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My brother in law recently switched over to SPRINT and gave me his pretty new DX. I can't activate the phone until next week (because he made the mistake of porting the phone number BEFORE he gave me the phone) so according to VZW i have to wait until that process is completed and the billing cycle is finished before I can use the phone. (I don't think he plans on paying them )
My question is...can I root the DX before I actually get it linked to my VZW phone number? (like remove google apps and just use the phones capabilities like camera etc. without having to call and activate it) I'm coming from HTC Droid eris so I don't know much about rooting the DX yet.
Can someone help me please.
I believe you can, I think theirs a way to bypass the activation screen. You might be able to find it on the forums or if not just Google it I'm sure you can find it.
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Yes you can root it without being on a network. all you need to do is go back out of this thread and read the first sticky and go to the wiki. I would post link but since this is my first actual post i cant
And after your phone reboots you can get passed the little android man by touching each corner in a circular motion.
I hope for your sake that your brother in law pays Verizon. If he doesn't in they most likely blacklist the phones esn.
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But keep in mind if the phone doesn't have OTA 2.2 you might want to keep all apps because the update might fail because missing files.
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You don't even need to do the 4 corner trick.
Touch the android, hit next until you have the options of "create google login, sign in, or skip" and just choose skip. That easy.
That's assuming he's at the "touch to begin screen" which he probably isn't being that he's the second owner.
...but yeah, check the sticky and root away.
Thanks for the information guys. Yeah I really hope that they allow him to give me his phone. I kept verifying with the rep that it would be okay to transfer the phone, he said it should be okay since it's HIS property. But i never know with those guys...
I don't plan on removing any apps at all I just want get the root access and ready so when I do hook it up, it'll be ready to go.
I'm excited to see what you guys have in store for this phone...especially coming from the Eris.
Just connect with wifi and use as normal. That easy. You can even setup a google account and use market and have all the sweet and chewies of using the X less the ability of calls and texts.
As stated above, if he doesn't pay the bill VzDubya will (normally) put the phone on the do not activate list. Again though this wont effect use while connected to wifi.
Will I have to set the phone to USB debugging mode if I try and root?
If so, I dont think I'll be able to root since I can't even get passed the "Activation Screen"
Also, how can I check to see what android version he is on (2.1 or 2.2) How do I look at the bootloader info...can I do that w/o Root? Is that dangerous? I don't want to brick the phone...
sorry for all the questions guys appreciate your patience.
Anyone?
Press menu then setting scroll to the bottom of the list to about phone click it and your info will be there. Just a thought if you don't know how to find something that simple are you sure you want to be playing with root.
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mrgloom said:
Press menu then setting scroll to the bottom of the list to about phone click it and your info will be there. Just a thought if you don't know how to find something that simple are you sure you want to be playing with root.
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Actually if you read the first post. The phone is not activated yet, so I don't have the option to "menu>settings".
And Yes, I rooted my Eris. Thanks.
Any apps out there that can remote wipe, or at least remotely set a pattern lock on your phone?
Lookout can wipe your phone remotely as well as wave secure. Both of these require a subscription though. I'm not aware of a free one though.
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but you have to set them up on your phone first. I can't do that right now, I just wanna wipe it.
I believe es security manager lets you remote lock without a subscription. You have to set a password and then send an sms to your phone with a special pattern that includes that password, iirc.
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By the way if you already lost the phone, you won't be able to remote wipe it.
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also
if you are running a rom like evil's desire HD rom and you sign up for HTC sense you can login to the web page https://www.htcsense.com/us/ and wipe the phone using that
but you have to have been running a rom that supports it like the above mentioned
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By the way if you already lost the phone, you won't be able to remote wipe it.
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Actually, there's a new app that can at least locate your device after it's already lost. I'll go digging for it, I read it in an article recently - gotta go find it. Essentially, since the new Market is available, you can download the app via the Web after your device is already lost. It will download to your phone and start giving you GPS coordinates. I'm not sure if it also offers a remote-wipe feature...I'll reply back if/when I find it!
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Actually, there's a new app that can at least locate your device after it's already lost. I'll go digging for it, I read it in an article recently - gotta go find it. Essentially, since the new Market is available, you can download the app via the Web after your device is already lost. It will download to your phone and start giving you GPS coordinates. I'm not sure if it also offers a remote-wipe feature...I'll reply back if/when I find it!
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I believe lookout does that also
I have an hd2. And I'm running froyo 2.2 I think. I have had it for about a year. And everything works great. Except for a couple of bugs. Home screens don't rotate, flash doesn't work for camera, and I can't install angry birds. Damn it. With that said has there been a new Android build worthy of me flashing it to my hd2 and replacing my froyo? Also is there a way to flash it so I don't turn on phone and it goes to energy Rom. Please help.
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I have an hd2. And I'm running froyo 2.2 I think. I have had it for about a year. And everything works great. Except for a couple of bugs. Home screens don't rotate, flash doesn't work for camera, and I can't install angry birds. Damn it. With that said has there been a new Android build worthy of me flashing it to my hd2 and replacing my froyo? Also is there a way to flash it so I don't turn on phone and it goes to energy Rom. Please help.
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Latest android is Gingerbread 2.3.4
If you like pure android no then follow my sig. Woot Woot!
Thanks man. I got the gingerbread and it works great. Haven't found any bugs yet. Except one. My mms messages wont download. Is this cuz of my apn settings? Does anyone have a new apn setting for the gingerbread. I have tmobile.
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Are you on T-mobile US? Settings for T-Mo US are on second post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=893948
I tried the link but I didn't find the apn settings... maybe I'm looking in the wrong place. And yes I have tmobile US.
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Scroll down to the second post in the thread under "I Dont Have Mobile Internet on my Phone"
Sorry I would post directly, but I can't post "outside links" which epc.t-mobile com is considered.
No problem. Ok I did the new settings how it says but nothing. I still can't get or send an mms. It just says sending. And its been sending for a couple of hours
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Ok does anyone know what software I can use to sync. My android to my pc
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Im thinking that the 2.3.4 ROM you are now running is the nexus one build to HD2. you wouldn't be able to run htc sync since it would recognize the phone as a nexus one. the windows mobile sync center also wont work.
Connect Usb and transfer files!
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Ok first things first.
I tested many roms but ONLY PURE Gingerbread rom is listed on my signature. Also dont had any problems with MMS or SMS.
Yes syncing wont work, but some stuff you can make with DroidExplorer
Right now maked some search for soft and found three sync soft. I dont tested these yet. You use it with your own risk. Backup with titaniumbackup first.
MobileAction
MyPhoneExplorer
MobileGo
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Ok does anyone know what software I can use to sync. My android to my pc
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I've used both DroidExplorer and MyPhoneExplorer. They both seem a little twitchy. I mainly rely on syncing with my Google account. I use Google Calendar Sync on my PC to sync my Google calendar and Outlook.
How do I download the HTC Sync app so my phone works on HTC Sense? I use it for Phone Finding, and that.
htcsense.com should work (if HTC has the service working) just by adding a HTC Sense account in settings.
except i'm on cm7
Far as I know, the HTCSense integration will only work if you actually run HTC Sense.
use apps like plan b
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except i'm on cm7
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Won't work on Cyanogen roms, only sense roms, sorry.
Doesn't seem to work anyway, even using stock Sense ROM. (Missus lost her phone this week. Not happy.)
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Doesn't seem to work anyway, even using stock Sense ROM. (Missus lost her phone this week. Not happy.)
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Yeah, HTC has had some problems with the service...
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I'm on Leedroid and I use Lookout. Best app out there in my opinion for this sort of thing. Picked up the location of my phone within a few metres or so within about 30 seconds.
I tried WaveSecure which works via a text messaging service instead of the wifi/data connection but nothing seemed to work so I uninstalled it. Then 20 minutes after I uninstalled it I started getting silly texts with all sorts of symbols in them. I had to go onto the Wavesecure site and disable my account to stop them.
I mean, what good is this sort of app when the text to start the tracking or whatever doesnt get there for 45 minutes? The thief could be abroad by then.
Ive had various success with the HTC Sence phone finder in the past, but latley it has been working ok for me.
Ive also tried the Lookout one, that seems to be a bit more reliable than HTC's implimentation.
Also, being logged in to HTC really drains the battery imo.
Yeah, it does, but I had mine set to sync manually which helped beat battery drain.
There's already a thread about this
Hello first time im using cyanogen on my wildfire after alpharevx releasing..and chance to root my phone. Well..i dont see my home wifi network..and other ones are disappering some times..doesnt show for little time..and after some mins i get those networks..but i dont get still mine..What to do..can you please help me?
What info do you need..please ask me.
for the market to be there, you need to flash the google apps package, flash it in recovery the same way you flashed the rom
Hello, yes i did that from recovery installed google apps..But still doesnt appear into menu...In manage applications i saw there is application Market..but dont have idea how to run..
have you logged onto your google account on the phone? i had a few problems before i logged in, i put cm 7.0.3 on my wildfire yesterday, just got gps working by flashing a different radio
How to login? I dont have wifi..as i told i MEAN I HAVE but doesn't detect my home wifi
Use 3g?
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Here 3G haves expensive rate.
Nikolasr said:
Here 3G haves expensive rate.
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Atleast 2g dude.
Just logging in into ur phone google account won't require a huge data plan.
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Yes...and after that i will get fixed WIFI thing?
I don't know. I'm new to wifi related things. And that logging in into google account might solve market app only.
But after rooting the phone there might be wifi related apps or atleast may be fixes for that. I heard manual adding of network might work. But dont know really.
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Fixed by changing some settings in advanced tab in wireless settings (set 14 channels)
I can't access data on my wildfire CM7