ChevronWP7 Unlocker & Cert download - *here* + video tutorial

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Talys

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ceesheim said:
yes yes and yes :(
it tell's you that the installation was successful

its the app that is bugging me and I don't know way , killed the firewall and anti-virus and skype actually I almost killed the whole pc :(
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I turned off firewall as well, made no difference. For me the problems/symptoms were:

1. No registry entry: Chevron immediately went to error
2. No cer: Chevron showed screen with 2 check boxes but Unlock caused error

BTW, worst case scenario... you could just break down, spend $99, and register as a developer (then you can unlock their phone to developer mode using the authorized MS tool).

I will probably do that soon anyhow; I do want to play around with writing WP7 apps and I pay MS for all sorts of stuff every year anyways. It was never about the $$ -- it's just that there's just so more satisfaction in installing something that's home brewed. Even if it takes, like, ten times longer, and there's the fear of bricking a phone! Hmm... perhaps that's what makes it all the more exciting? o_O
 
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Talys said:
I turned off firewall as well, made no difference. For me the problems/symptoms were:

1. No registry entry: Chevron immediately went to error
2. No cer: Chevron showed screen with 2 check boxes but Unlock caused error

BTW, worst case scenario... you could just break down, spend $99, and register as a developer (then you can unlock their phone to developer mode using the authorized MS tool).

I will probably do that soon anyhow; I do want to play around with writing WP7 apps and I pay MS for all sorts of stuff every year anyways. It was never about the $$ -- it's just that there's just so more satisfaction in installing something that's home brewed. Even if it takes, like, ten times longer, and there's the fear of bricking a phone! Hmm... perhaps that's what makes it all the more exciting? o_O
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The authorized MS tool is just as unreliable, in fact is more unreliable because it makes the phone try to download something which doesn't work every time.
 
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ceesheim

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thanks for explaining , I tried the tool and it gifs me the exact error (cannot connect the phone :confused:

there has to be something blocking it on my system but I don't know what :mad:

do you have any ideas ?
 
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This is all great and all but I'm assuming Microsoft will patch this with an update. If development has stopped for ChevronWP7...

Enjoy it while you can.

-Mc
 
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For everyone having troubles with "connect your phone" when trying to unlock, try this:

Go to (Win 7 at least):

C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc

And right click on "hosts" and uncheck the "read-only" checkbox. Unlock the phone and put the file read-only again.

HTH.
 
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5. Make sure registry is modified:

Code: 
 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsPhone\ProxyPorts]“DeviceReg”=dword:000069C5
I think the WP7 developer tools from MS does this, but you can add it in manually (it's a 32bit DWORD)

Can someone show me how to do this step (as simple to follow as possible plz) thx
 
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u guys are awesome. hella sucked when i exchanged my hd7 for a new one cause the old one had dead pixels. i had the old one unlocked and relocked it for return. when i got the replacement i found they removed everything. this is a life saver.
 
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akachay said:
5. Make sure registry is modified:

Code: 
 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsPhone\ProxyPorts]“DeviceReg”=dword:000069C5
I think the WP7 developer tools from MS does this, but you can add it in manually (it's a 32bit DWORD)

Can someone show me how to do this step (as simple to follow as possible plz) thx
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Go to start and click on run or in win7 in the search box type notepad, then paste that full path and save as .txt once its saved rightclick and rename .txt to .reg then double click hit yes yes to all the promtes then reboot should do it.
 
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akachay said:
5. Make sure registry is modified:

Code: 
 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsPhone\ProxyPorts]“DeviceReg”=dword:000069C5
I think the WP7 developer tools from MS does this, but you can add it in manually (it's a 32bit DWORD)
thx
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What if I skipped that step, but everything worked out?
 
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Talys

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kangu said:
What if I skipped that step, but everything worked out?
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If it works, don't fix it :)

Remember the WP7 dev tools will add this registry entry. If you want to see if the registry entry is there:

1. Click start
2. type regedit (just hit enter on win 7, for xp use start -> run -> regedit.exe)
3. Expand Computer
4. Expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
5. Expand SOFTWARE
6. Expand Microsoft
7. Look for WindowsPhone (<-- No space, so probably after Windows Search)
8. If it's not there, the registry entry wasn't installed.
9. If it is, Expand, and look for ProxyPorts
10. Look for the DeviceReg DWORD.

If you want to manually create the entry, just follow steps 1-6. If WindowsPhone isn't there, right click Microsoft and select New Key, type WindowsPhone (NO SPACE).

Then right click WindowsPhone and select New Key -> ProxyPorts
Finally, click ProxyPorts, right clic the right hand panel, selectNew DWORD (32-bit) and give it the value that's posted above.
 
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    iridium21
    iridium21
    As people may know, Chevron have removed their unlocker download for WP7 :( so I thought I'd archive it and make it available for everyone here still:

    http://www.megaupload.com/?d=JY0ZFVKD

    EDIT: Thanks to Cendaryn we also have the required security certificate :) - the easiest way (thanks to Talys) to install the cert and unlock your WP7 is to do as follows:

    1. Unzip file, and attach chevronwp7.cer (see below for file) to an e-mail to yourself
    2. Open email in WP7
    3. Tap attachment once, turns it into a shield, tap it again, goes to install certificate screen with white letters on black screen
    4. Click install at the bottom

    5. Make sure registry is modified:

    Code: 
     [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsPhone\ProxyPorts]“DeviceReg”=dword:000069C5
    I think the WP7 developer tools from MS does this, but you can add it in manually (it's a 32bit DWORD)

    6. Plug in phone and leave Zune running
    7. Run chevronwp7.exe, click both checkboxes
    8. Click unlock

    Excellent video tutorial here thanks to Jaxbot

    [Edit 8th Dec 2010]

    Worried that Microsoft has relocked your phone? They haven't, look here

    [Edit 20th January 2011]

    Want to keep your unlocked HTC from re-locking every sync? See here

    Hope this helps someone.
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    Drakosha
    Drakosha
    Possible solution to Chevron problems.

    Hello to all!

    I think, I've finally found the reason why Chevron almost never works. After a few days of struggle, I managed to successfully unlock my HD2 three times in a row, all by the same trick.
    The idea is to change the IP which Chevron emulates DURING the process of jailbreak. Here's step-by-step.

    1 - Disable LAN card in your PC (Control Panel\Network and Internet\Network Connections\ right click on "Local Area Connection" and choose "disable"). It is very important to disable ALL connections, but you MUST remember which one is used for Internet access (see below, why).

    2 - Do all the standard steps of unlock - install certificate, start WPConnect e.t.s. When Chevron fails to unlock - LEAVE IT OPEN.

    3. Start Notepad and open hosts. Delete lines added by Chevron (at the bottom). Save. LEAVE NOTEPAD OPEN.

    4. Press Win+R and enter IPConfig /flushdns , press "enter". CMD window will blink for a second - that's normal.

    5. Press Win+R again (there will be IPConfig /flushdns typed already), but DO NOT PRESS "ENTER", just leave this window open.

    6. Now the trick. Start WPConnect. WHILE it connects, continue to repeatedly press "Unlock" button in Chevron, until the black CMD window of WPconnect disappears. Chevron will fail to do its job, but that's in fact is the very thing we need.

    7. Now, do not touch Chevron window, just return to Network Connections and ENABLE yor LAN card.

    8. Go to Notepad and JUST CLICK "Save", do not alter anything inside.

    9. Return to the window with the typed command IPConfig /flushdns . Press Enter.

    10. Start WPConnect, WAIT until it disappears, and press "Unlock" button in Chevron. You're done - this time unlock would work.

    At least, it worked for me 3 times in a row, while NO other ways worked.

    Best regards - Draco.

    P.S. If you have firewall - disable it before doing anything.

    P.P.S. Win7 from NAND + MDJ Desire HD 4.4 from SD = best phone in the world :)
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    Cendaryn
    Cendaryn
    ceesheim said:
    so who saved the .cert on his pc ?
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    aaahm.... I guess I have something for you :)
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    sushovande
    Succeeded

    Okay so here is *everything* I did to succeed in re-unlocking my Samsung Focus

    1. Have Winphone developer tools installed
    2. Connect Phone via USB
    3. Wait till zune starts and sync completes
    4. Verify that zune is not in a guest relationship
    5. open a command prompt, type netstat -a to confirm that port 443 is not being used
    6. open an admin command prompt, navigate to c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\ then type notepad hosts and delete any references to windowsphone developer services
    7. go to the settings on the phone and turn airplane mode on (so that the phone is forced to use internet via zune)
    8. While the phone is still on the settings page, run Chevron with admin privileges

    And it worked!
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    TehPenguin
    TehPenguin
    If you are having issues, you should also make sure that your machine isn't running anything that may be using port 443 (including IIS, Skype, etc)
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