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hi guy
i have just brought a unlocked 32Mb XDA i want i to use my orange sim card which has 2 lines on it. But the XDA own Recognizes line 1.
Why is this please does any one know how i can change over lines.
Thanks Robert
I think it is not possible to change lines. XDA doesn't support ALS service...
hi Zviratko
please can you tell me what ALS stand for. Is there relly nothing that i can do to get it to work.
thanks Robs
ALS stands for Alternat(iv)e Line Service, it allows to "numbers" or services to be active concurrently on one active SIM. I think it's what you are talking about
I don't know, try searching there and look for "ALS", or try pdaphonehome.com
Their is a code you can enter before the phone number which will tell Orange the call is coming from line 2,
in much the same was as RCT is automatically added to the start of every text message is you have selected to revieve delivery reports,
What the code is I dont know, try uk.telecom.mobile
Russell
[email protected]
Does anyone actually know what this code is? I tried uk.telecom.mobile and they seem to think it's a crazy idea!
Cheers,
Jason
The ROMkitchen now offers theft protection in ROM
Thanks to Charles Warner, who answered our call for a coding volunteer, we now have an advanced theft protection system. It's called IIWPO, which stands for Interesting Interactions With the Previous Owner.
Simply go to the ROMkitchen and create a ROM with the theft protection feature turned on. Enter your name as you will enter it in the 'Owner Information', and a GSM number of a friend that you want to send the messages to.
Then when someone steals your phone, they probably want to either change the name of the owner, or cold boot the phone altogether. Either way, the device detects that the owner name doesn't contain your name at the next wakeup, and sends one or more SMS messages to the number you set. In the best case, the new 'owner' provided address and all other relevant information. If he/she didn't, at least you have the new phone number of your phone.
How it works:
Registry settings:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\XDA-developers\IIWPO]
Owner: set to owner name device is tied too (this is the master check, won't send a sms if user changed to this one)
LastOwner: set to owner name device is tied too (this one changes as the user name changes, simply to detect changes)
ReportNumber: set to phone number to report changes too.
Files:
IIWPO_main.exe goes in \windows
IIWPO_startup.exe goes in \windows\startup
it sends one of two text messages if the owner details are changed, if they are set to "nothing", then it sends :-
"Name not set, will pick up details if user changes name again"
if the name is filled in it sends :-
"Name : <user name> (<company name>), email : <email address>, phone : <phone number>" this string is guaranteed less than 160 characters.
if the Address will fit in the same text message, it is appeneded as ",Add : <address>", otherwise a seperate text message containing the address is sent.
what if they were to cold boot it? wouldnt that erase the s.w? or is it in the rom?
also what if they put a sim in with no cred?
lmk cheers
gaz
If you read the article carefully, you would know... It's directly on the first line: "The ROMkitchen now offers theft protection in ROM" 8)
If they put in a SIM with no credit, no SMS will be sent, I think... :shock:
gazzaman2k said:
also what if they put a sim in with no cred?
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It will send as soon as it can...
By other words - when the Thief buys a new credit :lol:
This is amazing. Well done once again!!!
I have one additional suggestion. Please see http://www.psiloc.com/?id=prod&nrp=53 for a cool application running on Symbian. If one has access to similar APIs on the XDA to get cell info it would be trivial to include location data in the SMS message sent when the device is stolen. This way it could be actually possible to locate it.
And a question, when the SMS is sent by this hidden process does it still generate Message Sent baloons? It would be good if it did not. Thanks for all your efforts.
k_kirk said:
[...]This way it could be actually possible to locate it.
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We don't yet have an easy way to get the location data without doing really weird things. (ROM 3.19.x GER has it, but it's not easily transplanted to other ROMs). Work is in progress though...
And a question, when the SMS is sent by this hidden process does it still generate Message Sent baloons? It would be good if it did not.
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It doesn't. You get to be the first to tell the new 'owner' about the feature.
do u have to re flash ur rom......or can this be integrated into existing roms....without re flashing....if so....what files and reg settings nessecary..
Great idea.....well done!
xdaeire said:
do u have to re flash ur rom......or can this be integrated into existing roms....without re flashing....if so....what files and reg settings nessecary..
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You need to flash the ROM.
I am a little confused about how this works. I went to jeffs kitchen, cooked a rom with the anti theft featur, but it didnt ask any questions of me. I have now flashed the rom to the XDA, am I missing something?
cruisin-thru said:
I am a little confused about how this works. I went to jeffs kitchen, cooked a rom with the anti theft featur, but it didnt ask any questions of me. I have now flashed the rom to the XDA, am I missing something?
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Try setting the owner name to something other than your own name you set in the kitchen, make the device go to standby, wake it up again, and see if your friend gets the SMS.
I maybe didnt read in the kitchen all the details, I wasnt asked for my owner details there, when the kitchen gets rebuilt I will make a return visit.
Theft Protection
All this assumes of course that the thief hasn't heard about XDA-Developers and the means to flash ROMs
Re: Theft Protection
ianlake said:
All this assumes of course that the thief hasn't heard about XDA-Developers and the means to flash ROMs
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Yep. IIWPO builds on the assumption there are significantly more people that do not know about its existence than people that do. It builds on SBO: Security By Obscurity, which is usually not a very good concept for security design. But it is adequate in this circumstance, given that it's very hard to build something which would be secure against a knowing attacker without modifying the hardware or messing with bootloader and OS in such a way that the attacker cannot load a new OS. But then the attacker could just use JTAG. And even if he she could not: given the cheap supply of units with broken screens which are incredibly expensive to fix, the screen is by far the most valuable part.
Ive cooked a 4.00.05 Rom with this feature.
Ive checked and confirm that the following are installed:
\Windows\IIWPO_main.exe
\Windows\IIWPO_startup.exe
\Windows\StartUp\IIWPO_startup.exe
And In The Registry:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\XDA-developers\IIWPO\
LastOwner MY Name
Owner My Name
ReportNumber Friend's Mobile No.
To test:
I changed the owner name in Settings\Owner Information to a different name and then
>>Try setting the owner name to something other than your own name you set in the kitchen, make the device go to standby, wake it up again, and see if your friend gets the SMS.
DOES NOT WORK
or
solf reset
DOES NOT WORK
Anyone get this to work? Can you tell me what ive done wrong?
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Anyone get this to work? Can you tell me what ive done wrong?
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Everything looks right. Are you sure you have entered your friend's number in international format, starting with a '+' ?
Working now.
Yes its the "+"
Thank You Peter Poelman
xda developers...I think the theft protection is not working now in the kitchen??
is there something which could be done to get it up again?? I really love this feature...
when i reset my xda it sent a text to my dad as i have his number on it...
but now it doesnt send none at all i changed it to my name then i decided um i want to try it out to see if it works so i put in noddy and pressed ok but no text :| so i restarted the xda and it still didnt send no text so i just put it back to normal and left it at that :\
gazzaman2k said:
when i reset my xda it sent a text to my dad as i have his number on it...
but now it doesnt send none at all i changed it to my name then i decided um i want to try it out to see if it works so i put in noddy and pressed ok but no text :| so i restarted the xda and it still didnt send no text so i just put it back to normal and left it at that :\
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it performs its checks on wakeup, I am unsure if soft-reset (what I figure you mean by restarted) would trigger the check. Change your name to noddy, turn it off, and turn it back on again.
I've had my device running at least a month now without hard reset, and just changed name to noddy, turned it off, and back on again, and it sent the relevant text message.
If you are sure it isn't working email me at [email protected] and we'll find out what the problem is.
..Chuck..
I have installed and uninstalled adreas falke Weather database program v1.2 so many times it is ridiculous I have read EVERY thread I could find on how people solved there issues with this program and not one of the worked for me. Now when I try to reinstall the program and access it it says "File right protection could not be removed" this is after i cleared the storage and installed all my contacts and installed the .net version 3.5 for the third time this week. Someone on this forum told me to download the program and cancel in the middle and that would take care of the problem, NOPE. So before, my problem was I got my city on there and it always said the high and low were 32 degrees, now I can even get the program to work so I can add my city again. Can someone with more knowledge than me please help me with my frustrations, I feel like the weather tab on my phone is absolutely useless to me at this point and I hope there is someone who can help me thanks for reading. Please help
I had to install a 1.1 version that someone hacked. Get the modified cab at the bottom of the first post.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=408918
OK Now what do I do???????
I got the 1.1 modified version installed now when i add my city it is high and low of 32 all the time and when I hit update it goes from sunny to moon and cloudy each minute this in exactly how i put my city in maybe I am doing it wrong
United States
IL
DeKalb
NAM/US/DEKALB/IL
maybe that is wrong on accuweather there is a zipcode to so I am going to try it like that now thanks for the help with the program can you please help me with this now
I used my zip code as the accuweather code.
just your zip code????
Vuoala You are the man mtg1974 i never thought just the zipcode would work because every other thread you read says "you must enter the accuweather zipcode exactly the way it is in your URL" so I never even thought to just put my zipcode in that box you are a genius I wish there were some way to thank you like in other forums
I'm glad I was able to help. I can't take credit for the answer though. I found it here the other night when I was adding my town to my weather database.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=408918
3. bis For US cities :
- thx obender : for example Hickery, NC, Accuweather URL is http://www.accuweather.com/us/nc/hic...u=1&traveler=1
You see the portion "us/nc/hickory". To obtain the locCode, you have to prefix it with NAM|
So, it gives, for our example : NAM|US|<state>|<city> i.e. NAM|US|NC|HICKORY
- thx duofold : instead of the complete locCode as mentioned above, you can only use the zip code : just input the zip code of your city in the "Accu Weather Code" field (and, of course enter in a state & city in the other fields).
Right, I guess this is really a UK-only question, but Orange have this thing called Signal Boost, which routes your phone signal through any Wi-fi that you're connected to. So even if you have no signal whatsoever, as long as you have Wifi signal you have full signal. I have NO signal at the house I've just moved to, and NO signal at my new workplace, so having a phone contract for me now is pretty much useless.
Along came Orange Signal Boost, which I happened to notice one day on my Galaxy S II, which was a lifesaver. But I was pickpocketed last weekend whilst on holiday. To await the cheque from the insurance company I took the initiative and bought myself a Galaxy SIII with stock Orange ROM, and to my disgust Signal Boost is not on there.
This is NOT available in Google Play store or on the orange web site. It either in the ROM or not.
I've tried various Orange ROMs and none of them have it for the S III. Why would Orange stop making such an important piece of software?
I've been looking at other ways of getting it on there. I've used CWM, Odin and Mobile Odin so I'm OK with using these. Does anyone know of an alternative to Orange Signal Boost, or someone that's made it available for Galaxy S III?
This topic is covered on this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1432205 but it's from the time before the S III.
I can't get it to work, however I don't understand this line - "You have to Edit your build.prop to have this line rild.libpath=/system/lib/librilswitch.so"
Can someone explain how I would do this. My phone is rooted by the way. How do I edit this file?
Thanks for any advice on this, because as it stands now I'm gonna have to sell it on and get my hands on another S II.
You need to pay for an app called "rootexplorer" then it will be in "system", long hold and choose "open with text editor" then edit appropriate line. But in my opinion buddy, editing the build.prop could do more harm than good, me personally I would never edit my build.prop, I would get in touch with orange and ask them about the app that's missing. Of course its entirely up to you but I'd steer clear of the build.prop
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda premium
speedyjay said:
You need to pay for an app called "rootexplorer" then it will be in "system", long hold and choose "open with text editor" then edit appropriate line. But in my opinion buddy, editing the build.prop could do more harm than good, me personally I would never edit my build.prop, I would get in touch with orange and ask them about the app that's missing. Of course its entirely up to you but I'd steer clear of the build.prop
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda premium
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OK, thanks for your advice. I've emailed Orange, but I doubt I'll get anywhere with that - I think they're generally quite useless with things like that.
I think I will give a go at editing the build.prop, because at the moment my phone is of limited use to me. First question, if I mess things up, I'd be able to do a factory restore and have the file restored, right? Or will reflashing not replace the file?
Secondly, before I go fiddling about, are we all sure that there is no alternative app I can install, one that can send my phone signal through my Wifi router? It's a shame that the whole world isn't using Viber then I wouldn't have a problem.
meirionwyllt said:
Right, I guess this is really a UK-only question, but Orange have this thing called Signal Boost, which routes your phone signal through any Wi-fi that you're connected to. So even if you have no signal whatsoever, as long as you have Wifi signal you have full signal. I have NO signal at the house I've just moved to, and NO signal at my new workplace, so having a phone contract for me now is pretty much useless.
Along came Orange Signal Boost, which I happened to notice one day on my Galaxy S II, which was a lifesaver. But I was pickpocketed last weekend whilst on holiday. To await the cheque from the insurance company I took the initiative and bought myself a Galaxy SIII with stock Orange ROM, and to my disgust Signal Boost is not on there.
This is NOT available in Google Play store or on the orange web site. It either in the ROM or not.
I've tried various Orange ROMs and none of them have it for the S III. Why would Orange stop making such an important piece of software?
I've been looking at other ways of getting it on there. I've used CWM, Odin and Mobile Odin so I'm OK with using these. Does anyone know of an alternative to Orange Signal Boost, or someone that's made it available for Galaxy S III?
This topic is covered on this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1432205 but it's from the time before the S III.
I can't get it to work, however I don't understand this line - "You have to Edit your build.prop to have this line rild.libpath=/system/lib/librilswitch.so"
Can someone explain how I would do this. My phone is rooted by the way. How do I edit this file?
Thanks for any advice on this, because as it stands now I'm gonna have to sell it on and get my hands on another S II.
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Yopu can actually do this without a paid app. You can either use a build.prop editor or solid file explorer which are both free in the market. I would advise to use build.prop editor as it is more user friendly and you can do a full backup of your build.prop before starting any modifications within the application. Links to applications bellow.
build.prop editor
Solid Explorer
For solid explorer follow above instructions, for build.prop editor, instructions bellow:
1 backup current build.prop
2 add new entry (top right icon)
3 Property Name = rild.libpath
4 Property Key = /system/lib/librilswitch.so
5 click the tick box in top right corner to save
6 exit build.prop and reboot your device
3&4 values taken from your comment
All changes have now been made and should be active.
IIIIkoolaidIIII said:
Yopu can actually do this without a paid app. You can either use a build.prop editor or solid file explorer which are both free in the market. I would advise to use build.prop editor as it is more user friendly and you can do a full backup of your build.prop before starting any modifications within the application. Links to applications bellow.
build.prop editor
Solid Explorer
For solid explorer follow above instructions, for build.prop editor, instructions bellow:
1 backup current build.prop
2 add new entry (top right icon)
3 Property Name = rild.libpath
4 Property Key = /system/lib/librilswitch.so
5 click the tick box in top right corner to save
6 exit build.prop and reboot your device
3&4 values taken from your comment
All changes have now been made and should be active.
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Hey thanks for the step by step. I'm pretty sure I followed it exactly, but when I rebooted into CWM Recovery Mode and re-tried installing the Signal Boost zip file I still get the same error, which is...
E: Error in /sdcard/Signal_boost_uma.zip
(Status 0)
Installation aborted.
Any ideas?
I phoned Orange and the guy said that the Galaxy S III doesn't have Orange Signal Boost because it is not an UMA-compatible phone. He said that
1) Do you think he's accurate in what he's saying?
2) If so, d'you think that that's the reason why I can't get the zip file to install?
2) What makes one phone UMA-compatible and another not? Is it in the ROM? Does Jelly Bean on the Galaxy S III have UMA?
3) If UMA is a ROM thing, does anyone know of a custom ROM someone's done for the Galaxy S III that is UMA-compatible?
Thanks.
meirionwyllt said:
Hey thanks for the step by step. I'm pretty sure I followed it exactly, but when I rebooted into CWM Recovery Mode and re-tried installing the Signal Boost zip file I still get the same error, which is...
E: Error in /sdcard/Signal_boost_uma.zip
(Status 0)
Installation aborted.
Any ideas?
I phoned Orange and the guy said that the Galaxy S III doesn't have Orange Signal Boost because it is not an UMA-compatible phone. He said that
1) Do you think he's accurate in what he's saying?
2) If so, d'you think that that's the reason why I can't get the zip file to install?
2) What makes one phone UMA-compatible and another not? Is it in the ROM? Does Jelly Bean on the Galaxy S III have UMA?
3) If UMA is a ROM thing, does anyone know of a custom ROM someone's done for the Galaxy S III that is UMA-compatible?
Thanks.
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UMA - Unlicensed Mobile Access (or GAN - Generic Network Access as it is also known), is a hardware based feature. I would be surprised if this is not supported in the specifications of a modern handset. I am looking into the GS3 now and will have a proper look over the forum you mentioned. Though the error message looks like it's with the ZIP your trying to flash? Is this happening at the flashing stage? If so your zip may have been corrupted, if it is try downloading again and try again build.prop will have no influence over zip flashing.
[Update] The GS3 does support UMA, so it's the software side where the issue resides.
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1. He's Inaccurate.
2. Would not affect the flashing of a zip file.
3. UMA is hardware dependent with supporting software obviously.
4. While this may have something to do with the ROM's themselves, i.e. it not being activated, though the above zip seems to onctain everything required to activate it, the lib files are the software libraries in android, sort of equivalent to drivers on a desktop.
the call recording voice announcement, is great , but unneeded in countries that dont have that restrictive law.
since i live there, is there a way around it since google wants the world to follow a few local laws that dont apply globally?
anyone know where the sound file is for the voice announcement that could be replaced with a silent file?
or some other hack to remove it?
( ive tried a few apps that claim to do it but they are 3 months old and not working)
(its not in /system/media/audio/)
update
(should be /data_mirror/data_ce/null/0/com.google.android.dialer/files/callrecordingprompt)
so far if the two files in there are deleted then the are recreated on the next call
and if the files are replaced with something else like silent files, recording fails.
( i changed permisions to match the old files, maybe someone has a better way )
anyone know of a up to date hacked dialer or a magisk module or something the whole world is not under the laws of the USA for call recording.
nutzfreelance said:
the call recording voice announcement, is great , but unneeded in countries that dont have that restrictive law.
since i live there, is there a way around it since google wants the world to follow a few local laws that dont apply globally?
anyone know where the sound file is for the voice announcement that could be replaced with a silent file?
or some other hack to remove it?
( ive tried a few apps that claim to do it but they are 3 months old and not working)
(its not in /system/media/audio/)
update
(should be /data_mirror/data_ce/null/0/com.google.android.dialer/files/callrecordingprompt)
so far if the two files in there are deleted then the are recreated on the next call
and if the files are replaced with something else like silent files, recording fails.
( i changed permisions to match the old files, maybe someone has a better way )
anyone know of a up to date hacked dialer or a magisk module or something the whole world is not under the laws of the USA for call recording.
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try magisk module : axet's call recorder
nutzfreelance said:
the call recording voice announcement, is great , but unneeded in countries that dont have that restrictive law.
since i live there, is there a way around it since google wants the world to follow a few local laws that dont apply globally?
anyone know where the sound file is for the voice announcement that could be replaced with a silent file?
or some other hack to remove it?
( ive tried a few apps that claim to do it but they are 3 months old and not working)
(its not in /system/media/audio/)
update
(should be /data_mirror/data_ce/null/0/com.google.android.dialer/files/callrecordingprompt)
so far if the two files in there are deleted then the are recreated on the next call
and if the files are replaced with something else like silent files, recording fails.
( i changed permisions to match the old files, maybe someone has a better way )
anyone know of a up to date hacked dialer or a magisk module or something the whole world is not under the laws of the USA for call recording.
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This works for me: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/mod-root-googledialermod.4330055/
lackalil said:
This works for me: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/mod-root-googledialermod.4330055/
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yes i have tried that one, it enabled the menu option but in that menu it said it was not available in my country.
i updated the phone app and now its recording...without the announcement
( i was sure i did that before with a fail)
it pays to try all the options more then once.