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[Windows Phone 7 General] sinister1:
I can still sidle load and my phone is still interop unlocked but neither my registry editor nor my advanced configuration editor work. Way to go HTC and MS, pat your selves on the back. I pay $99 dollars a year to have my phone unlocked and to develop apps but I can't even develop useful apps because APIs and restrictions, I can't customize my phone with out hacks, nothing! And to top it all off the phone has very limited functionality. What is MS thinking? I'm seriously thinking about jumping ship after being a loyal Windows Mobile supporter from the very begging. It use to make me sick to think about how flooded the market is with Android phones and now I know why. I can't even come on here and vent my frustrations or voice my opinions without someone getting offended or warned like I'm some child. Granted that all phones have their fails but not as many as this phone, I wish Windows Mobile was still around, imagine a world with no having to have an Windows live account or no complicated Zune, imagine just being able to do what you want or need to do without any limitations or restrictions. Imagine being able to laugh at Android and iPhone users. I honestly don't see Windows Phone 8 being any better at all. Say what you want, lash out at me with your fan boy comments, report me to your MOD but no matter what you say or do at this rate WP will fail.:(
[Windows Phone 7 General] Magpir:
what is the radio driver version , is it 5.71??

well u cant blame anyone, WP7 is more secure than IOS.

thats a good thing right?
[Windows Phone 7 General] JVH3:
The purpose of paying $99 per year is to develop applications and publish them to the app store.

Being able to sideload for anything other than testing was just a side benefit.

If all you wanted was to side load apps, the ChevRon utility would have been a much better deal. One time fee verses yearly and 10% the cost.

Surprised that the radio drivers are to blame. Unless there was a flaw in them that was being exploited to make the editor.

It is pretty annoying that you can't directly programatically alter the registry.

But, I believe the provisioning methods still work. Just write a C# app that will provision a file. Then have the app generate an xml provisioning string to alter the registry and apply it.

There are ways to read the registry doing the same thing.

I can probably find a link in the Windows Phone 7 development section on how to do this.

I will update with a link if I find something.

Link for an HTC ProvXML importer and Reg to Prov XML convertor: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=907169&highlight=registry

Try searching that forum for ProvXML. There probably are examples. Serach is temporarily disabled. It always around this time of day for about 20 to 30 minutes.
[Windows Phone 7 General] LiFePo4:
I was afraid of this. The HTC driver updates may have been to v2 and that breaks the interop-unlock ability (such as allowing ACT and Reg Editors to run). This is known and mentioned by Heathcliff.
[Windows Phone 7 General] dragonide:
They just fixed an exploit.

Of course it's good to have your own device unlocked, but if Microsoft or HTC wanted you to modify the registry they would have released that feature natively.

For example LG has a native application to do this on their Windows Phones.

I interop unlocked my girlfriend's Optimus 7 the next day she got it in 1-2 mins.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Magpir:
what has the radio got to do with this?

will downgrading radio help then?
[Windows Phone 7 General] sinister1:
I know, it's my fault for being stupid and accepting the update, it's a little faster but I noticed it drains my battery much quicker and it disabled my reg exploits. to be honest I thought it was the keyboard fix but the keyboard seems to be getting worse. Microsoft is not what it use to be, Steve Jobs was right, MS is not original and always steal Apples ideas, why if the thing that made WM better is what is diving Androids success. I went to the T-Mobile store and was tempted to switch but walked out and have not decided yet but I just give up on WP this year if MS doesn't stop being so Communist like.
[Windows Phone 7 General] sinister1:
Unfortunately I don't know how to work with ProvXML's. I will check out your link, thanks. do you by any chance know how to change the dark background color back to black using this method?
[Windows Phone 7 General] sinister1:
So you mean to tell me that Windows Phone is actually more secure than the iPhone? God all mighty!! I seriously hope Windows 8 is not as lame as Windows Phone.
[Windows Phone 7 General] sinister1:
I just read the thread you sent me and it says that the new drivers also disable this method too.:mad:
[Windows Phone 7 General] DavidinCT:
To the OP, they also fixed a problem, If you ran connection setup with your phone in CDMA mode, it would kill 3G and the only real way to get it back was to hard reset the phone. It also broke those apps too.

To note, I manually installed 8107(last weekend, 3 days before vzw's release) and it did break Advanced Config (could not add more colors but, only had 3-4 extra onces) but, I am still able to sideload as I need. So, I'm not sure if it was the firmware that broke it...
[Windows Phone 7 General] sinister1:
I don't know what the big deal is with MS not letting us to simply personalize our phones? I mean really what is wrong with changing a notification tone, background color or tile color? If they really don't want anyone hacking the phone then simply give us those options. In every update instead of giving us simple features and options that we want all they do is secure the damn phone down even more :confused: It's almost like Microsoft wants to fail. Who wants to pay for a phone that is dictated to the point to where you can't even do that? As much as I hate to admit it; Android is coming up more and more when I think about my options.:(
[Windows Phone 7 General] DavidinCT:
I guess it really comes down to what you can do. Opening up the phone, opens it to hack software to run. So, it opens a world of phones with pirated software on it with nothing MS can do it about it. Not everyone will go this route but, there are people who will not buy anything, and that kills the marketplace and vendors who will add to the marketplace.

As I always say, Pirates will always Pirate, block them and they'll find another way around it. BUT with blocking it makes honest people have a harder time to use their devices or software.

I personally just want to customize my phone and use all the home brew apps but, sad to say they will try to block the honest people just to attempt to stop the pirates...

Back to the subject on hand...

So, Connection setup no longer works (I get a Invalid sim if I go to GSM mode or in CDMA mode, Carrer is not in the database), is it possable to get a older version to sideload that would enable registry edits again ?
[Windows Phone 7 General] sinister1:
I had that problem before, I had to toggle airplane mode and WIFI back and forth until it took.
[Windows Phone 7 General] JVH3:
The registry being locked down is less to do with piracy than control.

Code for the Windows Phone 7 was not a complete rewrite of the OS. They did reuse much of the old Windows Phone 6.5. They might have reviewed each piece and modified most, but they did reuse code. If they give you or developers control of the registry, then the entire device could be put into a state that would make nothing work. Or worse, your phone could be made to do just about anything in the background without your knowledge.

It's one thing to not allow programmers to access it. It's another to stop users from doing it intentionally. Any user doing it themself, knows the risks. And you can always reset the phone.

This latest lockdown might spur more interest in creating custom ROMs. Not sure if it is even possible yet for things like the Titan 2 and the new Nokia phones. But, this is the site to find out or find people doing it.
[Windows Phone 7 General] sinister1:
Your right I don't think it's possible at least not for the Trophy or CDMA phones at the moment, I guess we are just stuck at the state of sucks. Either way MS isn't making any money with their strategy at all the hold like 1% of the market; if it weren't for their PC sales they would have already went under.
[Windows Phone 7 General] JVH3:
Microsoft has alot more products as well. SQL Server, Visual Studio (professionals don't use the express versions), Exchange Server, Office, XBox 360, msdn subscriptions, Skype, etc.

Microsoft makes money on all HTC and Samsung Android sales. Somewhere between $10 to $15 for each Samsung Android Phone and somewhere around $5 to $10 for HTC Android phone from patent licensing.

So, every Android sold helps Microsoft. Hopefully they use those dollars to improve Windows Phone 7.

This is actually the real reason that Microsoft can afford to deliver things a little late and still be OK.

They have a ton of cash flowing in all the time and the competition financially supports them.

I'm guessing that there is still a way using provisioning to affect the registry. When exchange servers push policies down, I thought they did that through provisioning. If exchange can do this, then there should be another way as well.

It's also how custom ringtones were created prior to Mango. It would create a xap to create a program that would write a ringtone file using provisioning. Something similar should be doable for the registry. Doing it this way would require you to use a computer to deploy the changes, but you should be able to make them.
[Windows Phone 7 General] sinister1:
Thaks guys for your feed back and support. If anyone knows a way that I can change my background back to default #FF00000 black now that the registry option is gone; please let me know, I will dontae becuse I have lookd at some Android phones and to be honest they are always pluged in and charging and the only other opption is the iPhone :(
[Windows Phone 7 General] slick13:
Hmm.. was about to update and then cancelled it when I read this. Does it add tethering? but since it still lets us sideload... I kind of want to update, I don't do any registry stuff and i can always hard reset to interop unlock again right?
[Windows Phone 7 General] sinister1:
No it actually does nothing other that updates your radio's firmware and blocks exploits, worth less update unless you travel out of the country. This was lame on HTC and Verizon's part. I hate Verizon, MS should just stop doing business with them.
[Windows Phone 7 General] LiFePo4:
And if you update, doing a hard reset will not get rid of the update (it becomes a permanent part of the ROM) so you will not be able to get your interop back. Only if you have a backup/restore made before you update and you roll back to that (but you will not have this update).
[Windows Phone 7 General] sinister1:
Thanks bro but the back up I have doesn't work; it doesn't even show up in Zune. Zune has got to be the most sorry way to back up your phone, I have had issues with it in the past where backups just dissapear.:(
[Windows Phone 7 General] ColoTouch:
Same boat here with my Verizon radio update. Dev unlock works - interop unlock broken now.

Let me know what you find for workarounds.
[Windows Phone 7 General] blanket:
how do i verify if my phones interop unlocked?

the only homebrew stuff i have now are dfrouter, provxml, screen capture, touchxperience, touchxplorer, restart and the battery tile

all of them seem to still work, i originally have more than 10 apps deployed so maxunsigned was 300. can't check now, obviously

thanks!

htc 7 pro here
[Windows Phone 7 General] sinister1:
Your provxms wouldn't when you run them, they will run but no changes will take; same with reg edits such as changing your background color.
[Windows Phone 7 General] blanket:
god yeah I tried changing colors but it doesn't work now

my meaning apps that require interop unlock wil still work if they are deployed prior to this update, but changes that will attempt to modify the registry will just fail
[LG Optimus 3D] android110:
I flashed Optimus 3D(P920) firmware on LG Thrill (P925) and got it updated to v21a. (2.3.5). now is there a way to change the bands? so I can use the T-mobile or Wind 3G network that uses 1700/2100 bands? Cause originally the phone has HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100. so is there a way to put the P920 baseband in to make it work on the 1700?
[LG Optimus 3D] anduios:
chances are it already has 1700 mhz band on it with v21a. only thing left to do is to change apn setting. for tmo its epc.tmobile.com. few people have confirmed on this thread

xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1316554
[LG Optimus 3D] zevans1:
The post above is correct I am using my thrill with v21a with apn epc.Tmobile.com
[LG Optimus 3D] rattboy:
1700 mhz on thrill for t-mo

right !!!!! some one school me please..

i have a U.S. lg 4g thrill p925. 3 months old, its unlocked and on t mobile (2g sucking service). i have read EVERY thread on here .

seems they all say v21d or v21a firmware to get 3g on t mo service.

my thrill has v20p and when trying to change to v21d it states software current.

so besides switching to H2O service to get 3/4g .... can any tell me how to get 1700mhz on this phone for t-mo????????
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] hakarune:
Is there a way to get this on the prime? I'd love it. All I've found on here is people talking about it, not if it's possible to strip the apk from the Flyer or something and get it on the prime (and possibly the widget too)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] kborer22:
Have you looked in\asked anyone in the flyer forums?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] hakarune:
My question was geared towards, is it possible to get it and actually have it work since we don't have sense on our tablet. And wasn't sure if we could have it without the framework.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] voxigenboy:
I have an upgrade available and planning to get a new phone. I currently have a Bionic but have owned a Galaxy Nexus and a Rezound before. I liked the size of the screen on the Nexus but prefered the picture quality on the Rezound(+ 4g speeds on the Rezound were superior to the Nexus).

I'm thinking about just getting a Rezound again but curious about this LG Spectrum. Is it any good? Dev status?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boogerburns:
I just got it today, so far havent been able to root it after about 4 hours of trying with VARIOUS methods. I like the speed, theres some lag in the UI, but thats because of lack of standard android UI. The LTE speeds are a little faster than my Thunderbolt, but its a LOT faster, and the screen is nicer. However, theres a couple things that are bothering me about it. Theres no LED notification. Also the battery is taking FOREVER to charge. And the people slamming LG for lack of updates and overall lack of Quality Control in their devices. So, I'm going to give it two weeks, and well see where I get with it. I really like it, but I dont want to be stuck with something thats not going to have Dev support, no root, and no updates.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boogerburns:
Update:I loathe the stock launcher. So I put launcher pro on, and it got laggier. The UI is making more problems. When I went to add the stock power widget, its not there.they baked it into theirs and now I can't use it. And the battery still isn't 100%
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] luvtorev:
Hbo go and hulu plus, Where are these apps? Are they just not ready for ics?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] xVallex:
Last time I tried HBO go it wasn't compatible with the galaxy nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] biggy8481:
Believe it or not, the HBO go website seems to work. Same as I have to do with my Google TV, at least since it updated to 3.1 (hope that helps you)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] luvtorev:
I guess using the browser would do it but really no app? Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Neo3D:
I just received my Hyperion batteries (a whopping $35 for 2 + charger, ack! :mad: ) and they are the same size as my brother's Galaxy S 2 batteries! They even say Galaxy S II on the back of them!

I think the Galaxy Nexus battery sellers are totally gouging people and marking up "Galaxy Nexus" batteries because it's for a "flagship" phone! So, we can save some money by buying SGS 2 batteries since they both look pretty much identical and are the same!

These ones look like they would fit perfect! And cost only ~$4 each compared to the "Galaxy Nexus" batteries which costs $18 each!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/3x-1850mAh-...ccessories&hash=item4160c349f9#ht_2899wt_1163

They even have the

NFC Antenna

built in!!

More pictures:

PLEASE NOTE: This compatibility is between the LTE Galaxy Nexus & the TMobile Galaxy S II

I'm guessing that the battery for the Sprint Galaxy S II should be compatible as well. Anyone wanna buy the Sprint ones and let us know? It's a $12 gamble.

»»»»»»»»»»»» UPDATE 2012/02/28 ««««««««««««

GOOD:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1850mAh-Li-...ccessories&hash=item4ab12840d6#ht_2884wt_1396

http://www.ebay.com/itm/3x-1850mAh-...ccessories&hash=item4160c349f9#ht_2899wt_1018

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BAD: http://www.ebay.com/itm/1800mAh-Bat...ccessories&hash=item5891da53ad#ht_2565wt_1396

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Thanks to everyone buying batteries and posting their experiences to contribute to this thread! If you found a new seller with good or bad batteries, please remember to post seller's link!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
There was a thread on this a couple weeks ago. The batteries are indeed compatible, but slightly different voltages.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] subxero123:
wow i think I'm going to pick this up for myself

pretty awesome deal

let us know how the battery goes the next few days
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bethanensinger:
does this make much of a difference?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Neo3D:
Mostly likely not, battery voltages are never constant. They have the highest voltage when they are fully charged and then it slowly drops. Since these Chinese knockoffs almost never live up to their printed "specs" the real voltages are probably lower.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] fullmetal509:
Hive Five?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Neo3D:
Well, my friend's already been using his Tmobile SGS 2 batteries for about a week now and they work just as good as the OEM batteries.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Mrc527:
So, really, they have the NFC antenna?!:D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] berz:
Im considering buying them , any decent reviews on them yet ?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dumbdroid:
I have a gsm nexus and the gs2...the batteries are not the same...galaxy nexus have a taller battery.

Edit: now that i've watched closely, it says on the battery label T-mobile version...please note that the internacional version of samsung gs2 does not fit the gsm nexus.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kms108:
I see it more of the verizon nexus, not GSM.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Neo3D:
Thanks, I updated the original post to let people know.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] player911:
I'd probably update the title to include LTE Galaxy Nexus = TMO SGSII BATTERY.

Good to know. Although I have a standard battery and back plate sitting in a box not used since I'm using the Extended battery.

LTE EX Galaxy Nexus - AOSP KANG

Asus Transformer - 3.2.1 OC/UV
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ElectronicYank:
my at&t galaxy s 2 battery didnt work with my cdma galaxy nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Radsolutionz:
thats so gay cuz if you had a t989 s II tmobile can send u new batteries for $7.00 all you pay is shipping costs.... and they are stock samsung batteries... i wish the gsm versions used the same ones! my battery dies so fast in this phone =(
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ifse:
I want them, but the seller is out for Chinese New Year until Jan 29.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Neo3D:
More details on how this works please? I searched their site and no such battery for that price exists?

http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/addons...x?referrer=selectdevice&categorycode=2#tblId1
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Neo3D:
Looks like the Sprint Galaxy S II battery should work with the LTE GN as well! Anyone wanna be the first to test this out?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Neo3D:
Anyone wanna buy one of these and test them out?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1850mAh-Li-...ccessories&hash=item4ab12840d6#ht_2884wt_1396

$3 + $1 s/h = $4

notice that it says: "n

o

ar field communication"

this could still have the NFC and be a type-o or it could not have the NFC. We won't know until someone buys it and tests it. I may buy it myself in a few weeks. I just bought 2 x hyperions for way too expensive ($18 each!) and those don't have NFC for sure.

If not having NFC is no big deal to you, it might be worth buying one to test. Don't forget to let the community know! :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] theeulogy:
Just bought one, I will give it a try and let everyone know.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] xXJay_RXx:
I have ordered one of those too. But it says it will take like mid next month to test out. So it will take some time :/
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kjwalker:
Buying one of these to try out. I like having a spare charged battery in my wallet in case I ever need it. When my phone's dead, I feel lost to the world. Will post when I receive/test it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zeppelin101:
I absolutely cannot wait for the outcome, kjwalker :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zeppelin101:
b-b-b-bump!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bethanensinger:
anyone checked this out http://www.wirelessground.com/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-t-mobile-extended-high-capacity-battery.html

dont know how it would fit in an back cover though
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gogreenbay07:
I'm interested in this http://www.ebay.com/itm/3x-1850mAh-...ccessories&hash=item4160c349f9#ht_2899wt_1163 but I feel a lot more comfortable using OEM batteries. I already have the extended battery from verizon and the one that came with it so I should be good for now
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kjwalker:
My battery will be here sometime in the next week (02/08/12 - 02/15/12) per eBay. We will seeeee.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hoorrus:
Just an FYI, i have an I777 and ordered similar batteries that said they have NFC but didn't. So don't expect for your batteries to have NFC; however, i can say that they do deliver on backup time.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] meental:
I will check this out later tonight, my gf has sprint sgs2
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] theeulogy:
Got one of these batteries today in the mail, seems to work just fine. I will try the NFC capability

out tomorrow and post the results, or if anyone knows how to test it on the phone let me know. Hard to beat a $4 OEM battery!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zeppelin101:
The easiest way I can think of is to use Google Wallet. I would just recommend getting a ROM that has it pre-installed.

EDIT: actually I don't think this would work at the moment, since Google supposedly suspended Google Wallet pre-paid cards while they're sorting out a security issue.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] meental:
So it looks like the sprint sgs2 has only 3 contacts and while the battery fits, its about 1/4" shorter. So it would work with a spacer to keep the contacts of the battery touching, but not a direct fit
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Zane_Grey:
Thanks for the tip OP. I've been thinking about getting the extended battery but don't want the extra thickness. I'll be ordering a battery soon.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] xXJay_RXx:
Are you talking about the Mugen extended battery or the Samsung? Cuz if its the Samsung, please just stop. Cuz seriously I don't know why people complain about the "thickness" the extended battery. It really adds no thickness at all. Its such a small amount of thickness that you seriously cannot notice it. You really can't. At least I can't. Or maybe its just I don't care about a VERY VERY VERY micro amount of thickness. All it does it gets rid of the small hump on the back. That's it. When I had a thunderbolt, my gf thought the extended battery was hideous. She uses my Gnex and is like "why don't you buy an extended battery since it dies quick" and I told her it does have one. She didn't believe me so I showed her the difference between them and she said I was crazy cuz there was no difference. Really the Samsung extended battery is no issue at all when you talk about thickness. Now the Mugen....