Yeah so my mother went shopping on eBay for an HTC One M8 and ended up buying an HTC One M8w which seems to be the chinese variant of the phone. Most stuff works but I have a few very annoying problems.
The google account doesn't sync properly (had to manually import contacts/calendars)
Apps don't seem to properly detect the GPS (keeps asking user to enable location , however Maps does
Everytime you send a text it nags about data roaming
Ideally I'd like to flash UK stock lollipop onto the device but I'm not sure whether this is possible. If there's nothing I can do then it's getting sent straight back.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Hi guys, I just collected a Desire from T-mobile with software build 1.01.110.4 CL131766 test-keys
I have a watermark message on the screen saying HTC Confidential then some codes which is impossible to remove.
I've tried a manual check for updates, and it says there is nothing, I've phoned t-mobile and they suggest taking it back for a new one (would be OK if anywhere had one in stock)
Any ideas/suggestions? Thanks in advance...
I should probably also add that the phone suggests in a few areas it thinks it's an HTC Bravo (at least that is what the default blue-tooth name for the phone is etc)
danr55 said:
I should probably also add that the phone suggests in a few areas it thinks it's an HTC Bravo (at least that is what the default blue-tooth name for the phone is etc)
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It's just a prerelease rom, you can either take it back or wait for an OTA update.
Looks like I'll end up picking up a new phone when they are in stock next week.
Phone is currently set to back up automatically to the SD card, what does this actually backup, and how can I easily restore all my settings etc to the new phone?
Hello,
I've been going through the forums but I can't figure out what is going wrong.
I have a HTC Desire With Froyo and of course HTC Sence.
When I select a contact card and I go to the gallery TAB to access the Facebook photos The gallery won't display anymore.
Instead I get a message that repeat itself saying "update in progress" Loading, to finally say "no album" on every contacts.
It use to work fine, I'm not sure if this is happening since Froyo update.
Has anyone got the same problem and know how to fix it?
Thx,
Frem
I'm the only one with this problem ???
Ok i gave more info now. The bug happens only in 3g. When i use wifi the gallery appears corectly.
Bug is still happening please help me.
I have the same problem.. Still no answer?
I am having the same issue, It works perfectly over wi-fi but not at all via 3G. I'm going to try a different SIM card to see if it might be my provider.
Are you guys using the phone on it's intended provider or are you unlocked and using it with a different SIM.
It seems to be affecting "places" for me as well, I can't check in, it gets stuck on "loading content..." but it works perfectly fine on WiFi
When i start Faceboob first time (after reboot) i can see everything, but when i use it second time the gallery can not load, only see white pics. Have this issue with 3g and Wifi.
for those of you having this issue what network are you on? I am trying to narrow down the issue.
I have the issue on all 3 of my phones, Motorola Milestone, Nexus One (CM 7) and with my Desire HD (North American, tired with several different ROM)
The problem affects the following
No notifications in Facebook official app
Can't Check in to Places, if finds a list but when I click on one, it gets stuck loading data
Facebook for HTC Sense also has issues, 1st is with the Gallery
I cannot load my facebook friends galleries, it just gets stuck then times out and tells me they don't have any galleries (they do)
Contacts sync in Facebook for HTC Sense
All of the above do not work on my phone while on the Rogers wireless network, everything works perfectly while on Wi-Fi. I have used my Telus SIM in all three phones and it works perfectly, I have also used my friends Bell SIM in all 3 phones and it works perfectly. It only happens on Rogers but when I call Rogers tech support they refuse to acknowledge the issue and tell me to contact facebook about it.
Anyone else still having this issue?
I just recently purchased the Desire and the same night I rooted my phone with unrevoked. Since then I have been unable to send and receive MMS. Some of my coworkers who got new phones the same day and didn't touch them are able to receive MMS. My question is, do you think that this is because I rooted it, or chance it is a problem with my phone? If it is a problem with the phone, do I have to unroot it before bringing it in to my service provider or do you think they wouldn't notice?
Prob be something to do with the root. Just flash a stock Froyo rom and it should be alright. Just make sure you do a nandroid backup first just to be safe
I had the same issue with my Desire, but managed to fix it just yesterday.
Find the homepage for your provider and they normally have a guide for setting up MMS, which is, normally in the case of HTC Desire, automatic. But if you try see the manual set-up for non-supported phones and you enter those values/data, it's all gravy again
Sounds like a pretty common problem with small providers. I tried looking around and was unable to find any settings on the website...
Try see if you can Google it. I noticed that there are sites which are dedicated to collecting all the settings of different providers (definitely here in DK) and making them accessible in tables.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App
Man...I've been trying to find it but I can't....I have cellcom (usa-Wisconsin) maybe someone else can help me locate something.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App
Okay, I also tried seeing if I could find the settings for cellcom in the States and no luck: just Israel. Also not a very informative webpage for cellcom either.
If you don't want to unroot your phone etc. I would think contacting the company by mail and asking for the manual settings might pay off. I'm pretty sure this is the issue as mms and internet settings are automatically set-up for each phone model in some providers and rooting might have removed the settings from identifying it as an HTC Desire, though I have no way to be sure.
So you should receive a reply with the MMS proxy and port, the MMSC and APN.
It definitely worked for me.
Hope it all works out!
Hoping someone can provide some direction. First and foremost I am not a HTC savvy so although there are a few threads here about the same issue none of them relate to me as I have not rooted the phone nor flashed to custom ROMs or anything to that nature. I am simple user of the phone... Now.. to the topic.. so I bought this phone for my brother in law last year as a birthday present, and at the time I had a working phone so I didnt put my mind too much to it.. but I did liked the phone very much. Two months ago, I decided to purchase one of these, so I bougtht an HTC ONE X Phone S720e Android 32GB 8MP 3G WiFi GPS Bluetooth Unlocked White. I don´t recall what versión of Android it carried at the time but looking at the specs it should had come with Android 4.0.3. After loading it up, transfering my files on to it and loading some basic apps, whatsapp, email, Skype... it off coursed asked for a software update two times which I went ahead and did. The last one it installed added Android 4.2.2 and HTC Sense 5. It was working fine, layout changed considerably... now after doing another of the updates to applications and software, specifically the transfer files update it suddenly quit recognizing data services completely. I though it might be something with the micro sim, so I tried testing a couple of others, it didnt make a difference so I decided to back up my contacts and information I had on the phone and did a Factory reset. It wipped it clean but issue remains the sames, it is unable to even recognize the sim card is missing and when I go into settings I see the message Disconnected because service is unavailable.
Reading online, saw a few folks stating that this situation was related to software updates.. so I was wondering if I could get some help on how to get this fixed. Not sure what to do, downgrade to 4.0.3 or how could I get it resolved so appreciate some direction here.
If you go to settings - about - phone identity, does it still shows the imei ? Seen many people here having their imei gone from their phone and becomes an iPod since we can't write it back. Tho you are on stock, so better send it for repair.
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If you go to settings - about - phone identity, does it still shows the imei ? Seen many people here having their imei gone from their phone and becomes an iPod since we can't write it back. Tho you are on stock, so better send it for repair.
Sent from my HTC One X
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It shows up as unknown actually... is this a software related issue then? Im concerned about the other phone going through the same situation... should no updates be installed to it then? That makes it fairly useless and might prefer to send it back and try to get a refund instead.
same problem for me, still wait for fix
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same problem for me, still wait for fix
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Can someone tell where is the IMEI physically located on the phone?
marcosballesterosr said:
Can someone tell where is the IMEI physically located on the phone?
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see in the list of micro sim card
Hi, I got my Butterfly 3 yesterday.
It had an old tampered (without "au" stuff) KDDI ROM that wouldn't update so I flashed to a more recent one, rooted, flashed the GPS fix and disabled/uninstalled all the "au" stuff. The phone is now working great except for a few things that are very annoying, and I'd like to know if the Taiwan version doesn't have the same problems:
1 - Can't seem to find a way to select 2G, 3G or 4G mode. My previous One M7 had that option under "mobile data". Here it's completely gone (what the hell? it's the first phone I've ever seen without this..).
This is especially bad because I can't seem to be able to enable LTE (the phone's bands are supported in my country). Since I can't try to force "4G only" in the phone, there's no way to know if there's a problem with my APN configuratin (which I had to input manually.. for the first time ever on a smartphone), if there's a problem with the antenna, or if my SIM card simply doesn't have 4G enabled. Does the Taiwan version have the "force 4G" option?
2 - I've added the country code to almost all my contacts (+351) in order to be able to call them whenever I was abroad. The phone won't detect any contact that has a "+" in the number, so the person's name doesn't appear. Same thing with SMS: if there's a "+" in the number, I can't reply to the sms or send new ones. Is there a way to overcome this with the KDDI ROM? Does the Taiwan ROM have this problem too?
I'm split between "upgrading" to the Taiwan Marshmallow or keeping the KDDI one.
To be honest, I'd rather stay with Lollypop if it means getting usable NFC. On the other hand, if the Taiwan ROM fixes the problems mentioned above then I'll say goodbye to NFC.
I fixed it by having two numbers on one person. So you got the number with the country code(+...) and the number without country code(for me: 06....).
As for the problem with the settings, I can't find it either :/
Maybe the option is just hidden away, but I never use mobile data.
I've been in your shoes
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Hi, I got my Butterfly 3 yesterday.
It had an old tampered (without "au" stuff) KDDI ROM that wouldn't update so I flashed to a more recent one, rooted, flashed the GPS fix and disabled/uninstalled all the "au" stuff. The phone is now working great except for a few things that are very annoying, and I'd like to know if the Taiwan version doesn't have the same problems:
1 - Can't seem to find a way to select 2G, 3G or 4G mode. My previous One M7 had that option under "mobile data". Here it's completely gone (what the hell? it's the first phone I've ever seen without this..).
This is especially bad because I can't seem to be able to enable LTE (the phone's bands are supported in my country). Since I can't try to force "4G only" in the phone, there's no way to know if there's a problem with my APN configuratin (which I had to input manually.. for the first time ever on a smartphone), if there's a problem with the antenna, or if my SIM card simply doesn't have 4G enabled. Does the Taiwan version have the "force 4G" option?
2 - I've added the country code to almost all my contacts (+351) in order to be able to call them whenever I was abroad. The phone won't detect any contact that has a "+" in the number, so the person's name doesn't appear. Same thing with SMS: if there's a "+" in the number, I can't reply to the sms or send new ones. Is there a way to overcome this with the KDDI ROM? Does the Taiwan ROM have this problem too?
I'm split between "upgrading" to the Taiwan Marshmallow or keeping the KDDI one.
To be honest, I'd rather stay with Lollypop if it means getting usable NFC. On the other hand, if the Taiwan ROM fixes the problems mentioned above then I'll say goodbye to NFC.
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I'm in the states , but calling both and texts has been fine. (I had a damaged SIM couldn't send texts)
If you really want japan's au bloat that even with a pro root uninstaller still leaves grime just to keep NFC, I have a solution for you to get data.
P.S.You need root for any real fixes like this one
use es file explorer and turn on root read write permissions, it'll ask when you use the left side panel to access system directory.
Use search to find apn-config.xml
Replace file with one from cyanogenmod rom or any phone you have.
Data should now work. To fix SMS uninstall it, clear out its folder and install any HTC text messaging app and place apk in folder. (then clear cache)
Also, update as much as possible before rooting, b/c its a bootloader unlock and this phone has not bootloader update with marshmallow you can always root with twrp.
Private message me with any questions I'll respond asap. I'm no developer (despite my attempts linux hates me), but I know my way around the average android device and have kept up with everything for this one.
(Taiwan has no gps issues, uninstallable bloatware, nor apn/4g problems)
Birkyjon said:
To fix SMS uninstall it, clear out its folder and install any HTC text messaging app and place apk in folder. (then clear cache).
(Taiwan has no gps issues, uninstallable bloatware, nor apn/4g problems)
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Are you absolutely sure that uninstalling sms.apk and clean the cache solved the problem for you. I tried that long time but didn't work for me. Which APK did you uninstall ? providers.apk, sms.apk or mms.apk ?
I don't have GPS, 4G issues on Japan version, the only problem is SMS "+" resolution.
Here's Gixermouse's Solution
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Are you absolutely sure that uninstalling sms.apk and clean the cache solved the problem for you. I tried that long time but didn't work for me. Which APK did you uninstall ? providers.apk, sms.apk or mms.apk ?
I don't have GPS, 4G issues on Japan version, the only problem is SMS "+" resolution.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/butterfly-3/help/fixed-youre-rooted-t3355494