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Can't connect to network?

I bought this phone via craigslist, and it works minus getting connected to my network (tmobile)
i tried rooting it, but when i go into recovery, it says that there is no sdcard/update.zip directory..my sd card is "unavailable" when i check it in the settings.
i factory reseted my phone, and still nothing with the service. any help?

Try going to settings , wireless and network , mobile networks , network operators and click search now . It might take a few searches but it will eventually register to the network .

I tried that as well, it gives me some error with my sim card.
but my sim card works in every other phone, just not this one

I've lost all hope in society. Man, people knowingly sell things with problems. What makes someone think it is morally okay to rip off another person. Why be a morally corrupt individual?
I hope your phone is fixable, seems like the person sold it to you knowing there was a problem.
Try using odin to go back to stock JFD, see if that helps. Just make sure you can get into download mode with the 3 buttons with no problems

I'll try that, any other ideas..?Thanks btw

I noticed that odin is only for windows, while I'm on a mac..
how do i go about doing this on a mac then? i was thinking restoring a stock rom might help..

You can use Heimdall as an alternative to Odin. It runs on Macs and linux boxes.
Here is the thread that contains the DL Link and info about the program. I have personally never used it, but have read that it's fairly simple. I also recall a member from xda making a video tutorial that he posted on youtube.
EDIT: Here is the original thread from the I9000 forum.
If you have any questions it would probably be better to post there.
I believe the developer checks that thread far more frequently than the one here in the Vibrant forum.

Thank you so much, I'll try to fiddle with this.
I can't seem to locate a stock rom anywhere, the mirrors that I found on this website (the bible thread) the links were dead

Well hell that sucks.
I've got it. I'm zipping it up right now and I'll start uploading ASAP.
I'll post back when it's ready for you.

Awesome,thanks!

Here you go, man. Samsung T959UVJFD True Stock Firmware
After you download the archive. Unzip it and there will be a two files inside, 'T959UVJFD.tar' and 's1_odin_20100512.pit'.

I tried this, but I still get the error that my sim card does not allow connections to this network

any idea what could be wrong..? i sure hope i didn't lose $280 dollars...

Perhaps the phone was locked to a different carrier? I remember when I first got my Vibrant and was reading about rooting, I also saw information that switching networks between AT&T and T-mo was *extremely* easy. I thought I remembered seeing information at one point regarding the codes for each carrier (so you could lock back to t-mobile), but I can't find it now.
Here's the post on unlocking your phone though:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=761045

thanks so much! this might be my problem!
i downloaded the SGS_Unlock.apk, but when i opened it,it said there was no codes and asked me if i was sure that i was using a samsung galaxy s?
Edit:i'm using a mac, and i'm trying to use the mac software for the unlocking, but when i run the software it tells me this
strings: can't open file: ./nv_data.bin (No such file or directory)
strings: can't open file: ./nv_data.bin (No such file or directory)
Your code is:
I get a blank.?

Is there anyway you can contact the person you bought the phone from and ask them what network they were using the phone on? Or even ask them what exactly they have done to the phone?

They haven't been answering...****ing assholes

Are you rooted? I think that you need su permission to see the path that nv_data.bin is in.
Also, if you go to Settings > Wireless and Network > Mobile Networks > Access Point Names, what do you see there?

i am not rooted, i will root my phone tonight

Are you still having the "SD card unavailable" issue after flashing back to stock firmware?
When you are ready to root use this.

Accesing marketplace from unsuported locations *potential*

So I have an Australian live account, and I don't want to make a new one for many reasons, so I've been trying to work out a way to access the marketplace (specifically the music store) on my phone from and AU account.
Ultimately I haven't solved it yet but I did find something interesting that maybe someone better at this all than me can use for a permanent fix?
Using a registry editor, go to HKLM/Software/Microsoft/Zune/Settings and edit Xuidlocale from (in my case) en-au to en-us.
This enabled the entire marketplace (not instantly, it needed to reload. reboot was the fastest way to get it). Trouble is, after only a few minutes it would revert to en-au. So clearly it is updating from somewhere.
I figure if we can stop it from updating, or even get it to check somewhere else, we could enable full marketplace support permanently. I mean, the fact that I can browse for 5 mins or so suggests that as long as that registry remains as US (or UK or whatever other fully supported country you like), it will continue to work.
Just my thoughts. anyone out there know anything that could help?
UPDATE 1:
ok so after messing around more I found another registry key in the same directory (LastTunerConfigURL). I foolishly ignored this before because in my mind "tuner" could only mean radio.
anyway, the key leads to a zune configuration page (https://tuners-ssl.zune.net/en-au/winMobile/v7.0/configuration.xml) which has lots of interesting parameters. In particular:
<setting id="Music Marketplace Enabled" value="false"/>
<setting id="App Marketplace Enabled" value="true"/>
<setting id="XBox Live Available" value="true"/>
changing the en-au to en-us shows the US config file in which all three are enabled.
So to enable specific marketplaces we would need to either a) change the XML on the zune server (impossible I would assume) or b) change the registry to lead to the US version. Obviously I tried that straight away, and once again, it worked for a minute or two, but very quickly reverted. Thing is though, the last part of the key is a list of additional parameters that aren't set in the XML file (e.g. MCC=505 and OEMID=HTC). These are setting in the XML but they are obviously being set from the phone, and not the zune servers as I initially thought. So if I can work out the setting or file on the phone and change THAT, then it should stop changing back.
any info on where the hell it might be pulling its info from would be greatly appreciated
UPDATE 2:
Ok so I think I found where its getting most of its information. I downloaded the LEO70 dump and worked through some likely files, and I found some entries in the zune.dll file stored in \windows on the phone (or in the dump files \IMGFS\SYS\MediaApps\Zune.dll), specifically the file S000 in the dump files. Most of it I can't understand but there are a few bits and pieces that could be useful.
The one that I think would be most likely the easiest to change is the section that deciphers the Country ID and turns it into the Phone Locale.
Basically looks like:
MapLCIDToXCountry (*ppMapping) != NULL Z W E N - Z W Y E A R - Y E ..... U S E N - U S ..... A U E N - A U A R E S - A R D Z A R - D Z A L S Q - A L.
(I cut out most of the countries but I think you get the idea
Long shot I know but I assume If i can change this to read A U E N - U S, I could trick it into reporting US to the online servers. Thing is, I have no idea at all how to actually change the file on the phone. I don't know how to compile .dll files from raw files, and I can't copy the file from the phone because touchexperience wont allow me to alter (or even copy from) the /windows directory.
Any help doing either of those two things would be greatly appreciated

Great find, wish I could help but I don't have the skills. If we could find a way to host our own xml then maybe can tweak it for marketplace access?

[Q] i think i mucked something up in ##3282#

Hi all,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=922978
I was following the directions in that thread and seem to have mucked something up. I went into ##3282#, edit, advanced. And per the instructions in that thread i was changing the HTTP PD Proxy Port and HTTP PD Proxy Address to 0 and 0.0.0.0
Only when i was changing the address, i think i accidentally inserted a return in there, so that the address really was:
0.0.0
0.0.0.0
Now when i try to go back in there, it either hangs at reading 76% of the settings, or it just crashes before it gets that far.
I changed the port and was in the process of changing the address when the app crashed when i clicked ok.
Is there any other way for me to reset/correct that info, other then doing a factory reset?
thanks

merkk said:
Hi all,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=922978
I was following the directions in that thread and seem to have mucked something up. I went into ##3282#, edit, advanced. And per the instructions in that thread i was changing the HTTP PD Proxy Port and HTTP PD Proxy Address to 0 and 0.0.0.0
Only when i was changing the address, i think i accidentally inserted a return in there, so that the address really was:
0.0.0
0.0.0.0
Now when i try to go back in there, it either hangs at reading 76% of the settings, or it just crashes before it gets that far.
I changed the port and was in the process of changing the address when the app crashed when i clicked ok.
Is there any other way for me to reset/correct that info, other then doing a factory reset?
thanks
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If you cant access the MSL screen and you want to revert your default settings back then i dont see that you have any other option. If you have a nandroid of your current ROM just flash that in recovery. Either that or reflashing the ROM again. Its probaly wisest to do that anyway if you want the defaults back. It seems that some people are having issues with the network speeds even after changing them back and updating their profile.

Quantum_Voltage said:
If you cant access the MSL screen and you want to revert your default settings back then i dont see that you have any other option. If you have a nandroid of your current ROM just flash that in recovery. Either that or reflashing the ROM again. Its probaly wisest to do that anyway if you want the defaults back. It seems that some people are having issues with the network speeds even after changing them back and updating their profile.
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i can get into the msl screen - it's just one section that blows up - advanced. if i try going into that section (edit or view) it crashes. I can go into the other sections ok. I was just hoping there was some other way to fix that one area.
Unfortunately i dont have a backup of my current set up - but not really a big deal for me to set it backup again. Stupid of me though - i should have ran a backup just before trying to make the change.

Well you can try doing this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10830178&postcount=153
I tried locating the files he was referring to but i only have Estrongs, which im not too familiar with, and i couldnt navigate the UI properly cause im exhausted and about to crash. But check it out. You might be able to avoid reflashing and setting everything up again.

heh damn ... guess i need more patience. i already went ahead and reflashed it. oh well, guess now i know for next time. thanks for the help and link

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Well you can try doing this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10830178&postcount=153
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Most excellent.
I was having the same issue. I edited the files as above and all is well with the world again. Thanks!

Any Way To Delete /DATA via SBFing?

Plain and Simply i cannot seem to get into Recovery as my Home button doesnt register. and im on the .621 update and im in a bootloop coming from MIUI v4 (the Rom i had previously) any ideas?

Sorry I can't answer your question definitively, but I have a thought of a possible method, and someone else can maybe tell if this would work or not.
I think that you could feasibly flash a userdata partition at bootloader using linux sbf_flash, but I don't know if doing so will erase the data or add to it.
If it would properly erase it, you could potentially get someone to make a copy of a blank userdata partition, and flash that.
Then, once the phone is booted, you could use adb to get to recovery, adb reboot recovery.
Like I say, I don't know if this would work or not, and I don't have the droid x personally, so just throwing the idea out as a possibility.

I am going to assume its too late, but from now on why not sacrafice the search button and make it your home button by reaasigning the values to said buttons? Theoretically I would assume its possible.
But if you still have your phone's os running, and just want to delete data and/or make sure your recovery works 100% try playing around with this. Remember always SAVE your origina files JIC! you'll need root explorer or comparable and root access of course.
in this order go to:
system
usr
keylayout
(and I believe )
possibly the qwerty.kl ?
IM not 100% sure as the moto build seems different than my hoxl or gs3.
maybe some more knowledgeable peeps can better assist you but I believe this is a better option than sbf'ng all the time.
You may even be able to assign the search key a limited search function with a longpress?
Look into it, I would but dont own the dx anymore.
gl

SysDump menu in s7

Sorry if this is a noob thread but im curious about the SysDump menu. I grabbed a few logs and that said my system has been modified even tho i just flashed back to stock. For example, "dev/block/dm-0: ***** FILE SYSTEM WAS MODIFIED *****" im probably trying to understand more than im capable of but it seems interesting that theres logs of everything ive flashed hidden in my system. I couldn't find much on google about the SysDump menu so i figured id ask here. If anyone has any knowledge theyd like to share id greatly appreciate it.