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new evos come with this installed?? wheres your source on that, first i heard of that.

Id say that where ever people are getting the phone now, the reps there will install the updates before they give it to you.

dehelflix said:
new evos come with this installed?? wheres your source on that, first i heard of that.
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My source is me. My friend got his from Best Buy this morning, he asked me to root it for him. Then I discovered v1.47.651.1 on it.
My EVO is currently smashed, I am awaiting a replacement. I pray my replacement doesn't come with that version on it but I'm probably SOL on that.

There are still NEW Evos that are coming with stock ROM. I bought another Evo last Thursday from the Sprint website and got it yesterday. It has the 1.32.651.1 firmware and 003 Novatec panel.

joackie27 said:
There are still NEW Evos that are coming with stock ROM. I bought another Evo last Thursday from the Sprint website and got it yesterday. It has the 1.32.651.1 firmware and 003 Novatec panel.
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I have no doubt that is true. But it's simple logic to figure that eventually those older versioned phones will run out and get replaced by the new v1.47.651.1.

I thought about offering $ as well. Which I may be willing to contribute. But I have the fear that it will cause the free flow of ideas between the devs to stop if they think another dev will crack it first.
They deserve the $, no doubt. But I'm hoping they would be willing to work together and split it up. If that's the case, lets see how high the pool can get.

hdad2 said:
I thought about offering $ as well. Which I may be willing to contribute. But I have the fear that it will cause the free flow of ideas between the devs to stop if they think another dev will crack it first.
They deserve the $, no doubt. But I'm hoping they would be willing to work together and split it up. If that's the case, lets see how high the pool can get.
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That's an excellent point. Perhaps it should be donated to the xda forums instead.

SteelH said:
My source is me. My friend got his from Best Buy this morning, he asked me to root it for him. Then I discovered v1.47.651.1 on it.
My EVO is currently smashed, I am awaiting a replacement. I pray my replacement doesn't come with that version on it but I'm probably SOL on that.
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Is it possible that they updated it at the store?

zone23 said:
Is it possible that they updated it at the store?
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Sure, it's possible. But he said the guy handed it to him in the box, and the plastic protector was still on the phone screen.

Can you not just downgrade to a previous version then root? (like what you had to do at the beginning if you already got a phone with the first OTA?)
And since you didnt specify that it needed to be full root or NAND unlock.. you could just use this:
http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/evo_ota_2_patch#evo_4g_1476511-1326516_ota_fix
or this
http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/evo_ota_2_patch

frettfreak said:
Can you not just downgrade to a previous version then root? (like what you had to do at the beginning if you already got a phone with the first OTA?)
And since you didnt specify that it needed to be full root or NAND unlock.. you could just use this:
http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/evo_ota_2_patch#evo_4g_1476511-1326516_ota_fix
or this
http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/evo_ota_2_patch
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None of those methods will work.

frettfreak said:
Can you not just downgrade to a previous version then root? (like what you had to do at the beginning if you already got a phone with the first OTA?)
And since you didnt specify that it needed to be full root or NAND unlock.. you could just use this:
http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/evo_ota_2_patch#evo_4g_1476511-1326516_ota_fix
or this
http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/evo_ota_2_patch
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I would venture a guess that you have not been following the goings on around here lately?

frettfreak said:
Can you not just downgrade to a previous version then root? (like what you had to do at the beginning if you already got a phone with the first OTA?)
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As of right now, there is no known way to to this. See here

Land Master said:
I would venture a guess that you have not been following the goings on around here lately?
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Um, not me. You need to go read up HERE. There are over 220 posts on this very problem.

SteelH said:
Um, not me. You need to go read up HERE. There are over 220 posts on this very problem.
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Nope. Not you. My post directed at the other poster. the one that I quoted...
Good luck and I'm certainly on board with a little $$$

hah, a bounty, i love it!

Land Master said:
Nope. Not you. My post directed at the other poster. the one that I quoted...
Good luck and I'm certainly on board with a little $$$
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My apologies then. I misread.

beesneazy said:
hah, a bounty, i love it!
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Goes good with that avatar of yours. Want to add to it?

You can count me in for $20, mine had the first OTA already installed.. but I didnt read up good enough and thought root wouldnt be possible so I just said the heck with it and installed 1.47.651.1.. Loving this phone but I know ill love it more rooted with a custom rom..

Polite Request

Hello everyone, I'm Indirect and while most of you have no idea who I am, I was politely asked to come help you all out for development towards downgrade / s-off on your devices. Now, as much as I would LOVE to help, I can only do so much without the actual device. I know this sounds like mooching, annoying, etc that some other "developers" do to try and gain attention but I'm sure you can see that I've made progress in just a few short hours as you can see here So I would like to now ask the community I'm trying to help if they would be willing to help me out as well and have my job be just a bit easier. I own multiple devices that I work on (Evo View 4G tablet, Nook Tablet, Nexus S 4G) and I develop for the evo shift when I can get around to it, but since I am not 18 and unemployed, I can't really go out and just throw down cash for a mytouch. Developing is essentially my career, balance that with school and my life gets hectic. So, if you read on, you will see how much I'm working towards.
What I need vs What I have:
Bought a device and it had a board failure within 2 hours... -- edit: RMA'd this one
New device, killed that one and since it has a void sticker broken and I'd rather not send it to HTC for moral reasons, I want to have it JTAG'd.
Well guys. I bricked 2 MT4GS while helping test s-off. Looks like I need to RMA one and JTAG the other. What do I need? Well, it cost 40$ + shipping. I can eat the shipping costs, but I can't crap out 40$. .__. So, any help is appreciated. OP has been updated with this post as well as a total amount vs what I need.
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What I need vs what I have for JTAG:
10$ / 60$
^ Donate button
Edit: Switched links. Found a cheaper one for 220~
This is the device that I am wanting to buy because it's the cheapest one on ebay, has free shipping, and available for buy it now. So if you want to help, just click the donate button and I'll save up for it. I would really prefer to get this thing bought as soon as possible so I can get cracking on that bootloader.

hi, it's nice to see someone giving our device some attention
btw, i have a side question: do you have kernel dev experience too?

Indirect said:
Hello everyone, I'm Indirect and while most of you have no idea who I am, I was politely asked to come help you all out for development towards downgrade / s-off on your devices. Now, as much as I would LOVE to help, I can only do so much without the actual device. I know this sounds like mooching, annoying, etc that some other "developers" do to try and gain attention but I'm sure you can see that I've made progress in just a few short hours as you can see here So I would like to now ask the community I'm trying to help if they would be willing to help me out as well and have my job be just a bit easier. I own multiple devices that I work on (Evo View 4G tablet, Nook Tablet, Nexus S 4G) and I develop for the evo shift when I can get around to it, but since I am not 18 and unemployed, I can't really go out and just throw down cash for a mytouch. Developing is essentially my career, balance that with school and my life gets hectic. So, if you read on, you will see how much I'm working towards.
This is the device that I am wanting to buy because it's the cheapest one on ebay, has free shipping, and available for buy it now. So if you want to help, just click the donate button and I'll save up for it. I would really prefer to get this thing bought as soon as possible so I can get cracking on that bootloader.
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Thanks so much man! I knew if anyone could shed some sort of light to this dark tunnel most of the other users are in, it would be you. Thanks so much for doing this, I guess I owe you bigger than a Shift huh ha-ha....
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Braccoz said:
hi, it's nice to see someone giving our device some attention
btw, i have a side question: do you have kernel dev experience too?
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I know some stuff about the kernel, but not atm enough to get a custom kernel up and running. Also guys, I seriously only have 1$ to my name, pretty sure it won't be enough. Lol.

This would be fantastic - I was working with this character last night in IRC and he's got the enthusiasm necessary backed up by the knowledge we need to get in our corner of XDA.
People are complaining from time to time about the anemic development here in the MT4GS forums, well, here is a way of increasing that dev.
If people aren't interested or able in picking up the torch themselves to get involved in development, then helping someone like this get a device in their hands will help us all out.
Normally i'm not such a fan of this but this is the real deal - we get a device in his hands and we WILL see more dev around here.
Look at the progress he's already helped us make towards the S-OFF issue - we got past getting the misc.version put in place and unraveled another layer of the issue, now we are stuck on hboot being our block.
Not bad for someone without a physical device in their hands, eh? Imagine what he could help us with not having to work proxy through one of us...

Indirect said:
What I need vs What I have:
$1.10 / 250$
This is the device that I am wanting to buy because it's the cheapest one on ebay, has free shipping, and available for buy it now. So if you want to help, just click the donate button and I'll save up for it. I would really prefer to get this thing bought as soon as possible so I can get cracking on that bootloader.
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PM sent, please read and respond.

gtmaster303 said:
PM sent, please read and respond.
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I got no pm?
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Indirect said:
I got no pm?
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Lol, just sent. Check now

Paypal donation link?
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rorytmeadows said:
Paypal donation link?
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Underneath his username on any of his posts

rorytmeadows said:
Paypal donation link?
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I posted a donation link specific for this above where the device link is posted.

Donated $10. Hopefully I helped
Typed by ---- oh wait! I'm schizophrenic!

If 16 more people were to donate 15$, I can have this phone. .__.

Make that 15 more people. I am still not rooted but I contribute to the community I am involved in when I can.
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63G34650FT5680721
^^Confirmation number, $15 closer, thanks and good luck!

Donated $15, confirmation # ends with 9233
Good luck!

come on guys! 180$ left! 1/5 of the way there!

6351S - last five of conformation.
$20 donated.
I don't even have this freaking device. But will get another once its s.off I will jack my wifes phone and open it up as soon as everything is rolling!
Thanks,
Billy
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You received mine right? I have a few purchases that didn't go through. . . . Hope you got my ten?
Typed by ---- oh wait! I'm schizophrenic!

I believe I did.
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CVE-2014-0973: Possible Bootloader Unlock?

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.

Dennisg34 said:
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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typxyt said:
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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Dennisg34 said:
No need for that yet, as this isn't confirmed if it's related to us.
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davidstre said:
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%.

davidstre said:
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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davidstre said:
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!!!

davidstre said:
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
Energized from SM-G900V

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

Legitsu said:
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:

MrHyde03 said:
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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FlyinLulz said:
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.
Energized from SM-G900V
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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

FlyinLulz said:
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.

Unlocking the Verizon Bootloader

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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FernBch said:
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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FernBch said:
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?

SM-N986U Bootloader

Does anyone know how to unlock the bootloader? Or does anyone have the source to root a galaxy note 20 ultra (snapdragon)? I've seen the link saying why someone did it but it doesn't explain how they did it, or where. I understand i might have to pay but honestly it's worth it.

WesWelkerr said:
Does anyone know how to unlock the bootloader? Or does anyone have the source to root a galaxy note 20 ultra (snapdragon)? I've seen the link saying why someone did it but it doesn't explain how they did it, or where. I understand i might have to pay but honestly it's worth it.
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Currently, the only way is via that method. It's done through an unlocking method that only they're able to do. Otherwise, it would have been discussed by now

adj998 said:
Currently, the only way is via that method. It's done through an unlocking method that only they're able to do. Otherwise, it would have been discussed by now
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Okay, so do you know the source for paying for it?

WesWelkerr said:
Okay, so do you know the source for paying for it?
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You've got to search around for it, it's not really meant to be posted or talked about since it's a paid service and XDA isn't really about paid services...

adj998 said:
You've got to search around for it, it's not really meant to be posted or talked about since it's a paid service and XDA isn't really about paid services...
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Okay, do you think you could point me in the right direction? I just really can't find anything besides that one about the guy who did it and why he did it

WesWelkerr said:
Okay, do you think you could point me in the right direction? I just really can't find anything besides that one about the guy who did it and why he did it
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Did you try contacting said guy via pm?

Limeybastard said:
Did you try contacting said guy via pm?
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Yes and no response, I just wish I didn't get a new phone lmao

WesWelkerr said:
Yes and no response, I just wish I didn't get a new phone lmao
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Maybe you can pm @butchieboy

Hold on coming at ya

Wes check PM

WesWelkerr said:
Okay, so do you know the source for paying for it?
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adj998 said:
You've got to search around for it, it's not really meant to be posted or talked about since it's a paid service and XDA isn't really about paid services...
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SamPWND unlocks bootloader on Snapdragon Galaxy​SamPWND is a paid service that (remotely) helps you unlock the bootloader on Snapdragon Galaxy devices sold in the USA and Canada. This service is provided by XDA Recognized Developer and long-time community member elliwigy. He first announced this service over at XDA in December 2020.
He is the same developer who found an exploit that led to root solutions for various Snapdragon devices including Galaxy S8, Galaxy S8+, Galaxy Note 8, Galaxy S9/S9+, and Galaxy Note 9.
Here’s the old direct link to SamPWND’s official website: https://www.sampwnd.com/... but unfortunately the site is down.
You can contact elliwigy here though and ask.​