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"Over the weekend a new 0-day exploit was discovered that affects anyone running the Java Runtime Environment 1.7x. If you’ve got a fully patched Windows 7 machine running the latest version of JRE, your computer is still vulnerable, bringing home the seriousness of this exploit.
Tests carried out by security vendor FireEye have discovered the exploit allows an attacker to install malware on a targeted machine. This could mean a keylogger is installed, or your machine gets added to a botnet, or any number of other malicious activities can be initiated.
The origin of the exploit has been tracked back to a server in China. Infected machines have also been spotted making contact with command and control servers located in Singapore. For the moment its use is quite limited, but as with any exploit that works so effectively, it is going to spread very quickly.
The exploit is currently targeting Windows (7, Vista, and XP) machines specifically with an executable, but it can easily be tweaked to also target Macs and Linux machines simply by changing the payload. No browser is safe either, with the exploit thought to work on regardless of whether you are running Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera, or Safari.
With that being the case, the only way to protect your machine against the exploit is to disable the Java browser plugin. The only place a fix can come from is Oracle, and there’s no information as to when that will happen. It could be days at least, maybe longer.
Instructions on how to uninstall Java completely (for Windows) can be found on Oracle’s Java support pages. Disabling the JRE in your browser means locating your add-ons/plugins page and disabling the appropriate entry. Running some form of anti-virus and anti-spyware is also recommended, but you should already be doing that."
Source: http://www.geek.com/articles/news/j...-everyone-should-disable-java-today-20120828/

FromiOSToAndroid said:
"Over the weekend a new 0-day exploit was discovered that affects anyone running the Java Runtime Environment 1.7x. If you’ve got a fully patched Windows 7 machine running the latest version of JRE, your computer is still vulnerable, bringing home the seriousness of this exploit.
Tests carried out by security vendor FireEye have discovered the exploit allows an attacker to install malware on a targeted machine. This could mean a keylogger is installed, or your machine gets added to a botnet, or any number of other malicious activities can be initiated.
The origin of the exploit has been tracked back to a server in China. Infected machines have also been spotted making contact with command and control servers located in Singapore. For the moment its use is quite limited, but as with any exploit that works so effectively, it is going to spread very quickly.
The exploit is currently targeting Windows (7, Vista, and XP) machines specifically with an executable, but it can easily be tweaked to also target Macs and Linux machines simply by changing the payload. No browser is safe either, with the exploit thought to work on regardless of whether you are running Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera, or Safari.
With that being the case, the only way to protect your machine against the exploit is to disable the Java browser plugin. The only place a fix can come from is Oracle, and there’s no information as to when that will happen. It could be days at least, maybe longer.
Instructions on how to uninstall Java completely (for Windows) can be found on Oracle’s Java support pages. Disabling the JRE in your browser means locating your add-ons/plugins page and disabling the appropriate entry. Running some form of anti-virus and anti-spyware is also recommended, but you should already be doing that."
Source: http://www.geek.com/articles/news/j...-everyone-should-disable-java-today-20120828/
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Oracle have been little *beep* lately. But so far its harmless. It is focusing on unix based os' first or so ive been told. So basicly the more upper class os'. Good thing i run windows
That's right, I'm a potato. Problem

Disabling Java in Chrome: Go to chrome://plugins/ and disable it.

But java is what runs half of my computer...im gonna take the risk BUT block it using admin controls to stop it from accessing unknows ips and proxys. Easy solution.
That's right, I'm a potato. Problem

gmaster1 said:
But java is what runs half of my computer...im gonna take the risk BUT block it using admin controls to stop it from accessing unknows ips and proxys. Easy solution.
That's right, I'm a potato. Problem
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If you are a developer and you actually use the capabilities given in the Java 7 release then maybe, but just go to 6 and you'll be fine. No need for all this worry and/or panic.

DemisesAngel said:
Unless you are a developer and use the capabilities given in the Java 7 release, just go to 6 and you'll be fine. No need for all this worry and/or panic.
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Yeah...im NOT a developer...he...hehe...hahe...im doomed if this is true. I started out with windows which is why im noob with android still
That's right, I'm a potato. Problem

I found something new. After going back in java v. I realised that java always had an exploit. Non accessable by any other computer. So looking at j v. X.7 i found out that its nothing of harm.
That's right, I'm a premium potayto. Problem

[Q] WP8 vs iOS

Does any one knows if these (awesome) features from iOS might show up in WP8?
I got iPad and Lumia 710 and as much as I love WP7 Apple had done one thing reasonably - it shop/s.
I use Netflix, Hulu and other services through VPN. On iOS it wan not a problem to setup 3 different accounts for 3 different markets US,UK and Poland. Also, because EU itself (inside) is almost like USA (travel and work wise) I don't understand why MS choose to divide EU market so much.
It is like if you by WP and are registered in NY once you move to California you will not get access to local apps registered in California Marketplace. Same thing here I live in Poland and in UK. I got back accounts in those 2 places I need to be able to get the apps I want without loosing those from different region I already had (paid for).
And I miss VPN for the times when I am away/abroad.
Any ideas if WP8 will be different here to WP7.5?

MS has been hit with monopoly/other laws in EU for a while now, each EU country has their own set of laws, might be why there are different EU markets... now why this doesn't apply to apple/google I have no idea :S
not based on location, but different carriers have different apps hidden by google :S this could be same as your EU markets?

eyeb said:
not based on location, but different carriers have different apps hidden by google :S this could be same as your EU markets?
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Still with Android this is a child play to get them anyway. With iOS, free stuff from any itunes store is easily available only WP is a problem. Shame as I really like Lumia 920... but since GxSIII is and will be much cheaper and without any issues mentioned above I might go with it

You legally shouldn't be able to access apps from other markets unless you're physically in that market. There's a reason why the app isn't available in your market. It's due to copyright issues. Netflix, hulu, etc aren't available in Poland, or UK, or wherever, because they don't have a right to distribute their libraries to those countries. You accessing that is going against this limitation.
Tl;dr: Windows Phone does it right by only allowing one marketplace per device. However, people should be able to switch what it is when they move, limited to a certain amount of times per year to prevent abuse like what you're trying to do.

vladzaharia said:
You legally shouldn't be able to access apps from other markets unless you're physically in that market. There's a reason why the app isn't available in your market. It's due to copyright issues. Netflix, hulu, etc aren't available in Poland, or UK, or wherever, because they don't have a right to distribute their libraries to those countries. You accessing that is going against this limitation.
Tl;dr: Windows Phone does it right by only allowing one marketplace per device. However, people should be able to switch what it is when they move, limited to a certain amount of times per year to prevent abuse like what you're trying to do.
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In theory you are right, but... accessing app and accessing service - not exactly the same thing.
+ all this is fine, but it is just a nice theory, not really for XXI century. Unfortunately copyright law (as well as patent law, especially in USA) are still based in XX century. This means that it is all working against the market and only to uphold monopoly and make the competition as small as possible, Rules and laws that are still in power in regard of copyright would not be allowed anywhere else, but "entertainment" and media it is very rich and very powerful industry (like tobacco and oil). This is why we get ACTA, PIPA, SOPA and more to come. They will do anything to prevent the change,
Ok... enough of off topic.
You say people should be allowed to change market few time per year... OK. How many is few? What if you travel frequently between USA, UK, Poland, Germany? What is you run out of those changes? You paid for the phone, you will pay for the service... you can not get it.
You say MS did it right??? Don't agree. My Live ID was setup when I was living in the UK (for few years). Now I live in Poland (but again I do plan to move). Unfortunately I cant use Polish apps although I bough my device here and I am here for the last 3 years. Should I setup up another Live ID just for Poland? Ok... I might... I can will buy stuff and than what if I will go back to UK?
Even apps that are available on both markets I will have to buy again, just because I have moved to different region of world? Can you imagine buying Angry Birds today and again i a year time just because you changes state and need to get different apps from "local" market?
In my opinion what Apple did is the best compromise. If you hold the CC you can register to new market and you don't loose your prev purchases. And free apps - where is the harm?
There is plenty small, cool apps - offered free only in Poland or UK just because their creators never thought some one from other country would be interested. And I suppose it cost more (per developer) if they want to offer their app world wide instead of just 1 country.
Would you agree (and pay) if your Windows PC would have the same kind of limitations?
Would you be OK if your car would have them?
Would you be OK if clothes you buy would be licensed to wear only in one country? After all trousers by Levis are sold in different prices in different markets.... you buying them cheap in USA and not buying in EU = loose of money for manufacturer.
Netflix gets my money, copyright owners and artists get the share... so what - my cash is not as good as Mr. Smiths from NY or Suth Dakota?
Yes it is... because idea is that for the same movie I should pay 3 times as much here..in EU. Fair?
+ quite a lot of movies I watch at Netflix I own on DVD anyway - it is just so much more convenient to stream than to play with different dvd each evening. But I do not have choice of similar service in EU.
Last thing I would add are exclusive deals signed by each of services Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, etc... with such popular product as film or music it should not be allowed. If you could access the same library through many different services you would choose the best one. Now service it self can be sht. but you got no choice if you want to watch certain titles.
Laws and copyright laws were supposed to make sure you are protected, that you do not LOOSE money not that you can make even more.
How come USE, EU, Japan, etc is fighting monopoly everywhere but not where movies and music are concerned. It is bad for the artists as well (beside few selected "stars" making millions). Shouldn't market decide - how much it will pay per production?

I do believe i read somewhere wp8 will have vpn support.

ROCOAFZ said:
I do believe i read somewhere wp8 will have vpn support.
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That is good news... question remains about apps from other markets or like in Android case form other than market sources...
Would SGS III be a good chopice instead of Lumia 920 (big screen Netflix and VPN should work)... it shpuld be quite a lot cheaper than Lumia 920...

i would have to certainly go with windows phone 8

ATHORNFAM2 said:
i would have to certainly go with windows phone 8
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Me too. If only I could resolve my two issues - access to VPN servers and availability of apps from different regions (iPlayer form UK and Netflix from US) I would not hesitate even for a higher price.
At the moment I got to go with SGS III and Android (I miss Nokia Drive and Music and Nokia itself already)

For hd2 WP7.5 every market is open with market enabler. You can install all Nokia apps, all HTC app, all Samsung apps, etc. On a "rooted" HTC HD2.

Ok, interesting.
This means that such a trick should also be available to at least some Nokia phones...
I have to say that I like the design of new Nokias. Not to mention that on every meeting 50% have their iPhones, rest has some Samsung, HTC or Sony devices and 100% of the time I am the only raisin with old school Nokia. Now ti seems that some folks are getting jealous...
Any way... HD2 is quite old device and hardware wise can not be as efficient as new 2011/2012 headsets, right?
+ there is one more issue - this trick has to work on WP8. Even if I can download and install Netflix app on WP7.5, without VPN access it is useless.
One more thought... and a question.
Beside interface... Is (or will be) Win8RT and WP8 the same system? If so... why did MS decided to split it into two? (Is there a forum for WinRT here somewhere? If I could make VPN and those apps make work on RT device I could save some money on my iPad replacemnt - at the moment I got to go with the likes of Samsung Smart PC or Asus 810 - Atom CPU + full Win8 Pro onboard.

As far as i know, WinRT is a framework for metro app development on Windows 8 and Windows phone(similar to win32, winFX etc etc), whereas WP is...an operating system. WinRT is integrated in Windows Phone due to the shared kernel.

WinRT is the Windows Runtime on which Metro Apps are built in Windows 8
WinPRT is the Windows Phone Runtime on which many Apps für WP8 are built which has similarities with WinRT but they are NOT identical
Windows RT is the ARM based Version of Windows 8 which does not allow for installation of additional Desktop Applications
WP8 and Windows RT presumably use the same Kernel and some system services but above that layer there are substantial differences. (common core, not common OS).
Microsoft and it's product naming - never fails to confuse people.

Do you know if Windows 8 Pro (x86) and RT (ARM) will have the same limitations regarding installation of apps as Windows Phone?
And does anyone knows why MS went to all the trouble of creating Windows 8 RT, instead of making Windows Phone "richer" - just as Apple did with iOS.
After all...
Windows 8 RT will not be used on desktop (x86) PC's.
If it will have a desktop mode it will be very limited - I don't suppose we will be able to download (ARM) apps of the internet as with Windows 8 Pro (as we do it now).
It will rune the same apps - just few more because tablets will have different (bigger) screens.
The only difference will be in screen size and in its resolution (but not that big - 1366 x 768 vs 1280 x 720).
Same core of the system in both...
Both RT and WP are to run on ARM devices that only differ in size (ARM tablets are phones with larger screens after all).
In my opinion it would make sense to limit ver of Windows 8 to 2 or 3: Windows 8 Pro (x86); Windows 8 Enterprise (x86 for corporations/business, etc.) and Windows 8 Home (for ARM phones/tablets/hybrids). The only difference in the system for ARM devices would be interface (small - Phone and large "PC style" [or even with option to choose between them - as WP8 looks as it could do nicely on 10" screen] on tablet).
In fact, since you can not buy and install ARM system by yourself as you can not buy a device without it it could all just be Windows 8 - for PC, tablet and Phone.
As in Android.... different devices, different manufacturers = different interface but ONE system

You can not run ARM-compiled applications on Desktop Windows (weather it is x86 or x64).
You also can not run desktop compiled (x86 or x64) on ARM.
This is because the machine code between the two is different.
ARM apps can run on Desktop without big differences after they are recompiled.
Windows Phone 8 apps and Metro apps for desktop should be equally as constraint due to shared kernel. There might be some phone-specific stuff which might not work on desktop though. I haven't tried building any metro app yet to give you a detailed answer.
I don't know why you got to the conclusion that WinRT does not run on x86 desktops though....cause it is plain wrong.
WinRT is a framework for Metro apps, not an operating system.

mcosmin222 said:
You can not run ARM-compiled applications on Desktop Windows (weather it is x86 or x64).
You also can not run desktop compiled (x86 or x64) on ARM.
This is because the machine code between the two is different.
ARM apps can run on Desktop without big differences after they are recompiled.
Windows Phone 8 apps and Metro apps for desktop should be equally as constraint due to shared kernel. There might be some phone-specific stuff which might not work on desktop though. I haven't tried building any metro app yet to give you a detailed answer.
I don't know why you got to the conclusion that WinRT does not run on x86 desktops though....cause it is plain wrong.
WinRT is a framework for Metro apps, not an operating system.
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WinRT is an operating system and it is very close to Windows Phone. I suspect that in future we will see both of them grown into one.
WinRT is an ARM version of Windows 8 and as you said your self it will not run Windows 8 "Desktop" software.
What is more I suspect that it will not run (without some additional changes and work) even the apps wrote for x86 Metro - it looks the same but it ain't the same.
However I see no reason why it should not run "straight out of the box" apps from Windows Phone. After all it is exactly the same hardware (in phones) as in Windows RT devices.
Imagine you wrote an app A for "Metro" in x 86 and app B for WP.
If you have 3 devices (with free access/jailbroken) - 1 with Intel and Win8PRO, 1 with WinRT (lets say Tegra3) and 1 of the WP 8 phones what iI suspect is:
A will run (as is ) only on Win8PRO
B will run (as is) on RT device and Phone.
http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/46334/windows-phone-8-windows-rt-separate-for-now - although thois article says that Win8Pro and WinRT are almost the same (unlike) WP... in my opinion it is much closer from WinRT to WP than from WinRT to Win8Pro.
Still, all those 3 are much closer to each other than iOS and MacOS - this means a lot less work for developer and much bigger opportunities.
My question from the post above was quite different. (but I am afraid we go off topic from the main subject - if you prefer to move this post to the right place - I dont mind)
In Win8Pro (I hope) I will have the same freedom I ever had with Windows. This means I can use Windows Store (if I want to) or I can download and install any thing else (with x86 code) from any other source.
Q1: Is it true for both modes - desktop and "Modern Interface" or will be installation of apps for "Modern" interface limited to MS own shop only?
Q2: If I start a program that can run in both modes (desktop/modern) like IE or Chrome (in future) will programs own interface change smothly with system or in reality "desktop mode" and "modern interface" require two separate programs. So if I start Chrome in desktop and move on to "Modern" I will have to start it again and both can run alongside (in the RAM) as two different browsers?
Q3: WindowsRT (ARM devices) it will have limited desktop mode I believe, and as I understand it will not allow for installation of ARM software from outside the Marketplace as WP does today. So even if one of you will write an ARM app I will not be able to use as easily as I could if it would be made for Win8PRO - correct?

Q1) You can install the App on your local machine if you have the Visual studio 2012 and the source code. You will need to upload the thing to marketplace in order to install somewhere else. The compilation produces a .appxrecipe file which is opened by the Windows Store app. The Store looks for the app online and if it doesn't find it...no install >.>
Haven't found a side-load mechanic so far.
Q2) It will require two separate programs.
One will be compiled using a desktop specific framework like WPF or WinForms, whereas the second requires WinRT.
WinRT is not an operating system, it is a framework similar to .NET(WinFX)-> this is the main reason why it is called Windows RunTime
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Runtime
Actually, Ill try making a mock Metro app and see what happens.
The only similar aspect between the Arm and Desktop versions is the presence of the shared kernel, which is in fact, only shared through its features, cause the base code is different.

If WinRT is not an operating system than what sits in ARM ver of surface tablet or in this device: http://tablet-news.com/2012/09/28/samsung-ativ-tab-ready-for-pre-order-coming-at-the-end-of-october/ - because it is not Windows 8 PRO I can tell you
Regarding you answer for Q2: that truly SUCKS! They went through trouble of making useless version of Win 8 for ARM tablets that is not Win 8 nor WP8 and will be more expensive that iOS/Android competition... but the did not write ?modern interface" in x86 way....
For a guy like me, Mr Average Joe it makes things even more f..ed up. I will have platform segmentation within 1, single device.
Now I will need 2 browsers, 2 mail clients, etc... and even swapping between modes will be like swapping between separate devices...
This is pure crazy!!!
I would not mind having to wait a bit for programs to change their layout and look (like when you now change them on Win7 and everything goes black& white for a moment or when one switches between "traditional Windows" and AREO style - that is what I was expecting.... as it looks now I am not so sure I still want Windows 8 on any of my devices....

The thing running on tablets is Win 8 without the desktop part.
You do not need two mail clients/browsers/whatever.
On Windows Desktop 8, you can continue to use your desktop (which is an app within Metro) and continue to work in a Windows 7-like enviroment. The only thing missing is the start button, which has been replaced by the Metro screen, which is better imo for finding apps than the Start menu if you configure it properly.
You can continue to use your desktop firefox/chroome/whatever and you desktop programs you used on Windows 7 with no problems.
The Metro is only present on desktop computers so that it can help with the tablet-phone-desktop-Xbox interoperability. It is not mandatory, in fact i use it like a start menu to quickly launch desktop apps more than anything else. In fact, Metro apps have quite huge limitations, and inevitably you will need to use the desktop to get to files hidden on your computer.
I've written this replay from a firefox browser within the desktop app on Windows 8, so you can take it for granted
Windows 8 is really not as bad as people make it out to be....it gives you lots of choices and you can continue to use it like windows 7 if you so desire. It has tremendous performance optimizations though...boots in 3 seconds for me(sometimes even faster).

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But those tablets are not x86 devices... + MS themselves is calling this Windows RT to make it clear it is not the same as Win 8 Pro.
What is more, ARM tablets are exactly the same as phone (same architecture, SOC's, etc.) just bigger screens...
When you say I do not need to browsers...than what do you suggest I run in the Metro style if (as you said previously) it is not the same app that runs in a desktop mode?
Or... if I start browsing the web browser in a Metro mode what I would want (and what I know now will not happen) is to see my browser with open sites displayed on the task bar once I go to desktop mode.
At least for me this would be a unifying experience... If the Metro mode will be completely separate from desktop mode I might as well stay on Win 7 and get w new device just with metro mode on it (ARM tablet)....
Please tell me I am wrong!!!!
I do not care too much about ARM ver. of Win8 (RT) as I do not plan to get it...
but if Win8Pro means it will be like two separate systems on one device it is scary.
At this point it looks like MS is saying rubbish... as its new interface is not really an interface... its a (almost) complete different system running alongside in a PC.
So... I can not start my program (I understand it would have to have a modern look prepared) in desktop (like today Classic Windows) style and move to modern (or for Win 7 Areo) style and still have the same program with just different layout/look bu the same data on the screen. Yes
If so.. I need to have two browsers to be able to see web sites in both modes, two mail clients..etc...

[Q] How do you unlock a Wp8 device ? and how do do it (dev account or other options)

Ok, if any place, this is the place to ask.
I still have one of those dreakspark accounts with a dev account. What do I need to unlock and side load apps or 3rd party tools on my HTC 8X ?
Is there a Interop unlock process for WP8 or full unlock with Root tools is it too soon for this ? Is there any other "unlock" options floating around that teams are working on ? I really just want Advanced Config to work on my phone because I miss custom colors but, it should work, right ?
I would love to be able get started with my dev account, what do I need to do ? I do have a partition with Windows 8 x64 on it.....
Is there any thing I should be reading ?
Thanks in advance !

Install WP8 SDK, unlock with phone registration tool.

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Install WP8 SDK, unlock with phone registration tool.
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Yea, thanks...
Is there any type of advanced unlock or will any of the WP7.5 tools like root tools work on Windows Phone 8 ? That is what my post is really about, is there a Interop unlock or full unlock yet ?

I don't think anyone has cracked WP8 yet for interop unlock and I have been following this forum for awhile. There isn't even custom ROMs yet.
As far as the WP8 SDK, be aware you need Windows 8 on your PC. It will not install on Windows 7
I upgraded my PC to Windows 8 so I could load the SDK and use my Dev Account to unlock. But all you can do is side load apps that do not need root or interop access...but I keep hoping. At this point I have yet to side load anything because my old WP7.5 side loads all need root/IU.
At least WP8 offers enough additional configurability to keep me somewhat satisfied but I still have my old Trophy.

LiFePo4 said:
I don't think anyone has cracked WP8 yet for interop unlock and I have been following this forum for awhile. There isn't even custom ROMs yet.
As far as the WP8 SDK, be aware you need Windows 8 on your PC. It will not install on Windows 7
I upgraded my PC to Windows 8 so I could load the SDK and use my Dev Account to unlock. But all you can do is side load apps that do not need root or interop access...but I keep hoping. At this point I have yet to side load anything because my old WP7.5 side loads all need root/IU.
At least WP8 offers enough additional configurability to keep me somewhat satisfied but I still have my old Trophy.
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Yea, I am dual booting with Windows 8, so I installed it and Dev unlocked but, the dreamspark account I have has a limit of 3 apps Wish at least there was a way around this right now...
Anyone play with any tools from HTC days? I even saw that HTC Connection Setup is available in the marketplace. Getting MAX unsigned apps would be great right now to hold me out till the tools and custom roms can come.
I just miss Advanced Config the most, I HATE limit the factory colors, I need my custom colors back....Is this too much to ask from Microsoft to create custom colors ?
BTW...I wish the SDK could be installed on Win7x64, I am not a Win8 fan right now...
I used my Trophy the other day after having the 8X for a few days, I just can't go back... I think I have to sell mine, the screen is just too small and not as pretty

I tried my Trophy again too and understand. I can't switch back. And no news on the sideload limit as that needs reg edit (but haven't thought about Connection Setup; no one is looking as far as I know).
If someone is working on cracking WP8 they are not saying much. It is pretty dead in the hacking section and WPH/Jaxbot isn't doing anything. Waiting....
P.S. If you have to use Win8 much get Stardock's Start8 and Decor8 apps ($5 each). You get a start button back and can set to boot right into the desktop. Decor8 let's you pick custom colors for your tiles and background! Just need a "Decor8" app for WP8.

Has there been ANY rumor or anything on a exploit for Windows Phone 8 ? I have been following every site I know of and I have not seen anything. It's been months and there has been nothing at all.
Are any of the major players even working on this or have they moved on to other phones ? It's normaly a little more when people are looking into it..

There is the problem of this security chip that checks both the kernel and the bootloader for authentic signatures. This chip is "hard coded" and can't be avoided at startup. Therefore, it is extremely difficult to make a rooted windows phone 8 OS boot on these devices. If either the bootloader or the kernel have been tampered with, said chip will restore them (sometimes even with complete device wipe), thus any modifications are very hard to do.
I have no doubt that the chip can be overridden somehow, but there is a long way till there, requires a lot of effort and the benefits are really not that big.

mcosmin222 said:
There is the problem of this security chip that checks both the kernel and the bootloader for authentic signatures. This chip is "hard coded" and can't be avoided at startup. Therefore, it is extremely difficult to make a rooted windows phone 8 OS boot on these devices. If either the bootloader or the kernel have been tampered with, said chip will restore them (sometimes even with complete device wipe), thus any modifications are very hard to do.
I have no doubt that the chip can be overridden somehow, but there is a long way till there, requires a lot of effort and the benefits are really not that big.
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Oh, Crap....Dam, nothing easy huh ? I really hope someone can unlock this to a point, I would like to side load more, yea but, I am more interested in Advanced Config so I could have more colors... sick of the default colors on WP8...

[Q] New at WP8, questions not stored in FAQ

Hello,
I'm just starting my dev journey with WP8 with my new T-Mobile Lumia 520.
First what I need to do is to debrand my lumia - for faster updates. T-Mobile is not offering yet the next release of fw which allows to disable images in IE, and as dev I need to be up-to-date as fast as possible. I need to download the FW, but I don't know which one - localized for sure, but what GDR is? What Amber means? I can't decide which one do I need to download and flash. (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2515453 This instruction doesn't show the moment of decision).
Next question is about unlocking. I'm downloading music from Soundcloud via Cloudoh and I want to access them from my PC, same as files located inside of other apps - do I need to unlock the device to do that? For example - how to upload a pdf from PC to winpho pdf reader?
Windows Store allows me to download installable files at PC and install them via SD Card. Some apps aren't supposed to work with my device. Is there any solution how to install them at my risk?
And the last question, but not least - I have my dev account but its time limited and app-count-limited. Is there any way how to check if my Lumia is dev-unlocked, how long this unlock lasts and what is my current app-limit? Just for my information - I like to have the ways to check everything.
Please, help me

GDR = General Distribution Release (a brief web search would have told you this). Microsoft-ese for a post-initial-release update (think of service packs for other MS software). The current version is GDR3, also called Update 3. "Amber" is Nokia's codename for the firmware version that they ship along with GDR2. "Black" is Nokia's firmware name for GDR3. Note that OEM firmware (such as Amber or Black) are different from Microsoft OS updates (such as GDR2 or Update 3), although they are typically delivered together. If you're already on at least GDR2, you can get Update 3 directly from Microsoft without waiting for T-Mobile or Nokia; search the Store for "Preview for Developers".
You cannot access files stored inside an app from anywhere else, either a PC or another app, unless the app explicitly makes them available by including a method to export them. Most apps don't implement this. The only exceptions to this rule are for images (which can be stored in the Pictures Library of the phone, much like the built-in camera app or screenshot functions) and OEM apps, which can have extra permissions (Capabilities, such as ID_CAP_PUBLIC_FOLDER_FULL) that aren't allowed for third-party developers. However, for development apps (that is, ones which were sideloaded to your phone from an unsigned XAP file), you can access their Isolated Storage from your PC using the aptly-named Isolated Storage Explorer Tool (or any other program that implements the required APIs, such as Windows Phone Power Tools).
To upload a PDF to the phone, you can do any number of things. Over USB, copy it to the Documents folder on the phone using any MTP software (Windows Explorer works). Over Bluetooth, just send the file directly. Over email, just attach the PDF. Over the Internet, you can use SkyDrive, or any other "cloud" app, or if it's on a web server you can get it from the phone's browser...
I'm not aware of any work-around for the minimum-memory restriction on some apps. I believe it mostly only applies to large games? In any case, you have one of the lowest-end WP8 devices on the market; there are limits which come with that.
The official way to tell if your phone is dev-unlocked is to use the Windows Phone Developer Registration tool, the same one you use to do the dev-unlock in the first place. A paid developer account always gives a limit of 10 apps (the free one is 2 apps). There's no official way to tell how many apps you have remaining, but it's simple enough to tell if you have any space left; just try sideloading any app that isn't already installed!

GoodDayToDie said:
GDR = General Distribution Release (a brief web search would have told you this).
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Yeah, I did some sort of search on forums and Google and I haven't found anything.
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You cannot access files stored inside an app from anywhere else, either a PC or another app
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After unlock it is still unaccessible? I had to jailbreak my iPad because without jb it is not easy to operate. I thought about something like this for Lumia. I think it is only the need of time for others to omit this problem
Disney offered lastly a promotion for its games. I was interested with some of them, but only one was accessible for my device. xap file needed only 70 mb of space. I think there was a problem with performance, but if I want see a laggy game I should have the ability to install it despite everything.

There's no jailbreak available for Lumia phones yet. Something like that should, indeed, allow accessing the storage of the apps (and everything else) but we don't have one...
The size of the XAP has very little to do with the runtime requirements of the app (RAM and CPU). I have written apps of only a few kilobytes that required over 10 gigs of RAM to run (not a phone app, obviously). To avoid people with low-end phones getting annoying with the platform and thinking it's the fault of either Microsoft or the app developer when an app crashes from running out of RAM, they've prohibited installing high-RAM apps on low-RAM devices.

You mean T-Mobile's Lumia 521 right? There's no other ROM you can flash to it that might have the update.

[Help] Setting up development for WP8 with Qt

I'm creating a Qt app so I thought I could publish it in the Winstore as well. But Windows is such a one big mess compared to Linux that I simply can't set it up.
I installed VS Community 2013, with the Emulator images, WinStore package management tools and the Qt SDK. I added the C:\Qt\Qt5.5.0\5.5\winphone_x86\bin to PATH, copied my program written with use of Qt Quick Controls.
I built the app with the Qt Toolchain for the WinPhone emulator. Is there any way to deploy the app directly to the emulator?
I knew no such way, so I tried generating a VS project. Even though Qt is in the PATH, qmake complains about uuidgen missing. What should I do with it?
To be honest, I'd rather deploy to the emulator directly from the Qt Creator.

It's pretty easy to deploy apps to the emulator. Just use the standard Application Deployment tool (it's installed with the WP8.x SDK, you can find it using Start search) and select which emulator configuration you want to deploy the app to, then select the .XAP or .APPX or whatever and hit Deploy. Bear in mind that the "emulator" is actually an x86 VM running on your PC; you'll need to compile any native code for x86 ("Win32" though technically that's an API used on many instruction set architectures, not an architecture itself) to use in the emulator, but to ARM (actually THUMB2) for the phone.
With all that said, I haven't heard of anybody trying to write a WP8.x app using Qt before. It might work if the compiler knows how to target the correct platform and how to bundle up the installable app and everything, but I haven't ever tried or heard about anybody else doing so.

GoodDayToDie said:
It's pretty easy to deploy apps to the emulator. Just use the standard Application Deployment tool (it's installed with the WP8.x SDK, you can find it using Start search) and select which emulator configuration you want to deploy the app to, then select the .XAP or .APPX or whatever and hit Deploy. Bear in mind that the "emulator" is actually an x86 VM running on your PC; you'll need to compile any native code for x86 ("Win32" though technically that's an API used on many instruction set architectures, not an architecture itself) to use in the emulator, but to ARM (actually THUMB2) for the phone.
With all that said, I haven't heard of anybody trying to write a WP8.x app using Qt before. It might work if the compiler knows how to target the correct platform and how to bundle up the installable app and everything, but I haven't ever tried or heard about anybody else doing so.
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Well, it appeared to be a problem of VirtualBox. It doesn't support nested virtualization and thus Hyper-V is not detected as supported.

Yeah, that wouldn't work; the WP8 emulator uses Hyper-V and requires hardware virtualization support.
You could just get a test device; even brand new the Lumia 5xx series can be had for under $100 US. Used ones are cheaper. I think BLU and Huawei also have some very low-cost WP8 handsets.

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Yeah, that wouldn't work; the WP8 emulator uses Hyper-V and requires hardware virtualization support.
You could just get a test device; even brand new the Lumia 5xx series can be had for under $100 US. Used ones are cheaper. I think BLU and Huawei also have some very low-cost WP8 handsets.
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Well, I managed to copy Flash.vhd from the Win8 fs and have it booted in VirtualBox on Linux host. The only problem is that I don't know how to copy an app to the phone machine.

The Windows Phone SDK (installed as part of recent Visual Studio versions, though I think you can still get it stand-alone) includes an "Application Deployment" tool (xapdeploy.exe). It uses USB, so you have to forward the USB device from your host to your guest VM, but after that it should work.