How to register/developer Unlock Windows Phone 7 for free, even NoDo

[Paul_Hammons]

All,
Why all the fuss to Chevron Unlock or any other hack when you can just register it as a developer phone and unlock it officially for free????

Oh, maybe you all didn't know about the free part, maybe that is the piece of magic everyone is seeking...

Here is how to register your phone as a developer phone FOR FREE....

1. Get and verify a Dreamspark account. Two options here....
a. If you are a student with an email address ending in .edu just go to www.dreamspark.com, register and verify the email address.

2. Create an Apphub account and link it to your Dreamspark LiveId.
a. After Dreamspark is verified, go to http://create.msdn.com/en-US/ register your Windows Live ID and signup as a student. It will ask if you have a verified Dreamspark account, follow the steps to link the two accounts. (I didn't take screenshots but intuitive)

3. Populate your required profile information to the point that "My Dashboard-->My Windows Phone" does not show any more pending tasks.
a. You MUST go through the process to submit a "DummyApp" for Windows Mobile 6.5 to Windows MarketPlace before Geotrust will send you the email to verify your identity. Just put "Dummyapp for id verification" in the notes sections. You will have to upload a .cab and a bunch of icons that all have to be sized properly. Just take a .png file and resize it a bunch of times and upload it. Doesn't matter what it is.
b. Geotrust will send an email requesting you to verify some info. I received it about 10 minutes after submitting my app, but could take 24 hours. I answered 4 questions, and then about 2 hours later Apphub took off the "identity verification pending" alert.
c. I also submitted my bank account info, but not sure if this was necessary.

4. Download the Windows phone developer tools from here http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=04704acf-a63a-4f97-952c-8b51b34b00ce

5. Run the Windows Phone Developer Registration tool. Sign in with Windows Live ID you registered at AppHub, connect your phone and make sure it is not screen locked, viola, Windows 7 Phone now unlocked. And you can unlock 2 other Windows 7 phones too for a total of 3 phones.

Total process took less than 24 hours due to waiting on Geotrust and MS confirm.
-Paul

 

[GuestK00306]

This is only for students,so its not really an option for everyone

Sent from my 7 Pro T7576 using Board Express

 

[Paul_Hammons]

Follow the link on 1B above if you are not a student or do not have a .edu email address. Works just fine.

 

[SD5150]

Follow the link on 1B above if you are not a student or do not have a .edu email address. Works just fine.

I assume he ment that Dreamspark is for students that cannot afford the software but can bring in revenue to Microsoft with the program and games they create. So, if you signup under the guise of a student, you can kind of defrauding Microsoft. But I guess that is a moral issue, so most people may not care. But, there are also schools and online classes that do not provide any sort of educational email addresses, so having a way to gain access as someone studying and taking classes, is nice. So, in those cases I think its ok. I personally use a Austraila.edu email since my online classes didn't provide anything. But, this might be a nice way to get an unlock if you are NoDo and can Go(do) back.

 

[suprmatt]

I keep getting the following error when I get to step 2a:

WE’RE SORRY. AN ERROR HAS OCCURRED.

We have detected an error while processing the page you were looking for. We apologize for the inconvenience. Please try again.

View App Hub FAQ
A01/7J9W


Any ideas what that is?


EDIT: weird.... I just tried it again (for the fourth time) and it worked. So if you get the above error, just keep trying.

 

[varavut]

I live in country that App hub does not support. Can anyone help me please?

 

[MAHDi25]

AppHub confirmation step3 is disabled and NEXT button not working

 

[Pyls]

Hmmm only have one problem.
You have to submit an APP and does it come up in marketplace ?.
Dont know how to get a "Dummy APP" to put on market for Winmobile 6.5 or 7.

If you can just put in a random app witch does not get in marketplace then i guess its no problem.
*edit*

Made a Winphone 7 app that does not have any purpose, lets check what happens

 

[FJosep]

All this works.

Sadly I failed the geotrust verification, so I have to send a signed document with a copy of my national ID. Let's hope they believe my history about living in the states but having a ID of another country.

 

[imatulo]

All works fine until i had to verify my account after publishing the dummy app. But now verifying failed and i have to send them my copy of id etc. But how the hell could i send them my info when i give them fake ( generated ) info?

 

[Marvin_S]

All this works.

Sadly I failed the geotrust verification, so I have to send a signed document with a copy of my national ID. Let's hope they believe my history about living in the states but having a ID of another country.

I just said im not from the states but im allowed to have a free marketplace account since im dreamspark verified so this is my dutch passport and it was fine, no lies and we dont have a marketplace either. I had to sign it as well its a 5 minute job and if it takes to long you can open up a chat session and they will process it straight away. I think they are not even reading it haha, i started a chatsession didnt say a word, signed off and minute late got the you are verifie mail.

 

[imatulo]

Man please how did you send them that letter? Can you show me some screenshot how it looks like ? x)

 

[ignatious]

Man please how did you send them that letter? Can you show me some screenshot how it looks like ? x)

hmmmm ........... APP HUB stops me at create account?

Is the page flawed?

 

[Paul_Hammons]

So has anyone else confirmed they have unlocked their phone following this process? I see a few of you working toward it.
-Paul

 

[drkfngthdragnlrd]

This worked for me. I can unlock up to 3 devices. Only used one so far.

 

[moonshines]

This worked for me. I can unlock up to 3 devices. Only used one so far.

can you share to me one so i can also unlock mine?lol

 

[drkfngthdragnlrd]

can you share to me one so i can also unlock mine?lol

Sadly it'd require me giving you my Windows Live ID & password, which I'm not exactly fond of lol. You need to enter it into the unlocker tool installed on the pc the device is connected to. Just folow the information giving by the OP closely with your real information (don't make up a fake ID) & it'll work. It took a couple hrs for me to finally get verified.

 

[mikeeam]

Where is 1B?

Removed..?!

 

[Marvin_S]

Man please how did you send them that letter? Can you show me some screenshot how it looks like ? x)

No because it contains my id and autograph.
But its very simple, just print the mail they snend you, fill in everything add a copy of your id, scan it and email it back. Its not even a letter, just add what i said above as your motivation.

Did you received the email from geotrust?

 

[FJosep]

****, I'm stucked again.

The apphub doesn't let me choose my country, so I chose USA and now geotrust rejects my documentation because it's not from the USA.

Ahh, Microsoft, always fu*king the third world.