First - Sorry if this is in the wrong spot. I thought about putting it in the Nexus 7 Q&A but I figured this isn't really device specific, more OS specific.
I'm deploying about 25 Nexus 7s to a classroom in the coming week. There's the 4.2.1 update, which I'm planning on just doing through fastboot & the nexus 7 toolkit rather than waiting for each device to boot, connect to wifi, wait for updates... and that whole process.
The question I have is more around customization of the OS across those devices. I'd like to add a couple apps (Kindle / B&N) and also pre-configure the Wifi. Can I do that, then take a nandroid and apply it across all 25 devices - or will that duplicate device IDs and cause weird issues later? If that's not the best way to do this - any recommendations on the best way to handle a multi-device deployment?
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Guys,
FYI..I'm a Noob.
I need help.
I :-
- got an Iphone clone. either found it or it fell from the sky with a sticky note "install other OS pls"
- am exploring on how to change the OS for the phone.
- wanted to know how it can be ported to WinMO or Android.
- think it is a GSM phone
- no card slots. except for GSM SIM card
- know it is full touch screen. just like Apple Iphone
- UI looks like IOS but its java based. It reads .JAR file happily.
- do not know the hardware and specs.
- model Clone Iphone A1241.
- Google-ed for the workaround - its a no go.
- am turning to the humble experts of the xda-developers.com to assit me on this and really hopes that it not just time wasting for both parties because I have google-ed around and there is no body that could come up with a straight answer..pls help us -
Simple answer.
It's not possible to port WinMo or Android to it.
Surfing the daily news I stumbled upon a short article about Micro Systemations XRY (Danish article), a tool meant for use by the law enforcement, military and intelligence agencies. It can pull every last detail out of the phone, by first rooting/jailbraking the device, and then bruteforce the Pin lock. After this, it should be pretty much "open" and ready to get ripped. It works on just about any type of (cell)phone you might have around, including all smartphones running one of the major operating systems - such as Android, IOS, WP7 etc...
More info:
http://www.msab.com/
http://www.forensicswiki.org/wiki/.XRY
See it in action:
v6.2 smartphone support video
In the hands of the right people/instance this is a very useful tool, but it could potentially be a threat if it gets out to the public.
And now to my question; What would be the best way to secure a device from something like this??
The first thing that comes to my mind would be to either use a pin code of 5+ numbers, as the bruteforce attack would be much longer or using the pattern lock if you are on an Android phone.
The second thing would be just as simple as keeping the device updated, so older exploits would be patched up by the manufacturer.
And how about the device encryption from Android 4.0, would it have any impact on this or would that also be circumvented by the rooting procedure?
from what i've gathered they need to get root to then find out your pin. They also mentioned that in previous videos that they used to use super1click to gain root.
I wonder how far they would get with a non-rooted,pin-enabled phone that has USB debugging turned off?
sidenote: the youtube video alludes to multiple access routes; wifi, bluetooth and USB (the desire in the video looks like it does not support bluetooth rooting though), I thought it was worth mentioning if it changes anything
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I wonder how far they would get with a non-rooted,pin-enabled phone that has USB debugging turned off?
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Exactly, and I guess that almost all (Androids atleast) comes with USB debugging disabled by default..
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After reading many posts across various forums and buried in the comments of threads spanning many years--I've summed up moving from Verizon to Page Plus in one document. This is the 2014 definitive step-by-step guide to manually programming the 4G LTE Verizon HTC Thunderbolt Smartphone for use with Page Plus Cellular (PPC). This guide might also serve for Kitty Wireless and other PPC resellers. Topics include: (1) Porting your phone number from VZW to PPC (2) Checklist of everything you'll need to succeed (3) Device driver and software installation (4) Configuration & DIY Free Programming (5) Activation (6) PPC Account & Plan Finalization
I hope this benefits anyone still using this excellent smartphone. I gave up my unlimited data on VZW and moved to PPC after realizing I mostly use WiFi these days and was not taking full advantage of unlimited data on a 4G LTE network. Saving $696 per year is a great incentive. I give credit and reference all of the various posts that were summed up. Rather than attempt to reformat the document as a forum post I've made it available on Google Drive. I hope that's fine. I've attached it to this post as a DOCX. Hopefully one or both of these methods works.
http docs.google.com document/d/17Tmz2R-DEHRQqQZmbEPALR7UIYNYyZO8aqBi2_AOFn0/edit?usp=sharing
Peace ~
corezion said:
After reading many posts across various forums and buried in the comments of threads spanning many years--I've summed up moving from Verizon to Page Plus in one document. This is the 2014 definitive step-by-step guide to manually programming the 4G LTE Verizon HTC Thunderbolt Smartphone for use with Page Plus Cellular (PPC). This guide might also serve for Kitty Wireless and other PPC resellers. Topics include: (1) Porting your phone number from VZW to PPC (2) Checklist of everything you'll need to succeed (3) Device driver and software installation (4) Configuration & DIY Free Programming (5) Activation (6) PPC Account & Plan Finalization
I hope this benefits anyone still using this excellent smartphone. I gave up my unlimited data on VZW and moved to PPC after realizing I mostly use WiFi these days and was not taking full advantage of unlimited data on a 4G LTE network. Saving $696 per year is a great incentive. I give credit and reference all of the various posts that were summed up. Rather than attempt to reformat the document as a forum post I've made it available on Google Drive. I hope that's fine. I've attached it to this post as a DOCX. Hopefully one or both of these methods works.
http docs.google.com document/d/17Tmz2R-DEHRQqQZmbEPALR7UIYNYyZO8aqBi2_AOFn0/edit?usp=sharing
Peace ~
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Thanks a lot for the updated guide. I was hoping to use this to turn on data on my Thunderbolt (voice already works).
However, I am stuck on the part about connecting the phone to the PC. My laptop is on Windows 8.1 Pro. No matter which HTC sync version/drivers I use, the laptop does not recognize the phone.
I tried downloading an older version of HTC Sync, but that did not work either.
I experienced the same setback and, instead of troubleshooting further, used an old Windows XP laptop. See if you can find access to an older machine for the purpose of programming your phone. Perhaps a family member, friend, neighbor, cybercafe, or yard sale.
Before XP was EOL Microsoft offered a downloadable kit to install XP within Windows 7 etc as a virtual machine for running older applications. I'm not sure if USB devices were accessible within the VM. Another option might be WINE from within Linux but I've never attempted that either. The easiest route is to find a 32-bit machine you can borrow.
There may be a simple 64-bit driver workaround but I'm not yet aware of what that might be. When I have some free time, I'll explore the 64-bit driver dilemma and if I'm successful I'll update the documentation.
corezion said:
After reading many posts across various forums and buried in the comments of threads spanning many years--I've summed up moving from Verizon to Page Plus in one document. This is the 2014 definitive step-by-step guide to manually programming the 4G LTE Verizon HTC Thunderbolt Smartphone for use with Page Plus Cellular (PPC). This guide might also serve for Kitty Wireless and other PPC resellers. Topics include: (1) Porting your phone number from VZW to PPC (2) Checklist of everything you'll need to succeed (3) Device driver and software installation (4) Configuration & DIY Free Programming (5) Activation (6) PPC Account & Plan Finalization
I hope this benefits anyone still using this excellent smartphone. I gave up my unlimited data on VZW and moved to PPC after realizing I mostly use WiFi these days and was not taking full advantage of unlimited data on a 4G LTE network. Saving $696 per year is a great incentive. I give credit and reference all of the various posts that were summed up. Rather than attempt to reformat the document as a forum post I've made it available on Google Drive. I hope that's fine. I've attached it to this post as a DOCX. Hopefully one or both of these methods works.
http docs.google.com document/d/17Tmz2R-DEHRQqQZmbEPALR7UIYNYyZO8aqBi2_AOFn0/edit?usp=sharing
Peace ~
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I was able to follow the instructions and get the voice working. Many thanks for this detailed instruction.
using DFS to change the phone settings works fine on non-9k port. but on 9k port, lots of the parameter was "read only", not allow to change.
I must have a sim card in the phone, otherwise it will stuck in dailing. Incoming calls/txt was first not working at all, but suddenly working and working since. i would guess it has to do i was calling when someone called me, but i have no proof.
Separate question: I am not able to use "settings->software upgrade->check new" to upgrade my phone from gingerband to icecream. Pageplus said they don't support and their OTA will ruin 4g phone. do you know any alternative way?
stupid question: i activated in diag+modem mode. Now everything completes, when the phone restarts, it still do that. do i need to disable it?
Halp!
FIRST A HUGE THANK YOU!
your walk through combined with the one where I found the link to yours both let me set up my phone after a friend accidentally factory reset my store flashed phone lol.
From never flashing a phone to scrounging up the software and getting my phone set up and working without spending a dime!:good:
Now that I have a better understanding I am hoping you guys with more experience can help me figure out shy I'm stuck on 1x
everything else is working except 3g when i boot the phone i see 3g for about a milisecond then just 1x
No matter how many times I enter the "vzw" passwords for PAP, PPP, etc and write them to the phone they are gone when I read the phone.
Everything else is there, [email protected] sticks but not the passwords.
Hi there,
Good news for me and for the android community, my company decided to replace all blackberry devices by android devices (Normally by 3 model Samsung.)
Of course, this must be done quickly.
We have around 1000 devices to replace.
My question is : How can we create a "master" to industrialize the process ?
One device needs a lot of "tuning". Like applications of course, launch bar shortcut, desktop to personnalise... I guess one device need at least 45 minutes to be ready for the user. This is not really good
We have BES10 has a MDM. But as you know, BES10 can't totally manage Android devices.
Is there a way to clone a device ? With all applications and custom settings ?
Many thanks.
NB : I hope the general section will be the good one.
No way to do that ?
up ? maybe a magical application to do that ?
Hi Folks, i read quite a bit in the XDA-dev forums in the last few years, but now it's time to change the status "from passive to active". :silly:
- I have a "ZTE MF90+" (a nifty little mobile 4G WiFi hotspot with battery). The Chipset should be based on a Qualcomm MDM9215.
- I bought it about 3 years ago and it is SIM-Locked (aka Provider-Locked iirc).
- I fiddled around a bit with it and am able to ADB into it (from my Ubuntu 18.04 machine and from my Raspberry Pi, too - e.g. to activate RNDIS/CDC mode for USB tethering)
- I have an unlock code, that should work "to tear down this SIM-Lock wall" without any hassle.
So far, so good ... but my interests are still not satisfied; i want to know what's up with the internals of this modem, when i enter the unlock code. I simply want to observe and understand what's going on under the hood.
To quote Ylvis from their song Stonehenge: "And i know i should be happy, but instead, there's question, i can't get out of my head!"
Maybe a year ago i did some internet research, where i found several clues that the "SIM-Lock" information might be stored inside some Section of a NV storage https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1954029.
On some other russian hacker forum (that i can't find right now, unfortunately) according to google translate one of them seemed to be able to change one NV entry there to get rid of the Sim-Lock. The tabs are still open on my other Ubuntu 14.04 Laptop 250km away from here, so it might take some time to provide the "russian hacker forum link" here for further reference. I haven't tried it out back then as i heavily relied on this mobile hotspot back then and could neither afford to brick it nor had the time to fiddle around further.
What i remember was also this thread: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1804117, but this thread is from 2012 and e.g. the download link for the NV-items_reader_writer.rar don't work anymore, so i haven't tried it yet to get this program running.
So now i need your help:
-> What tools can i use (on my Ubuntu Linux machine, if necessary via WINE) to read out a "full image" of the (Android) system to flash back later (if necessary) and what tool can i use to read (and modify if necessary one day) the NV items to compare them "before and after" i unlocked it?
Any hints where to start and in which direction i could head from there? :cyclops:
Please help me to grow and rise :highfive: