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In the Smartphone & Pocket PC Mag VIP Help forum, I’ve received the following question:
“When I create an email on my Mogul (HTC4000) and go to insert file, my memory card is not a listed option to pick from any ideas? My Moto Q did this as did my 6700 before that”
The explanation and cure for this is pretty simple. (Note that if this problem doesn’t apply to you, don’t stop reading: in the second part of this tutorial, I provide you with some really useful tips. Also note that this article deprecates my pre-WM5 one published HERE. I also explain the difference between the MS Smartphone and Pocket PC platforms, file dialog-wise.)
First, the explanation. Let’s see the case of the Moto Q – that is, MS Smartphone devices. In which way is the MS Smartphone (that is, touchscreen-less) platform different from the “big brother”, the Pocket PC OS? In several ways, of course – it’s much dumber in almost every respect (I miss the ability to fine-tune the backlight level the most). In a way, however, it’s (at least for many users) much more useful and usable than the Pocket PC operating system: its file dialog box is entirely different from that of Pocket PC’s. This, however, greatly confuses users switching between the two platforms.
When you go to Menu / Insert / File (or, more generally, you select a file from any program - again, this tutorial is a generic one), you’ll have direct access to all the directories (including the storage card(s)) as can be seen in the following screenshot:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Here, if you do select the storage card (by going to Menu / Storage Card), you’ll be taken directly to the card and, there, can select (left softkey) any file, in any directory, as can be seen for example in the following screenshot:
On Pocket PC’s, the situation is vastly different. When, upon composing a mail, you select Menu / Insert / File, you’re shown ALL the (accessible – see the rules later) files in one listbox as can be seen in the following screenshot:
There can be several hundred or even thousand files in the list, which results in both at time huge loading times and a lot of work to actually find the file you need; therefore, you can restrict the selection to a subdirectory only by using the “Folder” drop-down list:
The results of the restriction can be seen in HERE, showing an example of listing the contents of the “cities” subdirectory.
Note that – this is VERY important! – the “Folder” drop-down list only contains subdirectories under \My Documents in the built-in storage memory and the direct descendants (subfolders) of the root folder of the storage card. That is, if you have a file you’d like to add in, say, a second descendant of the root of your card, (say, \a\b), it won’t be accessible at all. The same stands for the subdirectories of \My Documents on the storage card – they won’t be listed either. This has always a BIG problem with Windows Mobile and has widely been criticized (see for example THIS for links).
In addition, there’s no way to “select only the root (without its visible subdirs) of the storage card” from the list – as opposed to the above-shown Smartphone screenshot. You will ONLY see the contents of the root of the card if you leave the “Folder” drop-down menu on its default, “All Folders” setting. Then, happy hunting for the file - after the list, finally, loads ; )
If you find this all (1, the HUGE number of the files shown 2, the inability to access anything outside \My Documents in the built-in storage memory and the direct subdirectories of the root of the storage card) a pain in the back, rejoice: there are decent solutions to the problem. Of them, I explain the two most widely used and important ones; one of them being even free.
1.1 Spb Pocket Plus 4
As has already been mentioned in my quick review of the IEM plug-in of Spb Pocket Plus, the, particularly with the new and indeed vastly improved version, highly recommended all-in-one system helper application, there’s built-in support for changing the system-level file dialog to something much better.
If you do get Spb Pocket Plus 4+, your problems are already solved: after installing it, the new file dialog will take effect at once, as can be seen in the following screenshot:
That is, it’ll work just great; you’ll be able to freely navigate the entire directory structure and won’t be flooded with hundreds or thousands of files at the same time, making it pretty hard to find the right one (or even wait for the list to load).
1.2 Y. “Mad Programmer” Nagamidori's FileDialogChanger
Before the (recent) release of Spb Pocket Plus 4, this was the suite I recommended the most for Windows Mobile users. Now that Spb Pocket Plus 4 also supports this functionality AND is a highly recommended all-in-one tool, I no longer do this - FileDialogChanger won't be needed any more if you go the Spb Pocket Plus 4 route. If you, however, don't (or REALLY need the exception defining capabilities, which I explain in the next subsection), make sure you get and install FileDialogChanger.
Get THIS ZIP file, extract gsgetfile.dll from the ARMRel directory and transfer it to \Windows on your Pocket PC. Then, get THIS file and, from the ARM directory, copy filedlgchg.cpl also to \Windows. Note that you MUST right-click these two links and select Save As to directly save it - if you just left-click it (as usual), you'll be taken to an error page because of the invalid referrer.
Now, go to Settings / System and tap the new File Dialog Changer icon and make sure you enable the Exchange Standard File Dialog checkbox as can be seen in the following screenshot:
That’s all; now, you can safely traverse the file system when adding attachments (or, again, looking for a file to load - or, a directory to save your current one to). Note that, unlike with Spb Pocket Plus, there’s no a quick drop-down tree list containing the current directory, all its parents the storage card(s). However, you can always use the left softkey (up) to go up to the parent (to the root, as it starts with \My Documents), where you can already click Storage Card (or any other directory):
1.2.1 Defining exceptions
Note that Mad Programmer’s FileDialogChanger also allows for defining exceptions (Spb’s program is incapable of this). That is, if, for some reason, you do not want to rely on the new file dialog in a given program, just add the given application to the exception list. For example, you prefer seeing all your, still sticking with emulators, ROM files on your PDA at once, and don’t want to manually navigate the directories to find them, then, you might want to add the emulator to the exception list so that FileDialogChanger knows it shouldn't be used with that specific app.
An example with PocketHobbit, the Commodore 64 emulator (discussed HERE), which uses the default file dialog box (screenshot HERE; with Mad Programmer’s tool, HERE). Then, all you need to do is clicking ADD, go to the directory with the executable file and double-click it. In this example, I’ve added all the three EXE files visible in the previous screenshot, resulting in the following exception list:
After this, PocketHobbit will start using the standard file dialog, while the rest of the system (all the other apps) will still use the redefined one - that is, that of FileDialogChanger.
(Note that I’ve chosen this emulator for this explanation not because of its (pretty much missing) merits but because it’s based on the system-level dialog box. If you are really into C64 emulation, forget this emulator at once and go for something better.)
1.3 Why will you want to consider changing the file dialog?
No, not only when you want to add attachments to a mail. The new dialog can be used much more widely. As a rule of thumb, whenever and wherever you’ve, in the past, encountered the standard, dumb and, in many cases, very annoying file dialog control, the new one will be used instead at both loading and saving. Yes, even at saving - for example, when you save Word Mobile files, you can tell the system in exactly which directory it should be stored to as can be seen in THIS screenshot.
As the standard file dialog only lists files under \My Documents in the main memory and files one level deep in the file system of the card (without showing the user where they really come from), in many cases, your only choice will be using third-party file dialogs like these two.
Again, just an example of the utility of these third-party applications: in order to keep the directory structure clean, you keep, for example, your emulator ROM image files two levels deep on your storage card under, say, \ROMs\SNES. Unless you use direct invocation (you click the given file from File Explorer to make the system invoke the associated emulator) and (when you do need them) you don’t copy around these files to a directory already visible to the standard file dialog, you won’t see these files at all. Unless, of course, install a better, third-party file dialog - one of the apps introduced in this tutorial.
UPDATE (11/16/2007): HowardForums forum member BeyondTheTech has just created a CAB installer of Mad Programmer’s FDC. This greatly simplifies installation – you just download the ZIP file from HERE, unZIP it, transfer the CAB file to your handset (if it’s not already there) and execute it in order to be installed. (Install it into main memory!) After a reset, you're all set – you only need to enable it as explained above (by checking in the checkbox).
Note that being put in a CAB installer also means you can uninstall it if you want if, for some reason, disabling the above-mentioned checkbox isn’t sufficient for you (because, for example, you want to remove all third-party stuff from your PDA without hard / clean resetting it).
FDC 1.70 Beta with thumbnail view
I was using this one when I am still in the pocketpc era....
http://tillanosoft.com/ce/tgetfile.html
But apparently, it don't support every applications out there...
ww2250 said:
I was using this one when I am still in the pocketpc era....
http://tillanosoft.com/ce/tgetfile.html
But apparently, it don't support every applications out there...
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Yup, very few.
It's mostly on the MS Smartphone platform that it's useful - several of Masterall's kick-ass emulators use it.
It exist also gsgetfile.dll for Smartphones.
"http://www.geocities.jp/hou_ming_2/gsgetfile-i_sp.zip"
PS: "http://www.geocities.jp/hou_ming_2/beta/FakeCursorSP.zip" also for Smartphones.
Word?
Nice solutions! The free one especially since, well, it's free!
However, this doesn't seem to effect Word Mobile. Even with the FDC Word still only let's one search one directory deep...
Any thoughts on that one?
EDIT: to clarify, while saving files it works, but i'm reffering to the OPEN-file dialog. Which still s**cks.
DopamineNL said:
Nice solutions! The free one especially since, well, it's free!
However, this doesn't seem to effect Word Mobile. Even with the FDC Word still only let's one search one directory deep...
Any thoughts on that one?
EDIT: to clarify, while saving files it works, but i'm reffering to the OPEN-file dialog. Which still s**cks.
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Yup, Office Mobile has a different file dialog. I don't know how it can be changed.
CharlyV said:
It exist also gsgetfile.dll for Smartphones.
"http://www.geocities.jp/hou_ming_2/gsgetfile-i_sp.zip"
PS: "http://www.geocities.jp/hou_ming_2/beta/FakeCursorSP.zip" also for Smartphones.
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Thanks; as usual, you're GREAT!
CharlyV said:
FDC 1.70 Beta with thumbnail view
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WOW... thumbnails... sounds nice.
How good is it though considering it's still BETA? Menneisyys, have you had a go at this? Any problems reported... speed, stability etc?
Would be great if you could do a review of it.
Cheers
Menneisyys said:
Yup, Office Mobile has a different file dialog. I don't know how it can be changed.
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Office Mobile use own open file dialog, no workaround exist.
CharlyV said:
FDC 1.70 Beta with thumbnail view
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I just downloaded FDC 1.70 Beta. It doesn't have the gsgetfile.dll so I used the same gsgetfile.dll from v1.66 and extracted it along with the v1.70 filedlgchg.cpl you have provided in the link.
When I tried to configure it, I had the option to enable the thumbnail view but when I actually used the File Dialog, I couldn't see anything different from the older v1.66.
Any help would be appreciated.
The new 4.1 beta of Opera Mini has just been released with TONS of new features. Get it at http://www.operamini.com/beta/ . Features include:
* Download and upload files directly in Opera Mini (wowz! UPLOAD!)
* Save pages for offline browsing (another WOWZ!)
* Autocompletion when entering addresses directly
* Find in page (WOOOOOOWZ!)
* Increased server speed during the last months
* Signed versions of Opera Mini (good news too)
Don't forget to download the latest, 3.1 version of Jbed (reviewed & linked to HERE at the bottom.)
(BTW, some of you have asked what I've been working on because I've been quite quiet. I'm
working on my Digital TV Bible, after having read dozens of related books and tons of online documents (I'll post a detailed review of them too)
I need to do some real work too
I'll make another W3C conference speech this month (on multiplatform mobile browsers) and need to update my related Windows Mobile / Symbian / BlackBerry stuff
All in all, I've been pretty busy
Opera Mini 4.1: FULL multiplatform tutorial & review
I don’t need to introduce Opera Mini for any serious mobile device user – it’s been one of the best browsers ever since the release of version 4.0 with all its goodies like favorite synchronization and full layout mode, the latter being excellent on (W)VGA Pocket PC’s and high-resolution Symbian devices like the Nokia E90. Note that I’ve written a review & full comparison to other browsers HERE – please DO read it if you don’t know what Opera Mini is or how it compares to other browsers, in which cases you might want to prefer it to native, fully-fledged browsers like Opera Mobile. Also, make sure you read my two Web Browsing Bibles, linked from the OM4 article, for additional info & comparisons. Finally, note that the linked article only discusses version 4.0; 4.1 is even better and more featureful.
The just-released 4.1 beta takes things even further and implements a lot of long asked-for functionalities. It’s REALLY worth upgrading; note that it can coexist with older versions (including 4.0) on the same handset. That is, if you, for some reason, find it useless, you can easily switch back to the older version without having to reinstall / reconfigure anything.
1.1 Availability; which version to go for?
Navigate to http://mini.opera.com/beta either with your phone’s WAP browser or, if you have Opera on your desktop, with it:
http://www.winmobiletech.com/042008OM41/OM41DownloadPage.png
(mobile browser)
http://www.winmobiletech.com/042008OM41/OM41DesktopOperaDL.png
(Opera on the desktop)
and select any of the upper three links. On the next screen,
http://www.winmobiletech.com/042008OM41/OM41Deploy1.png
just press the left softkey (Continue); then, unless you want to put it in a self-created category, just click OK while it’s on root:
http://www.winmobiletech.com/042008OM41/OM41Deploy2.png
On the following dialog,
http://www.winmobiletech.com/042008OM41/OM41Deploy3.png
just press OK; do the same on the one that follows:
http://www.winmobiletech.com/042008OM41/OM41Deploy4.png
The file will be compiled and you can start it right away by answering Yes on the final screen:
http://www.winmobiletech.com/042008OM41/OM41Deploy6.png
After this, everything is done in the already-known way: accepting the license, pressing buttons for generating a pseudo-random sentence etc.
Note that the 4.1 beta page linked from operamini.com, http://www.operamini.com/beta/, doesn’t contain the signed versions, only the unsigned ones. Therefore, if you only have Mozilla Firefox or Internet Explorer on your desktop, make sure you download the file from inside your Web browser on your handheld. The only exception is BlackBerry, where there isn’t a separate version on the only-handheld or desktop Opera page; then, you can safely download the ZIP file from http://www.operamini.com/beta/ with any desktop browser and use the BB Desktop Manager to quickly install it on your BlackBerry.
If you have a Windows Mobile device with Jbed 3.1, any of the signed versions will do. Note that some people state you need to go for the all-certificate version; that’s not true with Jbed 3.1. Make sure you DO download a signed version and not the unsigned one so that you can easily (without any hacking) can get rid of the security prompts.
Note that, should you still not have Jbed 3.1, read the second section of THIS for more info & the download links.
1.2 What’s new?
1.2.1 Custom text input field
With the new URL input field, address autocompletion works just great:
http://www.winmobiletech.com/042008OM41/OM41AddressAutocomplete.png
Note that
1, unlike with Opera Mobile 9.5 (and just like any other browser, including pre-9.5 versions of Opera Mobile), the titles of these pages aren’t displayed, only the URL’s
2, copy / paste doesn’t work. If you do need it (and you do have a compatible JVM – it’s only the non-recommended TAO that isn’t), you’ll need to switch to the regular, native JVM URL editor by pressing Delete (right softkey, shouldn’t you have a device with a built-in hardware back key like MS Smartphones) once and, then, go down to highlight "Insert Symbol":
http://www.winmobiletech.com/042008OM41/om4insertsymblhighlight.png
Then, just press Action on it to get into the traditional URL input field, with the traditional menus.
3, textual input may be problematic on keyboards with combined numeric and alphabetical keys; for example, on the HTC Vox. In there, the numeric keys will always be considered as keypad numeric buttons; that is, they’ll input a for 1, d for button 2 etc. However, as they’re treated EXACTLY the same way as keypad buttons, you can still input any character or (with long-pressing) number with them. You’ll need to know the latter for numeric input with devices that have a separate numeric row (like the HTC Universal).
4, the Input Address field being new also results in the old system-level browser invocation script not working any more. To fix this,
either switch off the new direct input by just unticking the, by default, enabled "Direct address input" checkbox in Tools / Settings:
http://www.winmobiletech.com/042008OM41/OM41disabledirinut.png
or, alternatively, go for a modification of the current script version available HERE. (Incidentally, note that, now, there’s a full C++ implementation of the invocation script HERE. It’s still not compatible with 4.1 unless you untick "Direct address input" as explained above.)
1.2.2 Signing
First in Opera Mini’s lifetime, it comes signed. What does this mean? When deployed under a capable, compatible JVM (for example, Jbed 3.1), it’ll, upon trying to access the Net / the local file system for saving pages / downloading / uploading files, it’ll prompt you for permission:
http://www.winmobiletech.com/042008OM41/OM41PermissPrompt1.png
(reading the file system)
http://www.winmobiletech.com/042008OM41/OM41PermissPrompt1W.png
(writing the file system)
In there, you’ll notice a (compared to the unsigned case) new "always, don’t ask again" menu item (I’ve highlighted it in the following screenshot):
http://www.winmobiletech.com/042008OM41/OM41PermissPrompt2.png
Make sure you do select this before pressing OK. This will make sure you won’t ever need to answer this question any more.
Upon trying to saving pages, it even prompts you to switch to the signed version, should you still have a non-signed one:
http://www.winmobiletech.com/042008OM41/OM41PromptForSignedVersion.png
The link indeed takes you to a tutorial:
http://www.winmobiletech.com/042008OM41/OM41PromptForSignedVersion2.png
http://www.winmobiletech.com/042008OM41/OM41PromptForSignedVersion3.png
http://www.winmobiletech.com/042008OM41/OM41PromptForSignedVersion4.png
(as can clearly be seen, there is not a single word on Windows Mobile. Note that the tutorial is also directly available HERE)
1.2.3 Page Saving
The new page saving feature allows for saving the current page, along with all its resources (images), to a file. The file is in the native (condensed HTML in textual mode + JPEG images) format of Opera Mini currently not readable by other applications. Should you still need some of the contents for copy/paste operations, you can still directly copy from the file with a text viewer. This also means this also allows for some kind of rudimentary copy/paste functionality if you use an external file viewer like that of Resco File Explorer. Then, based on the (latest) timestamp of the saved page (the saved pages have cryptic filenames; however, you can easily recognize them based both of their timestamp in the file system and their header, which contains the title of the page), you view it and look for the info you wanted to copy to clipboard (and, from there, to, say, Notes or Word Mobile). As you can see, it’s in no way so easy than, say, copying and straightforward than copying the full / the visible textual contents of the page into a text input field, where a user could already highlight anything and copy to the clipboard (unless she uses TAO Intent), though. Hope the Opera coders also implement this, otherwise, very simple-to-code feature.
Note that the page saving target dialog is only displayed once (upon the first page saving attempt) and is pretty much far away from being pretty and/or intuitional (and, of course, it has missing functionality present in, say, the standard OS file save dialog like creating subdirectories) but it still does the job. Just select the directory you’d like to save your pages to. Again, remember this can’t be changed later so select a directory with sufficiently large free storage.
First, you’ll need to select the storage type you’d like to save your pages to. In the following screenshot, I’ve selected Storage Card:
http://www.winmobiletech.com/042008OM41/OM41SaveTarget1.png
After pressing Action, you’ll be shown the directories in there. You can select any of them (and, then, iteratively, any of its subdirectories etc.). Just press Select (left softkey) on the directory you’d like to save your stuff in. For example, in the following screenshot, I’ve stayed on Storage Card when pressing the key; this means it’ll store the pages in the root of the card:
http://www.winmobiletech.com/042008OM41/OM41SaveTarget2.png
(note that, as the storage card roots can only have up to 128 files, this isn’t the best thing to do unless you’re absolutely sure you only want to save some pages.)
Finally, you’ll be prompted a "Page saved." message:
http://www.winmobiletech.com/042008OM41/OM41SaveTarget3.png
Get rid of it with the Action button.
After this, all the saved pages will be listed in Tools / Saved Pages (and the latest three on the startpage):
http://www.winmobiletech.com/042008OM41/OM41StartpageSavedPageList.png
A VGA screenshot with more than one saved page:
http://www.winmobiletech.com/042008OM41/OM41ListOfSavedPages.png
http://www.winmobiletech.com/042008OM41/OM41ListOfSavedPagesVGA.png
1.2.4 Finding text in pages
Tools / Find in page implements something I’ve been asking for years: in-page text search. It not only iterates over all the occurrences of the searched-for word (see the "Next" left softkey), but also conveniently highlights all the occurrences. In the following screenshot, you can see the results of searching for the word "Opera" in the Opera Mini forums:
http://www.winmobiletech.com/042008OM41/41FindInPagesOpera.png
1.2.5 In-app file up/download
A lot of users have been asking the Opera folks for allowing for in-browser download and, even more importantly, upload.
1.2.5.1 Download
In-browser downloading, for Windows Mobile users, isn’t that important. It’s probably mostly MS Smartphone users that will find this useful because, as has also been explained in my MS Smartphone Web Browsing Bible (see section 1.1.1 Fixing the binary file download problem), the built-in Internet Explorer Mobile only downloads certain types of files. For Symbian users with, say, a Nokia N95 with a pre-20 firmware version, it’s more so because Symbian often killed Opera Mini when loading up Nokia Web for handling the download. This isn’t an issue with the new firmware version any more, of course – neither is with N95 8GB, N95-3, N82 or the soon-to-come, new, DVB-H enabled N-series models.)
Note that, while file system access is supported in the latest and most recommended Jbed 3.1, this isn’t necessarily the case with other MIDlet Managers. Therefore, you’re strongly recommended to upgrade to Jbed 3.1.
The new in-Opera download looks like this:
http://www.winmobiletech.com/042008OM41/MP3Download1.png
If you select Save As, you’ll be presented the usual file selector; here, I instruct it to save the contents on the storage card:
http://www.winmobiletech.com/042008OM41/MP3Download2.png
Then, the download will start:
http://www.winmobiletech.com/042008OM41/MP3Download3.png
If, instead of Save As, you select Open:
http://www.winmobiletech.com/042008OM41/MP3Download4.png
you’ll be taken to IE:
http://www.winmobiletech.com/042008OM41/MP3Download5.png
which downloads the file:
http://www.winmobiletech.com/042008OM41/MP3Download6.png
Unfortunately, if you go for in-process download, you can’t do anything else during downloading – as is the case with regular page loading. That is, you end up staring at the download screen. If you absolutely hate this and/or the download takes too much time (for example, during fetching a looooooong MP3), go for downloading within Internet Explorer Mobile and switching back to Opera Mini for browsing. You can safely do this: IEM will just download the file in the background without problems. (Unless, of course, you haven’t registered the file type with the system. Then, you’ll need to stick strictly with the built-in downloader of OM4.1.)
1.2.5.2 Upload
With Jukka "Yucca" Korpela’s excellent article & tester suite File input (or "upload") in HTML forms:
http://www.winmobiletech.com/042008OM41/FileUpload2.png
Then, the usual Opera file handler will be shown (not that of the OS). Let’s upload some text file:
http://www.winmobiletech.com/042008OM41/FileUpload3.png
http://www.winmobiletech.com/042008OM41/FileUpload4.png
and the results are as expected:
http://www.winmobiletech.com/042008OM41/FileUpload5.png
(note that it the (later?) 4.0 series it is rendered as can be seen in HERE but, of course, the "Choose" file chooser couldn’t be activated)
In this regard, Opera Mini (along with the commercial (!) Opera Mobile and [the, currently, severely crippled Technical Preview] NetFront) is the only browser to support file upload on the MS Smartphone platform. Let me point out that the built-in Internet Explorer Mobile (still) doesn’t support upload.
2. What’s still missing / problematic?
Now, in addition to direct copy/paste of textual contents, I only miss navigating (switching back) to any already-downloaded page while loading a new one. You can only navigate on the current page while fetching a new page but can’t use, say, #5 to quickly bring up the list of currently open pages and quickly switch to another page. There isn’t a "download page in background" feature either, which would be able for allowing this. This can be a nuisance, particularly on inherently sloooooooooow platforms like the current crop of BlackBerries.
Also, on Pocket PC devices with a built-in keyboard could benefit from some similar keyboard layout than on BlackBerries. On the latter, you can use the (wide and easy-to-reach) Space button to scroll a page down. I wish you could do the same on Windows Mobile devices. (In there, you still must use the "8" button, which is pretty much out of reach in two-hand, "bedtime" operation.)
The problem of "flashing", non-displayed pictures, particularly with pages heavily loaded with them, is still present.
Finally, the lack of italic support is (still) a big pain in the back. I don’t understand why the Opera folks don’t implement this (must be related to the additional storage the custom, smallest character set would require with added italic support, I don’t know – if that’s the problem, at least non-smallest characters should have this support) – after all, ALL major KVM’s do support rendering text in italics. (See my related tests in my MIDlet Bible.)
3. BlackBerry
The BlackBerry version doesn’t support signed versions; that is, as has already been pointed out, you MUST go with the unsigned one. I haven’t encountered any problems with it; page saving / loading, the new address autocomplete etc. all worked just great. I haven’t encountered the common bug with all OM 4.0 versions: that is, the BlackBerry (at least my T-Mo branded 8800) completely locking up upon loading pages. However, this doesn’t mean these bugs have been fixed: I "only" played with the new version on my BB for two or three hours and the aforementioned bug only turns up, say, once a day or two days, assuming actively using OM for at least 2-3 hours a day.
4. Symbian
I’ve also (quickly) tested the new (unsigned) version on my Nokia N95 v20. I haven’t really run into problems so far; neither have my fellow N95 users in the Opera Mini forum. I’ll later report on whether Opera Mini 4.1 still exhibits the well-known, but, fortunately, pretty rare problem of completely locking up the handset, which, as with the BlackBerry, can only be fixed by removing and reinserting the battery.
UPDATE (later the same day):
1. MoDaCo frontpage
2. note that the above-recommended Jbed 3.1 is NOT compatible with WM5 (or with even older operating system versions), only WM6. If you're still on WM5, use the old, "Cloudyfa" 2.1 version instead; or look around at XDA-Devs, where, according to THIS post, the 20080222 version of 3.1 is WM5-compatible.
i don't like the fact that opera mini is java.. which requires to launch java first before launching opera...that only makes the browser startup slower.. i can get to a website much faster with PIE because it launches faster.. sure it has a bunch of cool features but i guess im the only one that dislikes the fact that it's java emulated..
i'll wait for the REAL mobile opera version.
wow this new version of opera mini is great. i love the url input method. file download works great too. works perfectly on the kaiser. in fact im writting from it right now. go opera!
one thing-- the shortcuts method cooked up in the midlet bible doesnt work anymore. ill look into this at a later date. could be as simple as removing the old opera mini.
tft said:
i don't like the fact that opera mini is java.. which requires to launch java first before launching opera...that only makes the browser startup slower.. i can get to a website much faster with PIE because it launches faster.. sure it has a bunch of cool features but i guess im the only one that dislikes the fact that it's java emulated..
i'll wait for the REAL mobile opera version.
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Read my 4.0 review - there, I've elaborated on crating shortcuts to OM so that you can avoid having to start up Jbed first.
UPDATE (04/05/2008):
1. I’ve tested the above (in the previous update) mentioned Jbed Java 3.1 20080222 (available HERE; mirrored HERE for your convenience). It runs flawlessly under WM5 (not only WM6). It supports 3D (tested with Need for speed carbon and Night Fever; neither of them run under the non-3D-capable Cloudyfa 2.1), (as usual, excellent) sound. It can’t be directly installed onto a storage card, however. (As with some older versions, it’s possible it can be hacked there, though, with some manual file copying and registry / start menu link rewriting – I haven’t tested this.)
I’ve also thoroughly tested JBed_20071119.3.1_3dMod_HeapSizeFix_v2_wm6(lovetz1) linked from THIS MoDaCo thread. As a plus, it can be directly installed on a storage card, as opposed to the version above. It, however, doesn’t support sound at all. Otherwise, it seems it’s pretty much the same as the version above – except for WM5-compliance: I haven’t tested the WM5-compliant subversion. I’d stick with the 20080222 (the first) version unless you really need every single byte in your built-in storage.
Note that neither version was able to run the s60v3 (Nokia) version of Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars, the latest-and-greatest real-time strategy from EA Mobile – upon loading the mission (and displaying the progress bar), it just locks up. (Needless to say, it’s working flawlessly on the Nokia N95 v20). It seems no Jbed version is compatible with this excellent game.
2. XDA-Devs user JZ SmartMort has released a very promising title making Opera Mini the system-level browser much simpler and offering a LOT of additional functionality. See his thread HERE. Note that he also posted a somewhat shorter post HERE (in THIS thread, should you also want to read the possible, future discussion of his app).
I've installed 4.1 and it looks great, However, a few points are anoying me.
When I start Opera and I type a new adres, the foll msg apear
"Untrusted application Opera Mini 4.1 wants to send or receive information from.... This will use airtime. Do you allow net access?"
Then the options to choose are:
o Yes, but ask me next time
o Yes, but ask me next session
There is no option: o Yes, dont ask me again ??
When I recall a saved page, I get the next msg "Untrusted application Opera Mini 4.1 wants to read data located on this device or removabl emedia. Do you allow read user data?
The only options are Yes or No. In the security option of Opera, there are settings about reading data. But there are only 2 options
o Ask
o Never allow
Also here, I miss the option: o Dont ask me again !
The next thing is the text input field. I have a HTC tytn (virtual and real keyboard). When I switch the option 'direct addres input' tot ON, I can only type the input via the real keyboard and not via the virtual keyboard (its dissapears).
If I can fix those items, I would be very happy.
I have reinstalled the same file and now the first 2 points are working fine !!
Leaves me to solve the text input field and the virtual keyboard...
UPDATE (04/06/2008): I have some very good news for you all.
1. Several of my readers have asked (see for example THIS) whether it’s possible to change the page save directory in Opera Mini 4.1 after you’ve set it first. Contrary to the popular belief (you must reinstall it from scratch), it’s actually very easy to do this:
a. if you have originally selected a removable storage card as the target media, you only need to remove it before trying to save any page on it. Then, you’ll be prompted an error message and, on the next page saving attempt, you’ll be offered the chance of setting the new save directory. That is, if you’ve originally given Opera Mini a storage card, you can change the save path without any need for hexediting files.
b. if you have provided it with a movable / deletable directory in the built-in storage (or, for that matter, on the storage card), just move (cut / paste) the entire directory somewhere else on your device – or on your storage card. That is, if you’ve given \My Documents to it, just cut it with the built-in File Explorer and paste it to in any other subdirectory. (Of course, you’ll need to paste the directory back once you’re ready with the – failed – page saving attempt if it’s a directory used by other apps too – like \My Documents.)
3, if, for some reason, neither of the above-listed ways works, you’ll need to do some hexediting. To do this, search for the in the name of the directory in the \Windows\appdb\s?__d?.db files with, say, Total Commander (Alt-F7) on the desktop Windows and just change this occurrence to another directory with a hexeditor. An example showing changing \My Documents to \Storage Card with a hexeditor:
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Again, it’ll be FAR easier to temporarily remove / move the directory than hexediting – only do the latter if you simply can’t (temporarily) delete the directory because you’ve given it, say, \Windows or some other, undeletable directory.
2. the native C++ version of the invocation script has been updated to be compliant with 4.1. In addition, badbob001 has updated his MortScript to be compatible with 4.1 and he is also doing automatic (!!!) descriptor parsing & discovery to automatically find the current position of the OM deployment (just like the JZ SmartMort's brand new script I've reported on above), which, so far, needed to be done (once) by hand. See his updated script HERE. Both advancements are discussed HERE, starting with page 10 (post #91).
Menneisyys said:
2. the native C++ version of the invocation script has been updated to be compliant with 4.1. In addition, badbob001 has updated his MortScript to be compatible with 4.1 and he is also doing automatic (!!!) descriptor parsing & discovery to automatically find the current position of the OM deployment (just like the JZ SmartMort's brand new script I've reported on above), which, so far, needed to be done (once) by hand. See his updated script HERE. Both advancements are discussed HERE, starting with page 10 (post #91).
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I am not sure if I understand this correctly. Does this make mi device able to use the virtual keyboard, even if the direct adres input is selected or does it has nothing to do with it?
Quatz said:
I am not sure if I understand this correctly. Does this make mi device able to use the virtual keyboard, even if the direct adres input is selected or does it has nothing to do with it?
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You mean the SIP? You can always assign it to a HW button so that, upon a keypress, it's briught up. If this is what you meant.
Read my Button Bible for more info.
Menneisyys said:
You mean the SIP? You can always assign it to a HW button so that, upon a keypress, it's briught up. If this is what you meant.
Read my Button Bible for more info.
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Sorry, dont know the term SIP!
Where to find this Bible?
Quatz said:
Sorry, dont know the term SIP!
Where to find this Bible?
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A SIP is a software (on-screen) keyboard. SIP stands for 'Soft Input Panel'.
The Button Bible.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=337602
(Google search: "xda dev button bible".)
Thanks, this helps a lot.
I have installed HBsettup and indeed, now I can toggle the SIP on and off when i use Direct Address input.
I am very happy now with Opera Mini !!
having issues with setting up the shortcut to start OM
I have as follows:
"\windows\jbed.exe" -run s1_
OM is the only midlet installed.
also there are NO .jar files in the /windows/appDB/ folder
thanks
EDIT:
did a quick reset and everthings working excellent
Hey thanks for the share. Its really good, I am waiting for the stable version.
Apart from the intense marketing campaign of the moderator posting this thread, can someone give a brief comparison between this Opera Mini and the other Opera ("Opera Mobile"?) that runs on WM5/WM6? I don't get why I would want to run a java, stripped down browser when I can run Opera Mobile. Is it that Mini is intended for phones that can't run the full version, or should Mini be considered as a replacement for the other Operas that run on PDA phones (touchscreen phone/PDAs that run WM5/6).
Ideally an impartial perspective that isn't 5 posts long would be great
DroidSniff is an Android app for Security analysis in wireless networks and capturing facebook, twitter, linkedin and other accounts.
DroidSniff requires ROOT!
Please note:
DroidSniff was developed as a tool for testing the security of your accounts.
This software is neither made for using it in public networks, nor for hijacking any other persons account.
It should only demonstrate the poor security properties network connections without encryption have.
So do not get DroidSniff to harm anybody or use it in order to gain unauthorized access to any account you do not own! Use this software only for analyzing your own security!
Source Code : https://github.com/Evozi/DroidSniff
Please fork and support this project.
This app is based on DroidSheep licence under GPL v3 licence.
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Here's the changelog
Version 1.0.0 Build 16
This is the 1st release of DroidSniff , please report any problem/bugs at here.
[Added] Support for Reddit
[Added] Check Update with Updater
[Improvement] Actionbar for android below 4.0 with new sexy UI
[Improvement] The session list will not jump back to the top when the list refreshed/new session added.
[Improvement] Green tick on the icon will be showed when you saved a cookie
[Improvement] Arp Spoof Service - Cleaned up some code and added "killall arpspoof"
[Removed] Pop Up Activity
[Fix] Sniffed Google and Amazon URL
More will be added in the up-coming version:
- Pref Screen
- User Agent Changer
- and more!
** if anyone want to help to develop this please PM me, I also will post to GitHub later since this is licence under GPLv3
Coming Soon:
Ability to add custom URL
Ability to change user agent
Setting Screen
Export to cookies to any apps , instead just of email
MAC to Vendor
Please give some suggestion and ideas. :laugh:
Download : http://www.mediafire.com/?c3mr5lx34kpmp97
(Please don't forget to report bugs so that we can fix it)
That looks great. I hope you release the source code for it too.
Here is my modded version. As you see I've updated to UI for it and removed unnecessary code. The icon you are using looks great, the DroidSheep icon is so ugly so I removed it, even the Android default icon is more beautiful. Instead of using WebKit I use the default browser (Chrome) cause it's much more faster and easier to navigate on. I really like the bottom bar in your browser, looks great. For me Google isn't working cause it NEVER wants to use non-SSL.
Something that would be great is support for SSLStrip. FaceNiff has it but it costs money. I've been trying to get it working by using APK Manager & dex2jar/JD-GUI without any success. The C/C++ files aren't included in the apk.
I've been trying to change the name from DroidSheep but I had so many problems so I just skipped it. It's easy to change the name in the GUI but going through all source files and replacing everything is a bit harder.
The app is a little buggy cause sometmies it captures the logins but not every time. I'm going to investigate the included C/C++ files and see if there are any filters and how everything works.
download llink?
Hello, why you not integrate a wpa calculator?
Aircondition said:
That looks great. I hope you release the source code for it too.
Here is my modded version. As you see I've updated to UI for it and removed unnecessary code. The icon you are using looks great, the DroidSheep icon is so ugly so I removed it, even the Android default icon is more beautiful. Instead of using WebKit I use the default browser (Chrome) cause it's much more faster and easier to navigate on. I really like the bottom bar in your browser, looks great. For me Google isn't working cause it NEVER wants to use non-SSL.
Something that would be great is support for SSLStrip. FaceNiff has it but it costs money. I've been trying to get it working by using APK Manager & dex2jar/JD-GUI without any success. The C/C++ files aren't included in the apk.
I've been trying to change the name from DroidSheep but I had so many problems so I just skipped it. It's easy to change the name in the GUI but going through all source files and replacing everything is a bit harder.
The app is a little buggy cause sometmies it captures the logins but not every time. I'm going to investigate the included C/C++ files and see if there are any filters and how everything works.
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Thanks for your reply, I think I will try work on the SSLStrip and add DroidSniff the ability to target a specific IP address.
Nice you implemented it to use the default browser (Chrome) Gonna figure out how to do that when i'm free.
Yea, need to disable the SSL so that we can get the Google cookies. On my computer Google.com loads without SSL but with my laptop it automatically use SSL.
Changing the name is quite easy. :laugh:
david23400 said:
download llink?
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Coming Soon :fingers-crossed:
IImanuII said:
Hello, why you not integrate a wpa calculator?
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Do mean WPA Alice Calculator?
Dang my phone was off and this post made me turn it on and then..no link. -_-
Great job though, looks a lot better than Droid SHEEP
This is great, I have used droidsheep and facesniff for my job and now facesniff does not work with 4.x and droidsheep has some leaks and is never updated anymore also the latest source wont compile without some tweaks and messing about.
Looking forward to your app. If you make a donate version I will gladly donate to support further development and no ads
SSL strip implementation would be useful as I have compiled SSLStrip for android but it crashes often, if you figure out how to get it stable then good on ya!
thanks!
The most important feature is definitely SSL support. Just Google "SSLStrip-for-Android" and you will find the source code for it running on Android. It shouldn't be hard to implement cause DroidSheep is based on Arpspoof which is also included in this project. There is also an app you can test on Google Play but it seems to only work with USB tethering from your phone to PC.
Using the default browser is much faster. Here is how you do it:
str1 stands for the url (eg; facebook.com)
str2 stands for the cookies content (eg; for facebook you have to use the "c_user" cookie, dont have any clue why DroidSheep is also using the datr, lu, and xs cookies, it just makes it slower to initialize cookies)
Code:
Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
i.setData(Uri.parse("http://" + str1 + ":8080/" + str1 + "@" + str2));
startActivity(i);
Here is the de-compiled version of FaceNiff. Nothing new here, the "faceniff" which contains the SSLStrip library is already compiled and the sources for it is not included in the project.
http://www.media fire.com/?e5xsan45cefe4fy (i have to low posts for links)
Here is the version of SSLStrip I built from the latest source, minimal changes (better icon n stuff)
http://www.filedropper.com/sslstripforandroid101
+1000 SSL strip is important, facebook and twitter now requires https login. Without ssl strip this app would be obsolete for facebook, twitter penetration.
For any of those who can wait for this app, you may also want to check out a similar app known as FaceNiff.
Have Fun!
Sent from my e1809c_v75_jdt1 using xda app-developers app
So you don't think we know what FaceNiff is? It costs money that's the only bad thing and DroidSheep is free and open source but without support for SSLStrip.
nice i like it
it will be amazing when u add
1-sslstrip with auto save (user + password)
2- open sniffed profiles in the stock browser
3-screenshot to sniffed profile
4-auto save cookies
and this can help u
http://comax.fr/yamas/bt5/yamas.sh
The script I posted on the first page was taken from FaceNiff and after some research it seems like it's forwarding all traffic to port 8080 where it's doing the SSL spoofing and enables opening sessions in the default browser (running through the proxy server). When you click on a profile in FaceNiff it will open "http://facebook.com:8080/[email protected]_IDENTIFIER" and the binary will return a response which will set the cookies and rederict the user to the normal Facebook website. It was working when I tested it but then I realized the FaceNiff app was running on my Android, I stopped it and it didnt work anymore.
As fatcobrah said most important is SSLStrip as most websites are forcing users to use SSL and open profiles in the default browser cause it's much easier to navigate in, you can zoom in/out and it has a very fast Javascript engine (at least in Chrome). Improved filters to capture more websites would also be great and grabbing the users Facebook picture like in FaceNiff is also very useful.
Also found this string inside the faceniff binary "all your passwords are belong to Us!.
btw ARP-spoofing is kinda slow. i mean, having your cellphone work as an "inbetween" router dramatically slows down the connection. i've hacked my bother's account (nothing bad, just posted a "you've been hacked" status). and now everytime the internet slows down, he suspects i'm trying to hack him.
so when you make you AWESOME app, please try making the ARP-spoofing faster.
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i didn't mean to mock you or to offend you in any kind of way
orthonovum said:
Here is the version of SSLStrip I built from the latest source, minimal changes (better icon n stuff)
http://www.filedropper.com/sslstripforandroid101
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Nice , I also plan to try that SSLStrip that ported by crazyricky. Hope that it works.
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@fatcobrah
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Thanks for the suggestion.
Aircondition said:
The script I posted on the first page was taken from FaceNiff and after some research it seems like it's forwarding all traffic to port 8080 where it's doing the SSL spoofing and enables opening sessions in the default browser (running through the proxy server). When you click on a profile in FaceNiff it will open "http://facebook.com:8080/[email protected]_IDENTIFIER" and the binary will return a response which will set the cookies and rederict the user to the normal Facebook website. It was working when I tested it but then I realized the FaceNiff app was running on my Android, I stopped it and it didnt work anymore.
As fatcobrah said most important is SSLStrip as most websites are forcing users to use SSL and open profiles in the default browser cause it's much easier to navigate in, you can zoom in/out and it has a very fast Javascript engine (at least in Chrome). Improved filters to capture more websites would also be great and grabbing the users Facebook picture like in FaceNiff is also very useful.
Also found this string inside the faceniff binary "all your passwords are belong to Us!.
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Yea, agree, and I also found out that the port 8080 will not work unless you start a background service to do the forwarding job like FaceNiff does.
I also looked at faceniff binary and it contain some interesting string. I think when I back home I will try to do that like FaceNiff does.
Riro Zizo said:
btw ARP-spoofing is kinda slow. i mean, having your cellphone work as an "inbetween" router dramatically slows down the connection. i've hacked my bother's account (nothing bad, just posted a "you've been hacked" status). and now everytime the internet slows down, he suspects i'm trying to hack him.
so when you make you AWESOME app, please try making the ARP-spoofing faster.
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This is because of limited bandwidth and processing power of most Android devices, there might be bandwidth problems in networks with a lot of traffi c. This might lead to problems and slow connections for the whole network.
Riro Zizo said:
btw ARP-spoofing is kinda slow. i mean, having your cellphone work as an "inbetween" router dramatically slows down the connection. i've hacked my bother's account (nothing bad, just posted a "you've been hacked" status). and now everytime the internet slows down, he suspects i'm trying to hack him.
so when you make you AWESOME app, please try making the ARP-spoofing faster.
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Without arpspoof running: http://www.speedtest.net/result/2053296350.png
With arpspoof running: http://www.speedtest.net/result/2053297706.png
You say it's slower? You're wrong.
I just tried the SSLSlip ported to Android and here are the results:
1. If you have your homepage as "https://www.google.com" it wont load. You have to start browsing on a non-SSL site and the web proxy NanoHTTPD will transform all https links to http.
2. When I logged in to Google the account name and password was shown in the GUI but it was logged out directly after the page refreshed. Maybe NanoHTTPD can't handle cookies correctly?
3. Much slower and battery is draining much more faster cause everything is going through the NanoHTTPD client.
FaceNiff is running the SSLStrip and webserver in the binary file (Linux kernel) and this port is running it inside the Dalvik virtual machine which will make it go slower. We already know that arpspoof is compatibility with this but not sure about the droidsheep binary...
well, my experience with droidsheep was a slow surfing situation...
and you can't speed test it. explaination:
ARP-spoof is making the PC think that the phone is the router, instead of the actual router.
so with ARP-spoof on: PC---Phone---Router---Internet
now, the speed test is only between the Router and the internet. and with ARP-spoof on, it's between the Phone and the Internet.
the connection will still be slow, because having the Phone run as router is actually really hard to do, having the Phone track the PC's activity, and interfere with it is hard.
the phone gets the command from the PC, then send it to the router, the router responds to the phone, then the phone sends the data to the PC... so it's a slower process than without ARP-spoof.
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This is rather interesting. Will you release the source code?
The source code is already released here:
http://code.google.com/p/droidsheep/
Please note that xDragonZ is not the author of this project, he have only changed the GUI and improved it. Here you can see how it works:
http://droidsheep.de/download/Bachelorarbeit.pdf
Moderators: if this thread is in wrong place please forgive and move it to a location best suitable for this thread.
Self-introduction I come from law-enforcement digital forensics background aimed at data extractions from mobile devices.
I would like to introduce a tool that I created.
Andriller
http://andriller.com
Andriller is a Windows GUI forensic tool, that performs read-only, forensically sound, non-destructive acquisition from Android devices. The executable is run from a terminal or by executing directly; it produces results in the terminal window, and a report in a HTML format.
Usage:
Download Andriller from the download page and install. To use the software you need to obtain a license key (free trial available). Instructions on doing this will be provided on the page
Note: Android version 4.2.2+ requires to authorise the PC to accept RSA fingerprint. Please do so, and tick the box to remember for future.
Note: Devices with Superuser or SuperSU App require to authorise root access from an unlocked screen. Please grand permissions if requested.
Description:
Once andriller is executed, it will produce permilinary results in the terminal window; for rooted devices it will download and decode the content automatically. It will produce a new folder in the location where it was executed, where the main "REPORT.html" file can be opened in a web browser.
Supported data extraction:
Non-root devices (Android versions 2.x):
- Android device make and model
- IMEI, build version, OS version
- Wifi mac address
- Time and date check
- SIM card details (for a some Galaxy Sx devices only)
- Synchronised accounts
Non-rooted devices (via backup method, Android versions 4.x and above)
- Wi-Fi passwords (WPA-PSK/WEP)
- Call logs (Samsung) register
- Android browser saved passwords
- Android browser browsing history
- Google Chrome saved passwords
- Google Chrome browsing history
- Facebook* chat messages
- Facebook* user viewed photographs
- Facebook* user notifications
- WhatsApp* contacts list
- WhatsApp* chat messages
- Kik Messenger* chat messages
- BBM* chat messages (Blackberry Messenger)
- Viber* chat messages
Rooted devices (via root adbd or 'su' binary, any Android versions):
- Security lockscreen pattern gesture extraction (decoding online)
- Security lockscreen PIN code cracking (up to 8 digits long)
- Wi-Fi passwords (WPA-PSK/WEP)
- Synchronised accounts and profile picture
- Bluetooth mac address and name
- Phonebook contacts
- Call logs register
- Call logs (Samsung) register
- SMS messages
- Android browser saved passwords
- Android browser browsing history
- Google Chrome saved passwords
- Google Chrome browsing history
- Facebook* friends list
- Facebook* chat messages
- Facebook* user viewed photographs
- Facebook* user notifications
- WhatsApp* contacts list
- WhatsApp* chat messages
- Kik Messenger* chat messages
- BBM* chat messages (Blackberry Messenger)
- Viber* chat messages
* = if an Application is installed
Disclaimer:
Andriller comes with absolutely no warranty. Even though Andriller was written in a way to be a forensically sound read-only utility, I do not take any responsibility to any damage or harm caused to your computer systems or your Android devices, which may be believed to have been caused by executing Andriller. I also do not take any responsibility of any unsolicited, non-consensual or unlawful misuses of this utility. It is the end user's responsibility to believe an appropriate consent or a lawful excuse was obtained if the utility is used with an other's Android devices, and they are aware what the utility does.
Visit http://andriller.com to download the latest software
Andriller performing AB extraction
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Reporting in HTML
Android Decoders
Password Cracking
Update 14/10/2013
Version 1.0.0a
Python-based compiled executable for MS Windows uploaded.
http://andriller.com
Update 07/11/2013
Version 1.1.0a
Added support to the latest Facebook App.
Minor improvements to decoding method.
Updated 13/01/2013
Version 1.2.0a
Added support for:
- Lockscreen PIN cracking
- Wi-Fi passwords
- Android web browser
--- Saved passwords
--- Browsing history
- Google Chrome web browser
--- Saved passwords
--- Browsing history
- Synchronised accounts
- Kik Messenger
- BBM (Blackberry Messenger)
Improvements to downloading and decoding.
Minor bugs fixed.
Updated 03/02/2013
Version 1.3.0a
Added support for:
- Data extraction via backup method (android version 4.x), no need for root.
Updated 17/02/2013
Version 1.3.1a
Added support for:
- Android (default) E-mail client:
--- Account and passwords
--- E-mails support
Minor bugs fixed.
Updated 21/02/2013
Version 1.3.2a
Improved data handling.
Bugs fixed for PIN cracking.
Updated 01/04/2014
Version 2.0.0
Graphical User Interface (GUI) - for Windows XP/Vista/7/8
Lockscreen cracking for:
--- Pattern
--- PIN
--- Password (using a wordlist file)
Decoding of individual of databases
Also includes all features from previous versions of Andriller
Requires registration, free 7 days license
Updated 19/04/2014
Version 2.0.1
Transferred to andriller.com domain
- Minor bugs fixed
- Added support for decoding Grindr App messages & users (Apple iOS)
- Window size reduced to accommodate smaller resolutions
- Default font changed to Consolas
- License key filename is now stored as the unique id
Updated 29/04/2014
Version 2.0.2
- Installer; Andriller now comes as a Setup Installer for Windows
- Improved PIN and Password cracking speed of up to 48% faster than previously
- Minor bugs fixed
- Some descriptions clarified
Updated ??/05/2014
Version 2.0.3
- Decoders in menus were fixed for error handling
- Typing mistakes corrected (oops)
- Minor improvements all-round
Updated 14/05/2014
Version 2.0.4
- Added support for Viber Messages chat (Android)
- Fixed a bug in Email decoder, so the feature is working now
- Chrome web browser decoding works for any mobile/desktop operating system (Android, iOS, Windows, Unix, Mac)
- Fixed Facebook chat messages decoding for the latest App version
- Decoders; if [Output] if chosen, the decoded data will be saved there; else the decoded data will be displayed in a temporary directory
- Error handling improved within file browsing/saving, license key registration
seriously awesome dude
dude i am working on presentation on forensics ill surely give out your tool in the first place all the others congs :angel::angel::angel:
stealthroot said:
dude i am working on presentation on forensics ill surely give out your tool in the first place all the others congs :angel::angel::angel:
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Thanks buddy, all the best luck with your presentation and forensics! :good:
Andriller is awesome, customer of yours since half a year, cannot recommend it enough.
This deserves a bump.^^
Hi.
Does your tool support retrieving (at least as a read-only) applications installed and their data from dead Android phones (particularly from those which are not rooted and stuck on boot and showing only logo)?
Do you know any other open-source solution for this?
Thank you.
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Hi.
Does your tool support retrieving (at least as a read-only) applications installed and their data from dead Android phones (particularly from those which are not rooted and stuck on boot and showing only logo)?
Do you know any other open-source solution for this?
Thank you.
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What you are looking for does not exist (to my knowledge). There isn't a single tool to magically repair half-broken Android devices. It's handset make model dependant. This will require extensive manual interactions to repair boot loops, re-flashing individual partitions, etc. If not successful, the options left are JTAG or even chip-off.
den4uk said:
What you are looking for does not exist (to my knowledge). There isn't a single tool to magically repair half-broken Android devices. It's handset make model dependant. This will require extensive manual interactions to repair boot loops, re-flashing individual partitions, etc. If not successful, the options left are JTAG or even chip-off.
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Thanks for your reply.
Actually, what I want primarily is not to repair the device itself, but to extract some apps installed with their data which are important.
If there is no a single solution, could you please tell what open source solutions can be used as a complex in this case and what sources would you advise to read (as a starting point and to have a general idea) in order to get a better understanding of possible solutions for this kind of problems?
Andriller is actually working!!!!
Thanks !
Thanks 4 this very useful tool!
At work i use UFED and XRY to aquire and analyse mobile datas...
...but this tool is definitly worth to use beside this two programs.... :good:
greets from austria
chris_forens!c
what is andriller reg. key
Can't extract/decode call logs
I'm able to extract the backup, but I'm not getting call logs for some reason. Is there a different way I should be using the decoder? I ran the adb extraction and got account info, phone MAC, build, wifi passwords and download history. After playing around a bit, I extracted the ab image using 'tools' then parsed the extracted folder which gave me chrome saved passwords and chrome history. I tried parsing .tar and .ab files extracted and didn't get anything useful. Using the call log decoder, i tried to access the com.android.calllogbackup file but theres only a manifest file there (no .db). Any advice on getting call/text logs? Will i need to root the phone? Its a Samsung Galaxy On5, on 6.0.1
(got enough posts so I could move this thread here)
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Desktop Store
(didn't habe the brains to come up with a nice name like "Subvert", if you have something good in mind, tell me, but I still would be glad to merge with toxickills project, even if it's only for the cool name )
Screenshots
Program Download Links:
RT Desktop Store Installer
Features
50 apps packaged
install/uninstall packages
all items on the startpage get shuffled
tile creation
start apps directly from the store
Todo
sometimes uninstalled packages are still displayed as installed (restarting the store currently fixes this)
tile management (delete, check for already existant tile)
add store tile to the start screen
add screenshots to existing packages
pack the remaining packages
distributed repositories
package/installation updates
and much more - if you have ideas, tell me
How can you help?
If you would like to help me with the packages until I release the package manager: send me screenshots from the packaged applications available in the store, as this is hard for me to do (I don't even use every application myself).
Here are some criteria for screenshots I would like you to check before sending them to me:
make the size exactly 1366x768 or 683x384, so that they don't scale bad in the screenshots control
If the app can't run fullscreen or maximized window, its always nice to have the pc property window in the background showing the Windows RT logo text
you can also make only screenshots from the application window itself and place them on a canvas complying to point 1., maybe applying a nice dropshadow
don't edit the screenshots in any other way, let them look natural
and if you can: screenshot them in a productive/properly used scenario, that's always the best to see
Mail adress should be viewable in my profile, just sent it there, or if you have mailbox space issues, sent me a link to the screenshot(s), Thanks!
Further information:
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Hey guys, so i have been sitting some hours and tried to take up what djboo (thread) had no time to continue on.
I've build a little RT Desktop Store based on his idea on getting a repository to present packages and let you download them via a custom store client.
If you are confused: No this is not the store called "Subvert" build by Toxickill, which he posted on this thread.
So what's the reason for this "duplicate" ? Well i wrote my own store during the same time Toxickill did, but when i released my first screenshots, i saw he had released his first beta only a few hours earlier. We used the same UI Framework it seems, so our applications even look similar. I wrote him asking what to do, if we could work together, etc. because it would be dumb not to use our resources together, to make this work for you even better. But since he hasn't been answering my PM and I don't have the permission to post in his development thread as of yet, I thought i could at least release what i have build so far, let you review it and maybe even Toxickill will notice me And if not? Well i don't mind doing this alone since I already spent all this time doing it this way, and im so glad of being able to give back something to the community (This is my first ever publicly released application!). If you like my store (or don't like it), please comment so that I can make it better
And while I'm on the road, i can as well earn my 10+ posts, so that i can post in the development threads
If you are interested in working together: i have setup a TFS on my server which we can use for working on this project.
Ok now for the application.
Concept
Basically, it's the same concept djboo originally pointed out: have a repository with packages, let a store client download, unpack and install them. So far so good.
I've gone a bit further and tried to make the client look & feel like the normal windows store app (still a lot to be done, but it really looks alike).
The current repository is hosted on my server. While i have plans to release my the package creator too, i will first release the client, because the package creator is not that, erm, user friendly right now. In fact i have, because of my store client design, divided packaging and the repository, because the basic packages that can be build contain more that what is needed to simply install the application. After building a package you can add it to a repository (using a repository manager) which then will unwrap all that is only needed for the store client presentation of the package (tile images, screenshots, etc.) and present the rest of the package as downloadable file for the store client.
If you want to see it, here is a screenshot from my package builder application that I will release once all the applications available have been packaged and added to my repository (thinking of a simple package creation service that spawns new guids, so that ppl creating packages for the same application will get the same application guid to prevent presentation of duplicate entries by the store client)
Installation & Files
First and foremost: you need to jailbreak your device (Windows 8.0 only, hopefully 8.1 will follow soon)
To install the store client, simply download and run this Installer from my server.
The store client will get installed under your Program Files folder, creating a new Folder named "RT Desktop Store". Installation consists of 2 steps:
The Installer downloads and then and runs the launcher for the store client
The Launcher downloads the latest store client files and starts the RT Desktop store (this will happen every time you start the store client)
Packages that you install from the store will not be installed under your Program Files folder, but a Folder called "Program Files (RTDS)" (same parent directory as your Program Files folder). This is for not confusing the packages installed from the store with any existing applications in your Program Files folder. Uninstallers for all all installed packages will be held in the "__storepackages" folder of your RT Desktop Store installation directory (like C:\Program Files\RT Desktop Store\__storepackages).
If you install an app, the store client will also create a Tile on your start screen, using the command line interface of OblyTile - if a tile is supported by the package. If no tile is specified by the package, the application will start after installation, so that you can at least pin it directly to your task bar. Unfortunately, programmatic removal of tiles via OblyTile is not possible as of yet, so you would need to unpin them yourself. The same goes for checking of already existing tiles. The same tile will just get created a gain. But the will most likely be pointing to the same file, so just delete all but one of the tiles.
Shortcuts
As long as i dont release a proper installer that creates shortcuts, start menu entries and/or a live tile, you will have to pin the store client yourself. I recommend you to create a shortcut to "RTDStore.exe", not "RTDStore.Launcher.exe", because the launcher application may get renamed during an update process. That aside, it doesn't matter if you run the launcher or the store client directly, the launcher will be called either way to check for updates.
Packages
I have yet to package every application that has been ported already, but i got roughly 1/3 of them already packaged (they may not all include screenshots, tiles etc, but that will follow this week, along with the remaining ported apps i think.
Finally
Have fun and i hope everything works well. If you experience any errors, please comment here or sent me a PM, so that i can fix them and let the new versions get pushed to you by my launcher as soon as possible
Disclaimer
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NICE WORK BRO!!!
Question) after installing an app though your store, could we specify the desktop-shortcut-Icon in your package Manager? (Im asking this because some of my Projects use a cmd file to start the app, and the Icon is pretty boring)[subvert has NOT this Feature]
Cheers
Blade
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Just tested it. it Looks AWESOME
Notes:
-No Settings available (how to add own repo-URLs?)
-We Need your Package-Manager
Improvements:
-small visual bugs while going through. Perhaps you can include a "wait-till-loaded"-function, this will solve all visual bugs and make it all soo much smoother
-Possible to add "touch-scrolling"? that would be soo cool, if we dont Need to use the scrollbar at the bottom and are able to also scroll via dragging in the middle...just like the real store
(also the scrolling brings visual bugs while moving. Bug disappear on stopping...)
I think this has got a HUGE potential! Please Keep it up the good work.
BIade said:
NICE WORK BRO!!!
Question) after installing an app though your store, could we specify the desktop-shortcut-Icon in your package Manager? (Im asking this because some of my Projects use a cmd file to start the app, and the Icon is pretty boring)[subvert has NOT this Feature]
Cheers
Blade
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Hi Blade! (Cheers from Cologne)
If I understand you correctly, you use some kind of launcher for some of your programs, which in turn starts your program (i guess you mean something like ClassicStartMenu, where you need to restart the explorer after launching the start menu, because otherwise it won't show up in the taskbar). And because of this, you pin, of course, your launcher to the desktop instead of the program that's getting started - makes sense. In my package manager you can specify a list of applications that are included in the package and, as of now, a small and normal sized tile for OblyTile to generate the start screen tile for each application. I guess i could extend this to support desktop shortcuts, but would have to look into the windows shortcut file format (.lnk) - which I had planned anyway, because I need more control over the created tiles than simply creating them, and they're essentially .lnk files, too. Currently you can put a launcher in the package and run it via the tile that will get created for it - I will show you how that works once I've released the package manager.
BIade said:
EDIT:
Just tested it. it Looks AWESOME
Notes:
-No Settings available (how to add own repo-URLs?)
-We Need your Package-Manager
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As I've written in my todo-list above, distributed repositories are yet to come, I just have to find a way to make the packages unique - maybe by providing a packaging service for the package manager, that spawns a GUID for a given application name, so that the same package doesn't get listed twice in the store. But that in turn would create a new problem: how do you decide from where to get a package? As there is no real server behind an application that could work as some kind of load balancer. I would display a message from which hosting the package is being retrieved upon installation, but rather not show them as separate repositories in the store. But I think it would be reasonable to give the user the opportunity to select from which repository to get the package if he wants to install it - if a package is broken, or not available on the repository automatically selected by the store.
But furthermore, what about a package where someone includes a nice launcher and someone else doesn't? Need to think about it.
Today I will try to get over with packaging most of the remaining apps. After that's done, I will take up getting the package manager ready to release accompanied by a distributed repository mechanism, as those two go hand in hand.
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Improvements:
-small visual bugs while going through. Perhaps you can include a "wait-till-loaded"-function, this will solve all visual bugs and make it all soo much smoother
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Yeah I did most of it with the new async-feature of C#, for the smaller installations that works perfectly, but larger ones make the application hang - that was to be expected because async just executes on the GUI thread too, just does lazy evaluation. I already moved a part of the installation to background threads, but will move the whole thing. And the last few days were just dirty hacking, so i don't have a centralized installation overview as of yet, that's why the installation messages start bugging once you switch to another app page.
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-Possible to add "touch-scrolling"? that would be soo cool, if we dont Need to use the scrollbar at the bottom and are able to also scroll via dragging in the middle...just like the real store
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I guess that's somehow possible, just wasn't on the top of my list.
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(also the scrolling brings visual bugs while moving. Bug disappear on stopping...)
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I daresay that's an issue with the not-so-lightning-fast ARM processor, as this runs perfectly fine on my desktop pc. Surely GDI+ related, but i guess there is something that can be done for some smooth animation.
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I think this has got a HUGE potential! Please Keep it up the good work.
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Thank you very much!
Cheers back from Cologne
For the repos:
Adding a Settings-tab with a list of repos, where only your repo is listened, but where users can add/delete custom repos.
For the "not duplicated" and the "from whom" problem:
Custom-repos could get their own tab like:
[Available(perhaps rename it to "Main") | Custom1 | Custom2 | Installed | Settings]
And Custom-Titles could been set in settings to make it look like:
[Main Apps | Blade's Apps | xda-Apps | Installed | Settings]
Totally off topic:
On the 12.12 I write an important exam in the uni. But after that I would like to meet you for a coffee, if you want. Since we both live in cologne, perhaps we can share some ideas or/and learn something from each other. I would love to help you with your store, and perhaps i got some cool stuff for you:
(ps3-hacking, Android-app-development, Micro-controller-programming, home-automation, and many many more....)
Your idea for the different repositories is quite nice, I will implement this soon, as it will be quite easy I think. But for the long run I will still be looking for a more integrated solution.
Offtopic too:
Sure why not! Just PM me the details of the approximate when and where and we'll go for it You can also write your PM in german
Hit the 50 packages mark! Hurray!
And ~160 RT Desktop Store Downloads!
If you would like to help me with the packages until I release the package manager: send me screenshots from the packaged applications available in the store, as this is hard for me to do (I don't even use every application myself). Here are some criteria for screenshots I would like you to check before sending them to me:
make the size exactly 1366x768 or 683x384, so that they don't scale bad in the screenshots control
If the app can't run fullscreen or maximized window, its always nice to have the pc property window in the background showing the Windows RT logo text
you can also make only screenshots from the application window itself and place them on a canvas complying to point 1., maybe applying a nice dropshadow
don't edit the screenshots in any other way, let them look natural
and if you can: screenshot them in a productive/properly used scenario, that's always the best to see
Mail adress should be viewable in my profile, just sent it there, or if you have mailbox space issues, sent me a link to the screenshot(s), Thanks!
Hi
Tried to install it today but cannot.
My device is nokia lumia 2520
Before installation i did jailbreak, looks done well.
When im trying install desktop store getting info there is it not possible, please visit market etc.8
wojtas29 said:
My device is nokia lumia 2520
Before installation i did jailbreak, looks done well.
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You didnt do the jailbreak then. the jailbreak works on RT 8.0 only, it does not function on 8.1 and the lumia 2520 comes pre loaded with 8.1.
wojtas29 said:
Hi
Tried to install it today but cannot.
My device is nokia lumia 2520
Before installation i did jailbreak, looks done well.
When im trying install desktop store getting info there is it not possible, please visit market etc.8
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Just as SixSixSevenSeven mentioned: if you didn't downgrade your lumia to Windows 8.0 (don't know if it's possible), it won't work. Maybe you ran the jailbreak, but it failed for sure. If not, this would be breaking news for Myriachan and the others xD
Short update:
I'm currently working an a packaging modification. I'll package the apps directly as .appx files using the windows store package builder shipped with visual studio. Toxickill told me, that despite this, the Original Windows store won't install the packages directly, so I'll be building an appx installer afterwards. And if we ever get the Windows Store to install our custom .appx packages without a custom installer, we will already have the correct package format Furthermore, the windows store package format is quite convenient regarding structure of package information and files. And in any case better than me trying to reinvent the package-format-wheel.
For the store client/repositoriy, the packages will be wrapped with additionaly info (images and other stuff, and I'm modifying my package builder to be a combination of the visual studio built-in package manifest editor and the devcenter web page for publishing windows store apps (some of you may know what I'm talking about, the others will just get to see the new package builder in a few days^^). This way, ppl can create packages of ported apps, without needing their own repository to publish it, but send it to someone hosting a package repository, who can simple import the package, which then gets unwrapped and put into the repository, presenting it's information to the store client.
In my opinion, microsoft has done some nice work, streamlining the app creation and publishing process for the windows store. And by trying to comply to their application, packaging, redistribution standards, I hope we may be able to get something out of them regarding jailbreak and such, making them see, that, if correctly managed, desktop apps are not lowering the user experience on windows rt at all, but are an enrichment instead
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if you didn't downgrade your lumia to Windows 8.0 (don't know if it's possible)
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It isn't possible unfortunately :/
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It isn't possible unfortunately :/
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That's rather unfortunate :/ Then the only hope for you, wojtas29, is the next jailbreak...
Just to let you know, I'm not dead yet Sadly I don't get as much time as I would like to. I'll package some more apps when I have some spare minutes at work this week and hopefully I will get a huge step done with the package manager this weekend, so that you can use it. Bear with me
Yeah!
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not installing on surface rt
I don't if your still working on this project or not but I need your help!!
I can't install this app on surface rt 8.1 jailbreak.
when I want to run this app it sez "this app can't run on your pc to find apps on this pc, open the windows store."
and then I tried to open it using the x86 emulator and then the notepad opened. at the last line it seas :
[ 6500]E: Error loading program: 1168
(I don't known if this in the emulator error or D.stores error.
helllllp!!!!
Dead horse LoL
Anyway, I did get the installer to launch after signing the file using the 'signtool', however it looks like the dependencies aren't available (probably dead server). Stuck at 'Downloading Launcher' ... 0/0B
Windows 8.1 Jailbroke.
Happily, the 2017 community edition of Visual Studio still let's us compile apps as 'Any CPU', so at least I can still build stuff.
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Dead horse LoL
Anyway, I did get the installer to launch after signing the file using the 'signtool', however it looks like the dependencies aren't available (probably dead server). Stuck at 'Downloading Launcher' ... 0/0B
Windows 8.1 Jailbroke.
Happily, the 2017 community edition of Visual Studio still let's us compile apps as 'Any CPU', so at least I can still build stuff.
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hey did you get it to work Im having the same problem .
trying this in 2019 on my surface RT Win8.1 jailbreak with no luck. Is the app dead?
frayes said:
trying this in 2019 on my surface RT Win8.1 jailbreak with no luck. Is the app dead?
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Yes
frayes said:
trying this in 2019 on my surface RT Win8.1 jailbreak with no luck. Is the app dead?
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It says it can only work on Windows 8.0, not 8.1. Did you also try that? I want to try this on my RT too but I am reading into the downgrade first.