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Internet Banking problems

I've had my Exec a few weeks now and generally am well chuffed however a big problem seems to be it will not log in to my internet banking
Does anyone know how or if it's possible to log in to Abbeys IB?
A friend of mine has no problem with HSBC so I guess it must be Abbey some how.
Anyone got it to work?

I don't bank with Abbey, but if I was to take an educated guess, its most likely because their internet banking website needs a browser that supports Java and I do not think PIE does.

I am with Abbey, I think their site does not recognise the Universal browser (PIE) and so throws up the page you are getting. I seem to remeber seeing a post on XDA-Developers regarding changing the registry to make PIE report itself as a standard IE on a desktop PC, Abbey would think everything is okay and would continue sending you the pages you are meant to see, how PIE handles them is another matter but from memory their site is nothing clever and PIE should be able to handle it okay.
Good luck,
Let me know if you get anywhere

Ok guys, any of you clever so and sos know how to do this?

Go to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\User Agent\ key.
Set the default value to "Mozilla/4.0" (Default is "Mozilla/2.0").
Set the "Version" value to "MSIE 5.5" (Default is "MSIE 3.02").
Set the "Platform" value to "Windows NT 5.0" (Default is "Windows CE").

You are a genius!!!
It's working a treat

negatong said:
Go to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\User Agent\ key.
Set the default value to "Mozilla/4.0" (Default is "Mozilla/2.0").
Set the "Version" value to "MSIE 5.5" (Default is "MSIE 3.02").
Set the "Platform" value to "Windows NT 5.0" (Default is "Windows CE").
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Would that cause any problems with other webpages or would it just ensure you always get the full webpage as in a desktop ie ? Its like when I go to google on my Exec, I always get the cut down pda version.

knowsleyroader said:
Would that cause any problems with other webpages or would it just ensure you always get the full webpage as in a desktop ie ? Its like when I go to google on my Exec, I always get the cut down pda version.
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I believe it would only cause problems where the website you're visiting delivers content based on the user-agent. By making those registry changes, you are basically telling PocketIE to pretend that it's a full version of IE running on Windows XP, so any sites that are optimised for spitting out mobile content would send you the full version (including google; try it and see, you can always change the values back to what they were). If you want to get the PDA interface to google every time, just go to http://www.google.com/pda (or www.google.countrycode/pda ), this works in whatever browser you use.

Browsing certain website s with Internet Explorer 6.0

So I have the tweaks2k2 and I changed the browser to IE 6.0 so that websites will think I am browsing with IE 6. This has worked great with my banking sites that will not allow PIE.
I have a certain website I need to access and can not. Either with IE 6 glitch or with PIE. Is there anything I can do, or any program that I can use to access the website in question?
The website is www.ringcentral.com which is where I receive my faxes, so it would be great to access my faxes on the go. FISH

Today I have installed the final purchase version of Netfront 3.3 browser. I clicked on the link you mentioned and was able to fully open it. However going further required a log-in. Since I am not a registered user could not move further.
Why don't you give Netfront 3.3 a try. There is a free trial version available.
Hope this helpes
Regards

I tried the site in Opera (set as handheld and set as desktop computer, same as the IE6 trick) and in PIE, all work.

NetFront 3.3 for WM5.0 Viewed as IE 6.0
I have tweaks2tweaks set to make NetFront 3.3 show us as IE 6.0 and it is not working. When I go to Yahoo.com it is asking me to move to a higher browser namely IE6.0.
Can anybody please help with this - it is driving me batty!!!
THANKS...
KMV
Houston, TX.

In order to allow netfront 3.3 to behave as a real IE 6 you can write your own user-agent as follows:
1: Go to menu / tools / browser settings and the misc tab.
2: The user agent drop down list will be showing "Netfront v3.3 Standard"
3: From the drop down list select the --- and press edit
4: Under Title enter any name say Real PC
5: In the user agent field very carefully write the following keeping very special care of spaces and colons:
Mozilla/4.0 (Compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.0/5.0) Opera 8.60
6: In appName write Internet Explorer
7: In appVersion write 6.0
8: in appCodeName write Mozilla
9: in Language / platform write en and pc respectively and press the ok soft key
Now make sure by navigating to tools / browser settings / misc tab that the user agent you have just written is selected in the drop down list.
You should now be able to access almost any website that the real IE can do. I have had quite a bit of success with this user agent and hope this helps you as well.
Regards

I have always used MultieIE and Opera Browser,
Multie IE takes over the pointless included PIE browser and adds tabs etc,
Opera a seperate program, although a little Large in Size its fine when installed to mem card.
effectively and this is active for my Nationwide Tinternet Banking, if a site cant be accessed by Multi then Opera will get it,
At work so cant test it on Multi at the moment, but i will update this post when i get chance,
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OK Using MultiIE I have been able to get to the homepage without problem but also i have no login details so cant really test it fully

srmz said:
In order to allow netfront 3.3 to behave as a real IE 6 you can write your own user-agent as follows:
1: Go to menu / tools / browser settings and the misc tab.
2: The user agent drop down list will be showing "Netfront v3.3 Standard"
3: From the drop down list select the --- and press edit
4: Under Title enter any name say Real PC
5: In the user agent field very carefully write the following keeping very special care of spaces and colons:
Mozilla/4.0 (Compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.0/5.0) Opera 8.60
6: In appName write Internet Explorer
7: In appVersion write 6.0
8: in appCodeName write Mozilla
9: in Language / platform write en and pc respectively and press the ok soft key
Now make sure by navigating to tools / browser settings / misc tab that the user agent you have just written is selected in the drop down list.
You should now be able to access almost any website that the real IE can do. I have had quite a bit of success with this user agent and hope this helps you as well.
Regards
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Well, it doesn't need to be THAT complicated. Please read the NetFront 3.3 section in my article "TUTORIAL: Change the User Agent your Pocket PC browser uses to make Web servers think you’re a fully-fledged desktop browser!" at http://www.pocketpcmag.com/blogs/index.php?blog=3&p=796&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 . It's full of screenshots.

glump2806 said:
OK Using MultiIE I have been able to get to the homepage without problem but also i have no login details so cant really test it fully
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MultiIE 4.0 is pretty OK, albeit, now, I'd recommend PIEPlus over it.

where can i get Multi IE or PIE plus ?

Is there a registry edit for......

1) Making the picture size when a contact calls me bigger? Its always a small thumbnail size of their picture, I'd like to full size it, or, even full screen, just something bigger.
2) make my browser validate itself as ie 6 on windows xp? Im tired of viewing "mobile" sites as default, and want full internet functionality.

2)
Disguise your version of Pocket Internet Explorer Internet Explorer 6.0 running on Windows XP!
Many web sites that require encryption (such as banks and online retailers) don't verify if your browser support high encryption, they just check the browser version.
This registry hack will make Pocket Internet Explorer identifies itself as Internet Explorer 6.0 running on Windows XP, which may let you connect to web site that check the browser version
NOTE - This hack will prevent web sites that provide Pocket PC specific content to be able to know you're actually using a Pocket PC.
Browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\User Agent \
Change the default value from "Mozilla/2.0" to "Mozilla/4.0".
Change the "Version" value from "MSIE 3.02" to "MSIE 6.0".
Change the "Platform" value from "Windows CE" to "Windows NT 5.1".
Some web sites may just compare the user agent string, but if this is not enough, browse to the Post Platform\ sub key and delete the "240x320" value that specifies screen size.
Thanks to hyphen

Vodafone Live! on HTC Touch HD ..

Actual article present on my blog here.
I posted earlier about how to access the Mobile TV on HTC Touch HD on my blog here. But later I found out that method as an inadequate one to continue in normal usage. So I did some more R&D at home around this and found the perfect method of doing so !
So here you go now.
My HTC Touch HD has, L26 v9.0 WWE ROM and you need following software before proceeding further.
* AdvancedConfig – for doing the configuration changes on Internet Explorer User agent
* PHM registry editor – for making the changes to rtsp default player
Vodafone Live! runs primarily on S60 based devices and I had an excellent experience of it running on my earlier Nokia N95. So you need to try and ‘fool’ the system at Vodafone to assume your phone as a N95 instead of Internet Explorer running on a Windows Mobile phone. To do so, you need to change the ‘mobile’ user agent string of your Internet Explore browser to the one used for N95. Use the following steps to change the user agent string.
1. Run AdvancedConfig
2. Expand Internet Explorer option
3. Click on User Agent custom base
4. Change the value as follows
Mozilla/5.0 (SymbianOS/9.2; U; Series60/3.1 NokiaN95/11.0.026; Profile MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.1) AppleWebKit/413 (KHTML, like Gecko) Safari/413
Once you are done with this, to ensure that the change has worked, Open the internet explorer browser and go to the website http://www.useragentstring.com. Your browser should recognize your device as N95 using Mozilla Safari browser.
If this happens, then you have passed the first step!
Now go to Start –> Settings –> Connections –> Connections –> Advanced –> Select networks
Select “Contract WAP” as the default network and you are good to go.
Just to test if this works.. try accessing http://live.vodafone.co.uk via your Internet Explorer browser (in a Mobile mode, not Desktop mode) and see if it works for you.
It worked for me and I hope it would work for you.
However, I had one issue with HTC Streaming Media that the rtsp link would not play. Hence I had to go and change the default RTSP player to WMPlayer.exe by modifying the registry.
If you too are having similar issue, then open PHM registry editor and access the key \HKCR\rtsp\Shell\Open\Command. Change the default value from StreamingPlayer.exe to WMPlayer.exe “%1” and you should be able to view the streaming from your Windows Media player.
Try the above steps and let me know how it goes…

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Hey!
So, I have done exactly as you said, but no luck... the User Agent does not change. To be mentioned: I am using Dutty's XTREME v2.1. Perhaps the User Agent Code is stored in another place, not where AdvancedConfig expects to find it...

xerxes1 said:
Hey!
So, I have done exactly as you said, but no luck... the User Agent does not change. To be mentioned: I am using Dutty's XTREME v2.1. Perhaps the User Agent Code is stored in another place, not where AdvancedConfig expects to find it...
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Dunno much about Dutty's ROM. I had it earlier and the above process did not work for me there .. probably because the Internet Explorer browser in there has a hard coded useragentstring in browser.dll
I tried the above on L26 ROM and it worked .. in fact to my surprise ... !

Hello!
Just an update. Everything works fine with Opera Mobile 6.5; there it is easyer to change the User Agent String. I replaced it with the string you gave and ... everything is working fine. Couldn't convince IEM6 to work, though! Ah, well... the procedure how to change to a Custom Agent String in Opera is described here: "In opera:config, User Perfs there is a setting called “Custom User-Agent”.". Good luck!

One question: where can I find this browser.dll in my device? Oh, and the quality of the live stream from VodafoneLive is lousy!

Thanks ...
I dunno about the browser.dll, supposedly in the Windows folder somewhere. I suggest you not to try and play with that, otherwise you will corrupt your IE forever.
I tried on IE first and it worked, so never bothered to try on Opera. Kept opera separately and in tact for web browsing ..

Youtube video added on http://sollerthoughts.co.uk/2009/03/26/video-guide-for-accessing-vodafone-live-on-touch-hd/

POODLE SSL vulnerability - secure your Windows Phone!

Hi!
Hopefully you have heard of a new security hole called POODLE in SSL.
If not, click here!
How can you secure your Windows Phone? Here's the answer!
You need:
A interop unlocked Windows Phone
A registry editor on your phone
Follow those steps:
Start Internet Explorer on your Phone and navigate to https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/viewMyClient.html
You will see what protocols are supported by your browser. close Internet explorer (hold back key and close, not just minimize)
Fire up your registry editor and navigate to HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings
Change the value SecureProtocols to 32. Create this value if it doesn't exist.
Start Internet Explorer again and navigate to the page mentioned in Step 1. Look for supported protocols, it should display only SSL 3.0 - IT WERKS! Close IE again.
Now set the value SecureProtocols to 2688. This enables TLS 1.0/1.1/1.2 and disables SSL 2.0/3.0.
Start Internet Explorer again and navigate to the page mentioned in Step 1. Look for supported protocols, it should display TLS 1.0, 1.1, 1.2 AND SSL 3.0. Because the server is configured to downgrade to SSL 3.0, if TLS isn't supported. This may change in the future (hopefully).
Possible Values for SecureProtocols:
SSL 2.0 - 8 - 0x0008 (not supported on many websites, not recommended)
SSL 3.0 - 32 - 0x0020
TLS 1.0 - 128 - 0x0080
TLS 1.1 - 512 - 0x0200
TLS 1.2 - 2048 - 0x0800http://forum.xda-developers.com/#
2688 = 128 + 512 + 2048 = TLS 1.0 + TLS 1.1 + TLS 1.2
Tested on a Samsung ATIV S GT-I8750 using IO Explorer and WPHTweaks.
Thanks to
-W_O_L_F- and WindowsMania.pl for their excellent cutom ROMs
Jaxbot and Jessenic for the WPHTweaks App
contable for the IO Explorer App
and everyone involved in the great Windows Mobile and Windows Phone development and hacking community
and every member of XDA of course
Best regards,
Mr nUUb
EDIT: visit poodletest.com, it displays different images for SSL and TLS.
EDIT 2: Opera mini (beta) is not vulnerable.

Great guide. However, if the phone will still downgrade to SSL3 - that is, if you can't turn *off* SSLv3 - then you aren't safe. That's about half of the point of POODLE; it's possible to force most browsers and servers to downgrade to the obsolete protocol by just closing any connection attempts that report support for a newer version.
EDIT: Make darn sure you do *not* leave that option set to 32 (0x20, SSLv3 only)! That will not only leave you insecure, it will make the phone not work with any server which is configured to be TLS-only (and many will, in the wake of POODLE).

By the way, on "normal" Windows, this data is stored in the per-user registry hives (HKCU). My phone doesn't have the relevant registry value in either location, but it does have the registry *key* under HKCU, so you can (and possibly should) set it there instead of in HKLM.
I haven't tried this yet, though, so test it.

GoodDayToDie said:
Great guide. However, if the phone will still downgrade to SSL3 - that is, if you can't turn *off* SSLv3 - then you aren't safe. That's about half of the point of POODLE; it's possible to force most browsers and servers to downgrade to the obsolete protocol by just closing any connection attempts that report support for a newer version.
EDIT: Make darn sure you do *not* leave that option set to 32 (0x20, SSLv3 only)! That will not only leave you insecure, it will make the phone not work with any server which is configured to be TLS-only (and many will, in the wake of POODLE).
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The phone won't dongrade to SSL 3.0. Qualys SSL Labs only show the highest supported encryption protocol. Because TLS is supported, they say SSL 3.0 is supported as well.
I edited my first post. Visit http://www.poodletest.com/, to check wether your browser sill downgrade to SSL or not. Make sure you refresh the page after you restarted your browser.
And you are right, NEVER EVER leave this option set to 32. And never set it to 2560, as this will disable TLS 1.0 and enable TLS 1.1/1.2.
Not even MS supports those encryption protocols, they really use TLS 1.0 - even if TLS 1.0 is slightly insecure and could be exploited (which practically never happens).

Poodletest is a good site for this, yes.
So, I set it in the user hive and it works, but it's a pain to do it using SamWP8 Tools because the way that the tools write to the registry uses a driver running under a different user than the DefApps user that normal apps (including IE) run as. Therefore, its concept of "current user" is different. You can use HKEY_USERS and specify the user explicitly - on my phone, the DefApps user is S-1-5-21-2702878673-795188819-444038987-2781 so the whole path to the key is
Code:
S-1-5-21-2702878673-795188819-444038987-2781\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings
. However, be aware that this will be different on different phones, as a part of each user's SID is machine-dependent and will be different for every phone (should even change when you do a hard reset). You can find the correct SID from the Webserver app - just poke around in HKEY_USERS - but that's a pain HKLM is probably the better approach, if it works.
Thanks again for looking this up and posting instructions!