{"id":81,"date":"2007-03-24T15:58:09","date_gmt":"2007-03-24T20:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/2007\/03\/24\/enabling-the-imap4pop3ssl-email-client-and-other-goodies-on-a-motorola-v3xx-phone-via-seem-editing\/"},"modified":"2007-04-19T09:06:52","modified_gmt":"2007-04-19T14:06:52","slug":"enabling-the-imap4pop3ssl-email-client-and-other-goodies-on-a-motorola-v3xx-phone-via-seem-editing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/2007\/03\/24\/enabling-the-imap4pop3ssl-email-client-and-other-goodies-on-a-motorola-v3xx-phone-via-seem-editing\/","title":{"rendered":"Enabling the IMAP4\/POP3\/SSL email client (and other goodies) on a Motorola v3xx phone via SEEM editing"},"content":{"rendered":"

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My new Motorola RAZR V3xx<\/a> phone is Cingular branded, which means that Cingular has added many money making links to it ("Shop Cingular!") and have hidden some of the nicer features that Motorola originally built into the phone. For example, Cingular has hidden the IMAP4\/POP3\/SSL email client that is built into the phone. Luckily for me, by changing a few bits in the phone's memory I can re-enable the features I want. I have already fixed Java<\/a> on my phone so that Google Maps doesn't ask for permission to access the network every time I zoom or scroll, which is another hack I recommend you do to your V3XX phone. Now I will describe the SEEM edit I made.<\/p>\n

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About SEEMS<\/h2>\n

Configuration data on the V3xx (and many other Motorola Phones) are stored in special binary files called SEEMS. They are normally identified with 8 hex digits (0-9 and A-F) in two groups of four. For example, the two SEEM files I will describe editing below are 0032_0001 and 004a_0001. After you download a SEEM file to your computer, you can change the configuration by changing individual bits or even full bytes in the file. Each byte is numbered in hex (starting at zero for the first byte, etc), and these bytes are also called "offsets" (as in "Offset from the beginning of the file.") Each byte has eight bits (numbered from 0-7) that can be set (turned on, or to a 1) or cleared (turned off, or to a 0) to enable or disable features. <\/p>\n

Editing SEEMS<\/h2>\n

The tools I use to download and edit SEEMS from my phone are P2KCommander<\/a> v 4.9.9, along with the associated P2K USB drivers that you can download from the Motorola Developer Webpage<\/a> after registering for a free account.
P2kCommander offers several ways to edit SEEMS, but the only one that I got to work reliably was to use the SEEM->Old Dialog option to download the entire SEEM to my computer. You can then edit it with your favorite hex editor. (I suggest xvi32<\/a> which is a freeware hex editor if you do not already have a favorite.) After you make the changes, you can re-upload the SEEM to the phone. Once you reset (reboot) the phone, the changes will take effect. <\/p>\n

SEEM 0032_0001<\/h3>\n

The majority of the edits I made were contained within SEEM 0032_0001. Here are the features that I added: <\/p>\n

IMAP4\/POP3 Email Client<\/strong> Motorola has included an email client that supports IMAP4 and POP3 servers, and allows secure encrypted connections via SSL. Once it is enabled, you can access it from the Messaging->Email Msg menu. You will have to configure it with your POP or IMAP settings to check and send email. To enable it: Change Offset B1, Bit 0, to on (1), and Offset 4F, bit 6, to on (1).<\/em><\/p>\n

Emergency Only and No Service Displays<\/strong> Cingular normally shows you zero bars in three situations. 1) You have no service. 2) You just lost service for a few seconds, but are likely to regain it quickly. 3) You have service, but through a provider that does not have a roaming agreement with Cingular, so you can only make Emergency Calls. This oversimplifies things, and can even be dangerous (would you think to try and make a 911 call if you had zero bars?). By turning on two bits we can enable the "No Service" text when your phone has not connected to a cell tower for a while, and the "Emergency Only" text when your cell phone call only make Emergency Calls. At Offset 50, turn on bits 3 and 4 (set both bits to 1).<\/em><\/p>\n

Advanced Network Menu<\/strong> This option enables the Settings->Networking->Network Setup menu. This menu lets you choose your network search speed, as well as specify what bands your phone should use (or use the default, Automatic, to find the best available band.) If you turn your network search speed to "Low" it will save battery life. If you turn it to "High" it will re-connect to the network more quickly when you emerge from a tunnel (perhaps allowing you to send or receive an SMS just before you head into another tunnel) but use extra battery power. Setting the search speed to Continuous will keep searching until a network is found (at which point the search speed will drop back down to Fast).
Cellular bands that the V3xx supports are:<\/p>\n