What we need to do...

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Hello,

I just got my kin two the other day but have been doing research on hacking it for a couple of weeks now. I am no hacker or programmer but do have some knowledge. I think we need to look at things in a couple of ways based on what I have been seeing in regards to what is working and what isn't.

The most promising thing I have seen so far is a zune hack. This phone is basically a zune with a phone. Windows CE and Tegra APX 2600. I was also successful in viewing the files on my kin two in windows explorer as a flash drive using the same hack that was available for the Zune. The Zune has been jailbroke. We should be able to do the same on this phone. One thing I was looking at is the XNA development kit from Microsoft that is used to program for Zune. There is a glitch in it that allows free access to Windows CE on the Zune. If we could get this program to recognize the Kin Two as a Zune, I believe we could get in!

Another option is finding an exploit (possibly in the browser). Run some javascript which executes some shell code allowing us access to the phone. This is basically a "drive-by-download" which has been done many times on pc's.

I am more interested in looking into the similarities with the zune at the moment but one thing is for sure, we do need more interest in this phone. I recommend asking experienced programmers on hacking forums or anywhere. Also... college computer science and software engineers are always in need of projects. Many times you can talk to the department head and a student could work on it for a project. So, if you have a college in your area, go talk to them. We need to spread the word and get people interested in the possibilities of this phone!!!

Lets hack this thing!!!!!

Have you guys tried asking help from Olipro or Cmonex? These guys are masters at creating HardSPL on Windows Mobile, maybe they can help out with this? It might even be a challenge for them.

Originally Posted by NeoS2007

Have you guys tried asking help from Olipro or Cmonex? These guys are masters at creating HardSPL on Windows Mobile, maybe they can help out with this? It might even be a challenge for them.

Counting that the above it's true, the problem is that we still have no drivers nor known way to "flash"/write the "created" HardSPL or a ROM on the device.

At least not that i know (no experience on the topic).

If they also find a way to do so, i could do nothing less than bow em.

We shoudl try and find some of the actual M$ devs that worked on this project. Surely they are angry about how things turned out and would be willing to dish :) Anyone seen any docs listing developers?

One word: NDA

Anyway, you dont need any docs, you could find most of them just doing google searchs.

"site:linkedin.com kin phone"

Meh.