Windows Mobile 6.x Hackery Explained
Posted by Chainfire on 23-05-2012 at 13:35:00 - Comments: 115 - Views: 30596
Tags: Marketplace Good news Developer tools Windows Mobile
Tags: Marketplace Good news Developer tools Windows Mobile
This week, the Windows Mobile 6.x Marketplace was closed. The end of an era :)
EU developers and market(place)
Posted by Chainfire on 07-02-2011 at 17:35:00 - Comments: 57 - Views: 19439
Tags: Android Windows Mobile Windows Phone 7 Series Marketplace
Tags: Android Windows Mobile Windows Phone 7 Series Marketplace
Introduction and disclaimer
Turbo3D v3.0 *FINAL* released
Posted by Chainfire on 26-07-2010 at 12:40:00 - Comments: 65 - Views: 22115
Project: HD2/Leo OpenGL Drivers - Tags: Drivers Marketplace Good news Windows Mobile
Project: HD2/Leo OpenGL Drivers - Tags: Drivers Marketplace Good news Windows Mobile
Turbo3D v3.0 (formerly known as HD2/Leo 3D Driver Patch) has been released both on XDA and Marketplace (experiment).
2.60 BETA release HD2 3D drivers
Posted by Chainfire on 21-07-2010 at 02:00:00 - Comments: 33 - Views: 19025
Project: HD2/Leo OpenGL Drivers - Tags: Drivers Good news Windows Mobile
Project: HD2/Leo OpenGL Drivers - Tags: Drivers Good news Windows Mobile
Time for another update!
2.50 BETA release HD2 3D drivers
Posted by Chainfire on 08-07-2010 at 20:05:00 - Comments: 23 - Views: 18017
Project: HD2/Leo OpenGL Drivers - Tags: Good news Drivers Windows Mobile
Project: HD2/Leo OpenGL Drivers - Tags: Good news Drivers Windows Mobile
There's a new BETA version (2.50) of my HD2/Leo 3D Driver Patch out. I need some non-stock-ROM, Expo, TG-01 and S200/F1 testers :)
HD2/Leo 3D Driver Patch v2.0 released !
Posted by Chainfire on 20-04-2010 at 21:50:00 - Comments: 104 - Views: 44487
Project: HD2/Leo OpenGL Drivers - Tags: Good news Drivers Windows Mobile
Project: HD2/Leo OpenGL Drivers - Tags: Good news Drivers Windows Mobile
Version 2.0 of my HD2 3D driver patch has been released. This version brings full configuration of the driver settings (+ UI).
WMLongLife 0.66 released!
Posted by Chainfire on 20-04-2010 at 17:00:00 - Comments: 22 - Views: 18603
Project: WMLongLife - Tags: Good news Windows Mobile
Project: WMLongLife - Tags: Good news Windows Mobile
WMLongLife has been updated to v0.66. The only changes are a small bugfix regarding background connections and the removal of the timebomb.
mmTask 1.2 released on Marketplace
Posted by Chainfire on 12-03-2010 at 11:30:00 - Comments: 24 - Views: 18745
Project: mmTask - Tags: Good news Marketplace Windows Mobile
Project: mmTask - Tags: Good news Marketplace Windows Mobile
Today (March 12) mmTask 1.2 was released on Marketplace. 1.0 had been available for a while, but still had some issues - as some of the comments on Marketplace also state.
LG Expo GSensor
Posted by Chainfire on 01-03-2010 at 20:35:00 - Comments: 66 - Views: 25849
Project: SensorLib - Tags: Good news Windows Mobile
Project: SensorLib - Tags: Good news Windows Mobile
Due to excessive nagging primarily from jug6ernaut but also a few others, I've attempted to make a HTC GSensor Emulator for the LG Expo GSensor.
AutoClosePatch 1.1 released
Posted by Chainfire on 23-02-2010 at 23:15:00 - Comments: 119 - Views: 41650
Project: AutoClosePatch - Tags: Good news Windows Mobile
Project: AutoClosePatch - Tags: Good news Windows Mobile
Updated to 1.1 on 24 February 2010
WP7 can run WM6 apps (Tweakers.net)
Posted by Chainfire on 16-02-2010 at 11:20:00 - Comments: 64 - Views: 23677
Tags: Good news Windows Mobile Windows Phone 7 Series
Tags: Good news Windows Mobile Windows Phone 7 Series
This just in through Tweakers.net: Windows Phone 7 Series can run Windows Mobile 6.x applications!
Premature ramblings about WP7
Posted by Chainfire on 16-02-2010 at 09:30:00 - Comments: 46 - Views: 17932
Tags: Good news Bad news Windows Mobile Windows Phone 7 Series
Tags: Good news Bad news Windows Mobile Windows Phone 7 Series
So, yesterday was Microsoft's press conference about Windows Phone 7 Series. I'm sure we all saw it and many have written up their responses to it. I thought to let it sink it in for a day before writing about it, and that day has now passed. There a ...
HD2 (S200, etc) display settings
Posted by Chainfire on 08-02-2010 at 16:10:00 - Comments: 85 - Views: 19551
Project: HD2/Leo OpenGL Drivers - Tags: Drivers Windows Mobile
Project: HD2/Leo OpenGL Drivers - Tags: Drivers Windows Mobile
Here are some options that can be configured in \windows\yamato_panel.txt . This file may not exist on your device, but it will be used if you create it manually.
Some news on WM7 from Tweakers.net
Posted by Chainfire on 08-02-2010 at 10:45:00 - Comments: 22 - Views: 16869
Tags: Bad news Windows Mobile
Tags: Bad news Windows Mobile
Tweakers.net posted some a Windows Mobile 7 preview (click) with some slightly different information than (at least I) previously heard.
WMLongLife 0.65 released!
Posted by Chainfire on 26-01-2010 at 22:50:00 - Comments: 24 - Views: 17110
Project: WMLongLife - Tags: Good news Windows Mobile
Project: WMLongLife - Tags: Good news Windows Mobile
Small bugfix update release. However it also comes with a small API now!
MultASync 0.80 released
Posted by Chainfire on 20-01-2010 at 13:30:00 - Comments: 18 - Views: 16756
Project: MultASync - Tags: Good news Windows Mobile
Project: MultASync - Tags: Good news Windows Mobile
MultASync 0.80 has been released (BETA!). Check out the thread at XDA-Developers.
SensorLib: a peek at the future
Posted by Chainfire on 08-01-2010 at 00:15:00 - Comments: 93 - Views: 23498
Project: SensorLib - Tags: Windows Mobile Drivers Good news
Project: SensorLib - Tags: Windows Mobile Drivers Good news
So, we all know many new devices have much of the same sensors: GSensor, Compass, Light Sensor, Proximity Sensor, etc.
WMWifiRouter wins Silver in Samsung contest
Posted by Chainfire on 01-01-2010 at 00:05:00 - Comments: 16 - Views: 15770
Project: WMWifiRouter - Tags: Windows Mobile Good news
Project: WMWifiRouter - Tags: Windows Mobile Good news
Well as you all know I hardly post anything about WMWifiRouter on this blog, as that is the domain of Morose Media these days.
HD2/Leo 3D Driver Patch v1.1 released
Posted by Chainfire on 01-12-2009 at 23:15:00 - Comments: 22 - Views: 18354
Project: HD2/Leo OpenGL Drivers - Tags: Good news Bad news Drivers Windows Mobile
Project: HD2/Leo OpenGL Drivers - Tags: Good news Bad news Drivers Windows Mobile
The name says it all. Once again, HTC fails at drivers.
Marketplace "advanced" "copy protection" cracked
Posted by Chainfire on 12-11-2009 at 20:45:00 - Comments: 31 - Views: 18300
Tags: Bad news Marketplace Windows Mobile
Tags: Bad news Marketplace Windows Mobile
As posted in the XDA thread here:
CFC and CFC GUI updated to 0.60
Posted by Chainfire on 11-11-2009 at 16:10:00 - Comments: 17 - Views: 17365
Project: CFC - Tags: Good news Windows Mobile
Project: CFC - Tags: Good news Windows Mobile
CFC and CFC GUI have been updated to version 0.60 and 0.60.35 respectively.
TF3D v1.3 port for Omnia II (and similar devices) released
Posted by Chainfire on 02-11-2009 at 14:05:00 - Comments: 27 - Views: 17952
Project: Omnia II / Pro GL ES v1 Compatibility Layer - Tags: Good news Windows Mobile
Project: Omnia II / Pro GL ES v1 Compatibility Layer - Tags: Good news Windows Mobile
The subject says it all:
CFC 0.60 in testing
Posted by Chainfire on 29-10-2009 at 17:35:00 - Comments: 49 - Views: 16877
Project: CFC - Tags: Good news Windows Mobile ROM
Project: CFC - Tags: Good news Windows Mobile ROM
CFC 0.60 is in testing by some chefs right now. The CFC GUI app is not fully compatible with Manila/Sense 2.5+ yet, but the basic functions to be able to create a CFC compressed package should work now.
First version of OpenGLv1 for Omnia II released
Posted by Chainfire on 26-10-2009 at 17:55:00 - Comments: 22 - Views: 16550
Project: Omnia II / Pro GL ES v1 Compatibility Layer - Tags: Good news Windows Mobile Drivers
Project: Omnia II / Pro GL ES v1 Compatibility Layer - Tags: Good news Windows Mobile Drivers
The first version of the OpenGL v1 (and HTC) compatibility layer for the Omnia II, Omnia Pro (QWERTY) and Giorgio Armani 2 has been released by GinKage at Modaco.
About: RoamFreely
Posted by Chainfire on 26-10-2009 at 17:55:00 - Comments: 22 - Views: 18069
Project: RoamFreely - Tags: Windows Mobile Good news
Project: RoamFreely - Tags: Windows Mobile Good news
RoamFreely (formerly a part of WMLongLife) is an application to automatically disable data connections when roaming and re-enabling when not roaming, all in one easy service.
Marketplace "copy protection" cracked
Posted by Chainfire on 05-10-2009 at 18:00:00 - Comments: 10 - Views: 17135
Tags: Bad news Marketplace Windows Mobile
Tags: Bad news Marketplace Windows Mobile
Marketplace "copy protection" cracked ("standard") - method not disclosed: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=567870
FPU Enabler v0.70 released!
Posted by Chainfire on 02-10-2009 at 11:50:00 - Comments: 18 - Views: 17877
Project: FPU Enabler - Tags: Windows Mobile Good news Drivers
Project: FPU Enabler - Tags: Windows Mobile Good news Drivers
Small update to FPU Enabler, to fix the crash issue among other things. Some more instructions supported as well (though not all of them very useful).
About: FPU Enabler
Posted by Chainfire on 01-10-2009 at 11:00:00 - Comments: 197 - Views: 44274
Project: FPU Enabler - Tags: Good news Drivers Windows Mobile
Project: FPU Enabler - Tags: Good news Drivers Windows Mobile
See my post at Modaco, also for the actual download:
WMLongLife 0.61 released!
Posted by Chainfire on 30-09-2009 at 13:45:00 - Comments: 15 - Views: 16935
Project: WMLongLife - Tags: Good news Windows Mobile
Project: WMLongLife - Tags: Good news Windows Mobile
WMLongLife version 0.61.205 has been released. Alas not nearly everything I wanted to fix has been fixed. Next update :)
MultASync 0.75 released!
Posted by Chainfire on 23-09-2009 at 13:40:00 - Comments: 14 - Views: 17056
Project: MultASync - Tags: Good news Windows Mobile
Project: MultASync - Tags: Good news Windows Mobile
MultASync 0.75 has been released (BETA!). Check out the thread at XDA-Developers.
GfxBoost 1.2 released
Posted by Chainfire on 22-09-2009 at 14:45:00 - Comments: 23 - Views: 21494
Project: GfxBoost - Tags: Good news Windows Mobile
Project: GfxBoost - Tags: Good news Windows Mobile
GfxBoost [HTC-MSM7K] has been updated to version 1.2. See the thread at XDA-Developers.com
About: Omnia II / Pro GL ES v1 Compatibility Layer
Posted by Chainfire on 11-09-2009 at 13:10:00 - Comments: 104 - Views: 18895
Project: Omnia II / Pro GL ES v1 Compatibility Layer - Tags: Windows Mobile
Project: Omnia II / Pro GL ES v1 Compatibility Layer - Tags: Windows Mobile
I have started work in a OpenGL ES v1 compatibility layer for the Omnia II and Pro. This to make older OpenGL ES apps function on these new devices.
A video of "MultiActiveSync" in action
Posted by Chainfire on 10-09-2009 at 01:55:00 - Comments: 9 - Views: 15502
Project: MultASync - Tags: Windows Mobile
Project: MultASync - Tags: Windows Mobile
Here's a crappy video of the work-in-progress in action:
About: MultiActiveSync
Posted by Chainfire on 08-09-2009 at 16:45:00 - Comments: 13 - Views: 24391
Project: MultASync - Tags: Developer tools Windows Mobile
Project: MultASync - Tags: Developer tools Windows Mobile
WMLongLife 0.60 released!
Posted by Chainfire on 29-07-2009 at 16:15:00 - Comments: 12 - Views: 16203
Project: WMLongLife - Tags: Windows Mobile Good news
Project: WMLongLife - Tags: Windows Mobile Good news
WMLongLife 0.60 has finally been released to the general public!
TD2 and TP2 review
Posted by Chainfire on 29-06-2009 at 12:00:00 - Comments: 12 - Views: 16229
Tags: Web Windows Mobile
Tags: Web Windows Mobile
YouWantThat posted my review about the Touch Diamond 2 (Topaz) and Touch Pro 2 (Rhodium).
WMLongLife 0.50 BETA
Posted by Chainfire on 24-06-2009 at 15:25:00 - Comments: 13 - Views: 16634
Project: WMLongLife - Tags: Windows Mobile Good news
Project: WMLongLife - Tags: Windows Mobile Good news
As posted in the thread, I'm opening up WMLongLife 0.50 for a select few BETA testers ... right now!
About: TP2 1% Increment Battery Driver
Posted by Chainfire on 17-06-2009 at 01:05:00 - Comments: 27 - Views: 22769
Project: TP2-EU 1% Increment Battery Driver - Tags: Windows Mobile Good news
Project: TP2-EU 1% Increment Battery Driver - Tags: Windows Mobile Good news
I promised in one of the threads here that I would look into our (EU !) Rhodiums only reporting battery in 10% increments. As I received my Rhodiums today I did look into this. However, I didn't figure it out. I did see the structure of the battery d ...
About: Taskbar Customizer
Posted by Chainfire on 08-06-2009 at 21:15:00 - Comments: 9 - Views: 17055
Project: Taskbar Customizer - Tags: Windows Mobile
Project: Taskbar Customizer - Tags: Windows Mobile
Taskbar Customizer is an effort to give you a proper good-looking many colored taskbar in WM, that your friend will drool over. At the time of writing it is in design stage.
CFC updated to 0.55
Posted by Chainfire on 05-06-2009 at 13:15:00 - Comments: 7 - Views: 16350
Project: CFC - Tags: Windows Mobile
Project: CFC - Tags: Windows Mobile
CFC and CFC GUI have been updated to version 0.55 and 0.55.25 respectively.
Higher ratio on CFC compression
Posted by Chainfire on 31-05-2009 at 10:30:00 - Comments: 10 - Views: 16397
Project: CFC - Tags: Windows Mobile Good news
Project: CFC - Tags: Windows Mobile Good news
Seems I overlooked something when building the CFC compressor. After revisiting it in my head today over my morning coffee and ciggarette, a very obvious optimization struck me.
WMLongLife for CDMA
Posted by Chainfire on 15-05-2009 at 15:00:00 - Comments: 13 - Views: 12388
Project: WMLongLife - Tags: Windows Mobile Good news
Project: WMLongLife - Tags: Windows Mobile Good news
Thanks to some heavy use of IDA, and hack-testing by Dan-<device>, Conflipper and AstainHellbring, it seems we have figured out 2G/3G band switching for MSM7K CDMA (MSM75xx). In this case, 2G is 1xRTT only, 3G is Hybrid, and 3G 'Force' is EV-DO ...
CFCv2
Posted by Chainfire on 13-05-2009 at 12:55:00 - Comments: 8 - Views: 12021
Project: CFC - Tags: Windows Mobile Bad news
Project: CFC - Tags: Windows Mobile Bad news
As some of you may know the latest update to CFC enabled UltraHQ mode - PNG quality inside QTC files.
RC4: Raphael Elite Project ROM [GSM]
Posted by Chainfire on 10-05-2009 at 22:40:00 - Comments: 17 - Views: 12867
Project: Raphael Elite Project ROM - Tags: Windows Mobile ROM
Project: Raphael Elite Project ROM - Tags: Windows Mobile ROM
RC4 of the Raphael Elite Project ROM [GSM] is being released by MrVanx as I write this.
Getting reversed already :{
Posted by Chainfire on 07-05-2009 at 14:30:00 - Comments: 7 - Views: 11993
Project: WMLongLife - Tags: Windows Mobile
Project: WMLongLife - Tags: Windows Mobile
Seems an XDA-Developers member is already reversing WMLongLife code.
Sakajati [Hyperdragon] in trouble?
Posted by Chainfire on 04-05-2009 at 14:55:00 - Comments: 23 - Views: 13606
Tags: Bad news Real life Windows Mobile
Tags: Bad news Real life Windows Mobile
XDA-Developers member wg5566 posted some bad news over in this thread.
GfxBoost extra background info
Posted by Chainfire on 04-05-2009 at 00:10:00 - Comments: 20 - Views: 12591
Project: GfxBoost - Tags: Windows Mobile Drivers
Project: GfxBoost - Tags: Windows Mobile Drivers
I just wanted to explain some stuff some of you may and/or may not be aware of. Please consider that I am not a Qualcomm engineer and how I see things are probably not always 100% correct, and my own research on these things is still in progress / ev ...
About: GfxBoost
Posted by Chainfire on 27-04-2009 at 18:35:00 - Comments: 12 - Views: 12659
Project: GfxBoost - Tags: Windows Mobile Drivers
Project: GfxBoost - Tags: Windows Mobile Drivers
For HTC-built MSM7K-based devices only! All MSM7K are technically capable, but only HTC's may have the correct drivers. Will probably not work on stock ROMs. I suspect the CDMA versions of the older MSM7K devices - pre-diamond - do not have the neces ...
About: TF3Dv2 [xboxmod]
Posted by Chainfire on 03-04-2009 at 15:00:00 - Comments: 9 - Views: 11971
Project: TF3Dv2 [xboxmod] - Tags: Windows Mobile
Project: TF3Dv2 [xboxmod] - Tags: Windows Mobile
I'm lightly involved in xboxmod's TF3Dv2 port. My contributions have mainly been patches to background images/rendering, aside from the obvious of CFC compression being used.
About: DriverWiz
Posted by Chainfire on 19-03-2009 at 17:55:00 - Comments: 14 - Views: 13401
Project: DriverWiz - Tags: Windows Mobile Drivers Developer tools
Project: DriverWiz - Tags: Windows Mobile Drivers Developer tools
From the thread on XDA-Developers:
About: WMLongLife
Posted by Chainfire on 06-02-2009 at 19:45:00 - Comments: 7 - Views: 11741
Project: WMLongLife - Tags: Windows Mobile
Project: WMLongLife - Tags: Windows Mobile
NOTICE: This software is only for the GSM variants of these devices: MSM7xxx based devices, Samsung i900 Omnia, Samsung i780 !!
About: Raphael Elite Project ROM
Posted by Chainfire on 16-01-2009 at 14:30:00 - Comments: 16 - Views: 12779
Project: Raphael Elite Project ROM - Tags: ROM Windows Mobile
Project: Raphael Elite Project ROM - Tags: ROM Windows Mobile
The Raphael Elite Project ROM is the Touch Pro version of the well know "Project" series. This series is aimed at providing a professional ROM for advanced users, with all the things you need out-of-the-box.
About: CFC
Posted by Chainfire on 20-10-2008 at 16:05:00 - Comments: 16 - Views: 12060
Project: CFC - Tags: Windows Mobile Drivers
Project: CFC - Tags: Windows Mobile Drivers
While originally porting TF3D to QVGA - as partner to the Kaiser D3D/OpenGL Drivers project - I had to make some heavy modifications to the OpenGL interface TF3D used. I also needed to convert the VGA imagery to QVGA.
About: TF3D-QVGA
Posted by Chainfire on 10-10-2008 at 16:05:00 - Comments: 14 - Views: 12710
Project: TF3D-QVGA - Tags: Windows Mobile Drivers
Project: TF3D-QVGA - Tags: Windows Mobile Drivers
The original show-off app for the Kaiser D3D/OpenGL Drivers project. Heavy porting and hacking was involved to create this, and many Kaiser ROMs include it these days. Created in co-operation with the HTC Class Action website.
About: WMRegOptimizer
Posted by Chainfire on 06-10-2008 at 17:25:00 - Comments: 12 - Views: 12119
Project: WMRegOptimizer - Tags: Windows Mobile
Project: WMRegOptimizer - Tags: Windows Mobile
WMRegOptimizer is a small tool that tries to optimize registry access - "defrag" it, if you will. It doesn't perfectly defrag it, but it goes a long way. This results in somewhat faster registry access for applications where this is the bot ...
About: FireROM
Posted by Chainfire on 22-08-2008 at 13:25:00 - Comments: 21 - Views: 13779
Project: FireROM - Tags: ROM Windows Mobile
Project: FireROM - Tags: ROM Windows Mobile
FireROM was a prestege thing: the first custom ROM available for the GSM Touch Pro (Raphael). It was basically a stock ROM, cleaned up, tweaked, and adding a couple of very handy programs I personally like to use.
About: Kaiser D3D/OpenGL Drivers
Posted by Chainfire on 22-06-2008 at 16:05:00 - Comments: 47 - Views: 13865
Project: Kaiser D3D/OpenGL Drivers - Tags: Windows Mobile Drivers
Project: Kaiser D3D/OpenGL Drivers - Tags: Windows Mobile Drivers
We all know about the driver issues on HTC drivers. In co-operation with the HTC Class Action website and a few other hackers we ported D3D and OpenGL drivers to the HTC Kaiser (TyTN II).
About: ROMCompare
Posted by Chainfire on 10-05-2008 at 16:40:00 - Comments: 17 - Views: 12232
Project: ROMCompare - Tags: Windows Mobile Developer tools
Project: ROMCompare - Tags: Windows Mobile Developer tools
ROMCompare as a tool originally written to detect slight differences between ROMs. With having people test cutting edge things on their devices it is a handy tool for when problems occur and often makes tracking down the problem simple and fast.
About: ICS Install
Posted by Chainfire on 05-01-2008 at 18:35:00 - Comments: 19 - Views: 13449
Project: ICS Install - Tags: Windows Mobile Drivers
Project: ICS Install - Tags: Windows Mobile Drivers
Many carriers remove the ICS component needed by several Internet Sharing applications. It took some research, cooking and a lot of trial and error, but eventually I was able to create a CAB file that installs this component. Google will help you fin ...
About: WMWifiRouter
Posted by Chainfire on 02-11-2007 at 14:45:00 - Comments: 52 - Views: 14847
Project: WMWifiRouter - Tags: Windows Mobile
Project: WMWifiRouter - Tags: Windows Mobile
WMWifiRouter allows you to share your Windows Mobile phone's internet connection with other device over Wi-Fi. WMWifiRouter was the first application on any phone that could do this.
About: KaiserTweak
Posted by Chainfire on 02-10-2007 at 17:00:00 - Comments: 14 - Views: 10865
Project: KaiserTweak - Tags: Windows Mobile
Project: KaiserTweak - Tags: Windows Mobile
KaiserTweak was one of the first XML-based Windows Mobile tweak utilities. Originally written for the Kaiser by me, then maintained by Nika GL, and translated by several enthousiastic users.