Might need new SIM, should I unroot? - General Questions and Answers

I've just moved to college, and ever since then I've been having a lot of issues with mobile data. It worked better a few days ago, but now I can't get any internet at all. I called Verizon, and they said that since my signal strength is alright, and that they report having towers in my area, this should not be happening. The rep suggested that the SIM card is damaged, and that I might need to go get a new one.
This is plausable, since my phone has been getting much hotter lately, since I'm walking around campus more. One MicroSD card has already corrupted on me, and the second one almost did. I guess it's possible the heat is damaging both the MicroSD cards and the SIM card.
So here's my question: I'm rooted, and I'm running HyperDrive RLS9 as my daily driver. Will they need to check something on the phone in order to give me the SIM? Would it be a problem if they did find out I am rooted, and give me trouble for it?
I'd really, really hate to flash back to stock and unroot, so I'm asking if anyone has had experience in dealing with the Verizon reps and whether or not this will be an issue.
Thanks in advance.
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BJSerpas said:
I've just moved to college, and ever since then I've been having a lot of issues with mobile data. It worked better a few days ago, but now I can't get any internet at all. I called Verizon, and they said that since my signal strength is alright, and that they report having towers in my area, this should not be happening. The rep suggested that the SIM card is damaged, and that I might need to go get a new one.
This is plausable, since my phone has been getting much hotter lately, since I'm walking around campus more. One MicroSD card has already corrupted on me, and the second one almost did. I guess it's possible the heat is damaging both the MicroSD cards and the SIM card.
So here's my question: I'm rooted, and I'm running HyperDrive RLS9 as my daily driver. Will they need to check something on the phone in order to give me the SIM? Would it be a problem if they did find out I am rooted, and give me trouble for it?
I'd really, really hate to flash back to stock and unroot, so I'm asking if anyone has had experience in dealing with the Verizon reps and whether or not this will be an issue.
Thanks in advance.
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All I could say from experience is just flash a stock ROM to your phone then take it in. Also have you tried a factory reset?
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If you have another device just take that one if you don't want to Flash back to stock. Otherwise just flash back to stock and un-root just to be on the extra safe side.

clapper66 said:
All I could say from experience is just flash a stock ROM to your phone then take it in. Also have you tried a factory reset?
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Yeah, I pretty much planned to flash back to stock before bringing it. I did do a factory reset, but it didn't help any.
xRECKSx said:
If you have another device just take that one if you don't want to Flash back to stock. Otherwise just flash back to stock and un-root just to be on the extra safe side.
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I don't have another device, unfortunately. It looks like I'll have to go through the process of unrooting, although I need to be careful, since if I accidentally flash VRUAME7 somehow, I'm stuck.
Any recommendations on the quickest way to unroot/flash stock? I of course plan on immediately rooting again after I get the new SIM, provided my network issues are fixed.
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Help with borked wallet

No matter what i do, rom i flash, partition i wipe.... wallet force closes and does not work. i am using the nexus 4g. even if i unroot and roll back to 2.3.4 wipe everything multiple ways, accept ota updates just like i did before, wallet fails.
so ive rooted and unrooted before 2.3.7, took the ota and everything was dandy.
all i did was root a few days later and it was done. i am convinced there is some data on the nfc chip just like data was being saved on the gps when switching certain evo roms. Why would simply rooting the phone break wallet when sooo many people are running it rooted? almost wanna take it to sprint....
You need the ke1 radio for it to work on 2.3.7 without hacking it on there
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Rem3Dy said:
You need the ke1 radio for it to work on 2.3.7 without hacking it on there
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Yes remember this is a now unrooted sprint nexus returned to stock with all the proper radio's and all...
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suggestions anyone?
tried taking it to sprint but didnt have time to stick around and wait a few hours....
Same thing happened to me, I called google wallet support they blamed it on me unlocking the bootloader and flashing a custom rom. Basically you're sol unless you can swap it out at sprint. as far as I know. Google isn't responding to this issue.
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rican408 said:
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suggestions anyone?
tried taking it to sprint but didnt have time to stick around and wait a few hours....
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Also, make sure you're copying the 2.3.7 versions of:
com.android.nfc_extras.jar > system/framework
com.google.android.nfc_extras.xml > system/etc/permissions.
If you know how to sign APKs, make sure Wallet and Nfc have the same signature. If you don't know how, copy over Nfc as well to system/app and wipe cache either way.
Hope that works. Good luck.
Returned the phone to sprint overnight. Wow. The sales people and techs there are completely clueless. Oh well. After me schooling them on everything, they decided to give me a new phone. It will be shipped in a few days.
rican408 said:
Returned the phone to sprint overnight. Wow. The sales people and techs there are completely clueless. Oh well. After me schooling them on everything, they decided to give me a new phone. It will be shipped in a few days.
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You mean refurbished phone?
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Probably refurbished. From what I understand these phone go through more tests than new phones and still look new. I'm fine with that. If the phone continues to fail (which I doubt) then I can get a new phone.
So I got a new phone from sprint. Interesting I had to set up a new Google prepaid card. Got another 10 bucks...
rican408 said:
So I got a new phone from sprint. Interesting I had to set up a new Google prepaid card. Got another 10 bucks...
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yea, the prepaid card is tied to the phone's meid. New phone = new meid.
Actually, the whole gw app is tired to the meid. I'm talking to the money market level 2 guys trying to figure out how I funked mine up so badly without swapping phones
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The key is to flash the wallet fix rite on top of the rom you flash. In the same recovery session. Works everytime.
snandlal said:
The key is to flash the wallet fix rite on top of the rom you flash. In the same recovery session. Works everytime.
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Nope. Did not work for me. Mine was done no matter what I did.

[Q] Two Phones, One SIM Card?

Okay gang,
I recently fried my Atrix 2's system partition somehow, and it wouldn't load passed the "M" Motorola boot logo. But, after some patience and step-by-stepping through how to use AP Fastboot to install a 2.3.5. script, its now working again.
The question is this: In my haste felt from being without a phone for a few days, and in thinking that the phone was just completely jacked, I filed a claim with AT&T to get a "new" replacement phone.
The phone came today, but along with that came the solution to fic the original back to stock. Now, I have (2) Atrix 2's and the original SIM card from the first is still active, and with the 2nd Atrix 2 came a new SIM card -not activated.
So, can I (or should I) keep both phones and use the first as my rooted "test" phone, whilst keeping the second as an unadulterated "back-up" phone?
I don't want to cheat the system here, but was thinking it mightb be worth the deductible from my AT&T insurance to keep both so as to get more fluent with ROMS, flashing, etc all while having a completely stock 'back up'.
I was thinking of activating the 2nd (fresh) SIM card that came with the new phone and swapping between the two handsets as necessary.
Any thoughts/suggestions/warnings/insight?
As always, thanks in advance for your responses...
Apex_Strider said:
Okay gang,
I recently fried my Atrix 2's system partition somehow, and it wouldn't load passed the "M" Motorola boot logo. But, after some patience and step-by-stepping through how to use AP Fastboot to install a 2.3.5. script, its now working again.
The question is this: In my haste felt from being without a phone for a few days, and in thinking that the phone was just completely jacked, I filed a claim with AT&T to get a "new" replacement phone.
The phone came today, but along with that came the solution to fic the original back to stock. Now, I have (2) Atrix 2's and the original SIM card from the first is still active, and with the 2nd Atrix 2 came a new SIM card -not activated.
So, can I (or should I) keep both phones and use the first as my rooted "test" phone, whilst keeping the second as an unadulterated "back-up" phone?
I don't want to cheat the system here, but was thinking it mightb be worth the deductible from my AT&T insurance to keep both so as to get more fluent with ROMS, flashing, etc all while having a completely stock 'back up'.
I was thinking of activating the 2nd (fresh) SIM card that came with the new phone and swapping between the two handsets as necessary.
Any thoughts/suggestions/warnings/insight?
As always, thanks in advance for your responses...
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Yes., because you can switch phones and keep your SIM... I do it all the time when I switch between my Captivate and my Galaxy Nexus when I was with AT&T.
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deBricker said:
Yes., because you can switch phones and keep your SIM... I do it all the time when I switch between my Captivate and my Galaxy Nexus when I was with AT&T.
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So, in my paranoid mind, there's no issue between the handset and the SIM card communicating with the service provider letting them know that I have two handsets running off one SIM card at any given time?
I don't want to run the risk of (firstly, and most importantly) insurance fraud, and second having any issues with warranty/service agreement mumbo-jumbo!
I figured this would work, since the Atrix 2 doesn't have Carrier IQ to divulge any of mine or my phone's information, just wanted to be absolutely sure!
With your claim simply say that the phone was lost. And after you got your new phone someone returned it too you....can't be insurance fruad if someone returned a lost phone....can it?
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matt99017d said:
With your claim simply say that the phone was lost. And after you got your new phone someone returned it too you....can't be insurance fruad if someone returned a lost phone....can it?
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I actually did file it as a "lost" phone. I suppose that I should just activate the SIM card that came with the replacement and use that one -its brand new and has no wear- instead of using the original one to perpetrate my story.
If nothing else, as you said, I could always declare the phone was returned to me after letting some time elapse and after paying my monetary deductible in full. What are they going to do, ask me to return the replacement because of the return of the original? And further, how the heck would they (AT&T) even know for sure?
Thanks all!
Why don't you just be a honest person and return the old one like you are suppose to and keep the new one? With people like you trying to pull crap like that, it's no wonder att and the manufacturers raise the rates all the time.
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tmease1 said:
Why don't you just be a honest person and return the old one like you are suppose to and keep the new one? With people like you trying to pull crap like that, it's no wonder att and the manufacturers raise the rates all the time.
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THANK YOU. wtf is wrong with you people? you're the reason phone insurance gets raised for the other people who are on the same provider as you.
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What we have here is insurance fraud. Federally regulated. A felony.
The End.
KEB64 said:
What we have here is insurance fraud. Federally regulated. A felony.
The End.
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True story.
AT&T doesn't play around. I took too long sending a phone back one time and long story short, I'm never doing that again.
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Scottyfer said:
True story.
AT&T doesn't play around. I took too long sending a phone back one time and long story short, I'm never doing that again.
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KEB64 said:
What we have here is insurance fraud. Federally regulated. A felony.
The End.
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alexdemonumber3 said:
THANK YOU. wtf is wrong with you people? you're the reason phone insurance gets raised for the other people who are on the same provider as you.
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tmease1 said:
Why don't you just be a honest person and return the old one like you are suppose to and keep the new one? With people like you trying to pull crap like that, it's no wonder att and the manufacturers raise the rates all the time.
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You guys are right, and I'm sorry for coming across as a scammer about this; like I mentioned: I don't want to cheat the system.
After sleeping on it, I've decided that it IS VERY unethical of me to want to keep both phones, and I will be sending the replacement that AT&T sent to me back to them
Guess I just wasn't using my noggin the way I ought to have... my apologies.

Issues Accepting OTA

I had to reset my phone back to stock due to some issues with data/signal issues. I'm now not able to accept the ota vrlg7 every time i hit check for update it says service unavailable. I have my imei, stock,bootloader locked back. Im able to get on the internet so I know data isnt an issue as far as connectivity..
Maybe try a factory reset from inside touchwiz?
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Maybe try a factory reset from inside touchwiz?
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tried that a no go..I have a replacement coming tomorrow so i guess i could wait it out...Its my fourth one...
I had the same issue. I called support and they sent me a new sim card. Once I threw it in there and it activated the error went away. I would call or go into a store and get a new sim.
Hate to tell you but you probably need a new phone. I was getting that message with my first GS3. I took it to the store I bought it at and they tried a new sim...same message. They didn't want to, but I demanded they give me a new phone. I paid full retail price for the phone, so I didn't want it replaced with some refurb piece of junk.
I commented before reading further posts. Hope your replacement is good.
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I have this problem too. I wonder how many people have this problem and don't know it? Not everyone is as update happy as the people on this forum are..... Myself included
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The new replacement solved the issues..but decided to get new sim as well just to make sure..I am not 100% sure but Im beginning to think that some of the peoples issues may lie within flashing certain roms and zip alterations and causing hardware issues... I could be wrong but the thought has crossed my mind
antawnm26 said:
The new replacement solved the issues..but decided to get new sim as well just to make sure..I am not 100% sure but Im beginning to think that some of the peoples issues may lie within flashing certain roms and zip alterations and causing hardware issues... I could be wrong but the thought has crossed my mind
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I have never rooted or flashed any rom on this phone, 100% stock. This started a few days after the last update.

Keep having to reboot phone

My girlfriend just got the one x. Periodically throughout the day the phone will show that there is no sim and she has to reboot it to get it to work again. She went to take it back (I wasn't with her when she went ) and the guy at best buy told her that it was because of the service being bad. It is completely stock. Is this a common problem? Is there an easy fix or should I just take it back.
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xchrisknightx said:
My girlfriend just got the one x. Periodically throughout the day the phone will show that there is no sim and she has to reboot it to get it to work again. She went to take it back (I wasn't with her when she went ) and the guy at best buy told her that it was because of the service being bad. It is completely stock. Is this a common problem? Is there an easy fix or should I just take it back.
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it is most likely a poor contact between the sim and the mount (and I've been in terrible reception and never had it show as "no sim". I've seen a few people recommend a piece of sticky tape on the back of the sim (where there are no contacts), to press the sim onto the pins slightly harder. I haven't tried that myself, so I'd be screaming blue murder at the shop you got it.
ATT New SIM
AT&T has to change to a new SIM card for the newer phones. The One X is a smaller card. I would check to make sure they gave her a new one and not cut the original one down. They do this to restore contacts to phone before they issue the new one.
Hope this helps.
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Venomtester said:
AT&T has to change to a new SIM card for the newer phones. The One X is a smaller card. I would check to make sure they gave her a new one and not cut the original one down. They do this to restore contacts to phone before they issue the new one.
Hope this helps.
HTC One X
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Cutting the card down would not make a difference at all. All they do is cut away parts of the card that aren't needed, it's just trimming fat. I have a cut down card and I haven't experienced any problems.
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Although trying a new SIM wouldn't hurt, and might help. You can get one for free from the AT&T store.
I don't know if its a "common" problem, but it has been reported by various users. Might be poor contact in the SIM tray, as suggested, or a software issue. But don't let them tell you its a network problem, because that sounds like a bunk, scripted response.
Since the phone is bone stock, I'd try a new SIM, factory reset, and the tape trick previously suggested (just make sure you don't get tape stuck in the SIM tray). If none of those work, return it for a new one. Don't know what Best Buy's return policy is. But at AT&T stores, you can exchange for a new phone within 30 days of purchase.
Thanks for the responses. She actually dropped the phone yesterday and it hasn't happened since lol. Maybe the sim wasn't in there quite right or something. She likes the phone so hopefully it was just something as minor as that. If it happens again I'll go myself and make sure they give her another one. I just don't want her to have a bad experience with her first Android since I finally converted her from crapple.
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xchrisknightx said:
Thanks for the responses. She actually dropped the phone yesterday and it hasn't happened since lol. Maybe the sim wasn't in there quite right or something. She likes the phone so hopefully it was just something as minor as that. If it happens again I'll go myself and make sure they give her another one. I just don't want her to have a bad experience with her first Android since I finally converted her from crapple.
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I got my OneX on launch.. My wife was a long time crapple user... After roughly 1.5 weeks, she showed up at the house with a fresh OneX, a little while later I was buying her a tablet, she didn't even want to touch an iPad. Got the infinity tf700t and says she will NEVER go with iOS again
Good girl lol
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[Q&A] Ahhh, Root! Sweet delicious Root! For H810PR only.

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Awesome! I'm going to read and attempt when I get home from work tonight. I'll report back my results.
Has anybody noticed any stability issues after rooting? I wasnt having any issues prior to rooting, but earlier today my phone randomly rebooted and started boot looping. I factory reset it and since then it keeps locking up and rebooting. Anybody else run into this problem?
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I'vw got no issue whatsoever. I am a happy rooting user of LG G4
hlb3 said:
Has anybody noticed any stability issues after rooting? I wasnt having any issues prior to rooting, but earlier today my phone randomly rebooted and started boot looping. I factory reset it and since then it keeps locking up and rebooting. Anybody else run into this problem?
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I think there's no doubt this phone has some hardware issues. I've seen locking up and rebooting reported frequently across the forums. It seems to me problems similar to yours might be related to bad memory on the phone.
Has anyone tried to flash their H 810 PR phone back to their original AT&T version yet? If that doesn't work, people may need to break their phone in a way that the warranty center can't determine it's been tampered with. Perhaps returning our phones to the original state they were in before we had to use the KDZ will be enough.
I'm guessing the LG service centers are very overloaded given the number of problems we've seen. With the slow sales of the g4 I expect they're sending out new phones rather than trying to rework the broken ones.
I let phone just sit for a while. After rebooting itself 25-30 times it seemed to have settled down and it has been fine ever since. I reinstalled everything and now it is running fine, so hopefully I won't have anymore problems.
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phineous said:
I think there's no doubt this phone has some hardware issues. I've seen locking up and rebooting reported frequently across the forums. It seems to me problems similar to yours might be related to bad memory on the phone.
Has anyone tried to flash their H 810 PR phone back to their original AT&T version yet? If that doesn't work, people may need to break their phone in a way that the warranty center can't determine it's been tampered with. Perhaps returning our phones to the original state they were in before we had to use the KDZ will be enough.
I'm guessing the LG service centers are very overloaded given the number of problems we've seen. With the slow sales of the g4 I expect they're sending out new phones rather than trying to rework the broken ones.
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Is possible to get back to the 810 regular? I didn't think it was....I want to do that and made sure its not a software issue....
soulysephiroth said:
Is possible to get back to the 810 regular? I didn't think it was....I want to do that and made sure its not a software issue....
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I'm pretty sure it's not possible. I read that the KDZ overwrites the bootloader too. I think you could flash and still recover with the KDZ though. There's a small chance that the H810b image I uploaded would work, but it's just a hunch I have.
I would test it myself but I really need a good working phone for the next few weeks, I'm holding off on pulling any more stunts like the one that got me here in the first place!
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I'm pretty sure it's not possible. I read that the KDZ overwrites the bootloader too. I think you could flash and still recover with the KDZ though. There's a small chance that the H810b image I uploaded would work, but it's just a hunch I have.
I would test it myself but I really need a good working phone for the next few weeks, I'm holding off on pulling any more stunts like the one that got me here in the first place!
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You mean that while doing the root method I use the 10b instead?
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soulysephiroth said:
You mean that while doing the root method I use the 10b instead?
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Yes, but after putting some more thought into it, I don't think it will work because of the difference in the partition table between the H810 and H810PR.
GREAT JOB
phineous said:
Yes, but after putting some more thought into it, I don't think it will work because of the difference in the partition table between the H810 and H810PR.
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Hmmm what would happen if you say used the 810b and it had partition issues? Would it still be able to get I to download mode?
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soulysephiroth said:
Hmmm what would happen if you say used the 810b and it had partition issues? Would it still be able to get I to download mode?
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It seems most people who can't get to download mode anymore wiped their partition table or overwrote the boot partition. I don't know much about the different partitions yet so I can't give a concrete answer.
CAG-man said:
But I am going to experiment putting the AT&T camera app and libraries on this PR rom. I am a big camera user as I do a lot of photography. I made it through my shoot yesterday before the green blob hit me. So I then experimented with different settings with the blob. I'm hoping I strike gold with the AT&T camera.
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Hope this works. Also it may answer another question I've been thinking of. It I flash the PR firmware is it possible to reinstall some and use some of the AT&T apps such as Usage Monitor, My AT&T, AT&T Locker, and AT&T address book?
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Hope this works. Also it may answer another question I've been thinking of. It I flash the PR firmware is it possible to reinstall some and use some of the AT&T apps such as Usage Monitor, My AT&T, AT&T Locker, and AT&T address book?
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You can download apps like locker, address and MyATT from the playstore.
Touch fixes in the 04 update?
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