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iNFiNiTY125 04-01-2010 03:51 PM
Windows Mobile 6.5.5 Time bomb or activation fix!
 
hi i finally downloaded a rom that i like. but after about a week i got a message this edition will expire in 30 days or something like that.

Dose any one have a way to fix this?

swinn 04-01-2010 04:21 PM
Re: Windows Mobile 6.5.5 Time bomb or activation fix!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by iNFiNiTY125 (Post 1674853)
hi i finally downloaded a rom that i like. but after about a week i got a message this edition will expire in 30 days or something like that.

Dose any one have a way to fix this?
You have to patch shell32.exe. More than likely it is already patched and you are just seeing the notifications.

iNFiNiTY125 04-01-2010 04:37 PM
Re: Windows Mobile 6.5.5 Time bomb or activation fix!
 
is there a way for me to check if its patched?

and is there a way to get rid of the messages?

thank you

signothefish 04-01-2010 06:45 PM
Re: Windows Mobile 6.5.5 Time bomb or activation fix!
 
I'd like to know this as well.

swinn 04-01-2010 09:31 PM
Re: Windows Mobile 6.5.5 Time bomb or activation fix!
 
If you copy your shell32.exe to your desktop, you can use the utility found here then copy it back to your Windows folder. If you are cooking a ROM then use the utility on the S000 file within the shell32.exe module. Also if you are cooking, ervius's visual kitchen will automatically patch it.

iNFiNiTY125 04-01-2010 10:30 PM
Re: Windows Mobile 6.5.5 Time bomb or activation fix!
 
thank you.. but i cant get that file to my desktop!

On cecommander i can see it and copy it but it dosent copy!

is there a way to view the windows volume from my desktop?

swinn 04-01-2010 10:50 PM
Re: Windows Mobile 6.5.5 Time bomb or activation fix!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by iNFiNiTY125 (Post 1675601)
thank you.. but i cant get that file to my desktop!

On cecommander i can see it and copy it but it dosent copy!

is there a way to view the windows volume from my desktop?
Yeah sorry about that. I suppose since the file is a module, you can't copy it. I've never tried doing it this way. We can get the file from the SYS folder. What build are you running?

iNFiNiTY125 04-02-2010 12:52 AM
Re: Windows Mobile 6.5.5 Time bomb or activation fix!
 
umm.. 6.5.5

Windows Mobile 6.5 Pro
CE OS 5.2.23515 (Build 23518.5.5.0)

swinn 04-02-2010 01:14 AM
Re: Windows Mobile 6.5.5 Time bomb or activation fix!
 
1 Attachment(s)
I'm attaching the patched shell32.exe for build 23518.

signothefish 04-29-2010 01:16 PM
Re: Windows Mobile 6.5.5 Time bomb or activation fix!
 
Even after the patch, I'm still getting the time bomb. I REALLY hope the message is benign.

hamagc 04-29-2010 01:28 PM
Re: Windows Mobile 6.5.5 Time bomb or activation fix!
 
what rom?

as far as i know the only current tp1 roms that has this issue are the nfsfan rom (1.04) and juicy 8 (removed from the site because of the time bomb issue).

there is a more recent nfsfan rom (1.05) that i am currently running that does not have this issue.

it may be worth it to upgrade to a more recent rom.

signothefish 04-30-2010 12:50 AM
Re: Windows Mobile 6.5.5 Time bomb or activation fix!
 
I'm using raidzero's ROM in this thread:
forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=99037

hamagc 04-30-2010 12:24 PM
Re: Windows Mobile 6.5.5 Time bomb or activation fix!
 
interesting:

Quote:
Originally Posted by mdiaz33685
thanks RZ... for your great outstanding work...

I installed the 2.5 release last night,
this morning at work.. it said it will expire on 5-2010,, then a hour or so later,,,
it expired... had to reset using hardware keys. so i can use my phone now...

everything is working great, . texts are fine, just a small lag..
Quote:
Originally Posted by raidzero
.... it timebombed? wtf.. lol that is unexpected. I *DO* test these things before I release lol and I never saw any timebomb stuff. I am gonna say maybe that was a result of not flashing to stock first (which I never do, by the way) or not hard resetting after flashing.

I am just not getting this whole "final release" thing am I? hahah

anyway I am glad it is working for you now :smile:
Quote:
Originally Posted by nsauceda35
You can try deleting this key [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Shell\Device Beta] from your phone registry, if it exists. Maybe that will help. Dont forget to soft reset your phone if you delete it.
so you can try what they suggest. i would make note of this in his thread too, just so he knows about this issue. you look like the third or so person with the problem.

if you can not get it to work without the timebomb, you may need to switch to a new rom.

signothefish 04-30-2010 02:58 PM
Re: Windows Mobile 6.5.5 Time bomb or activation fix!
 
Wow, I didn't know it was such an isolated issue. Thanks for the great help, hamagc!

hamagc 04-30-2010 03:08 PM
Re: Windows Mobile 6.5.5 Time bomb or activation fix!
 
not a problem. i hope you find an easy solution!

phoenixweasel 05-01-2010 11:57 AM
Re: Windows Mobile 6.5.5 Time bomb or activation fix!
 
Any ideas what to do after it timebombs? I'm in the situation now and the phone won't come up in activesync to flash...

swinn 05-01-2010 12:13 PM
Re: Windows Mobile 6.5.5 Time bomb or activation fix!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by phoenixweasel (Post 1729256)
Any ideas what to do after it timebombs? I'm in the situation now and the phone won't come up in activesync to flash...
  1. Put your phone into bootloader mode. To do that, hold down the power button and volume down button. While holding them, soft-reset (if your phone is off, then hold both buttons while turning it on). Continue holding both buttons and in a few seconds you will see the multi-colored screen.
  2. The bootloader screen will say "Serial" at the bottom. Connect your USB cable to your computer. It will change to "USB". This doesn't connect to activesync so don't worry.
  3. Run the ROM Update Utility and flash a different ROM.

skywalker6705 05-02-2010 12:13 AM
Re: Windows Mobile 6.5.5 Time bomb or activation fix!
 
Yea, I flashed to Vetvito's ROM from Raidzero's rom last night. Despite assurances, the shell32.exe in that rom wasn't patched to avoid the beta expiration, and died on 4/30. If there's no attempt to fix the Baseline rom (I doubt there will be) someone lock that thread in the next week or so.

signothefish 05-04-2010 01:25 PM
Re: Windows Mobile 6.5.5 Time bomb or activation fix!
 
Well, I'm happy to report that Shwinn's patched shell did the trick! I'm thinking the notification reappeared because I made it snooze for a day prior to using the patch. When I hit "Dismiss" after the notification came up following the patch, I never saw it anymore, and my Touch Pro continues to work with Raidzero's ROM. Unfortunately, I see others in the Raidzero thread that didn't apply the patch and now they are dead in the water. Of course, the registry change for the notification may have fixed it as well. I made sure to try all suggestions to avoid this problem. Something worked!

powder_hounder 05-04-2010 08:07 PM
Re: Windows Mobile 6.5.5 Time bomb or activation fix!
 
I'm having the same problem, my Touch Pro has already locked up and displaying "this concludes the beta test of this software release..."

I'm running nfsfan's WM6.5.3 v1.04 TP ROM. Problem is I don't want to re-image with a newer ROM until I grab the txt msgs off this ROM, have some important ones in there that I need to keep. Anyone have ideas?

signothefish 05-06-2010 11:14 PM
Re: Windows Mobile 6.5.5 Time bomb or activation fix!
 
If you can figure out how to get to your text messages, you can use MyPhone to transfer them to the central server, then install MyPhone on your new ROM and set it up to download the saved text messages.

proxhack 05-16-2010 11:47 PM
Re: Windows Mobile 6.5.5 Time bomb or activation fix!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by swinn (Post 1729290)
  1. Put your phone into bootloader mode. To do that, hold down the power button and volume down button. While holding them, soft-reset (if your phone is off, then hold both buttons while turning it on). Continue holding both buttons and in a few seconds you will see the multi-colored screen.
  2. The bootloader screen will say "Serial" at the bottom. Connect your USB cable to your computer. It will change to "USB". This doesn't connect to activesync so don't worry.
  3. Run the ROM Update Utility and flash a different ROM.
tried this way and still having the same issue?
It does not change from serial to usb

Do you have another idea?

Thank you!

swinn 05-17-2010 12:08 AM
Re: Windows Mobile 6.5.5 Time bomb or activation fix!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by proxhack (Post 1756809)
tried this way and still having the same issue?
It does not change from serial to usb

Do you have another idea?

Thank you!
The other way is to flash using a microSD card. You will need to copy a file to it so you'll need to do it on a computer or other device since the phone is nonoperational:

1. Take the ROM's RUU_SIGNED.NBH file and rename it to RAPHIMG.NBH.
2. Copy raphimg.nbh to the root directory of the storage card.
3. Put the storage card into your phone.
4. Enter bootloader mode - the same way as before.
5. When it enters the bootloader it will see the above img file and give you instructions to flash it to the phone.
6. When finished, push the reset button to reboot the phone.

proxhack 05-17-2010 12:36 AM
Re: Windows Mobile 6.5.5 Time bomb or activation fix!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by swinn (Post 1756837)
The other way is to flash using a microSD card. You will need to copy a file to it so you'll need to do it on a computer or other device since the phone is nonoperational:

1. Take the ROM's RUU_SIGNED.NBH file and rename it to RAPHIMG.NBH.
2. Copy raphimg.nbh to the root directory of the storage card.
3. Put the storage card into your phone.
4. Enter bootloader mode - the same way as before.
5. When it enters the bootloader it will see the above img file and give you instructions to flash it to the phone.
6. When finished, push the reset button to reboot the phone.
Thank you very much!
Do I take the Ruu_signed.NBH from another rom?
Thank you!

swinn 05-17-2010 12:50 AM
Re: Windows Mobile 6.5.5 Time bomb or activation fix!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by proxhack (Post 1756876)
Thank you very much!
Do I take the Ruu_signed.NBH from another rom?
Thank you!
From whichever ROM you want to flash to your phone.

proxhack 05-17-2010 12:58 AM
Re: Windows Mobile 6.5.5 Time bomb or activation fix!
 
I got it done!

Thank you!


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