GSM-WARE

“Performing a factory data reset deletes all data, including downloaded applications, and resets the device back to its initial state—the state before you turned on the device for the first time.
Important Make sure to back up important data you have on the device before you perform a factory data reset.”

HTC Dream

1. Turn the G1 off. If it’s frozen on, take the battery out and put it back in the unit.

2. Hold the Home and Power keys down at same time for about 25 seconds. You will see a yellow triangle screen with exclamation point in the
middle.

Now to wipe the device clean:

3. Press Alt+L.
4. Press Alt+W for a factory reset.
5. Press the Home and Back keys again for about 25 seconds.
The device should then reset again and the hard reset is complete.

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HTC Magic

1. With the phone turned off, press and hold the HOME and BACK
2. Briefly press the END CALL/POWER button while continuing to pressHOME and BACK buttons.
3. When you see the screen with the 3 Android images, release the HOME and BACK buttons, and then press the TRACKBALL.

Tip : If your phone hangs or freezes, remove the battery then wait for a few seconds, and then re-install it. After re-installing the battery, turn on the phone.

HTC Hero

1. With the phone turned off, press and hold the HOME and BACKand then briefly press the END CALL/POWER button. The reset process will start after a few seconds.
2. Wait for the phone to finish the reset process and then press MENU.

Tip : If your phone hangs or freezes, remove the battery then wait for a few seconds, and then re-install it. After re-installing the battery, turn on the phone.

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HTC Tattoo

1. With the phone turned off, press and hold the HOME and BACKand then briefly press the END CALL/POWER button.
2. Press the ENTER button to begin the reset process.

Tip If your phone hangs or freezes, remove the battery then wait for a few seconds, and then re-install it. After re-installing the battery, turn on the phone.

What is android ?

Android is a mobile operating system running on the Linux kernel. It was initially developed by Android Inc., a firm later purchased by Google, and lately by the Open Handset Alliance. It allows developers to write managed code in the Java language, controlling the device via Google-developed Java libraries more.

Where to get a full list of Android phones ?

A lot of website already listed Android phones. and so many coming regularly.

Although you can check a list here

I Got one android phone, how do i unlock it ?

Well, this is a bit tough question. a lot of manufactures currently in market producing android phones. they all have different Unlocking method.

For unlocking you can go Brand wise, like for HTC, you can buy HTC factory code. for Motorola you can buy Motorola World wide code.

For Samsung ? some of samsung can be unlocked by some professional Unlocker.
Some of LG can be unlocked by Professional, for rest as usual factory unlock code.

For all other company, go for code Operator wise.

How can i Flash/Upgrade Firmware ?

There is a lot of way to Flash Android Phones.

Some HTC can be flashed by rom flashing. Some flash image can be flashed by SD Card only process is below.

# Download the package packed by the link above.
# Connect your phone to your computer via USB, mount it via the icon in the taskbar notification phone
# Remove previous packages update.zip, transferred directly into the package microSD (in any subfolder)
# Unmount the phone from your computer (for safe removal of Windows) and then more from the system tray notifications of the phone.
# Start in recovery mode.
# Make a Wipe (Alt + W). You will lose all data.
# Install the new firmware (ALT + S)
# Reboot by pressing Home + Back

Above process should apply for some of Motorola n Samsung phones.

For Samsung, some downloader also available. For Motorola, Use Factory flasher, Like RSD Lite, Motorola PST.

Do not know anything about some of LG phones.

Where to get Firmware/Flash file for Android phones ?

Here is list of some Firmware/Flash files.

Take a look

HTC Dream

Official T-Mobile

Official Hero [For Dream]

T-Mobile Pulse [For Dream]

My Touch 3G [For Dream]

HTC Hero

T-Mobile UK

Samsung Galaxy Generic

The all-in-one untethered iDevice jailbreak for iPhone 3.1.3, iPad 3.2 and iPod touch 2G/3G is finally here. Available for both Windows and Mac OS X, Spirit is a userland jailbreak but it does not work out-of-the browser as previously thought. It is in fact a simple one click app, like Blackra1n which can jailbreak (not unlock) any Apple iDevice on iPhone 3.1.2 or 3.1.3.

It is also important to note here that Spirit wont unlock your phone. It is a jailbreaking tool only that will only work on devices which are activated via iTunes. So if you rely on an unlock, DO NOT upgrade to stock firmware or you’ll be stuck. Unlock for iPhone 3.1.3 on 05.12.01 baseband wont be out before the next iPhone hit the shelves. And that wont be before June/July of this year.

Make sure that you have your SHSH files saved. You can jailbreak without saving SHSH files but you wont be safe once Apple patches the exploit used by Spirit. Follow the instructions posted here to save your SHSH blobs

What’s Spirit?

Spirit is an untethered jailbreak for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch on the latest firmwares.
Spirit is not a carrier unlock.
If your phone is already jailbroken with Blackra1n or Redsn0w, you have to restore to use Spirit. Do not upgradeif you use an unlock on an iPhone 3G or 3GS. (You can, however, restore to 3.1.2 if you have SHSH blobs for that version.)

Requirements

Any iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch on firmware 3.1.2, 3.1.3, or 3.2.
An activated device: one not stuck on the Connect to iTunes or Emergency Call screen.
Any version of iTunes 9 (including 9.1.1).
Note: On iPad, all this is still sort of beta. Some packages in Cydia, not designed for iPad, might screw up your system and require you to restore. Be careful. (And no, Cydia’s appearance is not final.)

Download Spirit for Windows [Fast Mirror Link]
Download Spirit for OS X [Fast Mirror Link]

P.S.
If you are having error “Spirit requires iTunes 9 to function” when running Spirit on XP use attached file and run Spirit after that.
File Coutesy “Kirma”

OTHER UTILITIES:

Save SHSH Blobs (ECID SHSH) of iPhone 3.1.3 and iPad 3.2

Download the latest version of AutoSHSH

Now we can repair BB5 pa sl2 super dongle failed using mtbox, this feature need sl20 credit/log u can buy from official reseller mtbox sl20 credit

download mtbox update here

with this update u can

BB5+ RAPS_V3.02/3 PA SL2 Direct Unlock

Supported now all RAP3 Including the support HASH 9DDBF:
3600c, 5220, 7210c, 7310, 7510a, 6600s, 6600f, 7610s etc …

- Unlock/Lock/Simlock/repair all nokia BB5 phones RAP3 SL2 (Except SL3 XX.XX sw version)
- Calculation Simlock RPL RAP3G (dont repair IMEI 123456-12-654321-x)
- HASH 9DDB phones unlock ( 3600c, 5220, New 5800, 7210c, 7310, 6600s, 6600f, 7610s, New 96 etc… )

Costs MT Credits 10 Credits Per Unlock

genSX4 - is intended to repair simlock and sx4 on RAP3 and RAPIDO phones (SL20).
This helps revive phones that were damaged by other boxes while trying to unlock them.
Example of such phones is 5800, 7210, E71 that restart becasuse of missing SX4.
This button will not repair missing HWC,CCC,NPC certificates.
Also it will not generate CMLA, DRM data.

gsnSX4 – cost 12 credits ( generate simlock and superdongle data )

its used to flash DB2020 using diferent CID on phone and flash file
-use USB Interface
-on setting tick SIGNED MODE, ENABLE ALTERNATIVE SECURITY BYPASS, COMPLETE PHONE AFTER FLASH
-load Flash file
-klik FLASH and folow instruction on log window

today gsm-ware.com moved to new server

more powerfull, more stable,

DB2000, DB2010, DB2020, DB2030 :

SEMC (Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications) hardware platforms.
It’s something similar to chipset in PC.DB2000 (another name is Marita) is a GSM+3G(UMTS) capable platform, SE K600/K608/V600/Z800/W900, Sharp 802sh, 902sh, 903sh and LG 3G phones are based on it.DB2010/2012 (Marita compact) is GSM-only, non-3G, platform. Most not very old and modern SE phones like K300,K500,K700,K750,S700,W300,W550,W800,Z520,Z530 are based on this chipset.DB2020 is the newest product of SEMC. K800, K790, K610, Z710 etc, Sharp 904sh feature this most secure (from SE’s point of view) platform.
db2030 is 3G platform, new platform device sonyericsson like W880 & W888

A2:

A2: * Secure boot ROM is used on the access and application side to guarantee the integrity of software at startup. This includes code on all volatile and non-volatile storage. The secure ROM functions can also be used to verify integrity at run-time.
The Real truth story about A2 Platform device

CDA :

This “number” defines which variant of a specific firmware a phone is supposed to have.It lets among others SEUS (Sony Ericsson Update Service) know which language-pack/branding/bandlocks a phone is to be flashed with. A generic (unbranded) K750 for use in Scandinavia will be CDA102337/12, whilst a Telenor-branded K750 will be CDA102338/62. Both will be flashed with the same languages/dictionaries, but the latter will be flashed with Telenor-branded firmware.
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Basically, the process of flashing is divided into 10 steps.

Step 1 – Download all the necessary files. Choose your desired ROM, there are 2 ROMS for Typhoon, one comes with ClearType, one does not. With ClearType, the font looks better but Chinese font looks abit awful. So unless you want to read Chinese, download the ROM with ClearType. The same applies to Feeler and Amadeus. Download the Extras folder as well

[url=http://rapidshare.com/files/54634559/WM6.for.Typhoon.WWE.zip[/url]
Typhoon Clear Type
Feeler and Amadeus without ClearType
Feeler and Amadeus with ClearType
Extras

http://rapidshare.com/files/54439485/WM6.for.Typhoon.WWE.zip

http://rapidshare.com/files/54435753/WM6.for.Typhoon.WWE.ClearType.zip

http://rapidshare.com/files/54446615/WM6.for.Feeler.and.Amadeus.WWE.zip

http://rapidshare.com/files/54443046/WM6.for.Feeler.and.Amadeus.WWE.ClearType.zip

http://rapidshare.com/files/54448481/SPL-1.01.0064.zip

http://rapidshare.com/files/54448620/27M-SPL-1.01.0109.zip

http://rapidshare.com/files/54449651/Extra-20070908.zip

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=326312

These files are obtained from this website, as I do not want to leech Andot’s bandwidth, I uploaded it to Rapidshare. There might be new versions in the future so I will update the links from time to time.

Step 2 – Ensure that your device is application unlocked, if you are unsure whether it is application unlocked or not, it does not harm to unlock it once again. Download SDA_ApplicationUnlock.zip. Then execute the exe file in it. You should see something like this. The purpose of running this application is to ensure that you can install any unsigned 3rd party application (which is the tool needed to SuperCID in the next step) . If your device is already application unlock, you can skip this step.

Step 3 – If your device is SuperCID, you can skip this step and proceed to Step 4, if you have no idea what is SuperCID, chances are your device are not. First, download SPV-Services which is the software you need to use to SuperCID. Extract it to a folder, let’s say on a desktop. You will see three files in it. Cert.cab , TyphoonNBFTools.dll and SPV-services.exe. Copy cert.cab to any location on your smartphone and install it.

Step 4 – Now run SPVServices.exe which was extracted in Step 3, you should see this. RAPI Init was successful means that your ROM is ready to be patched with 16 bytes of data to allow it to be flashed with any ROM, by clicking on Set CID, your warranty is void.

Step 5 – (If you have installed Ronswens WM5, you can skip this step) Now reboot your phone, once you have rebooted, download the new SPL, extract it and run Patched_RUU . Firstly, check the box ‘ I have understand…’ and click Next. Then tick the checkbox after following the 4 step and click Next. Lastly, it will verify the information on your smartphone and then prompt you with another window, click Update and then click next. It will start flashing the SPL to your phone, you will see the progress bar on both your screen and phone. DO NOT DISCONNECT THE PHONE or do anything funny at this period eventhough it might seem to have stalled at certain percentage !

Once you are done, your phone will reboot, then turn it off.

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Sarasoft has changed the values of Global Options registry settings.
So If you have problems in installing HWK 2.8 on 2nd PC then import the registry values by double clicking on the attached file to install HWK 2.8.

global-options

UFS_DCTxBB5 v2.0.8.0
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1. New BB5 products:
RM-207,RM-235,RM-236,RM-257,RM-270,RM-277,RM-325,RM-328,RM-342,
RM-343,RM-345,RM-346,RM-352,RM-354,RM-355,RM-357,RM-358,RM-359,
RM-367,RM-378,RM-379,RM-386,RM-387,RM-396,RM-397,RM-400,RM-407,
RM-408,RM-409,RM-410,RM-411,RM-414,RM-416,RM-417,RM-418,RM-419,
RM-420,RM-422,RM-425,RM-436,RM-462
(6263,N78-1,N78-5,3555b,3555,3555c,6600f-1c6220c-1,N78-3,E66-1,E66-2,
E71-1,3600s,7610s,7610sb,E71-2,5610d-2,5610d-2b,6210s-1,7310cb,7310c,
6210s-5,6220c-5,6212c,6500c-5,6650d-1c,E71-3,6210s-1c,5320d-1,5220b,
5220,6600s-1c,5320,5320d-1b,5320,6210s-1b,E66-3,6124c-1,6122c,7210c,E71-5)
2. New DCT4 products:
RH-116,RH-117,RH-118,RM-391,RM-392,RM-393,RM-394,RM-395
(7070,7070b,1681c,2760h,2680s,2680s-2b,1680c-2,1680c-2b)
3. New DCT4+ UNL versions support:
1200 (RH-99 v5.51,v5.53), 1200b (RH-100 v5.32)
1208 (RH-105 v5.51,v5.53), 1208b (RH-106 v4.00,v4.11,v5.23,v5.32)
1650 (RM-305 v5.32,v5.51,v5.53)
1680c-2,1680c-2b (RM-394,RM-395 v5.61,v5.63)
2610,2610b (RH-86,RH-87 v6.73,v7.10)
2630 (RM-298 v5.61)
2760 (RM-258 v4.20,v5.61), 2760b (RM-259 v4.20,v5.61)
2760h (RM-391 v5.45)
4. Fixed minor bugs.
5. New Flash Update Pack 8.36.2.35145

Do not use external VPP adapter with RX2 enabled cables, since this will put VPP direct to RX2 and its possible to KILL the phone.

LG_GSM V 2.0.8.0
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