8900 Hack Info

[RandyD123]

Most of this came from Howardforums and some from other places including here. Just a compilation of usefull text...........I hope!!!

My only compaint about the phone is the number pad and the uneven lighting of the numbers, my "1" key is brighter than the rest [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]


##20022002 nam program obviously
##7738 P_Rev
##2769737 change uplink IP port
##2773 debug
##1111 EFS space
##2222 RF stuff
##1122 hardware test
##1133 reset (doesn't reset much though)
##1144 keytone time
#5625* unlocks keypad and tells you the code (very usefull for sure)
2539** unsure (harmless just press end and turn phone off and on again)
##27732726 S/W test
##27752345 misc. test
##2240 S/W test
**1004 DM Mode Enable (harmless but im unsure what it does, maybe dont try just in case)
**1005 DS Mode Enbale (same as above)





Save Pics and Tones

Verizon Pix Message Q&A:
Q: How do I send myself a pix message?
A: Log onto VZWPix.com. They have Flash demos to show you how to use the site.

Q: When I receive my pix message, why does it ask me to go to VZWPIX.com to retrieve it?
A: There are a few reasons
- first, make sure you read the discussion in http://www.howardforums.com/showthr...threadid=264314
- When sending msgs from Vzwpix.com, make sure you only enter your phone number, not number@vzwpix.com
- When sending msgs from Vzwpix.com, make sure you enter a subject
- Call Verizon and tell them you can't receive pix msgs, and the customer service will walk you through the troubleshoot

Q: Is vzwpix.com really free?
A: Almost. Verizon will charge you for the airtime it takes to send the data to your phone. I believe it is rounded up to the next minute. If you don't have any pix messaging plan, then receiving a pix msg will cost you 25 cents. Otherwise, it will just come out from your plan allowance.

Background:
Zaediex started the revolution rolling in this thread. It works great on the Telus phone, but it didn't work well on the Verizon Audiovox 8900. Appears that the file structure is different between the Verizon and Telus phone. If you are interested in some details, also see here. Since we can not write to the file directly, we will let the phone do the work, and replace the file with the ones we need.

Instructions
Step 1: Send a dummy pix msg to yourself
- For this trick to work, you need to get a picture/midi onto your phone first
- Log onto VZWPix.com, and send yourself a pix msg with a picture AND a midi file
- Make sure you can see the picture and hear the midi when you receive the message (Menu->3 Messaging->4 Inbox)

Step 2: Save Picture/Ringtone into Media Gallery
- Read the message (Menu->3 Messaging->4 Inbox)
- When the message is on screen, hit Menu (left button) and 4 (Save Media)
- You should be able to use the cursor keys to highlght the Midi/Pic you want
- At this point, you can hit Name (left button) to rename the Midi/Pic. Rmemeber that the new name will only last until you exit the inbox.
- After you the object is changed to the proper name, hit OK to save the picture or midi
- This should save your Picture/Media in the Media Gallery. It will also update download_sng.txt and nvm\nvm\nvm_hei properly
- Don't delete this msg.

Step 3: Replace Picture/Ringtone with New Picture/Ring tone
- Make sure BitPim is working (see above threads for more details)
- Make sure you check on the View filesystem in the View menu
- IMPORTANT! Make sure you make a backup of the file system first before you modify your system
- Remove the rubber stopper at the bottom of the phone
- Plug the USB cable into the telephone
- Plug the USB cable into the computer
- Start BitPim
- Select the Filesystem tab page
- Click on the + sign next to the / directory, expand MMS directory, expand OM directory
- You should see the midi/picture file you have just saved on the phone
- Right click on the file, select Overwrite...
- Find the midi or the picture file that you want on the phone, select it

That's it! Now you should be able to go to Media Gallery and listen to your new ring tone (Menu->6 Media Gallery->3 Tones). Or see your new pix (Menu->6 Media Gallery->1 Images->1 Graphics). To add more pictures/ring tones, you can either

- Use BitPim to replace the same file that you replaced in step 3
or
- Repeat from step 2 and create more entries in Media Gallery. When you Save Media, name it with a different name. Once the file is in your Media Gallery, you can rename it by high light it in the pic/tone menu, and hit Menu (left button), and 3 Change Title. As long as you have the original pix msg, you can create as many entries in Media Gallery as you want.


You only have to send 1 single message with a tiny mp3, jpg, and gif (animation).. you just spent 25 cents. Then everytime you want to add another ringtone, wallpaper, or animation, just save one of the files from the message with a different name and then over write it. Very easy...


FROM WIRELESS ADVISOR.COM

Hey, all. I just figured out how to program Speed Dial #2 to call my voicemail, and dial my password for me. Here's what I did:

I created a Phone Book entry for myself. In the Mobile Telephone Number I put *86TTT#XXXXTT1 (the Xs being your password.)

The 3 Ts are Timed Pauses. You press the left Softkey to get to the menu to chose that, and I just chose it 3 times (I couldn't figure out how to di it with a hard pause, but this works better, anyway) then did #and my password. So what I get is it dials VM, pauses for 3 seconds until I can hear my voice start to speak, then you hear the next 5 key presses (#XXXX) and a pause, and then the last 1 which takes you straight into new voicemails.

I had to use multiple timed pauses to get mine to work, if you can get it to work with 1 timed pause between, do that instead.

One other thing...for those who actually use the voice dial function, this can also be programmed with a voice tag. My voice tag for it is "Voice Mail." You have to set your voice tag, then key all the above functions in, but it works.
http://www.wirelessadvisor.com/wafor...threadid=37261

[NYCDru]

RandyD123, YOU RULE!!!!!!!

I was just too lazy to compile it all. Thanx a bunch for doing it.

And welcome to the forum buddy.