How to Hack a Verizon RAZR v3m Cell Phone

How to Hack a Verizon RAZR v3m Cell Phone

Verizon's history of blocking cell phone features is nothing new. From their first branded phones, to their latest gadget offering, Verizon locks-down their own cell device operating systems. Would you like to both utilize and customize your Verizon phone the way Motorola originally designed the RAZR? With a few pieces of software, you can access and customize your own RAZR. It's your phone, and you paid for it; you should be able to utilize all of its functions.

This guide will walk you through finding the right software, connecting your RAZR to a PC, and changing settings on the phone to enable both USB and Bluetooth file transfers with Windows XP.

Steps

1. Download the drivers. Motorola's v3m drivers for Microsoft Windows are required to connect your RAZR to a PC via a mini-USB cable. One approach is to download a "USB Driver Tool" and the "USB Device Drivers" from Hack the RAZR's site. For the latest version, download Motorola's EU Driver Installation from their support site.
2. Extract the driver archive to any folder (if applicable). For Motorola's official driver release, the extracted file is "Motorola_EU_Driver_Installation_v?.?.?.msi" (question marks represent digits of the version number), and for third party distributions, the extracted files should include eight .inf files and one .sys file.
3. Install the drivers. None of the v3m drivers are Microsoft-certified, so be sure you've obtained them from a reliable source before you continue.

* Recommended install. This requires the official Motorola drivers from their support site: http://direct.motorola.com/hellomoto/nss/usb_drivers_pc_charging_drivers.asp

1. Launch the installer by double-clicking on the "Motorola_EU_Driver_Installation_v?.?.?.msi" file (question marks represent version number placeholders).
2.1st window: click the "Next" button.
3.2nd window: select the "I Agree" radio button if you agree to the license shown in the window, then click the "Next" button.
4.3rd window: click the "Close" button.
5.Connect your RAZR. Find a "Type A" USB to "Type B" Mini-USB cable. Connect the USB end to your PC, and the Mini-USB end to your RAZR. The Windows hardware wizard will show a series of notification balloons from the system tray as it detects and automatically installs drivers.

* Alternative install. For driver s distributed by a third-party that have no installer:

1. Connect your RAZR. Find a "Type A" USB to "Type B" Mini-USB cable. Connect the USB end to your PC, and the Mini-USB end to your RAZR. This should prompt a hardware wizard to appear in Windows.
2. 1st window: select "No, not this time" radio-button, then click on the "Next >" button.
3. 2nd window: select "Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)" radio-button, then click on the "Next >" button.
4. 3rd window: click on the "Include this location in the search:" check-mark box, enter the path to the downloaded p2k drivers, then click on the "Next >" button.
5. 4th window: click on the "Continue Anyway" button. This only appears when Driver Sign ing is set to "Warn" in the "System Properties" > "Hardware" > "Driver Signing" options of Windows XP.

4. Download and install PST. Motorola's Product Support Tool version 7.2.5 is the latest as of this writing, but version 7.2.3 will also work with current p2k software. The PST software is intellectual property of Motorola, so no additional help or screen shots may be provided for obtaining the software.
5. Download and install a p2k seem editor. The p2k Seem Editor is a tool that provides a direct means of manually changing bits of a mobile device's settings. The program only needs be extracted from its archive to function, as it has no installer to run.

Originally found on HowardForums.com years ago, the original author and/or distributors have left no information to track the application' s version or contributor history. Fortunately, the application is quite stable and reliable in its currently distributed form. Distributions of the application contain a Functions.csv file that assigns comments to specific seem bits, a hexedit.dll file, usually a readme.txt or .nfo file, and the p2kseem.exe program file.
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