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Q: system diagnostic tools?

Hi,
I just dropped my phone. So far all still working nicely but I'm quite paranoid
Is there any apps or tool to diagnose our nexus one. Just checking if all system devices working properly (GPS, wifi, radio, touch screen, etc)
Cheers,
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If it isn't a problem, don't make it into one. Just keep an eye on it, and watch for problems...
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I spent half an hour to check my phone.
You would want to know as soon as possible if there's any devices damage, wouldn't you?
Is android system throws some informative message if there is hardware failure?
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There's different apps to test the performance of different things (like network speeds), but I don't know of any all in one app that test things to make sure they are working...?
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I used sony ericsson walkman phone before android. They have some secret menu that allows you to check screen, vibrate, keys test, sounds, etc
Is there anything like that on android?
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anyone found one yet?
Old thread, but it came up in a Google search and it doesn't look like anyone's covered this elsewhere in this group.
Dropped my N1 over the weekend, and this morning noticed it's losing network & data regularly, and only connecting 2G, not 3G or 4G. Ugh. Hoping it's just sunspots, but it would be nice to be able to run diagnostics that test the various systems for any failures or out of spec values.
I've unlocked my N1 and am running cyanogenmod 7.2 if that helps.

Check out this link, it might have some useful apps:
http://www.androidzoom.com/android_applications/hardware+test

thanks!
Thanks for the link, I'll take a closer look at those.
The good news (?) is that it turns out T-Mobile had a data network outage for most of the day today. They buried it on their support website behind an east coast outage report for last weekend's heavy weather, so I didn't see it. Big thank you to All Things D for clueing me in, and I'm reinstalling my apps now.

Anyone using Google Voice with the 250mb data plan?

My brother is going to be upgrading to an android smartphone in february/march. I'm planning on moving him entirely to Google Voice to save on sms costs. For those of you with the same setup, have you found the 250mb plan to be adequate for GV plus email, some web browsing and app usage? He won't be doing any music or video streaming (except the occasional youtube video). Or have you found it necessary to upgrade to the 2gb plan? Thanks.
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gardndj said:
My brother is going to be upgrading to an android smartphone in february/march. I'm planning on moving him entirely to Google Voice to save on sms costs. For those of you with the same setup, have you found the 250mb plan to be adequate for GV plus email, some web browsing and app usage? He won't be doing any music or video streaming (except the occasional youtube video). Or have you found it necessary to upgrade to the 2gb plan? Thanks.
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Been using for like 5 months before moving to 2GB. It works flawless, and well under 150MB a month with about 200 texts a day and some emails. But, strictly, no streaming audio or video, and no downloading big pics in mails.
And I think its a 200 MB plan, not 250, unless u r out of US.
And its best NOT to watch videos when on data network. Y'day 6.5 hours of streaming audio with 1 video got me like 375 MB data usage. So beware. A simple video might not be as simple when it comes to its size.

Thanks for the info. I've had unlimited data plans going on 4 years now so its not really something I've ever had to worry about or pay attention to. I'll leave it up to him on how he wants to use his phone, but it's good to know that it can be done.
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I don't have Text messaging either, as my parents have disabled it because of the 200MB Data Plan, But with my experience, I use google voice to text and it works GREAT!!! Make sure you download the 3G Watchdog App to monitor your data usage and personally I use DroidWall (Only if you are rooted) To disable certain apps from accessing your data network when you are on the go!. I only let my phone access Google Voice, Market, And The Internet browser when im somewhere else other than at home with Wi-Fi.
P.S From my experience, each time google voice syncs with your account it uses about 15KB and when you send a message it ranges from Bytes to my biggest which was 1KB.

gardndj said:
Thanks for the info. I've had unlimited data plans going on 4 years now so its not really something I've ever had to worry about or pay attention to. I'll leave it up to him on how he wants to use his phone, but it's good to know that it can be done.
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Yes. Since I don't stream audio video never had a need for more data. Never crossed 120 mb, except twice when I used google maps n used like 167 at peak.
This month I changed to 2 gigs cos I download data from this site when at work too. Too tempting to wait till I got home.
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Thank you all. I think I'll stick him on the 200mb plan and see how he handles it. He's headed to college in the fall, which means wifi everywhere, so I think he'll be alright.
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Data drops and Facebook app

Had a s#it ton of data drops lately and couldn't figure out why because it want a problem in the past. Seems to have coincided with the latest system update. Anyways I noticed a pattern involving the Facebook app and the data drops (even ruining in the background). Uninstalled the app and once again am data drop free. Must be some kind of conflict between the app and the 905 build.
Just thought maybe this would help someone else out that us losing their mind with data drops.
Btw, Facebook is the worst tech company I've ever seen at coding. Should really fire their entire staff and start over or outsource. With every update the product got worse. (rant off).
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MSUICEMAN said:
Had a s#it ton of data drops lately and couldn't figure out why because it want a problem in the past. Seems to have coincided with the latest system update. Anyways I noticed a pattern involving the Facebook app and the data drops (even ruining in the background). Uninstalled the app and once again am data drop free. Must be some kind of conflict between the app and the 905 build.
Just thought maybe this would help someone else out that us losing their mind with data drops.
Btw, Facebook is the worst tech company I've ever seen at coding. Should really fire their entire staff and start over or outsource. With every update the product got worse. (rant off).
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I am with you on this one. The facebook app is one of the worse apps i've ever used. With every update it gets slower and slower. It's not the phone or my connection as it happens the same on wifi. Sometimes I am better off opening the browser and going directly to the website which is about 10x faster. Even my brother who is on ATT/Iphone says the same thing. I do not experience data drops like you're mentioning and to think I tried to apply for Facebook -.-...

I hate to sound like a ****, but maybe use a different app? One of my favorites for everthing is Scope Beta
Scope Beta Link
It is an easy beta to get into.
(Rant on)
I have stopped using Facebook altogether, plus they are a huge security flaw in the Android framework. If (and this is a big) Facebook brings their games to Android then I will be forever scared of Facebook. I have seen girls computers contract viruses just from using Facebook (guys also but knowing men we look at porn so we really dont count) the one question I ask them is do you use Facebook games, 97% of the time it is yes.
Like you said also the source code used for the Android app/ iPhone app is complete and utter POS. Which also scares me becasue this code could be used for exploitation. I havent deleted my Facebook yet....It is still on the list lol
(Rant off)
Everyone I know likes Facebook I cant stand it....is why I rant....

28 hours and not a single data drop. Before I was getting probably upwards of 10 per hour if not more under heavy usage. I was about to yell, rant, and cuss at big red to try to get a credit towards a different phone, and then pay for one even at full price if need be. Now I can enjoy this phone once again.
I just haven't looked at using an alternative app yet, but plan to. And fb wonders why their ipo wasn't a big success... Look at the product.
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This is my experience EXACTLY. It's impossible to use my phone, and it feels like it coincided with the latest update and installation of facebook. My phone is unusable as it sits, I will try uninstalling FB and see if it clears up my issue with data drops.

Facebook knows about their app issues. That's why they made everyone get an Android until the problems are solved. They also abandoned HTML5 and will no longer use it.
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Hotspot not so unlimited with root. - T-Mobile USA LTE

Got cut off today while finishing the Dragon Ball series. I have LTE enabled and was streaming with it. I still love t-mo though, coming from Sprint their speeds are to die for.
Didn't see a thread about this.
Edit: not to say they ever implied it was unlimited in the first place, but it would seem so with root.
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which plan are you on?

PhantomGamers said:
which plan are you on?
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Unlimited 4G with 500MB hotspot. Took Sprint 2.5 years to catch me tethering without paying with hot spot hack on sph-d700 (epic 4g)
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Well the hotspot of all their plans it technically only 500mb then you have to pay an extra $10 for another 1gb. Using data on the phone is unlimited. They probably saw your user agent string and noticed it was for a computer rather than your phone. Still you got a lot more than 500mb of hotspot out of it, so not too bad a deal.
Edit: beat me to it
They probably noticed quickly because it was so much data in a short period of time. If you spread out the tethering more (maybe less video), they probably wouldn't notice. I'm on the $30 prepaid plan and tether around 5gb a month but I spread it out over a couple days (maybe 500-2gb a day) and haven't been caught yet.

lazer155 said:
Well the hotspot of all their plans it technically only 500mb then you have to pay an extra $10 for another 1gb. Using data on the phone is unlimited. They probably saw your user agent string and noticed it was for a computer rather than your phone. Still you got a lot more than 500mb of hotspot out of it, so not too bad a deal.
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Yeah but compared to Sprint, T-mo is really keeping an eye out for the tether'ers. Glad I got as far as I did though lol. Any way around the user agent string?
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tdoglablarezigzaguno.1.3.13 said:
Yeah but compared to Sprint, T-mo is really keeping an eye out for the tether'ers. Glad I got as far as I did though lol. Any way around the user agent string?
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you can spoof it on your computer i guess but im not so sure that's the problem

PhantomGamers said:
you can spoof it on your computer i guess but im not so sure that's the problem
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Smasung series 3 Chromebook? If not it's cool. Guess I gotta wait till I can wait to get a PC and patience for anime episodes lol
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tdoglablarezigzaguno.1.3.13 said:
Yeah but compared to Sprint, T-mo is really keeping an eye out for the tether'ers. Glad I got as far as I did though lol. Any way around the user agent string?
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Yeah you can spoof it by changing your browser setting. Depending on your browser you can look it up: http://www.howtogeek.com/113439/how...user-agent-without-installing-any-extensions/
It's a feature built into basically all browsers.
It decreases your chances of being detected but it really depends on how tmobile detects tethering. The user agent way is the simpliest and quickest but they can also do it by TTL (time to live) of the packets your computer requests as you for example watch videos or browse. They can also detect it other ways but those are 2 of the more common ones.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734138 Post 8 explains the TTL method a bit more
Basically changing your user agent is the quickest method that my help a bit (depending on if they favor that detection method). Using a vpn on your computer might further and better prevent detection. (I've never tried this myself but in theory it might help more than a simple user agent change. You can find guides of other methods people use to try and get around it. I haven't heavily investigated any other methods aside from the vpn and user agent since I've never been cut off so I don't really know of of any specific ones.
I personally think the thing that really tips them off is a huge spike in usage for a short time period.
If you tether over bluetooth or USB, you basically never get caught in my experience as well as several others I know who do the same. So I would try that. It's a bit slower but not bad.
I'd suggest bluetooth or usb tethering next time and see if that prolongs your hotspot usage. But as I mentioned, I really think it is the massive usage spike in a short time that tips them off so you may still get caught. When I use bluetooth and usb tethering, I still try not to go to heavy on usage over short periods.
I suspect that the TTL method may be more commonly used since it's not easily avoidable so you are best off slowing your usage when you are tethered. It would be very easy for them to see a spike in usage and check the TTL of your packets, realize you're tethering, then cut it off. It's more reliable than user agents.

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It's funny though that I can go to G+, FB, and G-Mail but not uanime.com or any forums, whether USB or wireless tethering now. Guess I'll try spoofing.
Edit: Override the user agent in the browser on ChromeOS to resemble a GNex and it works, thanks. Although some web pages are now literally half the size they used to be, it doesn't effect full screen videos.
I could kiss you lazer155 haha thank you so much, I wish I could thank your post multiple times
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They blocked all the user agents I used to be able to use. They certainly are beefing up their detection abilities.
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tdoglablarezigzaguno.1.3.13 said:
It's funny though that I can go to G+, FB, and G-Mail but not uanime.com or any forums, whether USB or wireless tethering now. Guess I'll try spoofing.
Edit: Override the user agent in the browser on ChromeOS to resemble a GNex and it works, thanks. Although some web pages are now literally half the size they used to be, it doesn't effect full screen videos.
I could kiss you lazer155 haha thank you so much, I wish I could thank your post multiple times
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Lol no problem, glad it works for you now. :highfive: Yeah that is the downside I forgot to mention. You can try to fix that problem by experimenting with making your browser look like other desktop browsers (for example maybe tmobile doesn't block some of the more obscure desktop browsers like opera etc.) or copying your phone's desktop style user agent in chrome. That might result in desktop style pages but tmobile will think you are a phone requesting desktop. (the user agent actually shows your operating system too so if you spoof that part to android you should be able to get desktop style while still staying hidden) You'd have to look up the android chrome desktop user agent though. I don't know what it is.
sub1287 said:
They blocked all the user agents I used to be able to use. They certainly are beefing up their detection abilities.
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Yeah they do seem to figure out the user agent trick eventually if you use it several times. That's happened to other people I know. I think if you keep using a lot of data when tethering eventually they review your usage more carefully with their other methods like the TTL check.

Absolutely no less than 90% of this has been used while connected via native wifi tethering, and this usage is over the course of only 2 weeks. I have unlimited 4g (prepaid) and no tethering plan at all.
I've gotten a page that says I'm either not authorized to tether or over my limit two or three times in the last 3 days, but I just disable/re-enable tethering and reload the page....that's solved it every time.
just in case anyone is wondering, I'm using native wifi/usb tether on official PA (always the latest build) and franco M3 kernel....I've also got the chrome user agent switcher installed on my phone and set to desktop. I'm sure that doesn't matter, but I thought I should mention it. I'm also using chrome on my ubuntu PC with no user agent switcher installed.
I'm curious how much data everyone else who has had a problem tethering have used. I'm pretty sure my usage is way heavier than probably 99% of their customers...even those of us here

You guys have me all kinds of curious about tethering now.
Are any of you using mostly LTE?
If so, what's the battery life?
Stability of tethering?

CrashTestDroid said:
You guys have me all kinds of curious about tethering now.
Are any of you using mostly LTE?
If so, what's the battery life?
Stability of tethering?
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I stay on LTE, no serious difference in battery lifeand I'm usually plugged in while I tether, so battery life doesn't matter much there. Perfectly stable until T-Mo discovers you're over the limit.
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I wonder if whether or not T-mobile can measure how much data you've used for tethering without using their hotspot app (what they use on T-mobile branded phones to meter tethering usage) depends on the APN you're connected through?
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Update wow, I got my Chromecast today and viewed The Hunger Games and a few episode of Breaking Bad through Netflix and it really sky rocketed my data usage. I guess it'll take some time for T-Mo to catch on to Chromecast tethering. Someone let me know if I should delete this post in case T-Mo is watching.
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duce102 said:
Update wow, I got my Chromecast today and viewed The Hunger Games and a few episode of Breaking Bad through Netflix and it really sky rocketed my data usage. I guess it'll take some time for T-Mo to catch on to Chromecast tethering. Someone let me know if I should delete this post in case T-Mo is watching.
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I don't think that has anything to do with chromecast. You streamed a ton of high res media. That uses data. Don't you have WiFi where your TV is?
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duce102 said:
Update wow, I got my Chromecast today and viewed The Hunger Games and a few episode of Breaking Bad through Netflix and it really sky rocketed my data usage. I guess it'll take some time for T-Mo to catch on to Chromecast tethering. Someone let me know if I should delete this post in case T-Mo is watching.
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So is the Chromecast connected via Wi-Fi to your home router or to your phone (acting as a hot spot)?
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pwc realtor said:
So is the Chromecast connected via Wi-Fi to your home router or to your phone (acting as a hot spot)?
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Phone, I don't see much point in paying two different companies for the same service lol
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I don't think that has anything to do with chromecast. You streamed a ton of high res media. That uses data. Don't you have WiFi where your TV is?
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No, I know it's not the Chromecast at fault, just stating I was using that to stream though. I'm surprised at how well its working and I've never streamed 1080p before so the jump in data usage caught me off guard a bit.

My phone sent an SMS that I did not send

So this morning I open Hangouts and see that in the middle of the night my phone sent a text message to 2635. The text message body was:
/T:20fa2a57-f8b2-41c8-93d7-15c2b1fa2327/ /R:5294462c0cf29206e34cd1ac/
Can anybody tell me what this is, why it sent, etc? Has anyone else had this or something similar happen?
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So this morning I open Hangouts and see that in the middle of the night my phone sent a text message to 2635. The text message body was:
/T:20fa2a57-f8b2-41c8-93d7-15c2b1fa2327/ /R:5294462c0cf29206e34cd1ac/
Can anybody tell me what this is, why it sent, etc? Has anyone else had this or something similar happen?
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what service do you have? and are you using hangouts?

charlie-n said:
what service do you have? and are you using hangouts?
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Verizon, and yes, I'm using Hangouts and GEL.
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My phone did the same thing. I'm pretty sure its for the NFL mobile app. I'm also on Verizon. Its done that in the past to verify your service
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strictlyphat said:
My phone did the same thing. I'm pretty sure its for the NFL mobile app. I'm also on Verizon. Its done that in the past to verify your service
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That makes a lot of sense. I opened the NFL Mobile app last night for the first time, then it tried to verify something that I didn't want to wait for so I closed the app and then disabled it. Thank you very much, I was kinda freaked out that my phone had some kind of malware that was sending encrypted info without my knowledge. I guess it was just crappy bloat-ware instead.

strictlyphat said:
My phone did the same thing. I'm pretty sure its for the NFL mobile app. I'm also on Verizon. Its done that in the past to verify your service
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Hangouts shows sms messages that are supposed to be hidden, it intercepts them as they go out, you are not charged extra for them, it goes as far as intercepting voicemail commands on my sprint version so I had to switch back to stock sms app until they fix it.

Confirming this. Very odd. The NFL app should have warned that it was sending a txt but it didn't. Bit scary...

Verizon / NFL Mobile
Yes, it is from Verizon verifying that you are eligible to watch free, live, NFL games that are broadcast in your region and all national prime time games using the NFL Mobile app. Today CBS changed our game from Houston @ Minnesota to Pittsburgh @ Miami so I tried to watch Houston @ Minnesota on my phone and it worked fine.

THANKS for your clear and timely response. I was about to hard reset my phone because I thought it had been compromised!

That freaked me out thanks for putting my mind at ease guys. That's certainly what did it. Super Bowl while in line for dinner. Any good suggestions for identifying applications or possibly root kits etc. And the connections these types of apps tend to use, I intend of contributing to the boards more again. I used to everyday for mobile hardware and Web app development generals. But Im curious if there are apps by which they execute tasks like in this manner which I know this particular one isn't but I don't know the best path for figuring that kind of detection and more advanced feedback results and whos signature database wont be easily corruptible, maybe something more productive and professional but real scan and firewall features would be nice however I think thats why some socks and vpns services exist. I use a couple things. I can't help thinking I'm an idiot for wanting to know what and who want what from my android Mac or Windows device. Instead I could be allowing perms access to apps advertising to stop it but make you vulnerable to the point of someone walking on in and helping themself. I want control over my life my tools and devices, but would settle for doing my best to avoid it from someone else. This is one of a couple weird events. Subtle (what I think are attempts to install $.... yet stood out tremendously at the time. Sorry for etiquette I'm conjuction with topic question a small add on to it and thoughts of others encountering nfl live, any info or comments welcome don't beat me too hard, it's been a working progressive thing for the last year I noticed all these horrible warning signs of the end of true privacy as we know it, since it resonated my interest has grown but maybe my interest has drawn attention like vpns and etc. Idk what to do at this point. Take me back to 1996 and a Circle K with a few dimes and a pay phone if I need you on the phone right now, bad wish for a developer. :]

wht if u never use (hangouts.) & in fact have it disabled on ur phn. do not have a (NFL APP) on ur phn, have never opened one or installed one on ur phn. do not watch t.v. or movies. or sports of any kind on ur phn. have no idea how to cast to anything, nor
do i have any kind of casting/movie/ t.v. watching or playing player or app on my phn. & Have disabled the (google play) (movie/t.v./app) as well on my phn. /& u do not use (verizon wireless) phn service. ???? Or do
not have or use the (google voice messaging/calling service) yet i still got the same text message on my phn as well. ? ANYONE have any other ideas? of to why this happened? or wht it cld be from? thanks, {samiam.~}