I know this is probably a long-shot but I've been tempted to throw a childish fit ever since I updated to 4.3. I'd killed my ROM while trying to flash CM11 and I had to go back to stock in order to put things right. Little did I know, Verizon had a sneaky trick up their sleave. I hadn't kept up to date on the news for my phone and I took the 4.3 update. I bet this sounds really familiar for many people. I'm personally willing to contribute USD50 to a community-driven bounty on the exploitation of this new lock because I'm fed up with terrible battery life and many other things. I'm personally not sure how to set this up or organize it. I'm just interested to see if there's a demand large enough for this.
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I know this is probably a long-shot but I've been tempted to throw a childish fit ever since I updated to 4.3. I'd killed my ROM while trying to flash CM11 and I had to go back to stock in order to put things right. Little did I know, Verizon had a sneaky trick up their sleave. I hadn't kept up to date on the news for my phone and I took the 4.3 update. I bet this sounds really familiar for many people. I'm personally willing to contribute USD50 to a community-driven bounty on the exploitation of this new lock because I'm fed up with terrible battery life and many other things. I'm personally not sure how to set this up or organize it. I'm just interested to see if there's a demand large enough for this.
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Go and put that money up for the Verizon s4 unlock bounty. Chances are if they get a exploit we will be able to use it or modify it for our use. But I can tell you right now a bounty for the s3 will be a waist of time.
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I hate to say it but even the s4 bounty is a waist of time because it had a exploit that got patched. But not enough people updated to that patched boot loader to really care.
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Go and put that money up for the Verizon s4 unlock bounty. Chances are if they get a exploit we will be able to use it or modify it for our use. But I can tell you right now a bounty for the s3 will be a waist of time.
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I hate to say it but even the s4 bounty is a waist of time because it had a exploit that got patched. But not enough people updated to that patched boot loader to really care.
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I mean if you really want to know, there's over a $6000 bounty (Verizon only), I think AT&T is also over $5000 to unlock the bootloader. Trust me, anybody who's capable of doing it is either working on it already or simply can't do it. If the bootloader gets cracked on one of those devices, the method would probably trickle down to the s3. Also, people pledge money all the time but never pay up. Developers know this and don't necessarily work on the exploit simply for the money.
The developers who are trying to work on this wouldn't post relevant information anyway in a public forum. Any progress on this would be completely hidden from anybody to ensure the integrity of the exploit.
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I know when the s3 came out I put up a fund me project and the money would go to Adam Outler to get our boot loader unlock and or work around. He came through but I don't think he'd revisit our phone when the issue is so small. Most of us on here are unlocked and will never take the OTA.
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I know when the s3 came out I put up a fund me project and the money would go to Adam Outler to get our boot loader unlock and or work around. He came through but I don't think he'd revisit our phone when the issue is so small. Most of us on here are unlocked and will never take the OTA.
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To be clear, Adam did not unlock the S3 bootloader. Nobody did. Adam was provided a leaked bootloader from a pre-release S3. He even said so in his bootloader unlock thread in the original dev section. Not taking anything away from Adam because I and countless others are entirely thankful for that feat.
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To be clear, Adam did not unlock the S3 bootloader. Nobody did. Adam was provided a leaked bootloader from a pre-release S3. He even said so in his bootloader unlock thread in the original dev section. Not taking anything away from Adam because I and countless others are entirely thankful for that feat.
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Right, he did package together CASUAL which is still being used right now I think? Which at the time was a great tool because it was cross-platform. Someone on here donated all $600 to adam which I thought was cool.
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To be clear, Adam did not unlock the S3 bootloader. Nobody did. Adam was provided a leaked bootloader from a pre-release S3. He even said so in his bootloader unlock thread in the original dev section. Not taking anything away from Adam because I and countless others are entirely thankful for that feat.
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I was going to say exactly that! You ninja'd me to it.
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Right, he did package together CASUAL which is still being used right now I think? Which at the time was a great tool because it was cross-platform. Someone on here donated all $600 to adam which I thought was cool.
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What does this have anything to do with unlocking a bootloader?
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Right, he did package together CASUAL which is still being used right now I think? Which at the time was a great tool because it was cross-platform. Someone on here donated all $600 to adam which I thought was cool.
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Yea CASUAL is still used but for 4.1.2 and older of course. Really cool tool.
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I was going to say exactly that! You ninja'd me to it.
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hahaha great minds think alike :good::good:
Well, from the looks of it I'm going to have to either buy a new phone or sit tight. The only reason I'm hesitant in changing phones is because the S3 has a much larger apreture than any other phone I've seen xD However, I'd love to find something to help my battery life. Maybe it's time to look at XPosed.Thanks everybody.
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Hi, so jimbridgman and I have been working on the Boot Loader unlock stuff, and may have an idea. It seems to easy to be true but is worth a shot.
Now, this means we need someone to test it. Here is what we are asking for:
1. at least 1 person to test, we will not need more than 1 person for this initially, but if it fails we will likely need more so feel free to volunteer anyways and we can renegotiate the terms for a later test
2. you must have access to a computer with fastboot and be familiar with how to use it.
3. You must be familiar with how to get yourself out of a general softbrick, such as a bootloop.
4. You will be paid 20% or $150 of the bootloader unlock bounty (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1837363), whichever is lower if and only if this method of unlocking succeeds.
5. If this fails, which it most likely will, You will almost definitely be HARD BRICKED. That means you now own an expensive paper weight. That said you will likely be able to get a replacement through AT&T if you are with them so make sure you know your options.
6. You must be on ICS or Be willing and know how to upgrade to it.
7. Your phone must be a U.S. AT&T model
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You must also fully understand that we do not take responsibility for what happens to your phone and we are well aware that it will likely brick. you CANNOT hold us or anyone else responsible if you are unable to restore or get a replacement.
That said we will do our best to help you unbrick if possible, but it likely will not be.
Please reply here if you are interested and Jim or I will PM you with more info. feel free to ask any questions you have here as well.
I'm in. PM me in you need to, I have nothing to lose, and (hopefully) everything to gain! :good:
Thanks lkrasner!
So this will test to see if we are even able to use that BL we found, just so that everyone has an inkling of what we are doing.
If your still looking for volunteers Im in
I have fastboot on both windows and ubuntu
I have recovered from many soft bricks
I am willing to sacrafice my phone if I need to
I've got to do a bit of charging - didn't realize I let my phone power off with no juice, so I'll report back in about an hour or so... Sorry.
Edit: I will PM Jim and lkrasner my results. Stay tuned guys.
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I'm down. PM me if it's still on the table. You might know me better as Gonz013 from IRC, or the guy with the unrootable phone...
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Hi, so jimbridgman and I have been working on the Boot Loader unlock stuff, and may have an idea. It seems to easy to be true but is worth a shot.
Now, this means we need someone to test it. Here is what we are asking for:
You must also fully understand that we do not take responsibility for what happens to your phone and we are well aware that it will likely brick. you CANNOT hold us or anyone else responsible if you are unable to restore or get a replacement.
That said we will do our best to help you unbrick if possible, but it likely will not be.
Please reply here if you are interested and Jim or I will PM you with more info. feel free to ask any questions you have here as well.
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Good luck gentleman....may the gods be with you.
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Tuned in here .....
Godspeed gentlemen...and good luck.
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I'll try it if you need another tester.
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Thanks guys. We are still tweaking. We did a test run today and it did not brick nor unlock. So... back to the drawing board.
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I'm in when y'all are done with tweaking. Building a Linux server for my daughter's school. It's going too good I have to have some excitement over the weekend.
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Can you tell us what you tried or a simplified run down?
mind sharing the details & result?
Without getting too involved in details, basically the awesome developers here made up a flashable .zip using the NS Bootloader. Flashed fine, no brick, but as Jim mentioned above, still locked. Also, as mentioned by Jim, he and the other guys are still tweaking things, so please... EVERYONE... stay patient and don't start getting all worked up just yet. I'll leave the rest of the updates to him, lkrasner, alteredlikeness, and/or cogeary.
And guys, please don't explode this thread with asking for updates, when they come, you will be informed as soon as they are discovered. Just stay calm, patient, and keep fingers and toes crossed...
Thanks for letting us know what's going on. I'm just an info junkie. Its all for the bigger picture. Plus when I talk about it with people like my pops who's been using Linux and embedded systems since the beginning I can give a little run down. Who knows maybe a fresh idea might pop out. Again thanks for the update and all the work.
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Once you have flashed have you tried doing the fastboot commands to attempt to retrieve the device id and unlock keys that are needed for the Moto unlock bootloader site? Maybe the NS Bootloader is locked but has the ability to be unlocked via this site. Just a thought.
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Once you have flashed have you tried doing the fastboot commands to attempt to retrieve the device id and unlock keys that are needed for the Moto unlock bootloader site? Maybe the NS Bootloader is locked but has the ability to be unlocked via this site. Just a thought.
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I was thinking the same thing.
I am no expert, but that seems highly unlikely. considering that moto doesn't support unlocking our device, and it is their web site you need to get the codes from.
easy as heart surgery...
ill simply pop out the logic board of my current device and replace it in the warranty replacement hehehe
the warranty replacement is for lcd burn so theres nothing wrong with the board BUT..............................
is there REALLY no way to root and rom 2.20?? i mean NO workarounds?? i dont care about flashing kernels i just want to flash viper or aokp or something i dont care about kernels and modems i thought i read about a work around if you flash a boot.img through fastboot/adb or something
sorry im so new to HTC ive only ever had samsungs
Flashing the boot.img from fastboot is the requisite method for flashing kernels on 2.20. You must be rooted with an unlocked bootloader to do this.
There is currently no root method for 2.20 whatsoever.
But good luck with the swap! Let us know if you go through with it and how it turns out.
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easy as heart surgery...
ill simply pop out the logic board of my current device and replace it in the warranty replacement hehehe
the warranty replacement is for lcd burn so theres nothing wrong with the board BUT..............................
is there REALLY no way to root and rom 2.20?? i mean NO workarounds?? i dont care about flashing kernels i just want to flash viper or aokp or something i dont care about kernels and modems i thought i read about a work around if you flash a boot.img through fastboot/adb or something
sorry im so new to HTC ive only ever had samsungs
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Well when you remove the 2 screws you will break the tamper seals. Also when they power it up and find the imei is different they will bill you 504$. So use caution.
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If you switch the boards id expect to get billed for the price of a phone like mentioned already. Warranty replacement is usually a refurbished device that you receive no?? There's a chance you'll get another device with 1.85. I just bought a refurbished unit last week and it came with 1.85 i successfully rooted and unlocked it, no issues.
Hmmm hasn't considered the getting billed for wromg imei...suppose a hard brick on the phone being sent back is in order.
Or perhaps I'll just decide to keep my old one technically their getting the imei they originally sent me...but really still switch the boards and keep the new screen and housing
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Or perhaps I'll just decide to keep my old one technically their getting the imei they originally sent me...but really still switch the boards and keep the new screen and housing
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Uh, if you're so technically gifted, why not buy a screen on eBay and install it yourself. That's what I've decided to do over my cracked screen. It was either that, or an SGS3.
Billy
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Uh, if you're so technically gifted, why not buy a screen on eBay and install it yourself. That's what I've decided to do over my cracked screen. It was either that, or an SGS3.
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Uh, because why pay if I can't get it for free? Uh, I came from the gs3. Uh, I'm a tech at sprint I certainly hope I can swap a logic board. Uh, thanks.
Received my replacement today will report back!
And we still won't care............
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And we still won't care............
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You forgot the uh in front.
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And we still won't care............
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I'm somewhat interested to see if it works or fails. If it fails it will end up costing a lot more than the price of a screen. If it works then id like to know.
Would be funny if you get the last screw in and find out a root for 2.20 was found lol
He's taking the screen from one phone, and putting it on another phone......of course it will work
It's not a how to root my warranty replacement, or how to swap logicboards, or heart surgery,.....it's a replacing my shattered one xl screen thread
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I'm not even trying to be an a*s here, but this could be a beneficial thread if the op would present it as a walkthru or a tutorial. XDA is here to help or to get help.....opening a thread with easy as heart surgery, and discussing what he is capable of doing with a smirk does nothing. That's the only reason I spoke on this thread.....it would be nice op, if you would demonstrate, and teach everyone how to safely do this so it can be used in the future....you will gain much more respect and be offering the community more, instead of simply saying hey look what I can do, it's very hard but I'm skilled enough to do it *flexing*
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He's taking the screen from one phone, and putting it on another phone......of course it will work
It's not a how to root my warranty replacement, or how to swap logicboards, or heart surgery,.....it's a replacing my shattered one xl screen thread
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I'm not even trying to be an a*s here, but this could be a beneficial thread if the op would present it as a walkthru or a tutorial. XDA is here to help or to get help.....opening a thread with easy as heart surgery, and discussing what he is capable of doing with a smirk does nothing. That's the only reason I spoke on this thread.....it would be nice op, if you would demonstrate, and teach everyone how to safely do this so it can be used in the future....you will gain much more respect and be offering the community more, instead of simply saying hey look what I can do, it's very hard but I'm skilled enough to do it *flexing*
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A video of the actual surgery would be very helpful! Or at least photographic process so someone else could follow the same path!
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A video of the actual surgery would be very helpful! Or at least photographic process so someone else could follow the same path!
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I for one would actually LOVE to gain this sort of knowledge.
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Pictures, or this thread is bogus!
WR
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18th.abn said:
He's taking the screen from one phone, and putting it on another phone......of course it will work
It's not a how to root my warranty replacement, or how to swap logicboards, or heart surgery,.....it's a replacing my shattered one xl screen thread
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I'm not even trying to be an a*s here, but this could be a beneficial thread if the op would present it as a walkthru or a tutorial. XDA is here to help or to get help.....opening a thread with easy as heart surgery, and discussing what he is capable of doing with a smirk does nothing. That's the only reason I spoke on this thread.....it would be nice op, if you would demonstrate, and teach everyone how to safely do this so it can be used in the future....you will gain much more respect and be offering the community more, instead of simply saying hey look what I can do, it's very hard but I'm skilled enough to do it *flexing*
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Where anywhere is it mentioned the screen is shattered?
I successfully completed the heart transplant Like I do EVERYDAY but clearly ppl on this forum are just like the att gs3 users and are d!cks for no reason (biggest reason I switched) clearly no one is interested so I'll go back to lurking until xda learns a little humility. Call me a baby call me a liar if you need help I work at the sprint on 9 and Harper in st Clair shores Michigan come bring me the parts will happily help...
at least task was funny when he was an ass kinda miss that old aokp thread
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I had every intention of posting pix once people showed some interest. There's tons of YouTube vids in the meantime
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I had every intention of posting pix once people showed some interest. There's tons of YouTube vids in the meantime
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So in other words this whole thread was a waste of everyone's times and just made for you to show us how great you apparently are at taking apart phones.
Good stuff. +1 Internet point for you.
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So in other words this whole thread was a waste of everyone's times and just made for you to show us how great you apparently are at taking apart phones.
Good stuff. +1 Internet point for you.
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Friend. It only turned to that once you guys showed up. Make it what you will
A new CVE was found yesterday pertaining to the Little Kernel bootloader, which is closely related to the Samsung bootloader. This CVE would allow us to load our own images and possibly unlock the bootloader permanently. There is a patch for it; however, first looks suggest that the S5 bootloader may not be patched if it is exploitable. The link below explains the CVE and includes the link for the patch.
https://www.codeaurora.org/projects...arsing-during-boot-image-authentication-leads
Feel free to discuss this. However, please follow the forum rules, and only discuss bootloader subjects on this thread.
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If this is something that's confirmed from another Dev would be awesome if they or @geohot can exploit this as well, and I would be willing to pay more money towards this for an unlocked BL.
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If this is something that's confirmed from another Dev would be awesome if they or @geohot can exploit this as well, and I would be willing to pay more money towards this for an unlocked BL.
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I was hoping to maybe get @djrbliss involved. He unlocked the S4 bootloader. But I'm not sure how busy he is.
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Someone start a bounty? I'd be willing to donate as I did for root.
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Someone start a bounty? I'd be willing to donate as I did for root.
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No need for that yet, as this isn't confirmed if it's related to us.
Little side note,.....You know its funny how the community works. On one had, 2 months ago we had one of the most secured phones on the market. Then we had a community up in arms about not having root bootloader unlock etc etc. Not so much up in arms maybe but upset root didn't come as quick as it did. Fast forward 1 month, people learning to live without root, people giving up all hope and dumping the device, people getting further frustrated, and many people looking into any exploit found to see if it can be done for us. And then another month later we get root and everything that happened before hand is gone....people learnign to live without it - rooted, people who gave up - rooted, those who were frustrated - rooted and can finally sleep at night.
Now something like this comes up.....
It sounds like it may work just based on the CVE description, but im not sure how much it pertains to the S5. I'm happy with root and man if this worked the flood gates will truly open.
Wow the community has picked up alotttttt since root has been obtained. I can only imagine the potential this phone has with a cm based rom *starts to drool at the thought* and to think I was one of those who was about to ditch the s5 and switch to the m8. I sincerely thank every developer putting effort into making this dream a reality. If it weren't so hard for me to find a job right now I would be donating like crazy to everybody involved.
Idk if starting a bounty for everything: root, safestrap, and bootloader is really a good idea. I mean I get it for some stuff like root, obviously that was needed but do you guys really want to have to buy every single mod? maybe we should cool our heels a bit enjoy root and see what comes our way before we start opening up our wallets, you can always donate after the fact.
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No need for that yet, as this isn't confirmed if it's related to us.
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Idk if starting a bounty for everything: root, safestrap, and bootloader is really a good idea. I mean I get it for some stuff like root, obviously that was needed but do you guys really want to have to buy every single mod? maybe we should cool our heels a bit enjoy root and see what comes our way before we start opening up our wallets, you can always donate after the fact.
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I agree 100%.
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Idk if starting a bounty for everything: root, safestrap, and bootloader is really a good idea. I mean I get it for some stuff like root, obviously that was needed but do you guys really want to have to buy every single mod? maybe we should cool our heels a bit enjoy root and see what comes our way before we start opening up our wallets, you can always donate after the fact.
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Never thought we'd need a bounty, just as you said to donate to whoever could find the exploit for an unlocked BL. SS would be next no matter what, with rumors he's currently looking into it for us, but what we really need is a dev to see this and see if this is anything special, or like with the bounty thread, just a bunch of nothing. I will agree with you here, for once
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Idk if starting a bounty for everything: root, safestrap, and bootloader is really a good idea. I mean I get it for some stuff like root, obviously that was needed but do you guys really want to have to buy every single mod? maybe we should cool our heels a bit enjoy root and see what comes our way before we start opening up our wallets, you can always donate after the fact.
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I agree. I'm happy that geohot got the bounty(and a thousand thanks to the man!!!), but let's not jump the gun on this one. I'm no dev so I have no idea on this, but I think that the past 2 months shows that if we're just patient then it will come. The bounty pages are a huge hassle for moderators and the whole concept is a little iffy if you ask me. Don't get me wrong, I pledged and will be donating on Friday. But I think if we are just patient and donate to the devs like we should be anyway, everything will work out. This phone is too popular not to get devs working on it.
Again, a million thanks to all the devs that have made my tinkering dreams come true(a full computer to tinker with any time in my pocket... priceless). If I'm out of line here, then just ignore me. But I can't wait to see if this exploit pans out!!!
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Idk if starting a bounty for everything: root, safestrap, and bootloader is really a good idea. I mean I get it for some stuff like root, obviously that was needed but do you guys really want to have to buy every single mod? maybe we should cool our heels a bit enjoy root and see what comes our way before we start opening up our wallets, you can always donate after the fact.
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I agree. I don't want to start another bounty. If people want to donate to whoever figures it out, if it is figured out, then that's awesome. They support the devs who put a lot of time into this kind of stuff. But a bounty shouldn't be one of the first things started for unlocking/rooting a phone.
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before we get to excited, has anyone privately reached out to one of the devs to see if this is even reasonable to do with the GS5?
This would be way too awesome
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probably the quickest path to croms would be chain-loading instead of dicking around unlocking the boot-loader and risking a hardbrick
also can we not discuss easily patched exploits on the public boards ... come on people this is how stuff gets patched
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probably the quickest path to croms would be chain-loading instead of dicking around unlocking the boot-loader and risking a hardbrick
also can we not discuss easily patched exploits on the public boards ... come on people this is how stuff gets patched
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Well with root (as long as the SDM apk is removed) we don't have to worry about Samsung/VZW forcing a patch on us.. so this isn't that big of a problem anymore. :good:
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Well with root (as long as the SDM apk is removed) we don't have to worry about Samsung/VZW forcing a patch on us.. so this isn't that big of a problem anymore. :good:
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What about people who buy the phone after they've patched? If they don't know what to patch they probably won't invest the time into figuring it out.
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What about people who buy the phone after they've patched? If they don't know what to patch they probably won't invest the time into figuring it out.
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Even if Samsung has their own source tree for lk/aboot, it's wouldn't be surprising that (a) they already know about this and (b) they might have patched it already in their own sources. The real question is if it's patched in the binary that's on the phone.. and the way to figure that out is to disassemble the code knowing what you're looking for. And no, I do not care to do this.. I'm not qualified to.. because I know people will ask
it really doesn't matter what the bootloader is the kernel as far as I know doesn't have a signature check enforced even if it does you could write a chain--loader to get around it then its just a matter of
stock bootloader > stock kernel > our kernel > our rom
of course writing the code and making the necessary modifications to /system and /data are complicated at best foolhardy at worst
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What about people who buy the phone after they've patched? If they don't know what to patch they probably won't invest the time into figuring it out.
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Same could be said about those who buy the phone after Samsung patches the root vulnerability. Unfortunately, touch luck.
Anyone know what the Verizon developer edition is even worth these days? Can't find any on swappa or eBay. Seems like this is the last unlocked Samsung phone that Verizon released. Before I sell mine, I just want to know what I could get for it.
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Anyone know what the Verizon developer edition is even worth these days? Can't find any on swappa or eBay. Seems like this is the last unlocked Samsung phone that Verizon released. Before I sell mine, I just want to know what I could get for it.
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I know it's a late reply but they seemed to be fetching around $250 USD when I was looking a month ago. I cannot remember the model now but on an actual developer phone under the battery the model number is different so make sure you put that full model number in the title of your listing on whatever site you use.
I just threw mine up on eBay with a best offer option since I really have no idea what it's worth. I'm gonna let it sit there until I get what I feel is a reasonable price.
darklavalizard said:
I just threw mine up on eBay with a best offer option since I really have no idea what it's worth. I'm gonna let it sit there until I get what I feel is a reasonable price.
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Dude, we really need your device for development right now. Some devs are close to unlocking the bootloader. Use this thread to generate a dump. Then upload the files to a public place. Please! All we need is the tar file with aboot.mbn.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/ver...utorial-how-to-make-update-tar-t2932062/page1
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Bobcus Leper said:
Dude, we really need your device for development right now. Some devs are close to unlocking the bootloader. Use this thread to generate a dump. Then upload the files to a public place. Please! All we need is the tar file with aboot.mbn.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/ver...utorial-how-to-make-update-tar-t2932062/page1
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Someone should buy it, and dump it then I'm switching over to Apple and getting out of the Android scene
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Someone should buy it, and dump it then I'm switching over to Apple and getting out of the Android scene
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Thanks for the help, don't let the door hit you on the way out! What a joke, definitely an iphone user...
Bobcus Leper said:
Dude, we really need your device for development right now. Some devs are close to unlocking the bootloader. Use this thread to generate a dump. Then upload the files to a public place. Please! All we need is the tar file with aboot.mbn.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/ver...utorial-how-to-make-update-tar-t2932062/page1
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Thanks for the help, don't let the door hit you on the way out! What a joke, definitely an iphone user...
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Makes perfect sense that while I'm trying to sell my device, I would render it worthless or decrease the value and make it equal to all the other Verizon S5 phones by unlocking their bootloaders...
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Makes perfect sense that while I'm trying to sell my device, I would render it worthless or decrease the value and make it equal to all the other Verizon S5 phones by unlocking their bootloaders...
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darklavalizard said:
Makes perfect sense that while I'm trying to sell my device, I would render it worthless or decrease the value and make it equal to all the other Verizon S5 phones by unlocking their bootloaders...
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You think dumping would negatively affect your phone? You really don't get it, you selfish tosser. Welcome to blocksville...
Lol you guys in this thread dont get it. He doesn't owe us anything. It would however greatly benefit all of us if it were released though.
Same thing when the video of the b/l being unlocked by Beaups
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Closing this before it gets out of hand.
Some of you may remember me from the unlock Bootloader thread. I thought I got close a couple times but never had success.
Verizon also offers the OnePlus 8 pro with the customary locked bootloader. One of the users in that forum has figured out how to unlock the bootloader, but his method is not being made public. Don't ask why but there are obvious reasons why to not make it public and I understand and somewhat agree.
Anyway if anyone still has the Verizon pixel 3 XL and is still interested in bootloader unlocking you may want to reach out to the user and this thread. I don't know if he has something that will work on the pixel or not, but he may share knowledge or point somebody in the right direction
https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink/to...3&share_fid=3793&share_type=t&link_source=app
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Slightly off topic but due to the fact there's no subsidized phones anymore why would anybody put money in Verizon's pocket. Locked boot loader or not I will never buy another phone from their store as long as I live!
FernBch said:
Some of you may remember me from the unlock Bootloader thread. I thought I got close a couple times but never had success.
Verizon also offers the OnePlus 8 pro with the customary locked bootloader. One of the users in that forum has figured out how to unlock the bootloader, but his method is not being made public. Don't ask why but there are obvious reasons why to not make it public and I understand and somewhat agree.
Anyway if anyone still has the Verizon pixel 3 XL and is still interested in bootloader unlocking you may want to reach out to the user and this thread. I don't know if he has something that will work on the pixel or not, but he may share knowledge or point somebody in the right direction
https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink/to...3&share_fid=3793&share_type=t&link_source=app
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Thank you! I PMed him.. Hopefully he gets back to me with some promising news
Apparently his method will not work for our phone
Well, it was worth a shot. Did he divulge any info or just say it won't work? I was unable to get any details......
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Well, it was worth a shot. Did he divulge any info or just say it won't work? I was unable to get any details......
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No details for me either.. He only said it won't work
Figures. The basic Oem unlock process is the same, just would need modification....
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Figures. The basic Oem unlock process is the same, just would need modification....
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Yes, that's what I was thinking.. Was going to try and get some info from him, but he was extremely short with his reply so I didnt feel like he was going to give me anything... Especially since my post count is so low and it doesn't look like I am very active.
Have you tried to get any details from him? He might give you a little more?
He seemed to not want to share with me either, which is his choice and right to not do so. First time I asked his reply was, and I quote, "It won't work on the Pixel".
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Aww man I wish he would give us a hint on how he did it. It must be something that can be adaptable to our freaking locked phone. Or at least worth a shot to try.
Anyone had any luck contacting him again?