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[TUT] Editing Resources .dll etc

How to edit resources:
I have attached the software needed File Editor Suite, also you can get a 30 day free trial of PE Explorer Here
It's all very simple to do just follow the guide any questions feel free to ask.
Also take a look @ Making custom icons to replace the standard icons
Step 1:
Unsign the .dll .dla with File Editor Suites UnSigner.exe, just drag the .dll over the Unsign.exe as show in the picture you wont see much maybe just a CMD "black box" quickly pop up.
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"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
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Step 2: Open with ResHacker\PE In PE you have to click the circled item and you will see the resources.
Step 3: Find the resource you want to edit, remebering that the file you will be replacing needs to be same size and bit
Step 4: Save your resource and in File Editor Suite you have siggner.exe click it locate the .dll and press start the process, the .txt file out put will say "Warning: This file is signed, but not timestamped.
Succeeded"
That's it your done
Now use the appropriate software whether it be File Changer or just using Resco File Explorer/Total Commander to replace, if you have a file that can not be overwriten go into the phone find the file change the extension to .bak example: bronzeres.bak

Nice job bud! I like the look of the PE Explorer R5
lets keep the [TUT] going!
PS. for all, make sure to keep the same pixel size on the icons for better quality when displaying on device, for panels not as much, since the .cpr adjusts the size of the panels on the homescreen.

roloracer said:
Nice job bud! I like the look of the PE Explorer R5
lets keep the [TUT] going!
PS. for all, make sure to keep the same pixel size on the icons for better quality when displaying on device, for panels not as much, since the .cpr adjusts the size of the panels on the homescreen.
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Thanks bruv

isn't this all covered in jdshifflets [TUT] ?

Kemekill Products said:
yeah but he deleted it when stylez pissed him off. then he got banned...
And to fianlize what happened he broke the rules with reagrds to direcspect to members no more needed to be said... If anyone has a problem PM me directly
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And then jdshifflets went on and created a new Sock Puppet account using his own address so we'd easily find out he's actually Kemekill.
And if that wasn't enough he didn't do a good enough job covering his IP address.
So until further notice Kemekill will Join jdshifflets in his/their split personality, until this is discussed and investigated.
To add to the Tute.
Sometimes when a file has only one Icon file (like for instance some .cpl files)
You can actually get away by using a bigger .icon file to replace it.
But best practice is to always use the same size and resolution to replace these.
Another Good Resource editor is CFF explorer http://www.ntcore.com/products.php
Or the Classic ResourceHacker.
Also until now i got away without unsigning files just fine, but i always sign them with new cert.
Yes I also wrote a Tute like this , but that has nothing to do with me stepping in here.
I'm just following up and the policy for creating Sock Puppet Accounts after a Ban.
Kemekill won't be back ever, and we (The Moderation Team) are not sure yet how this affects jdshifflets ban.

I've gotten this to work pretty good except for one slight hiccup... the "signer" gives me an error that the signature has expired... any thoughts on how to correct this?

New signer with certs, i'll change the full download when got time.
Edit: Updated File Editor Suite

stylez said:
New signer with certs, i'll change the full download when got time.
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Sweet... thanks alot!!

I see a new Avatar there, cool.
Also when using PExplorer or CFF explorer sometimes you will need to rebuild the header for the file not to break.
At least i know that was the only way of removing \Noui from the first Marketplace exe (and also replacing it with my icon.
So with DLL files i don't expect this to be needed, but if you edit an .exe file and quickly see the .exe icon being replace by a blank icon you know you need to redo it with recompile header.

Thank you wanted to go back to my ninja but he disappeared..
Yeah i had this happening when tried to change everything in start menu to gray Good to know about header

Anyone having challenegs in copying tapres.dll? I can copy bronzeres.dll and open it using PE or Resource Hacker but can't seem to copy the tapres.dll (wchich containts the start menu icon) to my PC for modifying..=(

tapres.dll is a ROM file so you will have to use ROM Extractor and this is not easy as made for PPC, but can be done
In Top Box type\Windows\tapres.dll
In box bellow type tapres.dll
Click Extract.
This will extract it to root of phone memory.

hi folks,
i tried to unsign and open MMAppLauncherCore.dll (after copying to my workstation) which maximus.mobile has made but after the unsign step res.hacker opens a empty file, i do not know why.
can anybody try to open the file too to find out the mistake?
thx

[CDMA][W/VGA] Jmz Provisioning -- Select your carrier on first boot

Jmz Provisioning
Select your carrier on first boot​
Finally, the release of the bug free Jmz Provisioning. Many things have changed since the first beta so please read the notes below carefully.​
Release Notes:
Leave app.dat file alone.
Leave the package the way it is
Registry Entries are as follows
CarrierCount is how many provisioning cabs you are using
Carrier1, Carrier2, and so on are the carriers you want listed
Headertext is what you want it to say at the top of the app
Carriers is a changing number so don’t worry about that one
Firstrun — 1=runcc reboots phone on first boot, 2=runcc does not reboot your phone on first boot
Sometimes the app hides so you have to look at task manager to bring it forward. Currently trying to fix this small issue
Cab names are Carrier1.cab, Carrier2.cab and so on to match the above reg entries.
.NET 3.5 is required.
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"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
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Download​

Certainly looks great. Maybe you should include in title that it is for CDMA ROMs. Does Connection setup not work on CDMA?
I hope to see a lot more applications with the same graphic ui. Can you please remake every app that exists? Do you have any more that us GSM folks can use? Thanks for your contributions.

Program crashes whenever i select a provider. Any help? Anyone else seeing this issue? Does it require .Net 2.0 or something

Bxsteez said:
Program crashes whenever i select a provider. Any help? Anyone else seeing this issue? Does it require .Net 2.0 or something
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Yes it requires the latest .net package installed.

I have .net 3.5 installed and it still crashes

Bxsteez said:
I have .net 3.5 installed and it still crashes
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can you post the error report. The first couple lines should suffice. Also, did you change any of the cab names? that is hard coded.

An Unexpected error has occured in Jmz Provisioning.exe
at System.IO._Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String str)
at System.IO.File.Delete(string path)
at SmartDeviceProject1.Form1.ManilaButton3_Click_1(Object sender, EventArgs e)
I didn't change any file names I just downloaded ur OEM package

Bxsteez said:
An Unexpected error has occured in Jmz Provisioning.exe
at System.IO._Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String str)
at System.IO.File.Delete(string path)
at SmartDeviceProject1.Form1.ManilaButton3_Click_1(Object sender, EventArgs e)
I didn't change any file names I just downloaded ur OEM package
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did you change the app.dat file?

this is what is my app.dat
Directory("\windows\startup"):-File("Jmz Provisioning.lnk","\windows\Jmz Provisioning.lnk")

Bxsteez said:
this is what is my app.dat
Directory("\windows\startup"):-File("Jmz Provisioning.lnk","\windows\Jmz Provisioning.lnk")
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well, how the program works is this. It puts that shortcut in startup. Then when you click an option in the program it deletes that shortcut so it doesn't run again on next boot. So for some reason it cannot delete that file in the startup folder. Ensure the lnk file is not read-only. Other than that I can't really know what is going on. But bottom line is that the lnk file cannot be deleted from the startup folder for some reason.

Hmmm... Its not read only. I'm not sure why it can't be deleted. I know i can delete it if i got into startup and delete it. Any ideas on a solution?

Bxsteez said:
Hmmm... Its not read only. I'm not sure why it can't be deleted. I know i can delete it if i got into startup and delete it. Any ideas on a solution?
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Has it ever worked for your kitchen?

No not once

Bxsteez said:
No not once
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does the cab actually install?

No it crashes once you hit the carrier.

there is a newer version on ppc geeks

Released R1

Latest Unlocked Windows Phone 7 emulator with Copy and Paste

Hey everyone! Saw the latest build of the emulator and did some digging around. Here's the result:
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"lightbox_close": "Close",
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"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Also, here's a video of it in action:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xdhxCdRQRA
Download:
http://windowsphonehacker.com/articles/latest_windows_phone_7_emulator_unlocked-02-05-11
Technical information:
To do this, I used this tutorial:
http://sviluppomobile.blogspot.com/2010/03/wp7-emulator-unlocked-how-to.html
And got the tools from SonicFlare's post here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=5913715&postcount=218
Important note: The Settings menu is a bit broken, no About page working. I assume there's some SecureItem GUIDs I need to set, but time limits me from doing it myself. Anyone want to take a stab and report back?
Enjoy!

Awesome! I really cant wait until M$ releases the WP7 update. I could really use the copy and paste feature.

It works OK Thanks!
Very useful for developers.

Good news, but am waiting for official update to update

can i run it on 64bit?
can we now install xaps easily?

Tested on seven 64bit ... didn't work
i also couldn't run it omwin7 32bit ... it pause on loading
can any one teach us aesily this totarial? plz

Mr.zeus said:
Tested on seven 64bit ... didn't work
i also couldn't run it omwin7 32bit ... it pause on loading
can any one teach us aesily this totarial? plz
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There must be another issue, as my development computer is Windows 7 64-bit

Does it work in Office?
Does it work in Excel and Word?

a_ok2me said:
Does it work in Excel and Word?
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I just played around with Word, and it is definitely working. I am not sure about Excel, will update soon

I have downloaded this file half a dozen times, and I cannot unzip it using either Windows Explorer or WinRar... Is there another source for it?

it's really an important post,great work mate.
it's a rich material for WP7 Rom Cooking,,,who don't like recipes.....

Filesystem
Is there a way to view the file system of the emulator? Some of the original emulator unlocks seemed to have this feature but I haven't been able to find discussion of it with the more recent updates.
Any advice on how to view the root directories?

Is this a full rom with all the features on it ? (phone, xbox,etc)

Windows Phone 7 Emulator Unlocked - can't unzip
I have tried downloading the file, but WinRAR and Windows Explorer both say that the file is corrupt, and I can't unzip it. I have also tried following the directions to unlock it myself, but when I open up my bin file, everything is using the Cyrillic alphabet, so I don't know where to find the changes to make.
Suggestions?

Is there a way to unlock the settings to test syncing email accounts?

sutt359 said:
Is there a way to unlock the settings to test syncing email accounts?
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Unfortunately, no. Even the original emulator that was super easy to crack and allowed almost-everything-under-the-sun didn't allow that unfortunately. It sucks because it looks like the new emulator is severely nerfed now where at least I could show off the basic functionality before. I hope MS goes back and gives us a ROM that does a little more 1:1 with a functional device. Not like I'd rather use the emulator than my phone anyway.

[Q] titanium backup hates me

Hey guys hope I'm posting this in the right place but i am officially in the dog house..
So few yrs back i owned a gs3 and to date my favorite phone of all time..long story short, i now own a gs5 and love it as well.but my wife cam to me about 3 days ago says hunny can u do that kool thing u had done on ur phone where u could customize almost anything to ur liking?..i said sure no prob..so i used tatanium backup backed up everything including data (i know mistake #1)..flashed a nice rom for her she actualy was loving it.until of course she realized all her contacts were gone..and i said no babe just log in to ur google account and all your contacts will be back (nope.0, nada, zip, siltch zero, nothing...so i said no worries i still have everything backed up with titanium back up let me just do this and...nothing but core errors and heart ache..now I'm assuming that since i installed a 4.4.4 rom feom a 4.2 that there is my problem...now my question is.do any of u fine ppl know how can i get theae conyacta out of here maybe on a pc or something?..and no i can't go back to my original rom becauae im a moran and deleted it!! ;( ..guys pls help me i miss my bed.

Hasn't she been saving the contacts on Google and not just the phone?
If your TB backup of contacts and data is corrupted and she has not stored them on google then you are out of luck. But if they were on google she can see them on a computer by logging into her google account. My guess is they are not syncing...so make sure contacts is checked under google accounts sync. Then they should appear. Also if she synced Facebook contacts, that account needs to be added and synced.

Thnx for the reply kennyg..but no she thought she had all her contacts saved on there but no theres nothing there..the contact and data are not currupted its just they run on diffrent .core...somebody has to know a way.pls.
sent from my Galaxy S5 ooooyeahhh!!

Please forgive me if this is the way you were restoring it, but this is the way I do it every time and it works no matter what version of Android I am going to or from.
Open Titanium Backup tap menu button then batch actions, tap "run" next to 'Restore all apps with data', popup windows asks if you want to restore "Snapshot" "let me choose myself" or XML. Pick XML.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
tap "deselect all" and select radio button "data only" go down to "Messages (SMS&MMS)" with the TB icon, select it and tap green check mark at the top, should do it for you.

mattzeller said:
Please forgive me if this is the way you were restoring it, but this is the way I do it every time and it works no matter what version of Android I am going to or from.
Open Titanium Backup tap menu button then batch actions, tap "run" next to 'Restore all apps with data', popup windows asks if you want to restore "Snapshot" "let me choose myself" or XML. Pick XML.View attachment 2986363 tap "deselect all" and select radio button "data only" go down to "Messages (SMS&MMS)" with the TB icon, select it and tap green check mark at the top, should do it for you.
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I will try this and check back in.thnx.
sent from my Galaxy S5 ooooyeahhh!!

Wow I'm an idiot and was tired, that was for restoring your message is not your contacts, instead shoes snapshot in then contacts storage indicated here
My bad, I was really tired.

For those who can't access local shell via ssh on the phone

If you can't access local shell (cmd.exe) via ssh session on your phone by using third-party ssh clients, don't waste your time (for these "junk" apps) but install famous and the "standard de facto" ssh client "PuTTY", it works prefect (as it supposed to be).
Unfortunately, author of the PuTTY didn't published his perfect app yet (I don't know why ) but we are still able to get it by using "store bug" trick.
To obtain "PuTTY", do the following:
open this link on your phone
wait until built-in "Store" app opens the page (you'll see that "PuTTY" isn't available but don't worry!)
now, search for any free app you haven't installed before
go to this free app page
press "Free" (not "Install" or "Get" or "Trial"") button than immediately "back" key (just once), to get back to the PuTTY page
after a few seconds you'll see that PuTTY starts installing on your handset
I suggest you to donate a few bucks to the PuTTY author (as I did) and ask him politely to publish app, it's too good to be forgotten!
To run cmd.exe locally, type new host address as a 127.0.0.1 (i.e. localhost) and use authentication you've prepared before (for example, I'm using certificate and everything is working great and fast).

Nice! Does accessing the localhost server require any firewall changes? Sandboxed apps aren't supposed to be able to connect to localhost, at least they weren't on WP8.x Not sure if W10M changed this...

GoodDayToDie said:
Nice! Does accessing the localhost server require any firewall changes?
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Nope, it works out of the box (on interop-unlocked handset of course). I didn't tested with the login/password auth method but PuTTY works flawlessly with the imported certificate I've created before.

Tested with the login/password auth method and works fine.
But always cant use BCDEDIT

This store bug trick doesn't seem to be working for me. I do exactly as you say, but it just queues up the app I don't want to install. Also, the button doesn't say "Install", it says "Get". It only says "Install" for apps I already own but don't currently have installed. I wonder if this store bug has been patched already?

@GeoffreyK, my mistake, it should say "Free" (not "Get" or "Install" or "Trial"). Already corrected the OP.

If you look up telnet app on store you should see an app that is called the SSH client. Use that after following a guide on here to use bcdedit.

sensboston said:
@GeoffreyK, my mistake, it should say "Free" (not "Get" or "Install" or "Trial"). Already corrected the OP.
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I don't know which build you're using, but no app has a button saying "Free" in my version of the Store. Free apps have a button saying "Get", and above the button is written the word "Free". However, pressing the Get button followed immediately by the back arrow takes me back to Putty but queues up the other app for download, not the Putty app. I have build 1493.67.

Hmm... I do have same build. BTW, I'm using US store.

so now, search for any free app you haven't installed before change to now, search for any paid app with trial you haven't installed before

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"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}

Playing:
Edit: erase .zip extension.

@spavlin, I can't even add a new connection to this "Wishstream" trial

@djtonka, where you see paid app on my screenshots? From my experience, if you see word "Free" it's enough. Maybe this will work with paid apps/trial apps, any apps - I don't know. I only suggest stuff what I did personally.

Hello, are you using the certs created with the puttygen? I can't seem to login due to the password prompt

anubis23 said:
Hello, are you using the certs created with the puttygen? I can't seem to login due to the password prompt
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Yes. To get a correct private certificate, just follow the strikethrough instructions from this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/windows-10-mobile/guide-filesystem-access-sftp-windows-10-t3185766

What was the buggy store version?

I've tried all steps, but I can't download the app. Can someone upload the appx package?

No