Does the C500 need application unlocking? |
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 Aug 20 2004, 10:34
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Newbie  Group: Posters Posts: 39 Joined: 30th December 2002 Member No.: 1,487  |
Hi All,
I have just got my C500 and I before I started customising and playing about with it, I wondered if anyone knew if the C500 needs app unlocking as per previous SPV's? If so, how do you do it? The usual OTA site? Cheers Stu |
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Aug 20 2004, 11:42
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 Staff Team Leader  Group: Admin Team Posts: 17,188 Joined: 24th November 2002 From: Southampton Member No.: 53 Device(s): C550 and JasJar |
The phone will need Application unlocking and there is a mixed
response about the OTA method working correctly at this time. Chances are it will take a while to be efficient method to decert the phone as it has only just been released. -------------------- 3 mobile where the words "customer" and "service" only exists in the dictionary
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Aug 20 2004, 12:10
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Newbie Group: Posters Posts: 39 Joined: 30th December 2002 Member No.: 1,487 |
Thanks for the speedy reply!!
Can I take from your answer that I would be best waiting until more info is available before I try to app unlock my C500 (bearing in mind I am not that technical!!!)? Cheers Stu |
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Aug 20 2004, 12:26
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Staff Team Leader Group: Admin Team Posts: 17,188 Joined: 24th November 2002 From: Southampton Member No.: 53 Device(s): C550 and JasJar |
You can always give OTA a go and select E200 as phone to be
unlocked. This will be the only official way to unlock so you may as well try now and see if it works. -------------------- 3 mobile where the words "customer" and "service" only exists in the dictionary
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Aug 20 2004, 17:03
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Newbie Group: Posters Posts: 18 Joined: 31st May 2003 Member No.: 7,097 |
My C500, which was supplied from Orange shop, will allow any software to be installed. All it does is gives you a warning like windows XP does saying that this software is not certified do you want to continue. Press yes and the applications will install.
I did NO application un-locking Also if you have problems and everything goes tits, follow my instructions for returning the handset to its factory settings under HArd Reset. Regards |
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Aug 20 2004, 17:09
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 Hardcore Group: Moderator Team Posts: 8,218 Joined: 9th April 2003 From: Coventry, UK Member No.: 4,510 Device(s): HTC Touch Dual / SPV E650 |
With the E200 you could install most unsigned software as you say, but some homescreens etc still required a decert
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Aug 23 2004, 16:42
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 I started out with nothing and I still have most of it left!  Group: Posters Posts: 801 Joined: 16th December 2003 From: Oxford, UK Member No.: 24,871 Device(s): Iphone (1st Gen) |
I have just used the OTA unlocking method on my SPV C500 without any problems at all.
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Aug 23 2004, 19:18
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Newbie Group: Posters Posts: 39 Joined: 30th December 2002 Member No.: 1,487 |
Same here!
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Aug 23 2004, 21:22
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 Hardcore Group: Posters Posts: 2,081 Joined: 29th November 2002 From: Stoke on Trent, England Member No.: 294 |
Judging by what was said in tonights Meet The Parents chat with Orange, the C500 doesnt need App Unlocking
(Moved to C500 section  )
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Aug 23 2004, 23:20
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Newbie Group: Posters Posts: 14 Joined: 7th December 2002 Member No.: 860 |
I needed to unlock to add a root cert so that OTA ActiveSync works with my company E2K3 system.
I used the Orange site, but had a few problems - worked in the end. OTA ActiveSync Works like a dream with E2K3...not looking forward to my GPRS bill though :roll: |
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Aug 23 2004, 23:33
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 Addict Group: Posters Posts: 911 Joined: 21st April 2003 From: San Francisco, CA Member No.: 4,885 |
QUOTE The phone will need Application unlocking and there is a mixed response about the OTA method working correctly at this time. Chances are it will take a while to be efficient method to decert the phone as it has only just been released. So the SVP C500 is not using the new "prompt mode" ? "promt mode" was introduced by MSFT in Smartphone 2003. Smartphones set to "promt mode" ask user confirmation before installing apps that are not signed. |
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Aug 24 2004, 00:12
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Addict Group: Posters Posts: 911 Joined: 21st April 2003 From: San Francisco, CA Member No.: 4,885 |
QUOTE My C500, which was supplied from Orange shop, will allow any software to be installed. All it does is gives you a warning like windows XP does saying that this software is not certified do you want to continue. Press yes and the applications will install.
I did NO application un-locking Yes, that's what I thought. They use the "prompt mode", so there is no need to application-unlock. |
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Aug 24 2004, 10:39
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Regular  Group: Posters Posts: 58 Joined: 8th May 2003 From: Liverpool Member No.: 5,801 |
You need to app unlock in order to copy files from the phone to pc if they're exuctables or from the ROM. That is all
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Aug 24 2004, 11:03
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Addict Group: Posters Posts: 911 Joined: 21st April 2003 From: San Francisco, CA Member No.: 4,885 |
QUOTE You need to app unlock in order to copy files from the phone to pc if they're exuctables or from the ROM. That is all Well, if they are executable but not from the ROM, then you probably have installed them from a setup file or a CAB. Setup files install CAB's on the PC, so you have the CAB, and you can crack the CAB opened to get the .exe files... So you only need privileges (or app-unlock) to extract files from the ROM, which is not something you generally need to do. |
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Aug 24 2004, 12:06
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 Diehard  Group: Posters Posts: 456 Joined: 8th January 2003 From: London Member No.: 1,727 Device(s): C500 |
I used the app OTA unlock last night.
The first two times, I got a message stating that my IMIE was incorrect - however it wasnt. After reading something by vector here, I fired up PIE and left GPRS on. The third time after inputting my details and proceeding, the page on my PC just hung. I walked away, but when I returned I had a message on the phone stating that it was now application unlocked. Funny really, given that the browser on my PC was still stuck on the name, IMIE etc details page at the OTA site. Very hit and miss, I think. :?: -------------------- Ask no questions, hear no lies
and you'll be living in the comfort of a fool's paradise... |
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Sep 2 2004, 19:39
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Newbie Group: Posters Posts: 14 Joined: 23rd August 2004 Member No.: 53,781 |
I've just unlocked my C500 with no problems...took about 30 seconds!
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Sep 3 2004, 15:57
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Newbie Group: Posters Posts: 6 Joined: 20th January 2003 Member No.: 2,115 |
Just unlocked C500 using OTA to run trial version of TinyGPS. Unlocked OK just now need to work out how to use it.
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Sep 6 2004, 08:22
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Newbie Group: Posters Posts: 11 Joined: 4th September 2004 Member No.: 55,337 |
Hmmmmm.....so does the C500 need to be unlocked or not? I believe not, as I have managed to install several apps which said unlocking was a pre-requisite.
However, I have also had a permissions issue with 2 different homescreen themes? Are these related? Noob after advice... :oops: |
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Sep 6 2004, 09:28
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 Hardcore Group: Posters Posts: 3,685 Joined: 27th January 2003 Member No.: 2,344 |
The C500 needs app unlocking if you need to do any reg tweaking of protected entries, that includes any Extra screen skinning (error screens, startup/shutdown screens, start menu, in call and dialing headers/backgrounds etc.), Cleartype fonts (cleartype looks lovely on the C500 why dont MS or O make a nice signed app that allows you to turn it on or off?), and a few other bits and peices.
Homescreen skinners have got used to skinning these screens for a while now, and MS have deliberately locked down these entries because they dont like us removing their startup/shutdown MS splash screens (sorry MS, you can blame me for that one  )
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Sep 6 2004, 12:39
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Enthusiast  Group: Posters Posts: 151 Joined: 17th February 2004 Member No.: 32,842 |
Posted from my SmartPhone!
i tried to install smartexplorer but it said it was locked on a certified app. ill try the non cert app in a bit |
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