How To: Hack S60 Nokia Phones

July 8th, 2008 • Mark Guim • Filed Under •

This guide will be referenced to many times in the future, so I am posting the instructions to hacking your S60 Nokia phones now. Hacking your S60 phone will let you install unsigned applications without a hassle and even apply some patches if you like. It’s much easier than I thought!

Steps To Hack Nokia S60 Phone

  • Install freeware X-plore, a file manager from Lonely Cat Games. Run X-Plore, press 0 and check first 4 boxes. Don’t exit.
  • Install and run HelloCarbide by FCA00000.
  • Switch to X-plore and check if you can see the contents of C:/sys/. If you can, then you are halfway done. If not, try step 2 again.
  • Download CapsOnOff.rar by FCA00000.
  • Copy CProfDriver_SISX.ldd from RAR downloaded above into C:\sys\bin of your phone. You can do this with X-Plore.
  • Install CapsOn.sisx and CapsOff.sisx. Run CapsOff application to turn on the hack.
  • Download SIS installer mod for Symbian 9.2 and copy installserver.exe file to c:\sys\bin\ so you can install unsigned applications
  • Install ROMPatcher by Zorn.
  • Whenever you need to install an unsigned application or patch your phone, just run the CapsOff application first. CapsOn brings it back to normal state.

If I see any useful patches that interests me, I’ll make sure to mention it. There really isn’t much right now. Take a look at the SF modding forums for new patches. They were the source of these instructions.

Now that you have a hacked Nokia S60 phone, try installing some unsigned applications! I recommend MagicKey for remapping buttons or the latest version of S60 Screenshot v3.03 to take screenshots from your phone.

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  1. Anders on 9 July 2008:

    Mark!
    What an excellent post, I will try this when I’m back home, maybe I can figure out a way to hack my phone so my GPS works better also…..
    Thanks!

  2. How To ‘Jailbreak/Hack’ Nokia S60 Phones « The Symbian Blog on 9 July 2008:

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  3. Laurent on 9 July 2008:

    a bit outdated… there’s an all-in-one .sis that install everything needed in one step now :-)

    google for drakkarious.sis

  4. Mr-X on 9 July 2008:

    CapsOn will not stop you from being able to install unsigned apps with this method. When using this, there’s no way to turn off the ability to install unsigned apps without removing installserver.exe.

  5. Anthony on 9 July 2008:

    Why not just use Symbian Signed?

    https://www.symbiansigned.com/app/page/public/openSignedOnline.do

    I’ve found it to always work for me & doesn’t require 50 wackadoo steps to get going.

  6. Mark Guim on 9 July 2008:

    @Anthony not all apps can be signed with opensigned.

  7. MaXeR on 10 July 2008:

    is there possibility to disable and enable capabilities ?

  8. Andrespeed on 15 July 2008:

    Hello Pal

    Great Job!!! Its exactly what I’ve been waiting for a long time.

  9. Nitrius on 19 July 2008:

    Worked for me. But i don’t quite understand what CapsOn and CapsOff is supposed to do, whatever i use, i can always seem to install unsigned applications.

  10. MichaelSF on 19 July 2008:

    CapsOn and CapsOff is just for activating or DEactivating the access to the system files. no matter if you have them activated, you’ll always be able to install unsigned apps! :)

  11. Mark Guim on 19 July 2008:

    Thanks Michael (beerbong!) for clearing that up. I don’t exactly know how all of it works, but I’m glad it does.

  12. MichaelSF on 19 July 2008:

    it’s my pleasure marc! ;)
    many people find capson/off easier to use, but ROMPatcher, used in this Guide (http://www.symbian-freak.com/quides/hack/s60_3rd_ed_hacking_new_solution.htm) does the job as well and will activate/deactive the 3rd ed measures in it’s menu! Capson/off is additional so to say .. drop me a mail or leave a comment here if you have any further questions!
    Cheers

  13. Nitrius on 20 July 2008:

    Thanks for the answer.

    Got another question here, what are “SIS installer mod for Symbian 9.2″ for? or what does it do?

  14. MichaelSF on 20 July 2008:

    the sis installer mod actually contains the installserver.exe. if this file is placed in C:/sys/bin, you’re able to install unsigned Applications!

  15. dany on 24 July 2008:

    what’s ROMPatcher for?

  16. MichaelSF on 24 July 2008:

    ROMPatcher is the Programm that let’s you enable/disable the security measures (like Caps On/Off), but also let’s you apply some handy little Patches, which you can also find at the Symbian Freak Forum Section!

    If Mark is cool with it, i can link you directly to the Patches Index! ;)

    @ Mark: i hope you don’t mind that i take over the Comments! haha .. ;)

  17. Mark Guim on 24 July 2008:

    @michael lol not at all. Thanks for being helpful. I provided a link to the SF Modding forums in the article for those who were curious to find out more about the hacks. I go there daily to find anything new.

  18. MichaelSF on 24 July 2008:

    That’s just great!! :)
    Take Care my Friend

  19. amohan on 25 July 2008:

    Does this hack work on new Nokia E71 ? BinPDA’s rootsign does not, so my only hope is if anyone has actually used this method, mentioned here, on their Nokia E71 ?

  20. Microx256 on 25 July 2008:

    I’d like to remind you all about one little thing; When Capabilities Checking are disabled (Caps Off), the phone’s security is pretty much down aswell, so i recommend having Caps On all the time and use Caps Off when you actualy need it. However, so far its not possible to get viruses without installing them, so there is not a big danger, but I still recommend being carefull, and installing software only from trusted sources.

  21. Freddy on 28 July 2008:

    I have a question. Does hacking the phone create any kind of problem for updating firmware through nokia?

  22. Microx256 on 28 July 2008:

    Hacking a phone wont affect the ability of Upgrading firmware

  23. Freddy on 28 July 2008:

    thx

  24. Agent Hunt on 29 July 2008:

    I hope that could be very very easy if explained with Visuals

    i hope you republish with all step by step visuals.

    as all new bees wouldnt understand the geeky stuff :)

  25. MichaelSF on 30 July 2008:

    if everyone’s cool with it, i’m gonna edit the post above with some screenshots this upcoming weekend!? :)

  26. follerec on 31 July 2008:

    amohan: It does work with the E71.

  27. amohan on 1 August 2008:

    follerec : It gave me errors, tell if u did something different than what is mentioned in the guide above ! HELP !

  28. BesT on 6 August 2008:

    quest: i can see c:\sys after installing and running hellocarbie
    is there anything in the program i should run ?

  29. BesT on 6 August 2008:

    sry… i found the problem… in hellocarbie u must go menu1 –> ok

  30. Sam on 11 August 2008:

    Help me ! I install HelloCarbide and see C:\SYS with X-Plore but I can not create bin folder in C:\SYS => C:\SYS\bin

  31. mat on 11 August 2008:

    i just dont get it….how do i create the bin folder in c:/sys ? and i already run the hellocarbid den what?

  32. Microx256 on 11 August 2008:

    Sam, are you sure you don’t have the folder already there? Because some people have it already there, like I had it, but my friend with the same phone didn’t have.
    Anyway, what error do you get? Also try just pressing number key 9 on the ‘sys’ folder

  33. mat on 11 August 2008:

    im stuck at step 2..pls elp me..y i cant see c:sys/bin ? what should i do ?

  34. mat on 11 August 2008:

    is there anything i should do at the hellocarbid?or just run it and not close the hellocarbid?

  35. mat on 11 August 2008:

    mayb the problem cause by firmware?my n73 firmware V4.0750.31.2.1(15-12-2007)…or maybe i need to install helocarbid in phone memory?

  36. mat on 11 August 2008:

    sam i already solve the problem..i know y u can see c:/sys but cant see folder inside sys..it because u install to memory card…try to install to phone instead…man~it take 8hour to knew about dat..fuh~

  37. mat on 11 August 2008:

    i solve the problem again..fuh…the problem is because i install wrong version of installserver.exe ….actualy it have 2 version…one for Os9.1 n other for Os9.2…n tQ 4 the info..i couldn done this without this website

  38. BesT on 11 August 2008:

    I tryed but didn’t work… when copy the installserver.exe all my installs got errors. probably wrong version and i gave up.
    I got my own certificate from a chinese forum and now i can sign any app for my phone.
    Then the install is normal

  39. zak on 11 August 2008:

    hi i have installed the app and tried to load a sis file and keeps saying file is corrupted ,i have tried a few different files all the same problem .i tried to uninstall and now the phone cant remove the app can anyone help

  40. mat on 12 August 2008:

    actually its easy to hack phone…u just need cap off and cap on install on the phone memory…then just use xplorer n get proper installserver.exe version then install move installserver.exe to c:/sys/bin…all done huhu..

  41. mat on 12 August 2008:

    sorry if my english wrong..i still learning…hehe

  42. mat on 12 August 2008:

    zak,1st i want to ask u…why n when it start saying the file corrupted?

  43. BesT on 12 August 2008:

    that was my problem too
    it has to do with installserver.exe
    didn’t fix it, so i’ve delete it and my phone is back to normal.

    but i’m happy i can sign my apps with my own certifcate,key and the signsis pc application

  44. mat on 12 August 2008:

    zak,do u have cap off n cap on application installed on ur mobilephone?because if u have it…then it easy to remove the installserver.exe and get the proper version for ur mobile phone…if u installed the wrong version,u will get file corupted…

  45. zak on 13 August 2008:

    it says file corrupted as soon as try to install the only way to remove it was to format phone,which version do recommend , my phone is E66

  46. mat on 13 August 2008:

    E66 huh….is it 0s 9.2 or 0s 9.1?i forgot…if u cant install cap off n on..try ROM patcher mayb…it will install thru pc…den when u success intalling it on ur phone…use xplore den go to c:/sys?bin and delete installserver.exe n replace with proper version….i think installserver.exe(Os9.2)for E66…if the problem still exist..try install installserver.exe(Os9.1)….and if the problem still exist too…u should format ur phone..please remember to remove ur password on ur memory card before formatting ur phone….

  47. zak on 14 August 2008:

    thanks ill try again tonight

  48. dadada on 18 August 2008:

    is there a way to restore your phone as if it had never been hacked? i wanna know before just in case i have to send it to nokia care.

  49. mka on 18 August 2008:

    dear guru,s…

    my e61 keep on prompting file corrupted while installing rom patcher despite all step have been taken care off.. need help here

  50. Mark Guim on 19 August 2008:

    @dadada yes… hard reset your phone by pressing *#7370# at the main screen and your phone will be back to factory settings.

  51. Manso on 19 August 2008:

    I have E71 and c:/sys doesn’t open and i have tried step 2 many times. can someone please help me

  52. mat on 19 August 2008:

    dada..jz backup your phone memory by entering memory kad app in the menu and select backup…if u want to restore jz click restore..and mka…mayb u install wrong installserver.ee…to solve dat problem…jz turn ur capsoff den move the correct verson of installserver.exe to the c:/sys/bin by using xplorer den turn caps on…oky…i also get the same problem in my n73 last week mayb…oky gud luck…

  53. Chumber on 19 August 2008:

    Thank you! Nice clue!

  54. mka on 19 August 2008:

    mat, thanks

  55. mat on 20 August 2008:

    manso,u need to install the capsON and capsOFF app at phone memory not in ur memory card…if you install in the memory card,the app doesnt work n u cant open C:sys/…

  56. mat on 20 August 2008:

    no problem mka….sharing is caring…pls remember to install the correct version of installserver.exe

  57. doux on 20 August 2008:

    hello hack new nokia E71?

  58. The Nokia Blog - How To Hack S60 Nokia Phones « Williamo’s Blog. on 31 August 2008:

    [...] Whenever you need to install an unsigned application or patch your phone, just run the CapsOff application first. CapsOn brings it back to normal state. (via How To: Hack S60 Nokia Phones) [...]

  59. Pratz on 3 September 2008:

    Hey is their any hack for Nokia E71 GPS so that i can use it after the 3 months free usage!!!
    Plzzz can any body help me!!!!

  60. X-man on 8 September 2008:

    Pratx install Garmin Mob XT – much better!

    I can’t get caps on/off to work after intalling that’s the only problem w E71.

    Any ideas?

  61. UltraMaster on 9 September 2008:

    Hi to everyone. For those having problems with Nokia E50 I have already posted on another forum the solution. I also have a Nokia E50 and I also experienced the “File corrupt” error. But this installserver is made for nokia E50. Enjoy.

  62. Sirokka on 13 September 2008:

    On my N82 V 30.0.019 don`t work :(

  63. Andy on 24 September 2008:

    ^^Correct, the hack does not work on the new firmware.

  64. John on 26 September 2008:

    Hi Sirokka, I’ve got the N82 with the same latest firmware as you, and it doesn’t seem possible to hack the phone. It’s annoying as there’s a quite a few unsigned apps I want to install!

  65. mont on 12 October 2008:

    so hows abt n96 v11.101

    has anyone tired this n succeeded .. cuz i cudnt :(

  66. mazid on 14 October 2008:

    my phone gets restart every time i run caps off

  67. mazid on 15 October 2008:

    its hanging all the time

  68. arban on 4 November 2008:

    can anyone find how to hack n82 with the new firmware

  69. ant on 8 November 2008:

    i’ve try it wont work waiting for future info …. still looking round…

  70. ant on 8 November 2008:

    cos it Feature pack 3

  71. kaveh on 21 November 2008:

    i upgraded my n81 to the new 21.0.008 firmware and have the same problem. whenever i go to hellocarbid or even capson and capsoff the phone hangs and restarts. I bet Nokia knew about this and done something to prevent it. Any solutions anyone? please help

  72. kaveh on 21 November 2008:

    whats the use of hellocarbide? is it only to access the private/sys folder cause if it is then i can do that with pc right?

  73. E66 User on 23 November 2008:

    HI Guys,
    I just bought a new E66 phone. I’m having problem even installing X-plore or Y-browser. It ok when starting installation but once the installing progress bar reach 100%, it gives error, unable to install. I’m having problem even to install the 1st software. How am I going to hack my phone. I think it uses S60 OS9. Haven’t installed any firmware. you can mail me at sham.sagaria@gmail.com

  74. E66 User (Sham) on 5 December 2008:

    Hi Guys,

    Help pls :’( can’t install application in my E66. Can even install X-Plore….soooo sad….

    E66
    S60 3rd Edittion OS9.2

    Never install any firmware

  75. RVTMayur on 9 December 2008:

    Sir,
    Not appearing c:/sys in my nokia n82

  76. RVTMayur on 9 December 2008:

    not possible in my n82.its new version u can give me comment in my email maheshchavda@rediffmail.com

  77. E66 User on 10 December 2008:

    Guys, I’ve installed Drakkarious 3.01 and it works. Now I can install any software on my E66 phone. Soooooo happy now.

    Thanks to :
    Drakkarious
    Olti
    OpDA
    BinPda
    Leftup
    FCA00000
    farhazadeeb

  78. Cr@!GyJ on 18 December 2008:

    does it work on the n96????

  79. duda dadu on 18 December 2008:

    Hey. I just did it on a Nokia N95 8GB with 30.0.0.18 Firmware and it works. I tried to do it on my 30.0.0.19 N82 black and it doesn’t work. Any help?

  80. felix on 22 December 2008:

    Always loved this hack, bro! But does this work with Nokia 5320 Xpress Music newest firmware? Heard that Hello Carbide doesn’t work with the newest fw of that phone. Please help, bro!

  81. The Mass on 27 December 2008:

    Hi,

    I got an E71 with the latest firm, i tried the a/m procedure but all i can see is C:/sys which is not accessible and i can’t see C:/sys/bin.
    by the way i have installed all programs on the phone memory as advised ….. Any help !!!

  82. paga on 5 January 2009:

    this doesnt work with nokia e71 both around and after 25.12.2008.

  83. BiLLY on 9 January 2009:

    For Nokia E66 fw 110.07.126 does not work as well. Any idea?

  84. Marcelo Rodini on 13 January 2009:

    In my N96
    I try, but the folder “bin” doesn´t exist and i can´t creat.

    Does anyone have another method?

  85. jon on 27 January 2009:

    yes, does not seem like the new firmware updates will allow this (great) break to exist…

  86. jack jones on 4 February 2009:

    HI , My nokia has run out of warrenty and will cost around £70 to repair the fault i have, is there a way to ammend the warrenty by hacking the phone so i can get i repaired still under warrenty?
    Thanks

  87. Best N82 on 16 February 2009:

    Pls, anybody,
    how to place the CProfDriver_SISX.ldd file to C:/sys/bin if I have just C:/sys directory.
    can’t create bin directory in there. Please help!

  88. chandarakk on 19 February 2009:

    hi all am newer in this and i interest about hack to

  89. jorakio on 26 February 2009:

    How can i turn off camera sound off!
    :D
    do i need any antivirus software?
    THANKs

  90. Jonathan on 11 March 2009:

    Hi Nokia Blog/Mark

    Great stuff. I tried a couple of hacking techniques and could not find one that worked, but the method you presented here did work (although i had to restart it a couple of times~~) but that makes you a legend!

    I just got a couple of questions:
    1) Previously used different techniques, could not find the files used which I wanted to erase, keeping the files on the phone does it affect the system?
    2) After finished with your hack, can I/should I uninstall the programs used? Will anything happen if I do uninstall it?
    3) Also, I tried pressing CapsON and nothing happens (same for CapsOFF) im not sure if that’s the way it is, but I supposes some eventual warning or response would appear after pressing the navi key. Is this the case?

    Anyways, brilliant work, and keep up the good stuff.

  91. br on 12 March 2009:

    seems like a good idea, but can’t get past step 2, is there anyway around it? got bored of a few hours trying…
    i really only want to install one unsigned app too!!
    maybe i’ll just give up

  92. Deep on 15 March 2009:

    Can i hack my Nokia N82 with new firmware V31 follow the those steps? Any1 hv tried…

  93. Adil Javed Chaudhary on 22 August 2009:

    I have wrote a post about Garmin Mobile App, with this GPS works so fine. :) http://tinyurl.com/my3dnl

  94. luvnrio on 24 August 2009:

    I'm sure it works, just can get the HelloCarbide file to load due to the certificate is not up to snuff. Does anyone no how to turn this ck off on a Nokia N95 8G?

  95. zap on 29 August 2009:

    set the phone date back to aug 2008 or so.

  96. jyrki69 on 12 September 2009:

    i can't see c:/sys/bin on my nokia n82,were is the problem.
    i put my date on phone on 01.07.2008.and install x-plore then hellocarbide but still don't see c:/sys/bin,pls help!!!

  97. Name on 13 October 2009:

    i did it on my n95-2 8gb and it worked but when i go to rompatcher > apply the app just crashes but caps on/off works…

  98. abdel on 14 November 2009:

    hello i now how to hack nokia n95 also can used for last fireware v31.0. watch my video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdxU4UWFBhc

  99. vardhan on 19 November 2009:

    Hi how to unlock a nokia N73 phone as the code is lost and not able to start the phone

  100. Farnez on 25 November 2009:

    After hacking can I unhack to have its original feel.

  101. Farnez on 25 November 2009:

    After hacking can I unhack to have its original feel.

  102. hackermode on 15 December 2009:

    not applicable on latest firmware of N96..it wont work u cant even open bin folder

  103. hackermode on 15 December 2009:

    not applicable on latest firmware of N96..it wont work u cant even open bin folder

  104. ani on 5 January 2010:

    The Best tutorial I have ever seen on web is here :- http://abgtek.com/articles/tutorials-guides/136...

  105. ru_dee on 14 January 2010:

    i use those steps to hack n82 v35.0.002, but when i did step no.2, installing hellocarbide, it says 'certificate expired'..
    is there any other way?
    please help

  106. raja rashid on 11 February 2010:

    i can do all the procedger but my phone was not hack why?

  107. ehtishamarshad on 12 February 2010:

    Thank you so very much dude thanks a lottttttt

  108. Dan on 12 February 2010:

    Might as well use the HelloX hack, its pretty much the same thing but the app does it for you.

  109. can on 16 March 2010:

    bagi yang mau hack dengan cara yang lain dan lebih mudah

    bisa di liat di link dibawah ini

    http://deandrea-myforum.blogspot.com/search/lab...

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  110. nakki on 22 March 2010:

    I have the same broblem : (

  111. besmir on 28 March 2010:

    i cant install hellocarbide shows me Expired certificates. what can i do. please help me.

  112. besmir on 28 March 2010:

    i cant install hellocarbide shows me expiret certificates. what can i do. please help me.

  113. Miley Cyrus Family Pictures on 5 May 2010:

    Pretty Simple and Straight forward! So, the only use of hacking a phone is to install unsigned apps? Yeah?

  114. Miley Cyrus Family Pictures on 5 May 2010:

    Pretty Simple and Straight forward! So, the only use of hacking a phone is to install unsigned apps? Yeah?

  115. moh on 8 August 2010:

    will it work

  116. Hoopsfan21 on 10 August 2010:

    my nokia 5800 is full touchscreen, so how can i press 0 when i run xplore?

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