Pocket IE Home Page Hack
Update Pocket IE’s Home page — the default AT&T MediaNet homepage sucks.
I’ve created a CAB file that will update your PocketIE’s home page to be “www.google.com”. Download the CAB file to your Blackjack2 and run it like any other CAB file.
Note: Your Blackjack2 must be Application Unlocked for this hack to work.
If you want to undo the Registry Hack, just go to Start > Settings > Remove Programs and remove the program.
If you would like to change it to something else use the Mobile Registry Editor (found in Applications > Utilities) and edit the follow key:
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\AboutURLs
- Change the “home” string’s value to point at any site you like.
Leave a comment if you would like me to make a CAB to update Pocket IE’s Home page to some other URL — If I get enough requests for a particular URL I’ll whip another CAB file up.
May 23rd, 2008 at 6:51 pm
Not too sure about anyone else, but when I tried uninstalling this it would let me in AT&T’s Media Mall, therefore if anyone needs the tutorial on how to fix it here is the link. Follow ALL the instructions
http://tinyurl.com/4thwb7
May 28th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
OK, I can’t change the default homepage from ATTs MediaNet.
I am using Internet Explorer and have application unlocked the phone and have downloaded
the PHM Registry Editor.
I go to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\AboutURLs
Here I see many values (blank, home, home_0409, version_0416 and others).
When I click the ‘home’ value I see the following:
Value name:
home
Value data:
http://home
Value type:
REG SZ
I change the entry for Value data to cnbc.com or weather.com. Then I press the hard internet key on my phone
and IE still goes to ATT MediaNet.
Whats up? Do I need to reboot the phone after the registry change.
May 28th, 2008 at 2:38 pm
koubaro,
I dont think you have to reboot your phone, but give it a try. You might have to exit out of PocketIE and relaunch it though. Try installing the CAB file in this post and see if you it changes your homepage to google.com … if it does it means you’re doing something wrong, if it doesnt, it means that your phone is still application locked (and the registry changes are taking effect).
May 28th, 2008 at 2:51 pm
I’ll try again but I’m sure it is app unlocked.
I ran the surreal networks cab to app unlock from:
http://mobile.surrealnetworks.com/AppUnlockReg.htm
In HKLM>Security>Policies>Policies
value = 0000101B DWORD = 1
May 28th, 2008 at 3:49 pm
kou, try running the MoDaCo or SDA Application Unlocker .. I’ve never used surreal networks’s app unlocker so can’t comment on its effectiveness.
There are about 6 registry keys that need to be changed to perform a FULL application unlock. It sounds as if the Surreal app unlocker only change 1. ???
May 31st, 2008 at 12:33 pm
If I install/run the SDA App Unlocker listed here, do I need to reinstall all the applications
currently on my phone, like PHM Reg Editor, Total Commander, etc.
I can see the registry files in both of these apps but not sure if my phone is fully app unlocked
using the Surreal Networks unlocker i mentioned earlier.
The other apps I have on the phone (LEDAlerts, Google Maps, Live Search, Viigo) work fine.
May 31st, 2008 at 2:37 pm
koubaroyou do not nee to reinstall any apps after app unlocking your phone. app unlocking your phone wil allow unsigned programs to run on your phone and allow you to modify retricted rsources on your phone. app unlocking will not effec previosly installed apps.
June 1st, 2008 at 10:07 pm
David.,
The SDA Unlock appication won’t install.
I went to the direct download site and saved the SDA_ApplicationUnlock.zip
file to my Windows XP PC.
I unzipped the file and the I used ActiveSync to copy the SDA_ApplicationUnlock.exe
file to the My Documents directory on my BJ2.
I then opened Total Commander, went to .exe file, and clicked center D-pad to execute/install.
I get an Alert message saying the following: ‘SDA_ApplicationUnlock’ is not a valid Windows CE application.
Whats up? Am i doing something wrong?
June 1st, 2008 at 11:29 pm
you run the SDA application unlocker in windows xp while your blackjack 2 is connected via activesync… dont run it from yor blackjack 2.
June 1st, 2008 at 11:45 pm
OK. I hope I didn’t screw anything up trying to run it orogianlly on the phone..
I connected the phone via ActiveSync and then double-clicked the
SDA_ApplicationUnlock.exe application on the PC. It gave me some warning
that is dangerous to install such apps, then I simply clicked the
REMOVE LOCK tab. The install was instantaneous.
How can I confirm a successful unlocking.
What are some typical security values that should have changed?
Anything else?
June 2nd, 2008 at 3:43 pm
David, as mentioned in my previuos posyt. How to confrirm it is app unlocked. Do you have
keys/values that would have been changed. i.e. 1001001b = 1
June 4th, 2008 at 10:06 am
Kou,
I have yet to find a way to check values that determine if a phone has been application unlocked. You can check by trying to Delete protected items from your Start Menu (like AT&T Mall) ..