Don’t ask me what drives carriers to lock down WMS devices much more than PocketPC ones – problems with application signing and rights management have plagued us since the good old days of the QTek 8500.
According to PocketNow.com, the situation is especially bad on the Samsung Jack:
The Samsung Jack is locked down. There are so many security “features” that even installing some of the most common third party software is not supported. In this video we show how to remove the security limitations and enable registry edits. After the registry is unlocked, a component is removed which will enable the AT&T MEdia Net Internet Sharing capabilities.
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As it is a Samsung device, xda-developers is not interested – but the boys at PocketNow’s seem to have managed to bypass some of the security restrictions on their own.
Hit the link below if you have a Jack – it pays:
http://pocketnow.com/index.php?a=portal_detail&t=news&id=7565
P.S. AFAIK, this is not a ROM update and thus won’t void your warranty…
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The link above to unlock the jack and allow internet sharing is apparently nlocked, a “we’re sorry” note only is showing. what happened?
Yeah! What happened? I just got my Jack….
Saw it ran Windows Mobile 6.1 and it was $49.99
I was hoping to have alittle fun with it like I did with my HTC Mogul…
Seems that wont be happening. The mogul had some nice hacks! Free GPS, Broadcasting the data connection Via WIFI Using ICS for free…. Mobile Broadband Wifi Hotspot in my pocket! It was great….
Seems this phone isnt what I had hoped it was. I kind of niticed that right away when windows mobile didnt really appear to be any windows mobile i was used to, although Ive never used Ver 6.1 and its not a touch screen phone either…
But i would like to be pointed in the direction I need to be if there are any cool hacks/mods for this phone. If there are none I will just send the phone into Will It Blend lol
Hi Guys,
I have to apologize, as I don’t own this box…
All the best
Tam Hanna