hey ya all !!
I was checking the new G1 phone and really liked it so wanted to buy it from the market ... the phone was brought by someone who went to the states or so and brought it here and its its from T-Mobile ... the retail version .. now i really wanna buy the phone but have NO CLUE what to check in the phone because i like to update the phone to the latest 1.5 firmware upgrade (cupcake) .. but what i wanna know is what should i check in the phone BEFORE buying it ?
like are there some model specifics that i need to check before buying it like the RC version or the firmware or what ever ... i did went through alot of post and wiki but since im gonna be throwing a good amount of money for it so i could use some direct pointers before buying it .....
shoeibyarsheikh said:
hey ya all !!
I was checking the new G1 phone and really liked it so wanted to buy it from the market ... the phone was brought by someone who went to the states or so and brought it here and its its from T-Mobile ... the retail version .. now i really wanna buy the phone but have NO CLUE what to check in the phone because i like to update the phone to the latest 1.5 firmware upgrade (cupcake) .. but what i wanna know is what should i check in the phone BEFORE buying it ?
like are there some model specifics that i need to check before buying it like the RC version or the firmware or what ever ... i did went through alot of post and wiki but since im gonna be throwing a good amount of money for it so i could use some direct pointers before buying it .....
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This is really in the wrong part of the forum but here you go
Make sure that it powers up and screen works
Make sure that IMEI number is there (so you can unlock it for use in your country).
That's all you need.
Everything else is flashable, hackable, rootable... whatever you want to call it, doesn't matter what version of Android it has on it, you still will have to go back to dreaimg.nbh and start from the begining.
Good luck
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I posted something on this in general but it doesn't get as much traffic, and I'd imagine the rom would be somewhere in here, but I can't find it. Anyway....
I used to use a mytouch 3G, but have sold it an am unrooting it before I ship. I flashed the original SAPPIMG.nbh, and now it's showing android version 1.5, and says that the system is currently up to date. Is there an easy way to manually update it to 1.6 so this guy gets the most recent version?
I'd imagine if I can find the original Tmo 1.6 I could update it, but I've spent an hour searching and haven't found it. Any advice? I'd like to ship this thing out today, if I can.
factory reset????
I did, and that brings me to 1.5, however it says the phone is up to date.
y r u selling?
Bought a Nexus one.
mikeybags said:
Bought a Nexus one.
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Boo
Nexus two in a few months, just you wait. You'll be like "NOOO!!!!"
This really seems like one of those scenarios where the company will just keep pooping out new phones rather than upgrading the one that exists.
I'm in the same boat. Want to get my mt3g 100% stock and current. Gave it to the wife and do not want to be on the hook for tech support; so back to stock it goes of I can find the right way to do it.
http://developer.htc.com/google-io-device.html
does that help?
Here you can find the official Google rom for 32B: http://developer.htc.com/google-io-device.html
This is not your operator ROM but at least it's a stock rom without root. Hoping this helps
Peace.
psycotic11 said:
http://developer.htc.com/google-io-device.html
does that help?
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You posted while i was reading... Doh!
Hello all and right away I'd like to start with this. Please don't think of me like I don't want to do no work at all as you'll understand later on I did a lot of research but I am simply too confused and stuck to continue with confidence that I know 100% all nuances and details so I can do whatever I want successfully so if possible don't flame my questions too if possible
A Week ago I got a T-Mobile t959 Vibrant as a gift from someone and because I know pretty much everything about iphone and Android system is same if not more "hackable" I decided to do the tricks myself, I didn't know how much available, and I really love to keep this short and don't bored you with my lack of Android knowledge. Let me begin with complete spec so I possibly can get correct solution to my problem.
Unit: Samsung Galaxy S
Carrier: T-Mobile
Model: SGH-T959
Firmware: 2.1-update1
Baseband: T959UVJI6
Kernel: 2.6.29
Build number: ECLAIR.UVJI6
Manuf. Date: 10.10.2010
I think this should be enough info about my unit but if you need something else plz let me know.
Here are things I am trying to do and already did.
1. Root.
I Successfully Rooted my phone by using a tutorials I found on internet. I have Superuser icon in my apps list.
2. Unlock
I could not unlock my phone. Only tool I found that I can actually understand and complete instructions is SGS Unlock tool. It could not help me on both root and un-root ways. So I'll need help with this.
3. Update to latest version.
from what I understand there are custom builds available like Darkys 9.2 and it's collection of a lot of things that pretty much all in one deal. I almost tried to install it myself but I could not find home button on my Vibrant to go to download mode so I gave up.
4. Rest of cool stuff.
I really don't know guys but I am sure there is soo much for android I don't know. Just like when people come to me with iphone I offer so much I bet it's same with this. General tips I guess.
Well that's it guys. If possible please just tell me in few short words on how to do this things if possible may be some YouTube video or something cause I am soo confused with everything and that "Hold Home button" in instructions was last drop when I said "I don't even have home button on my phone, what am I doing"
Please help, Thank you.
P.S.
1. Can I use ebay to order unlock code ?
2. Will phone remain unlock after I upgrade to 2.2 ?
3. Can I upgrade to 2.2 with Kies mini then root / unlock it ?
So many questions and thousands of answers .....
UPDATE !
I just purchased SGS Unlock pro and it looks like it worked ! I don't have sim to test with but I think I did it. From what I understand it's same people who run this site, Thank you !
I guess noone knows. It's all good. At list can you tell me if this will do this trick ?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=849028
Thanks
Hello everyone,
Im planning to get this phone off craigslist but im afraid that the phone that i am about to purchase is going to have the reboot/freeze issue. Im not worried about the screen bleeding though. So can you tell me an easy way to identify if the phone has this problem? I know il come to know eventually once i purchase it but i wanted to see at the time of purchase from the seller. So please any suggestions are welcome. (some specific manufacturer date, or packaged date or location on the box etc ) any details that will help me if there is any specific pattern for this.
Thanks in advance.
U'll only know after u buy the phone.Save ur $ money,Sensation is just around the corner.
Sent from my HTC Vision using Tapatalk
Hmm
Thanks for the response. yeah i have seen that it is coming soon (and i like the way it looks) but i dont want to wait for it a month more(to be available with out contract by the same way).
Also,
1) i want to have an unlocked bootloader as a precautionary measure just incase i get to start to flashing roms
2) Heard that Sense eats lot of RAM and i want an option to remove it if i feel the same
3) Im sure it is gonna cost lot more than the G2x.
4) And i feel G2x's GPU would be powerful than the sensation.
Wat say?..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=720500
This has some juicy info.
Sent from my LG-P999 using XDA App
Sorry, I meant this one...
http://www.tested.com/news/hummingbird-vs-snapdragon-vs-omap-vs-tegra-2-arm-chips-explained/1704/
Sent from my LG-P999 using XDA App
Tq
Yeah tq for the link. it is indeed informative for choosing g2x vs sensation. I am biased towards g2x and stock android. (i have a G2 and i love it). So wanted to know if i can live with those problems incase i get stuck with a bad phone :S. I dont want that to happen
Aneelll said:
Hello everyone,
Im planning to get this phone off craigslist but im afraid that the phone that i am about to purchase is going to have the reboot/freeze issue. Im not worried about the screen bleeding though. So can you tell me an easy way to identify if the phone has this problem? I know il come to know eventually once i purchase it but i wanted to see at the time of purchase from the seller. So please any suggestions are welcome. (some specific manufacturer date, or packaged date or location on the box etc ) any details that will help me if there is any specific pattern for this.
Thanks in advance.
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The only thing I can think to do to check the phone is ask the owner not to reboot the phone for any reason and when you go to purchase it look and see how long the phone has been on since reboot and If it doesn't match up with what the owner says it is probably rebooting. I have had two so far and had no real reboot issues plus from what I have read LG is aware of the issue and will be issuing an update soon for the bugs. I also debated on the Sensation but decided to stick with the G2X. Hope this helped
So here's a guy who has gotten both the galaxy s 2 and the htc sensation.
http://www.youtube.com/user/samjpullen
From what hes been saying on twitter and the videos Ive watched i think apart from the animations and ui I think id rather have the g2x
The ui is very ram heavy but its very beautiful so I guess its a trade off.
Apologies if I'm breaking any forum rules here, but Costco currently has the G2X for $49.99 if you are adding a line. You might use this info when dealing with your CL seller! Comes with a car charger and BT headset. I'm off to Costco right now to get one!
tq
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The only thing I can think to do to check the phone is ask the owner not to reboot the phone for any reason and when you go to purchase it look and see how long the phone has been on since reboot and If it doesn't match up with what the owner says it is probably rebooting. I have had two so far and had no real reboot issues plus from what I have read LG is aware of the issue and will be issuing an update soon for the bugs. I also debated on the Sensation but decided to stick with the G2X. Hope this helped
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That is a nice idea. Thank you. I know i saw this option somewhere but im only able to find "Last unplugged time".. can you help me out where i can chk this?
Found it
Found it... it is called Uptime in About Phone - > Status. will keep an eye on that.
Aneelll said:
Thanks for the response. yeah i have seen that it is coming soon (and i like the way it looks) but i dont want to wait for it a month more(to be available with out contract by the same way).
Also,
1) i want to have an unlocked bootloader as a precautionary measure just incase i get to start to flashing roms
2) Heard that Sense eats lot of RAM and i want an option to remove it if i feel the same
3) Im sure it is gonna cost lot more than the G2x.
4) And i feel G2x's GPU would be powerful than the sensation.
Wat say?..
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I have confidence that the sensation will get root access eventually, but the process to root may be harder compared to say the G2 or the G2x, and that's still an if it gets rooted. Htc and battery life is always an issue, and the sense ui plain sucks. It does not even look good and I don't know why htc insists on making it so you are forced to use it...it should be optional.
Sent from my HTC Vision using XDA App
if you havent already seen this guy post a lot of videos on the sensation.
http://www.youtube.com/user/samjpullen
My take is I know the dev's will work it out if people actually back it.
but I am un interested....
So this is my second post about the problem i am having with my phone. I will try to focus my questions this time because the first post was not answered properly by anybody as I made the question long and unclear (newbie here)
I bought a second-hand galaxy S3 less than a week ago with android 4.0.4 installed on it. I want to update to 4.3 or maybe to 4.4 if possible. My experience with android is very basic (it only started since I bought this phone). I really don't want to brick the phone so I wanna choose the right rom and process. I got a two-week trial period (one week left) to see if everything in the phone is working properly so I have to finish the update and get the phone to work before the trial ends.
To choose the rom, I checked the model number and it says GT-I9300 in the "about device" section in the settings.
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however, when I connect the phone to Kies, it shows the device name: SHV-E210K which is a korean model variation of the S3
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hint: I bought the phone in Indonesai as I am travelling through southeast asia now and it has 2gb of ram (that's why i really wanna keep it)
My questions:
1- Could anyone tell me what's the difference between those two names and which one should i use when I search for a suitable rom?
2- Is it possible that either of the names i wrote above could have been changed by the previous owner in any way?
3- Should i install a stock rom or what is the best option for S3 now? a link would be very helpful and appreciated.
4- The phone is not recognizing the codes of the network provider i am using. i.e. when I try dialing a code to check how much credit is left in my phone, it says "Undefined additional service, call customer center". Why is that and is possible to get fix this issue?
Finally, just in case you want more info, here is what comes up when i check the firmware version:
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and here is what comes up when i check All SW Versions:
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Please, I know this might be basic for many users but i still haven't got the hang of android yet and I don't have enough time or experience to be confident enough to decide everything on my own.
EDIT: Also here is a snapshot of the under-battery sticker.
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I guess it is also worth mentioning that the IMEI on the under-battery sticker (hidden in the pic) matches the one that appears when i dial *#06#
Hard to say what rom to flash as you have two things saying different things. What does the sticker say on the bk of the phone under the battery?. Ss are not very visible. And also don't ever show imei number. Just in case you don't no imei is very important to keep safe.
post updated and battery sticker included
andrewwright said:
Hard to say what rom to flash as you have two things saying different things. What does the sticker say on the bk of the phone under the battery?. Ss are not very visible. And also don't ever show imei number. Just in case you don't no imei is very important to keep safe.
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thanks for replying and for telling me about not showing the IMEI. I uploaded bigger size snapshots in the thread so you should be able to view them clearly now. I also added the under-battery sticker at the end of the post as well with the imei hidden thanks to you for warning me. Please let me know if you require any other info. I really appreciate your help! this phone is working really well and im very happy with 2gb ram so I wanna try my best to get it to update properly so i can keep it so thank you
You can take it back yes? Do so. Build is very worrying. I would take it bk and say to them to update it cuz I think it's not the real deal.
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You can take it back yes? Do so. Build is very worrying. I would take it bk and say to them to update it cuz I think it's not the real deal.
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im really torn between taking it back and trying to fix it. price-wise, i doubt i can get another S3 with 2gb ram and 32gb internal memory with the same price. On the other hand, something seems to be wrong with this phone. I feel someone took a part out of it and exchanged it with a part of another phone. that's why it is saying 2 different things. I will go to the shop again tomorrow and ask them to either get it to update, recognize the network and have the device name and the build fixed or to take it back.
Do you think it is worth it to take the phone to samsung to see if they can confirm whether it's an original phone or not and maybe reset it to their stock 4.3 rom? i don't mind paying a little more if everything will be fixed. I saw complains about lagging with the 1gb version of S3 while the phone i have I could open many 30 applications (for the sake of trying) without even noticing any lag or change in the performance. It's really tempting!
I can see you want to keep the phone so take it back to the shop not Sam and tell them to sort it or refund you're money. Tbh I can see the extra gig of ram would help but I don't see many lags of my one gig i9300. There are alot of copys about
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I can see you want to keep the phone so take it back to the shop not Sam and tell them to sort it or refund you're money. Tbh I can see the extra gig of ram would help but I don't see many lags of my one gig i9300. There are alot of copys about
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Thanks for the replies man! I already returned the phone and got another S3 for the same price with 2gb ram and 64gb internal memory. However, this one has a reliable build number and device name. It also has android jelly bean 4.3 installed and the battery was made in japan (fully charged it served me for 30 hours with heavy use). I am totally satisfied!
thanks again
I have a question about the charging animation with Validus-draconis -7.1.1.Release.v13-OFFICIAL-20170128- 0315 the charging animation that I mean is the one when the phone is off but plugged in on my zte zmax the backlight won't turn off how do I fix this? I like this ROM a lot I really do and I must say to ground zero u guys did a great job but I really need some help on this one if someone out there can help.
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I have a question about the charging animation with Validus-draconis -7.1.1.Release.v13-OFFICIAL-20170128- 0315 the charging animation that I mean is the one when the phone is off but plugged in on my zte zmax the backlight won't turn off how do I fix this? I like this ROM a lot I really do and I must say to ground zero u guys did a great job but I really need some help on this one if someone out there can help.
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Official support for that device was dropped a long time ago, no one currently on the team owns one.
Crap and got ya I'm guessing that also means u don't have a direction to suggest for me to look toward to fix that on a phone in general. It honestly sucks that it was discontinued cuz I do honestly like this phone and can't get new one till tax time and wish I could work out the few issues with this ROM on this phone so after I get new phone I can use this one as gameboy etc.... If u know what I mean but anyway ty for the reply and if u think of anything plz feel free to pass idea
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Crap and got ya I'm guessing that also means u don't have a direction to suggest for me to look toward to fix that on a phone in general. It honestly sucks that it was discontinued cuz I do honestly like this phone and can't get new one till tax time and wish I could work out the few issues with this ROM on this phone so after I get new phone I can use this one as gameboy etc.... If u know what I mean but anyway ty for the reply and if u think of anything plz feel free to pass idea
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Not sure what to tell you, 7.1.1 was a long time ago and I don't remember running into that issue on my devices. I know what it's like having to wait to upgrade, wish I could be more help
I know it's been a while but I have odd request
As I was told a while back no one here has a z970 anymore if I bought a few extras and mailed them to you guys would anyone be willing to help me finish validus for the zmax? I'm paying.... Let me know I Wana finish it but can't alone
So wait I know its been a while since anyone besides me even looked at this but I got last few questions suck as ota update option was there any updates ever? If so how do I download them it just says error downloading when I try. Also is there anyone who would be interested in helping me make this ROM current again and many add to it I'm thinking about buying a few z970s and mailing them out to ppl who would like to if there is anyone else out there except me ice be willing to pay idk why I'm obsessed on this topic but I am lol let me know please and ty
juggalo19076 said:
So wait I know its been a while since anyone besides me even looked at this but I got last few questions suck as ota update option was there any updates ever? If so how do I download them it just says error downloading when I try. Also is there anyone who would be interested in helping me make this ROM current again and many add to it I'm thinking about buying a few z970s and mailing them out to ppl who would like to if there is anyone else out there except me ice be willing to pay idk why I'm obsessed on this topic but I am lol let me know please and ty
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The zmax has been out for over 6 years now and development for it has been dead since about 2016. As far as the stock firmware goes it was never updated past android 4.4. Everything 5.0 and up came in the form of custom roms. As for buying multiple Z970 phones and sending them to people to try to revive development for it, good luck. It was a budget phone from the moment it came out and by today's standards its specs are abysmal. I seriously doubt any developer worth their salt would be interested. The best advice I can give you is to just get a better, newer phone, and if you want custom roms look for one that's already supported. If you need to go back to stock there should be some stock rom zips you can flash through TWRP. I know at one point I had them on android file host, though I haven't checked in years.
Masterchief87 said:
The zmax has been out for over 6 years now and development for it has been dead since about 2016. As far as the stock firmware goes it was never updated past android 4.4. Everything 5.0 and up came in the form of custom roms. As for buying multiple Z970 phones and sending them to people to try to revive development for it, good luck. It was a budget phone from the moment it came out and by today's standards its specs are abysmal. I seriously doubt any developer worth their salt would be interested. The best advice I can give you is to just get a better, newer phone, and if you want custom roms look for one that's already supported. If you need to go back to stock there should be some stock rom zips you can flash through TWRP. I know at one point I had them on android file host, though I haven't checked in years.
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Got ya any idea on the backlight issue for charge animations or how to change them on this phone I've tried everything I can think of with no luck