Hi all,
I have had this XDA 2i for a quite a few years now and I am now on pay & go 02 and at home we have BT with free wi-fi. I know you all know what I am going to say and belive me I have tried and tried to get this thing to do what I want but it's fighting back all the time. I require a very kind person to help me out re up grading my windows 2003 and helping me connect to my BT home hub. I have read all the replies over and over before posting this and I just cannot seem to get this to work. I have managed to get the wi-fi to come on and if found BTfon & BTopenzone but any further that that I keep hitting the brick wall. I am not all thick but I did by a Wi-Fi card just incase the internal one was u/s but I could not get that to work either. Please be gentle with me, since I got this fone I am now nine years older and less able to deal with all the tech terms. Thanks so much if you elect to come to my aid.
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hey all, my XDA II O2 is dead, i have a bit of a story to tell about it too. the poor thing won't boot up past the O2 spash screen.
i was initially selling my O2 around the traps as a working unit, then someone asked me to show them landscape view, and i didn't know how. i soon found out i needed to upgrade to 2003se or 2005. so on my homage to flashing my O2's ROM. i went and tried a 2005 and some random version radio stack hoping to upgrade two things at once, then, only one worked. my OS flash was fine, but my radio ROM didn't work at all. so basically i could get into WM2003, 2003SE, 2005 fine but couldnt use my simcard.
i've tried countless times to manually fix it aswell as using the official O2 ROM update off their site. then i went and sent it to O2 customer service or whatever it's called this year . they charged me $45AUD for general service fee which included flashing the radio and OS roms up to the latest. then they ring me up one morning saying my poor O2 needs a new motherboard (somewhere between $350 - 450 i think). i asked why, they said because it wouldn't power on at all. so i tried turning it on, it didnt work all of a sudden, so to speak.
i still had to pay the $45aud and ended up without a working O2, at all.
i felt furious but helpless and tried not to have to pay the fee, but had to.
long story short, heh, i need to do something with my shell of a XDA II, either sell, sell parts, fix, find a special ROM flash that might fix it. i don't know, i've tried so hard and have gotten nowhere. so, guys, any insight in what i could/should do?? any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks! :shock:
OH OH OH also, on that note, i can't go into bootloader mode or any other mode at all, so i cant re-flash
Threaten to sue. It worked partially when you sent it to them as it would power up - they've made it worse.
Richard
hey, thanks for the reply..
i've left it too long, i got so discouraged from touching it after getting it back.
i will ring them up/ get their details on who to ...ring next, i guess.
thanks!
damnation said:
hey, thanks for the reply..
i've left it too long, i got so discouraged from touching it after getting it back.
i will ring them up/ get their details on who to ...ring next, i guess.
thanks!
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If all else fails I can sell you a working mainboard for a LOT less than $400 aus but I would need to know which LCD type you have.
Richard
Threaten to have a ghay german cannibal come knocking jk
Ok, I know this isnt a smartphone forum but, a friend of mine has a t-mobile dash and he sat on it cracking the screen. He needs to get his contacts off of it, I tried soti desktop controller with no luck there is an error when trying to install the app on the device. Does anyone have any suggestions?
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Ok, I know this isnt a smartphone forum but, a friend of mine has a t-mobile dash and he sat on it cracking the screen. He needs to get his contacts off of it, I tried soti desktop controller with no luck there is an error when trying to install the app on the device. Does anyone have any suggestions?
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Donno about t-mobile but I know cingular verizon and sprint if you take the phone (and are a customer) into the store and ask pretty pretty please with sugar on top can often download your contacts and either upload them into the new phone you buy from them or give you a print out. This only works if a) the phone is still physically working b) they have the hardware/software to do it and your phone supports doing it and c) the person at the store feels like it. A lot of the time they'll just say no or that they can't. But tell them you're interested in buying a new phone with lots of accessories and a 2 year contract and an extended warranty and magically they become capable of doing it
ty whomever moved it, i didnt know what the hell the propper name for the dash was LOL
Hi all, i know this is a well talked about subject as i have done numerous google/ask searches, i find an awful lot but don't really seem to get any answers, over the last week i must have read hundreds of pages so please anyone who is going to tell me to google this problem, please don't as i have until i could scream lol......anyway, this is the problem i am having......
Hubby bought the HTC desire on ORANGE but then decided he wanted an iphone4 so he gave his desire to me, i am a vodafone user, as we have teenage children and the freedom/family packs are such good value, i wanted to stay on vodafone so i got the phone unlocked with an unlock code at my local mobile fone shop...hubby had never used it as a phone, just as a gadget to mess about on so we weren't aware there was any problems.... the problems i am having are these...i can't get the phone to hold a call, if i use wmcda only mode, its slightly better and i can usually get a call out but it will drop out if i stay on the line to long, if i use gsm only then i can't get a call out at all, the phone stays silent for a few seconds and then just drops out......on both settings the signal is fluctuating like mad and often gives me a x where my signal should be, i love the phone as a gadget but at the moment im not getting much luck with it as a phone.....a few things i thought may be to blame are
could it be the way the fone shop unlocked it??
i have used the same sim card (voda) for around 4+ years, could i need a better sim???
could it be because all the settings on the phone belong to orange and arn't set up to use on voda??
i have read on a few sites where people have returned these phones only to be given another one that has the same issues where others have recieved another hand set and the problem is solved but some people say they have no call dropping/signal issues at all and love the phone....im confused, i have been looking around the site and seen peopl are using custom roms and/or debranding the phone, could that help with my issues??
if anyone can help me i would really appreciate it ...
thanks in advance
emma......ps sorry for such a long post
Try with another SIM card. If it works, then your current SIM is broken, if it doesn't work, it's most likely the phone causing problems.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App
How did you get the phone unlocked, if it was with code, which is the most common method you shouldn't have any problems?
yes it was with a code, apparantly they get those codes from HTC themselves, i did try an orange sim card in it, it wasn't much better, my sim card can't be broken as i have it in my old iphone 2g, which i have had to go back to at the moment, HTC will get my phone very soon to have a look at as ups have just picked it up, i'll post back when i have my new/repaired device....thanks
Hi,
I've been sporting a GalNex for a while now and had it paired with our car. My wife was still on her crackberry but recently decided my phone needed to be her phone....
Long story short, we've both got GalNex devices now.
For the last month we couldn't work out why we couldn't pair BOTH phones to the car at the same time. Pair hers, mine would disappear and vice versa.
It suddenly dawned on me that we probably had the SAME Bluetooth addresses, and we do!
So my question is, what do I do about it?
Is it possible for me to change my address? If so how?
Bit of a newbie here, so not sure what info you may be needing from me to work out what to do, so I'll gather whatever info needed.
Thanks in advance! :fingers-crossed:
I thought for a laugh I'd go into the Telstra Shop to see if they could help me...
Lots of 'umm'ing and 'ahh'ing but absolutely no help whatsoever.
Thinking I may need to go for another ROM or something to solve my problem. Hopefully...
Hello everyone.
I'm having the same issue as quite a LOT of DHD owners, the same issue that seems to have no actual answer (I've done a lot of searching).
I get an Error whenever I try to turn on my wireless or wireless hotspot.
I have a non-rooted, no custom-ROM, Unlocked, Telus coded HTC Desire HD updated to Android 2.3.5 w/ HTC Sense 3.0. I am currently on Rogers Wireless, but the problem started while I was with Telus. I've spoken with Telus techs already, and the ones I've spoken with are completely incompetent and I'm really not sure why they work in that department. (I know it's mean but I know for a fact that most, if not all, of the Telus agents are 3rd party contracted employees that work for a contact centre, and they only get, and use, information that is provided by Telus. Most of the information is useless for these kind of issues.)
I noticed my wireless acting strange after the update came out (yes I know it was a long time ago). I had gotten the error half a dozen times, but a soft reboot would always fix it. I didn't unlock my phone until February, 2013. The issue started in... June or July 2012, I think..
I dropped my phone a couple times, landing on the left top hand corner once or twice, didn't get an error. Then one day I just wasn't able to get my wireless to work at all. Tethering worked fine until I unlocked it and moved from Telus to Rogers.
I've been unable to use wireless connectivity for half a year now, and after switching to Rogers Wireless (Telus doesn't cover the area that I now live in), I lost the 5gb data plan that I had, and only have 1gb data per month. I am quite a power user, and I now really need wireless connectivity so that I don't have to worry about going over my data limit. Sad to say but Rogers has terribly expensive plans.
I have tried:
-Cleaning battery cover contacts
-Hard reset (removing battery & waiting a few minutes before turning back on)
-Factory Reset (once, but now I'm afraid to lose all of my contacts that I can't seem to figure out how to back-up [if anyone has any advice on this off-topic, it would be nice to hear about that])
-adding IP/Gateway configuration
-Opening a ticket with HTC (I haven't had a reply from them in a week)
-Speaking to the [unknowledgable] techs at Telus
-Google
-Many android forum searches, including XDA, that lead to no actual answer, or answers that lead to custom ROMS (Which I'm trying to avoid because I can't seem to figure out how to properly install one)
I don't know what else to try, I love this phone and I don't want to have to spend $600 for a new one. (I hate contracts, and I'm currently on a month-to-month with Rogers Wireless)
If one of you can solve this problem, I swear I will give you all dah loves. :3
-MrPhooey
Try buying a new battery cover and sim cover can work sometimes.
Sent from my Reborn Desire HD in another dimension...
That thanks button doesn't bite
HTC finally got back to me with a decent reply. The one who emailed me advised that I try a Wipe Cache Partition. I haven't done that yet, so I'm going to try and see what happens I suppose.
Update: Still nothing. Will have to try something else.
Hey Phooey. I have a similar issue with my DHD and people have been about as helpful as they can be without a logcat to search for errors. Here is the thread I started on my issue: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2269203. Tried to get HTC to fix it but they were no help at all.
I suggest you make a logcat and attach it to this thread so a dev can peruse it and hopefully help you out.
I'll definitely try that. I read through your thread and I'm starting to think that it could possibly be a hardware issue with my phone as well, seeing as the problem didn't start until I dropped it without the case on. I'm just happy DHDs have a nice sturdy construction.
Sent from my HTC Desire HD A9191 using xda app-developers app
Make sure the "flash" panel is secure (gps antennae are behind it - wifi too maybe, not sure). Tethering can be detect by a phone network so wouldnt surprise me if they could stop it too! Contacts can be automatically backed up with your google account in settings/accounts/google and make sure contacts is ticked, as a secondary precaution you could use something like "my backup" off google play to backup things like contacts calendar entrys call log etc and also the apps you have installed.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rerware.android.MyBackup
If you go down the route of rooting you could try different roms to see if the problem persists across severel roms and if so then that would indicate a hardware issue
hello....
i have htc desire hd.
it is showing wifi error since i have dropped it from my hand.
since then i have tried something but did'nt work.i don't how to solve it.
if someone knows the solution for it then plz help.
THANK YOU!!!!!!
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Exactly what has happened to me and my old (but faithful) HTC Desire. Did you get a solution?
(I am going to try this htcdesireforum.com/htc-desire-troubleshooting/wifi-'error'-after-installing-android-2-2/msg9369/#msg9369 )
Dialling a code worked for me.
Mr_Phooey said:
Hello everyone.
I'm having the same issue as quite a LOT of DHD owners, the same issue that seems to have no actual answer (I've done a lot of searching).
I get an Error whenever I try to turn on my wireless or wireless hotspot.
I have a non-rooted, no custom-ROM, Unlocked, Telus coded HTC Desire HD updated to Android 2.3.5 w/ HTC Sense 3.0. I am currently on Rogers Wireless, but the problem started while I was with Telus. I've spoken with Telus techs already, and the ones I've spoken with are completely incompetent and I'm really not sure why they work in that department. (I know it's mean but I know for a fact that most, if not all, of the Telus agents are 3rd party contracted employees that work for a contact centre, and they only get, and use, information that is provided by Telus. Most of the information is useless for these kind of issues.)
I noticed my wireless acting strange after the update came out (yes I know it was a long time ago). I had gotten the error half a dozen times, but a soft reboot would always fix it. I didn't unlock my phone until February, 2013. The issue started in... June or July 2012, I think..
I dropped my phone a couple times, landing on the left top hand corner once or twice, didn't get an error. Then one day I just wasn't able to get my wireless to work at all. Tethering worked fine until I unlocked it and moved from Telus to Rogers.
I've been unable to use wireless connectivity for half a year now, and after switching to Rogers Wireless (Telus doesn't cover the area that I now live in), I lost the 5gb data plan that I had, and only have 1gb data per month. I am quite a power user, and I now really need wireless connectivity so that I don't have to worry about going over my data limit. Sad to say but Rogers has terribly expensive plans.
I have tried:
-Cleaning battery cover contacts
-Hard reset (removing battery & waiting a few minutes before turning back on)
-Factory Reset (once, but now I'm afraid to lose all of my contacts that I can't seem to figure out how to back-up [if anyone has any advice on this off-topic, it would be nice to hear about that])
-adding IP/Gateway configuration
-Opening a ticket with HTC (I haven't had a reply from them in a week)
-Speaking to the [unknowledgable] techs at Telus
-Google
-Many android forum searches, including XDA, that lead to no actual answer, or answers that lead to custom ROMS (Which I'm trying to avoid because I can't seem to figure out how to properly install one)
I don't know what else to try, I love this phone and I don't want to have to spend $600 for a new one. (I hate contracts, and I'm currently on a month-to-month with Rogers Wireless)
If one of you can solve this problem, I swear I will give you all dah loves. :3
-MrPhooey
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I had the same Wifi error on my phone when I try to turn ON it showed me "Error" . MAC Address was also showed " unavailable ".
Try dialling *#*#526#*#* on the phone keypad. This worked for me.
HTC Desire HD A9191 (Ace) DHD Gingerbred 2.3.5 Stock ROM