Is there a way to get around the activation on the Verizon Fascinate? Either through keys or flashing.
Not sure what you mean.
Sent from my fascinating fascinate!
There is a method to manually activate the phone without over the air activation that is normally done. I'm not sure of the process to actually do so, but was informed that it is possible to do at one point as I was complaining about the poor service in my apartment to a CSR once and they said there is a manual process that can be done.
I think he may mean get past the activation screen without activating the phone. I think it may be something like touching each corner of the screen.
Sent from my SCH-I500 using XDA App
KenKeno said:
I think it may be something like touching each corner of the screen.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
That sounds more like touch calibration to me. I've seen several reps do this in-store.
Instead of hitting activate, hit emergency dialer and type *#83786633 then press the home key.
Sent from my SCH-I500 using XDA App
when the "touch android to begin" setup screen appears; touch top left, then top right, next bottom right, and last bottom left of screen. This will bypass the activation portion of setup but phone will need to be activated using *228 after setup. This came in handy when I had my droid x during the 2.2 update. Several issues came up after 2.2 update because of app data from 2.1 and froyo conflicts. bypassing activation allowed the user to turn off automatically restore data before activating the phone in order to avoid restoring 2.1 data to apps.
ibz41 said:
when the "touch android to begin" setup screen appears; touch top left, then top right, next bottom right, and last bottom left of screen. This will bypass the activation portion of setup but phone will need to be activated using *228 after setup. This came in handy when I had my droid x during the 2.2 update. Several issues came up after 2.2 update because of app data from 2.1 and froyo conflicts. bypassing activation allowed the user to turn off automatically restore data before activating the phone in order to avoid restoring 2.1 data to apps.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
sorry if previous post seems off. I was trying to reply to post #5 but forgot to quote in reply. veteran forum reader but newb to posting. lol
Florynce said:
Instead of hitting activate, hit emergency dialer and type *#83786633 then press the home key.
Sent from my SCH-I500 using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Worked great!
How to bypass activation on VZW
Florynce said:
Instead of hitting activate, hit emergency dialer and type *#83786633 then press the home key.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
This method also works for the new Samsung Illusion which was released in late November 2011 (for which there is not yet a device forum).
Related
Every once in a while I hear somebody mention using the Atrix without signing in to MotoBlur.
I did an exhaustive search, and I can't see this question answered anywhere.
Can I use my Atrix without signing in to/creating a MotoBlur account? I'd much rather just not have one.
I'm using mine without Blur. When I started, at the blur setup screen, typed Alt e Alt e Alt bluroff and now no need to login to blur. Just used gmail to import contacts and other apps for facebook
Wow didn't know you could do that...
Does anyone have more information on this? Do you press the ?123 button, then the Alt key, or you actually type Alt? Is there spaces in this? I cannot get it to work.. Thanks. Also do you type this in the New Account field?
I don't know why other people are having problems with this, I just skipped the sign in because I wasn't connected to any network and it didn't bother me again.
Silent8Strike said:
I don't know why other people are having problems with this, I just skipped the sign in because I wasn't connected to any network and it didn't bother me again.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I don't see a "skip" button..
what is the benefit of not signing into a blur account? I've not used blur before and pick up my phone tomorrow so I'm about to find out.
natboy said:
I don't see a "skip" button..
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
If I remember right, I didn't have a data connection so it took me to a WiFi network choosing screen, and in the drop own menu there is an option to do it later.
Silent8Strike said:
If I remember right, I didn't have a data connection so it took me to a WiFi network choosing screen, and in the drop own menu there is an option to do it later.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Did you have a sim card inserted? When first starting up without a sim I can't log into it. The only option is to make an emergency call. The only card I have is activated, so it automatically connects.
I started it up with a Rogers SIM card before I unlocked it from Bell, so maybe that was what let me skip it.
rayzblades said:
I'm using mine without Blur. When I started, at the blur setup screen, typed Alt e Alt e Alt bluroff and now no need to login to blur. Just used gmail to import contacts and other apps for facebook
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I tried this method (Alt e Alt e Alt bluroff) for at least 30 mins with no success!
What I'm missing here?
I found a way to bypass the "no sim inserted screen" But bypassing motorblur using that method did not work for me.
HOW TO BYPASS "NO SIM INSERTED" IN MOTOROLA ATRIX:
-Power up the phone while holding "Volume Down" until "fastboot" appears in top of screen.
-Use the "volume down" button to navigate through booting options until you see "Boot Android (No Bp) then press "Volume Up".
-The phone will boot up right to the motorblur screen skipping the "Emergency Call/No SIM Inserted" one.
*blah* I don't want any association to Blurr if I can, though the remote wipe is very attractive, lol. Anyways, can't you press back? lol I'm not sure if I did that but I vaguely remember pressing something to skip it. I could have been like SilentStrike with my Rogers sim but it was already unlock when I did my 2nd factory reset.
-Roze- said:
*blah* I don't want any association to Blurr if I can, though the remote wipe is very attractive, lol. Anyways, can't you press back? lol I'm not sure if I did that but I vaguely remember pressing something to skip it. I could have been like SilentStrike with my Rogers sim but it was already unlock when I did my 2nd factory reset.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Can the Motorola Atrix be updated without a Motoblur account?
I went into the OTA Update and when I tried to check for an update I got the following message:
"Social Networking account required
"com.android.setttings.deviceinfo.CheckUpdate" is not available without a social networking account. To create a new account, click "Setup" button"
Can this phone be updated via USB from Motorola's website or do you have to create a Motoblur account?...
ccrows said:
Can the Motorola Atrix be updated without a Motoblur account?
I went into the OTA Update and when I tried to check for an update I got the following message:
"Social Networking account required
"com.android.setttings.deviceinfo.CheckUpdate" is not available without a social networking account. To create a new account, click "Setup" button"
Can this phone be updated via USB from Motorola's website or do you have to create a Motoblur account?...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Anyone?...
Ditto on the "Anyone?"
It can be updated via the website or even sbf flash. But i und out if i skip motoblur, the dier ereases the speeddial shortucts after every reboot.
BAMF 1.6.3
i know i can quickly depress/release the pwr button to lock the screen, but is there a quick method/setting to "lock" the phone requiring a password to unlock without powering down? i'm sure there's an app out there. just wondering if i'm missing something native to the phone or to bamf.
thanks
mark
You can put your screen timeout down to 15 seconds.
Sent from my ADR6400L using das bamf 1.6.3nte with imoseyon's lean extreme 2.3 kernel
would prefer not to do that. would prefer something like a short cut/keystroke.
by the way, is there a way to create a shortcut for settings>security>lock phone after>immediately?
markkal123 said:
would prefer not to do that. would prefer something like a short cut/keystroke.
by the way, is there a way to create a shortcut for settings>security>lock phone after>immediately?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
+1. I'd like to know that too
Sent from my ADR6400L using XDA App
ok anyone have any thoughts on this. it seems such a simple thing. press shortcut. phone is locked (and still powered on). enter password to unlock.
thanks mark
markkal123 said:
ok anyone have any thoughts on this. it seems such a simple thing. press shortcut. phone is locked (and still powered on). enter password to unlock.
thanks mark
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Why would you need something like that though? I don't understand the benefits of it compared to just pressing the power button. j/w
I don't have an answer to the original question, but thought I'd point out that in addition to locking the phone, you may want to lock your "SIM." Doing so prevents someone from using your SIM in another phone and running up your bill.
I believe the default SIM PIN1 is 1111 for all VZW SIMs.
mike.s said:
I don't have an answer to the original question, but thought I'd point out that in addition to locking the phone, you may want to lock your "SIM." Doing so prevents someone from using your SIM in another phone and running up your bill.
I believe the default SIM PIN1 is 1111 for all VZW SIMs.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I thought that each LTE sim is registered to the MEID of your Thunderbolt and is unable to be used in others. (without extensive EPST work) Hence the reason people were getting brand new TB's also had to get brand new SIM cards?
g00s3y said:
I thought that each LTE sim is registered to the MEID of your Thunderbolt and is unable to be used in others. (without extensive EPST work) Hence the reason people were getting brand new TB's also had to get brand new SIM cards?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You didn't read the material Verizon provided with your phone, did you? Right there on the front of the Activation Guide: "To learn more about your 4G LTE SIM card, visit verizonwireless.com/4GSIM" Poke around, and you'll find this:
the SIM card is portable and can be used in any Verizon Wireless-certified 4G device. All usage will be billed to the account associated with the 4G SIM card.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
markkal123 said:
would prefer not to do that. would prefer something like a short cut/keystroke.
by the way, is there a way to create a shortcut for settings>security>lock phone after>immediately?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Maybe something like Anycut?
mike.s said:
You didn't read the material Verizon provided with your phone, did you? Right there on the front of the Activation Guide: "To learn more about your 4G LTE SIM card, visit verizonwireless.com/4GSIM" Poke around, and you'll find this:
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Ahhhh, so i am actually supposed to read those pages with words on them? I thought it was just packing material.
I've honestly never read one phone manual i've ever had. Not cause I know everything about a phone before I get it, but I just rather find out everything myself. If i had to get a replacement shipped to me I'm sure I would have found that out then.
But also, I don't know if you saw some other threads or not, but i remember people saying they went in and got replacements and had to get a new SIM also. They said the VZW reps had said that the SIM is not transferrable. I don't know for sure, just saying what was said.
g00s3y said:
Why would you need something like that though? I don't understand the benefits of it compared to just pressing the power button. j/w
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
same reason why i would lock the display of my pc at work. i don't need to turn it off every time i walk away from it. just want to temporarily disable it from prying eyes.
This says it does exactly what you are asking for and its free but i havent downloaded it but you can check it out
https://market.android.com/details?...&rdid=kennethcheng.com.lockscreen.free&rdot=1
IT says a one push software lock app HOPE IT WORKS FOR YA
I JUST used it and it works perfectly
markkal123 said:
would prefer not to do that. would prefer something like a short cut/keystroke.
by the way, is there a way to create a shortcut for settings>security>lock phone after>immediately?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
If you set it to lock phone immediately, it will lock when you press the power button fast. The screen will turn off and the phone locks. When you press the power button next, the screen turns on and you need to swipe to unlock screen. You then enter password to unlock phone.
I have done it this way and it works fine. Hitting the power button once fast is the same as if you had an icon for it. The nice part is you can be on any screen.
just use the app i posted and if you need a password set it up in settings in security and viola just what your asking for software app to lock and password on unlock
also here is the patch to make the volume rocker wake the device also so then you could wake the phone with volume button and power buttton
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1046425&highlight=wake+volume+rocker
dang i figured it out.. thanks for all of your help and suggestions.
took your advice nyvideo1.
settings>> display>> screen timeout>> 10 minutes or never
then
settings>> security>> lock phone after>> immediately
I updated on Thursday and have been having some issues since then. The first thing I noticed was the signal strength bars are weaker, where I would normally have 4-5 bars I now have 1-2 still on LTE though.
The next thing that happened was Friday night, there was no service and the phone said there was no SIM card. I power cycled the phone and then it came back up without the error. This happened again tonight, Saturday.
My other issue/question is how do I turn off the phone? Before when I would hold down the power button it would have a dialog that let me put it in airplane mode, restart or power off. Now when I hold it down the 3 buttons blink and it tells me to keep holding down to restart and that's it.
midwestkel said:
I updated on Thursday and have been having some issues since then. The first thing I noticed was the signal strength bars are weaker, where I would normally have 4-5 bars I now have 1-2 still on LTE though.
The next thing that happened was Friday night, there was no service and the phone said there was no SIM card. I power cycled the phone and then it came back up without the error. This happened again tonight, Saturday.
My other issue/question is how do I turn off the phone? Before when I would hold down the power button it would have a dialog that let me put it in airplane mode, restart or power off. Now when I hold it down the 3 buttons blink and it tells me to keep holding down to restart and that's it.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
sounds like wipe data time. I don't have that behavior.
midwestkel said:
The next thing that happened was Friday night, there was no service and the phone said there was no SIM card. I power cycled the phone and then it came back up without the error. This happened again tonight, Saturday.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I have been experiencing this exact same thing. A reboot fixes it, but still incredibly annoying.
Sent from my Droid DNA using Tapatalk 2!
Briankbl said:
I have been experiencing this exact same thing. A reboot fixes it, but still incredibly annoying.
Sent from my Droid DNA using Tapatalk 2!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
This has been an issue plaguing the DNA since launch, nothing new.
Sent from my HTC6435LVW using xda app-developers app
Bigandrewgold said:
This has been an issue plaguing the DNA since launch, nothing new.
Sent from my HTC6435LVW using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I haven't had the SIM card issue on this phone before the update.
U need factory reset. Seems some files corrupted during update.
SIM issue is a know issue for DNA.
Sent from my HTC6435LVW using Tapatalk 2
I FINALLY got the SIM issue the other night. I popped the sim out and put it back in and havent had an issue since.
Sent from my HTC6435LVW using xda app-developers app
I was getting the sim car error often before the update I powered off, and re seated the sim card and powered on and I haven't had an issue since then. Also I have never had the issue with signal or the power button.
Sent from my HTC6435LVW using xda app-developers app
After you pop the SIM card, boot into recovery and wipe dalvik cache, cache, and go into advanced and fix permissions. Reboot and profit. This SIM error is a permissions thing getting screwed up.
I did a factory reset last night and just the issue again. My DNA is stock so I don't know how to clear the caches. Any other ideas?
Google Now opens browser instead of application
After the update, Google Now / voice search opens up a browser instead of the application needed.
For instance, if I ask for directions to a place, the phone opens Chrome with directions. The directions are no where near where I am. If I try to dial someone via voice, the Google Now card pops up with the person's contact followed immediately by Chrome.
I'm not sure if anyone has a fix for this, but it's certainly annoying and drastically reduces the capabilities of this phone for me.
Thanks all,
Mike
kampana said:
After the update, Google Now / voice search opens up a browser instead of the application needed.
For instance, if I ask for directions to a place, the phone opens Chrome with directions. The directions are no where near where I am. If I try to dial someone via voice, the Google Now card pops up with the person's contact followed immediately by Chrome.
I'm not sure if anyone has a fix for this, but it's certainly annoying and drastically reduces the capabilities of this phone for me.
Thanks all,
Mike
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I got the update today and google now works same as it did before for me. Ask for directions, it goes to maps and show me directions and try to voice dial someone and their card pops up followed by call initiation. I just use the stock browser though, not chrome. Maybe it is chrome.
Also noticed there is a new location service option now, after update, for google search in addition to the previous options for verizon, google and gps. Will be interesting to see how this changes search accuracy, if at all.
tuxly said:
I got the update today and google now works same as it did before for me. Ask for directions, it goes to maps and show me directions and try to voice dial someone and their card pops up followed by call initiation. I just use the stock browser though, not chrome. Maybe it is chrome.
Also noticed there is a new location service option now, after update, for google search in addition to the previous options for verizon, google and gps. Will be interesting to see how this changes search accuracy, if at all.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I ended up uninstalling and reinstalling Google Search, it now works properly.
Regarding the turn off, it sounds like you're trying to turn it off from the lock screen. Swipe in and then try.
Otherwise I haven't had any issues with the OTA and it actually helped a lot with the volume (lowest volume was still really loud before) and I seem to be getting better WiFi signal.
EDIT: Sorry, my impatience just got the better of me. It eventually went through.
I left Verizon for AT&T, and have just ODIN'd back to a stock ROM due to some issues I was having at the time. Now when I boot up the phone, it goes to Verizon Setup Wizard, and immediately tries to activate Verizon service (with or w/o SIM card). It hangs at this point, so I was wondering if there was a method to skip the setup wizard.
I've seen mention of dialing a number in the emergency dialer (##778 or **226), and that hasn't worked. Any insight into this issue would be greatly appreciated.
A2Aegis said:
EDIT: Sorry, my impatience just got the better of me. It eventually went through.
I left Verizon for AT&T, and have just ODIN'd back to a stock ROM due to some issues I was having at the time. Now when I boot up the phone, it goes to Verizon Setup Wizard, and immediately tries to activate Verizon service (with or w/o SIM card). It hangs at this point, so I was wondering if there was a method to skip the setup wizard.
I've seen mention of dialing a number in the emergency dialer (##778 or **226), and that hasn't worked. Any insight into this issue would be greatly appreciated.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
From what I've read....you should be able to skip it by using the 4 corners method described in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=48998336&highlight=skip#post48998336
Edit... This was posted by lacoursier18 in above referenced thread--
lacoursiere18 said:
Skip setup using four corners....to bypass the setup where you select language. click top left corner, right top, bottom right, bottom left and it should bypass setup
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hit the thanks button for lacoursiere18 if it helps.
Sent from my SCH-I605 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
Its a t mobile v10. I dialed 277634#*#, I hit apn unlock. Now knock on stopped working. I tried stock launcher and Next launcher. It WAS working with next launcher. Any ideas? I set a knock code to get by for now. But would like knock on to work.
Sent from my LG-H901 using Tapatalk
sorry right now the only fix is a rest and even thats not 100%
I found a thread that several have confirmed that the ims hidden menu breaks knock on. So beware that by just opening the menu will break knock on and off. No fix yet.
Sent from my LG-H901 using Tapatalk
Get yourself Quick Shortcut Maker, launch it, change the search type to 'Normal', search for 'Knock On', click on 'Settings', then on 'Try'. On the next screen, switch Knock On back and forth and see if that works.
Ok fixed it. Used lg bridge, made a back up. Factory reset, restored backup. Im impressed with lg bridge. It a titanium backup for non rooted phones. All done and everything back to normal. I will look into the app. Thanks.
Sent from my LG-H901 using Tapatalk
-LBT- said:
Get yourself Quick Shortcut Maker, launch it, change the search type to 'Normal', search for 'Knock On', click on 'Settings', then on 'Try'. On the next screen, switch Knock On back and forth and see if that works.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
yes this worked but booth of the knock settings must be on once both are on it works again i also notice that with it on the phone doesnt lock if your in a call and the phone was unlocked when you started or you unlock it doesnt lock back even with the power button. thats something i found to be on but i do like not unlocking my phone while trying to talk on the phone lol. tanks alot for the help yay no resetting my phone :highfive: