Hacker's Reward – Target: the Motorola v710

None too happy about the fact that Verizon has deliberately crippled Bluetooth on the Motorola V710, Jonathan A. Zdziarski is offering a bounty to anyone who can successfully hack the phone and restore the OBEX and OPP Bluetooth features which have been disabled. What do these do, you ask? Well, OBEX lets you transfer files between the phone and a computer, while OPP lets you send phonebook entries and other info to another phone or Bluetooth-enabled car (using a Bluetooth headset with the V710 works just fine). Useful features don't you think? The prize is up to $882.72, a sum of money we're hoping will be enough to tempt at least one kindly hacker into getting this done.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 2:39AM]

Yeah, you know me...

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 2:39AM]

Yea the bluetooth headset is cool, but I bought a bluetooth phone and all that implies, If anybody can do this it would be great I have 7 days to return. I may swollow the 200 bucks and go back to AT&T...at least their bluetooth works

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 2:39AM]

Congrats Morizon! You've succeeded in pissing off thousands of people for your bottom line. Anyone who's interested in buying this phone should wait until the exec's wake up or buy a phone that has all the bluetooth features. The V710 is overpriced simply because these money hungry SOB's don't care about the people who spend hundreds of their hard earned money. In the long run this is going to cost them way more then they will ever make by ripping off the public. Who the hell do you think you are?

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 2:39AM]

check out this forum it should help you out.


http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=674803

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 2:39AM]

check out this forum it should help you out.


http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=674803