AT&T Users Get Access to Google Wallet in the Marketplace, Some Success for T-Mobile Users

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AT&T Users Get Access to Google Wallet in the Marketplace, Some Success for T-Mobile Users

February 3, 2012 By: Ian Stacy

XDA forum members have noted that the AT&T Android Marketplace does, in fact, have the Google Wallet app available for download. Previously available only to Verizon users with NFC capable phones, the app is already in high demand. Now AT&T users with NFC capable phones (looking at the Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket and Galaxy Nexus) can start using Google Wallet to make purchases.

An APK version of the Google Wallet app modified for any NFC capable phone is already available but installing it requires a rooted device. Additionally many users may prefer to have the Market version to ensure they have the latest updates installed. If you already sideloaded the APK to your device, be sure to uninstall it completely before downloading the version from the Market.

T-Mobile users can also attempt to install the app to their capable device. XDA Senior Member predation has confirmed here that the install is possible via WiFi with an AT&T SIM Card in the device. Other users have reported success by using a workaround laid out here:

Go to https://market.android.com/search?q=google+wallet on your NFC capable device.
Open the page in the browser, not the Market. If the Market opens automatically you must reset your program defaults.
Click the Google Wallet icon, but this time open it using the Market app.
Tap install.

If you have a phone with an NFC chip and aren’t using Google Wallet, now’s your chance. Check out this thread for reports of working NFC payment locations.

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Samsung Galaxy 4g Receives An Easy-To-Use Unlock Script

January 2, 2012 By: Joseph Hindy

Using a hex editor to unlock a phone can be a very challenging task, especially if one does not have good knowledge of hex. More difficult still if it’s something that needs to be done on the fly.

Well, if you happen to own a Samsung Galaxy 4g, then the difficulty level has just dropped to nearly nothing.

XDA Senior Member FBis251 has written out a script, run through an existing app in the Android Market, that will get you those unlock codes without dealing with the angst of hex editing. The only prerequisite is that you need a functional T-Mobile simcard for the time being, although he’s working on a way to get it to users without one. It’s a relatively simple procedure:

1) Download the script file, save it on the SD card
2) Download Script Manager from the market
3) Open Script Manager and run the script from the SD card
4) When the dialog comes up asking you to run the script, tap on SU (it will turn green) and tap Run
5) Your unlock code will be shown on the screen and will be saved as unlock_code.txt on your sd card

That’s a very simple, free and non-headache inducing way of getting those unlock codes you’ve been looking for. If you want to check out the other features and some screenshot goodness, you can follow the link for the original thread.

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UnBricking the Nexus S

December 20, 2011 By: azrienoch

Last week, T-Mobile issued the Ice Cream Sandwich OTA update to Nexus S customers. Great news for some, miserable news for others. I didn’t found out exactly what all Google and T-Mobile included in the update, but apparently a new bootloader was included. For some users, that meant a nice, Nexus-shaped brick.

So XDA Recognized Developers AdamOutler and Rebellos of Team Hummingmod set out to do what they do best: unbricking devices. And they released revision 37 of the UnBrickable Resurrector, which added support for the Nexus S.

Using Linux, the UnBrickable Resurrector, and the latest version of Java, Team Hummingmod’s solution brings your Nexus S back to life in six steps. No hardware modification needed, at all.

Your only other option is, at the moment, through JTAG. “This method works by injecting a specially modified bootloader which calls back code used by the IROM for secure boot, but without security checks,” AdamOutler explained, “The unsecure code is uploaded into the device and the pointer is set to execute the proper location, thereby booting the device off USB.”

AdamOutler is currently working on the UnBrickable Mod hardware solution. While what he has should work in theory, he’s looking for either working or non-working Nexus S phones to prove it, and make a Do-It-Yourself guide.

If you would like to lend your Nexus S to the cause, or if you’d like to check out the software solution, UnBrickable Resurrector, please visit the development thread.

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