Forum users have been claiming that Microsoft is targeting unlocked Windows Phone 7 devices.
Reports from xdadeveloper users claim that devices that have been unlocked with the ChevronWP7 had been re-locking themselves. Users were also seeing a message which read: ”[application name] has been revoked by Microsoft. Please uninstall it.”
But CheveronWP7 co-creator Rafael Rivera dismissed these claims in a blog post hours after the first reports emerged. He explained that the re-lock was a result of the way ChevronWP7 used a certificate on the phone to trick it into thinking it was a developers device:
”The phone is reverting back as a result of a periodic check. Simply put, the phone rings Microsoft and asks ?Hey, am I supposed to be unlocked??. If Microsoft responds with a ?No, what are you thinking??, the phone apologizes and initiates a lock down,”
If an unsigned app is running when the check occurs, you get the error message asking you to uninstall. The unsigned apps however do not need to be removed from a phone that re-locked. He went onto say that the ChevronWP7 team was aware of that there was a check-in period of about 2 weeks, but hadn?t look into it.
The ChevronWP7 team had been contacted earlier in the month but Microsoft who wanted them to create an ”official” Windows Phone homebrew scene. Which resulted in the discontinuation of the ChevronWP7 tool, but a few hours later users had discovered a way to reactivate the tool. Since then a few homebrew apps have appeared.
