I found the answer to my problems...I had to get REALLY creative with my search terms and do a lot of poking through old threads.
So I figured I would change this to a [HOW TO] and maybe be of assistance to future generations.
What is PRL, you say?
http://www.phonescoop.com/glossary/term.php?gid=11 said:
(Preferred Roaming List)
The PRL is a list of information that resides in the memory of some kinds of digital phones. It lists the radio frequencies the phone can use in various geographic areas.
The part of the list for each area is ordered by the bands the phone should try to use first. Therefore it's a kind of priority list for which towers the phone should use.
The PRL helps determine which home-network towers to use, and also which towers belonging to other networks to use in roaming situations (areas where the home network has no coverage.) When roaming, the PRL may instruct the phone to use the network with the best roaming rate for the carrier, rather than the one with the strongest signal at the moment.
Since a PRL tells the phone "where" to search for a signal, as carrier networks change over time, an updated PRL may be required for a phone to "see" all of the coverage that it should, both with the home network and for roaming.
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Note for CM users: CM users will have to update their PRL through a Sense ROM. At this time CM does not support EPST codes.
-Do a full Nandroid Backup,
-after you do your Nandroid Backup wipe the Cache, Dalvik Cache, and Data,
-then flash a stock-based ROM (i.e., Fresh, Myn's, etc.),
-update your PRL,
-and then do a Nand Restore back to CM.
Note: Most people should be able to update their PRL through Menu > Settings > Systems Updates. For some this may not work (like me!), the instructions below should allow you to update your PRL manually from a file on your SD Card.
Here's what you need to do to manually update your PRL:
1. Download your desired PRL (I have attached the 3 newest versions below), unzip it, and save it to your SD card. I found This List from another post, which also links to This Thread on PPC Geeks.
2. If you are on a 2.1 or lower ROM skip to Step 6.
3. If you are runing a 2.2 or higher ROM, download the old EPST.apk (attached below) and save it to your SD card.
4. Use a Root Explorer (I used ES File Explorer), mount the system as R/W, and rename the EPST.apk file found in /system/app to EPST.tmp.
5. Now copy the EPST.apk you just downloaded from your SD card to /system/app, then tap and install it. Once the installation is done unmount the system and close your explorer program.
6. Open your dialer and dial ##775#, a prompt will appear asking for a password, you must enter your MSL here (I got mine from Sprint when I was having a problem with my ported phone number showing up).
6. After a moment you will see a list of all the PRL files on your SD card, choose the PRL file you wish to use and tap "OK".
7. Press the Menu button and tap "Commit Changes".
8. The phone should reboot itself after 10 seconds (you can tap "OK" to reboot immediately).
To verify: Menu > Settings > About Phone > Software Information (default...in CM it's listed under Status).
Note: Once you have updated your PRL, you can do a Nand restore and the PRL you just updated will remain in place.
I cannot take credit for any of this, I am just putting it all in one place to make it easier on n00bs like me!
Much thanks to the posts by: kperry1911, kyouko, myndwire (for the link to the Android forums which allowed me to find more info) and ch_ee_ko (which led me to kyouko's post)
***I will leave my original post in case it helps in people's searches***
Hey guys, wondering if anyone can tell me wtf?
I was on CM-6.1.1 and had PRL 60668, I flashed Myn's to update PRL, and now my PRL is 40434.
Tried again, it acted like it was updating, but no change. Flashed to Fresh 3.4 and same story, acted like it was updating but no change afterwards.
Thanks in advance, I poked around this forum, and I also tried XDA and Google search...Just found a bunch of unrelated crap.
*Edit* I have the newest Radio, PRI, and NV.
I just tried using fresh 3.5.1, stil no change.
I've now also tried using a stock rooted 3.7 ROM, still no dice. Any insight would be welcome! Thanks!
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App
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Do these steps work with Gingerbread Sense?
So can anyone conficonfim these steps, method's work, also open is your still watching Angeles checking this thread did you get your prl issue fixed?
Edit: Okay Im running sense 2.1 ROM, Synergy RC2, I didn't need to install the 2.1 Espt APK --- I just downloaded and unzipped the pro to the root of my SD card then went to the dialer and pressed ##775# press on the prl update choose the unzipped prl file then press menu choose committ then phone will reboot and you should have the updated prl in software setting!
i tried updating to verizon prl via this guide
everything worked and when the phone rebooted i'm still on the sprint 60683 prl.
any advice?
anyone try this yet?
Is there any way to tell what is the best prl for my area. I'm about 25 mins southwest of Chicago, and get really good service everywhere around my house. Go figure huh?
LOL thanks in advance.
##775# Doesnt do anything on the phone.
BoostmyXb said:
##775# Doesnt do anything on the phone.
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Did you read steps 3-5 in the first post?
sitlet said:
Did you read steps 3-5 in the first post?
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yes, when i try to rename the EPST in the system app it saids fail it wont let me rename the file to EPST.tmp, and i dont want to just copy and paste because it saids to rename it.......am i doing it wrong?
yes, when i try to rename the EPST in the system app it saids fail it wont let me rename the file to EPST.tmp
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You dont have to rename it to that, just rename it to something else, like EPST_old. Also, are you sure you mounted as r/w first?
sitlet said:
You dont have to rename it to that, just rename it to something else, like EPST_old. Also, are you sure you mounted as r/w first?
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Nope i guess i cant do it then because im not rooted.
BoostmyXb said:
Nope i guess i cant do it then because im not rooted.
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Yea you need to be rooted. Root Explorer shouldn't have even opened if you are not rooted.
Just curius how hard is it to revert back to your old prl if this does not help
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Hello,
My name is Iris, but you guys can call me Rezz7
I am new to the forum, not to XDA I come here often (long story)
I have a T-Mobile G2 phone that I used Visionary to gain temp root, then I went this route to perm root:
Instructions:
1. The first step is to install Terminal Emulator and a file manager from the Marketplace, such as, Astro file manager.
2. Now insert the SD card to your computer and unzip the “root_files.zip” file (download link given at the bottom of this post) to this SD card (a directory will be created called root_files on the card). When done, unmount the SD card from your computer. Make sure that all the extracted files are directly inside the root_files folder and not in another subfolder inside it.
3. Enable unknown sources (under Settings –> Applications) and USB Debugging (under Settings –> Applications –> Development).
4. Using the file manager (we are using Astro file manager), navigate to the root_files directory on the SD card (created in step 2), and select “com.modaco.visionaryplus.r14.apk” to install the Visionary app.
5. Launch the Visionary app and click on “Temproot now”. Leave the other settings unchecked. Visionary Desire Z Temp Rooting Desire Z
6. Start the terminal app and type the following commands:
$ su
# cp /sdcard/root_files/perm_root /data/local/perm_root
# chmod 777 /data/local*
# /data/local/perm_root
With this ROM: SenseGinger by TeamVillain.v3
I come here often to read on stuff, but see I come from the iphone world, jailbreaking and unlocking is waay more simple than android. Eh!
Ok so my question is the following. I have ROM MANAGER and the phone's recovery is ClockWorkMod Recovery, I downloaded the SenseGinger to the SDCARD, I wipe data, cache and tried to load from SD. I see META-INF
and a system but ....? what am I missing. Where is the big boot?
HEEEELP please
Thanks
what do you mean you tried to load from sd? you need to select flash rom from sd from the rom manager program. your phone will then reboot and start to flash the rom. thats all you need to do.
Hirabi12 said:
Hello,
My name is Iris, but you guys can call me Rezz7
I am new to the forum, not to XDA I come here often (long story)
I have a T-Mobile G2 phone that I used Visionary to gain temp root, then I went this route to perm root:
Instructions:
1. The first step is to install Terminal Emulator and a file manager from the Marketplace, such as, Astro file manager.
2. Now insert the SD card to your computer and unzip the “root_files.zip” file (download link given at the bottom of this post) to this SD card (a directory will be created called root_files on the card). When done, unmount the SD card from your computer. Make sure that all the extracted files are directly inside the root_files folder and not in another subfolder inside it.
3. Enable unknown sources (under Settings –> Applications) and USB Debugging (under Settings –> Applications –> Development).
4. Using the file manager (we are using Astro file manager), navigate to the root_files directory on the SD card (created in step 2), and select “com.modaco.visionaryplus.r14.apk” to install the Visionary app.
5. Launch the Visionary app and click on “Temproot now”. Leave the other settings unchecked. Visionary Desire Z Temp Rooting Desire Z
6. Start the terminal app and type the following commands:
$ su
# cp /sdcard/root_files/perm_root /data/local/perm_root
# chmod 777 /data/local*
# /data/local/perm_root
With this ROM: SenseGinger by TeamVillain.v3
I come here often to read on stuff, but see I come from the iphone world, jailbreaking and unlocking is waay more simple than android. Eh!
Ok so my question is the following. I have ROM MANAGER and the phone's recovery is ClockWorkMod Recovery, I downloaded the SenseGinger to the SDCARD, I wipe data, cache and tried to load from SD. I see META-INF
and a system but ....? what am I missing. Where is the big boot?
HEEEELP please
Thanks
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Sounds like you unzipped the file, you need to keep it zipped and chose the install from sdcard option from recovery
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OriginalGabriel said:
Sounds like you unzipped the file, you need to keep it zipped and chose the install from sdcard option from recovery
Sent from my HTC Vision using XDA App
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Thanks to the both users that answered. I will try with the zipped file. If not... I will take a break... lol
Almost the ere, but see, it did not flash the rom it said aborted (SIGH)
^^^^FAILED
you didn't just rezip it did you?
try downloading a fresh copy of the .zip file
lil-devil said:
you didn't just rezip it did you?
try downloading a fresh copy of the .zip file
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I will try that....
Thanks.
I really want to learn all this phone flashing stuff .... I used to change my old iphone all the time,I get bored of things quick. Hopefully all you smarties can be my "mentors" til I become android smart like yall.
Hirabi12 said:
I will try that....
Thanks.
I really want to learn all this phone flashing stuff .... I used to change my old iphone all the time,I get bored of things quick. Hopefully all you smarties can be my "mentors" til I become android smart like yall.
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Do you have root explorer ? It's a great tool to have for rooted devices also if you happen to unzip it again you can use that to re-zip the file (if you have a slow internet connection, i think this way would be faster than downloading the rom again)
ALSO i suggest you try Virtuous rom first because not everything is working on Senseginger yet (i know so sad eh)
heema88 said:
Do you have root explorer ? It's a great tool to have for rooted devices also if you happen to unzip it again you can use that to re-zip the file (if you have a slow internet connection, i think this way would be faster than downloading the rom again)
ALSO i suggest you try Virtuous rom first because not everything is working on Senseginger yet (i know so sad eh)
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Thanks for your advice. Sad? Nooo its tragic, lol.
Right now I have a mega slow connection. Im on a fam plan. I have a nexus one that had an ota like over a month ago for 2.3.3, the g2 im rooting, and my brother has another g2 that im supposed to root.
My interent connection is more than slow. I usually use the nexus one as wifi, or use my brother's phone and mine for the 4g however tmobile is throttling us because we capped our data at 5GB though we have unlimited data, so downloading that senseginger is a pain... that tool you recommended will be useful in the future. Thanks.
I dont know where else to get roms from, I found a few for the G2 from the unlockr website. But I will research what you recommended.
Hirabi12 said:
I dont know where else to get roms from, I found a few for the G2 from the unlockr website. But I will research what you recommended.
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You can view the various roms available in the development sub-forum under the G2 Header. This thread has a list of roms and links to them (as well as various guides and kernels).
Browse and play around with the roms, give them a chance and find out what features you like best. They've all got pros and cons. CM7 (Cyanogenmod 7) is a non sense-based rom that is pretty popular and a stable build was released a few days ago.
takram said:
You can view the various roms available in the development sub-forum under the G2 Header. This thread has a list of roms and links to them (as well as various guides and kernels).
Browse and play around with the roms, give them a chance and find out what features you like best. They've all got pros and cons. CM7 (Cyanogenmod 7) is a non sense-based rom that is pretty popular and a stable build was released a few days ago.
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Thanks Takram.
Im a bit familiar with Cyanogenmod my ex modded his nexus one all the time. I have had anexus for over a year n never modded it, now i have both the g2 n the nexus. I was afraid bc I used to see my ex flash his phone all the time n it looked so complicated just like he would say that jailbreaking iphone is hard.
:-/ But i will start playing with different roms n stuff. Thanks for the link
Ok... It seems to be working, guys. Thanks to every single one of you. I would have never been able to solve this on my own.
What do you guys know about data throttle? Is there any way to by pass it? I mean we all pay unlimited data, plus the extra for 4g, and the extra for tethering. We should not get throttled...
Hirabi12 said:
Ok... It seems to be working, guys. Thanks to every single one of you. I would have never been able to solve this on my own.
What do you guys know about data throttle? Is there any way to by pass it? I mean we all pay unlimited data, plus the extra for 4g, and the extra for tethering. We should not get throttled...
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There are a few threads about this already but the quick answer is no. Tmo is throttle on they're end now so unless someone's hacks tmo there is nothing you can do. I would call and complaine though.
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shortlived said:
There are a few threads about this already but the quick answer is no. Tmo is throttle on they're end now so unless someone's hacks tmo there is nothing you can do. I would call and complaine though.
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Yea I have. :-X They are just butts about it.
King size BUG in SenseGinger
I have installed this rom on my G2 like 2-3 days ago.... and this super bug started today. I had to make a call to activate a bank card, so I dial the bank's number, and so when I have to press one for english the phone crashes! I have tried robooting the phone, I deleted the cahe, wiped the user, reinstalled the rom... same issue.
Giant Bug, though we confuse our phones this days with computers, gps or flashlights the truth is... that its a phone .... and lol well, if you can you can't use the phone feature lol ... i find it funny. Kinda' ironic.
Which version you running? They just released a new version about that time.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=983991 This one
shortlived said:
Which version you running? They just released a new version about that time.
Sent from my HTC Vision using XDA App
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???? help???
I know there was a temporary patch that was attached to a post on page 67 that will fix that problem. You basically need to replace the phone.apk.. im personally staying on the old version until they get overclocking on the new version. Also the older version runs flawlessly on my g2 so i really didnt see any reason to upgrade.
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HMM I hear you. I can't say it runs flawlessly. Mines freezes a bit, or it doesn't react quickly. When I slide the notifications down it takes me like two or 3 touches to get them to slide down. Or going through screens it freezes sometimes. But its not something that I can't live with. The thing about the phone kills the mobile network. I have to reboot the phone for it to come back.
Sometimes if you let it sit like 5 minutes the mobile network comes back on its own.... I mean not flawless, the phone app issue is most annoying though. Thank God I wasn't stranded somewhere needing to activate my bank card.
Please note that this is NOT my guide, I just simplified it into very easy terms and instructions, but original is by the great WarLockW
Steps to take:
01. Have a T-Mobile T889 Samsung Galaxy Note 2
02. Download these files: http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1446771&d=1351716949
03. Extract files to folder on Desktop
04. Root your T-Mobile T889 Samsung Galaxy Note 2
05. Once rooted, make a COMPLETE backup using CWM or Titanium Backup (I did BOTH just in case, I like to be double sure I have a backup)
06. Once backed up, go to Google Play Market and download "APN Backup & Restore"
07. Once installed, open APN Backup & Restore and press on "OK" on the warning message that comes up
08. Close APN Backup & Restore (from task manager too, just in case)
09. Open Titanium Backup and press on Backup/Restore
10. Find the application "APN Backup & Restore" and long press with your finger on it
11. Once menu comes up, press on "Convert to System App"
12. Once done, close Titanium Backup (from task manager too, just in case)
13. Open APN Backup & Restore and press on "OK" on the warning Message that comes up
14. Press on the menu button on the phone and press on "Disable ICS Check"
15. Close APN Backup & Restore (from task manager too, just in case)
16. Open APN Backup & Restore and press on "Backup APNs"
17. Select a name or leave the one in there
18. Once backed up, close APN Backup & Restore (from task manager too, just in case)
19. Connect your phone to your computer
20. Once connected, navigate to your phone drive in My Computer and go to "Phone > ApnBackupRestore" > Copy the created XML file to your computer (once again, just in case)
21. While still in the "Phone > ApnBackupRestore" folder copy/cut/paste the "T-Mobile-APN.xml" file to that folder
22. Once the file has been copied to the "Phone > ApnBackupRestore" folder, open up APN Backup & Restore application on your phone
23. Once open, press on "Delete APNs" and press "Yes"
24. Once deleted, press on "Restore APNs" and select the T-Mobile-APN.xml (the one we originally copies from the zip folder that needed to be downloaded/extracted to a folder on your Desktop, and press "OK"
25. It will then restore the newly modified APN file
26. Close APN Backup & Restore (from task manager too, just in case)
27. Go to Google Play Market and download "Tethering Widget"
28. Once installed, go to the APPS icon on your phone and select Widgets tab on top and drag the Tethering Widget to a new page
29. You should now be able to successfully enable native tethering via the Widget
30. MISSION COMPLETE
*NOTE: DO NOT GO INTO THE ACTUAL T-MOBILE HOTSPOT APPLICATION AS IT WILL OVERWRITE THE APNS AND TETHERING WILL NO LONGER WORK. IF THAT HAPPENS, REPEAT STEPS 23-30.
Please let me know if I have missed anything. Alot of these steps are self explanitory but I have had issues with this the past day, but I finally got it to work so I wanted to share every step in an ultra-easy fashion
Isn't this the same step as WarlockW instructed?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33453910#post33453910
Thanks for posting it on T-Mobile G-Note II forum, but you should credit him for he's work. Don't just copy paste...
zen0s said:
Isn't this the same step as WarlockW instructed?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33453910#post33453910
Thanks for posting it on T-Mobile G-Note II forum, but you should credit him for he's work. Don't just copy paste...
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Indeed, but it is modified a bit since "insecure boot.img" is not required, but I totally did forget to credit him. Original post has been updated. Sorry guys, mean no disrespect nor tying to take credit for anyone elses work.
Thanks so much. I'm typing on my tablet tethering from my phone. It's working great so far.
sic_lic1o1 said:
Thanks so much. I'm typing on my tablet tethering from my phone. It's working great so far.
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Glad it worked out for you But all the thanks first must go to WarlockW
elite-fusion said:
Glad it worked out for you But all the thanks first must go to WarlockW
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1 question, can this mod be done using an app root explorer on the phone? just asking just in case i switch rom and not anywhere near the computer.
sic_lic1o1 said:
1 question, can this mod be done using an app root explorer on the phone? just asking just in case i switch rom and not anywhere near the computer.
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I believe so, just make sure you have ROOT already done and if you have Root Explorer, I suggest just copy the contents of the download zip file on to your sd card and you can go through there, as long as you have all the files, you should be able to if I am not mistaken. I am pretty computer savvy, but I have been out of the android world for a few years, coming from an iphone 4, so this is sort of all new to me, but i do believe you should be good to go without a computer. The zip file contains the T-Mobile-APN.xml along with the APK so you should have it all
The quick and dirty is. Grab tmobile.xml from the OP.
Install APN backup.
move APN backup to /system/app from /data/app. You can do this by moving and changing permissions to 644. then rebooting. //don't titanium pro
delete all apns, after backing up. And restore the one from the OP.
Use settings>mobile hotspot and enable hotspot.
do u need titanium backup pro for this? or just free version?
Edit: ok nvm got stuck at the system app step with just the free version..
Yes, that feature is part of the PRO version.
lalab0y said:
do u need titanium backup pro for this? or just free version?
Edit: ok nvm got stuck at the system app step with just the free version..
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Tried the original post, tried this version as well, not working for me.
Oh well, hope there's another solution sometimes soon.
thans man this works great
great instructions, it almost made me feel i was following a teacher in school hahaahahaha.
Works 100% for me. Thanks!!!!
LOL to the teacher comment haha
I figured it would be best to explain it as if I am explaining to a n00b as myself =D
But main solutions credit goes to WarlockW once again hehe
Wish we had this for the sprint version.
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with this method does the service provider detect while we tether? thanks
Geet said:
with this method does the service provider detect while we tether? thanks
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Honestly I have no idea. I havent been tethering yet. I am the type of person that likes to have it done but not necessarily use it until im in a jam and I need to use it lol
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Now I had to method to work, but how do I get pass the security type to log in? I never knew they t mobile people would do this to me.
djkraziboi said:
Now I had to method to work, but how do I get pass the security type to log in? I never knew they t mobile people would do this to me.
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If you got it to work but need to change the password of the hotspot now
go to the notification bar, go into the hotspot settings
do not click on On/Off (it should now be on from the widget)
click on the Hotspot name (Mine was Samsung Galaxy Note II 13)
Then click on Configure (lower right)
and in there you can set the password to be whatever you want
save settings
and you should be good.
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If you got it to work but need to change the password of the hotspot now
go to the notification bar, go into the hotspot settings
do not click on On/Off (it should now be on from the widget)
click on the Hotspot name (Mine was Samsung Galaxy Note II 13)
Then click on Configure (lower right)
and in there you can set the password to be whatever you want
save settings
and you should be good.
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I did that as well, turn security off and logged in but it directed me to Tmobile page asking me to do an upgrade on my plan for tethering and using their hotspots, so I just went back to my wifi instead.
Is there a way to bypass that page and go straight to surfing and etc.?
djkraziboi said:
I did that as well, turn security off and logged in but it directed me to Tmobile page asking me to do an upgrade on my plan for tethering and using their hotspots, so I just went back to my wifi instead.
Is there a way to bypass that page and go straight to surfing and etc.?
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Go through steps 23-30 again, delete the APNs and restore the T-Mobile-APN.xml file from the original zip.
Okay, I've rooted my n5110 8.0 and manually flashed 4.2.2 XXCMH3. I have reset the flash counter with triangle away. It shows software update is available. Is it possible to use OTA Root keeper to update the OTA update? IM me or answer here please no guesses. Thanks in advance.
capitoldach said:
Okay, I've rooted my n5110 8.0 and manually flashed 4.2.2 XXCMH3. I have reset the flash counter with triangle away. It shows software update is available. Is it possible to use OTA Root keeper to update the OTA update? IM me or answer here please no guesses. Thanks in advance.
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Yes it should work fine, there have been issues with 4.3 but in a video I watched about the app the update from 4.2.1 to 4.2.2 went smoothly for him. Granted nothing is guaranteed. If you are using superSU you can buy the pro version and it has an OTA survival mode. Alternatively you could also flash the update via odin or recovery but since you're asking about OTA Root Keeper I'm sure that isn't something you are interested in. Make sure you follow the steps and make any other backups you can because you never know.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ky5miA8ilr0&noredirect=1
That's the video I watched also I looked at other posts regarding known issues and it doesn't look like there are problems specifically with certain UI types (Touchwiz Sense etc). GOOD LUCK let me know how it goes
Thanks.
dwibbles33 said:
Yes it should work fine, there have been issues with 4.3 but in a video I watched about the app the update from 4.2.1 to 4.2.2 went smoothly for him. Granted nothing is guaranteed. If you are using superSU you can buy the pro version and it has an OTA survival mode. Alternatively you could also flash the update via odin or recovery but since you're asking about OTA Root Keeper I'm sure that isn't something you are interested in. Make sure you follow the steps and make any other backups you can because you never know.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ky5miA8ilr0&noredirect=1
That's the video I watched also I looked at other posts regarding known issues and it doesn't look like there are problems specifically with certain UI types (Touchwiz Sense etc). GOOD LUCK let me know how it goes
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Thanks for the response and link, I really appreciate it. I actually do have the pro version of superSU. I was unaware that superSU has that option.
capitoldach said:
Thanks for the response and link, I really appreciate it. I actually do have the pro version of superSU. I was unaware that superSU has that option.
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Did it all work out?
dwibbles33 said:
Did it all work out?
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Yeah I'd really like to hear back from the OP about this.
No it didn't
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Did it all work out?
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Although I do appreciate the time. I was unable to make it work. I was informed by Mr hyde, that this is one of the models that always have +1 if you have a custom recovery or any other changes to the device. Not sure though, because when I when I was on xxchm3 I tried the update and instead of saying device has been altered it said successfully registered. So I'm not sure what that means. Currently I'm having another issue I'm trying to figure out. I have a large amount of misc. Files taking up a few gbs of space. I have factory reset and wiped partition each time, but when I install superSU pro version it says needs to update binary. So I do, it restarts into cwm 6.x and says either erase disable stock recovery, I haven't accepted so I select go back on the bottom of the list, it restarts and everything appears to be working, but now I'm wondering if I am supposed to delete/disable stock recovery or if there's no way to get stock recovery back if I do erase/ disable. And also if that is where my misc. Memory is allocated or it is something else entirely, as when I backup I backup to external sd card. Thanks for the consideration and I will hit the button as well. It is really cool of you to follow up.
capitoldach said:
Although I do appreciate the time. I was unable to make it work. I was informed by Mr hyde, that this is one of the models that always have +1 if you have a custom recovery or any other changes to the device. Not sure though, because when I when I was on xxchm3 I tried the update and instead of saying device has been altered it said successfully registered. So I'm not sure what that means. Currently I'm having another issue I'm trying to figure out. I have a large amount of misc. Files taking up a few gbs of space. I have factory reset and wiped partition each time, but when I install superSU pro version it says needs to update binary. So I do, it restarts into cwm 6.x and says either erase disable stock recovery, I haven't accepted so I select go back on the bottom of the list, it restarts and everything appears to be working, but now I'm wondering if I am supposed to delete/disable stock recovery or if there's no way to get stock recovery back if I do erase/ disable. And also if that is where my misc. Memory is allocated or it is something else entirely, as when I backup I backup to external sd card. Thanks for the consideration and I will hit the button as well. It is really cool of you to follow up.
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By +1 do you mean the flash counter? If you boot into download mode it'll show you a flash counter. For the binary update select the Normal install not the TWRP/CWM option. You shouldn't have to flash the binaries they SuperSU should be able to update within the app. As for the misc files it could be the partitions are messed up, if you use a root file explorer goto /data/media check those folders, your 0 folder should be your normal files but see if another 0 shows up or it might have a clockworkmod folder that has backups in it (I've seen the backups that are supposed to end up on the extSd end up there so its worth checking). Let me know if you want/need any more help I have worked my way through a lot of crap between my tablet and phone and I wish there was more help out there than there is so please let me know if I can help.
0 file in 0 file like 4 times each dated days I flashed different builds
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By +1 do you mean the flash counter? If you boot into download mode it'll show you a flash counter. For the binary update select the Normal install not the TWRP/CWM option. You shouldn't have to flash the binaries they SuperSU should be able to update within the app. As for the misc files it could be the partitions are messed up, if you use a root file explorer goto /data/media check those folders, your 0 folder should be your normal files but see if another 0 shows up or it might have a clockworkmod folder that has backups in it (I've seen the backups that are supposed to end up on the extSd end up there so its worth checking). Let me know if you want/need any more help I have worked my way through a lot of crap between my tablet and phone and I wish there was more help out there than there is so please let me know if I can help.
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Ok, so I started over with OUEMFI1 factory rest and wiped partition. I still have misc. files. So, I went to data/media I found the 0 file, inside that file is another 0 file, inside of that file another 0 file, and on and on all with different dates. Should I remove the 0 files within the 0 files, are they necessary, or they left over each time I flash? I did mean flash counter, but I haven't checked it via download mode, I will do that.
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Ok, so I started over with OUEMFI1 factory rest and wiped partition. I still have misc. files. So, I went to data/media I found the 0 file, inside that file is another 0 file, inside of that file another 0 file, and on and on all with different dates. Should I remove the 0 files within the 0 files, are they necessary, or they left over each time I flash? I did mean flash counter, but I haven't checked it via download mode, I will do that.
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Okay so what happened with all those 0 files is basically with the ability to change users that number changes if you add more users. For whatever reason when you flash a ROM it creates a new 0 file and pushes your old 0 file further in. If you go through those files you may see folders you used to have on other ROMs containing old stuff you had. So if you have stuff to keep then copy it to the /0 folder then delete the extras. I have been trying to modify a script from the GSIII that basically wipes everything except your external card but it didn't work last time. My advice would be to back your files up to your external, go into recovery and instead of a factory reset go into mounts and format /data (again be sure to back your stuff up because this will take it all out). That should wipe out everything (0 files and such) I would go as far as formatting system too. MAKE SURE you have a ROM on your external card because formatting /system will wipe out your existing ROM, but you will get a fresh start and at that point you know that nothing is hanging around from before.
Ok since i couldn't post a reply bc im new... I just wanted to tell to those guys having trouble flashing prls there is a app called PRL Helper that does all the code inputtin for you. All you have to do is put the .prl file in your internal root storage and open the app and press start its gonna take you to Samsun DM Services and at the bottom it says Write Prls and you can choose from all the .prl files you until one works for you its very simple.. And if this apps works for you please help the Dev by buying the donate version...
Q&A for [MOD] Enable Native Tethering without limits
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After all that, it was the default.xml too...
First off, BIG thanks to everyone in this thread!
I finally got this to work on the Tmo stock ROM by rooting, s-off, apply .zip as instructed in OP. I was then able to change the APN through the interface, but this does NOT change the APN and several other settings in "default.xml" under /system/customize/ACC, so still blocked. Use ES File Manager in root access mode to open and edit the "default.xml" file. If in doubt, make a copy of this file in case you muck it all up!
The strings I changed were as follows, from the top of the default.xml file to the bottom:
"isTetherBlockCheck">false (was set to true on my system)
"tethering_guard_support">false (was set to true on my system)
"fixed_apn_for_dun">fast.t-mobile.com (was set to pcweb.tmobile.com)
"TetheringGuard_Rule">0 (was set to 4 on my system)
Save the changes, reboot and good to go.
[Note: I just followed the previous thread, and wa redirected to this one...]
OK....I know this is a little late... But I wanted to check to see why there were minor inconsistencies.
First, I am running rooted stock, S-off.
I did this whole thing way out of order...so bear with me:
1. First I used the sqlite editor and changed every occurrence of "pcweb.t-mobile" to "fast.t-mobile" in /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/telephony.db
2. Next, I copied the settings.odex from /system/app/ folder and put it into my sdcard/Download folder (this was probably useless step). Also, just to be cautious, I copied my settings.apk to the same /system/app directory, renaming it system.apk.bak.
3. I downloaded the tethers.zip and the settings.apk onto my SD card.
I then flashed the tethers.zip in recovery... Stupidly, I forgot to mount the system partition (even after reading a reminder that this needed to be done by Fenny).
4. I rebooted my phone, went into the/system/app folder and moved the settings.odex to my /sdcard/Download folder (so now i had two in there!).
5. I then changed the APN settings from ipv6 to ipv4 and saved them.
6. Next, I moved the settings.odex file back to /system/app.
7. I then copied the default.xml from /system/customize/ACC to my sdcard/Download folder and opened it in a more robust text editor.
I changed one occurrence of "pcweb.t-mobile" to "fast.t-mobile". There was also a value for "tetheringuard_rule" set to "4", which I changed to "0". I saved that default.xml file and copied it back to /system/customize/ACC. Plus I made two additional changes per slayerBills comment above. (Thank you!!)
8. Lastly, I copied the downloaded settings.apk file and replaced the file in /system/app (Note: I still had my original one named settings.apk.bak)
9. I made sure ever file I copied over to the system had the correct octal permissions of chmod 644.
The thing I don't understand is how my settings.oak changed. One version I downloaded from the OP (in the other thread), but before I replaced that so-called pristine copy, I decided to keep it. What is strange is that the downloaded settings.apk is 19.75Mb, my original before I started any of this was 20.41Mb, and then if the tethers.zip contained another version, then that version was 20.08Mb.
It may all be negligible...But it Judy seemed odd to me.
Lastly... my question is this: provided i did everything correctly above, if i had already received the upsell notice from TMO, will the above effort benefit me at all?
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[Note: I just followed the previous thread, and wa redirected to this one...]
OK....I know this is a little late... But I wanted to check to see why there were minor inconsistencies.
First, I am running rooted stock, S-off.
I did this whole thing way out of order...so bear with me:
1. First I used the sqlite editor and changed every occurrence of "pcweb.t-mobile" to "fast.t-mobile" in /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/telephony.db
2. Next, I copied the settings.odex from /system/app/ folder and put it into my sdcard/Download folder (this was probably useless step). Also, just to be cautious, I copied my settings.apk to the same /system/app directory, renaming it system.apk.bak.
3. I downloaded the tethers.zip and the settings.apk onto my SD card.
I then flashed the tethers.zip in recovery... Stupidly, I forgot to mount the system partition (even after reading a reminder that this needed to be done by Fenny).
4. I rebooted my phone, went into the/system/app folder and moved the settings.odex to my /sdcard/Download folder (so now i had two in there!).
5. I then changed the APN settings from ipv6 to ipv4 and saved them.
6. Next, I moved the settings.odex file back to /system/app.
7. I then copied the default.xml from /system/customize/ACC to my sdcard/Download folder and opened it in a more robust text editor.
I changed one occurrence of "pcweb.t-mobile" to "fast.t-mobile". There was also a value for "tetheringuard_rule" set to "4", which I changed to "0". I saved that default.xml file and copied it back to /system/customize/ACC. Plus I made two additional changes per slayerBills comment above. (Thank you!!)
8. Lastly, I copied the downloaded settings.apk file and replaced the file in /system/app (Note: I still had my original one named settings.apk.bak)
9. I made sure ever file I copied over to the system had the correct octal permissions of chmod 644.
The thing I don't understand is how my settings.apk changed. One version I downloaded from the OP (in the other thread), but before I replaced that so-called pristine copy, I decided to keep it. What is strange is that the downloaded settings.apk is 19.75Mb, my original before I started any of this was 20.41Mb, and then if the tethers.zip contained another version, then that version was 20.08Mb.
It may all be negligible...But it Judy seemed odd to me.
Lastly... my question is this: provided i did everything correctly above, if i had already received the upsell notice from TMO, will the above effort benefit me at all?
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Edit: Despite my unorthodox sequence of steps, and the fact that I didn't need to download the separate settings.apk (in fact, I used my original settings.apk (I believe) and only made changes to the default.xml and the telephony.db (plus the ipv6 to ipv4 APN change).
[Even though I got the ominous 3GB warning message yesterday informing me I could no longer share my mobile data, I have since used another 3GB with it tethered to my laptop.]
I did forget to change my user-agent/string at first, but it didn't cause be any problems. Had anyone ever heard of T-Mobile surprising you with a supplemental bill for data? Just curious....
Update a week later:
I know the steps I list above are a little hard to follow, but at the end of the day (after I copied back my original settings.apk which prevented settings from crashing), I have not had a single problem tethering whatsoever.
Before I came to this thread (or the original one in Development), I had received the 3GB shutoff warning with offer to buy more data. This particularly pissed me off because for budgetary reasons I don't have Wi-Fi in my home this month, but every month in the past 3 years I have used Wi-Fi...which meant TMOUS never had to provide me more than a few hundred MB data per month under my "unlimited data" plan.
So after several years of over-paying for "unlimited data" and using but a fraction of it, I was certainly not going to pay for more data this month just because I hit the 3GB mark.
That said, I am being quite voracious in my data consumption by tethering to my laptop. Even though I am using a hotspot from an Android phone using carrier data, I am consistently getting ~1.5MB/s download speeds! That's about 80% of my ISP speeds.
At this point I am about a week from the end of my billing cycle and I have used 16GB from tethering alone.
Is there any chance TMO will make noise about this in the future?
Tether.zip
I tried this on my T-Mobile HTC ONE M8 4.4.4 and now can't access my settings/ Keeps saying settings have stopped. Can i roll this zip back or do I have flash my rom. Really don't want have to reinstall everything.
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Karl
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Ok... I posted above recently that everything was working fine. And as far as data being able to be downloaded, I imagine it still is.
However, in the last 2 days, when I turn on "mobile network sharing", I get a Sense toast notification that I have too many connections to my hotspot.
But I only ever have one...I have never tethered to multiple devices. In fact, when I check under the mobile hotspot menu choice, it says "one user connected"....even if I have disconnected from, say, the laptop I was using.
In other words, as soon as I turn the mobile hotspot on, and connect one device, it states there are too many devices. If I disconnect (and wait 4 or 5 minutes), it still shows one user connected. One user too many apparently.
This has got to be another method of preventing data use.
Anyone have any ideas?
Viperone ROM tether help
Hello everyone,
I have the ViperoneM8 3.0.0 ROM installed on my phone, and I can't seem to edit my APN settings. The only thing I can edit is the fast.t-mobile.com name but nothing else. I installed APN Shortcut app, but when I clicked on it, it leads me back into stock settings again which is weird. Is there way to fix this?
Thanks
settings broken
dre168 said:
I tried this on my T-Mobile HTC ONE M8 4.4.4 and now can't access my settings/ Keeps saying settings have stopped. Can i roll this zip back or do I have flash my rom. Really don't want have to reinstall everything.
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Karl
[email protected]
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i had the same issue after using tether.zip. deleted settings.odex from /system/app,and it is working for the last 2 months.
also, sunshine worked on my 4.4.4 tmo m8,and after altering apn under
'settings/mobile data/access point names/t-mobile data(fast.t-mobile.com)"
apn protocol and roaming protocol to ipv4, and saving(which s-off is needed for), i have used 27gb tethering in this cycle, and account shows zero tethering used!
SUCCESS!
That's great...
Copy / Paste from my post in the original thread.
blakejohnson86 said:
Hey Guys, for future reference, I have not noticed anyone ask yet, as I was searching around for this answer myself, but to enable unlimited tethering on a GPE 5.0 ROM, it's a combination of a few steps:
Use an SQLite editor to open the following database on your device "/data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db", select the "global" table, and then create the key "tether_dun_required" with the value of "0" (I have not tested this, but even without root, this is possible by issuing the command "settings put global tether_dun_required 0" over ADB.)
Change your APN settings to IPv4 instead of the usually default IPv6 or IPv4/IPv6.
Add the string "net.tethering.noprovisioning=true" to your build.prop file. (I have not tested this, but the tool here seems to do this automatically for you: http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x/themes-apps/app-hotspot-entitlement-bypass-v1-1-5-9-t2705152)
Reboot
Source: http://pocketnow.com/2015/01/01/nexus-6-tethering
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I attempted to use this zip on my phone and now I can't access my settings menu at all, can you help me out?
how do i install this, android noobie
i rooted my phone
how do i flash this rom?
few questions
1. How do i flash it? in recovery mode?
2. do i need to erase my current flash on my phone?
3. do i need to back up my phone?
4. once i flash it do i need to reload my phone data? thanks
Editing the files with SQLite editor as said earlier in this thread leaves me with 3G only capabilities on the newest stock lollipop.
[/COLOR]Hey Guys,
I'm at my wits end... I updated my phone to Lollipop with the newest Insert Coin rom and no dice. I've edited the following...
created secondary APN, with default and added "dun"
modified tether_provision_dun = 0
modified secondary APN's to IPV4
edited default.xml
edited (net.tethering.noprovisioning=true) in build.prop
downloaded and installed Bypass Entitlement App
Used Wifi Tether router
Used FoxFi
NOTHING works for me. I continue to get the prompt that I should buy an additional plan from T-Mobile when connected to my network. Help Por favor
Why not use something like clockworkmod tether, easytether, pdanet?
So has anyone found a way to get this working with the newest OTA?
Is there a way to block tether usage with lollipop?
Hi all, has there been any new workarounds? Nothing seems to work.
Cheers!
Will this work on the M9? I'm S-off and boot loader unlocked. The phone is from at&t but with metro pcs service.