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***UPDATED FILE TO REFLECT CRICKET IP ADDRESS CHANGE***
Okay so I am not going into detail about Cricket/Metro EPST settings (##3282# and ##778#) or how to use QPST right now. There are plenty of forums which detail everything you need in order to get that setup. I am specifically NOT posting links to these, since they all differ and are nothing more than confusing. The important thing is that you set your user-name to [email protected] and the password (or secret) to "cricket" (without quotes). The MSID is a number which will be assigned to you once you have a Cricket/Metro account setup. You can call them and ask them for this number.
1. Please keep in mind that I did not do anything word-for-word from other tutorials. This setup does not require any proxy shortcuts with Anycut or Bettercut. Also, This is much easier to accomplish, especially if you are not computer savvy, using Root Explorer (download this from the market), rather than ADB.
2. Download this package (Cricket) or this package (Metro), depending on whether you are on Cricket or Metro. Unzip the RAR - It contains the 3 files which will be used.
3. Put these 3 files anywhere on your SD card.
4. Using Root Explorer, copy "u2nl" to root/system/bin/
5. Using Root Explorer, create a new folder within root/data/ and name it "opt" (without quotes).
6. Using Root Explorer, copy "autostart.sh to root/data/opt/
7. Download "Autostart (Root)" from the market.
8. Download "APN Backup and Restore" from the market.
9. Open APN Backup and do a backup of your current APN (for safe keeping).
10. Using APN Backup, delete APN's.
11. Using any file explorer, move the cricketAPNs.xml to the APN backup folder on your SD card.
12. Using APN Backup, restore APN's and select the cricketAPNs.xml as the file to restore.
13. Reboot and you are done.
Metro users, please note:
A few Metro users are saying that Metro does not allow the EVO on their network. I am not sure of this but, if you are a Metro user and want to get your EVO working on their network, you may want to verify that they allow it.
Also, in order to get a phone working on a particular network, you will need to update your PRL file to one that is for that particular network. This tutorial is not going to cover this because there are different PRL's for different areas and different providers. Search around and you should have no problem finding a PRL for your network.
Feel free to email me at [email protected]
SYNTHAXXX said:
***UPDATED FILE TO REFLECT IP ADDRESS CHANGE***
Okay so I am not going into detail about Cricket EPST settings and how to use QPST right now. There are plenty of forums which detail everything you need in order to get that setup.
1. Please keep in mind that I did not do anything word-for-word from other tutorials. This setup does not require any proxy shortcuts with Anycut or Bettercut. Also, This is much easier to accomplish, especially if you are not computer savvy, using Root Explorer (download this from the market), rather than ADB.
2. Download this package or this package, depending on whether you are on Cricket or Metro. Unzip the RAR - It contains the 3 files which will be used.
3. Put these 3 files anywhere on your SD card.
4. Using Root Explorer, copy "u2nl" to root/system/bin/
5. Using Root Explorer, create a new folder within root/data/ and name it "opt" (without quotes).
6. Using Root Explorer, copy "autostart.sh to root/data/opt/
7. Download "Autostart (Root)" from the market.
8. Download "APN Backup and Restore" from the market.
9. Open APN Backup and do a backup of your current APN (for safe keeping).
10. Using APN Backup, delete APN's.
11. Using any file explorer, move the cricketAPNs.xml to the APN backup folder on your SD card.
12. Using APN Backup, restore APN's and select the cricketAPNs.xml as the file to restore.
13. Reboot and you are done.
I have to leave for a bit but I wanted to get this posted so you all can try it out. It only takes a few minutes... I'll double check these instructions when I get home and make sure I am not missing anything. If you are having problems, please PM me and let me know. I'll be able to fix this up later, if needed...
Or, feel free to email me at [email protected]
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God I wish I was brilliant like you guys
Everytime I read one of these tutorials I want to do it sooo bad but I don't know if I am missing anything not covered such as when someone asks "how do you get your esn added to metroPCS since most reps wont do it for you?". Questions like that scare the hell out of me into thinking that I am missing something so I will end up doing all these steps and then finally get to a missing step not covered at the end which ruins everything.
Is there anyway that someone could do a 6 minute youtube video from ground zero to full internet? pls pls pls
Thank you so much Synthrax for this tutorial. I might be able to try it but even if I'm too scared of missing something I still really appreciate you taking the time to post this tutorial thank you =)
If I'm not mistaken doesn't this process only give one internet connection and apps? Since it doesn't give you the ability to make calls or sms, isn't the title of the thread "everything but mms" a little misleading?
I know you said that you don't want to go over everything already said in the threads about setting up the qpst settings, but I think at least links would be helpful especially for people reading the thread and expecting to actually find directions on setting up everything but mms per the title.
theboundless said:
If I'm not mistaken doesn't this process only give one internet connection and apps? Since it doesn't give you the ability to make calls or sms, isn't the title of the thread "everything but mms" a little misleading?
I know you said that you don't want to go over everything already said in the threads about setting up the qpst settings, but I think at least links would be helpful especially for people reading the thread and expecting to actually find directions on setting up everything but mms per the title.
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There are two reasons for this...
1. I am not familiar with Metro and I will not post a link to one of the hundreds of differing tutorials, only to have people entering the wrong values in EPST.
2. This thread is within the "EVO 4G Android Development" forum which is for people who have enough knowledge to root their phone and typically much more. Should I also link to a "rooting" tutorial?
I will do what I can to post some of the generic EPST settings when I have time. I would love to write an all-inclusive guide, from start to finish, on how to buy the EVO, unlock it, install a custom ROM, provision EPST, update the PRL, and then get data working on Metro/Cricket... But, until I have time for all of that, you will have to do a little foot-work of your own to find some of the steps missing from my tutorial.
This tutorial is in direct response to all of the people who were looking for it. The title is not at all misleading, as this is the only known method for getting everything working. Yes, it assumes you have the phone on Cricket/Metro and voice and text are working... Anyone can walk into a Cricket store and get a phone flashed - this tutorial is for getting around the Cricket/Metro proxy, and it works
Cheers!
Thanks for posting more. I currently use and evo on the metropcs network in los angeles, and I think its a great option for those who want to have a great phone but don't want to pay 70+ dollars a month in carrier charges. I used the terminal method to modify the autostart program but next time I think I'll try out your method with the root explorer program.
SYNTHAXXX said:
***UPDATED FILE TO REFLECT CRICKET IP ADDRESS CHANGE***
Okay so I am not going into detail about Cricket/Metro EPST settings (##3282# and ##778#) or how to use QPST right now. There are plenty of forums which detail everything you need in order to get that setup. I am specifically NOT posting links to these, since they all differ and are nothing more than confusing. The important thing is that you set your user-name to [email protected] and the password (or secret) to "cricket" (without quotes). The MSID is a number which will be assigned to you once you have a Cricket/Metro account setup. You can call them and ask them for this number.
1. Please keep in mind that I did not do anything word-for-word from other tutorials. This setup does not require any proxy shortcuts with Anycut or Bettercut. Also, This is much easier to accomplish, especially if you are not computer savvy, using Root Explorer (download this from the market), rather than ADB.
2. Download this package (Cricket) or this package (Metro), depending on whether you are on Cricket or Metro. Unzip the RAR - It contains the 3 files which will be used.
3. Put these 3 files anywhere on your SD card.
4. Using Root Explorer, copy "u2nl" to root/system/bin/
5. Using Root Explorer, create a new folder within root/data/ and name it "opt" (without quotes).
6. Using Root Explorer, copy "autostart.sh to root/data/opt/
7. Download "Autostart (Root)" from the market.
8. Download "APN Backup and Restore" from the market.
9. Open APN Backup and do a backup of your current APN (for safe keeping).
10. Using APN Backup, delete APN's.
11. Using any file explorer, move the cricketAPNs.xml to the APN backup folder on your SD card.
12. Using APN Backup, restore APN's and select the cricketAPNs.xml as the file to restore.
13. Reboot and you are done.
Metro users, please note:
A few Metro users are saying that Metro does not allow the EVO on their network. I am not sure of this but, if you are a Metro user and want to get your EVO working on their network, you may want to verify that they allow it.
Also, in order to get a phone working on a particular network, you will need to update your PRL file to one that is for that particular network. This tutorial is not going to cover this because there are different PRL's for different areas and different providers. Search around and you should have no problem finding a PRL for your network.
Feel free to email me at [email protected]
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Hey,
I'm sorry I just wanted to add my comments here.
You can get any CDMA phone flashed to metropcs but, you need to check here if its possible for it to work.
Link: http://www.metropcs.com/coverage/
You will notice it will say what type of phone it is. 'dual ban' or AWS. NYC and a few other places do not support android phones. So, if you do it in NJ and you go to NY for dinner do not expect your inet to work or anything except voice/text.
If you want to talk to someone at metro - 800-901-6266 , this is their tech line. You may have a problem getting your ESN added to the network because they dont allow smart phones atm. Same goes for boost. and cricket. You may need to call 30 times and keep giving the IMEI/ESN/MEID and try to trick them.
This is not an easy process. and to be quite honest. its not worth it.
As for the PRL files: http://www.corolada.com/prl/
My advice if you want to save money. Do as i do. Get a GSM android phone. Make sure the freq is compat with tmo. And get mysimplemobile.com. Its 60 a month unlimited * including intl text. its owned by TMO.
Anyways, I hope this helps you guys. so you dont go run and buy a phone and think its going to work
Dont go to a corp store to get your ESN added, not gonna happen... search phone forums or ebay, people will add it for $50
Even if you DO get it added. it will not work right. I dont care what anyone says.
But, have fun Metro is not the way to go.
Boost you can get away with it. but you need a hookup.
rhcp0112345 said:
Even if you DO get it added. it will not work right. I dont care what anyone says.
But, have fun Metro is not the way to go.
Boost you can get away with it. but you need a hookup.
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I'm hoping so cause I'm on boost. Just got back from a walk up and down the street. Anyone know of any ideas? If I have to go with a new TP2, I guess I can, but if I could get into the EVO I wouldn't mind. I've got backups of this phone, but don't know if they'll be any help. Really bummin right now and trying like hell to find the silver lining. PM me if you've got any ideas or maybe a TP2/Evo with bad numbers? I miss it already.
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Do widgets work with Cricket? I used to switch WM phones to cricket all the time, but I've never done android because (previously), widgets couldn't work. Has anyone figured out a system-wide proxy to get widgets working reliably?
rhcp0112345 said:
Even if you DO get it added. it will not work right. I dont care what anyone says.
But, have fun Metro is not the way to go.
Boost you can get away with it. but you need a hookup.
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Um, you're wrong. I AM on metropcs with my evo, and it works great, I got everything but MMS working, which is for me the least useful thing anyways.
EVO works fine
The EVO works on any CDMA network that will allow another provider's phone on their network. The tutorial I posted works and, compared to all the others out there, is quite simple to follow.
This solution provides full internet - this is the "system-wide proxy fix". By following this tutorial, everything will work, except for MMS. The MMS issue has not been resolved yet, even with the correct settings in the APN.
To make a long story short - if you have questions, ask them... if you have comments, share them... but please do not post about how something doesn't work just because you can't figure it out. All that does is waste space and confuse future readers, which is why I moved this tutorial over to a new thread in the first place.
Thanks!
i had internet, facebook, etc working except incoming mail. i tried doing your solution hoping it would work, and in worst case, it should have left me where i was. now right away any program that requires internet access gives a connection error. i tried restoring the apn that was backed up prior to installing metropcs' and still no luck...?
Strange update...i have all of the instructions on this thread down to a T...until today i couldn't send or receive mms...then i updated to the new 32100 PRL and sent two messages one to my phone number one to my email....neither errored out and i'm still waiting on a message to my phone and in my inbox. will report
Thank You SYNTHAXXX for sharing your knowledge..
I had data set up but after loading up a froyo based ROM I lost data untill I cam across your solution!
Thanks buddy!
[email protected]??
My question is whether we use our current number from sprint or a number that already exist on metro pcs?
villalva_evo4g said:
My question is whether we use our current number from sprint or a number that already exist on metro pcs?
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that'll be your metropcs 10 digit number, no dashes or ( )'s
No luck...the picture never reached its destination
Thank You So Much It Works Great
If you want MMS on Cricket, all you have to do is following part 3 of this guide, hxxp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=739409.
Credits:
xboxhacker
token419
killac93
Avalaunchmods
Others, that i missed or don't know...sorry
I did this on my EVO that I use on Cricket, running Fresh 3.2 and it works.
Hi folks,
As you can tell from the title I'm a smartphone noob and didn't realise you couldn't do this (see the amount of people I've spoke to who didn't even notice you can't delete apps that come with the phone! What's with that?).
But as you can see I emphasised the 'why', 'cause I've searched everywhere but can't find a reason as to why. I'd assume it was just so you can't delete bloatware, but even the Nexus that runs on stock Android has the same issue.
Does anyone know why (or guess why) you can't delete preinstalled apps?
Thanks!
If your device is rooted, all you have to do is download Root Explorer from the market and delete the APK files from the system.
They're located in: /system/app/
You have to press "Mount R/W" on the top right of the application before you can read and write. Make sure hit "Mount R/O" in the same spot after you're done editing though. Also, make sure that what you're deleting isn't something you need and you should probably back-up the .APK files to be safe. If you mess up and don't back up, you can still just re-flash or re-download GAPPS without a problem. Have fun .
Thanks
I was thinking about rooting my phone actually, I'll check that out (I'm sooooo going to back up everything lol).
But! The question was WHY you can't delete the preinstalled apps. Does anyone know the reasoning behind it?
You're welcome mate .
Just for safety I suppose. And you should definitely root your phone, it'll open a whole new world for you!
manufacturer /operator agreements...
tmpchr said:
manufacturer /operator agreements...
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That and basically without rooting your phone it's basically like a comps guest profile. A lot less can mess up if you can't play around with certain files/settings.
Makes sense.
Thanks folks
I am also unhappy that i cannot uninstall apps that came with the phone and i have yet to find a good reason as to why not. most of the apps i want to delete are free on the market, already compatible with my phone and can be deleted or uninstalled without causing any major issues.
tmpchr says "manufacturer /operator agreements..."
ok ill buy that, sounds like a good business opportunity, (i would do it) good advertising, shared/reduced costs...etc. but the end user should still have the option to remove.
I totally agree with you guys, at the very beginning I had so big apps installed on my device (motorola xt720), for instance MotoNav was about 1.5 GB and spoiled my battery life. Luckily I discovered how to root the device and now, using "root uninstaller" that you find in the market, all of them are just a memory
You could also use Titanium Backup to remove programs.
Good morning everyone. I will be splitting this topic into two parts. The first post will be my a FAQ and my anecdotal evidence supporting my claim and how I came to this conclusion, and the second will be the instructions on how to duplicate. I didn't put the instructions in the first post because I want people to actually read this part first before jumping in and then asking the same questions over and over again.
FAQ
Q. Does this work everywhere, all the time?
A. No. As with any cellular technology, results will vary greatly. I know this works where I am. I make no promises that it will work where you are.
Q. I can't get more than X speed, help!
A. If you have followed these steps TO THE LETTER then I already have done everything possible. The only way YOU will see better speeds is to either connect to WiFi, move to an area with better infrastructure, build your own tower with fiber connection, or get a Femtocell.
Q. I'm running JimBob's SuperDeluxeAwesomestMegaWhooptieXXL ROM, does this work with it?
A. Most likely. As with ANY system change, make a full backup before attempting any changes. I am not responsible for you bricking your device.
Q. Can I ask a question that was answered either in the OP or right above where I asked?
A. I like turtles.
OK, on to my reasoning.
First, I have looked at each thread promising better speeds. All have, in my experience, been on the right track. However, none have really brought it all together to truly work perfectly. I was pretty happy with my 4mbit own connection.
Until the update from HTC came out. I hit 7-8mbit regularly where I was hitting 4 max before. Even in high traffic areas like Downtown Fort Worth, I had averaged 1.5-2 throughout the day on any custom ROM. With the new update, 4-5 average.
I wondered what the differences were that caused custom ROM's to not be able to achieve full speeds, when I could nandroid restore to the stock updated ROM and get those blazing speeds without ANY modification connected to the same towers.
So, I decided to "merge" my ROMs.
All of a sudden, 8mbit down on RCMix 6.1. 8mbit down on AR. 8mbit down on CM7(Edit: Only on versions which support the HTC RIL's, not all older versions do).
Holy smokes.
Second post with instructions en route.
Instructions
Prerequisites:
A basic knowledge of flashing ROMs and Radios on the HTC Inspire 4G and ADB commands
S-Off HTC Inspire 4G with CWM Recovery and AT&T service
MicroSD card inserted in phone
Root capable file explorer (I prefer Root Explorer, as it can set permissions)
Download the following three files and extract to the location of your choice on your SD Card: MultiUpload(Updated 05-13-2011)
EDIT: for testing, please download This instead, it should place the telephony.db FOR you. Please report back any permissions issues, or if it even works...
Steps:
NANDROID BACKUP BEFORE BEGINNING!
1. Place PD98IMG.zip(12.39a.60.19x_26.06.06.30_M) on root of SD Card (location: \mnt\SDCard) Reboot into bootloader to install updated Radio(If necessary, if you have already flashed this radio you do NOT need to reflash radio.)
2. Once radio is installed, reboot into ClockworkMod Recovery, go to mounts and mount /system, and install the Speed Boost .zip from CWM. This includes the (verified)updated RIL files for the radio as well as propeditor for the next step.
3. Once rebooted, Prop Editor should now be present in your app tray. Open and grant Root Access. Once you have completed that, BACK UP YOUR build.prop and copy to your ADB location on computer (this way you can recover if this step gets a little messed up, reboot recovery and ADB push build.prop /system)
4. Using Prop Editor, make the following changes and additions to your prop file(Note: Any line not expressly mentioned here SHOULD NOT BE CHANGED OR TOUCHED):
Code:
ro.ril.ecc.HTC-GCC=999,112,997
ro.ril.ecc.HTC-WWE=999
ro.ril.ecc.HTC-ELL=92,93,94
ro.ril.enable.a52.HTC-ITA=1
ro.ril.enable.a53.HTC-ITA=1
ro.ril.enable.a52=0
ro.ril.enable.a53=1
ro.ril.hsdpa.category=14
ro.ril.hsupa.category=7
ro.ril.hsxpa=3
ro.ril.disable.fd.plmn.prefix=23402,23410,23411
ro.ril.enable.sdr=0
ro.ril.enable.ucsq=2
ro.ril.enable.amr.wideband=0
ro.ril.att.feature=1
ro.ril.enable.gea3=1
ro.ril.radio.svn=3
ro.ril.enable.prl.recognition=1
*media.a1026.enableA1026=1
*htc.audio.hac.enable=1
*Ignore on CM7 based ROMs. It will eat your battery.
5. Reboot phone TWICE.
6. [EDIT: Not needed on CM7 sourced ROM's after nightly build 57, MIUI, Inspired Ace by gtg465x, see step 6a] Open your Root File explorer of choice, then copy telephony.db and navigate to /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases and rename existing telephony.db to telephony.db.old, then paste the new telephony.db in that location, and set permissions to rw-rw----. Reboot phone. *see below if phone.apk crashes on reboot
6a. Change APN's to match what is in THIS thread by henrybravo.
Be sure to hit his Thanks button too!
7. Once phone is rebooted, go to settings, wireless and networks, mobile networks, and access point names. Select the locked APN (Note: WiFi Hotspot still works)
This should complete the modifications, speeds should be much better.
* - If you get crashes in Phone.apk, reboot into ClockworkMod Recovery, choose Advanced, and Fix Permissions. This will cause a temporary issue in which Contact pictures do not appear in the Messaging app. To fix this,get a terminal emulator, then do these steps:
su
chmod 666 /data/data/com.android.providers.contacts/files/*
This will fix this issue after reboot.
Many thanks to:
henrybravo, for the telephony.db method
IsraelR for the original build.prop thread
Any others I left off the list are purely unintentional. Please PM me and let me know!
I'm using the Inspire on Straight Talk, an AT&T MVNO. The APN settings won't work for me, should I just use what I have and apply the other steps in the process?
Also, thanks for the work!
What radio is it?
entropism said:
I'm using the Inspire on Straight Talk, an AT&T MVNO. The APN settings won't work for me, should I just use what I have and apply the other steps in the process?
Also, thanks for the work!
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Skip the telephony.db as well, it only has AT&T settings in it.
Sent from my Inspire 4G using XDA Premium App
Flashing now, hoping it works. AT&T around here fluctuates like crazy, and it's a lot worse with the Inspire. I can get 400k/300k one minute, 4mb/2mb the next. Right before I started flashing this, I was getting 900k/300k.
harlenm said:
What radio is it?
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Whoops, thought I copied and pasted it into there. 12.39a.60.19x_26.06.06.30_M - The AT&T updated radio from the OTA update.
Definitely not seeing prop editor installed after flashing the speed boost zip (flashed twice). Going to edit it with a text editor under Root Explorer and see how it goes.
entropism said:
Definitely not seeing prop editor installed after flashing the speed boost zip (flashed twice). Going to edit it with a text editor under Root Explorer and see how it goes.
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Hmm, I will check it. It did on the two test Inspires I have used. Text editor will work fine.
Edit - Reuploading files.
If some of the ro.ril lines of code aren't in my build.prop, should I be adding them manually? These lines were missing:
Code:
ro.ril.enable.ucsq=2
ro.ril.att.feature=1
ro.ril.enable.gea3=1
ro.ril.radio.svn=3
Edit: Running CM 7.0.2, CM kernel.
entropism said:
If some of the ro.ril lines of code aren't in my build.prop, should I be adding them manually? These lines were missing:
Code:
ro.ril.enable.ucsq=2
ro.ril.att.feature=1
ro.ril.enable.gea3=1
ro.ril.radio.svn=3
Edit: Running CM 7.0.2, CM kernel.
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Yes, this is part of the update we are doing.
I have not tried yet but since no one has and probably will not, at least for awhile lol. Just wanna say thank you for putting the time and effort into, in my oppinion , such a huge project
Will probably take a bit to get all the little kinks of diffrent roms,devs , peoples set ups . Again thank you and thanks for the huge tech support hours you will be putting in,
Sent From My HTC Inspire 4G @ 1.5Ghz
entropism said:
If some of the ro.ril lines of code aren't in my build.prop, should I be adding them manually? These lines were missing:
Code:
ro.ril.enable.ucsq=2
ro.ril.att.feature=1
ro.ril.enable.gea3=1
ro.ril.radio.svn=3
Edit: Running CM 7.0.2, CM kernel.
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Redownload the mod and rerun the CWM flashable .zip, the updater script in there was the wrong one, my fault!
Kizzmiazz said:
I have not tried yet but since no one has and probably will not, at least for awhile lol. Just wanna say thank you for putting the time and effort into, in my oppinion , such a huge project
Will probably take a bit to get all the little kinks of diffrent roms,devs , peoples set ups . Again thank you and thanks for the huge tech support hours you will be putting in,
Sent From My HTC Inspire 4G @ 1.5Ghz
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Haha, I am ready for the hours. Fortunately, my method SHOULD work for any ROM for the Inspire, as it only affects certain files. We shall see, I suppose!
Locked APN?
I didn't come up with a locked APN after the procedure. They are all currently unlocked. I started with two:
MMS and MediaNet
I now have 4, they are "Entitlement", "MEdia Net", "MEdiaNet", and "MMS"
Not sure which to pick.
EDIT: It appears that my MediaNet and your Media Net are the same APN, and I am unable to choose Entitlement. I guess that answers that?
ou4me said:
I didn't come up with a locked APN after the procedure. They are all currently unlocked. I started with two:
MMS and MediaNet
I now have 4, they are "Entitlement", "MEdia Net", "MEdiaNet", and "MMS"
Not sure which to pick.
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Choose menu then reset to default.
Sent from my A500 using XDA Premium App
id10terrordfw said:
Choose menu then reset to default.
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I'm not sure that was what was needed. I ended up with the default APN from my UltimateDroid ROM, which has some missing parameters and has always been very slow. In fact, I went from no appreciable speed increase with the procedure and 4 APNs to now quite a speed decrease. I'm going to add back the MediaNet APN. Let me know if I need any of the others added in there. ie: Entitlement.
ou4me said:
I'm not sure that was what was needed. I ended up with the default APN from my UltimateDroid ROM, which has some missing parameters and has always been very slow. In fact, I went from no appreciable speed increase with the procedure and 4 APNs to now quite a speed decrease. I'm going to add back the MediaNet APN. Let me know if I need any of the others added in there. ie: Entitlement.
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You shouldn't, the new telephony.db should have provided two new APN's at that point. That is the purpose of copying it over.
Speeds are just as bad, if not worse for me. Granted, do NOT use my experiences to see if you should install this or not, as I'm not using AT&T for my service, I'm using Straight Talk.
Results after installing this:
700k down, 590k up
1300k down, 85k up
698k down, 590k up
426k down, 852k up
1543k down, 136k up
937k down, 137k up
468k down, 140k up
entropism said:
Speeds are just as bad, if not worse for me. Granted, do NOT use my experiences to see if you should install this or not, as I'm not using AT&T for my service, I'm using Straight Talk.
Results after installing this:
700k down, 590k up
1300k down, 85k up
698k down, 590k up
426k down, 852k up
1543k down, 136k up
937k down, 137k up
468k down, 140k up
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Did you reinstall the zip in the new download?
I've noticed since upgrading my Droid X to Gingerbread that many websites that were previously fooled by setting the User Agent (in Dolphin HD) to "desktop" are no longer fooled and can now detect that I'm on a mobile device. This can be quite irritating as the mobile version of many sites is horrible.
To see if this article pertains to you, if you're set for a desktop user agent string, go to http://www.bbc.co.uk and see if you get the mobile version of the page or the desktop version. If you get the mobile version despite your user agent setting, this hack may help you.
When this first happened to me I decided to find out how the sites were detecting the fact that I'm on a mobile device. Generally a website only knows what you tell it about yourself, and what you tell it about yourself is 100% in the HTTP headers your browser sends (or that get added by a proxy server if you use one). So the first logical place to look was to see what all headers the browser was sending. Note: for any who might object that it also knows things about you by your cookies, your cookies are actually sent as HTTP headers as well.
I have a CGI script on one of my web servers that I use to see what all headers my browser is passing. There are plenty such scripts/sites on the web -- here is a decent one (it's not mine) if you want to see what your browser sends. Examining the headers, one stuck out like a sore thumb:
Code:
HTTP_X_WAP_PROFILE='http://uaprof.vtext/com/mot/mb810/mb810.xml'
Geez, that's a pretty dead giveaway isn't it? I checked a phone running FroYo and it does not send that header, so that further confirms this is the header these sites use to detect me as a mobile (since they don't detect me as a mobile under FroYo and do under Gingerbread).
I then Googled HTTP_X_WAP_PROFILE and found numerous coding resources where they suggest looking to see if that header exists and/or is set to anything in order to detect mobile browsers. Bingo.
Great - so how to get rid of it? My first thought is that since the header is clearly identifying me as a Droid X (MB810), there has to be something in the phone that is providing the data. Since I observed that the header is present whether I access the net via WiFi or via 3G, that further confirmed that this is all happening in the phone and not being added by Verizon in transit.
The first sensible place to look was /system/build.prop. Turns out that the first sensible place to look was the right place to look as I found this line:
Code:
ro.mot.hw.uaprof='http://uaprof.vtext/com/mot/mb810/mb810.xml'
Well, that's about as perfect as you could ask for. Not knowing if the phone might be touchy about completely removing this setting, my first attempt was to change the line to read like this:
Code:
ro.mot.hw.uaprof=''
I found that you must reboot the phone for the setting to take effect (no real surprise there). Unfortunately, afterward, when I examined the headers being sent by the browser, they now contained this:
Code:
HTTP_X_WAP_PROFILE=''
With that setting, the various websites still detected me as a mobile browser (which you would expect). Next I tried changing the build.prop to this:
Code:
ro.mot.hw.uaprof=
* Note - there is nothing after the equal sign - not a space or anything, just a carrriage return.
This (pleasantly) resulted in the HTTP_X_WAP_PROFILE header being completely absent -- the ideal outcome. Happily, the various websites that were detecting me as a mobile no longer did. Success!
In the interest of being thorough, I tested just removing the ro.mot.hw.uaprof setting altogether (by commenting out the line). I figured that probably was not the best plan, but I wanted to see what would happen. When I did that, the following header was the result:
Code:
ro.mot.hw.uaprof='http://uaprof.motorola.com/phoneconfig/MotoMB200/profile/MotoMB200.rdf'
Interesting default value -- and of course I was again identifiable as a mobile device.
So, the fix for this is pretty simple. The exact property that needs to be modified in your build.prop would of course vary if you're not running a Motorola build, but I'd expect it to be readily identifiable. Of course you have to be rooted to do this, and of course you should make a backup copy of your build.prop before you modify it, and of course you should think about what your fallback recovery is going to be if you foul up your build.prop and end up in a boot loop or something. Can you boot into Recovery and then fix the file with ADB, etc. -- it all depends on how your phone is set up.
For those that like step-by-step, here's precisely what I did:
Open Root Explorer (or other "root aware" editor)
Navigate to /system
Mount system as R/W
Open build.prop in text editor
Find the ro.mot.hw.uaprof line
Put a # at the beginning of the existing line (to make it into a comment)
Insert a new line below the existing line that says "ro.mot.hw.uaprof=" (without the double quotes -- no characters after the equal sign)
Save and exit editor
Mount system as R/O
Reboot phone
By doing it this way I end up with a backup copy of the original string in case I want to easily put it back. Root explorer automatically saves the original build.prop as build.prop.bak, but if you're really cautious you might want to actually make a copy of the file to your SD card or something.
At this point, in Dolphin HD, with my user agent string set to Desktop, all of the web sites that had begun seeing me as a mobile device now serve the normal desktop page (as desired). If I want to see the mobile version (for some reason) I can just switch Dolphin HD back to Android mode (user agent string) and then I get the mobile version.
Hope this helps someone. Sorry it was so long -- almost everything I write up is.
P.S. If you do this successfully on a non-Motorola phone, post here and let others know.
firstly,, BIG THANKS
I am running a GB2.3.3build.596 P3D 2file root DroidX..
when i open ROOT EXPLORER in r/w mount and open the build.prop i can not type anything..and this mobile site only crap was the reason i took 2 days of forum reading at 3 forums before i went ahead and sbf'd back to froyo from a stock Verz 2.3.3GB to then root ,and then to install the 2 P3D files to have a .596 build GB rooted phone
any suggestions, maybe another editor ware? total newb
Trying to see if this is possable....
What I would like to do, is make my WP7 device see my Data Connection as a Wi-Fi connection to download larger apps from the Marketplace when I am away from home or away from a wi-fi connection. Something that could be turned on and off.
Is this even possable ?
I hate the fact because I am on the road I can't buy a new App because of it's size, even tho I am on a full 5 bar 3G connection.....
Thoughts ?
My guess is that there is a throttling bit set in the registry for the Zune app for when not on wifi - I just can't seem to find it.
There's a value which appears to control this limit specified a file in \My Documents\Zune\PimentoCache\Keepers. The files there are downloaded to the phone based on your carrier and OEM, but they can be temporarily replaced (this is how my OEM Marketplace XAPs work).
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There's a value which appears to control this limit specified a file in \My Documents\Zune\PimentoCache\Keepers. The files there are downloaded to the phone based on your carrier and OEM, but they can be temporarily replaced (this is how my OEM Marketplace XAPs work).
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Are you saying that what I am looking for IS possable ?
If so where do I get started with this ?
I'd love something that could go in the Settings menu to enable a 50mb limit or something, that I can turn off when I am done.
You'll need to interop unlock and/or root your phone so you can browse/edit the registry.
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Thread moved to WP7 Q&A. Please post in the correct section in the future. Posting in the dev section just to try to get extra exposure is not allowed.
GoodDayToDie said:
There's a value which appears to control this limit specified a file in \My Documents\Zune\PimentoCache\Keepers. The files there are downloaded to the phone based on your carrier and OEM, but they can be temporarily replaced (this is how my OEM Marketplace XAPs work).
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Now that this thread is back open.. I would like to see if it's possable to get to the bottom of this.
What my dream is here... A little app that is in the Settings that will allow you to change your settings to allow the limit to extend to 50-100mb for a short time. This will allow users to download a larger App from the marketplace.
One of my biggest hates on WP7 is when I am on the road (not at home or by a wi-fi network), I can not BUY a new app because of it's size limits.
Has anyone tried this ? And do you need root access on your device for an app to be able to change this setting (by just flipping a switch) ?
Thanks !
Check this thread for more details that might be useful.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1602691&highlight=download+limit
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Now that this thread is back open.. I would like to see if it's possable to get to the bottom of this.
What my dream is here... A little app that is in the Settings that will allow you to change your settings to allow the limit to extend to 50-100mb for a short time. This will allow users to download a larger App from the marketplace.
One of my biggest hates on WP7 is when I am on the road (not at home or by a wi-fi network), I can not BUY a new app because of it's size limits.
Has anyone tried this ? And do you need root access on your device for an app to be able to change this setting (by just flipping a switch) ?
Thanks !
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I had the same issue and the solution to it is to edit the xml files LKG_MOConfig.xml and Downloaded_MOConfig.xml located at /My Documents/Zune/PimentoCache/Keepers. The download limit is set to 20 and can be edited to a higher value. I recently downloaded an 80 MB file through my 3G network. The only downside it seems is the files get replaced by the OS in every few days. To get round that I have made the files read-only and testing it. Will let you know how it goes.
And yes it will require a rooted or a fully unlocked phone.
Thanks to ken52787 for figuring out the files and his thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1602691
You don't need full unlock, just interop_unlock with a file browser.
Testing myself...
drkfngthdragnlrd said:
Here's the pre-edited files with a 200 MB limit & the "Read Only" attribute set in case it works. You don't need full unlock, just interop_unlock with a file browser.
Testing myself...
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I'd remove these files. These are only valid for T-Mobile and my guess is it'll cause some problems if someone tries to buy apps with them on another network.
If someone can't figure out how to edit the xml themselves and change a single number, they probably shouldn't be messing with this to begin with.
Can these be put in a XAP ?
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I'd remove these files. These are only valid for T-Mobile and my guess is it'll cause some problems if someone tries to buy apps with them on another network.
If someone can't figure out how to edit the xml themselves and change a single number, they probably shouldn't be messing with this to begin with.
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Good point, had a brain fart & didn;'t think these files might be courier dependent, files removed...
Actually, I'd really appreciate it if multiple people (different carriers in particular, I already have the OEMs) posted their PimentoCache XML files. I'm working on an app that will allow people to easily switch their Marketplace settings (OEM, MO, max download size, etc.).
GDTD - Let me get these files off my Verizon Trophy and I will post so you can add to your xap. I'm off for work so it may not be until later today.
Here are the VZW files. I already edited them for 200MB download limit.
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