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China is blocking Market downloads since cyanogens 4.19 release.. any ideas?

Since I have upgraded to cyanogens 4.19 and later builds using the new market, It seems that 95% of my downloads are unsuccessfull. I am living in China and love my phone but can only deduce that China is blocking downloads. This occurs over both wifi and edge connections.
Any ideas how to get around this??????
Is this because of the new radio required by google? Is this because of the new market? Is this simple a flat out great firewall of china block? Are there any proxies available for the market? Any alternative to market? SSlide is very limited. Thanks
I can synch, but even that is not very stable.
I have used my phone since the dudes long ago and no problems through all roms until the 4.19 series...
Currently on c 4.21 stable... dream G1

Have you tried a different ROM perhaps? Or at the very least wiped/cleared ext3 and put CM back on?

edited your hosts with:
74.125.93.113 android.clients.google.com
203.208.39.104 www.youtube.com
203.208.33.100 gdata.youtube.com
128.121.146.228 twitter.com
168.143.162.101 assets1.twitter.com
168.143.162.101 static.twitter.com
168.143.162.101 assets0.twitter.com
168.143.162.101 assets2.twitter.com
168.143.162.101 assets3.twitter.com
168.143.162.101 assets4.twitter.com
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74.125.93.113 android.clients.google.com
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this is real necessary for login google account & market due to damn&f**k GFW of china

I have tried the last 2 or three cyanogen roms. Also I have tried the stock google 1.6 dev rom. I have reformatted my partitions, and wiped several times. Thanks for your reply. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

Doesn't China sensor certain things because it's an communist country? I'm not trying to be an ass, but that might be the reason. I think google sensors webpages and searches because of government regulations.

Ayerwin said:
edited your hosts with:
this is real necessary for login google account & market due to damn&f**k GFW of china
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Great! Can you tell me how to do this! It is so annoying! I am having a problem even using gmail.

It has been a long time since china blocked something.
you can replace your hosts file.
Since you live in china,why not go to
www.androidin.net & www.hiapk.com

I know about these sites... the only problem is I can speak some Chinese, but not read or write it .... I hardly have time to learn so I came here!
Thanks for any ideas.. any one know how to edit the hosts as the posster a couple of posts up described?

AntiNSA said:
Great! Can you tell me how to do this! It is so annoying! I am having a problem even using gmail.
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upzip attached and copy to /system/etc with SUFBS or RootExplorer.
or use below in windows "CMD"
adb remount
adb push "path of hosts file" /system/etc

try this
extract the 2 files to 1 folder,connect your G1 with your PC
than run push.bat and enjoy it.
You need android usb drivers&adb before doing this.

If mine doesn't work,try Ayerwin's hosts file.
replace mine hosts with his,than run push.bat.
mine method is simpler ^_^

I used the abd method from aryewin first , rebooted and tried to install the speech synthesis files from the market...It is downloading as I type this. Thank you. It is hard to say if it worked yet because 5% of the time downloads work. I will test it using the new hosts file today and report back as soon as I get some time. Thank you so much for your quick help there are so many things I use from the market this can really help if it is successfull.

i am also in china now, if you do a logcat you see that the market cannot estabilish an ssl connection
for me, a reboot (or using wifi with china unicom) fixes the problem
are you on china mobile (edge) or china unicom (umts)?
i think it is just temporary, as for me 90% of download works, and also i managed to buy 5 paid apps using market enabler
edit: putting youtube.com in the hosts file will make youtube work?? it sounds strange, che GFC is so strict in its checks (lol try to go on wikipedia to take a look for freegate, and see the epic fail, the page will load and then "magically" return an error)
i tried on my pc and i get
很抱歉，在 www.google.cn 上没找到您要访问的网页
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(cannot find google.cn)
this is because google tried to do the smart guy, and put youtube and google on the same ip address (to avoid ip blacklisting)
unfortunately the gfc is not stupid and will do DNS poisoning on some domains...
btw i can do everything with my g1 in china, everything works, gtalk, maps, push gmail, market (except youtube, twitter, facebook, and nimbuzz)
i am using china mobile (cmnet), maybe is that you are using cmwrap+cmwap? it is no wonder that it will fail to connect if you do so...

Checking back in I can say the new hosts file made the market run great the last three hours. Its great to have unlimited access again.
Yes, I am too using cmnet. Its too bad we cant use Chinese 3g with our g1. My phone has also worked great since I got it. The best phone in the world I have ever had.
It has been my experiance that China blocks sites differently in different regions and cities. Using China Mobile here.
If you are having a problem, I would suggest you using the host file in this thread. Has worked so far for me.
cyanogen 4.21
Thanks for everyones help.

(except youtube, twitter, facebook, and nimbuzz)
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I heard you can access twitter by android platform frome China and have seen people tweet from China using twidroid. I'm not sure if which service provider they use. But this may suggest something else wrong there.
Moreover, try to set your google service as .com instead of .cn. That one's totally useless. Massive amount of keywords are filtered out.
Good luck bro. It's really sad they are doing this do mobile network. Dunno what would happen to the iPhone network tho.

yes, it looks the market it is working good with the new hosts, but i cant tell for sure
adding youtube/twitter on the hosts file has no effect
the GFW does packet sniffing imho, it detects i am going on blogspot even if i am using a proxy!
btw, for the filtered sites, on the pc i don't care, i've setup a VPN from europe for that
you can replace google.cn with google.com, but it is not the same. you can use the automated translator, and the cached page feature only of the chinese website
and the result is the same
if you search for "freegate" on google.cn you get a warning "illegal search"
if you search for that on google.com you get a DNS error that will "kick you out" from all google-owned servers unless you do ipconfig /flushdns
btw there is a chance to use the 3g on the g1 in china, with china unicom (umts)
too bad, i went to 8 different china unicom reseller and none of them were speaking english, so i was "forced" to use china mobile (edge)
the china mobile agent insisted to give me the 30mb/month flat, as 2gb "is too much", and insisted to come back when the limit was reached
she was shocked when i come back the day after "how did you use all of the 30mb in a single day???"

wngmv said:
I heard you can access twitter by android platform frome China and have seen people tweet from China using twidroid. I'm not sure if which service provider they use. But this may suggest something else wrong there.
Moreover, try to set your google service as .com instead of .cn. That one's totally useless. Massive amount of keywords are filtered out.
Good luck bro. It's really sad they are doing this do mobile network. Dunno what would happen to the iPhone network tho.
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I'm in beijing, people in china must use proxy to visit twitter, like dabr. Market works for me without hosts change on cm4.2.1 and KiNgxKx ROM 2.0. Thanks for these great roms.
I can use china unicom 3g, it's works ok.

Youtube

Hi all
I am having problems with logging in to youtube through HTC sense on the HD2. I can log in to Facebook and twitter just fine, but whenever I try to log in to youtube, nothing happens - the icon does not turn green, but stays greyed out. I have tried on 2 different HD2s, using two different youtube accounts, and have even tried following a hard reset with the same results. I have tried to log in using the data services in the settings, and also using the account manager in the connections settings. I would like to be able to upload my videos to youtube from the HTC album, but of course I can't do this until I am logged in.
Is anyone having similar issues? I am using the 1.43 ROM on O2 in the UK. I don't really want to upgrade until the official ROM is released.
Thanks in advance for any help.

Just had the issue with my German Tmobile ROM.
Youtube was disabled...or no idea what Tmobile did to the ROM.
Now with the clean 1.48 everything works fine.
regards
brook

I'm on t-mobile on the uk and YouTube does not seem to work over 3G or HSDPA. works ok over wifi, now running 1.48 WWE ROM.
Sent from HD2 keyboard

One thing I will ask, is there any way when using the Youtube application, that when you do a search, the search results are similar to that of the actual Youtube website.
I often do a search in the app and will get no results, or very different results and on the website will gain the proper results.
Any suggestions?

***double post***

moledzki said:
I'm on t-mobile on the uk and YouTube does not seem to work over 3G or HSDPA. works ok over wifi, now running 1.48 WWE ROM.
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Youtube login fix
Ive noticed something odd about the logins in Sense UI for youtube (and probably Facebook etc), if you have a non-alphanumeric password (a password with say [email protected] etc ) you won't be able to login. Just change your password with google/youtube and you can login. I assume the same goes for twitter and facebook.

Thanks for all the responses. Looks like my best bet is to wait for O2 to bring us the official 1.48 (or 1.49) upgrade, or to try the goldcard method. Just to respond to some of the suggestions, I have tried both over wifi and 3g with the same result, and I already have an alphanumeric password. Anyone else having this issue?

yep I have an official o2 ROM and I can't log into YouTube.

Looking suspiciously like an issue with the O2 rom. Have asked over at the O2 forums if anyone else is experiencing this. Will keep you updated.

Im on o2 and I dont have a problem, works fine for me.
Im also still on .143 rom.

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Another troll post by you... reported!
On topic: If your device didn't come with the youtube application, you might want to try this alternative: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=508984
For all Coreplayer users: Coreplayer also has Youtube integrated.
By the way:
I have written ALL of my recent posts on the HTC HD2. Typing on a mobile phone has never been so easy.

I made a thread concerning the youtube app and the camcorder. My T-mobile device didn't come with the youtube app so I decided to install it but it seemed to mess up my camcorder. I wasn't able to play the videos back.
Has anybody had this problem?

yep i`m on tmobile and i have the same problem, desperate for a fix!!!!! i have the original youtube app off the topaz/hd but my videos wont play when this is installed, uninstall it an my videos play fine. i wish i had the knowledge or understanding to make this work, unfortunatly i dont LOL!!
someone on this forum must know how to fix this, surely!

OK, I'm making progress. I created a new youtube account, which I can now log in to properly from the phone. My original youtube account still isn't working, though. From feedback I have had elsewhere, I'm wondering whether this has anything to do with the fact that this is linked to my google account. For those still having this issue, I would suggest trying to create a new account on the youtube website and trying to log in to that. Also, I noticed that I have to log in using my user name only, not with the email address, as this doesn't work. Hope this helps someone.

same problem
mine was working fine until today when I goldcarded it to the official htc 1.48.405.2 rom. now it doesn't work.
anyone figured this issue out yet?

Incorrect Region Problem

Not sure how to sort this.
I just tried to install tvcatchup but whenever I try to play anything it just says "non-UK"
It recognised my ISP as a UK one alright.
Really frustrating as skyfire doesn't seem to be working properly on my phone for some reason at the moment [I even uninstalled and reinstalled it] which is a bummer for beeb and itv websites for world cup!
Similarly right from the start I noticed that whenever I do a search for anything from opera/google for some some reason it gives me search results in german?!?!?!

that will be opera 10 you're using then lol beta version is it by any chance?? and there is a couple of threads for tvcatchup in the themes and apps section i pretty sure someone found a fix for this mate

Nope it is the default internet tab on Sense.
I will look in the other thread for tvcatchup.
Appreciate the help mate!

try to disable my location, perhaps?

Slow Browser Even After Tweaks in Official Froyo

Is ANyone NOticing the lag in Browsers.
I have tried Miren, Dolphin HD, Opera and STock Browser and neither of these browsers was ale to open even www.streaksmart.com and few other websites.
There is something wrong with the radio signals may be.
I have successfully applied D_Steves Performance tweaks and others mentioned here, Yes, the phone is getting a Quadrant of 1600+ but being not able to Browse some websites sucks big time.
It has nothing to do with the tweaks, Dell ****ed up again, Not to mention there no App with Front Facing Camera usage for Video Chat.....
Why the Hell is this happening???
Anyone else having sluggish browsing, Fards or DJ_Steve coould you Please look into that since you are the only Genius Chaps I know of....

I've noticed this too, I'm on T-mobile 2g and even though that may seem slow, it worked like a charm with 2.1. Then I switched to the 00 baseband with steve's build, and google seems to be the only site that works half the time. I was about to switch to the official 2.2, but hearing that you're having trouble as well is discomforting..

Its an identified bug.
Apparently opera and firefox work fine.
Dell are aware of this problem.
Sent from my Dell Streak - Optus® Australia

But both Opera and FireFox don't support Flash, Correct me if I am right???
THanks for answering mate!!!

Devil Aus said:
Its an identified bug.
Apparently opera and firefox work fine.
Dell are aware of this problem.
Sent from my Dell Streak - Optus® Australia
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You are talking about these "too many web redirects"?

bigelvis said:
You are talking about these "too many web redirects"?
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yes, that'ss exactly what i am talking about, any solutions mate???

umair239 said:
yes, that'ss exactly what i am talking about, any solutions mate???
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I can't find what's causing the error admittedly I'm no longer on stock so stopped working on it si much) I. Suspect its an error in the dell webkit Source code, and is likely to need a fix from them. they have stopped the roll out to fix it

As I know from dell facebook page, dell is working on this "too many redirects" problem, but I have worse case and I don't know if it's just me or everyone on 12332 build with smokku performance fix, on 3G very often some random websites can't be open (web page not available) even when I start default browser on which google.co.uk is default, it can't be open - it's loading and loading and after a while a web page not available error appears, and just a bit later it works again, so I visit another website and it's loaded stright away but after a while the same problem. I don't have it on 2G or via wifi, the same behaviour is on dolphin hd browser, so it does not depend on the browser, could you check that for me, please?

bigelvis said:
As I know from dell facebook page, dell is working on this "too many redirects" problem, but I have worse case and I don't know if it's just me or everyone on 12332 build with smokku performance fix, on 3G very often some random websites can't be open (web page not available) even when I start default browser on which google.co.uk is default, it can't be open - it's loading and loading and after a while a web page not available error appears, and just a bit later it works again, so I visit another website and it's loaded stright away but after a while the same problem. I don't have it on 2G or via wifi, the same behaviour is on dolphin hd browser, so it does not depend on the browser, could you check that for me, please?
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Yeah, I have the same problem too mate, don't worry you are not the only one suffering here, dell screwed us up again, Dolphin hd didn't work at all for me, i was unable to open a single webpage especially in desktop mode, right now i am using skyfire v3.0 and it is working very efficiently, give that a try and let me know how it works out for you, we can only wait for dell to fix this...

Bbtw I hour the same issue but it only started today, everything worked fine before I've been on stock 2.2 for a week now and til today browser, stock and dolphin worked fine
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ok, so I'm not alone yes, I'll try skyfire then,
do you think that dell can fix that issueing just kind of patch or it has to be complete new froyo build?
cheers

Just checked now I only can't get the default browser and dolphin to work on 3g but on wifi its fine, btw it worked on 3g 2 days ago really weird that it stopped now
Sent from my Dell Streak using XDA App

As they were mid roll out when we highlighted this, im presuming they will push new complete builds out.hopefully they are looking to fix other bugs in there as well

RE: Slow Browser
my pc's internet connection is very slow too, which always drive me crazy, I want a program to solve my slow computer, several days ago my friend recommend me a software tuneup360, now I'm waiting for the result. i wonder do you guys have any good recommendation?

[Q] Unable to access internet with hotspots that require browser action

I have a Nook Simple Touch rooted with the latest Nooter and one issue Im running into is connecting to hotspots that require some kind of browser action to connect to the internet (e.g. hotels/airport that require login or simply "I agree").
After connecting to the hotspot Ive tried Opera mobile and the stock browser but just get a page cannot be found rather then being redirected to the access page.
Anyone have thoughts on how to get this working?
Thanks!

I do usually get redirected when opening Opera Mobile. I know this isn't an answer, but what you're experiencing doesn't seem to be the norm.
Does this happen at all such hotspots, or just a select few?

bobstro said:
I do usually get redirected when opening Opera Mobile. I know this isn't an answer, but what you're experiencing doesn't seem to be the norm.
Does this happen at all such hotspots, or just a select few?
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Honestly, I've only tried this once so far at Logan Airport today, but en route to a hotel for the week so will check again there and report back.
I have Opera defaulting to the "my opera" page, are you saying you automatically get redirected the moment you open Opera or after you try to go to a website?

timofcourse said:
Honestly, I've only tried this once so far at Logan Airport today, but en route to a hotel for the week so will check again there and report back.
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Ah, LOGAN! I wish you'd mentioned that up front. Logan is an antiquated hell hole that should be condemned. I fly into and out of it several times per month. Their wifi setup is no better, apparently set up by the same clowns that did the signage in Central Parking. Nothing is obvious, and many things are hidden.
I often can't connect at all using Linux. If I fire up Windows, MSIE allows me to connect. They make you watch a BMW commercial or take a survey to access wifi once you find the right stupid button to click. Even then, it barely works.
It's the Logan Lottery. Good luck getting your bags quickly. Good luck with parking. And hope like hell the tunnel doesn't collapse again.
I think you'll find that most post-1990 wifi installations can be dealt with using Opera Mobile just fine. Give up in the Twilight Zone.

Ha! Well good to know. Hopefully Ill have better luck elsewhere. Ill be sure to post back results.
Thanks again!