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Verizon AGPSFix-----Need CLI?

Anyone using this fix for the slow GPS locking?
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=VerizonAGPSFix
What I am stuck on is the Command Line interface.
if you're having problems using the ## codes you can
directly execute "\Windows\DmRouter.exe /DIAG" with any program that lets you run command line arguments.
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Where can I get a CLI?
Thanks,
Scott

Yes, I use it and typically get a lock in about 10 seconds, outside and inside.
Use something like QuickMenu, or dotfred's Task Manager to run this.

10 seconds would be amazing...Mine is taking about 5 minutes outside.
I downloaded the dotfred task manager. I will install it tonight when I am on my personal laptop. I did not see in the description for the program that it included a CLI. Does it have a CLI or is there another way I need to directly execute "\Windows\DmRouter.exe /DIAG
Thanks
Scott

No luck yet. When I run Windows\DmRouter.exe /DIAG
I saw it install a driver, then I do not see the device in windows explorer.....
Any ideas?
Scott

Huh?
The instructions are perfect on the wiki, took me all of 10 minutes to complete.
Why are you looking in the explorer, just do as the instructions say.

Right on Champ....
It worked as said.
What I was hung up on, is in the instructions when you execute dmrouter.exe that activesynch would drop and I would see the htc in my computer..
Well I never saw that, but it all worked fine...
Thanks for helping!!!!!
Scott

You dont need a CLI program. theres a run functionality built in:
Press and hold the DPAD center button.
Take the stylus and press and hold on the clock until the secondary function circle timer completes. when you let go, you will get a context menu to either go to the clock or open a command prompt.

StandAlone Windows Phone 7 Emulator (Microsoft XDE)

I don't wanna use monstrous VS2010 (which requires .net4 & silverlight4) on my home notebook so I found way to extract Microsoft XDE from "Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone CTP"
Attachment contains "extracted" from the package standalone emulator.
Just unpack attached zip and run sde_xde-enu.msi (if UAC is enabled you should start command promt and execute msiexec /i sde_xde-enu)
In MS terms install is silent so you don't need press "next" or "ok".
After install you find folder "%Program Files%\Microsoft XDE\" with Windows Phone 7 Emulator.
If you install the emulator on win x64 the path to emulator will look like this "%Program Files(x86)%\Microsoft XDE\".
The emulator will be installed both x86 and x64 but it seems that it does not work on x64 systems.
There is no WP7 images in archive so you must download it by yourself (original by M$ or patched version by Dan Ardelean).
Original image of WP7 by M$
Patched image of WP7 by Dan Ardelean mirror
After installing the application and download the file, you can run the emulator using the command:
Code:
"%Program Files%\Microsoft XDE\1.0\XDE.exe" %path_to_downloaded_image%
Despite the fact that it is installed on the XP, it only works on Vista and newer
step by step installation's guide by anarchyuk

So will you need Visual Studio Express Edition and all that jazz to make this work? Or just this installation and the emulator image?
Btw great work

main target was just to use the emulator without installing VS2010
just install this package and add the wp7_image

Works like a charm!! Thanks!

Image file
Thank you for the emulator
How can i get an image, do you have a URL or shared storage?

I've updated the first post with wp7image's URLs

anyone else get this to work?

Thanks for this

tried, but does not work at all:
1) installed from msi
2) run FAR as administrator
3) copied original WM70C1.bin to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft XDE\1.0\"
4) in directory "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft XDE\1.0\" typed:
Code:
XDE.exe WM70C1.bin
and nothing appeared, and no process xde.exe running in task manager
if i type XDE.exe without parameters, it shows its help screen, but if i run with any parameter (even if it is wrong) it shows nothing.
is this problem related only to my machine or somebody else is experiencing this also?

l2tp
hmm.. I've tried many times on different PCs (win vista sp1 and newer but only x86) and I've had no problems..
there is just one problem that I found it will not work on winXP
pm me if you have any IM. it's much easier to me to talk in Russian

hmm again..
i've just test the emulator in the virtual machine with installed w7 x64 - all the symptoms as l2tp described
I'll try to find x64 version tonight

Thanks Sir

I installed this and it does not create the Microsoft XDE folder in program files....I am on Windows 7 x86. No error of anything. It did take a while and gave me a UAC prompt after a while.....
Edit: I enabled logging by running the msi with /log logfile.txt and it said:
vmmmsm_custom: Running custom action CA_InstallVMMDriver
vmmmsm_custom: Error creating VMM service, E = 6
CustomAction CA_InstallVMMDriver.3D2F911E_A60A_4C07_8F7D_5306DC073E9A returned actual error code 1603 (note this may not be 100% accurate if translation happened inside sandbox)
Action ended 17:11:12: InstallFinalize. Return value 3.
vmmmsm_custom: Running custom action CA_RemoveVMMDriver
vmmmsm_custom: There was an error stopping the VMM service. Run setup again after manually stopping the VMM service. (error code 6)
vmmmsm_custom: There was an error deleting the VMM service. The service has not been deleted. (error code 6)
I guess it is a problem with my machine with the virtual machine driver, but there seems to be no service...

today I'd installed CLEAN win vista sp2 business x86 on the virtual machine and then tested this emulator - all works fine but very slow
one more update - this installer conflicts with UAC (m$ suxxs one more time..)
if you install the full version of the VS2010 UAC's request appears at the beginning and everything is installed properly
but if you only install the emulator, then:
If UAC enabled installer says "all fine" but emulator doesn't install (see post hsclate)
If UAC disabled installer says "all fine" and emulator installs

Thanks working now....you don;t have to disable UAC if you don't want to, just run an elevated command prompt and run from there, then it installed. Thanks for the pointer...

l2tp said:
tried, but does not work at all:
1) installed from msi
2) run FAR as administrator
3) copied original WM70C1.bin to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft XDE\1.0\"
4) in directory "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft XDE\1.0\" typed:
Code:
XDE.exe WM70C1.bin
and nothing appeared, and no process xde.exe running in task manager
if i type XDE.exe without parameters, it shows its help screen, but if i run with any parameter (even if it is wrong) it shows nothing.
is this problem related only to my machine or somebody else is experiencing this also?
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Same Problem for me here.
Running Win7 Professional x64

En1gma said:
hmm again..
i've just test the emulator in the virtual machine with installed w7 x64 - all the symptoms as l2tp described
I'll try to find x64 version tonight
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Please work hard for the 64bit version, thanks really for this genius work.

Saw this emu-rip to late damn... After uninstalling all the "Microsoft Virtual Studio + I don't know how many crap from what Virtual Studio refused to uninstall via 'Programs and Features' so removed it kind of manually" the sde_xde-enu does not work anymore. While all that bullcrap was installed it actually did work...(@W7 x64)

damn rapid share thought it was extinct.
l2tp +1 confirmed

Yesterday I tried to install VS2010 on win7 pro x64 and it seems that there is no x64 version of vs2010. Because the download is the same version as downloaded on win vista hp sp2.

[ADDON] NotAndBuntu 11.04 Beta5 (Ubuntu Natty Narwhal)

Hi,
Here is the fourth version. Its not upgradeable, so delete the old /sdcard/ubuntu before, except you know what you are doing and are able to fix upcoming problems by upgrading.
[Hints]
To remove the stupid overlay scrollbars, goto ubuntu shell and type
Code:
apt-get remove overlay-scrollbar liboverlay-scrollbar*
in the next version setupgnome will automatically do that, all which setup gnome befor, do that to get the normal scrollbars.
in gnome goto system -> preferences -> appearance. there to the fonts tab, and there to details. use a resolution of 120 dpi, so you it is a bit more touch friendly
[Requirements]
Archive from http://www.bisme.net/files/xda/ubuntu/ubuntu_b6.tar.gz
Optionall an VNC client like android-vnc
[step by step]
Install the kernel (without you'll not have full functionality, but it'll work)
Extract the ubuntu archive to /sdcard/ubuntu (in adb shell goto sdcard and type: "tar xzf ubuntu_b6.tar.gz")
cd to this dir and type
Code:
su
then
Code:
sh ubuntu install
you will be asked a few questions, if you have no plan just press always enter. after reboot open a terminal and type
Code:
su
then
Code:
ubuntu start
optional if you want gnome via vnc
Code:
ubuntu setupvnc
and
Code:
ubuntu setupgnome
this still takes long, you are installing here almost the complete ubuntu via internet. that are a few hundred megabytes of downloading and over one gigabyte of extracting and installing. leave with exit and on android shell type (first time it asks for a passwod)
Code:
ubuntu startvnc
then connect to it via: localhost:5901 using a vnc client and the password you set.
[what you got]
you start the ubuntu subsystem with ubuntu start (still chroot)
with ubuntu setupvnc you install vnc service
with ubuntu setupssh you install ssh service
with ubuntu setupgnome you install gnome
with ubuntu setupkde you install kde (if you do so, you need to modify inside ubuntu /usr/bin/vnc)
with ubuntu shell you open an bash session
with ubuntu screen you open an persistent bash session
with ubuntu startvnc you start the vnc service
with startssh inside ubuntu shell you the start the ssh service
with ubuntu stopvnc you stop the vnc service
with stopssh inside ubuntu shell you the stop the ssh service
with ubuntu stop you stop (is rebooting)
with ubuntu uninstall you uninstall the script from system(directory /sdcard/ubuntu stays)
in ubuntu you can access:
android's /dev bound to ubuntu's /dev (fdisk /dev/block/mmcblk0 is working fine(sdcard). don't touch /dev/block/mmcblk1 or you'll kill your android system, maybe your whole xoom )
android's /system bound to ubuntu's /android/system
android's /data bound to ubuntu's /android/data
android's /mnt/sdcard bound to ubuntu's /adnroid/sdcard
[working]
With android-vnc Gnome (bluetooth keyboard and mouse)
Firefox 4
Chromium Browser
LibreOffice
Gnome Terminal
SSH Daemon
"D" key needs to remove the gnome keyboardshortcut uses "D" (just open vnc, goto a textfield and type d then you know what I mean )
and a lot more
[not working]
Ubuntu Software Center (use Synaptic instead, find it in the system menu)
[the tecnical side]
Ubuntu Natty Narwhal (11.04) from http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardUbuntu
dd for creating an image (no size limit anymore)
image formatted with ext2
adb push /sdcard/ubuntu/img/ubuntu.img (android shell has gunzip)
chroot env
tightvnc, gnome-session
different kernel features which i'll list here later
[changelog]
Beta 6
small changes in the scripts to ensure compatibility with other roms and devices
you can choose now between UBuntu 11.04, 11.10 and 12.04 Beta2
[next]
providing preinstalled images for gnome, kde and xfce
app instead script
[ideas]
weirdx
wayland
Have Fun
Ralph

GhostOfTheNet said:
Hi folks,
Actually I'm poking around with the common "How to get ubuntu onto xoom", but with an own img file i created based on the maverick arm minimal archive. Now I'm installing unity, but in weekend I'll try to make the installation, configuration, ... more userfriendly. maybe I'll build a small app doing thinks like starting, stopping, starting a terminal with the chroot and so on. I've no plan at this moment what I'll do exact. But you can say me what you would like to have, so I know if there is a need for something. I think with the next ubuntu using something based on opengl as replacement for x and the promised touch support, it might be relly interesting to have in a chroot env and maybe write something like a wrapper for androids opengl es api. in this context maybe also a port of the android sdk to linux arm would be very interesting.
Regards
Ralph
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I just posted in the general forum about this lol. I would love maverick meerkat on the xoom. I'm sure the software center wouldnt work, but if you could somehow incorporate compiz fuzion, along with all of the standard apps, that would be the sh*t. Good luck man!

Got it to run on gtab but not sure how to do it on xoom.
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i have it already running, but I'm not getting the f*** unity running, because it needs opengl... a bit bad with tightvncserver
so i decided to jump over and try directly this out:
http://rcn-ee.net/deb/rootfs/natty/ubuntu-natty-alpha3-r0-minimal-armel.tar.xz
the omap4 is an arm cortex a9 processor, so it should be binary compatible.
wish me luck, if it will work you will have today a howto, otherwise i'll go back to 10.10 and search for another useful desktop.
edit: apt is working fine with maverick
regards

Ok, so far so good. Ubuntu 11.04 is basically running, all is working fine, but the repository is buggy, so apt is not letting me install unity.
Besause today i'll not google for a missing lib, let see further tomorow. Hopefully the repositories are fixed then.
I'm uploading now a file called ubuntu.zip
To install it do the steps i'll write now in the first post. (the setup is not tested, so you may still need your knowledge)
Regards
Sent from my Xoom using XDA App

Hey Ghost -- thanks for your great work on this!
One thing I was wondering -- would it be possible to break out your instructions on how to do this from scratch? I'm interesting in putting together my own version (probably a minmal Ubuntu 10.04 install), and would really appreciate the source "steps".
From what I've read, it looks like it's a matter of grabbing the right kernel (I thought I saw a recent one on the tegra development site), bootstrapping the right debian-based arm-compatible distro, and copying that over to the device with the right script to get it setup. I'd just love it if I could piggyback on your fine work

GhostOfTheNet said:
It's alpha, so nothing for you if you have no plan whats going on here.
Archive: http://www.bisme.net/ubuntu.zip
Needed:
Rooted xoom with busybox installed
Steps:
1.) Extract the zip to /sdcard/ubuntu
2.) Open a terminal su, cd to this dir and type
./setupubuntu (sh*** i forgot to change the file, all cp commands are not working for some reason, needs to be
cat filename > /system/bin/filename
3.) ... ehm fin
(always su before)
If you replaced the cp, you can directly type for example bootubuntu, if not you need to be in dir /sdcard/ubuntu and say ./bootubuntu
After ubuntu booted(real only mounted) you can start a bash shell with shellubuntu. Unmount it with shutubuntu(in most cases will fail, then you need to reboot before you can say bootubuntu again)
Ehm, yes... i love my xoom :-D most of the time i worked on that... my pc i almost didn't need. Small tipp, it is worth its 4 dollar, better android terminal. Without bash this would be the hell.
Regards
Ralph
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Man you are the best. I really really want to get this up and running but i cant get through setup. idk how to install... this is not my area of expertise lol. help?!
edit: i guess for clarification, after i type in the cat command it tells me write: no space left on device

Is the touch screen working
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Ok, first of all, this is not a rom. Thats not needed in this case, because with linux more installations can share the same kernel. Android has a linux kernel, ubuntu has one. Google for chroot
This is not an attemp to replace android, just to enhance it a bit
In this state it's just something like a technical preview. Give me a few days. For now only advanced linux users wich understands whats happening there can do something with it.
Concerning a minimal ubuntu, this is now a minimal installation.
Regards
Sent from my Xoom using XDA App

After unity 2d is not really working at this moment, I'm actually preparing a version with icewm and lxde. Post will come in a few hours.
Regards
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What about Enlightenment?
http://www.linuxuk.org/2010/02/the-new-ui-for-arm-based-ubuntu-devices/

i'm installing it. lets see.
the reason why it's still not posted, i have a problem with the xstartup file of tightvnc. for some reason it is not running the commands for the ui, so there is just an empty xserver in vnc until i start icewm lxde manually. i think it would be the same with efl, and i had until today to less time to check out whats wrong.
edit: netbook-launcher-efl + metacity + maximus is looking fine

Is there any way to not use VNC? Can you dual boot or otherwise get into X ?

or possibly something like freenx client on android maybe??? in hopes that it's faster than vnc. if we can't boot into ubuntu.
edit - scratch that, i read you need X to use freenx... kinda defeats the point there.
i thought there was something else though that fowards all the window data over like lightning fast.

I found until now two possibilities but both needs much work. First taking the wayland xserver client and port it to android, or port weirdx to android.
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Hmm... so back to the dual boot question... What about something like this guy did?
http://androidforums.com/samsung-i7500/81090-debian-dualboot.html
https://code.google.com/p/linux-on-android/wiki/BasicSteps
Would that also work on the XOOM?

Me personally, I'm not interested in another Linux Distri as main System
1. I would miss the android functionallity and feel, because of that I would never boot Ubuntu.
2. Only android has the needed touch support for a tablet. Maybe this changes i future ubuntu releases.
Because of that my primary target is a more seamless integration of a ubuntu subsystem in android, so we can use many beloved functions without much work. So there is the best of both worlds in the same time avaliable.
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Makes sense. My motivation for research and all this is that I want to do (light) web development and server administration on the tablet as well. Of course, buying that bluetooth keyboard makes it all feasible and I'm not looking to do heavy amounts of work on it, but I want to ditch my netbook. For starters, the tablet lasts longer in terms of battery life and the form factor is better.
Other than that, to me, tablets serve merely as an entertainment purpose (unless maybe you're using it to bill people or for a sales pitch/meeting) and I can't justify the cost. A $600 travel Scrabble is retarded. So I think tablets need something like Ubuntu running on them in order for them to be a more productive device that is a justifiable expense.
Right now the biggest thing that I'm thinking about is gedit and git. If I can get those two... Then I think I'd be pretty much set. I think there's actually two or three text editors for Android as is and I might be able to use those provided I could get git for Android.
The graphical user interface isn't the most important thing so I can even live w/o the VNC. Having a local webserver would be rad, but not a high priority since I can use git to update a server on the net.
If you have any ideas, and I know it's getting somewhat off topic, but your research is really the crux of my situation...I'd appreciate it. Thanks.
--edit ok, so i found www.cloud9ide.com which will cover me I guess. but still I want more power under the hood. I really appreciate your work efforts! Thanks.

updated useful for people which knows whats going on

deleted. got it. Thanks! this is awesome. great work!

[Q] Mod Windows RT to enable Remote Desktop

In the past, Windows has had editions for consumers that did not include Remote Desktop enabled. Usually there was a patch to enable it. Recently it has been proved how there is almost no difference between Windows 8 and Windows RT and that RT is just a port of Windows 8. So what about all the system files? They can be changed just like x86 Windows. So what about enabling Remote Desktop, so we don't need a ARM remote app that we need to unlock Windows for, and we can use what comes with Windows. In the past we modified the termsrv.dll file and changed some registry settings. I've included the Windows 8 and the Windows RT versions of termsrv.dll so that maybe some clever ones might try and crack a solution to enabling it on Windows RT.

sionicion said:
In the past, Windows has had editions for consumers that did not include Remote Desktop enabled. Usually there was a patch to enable it. Recently it has been proved how there is almost no difference between Windows 8 and Windows RT and that RT is just a port of Windows 8. So what about all the system files? They can be changed just like x86 Windows. So what about enabling Remote Desktop, so we don't need a ARM remote app that we need to unlock Windows for, and we can use what comes with Windows. In the past we modified the termsrv.dll file and changed some registry settings. I've included the Windows 8 and the Windows RT versions of termsrv.dll so that maybe some clever ones might try and crack a solution to enabling it on Windows RT.
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termsrv is a system service and how can we use a modified termsrv.dll before we use the Jailbreak tool?maybe we can edit termsrv.dll in the memory.

We can't, I suspect. Even after jailbreaking, the lack of a signature on a system file may be a problem. It's worth a shot, though.

termsrv.dll -should- be a usermode library that would be editable after the jailbreak.

I am able to take ownership of the file and replace it. But it won't use the termsrv.dll from my windows 8… I'm almost positive it is because the dll is different depending on architecture. But it should be as easily replaceable as any system file on windows 8, am I right? I don't see why it wouldn't but I could be wrong.

Yeah, pretty much. You definitely won't be able to use the Win8 version (x86 machine code, ARM processor, not gonna fly...) but a modified version of the Windows RT version might work. Bear in mind that since modifying the DLL will invalidate the signature, this won't work if the signature validation is enforced (i.e. you'll have to jailbreak).

Should be possible using the Remote Debugging Tools or, even better, cdb. Put it in a .cmd file in autorun and voila

clrokr said:
Should be possible using the Remote Debugging Tools or, even better, cdb. Put it in a .cmd file in autorun and voila
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Please!! Remote desktop would be awesome enabled on the Surface RT, if someone could work on it I know a lot of people would be very grateful!

I've already posted a method that should enable RDP here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=36386089&postcount=211 - no need to patch DLL, and would work on an a locked device. But you'll have to manually edit binary registry value, instead of using a provided tool.
I have not tested RDP, but after using this method I was able to recover an option of joining device to Active Directory domain (it was blocked by the similar policies).

mamaich said:
I've already posted a method that should enable RDP here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=36386089&postcount=211 - no need to patch DLL, and would work on an a locked device. But you'll have to manually edit binary registry value, instead of using a provided tool.
I have not tested RDP, but after using this method I was able to recover an option of joining device to Active Directory domain (it was blocked by the similar policies).
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Can you share how you managed to get the rt joined to a domain?

mamaich said:
I've already posted a method that should enable RDP here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=36386089&postcount=211 - no need to patch DLL, and would work on an a locked device. But you'll have to manually edit binary registry value, instead of using a provided tool.
I have not tested RDP, but after using this method I was able to recover an option of joining device to Active Directory domain (it was blocked by the similar policies).
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Wouldn't both methods work though? Your method works by enabling features from other editions by telling Windows that's what edition it is running. It disables it when the Software Protection service restores it to the original template according to the edition. By patching the DLL file, you could trigger Remote Desktop to work without it needing to check in with the kernel policies.
I mean unless you have a way to modify these policies without all the extra occuring, it would work. But Bitlocker and the Software Protection service getting involved...it just sounds like a lot of extra work for something much bigger in the end, and I know there must be an easier way to force Remote Desktop to work without listening to these policies because it has been done in the past.

mamaich said:
I've already posted a method that should enable RDP here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=36386089&postcount=211 - no need to patch DLL, and would work on an a locked device. But you'll have to manually edit binary registry value, instead of using a provided tool.
I have not tested RDP, but after using this method I was able to recover an option of joining device to Active Directory domain (it was blocked by the similar policies).
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I tried to enable one of the Remote Desktop vars last night, allowRemoteConnections I think it was called, but I didn't get anything from it.

mamaich said:
I've already posted a method that should enable RDP here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=36386089&postcount=211 - no need to patch DLL, and would work on an a locked device. But you'll have to manually edit binary registry value, instead of using a provided tool.
I have not tested RDP, but after using this method I was able to recover an option of joining device to Active Directory domain (it was blocked by the similar policies).
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Again, please if you were able to join an RT to the domain. Please let me know what you did. Would love to not get prompted to log in into PowerShell.

apatcas said:
Again, please if you were able to join an RT to the domain. Please let me know what you did. Would love to not get prompted to log in into PowerShell.
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As I've already wrote - use this method: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=36386089&postcount=211
1. Edit registry:
Code:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup
SetupType=1
CmdLine="cmd.exe"
and reboot. You will enter the setup mode. You would not see the mouse cursor in this mode, and you'll need a hardware keyboard.
2. Open this reg_binary value: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ProductOptions\ProductPolicy. Look for unicode string "WorkstationService-DomainJoinEnabled", it is near offset 0x4000. Look at this screenshot:
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/526/35796208.png/
Select the "00" byte that follows the zero byte after the 64 (64 00 == unicode "d" letter) as you see on the screenshot. Overwrite it with 01. Be careful not to insert a byte, you need to overwrite the existing byte!
3. Rename sppsvc.exe to anything else so that it would not run on boot and reset ProductPolicy ("ren sppsvc.exe sppsvc.bak")
4. Reboot. Now the option to join the domain would be available.
I have not tried to add workstation to domain myself - try that and post here. After adding to domain you may try to rename sppsvc.bak back to sppsvc.exe as otherwise you'll get the "unactivated" Windows RT. I think that this would only remove the add to domain UI, but the RT would be still domain-joined.
I've tried to edit the remote desktop settings keys - this unblocked the corresponding options in the computer settings, but I was unable to connect. Maybe this is due to absence of RDP code in terminal server service - I don't see anyone listening port 3398 though TermServer service is running.

mamaich said:
As I've already wrote - use this method: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=36386089&postcount=211
1. Edit registry:
Code:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup
SetupType=1
CmdLine="cmd.exe"
and reboot. You will enter the setup mode. You would not see the mouse cursor in this mode, and you'll need a hardware keyboard.
2. Open this reg_binary value: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ProductOptions\ProductPolicy. Look for unicode string "WorkstationService-DomainJoinEnabled", it is near offset 0x4000. Look at this screenshot:
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/526/35796208.png/
Select the "00" byte that follows the zero byte after the 64 (64 00 == unicode "d" letter) as you see on the screenshot. Overwrite it with 01. Be careful not to insert a byte, you need to overwrite the existing byte!
3. Rename sppsvc.exe to anything else so that it would not run on boot and reset ProductPolicy ("ren sppsvc.exe sppsvc.bak")
4. Reboot. Now the option to join the domain would be available.
I have not tried to add workstation to domain myself - try that and post here. After adding to domain you may try to rename sppsvc.bak back to sppsvc.exe as otherwise you'll get the "unactivated" Windows RT. I think that this would only remove the add to domain UI, but the RT would be still domain-joined.
I've tried to edit the remote desktop settings keys - this unblocked the corresponding options in the computer settings, but I was unable to connect. Maybe this is due to absence of RDP code in terminal server service - I don't see anyone listening port 3398 though TermServer service is running.
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Joined... Nice find.

apatcas said:
Joined... Nice find.
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Have it remained domain-joined after restoring the original sppsvc.exe?
You have to return it back, otherwise you'll be annoyed with the activation reminders.

mamaich said:
Have it remained domain-joined after restoring the original sppsvc.exe?
You have to return it back, otherwise you'll be annoyed with the activation reminders.
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We could possibly patch sppsvc to not check, then start the service up after jailbreaking it.
I'm honestly not sure if this would be considered piracy or not, though.
Edit: I used the program to set every value to 1 in setup mode (The latest jailbreak tool works in setup mode), and I didn't see any change for anything dealing with RDP.
Edit 2: Perhaps I shouldn't have set 'Disable' to 1. Regardless, I set it to 0 and the options popped up, but I can't get anything to go. As mamaich stated, I'm not seeing anything listening on port 3389. netstat -a -b on a desktop with it enabled says it's opened by CryptSvc, but I'm not seeing anything with CryptSvc that's not there on the tablet. That could just be netstat guessing which service running under svchost is actually running it, too.

netham45 said:
We could possibly patch sppsvc to not check, then start the service up after jailbreaking it.
I'm honestly not sure if this would be considered piracy or not, though.
Edit: I used the program to set every value to 1 in setup mode (The latest jailbreak tool works in setup mode), and I didn't see any change for anything dealing with RDP.
Edit 2: Perhaps I shouldn't have set 'Disable' to 1. Regardless, I set it to 0 and the options popped up, but I can't get anything to go. As mamaich stated, I'm not seeing anything listening on port 3389. netstat -a -b on a desktop with it enabled says it's opened by CryptSvc, but I'm not seeing anything with CryptSvc that's not there on the tablet. That could just be netstat guessing which service running under svchost is actually running it, too.
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I think we must hack the dll file.But I find when I edit a byte in the dll,the service was not able to start.

apatcas said:
Joined... Nice find.
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So is it true? that your device stays domain-joined after you restore sppsvc.exe?

@ Netham45, you could try to open up W81x86 termsrv.dll and go to these hex locations to find out what functions needed patching.
Hashes
File: W81x86\termsrv.dll
CRC-32: 202cd912
MD4: a879d39b8fbcd968b525af05a66aaf2c
MD5: 7a8e1158291cf4c8d8474a2091b9bf6d
SHA-1: e10028b074d24605e05b5e0bafd42f6a93ac01ad
1550F-15520
17428
A1B29
Then go into WinRT termsrv.dll, jump to those functions by name (because offsets will be different between x86 and RT) and Jmp or Nop as needed for WinRT. Afterwords it could be added via CDB / KD on-the-fly.

windows rt rtm

MICROSOFT.WINDOWS.RT.8.1.WITH.OFFICE.2013.RT.RTM.WOA.ENGLISH.DVD-WZT
MICROSOFT.WINDOWS.RT.8.1.ADK.KIT.WOA.RTM-WZT
Thats all I want to say

windowsrtc said:
MICROSOFT.WINDOWS.RT.8.1.WITH.OFFICE.2013.RT.RTM.WOA.ENGLISH.DVD-WZT
MICROSOFT.WINDOWS.RT.8.1.ADK.KIT.WOA.RTM-WZT
Thats all I want to say
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Anyone tried it yet? Looks like a risky process.

windowsrtc said:
MICROSOFT.WINDOWS.RT.8.1.WITH.OFFICE.2013.RT.RTM.WOA.ENGLISH.DVD-WZT
MICROSOFT.WINDOWS.RT.8.1.ADK.KIT.WOA.RTM-WZT
Thats all I want to say
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Thanks. Unfortunately, what I gather from what I'm reading is that that image does not contain drivers. You need to manually add the drivers to the image before you install. If you don't, you'll brick your tablet, according to WZT. People may want wait a little bit until there are clear directions and a few people who can verify that they worked (i.e. that they installed 8.1 without any problems).
Additional note: It sounds like the driver package is only for the Surface RT, so users with other Windows RT tablets (ex. ASUS VivoTab RT) may brick their tablets if they try to use it. They'll have to wait until someone releases a driver package for their model (which WZT says might have to be taken from the Preview build).

Osprey00 said:
Even more unfortunately, while WZT has teased info about the driver package, they haven't actually leaked it yet.
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This part isn't actually true, for what it's worth- it's included with the main download.

jhoff80 said:
This part isn't actually true, for what it's worth- it's included with the main download.
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Oh, OK. I didn't catch that. They made it appear as though it was a separate download. Ah, you're right: there they are.

just run setup.exe
all drivers for surface are build in
BTW:I have rollback to 8.0 again

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...users with other Windows RT tablets (ex. ASUS VivoTab RT) may brick their tablets if they try to use it.
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It is very difficult to brick an RT device. You can always recover it if you can boot to USB, and you have a recovery image and familiar with windows command line tools (diskpart, dism and so on).
Unfortunatley I'm on a business trip and can't create an upgrade instruction for VivoTab users. But there is nothing difficult - as we already have all needed drivers on a recovery partition, and all you need - just insert them into WIM using the Wzor's instructions from his original post on ru-board.

Installed this tonight. Note that drivers are NOT included in the iso from Wzor.
Extract boot.wim and install.wim from Wzor's iso, inject Wzor's RTM drivers via dism, commit, put boot.wim and install.wim with drivers back into iso, image to USB drive. I installed from within RT using setup (keeping nothing).
You have to use the default key on installation. You need to find out your actual RT key before you do this otherwise you end up with a non-activated RT 8.1 and no key. Export DigitalProductId and DigitalProductId4 from HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion and obtain your key. Instructions on how to here.
Works great. In the short amount of time I've been testing everything works perfectly OK, including all my accessories. (discussion here).

mamaich said:
It is very difficult to brick an RT device. You can always recover it if you can boot to USB, and you have a recovery image and familiar with windows command line tools (diskpart, dism and so on).
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I figured as much, but not everyone may have the recovery image or the knowledge, and, for them, a dead device that they're unable to recover is as good as a brick. Regardless, I just wanted to pass along the same language that WZT used so that I'm not guilty of misrepresenting the risks or responsible if someone can't fix what he got himself into.
derausgewanderte said:
Installed this tonight. Note that drivers are NOT included in the iso from Wzor.
Extract boot.wim and install.wim from Wzor's iso, inject Wzor's RTM drivers via dism, commit, put boot.wim and install.wim with drivers back into iso, image to USB drive. I installed from within RT using setup (keeping nothing).
You have to use the default key on installation. You need to find out your actual RT key before you do this otherwise you end up with a non-activated RT 8.1 and no key. Export DigitalProductId and DigitalProductId4 from HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion and obtain your key. Instructions on how to here.
Works great. In the short amount of time I've been testing everything works perfectly OK, including all my accessories. (discussion here).
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Thanks for your instructions and verifying that it works. The original instructions don't mention writing down your current key first. While I likely would've done that anyways, it's re-assuring to see it in writing, just in case. I might give this a go tomorrow.

FYI, there's now an ISO with the Surface RT drivers baked in, so that users don't have to use DISM to add them manually. The release name is:
DRIVERS FOR SURFACE RT ONLY___MICROSOFT WINDOWS RT 8 1 WITH OFFICE 2013 RT RTM WOA ENGLISH DVD-WZT
Note that it's only for the Surface RT, not other RT tablets.
Also note that you need the installation key, and, also, before installation, you need to export and decrypt your retail 8.0 key. Information on that is available here

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Also note that you need the installation key, and, also, before installation, you need to export and decrypt your retail 8.0 key. Information on that is available here
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and here is the direct link to Osprey00's post with a way of getting the key if you only have your RT.

Good news!
I'll just wait till some skillful surface owner gets the jailbreak and then update!

huslterose said:
Good news!
I'll just wait till some skillful surface owner gets the jailbreak and then update!
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[EDIT: Never mind. I misunderstood.]
I don't follow. There's nothing to "jailbreak" and it can't get much easier than it is now (outside of simply waiting until Microsoft rolls out 8.1 via Automatic Updates). You just follow instructions to find out your 8.0 key, install the 8.1+drivers ISO (not the one in the OP; the one that I listed a few posts up) with a general installation key, then activate 8.1 with your 8.0 key.

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I don't follow. There's nothing to "jailbreak" and it can't get much easier than it is now (outside of simply waiting until Microsoft rolls out 8.1 via Automatic Updates). You just follow instructions to find out your 8.0 key, install the 8.1+drivers ISO (not the one in the OP; the one that I listed a few posts up) with a general installation key, then activate 8.1 with your 8.0 key.
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I think he is referring to the lack of jailbreak on 8.1 for unsigned desktop apps - a feature which should have been in the OS from the start, instead microsoft wasted time patching the exploit the jailbreak used and destroyed the usefulness of the tablet for some.
He was probably intending to say something along the lines of him not updating to 8.1 until after someone makes a new jailbreak for it.
If you can live without the jailbreak, thats fine. Windows store is a bit too limited in my opinion, but it will grow (still gutted they blocked access to both localhost for network connections and COM ports in windows apps though).

SixSixSevenSeven said:
I think he is referring to the lack of jailbreak on 8.1 for unsigned desktop apps - a feature which should have been in the OS from the start, instead microsoft wasted time patching the exploit the jailbreak used and destroyed the usefulness of the tablet for some.
He was probably intending to say something along the lines of him not updating to 8.1 until after someone makes a new jailbreak for it.
If you can live without the jailbreak, thats fine. Windows store is a bit too limited in my opinion, but it will grow (still gutted they blocked access to both localhost for network connections and COM ports in windows apps though).
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Ah! Gotcha. It slipped my mind that the jailbreak for unsigned apps not working in 8.1 is a valid reason for not upgrading, so I was thinking that he was waiting for something to make the upgrade, itself, even easier. Thanks for the clarification.

@Osprey00 - is there a direct link perhaps

aooga said:
Could someone please post instructions on how to decrypt the registry values? The link that was posted is down. Thanks.
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Sure. There are a few different ways to do it. In order of simplest to most complicated...
METHOD 1 - Can be done solely from Windows RT (any version):
1. Follow these instructions to create a batch file.
2. Run the batch file on the tablet to get your key.
3. Either write the key down or right-click anywhere in the window, select Mark, highlight the key, right-click again (which will copy the key to the clipboard), paste the key into a text file and then copy that text file to another computer or backup drive.
4. Optional, but recommended: Check that the key is valid by inputting it into a key checker, such as The Ultimate PID Checker. If it tells you that the key is invalid, then try one of the other two methods.
METHOD 2 - Requires regular, non-RT Windows (XP/Vista/7/8):
1. In RT, open the charms bar, click Search, enter "Regedit" and run Regedit.
2. Export HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion to a .reg file.
3. Copy that .reg file to your non-RT Windows.
4. On your non-RT Windows (all remaining steps will be done there), right-click the .reg file and choose Edit. Change "CurrentVersion" to "CurrentVersionRT". Re-save the file.
5. Double-click on the .reg file and import it.
6. Download and install WinTK.
7. Run WinTK, paste "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersionRT" (without quotes) into the field and press the Decrypt button.
*If, for some reason, WinTK won't run, you can try this: download and unzip Produkey, run Regedit, export your CurrentVersion key to a backup .reg file, change the key name in your RT .reg file from "CurrentVersionRT" back to "CurrentVersion", remove all values in your RT .reg file except for DigitalProductId and DigitalProductId4 (make sure that they're NOT the ones under the DefaultProductKey sub-branch), import that (thus overwriting your Windows key with your Windows RT key), run Produkey, write down the Product Key, then import the backup .reg file to restore your Windows key (important, obviously).
8. Write down the product key.
9. Optional, but recommended: Check that the key is valid by inputting it into a key checker, such as The Ultimate PID Checker. If it tells you that the key is invalid, then try one of the other two methods.
10. Optional: Open Regedit again and delete the CurrentVersionRT key, just to clean up.
METHOD 3 - Can be done solely from Windows RT, but only on 8.0 (won't work on 8.1 Preview or 8.1 RTM) and is more complicated than Method 1:
1. Download and unzip the RT jailbreak tool.
2. Run RunExploit.bat. Choose 'R' from the menu. Let it finish, then press any key when it asks you to.
3. Download and install Win86emu.
4. Download and unzip Produkey.
5. Open the charms bar, click Search, enter "Regedit" and run Regedit.
6. Export HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion to a .reg file.
7. Find the Win86emu tile (icon is "x86") on your Start screen, flick down on it to bring up the options bar and tap Open File Location... or, at the Desktop, you can browse to C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\StartMenu\Programs\win86emu.
8. Double-tap the "x86 Registry Editor" shortcut.
9. In that registry editor, import the .reg file that you exported in step 4. This will import the settings into the special x86 registry that the emulator created when you installed it and which all x86 programs (including Produkey) will think is the real registry.
10. Double-tap the "Run x86 Program" shortcut.
11. Browse to and select the produkey.exe that you unzipped in step 2.
12. Find the Product Key listed for Windows in the window that appears and write it down. If nothing appears, click on Select Source and verify that it's searching the local computer (top-most radio button).
13. Optional, but recommended: Check that the key is valid by inputting it into a key checker, such as The Ultimate PID Checker. If it tells you that the key is invalid, then try one of the other two methods.
If one method doesn't seem to work for you, try one of the others.

Osprey00 said:
Sure. There are a few different ways to do it. I'll describe two...
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Hopefully, I didn't forget any steps from either of those methods.
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Thanks!. Now just waiting to download the iso. Its taking an age.
EDIT: mydigitallife was hacked...thats why the links are down.

aooga said:
Thanks!. Now just waiting to download the iso. Its taking an age.
EDIT: mydigitallife was hacked...thats why the links are down.
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thanks for the info. was about to search for reasons. hacked by MS?

derausgewanderte said:
thanks for the info. was about to search for reasons. hacked by MS?
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Yeah I was clueless why it wasn't working, so I just looked at their facebook page.
Would putting a link like this on XDA be considered warez? If not, can someone who has already downloaded the ISO with drivers upload it somewhere? There is no way I'm waiting till Oct. 16