I still don’t have Windows Phone 7 activation code from Microsoft until now (failed to get it when WP7 launched on HTC HD2, and don’t bother to get it now too). Therefore, I cannot access to Windows Marketplace officially. However, that does not stop me from testing WP7 applications because I can unlock / jailbreak WP7 and sideload apps into it. I tested on Windows Phone 7.5 build 7720 XBmod-Yuki ROM and manage to install custom applications with Multiple Xap Installer and Tom XAP Installer. Not sure this will work on other native WP7 phones or not. Try it out if you want…
Prerequisites
- Windows Phone 7
- Zune Software (link)
- WP7 Update Cab Sender
Can’t detect your SD card at PC after installed Windows Phone 7? Windows Phone 7 build 7004 XBmod-Yuki ROM v2 will encrypt SD card and make it like a real WP7 phone. Therefore, your SD card is locked. And can’t be detected at all. How to unlock and revive SD card after install Windows Phone 7? You need to install StorageLock in WP7. Then use it to unlock the SD card. Or lock it if you want. After unlocked, you will see 2 partitions on your SD card. You may delete both of them and create FAT32 file type partition so that you can use the SD card again on PC, Android or Windows Mobile. Just follow below step by step guide to do so…
Note – only perform these tasks when you don’t want to use WP7 anymore. Or want to dual boot WP7 and Android (note – just unlock and don’t delete any partition). Else just skip these…
Prerequisites
- Windows Phone 7
- Zune Software (link)
- WP7 Update Cab Sender
The best part for Windows Phone 7 on HTC HD2 ~ 720p video recording. However, the built-in camera application will capture VGA size video by default. And you need to change it to 720p every time you launch it. Haha… This problem solved with the help of SHCameraApp. SHCameraApp is a camera application for HTC HD2 with full resolution up to 5MP and auto-focus & touch focus support. Furthermore, you can save camera settings for photo and video. So no more changing to 720p manually.
SHCameraApp
If Tom XAP Installer is not your cup of tea, here is another one for you ~ Multiple Xap Installer. It allows you to select multiple XAP files and deploy them to your phone or emulator. Besides, it includes XAP signing which required by downloaded XAP from Marketplace. Enable it at Settings when needed.
Multiple Xap Installer
XAP Installer is a must installed application for Windows Phone 7 HTC HD2 users like me that cannot get activation code from Microsoft. However, installing XAP application one by one is a painful task. Luckily, with Tom XAP Installer v1.2, we can select multiple XAPs and install them with 1 single click. Perfect to use after installing new WP7 ROM.
Tom XAP Installer
