Return the Start Menu with customization's - Windows 8 Development and Hacking

Hi everyone, i have found a way to return Start Menu as the style of windows 7, in addition to edit and configure it.
all you need is to install a small tool called Start8, follow the instraction in the video from this link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ct8SwGF4kA
i'm not the owner of this tool, i just found it, tried it and it worked perfectly, therefore, i'm sharing it with you.​

IIRC then Start8 is on the market since 2012; and it's payware.

I'm using classicshell. Very good and it's free with an option to donate.
www.classicshell.net

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[XAP][PC][UPDATED 07/07/2012] - The alternative Windows Phone marketplace - BAZAAR

Hi Everyone,
For a long time we've been struggling with searching forums for new applications and deploying them using our PC.
Windows Phone OS is also missing a platform for publishing new applications that cannot be released using WP Marketplace – such as Homebrew apps or application that are not complaint with Microsoft Marketplace policies (very much like IPhone’s “Cydia”).
We are happy to introduce to you a new application that we have been implementing for the past couple of weeks.
Meet Bazaar – an alternative Windows phone Marketplace.
Bazaar is an application that allows you to browse applications by categories, share, download and install them directly within your device without the need to connect your device to your PC.
The installation capabilities of Bazaar are available to fully unlocked devices. This means, that if you have fully unlocked device, you can install homebrew application directly from your Windows Phone.
If your Windows Phone device is not fully unlocked, you can use Bazaar for PC to deploy applications to your phone with an easy and smooth user interface. It is still recommended to install Bazaar for Windows Phone even if you can't install applications to mark your favorite applications and deploy them altogether later when you get home.
In the near future we will add more functionalities as-
• Submit new applications via Bazaar web site
• Online search in Bazaar applications repository
• And many more…
You are all welcome to suggest features that you would like to see in our future releases.
Independent developers (and who ever knows such ), want to share your homebrew with the entire Windows Phone homebrew consumers community? send us information about YOUR apps – Icon, description, screenshots, categories, etc.. – so we can help getting your app to as many devices.
important note –
• Bazaar is NOT a place to distribute “cracked” games and apps. We’re not encouraging piracy.
Thanks to:
• DFT team for their wonderful work in making a FREE rom.
• “fiinix” (from XDA) for sharing his source code for a WP7 Web Server
• “ultrashot” (from XDA) for sharing his native installation code!
Follow us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/WPBazaar
Our website – www.WP-Bazaar.com
Emails – [email protected], [email protected]
Lidan and Ofir.
[UPDATED 18/1/2012] - 0.9.5 - We've now published our fully-functional release.
In this release you can create an account, mark favorite applications, search for applications online, download and install applications and more...
We are almost ready to publish our version of Bazaar for PC along with the Bazaar for Windows phone version that does not require interop-unlocked so you could automatically deploy all your favorite apps to your device. Stay tuned!
I'm attaching the new fully-functional release - version 0.9.5 and new screenshots for the upcoming release of Bazaar for PC.
[UPDATED 21/1/2012] - 0.9.6 - New installation method.
Bazaar 0.9.6 released! for all fully-unlocked devices
It including some minor bug fixes and a new installation method! many thanks to ultrashot from XDA!
1. Bazaar for PC is released! with Bazaar for PC you will be able to deploy applications to your phone even if it's only developer unlocked!
Bazaar for PC allows automatic sync, easy access and smooth user interface to use Bazaar's repository.
2. Bazaar for Windows Phone will run on any device (interop\fully unlock are not must-to-have). If your device is able to install XAP files (fully unlocked), you will be able to do that through Bazaar for Windows Phone. but if you are not able to deploy XAP files on your phone, you need to use Bazaar for PC.
[UPDATED 12/5/2012] - 1.5.0
• Toast & Tile notifications for homebrew applications updates. From 1.5 and on, you will be informed automatically when updates are available to any of your homebrew applications. With one single click, you will be able to update all of your outdated applications.
• Better favorites mechanism - Bazaar allows you to deploy all the favorites applications with one click (instead of one-by-one). Very useful after formatting your phone or installing new ROM.
• Rank & Reviews screens - Bazaar allows to rank & review applications, this way you can communicate with the developer and give let him know what you think of the application. Please remember to be fair, Constructive criticism is the name of the game.
• Self updater - Bazaar will be able to update itself from now and on. This means, that next time we release a new version, Bazaar will let know about it and will be able to update itself automatically. No need to connect your phone to your PC or updating from your phone's browser anymore.
• Better handling for communication issues.
• Lots of bugs fixed.
[UPDATED 07/07/2012] - 1.7.0
• Toast & Tiles notification will appear now for all users.
• Background image stretch was fixed.
• When disabling Bazaar's scheduled task it will not pop up an error any more.
• Performance improvements.
• General bugs fixes.
• Bazaar goes multilingual! Available for the following languages: French, Spanish, Finnish, Italian, Simplified Chinese, Dutch, Norwegian.
Bazaar for PC and Bazaar for Windows Phone are available for download through our website: http://www.WP-Bazaar.com .
Bazaar for Windows phone (XAP files) is attached to this thread as well.
We'd love to get feedback and ideas for improvment.
Until next time...
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Awesome... Voted 5 stars.
Edit: wait ... Only work with dft ROM, means will work with the ROM included iexapinstaller+full unlocked drivers from dft ROM? So sad if I use my own custom ROM.
Make sure that you´ll introduce some kind of webmarketplace, or PC app, not all phones have DFT ROM option
Snake. said:
Make sure that you´ll introduce some kind of webmarketplace, or PC app, not all phones have DFT ROM option
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Of course, and we will.
Currently the only ROM that we know that can install XAP files using the devices IE is DFT ROM's, but we will add support for more ROMS as soon as they will become available.
A PC and Web Version's are in work! stay tuned!
This sounds really promising then keep up the good work!
There'll be more rom's which support XAP install via IE when the DFT release their tool. Just wait a little bit They're working hard on getting it released.
About the Bazaar thing: A really great idea! If there are some devs who want to release their apps in the Bazaar it could get quite a big thing
Nice idea But what about that Microsoft
It works on my Samsung Focus (1st Gen) Mango , it give this message when opening
"incompatible ROM'
You must have DFT's custom ROM installed in order to run Bazaar on your Windows Phone.
"Sorry..
Ooops....Something is wrong.
Please send us the logs so we can look in to it.
Send logs?
Hit cancel
App shows up fine :
This is a BETA-Applications for testing only
If you click on an app it shows details ,reviews ,screens , you can click install and it will and it will simulate an install and say in red BETA - Installing Apps is disabled!
Pretty nice looking app I must say , I agree an app like this would be very usefull for "homebrew" not sure if I would categorize "cydia" as a homebrew , Im sure Apple doesnt think that way and I really dont know how Microsoft would feel about this , but I see it as a really useful tool , I agree also with cydia , my wifes phone has it and theres alot better and more effient apps coming from cydia than itunes thats for damn sure , maybe you can make this happen on WP7 ,I hope so! Keep up the good work!!
Vintage144 said:
It works on my Samsung Focus (1st Gen) Mango , it give this message when opening
"incompatible ROM'
You must have DFT's custom ROM installed in order to run Bazaar on your Windows Phone.
"Sorry..
Ooops....Something is wrong.
Please send us the logs so we can look in to it.
Send logs?
Hit cancel
App shows up fine :
This is a BETA-Applications for testing only
If you click on an app it shows details ,reviews ,screens , you can click install and it will and it will simulate an install and say in red BETA - Installing Apps is disabled!
Pretty nice looking app I must say , I agree an app like this would be very usefull for "homebrew" not sure if I would categorize "cydia" as a homebrew , Im sure Apple doesnt think that way and I really dont know how Microsoft would feel about this , but I see it as a really useful tool , I agree also with cydia , my wifes phone has it and theres alot better and more effient apps coming from cydia than itunes thats for damn sure , maybe you can make this happen on WP7 ,I hope so! Keep up the good work!!
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Thank you.
By the way, The problem you've reported was fixed uninstalling the application and redownloading it will fix the problem.
For now, we've removed the warning about "ROM is not supported" so everyone can see the application and test it.
By the way, it's not only simulate a download - it really download the XAP file, but we intentionally disabled the installation feature as we did not yet got publishers approval.
Thanks again for the feedback!
Ofir.
GREAAAAAT, work on hd7 with nextgen + rom
Other Roms
The nextgen rom supports IE xap install!
Is there a compatible rom for the LG E900H?
Working fine in HD7 DeepShinning V.5 since it does have the DFT Toolkit. But V.5 was deleted and after this version, is not going to support DFT toolkit untill the DFT officially released.
corlygunnz said:
Working fine in HD7 DeepShinning V.5 since it does have the DFT Toolkit. But V.5 was deleted and after this version, is not going to support DFT toolkit untill the DFT officially released.
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xdaeire said:
The nextgen rom supports IE xap install!
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liva said:
GREAAAAAT, work on hd7 with nextgen + rom
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Hi All,
This application WILL work with all ROM's that support IE XAP installs - not only DFT.
Thanks for the feedback!
Ofir.
ofir54321 said:
Hi All,
This application WILL work with all ROM's that support IE XAP installs - not only DFT.
Thanks for the feedback!
Ofir.
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Didn't work for me. I'm using the Nextgen+ with IE XAP installation with an HD7.
Nevermind. It works anyways!
No, wait. It downloaded, but installation is disabled.
Yeap, it works with deepshining v5. Sadly v5.1 coming up today will not have DFT support tools. I guess this app is useless to me after today.
Sent from my HD7 T9292 using XDA Windows Phone 7 App
Useless for me since today. DFT rom are too buggy. They have to release their tool asap, to make our life easier and to help developers get their apps to people for beta. WP7 is growing, and lets keep it like that.
Check Out My WP7 App At The Marketplace: "QuickyCalc" And Follow Me In Twitter: "QuickyApps"
corlygunnz said:
Useless for me since today. DFT rom are too buggy. They have to release their tool asap, to make our life easier and to help developers get their apps to people for beta. WP7 is growing, and lets keep it like that.
Check Out My WP7 App At The Marketplace: "QuickyCalc" And Follow Me In Twitter: "QuickyApps"
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Hi,
As we mentioned before, in the next release, Bazaar will be available to all ROM's that has the option of installing apps XAP files. (not only DFT)
Lidan.

[25 Dec][FAQ] Xperia Play for Dummies

Hi everybody,
I just get my Xperia Play but I don't really know where to start.
It's been 4 days that I'm reading threads to know how to get the best from my phone. Unfortunately, most interesting tips are dispersed here and there.
So, I will try to ask the good questions so that everything can be available in a single thread. It will be a newbies FAQ!
Let's go then!
1. I just bought my Android phone. What should I know first?
- Knowing the phone code names will help you searching for the good information. Every phone has his commercial name (Xperia Play), his model name (R800) and his "nickname" (Zeus).
- Check the Android and ROM version as it will be often asked when you look for something about your Android. To do this, on your Phone, go to Settings -> About the Phone
- Do you plan to subscribe to a DATA plan with your phone provider: if not, it's better to disable some features to avoid bad surprises.
- Some say that rebooting the device helps in many cases
- there are NO VIRUS with Android, antivirus tools are all useless
- Wireless, Bluetooth, GPS : if you don't use them it's better to disable them. You will spare battery and you won't see advertises in the free progs
2. What should I do first?
- If you still don't have it, you will have to create a Google account so that you can backup and manage your contacts, for example
- RTFM !
- If you don't plan to use a custom ROM (alternative software not develloped by the manufacturer), you'll have to see if a newer version of the official ROM is available. This can be done through the official tool PC Companion, available on the manufacture website. ( http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/sup...s/subject/pccompanion/xperia-play?cc=ph&lc=en )
- Learn the lexicon : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1253127
3. Should I hack my phone immediately? (Root, boot unlock, flash, unbrand, ...)
- You will have to if you want to : remove unwanted software installed by the provider, change the internal software with a custom one, ...
- Some applications will require to have more access to work: ex: MyMobiler needs Superuser access, available by rooting the phone
- Learn more about root and bootloader here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1076720 (thanks Logseman)
4. Are these hack methods reversible?
- Yes (thanks Jordanooo)
5. Do they void warranty?
- As they are reversible, they shouldn't void the warranty
- For Sony-Ericsson, it's important to notice that they support custom development and helped the FreeXperia team. (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1281349)
6. I found many ways to root my phone: which one is the best?
- DooMLoRD method is a popular one : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1321582 (don't forget to thank him if you use it)
- you can check this link too : http://lifehacker.com/5789397/the-always-up+to+date-guide-to-rooting-any-android-phone
- for Xperia, there is the Xperia Easy Rooting Toolkit by DooMLorD : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1320350
7. Once rooted, can I remove applications I don't want anymore?
- Yes, this is possible. These applications are called "Bloaters". You can use Titanium Backup as Jordanooo suggested. This seems to be the best one around. There is also Android Mate o SystemApk Manager too. They're all available on the market
8. Where can I find generic/stock ROMs?
- Some are available on this forum: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1093
- for Xperia Play you can have a look at Logseman list of downloads http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18226603&postcount=2 (thank to him)
- there is also the Wotan website ( http://www.wotanserver.com/ ) for SE and Samsung but you have to register.
9. Where can I find good custom ROMs?
- Here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1093
- see 2nd point of previous question
10. OK but what is a custom ROM?
- Custom ROM are not official customized version of the Android software made by common developers (not by manufacturer). In general, they offer more functionality and sometimes pre-installed software. Or they get rid off default applications nobody needs, to save memory.
11. What is the best method to flash my phone?
- As Jordanoo said, it's better to use the method suggested by the author of the ROM. The procedure is usually explained in the related post.
12. Can I use Sony PC Companion to upgrade my phone after I hacked it?
- You will have to unhack your phone to do this. (Jordanoo)
13. What are the must-have applications?
- File browser: Astro File Manager
- Alternate market: AppBrain App Market
- Remote display&input : MyMobiler
- Web browser: Dolphin Browser HD
- Video player: QQPlayer or MX Video Player
- Mp3 player: PowerAmp
- Wifi tool: Wifi Analyzer
- Remote control: MyPhoneExplorer Client or AirDroid or File Expert
- Contacts management : Go Contacts
14. What is the best tool to manage Android contacts from the computer?
- There is an add-on for Thunderbird but I didn't tried it yet ( https://addons.mozilla.org/fr/thunderbird/addon/google-contacts/ )
- It is very easy using MyPhoneExplorer as mentionned in the previous question
15. Are they offline navigation application available?
- Sygic seems to be the best now (available on the market). Maps are downloadable from home Wireless.
16. What are the must-have games?
- Angry Birds (of course)
- Bubble Blast 2
- Live Hold em Poker Pro
- Mame4Droid emulator (ALL working roms can be found here : http://sentinelgames.com/documents/mame.html or here : http://lostsite.altervista.org/wiz/?page_id=2368 )
- GenPlusDroid: a Genesis/Megadrive emulator
- SNESDroid: a Super Nintendo/Famicom emulator
- Xperia Play optimized ones :
-- ***** : Drag Racing, BLOOD & GLORY
-- **** : Diversion, GUN BROS MULTIPLAYER
-- *** : Guns'n'Glory WW2, Pocket Legends (3D MMO)
-- ** : Super Dynamite Fishing FREE, Greedy Spiders Free, ETERNITY WARRIORS, Guns'n'Glory FREE
-- * : Aporkalypse FREE, Crazy Snowboard, Princess Punt, Townsmen 6 FREE , Earth And Legend
17. I tried to install an application but my Xperia said that there's no more place on internal memore. And now?
Yes, unfortunately, Sony didn't provide Xperia phones with a large internal memory (+/- 380Mb). This is indeed not enough to enjoy all what you Xperia can offer. The tool App2SD can help you free some space but many apps will remain unmovable.
There are 2 methods to emulate a part of your SD card as the internal memory: the ADB method (ADB for dummies) and the Link2SD method (Link2SD Guide). The first one don't need your phone to be rooted, the second well.
I hope there's no mistake in what I wrote, as it's only my personal experience. I apologize to the gods of XDA for this. (and for the rest too)
Of course, if someone has something interesting to ask, you can do this here! ;-)
Thread will be fed every time I got a question without a good answer.
Hope you will help! And I thank you in advance.
Popodom
popodom said:
Hi everybody,
I just get my Xperia Play but I don't really know where to start.
It's been 4 days that I'm reading threads to know how to get the best from my phone. Unfortunately, most interesting tips are dispersed here and there.
So, I will try to ask the good questions so that everything can be available in a single thread. It will be a newbies FAQ!
Let's go then!
1. I just bought my Android phone. What should I know first?
2. What should I do first?
3. Should I hack my phone immediately? (Root, boot unlock, flash,
unbrand, ...)
4. Are these hack methods reversible?
5. Do they void warranty?
6. I found many ways to root my phone: which one is the best?
7. Once routed, how can I remove applications I don't want anymore?
8. Where can I find generic/stock ROMs?
9. Where can I find good custom ROMs?
10. What is the best method to flash my phone?
11. Can I use Sony PC Companion to upgrade my phone after I hacked it?
12. What are the must-have applications?
13. What is the best tool to manage Android contacts from the computer?
14. Are they offline navigation application available?
15. What are the must-have games?
Of course, if someone has something interesting to ask, you can do this here! ;-)
Thread will be fed every time I got a question without a good answer.
Hope you will help me! And I thank you in advance.
Popodom
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1. Its an android.
2. Turn it on.
3. Its up to you. You decide if you want to so soon or not.
4. Yes, read other topics
5. ...reversable
6. The one where everyone comments 'works great'
7. With an app, titanium backup is good
8. Development section.
9. Development section
10. Erm, read the post of the rom you are flashing.
11. After you un-do things, yes
12. See themes and apps section
13. Seems pointless, but use google.
14. Google it
15. See themes and apps section, or the full games list in general
Sent from my GT-I5500 using Tapatalk
There really should be an autoban feature when a 5th identical subject is posted.
Its almost like someone is making new accounts and asking the same questions over and over again to annoy us
Deleted original post as not being nearly as funny as I first though it was.
Popodom, you just need to take your time and learn about Android before you make too many changes. This forum has some good tips, but unless you're already a genius with programming, linux and Android, you're better off not asking anything simple. This is a very unfriendly forum, and it tends to bring the meaness out in people. The know-it-alls have little patience for us n00bs. However, they -are- extremely knowledgeable, so it just takes patience and a LOT of reading. Don't worry, we'll get there, someday.
Gosh.
To skip all the hassle u are getting I suggest:
1. Turn on the phone
2. Play with it.
3. Come to xda and read like the rest of us.
4. Start doing your "hacking" and other things when /you/ feel comfortable and no sooner.
5. Don't ask any more of these questions if u don't want to get flamed and end up with 3rd degree burnage.
Sent from the future using the nexus prime (squared) 4, using XDA ultra premium lambskin App
People on this forum are very rude. If you don't want to answer the question don't post anything or look at the post. You can you can tell by the topic what the questions will be on this one. I came from a iPhone and had no idea about android. Had many questions but never asked because I would be put on blast. The iPhone forums were very helpful and I never saw rude and sarcastic replys to posts. They were always willing to help no matter what the question. Just thought I would throw that out there. And the searching on here sucks maybe the desktop version is better.
Sent from my R800x using XDA App
I'm sorry but I can't delete this thread myself.
Is there some Admin out thre who can do this for me ?
Thanks !
Flag the thread.
By the way, the search function sucks in both the desktop version and Tapatalk. VBulletin search functions tend to suck quite a bit in general.
Oh, and BTW, in any forum, not only this one, no one likes to do people's homework. See it from this point of view: someone who's never contributed anything to this forum (not because s/he's a bad person or whatever, simply because s/he's new) starts up with post which is basically "gimme gimme gimme". Do you think it's rude to tell someone you've never seen and who starts talking to you by saying "gimme gimme gimme" to get lost?
Hello brothers.
Excuse the ignorance. But is there any way to run the gamepad? or control games with this rom? I installed it correctly. I could not make it work in games.I'm new to XDA, I hope I can still contribute a lot to the forum. Whenever I join others in my tongue. And now I want to collaborate on international forum.
Well here we go ...
I installed the rom JB Paranoid in my xperia play. Works great, besides using a clean configuration, the level of battery lasts much. I used the Turbo Kernel, which also surprised me with such ease.
I am available to help those who have difficulties installing this rom on xperia play. But I have a problem. Jellybeam with the gamepad, or control simply does not work. Anyone have any way to make it work?
grateful

[XAP] Search Key Settings (search key remapper)

Hi,
For those who want to remap the search key, install this xap from Ultrashot.
There are some xaps for that but they don't work with some ROMs.
This one will work on Ansars roms.
It's installed on settings page (a new link is added on settings page)
Requirements :
- Full unlocked ROM.
Features (choices) :
- No action
- Default action
- Bing
- Search
- Any app installed on device
Edit: Nevermind requires full unlock ANSAR ROM.
Laquox said:
Edit: Nevermind requires full unlock ANSAR ROM.
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Yes you need a Full unlocked Rom to use this xap.
How to uninstall it
If you want to uninstall this app (and remove it from your settings page) :
You can use XAPDeployX that can be found here :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1016766
You have to check "force uninstall if application is already installed" and to select the XAP file you've installed (and want to uninstall).
Exists simpler method - you can uninstall any app (nevermind from app list or settings) by Program manager without PC. (With this program you can do many more eg. save installed app in xap form.)
[xap] search key installed in start menu
http://bit.ly/VebXw6
or
https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=97a5027cb1b6cbee&id=97A5027CB1B6CBEE!218
hi there,
is this the latest version?
sadly, it's not working for me...
i'm running fully unlocked rom, and the xap is set as "trusted" in root manager, so it should be fine...
I can run the xap and make the changes (marking another program) but it's not working...
when i press the search button, it does not open my selected program, it does still open "search"...
can u help me?
Edit: I think this is an Wp7.8 issue, because in RainbowMod 2.0.1 it is working fine, which is not the latest wp7.8 release.
Now i cooked a rom for myself, just the stock rom with ultrashots unlock package and xapdeployer installed.
Then i downloaded the file in the first post on my phone, installed it with xapDeployer and it is not working...
weird...
the app works great. but i'd like to have the search tile pined on the start screen. is it possible? to get t the search i have to go to the "quick launch" app and then search, but i'm on htc mozart with a single core cpu and it takes a lot of time to open it. i tried the Google search alternative but it doesn't have the search by image, like qr codes and that stuff.
do you have any idea how i can pin the bing search to the start screen? thanks
SOLVED: Bing Launcher
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33580829
it seems that it crashes at start but retries automatically and starts from the second try. it happens every time. but it's better than nothing
Not working on my Samsung Focus with Clean ROM. Any ideas? how can i uninstall it?
celikba said:
Hi,
For those who want to remap the search key, install this xap from Ultrashot.
There are some xaps for that but they don't work with some ROMs.
This one will work on Ansars roms.
It's installed on settings page (a new link is added on settings page)
Requirements :
- Full unlocked ROM.
Features (choices) :
- No action
- Default action
- Bing
- Search
- Any app installed on device
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sorry for digging up but can you give me the registry keys that you modified or the way you did to remap the search key? i want to change it on my full root access Lumia 8.1

[XAP] WP7 Root Tools 1.2

{
"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"
}
Download here: www.wp7roottools.com
NEW: WP7 Root Tools 1.2 is released! It includes an Accent Color editor and Internet Sharing unlock now.
WP7 Root Tools
With this tool you get root-access to your WP7 device. The current version contains the Policy Unlock Installer, a registry-editor, a file-explorer with many file-operations, certificate-stores, a policy-editor, a tweaks-section and an Accent color editor. This is your all-in-one system-tool for Windows Phone 7.
If you like this app, you can donate to buy me a beer (or two).
With WP7 Root Tools I attempt to open up the system in a gentle way, so that users stay in control of their device, while homebrew apps can get more control to get the maximum power out of your Windows Phone device!
Supported Devices
Samsung first and second generation devices with Interop Unlock
LG devices
HTC first generation devices with Mango v1 drivers (SPL 4.x or lower)
Samsung first generation devices with custom ROM and Full Unlock
HTC first and second generation devices with custom ROM and Full Unlock
NOKIA devices with custom ROM and Full Unlock
Your phone needs to have at least INTEROP-UNLOCK. If you get error 0x81030120 when you deploy WP7 Root Tools to your device, then please read this guide! WP7 Root Tools will also work on devices with Full Unlock. If you want to know more about the different types of unlocks or if you want to know why WP7 Root Tools may or may not run on your WP7 device, you should read this guide.
License Agreement
WP7 Root Tools and WP7 Root Tools SDK are Copyright by Heathcliff74 / www.wp7roottools.com in 2012 - 2013
This license governs use of the "WP7 Root Tools" software. If you use the software, you accept this license. If you do not accept the license, do not use the software.
You are free to redistribute the software, as long as the copyright, conditions and disclaimer of this license are present whenever you distribute any portion of the software.
The software is licensed "as-is". You bear the risk of using it. The developer gives no express warranties, guarantees or conditions. To the extent permitted under your local laws, the developer excludes the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement.
Redistributions of the copyrighted software may not be sold, nor may they be used in a commercial product or activity without first obtaining explicit permission of the developer.
Don't be stupid, make a backup!!
This tool is still in alpha stage. That means not yet properly tested. This tool also provides you with high privileges with which you can alter low level settings and data on this device. All this may result in unexpected and undesired behavior, which may ultimately damage your device. Use this tool with care and use it at your own risk. The developer of this tool cannot be hold responsible for any kind of damages, caused directly or indirectly by using this tool.
You can find backup-programs here on XDA. For example WP7 Easy Backup Tool by MarcHoover or WP7 Backup App by hx4700 Killer.
Installation
On devices with custom ROM and Full Unlock, the installation of WP7 Root Tools will be pretty straight-forward. You install the XAP and it works. On devices with stock ROM's WP7 Root Tools need to install Root Access. The first time it runs, a 2-phase-installation will start. The app will inform you to start the first install-phase. Then the device will reboot after a few seconds. After the reboot you need to start WP7 Root Tools again immediately! Then the second phase of the installation will start and your device will be rebooted again. After the second reboot you are ready to use WP7 Root Tools.
Update to a new version
If you have an earlier version of WP7 Root Tools installed and you have WP7 Root Tools Policy Unlock, I strongly advise to UPDATE the app, instead of doing a full install-cycle. Many XAP installers will do a full install-cycle. That can lead to problems, because during the installation WP7 Root Tools will temporary loose its Root Access. In that case WP7 Root Tools needs to do the 2-phase-installation again. This is usually not a problem, but future OEM- or OS-updates could make it possible that the reinstall will not be possible. So, to be on the safe side, first make a backup of the device (use a backup tool from the XDA forums) and then use a XAP installer that has the possibility to update an app. One such utility is XAPDeployX 0.9.
Registry Editor
The registry editor in WP7 Root Tools allows full Root Access to the registry. Be very careful with your tweaks, because this may profoundly influence the behavior of your device.
To delete a registrykey or -value you can tap-and-hold the item and choose delete in the context-menu.
The new version also has Advanced Search functionality.
File Explorer
The file-explorer supports all file- and folder-operations, like copying, moving, renaming and deleting files and folders. To select multiple files at once, you can tap an item on the left, which will pop up selection-boxes.
When you select files and folders with the selection-boxes, the file-operations can be chosen from the Applicationbar. It is also possible to tap-and-hold an item and choose the file-operation from the context-menu.
You can tap on an item to launch or open it. It might be necessary to give the app that needs to open the file root-privileges first. The new version of WP7 Root Tools allows you to give Root Access to System Apps like Office Mobile. So if you've given Root Access to Word, you can tap txt-files in any location to open them with Word. The new version will also allow you to give Root Access to Homebrew Native executables. The file-explorer shows whether an executable is "Installed" or "Not installed". If you tap (or tap-and-hold) on an executable that is not yet installed, you can choose to unlock the executable, give Root Access and launch it.
The new version also has Advanced Search functionality.
Certificate Installer
You might wonder why I created a certificate installer, because it is already possible to add certificates. When you email a certificate to yourself and tap that attachment, WP7 will install it. But if you install like this, the certificate will always be installed in the "Root" certificate store. With my certificate installer you can also install in "CA", "My" and "Code Integrity" stores. This may be very useful for hacking attempts. You can install a certificate by browsing to the ".cer" file and tap it. The possibilities for getting a certificate file on your phone will follow below. If you start installing certificates on your phone you should consider making backups in advance. I once experienced Zune going totally bezerk after installing certs. Zune took 100% and lost connection with the phone all the time. Everything was back to normal when I deleted the certs. In this version there is no view on the certificate stores available yet. In a future version you will be able to view the contents of all the certificate store and also uninstall certificates from there.
Certificate Store
You can browse the 4 certificate stores. Tap-and-hold will show a context-menu. You can delete certificates or save them as a .cer file. Be aware that if you delete a certificate you can do severe damage to the system. So, be careful with that!
Policy Editor
The Policy Editor will show a list of all the installed apps. You can use the Policy Editor to give other homebrew app a "trusted" status. With this you will give the app Root Access privileges. So be very careful to which app you give Root Access!! You are responsible for giving access to an app! If you are not sure, read the forums to decide if an app is trust-worthy. The new version will also show System Apps. This is done because for devices that make use of Policy Unlock, it is useful to give Root Access to System apps sometimes. For example to open txt-files outside the My Documents folder.
It is also possible to launch apps from this list, by tapping on the app. But some apps will fail to start from here, because their default task is not configured correctly. This is not an issue in WP7 Root Tools, but those apps were simply not designed to be launched like this. They are listed anyway, because it could be useful to give Root Access to these apps.
Policy Unlock v2 also allows xap-packages with special configs to automatically give unlock Native Homebrew executables when the app is given Root Access. Read more in the "For developers" and "Desktop Sync" sections.
I've been working on unlocking Native Executables for a really long time now. Ever since I started this thread on XDA. I know it has been possible to run native executable using Full Unlock. But Full Unlock is only possible on WP7 devices with unlocked bootloaders. With the introduction of WP7 Root Tools Policy Unlock v2 also devices which have only Interop Unlock can now run these programs! But that was not the only goal. This unlock has become a prestige-project for me. Because I wanted to fully understand and control the WP7 Policy Engine. I now finally succeeded in doing this
So, is Policy Unlock v2 the same as Full Unlock?? No. But almost! Unfortunately, Policy Unlock still doesn't allow you to run Homebrew drivers, like the DFT Bluetooth stack. Later on I will try to apply the Policy Unlock hacks on the drivers too.
Tweaks
WP7 Root Tools adds a few Search-providers for Internet Explorer. You can choose it here. There are some more tweaks to customize your devices. From WP7 Root Tools 1.2 on, there are tweaks for unlocking Internet Sharing and for running Automatic Data Configuration. If your operator has blocked Internet Sharing, WP7 Root Tools can attempt to configure Internet Sharing and bypass the barrier that is installed on the phone. This probably won't work on LG devices, because their drivers don't support Internet Sharing. This unlock is only meant to unlock the operator barrier. Running Automatic Data Configuration can be useful when you switched 3G network and your phone has wrong settings for the data connection or the settings have become otherwise defective. If you have more ideas to add to this page, leave me a note.
Accent Color Editor
Add your own accent colors and select colors in real-time. Fully compatible with WP7.8.
Multi-language
The current version supports 18 languages: English, Dutch, Russian, German, Portuguese, Chinese, Hungarian, Czech, Spanish, Slovak, Polish, Italian, Greek, French. And these languages are available in separate downloads: Turkish, Arabic, Albanian and Serbian. The translations are done by volunteers and some elements by translation-engines. So the translations may not be perfect. Following versions will improve and add more translations.
For developers
I also created an SDK for developers, who can use to profit from Root Access. It provides a way to gain access to the filesystem and the registry (and more) from their managed Silverlight application. No need to worry about COM interop and C++ anymore! The package contains a read-me with short instructions. More details and examples will follow soon here on this site!
The new WP7 Root Tools has Policy Unlock v2 to unlock Homebrew Native Executables. You can do that using the WP7 Root Tools Explorer. But if a developers want to use such binaries in an app, it would be very user-unfriendly if the user needed to unlock these binaries manually. For this purpose I added functionality in the WP7 Root Tools Policy Editor. When an app is give Root Access, it will scan the app for a file called RootAccess.xml. If present, the xml is parsed and the binaries that are listed will automatically be given Root Access too. This is the format for RootAccess.xml:
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<RootAccess>
<Executable File="Native\NativeApp.exe" />
<Executable File="Native\NativeWinApp.exe" >
<Destination Path="\Windows\NativeWinApp.exe" />
</Executable>
<Library File="Native\NativeLib.dll" />
<Library File="Native\NativeWinLib.dll" >
<Destination Path="\Windows\NativeWinLib.dll" />
</Library>
</RootAccesss>
Take these notes into account:
The Destination paths are optional
Libraries are signed in Source and Destination
Executables are signed in Source and Destination
Executable gets policies in Source and Destination
File-path-attribute-value is relative to app path
Destination path is absolute
The first app that makes use of this feature is Ultrashot's WMDC Launcher, which can be used for Desktop Sync, as described in the next section. Ultrashot will soon make Opera Mini compatible with Policy Unlock too.
Desktop Sync
Ultrashot has released WMDC Launcher some time ago. Back then it was only possible to use that on devices with Full Unlock. With the introduction of Policy Unlock v2, it is also possible to run the app on devices that are compatible with WP7 Root Tools. Ultrashot has added RootAccess.xml to the xap-package, so the app will automatically be configured when it is given Root Access. Warning: it may take a while to apply on all unlocks, so be patient and let WP7 Root Tools do its job.
After WMDC Launcher is installed, given Root Access and lauched, you can use it to sync file-system and registry with your PC. On the PC you need to have Zune installed and running, and you need to have Windows Mobile Device Center installed and running. After that you Windows Phone will show up as Mobile Device in Windows Explorer.
For unrestricted remote Registry editing you can use Registry Workshop, or similar. In the registry editor you have to connect to the Mobile Device.
Thanks!
Special thanks to these people:
HD2Owner: for a lot of patience, learning me how to make my own test-ROM's.
Ultrashot and Cotulla: for a lot of nice hacking-chat-sessions and exchange of ideas.
CeesHeim: for providing a test-device.
AndrewSh, Ondraster and many others: for moral support.
Thanks to these people for helping with the translations: AndrewSh, HD2Owner, Paulo Santos, Reker Chen, Balcsida, Tukacs Gábor, Pavel "Paulos" Valach, Esteban Reche, David E. Salazar Paris, Brano Grenuš, Budniu, Fabio Di Peri, Chemeng, Alexandre Thouvenin, Orhan Bozkurt, Hassan Selim.
Version history
0.1 - 2011/04/04 - Initial release: only registry-editor
0.2 - 2011/04/13 - Performance improvements and minor fixes
0.3 - 2011/04/14 - Bugfix in registry-editor
0.4 - 2011/06/14 - File browser added
0.5 - 2011/06/24 - File Explorer with basic file operations and certificate installer
0.6 - 2011/09/17 - Compatible with Interop-Unlocked Samsung Mango devices
0.7 - 2011/09/17 - Bugfix in registry-editor
0.8 - 2012/01/02 - Session and Multi-Tasking awareness + Mango UI improvements (better responsiveness)
0.9 - 2012/03/28 - Complete rewrite of the app (many device supported, full root access, policy-editor, etc)
0.10 - 2012/09/02 - Many user interface enhancements, Multi-file operations added, Improved performance in file-explorer, Shell handling added in file-explorer, better error handling and reporting and lots of small bug-fixes.
0.11 - 2012/09/03 - Bug-fixes and better device support.
0.12 - 2012/11/12 - Policy Unlock v2, 16 languages, launch apps from applist, applist also includes all system-apps now, advanced file-system-search, advanced registry-search, certificate Stores, tweaks-section, many bug-fixes and performance improvements.
0.13 - 2012/12/04 - Many bug-fixes and performance-improvements.
1.0 - 2013/01/05 - Bug-fixes and User Interface-improvements.
1.1 - 2013/03/26 - Added Accent Color editor and bug-fixes
1.2 - 2013/05/07 - Added color values to Accent Color editor, improved data-connection speed tweak, added Internet Connection Sharing unlock, added Automatic Data Configuration function, added shell-handler in Explorer for provxml-files, removed wrong buttons on Device tab, disabled cache for filesystem and searches, removed ads for better Root Tools experience
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I have a question - can I add my cert to store (authority store, though I don't know which) in order to acquire ability to install self-signed cabs? My LG Panther has locked bootloader, so it looks like the only way to update at least to 7004.
Useless guy said:
I have a question - can I add my cert to store (authority store, though I don't know which) in order to acquire ability to install self-signed cabs? My LG Panther has locked bootloader, so it looks like the only way to update at least to 7004.
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Nope, not quite, I am not best to describe the full problem but essentially there's another certstore stored on the device, when phone boots in to update mode it uses that cert store located in the ROM
Sent from my Samsung Focus S using XDA Windows Phone 7 App
These are great things
Thank you my friend
Useless guy said:
I have a question - can I add my cert to store (authority store, though I don't know which) in order to acquire ability to install self-signed cabs? My LG Panther has locked bootloader, so it looks like the only way to update at least to 7004.
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The answer is: I'm not sure. It is not possible to add certs to a store for updating. But it might be possible to change the file which keeps the certs for cab updating. It needs more research. Some of this has already been discussed here.
Heathcliff74
Really good work......like it .......
Thank you....
Did you missed all trusted ?
djtonka said:
Did you missed all trusted ?
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I considered implementing that. But I think it is dangerous. If there will ever become some type of malware on WP7, you would be very vulnerable. So I decided not to implement such option.
Heathcliff74
You are the Boss
Does registry expolorer keeps last opened location after restart or reopen cos only File explorer can do this so far?
How to unlock the native code?
I have installed opera mobile but don't work...
Inviato da mio OMNIA 7 usando Board Express Pro
A bug or a normal behavior?
First of all, i would like to really thanks you for this great tool. I would like to just ask some questions:-
I updated my wp7root tool 0.11 using XapHandler, and Everything went ok. After that i needed to open the Office hub but to my surprise it didn't work. I did a soft-reset just to find out that my start screen is Black . To be honest i got panicked though i have an update that i can reinstall. After few mins digging i found out that certain feature in the phone a still working (like search, voice commands etc.) I used the voice command and opened Wp7root Tools 0.12 and went through Policies just to find out that almost every System Apps were untrusted including Start App. When i trusted Start App i got my Start Screen back .
My questions are:-
1. is this (the untrusted start app) a bug?
2. Is it intentional that all the System App to be untrusted? if not
3. Do you have a list of System Apps that were trusted Originally?
Hope you have answers to those q.
Thanks
djtonka said:
You are the Boss
Does registry expolorer keeps last opened location after restart or reopen cos only File explorer can do this so far?
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Dunno which registry editor you've been using. But my registry-editor does remember its last location.
Jonny Rosworth said:
How to unlock the native code?
I have installed opera mobile but don't work...
Inviato da mio OMNIA 7 usando Board Express Pro
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Ultrashot is working on that. It needs a little bit of tweaking to be compatible with Policy Unlock.
kurdland said:
First of all, i would like to really thanks you for this great tool. I would like to just ask some questions:-
I updated my wp7root tool 0.11 using XapHandler, and Everything went ok. After that i needed to open the Office hub but to my surprise it didn't work. I did a soft-reset just to find out that my start screen is Black . To be honest i got panicked though i have an update that i can reinstall. After few mins digging i found out that certain feature in the phone a still working (like search, voice commands etc.) I used the voice command and opened Wp7root Tools 0.12 and went through Policies just to find out that almost every System Apps were untrusted including Start App. When i trusted Start App i got my Start Screen back .
My questions are:-
1. is this (the untrusted start app) a bug?
2. Is it intentional that all the System App to be untrusted? if not
3. Do you have a list of System Apps that were trusted Originally?
Hope you have answers to those q.
Thanks
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Ok. That's remarkable. I have no clear answer. Can you tell me which device and which ROM (stock, custom, ..) you use and which OS version and which OEM firmware?
It sounds to me that this is some form of Inception between Full Unlock and Policy Unlock (that should normally work, but I can't possibly test all different devices and unlock at forehand).
Normally only very few system apps are defined to have Root Access. And "Start" is NOT one of them. I don't have a cleanly installed device to check which apps should have Root Access, but there are really only a few. I don't understand why the Startmenu would need Root Access in your case. And it is not a bug that "Startmenu" is not having Root Access. It actually surprises me that you could fix it this way.
Heathcliff74
Hi Heathcliff74 i´ve the same thing on my rom,i am using the mirolg tangoromhttp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1751911 and !updated! my old roottools with sending the xap to my email account and downloading it on my device,after update (xap deployer by ultrashoot) i had to give roottools fullacces/trusted permissions for running,as the man obove said,there is nothing of the system marked as trusted(in roottools),but all is running correctly !
Omnia7xdax said:
Hi Heathcliff74 i´ve the same thing on my rom,i am using the mirolg tangoromhttp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1751911 and !updated! my old roottools with sending the xap to my email account and downloading it on my device,after update (xap deployer by ultrashoot) i had to give roottools fullacces/trusted permissions for running,as the man obove said,there is nothing of the system marked as trusted(in roottools),but all is running correctly !
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Just to be clear: You do NOT have a problem with missing Startmenu, right?
Because most system apps should NOT have Root Access. If your system apps do NOT have Root Access, but everything works fine, then there is NO problem!
Heathcliff74 said:
Dunno which registry editor you've been using. But my registry-editor does remember its last location.
Ultrashot is working on that. It needs a little bit of tweaking to be compatible with Policy Unlock.
Ok. That's remarkable. I have no clear answer. Can you tell me which device and which ROM (stock, custom, ..) you use and which OS version and which OEM firmware?
It sounds to me that this is some form of Inception between Full Unlock and Policy Unlock (that should normally work, but I can't possibly test all different devices and unlock at forehand).
Normally only very few system apps are defined to have Root Access. And "Start" is NOT one of them. I don't have a cleanly installed device to check which apps should have Root Access, but there are really only a few. I don't understand why the Startmenu would need Root Access in your case. And it is not a bug that "Startmenu" is not having Root Access. It actually surprises me that you could fix it this way.
Heathcliff74
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Thanks for the quick answer!
Sry i didn't menssion that i have an original HTC ROM, with dev. unlock and introp-unlock installed. My device is HTC HD7, Os version 7.10.8773.98 and OEM firmware 2250.21.51101.
Hope those info will help you. I will try to make a video clip reproducing the event, hopw that will help you even more.
Yours
Omar
kurdland said:
Thanks for the quick answer!
Sry i didn't menssion that i have an original HTC ROM, with dev. unlock and introp-unlock installed. My device is HTC HD7, Os version 7.10.8773.98 and OEM firmware 2250.21.51101.
Hope those info will help you. I will try to make a video clip reproducing the event, hopw that will help you even more.
Yours
Omar
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Hm. The fact that you have a stock ROM makes this only more weird. I still can't think of a possible explanation.
Did you toggle Root Access for system apps before the problem occurred? Any other remarkable things you've done with your phone that may explain this?
Did you use earlier versions of WP7 Root Tools without problems?
Sry,yes i ahve absolutely no problems,everything works fine,i was only not sure if the systemapps must have no permissions
Heathcliff74 said:
Hm. The fact that you have a stock ROM makes this only more weird. I still can't think of a possible explanation.
Did you toggle Root Access for system apps before the problem occurred? Any other remarkable things you've done with your phone that may explain this?
Did you use earlier versions of WP7 Root Tools without problems?
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Hi again!
No i didn't toggle it Before the problem. I just installed it then when i tried office, it didn't work and then i found out about the problem. And to be honest i really didn't do anythink remarkable either. My privous experiance with WP7Root Tools and really good, didn't have any problem Before.
Please check your PM i sent you a link to the video clip i did about the problem. OBS!!! No sound
Yours
Omar
Awesome and great job.... Your hard work is very much appreciated!!
WP7 Root Tools v 0.12 alpha updated just fine and is functioning perfectly on my HD7 running Deepshining 7.8.
Thank you!

[ROLLUP] LIST of UNLOCK/UTILITIES/GUIDES for Windows 10 Mobile

This thread is a sort of recap of what we're able to do on Windows 10 Mobile.
I will regularly update this thread with new content as soon as possible.
Device Unlock
vcREG: lumia reg editor + interop unlock. Now Supports X50 device interop unlock
Description: vcREG is a powerful Lumia registry editor developed by vcFan for Lumia Windows Phones that has SYSTEM level access to the registry. the tool also has the ability to unlock all app capabilities for third party apps(interop unlock), and give SYSTEM level access to most of the filesystem through MTP.
[1/1/2016]Permanently interop Unlock your WP (even after hard reset)
Description: This thread by Riyad_ explains how to manually unlock your Windows Phone permanently, even after an hard reset. You can also use vcREG 1.2 to obtain the same result automatically.
[JAILBREAK][GUIDE]Interop Unlock for Windows 10 Mobile + All Capabilities
Description: Root Tool v2.0 is a tool developed by djamol that allows you to Interop/Capability unlock your Lumia/Samsung device. It works fine on build 10586 but does not work with the latest update of extras+info. If you have already updated extras+info just hard reset your device, disable automatic store updates and unlock your device (or just use vcREG 1.5).
Windows Phone Internals - Unlock bootloader, enable Root Access, create Custom ROM
Description: This tool by Heathcliff74 allows you to unlock the bootloader of selected Lumia Windows Phone models. After unlocking the bootloader, you can enable Root Access on the phone or create and flash Custom ROM's. Root Access allows you to load your own homebrew software onto the phone with high privileges. Apps can escape from their sandboxes. The tool can also create backup-images of the phone and access the file-system in Mass Storage mode.
Guides
[TUTORIAL] Deploy XAPs easily with WPV Xap Deployer
Description: This guide by MrCego explains how to sideload XAP files on your device using WPV XAP Deployer and Windows Phone SDK Lite. NOTE: If your device is not yet unlocked, you need to enable "Developer mode" in Settings > Update & Security > For Developers.
Tutorial | Lumia devices flashing
Description: This guide by Kaptaiin explains how to flash your Lumia device with a stock ROM. This guide is recommended to people who want to flash a specific ROM (e.g. to debrand or downgrade). If you simply want to flash the latest stock ROM consider using Windows Device Recovery Tool.
Steps to Download Windows 10 Mobile version of Apps manually ( Appx files )
Description: This guide by katsuga explains how to download appx files from the store on your computer.
[GUIDE] Unlock lumia x2x and enable Mass Storage mode
Description: This guide by ADeltaX explains how to enable mass storage mode (not MTP) on Lumia x2x devices (the ones supported by WPInternals).
windows mobile 10 Redstonebuild 14627& higher for old lumias in insider fast Ring
Description: This guide by raghulive explains how to install Windows 10 Mobile 14627 (Redstone) Insider Preview on discontinued Lumia devices in the Insider Fast Ring.
[GUIDE] Full FileSystem Access over SFTP on Windows 10 Mobile
Description: Full FS Access via MTP doesn't truly give full file system access as there are files and folders that are still inaccessible. Thanks to this guide by snickler you'll be able to browse the whole filesystem through an SFTP connection. Works fine on build 10586, just ignore wconnect errors.
[TWEAK] De-watermark Bing Lockscreen
Description: This guide by winphoneuser explains how to remove the Bing watermark from the "Pic of the day" when you set Bing as lockscreen wallpaper.
[TUTORIAL] Changing the font system (Buxton Sketch, Comic Sans and more)
Description: This guide by denisf1981 explains how to manually change the system font. You can also do this with DHT Font Change (see Utilities).
[HOWTO] [CAUTION] Maximize the potential of the (Lumia) Win10M camera
Description: This guide by AsvinDG explains what registry keys you should edit to maximize the potential of your camera (Lumia only).
[TUTORIAL] How to change the icons of quick status of the lock screen.
Description: This guide by denisf1981 explains how to replace lockscreen icons for any application. Interop-Unlock and Full FS Access are required.
[W10M BUILDS] Update links collection (cab-files) for various devices
Description: This thread by HD2Owner explains how to manually update to a specific Windows Insider build. To update, you need cab files specific for your device. Only few devices cabs are listed.
[TWEAK] Install homebrew apps as settings apps
Description: This thread by winphouser explains how to list a sideloaded application as a setting app.
URIs for URI Launching items
Description: This thread by SammaelAkuma explains how to create shortcuts to settings, app features and more using an URI (Uniform Resource Identifier). You will need to know the URI address of the feature you need. No root or unlock needed.
Utilities
[Firmware] Download all Lumia firmware And emergency files
Description: This website by Cholens lists the latest firmwares for all the Lumia devices available on Microsoft servers.
[XAP][18/09/2015][0.6] CustomPFD: registry editor + tweaks
Description: A great utility developed by Pasquiindustry that allows you to browse and edit part of the system registry. There are also lots of settings that you can customize directly without the need of browsing the system registry.
[App] App Data Manage Tool - Create backups from current state of apps and games
Description: This tool made by mahdi75 allows you to backup data of any app installed on your phone and restore it later, even on another phone. It can also erase the storage of your apps which is like reinstalling them but faster.
[App][Source] DHT Upgrade Advisor (Get redstone on old lumias)
Description: Using this app developed by Dormant Hackers Team, you can upgrade any unsupported Lumia device to Windows 10 Mobile Anniversary Update.
[APP] Interop Tools - A versatile registry editor, registry browser, unlock and more!
Description: This app by gus33000 allows you to edit the registry through the registry editor, browse the registry hives through the registry browser, find sepecific registry values/keys through the search page, apply tweaks to your device, Interop and Cap unlock your device, access device information, remotely edit the registry through the built-in desktop app, manage applications, manage certificates, perform standard registry operations such as deleting, renaming, and copying details, built-In Command Prompt inside the app, manage SSH accounts and more.
[116 TWEAKS] 2015-09-30 Tweaks for Windows 10 mobile - Quick Action button etc.......
Description: This tool is developed by kwanice and is based on WPTweaker by sensboston. It allows you to customize lots of settings to tweak your phone like the ability to use static IP, add 5th action button, etc.
[XAP]▒▒▒▒▒ Storage Explorer ▒▒▒▒▒
Description: A file manager developed by spavlin that allows you to browse, copy, edit and delete files from the root of the File System. Not all the folders are accessible. Some folders are accessible by writing the full path. If you have unlocked your phone with WPInternals check out post #37 for a full FS access version of Pocket File Manager and post #40 for a full FS access version of Files by Microsoft.
[XAP][Source] DHT Font Change for Windows Phone
Description: This app developed by DHT group allows you to replace the default system font with a custom one. It officially works on Lumia devices, Samsung devices are partially supported.
[XAP] AdBlocker For Windows Phone 8.x+
Description: This app developed by sandix allows you to replace HOSTS file to block annoying ads. You can customize the URL of the HOSTS file with multiple entries, view the entries of your current HOSTS file and restore your HOSTS file with an empty one.
[APP][2.0] Device Diagnostics HUB: Task Manager and more!
Description: This app by Pasquiindustry allows you to get lots of useful information about your device (CPU/RAM/GPU usage, download/upload speed, active system processes etc.) using Devices Portal.
Discontinued
[Fix added] [HOW TO] [UPDATED] Install Android apps on Windows 10 Mobile
Description: This thread by XDRdaniel explains how to deploy apk files on Windows 10 Mobile. Unfortunately Windows Bridge for Android (aka Project Astoria) is not available anymore since build 10549.
[GUIDE] Deploying Astoria Packages Manually To W10M
Description: This thread by HD2Owner explains how to deploy cab files to enable Windows Bridge for Android on unsupported devices. Unfortunately, as above, Windows Bridge for Android (aka Project Astoria) is not available anymore since build 10549.
[How to]Root Project Astoria
Description: This thread by ADeltaX explains how to obtain root access on Project Astoria. At the current stage, apps can't request root access because of the limitations of Astoria. The project is currently inactive because Astoria is not part of Windows 10 Mobile since build 10549.
[TOOL][OPEN SOURCE][GOOGLE][ALPHA] AM GApps Tool: GApps to W10M
Description: This thread by Marocco2 explains how to install GApps on Windows 10 Mobile. Currently, the tool has some issues (GMS not working), so it isn't fully functional. The project is currently inactive because Astoria is not part of Windows 10 Mobile since build 10549.
HOWTO: Install Windows 10 for Phones on Non-supported devices (and other hacks)
Description: This thread by RustyGrom explains how to install Windows 10 Mobile on unsupported devices using FiddlerCore. This method is reported to not work anymore after an update of Windows Insider app.
[W10M] Get Skype picture sharing from redstone (14267) working on 10586.107
Description: This guide by HD2Owner explains how to get Skype picture sharing on build 10586.107. Not useful anymore since the update has been officially released also for TH2 devices.
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Would you please add this thread - http://forum.xda-developers.com/windows-10/windows-10-mobile/how-to-root-project-astoria-t3187396??
Thanks
NZT-48 said:
Would you please add this thread - http://forum.xda-developers.com/windows-10/windows-10-mobile/how-to-root-project-astoria-t3187396??
Thanks
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Done! Thank you .
Would you please add this thread :- http://forum.xda-developers.com/win...windows-mobile-10-redstone-rs1-build-t3319375
raghulive said:
Would you please add this thread :- http://forum.xda-developers.com/win...windows-mobile-10-redstone-rs1-build-t3319375
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=65415872&postcount=24
it is better to add than your copy.
wait fast insider new 14267, now update is work bad and bug.
лагает так, что телефон хочется выкинут в мусорку.
reksden said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=65415872&postcount=24
it is better to add than your copy.
wait fast insider new 14267, now update is work bad and bug.
лагает так, что телефон хочется выкинут в мусорку.
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are you crazy,what the need of copy, its not one thought /innovation to get this hack ,while 950 xl got .29 update (dec 2015),MICROSOFTMDG updates on discussions,when this build released for only 950/xl,
is it a big thing to change registry values to get update,its just a commonsense ,not one copy other
raghulive said:
Would you please add this thread :- http://forum.xda-developers.com/win...windows-mobile-10-redstone-rs1-build-t3319375
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Done!
Thanks for your guide! :highfive:
please add this also http://forum.xda-developers.com/windows-10-mobile/installing-windows-10-mobile-tech-t3431454/
interop
Hello guys.
I have Lumia 640 LTE RM_1072 AT&T
I download interop Tools(preview) and I trying interop unlock but I have problem ndtk.
Please help
Sorry if I post in another topic
dont use Preview version, use regular ARM version
you need Interop Tools from here https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=71000190&postcount=607
enable Developer settings on phone
install certificate, install ARM deppendencies, install Interop Tools ARM version
start Interop Tools, select Interop Unlock
select Restore NDTKSvc.
wait 15 seconds. turn off phone
turn on phone
start Interop Tools, select Interop Unlock
enable Interop/Cap Unlock and New Unlock Cap Engine unlock
hi newbie in here...
i've just updated my old lumia1020 to the latest w10m version 10.0.15254.369
i was hoping that in this version that the static ip option was enabled by default...
i was wrong...
need static ip option badly since my home and office wifi need to manually configure the ip/dns setting before i can use the network...
is there any way to configure static ip without interop unlock
or is it safe to use wp internal to unlock root with my current w10m build on nokia lumia 1020?? i update them using iutool method
hi
can anyone help me? i want to underclock my old lumia 950, after a year i think i picked it up from my drawer , and start to update it , and downloading some apps, it gets too damn hot, it was nearly burning ? did factory reset but nothing changes, installed its rom with pc , again nothing changed, so i want to underclock its processor , so it will be cool in every situation , i think ?
naryhd said:
hi
can anyone help me? i want to underclock my old lumia 950, after a year i think i picked it up from my drawer , and start to update it , and downloading some apps, it gets too damn hot, it was nearly burning [emoji23] did factory reset but nothing changes, installed its rom with pc , again nothing changed, so i want to underclock its processor , so it will be cool in every situation , i think [emoji16]
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Could be the old battery overheating.
pidjones said:
Could be the old battery overheating.
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nope its not battery , i changed it and the heat is beginning from cpu chipset (its near the power button)
Do you have a simple tutorial with deleting and replacing tones in alarms? because I am just only using two different alarms.
I know this is really too late to ask nowadays... Thank you!

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