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ok here is the challenge, now some of us know the horror of a lost or stolen phone. Who has it? Where is it? Can i track it? Well thats where this challenge comes in. We all know about the extended rom , most people dont think that u can mess with this but actually you can. For those who dont know what the extended rom is, it a file folder that contains all the cab files that are used to restore your pda back to factory preinstalled. Well i know that using some programs you can actually edit or delete files in this folder. What i propose or challenge the coders to see if they can come up with a cab file or program that can be placed into the E.R. so that if someone hard resets the pda, that when it comes back and resets it would set off the cab file to collect information like the phone number of the new sim card the thieves put in the stolen unit, and or any other info that can be used to track this device. to email it or say call you at a certian time. Point is that if you can get the number of the person that has your phone, you can get it traced and at least get the cops to go to the address that the new sim card is registered to.
Wow, I like that idea.
I was actually coding it so that the first thing it would do is execute a full-screen lock and you'd have to enter a preset passcode. The only way to get around anything in the Extended ROM though is by performing a soft-reset during the 3-second pause.
The problem with the current WM5 HTC devices (Wizard, Universal, and Apache) is that they have a digital signature feature enabled by default. So I can't hack the Autorun (even if I could) to bypass the 3-second pause, since that would break the authentication of the digital signature.
I could, however, disable the security on the Wizard and Universal with a digitally-signed CAB file found in the Apache's Extended ROM...
If someone could teach me how to access the SIM, that would be key...
Um, am I missing something or isn't this what IIWPO does (for the WM2003/SE devices anyway)? As soon as someone changes the owner info. and puts in a new SIM, it SMS's you the details - I already have it installed in my ext.ROM.
For the WM2005 devices it might not work but it's currently protecting my XdaII.
can you provide a link for iipwo
no sim
doesnt seem like that program access the sim, it seems that it relys on the new owner to input their information, but how many of us actually do that. i dont for sure. so if the new owner doesnt imput their contact info then there is no way of finding them, where as i propose to make come up with a way to read the sim and get the phone number, that way its definatly going to get them
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It's here on xda-dev, just search. Oh, and it's iiWPo not iipwo.
henvanvo said:
doesnt seem like that program access the sim, it seems that it relys on the new owner to input their information, but how many of us actually do that. i dont for sure. so if the new owner doesnt imput their contact info then there is no way of finding them, where as i propose to make come up with a way to read the sim and get the phone number, that way its definatly going to get them
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They don't need to, all it does is compare the existing text (or lack of) with the stored value (your own), then gets any data and sends it. If nothing else you'll get the phone number as part of the SMS. If they DO enter info (and most people I know do, just in case it is returned if lost), then you get that too.
You also get the satisfaction of slowly racking up their bill for them if they are charged for SMS and if they query it and the telco starts to ask questions about where the 'faulty' handset came from or suggests it goes for repair... Gotcha!
wm5
isnt this only for WM 2003? has anyone got this to Work on a WiZard ?
if someone steals/finds a wizard then what are the chances they will know how to or even if you can hard reset it? and the ones "in the know" might just install a new/default rom image overwriting whats on the modified ext rom.
what you need is something that executes on maybe the 2nd or 3rd incorrect pin number entry.
not true
thats not true , u can get a manual at imate to show u how to hard reset. but there is no manual unless u read these kind of forums. most theives are crack heads that just take the phone to see if they can sell it for money. no knoledge of these devices
what i mean is there is no manual to enter the extended rom unless u read these kinda forum, we are fanatics
iiwpo relies on security by obscurity.
It works quite well on Walaby and Himalay.
If put into extROM it will be installed after hard reset as well (but since it is not signed the user wil get the ability to cancel in WM5.
I am planning to test its functionality on WM5 with my new Wizard.
BTW: Anyone allready has a ExtROM editor to bypass the read-only protection in newer ROMs?
Hey all,
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Move to the end of 4th page for the NEW version
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Ultimately security software for Pocket PC devices (phone edition only)..
The software checks the SIM card every time u do a soft reset or even HARD-RESET to yr fone.. So if that SIM aint yrs(the one specified in the program itself), it sends an SMS to another specified number(maybe to yr Dad' #) from the thief' SIM card, presuming that any thief after stealing, wld through away yr SIM and put his own in yr device and doesnt know the secret about this software..
The software also doesnt let the thief know that its been installed or running or an sms is been sent to yr number.. So u can keep him unnoticed until u track him down and shoot!
NOTE:
The DEMO version attached below will not send an sms but instead it shows up a message box sayin if its yr SIM or changed one..
SMS feature will be available in the full version only..
-If yr visiting this page for the first time, i reccomend u to skip two pages of posted replies as it contains posts abt the beta version.
EDIT:
To get the full version pm me..
How would this help if I flash a stolen device with another ROM?
What if the sent SMS carries a number of an anonymous prepaid card?
What's the benefit over this free program? It looks to me like they do exactly the same?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=2526
Oh yeah...!
The software would have sent the sms as soon as the SIM is changed and even before the device becomes usable and so before flashing, u got the punk' Number..
But a normal thief, wldn do such stuff!
I checked that jus now..!
i checked that post jus now!
It is a more complicated process and basically works with owner information.. it fails if the thief doesnt change that..
Mine works by SIM card.. as soon as the new SIM is inserted, it recognizes and sends the messages..
Itz nice u guys come put more questions to make me challenging
But still, im an MBBS student and i had this hobby of programming for long.. So im jus designing things to satisfy myself
So, If yr intrested, u can try mine...
this app needs more love. its a great idea. most pikeys that find or steal a phone like this wouldnt know the first thing on how to flash it!. might be a good idea to include the following data in the SMS
current cell site associated with it or the area code for the current area.
maybe any other data that you can gleam from the sim card
Carty: have you posted this anywhere for download or trial? I can't see any links...
V
Tats a gud question too
Hey vijay,
This software, to make the security level higher, has the SIM info written in the program itself.. itz no point askin for trial cz itz gonna work as i say.. If anyone wants to buy, i first give a small program that will read the info from SIM & msg me thru SMS..then i rite the same to the program & give u.. so that ting works only wit yr SIM & none else cld try using it! After making it sure that the software works as i said, u can pay me then! but still i don kno any way to get yr money to me here.. The only option is thru mail, if u have any oter better option, temme...!
have a look at www.paypal.com
that's a popular method of payment used by ebay sellers worldwide..
Awrite, planned for the DEMO...
As u guys need a DEMO, ive made it..
First u gotta install the attached app, It reads yr SIM and sends me the required information.. I then incorporate those details into the program and send you the trial..
Hi Carty,
Speaking for myself only; I don't like trying a Sim ripper which send who knows what info to an unknown person. Guess the program could extract a lot more from my sim or magician (eg imei) than I would like to be send over the internet.
Like your id, but at the moment no thanks, unless I can bind my (ascii)data self into the program.
Guess it will be written into the rom to survive a hard-reset & I don't want my device locked by anything, got I hate sim-locks. So there must be a bypass or de-install as well.
Another prob i can think off, what about dual-sim owners?
Again I like the idea, but am paranoid in this field.
Regards, M
Nice precautions..
Yr too carefull abt yr device i gezz.. Tats gud! anyway this software survives Hard-reset as told, but not needed to be surely put in ROM.. The exe file is kept in a folder 2577 in yr internal storage renamed as Autorun.exe and so it gets executed.. The main advantage is that it doesn require any installation necessarily, jus the exe file can be executed just after hard reset.. The folder' attribute is set to be hidden and so wont show up normally.. But if the thief' aware of this, he can delete that file wit yr SIM in it and then do a hard reset..For this reason, ROM incorporation wld be usefull.. But i don think a thief wld do all such stuff as his first concentration would be to change the SIM and once changed, itz finished!
But still, y i din try incorporating the file in ROM cz, if the thief cld find the facility of autorun in folder 2577, he wld very well know abt flashing ROMs and so its no point.. But in real life, a thief normally wont have such knowledge and thats wer my software helps..
Awrite, to those who r really worried and don trust my software to get the only required info, Im letting out the secret, itz jus the phone number that was used to check the sim.. So gemme yr number thru private message to me.. The point of making a software to gemme the detail is to avoid the country code error as some SIM contains those while the oters dont.. Mine din have so u gemme without country code..
program for sim data
I installed your program and executed it. It didn't seem to do anything on my universal, but now I can't uninstall it. How do I get rid of whatever it did or didn't do? Is it supposed to send you an sms? I don't think it did so as my prepaid sim card does not show any less money than was on it before.
Carty,
Just pm'd you my number to check & to send the alert to. As the program ends up in storage resco must be able to show it, it shows all my hidden files.
Regards, M
Course I check before changing sim's
Back againn...
Today morning i checked by changing some SIM cards and some din have their number in it.. Bad network providers, they don even put their number in SIM cards.. So for these cases, im gonna change the coding in my software to send an sms if the number is not present also..So right now this software should work only to those having their SIM cards with their own number in it provided by the operator..
Oltp, i got yr number and wld do the demo for you today evening and post it here.. and before, install my check software and press the read sim button and if it says read succesfull, then yr SIM has number and the software would work.. U dont have to press the second button saying send request as u wer scared to send any information though it reads nothing oter than yr sim number..
chetccox, there should be two buttons in tat check software.. first one gets enabled wen u type sumthin in the name textbox and on pressing the read sim button, second one would get enabled and saying Read succesfull.. if u got this message read successfull, then yr sim has yr number and the software has detected it.so on pressing the send request button, the number would be sent to me, im not sure y it din send the sms..Maybe yr number doesn allow international sms or so... Anyway il do the demo for you too today evening and post here..
For others, im gonna change the check software, instead of sending me the sms, it would directly display the number on yr screen.. Its jus to make sure that yr SIM has yr number and the software is capable of detecting it and so the Theft Alert software would work fine..
Everything today evening as im held up in my college..
Lil abt me for u guys, Im actually an MBBS student, doin my third yr. Programming was my hobby for a long time and i have great intrest in it.. Lately im tryin to improve my skills to target on smart devices (Poket PCs) since i own one, id like to customize it to my needs as i wish!
@Carty,
I think this software _could_ be interesting to quite a few of us, provided you get it running without us having to send you any personal details - that's the things we are trying to keep to ourselves in the first place.
But please, please write your messages in real english, not some made up stuff. Trying to figure out what you mean by guessing how you pronounce words in your local lingo, makes my head hurt :-(
Anyway, together with PDAKill, this could be an essential piece of software for security aware users, so keep up the good work.
why dun u jus make a program that stays in the rom and would only sms to a desired number the number the thief is using whenever there is a sim change. then this way the thief cannot run away wit ur device. u can jus keep harrassing him or get the police involved as well. even better if it can make use the telco towers.
Dear Carty,
Apparently the Dutch sim's aren't containing the phone number either:
NetCF.exe
Exception
Could not get phone number from SIM
Application::Run+0xf
Form1::Main+0xa
We need to find some other unique id from the sim.
Cheers, M
Yew gt me..
Hi oltp,
Tats de same error i gt wen using it wit my fren' SIM.. So letz try this idea.. The sim phonebuk has a place for own numbers.. can v write our numbers to it and access it to check? or even most of us wont use the SIM phonebook, so v cld write it down an entry in it and access.. Can v..?
By the way, oltp, i used to program with Visual Basic .net 2003.. Wot abt u..?
HBK said:
@Carty,
Anyway, together with PDAKill, this could be an essential piece of software for security aware users, so keep up the good work.
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PDAKill wld be of no use.. Cz, wen yr fone been stolen, the first thing the thief wld do is to throw away yr SIM and wer wld yr msg go to Kill yr fone..?
Hello!
I'm having two interesting problems with my 8525 that has a hybrid ROM.
1) I'm trying to force the phone to show the operator names I have in RIL. I made registry change
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\OEM\PhoneSetting]
"ONSDisplayRule"=dword:00000000
And have all the operator names in the attached registry file inserted in the registry. However, it still overrides all those with "Cingular". Is there some way to force the phone to not show the network names off the SIM? I know it was possible on older phones like the MPx220.
2) I have tried a variety of ROMS, including the TYTN ROM and the network select options are all gone except for find network. On the Wizard, all the ROMS except the Cingular ROM let you manually select your network... I am not able to find a way to force this phone to do that with any of the ROMS out :/ I have also tried different radio stacks - it seems to affect everything. Does anybody know how to knock that out?
Thanks Everyone!
Where do you expect to see your custom operator name? AFAIK that registry change only affects the way the phone shows the current operator's name, e.g. in the pop-up window if you tap on the signal level icon.
Thats exactly where id like to see it posted, along with it showing up in the wireless today snapin. The more irritating part is having network select not show up... everything i tried above didnt yield and results
Hello guys. I am starting a new thread to report problems encountered with hd2 and share the solution, if you were able to solve it. Please report only problems or bugs found in stock ROMs or hardware problems. For custom ROMs you have their respective threads to report a problem and for general questions please visit http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=575604. I will add common problems to the list below. So here we go…
LIST OF PROBLEMS
1. Audio Booster won’t stays ON.
Solved in the tread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=583638
2. Memory card corrupted
Now more and more people are having this problem with their 8gb Sandisk supplied by HTC. No solution yet.
3. While composing sms it jumps and highlights last sms
It still records what you are typing but you cannot see until you tap on the message you are composing. No solution yet.
4. Weird liquid like spot on screen
This can only be fixed by sending phone for repair, i.e changing screen. Warranty does cover this problem in some cases from what i've learned from users reporting this problem.
5. Audio delay
Although not every users seem to be getting this problem HTC has acknowledged this problem. This issue should be overcome in future ROM according to HTC. For further information visit http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=6087471
reserved for future use
Ok I start with the problem I got. My 8gb sdhc corrupted the 1st week I started using my hd2. Every time I start my hd2 or insert the card the phone says I have to format the card to use it and when I format it using the hd2 itself it says formatted successfully but the phone won’t read the memory card. If removed and re-inserted again it says that I have to format it and the cycle goes on and on. Computer don’t detect the card, so I’m not able to format the card using pc. I think other users got this problem too but I can’t recall well. So if this is a common problem I will add this to the LIST OF PROBLEMS.
Audio booster bug
shak7i said:
1. Audio Booster won’t stays ON.
Solved in the tread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=583638
2. Memory card corrupted
Now more and more people are having this problem with their 8gb Sandisk supplied by HTC. No solution yet.
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Audio booster fix doesn't work fo me or any of my friends. We are all running stock rom's. It will shut-off in middle of song, or anytime.
1: GPS Photo latitude is incorrect when you are in the southern Hemisphere , because EXIF details have the latitude value as a negative value.
You need to use the registry hack to get the GPS photo mode, that's why it's not officially supported by HTC.
2:
this problem
To reproduce the problems with 30 SMS,
1: use another mobile to send 30 SMS to the HD2, with the current Hong Kong ROM that is on the HTC website, which you will be testing.
2: press power button to turn on the phone if it is not turn on.
3: slide and unlock the phone if it is still locked.
4: Press the message tab on HTC SENSE and scroll up or down until you find the last SMS you have received.
5: Click the middle of the screen, and immediately click the "tab to compose text" within 1 second.
6: You should see a grey bar on the right hand side going toward the bottom of the screen, wait and eventually the last SMS that you have received will be highlighted.
7: You should be still able to see the onscreen keyboard, try typing some words using the onscreen keyboard with or without XT9. Nothing seems to happen because the last SMS received is highlighted.
8. There should still have a tiny white bar of "tab to compose text" area left, tap it.
9: You should be able the see some of the top bit of your words that you have typed in STEP 7 and a flashing cursor which are all covered by the onscreen keyboard.
There are 4 of problems that I would like to raise which happen in the above steps.
1: in step 6, while waiting, you can already start typing. But while you are typing, the focus will be lost when the grey bar finish loading, and the last SMS will be highlighted. This is annoying due to the way of its design which interrupts while typing SMS.
2: while you can keep typing when the SMS is highlighted, the words do not show up until you tap the “typing area” dialogue box.
3: Step 7 is just nonsense, due to the keyboard covering the typing area for no reason.
4: The more SMS there are , the slower the little grey bar on the right hand side load.
HTC Hong kong said they have reported this problem to the programers, but it has been more than a month and still no solution.
lquigley said:
Audio booster fix doesn't work fo me or any of my friends. We are all running stock rom's. It will shut-off in middle of song, or anytime.
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there are two solutions in the thread, the first one in pressing the home button when audio booster is on and the 2nd one is the registry tweak. which one you tried? i never use the player of htc sense. i always use coreplayer and for me it works.
Hi friends
I have a weird problem with my leo.
Whatever i do and even after hard reset when i install a programme the goes to the phone memory even when i select my st card.
Notice that my leo is in Greek lang and storage card's name is ''ΚΑΡΤΑ ΑΠΟΘΗΚΕΥΣΗΣ''
Is there any solution to solve out this problem?
Is very annoying and fill up my phone's memory in no time..
Thanks
Sotiris
sotmax said:
Hi friends
I have a weird problem with my leo.
Whatever i do and even after hard reset when i install a programme the goes to the phone memory even when i select my st card.
Notice that my leo is in Greek lang and storage card's name is ''ΚΑΡΤΑ ΑΠΟΘΗΚΕΥΣΗΣ''
Is there any solution to solve out this problem?
Is very annoying and fill up my phone's memory in no time..
Thanks
Sotiris
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''ΚΑΡΤΑ ΑΠΟΘΗΚΕΥΣΗΣ'' does mean CARD STORAGE. you are using English language? go to settings>system>regional settings and check this. i don't know if this will solve your problem but you can give it a try.
yes
storage card is ΚΑΡΤΑ ΑΠΟΘΗΚΕΥΣΗΣ and i use greek manila lang..
i think i have to find a way to rename the name ΚΑΡΤΑ ΑΠΟΘΗΚΕΥΣΗΣ to storage card
sotmax said:
i think i have to find a way to rename the name ΚΑΡΤΑ ΑΠΟΘΗΚΕΥΣΗΣ to storage card
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how you did that?
My problem with ROM 1.66 WWE
Hi friends,
Since 2 weeks I noticed that in "Setting"-->Memory card info-->SD card & phone-memory-- :
total memory == 0
Used memory ==0
Available memory==0
Before 2 weeks ago I do remember such informations were correctly displayed..
Maybe someone experienced....
Thanks
pinuccio said:
Hi friends,
Since 2 weeks I noticed that in "Setting"-->Memory card info-->SD card & phone-memory-- :
total memory == 0
Used memory ==0
Available memory==0
Before 2 weeks ago I do remember such informations were correctly displayed..
Maybe someone experienced....
Thanks
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try soft resetting your phone. by the way there's no such path as "Setting"-->Memory card info-->SD card & phone-memory. do you mean settings>systems>memory?
A/V delay. Check my sig.
curiousGeorge said:
A/V delay. Check my sig.
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thanks curiousGeorge. will add this up. if you do come with a remedy do let me know. i'll update the thread.
The entire Sense SMS system is horrid. Its a comedy of errors, lag and dysfunction.
TopOfNewYork said:
The entire Sense SMS system is horrid. Its a comedy of errors, lag and dysfunction.
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try hard resetting your phone. if still don't work try upgrading your ROM or install a custom ROM
SD Card Info disappeared....
shak7i said:
try soft resetting your phone. by the way there's no such path as "Setting"-->Memory card info-->SD card & phone-memory. do you mean settings>systems>memory?
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Hi and thanks Shak7i,
Yes.
I also tried to remove the Sd card and rebooting,but it did not fix...
However applications can see the SD card (for example TOmTom Maps are seen by TomTom Application) and also Camera application can see and save pictures inside the SD card.
Only the "capacity info " (space available and occupied)are wrong (0.00 MB ; 0.00 ) .Maybe a registry key deleted....
Finally and unfortunately the HTC patch for SD cards is not applicable since my official ROM is 1.66 WWE.
Bye for now
pinuccio said:
Hi and thanks Shak7i,
Yes.
I also tried to remove the Sd card and rebooting,but it did not fix...
However applications can see the SD card (for example TOmTom Maps are seen by TomTom Application) and also Camera application can see and save pictures inside the SD card.
Only the "capacity info " (space available and occupied)are wrong (0.00 MB ; 0.00 ) .Maybe a registry key deleted....
Finally and unfortunately the HTC patch for SD cards is not applicable since my official ROM is 1.66 WWE.
Bye for now
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yes maybe something messed up in the registry. did you backup your registry before editing it? if you did backup try restoring.
shak7i said:
3. While composing sms it jumps and highlights last sms
It still records what you are typing but you cannot see until you tap on the message you are composing. No solution yet.
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This was reported on the TMobile HD2 forum too (search for "SMS Glitch, does your HD2 do this?".. I can't post link here yet)
And yes, I have this problem as well. I thought I was going mad because words that I type in wouldn't appear until I deactivated/reactivated the keyboard... That fixed it but it's still annoying.
And it seems to appear consistently on the first sms reply you make upon activating HTC Messages. Problem doesn't seem to appear when you go into All Messages and work from there.
DEVS PLEASE REMOVE THIS POST - IT HAS BEEN ANSWERED
or maybe move it to the QnA thread
i cannot dial
*140# (which on my carrier i use to purchase data bundles
*155# (which I use to get other services from my carrier)
I can however dial *125# which I use to check my pre paid account balance. I have tried all the roms - xboxmod, yukixda, hd2O, all the ones before and after the nodo fix.
still nothing
I'm running the 2.15 radio - reflashed it a couple of times, even tried ansar's radio in the rom as well - still nothing
manoruz said:
i cannot dial
*140# (which on my carrier i use to purchase data bundles
*155# (which I use to get other services from my carrier)
I can however dial *125# which I use to check my pre paid account balance. I have tried all the roms - xboxmod, yukixda, hd2O, all the ones before and after the nodo fix.
still nothing
I'm running the 2.15 radio - reflashed it a couple of times, even tried ansar's radio in the rom as well - still nothing
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Go to the Connections Setup on the main menu then touch the carrier it may have options for contract or PAYG. (pay as you go) select the one your sim is configured for and now try?
FPM
I know from what it come from.
From the rom I used to build, there is new entries from operator or microsoft.
One exclusion list to avoid bad calls.
And one list with contains special numbers
So all *1 can't be call as they are in the exclusion list except *125# whitch is in the special numbers list.
Didn't check this as it hasn't be reported before but I'll fix that in the rom I'll release on Saturday or Sunday.
Regards
thank you yukixda - you rock!!