yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] GoodDayToDie:
Quoted for truth. Everything I needed to *do* for the HtcRoot project to reach its current state would take an afternoon if done from scratch, including downloading material. It was the learning, experimenting, testing, changing approaches, and outright bugfixing that took a couple weeks... and that's after I knew how to use the core exploit. The next step in that project, somewhat like my contributions to HTC interop-unlock, will be reverse engineering (a time-consuming process for learning how things work) and then more experimenting and testing.

This kind of thing can't be done on a deadline. It is far more akin to a research project, except the end goal isn't to publish a paper but to publish working code. That's much trickier; a paper can be written from theory but working code cannot.

Also, people who do this professionally get paid to do it all day (by their employer or through research grants). Hobbyist hackers have to fit it around the other demands on our free time. If we have less time to spare for hobbies for a while, we have less time for hacking during that time.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] Ttblondey:
Here's the link to the goldcard. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=893152&page=50
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] Ropeinspector:
Unfortunately the same with my device (Omnia 7, 8107) :(
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] the show stopper:
ok i just got an update notification for Connection setup and after install i was just checking the changes and i found that if you click on Phone customization in country your carrier changes to Dev and interop unlock :D

did anybody else notice it ?

m gonna install introp unlock for htc and try to introp unlock my phone now :D

i installed xap and the phone customization option disappeared :(
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] entanianick:
Thanks guys for the answer and tips :)
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] Ludacris:
I just love you. I got my Trophy back from HTC, they have changed the whole board. I was on Mango and I used your unlock to interopunlock it. Afterwards Zune told me there's an update available and it was the Tethering Update, the 7740 update (i would have sniffed the tethering update if i would have known that it was the tethering update) and I am still unlocked with mango v2, tethering and 7740. I'm now gonna update to 8107
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] GoodDayToDie:
You had the old test version of HTC Interop Unlock installed before. The new version (which overwrites the old one) uses both "Country" and "Carrier" called "Interop Unlock". Please read the instructions at the beginning of the thread, and give it another try!
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] kirk999:
thanks Ttblondey

but i can downgrade my spl v.5 using nodo backup as it discribe here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1362194
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] Ludacris:
btw, I am now on 8107 and I still have my interop unlock. I updated via Zune all the way ;)
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] voluptuary:
I think the non-forced 8107 update via Zune has patched the \..\..\.. zip loophole. I have had several reports of people with Omnia 7's who updated officially via Zune that can no longer see files deployed to Provxml :(

However people that forced the update using the cab sender and the 8107 cab's from the thread in this forum don't seem have any problem.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] LiFePo4:
Important for VZW Trophy Owners

I had mentioned that the latest HTC driver updates being pushed from VZW might push the v2 drivers and break interop-unlock. Please see this thread as it appears this is the case. If verified further, do NOT do this update if you want to maintain IU until someone figures out an IU for HTC v2 drivers.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=21640964#post21640964
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] Cabrini:
Hello, Heathcliff74.

I have Trophy (Vodafone-Spain) with Mango (rom official) with Chevron, in some aplicaciónes it gives me error ' NullReferenceException ' or 'Win32Exception', I want to try with Unlock Interop.xap, to see if it is a problem of unlocking total or not. Me doubt is; if I install Interop (I will lower first 7720.68) to be updating later, do I need or not.xap (U2M8107 or similar) to support the unlock?

Thank you in advance and for his big work, cordial greetings.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] Heathcliff74:
I haven't had the time to check all updates lately, but I did check the 8107 update on a HTC HD7. And I was still able to deploy files using my zip-traversal-hack. I know that for Samsung Omnia 7, the 8107 update through Zune, also sends the Samsung KK2 OEM Update. It could be possible that the diagnosis app is renewed and doesn't look in the \provxml folder anymore. But that would only have effect if you also uninstalled the Diagnosis app and reinstall a newer version of the diagnosis app. I will verify that and report back.

I'm not really sure I understand your question. But I can tell you this: Those errors are 100% sure NOT from missing Interop Unlock. Because if you don't have Interop Unlock on your device and those apps with those errors would require Interop Unlock, you would not have been able to install those apps in the first place. So, these apps don't need Interop Unlock. Hope that helps.

Ciao,

Heathcliff74
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] Cabrini:
First, you forgive for English me (I am using translator).

I understand that the errors, ' NullReferenceException ' and 'Win32Exception', do not for not to having no total unlucking, for example; Chevron+ Interop .xap?

Thanks for the attention and greetings.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] piaqt:
... and patience with "are we there yet?" questions. :p
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] Heathcliff74:
WARNING to Samsung Users!!

WARNING!! The new Samsung Omnia 7 KK2 update will prevent the use of Interop Unlock and WindowBreak! This Samsung Firmware update is accompanied with the 7.10.8107.79 if you update with Zune. Other Samsung devices are probably affected too, but I don't know if the update code for those device is KK2 too. If you are already unlocked, this update will not relock your device. If you want to keep the possibility of Interop Unlock open, then use the method described in this thread to update to 7.10.8107.79 without updating to Samsung KK2!

The KI2, KI4 and KK1 are still good. The change is mainly in rapiconfig.exe. It does not read from \provxml anymore!

Ciao,

Heathcliff74
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] manyellow:
That's what happened on my phone yesterday.

When my Omnia 7 update to 8107 via ZUNE, I performed hard-reset, and then my phone can never be interop-unlocked again.

Today I restored my phone to 7720, and manually updated the phone with Cab one by one. Once the KK2 is applied, I can't interop unlock even the OS is 7740.

So I just skipped KK2 and updated to 8107, then everything is working.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] tooly26:
some bad news 4 samsung owners...hopefully we can found a new hole....

Sent from my OMNIA7 using Board Express
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] DavidinCT:
Yea, some bad news for Verizon Trophy users too....The offical 8107 update broke Connection Setup (GSM mode=Invalid sim, CDMA mode=Carrier not in Database) and lost Introp unlock.

Any work-around to get Connection Setup working again or another way to get Interop unlock working again ?
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] GoodDayToDie:
@DavidinCT: Well, you could try using an actual SIM card and seeing if that helps.

Did you also update the Connection Setup app? I'm somewhat surprised that the app would behave that differently due to an OS update.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] DavidinCT:
Getting an actual Sim opens another door, with Verizon, it's not unlocked by default, I have hack or call them up to enable it. Odd that it's giving that error.

After the 8107 update, I tried it and it errored like above, so I uninstalled it then reinstalled it from the marketplace. Is there a known working one that I could sideload that will do this ?
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] GoodDayToDie:
Connection Setup requires ID_CAP_INTEROPSERVICES. In order to sideload it, you need to already be interop-unlocked. That kind of defeats the purpose...

I don't know whether or not the latest Connection Setup version can still be used for interop-unlock. I've simply avoided updating.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] Ludacris:
Btw, Updating a Trophy to 8107 via Zune did not remove the Interop Unlock for me :)
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] amritpal2489:
Lumia's still have no luck for interop unlock thingy
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] xanderkaiber:
There is a new version of the Network Setup app out on Zune now, released today I think. Should allow the same interop trick as before, but Heathcliffe is going to have to alter the code a little I think as the current interop xap just causes an error when you run network setup.

Version 1.3.0.0 I think.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] Cabrini:
I'm not really sure I understand your question. But I can tell you this: Those errors are 100% sure NOT from missing Interop Unlock. Because if you don't have Interop Unlock on your device and those apps with those errors would require Interop Unlock, you would not have been able to install those apps in the first place. So, these apps don't need Interop Unlock. Hope that helps.

Ciao,

Heathcliff74[/QUOTE]

Hello, Heathcliff74.

The truth, the fact is that I have me Trophy working perfectly, with Mango 8107 unblocked with Chevron, I can put any application, etc, etc. The only problem that persists since I updated to Mango 7720, is with the photographic bookstore, the famous 'nullreferenceexception'. It does not happen with all the applications of photos but if with the majority, the above mentioned applications do not take the photos kept to be able to use them, in this moment the error takes place. Already not where to look to look for the solution. Some suggestion?

Thank you in advance or cordial greetings.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] kweis87:
Messed up GPS?

I have an AT&T Focus 1.3 that I had this working perfectly on. All of the sudden my GPS randomly stopped working and would not find me. Eventually it would not lock onto me AT ALL and I had to reset. I flashed my phone to the stock Focus firmware and the problem carried over, GPS lock would not work. I eventually had to warranty my phone and get a refurbed one. Just wanted to report this in case anyone else has some input.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] GoodDayToDie:
@kweis87: Absolutely nothing that this hack changes carries over through a hard reset or re-flashing the firmware. You simply had your GPS hardware go bad. It happens, and would have in your case regardless of whether your phone was interop-unlocked or not.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] kweis87:
This was my initial thought, as well. But I figured I'd bring it up in case anyone else noticed it (unlikely I know). This used the GPRS Manager diagnostic app, so I wasn't sure. Thanks for the clarifications, I'm still hesitant to try this on my "new" phone.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] piaqt:
Don't be. I've had to replace 1 HTC Surround (unlocked) because of what turned out to be hardware problems. I unlocked phone #2 asap. Only problem since was due to a mucked-up SIM card. Replaced that last summer. No glitches since. Heathcliff's unlock did only what it ought; no more.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] voluptuary:
I just had an idea. I'm sorry if someone who is quicker and brighter than myself already suggested this but here it is: I'm assuming that when you install an app from the marketplace like say the Nokia 'Network Setup' app that it is always installed to the same directory and that it is installed with interop ability. I am also assuming that using the \..\.. exploite we have wright ability to this directory. So what if you take a device that is already unlocked via dev/chevron and deploy a xap to overwright the 'Network Setup' dll's with ones you have modified to do other things, like say interop unlock the phone. Wouldn't this be a way to get past the catch-22 that you need interop to get interop?
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] wbadry:
I did the steps for HTC,

however, my phone now is not able to find any network. I installed the repair xap. But my phone is still he same.

Any suggesssions?
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] GoodDayToDie:
@voluptuary: In theory, yes. However, it doesn't work (yeah, people have tried). The problem is that the binaries are hashed and signed. In order for ID_CAP_INTEROPSERVICES to be usable on a non-interop-unlcoked phone, it has to have a valid marketplace signature. Modifying the binaries will invalidate the signture. The phone's loader will refuse to load any binary whose signature doesn't check out.

Actually, I think it may even hash and check homebrew apps - not sure. It definitely doesn't work on Marketplace ones, though. :-(
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] memeqxda:
last week i sent HD7 back to HTC to fix becoming brick.

i got my phone today, but it can't interop unlock :(

(they may probably change motherboard or something else)

i use the same way to unlock, but it doesn't work

is there any way to interop-unlock except customed ROM

thanks
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] LiFePo4:
It most likely has the latest HTC drivers (v2) and this breaks IU. I am not sure what you can do besides a custom ROM as there is no IU (yet) for HTC v2 drivers.

I guess you could load the OEM OS using a Cab sender (say the 7720 in Heathcliffs thread if one is there for the HD7) but that is an upgrade path so you need an original NoDo. I have not done this before so do not know. You maybe out of luck.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] wbadry:
I guess I found the problem.

My phone is now seen as CDMA. Is there anyway to make it GSM again. I can detect all available network but can't register in it.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] ekimcak:
hi

Repair HTC CS.xap isnt working at least for me, everytime that i power off and on my phone connection setup keeps ask me

thnx
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] GoodDayToDie:
@memeqxda: If it's the same phone (just herd-reset or something), you can restore a backup that was made in the past.

If it's a different physical device (quite possible) then this won't work. In that case, your best bet is to flash a full ROM. It doesn't have to be a custom ROM; there are lots of official ROMs, including Mango ones and country or even operator-specific ones, available on this site. Take a look around the HD7-specific forum or wiki page, for example, or do some searching.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] wbadry:
Is there anyway to restore what caused the problem of not detecting the operator. Mine is locked to Vodafone. I lost my lock when I thought a reset would solve the problem. I guess there is a registry backup that can solve this without having the unlocked via Zune. I guess this method can't be used for branded devices.

My phone can see all available operators. The connection setup selects the correct operator, but the phone is not registered to it !!!

Your help would be much appreciated.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] alcoolwarriors:
Hi there, I finally tried do unlock my .8107 updated LG optimus 7

followed the procedure described in post #1, everything's fine, the unlock status report "1" after reboot but I can't sideload apps with xapdeploy 0.9, it gives me error:

"Deployment FAILED with the following ERROR:

Failed to connect to the device. Ensure that the device is completely booted and is connected to the PC. "

I tried turning off windows firewall but got the error again.

Zune's running, and the phone's synced.

Can anyone help me? :)
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] GoodDayToDie:
Please try it with the official tools. The third-party deployment tools often give awful (and misleading) error messages.

If it doesn't work with the official tool, at least you'll probably get a meaningful error. Also, there is no reason to turn off Windows Firewall (and pretty decent reasons not to, for most computers).
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] alcoolwarriors:
thank you for the instant reply! I'm installing windows phone developing tools right now, the official deployment tool is in there, am I right? I'll try as soon as it finish installing and I'll let you know.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] GoodDayToDie:
Yep, the tool is in there. I know it's a (painfully) big download, but it will make troubleshooting a lot easier.

For what it's worth, there are several registry values you really ought to change, not just the one. Just making sure you got them all...
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] alcoolwarriors:
It works with official xap deployer! thank you so much for your help!! :)
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] Ashe80:
Hi,

are there any news about Interop unlock for a HTC with tethering update? (2nd gen drivers).

Reason: I have following problem. I was able to edit registry in the past (setup own sms ringtone). In the last time this is not working any more. I can access registry but changes are not saved. I think reason is that i did not deploy the mentioned xap in the beginning og the thread. Current deployment does not change anything.

Yesterday i tried to rollback with zune to previous version, but zune gave me an error and told me something about a missing driver.

Maybe anyone has an idea?
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] LiFePo4:
Greetings - this has been noted in other threads but the 2nd Gen drivers from HTC do not stop Interop-Unlock BUT they do prevent you from editing the registry anymore, so any programs that used to be able to make registry edits no longer work. There is no work around besides rolling back to Gen 1 drivers (but they do not support tethering).
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] grunge100:
how do you know if you have gen1 drivers? I have a verizon trophy on 7720 will this method work for me?

Thanks
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] LiFePo4:
I am trying to think of a new term for this situation - where you are still IU but can't make registry edits. Maybe "Registry Unlock" when you have the ability to edit it and then saying the "driver update broke my RU"? Trying to fit the Dev Unlock, Chevron Unlock, Interop Unlock scheme...we need something to better explain this situation

---------- Post added at 07:55 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:49 AM ----------

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1471184

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1456369

P.S. I was literally minutes away from updating to the new HTC drivers when I saw Sinisters1 post. If you also search the thread we are in there is mention of the Gen2 drivers.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] grunge100:
Well I seem to have v2 drivers. Any way to use this interop-unlock with v2 drivers. I have a restore point via zune, should I restore..

Thanks
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] barsy:
how to install xap without any unlock app deployment is not working for htc hd7
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] GoodDayToDie:
@barsy: The whole point of dev unlock is it lets you install XAPs. If you don't have it, you can't install a XAP.

The WindowBreak project allows dev- and interop-unlocking Samsung phones without needing dev-unlock first, but it can't be used on HTC currently.

To dev-unlock your phone, you currently need an AppHub license unless you're willing to go to a lot of trouble of downgrading to pre-NoDo and making the original ChevronWP7 Unlocker work.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] majkeljj:
is chevron Labs 2 unlock (paid) still works? I bought few months ago token but I don't know if I can still unlock my phone via this token
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] Neo84:
I think already bought tokens do still work.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] GoodDayToDie:
Yeah, the system is still in place. They just aren't allowed to sell any new tokens right now. So stupid... people were waiting for this for months, practically DDOS'ed the site offline when the service went live, and sold out in just a few months... and Microsoft's response is silence. You'd think they would have noticed the massive demand for this...
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] robrodrigues:
WPH7 interop unlock killed my registration

i did this on the manual http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1271963

but know i can't do nothing like registration or even use windows phone explorer.

If i restore factory settings it all works.

I can't backup my sms now because i can't install any xap app directly on it because of interop unlock manual.

what can i do to bypass this, i wanna backup my sms go back to default mango and start over again with clean registration, any ideas.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] GoodDayToDie:
I just about guarantee you that the interop-unlock technique did not de-register your phone. Something else might have (my phone lost interop-unlock, but kept its legit dev-unlock, once) but it wasn't that.

Do you you have a backed up restore point that you can use to roll back the phone a few weeks or something? You'll lose the SMS and such since then, but otherwise you're good.

What phone do you have? Some can be dev and even interop-unlocked without needing to be able to deploy a XAP first.

Alternatively, you can get a legit dev-unlock and try agian, but that will *not* allow you to use the SMS backup app by itself; for that you need interop-unlock so make sure it's possible to interop-unlock your phone from a dev-unlock state before you try this.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] robrodrigues:
Hi goodddaytodie :) nice nick...

My HTC Mozart is at mango update by zune update.

I tried to do the interop unlock to it because i tried to deploy some xap when it was good and get the error interop ....

I did a backup but if i restore it i wiil have the problem again i tried it already. So no way i can manage this problem ?????
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] GoodDayToDie:
Well, what's the firmware version on your Mozart? If it's low enough (compatible with HTC Interop Unlock) then you can try to get a legit dev-unlock and use that.

Alternatively, how did you get your phone dev-unlocked in the first place? If you used ChevronWP7 Labs, for example, that token *should* be usable again on the same phone.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] robrodrigues:
I buy the phone, connected it to zune did all the updates to mango last only with zune, and i did the registration as developer at microsoft, when i start to send xap files to the phone i get the interop error
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] GoodDayToDie:
OK, you dev-unlocked the phone. Did you then follow the instructions for Interop Unlock? Deploy the HTC interop unlock XAP, use Connection Setup, all that jazz? If not, and you try to deploy an app with ID_CAP_INTEROPSERVICES, then yes you get the interop error. That's the point of this thread.

Note that if you're on a new enough firmware version, it won't work (either the interop-unlock, or most of the apps that use interop-unlock). You'll need to roll back the phone to an earlier update (or not install every update). The HTC updates that ship with Mango and just after Mango are the ones that mess things up.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] ludede:
hi guys,

my friend have a samsung omnia 7 (8107) and now he decide to unlock his device. how i can help he?? i try to do him a MS developer account (like i do for me 6 month ago) but now seems that this subscribes is changes!!

there are another method? what is the almost simple?

sorry for my bad english!
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] SuperSport:
This is the EASIEST if it works on his phone. Have him try it.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=20616855