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22 available for a dedicated standard AT command interface. 22 available for a dedicated standard AT command interface.
23 fc-shell is the tool that allows you to send AT commands to the 23 fc-shell is the tool that allows you to send AT commands to the
24 firmware in this manner; it also allows a few other kinds of 24 firmware in this manner; it also allows a few other kinds of
25 asynchronous commands to be sent. 25 asynchronous commands to be sent.
26 26
27 tfc139 This tool breaks into locked-down Mot C139 phones sold with 27 tfc139 This tool breaks into Mot C1xx phones via shellcode injection,
28 TracFone branding, allowing you to reflash them with new 28 a method that works despite any bootloader locks, allowing you
29 firmware with fc-loadtool. 29 to reflash locked phones with new firmware with fc-loadtool.
30 The name of the utility is historical: previously it was
31 specific to TFC139 phones (C139s sold with TracFone branding),
32 but the current version is expected to work with all Mot C1xx
33 firmware versions.
30 34
31 imei-luhn A simple utility for computing or verifying the Luhn check 35 imei-luhn A simple utility for computing or verifying the Luhn check
32 digit of an IMEI number. 36 digit of an IMEI number.
33 37
34 The following host tools are primarily for developers, but may be useful to 38 The following host tools are primarily for developers, but may be useful to
90 i.e., our tool has no knowledge of any correspondence between 94 i.e., our tool has no knowledge of any correspondence between
91 the commands it sends and the responses they elicit. (In 95 the commands it sends and the responses they elicit. (In
92 contrast, fc-fsio described above also talks to ETM, but it 96 contrast, fc-fsio described above also talks to ETM, but it
93 does so synchronously.) 97 does so synchronously.)
94 98
99 fc-olddump This tool captures a memory dump from a GSM device whose
100 firmware implements the old non-enhanced Test Mode memory read
101 command. It works with Mot C1xx original firmwares.
102
95 fc-rgbconv A simple aid for phone UI development that converts RGB color 103 fc-rgbconv A simple aid for phone UI development that converts RGB color
96 values between human-intuitive 8:8:8 format and the 5:6:5 format 104 values between human-intuitive 8:8:8 format and the 5:6:5 format
97 used by the color LCDs in the phones targeted by FreeCalypso. 105 used by the color LCDs in the phones targeted by FreeCalypso.
98 106
99 The following tools are really just special-purpose hacks: 107 The following tools are really just special-purpose hacks: