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I recently upgraded to 6.1, and I'm really really happy with it. But, yesterday the LCD screen seemed to have cracked itself .It seems unbelievable, but when I called T-Mobile to ask about getting a new one, they seemed to know of this problem. The LCD mounts for older Dashes seem to apply an uneven amount of pressure on the screen itself, and the screen can crack itself..
REGARDLESS, they are sending me a new phone and I need to send mine back. This is all fine and dandy, but should I be worried that I'm sending a phone back that no longer has 6.0 on it? I'm assuming that upgrading to 6.1 voids warranty and support, should I put 6.0 back on here? If I need to do that, is it possible to do that without being able to use the screen?
And, I don't think there's a way to do this, but is it possible to make a backup of the current state of my phone as its' own rom-type image and flash this to my new phone some how? I know I can backup SMS, contacts, files, and all that, but if I could just back the entire phone up into one file to migrate to another, that would be much easier. Thanks!
I wouldn't even bother backing up your "image" for a different phone.
Same phone, yes.
Just reinstall everything fresh on the new cell
yea it is jus follow the computer step by step and u will be jus fine. so dnt wrry
Hi, when my phone starts up it says in red text: 'test only not for resale'
I have tried flashing a new radio and rom but it doesn't go away.
How can I fix this?
PookyPooka said:
Hi, when my phone starts up it says in red text: 'test only not for resale'
I have tried flashing a new radio and rom but it doesn't go away.
How can I fix this?
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Which ROM are u using???
I'm no ROM cooker myself, but I had this problem also. Many cooked ROMs will not change that first screen but some DO. I don't want to be construed as advocating one ROM as better than another as they have different advantages and disadvantages, but you could try this one at the following thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=484646 Even if you find that its not suitable for you, (since you have now got rid of the annoying test announcement) you can add any of the other ROMs (except of course the one that got you the notice in the first place).
I have used Dutty's, Nataly, and UDK but it still shows that as the phone starts up when it displays HTC before the numbers come at the bottom.
As I mentioned these and other ROMs do not alter the intro screen but a few do. Try the one I mentioned in my first reply. I think this one DID change the screen for me. Changing the radio won't make a difference.
Ah I see thanks!
the "technical" term for the introscreen is splashscreen. there are some utilities and RUU's around that let you change only the splashscreen. I'm sure that when you Search for it, you will find something usefull in a minute...
SUCCES!
I had this problem with a Touch i bought from E-Bay, i got a phone call off the police about 4 months later asking where i had bought the phone from, they said aload of them got stolen from a T-Mobile warehouse. Didnt want to take my phone though, very nice of them
Dont know how to get rid of the start up messsage though sorry
I might have to exchange my tilt 2 because the BT doesn't seem to be working properly. Anyone know where to find the oem att tilt to rom installer? all i've been able to find is a "untested" version, and i want to make sure its the same ROM that it was shipped with if i have to return it.
The stock SHIPPED rom isn't available anywhere yet, the cooked stock from herg is the only option right now.
ugh...no wonder i couldn't find it. Well, i download the herg dump that was posted. Anyone think i'll be able to get away w/ using that ROM for a return, or should i just wait until there's an actual leaked/released ATT package available.
The ROM was cooked for warranty return purposes, read the first few pages of the thread, there are a few steps required to take the phone back to stock (ROM, RADIO, SPL).
Whats up with the BT? There may be a fix for it.
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The ROM was cooked for warranty return purposes, read the first few pages of the thread, there are a few steps required to take the phone back to stock (ROM, RADIO, SPL).
Whats up with the BT? There may be a fix for it.
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i tried a few different ROMs which led me to think it was a problem w/ the phone itself and not one of the roms. I tried the 10.28 EnergyROMs 6.5.1 and 6.5, TPC 6.5 rom, and an earlier release of the 6.5 EnergyROM as well. All of them had the problems with bluetooth. Basically the phone would sync to a headset, and work just find (playing stereo bluetooth), but after a softreset it would loose the Stereo Audio connection, and i wouldn't be able to playing audio through my headphones anymore. That, and for some reason the tilt 2 keyboard fix wouldn't work with any of the ROMs.
Did you install tomtom nav 7? I installed TT7, the newest version, the one that doesn't mess with the BT and had problems. I uninstalled TT7, went into the registry and deleted anything associated with TT7, soft reset, and my BT works much better now. Aside from that, I wish I could be of more help.
As you can see from my sig this is my third AT&T/HTC phone, and as I recall they all had some initial problems with BT stereo headphones. The problems were in the A2DP software and registry settings.
no TT here. actually, i just noticed that it looks like the phone doesn't recognized any of the AVCTP commands from my headset. i just tried the nov 2 NRG ROM right now, and it was able to play the music over the headphones right after i flashed, but before i installed my sim. It seems that, whenever i update the phones settings (and choose ATT) if then breaks the connection and refuses to reconnect. But either way, even when it was connected its still not able to do any of the AVCTP commands (skip, play, resume, etc).
May be something about your SIM card, AT&T will give you a new sim, no charge. I had them give me one when got my T2.
May be something about your SIM card, AT&T will give you a new sim, no charge. I had them give me one when got my T2. Take your old Tilt or Fuse and just put the SIM in it when you go in. Hell it might clear up your problems.
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May be something about your SIM card, AT&T will give you a new sim, no charge. I had them give me one when got my T2. Take your old Tilt or Fuse and just put the SIM in it when you go in. Hell it might clear up your problems.
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i doubt thats it, im using my fuze now...but when i tried uaing my headset on my phone this morning, it kept sayinng bluetooth cannot be turned on.
go ahead and exchange away!
the more tilt 2 exchange requests, the quicker the (re)stocking @ the warranty dept
I really need to get rid of my fuze and have it warranty exchanged!
stesul411 said:
The ROM was cooked for warranty return purposes, read the first few pages of the thread, there are a few steps required to take the phone back to stock (ROM, RADIO, SPL).
Whats up with the BT? There may be a fix for it.
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maybe i'm too tired, or i skimmed across the pages too quickly, but as far as bringing it back to stop Rom, radio and spl...well, the rom is the herg dump, radio (theres only one for att) so thats pretty much set. i'm assuming all i would have to do is relock it through hardspl. The only thing that has me somewhat worried is the startup screen which has the "test rom" information on it, anyone know if there's an official animation screen....or one that doesn't have that on it.
I bought a HTC Desire branded to Orange UK trough eBay when i was working there last month. The First thing i did was to debrand it using the 1.15.405.2 that i found on MoDaCa, and i bought a unlock key on eBay. This solution worked pretty well until the OTA update showed up, the i got the known WiFi issue. That was no biggie either, just installed the RUU of the 1.21.405.2 and the new Radio, and everything seemed to be perfect again
BUT THEN, two days ago, my phone suddenly lost it's connection to the my mobile operator . I tried to swap my sim card with another sim card, and the result was that my HTC Desire wouldn't get connection while my sim card worked well in the other phone. I also browsed trough my menus to try to find something that might be wrong, but no luck. If i tried to connect to my mobile operator manually, i got a message saying something like "SIM-card doesn't allow connection to this network".
Yesterday morning, i called HTC to try to find out if this might be a hw or sw malfunction, and he advertised me to do a factory settings restore and felt pretty confident that it only was the sw letting me down. I did as he suggested and boom, it worked...for about 5-6 hours, then it came back. As if that wasn't annoying enough, a factory settings restore didn't do the trick this time, and neither did a reflash with the goldcard. I even formated my mSD to be sure there wasn't any kind of virus on it.
So please, if anyone in here got a tip regarding sw, let me know. I'm helpless without my dear phone...
Hmmm this is my biggest concern... I'm just about to buy an ebay Orange Desire and flash it with a stock ROM and unlock it.... kinda worrying as I'm no Linux man really...
im not sure if its the same thing but i have lost conection to t mobile on my desire twice now. first time was fixed by re entering the apn. this time no change. the differance is mine is un branded. i also cant do mms any more.
Unbranded and debranded, same ****, isn't it? Niter means branded...
Seems like i'm not the only one with this problem: http://forum.vodafone.co.uk/topic/5...nt-re-connect/page__view__findpost__p__405655
Lots of Vodafone users in that forum has similar issues, but most of them seems to have a workaround by turn off the back on, or go by airplane mode to get signal back, tat doesn't work for me. I tried to flash my phone once more, but still no luck.
I'm considering a root operation and install android 2.2 aka froyo, but i'm not even sure if that is possible since i got the bootloader version 0.80...
ive just got mine working again by resting the apns to default.
mms still not working though. i hope its not a voda problem i just paid off t mobile a years contract to join voda due to terrible reception and crap tech support.
what is that, and how do you do it? I would guess that a reset to factory default and/or a complete reflash would take care of such, whatever it is...
Yep I was about to ask the same thing! what is it and how do you turn it on/off?
go to settings - wirless & networks - mobile networks - access point names - then press the menu key and hit reset to default.
hope this helps you
That did the same thing as a "reset to factory defaults", but still doesn't work
I've an unbranded unlocked desire on 3 UK with original firmware and mine does drop out occasionally but always comes back perhaps its a desire quirk !
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Suppose so, but unlike you and many others, mine doesn't come back I was hoping for a fix for this issue, but i'm afraid were talking about hw malfunction, let's hope i'm wrong...
Little update, just followed this guide, but that didn't change anything. As far as i know, i now got some kind of rooted version of HBOOT 0.75 and fw.ver. 1.15.405.4, dunno about radio version. But it also says that i'm not able to install a custom rom with this rooted version, but i might be able to completely root it now and then install a custom rom?
Yet another update, i did install the 2.2 Froyo following this guide, and unlike the HTC roms, this one indicates that i do have full/optimal connection to my mobile operator, but it still won't let me call, just replies with 'Mobile network not available'.
I kinda courages me to scream out loud ****!!! Yes, i mean it...
Feedback would be nice
Just a thought, may i be that the guy i bought the phone from could have reported it as stolen with the intention of getting an insurance fee? And as a result of that, my phone have been closed by the operator? Don't even know if they mind doing such across the border. So the question would be: Is there any way to find out if my phone has been remotely closed?
Call your carrier.... they will be able to tell you if the phone is connecting to the nextwork correctly... ask them if not... why not?
I second that suggestion, try calling your carrier. Also I have found that switching the internet on directly through settings rather than using the widgets solved my connection problem.
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Yep, i got contact with the seller from eBay, and he is very helpful, so he will do what he can while i will call my carrier first thing in the morning. Seems like there might be a glitch here, but i'll keep you updated on my progress.
argh, it seems like i wont get anywhere with my phone. I'm considering trying to change the IMEI, i know it's illegal, but i paid £360 for this device, and atm it's useless to me. If i only knew how tho change the imei, not exactly easy information to obtain, not even with google...
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argh, it seems like i wont get anywhere with my phone. I'm considering trying to change the IMEI, i know it's illegal, but i paid £360 for this device, and atm it's useless to me. If i only knew how tho change the imei, not exactly easy information to obtain, not even with google...
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So have you found out why your having problems?
ah, sorry, thought i already told u guys, lol. Well, for some reason the phone is IMEI locked. The seller says that he did call to lock a sim card when he lost his iphone, and it might be related since it's the sim that was suppose to be in my phone. however, i think he either claimed the phone stolen to commit insurance fraud, or it's simply stolen. Another thing i came across was that the operator might blacklist the phone if it's unlocked without their blessing, don't really know if they can do that.
Either way, the only way for me to make this phone work is to convince the police that it's not stolen (i need a recite for that which he won't provide me), or to change the imei code with my "awesome" hacking skills...
Hello, For some reason this keeps happening every time, whether i reboot by soft reset or turn the phone off and then on. The time zone setting for "home" keeps reverting back to 'Indiana Time' even though I keep setting it to 'east coast' time. This cost me a doctors appointment this morning because I was relying on the phone as an alarm and havent had this problem. I absolutely dont get it, I keep changing it to east coast and saving the settings, and then the next time the phone has to be restarted or whatever.. it goes right back to Indiana Time... Any ideas?
And now in addition to this, something interesting... my dad told me to check my phone for viruses because he cant open any of my text messages on his phone (not a smartphone, its nothing special), and its only my messages... he keeps telling me every time i send him a text it turns his phone off... hopefully unrelated????? Note: Ive been communicating via text with other people and havent had a problem.
What ROM?
I've never heard of this. I'm (normally) EnergyROM when using WinMo.
ive never heard of this either, texts work fine now. still the same time issue. Im using the at&t stock rom, the 'new' version... this was bought from someone who had a cooked rom before i flashed it back to stock.
hardcoresmylife said:
ive never heard of this either, texts work fine now. still the same time issue. Im using the at&t stock rom, the 'new' version... this was bought from someone who had a cooked rom before i flashed it back to stock.
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Make sure you flash everything back to stock. Relock, all of it.
I can't say that would cause this issue, but if you want it truly returned to stock, you have to take all of those steps. For whatever reason they say flash stock, relock, then flash stock again (probably to make sure you can still flash signed images? It's not a bad idea). Good luck.
I was on the phone (another one, so we could troubleshoot) with at&t for an hour... they tried re-registering my phone, had me look in the regional settings, turn alarms off.. then we ran out of time because the person whos phone i was using had to go.
i was told it was an unlocked phone but it seems no different then my last tilt 2 which i broke. is there a way to know if its unlocked?
And.... whats the procedure for relocking? thanks very much.
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i was told it was an unlocked phone but it seems no different then my last tilt 2 which i broke. is there a way to know if its unlocked?
And.... whats the procedure for relocking? thanks very much.
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Please search (or even read, yeesh) before posting.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=550131 <--- that's a sticky at the very top of the WinMo development section.
You can tell if it's locked or unlocked by looked at the bootloader (tri-color) screen. I can't remember what it'll say when it's locked, but if you see "OliNex" near the top, it's unlocked.
If you got the phone with an aftermarket ROM, and only flashed back to stock - I can almost guarantee it's unlocked.
Thank you, i definitely appreciate it. I tried searching, couldnt find how to relock. thanks again.
OK i fixed it without flashing. I had to go (using HTC SENSE) to that settings tab for htc sense at the bottom of the home screen, then i went to data services, then i went to internet time synch... "Get time from the internet" wasnt checked so i checked that box, "get time from the internet while roaming" wasnt checked so i checked it and it worked. for some reason that was overriding me going into the start menu, settings, clocks and alarms, etc. Damn HTC sense, im wondering how much freakin sense it has! ridiculous...
Yes my phones unlocked...
Why on that thread does it say to only relock if your sending it in for warranty??? Does that really bring it back to the exact locked and stock state the phone was in when it left the factory???? Is that a warning that there may be a problem or two after you relock it??? Id like to relock it since it freezes sometimes at boot up... but like they say, dont fix it unless its broken... I dont want to regret relocking it and have other software or hardware hiccups and issues because relocking doesnt truly bring it back to how it left the factory, im good with more issues lol... thanks again so much.
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OK i fixed it without flashing. I had to go (using HTC SENSE) to that settings tab for htc sense at the bottom of the home screen, then i went to data services, then i went to internet time synch... "Get time from the internet" wasnt checked so i checked that box, "get time from the internet while roaming" wasnt checked so i checked it and it worked. for some reason that was overriding me going into the start menu, settings, clocks and alarms, etc. Damn HTC sense, im wondering how much freakin sense it has! ridiculous...
Yes my phones unlocked...
Why on that thread does it say to only relock if your sending it in for warranty??? Does that really bring it back to the exact locked and stock state the phone was in when it left the factory???? Is that a warning that there may be a problem or two after you relock it??? Id like to relock it since it freezes sometimes at boot up... but like they say, dont fix it unless its broken... I dont want to regret relocking it and have other software or hardware hiccups and issues because relocking doesnt truly bring it back to how it left the factory, im good with more issues lol... thanks again so much.
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Relocking doesn't do much, other than disallow the flashing of unsigned images.
I don't know what you mean by freezing at boot, I doubt relocking will help.
Relocking for warranty work is absolutely necessary however - if you send it in, and the device is unlocked, they will *usually* notice and void your warranty site-on-scene. Kinda like jailbreaking for iPhone's, it voids the warranty. So long as you undo any hacks you've put on, the provider is none the wiser. Hence, the only real reason to relock would be if you were sending it in.
But to answer your question, you have to relock and flash stock ROM. Once those two things are done, you are back to factory.
Glad you fixed it tho. I wouldn't have thought to check there - I was grabbing at straws with the relock/reflash thing, just figured it's something to check if you just got the phone. I would leave it unlocked personally, unless you are going to take it in for repair/replacement.
Thank you so much for all your time, info, efforts, and input.. I wont relock it then... I greatly appreciate everything.
I just figured out the sole ONE AND ONLY THING that was causing this problem. I have advanced config, so I have it set so when you go into settings, personal, then phone... Under the GSM/UMTS services tab that I have, you can see settings for "Time Synchronization" along with caller ID, call waiting, etc. Under Time Synchronization if I have "Automatic change time zone and clock" checked (Like it has been) it reverts my time zone incorrectly to indiana, instead of east coast time. I unchecked that box, and this doesnt happen anymore. My clock stays at the right time zone, east coast, no more problems. Why the heck would my phone think im in indiana if i use that setting, i dont get that? That setting is obviously useless if i lets say, traveled to california.. Interesting?...
I've always let the carrier set my time (never messed with any form of time sync, auto time adjustments, time zone changes, etc etc), but I'm on a CDMA carrier that distributes NITZ properly. Never had to worry about the clock being off.