How to fix Blackberry Bold 9780 White Screen

Below is a simple fix for blackberry bold white screen problem. I tried it and managed to resurrect several blackberry bold 9780 phones. Let me know if it works for you.

1) Turn on the phone and wait for several minutes until it fully boots up.
2) Press the lock button + button P + lower right corner of the screen simultaneously.
3) It may require to do #2 several times in order for it to work.

The reason being is that the LCD connector may be loose. The connector/cable is directly beneath the p key. By pressing the key and lower
right corner of the screen, it helps to align them. Pressing the unlock button is just to reset/turn on the screen to see if it fixes the white screen.

Good luck and leave a comment whether this works for you!

How to bypass Samsung Galaxy S3 Verizon activation screen

The following is a guide for you to get past the Samsung Galaxy S III Verizon activation screen without an active Verizon sim card.
If you do not have a Verizon sim card in the phone, the activation screen will be stuck when you press the next button. With
the guide below, you may skip the activation and get to the main menu of the phone, where you can play with all features without
activating the phone with Verizon.

How to unlock Samsung Galaxy S3 T999 with Z3x box

The following is a guide to unlock the T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S III with Z3X box. I have verified the steps below it worked for me. It's not easy to get it right because of lack of information available elsewhere. 

1. Connect Z3X box to PC via USB.
2. Enable USB debug on the phone.
3. Dial *#7284# on the phone, choose Quadcomm USB settings -> DM + Modem + ADB
4. Connect T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 3 T999 to PC via a different USB port.
5. Select model T999 in samsung tool 13.1.
6. Select the USB port and then click unlock. The phone will reboot itself after unlock is done.
7. Congratulations, now you have just unlocked your T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S3!

To verify whether it's unlocked or not, just pop in a sim card from another carrier (for example, AT&T), and reboot the phone. If the phone is not unlocked, it will prompt you for unlock code upon startup. 

Does it work for you? Please leave a comment if this helped you unlock your phone.

How to factory reset Samsung Galaxy S III

The following is a guide to wipe out all data on the samsung galaxy S III (T999, I747, I535) and reset it to factory settings. I've tried it personally and it worked for me.

• Power off the phone
• Press and hold VOLUME UP and HOME button
• Press power button to power on the phone. Release the Power button once the phone vibrates.
• Release all other buttons once you see the andriod logo.
• Select Wipe data/Factory reset with VOLUME DOWN button. Press Power button to confirm.
• Select Yes - delete all user data with VOLUME DOWN button. Press Power button to confirm.
• Select Reboot system now to reboot the phone after the process is done.
• Congratulations, you now have factory reset the Samsung Galaxy S3.

Did it work for you? Please leave a comment on how it worked out for you.

How to hard reset Motorola Atrix 4G

The following is a guide to hard reset or factory reset your Motorola Atrix 4G from AT&T (MB860). It will wipe out everything on the device and reset it to out of factory status. I've tried it personally and verified that it worked for me.

1. Power off the Motorola Atrix 4G
2. Hold Volume down key and press the power button for the phone to boot up. Release volume key when you see fast boot on top of screen
3. Press volume down Key several times until you see Android Recovery in the menu. 
4. Press Volume Up key to select the option
5. You will see the Android icon. Press both volume up+down keys to bring up a hidden menu.
6. Select wipe data/factory reset and press the power button to acknowledge.
7. Phone will reset it self and reboot after it is completed.
8. Congratulations, you now have successfully resetted your Motorola Atrix 4G!

 

Did it work for you? Please leave a comment on whether this works or not.

How to officially unlock AT&T iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G

AT&T now provides a way to unlock AT&T branded iPhones for free. There are several ways to do so such as calling AT&T customer care, emailing AT&T customer service. But I found the method below is most convenient to do so.

• Find out the imei of the iphone in General -> Settings -> About.
• Go to the AT&T link and fill out the unlock request form. You do not necessarily need to be AT&T customer. unless you are current or previous customer of AT&T, you will need to email AT&T a copy of the purchase receipt.
• AT&T will email you instructions to unlock the form in several days.
• Check the lock status of the iPhone here or here to verify that the phone is unlocked.

Sometimes AT&T will send you an email indicating the phone cannot be unlocked, it is because that the iphone may have been reported lost or stolen. AT&T no longer requires the contract commitments on the phone to be fulfilled, however. 

Were you able to unlock your phone successfully? Please leave a comment about your experience.

How to factory wipe Samsung Galaxy Note GT-N7000

Option 1:

If the phone boots normally and working, you can go to 

Settings -> Privacy -> Factory data reset -> Reset phone -> Erase everything

to wipe out the phone.

If the phone is frozen, you may press and hold power button for 10-15 seconds for the phone to reboot. You may also try

below steps if it still does not work.

Option 2:

You can dial *2767*3855# in dial pad to factory reset the phone.

Option 3:

• Hold Home + Volume up buttons and press power on. Release the power button when the Samsung logo comes up.
• Select Factory wipe in the menu
• Reboot the phone by selecting reboot in the menu
• Congratulations! You have successfully factory resetted Samsung Galaxy Note N7000

How to hard reset HTC Sensation 4G

The following is a step by step guide to hard reset the HTC Sensation 4G from T-Mobile. It will wipe out all data and applications on the phone.

Method 1:

1) Choose Settings -> Privacy -> Factory data reset -> Reset phone

2) Confirm with Erase everything

 

Method 2

1) Hold the volume down button while power on or restart the phone

2) You will not get to the hboot menu and choose "Factory Reset". You may navigate the menu with volume up/down button and select with power button.

3) Now the phone will wipe out everything and reboot itself. The phone will be factory reset after the process is complete

How to factory reset HTC Inspire 4G

The following is a step by step guide to factory reset the HTC Inspire 4G from AT&T. It will wipe out all data and applications on the phone.

Method 1:

1) Choose Settings -> Privacy -> Factory data reset -> Reset phone

2) Confirm with Erase everything

 

Method 2

1) Hold the volume down button while power on or restart the phone

2) You will not get to the hboot menu and choose "Factory Reset". You may navigate the menu with volume up/down button and select with power button.

3) Now the phone will wipe out everything and reboot itself. The phone will be factory reset after the process is complete

 

How to unlock HTC Sensation 4G

The following is a step by step guide to unlock HTC Sensation 4G. It requires the phone to be rooted first. Please see my other guide
to root HTC Sensation 4G. 

• Install Android Terminal Emulator from marketplace.
• Install busybox from marketplace.
• Start the emulator and enter "su". 
• enter "strings -n 8 /dev/block/mmcblk0p6"
• It should have the unlock code above the imei number in the last few lines. If it shows a date instead, go to next step.
• Download PG58DIAG from here.
• Copy the file PG58DIAG to SD card root folder.
• Reboot to hboot. Place the phone horiziontally when asked to.
• Press Power button to choose "Clean S58 Data".
• Take out the SD card and reboot the phone. Delete the file PG58DIAG from SD card.

 

Did it work for you? Please leave a comment.

How to root HTC Sensation 4G

The following is a step by step guide to root the HTC Sensation 4G from T-Mobile. I've tried it and it worked for me. 

1. S-OFF the Sensation

• Boot to hboot by pressing volume down and power button at the same time. It will show whether it's S-ON or S-OFF on the first time. If it's S-OFF, go to step 2. It also shows the hboot version. Note it as well.
• Visit revolutionary.io. Download the revolutionary.exe and get the beta key from the website. Run the application and follow instruction to S-OFF the phone

2. Install ClockworkMod Recovery

• Download the recovery from here.
• Copy the PG58IMG file into the root folder of the SD card.
• Boot to hboot and accept the update when it prompts so.
• Reboot the phone and delete the PG58IMG file from the SD card.

3. Permanently root the phone

• Download the root file from here.
• Copy the zip file from the SD card root folder.
• Reboot to hboot and choose recovery to start clockworkmod recovery.
• Backup the room first.
• Choose "Install zip from sdcard" select "su-2.3.6.3-efgh-signed.zip" to install
• Reboot the phone and it should be rooted

Leave a comment whether it works for you as well.

How to restore HTC Sensation 4G to stock rom

The following is a step by step process of restoring the HTC Sensation 4G (T-Mobile) to stock ROM. Sometimes a factory reset does not fix the issue with the phone. You will then need to perform a restore to stock ROM to fully recover it. Or if your phone is bricked during flashing, restoring to stock ROM may also fix the issue. I have personally tried the below steps and it worked for me. 

• Make sure HTC USB driver is installed on your PC
• DownloadHTC Sensation 4G T-Mobile stock rom on your desktop
• Connect the phone through USB port. Run the RUU file and follow its step to update the HTC phone.
• If you run into error 155 during the process, do not exit the program. Navigate to C:\Documents and Settings\(User name)\Local Settings\Temp and find a folder created several minutes ago with a name starts with "{". There should be a large file (about 370MB) called rom.zip in its subdirectory. Copy it to desktop and rename it to PG58IMG.zip
• Connect the HTC Sensation phone through USB port. Turn on USB mass storage mode. copy the PG58IMG.zip file to the phone's sd card root directory
• Reboot the phone into hboot by restarting the phone while holding down volume down button and power button.
• hboot menu will prompt you on whether you would like to start update. Choose Yes by pressing volume up button.
• Sit back and wait for the process to finish. Phone may reboot itself during the process. It will indicate "Update Complete... Press Power to reboot" once it's done. Now press power button to reboot
• Congratuations, now you just flashed the phone to stock ROM (Android version 2.3.3)  

 

Note:

Here's a list of other error codes from RUU restore and possible resolutions:

Error 110 (File Open Error): This error message indicates that the RUU lacks some specific files or they are damaged, so the RUU cannot continue with the update. You have to get the complete RUU package and try again.

Error 120 (Main Battery Power): This error message will appear when the Android phone’s battery power is not sufficient (Batter power should be more than 30%). Although RUU will instruct you to plug in the AC adapter, it will still need to make sure that your Android phone has enough power to complete the update. (The Android phone cannot charge the battery when it is connected to the PC while installing the RUU).

Error 130 (Model ID Error):
Error 131 (Customer ID Error):
One of these error messages will appear when you use the wrong RUU to do the update. The RUU will check if the Model ID and Language ID are compatible with the Android phone. Make sure you use the correct RUU to update.

Error 140 (Bootloader Version Error):
The rom update utility cannot update your android phone. Please get the correct ROM update utility and try again.
You will get this error if you're installing an older/differently branded firmware to what your phone's bootloader identifies itself as. It refuses to downgrade. You need to first downgrade the firmware, change bootloader.

Error 155-159 (Image Error):
One of these error messages will appear when you use the incorrect RUU to update and the image file size is larger than the Flash ROM size. In this case, download the correct RUU version and try again.
Alternatively (in some cases) right click on the file and choose "Run as Administrator".
Or use the rom.zip -> PG58IMG.zip flashing method.

Error 170 (USB Connection Error):
This error message will appear when the Android phone is not correctly connected to the host PC. It might be a USB connection problem or a PC USB driver problem. Make sure the Android phone is connected to the host PC correctly and/or check if the PC driver matches the Android phone. 

 

Leave a comment if it works for you!

How to check if HTC Sensation 4G is rooted

Method 1:

• Download Root Checker from MarketPlace
• Run Root Checker. If it says "the device does not have proper root access", it's not rooted. 

Method 2:

• Download Android Terminal Emulator from MarketPlace
• Run Android Terminal Emulator. Type "su" in the console. If it says "su: not found", it's not rooted
• Type exit to "exit" the app.

How to restore Samsung Galaxy Note I717 AT&T to stock rom

The following is a step by step process of restoring the Samsung Galaxy Note (AT&T I717) to stock ROM. Sometimes a factory reset does not fix the issue with the phone. You will then need to perform a restore to stock ROM to fully recover it. Or if your phone is bricked during flashing, restoring to stock ROM may also fix the issue. I have personally tried the below steps and it worked for me. 

• Make sure Samsung USB driver is installed on your PC
• Download and unzip odin 1.85 on your desktop
• Download and unzip the file  and extract it on your desktop
• Start Odin 1.85
• Put the phone in download mode (Hold down volume keys and then connect to PC with USB cable)
• Odin will should detect the phone in several seconds and show a yellow bar with com port number
• Check auto-reboot and uncheck all others in odin
• Press start and it shall progress and then reboot the phone. Once it's done, odin will show a green bar with "passed" and the phone will reboot
• Congratuations, now you just flashed the phone to stock ROM  

Leave a comment if it works for you!

How to unlock Samsung Galaxy S T959 T-Mobile with Z3X box

The following is a guide to unlock the Samsung Galaxy S T959 with Z3X box. I have verified the steps below on Android 2.2 (not rooted) and it worked for me. It's not easy to get it right because of lack of information available elsewhere. 

1. Connect AT&T Samsung Galaxy S T959 computer with USB cable
2. Select T959 in the Samsung Tool 12.1 drop down
3. Select the USB modem port, check Read Code(Root) and click unlock
4. Now you will see the NCK key (Unlock code) in the console after it's done
5. Reboot the phone with non-tmobile sim card. Enter the unlock code when prompted
6. Congratulations, now you have just unlocked your AT&T Samsung Galaxy S T959 !

Does it work for you? Please leave a comment if this helped you unlock your phone.

How to unlock Samsung Galaxy Note I717 with Z3X box

The following is a guide to unlock the Samsung Galaxy Note LTE with Z3X box. I have verified the steps below on Android 2.3.6 (not rooted) and it worked for me. It's not easy to get it right because of lack of information available elsewhere. 

1. Connect AT&T Samsung Galaxy S Note LTE to Z3X box with the RJ45 C3300K cable
2. Dial *#7284# on the phone and select modem for USB
3. Dial *#9090# and select USB (1)
4. Reboot the phone
5. Select I727 in the Samsung Tool 12.1 drop down as i717 is not available
6. There may be more than one diagnostic ports show up in Samsung Tool 12.1. So try them one by one. One of them will be able to readinfo and unlock. 
7. Congratulations, now you have just unlocked your AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note !

To verify whether it's unlocked or not, just pop in a sim card from another carrier (for example, t-mobile), and reboot the phone. If the phone is not unlocked, it will prompt you for unlock code upon startup. 

Note:

• It does not require the phone to be rooted
• It works on 2.3.6 Android. I also tried 4.0.3 and it did not work.
• It works on Samsung Tool 12.1. Samsung tool 12.2, 12.3, 12.5 may have issues showing its unlocked but in fact it's not.
• If *#9090# code does not work then try the following: 1) power off the phone 2) connect microuart cable and power on the phone 3) now try *#9090# code again it must work 4) select USB diag and reboot the phone

 

Does it work for you? Please leave a comment if this helped you unlock your phone.

How to check the sim lock status of HTC phone

For GSM phone (AT&T, T-Mobile etc):

• Insert a sim card from a different carrier
• Turn on the HTC phone. If the phone is locked, it will prompt you with "Network is locked, please input unlock code"

For CDMA phone (Verizon, Sprint etc):

• Turn off the phone
• Hold down the Volume Down + Power keys. It will show the flash screen
• It should say "SPL-0.57 Cmonex" if the phone is unlocked

 

How to unlock iPhone 3GS on iOS 5.1.1

The following is a guide to unlock iPhone 3GS on iOS 5.1.1 via software. Before you proceed, please make sure that your iPhone 3GS is not one of the ones that comes with Toshiba baseband chip. This is the easiest/fastest method i've found and i've tested it working personally. The risk of bricking your phone is minimal.

1. Check the serial number of your iPhone, if it's produced before 41th week of 2009 (old boot rom), it's on old bootrom and you need to download this file. Otherwise (new boot rom), you need to download this file. If you do not know which week it is produced, you can use this tool to check.
2. Download Official iPhone 3GS iOS 5.1.1 firmware from Apple.
3. Download latest Sn0wbreeze for Windows.
4. Start Sn0wbreeze, choose your bootrom type from #1 and select expert mode.
5. Choose install iPad baseband.
6. Click Build IPSW and a custom firmware will be saved on your desktop.
7. Follow instructions in Sn0wbreeze to put the phone in pwned DFU mode.
8. Start iTunes. Shift+Click restore in iTunes and choose the custom firmware you just build. iTunes will start restoring firmware onto the iPhone.
9. Once the restore is complete. iPhone will reboot.
10. Start Cydia on iPhone. Wait for it to finish loading.
11. Search for Ultrasn0w and install it in Cydia.
12. Reboot the iPhone. Congratuations, your iPhone 3GS is now unlocked.

Did it work for you? Please leave a comment!

 

How to remove BlackBerry IT Policy

Some blackberries have IT Policy set on it. Here's what you can do to remove it. I've tried the steps below and it worked for me.

Option #1:

• Download and install BlackBerry Desktop Manager from here
• Go to Start -> Run -> Type cmd
• Go to the apploader folder by typing the following in the cmd console.
  cd C:\Program Files\Common Files\Research In Motion\Apploader 
  or 
  cd C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Research In Motion\Apploader  (64 bit windows) 
• Type loader.exe /resettofactory
• If your blackberry is password protected, you will be prompted for password. If you forget the password, you may simply try incorrectly for 10 times and the blackberry will then wipe itself out. 

It will work most of the time with option #1. But if it happens that it does not work, you may try the following. I have had some luck

with that as well.

Option #2:

• Download and install BlackBerry Desktop Manager from here
• Download the policy file and save it to C:\Program Files\Research In Motion\BlackBerry
• Go to Start -> Run -> Type regedit
• Navigate to HKEY_Current_Users\Software\Research In Motion\BlackBerry\PolicyManager. Right-Click the Policy Manager  and create a new string value named Path. Set its value to C:\Program Files\Research In Motion\BlackBerry\policy.bin
• Go to Options -> Security and choose Security Wipe on the device 
• Start BlackBerry Desktop Manager and connect the blackberry to PC

 

You can verify on the blackberry's Option -> Security menu that its IT Policy should be empty.

 

Did it work for you? Do you know any easier way to do this? Please post your comments below.

Simple Mobile iPhone MMS and Internet Settings

Here's the simple mobile APN / MMS settings that you will need when you use iPhone on simple mobile network. This applys to all models of iPhone.

This will set up Web and incoming MMS only. Original iPhone does not support MMS. A third party fix is required for full two-way MMS. See link below.

Cellular Data
1. Select Settings.
2. General Settings.
3. Select Network.
4. Select Cellular Data Network.
5. Select APN.
6. APN: simple
7. Username: Blank
8. Password: Blank

MMS
1. APN: simple
2. Username: blank
3. Password: blank
4. MMSC: http://smpl.mms.msg.eng.t-mobile.com/mms/wapenc
5. MMS Proxy: blank
6. MMS Message Size: 1048576
7. MMS UA Prof URL:http://www.apple.com/mms/uaprof.rdf

For full, two-way MMS, follow the setup instructions provided by LEI Mobile here: Full MMS Setup LINK: (http://leimobile.com/simple-mobile-iphone-mms-settings-for-ios-5/)