Hi,
I'm looking for a software to manually lock my Qtek 9090 on a specific GSM cell (or a specific antenna, somehow). It's very easy to do such a thing on my old Nokia using the hidden menus, but I never found a Pocket PC application that can do that. Any idea ?
Hi yannl,
this shouldn't be a big deal for those how know how to program such a thingy. I assume it should be possible to block the phone program from calling (or even simpler and uglier simply to kill it's process) when you are not in the "right" cell.
As dutty's cell profiler is able changes diverse settings or even launch apps, etc. depending on the cell you're in, it shouldn't be too difficult to realize your wish...
HTH,
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Thanks. I contacted Cell Profiler to ask them about a feature like that. But I'm very surprised that no software around allows to lock on a cell.
why would you like to do so ?
locking phone to a specific cell/BTS/WTS
AlCapone said:
why would you like to do so ?
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please tell if there is any way to lock the phone to specific Scrambling code or a BTS, needs it for some testing.
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Hi all,
Is there a way to disable or remove the radio (phone) software. (not switching to flight-mode, or there must be a way to keep it in flight-mode, so i can switch it on/off with a password or something)
My goal is that the Qtec2020 doesn't have any phone capabilities. is there a way?
or
Is there a way to completly disable GPRS / Data??
thx in advance
why get a gsm pda then ?
to disable grps you can just remove all the settings for it
when i exit flight mode i have to type in my sim card pin code just like when i softreset my device guess that depend on the sim and network
here everybody have it to make it impossible to use if people steal it
ok why buy a gsm pda
well we at our company sell software, and the customer will rent the qtec 2020, we don't want our customers to use them as phones.
that's the only reason why i want to disable radio/phone..
we have more that 30 on stock and we don't want to buy new ones
hope that someone can help me.
btw.
hopefully a solution in which we are able to restore everything to it's state in which the phone can be used again. in case our application is going to use gprs/data
you could also put a prepaied sim card in it without any money on
of cause they would still be able to put in their own sim then
otherwise you need a program which keep all phone activity from happening this dont really sound like a program which are out there because of lack of demand maybe you could get somebody to make it
but the program would have to be put in the extented rom to be sure it would still be there if the user hardresets the device
and then you cant really stop a person who knows how to edit the extented rom from removing the program
that is unless you would be willing to open and remove the gsm part of the device
but removing the gprs settings would require the user to know how to set them up again and which settings to put there
and judging from how many people ask about such things here the normal user would not know how to do that
Delete all links to Cprog.exe (Phone Dialer)
then I believe there is a Reg Key that will remove
Turn ON-OFF Flight mode..
You will also need to unmap Green Phone Button.
That's all i can help you!
can't find a reg key
is there no such thing as a dummie radio-stack???
upgrading the PDA with a dummie radio-stack??, or leave the radio-stack out of the upgrade process?? (enough pda's without gsm phone :wink: )
just thoughts!!
thx in advance
upgrading the PDA with a dummie radio-stack??, or leave the radio-stack out of the upgrade process?? (enough pda's without gsm phone
Well yes you could kill the radio stack by forcing error on upgrade I suppose.
I have an XDA IIs from O2 and a Qtek 9090 from Vodafone (fairly litlle tinkering from Vodafone).
I want to unlock the XDA IIs (as does everybody else) but isn't the SimLock part of the Radio Rom, in which case cant I jusr replace this with the Voidafone Rom and hey presto!!
I am sure that this is not as simple as I have suggested, or everybody wouyld be doing it, but can someone explain to me where the SimLock subsystem is and therefore where I should start to poke, to unlock it.
I quite liked the idea of sending millions of AT commands to the wireless modem, but that sounded too easy as well.
I know what the Extended Rom does, and the Rom Rom (presumably OS), and in general I know what the radio Rom does, but if this is all there is then I cant see where the SimLock stuff would be held???
If you could reply I'd be grateful, and if anybody reads this and cracks an unlock, drop me a line as well.
Thanks in advance
During a lot of months I have been wondering this. In my opinion, I think that simlock is in the extended rom because it contains special programs from your provider, but I am not sure. The definite clue would be to change all the operating system (radio rom, OS rom, and extended rom) for other (for example, qtek 9090). If somebody knows how to do this and he tries it, please let us know. Thanks.
The code in the CE ROM (Or possibly the radio rom?) reads information from the phone hardware to detect if it is locked or unlocked and merely displays a message to the user indicating its current status when you try to use an alt network sim. The lock status, network locked to and unlock code is stored in a separate flash area of the phone hardware within the XDA IIs - not in one of the standard 3 roms.
This means that no matter what "standard" rom you put on the XDA it will not suddenly become "unlocked" (As I have had numerous different roms on mine since I purchased it - radio, ce and extended rom).
Unfortunately the area of the phone containing this information cannot easily be accessed and requres a code based on the IMEI number of the phone to access. Without the algorithm used to calc this code (Different for each phone type ie alg. for XDA II is different to one for XDA IIs) we cannot unlock the phone!
That said, I believe that the phone itself may not actually prevent the calls merely the firmware in the radio rom after detecting that the phone is "locked". Therefore, I believe it MAY be possible to hack the rom to allow it to be used on any network. PLEASE NOTE THAT I DO NOT KNOW THIS LAST BIT OF INFO FOR SURE, IT IS SPECULATION ONLY AS A POSSIBLE WAY AROUND THE SIM LOCK....... NOW WHERE IS MY HEX EDITOR!
A summary so far
Ok,
So the simlock code is contained in a fourth ROM somewhere in teh device that we dont know how to get to. The radio ROM then somehow reads to see if it is locked, and if it is prompts for the unlock, and if not then allows you to make a call etc.
This fourth ROM is likely to be pretty fixed, like the deviceID and is presumably unaccessable to anything without opening the device up, removing the chip and hitting it with a lightning bolt.
So where does that leave us. The screen that comes up about SIMlock, enter the number, which interestingly enough says that I have tried a large negative integer times, and then locks up permanently (or so it seams). This bit must be in one of the accessible ROMS, as it is too Windowsy for anything hardware wise.
This screen must call some other function that tries the unlock code into the unaccessable chip. It would probably be easier to attempt to remove the retry timeout and then retry millions of times, either with a simple sendkeys type function or with something cleverer. Or alternatively find the function that SIMLock calls to the hardware.
I am being creative here, hoping that someone can step in and be a little more factual. Anyone....
On the XDA II, if you unlock it, can you lock it again?
Think of this fourth "rom" more as as a type of BIOS with basic hardware call functionality with windows and radio rom sitting on top providing code to access the "BIOS" for radio functions (Bluetooth, GPRS, WiFi, GSM etc) and hardware functionality (LED's, buttons etc). It has a form of NVRAM with IMEI number stored as well as SIM locks etc....
Guys/Girls since we are equipped with an expensive piece of phone i guess this software is very useful! After all its Totally FREE!
Check it out! it is released by a guy called "Joubert Vasconcelos"
on XDA he is known as 'joubertvasc'!
I guess we all should have this on our HDs i have on mine already totally awesome and working!
this is where you can download the app.
http://remotetracker.sourceforge.net/
this is where you find support
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=394203
A word from the Original Site:
"This is an Antitheft software and you can use it to track your Windows Mobile device when it was lost or stolen.
It works catching a formated SMS sent from any phone, MSN, AIM or web sites and then send useful informations back. These informations can have GPS coordinates, list os contacts, owner informations and more.
You can use it to others objectives, like keep your eyes in your child. Use your imagination!
To use all features RemoteTracker has, your device must have GPS and GSM capabilities. If your device does not have a built in GPS receiver, you can get the position based on the Cell Tower it is answering. Please visit OpenCellClient project for more details.
If the thief change your SIM card, you will receive a SMS alerting you and you still can track your device. All you need to do is set an emergency cel number."
Enjoy!
i've been using this app.. really great stuff
UPS this is COOOL !!
I am always hanging around with an expensive piece of hardware, you´re damn right !!!
This will help to make me feel more comfortable with my SEX1
THANKS !!!
you are welcome!
Does anyone know how to cook this into the touch HD ROM?? as this will prevent anyone doing hard resets
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Does anyone know how to cook this into the touch HD ROM?? as this will prevent anyone doing hard resets
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When I read this post, I thought the same, this should be cooked in all roms.
javielo1974 said:
When I read this post, I thought the same, this should be cooked in all roms.
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Yeah they should actually. the guy who made this app is even giving out code to have it cooked in Roms.
My only question is even if they do cook this into roms, after a hard reset by the guy who steals the phone how will the settings be loaded again to the program? (such as the Number to SmS) hmm.. if they have a workaround on this too it will be so great!
for true tracking & protection and to be "cookable" it needs to be stupid on the device. By that I mean all it knows how to do is call home and report the phone IMEI & Location info. For example:
On hard reset it is set to run as a service in the background.
On New SIM Detection it calls home and report phone number & IMEI.
Server side has info for registered owener of the IMEI. Forwards the message to your e-mail.
If the phone was taken you can send SMS to the number to enable "active tracking" which sends location reports to home on a regular interval. All message sent home are forwarded to registered owner.
If a developer did this they might even be able to make a deal with providers so that the Call Home function is directly to the carriers and it gets built into the Stock Roms.
I use Sprite Terminator. Has the option to remove all your important data.
Usefull thread. but only missing small how to cook this into the touch diam/pro or HD ROM. The main problem is how to make that shortcut fo SMS
kyphur said:
If a developer did this they might even be able to make a deal with providers so that the Call Home function is directly to the carriers and it gets built into the Stock Roms.
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if your phone get stolen, you'll going to buy a new one. No deal for them
Ahoy.
I'm a fledging C# developer with enough experience to be dangerous. This means I can take on probably any task, but the difficulty of it will dictate how long it might take me to finish it--although anything shouldn't be outside of my scope.
So, I'm looking to the community for ideas. What do we want? For example, a new, customized dialer? Perhaps some Titanium plug-ins?
Two ideas I have so far:
1. A single app. to turn on Bluetooth, sync, and then disable Bluetooth again (to relieve the hassle of turning it on, syncing, and turning it off again manually for those of us who use it singularly.)
2. A "Tasks" Titanium plug-in that will give you a status ("1", "2", etc) next to your set Tasks for today--that way it's easy to see how many things you still have set to accomplish.
Anyone have some thoughts or recommendations? I'd especially be glad to take on projects involving others collaborating, such as coding together, or using someone from the community to create artwork, etc. to be used.
Whattaya think?
Is it possible to make an Opal Phone Canvas dialer that is CDMA?
That would be great... I really wish the Opal Phone Canvas would have the macro built in for putting calls on hold, muting calls, merging calls, and triple calling.
Interesting idea. I'm not familiar with Opal's dialer--can you link me to some screenshots/info? I'll do some searching as well. I can certainly look into it to see what's possible.
Oooh, I'd like to help you with the Opal Phone Canvas. I'm actually trying to work on it myself. It's basically a dialer system off the new GSM HTC Opal, which looks and functions much better. The only problem with it is that it even though it is capable of having functions such as 3-way calling on the GSM phones, on CDMA, it can't do it. When on the Vogue, it also causes the data arrows to not work like they should. When the data connection is inactive, they are supposed to be gray, but they remain white, and the phone thinks it's online the whole time. It randomly connects to the internet due to that too. The original dialer also has a problem of not being able to accept 911 dialing and phone codes, but i have been able to fix that with a simple registry entry. The rest needs to be fixed in a dll file. I think i know which one.
http://mbarvian.freehostia.com/2008...de-applications-cab-and-oem-package-included/
Hi Guys,
I've just ordered 17 touch pro 2's for work and I'm very impressed with them so far. Absolutely awesome phone. We've just got one issue which is the fact that when the phone is locked (we used centralised policies with exchange) you can't dial from our Parrots. The phone says you must unlock the device to allow bluetooth connection.
Does anyone know a way around this without taking the locks off of the phone which is a big no no. Tested it with a collegue's Omnia and it works fine.
You can replicate this issue by using the Bluesoleil dialer which is what I've been doing for testing.
The parrot receives calls fine, just can't make them he the phone is locked.
TIA.
Same problem
Hi there,
I'm having the same issue for dialling out via bluetooth whilst the phone is locked. The TP2 says it needs to be unlocked before answering the call.
There MUST be some registry key to change to prevent this "feature" ... none of the previous HTC phones I have had have had this problem.
Thanks in advance for any help!
i have the same problem, i installed s2u2, which solves the not being able to dial out when its locked, but it's not the most reliable solution.
i'd rather have it working like it did on my kaiser before this phone.
hope someone helps us out.
I tried out S2U2, but the problem is it's only a keypad lock, so plug the phone in USB for example and you still have full access to the device.
S2U2 also does not stop you sliding out the keyboard and pressing the mail button to read the emails on the phone, so this isn't a solution we can use, it's not even a compromise
Haven't had much luck with HTC support either. They are very quick to respond but don't respond with anything of value.
I just wanted to bump this thread -- I picked up a Tilt2 and have the same problem -- really annoying when trying to dial from the car and having to unlock (didn't have this issue on my Fuze).
Yeah this is the most annoying thing I have ever seen. There must be a way to turn it off. I use Ford Sync and really don't want to have to worry about my phone being locked or unlocked. Seems like this goes against all those phone laws. You are making me look at my phone first to make sure it isn't locked before I can safely dial.
Wish I had found this thread before I went ahead with getting a Tilt 2. Didn't have this problem with my Tilt.
Is this a WM6.5 limitation? Hopefully there is an obscure setting that I'm too stupid to find.
Cheers
... and I was just about to ask on this thread whether or not this was still a problem in WM6.5 but I guess I have my answer now.
It's definitely an issue in WM6.0
I contacted AT&T and they said to contact HTC.
HTC gave me this answer:
Thank you for contacting HTC Technical Assistance Center. I apologize for the length of time it took me to respond to your email. I understand how important it can be to use Bluetooth from your device when your device is locked. I will be happy to address the concern for you.
There is not a setting on your ATT Tilt 2 for enabling Bluetooth when your device is locked. When pairing Bluetooth with your vehicle your device must remain unlocked to use the correct functionality. I would suggest placing your device into hibernation mode and keeping your device in a carrying case.
Hi,
I have upgraded by TP2 with the offical HTC rom for 6.5 and installed my blackberry connect 1.06 client. Now, even with the BB lock enforced, as it was with the TP2 using 6.0 and it is working perfectly handsfree in my CAR, locked or not. Previously the TP2 with the stock 6.0 ROM wouldn't make calls when locked.
If people are reporting here that is didn't work in 6.5, then there must be a registry setting somewhere to enable or disable it.
I am just happy that I can make a call in the car, without having to pull over and unlock my phone.
If someone can give me a hint as to where in the registry to look I can compare some settings?
I have a stock AT&T Tilt-2, I loaded loaded "smartlock 1.7" to autolock the phone at power off and also when "in-call" to avoid random dialing. I don't use the PIN for locking.
I can dial hands free BT in my car and with headsets with no issues, power on/off whatever.
Maybe it'd disabled when locked with the PIN?
I am seeing the same issue with two of my users:
One is using a Verizon Wireless TP2 with MW6.1 stock ROM
The other is using an Unlocked HTC touch Pro 2, on the AT&T wireless network (not a Tilt2) with the HTC WM6.5 ROM upgrade.
The Verizon users is using Sync on his Ford Vehical. The other is using whatever system is in his BMW.
Both can pair with the car's system, but if the phone is locked with a PIN the user is not able to place a call without first unlocking the phone.
Has anyone found any information on this?
If MSVC is an option then it has the ability to dial while password protected.
Just noticed this has been bumped. I upgraded all of our phones to the standard Windows Mobile 6.5 from Vodafone when it came out a month ago and this problem is now resolved you'll be glad to know.
I've got 25 handsets currently working fine with no real issues. All the niggles that I had have gone away with 6.5 so it's definately worth the upgrade.
6.1 was screwed and no use with handsfree dialing if you use windows lock which we enforce on our exchange server.
Seems like every provider is a little different.
I have the AT&T Tilt 2 which came with WM6.5, AT&T support claims its a Microsoft and HTC problem. HTC claims its a Microsoft problem.
Anyone have a good support link to Microsoft to get this problem resolved?
Can someone with a working 6.5 rom please post the following registry info to see if there is a way to enable the bluetooth dialing on the roms that are not working?
HKLM\Software\Widcomm\General
When you get the unable to dial message it puts a new key in there called DontAskHfpCallFailOnDeviceLock and I figure that the bypass might be in this same area.
Registry
Here is everything under the BTConfig\General section.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\WIDCOMM\BTConfig\General]
"StackMode"=dword:00000001
"DeviceName"="HTC-ST7377"
"BDAddr"=hex:\
00,23,76,37,a9,89
"BlockBTIfHopper"=dword:00000001
"SendCompressedTelProperties"=dword:00000001
"UsePocketPCName"=dword:00000000
"UnnamedDeviceName"="<No Name>"
"UartPriority"=dword:00000096
"TransmitPriority256"=dword:00000098
"SuspendWithScoConnected"=dword:00000001
"SuspendTimeout"=dword:00001388
"SndPriority"=dword:0000009b
"SecurityType"=dword:00000002
"SCODelayTime"=dword:000007d0
"ReceivePriority256"=dword:00000097
"RadioInitLibrary"="BRCMInit.dll"
"PowerControlLibrary"="Serial_BTUR_DM.Dll"
"PCRemoteAutoConfig"=dword:00000001
"OriginalAudioDriver"="wavedev.dll"
"KeepStackLoaded"=dword:00000001
"EnableAFH"=dword:00000001
"DiscoverableTimeout"=dword:0000003c
"DeviceInactivityDuration"=dword:0000003c
"ConnectRelatedDefault"=dword:00000000
"BIPEnabled"=dword:00000001
"AFHAvoidedChannels"=dword:00000014
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Can someone with a working 6.5 rom please post the following registry info to see if there is a way to enable the bluetooth dialing on the roms that are not working?
HKLM\Software\Widcomm\General
When you get the unable to dial message it puts a new key in there called DontAskHfpCallFailOnDeviceLock and I figure that the bypass might be in this same area.
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erenken said:
Here is everything under the BTConfig\General section.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\WIDCOMM\BTConfig\General]
"StackMode"=dword:00000001
"DeviceName"="HTC-ST7377"
"BDAddr"=hex:\
00,23,76,37,a9,89
"BlockBTIfHopper"=dword:00000001
"SendCompressedTelProperties"=dword:00000001
"UsePocketPCName"=dword:00000000
"UnnamedDeviceName"="<No Name>"
"UartPriority"=dword:00000096
"TransmitPriority256"=dword:00000098
"SuspendWithScoConnected"=dword:00000001
"SuspendTimeout"=dword:00001388
"SndPriority"=dword:0000009b
"SecurityType"=dword:00000002
"SCODelayTime"=dword:000007d0
"ReceivePriority256"=dword:00000097
"RadioInitLibrary"="BRCMInit.dll"
"PowerControlLibrary"="Serial_BTUR_DM.Dll"
"PCRemoteAutoConfig"=dword:00000001
"OriginalAudioDriver"="wavedev.dll"
"KeepStackLoaded"=dword:00000001
"EnableAFH"=dword:00000001
"DiscoverableTimeout"=dword:0000003c
"DeviceInactivityDuration"=dword:0000003c
"ConnectRelatedDefault"=dword:00000000
"BIPEnabled"=dword:00000001
"AFHAvoidedChannels"=dword:00000014
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erenken,
Thanks for the info. The only item different on my 6.5 Tilt2 is that I also have a key "DontAskHfpCallFailOnDeviceLock"=1. Sounded very promising.
Unfortunately, changing this key to 0 and even deleting it doesn't make a difference: I still cannot dial via bluetooth while the phone is locked with a pin. I tried these changes both with and without a soft reset between.
mnunes:
Were you able to find a fix for this? I am in the same boat.
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mnunes:
Were you able to find a fix for this? I am in the same boat.
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No, so far no luck. I can't say I've been looking very hard, though. It's one of those things I've started to learn to live with, as annoying as it is.