Verizon Q9c GPS Hack - Page 24 - Motorola Q Forum

raymechanic · 09-25-2008, 11:48 PM

i have an idea about using the htc dll files but i need a program that will let me copy/remove(to save)the original file. resco will not touch the gps dlls .anyone know of something that will work. thanks in advance
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raymechanic · 09-29-2008, 10:48 PM

nevermind previous post i have been doing a little work and found somethings out .first thing is the gps lockout appears to go all the way back to the flex version.second thing is i think i have found the generic flex but would like someone with better programming skills to check it out please.thanks in advance

5k1ttl3 · 09-30-2008, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by raymechanic

nevermind previous post i have been doing a little work and found somethings out .first thing is the gps lockout appears to go all the way back to the flex version.second thing is i think i have found the generic flex but would like someone with better programming skills to check it out please.thanks in advance

This is awesome. I just signed up for these forums because this is about the only active thread on the topic anywhere. I don't have advanced programming skills or anything, but I do have a q9c and a vehement hatred for VZW

Let me know what I can do to help out. What exactly am I looking at in that file?

captron7779 · 09-30-2008, 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by raymechanic

nevermind previous post i have been doing a little work and found somethings out .first thing is the gps lockout appears to go all the way back to the flex version.second thing is i think i have found the generic flex but would like someone with better programming skills to check it out please.thanks in advance

That file def. does not contain software code. It appears to be maybe a memory dump, or just garbage.

raymechanic · 10-01-2008, 11:45 AM

this is a flex file it tells the phone what it can and can not do and the file itself is from motorola I personally don't know how to read flex files I just understand what they do from hacking razrs

5k1ttl3 · 10-01-2008, 12:18 PM

now, Knowing nothing about how this is set up, here's my wild assumptions -

the GPS chip on the VZW Q9C works, it just sends encrypted or scrambled data out so only VZnav can use it. (maybe?)

but I really have no idea. I *think* the GPS chip is on one of the COM ports. If there were a terminal emulator or some way we could access data on the COM ports of the device, that could go a long way to helping us understand just how it works. Even moreso if you could monitor those ports on a VZW Q9C that has a working copy of VZNAV

I don't know how a flex file works or what effect it would have on a q9c, but I can only think of two ways to get GPS working -

Flash the GPS chip to make it act like the unlocked GPS chips on other q9c's

-or-

Figure out how the scrambled GPS chip works and write a driver that decodes that data.

From what you've said, a FLEX file enables or disables features on a specific phone? I wonder if the GPS chip is affected by the FLEX file, or if the GPS chip itself would need to have it's firmware updated to fix it.

5k1ttl3 · 10-01-2008, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by 5k1ttl3

but I really have no idea. I *think* the GPS chip is on one of the COM ports. If there were a terminal emulator or some way we could access data on the COM ports of the device, that could go a long way to helping us understand just how it works. Even moreso if you could monitor those ports on a VZW Q9C that has a working copy of VZNAV

well, I found this:
http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Network_and_Internet/Terminals_and_Telnet_Clients/MobileVT.html

and I'll be installing it and seeing what I can find out tonight, I don't have my sync cable here at work unfortunately.

Maybe someone who has a working copy of VZnav can help us too...

Does anyone know if it would be possible to completely turn off the "assisted" function of the aGPS, so that I don't use data? I mean, if someone wrote a small server that ran locally and then set up the GPS chip to use 127.0.0.1 or LOCALHOST as the AGPS IP address, you could set this server to return location information that is somewhat accurate, and then the GPS chip would connect to satellites and correct itself.

I dont know, Im just rambling.