How To Bypass Signing(All APPS) And Unlock Gps (Tk file explorer) Goatbreaking

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How To Bypass Signing(All APPS) And Unlock Gps (Tk file explorer) Goatbreaking

« on: June 27, 2009, 08:37:50 AM »

How To Bypass Signing and Unlock Gps

Things you will need :

-Samsung Eternity

-USB Cable found [here]

TkFile Explorer found [here]

USB Drivers Found [here] (Go to section "software")
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File information thanks to namelesstwo

A WORD ABOUT TK EXPLORER v2.2:
TK Explorer is a stable, well behaved app. It's not an intallable program, you just run it, so it doesn't install any files in Windows directories and it won't conflict with any Windows Processes.
It's a good idea to create a folder for it and name it TKExplorer2.2, or whatever you like. Then create a shortcut to your desktop or to the Quick Launch tray.
When you run the app for the first time you need to configure the port it's going to use to communicate with your phone (usually port #3, but it may be different in your phone), and the baud rate (make it 115600).

The app will create an .ini file with your settings. Contrary to what's been said, there's no need to delete the .ini file ever.
Once, you have properly installed the USB Modem Drivers, TK Explorer will work flawlessly. I've already tested it by doing this mod, and it works great. It loads smoothly, has never given me any error messages, and it sees my phone almost instantly every time I click on the "phone connect" icon.
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A WORD ABOUT THE USB MODEM DRIVER FILE:
Before attempting to do any modding, you first need to install the Samsung USB Modem Drivers file - MCCI_WHQL_USB_Modem_Driver_4.40.7.exe. We need to remember that the computer treats your phone as another peripheral, just like the KB or Mouse. If there are no drivers that will tell the computer there's a phone connected as a modem, it will never know the phone is there. So, a proper installation of these drivers is what will make the computer recognize your phone always, and TK Explorer see it every time you run it, without giving you any error messages.

The drivers installation is a three step process. The drivers file is an exe-zip file which will unzip the files to C:\Temp by default, but it also allows you to browse for another folder you want the files unzipped to. I like to make a folder in My Documents and name it "Samsung USB Modem Temp" so there is where I sent the files to. That's the First step.
The Second step is to go to the folder where all the files were unzipped, and click on the setup.exe. That will install the drivers files in "Samsung" folder located in the Program Files folder. But the drivers are not installed to your computer just yet. To do that you need to do the Third step.

Click on Start/Control Panel/System and click on the "Hardware" tab, then on the "Device Manager" button. That will bring out a window with a list of "network adapters" and "other devices" There you'll see the Samsung Drivers. Click on it and it will bring out a window which tells you the device is not enable and it will give you an option to install. Click on it. That will bring out another window which will start the installation. Make sure you set it at 115600 bauds. It will also give you a message saying that the device is not recognized by Windows and will ask if you want to continue. Click on continue install. That will complete the installation and all the drivers are now installed in your computer.

After the drivers are properly installed and recognized by your computer then proceed with the following:
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Bypassing The Signing Process What we call "Att Branding"

1. Download and install all of the programs listed above (Tk File Explorer, Usb Modem Drivers )
(please do not ask about connecting TK File Explorer Via Bluetooth, Most of us Do not do it, and Fails to connects more often)

2.Connect your usb cable to your phone and connect the usb cable to the computer.

3. Make sure Pc studios is fully closed check the Task Bar as well (Pc studio conflicts with Tk Causing the phone not to connect)

3. Open Tk File Explorer And Find your Com Port Like So

4. Tk File Explorer should connect (look below for troubleshooting)

5. In your phone directory Go to Exe --> Java --> games --> Selected game/app

6. Now Go to the directory Of your game/app

I chose Bolt (even though I ended up using bantam paint+)

Now Delete The Manifest

Now Delete the Contents of The appdb folder

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Now Your All Finished

Give Credit To

-Agoattamer
-Namelesstwo
-Specialist7
-Americo24
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Trouble Shoot

-Make sure Bluetooth is off, Phone must be on Pc studios , If not Put it on Pc studios and restart your phone.

Best Of luck

-Americo


« Last Edit: March 17, 2011, 01:59:48 PM by Toast »	Logged

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« Reply #1 on: June 27, 2009, 04:21:14 PM »

Thanks, Americo24, for posting all the info.

I did that hack to Bolt this morning, but it didn't work. The app gave me a Java error and wouldn't start, even after I took the battery out and rebooted the phone. So I had to delete it.

I also did it to Opera Mini, it gave me an error message and I closed it. Then reopened it and it has been working great since. I also got it fs-ts and can go back and forth between portrait and landscape mode without a hitch.

Then, it was amAzeGPS' turn (again). The app worked, but there's no sound for navigation. I did the settings.bin hack yesterday using the file from AAA Mobile, but it didn't have sound either. So, I guess I'll wait for v5.0.


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« Reply #2 on: June 27, 2009, 08:29:01 PM »

Not sure what you did nameless. This modifification is actually flawless. I should know, I discovered it. What it actually does is reinstall the app. So if you have it installed now and you do the modification correctly it is guaranteed 100% to work.

Here is what is happening with this modification. When you install an app OTA, Att allows the install but does not grant all permissions for the app to run . They have to have a certain level of signings to be accepted. Many have noticed this with the gps issue in Amaze. Or if you wanted to put maps on your phone for mgmaps the phone didnt allow mgmaps to see the memory card. According to ATT, only ATT signed apps are permitted to see the memory card or gps. So here lies our problem.

Way back someone came up with the TKFileExplorer install method for installing apps. They unfortunately didnt know what else this install method did. The method said to put the jad and the jar in a folder in your games folder on your phone and delete the file phodedb_data.00. What this accomplished was that when the phone reboot it installed the app when it rebuilt its file database. But they did not know that if you used a jad with permissions the phone also granted those permissions. Basically the app was installed under the radar of ATT's signing scanner. If the app granted permissions to see the gps then it was allowed. This wasnt noticed because gps apps needed the data connection to function so the people that didnt have data didnt install gps apps. Deleting the phonedb_data.00 file is dangerous and causes the phone to lose phone data which includes contacts. So not many used this method.

So what does the OTA method do when it installs. It places the jar and the jad in a folder and adds a shortcut in the phonedb_data.00 file for the app to be run. It also places an appdb folder with the jad and jar and this basically defines what the program is allowed to do in it.

Ok, the app is installed so how do we get it to grant permissions to run without reinstalling with the dangerous TKFileExplorer method or using a half working settings.bin hack? That is where I came up with my method. If you delete the contents of the appdb folder the app will actually have to reinstall itself to run. You can delete the manifest.mf file because it will not be used in the reinstall so it is dead wieght. So when the app reinstalls it installs under the radar of ATT's signing check. All permissions that were asked for in the jad are suddenly granted this time. Right under ATT's nose for say. It is very much like installing with the TKFE method except you dont have to delete the phonedb_data.00 file because the rebuilding is not needed since it is already installed the first time by wap or OTA.

So there you have it. Your app is granted all permissions. This is so much better than the settings.bin hack. This is why. The settings.bin file is from another app. It grants permission to use the gps but not the memory card. And if the app requires other permissions they may not be granted too. This 'ATT Branding' method allows all permissions requested in the jad.

There are stipulations. The jad doesnt need to be signed. But sometimes the jad has important information that is needed to run the jar correctly. So if you install some programs like amaze and you use rumkin to install the jar, the jad must be replaced with an Amaze jad. You can do this at the same time you delete the contents of the appdb folder using TKFE. Just replace the generic one with the amaze one which you can download from Amaze on your pc. So if you originally installed amaze, mgmaps, gmail, nav4all, opera mini, bolt, or any such app straight from the app's servers using your phone Then this method will work great for you.

You will get use of your gps, you will be allowed to access the memory card if the app needs it, and you will never get asked if its alright to use the internet 100 times.

To Finish I want to say thanks to Americo for his informative tutorial and to everyone that you enjoy your phone using "ATT Branding" method the way it should be.


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Re: How To Bypass Signing And Unlock Gps (Tk file explorer)

« Reply #3 on: June 28, 2009, 11:10:18 AM »

Hey everyone! great community u have here.

Im having a problem getting the tk explorer to run. Ive closed pc studio and connect the usb cable as instructed but when i load the tk it loads but crashes halfway. Im running XP, and attached a screenshot. Is anyone else having this problem?


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« Reply #4 on: June 28, 2009, 11:37:02 AM »

I followed the steps and deleted the files, made sure the jad was signed, and restarted the phone. But MGmaps still does not recognize the internal GPS...am I missing something?


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« Reply #5 on: June 28, 2009, 12:21:10 PM »

Quote from: Agoattamer on June 27, 2009, 08:29:01 PM

Not sure what you did nameless. This modifification is actually flawless. I should know, I discovered it. What it actually does is reinstall the app. So if you have it installed now and you do the modification correctly it is guaranteed 100% to work.

You will get use of your gps, you will be allowed to access the memory card if the app needs it, and you will never get asked if its alright to use the internet 100 times.

To Finish I want to say thanks to Americo for his informative tutorial and to everyone that you enjoy your phone using "ATT Branding" method the way it should be.

Thanks Ago. Just as I mentioned in my pm to you, I've never installed anything from any of the WAP uploaders. All apps in my Eternity were DLed and installed from the app's web site and they all have signed jads.

You obviously have done a lot of work on this problem and have come up with a very clever solution. You deserve credit for that.

The problem I had with BOLT was adding to the jad file the full screen hack at the end. That's what I think caused the app to be thrown out of kilter. It did the same thing to Opera, but since it's a release and more stable than BOLT, it took it after the first try, and it's now full screen and working like a charm.

That's the only thing I can think of, cuz I did everything the way it's suppossed to.

As to amAze, well, that's a different animal. We all now it's plagued with bugs and quirks, and nothing seems to make it behave any better. In my install, everything works fine except the sound. There's no sound for the navigation guidance. I've tried both, the settings.bin hack with the AAA Mobile file, and your hack. AmazeGPS couldn't give a crap about either one, it's decided it won't work, and it just won't work. Period. So I'm gonna wait for v5.0 and that's it.

Google Maps and MGmaps are both working perfect in my Eternity with the settings.bin hack, so I'm leaving them as is. You know the old saying: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it!" Grin


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« Reply #6 on: June 28, 2009, 12:36:10 PM »

Exactly if its not broke dont fix it. When you did the full screen hack, did you add to the jar or the jad? Thats why in my original post I said about deleting the jad and jar and putting an untouched version in there. I am not sure how you did yours but after a wap install of lets say mgmaps. Go into the folder and delete the contents of the appdb folder and the manifest.mf. Upload the jad to your computer and do the full screen hack. But use 400 for hieght not 320. I dont even know who started the 320 but our phones resolution is 400. Then download the jad back. There should be no problems with errors when running it. If you previously modified the jar then there might be issues. But as long as you got them working one way that is all you need. I have opera mini and bolt both fixxed this way and they work great. I can even select download from wap sites with opera mini now however it opens Media Net to do the downloading.

Settings.bin will allow you to see the gps in mgmaps but for those that want to cache maps on the memory card the settings.bin hack fails.


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« Reply #7 on: June 28, 2009, 03:18:16 PM »

Quote from: Agoattamer on June 28, 2009, 12:36:10 PM

Ok, first, the resolution. I knew about the 400x240 from my days with my LG Vu, which has the same resolution. I had all my files modded to full screen in my LG Vu with that resolution, so I have no problems there. I learned a lot with my Vu. Like here, there are a lot of talented peeps in their Forum.

Second, Bolt. I had Bolt already installed in my Eternity for an age, DLed with a signed jad directly from the Bolt's web site. I never did any modding to it cuz I rarely used it, so it wasn't full screen. So I did exactly what you mention in your post. On TKE I went to the Bolt's appdb folder and deleted all its content but not the folder. Then I deleted the manifest.mf file. Then I ULed Bolt's signed jad file to my puter and added the following lines at the end of the file:

MIDlet-Touch-Support: True
UseNativeTextButtons: false
ReverseSoftkeys: true
UseNativeCommands: false
LGE-MIDlet-TargetLCD-Height: 400
LGE-MIDlet-TargetLCD-Width: 240

DLed it again to my phone. Disconnected. Went to my phone's apps and games directory and tapped on Bolt - Java error. Tried it several times including after taking my battery out and rebooting the phone. Still no go. Then deleted the app. That's it.

Third, a WAP install. Again, I have never DLed anything from ANY WAP uploader, so no problem there.

Hey, sometimes things just don't work out the way we want. What can I say. There are some apps that can take modding a lot better than others. The reason is probably hidden somewhere in the app's code. I dunno. But whatever it is, that's the full story, Ago.

Thanks for all your efforts. I really appreciate all your hard work. The ATT branded hack is a struck of genius, and you deserve all the credit for it. Great job!


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« Reply #8 on: June 29, 2009, 04:38:30 PM »

Hi guys,

First let me say this is an awesome forum. Lots to read, I'm glad my job doesn't restrict this site.

Question, if you unlock the GPS then does any third party app needing GPS work afterwards? I have the unlimited data but never felt the need to pay for GPS. Also, would this probably work for an Impression? I bought that for my wife because she needed the keyboard.

Thanks in advance for your response...


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« Reply #9 on: June 29, 2009, 05:33:46 PM »

I have the impression and yes it does. As long as you do the "Att Branding" method to each app. Works with everything. lol. Best free gps apps are Amazegps (voice guided turn by turn) and mgmaps (with satellite view and navigation but no voice guidance) Have been a few bugs with amaze but hopefully they are worked out now. New version due out soon.

If you have an Impression be sure to check out samsung-impression.org


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« Reply #10 on: June 29, 2009, 05:45:40 PM »

Thanks Agoattamer, will definitely check out the Impression site as well.


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« Reply #11 on: June 29, 2009, 10:48:06 PM »

I have a question. I did all of this and it was working great. Now today I tried to use it and the gps isn't working with amaze. What should I do?


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« Reply #12 on: June 30, 2009, 07:42:06 AM »

What do you mean the gps isnt working? Did you get an error? Did you go outside and wait for it to connect to the satellites? Did you click on menu and center on GPS? If it worked yesterday it will work today.

I have read that a few have had to reboot their phones occassionally or the gps will not acquire a signal. I have not encountered this myself. This would be a bug with the phone or its gps and not Amaze itself.


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« Reply #13 on: June 30, 2009, 11:17:50 AM »

What I mean is day before yesterday I used the gps in my home. I clicked on center on gps and it gave me the longitude and latitude of my place and my address. Then the next day we were driving around and I tried to do some directions and it wouldn't center on map. So I tried the MGmaps and it said the gps wasn't on. No errors just not working. I will try to reboot and see what happens. Thanks


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« Reply #14 on: June 30, 2009, 11:25:08 AM »

Ok, I did a reboot and it worked really fast. But how come the map under the arrows has No Data all over it?
Another question....I am trying to search for a pizza place and it says items not found. Do I do something other than keyword search??


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