Do people hack/root/jailbreak WP8? - Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Do people hack/root/jailbreak WP8? - Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I switched from Android to WP7 about 2 years ago. I was able to hack/root/unlock my first Windows Phone so that I could enable tethering. Since then I have moved on from the Samsung to Nokias and have never looked back. 900 => 920 => 1520. I do miss tethering, but outside of that I have not really seen any reason to mess with the phone.
Am I missing something? Is there some great app/feature that I could obtain by rooting the phone? Is the OS even "hackable"?
On a side note, Ive heard games like Angry Birds Go can be hacked on other OS's so that you have a ton of "coins". Is there anything like that for WP8 games?

Lumias are tough to crack. Samsung has a built in registry editor that could change the value to do the interopunlock. I just literally unlocked the ATIV Odyssey an hour ago.

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diamond vs iphone 3G

hai
i would know who is the better the diamond or iphone 3g and why and what is more easy use, and ther is alot of diffrent ???
thanks

i think diamond is better with size.
if you talking about OS and UI, Microsoft is far left behind Apple since Macintosh age in 198X.
However, how come MacOS better than Vista so much but still most people using Windows ?
If you had ever tried an iPhone, you will know how worst to copy files from PC to iPhone using iTune...
In current stage, if you need me to choose again, i am still 50 50.

I saw the iPhone 3G had been announced earlier, and I realised it has a pretty good spec. Wouldn't mind picking one up on eBay. Wouldn't need unlocking as I'm on O2, and it does have a really good spec. Except for the camera, it's got everything I need. Also, the Samsung i900 is pretty damn amazing. Take a look at it.
Rory

the iphone has a crap camera 2meg not upgraded since the original iphone. The camera in the original iphone was terrible.
Also is it true the Iphone 3G has no front mounted camera so you cant do video calling?

Do I use video calling? No.
Did I take out my K800i when I had a Touch/Athena to take pictures? Yes
Will I do the same with iPhone 3G and P1i? probably, if I do get an iphone that is.
If the i900 has a capacitive touch screen will I say **** iPhone? Yes!
Rory

yes it dont seem to have a frontcam
it got a much bigger screen but with a lower res then diamond
non of them got sdflash support
only diamond can work as modem for laptops or pc's
one issue imho with iphone is that to make applications for it one have to run macosX så windows owners cant easy do that so unless it gets really big some developers may stick with wm
imho then ipod touch is an ipod with touchscreen and os with wifi internet browser and iphone is an pod touch with phone
and the new one is with a 3g phone

Maybe the rest of the world is taking pictures with their phones in different places than me, but despite the 2MP camera on the iPhone vs 3MP elsewhere, I have found the iPhone camera to be far superior to any other camera phone I've ever used... And I've been through half a dozen at least. Light sensitivity on the iPhone yields decent photos even in dark bars, and great 'snapshots' during the day. Every WM camera phone I've ever had yields nothing but 3MPs of blurriness in the daytime, and of black pixels at night...

What about synchronization with MS Exchange? This is critical to me, and even though activesync has it's flaws, it's been around a long time and I can always make it work. Am I correct in assuming that the 3G iphone just recently added this functionality? Does anyone besides myself have concerns about how it will work?

Why are you lot arguing over the camera? The Touch Diamond has the iPhone beaten. All Apple have done with the iPhone 3G is introduce features that have been in Windows Mobile for ages, and upgraded it to 3G. Notice how they spent far more time comparing the new iPhone to its predecessor rather than competitors (unlike when the original iPhone was announced)? That's because everyone else has caught up in terms of hardware while Apple have been playing catch-up with their software.

another useless phone in some aspects!
???
and one simple gps software turn by turn like TomTom?
No? crap... that´s impossible to use gps in car...!!!
things that i dont understand!!!
rgs~
NOTE: left 2 days for my htc diamond arrive..

Apple locks up the iPhone, wont let unsigned applications run on it and releases an SDK with ****ty restrictions and then claim their device to be rock stable.
If you're cool with that, go for the iphone. If you want a little more freedom, go for the diamond or wait for android based phones!

I will go for HTC, use to have iphone its only thing you can do is via itunes, you have convert every thing in itunes to play, bluetooth is only works with handsfree.
waiting got t-mobile to launch mda com iv so i can upgrade.

Steering away from Windows Mobile...

Hello.
After over two years with WinMo, I've had it. I don't need to rant, because everyone knows what it would all be about.
I figured out all I really use is the web, the horrible calendar and the tasks. All of these are buggy and generally suck. I'm in need of a replacement device that can do this for under 300 dollars. No PalmOS, no blackberry.
I'm considering an iPod Touch, but I don't have a free pocket. I would love the Pre, but there's Bell. The iPhone is too expensive, sadly enough, so I'm out of options.
Is there a good phone with good music, web and PIM support that doesnt rely on data? GPS is a plus

Bye WM
Shame to hear that...
have a look on marketplace, good offers can be found!
Perhaps we will see you around in the future again

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Shame to hear that...
have a look on marketplace, good offers can be found!
Perhaps we will see you around in the future again
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Sadly enough, I doubt so. I found out I'm wasting way too much time on something that should simply be working. I loved the possibilities Windows Mobile offered, but now that many phones compete in the do-it-all field, Microsoft is taking the door.
Windows Mobile is the only mobile platform that will have you edit the registry and download tons of utilities just to get it to work okay. The Diamond was the best phone I've ever seen hardware-wise (perfect size, screen, look...), but Windows Mobile is never getting better (I had 6.5).
What drove me there? Well... my Internal Storage folder, for some unknown reason, changed names to Internal Storage2, and thus everything that relied on this path stopped working right. That was while using my phone in everyday use. On top of that, program crashes, random bugs and horrible PIM apps didn't help.
Let's admit it: Windows Mobile WAS good, back when PalmOS was still alive, but now it's just "that only mobile OS you can tweak". It's true, Windows Mobile can do everything, but it rarely ever does something right.
I still ask the question: what should I get?

On that case try to move to iphoney, as they are made specially to open and use people that not want to spend configuring and customizing and do not care to find that grandma, nephew, store owner, etc have exactly the same device looking almost identical...
For the rest of us that we still like and enjoy to spend hours customizing let´s stick around.
If I was thinking on leave WM I would go definitely to Android...
Have good luck on your new OS platform!

you could get a used iphone for less than 300 beans. but if i were to switch from windows mobile i would go with symbian and get an e71 or n95 or similar.

N1c0_ds said:
Is there a good phone with good music, web and PIM support that doesnt rely on data? GPS is a plus
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I think you are in the same boat as I was until about three weeks ago. I had a touch pro for about a year, and spent most of that time flashing new roms in the hope that I'd find a quick, stable rom that didn't eat my battery. I hated the web browsers because they were so buggy. In the end I resulted in cooking my own, but couldn't match the output that the top chefs were producing. The bottom line was that I couldn't find a rom that I liked that would do all the things you mentioned as well as I wanted them to.
So I bit the bullet. After using my friend's new Hero, I realised it was exactly what I was looking for in terms of just doing everything well. But the Hero was too expensive - I still have 6months to run on my contract so I can't afford a new contract and a new Hero.
So I bought a used sim free T-Mobile G1 from ebay, rooted it, and am now running a Hero rom. I haven't looked back. What a difference. Smooth, responsive and what a web browser - it rivals the iphone, and as far as i've experienced, the iphone is the best mobile web browsing experience you can have.
So this is my advice. Ditch WM and go Android. You can sync MS outlook contacts on hero roms using HTC Sync, and then store all contacts and calendar appointments online with Google calendar. As far as music and web are concerned, my G1 is a pleasure to use for both. Co-Pilot Live is also great turn based GPS navigation. Bluetooth doesn't work on any Hero rom, but I never use it, so I'm not really that bothered.
I haven't missed my Touch Pro at all since I sold it!
EDIT: I just realised that I haven't mentioned that the G1 does kind of rely on data. You can set most things to not use a data connection - like weather, facebook etc, but contacts and calendar do sync online periodically. I think you can change that as well though, so best do some research first...

Sorry to hear that. My advice is to get a Nokia with Symbian. N95 8GB is still the best Nokia phone.
If you want to be a beta-tester wait for something with Maemo or get Android. The Android phones currently on the market are crappy at best IMHO.
What kind of device do you prefer? Slide-out keyboard or candybar? Touchscreen or not?

I played with Android on a cornertop at a Rogers store and didn't enjoy it. My guess is that it's mostly because I didn't really explore, but compared to the almighty jesus phone, it wasn't worth the price.
The iPhone is 200$ (3y)/800$ with Rogers (tax inc.) and I'm stuck with them. However if I get an iPod Touch, even if I ditch the GPS, it costs me 200$ and I'm free to go with Koodoo (because that's what I'll do next spring).
I really wanted to try Android too, but the iPod Touch is a hassle-free solution. Nonetheless, I keep looking for really cheap Android phones on eBay. The Pre seemed like the most awesome thing ever, but this time it was Bell.
So I bought an iPod Touch 8GB 2 days ago (sold out everywhere, had to order from apple ) and I'll buy a cheap slim phone to complement it.

You should have gotten a Zune HD...

you should get an android phone...maybe the HTC Hero for sprint when it comes out since it'll have a normal headphone jack unlike the other android phones with only usb port

Time to upgrade from my Kaiser/Tytn II

After listening to my wife call my phone a brick for 3 years, I'm looking to upgrade. Which current phone has all of the features of our trusty Tytn II and Windows Mobile?
Any recommendations?

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Hi,
I have exactly the same question. (And a similarly postured wife; although it doesn't matter a lot.)
I've got Touch Pro 2 lately, will probably try it more now. And I'm still looking forward to Desire Z, if I'll need to switch to Android. It's a hard time to choose (maybe I should try both..) - some things/applications are still best on WinMo (like PIM apps I need), others - better on Android (free GPS like google maps, new applications with updates, social networking/communications, etc.)
I've even thought of carrying two phones at the same time (I wish they could share the same SIM card, lol).
What could be the best choices for an oldschooler like me?

In a word, none. Nothing does what WM does. For all its faults, and the lack of support (shame on everyone for abandoning it like they did) WM has yet to be equaled in some ways by anyone, even MS. There is no other OS that lets you connect and sync directly with Outlook on your home computer, for example. Not even Windows Phone can do that. To do it in Android you have to buy a $30 program. I know, my wife also has a Kaiser which even she can sync with her Outlook. And she recently bought a 10" Android 4.0 tablet. I tried to set it up to sync with Outlook and you can't. I tried all the free apps that supposedly let you do this, none of them worked worth a damn, and most didn't work at all. And you can't see the Droid's files/folders on your network while continuing to run the Droid as a tablet. You have to choose, either its a functional tablet, or its a USB storage device, but it can't ever be both. WM does that in its sleep. I was not impressed. Support in terms of new apps and stuff is way better, but daily function is frankly childish. And WPhone is no better as far as I can tell. It also does not allow you to sync directly with Outlook on your computer. You have to synch via the cloud. The Droid and Wphone aficionados just do not see why I don't want my data stored on some internet computer somewhere, one that I have no control over and that belongs to someone else. Or that internet access time isn't unlimited for some folks. I had to look into all this because my Kaiser just died (well the power switch did, I discovered workarounds and am using it, but it is a problem). I looked and looked for a replacement and I settled on the HD2. It was HTC's last WM phone. Supposedly it was used in development of WPhone and it can run Droid, WM WPhone (even 7.5) natively from NAND, and I believe folks have even managed to run some other OSes on it. It has a 4.3" capacitive screen, a 1 Ghz processor, and it has all the bells and whistles that the Kaiser has (wifi, GPS, etc) except the physical keyboard. I deciuded the keyboard was the easiest thing to do without, especially since this has the bigger capacitive screen. Google HTC HD2, and check out the HD2 section on XDA, I think you'll be impressed. You can even set it up to dual boot to either WM or Droid. There is also talk of a program soon that will let folks run Droid apps on a virtual machine in WM, so maybe someday we will be able to run droid apps from within WM. If you're willing to buy used or refurbished, you can get one for around $200 with a 1 yr Square Trade warranty. Whatever you end up getting, beware the Chinese sellers offering cheap "new" phones, especially the older models. That was what my dual camera Kaiser was. It lasted a bit over a month, and when I tore into it, it was clearly not new. The cases were, but not the guts. The power microswtich on the main board looked like it had been replaced and that is what has failed on me now.

1,5 year ago I had same problem...which device will replace my old Kaiser?!?
It was very hard decisions because every device with keyboard have some disadvantage.
So...I found at Ebay.com for very good price WM phone: Samsung Omnia 2 16GB version from Canada and I love it!
I considered about HTC HD2 but It dosn't support a Tv-Out feature like Omnia 2 and I still prefer resistive touch screens
I install lite rom immediatelly and dualboot Android 2.2 Froyo
Maximum happiness with 48GB (16GB + 32GB Lexar class10) undercover

xheretic said:
1,5 year ago I had same problem...which device will replace my old Kaiser?!?
It was very hard decisions because every device with keyboard have some disadvantage.
So...I found at Ebay.com for very good price WM phone: Samsung Omnia 2 16GB version from Canada and I love it!
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Maximum happiness with 48GB undercover
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Hi,
This sounds great, even if I would find such one now! (Although I only see Samsung Omnia i900 - 16 GB on ebay now. This must be a worse model, huh?)
You had to move from physical qwerty keyboard to the touchscreen one though (and the screen is resistive, which is not very responsive). Does the new keyboard really work for you? What if you've been writing a lot of text with fingers, would you feel a change badly?
P.S. What do you mean by "48GB"?

riuk said:
P.S. What do you mean by "48GB"?
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16GB + 32GB Lexar class10
- I found some from Germany: http://www.ebay.de/ctg/Samsung-Omni...11&_pcategid=15032&_from=R40&_dmpt=DE_Handy_s
-i900 is predecessor for i8000
-Typing would be better. However I'm using two SIPs: original Samsung Keypad and "SlideIT" http://www.mobiletextinput.com/Download/Windows_Mobile/Download/
It's for free and support over 40 languages
DISADVATAGES COMPARE TO KAISER
-no keyboard
-no D-Pad
-no internal slot for stylus
-worse GPS signal strength

First WP phone

Hello guys. I'm watching many reviews about the Lumia lineup and I have to say that I really like it. I was even considering to buy me a Lumia but to do that I have to sell my two phones But I think I gonna do it in the near future maybe but I wanted to ask you, what Lumia would be perfect for a Windows Phone 1st timer? I have 2 Android phones (like said above) and I like them but I have a "big" problem with one of them. When I would sell them I would have ~210$ (I know it's not much money but in my country it is much). Can you write me what are the positives and negatives of having a WP?

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Stachura5 said:
Hello guys. I'm watching many reviews about the Lumia lineup and I have to say that I really like it. I was even considering to buy me a Lumia but to do that I have to sell my two phones But I think I gonna do it in the near future maybe but I wanted to ask you, what Lumia would be perfect for a Windows Phone 1st timer? I have 2 Android phones (like said above) and I like them but I have a "big" problem with one of them. When I would sell them I would have ~210$ (I know it's not much money but in my country it is much). Can you write me what are the positives and negatives of having a WP?
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I had 3 phones with Android before going on Windows Phone and I think it's a good decision.
Pro WP:
- speed
- very rarely blocked
- after 6 months of use moves as well like begining
- Security is better
- very good camera and navigation apps
- in WP 8.1 (cortana, quiet hours, ..)
Against :
More application in Google store but you will find the usual applications also in WP store
you must wait ~ 1 month to get WP 8.1 oficial update from manufacturers( to have cortana, notification, ....)
if you want to buy nokia is an advantage in construction quality

iPhone to Android?

Hi,
So, currently I am using iPhone Xs and I feel this is the right time to make a switch to an android phone.
I have been using IOS since last 7 years, I update my phone every year with the latest apple offering.
I have used android(galaxy S5 it was I guess) for a brief period of time and to be honest hated it. But now what I have known after reading so much about android that it has come a long way and does most of the things better than iPhones.
Would like to know how the transition would be? As have said using iPhone since past 7 years will I find it difficult to get used to android os? has anyone else did this jump from iOS to android? Also have been reading that app quality on iOS is better than android, is that even remotely true? One thing I am really going to miss is the emoji, which on android look so alien and cartoonish.
I am really bored to death with iOS, nothing has changed in the last many years. One can’t customise it and give it a new look, other than changing he wallpaper, that too is hardly visible due to those apps. Have invested a lot on apple ecosystem but now I refuse to pay more for the basic things like ringtones. Yes, I have over 70 ringtones which I have bought from iTunes store along with many songs.
Initially Pixel 3(smaller one) was on my radar but then in few months time pixel 4 will be out so buying pixel 3 now doesn’t make sense, it also is slightly overpriced for what it offers. So, now I’m left with galaxy S10(no plus version, too big). Is it good for someone who is coming from iOS? On screen fingerprint scanner not too accurate and gives trouble unlocking the phone? Battery life on exynos?
Will be really very grateful if you guys can help me in everything which I should know before jumping to android bandwagon. Thanks!

Holysmokee said:
Hi,
So, currently I am using iPhone Xs and I feel this is the right time to make a switch to an android phone.
I have been using IOS since last 7 years, I update my phone every year with the latest apple offering.
I have used android(galaxy S5 it was I guess) for a brief period of time and to be honest hated it. But now what I have known after reading so much about android that it has come a long way and does most of the things better than iPhones.
Would like to know how the transition would be? As have said using iPhone since past 7 years will I find it difficult to get used to android os? has anyone else did this jump from iOS to android? Also have been reading that app quality on iOS is better than android, is that even remotely true? One thing I am really going to miss is the emoji, which on android look so alien and cartoonish.
I am really bored to death with iOS, nothing has changed in the last many years. One can’t customise it and give it a new look, other than changing he wallpaper, that too is hardly visible due to those apps. Have invested a lot on apple ecosystem but now I refuse to pay more for the basic things like ringtones. Yes, I have over 70 ringtones which I have bought from iTunes store along with many songs.
Initially Pixel 3(smaller one) was on my radar but then in few months time pixel 4 will be out so buying pixel 3 now doesn’t make sense, it also is slightly overpriced for what it offers. So, now I’m left with galaxy S10(no plus version, too big). Is it good for someone who is coming from iOS? On screen fingerprint scanner not too accurate and gives trouble unlocking the phone? Battery life on exynos?
Will be really very grateful if you guys can help me in everything which I should know before jumping to android bandwagon. Thanks!
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I normally use android, but sometimes use iPhone from time to time, just for fun. Most phone do similar things these days and I don't really think that Android will be that different as it was many years ago.
So when you buy S10(the normal version), you would be able to transfer your data via Samsung Smart Switch and most of the time the phone will ask you during the setup process. If for some reason, you weren't offered to transfer data, you can do it using aforementioned Smart Switch app/option. Samsung also puts an adapter in the box, so you can use cable to transfer data from old phone or do it over the air (your choice, but cable is faster)
App quality is getting better. For example you may/may not notice the fluidity of the apps. The scrolling of some iPhone apps might be a be smoother than Android versions. In my case, I personally don't notice it much as I do think that quality for both platforms went up.
As you mentioned above, the customization of Android is pretty much endless and it is a joy to use Every time when I put my sim into iPhone 7, I come across few issues and want to do back to Android. For example at home, I can set my Galaxy S10e to stay unlocked, but in iPhone I can't. Also in the car, I can tell my phone to not lock the device when it is connected to a Bluetooth device(car, watch, headset and so on). My phone can easily play music through 2 Bluetooth speakers simultaneously. One hand mode is also present, multi window, picture in picture is there too! I remember Samsung had 1 month trial for Apple iPhone users where they would use the phone and if didn't like, easily could return it back - don't know is they still do that. In any case, you can buy the phone from Samsung.com and you will have about 2 weeks, try it out and see.

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