Quote from the Asus Global website, on the tab "download" choose "Android" as OS, then browse to "Utilities" and download the bootloader unlock tool, it dates from 22 may 2012:
http://support.asus.com/download.as...rmer+Pad+TF300T&os=&hashedid=8BmzkQ4yoz5WzBrW
Unlock Device App: Unlock boot loader.
Notice:
1. Only suitable for Andriod4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich OS version.
2. Before you download, install, and use the Unlock Device App you acknowledge and assume complete risk to the quality and performance of this App, including but not limited to the following: once you activate the App you will not be able to recover your ASUS product (“Original Product”) back to original locked conditions;the Original Product with the activated App will not be deemed the Original Product; the Revised Product will no longer be covered under the warranty of the Original Product; the software of Revised Product will no longer be deemed the software of the Original Product and can no longer receive ASUS software updates; your purchased digital content may also be affected.
You also acknowledge ASUS does not guarantee service satisfaction to any Revised Product, including events involving paid service requested by you to be performed to the Revised Product.
Furthermore, such repaired Revised Product will not be covered under the warranty of the Original Product; the software of the repaired Revised Product will not be deemed the software of the Original Product and will not receive ASUS software updates.
It is strongly advised that you avoid activating this App unless you fully understand and accept the risks that may arise.
This tool now only works with TF300T ICS of TW,US,WW SKU. It won’t work on other devices.
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Download .apk file: Click here
Download Windows installer: Click here
SWEET!!
Yayyyyyyy!!!
Wait so it says you don't get the software updates with it?
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the page host is so well- informed .
keynith said:
Yayyyyyyy!!!
Wait so it says you don't get the software updates with it?
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Just like with the Prime, by unlocking you agree to the fact that you no longer have any warranty and are not eligible anymore for official Asus updates. Sad but true.
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the page host is so well- informed .
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Whehehe
So how do you get the updates then?
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Thank u , but nope!!!
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So how do you get the updates then?
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Well, I guess from Asus you don't. I assume Asus thinks that people who unlock there tablet are gonna install a custom ROM on it and are thus not in need of official updates..
Mine wont unlock yet!!!
Damn
Well makes sense. But usually ROMs incorporate the updates.
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Yup indeed, so there is no real use anymore from getting official Asus updates after unlocking it, since custom roms will most likely include the updates taken from the official Asus/Google source code.
Nice! Thanks to everyone who signed the petition. Don't know if it helped or not but it couldn't have hurt.
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Well, I guess from Asus you don't. I assume Asus thinks that people who unlock there tablet are gonna install a custom ROM on it and are thus not in need of official updates..
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I wonder you'll be able to install the updates from their website?
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I wonder you'll be able to install the updates from their website?
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What I think what would happen when you try to install an official update from Asus on an unlocked tablet, is that you likely get an error message that the device is not suitable to install the update.
But try it and find out..
Wow. I can't wait to use this. Unfortunately, due to hardware problems with my first two tablets, I think I'll wait a couple weeks to make sure this new one isn't defective. That should give devs some time to get some ROMs and a recovery going on this thing.
Well I know to get them you would have to go back to stock and then update.
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Wow. I can't wait to use this. Unfortunately, due to hardware problems with my first two tablets, I think I'll wait a couple weeks to make sure this new one isn't defective. That should give devs some time to get some ROMs and a recovery going on this thing.
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What kind of problems?
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I wonder you'll be able to install the updates from their website?
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Manual installation will be possible. Unlocked bootloader simply means that unsigned code can be applied to the device's otherwise locked sectors.
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What kind of problems?
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I'm on my third tablet. My first one went into sleep of death and bootlooped. Then my second one had a faulty charger. Sooooo many issues
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What I think what would happen when you try to install an official update from Asus on an unlocked tablet, is that you likely get an error message that the device is not suitable to install the update.
But try it and find out..
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I'm not going to be the Guinea pig
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That is, the auto-update functionality will normally be disabled by the Custom-ROM designers in case of changes that could brick your device.
Think of it like a car with a locked engine room, and the "Audi"-factory has the key:
By unlocking the engine room, you can start replacing anything you'd like. If you then apply major changes, there are no guarantee that OEM-parts will function directly in your customized engine. You can however replace everything back to stock, and will then again be able to apply OEM-parts to update your engine.
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When is this so called 2.2.1 update coming ota? I've read online that there is a leaked version for those rooted but I'm not and I want my ota update damn it! I asked a rep this weekend and he said "in the next two months" but he also said the same thing when i asked when lte was coming out...oh those silly Verizon workers
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the reps in store probably do not know when the update is due out.
Yeah... I like asking them questions just to see what how they will answer ya know? But does anyone have any info on the release date?
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There are no dates yet, officially or unofficially. Just stay tuned.
Motorola won't even admit the leak is their work. Get on motorola owners forum you will see the lack of communication on motorolas part. They also refuse to provide any information about possible update timelines... They operate their business like they do their boot loaders...
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Motorola won't even admit the leak is their work. Get on motorola owners forum you will see the lack of communication on motorolas part. They also refuse to provide any information about possible update timelines... They operate their business like they do their boot loaders...
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+1 lol
still chuckling.
Does anyone know what the update is going to (in theory) fix? Any sort of changelog?
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Does anyone know what the update is going to (in theory) fix? Any sort of changelog?
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the last official communication from Motorola is here:
_https://supportforums.motorola.com/thread/38876_
While the leak runs like a finished product, there's no guarantee that it's ever coming OTA anyways. It does fix most of what was posted in the link above.
Also, I believe that VZW rep was right about LTE
LTE was launched yesterday(Dec. 5)! As far as a 2.2.1 OTA... only time will tell.
I don't see it in setting
http://lmgtfy.com/?q="face+unlock"+prime+site:xda-developers.com
Lulz
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When i looked through the system dump the faceunlock.apk was there so i would assume you can access it. should be in settings under security and i believe you have to have a pin set up before you can use face unlock
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When i looked through the system dump the faceunlock.apk was there so i would assume you can access it. should be in settings under security and i believe you have to have a pin set up before you can use face unlock
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You would assume wrong. I refer you to the lmgtfy link; pretty much the first post has confirmation that even though the apk is there, it won't do anything, and nor has copying it over from another device worked. Asus has disabled it for whatever reason.
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You would assume wrong. I refer you to the lmgtfy link; pretty much the first post has confirmation that even though the apk is there, it won't do anything, and nor has copying it over from another device worked. Asus has disabled it for whatever reason.
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Will there be a work around once the devs get hold of the US or WW versions ??
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Danzano said:
Will there be a work around once the devs get hold of the US or WW versions ??
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Given that they apparently haven't come up with a workaround for the Prime yet, I rather doubt it...
Danzano said:
Will there be a work around once the devs get hold of the US or WW versions ??
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Will I be rich?
Will I get to 100 years?
Will I be awarded will oficial Jellybean on my TF101?
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bitmovel said:
Will I be rich?
Will I get to 100 years?
Will I be awarded will oficial Jellybean on my TF101?
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Richard (Shortened)
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Given that they apparently haven't come up with a workaround for the Prime yet, I rather doubt it...
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Thanks for the constructive reply so would we be able to get it in a aosp build? Or also a no go im just wondering why its disabled
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Its enabled in Paul's build but the camera just doesn't work so i am positive we will see it in cm9
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Thanks for the constructive reply so would we be able to get it in a aosp build? Or also a no go im just wondering why its disabled
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That seems more likely, but until somebody tries it, we don't know if Asus disabled it for a good reason.
Maybe it's relevant to the issue, but I have a Nexus S on stock ICS, and the Face Unlock feature isn't available as well.
Maybe it's only available to the Galaxy Nexus as of right now.
I have it on my Galaxy Nexus and it is kind of fun to show off but not that great unless you are always sitting in a well lit area. Not worried about it at all.
Well, seems like i/we complained to Asus enough, i'm downloading the OTA now.
Check yours!
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Got mine this morning and already got itunlocked with cwm
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Lol, just did the update, havent restored root via ota rootkeeper yet, but ezoverclock got root permissions right away, and apparently so did ota rootkeeper. I.find that rather hilarious
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yes got the ota's and unlocked this morning at 3am ... finally
same here ^^^
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Same here
Was on WW.26 and OTA to WW.29 came up this morning.
Device Tracker now recognizes my SN as valid, so I think Unlocker should work now too.
I downgraded to DE.17 again (using Wolfs method) to get root but now there's no OTA to WW.26 coming up ( Maybee they save the last firmware state of the device beside our SN too.
Will try to manually update to WW.26 again and see if OTA to WW.29 comes up again.
If not, I think I'll unlock it too
Im confused....
Hey, are you all saying that you can unlock the tablet and it wont void the warranty?
royredman said:
Hey, are you all saying that you can unlock the tablet and it wont void the warranty?
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No, unlocking the bootloader will void the warranty, but rooting won't because you can easily unroot.
wait, so what is there to rejoice about then? I dont get what the OP is talking about in this thread
Ever since the tablet was released, some people haven't been able to get OTA updates on stock, locked tablets, and entering the serial number in devicetracker.asus.com resulted in a message that the serial number was invalid. A lot of these same people tried to unlock their tablets but got a network error. The problem was that their serial numbers were not listed in Asus' database.
The OP is rejoicing because the previously-undocumented serials have finally been added to Asus' database, so now the people having problems, of which the OP was one, are now able to get OTA updates and to unlock their tablets.
Rejoice!
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Ever since the tablet was released, some people haven't been able to get OTA updates on stock, locked tablets, and entering the serial number in devicetracker.asus.com resulted in a message that the serial number was invalid. A lot of these same people tried to unlock their tablets but got a network error. The problem was that their serial numbers were not listed in Asus' database.
The OP is rejoicing because the previously-undocumented serials have finally been added to Asus' database, so now the people having problems, of which the OP was one, are now able to get OTA updates and to unlock their tablets.
Rejoice!
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Thanks for explaining that for the new people
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I have never received an ota, I get the network error on the unlock tool, but my problems are not solved. I also have c30k serial instead c40k. I guess I have to call asus :-(
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Let me know what happens when you call Asus (same problems and have c30).
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milesa said:
Let me know what happens when you call Asus (same problems and have c30).
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Just call them... and call them. Make sure they know its their issue. I didn't let up.. week or so later I'm good to go.
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Happily updated today from .29 to .30...
my serial is C4..
just rooted, don't want to unlock for now... (waiting for dock keyboard too)
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Just call them... and call them. Make sure they know its their issue. I didn't let up.. week or so later I'm good to go.
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I have called them about 5 times now. I explain I'm not getting OTA's at all because I don't want them to use the unlock tool as an excuse not to help me. They sometimes go as far as to tell me I'm up to date because I'm on ICS. I tell them my firmware version and they say "Oh that doesn't matter." I don't even know what to do now...
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I have called them about 5 times now. I explain I'm not getting OTA's at all because I don't want them to use the unlock tool as an excuse not to help me. They sometimes go as far as to tell me I'm up to date because I'm on ICS. I tell them my firmware version and they say "Oh that doesn't matter." I don't even know what to do now...
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just be a little liar...
take as an excuse of inexistent problems with apps, that they close suddendly, that the system is not stable, and that you don't want to factory reset, then tell them that a friend of yours that had similar problem solved when he got the OTA update.
:angel:
maybe this can help...
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I have called them about 5 times now. I explain I'm not getting OTA's at all because I don't want them to use the unlock tool as an excuse not to help me. They sometimes go as far as to tell me I'm up to date because I'm on ICS. I tell them my firmware version and they say "Oh that doesn't matter." I don't even know what to do now...
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Mention the lines on the screen. Mention that someone called about c4okct SNs.
No need to lie. Just say that these issues were fixed with c4 tabs and its not right that your tab shouldn't be left out... that its somewhat sad that they don't have their tabs on record....
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new ion? said:
Mention the lines on the screen. Mention that someone called about c4okct SNs.
No need to lie. Just say that these issues were fixed with c4 tabs and its not right that your tab shouldn't be left out... that its somewhat sad that they don't have their tabs on record....
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That's what I've been doing, I told them I had all the same problems as the c4 people and mine wasn't fixed because it's c3. They keep telling me to manually update. I mentioned wanting to unlock my bootloader once and I said I knew it wouldn't work if I couldn't get OTAs. He actually seemed to understand and scheduled me for a callback but the guy that called back was worthless
Apparently over at the TF700 forum, users are able to downgrade from JB to ICS without unlocking the bootloader
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1925230
So far I haven't been able to do it...only able to get from 10.4.2.18 to 10.4.2.9. Anytime I want to flash a ICS from it'll say signature mismatch....I hope someone can find the right sequence for downgrade.
there is no way going back to ICS. Even with unlocking.
mikaole said:
there is no way going back to ICS. Even with unlocking.
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care to explain why it is possible with tf700 then?
Doesn't care about 700. I have a 300.
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Doesn't care about 700. I have a 300.
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well you are wrong. i'm in ICS rom now. from JB and is not unlocked.
then you are the 1st one ever got it on Tf300 without Nvflash.
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well you are wrong. i'm in ICS rom now. from JB and is not unlocked.
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If you were able to do this, could you please post the exact sequence you performed (as you requested in your first post) so others can benefit?
i'm still trying to see what use this is....i have root, still can't unlock. so far it's useless
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i'm still trying to see what use this is....i have root, still can't unlock. so far it's useless
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It's extremely useful if it really worked. Could allow rooting without unlocking and also if you really were able to downgrade the bootloader to an ICS one, NVFlash files could be generated.
Were you able to do it? If so, please post how.
still can't install custom rom....useless to me sigh. i'm so disappointed.
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still can't install custom rom....useless to me sigh. i'm so disappointed.
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You need to be unlocked to install a custom ROM. If the unlock tool is not working due presumably to a MAC issue, some have suggested contacting ASUS and telling them you are not able to get OTA updates due to the MAC being flashed improperly, and to avoid any mention of unlocking/rooting/etc. They might issue an RMA then.
But, could you please indicate how you did this? So far you have not provided any details.
i'll provide details when i'm ready to. i'm on the road and would like to use my laptop to type cuz of the formatting. do you know how to spoof the mac address? i tried using terminal+busybox but it's not working.
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i'll provide details when i'm ready to. i'm on the road and would like to use my laptop to type cuz of the formatting. do you know how to spoof the mac address? i tried using terminal+busybox but it's not working.
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No, in reading various posts across the ASUS devices, the 3 scenarios that seemed to yield successful results were: 1) registering the serial # and waiting a few days, 2) having the unit RMAed to reflash the MAC, or 3) obtaining a new unit through a retail exchange.
well then, i hope someone figure out how to change the MAC address for many people's sake who can't unlock and don't want to go through the trouble to RMA/return/rebuy.
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nvm i was able to spoof the mac address...but that didn't fool the unlocker. stupid asus...looks like i still need to RMA it to get this thing fixed. -__-
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tjy8tim said:
i'll provide details when i'm ready to. i'm on the road and would like to use my laptop to type cuz of the formatting. do you know how to spoof the mac address? i tried using terminal+busybox but it's not working.
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Any idea how much longer you are going to be on the road? Looks like several people are interested in this supposed ICS downgrade including myself.
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Spinergy02 said:
Any idea how much longer you are going to be on the road? Looks like several people are interested in this supposed ICS downgrade including myself.
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It was posted in a new thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2073257
I can confirm that the unlock is real.
It should be noted that users should NEVER EVER get or take another update from Amazon. This usually involves an upgrade to the "aboot" partition which will IMMEDIATELY RELOCK the device.
Once the device is unlocked several key changes take place in the functionality:
- The device no longer checks for signatures on recovery or boot images. This would allow for custom recovery and the potential for full AOSP ROMs.
- If powered on with both volume buttons pressed, fastboot mode is started for easier recovery of the device.
The unlock, may only apply to certain versions of the OS (*.3.2.1 etc). Some tests for downgrading and then running the exploit need to happen over the weekend and I'm sure that's why you don't see this released yet.
Also, there is probably going to be a fee to unlock, that's a new business model for devs to still make some money off unlock exploits while keeping that exploit from being patched by the OEMs.
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Hash code said it not I
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old news
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Hash code said it not I
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This is old news . Did you happen to look at the date of this quote ? I believe the majority of us have been waiting for this release around six weeks or something like that
Sorry. I just came across it.. did not venture in hdx land for a bit. Well it seems also there are legal issues as well but if it's actually in existence wick seems to be case it can somehow slip out as all information does eventually
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you've just reiterated exactly what we know at this stage
got me pants twisted with the thread
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you've just reiterated exactly what we know at this stage
got me pants twisted with the thread
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again i apologize ill delete it just wanted to start a conversation about it
I will gladly pay a nominal fee.
FireOS is pretty crappy once you actually start using the device with google play store... Apps (mostly games) constantly crash due to memory issues that i know are because of the OS. How can my HTC One M7 have ~ 900MB ram available at idle when the HDX has ~300 at idle... No phone services are even running? Oh wait, all the crap amazon services are and are so tied in with the OS they are basically impossible to stop/remove without bricking the device...
I can't wait for un-locked boot loader and some real android.... :victory:
Has anybody (Developer) taken a look at the latest TrustZone vulnerability discussed by Dan Rosenberg at BlackHat?
well
r3pwn said:
Has anybody (Developer) taken a look at the latest TrustZone vulnerability discussed by Dan Rosenberg at BlackHat?
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I've read about it a couple times in the last couple of days here in this forum but I'm not sure if anybody has tried it.
old 2013 info
http://blog.azimuthsecurity.com/2013/04/unlocking-motorola-bootloader.html
latest 2014 info
https://www.blackhat.com/docs/us-14/materials/us-14-Rosenberg-Reflections-on-Trusting-TrustZone.pdf
https://www.blackhat.com/docs/us-14...berg-Reflections-On-Trusting-TrustZone-WP.pdf
I am very surprised that these 2 devices are not unlocked by now and more popular. They are cheap and very powerful for what you get.
I hope I can get my unit working soon.
It's just sitting in the box
Anybody heard about a fasstboot exploit?
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joshuabg said:
Anybody heard about a fasstboot exploit?
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No. You?
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No. You?
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https://www.codeaurora.org/projects...bypasses-signature-verification-cve-2014-4325
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Hmmmmm
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https://www.codeaurora.org/projects...bypasses-signature-verification-cve-2014-4325
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Does anyone know if there's people working on that?
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Does anyone know if there's people working on that?
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I'm 99% positive it won't work. I'm pretty sure Amazon's engineers removed that command manually.
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Does anyone know if there's people working on that?
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Pretty sure it was patched before the hdx came out
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I wonder until now, is there any case that after several years (e.g. 3-4yrs) since the day a device was release, it has not been unlocked?
uhraman said:
I wonder until now, is there any case that after several years (e.g. 3-4yrs) since the day a device was release, it has not been unlocked?
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It's only been one year, calm down. And yes, there have been plenty.