WP7 Root Tools 0.7 for MANGO

With this tool you get root-access to parts of your WP7 device. This version contains a registry-editor, a file-explorer with basic file-operations and a certificate-installer with write-access to the certificate-stores.

This tool is in alpha stage. That means that it is not feature complete and it is not yet properly tested. This tool also provides you with high privileges with which you can alter low level settings and data on this device. All this may result in unexpected and undesired behavior, which may ultimately damage your device. Use this tool with care and use it at your own risk. The developer of this tool cannot be hold responsible for any kind of damages, caused directly or indirectly by using this tool.

The current version of this tool can only be used on Samsung devices. A small part of the code uses Samsung-specific functionality. The performance of the tool may sometimes be slow. This is the result of the way access to the system is elevated. The next version of WP7 Root Tools will run on more devices, like HTC and LG. Also the access is elevated more directly.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: If you get error 0x81030120 when you deploy WP7 Root Tools to your device, then please read this guide!

GUIDE INTEROP-UNLOCK for MANGO - No revert to NoDo - No 0x81030120 (Samsung/LG)

In Mango there is a new type of lock: INTEROP-LOCK

This means that, even if you have a legit dev-unlock (or ChevronWP7 Labs unlock when they go live), you still can't side-load apps with native code. Many homebrew apps use native code for hacks and tweaks. These apps need the ID_CAP_INTEROPSERVICES capability to run native code. For example WP7 Root Tools needs this capability to run. But when your device is INTEROP-LOCKED it will show error 0x81030120 when you try to deploy it to your device.

Contable and Marvin_S did research on it and found that the registry setting MaxUnsignedApp is responsible for the INTEROP-LOCK. I did more research and I identified the code that is responsible for this check. In fact, if you have the MaxUnsignedApp value set to 300 or higher, your interop will be unlocked. The value of MaxUnsignedApp is determined by the type of developer-unlock you have. A normal AppHub account will have it set to 10 and a student account will have it set to 3. So a value of 300 or higher is not a realistic value for a normal developer account. It is probably only set to this value for Microsoft employees and OEM developers.

Until now, the only way to do an INTEROP-UNLOCK for MANGO meant that you have to downgrade to NoDo first, then prepare your device by loading provxml files to your device, upgrade to MANGO and then use OEM tools to execute the provxml files and do the necessary unlocks. But that is a lot of work and for some devices not even possible, because there are simply no ROM's available.

So I wanted to allow people with MANGO shipped on their device and using a legit developer unlock, to use WP7 Root Tools and other MANGO-compatible homebrew apps.

I have developed a method to do this. I have a Samsung Omnia 7 and it works on my device. It should also work on Samsung Focus. ATLien68 brought to my attention that it is also possible for LG devices to do an Interop Unlock on Mango. So I created a guide for LG too.

Huawei IDEOS U8150 ROM based on V100R001C191B822 release

I hold no responsibility to how you use or not use this info and if you brick phone - you do this at your own risk

Mini How To
How to install recovery and custom ROMs

Changelog and Downloads
2011-02-11
IMPORTANT NOTE: I have not tested this ROM as I not own U8150 anymore

FILENAME: U8150V100R001C191B822_021211_094422.zip
MD5: 110c084c71729aca1ea8361dcb5fe5f5

* Reverted back to Launcher2
* Added Apps2SD
* Add couple apps I think is useful: wifi analyzer, android terminal, alogcat, cache cleaner-ng. (these can be easily uninstalled)
* Built with latest kitchen 0.120
* Removed Gingerbread keyboard and Google Goggles

2011-01-15

FILENAME: U8150V100R001C191B822_011511_221843.zip / Mirror
MD5: 357e5efb21d3272bb0820c0e14cfe913

* Added Boot Animation - Android Scribble 2.0 no flare
* Added Gingerbread Keyboard - Renamed Gingerbread Keyboard - updated 2010-12-28
* Unlocked Market - thanks xxhp for the package
* Added Google Goggles and AdFree

ZTE Blade - FREE SIM unlock codes for Orange San Francisco and ZTE Blade

Update: my own calculator app (runs on the phone itself -- for people worried about IMEI security), or my own web calculator hosted here:

http://arrtoo.x10.mx/unlockBlade.php

I got my unlock code from NckCodes, but it looks like this site works FOR FREE!!!!

http://www.nextgenserver.com/calculator/

Put your IMEI in, select ZTE, leave the default model as ZTE BLUEBELT, pop in the not-a-robot code. In the box above the IMEI you'll receive your code. Gave me the same code as Nckcodes sent me.

Some further instructions so you don't have to look elsewhere (and see also Paul's video below):

1. Use the dialler and enter this to see your IMEI: *#06# (don't press Call!).
2. Get your unlock code from the site above.
3. Double-check you used the correct IMEI number -- it's free to retry!
4. Turn off your phone.
5. Open the back.
6. Remove the battery.
7. Remove the (Orange?) SIM card.
8. Insert a SIM card from a different operator.
9. Replace battery.
10. Replace back.
11. Turn on phone.
12. (If prompted, enter any personal [4-digit?] PIN number that you may have set on the new SIM.)
13. Now you should be prompted to enter the 8-digit unlock code ("SIM network unlock PIN"). Do it carefully!

This free code calculator is also available at their parent site:

http://www.jictechnology.co.uk/calculator

Currently linked to by the top news item in their News section on the left of their home page: http://www.jictechnology.co.uk/

src : http://android.modaco.com

Samsung i7500 - Custom ROM is here (rooted with custom Kernel with swap/netfilter + more!)

Note: This ROM is no longer being updated.

I'm pleased to present my MoDaCo Custom ROM for the Samsung i7500!

This ROM is based on the Samsung XXII5 release, the latest at the time of writing, together with my own optimisations for the best possible performance! I have tried to keep the ROM as 'stock' feeling as possible.

My key motivation for creating this ROM was firstly to enable root but secondly to provide a custom kernel with swap support, due to the limited RAM on the Galaxy.

Features

- Rooted with 'adb remount' permission and superuser APK
- Custom kernel based on Samsung source with swap enabled (install 'swapper' from the market, I recommend a SD swap partition), netfilter enabled (working on wifi tether fix), cramfs + squashfs and much much more
- Latest build of busybox included with relevant links, also other utils such as sqlite and parted in ROM.
- Added terminfo and settings to boot.img
- Added JBed Java
- Removed files wasting space in system directory

Official 2.2 Froyo Untouched - Dell Streak 5

im simply uploading it as dell cant even make a working pkg file

http://build2.streakdroid.com/amss-system-boot.zip

extract this file on a pc and fastboot flash the 3 files then reboot streak

CODE

fastboot -i 0x413c flash boot boot.img
fastboot -i 0x413c flash system system.img
fastboot -i 0x413c flash amss amss.mbn

ill be updating my build with things off this one also soon

T-Mobile Pulse - The Ultimate Pulse Owners Guide

The Ultimate Pulse Owners Guide

Contents

i. Installing the Official 2.1 Update ii. Installing a 2.1 / 2.2 Custom Rom iii. Returning to the Official 1.5 Update iv. Installing a 1.5 Custom Rom v. Installing A2SD And SWAP vi. Changing the Look and Feel vii. Removing all Traces of Custom Roms viii. Tips and Tricks ix. Frequent Questions And Answers

Introduction
Welcome to The Ultimate Pulse Owners Guide!
The purpose of this guide is to bring all knowledge, tips and tricks onto one easy to find thread. Providing good, solid, instructions every step of the way to give you the confidence to try out some of these options for yourself!
I believe easy to follow text instructions are less confusing than text and pictures, therefore this guide will not include any.

This guide will cover everything to allow you to go from a stock T-Mobile experience to a speedy, all singing all dancing, vanilla 2.1 experience,

Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 - CyanogenMod 7 Gingerbread! v0.71 - CM7-Nightly 87

TripNRaVeR presents you another release, CyanogenMod!

CyanogenMod 7 Gingerbread!

ROM: TripNMiUI "Iris" Gingerbread
- Latest release 04-06-2011
- Rom version 0.71
- Gingerbread 2.3.4
- CyanogenMod 7
- Pre-Final
- Themes
- TripNFeatures
TripNFeature 01 tweaks&hacks included
- Needs baseband .61 or higher
- For best results use .67 with kernel from march
- Stock CM7 Theme
- Screen off animation

Working:
- Mobile phone (network and data)
- Wifi
- GPS
- Videocamera (HD settings active, green screen tough)
- CM Settings
- Android Terminal
- Hardware sensors
3-axis Accelerometer
3-axis Magnetic field sensor
Orientation sensor
Proximity sensor
Gravity sensor
Linear Acceleration sensor
Rotation vector sensor

Changelog 0.7:
- Upgrade to Android 2.3.4
- Upgrade to CM7 nightly 87
- Data connection issues fixed
- Possible wifi fixes
- No WLODS
- Keyboard fixes
- Mount usb to pc fixed when connected to pc

Note:
Photo is working on VGA, QVGA, WVGA with Camera Illusion, stock camera photo capture fails.
After using Dev-Tools for crash system server phone will reboot, then you enter SIMCARD-pin if you have set one, then the phone could take sometime to get signal. Reason is that there where some hacks needed for higher basebands working on Gingerbread custom roms.
Oh yes, its fast!

Download:
http://www.mediafire.com/?6u940em447kcs9p

Download 0.71:
http://www.mediafire.com/?ax38o7htxx7zi8t
0.71 is test version for WIFI problems nothing more

Have fun and let me know anything you find. Dont complain about camera, as you see that it is work in progress. Better dont complain at all, I have other things on my mind right now so dont expect the get full support everyday. I'm counting on other members to help me out for a while.

Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 TripNMiUI "Iris" 1.6.5 Froyo! - PREPARE FOR THE FUTURE

TripNRaVeR presents to you a rebuilded MIUI Froyo rom!

Lets go for another sweet update!

ROM: TripNMiUI "Iris" Froyo
- Latest release 10-06-2011
- Rom version 1.6.*
- Froyo 2.2.1
- 8.1MP HD-Ready Camera
- Photo's can be made @ 8mp, HD1080, VGA
- Videorecorder can be 1280x720@30fps and AAC audio (highest possible)
- MIUI Themes
- Wifi
- GPS
- Prepared for TripNFeatures
- Needs baseband 49 for best results
- Any baseband supported
- New TripNMiUI theme
- Radio hack ported from TripNMiUI Gingerbread
- Improved screen quality! Just check the colours and you know what I mean.
- Boot time 32seconds!

Root Your HTC Hero how to

This guide is really old and outdated. Please use this guide instead.

WARNING! Make sure you read all these instructions CAREFULLY! If there is anything you don’t understand or can’t do, get help.
THE PROCESS WILL ALSO ERASE ALL YOUR APPS & APP DATA SO BACKUP!

NB: If you installed the 2.1 Update via an OTA notification, this guide will still work for you. (99.9% of users)

If you installed it manually via an RUU on your PC, you need to follow this guide.

Downloads:
Hero Root Pack – YOU MUST extract it to C:/heroroot
Generic RUU
Goldcard Tool
Step 1 – Goldcard & Downgrade

1. Check your phone’s version by going to Settings > About Phone > Build Number If it is exactly 2.73.405.5 or 2.73.61.5 then use this guide.
2. Format your SD card to FAT32 by going Settings > SD Card & Phone Storage > Unmount SD Card then Format SD Card
3. Launch the goldcard tool (in the step 1 folder) as admin by Right click on App > Run as Admin
4. Connect your phone to your PC and make sure USB debugging is enabled (Settings > Applications > Development > USB Debugging)
5. Click get CID (Try clicking MMC0 if MMC1 fails)
6. Click the link to open the goldcard generator, copy the reversed CID from the tool into it. You will get an email with the goldcard.img
7. Enable USB Mass Storage on your phone.
8. Click ‘Refresh‘ in the goldcard app and select your micro SD card.
9. Click ‘Load goldcard.img‘ and select the file you received by email.
10. Click ‘Patch MMC‘
11. You now have a goldcard!
12. Now run the Generic RUU you downloaded and follow the instructions in the program.

Trick to change without hard reset your Google Account android galaxy

Valid almost in all Android

1.      Go to Home (Click the Home button)
2.      Click on the menu
3.      Select Settings> Applications> Manage Applications
4.      Choose Google Apps.
5.      Select the "Clear Data"
6.      When asked "All information you've saved in this application will from be deleted permanently", click OK
7.      Next, click the back button three times and then click "data synchronization". Or, click Home> Menu> Settings> Data synchronization.
8.      This will start the wizard that will ask for your Google account baru.Wizard this is the same as you'll see when you first turn on (after you buy it) or every time you remove your phone data.

Very usefull when buying a 2nd Android

Android Themes Lemon's Better Keyboard skin

Better Keyboard Skin – Blood Red | sweeterskins.net
"Lemon" of sweeterhome.net came out with a new blood red keyboard because he wanted to see more attention to detail.

Compare a typical keyboard skin


with the detail on his

Motorola Droid X Battery life tips (30% after 40 hrs unplugged)

I received my droid X on launch and been loving it. but battery life was not as amazing as I had read. I would unplug at 5 in the morning when i got up for work, and would need the juice by the time i got home at 7. while this basically worked for me i would have liked more battery life so i did some research and messed with some settings. now i dont need to charge every day if i dont want to.

1. set the power management to battery saver. all this does is shut down the 3G radio if it is unused for 30 mins.

2. on power management also set screen to minimum default brightness, no auto. do this in both the battery saver screen and the regular display setting, dont know why it mattered but it did.

3. I brought up the droid power widget and turned off auto sync. just manually sync your contacts, calendar and email, saves alot of life.

4. lastly i gave up live wallpaper.

these four things and i have more than doubled my battery life, and you can too. cheers!

DROID X Android 2.2 Lock Screen

If you were unable to grab Android 2.2 for the Droid X before Motorola starting harassing websites, then you have missed out on the new lock screen that comes with it (pictured above). While this isn’t a big change, it does come off as slightly more appealing than the original grey version and can be pushed to your 2.1 DX now if you’d like.

*Note 1* – This is for ROOTED 2.1 Droid X owners only.
*Note 2* – This will mess with your framework-res file which can be dangerous and possibly leave you at a standing M logo on reboot. You may need to flash an SBF file to recover should something happen.
*Note 3* – Since you have to be rooted, downloading Koush’s Bootstrap and flashing Clockwork Recovery with a backup before doing this is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

Channel-style Sony Ericsson's Android Market

The Sony Ericsson smartphone users based on Android to get new bids. A special channel to the Android Market that is connected to the handset user.

This channel will replace the option 'My Apps' in the Android Market and provides recommendations to help users find games and applications that are suitable for their handsets.

There is also an easy way to find the original application of Sony Ericsson like plugins Timescape and others. This channel also allows Sony offers its application and exclusive games and displays developer who became a partner of Sony Ericsson.

As quoted from the post Sony detikINET in his blog on Friday (04/15/2011), this feature depends on operator who used his mobile phone users. Thus, this channel can only be 'on' if your service allows it.

Toshiba Notebook Delete Data If Stolen

Jakarta - Recently Toshiba launches hard disk drive (HDD) SATA 7200 RPM. Specialty, the hard disk can erase the data automatically.

Because the encryption using AES-256, HDD is claimed to meet the minimum standards required for use in important organizations, such as other government agencies.

Reported by TG Daily and quoted on Friday (14/04/2011), HDD encryption implemented in hardware level, thereby reducing the possibility of compatibility issues and make the process virtually unnoticed by end users.

For example, users do not have to do it manually considering encryption process is run automatically during the operation read / write routine. Because the encryption feature fully integrated, distribution of safe and fast HDD claimed.

Interestingly, if the HDD is physically unplugged from the host computer and put the wrong kind of password, disk terpoteksi can be programmed to restrict access. This option can be done to remove some data that are considered important or execute them.

HDD also allows secure remote management using tools such as AMT (Active Management Technology) from Intel. Available capacity of 640GB, 500GB, 320GB, 250GB and 160 GB.

Source : Detikinet.com

Motorola Droid X Just a bump of performance gain for your X

Some have noticed that all your history remains in "Contacts" if you swipe left. It seemed to be fixed with the leaked 2.2, you delete elsewhere and it does leave the phone BUT if you have things from 2.1 still in there there is an option to delete history. Go to contacts>swipe left>settings>clear history. I cannot confirm that this option is on 2.1, I didn't check when I had it. But hopefully this helps some people, I know when I delete something, I want it off the phone.

But anyway to my Title, when I did this I noticed an increase in performance, at least navigating through the phones functions, placebo, possibly but it can't hurt - unless there is truly some history you still want around.

Hope this helps some folks

How to 100% CPU Usage, Poor Performance, Poor Battery Life Motorola Droid X

Greetings! I searched this forum for a similar issue, but I don't think any of them compare to what I was experiencing. Sorry for the long post, I am writing this in case anyone has a similar problem, and hopefully this solution will work for you.

My X recently (within the last week) started having extremely poor battery performance under the same usage conditions as the previous week (K-9 syncs every 15 min, maybe 2 texts per hour, 2-3 emails per hour, maybe 5 total minutes of phone use). After 4 hours, the battery would be at 20-30%

To make matters worse, most functions were extremely slow to respond (contact loading, test message loading, recent calls, bookmarks, any scrolling was choppy, etc.) The delay when trying the most basic things (opening the browser, making a call) was getting unbearable.

Find your phone motorola droid x without having any tracking software installed!

Lost your phone and do not have any tracking software installed on it (ie Lookout, Seekdroid, etc)?

1. Install Plan B to the phone that you are trying to find from the Android Market website: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.lookout.labs.planb.
2. Plan B will start automatically and send your phone’s location to your Gmail address.
3. If it doesn’t start, borrow a friend’s phone and text the word “locate” to your lost phone.

Change router channel to 7 for better wifi strength Motorola Droid X

updated the routers(Linksys WRG54GS) and changed the channel to 7. Wow. Instantly I was hitting 12-15mbps! I had lived for 2 years with that 3mbps bandwidth just assuming that was as good as it was going to get. I felt like an idiot for not checking it sooner, yet happy at the same time. Now I know what having 4G must feel like, at my house at least.