[Q] Phone number and IMEI number for registration - Windows Phone 8 Development and Hacking

Hello All,
I am developing a simple window phone 8.1 application which need to go through registration process and for this registration process I want to use Phone number and IMEI number.
But recent document from Microsoft and Other knows sources have mentioned both Phone number and IMEI number API from Microsoft has been removed and we will not be able to get hold of these values due to security and privacy reasons.
I am using C#, Visual Studio 2013 Express edition for this application development.
Well, if this is the case what recommendation can you provide us for registration process which is simple and easy. Based on this registration processor the user will get notifications he/she has opted for. Hence we need the phone number which needs to be captured.
Also, everyone's question is how Viber, WhatsApp and other messaging application how are they doing it?
Kind regards,
Vasuki

aioracle said:
Hello All,
I am developing a simple window phone 8.1 application which need to go through registration process and for this registration process I want to use Phone number and IMEI number.
But recent document from Microsoft and Other knows sources have mentioned both Phone number and IMEI number API from Microsoft has been removed and we will not be able to get hold of these values due to security and privacy reasons.
I am using C#, Visual Studio 2013 Express edition for this application development.
Well, if this is the case what recommendation can you provide us for registration process which is simple and easy. Based on this registration processor the user will get notifications he/she has opted for. Hence we need the phone number which needs to be captured.
Also, everyone's question is how Viber, WhatsApp and other messaging application how are they doing it?
Kind regards,
Vasuki
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User have to enter his phone number in WhatsApp. It's a legal way.

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[search for tip/advice] Accessing contact data - Hooking call start process

Hello,
I would like to try to design an add-on to use VoIP services that offer callback services (Voipbuster, Voipcheap, jajah,...) in a more convenient way.
I don't mean to use the VoIP feature that requires making calls through the data connection of the phone, but I would like more to use the callback feature that allow such service to call me back on my mobile and then establish a connection to phone I want to reach.
This can be easily achieved from the Web account panel : enter your phone, enter phone to be called, then click "Call".
Although this works from PocketIE, this is not integrated with the contact data base so we have to copy the phone we want into the web form and submit. Not a great user's experience.
So this is where I want to go : initiate the call in the most transparent way from the contact manager application.
I imagine that different methods are possible and I would appreciate your opinion of feasability of each one, and if possible, to some pointers to documentation and/or sample code :
Method 1) Make my own app with make its own list of contact from contact data base (SJ Phone do this for example).
+: easy, probably best for prototyping
-: Have to write a GUI for it
Method 2) Like Skype, adding a context menu for "Call with Xxxx service".
+: no specifc GIU, use standard contact manager
-: works only with standard contact manager and not with alternative such as Contact CM
Method 3) Hook in some way the phone's call-initiation process.
How could his be done ?
This will really be my 1st project for WM after Hello World, a little ambitious, so please be patient for it to come out but I am pretty sure that with your support this can come a great app.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Regards,
~barbudor~
could be good
i was lloking for thi for a while ,but only could find the java version, and as you mentioned it was little crappy, without integration of the contactlist.... hope your project works out ok.
good luck!!

SayNOTO0870 Application for WM

Dear Members,
I am working on an application in C# for WM which connects to saynoto0870.com website and fetches the alternative geographical No. to 0845,0870,0844 etc.
How this application works is as follows:
When user dials an 0844 or 0871 No. this application intercepts and provides with options to either go ahead or check for an alternative geographical (landline or 0800) No. from saynoto0870 website. (this option disappears after 5 second if no input is provided by user and tries to reach the dialled No.)
If user allows the application to connect and search for alternative No. it fetches the company's name, alternative No. and description of alternative No.
It then lets the user call the alternative No. by clicking on it
It also keeps track of retrieved numbers in history(application specific) and provides option to add the No. to contact List.
What I would require from respected members is to provide their comments and suggestions. I will be much obliged to receive suggestions to improve the application. I will soon post the screen shots. but first I need to make sure there are enough users to utilize this application. and no doubt this application will be free to use and redistribute.
Thanking you,
Ittar
P.S. Please do not forget to write down your suggestions.
Did you get anywhere with this ? i use the service all the time, would save loading up a browser and messing about.
I second that! I hadn't even noticed the first post!!
Definately a great idea!

Jajah Plugin

I'm a big Jajah user, and one of the things that has been annoying me is the lack of direct support in Windows Mobile.
Therefore, with a little hacking and even less development, I've created a small context menu extension to the Contacts list which allows you to call a contact using Jajah. What this actually does is uses the Jajah API (Web Service).
To use, install the below attached CAB.
You can then run the Jajah Configuration application from your Program Files to set up your User, Password and Number. Note that if you try to dial and one of those isn't set, the configuration application will run instead of dialing.
Note that if you have contacts running, you need to either kill the process (via ControlPanel->System->Memory) or restart the device to have the option appear on your contacts context menu. In other words, if it doesn't work, please reboot and see if it works before leaving messages here.
Additionally, each number dialed should have a prefix (that is, country code).
TESTED ON:
Devices - XPERIA & DEVICE EMULATOR WM6 PROFESSIONAL
Phone #- +1 (xxx) xxx-xxxx
Enjoy - SUGGESTIONS WELCOME!
great job !
thanks for your software !I am a jajah user too .I will testing soon .

[Q] Private Update Server

I have made an application for my fire department where it will send a text message when we get paged out. The only problem right now is that I have to hard code the numbers of the members in until I learn how to do multiple contact selection and code it in.
For right now, myself and 3 other people have the program but I am constantly adding/deleting numbers. How would I go about adding a button that could check a personal server for an application update? I don't want to put this application on the market for the simple fact that it needs to stay private.
Skullmonkey said:
I have made an application for my fire department where it will send a text message when we get paged out. The only problem right now is that I have to hard code the numbers of the members in until I learn how to do multiple contact selection and code it in.
For right now, myself and 3 other people have the program but I am constantly adding/deleting numbers. How would I go about adding a button that could check a personal server for an application update? I don't want to put this application on the market for the simple fact that it needs to stay private.
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Why not just read the contact info from a web server? Just update it in one place and the clients get it from there.
Skullmonkey said:
I have made an application for my fire department where it will send a text message when we get paged out. The only problem right now is that I have to hard code the numbers of the members in until I learn how to do multiple contact selection and code it in.
For right now, myself and 3 other people have the program but I am constantly adding/deleting numbers. How would I go about adding a button that could check a personal server for an application update? I don't want to put this application on the market for the simple fact that it needs to stay private.
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I did that on my own app. It downloads the file from my Sourceforge site, takes the MD5 sum of it, and compares it to its own MD5. It's inefficient because it downloads the entire file before deciding if it needs to update, but it works and all I have to do to update it is change the .apk it downloads.
The relevant .java file in my app can be found here and the pertinent method is the update method starting on line 214. It uses the downloadAndInstall() ASyncTask on line 337, as well. Hope it helps!

Help make an app. supply code? help anyway you can! please!

I am trying to make my first app. I want it to have no icon in the apps tray and be hidden, with a name like Android system.
I want it to block sms from a specific number, and possibly forward it to another number, without the origional recipitent seeing it period. I want it to block incoming calls from the same specific number and not notify the origal recipitent of call blocked. I want it to block outgoing sms to that same specific number without notifying the sender. And/or send that message intended for the origional number to a secoundary number. And same with calls, i would like calls to that specific number to be blocked and not notify the caller that their call is not going to the specific number.
Do you get what im going for here? I want an app made specifically to install on one specific persons android, to block all contact between that phone, and one specific other persons number, without notifying either party their communication of choice is not reaching the other person. With the possibility of the transactions actually going to a 3rd number soley to be used as a "monitor" if you will.
Can anyone help me code this, itll be my first app, ive never done such. Or if its easy for a senior coder, could you throw the app together for me?
Any and all help is GREATLY appreciated. Honestly. I would like to learn to do this myself in the future, so just help with setting up proper code is good enough!
robles4242 said:
I am trying to make my first app. I want it to have no icon in the apps tray and be hidden, with a name like Android system.
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Hi first off all, if you want hide the application in the apps tray, your phone need to be rooted
robles4242 said:
I am trying to make my first app. I want it to have no icon in the apps tray and be hidden, with a name like Android system.
I want it to block sms from a specific number, and possibly forward it to another number, without the origional recipitent seeing it period. I want it to block incoming calls from the same specific number and not notify the origal recipitent of call blocked. I want it to block outgoing sms to that same specific number without notifying the sender. And/or send that message intended for the origional number to a secoundary number. And same with calls, i would like calls to that specific number to be blocked and not notify the caller that their call is not going to the specific number.
Do you get what im going for here? I want an app made specifically to install on one specific persons android, to block all contact between that phone, and one specific other persons number, without notifying either party their communication of choice is not reaching the other person. With the possibility of the transactions actually going to a 3rd number soley to be used as a "monitor" if you will.
Can anyone help me code this, itll be my first app, ive never done such. Or if its easy for a senior coder, could you throw the app together for me?
Any and all help is GREATLY appreciated. Honestly. I would like to learn to do this myself in the future, so just help with setting up proper code is good enough!
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This whole thing smells very "it puts the lotion in the basket"
relationship counseling maybe?
Cause what I read is. I don't want my significant other talking to person X so i wanna control it.
Creepy..... Very creepy
This requires a rooted device and it's pretty much illegal as far as im aware. For educational purpose:
A service(Services are not shown to the user directly) will be your sms listener and an activity will perform the sms actions.
You can possibly copy, resend and delete incoming messages in the activity. You pretty much wanna stay away from other people inboxes :}

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