Wednesday, July 06, 2005
Hacking the motorola v265
A few months ago I aquired the Motorola v265 to replace my old junker cellphone. It’s one of the cheaper Verizon phones but had a fairly decent feature list. Another deciding factor was that it has a mostly-black hull rather than the typical silver. Although it has a camera built-in, the quality of the pictures is terrible. I’d relate the image quality to a cheap 1990’s Logitech webcam. But since I have a digital camera and rarely take pictures with my phone, it was mostly a non-issue. The nicest feature of the phone is the excellent audio quality, both speech and music. Motorola produced the phone with the capability to play custom MP3’s of your choice. Unfortunately, Verizon cripples their phones so that you have to use their fee-based service (profit!) in order to add new ringtones, or to transfer the pictures you take with the camera. The Verizon logo conceals the date display on the main screen and covers over the top portion of the background, among various other corporate sillyness. Selling a device that is intentionally crippled is just plain ridiculous. Of course, the only natural thing to do in a situation like this is to hack it.
I’m not going to post links to the required software as there is no official download sites that I know of, but this article should be enough to get you started with modifying your phone. You should be able to find what you need by searching Google, P2P networks like Kazaa or eMule, or read the forums on cellphonehacks.com for links to repositories for some of this stuff. I assembled the correct tools and information by using a combination of the above. I also suggest you search Cellphonehacks if you run into trouble along the way, or need information on hacking any other type of phone — most phones can be modified to give you all of the manufacturer’s intended features. Just be careful and be prepared to get a new phone if you screw it up.
Tools you need:
1. A data cable, which, not surprisingly, Verizon does not supply (I purchased mine on Ebay)
2. Motorola’s Mobile Phone Tools software (it came with my data cable)
3. P2kman software (uploads/downloads sections of hex code from your phone’s firmware)
4. PST phone programming software (I used version 7.1.1)
5. A hex editor (any free one will do - I used one called HHD)
First, plug your phone in and install and run Mobile Phone Tools. You should be able to see your phonebook. Now, choose Menu -> Setup -> General Setup, then the “communication” tab. Click the “Change modem…” button. Next -> Other device, Next -> COMx (Motorola USB Modem). Uncheck the TAPI option. Next -> Do not automatically detect, Next. Choose Motorola CDMA, then choose the Motorola V710m (make sure you get the “m” one). Yes, I know thats not the v265, but this is the one that works. Click Ok, and get back to the image of the phone (which has changed to look like a v710). Close Mobile Phone Tools.
Open P2kman. I had to load PST before opening P2K in order for it to work, while others didn’t. YMMV. When P2k say’s it’s connected, we’re going to download some hex seems. In the Seem section, From xxxx to xxxx, type in 041a and 041a. Click download seem. Wait a few seconds. When the seem downloads, open your favorite Hex Editor. Open the new seem file, and you should see this:
000000: c7 db 41 be fe ff fd ff 87 fd 7d 71 03 17 02 61
000010: 00 e0 e7 01 10 30 a0 5c 33 18 0f 58 0e da 04 c2
000020: 01 00 1c 40 00 00 00 30 af 7d e0 df 03 0b 0c 3f
000030: c2 75 48 03 29 1a 7a 18 e0 03 00 7c 8a 0f b6 86
000040: 5e 58 29 fa 37 be 04 d0 7f a4 9f 11 5e 34 19 f0
000050: 60 fd f3 f5 0d 00 00 f8 c0 99 41 c2 41 de f1 0d
000060: 8b 37 87 91 fa c4 8f ff e1 09 e2 f1 7d ba c5 cd
000070: bf 03 58 00 a0 05 26 26 26 26
We are going to change one value. On the 000060: line, you see e2 f1 7d ba c5 cd… Change the e2 to e3. Now, save it, and go back to P2k. In the bottom part, fill in the numbers:
Seem 041a rec 1
Click Upload seem. Once it has completed, restart your phone. If it worked, you should now be able to use the Media Center in Mobile Phone Tools to transfer images and sound files back and forth to the phone. You may have to use PST to reset your phone (rather than pressing the power button or removing the battery) before it boots back up. Have fun! To get rid of the Verizon banners and various other hacks, check out the v265 threads on cellphonehacks.com.
source:http://www.originofstorms.org/?p=88
I’m not going to post links to the required software as there is no official download sites that I know of, but this article should be enough to get you started with modifying your phone. You should be able to find what you need by searching Google, P2P networks like Kazaa or eMule, or read the forums on cellphonehacks.com for links to repositories for some of this stuff. I assembled the correct tools and information by using a combination of the above. I also suggest you search Cellphonehacks if you run into trouble along the way, or need information on hacking any other type of phone — most phones can be modified to give you all of the manufacturer’s intended features. Just be careful and be prepared to get a new phone if you screw it up.
Tools you need:
1. A data cable, which, not surprisingly, Verizon does not supply (I purchased mine on Ebay)
2. Motorola’s Mobile Phone Tools software (it came with my data cable)
3. P2kman software (uploads/downloads sections of hex code from your phone’s firmware)
4. PST phone programming software (I used version 7.1.1)
5. A hex editor (any free one will do - I used one called HHD)
First, plug your phone in and install and run Mobile Phone Tools. You should be able to see your phonebook. Now, choose Menu -> Setup -> General Setup, then the “communication” tab. Click the “Change modem…” button. Next -> Other device, Next -> COMx (Motorola USB Modem). Uncheck the TAPI option. Next -> Do not automatically detect, Next. Choose Motorola CDMA, then choose the Motorola V710m (make sure you get the “m” one). Yes, I know thats not the v265, but this is the one that works. Click Ok, and get back to the image of the phone (which has changed to look like a v710). Close Mobile Phone Tools.
Open P2kman. I had to load PST before opening P2K in order for it to work, while others didn’t. YMMV. When P2k say’s it’s connected, we’re going to download some hex seems. In the Seem section, From xxxx to xxxx, type in 041a and 041a. Click download seem. Wait a few seconds. When the seem downloads, open your favorite Hex Editor. Open the new seem file, and you should see this:
000000: c7 db 41 be fe ff fd ff 87 fd 7d 71 03 17 02 61
000010: 00 e0 e7 01 10 30 a0 5c 33 18 0f 58 0e da 04 c2
000020: 01 00 1c 40 00 00 00 30 af 7d e0 df 03 0b 0c 3f
000030: c2 75 48 03 29 1a 7a 18 e0 03 00 7c 8a 0f b6 86
000040: 5e 58 29 fa 37 be 04 d0 7f a4 9f 11 5e 34 19 f0
000050: 60 fd f3 f5 0d 00 00 f8 c0 99 41 c2 41 de f1 0d
000060: 8b 37 87 91 fa c4 8f ff e1 09 e2 f1 7d ba c5 cd
000070: bf 03 58 00 a0 05 26 26 26 26
We are going to change one value. On the 000060: line, you see e2 f1 7d ba c5 cd… Change the e2 to e3. Now, save it, and go back to P2k. In the bottom part, fill in the numbers:
Seem 041a rec 1
Click Upload seem. Once it has completed, restart your phone. If it worked, you should now be able to use the Media Center in Mobile Phone Tools to transfer images and sound files back and forth to the phone. You may have to use PST to reset your phone (rather than pressing the power button or removing the battery) before it boots back up. Have fun! To get rid of the Verizon banners and various other hacks, check out the v265 threads on cellphonehacks.com.
source:http://www.originofstorms.org/?p=88
# posted by dark master : 7/06/2005 09:32:00 AM
