I've just bought a second-hand Samsung Focus (SGH-i917) from a local cellphone vendor for developement purpose. From settings, about, it reports software version Windows Phone 7.5 and OS version 7.10.7720.68. Is there a way to find out if my phone is unlocked or not. If unlocked, how can I load XAP onto the phone? If locked, how can I unlock it. BTW, I do not pirate, just for developement.
Hi
You can see if your phone is locked or not trying to deploy a XAP file on it.
You can do this using a deployer like Tom XAP Installer.
You also need the Windows Phone SDK (download it HERE) which is necessary to develop applications and deploy them.
After installed, download a XAP file (or use your own), connect your phone and run WPConnect (C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows Phone\v7.1\Tools\WPConnect) and open Tom XAP Installer, select Add XAP files and click on Install. If the installations finishes correctly, your phone is unlocked, otherwise you have to unlock it.
You have two ways to do this:
- Official jailbreak by Microsoft (HERE), It costs 9$ and allows you to deploy 10 applications. You won't lose warranty.
- Downgrade to the 7004 firmware (VIDEO) and unlock it using ChevronWP7 (Download HERE), then before updating to Mango you have to send a file (unlock.xml) to your phone (Tutorial Here), otherwise you'll lose the unlock.
Thanks, I'll try your instructions.
@AshleyT: A couple of minor corrections:
The official ChevronWP7 Labs unlock is not by MS, though they permit it (thus "official"). They don't get the $9, though you do have to use a Live ID.
There is another official way to dev-unlock your phone: get a Marketplace developer ("AppHub") account. http://create.msdn.com ($99, goes to MS) or http://dreamspark.com (requires student email address, free). For these methods, use the Windows Phone Developer Registration tool that comes with the SDK download.
The reason I point out the apphub account option is that, if the OP wants to develop apps, he or she may want to publish them to the marketplace at some point. You can't do that with a ChevronWP7 unlock, official or otherwise, but you can with AppHub.
Chevron can check whether your phone is unlocked, or u can try to install one simple xap application to test this.
It seems that my phone is locked.
First I tried Tom XAP installer, it said:
-Please Make sure your phone was unlocked!
-Please Make sure you connected device to PC and Zune launched
Try again?
Then I tried Application deployment from Windows Phone SDK 7.1, which said
Error - Failed to connect to device as it is pin locked.
I am sure my phone is connected to PC as I can see music/video/picture in Zune.
Could someone explain to me what is "pin locked"?
leonard2010 said:
Could someone explain to me what is "pin locked"?
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To remove the error of pin locked u just need to swipe up the lockscreen and try to deploy the xap file.. it will be successfully deployed..
I countered the same problem earlier..
Hope this helps
i have successfully unlocked my Dell Venue Pro and i have 5 applications installed. Now when i do Hard reset I'd be able to install only 5 or 10 applications?¨
PS Sorry for my english
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You need to have an unlocked device & side load the app, Accent Changer.
Thank you!
How do I go about unlocking my phone??
Does your device have the NoDo update? If so you either need to sign up for a student apphub account to legally unlock your device or downgrade to a pre-NoDo ROM & unlock via a hack like Chevron Unlocker. There's a few threads around XDA about this.
See these;
NODO jailbreaking，100% sure
ChevronWP7 Unlocker & Cert download
You'll also need a side loader app such as;
TouchExperience WPDM public release
I'm at OS Version 7.0.7390.0. I believe that's the NoDo update, right? Do I use the first link to unlock it then??
Chuck_Diesel said:
I'm at OS Version 7.0.7390.0. I believe that's the NoDo update, right? Do I use the first link to unlock it then??
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Correct, that is NoDo. The firt thread I posted shows a way to hack unlock by downgrading or else try this (How to register/developer Unlock Windows Phone 7 for free, even NoDo) thread which I used to unlock mine.
I'm not a student, so I don't have a student email ending in .edu. How do I downgrade? Thank you for all the help and everything by the way!
Find the Forum for your specific device & there should be a ROM for it you can download & flash. Remember, you'll have to reinstall all your apps, contacts, settings, etc.
I did the zune restore. I'm back to version .7008. Do I just follow both of the links you previously posted now?
Use this one, you'll need the ChevronWP7 Unlocker & Cert to complete the steps.
EDIT: Intsructions for the Unlocker Tool found here.
When I go to open the Chevron thing, I get an error message, that it can't find my phone or soemthing. That's not normal, is it?
No clue, I never used it. I can tell you, make sure you emailed yourself the cert & download & install it from you cell's hotmail. Also, make sure Zune is open.
At the unlocker & cert link, how do I do step 5?
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At the unlocker & cert link, how do I do step 5?
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Registry Editor
You'll need to side load it with Tom XAP Installer v1.2
I also recommend side loading Advanced Configuration Tool to enable Max Side Loaded apps.
Also make sure the Dev tools are installed...
What Dev tools??
I dont know what I'm doing wrong. I keep getting the message saying it can't communicate with my phone. :/
Oh, I think this is the WP7 Dev Tools FiyaFleye was talking about.
EDIT: Also, make sure your cell is not asleep or locked. See this video;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ozyq-PMD7g&feature=player_embedded
EDIT2: Just realized, that reg should be on your PC, not cell, duh. Open Start Menu, click on RUN, type in "regedit" without quotes. Click ok or hit enter key. Registry editor will open. Browse registry to the specified value in step 5. From what I read, this value should be added by the Dev tools, or you can manually add it. Once you successfully unlock your device, make sure to go to the how to thread & follow thesteps to prevent MS from relocking your device.
So the dev tools won't work if I have windows xp? That's unfortunate
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So the dev tools won't work if I have windows xp? That's unfortunate
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Follow these steps to manually add the registry to you PC.
Video
Okay, I've changed the registry, and i re-downloaded the ChevronWP7 file, but I'm still getting the error message that says "Can't communicate with phone, please make sure phone is connected via USB - Please make sure Zune is running." when I try to open the file.
Could this be happening because I was running the NoDo update previously?
I have a trophy with stock FW 7.004
How do i unlock mango?
(when i upgrade to it,i know how to do it)
- Email chevronwp7.cer, open and install.
- Plug in phone and leave Zune running.
- Run chevronwp7.exe, click both checkboxes and unlock
- Install Prevent Relock.xap
- After running uninstall it.
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- Update to NoDo via Zune.
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- Install TouchXplorer.xap
- Install HTC Connection Setup (from market!)
- Run HTC Connection Setup
- Deploy CustClear.provxml (I've done via mass storage enabler..)
- Open TouchXplorer
- Copy \My Documents\Zune\Content\0400\00\CustClear.provxml to \Windows\
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- Update Mango
- Run HTC Connection Setup
- Done!
Thats pretty much it.. this is how i've done it with my trophy =)
7.10.7720.68 I have this version updated last night. How to Unlock phone now ?
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7.10.7720.68 I have this version updated last night. How to Unlock phone now ?
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Depends, what phone?
HTC HD7. Everything would be ok and I could use to new design, but none of games isnt working - MS Revoked
Developer-unlocking a Mango phone (dev-unlock is what ChevronWP7 Unlocker did) is possible with an official marketplace developer account, or (soon) through ChevronWP7 Labs. If you have a restore point for NoDo, there are ways to carry the unlock forward if you don't have an official one (although for HTC it's more difficult than for Samsung or LG, and the methods keep getting closed off).
"Application has been revoked by Microsoft" message usually means that you're trying to run a sideloaded app on a non-dev-unlocked phone. This can be fixed by dev-unlocking. Now, I'm going to avoid jumping to any conclusions, but there aren't that many games publicly available for sideloading. XDA-Developers is about using our phones without artificial restrictions, not about using other people's work without paying for it. Discussion of software piracy is not accepted here. Just... thought you should know.
I restored my phone back to nodo with backup. Maybe will try to update with unlock someday.
ps. maybe someone can tell me privately how to reinstall (install android) if there is no exe files but only system files in extracted folder ?
Hey,
My LG E900 is the OS version: 7.10.8107.79. And I want to unlock it take to install applications and games XAP. I used the method by MFG, I put XAP in a Tom XAP Installer to install, and gives me this error when installing:
-Please Make sure your phone was unlocked !
-Please Make sure you connected device to PC and Zune launched
Try again?
What happening? This method does not it? You can get the original ROM and remain the ChevronWP7 up to this latest version? I have another way?
Thanks in advance and sorry my english!
PS: I can put original Rom, install ChevronWP7 and remain to Last Version (7.10.7740/7.10.8107, or other)?
Use the official Xap installer tool "Application Deployment" that comes with the SDK. The third-party installers are plagued with bugs and bad error messages. Many of them also require at least a few components from the SDK, even if they say otherwise.
If you want to make sure that the phone is ready to receive apps, try synching a file to it from Zune - Zune must be running and synched with the phone for XAP deployment.
I have unlocked my omnia w using my MS student dev account.Now i have sideloaded and tested 2 of my apps,and came to know there is a sideload limit of 3 apps.So i'm going to interop unlock to remove sideloading limit.
NOW THE PROBLEM IS,
Im going to follow Heathcliff74's method for interop unlocking,http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1271963
since i can only sideload 1 app more(2 apps already sideloaded),
ill deploy this app shown in his post to interop unlock( Interop Unlock by Heathcliff74 v2.xap).
but after this will i be able to deploy samsung tools and wp7root tools?(as my quota of 3 apps will be over).Beacuse if i cant deploy samsung tools after interop unlock,my 3g will be screwed.
So will i be able to sill deploy apps after deploying Interop Unlock by Heathcliff74 v2.xap?Please help,thanks
OK, you've got several things wrong here:
1. The easiest way to both dev-unlock *and* interop-unlock a Samsung phone is WindowBreak. It doesn't require being able to deply apps (dev-unlocked) at all, nor does it use up unsigned app limite.
2. You can remove the interop-unlock app immediately after installing it. The important change it makes is made through the installation, and is not removed by un-installing. There's no reason to even ever run the app.
3. You *could* always remove one of the other two apps, of course. When you un--install apps, they don't count against your limit (crazy, right?).
4. Since the whole thing that interop-unlock does is change the registry key that controls the unsigned app limit - and you even appear to already know this - why are you even asking? After interop-unlocking, your limit will be raised to a few billion, so yes, of course you'll be able to install more apps.
5. Most hacks of this type for Samsung now incorporate Auto Data Config. You *should* only need to reboot the phone to get your 3G back even if something happens to it.
Thanks for the quick reply.Windowbreak is not working on my phone.The exploit has been patched by samsung in its
recent update.
My question is that after i sideload Interop Unlock by Heathcliff74 v2.xap,will i be able to sideload WP7root tools?
(cuz my sideload limit of 3 will be over).Does just interop unlocking provide unlimited sideloading,dont we need to
edit registry with wp7tools or use removesideloadlimit.xap to provide sideloading after interop unlocking?
Else Without deploying wp7 root tools,i would not be able to touch the registry,and my interop unlock will be a waste!
Healthcliffs Interop Unlock will not work
I am in the same situation as you. I have student unlocked my Omnia W. I have tried loading Interop Unlock and it did not work on diagnosis version 1109. Also windowbreak does not work as the phone is updated. I have tried rolling back to old firmware using Flash tools. But they can't flash this phone. There is also no custom ROM available for Gen 2 Samsung. So, as of now, those with Samsung Omnia W updated to diagnosis 1109 cannot roll back. Waiting for something to happen with fingers crossed.
Interop Unlock *is* the "unlimited" sideloading. That's what control whether your phone is interop-unlocked. i think you have cause and effect reversed...
If you revert the Samsung firmware update (either roll back the update using Zune's backup, or re-flash an older stock ROM) you can use WindowBreak. If you don't, you won't even be able to use Heathcliff74's interop-unlock; it works exactly the same way as WindowBreak except it uses a XAP file (deployed via PC and requiring dev-unlock) instead of a ZIP file (deployed from a website and requiring no unlock at all).
If/when you are interop-unlocked, yes, you'll be able to install WP7 Root Tools. Why would you assume otherwise? Anyhow, interop-unlock is useful even without WP7 Root Tools (since it allows sideloading lots of apps) and, for the record, you can edit the registry without WP7 Root Tools (interop-unlock *is* a registry edit, nothing more - specifically, it edits the MaxUnsignedApp registry value that controls how many apps you can sideload).
So there is nothing to do,than waiting for new exploits,for omnia w?Thanks for the clarifications
Well, or what I suggested...
If you revert the Samsung firmware update (either roll back the update using Zune's backup, or re-flash an older stock ROM) you can use WindowBreak.
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If you have a Zune backup, you can restore it by connecting your phone to the Zune software, then (on the PC) going to Settings -> Phone -> Update. There should be a button for restoring the latest backup. Note that you'll lose all changes to the phone made since that backup was created, including things like SMS and app data. You'll be able to re-install purchased apps, though.
I recommend also backing up your backups (more properly called "restore points") since otherwise Zune overwrites them with each new update. They're stored in %localappdata%\Microsoft\Windows Phone Update\ and you can just rename the folder to prevent Zune from overwriting it (the folder will be re-created with the old name).
jacobz6 said:
I have unlocked my omnia w using my MS student dev account.Now i have sideloaded and tested 2 of my apps,and came to know there is a sideload limit of 3 apps.So i'm going to interop unlock to remove sideloading limit.
NOW THE PROBLEM IS,
Im going to follow Heathcliff74's method for interop unlocking,http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1271963
since i can only sideload 1 app more(2 apps already sideloaded),
ill deploy this app shown in his post to interop unlock( Interop Unlock by Heathcliff74 v2.xap).
but after this will i be able to deploy samsung tools and wp7root tools?(as my quota of 3 apps will be over).Beacuse if i cant deploy samsung tools after interop unlock,my 3g will be screwed.
So will i be able to sill deploy apps after deploying Interop Unlock by Heathcliff74 v2.xap?Please help,thanks
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i have a student developer account but i cant unlock my phone via windows phone developer registration
the error is unable to connect to phone and even my apphub account is activated please help me
akshaysn007 said:
i have a student developer account but i cant unlock my phone via windows phone developer registration
the error is unable to connect to phone and even my apphub account is activated please help me
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zune should be opened in background.
or else reset your phone and then try to unlock it. Worked for me!!!
Exactly,keep Zune opened and do open out the lock screen.
hey how to create MS account.. plsss guide me step by step .. Thanks
i got update in marketplace for diagnosis... my old version was 1109 i think... now after updating it is 0210 . so whenever i type *#9908# it dont show gprs menu . it directly go to home screen... i deleted this new update then install it again after long time but same problem ! what is the reason for this ??
O.S ver 7.10.8107.79
Firmware : 2424.12.01.1
bootloader ver : 6.1.2.1
plsss help
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Exactly,keep Zune opened and do open out the lock screen.
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Thnx every1 I unlocked my mobile nw my question is will I be able to use interop unlock my firmware version is 7.10.8107.09.
and diagnostics version is .1109
ms student dev
dude how did u activated your student dev account i'm trying it for.. last few days stuck at ms dreamspark institute verification "chandler gilbert community college" isn't listed in verification page.. can anyone help me to unlock
i activated it a long time ago now it wont work
For ppl who cannot a free student id and cannot find Chandler gilbert community college in the apphub registration,
select Maricopa county in the location.click on any college there and provide your maricopa.edu address.you'd get verified.
Hi there, I saw these posts about developer unlock for windows phone 7. I tried to do every single one of them, but somehow somewhere I always get a mistake... I want to root or however you call it my windows phone 7.5[mango] and i am a noob when it gets about that.... I currently possess HTC Trophy, and i want to do this because i want to be able to send and transfer files via bluetooth. I also tried to install xap files via ie on wp but it say file type not supported... Anyone know a way i can install .xap file on my windows phone 7 that it's easy?
No such thing as a quick developer unlock for HTC phones.
This is the best guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1271963
Nope
Nope, i need a tutorial on how to install .xap files, and on a link you gave me it says to install .xap file with xap file deployment tool... how the heck am i gonna do that when i can't open xap files since it's developer locked???
3. Download this attachment to your PC: HTC Interop Unlock.xap
4. Connect your device to a PC running Zune and install the xap-file using any xap-deploy-tool. You don't need to start the app. If it starts automatically, you can close it right away.
Currently, the only ways to dev-unlock a Trophy (or other HTC phone) are to get an AppHub account or use a custom ROM.
hmmmmh...
ummm, how do i do that? how do i use or set custom ROM? is there a guide or something... ?
For more device specific instructions and custom ROMs, go to the forums for your device. HTC Trophy, you said
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=809
In order to load a custom ROM, you need to downgrade and change the HSPL/RSPL. For the Trophy see here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1503298
As far as deploying XAPs to your phone from your computer, many options exist, but you have to be at least developer unlocked, and the only way is through AppHub right now. Thus, maybe flashing a custom ROM would be a better way to go.
Good Luck! and hit Thanks if you found this helpful.