Does anyone know if the Moto xoom will be flashable to boost mobile or metro or cricket like how the samsung tab is
Great question. I don't know the answer but the question is can any Verizon 3G work on Sprint/Metro(same company). You don't want Cricket. My quick look makes me think the odd's aren't great. But I think the EVO was fully ported to MetroPCS.. so maybe.
I don't think a verizon phone can work on sprint and vice versa. If metro works on sprints networks then a sprint phone could be flashed to work on it. It has to do with the wireless technology in the device. Plus, even if it was the same, I doubt sprint would activate it.
Sent from my EVO using XDA App
I doubt it honestly
My research showed that in some markets Metro has a program in place for reprogramming Sprint and Verizon phones for use on their network. However, I suspect they won't do it for a product like the XOOM.
I hope that someone figures it out. I am partially hopeful, I just bought a 11,000mAh battery for my EVO so that I can tether for hours at a time. Testing it right now with everything turned on, streaming tversity video to the phone for hours and barely drained the external 30%.
I'm honestly fairly ignorant on the matter so if I sound stupid give me a pass..
But..
If the hardware could do it, isn't it 'just' a matter of which 'radio firmware' is being used? (with regards to porting to a different carrier)
Motorola Xoom
Hey everyone, hows it going. First I would like to thank everyone here for all your hard work on these new android devices and helping people like me figure out problems to how to get these devices working.
I just got back from the store where I picked up the new motorola xoom. I've noticed that its on verizons service, but would like to know if anyone can point me to the proper direction as to how I can get this device working on crickets network.
I have a droid x, droid 3 all working on cricket data, mms and all working. next task is to get this xoom working on crickets data... any idea's as to where I can start off...
I'm not finding any informaiton about this device at all for flashing. I found someone who claims that they can root there xoom, ... its a start, but not really wanting to do that without consulting the professionals first.
please note that this is not my first go around with custom roms or rooted gingerbread roms. also please note that I'm aware this rom is the hunnycomb rom.
any help is much appreciated .... sorry about the spelling and thanks for all your help in advanced.
ShadowTech2008 said:
Hey everyone, hows it going. First I would like to thank everyone here for all your hard work on these new android devices and helping people like me figure out problems to how to get these devices working.
I just got back from the store where I picked up the new motorola xoom. I've noticed that its on verizons service, but would like to know if anyone can point me to the proper direction as to how I can get this device working on crickets network.
I have a droid x, droid 3 all working on cricket data, mms and all working. next task is to get this xoom working on crickets data... any idea's as to where I can start off...
I'm not finding any informaiton about this device at all for flashing. I found someone who claims that they can root there xoom, ... its a start, but not really wanting to do that without consulting the professionals first.
please note that this is not my first go around with custom roms or rooted gingerbread roms. also please note that I'm aware this rom is the hunnycomb rom.
any help is much appreciated .... sorry about the spelling and thanks for all your help in advanced.
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If by the new Xoom you mean the XYboard, it is not yet rootable. The original Xoom is rootable and has a number of awesome roms and overclocking kernels. Take a look around the forum and you will see many wonderful things. I'm sorry that I can't help you with getting your Xoom to run on the cricket network...
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The original Xoom is reportable and has a number of awesome rooms and overclocking kernels.
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Looks like your post was a victim of adorable auto correct.
sodaboy581 said:
Looks like your post was a victim of adorable auto correct.
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Well, don't tell me you don't have any experience with reportable awesome rooms...
Autocorrect is my friend.
okantomi said:
If by the new Xoom you mean the XYboard, it is not yet rootable. The original Xoom is rootable and has a number of awesome roms and overclocking kernels. Take a look around the forum and you will see many wonderful things. I'm sorry that I can't help you with getting your Xoom to run on the cricket network...
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I must have the original then, I just got finished rooting the xoom. I do have a Sim slot that has a clear card in in, just in front of the microSD slot that says "replace with 4G card after system update"
So seeing as how I got this tablet rooted.... lets see if I can get it working with data, .... any help is appreciated
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So, after having the tab for a day and a half, was getting twitchy on making phone calls.
I want that Phone icon on the screen!
So, after rooting (uber easy actually, z4root works a treat), got adbWireless to enable me to connect and got a shell.
Bit of juggling, mounting the /system and pushing in the Phone.apk's.
I've tried a whole bunch of Phone.apk's from anywhere I can find them basically, and still no joy as of yet.
In fact, getting a few errors now in a few places (PhoneInfo and TabletInformation errors).
Makes sense it's not trivial as we'd have seen something already probably.
And don't know if it's the phone.apk or the radio being used that's set to block.
How's everyone else getting on?
Thanks a lot for posting... I am anxious to see if we can do this... a friend of mine thought this would be a simple "install the phone apk" but we found that didn't work on Wednesday.
The only other one I've seen who's trying (publicly maybe?) is jdmadonna who posted his results over in the Tab Themes and Apps forum today that he rooted with z4root, then installed the phone.apk as you did, then the Tab started vibrating every few seconds and showed the message android phone has stopped working. When he rebooted, everything locked up apparently... he said he lost the network provider and baseband and could not bring them back, so he returned the tab. He had been looking for the Euro phone.apk, so I'm not sure if that's what he used here...
Guess it will not be as easy as we had hoped.... hopefully this nut can be cracked somehow.
Adding insult to injury is the Samsung T-Mobile user manual for the Tab which refers to it as a phone throughout! However, the pretty much useless pamphlet that T-Mo provides call it a "device."
Wish someone from Samsung would anonymously step in and help us out. The t-mo salesman I worked with (who was very helpful wrt to possibly using it as a phone) said he'd heard that some folks were/are? threatening a class-action lawsuit against the carriers... obviously a money maker for the lawyers... but I don't care... if it'd make them let us use it as a phone, that'd be fine with me.
Couldn't the carrier block phone access for the device by the IMEI number? Then it wouldn't matter what the user did, the tablet would never be able to make a call.
Here's what guyverunit had to say in this thread at post no. 52:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=832643&page=6
Someone else reported this too... when you press activate on the Verizon phones at the start, they MAKE CALLS OUT.... this is what he said:
"so knowing that Verizon was selling there version at Best Buy i popped in there today to check it out, see if there plans or anything were better. they had just taken it out of the box and were setting it up. i went to work and on my lunch went back. they had the display set up so i played with it. it was still at the activation screen, i pressed activate and behold it dialed out to do the activation. even had a phone icon in the top bar.
so i talked to the best buy mobile manager there and ask if they had gotten it passed the activation he said no but he would try again. he tried and it dialed out. i said oh so it can make calls, he said yes its just not put into the software to do it for the user end but yes, it can make calls. he also said he gives it two weeks till the DEV community hack it to do just that. LOL"
The t-mo phones do not make phone calls to activate... at least mine didn't... the sales guy activated it by using the bar code and the computer and no "activate screen" came up at all... went straight to browser.
Don't know if that means the phones themselves are different... or if Verizon just kept the Euro phone activation approach...
Maybe the Verizon phones would be the best ones to work with?
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The only other one I've seen who's trying (publicly maybe?) is jdmadonna who posted his results over in the Tab Themes and Apps forum today that he rooted with z4root, then installed the phone.apk as you did, then the Tab started vibrating every few seconds and showed the message android phone has stopped working. When he rebooted, everything locked up apparently... he said he lost the network provider and baseband and could not bring them back, so he returned the tab. He had been looking for the Euro phone.apk, so I'm not sure if that's what he used here...
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One of the Phone.apk' did that for me too. The Phone.apk I'm using now has stopped showing me the connection in the top bar, so looks like that's related to that as well, but at least it's not crashing like it was.
I should really reflash back to base (is that possible atm?) and see what's doable.
I'm still holding on for a euro rom that's flashable to enable everything.
Do you think the Euro rom will work with US hardware, or should they be identical?
I was curious about Paten's question re the IMEI no. possibly being blocked and did a little searching...
I found a freelance programmer's site... codepainters blog....
http://codepainters.wordpress.com/2009/12/11/android-imei-number-and-the-emulator/
and in the course of saying how to change the IMEI number, he says this at the beginning:
"Anyway, code analysis shows that IMEI/IMSI request goes down through all the telephony layers (see the diagram), eventually getting to the baseband device."
I find this interesting because jdmadonna and you describe the phone.apk causing problems down to the baseband level... as did you...
Obviously, IANAAD (I am not an Android developer - my programming days are way in the past)... so maybe there are myriad other things that can cause a problem down to the baseband level...
Maybe it's just as simple as unblocking the ISEI no. as Paten suggests...
I'm also hopeful about the Euro flash, but am not brave enough (nor do I know how) to do it!
You guys are using a different SIM from the one you received with your Tab right? (if you got it on a plan). One that you know voice calling works on?
In Australia, the Tab does not have voice disabled, but they force you (for the initial launch) to sign up for a data only plan. The SIM you get on this plan is blocked for voice, but works for 3G and even sending SMSs.
You just might want to make sure that the SIM you have in actually works for voice in case you DO get it working from a software perspective, but it is just the SIM that is stopping the call.
Aye, swapped the sim over from my other phone (though the PAYG sim I got actually did support voice/data apparently, but I didn't want to risk it so took a known working sim)
Phone.apk
Radio stuff
imei
Don't know. Could be any of them, or combo of 2 or more even.
It's really crazy. I appreciate they probably want to keep it simple as a tablet device, but they're missing out on revenue. "Want to use voice? that's available for another 10 bucks and/or a different(more expensive) sim"
Keeps it working for people who just want a tab, and gets more cash from people who want to dump their phone.
Think it's telling that ALL the telco's are limiting the voice as if anyone of them broke ranks and offered voice, they'd all have to.
Guess we'll see which Telco chickens out first!
/sigh
Re the SIM card... the holder mine came in does say data only, but the tmo rep said it could still handle voice.. seemed odd to me... since jyveafk has tried switching it, guess I'll wait to see if a solution turns up... or the tab is going back and I'm not getting a new phone when my contract's out in protest!
I can phone from mine...
TheGrammarFreak said:
I can phone from mine...
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Everyone loves a nice ass...nobody likes a smart ass.
Croak said:
Everyone loves a nice ass...nobody likes a smart ass.
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I'm just saying. Mine came with ability to phone. I bought it unbranded, with no contact if that makes any difference.
Swyped from my Galaxy Tab
I love how he puts in his second post "Swyped from my Galaxy Tab" what a loser! ! !
Sent from my FroyoEris using XDA App
TheGrammarFreak said:
I'm just saying. Mine came with ability to phone. I bought it unbranded, with no contact if that makes any difference.
Swyped from my Galaxy Tab
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If you had followed your own advice (search and engage brain ), you would realize that they are talking about US Tabs, as the phone function has been disabled on these.
Euro Tabs have phone functionality as standard and the Yanks already know this so your post came over as a little sarcastic!
Regards,
Dave
nomorefear said:
I love how he puts in his second post "Swyped from my Galaxy Tab" what a loser! ! !
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Cheers dude, it's just what the XDA app appends to my posts.
Also, I'm sorry about getting the "nationality" of the tab wrong. Upon re-reading the thread I can see my error, sorry.
As it appears I'm not welcome here I'll stay in the legend section, bye...
Swyped from my Galaxy Tab
TheGrammarFreak said:
I can phone from mine...
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I'm sure the Americans, with their American Tabs, and questions about their American Tab making phone calls, really appreciate your input so much right now...
Actually...
TheGrammarFreak
Any chance you can adb pull the Phone.apk from your Tab please?
I've been using the Galaxy phone .apk's, not another Tab's Phone that's known to work. Perhaps this is the issue.
Can you pull it and post it please?
(plus, what country/provider are you on?)
alright guys. im gonna take the plundge. i noticed a dead pixel on my tab so its going back to tmobile for a replacement. i thought i would try the euro firmware before returning it. so guys, need your help! which firmware should i flash and whats the procedure for it. links would be helpful.
the firmwares are here, i dunno which one to flash tho.
http://www.4shared.com/dir/PYh2eQTG/ROMs.html
theres a great chance im gonna brick it, but since its going back, i thought i would try and just make up some excuse if they ask me what happened. help me out so i can help u out!
P1000XWJK1.
Thank you! thank you! Thank you!
jeebspawnshop said:
I'm sure the Americans, with their American Tabs, and questions about their American Tab making phone calls, really appreciate your input so much right now...
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Look, I'm sorry ok? I didn't think before posting
Jyveafk said:
Actually...
TheGrammarFreak
Any chance you can adb pull the Phone.apk from your Tab please?
I've been using the Galaxy phone .apk's, not another Tab's Phone that's known to work. Perhaps this is the issue.
Can you pull it and post it please?
(plus, what country/provider are you on?)
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UK, Vodafone. I'll post the apk soon, on the move at the moment
Good Afternoon Sprint Tab users,
I have seen a lot of use wanting more from our tabs and haven't been able to get it. Well I have a plan now. We have a super smart DEV willing to work on getting some stuff out there for our tab. A454Nova and Bauxite have worked on some stuff, but they need help w/ this stuff. I have asked noobnl to help us out and he is willing to get CM6 on the tab, here is the catch we need you to donate to help get him a sprint tab.
This is a huge opportunity to get our tabs to the same level the GSM tabs are at. I am tired of setting at the stock level and want more out of my tabs. With all this said please click on my donate button and lets take the CDMA tab to the next level. Please click on noobnl link in the post below.
Thanks for taking the time to read this.
V/r,
Jkurl
not worth it since the galaxy tab 2 is coming out
all your money is refunded
ok i just donated. Check your e-mail and you are halfway to your tab. This is how serious I am about making this tab kick a$%.
Awesome! I'll put some in on Monday, I have to move funds around.
jkurl, I knew you meant business when your where PMing me. lol crazy guy!
Thanks noobnl!
We might edit the topic to show the cause.
We also nee to get our own section soon.
yep, I do mean business. This is going to be awesome. i am excited to get this going. Take that GSM tabs.
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not worth it since the galaxy tab 2 is coming out
all your money is refunded
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Very good point... hmmm
He does have a good point. I might just get the tab2.
Damn, I just picked up a tab from sprint last week and want to donate, but I guess ill be returning this tab.
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Yep it looks like the t mobile tab is the way to go.
I really hate to say it but... I feel sick that this only had a life of a few months. TAB2 is going to awesome and I feel like samsung just ****ed over on all our Sprint ppl. If I where you guys. SELL them now while you can get some money for it. I played the double 30 day game. Thanks God!
Im gonna keep mine sense i did get a good deal on mine and im ony paying payments and also agood 3year warrantty which even if i spill something on it or kil it somehow its covered
and even if there isint gonna be no mods its really not a big deal to me the tab does everything i want it to do anyways.
Sill sucks tho that a new tab is coming out aready. . But than again thats how tech goes and after the tab 2 comes out there might be a tab 3 months.down the road again llol
Another thing is its not gonna come out for another 3 or 4 months whichi cant be with out my tab that long.
I still hope there will be some dev worked on these tabs tho by someone even tho not much a big deal to me but stil would be nice, And hopefully it will get honey comb ported to it because i was reading that they got the nook color to boot honey comb. . . Lol so if that can run it than this tab can run it better. It is getting gingerbread atleast for now tho not sure when. . . .
But ya im still happy with the tab.
Sprint: SPH-P100 firmware
I saw an article on: http://www.samsunguniverse.com/forum/topic56.html
and got a link from:[email protected] to donload the stock rom for flashing...
download site: http://depositfiles.com/files/elmpfgeel & http://fileshare.in.ua/4106185
This has 5 files:
SPH-P100.DJ30.tar
modem.bin
Odin3v1.31.exe
Odin3.ini
pit.pit
paragpatil said:
I saw an article on: http://www.samsunguniverse.com/forum/topic56.html
and got a link from:[email protected] to donload the stock rom for flashing...
download site: http://depositfiles.com/files/elmpfgeel & http://fileshare.in.ua/4106185
This has 5 files:
SPH-P100.DJ30.tar
modem.bin
Odin3v1.31.exe
Odin3.ini
pit.pit
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Please be careful how you word things, I saw you posted this in another thread too. before everyone ups and flashes this please PLEASE wait until someone who has already lost gps from flashing tests it to see if it fixes gps. I only say this because there is already an "almost stock" flashable ROM with that name on this forum that has the Epic 4G modem in it. it is just a ROM to help folks recover their Sprint Tabs as a last resort but you lose gps.
can someone please with a Bricked GPS Sprint Galaxy tab try this and tell us if the GPS works after?
UPDATE !!!!!!!!!!!!!! EDIT!!!! IMPORTANT READ!!!!!!!
I emailed the guy and this is what he said:
"I'm using this firmware more than month, but i'm not from USA, so i cant say anything abut working 3g, but guys, who create this firmware, said, that it should work.
GPS doesn't work, but i don't flash it again, because I'm afraid to make it brick again.
modem.bin file from some Sprint HTC device.
All that I can say- this firmware works, and its better, then "gold" brick."
So the above link with the stock sprint rom is the same one that bricks your GPS and uses a different MODEM.BIN and no way to get your GPS working again unless you send it into samsung!
Question on Youtube
I am using Sprint Tab
Are people able to use youtube/ Vevo/ any streaming video on EVDO (3G)
for me all the above works fine on wifi but doesent work on EVDO.
Can someone help me with this.....
Thanks,
so what mods we gonna get
ill put some money on it.
paragpatil said:
I am using Sprint Tab
Are people able to use youtube/ Vevo/ any streaming video on EVDO (3G)
for me all the above works fine on wifi but doesent work on EVDO.
Can someone help me with this.....
Thanks,
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Sprints network is slow, so very very slow. When i am out and about and I need to do anything intensive I tether my Sprint tab to my AT&T Nexus One. On my N1 I consistently get 3-4mb/s. On my Sprint tab I usually get 500-800kb/s all over new york and new jersey.
Youtube on EVDO problem pl help
Looking for solution to use youtube/ Vevo on evdo....
Can someone help/ suggest a way to do this...
Thanks,
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Sprints network is slow, so very very slow. When i am out and about and I need to do anything intensive I tether my Sprint tab to my AT&T Nexus One. On my N1 I consistently get 3-4mb/s. On my Sprint tab I usually get 500-800kb/s all over new york and new jersey.
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This is because HSPA+ is obviously way faster than EvDo Rev. A.
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it's such a shame...
i would totally pay for some honeycomb goodness on the sgt.
Buying my vibrant on Monday. Am not new to flashing however its going to be with new hardware all around. Pretty sure the root process will be a breeze. I'm familiar with Mac but this will be the first time using it for modding so any tips for that would be appreciated. Know about TT backup got it covered. Need to know will CM7 due in the ROM department for little tweaks like led notifications. Know I can check the changlog but come on guys were all pals right. Any noob/news flashes I might need to know other than that much appreciated.
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newnoobkid said:
Buying my vibrant on Monday. Am not new to flashing however its going to be with new hardware all around. Pretty sure the root process will be a breeze. I'm familiar with Mac but this will be the first time using it for modding so any tips for that would be appreciated. Know about TT backup got it covered. Need to know will CM7 due in the ROM department for little tweaks like led notifications. Know I can check the changlog but come on guys were all pals right. Any noob/news flashes I might need to know other than that much appreciated.
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First off make sure your getting a vibrant 3g, not a 4g. The 4g has minimal development support and the roms will not work vice versa.
You said your familiar with a Mac? Doesn't that mean you own one? If so then no ODIN for you, which is the software you need to put your phone back to stock... So go pick up a PC.... Jeez people and Macs these days... jankkkkk.
Further, CM7 is pretty good, it's stable for me and a whole slew of people..
Here is my link on a guide on how to put CM7 on the vibrant, assuming you know how to at least root and use an android phone minimally, doing everything shouldn't take you more than 30 minutes max.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1182735
Welcome everything should be easy my first android phone an no serious problems with rooting
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First off make sure your getting a vibrant 3g, not a 4g. The 4g has minimal development support and the roms will not work vice versa.
You said your familiar with a Mac? Doesn't that mean you own one? If so then no ODIN for you, which is the software you need to put your phone back to stock... So go pick up a PC.... Jeez people and Macs these days... jankkkkk.
Further, CM7 is pretty good, it's stable for me and a whole slew of people..
Here is my link on a guide on how to put CM7 on the vibrant, assuming you know how to at least root and use an android phone minimally, doing everything shouldn't take you more than 30 minutes max.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1182735
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When I said I was familiar meaning have used before. My pc is out of comish ill be using a friends. She has a vibrant also. Think hers is 3g crap. And dont jank on my friend. Her fathers a Dentist. Apple a day you know. Read the vibrant CM7 tab log does that matter. I have a G2x. No problem tricking that one out.
Hey guys, it's deedscreen from the Motorola Photon 4G MB855 Forums, brought to you by Sprint, the Now Network.
If you ever need me to pull files from my Photon, test something, help you our with Development files, just PM me. I am just a few clicks away.
Remember, the Photon is your cousin. Treat it with respect. Although we have different parents, (or carriers), we are all part of the Motorola-Android Family.
So treat the Photon with love, care and respect.
Again, if you ever need any files pulled, just hit me up, "deedscreen" on the Motorola Photon 4G Forums.
Reserved for OP.
I also specialize in Audio & Graphic Editing, so just contact me, if you ever need me. Also, I am more than happy to help anyone theme a ROM.
Thanks for the offer mate, really appreciated. Could you post a dump of your stock rom? I'm interested in what changes occured in the home app and the framework. If it's too much effort then i totally understand, all i want to do is satisfy my curiosity - im not a dev!
Thanks again, welcome to our forum and i hope you enjoy the power of our devices!
That's very nice of you deedscreen, i believe the Atrix have many things to borrow from its younger cousin the Photon 4G. I hope MoPhoers can get a %100 working CyanogenMod soon enough.
coolnow said:
Thanks for the offer mate, really appreciated. Could you post a dump of your stock rom? I'm interested in what changes occured in the home app and the framework. If it's too much effort then i totally understand, all i want to do is satisfy my curiosity - im not a dev!
Thanks again, welcome to our forum and i hope you enjoy the power of our devices!
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I am a "system dump" noob, I have never done a system dump. I will search on how to do that. I will PM you and let you know if that is an issue. Just FYI, I have been having many issues with adb, so I may not be able to do it, but I can pull system files, if you'd like.
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That's very nice of you deedscreen, i believe the Atrix have many things to borrow from its younger cousin the Photon 4G. I hope MoPhoers can get a %100 working CyanogenMod soon enough.
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I'm glad you know the Photon's nickname !
We are currently working on CM7, but supposedly we will have better luck with CM9, (*as CM8 was shut down*).
Thanks for your support.
Actually used the MoPho for 2 days. I was the one who went through the Evo3D forums alone (braveheart) and helped them to realize the wall of facts about the MoPhoKing I was frusturated with the Sprint activation problem. Seeing that it's still a problem for international owners. Especially after i noticed motorola removed the airplane mode shortcut with the power button in the latest official rom 24/10/2011.
I was very harsh with the Photon and it resisted everything, definitly a very strong phone physically and integrally.
Thank you sir! I believe I'll actually find your offer quite useful as I will be leaving my current family plan on AT&T with the Atrix, to get my own Photon on Sprint in January. My only concern is the Sprint 3G. It seems so subpar. Perhaps it's only in my experiences that it's like that. However, I was pleased to find out that a closely-related phone to the Atrix was available on their network.
Thanks again, and I'm sure we'll be speaking soon!
Semseddin said:
Actually used the MoPho for 2 days. I was the one who went through the Evo3D forums alone (braveheart) and helped them to realize the wall of facts about the MoPhoKing I was frusturated with the Sprint activation problem. Seeing that it's still a problem for international owners. Especially after i noticed motorola removed the airplane mode shortcut with the power button in the latest official rom 24/10/2011.
I was very harsh with the Photon and it resisted everything, definitly a very strong phone physically and integrally.
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I have the lastest STOCK ROM, System Version: 45.3.6.MB855.Sprint.en.US, and I still have the Power Button>Airplane Mode shortcut, but this must be only to International users that it was removed.
stevenavm said:
Thank you sir! I believe I'll actually find your offer quite useful as I will be leaving my current family plan on AT&T with the Atrix, to get my own Photon on Sprint in January. My only concern is the Sprint 3G. It seems so subpar. Perhaps it's only in my experiences that it's like that. However, I was pleased to find out that a closely-related phone to the Atrix was available on their network.
Thanks again, and I'm sure we'll be speaking soon!
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Hold up, Sprint, (to me) has great service, but the 3G Speeds are at the higest 20kbps. That is TERRIBLE. The 4G is a huge battery drainer, and it's best if you are on WiFi. Sprint is getting an LTE, or Long Term Evolution Network in 2012, the Photon is a great phone, but it is still debated whether or not it is a LTE-capable phone.
My best suggestion to you, is to stay with AT&T, month-to-month, (DO NOT RENEW YOUR CONTRACT UNLESS YOU ARE DEFINITELY SURE THAT YOU WANT TO STAY WITH AT&T!!!), until Sprint releases more information about the LTE Network, and if we find out if the Photon is LTE Capable.
It is up to you, but if you think you are ready to jump ship, welcome to The Now Network.
If you want to see some cool information about the world right "NOW", click on "The Now Network" Link I posted above. It is a cool site.
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Rayan said:
Thanks deedscreen!!!
Great to have your help!
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You are welcome. The greatest thanks that I can receive is by you clicking the thanks button on one of my posts.
It lets users know that I am a very helpful person, and boosts my self esteem, to continue to help other members.
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You are welcome. The greatest thanks that I can receive is by you clicking the thanks button on one of my posts.
It lets users know that I am a very helpful person, and boosts my self esteem, to continue to help other members.
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LOL
There 'ya go buddy!
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Basically, I have the option to trade my AT&T HTC One X for an Acer A501 and $200. Does this sound like a good deal? Sounds like a good deal to me but I don't know much about this tablet. I already have a Samsung GS3 so I don't really need the phone. The A501 is factory out of the box. Does the A501 use all the same rooting methods and stuff as the A500? Is there anything that would prevent me from being able to root this tablet and flash ROMs on it?
Thanks for any insight that can be provided
pside15 said:
Basically, I have the option to trade my AT&T HTC One X for an Acer A501 and $200. Does this sound like a good deal? Sounds like a good deal to me but I don't know much about this tablet. I already have a Samsung GS3 so I don't really need the phone. The A501 is factory out of the box. Does the A501 use all the same rooting methods and stuff as the A500? Is there anything that would prevent me from being able to root this tablet and flash ROMs on it?
Thanks for any insight that can be provided
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No Problem Mate.
Sounds like a fair trade to me. The 501 is a pretty good tab. If it's brand new out of the box. What I would make sure of though, is that it's not one of the ATT 501's where you are locked into their network. It's almost impossible to get ATT to unlock the device. And, there is currently no way to unlock it via hacks. You would be stuck with ATT for data access.
As far as rooting and installing roms, it can be done. But be advised, as with all rooting and flashing bootloaders, there is risk involved.
Yes, it is virtually identical to the 500 (except GSM and GPS), so what you can use on one, you can use on the other.
MD
Moscow Desire said:
No Problem Mate.
Sounds like a fair trade to me. The 501 is a pretty good tab. If it's brand new out of the box. What I would make sure of though, is that it's not one of the ATT 501's where you are locked into their network. It's almost impossible to get ATT to unlock the device. And, there is currently no way to unlock it via hacks. You would be stuck with ATT for data access.
As far as rooting and installing roms, it can be done. But be advised, as with all rooting and flashing bootloaders, there is risk involved.
Yes, it is virtually identical to the 500 (except GSM and GPS), so what you can use on one, you can use on the other.
MD
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Thanks for the info. I'm not really concerned with the mobile data part of it. I'll more than likely just use it on wifi. Yeah, I know all about the risks involved, this isn't my first rodeo, so to speak. I just didn't know if there was some of the tablets that weren't rootable or something. Thanks very much for the info. I'm getting it today, but I decided to keep my One X and trade my GS3 for the A501 and $300. I'm pretty happy with the deal.
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Thanks for the info. I'm not really concerned with the mobile data part of it. I'll more than likely just use it on wifi. Yeah, I know all about the risks involved, this isn't my first rodeo, so to speak. I just didn't know if there was some of the tablets that weren't rootable or something. Thanks very much for the info. I'm getting it today, but I decided to keep my One X and trade my GS3 for the A501 and $300. I'm pretty happy with the deal.
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Sounds sweet. Not a bad trade.
You need some help rooting and such, drop a pm. Will be glad to help.
Note that my PC is under repair and reformatting, so will be a couple more days till I am at 100%. Other than that, there are some pretty good folks in this forum. So am confident they will help. Except FFM , floating fat man. Yeah he's OK and a good mate. Just tolerate him. And he will steer you on the right path. FFM will read this, and if he doesn't reply, I will be offended.......
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Moscow Desire said:
Sounds sweet. Not a bad trade.
You need some help rooting and such, drop a pm. Will be glad to help.
Note that my PC is under repair and reformatting, so will be a couple more days till I am at 100%. Other than that, there are some pretty good folks in this forum. So am confident they will help. Except FFM , floating fat man. Yeah he's OK and a good mate. Just tolerate him. And he will steer you on the right path. FFM will read this, and if he doesn't reply, I will be offended.......
MD
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Thanks man, I appreciate it. I'll be on here looking for methods for rooting because I know the A501 is completely stock. I may send ya a PM if I run into any issues. I actually ended up selling my GS3 instead. I actually like the One X better and I'm getting $300 and the A501 for my GS3. The A501 has a little damage to one corner of it but I've seen it in action and all seems good. He's even going to let me swap back if something is acting screwy with the A501 within a couple of weeks. Seems like a straight up guy so I'm sure it's fine.
Since I know it's stock, I should plan on using this tool, correct?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1675939
Mr Moscow Desire did you how i can unlock wig AT&T and 501? This is my problem, i live in Brasil and a friend bought this a501 on Paraguay and i don't know if i really can use the internal 3G because its always ask for pin network unlock code. Sorry mate if i ask in the wrong place and thanks for your time.
henrique.h12 said:
Mr Moscow Desire did you how i can unlock wig AT&T and 501? This is my problem, i live in Brasil and a friend bought this a501 on Paraguay and i don't know if i really can use the internal 3G because its always ask for pin network unlock code. Sorry mate if i ask in the wrong place and thanks for your time.
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Your only chance to Sim unlock the ATT version of the tablet, is to first email Acer Support, then e-mail ATT technical support, and explain your situation. Explain that you live in a different country and that ATT service is not available, and you didn't know 3g wouldn't work on non-ATT Networks when you bought it.
You should always include your Tablet Serial number AND your IMEI number with EVERY communication. You will find this either on the Factory box, and also on the SIM/SD cover of the tablet.
Eventually, ATT will hopefully give you the unlock code. Each code is different and based on the IMEI number.
You may have to e-mail them several times. Always remember, BE POLITE in your mails. And go to a higher supervisor if needed. Hopefully they will understand the situation and give you the unlock code.
This method has worked for a few other people who bought the ATT/Rogers a501,but live in other countries.
MD