What are my options for unlocking Mango RTM on the Trophy. I think it will take some convincing to get me to take a second look at the official release, RTM works just fine, I may as well get settled in.
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Knowing that the ChevronWP7 team has now been working with Microsoft to secure the exploit they were using, and that the NoDo update coming out on Monday will relock the phone and patch said exploit, what will happen next?
Obviously some of the fine people in these forums will take a crack at it, so I suppose my question would be this: Knowing what you guys know about developing and hacking the Windows Phone, how long would it take between the release of the update and until it i cracked again?
Will it be similar to the timespan between iOS release and jailbreaks, or of Android releases and rooting? What steps do you developers and hackers anticipate you will have to take in order to developer unlock our first major OS update?
I'm just really curious, and having just gotten a Samsung Focus on Monday, I wanted to make sure whether or not it was worth updating as soon as the update was relased. What do you think?
Well, on LG phones, you have a registry editor which allows you to unlock the phone (for sideloading) without the Chevron exploit (and no need for a certificate). I wonder if the update will kill even the registry keys (or change them to something more obscure).
Assume those do not change, then a new exploit would need to access the registry of a locked phone somehow, and I am sure people here will come up with a new certificate.
Other WP7
What about other phones? HTC HD7 or Samsung Focus? The Focus makes up a very large part of WP7 users.
it will come the phone is only 5 months old there has to be some bright spark out there that can unlock the phone after the updates or microsoft will allow HomeBrew applications to be loaded?
I just flashed from 7004 to PreNoDo 7008 on my HD7 and my unlocked apps are still working... I'm hoping that happens when I get my NoDo update... though unlikely. Then I could just use the sideloaded registry editor to re-unlock it. Here's to hoping!
I have installed NoDo on my US AT&T Samsung Focus and it is still Chevron unlocked.
My Omnia 7 has Nodo and homebrew software is still working.
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I have installed NoDo on my US AT&T Samsung Focus and it is still Chevron unlocked.
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I installed NoDo on my Focus and now its locked. How did you unlock it in the first place? I installed the certificate, ran Chevron tool, and checked both boxes. Now after NoDo install locked again.
OK, so I own an Omnia 7, it was originally on Orange. I was able to update it to pre-nodo, however I had to change registry for MobileOperators to 000-88 and then use the VPN trick to get nodo. There I got my nodo as well.
I reflashed my ROM with XENJK1 and then DBTJK1 and I was able to force NODO on both the ROMS until two weeks back.
Recently a few of my games wont run so I reflashed again with DBTJK1, I got my pre-Nodo right away. But now, the problem is that no matter what trick I used before, nothing absolutely works any more, not the VPN and not even the Wifi disconnect.
It seems like all doors to NODO are shut, so is it that my phone is ****ed to Pre-NODO. Having said this, I have been trying about a week every day to get NODO and using all the tricks except chevronupdater due to its suspicious repute, but no success.
Can anyone explain or help?
I read somewhere that Microsoft closed that disconnect trick, I'm not 100% sure about that though.
I haven't been able to get Nodo either. (DTMJJ6)
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I read somewhere that Microsoft closed that disconnect trick, I'm not 100% sure about that though.
I haven't been able to get Nodo either. (DTMJJ6)
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DTMJJ6, hmm. So, yours seems to be on Deutsche Telecom, if so then have you received pre NoDo. If you may please let me know the status of your ROM.
Just use chevron updater, i used it for pre-nodo and nodo on my hd7 and after that zune popped up with an htc update (that i even wasn't getting with an official nodo i had before) so i totally don't see that not serviciable state that MS advertised.
I used chevronupdater on my HD7, worked a charm, I had no problems and have received updates from HTC after updating to NoDo
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I used chevronupdater on my HD7, worked a charm, I had no problems and have received updates from HTC after updating to NoDo
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Seems like that is just some fluke from MS. Many thanks for the encouragement mates, I shall do the chevron thing later tomorrow.
Well I'm getting my htc surround back, I got it taken away, but am getting it back having to pay for my own data... I've been out of the scene for a few months now. I always wanted to "jailbreak" or "unlock" whatever it's called in the wp7 world. I used to think it was chevron, but it never worked on my phone. With the new mango update out I don't see that anymore and I'm completely clueless as what to do now. Can someone lead me in the right direction with steps to help me going?
It still is called Chevron or Dev unlock. If you have Mango, then at this point, with HTC devices, you cannot unofficially dev unlock your device while on Mango. You have to go back to NoDo, unlock, and then update to Mango to keep the unlock.
Information and directions are all in the Development and Hacking forum. Please check there or do a search as it is all there.
i was unlock my htc 7 pro with this rom, its possible to deploy application, but i cant find solution on how to run with debugging.
DFT Rom
I have this phone I have followed every guide to get to mango and keep chevron unlock and NONE of them work on this device.
I would recommend if your phone supports it to flash the hspl thing in this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1195647
Then flash the rom in this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1255129
you will get to mango unlocked and its much faster then wasting your time fooling around with the u2b2 connection setup guides posting here, I am sure they work on other devices, but I have not been able to get them to work on my surround.
Mind you if the hspl thing and the DFT rom work for you the device is pretty damn sweet when all is said and done.
I have T Mobile USA HD7 and still no update. I did force update to 7239, but it does not work for 7720, I have tried a lot. Zune says it is up to date. I wonder if there are still any devices without update?
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same here
mine is t mobile hd7 and still no update
zune says its up to date
How exactly did you "force" the update to NoDo? If you used the Chevron Updater from Chris Walsh, you "Walshed" your phone and made it incompatible with future updates. There's a tool out there to fix that, though. Similarly, de-branding your phone to get NoDo means your phone is now a hybrid of T-Mobile branded and non-TMO branded bits, and that may be enough to prevent you from getting the update.
I have forced NoDo with the Zune trick, disconneting my internet connection.
Phone is Chevron unlocked only, nothing else.
That's pretty weird, not going to lie. You can try the U2M7720 app (see the development & hacking sub-forum) and it might work for you. It provisions the phone to use the beta upgrade path, including the beta-to-retail final patch. As a bonus, you have a pretty good chance of being able to interop-unlock your phone, something which is otherwise tricky to do on HTC.
That might work. I think I will try to hard reset first, if that does not help I ll install one of the free roms, like dft. Thank you.
Hi there,
Today I received a shiny new HTC Titan and i'm already at my wits end with this thing.
Basically I am stuck on 7720.
I have the latest Zune installed, it connects to the phone fine.
I try to update and it finds nothing.
It's an unlocked / sim free EU handset.
As a test I disabled my internet connection and then run the update again in Zune, it appears to be "checking" somehow (which it obviously isnt) and it just says the same again "Your phone is up to date."
It clearly isn't. How old is 7720 now?
I'm a bit lost with cab sender, and not entirely sure I want to go down that route. I want to be able to update in Zune. I am not concerned with custom roms at all on this phone.
I'm generally an Android fan and have no issues running custom roms there, this isn't the greatest start to my WP7 venture.
Please help!!!
I'm done with this POS. My WP7 venture lasted less than a day, back to the drawing board.
HTC are beyond useless. They are stating 7720 is the latest version for this handset.
Finally got the newest RUU to flash, that will suffice. Phew! 8017 it is.