatically tell me about the update? I would think it would tell me as my other phones have in the past. I'm crossing my fingers this update helps my wifi issues.

RobinsonR810 said:
I just saw this now so I'm updating it now. How come my phone didn't automatically tell me about the update? I would think it would tell me as my other phones have in the past. I'm crossing my fingers this update helps my wifi issues.
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My IMS wasn't registered and this fixed it. Thats why I took it.

civiksi said:
My IMS wasn't registered and this fixed it. Thats why I took it.
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I took tbe update and my IMS is still unregisterd. What does that mean? How can i fix it?

djbling said:
I took the update and my IMS is still unregistered. What does that mean? How can i fix it?
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IMS = IP Multimedia Subsystem
IP = Internet Protocol
SIP = Session Initiation Protocol
With setting off, SMS is sent/received over 1x circuit switched connection
With setting on SMS is supposedly sent/received over a SIP session over IP (e.g. LTE)
I got this from another thread. Did you try rebooting it again? When its registered I definitely sent and received texts much faster

civiksi said:
IMS = IP Multimedia Subsystem
IP = Internet Protocol
SIP = Session Initiation Protocol
With setting off, SMS is sent/received over 1x circuit switched connection
With setting on SMS is supposedly sent/received over a SIP session over IP (e.g. LTE)
I got this from another thread. Did you try rebooting it again? When its registered I definitely sent and received texts much faster
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Thanks, I've rebooted still un-regested. I"ll try a factory reset later

RobinsonR810 said:
I just saw this now so I'm updating it now. How come my phone didn't automatically tell me about the update? I would think it would tell me as my other phones have in the past. I'm crossing my fingers this update helps my wifi issues.
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This update was the Day One update that should have been installed the day you purchased the phone. It is sort of like a last minute final version of the software that should have been on the phone before you got it. Never did find out any information about what it covered.

Ally Android said:
This update was the Day One update that should have been installed the day you purchased the phone. It is sort of like a last minute final version of the software that should have been on the phone before you got it. Never did find out any information about what it covered.
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I'm still on 21.21.12 and I never updated, my phones seems to be running fine..
Sent from my XT1254

Never updated here either

Found out that you must register the IMS on your My Verizon page. It's under features(no extra charge):laugh: For some reason you can't do it on your phone, you must do it from a computer. After registering I got the "Voice HD" or "VoLTE" updatehttp://cdn3.xda-developers.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

Ally Android said:
This update was the Day One update that should have been installed the day you purchased the phone. It is sort of like a last minute final version of the software that should have been on the phone before you got it. Never did find out any information about what it covered.
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It added VoLTE.

meskes said:
It added VoLTE.
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The VoLTE patch was not the day one patch. There have been three OTAs for the Turbo so far.
21.21.15 was a last minute bug fixer.

We think the Lollipop output. Do not like

Location automatically turns on when Wifi connects

After I got my phone every time location turns on the google message would pop up with the message improve accuracy approve decline etc.
I would always decline.
Then I found if I was connected to my wifi and left the house, upon returning the phone would auto connect to wifi and when it did location services would automatically turn on and the Google message would pop up approve or decline.
It was driving me nuts so I went into every app and turned off the option to change system settings but sure enough every time wifi reconnected the location service would turn on and the pop up would occur.
In the end I relented and selected approve.
Now I find if I select location and change preferred method for GPS to phone only or battery saver.
Now when my wifi reconnects location will turn on for maybe 1-2 seconds then switch off, thankfully he pop up doesn't appear now.
But if I go into the location settings straight after it has changed from preferred method of phone only or battery saver to high accuracy.
Seems dodgy, anyone else get this?
Never occurred on my s7
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Could it be something like emergency 911 calling trying to get your location? I remember I had some issues with 911 calling having problems on wifi with locating my position, some time ago, but don't remember details any more. This may be required by law or at least concern your safety. But I'm not exactly sure what is your concern, once you're on wifi your internet address is known and location can be tracked more or less, by routers you're connected to, even if it takes some time.

Which option are you using? I'm assuming the middle one ?
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I was using the bottom one phone only. Saves on power.
What I find odd is that once wifi reconnects location turns on changes setting to high accuracy then turns off.
Never had that happen on any other phone.
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Mine doesn't do that. But then again I don't use WiFi, will have to check.
Edit. Just put WiFi on and its still on phone only.
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Thanks, it must have stuffed something doing the smart switch from my S7. I guess I could factory reset but I can love with it now
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Try turning off adaptive WiFi.

Yeah it's off. Since I've only been able to google one other person that has had this problem and it was on an s8, I'd say my mine has just glitched. Maybe a carry over from smart switch as I never use it when changing devices but this time I did.
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Mine does this too!!
Is it an app doing it I wonder? I would have thought that's no longer possible so it's gotta be the system. I never noticed it doing this prior to the Oreo FW update

behelit said:
Mine does this too!!
Is it an app doing it I wonder? I would have thought that's no longer possible so it's gotta be the system. I never noticed it doing this prior to the Oreo FW update
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Mine does this from last month,
Looks caused by google play service upgrade, a window will be pop-up for asking you improve the location accuracy as well.
Still not fixed.
Thanks
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Probably caused by smart lock?

I have a note5, this was happening to me as well. I turned off "wifi-calling" and it stopped the wifi from turning itself on.

probable solution
I've got the same problem on s8+
I've set off Nearby device scanning @ settings -> connections -> more connections settings. And I've not seen any improve location accuracy prompts since. So far so good.
Edit: nope, it did not worked out. After I switch the display off and on prompt appears.

Has anyone found a solution?
My S8 is doing this too: dozens of times a day location will turn itself on, prompting the high accuracy message to pop up, interrupting whatever I'm doing - which is starting to get really annoying.
All app permissions to location services are off already.
I think it might be to do with WiFi calling. Has anyone found a solution yet?

I have a somewhat annoying pop out, but in my case, every time I open the phone app, appears a " turn on location? " it happens 7 out of 10 times, not always

On Android
Turn off "wifi calling"
Go to wifi settings > turn off "detect suspecious network"
Thats all !

Getting lots of wifi notifications, can't stop them

Hi all - I've searched everywhere but cannot find an answer, would be grateful for any suggestions.
I have a New Zealand Note 9 from 2degrees and since getting it a few weeks ago have been getting a strange sound notification which is somehow related to wifi. It occurs when I come home and when out and about and seems to be due to something like the presence of open wifi connections or maybe something to do with wifi calling. Its an odd sound as well, 4-5 robotic notes and its not one of the notification sounds that you can choose from.
Things I've tried from looking at multiple forums:
NFC and bluetooth off
Accessibility notification off
Reset all notifications settings
The main solution seems I've seen is to turn off the setting "notify me when wifi is available or connected" in the wifi advanced settings, but I do not have this option.
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Cheers SH

https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-9/help/damn-network-notifications-t3844569
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Thanks, but saw that post and already tried everything in it. Cheers SH

shshsh_nz said:
Thanks, but saw that post and already tried everything in it. Cheers SH
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If you go to Apps then click the three dots at the top right hand corner and show system apps. The select "android system". There is plenty of network notification options there to try.
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Two things you can do
1. if rooted you can use an xposed module to disable notifications for that
2. other way is you can use app quarantine pro or greenify or some other app to freeze "settings" which blocks the wifi popup, although I'm not sure if that works for your android version but it does work for mine which is kitkat and s5... still might work on new devices

Thanks Limey - had already done that.
Great suggestions zxzxzx......will try those apps and if not successful will root. Was on the fence about rooting but it looks like this may work and the phone is driving me mad.
Also, Pie update is due any day in New Zealand, maybe that will fix it.
Cheers SH

Hi all
Thanks again for the suggestions. It's driving me mad and I may well sell the phone and take a hit.
One more clue...it seems to happen a minute or so after I use the phone, turn it off and then start walking around. Don't think it is location services as does it with location off. And don't think it is when it finds open wifi networks as it happens when in the middle of nowhere and no wifi nearby. Happens nearly every time I go from home office to lounge. Happens with BT, NFC, data roaming all off.
Factory reset did not help, happened straight away, even with no new apps installed.
Could it be related to wifi calling somehow? I need this feature though as have little cell coverage at home. No options to change any wifi calling settings though, other than on and off.
Cheers SH

shshsh_nz said:
Hi all
Thanks again for the suggestions. It's driving me mad and I may well sell the phone and take a hit.
One more clue...it seems to happen a minute or so after I use the phone, turn it off and then start walking around. Don't think it is location services as does it with location off. And don't think it is when it finds open wifi networks as it happens when in the middle of nowhere and no wifi nearby. Happens nearly every time I go from home office to lounge. Happens with BT, NFC, data roaming all off.
Factory reset did not help, happened straight away, even with no new apps installed.
Could it be related to wifi calling somehow? I need this feature though as have little cell coverage at home. No options to change any wifi calling settings though, other than on and off.
Cheers SH
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Turn wifi off , that'll stop it. Lol
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