Develop Bugs

[Q] Podcasts not appearing in Market

Hi Guys,
Anyone noticed that in the UK the Zune software has no podcasts listed. The PODCAST icon does not even exist.
I have to manually add my rss feeeds for each one?
anyone seen this.
Thanks
Russ

It's still very early days for Zune in Europe. I've had a Zune HD for a year and I've seen the US Marketplace and it's another world. You have more music, podcasts, a lot more movies and also (many) TV shows (plus Zune HD apps).
Hopefully Microsoft will work on that a lot more than they did with Xbox Live (Europe content is rubbish compared to the US). Apple did it, I don't see why Microsoft can't, they have to want it though.
Here's to hope...

RussST24 said:
Hi Guys,
Anyone noticed that in the UK the Zune software has no podcasts listed. The PODCAST icon does not even exist.
I have to manually add my rss feeeds for each one?
anyone seen this.
Thanks
Russ
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It gets even worse if you update your Zunes through the UK version.
You lose access to the marketplace on your devices, and as late as last week you couldn't get any 'Channels' either.
Altho, now we can get some dumbed down (IMO useless) channels.

Is it possible to use my PC for UK Marketplace and my Laptop for USA marketplace?
So having access to both?
I already use a VPN service to access USA only sites like HULU with no problems..

I live in belgium and made an "belgian" live account, now I can only rent a movie, no music or apps or podcasts... We wait and see

Thanks for the confirmation everyone. Shame as they even mention adding podasts via the Zune software Marketplace on the UK windows phone site!
Hopefully its coming as I can understand Video being a rights issues internationally but Podcasts?
Russ

ebzrascal said:
Is it possible to use my PC for UK Marketplace and my Laptop for USA marketplace?
So having access to both?
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You can't use the same Live ID as it is be based in one location.
You'll need two ID's and Zune Pass's (1x UK 1x US) to use both at the same time.
I'm still looking for a better solution.
ioulian said:
I live in belgium and made an "belgian" live account, now I can only rent a movie, no music or apps or podcasts... We wait and see
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Have you tried setting your PC so it 'thinks' its in the US ?
You won't be able to login and buy anything (see above) but it should let you grab some Podcasts.
This trick worked for me, and allowed me to get Podcats and the Marketplace back on my Zunes. I don't have a WP7 phone yet so i don't know if it works with them.

It's easier to just get the rss and subscribe manually, at least he can use his actual Live ID and the marketplace.

DVP Connection Settings App

Dell have put this app in the marketplace. you need to use the phone's marketplace to be able to see it. Zune marketplace does not come up with the app for some reason
I have managed to save the app to my PC and i've attached it to this post. This app is supposed to allow you to change the MMS settings of the phone, however it does not work for me.
maybe someone can check out the DLLs in the XAP file and see if its of any use in obtaining R/W reigstry access

I searched for "Dell" in the marketplace and it came up. Only strange thing is the contact e-mail is "[email protected]". Not sure what is up with that

god this is what I asked for weeks ago but some moron from dell goes
for connection please refer to the manual
idiots
anything worth it in the program? anything we can pull for provxml?
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here's a working version btw
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ourcom.dll
what does that do? has that been in all dell specific apps like em?

domineus said:
edit again
ourcom.dll
what does that do? has that been in all dell specific apps like em?
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ourcom.dll is there in all dell specific apps.

WP7 Accounts

How do i change my main account to my new windows live account? ive added my new one, but it wont register as the new one. Is it possible? or is there a registry hack?

Sadly, the only way to use a new Windows Live ID as your primary one is to do a reset, and when it asks you what Live ID you want to use, make sure you add it first. You can't switch Live IDs any time you like without a reset. And any additional Live IDs you add will not and cannot become your primary one.
Please use the forum search tool, or read the original documentation for Windows Phone 7. This question has been asked (and answered) countless times.

I believe you have to hard reset and start again. An option would be nice

I saw it before, but the thread was old, and i wasnt certain whether they had changed it in the NoDo update. but is there any registry hacks?

Atrixx said:
I saw it before, but the thread was old, and i wasnt certain whether they had changed it in the NoDo update. but is there any registry hacks?
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No. It has not been changed (if it did it would have been on the change logs most likely) and if there is a reg hack, no one has found it yet. Hard reset is the way to go.

id rather not hard rest, considering ill lose the dev hack and my apps. but if found ways to edit my live account and change the address to my gmail account, so ill work with what i have

Atrixx said:
id rather not hard rest, considering ill lose the dev hack and my apps. but if found ways to edit my live account and change the address to my gmail account, so ill work with what i have
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MS considers the apps tied to the account. so moving to a new account means all those apps are lost. perhaps you should ask MS if there is a way to transfer those apps across to the new account? this is more in terms of actual purchased apps, rather than free apps.

Atrixx said:
How do i change my main account to my new windows live account? ive added my new one, but it wont register as the new one. Is it possible? or is there a registry hack?
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You can change windows live ID assosiated with your account.
Go to account.live.com sign in with you old account.
next to windows live ID click on "change"
put your new windows live ID
all your account details, gamertag, purchases, achievements will be transferred to the new windows live ID.

Can you use a Live account on different phones, but with a different X Box Live Account on each phone?
Sent from my LG-E900 using XDA Windows Phone 7 App

Cyruss89 said:
Can you use a Live account on different phones, but with a different X Box Live Account on each phone?
Sent from my LG-E900 using XDA Windows Phone 7 App
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I think you can use the same Live ID on upto 3 phones, i may be wrong though but no you cant use 2 different IDs on the same phone. Your main Live ID is linked to Xbox and Zune also on your phone.

[Q] Windows Live ID

Hey, wondering if you guys can help me out. I have an Android phone and I think I'm going to WP7. Do I need a Windows Live ID?
Disclaimer:::: I don't play games so I wont use Xbox and I don't use hotmail or windows live messenger. So basically do I need one and why?

yes, why? because you might need one later on. I believe you can use your phone without setting an id but you probably can't use some of the services.

seanp666 said:
Hey, wondering if you guys can help me out. I have an Android phone and I think I'm going to WP7. Do I need a Windows Live ID?
Disclaimer:::: I don't play games so I wont use Xbox and I don't use hotmail or windows live messenger. So basically do I need one and why?
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You will if you want access to skydrive. You can upload your images/videos there after you take them.

I believe you can use your gmail account as your live id too

If you want to interact with any of Microsoft services you'll need a Live ID. This includes interacting with the app store. I imagine Android is similar with its market as well? I know Apple requires an account.

sayonical said:
I believe you can use your gmail account as your live id too
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Yes you can. I just set one up and I used my Gmail. Much appreciation.

Use a windows live id to set the phone up and then forward it to whatever other account you use for email and stuff.

[XAP] [Source] IDswitch

Just picked up a request from the DEV IDEA POOL
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I have a very simple app request to target unlocked phones. Basically a one button switch between primary LiveID accounts based on sensboston's work: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1335240
1. Launch app
2. app asks for email address
3. user types in email address or selects email from list of last-used addresses
4. app asks "Are you sure?" with suitable warning
5. app writes selected email address to following regkeys:
Code:
[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\ActiveSync\Partners\{B2830118-7BC6-4A74-8C9A-3D8B9CEF88E0}]
"Email"[email protected]
"User"[email protected]
[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\IdentityCRL\Environment\Production]
"DefaultID"[email protected]
6. app automatically reboots phone
Simple enough, right?
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Here it is!
Because I made no test on myself please give me feedback if the registry values get applied

ne0cr0n, unfortunately, "my" method has some important cons (you should list 'em) - after that change you'll be not able to upload pictures to SkyDrive, also some accounts like Twitter will be non-functional I've tried to find some workaround but without success...

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ne0cr0n, unfortunately, "my" method has some important cons (you should list 'em) - after that change you'll be not able to upload pictures to SkyDrive, also some accounts like Twitter will be non-functional I've tried to find some workaround but without success...
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but you can revert it back, right?
The new LiveID could be associated to a different market zone, which you could use to buy some apps with your correct credit card infos, then revert back to your main LiveID, and regain all regular functionalities like auto uploads to skydrive, twitter integration, etc.
Am I right?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25500576#post25500576

kevyn82 said:
Am I right?
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I'm so sorry but I can't confirm - just never tested this way. I've researched that hack 'cause damn Verizon blocked and deleted my very-very old email ( @verizon.net) what I've used during 11 years, and also as my LiveID email.

Wow dude thanks for writing the app so quickly. What is the etiquette for sharing apps? Are you supposed to share source code too? I don't want to be rude by asking you for the source
I don't use twitter, but I was able to upload a photo to skydrive just fine after swapping LiveID's. Steps:
reset my phone with my own liveID
download bunch of apps from appstore
dev unlock/interop, etc
manually edit registry and change to my wife's LiveID (she has zunepass on her ID which is why I wanted to swap to hers)
reboot phone
take picture
upload to skydrive
login to skydrive app and see that picture is there on *my* skydrive account, not my wife's
So skydrive integration with picture hub/camera obviously stored my liveID and credentials somewhere other than the regkeys I edited. Most likely Twitter is the same way.
I presume the credential data is stored encrypted in some weird GUID key with no obvious pattern. Too bad there is no regmon/procmon tool like on Big windows, otherwise I could figure it out in a few seconds... Although somehow I doubt that you can use provxml to import export those keys to re-write encrypted credentials. That would be a pretty bad exploit.

So I ran IDSwitch and it gave me the error "no root access". Hmm. So I went into WP7 Root tools and switched on "trusted" for the app.
So a pre-requisite for running the app is to have WP7 root tools? I'm kinda new at this so perhaps that is an assumption of any app that is going to do interop/native stuff? In order to get it to work you have to set it to "trusted"?
Anyway the app let me type in the new liveID and rebooted the phone, but upon booting up, it appears that the old LiveID is still there in the 3 registry settings. I ran it a second time and the app remembered the address I typed in so thats cool. BUt again after rebooting, it failed to modify the registry entries.
Can you post up a debug version with some breakpoints or console spew? I could try to attach a debugger on my end (not sure I know how to do that, but I can try to figure it out)

sensboston said:
ne0cr0n, unfortunately, "my" method has some important cons (you should list 'em) - after that change you'll be not able to upload pictures to SkyDrive, also some accounts like Twitter will be non-functional I've tried to find some workaround but without success...
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Thanks for the info. I will add a warning and how to use message when launching the app for the first time.
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Wow dude thanks for writing the app so quickly. What is the etiquette for sharing apps? Are you supposed to share source code too? I don't want to be rude by asking you for the source
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I will do that, but the code is kind of ugly xD

danchar4 said:
Can you post up a debug version with some breakpoints or console spew? I could try to attach a debugger on my end (not sure I know how to do that, but I can try to figure it out)
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I uploaded the source. Should make things much easier

I tried it on Samsung Focus Mango updated with WP7 Root Tools. Even though it reboots but it does not change the primary id. After reboot when I open the app again, it shows the primary id as the old id and not the id to which I wanted to switch.

Found the bug. I used the content from to current ID textbox not the new ID textbox -.-

I guess nobody tested it or I am getting a different result. Here is what happens :
1. ID A which is primary ID in my Account with No CC.
2. I switch from ID A to ID B. ID B does not have a CC.
3. When I access Marketplace, The region used is according to ID B.
4. Next I Move to buy an App and it asks me to signin with ID A instead of ID B.
5. For free apps, I can easily download it without going to login page ever which is pretty obvious.
Today Evening I will try out to buy app by signing with ID A when it sends me to login page of ID B by first sigining out and then signing again.
Few things I noticed :
1. Facebook, Twitter, Skydrive all was working.
2. It takes a while for the OS to realize the ID is new and hence may take around a minute or more to change marketplace.
3. I downloaded a free app with the swtched id and used it without any issues.
4. I even updated a free App which was bought using the primary ID with the new ID.
5. Email ID A stopped working. It did not show any email nor it gave an error of wrong password which is pretty odd.
My Thoughts :
1. This will be useful for parents who have kids carrying a Windows Phone who do not want to give them credit card access but using this they might buy apps for kids.
2. I still need to test but this will work for IDs which are in same region. For example I have a US id to which if I want to add a CC, the country is fixed and hence I cannot use an Indian CC with it.

wpxbox said:
1. Facebook, Twitter, Skydrive all was working.
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Try to share pictures from camera to SkyDrive...
wpxbox said:
2. It takes a while for the OS to realize the ID is new and hence may take around a minute or more to change marketplace.
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Try to reboot after LiveID change.

Just tried it out and it worked. The file was uploaded to Skydrive account of the primary Live id.

Wait... What "primary Live id" and what are you tried? New one or the old one? Have you tried:
- change LiveID to new one
- reboot handsets
- go to pictures hub and share picture to the SkyDrive ?

When I said Primary Live Id I mean the ID with which the phone was configured.
1.Phone configured with ID A
2. Change to ID B using the app, Reboot
3. Upload to Skydrive and it was stored in ID A Skydrive Account.

He-he, it's exactly what I mean by "not working". For example if you change first (original) LiveID email to the new one (as I had to do), you'll be not able to upload pictures to SkyDrive, and can't login to the Twitter account. So please do not confuse people.

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He-he, it's exactly what I mean by "not working". For example if you change first (original) LiveID email to the new one (as I had to do), you'll be not able to upload pictures to SkyDrive, and can't login to the Twitter account. So please do not confuse people.
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Oh Ok I understand now what you said by breaking. The new ID cannot be used for Skydrive or Facebook or Twitter etc in short, anything connected with old Live id.
Basically its not a true switcher and can only be used to buy apps with the new account connected with CC

Hi all
The whole idea of this app is JUST to let you assign an account that will give u the ability to buy apps from marketplace using CC, if your original ID have problem with adding CC information. So it is not to change you ID permanently. You can read my thread if u want. Anyway thanks op for making the app.

I can confirm this works. Just bought an app using a different account and it works. Editing a video on this so will be up in couple of hours.

As promised, Here the link to the video we made http://youtu.be/2H7dr7ZzJZs