[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] gomezallan:
Anti-theft "Remote Tracker" Hard Reset safe in custom ROM.

To cut story short. My girlfriend phone which is less than month old lost it a few weeks ago. I installed this Remote Tracker on it. I like this software very much and it is free but I installed it just like the other programs. So I think the person who found it just hard reset it maybe because we did not receive any sms from that phone since then. I'm a newbie to this cooking my own ROM with Remote Tracker inside and I did cooked my own (some bugs on it) ROM but I really preferred using some of our great Chefs here who cooked great and excellent HD2 ROMs. The problem is....I can't cook Remote Tracker in their ROMs as it doesn't allowed and protected, so in this last few days I searched all the forums trying to find detailed instruction how to do it in vain but I have zero result. So I tried the other way around. How about installing it from the sd card silently after the hard reset? I did this also unsuccessfully many times as the Remote Tracker will ask the user input after hard reset (or the theft just in case it was stolen) to accept the License Agreement or some errors on the screen. Finally last night I did it.:D Here are the step by step guides how I did. Enjoy!

Step by step guide: (everyone is welcome to suggest for the newbie like me)

1. I love the Mirik & Dinik latest release v.17.6 ROM not only it is really beautiful in my opinion it has also this TOM's autoinstall cooked in. So I installed this in my phone then I made this folder "Apps" in my sd card, put my Remote Tracker cab downloaded from their website then installed it to my device memory. a.) Go to start menu, press Config then fill the necessary information on it the press "Apply Configuration". This action will create the rt.dll file in the sd card but it is hidden. So you must go to tools > folder options > view tab then select "show hidden files and folders" then click ok. Back to your sd card and you will see the rt.dll file. Copy it in your desktop, right click it then select properties, at "Attributes" uncheck the box in "Hidden" then click "OK". Back to the "Tools" at the SD card, this time click "Dot not show hidden files and folders" then click ok.

2. Now you need WinCe Cab Manager or similar program to edit the Remote Tracker cab. Copy Remote Tracker cab in paste it in your desktop. Launch WinCe Cab Manager and open the Remote Tracker. At the Cabinet tab, select "Files" then click "Add". At the desktop find the rt.dll file and click "Open" then click "Ok". Back to "Cabinet tab, select "Shortcuts" the click "Add". The New Shortcut Wizard will pop out, click "Next", at the "Name" box type "SMSLauncher", click "Next" then look for the "InstallDir SMSLauncher.exe", select it then click "Next". At the Shortcut Location click/highlight the "Startup" folder then click finish. Now for the registry, it is quite complicated for us specially for the newbie like me. What I did is... I copied one (or any) registry file in desktop, opened it with Notepad, deleted everything inside and replaced with this registry key.

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\init]

"Launch99"="\\Windows\\SMSLauncher.exe"

"Launch150"="rtclean.mscr"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\JV Software\Common]

"RT 0"="Monday, March 01, 2010"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Inbox\Rules\ Configuration]

"Params"="/hide"

"PostProcess"=dword:00000001

"Command"="\\Windows\\rt.exe"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Inbox\Rules\ Configuration\MessageFilter]

@="Body"

"CaseSensitive"=dword:00000000

"MatchType"=dword:00000006

"Value"="rt#"

Saved the file as "App" then at the WinCe Cab Manager, highlight the "Registry" the click "File" tab, then select "Import" then choose "Import Reg...", find the "App" file in desktop then click "Open" then "Ok". At the WinCe Cab Manager click the "Save" icon and close it. Now your Remote Tracker cab is ready for action!

3. In your sd card add new folder and name it Autoinstall. From the deskstop copy your modified Remote Tracker inside the Autoinstall folder. Hard Reset your HD2 and see if the Remote Tracker installed by itself and all your configuration by sending any command. Mine worked like a charm.

Many thanks to Joubert who made this wonderful application! I made this tutorial as there are not enough infomations on how to do it for the noobs like me. Many thanks also to Miri and Dinik for their excellent ROMs.

Allan