Re: Guide to Certificate/Application Unlocking Windows Mobile 5 Smartphones
- From: nf_crewe_cw1@xxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: 17 Oct 2005 07:26:19 -0700
this seems just what I have spent the weekend looking for, do you know
if this will work with all WM5 Imate phones, specifically the Imate
Jasjar
Nick F
Fergus wrote:
> YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSS!!!!
>
> I cannot tell you how relieved I am. I've finally managed to get my i-mate
> SP5m WM5 Smartphone to sync with my Exchange server.
>
> I thought I'd post this just as a more definitive guide, if you will, than
> the ones I've found so far, because it took me forever and a day to find
> that extra step that was required.
>
> So, to application unlock the WM5 smartphone (and actually any other HTC
> device I think), and to install the root certificate from your internal CA
> (this is all assuming you have your own Windows-based Certificate Authority,
> not a public certificate):
>
> 1. Go to http://www.modaco.com/INFO_Decert_SIM_Unlock_C550-t222786.html.
> 2. Download the HTC-signed "regeditSTG.zip" and move it to your smartphone.
> IMPORTANT: Put it on the phone, not on a memory card - this was my first
> sticking point.
> 3. Extract the zip file using Explorer on the device (if it's a WM5 device).
> 4. Run the Regedit exe and follow the instructions on the page above for
> registry changes to make. It was also suggested by a Microsofty a few posts
> down to change 00001017 (4119) to 144 (in the same part of the registry),
> although I'm not sure what each entry does. I did all three. :-)
> 5. Download SDA_ApplicationUnlock.exe from
> http://www.modaco.com/Motorola_MPx220_and_Audiovox_SMT6500_app_lockedl-t116301-s15.html,
> connect the device, run this app, click "Unlock" or whatever, then restart
> the device.
> 6. Export the root certificate from the Certificate Authority in your domain
> (in DER format), copy it to the phone (again NOT the memory card) and simply
> run it from Explorer. Bob's yer uncle.
>
> In case you don;t know how to export the root cert, follow these
> instructions:
> 1. Run MMC on the CA server.
> 2. File, Add/Remove Snap-in.
> 3. Add... select Certification Authority, and select Local Computer.
> 4. Finish, Close, OK.
> 5. In MMC, right-click the CA, select Properties. View Certificate, go to
> Details tab, select Copy to File...
> 6. Next, make sure DER encoded binary is selected, Next, put something like
> "c:\rootcert".
> 7. Finish and you're done. Copy it to the phone, run it and you're done.
>
>
> Can't believe it took me 4 days of frustration to get that far. It also took
> i-mate support just as long (as if they actually bothered reading my plea
> for help! hahaha). They really do suck.
>
> Hope this helps folks, I know there's a lot of people asking these same
> questions around the place.
>
> Fergus.
.
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