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[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] DavidinCT:
Is there any other methods of exploits that anyone can think of with mango ? All a lot of us are interested in is extending the 3 App limit but, of course there is other features we'd like to take care of.

Trying to think outside of the box...as the ClearCust.proxml method does not work on CDMA based HTC devices or Non-HTC devices, we need to try something else.

1. Image exploits, Anyone try this ? Opening an image on some devices runs a script (it worked on the iPhone and my old fatboy PSP).

2. How about a XAP, installing a application needs to registry edits sometimes, could we not exploit this to allow to make a simple app limit change if so, how ?

Any other ideas here that might work for everyone ?
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] DavidinCT:
*This is for a CDMA WP7 model not GSM*

I tried again, Rolled back to NoDo, installed a bunch of apps Put the Cust file (from the first page) back in \windows folder. Upgraded to mango it gave me errors when I started trying to run any of my sideloaded apps (MS revoked this app and only option is to Uninstall or hit the Windows key).

Then I ran the connection manager then rebooted , it's no longer asking me to uninstall my sideloaded apps but,

if I try to install another one, it said I hit my limit.

So, I might roll back tomorrow, install more apps (everything I need for now), then come back, re-upgrade/re-run Connection setup this so my apps are ok and just live with it till a true fix is done for CDMA model phones.

Anyone figure out how to unlock a CDMA WP7 phone yet ? Just want to remove the 3 app limit, too many home brew apps just to have only 3.

Thanks !
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] MrNetrix:
If your phone is either a Samsung or HTC device, you should be able to use interop on the native signed DLLs in the official OEM apps to modify the Registry (in Mango).
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] DavidinCT:
It does not work correctly in CDMA devices for some reason. There are a few people working on this and that progress or the CustClear.provxml Does not work in Mango.

This has been said a few pages back and a lot of other posts. The Effected phones are the Verizon HTC Trophy and the HTC Arrive on Sprint.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] MrNetrix:
A few posts ago, you said that the HTC Connection Setup runs, which means that ComRegRw_ConnectionSetup.dll from it should be able to be interoped to modify the Registry.

Are you saying that someone has already tried to use interop on ComRegRw_ConnectionSetup.dll to modify the Registry and it did not work? I did not say anything about CustClear.provxml...
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] DavidinCT:
I've tried a bunch of things so far, not 100% sure what your talking about but, if I didn't try it, I am willing to try anything.

Could you point me a link to the exact process your talking about ?

I'm really sure that the Connection Setup with the CustClear.provxml in the \windows folder does not work on the HTC CDMA Trophy. I have tried a few scripts and ugpraded to mango, then ran connnection setup, then rebooted, no matter what, I can only deploy 3 apps and no other changes that were done. I've upgraded to mango 5 times now, if you have a method that might work, trust me, I want to try it.

There is just too many good home brew apps to have a limit of 3....
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] MrNetrix:
Try the attached XAP. I modified the Samsung Registry editor from here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=10619966&postcount=16

All credit goes to MalooMF9 except for changing it to (hopefully) work with HTC devices. As I do not have an HTC device, I could not fully test it myself, but it does run and does the interop without crashing, so it should work on HTC devices just fine. I have it preset to read/write the MaxUnsignedApp Registry key. You should be able to just put in a value, set it to DWORD, and tap 'Write'. If it says "Access Denied or Key does not exist.", that is bad. If it works, open the provxml to see the keys that it changes and set them manually.

If you are unable to sideload interop apps on Mango, you will have to revert to NoDo to deploy it, then upgrade to Mango (yet again). It would be worth it if it works though.

All of the hives should be able to be accessed. "HKLM" is local machine, "HKCU" is current users, "HKCR" is classes root, and "HKUS" is users.

I encourage anyone with an HTC device to try it out and report your results.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] DavidinCT:
Thanks, I got something working on my CDMA HTC Trophy, on bootup I had 13 Apps installed, no issues with them (besides the non working registry, etc) and deployed 2, no issues and even File management worked... Rebooted, synced, pulled the battery and resynced. No issues :)
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] MrNetrix:
1. Did you try the HTC Registry editor that I attached to my last post?

2. If you did, did it work and were you able to deploy it in Mango?
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] DavidinCT:
I deployed it in mango, it installed fine. I opened it, it had

"HKLM\Software\Microsoft\DeviceReg\Install\MaxUnsignedApp"

and it gave a "Access Denied or Key Does not exist" when I clicked "read", I do know that key is blocked.

To note my method of install (I will give details later), I did not have to do anything in mango, it was fully unlocked on startup :)
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] MrNetrix:
That key should not be blocked. It will give that error if you kept it on "String" instead of changing it to "DWORD". If you did change it, that is unfortunate as it would have been useful for people to use on HTC devices.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] JulietteOnXDA:
well, i think it is much easier this way.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] DavidinCT:
Changed it to DWORD, still same error :(
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] sensboston:
Just tried and got error 0x81030120 during deployment (HTC Surround, Mango beta, developer's unlocked). I can deploy xap if I remove <Capability Name="ID_CAP_INTEROPSERVICES"/> but app (of course!) is dysfunctional in that case.

P.S. Also tried to play a little with latest "Connection Setup.xap" from HTC. I can't deploy the original XAP 'cause of "WMAppPRHeader.xml" presence. If I removed that file, I'm getting 0x81030120 error! The HTC handsets behavior is different from Samsung handsets :-(

P.P.S. Just remembered the difference: I unlocked Focus by using attached xml (using provxml method) for some reasons; HTC was unlocked by standard way. So, I'm suspecting these keys are responsible for ID_CAP_INTEROPSERVICES restriction (sound strange but no other variants):

<characteristic type="HKLM\Software\Microsoft\DeviceReg">
<parm name="PortalUrlProd" value="" datatype="string" />
<parm name="PortalUrlInt" value="" datatype="string" />
</characteristic>
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] MrNetrix:
You would have to revert to NoDo, deploy it, then update to Mango again to get around the interop deployment restriction.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] sensboston:
But I can deploy Samsung registry editor with interop on Mango, that is the question!
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] Rcf686:
Which Samsung registry editor can you deploy in Mango? I tried deploying the one that keeps getting mentioned by returning to NODO then upgrading to Mango and it will not start.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] sensboston:
Search WP7 forums for "samsung registry editor", u'll find in few first topics.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] sensboston:
Reverted to NoDo (just for test purposes), your reg editor can't run (crashed immediately after launch). So please post source code, I'll try to debug.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] MrNetrix:
On your Samsung device, sure. I was trying to create an app that can be used to edit the Registry on HTC devices, even if it has to be deployed in NoDo before updating to Mango. I am aware that you can not deploy it in Mango on your HTC device.

Well, it was made for Mango, so it would crash since NoDo does not have the proper (Mango) runtimes.

Here is the source code anyway so you could make a NoDo version to test if you want. Regardless, I would like you to try to run it after updating to Mango (after having it deployed in NoDo of course).
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] sensboston:
Not working on NoDo too :-( ComBridge seems like created successfully but m_RegRwObject.RegistryGetDword (and other reg functions returns 0)

The only one function m_RegRwObject.IsHTCDevice(out uResult) returns 3117762780 (or 0xB9D548DC) - don't really know what that value means...

P.S. MrNetrix, I propose the following steps:

- make it works on Nodo (API 7.0);

- I'll change app name & API to 7.1, deploy both apps (7.0 & 7.1) on NoDo, and update handset to Mango after;

This will give us the complete picture (for this moment).
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] MrNetrix:
That is odd. It is exactly what the HTC Connection Setup app uses. Thanks for trying it out though. You can mess around with it to try to get it to work if you want. I do not have an HTC device, so I can not try anything further. It is apparent that it is properly interoping the DLL, otherwise it would definitely crash. It even runs on my Samsung Focus, but has the same result as you.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] diboze:
i can deploy your registry.xap in mango just fine. no need to go back to nodo...but still the app cant read or write the maxapp-reg-key :)
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] MrNetrix:
I reverted back to NoDo and updated to Mango and now I am getting the 0x81030120 error on my Samsung Focus, so it is not a brand thing. Investigating further...

EDIT: It is definitely the GPRS/unlock.xml method that removes the 0x81030120 error.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] piaqt:
Does this help? Using Isolated Storage to save/load files on Windows Phone 7 http://bit.ly/n9kIXE
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] sensboston:
Nope, it doesn't.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] Perlnx:
You can use HTC ProvXML Deploy from XBMOD to deploy your registry into Mango again after unlock,

Test and it's work on my HD7 with Mango B2 (7661) update.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] piaqt:
Please excuse me if I'm being dense. I have a dev-unlocked HTC Surround from AT&T. Every time I try to deploy HTC ProvXML Deploy, I get the dreaded 81030120 error. My phone is officially updated and unlocked.

To get HTC ProvXML Deploy to deploy, do I have to revert to NoDo and then update via GPRS/unlock.xml? And if so, where do I get it? Searched XDA, found provision.zip, got "failed to update" probably because I'm already updated to 7661.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] MrNetrix:
GPRS/unlock.xml is for Samsung devices. You would have to revert to NoDo to deploy HTC ProvXML then update to Mango again and run it.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] Perlnx:
Maybe I've explain not clear,

You still require to unlock your Mango with CustClear.provmxl and HTC Connection Setup.

So you must prepare your CustClear.provmxl into your \Windows folder before update to Mango.

But after unlocked you can deploy your registry again anytime with HTC ProvXml Deploy.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] oscard:
hello,

i have an HD7, but i am not able to find anywhere the Connection Setup; i looked in both the market plance and the HTC hub.

i found some Connection Setup XAP files on the forum but i was not able to install any due to the error 0x81030120 since i upgraded to mango 7720 after doing and reset.

can someone help in finding the right XAP or fix this error? i know that i need to remove a code line from a file in the XAP, but i was not able to since it seems that it is read only.

thanks

oscar

Found it, the name was in french :)

but i still need help in the 0x81030120 error :)

cheers
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] xxdelgado:
Hello, I have a question, I have the phone unlocked / registered but will not let me install touchexplorer to copy the file CustClear.provxml. I wonder how I can do it, you can not access the files with another application?? I can make some modification to install the touchexplorer??? I've tried everything. I'm on version 7712 B2 and I have no previous version of Backup WP7.

Thank you.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] :
You wouldn't happen to have reg tweak for the volume level would ya? I know there is one out there. I was running WP& on my HD2 ported from HD7 and the first ROM the sound was just like my HD7 sound and later they tweaked the reg and cooked it in and later ROMs the volume was awesome!

Just wondering because that is THE ONLY thing I dislike about my HD7.

Thanks in advance
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] Lord AnubiS:
If you haven't installed the connection setup from the forums before the upgrade you can't do it later... I think you need to downgrade and try again.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] LiFePo4:
All - this worked for me

- it is recommended to have TouchXplorer loaded before upgrading. I am not sure you can side load later but in theory it should if you do the following steps first...

- you need a copy of the PROVXML in the windows directory before upgrading (use WPDM)

- do NOT have any version of HTC Connection Setup loaded when you upgrade

- make sure to have the following in the PROVXML:

<characteristic type="HKLM\Software\Microsoft\DeviceReg\Install">

<parm name="MaxUnsignedApp" value="2147483647" datatype="integer" />

</characteristic>

- go all the way to the latest version of upgrade you want

- go to HTC Hub and install the HTC Connection Setup (look at all apps and it should be the last one listed)

- run HTC Connection and power cycle phone

- unlock phone and you should be able to run TouchXplorer (and you might be able to side load it)

If you are already on Mango and do not have a way back I don't think there is much you can do. You will also not be able to get the official roll-out of Mango since you will need to be on Nodo.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] oscard:
guys,

does anyone of you thinks we can find a way to edit the registry of Mango without depending on anything that was installed before doing teh upgrade!!

i have a mango, which i had to reset before the upgrade, and i lost the backup due to a laptop crack!!

thanks for your help

cheers
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] LiFePo4:
Not that I know of but I hope someone does eventually as the provxml is a pain (mostly from not really knowing knowing which keys really exist so I guess a registry viewer/editor would be really nice).
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] WMD:
Okay, so if I understand this correctly I should be able to manually add registry values. I thought I might be so lucky, that I could add my native language (danish, 0406) through this method. But it doesn't seem to work. Is there a workaround or have some of you done this without resorting to downgrading på NoDo before updating to mango?

I'm on a HTC Trophy (Spark), unlocked. Sideloading works and other registry tweaks work using the provxml with Connection Setup.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] piaqt:
If they have, they're being very quiet about it. btw: How'd you get the provxml into the Windows directory?
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] WMD:
Just using TouchXplorer, which works fine under Mango in my case.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] GoodDayToDie:
Hi Folks,

Simpler way to setup your phone for the Connection Setup unlock:

In NoDo:

Install my DeployProvxml app from here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1248845

Run it once (will copy the basic unlock file to \Windows\ and immediately exit).

Upgrade to Mango.

In Mango:

Run Connection Setup and hit OK.

Run DeployProvXml again (this will ensure you always have a valid file to use for Connection Setup, enough that you can run TouchXplorer and install your own files).

You can also use this method to make other registry edits. Just modify the CustClear.provxml file in the XAP and re-bundle it, then deploy the XAP to your phone.

Run Connection Setup (hit OK) to remove the current CustClear.provxml, then run the new version of DeployProvXML to insert your custom file. Run Connection Setup again to process it.
[Galaxy 3 Themes and Apps] riyaz058:
Does our samsung galaxy 3 support google earth mobile app
[Galaxy 3 Themes and Apps] Rapier07:
Lol post one in the accessories section as well :|
[Galaxy 3 Themes and Apps] genieatic:
Thanks

Samsung Galaxy 3
[Acer Iconia A500] HazHazard:
HI I have a few questions. Anybody know the full time to charge the tablet to 100% capacity? Also I know the amber light means charging, and it turns off when complete. However has anyone else noticed that when it turns off if you press the power button briefly one time it stays lit white. Unplug the charger the light goes off but plug it in and light stays white. Is that normal? Is this a trickle charge mode or something?

Thanks

btw tablet is powered off when charging and not in sleep mode
[Acer Iconia A500] shaun298:
When mine is done charging, the lite goes white and stays white till I unplug the charger. This is with the a500 turned off and charging though.
[Acer Iconia A500] HazHazard:
See my tablets light is orange when charging and goes out when done, battery is at 100%. I press it once while still pluged in it turns on to white. is the IC charging chip that regulates charging on my tablet out?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wbbigdave:
Has anyone managed to get the google music sync to work with the DHD? I can't get the settings button in the application and cant add it as an account in Settings for the phone.

I have tried the suggestion in this post but to no avail. Wondered if anyone else had the issue?

I can post an APK if yall want.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wbbigdave:
Well, as no one has replied, i can assume no one knows anything... arses
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djrukus619:
hey figured the beta out

so go to apk top and download the google music beta 3.0.1 under the qr code

once downloaded, uninstall previous google music beta s and then install the new one.....note it wont work thru the market but if u open up app list u will have to music icons...second one should be your google music

got mine to succefully work...runing android 2.3.5 ginger on rooted hauwei ascend 2.1 with playful gods kernel2.6.29
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] John5788:
Hello

I am looking for a method to achieve S-OFF with my Evo 4G without the use of ADB in recovery mode (fastboot only or adb wireless in rom).

Does such method exist? I am having problems with my USB bricked Evo 4G and I cannot fix it unless i am S-OFF. can anyone help?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slambert27:
I believe your best bet is to give xhausx's autoroot method a shot. It's in the development section. Ill dig up the link for you.

Not sure this will help if your phone's USB port isn't functioning but here is the link anyways...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=838448
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] John5788:
i cant use xhausx's method because USB doesn't work properly. all I need is to get S-OFF, but I cannot find threads that demonstrate how the first S-OFF was achieved. is it just a PC36IMG flash that turns S-OFF?

I've encountered a few of these images, but everytime i try to flash it, the BOOTLOADER part of the flash is "bypassed". i'm not sure how to get the hboot to flash the S-OFF version of itself.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] im0rtalz:
You might try this

See this thread for more info

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=695243

Run from a terminal emulator in Android since ADB won't work if the USB port is not working

Terminal emulator & ADB commands

su

cat /sdcard/flash_image > /data/flash_image

cat /sdcard/mtd-eng.img > /data/mtd-eng.img

chmod 755 /data/flash_image

/data/flash_image misc /data/mtd-eng.img

reboot

This is basically the first part of Toast's Nand Unlock

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=701835

See this for more info. Also you might want to research depending on your hardware version ENG HBoot might not be the best for your phone due to different MTD partitions size I'm not sure if this is the right thing I'm referring too.

Good luck.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] John5788:
hopefully you can answer my questions.

I tried using flash_image to flash the misc partition with that mtd-eng.img, but it still wont let me flash the bootloader from PC36IMG.zip, telling me it is bypassed. My hboot is version 2.10 and i have hardware version 0003.

Why is it still bypassing the bootloader flash?

What does flashing the misc with mtd-eng.img do?

Does the misc partition need to be nand unlocked (S-OFF) in order to accept changes? In other words do the effects of `flash_image misc` disappear when the phone reboots?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] im0rtalz:
It's been a really long time since I did the original nand unlock with Toast's method. I believe the first part is what allows you to downgrade the HBoot to an eng bootloader. It should stick even with reboot, please try following the instructions from Toast's Nand Unlock but just ignore the first step 2 since those are commands you enter using adb. Use a temp root and install terminal emulator and use the commands I had pasted above, then reboot and proceed to step 3.

Make sure you download the necessary files and put it in the root of your sd card

- mtd-eng.zip

- flash_image.zip

- recovery.img

You might want to send a msg to Calkulin and ask for his advice. Sorry I can't help much since all I do here is follow guides.

Also I forgot which HBoot are you currently on? Some of the newer HBoot does not allow downgrade so you wont be able to to flash to ENG Hboot. So you might need to look else where to get S-OFF
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] John5788:
would you recommend me running through this guide:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=883548

to downgrade my hboot to 0.76 (hopefully with S-OFF) ? Then proceed with attempting to fix my USB? I am on hboot 2.10 with hardware 0003 and currently S-ON. I haven't checked my partitions yet.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] im0rtalz:
You have to be already S-OFF to follow that guide.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] im0rtalz:
Just curious how did you lose usb on the phone? It has never been rooted and it's stock? When you plug in the phone and choose usb drive that does not work also? When you tried to use ADB was usb debugging checked off in development on the phone.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tropicalbrit:
Couldn't he use the old Unrevoked Forever method, using Terminal Emulator to achieve S-Off? Just throwing that out there
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] John5788:
I was following this guide:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=829045

Everything was working and I got to the step after flashing the first PC36IMG.zip where I reboot into recovery mode. Once I got into recovery mode, adb stopped working on the device.

I've been struggling to revive the USB, but it just doesn't come back. Although it isnt the USB port that is broken since fastboot works just fine. ADB just doesnt work anymore. In recovery mode, `adb devices` shows nothing. When I boot into ROM, the USB cord is reported as Charging (AC) instead of Charging (USB)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] im0rtalz:
So you do have a recovery installed? The phone still boots right? When you say plugging in the usb you get charge only, can you not drag the notification bar down and tap on the usb charge to select usb disk drive mode? Maybe you can try to RUU and return to stock and start over again.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] John5788:
I do not have a recovery installed. Phone still boots and works, just no USB.

I cannot change the USB mode via notification bar and the phone reports being plugged into AC, not USB. It acts as if I had just plugged it into a wall charger.

I have tried RUU, but it does not restore my USB.

I tried the ones found on this page: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=838448

3.29.651.5_PC36IMG.zip and 3.70.651.1_PC36IMG.zip