i Unbricked my phone using this method (http://code.google.com/p/android-roms/wiki/Unbrick), now i cant activate it because i dont see the option to skip the login to google and i cant activate my wi-fi either without it.
T-mobile want me to sign a contract for 2 years to add a G3 feature to my corrent plan.
What can i do to have the option back to skip the login to google part so i can activate my fi-wi?
Please i really need help, i been without a phone for 3 days already =(
If you just proceed with the setup it will notice that you have no phone network so it will then ask on the next screen to provide a wifi spot which is where you can log onto your router.
That wasn't a bricked phone.
supremeteam256 said:
That wasn't a bricked phone.
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My thoughts as well.
You have a couple of options:
1) Use a prepaid tmo sim w/ data, or get an unlock code and use another SIM w/ data a data plan on it (that will require the APN for that carrier)
2) Set up adb and follow this guide, it will let you choose an access point to connect to.
psychoace said:
If you just proceed with the setup it will notice that you have no phone network so it will then ask on the next screen to provide a wifi spot which is where you can log onto your router.
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If you've ever installed RC29 you'll know that it wont let you connect to an AP, it will only use cellular data.
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Ok, so I un-rooted my phone yesterday, and now I'm stuck. Before I go on I haven't paid my bill this month, and T-Mobile disconnected my 3G connection onto I pay my bill, but I'm stuck on my "Google Start-up", and every time I put my email and password in it doesn't connect.
Is there a way to skip this setup so I can use my WiFi connection on the phone?
Thank you.
Jay_8698 said:
Ok, so I un-rooted my phone yesterday, and now I'm stuck. Before I go on I haven't paid my bill this month, and T-Mobile disconnected my 3G connection onto I pay my bill, but I'm stuck on my "Google Start-up", and every time I put my email and password in it doesn't connect.
Is there a way to skip this setup so I can use my WiFi connection on the phone?
Thank you.
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just press the Skip button at every screen till u get the normal homescreen, then go to settings and enable your WiFi and connect ur WiFI and try to start up Market then it will ask u to sign in your google Account and your done
That's the problem. I can't skip at the "Create Account"/"Sign in" page.
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That's the problem. I can't skip at the "Create Account"/"Sign in" page.
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thats because you unrooted, only the dev builds and custom builds allow you to skip google sign in. you will need to borrow a sim card that has android feature.
sell, if you have a myTouch, than the answer is here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=588017
Checked it on my phone, it works.
I do have a myTouch, but I just tried it on MT3G and it doesn't seem to work for me. I'll keep checking though. Thanks for the link.
Haai guys,
Does anyone know how to start a HTC Magic Vodafone without a sim? I can't find anything on Google.
Thanks,
Turn the phone off. Open the phone and take the SIM card out. Turn the phone on.
With Donut and later you can choose to skip the Google Sign in until later, setup wifi then sign in if you want to. If you already have your phone signed in and setup how you like it, it will just work.
Obviously you will not be able to make phonecalls, set your time or location from network (GPS still works fine) and only access data via wifi.
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With Donut and later you can choose to skip the Google Sign in until later, setup wifi then sign in if you want to. If you already have your phone signed in and setup how you like it, it will just work.
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You can't. You get two option, the change the language and the make an emergency call. Then it jumps to the home screen with a emergency call screen activated.You cannot do anything until you insert a sim!
Hey guys I bought an Aria(no commitment) off Amazon a couple days back...
Yah I'm a student not willing to pay for data plan and I want to use it for developing some nice apps in the FUTURE(main reason I bought it)... When I called Att, they said you can't use this device without a data plan. Then, I put the SIM card back into my old Razr phone so they wont charge me the data plan. I turn on the Aria without the SIM Card and everything surprsingly works over WIFI but now I cant make any calls... Here are my questions:
1) Is there anyway ATT can still charge me for DATA considering I took the SIM Card and I'm using wifi(I know this is stupid but Im still scared)?
2) Is there anyway I can use this with voice only on aTT?
3)Other than the fact I can't make phone calls(which isimportant), the phone is okay for developing?
Thanks for reading this...
A hopeful student...
wokay123 said:
Hey guys I bought an Aria(no commitment) off Amazon a couple days back...
Yah I'm a student not willing to pay for data plan and I want to use it for developing some nice apps in the FUTURE(main reason I bought it)... When I called Att, they said you can't use this device without a data plan. Then, I put the SIM card back into my old Razr phone so they wont charge me the data plan. I turn on the Aria without the SIM Card and everything surprsingly works over WIFI but now I cant make any calls... Here are my questions:
1) Is there anyway ATT can still charge me for DATA considering I took the SIM Card and I'm using wifi(I know this is stupid but Im still scared)?
2) Is there anyway I can use this with voice only on aTT?
3)Other than the fact I can't make phone calls(which isimportant), the phone is okay for developing?
Thanks for reading this...
A hopeful student...
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1. I don't know. Other people have reported that AT&T is scanning for IMEIs and that they've had a smartphone data plan added onto their bill. Maybe they are, maybe they're aren't.
I have a Aria with no Data plan on AT&T and so far I haven't had any problems using the old SIM from my Blackberry (which I also did not have a data plan for).
2. A few things I've done to disable data, but keep voice and sms:
I. Uncheck the box for "Connect to the Internet" under Settings > Wireless & networks > Mobile network.
II. I downloaded an app called APNdroid from the market which essentially messes up your APN settings (simply by adding an -APNDroid suffix to each APN entry) and thus, disables your cellular data.
III. Turn off 3G access (this may also save battery life if I remember correctly). This is done by entering *#*#4636#*#* as if you are going to dial a phone number, going to "Phone Information" and then changing the "Set preferred network type:" dropbox to "GSM only"
3. I don't know. You can probably develop for the phone as there are Development options under the Settings.
I've done some research somewhat related to your questions, and from what I've gathered is that AT&T can eventually pinpoint exactly what phone you're using within 3 months of service. Whether they have your IMEI or not, your phone (whether it be a cellphone or smartphone) will show up in their database eventually.
In any case, you should probably do exactly what oahceasgnikgneas suggests.
Thank you
Thank you guys for ur replies.... Ill try this out...
if you only use the phone for wifi with no active sim inserted, they cannot detect it at all, as the phone isn't on their network using their data.
bought it off kijiji only to find out that i cant activate it through wifi
You can't via wifi, you need a cell plan with data... sign-in skip was introduced with 2.1
so im screwed >.>
A1L3 said:
bought it off kijiji only to find out that i cant activate it through wifi
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lookup the four corners trick.
Binary100100 said:
lookup the four corners trick.
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that doesnt seem to work for me (though the picture has the exact same looking google screen) maybe im jsut doing it wrong is there a certain speed to do it?
If it is unlocked it should not ask about activation... the other option is go to you cell phone provider or friend to let u borrow the similar with data to activate... once activated u can turn the wifi and will not ask for data plan.
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will i be able to activate it with any data plan or does it need to be t-mobile?
does anyone know? i dont want to get a month of data and not even be able to activate it
You can use any SIM card (as long as it is unlocked) if you set up the APN right.
thx everyone
did it work?
I just got my new unlocked HTC My touch 3g phone from J and R store...I put a SIM card from T-mobile from other cell phone in (prepay w/o data plan) and tried to test new device.
I cannot find a way pass first screen where I need to log in my Goggle account...it gives me a message that the SIM card does not have data plan...I thought that I will be able to get in the WI-FI menu to access the internet thru my home wireless connection and log it in that way..but no success.
My original intention was to have a phone with SIM w/o data plan and then use WI-FI for installing Apps, Games etc etc...Is that possible?...
I know that the answer is somewhere buried within these posts but I need to fix this fast ( my wife is all over me about phone not working)...if someone can give me some hints/links to the posts that can help me out I would really appreciated
Regards
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I just got my new unlocked HTC My touch 3g phone from J and R store...I put a SIM card from T-mobile from other cell phone in (prepay w/o data plan) and tried to test new device.
I cannot find a way pass first screen where I need to log in my Goggle account...it gives me a message that the SIM card does not have data plan...I thought that I will be able to get in the WI-FI menu to access the internet thru my home wireless connection and log it in that way..but no success.
My original intention was to have a phone with SIM w/o data plan and then use WI-FI for installing Apps, Games etc etc...Is that possible?...
I know that the answer is somewhere buried within these posts but I need to fix this fast ( my wife is all over me about phone not working)...if someone can give me some hints/links to the posts that can help me out I would really appreciated
Regards
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Not trying to troll but this has been answered hundreds of times, mostly in threads just like this one. You cannot bypass the sign in screen on any stock myTouch/Magic ROM, only on most custom ones. If you press the menu button at the login screen, there should be an option to purchase a data day pass for $2. Do that to get in the phone, then root it and install a custom ROM so you don't have to worry about it later.
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Thanks for help....I did resolve the issue....There wasn't an option to pay for data plan pass for day ( at least I did not see it in my 50+/- attempts to pass by the first screen)...what I did I went to T-mobile store and very nice young guy there helped me with store test SIM with data plan...it took 15 minutes to set up Google account and passwords etc etc and after that I put in my old prepaid SIM without data plan and phone worked like a charm. All phone functions worked and WI-FI capability allowed me to go online thru my home wireless network and to download several apps from market and to update OS to Android 2.21...etc etc
Regards
855Elm said:
Thanks for help....I did resolve the issue....There wasn't an option to pay for data plan pass for day ( at least I did not see it in my 50+/- attempts to pass by the first screen)...what I did I went to T-mobile store and very nice young guy there helped me with store test SIM with data plan...it took 15 minutes to set up Google account and passwords etc etc and after that I put in my old prepaid SIM without data plan and phone worked like a charm. All phone functions worked and WI-FI capability allowed me to go online thru my home wireless network and to download several apps from market and to update OS to Android 2.21...etc etc
Regards
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I would still root and install a new ROM. If you ever have to do a factory reset you'll have to sign in again. If you flash a new ROM, most add a "Skip" option to the login menu.
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I did not know that...thanks for the hint.
I may consider it.
The only question is which ROM variant to install...
Regards
i would suggest that you try Gingerbread ROMS