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Deleting protected system files

I'm trying to delete BrandedBrowser.exe so I can replace it with iexplorer.exe but WM5 is refusing because it;s a protected system file. Howto go about deleting/replacing the file?

GIR said:
I'm trying to delete BrandedBrowser.exe so I can replace it with iexplorer.exe but WM5 is refusing because it;s a protected system file. Howto go about deleting/replacing the file?
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Protected files cannot be removed AFAIK but you can 'replace' them with a file with the exact same name.

And how do I do that? Just copy over it? Like I sadi I'm trying to replace brandedBrowser.exe with iexplore.exe but when I try to copy iexlore.exe it sais access denied.

GIR said:
And how do I do that? Just copy over it? Like I sadi I'm trying to replace brandedBrowser.exe with iexplore.exe but when I try to copy iexlore.exe it sais access denied.
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I don't understand: do you have both files on your PPC? And if so, why don't you simply create/edit a link that points to iexplore.exe?

Okay let me explain it. I have a T-Mobile MDA Vario which comes branded with alot of T-Mobile stuff.
Alot of good stuff but some bad and one really annoying one, everytime you start Internet Explorer a popup comes up asking "Do you want to connect to the internet" Ok/Cancel.
By looking at the cab files in the extended rom I've been able to disable this when you start iexplore.exe.
Now also the Vario comes with a custom T-Mobile today plugin which allows you do a few stuff one of which is start Internet Explorer.
What this plugin does is, when you click the internet icon, instead of starting iexplore.exe start BrandedBrowser.exe.
BrandedBrowser.exe is basicly the same as iexplore.exe but with a different icon and also it shows the annoying popup.
Now since BrandedBrowser.exe and iexplore.exe basicly do the same I want to replace BrandedBrowser.exe with iexplore.exe.
And yes both files are on the device under \Windows
I've tried editing HTCTodayScreen.dll with a resource editor but that doesn't work, I'm guessing the applications need to be signed or something.

If I were you, I would just upgrade to the latest (Qtek) Rom.
Then your problem is solved and you will be up-to-date and have a good (fast) Rom.

The thing is that I don't need the AKU2 stuff added in the latest ROM and I really like the added functionality of the T-Mobile ROM. And I dread that QTek bootscreen, it's horrible and there's no sollution to change the bootscreen of the AKU2 roms.

IE User Agent String and VodafoneLive!

Hi,
I've been trying to change the User Agent string in Internet Explorer so I can browse Vodafone Live! and watch Mobile TV on my P3600. Vodafone Live! can only be accessed by supported phone models, so one has to trick the website into thinking your unsupported phone is one of the supported models. In newer versions of Internet Explorer mobile, this is done by modifying the hardcoded User Agent string in the \Windows\browser.dll file, and various members have kindly released such modified files with different browser identifiers.
From visiting http://www.useragentstring.com/, we can see some extra custom data (found in the registry) is appended to the hard coded user agent string. I apologise if this has been suggested before, but instead of releasing many versions of browser.dll files to spoof different phones, why not erase the hard-coded string entirely and just use the custom data to set the User Agent from the registry. Here's what I did...
I extracted the browser.dll file from mun_rus' cooked rom: mUn_1.25.TE_AKU3.5.2_WWE, but I assume this file will be compatible with all AKU 3.5.2 builds (Someone please confirm this; if you are not using the same ROM, I would advise not to use the attached files until someone has confirmed it). Initially, the hard-coded string read:
"Mozilla/4.0 %s (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows CE; IEMobile %d.%d)"
I overwrote the entire string (apart from the %s) with 0x00's (Hex), saved the file and uploaded it to my phone.
Now if I set the value of the registry key "Custom", located at:
HKLM\Security\Internet Explorer\User Agent
to:
"Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows CE; IEMobile 6.8) PPC; 240x320; HTC_P3600/1.0 Profile/MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.1"
The browser performs exactly as before. However, the advantage now is that when I want to watch Mobile TV or browse Vodafone Live, I can simply set the "Custom" registry key to:
"Nokia6233/2.0 (03.46) Profile/MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.1 RSS Reader 1.18, Nokia6233/2.0 (03.46) Profile/MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.1 UNTRUSTED/1.0"
I have shared some automated installer cab files which will make these modifications without having to go through all the trouble of extracting files from roms, and hex/reg editing. They are as follows:
[*]AKU352_dlls.zip: contains 2 files to be copied to your PPC.
Run modified_AKU352_browserdll.cab to replace the original browser.dll with one that does not have a hard coded user agent string.
Run orig_AKU352_browserdll.cab to restore your browser.dll with the original one from mun_rus' rom.
IE_HTC_P3600.cab : set the User Agent string to simulate a HTC P3600
IE_Nokia6233.cab : set the User Agent string to simulate a Nokia 6233 (which gives access to Vodafone Live!)
Now you can change between HTC_P3600 and Nokia 6233 by simply running a cab file, (which only changes some registry data)!
PS, if people think this is a good idea maybe mun_rus and lvsw could include this modification in their future cooked roms? Otherwise, i'll update this thread with new dll's when new roms are released

This is a very interesting topic. Thanks for your research and detailed post.
I was wondering if you ever tried the PIEPlus v2.2 plugin for MobileIE?
http://www.reensoft.com/PIEPlus/
The site discribes a Custom field selector for User Agent. If you have tried this, was it successful?
I too would like to use some cell provider content that is unavailable to my Trinity without spoofing the User Agent string.
Thanks for your free alternative. I would enjoy any feedback.

Sorry double post.

Hi,
Since AKU 3.3 and WM6, tools which change the user agent string (such as PIEPlus) have not worked due to the hard coding of the user agent string in the browser.dll file. I did try the new version of PIEPlus myself, but visiting www.useragentstring.com reveals that nothing is changed. Someone pointed out this fact in this thread. I also tried a number of other tools, and even changing the registy values manually myself, without any luck.
For now, it seems the only way is to modify the browser.dll file. I've given full instructions how to do this since I'm not sure whether it is safe or not to copy this file across different builds of Windows Mobile. Blanking out the hard coded string seems the most generic thing to do - that way you dont have to keep overwriting the dll when you want to spoof different phone models/browsers. Once the modified dll is in place, you can go along to the specified registry key and insert your own user agent string (incase the Nokia 6233 isnt the one you were after).

Hi,
Easy link to check your user agent is also available here:
http://uap.texto.cc
regards
Richard

These browser.dll's are not working on my TyTN II (WM6).
How did you extract and modify the browser.dll.
I want to extract and modify the browser.dll from my TyTN II, however i cannot copy it from the windows directory.
What program do you use to modify the file and waht do you change???
Thanx in advance

Hi John,
You will need to find the rom you flashed your phone with, then using the ImgFS tools, extract the relevant file from the rom. HexEdit the file as described, then use WinCE Cab manager to make a cab and replace the file in the windows directory on your phone.
Hope this helps,
Let me know if I can help further...
James.

jamesbest77 said:
Hi John,
You will need to find the rom you flashed your phone with, then using the ImgFS tools, extract the relevant file from the rom. HexEdit the file as described, then use WinCE Cab manager to make a cab and replace the file in the windows directory on your phone.
Hope this helps,
Let me know if I can help further...
James.
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I think CustomBase must be changed isnt?

lucgas said:
I think CustomBase must be changed isnt?
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No, dont change "CustomBase", only erase the parts I have described. This excludes the %s but includes the %d's

AKU352_dlls.zip works on my p3600 with WM6.
Dont have vodafone, but what used to be vodafone in sweden, and it works great . Thanks!

Raiker said:
AKU352_dlls.zip works on my p3600 with WM6.
Dont have vodafone, but what used to be vodafone in sweden, and it works great . Thanks!
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That is very strange - but glad it worked!
I wouldn't recommend that anyone else try these dll's on their phone unless they are using AKU 3.5.2. Otherwise unpredictable things may start happenning...

jamesbest77 said:
That is very strange - but glad it worked!
I wouldn't recommend that anyone else try these dll's on their phone unless they are using AKU 3.5.2. Otherwise unpredictable things may start happenning...
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hi i have tytn and i installed a cab file...but...it worked under GPRS but as soon as i was in 3g zone i couldnt connect to the net, it was saying that my modem has disconested. do u have any idea what i did wrong?

UserAgent patch attempt on HTC Universal
jamesbest77 said:
Hi John,
You will need to find the rom you flashed your phone with, then using the ImgFS tools, extract the relevant file from the rom. HexEdit the file as described, then use WinCE Cab manager to make a cab and replace the file in the windows directory on your phone.
Hope this helps,
Let me know if I can help further...
James.
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Hi James,
I'm trying to do this exact same patch for the HTC Universal with a WM6 ROM. I succeeded in extracting the browser.dll:
alpinenbfdecode.pl -d nk.nbf nk.nba
mkdir files
rdmsflsh.pl -d files nk.nba
But when I copy the browser.dll (even unpatched) to the device and start Internet Explorer I get the error: iexplore.exe is not a valid application.
I've also noticed that all DLLs I have extracted differ a bit in size compared to the sizes they have on the PocketPC itself. Anyone has tips?

browser.dll for HTC Universal
Hi all,
I installed the browser.dll from MUN200SEwm6beta_dlls.zip and it worked on my HTC Universal with WM6. However, I didn't like the feature to enter the useragent in registry, so I changed the DLL and now it contains this useragent string:
Mozilla/4.0 %s (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; Ruw. %d.%d)
The 'Ruw.' was just to fill up the string as I didn't want to change it's length to avoid unspecifed behaviour. Ruw is short for Ruwebit.net (my site).
It works perfectly with all sites. To install: just copy the browser.dll to /Windows. To uninstall: just delete it from /Windows and the original browser.dll from the ROM will re-appear.

user888 said:
It works perfectly with all sites. To install: just copy the browser.dll to /Windows. To uninstall: just delete it from /Windows and the original browser.dll from the ROM will re-appear.
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Some sites don't seem to fully load with this DLL on a HTC Universal...

user888 said:
Hi all,
I installed the browser.dll from MUN200SEwm6beta_dlls.zip and it worked on my HTC Universal with WM6. However, I didn't like the feature to enter the useragent in registry, so I changed the DLL and now it contains this useragent string:
Mozilla/4.0 %s (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; Ruw. %d.%d)
The 'Ruw.' was just to fill up the string as I didn't want to change it's length to avoid unspecifed behaviour. Ruw is short for Ruwebit.net (my site).
It works perfectly with all sites. To install: just copy the browser.dll to /Windows. To uninstall: just delete it from /Windows and the original browser.dll from the ROM will re-appear.
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how do u copy it? when i try it it says acces denied

anyone tried this with an Ax3l rom?
i'm using AX3L_WM6_WWE_v3.1.2_Lite, should i give your dll a try? or it isnt going to work and i have to manually create the browser.dll for my rom? i'd like to avoid it if i can

whatever you do *dont* try these dlls on the wrong rom. you'll have to make your own for that particular rom i'm afraid - but it isnt hard at all, and you'll learn a lot
By the way, isnt there a new easier way to modify the User Agent string now? I've heard some people mention they used Schaps' Advanced Configuration tool....

hehe alright, i'll do that as soon as i get some time
i'll post my progress here

gurth4ng said:
hehe alright, i'll do that as soon as i get some time
i'll post my progress here
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whats happeneing? i have wm6 on dopod383pro. really would like to use vodafone life especialy those foxtel chanels

Vodafone Live!

Hi,
Does anyone now how to get the Vodafone Live portal with mobile tv working for my S730???
Many, many thanks!
Jaspar

you can't (yet) because they say it's not supported yet for the S730.
So you can wait or you can tweak your browser (surf google)

anyone knows how to change the USER AGENT string from IE then??

Is there still no solution to this problem? I even changed my browser.dll to get the N95 User Agent string, but its still not working.

I've been trying to get the browser.dll to modify but it seems to be unable to be modified or even copied to my PC to be edited?
Could this be simply because it is security locked?
How did you copy the browser.dll to your PC and then back again after you'd modified it?

I finally made it work!
I finally can use Mobile-TV and Vodafone Live on the S730. Here are my settings. (sorry this is for the german OS)
1. Connections->GPRS
Name: Vodafone live!
Verbindet mit: Büro
Zugriffspunkt: wap.vodafone.de
2. Connections->Proxy
Name: Vodafone live!
Verbindet Von: Büro
Verbindet Mit: WAP-Netzwerk
Proxy: 139.7.29.1:80
Typ:http
3. Settings->GPRS Authentifikation
CHAP
4. Streaming Media->Optionen
Verbindung über:Büro
5. Internet Explorer->Options->Connection
Network: WAP-Netzwerk
6. copy attached browser.dll to Smartphone/windows folder
->overwrite old file
7. change registry-key
HKLM/Security/Internet Explorer/User Agent->Values „Custom“:
String „Vodafone/1.0/HTC_Mercury/1.20.162.3/Mozilla/4.0“
After this steps vodafone live works for me.

Do I copy all the details literally to my S730 or do I need to modify to English first?

How its possible to change dlls. I didn't see this files in th explorer of Windows Mobile on the HTC S730. And I have no permissions to edit this file in Windows Vista when the phone is connteced...

Did everything, but when i start Pocket IE i get the warning that the program is not digitally signed with a trusted certificate.... how can i change this????

Ok, I got this warning too (in another forum they say this is because of the changed checksum of the dll), but I was able to select OK (or continue) and then it worked for me.
To get the dll was a little bit more complicated (it took me about 5 hours and a lot of Google, but if you know how to cook a ROM it will be easier for you) because you have to dump the original ROM from your phone. I used the information from here
and here But you have to add a blocksize parameter to the pdocread.exe-tool, (I think it was "-b 0x800") to be able to read the ROM data.
After the whole dumping of the ROM you have all the original files from the ROM on your pc.
But I hope this dumping is not necessary for you because the browser.dll should be nearly the same for all languages (the only issue is that the Pocket IE recognize that this file was changed, but it should start afterwards). I even tried a browser.dll from tytn II and the IE started (but the softkeys didn't work then) By the way, if you want to restore the original browser.dll simply delete the modified one and the the smartphone will get the original one from the ROM of the phone.
I hope anbody else will be sucessful with this whole vodafone-live issue, because for me it was definitely worth the trouble (especially because of CNN-mobile tv).
Sorry for my bad English, I try to give my best to make me understandable.

I forgot one thing. When I opened the registry I had two values under HKLM/Security/Internet Explorer/User Agent, I think it was "custom" and "custombase". I deleted "custombase" and changed "custom" to „Vodafone/1.0/HTC_Mercury/1.20.162.3/Mozilla/4.0“. So now I only have one value there.

I have done everything mentioned in the post from Miffmaster above including replacing the browser.dll (had to copy it to my storage card first and then used Resco Explorer to copy it to the Windows folder as it wouldn't let me overwrite directly to the Windows folder from my PC)
I have also changed the user string and GPRS, Proxy settings etc...
Now when I start Internet Explorer I get "Access Denied. This program cannot start because it is not digitally signed with a trusted certificate" and the only option is OK with ends the program!!!
Is there a workaround for this or have I done something wrong?

Maybe you could try change the following registry value to "1":
HKLM\Security\Policies\Policies
valuename '00001001' was set to dword:2, change it to dword:1
This should give you permission to run unsigned certificates. (see here
What WM version are you using, 6.0 or 6.1? Because my browser.dll came from the original 6.0 Standard ROM.

I'm using the cooked WM6.1 and when I checked, the policies dword was already set to 1 unfortunately!
I don't really want to go back to 6.0 as 6.1 is much faster in general.
Anyway, why should that make a difference to Internet Explorer which is almost certainly the same version anyway???
Have you considered moving to 6.1 yourself and re-doing the browser.dll if you think it will be different?

Transcriber for hx4700

I have just purchased an HX4700 and downloaded a WM6 rom....there are some very talented people out there. I have searched the web for any other rom to get the 'transcriber' functionality back but am not having any luck. I apologise if there is already an entry about this however I have not found it.
I did down a CAB file and copied to my pda, clicked on the setup...got a screen like html text, did a soft reset but nothing changed. It was called MS_transcriber. Any help would be very much appreciated.

Read this and this.
Download.

Thankyou CWKJ for the help.....excuse my ignorance but I'm not sure where to go with the info in the other threads.
I am running wm6.1. I extracted the 'Input Method Fix' and copied the files to my PDA. I then double clicked on the '_setup.xml' file and a list of text like html ran. I then did a soft reset of the device but the transcriber functionality is not listed as a input option.
Do I need to physically alter the registry file and if so how? I have done it on a PC many times but not a PDA.
thankyou for your patience.

By installing the cab, the registry should be correct.
There are tools like TotalCommander (freeware, google and you will find) which I use can help read registry, but do not try to meddle registry for new comers.
For both Recognizers, check if msim.dll is in \windows\ directory.
For Transcriber, check if TranscriberSip.dll is in \windows\ directory.
Using file explorer to check the files may not work as the files may by hidden. If you cannot find them, use TotalCommander as file explorer to check.
If it is not there, I will send them to you, and you just need to copy them into \windows\ directory.

I downloaded total commander. Ran a search for the "TranscriberSip.dll" file however could not find it.
I would appreciate it if you could send it to me thanks.
Shane

.....I had changed the preferences to look for hidden files as I did find the "msim.dll".....still need the "TranscriberSip.dll" from you if you could assist.
Tks, Shane
27/5/08: Disregard my last as I have solved the Transcriber issue. Was a *.cab install issue.
Tks again for the help.

Opera Mobile opening cab files as text

I have this problem with Opera Mobile 9.5 where I try to download a cab file to install on my phone but it instead opens the cab file as text. There isn't a "Save file as" option in the menus so how can I download the cab file without opening it as text?

Type in opera:config and check through the settings, or you could reinstall.

Guys I am having this problem also and need to fix it.
The thing is when I type :config in Opera and try to log into settings nothing happens. Please how can I remove that **** Opera off my phone?????????
Need to install all the cabs that I need...
Any help would be appreciated, thanks

I have never had any problem downloading anything with Opera... Actually, I tend to try and use Opera to download with because it's download manager works so well.
It sounds like you have a setting off somewhere in your phone... probably with Opera, assuming you can download with IE just fine.
Also, you want to type in the address bar "opera:config" without the quotation marks, and that is where you will find the advanced settings that control downloads with Opera.
As well, maybe try downloading a different version of Opera? I like this one:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/ywydu3iczxn/WM6_PPC_HTC_Opera9-build_15954_WWE_QVGA.CAB

That is not what I mean.
I downloaded files throught my PC, hooked Omnia to it and copied the files to the phone's SDcard.
The cab files of all progs are "branded" Opera. meaning if you want to run them, they open through Opera and not execute style. Got it?

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That is not what I mean.
I downloaded files throught my PC, hooked Omnia to it and copied the files to the phone's SDcard.
The cab files of all progs are "branded" Opera. meaning if you want to run them, they open through Opera and not execute style. Got it?
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Ah, ok... I don't think that is the same problem they were having... I don't know what the solution to that would be, since a .cab file is an .exe file written to run a PPC, thus when you click on it, it should run itself without any other program opening it...
I would say try downloading the cab files directly on to your phone with the built in browser, save them to your memory card of course...
But if you are copying a .cab file on to your phone, and using file explorer to launch it, there is no reason it shouldn't work, it is a self executing file that doesn't look for a mother program to run it... Unless somehow you have managed to change them so that they try and open with Opera, either through your phone settings or properties of the cab itself type thing.

I think I have no choice but to disable or uninstall Opera in some way.
If someone can help me to do this, I think I can manage with the cab files then...

I don't think that will fix your problem. Those files will still be linked to Opera. And if Opera is part of your ROM, you can't uninstall it... actually even if you loaded it yourself, unless you did one of the uninstallable versions, it can't be uninstalled...
At this point, it would help if you gave more information:
What, if any mods, you have done to your phone?
What program did you use to copy the files to the SD card?
Where did you get the cab files?
Heck, what cab files are they?

These mods:
http://www.samsung-omnia.org/how-to/howwhatwherewhichwhywhen/
And the cab files are related to advanced configuration tools, Omnia patched dialler, SPB mobile shell and a couple others.

You might want to ask that forum for assitance? It looks like they are pretty dedicated to the Omnia, which most everyone here does not have one. This forum is for the HTC Kaiser specifically, and the site as a whole is dedicated to HTC devices. Perhaps post in the general section of this site, but I think you will have better luck with the omnia site you got all of your cabs from.
In general, without having screen shots, or hands on knowledge of the cab files you are trying to use, about all I can say(and anybody really) in this forum is that there is something corrupt with the .cab files or your file explorer is corrupted. I would bet the .cab files are corrupted, and that somewhere along the way you did something wrong. Maybe you skipped a step in the whole process, and Opera is coming up not because they are tagged to run through Opera, but because it is suggesting to search for something using your default browser.
It really is hard to say, but I would suggest asking that forum for some support. Also, I would flat out re-download all the cabs straight to your phone from the site, not your computer. This will make sure you don't have any issues with the sync process. As well, save them to the root of you SD card, in other words not in a folder.

Sometime i got this problem but it seem it happen when the page is not fully loaded

Do you open cab files through Opera?

Open link in new tab
Hi
I have also had this problem with opera version 9.5.16277. I have found a couple of work arounds:
1) Tap and hold on the link and then select "Open in new tab"
2) Tap and hold on the link and select "Copy link location". Then manually open a new tab and paste the address into the address bar.
I have found that if 1) above does not work 2) will.
Cheers
andrew-in-woking

Sometimes it's the website itself.
For example, for Josh's Test ROM, if we click directly (even on PC) on the link, it'll open the zip file on the page. I had to 'right-click' and 'save the link as' to save the file.
It might be some code on the page ..

Input the two .reg files to the registry, should just solve the problem. You can use any regiedit tools or taskmgr.exe or total command to do it. If don't know how, please search some info first.

Skrp said:
Input the two .reg files to the registry, should just solve the problem. You can use any regiedit tools or taskmgr.exe or total command to do it. If don't know how, please search some info first.
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The above is my answer to origional poster of this thread.
But since this thread is already goes to off-topic, I would also write my comments:
Opera opens compressed file as text on page, is a big bug for opera software, it happens to both its mobile and desktop vdersions. But latest releases of Opera Mobile seems have some progress on this issue, although still can not completely avoid it.