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I've given up trying to get full access to the Market. But I was able to find some of the apks on my Droid and was able to bring some of them over using a usb thumb drive. However, not all the apps I had downloaded to my Droid was visible. My question is do some apps delete their apks when done installing? I did have some that gave me a parse error when trying to install them on my tablet. Is there a hidden directory where I can find all the apks of the apps I've downloaded? e.g xplane, rush hour to name a few? Thanks. Or... is there a way to download the apk from Market to my PC directly? I'd be so happy if I could just get full access to google market!
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I've given up trying to get full access to the Market. But I was able to find some of the apks on my Droid and was able to bring some of them over using a usb thumb drive. However, not all the apps I had downloaded to my Droid was visible. My question is do some apps delete their apks when done installing? I did have some that gave me a parse error when trying to install them on my tablet. Is there a hidden directory where I can find all the apks of the apps I've downloaded? e.g xplane, rush hour to name a few? Thanks. Or... is there a way to download the apk from Market to my PC directly? I'd be so happy if I could just get full access to google market!
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The apks are usually in your data/apps or data/apps-private. You should be able to get to these directories using RootExplorer on your phone if its rooted. Then get yourself a free Dropbox account which allows you to transfer files to any device you installed Dropbox on.
Look in these two locations. In the second one (/mnt/asec) you'll see the folder name of the app and inside that folder is the pkg.apk so you'll probably want to rename after you move it.
/data/app
and
/mnt/asec/(name of app)
Have you tried these methods yet?
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I've given up trying to get full access to the Market. But I was able to find some of the apks on my Droid and was able to bring some of them over using a usb thumb drive. However, not all the apps I had downloaded to my Droid was visible. My question is do some apps delete their apks when done installing? I did have some that gave me a parse error when trying to install them on my tablet. Is there a hidden directory where I can find all the apks of the apps I've downloaded? e.g xplane, rush hour to name a few? Thanks. Or... is there a way to download the apk from Market to my PC directly? I'd be so happy if I could just get full access to google market!
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Bluetooth File Transfer might help.
I put this link up a few days ago because I had the same problem.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=930036
Also, This video really worked for me with getting full market (roughly 98.9% really)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7l-nySibzeA&feature=related
Reggie 777, thanks for asking this question. I've been trying to figure out the same thing and asked about it in another thread but didn't get a clear answer.
So, to the experts: do you have to be rooted to do this? I've looked in both of the locations that tcrews mentioned and don't see much, if anything. I'm using Astro FileManager, if that helps.
Thanks
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Reggie 777, thanks for asking this question. I've been trying to figure out the same thing and asked about it in another thread but didn't get a clear answer.
So, to the experts: do you have to be rooted to do this? I've looked in both of the locations that tcrews mentioned and don't see much, if anything. I'm using Astro FileManager, if that helps.
Thanks
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Astro doesn't show the files in /data and you'll need to be rooted and use something like Root Explorer. I just tried Astro and once I go in to /data I see nothing (and my phone is rooted). Using Root Explorer I see all the folders under /data and go into the folder app. I see my apps installed internally there and in /mnt/asec I see my apps installed to SDcard there.
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Reggie 777, thanks for asking this question. I've been trying to figure out the same thing and asked about it in another thread but didn't get a clear answer.
So, to the experts: do you have to be rooted to do this? I've looked in both of the locations that tcrews mentioned and don't see much, if anything. I'm using Astro FileManager, if that helps.
Thanks
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No root neccessary to use Bluetooth File Transfer method.
I can only guess you need root for the method on the video because you do need to have an OS with GAPPS and Android market installed.
Root is needed to use Root explorer methed.
The Z4root1.2.2 app is a good tool to root without unlocking the bootloader and you can still keep your stock OS. However I'm assuming GAPPS may not work correctly with the stock TAPNTAP OS so getting full Google Android market with that OS is prolly not going to happen.
Thanks to everyone for the help. I am processing and digesting the info and playing around with the suggestions.
Thanks to sjmoreno for telling me where the apps are. And also tcrews. I would never have thought of looking in /mnt/sec. I was actually able to find the apks I was looking for... xplane. et al. Now I'm fiddling with the bluetooth transfer. Got the phone and tablet paired... connection is not working yet. But I'm still trying.
Thanks too to tekrhino for the bluetooth suggestion. Got the transfer program for my Droid. I'm learning how to use it. Seems easy to set up, but won't actually send anything... Still exploring it.
The video on the Market fix doesn't work for me because no matter what I do, Market does not show up in the running apps section of settings. It doesn't even show up in system apps. It only shows up in the downloaded section.
As they said in Galaxy Quest... "Never Give Up. Never Surrender." Thanks everyone.
I use TitaniumBackup syncing with dropbox, but really the market fix isnt hard... Running tntlite larest.
+1 for dropbox. You can also use astro to backup the apk's. They are stored in a folder named backup on the root of your SD card.
I use the program AndroZIP from the Market on my phone.
Do an application backup (part of the app) to my SDCard (it creates a app_backup folder on your SDcard)
Then, you can do bluetooth transfer, or plug phone and gTablet into PC with USB cables, wait for the drives to show up, and move the APK files over. Works well. No root required.
Since my phone is not rooted, I am not sure if this is grabing every application, but it seems to be. I was able to transfer whatever I wanted over from my phone to the tablet this way.
+1 titanium backup and dropbox.
Dropbox is handy but not necessary. Titanium is a must have purchase if you enjoy flashing new roms and don't feel like manually restoring all your apps and settings every time.
If you can download titanium to your Gtab your done. Dl titanium on your phone and backup your apps. Grab the file off your phones SD And move it to your Gtab. Open titanium on your Gtab and select the apps you want to install. You can even save app data this way and continue saved games from your phone ;-)
Reggie777 said:
Thanks to everyone for the help. I am processing and digesting the info and playing around with the suggestions.
Thanks to sjmoreno for telling me where the apps are. And also tcrews. I would never have thought of looking in /mnt/sec. I was actually able to find the apks I was looking for... xplane. et al. Now I'm fiddling with the bluetooth transfer. Got the phone and tablet paired... connection is not working yet. But I'm still trying.
Thanks too to tekrhino for the bluetooth suggestion. Got the transfer program for my Droid. I'm learning how to use it. Seems easy to set up, but won't actually send anything... Still exploring it.
The video on the Market fix doesn't work for me because no matter what I do, Market does not show up in the running apps section of settings. It doesn't even show up in system apps. It only shows up in the downloaded section.
As they said in Galaxy Quest... "Never Give Up. Never Surrender." Thanks everyone.
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Make sure both devices have BTFT installed, that way you won't have any any problems with FTP OBEX protocals.
The app works great and reduces the extra steps you need to take with TB and DB with having to move apk's between the source device to your pc then from your pc to the target device. BTFT is a good source device to target device app.
So I just read that moving sideloaded apps to SD bypasses the limit of sideloaded apps that your Dev Account allows. See post in this thread
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2720607
. So if someone could create a deployer to install directly to SD could the Interop Lock( or any other security feature) also be bypassed to say load a working registry editor?
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So I just read that moving sideloaded apps to SD bypasses the limit of sideloaded apps that your Dev Account allows. See post in this thread
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2720607
. So if someone could create a deployer to install directly to SD could the Interop Lock( or any other security feature) also be bypassed to say load a working registry editor?
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read this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2727511
no it's not possible
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Le Sigh...
This has been discussed extensively long, long ago. The manifest is only parsed at installation. You can do whatever you want to the manifest afterwards; it doesn't seem to have any effect.
It wouldn't help much anyhow. You wouldn't be able to *launch* a sideloaded app with Interopservices if not interop-unlocked. This can be tested by interop-unlocking a phone, sideloading an interop app, resetting the MaxUnsignedApp value to undo the unlock, and trying to run the app.
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You can only move apps to SD, so that you have more space to use as some phones haven't much internal space....
Hey Guys,
I have a question..
I have an unlocked Ativ S with full file access.
Now iam searching for an installed XAP on my Device.
For my knowledge the xaps are encrypted and after installing them from the marketplace they are decrypted.
And what i want to know where can i find them on my phone?
especially iam searching for the gopro app which is a free app but doesn't work with the new gopro 4 version.
So i hope i can find a way to fix that with the xap.
But thats only possible if i can open the xap with a zip tool.
Hope you guys can help me and understand what i mean.
thx
The decompressed xaps are stored under D:\Data\Programs\ You'll see many GUIDS which coincide with the APP GUID. If you search for the app on windowsphone.com, you'll be able to see the app guid in the url segment.
You can't get the decrypted xap.
But you can repack the unencrypted .xap by zipping the collection of installed content as a same.
"C:\Data\Programs" (for WP8.0 Apps)
"C:\Data\Programs\WindowsApps (for WP8.1 Apps)
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The decompressed xaps are stored under D:\Data\Programs\ You'll see many GUIDS which coincide with the APP GUID. If you search for the app on windowsphone.com, you'll be able to see the app guid in the url segment.
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Under that string, there are only a few Cached pics:
Computer\Samsung ATIV S\Phone\Data\programs\{BCA90C60-10C7-4009-B8B0-13DF4EBCF9DA}
You may not be using full filesystem access, just the low-privilege version that you get if MtpSvc runs from C:\ but not as LOCALSYSTEM. Assuming you're capability-unlocked, you can use the AllCapabilities version of my webserver to access the install folders of each app.
Note that the actual "\Data\Programs\" folder is not readable by the webserver, but if you know the subfolder you want (such as an app's GUID) you can use that to browse and it works fine.
Note also that the apps are installed in a subfolder (called Install) of the GUID folder. So for example, the install directory for the GoPro app is
Code:
\Data\programs\{BCA90C60-10C7-4009-B8B0-13DF4EBCF9DA}\Install
Hi,
with all those Lumia posts I'm wondering if it is also possible to interop-unlock a Samsung Ativ S with the latest software (8.1 Update 1 or later) on it *without* a prior downgrade to 8.0 GDR2/GDR3. If it is possible please tell me how or where to find the answer (my search yielded no result so far).
With interop-unlock I mean accessing the 'full' file system and registry and having additional capabilities just like it was/is possible with 8.0 GDR2.
Thanks.
Unblock RPC (file called "Non-production errors.txt" in the Documents folder of the phone, if I recall correctly). There are now two options:
First option: use chamber hijacking.
* Move an app with ID_CAP_INTEROPSERVICES (I like to use HTC's silly "Converter" app; it should still be available on all devices, but other targets are more popular) to the SD card.
* Either sideload or unzip and copy the contents to the SD card an app that uses Samsung RPC to write to the registry. You may need to remove ID_CAP_INTEROPSERVICES from the app before sideloading.
* Use any of the several tools for app hijacking, or do it manually (remove the Hidden and System flags from D:\WPSystem, then rename D:\WPSystem\apps to something like D:\WPSystem\apps1, then delete the files from the install folder of the app that you're hijacking, then move or copy the files from the install folder of the app that uses RPC into the install folder of the app you're hijacking; don't forget to un-rename the apps folder afterward).
* Run the hijacked app; it should by the registry editor app you replaced it with instead, and you can now interop-unlock the phone.
Second option: Use @djamol's "Root Tool" app from the Store, or another app that can modify its own capabilities via SD card tricks.
* Install "Root Tool" from the store; it should show up in Search.
* Move it to the SD card if it wasn't installed there to start.
* Run the app, hit Help, and follow the instructions (several of them are similar to the manual instructions above, but at the end you have to move the app from SD back to Phone before the trick works).
Note that in either case, the EnableAllSideloading app won't work (technically BootstrapSamsung will, but you shouldn't use it since it assumes EnableAllSideloading will be used afterward). Microsoft basically removed the capability that EnableAllSideloading relies on.
Thanks for your reply! So basically the same way works with Ativ S that works with Lumia and you don't need the Samsung diagnosis tool anymore. You just need SamWP8 or a similar tool that uses Samsung RPC after unblocking RPC.
I'll give this a try on the next weekend(s). :good:
Yeah, basically just that. The diagnosis app no longer has the registry editor, and the steps needed to launch to a specific page in an app (such as the reg editor) are technically still possible but are identical to just installing an interop-based registry editor (via hacks), so do that instead.
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Yeah, basically just that. The diagnosis app no longer has the registry editor, and the steps needed to launch to a specific page in an app (such as the reg editor) are technically still possible but are identical to just installing an interop-based registry editor (via hacks), so do that instead.
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But after is it possible to unlock all capabilities?
How to interop-unlock now?
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But after is it possible to unlock all capabilities?
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I'm curious about that as well.
I tried the second option from (you) GoodDayToDie: It is not possible to use Samsungs Registry Editor component from Root Tool after following the instructions (moved app to SD, deleted the two files, moved stuff from HACK-subfolder to its parent, moved app to phone memory; file "Non-Production Errors.txt" exists in Phone\Documents -- BTW: Is the file name case-sensitive?). The general registry editor from Root Tool works, but with this one it is not possible to write several important keys (e. g. MaxUnsignedApps).
After this I tried the first option: I can successfully deploy CustomPFD (replacing Preview for Developers by hand or with CustomWPSystem). But what to do then?
I tried replacing Preview for Developers with SamWP8, but the app won't start then (getting "Loading ..." for about ten seconds then it closes); also tried commenting some capabilities of SamWP8 and repeating, but has no effect.
Deploying SamWP8 or IO Explorer using application deployment tool obviously fails because of missing interop capability.
This is a fresh and clean installation of WP 8.1 Update 2 now if it should matter.
Any further hints would be appreciated.
My Samsung died months ago (spontaneous hardware failure; I wasn't even hacking on it at the time) so I can't test Samsung-specific things anymore.
The steps as described (by both you and me* *should* work - I assume you rebooted the phone afterwards - so if it's not then I'm confused. The registry editor in Root Tool is mildly terrible and sometimes gives error messages when stuff actually works, but if it's really not working then I'm not sure what you do about that.
As for unlocking all capabilities, that's going to take a little work. The hack used by BootstrapSamsung unlocks one capability, and technically it could be applied to *all* the capabilities, but it changes the registry value type and loses a couple of NULL bytes at the end of the value every time you do it, which is potentially going to break things if you do it to all the capabilities / leave the capabilities in that state for long.
For what it's worth, if you're willing to hard-reset, the OemSettings.reg method mentioned in a few other threads should work too. It requires writing to a normally-unreachable part of the file system, but the Samsung RPCComponent class allows you to do this. I haven't tested it, though, and it does require a hard-reset.
Im interested in this too
If it does not work then what to do if im on 8.1 update already?
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AFAIK path is
Unblock RPC Functions proved easy. You just need to create an empty file:
Phone \ Data \ Users \ Public \ Documents \ Non-Production Errors.txt
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Maybe that's why it didn't worked if you put it just in documents.
I just want to change black/white background-color and accent color in registry. That's all.
Regards
GoodDayToDie said:
My Samsung died months ago (spontaneous hardware failure; I wasn't even hacking on it at the time) so I can't test Samsung-specific things anymore.
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Ouch, too bad. Would be really useful to have your helping hands on getting this done.
The steps as described (by both you and me* *should* work - I assume you rebooted the phone afterwards - so if it's not then I'm confused. The registry editor in Root Tool is mildly terrible and sometimes gives error messages when stuff actually works, but if it's really not working then I'm not sure what you do about that.
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I did reboot.
Is there an app with a basic registry editor out there so I could at least change phone manufacturer like I could with Root Tool (Root Tool doesn't seem to be available in the store anymore)?
As for unlocking all capabilities, that's going to take a little work. The hack used by BootstrapSamsung unlocks one capability, and technically it could be applied to *all* the capabilities, but it changes the registry value type and loses a couple of NULL bytes at the end of the value every time you do it, which is potentially going to break things if you do it to all the capabilities / leave the capabilities in that state for long.
For what it's worth, if you're willing to hard-reset, the OemSettings.reg method mentioned in a few other threads should work too. It requires writing to a normally-unreachable part of the file system, but the Samsung RPCComponent class allows you to do this. I haven't tested it, though, and it does require a hard-reset.
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I tried to use ROMRebuilder, but it just gave me "Failed " when tapping "Backup". But with full file system access I copied OEMSettings.reg zip-file out of the known C:\Windows subdir, extracted the .reg-file, appended all the unlock stuff, repacked and put it back to its original place overwriting the original file (with Root Tool, because in Windows Explorer I didn't have the right to write - Root Tool told me it was successful. I didn't double check ). But after resetting (About - Reset phone) no unlock or access to C:\ was there. Looks like the stock ROM. What went wrong..?
Edit: Used CustomPFD for registry access. Looking at "This PC\Samsung ATIV S\Phone\Windows\Packages\RegistryFiles\OEMSettings.reg" I can see that it is the original file, not my modified one. Is this file restored from somewhere upon reset or did my copy action fail?
Edit2: Tried using vcREG_1_2_BOOTSTRAP (replaced Extras & Info). It gives me an error about missing ID_CAP_INTEROPSERVICES, so it can't do anything.
And CustomPFD can't write MaxUnsignedApp. :-/
Not sure if ROMRebuilder is smart enough to use Samsung's RPC instead of Nokia's for moving the file into place, but regardless it requires interop itself (at least, I'm not sure how it could work otherwise). Root Tool definitely requires interop in order to overwrite Windows files, although it can do so. For the record, for stuff like just reading files or registry values, you can use the (normal-caps) version of my webserver; might be a bit easier.
vcREG should work, assuming it supports Samsung RPC - I think so, but I haven't checked - and you use the whole app hijacking thing correctly. Did you launch the hijacked app after the installation? Pretty sure Extras+Info has interop, so that *should* work.
EDIT: Assuming that the Samsung RPC service is working at all. I don't know of any easy way to test that short of just trying to do things with it, though. I don't think they "fixed" the RPC unblock, though...
GoodDayToDie said:
Not sure if ROMRebuilder is smart enough to use Samsung's RPC instead of Nokia's for moving the file into place, but regardless it requires interop itself (at least, I'm not sure how it could work otherwise). Root Tool definitely requires interop in order to overwrite Windows files, although it can do so. For the record, for stuff like just reading files or registry values, you can use the (normal-caps) version of my webserver; might be a bit easier.
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Okay, so it probably didn't replace the file at all but only showed a success message. Grmbl. Which file manager would you recommend for moving the file to its place or in general?
vcREG should work, assuming it supports Samsung RPC - I think so, but I haven't checked - and you use the whole app hijacking thing correctly. Did you launch the hijacked app after the installation? Pretty sure Extras+Info has interop, so that *should* work.
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Ohhh, you mean if I started the app that's about to be hijacked before actually hijacking it? No, I did not. (Not sure what Extras+Info would do on a Ativ S...)
But I do have to?
Edit: Removed Extras&Info (with dummy.xap), installed it again, started it (it actually works) and replaced it with vcREG_1_2_BOOTSTRAP.xap. Started vcREG, but it still gives me "error initializing. check if you have correct permissions (ID_CAP_INTEROPSERVICES). registry functions disabled".
I've also deployed CustomPFD and original preview for developers to sdcard. I have access to the registry but can't write values
Have you tried to hijack Extra+Info permissions with CustomPFD? It does not work with original PFD but it may work with Nokia one. I can't find Extra+Info xap to test, sorry.
Ok tried to deploy ROMRebuilder and hijack original PFD permissions. ROM Rebuilder just crashes on start (no message) WP 8.1 14157.
Installed ROMRebuilder with deleting Capabilities from xap and deployed it from deployment tool.
Manually removed PfD with SD hack and replaced it with ROMREbuilder.
It starts but when pushing "Backup" it says FAILED
Jesus im so tired with this phone...
ROM flasher does not work at 8.1 x64 even with test mode..
Ezio21 said:
Have you tried to hijack Extra+Info permissions with CustomPFD?
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Yes I have. CustomPFD doesn't start in this case (it does when I'm replacing Preview for developers).
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Edit: Removed Extras&Info (with dummy.xap), installed it again, started it (it actually works) and replaced it with vcREG_1_2_BOOTSTRAP.xap. Started vcREG, but it still gives me "error initializing. check if you have correct permissions (ID_CAP_INTEROPSERVICES). registry functions disabled".
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Your phone can't initialize Lumia RPC.
So what can we do?
What apps are there that use Samsung RPC to write to the registry? I know SamWP8 and IO Explorer. Any more?
@cerebos
Huh im sorry but it seems that only one way to get that Interop unlock is to flash GDR3
I flashed GDR3 but there is NO WAY to unlock your phone anymore. WP 8.0 developer registration is down. You can't install developer unlock helper and can't interop unlock your phone.
Also because of Samsung firmware update you can't install custom rom on wp8.0
How to interop unlock WP 8.0 without developer unlock? Any way? Or we're locked forever?
As far as I know you can still use beta apps on windows store. Is there anyone with personal developer account reading and could upload Interop_Unlock_Helper_Debug_ARM.xap as BETA to the store and send me the link? I would be very grateful (
@-W_O_L_F- maybe?
We're in very bad situation now. Thanks for any help or advices
Based on the Posting here (by @-W_O_L_F-) it looks like 8.1 Update 2 can't be interop-unlocked. So I'll need to downgrade first.
Edit: Assuming vcREG could write to Samsung Registry is only true for a small set of values, it is never true for interop-unlock. For this you need a registry editor with Samsung's RPC components.
I remember when @djamol released the "root tool" app to the Windows store, which requires you to install it on SD Card, then to use the registry editor, you actually need to replace the files inside the XAP, which is quite genius
Anyways, I was thinking if the same trick done on root tool can be done on the old version of Extras + Info app too before Microsoft decides to remove its ability to move it to SD Card...
Modifying the WMAppManifest.xml inside the old XAP (removing anything related to interopservices to avoid throwing Error 0x81030120), set storage sense to SD Card, deploy app with App Deployment 8.1, then after deploying it, manually replace the modified XML file with the original untouched one (yes, the one with ID_CAP_INTEROPSERVICES and such) on SD Card with a PC (needs to unlock WPSystem folder first, we already did this in the past... ) open the app and see if Extras + Info still works and if yes, BOOTSTRAP vcReg and Interop unlock your device right away!
This might actually work! Someone should try this!
@djamol @vcfan @WojtasXda please take a look at this and see if it might actually work . We might be able to Interop Unlock WP8.1 again even after that Extras + Info app update lol XD
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mrchezco1995 said:
I remember when @djamol released the "root tool" app to the Windows store, which requires you to install it on SD Card, then to use the registry editor, you actually need to replace the files inside the XAP, which is quite genius
Anyways, I was thinking if the same trick done on root tool can be done on the old version of Extras + Info app too before Microsoft decides to remove its ability to move it to SD Card...
Modifying the WMAppManifest.xml inside the old XAP (removing anything related to interopservices to avoid throwing Error 0x81030120), set storage sense to SD Card, deploy app with App Deployment 8.1, then after deploying it, manually replace the modified XML file with the original untouched one (yes, the one with ID_CAP_INTEROPSERVICES and such) on SD Card with a PC (needs to unlock WPSystem folder first, we already did this in the past... ) open the app and see if Extras + Info still works and if yes, BOOTSTRAP vcReg and Interop unlock your device right away!
This might actually work! Someone should try this!
@djamol @vcfan @WojtasXda please take a look at this and see if it might actually work . We might be able to Interop Unlock WP8.1 again even after that Extras + Info app update lol XD
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I didn't really get your idea completely but as far as I get you want to modify WMAppMainfest.xaml file .
I have an application to edit any App Manifest but it doesn't work . you can't gain new capabilities to applications .
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I didn't really get your idea completely but as far as I get you want to modify WMAppMainfest.xaml file .
I have an application to edit any App Manifest but it doesn't work . you can't gain new capabilities to applications .
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Here's what I mean...
1. Modify the old Extras + Info app's WMAppManifest.xml file, removing every capability that requires Interop unlock first before actually sideloading the app.
2. Sideload the app to Lumia, with storage sense set it to SD Card.
3 . After sideload, check if Extras + Info app is installed on Settings but don't open it just yet.
4. Remove SD Card, insert it to PC, access WPSystem folder and find where the Extras + Info app is installed...
5. Once found, swap the modified WMAppManifest.xml file with the original unmodified one (yes, the one that had ID_CAP_INTEROPSERVICES and any capabilities OEM can only achieve)
6. Return SD Card to phone, and see if Extras + Info app opens... If it does open, Bootstrap vcReg.
7. After bootstrap, open Extras + Info and see if vcReg does run
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mrchezco1995 said:
I remember when @djamol released the "root tool" app to the Windows store, which requires you to install it on SD Card, then to use the registry editor, you actually need to replace the files inside the XAP, which is quite genius
Anyways, I was thinking if the same trick done on root tool can be done on the old version of Extras + Info app too before Microsoft decides to remove its ability to move it to SD Card...
Modifying the WMAppManifest.xml inside the old XAP (removing anything related to interopservices to avoid throwing Error 0x81030120), set storage sense to SD Card, deploy app with App Deployment 8.1, then after deploying it, manually replace the modified XML file with the original untouched one (yes, the one with ID_CAP_INTEROPSERVICES and such) on SD Card with a PC (needs to unlock WPSystem folder first, we already did this in the past... ) open the app and see if Extras + Info still works and if yes, BOOTSTRAP vcReg and Interop unlock your device right away!
This might actually work! Someone should try this!
@djamol @vcfan @WojtasXda please take a look at this and see if it might actually work . We might be able to Interop Unlock WP8.1 again even after that Extras + Info app update lol XD
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I've suggested this idea more than a year ago, but I heard from GDTD that it doesn't work as the WMAppManifest capabilities are only checked on deployment. Changing it after deployment would not work. Which is why they use the Preview for Developers app. It already has Interop capabilities and changing the manifest afterwards would not work, so they change the contents of the app instead, as this way any interop functions would work.
This is the current method now. You install an Interop app from the store and change the content.
AlvinPhilemon said:
I've suggested this idea more than a year ago, but I heard from GDTD that it doesn't work as the WMAppManifest capabilities are only checked on deployment. Changing it after deployment would not work. Which is why they use the Preview for Developers app. It already has Interop capabilities and changing the manifest afterwards would not work, so they change the contents of the app instead, as this way any interop functions would work.
This is the current method now. You install an Interop app from the store and change the content.
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You know the root tool app released on store by @djamol ? The original WMAppManifest doesn't have any capabilities that enables it to read and write to the registry but after swapping the WMAppManifest file with the one that had interop capabilities, the app now works as what its intended.....
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Try with OEM HTC Apps from store
mrchezco1995 said:
You know the root tool app released on store by @djamol ? The original WMAppManifest doesn't have any capabilities that enables it to read and write to the registry but after swapping the WMAppManifest file with the one that had interop capabilities, the app now works as what its intended.....
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trick works for store apps, but it doesn't work with third party apps(sideloaded apps) because third party app can't use interopservices capability.
vcfan said:
trick works for store apps, but it doesn't work with third party apps(sideloaded apps) because third party app can't use interopservices capability.
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so no luck for sideloaded OEM apps? That's sad
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What happened ?? Why you deleted your post ??
Have you stopped on working for new interop unlock method for wp8.1 that you tell us few days back ??
Is there any problem ??
Hello Guys is anybody please here to solve the problem of wp 8.1 interop unlock please we need it..?
I think Microsoft not allowing download Extra & Info to SD Card...thats the issue
_But but but....mixradio......
augustinionut said:
_But but but....mixradio......
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What do you mean MixRadio?
vartanarsen said:
What do you mean MixRadio?
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I mean this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=64118288&postcount=281
mrchezco1995 said:
Here's what I mean...
1. Modify the old Extras + Info app's WMAppManifest.xml file, removing every capability that requires Interop unlock first before actually sideloading the app.
2. Sideload the app to Lumia, with storage sense set it to SD Card.
3 . After sideload, check if Extras + Info app is installed on Settings but don't open it just yet.
4. Remove SD Card, insert it to PC, access WPSystem folder and find where the Extras + Info app is installed...
5. Once found, swap the modified WMAppManifest.xml file with the original unmodified one (yes, the one that had ID_CAP_INTEROPSERVICES and any capabilities OEM can only achieve)
6. Return SD Card to phone, and see if Extras + Info app opens... If it does open, Bootstrap vcReg.
7. After bootstrap, open Extras + Info and see if vcReg does run
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actually the WMManifest.xml file is encoded with some kind of encoding so i don't think it's possible
i'm new to this forum please respond if i am wrong to say this
ngame said:
I didn't really get your idea completely but as far as I get you want to modify WMAppMainfest.xaml file .
I have an application to edit any App Manifest but it doesn't work . you can't gain new capabilities to applications .
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try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/win...erop-unlock-oem-unlock-windows-phone-t3467191
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Ranjan kataria said:
Hello Guys is anybody please here to solve the problem of wp 8.1 interop unlock please we need it..?
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try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/win...erop-unlock-oem-unlock-windows-phone-t3467191
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try this people....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/win...erop-unlock-oem-unlock-windows-phone-t3467191