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01-27-2008, 04:29 PM
Sprint Users: Want a working Picture Mail site? Here you go! WM6 ONLY
OK guys I cant take credit for this one--I spent a long time trying to figure out why Picture Mail broke on the Apache beginning with AKU3. I'm happy to report that the problem is solved for WM6 users. Read on for the details or if you just want the hack scroll down to the end.
Background
The reason this whole problem happened on the Apache is that the User Agent String changed. That is a small text blurb that gets sent to every site you visit that basically tries to tell the web site what kind of web browser and device is being used. Web servers use that information for many reasons, but one use is to send different "views" of the same information to different users depending on what kind of device they're using to view it.
That is exactly what Sprint does for their Picture Mail web site. The proble
send the WAP site) and then it sends the version hard-coded into the Apache.
Caveats? Well it's possible there are web sites you visit that don't like getting two UA Strings--but in the testing I have done I haven't seen any problems. So at this point I think it's reasonable to put this out there. Remember that your device's actual UA string is never removed or overwritten, so if this causes problems for some of your "must-visit" sites, then you can simply remove the reg entry (or uninstall the cab, depending on what method you use to install it) and you're back to normal.
Note that this hack will also be necessary for moguls that get flashed with custom ROMs (using newer AKUs of WM6). You can go to www.useragentstring.com using PIE on your device to see what its current UA String is--then compare it to this one. If it doesn't match exactly then you'll need this hack in order to view Sprint's picture mail site successfully using PIE.
The Hack
For those of you who are comfortable editing your own registry, then here is what you need to add. I suggest copying and pasting it into a .reg file and importing it directly onto your device so you can be absolutely sure it's entered exactly as written.
Code:
;Allow Sprint Picturemail site to work in WM6 (Makes PIE report as a PPC6800/Mogul)
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Security\Internet Explorer\User Agent]
"CustomBase"="Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows CE; IEMobile 6.12) Sprint:PPC6800"
If you'd rather not go through all that hassle then just download and install the cab file I've created and attached to this post (unzip it first). If PIE is open at the time you should close it and reopen it (or soft reset to be sure). Then try and open a picture mail link. It should work!
If it does not, please go to www.useragentstring.com using PIE on your device, copy and paste the string it shows you into a message in this thread and we'll figure it out. I really don't expect many problems at all--this is pretty straightforward.
Enjoy! One more long-running bug squashed.
http://rapidshare.com/files/87128129/Sprint_PictureMail_Site_Hack.cab.zip.html
OK guys I cant take credit for this one--I spent a long time trying to figure out why Picture Mail broke on the Apache beginning with AKU3. I'm happy to report that the problem is solved for WM6 users. Read on for the details or if you just want the hack scroll down to the end.
Background
The reason this whole problem happened on the Apache is that the User Agent String changed. That is a small text blurb that gets sent to every site you visit that basically tries to tell the web site what kind of web browser and device is being used. Web servers use that information for many reasons, but one use is to send different "views" of the same information to different users depending on what kind of device they're using to view it.
That is exactly what Sprint does for their Picture Mail web site. The proble
send the WAP site) and then it sends the version hard-coded into the Apache.
Caveats? Well it's possible there are web sites you visit that don't like getting two UA Strings--but in the testing I have done I haven't seen any problems. So at this point I think it's reasonable to put this out there. Remember that your device's actual UA string is never removed or overwritten, so if this causes problems for some of your "must-visit" sites, then you can simply remove the reg entry (or uninstall the cab, depending on what method you use to install it) and you're back to normal.
Note that this hack will also be necessary for moguls that get flashed with custom ROMs (using newer AKUs of WM6). You can go to www.useragentstring.com using PIE on your device to see what its current UA String is--then compare it to this one. If it doesn't match exactly then you'll need this hack in order to view Sprint's picture mail site successfully using PIE.
The Hack
For those of you who are comfortable editing your own registry, then here is what you need to add. I suggest copying and pasting it into a .reg file and importing it directly onto your device so you can be absolutely sure it's entered exactly as written.
Code:
;Allow Sprint Picturemail site to work in WM6 (Makes PIE report as a PPC6800/Mogul)
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Security\Internet Explorer\User Agent]
"CustomBase"="Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows CE; IEMobile 6.12) Sprint:PPC6800"
If you'd rather not go through all that hassle then just download and install the cab file I've created and attached to this post (unzip it first). If PIE is open at the time you should close it and reopen it (or soft reset to be sure). Then try and open a picture mail link. It should work!
If it does not, please go to www.useragentstring.com using PIE on your device, copy and paste the string it shows you into a message in this thread and we'll figure it out. I really don't expect many problems at all--this is pretty straightforward.
Enjoy! One more long-running bug squashed.
http://rapidshare.com/files/87128129/Sprint_PictureMail_Site_Hack.cab.zip.html