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^ Please see I would assume you would need to get MEID registered first on RCDMA, see Sadikk bhai's post for information.

Good initiative but will not succeed unless the new card is accepted globally. MasterCard and Visa have global presence and Rupay will somewhere down the line need to have a global presence or alternatively have tieup with these companies outside India. Also it will need to have tieup with e commerce payment systems like PayPal.

Try TNT or UPS.

Who comes up with these marketing tactics? 5GB FUP as unlimited should be reported to DoT as misleading customers.

Blame lies with DoT not TRAI according to pdf.

Here are few utilities which allows adb functionality in GUI. ANDROID COMMANDER - copy multiple files/dirs between Phone and PC - copy multiple files/dirs between Phone folders - delete multiple files/dirs from Phone - new dir and rename options - drag&drop multiple files/dirs in to progrm - drag&drop files/dirs between program tabs - partitions size info - bookmarks - windows integration - backup multiple apps to any dir on Phone/PC - batch/single apps install - install as private - update - batch/single uinstall apps - uninstall with option to keep data or not - type any shell command - run sh script from PC - flashing zip and img files - options to reboot, reboot to recovery, reboot to bootloader, power off phone - screenshots (beta) - tools... Sreenshot : Phone Requirements: - ROOT (only for Applications Manager and flashing options) - BusyBox (required only for rooted phones; included to most ROMs) - Settings->Applications->Development->USB debuging must be enabled - USB cable PC Requirements: - Windows - Android SDK * - Installed ADB USB Driver from Android SDK * - SDK/Tools set in System Path * *see post 1 Download: Here DROID EXPLORER - Multiple Device Support - Copy and auto-apply update.zip - Copy local files to device - Auto detection of connected/disconnected device - APK file icon and extended information - Device command shell window - Reboot device - Reboot device in to recovery mode - Open files for viewing / execution locally with the default file type executable - Drag & Drop file copy from Explorer - Flash Recovery Image - Package Manager (Install & Uninstall) - No need to mount SD card to access files from computer - Access files in other directories besides SD card - Copy files from device to local clipboard - Paste files from local clipboard to device - Open files on local machine - Display open with dialog to specify what to open a file with - Right click APK and Uninstall - Right click APK and Install - Delete files from device - Take a Screen Shot (landscape or portrait) - Plugins can register as a component to open files - Open from within Computer - Should now work with more ROMs as long as they are Rooted and have busybox - Device "Friendly Name" instead of device serial number. - Android Screencast Plugin - Control your android device with your mouse and keyboard - Install/Uninstall APK files right from explorer - Standalone plugin runner (will mainly be used for windows 7 jump lists and the apk installer but can be used to run any plugin. - Better Hero Support - Backup the "Google Experience" applications and creates an update.zip containing the applications - Use an existing Android SDK with Droid Explorer, or let Droid Explorer set up the SDK for you. Screenshot: Here Download: Here Source: Modaco

^ Thank you brother.

BASIC ADB COMMANDS How to get your logcat To use logcat simply Code: adb shell logcat To logcat to sdcard Code: adb shell logcat > /sdcard/logcat.txt Copy an app from your phone to your computer Code: adb pull /system/app/filename.apk C:\path (replace filename.apk with the app your pulling also replace path with the folder your placing the app in) Install an app from your computer on your phone This is also known as sideloading. Unlike installing from the SD card, it does not require unknown sources to be enabled. Code: adb install filename.apk This assumes that you are working from the directory where the file is located. This will install the application to /data/app. It will also show sometimes useful errors if install fails. That is not something you will see from the Android GUI. If you want to do anything which needs admin access, first we go to the adb shell which logs into the phone. Code: adb shell If we end up with a $, we will want admin rights, in many cases. To get admin rights, you want to type Code: su Look at your phone if this is the first time, it may prompt you to allow access. Else you will get permission denied. If you are not rooted, this will not work Push an app from your computer to your phones filesystem Code: adb push filename /pathtodirectoryonphone So for instance, if I have test.txt that I want to send to root of /sdcard, I would type: Code: adb push test.txt /sdcard/ Pushing files can be done to any directory, however, some are protected. For instance, /system is going to give you a permission denied or a read only filesystem error. To get around this, the easiest thing to do is push the file to your sdcard, then log into the shell: Code: adb shell Code: su We will then mount the system as writable Code: mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/stl9 /system Then we can use something like Code: cp /sdcard/test.txt /system/app/test.txt cp stands for copy and it requires the path of the file and destination path. When you copy it, you can rename it to whatever you like. For instance, if we wanted to backup a file Code: cp /sdcard/test.txt /sdcard/backuptest.txt Pulling files from your phone to your computer Lets say you want to get a file from your phone, to modify, backup, etc. To do this, we simply use adb in this manner: Code: adb pull /pathtofile/filename destinationname For instance, if I wanted to backup ADW launcher in system/app I would do this Code: adb pull /system/app/ADWLauncher.apk ADWLauncher.apk And it will pull the file from the phone and put it in the current directory. Like above, you can specifcy where it goes. Changing permissions We use something called chmod. This is used in this manner Code: adb shell su chmod 755 /pathtoapplication/applicationname An example Code: adb shell su chmod 755 /system/app/ADWLauncher.apk 755 is good for applications and script files. Remove an app from your phone This becomes especially handy for removing rogue applications. To do this, we must be in the adb shell. Code: adb shell su rm /system/app/ADWLauncher.apk You may first need to remount system as writable with: Code: mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/stl9 /system That applies when using chmod as well. So what I did above was delete ADW Launcher from system/app Flash a recovery image to your phone First pace the recovery image in your sdcard root and rename it to recovery (so the full name will now be recovery.img) Code: adb shell su (prompt changes from $ to #) flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img (wait till this# sign shows up again before you type the next command) reboot recovery Get your current battery level Code: adb shell cat /sys/class/power_supply/battery/capacity Get your current rom build Code: adb shell getprop ro.build.description If we want to merely reboot the phone Code: adb reboot If we want to go to recovery Code: adb reboot recovery Source and credit: XDA

INSTALLING ADB ON MAC What you will need: A Mac USB cable Android SDK for OSX - http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html This guide refers to the version "android-sdk_r08-mac_86". So download the zip file and extract it to a folder where you are happy to keep it such as within your user home folder i.e. Macintosh HD/Users/{Your User Name} and for this guide the example folder is is Users/test. Then open then still in Finder, open "android-sdk-mac_86" then "tools". Now launch Terminal - ⌘ + space then type Terminal or Applications>Utilities>Terminal Now drag and drop the file called "android" in the "tools" folder into your terminal window and you should see something like: /Users/test/android-sdk-mac_86/tools/android Then hit enter - this should load Android SDK Next go to Available Packages on the left and Android Repository > Android SDK Platform-tools, revision 1 -tick the box and hit "Install Selected" It should download and install the Platform Tools which includes ADB !!!! Now quit Android SDK after it has downloaded and go back into Finder. Now you should see a new folder "platform-tools" in the "android-sdk-mac_86" folder. Open that and you can now see a file called adb. Now go back to your Terminal window and type (or copy & paste): Code: cd ~ The screen should then look like NAME_OF_YOUR_MACHINE:~ USERNAME$ For example: Mac-Pro:~ test$ Next, type Code: touch .bash_profile to create your new bash / path file Next, type Code: open -e .bash_profile to open it in TextEdit. Now into Text Edit please copy: Code: export PATH=${PATH}: Then go into Finder and navigate your your "android-sdk-mac_86" folder. Then click on the "platform-tools" folder and drag and drop this into TextEdit at the end of the code above that you copied. Mine looks like: export PATH=${PATH}:/Users/test/android-sdk-mac_86/platform-tools/ Yours should look like: export PATH=${PATH}:insert your path to the "platform-tools" folder in your Android SDK here All you need is that one line. Then Save and exit TextEdit and then very importantly QUIT TERMINAL. Now to turn on USB Debugging in your handset Settings > Applications > Development > USB Debugging - ticked and also go to Settings > Connect to PC > Default connection type > Charge Only and also UNTICK "Ask me ..." there also. You can always go back here and change these settings back. Now plug in your phone to a USB port. Now to launch ADB - re-open terminal (remember that you had quit it - very important!) then type in: Code: adb devices And you should see: List of devices attached HXXXXXXXXXX device where XXXXXXXX is your unique phone ID. Now you can run all of your favourite ADB commands straight by typing: Code: adb shell etc straight into Terminal. Source and credit: XDA

^ Very nice.

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Know DTDC and Aramex have international shipping no idea about electronics specifically though. You could try contacting Aramex they do international express though in restricted items list it is mentioned and see what they say.

^ OK then I suggest you generate port code and have a word with MNP retention department and see if/what they offer if you threaten port out, no harm in trying. All the best.

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^ Well we can agree to disagree brother that is what discussion is about, I have hardly used GSM in India myself so cannot comment but RCDMA does have quite good voice quality. Hardly any network promotes voice quality as USP which is strange.

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Thanks for the info, I have used Orange UK and can vouch for their call quality, however in a market like India do you think HD voice is really a deciding factor, I think what scores more is network reliability i.e. fewer call drops either intra cell or inter cell during BTS handover. GSM/UMTS is inherently inferior to CDMA in terms of call quality, even though CDMA has problems in network efficiency I think purely in terms of network quality, RCDMA leads.

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