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Hi all!
Ok here goes. I bought on ebay a Hero G3 running windows mobile. I think this thing is a clone but it seems pretty identical to the htc, although this phone does not say htc anywhere on it. Behind the battery G3 Hero A6288 is listed.
link : (dropped the h, new users are not allowed to post links) ttp://desoons.en.made-in-china.com/product/yMYnVCGrgocJ/China-Hero-G3-Windows-Mobile-6-5-GPS-WiFi-MSN-PDA.html
It came with Windows Mobile 6.5. Although it's a clone, is it still possible that it could run android?
Hardware seems pretty much exactly the same. However from what i've seen from looking around I would need Android installed first off in order to update?
Also somehow last night (I was drunk) the phone has somehow set a password in Windows Mobile and I do not know what the password is and so i am stuck big time! Tried following instructions to do a hard reset but these don't seem to work unless i'm doing something wrong? Windows mobile just boots up.
Is there anyway around this? Is there any ROMs of Windows Mobile out there from this thing that I could put on it to get around the password?
Please help, I have been looking all day for a solution to this and it's driving me crazy!
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ttp://rofen.en.alibaba.com/product/304037216-209334738/HTC_HERO_G3_Windows_6_5_2_SIM_Smart_Phone.html
You _might_ be able to load one of the WM "android kits" onto it which are kicked off post boot up, but it is a China counterfeit handset and thus undoubtedly cannot run it natively
Hi all!
Ok here goes. I bought on ebay a Hero G3 running windows mobile. I think this thing is a clone but it seems pretty identical to the htc, although this phone does not say htc anywhere on it. Behind the battery G3 Hero A6288 is listed.
link : (dropped the h, new users are not allowed to post links) ttp://desoons.en.made-in-china.com/product/yMYnVCGrgocJ/China-Hero-G3-Windows-Mobile-6-5-GPS-WiFi-MSN-PDA.html
It came with Windows Mobile 6.5. Although it's a clone, is it still possible that it could run android?
Hardware seems pretty much exactly the same. However from what i've seen from looking around I would need Android installed first off in order to update?
Also somehow last night (I was drunk) the phone has somehow set a password in Windows Mobile and I do not know what the password is and so i am stuck big time! Tried following instructions to do a hard reset but these don't seem to work unless i'm doing something wrong? Windows mobile just boots up.
Is there anyway around this? Is there any ROMs of Windows Mobile out there from this thing that I could put on it to get around the password?
Please help, I have been looking all day for a solution to this and it's driving me crazy!
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Highly doubtful, the processors are most likely totally different
Sent from my HTC Hero using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk
Sorry for bringing back from the dead this thread.
I recently aquired a hero clone, an a6288 with the same specs as the one mentioned in this thread.
The phone after a few days of fooling around cannot boot. It hangs during boot up, right after it plays the windows opening sound. I am trying to hard reset it but I cannot find the correct key combination, can anyone help me with that?
Thanks in advance!
eloydark said:
Sorry for bringing back from the dead this thread.
I recently aquired a hero clone, an a6288 with the same specs as the one mentioned in this thread.
The phone after a few days of fooling around cannot boot. It hangs during boot up, right after it plays the windows opening sound. I am trying to hard reset it but I cannot find the correct key combination, can anyone help me with that?
Thanks in advance!
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On the real hero, it's menu, call and end call
But the fake is likely completely different.
Also based upon Windows not Android - so it could be anything - have you tried Ctrl + Alt + Del?
btdag said:
Also based upon Windows not Android - so it could be anything - have you tried Ctrl + Alt + Del?
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That seems to be the problem. The combination is different, I've tried every forum I can find, in russian, chinese, italian and pretty much anything google can give but no key combination seems to work. The company I bought it from seems to be irresponsible on the matter, and every responce I got from them was wrong.
Is there another way I can force the phone to reset? Through a computer via windows or linux?
eloydark said:
That seems to be the problem. The combination is different, I've tried every forum I can find, in russian, chinese, italian and pretty much anything google can give but no key combination seems to work. The company I bought it from seems to be irresponsible on the matter, and every responce I got from them was wrong.
Is there another way I can force the phone to reset? Through a computer via windows or linux?
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No idea. Pull the battery for a while? I honestly haven't a clue about these fakes. They are cheap for a reason I'm afraid
Try pressing every key and seeing what happens, try seeing if there is a pin slot as well and push that whilst trying all sorts of combos. Other the that, my only advice is to never buy a fake.
What did you do that broke it?
You must use the button of ignition and the key Volume + and Volume-.
We touch the key of volume and simultaneously you ignite the cel and it was entering Hard Rest.
i have the same china HERO G3 im newbie and i want to know if is possible to switch fro windows to android!thanks a lot
yannilupo said:
i have the same china HERO G3 im newbie and i want to know if is possible to switch fro windows to android!thanks a lot
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If it's a proper HTC Hero, it runs Android. If it's a fake, it runs WinMo.
So this doesn't sound to be a HTC Hero Which means no android for you afaik.
For those who want to know, after many emails with the company I bought it from, I came to understanding that even they don't know how to hard reset it. The final solution they provided was to return the product to them to fix it (if possible) or to replace it. So either way, I will do that, although I now have no trust on the device (it hanged for no apparent reason) and will probably never use it for anything more than a backup phone.
Final conclusion: Cheap chinese phones? NO-GO!
hello i have same phone with itallian language
i want move it into English ..
any one help how we can change this phone into english ?
Regards
Hi,
Anyone have a english rom for this phone?
home+menu+power on is the hard reset for this phone
volume down + reset button ( up ) and power
bumping a dead thread.
Trying to fix a friends phone, I installed a simple HTC cab and now the phone won't boot up.
It says Hero, but then doesnt start.
The hard reset keys listed so far don''t seem to be working.
Anyone know any other hard reset combos that might work?
Have any of you tried pressing ALL of the keys available?
The counterfit market is ridiculous.People should research before buying...My wife-to-be nearly got me a nexus one (fake) for £50 thinking it was a real N1 they even call them the Nexus one and Hero so surely that's patent copyright breach?I think they even say HTC on them!
Hey there. I rooted my x10 mini pro today, worked like a charm. But then I started (Quite stupidly) downloading a load of root-orientated apps from the market and I think one may have flashed my phone... But not properly. (Yeah I know, I should pay more attention.)
Anyway, the point is, my phone's kinda bricked. Instead of the standard homescreen; when I turn it on it's just some bad quality blueish background... with no buttons or widgets... And the fonts are now twice the original size. So there's no way of getting to any apps or settings etc. Also, on startup I get a few messages saying some processes have died a horrible death and the only option is to "force close" such processes. I once miraculously managed to get the homescreen back up briefly and stumble my way to the settings to do a reset, seemed to be working but I realised that when my phone booted back up it had just the same problems.
Yes, I've tried using PC Companion but the useless piece of [Insert profanity] claims it can't find the update and patronizingly asks me if I'm connected to the internet. Which I quite frankly am, so it can shove it's error code up it's bumhole. Both the "Repair" and "Update" options don't work.
So, the point of my rambling is that it'd be very kind of anyone who bothered to read all that to inform me of any way of doing a force restore on my x10 through some other method than PC Companion... Possibly through the Android SDK commands via command prompt like the methods used to actually root this thing.
I apologize for probably not making any sense, but it's 3:20 am and I've been trying to fix my phone for 5 hours and have seriously considered sticking my head in the oven.
Oh, if it helps, another way I might have bricked it is by following forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=743800 without knowing much about that ADB stuff. I know, call me an idiot, but I usually get out of these situations on my own. Wow. Haven't posted on a forum for ages.
Well ignoring my apparent agression, any help would be really appreciated and I'd owe you a beer.
Also, it's worth mentioning that I've tried flashing with Omnius and DavinciTeam to fix the problem and neither worked, but then again I don't know much about how to flash.
Well anyway I'm going to sleep now, had enough of staying awake staring at overly large fonted errors on my phone. Did that make sense? I'll be up in... 11 hours maybe. Then I'll see if any kind person has replied, and give them a cookie for the effort.
I talk nonsense when I'm tired, I really do.
You could try to 'debrand' your phone and then use the repair button @ pc companion. Look for the debrand topic started by SaintyUK.
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Rylo said:
You could try to 'debrand' your phone and then use the repair button @ pc companion. Look for the debrand topic started by SaintyUK.
Sent from my U20i using XDA App
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Thanks for the reply, but I cannot do that as it requires the phone to be in usb debug mode... I can't get it into that mode because I can't get into settings on my phone. Unless you know of any external way of getting the phone into debug mode?
i don't know how to get your telephone in usb debug mode.
Which firmware are you running atm?
And which root method did you use etc.
Just try to provide as much info as possible, might help other people brainstorm aswell.
You could try a reinstall of pc companion and try to repair it after that.
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i don't know how to get your telephone in usb debug mode.
Which firmware are you running atm?
And which root method did you use etc.
Just try to provide as much info as possible, might help other people brainstorm aswell.
You could try a reinstall of pc companion and try to repair it after that.
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Usb debug mode is needed for any ADB commands (Which you need for debranding and the method of rooting I used.)
I used the method I found here: android.doshaska.net/x10miniroot to root the phone.
I have tried to reinstall pc companion, 3 times now, and I still get the same error. If you like I could take a screenshot of the error?
Thanks for the reply.
Edit: Oh, and I'm not sure what firmware version I'm using. It was fully updated recently and was running Android 1.6 if that helps?
I had a similar problem with my PC Companion when I bricked my Mini Pro, it just would not download the firmware to reflash it. I wonder if there is a way to trick it into looking on your computer for it like when you jailbreak an iPhone? I ended up using DaVinci to reflash mine, it cost 10 Euro but worked a treat.
Yeah Jailbreaking is incredibly easy compared to rooting, but that's 'cause it's been around much longer I remember in the early days with my iPod touch 1G before the Appstore even existed, the Jailbreak method was just as difficult as rooting.
Another reason why it's easier to Jailbreak is because iTunes lets you choose the file to restore from (Common method of Jailbreaking) while PC Companion doesn't, as you pointed out.
Maybe there's away to edit the hosts file in windows so that PC Companion looks somewhere else for the file (So you can choose a flashed firmware) rather than the Sony Ericsson servers. I don't know xD Just guessing.
Anyway, I'd prefer not to pay out so I'd rather not use DaVinci. Omnius works in pretty much the same way, and it's free, but gives me errors.
I really am not sure if this works or helps, but pressing the HOME and Power Button togethar is "supposed" to Hard Reset the x10 mini. Might help.
I've rooted my phone the same and debranded. I meant that i dont know how to get your phone into USB debug mode in any other then through settings.
I'm kinda out of idea's and since there is so little response i doubt anyone knows what to do at the moment. So i suggest you provide as much information as possible so all those who are trying to help can brainstorm together .
As it seems, DaVinci could work, so at least you have some sort of backup if everything else fails. i don't think your telephone is completely lost anyway, you can get the phone to boot right? Only you can't actually navigate to.. anything/anywhere on the phone UI right?
You can provide a SS, it might help^^
Confused_Geek said:
I really am not sure if this works or helps, but pressing the HOME and Power Button togethar is "supposed" to Hard Reset the x10 mini. Might help.
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I already tried that It's supposedly meant to soft reset, I've heard, but doesn't seem to do anything. Thanks anyway.
Rylo said:
I've rooted my phone the same and debranded. I meant that i dont know how to get your phone into USB debug mode in any other then through settings.
I'm kinda out of idea's and since there is so little response i doubt anyone knows what to do at the moment. So i suggest you provide as much information as possible so all those who are trying to help can brainstorm together .
As it seems, DaVinci could work, so at least you have some sort of backup if everything else fails. i don't think your telephone is completely lost anyway, you can get the phone to boot right? Only you can't actually navigate to.. anything/anywhere on the phone UI right?
You can provide a SS, it might help^^
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I'm not sure I can think of any more information to provide, but if I manage to find out anything (Like that firmware version), I'll post it.
And yes that is a good point, atleast there's a method of restoring if all else fails, which is good.
Oh and what's an SS?
i don't think your telephone is completely lost anyway, you can get the phone to boot right? Only you can't actually navigate to.. anything/anywhere on the phone UI right?
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Yeah that's right. Well, almost, I can get into the notification tray... But there's only one notification that appears there, which is about Data roaming, so I can get into data roaming settings through that but no other settings
It may be worthwhile to point out again that the font sizes seem unusually large... May be a pointer to what went wrong?
Well thanks everyone anyway, I'll keep you updated.
Right, I gave in, using DavinciTeam's software and I've bought 10 credits.
I thought I'd post this incase someone else has had the same problem and didn't want to pay, it gave me some nice details:
ChipClass: MSM7227
Model: U20
Cert: 0001 / Red
OTP: 0001 / Red
CDA: 1238-0199
SW Version: 1235-3411 1.2.A.1.174
Language: WORLD-1-8 1.2.A.1.174
So I'm guessing my firmware version is 1.2.A.1.174
I'll tell you how the restore goes
Edit: Heh... Probably shouldn't have given you that IMEI number. Just incase. It's removed now.
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Heh... Probably shouldn't have given you that IMEI number. Just incase. It's removed now.
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Awwww you removed it? missed it by that much then!
And yes, I'd be interested to know how the DaVinci reset goes
In the lockscreen can you access the service menu?: you can access this menu by pressing, menu, back, back, menu, back, menu, menu, back.
Hopefully the restore goes well. Next time leave your phone in USB debug mode
DaVinci worked a charm. No problems at all. And very quick (Infact it finished just after my last post, but then I had to go out :L) But now it's not rooted ): Ah well, rooting isn't difficult I'll do it again right now. Anyway, so glad to have my phone working again xD rooted or not. Cost me £8.59 but was worth it. I only wish that there was a free clone of the DavinciTeam services. Well there is, but I mean one that worked xD
For anyone that needs to use DavinciTeam's services; there's no x10 mini pro option on the site, but x10 mini works fine (Even though the firmware version says E20i rather than U20i, but that didn't seem to matter).
@Rylo: Haha yes, I'll remember to do that next time I did last time... but then accidentally disabled it -.- oh well.
Thankyou so much for your help everyone. I owe everyone who replied a beer. Especially bingobadgo, for pointing out I could use DavinciTeam's services, and Rylo for generally being very helpful and replying to nearly everything xD
Probably wouldn't have a working phone right now if it weren't for you guys
Now, to Root again, and this time I'll be more careful xD
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I owe everyone who replied a beer.
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Sweetest thing I heard all day
Good to hear the phone is up and running. I'd flip like a turtle if that happened to me, considering I almost survive office hours on the phone!
*Hands Confused_Geek a beer*
Yes, it's very nice to have my phone running again xD And haha yup, smartphone's can be great distractions at work ;P
Anyway, phone's rooted again, any root apps you'd reccommend? And also, how do you enable the ability to install any app on the market regardless of what my network wants me to install? xD I thought rooting did that automatically, I was wrong
short reply, i'm in a hurry:
Marketacces/Marketfix
or
APKtor/APtoide, i thnk this program is for pirated APK's but it can also be used to install apps that aren't available since the x10 got a low res.
You'll have to use google to find repo's tho'
rooted apps i recommend: advanced taskkiller, root explorer, titanium backup (install busybox from titanium if it doesnt work, *help>install busybox), appbrain+fastweb installer, picme and shootme (for screenshots), Pingchat (you can message to android, blackberry and iphone users, www.pingchat.com, needs interwebz) last but not least >> XDA app << hmm the last few aren't rooted apps xD just regular apps ;p but still good! oh and install handcent sms for texting.
have fun!
Solution was right under your nose if you followed the instructions properly.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=749438
Thankyou Rylo for your post and PM, been downloading loads of rooted apps with APKtor
Do you need that Marketfix? Cause MarketAccess works fine... Though I can't seem to find the benefit of changing countries at the moment, that's not quite what I wanted so I guess Marketfix does what I wanted? Unless there's a country that has access to ALL apps?
Thanks anyway, those... repositories you mentioned in the PM are great Saved me some money on some apps Like Genoid (Great btw, I have nearly every sega megadrive game on my phone now )
Solution was right under your nose if you followed the instructions properly.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=749438
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I tried that, several times, didn't work for me. Those key combinations did nothing and I tried following the rest of the instruction regardless of that fact, but still came up with the same errors. Maybe that fix only works with specific PC Companion errors? I did look around everywhere before I posted this article, incase you think otherwise
Hi there. To cut a long story short I rooted my phone after like a day of buying it from brand new (T-Mobile branded). Then I proceeded to flash it three times, different files. I am confused now, because I definitely want it back to how it was - not sure about the T-Mobile branding though lol, since I am on a different network provider, plus also I do not want it rooted any longer.
Basically, I want this phone to be like it would be if you bought a brand new, sealed sim free phone if you understand. To do this, does it depend on my current kernel (flashed) or firmware or what (I have no idea about both of these, I can give you them if it helps, just tell me what to look for).... Thanks in advance.
dynamicbot said:
Hi there. To cut a long story short I rooted my phone after like a day of buying it from brand new (T-Mobile branded). Then I proceeded to flash it three times, different files. I am confused now, because I definitely want it back to how it was - not sure about the T-Mobile branding though lol, since I am on a different network provider, plus also I do not want it rooted any longer.
Basically, I want this phone to be like it would be if you bought a brand new, sealed sim free phone if you understand. To do this, does it depend on my current kernel (flashed) or firmware or what (I have no idea about both of these, I can give you them if it helps, just tell me what to look for).... Thanks in advance.
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use the search its on the top right of the screen
its better cuz ull get the info u need faster
just type ( back to stock ) or (unroot ) etc
qwerty warrior said:
use the search its on the top right of the screen
its better cuz ull get the info u need faster
just type ( back to stock ) or (unroot ) etc
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Hi thanks, yeah, but I am a bit thick to be honest even with those I got confused. I read different things like suitable for this firmware or that, I can't even find my firmware becasuse my phone just comes up with "Connection problem or inncorrect MMI" or something like that whenever I type a # code into the dialer.
I believe I am supposed to be already on the stock one??? Doesn't make sense.
Hi does it make ANY idfference at all if my phone was T-Mobile branded? I then went on to root and flash x 3 without looking into it too much, should I use a specific one because it was originally TMobile?
Read the post in dev section rr debranding.
jje
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Hi
I recently bought a broken Galaxy S2 with a non-working display/screen off a swiss auction portal (smiliar to eBay) for very little money.
The seller stated that the display broke after he dropped it, the rest of the phone should be fine. Effectively, only the LCD is broken, the glass is intact, but the screen doesn't show anything when I try to turn on the phone.
The first few times I tried to turn on the phone, nothing happened, no boot sound or touch buttons glowing. After trying several combinations of pressing buttons (hard reset, soft reset, download mode, recovery etc.) I heard the boot sound and saw the buttons glowing, but only once and I dont know how I exactly managed it to start. But, nevertheless, I can't really see what the phone is doing, if it is booting, if its in download mode, etc.
Does anyone have an idea, what I can/should do to make sure, the phone itself is working and its only the display which is broken? I just don't want to spend over $100 for a new display, if im not sure if the rest works...any suggestions?
Thanks very much for your help guys!
Greetings from Switzerland!
nkb88
How can anyone answer if the phone is going to be worth the cost of a new screen.It could be water damaged or blacklisted,or faulty.
Did you not foresee these things.What did you expect to happen.You must have trusted the seller,but all of a sudden you have doubts.Why didnt the seller replace the screen.
You probably think youve scored,when in fact it could work out more expensive than buying a working phone.
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theunderling said:
How can anyone answer if the phone is going to be worth the cost of a new screen.It could be water damaged or blacklisted,or faulty.
Did you not foresee these things.What did you expect to happen.You must have trusted the seller,but all of a sudden you have doubts.Why didnt the seller replace the screen.
You probably think youve scored,when in fact it could work out more expensive than buying a working phone.
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First of all, the mentioned auction platform is very small and not quite comparable to eBay, maybe it was my fault to make the comparison to eBay. Its much smaller, only people from Switzerland and people much trustworthier than on eBay. I talked to the seller even before I commited my bid on the phone, and he told me he already bought another one and the place, where he first wanted to repair it, told him, it would be more than $200, which wasnt an option for him...
The phone was very cheap, only about $25 - due to the fact that the sellar put it in a wrong category (mobile accessoires but not mobile devices itself) so almost nobody beside me bidded for the auction. There are several other Galaxy S2s with broken displays for sale, which sell at least for $50-70, rather between $100-150.
So to put it straight: I just bid for the phone because its cheap and, if the display is replaced and the phone is fully working again, the potential selling price is much higher than what I payed for the phone and the display together.
Now, I was just wondering, if there is a possibility to tell, if the phone boots normally and to be sure that the display is the only faulty part...
If you know what network it's on, and you can find a way to get it switched on, you can put a compatible sim card into it and call it....if the phone rings (provided the volume is set right) you can assume it's good.........
That is.....assuming there's charge in the battery.......
Sent from my rooted, de bloated, stock JB powered S2 via PhilZ kernel and XDA developers app
Ok I see now.
All you need to do then is to relist the phone on that auction site you said....in the proper area/listing....and you could make a profit without risk.
You could put it in dl mode and see if it is ready to take a flash.Or see if someone could hook up a screen to test,or see if you can borrow one/get sale or return.
And people on here help with tech problems,not get rich quick schemes......LOL
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theunderling said:
Ok I see now.
All you need to do then is to relist the phone on that auction site you said....in the proper area/listing....and you could make a profit without risk.
You could put it in dl mode and see if it is ready to take a flash.Or see if someone could hook up a screen to test,or see if you can borrow one/get sale or return.
And people on here help with tech problems,not get rich quick schemes......LOL
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Actually I could have bought the phone and relisted it in the proper category, you are right on that BUT I acually don't have any interest in making money with this phone, if it is fully working again, I probably will give it to my GF cause her crappy iFone will probalby be moving to the bin soon... You really probably missunderstood me in this case...
But thanks for you help! I'll see this evening if I can put it in download mode...
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If you know what network it's on, and you can find a way to get it switched on, you can put a compatible sim card into it and call it....if the phone rings (provided the volume is set right) you can assume it's good.........
That is.....assuming there's charge in the battery.......
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Thats also a good idea BUT afaik you need to enter a PIN code before the phone actually connects to the carrier/provider, isn't that correct?
Not necessarily......unless the phone has been set up that way post purchase.....as I said, you need to know what carrier the phone was with before, and simply go and get a sim card (pay as you go) for that carrier and put it in the phone....job done.
It's not necessary to enter a pin code here in the UK.....I don't know how the mobile operators operare with respect to that in Switzerland though......
Sent from my rooted, de bloated, stock JB powered S2 via PhilZ kernel and XDA developers app
How about if you cant "borrow' a screen,just buy one off eBay from a seller that takes it back with a small restocking fee.
Then hook it up(without fixing it permanently) and see if any problems me/keith mentioned.
Look near the end of this video in this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25438587
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Okay, i managed to connect the phone to my computer and it shows up in KIES! *yay*
Unfortunately, KIES shows: "The connected device is locked..."
But, as far as this looks like, the phone is working! Am I right on this?
I dont know much about kies as I dont use it.Maybe its not an unbranded phone and youve put in a different sim its not used to.
Unless someone has a better idea,I think buying the screen under the conditions I said earlier is the way to go.It may only lose you £15 at the worst.
Check the online imei checket first though to see if it throws amything up.
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I dont know much about kies as I dont use it.Maybe its not an unbranded phone and youve put in a different sim its not used to.
Unless someone has a better idea,I think buying the screen under the conditions I said earlier is the way to go.It may only lose you £15 at the worst.
Check the online imei checket first though to see if it throws amything up.
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I haven't put in a SIM at all, as it is not neccesary to be able to use the phone.
I will buy a screen anyway, if I can't use it myself, I will give it to a frend who has also got a smashed S2.
Another question: Is it possible to hard reset the phone, without a working screen? Afaik you have to boot into recovery and select the reset from a menu, which is not really possible without having a working display... Any suggestions?
Thanks!
Someone has just posted this utility.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=43448133
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Someone has just posted this utility.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=43448133
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Thanks, but with the phone being locked, i cannot do anything, also not install any apps...
How can I reset the phone without the screen? Or can someone tell me which buttons to press in recovery menu to do a wipe/reset?
Thanks!
That in itself could cause you issues. You have to get the number of and order of presses exactly right otherwise you could end up formatting the system partition (os)
Aaaaand.....you don't know whether you're running 4.0.4 in which case, doing a wipe *may* permanently kill your phone (search emmc brickbug for the why/how)......
Realistically the only option is to obtain a screen......have you thought of taking the phone to an unofficial repairer, explaining the situation and asking for the temporary instore use of a screen? (You could even offer to pay a small fee.....just as a sweetener)
Sent from my rooted, de bloated, stock JB powered S2 via PhilZ kernel and XDA developers app
nkb88 said:
Thanks, but with the phone being locked, i cannot do anything, also not install any apps...
How can I reset the phone without the screen? Or can someone tell me which buttons to press in recovery menu to do a wipe/reset?
Thanks!
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That mymobiler didnt look like an app to me.The other thing that was mentioned was an app that needed root.
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maybe your an iphone expert
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keithross39 said:
That in itself could cause you issues. You have to get the number of and order of presses exactly right otherwise you could end up formatting the system partition (os)
Aaaaand.....you don't know whether you're running 4.0.4 in which case, doing a wipe *may* permanently kill your phone (search emmc brickbug for the why/how)......
Realistically the only option is to obtain a screen......have you thought of taking the phone to an unofficial repairer, explaining the situation and asking for the temporary instore use of a screen? (You could even offer to pay a small fee.....just as a sweetener)
Sent from my rooted, de bloated, stock JB powered S2 via PhilZ kernel and XDA developers app
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You are right - thats really too risky. As I said, i'm going to order a screen now and we'll see how things work out! Thanks for your help! I'll keep this thread updated with my progess.
Cheers! :good:
nkb88 said:
You are right - thats really too risky. As I said, i'm going to order a screen now and we'll see how things work out! Thanks for your help! I'll keep this thread updated with my progess.
Cheers! :good:
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Got a new screen and everything is working smoothly!
Thanks for your support! :good:
PS: Any recommendable, FAST rom without too much bloatware?
Cheerio!
Lol....not gonna recommend a specific ROM as that's against XDAs rules......but if you want the stability of stock without the bloat, try one of the hybrid ROMs. Look for "samsung based" in the ROM sticky thread.....or do what I've done. ....stay with your stock firmware, but root it and debloat it.......
My Wife says I'm a phone geek.....
I'd have to agree.....
Hey guys,
So i've been looking quite a bit for a solution for this crap lock that google puts us through.
My girlfriend's father has given me his phone just to try and help him get out of this issue and since I already delt with an FRP lock before (found some side steps to bypass the lock on a Samsung S7 somethg for a friend) I thought it would be the same kind of deal here. Problem is that this phone is like a real alien and very few people actually buy it I guess. Thus not much info or ressources on the internet/forums so far.
The issue basically is that the phone is on FRP lock after a factory reset and my gf's father account is not working because phone tells us the password has been changed less than 24hrs ago. Thing is it's been a few weeks now and the phone has been off for some days and the message is still there preventing us to login. Yes the password and account credentials are correct.
Of course i've looked into the XDA forums and did find a guide for rooting and flashing back to stock, but this implies that you actually log into the phone and turn the dev mode ON, which i obviously can't do here.
I already have a bit of experience with android since I've been doing root and custom roms installations for a few years now, but this phone is kind of a weird thing on the market to be honest. Even finding a stock ROM for it is already a challenge in itself.
Any help or input appreciated, thanks.
Combination file
Have you tried flashing the combination file using Odin? Check out this guide on (combinationfirmware) dot com.. sorry it won't let me post a link. Go to that website
Other option. Go to ebay. People charge as low as $5 to install stock rom .. hope this helps.
dmhampe said:
Have you tried flashing the combination file using Odin? Check out this guide on (combinationfirmware) dot com.. sorry it won't let me post a link. Go to that website
Other option. Go to ebay. People charge as low as $5 to install stock rom .. hope this helps.
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Hi there,
Thanks for the suggestion but this is a CATERPILLAR S60 not a Samsung unfortunately... I don't think it would work? I'm afraid I might brick it if I use this combination firmware. Also your website seems to imply it's specifically designed for Samsung phones so...
Lightkeepernc said:
Hi there,
Thanks for the suggestion but this is a CATERPILLAR S60 not a Samsung unfortunately... I don't think it would work? I'm afraid I might brick it if I use this combination firmware. Also your website seems to imply it's specifically designed for Samsung phones so...
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Its possible go to www.gsmzambia.com
They can remove it in few minutes for you