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AIM for Android?

First off, yes I did a search, both on XDA and via Google, and I turned up plenty of mentions, but no actual links.
The official AIM app for Android was released a while back, and it worked great (for me anyway); well, lo and behold my N1 was stolen on Sunday (bastards... WaveSecure's gonna put'em in jail tho), and I just got my replacement today. After rooting and flashing CM 5.0.6 and trying to restore everything to the way it was pre-theft, wouldn't you know it, the app no longer seems to be on the market. Anybody got the APK? Got it installed and can link up a copy from an Astro backup? It'd be greatly appreciated.
Edit: Yes I know there are other apps that provid AIM functionality. Yes I know about the issues many have had with the official app. Yes I'm still pissed that my N1 was stolen. Yes I'm gonna be selling an N1 for a low price once I get the stolen one back (and I'm praying I do). Thx for your concern and your help.

Can't help you with the actual AIM app, btu I can suggest eBuddy as an alternative.

I got the apk but I'm put right now. too bad I don't know how files.
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^it's no rush, my dude. If you get around to uploading it when you get home or whenever you have time (assuming you meant you're "out" and I'm not misunderstanding), I'd greatly appreciate it.

When I can't find an app in the Market I can usually get the app wit Market Enabler and switching back and forth with T-Mobile and AT&T. It will usually work for at least one reboot if I fake a provider, reboot, fake the same provider again after the boot, open Market. T-Mobile is 310260. At&t is 310410.
BTW and off topic, does anyone know a place to find a list of ALL the different gsm.sim.operator.numeric values for all the world's Android Markets? That would be a big help.
Anyway, here's the official AIM app. Enjoy.

Hmmm, I just typed AIM and it was the first app in the Market to download.
As for selling the stolen phone, doesn't the IMIE or whatever its called get blacked listed/banned?

That's interesting... it's now showing up for me as well. It looked like a newer version than the one I installed though, it prompted me to "update" to 1.5.5.1 I believe it was; Astro shows the version I downloaded yesterday as being v1.5.5.1 however. Wierd.
I kid you not though, it wasn't showing up yesterday. I even went to the AIM mobile site and tried to get it via the QR code on the page, market found nothing. Odd.
Edit: Also, about the other phone... that's a good question. I guess we'll see if/when the other N1 is returned to me. *shrug*

Netflix Application

Has anyone been able to get the Netflix app to work on their GS4G? I installed it but it says my device is not supported. The GS4G is not officially supported yet, but was curious if any developers were trying to get it to work? I can get to the login screen, but when I hit login it just shuts down. I have been waiting forever for this app!

I heard that it only worked on a certain type of processor or something? I also tried intalling it, but as soon as I try and login, it just closes the app instantly. I heard other people get it working on galaxy S models though. Some with and without custom firmware.

It says right in the app description its only for 4 different htc phones and the nexus s. It's been heavily discussed that changing the build.prop wont do a thing. It is a rom problem. Not an identifying problem.
I have the g2 which is a supported model, even then since i'm not running the stock rom it wont work.

i've been following this closely, and from what i can gather, only galaxy S variants running 2.3 have been able to get the netflix app to work.

Although this is the right place to discuss, there has been talk about it in here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1076508
I wish people would read and post things in the correct place. Not directed at you.

i installed a new rom on the mytouch 4g with sense 3.0 (god i wish we can customize our phones grrr) and netflix works flawlessly. its all about the rom. so once we get some custom roms ..tick tock...we can use it too! come on dev's no rush, but i'm getting antsy in my pantsy to flash some roms since i came from the hd2 to this phone. i have to feed my flashing addiction on my gf's mt4g which doesn't go over so well most of the time lol.

Verizon store and my phone

I went into the verizon store today to get a case for the TB and the sales associate looked at my phone and was like whoaaaaa, this phone is fast. He looked at it again and started to ask about the phone. First thing I asked was if I tell you, will it void my warranty. He was like nope we flash our phones too. He took it to another associate and they were intrigued about the lock screen and the speed. He asked what ROM was on it. i told him it was a new ROM supposedly based off of the official GB build. The guy was like he needed to find this build fast. It's a shame that the verizon personnel thinks some of the software that was released on the the TB is crap.

i traded by Incredible 2 for a Thunderbolt from someone on these forums. The Thunderbolt had Das BAMF 4.9 on it and I had to take it to verizon to get a new SIM card(+ had them register the phone to my account so i didn't have to). the sales associate was all "i've never seen a rooted Thunderbolt before" and was playing around with it excitedly.

so he seen you playing with it or he was installing the case?

Lol so funny story about verizon, I work at best buy so of course I never deal with verizon. I went into the verizon store by our best buy when the tbolt first came out to play with it. I opened up the boot loader and put it into recovery mode just so they had to activate the alarm and do a battery pull. True story.

funny story. what rom where you using?
I called verizon customer service because i was having issues
w/ not getting 3g lol. I could get 4g but if i turned it off i'd be
stuck on 1x.
we talked for awhile troubleshooting and then she wanted me to
check my software info and read it off to her. radio... ok
prl...ok software number.... (me) " uhh i'm getting a real bad
connection i'm going to have to call back" haha at the time I was
running a bamf remix rom. come to find out when i got home..
i had my radio toggled to cdma only and not cdma auto haha.

Something similar happened when I went with my girlfriend to have my old dInc activated on her account. The guy knew I'd rooted it, but I didn't let him touch it because I didn't really feel like letting him see "Wireless Tether" on there. So I clean it up and we go in there. The guy is shuffling through menus and just blurts out "This is the fastest Incredible I've ever seen!", completely forgotten it was rooted and OC'd. The big ****-eating grin on my face reminded him it was rooted. He got real confused over the 4G settings on the dInc too. (Sprint EVO based ROM) Showed him the Tbolt the day after I bought it and rooted it and he showed it to the manager. The manager had lots of questions... but none of them to do with my account or warranties or contract terms, thankfully. Verizon staff really do look at rooted phones like pink unicorns in many cases. It's good entertainment if you're bored while your wife/girlfriend is shopping.

itsmejson said:
funny story. what rom where you using?
I called verizon customer service because i was having issues
w/ not getting 3g lol. I could get 4g but if i turned it off i'd be
stuck on 1x.
we talked for awhile troubleshooting and then she wanted me to
check my software info and read it off to her. radio... ok
prl...ok software number.... (me) " uhh i'm getting a real bad
connection i'm going to have to call back" haha at the time I was
running a bamf remix rom. come to find out when i got home..
i had my radio toggled to cdma only and not cdma auto haha.
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Lol i had the same situation. When they asked me for the software version I was like uhhhh I gotta go my kid just fell lol. Then I when to. Droid life to pull pics of the software and I started reading it to the tech and I realized I read him the wrong baseband cause what ever pic was up was rooted and different radio lol. He was like uhhh wrong radio lol send me a phone anyways. Then I saw on. Vzw web has the software and. Radio version. Lol
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dadsterflip said:
Lol i had the same situation. When they asked me for the software version I was like uhhhh I gotta go my kid just fell lol. Then I when to. Droid life to pull pics of the software and I started reading it to the tech and I realized I read him the wrong baseband cause what ever pic was up was rooted and different radio lol. He was like uhhh wrong radio lol send me a phone anyways. Then I saw on. Vzw web has the software and. Radio version. Lol
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They know what software you are running. Yes they can tell you are rooted and if you are running bamf or any other custom ROM.

Garrett07 said:
Lol so funny story about verizon, I work at best buy so of course I never deal with verizon. I went into the verizon store by our best buy when the tbolt first came out to play with it. I opened up the boot loader and put it into recovery mode just so they had to activate the alarm and do a battery pull. True story.
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So you're a douchebag is what you are trying to say?
What did you accomplish by doing this?

No, he is saying they know what rom you are running. This shows on their system. As for rooted, not so much.
Via my HTC Thunderbolt

Your not calling verizon anyways your calling a calling center or tellamarketers, you think they really care what people do with their phone's.
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g00s3y said:
So you're a douchebag is what you are trying to say?
What did you accomplish by doing this?
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showing that even 13 year olds (or those that didnt pass the maturity of being 13) are welcomed on xda?

I can tell you right now after managing a Verizon store for 3 years employees most likely will not even know if your phone is rooted and if they do that means they have probably rooted their phone as well. I'll be the first to say that I think its BS they load all the crapware onto these devices. Just don't let them know its rooted if you are trying to get a replacement of course. That's about the only time the will care.
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Every time I have gone into our Verizon store in Florence, KY, the techs/reps and I usually get into conversations about the ROMs and/or hacks we use on our phones and rooting and stuff. Its nice knowing my store has intelligent people working in them, even if they aren't managed by them at the corporate offices. I can't stand dealing with sales people that have no flippin clue about the products they sell. *cough* radio shack *cough*

[Q] Is it possible to remove carrier info?

I've got a used Shift that I'd like to use as a computer only. I've already rooted and flashed on CM7 to try it out.
It was a Sprint phone, and it still connects to the Sprint network. What I want to do is remove the number that was previously programmed. I'd love to get it completely off the mobile network (including cell service), but Sprint technical support has told me that it will still connect for things like 911. But, I'd like to get the number out all the same.
Is this possible?

Here try reading this see if will help http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1144211

Not directly helpful, but it pointed me in the right direction. Thanks!

i kinda wanted to do the same thing but just change the banner info. when i do what is described on the other page it never changes on my phone. did the reset and everything...cant figure this out. i have a shift and a hero that im trying to do this on and both almost seem like they dont want to write to the phone. they say they do though.

What Rom are you running?
TEAM MiK
Mik Roms Since 3/13/11

im running on the hero a stock rooted 2.1 sprint rom and on the shift im running cyanogenmod 7.1 stable

gmzombie said:
i kinda wanted to do the same thing but just change the banner info. when i do what is described on the other page it never changes on my phone. did the reset and everything...cant figure this out. i have a shift and a hero that im trying to do this on and both almost seem like they dont want to write to the phone. they say they do though.
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For the cyanogenmod 7.1 stable you can try THIS. For the HERO you can try HERE. But I'm not a sure if it will work or not.
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Came acroos THIS THREAD too.

arootbeer said:
I've got a used Shift that I'd like to use as a computer only. I've already rooted and flashed on CM7 to try it out.
It was a Sprint phone, and it still connects to the Sprint network. What I want to do is remove the number that was previously programmed. I'd love to get it completely off the mobile network (including cell service), but Sprint technical support has told me that it will still connect for things like 911. But, I'd like to get the number out all the same.
Is this possible?
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Hey Buddy, I guess you can go on QPST and get rid of the SPRINT data, you need your MSL so get MSL reader from the Market Not sure if it will work but you should go on QPST and delete all the sprint info. Be Careful YOU CAN BRICK YOUR PHONE

Please help me get Google Play on a rooted Evo for my 5 year old son

so the kid always plays with our phones so i thought I'd get him a used Evo 4G on CL for his birthday. Well when i bought it from the guy he said it was rooted. I thought oh cool my Epic is rooted and i love it. I work for Sprint and have lots of phone savy guys around and they did mine.
Well this evo i bought for the kid has no google playstore. It just has the old market so if he types in "despicable me" then it wont come up with the same stuff that our phones come up with. This is very frustrating. I've googled and googled and tried to download apk links from the phone and keep getting parsing errors. The phone doesnt seem to want to sync with the PC for whatever reason (neither does mine anymore!) but I feel like there has to be a way to get this thing set up. The phone isnt active and is solely to be ran on WIFI.
Please tell me there is a way to get the new plays store on there
in phone info it says
Firmware 2.1-update
Baseband version 1.29.00.04.26
Kernel Version 2.6.29-a2443432
[email protected] #1
Build number 1.32.651.1 CL171253 release keys
Software number 132.651.1
Browser Verison Webkit 3.1
PRI Version 2.33_003
PRL Version 61090