Defeating BitPim Restrictions

by dk00

Okay folks, I'm sure many of you are aware of the problem with BitPim when it comes to downloading more than 20 pictures from your handset.

I'm sure many of you had to delete some pictures in order to get BitPim to not cause an exception and crash.

I've found a workaround to get all the images out of the handset.

Tools Required

Now you wonder why you need all these applications?

Well, using QPST Tool you can explore the entire file system on the phone.  However, you need an Service Programming Code (SPC) code to access this interface.  A service programming code is embedded in the phone by your provider and is required to do any real programming to the handset.

UniCDMA can be used to retrieve this code for some handsets/providers.  However for me it did not work (I'm with Telus).

If UniCDMA doesn't work for you either, you can use BitPim to access files in the /nmv/nmv/ directory on your handset.

Inside this directory are files named nvm_0000, nvm_0001, and so on.

Right-click on nvm_0000 and do a hex dump to see the contents of the file right in BitPim's interface.  You should see both hex and ASCII data.

At location 00000010 you should see two sets of digits, both six in length.

The first one should be your SPC code that you need to gain access to the QPST Tool interface.  There are some rumors that the SPC code might be contained in nvm_0002 in some situations, so just keep on trying to find combinations of six digits to use as your SPC code.

In my situation my "phone lock" password was contained in the nvm_0002 file.

Once you've acquired the SPC code and successfully entered it into QPST Tool you have full access (no crashes with 57 photos) to the file system of your handset.

Browse to the /cam directory and you'll see directories of your pictures (i.e., /cam/pic01.jpg/).  Inside these directories are two files: .desc and body

The file body is actually the image.  Right-click and "Save to Disk," rename it to pic01.jpg (with the extension), and you're set.

You can manually save all the files until you've got less than 20 and you can do it via BitPim.  I don't suggest deleting the picture directories from within QPST Tool but via the phone directly.

Be careful and have fun!  Always remember to backup your phone data before doing something dangerous.

And of course, I'm not to be held responsible if you screw up your handset.

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