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Can I use Verizon XV6700 ROM on my Sprint PPC-6700?????

Just curious if I'm able to use the verizon ROM on my sprint apache as the verizon version is AKU2.2 and the sprint version is AKU2.0. Thanks in advance.
MJB

Is there a difference between the roms? Your post is the first I have read that says so. What are the changes?

Well I'm not exactly sure what the changes are, but the underlying operating system is simply a newer build. I figure it would have some minor advantages assuming the aku2.2 rom will work on our sprint devices. Also - I'm personally suffering from the "phantom turnon" problem where the ppc6700's screen turns itself on repeatedly which causes serious battery drain, so hopefully this would be fixed.
Best,
MJB

Regarding the "phantom turnon"
This is the first time I've seen someone mention this problem, so I'd like to shed some light on one possible cause (for all I know, someone's already found this out, so please forgive).
I started noticing that my PPC-6700 was getting turned on somehow while on my belt clip. In fact, every time I took it out, it was already on, unless the battery was already dead.
What I realized was that the magnets in the belt clip that keep the flap closed were actuating the leaf-switch in the case, and causing the phone to turn on when I closed or opened the lid. I mention "closed or opened" because my initial solution was to set a very short power off on battery setting, so even though the phone would turn on when placed in the clip, it would be off after a minute or so, but it would always be on when I took it out.
For a while there I thought I was dealing with the refridgerator lamp question all over again!
Hope this helps someone.

mbial said:
Well I'm not exactly sure what the changes are, but the underlying operating system is simply a newer build. I figure it would have some minor advantages assuming the aku2.2 rom will work on our sprint devices. Also - I'm personally suffering from the "phantom turnon" problem where the ppc6700's screen turns itself on repeatedly which causes serious battery drain, so hopefully this would be fixed.
Best,
MJB
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Did you apply the ROM update from UTStarcom? They offer patches for every carrier here: http://www.utstar.com/handsets/view_phone_details.aspx?mcode=PPC6700&bID=30&sAct=0
First select your carrier then click on Download at the bottom right.

szlevi said:
Did you apply the ROM update from UTStarcom? They offer patches for every carrier here: http://www.utstar.com/handsets/view_phone_details.aspx?mcode=PPC6700&bID=30&sAct=0
First select your carrier then click on Download at the bottom right.
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Back in Feb the Sprint 6700 received the Update you just posted. (AKU2.0)
The rest of the cell companies that also use the 6700 received the same update (AKU2.0) a month or so later.
Just recently the every other carrier except Sprint received a new rom update for their 6700, (AKU2.2)
Sprint and UTStarcom refuse to comment on why the ppc6700 didn't received the same update, or if it will ever.
Sprint put the PPC6700 on their discontinued list a few months back....

Thanks for all the replies...unfortunately my phantom turnon problem is not related to the case (in fact i dont even use the case) but rather seems to be related to the phone getting network broadcast notifications (such as new voicemails, or swapping cell) I have yet to try the AKU2.2 ROM but am enticed to do so in the next few days. I'll keep you all posted, hopefully I don't end up with a paperweight.
MJB

Hey where did u get the 2.2 rom from VZW i rly rly need it! please..

Omnia 7 and Answering

Anyone have any idea how to solve "delay in MIC" after answering? Delay is about 1 second. When I press Answer and say Hello, person on the other side didn't hear what I said, I have to say again... Some first calls I didn't know is it something with my phone or network, or caller...
Regards from Dubrovnik

I have the same problem...

Funnily but that seems to happen to me all the time but I didn't really register it until you posted it on here.
Maybe It's because I rarely use it to make voice calls but I always find myself having to say "Hello, Hello" as they never hear the first hello.

Guys, I'm happy now... I'm not alone
Dejo, hvala

Same problem here ? Do you think its hardware or software related ?

Same thing here.
I find myself waiting a second or two before saying hello or i get exactly as described.

Anyone knows who, MS or Samsung, and where would be best to ask about this problem ?

Noticed the same problem!

S1eepy said:
Anyone knows who, MS or Samsung, and where would be best to ask about this problem ?
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Samsung. If it's not being reported for other phones, then it's likely not the OS itself.

same problem.
Now I wait 1 second before speak...

Same. Wife explained it to me a while back after I got pissed off at her for not talking after I answered. haha

I was surprised today as I answered the phone and said hello straight away and got a reply - I was actually heard.
I am not sure If this was due to upgrading to the newest rom - including the firmware.

I've noticed this as well (JK1 firmware)

Cool, that's good news Let's hope it'll be included in a subsequent official Zune-distributed release

This happened to me also, but since upgrading to the I8700XXKC1 XXKB2 firmware it seems to have been resolved. (It's also resolved the issue of the notification sounds occasionally 'breaking' - I haven't seen that mentioned anywahere else.

Thanks for the feedback. Sorry I didn't quite follow the upgrade procedure. Is it possible to flash the firmware without erasing all the user data?

Unfortunately not, but almost all data on the phone is cloud based or can by synced via zune anyway. You'll just need to connect to your accounts and reinstall all your apps again (which is the biggest pain about the process).

[Q] lost my galaxy s2 - utrack not active :((((

Hi all
I lost my galaxy s2 two days ago. I called my phone a few times until the person who has found it, shut it down.
Unfortunately I did not activate utrack. All I have my IMEI. Here in Switzerland only my provider does blacklist IMEI-Numbers, so that sucks too.
Anybody got any idea, or should I leave it??

There is not much you can do if you didn't activate tracking in phone(samsungdive) or use some aplication for that purpose.

Tracking is i think.by.default active if u logged in to samsung account
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This app could have helped you, had you not called the number and warned the person that you are looking for the phone.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.lookout.labs.planb&feature=search_result
if the phone is still on you can still try to install that app via the link above.

Sign into the market on your PC using your google account.
Choose to install "Lookout Plan B" to your phone.
If it is on and with network connection, with your data remaining, it should be installed.

if who found your phone know a little bit about android i think the first thing he does is to delete your gmail account to prevent you from install apps from the web...so if you can't lock by imei there's nothing else you can do i guess
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hey guys
Many Many thanks for that great input. I am talking about Plan B. The chance that somebody knowing about android found it, isnt that big. I did install it over the market and it said, that its going to be installed, so i am praying for my luck know.
Will keep you guys up-to-date.
Thanks once again.

for all these things (Plan B and Dive) to even work the phone must be on, must be on 3G data plan service, or be on Wifi. If you had the data off when you lost it, and the finder does not enable it by some rare miracle, you will never find it.
Most probably you are screwed OP. I lost my SGS1 the same way.
You can however try sending to your number a text message that says "Get $$ reward for this phone, call XXXXX" or something similar, and hope the crook will decide to return your phone. For this to work the phone must only be on and must be on a cell network (no data required).
Last option is to print reward ads and stick them to light poles in the area where you lost the phone.

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for all these things (Plan B and Dive) to even work the phone must be on, must be on 3G data plan service, or be on Wifi. If you had the data off when you lost it, and the finder does not enable it by some rare miracle, you will never find it.
Most probably you are screwed OP. I lost my SGS1 the same way.
You can however try sending to your number a text message that says "Get $$ reward for this phone, call XXXXX" or something similar, and hope the crook will decide to return your phone. For this to work the phone must only be on and must be on a cell network (no data required).
Last option is to print reward ads and stick them to light poles in the area where you lost the phone.
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hmmm... And I thought my lost-phone-karma was positive, since I found and SGS1 a few months ago and returned it to the owner immediatly.
well, my only chance is, the phone will be connected to a wireless connection, since ive got my sim blocked through the provider. The hope is gone but who knows, miracles can happen

Firstly, good luck carthago, I hope you find your phone!
Secondly, and just for curiosity, does anyone know if could Samsung DIVE, Tektrak, Lookout and those similar tools can operate if the person who find the phone do a factory reset or flash a new firmware? I doubt that it could be possible, however I'm not an expert.
If there is no way for those tools to work after a factory reset or a flashing a new firmware, their usefulness is limited to the case that the thief either an idiot (regarding the factory reset) or computer illiterate (regarding re-flashing the phone).
In the case of free tools, any remote possibility of help is welcome, of course (better than nothing), however there are also many paid apps which purport to be THE solution this kind of problem.

No they don't work after factory reset
angelomaldito said:
Firstly, good luck carthago, I hope you find your phone!
Secondly, and just for curiosity, does anyone know if could Samsung DIVE, Tektrak, Lookout and those similar tools can operate if the person who find the phone do a factory reset or flash a new firmware? I doubt that it could be possible, however I'm not an expert.
If there is no way for those tools to work after a factory reset or a flashing a new firmware, their usefulness is limited to the case that the thief either an idiot (regarding the factory reset) or computer illiterate (regarding re-flashing the phone).
In the case of free tools, any remote possibility of help is welcome, of course (better than nothing), however there are also many paid apps which purport to be THE solution this kind of problem.
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angelomaldito said:
Firstly, good luck carthago, I hope you find your phone!
Secondly, and just for curiosity, does anyone know if could Samsung DIVE, Tektrak, Lookout and those similar tools can operate if the person who find the phone do a factory reset or flash a new firmware? I doubt that it could be possible, however I'm not an expert.
If there is no way for those tools to work after a factory reset or a flashing a new firmware, their usefulness is limited to the case that the thief either an idiot (regarding the factory reset) or computer illiterate (regarding re-flashing the phone).
In the case of free tools, any remote possibility of help is welcome, of course (better than nothing), however there are also many paid apps which purport to be THE solution this kind of problem.
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All those tools are good IF you lost the phone, realized it right away, ran to the nearest computer and activated the tools, provided the phone is still reachable and on data network.
For the crooks who STEAL the expensive phones, the business is a fine tuned machine. 10 people run around stealing, and the immediately turn them off or remove battery. then they bulk-sell them to phone hackers who produce brand new freshly installed phones that can be sold at local flea market
Deactivating the IMEI I think will do anything only if the new owner tries to activate the phone on the same network.

First I was calling my phone again and again, cause I thought perhaps it was laying around somewhere and so I could hear it. But then that asshole had found out how to shut it down.
If you find something and theres no name and nothing on it, ok, if you keep that perhaps thats not exactly stealing. But if you shutdown a phone, because the owner is calling again and again, that is STEALING!

alcurtis93 said:
No they don't work after factory reset
There is two you can push to /system/app. One is sim checker. The other it locservice. I will check with vendor if the data can fire email notifications and passwords be made to survive
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I was just wondering: one of the features of those tracking apps is the possibility of wiping your data if you lose your phone. Therefore, if wiping your data in this way (which I don't know if it corresponds to a factory reset or is just a 'soft wipe') means that it will be no longer possible to locate your phone?
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[Q] Problem after 4.3 Update

My daughter has just been given a Nexus 4 phone - out of warranty - but in full working order. Not rooted. On switching on the phone, she recieved and installed the latest 4.3 update just yesterday. But she has experienced a number of problems since then. The phone is not a 'brick' but it has lost some of its functionality: camera not working, processing appears unduly slow for routine operation, apps such as Whatsapp not working and clearly something is amiss. She lives abroad and tried to resolve this direct, over the phone, with 'google support' but failed including hard resets etc. Assuming the hardware is fine, is it possible to 'flash' to an earlier version of android (4.2?) and if so, would someone kindly provide an idiots guide to doing this?
I did look for 'other solutions' to this problem (as many others, according to differing sites, appear to have experienced similar problems) but I couldn't find anything straightforward on here.
Grateful for any guidance or support.

Have you tried a factory reset?
Swyped from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 4

Lord Yurij said:
Have you tried a factory reset?
Swyped from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 4
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Will check.

Sandy379 said:
My daughter has just been given a Nexus 4 phone - out of warranty - but in full working order. Not rooted. On switching on the phone, she recieved and installed the latest 4.3 update just yesterday. But she has experienced a number of problems since then. The phone is not a 'brick' but it has lost some of its functionality: camera not working, processing appears unduly slow for routine operation, apps such as Whatsapp not working and clearly something is amiss. She lives abroad and tried to resolve this direct, over the phone, with 'google support' but failed including hard resets etc. Assuming the hardware is fine, is it possible to 'flash' to an earlier version of android (4.2?) and if so, would someone kindly provide an idiots guide to doing this?
I did look for 'other solutions' to this problem (as many others, according to differing sites, appear to have experienced similar problems) but I couldn't find anything straightforward on here.
Grateful for any guidance or support.
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Root.. is needed to flash... and yes its possible... like you said.. its not totally straightforward.. but definately possible.. needs time.. and patience... which I am in short supply nearing the end of day in office.. hope someone gets you the links and guides to do it..

Dual Audio feature in Media Panel is not working after Android 11 update

I used to connect 2 Bluetooth devices and listen on both devices at the same time on Android 10. Ever since the tablet got updated to Android 11, this dual audio feature doesn't work.
Steps I used on Android 10 to get dual audio is listed below. The same setup doesn't work on Android 11. Even though its able to connect to both devices, it is allowing to play on only one device at a time
1) Pair 2 Bluetooth devices
2) go to Media panel in the notifications section which allows you to enable sound on both devices at same time

Hi there,
You're not alone with this problem. It seems Samsung decided the S5e is not worth supporting this feature anymore and simply removed it with the update.
There's a thread in the Samsung community forum about it, but as you might guess, no official statement:
https://eu.community.samsung.com/t5/tablets/dual-audio-fehlt-nach-update-auf-android-11-one-ui-3-1-tab-s5e/m-p/3606484#
Feel free to address your dissatisfaction there, the more voices, the higher the small chance of getting it back the way it was before...
Unfortunately the thread is in German, but making the problem more international can only help!

Schrubbi said:
Hi there,
You're not alone with this problem. It seems Samsung decided the S5e is not worth supporting this feature anymore and simply removed it with the update.
There's a thread in the Samsung community forum about it, but as you might guess, no official statement:
https://eu.community.samsung.com/t5/tablets/dual-audio-fehlt-nach-update-auf-android-11-one-ui-3-1-tab-s5e/m-p/3606484#
Feel free to address your dissatisfaction there, the more voices, the higher the small chance of getting it back the way it was before...
Unfortunately the thread is in German, but making the problem more international can only help!
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For anyone else searching forums on this issue, I did revert back to Android 10 on my S5e and I now have the feature back. As of now you can still successfully roll back to 10 via ODIN

drewwho said:
For anyone else searching forums on this issue, I did revert back to Android 10 on my S5e and I now have the feature back. As of now you can still successfully roll back to 10 via ODIN
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I was actually thinking about that too, but this will void your warranty of the device, right?
Nevertheless, I'm still considering this, especially also since Samsung most likely won't provide another update to Android 12, even though the sister device Tab S6 is confirmed to get it.
Is there any particular how-to description that you followed, which you could link here?
Thanks for the hint!

Schrubbi said:
I was actually thinking about that too, but this will void your warranty of the device, right?
Nevertheless, I'm still considering this, especially also since Samsung most likely won't provide another update to Android 12, even though the sister device Tab S6 is confirmed to get it.
Is there any particular how-to description that you followed, which you could link here?
Thanks for the hint!
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I pretty much followed instructions in this youtube video:
As far as firmware to choose in video, I choose Cellular South since that is the USA version. And for my tablet there is no CP file since it doesnt have a radio. When you hold down volume keys and plug in tablet it also automatically goes in debug mode versus having to select it like he did, at least for me it did. I believe those were the only differences in video. It took my windows PC forever to download and install drivers, that was only hiccup. Took along time flash also, be patient, dont touch anything, let it do its thing.
As far as warranty, IDK, this is just flashing same Software back to device, not a custom ROM, no rooting required, seems like it wouldnt be void. You'd have to ask that question to more experienced members here. But I can tell you, warranties usually suck anyway, and if your device is good out of the box for a month it is typically good for years. Hit me up if you decide to do it and have a question, Ill try to help best I can. It was a must feature for me to have and so glad to have it back. I also used to watch movies with my wireless and hand someone else a wired pair, that feature also was removed in 11 but works in 10