Team-BHP - Android Thread: Phones / Apps / Mods

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Originally Posted by tsk1979 (Post 2204068)

On online forums like rimweb, I saw a lot of people who buy a high end CDMA android phone from HTC etc., then unlock(root) it and use it on reliance/Tata in India.
How reliable is such rooting and usage.
Such phones cost 100$ locked in US, and after paying a 200$ early termination fee you can have the top end phone for 300-350$ total(as opposed to 30K price of GSM variant in India).

Anybody here done this?

Rooting and unlocking are two different things. You may need to gain root access to unlock but if there is specific need like applying your own patches there is no need to keep the phone rooted.

TSK As you know android uses Linux kernel with some modifications. For security when the phone boots up the default user is not a root. So rooting means gaining the root access and then removing modifying the permissions / files to remove the lock.

After rooting you will be able to do a lot of operations on the phone which were not possible earlier. I would say in interest of security once you have modified the required resources you should revert from root mode.

Running as root is not a problem in itself but you are opening up the gates.

PS : If you want to buy cheaper phones from US instead of CDMA look at GSM/ UMTS 3G phones from AT&T they will work on all the 3G networks here and you will not be on mercy of reliance. Be careful to check the supported band if you are taking T-Mobile phone as T-Mobile is 1900Mhz so you need to pick a dual / multi band 3G phone

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Originally Posted by amitk26 (Post 2204089)

If you want to buy cheaper phones from US instead of CDMA look at GSM/ UMTS 3G phones from AT&T they will work on all the 3G networks here and you will not be on mercy of reliance. Be careful to check the supported band if you are taking T-Mobile phone as T-Mobile is 1900Mhz so you need to pick a dual / multi band 3G phone

I think he wants a CDMA handset because of the lack of options here

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Originally Posted by Bluengel180 (Post 2204202)

I think he wants a CDMA handset because of the lack of options here

I guess I will change providers once number portability comes into force pan India. NCR is still not in number portability radar.
Then I can get a nice GSM phone from India itself.

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Originally Posted by tsk1979 (Post 2204219)

I guess I will change providers once number portability comes into force pan India. NCR is still not in number portability radar.
Then I can get a nice GSM phone from India itself.

20th Jan is the day AFAIK so not too far :-) with in 2-3 months it should be available pan India for just 19 Rs and 6 months lock in with new operator.

So If you have option to get a Cheap 3G Android from US get it CDMA is at dead end Tata-Tele got 26% from DoCoMo and launched 3G , Reliance is also moving away from CDMA , 7$ per line and 2$ per handset to qualcomm is a huge royalty for them.

You could Go for Samsung Galaxy S. I bought this since the new office I had moved to a new office and they had lot of restrictions in accessing internet, content filtering etc.

Its good value for money, fast (1Ghz processor), 16GB storage, lot of features and apps that can be downloaded. Only issue is the that battery drains fast if you are constantly using GPS, Wi-Fi, 3G, etc but battery draining is common with most Android Phones.

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Originally Posted by musicmanaman (Post 2195929)

Experts advice needed, my requirments are below.

1. Be connected to the web 24/7, be able to surf the web and do everything that a laptop can do.
2. Be able to do online trading (icicidirect, geojit, moneycontrol) etc.
3. Access to emails.
4. Access to Facebook and Twitter.
5. Chat all day long with frineds.
6. Watch movies on the go, if needs be.

P.S......The most imprtant thing from the above is stock and MF trading through the phone.

Basically I want a device that is as good as a laptop, has the MS office and other software, but is also a phone at the same time.

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Originally Posted by vjabraham (Post 2203390)

Well, I faced the same problem (visibility of buttons) initially. IIRC, I just skipped a step where you replace the language file. With regard to invalid key problem, I can't seem to remember what I did to get it working! Will give you a heads up if I can find an alternative.

EDIT: Try this Hotfile.com: One click file hosting: MMI4.0+Sygic10.part1.rar

It's all working excpet for the map for Karnataka :Frustrati.. TN, AP, Kerala.. all are there, but not the much needed Bangalore and other places, any cluses?

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Originally Posted by amitk26 (Post 2204225)

please: brevity issue.

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Originally Posted by jkdas (Post 2205902)

please: brevity issue.

Pan India mobile number portability rollout is scheduled on 20th Jan 2011.
This means that you can retain your number by paying a small fee for the number and change your operator. This service is already being piloted in Hariyana.

Mobile Number Portability Launched in Haryana, Pan India by January 20

Rest of the para is specific to TSK who wanted to buy a cheap CDMA handset becuase he is locked on Reliance.

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Originally Posted by karthik123 (Post 2197057)

got the sms problem solved , the wifi problem still remains, i'm clueless ... all the other phones connect to my house wifi ( nokia's , iphones ) i wonder why wild fire is having so many problems . Was reading about this problem on the internet, tried everything, nothing seems to work :(

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Originally Posted by JMaruru (Post 2205860)

Which plan do you use for accessing internet from these android phones? Is there any unlimited plans available? If so, how much does it cost? AFAIK only BSNL provides unlimited plans on their 3G network.

AFAIK only BSNL is opertaing on 3G while rest of the operators are gearing up.

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Originally Posted by vjabraham (Post 2203390)

Hi, could you please give the part2.rar link toostupid: