Hey everyone,
Just had an idea today that we should pledge donations to Heathcliff74 if he could get us an interop unlock for the Lumia 800. I think he was very close to getting it before the Network Setup software got updated. I personally would throw in $30 for it, anyone else willing to do the same?
Also, if anyone could explain to me how to dump apps off of a phone, I could provide a copy of Network Setup 1.13.0 for the tinkering types to have a go at.
He got given a free Nokia Lumia 800 a couple of weeks ago as did four other top xda developers/hackers so I'm pretty sure it and other projects are being worked on as we speak.
I have been waiting on the Lumia 800 luanch in Australia for some time now and I have been emailing Nokia in regards to tethering on the handset as I need it for use with my laptop for work. Nokia rep have been saying its coing in a future update but I rang Nokia nd they said that the comments are misinformed and that tethering is never coming. I then email Nokia australia and was told the same thing that it is never coming and so I emailed back giving links of the net which say it is and this is the responce I got...
SR#: 1-12181103339
Hi Nathan,
Thank you for your response.
We still affirm on our previous statement that Wi-Fi tethering is not obtainable in Nokia Lumia 800. Please be advised that the Wi-Fi tethering is a hardware dependent application which makes the Nokia Lumia 800 unequipped for it.
Please feel free to write back to us if you need further assistance with this case. You may also contact one of our friendly Technical Support Executives at 1-300 366 733 from 8am to 8pm, AEST, seven days a week. For online assistance, please visit ‘ASK Nokia’ at our website www.nokia.com.au/asknokia
Regards,
Casey C.
Email Support Executive
Nokia Careline
WHAT THE HELL? Its now a hardware issue and isnt ever coming? I will be cancelling my pre-order as it is definately a serious disfunction and the yes it is, no it isnt stance from Nokia is a joke. I NEED it for work and so the Lumia 800 is now not appropiate for me.
Thoughts?
What the hell? AFAIK before they fixed the Network configuration utility, it was possible to do the interop unlock and enable the tethering manually in registry (am I right?). Now they say it's not possible at all? Don't get me started!
N3croman said:
What the hell? AFAIK before they fixed the Network configuration utility, it was possible to do the interop unlock and enable the tethering manually in registry. Now they say it's not possible at all? Don't get me started!
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I really doubt that. I guess the Lumia 800 needs to have some drivers in order to enable tethering. There is currently no way to add tethering. I called the Nokia hotline as well and they said that there will be no tethering. However the salesman that sold me the device promised me tethering in a future update. I guess it was false advertising :-/
Hey, but wait! HTC Titan Comes with integrated wifi tethering and it have the same Qualcomm MSM8255T as Lumia.
Doesn't it makes it possible to bring this function to the Lumia?
Unless tethering is connected with different module...
Maszt said:
Hey, but wait! HTC Titan Comes with integrated wifi tethering and it have the same Qualcomm MSM8255T as Lumia.
Doesn't it makes it possible to bring this function to the Lumia?
Unless tethering is connected with different module...
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First of all we would need to possibility to either have full access to the phone to include the drivers or the ability to install custom ROMs. The second problem I can think of is that those are HTC drivers that are connected to other parts of HTC related things. I place more hope in the Lumia 900, that offers tethering. Maybe we'll hear something at MWC in a few days.
But if it depends on MSM8255T, then Nokia shouldn't have any problem updating, or even writing driver for this function.
Or may be Nokia does not want to admit the real reason why they do not want to activate tethering - so they think out a fairytale about the HW disability.
It is not the first time such a case happens.
It would not be any surprise for me Lumia 800 will not be provided with tethering and they will use it for some questionable reasons for to the first time for Lumia 900.
Yeah you'd only need to get the phone interop unlocked (was possible before with a Nokia Network Setting vulnerability) and just edit the registry little bit. The Nokia Lumia hardware can 100% surely do tethering, if they have proper drivers. So it's all software. I remember when I unlocked the tethering on my Samsung Omnia 7 months before the official tethering update was pushed out.
Ok, another source. The nokia support in germany states here that a tethering update will come in early 2012. So I guess well have to be patient...
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Apon speaking to one of the heads at Nokia to get this clarified. I got this response...
>Hi Nathan,
>
>Apologies for late reply, I have been out of range since yesterday morning.
>I have spoken to the Product team and the Nokia Care team and both have confirmed >that the advice provided by the Careline in this circumstance is wrong.
>I have forwarded the email onto Nokia Care in our corporate office and they will clarify >with the Careline and the Moore Park store that the wi-fi tethering feature is software >dependent and not a hardware limitation as has been suggested.
>This feature will become available shortly to customers who upgrade their software.
>
>Thanks for bringing this to our attention and we will rectify immediately.
When pushed on the time frame he said "we are aiming for 4 weeks from launch" and launch in Australia is March 4th. SO good news and hopefully not too long to wait.
bnathan said:
Apon speaking to one of the heads at Nokia to get this clarified. I got this response...
>Hi Nathan,
>
>Apologies for late reply, I have been out of range since yesterday morning.
>I have spoken to the Product team and the Nokia Care team and both have confirmed >that the advice provided by the Careline in this circumstance is wrong.
>I have forwarded the email onto Nokia Care in our corporate office and they will clarify >with the Careline and the Moore Park store that the wi-fi tethering feature is software >dependent and not a hardware limitation as has been suggested.
>This feature will become available shortly to customers who upgrade their software.
>
>Thanks for bringing this to our attention and we will rectify immediately.
When pushed on the time frame he said "we are aiming for 4 weeks from launch" and launch in Australia is March 4th. SO good news and hopefully not too long to wait.
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You need to print that email out, when the update arrives, march down to the place of business where you were told it would never happen, rub their noses in it and say "bad dog!".
It was Nokia Care who told me it wasn't coming. Not a store. I work for a retailer here in Australia and was trying to get the correct, honest answer for my customers and for all our stores customers.
No one wants to be lied to or misinformed and I am pretty impressed with Nokia that they corrected the wrong answer given by their own care centre. Add to this the woman who gave the wrong information rang me today to apologise and say she had now updated the care centers info so no one gets the wrong information again.
I GUARANTEE no other company would do that level of customer service. I deal with Samsung, Apple, HTC and many more and know they don't care to that degree.
bnathan said:
It was Nokia Care who told me it wasn't coming. Not a store. I work for a retailer here in Australia and was trying to get the correct, honest answer for my customers and for all our stores customers.
No one wants to be lied to or misinformed and I am pretty impressed with Nokia that they corrected the wrong answer given by their own care centre. Add to this the woman who gave the wrong information rang me today to apologise and say she had now updated the care centers info so no one gets the wrong information again.
I GUARANTEE no other company would do that level of customer service. I deal with Samsung, Apple, HTC and many more and know they don't care to that degree.
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I'm always happy to hear when a company is quick to correct any issues rather than dismiss the problem or blame the end user (in the case of the iPhone antenna fiasco).
Hey guys,
Would anybody happen to know where I can get a hold of the PCB/PWB/Motherboard (whatever you want to call it.) of a Lumia 800?
Yes, I know I'm a fool for letting myself damage it, but I can't resist my urges sometimes.
Thanks in advance for the help, and yes, I have tried Google.
You'll probably be better of getting a new phone at this point. I am fairly sure the PCB as spare part would be more expensive. Lumia 800 sells in the UK for around 140 sterling right now..
Hi there.
I've been looking for a new phone recently and the Nokia Lumia 920 has caught my attention to the point where I'm hopelessly in love with it. Currently there's a Developer Edition on eBay that I want to bid on but I'm not entirely sure what the implications of buying a Developer Edition will be. Can anyone elaborate what it will actually mean for me, the user of the phone? Are there any downsides, or is it exactly the same as the final edition?
Cheers.
I'm using a dev edition. It's appears to be exactly the same as the Canadian version (unlocked pentaband phone). It didn't come with a charger or even a normal usb cable (they included a cable that was 5 cm length, weird) but other than that it's the same.
Because it's not a carrier specific phone, it doesn't have the settings for the carrier's APN preset, but you just go into the settings-Access Point to do that.
That also means you won't need to wait for any carrier to approve updates (I know that's supposed to be the case for everyone with WP8, but Microsoft said the same thing with WP7 and it didn't work out)
Hi guys,
what do you think about setting a bounty for a Nokia Lumia 920 bootloader hack or jailbreak for Windows Phone 8, like they did for the GS4 Active in this thread here.
Tell what you think about that, maybe geohot needs money
Grabbag
Grabbag said:
Hi guys,
what do you think about setting a bounty for a Nokia Lumia 920 bootloader hack or jailbreak for Windows Phone 8, like they did for the GS4 Active in this thread here.
Tell what you think about that, maybe geohot needs money
Grabbag
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The reason why I own two HTC Titan (Eternity) smart phones are...it is the last Windows Phone that could be successfully bootloader unlocked. The next generation Titan, the Titan II (Radiance) is impossible to HSPL and no device since can be HSPL; no HSPL, no custom roms. It's is a very good phone with one really aggravating issue; it is believed AT&T deliberately throttled the device's mobile data speed. I'd buy a Nokia Lumia 920 in a heartbeat were it not for the fact that there isn't a branded WP8 app that couldn't be home-brewed or 3rd party created for WP7.8 with one exception; Skype but the news isn't all bad because it doesn't run flawless either on WP8. I wish you good luck in your endeavor.
berrywr said:
The reason why I own two HTC Titan (Eternity) smart phones are...it is the last Windows Phone that could be successfully bootloader unlocked. The next generation Titan, the Titan II (Radiance) is impossible to HSPL and no device since can be HSPL; no HSPL, no custom roms. It's is a very good phone with one really aggravating issue; it is believed AT&T deliberately throttled the device's mobile data speed. I'd buy a Nokia Lumia 920 in a heartbeat were it not for the fact that there isn't a branded WP8 app that couldn't be home-brewed or 3rd party created for WP7.8 with one exception; Skype but the news isn't all bad because it doesn't run flawless either on WP8. I wish you good luck in your endeavor.
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There is Huawei W1 with unlocked bootloader, so I think WP 8 is not so unhackable, but nevertheless Huawei is very different then 920.
I'm in for such a quest..I donate money if we start raising such bounty.