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Just got my HTC Desire today and everything is working fine apart from the android market. I have 3 problems:
1) I don't have the paid apps tab only top free and just in. I can see paid apps within the just in section, but not top paid apps.
2) When I clock on the install button I get a blank screen with just the background gui showing for at least 10-20 seconds before the confirmation screen that shows what permissions the app needs is finally shown.
3) Apps install correctly however they never get removed from the "currently downloading" list in the Downloads section of the android market.
I got the phone through virgin mobile and I am currently using a t-mobile sim in it. I have tried doing a factory reset which didn't solve the problem.
Anyone had any similar issues?
Liam
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Your problems will be solved by removing t-mobile content lock. It can be done through their website or by calling customer service.
One problem will remain though: so far no one can see copy-protected apps because market is not recognizing our build number. It should be solved soon though.
Hi,
The phone actually came from Virgin Mobile, but for the moment I am using my old T-Mobile sim which used to be in my G1 which didn't have any problems with the market. I seem to remember de-activating the content lock when I used the browser for the first time on my g1.
I just checked on my t-mobile account details and I definitely have the content lock turned off.
I still have the same problem with the market, i.e. I get about 20 seconds of blank screen after clicking install before the permission confirmation details come up.
And after an app is installed it still shows in the download section as installing with the grey progress bar and doesn't disappear unless I go to the settings/Applications and clear the cache in download manager, market and force close the market app.
Anyone have any similar problems? I have done a full factory reset three times, still the same problems.
Liam
I just got mine, its a open one unbranded. I can neither connect to gtalk or download apps, both hang. I have read similar problems for the Droid, but the fixes dont work for me.
Also can you connect the device to the internet via the PC, like windows mobile ?
That's odd. My problems were solved by removing content lock.
Does the same thing happen on WiFi? Did you try to restart the device?
Regarding PC to phone tethering, it's not possible over USB. There are guides on how to do it over WiFi though.
Its the same for me : confirmed that content lock is off.
and still have this problem.
On Tmobile, upgraded from G1, same sim.
I get this on wifi or not.
If I restart the device, the Market Place states its installed correctly (like it should do). But installing another shows the same problem.
I've done a Factory Reset via the menu and that did solve it.
And I've just phoned tmo tech support, and they recommend resetting via fastboot.
I'll give that a go later, and post back the results.
Any other ideas?
Its really weird. Yesterday at a different wifi location it worked fine. But again its not working in work. I assume then the downloads are being blocked by the service provider, or the router.
Thats really crap you cannot connect to the internet via the USB cable like in windows mobile. I cant get my data service working either - so in work I have to work.
ok, I did a clear storage from the fastboot menu, I assumed that what he meant, had no effect.
but figured it out!!!!!!
its my gmail/Google account thats the problem! if I reset the phone and created a new account it works fine. log back in as me, bang. back as previously created new account, fine.
1. is this the same for other people?
2. the people who are having this problem, are you all previous Android users?
3. if so, what phone? me was G1.
I will have to raise a bug with android or google on this.
I now also have to ring back tmo and tell them this info, as I'm guessing by his language he want to take the phone back in.
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PauloJ5 said:
Its really weird. Yesterday at a different wifi location it worked fine. But again its not working in work. I assume then the downloads are being blocked by the service provider, or the router.
Thats really crap you cannot connect to the internet via the USB cable like in windows mobile. I cant get my data service working either - so in work I have to work.
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Beware that while most apps like gmail, calendar, contacts, etc work using port 80 (HTTP), both google talk and android market use different ports.
In my school network I can't connect to gtalk or download from market because they block those ports on the firewall.
I previously had a g1 and think the problems I was having had something to do with my gmail account but it seemed to resolve itself after several factory resets.
I am not convinced that the factory reset was what fixed it, I just think it needed a bit of time to sort itself out.
I wonder if having a new device with the same gmail account causes the issue and it takes a while to recognise the new device. though that doesn't really explain the behaviour I was seeing.
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I cannot find a way around this.
My google account shows the slowness and install problems, a test/temp/dummy/other account does not, I do not want to change my email address!
So I have emailed Google, see where that gets me.
Anyone know/think-of any other routes?
to: [email protected]
I am having problems with the Market on my new Desire. I previously had a G1.
1. When I select Downloads tab, it takes about 10 seconds before the loading text is displayed.
2. When selecting something to install, the 1st info page with the install button is displayed but with no info/text/etc, ie only the install button, again about a 10sec wait and the info shows fine.
3. When selecting install, the security confirm page is displayed but is blank, no text or buttons, another 10secs and its displayed.
4. If I actually go to install an app, it correctly redirects me back to the last market list page. From there if I go to Downloads, after the 10sec wait, it always states "installing", even when its finished, and pushed a notification up.
I can use the app, but the market always states installing. Even hours after. These all queue up and never clear.
Only rebooting the phone clears the installing app, and correctly marks them as installed.
5. Uninstalling app cannot be completed at all. I select uninstall, and it pops up the confirmation box, but then displays a blank page, and after the 10 or so seconds, displays the "Uninstalling application" with progress bar, but never completes. Again only a reboot corrects this.
All this occurs for any app.
I have done many Factory Resets from software, and Clear Storage from Fastboot.
Interestingly, my phone works corrected with a new account, I reset the phone and instead of signing in with my usual account, I created a new one, this worked very fast and correctly. Signing back in with my normal account again showed the same problems.
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same problem here, gone from a G1 to HTC desire not tryed to sign up with a new account simply becasue i had the xxxx.xxxgmail mail now for over 18 months and rely on it.
All I know is that the day after I got my Desire, probably about 24 hours after first turning it on (and after 4 factory resets which may have nothing to do with it) I was installing an app, which had the same problems i.e. delayed permissions screen, remaining in the download screen even after being installed succesfully, then a few minutes later I went to install another app and it was fine, no delay, suddenly I had the Top Paid apps tab and apps did not remain in the download section as still downloading. It has been fine ever since.
It seems that all of us who have this problem have had G1s previously so it must be something to do with that.
I experienced this issue with my new desire but not one with older rom. Both from T-Mobile. The funny thing was first day it was running pretty slow, could not view paid apps either but now it is much faster as it should be and paid apps have appeared too. So it's working brilliantly.
i have market problems too... i cant see many market apps, including paid apps which i bought..
it's a free desire with vodafone spain sim.
tito kastros said:
i have market problems too... i cant see may market apps, including paid apps which i bought..
it's a free desire with vodafone spain sim.
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That's a different issue, apparently Google have not yet added the HTC Desires "fingerprint" to some kind of database that enables access to apps with copy protection, this is why some apps you have previously purchased won't show up.
Apparently this happens with all new handsets, though why Google don't get this resolved before the phones release I don't know, as it doesn't give a great experience to the end user (HTC say they sent the fingerprint well before the phone was released but google haven't processed it yet).
Hopefully this should be resolved soon. Until then I have had to extract a few of my more regularly used protected apps from my G1 with root.
But it happens to me with free apps too.
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But it happens to me with free apps too.
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Any application developer can choose to use copy protection, some free apps choose to do that.
edit :Turning this feature off has massively improve my battery life .
In nodo, we can turn this feature off in the phone , but in mango , i just discovered how to do it, we cant turn the feature off in the phone itself
U need to do this only once .
so here are the steps :
1) tick on the 2 features in settings > find my phone connect to these features faster and save my location
2) go to https://www.windowsphone.com and login with yr primary phone ID ( live,hotmail, MSN ect)
3) at the webpage, go to my phone > account and click remove ( to remove yr phone).
4) tick off the 2 features in settings > find my phone connect to these features faster and save my location
u will notice Find my phone disconnected immediately
u may see possible battery life savings but u cant install apps from webpage marketplace but the phone marketplace works fine
I've just tried that method.
The only thing that has changed is notification under the Windows Live - "Outdated", but "find my phone" is still connected for me.
I'm waiting for other reports out there
Thanks!
Mine says disconnected.my live account is set to as items arrive.for some reason if u cant get it right , maybe u want alter this setting to 15 mins , manual or as items arrive. But it should probably not make a difference
To Repeat the steps again, if u didn't get it right
1) ensure location is turned on.
2) tick the 2 options on yr phone , "connect to these features faster" and "mapping "
3) sync yr windows live id on yr phone ( right click>sync)
4) go to windowsphone.com. U will see yr phone there listed again and with a email in yr inbox " welcome to windowsphone" . Wait for this email .
5) untick the 2 options on yr phone , "connect to these features faster" and "mapping"
6) repeat the steps in post 1
I do not have any use for find my phone, it does not help one to recover a lost , stolen phone as tech savvy thieves can easily remove the sim card or hard reset the device in which case the feature is rendered useless.
No really, one more simple step is to turn off the location services, poof, it´s off.
Snake. said:
No really, one more simple step is to turn off the location services, poof, it´s off.
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I believe it still works without location as yr position is determined by cell phone tower triangulation and info is sent to microsoft thru yr phone data services but need yr windows live ID for it to be seen on windowsphone.com
Also btw I think this also uses up battery as it clearly says connected.
kristoff_sz said:
I've just tried that method.
The only thing that has changed is notification under the Windows Live - "Outdated", but "find my phone" is still connected for me.
I'm waiting for other reports out there
Thanks!
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did u press sync??
another method is to make a full backup of yr phone using the custom homebrew tools in xda
hard reset yr device
restore using the backup
Remove yr phone in windowsphone.com
and u will see yr phone disconnected
Thanx, but is there an option to put a password on find my phone option?
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Thanx, but is there an option to put a password on find my phone option?
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What do u mean by that?
Ok, it worked - after 5 days of phone deletion on site Thanks Magpir.
Its a bit tricky though but hard reset, set up live account and restore backup method is easy because windowsphone.com will detect 2 phones and will disable one (after restore)
Use the custom backup/ restore tool from xda...
Turning this feature off has massively improve my battery life .
Another Magpir special? Necro'd by himself? Sweet!
1) take out sim card
2) turn on phone, put sim back in, go to SMS
3) send an sms to your own number
4) call your local provider
5) ask them to send you a text
6) go to options > turn off SMS
7) take out sim, turn off phone - VERY IMPORTANT - wait 13.5 minutes
8) charge phone fully
9) replace sim, turn on phone
10) open internet explorer
11) type in your phone's mobile number to address bar
12) take out sim
13) restart one more time, replace sim
14) throw it in the air and say some magic-sounding words. Woozle wozzle or something
15) do a handstand
16) pleasure yourself
17) take out sim again
18) replace sim
Your phone should now turn into a flamingo and give 400,000% better battery life.
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Another Magpir special? Necro'd by himself? Sweet!
1) take out sim card
2) turn on phone, put sim back in, go to SMS
3) send an sms to your own number
4) call your local provider
5) ask them to send you a text
6) go to options > turn off SMS
7) take out sim, turn off phone - VERY IMPORTANT - wait 13.5 minutes
8) charge phone fully
9) replace sim, turn on phone
10) open internet explorer
11) type in your phone's mobile number to address bar
12) take out sim
13) restart one more time, replace sim
14) throw it in the air and say some magic-sounding words. Woozle wozzle or something
15) do a handstand
16) pleasure yourself
17) take out sim again
18) replace sim
Your phone should now turn into a flamingo and give 400,000% better battery life.
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sure haven't said:
Another Magpir special? Necro'd by himself? Sweet!
1) take out sim card
2) turn on phone, put sim back in, go to SMS
3) send an sms to your own number
4) call your local provider
5) ask them to send you a text
6) go to options > turn off SMS
7) take out sim, turn off phone - VERY IMPORTANT - wait 13.5 minutes
8) charge phone fully
9) replace sim, turn on phone
10) open internet explorer
11) type in your phone's mobile number to address bar
12) take out sim
13) restart one more time, replace sim
14) throw it in the air and say some magic-sounding words. Woozle wozzle or something
15) do a handstand
16) pleasure yourself
17) take out sim again
18) replace sim
Your phone should now turn into a flamingo and give 400,000% better battery life.
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LooooooooooL
well u can try this and repost yr finidings on battery life.
the intrinsic rom has this feature off by default.
I turned off find my phone in settings and it says disconnected. Am I really disconnected or do I still need to go to windowsphone.com?
Or has the issue with the complicated process of turning off "find my phone" been addressed with the 8107 update?
KimWinter said:
I turned off find my phone in settings and it says disconnected. Am I really disconnected or do I still need to go to windowsphone.com?
Or has the issue with the complicated process of turning off "find my phone" been addressed with the 8107 update?
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if u are disconnected it will not show up in windowsphone.com
there will be no "device" category there.
Find my phone as in Nodo is different from that of mango. Well it allows u to lock, ring and erase yr phone, that is if its lost. if its stolen, thats a different story as yr phone is in possession of someone else.
it has nothing to do with complicated process in Mango. its a flaw which MS corrected from Nodo to mango
and the feature itself has drawbacks without a lockscreen password if the phone is stolen
let me explain :
In nodo we can turn off this feature in settings, with mango we couldn't...reason is if u lost yr phone and yr phone does not have lockscreen password, anyone who finds yr lost phone could just turn the feature off in NODO and before. And so u will lose the ability to remote wipe the device , and yr personal data will be compromised, it is already is when u dint put in a lockscreen password and someone finds the phone before u can wipe it thru find my phone.
. so this is a flaw MS corrected in MAngo by not setting up options to turn off find my phone in the device itself but rather from a webpage that requires yr login ID . but on a side note, it does not make yr phone immune to hard reset . if anyone who found yr lost phone hard resets the device thru the vol buttons, then u cannot track the phone, but yr personal data will be have disappeared.so it comes to the same thing. of cos the best thing to safeguard yr personal data is to put in a lock screen password, even zune cannot sync a locked phone.
This is why find my phone does not totally foolproof yr phone without a lockscreen password. Find my phone uses cell towers to work aand so technically speaking any thief or anyone familiar with the feature finding yr lost/stolen phone can remove the sim card to render the feature useless, but the lockscreen will save the day . this is where the importance of lockscreen password come in . the phone contents cannot be accessed without the lockscreen password.FInd my phone allows u to track, and wipe yr phone befrore y rphone contents is accessed or hard resetted but it may not allow u to recover yr phone if its intentionally stolen, as thieves may resort to hard resetting and/or removing the sim card
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There waas a similar feature like find my phone though not the same in apple iphones 3G/3GS and in earlier versions of IOS without user driven phone tracking which only came about in IOS 4 and above . but the purpose of it was to prevent viruses from spreading thru networks or some other unpredictable, undesirable/illegal activity which may rear its ugly head in the future. i am not sure if the feature is still around in later iphones>IOS versions
It allows apple to identify and cripple a device remotely. the feature does not show up in iphone settings/ options nor is there any way to turn it off except jail breaking and installing an app called sbsettings in which one can disable the feature. There was some privacy concerns with this feature and the issue which was blogged about several times on the net, a few years ago
I guess find my phone also does the same at least the ability to do the same. difference is MS gives u the ability to turn it off thru webpage with login ID
So u may be wondering why is there such a feature in the first place in smartphones when all u need is lockscreen password or the feature does not allow u to recover yr stolen phone , well
its for security reasons for privacy for individuals, the legal aspects of the law and safeguarding large corporate, or govt organizations which use smartphones in which restricted information is being kept and to prevent compromise of such information b ymaking a copy of the phone . it also allows timely intervention in dealing with unscrupulous rogue individuals in corporations using a smartphone with restricted information in which a windowsphone with login id and password only known to the organisation and not the individual. this is why a login id and password like windows live is needed to set up a windowsphone unlike apple's iphone. so i must say in a way MS security implementations is more secure than apple's that its user activities can be tracked e.g illegal sharing of restricted corporate information thru email and sms
this is also why zune does not restore full file by file 100% backups of phone and tags device backups to the specific phone.
sms is not backed up . and other information like emails need to be set up again
Again, On a side note , its good to take note a few things to avoid losing yr phone :
always put yr phone in a front pocket and not back or side if there are no buttoned pockets
time to time feel yr pockets to see if the phone is still with u
never leave the phone unattended while in the washroom or eatery, or when busy at something
set up a ringtone/vibration reminder if u are a forgetful person
hang the phone using a holder around yr neck
if u are a regular user of yr phone, its less likely u are to lose it because yr phone is in view with u and in yr hands all the time compared to someone who uses it only a few times a day. a regular user will make it a habit to use the phone and remember to put it in his pocket and practise safe habits like avoid putting a phone into the side pocket where it can slip when one sits or in a bag when taking out things. this is especially a problem with phones that have a "glossy" body like the iphone 3G, their surface is slippery and they can easily slip out from a bag's side sleeve or pants side pocket
Hi guys!
This is definitely something weird and I can all but guarantee you havn't come across something like this before!!
Ok so, my friend broke his HTC One X, cracked the screen, but it still works. - he just wants the data off it.
Now, i have an MHL cable, plugged that in, rebooted the phone and went from there...the only issue is it boots in landscape. so when we pull the ring to unlock the device, because of poor software in the phone it just FILLS the whole screen with an "emergency call" massive button, but the emergency call text is skewered to the left hand side of the phone. Thus, we cannot enter his username and password into the input fields to give him his access back to his phone!!
Although funnily enough, the phone mysteriously loaded up once in portrait (so we could imagine the keyboard on the screen), but after 100 of attempts its not giving it us again, which means we cant enter his gmail user and pass in again!
Infact, when it did load up in portrait, we entered his gmail address and password, pressed sign in...PATIENTLY WAITED...and said the password was incorrect! FUUUUUU. Also, data is disabled on his phone (maybe why it fired the issue with it saying password was incorrect), and now we're back to square one, trying to get the phone to load up in portrait.
I recall, back when i had my Galaxy S2, that i once flashed a kernel to the device and it would mysteriously remove the password...the only issue we have with this is that the HTC One X, (if it does boot to recovery), doesn't display through MHL, so we can't flash anything to the phone anyway!! basically TOTAL lockout!
So guys...any assistance at all, because he's deeply upset the fact he's going to lose all of his files!!
Regards,
meeeeelz
meeeeelz said:
Hi guys!
This is definitely something weird and I can all but guarantee you havn't come across something like this before!!
Ok so, my friend broke his HTC One X, cracked the screen, but it still works. - he just wants the data off it.
Now, i have an MHL cable, plugged that in, rebooted the phone and went from there...the only issue is it boots in landscape. so when we pull the ring to unlock the device, because of poor software in the phone it just FILLS the whole screen with an "emergency call" massive button, but the emergency call text is skewered to the left hand side of the phone. Thus, we cannot enter his username and password into the input fields to give him his access back to his phone!!
Although funnily enough, the phone mysteriously loaded up once in portrait (so we could imagine the keyboard on the screen), but after 100 of attempts its not giving it us again, which means we cant enter his gmail user and pass in again!
Infact, when it did load up in portrait, we entered his gmail address and password, pressed sign in...PATIENTLY WAITED...and said the password was incorrect! FUUUUUU. Also, data is disabled on his phone (maybe why it fired the issue with it saying password was incorrect), and now we're back to square one, trying to get the phone to load up in portrait.
I recall, back when i had my Galaxy S2, that i once flashed a kernel to the device and it would mysteriously remove the password...the only issue we have with this is that the HTC One X, (if it does boot to recovery), doesn't display through MHL, so we can't flash anything to the phone anyway!! basically TOTAL lockout!
So guys...any assistance at all, because he's deeply upset the fact he's going to lose all of his files!!
Regards,
meeeeelz
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If you're asking for a method to bypass security, and access an accounts information on a device, I am definitely NOT happy divulging any means to do so.
No-one should ever ask for, nor should anyone ever provide, the means of bypassing any security, logging into any accounts, or accessing device data.
No offence, but you could be anybody and this device could have been acquired by any means.
rubed otallsn
Tigerlight said:
If you're asking for a method to bypass security, and access an accounts information on a device, I am definitely NOT happy divulging any means to do so.
No-one should ever ask for, nor should anyone ever provide, the means of bypassing any security, logging into any accounts, or accessing device data.
No offence, but you could be anybody and this device could have been acquired by any means.
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Im asking for a method to force the screen to display in portrait!
After doing a bit of research ive noticed a lot of people would come to this conclusion, any assistance at all in WHY the username and password for my friends gmail account allows us to sign in via google, but NOT on the ONE x, even though its the only email address in use on the phone!
is there any way at all in putting the phone into a recovery mode of sorts, maybe via the emergency dial pad?
Understandably there is a lot of confusion/anger towards this subject, but when it comes to 2 people trying to get into a device that is their own...any reasonable suggestion is welcome!!
You could always unlock the bootloader and use a custom recovery then mount the phones as mass storage there.
However this would void is warranty then again it depends how he broke the screen.
It maybe booting portrait as it thinks it's in a dock you tried without the cable?
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treebill said:
You could always unlock the bootloader and use a custom recovery then mount the phones as mass storage there.
However this would void is warranty then again it depends how he broke the screen.
It maybe booting portrait as it thinks it's in a dock you tried without the cable?
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Hey!!
Thanks for the idea but we can't tell if its booted in recovery even with the necessary key combo to get it into that mode...we're running out of ideas...im really annoyed that the user and pass for his gmail didnt actually let him in the phone...what other email address would google keep as a backup to confirm he is the owner of the phone?!
Also, the screen is completely destroyed, the digitizer however works lovely!
Alas, any more ideas? x
meeeeelz said:
Hey!!
Thanks for the idea but we can't tell if its booted in recovery even with the necessary key combo to get it into that mode...we're running out of ideas...im really annoyed that the user and pass for his gmail didnt actually let him in the phone...what other email address would google keep as a backup to confirm he is the owner of the phone?!
Also, the screen is completely destroyed, the digitizer however works lovely!
Alas, any more ideas? x
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if you're connected to a network it should work fine with a gmail/pass however if you can't actually see how do you know what you're typing or even if you are typing?
treebill said:
if you're connected to a network it should work fine with a gmail/pass however if you can't actually see how do you know what you're typing or even if you are typing?
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genuinely we've tried his gmail username and password on the lucky attempt that is loaded in portrait!!! it just says its invalid!! :|
also, i was aware that the actual gmail account as such was stored locally on the device, and didnt need a data connection?
thanks again guys!
HTC One X ran over by a car... Data Recovery
meeeeelz said:
Hi guys!
This is definitely something weird and I can all but guarantee you havn't come across something like this before!!
Ok so, my friend broke his HTC One X, cracked the screen, but it still works. - he just wants the data off it.
Now, i have an MHL cable, plugged that in, rebooted the phone and went from there...the only issue is it boots in landscape. so when we pull the ring to unlock the device, because of poor software in the phone it just FILLS the whole screen with an "emergency call" massive button, but the emergency call text is skewered to the left hand side of the phone. Thus, we cannot enter his username and password into the input fields to give him his access back to his phone!!
Although funnily enough, the phone mysteriously loaded up once in portrait (so we could imagine the keyboard on the screen), but after 100 of attempts its not giving it us again, which means we cant enter his gmail user and pass in again!
Infact, when it did load up in portrait, we entered his gmail address and password, pressed sign in...PATIENTLY WAITED...and said the password was incorrect! FUUUUUU. Also, data is disabled on his phone (maybe why it fired the issue with it saying password was incorrect), and now we're back to square one, trying to get the phone to load up in portrait.
I recall, back when i had my Galaxy S2, that i once flashed a kernel to the device and it would mysteriously remove the password...the only issue we have with this is that the HTC One X, (if it does boot to recovery), doesn't display through MHL, so we can't flash anything to the phone anyway!! basically TOTAL lockout!
So guys...any assistance at all, because he's deeply upset the fact he's going to lose all of his files!!
Regards,
meeeeelz
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Well I tried several display options but upon opening my Exs phone which she decided to stiff me on a 2 year contract and run over the phone with a car. The main board was broken and the digitizer and screen were broken... I had access to a working HTC one X so I took the motherboard, battery assembly reconnected into the working shell with the functional main board and voila! All info and in my case lies revealed... There is also a rainbow table available with an app on Git Hub that will circumvent any password on the phone using a Dual Mini Usb go cable I believe, it is demonstrated on the Hak5 show... Hope this helps!
Hi Geniuses in XDA!
A strange one for you if you are able to help I would appreciate it. (sooo much)
I was an Apple stalwart for years but got so fed up of them being so inflexible and pushing stupid iOS updates on users every other month I thought an Android Phone would be the way to go.
So many peeps said great things about the S7 so I researched it and after a short while saw that S7 Active would be a better choice than the S7 or S7 edge.
I bought a G891A phone from ebay as a refurb in September 2018, it was in great condition. Worked like a dream MUCH better than Apple stuff. Much faster, brilliant battery life and better everything!
Last week (Thursday evening 28th Feb to be exact) I was charging the phone as usual before sleeping and while holding the phone in my hand and the screen locked - it looked like it rebooted, I wondered why did this happen but no biggie so I left it without the charger connected until the morning.
When I picked up the phone to use it in the morn, the startup PIN would not work which has never happened before.
I carefully entered the PIN - no joy, and again and again, then I tried every different denomination of the same number no joy, then the stock 0000 and 000000 and 1234 and 123456 . nothing still locked.
Buy this time a message came up with the 'you have x tries left until a factory reset' - tried several google searches and found similar issues but not the exact same scenario.
Tried loading progs via the SD card that would disable the PIN or allow the password file in the OS to be deleted but none of these would work as I have the stock samsung recovery and not TWRP or similar so the 'not authorised error' would come up in recovery when trying to load anything I downloaded..
Eventually I just tried the same PIN again until the phone wiped and reset it self - no real issue I thought as I have a current full BU via google drive so I let the phone restore the backup to the phone partially, then I thought what if the backup doesn't contain all the stuff I want? So stopped and disabled google play and put the phone on airplane mode to prevent any further data being written to the phone and potentially over writing anything file that had been given a deletion marker by the filesystem..
I did this as my main method of storing records/notes about many things is via memos. and realised that the goggle drive stock backup does not include Memos or SMS Texts. ( I checked through the entire listing of what was backed up on the google backups)
No I didn't enable the Samsung backup just the google drive one :crying: BUT I WISH I DID NOW!
Anyway you lovely lot - is there any way I can ROOT this phone with minimal file overwriting damage so I can get in the FS and get to the deleted memos and sms texts in the internal memory of the phone and copy them elsewhere using ADB or software or similar?
I refuse to be defeated on this as its not an APPLE!
PLEEZ HALP!!!
Phone is running 7.0
Build is NRD90M.G891AUCS2BQH1
I hope I have been clear in explaining - Need any other info please ask!
TLDR; is there a way to bypass the mi unlock tool, cuz it ain't working for me. timer keeps getting reset. and no matter what i do, it keeps happening. also xiaomi support is absolutely useless
so i received my k20 pro about a month or more ago with the intention of putting on a custom rom.
from what i can tell, i've done everything right. i initially had 360 hours to unlock according to the tool. opened it again the next day to make sure the counter was going down. and it was fine.
but then i went back about a week later, and the countdown was at 380!!
did some digging and fiddling seems like perhaps i reset the account on the phone somehow or maybe the update to miui 11 reset it, i dunno, it certainly was NOT intentionally signed out.
so i made sure to do everything proper (which btw might be impossible bcuz all the guides are either broken chinese/english translations, or the ui/menus have changed, links to the english forums go nowhere): removed/re-enabled the mi account on the phone. dev mode. pair the account to the mi unlock status
380 hours.... check the next day.... looks good
that was about 6 days ago. so i went to double check the countdown again today.... back to 380!?!?!?!?
what the hell is going on? something reset again? now i legit cant even find the developer options menu. and the mi account thing. something reset developer mode. just had to go reactivate it
is there anyway to just bypass all this crap and unlock the bootloader, or something i am doing to cause this reset??? do i just have to leave the phone on the fastboot screen for 380 hours or something?
its been weeks with miui and i really want it gone, i dont want to start another 380 countdown to just go back a week later and have it reset
plz help, thanks
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that was a post i made on reddit a few weeks ago. i've since had a timer in my calendar, to wait the allotted time. only to see the timer reset TWICE. it's about a total of 4 times that this timer reset has happened to me.
i have contacted xiaomi "support" during all these resets and they all send me some boiler plate message along the lines of:
"I would request you to follow the timer/ waiting period shown in Mi Unlock Tool to unlock successfully, you'll see this sentence "Couldn't unlock the device after XXXX hours" which means "Please unlock after XXX hours." There is some translation issue in Mi Unlock Tool. Also would like to inform you that after you've successfully bound your Mi Account, do not log out the approved Mi account from your phone. Otherwise, the timer will be reset and you gotta spend more time waiting again."
i've literally begged them to put me into contact with someone who can actually help. my last message literally said plz don't respond with a canned answer, and guess what, i got the same canned answer, yay.
edit: finally got it unlocked thanks for helping
Hey,
I once got a similar issue where my timer reset itself.
My problem was just to login with my Xiaomi account and tried unlocking once, after that I put the phone in the drawer back without using it very much. You have to use the phone actively to not get the timer resetet.
Try this:
1. activate phone with mi-account and install some apps from google
2. try unlocking with the tool
3. have a sim-card inserted every second / third day and/or always a wifi connection
4. use the phone a bit (I did it after work when coming home for 15 minutes)
Do not log out your mi-account, do not turn on flightmode, do not reset your phone during waiting
after that I had no reset and could unlock my phone with the latest mi unlock tool. I hope this will help you.
bssnik said:
Hey,
I once got a similar issue where my timer reset itself.
My problem was just to login with my Xiaomi account and tried unlocking once, after that I put the phone in the drawer back without using it very much. You have to use the phone actively to not get the timer resetet.
Try this:
1. activate phone with mi-account and install some apps from google
2. try unlocking with the tool
3. have a sim-card inserted every second / third day and/or always a wifi connection
4. use the phone a bit (I did it after work when coming home for 15 minutes)
Do not log out your mi-account, do not turn on flightmode, do not reset your phone during waiting
after that I had no reset and could unlock my phone with the latest mi unlock tool. I hope this will help you.
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I almost did the same steps. I throw it in last corner and was charging it a bit, that's all. Didn't use it at all until the timer was over.
WiFi was activated the whole time and I removed the Sim after login into mi account and apply for unlock. Worked now 2 times this way.:good:
bssnik said:
Hey,
I once got a similar issue where my timer reset itself.
My problem was just to login with my Xiaomi account and tried unlocking once, after that I put the phone in the drawer back without using it very much. You have to use the phone actively to not get the timer resetet.
Try this:
1. activate phone with mi-account and install some apps from google
2. try unlocking with the tool
3. have a sim-card inserted every second / third day and/or always a wifi connection
4. use the phone a bit (I did it after work when coming home for 15 minutes)
Do not log out your mi-account, do not turn on flightmode, do not reset your phone during waiting
after that I had no reset and could unlock my phone with the latest mi unlock tool. I hope this will help you.
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Kollachi said:
I almost did the same steps. I throw it in last corner and was charging it a bit, that's all. Didn't use it at all until the timer was over.
WiFi was activated the whole time and I removed the Sim after login into mi account and apply for unlock. Worked now 2 times this way.:good:
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so you guys just used another phone while waiting for the unlock timer? i guess maybe i should just do that. my old phone was a huge POS, hence getting a new one. but maybe it'll be worth it. are we sure it doesnt need a sim card? wifi is good enough. cuz it explicitly says to use the phone data when linking the accounts
thanks guys
thejacer87 said:
so you guys just used another phone while waiting for the unlock timer? i guess maybe i should just do that. my old phone was a huge POS, hence getting a new one. but maybe it'll be worth it. are we sure it doesnt need a sim card? wifi is good enough. cuz it explicitly says to use the phone data when linking the accounts
thanks guys
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Yes for linking the device you will need sim card. But after that I removed it and put it back in my old phone. As I said it worked now two times.
got it to unlock last night, thanks for the tips guys