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[Windows Phone 7 General] GoingInside:
Thanks for this info. Yes, I did a clean ROM update from 7004 and my applist has less than 35 apps. Going to reinstall all my stuff again :D

The steps are actually quite simple if you know how to chevron unlock it. The important thing is download the

OFFICIAL

HTC connection setup after NoDo but before Mango and copy CustClear.provxml to /windows. Update to Mango and activate HTC connection setup. Phone will be unlocked :). However, all your previously home brew apps will not work and everything has to be re-installed again.

Notice another error on my Trophy. Went to maketplace and selected HTC apps but it gave me an error code 805a0194 :confused:. But all HTC apps appear when I typed 'HTC' under search so no big deals. If anyone knows the reason for this error code, pls let me know.

Again, thanks to everyone for making this work.
[Windows Phone 7 General] reeg420:
Weird cuz I can go into HTC apps but not all of them show like calculator,attentive phone, and ironically connection setup. I had to search for them and they showed up though.

@Handala

connection setup changes a registry entry by using the custclear.provxml as a reference. HTC connection setup is trusted within wp7. By default it checks the windows folder for that file and changes the registry.
[Windows Phone 7 General] noelito:
im locked

hi im using an htc hd7 and i installed the custclear provxml in the phone and updated to mango however and then used connection setup to hopefully change the registry and remained unlocked however thats not the case, i am on mango and am relocked any ideas or help?
[Windows Phone 7 General] reeg420:
Did you put the provxml in the windows folder? If so it should still be there try running HTC connection setup again and setup a connection.
[Windows Phone 7 General] noelito:
yes

I rewrote the file as .wma and then created a custom xap ringtone for chevron ringtone then installed it to phone, then i found it in touch explorer renamed it back accordingly, moved it to the windows folder installed connection set up, went and installed mango, im relocked again and i used connection set up several times and it seems to say set up successful but im still locked sad face
[Windows Phone 7 General] reeg420:
Maybe you have to install HTC connection setup first before you add the custclear.provxml to the windows directory. That's all I can think of since you did it right. Unless for some reason you rename it wrong. Try to restore your nodo from Zune and retry.
[Windows Phone 7 General] abhilaksh:
Just to be sure -

I did the exact same thing, except:

(a) I ran HTC Connection setup before and after updating to mango. It was the version from the app store and not side-loaded.

(b) I used the batch files from winphonehacker to provision the phone, even though i'm dev unlocked (because, well, that's what the OP had initially posted as working.)

(c) I deleted all homebrew apps before updating. (This one shouldn't matter)

(d) I had HTC Connection Setup installed before doing the ringtone-provxml thing. (This would only ever matter if connection setup overwrites the crustclear.provxml file. which is shouldn't be able to (if it does indeed try) considering the flag is set to 'read only'.)

I'll probably look at (a) above. I'm sure the batch-file and the normal tool do exactly the same things in the end, minus the dev check.

Hope this helps.

ps. I know you'll need to restore+update (all over) again: We feel your pain bud.

EDIT: reeg thinks that it can be (d) too. So, well, try!

@reeg: I just woke up to mango. and then connection setup-ed it. Thanks a lot!
[Windows Phone 7 General] abhilaksh:
On another note...

I have a question. What exactly does HTC Connection Setup do? I mean, why do we run it (and not anything else?). I realise that it would be executing the provxml and would be granted access because it's an oem app which probably has high priveleges. but, why would it execute a random provxml file in the windows directory.

Or, well, thinking about it: the file's not really random. it has a specific name, so why run "CustClear.provxml"?

Thanks.
[Windows Phone 7 General] abhilaksh:
If you do not need your data:

1)flash to 7004,

2)apply the Prevent Relock,

3)update to NoDo,

4)and then update to mango.
[Windows Phone 7 General] reeg420:
I'm more leaning that the file was renamed wrong perhaps the last "l" got deleted cuz at quick look the cursor might have looked like an "l". Or somehow it didn't recognize as read only when installed. What sucks is you wouldn't be able to find out unless its unlocked. So your gonn have to roll back to nodo.

The provxml reg trick is an old one and was found by xboxmod before he made his provxml deployer app. He actually has a nice thread with tools to make it easy to make a provxml. Google WP7 provxml capabilities for the thread. Its on xda somewhere. That in combination with the regedit thread is where my provxml came from. I actually made another provxml earlier to fix my live tiles not updating and it worked perfectly.
[Windows Phone 7 General] noelito:
you know what i didnt run the connection set up before i installed mango, i simply downloaded it from the marketplace and let it sit there, i also had installed the custclear as well, i didnt touch either of those things until after mango, so i should have installed custclear on my nodo unlocked phone first before doing all this? I really want mango but with my phone restart and screen capture app back sigh
[Windows Phone 7 General] reeg420:
Yah on unlocked nodo

Install connection setup from marketplace

Run it once(don't know if this is needed but can't hurt)

Now copy provxml to windows.

Then upgrade to mango and run HTC connection setup. I had picked it to setup for default carrier.(don't know if that's needed either but can't hurt) Not sure when connection setup runs the provxml either when it opens or when it sets up a connection.
[Windows Phone 7 General] noelito:
when i get back to nodo, i should install custclear THEN connection set up, because then it will rewrite the registry and THEN go to mango update? and then run connection set up again and im unlocked?

and also, i cant get my wp device manager to work anymore, keeps saying registry access denied even with the newest version any ideas? i dont trust renaming the custclear into a ringtone or whatever i think that was the source of my problem
[Windows Phone 7 General] reeg420:
No install HTC connections setup. Run it once, then copy custclear.provxml to windows folder. That's it on nodo.

Upgrade to mango then run connection setup. Connection setup should be run once after you copy the file to windows and only on mango.
[Windows Phone 7 General] noelito:
ok so its 12:17 pst and i am reinstalling mango...

but what i did was back on unlock nodo i installed connection set up, ran it, then i used a custom proxml deployer i found on xda, i placed your custclear provxml into the deployer xap, deployed it installed it on my phone, uninstalled the deployer rebooted the phone and am no proceeding to install mango

i hope this works meanwhile im watching a movie and cooking to pass the time lol
[Windows Phone 7 General] Handala:
Once you modified the registry with CustClear (max apps), you don't need to do it again?

Because each time I connect my Trophy to Zune I have this error (max apps reached) and I have to modify the registry again to make it work.
[Windows Phone 7 General] schluff1:
The connection setup deletes custclear.provxml after it was implemented. At least for me. Can anyone confirm this?

So maybe that's the problem for some of you.

Just copy the custclear.provxml file in the Windows directory and perform the connection setup AFTER the update to mango! Not before, because otherwise the custclear file is deleted by the connection setup.

Hopefully the unlock will remain, because this only works once.
[Windows Phone 7 General] reeg420:
I hope you moved the custclear.provxml to the windows folder before you upgraded to nodo that the only place htc connection setup is going to look for it.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Fodor Gábor:
Unlocked!!

I worked.The Connection setup re-installed , and I ran.Thank you to all developers.: D
[Windows Phone 7 General] reeg420:
Interesting the prevent relock hack also protects the value for max apps. When I made that custclear I left out the unlock and prevent relock. Since you have it legit unlocked I figured everything was all set.

Well I made a couple new custclear's for you the first one has the max apps and prevent relock. This one should allow the max apps hack to stay when connected to zune. The second one replaces the values in the registry to enable relock again through zune should you ever need it.
[Windows Phone 7 General] reeg420:
Its does delete it. huh.. Apparently the phone doesnt care if the file is set to read only...Hey at least it stayed there while we updated to mango.
[Windows Phone 7 General] schluff1:
Now we need a way to put the file to a HTC mango phone without reverting to nodo, so we can edit the registry at any time...
[Windows Phone 7 General] reeg420:
We can do that now. I've done it to fix my live tiles. Same idea I personal used remote suite to get the file to the phone but you can use just about anything. Then move it to the windows folder with touchxplorer and run HTC connection setup. Same thing except we can't use WPDM.
[Windows Phone 7 General] noelito:
using usb storage enabler

ok so im still locked and reverted back to nodo unlocked, i dont rust the whole ringtone conversion then back to xml thing so now i am using USBstorage enabler, i copy the xml to the device and then i try to use touch explorer and i can't find it anywhere on my phone, the files found on my pc using usbstorage enabler are ont found when i use touch explorer on the phone, do you know where i can save the xml on the phone that i could find it using touch explorer?
[Windows Phone 7 General] noelito:
what is this remote suite application? where can i get that?

i found it
[Windows Phone 7 General] noelito:
ok installed last mango update (long haul) again

before i installed the last updated i checked to see if the custclear was still in my windows folder and it is and then i uninstalled all homebrew apps and went ahead wiht the last update, as soon as mango is done i will run connection set up, wish me luck guys!

oh ps

can anyone who is unlocked mango tell me if they are still able to use their screen capture app?
[Windows Phone 7 General] schluff1:
Nice one! I wrongly assumed that access to \windows is no longer possible in Mango.
[Windows Phone 7 General] noelito:
im unlocked woo hoo!

thanks reeg420 for all your help, whew what a 2 day journey!
[Windows Phone 7 General] reeg420:
Welcome:D

Heres xboxmods thread about provxml alot of info there. Everything you need to know about reg edits through provxml. Its an old thread and hasnt been posted to in a few months but everything is still very relevant. Especially now considering no registry editors anymore. At least for the time being.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=936235
[Windows Phone 7 General] noelito:
hey reeg420 none of my apps are working screen capture, battery meter, phone reset, so i am trying to create a provxml for jaxbot dehydrate on pause so that my screen capture can work, im stuck after i enter the registry keys in my text and save it.

when i try to use the provxml translator rgu reg it doesnt see the text file

i have figured it out lol i will stop writing for a bit thanks everyone lol
[Windows Phone 7 General] bubbl3:
I found an error in my 32bit fix regfile, problem is that even after using the right instructions the 16bit banding is not fixed, anyone had success?

<wap-provisioningdoc>
<!-- *** 32bit colors *** -->
<characteristic type="Registry">
<parm name="PrimBPP" value="50" datatype="integer" />
<parm name="bpp" value="50" datatype="integer" />
<parm name="PanelBPP" value="50" datatype="integer" />
</characteristic>
</characteristic>
</wap-provisioningdoc>
[Windows Phone 7 General] :
ok, so the trick is to have the custclear.provxl deployed in the windows directory, htc connection installed before Mango, install mango and run the htc connection app? Just wanna make sure before I roll back. :p

darkf0rce

installed htc connecton, deployed custclear.provxl, moved to /windows, installed mango and no go.

rolled back to nodo unlocked, deployed custclear.provxl, moved to /windows, ran htc connection, redeployed custclear.provxl, moved to /windows, now installing mango, still no go.

Ill try it one more time, run htc connection, deploy custclear.provxl, move to /windows, install mango, and run htc connection.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Handala:
What I tried is the 2nd thing you did, i ran HTC connection to try the provxml if it's working right, then redeployed the provxml, and ugrapded to mango. And it didn't work.... but I forgot to dev unlock before running HTC connection so I dunno if it has something to do with it or maybe I have to unlock with the provxml.

Hope it will work for you :p

I need to try this one more time, damn.
[Windows Phone 7 General] reeg420:
On unlocked nodo

Install HTC connections setup, run once

Get custclear.provxml into windows directory. DO NOT run connection setup it will delete the provxml.

Now upgrade to 7401 then mango through zune.

Now run connection setup. Unlocked.

I haven't tried to do the color banding fix bit I have deleted reg keys to fix my live tiles using custclear on mango. Wondering if anybody else got it working.
[Windows Phone 7 General] schluff1:
I think this is a common mistake with hex and dec. Or maybe I'm wrong?

This fixes the banding in native apps and all live tiles for me, but not in 3rd party apps (perhaps Mango related...):

<wap-provisioningdoc>
<!-- *** 32bit colors *** -->
<characteristic type="Registry">
<parm name="PrimBPP" value="32" datatype="integer" />
<parm name="bpp" value="32" datatype="integer" />
<parm name="PanelBPP" value="24" datatype="integer" />
</characteristic>
</characteristic>
</wap-provisioningdoc>
[Windows Phone 7 General] Handala:
Awesome!

It woooorks!

Thanks for your help reeg420 :)

I actually took your first CustClear.provxml to unlock+prevent+max apps and didn't register my device.
[Windows Phone 7 General] bubbl3:
I think third party apps need to specify the color dept in mango.
[Windows Phone 7 General] :
I tried it 3 times, but everytime it went to Mango my phone would get locked. Ive got a dev account, but still wanted to try to get it unlocked this way, it was way more fun. ;) I did get the wp7 jewels homebrew gamboy app installed and working fine on my phone though. most of the homebrew programs dont work under mango anyways, so Im not too disappointed. ;)

I used ansar's way of updating to mango and this way actually worked for me! Now Im unlocked again in mango yay!;)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1101344
[Windows Phone 7 General] hellohacka:
I'm trying to transfer CustClear.provxml across to my phone using the Chevron Ringtone method. Where do I find the file once it's deployed to the phone?

Edit: Found it. Needed to run the ChevronWP7 Ringtone' App on the phone. Now it appears where it should.
[Windows Phone 7 General] killerkhatiby009:
So does this work if I have an officially developer unlocked nodo device? I am currently running mango developer unlocked officially as well but I would like to have the sideload limit removed, and from what I'm reading I would need to basically restore back to NoDo and then place the provxml file using touchxplorer since I cannot side load anything in mango since I have reached the limit already and it also seems like touchxplorer is not working in mango either?

Btw I have an HTC Arrive with Sprint which is CDMA, does the provxml hack work on CDMA phones?
[Windows Phone 7 General] reeg420:
Yah if touchxplorer isn't installed while on nodo you would have to revert to nodo to get it working then upgrade to mango. Can you download and run HTC connection setup. Just don't apply any settings. Pretty sure connection setup looks for the custclear file and executes it while it starts up connection setup. So you wouldnt have to apply any settings. Try to download it from the marketplace and see if it will run on a cdma device before you revert to nodo. But in order for touchxolorer to work it needs to be installed on nodo then carried over to mango. Unless for some reason you can get touchxplorer to work then you could do it all from mango without reverting. Just put custclear in windows directory and run HTC connection setup if that even works on cdma devices.
[Windows Phone 7 General] killerkhatiby009:
I'm on dev unlocked officially mango on my CDMA HTC Arrive now and I searched for connection setup in the market place and I found it but there is not download or share button or install or anything. I can see reviews and pictures and all but no download, is anyone else experiencing this?

EDIT: Nevermind screen turned off and then back on and it appeared, might just be the bad internet signal I have here. Installing now we will see if it even runs in mango

EDIT#2: Just tried running it and got an "error the application is not supported by your device" any idea how to do this on CDMA?
[Windows Phone 7 General] noelito:
new question! i changed my windows live id...

i recently changed my windows live id to a new email address and now my phone is "upset" about it however it is unlocked mango beta. I can no longer download apps from the market place and my although facebook chat works i get an error message everytime i go to messaging.

i read up on how to alleviate this problem and it said to reset the phone and input the new windows live id, however my phone will no longer be unlocked.

my question is if i install the custclear provxml and reset the phone will the provxml still reside in the windows directory? and then run connection set up and i will be unlocked once more?

or is there another way to change my windows live id to get rid of the error message and stay mango beta unlocked?
[Windows Phone 7 General] reeg420:
You can't just delete the account in email settings then make a new one. Never done it myself. Either that or there is a reg keys that contains the activation code for the email. On my hd7 I didn't have to enter it but on my hd2 I did. That might be what's messing it up. Pretty sure the key is still on the hd7.

Try making a backup of the current mango unlocked you have on your phone now incase anything goes wrong you can restore back to.

Follow the steps in the hd2 forum to get the activation code from Microsoft so you can manually enter it.

Check out xboxmod's thread about wp7 provxml capabilities and make a provxml from his example of the activation code reg keys. Replace code in provxml with the code you get from microsoft.

Rename provxml to custclear, place in windows directory, run HTC connection setup. Might have to reset. Should work if it doesn't restore to the backup you made eaelierearlier
[Windows Phone 7 General] superaca:
desperately need help

im so desperate about this method. its the guide need to be updated.

i tried 4 time last night and it take my whole sleeps time. still failed

this is what i did.

1. i roll back to 7392, and it still unlock nodo. i put CustClear.provxml on the windows folder and install htc connection setup.

2. i update, and i got 7441. check the next update

3. update and i got 7661

4. run htc conn, exit.

5. try to do sideload.

6. FAILED!

here is the question.

1. do i need to change something in the attach file on this thread?

2. there is 7441 before mango, what should i do on that phase? or just go to the next level?

3. does my phone need to reboot once it got 7661 and before running the connection?

4. when i open connection setup, what should i do next? just quit it without doing any setting? do i need to reboot the phone?
[Windows Phone 7 General] reeg420:
Just did it last night the same exact way I had wrote it up.

Install HTC connection setup. Run it once... THEN place custclear.provxml in windows folder. Might want to have touchxplorer installed on nodo before you upgrade to mango so it still works in mango. Other than that I have done it a total of 4 times, twice in two separate devices both TMOUS HD7's and it worked flawless. Even included the color fix in the last two and still works flawless.

I think the problem you are having is putting the povxml in the windows folder before you install connection setup. As a note connection setup deletes the provxml everytime its run... So do not run connection setup after you copy the provxml in the windows directory. And when you go to 7441 don't do anything. Stay connected to zune and just upgrade to mango.
[Windows Phone 7 General] moe dope:
it went ok till 7401, after i upgraded to mango it relocked again

HD7, do i have to run conection setup after it updates to mando, i did as you spacified not to run it and just hit upgrade, i even check at 7401 to see if CustClear.provxml file was present before upgraded to 7661
[Windows Phone 7 General] Strike_Eagle:
Okay, since there are many people here cannot have an Mango-Unlocked.

This were all the steps i did:

1. Had my phone to 7392 (Mango + 1 Official Update) , send the necessary file to Windows directory by Windows Phone Device Manager

2. Download everything as the guide on the other thread, and install them (read the pdf)

3. Run the Provision.exe, let it do its job, (Back up the phone and install the update)

4. Run Zune Beta, Let it update to 7401

5. After Restart from First update to 7401, Don't do anything on the phone yet, just unlock it from lockscreen and leave it there, click "Check Update" in Zune Beta and let it update to 7661

6. Side Loading for free

I have just had Mango for a few minutes and have no problem running 3rd Apps.
[Windows Phone 7 General] reeg420:
yah mango will be locked when it first runs. As soon as mango loads run HTC connection setup and that's when it unlocks itself. If you are still on mango run HTC connection setup and it should unlock.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Slamberg:
Well I try it many times, it won't work on my HD7. I already flash rom to 7004 and reproduce all the way to unlock. and update to NoDo.
[Windows Phone 7 General] superaca:
workksss! finally!

this is what i did,

1. get 7392 unlock.

2. get HTC Connection setup, custclear on windows dir.

3. run HTC conn setup, press press the "v" button, press done

4. re-insert custclear to windows dir

5. get update to pre mango, once it done and ask the mango update, close it. and run htc conn setup then try to tap touch xplorer to make sure it still unlock

6. if its still unlock re-insert custclear to windows dir

7. get mango, once it done and ask the mango update, close it. and run htc conn setup then there it is, mango unlock.

THANKSSSS!
[Windows Phone 7 General] norgan:
Problem is, like in my case where you unlock but a factory reset will remove the unlock. (I updated radio) now how to get XML back in windows directory of locked mango.
[Windows Phone 7 General] reeg420:
Can't. You would have to restore to nodo and reupgrade to mango. The radio you flashed will still be there. That is in a different part of phone memory.
[Windows Phone 7 General] sweetysinghania:
Samsung Focus bought last week, how to update to Mango RTM

Hello Folks,

Go easy on me.

I switched from iphone to Samsung focus Last week and I know have an update from ATT on focus with the OS version 7.0.7390.0. Is it the NoDo update?

I am very very new.

I would like to update it to Mango RTM.

Please guide me what it takes to update it to Mango.

Do i have to unlock the phone?

Please anyone, could you point me to link to do an upgrade step by step from the OS build i have to Mango RTM.

Really appreciate your help.

Thanks

Sweety