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Does anyone know how to unlock an MDA II from admin control?

I'm pulling what's left of my hair out.. Somebody must know how to help me out.
My problem is. As a subby to a very large firm, I have been issued, along with hundreds of other guys, a T Mob MDA II details bit:-
R 1.06.01
G 1337.16
D 1.60.00WWE
I guess you'll need it. Well, an admin geeza has locked them all up sooo tight we can use it to make a phone call and oh yes the other thing receive a phone call.. Imagine my excitement!!!
NO menus no FUNctions nothing! just login as administrator. Now, though very basic, i have a laptop running W98, with Microsoft active sync 3.8, a comm D9 pin to cradle (XDA II from O2 shop) oh yes and no active sync!
what can i do to open access to this wonder of Tech and close the "Kiosk Switcher" window i may not escape from??
PLEASE HELP ME! P.s. great site guys, lookin forward to using my unit as soon as i can.

Doesn't it violate any company agreements/contracts if you modify your company issued MDA ?

Oh where to begin indeed...
Well, i have actually paid in full for the MDA. It's locked up to stop some ppl messing the things up. I'm not the brain of brit but i have a plan. 512mg MMc on its way and no danger of compant software being messed up. :idea:
Please do begin!! Help me..
Also, how long will it take for a donation receipt to come through, i'll need it for the tax man?

hi T3D,
did you try to hard reset it yet?
buzz

Hard reset
That's the power button and reset pin hold down thing yes? Well it all looked good! right up to the point when it ended at the locked window. back to Square 1
Thanks for the reply though.

Re: Hard reset
T3D said:
That's the power button and reset pin hold down thing yes? Well it all looked good! right up to the point when it ended at the locked window. back to Square 1
Thanks for the reply though.
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Well, it sounds to me that they have modified a reg. string that gets loaded and written during the hard reset, (i.e. somewhere in the Ext_Rom!)
Try to press CANCEL while loading (installing) the ExtROM stuff and if the TAPDisable is functional.. then press on the center NAV button during the same process.
I know that restriction :evil: it sucks huh :?:

how about if you just reflash it to 1.72?
all that admin stuff will be gone as last year's snow...
you can even flash it with 1.60 stock version if you like...
buzz

still stuck!
Helpful.. Well, tried the cancel and nav button via hard reset and no joy as yet. now trying to read up on how to re flash.. Any suggestions? :?

Re: Oh where to begin indeed...
T3D said:
Well, i have actually paid in full for the MDA. It's locked up to stop some ppl messing the things up.
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Since you paid for it, take it to the admin geeza and tell him to unlock it.
Make sure you look menacing when you tell him.

Update!!
Joy, got in by nav keying the hard reset! Result, had a play but most s/w hadn't installed. This gave me a taste of things to come. Now i looked in the startup for this alpha sequence that boots the thing to locked window and realised it hadn't been installed yet so unable to get rid now i know it's there some where as i hard reset it again and back to sq 1 again!!! this stuff is stored somewhere, but where should i look. gained active link via IR aswell. will re try just need a map to the memory holding install S/W in the hope that maybe i can re write the lock up bit and hard reset to an open book!
Does any one know what the hell i'm on about???? :?

Now that you have succeeded in breaking the start-up sequence, you are left with a basic WM2003.
What did not install iis in the ExtROM.
IF
You install the ExtROM Tools (found on tis site), you can unhide the ExtROMand then one by one install the apps that are in there, UNTIL you find the one that introduces the blocking of functionalty. To do that (after unhide & unlock) look at the config.txt file. That file lists the installation script.
When you find the blocking app, one more time hard-reset, install the tools, inhide AND unlock and: Just remove the line with the app that introduces the blocking.
After you finished dont forget to LOCK the ExtROM & hard reset . . .
BTW Flashing is a good idea too, but maybe you lose some company-specific apps you might need . . .
good luck

I'm in atlast!!
Well i found the offending item last night after many resets and nav key meddling... looked in file explorer/storage and an auto run file(?) was there with a clue in it's title. i hadn't read the reply above at that time so i just put an mmc card in, cut n paste jobbie on the file to the mmc card and Bob became my uncle. I hard reset again to go for the full install and it stayed unlocked from the kiosk switcher!! RESULT! However, the above sounds like a far more sencible idea!! Will do that for the rest of the gang..
Thanks for all the help guys
oh one last Q' every 20-30 mins i get a pop up, bearing in mind i've been in every folder, programme and file, I may have changed a thing or two.. :?
"Cannot Connect
If you use a modem to connect to your ISP,
ensure that it is inserted correctly. To
connect to your work network, you must
create a modem (dailup) connection or a
VPN connection. To create a connection, tap settings.
Settings DISMISS"
What the F*** is that?? I'm still learning... What did i press?

...looks like some application is connecting regulary to internet over GPRS, but you didn't set it up yet. maybe email client...
buzz

Good point and makes sence!
I'll stop running programmes from start/settings/system/memory/running prog's, wait till it pops up and go look what's started, we'll see what it brings me..
As i type we find it's "acticesync". Cheers buzz, been a great help!!
i'm finding USB settings every where but my cradle is a D9 pin comm connection. Is there some specific settin listed in the instruction manuals we never had with the MDA's?
Oh yes. the V2.2 unlocker worked first time for me. No probs as yet to report... OPCS sim works fine. better signal in some places but only to be expected from a different network!

... it is funny...
i can remember, that there was a guy here on the forums, some time ago, asking how he can lock XDAs for employees... just wanted to allow them using the phone only...
maybe it was your geeza admin... ;o)))
try to search for those threads... maybe you'll find some interesting info..
buzz

Tellin me!
Buzz,
YOU WOULD NOT BELIEVE..... Just how much info there is on Locking these up. Every site every official O2 an T Mob Site hold details on who, where and how to lock the babys up. Could i find a thing on unlocking?? Beleive me I did my home work. I know soo much about the selfish safe software and by total luck i heard of this site. Full of PDA guru's i was told!
Hat's off to you guys, you got a great, all be it, hush hush reputation!
Cheers for the guidence guys. If i wasn't told you could interrupt the installer i would have tied a noose round the MDA's bettery by now!! Hope this string helps others in my OLD shoes.
T3D

My Wifi Is Dead!!

Hello all I really hope someone here can help me. I really like the touch style 10 button comm manager but for whatever reason, my WIFI never worked when I had this installed so I found a download that changed the registry for WLAN under Comm Manager that was supposed to fix the wifi problem but instead, it completely killed my WIFI. I have uninstalled and reinstalled like 3 different Comm Managers and my WIFI will still not turn on.
Here is an attached copy of the WLAN reg that I installed. If someone with working WIFI could please tell me what this registry's string is supposed to be in order to have working WIFI that would be incredible.
Please help, I'm Desperate. I use my WIFI at work.
Thanks in advance, Dan.

Tried flashing new rom?

new rom?
try this rom: ICTDifrentie ROM
Greats Antonius

I'm not interested in trying a new rom. I actually just flashed back to WM5 because I like the performance and the lack of bugs. I am the one that screwed up my WIFI but I want to fix it without hard-resetting since I don't want to have to reinstall all of my 3rd party software again... It takes forever...
All I'm looking for is the correct string for the registry that I attached.
Thanks.

dharvey4651 said:
All I'm looking for is the correct string for the registry that I attached.
Thanks.
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I'd be happy to help you but I can't see any attachment, pls check your first post.

risidoro said:
I'd be happy to help you but I can't see any attachment, pls check your first post.
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My apologies, my computer was acting up and I attached the file but it must not have actually attached. It should be there now. Thank you for helping me.

I can't find something similar in my registry. Wm6 registry is different than wm5 one. Can you post both the 10 button comm manager cab and the cab with the registry modification? I'll work on it tomorrow morning, now i'm going to sleep.
bye

Here are the attachments you requested. I do not have a cab for the comm manager with the registry tweak though, it was just a registry that was supposed to fix the WIFI problem with the 10 button Touch comm manager.
I will attach everything I have below for you to look through.
EDIT:: Nevermind. My impatience caused me to go against what I originally wanted and I hard reset and just reinstalled everything... I hate doing that though. I have so much on my phone that it kills me to have to go through and reinstall everything.

Did anyone else read that headline as "My WIFE is DEAD!!!!"?

Thats pretty funny... I don't have a wife but that would be pretty sh**ty if I posted that here if that were the case... LOL

hehehe funny **** , cause i have 22 inch screen , and the fonts are kind of small ... anyway i'm glad your wife is alive

dharvey4651 said:
EDIT:: Nevermind. My impatience caused me to go against what I originally wanted and I hard reset and just reinstalled everything... I hate doing that though. I have so much on my phone that it kills me to have to go through and reinstall everything.
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Sorry for having not helped you in time... Sometimes, however, a complete format is the only way to solve MS OS's problems!
bye

risidoro said:
Sorry for having not helped you in time... Sometimes, however, a complete format is the only way to solve MS OS's problems!
bye
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Thats what I figured. Thanks anyway.

problems with wifi and marketplace.

hey guys i havent had any problems with this phone until today, and it seems like these have both started happening at the same time..
but when i turn wifi on, it connects and then a few seconds later disconnects. and when i try to go to the marketplace it says server unavailable, please try again.
also i sometimes i cannot find webpages on the browser. any ideas whats up with this?

hey guys, do any of you have a copy of the original setup.db file?
I'm pretty sure that is what is wrong with my phone..
when i was messing with mine, i messed up and changed the wrong thing with out noticing it before replacing it and now i can not access the marketplace or use wifi..
so if anyone has that file i can use i would really appreciate it.

Do you have an application named Navizon?
If so delete it.
I don't think i have the original setup.db?
Explain? I have no idea what you're talking about I'm pretty noobie about android.

accinfo said:
Do you have an application named Navizon?
If so delete it.
I don't think i have the original setup.db?
Explain? I have no idea what you're talking about I'm pretty noobie about android.
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thanks for replying, but i got it to work.. i just went in to recovery mode and cleared the cache and its working great again..

[Q] bluetooth discovery

i transfer a fair few files over bluetooth to the sensation but i noticed i have to make my device discoverable every time (by checking the make discoverable option) i was wondering is there a way for this to be constantly on? ie. when i turn my bluetooth toggle on, the phone will always be ready to be discovered?
cheers

Where are you sending them from? A pc? Set the ftp settings in the bluetooth settings on the phone. Also, there should've been an option to always allow when you sent the 1st file.
ツ

The_Biz said:
Where are you sending them from? A pc? Set the ftp settings in the bluetooth settings on the phone.
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yes a pc... windows 7 x64... i have ZERO problems transferring files and these work perfectly.. as for the ftp i can turn it on or turn it off.. never had any contact with this so not sure what you mean?
The_Biz said:
Also, there should've been an option to always allow when you sent the 1st file.
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as for this... thats what i thought (like an auto connect) it seems to need to discover the device each time before the file Q pops up on the device to be accepted, etc...
what would be great would be a way to send the file... not have the device need to connect or be accepted each time but my OP is my main annoyance lol

Go to the devices option on the pc, find the phone, right click, delete it. The go to the devices on the sensation and click the pc, unpair it. Also, go to the advanced setting in bt and select the ftp option. Now, on the pc - look for new devices and make sure the phone is discoverable. Let the pc find the phone. When they find each other, w7 should have you put a code in the phone, do it to and on 1st transfer, Inc Oh should be prompted on the phone the. Always allows.
Hope that helps.
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Download Bluetooth discovery widget?

The_Biz said:
Go to the devices option on the pc, find the phone, right click, delete it. The go to the devices on the sensation and click the pc, unpair it. Also, go to the advanced setting in bt and select the ftp option. Now, on the pc - look for new devices and make sure the phone is discoverable. Let the pc find the phone. When they find each other, w7 should have you put a code in the phone, do it to and on 1st transfer, Inc Oh should be prompted on the phone the. Always allows.
Hope that helps.
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that definitely seemed to fix the problem files transfer straight away.. i noticed not into a separate bluetooth folder but that would seem to be due to the ftp setting but that is not a problem and makes them easier to find anyway... great thanks for the help.. thanks button hit!

joshndroid said:
that definitely seemed to fix the problem files transfer straight away.. i noticed not into a separate bluetooth folder but that would seem to be due to the ftp setting but that is not a problem and makes them easier to find anyway... great thanks for the help.. thanks button hit!
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Glad it worked. Thanks for the thanks.

[Q] uaing root explorer..trying to change default gmail acc

So before I start, I just want to say that I can't do a factory restore because at the moment in in India studying and getting another unlock code would take too long and isn't advisable I think. also, one night my inspire was charging and the whole night the air conditioner was dripping water on the screen..all night, so I'm pretty sure the digitizer is broken because the startup goes fine and the screen still works but when it come to unlocking the screen I can't..the phone doesn't reasons to any of my touch. Luckily my sister wanted an infuse, got that and I just got her phone the inspire. However here is where the gmail problem plays. In short I want to get all my stuff from old inspire to nrw.
Anyway I've read threads that claim that changing the gmail account is possible, I've tried everything before finally downloading root explorer. For some reason market is having a hard time connecting but that might just be for the moment,hopefully. Anyway I downloaded rootexplorer through Megaupload online, still works ap its all good I presume.
Anyway, after downloading I read that I must go through data to system then find accounts.db of which I must delete it and then reboot order for gmail to ask for email again.
Unfortunately, everytime I go to the root I go under data..nothing is there. I search up accounts.db and it searches and searches but stops or idles at say/class/msm_vidc_enc/msm_vidc_enc. Question is why can't I fins it? What now
So ya, dunno what to do and stuff. All help much appreciated

couldn't you just log out of the current Gmail account in the accounts and sync menu, then log in with the desired account?

Joshp406 said:
couldn't you just log out of the current Gmail account in the accounts and sync menu, then log in with the desired account?
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The only problem I would think then is not being able to unsync the original and replacing that with my gmail acc ap it could hopefully get all stuff I've lost from my broken digitizer phone.

Sorry couldn't fins the edit button.... anyway I tried the logging out thobg like you suffered however it didn't work out..can't really fins a way to do it. Also says the sync OS having problematic ap it is temporarily down. Root explorer still searching through thw msm vidc file..but isn't frozen because the searching wheel is still going found and round.

drsteez said:
So before I start, I just want to say that I can't do a factory restore because at the moment in in India studying and getting another unlock code would take too long and isn't advisable I think. also, one night my inspire was charging and the whole night the air conditioner was dripping water on the screen..all night, so I'm pretty sure the digitizer is broken because the startup goes fine and the screen still works but when it come to unlocking the screen I can't..the phone doesn't reasons to any of my touch. Luckily my sister wanted an infuse, got that and I just got her phone the inspire. However here is where the gmail problem plays. In short I want to get all my stuff from old inspire to nrw.
Anyway I've read threads that claim that changing the gmail account is possible, I've tried everything before finally downloading root explorer. For some reason market is having a hard time connecting but that might just be for the moment,hopefully. Anyway I downloaded rootexplorer through Megaupload online, still works ap its all good I presume.
Anyway, after downloading I read that I must go through data to system then find accounts.db of which I must delete it and then reboot order for gmail to ask for email again.
Unfortunately, everytime I go to the root I go under data..nothing is there. I search up accounts.db and it searches and searches but stops or idles at say/class/msm_vidc_enc/msm_vidc_enc. Question is why can't I fins it? What now
So ya, dunno what to do and stuff. All help much appreciated
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The hack kit carrier unlocks your device so no need for an unlock code. Best bet is to either factory reset and or since you've done the hack kit flash a new rom.
Sent from my Inspire 4G using xda premium

Thanks for the answer and especially the pm. I'm looking forawlrd to learning all this stuff..konda Haha. But it'll really help I presume and if not ill let you know. So just wondering, what good does the root explorer do? What can you do with it?

drsteez said:
Thanks for the answer and especially the pm. I'm looking forawlrd to learning all this stuff..konda Haha. But it'll really help I presume and if not ill let you know. So just wondering, what good does the root explorer do? What can you do with it?
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It lets you access everything on your phone and let's you delete or customize any file that you want something you cannot do on other file explorers
Sent from my Inspire 4G using xda premium