i rooted my phone, without any problem...
now im trying to get some apps from market - but no luck!
always says "download was unsuccessful".. anyone familiar with this?
I have the same message with a fresh-out-of-the box unrooted phone if that's any use, 3G or wifi.
Have you got the usb cable plugged in? This happened to me earlier, even though the phone was mounted, it simply would not download!
****, I bet it's because I let it autocomplete my account address to @googlemail.com instead of gmail.com isn't it. Yes, yes it is. OK, I'm probably no help here.
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I have a T-Mobile US account with unlimited internet access. Currently I am using an HTC Touch Pro2. However, my buddy gave me his G1 to root and sell for him.
I installed RC29 and rebooted the phone. I put my sim card into the G1 so that I could get to the home screen and then begin the process of rooting the phone (i.e. download a telnet client, etc.). Problem is, I get to the Google login screen and it won't connect to the server. I've waited several hours and tried again, thinking maybe the server was down, but still have had no luck. Does anyone know why this would be? Is there another route that I can take (maybe putting a different version on the phone before rooting)?
I could really use the help of some knowledgeable person here.
Bob C.
NOTE: When I'm at the sign-in screen, I can touch the Menu button and get the APN Settings. I noticed one of them is for T-Mobile US, I just don't know what I need to put in each of the fields (if that even will help).
Also, prior to doing the downgrade, the G1 connected to the Google servers fine.
The actual message that I'm getting is, "There is a problem communicating with the Google servers".
I'm at a loss what to do.
i had some issues down grading to rc 29 i few weeks ago i updated to 1.5 and then used the one click root app. and also i was using my gfs old sidekick and data would go in and out all the time and keep getting odd text messages. so maybe ask for friend for his sim and see if that helps.
jmon777 said:
i had some issues down grading to rc 29 i few weeks ago i updated to 1.5 and then used the one click root app. and also i was using my gfs old sidekick and data would go in and out all the time and keep getting odd text messages. so maybe ask for friend for his sim and see if that helps.
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Is there another version other than rc29 that I can put on my micro sd card and then put it on the phone? It's only since downgrading to rc29 that I have no ability to get past the Google login screen. My sim card, that I am using in the G1, has an unlimited data plan.
I know that unless the phone has root I cannot flash different rom versions on it, but is there a dreaming.nbh file that I can put on the sd card that may provide me with the ability to connect to the Google servers once I install it on the phone (holding in the camera and power button)?
I would give you the link but i am on my phone at work. Search for jesusfreke's thread on how to activate a phone without a data plan. You can use that method to skip the activation screen.
Almost every time I've rooted a phone I've had issues connecting to Google servers. Keep trying. Its taken me 5 or more tries in the past.
PixelWarp said:
Almost every time I've rooted a phone I've had issues connecting to Google servers. Keep trying. Its taken me 5 or more tries in the past.
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I tried over 10 times and even reinstalled rc29. Nothing seems to help.
I also installed the SDK and when I try to start ADB Shell the device isn't found. I think that's because I'm stuck at the signin screen but don't know for sure.
It signed onto the Google server and internet with no problem until I copied the rc29 dreaming.nbh file to the root of the sd card and started the phone via camera/power. It all updates correctly, just can't connect.
It's weird because I used to own a G1 and did the rc29 install and rooted the phone, partitioned the SD card, etc. I have no idea why I'm having such a problem connecting to the Google server.
Any other suggestions?
If no devices pops for adb, then you need to make sure adb is installed correctly.
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Is there another version other than rc29 that I can put on my micro sd card and then put it on the phone? It's only since downgrading to rc29 that I have no ability to get past the Google login screen. My sim card, that I am using in the G1, has an unlimited data plan.
I know that unless the phone has root I cannot flash different rom versions on it, but is there a dreaming.nbh file that I can put on the sd card that may provide me with the ability to connect to the Google servers once I install it on the phone (holding in the camera and power button)?
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sorry for the quick information. and you can flash official roms you might want to try updating to 1.5 here is the link http://www.mediafire.com/?zmdyjz3y2zn idk but rc29 was giving me strange issue the last time i had it on my phone so try to avoid it as much as possible now.lol but of you get data on 1.5 download the one click root app and flash cm stable and put cm update on his phone so the next person who gets wont have to worry too much about this root stuff.
i am more than glad to give all the limited knowledge i have but i dont see any advantage of rooting a phone before you sell it just saying. thanks i hope this helps
jmon777 said:
sorry for the quick information. and you can flash official roms you might want to try updating to 1.5 here is the link http://www.mediafire.com/?zmdyjz3y2zn idk but rc29 was giving me strange issue the last time i had it on my phone so try to avoid it as much as possible now.lol but of you get data on 1.5 download the one click root app and flash cm stable and put cm update on his phone so the next person who gets wont have to worry too much about this root stuff.
i am more than glad to give all the limited knowledge i have but i dont see any advantage of rooting a phone before you sell it just saying. thanks i hope this helps
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Okay, I was able to flash 1.5 but I'm still unable to sign-in to the google servers. When I look at the APN settings there is no proxy set, no port set, no mms proxy or port set. I've been searching the forums for T-Mobile U.S. apn settings but can't find them anywhere. Any idea where I can find these. I figure that may be my problem.
Thanks again!
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I have a question about not being able to get connected to Google servers. I still have been trying and trying to signin to my Google account on the G1 that my buddy gave me to sell. I currently have an HTC T-Mobile Touch Pro2 and have been trying to use my sim card in the G1. I phoned technical support today and they guy said that I can't connect because (even though I have an unlimited internet account) my account is setup for the TP2 internet package and not the Google/Android pacakge.
Does it really make a difference? If so, this could be what's causing my problem.
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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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.
Hey all,
Ok, so here's the setup:
Bought a (supposedly) unlocked Samsung Focus from Expansys (AT&T Branded).
Don't have a SIM for Rogers yet, so just using it on my home wireless network. I can surf the web, access the marketplace, my XBOX Live account is linked up (my avatar is displayed), etc. All good.
UNTIL...I actually want to purchase or download an app/game from the marketplace! After I click Install, I get this message:
"This item is not available from the Marketplace catalog."
This happens for *every* application, paid or free. The only way I can get apps on to my phone is to get them through the Zune software and synch, and even then I have to go through the marketplace to the app where it tells me that its already installed (even though it shows up NOWHERE on my phone), and asks if I want to install it again...which it then lets me do and voila, app is visible.
This is *really* frustrating and I can't figure out what the issue could be. Any thoughts or has anyone else experienced this?!
Thanks,
DL
I just got my Focus today and I've got the EXACT same problem. I don't have it unlocked yet, so the only thing that is the same between our two cases is that we don't have a valid sim card.
Can anyone confirm this issue?
Issue Fixed...well more Issue Disappeared
My issue went away...literally...I don't really know what I did, or that I did anything. I blogged about it here (I'm still too new to post full url's here, so its broken up): geekswithblogs .net /dlussier /archive /2010/11/23/142839.aspx, but here's the update part:
So last night I plugged my phone into my pc to charge, which brought up the Zune software. I wanted a few more apps, so I downloaded them from there. Phone synched, and I went to try my apps. I thought “What the hell”, and tried to access an app on the marketplace. This time I didn’t get the “This item is not available from the Marketplace catalogue”, I got some message about an error and a hex value.
I tried to access an app again to see if I’d still get the error message and…*POOF*…I have full access to the marketplace over wi-fi!
I have *no* idea what caused the switch, it was nothing that I did intentionally! I did notice that the prices are now higher (BeJeweled was 4.99, now 5.49), and I’m assuming its because I’m hitting the Canadian marketplace and not the US one.
Weird, yes, but its working so…yay?
lol the EXACT same thing happened to me...it just....went away? lol I'm not complaining
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my phone is unlocked and i use it on cincinnati bell. i understand that these are some sort of certificate files. should i leave these alone or does it matter? ive found 3 instances of these files in /data/misc, /system/etc and /etc. thanks!
Can you be more specific when you say "unlocked"? Do you just mean SIM unlock? Or have you done something else?
If you're still running the stock ROM (which it sounds like you are), then I general do not recommend deleting things because it's not exactly clear whether the phone needs these files in order to work properly. Is there some reason you want to delete these files?
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Can you be more specific when you say "unlocked"? Do you just mean SIM unlock? Or have you done something else?
If you're still running the stock ROM (which it sounds like you are), then I general do not recommend deleting things because it's not exactly clear whether the phone needs these files in order to work properly. Is there some reason you want to delete these files?
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yes i am both sim unlocked and rooted running the stock rom. the reason i am looking to delete these files is to hopefully remedy an issue i have with my data connection. one is (although not really a big deal) the first time i try to access the market after reboot, it kicks my connection. i then have to wait until my connection restores to access the market. im aware of the fact that for you guys on tmo, instead of the link that says "my apps", yours says tmo. after the that initial kick, the market opens up just fine
second, i have shotty data connections when surfing the net, etc. my data connection sends, receives, waits a few seconds, then repeats the process. it takes far too long just to access my google search home page.
im thinking that if i remove these certificate files then the phone wont send requests to tmo, since im on a different network. at this point im just brainstorming because this **** is getting really old. the only way for me to really use my phone is thru wifi, and thats not always available. any thoughts to why my phone might act like this?
Well I wound up having to go to Dunkin Donuts in order to get a wifi that would work with this thing. I got passed the wifi screen and into the main screens so at least now I can turn it on and such without the wifi.
This is my first android tablet (in fact first tablet) and I'm not sure I like it. I have no idea how to do squat on this thing as there are no basic directions. I can figure stuff out, but without the wifi, I'm cut off from a lot of the stuff. I tried to download the book on the gplay site for the nexus, but it seems I can only read it with a connection to wifi.
I have several pdf files I would like to transfer over (books actually I'd like to read) so do I just hook this up to the computer and copy the files over? Do they go to a folder? Or just hang out on the drive? I'm not even sure which app I would use to read them. Until I can get the wifi fixed, I can not download anything else unless I go to burger king or something. (sigh).
And if anyone can help with the wifi issue, I would be great full. If not, I guess I will return this thing, but I don't want to get a replacement to have the same thing happen again. I see I"m not the only one with the issue. I just don't know what to do.
Thank you everyone
Chefman