I just successfully rooted my (non-Fender) MyTouch using the howto at the unlockr website. The whole point of it was so I could use a tethering app like Barnacle, but I am finding that my laptop cannot seem to use the connection it provides, even though it sees it and appears to connect.
Further, my phone is now extremely flaky and is unable to fully sync my Google account (contacts are blank and won't sync at all). It often reboots itself for no apparent reason. I am regretting screwing around with it at this point.
Can anyone recommend a ROM to install that is stable and will give me all the functionality I had before I rooted, plus will work well for Barnacle or another good wifi tethering app? And I still don't see exactly where on this site I go to actually download ROMs.
Thanks in advance for any assistance.
Do you have a 32a or 32b board? do you have your sd card with 3 partitions Fat/ext2-3-4/swap?
What recovery did you flash? newest Amen ra 1.70?
What radio and SPL do you have.
We have to know these in order to choose a rom. But there are many good ones, just sounds liek you found a crappy one or one not made for your phone
Improved things with latest cyanogen ROM
Ok, so after my first post I managed to flash my phone with the latest cyanogen ROM. Now the flakiness has gone away and I have back all the stability of my former phone, plus actually a couple things I like better than before.
Alas, Barnacle still does not work properly. It starts and runs fine right up until my laptop or iPad actually tries to connect with it, then I get the message that "process stopped unexpectedly".
Thanks for your response. I will try to find the right place to post my tethering problem to see if someone can help me with it.
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I've unlocked a T-Mobile MyTouch 3G (32B) for AT&T. I rooted my phone yesterday purely out of spirit for experimentation. I've installed CyanogenMod-4.2.8.1, found on the website. I'm trying to connect to the market, but no type of data connection is being made.
The unusual part is that I have full signal strength. E or G sometimes pops on, but then drops off. I've quadruple-checked the APN settings, and they're fine. However, I did notice at one point the password had been deleted. I am aware that my phone version is not able to get on 3G band (although I'd like to find a hardware mod~)
I'm almost certain it's the Cyanogen ROM simply because before rooting, I had no data problems. Seems even a WiFi connection won't give me data. I've searched the internet to see if anyone else has had this problem, but it doesn't seem so. Any ideas?
Disabled WiFi and I have data. Apparently the two don't get along well. Just noticed an update to the ROM, so we shall see what will happen!
Or, if anyone has any suggestions on an alternative ROM, I'm not looking for anything too fancy (the MyTouch is serving as pure novelty at the moment; HTC Fuze is my primary phone). Speed and battery optimizations are most prefered, bluetooth/USB tethering a plus, and if it runs aHome or Home++ without a hitch, I'd be content.
I just upgraded to CM 4.2.9.1 on my MT3G 32B and am having data issues. Could it be a coincidence? Could it be T-Mobile upgrading to HPSA? Or could it be CM?
It's possible to be the ROM, as I'm on the AT&T network. I'll give the updated ROM a test as soon as I get some time to it.
Try reflashing radio. http://developer.htc.com/google-io-device.html
Works fine on my 32B Magic. Tried running fix_permissions, wiping and reflashing?
Got the same problem on my G1 with 4.2.9.1
When Wifi is active, after about 10 minutes i have no data connection anymore.
If i disable wifi i don't get this problem
i too have had this problem on my three magic 32a. i rebooted this morning and it went back to normal though. have only seen it once so i can't really comment on the cause. typically i have wifi always on and location by networks off...
How did you install CM?
Did you install the HTC 1.6 rooted base first, then the CM image after without re-booting?
You have to the first time you install CM. You don't say whether you did or didn't.
Did you remember to configure the APN correctly???
maybe related to instal issue?
I have the same issue but did "install the HTC 1.6 rooted base first, then the CM image after without re-booting". However upon booting into Cyanogen, I couldn't get past the "touch the android" screen and thus had to boot back into recovery mode and clear all data. After reboot I was able to pass the touch the android screen, but perhaps that wiped the 1.6 base settings?
Do I need to re-install, what if i have the same problem with getting past touching the android again?
I haven't tried updating the radio, but will try that first.
mobile network data
Found it: looks like toggle for mobile network data is turning it self off. Other than to conserve battery / airplane mode is there ever a reason to have it off? (is it bad to have on with WiFi?)
thanks.
Hiyoto said:
I've unlocked a T-Mobile MyTouch 3G (32B) for AT&T. I rooted my phone yesterday purely out of spirit for experimentation. I've installed CyanogenMod-4.2.8.1, found on the website. I'm trying to connect to the market, but no type of data connection is being made.
The unusual part is that I have full signal strength. E or G sometimes pops on, but then drops off. I've quadruple-checked the APN settings, and they're fine. However, I did notice at one point the password had been deleted. I am aware that my phone version is not able to get on 3G band (although I'd like to find a hardware mod~)
I'm almost certain it's the Cyanogen ROM simply because before rooting, I had no data problems. Seems even a WiFi connection won't give me data. I've searched the internet to see if anyone else has had this problem, but it doesn't seem so. Any ideas?
Or, if anyone has any suggestions on an alternative ROM, I'm not looking for anything too fancy (the MyTouch is serving as pure novelty at the moment; HTC Fuze is my primary phone). Speed and battery optimizations are most prefered, bluetooth/USB tethering a plus, and if it runs aHome or Home++ without a hitch, I'd be content.
Thanks for your time.
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how can you unlock that
or that unlocked by rooting
i have htc sapphire unlock sim
how can i unlock that
This thread is from December. You Gus are not going to get much help on an outdated thread. You will have better luck on a newer thread
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Should of stayed with t-mobile.
Ok.. EVO 4g. New phone bought today. Managed to get it rooted and a custom rom installed(Damage control 3.2.3, updated via DCUpdater) on it that works splendidly other than for some reason I cant seem to activate the SD card anylonger. This could be a serious issue I guess.. haah!
But the main thing i was wanting out of this device tonight was wifi tethering. I have the app. it loads fine, I can adjust all setting (SSID/Passphrase etc) i even went as far as downgrading to the 2.0.2 version to see if that helped via the google.code page. But it still just gives me the stupid error that it is "Unable to start tethering"
I really don't know a way to start trouble shooting this as I am VERY new to android, and if someone can offer a bit of help I would be much appreciative.
I am more than willing to post any info you might need as far as the setup on the phone goes. Just let me know what that info is you would be looking for and I will get it.
And if anyone can shed a bit of light on why I cannot see the SD card anymore that would be delightful as well.
Thanks a bunch.
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For the wifi tethering: if the custom rom has it, you may have to remove it completely and download wifi tether from the market, that should fix it.
I am having some major issues with the wifi on my slide. When I have the rooted software installed. I have tried both the stock cynogen 6.0.0 rom and the teamfenix version but still cannot get the wifi to work on my home network. I haven't found any other roms to try though.
fyi:
Works fine on stock rom
home network is open with no mac filtering or anything like that.
I also have heard that flashing the radio might help but I thought that was separate from the wifi and the antenna works fine. I also have no issues with a data connection through the network.
Also if someone could recommend a way of transferring the phone program from the sense rom to the root rom that would be great. (I like the way it gives you the number it thinks you are about to dial, makes calls more fluid actions)
So... ideas?
xan griegor said:
I am having some major issues with the wifi on my slide. When I have the rooted software installed. I have tried both the stock cynogen 6.0.0 rom and the teamfenix version but still cannot get the wifi to work on my home network. I haven't found any other roms to try though.
fyi:
Works fine on stock rom
home network is open with no mac filtering or anything like that.
I also have heard that flashing the radio might help but I thought that was separate from the wifi and the antenna works fine. I also have no issues with a data connection through the network.
Also if someone could recommend a way of transferring the phone program from the sense rom to the root rom that would be great. (I like the way it gives you the number it thinks you are about to dial, makes calls more fluid actions)
So... ideas?
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A few: The latest known radio for the slide is 7.09.35.10. If you have that you don't need to reflash it. CM 6.0 has a known issue with the wifi that you can fix by turning on bluetooth. You don't have to have bluetooth connect to anything, just have it on. I don't know why that works but it does. Or you can flash the latest nightly for the slide. You can find it through ROM Manager, but you'll need the paid version to do that, which is totally worth it, or find it in the cyanogenmod forum. However, if you go ahead and flash the nightly, beware that things may or may not work (although the last several I've run have been damn stable) and DO NOT POST BUGS IN THE BUG TRACKER!
Also, on a side note, bluetooth in call audio does not work. Meaning you can not talk on the phone through bluetooth. Stereo bluetooth works great though, so you can listen to music no problem.
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Also, on a side note, bluetooth in call audio does not work. Meaning you can not talk on the phone through bluetooth. Stereo bluetooth works great though, so you can listen to music no problem.
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Thanks for the heads-up on that, I just thought my bluetooth was being retarded.
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A few: The latest known radio for the slide is 7.09.35.10. If you have that you don't need to reflash it.
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How do I check what radio version I have?
xan griegor said:
How do I check what radio version I have?
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If on CM6: Menu>settings>about phone then look at the baseband version. It's the last set of numbers. If on stock ROM it's the same sequence except after you go into "about phone" you need to go into "software information".
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Where can I find the radio update? Can't find it on the HTC website or on here.
edit: actually - it seems to be working fine now for some screwed up reason. My roms seem to do that... if my phone is in a good mood when I do my nandroid restore, then it works even better than before (hey look that rymes). If not, then it says "F*** off and die, I'm not giving you internet you fascist SoB.". As you may understand my phone has major mood swings... I think it gets PMS.
The CM6 thread has a link to the latest radio I believe. Also, something that worked for me is under the WiFi Settings menu, press Menu > Advanced, and change Regulatory Channels to 14. I saw that posted in one of the CM65 threads and it worked for me.
I found something interesting out about my phone. Apparently those moods I talked about are just the wipe not working properly. If I wipe it 3-5 time beforehand everything seems to work better.
I can even get golden sun working on the gameboid which I had thought was too unstable to work (just that one game though not the whole program).
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I take that back about golden sun... stupid unstable ass game......
Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide using XDA App
I just got a Samsung Vibrant yesterday from a 3rd party, and I'm very excited. I know I need to read a lot on this site, but since this is my 1st smartphone, please forgive my basic/naive questions, be gentle on me, and give me some directions so that I won't have to walk in the darkness.
1) I haven't done anything essential to the phone yet, and I'm considering to root, unlock and the phone, and upgrade from 2.1-update1 to 2.2. Which one should I start first, root, unlock, or upgrade? Even though I haven't done much on the phone, do I still need to go through the backup before rooting?
2) Between the IMEI and S/N barcodes, there is '10.10' on the phone which I assume is the manufacture time of Oct. 2010. Would the GPS 'fix' be done with my phone (Build Number: Eclair.UVJI6)? Considering the amount of complaints about the GPS on Samsung Vibrant, how does the GPS work with offline applications like CoPilot? Where should I put the CoPilot Map, in internal or external SD?
3) If I want to make phone calls through WIFI connections without eating up my minutes, what kind of VOIP combination should I consider? Google Voice?
4) What web browser do you recommend? Other nice applications should I put in?
5) When I select Avatar, it says "File not found". Is it supposed to be in the external SD (which seems empty)? Where can I get the file?
Thanks a lot for your help!
I would suggest reading the bible in the Development section. or this
get the proper drivers here.
root with Superoneclick found here. There is another version floating around that works better that is called SuperOneClick for Froyo.
fix 3e recovery (if running stock froyo) software found here runs from your computer with your phone connected and usb debugging turned on.
download the Clockwork Recovery Unlock.zip from either Rom Manager or here (put it in your phones internal SD root)
I HIGHLY RECOMMEND TeamWhiskey's Rom Bionix-V 1.2.1 found here
But I would suggest getting to know your Vibrant/android phone if you have never owned one first.
Edit: Calling over wifi uses your plan's minutes. Its meant for poor reception areas where you might have wifi with broadband internet.
Edit2: Most people get rid of the "Avatar" its just the movie and takes up space. I believe it should be on the SD card that came with the phone.
Congrats on the phone
1st is to root it you can use the super-one-click, like the previous post said. There are other rooting but this one is very easy
After that, Read up on the roms the Axura, Trigger, Einherjar, and Bionix are all fine and depending on your need you have really great choices, the Axura has remarkable battery life, for example. So do the reading on which you would like. Once you pick one flash it. Then get Rom manager and Titanium back up. Free from the app store. Then you can start playing. Should you decide that you do not like or just want to try another rom, you can flash over the last most times with out problems. One thing (read the bible) if you do flash over one of the custom roms you will need to disable the voodoo lagfix. This is actually a file conversion. So Read up on that as well. Hope that helps you.
[Q] Newbie Questions
I too got a vibrant yesterday and then upgraded to 2.2 of skies mini. The problem is now I have not found a way to get it rooted with 2.2. Any ideas?
coldasice304 said:
I too got a vibrant yesterday and then upgraded to 2.2 of skies mini. The problem is now I have not found a way to get it rooted with 2.2. Any ideas?
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There is the super one click or you can get a copy of the update folder that roots the phone.... place it on the internal sd card go to recovery and install update...... that also will do it. LOOK IN THE STICKY/BIBLE
Thanks a lot for the great help, FlyingPoo and oka1! I really appreciate it.
A couple of more newbie questions:
1) When making phone calls, sometimes I need to key in some options after the phone is connected (for example, when you call a customer service 800 number). How can I bring up a on-screen keyboard when the phone is already connected?
2) It seems my Samsung Vibrant has much weaker WIFI reception than my Mac laptop, and I have to bring the phone closer to the router to get detectable WIFI signal. Is there anyway I can boost the phone's reception capability?
Thanks a lot!
Hey all,
I am totally new to rooting and I just rooted my Mytouch 4g to the virtuous fusion 1.1.8 rom. Everything works great except for wifi and wifi calling. My wifi keeps dropping. Ive read that I may have to flash the radio to 2.3 but I do not know how to do this and I cannot find the answer anywhere. I've tried to look around and I've googled it. I still come up with nothing. Please help!
Thanks!!!
Follow this guide. It gives you everything you need to know. For Virtuous Fusion, I would try radio version 26.09.04.26 since that's what the dev recommends. If you need help setting up ADB (very easy, takes 5 mins), see this thread.
Thanks
Thanks, I've done everything needed and it went thru successfully. The wifi still isn't steady. Do you recommending trying all of the radios? I dont mean to sound like a total noob but I am as far as this stuff goes. Thanks!
mzhmiah said:
Thanks, I've done everything needed and it went thru successfully. The wifi still isn't steady. Do you recommending trying all of the radios? I dont mean to sound like a total noob but I am as far as this stuff goes. Thanks!
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I believe VF has some WiFi issues, so the problem probably isn't the radio. Several other users have reported issues with VF not holding connection to WiFi even when very close to the router. I find I have to restart my phone once a day just to get WiFi to connect. Other users have been said WiFi works fine on other ROMs while on the same radio. That being said, it can't hurt to try the other new radio (26.08.04.30), although my guess is it won't fix your WiFi problem.