gphone activation through wifi
Finally, I ordered the android dev phone 1 (adp), but my cell phone is with AT&T and I have no intention to switch to TMobile for the moment. So before I made the decision to buy the adp, I did some research whether adp can work well with AT&T, and seems folks are saying adp works well with AT&T if you are ok without 3G.
Folks did mention data plan, like mms or multimedia etc. available from AT&T, but those terms didn't ring the bell to me. I just thought data plan may be just an option for people who want to use it and I only need wifi (and I can't afford those additional data plan, like for $30/month)
Then here came my unlocked adp, after charging battery, I stuck with the Google Data Sync step, the very exact step I entered my user/password, and I believe it's the first step with GPhone. So you could imagine when I stuck there, how hopeless I was and I just wanted to return the GPhone.
I tried those various settings with APNs that people pointed out in the forums for AT&T, but no help (no matter uppercase or lowercase, without detail or with everything). And I believe the root cause is that I don't have a data plan associated with AT&T plan.
So what can I do? Google Search finally leads me to a very helpful post, and here is the solution:
To get that going you first need to install the USB driver for the
phone and connect it to your computer.
Run "adb devices" to verify that the device is connected correctly
(HTC-something should show up under "List of devices attached"). Then
run "adb shell" and "am start -a android.intent.action.MAIN -n
com.android.settings/.Settings" from the shell prompt to get the WiFI-
configuration screen up. Now configure your WIFI and activate the
phone. Once you get that done you can go to Settings, Wireless
controls->Mobile networks and register your SIM card on the mobile
network!
The usb driver comes with andorid SDK, and in the tools direcotry, you should be able to find the adb binary. Then just follow whatever as said in the instruction, you are blessed! At least I am :)
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