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Since the cupcake 1.5 android update on my phone I started getting problems connecting to my wireless network.

It would see the network and connect quite happily and the first 1 or 2 requests (say a web page or a update from a application) would work fine as well.ﾠ After that the next request would hang and eventually timeout.

If you disconnected and reconnected you could start the same cycle again.ﾠ

Searching forums and the like I found I was not alone, but no real solutions offered.

I have solved it thanks to an app in the android market place called wifi fixer by Zanshin-g1

Once this little app is running the problem has dissappeared.ﾠ I have not found out yet how it works but it does and I'm happy again :-)

If I get a chance I will try and post on some of the forums I found that ended in no solution.

Many thanks to the developer of this app.

Here is the QRCode for the app website or will take you to the android market on your phone!

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While we were on holiday my son accidentally locked my HTC Magic phone (aka G2) by getting the unlocking pattern on the touch screen wrong too many times.

It then asks for your google account credentials. No problem I thought, but it would not accept them. I thought maybe it just because I was roaming and did not have full data facilities, however even once home it simply would not accept my google account details even though I could now double check them on another machine.

Took me a while to find the factory reset option so thought I would blog it here.

1. Turn phone off
2. Hold home key and press power on key - after a short wait (quicker than normal startup) you will see a screen with a Warning triangle and a phone picture
3. Press Home key and Power on key together- you will see three options

• reboot
• apply sdcard:update.zip
• factory reset

4. Select with track ball and click as required

Hope that helps someone.