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Symbian 9.2 has been hacked! Guide/Tutorial HERE

I brought you news of a way to get certificates despite Stupid Symbian Signed locking you out. Now I bring you a way to not even need to sign applications to use them on your phone!

Thanks to FCA00000 and others in this thread for coming up with this solution! Thanks also go to Neanton for the basic guide!

WHAT DOES THIS HACK ALLOW ME TO DO?

It will allow you to install UNSIGNED applications. It will allow you to give applications FULL permissions. Basically, it will give you FREEDOM.


Download ActivePython HERE, install it.

Download and install PySerial from HERE.

Download and install AppTRK (to your phone) HERE.

Download Hack Perms HERE.

CLICK THE IMAGES FOR A LARGER SIZE!

Let's get to business:

Connect your phone to your PC via USB in PC Suite mode.

Go to Control Panel>System>Hardware>Device Manager>Ports OR in Windows Vista it's Control Panel>Hardware and Sound>Device Manager>Ports.

Once you're there, look for your phone, in my case it's called 'Nokia GSM Phone USB (COM3)'. Make a note of the number after COM, you'll need it later.

Open AppTRK on your phone and press cancel when it trys to connect via bluetooth. Go to options>settings>connection and change it to USB. Go back and press options then connect. This is what you should see:



Now open up the Hack Perm python file in notepad on your PC, press CTRL+F on your PC and search for "ser =" (Without quotation marks, of course). Once you're there change the 5 that's in the brackets to the 1 less than the number that followed COM in the step above.

For example, if your number was 7, you would change the number in the brackets to 6 and if your number was 5, you would change the number in the brackets to 4. Once you've done that, save the python file (JUST SAVE, NOT SAVE AS).

Once you have done this, just double click the Hack Perms file and wait for about 5 seconds, during this time, you should see this, notice the "!!!!!!!!!!!candidate!!!!!!!!!!!", this shows you've been successful:



Now to make the hack computer-free:

Download THIS file and copy the contents to a folder in your phone.

1) Using your file manager of choice copy the CProfDriver_SISX.ldd file into C:\sys\bin.
2) Install CapsOn and then install CapsOff.

That's it! Whenever you want to run the hack just select CapsOff and the hack will be working! No need for a computer! If for some reason you want to turn off the hack just select CapsOn... Yes, it really is THAT EASY.

DONE!

If for any reason this guide didn't work for you, use THIS one.

Things to note:

1)I will not be held responsible for anything happening to your phone. Nothing bad should happen anyway.

3)This hack has been confirmed on the N95, N95 8GB, N82 and some others. If you perform this hack, please tell me your phone model.


Don't forget to check out how to install unsigned apps here.

Here's to a bright future for the now truly open S60!

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Control your Nokia device with simple hand gestures!

Gadget88 from Howard Forums has found a cool video demonstrating upcoming applications that allows the user to control their phone in a new way...

Eyeplay by eyesight allows the user to control their device simply by making hand gestres infront of the device's camera. Sounds good, doesn't it? Check out the (hebrew) video here to see just how well it works even with old S60v2 devices.

just imagine the ways in which this could be implemented into your phone! Swipe your finger down over your front-facing camera to scroll down a web page with ease! Connect your Nseries device to a TV and play games by moving around like with the eyetoy!

The NinjaStrike game that's demonstrated in the video has been released already according to eyesight's site, but I've been unable to get the game from anywhere.

Unfortunately, to take advantage of this new input method, new applications must be installed which means you can't use eyeplay with the default applications on your device.

I'm hoping that Nokia will pick up on this!

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Get your own developer certificate NOW.

As most of you already know, SSS (Stupid Symbian Signed) have revoked the end user's ability to attain a developer certificate, forcing us to use their open-signed online system. This of course meant that ALOT of freeware was unable to be signed...Until now that is, read on to become liberated!

First of all, I'd like to thank MORF of the Symbian Freak forums once again, if it wasn't for him many thousands of Chinese-illiterate people would still be without certs.

Read ALL instructions and click ALL pictures before attempting

Head over to the OPDA forums by clicking here.

Click on the register button at the top of the page.





Fill in the registration form as shown in the image below (Click for full size):


Click on the link to apply for a certificate:


Fill in your phone details as shown below:


Check your account in about a day and download your files:



Things to note:

• Posting your IMEI on the internet may be dangerous depending on where you live.
• It may take several days before you receive your certificate, OPDA do about 1000 people per day.
• You MUST keep the key file and certificate file safe as they're directly linked, I recommend emailing them to yourself or keeping them on some flash drives/memory cards.

Enjoy!

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Ngage first access survey now open to ALL participants!

The people at the Ngage blog have opened their survey to everyone that has taken part in the programme. This includes everybody that downloaded the sisx file from this blog, and the other blogs hosting the installation file.

Considering that originally Ikona was claiming that the "other" installation file for firat access was possibly dangerous and wasn't supported, maybe the feedback from N81 users just wasn't enoough.

Anyways, head over here and fill out the survey to get your free goodies and of course to help improve N-Gage!

Please remember to fill out the survey honestly and not to write junk as this may mean you won't get the free game or community points.

Thanks go to Tzer2!

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Time Lapse photography with the Nokia Nseries and others!

The majority of the Nseries range from Nokia are equipped with fantastic cameras. Along with this the camera application has a range of features available to the user...
According to Wikipedia, Time Lapse photogrpahy is "a cinematography technique whereby each film frame is captured at a rate much slower than it will be played back." You've probably seen time lapse being used if you regularly watch the news or nature documentaries. However, this is a blog about phones (The finest fones to be precise) so I'll be showing you how to make a time lapse video using your S60 device!

What you'll need:

• A S60 device with a camera.
• A subject for your video.
• A tripod.
• Python for S60.
• Resize JPEGs.
• Make AVI.
  
• Time.

Things in italics are optional.

In this guide I'll be providing details on how to create a time lapse video based on what is available on my N95 8GB. I'm aware that some older devices don't have the option to continuously take pictures so you'll need to download your appropriate version of Python and then get this .py script from here.

Getting the pictures:

First of all, make sure that there's enough space for all the pictures you'll need on your memory card/internal memory.

Choose the subject(s) of your video.

Use a tripod to make sure your phone stays still or just balance it on a flat surface.

Open up your camera application and scroll down to 'Sequence mode',click on it.


Depending on the subject of your project, select the amount of time between the shots. If you're doing something like a flower opening, 10 seconds per shot won't really do anything but make your video larger/longer than if it were maybe 1 minute per image captured.



Align your shot, hit the fire button and leave your phone alone.

Making the pictures into a video:

Get all of the pictures that your phone has taken and put them into a folder on your computer.

Grab Resize JPEGs and MakeAVI from the top of this page.

Open Resize JPEGs and change the size of all of the images to VGA (640X480).

Open MakeAVI and import all of the pictures. Set the framerate and click Begin! select the codec of your choice and the application will begin stitching the images together into a video.

The finished product:

Here are some examples of videos that I've made:

As you can see, the subjectwas my favourite Pokemon clock :) It's a total of 795 pictures taken at 10 second intervals and playedat 20 frames per second.



This one is just the sun coming up. It's 2,389 images also 10 seconds between them but this time at 30 frames per second.

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N95-1 receives flash video support in latest V21 FW - Available now!

The N95-1 has seen a number of updates in its time bringing about improved stability and of course, great new features. The latest of these is V21 which brings the classic N95 almost up to par with the behemoth that is the N95 8GB. Read on to find out how to get this upgrade.

The update is available in most Nokia Service Centers in Europe but is currently unavailable via NSU (Nokia Software Updater). This should change within the next few days but if you're one of those people that just can't wait then the update can be downloaded. You'll need atleast Phoenix 2007.

The file can be found HERE.

Please remember that this update should become available within a few days, if you're not one for taking risks or aren't well accustomed to Phoenix, please wait for the update to become available via NSS.

I ACCEPT NO LIABILITY FOR ANYTHING YOU DO WITH YOUR PHONE. YOU PERFORM THIS UPDATE AT YOUR OWN RISK AND I WILL NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY FAILED/BOTCHED UPDATES.

Enjoy!

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Couldn't sign RotateMe with open signed online? Now you can!

RotateMe is one of the most popular applications for Symbian at the moment, it allows you to change the orientation of your phone's screen and can even use the accelorometer to do this automatically. Unfortunately, because of SSS, (STUPID Symbian Signed) people who have recently bought their phones have been unable to sign RotateMe due to limitiations imposed by SSS...UNTIL NOW.

I was browsing the highly informative and friendly Symbian Freak forums and found a post by MORF, who is a regular at the forums. This is the post:

"btw, Russian developer fann95 created python app which can change UID and create new checksum. But it is only beta, it can't change dll's UID; only exe.
Not all apps works with this modification, but some works properly (he said)"

Basically, somebody who calls themself Fann95 has been able to create an application to edit the UID of sis files in a manner that will allow them to be signed using Open Signed! This means all you people who have recently purchased a S60 device and have been longing for RotateMe can now have it. Samir has of course said that he'll soon be editing all of his applications to allow for them to be signed using Stupid Symbian Signed's open signed tool but if you're just to eager to have auto rotation on your phone, download the open signed compatible version of RotateMe NOW.

EDIT: Upon further inspection, it seems that this solution doesn't work as planned. As I mentioned above, though, Samir will soon be releasing edited versions of his popular applications. Sorry for any inconveniences!

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Bluetooth fun – Phonebooks, SMS, Contacts, “Bluesnarfing” and more with BTINFO

Bluetooth has become a standard feature in almost every phone releases since around 2004. It allows the wireless transfer of data between connected devices. But, there are some more things you can do with Bluetooth than just send a few pictures or your favourite songs to friends and family, like, umm...viewing their sent and received messages, exploring their contacts and initiating calls all from your own phone and without having to touch theirs.

These are things that many internet searchers are looking to be able to do on their phones. Some people have even capitalised on this by offering the FREE solution on internet auction sites like eBay and with many thousands purchasing it. The solution that I’m talking about is BT INFO, a Java application by Marek Šedivý. Seeing as it’s a java application, basically every phone on the current market can use it.

Here’s a summary of what BT INFO is capable of doing:

NOTE: The success of BT INFO is dependent on the manufacturer and model of your phone; some phones will be more vulnerable than others, for example when connecting to a Sony Ericsson you can do basically anything, but with a Nokia it’s more limited. Please ensure that Bluetooth is on before starting the application.

First things first – connecting to the other phone. There is of course a downside to this application, initially you must pair with and authenticate a connection with the phone you’ll be exploring so no phonebook snooping on the bus for you my friend! If you have easy access to the phone, you can just set it to always allow connections from you without any confirmation messages occurring.

Once you open BT INFO for the first time, you’ll see this page on your screen:


Scroll down to ‘Jazyk’, click it and select English.

Now you can connect to a device. From the main menu select Connect.

Then inquiry devices.

You should now have a list of phones with Bluetooth on.

Select the phone you wish to explore
You should see a page with the phone’s Bluetooth MAC address. Click it. On S60 a message will pop up asking you if you want to allow BT INFO to use connectivity applications, press yes.

Now is where the other phone will be alerted of your connection attempt and they’ll need to enter a pass code first. I usually just use 1. Once you’re paired successfully you’ll see this for about a second:

And then this, what you’ve been waiting for:



From here, depending on the phone, the options you’ll see are:

• Informations
Gives you information about the phone: Battery level, Signal level, Phone model, IMEI number and firmware version. You’ll only be able to see the battery level when connected to a Nokia phone, with a SE you’ll see everything.

• Ringing
You can initiate the ringtones of the phone depending on which profile mode they’re set for.

• Calls
You can dial a number, hang up a call, put a call on hold or dial the last called number.

• Change Language
You can change the language depending on the languages available on the phone’s firmware. This doesn’t work on a Nokia.

• Keys
You can control the Joystick, certain other buttons like camera and volume up, number buttons and Java?

• Pressed Keys
You can control the phone with a skin of a phone on your screen, default is W800.

• Phonebook
You can see all entries in the phonebook and save them too.

• Reading SMS
Read all sent and received messages, time received/sent is displayed.

• Silent Mode
Put the phone into or out of silent mode.

• Phone Functionality
You can change the functionality of the phone; Change it from fully functional, to minimally functional. You can set it to GSM mode only or WCDMA only or even stop it from receiving signals. All of this can be fixed with a restart I believe.

• Ring Volume
Change ringing volume

• Alarms
Change alarms, create new ones or remove pre-set ones.

• Clock
Change the clock time.

• Locks
Change keypad lock. status

• Clip
I don’t know.

• Clir
Don’t know either.

• Operator
I think you can select the operator.

• Profiles
Change profiles.

• Java
Don’t know.

• Media Player
Open the media player, change tracks etc.

• Text
Write text in the text editor.

• SE Applications
Various Sony Ericsson applications.

• Calendar
Make changes to the calendar.

• Key Sound
Change the key-press volume level.

• Temperature
View temperature levels.

• My Devices
Bluetooth device names, nothing can be changed.

• Volume Level
Change the volume level.

• Memory Status
View memory status of the phone, memory card and internal memory.

• Radio Icon
Toggles between displaying and not displaying the radio icon.

• Keylock
Change the keylock settings... Again.

• Operations>
Don’t know.

• Custom Command
Don’t really know how this one works.

• Connection
Details about the connection between the phone you’re connected to and your phone.

You can download BT INFO along with many over Java applications from the developer’s site here. Or just download BT INFO straight from here.

Enjoy!

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