Hi all,
I have successfully activated WP7 on the HD2, but I made a critical mistake:
When I created my Zune account, you have to fill in your country/region. I filled in the Netherlands. But if you don't fill in a supported country here, Marketplace won't work, because you CANNOT change the country of your ZUNE account.
You can change the country of your live/hotmail account, but that won't help (and you will get an error in zune).
My question now: Is there any way to change my Zune-account/create a new Zune account on the same Live ID?
If not, when I hard-reset my phone to connect it to another live ID, do I have to call MS again for an activation code?
Same problem here. I think I tried just about everything.
I think the only solution is to hardreset the phone and setup a whole new live-account and call again with microsoft for the activation code on the new live-account
If there's anyway to solve it, please share it
I think you can revoke your Live ID from your phone on your Windows Phone page (on this one you can make ring your phone, erase your data or even block the phone). I don't know the URL but I got the page navigating Parameters>Locate my phone menu
Let's give it a try
I've done a reset of the phone and connected with a brand new live-id. I called Microsoft to get a new key, but without succes. The guy told me I had to go to HTC. This morning a lady helped me very well.
So I tried the key i got this morning, it worked perfect! Only problem of course is that i have multiple e-mail acounts on my phone. I'm not really sure how the connection with SkyDrive is, but I think I'll have to upload my photos to my new live-id.
Do you guys think MS will just give us a new activation code if we just tell the (partial) truth? So saying we want to change our Live-ID on WP7?
Because this issue is not limited to HD2-users, but also to "normal" WP7 users that want to use the market in countries without support.
You don't need a new activation code. A single code will work fine for multiple activations.
gl0b said:
I think you can revoke your Live ID from your phone on your Windows Phone page (on this one you can make ring your phone, erase your data or even block the phone). I don't know the URL but I got the page navigating Parameters>Locate my phone menu
Let's give it a try
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I think the URL is windowsphone.live.com, but I can't revoke my ID there. It still won't solve my problems if I could, because I want to revoke my ZUNE ID, so I can set it up again...
onslaught86 said:
You don't need a new activation code. A single code will work fine for multiple activations.
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Even with a different Live ID? And within 30 days?
Ok guys, I can confirm it works!
What I did:
1. hard reset the phone
2. create a new Windows Live ID, based in the USA.
3. connect the new ID to Zune, say you are in the USA.
4. set up the phone, without windows live, but with another email adress
5. do the whole unlock-thingy including the registry change to HD7
6. Activate your phone with the new live ID and the old activation code.
Result: a fully functional WP7 phone.
Daanmannetje said:
Ok guys, I can confirm it works!
What I did:
1. hard reset the phone
2. create a new Windows Live ID, based in the USA.
3. connect the new ID to Zune, say you are in the USA.
4. set up the phone, without windows live, but with another email adress
5. do the whole unlock-thingy including the registry change to HD7
6. Activate your phone with the new live ID and the old activation code.
Result: a fully functional WP7 phone.
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That's the easy part. Now try to connect your non-US credit card with your account. You can't.
Or somebody found a solution to that?
PedrooNL said:
That's the easy part. Now try to connect your non-US credit card with your account. You can't.
Or somebody found a solution to that?
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If you have an European Credit card, create a UK-based live-ID instead of an US. The Credit Card should work, just make sure you use an existing address (they will never send mail, so just pick one).
Nice, but I already have US account. Changing it to UK seems to be impossible. Screw that multiple accounts. I dont wanna buy apps with dummy fake account since there is no way how to transfer these apps to my regular account (which I use for everything actually - mail, contacts, calendar) later.
Daanmannetje said:
If you have an European Credit card, create a UK-based live-ID instead of an US. The Credit Card should work, just make sure you use an existing address (they will never send mail, so just pick one).
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Nope. It won't work unless the billing adress of your credit card is in the UK. But then again you would have a UK credit card
That's right. I've tried to register 3 different cards (2 VISAs and one MasterCard) and none of them is accepted not only in US, but also in UK. I even bought a VPN access to have an IP as coming from US, but no luck
Daanmannetje said:
Ok guys, I can confirm it works!
What I did:
1. hard reset the phone
2. create a new Windows Live ID, based in the USA.
3. connect the new ID to Zune, say you are in the USA.
4. set up the phone, without windows live, but with another email adress
5. do the whole unlock-thingy including the registry change to HD7
6. Activate your phone with the new live ID and the old activation code.
Result: a fully functional WP7 phone.
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Hard reset or only flash new/same wp7 rom?
By 'hard reset' is mean 'reflash the rom' right?
jvitor83 said:
By 'hard reset' is mean 'reflash the rom' right?
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yes, you can do it on 2 ways,
1. go to settings -> about -> reset your phone
2. reflash the rom using MAGDLR etc.
both have the same effect.
Guys, if you know, if I delete my microsoft live account and then make the same one, with the same address (I am using a google account), will I have to ask for a new activation code from microsoft or can I use the one they sent me in the first place?
thank you
You try :
1. Install Registry editor
2. Modify any key :
- [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\ActiveSync\Partners\{B2830 118-7BC6-4A74-8C9A-3D8B9CEF88E0}]
"Email"=new your email([email protected] or [email protected])
"User"=new your email
- [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\IdentityCRL\Environment\Production]
"DefaultID"=new your email
3. Restart your phone.
4. access setting->email+accounts-> tap to new Windows Live ID -> tap to password -> typing newpassword -> Sign in.
jardan said:
Guys, if you know, if I delete my microsoft live account and then make the same one, with the same address (I am using a google account), will I have to ask for a new activation code from microsoft or can I use the one they sent me in the first place?
thank you
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From my experience, the activation code is tied to the device, not your Live ID. I have hard reset my HD2 multiple times and re-activated using the same code for three different Live IDs. I was using a US-based Live ID, then my son used my HD2 with his Live ID for a while, and now I have it back and am happlity using my Australian Live ID - all with the same activation code.
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Is there an easy way to edit all the contacts on my SIM card? ive got some bogus names or like first name with a last initial or "Mike Cell" (i know vague right?)? While I have my SIM contacts imported into my phone and I can change the info on my phone but it doesnt change it on the SIM card itself and I really dont wanna go through this **** again when I get bored and root my phone...
any suggestions, looks like there is an app that i could pay for (contact2sim pro?) but im looking for something simpler...
by the way, this is my first android phone (just got it today) so i am not all that savvy with everything (yet)
When I first got my G1, it automatically imported the contacts off my SIM into the phone, which then synched with my Gmail contacts. I then edited the contacts through Gmail and it automatically updated on the phone on the next sync. I also found another app later that you could use to format every number on my phone the same way. So before, some numbers were formatted differently, and after they all were formatted as +1.XXX.XXX.XXXX. Can't remember the name of that app, but anyway I think you're looking for the first part of my answer.
Edit: The app I mentioned, which you may or may not need, is Contacts Cleanup by Peter Baldwin.
uansari1 said:
When I first got my G1, it automatically imported the contacts off my SIM into the phone, which then synched with my Gmail contacts. I then edited the contacts through Gmail and it automatically updated on the phone on the next sync. I also found another app later that you could use to format every number on my phone the same way. So before, some numbers were formatted differently, and after they all were formatted as +1.XXX.XXX.XXXX. Can't remember the name of that app, but anyway I think you're looking for the first part of my answer.
Edit: The app I mentioned, which you may or may not need, is Contacts Cleanup by Peter Baldwin.
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you sir win the prize but have no paypal link for me to buy you a beer
this bit of information just made sim contacts obsolete as long as i continue to use an android phone and for 530 bux im not going anywhere soon other than to maybe file bankruptcy lol
a method to edit the sim card would still be nice, if all else i can pull my htc excalibur out of the shoebox and do it on there
No need to send me donations... but if you want, feel free to donate a couple bucks to a charity. We in the Android community do what we can.
Hello everyone,
I have a new Galaxy 3 and i have some serious (for me) problems with it.
1) I copyed my contacts from my SIM to the phone and then after i entered
my gmail account it didnt sync the contacts with the gmail.
I go to account pressed sync, it did sync but my gmail account still aint have contacts.
Is there any special way to do it? cause from my experience android do it
automaticly.
2) Im from Greece and i need greek and english keyboard for different use.
I go to the setting of the keyboard and trying to select 2 languages but
it let me select only one. And in the keyboard there is no option to change language.
So every time i need to go into setting and change it.
Is there a way to fix this?
3) I go to mobile network setting and i dont see a setting that turns off the data.
I want to be able to turn on and off the data because some times i connect to
wifi networks with low signal and when i loose the signal it start automaticaly
to use my 3g.
is there a way to turn on and off the 3g data?
Thanx in advance.
AtaNaS13 said:
Hello everyone,
I have a new Galaxy 3 and i have some serious (for me) problems with it.
1) I copyed my contacts from my SIM to the phone and then after i entered
my gmail account it didnt sync the contacts with the gmail.
I go to account pressed sync, it did sync but my gmail account still aint have contacts.
Is there any special way to do it? cause from my experience android do it
automaticly.
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ok, if you had an android before than maybe its just not displaying any contacts:
eclair: contacts->menu button (left one) display options, find google/gmail account and select to show
froyo: contacts->menu button->more->display options same as^
if you didnt have android before, and you want to have phone numbers in your account gmail account you have to copy them to it like you copied the sim contacts to ur phone.
if what you want to show email addresses and it is not showing then you go to display options (mentioned above) and deselect only with phone
AtaNaS13 said:
2) Im from Greece and i need greek and english keyboard for different use.
I go to the setting of the keyboard and trying to select 2 languages but
it let me select only one. And in the keyboard there is no option to change language.
So every time i need to go into setting and change it.
Is there a way to fix this?
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if you are using swype (which i recommend if you are using samsung keyboard) you can change language by long pressing the letter q.
you can switch between input methods by long pressing a text box->input method.
another possibility is having one language on one keyboard and one on the other and switching between them, which could be useful (if your swype doesnt have greek and sam keyboard does)
AtaNaS13 said:
3) I go to mobile network setting and i dont see a setting that turns off the data.
I want to be able to turn on and off the data because some times i connect to
wifi networks with low signal and when i loose the signal it start automaticaly
to use my 3g.
is there a way to turn on and off the 3g data?
Thanx in advance.
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If i remember correctly thats:
settings->wireless and networks->mobile networks-> deselect use packet data(or an option with a similar name)
I had before android phone but its irelavant.
I dont have contacts now in my email in gmail for my own reasons.
I go settings/ more / copy contacts / copy from sim to phone.
and this copies my contacts from sim to the phone.
Normally it should sync those contacts with my google account
but it doesnt.
Also there is no option to do it manualy.
As for third issue for the data. This phone dont have this option.
As i said i know where to go and look. Im familiar with android but
where you say this option is not there.
My other android phone (wildfire) has it.
more info on your phone please? like is it i5800 or i5801? what firware do you have (eclair or froyo).
im still a bit uncertain about what you want, you want phone numbers to be copied to gmail? preexisting phone numbers to be included? what?
if i find something in the meantime ill edit this post
AtaNaS13 said:
As for third issue for the data. This phone dont have this option.
As i said i know where to go and look. Im familiar with android but
where you say this option is not there.
My other android phone (wildfire) has it.
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Download APNDroid. It disables whole mobile network.
I had the same problem as you, had to check every second if the wireless connection had been lost, but not anymore
firmware 2.1 update 1
model GT-I5800
As for what i want to do i guess you are refering in problem no1.
So i put my SIM card on the phone. I copyed my SIM card contacts in my phone.
then i put my gmail email account in my phone.
I synced the phone with the email account.
From what i know my contact list in my email should get all the contacts i have in the phone.
So my contact list in my email is still empty while my phone has all my contacts.
Thom47 said:
Download APNDroid. It disables whole mobile network.
I had the same problem as you, had to check every second if the wireless connection had been lost, but not anymore
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By "It disables whole mobile network" you mean also the signal for call etc?
If so it wont help me
Nah, it just has an option to disable\enable internet access. Sorry for being a bit misleading
Another light weight option for switching on/off GPRS/3G is 'APN on/off widget' available in Android market..works very well for my G3.
the phone has different contact database for
1. sim
2. phone
3. google account
your phone will show all or one depending on your choice
you must copy from your phone contact to your google contacts
then when you sync it will be copied to google's servers
AtaNaS13 said:
As for third issue for the data. This phone dont have this option.
As i said i know where to go and look. Im familiar with android but
where you say this option is not there.
My other android phone (wildfire) has it.
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*#*#4636#*#* > phone info>menu>enable/disable data connection...!!
there a option in eclair to turn off the data service on boot..!!
Use APN on/off application....to turn off the internet...
-Devilgod (United Devils)
sahilrana said:
you must copy from your phone contact to your google contacts
then when you sync it will be copied to google's servers
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how can i do this? i find no option to do it.
it only has from sim to phone
and from phone to sim.
AtaNaS13 said:
how can i do this? i find no option to do it.
it only has from sim to phone
and from phone to sim.
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Open contacts> Choose Import/Export and export all contacts to SD Card
Go to google mail and upload or import the vcf into google contacts
Hi
I need a little help. My original rom version is I5800XWJI1 (Hungary and Tmobile)
I installing froyo but my phone speaker is dead. I go back tmobile the day after tomorrow repairer but i need my original ROM. there is an opportunity to put back ?
szabacsik said:
Hi
I need a little help. My original rom version is I5800XWJI1 (Hungary and Tmobile)
I installing froyo but my phone speaker is dead. I go back tmobile the day after tomorrow repairer but i need my original ROM. there is an opportunity to put back ?
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go to samfirmware.com and download the orignal ROM
Have tried everything and cant get market/live to work. I have a valid wm7 code and spoke to Micros about it and they told me it doesnt work because market+ live is not up and running for sweden yet. Can that be? Have anyone gotten it to work that live in Sweden/nordics?
Is there any way around it? Maybe a proxy?
Is there any hacked market place? Cant even use youtube right now
Sorry for bad english
Have the same question. or is it possible to change the location so that the phone tink it is us?
You have to setup a new windows live mail. Set country to USA and region to new york. Worked for me, norwegian user.
mrventura said:
You have to setup a new windows live mail. Set country to USA and region to new york. Worked for me, norwegian user.
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^ yes worked for me too
I'am in the Netherlands and can't access the marketplace neither.
I've received a activation code from microsoft true chat.
Linkt it to my hotmail account, set my account to US and US in the controlpanel but still no luck...
Does it mean that i have to make a new account with US from the beginning?
If so isn't my activation code linkt to my old hotmail.com account?
Do i have to reset Phone 7 software to input the activation key again?
Thx in advance
stroppa said:
I'am in the Netherlands and can't access the marketplace neither.
I've received a activation code from microsoft true chat.
Linkt it to my hotmail account, set my account to US and US in the controlpanel but still no luck...
Does it mean that i have to make a new account with US from the beginning?
If so isn't my activation code linkt to my old hotmail.com account?
Do i have to reset Phone 7 software to input the activation key again?
Thx in advance
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You need to make a new account..It doesn't work to set your old account to US.
Yes you need to reset your phone to change to the new US account you've made...and then you need to enter your activation code again...that's it
It actually works great, many thanks!
Had the same problem. Deleted my live account and got a message that the mail address would be reserved for a while for me. Than reregistered the same email address with a UK location.
Now have access to market place.
However still unable to link/register one of my Dutch credit cards (master and visa) to this account. Even with UK address/postal code the cards are being rejected as 'invalid'.
So can't pay for any app.. only download free applications, strange a multinational as Microsoft blocks its own ability to earn money
Has anybody managed a workarround the creditcard thing??
leo
Ive had this hotmal account for over 9 years now, and I did not realise it has been set to USA (it was on that by default I think). Everything is linked to this account - my xbox account, my msn, my windows phone account, my zune hd account, my emails, my contacts etc... and its never been a problem.
My problem is when I was trying to buy an item in the Zune marketplace, it wouldn't let me put my credit card in because it can only be from USA, not Australia, which is where I live. Making a new account would absolutely be the worst thing I can think of and is an unacceptable solution from my point of view, this account has too much.
So how do I go about changing the account country from USA to Australia? Any help on this matter will be highly appreciated! Or am I screwed, or is there some workaround I can go with for the time being apart from hard resetting my phone. Would buying xbox live credit points from someone in the usa allow me to do the work around? I presume since I'm with an American account if I can fix that up, I can actually purchase music as well in Australia as well as games?
Thanks!
try http://account.live.com, changing your country
Yes, that's already set to Australia, but the billing account is set to usa. And stuck on.
Have you had your Nodo update? I thought I saw something in the changelist that applied to this?
Sent from my OMNIA7 using XDA Windows Phone 7 App
You can't change it. This has always been a point of contention with passport services. Once your billing region is set on account creation it can never be changed again. Ever.
I have the exact same problem, Have had for years now with my xbox. You're only option is to create a new account.
I've contacted Microsoft before about this and you get spun some nonsense about it being "impossible" to change.
No no-do update for my omnia 7 yet.
And if I do have to create a new account, how the heck do I even sign out. If only there was a way to *fake* an American card via paypal or something. You know.. anything.
Unfortunately to remove the "Primary" account you have to factory reset the phone. As far as I know. It's because everything (xbox, zune, market place) is tied to it.
I don't think the country information is encoded in the card number http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credit_card_numbers as credit cards like Visa and MasterCard are not a national card. My guess is they query a central database which has the country of issue. As such I think it's hard if not impossible to fake.
Hello,
Let me suggest you a little trick...
1. Go to support.xbox.com
2. Log in
3. Click on My Account (top right)
4. Right down, the very last option - Manage Account Region
5. There you can change your country to your desired one
I did work for me and I hope it will help you...
Best regards,
Arnie
Did you sort out the problem in some way??? I am interested because I didn't put CC information yet for the marketplace and my main hotmail account is a .com registered in 1998 and i'm in Italy I have another one (.it) but I did it just for paypal
I'm lucky - my Dutch credit card (Master) just worked
Guys, please go to this link and vote for the suggestion:
http://windowsphone.uservoice.com/f...s/2283474-enable-to-change-my-account-country
Also here:
http://windowsphone.uservoice.com/f...llow-changing-your-windows-id-location-and-no
jubbing said:
Ive had this hotmal account for over 9 years now, and I did not realise it has been set to USA (it was on that by default I think). Everything is linked to this account - my xbox account, my msn, my windows phone account, my zune hd account, my emails, my contacts etc... and its never been a problem.
My problem is when I was trying to buy an item in the Zune marketplace, it wouldn't let me put my credit card in because it can only be from USA, not Australia, which is where I live. Making a new account would absolutely be the worst thing I can think of and is an unacceptable solution from my point of view, this account has too much.
So how do I go about changing the account country from USA to Australia? Any help on this matter will be highly appreciated! Or am I screwed, or is there some workaround I can go with for the time being apart from hard resetting my phone. Would buying xbox live credit points from someone in the usa allow me to do the work around? I presume since I'm with an American account if I can fix that up, I can actually purchase music as well in Australia as well as games?
Thanks!
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You simply can't.
WMGreenhorn said:
Hello,
Let me suggest you a little trick...
1. Go to support.xbox.com
2. Log in
3. Click on My Account (top right)
4. Right down, the very last option - Manage Account Region
5. There you can change your country to your desired one
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Worked for me! Thanks!
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kieboy said:
You simply can't.
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Did you try WMGreenhorn's suggestion above?
Hey, I followed all the steps and got wp7 working fine even got the code from the dude at the help desk no trouble,
I was just wondering if i can chuck on another rom and use the same activation key or do i need a new key for every new rom i chuck on?
Thanks
yes u can reuse it aslong as the same email account is used with it...used to flash diff roms and used same code zero pros
cobrien13 said:
yes u can reuse it aslong as the same email account is used with it...used to flash diff roms and used same code zero pros
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So for example If I decide to chance my e-mail I will have to ask Microsoft for other serial?
yes every serial works with one email only
if ur going to do that dont forget u can have more then one email
TnX for explanations guys
Nop... the provided key will work for any email account as long it is the same phone.
I´ve asked the key for one email account and now im using with another account with the same phone.
Used this too many times already and always working.
Really didnt used the account i activated first.