Has anyone ever hacked their cell phone?

[GT40FIED]

A while back I got a new cell phone...a Motorola E815. The thing is like a fucking mini computer. It's ridiculously capable (plays mp3s as ringtones, plays video, takes pictures, etc.), so I figured I'd buy a data cable and transfer some mp3s I liked as ringtones as well as some pictures. Wrong. My carrier (Verizon) completely neutered the phone so you'd pay money for their shitty "get it now" feature. I'm not sure what "it" is, but I'm sure it has something to do with a deep brooding rage and limitless contempt. Their selection was criminally bad as was the fact that it's not even available where I live. Add to that the fact that file transfering was totally disabled, and we've got a problem. So, in light of their sever shortcomings, I decided to go a different route...to fuck Verizon. I found a program that will do seem edits (editing the hex code on the phone via the data cable) to force it to accept what I wanted to do with the phone...which is admittedly nothing fancy, just what the phone should have done in the first place. I can't be the only one who's ever done something like this. In my case it worked like a charm. That said, my contempt for Verizon now rivals that of my contempt for hippies...and you better believe that's a hell of a lot of contempt.

[CD5Passion]

you shoould send an anonymous letter to Verizon telling them to fuck off

[Racing Rice]

Have you downloaded any software that will allow you to access the phone? I had to download Motorola Phone Tools and PST 7.11 for my phone. I don't know anything about yours.

[pdiggitydogg]

I saw a motorola hack site like last week...I'll see if I can find it for ya

[GT40FIED]

Originally posted by Racing Rice
Have you downloaded any software that will allow you to access the phone? I had to download Motorola Phone Tools and PST 7.11 for my phone. I don't know anything about yours.

Yeah...a copy of MPT came with my data cable. Finding a copy of PST 7.1.1 was a major pain in the ass, but eventually I got one. Besides that all I really needed was p2k Seem. At first I was really worried because I'd read stuff about people completely hosing their phones, but all you really need to do is follow some simple instructions and change a few values in p2k Seem.

[KwikR6]

I don't have a cell phone....I bet i'm the only one on here that doesn't have one also.

[ChrisCantSkate]

^i envy you. cell phones piss me off i wana go rouge and get rid of my phone.. :D no one important calls me on it, and when i dont answer it people just come over anyways. i could get by.


edit> wait a second, you live in canada... do they have cell phones up in your igloos? :D

[KwikR6]

Originally posted by ChrisCantSkate
^i envy you. cell phones piss me off i wana go rouge and get rid of my phone.. :D no one important calls me on it, and when i dont answer it people just come over anyways. i could get by.


edit> wait a second, you live in canada... do they have cell phones up in your igloos? :D
Envy the igloo bitch