[Q] Problem with sending & receiving SMS from PC - Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Problem with sending & receiving SMS from PC
I have used in the past several apps to send & receive texts from my EVO using my PC. I know have the Thunderbolt and the apps won't work any more. Almost like the Thunderbolt has a built in firewall. RemoteSMS, EasySMS, are just a few I have tried. All the same result, whether I use usb or wifi. If I ping my phone I get destination host unreachable. I know I have the right IP and connectivity. Is ICMP blocked and more importantly is there a way I can let these apps work with out Root. The apps are on the Market and don't say you need root for them to work. They do all work over http or https, and you can change the ports, but it's like there is a firewall in place on the phone blocking on them. Can anyone please help????? Thanks in advance for your time. Have a good 4th of July!!!!
~I am not looking for Google Voice or other apps that use a third party broker service. Just to simply control my phone's SMS from a PC when I am in the office or at home work on a computer. Thx Again.....

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How do i get messenger working?

Hi there,
Just picked up my S740 and i'm trying to get it working with my Three sim card. The phone and the internet work oK, but i can't seem to get MSN working. I just get a cannot connect message.
In fact, i've even connected to my wifi network and messenger still does not want to work. There must be something simple i am missing!
As an alternative, is there another messaging programme i can use instead of messenger which can access hotmail accounts?
I hope someone can help.
OK, there is something more significant that i'm missing or fundamentally wrong with this device. I've downloaded palringo and i can't connect to either msn or yahoo messenger.
Any clues?
you've not been silly enough to program a proxy into the connection settings have you?
At this stage, I'm willing to accept any suggestion, no matter how ludicrous.
But there is no proxy. Besides, i browsed to the parlingo site on the phone, downloaded it on the phone, but when i run it can't connect. Surely the proxy would have prevented internet connectivity on the whole?
Unless there is a specific proxy setting in messenger that i can't see.
I love the phone, but at this rate it's going to go straight back.
OK, i've worked out the problem.
There's nothing wrong with the phone. The problem is with the f*@#ed up 3 Mobile SIM which totally locks up the device and does not allow you to do anything. I suspected something was up when i couldnt install the newer Live file due to insufficient rights.
So for anyone searching for a similar issue, you cannot use this device with a Three mobile SIM. Unless someone knows how to unlock it?
it's cos three block a **** load of stuff. I suspect that if you have the internet addon, it may allow it.
have a check with some of the guys in the Diamond and Raphael forums, cos there's a few there that have three SIMS and had similar problems with messenger.
It's all down to three blocking everything apart from texts and calls and charging you for everything else. They have a special version of MSN messenger that either uses alternate ports, or is allowed through their packet sniffer. I'm not entirely sure how they block stuff, but i know they do.

[Q] Qustion for Networking experts

Hi
I am trying to connect to my office wifi via proxy server.
Scenario 1: I am using Samsung Bada (wave 1), connected to the internet successfully and also any applications that require an internet connection including Samsung's app store.
While, connecting via open networks like home wifi and other friends' wifi also worked without any issue.
Scenario 2: Now I also have an android based Galaxy pocket: even after entering all the required proxy setting as mentioned above, I can access websites via browser but cannot access samsung's app store, google's play store, skype, sipdroid etc.,
I know it is nothing to do with the network administration as I am still accessing via my samsung wave but not via android. Please help me in identifying what I am missing. Is there anything like a network profile I need to assign for these applications?
thanks
S
Figured out the solution
Sometimes it is pathetic to notice that I didn't receive a single suggestion after I posted my question above. This is not how it used to be when we had smartphones that were just running windows long time ago.
There were lot of suggestions that comes up within a few minutes of posting, now after the invent of android and so many devices we have so many members but knowledge sharing has decreased considerably as each person is busy with solving their own issues.
Well, let me come back to the point - All that I needed to do was to run an app like 'proxydroid' or 'auto proxy lite' from one of our members from xda-developers to solve this issue. In order, to run these apps the device needed to be rooted. I rooted and installed this app and from that instance I am able to make all my apps including skype, google app market and what not all can access internet from my corporate wifi.
However, I noticed that only one application never succeeded this trick - that app is a Voip/SIP application called 'Pronto dialer' which throws a message 'unknown error occurred'. It works fine in an open wifi like at home etc., I am suspecting the proxy setting in the office network clashes with the proxy setting in the dialer...dont know what it is. Anyway I am glad and relieved that I was able to solve 90% of the issue.
Hope the above will be useful for someone with similar limitation from corporate wifi.

Access phone with broken screen/usb but still online

Hi,
My Xperia V hade a broken screen and a (probably) broken USB.
But it turns on and it's accessible for SMS, wifi and data but not calls.
I have a rule that says "if on power then start hotspot" and that works fine.
Is it any way to access the phone through network? It's rooted. I've tried to push a install some screen sharing sw from Google play through computer browser, but tha apps doesn't start (tried androidlost with jumpstart, but it never registers on the website. Tried with SMS and pushing another app.).
Is there any way to solve this? I would mainly like to access my received SMS.
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[Q] Proxydroid and Whatsapp

Lately I was playing a bit with Proxydroid. And I figured out, Proxydroid cannot reroute Whatsapp. Even when I put in a proxy like this 0.0.0.0, Whatsapp is still able to access the internet. But all other apps I’ve tried couldn’t access the internet in that case.
Thereafter, I’ve put in a proxy (0.0.0.0) direct in the wifi setting of my S3, and Whatsapp was still able to access the internet, and all other apps weren’t.
Does anyone know, how Whatsapp can bypass this settings?
stan210 said:
Lately I was playing a bit with Proxydroid. And I figured out, Proxydroid cannot reroute Whatsapp. Even when I put in a proxy like this 0.0.0.0, Whatsapp is still able to access the internet. But all other apps I’ve tried couldn’t access the internet in that case.
Thereafter, I’ve put in a proxy (0.0.0.0) direct in the wifi setting of my S3, and Whatsapp was still able to access the internet, and all other apps weren’t.
Does anyone know, how Whatsapp can bypass this settings?
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I have the same exact problem. Did you manage to solve it in the meantime?
Unfortunately not until now.
Whatsapp used to work over a non-http standard port to send and receive messages, not sure by now, but maybe that's why the proxy isn't working
Maybe you could edit the host file to prevent the usage but you probably have to reboot each time after you edit the file.
JoeSenki said:
Whatsapp used to work over a non-http standard port to send and receive messages, not sure by now, but maybe that's why the proxy isn't working
Maybe you could edit the host file to prevent the usage but you probably have to reboot each time after you edit the file.
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Thanks for the tip!

Prevent Certain Apps from Using My Work Wi-Fi - Anything better than Tasker?

Hi all,
I want to prevent certain apps from accessing my work Wi-Fi, mostly so my employer can't see what I'm doing. Specifically, I don't want to be connected to my employer's Wi-Fi while on Facebook, Evernote, etc.
For some other apps, I still want to use Wi-Fi to save data.
I just installed Tasker and have already a Task set up to shut off Wi-Fi for these apps. My question is: is this really secure? Does anyone think this will prevent my employer from seeing what's on my Facebook, or is there a flaw I'm not thinking of?
Ex: maybe Tasker has a delay which will allow my employer to see Facebook load anyway.
Alternatively, if anyone knows a more efficient way of doing this (in Tasker or anywhere else in Android) that'd be great.
Thanks
Question your boss is a hacker?
Because if he isn't he can't see anything in theory because he doesn't know how.
But you can use vpn connection as Hotspot Shield
so your traffic inside that network and all over the internet is encrypted.
You can also use "Firewall" for that.Firewall apps that they stop apps that you choose from getting access to internet.
if you aren't rooted try this one NoRoot Data Firewall . it use VPN
connection. So this vpn connection is local and when the blocked app tries to connect the internet it just get the localhost ip as gateway . the other apps continue to work normally.
if you are rooted try this one AFWall+ (Android Firewall +)
depends on your needs of course.

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