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I would like to talk sit down and talk via gtalk or something to a board of mods to handle this once and for all
This whole thing is ridiculous as I said I was updating the OP and changelog later that night and NEVER claimed it was ALL 100% mine.
I Pmed a couple mods but have gotten no response. I am sure they are busy I just want to get this rollin.
thank you
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@Moderators
I would like to talk sit down and talk via gtalk or something to a board of mods to handle this once and for all
This whole thing is ridiculous as I said I was updating the OP and changelog later that night and NEVER claimed it was ALL 100% mine.
I Pmed a couple mods but have gotten no response. I am sure they are busy I just want to get this rollin.
thank you
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omg he surfaced someone spray him with the hose.
Thats big of you King. I agree nothing good comes out of arguments, and childish actions. Its best to just discuss it, and hopefully move on. And most importantly get this community back to a happy one!
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omg he surfaced someone spray him with the hose.
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Layoff, respect yo fellow members. I'm sure what he has to say will be quite interesting. Sure people may hate him still but he'll still also have those "fans".
I am neutral about this whole dispute now, sure he did something wrong but it's common for humans to make mistakes. What he did was wrong, and I think he understand this. Even if he did take money from others to get new phones and beers.
If you don't have anything nice to say, don't.
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Layoff, respect yo fellow members. I'm sure what he has to say will be quite interesting. Sure people may hate him still but he'll still also have those "fans".
I am neutral about this whole dispute now, sure he did something wrong but it's common for humans to make mistakes. What he did was wrong, and I think he understand this. Even if he did take money from others to get new phones and beers.
If you don't have anything nice to say, don't.
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I think you'll find I stole nothing, nor money........ I was donted far less then a nexus is worth and I did what I said I'd do - buy a nexus for development
The one dispute that I understand is this latest one with my froyo - that I totally understand the confusion.
the main thing is I said I needed to update my op and i was running out for the night..
I never claimed that to be 100% me......... EVER
I dont do this for the money....................Its no where near worth the 20 bucks a month
cheers
I just really want to get this straightned out
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Layoff, respect yo fellow members. I'm sure what he has to say will be quite interesting. Sure people may hate him still but he'll still also have those "fans".
I am neutral about this whole dispute now, sure he did something wrong but it's common for humans to make mistakes. What he did was wrong, and I think he understand this. Even if he did take money from others to get new phones and beers.
If you don't have anything nice to say, don't.
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I am not a fan boy for either side as well, just do not have respect for his side of the issue he was laughing about it on twitter, i hardly think he has any care of what he did.
ionic7 said:
I am not a fan boy for either side as well, just do not have respect for his side of the issue he was laughing about it on twitter, i hardly think he has any care of what he did.
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Yes, true I saw it all, as I said before I think he's realized that he's f'd up and is trying to clean it up now. I don't think King is the type to kneel down and beg for forgiveness. MEN HAS PRIDEZ
I say let Bigons be Bigons... (or how ever you spell it ) I got nothing with King,,
I say, if you have a problem with anyone last thing you do Is flame them in a thread,, take it to PM's, Although people maybe right to flame, nobody is going to respect you if you do, you just make yourself look like an ass (No offence to anyone)
"No one cares about who pissed you off, But how you dealt with the situation..."
And flaming people isn't going to help resolve anything
So yeah haha That's my $0.02 needed or not
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Yes, true I saw it all, as I said before I think he's realized that he's f'd up and is trying to clean it up now. I don't think King is the type to kneel down and beg for forgiveness. MEN HAS PRIDEZ
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It is not a matter of pride it is a matter of arrogance and his overly high pedestal he has erected and placed himself upon.
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And most importantly get this Community back to a happy one!
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In my Oppinion that´s the Fact. We are an OPENSOURCE-Community, which should get the best out of our Devices, regardless if you cook up a ROM using this and that...
Were not at the Kindergarden!
Opensource is, and should always be, free to use for everybody in every Way.
Ugh. Really? Why is there drama in the development thread. We are all so irritated by the newbies that create new threads in this subforum just to ask a question, but I think it's worse to do that, when you have been here long enough to know better, just to argue about pointless drama. Maybe King copied and pasted an entire ROM, maybe not. Whatever. We should fight about it amongst ourselves... not all over a section designated for getting work done.
This whole argument about him taking money is ridiculous.
Stop being so damn jealous.
*NOTE* I'm not saying this is all about the money, i'm just saying this for the people that bring it up.
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Yes, true I saw it all, as I said before I think he's realized that he's f'd up and is trying to clean it up now. I don't think King is the type to kneel down and beg for forgiveness. MEN HAS PRIDEZ
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yes and no
See here is where my problem with the issue I am being accused for
* it is being made seem like I just renamed someones rom and released it...
I released a froyo ROM that did have alot of someones work yes, but its not like I claimed it as mine...EVER
thats the issue.
I made a handful of IMPORTANT changes and also said I was implementing all my usual changes the NEXT day....
If you look at my post it doesnt even look like any of my other ROMs....I WAS OBVIOUSLY GOING TO UPDATE THE VERBAGE LATER THAT NIGHT.
i just want this to be over with already, its 95% a misunderstanding
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Ugh. Really? Why is there drama in the development thread. We are all so irritated by the newbies that create new threads in this subforum just to ask a question, but I think it's worse to do that, when you have been here long enough to know better, just to argue about pointless drama. Maybe King copied and pasted an entire ROM, maybe not. Whatever. We should fight about it amongst ourselves... not all over a section designated for getting work done.
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Totaly agree with you, this isnt the place for all this nonsense.
Made it right before the lock.
@KiNgKLicK92 - Shut the hell up. =P
G1BRICKED said:
Made it right before the lock.
@KiNgKLicK92 - Shut the hell up. =P
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Really he is apologizing and trying to fix the situation and you guys want to chew him up and spit him out. Wow!!! King has done a lot for the Android Community. And I will be willing to sit down in a Gtalk or whatever to get down to the bottom of this so this community can get back to the way it was. I have been around a while and have seen what this community can do, just like anything there are good times and there are bad times. You get over the bad times so you can start having good times again.
Everybody just needs to Build A Bridge And Get Over It!!!!!
Just in case anybody needed a reminder:
Open-source software (OSS) is computer software that is available in source code form for which the source code and certain other rights normally reserved for copyright holders are provided under a software license that permits users to study, change, and improve the software. Open source licenses often meet the requirements of the Open Source Definition. Some open source software is available within the public domain. Open source software is very often developed in a public, collaborative manner. Open-source software is the most prominent example of open-source development and often compared to (technically defined) user-generated content or (legally defined) open content movements. The term open-source software originated as part of a marketing campaign for free software. A report by Standish Group states that adoption of open-source software models has resulted in savings of about $60 billion per year to consumers.
But I do agree give credit where credit is do. Ok that is all I am going to say on this. King I am willing to sit in and hear your side of the story.
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Really he is apologizing and trying to fix the situation and you guys want to chew him up and spit him out. Wow!!! King has done a lot for the Android Community. And I will be willing to sit down in a Gtalk or whatever to get down to the bottom of this so this community can get back to the way it was. I have been around a while and have seen what this community can do, just like anything there are good times and there are bad times. You get over the bad times so you can start having good times again.
Everybody just needs to Build A Bridge And Get Over It!!!!!
Just in case anybody needed a reminder:
Open-source software (OSS) is computer software that is available in source code form for which the source code and certain other rights normally reserved for copyright holders are provided under a software license that permits users to study, change, and improve the software. Open source licenses often meet the requirements of the Open Source Definition. Some open source software is available within the public domain. Open source software is very often developed in a public, collaborative manner. Open-source software is the most prominent example of open-source development and often compared to (technically defined) user-generated content or (legally defined) open content movements. The term open-source software originated as part of a marketing campaign for free software. A report by Standish Group states that adoption of open-source software models has resulted in savings of about $60 billion per year to consumers.
But I do agree give credit where credit is do. Ok that is all I am going to say on this. King I am willing to sit in and hear your side of the story.
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Its great to see someone understands my point of view and why I feel ok sharing work with many.
I would appreciate the opportunity and would love to sit down with you and other mods to get this settled via gtalk or anything
ALSO - Id like to explain the whole credit where credit is due - there IS an explanation
cheers !
Who gives a ****?
Some people make roms, others use roms. It's all open source. Quit getting your panties in a bunch. There is nothing imature about an argument, however arguing with people on the internet...get over it. To everyone, everyone sounds like some ****** 10 year old.
Grow up, and stop posting in this thread like anyone gives a ****. Now go ahead, call me a ****, child, loser, idiot, moron, nin-come-poop, whatever helps you get over the fact this is a useless thread, and you're all wasting your time here. Don't even bother to respond to me, I won't read it. Just stop bringing up stupid drama. This isn't high school....
Long live Android.
This whole battle has been played out before....eg Haykuro....king has learned what others before him have also. Just has writers value giving credit where written words are concerned, so too do developers value the credited code. People, perhaps rightly so, are very sensitive to this phenomenon. Just be very careful and double cite if you have to...
Peace be amongst us...
kingklick said:
I dont do this for the money....................Its no where near worth the 20 bucks a month
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I don't get it, hes not holding a shotgun to your heads and saying give me money. It is your choice to "donate" to King or any other person you one to. None of his post say pay up or else. There shouldnt be so much drama with grown or close to grown men, especially on the internet. One thing I don't like are those cyber bullies with nothing better to do.Also King isn't stealing cause you cant steal whats free
Im starting to think some are a bit jealous of the money he got....just saying
The purpose of this thread is to serve as a central place for people to organize/post/talk/*****/complain about the unlocked bootloader situation with the Sensation/Evo3D. A lot of people, including myself, e-mail/call HTC on a regular basis to try and get some sort of time-line for when they will actually unlock the bootloaders on these devices. A lot of people, including myself, post these responses in the Dev threads which only leads to clutter and flame wars, so I thought it was appropriate to start a new thread to serve as a place for this information.
If you get an e-mail response/phone call from HTC, talk to them on the phone, Facebook, Twitter, or online chat and want to share that info, post it here rather than posting in a Dev thread. It will make everyone's lives much easier. Also to avoid flame wars, post a screen shot of said response if possible. This will save everyone from "proof it or didn't happen" type responses.
So let's utilize the power of community and flood HTC with e-mails/calls in an effort to get SOME type of response from them on when our bootloaders will be unlocked. They promised, now they need to deliver. No flaming or baiting, just teamwork and sharing!
My recent response from HTC is attached below!
How to Contact HTC:
Online e-mail form: http://www.htc.com/us/support/e-mail
Phone: 866-449-8358 (North America)
HTC Support Forums: http://community.htc.com/na/htc-forums/f/default.aspx?tab=support
Facebook: http://facebook.com/htc
Twitter: http://twitter.com/htc
Youtube: http://youtube.com/htc
Developer Resources: http://developer.htc.com/
It isn't effective i think..I have sent more than 20 e-mails to htc_hk, but they always said they have no idea when we will get unlocked bootloaders but we will get it..
So do you think htc will unlock our devices? I doubt.
You do realize that this isn't effective, right?
I know you're trying to be helpful, but please, there is a sticky from the MODS explicitly saying not to post any more bootloader threads.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1113086
jerrylzy said:
It isn't effective i think..I have sent more than 20 e-mails to htc_hk, but they always said they have no idea when we will get unlocked bootloaders but we will get it..
So do you think htc will unlock our devices? I doubt.
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Well the point is to get everyone to stay on them, regardless of whether or not people think it's effective. I'm not one for the "I don't have to do it because someone else will" approach, I'd rather take initiative and at least try. I DO think they will unlock our devices, they have stated as such. The problem is when? And if starting this thread gets us no closer than so be it, but it only takes one person to slip/leak and give someone a date and we have our answer. That's easily a chance I'm willing to take.
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You do realize that this isn't effective, right?
I know you're trying to be helpful, but please, there is a sticky from the MODS explicitly saying not to post any more bootloader threads.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1113086
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I don't see how it couldn't be. Just searching there aren't really any threads like this. People post response info all over the place, mostly in Dev, so why not centralize? Then mods can delete/merge posts from the Dev threads, and the people who will continue to contact HTC and want to share can do so here.
Yes I'm just trying to be helpful. The reason I started it was because of a mini flame war in the Fre3vo thread, and I agree that stuff like that shouldn't be posted in a Dev thread. If mods want to delete this thread then so be it. But I don't see a thread like this specific to this purpose.
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Well the point is to get everyone to stay on them, regardless of whether or not people think it's effective. I'm not one for the "I don't have to do it because someone else will" approach, I'd rather take initiative and at least try. I DO think they will unlock our devices, they have stated as such. The problem is when? And if starting this thread gets us no closer than so be it, but it only takes one person to slip/leak and give someone a date and we have our answer. That's easily a chance I'm willing to take.
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I'm pretty sure lots of people are on them like white on rice.
Honestly if HTC gave anyone an actual date, that person is just gonna do like everyone else & made a new thread. They're not gonna search for 1 of the other 2838292 bootloader threads. That's why I think this is a useless thread. Just a bunch of people that are gonna post what everyone else has already posted: stuff from a CSR that probably has no real info & is just giving you a standard PR response to shut you up.
bigmase521 said:
Well the point is to get everyone to stay on them, regardless of whether or not people think it's effective. I'm not one for the "I don't have to do it because someone else will" approach, I'd rather take initiative and at least try. I DO think they will unlock our devices, they have stated as such. The problem is when? And if starting this thread gets us no closer than so be it, but it only takes one person to slip/leak and give someone a date and we have our answer. That's easily a chance I'm willing to take.
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it is very easy for htc to unlock bootloader, if they want to, they can release it immediately....I belived that htc would unlock our devices some time ago, but now i doubt whether they will unlock or not.
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I'm pretty sure lots of people are on them like white on rice.
Honestly if gave anyone an actual date, that person is just gonna do like everyone else & made a new thread. They're not gonna search for 1 of the other 2838292 bootloader threads. That's why I think this is a useless thread. Just a bunch of people that are gonna post what everyone else has already posted: stuff from a CSR that probably has no real info & is just giving you a standard PR response to shut you up.
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I know I see the posts all the time, but like I said these posts are all over the place. Maybe the mods decide to make this sticky and say "Hey, if you wanna post HTC responses, do it here and here ONLY." People are going to post them regardless, we know that, why not have ONE place for them to do it in? That's all I'm saying, and in that regard, I don't think the thread is useless.
jerrylzy said:
it is very easy for htc to unlock bootloader, if they want to, they can release it immediately....I belived that htc would unlock our devices some time ago, but now i doubt whether they will unlock or not.
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Right! That's why it's so frustrating! I don't believe at this point they can go back on their word, esp. after Peter Chou's FB post. And the canned e-mails have clearly been updated to state that the devices WILL be unlocked so now it's a waiting game. There would be mayhem if they went back on their word now! There's no good reason NOT to unlock these two devices All I'm saying is maybe we can influence that wait time.
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Right! That's why it's so frustrating! I don't believe at this point they can go back on their word, esp. after Peter Chou's FB post. And the canned e-mails have clearly been updated to state that the devices WILL be unlocked so now it's a waiting game. There would be mayhem if they went back on their word now! There's no good reason NOT to unlock these two devices All I'm saying is maybe we can influence that wait time.
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My take after getting two slightly different responses is that HTC already has the unlocker ready to go. They're waiting for some date or issue to come and go by. This is not a technical challenge but a logistical or administrative or money one to them. Or more specifically a political decision. They are waiting for something to come together that will really demonstrate that they are the leader. Maybe a new phone which comes out magically unlocked.
Perhaps they have already given this to the carriers as well. Tmobile and Sprint may be playing this for all its worth. The truth is that this is not a technical challenge when you have the "keys".
This all leads me to believe that they are simply waiting for a certain time or event to occur which will give them a significant market share boost.
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My take after getting two slightly different responses is that HTC already has the unlocker ready to go. They're waiting for some date or issue to come and go by. This is not a technical challenge but a logistical or administrative or money one to them. Or more specifically a political decision. They are waiting for something to come together that will really demonstrate that they are the leader. Maybe a new phone which comes out magically unlocked.
Perhaps they have already given this to the carriers as well. Tmobile and Sprint may be playing this for all its worth. The truth is that this is not a technical challenge when you have the "keys".
This all leads me to believe that they are simply waiting for a certain time or event to occur which will give them a significant market share boost.
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I like your theory. I myself thought about this and can only come up with political or administrative. Administrative being that devs/tech writers creating an unlock tool and documentation on how to unlock and they'll post it on their Dev site. Political.. who knows. I thought maybe the carriers, but Samsung's last few devices have all been unlocked and will be going forward, so I don't think carriers are standing in their way. In terms of unlocking, that part isn't technical since they have the encryption keys, but if they are creating a "one tool unlocks all" type application that could be a possibly reason. OR they are rolling the unlocked bootloader into a future update and we all know how much time that takes them for each device. I'm just speculating here but the fact that they're being so hush hush is increasingly frustrating.
Folks, there have already been several threads about this.
HTC has stated they are going to unlock the bootloader. Pestering them isn't going to help matters.
This thread is locked, and anymore like it will be deleted as per my sticky. PM me with any beef.
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Leaving Verizon.
Sharpie603 said:
Recently Verizon has shown their true colors. They do NOT want to give us control of a device that we bought and paid for. (That's like buying a radio that only plays Country).
In my eyes. If we pay you monthly then why do you care what we do with our device? We own it right?
However, after days of researching and very knowledgeable co-workers..... The solution is here.
ODIN 3.10. That's Correct. ODIN 3.10 has the ability to look past the locked bootloader and grant access to roll back. This was not made to be public but (Thank GOD) was leaked on Aug 26th.
You can download ODIN 3.10 here: http://www.theandroidsoul.com/download/download-odin-3-10-6/
I have not yet tried to root after rolling back to the BOA8 Kernel. Anyone want to test this out and let me know if you were able to root after downgrading?
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So you were able to downgrade from OG5 to OA8, just by using the 3.10 version of ODIN? Has anybody else tried this yet?
scadilla said:
So you were able to downgrade from OG5 to OA8, just by using the 3.10 version of ODIN? Has anybody else tried this yet?
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Just the Kernel, not the firmware. Which in reality.... Serves no purpose.... The bootloader still remains locked and prevents from downgrading the firmware. However, this method works for downgrading kernels...
I'm still looking into ways to obtain root with a downgraded kernel. Not saying it's possible, but I'm not giving up just yet.
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Just the Kernel, not the firmware. Which in reality.... Serves no purpose.... The bootloader still remains locked and prevents from downgrading the firmware. However, this method works for downgrading kernels...
I'm still looking into ways to obtain root with a downgraded kernel. Not saying it's possible, but I'm not giving up just yet.
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I'm definitely following this thread!!! Thanks for the info Sharpie603!!! Man... I really hope you're successful!!! I'm ROOTing for you! (Pun intended! Damn I'm funny! No?!?! Anyone???) LOL
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Just the Kernel, not the firmware. Which in reality.... Serves no purpose.... The bootloader still remains locked and prevents from downgrading the firmware. However, this method works for downgrading kernels...
I'm still looking into ways to obtain root with a downgraded kernel. Not saying it's possible, but I'm not giving up just yet.
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Ah, OK, that makes sense so the thinking is if you are on OG5 with the locked bootloader that you could downgrade the kernel and then root. I'll be following closely as well.
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Ah, OK, that makes sense so the thinking is if you are on OG5 with the locked bootloader that you could downgrade the kernel and then root. I'll be following closely as well.
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Not looking very promising.
Can you downgrade APNHLOS?
Terribly misleading title. OE1 and OG5 didn't do anything about locking the kernel, they were bootloader locks. As you said, unless you can downgrade which you can't. The only way this would be useful is if we could get root by only downgrading the kernel, which we cannot. We could access safestrap if we HAD root access, because we could flash the NI2 kernel to get access, but no root = no safestrap.
I don't think you made a discovery, I think you just came across what wasn't stated bluntly, simply because it wasn't necessary information to tell people. As for your quest to find a way to root.... I'm just going to say, have fun.
In regards to the OP's statement - Verizon could care less about the rooting community and allowing you to do what you want with your "owned" devices. Verizon and AT&T locked the phones down tight as they should because this is a portable personal computer with all your financial information being transferred back and forth. Tightening the security of the phone against hackers trying to steal all your information and identity had the unfortunate side effect of making root near impossible currently. The device performs exactly as advertised on the box and in the specifications. Your analogy of a radio stuck on country is a poor one. Think more like you bought a car and it will not go 200 miles an hour. There is nothing preventing you from purchasing a car that can, or replacing the engine to do so which would have other downfalls such as gas mileage going to crap. In the same analogy you can purchase a T-Mobile motherboard, swap it out, be able to root, but not get certain LTE bands. Verizon has not targeted you at all...you can blame the hackers constantly trying to get information off the phones. Verizon and AT&T took steps to try to prevent that and of course increase profits by being rated the most secure phones out there. Verizon never gave you the keys to root...ever! So they are not keeping this info from you. Just like every device that took a little time to find root, it is up to you and the developers to find away around it.
This is the same as saying Acme safe company is trying to keep you from being rich because they made their safes more secure.
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Terribly misleading title. OE1 and OG5 didn't do anything about locking the kernel, they were bootloader locks. As you said, unless you can downgrade which you can't. The only way this would be useful is if we could get root by only downgrading the kernel, which we cannot. We could access safestrap if we HAD root access, because we could flash the NI2 kernel to get access, but no root = no safestrap.
I don't think you made a discovery, I think you just came across what wasn't stated bluntly, simply because it wasn't necessary information to tell people. As for your quest to find a way to root.... I'm just going to say, have fun.
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The title is not misleading at all. It does exactly what I described. Gives you the ability to downgrade the Kernel. and the Kernel only. I clearly mentioned this in post #3 that this still leaves the bootloader locked. then in later posts went on to mention that it looks like we are still SOL. Take it how you want, sorry for actively trying to find a solution...
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In regards to the OP's statement - Verizon could care less about the rooting community and allowing you to do what you want with your "owned" devices. Verizon and AT&T locked the phones down tight as they should because this is a portable personal computer with all your financial information being transferred back and forth. Tightening the security of the phone against hackers trying to steal all your information and identity had the unfortunate side effect of making root near impossible currently. The device performs exactly as advertised on the box and in the specifications. Your analogy of a radio stuck on country is a poor one. Think more like you bought a car and it will not go 200 miles an hour. There is nothing preventing you from purchasing a car that can, or replacing the engine to do so which would have other downfalls such as gas mileage going to crap. In the same analogy you can purchase a T-Mobile motherboard, swap it out, be able to root, but not get certain LTE bands. Verizon has not targeted you at all...you can blame the hackers constantly trying to get information off the phones. Verizon and AT&T took steps to try to prevent that and of course increase profits by being rated the most secure phones out there. Verizon never gave you the keys to root...ever! So they are not keeping this info from you. Just like every device that took a little time to find root, it is up to you and the developers to find away around it.
This is the same as saying Acme safe company is trying to keep you from being rich because they made their safes more secure.
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I'm not worried about my phone being hacked. I have nothing to hide. I do not bank online or make purchases online. If there is fraudulent activity on my bank account, my credit union will inform me. This is besides the fact. I could care less if I made a "bad" analogy. I'm not sitting here thinking "Hmmm I wonder if anyone will have a problem with this statement" when writing up a comment. Your paragraph is nothing but slander "Something XDA strongly discourages". A simple "I don't think this will work, and here's why" would of been suffice.
On a side note. I'm leaving Verizon so you won't have to worry about me trying to find root and help you guys out anymore.
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The title is not misleading at all. It does exactly what I described. Gives you the ability to downgrade the Kernel. and the Kernel only. I clearly mentioned this in post #3 that this still leaves the bootloader locked. then in later posts went on to mention that it looks like we are still SOL. Take it how you want, sorry for actively trying to find a solution...
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It is misleading because you mark it as solved as if it was a puzzle that nobody else can figured out, like you had new information to provide. If I'm not mistaken, the kernel was never locked, and you can use any Odin to push a different kernel. It was never a question if the kernel was locked. So you didn't do anything except state what was redundant. The people who confirm that the bootloader is locked say so because it means you can't downgrade. They didn't say you can still downgrade the kernel because it's absolutely meaningless. That's like saying, the bootloader is locked, but you can still Odin and flash any file you want even if it doesn't work.
There are countless people like you in other threads who claim they're trying to find a way to root. Neither you nor I are smart enough to come up with an exploit, as I have detailed countless times before. So why don't we leave that up to the developers?
Sharpie603 said:
I'm not worried about my phone being hacked. I have nothing to hide. I do not bank online or make purchases online. If there is fraudulent activity on my bank account, my credit union will inform me. This is besides the fact. I could care less if I made a "bad" analogy. I'm not sitting here thinking "Hmmm I wonder if anyone will have a problem with this statement" when writing up a comment. Your paragraph is nothing but slander "Something XDA strongly discourages". A simple "I don't think this will work, and here's why" would of been suffice.
On a side note. I'm leaving Verizon so you won't have to worry about me trying to find root and help you guys out anymore.
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It doesn't matter if you don't care yourself, because you are not everyone. You are a single person. If you were everyone, obviously Verizon wouldn't make money off you, and wouldn't secure their phones. But this is flawed reasoning yet again.
A bad analogy shows you have flawed reasoning. It doesn't matter if you care or not, you don't have a problem with stating things that don't make sense, then by all means, continue (which I don't even have to say, because you do indeed continue).
Slander? Are you serious? You acknowledge the reason for his post, which claims you have a bad analogy, and explains why Verizon does what it does. Then you make an insane, baseless claim that says xda discourages root. Yet XDA was where the original root method was released in detail, with the newsworthy 18k bouty.
Why does he need to explain why it wouldn't work, when you yourself have already done that? It's the same when you responded to me. You answer your own question but then argue against people when they confirm with your latter findings that it doesn't work?
I don't understand why people like you are so happy to see 1 posters support you, but then immediately get hostile when anyone with any knowledge comes in to speak. You running from Verizon doesn't solve any problems and shows you weren't invested to begin with, which is fine, since you wouldn't have accomplished anything anyway. Unless you're claiming to be smarter than those who found the original root.
You want to know why it won't work? All these people have similar ideas to yours, they either want root, or want to "try" with little to no knowledge at all about what they are doing.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=62378933&postcount=19
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=62380538&postcount=23
http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-galaxy-s5/help/vz-replacement-s5-oe1-t3190365
http://forum.xda-developers.com/ver...g5-verizon-t3192598/post62746265#post62746265
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It is misleading because you mark it as solved as if it was a puzzle that nobody else can figured out, like you had new information to provide. If I'm not mistaken, the kernel was never locked, and you can use any Odin to push a different kernel. It was never a question if the kernel was locked. So you didn't do anything except state what was redundant. The people who confirm that the bootloader is locked say so because it means you can't downgrade. They didn't say you can still downgrade the kernel because it's absolutely meaningless. That's like saying, the bootloader is locked, but you can still Odin and flash any file you want even if it doesn't work.
There are countless people like you in other threads who claim they're trying to find a way to root. Neither you nor I are smart enough to come up with an exploit, as I have detailed countless times before. So why don't we leave that up to the developers?
It doesn't matter if you don't care yourself, because you are not everyone. You are a single person. If you were everyone, obviously Verizon wouldn't make money off you, and wouldn't secure their phones. But this is flawed reasoning yet again.
A bad analogy shows you have flawed reasoning. It doesn't matter if you care or not, you don't have a problem with stating things that don't make sense, then by all means, continue (which I don't even have to say, because you do indeed continue).
Slander? Are you serious? You acknowledge the reason for his post, which claims you have a bad analogy, and explains why Verizon does what it does. Then you make an insane, baseless claim that says xda discourages root. Yet XDA was where the original root method was released in detail, with the newsworthy 18k bouty.
Why does he need to explain why it wouldn't work, when you yourself have already done that? It's the same when you responded to me. You answer your own question but then argue against people when they confirm with your latter findings that it doesn't work?
I don't understand why people like you are so happy to see 1 posters support you, but then immediately get hostile when anyone with any knowledge comes in to speak. You running from Verizon doesn't solve any problems and shows you weren't invested to begin with, which is fine, since you wouldn't have accomplished anything anyway. Unless you're claiming to be smarter than those who found the original root.
You want to know why it won't work? All these people have similar ideas to yours, they either want root, or want to "try" with little to no knowledge at all about what they are doing.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=62378933&postcount=19
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=62380538&postcount=23
http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-galaxy-s5/help/vz-replacement-s5-oe1-t3190365
http://forum.xda-developers.com/ver...g5-verizon-t3192598/post62746265#post62746265
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Listen I came here thinking I found a way. In no way was trying to start a war among like minded individuals. All you are doing is trying to ream me out for what? For a mistake I made, thinking I had a solution? Way to be professional. Sorry for cluttering the forum. Sorry for everything I have done thus far. Sorry for bothering you sir. Sorry for not being as knowledgeable as you are. I'm sorry for everything! F*ck
Sharpie603 said:
Listen I came here thinking I found a way. In no way was trying to start a war among like minded individuals. All you are doing is trying to ream me out for what? For a mistake I made, thinking I had a solution? Way to be professional. Sorry for cluttering the forum. Sorry for everything I have done thus far. Sorry for bothering you sir. Sorry for not being as knowledgeable as you are. I'm sorry for everything! F*ck
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The problem is, you just assume things without actually comprehending what people say. That's why you believe this is apparently a war. Ream you out? You miss the entire point, repeatedly. All it is is people telling you why your statements don't make any sense.
Sharpie603 said:
I'm not worried about my phone being hacked. I have nothing to hide. I do not bank online or make purchases online. If there is fraudulent activity on my bank account, my credit union will inform me. This is besides the fact. I could care less if I made a "bad" analogy. I'm not sitting here thinking "Hmmm I wonder if anyone will have a problem with this statement" when writing up a comment. Your paragraph is nothing but slander "Something XDA strongly discourages". A simple "I don't think this will work, and here's why" would of been suffice.
On a side note. I'm leaving Verizon so you won't have to worry about me trying to find root and help you guys out anymore.
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As stated that is just YOU. 99.9% of people do not want their phone hacked or their identity stolen.
How is stating the facts slander? And I think I would know best what is encouraged here and what isn't. Now you are just lashing out for no reason and making no sense.
I guess we can close this as you wished. Thanks for trying.
Hey all. Currently, evilpotatoman has gotten us closer than ever to achieving root with our phones. He's out of commission at this time until his device back comes in, which could take 2 weeks or more. He has extended the torch to any dev who might be interested in taking a crack at it with his notes (included below). Reference the bounty thread here for details about the bootloader/root bounty information.
!!!!PLEASE DO NOT POST YOUR BOUNTY AMOUNTS HERE!!!! DO IT IN RAYLON00'S THREAD FOR CONTINUITY: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3339857
evilpotatoman said:
Here's where it's at, but first a few notes and thoughts;
A) Even after upsetting dm-verity, the system remained somewhat stable*
*The only issues I see are the system:custom message, an unlocked boot logo, and that the stock installer refuses to install anything but FOTAs or a sec_csc.zip flashed on the CACHE partition. If cleared, the system boots up normally
B) It's extremely difficult to reverse dev this device - Every piece of secure-trust-knox-DRK-verity-crapola increases the chance of a misstep and ending up with a really nice IOT brick. Because of all this security, looking for buffer overflows and random execs would take ages. I focused on stupid programming mistakes, sifting through log files, much like I did when developing the original Note 3 recovery method.
C) The HOME_CSC partition file that seems to fail typical odin flashes -- It sets something permanent, like kind of hard-coding the verity keys. During my testing, I flashed one only to later realize that my CSC was then hard-coded to Chinese branding. Before that flash, I could mess around with the branding at will (and subsequently write to the system partition). It was only after I flashed that CSC_HOME that dm-verity actually failed. In short -- I had root BEFORE download mode labeled my system as custom. I flashed HOME_CSC, dm-verity then failed when I changed the CSC following the hard-code.
I have yet to fully re-create my EFS partition, and sent it to someone who wears darker hats than I for a fix. Because I won't have the phone for a while (at least 2 weeks), I've decided to give a brain dump in hopes that someone can pick up where I left off.
PM me for additional details, but the following should get better devs searching for a more stable method.
sec_csc.zips (found in cache.img.ext4) can be used to modify the system partition, and the partition itself isn't signed. Those zips also set the region.
*A particularly interesting csc zip exists for the G9300's CSC file.....
Odin happily flashes specific "partitions" individually, so piece-meal it out.
nand partitions can be written to while still failing in odin (but system.img is signed in 2 places, so fyi)
The exploit leverages those download-mode/recovery, plus the stupid programming error found below:
on the stock firmware, there's a boot script that calls a missing binary, which is a perfect -in- for the su daemon.
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You can PM evilpotatoman here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/member.php?u=2322344
Very cool! This looks promising
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maybe @jcadduono can do something here?
Holy ****! This is big news!
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maybe @jcadduono can do something here?
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He does not have a s7, so I doubt he can help much
Maybe jcase can work on boot loader and root
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@jcase and @beaups come to mind.
I'd love to see this take off. To that effect, may I suggest contacting the dev you're wondering about and asking (POLITELY) if they intend to or are willing to contribute to this project?
Additionally, since we have nearly $2000 pledged for a root method, we can set up a fund to get the devices in the hands of the devs willing to work on the issue that may not have a device, starting with @evilpotatoman if he needs it. This might also give people who were apprehensive about contributing to the bounty another option to support this endeavor, and gives the rest of us a way to actively contribute instead of saying "here's your prize if you win."
Someone could even act as a third party to set up the fund (be it gofundme or something else, I need to research options). We may not all know how to fight on the front lines, but there are definitely ways the rest of us peons can actively support the effort instead of being passive and hoping it eventually happens because someone else did it.
Thoughts, suggestions, questions?
@jcase hacked the unhackable black phone.... I ask him on Twitter but he didn't say if he would have time to do it or not...
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Tagging him won't help. I don't think he likes to tagged often. I'm talking about jcase. If he wants to he will. Since evilpotatoman has opened up this whole new scenario. I hope all the devs see it and try to put on their magic. But yes. I have my bet on jcase. Have seen his work from a while back. A mastermind I must admit.
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Mew351 said:
Holy ****! This is big news!
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No it isnt, this is exactly zero news.
That entire post is wrong, it is full of basic factual errors that make question if its a troll, or a misunderstanding of how these things work.
I may nitpick it when I get home if anyone disagrees with my evaluation of it, but a simple view:
a) messing with dm-verity wouldnt cause system stability issues at all, either it would boot or not.
b) reverse engineering this device is no harder than previous ones, there is no insane obfuscation or anything (just some simple obfuscation). Standard toolsets would work ehre.
c) The "custom" symbol is just a sign of tampering, in fact I could make a standard app to cause it. It wouldn't stop or remove root from a system.
The whole post in general is gibberish.
Dont start funds for developers who need phones, too many times it comes out bad.
We allow bounties, but funds need to be pledged not held by a single person, and they should not be paid out unless the project is completed, and posted (and is of primarily original work).
psych0r3bel said:
I'd love to see this take off. To that effect, may I suggest contacting the dev you're wondering about and asking (POLITELY) if they intend to or are willing to contribute to this project?
Additionally, since we have nearly $2000 pledged for a root method, we can set up a fund to get the devices in the hands of the devs willing to work on the issue that may not have a device, starting with @evilpotatoman if he needs it. This might also give people who were apprehensive about contributing to the bounty another option to support this endeavor, and gives the rest of us a way to actively contribute instead of saying "here's your prize if you win."
Someone could even act as a third party to set up the fund (be it gofundme or something else, I need to research options). We may not all know how to fight on the front lines, but there are definitely ways the rest of us peons can actively support the effort instead of being passive and hoping it eventually happens because someone else did it.
Thoughts, suggestions, questions?
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jcase said:
Dont start funds for developers who need phones, too many times it comes out bad.
We allow bounties, but funds need to be pledged not held by a single person, and they should not be paid out unless the project is completed, and posted (and is of primarily original work).
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Fair enough. I probably should have checked to see if there was any rule against this. Regardless, from a common sense standpoint you make...well, sense. Wrote myself into a corner there. >.>
As for the entire OP being gibberish...you're essentially saying we're back at square one, or is he at least barking up the right tree, in your opinion? As you can tell, I'm a little overzealous when it comes to this phone getting root lol.
jcase said:
No it isnt, this is exactly zero news.
That entire post is wrong, it is full of basic factual errors that make question if its a troll, or a misunderstanding of how these things work.
I may nitpick it when I get home if anyone disagrees with my evaluation of it, but a simple view:
a) messing with dm-verity wouldnt cause system stability issues at all, either it would boot or not.
b) reverse engineering this device is no harder than previous ones, there is no insane obfuscation or anything (just some simple obfuscation). Standard toolsets would work ehre.
c) The "custom" symbol is just a sign of tampering, in fact I could make a standard app to cause it. It wouldn't stop or remove root from a system.
The whole post in general is gibberish.
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psych0r3bel said:
Fair enough. I probably should have checked to see if there was any rule against this. Regardless, from a common sense standpoint you make...well, sense. Wrote myself into a corner there. >.>
As for the entire OP being gibberish...you're essentially saying we're back at square one, or is he at least barking up the right tree, in your opinion? As you can tell, I'm a little overzealous when it comes to this phone getting root lol.
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Well he did manage to get root so I don't know how it is all gibberish.
jakebake102 said:
Well he did manage to get root so I don't know how it is all gibberish.
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I don't believe you or him on that. It is gibberish because its factually wrong, if it wasnt factually wrong I wouldnt have a reason to doubt someone in particular got root. When you make it apparent you are making stuff up or dont know what your talking about, it casts a major doubt.
Plus the proof shown, just showing that syscope got tripped, its not showing root, its not showing unlock, its literally showing nothing of any indication.
jakebake102 said:
Well he did manage to get root so I don't know how it is all gibberish.
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It is possible to see and not understand. Often times an opinion held about the cause of a specific behavior in a complex system can be premature, and when new information comes to light suddenly all of the indicators that pointed to one cause suddenly mean something very different. The problem comes not with forming these theories about what causes a behavior, but in voicing that opinion before it is fully vetted out by your own tests.
In short, it is possible to be right about what you see, but wrong about what caused it.
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I don't believe you or him on that. It is gibberish because its factually wrong, if it wasnt factually wrong I wouldnt have a reason to doubt someone in particular got root. When you make it apparent you are making stuff up or dont know what your talking about, it casts a major doubt.
Plus the proof shown, just showing that syscope got tripped, its not showing root, its not showing unlock, its literally showing nothing of any indication.
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Ok well thanks for looking this over.
jakebake102 said:
Well he did manage to get root so I don't know how it is all gibberish.
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Everyone beat me to it, but yeah. He said it, hasn't proven it. If he managed to get root, great. I gave him the benefit of the doubt, but now we have a known dev basically discrediting everything based upon his own expertise.
So from this point forward, the onus of proof is on the OP to prove he has/had root. Nothing a screenshot can't prove. It's entirely possible he did get root, but for a different reason than he stated, and posting his proof opens up the floor for a discussion on the exact process. The result doesn't produce the method, so maybe he stumbled upon root by chance in the midst of his work, which led him to think his method worked. Too many variables. That's why we discuss these things.
jcase said:
No it isnt, this is exactly zero news.
That entire post is wrong, it is full of basic factual errors that make question if its a troll, or a misunderstanding of how these things work.
I may nitpick it when I get home if anyone disagrees with my evaluation of it, but a simple view:
a) messing with dm-verity wouldnt cause system stability issues at all, either it would boot or not.
b) reverse engineering this device is no harder than previous ones, there is no insane obfuscation or anything (just some simple obfuscation). Standard toolsets would work ehre.
c) The "custom" symbol is just a sign of tampering, in fact I could make a standard app to cause it. It wouldn't stop or remove root from a system.
The whole post in general is gibberish.
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Hey jcase (I know you from the old days on XDA, just a bit undercover now for XDA reasons.) Anyway, please don't let the excitement of some folks turn you off to this whole idea. These Qualcomm variants of the S7/Edge are majorly great devices, and root would be ****ing awesome for everyone, so people are gonna get worked up about it. You KNOW how XDA gets. If you believe that there might be a straightforward exploit available, similar to the CID directory exploit that was used in the VS5, please pass on any help you can. (Or even if it has nothing to do with that route.)
All I know is that if you, or bceups, or anyone could actually help make this happen (and this is definitely a "they say it'll never happen" moment, like the Evo3d or the VS5) then you'd be rockstars of the community, more than you are now, however much that means to you. (It means a lot to me, I promise you.) If you think there's hope, and you're willing to give it a shot, ****ing bad ass... If not, maybe PM evilpotatoman and give him a nudge in the direction you'd think would work best.
Either way, I, and I'm sure every GS7/EDGE customer in America who's into Android, definitely have your back.
Let us know your thoughts, and if there's actually a ray of hope.
That's all I got.
Peace, bro.
Edit: and, btw, there IS some big bounty or something to boot, lol.
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Hi,
I am kinda new to the forum. And I am a little lost with the phone.
My step-father gave me his Pixel 3, as a gift. However, my step-dad has a pretty wicked sense of humor. He gave me the phone, but he didn't entirely log out of the phone. When I turned on the phone, it turned out that the phone is FRP locked. I asked him for the damn pin code, but he rebuked that, unlocking it is part of the learning curve, and I will value this phone more.
In the past few days, I was googling every possible exploit I could find there. Just to learn that phone is running Android Q, so nothing really works. (You can see my dad is a wicked person).
I understand that I have flash new software, but any ideas how could I do that? I have absolutely no clue how what to do. I downloaded Android Studio, but I don't even know what to do with that software. I a complete noob, to that.
What I managed to establish is that the phone has dev options turned off. It's running Android Q from April this year, and device in fastboot mode says the device is locked.
I will be grateful for any tips. I wanna see shocked face of my step dad.
Shadowmidnightedge said:
Hi,
I am kinda new to the forum. And I am a little lost with the phone.
My step-father gave me his Pixel 3, as a gift. However, my step-dad has a pretty wicked sense of humor. He gave me the phone, but he didn't entirely log out of the phone. When I turned on the phone, it turned out that the phone is FRP locked. I asked him for the damn pin code, but he rebuked that, unlocking it is part of the learning curve, and I will value this phone more.
In the past few days, I was googling every possible exploit I could find there. Just to learn that phone is running Android Q, so nothing really works. (You can see my dad is a wicked person).
I understand that I have flash new software, but any ideas how could I do that? I have absolutely no clue how what to do. I downloaded Android Studio, but I don't even know what to do with that software. I a complete noob, to that.
What I managed to establish is that the phone has dev options turned off. It's running Android Q from April this year, and device in fastboot mode says the device is locked.
I will be grateful for any tips. I wanna see shocked face of my step dad.
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If say give it back to the rightful owner. You won't get any help here trying to hack into someone else's phone.
Either your story is BS, or he is an idiot and doesn't understand FRP. I'll pretend that the story isn't BS however unlikely, and tell you to get the PIN/PW. Otherwise, take your losses on whatever you paid for the stolen phone.
He guys, I just stole a phone, can you help me launder this phone? - Is the honest question here I suspect.
If not, you should be able to get the password from the person who last used it.
First, thank you, everyone, for the replies. Second I would like to reply to some concerns, that were raised here, So to address the biggest elephant in the room, the phone was not stolen. my stepdad simply has a strange sense of humor and he likes to torture me with his ''jokes''. This would be one of them. He gave me a locked phone on purpose thinking it would be funny, watching me twiddling with the phone for hours, until I would come to him begging him for a password. Which already happened yesterday. The phone is now, working as it should be. The third thing I wanna mention is the fact that at the time of writing this post, I was pretty confused about the whole situation. I didn't realize fully what is FRP, . It was the first time when I heard about it in my life. All my life I had Samsung phones, and never before I had to deal with something like FRP. I simply thought it was another stupid joke of my stepdad..
I am a person, who likes challenges, and the fact that my stepdad has pulled another number on me made my desperation, but defeat him, even bigger, I am rather a tech literate, so having him challenging me on unlocking this phone rubbed my ego wrong way. I apologize for causing any disturbance here.
Shadowmidnightedge said:
First, thank you, everyone, for the replies. Second I would like to reply to some concerns, that were raised here, So to address the biggest elephant in the room, the phone was not stolen. my stepdad simply has a strange sense of humor and he likes to torture me with his ''jokes''. This would be one of them. He gave me a locked phone on purpose thinking it would be funny, watching me twiddling with the phone for hours, until I would come to him begging him for a password. Which already happened yesterday. The phone is now, working as it should be. The third thing I wanna mention is the fact that at the time of writing this post, I was pretty confused about the whole situation. I didn't realize fully what is FRP, . It was the first time when I heard about it in my life. All my life I had Samsung phones, and never before I had to deal with something like FRP. I simply thought it was another stupid joke of my stepdad..
I am a person, who likes challenges, and the fact that my stepdad has pulled another number on me made my desperation, but defeat him, even bigger, I am rather a tech literate, so having him challenging me on unlocking this phone rubbed my ego wrong way. I apologize for causing any disturbance here.
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If this is legit then post the IMEI of the phone and take a pic of the phone box with the matching IMEI or a screenshot of the order email / receipt
Ak7J4 said:
If this is legit then post the IMEI of the phone and take a pic of the phone box with the matching IMEI or a screenshot of the order email / receipt
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For what purpose? He already said he got the P/W and it is working. He didn't ask anything else and simply said "thanks."
Thread closed as the Op doesn't require any additional assistance.
Second of all if you can help then please do so... if you think something isn't right hit report and move ahead.
Thanks
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