Hello.
I am cancelling my personal contract as I have a company supplied win 7 phone but would like to continue to use the apps on my android at home using the WiFi.
I have tried it without the sim but I cannot get past the 'no sim detected' screen after turning it on. The only options are shut down or restart.
Is there any modification, setting or app I can use to bypass the requirement for an active sim card?
A google search didn't give any answers, I'm hoping someone here could help?
Thank you.
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So I had a thought that I could transfer my contract to a pay as you go. But I would have to top up every once in a while to keep the payg working. I'm not keen on the idea of having to pay to use a device I own - however small a sum.
Anyone have any ideas?
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Is the phone rooted? Is USB debugging enabled? One option is to install third-party firmware / ROMs which would help you use the phone the way you like.
No I've never felt the need to root it, my tinkering days left me with my win mo 6.5 phone!
Is it still the case that certain apps won't run on a phone that has been rooted? Banking apps are ones that spring to mind.
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Forgot to mention what is USB Debugging?
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If you are rooted then you can run all apps...if you aren't rooted then some apps wont work.
Go im settings-application-development check or uncheck twice usb debugging and it'll tell you what it is
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Nasher79 said:
No I've never felt the need to root it, my tinkering days left me with my win mo 6.5 phone!
Is it still the case that certain apps won't run on a phone that has been rooted? Banking apps are ones that spring to mind.
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There is no reason any app won't work after rooting, like coolprateek.kumar said, there are only apps which won't work without root. Also, if any app (like banking app) is designed to not run on phones without root, you can reject the root request from that app - which would make it believe that the phone is not rooted and run fine. Rooting gives you lot of additional benefits including for example delete the app that blocks with "no sim detected" when you boot without sim.
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Forgot to mention what is USB Debugging?
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USB debugging lets you login to your phone from a PC through a USB connection and do many things like execute commands, install / uninstall apps, copy files from and to the phone. The previous poster has given how to enable USB debugging - once enabled, connect your phone to a PC, install something called 'adb drivers' for your PC and you would have access to your phone from PC. If you have this setup, you can boot without SIM and see which app is running in the foreground (no sim detected) and try to kill the app process and see if it works. You can do such experiments and make your phone work without SIM.
I would also highly recommend you install Cyanogenmod or AOKP which would by default work without a SIM, and much better than the stock OS.
coolprateek.kumar said:
If you are rooted then you can run all apps...if you aren't rooted then some apps wont work.
Go im settings-application-development check or uncheck twice usb debugging and it'll tell you what it is
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There is no reason any app won't work after rooting, like coolprateek.kumar said, there are only apps which won't work without root. Also, if any app (like banking app) is designed to not run on phones without root, you can reject the root request from that app - which would make it believe that the phone is not rooted and run fine. Rooting gives you lot of additional benefits including for example delete the app that blocks with "no sim detected" when you boot without sim.
USB debugging lets you login to your phone from a PC through a USB connection and do many things like execute commands, install / uninstall apps, copy files from and to the phone. The previous poster has given how to enable USB debugging - once enabled, connect your phone to a PC, install something called 'adb drivers' for your PC and you would have access to your phone from PC. If you have this setup, you can boot without SIM and see which app is running in the foreground (no sim detected) and try to kill the app process and see if it works. You can do such experiments and make your phone work without SIM.
I would also highly recommend you install Cyanogenmod or AOKP which would by default work without a SIM, and much better than the stock OS.
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Excellent info there chaps, thanks for your replies. Ill give it a whirl as soon as time allows me.
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Anyone know of a good free reboot app that doesnt requre a rooted device. Preferably just a button on the home screen that i press.
Any reccomendations?
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I have been looking for something similar myself but haven't found anything other than a task-killer which doesn't really re-start.
I've been using fast reboot which seems to work OK.....I think, it doesn't actually reboot the phone like, its more like a complete task killer that kills almost everything (including some of the core stuff) and freshes the phone, I get about most of my ram freed up (240mb) and the phone starts to run smooth again, but sometimes I still prefer to do a manual power down and up again.
switch pro has a reboot button on there widget, think it might need root tho for any reboot app to work
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switch pro has a reboot button on there widget, think it might need root tho for any reboot app to work
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Yeah, it works great but needs root. With Universal Androot it is so easy to root, plus you can use Barnacle Wifi Tether (You have to find the .apk as its blocked in the market on Att 1.6.
extended controls has a reboot widget, I'm rooted so I couldn't tell you if it works if you are not??
Probably been asked a thouswnd times but has anyone got a link to a rooting guide for streak. Also will it affect my ability to receive updates for o2?
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Try QuickBoot in the android market
it has options for reboot, recovery and bootloader only the first option works on the sreak, i have emailed the dev but no response o_0
Its pretty cool coz you can have shortcut on your homescreen for them
I "successfully" rooted my Atrix using SuperOneClick and have the superuser app. I was able to install and user Titanium Backup. But for some reason whenever I try using an app to screen shot, the app asks for super user perms... Then fails, telling me that my phone isn't rooted. The apps appear in the superuser app as having the correct permissions. This happened with ShootMe and ScreenShot It. Any suggestions?
My best suggestion is to reboot then try it. The second may be the app may need to be updated for Atrix compatability.
I have rebooted the phone several times (as per GetaPhixx's recommendation in his youtube vid) but, that didnt work). I guess I will wait for an update. Do you know of any screen shot apps that are usable on the Atrix?
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I have rebooted the phone several times (as per GetaPhixx's recommendation in his youtube vid) but, that didnt work). I guess I will wait for an update. Do you know of any screen shot apps that are usable on the Atrix?
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I just unistalled Shoot Me this morning after not being able to run it on my Atrix. I'm fairly sure your problems are not the result of a bad root. If you try other "rootable" apps, they will work fine (mine do), but the screen capture apps - specifically Shoot Me don't seem to work with the Atrix. I'm running Barnacle, CacheMate and Titanium (that all need root unlocking) with no problem.
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I just unistalled Shoot Me this morning after not being able to run it on my Atrix. I'm fairly sure your problems are not the result of a bad root. If you try other "rootable" apps, they will work fine (mine do), but the screen capture apps - specifically Shoot Me don't seem to work with the Atrix. I'm running Barnacle, CacheMate and Titanium (that all need root unlocking) with no problem.
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I was having the same problem with screen capt apps but I don't have an sd card installed yet and figured that was the problem... Do you have an sd card on yours?
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Make sure you have USB zdebugging on when you are using the application; however if it is saying that you aren't rooted at all then.... you should try doing the thing again.
When you plug it in, make sure the USB setting is set to none.
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FLAC Vest said:
Make sure you have USB zdebugging on when you are using the application; however if it is saying that you aren't rooted at all then.... you should try doing the thing again.
When you plug it in, make sure the USB setting is set to none.
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Same problem here, too. I did these as well, to no avail.
Here is the method I discovered for root access. Yes, it requires the HD Station. There is currently no way around that. You have to download and extract pulse.tar in webtop. There is no other way I know of that will work. You can use adb or Android Terminal Emulator instead of ssh, but you are on your own. With those, expect problems with your PATH.
I have surprise for another day now.
Please donate with the "Donate to me" button on the top left of this post, if you are willing. I don't promise anything new in the future. It would just be a thank you for this hack.
Here is a very nicely done pdf with screenshots, done by twospirits.
Instructions with screenshots
Here is a very nice Youtube tutorial:
Youtube tutorial
Requirements:
HD Station
Sprint Photon
HDMI cable that came with HD Station
Monitor or TV with open HDMI port
Wifi connection on the phone
Computer with network access to the phone
Steps:
1. Install Superuser from the Market
2. Install SSHDroid from the Market
3. Open SSHDroid, and make sure it is listening on port 2222
4. Connect Photon to HD Station
5. Connect HDMI to HD Station and TV/Monitor
6. Turn TV/Monitor on
7. Change TV/Monitor input to HDMI
8. Open Firefox in webtop
9. Go to http://higgs.cygnusx-1.org/~edgan/pulse.tar
10. Open it instead of saving
11. Extract pulse.tar to /var/tmp
12. Connect to phone via ssh at ip address mentioned in SSHDroid and port 2222
13. Type /var/tmp/pulse/pa_race
14. Type /var/tmp/pulse/install-su.sh
15. Type rm -rf /var/tmp/pulse*
SSH:
Windows:
http://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/latest/x86/putty.exe
Linux, in terminal window:
ssh -p 2222 [email protected]
Mac, in terminal window:
ssh -p 2222 [email protected]
Thank you bane449!
Thank you PAulyhoffman!
Thank you Brandon15811!
Thank you Yay!
Thank you twospirits!
This is some great work Edgan.
Might see a spike in Dock sales, unknown is working on webtop over hdmi right now so if someone can just "borrow" a dock to root they will still be able to use webtop with out it.
Way to go! Can't wait to try it out! Thanks guys!
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Hmmm should be able to just do this all by ConnectBot as well, eh?
Unrooting should be as simple as deleting /system/bin/su and uninstalling Superuser, right?
For people that have seen the webtop in action before, is it activated immediately upon plugging it in or do you need to plug in the HDMI as well? Why are the keyboard and mouse necessary, are there no on-screen equivalents on webtop?
Awesome job here gentleman cant wait to get this thing rooted
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Is this a permanent root or a temporary one that we'll need to reapply each time we reboot? Great job regardless!
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Is this a permanent root or a temporary one that we'll need to reapply each time we reboot? Great job regardless!
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Permanent, though as soon as an update comes out, we will have to figure out if it breaks OTA. Once they fix the exploit, it gets even harder.
edgan,
Nice work, enjoyed watching you guys work last night on IRC.
So has anybody installed apps like Titanium Backup that require root?
If so off to get me a dock.
My will power is getting weaker and weaker.. Im trying to hold out for the SGS2 but these threads make it tough.
My question is, does anyone have a custom recovery installed on it? If you can root the system and put a custom recovery on it, then you're good to go.
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Might see a spike in Dock sales, unknown is working on webtop over hdmi right now so if someone can just "borrow" a dock to root they will still be able to use webtop with out it.
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I see this happening as well.
TS out
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My question is, does anyone have a custom recovery installed on it? If you can root the system and put a custom recovery on it, then you're good to go.
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Not with a locked bootloader, unfortunately.
This is great!
Now I have a reason to get the HD station. I was waiting for them to to start selling the webtop!!
Wait. Are you saying Photon wont see a CWM recovery due to locked bootloader?
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Not with a locked bootloader, unfortunately.
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mikeyinid said:
Wait. Are you saying Photon wont see a CWM recovery due to locked bootloader?
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You need s-off to flash a recovery afaik, so until the bootloader gets unlocked, we're S.O.L.
Has anyone tried to uninstall bloatware and to run a wireless tether solution yet ? Can't wait to receive my photon tomorrow...
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You need s-off to flash a recovery afaik, so until the bootloader gets unlocked, we're S.O.L.
Has anyone tried to uninstall bloatware and to run a wireless tether solution yet ? Can't wait to receive my photon tomorrow...
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Uninstalling <most> bloatware works without root.
Haven't tried a wireless tether.
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Uninstalling <most> bloatware works without root.
Haven't tried a wireless tether.
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I seriouly doubt it truly uninstalls the apps... Without root, you're just hiding them. Check Applications in Settings, they're still there.
Got to say I got the web dock and real like the web dock....just leave the doc on my hdtv and with the phone on it my TV is now INTERNET enabled .....posted from my tv/webdock/phone
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Wait. Are you saying Photon wont see a CWM recovery due to locked bootloader?
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I don't see why not. If for some reason you couldn't put CWM on it, it would be the first out of all of the other Moto's with encrypted bootloaders
Free HotSpot??
Is there a free hot spot app that works with the Photon after this root has been applied??
How hard would it be for a dev to create a simple app for us rooted users that runs on boot and sets USB debugging etc, at boot? This nook I bought is for my wife and I don't think she will like going to the debug menu every time (have the excellent hidden settings app) to enable it for things like button savior. Is this something possible for us rooted users?
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I could be wrong, but Button Savior doesn't need USB Debugging...
Few apps actually do need it. Titanium Backup being a notable exception, but aside from that I can't think of any that need it to run from a tablet/phone. ADB needs it, but that's run from your computer.
Looking for assistance rooting a Sonim XP6 (on AT&T) running 4.4.2 with a MSM8926 chipset. It's a cool rugged little candybar phone with an actual numeric keypad! Don't see many of these around...
Have tried all the typical rooting avenues around no such luck. I'm able to get into recovery and fastboot mode and that's about it.
Any help would be greatly appreciated...the phone has only been out for a few weeks so if there is any information I can provide to help breaking this device i'm all for it.
likuid said:
Looking for assistance rooting a Sonim XP6 (on AT&T) running 4.4.2 with a MSM8926 chipset. It's a cool rugged little candybar phone with an actual numeric keypad! Don't see many of these around...
Have tried all the typical rooting avenues around no such luck. I'm able to get into recovery and fastboot mode and that's about it.
Any help would be greatly appreciated...the phone has only been out for a few weeks so if there is any information I can provide to help breaking this device i'm all for it.
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Same problem there, How is possible to turn OFF this ATT aadressbook ? All time if I open addressbook, Sonim XP6 says : Please Turn on your network connection to setup ATT Address Book !!! I live in Europe and I dont have ATT sim card and ATT account
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Same problem there, How is possible to turn OFF this ATT aadressbook ? All time if I open addressbook, Sonim XP6 says : Please Turn on your network connection to setup ATT Address Book !!! I live in Europe and I dont have ATT sim card and ATT account
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How did you unlock your phone?
Have anybody had luck with unlocking or rooting Sonim XP6?
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Have anybody had luck with unlocking or rooting Sonim XP6?
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I just rooted mine with towelroot. Worked great! After running towelroot, I then installed supersu, rebooted, and then installed the binaries in supersu, installed xposed framework and gravity box and now I like this phone lol
Keeps saying device is not supported. This is hard coming from a nexus 6 to this. Lol
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I just rooted mine with towelroot. Worked great! After running towelroot, I then installed supersu, rebooted, and then installed the binaries in supersu, installed xposed framework and gravity box and now I like this phone lol
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This would be a first time towelroot
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ggreenwood334 said:
Keeps saying device is not supported. This is hard coming from a nexus 6 to this. Lol
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This would be a first time towelroot
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What version? When I get to work I'll send a link to the one I used. I left my phone in my work truck lol
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Version 3.
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Should also point out I have unlocked my phone for t-mobile. Don't know if that could be throwing something off.
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Should also point out I have unlocked my phone for t-mobile. Don't know if that could be throwing something off.
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https://drive.google.com/folder/d/0B7j5raI-G1FRWUpvZzBubTNtTFk/edit
This is the apk I used. If that doesn't work for you then I don't really know what to tell you. I tried five or six different root programs and this was the only one that worked.
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Sure wish I didn't have the later kernel date. Should have held out and bought from sonim instead when they release it
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I know this is an old thread but it seems to be the only thread so I'm going to update it. Kingo was able to root my XP6700 that has a kernal date of 28OCT14. YMMV.
Have you found any custom ROM?
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Have you found any custom ROM?
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No. I seriously doubt any developer would spend any time on this phone at all. It is nice being rooted cause it has allowed me to freeze or delete a bunch of stuff using TiB.
Kingroot is work, i did it.
Wifi Tethering working
For the 2 or 3 people using this phone I did figure out how to make the hotspot work. Once rooted download root explorer. Go to /system and enable read/write - should get a superuser request. Long press on build.prop and then open with the text editor. Scroll down to #system prop for Service Entitlement. Change att.service.entitlement=true to false. At the very end add net.tethering.noprovisioning=true. Save, verify the changes took effect, then reboot and enjoy. This worked for me, I don't know if it will work for you but give it a try.
It makes the perfect portable wifi hotspot that can be used almost anywhere in any kind of weather. The 4 Ah battery is nice too.
Wifi tethering enabled
Just wanted to say thanks.
I used your tip to get my hotspot working on XP5700 with kingroot and a Bluetooth mouse.
By the way if anyone needs it, to enable adb on XP5 :
*#*#2387#*#*
That will open developer menu. Check USB debugging enabled
You can install apks over adb just fine. This is how I got kingroot.
Thanks again for the build.prop edits.
Blueskiesoki3 said:
By the way if anyone needs it, to enable adb on XP5 :
*#*#2387#*#*
That will open developer menu. Check USB debugging enabled
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The XP5 - you mean the neutered androidish brick of a phone from Sonim? I have one of those too and as soon as I find it I'm going to give this a try. This along with the build.prop hack takes something that is useless and makes it into something very useful. I know the XP6 will run the hotspot for several hours on a charge, I'm sure the XP5 would even be better - coupled with the $60 Cricket unlimited plan would be amazing.
That it is... I like it though
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The XP5 - you mean the neutered androidish brick of a phone from Sonim? I have one of those too and as soon as I find it I'm going to give this a try. This along with the build.prop hack takes something that is useless and makes it into something very useful. I know the XP6 will run the hotspot for several hours on a charge, I'm sure the XP5 would even be better - coupled with the $60 Cricket unlimited plan would be amazing.
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I use cricket also.
Apt description of the phone.
Kinda limited on apps due to the lack of touchscreen.
What editor did you use to edit the build.prop?
nevermind, i was able to sideload rootexplorer and edited the build.prop without issue. I appreciate your discovery of how to get into developer options.