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[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] dubidu:
Hi guys,

I know it's a 10 seconds job to create a link for items inside the control panel (settings) such as "Usb to PC" or "Power" but I'm too lazy to do it every time I try a new rom,

also I found some of the values change from rom to rom, so I create a really simple app that goes through the registry key which holds the settings items (KLM\Security\Shell\StartInfo\Start) and creates a .lnk file for each of these entries.

Having a direct link allows me to add that option as a quick link which is handy 8)

Anyway, here is the tool in case someone wants it.

The exe must be installed in "\Program Files\CplLinks" (Device). It only takes 11.5 kb. The only reason the .exe is needed after the lnk are created is to provide an icon.

When you run it, it reads the HKEY mention above and creates .lnk for each item in the "Settings" menu. The lnks are created in "\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\CplLinks" so are directly accessible through the Programs menu.

There are no messages, it runs and creates the links, no interaction whatsoever so do not expect any nice popup window 8)

Next version will use specific icons for each item, right now, all the links use the same icon from the cpllink.exe executable.

The icons for most of the Settings are .png files rather than .ico, and WM doesn't have an easy way to convert from .png into .ico, the idea for a "future version" is to collect all the .png files,converted to icons and create a dll on the fly with the icons as resources, so they can be referenced from the .lnk files

Couple of screen shots from the emulator.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Senax:
Great application! It works like a charm! Thank you for this convenient time saver :)

EDiT (another time saver)

After applying a Hard Reset WE have to reinstall all programs :( if you have previously installed them in the memory card. Often it is sufficient to recreate the shortcut in the start menu.

ShortCutCreator

helps you to recover the exe files and to recreate the desired shortcut.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] dubidu:
I guess would be better if I manage to provide a different icon for each link, but Icon support is quite limited inside VM. Need to work in the PNG to Icon -> .dll routine 8)

I though having the app in internal memory was a better solution than in \Storage Card, so it will take less time to load the icon from the program, but I can change it and allow that option, so the icons in the links are pointing to \Storage.. rather than \Programs..

Anyway, it just a time-saver thingy 8)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mccune:
Nice app. It does not seem to work on WM6.1 though.

It does create a new folder structure: CplLinks\System inside the Start Menu.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] NRGZ28:
Very nice. It does seems to create a bunch of redundant or non-used links though :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] dubidu:
Yep, I saw it only works on WM6.5, on WM6.1 there are no "StartInfo\Start" in the "KLM\Security\Shell\". Not sure where it keeps that info, maybe somewhere else in the registry.

I finally managed to convert PNG to ICO, so I think next version would allow you to choose which items you want to create links for rather than just dump everything 8)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] RoryB:
WM6.1 control panel is "HKLM\ControlPanel" if I remember correctly. There will be numbers for the mycpl stuff and words for some other control panel items like backlight, etc.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] dubidu:
I think this post got lost in the last database disaster 8)

I wrote a new version of this tool that now gives you the icons for the control panel settings, check it out here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=791682
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] loizoskounios:
Hi lads,

Has anyone else noticed that HTC seems to have implemented the USA date type in the Messages application following the latest OTA Update? I can't find a way to change that back to what it was. Does anyone have a fix for this?

Thanks in advance,

Louis.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aindow:
I noticed this on mine from the messages list, but when I open a message from a contact it shows the correct date format, weird.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] loizoskounios:
Just checked and the same applies here. I tried clearing the Messages application's data, but it doesn't seem to help.
[Captivate General] H03!:
hi guys

today i imported a captivate from the US and i need to unlock but have a little problem with it.

-> xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=761751&page=12

maybe my fault was to flash the firmware at frist...?! i wanna try to unlock it with the orginal firmware.

so i need an nandroid image from the orginal at&t frimware!

hope you can help me!

big thx from austria/eu
[Captivate General] Kaik541:
ugh, read the sticky in the development section titled "Odin one-click downloader)
[Captivate General] H03!:
i do!

do u read my post? ^^

"at first i flashed and EFS-cleared my phone with this great odintool from the user designgears (xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=731989) (all successfully)

but now i have a problem with the unlocking!"

-> so i want try load an nandroid and hope the nv_data.bin is good for reading out the unlock key.

anybody have an image, plz up it for me. i have no more ideas now.. so helpless :.(

qq
[Captivate General] alphadog00:
What is the danger that you may get the donor's IMEI number? Then you may have messed up the person that helped you too.
[Captivate General] Kaik541:
would have been a decent idea to copy exactly what you did into this thread since you linked to a page and not a specific post. without nv_data.bin, you can't unlock. you can't recover an nv_data.bin from another phone for two reasons:

1) unlock codes are based on your IMEI number, which is tied to your hardware

2) using someone else's nv_data.bin won't work with your IMEI

edit: should also add, if you REALLY want it, there are MANY captivate system dumps in the android development section if you just search for them. they contain everything from the phone and that would be your best bet

I don't think he'd "get" our IMEI number, it just wouldn't work is all since it wouldn't be able to request the network unlock
[Captivate General] H03!:
big thx for all your info

so i dont need an nandroid anymore..... :/

my way of bloody frustration today:

-at first i flash roms from the i9000 (jm8)

-than the captivate-stock kernel

-root

-first try with the unlock tool (sgux.exe)

-flash jm7 with captivate-stock kernel (repati + efs clear with 512 pin)

-next try with unlock tool

-flash jm6, try unlock, flash jh7, try unlock, flash jf6, try unlock

-flash with odintool "I897UCJF6-final-OCD-REV0"

-try unlock

try update with kies and "regedit" trick in all medleys

i try also the two galaxy unlock apps there i find in the market:

"sgs unlock" > sorry no codes found unknown error

and "unlock galaxy" > unlock code: FFFFFFFF unfreeze code: not found

if anybody can help me i will donate! that is not the problem!!1 =)
[Captivate General] Rhiannon224:
Did you try to get the unlock codes before doing any mods? If you flash with Odin one click to take it back to stock then use the unlock app from the market? As someone posted previously the lock codes are specific to your IMEI number so even if I gave you my code I don't think it would work. Sorry I can't be of more help. If I could I would.
[Captivate General] H03!:
thx for answer.

but i dont think that will work..

i have an never locked i9000, can i take the imei + the freeze code from there on my captivate? can i edit my captivates imei to my i9000 imei??? edit the one imei file in /efs/ ?
[Captivate General] alphadog00:
Make your captivate stock. Then use unlock tool to get unlock code. Install your foreign SIM. input unlock code.
[Captivate General] H03!:
hi,

i still try that.. i flash it like stock (with I897UCJF6-final-OCD-REV0.exe tool AND with simfirmware "orginal" firmwares)

but i ALWAYS get only the single code i write before..:

Opening file <.\nv_data.bin>...

Searching code block...

Found.

Searching codes...

MCC/MNC lock : 00101

next...-->

now i try to flash stock fw

than http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=761154

and than http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=780509

and than i hope i get my code with the unlock tool! my last try 2day

omfg im so sorry for this threads and many thx for all your help.. i feel like the biggest noob ever :(

i hope i find a solution soon, i want my simcard in this awesome hardware!
[Captivate General] rajendra82:
On the Captivate the single unlock code (called the network control key) is all you need. First you flash to stock using one click and get the code. Then you reboot with the foriegn SIM to get the prompt where you input the network control key. Then you do any mods on the already unlocked phone.
[Captivate General] H03!:
i do all that things..

flash stock successfully, edit nv_data.bin.. many times! :(

dont work
[Captivate General] tariq_niazi:
Are you on the JH7 Firmware? I accidentally updated my Captivate before running the unlock tool and I too cannot get an unlock code.
[Captivate General] aloant:
Try this if you have root: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=8278574#post8278574
[Captivate General] tariq_niazi:
No I am not rooted. What you posted, does that work for JH7 Rom?
[Captivate General] aloant:
Yes, I tried that in JH7.
[Captivate General] tariq_niazi:
I want to confirm this, but I read everywhere that JH7 was removing the nv_data.bin file hence the unlocker was unable to find and decode from the HEX file.

So the file still exists, but needs to be rooted now under Eclair (2.1)?
[Captivate General] aloant:
Yup, under JH7 it requires root to access now it seems. I also still have access to the other one bml3, but that too requires root.
[Captivate General] tariq_niazi:
Do I enter the commands posted in DOS?

su

busybox grep -E "^[0-9]{8}$" /efs/nv_data.bin
[Captivate General] aloant:
Use the "Android Terminal Emulator" from the Market.
[Captivate General] tariq_niazi:
I rooted my Captivate and installed Android Terminal Emulator.

Next I entered the commands. But after entering the 2nd busybox ... command, I did not get any numbers?

Does this mean that nv_data.bin file does not exist in my phone?
[Captivate General] aloant:
You will get an error if the file doesn't exist. If it's blank, then it didn't find the code. You may want to check this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=761045

Especially the parts about pulling nv_data.bin or bml3 to your computer, then using a hex editor or some other tool to view the code.
[Captivate General] tariq_niazi:
I will try the PC method and see if it works.

I did check the etc folder for the nv_data.bin file but the folder was blank.
[Captivate General] aloant:
/efs/ actually:

$ su
# ls -l /efs
-rwx------ radio radio 2097152 2010-09-23 10:38 nv_data.bin
drwxrwxrwx radio radio 2010-07-02 11:20 imei
-rwx------ radio radio 32 2010-09-23 10:38 nv_data.bin.md5
#
[Captivate General] tariq_niazi:
OK so I think the file does exist, it is just hidden after trying your above command.

Tried the PC method but got the message of access denied and file not found.

Also, went back to the original firmware and still no luck.

I guess I have to wait for AT&T to provide the unlock code which is like 10 months or so.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Terpsi:
Hi all,

I'm sending my G2 back for repair as its having screen issues and they told me warranty is void if the software has been tampered with. I've goldcarded my G2 and flashed it with various ROMs, how do i get it back to original factory condition so they won't notice its been goldcarded or flashed before?

Many thanks
[Hero, G2 Touch General] ddotpatel:
Who? HTC?

..... Anyway, to get back to stock you need to run a HTC RUU .exe. The older ones are listed here --> http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=559622
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Terpsi:
Thanks, is there anything else I need to do? Will they be able to tell its goldcarded?

I read on here that its against their warranty Terms & Conditions to have "illegal" software on the phone. I asked the guy at the repair centre if I would be charged and he said if the phone was badly damaged, water damaged or if any illegal software was on there I'd be charged.

I'm going through T-Mobile shop though as I'm hoping to get a courtesy phone as I'm told it could take up to 3 weeks.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] yasin12:
As long as you format the phone fully and flash the ruu it should be fine. They wont ask for the memory card so it wont matter

Sent from my froyo hero
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Andyt95:
Please

SEARCH

before you post.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] conzymaher:
Would loading the newest stock RUU make re-rooting the phone harder / impossible?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] ddotpatel:
Maybe easier with the new Androot method.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] pulser_g2:
Androot or the stickied method in the dev forum would do it. The latter uses adb so is slightly techy, the former seems to get mixed reports of not getting into the rooted recovery . Either should work
[Hero, G2 Touch General] shenye:
1. Install HTC Sync

2. Power up your phone while holding down vol. button

3. download an RUU, and flash it :)
[Vibrant General] AuraspeeD:
FYI, I'm a T-Mobile employee and just received a mass email from my DM who was emailed from our Samsung Senior Territory Manager about the maintenance fix for the Vibrant. It's scheduled to roll out on the 20th.

As most know, there is an update coming to fix numerous issues effecting GPS, Google maps, Outlook, lagging and freezing, etc. This will be that update.
[Vibrant General] smashpunks:
Awesome. I'm sure you will be mocked and etc just cause that's how this forum works, but I'd say it sounds like that would be on time and feasible. Ill believe it.... lets keep hoping.
[Vibrant General] kizer:
I wonder if the leaked Rom floating around on Samsungs website is the fixed Rom?

If thats the case then its a patch fix and no mention of 2.2 huh?
[Vibrant General] smashpunks:
I bet it is, just a quick patch. 2.2 will be mid next month I'm guessing. I bet the leaked rom is it, or very close too.....
[Vibrant General] MrGibbage:
And as a reminder to everyone, just because you pick up your phone in the morning and you have a nice dialog stating that tmo wants to push you an update, don't get excited yet. Don't install it until you have read from the devs here that it safe to do so. Remember, with the G1, some of the later updates made it harder to root and whatnot. The devs here will have answers very quickly (often within hours), so here is one place where you do NOT want to be the very first person with the update.

I'm just sayin'

Skip
[Vibrant General] 98classic:
smashpunks: where do you come up with such a guess? nothing indicates they have/havent started with the update, how far along they are, if they ironed the bugs, or anything. lol people like you are funny.

mrgibbage: you cant stop that, if and when an update is released, who knows if it will break root. if it does people will flash and an influx of "how do i root ota" will begin. even with a sticky readin "no root for ota"
[Vibrant General] MrGibbage:
The way it worked on the G1, was sure, the update was released. But not everyone "gets it" at the same time. You would get a notice on your phone that a new update was ready to install. But you did not have to install it. You could cancel it (or maybe you had to reboot your phone). In any case, you do not have to take the update when they push it.

Maybe things are different on this phone, but it seems to me it would be a safety hazard if they "forced" you to update when they say. Think how much it would suck if you needed to call 911, and you go to grab your phone and it said "standby while we take control of your phone for the next fifteen minutes".
[Vibrant General] heygrl:
I'm not worried about it. 89% chance of it being the one we have leaked out now which roots the same exact way. I don't know why people refuse to flash it if they can. It's really good and I don't feel the slightest need to work my nerves with something that doesn't work right like most or nearly all of the roms in the development section. Stock+Root+Bloatware apps removed=waytogo.
[Vibrant General] flameinthefire:
thats good to hear and what about 2.2?
[Vibrant General] DarkAgent:
I didnt flash the leaked rom outa paranoia. Firstly we dont know if it really is an official update or not and secondly how are we sure the people who leaked the rom didnt embed some sort of backdoor or malicious content in it?

Did i mention i am paranoid?
[Vibrant General] heygrl:
How do you know that your phone isn't picking up on your every sound?
[Vibrant General] fumanstan:
Nice to have a date. Given the proximity of the release, I agree that there's a good chance that the leaked rom is exactly the same update that's going to be pushed.
[Vibrant General] lincoln131:
I'll be happy as long as it gets fixed by December 12th, 2012.

I would like to be able to use my GPS before the colonization begins.
[Vibrant General] SugarMouth:
Hahaha! Nice!
[Vibrant General] glensta:
That's right - they're always listening! They know we're rooting.....N **** like that :p ;)
[Vibrant General] SeanFloyd:
True, they probably uploaded an app that gives you AIDS too.
[Vibrant General] flameinthefire:
quick question. How do you know about this when no one else who works for tmobile even the android dept have no clue about the fix or any update for the vibrant.
[Vibrant General] kizer:
I'm guessing because he is a member here and actually tinkers with his phone opposed to some of the other Employees that are straight out of high school that have their job there so they can have enough money to buy the newest "Halo Reach Game"

There are those that want to know and then there are those that walk around like sheep. I know things where I work that others do not know simply because I ask the correct people when I need/want to know.

Plust unless I'm blind he said an email was just sent out addressing the topic. ;)
[Vibrant General] NoDataFound:
Lets see some employement verification. Whats more, a copy of the message with the information you are claiming. Then maybe ill buy it. Otherwise its not true.
[Vibrant General] flameinthefire:
indeed!!!!
[Vibrant General] MMcCraryNJ:
Sorry, but I don't understand what being from New Jersey has to do with being realistic about the general tech product market this day and age. Please enlighten me.
[Vibrant General] Tpavey:
What is funny to me is that Samsung devoted a lot of money to create the lag by making their file system and Touchwiz. If the would have used vanilla android it would have been cheaper for them and the phone would have functioned better.
[Vibrant General] MacGuy2006:
Maybe you don't complain when electronics which fell off the back of a truck don't work, but when you pay more than $500 for a phone, you expect it to work and be upgradable so long as the hardware can take it.

But yeah, I was just kidding about Jersey.... :)

Ah, but then you'll just keep upgrading your phone whenever Google puts out a maintenance upgrade and expect drivers from Samsung fast, 'cause they won't have the excuse "we are working on enhancements."

And then you might be able to upgrade your Vibrant to Gingerbread too fast, without being frustrated enough first to just give up and go buy the next gen Galaxy.

It's how they can say they use open-source, yet lock you tight and squeeze more from you than even Apple ever could.
[Vibrant General] nermie:
Apple is pretty good at squeezing money.
[Vibrant General] Tpavey:
True... and Google is trying to be different than Apple... Maybe I am giving too much credit to Google, but I really think if they can come through with what they are saying for 3.0, these will be issues of the past.
[Vibrant General] E Double:
I had 14 days, An I took it in to a T-mo store within the first week with issues. The person behind the counter said that an update to fix the issues by the end of that month (august), which was a week away. People here say that these CS people are fools and idiots, which may indeed be the case.

These people are working as representatives of T-mo and to a smaller extent the manufacturer of the particular phones. If they are incompetent then it is T-mos responsibility to train them correctly or fire them, not mine. I should be able to speak to representative of a company and be able to trust their information, but apparently this isn't the case with t-mo.

Point is, unless a phone is DOA, if you can't take a dodgy product in to a company's shop and get accurate information in a timely manner to allow you to make the decision to return said product, 14 days works about as well as tits on a bull. The issues with this phone do not qualify as small, or inconsequential; My first to vibrants quite often could neither make nor receive calls. that, indicates that it is more involved than just GPS or a bit of lagging.

Manufacturers being responsible leading to the end of technological innovation is ludicrous on its face and is less likely to occur then all of us on this forum getting struck by lighting at the same time as our first Tasmanian Devil president signs a law repealing capitalism, siting strict adherence to the constitution. Its a bogus excuse by incompetent, lazy and sometimes greedy people to continue to go about conducting business in a less than above board manner.
[Vibrant General] funeralthirst:
a 2004 study showed that 29% of software projects were successful, 53% were late/overbudget/missing features, and 18% were cancelled. this study was in response to the NATO 'software crisis' in the 60s....

so if you have some magical solution to this problem that so far is inherent in software development, by all means share with all the people who have been studying and trying to resolve this for over 40 years....
[Vibrant General] d_bot:
+1

I work for a software company, we would have fallen in the late/missing features category, however v4.0 of our software is much much better than v3.0. That's how this industry is. Something is created/released, be it software or hardware, and there are ALWAYS bugs, ALWAYS! There is no possible way that every single scenario can be tested and accounted for. That being said, I think the team responsible for testing the GPS on this phone failed HARD!
[Vibrant General] Kaydog Keller:
Couldn't agree more. This has been one of my biggest frustrations. When I learned that GPS didn't work (which really should be table stakes at this point, how did they drop the ball on this) I immediately went to return the phone but was assured that there was a fix coming soon. I was within the return period, however I took the T-Mobile rep's word that this was really a small issue that would be fixed quickly. Now I'm out of the return period and have no recourse. On top of this they F'd up my rebate for the phone and denied it, now I'm arguing with T-Mo about that...

At this point I'm thinking I may have to lose this Vibrant, use the insurance to get a new one, find my original Vibrant, sell both on craigslist, and use the proceeds to pay off my early term fees and laugh all the way home with an iPhone 4.
[Vibrant General] presence06:
The person that started this thread and claimed they were with T-Mobile you lost your credibility. The cake is a lie.
[Vibrant General] mystycs:
Real proof update coming soon.

http://www.tmonews.com/2010/09/sams...ibrant-gps-fix-in-other-news-the-sky-is-blue/