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Just wanted to put this out there, this is an idea space
Couple ideas we may get going:
* Someone leaks a working Engineering / Test Build
* Find a leak in the HTC Sync software (it has to use root to do the internet sharing)
What's been tried:
* Writing to /cache or /data/local
* Mounting system as rw lol
* Anything and everything with Fastboot
* A few other things that I can't think of right now

Has anyone tried flashing the engineering leak via gold card method? My guess is... our best bet is the internet sharing. The question is how to exploit it...
Personally, I gonna try via htc sync. I already tried fastboot with no luck too. I'm not as savy as you guys but may be dumb luck will be on my side today.

Why does that internet sharing have to use root? pdanet and easytether dont?

turboyo said:
Why does that internet sharing have to use root? pdanet and easytether dont?
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Well I havent even figured out how to get it to share the internet. Sync works but no internet sharing yet. May be I can try something in adb... thta is a good point. I used to use pdanet all the time before root on my G1. Hmmm.... I guess we'll have to see. Im gonna keep trying. Maybe Wes might have better luck. Im not giving up. I need a good android phone w/ kb. Not returning yet...

I believe the tmobile champions slide had a test build on it prior to slides launch,at least the guy at my tmobile store said his phone was running beta a week prior to launch,unfortunatly can't find any dumps.he was talking some crazy stuff about his friend already having a patch to oc the cpu to 800mhz.

Jerzeeloon said:
I believe the tmobile champions slide had a test build on it prior to slides launch,at least the guy at my tmobile store said his phone was running beta a week prior to launch,unfortunatly can't find any dumps.he was talking some crazy stuff about his friend already having a patch to oc the cpu to 800mhz.
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That sounds about right. Oh god, champions slide?! Does that mean there are two different types of boards? This might complicate things a bit. I dispise when manufactors make two different types of boards for the same phone model. This is G3 and G4 all over again in the wizard subforums. I hate HTC sometimes, lol!

Don't worry sino8r, a champion is just the t-mobile term for a member of the marketing team that gets early access to a model to train the retail associates. They got a slide just like the to-market one, but it had a beta build of Eclair w/sense etc.
Not crazy 12 different boards for one phone.... At least I don't think that's the case.
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sino8r said:
Has anyone tried flashing the engineering leak via gold card method? \
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I'm curious of this myself. I'll try it, F it, I'll send back if bricked. Where can I get the leaked build?

Its a no go on the gold card boys. Was loading for a while, then checking for a while, then right back to boatloader with no options to flash. This is based off of this leak.
EDIT: If there is another image to try, i will, just let me know.

Anyone try the method being used to root the Incredible?

This may sound silly, I haven't had the chance to really sit down and mess with stuff yet. However, with the adb shell, and the eclipse ide, is there anyway to make a mock version or virtual machine out of the slide, and then blast the hell out of it without fear of bricking?

In talks with hykuro he thinks the unrevoked method should work on all unpatched phones.
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Tried the unrevoked method, with 6 shells spamming adb, and rebooting for 30mins no go.

faylix said:
In talks with hykuro he thinks the unrevoked method should work on all unpatched phones.
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god I wish he'd help a bit. He knows his stuff. we need to offer him and Paul some donations or something.

I am willing to donate some cash to the cause.

If anyone is willing to handle the pool, I'd throw $10 at it.
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And i have a hot $20.... C'mon, if we all get on this it would be worth their while.

I got some chedda on it.

Yeah, I'd be in for $20. If we get root on this thing I'm going to be thrilled. I wish I could do some of the work, but I'm a complete n00b with development, so I'd not be much help.
But I'm good for some money.

I definitely have another $20 on it if someone will get root.
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Nexus S question

Anyone know if it is boot encrypted or phone locked, I've seen commentary both ways, looking for someone who got it early.

no its not. the nexus devices are designed to be open.. the bootloader is LOCKED but booting into fastboot and typing (on your computer) fastboot oem unlock unlocks it and then all you need to do is fastboot flash recovery to get clockwork mod on it

shabbypenguin said:
no its not. the nexus devices are designed to be open.. the bootloader is LOCKED but booting into fastboot and typing (on your computer) fastboot oem unlock unlocks it and then all you need to do is fastboot flash recovery to get clockwork mod on it
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Thanks cant wait getting mine in the AM

Paleryder said:
Thanks cant wait getting mine in the AM
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let us know your thoughts and opinions on it..
esp what you like and dislike between that and the epic..
which is better and so on...

Paleryder said:
Thanks cant wait getting mine in the AM
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I so badly wanna follow suit.. mostly to ditch the 'bulk' of the keyboard but also to experience a 'raw' and 'unbloated' device LOL...
I just don't think i got the cash though :/
So I wait... hahahaha

its 10:25 local time here, my store opens at 11. as soon as i have it im rooting it and making a system dump to toss to the cm7 team but its also going public as apparently no one that has it has made one :O

What would we do without you
shabbypenguin said:
its 10:25 local time here, my store opens at 11. as soon as i have it im rooting it and making a system dump to toss to the cm7 team but its also going public as apparently no one that has it has made one :O
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Didn't sammy commit to keeping bootloaders and encryptions on they're phones? Thought I read that somewhere. That they encouraged it. That doesn't sound right lol
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RushAOZ said:
Didn't sammy commit to keeping bootloaders and encryptions on they're phones? Thought I read that somewhere. That they encouraged it. That doesn't sound right lol
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Sammy said they would keep their phones unlocked unless google told them otherwise
Sent From My Evo Killer!!

My wife is leaving T-Mobile to pick up a Nexus this afternoon. Sprint renewed the $125 rebate to anyone that leaves their contract.

darn it im not eligible for an upgrade until november of this year, im beggining to hate my epic so much, the roms are great but even they have small tiny quirks that piss me off.
no matter, im thinking about just spending the 550 and getting it for full price and experience the gingerbreaded goodness!

XPRT 2.3.5 Boost Mobile unable to root.

Move my post if you feel the need. I hate picking forums. Anyways. I have a XPRT from boost mobile running android 2.3.5 and I have been working for a few days to no avail in any vulnerabilities to rooting. Searching for users with same model and objective?
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Anyone with the same phone please post or PM me.

Anybody? Seriously?

Almost 300 views and no responses? Anyone have the same model and want to collaborate?

I would really like to see some type of update this is crazy that no one has done anything with this system yet.

nyxclusive1 said:
I would really like to see some type of update this is crazy that no one has done anything with this system yet.
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You have the the same model and carrier right?

BlackFire27 said:
You have the the same model and carrier right?
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There is currently no way to root the Boost Mobile version of the XPRT at the moment. I looked around and tried the .zip file from sd and it bricked. I have talked to numerous people who tried the Sprint .SBF which bricked the system to. Right now you will just have to sit back and wait and see if someone comes up with something. Sorry for the bad news.

jklung84 said:
There is currently no way to root the Boost Mobile version of the XPRT at the moment. I looked around and tried the .zip file from sd and it bricked. I have talked to numerous people who tried the Sprint .SBF which bricked the system to. Right now you will just have to sit back and wait and see if someone comes up with something. Sorry for the bad news.
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Well that sucks ._. I do believe that a heavy amount of editing was done to the software and firmware by Boost. But this isn't bad news. Its actually a huge relief that finally I've gotten some feedback. We need a small community of people wishing to root this phone. Developer or not.

BlackFire27 said:
Well that sucks ._. I do believe that a heavy amount of editing was done to the software and firmware by Boost. But this isn't bad news. Its actually a huge relief that finally I've gotten some feedback. We need a small community of people wishing to root this phone. Developer or not.
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Well I would love to just get a stock sbf so I can get mine working again lol.
Yes, rooting the boost version would be great, they just have so many restrictions on the phone. No hotspot, tethering is very limited, Hoping someone will find something soon.

jklung84 said:
Well I would love to just get a stock sbf so I can get mine working again lol.
Yes, rooting the boost version would be great, they just have so many restrictions on the phone. No hotspot, tethering is very limited, Hoping someone will find something soon.
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This is actually my first Motorola phone. Lol. I normally used HTCs beforehand. Would you be so kind as to explain what an SBF is and where they come from?

An SBF ( SYSTEM BOOT FILE) file from what I gather is the original Image of the Phone. It's kind of like if you are running a windows computer you need a Windows image to run the operating system. The same is true for a cell phone. The only place to get them is have them leaked from Motorola Techs. Each tech has different level access to be able to work on your phone.
A normal tech has Level 1 and Level 2 access which can look at your phone and figure out what is wrong. The "head Motorola Techs" have Level 3 and Level 4 access and they are the ones who actually can pull the files ( SBF ) and do the reflashing and other needed services.
This may not be totally accurate but it is what I have put together from the massive amount of research and reading I have done on these phones. If anyone has anything to add or correct please do because I don't want to give bad information. =/
I have currently been browsing around a lot, and trying to figure out this development thing. I am also reading currently on how the "rooting" process is achieved on phones. I have a moderate amount experience on linux machines so the reading is going fairly easy. Hopefully we can get some real DEVS in here to help us out.

That's a nice amount of research. I appreciate that. And android is linux. So you may find some nice similarities. I personally am much more experienced on the hardware side of the computer world ._. I need to brush up on my coding...and from what I assume. Root is achieved by exploiting the kernel in order to pretty much shove Busybox into the root filesystem. The Su binary. And the Superuser app.

From what I understand YES, that is exactly how it is done.

But getting permission is the challenge.

BlackFire27 said:
But getting permission is the challenge.
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Anyone know of a way to get the drivers and stuff to work on a linux machine? I just can't seem to find anything.
What I don't understand is the sbf file is like a backup of everything on the phone, if they can put it there, there has to be some way of pulling it off. I would like to know and understand why we can't pull the .sbf file off of the phone it's self? Any developers out there give me a shout and fill me in?

Well what an sbf seems to be basically a zip encoded specially for Motorola devices. I don't think its really possible to get it off without a factory reset and a custom recovery or bootloader.

BlackFire27 said:
Well what an sbf seems to be basically a zip encoded specially for Motorola devices. I don't think its really possible to get it off without a factory reset and a custom recovery or bootloader.
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That is what I was wondering about. Thanks.

I find it odd how carriers feel they need to go so far to prevent rooting, I find it wrong.
This is atleast my perspective. I go out to buy lets say a computer from best buy. I have the right to change anything on the computer, hardware and software.
Even mircosoft lets you modify (they just don't want you stealing it)
Their os and have built in applications to do so.
So why when I buy a phone and I can't do it. All of it is my property, Hard/software. If I brick it it'll bee my fault. Meaning I'll have to buy another one.
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bingo here is the sbf http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30831590#post30831590

You cant root the Sprint Gingerbread (Leaked version) and the Boost as well. I tried lots of tools, but nothing.

AOSP

I know some people have asked about porting AOSP to the Fire TV. It's probably still a long way off, but I have managed to get it to start booting and have the boot animation display. Some stuff crashes early on, and then later in the boot, other things crash because that first thing is missing. And then it just constantly bootloops... but it's a start.

Spectacular!
My main goal is to get a full-fledged modern Linux OS with access to running my Android apps inside a window while having real-time access to Linux and all of its programs.

Thanks rbox! You're awesome! That's exactly what i wanna in my box.
I think that you can enable the "donante" in your profile, i would like to donate to reward your wonderful work!

I too would like to donate.. As well as test.. Willing to capture and submit log files. How are you booting this ROM? Unlocked boot loader on the way?

LittleBear1981 said:
I too would like to donate.. As well as test.. Willing to capture and submit log files. How are you booting this ROM? Unlocked boot loader on the way?
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I enabled the paypal donate in my profile but it seemed a little tacky to me to have it on all my posts. So here is a donate link.
As for how I'm booting this, right now very haphazardly. In the end it will require an unlocked bootloader but jcase is the one that has to provide that. Technically, it does work with the stock kernel and I am playing around with some ideas for booting into recovery with the locked bootloader. But hopefully jcase will be able to provide the unlock soon.

rbox said:
In the end it will require an unlocked bootloader but jcase is the one that has to provide that. Technically, it does work with the stock kernel and I am playing around with some ideas for booting into recovery with the locked bootloader. But hopefully jcase will be able to provide the unlock soon.
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IMO, it seems like jcase has no interest in releasing it. He's already said he doesn't care about the community. Just does what he does for the challenge, and I guess publicity. I could go on with more to support my theory, but don't want to come across a complainer, as no one owes us anything.

Agreed, no one owes us anything.. That said.. Jcase wherever you are.. I would like to send you 25$ (US) too. I do not ask for support.. Just the means.. The knowledge. Thanks again everyone.

LittleBear1981 said:
Agreed, no one owes us anything.. That said.. Jcase wherever you are.. I would like to send you 25$ (US) too. I do not ask for support.. Just the means.. The knowledge. Thanks again everyone.
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he also seems to be a man of few words, so its possible hes still waiting on amazon to fix the security vulnerability before he releases it, thats the last thing he said here before he went silent, either way tho, good job RBOX, and everyone else helping.

Luxferro said:
IMO, it seems like jcase has no interest in releasing it. He's already said he doesn't care about the community. Just does what he does for the challenge, and I guess publicity. I could go on with more to support my theory, but don't want to come across a complainer, as no one owes us anything.
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Very, very true. E-publicty ruined that guy. Its awesome to see someone still working on this box though, gj Rbox hopefully your work will lead to greater things in the future.

So it's booting all the way. I'm not sure why there is a black bar on the right side.

rbox said:
So it's booting all the way. I'm not sure why there is a black bar on the right side.
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Are you booting from a USB stick?

jocala said:
Are you booting from a USB stick?
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I'm actually booting it off my network right now with NFS and loop mounts. I suppose I could use a similar method to boot it from USB. I'm thinking about creating a system based on 2nd-init which some phones with locked bootloader use. Hopefully the unlock will be released before I have to do that though.

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I'm actually booting it off my network right now with NFS and loop mounts. I suppose I could use a similar method to boot it from USB. I'm thinking about creating a system based on 2nd-init which some phones with locked bootloader use. Hopefully the unlock will be released before I have to do that though.
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Good luck. A rescue stick for the aftv would be mighty handy.

I've worked on 2nd init for some Motorola phones back in the day.. The trick is finding a script that is not in /system that runs from init early in the boot process...

FireTV + AndroidTV
I know it is a basic question, but theoretically if you get the 2nd Init working, we could port an AndroidTV ROM into the FireTV and use it as such, right?
At the end the remote control has also the Voice functionality.
Just wondering or am I missing something?

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I know it is a basic question, but theoretically if you get the 2nd Init working, we could port an AndroidTV ROM into the FireTV and use it as such, right?
At the end the remote control has also the Voice functionality.
Just wondering or am I missing something?
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It depends on the sourceness of Android TV (probably not open source), the availability of a system dump, and the hardware compatability. I'm not sure what you are saying about the remote control... but it doesn't have "voice functionality", it has a microphone and the system software has the support for the voice.

It seems that unlock won't be released from Jcase:
https://twitter.com/TeamAndIRC/status/505926495835922434
(it's about Kindle HDX, but it's the same case as FTV).
So... Help us rbox kenobi, you're our only hope!

Who or what exactly is responsible for the prevention of the unlocker getting released?
Wouldn't it be a middle finger to their consumers if Amazon was actually the cause of this trajedy?

krasny2k5 said:
It seems that unlock won't be released from Jcase:
https://twitter.com/TeamAndIRC/status/505926495835922434
(it's about Kindle HDX, but it's the same case as FTV).
So... Help us rbox kenobi, you're our only hope!
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Seems I was finally able to get TWRP to display on the screen. Unfortunately it was only for a second and then it crashed and rebooted. But I'm making progress. Unfortunately I had some family issues to take care of this weekend so I didn't have as much time as I had hoped.
retroben said:
Who or what exactly is responsible for the prevention of the unlocker getting released?
Wouldn't it be a middle finger to their consumers if Amazon was actually the cause of this trajedy?
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Of course Amazon is the "cause". They don't want you unlocking it, hence the reason it's locked in the first place. Unfortunately it looks like the DMCA is preventing the unlock from being released.

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You may not need an unlocker.
As a simple test unpack recovery, modify icon_error.png, repack, dd to recovery partition and reboot recovery.
I'd be interested to know if this works on releases other than 51.1.0.2

PIXEL Verizon Unlock NEW Way

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I tried it just to see what happens, can't get it to recognize the command. entered adb shell but still says command not recognized.

3aucla1r3 said:
I tried it just to see what happens, can't get it to recognize the command. entered adb shell but still says command not recognized.
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It need htc adb document.But I cant load them.
I can share you with Google Drive. And I just know a part of the way. It seems that something I dont have .Maybe Usb Hub.
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This way is apply to 7.12
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Are you sure this even applies to the Pixel? This seems like a way to get SuperCID on a traditional HTC device like the M9.

Sure， Someone unlocked bl by this way
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Alcolawl said:
Are you sure this even applies to the Pixel? This seems like a way to get SuperCID on a traditional HTC device like the M9.
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Sure， Someone unlocked bl by this way
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sceptical doesn't even cover it.
i'm looking at lots of htc stuff for a starter...
a link to firmware for S1_WHL - which i can pretty much bank on not being pixel... or pixel xl.
something here really doesn't add up

y2grae said:
sceptical doesn't even cover it.
i'm looking at lots of htc stuff for a starter...
a link to firmware for S1_WHL - which i can pretty much bank on not being pixel... or pixel xl.
something here really doesn't add up
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Sure， Someone unlocked bl by this way
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Proof? A link perhaps? Traditionally on HTC phones the command
Code:
fastboot oem writecid
doesn't work unless the bootloader is unlocked. -___-

My bootloader is unlocked, and I tried that command. It did not work. I also tried his fastboot and that did not work either.

This thread is Fake News.

cant do anything if its locked down. need temp root

Darn. Just when I thought there was a light at the end of the tunnel. :|

stever87 said:
Darn. Just when I thought there was a light at the end of the tunnel. :|
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you should've known not to trust a no post account claiming miracles

Captain Hindsight said:
you should've known not to trust a no post account claiming miracles
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Miracles are what I depend on now after making a rookie mistake of re-locking my bootloader.

Since this method apparently does not work, pointless thread is pointless. Thread closed.
Cheers,
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