When pairing my phone with my new Mercury Milan (which uses Sync) I was having some issues. Basically every time I tried to enter the 6 digit pin the car gave me it would error out. It appears that either there is a very short time out period or that the phone does not support 6 digit Bluetooth PINs.
To connect your phone to the car you need to get to the point where is gives you the 6 digit pin. Then by pressing a button (usually volume +) you can prompt the car to give you a special pin which is 0000. Using the 0000 "special" pin I was able to pair my phone with the car on the first shot.
This may also be an issue for other devices that default to 6 digit pins. I hope this helps someone out as it frustrated me for a few days and they shouldn't have to play with different radios and ROMs if I already did it for them
Thanks for the informative post.
So the other day I downloaded a "Null Keyboard" app for my Flyer because I was having a bad experience with my bluetooth keyboard and the commenting engines on certain websites.
One thing I noticed was that having selected the "Null Keyboard" input method, when my flyer went to sleep after a period of inactivity and I tried to get back in, I was unable to enter the PIN to get back into my tablet because the "Null Keyboard" was still active.
Luckily, the tablet still recognized my bluetooth keyboard, so I was able to get back in. But it kinda scared me, so I've uninstalled the app (it didn't really help with the websites anyway).
My question is: assuming I had lost my bluetooth keyboard would I be able to get back into my tablet any way? If you shut down the tablet by holding the power button, then bring it back up, will it revert to the stock "Sense" soft keyboard, or would I be screwed?
The keyboard should not disable your touch screen. Null KB is not needed with the Flyer.
Turning off the KB will disconnect it from the Flyer.
When using any of the GB roms on my AT&T Note, when I go to connect to my iTech Bluetooth keyboard (it uses HIS and SPP Bluetooth protocols) it sees the keyboard, then I get a popup on my phone displaying a random 4 digit pin that I punch into the keyboard and hit enter. It then connects.
The issues (and this is on every ICS Rom/Leak), my Note sees the keyboard and tries to pair, but just sits there. I found that if I hit enter on the keyboard, the popup window will flash with the password, but the issue is, since I hit enter, it is too late and the password entered (nothing) was wrong. Then I try again, the 4 digit password it changed.
So does anyone know how to see (maybe with ADB) what the 4 digit password is without being able to see the popup, or another way to make the popup show?
Thanks for any help
BTY here is a video of the keyboard working and connected on GB
Hello guys,
Well the title says it all, i really need help connecting it, i cant seem to get it working, my tablet is running Android 3.2.1 and well when this is what happens:
I press the home botton on the controller and turn it on, the light under the 1 is flashing slow, also i make sure the little switch is on gamepad HID mode.
I then press the home botton on the controller again to set it on "pair" mode, the light under the 1 starts flashing fast.
I then press on "Find near by devises" and the controller shows up.
I click on it and the control and tablet pair, but then it wont connect like its suposed to, instead, the light under the 1 starts flashing slow again.
When i try to connect to it by pressing on NYKO PLAYPAD in the bluetooth device list, i get a little message saying, "Please press any key on your keyboard to reconect," i pressed every botton, moved all the Analogs in every way possible, and it just wont connect... Ive also tried pressing all the buttondps while the control being on pair mode with the light flashing fast.
Same thing happens on HTC Evo 4G but i dont get any messages, and the same goes for a Samsung Galaxy Tab 7" and well not to mention my iPod 4, on it it wont even show up....
So please can anyone help me? Thanks in advanced...
American Network Solutions (ANS) mobile phones provided by Assurance Wireless (Virgin Mobile) have been known to boot loop, freeze, stay frozen, crash, (right out of the box, brand new) and worse there is inaccurate or completely wrong information on how to do a factory reset and reboot the device. Below I will outline how to reboot the phone and perform a hard factory-reset with no home button on this cellphone.
Problem: Phone won’t turn off, won’t restart, or is stuck on and has no removable battery.
Solution: Keep the phone on and unplugged until battery dies or perform a hard reboot (see below).
Problem: My cell-phone is stuck on and there is no home button to do a hard reset
Solution: Perform a hard reboot. To restart a phone without taking out the battery, simply hold the Volume Up button, the home button (do not press if there is none obviously) and the Power button at the same time. While you hold these simultaneously, the phone will reboot in about 5 to 10 seconds.
Problem: I can’t factory reset my ANS UL40 phone (American Network Solutions) from Assurance Wireless by Virgin Mobile because I can’t get into the recovery menu.
Solution: Turn the phone off (or do a hard reset by holding the Volume-Up Button and the On-Button. Phones with no home button all reboot like this so just wait a few moments and the phone will restart.
Problem: My new mobile phone from Assurance Wireless gets stuck on the loading screen!
Solution: Perform a hard reboot (Volume Up + Power) then when it restarts and you’re on the white Assurance Wireless screen, stop holding power and only hold Volume Up. Keep pressing-and-holding the Increase Volume button and after a while you will be navigated to the Factory Reset Menu. You can wipe the cache partition only or perform a factory reset (which will also wipe the cache). To move around on the menu, use the volume keys (increase volume goes up, decrease volume goes down) and to select your entry simply use the power button (the on button). If this still doesn’t work, see further instructions in the solutions below.
Problem: Phone is frozen on loading screen, stuck in boot-loop even after factory reset/wiping cache partition.
Solution: After you have factory reset or wiped the cache partition you can also choose to install an update from the internal memory or sd-card. If you select this option it will perform a more rigorous factory reset then since you won’t have a package to install it will cancel. I’ve noticed my device getting out of the boot loop once I did this process and it was stuck on the boot screen even after I did a factory reset.
Problem: Can’t get to the recovery menu with my government assistance phone.
Solution: Turn off the phone and with the volume up button held down, power the device on. Keep holding both buttons until you see the white “American Network Solutions” screen with the outline of an eagle. At this point release the power button and continue to hold the volume-up key. After about 5 seconds you will now be inside the Recovery Menu and can do a factory reset.
Problem: My phone has no home button and I need to hard reboot to get to the Recovery Menu and perform a factory reset!
Solution: Hold the Volume-Up Button and the Power Button at the same time. for at least 10 seconds. Your device will restart and after the white ANS screen shows, stop holding the power button. Continue holding the increase audio key until you are at the Factory Reset / Recovery Menu screen. Use the volume buttons to navigate the menu and use the on button to select your choice.
Problem: My phone hangs on the blue Assurance Wireless screen.
Solution: See Above.
Even on the Virgin Mobile and Assurance Wireless websites and in the owner’s manual it says to hold the Volume Up + Home Button + Power Key and to keep holding them until you’re in Recovery Menu. This isn’t going to work for two reasons on the UL40: 1) It has no home button! and 2) it will just keep rebooting every 5 seconds if you hold the power button down constantly. You have to hold the Volume-Up Button and the Power Button until the phone reboots and then let go of the power button while still holding the volume up button. Keep holding the volume up key until you’re into Recovery Mode.
I hope this helps as the information online is either incomplete or completely wrong. Some places say to keep holding the power button along with the volume up key and if you do that the device will just keep restarting, effectively creating a boot loop where there wasn’t any before. Genius! lol. I figured this out after my device, fresh out of the box, froze while charging on the blue Assurance Wireless screen. Finally OCD is good for something! These phones are supposed to be a “Lifeline” but I’d be hard-pressed to get ANYTHING on the line with this potato. Avoid at all costs unless absolutely necessary.
Enjoy.
Assurance Wireless "Tech Support" e-mail address or direct phone number. ANS UL-40.
Need Assurance Wireless "Tech Support" e-mail address or direct phone number, to replace defective ANS UL-40 ANDROID 7.1.1 that keeps crashing after 10 Factory Resets in 3 Months.
RE: Replacement ANS UL-40 ANDROID 7.1.1. (Multiple Factory Reset No Resolution).
Received replacement phone from Assurance Wireless 3 months ago. After two days, new phone crashed, with all system apps failing. In past 3 months phone continues to crash and is inoperable. Factory Reset 10 times and after each phone runs for a day or so then crashes.
Obviously the phone is defective. Trying to avoid 611 or 800 Customer Service 1-2 hour on hold call for Tech Support.
Need e-mail address or direct phone number for Assurance Wireless "Tech Support Desk" not Customer Service.
Please, please post. Desperate.
TNX MUCH
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Is it possible to swap my UL40 for a normal phone I can use JUST to make necessary calls to relatives or EMS folks for help if I need it? This Obama phone is far to smart for me.
You have to call ASSURANCE; or go online to your ASSURANCE account and try to SWAP phones. Good luck.
Note: The UL40 is pure JUNK. DOJ is looking into multiple fraud claims.
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Is it possible to swap my UL40 for a normal phone I can use JUST to make necessary calls to relatives or EMS folks for help if I need it? This Obama phone is far to smart for me.
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Cell phones are like min-computers. For instance, if you don't like ads on the internet you have to use an ad blocker. It is the same with cell phones. Apparently before smart phones the Assurance Wireless phones were not as much lie computers and did not have ads, but now they do.
Does anyone know of a way to bypass the lock screen?
My father died suddenly with the phone in his pocket. Looking to get pictures off of it as well as investigate any communications leading up to this death.
Willing to do anything to prove this is legitimate. Sign a document, show my identity, even pay someone to unlock it, etc.
And to those "give the phone back to its rightful owner" people in advance - my father's body was not discovered until ~3-4 days after his death, so it was partially decomposed. I can send pictures of the UL40 phone soaked in the bloody ooze from his decomposing skin if you're interested. Took hours of cleaning to make the stench of death go away :victory:
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