[XAP] Safely RELOCK your phone (Samsung Only)

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This tool is to RELOCK your phone (NOT UNLOCK!!) This tool only works on Samsung devices!

So why would you want to lock your phone?? Well, one reason: to do a legit unlock.

Many of you may have used all kinds of methods to unlock your phone and then applied the "Prevent relock" settings. This also prevents to do any further locking/unlocking. You can't do a legit unlock, even if you wanted. Also, if you relock your phone you may not be able to unlock your phone anymore. You lock yourself out, because your phone can't communicate with the Microsoft servers anymore. You will first need to restore the settings for this communication. If you don't do that, and you lock yourself out, only a hard-reset will safe you.

This tool will completely restore your unlock settings: This will LOCK your phone back to original!

After you relocked your phone you can unlock your phone with a legit AppHub account or with the new Chevron Tool, which was released today. So when you use the relock-tool, be sure you have means to do a legit unlock or else you won't be able to unlock your phone!

After you successfully unlocked your phone again, you can apply Interop Unlock again.

DISCLAIMER

Use this tool at your own risk! You may want to make a backup of your phone first, before you start playing with locking/unlocking! I will not take any responsibility for lock-outs or any other damage caused directly or indirectly by using this tool!

Ciao,
Heathcliff74

As usual thanks for the .xap !

Am I right that the prevent from relocking hack is one reason why a lot of people have problems with the new Chevron unlocker ?

I think samsung users can deploy your xap without any risk because they can unlock their devices anytime with the diagnosis app... Good to have this xap just for the case.

Anyway I don´t see any reason why I should waste the 9 bucks for the new unlocker... It makes only sense for 2nd gen devices and only if you are able to interop-unlock the device....

Greetz


contable

Originally Posted by contable

As usual thanks for the .xap !

Am I right that the prevent from relocking hack is one reason why a lot of people have problems with the new Chevron unlocker ?

Could be, but I really wouldn't know for sure.

Originally Posted by contable

I think samsung users can deploy your xap without any risk because they can unlock their devices anytime with the diagnosis app... Good to have this xap just for the case.

That's only if you have put the xml in the provxml folder before! This could be done manually or using the interop-unlock-exploit. If you didn't do that, you do need to have other means (like the new Chevron unlocker).

Originally Posted by contable

Anyway I don´t see any reason why I should waste the 9 bucks for the new unlocker... It makes only sense for 2nd gen devices and only if you are able to interop-unlock the device....

Greetz


contable

One reason could be that you have to hard-reset for some reason and you don't want to revert to RTM. Also if you just want to experiment with locking/unlocking. I was in the beta-program for the Chevron tool, so I created this tool for myself to do the tests for Chevron team.

Ciao,
Heathcliff74

For sure the .xml files have to be in provxml folder before.

I think updating an OMNIA 7 from 7004 to 7720 doesn´t take so much time either.
Yesterday I did it again because I wanted to get the latest T-Mobile Germany firmware: 2424.11.9.4.

The only annoying thing is that atm I need 2 laptops because my main laptop I have updated to SDK 7.1 and the "old" chevron unlocker doesn´t work anymore...

Originally Posted by contable

For sure the .xml files have to be in provxml folder before.

I think updating an OMNIA 7 from 7004 to 7720 doesn´t take so much time either.
Yesterday I did it again because I wanted to get the latest T-Mobile Germany firmware: 2424.11.9.4.

The only annoying thing is that atm I need 2 laptops because my main laptop I have updated to SDK 7.1 and the "old" chevron unlocker doesn´t work anymore...

Well, there's another reason for the new Chevron unlocker. Take a close look the Chevron certificate: expiration date = 2011/11/25. That's in a few weeks from now. We could of course create a new cert and insert that in the old chevron tool. That would probably work too.

Originally Posted by Heathcliff74

Well, there's another reason for the new Chevron unlocker. Take a close look the Chevron certificate: expiration date = 2011/11/25. That's in a few weeks from now. We could of course create a new cert and insert that in the old chevron tool. That would probably work too.

That´s a valid argument for the new unlocker.

What about setting a wrong date before unlocking (maybe on device and desktop) ?

Edit:

Indeed it will expire soon... hmm

Are you able to edit the .cert ?

Very usefull.. Thanks..

Heath, strongly recommend you stop touching the Portal Urls in your unlock. Have a few folks who screwed their phones up, incl. my second Focus. "Cliffed" phones has a nice ring to it

Originally Posted by WithinRafael

Heath, strongly recommend you stop touching the Portal Urls in your unlock. Have a few folks who screwed their phones up, incl. my second Focus. "Cliffed" phones has a nice ring to it

My phone isn´t "Cliffed", but still without unlock, although I have paid my token yesterday... Besides I was 10 hours queued without success...

Is there any hope to get the server working again today ?

Originally Posted by WithinRafael

Heath, strongly recommend you stop touching the Portal Urls in your unlock. Have a few folks who screwed their phones up, incl. my second Focus. "Cliffed" phones has a nice ring to it

Hi Raphael!

LOL I get your point. But I don't think Interop Unlock is possible without modifying the produrl's. If they are not cleared, the Interop Unlock will be undone everytime you sync with Zune.

But I think this is someyhing people should be aware of. So I will add a comment on that in the opening post of the Interop Unlock thread.

Actually, there is not much damage if you used the Interop Unlock. If you relocked your phone after Interop Unlock, you can unlock it again by doing step 8 - 11 again. That's it.

Edit: worst-case-scenario: a hard reset will fix it too.

Ciao,
Heathcliff74