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The other day i surfed to google from my XDA exec.
mobile internet rocks!!
i was wondering how does google know that i surfed in from a pda, cause i think it sent me to
www.google.co.uk/pda
the web page probably detected your screen size and redirected you to a page that was more friendly to you PDA browser. i wish more sites would do this.
www.google.com/pda for us US residents.
LOL
Not the screen size but the type of your internet browser, in this case Pocket IE.
Correct--it's not the screen size.
Although a LOT of your information is sent over the wire, much more than most of us realize, your resolution information is unknown to most websites, unless you explicitly allow it to be given via some kind of an executable that transmits such information. An example would be an embedded ActiveX object in IE for Windows.
Back on topic, yes, your browser information is known, not only to Google, but to every other website you visit. Not only that, the website also knows where you came from (i.e. the http addy) and where you went when you left it. There's a whole bunch of information deemed to be private that we would rather keep to ourselves (such as our surfing habits) that's known to any website that installs a cookie (a common thing nowadays) on your computer.
This is also how Google knows where you are. For example, when I log on, Google send me to the local Saudi page at http://www.google.com.sa/ It knows this information by doing a reverse lookup on your IP address, and comparing it against known databases of geographically assigned IPs. Since IP addresses are assigned and tied to geographical locations, it's easy enough to do, although it's still very disconcerting to see.
Be careful folks, even your searching habits are being tracked by Google. I have nothing to hide, so I don't care, but many folks do. Witness the recent Federal inquiry into the searching habits of the users of major search engines. Yahoo and MSN gave up that information quickly enough but Google is resisting. I don't think it will be able to hold out for very long though.
Imagine...now the fact that you searched for p0rn on the 'net is well known to anyone in the know. Scary, isn't it?
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thanks monakh
so google can detect both my mobile ip address (is there such a thing?) and my browser, correct?
monakh said:
the website also knows where you came from (i.e. the http addy)
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Correct, through the referrer...
monakh said:
and where you went when you left it.
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Only if you click a link on the site itself, -and- it is handled via a special handler.
No information is sent to a website when you leave it through e.g. a bookmark in your browser, or by typing in a new URL.
Please correct me if I'm wrong
You are correct.
hey i mailed myself (google account) using my adsl modem and using the gprs/3g connection to check the header to see if i could spot an originating ip address
i found one common ip address
Received: by 10.xy.za.b with HTTP; Sat, 18 Feb 2006 05:34:45 -0800 (PST)
i guess this is the google server, correct?
is there any way to prise the originating ip address from an email
That's why there is a registry hack to set Pocket Internet Explorer works like Internet Explorer 6.0.
Tuningszocske said:
That's why there is a registry hack to set Pocket Internet Explorer works like Internet Explorer 6.0.
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Not entirely... I mean, you could - of course. But it also means that many sites will fail to send you PDA-specific content - which, with most plans/top-ups, means heavy costs.
Identifying PIE as IE6 is more used for stupid websites who check whether the browser is IE6 or above, regardless of whether that is actually required by the site.
There's three parts, the compatibility bit ('(Default) = Mozilla/4.0'), the browser string ('Version = MSIE 6.0') and the platform ('Platform = Windows NT 5.0'). If you leave the last bit intact ('Platform = Windows CE'), then you should still be able to get into stupid sites, while having PDA-friendly sites send you the PDA content.
oh i had not thought about the popups
i guess we wont get(suffer) popups with mobile ie5?
i just posted to this bulletin board to check my ip address
from the pc it looks like this 82.1a.bcd.efg
and fro my cda it looks like 193.abc.def.ghi
That's fine because presumably your mobile device and your home PC are on different networks so they sport different IPs.
IPs are a dead giveaway. In many cases, your position can be 'somewhat' and primitively triangulated to within 5 square miles of where you are. This may not be necessarily true for mobile networks, but those networks know where you are at all times anyway. In fact, there is now regulation in the US that mandates all handset makers to manufacture hardware with GPS functionality built-in. Between the two and a half dozen GPS satellites and your cellular network, you can run but you can't hide
This is, of course, so emergency services can reach you in time of need (in case you are unable to make the call to 911/999).
Of course...
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This is, of course, so emergency services can reach you in time of need (in case you are unable to make the call to 911/999).
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off-topic...
Technically it's so they can find you if you do call 911/999/112/whathaveyou but are unable (due to injuries, or duress, etc.) to state your location.
Being able to find you at any time is an added perk but it needs court orders even if you have been reported and officially designated a "missing person". Getting such a court order can take many hours, being declared a missing person can take 24 hours up to 48 hours (depends on the country and exactly what reasons you have to believe the person in question is truely missing).
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monakh said:
This is, of course, so emergency services can reach you in time of need (in case you are unable to make the call to 911/999).
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Technically it's so they can find you if you do call 911/999/112/whathaveyou but are unable (due to injuries, or duress, etc.) to state your location.
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Ahh yes, I stand corrected.
It's so we CAN make the call and are unable to state the location. That WOULD make sense. However, like you said, there are legal hurdles, although at least in the U.S., they are fewer and far between.
is there any ip address list out there which tells me which ip addresses are allocated to which country?
are ip addresses bunched like telephone numbers
e.g. +1 is north america
+3 and +4 is europe
+96 & +97 middle east
nope, that's not how they work
organisations can get an IP from their service provider, who get blocks from their service providers, who get bigger blocks from places like RIPE, who in turn get huge blocks from ARIN.
But if it's a specific IP you're interested in, try VisualRoute
Hi,
Seeing different posts that I wanted to collaborate, I tried to "kill several birds by only shotting once".
I just programed an application that updates automatically the weather information on different program, using different sources, and the GPS Ephemeris.
With this program you can:
-Keep updated the weather Icon of Slide2Unlock and update it 3 times a day only downloading once from internet.
-Keep updated the HTC today weather with your local informations, gathering the information from any two servers, i.e. AccuWeather.com and Wetter.com
-Download once every 2 days the GPS Ephemeris information to get a quick GPS fix.
Why wetter.com additionally? wetter.com is proved to be more accurate and it provides more information (for example time of the day forecast).
Why not using the normal HTC today update system? With MMeteo you can specify from which server to download from, and in this way you can download from your own local weather info.
Additionally, it sets the Title with the information from another weather information source, and it is updated 3 times a day with only one download a day from internet.
Why another application to download the Ephemeris? This applications allows to specify from where to download, and if one server is not working (which has happened several times with the default one service.mio-tech.com), it is possible download from another server.
Why everything together? It is just more efficient than having different applications programmed to be started automatically periodically, connect to internet and download. Also it is possible to set the program only to do one thing, (i.e. only updating the GPS Ephemeris data).
Additionally, it emulates a WAP browser in all internet connection. This makes possible to keep everything updated for free using any of the WAP flatrates like o2flat in Germany or o2 flatrate in UK.
Neither the Windows Mobile application to download GPS Ephemeris nor the HTC today plugin work on these flatrates. With MMeteo it is possible to keep everyting updated for free using one flatrate connection.
To download it:
http://www.aldeaglobal.net/mmeteo
I was based on (and I have to congratulate) the following great applications:
HTC Homeplug Weather fix:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=319187
HTC Homeplug personalization:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=324556
Slide2Unlock: (not S2U2 because at the moment only Slide2Unlock can show Weather Info):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=304826
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=343256
Automated quick GPS:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=292178
The program can be personalized only by editing a .ini file.
Detailed, this program does the following (copied from the source):
-For all the internet connections it performs, it emulates exactly the Pocket Internet Explorer, in this way it is compatible to all Wap Flat rates like the o2flat from Germany, or o2 flat rate from UK.
-It sets itself to autostart the following day at updateTime, and also at middayStart and nightStart
(at updateTime (the first run of the day) is when it sets the autostarts for the following day)
-Once every EphemerisDaysToWait it downloads the file from URLephemeris and copies it to FILEephemeris
-Once per day, at updateTime, it updates form internet the files FILEaccuweather from URLaccuweather, and FILEwettercom from URLwettercom
-Once per day, at updateTime, it updates the HTCtoday plugin with information from FILEaccuweather
-Three times per day,at updateTime, at nightStart and at nightStart, it updates the HTCtoday Title with information from the file FILEwettercom
-Three times per day,at updateTime, at nightStart and at nightStart, it also updates the registry registerKey1/registerKey2 with the information taken from the file FILEwettercomToRead
(this is usefull for example to update the weather information from the program Slide2Unlock)
-It updates the registerKey1/registerKey2Userdata with the value registerKey2UserdataValue
-It also sets to autostart the program FILEprogramToStart to start at updateTime before updating from the files
-If you want more information about weather you can open locally with the pocket Internet Explorer the file FILEwettercom, and if you have the icons in the same folder you will also see the prediccions graphically (add the file to favorites or create a shortcut to the FILEwettercom
Marti
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you said "With MMeteo you can specify from which server to download from, and in this way you can download from your own local weather info."
so -how to do it? I found nothing in the info
You only have to open the mmeteo.ini file with a text editor, and change the server there. Inside this .ini file there are several parameters to personalize the program behavior.
To change the server from where to download from (and set for example your own server using this script), you have to change the value of URLaccuweather.
If you want, you can also add to download (additionally) from another server with the format of Wetter.com. For this case, either change the value of URLwettercom or if you set your own server with the included php script meteo-wettercom-pda.php then you have to enter it at URLwettercomfitered.
you mean i should only modify one string in ini-file and everything will work??
if i, for example, want to use http://www.gismeteo.ru/towns/27612.htm
Exactly. It is only needed to modify the .ini file to change the server.
The server you mentioned is in Russian, you should put a "translator" in the middle. I Mean, a php script in a internet server that downloads the weather info and adapts it. Then the MMeteo should call this php script and not the Russian web page. This method has the advantage that you can minimize the traffic needed to get the weather info.
Hi,
Nice work on MMeteo! Being a user of the O2 wap flat and I really like the WAP browser emulation! I think I got the program running OK, but I'm not sure with the weather data. After running MMeteo.exe there is some updated text weather information on the HTC home plugin field but the icons do not appear, instead the weather plugin still complains about 'no data'. Is it possible to display the proper weather icons with HTC Home plugin with the data extracted from wetter.com/accuweather.com?
I use a HTC Artemis with a cooked ROM, where HTC-home is installed in the ROM (\WINDOWS directory).
Anyway, the Epheris update works!
C.
Thank you for this app, i've stopped paying attention to the accuweather plugin cos it's never accurate for my town.
So from i read you can pick your own weather server? Perhaps people could post weather servers as they find them and we can build up a list. I'd like to use the bbc or the met office. I'll go have a look shortly to find the server. Must admit i've no idea what i'm looking for!
Cheers!
I'm having problems getting this to run
Dumped the files directly into the Windows folder but when I try and launch the exe it says that it can't find the ini file
Any ideas?
Ok, got past that bit
Think I know need the webpage in html
The program sound interesting, but I can't get it to run. Thanks for any help.
I need some help on how to manage my sprint pcs account online using my mogul.
Every time I try to login using pocket IE I just get to a page that reads "PLEASE WAIT" and then nothing happens.
Does anyone here faced my same problem I"ll appreciate help on this matter,I ALSO TRY TO DO IT USING OPERA MINI ON JAVA BUT I`M STILL UNABLE TO LOGIN AND INSTEAD I RECEIVE THIS MESSAGE "Error 400: EJPEC0903E: The computation of the VP Login redirect URL failed." IS THERE ANY OTHER WAY AROUND? THIS IS VERY USEFUL FOR ME AND FOR OTHERS SINCE WE CAN PAY BILLS CHECK ON MINUTES ETC. THANKS
good question. id like to know the answer to that too. Is there a pda or mobile site for going on sprint vision? I know there is a wa to get the picturre albums. pictures.sprintpcs.com/pda
use the opera browser and under settings it has a section that says brodcast device as: and you can choose from mobile device or desktop, choose desktop. this is not free (24 USD) but has a free trial.
to download current version from opera go here:
http://www.opera.com/download/mobil...=/img/products/mobile/platform/865.gif&extra=
or you can download the beta version from (no settigns for desktop on new version):
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=19533
(you may aslo want to download the cab files that pute PIE back as the default browser because when you install the beta it immediately makes opera the default browser, can be found here: http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showpost.php?p=217486&postcount=135 )
hope this helps
I have been seeing various posts on people struggling to make BBConnect work on HTC Touch Pro 2 a.k.a Rhodium and thought I would put down a step by step guide from various posts put down through this forum So rejoice all you HTC Touch Pro 2 owners like me BB Connect is finally working and so is Multiple APN's. I have BB Connect Enterprise and GPRS connecting simultaneously and its showing up on the notifications manager.
This step by step solution is thanks to Cornholio, Absahnen & NRGZ8(The Master Chef who cooks wonderful ROms across devices)
So Here Goes
Step I: GET YOURSELF A NEW ROM:
Trying to install Blackberry Connect is very buggy on most of the stock ROMS and will keep on failing. So go and get yourself the latest NRGZ8 ROM for Rhodium I am using Build 21877 27th Nov Standard Manila 2.1. The ROM is anyway faster with almost no bugs and free of Junk that you see on standard ROMS
download the ROM from this link:
http://hotfile.com/list/93322/b5a2687
Step2: CHANGE AKU SETTINGS
This change is needed to make BB Connect work on WinMo 6.5 ROMS.
Using a registry editor go to HKLM/System/Versions
There you will see the aku key usually on any WinMo 6.5 ROM its .5.xx.xx change the aku value to .1.6.0(.1.6.3 didnt work, the connection was getting dropped)
Step 3: FOOLING YOUR BB CONNECT SOFTWARE TO THINK YOUR DEVICE IS A RAPHAEL
The Rhodium is not yet supported by RIM and looks like they have withdrawn support for further devices. Therefore you need the BB connect to believe that your Touch Pro 2 is a Touch Pro i.e. Your Rhodium is a Raphael. To do this you have to make registry changes you can use any registry editor I used Resco Registry Editor which loads when you load Resco Explore on your device To do this follow the steps below very carefully, using the registry editor
Instructions:
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- Uninstall any BB Connect software if you loaded.
- Attached find a rar file which contains SetModelID.exe. Unzip it and copy it over to the \windows\ folder of your device.
- Using any registry editor of your choice navigate to HKLM\init Create a new String Value with the name "Launch130" and a value of "SetModelID.exe" (without the quotes)
If Launch130 already exists, choose a number greater than 130, it doesn't really matter, just make sure it is higher than the other entries so it get started after everything else.
This makes sure the exe isnt started after every softreset.
- Do a softreset
- The program changes your model-id from "HTC-Rhodium" to "HTC-Raphael" in memory
- Install Blackberry Connect like you usually do (My tests where successfull with version 4.0.0.106)
- After installation and the auto-reset through BBC open the BBC settings and go to the Info-Tab. Under device-name there should now be HTC-Raphael.
- If you're using BES configure your device using enterprise activation or the BB Connect desktop app
STEP 4: ENABLING MULTIPLE APN'S
This will allow you simultaneously have an active BBConnect and a GPRS connection active at the same time
Go to:
HKLM\Software\OEM\RIL\OperatorContexts
There you will find several numbers. E.g. 26202 for Vodafone in Germany.
The number is a combination of MCC / MNC so 262 02. You might find you operator in this list:
http://surfio.de/info/mcc_mnc/mcc_mnc_liste_6.html
or do a google search for your specific operators MCC/MNC nos
Create the two DWord Value Entries below if they arent there:
GPRSContextNumber = 3
UMTSContextNumber = 3
Just set the Contexts value to 3 and delete the NetworkContexts entry. It will be created from the source above with the value 3.
And voila you will have multiple connections running simultaneously you can get your BB Mails as well as see Youtube videos over GPRS. I managed to do this over a frustrating 48 hour period and I thought will share this for anyone seeking an answer.
Cheers and enjoy
Man! The guide looks great! but it makes my brain hurt!!! Arggg!!!
(Hardly understand some part of the guide.)
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Heres my step by step, plus all the software and a cab called black berry that someone else kindly put together for me that does all the registry steps (and makes the multiple APN switch for TMOB US). (BTW this has worked on EVERY ROM I have used, 6.1, 6.5, 6.53, sense 2.1 and 2.5):
['black berry cab' does all these]:
Copy SetModelID.exe into windows
HKLM\init: Create a new string: Launch130 with value: SetModelID.exe
HKLM\system\versions\aku - change to .1.6.3 [which works for me]
HKLM\Software\OEM\RIL\OperatorContexts\...
Create new ones or edit your relevant operators GPRS and UMTS to 3
[for US find them in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mobile_network_codes_in_the_United_States]
HKLM\Comm\Cellular\RIL\
set the Contexts value to 3
Delete the NetworkContexts entry
Soft Reset
Install BB Settings CAB
(I always create a shortcut in programs from 'BB Settings' in Program Files/Blackberry - its a quick way to run this file later)
Either: Using BB connect desktop for WM 'configure wireless handset' (see below)
Or: get new key generated by your company's tech support and enter them into BB Settings on your device
(Activesync blackberry connect desktop setup can be found at http://sems.org/content/download/bbc4/bb_desktop_4.0.0.22.zip. I use this becuase YOU CAN GENERATE YOUR OWN KEY and configure your handset again and again which means you dont have to bug tech support every time you burn a new ROM, which I do every few days!)
for some reason I cant upload the blackberry connect cab, so here is the link http://sems.org/content/download/bbc4/bbconnect_wm6_professional_bb.4.0.0.106.cab
black berry cab is attached.
what150 said:
Man! The guide looks great! but it makes my brain hurt!!! Arggg!!!
(Hardly understand some part of the guide.)
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Well what can I say Mr What 150 was trying to help. The step by step guid is written keeping noobs in mind so that you dont get back Q's on How to do this? and How to do that? and help ppl besides just those in the US who cant use the cab posted here anyways and dont know how to write complicated XML codes.
Thanks a lot patcat!!!
I had my rhodium working with BB connect but no multiple APNs... had to manually suspend BB service and enable GPRS everytime I needed anything from the internet. Those days are gone now!!!
Now, have you ever wondered why is it that BB Messenger, being a Java application, can not be ported to WM and run on our TP2s? I mean, we have our BB data plans, a PIN# and are connected to the Blackberry service.. what else do we need for BB Messenger to work?
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Thanks a lot patcat!!!
I had my rhodium working with BB connect but no multiple APNs... had to manually suspend BB service and enable GPRS everytime I needed anything from the internet. Those days are gone now!!!
Now, have you ever wondered why is it that BB Messenger, being a Java application, can not be ported to WM and run on our TP2s? I mean, we have our BB data plans, a PIN# and are connected to the Blackberry service.. what else do we need for BB Messenger to work?
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You are welcome Roberto. I havent yet come across any cab for BB messenger. There has been talk of a BB application suite to run on WinMo but I havent seen any beta's also of that floating around. If you do come across any BB Messenger cab do post it here or PM me the cab.
Most reliable method
Here is what I do...I think it is the most reliable method....and I have used it with just about every ROM out there and it works...everytime...It looks like a lot of steps but it is very easy and after the first ROM flash you will know what do do for any others...I actually learned this from this site and MUCH smarter people than me...so thanks to all those who helped get Blackberry Connect working. Without this site I might still have an 8525 because I need blackberry connect...!
Installing Blackberry connect...this has to happen in this order...
1. Download a ROM
2. Edit the ROM using the information from here, it looks complicated but takes less than a minute essentially you use the program you download to change any reference to Rhodium to Raphael using a search: http://www.silentservices.de/HexEdit-ROM-for-BBC.html
3. Flash the edited ROM.
4. Install the CAB file I attached it will change the AKU for you...I actually put it in my UC script so it automatically installs before Blackberry Connect...
5. Install Blackberry Connect version 4.0.0.106
Allowing Multiple APN's (This can happen at ANY time)
Follow step four in the original guide or if you are AT&T all you have to do is use a registry editor and go to HKLM\Software\OEM\RIL\Operator Contexts\310410 and change UMTSContextNumber to 2. If you use 2 then you don't have to worry about anything else like deleting the Network Contexts entry....
BBC
Works excellently on my TP2 with .106 cab on Vodafone India network at Delhi.
Good work bro, well sorted out steps
PIN Pending
Hu there, Thanks for all your help, The device has changed into Raphael but I still get PIN pending? how can I have Blackberry Service if there is no pin? help please
Patcat007
You are the got damn man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PIN Penidng No Connection
Hello,
I have done as per above steps but I am still getting Pin Pending. I am using HTC touch Pro 2 with Win Mo 6.5. In BlackBerry Connect About Device Type is HTC-Raphael.
Please help me what to do how can I resolve thie issue.
Address book, Sending pictures via Email not available
Hi,
I've got everything working thanks to you guys.
When composing a new Email, the address book is not being used (no Auto completion or suggestion).
I would take a picture from the camera but the option to send via Email is greyed out with the account setup via BB.
No HTML Email viewing.
Is it designed to work like that with BB Connect?
PIN Issue
foolyfaltoo said:
Hello,
I have done as per above steps but I am still getting Pin Pending. I am using HTC touch Pro 2 with Win Mo 6.5. In BlackBerry Connect About Device Type is HTC-Raphael.
Please help me what to do how can I resolve thie issue.
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PIN is provided by GSM service provider. These step enable the BBC software to accept your handset model as compatible for BB services. Its not a hack for working BB without BB activation. Get the BB services activated from GSM operator and u shall have a PIN also.
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Hi,
I've got everything working thanks to you guys.
I added what I know...it does seem since Blackberry connect is an older program everything ends up like a work around...
When composing a new Email, the address book is not being used (no Auto completion or suggestion).
It won't auto complete. If you click the menu and use the "check Names" feature it will first look in your address book and then if you hit Lookup it will look in the global address book. A little more cumbersome but it works.
I would take a picture from the camera but the option to send via Email is greyed out with the account setup via BB.
I have not been able to send photos from the camera in the last several Roms...so I think it is the newer Album that doesn't allow it. You can still send it by attaching it when creating an email, but yes this is a little cumbersome as well...
I only have one email account setup on my device which i
No HTML Email viewing.
Yes that is correct...
Is it designed to work like that with BB Connect?
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Hope this helps...
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I also had seen those issues with my HTC HD on WM 6.1.
Another one is clicking an URL in the Email body gives me an error (The parameter is incorrect).
Thanks for the tips.
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I also had seen those issues with my HTC HD on WM 6.1.
Another one is clicking an URL in the Email body gives me an error (The parameter is incorrect).
Thanks for the tips.
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Yeah, I have not been able to click on a URL since my days with an HTC 8525....
Working with Valkyrie 5.2 ROM and BB Enterprise I'm using
Thanks
NO PIN
dineshh said:
PIN is provided by GSM service provider. These step enable the BBC software to accept your handset model as compatible for BB services. Its not a hack for working BB without BB activation. Get the BB services activated from GSM operator and u shall have a PIN also.
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hi there, i have the same problem of not having a pin on my tp2, my carrier says the pin is on the device here is a copy and paste of my carrier web iste when i tried to activate the service
"To find your PIN perform one of the following actions:
* In the BlackBerry device options or settings, click Status.
* Look for the PIN and IMEI information on the outside of the box that your BlackBerry device or BlackBerry-enabled device came in.
* Turn the BlackBerry device off and remove the battery. Look for the sticker on the BlackBerry device with the PIN information where the battery is usually located."
Nice tutorial, patcat007. On my TP2 with a 6.5 ROM my BB Connect work. Anyway, when I change the AKU to .1.6.3, something happens with graphics in my dialer like in the picture attached. Anyone could help to correct this? Thank's!
So I got and Asus Eee Pad Transformer from the United States and brought it here to Kuwait. Every time I try to download an app it says "this item cannot be installed in your country." I think this is a world wide issue since I've been hearing this problem from people in the east as well. I have a Galaxy Tab and I've never had this issue before. I think it has something to do with Honeycomb (3.0). Is there a fix to this. Please help.
just use market enabler chose T mobile and it will work you need to have root device check this page for arabic support http://www.ce4arab.com/vb7/showthread.php?t=319715
Actually, I tried this and it doesn't work for me. With market enabler I see US only apps, but can't install them.
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using Tapatalk
Did you get to fix the issue? It's really frustrating. What have you done so far to not throw the device out the window?
While I have never heard of this issue before, my guess is that the market has recently started allowing installs based on ISP location. Because you are connecting to the market through an ISP located in Kuwait, the market is preventing your install (just my theory). If I was you, I would look into side loading an app that allows you to use a proxy for network access, or try VPNing into a US network.
cant install in your country
Best option install the app with an android phone or any other device that works and then get the apk file
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While I have never heard of this issue before, my guess is that the market has recently started allowing installs based on ISP location. Because you are connecting to the market through an ISP located in Kuwait, the market is preventing your install (just my theory). If I was you, I would look into side loading an app that allows you to use a proxy for network access, or try VPNing into a US network.
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Is there a tutorial on how to add your device to a US VPN? Could you please send me a link? It'll be a big help. Thank you in advance.
I would do proxy instead. It is much easier to find an open proxy than it is to find an open vpn server. Vpn is probably just easier to setup if you happen to have a friend with a vpn server into their network here in the states. Here is a site showing how to setup a proxy in honeycomb (http://jeftek.com/1975/how-to-web-proxy-settings-android-honeycomb-tablets/)
Here is a list of open U.S. proxies: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sour...6eT7CQ&usg=AFQjCNFhRSjPS5R5t_U3W0qi7bcA08uJsw
Hopefully that will allow you to download stuff through the market.
try this
1. get anycut from android market, install and run. select new shortcut,
select activity and scroll to find proxy setting and select it. accept default name.
2. find a us based IPort proxy on hidemyass.
3. run the new shortcut and enter proxy hostname/IP and port.
4. login to your goggle account and change your profile location to us.
good luck
Clear Google Location Info (can't install in your country)
Here's the list of supported and non-supported countries:
www google com/support/androidmarket/developer/bin/answer.py?&answer=138294
For those in the country that are currently not supported, here's a work around (this works on my Eee Pad Transformer )
1) Go to Settings -> Accounts & Sync -> Manage Account and select your Gmail account, then click <remove account>
2) Go to Settings -> Applications -> Manage Applications -> All
Select every single Google App (Google Accounts, Google Backup Transport, ...) and click <Clear data> for each of it
This gets rid of all location information
3) Power off and then power on the device.
4) Click on the Market icon, it will request you to key in your gmail account
5) use the same gmail account but use @googlemail.com instead of @gmail.com
6) the apps that are not allowed to be installed in the device's country will have the file size of 0.00B (that's ok!)
7) click on the <download> button**
There are some apps that are not compatible with the ASUS Eee Pad Transformer (eg. DME mail client).
** The apps that are not compatible will not download. The above steps are only for the apps that have the error message "cannot be installed in the device's country".
Repeat the above the next time you encounter that error message! Good luck.
[Thanks to Ms. Siti of Asus Customer Care Centre, Malaysia!]
If (5) above doesn't work... ask your friend in one of the supported countries to forward you new GMail account's verification sms to you
The Eee Pad Transformer is amazing especially with the Tegra optimized games!!!
www nvidia com/object/tegra-zone.html
BR//Timothy
@Timothy2011
Interesting info and an excellent first post. Added some of it to the ultimate thread. Thanks!
"The requested item could not be found"
THANKS FOR THE GREAT POST!
Now, the only problem after i did all the steps listed, 95% of the apps that i wanted to install from Market are now unavailable, ie The requested item could not be found.
However the one that is available installed just fine in my TF...
any idea?
thx!
Timothy2011 said:
Here's the list of supported and non-supported countries:
www google com/support/androidmarket/developer/bin/answer.py?&answer=138294
For those in the country that are currently not supported, here's a work around (this works on my Eee Pad Transformer )
1) Go to Settings -> Accounts & Sync -> Manage Account and select your Gmail account, then click <remove account>
2) Go to Settings -> Applications -> Manage Applications -> All
Select every single Google App (Google Accounts, Google Backup Transport, ...) and click <Clear data> for each of it
This gets rid of all location information
3) Power off and then power on the device.
4) Click on the Market icon, it will request you to key in your gmail account
5) use the same gmail account but use @googlemail.com instead of @gmail.com
6) the apps that are not allowed to be installed in the device's country will have the file size of 0.00B (that's ok!)
7) click on the <download> button**
There are some apps that are not compatible with the ASUS Eee Pad Transformer (eg. DME mail client).
** The apps that are not compatible will not download. The above steps are only for the apps that have the error message "cannot be installed in the device's country".
Repeat the above the next time you encounter that error message! Good luck.
[Thanks to Ms. Siti of Asus Customer Care Centre, Malaysia!]
If (5) above doesn't work... ask your friend in one of the supported countries to forward you new GMail account's verification sms to you
The Eee Pad Transformer is amazing especially with the Tegra optimized games!!!
www nvidia com/object/tegra-zone.html
BR//Timothy
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Hi Radiikal,
Better way to find apps: Google it!
The search is not that great. However, you can google for Android Apps...tons of links out there!... [in addition to using applanet and/or AppBrain] that will point you back to Android Market to install the selected app.
If you are using a PC to search, you might get a QR code on the screen. This QRcode can be read by the free "Barcode Scanner" app from the Android Market Place... once it is captured on the TF, click on 'open in browser'... it's a lot easier that re-keying the URL.
Do install the nvidia's TEGRA ZONE app! There are some demo apps that you can test for free! Awesome graphics! Looks like I might have to surrender the ePad to my kids when I get home (as I did with the iPad for a year) !!!
I found another interesting site to download apps (security issues???).... SlideME Marketplace (pls google it).
... maybe someone can share their experience on this.
Have Fun!
BR//Timothy
See http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14339905&postcount=3
little help =[
i must have tried both methods (adrian's and timothy's) 3~4 times, still can't figure out what's going on. using the ip proxy method i get "can't establish a reliable connection", and once lost the ability to restore my google account (had to factory reset)
tim's method "works" but i still can't install flash, and a few applications begin saying "the requested item cannot be found".
malaysia, eee pad transformer
For the requested item cannot be found try to install it from android market website. Dont forget to set your device nickname on android market account.
The iport proxy should work as long as you can find a reliable server, remember you just have to use the proxy for the first time only (after you remove android market data and cache, and also remove your google account from account & sync) maybe reboot first after removing market data and account. After start run gtalk first, sometimes it helps, register your goggle account, then run android market and accept. Remove proxy after accept, you should be able to download and install apps.
Thanks for that; not sure what was going wrong as the proxy was working fine (my location on several sites was listed as US), just couldn't log in.
I've actually found that installing from the android market site has solved all my problems; not quite sure what has happened (for example on my device, 'sketcher free' is "not available in my country" [malaysia], but if i dl it via the android market site it sends to the device fine).
for those still reading it may be worth investigating using vpn's to access the market site and then dl'ing it from there...
ZaelFaroe said:
I would do proxy instead. It is much easier to find an open proxy than it is to find an open vpn server. Vpn is probably just easier to setup if you happen to have a friend with a vpn server into their network here in the states. Here is a site showing how to setup a proxy in honeycomb (http://jeftek.com/1975/how-to-web-proxy-settings-android-honeycomb-tablets/)
Here is a list of open U.S. proxies: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sour...6eT7CQ&usg=AFQjCNFhRSjPS5R5t_U3W0qi7bcA08uJsw
Hopefully that will allow you to download stuff through the market.
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Ok following this line of thinking I did a little more digging on the use of a proxy to fool our Honeycomb tablets to be 100% within the US (I'm having this problem because I'm in Puerto Rico, and even though we are a US territory many services don't identify us as being part of the US).
After getting close by using the AnyCut app to add the proxy settings I found in the xroxy site into Honeycomb (you have to try a bunch of the http enabled ones by trial and error, most of them don't work) and I actually got the main Google search site to not come up as ".pr" but as the US full Google search site. The Market and account setup lost all of its connections so I went on the assumption that the proxy I was using was only working for common browsing ports like port 80, 443, etc...
So now all we need is to forward whatever ports the Market is using through the proxy so that it gets a connection. After doing some research on the xroxy site ZaelFaroe listed I signed up for a 1 month $7 subscription to one of their premium proxies since most of the publicly open proxies don't actually work well since they are mostly open by accident by sysadmins that should be flipping burgers instead of in a data center.
I tried the proxy settings they offered to me after subscribing and I got the same result. Full Google search site but no account setup, nor market connectivity. A little more digging on the xroxy site and their FAQ states that, as I assumed earlier, their paid proxies are setup for common browsing ports. They showed an app for PC called Proxifier witch led me to believe there should be a similar app for Android witch led me to the ASProxy app (not a free app) and it basically does the job of forwarding ports through the proxy server you setup. The app looked funky in Honeycomb (white shaded text over white text backgrounds) but you can make it out and get it setup.
Lo and behold! I can now install all the apps I wanted without any problems! The actual market app still SUCKS for searching but if I search within the market site on the honeycomb browser and then click the app and tell it to open it with the market it works fine.
The solution was not simple but I got it to work. I'm not entirely sure if the paid proxy is needed, I'm sure you can keep trying out different proxies listed on the xroxy site and find one that works, but then again there is no guarantee it will continue working. I for one am going to stick with the paid proxy as now I can finally watch Netflix streams from Puerto Rico through my PC!
Worked on sony tablet S
Timothy2011 said:
Here's the list of supported and non-supported countries:
www google com/support/androidmarket/developer/bin/answer.py?&answer=138294
For those in the country that are currently not supported, here's a work around (this works on my Eee Pad Transformer )
1) Go to Settings -> Accounts & Sync -> Manage Account and select your Gmail account, then click <remove account>
2) Go to Settings -> Applications -> Manage Applications -> All
Select every single Google App (Google Accounts, Google Backup Transport, ...) and click <Clear data> for each of it
This gets rid of all location information
3) Power off and then power on the device.
4) Click on the Market icon, it will request you to key in your gmail account
5) use the same gmail account but use @googlemail.com instead of @gmail.com
6) the apps that are not allowed to be installed in the device's country will have the file size of 0.00B (that's ok!)
7) click on the <download> button**
There are some apps that are not compatible with the ASUS Eee Pad Transformer (eg. DME mail client).
** The apps that are not compatible will not download. The above steps are only for the apps that have the error message "cannot be installed in the device's country".
Repeat the above the next time you encounter that error message! Good luck.
[Thanks to Ms. Siti of Asus Customer Care Centre, Malaysia!]
If (5) above doesn't work... ask your friend in one of the supported countries to forward you new GMail account's verification sms to you
The Eee Pad Transformer is amazing especially with the Tegra optimized games!!!
www nvidia com/object/tegra-zone.html
BR//Timothy
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Hi I don't have eepad transformer I have sony tablet S, I've reached this post while searching about the same problem and it worked pretty well with me
Big thx
I ask ur permission to post this method-under ur name- on Sony tablet S forum on XDA