here's how to allow the instinct to use untrusted/unsigned apps(3rd party apps)

I did not know how to put this phone into download mode... so good find.

download mode would be used to flash the phone with new firmware etc...

i wonder if there are hidden menus activated by button combos like the upstage had.

this is nothing new but... here's how to allow the m800 to use untrusted/unsigned apps(3rd party gps apps, apps needing access to the file system, etc).. cert mode being enabled/disabled seems to have been removed... this gets around that.. plus more.

create a new text file and name it _policy.txt . inside the .txt file paste the text found in the code box below then save.

open qpst efs explorer and navigate to / > brew > mod > obigo and overwrite the text file already found in that folder.




Code:
alias: midp_net javax.microedition.io.Connector.http,

 javax.microedition.io.Connector.socket,

 javax.microedition.io.Connector.https,

 javax.microedition.io.Connector.ssl,

 javax.microedition.io.Connector.datagram,

 javax.microedition.io.Connector.serversocket,

 javax.microedition.io.Connector.datagramreceiver,

 javax.microedition.io.Connector.comm,

 javax.microedition.io.Connector.obex

 

alias: push_registry javax.microedition.io.PushRegistry

 

alias: gps_api com.qualcomm.qjae.gps.Gps,

 javax.microedition.location.Location,

 javax.microedition.location.Orientation,

 javax.microedition.location.ProximityListener,

 javax.microedition.location.LandmarkStore.read,

 javax.microedition.location.LandmarkStore.write,

 javax.microedition.location.LandmarkStore.category,

 javax.microedition.location.LandmarkStore.management,

 com.sprintpcs.util.Location


 

alias: wma_api_send javax.wireless.messaging.sms.send

 

alias: wma_api_receive javax.microedition.io.Connector.sms,

 javax.microedition.io.Connector.cbs,

 javax.wireless.messaging.cbs.receive,

 javax.wireless.messaging.sms.receive

 

alias: mmapi javax.microedition.media.protocol.Datasource,

 javax.microedition.media.control.RecordControl,

 javax.microedition.media.control.VideoControl.getSnapshot,

 javax.microedition.amms.control.camera.enableShutterFeedback,

 javax.microedition.amms.control.tuner.setPreset,
 
 javax.microedition.media.Manager,
 
 javax.microedition.media.Player



alias: file_connection javax.microedition.io.Connector.file.read,

 javax.microedition.io.Connector.file.write

 

alias: pim_api javax.microedition.pim.ContactList.read,

 javax.microedition.pim.ContactList.write,

 javax.microedition.pim.EventList.read,

 javax.microedition.pim.EventList.write,

 javax.microedition.pim.ToDoList.read,

 javax.microedition.pim.ToDoList.write

 

alias: bluetooth java.bluetooth,

 javax.microedition.io.Connector.bluetooth.server,

 javax.microedition.io.Connector.bluetooth.client,

 javax.microedition.io.Connector.obex.client,

 javax.microedition.io.Connector.obex.server,
 
 javax.microedition.io.Connector.obex.client.tcp,
 
 javax.microedition.io.Connector.obex.server.tcp

 

alias: satsa javax.microedition.securityservice.CMSMessageSignatureService



alias: sprint_extensions com.sprintpcs.util.System


alias: sprint_ext_device_info com.sprintpcs.util.System.getProtectedProperty



domain: embedded

allow: wma_api_receive

allow: wma_api_send

allow: mmapi

allow: push_registry

allow: satsa

allow: sprint_extensions

allow: gps_api

allow: pim_api

allow: midp_net

allow: file_connection

allow: bluetooth

allow: sprint_ext_device_info


domain: CN=Sprint Vision Root CA OU=PRG O=Sprint L=Overland Park ST=KS C=US

allow: wma_api_receive

allow: wma_api_send

allow: mmapi

allow: push_registry

allow: satsa

allow: sprint_extensions

allow: gps_api

allow: pim_api

allow: midp_net

allow: file_connection

allow: bluetooth

allow: sprint_ext_device_info

 

domain: CN=Sprint STIC OU=Network O=Sprint L=Lenexa ST=KS C=US

allow: wma_api_receive

allow: wma_api_send

allow: mmapi

allow: push_registry

allow: satsa

allow: sprint_extensions

allow: gps_api

allow: pim_api

allow: midp_net

allow: file_connection

allow: bluetooth

allow: sprint_ext_device_info

 

domain: untrusted

allow: wma_api_receive

allow: wma_api_send

allow: mmapi

allow: push_registry

allow: satsa

allow: sprint_extensions

allow: gps_api

allow: pim_api

allow: midp_net

allow: file_connection

allow: bluetooth

allow: sprint_ext_device_info


*I DID NOT WRITE THIS I FOUND IT*
AND THOUGHT IT WOULD HELP APP CREATORS. AND TO GET SOUND FOR THE GAMES THAT HAVE NO SOUND, CREDIT TO AUTOPRIME

This is a pretty awesome find!

However, for us developers, it doesn't help that we'd require users to install this policy file before they could run our applications.. =P

Even if that storage area didn't have special protections (which it probably does), it would take a signed app to write to the filesystem.  Catch-22!

QPST is a commerical program from Qualcomm.  I think you can only find it as "warez".

Mistakes made with QPST can brick your phone.  Check out autoprime's own video on youtube of two phones he put in an infinite reboot loop.

I posted this a while ago in a review I did, but since its been long gone, this is a great trick and hopefully our developers can use this to make better apps

I read about this a while ago on another forum.  Not interested due to the high probability of a bricked phone.

Interesting philosophical question - will software developers, whose livelihood depends on paying customers, embrace a technique that depends on pirated software?

For now, I'll stick with the developer certificate to sign apps for my own phone that need signing, and if I actually make something worth sharing, I'll get a real certificate and sell it on the app store.

It would be a trivial change for Sprint to disabled that little trick, if they cared enough to do so. (big if)

Oops, I forgot you were above the border.  We actually don't know how the Sprint app store will work because it doesn't exist yet.     The assumption is that it will be similar to the iphone app store.

Are the Canadian phones also locked out of the same set of JSRs that Sprint's are?  Are the OSs similar enough that the policy file will be in the same place? Clearly it will need changing for other cell providers because the policies are all provider-specific.

I think the developer cert is included in the Sprint WTK, and then you need to enable your phone(s) to make it work.  I have been avoiding anything that needs signing, so I haven't tried it yet.

I would say the app store does exist. It just doesn't have any off the developer created appsfrom the contest in it yet.