is there a way to turn the "Connected as an installer" message off? i just want it to connect to MTP right away without having to wait 30 seconds first. is there some verizon bloatware that i have to disable to get rid of this?
Under PC Connection in settings uncheck the Ask Upon Connecting box. It will default to whatever you have selected without asking
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Under PC Connection in settings uncheck the Ask Upon Connecting box. It will default to whatever you have selected without asking
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tried that already. doesn't work. its not the fact that it asks me to choose but the fact that it goes into "Installer" mode, before going into the preconfigured setting, which is MTP. it'll bring up a drive with some install files for LG drivers and VZ software. if i wait about 30 seconds, it goes away on its own and proceeds to connect as MTP.
That's strange mine seems to go directly into whatever I had selected before.
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are you on Verizon and are you rooted? did you remove a lot of bloatware?
no one else has this issue? or does no one care?
gotwillk said:
no one else has this issue? or does no one care?
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It happened to me today. I simply switched to another mode before switching back. Not really an extra step because I always check to make sure anyways.
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I have this problem. The phone (Verizon G2) always connects as an installer first, and then if I go to the USB connection options, it'll fall back to whatever I specify in the preferences. This "feature" is what caused me to lose data when my screen died. Because I couldn't interact with the phone, I couldn't switch it to a mode where I could get data off of it.
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Hi,
There's one thing that bothers me in every ROM out there and even on my own. I don't have an unlimited data plan and I hate the fact that I have pull my SIM card every time I want to try a new ROM. The problem is that if I don't, I'll be charged for access cause every ROM has the mobile connection enabled by default.
I can't find any setting anywhere in the ROM files to change this behavior... Maybe I overlooked? Does anyone if it can be done and how?
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Hi,
There's one thing that bothers me in every ROM out there and even on my own. I don't have an unlimited data plan and I hate the fact that I have pull my SIM card every time I want to try a new ROM. The problem is that if I don't, I'll be charged for access cause every ROM has the mobile connection enabled by default.
I can't find any setting anywhere in the ROM files to change this behavior... Maybe I overlooked? Does anyone if it can be done and how?
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AFAIK you can just press menu when you're in setup and then choose to edit APN. Go to your APN and just put a random letter somewhere in the address to prevent it from working.
At least it's possible doing that using a vanilla ROM, not sure about sense
IIRC, during setup it asks if you want to connect through mobile network & wifi or wifi only. Just select Wifi only.
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IIRC, during setup it asks if you want to connect through mobile network & wifi or wifi only. Just select Wifi only.
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Exactly, "during setup" and not at startup. It always connects through before I can select "wifi only".
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Exactly, "during setup" and not at startup. It always connects through before I can select "wifi only".
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Indeed. The setting is initially set to Mobile Network & Wi-Fi, until you change it in the setup wizard or settings. It's really annoying for people with no data-plan.
You could remove the APN list from your ROM to prevent it. Also, there are a few XML files with default settings. If you are lucky, it contains the Data Connection settings, and you can change it.
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Hi,
There's one thing that bothers me in every ROM out there and even on my own. I don't have an unlimited data plan and I hate the fact that I have pull my SIM card every time I want to try a new ROM. The problem is that if I don't, I'll be charged for access cause every ROM has the mobile connection enabled by default.
I can't find any setting anywhere in the ROM files to change this behavior... Maybe I overlooked? Does anyone if it can be done and how?
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Maybe a lead lined room would help?
tracid said:
Also, there are a few XML files with default settings. If you are lucky, it contains the Data Connection settings, and you can change it.
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I already tried to look for it many times, can't find a setting for that...
It's such a short time it does that. It's almost no money you cheap bastards
C0mpu13rFr34k said:
It's such a short time it does that. It's almost no money you cheap bastards
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Maybe for you and your country network operators. It's not about the data downloaded or the time it takes for me to disconnect it. As soon as it makes a connection, I'm charged a fee.
just hold the END button and chosse turn mobile network off?
Yeah, this is a problem for me. ROMs never used to do this so it wasn't a problem, but recent ROMs have started connecting as soon as I first turn them on, which costs me 99¢ each time.
(The pricing is: 99¢ per day for 50MB, and anything extra is charged per KB)
I've lost a couple of euro to this. It's not a big deal, but it's a pain alright.
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just hold the END button and chosse turn mobile network off?
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It's not quick enough...
OK I have searched in here and for the most part I am finding no helpful information because 90% of you have no desire to disable JUST 3g. The only ones that are concerned are people like myself who have 1 bar of 3g for the majority of the day, whereas edge is providing 3 bars. Its really hard on my battery (and annoying) for my phone to constanly look for 3g only to find 1 bar and maintain it for about 3 minutes, it then defaults to edge again until 5 minutes later it sees that 1 bar of 3g again. This is at my work which has lead lined walls ( I work in Radiology).
I would like to disable 3g and force edge throughout the day. I use wifi at work for data but want to be able to text without it eating up my battery. Can someone please find a way to edit a file in the operation system to allow this?
Just to let you know I have already tried all the widgets available including anycut and none of them are providing this function for me. anycut will give me what appears to be a toggle of "2g networks only" but it actually does nothing, nor does it stick when I exit the setting page. I also tried accessing the menu from the dial pad to force 2g only but the options never stick, nor am I interested in typing *#*#4636#*#* every morning when I get to work. Please help me find a simple solution. Thanks!
I did it only by enabling gsm only in *#*#4636#*#*
Worked for me...now im only on edge
Take the App "Any cut" an put a widget on the desk (UMTS options)
it works.
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Take the App "Any cut" an put a widget on the desk (UMTS options)
it works.
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What am I doing wrong? Inhale used the 4636 method and it never ever changes from h+ to edge . After in change it is ther a special way ton"save" the settings? I back out or hit the home button....very frustrating it works for others but not for me
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Take the App "Any cut" an put a widget on the desk (UMTS options)
it works.
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i did this, and i see the 2g box, checked it, and i still het the H+...wtf?
I dont know. I have H+ and test with "speedtest", i have(kbit 5300)and when I press anycut button (UMTS) I see "E" and have speed of 120 kbits.
when it takes 5-10 seconds to switch
you guys probably need to UNCHECK the option to select the operator automatically in settings, so it doesn't get overridden
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you guys probably need to UNCHECK the option to select the operator automatically in settings, so it doesn't get overridden
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uder the UMTS options? there is no check box, only the optoion to automattily select operator.
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uder the UMTS options? there is no check box, only the optoion to automattily select operator.
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Jepp, AT&T disable this option.
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Jepp, AT&T disable this option.
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Went home to test the 3g theory, and i always get H+ when i put my phone in the kitchen window. one bar. today, EDGE all the time i was home with full signal. so the 2g Toggle DOES work i guess.....
I can not get the 2g toggle to work at all. Its also strange to me that I can't get any network settings to stick from the dial pad menu either. It seems as if those of us who can't get it to work have a read only network file or something. For those who got it to work, are you on att? What else can you tell us about your phones? What procedure did you go through exactly to get it to work?
I have an att Atrix that is rooted and running that custom Adeo rom from this forum.
I installed the abycut app. Placed bother gsm/umts settings pages from anycut onto one of my desktops, then tried both tick boxes on each to enable 2g only. This did not work. I also went into the extra settings from there and tried to manually set networks and what not and I am just not able to get edge to stick. I have toggled airplane mode after setting them, tried different combinations, and have rebooted the phone.
Has anyone with att got this to work?
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there is a way pls refer to my post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=12464330#post12464330
Not only is that extremely impractical, it flat out doesn't work. The settings won't stick.
Like I said im almost certain my carrier or network folder is read only or something.
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seh6183 said:
Not only is that extremely impractical, it flat out doesn't work. The settings won't stick.
Like I said im almost certain my carrier or network folder is read only or something.
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Use root explorer to switch your folders from ro-r/w
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Use root explorer to switch your folders from ro-r/w
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Don't have root explorer and im at work, but I can try when I get home. Can anyone else test this in the meantime?
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It worked for me all day guys. i NEVER got h+ and same at home. my signal was perfect all day and my battery did better
all i did was i clicked the 2g box, then pressed HOME not back. then did the 4636 thing and seleced GSM ONLY and it stayed all day. i have not tested it after reboot, im sure ill have to do it again, but i am very happy with this....
i also after getting into the UMTS screen disabled "automatic" by searching my providers and selecting ATT. wanted to mention that too...
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It worked for me all day guys. i NEVER got h+ and same at home. my signal was perfect all day and my battery did better
all i did was i clicked the 2g box, then pressed HOME not back. then did the 4636 thing and seleced GSM ONLY and it stayed all day. i have not tested it after reboot, im sure ill have to do it again, but i am very happy with this....
i also after getting into the UMTS screen disabled "automatic" by searching my providers and selecting ATT. wanted to mention that too...
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Was is the any cut app or the 4636 that did it? Can you play around with it and find out please?
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I'm going to blow my brains out.
I just tried 800 combinations of settings using anycut and the 4636 menu and NOTHING WORKS. I tried doing what the last poster said, I tried every setting and then toggled airplane mode, I went info 4636 and even toggled the radio to CDMA! Nothing would force edge. Nothing.
I will pay 1.5 million dollars for an app that toggles:
Off
GPRS only
EDGE only
3G Only
HSPA+ Only
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Was is the any cut app or the 4636 that did it? Can you play around with it and find out please?
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i did both. im telling you guys. it worked for me. all day yesterday...
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i did both. im telling you guys. it worked for me. all day yesterday...
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Problem - Certain WIFI connections are not appearing on my phone, for example at work. Phone says that there are "wireless networks available" but nothing new shows up. But WIFI connections at home work. Since I have discovered this problem, I cant make "new" connections" basically. The connection at home works because i connected to it before i discovered this problem or I have deleted something along the way.
Usually I am the type that we go thru and uninstall useless programs / services off of my phone. I typically install custom ROMS that take care of this but I havent do so with the Moto X. I like the active display feature and want to keep it. I even go thru with App Op and disallow certain permissions thru out the system (mostly location services).
Can someone please help me. I feel like I could run a backup and reinstall 4.4 and I feel like it would go away but I was looking for a simpler way of fixing this.
Of course I can provide more details if needed.
Currently my phone is 4.4 Stock with root access.
thanks in advance
If you use WiFi analyzer do the signals show up in the app?
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If you use WiFi analyzer do the signals show up in the app?
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Installed the app. I'm currently at home, so i can't truly test it, but my home network and surrounding networks do show up.
Thanks for the quick response btw.
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Installed the app. I'm currently at home, so i can't truly test it, but my home network and surrounding networks do show up.
Thanks for the quick response btw.
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No worries!
That would seem to say that there's an issue with the settings program on the phone and not actually the hardware. Someone feel free to correct me if I'm wrong though...
Edit: have you tried wiping the cache?
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CMNDR said:
No worries!
That would seem to say that there's an issue with the settings program on the phone and not actually the hardware. Someone feel free to correct me if I'm wrong though...
Edit: have you tried wiping the cache?
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i havent wiped the cache yet. can i achieve this within 4.4 or thru a custom recovery. The only time i have in the past, was with SafeStrap or BMM. which i havent installed neither on Moto X
Never seen an option to wipe cache inside the os, that would be something you'd have to do externally. Perhaps someone with a bit more insight can provide a more concrete solution.
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Hi. I bought my phone through best buy and noticed I don't any of the sprint apps. Ive been trying to get the native hotspot to work but the option to turn it on isnt in the menu.
I'm rooted and tried the iceroom and stock versions of native hotspot. Also I've contacted another user who had the same issue, no hotspot option, also purchased via best buy.. Which is kinda odd. Does anyone else have this issue or know of a way of fixing it?
ya know, the same thing happened w/ me.......bought the phone from best buy and was looking for a hotspot feature and lo-and-behold, theres none to be found, even enabled dev settings and didn't pop up. I'm kinda dumbfounded and i really like the stock OS coming from the galaxy s4 and was hoping there was a hidden setting for it or if theres a rom that enables it because i'd be all over that lol
anonis james
Extremely odd that it hasn't been mentioned by anyone else either. I cant even use any of the other tethering apps (wifi tether, barnacle, etc etc), I recieve ad-hoc errors, which I'm assuming is the issue with the native hotspot not appearing in the menu.
Still looking for a way to fix this if anyone knows how, would greatly appreciate it.
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Extremely odd that it hasn't been mentioned by anyone else either. I cant even use any of the other tethering apps (wifi tether, barnacle, etc etc), I recieve ad-hoc errors, which I'm assuming is the issue with the native hotspot not appearing in the menu.
Still looking for a way to fix this if anyone knows how, would greatly appreciate it.
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If you root and DL wireless tether you can't? Its a carrier option not an retailer option- makes no sense. Just trying to understand.. Contacting a friend now..
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If you root and DL wireless tether you can't? Its a carrier option not an retailer option- makes no sense. Just trying to understand.. Contacting a friend now..
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No. The phone is rooted and Ive tried the wireless tether app, pdanet, barnacle. Every wireless app shows an ad-hoc error in the log while pdanet gives me a htc sync error 2.
Thing is theres no hotspot option in the menu. Im sure its like that for everyone who bought the phone from best buy.
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No. The phone is rooted and Ive tried the wireless tether app, pdanet, barnacle. Every wireless app shows an ad-hoc error in the log while pdanet gives me a htc sync error 2.
Thing is theres no hotspot option in the menu. Im sure its like that for everyone who bought the phone from best buy.
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My question is: Why would a carrier do that? That is an upsell that they want to extend to every smartphone purchase, it's lost revenue. That is why I'm perplexed and have placed a call to my friend (MGR for VZW).
anyone figure this out yet? i have the same problem. bought my phone from best buy as well.
The one I had came from BB and had hot spot #debunked
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So I'm lying? Lol.....stock v8 Rom, purchased from BB
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Apparently this issue is caused by not fully finishing the activation process for Sprint. Sprint base apps install after activation... my sneaking suspicion is they are installed via the "Sprint ID" app but Im not sure. Either try doing the activation again, or more likely to work is to do a full factory reset and make sure you do not interrupt the process all the way thru activation.
You will then have your tethering options back. Its likely the reps at bestbuy are bypassing that part of the activation process by interrupting it so they can finish your sale and get you outta there faster. Might also be unintentional on their part but who knows.
Do a factory reset.
noob question... will factory reset remove root and twrp? i have both, stock rom. i already backed up via twrp. however, will i need to install everything again afterwards?
You need to do a factory reset, no It will not loose root or twrp. As soon as you the phone boots back up, update prl and profile. Make sure you are in a good data location or are hooked up on WiFi. After updating both of these your phone should install all the Sprint apps and you will have tether option in settings
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So I'm lying? Lol.....stock v8 Rom, purchased from BB
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By the way, I bought from BB as well and I have USB and Wifi Hotspot options, in case you wanted to know.
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Apparently this issue is caused by not fully finishing the activation process for Sprint. Sprint base apps install after activation... my sneaking suspicion is they are installed via the "Sprint ID" app but Im not sure. Either try doing the activation again, or more likely to work is to do a full factory reset and make sure you do not interrupt the process all the way thru activation.
You will then have your tethering options back. Its likely the reps at bestbuy are bypassing that part of the activation process by interrupting it so they can finish your sale and get you outta there faster. Might also be unintentional on their part but who knows.
Do a factory reset.
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As bigpappa pointed out... it's not necessarily a best buy thing. It's the fact the rep probably didn't finish the activation process when setting your phone up in store. It could have been any store... it's just coincidence that the people with the problem happen to have bought from best buy.
lol i don't doubt that but i just had to give him hell because he was essentially trying to call us out who didn't have the tethering option and "debunk" it when it was just a simple statement that it wasn't there and was curious as to why, ive never really seen that happen before w/ an incomplete activation but its not like it really matters because theres tethering mods n **** out there that enable it anyway so just had to give him a little bit of hell haha
so... i factory reset my phone and it never went thru the activation process again. when i tried to activate device in settings, it said it was already activated. i quit and just installed the cm nightlies and now have wifi tether but im curious as what the fix could be.
After activation the Sprint Zone app runs and installs all the sprint bloatware and base apps. If you didnt have sprint zone load and start installing those apps, or quit that process manually then you didnt finish full activation. If Sprint Zone failed to load after the factory reset I dont know what to tell you other than to do it again.
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After activation the Sprint Zone app runs and installs all the sprint bloatware and base apps. If you didnt have sprint zone load and start installing those apps, or quit that process manually then you didnt finish full activation. If Sprint Zone failed to load after the factory reset I dont know what to tell you other than to do it again.
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i think that's part of the problem... there was so Sprint Zone app at all. i looked into downloading it but couldnt find anything.
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i think that's part of the problem... there was so Sprint Zone app at all. i looked into downloading it but couldnt find anything.
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Sorry, I muffed on the app name.... I meant "Sprint ID" app, not Sprint Zone.
Edit: check /system/app/ folder for sprintzone.apk, sprintid.apk, and sprintinstaller.apk. They may be there.
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Sorry, I muffed on the app name.... I meant "Sprint ID" app, not Sprint Zone.
Edit: check /system/app/ folder for sprintzone.apk, sprintid.apk, and sprintinstaller.apk. They may be there.
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Neither were there when I went through my apps before... However, I already installed CM or I'd look. maybe someone else with the problem can take a look and test it out? Otherwise, I'm pretty happy with CM for the time being and takes me forever to switch as I'm still learning.
LG G2 WIFI Shuts off by itself after going to a stock rom ,tried all sorts of stock roms,my conclusion is that i have no phone service (dont want any) and the wifi is shut off somehow until I activate a sim card.My question is ,can I get the WIFI to stay on without activating service?Thanks for any replies.
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LG G2 WIFI Shuts off by itself after going to a stock rom ,tried all sorts of stock roms,my conclusion is that i have no phone service (dont want any) and the wifi is shut off somehow until I activate a sim card.My question is ,can I get the WIFI to stay on without activating service?Thanks for any replies.
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Operating without a CIM shouldn't have anything to do do with the wifi. I also have a G2 with no CIM and don't have that issue.
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Provisioning
SofaSpud said:
Operating without a CIM shouldn't have anything to do do with the wifi. I also have a G2 with no CIM and don't have that issue.
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I think the thing that determines if the phone has Data,wifi and bluetooth is called "provisioning" so somehow the phone is not that because if I look in its registry that word is a 0 and I think that means off.But the App I sued to look at this tells me I do not have permission to change the value.How can I fix this?The weird thing is if I turn airplane mode on let it sit and then turn it back on I can use wifi,it then will "allow" me to see the SSID's and I can connect..
What happens after a few minutes is the icon for wifi flashes on and off then its off again! LG must have a sernse of humour......
Before I ut back to another stock rom,it was working with no SIM card,but this phone was in service at one time. so I guess it was provisioned by Tmobile then.
Anyway to provision it on (not talking about stealing cell service)I just want to connect to My wifi.
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I think the thing that determines if the phone has Data,wifi and bluetooth is called "provisioning" so somehow the phone is not that because if I look in its registry that word is a 0 and I think that means off.But the App I sued to look at this tells me I do not have permission to change the value. How can I fix this?
Rooting the phone would probably allow you to change the value.
> Before I ut back to another stock rom,it was working with no SIM card,but this phone was in service at one time. so I guess it was provisioned by Tmobile then.
My G2 was also used with Tmobile, and as I said, it doesn't have that problem.
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rooting
It is rooted........I used a root verifier app to check ,it says its properly rooted.
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hi there,
i've had a problem which prevented me from using WiFi and BT on my G2 as well, and i managed to fix it... however, your problem seems to be a different one, so i am not sure if i can help you...
just in case you might want to look at the summary of things i did:
[Q&A] WiFi stuck on turning on; MAC 02:00:00:00:00:00; G2 G3 G4 G5 Nexus5 Nexus 7 etc
good luck!