Hi all,
Anybody knows how I can rip the image from my WP7, which is currently used for the lockscreen wallpaper?
Deleted my pictures, and saw that one of them is used as my locscreen wallpaper, however this pictures is stored somewhere in the Phone which is not visibile with Zune.
Cheers,
Solaris
Well, I could tell you where the image is stored in the phone's filesystem, but that probably wouldn't help you unless you have a custom ROM or a filesystem browser. It wouldn't be the full photo anyhow, just the 800x480 cropped version used on the lock screen...
Hi,
Is it possible to install such a file explorer on my phone, or do I have to unlock the device for that?
In which folder is this image stored?
Thanks!!
Gr,
Solaris
Your phone will need to either be interop-unlocked with WP7 Root Tools (normal dev-unlock is not sufficient) or will need to have a full-unlocked custom ROM.
GoodDayToDie said:
Your phone will need to either be interop-unlocked with WP7 Root Tools (normal dev-unlock is not sufficient) or will need to have a full-unlocked custom ROM.
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Good to know, thanks for your help!!
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Hello developers!
I have some tasks that I need to implement:
1. Save Windows Mobile OS from the mobile device (to make backup copy of it).
2 Add some cab file (or other files) to OS image and write it to device ROM.
3. On device hard reset to install some files which are currently on the ROM.
For this purpose I ‘m asking you who are more experienced in the field to describe me road map of the way to achieve this.
I think in first turn I need links to comprehensible material concerning how OS storing on devices, file formats and so on. For sure you know better at the moment the right end to start with.
Thanks a lot.
Hi and welcome to the forums.
In order to better help you (so that we can direct you into the right place), we need to know which device you are talking about and what OS it has installed. Also, if it is locked or unlocked.
I'm sorry if this has been asked before, I've done a search and can't find anything.
I know there's a few dumps of WP7 roms on the forum. But my understanding is that these have been from the rom files rather than from a phone. My question is is there a way to get a copy of EVERYTHING in the rom/nand from a working WP7 phone onto a computer/drive? I know there's tools on this forum for editing WP7 roms, but again, my understanding is that those roms weren't ripped from a working phone, rather from the rom file.
I know someone has used a HTC TyTn and has terminaled into the bootloader to send commands to dump the rom. Is this possible with a WP7 deivce? Say the HD7?
Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks
yes i believe ppl flash new roms to unbrand their devices, you should check the devices forum, bet ull find roms there..
puunda said:
I'm sorry if this has been asked before, I've done a search and can't find anything.
I know there's a few dumps of WP7 roms on the forum. But my understanding is that these have been from the rom files rather than from a phone. My question is is there a way to get a copy of EVERYTHING in the rom/nand from a working WP7 phone onto a computer/drive? I know there's tools on this forum for editing WP7 roms, but again, my understanding is that those roms weren't ripped from a working phone, rather from the rom file.
I know someone has used a HTC TyTn and has terminaled into the bootloader to send commands to dump the rom. Is this possible with a WP7 deivce? Say the HD7?
Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks
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the rom's here on the forum(except the one's for the hd2) are original stock rom's for wp7 phones that can be flashed on real wp7 phones (with the same vendor ID)
you can't dump the actual rom from your phone right now (maybe later,but it will def take some time)
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the rom's here on the forum(except the one's for the hd2) are original stock rom's for wp7 phones that can be flashed on real wp7 phones (with the same vendor ID)
you can't dump the actual rom from your phone right now (maybe later,but it will def take some time)
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What phone(s) can you actually do a dump of the actual rom from the phone right now?
I understand some phones have things like clockwork recovery or magldr installed and use that to write new roms to the phone. Can the same programs not read (or backup) the current rom?
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What phone(s) can you actually do a dump of the actual rom from the phone right now?
I understand some phones have things like clockwork recovery or magldr installed and use that to write new roms to the phone. Can the same programs not read (or backup) the current rom?
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I can only talk for wm/wp and only from wm (6.*) you can dump the rom using a tool that is installed on the phone .
if you had a jtag or something like that you could dump (read the ROM/NAND and copy it) almost any phone.
but a jtag is hardware and it cost money (lots of it) and you need to know exactly how to work with it and you would need to open your phone (till the last screw)
I don't know clockwork .
magldr is something like a second bios (not right , but for you to understand) that help to start the os (normally the spl/hspl will do that )
magldr is used only for playing tetris and to load android/wp7 to a phone that isn't build to run that kind of os
it can only load something , it can't dump a rom.
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I can only talk for wm/wp and only from wm (6.*) you can dump the rom using a tool that is installed on the phone .
if you had a jtag or something like that you could dump (read the ROM/NAND and copy it) almost any phone.
but a jtag is hardware and it cost money (lots of it) and you need to know exactly how to work with it and you would need to open your phone (till the last screw)
I don't know clockwork .
magldr is something like a second bios (not right , but for you to understand) that help to start the os (normally the spl/hspl will do that )
magldr is used only for playing tetris and to load android/wp7 to a phone that isn't build to run that kind of os
it can only load something , it can't dump a rom.
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What tools can you use in WM6.* to dump the rom? I've read an article where someone used terminal commands and did a dump through the bootloader. Is there another way to do it?
I know about JTags, and am not touching them!
My point with clockwork and magldr is that if you can write (load) android/wp7 to the rom/nand, surely you should be able to get it to read from it?
It seems like either there's no way to do it with wp7 yet, or at least I've not found a way. But I was thinking if you can't do it with a real wp7 device since there's no clockwork/magldr, then can you take a dump of an HD2 with wp7 loaded into the rom/nand?
I have searched for a samsung focus stock rom in the past but I couldn't find it anywhere? have you seen any one?
ceesheim said:
I can only talk for wm/wp and only from wm (6.*) you can dump the rom using a tool that is installed on the phone .
if you had a jtag or something like that you could dump (read the ROM/NAND and copy it) almost any phone.
but a jtag is hardware and it cost money (lots of it) and you need to know exactly how to work with it and you would need to open your phone (till the last screw)
I don't know clockwork .
magldr is something like a second bios (not right , but for you to understand) that help to start the os (normally the spl/hspl will do that )
magldr is used only for playing tetris and to load android/wp7 to a phone that isn't build to run that kind of os
it can only load something , it can't dump a rom.
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Excuse me newbieness but if I'm getting you correctly, you're saying that it is possible for my to extract the ROM from a working Samsung Focus and then write it to my bricked Samsung Focus using a JTag?
Totally possible, theoretically.
The WM/WP OS image is only a piece of data saved in a flash partition, bootloader can read the content from the flash partition out and transfer bytes to PC (no need to care about the file system, just perform flash chip level read), but the question is you must know how to communicate with the bootloader and send proper command to it. And as I know in the shipped device, the ability usually will be removed from bootloader for security reasons (e.g. eboot is useful in development phase, but it must be removed from shipped device).
Yes, you also could use JTAG to read content out but due to the same reason, the debug port on the SoC usually also be disabled in shipped device (like Tegra, it has internal fuses to enable/permanently disable the JTAG).
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Excuse me newbieness but if I'm getting you correctly, you're saying that it is possible for my to extract the ROM from a working Samsung Focus and then write it to my bricked Samsung Focus using a JTag?
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I think reading the OS partition when OS is running is impossible (frankly, I never verified it). Two reasons, first the OS partition should be locked by last phase bootloader or some early bootup codes in OS (just set the NAND controller in SOC), and since OS is running, many system files are in memory so the corresponding files should also be locked by OS.
It is safe to dump whole OS image in bootloader, or so-called recovery mode.
So someone basically has to install a custom bootloader on the device. Then again, if the NAND is locked, that wont be possible.
QPST and Memory Debug allow to download raw NAND and radio copy. i've succesfully one it (even found private info like passwords and contacts), but i don't know how to split it into partitions. Mb anyone will help?
Maybe starting a new topic about it here would help. Might attract the attention of some other devs.
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QPST and Memory Debug allow to download raw NAND and radio copy. i've succesfully one it (even found private info like passwords and contacts), but i don't know how to split it into partitions. Mb anyone will help?
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Could you describe how you do that?!
How to do this?..
Hey everyone,
I saw on dft custom rom the ability to deploy xaps on your phone through IE, is there way to put this on my unlocked mango beta 7712? and please forgive me I did do a search and couldn't find the answer initially, if this has been discussed please point me in the right direction thank you
use Tom XAP Installer for XAP deploy
not sure if that's the answer
i'm looking to be able to deploy xap on my phone's browser, is this possible? i saw on dft rom posting that his custom enabled that, so that you could be say on your phones browser on xda and see an xap download it straight to your unlocked phone and install it
you would have to flash the dft custom rom to your phone ... then your phone will be fullunlocked
there must be a way to enable this feature to other unlocked phones
i dont think there is considering the fact that devunlocked phones whether its official or chevron have limitations ... i wouldnt be surprised if someone found a way though it might not be easy...
i miss the "cab" days, browsing xda on my phone or other sites and just installing cabs straight to phone le sigh
I think there were 2 files which needed to be replaced to allow you to do so (and possibly an extra application once its fully unlocked) and as far as I know the only current way to replace those 2 files and fully unlock your device is by flashing it with a custom rom. So you will have to flash your device with their ROM if you want that.
I must say, its a really awesome feature!! :-D we now just need the ability to save the .xap's and other files as well as install .xap's through a file browser ^_^
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I think there were 2 files which needed to be replaced to allow you to do so (and possibly an extra application once its fully unlocked) and as far as I know the only current way to replace those 2 files and fully unlock your device is by flashing it with a custom rom. So you will have to flash your device with their ROM if you want that.
I must say, its a really awesome feature!! :-D we now just need the ability to save the .xap's and other files as well as install .xap's through a file browser ^_^
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Which files?
Since we can copy and replace some files on samsung/htc devices by provision xml's. The only thing im not sure of is that it will probably not be possible to replace system files.
But if you have these files Im sure there are people willing to test this
dft freedom rom is fullunlocked and comes with DFT_XAPInsatller which allows u to install apps from the wp ie by entering the xap files url...at the moment the only way to fullunlock wp is by installing the custom rom but dft mentioned they are working in a way to fullunlock wp without the need of installing custom roms.
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Which files?
Since we can copy and replace some files on samsung/htc devices by provision xml's. The only thing im not sure of is that it will probably not be possible to replace system files.
But if you have these files Im sure there are people willing to test this
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heres some info from dft...
So we (DFT) developed “FullUnlock”. FullUnlock is implemented as replacing some system files by wrappers, which allows any kind of access (disable access checking at all)
We replace LVMOD.DLL which used to check files and data (checksums, certificates and etc) and POLICYENGINE.DLL which implements internal objects access checking.
All written before means that FullUnlock at the current moment only possible by flashing custom ROM to device. In future maybe we can find good ways to do it without flashing, but for now I don’t see any ideas how to do it without flashing.
Well there we go, also DFT/Cotulla mentioned which files in the how to native thread under phone 7 development I think it was.
Take a look at that thread
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yea i was checking it out earlier pretty amazing achievements will come as a result of full unlocked ...
Does some1 know roms for lg swift 7 and nokia lumia 710? What i need are custom or stock roms with unlock and instruction how to install it.
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Stock ROMs come locked by default (there are official ways to unlock a stock ROM, though). If you want a pre-unlocked ROM, that will need to be a custom ROM. The problem is, currently we can't install custom ROMs on LG or Nokia Windows phones, only on first-gen HTC and Samsung phones. The bootloaders are locked.
Thanks. I know how to root/unlock/flash android but in wp7 section im new and i cant find any free and easy method to do it so i was thinking about unlocked rom
is there any chance to unlock .xap instalation easy an free (i want to add new ringtones)
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For LG, yes, you can developer-unlock (and even interop-unlock, which is required for high-privilege apps) easily using the built-in registry editor.
For Nokia, such a hack isn't currently possible. The only ways to dev-unlock a Lumia currently are to get an AppHub account from Microsoft; either a student account (free, go through DreamSpark) or a paid account ($99 / year).
That said, you can install custom ringtones without any unlocks at all. There are many apps on the Marketplace that will provide ringtones, or you can install your own using the Zune software. The instructions for doing so are online, but basically you create a file that is the right length and set the genere to "RINGTONE" and then you sync it to the phone like normal.
I tried registry unlock for lg and than after sending .xap file with ringtones (made using chevron ringtone or similar) i didnt get any new ones even after restart.
Than i tried to use tom xap instaler or similar and it gave me error (sth like this: zune isnt launched or phone not unlocked)
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I tried registry unlock for lg and than after sending .xap file with ringtones (made using chevron ringtone or similar) i didnt get any new ones even after restart.
Than i tried to use tom xap instaler or similar and it gave me error (sth like this: zune isnt launched or phone not unlocked)
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Download Zune software first. Connect your phone to Zune and then while Zune is open, run the xap installer.
http://www.zune.net/en-gb/
This is what i did and after that windows sdk let me install xda file to phone (tom installer.had error). But after that there wasnt any new ringtones
thanks for all answers but i still didnt work
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Did you try running the app? Although some homebrew apps do their magic during install, most apps will require you to run them...
Note, the original ChevronWP7 Ringtone tool is very out of date and should probably not be used anymore.
Out of curiosity, why are you trying to install ringtones via app anyhow? You can do it just with Zune...
But with zune i can do it only with short ringtones and i want have longer.
Is there method to add long (3-4min) ringtones without unlock? Cause i want only this
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Without unlock? Probably not. I'm unclear why you'd want this, though; doesn't your carrier just go to voicemail in 30 seconds anyhow? Most of the ones I've seen (in or out of the US, though I've never been to Poland) will do so, typically somewhere between 20 and 40 seconds in.
I dont know the lg very good, concerning roms, but i know that for the 2nd gen Lumia devicees there are no custom Roms atm..
but theres one thread, where Jaxbot, heathcliff etc. are working hard on getting it to work for interop unlocking the Lumia devices (which means by custom roms)
@n73gamer: Custom ROMs and interop-unlock are completely different, although they allow some of the same kind of hack. For example, custom ROMs are available for the HTC Arrive, which has no current working interop-unlock hack. However, custom ROMs are *not* available for the Samsung Focus S or Focus Flash (gen2 phones) even though those *can* be interop-unlocked. Interop-unlock is a registry edit that allows installing homebrew apps with more privileges than normal. Custom ROMs require an unlocked bootloader, but allow changing anything at all (and are typically "full-unlocked" meaning that all apps run with maximum permissions).
As one of the people working on interop-unlock for Nokia (but not bootloader-unlock; custom ROMs aren't my area really), I can make no promises of any sort except that we're trying. Finding these hacks takes time, perseverence, and no small amount of luck.
Hi
i am barely new to this and my first question is: is a ROM the same as a TFT file (which includes .sin)?
my problem is that i installed ICS on my Xperia Arc and just fully configurated it without making a backup after the clean install. i wanted to make a backup after my full configuration. during configurating my phone, i installed ICS Browser+. I didnt realize that this is just an extension to the existing Browser.apk and removed Browser.apk. Now my browser does not work anymore. Before i set everything back, i wanted to ask you, community, if its possible to extract this single APK from the TFT file i have used (finding here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1598072)
if so, i could save me some hours of configuration what would be very very nice :/
any help is very appreciated. greetings cetrick
cetrick said:
Hi
i am barely new to this and my first question is: is a ROM the same as a TFT file (which includes .sin)?
my problem is that i installed ICS on my Xperia Arc and just fully configurated it without making a backup after the clean install. i wanted to make a backup after my full configuration. during configurating my phone, i installed ICS Browser+. I didnt realize that this is just an extension to the existing Browser.apk and removed Browser.apk. Now my browser does not work anymore. Before i set everything back, i wanted to ask you, community, if its possible to extract this single APK from the TFT file i have used (finding here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1598072)
if so, i could save me some hours of configuration what would be very very nice :/
any help is very appreciated. greetings cetrick
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You can reflash your FTF without wiping data. Should do it.
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thank you for this answer K900.
it worked. i had to change some things back again (deleting branded apps, activating go launcher ..) but that was easier todo then set the whole device up again. now i made a backup
cheers cetrick
True.. that's a good method, but if i want to extract specific apk, how shell i proceed?