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[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] dav7:
Hi folks,

My first post on the list here. Hopefully I've come to the right place.

I have a M1500 SPV pocket pc device. I would like to customize the Start Menu items by removing two of them -Active Sync and Internet Explorer. I have made a cab file which makes changes to the registry and would like (if possible) to delete the above mentioned items from the start menu via making a change to the registry. I know I can delete the shortcut links from the Start Menu folder but I would prefer to do it via a registry edit if possible. Or if possible, use the same cab to delete the shortcuts from the Start Menu (not sure if this is possible!?)

I'm also looking for a way to hide *all* programs from the Start->Programs screen. Any ideas how to achieve this via a registry hack?

Best Regards and thanks a lot for any help,

dav7
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] vijay555:
Dan - do you want to delete the start menu ("\windows\start menu" and all subfolders and entry on the start menu?)

Or remove most recently used entries on the start menu?

Or programs in "\windows\start menu"?

Registry isn't really your friend here, other then for the MRU list.

V
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] dav7:
Hi vijay555,

Thanks for the quick reply. I only want to remove certain programs from Start Menu, this one...

>Or programs in "\windows\start menu"?

I know if I delete those programs from My Device->Windows->Start Menu then it will remove them from the Start Menu without deleteing the actual program. I was just wondering if there was a way to do that via the registry? i.e. perhaps there is a key in the registry somewhere that lists the items to put in the Start Menu following a hard reset?

I am also looking to hide all programs from the main Programs page i.e. the Programs screen\page that shows all the actual Programs. I was wondering if there is a way to do that via the registry?

I know for example I am able to hide things that reside in the Control Panel settings i.e. Connections->Beam. I was wondering if there is a similar way to do that in the Programs screen?

Hope that is clear! or clearer!

Cheers,

dav
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] vijay555:
dAV:

sounds like you want to edit your startmenu.

Get a file explorer like GSFinder/Resco etc.

navigate to \windows\start menu

and delete/move everything you want to clear out.

V
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Rudegar:
heh problem is that the registry is reset when you do a hardreset

so it would just go back to default

same thing with the content of your \windows\start menu

all shortcuts would reappear after a hardreset

unless you made a program in the extented rom which removed them when it was run
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] dav7:
Hi,

Thats basically what I'm trying to do. I've made a cab file which when run sets a lot of registry settings following a hard reset. As you said, after a hard reset the device is restored to its normal build. My cab runs right after a hard reset to make sure the device is configured the way I want it. Are there any keys in the registry which are responsible for configuring the Start Menu? I cant seem to find one for Start Menu, only the New Menu :(

An alternative approach is running an exe which deletes the Programs from the Start Menu folder...but I would prefer to parcel it all up in a tiny little cab file if possible...

Thanks again for any suggestions...

Cheers,

dav
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Rudegar:
i never seen anything like it in the reg
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] dav7:
Thats a pity. I cant find anything either. I prefer to do as much as possible in either the CPF or a cab. exe's do the job but there big and more complicated to change. Neverthless seems I'm stuck with an exe for now. Oh well...:-)

Cheers,

Dav
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] levenum:
Hi, Dav!

Even though there is no registry solution, exe file is not your only option.

Cabs can contain a setup.dll that exports 4 functions which the system calls before and after installation or uninstall (separate function for each event).

Check MSDN for setup.dll specifics.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] hanmin:
Get a cab file that will start up automatically after a hardreset to delete all the fies in the start menu? I think if you delete the files in the start menu, it will be removed in the Programs list. It is basically a short cut file.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] dav7:
Excellent! Thanks a lot, I'll look into that.

Cheers!

Dav
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] dav7:
Hi Hanmin,

I think you are correct...if you delete *all* files and folders from the Start Menu it will remove the files which are directly situated in the Start Menu folder as well as all files in the Program folder which also resides in the Start Menu folder. This will remove items from both the Start menu and the Programs screen. This is ok for me though as luckily I want to also hide all Programs from the Program screen. A lot of the device functionality has to be hidden from the end users, to prevent them from fiddling with anything and to also hide things like Games etc...

Cheers,

Dav
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] dav7:
Hi,

I've managed to get the setup.dll working. Its really useful and stops me needing an exe for many things. However, is it possible to get the dll to show a Dialog window? I've tried incorporating a dialog to the dll but it never seems to show up. I need the user to set a value and was considering doing it via the setup dll, but so far not been able to get the dialog, or even a Message Box to show up when called within the dll?

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Dav
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] levenum:
Here is a line of code from Install_Init function that's working perfectly for me:

g_dlg = CreateDialog(g_hInst, MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDD_MSGDLG), hwndParent, MyDlgProc);

I save g_hInst in DllMain.

As for message boxes, just call them as usual, never had a problem there, but you need to make sure you put your code in the correct function or it will not be called at the right time.
[Nook HD, HD+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bonehead13:
Hi, I've bought 2x Nook HD+ for my young sons for Xmas and need to get them up and running before the big day. Apologies if my questions seem a bit basic, my knowledge is limited and I'm reading all I can to learn but don't have much time! I've decided not to root the Nooks in case I get it wrong and mess up Xmas, but i will probably have a go at some point. Does the Nook play videos & music on the stock rom? avi, mkv, mp4, plus mp3 sound files? or is there an app that will play them from a micro SD card? I'm planning on filling up a micro SD with loads of films for them to watch. Also, my lads currently use my ipad for games like angry birds etc, I presume these will play fine on the nook from the playstore? thanks:)
[Nook HD, HD+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alxndrs:
One that seems to get mentioned in forums and has high rating is Mx Player, I use it and is one of the first app I install when testing roms. Also for the software decoder, the Neon version is the one to get from play store, it's recommended by the developer (under settings). Use it to play ripped files of all kinds, including downloaded ones. Yes you can use this on the stock rom.
[Nook HD, HD+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] asakurato:
Yes I suggest you mx player, it plays any video up to 1080p fluently. Also Nook HD+ can run most of the games, even asphalt 8 on medium settings, so angry birds won't be problem at all.
[Nook HD, HD+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jck_p:
Nook's for younsters

First off, I also like the MX Player for videos. Seems to play 'em all by default with no additional config by me.

On to my question though, which I think may be appropriate here. I recycled a couple Nook HD's for young grandchildren. Loaded them with games, vids, pics, etc. In the process of recycling I discovered that the one that was originally mine, still had a lot of old browsing history type stuff on it even after I reinstalled CM10.1 to emmc. Things like online bank sites, ebay, amazon, etc. in the form of apk files. I found the info in a folder called "cm data", NOT just "data". I opened the tar.a & tar.b folders in a rom backup that I was going to use, to inspect them. That's how I discovered it. Needless to say I didn't use that backup.

I had assumed when I re-rooted, so to speak, and reinstalled 10.1, it would erase all the previous stuff. I guess it doesn't. I know pics & vids are not backed up during a ROM backup and are left intact on the device. Does anyone have a list of directories, folders & sub-folders that are

NOT

touched via a Rom backup, a root and/or a CM install?

This would be handy to know when recycling or simply getting rid of devices. Or perhaps there is a better reset method before recycling that does a good clean sweep? Thanks.
[Nook HD, HD+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leapinlar:
The factory reset command in CWM has been modified to not wipe the cm_data folder which is installed if you ran my or bokbokan's hybrid install. To wipe it fully including any media files and the old cm_data folder, do a format 'data and datamedia' in the mounts and storage menu in CWM. That clears everything.
[Nook HD, HD+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jck_p:
Cool! Thanks!
[T-Mobile LG G2] Howie Dub:
Didn't see this posted so I thought I'd share. I bricked my phone and used the LG Mobile Launcher upgrade recovery. The software it installed ended in g, not c. Don't know what it fixes, but zoom breathing is still present while recording a video.

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[T-Mobile LG G2] stevessvt:
Any ideas whats different?
[T-Mobile LG G2] prking07:
Can you extract the modem please?
[T-Mobile LG G2] sweets55:
x2. ^...oops the modem looks the same.
[T-Mobile LG G2] prking07:
May look the same, but could be different. We need to check.
[T-Mobile LG G2] rebar71:
is this NOT an OTA update? I just did an update check and it says I'm up to date... 80110c
[T-Mobile LG G2] stevessvt:
Ive tried twice now to update and it keeps failing. Im stock unrooted. It downloads and gets to 70% then jumps to 100%, phone restarts and on the phone gets to 4%. Then the computer says it cant continue the upgrade and to restart the phone.
[T-Mobile LG G2] Howie Dub:
No clue. I searched online, but only turned up a couple of websites that said there was an update coming out.

How do I do that? I'm no longer rooted after unbricking my phone. ioroot says to root only with shipping rom.

Not on OTA. I used the LG Mobile Launcher to get the update after bricking my phone.

I followed the instructions in this post http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2471370&highlight=unbrick and it worked for me. I was stock rooted before bricking my phone.
[T-Mobile LG G2] marcutm:
can anyone upload a kdz file from d80110g?
[T-Mobile LG G2] Howie Dub:
If I knew how, I totally would do it. I'm good at following directions, but figuring out how to extract the rom is beyond me.
[T-Mobile LG G2] prking07:
Still havent rooted Howie? If you get to rooting let me know so you can extract modem.
[T-Mobile LG G2] Howie Dub:
Not yet. Do you think ioroot will work? That's how I rooted on d80110c. Is there another root method that will work with any stock rom since ioroot says it's only for the shipping rom? I'll try later tonight as I don't have 45 minutes right now to go through the upgrade process should I brick my phone again.
[T-Mobile LG G2] stevessvt:
Hey, curious, I finally got it to work, under apps, what is d80110c's camera version number?
[T-Mobile LG G2] code hustler:
D80110c Camera version

Settings > Apps > All > Camera

version: 4.2.4
[T-Mobile LG G2] stevessvt:
Bah,....d80110G's is too.

---------- Post added at 04:06 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:58 PM ----------

kernel is newer, from Nov 27, seems snappier to me.
[T-Mobile LG G2] Howie Dub:
yeah, I don't think they did anything to the camera. It still has that annoying breathing issue with the focus. They might have fixed the Knock Knock issues some people were having with the screen not coming on consistently. I haven't noticed that I have had to double tap multiple times for the screen to come on so far.
[T-Mobile LG G2] stevessvt:
The brightness slider is different. If auto is checked you cant move the slider any more.
[T-Mobile LG G2] tslagle13:
How long?

How long did the process take? Mine seems to get stuck at downloading software everytime. I don't get a status bar at all.
[T-Mobile LG G2] stevessvt:
The actual update took about 10 minutes on a slow computer. Downloading the 1.75GB file took forever.
[T-Mobile LG G2] tslagle13:
Hmm ok. I never get a status indicator at that point. It looks like it fails... No percentage and the timer stops. Sound familiar?

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[T-Mobile LG G2] stevessvt:
No mine always downloaded fine,...took an hour and half, but it downloaded. My problem was with the install itself. But it finally went OK.
[T-Mobile LG G2] Howie Dub:
Mine took about 42 minutes to download. I did have a status bar showing the percentage and time left. Just want to make sure you're going into the Options menu and selecting Update Recovery. When I first connected my phone in Download mode, I believe there was an option to download the update, but not through the Update Recovery option. Do you also have the latest drivers?
[T-Mobile LG G2] stevessvt:
Anyone notice a bit more battery drain with this?
[T-Mobile LG G2] mannequin:
any graceful way to apply this on a rooted stock with tons of xposed mods?
[T-Mobile LG G2] Howie Dub:
I noticed better battery life. I was getting about 30 minutes of screen time per 10% drop on 10c, but I've noticed about 45 minutes with this version. The most I've gone has been down to 50% with about 3:30 to 3:45 screen time on 10g.

Probably not. I'm getting no answer on the rooting thread, so not sure when this will be rooted. Probably after the OTA comes out. Even if this were flashable, you would probably still need to flash xposed and mods again.
[T-Mobile LG G2] prking07:
Can anybody extract the modem please?
[T-Mobile LG G2] Howie Dub:
I don't think any of us are rooted yet. I haven't received a response on the root thread about whether ioroot will work or what is needed to make it work and vroot seems too risky to try given its controversy.
[T-Mobile LG G2] stevessvt:
Im noticing Android System dominating my battery life now....you see any change in your device with this? Ive already tried a factory reset, too.
[T-Mobile LG G2] Howie Dub:
I've always had a high Android System usage, even on 10c. What I've noticed is that Google Search stays awake after I've used it and I have to force stop it to close. I'm guessing it's probably the bloat with LG that's keeping the Android System process active, like PC Suite.
[T-Mobile LG G2] Howie Dub:
Will a kdz help? If so, follow the instructions in this post to get the latest firmware for your phone. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2484476

I'm downloading now, but it's going to take a while. If the kdz will work, I'll try to upload it tonight if it's downloaded before I go to bed.

EDIT: Here's the link for the kdz. I'm assuming it's not IMEI specific. http://csmgdl.lgmobile.com/dn/downloader.dev?fileKey=FW419785432109876543213/D80110G_00.kdz
[T-Mobile LG G2] CwbAnDroidCwB:
So..... does anyone kno the changes that came with this update?

Sent from my LG-D801 using Xparent BlueTapatalk 2
[T-Mobile LG G2] :
ioroot compatibility lost.

confirmed: ioroot10 no longer works after fresh D80110g install via/ LG Mobile Support Tool.

Mounting system RW and pushing SU, then remounting system RO again
mount: Operation not permitted
failed to copy 'su' to '/system/xbin/su': Read-only file system
Unable to chown /system/xbin/su: No such file or directory
Unable to chmod /system/xbin/su: No such file or directory
mount: Operation not permitted
Press any key to continue ...
[T-Mobile LG G2] krazzykitt:
T-Mobile update.. lost root

I did the update last night, i lost root and cant seem to get it back, i have no idea what this update did other than lose root. I believe this is the modem file, how can i get root back?
[T-Mobile LG G2] stevessvt:
Try www.kingpapp.com
[T-Mobile LG G2] :
Broken link.
[T-Mobile LG G2] stevessvt:
Doh..... Www.kingoapp.com
[T-Mobile LG G2] :
confirmed: rooted kingoapp works! thanks stevessvt!
[T-Mobile LG G2] stevessvt:
No problem, glad it worked!
[T-Mobile LG G2] Howie Dub:
Do you know if Kingo has resolved their security issues regarding IMEI numbers? No update in the thread here, http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2516942, which is why I'm hesitant to use Kingo.
[T-Mobile LG G2] stevessvt:
I've done some research and I believe they pulled that out... Lots of people have used it and afaik no real support of misuse from it.
[T-Mobile LG G2] 20degrees:
i wonder if this fixes the touch screen issues?
[T-Mobile LG G2] Howie Dub:
Thanks. I'll give it a shot. Haven't really needed to root aside from some Tasker functions I want to use, but I can just do them manually.

Do you mean the issue with Knock On? If so, I think it's better. I haven't had to do many multiple double taps and the times that I did was because I tried to tap too fast and didn't lift my finger off enough.
[T-Mobile LG G2] skylineGTR_34:
Finally they fixed the thouch screen so far so good. Also I think phone is overall smoother now especially games.
[T-Mobile LG G2] 20degrees:
so no more of the screen going crazy when touching it?

knock on and the screen going crazy while scrolling or texting
[T-Mobile LG G2] skylineGTR_34:
I updated two days ago and tried every situation that the problem occurs. no problem so far.
[T-Mobile LG G2] 20degrees:
thanks
[T-Mobile LG G2] Howie Dub:
Thanks for the explanation and looking into this. I wonder if ioroot does any of this? This thread mentions another method using a Japanese rooting tool.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=47228566&postcount=1

Seems safe enough, but haven't given it a shot yet. ioroot is up to #15 now, so maybe they've updated it to work with 10g. Do you know what would happen if I had a failed root attempt with ioroot? Would I have to go through the LG Mobile Launcher and reflash the ROM? That is the one uncertainty that's keeping me to trying out ioroot and the Japanese rooting tool. I don't want to have to go through the time it took to flash it again. Thanks.
[T-Mobile LG G2] :
ioroot should just tell you that it can't mount /system (to push su) and that's it, all it does before that is push a file (g2_security) into your /sdcard which gives it r+w /system access from what I see. Which Japanese rooting tool are you talking about exactly? The one that's for Xperia? I'll look into it. As far as Kingo, from further research as far as what it pushes to your phone, all the activity looks legit. The way that the Windows tool is created is probably just sloppy from how it looks, however all the adb/cmds issued out of it seems legitimate for a rooting tool. I'm currently rooted with Kingo (like I said, i'm not too concerned about the malware issue, just more curious as to WHY than fearful). here are some of the ADB commands i stripped from the Kingo method, maybe (hopefully) in a few more days of ripping it apart I can turn it into a nice batch script for everyone so they don't have to deal with Kingo.

I haven't really played around with this stuff (reverse engineering) before so if anyone more knowledgeable can help me extract/figure out the root method, that'd be awesome, here is are of the cmds I've extracted so far, should be in order, might be missing a few lines, oh and after the last line (i'm guessing it checks to see if superuser.apk exists), it pushes superuser.apk or closes and then issues a reboot. I can't seem to get the qt_temp file stored in AppData/Local/Temp in time to analyze it, and wmroot is (extracted/downloaded/created?) and then deleted so I need to figure out what/where that is also. Everything else is extracted from su_root and busybox in Program Files/Kingo/files/.

adb devices
adb shell
adb shell "df sdcard"
adb push C:/Users/$USER/AppData/Local/Temp/qt_temp.Hp4356 /dev/null
adb devices
adb shell sync
adb shell "rm /data/local/tmp/*"
adb shell "mkdir -p /data/local/tmp/"
adb shell "mkdir /data/local/tmp/"
adb shell "chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/"
adb push "C:/Program Files (x86)/Kingo Android ROOT/files/busybox" /data/local/tmp/busybox
adb shell sync
adb shell "chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/busybox"
adb shell sync
adb start-server
adb devices
adb push "C:/Program Files (x86)/Kingo Android ROOT/wmroot_6199cecd" /data/local/tmp/getroot
adb shell sync
7z | "C:/Program Files (x86)/Kingo Android ROOT/su_root_v2.zip" -p
7z | -slt "C:/Program Files (x86)/Kingo Android ROOT/files/su_root_v2.zip" -p
adb shell "ls \"/data/local/tmp/Superuser.apk\"> /dev/null 2>&1; echo $?
[T-Mobile LG G2] skylineGTR_34:
Update: Unfortunately problems starts to appear as I use the phone.
[T-Mobile LG G2] 20degrees:
thanks. wanted to know before I get it again. guess this answers my decision.
[T-Mobile LG G2] stevessvt:
So this has been out for more than a week with no word from TMo about it, and very little activity on the forums, aside from this thread, about it. ATT has a release and there's 5 threads about it on the first day.
[T-Mobile LG G2] Howie Dub:
Yeah, the one in the Xperia thread. For some reason, I thought it was a generic root tool, but it appears to only be for the Xperia.

Yeah, odd that we can upgrade it with the tool, but there's no OTA yet for it and it's nowhere to be found on the net except for here and one other website. Maybe it wasn't meant to be released.
[T-Mobile LG G2] erapmicks:
Hi, i have a D801C. rooted and i backed up the stock rom rooted. then i flashed PA then restored to stock now i am having Signal problems. Like the signal just completely dies and never comes back. anyone having similar problem?
[T-Mobile LG G2] stevessvt:
I think your in the wrong thread.
[T-Mobile LG G2] prking07:
Still no one has extracted modem of this update?
[T-Mobile LG G2] CwbAnDroidCwB:
I still don't see any differences since this update....
[T-Mobile LG G2] x714x:
Try and restore your EFS partition.
[T-Mobile LG G2] erapmicks:
How do I do that?
[T-Mobile LG G2] Mandroid421:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1308546

Sent from my LG-D801
[T-Mobile LG G2] :
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1364542/ioroot_test.zip

can anyone try this out and see if this'll work on an unrooted 10g?

just a simple tweak of ioroot, just to see if it'll work... I'd do it myself but already rooted and don't want to deal with reflashing.

EDIT: also let me know what the output is!
[T-Mobile LG G2] dispozable:
Tmo of course has no clue about it either. I've been on the phone for 10+ minutes trying to get some info but they are saying its on LG's side. Then again their "troubleshooting" consists of restarting your phone or a master reset... I'm sure they will be the last to know about any details.
[T-Mobile LG G2] :
confirmed: my tweaked ioroot_test.zip works on D80110g (windows script only)! I'll modify the linux & mac scripts also and send it to the original ioroot thread so they can include it in the next update.
[T-Mobile LG G2] Howie Dub:
awesome! thanks code hustler! i'll give this a shot later today. Happy New Year!
[T-Mobile LG G2] :
Glad I could help, let me know how it goes... and Happy New Year!!

I think it's the same modem as the one in D80110c, here: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1364542/modem.zip

NOTE: NOT a flashable zip!

Baseband version: M8974A-AAAANAZM-1.0.190034
[T-Mobile LG G2] dhonzik:
Root does not work, I used the ioroot method

UPDATE: The test version works, root away
[T-Mobile LG G2] 20degrees:
I noticed with the update that I now get full bars in my house (use to be only 3). I also noticed that the boot sound is gone, I still have the shut down sound, just not the boot up sound.

Edit: boot sound does work. I had the volume down. ☺

LG G2
[T-Mobile LG G2] ctowne:
I think I just got this via OTA. I can't install it though because I'm running cleanrom with twrp installed.

Sent from my LG G2