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**NinjaDuck** · #4 (**permalink**) 03-06-2010, 11:53 AM

Provisioning XML
Provisioning XML documents are simply a set of instructions based in an XML document that tells your phone what to do. This is actually the same structure used in CAB installation files.

Provinsioning XML 101 - Learn XML

First a couple of pieces of information for those who are completely new to this.

XML is simply a text file - don't be afraid
XML is a structured hierarchical documents consisting of opening and closing tags.
XML must be well formed - for every opening tag you need a closing tag.

Code:

<XML>
 <ELEMENT>
 </ELEMENT>
</XML>

Elements refer to the tags with <> around them and a preceding / before the element name is used to close the tag.
An element can self terminate by having a trailing / implying there is no data.

Code:

<XML>
 <ELEMENT/>
</XML>

Comments can be made in XML as follows:

Code:

<XML>
 <!-- EXAMPLE OF AN ELEMENT WITH AN OPEN AND CLOSE -->
 <ELEMENT></ELEMENT>
 <!-- EXAMPLE OF AN ELEMENT THAT SELF TERMINATES -->
 <ELEMENT/>
</XML>

Attributes can be contained in an Element and would look like this:

Code:

<XML>
 <ELEMENT SAMPLE="See what I am saying"></ELEMENT>
</XML>

Provinsioning XML 102 - wap-provisioningdoc

A wap-provisioningdoc is an xml document that opens with the <wap-provisioningdoc> tag and contains elements with the charachteristics you want to set.

Some charachteristics you might be interested in:

Bluetooth
Clock
DeviceEncryption
Email2
FileOperation
FileSystem
Home
Registry
Sounds
SpeedDial
Sync
WI-FI

Since recreating MSDN is a bit out of scope, here is a reference:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb737536.aspx

Provinsioning XML 200 - Common examples

ActiveSync (exchange) - These are the settings I use, your settings may be different.

Code:

<wap-provisioningdoc>
   <characteristic type="Sync">
   <characteristic type="Connection">
   <parm name="Server" value="{your domain}"/>
   <parm name="AllowSSLOption" value="1"/>
   <parm name="User" value="{your username}"/>
   <parm name="Domain" value="{your domain}"/>
   <parm name="Password" value="{your password}"/>
   <parm name="SavePassword" value="1"/>
   </characteristic>
  <characteristic type="Settings">
   <parm name="PeakStartTime" value="0800"/>
   <parm name="PeakEndTime" value="1800"/>
   <parm name="PeakFrequency" value="-1"/>
   <parm name="BodyTruncation" value="-1"/>
   <parm name="SyncWhenRoaming" value="1"/>
   <parm name="MIMETruncation" value="51200"/>
     <characteristic type="PeakDays">
                            <parm name="Sun" value="0"/>
                            <parm name="Mon" value="1"/>
                            <parm name="Tue" value="1"/>
                            <parm name="Wed" value="1"/>
                            <parm name="Thr" value="1"/>
                            <parm name="Fri" value="1"/>
                            <parm name="Sat" value="0"/>
                          </characteristic>
  </characteristic>
  <characteristic type="Mail">
   <parm name="Enabled" value="1"/>
   <parm name="MailBodyTruncation" value="-1"/>
   <parm name="MailFileAttachments" value="-1"/>
  </characteristic>
  <characteristic type="Calendar">
   <parm name="Enabled" value="1"/>
  </characteristic>
  <characteristic type="Contacts">
   <parm name="Enabled" value="1"/>
  </characteristic>
       <characteristic type="Tasks">
          <parm name="Enabled" value="0"/>
       </characteristic>
   </characteristic>
</wap-provisioningdoc>

ActiveSync (gmail) - These are the settings I use, your settings

Code:

<wap-provisioningdoc>
   <characteristic type="Sync">
   <characteristic type="Connection">
   <parm name="Server" value="m.google.com"/>
   <parm name="AllowSSLOption" value="1"/>
   <parm name="User" value="{email address}"/>
   <parm name="Password" value="{password}"/>
   <parm name="SavePassword" value="1"/>
   </characteristic>
  <characteristic type="Settings">
   <parm name="PeakStartTime" value="0800"/>
   <parm name="PeakEndTime" value="1800"/>
   <parm name="PeakFrequency" value="-1"/>
   <parm name="BodyTruncation" value="-1"/>
   <parm name="SyncWhenRoaming" value="1"/>
   <parm name="MIMETruncation" value="51200"/>
     <characteristic type="PeakDays">
                            <parm name="Sun" value="0"/>
                            <parm name="Mon" value="1"/>
                            <parm name="Tue" value="1"/>
                            <parm name="Wed" value="1"/>
                            <parm name="Thr" value="1"/>
                            <parm name="Fri" value="1"/>
                            <parm name="Sat" value="0"/>
                          </characteristic>
  </characteristic>
  <characteristic type="Mail">
   <parm name="Enabled" value="1"/>
   <parm name="MailBodyTruncation" value="-1"/>
   <parm name="MailFileAttachments" value="-1"/>
  </characteristic>
  <characteristic type="Calendar">
   <parm name="Enabled" value="1"/>
  </characteristic>
  <characteristic type="Contacts">
   <parm name="Enabled" value="1"/>
  </characteristic>
       <characteristic type="Tasks">
          <parm name="Enabled" value="0"/>
       </characteristic>
   </characteristic>
</wap-provisioningdoc>

IMAP4 - same disclaimer

Code:

<wap-provisioningdoc>
   <characteristic type="EMAIL2">
  <characteristic type="{bef6bd14-cdcf-403f-a7a7-f4aa9055bdf8}">
   <parm name="SERVICENAME" value="{Name the service}" />
   <parm name="SERVICETYPE" value="IMAP4" />
   <parm name="INSERVER" value="imap.gmail.com" />
   <parm name="OUTSERVER" value="smtp.gmail.com" />
   <parm name="NAME" value="{Your Name}" /> 
   <parm name="REPLYADDR" value="{your email}" />
   <parm name="AUTHNAME" value="{Your username/email account}" />
   <parm name="AUTHSECRET" value="{your password}" />
   <parm name="DOMAIN" value="" />
   <parm name="AUTHREQUIRED" value="1" />
   <parm name="LINGER" value="0" />
   <parm name="RETRIEVE" value="-1" />
   <parm name="KEEPMAX" value="0" />
   <parm name="DWNDAY" value="3" />
                        <parm name="SMTPALTENABLED" value="0" />
                      <parm name="SMTPALTAUTHNAME" value="" />
                      <parm name="SMTPALTPASSWORD" value="" />
                        <parm name="SMTPALTDOMAIN" value="" />
                          <characteristic type="TAGPROPS">
       <parm name="8128000B" value="1"/>
       <parm name="812C000B" value="1"/>          
     </characteristic>
  </characteristic>
   </characteristic>
</wap-provisioningdoc>

POP3 - The example used here is for checking hotmail using POP3 (your settings may be different)

Code:

<wap-provisioningdoc>
   <characteristic type="EMAIL2">
        <characteristic type="{618a7a2b-d44e-4069-9df0-c7aa69038a37}">
            <parm name="SERVICENAME" value="Hotmail" />
            <parm name="SERVICETYPE" value="POP3" />
            <parm name="INSERVER" value="pop3.live.com" />
            <parm name="OUTSERVER" value="smtp.live.com" />
            <parm name="NAME" value="My Name" /> 
            <parm name="REPLYADDR" value="" />
            <parm name="AUTHNAME" value="{your account}@hotmail.com" />
            <parm name="AUTHSECRET" value="{your passowrd}" />
            <parm name="DOMAIN" value="" />
            <parm name="AUTHREQUIRED" value="1" />
            <parm name="LINGER" value="120" />
            <parm name="RETRIEVE" value="-1" />
            <parm name="KEEPMAX" value="-1" />
            <parm name="DWNDAY" value="3" />
                        <parm name="SMTPALTENABLED" value="0" />
                         <parm name="SMTPALTAUTHNAME" value="" />
                         <parm name="SMTPALTPASSWORD" value="" />
                        <parm name="SMTPALTDOMAIN" value="" />
                          <characteristic type="TAGPROPS">
                <parm name="8128000B" value="0"/>
                <parm name="812C000B" value="0"/>          
              </characteristic>
        </characteristic>
   </characteristic>
</wap-provisioningdoc>

WI-FI - Other authentication methods exist that you may need to set based on your router - see MSDN link above

Code:

<wap-provisioningdoc>
    <characteristic type="Wi-Fi">
        <characteristic type="access-point">
             <characteristic type="{YOUR SID}">
                 <parm name="NetworkKey" value="{YOUR KEY}"/>
                 <parm name="Authentication" value="0"/>
                 <parm name="Encryption" value="0"/>
                 <parm name="KeyIndex" value="1"/>
                 <parm name="KeyProvided" value="0"/>
         </characteristic>
        </characteristic>
    </characteristic>
</wap-provisioningdoc>

CLOCK

Code:

<wap-provisioningdoc>
   <characteristic type="clock">
      <!-- COMMENT - EASTERN US - SEE MSDN -->
      <parm name="TimeZone" value="35"/>
   </characteristic>
</wap-provisioningdoc>

FAVORITES

Code:

<wap-provisioningdoc>
<characteristic type="BrowserFavorite">
  <characteristic type="PPC Geeks">
    <parm name="URL" value="http://m.ppcgeeks.com/"/>
    <parm name="Order" value="0"/>
  </characteristic>
</wap-provisioningdoc>

** Just save these to a text file in your settings folder with an XML file extension.

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