Hey Everyone!
So I have had my HTC Radar for about a week now, and since then I have Dev Unlocked, and now that I am I want to know what all I can do with this phone.
Is there a way to have the tile labels (at the bottom of the tile) removed? Is there a way to add a custom background image on the tiles? Or even change a tile image (ie TweetCaster)?
What exactly does HTC Interop Unlock?
And since I am Dev Unlocked via Microsoft being a student, how many app's am I allowed to side-load? And if I am limited, can I remove that limit?
I hope to hear your answers, and in advance, THANKS!
Student gives you 3. Interopt unlock works for 1st generation windows phones but not 2nd yet (worked on my surround, not on my new titan).
Interopt unlock also changes sideload limit to unlimited. you need this for more then 3 apps and also for some of the more powerful homebrew apps.
You can however download batterystatus from here in the software section. it does not require it. Also you can do the custom folders without even being unlocked. Tile color changes with themes. not much modifying there as the app sets it. There are a few utilities though if interopt unlocked for more customizations.
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Hello all. Thanks for bearing with my 2 quick (potentially newbie) questions posted today. I have spent a while lurking and searching while planning out my project here for my Apache.
This thread is really in hopes that I go about the means to my end goal correctly.
I currently have an HTC Apache with Sprint (PPC 6700 - WM5) and am looking to do a few things with it.
First, I'd like to streamline the phone some - taking out some of the unnecessary fluff that I don't use and anything that isn't required for basic use under Sprint's network.
Second, I'd like to add additional flexibility and utility with such things as the streaming media player, HTC home plug in (or potentially a third party such as WisBar Advance, phoneAlarm, etc.), HTC dialer (skinned), comm manager, a new contacts manager program, VGA mod (with ability to turn this on/off), Opera Mobile, and a mem card with a few add on programs/games/emulators/etc. I'd like this all to run with some speed here, as my first attempts in expanding the capabilities of the phone slowed it to a crawl (working on spare Apache to learn.)
Neccesary (or unnecessary?) details? I use primarily Sprint's EvDO service for internet essentially exclusively. WM5 on sprint's latest ROM (though this may change here I suppose?) My skill level is probably 5-6/10 on a newbie rating here.
Should I go with a custom ROM here for the phone to meet these goals? Pick a preset up ROM package or attempt to home cook one up with the required array of files? Leave the Sprint ROM and just add on the items I am looking for?
Thanks so much for input on this. I would like to attempt things here in a logical fashion this time with my everyday phone instead of simply trial and error.
Adam
so with mango update, it allows you to set up custom small 1mb files mp3 files as ringtones. i am happy that part works but what i do not understand is why why WHY? they did not allow these custom tones to be available for New text or IM ,New voicemail or New email alerts.
i find this very frustrating especially since the only way round it is to go through my contacts and edit each individual one to a custom tone, i got over a hundred contacts on my phone , is there a trick or way round this???
I doubt anybody here can tell you why MS did it this way. Even if a WP7 MS employee were on here, I doubt they'd tell... However, the setting for the various sounds is just a registry value and it's possible to point it at files other than the built-in ones, or you can use a filesystem browser to replace some of the built-in ones.
The simplest tool for doing this is Schaps "Advanced Config" app, available at TouchXperience.com. It requires Interop-Unlock if you want to use it on Mango. The steps for getting Interop-Unlocked are available on the Development and Hacking sub-forum here at XDA (specifically, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1271963).
For future questions about changing internal features, I suggest you do some searches (on that forum, or on the web in general), and if you don't find anything, ask on XDA. This is already a solved problem; I've had Advanced Config for months.
I have an Interop-unlocked Focus, with Advanced Config, and the settings to adjust the SMS/e-mail tones do not work with Mango. Perhaps they work with some other models (and they did work with NoDo), but when I search all I find are threads that point to other threads in a bit of a mobius loop, none of which provide any actual known-working steps to accomplish your goal.
I'm hoping that when MS *does* finally implement this oft-requested functionality, they'll go the extent of allowing per-account and even per-user customizations for these tones. But I'm not really holding my breath.
Brad.
i'm guessing the only way to achieve this at present is to replace the alert-1 file with your own .wma file renamed to alert-1...
Similar to the original chevron ringtone loader... Wish someone could write an app for this as now i'm on Mango with the HTC update i cant load touchexplorer
thanks guys for the response sadly due to the mango update ,unable to make any changes .
crappy 10 tones will have to do for now. smh : (
**NOOB ALERT**
This is my first post, however this is following 2 days of scouring the forums and trying about a million things so please bear with me.
First my phone info:
Samsung Focus
AT&T
Rev 1.3
OS: 7.10.7720.68 (Mango)
Developer Unlocked Using Official Chevron Token
I am trying to get any of these 3 XAP's to work: Advance Config. OR Accent Changer OR Custom Theme
(Yes I payed $9 to make my dumb squares grey as opposed to the hipster vomit rainbow on offer)
I realize that my device needs to be Interop-Unlocked for these to function, I followed the directions in the Easy Samsung Method, that bundles the unlock with the 3G repair, I then tried the manual heathcliff method (the long stickied post), i then found (through the focus specific board), the Provxml where you hold down on interop unlock and internet sharing to execute thos XML's.
I think, regardless of method, that I am indeed unlocked as WP7 root tools works just fine, However Advanced Config. launches for about 3-4 seconds and then quits, Custom them shows a clock then immediatly closes, and Accent Changer, spits out 4 error messages in a row then closes.
Has anyone encountered this problem? Is there a way to verify I am interop unlocked?
Whats most frustrating is the image on the accent changer post is on a samsung focus!
I have followed the steps to their most minute detail and am stuck. Other XAP's I've downloaded that don't require interopUnlock are crashing after a launch as well, however screen capture, root tools, wario's jewels, and the sharp snes port work great.
The latest Advanced Configuration tools (1.5) work's. Must be an app to app compatibilty issue.
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I also have a Mango Focus and have successfully ChevronWP7 unlocked and interop unlocked and have been able to install and use the Advanced Configuration Tools 1.5, Registry Editor, Screen Capturer, and many other Xaps. Don't know what your problem could be but wanted you to know it can work.
I am having the same issues... some XAP's work, and the majority don't.
Phone information:
Samsung Focus
AT&T
OS - 7.10.7720.68
FW - 2103.11.8.1
HW - 3.1.0.7
BL - 5.8.0.2
If there is a solution, please keep me posted too!!
I am not sure if this has been answered and I have gotten tired of looking. Does anyone know if it's possible to add accent colors without having interop unlock? I literally only want the ability to have a darker theme on my new Nokia and it's looking like I will just have to wait until there is a full interop unlock. Anyone want to point me to a xap that will work without interop? Does it exist?
Adding or changing accent colors is (at a minimum) a registry edit.
Interop-unlock is a registry edit (which, once made, allows installing apps that can do things like easily edit the registry).
There's no interop-unlock for the Lumias yet (and that'd be the first application that any registry-editing hack for an interop-locked Lumia would be put to).
Guess what that means for custom accent colors... :-(
GoodDayToDie said:
Adding or changing accent colors is (at a minimum) a registry edit.
Interop-unlock is a registry edit (which, once made, allows installing apps that can do things like easily edit the registry).
There's no interop-unlock for the Lumias yet (and that'd be the first application that any registry-editing hack for an interop-locked Lumia would be put to).
Guess what that means for custom accent colors... :-(
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I expected as much but it was late and figured I'd ask some of the devs. Here's hoping we can get a proof of concept going soon. I have faith in the likes of you, Heathcliff, and Jaxbot. We have a good community here at WP7 and I expect it's only a matter of time before I can get my dark black accent back. You'd think microsoft (Or even nokia) would just make an app to make custom themes for us? I mean it's not hard as there are at least 3 or 4 versions of what is pretty much the same app. And what harm does it do in allowing us to change colors via an app?
There is progress being made over in the Lumia 800 development forum. It seems that many Lumia 710/800's shipped with a very nice exploit that gives full access to NAND.
Hoooooly ****, cool find Voluptuary! Time to get WP7 Root Tools and/or full-unlock onto that thing pronto!
Anybody know if it also works on the Lumia 900? This could be the thing that finally gets me to actually upgrade from my gen1 phone.
GoodDayToDie said:
Hoooooly ****, cool find Voluptuary! Time to get WP7 Root Tools and/or full-unlock onto that thing pronto!
Anybody know if it also works on the Lumia 900? This could be the thing that finally gets me to actually upgrade from my gen1 phone.
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Nope wont work on the 900, it doesn't even work on all 800's. You have to have a very early 800 with an unlocked Qualcomm bootloader. There are many more with the other Nokia bootloader and if you had an old one with the Qualcomm bootloader you can't have used the Nokia Care Suite to update it ever. Lucky for me I do have one with the Qualcomm boot loader.
Hello,
Looking around on google you just find the standard lists that everyone with a little bit of knowledge knows about.
I'd like a bit more info before deciding on what phone to get. And hope you guys can help me out.
Android 9 and 10 seem to be the custom versions now. I have no experience with 10, but many parts of android 9 I absolutely despise. (including the variety of popups like "send this screenshot to another person right now!" and the rotate button in the navigation bar.) Compared to android 8, I feel it's a lot more bloated and with less control than I had in 8.
Being on a huawei device probably doesn't help, but I don't know the extend of their involvement in this terrible version on my phone.
I aim to get a new phone as this one is a pain concerning bootloader unlocking and all.
Will I be able to alter behaviors like the popups and remove the rorate button in the navigation bar?
Do I just require an unlocked bootloader for it, or a full root? Or do I simply need a fully custom rom to be able to do this?
Basically, how strong are my customisation options when unlocking/rooting/custom romming?
Thanks for any answers!