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[Q] Samsung Focus 1.3 and Clean Rom with StraghtTalk

Well finally all my Samsung Focus's are off of AT&T contract and I am am moving them over to StraightTalk. The first one I moved three months ago to them still doesn't do MMS due to Samsung not exposing the settings and Samsung locking down the old way of breaking into the file system and dropping the XML.
I was thinking about flashing the Clean ROM 2.01a on one of the phones and then trying to get MMS working with that one under StraightTalk. Anyone have any recommendations for have made this work for the Samsung Focus?
Thanks...

I got it to work!
After a couple of house piecing together information from a few other posts here on XDA I the Focus 1.3 updated to Tango using clean ROM and was able to side load the StraghtTalk package and MMS works great. Only downside is that I had to erase the phone such is life. Now I only have to update two more phones.
Here is the steps that I took:
Get the files needed
Download clean ROM 2.01a from XDA Developers: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1528984
Get the Samsung drivers from XDA Developers: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=961956
Get the new bootloader from XDA Developers: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22278269
Get the StaightTalk XAP from XDA Developers: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=35737150&postcount=263
Windows Phone 7.1 SDK for Windows Phone Deployment: https://dev.windowsphone.com/en-us/downloadsdk
Get the installs going
Install the Samsung drivers
Install the windows phone SDK
Install New Bootloader
Put phone into upload mode: POWER + VOLUME UP + CAMERA
Launch the bootloader install: DFT_MLI_SAM1.exe
Follow instructions
Wait till successful and reboot phone
Install New ROM
Reset the data in phone: 'Settings' -> 'about' -> 'reset your phone' -> 'yes' -> 'yes'
At screen off hold VOLUME DOWN + CAMERA
Use the "Cancel" option on the screen: "<-" Back arrow
You should see the new bootloader screen
Plug phone into computer
Run DFT_WPI_SAM1.exe from Clean ROM directory
Follow instructions
Will take a long time to boot with the white bar advancing
Initial setup of phone "Microsoft account" etc. Also connect once to Zune to name phone as before
Phone is now ready to use leave plugged into computer and Zune running
Set Phone Up for StraightTalk
Phone will probably be pin locked so best to run the WindowsBreak from the phone: http://windowsphonehacker.com/windowbreak
Click "WindowBreak Me"
Tap on "windowbreak" A browser window should open up. Ignore it.
Launch Diagnostics on the phone Dial *#9908#
Select "windowbreak" from the dropdown list
Press Save and reboot the device
Make sure phone is still connected to Zune
Launch application deployment from sdk
Deploy the straghttalk XAP (rename from zip to xap) before deploying
Go to diagnostics and dial *#9908#
Select StraightTalk from drop down
Press Save and reboot phone.
Test a MMS and you should be all set

Updated Windows 8.1 to Windows 10 upgrade guide for HTC One m8 Windows (October 2016)

How to upgrade to Windows 10 on your HTC One M8 for Windows running Windows Phone 8.1
Prerequisites:
a. A Microsoft account. You NEED one to do this. Preferably sync it with your phone BEFORE you do all this, it will make your life so much easier. Even if you are paranoid about Microsoft getting all your data, you STILL need an account to complete the steps here.
b. Several pieces of software. Please use the versions specified in this walkthrough. Other versions have not worked well. You can download them all in a RAR file from: https://mega.nz/#!2JNBTCiZ!tBFDPMFzUu3g7EqulH9BSlFFebv4IcZiPrRSvS_fx88
c. Patience. If you mess up a step, all the way up through the Windows 10 install, you can flash back to stock WP8.1! You can probably even downgrade afterwards.
d. A MicroSD card is required. I didn’t have one installed on the phone before I started, but it’s 100% necessary (I’ll detail why as we proceed).
e. A willingness to completely wipe your phone. This ought to go without saying, but I’ve had people ask me “oh you mean I have to delete EVERYTHING?” Yes. Your phone will be reset to factory at least once in this process.
Credits:
Thanks to Bladeni, on whose instructions this is based. And all the folks at XDA Developers and Betanews, Disqus and a few other places I’m probably forgetting. The guys who wrote WindowsPhoneCustomPFD and CustomWPSystem. And the whole community!
Walkthrough:
1. Backup all your data. Preferably to the cloud. But if you are a privacy nut, put it all on your computer. Or the SD card. Somewhere other than main phone RAM which is going to be completely wiped.
2. Charge your phone to 50%. I know other walkthroughs say 40, and the tools say 25, but the reality is that we don’t know how fast your battery will drain once the phone is in bootloader mode.
3. If for some reason you have Windows Insider or Preview for Developers installed, uninstall them now!
4. Install the Windows Device Recovery Tool on your PC and run it.
5. You may also at this point want to install HTC Sync Manager, just to get the HTC drivers.
6. Restart in bootloader. This is a point of some contention, but basically hold down the power button until the phone tells you to swipe to restart. As soon as the screen goes black, hold down both volume buttons. You should get this screen (those are barcodes under the black swatches):
a. If the phone shuts all the way down, just hit the power button for a long press, then immediately hit the volume buttons. It takes a couple tries if you’ve never done it.
7. Plug the cable into the phone and the computer. Wait for Windows to recognize the device. Check Device manager to make sure it shows up as HTC Phone and not an unknown device.
a. If it shows up as an unknown device, try installing HTC Sync Manager (see list at end).
b. If it STILL shows up as unknown, install HTC Drivers Standalone (see list).
c. If that doesn’t work, as a last resort, right click the unknown device, update driver, and browse to where you unzipped the Fujitsu driver.
8. Once the device is recognized, you may need to hit “My device was not detected” in the Recovery Tool.
a. If you do, browse to “Other OEM’s” and then to “HTC”.
9. Now hit next, don’t give a reason (“Continue without submission”), and wait. After a few minutes, your phone will be back to Windows 8.1 factory image.
10. You need to set up WP8.1 – sign in with your account. If it starts to restore your stuff, let it do so – you have to wait until the queue is clear before you can proceed, so take this time to install the other software you need:
11. Install the WP8.0 SDK Tools Lite Setup. It may give errors about setting up links. Ignore them.
12. Install the WP8.1 SDK Tools Lite Setup. It may give errors also but usually won’t.
13. Once the phone is stable, go to Storage Sense and make sure that apps are set to install TO THE PHONE. This is super important!
14. If for some reason you still have Windows Insider or Preview for Developers installed (you shouldn’t, after step 2), uninstall them now! I’ve seen this happen with Preview for Developers.
15. Under the Windows Phone SDK 8.1 on your PC (NOT THE 8.0!) run “Windows Phone Developer Registration”.
a. Unlock the phone, it HAS to be on the start screen for this to work.
b. Log in with your Windows account (same as on the phone! Very important!) and hit “register”. You can tell it worked because when you run it again, it will say “unregister” (don’t unregister, but you can check!)
16. Under the Windows Phone SDK 8.1 on your PC, run “App Deployment” and select the CustomWPSystem_0500.xap file you previously downloaded. Deploy it.
17. Now open up your phone in explorer, and go to the downloads folder. Drag the CustomPFD_0003.xap into this folder. DO NOT DEPLOY THIS XAP.
18. If you want HTC Sense TV, download it from the store now, since after this step it will be impossible to install.
You are now ready to start modding the phone. Nothing you’ve done until this point has been destructive or done anything other than a reset. Now is the point where you probably void your warranty. You’ve been warned! We are about to hack a Microsoft app to make it into a registry editor.
19. THIS IS CRITICAL. Navigate to storage sense and set apps to install to the SD card. If you don’t do this, NOTHING ELSE WILL WORK FROM HERE ON OUT.
20. This website has a helpful set of screenshots for the next section: http://windowsphonecustompfd.blogspot.com/2015/01/you-need-two-filesfirst-custompfd0003.html?m=1
21. Download the “Preview for Developers” app from the store. Wait for it to finish installing.
22. Run the CustomWPSystem app on your phone.
23. Tap the red button labeled “SD Card Permissions”, then tap SD Card, then hit the check mark. The button should turn green.
24. Make sure “Preview for Developers” is selected (it is the default).
25. Now select the CustomPFD_0003.xap file using the select button.
26. Hit “apply XAP”. IF THE APP CRASHES AT THIS POINT, you have done something wrong. Most likely you didn’t set apps to download to the phone and SD card at the right places. The CustomWPSystem app MUST be installed on the phone and the Preview for Developers app MUST be installed to the SD card. You MUST be logged in with the correct Windows account. Go back and check everything again. If you have to, drop back to the system restore again using the Recovery Tool.
27. Go to the apps pane, and you should see that Preview for Developers now has a weird green icon with a key on it instead of the purple icon it came with. If it doesn’t, see step 25.
OK, for real. Now you’re going to void the warranty, since you’re about to edit the registry. Basically we are about to trick the phone into thinking that it’s a Nokia Lumia 735, which is a phone with roughly similar specs to this one, at least as far as the Windows 10 update process is concerned.
28. Run the Preview for Developers. This is now a modifier registry editor. You’ll see “cannot write here”. That’s normal. Navigate to:
a. HKLM (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE)
b. SYSTEM
c. Platform
d. DeviceTargetingInfo
29. Now you’ll see you can write. So let’s find the keys we need. There are three. In each case, pick the key, then you’ll do this:
a. Hit the plus at the bottom.
b. Put the name of the key in the top field.
c. Pick “String” instead of “Key”.
d. Put the required data in the bottom field.
e. Hit “write”.
30. If your screen doesn’t move the keyboard out of the way, just hit back (ONLY ONCE) to get the other fields to show.
31. The three keys, with their data, are as follows. Remember they should all be set to type “string”:
a. PhoneManufacturer (yes, caps are important and leave off the quotes) is currently “HTC”, change it to “NOKIA”.
b. PhoneManufacturerModelName is currenly “HTC6995LVW”, change it to “RM-1089_1087”.
c. PhoneModelName is currenly “HTC6995LVW”, change it to “Lumia 735”.
32. Double check them by clicking back into them one at a time. Make sure the data is correct.
33. Download the “Windows Insider App” from the app store, and run it.
34. Register, and click “get insider builds”. When presented with a choice, choose the top selection. This is called the “Fast Ring”. It gets you the latest preview build, which is needed for bug fixes for the HTC One M8. Prior builds – stable and prod – don’t have the keyboard or SIM card working properly.
35. Reboot.
36. After reboot, check for updates the normal way. You should see an update starting. This is Windows 10. Let it install. THIS TAKES A LONG TIME.
37. Once you’ve rebooted into Windows 10, there will be a lot of other updates. Be patient and eventually it will be time to proceed.
38. Go to your app pane – notice that the Insider app as well as the Preview app are all the way at the top under “recently added”. The Preview app has no text, just an icon. This is normal.
39. Run the Preview app, and reverse the steps above to restore the original values (HTC, HTC6995LVW, HTC6995LVW) to the keys in steps 29-31.
a. If your Preview app is missing, you can try the Interop tools (included here) but they crash on a lot of builds for a lot of people when you try to go into the “Platform” subkey of the registry.
b. To install Interop tools, just load the file onto your phone and go run it from file explorer.
c. To run Interop tools (it isn’t an app, it’s a control panel applet!), go to settings->extras->interop tools.
40. Run the Insider app again, and this time put it onto release ring (the bottom option). This is optional – you can choose to continue to get all the latest options, but the latest ones tend to be buggier. I will update these instructions when the release build is good enough for the HTC One m8 to use in step 34. But for now, you may want to do this step.
Again, the download location is:
https://mega.nz/#!2JNBTCiZ!tBFDPMFzUu3g7EqulH9BSlFFebv4IcZiPrRSvS_fx88

I have an issue on Step 15.
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"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"
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I have unregistered and registered 3 times and still I cannot deploy.

And you reformatted the phone (factory reset) in the earlier step?

Same Problem
I encountered the exactly same problem on Step 15. Solution?

completed.! (31-10-2016) but I'm not convertible into Vietnam language .

quocthai75 said:
completed.! (31-10-2016) but I'm not convertible into Vietnam language .
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I try to do it again and stuck here.!!!!!!!!! Microsoft seems to have seen and prevent.!

Yes I did flash to OEM. I have opened a case with Microsoft as well to see why it says I have to many unlocks when my Dev account shows no unlocks.

That's interesting. Maybe they wised up to this method? I'll try an play around with it again this upcoming weekend. As a quick check, can you try using the 8.0 version of the app loader?

I appreciate that. I also submitted a support ticket with Microsoft and they refused to help, instead directing me to the forums, which advised me to ... submit a support ticket. I reset my phone to OEM and same error message. But I have confidence you'll be able to outsmart them. Thanks.
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I also tried 8.0 application deployer. No luck. Same error message. Not sure this is related, but I have a developer account and my phone, even when registered as unlocked using SDK tool, will not appear in the Dev Center's Dashboard as an unlocked device. And when I try to open Preview for Developers on my phone, I log in with the same username and password as my developer account but it won't recognize that and sends me to a page to buy a developer account.

MarkinSD said:
I appreciate that. I also submitted a support ticket with Microsoft and they refused to help, instead directing me to the forums, which advised me to ... submit a support ticket. I reset my phone to OEM and same error message. But I have confidence you'll be able to outsmart them. Thanks.
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I also tried 8.0 application deployer. No luck. Same error message. Not sure this is related, but I have a developer account and my phone, even when registered as unlocked using SDK tool, will not appear in the Dev Center's Dashboard as an unlocked device. And when I try to open Preview for Developers on my phone, I log in with the same username and password as my developer account but it won't recognize that and sends me to a page to buy a developer account.
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Uh-oh. It sounds like they have killed the "one phone for non-developers" workaround that they had previously put in place. I don't have a test phone - the one I upgraded has become my daily driver - but I'll see what I can figure out.

I did I! I made it through. Microsoft fixed my developer account and I went all the way through. Do I need to relock the phone or no? Also should I uninstall the XAP 003 app or the reg editor?

quocthai75 said:
I try to do it again and stuck here.!!!!!!!!! Microsoft seems to have seen and prevent.!
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Microsoft limitations of the app installation for free account dev
I used another free account and everything is perfect, but Windows Insider problem, I didn't find the building in there...

Success
Worked perfectly once Microsoft fixed app deployment problem. Appreciate all your hard work setting this up!

What build of Windows 10 should I have? I currently have 10586.107. Is there a way to get a more current build?

had a couple of these phones laying around after we switched to Lumia 735s this worked just fine, i will say one thing the phone got very hot! i nearly dropped the phone when i picked it up, after all the updates it cooled down and is running like a dream so far

To update to a higher build
MarkinSD said:
What build of Windows 10 should I have? I currently have 10586.107. Is there a way to get a more current build?
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Ensure you enable developer mode on your phone
Install Interop on your device and follow instruction
. Open Interop Tools (Settings->Extras)
Please take a snap shot of the original setting before alerting, this is very important
Click the "Registry Browser" button
Open "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE"
Open "SYSTEM"
Open "Platform"
Open "DeviceTargetingInfo"
Open "PhoneManufacturer"
In the "Value Data" field, enter "NOKIA" (all caps). Click "Write"
Open "PhoneManufacturerModelName"
In the "Value Data" field, enter "RM-1089_1087". Click "Write"
Open "PhoneModelName"
In the "Value Data" field, enter "Lumia 735". Click "Write"
Run Windows Update in fast or slow ring
Restart phone after update and change by to the default values
Click the "Registry Browser" button
Open "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE"
Open "SYSTEM"
Open "Platform"
Open "DeviceTargetingInfo"
Open "PhoneManufacturer"
In the "Value Data" field, enter "HTC" (all caps). Click "Write"
Open "PhoneManufacturerModelName"
In the "Value Data" field, enter "HTC6995LVW". Click "Write"
Open "PhoneModelName"
In the "Value Data" field, enter "HTC6995LVW". Click "Write"

HTC M8 Windows to Windows 10 mobile lastest build
Instructions to root HTC One M8 with Windows Phone 8.1 to install Windows 10 mobile
1. Backup all your pictures, videos, music and files to your SD card or your Computer, remember every thing will be erased
2. Download the latest Windows Device Recovery Tool
3. Ensure that your battery charge is 40%.
4. Restart your phone and hold down the volume keys at the same time.
5. If there is a gear and lighting symbol restart the phone again because you were unsuccessful.
6. To restart the phone hold down the Power and volume down key until the phone vibrates
7. Immediately hold down the both volume keys.
8. One successful you will see a white screen appear with the phone serial number another information.
9. Connect to the phone with the USB cable to the computer with windows device recovery tool open
10. If the windows device recovery tool shows the message: My device was not detected
11. Click My device was not detected and click Other OEMs and Select HTC
12. Click next and continue without submission. Please note formatting your phone back to factory is very important to registering your phone in further steps.
13. At this point your phone should be formatting to Windows Phone 8.1
14. Complete initial setup of the phone on Windows Phone 8.1
15. Ensure that you signed in with a Microsoft account.
16. Download files WP8.0 SDK Tools Lite Setup Av1.20
17. Download files WP8.1 SDK Tools Lite Setup Av1.20
18. The files are normally in a zip format use WinRAR to extract them
19. Extract contents of the zip files and run the InstallWP80SDKToolsLite bat file.
20. Extract contents of the zip files and run the InstallWP81SDKToolsLite bat file.
21. Click start navigate to Windows phone SDK 8.0 then click Windows Phone developer registration.
22. Ensure that the device is on, unlocked and in the start screen.
23. Click Register. Wait, for the pop up window for you to enter your Microsoft account.
24. Enter to same Microsoft account that you are using on the phone.
25. One successfully completed you would see the option to Unregister.
26. Download the XAP file: CustomWPSystem_0500.xap
27. Note if the file is downloaded with a zip extension change the extension to XAP.
28. For example: CustomWPSystem_0500.zip to CustomWPSystem_0500.xap
29. Click start navigate to Windows phone SDK 8.0 then click application deployment.
30. Ensure that the device is on, unlocked and in the start screen.
31. Click browse in application deployment, navigate to the CustomWPSystem_0500.xap you downloaded
32. Select the file and click deploy.
33. Download the file CustomPDF_0003.xap as stated before if it is zip change it to xap
34. Copy CustomPDF_0003.xap to your phone internal memory in documents
35. Go to storage sense and set app, to be installed on SD card.
36. Open this website :
37.
38. Use the above website as a visual reference
39. Open the deployed app CustomWPSystem on your phone
40. Follow the instructions in the app. Tap SD card permission
41. Select the SD card root folder this means navigate to the SD card and no other sub folder and tap the tick
42. SD card permission should be green
43. Click download from the store to download Preview for developers after the app is installed hold the back and app switch back to CustomWPSystem app
44. Scroll down and click select the XAP, navigate to the CustomPDF_0003.xap file located on your phone
45. Click Apply the Xap once finished
46. Open the Preview for developers app the icon has change to greenish color with a key
47. Follow these instructions
48. Please take screen shots by pressing volume Up and the power button at the same time before making changes
49.
50.
51. Open "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE" Or HKLM
52. Open "SYSTEM"
53. Open "Platform"
54. Open "DeviceTargetingInfo"
55. Once the Application was applied properly you will notice on the top a message: you can write hear
56. Open "PhoneManufacturer"
57. Ensure you take a screen shoot and note the original values
58. Click the Plus button at the bottom
59. In the first field enter: PhoneManufacturer
60. Change Type to String
61. In the last "Value Data" field, enter "NOKIA" (all caps). Click "Write" please do not enter inverted comma.
62. Press the back arrow in Windows phone 8.1
63. Open "PhoneManufacturerModelName"
64. Ensure you take a screen shoot and note the original values
65. Click the Plus button at the bottom
66. In the first field enter: PhoneManufacturerModelName
67. Change Type to String
68. In the "Value Data" field, enter "RM-1089_1087". Click "Write" please do not enter inverted comma.
69. Press the back arrow in Windows phone 8.1
70. Open "PhoneModelName"
71. Ensure you take a screen shoot and note the original values
72. Click the Plus button at the bottom
73. In the first field enter: PhoneManufacturerModelName
74. Change Type to String
75. In the "Value Data" field, enter "Lumia 735". Click "Write"
76. Press the back arrow in Windows phone 8.1
77. Please note HTC sense tv can only be downloaded in Windows phone 8.1 store if you update before downloading it you will never be able to download for deploy it to your windows 10 mobile phone.
78. Once you have modified the registry
79. Download and open the Windows Insider app
80. Join the fast ring. Reboot your device when prompted.
81. After the reboot, check for updates and you should start downloading the latest Redstone build.
82. Repeat steps after windows 10 installation to restore your previous registry values
83. Do this only after you have reached the lastest build
84. Please note however you will lose HTC sense tv app after the factory reset
85. Download : InteropToolsApp_0.0.2.0_arm.appxbundle
86. Open Interop Tools locate in (Settings->Extras)
87. Click the "Registry Browser" button
88. Open "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE"
89. Open "SYSTEM"
90. Open "Platform"
91. Open "DeviceTargetingInfo"
92. Open "PhoneManufacturer"
93. In the "Value Data" field, enter "HTC" (all caps). Click "Write"
94. Open "PhoneManufacturerModelName"
95. Enter the appropriate Original Value below.
96. In the "Value Data" field, enter "HTC6995LVW". Click "Write"
97. Open "PhoneModelName"
98. In the "Value Data" field, enter "HTC6995LVW". Click "Write"
The files can be found in xda-developers.
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First off - thank you for these instructions, they are excellent!!! I BELIEVE I have followed everything to the 'T'...unfortunately, I am stuck at step "80", I install Windows Insider with no problem, then I open it, select "Get preview builds" (my only option) and get the message "Server Error - A connection error prevented us from downloading programs for you. Please check the date/time of your device and its network connection and try again.". I have tried:
Turning it off and back on.
'Soft' reset
Setting time manually
Setting to Pacific time zone (what it defaulted to when I started it up)
Uninstalling/reinstalling Windows Insider (with reboots in-between)
Checking all registry edits, re-doing them
Researching this error online has not yielded any solutions outside the ones I have already tried.
Can anyone help/suggest something please? Thanks!

I am having the same problem with windows insider, server error, thanks for any help

I resolved my issue - by leveraging another forum in addition to all the great information on this one, here's the link: http://forums.windowscentral.com/htc-one-m8-windows/426772-5.htm and below are the exact instructions. it's a little bit of a hassle to pull the cabs but IT WORKS. I started right from where I couldn't move forward (step 80), though I uninstalled Windows Insider and put the registry settings back to 'normal' until this was complete. Interestingly, after completing and REINSTALLING Windows Insider, same error BUT Windows Update from control panel seems to work. It has restarted/rebooted several times but is now on the most recent update (November 9th) that I know of. No glitches (YET) to report, except for battery life seems shorter. Hope this helps someone!
Excerpt (starts from step 2 because step 1 is the Windows device recovery tool resetting device to 8.1 - if you've followed these instructions up to this point you don't need to do that)
....
2. Go to this site: 14219-10586 htc w8 tmous (0P6B140) - Pastebin.com and grab all of the .cab file urls. These urls are from this thread: [W10M BUILDS] Update links collection (cab-f… | Windows 10 Development and Hacking)
3. This is the part that sucks... Paste each url into a browser to download the file (you should end up with 47 files) - on a side note, if anyone doesn't want to do this, I could paste a link to a zipped folder with all of the files
4. Place all the files into a folder named "cabs" in your C: drive (ex: C:\cabs)
5. Download and install the Windows Driver Kit from http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=526733
6. Open command prompt (windows + R then "cmd") and enter this command (places you in the proper folder to execute the next command): cd C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Tools\bin\i386
7. While your phone is connected to the PC, run the command: iutool.exe -V -p "C:\cabs" - it will take a while to execute as it transfers, then installs all 47 files. I think it took about 75-90 minutes for me.
Once that finishes, you'll be on build 10586.11
Once you've completed those steps, you can follow the directions posted by benj1091 at the beginning of the thread to OP the registry (via Interop Tools) to match a Lumia 735. If you want, you can then (or before) install Windows Insider to select your insider ring.

[Resolved] Tested Android Device Manager Lock -> PIN not accepted on device

Preface: I have rooted my device before (TWRP, Magisk).
Because I go on vacation, I wanted to try out the Android Device Manager for locating, locking and purging my Android smartphone..
I registered Android Device Manager app with device administrators.
I went to the Google Device Manager website (https://www.google.com/android/find), have chosen my smartphone and hit lock. The website asked me about PIN, info text and telephone number to display. I pasted (not typed!) "1234" in all of the three fields. The PIN box was masked but was showing 4 asterisks for 4 characters ("1234"). I hit lock and the issue begun.
After 1-3 seconds my smartphone locked up (yay) and showing info text + telephone number (both "1234" as pasted) and I tapped the PIN field to enter the PIN. I entered "1234" and the smartphone just vibrates and the PIN field was emptied.
I tried "1234" several times until the dialog shows "only 2 more tries" (or similar).
I shutdown the smartphone and created a full backup with TWRP and copied the backup and data files to an external USB stick.
Question: Can I remove/reset/change the Google Device Manager PIN? Either with ADB/Root/TWRP/whatever? I tried the website but while in the locked state it only shows the fields for info text and telephone number.
Device Info:
OnePlus 3T (OxygenOS 4.1.6)

Somehow I found a "solution" which make me thing this is completely useless.
After performing the backup with TWRP I restarted the device into normal mode.
I was asked about the device password (not Device Manager PIN). I saw the "locked by Device Manager" in the background. I have entered my device password (not the Device Manager PIN) and everything was unlocked!
Why on earth is there a Device Manager PIN when "the system" is using the device password anyway?

burnersk said:
Somehow I found a "solution" which make me thing this is completely useless.
After performing the backup with TWRP I restarted the device into normal mode.
I was asked about the device password (not Device Manager PIN). I saw the "locked by Device Manager" in the background. I have entered my device password (not the Device Manager PIN) and everything was unlocked!
Why on earth is there a Device Manager PIN when "the system" is using the device password anyway?
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Hello
Because the one who stole it maybe able to decrypt your device ?
++ you could have deleted pin files from twrp

[UPDATED GUIDE] [BOOTLOADER UNLOCK] Huawei p8 lite 2017 (pra-lx1)

This guide is the only one made and tested personally by me, I am not responsible for malfunctions or any damage to the device, carefully read every single step and everything will be successful
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[ATTENTION]: Before proceeding, save all your data on your computer and REMOVE ANY KIND OF UNLOCKING (sequence, pin, fingerprint etc ..); remove the sim and the microSD; get a microSD, at least 3/4 giga, where you can upload the files necessary for the procedure.
[NECESSARY CONDITIONS]: Starting from emui 8; have the cell phone charged to 100%; bootloader unlocked and the only procedure I know and working is the one I propose in the guide, the code is obtained by paying 4 €/$, THERE ARE NO FREE ALTERNATIVES.
[PREREQUISITES]: Download -> HiSuite , Dc-Unlocker
At this point we create a folder on the desktop and we will call it ANDROID1O to have a reference point and we will extract the folder contained in the dc-unlocker archive. Once the folder has been extracted, install adb and fastboot in order. At this point we can also install HiSuite.
[PROCEDURE]
[DOWNGRADE] In
order for dc-unlocker to read the bootloader code it is necessary to go back to an older version of android, so let's proceed as follows:
(1) We connect the mobile phone to the computer and start HiSuite, in some cases it will start automatically, and we follow the procedure that will be shown to us to enable debugging. If you have followed everything correctly HiSuite will read your device without problems.
(2) Remaining on HiSuite, click on the UPDATE SYSTEM item, a window will appear, at this point we can press on PREVIOUS VERSION (now I don't remember the precise wording) and we can start the downgrade. It will take a while.
(3) At the end of the downgrade we can start the mobile phone by skipping and ignoring the various configurations by putting the language in Italian as a matter of practicality, let's move on to the next step
[GET BOOTLOADER CODE]
(1) We go to the system settings ---> information ----> we do many taps until the message "now you are a developer" appears ----> we go back ----> developer options and activate usb debugging.
(2) Let's go to HiSuite and in the settings located at the top right we remove the check mark under "Start when it connects to the device" and close it.
(3) We buy the credits to read the bootloader code from https://www.dc-unlocker.com/buy in this way:
- We select the payment method
- We leave "new user account"
- We enter a username that we like it
- We enter an e-mail address to which we can easily access, here we will be sent the credentials to be able to access dc-ulocker
- We enter 4 in the credits box and then type on confirm
- If everything went well, the screen will appear with the credentials and you will receive a copy on the email
(We now have the necessary credits to be able to read the unlock code)
(4) Let's go back to the folder created on the desktop and start dc-unlocker and clicking on the SERVER item we enter the credentials obtained on the site
(5) At this point in the drop-down at the top left we look for the item HUAWEI PHONES
(6) A guide will appear that in any case I will report here:
- In the call keypad type the following combination * # * # 2846579 # * # *
- Press on MANUFACTURE MODE
(7) We can connect the mobile phone and press on the magnifying glass we see on dc-unlocker and if we have done everything correctly the program it will detect our mobile phone
(8) When the phone has been recognized we go to the UNLOCKING section and press on READ BOOTLOADER CODE, if we have done everything correctly we will get a code that we will enter somewhere so as not to lose it, we will need it later
(I leave you the video dc-unlocker official guide on how to unlock bootloader if you have any doubts ---> Help
(9) We disconnect the mobile phone from the computer
(10) After writing down the bootloader code we can close dc-unlocker, connect the mobile phone to a wifi network and search for system updates to return to the latest version of android and therefore to emui8,
if no updates appear, we try to force them by going to settings, wifi, press and hold on the wifi to which we are connected, modify, check advanced options, press on proxy, manual,
in proxy hostname we write localhost and in the port we write 8080 , we press on connect and if we return to the updates item it should find the most recent version. At this point we can update the mobile phone to the most recent version.
[BOOTLOADER UNLOCK]
(1) After returning to the most recent version of android we turn on the mobile phone
(2) We go to the system settings ---> information ----> do many taps until the message "you are now a developer "----> go back ----> developer options and activate the usb debug and the active voice unlock manufacturer
(3) We connect the mobile phone to the computer, press on transfer files, go back to the developer settings and activate the debug , at this point the mobile will ask us to give permissions to our computer and we confirm
(4) Let's go back to the desktop and at the top right click on file, open windows powershell, open windows poweshell as administrator and click on yes
(5) We type the command "adb devices" (write it without quotes), we wait for the end of the 'execution of the command and type again the command "adb devices" (without quotes)
and so we will see a number that corresponds to our mobile phone
(6) We give the command "adb reboot bootloader" (without quotes) and we send
(7) The mobile phone will start in a white screen with an android, the important thing is that two written in red appear with the words PHONE Unlocked and FRP Unlock
(8) From the Widows poweshell screen opened previously we give the command "fastboot oem unlock CODICEBOOTLOADER" (without quotation marks) (CODICEBOOTLOADER refers to the code obtained with Dc-Unlocker) and press on
enter (9) On the cellualre a warning will appear, press once the volume up key and then the power key to confirm the unlocking of the bootloader
(10) When the procedure is finished, it will take very little time, we give the command "fastboot reboot" (without quotes) and when the mobile phone screen it will go black we unplug it
(11) The cellualre will restart a couple of times with a white and other yellow writing, let it go, it will be returned to the factory settings and we will just have to skip all the configuration procedures but set the language in Italian
Finally the bootloader is unlocked!

Here's a free way https://github.com/SkyEmie/huawei-honor-unlock-bootloader

JanoRasho13 said:
Here's a free way https://github.com/SkyEmie/huawei-honor-unlock-bootloader
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You try this?

pitrazzu said:
You try this?
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I didn't, but a friend of mine with p20 lite succeeded unlocking!

JanoRasho13 said:
I didn't, but a friend of mine with p20 lite succeeded unlocking!
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Knowing this sooner I would do it with this tool. Anyway good to knoe but I don't think I would stay with Huawei brand due to their anti-community mods policy.

DunoCZ said:
Knowing this sooner I would do it with this tool. Anyway good to knoe but I don't think I would stay with Huawei brand due to their anti-community mods policy.
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Yes, absolutelly. Why you prevent me to mod my phone if the phone is mine?

Here is a free alternative to DC-UNLOCKER
I've unlocked the bootloader and installed TWRP on my wife's phone (emui 8 up to date dec 2020)
Here is the program : Potato NV
Follow these instructions : PotatoNV - wiki
To find where the testpoint is located search for pralx1 STF testpoint on your favourite internet search engine.
PS : By the way, the understanding of how it works goes way beyond my technical skills...

Junkilito said:
Here is a free alternative to DC-UNLOCKER
I've unlocked the bootloader and installed TWRP on my wife's phone (emui 8 up to date dec 2020)
Here is the program : Potato NV
Follow these instructions : PotatoNV - wiki
To find where the testpoint is located search for pralx1 STF testpoint on your favourite internet search engine.
PS : By the way, the understanding of how it works goes way beyond my technical skills...
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And that means I no longer need to downgrade?

gabefufezan said:
And that means I no longer need to downgrade?
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I didn't need to downgrade. I've just downgraded after the unlock via dload in order to install Android 11 Rom.

JanoRasho13 said:
Here's a free way https://github.com/SkyEmie/huawei-honor-unlock-bootloader
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I want to try this way. Did it work for you guys?

This is supossed to happen, right?

gabefufezan said:
View attachment 5273573This is supossed to happen, right?
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It's almost impossible to find it randomly. There are too many combinations...
If you read the issue section of this git, you'll see it by yourself.

Junkilito said:
It's almost impossible to find it randomly. There are too many combinations...
If you read the issue section of this git, you'll see it by yourself.
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So that means the tool is unefficient?

gabefufezan said:
So that means the tool is unefficient?
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I think so.

gabefufezan said:
So that means the tool is unefficient?
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I tried but It didn't work. Unfortunately I had an aplhanumeric code despite that my device was european, and this made impossible the task to find the code ( it would take millions of years to do a minimum percentage of combinations ).
I found it using PotatoNV, it adds the difficult part to disassemble the phone but it is very efficient.

gabefufezan said:
View attachment 5273573This is supossed to happen, right?
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It is not supposed to happen this way. You have to see something like "fastboot error: wrong password", so you're probably missing some permissions.
Anyway unless you have a numeric code there is virtually zero chance to find it in that way.
In my case I ran the script and in ~4 hours it tried all the numeric codes supposed to fit with my imei, but with no success. Later I discovered that my code was alphanumeric.

Hi everyone, I've just obtained te bootloader code, but now I'm stuck on EMUI 5.0.3, there are no updates available.
I tried forcing it but nothing changes..

On my P8 Lite 2017, I've tried the PotatoNV method which is, in fact, very easy (the most difficult part was to open the back cover, but with an opening tool it's easier) and no need to downgrade. For me the SkyEmie method was just a waste of time.

pitrazzu said:
(10) After writing down the bootloader code we can close dc-unlocker, connect the mobile phone to a wifi network and search for system updates to return to the latest version of android and therefore to emui8,
if no updates appear, we try to force them by going to settings, wifi, press and hold on the wifi to which we are connected, modify, check advanced options, press on proxy, manual,
in proxy hostname we write localhost and in the port we write 8080 , we press on connect and if we return to the updates item it should find the most recent version. At this point we can update the mobile phone to the most recent version.
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Hello, i'm stuck at this step, i'm back at EMUI 5.0.3 and when i check for update it tells me "no updates"

Worked for me (PRA-LX1) !!
So easy, except from potatoNV (didn't try back panel is broken, as a result I cannot open my phone) all other free solutions have not worked for me.

[GUIDE] UNLOCK BOOTLOADER IN EU VARIANT

DESCRIPTION
Realme Like Few Other Companies Have Dishonest Rules For Unlocking The Bootloader In Different Regions(EU). Unlocking Bootloader On The EU Variants Is Not Allowed By Realme. But I Have Found A Way To Remove The Restriction And Pave The Way For Further Development.
This Will Not Unlock Your Bootloader But It Will Convert Your Device To Global Variant (EX) There By Allowing You To Apply For Bootloader Unlock. Tested On Realme 5 (EU) Variant
NOTES
I'm Not Responsible For Anything Whatsoever. If This Guide Leads You To A Bricked Device I'll Simply Laugh At You.
STEPS (FOLLOW VERY CAREFULLY)
1. Download the Oppo_Free_Unlock_v1.0.zip file from this link
2. Enable Developer Options, USB Debugging & Make Sure Device Is Detected
3. Now Connect Your Device To The Computer Using A Micro USB Cable
3. Open Control Panel - Device Manager and expand the Network Adapters category.
4. Disable all your ethernet adapters except the wifi adapter .
5. Click on the action tab, then choose add legacy hardware
7. Choose install the hardware that I manually select from a list (Advanced) and click next.
8. Click network adapters, then click next.
9. Select Microsoft and choose Microsoft KM-TEST Loopback Adapter, then click next.
10. Click next, then click finish.
11. In the device manager,browse the Network adapters and double click on Microsoft KM-TEST Loopback Adapter to open its properties.
12. Go to the Advanced tab and find the Network Address option
13. Click the blank chackbox and paste 704D7B61ABCD in the text box .
14. Close the properties window and close Device Manager.
15. Go to where you extracted the unlock tools. Open Sec5.exe.
16. Make sure your device is in MTP mode, and then press the Unlock button.
17. After about a second, a string of numbers and letters should show up in the left pane. A few seconds later, "OK" should start flashing in the right pane. Press "Stop unlocking" and close the window.
18. Open the phone app on your device and dial *#3954391#. Then dial *#391#. A screen should come up with a whole bunch of regions listed. Take a look which region is marked in green, this is your current region .Write it so that you can go back if you want .
19. Now you can choose any region you want, I tested two, "IN INDIA" AND "MULTILINGUAL VERSION EX"
20. Your phone should now reboot. Once it's rebooted, your region will have changed .
Every time you changed region and want to change it again you need to use the software.
CREDITS
@or965 (For The Orginal Trick)
@Hanif380 (For Testing)

Followed this guide and finally managed to get the android 10 update. For some reason my region was stuck on Android 9.
Thanks.

mizdrake7 said:
DESCRIPTION
Realme Like Few Other Companies Have Dishonest Rules For Unlocking The Bootloader In Different Regions(EU). Unlocking Bootloader On The EU Variants Is Not Allowed By Realme. But I Have Found A Way To Remove The Restriction And Pave The Way For Further Development.
This Will Not Unlock Your Bootloader But It Will Convert Your Device To Global Variant (EX) There By Allowing You To Apply For Bootloader Unlock. Tested On Realme 5 (EU) Variant
NOTES
I'm Not Responsible For Anything Whatsoever. If This Guide Leads You To A Bricked Device I'll Simply Laugh At You.
STEPS (FOLLOW VERY CAREFULLY)
1. Download the Oppo_Free_Unlock_v1.0.zip file from this link
2. Enable Developer Options, USB Debugging & Make Sure Device Is Detected
3. Now Connect Your Device To The Computer Using A Micro USB Cable
3. Open Control Panel - Device Manager and expand the Network Adapters category.
4. Disable all your ethernet adapters except the wifi adapter .
5. Click on the action tab, then choose add legacy hardware
7. Choose install the hardware that I manually select from a list (Advanced) and click next.
8. Click network adapters, then click next.
9. Select Microsoft and choose Microsoft KM-TEST Loopback Adapter, then click next.
10. Click next, then click finish.
11. In the device manager,browse the Network adapters and double click on Microsoft KM-TEST Loopback Adapter to open its properties.
12. Go to the Advanced tab and find the Network Address option
13. Click the blank chackbox and paste 704D7B61ABCD in the text box .
14. Close the properties window and close Device Manager.
15. Go to where you extracted the unlock tools. Open Sec5.exe.
16. Make sure your device is in MTP mode, and then press the Unlock button.
17. After about a second, a string of numbers and letters should show up in the left pane. A few seconds later, "OK" should start flashing in the right pane. Press "Stop unlocking" and close the window.
18. Open the phone app on your device and dial *#3954391#. Then dial *#391#. A screen should come up with a whole bunch of regions listed. Take a look which region is marked in green, this is your current region .Write it so that you can go back if you want .
19. Now you can choose any region you want, I tested two, "IN INDIA" AND "MULTILINGUAL VERSION EX"
20. Your phone should now reboot. Once it's rebooted, your region will have changed .
Every time you changed region and want to change it again you need to use the software.
CREDITS
@or965 (For The Orginal Trick)
@Hanif380 (For Testing)
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I follow every step but i don t receive ok from Sec5