Ok, I real stumper. I have been using my SP5m for awhile with the ROM build shipped. I installed my Goodlink client on the device with email service and did not run into any problems. I recently saw a post saying a new build was released with AKU2 for this device. I know I waited to reflash my device, but i went ahead and reflashed the device. Everything works perfrectly expect when I install Good back on the device. The service requires a strong password to be entered before using the Good. I am not sure how Good implemented the password screen because upon a reset, the password screen pops up but my keypad does not work! You can see where this is going... If I cannot enter my password, my device is render useless. I had to reflash it (since ActiveSync still works), in order to get it back to working condition. I then test the default MS password system before installing Good and everything worked without a hitch. I then reinstalled Good but the same issue occured.
I tried to be sneaky and install ActiveSync Remote Display on WM5 using instructions at http://www.modaco.com/lofiversion/i...hp/t231820.html but the dang cerdisp2 executable requires you to answer a security question before running and since I can't use my device until it is unlocked and I can't unlock it since my keypad does not work
Does anyone either know who to turn off the security alert when running .exe on the device or know where in the registry to turn off the password security field? Or is anyone running Good on their device using the latest ROM?
lllr
Hi..hoping someone can help me out.
BACKGROUND
Got an unlocked, unbranded, basically unaltered-from-the-factory HTC Desire A8181.
Been eagerly awaiting the Froyo update which I happily noted (on the phone itself) was available yesterday in OTA
Unhappily, I was unable to complete the update with it stopping around the 50% mark when I ran into a data download limit.
ISSUE
I have now tried reconnecting to get the update (Settings > About Phone > System software updates) and the phone is thinking it is up to date! (Your phone is up to date. There are no updates available for your phone)
Clearly, it isn't up to date (Settings > About Phone > Software Information: Firmware version=2.1-update1)
QUESTION
Is there a "registry" or something somewhere that I need to hack to tell it that it isn't up to date?
Thanks in anticipation - really want to get the update!!
(yes..I've tried restarting the phone..no luck though it did come up with a notification that other programs had updates but not the Android OS itself!)
DesireOwner10 said:
Hi..hoping someone can help me out.
BACKGROUND
Got an unlocked, unbranded, basically unaltered-from-the-factory HTC Desire A8181.
Been eagerly awaiting the Froyo update which I happily noted (on the phone itself) was available yesterday in OTA
Unhappily, I was unable to complete the update with it stopping around the 50% mark when I ran into a data download limit.
ISSUE
I have now tried reconnecting to get the update (Settings > About Phone > System software updates) and the phone is thinking it is up to date! (Your phone is up to date. There are no updates available for your phone)
Clearly, it isn't up to date (Settings > About Phone > Software Information: Firmware version=2.1-update1)
QUESTION
Is there a "registry" or something somewhere that I need to hack to tell it that it isn't up to date?
Thanks in anticipation - really want to get the update!!
(yes..I've tried restarting the phone..no luck though it did come up with a notification that other programs had updates but not the Android OS itself!)
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Sounds like you using an Asian ROM, they haven't been released yet. I had the same, so I Made a gold card, changed to a WWE rom and then updated OTA.
Let me know if you need instructions.
Thanks for the reply wickedpenguin (ah..gotta to love forum names).
So that it is clear:
This A8181 is from the UK
It did indicate there was an OTA update available which as I said I was half way through prior to data disconnection - the A8181 only thought it was up to date after this update interruption.
So since it is from the UK and I did get an indication an update was available..do I have an Asian ROM? (please forgive me if I'm wrong..new at this).
If I do have an Asian ROM..did what you write before mean changing it to another type? (obviously from that it means I will need instructions if this is something I need to do)
Thanks!
I have the same problem.
I canceled the update due to i wanted to run it from a WiFi connection and now i cannot update anymore.
I receive that the phone is up to date, but it is not
Can someone help us!!!
wolfcry said:
I have the same problem.
I canceled the update due to i wanted to run it from a WiFi connection and now i cannot update anymore.
I receive that the phone is up to date, but it is not
Can someone help us!!!
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Exactly the same thing here. I tried a factory wipe also tried wiping the cache and booting without SDCard, nothing seems to work.
I can't post links yet but had similar experiences and have documented my experience in the "Desire General" section. The key for me was to update using a Gold Card.
I had the same problem this morning, but now it's available again.
Arrgh! Foiled again!!
Ok..I second the above. I managed to get the Desire to recognise it wasn't up to date today. After waiting a LONG time for the 90Mb update I then run into another problem...
DESIRE NEEDS 25Mb phone memory to do the update!
I cleared the space but then ended up with the same problem where the phone thinks it is up to date (when it isn't).
So..take home message people - make sure your phone has at least 25Mb memory free! (bring on the App2SD)
Android OS developers - please take note that the phone should check for this prior to downloading a 90Mb system update!! Alternatively..make it obvious to the user how to run an update that has already been downloaded (I can't even see where it is on my SD card).
Now I'm back to square one. Is the day in which you tried to do a failed update a factor in the phone recognising if it is up to date or not? If so..I suppose I just have to try this again tomorrow? Grr..
@ DesireOwner10 i noticed you did a factory wipe, but did you mean factory settings restore or hard drive format (via the volume down + on/off button menu) ?
I too am having this problem recieved the notification earlier, but no longer available. My phone is or has never been rooted. Please help!!!
any solution
hi guys,
same problem for me here - it did indicate the update, but I had no time to install, so just canceled that.
Now, when I have time, there is no update available ;-) what the hell is going on ??
I don't want to use gold card if not really necessary.
Jan
Gaborel said:
@ DesireOwner10 i noticed you did a factory wipe, but did you mean factory settings restore or hard drive format (via the volume down + on/off button menu) ?
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Thanks for response.
I bought this phone from someone else. I myself didn't do a factory wipe on it but given what you're saying, is that what Firmware version=2.1-update1 means?
It has been 2 days since my 2nd unsuccessful up date - the phone still thinks it is up to date.
I got in touch with HTC. Their suggestion was to wind the phone forward 2 years - not sure if this would work but would if I could: The phone is managing to hang onto the current date despite me manually setting it (yes, I have unchecked the "Use network-provided values" option and have even gone as far as taking out the SIM card to stop it from getting onto the cell network).
Anyone have any ideas on how to get my phone to get with the program or at least force it to go forward 2 years to see if that will work?
Thanks.
DesireOwner10 said:
It has been 2 days since my 2nd unsuccessful up date - the phone still thinks it is up to date.
I got in touch with HTC. Their suggestion was to wind the phone forward 2 years - not sure if this would work but would if I could: The phone is managing to hang onto the current date despite me manually setting it (yes, I have unchecked the "Use network-provided values" option and have even gone as far as taking out the SIM card to stop it from getting onto the cell network).
Anyone have any ideas on how to get my phone to get with the program or at least force it to go forward 2 years to see if that will work?
Thanks.
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Exactly the same problem here. I've got the same firmware version as you. I bought the phone brand new from Amazon UK.
I read elsewhere about the date trick. I'm having the same issue updating the date, it instantly changes back. This doesn't happen when the phone is disconnected from the internet so I presume the date is being updated from an NTP server or something. Of course, the phone has to be connected to do the update so I'm looking for a way of switching this auto-date feature off, or blocking it at the router. Blocking the NTP port doesn't seem to work. Any ideas? Does this date trick even work anyway?!
beavis82 said:
Exactly the same problem here. I've got the same firmware version as you. I bought the phone brand new from Amazon UK.
I read elsewhere about the date trick. I'm having the same issue updating the date, it instantly changes back. This doesn't happen when the phone is disconnected from the internet so I presume the date is being updated from an NTP server or something. Of course, the phone has to be connected to do the update so I'm looking for a way of switching this auto-date feature off, or blocking it at the router. Blocking the NTP port doesn't seem to work. Any ideas? Does this date trick even work anyway?!
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I've tried the same thing, but I've also tried to disable WiFi, change date on mobile internet and then try to update. The date has changed, but still i get a message that everything is up to date.
snakemaycry said:
I've tried the same thing, but I've also tried to disable WiFi, change date on mobile internet and then try to update. The date has changed, but still i get a message that everything is up to date.
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Wow, quick reply! Really enjoying this forum...
So are you saying that setting the date forward, say 2 years, doesn't trick the phone into updating?
Might be getting somewhere with this...
I've blocked all network traffic to my HTC Desire at my wifi's firewall, and checked via the phone's browser to make sure that the phone can't get online. Then I tried to check for updates again, and the phone came back with the same message 'Your phone is up to date'. It couldn't possibly have checked, as it can't communicate with the update server.
The router reports that the phone is trying to access 63.241.57.68 when checking for updates. Using my laptop, I've found that I can't access this IP address. Traceroute doesn't work, and centralops.net can't reach it. So I wonder if the reason that our phones won't update is either because they're either attempting to connect to the wrong IP address, or the update server is down (or overloaded)?
Si
dakarcz said:
hi guys,
same problem for me here - it did indicate the update, but I had no time to install, so just canceled that.
Now, when I have time, there is no update available ;-) what the hell is going on ??
I don't want to use gold card if not really necessary.
Jan
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I have a same problem. I have unbranded Desire (never locked, never rooted, bought in EU) and I get a message that my phone is up to date. My friends who bought Desire at a same carrier as I did already got Froyo on their phones. I can move the date forward (2011 or 2012), but as soon as I enable Wlan connection, date goes back to 2010. I don't want to use gold card because Froyo should be already available OTA.
The more I look into this, the more I think that it's just a case of the update servers being hammered.
Apparently the traceroute I tried earlier wouldn't have worked anyway, as the connection is routed through attens.net who block traceroutes, pings etc. for security reasons.
Just keep trying, I'm sure eventually we'll get through!
Thanks for the contributions all
beavis82 said:
Might be getting somewhere with this...
I've blocked all network traffic to my HTC Desire at my wifi's firewall, and checked via the phone's browser to make sure that the phone can't get online. Then I tried to check for updates again, and the phone came back with the same message 'Your phone is up to date'. It couldn't possibly have checked, as it can't communicate with the update server.
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So according to the above it would seem the problem is more fundamental to the phone itself thinking it is up to date..perhaps it records the last date of its latest "update" and checks that against the current date? If that's the case, the moving the date forward thing might work but there doesn't seem to be a way of doing this.
Besides..it was only 1 day between my 1st & 2nd failed update attempts so unless this changes, one should only need to wait a day between attempts?
Anyone with any further thoughts? Thanks.
Another possibility is that the phone just says it's up to date unless it receives a message from the update server saying otherwise? So that no reply would still result in that same message.
If I knew how to inspect the actual data being transmitted and received by the phone, I could investigate further. Any ideas?
Hi guys,
since two days ago I'm not be able to use anymore the hotspot function of my desire if I try to connect with a pc with windows xp (I've tried with 3 different pc and all of them stuck when they try to acquire the ip address from the desire, resulting after 1 minute in a message "connection has limited access" or something similar, sorry but it's written in Italian and I do not know exactly the english translation).
If I try to connect to the desire with a laptop in which vista is installed, the connection works properly.
I do not know if it could be a useful information, if I enable on the desire the password for the connection, all the laptops with xp are not able to understand the a password is required.
Please note that till 2 days ago I was using daily the hotspot function on my laptop with xp and I've never had a problem, always connecting at the first attempt.
Do you have any idea about which could be the cause of the problem?
Regards,
Nicola
Are you trying to connect to the Desire with WPA2 security? If so XP has issues with that, try without any sort of security.
Dragooon123 said:
Are you trying to connect to the Desire with WPA2 security? If so XP has issues with that, try without any sort of security.
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No, if I set some security options it does not work, I tried with no password and no way....
piumach said:
No, if I set some security options it does not work, I tried with no password and no way....
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UPDATE: since my desire is rooted via unrevoked 3.2, I made a full backup of the phone with the recovery mode, then I wiped all data and I tried the hotspot function before reapplying the backup, and it worked well also with xp!
Then I reinstall the backup and it stopped again.
Now the point is, it should be an application that has modified in someway the system settings?
Working here without issues,
rooted desire with stock official HTC 2.10.405.2 OTA update
connecting to Windows XP with WPA/TKIP security
FreudsCAT said:
Working here without issues,
rooted desire with stock official HTC 2.10.405.2 OTA update
connecting to Windows XP with WPA/TKIP security
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Finally I got hotspot wi-fi function working as usual on windows xp too, I made an hard reset and re-installed all the application, one by one.
Every time I installed an application I checked if the hotspot was still working and I made a full backup, just in case.
Till now I've note yet found which program has caused the problem...
Hi all, I've done a search but can not find a similar problem.
I have Eclair 2.1 running on my Desire. It's rooted
The problem is I can not connect to my router (or any other router for that matter).
The phone does however recognise available wireless networks. Allows me to select my home network and enter the WEP but just doesn't connect. It also has a MAC address allocated on the phone.
One thing I am unsure of is when I try to enter the WEP key, just above the input box there is the drop-down option to select Key Index of which the options are 1, 2, 3 or 4. What does this mean?
I've also got the option to update the OS to Froyo 2.2. It's an OTA update and unfortunately my only option is to do t via 3G as I can't do WIFI (as stated above). Almost 90mb!!!
Will there be any issues with installing this update... considering this phone has been unlocked, Rooted and has ClockworkRecoveryMod?
Don't want to waste 90MB to find it doesn't work.
Just a suggestion. try disabling your router security and see if it connects then. If it does try using Mac address filtering instead so the desire will think it's just going onto an unsecure network.
Why would you want to take the official OTA upgrade to froyo at this time when there are a bajillion custom froyo, desire hd and gingerbread roms out there?
If you like htc sense and froyo, then i suggest you try leedroid. Its pimped up stock froyo. And you can download it onto your computer first. Plus its guaranteed to work.
If I'm not wrong, doing the OTA update will overwrite your hboot and recovery as well, thus unrooting your phone. And the newest hboots may be shackled down with more security that existing methods cannot unlock- your phone may become unrootable.
nanujra said:
Why would you want to take the official OTA upgrade to froyo at this time when there are a bajillion custom froyo, desire hd and gingerbread roms out there?
If you like htc sense and froyo, then i suggest you try leedroid. Its pimped up stock froyo. And you can download it onto your computer first. Plus its guaranteed to work.
If I'm not wrong, doing the OTA update will overwrite your hboot and recovery as well, thus unrooting your phone. And the newest hboots may be shackled down with more security that existing methods cannot unlock- your phone may become unrootable.
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Unfortunately... very unfortunately indeed... I went through with the OTA update via ClockworkRecovery. I used the 'Apply SD Card/Update.zip' option before I read your reply.
I've bricked my phone!! It won't go bast the initial HTC screen.... just keeps rebooting. Yes... I'm kicking myself for it now.
I've lost recovery mode now. I can get into the initial bootloader screen but when you select the option for 'Recovery', I ust get a pic of a phone with a hazard sign [!]. Very bad. It doesn't repspond to anything and the only way to turn it off is to pull the battery.
Any suuggestions on how to fix or have I got a dud phone now?
managed to sort it out eventually. Phew!!
Still got the wifi issue though
I've changed the Router (o2 wirless box) settings from WEP to WPA/PSK.. also selected different channels and even tried it without any security on at all (open network)... but my phone still won't connect. It scans perfectly fine and finds the network. Just won't connect.
I thought the Froyo update might hep fix it but to no avail.
i'm never going to get to the bottom of this am I?
I am aware that this might be a newbie question, but I did search for an answer and nothing really helped.
I flashed Runnymeade AIO 6.0.4.2 about a week and a half ago. My first flash, without much trouble. S-OFF trough revolutionary, then their root exploit, installed 4ext, and installed the ROM. I then registered for HTC Sense, and it worked. Location worked, the phone rang on command.
The update came out (6.0.4.3). I wiped fully and flashed, and then HTC Sense stopped working. First it kept asking for a password on the phone, and then just went silent. The web service stopped working also. First informing me that it can't locate, and then: "Your device is performing its initial sync with the service. This can sometimes take several hours, depending on how many contacts you have."
I then flashed 6.1 beta (also full wipe). Great ROM, INT2SD works as advertised, but HTC Sense is still not working. The web service says same as above, and the phone says: "Your phone was unable to connect to HTC Sense."
Any ideas, or is this a hopeless cause?
The initial problem seems to have sorted itself out.
But now the online HTC Sense site says:
"We cannot get your location at this time, your phone may be switched off or out of coverage."
or
"Unable to connect to your phone to make it ring."