Okay so we achieved root n we are all happy. But its not done yet folks. We still need the boot loader unlocked. N lets be honest, there's only one man that can do this. Adam Outler. A lot of you seem to be coming from the S3. We all know that it was a ***** to unlock the boot loader. Adam was so close to cracking it before someone leaked the unlocked boot loader to him. So Adam said he's down to help us if we can get him a device. Here's the following he said:
"Yeah! I bet we can replace the Samsung Bootloader with U-Boot and then boot custom firmware. We've got plans for this on the similar Galaxy Camera which we are currently working on. I DO need this device.
Here's what I'd like to research:
1. Open-Source bootloader replacement
2. Dual-Boot from SD with Hardware modification
3. Possibly carrier unlock for use on AT&T and others
I need a device to complete this research. I don't have Verizon Wireless service, so, it's likely I will contest this device on XDATV when I am done. I'd hope to come up with a way to carrier unlock for everyone though. If I carrier Unlock it, I will keep it and use it for future projects/personal use.
Thanks for this offer. I would have never asked. If you can make this happen, Rebellos, Ralekdev and myself will get to work designing firmware and hardware mods to bust open security."
Now I just wanted people's opinions on if we should open up a donation thread for Adam. I mean the man is a genius. He was close to cracking the boot loader on the S3. Who knows, maybe we will get lucky enough to get Adam another boot loader leak
So what are your thoughts? Should we try to get him a device?
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I'm in for 10$ Friday. Not getting the n2 till after Xmas, but definitely stoked about Adam possibly helping out.
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Just a question, but do we need a recovery (twrp or cwm) before bootloader?
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Just a question, but do we need a recovery (twrp or cwm) before bootloader?
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No we can use kexec (I think that's how its spelled) to flash without an unlocked boot loader. It takes the phone longer to boot up n we can't flash kernels without the unlocked boot loader
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Just a question, but do we need a recovery (twrp or cwm) before bootloader?
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I am under the impression that this is not the case, as they are not mutually exclusive. One can happen before the other (but preferably bootloader). At this time from what I remember, we're having issues finding where the recovery actually lies. There's suspicions that it might be in a zImage and not in a block (since we cannot locate it).
I mean I just wanna get peoples opinions first. I know everyone including myself is getting tired of donation threads but this man can actually help us unlock the boot loader which is a big plus
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I would **** a brick if this was true...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34940460
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smw420 said:
I would **** a brick if this was true...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34940460
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It IS rooted BUT the bootloader is still locked, meaning we can't do any custom kernels or custom recovery, and we have to do any future flashing (until the BL is unlocked) via ODIN. Correct?
Never mind, i see that the boot loader unlock for the s3 does not work. So at least we can load a custom rom through Odin.
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I'm ready for some rom's.... I guess it's kinda slow getting going due to availability issues.
Gotta wait for Asus to release the tool to unlock the boot loader before we get custom roms.
Oh, I thought it was rooted already but I see the latest update has not. Thanks
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Oh, I thought it was rooted already but I see the latest update has not. Thanks
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Latest update has been rooted, and root does not mean that we can start flashing ROMs.
For that we need a recovery, and for that we need an unlocked bootloader.
Please check back sometime next month, after Asus has released the bootloader unlock tool.
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Latest update has been rooted, and root does not mean that we can start flashing ROMs.
For that we need a recovery, and for that we need an unlocked bootloader.
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An unlocked bootloader isn't needed for recovery.
Unlocked bootloader is necessary to let you boot the recovery partition. Why do you think we have no recovery yet? Give us the proof of what you say or don't troll.
Exactly the same problem in HTC phones, where you can't instal custom recovery as long as bootloader is S-ON.
Asus will release a tool to unlock in February.
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Unlocked bootloader is necessary to let you boot the recovery partition. Why do you think we have no recovery yet? Give us the proof of what you say or don't troll.
Exactly the same problem in HTC phones, where you can't instal custom recovery as long as bootloader is S-ON.
Asus will release a tool to unlock in February.
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I'm a troll just because you don't know what your talking about? Proof, my old Droid X and my Droid Bionic, both have locked bootloaders, both have recovery.
Devs say it's impossible for our device. All devices are designed differently.
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I'm a troll just because you don't know what your talking about? Proof, my old Droid X and my Droid Bionic, both have locked bootloaders, both have recovery.
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+1 for owning people who try to call you a troll
I used to have a Motorola Atrix. The bootloader on that was a 1024bit encryption. It has a recovery before the bootloader was unlocked. It was also a Tegra 2 which I'm sure is very similar.
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Unlocked bootloader is necessary to let you boot the recovery partition. Why do you think we have no recovery yet? Give us the proof of what you say or don't troll.
Exactly the same problem in HTC phones, where you can't instal custom recovery as long as bootloader is S-ON.
Asus will release a tool to unlock in February.
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I don't rember unlocking my bootloader in my TF101. cause if its anything like unlocking a HTC sensation bootloader I WAS SEEPING... and missed all the steps..
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Unlocked bootloader is necessary to let you boot the recovery partition. Why do you think we have no recovery yet? Give us the proof of what you say or don't troll.
Exactly the same problem in HTC phones, where you can't instal custom recovery as long as bootloader is S-ON.
Asus will release a tool to unlock in February.
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Some Evo 3Ds has S-On AND custom recovery. You should probably double check you facts.
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lyon21 said:
Some Evo 3Ds has S-On AND custom recovery. You should probably double check you facts.
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Yes if unlock is made through HTC website or tool, you get a S-ON bootloader but are able have recovery. But there is at least a partial unlock. I know that because I own a desire S (not mentioned in my sig), and choosed to unlock bootloader with Revolutionary tool so I'm now S-OFF.
Instead of flaming me (this is totally non productive), why not waiting for things to come? Do you seriously think that if it was possible with locked bootloader on Prime no competent dev would have tried?
Rather flame Asus that still use those middle age technics to protect their devices and above all contracts with Google.
the bootstrap method doesn't work for the prime most likely, or since asus has promised us the unlock tool no one has tried to do it that way.
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Yes if unlock is made through HTC website or tool, you get a S-ON bootloader but are able have recovery. But there is at least a partial unlock. I know that because I own a desire S (not mentioned in my sig), and choosed to unlock bootloader with Revolutionary tool so I'm now S-OFF.
Instead of flaming me (this is totally non productive), why not waiting for things to come? Do you seriously think that if it was possible with locked bootloader on Prime no competent dev would have tried?
Rather flame Asus that still use those middle age technics to protect their devices and above all contracts with Google.
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I'm not trying to dump gasoline on the fire, but please help me understand how I have a custom recovery on my TF101 but the bootloader is still locked.
It's an honest question, I'm not a programmer, dev, or other person who fiddles with devices at a "low level". Just a simple network engineer in training. though if I had the time I'd love to turn my hand to making a custom ROM.
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Instead of flaming me (this is totally non productive), why not waiting for things to come? Do you seriously think that if it was possible with locked bootloader on Prime no competent dev would have tried?
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You wrongly start flaming others but don't want them to flame you? I think there's two reasons we don't have recovery, 1. not many devs have a prime, and the few devs you normally see developing recovery haven't had the chance to dev for the prime yet, and 2. once Asus stated they would allow for it to be unlocked the current devs decided to wait. It is entirely possible that recovery on the prime isn't possible on the prime without an unlocked bootloader, but I highly doubt that. It was said to be impossible for other devices as well but wasn't true.
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You wrongly start flaming others but don't want them to flame you? I think there's two reasons we don't have recovery, 1. not many devs have a prime, and the few devs you normally see developing recovery haven't had the chance to dev for the prime yet, and 2. once Asus stated they would allow for it to be unlocked the current devs decided to wait. It is entirely possible that recovery on the prime isn't possible on the prime without an unlocked bootloader, but I highly doubt that. It was said to be impossible for other devices as well but wasn't true.
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+1. I hate people who just regurgitate whatever they read without really understanding it.
End point
Different device
Different software
Different restrictions
Different developers
Different results
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Col.Kernel said:
I'm not trying to dump gasoline on the fire, but please help me understand how I have a custom recovery on my TF101 but the bootloader is still locked.
It's an honest question, I'm not a programmer, dev, or other person who fiddles with devices at a "low level". Just a simple network engineer in training. though if I had the time I'd love to turn my hand to making a custom ROM.
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Bootloader is unlocked on tf101, bootloader key was leaked
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Don't be shocked if you end up with a locked device.
If you care about an unlocked bootloader, you may want to pass on it.
adrynalyne said:
Don't be shocked if you end up with a locked device.
If you care about an unlocked bootloader, you may want to pass on it.
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Fack'n Verizon >.> Thanks for the heads up adrynalyne.
what does this mean? im new
drewdinie said:
what does this mean? im new
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It means Verizon made a patch so you can't use the unlock bootloader method from the last software version.
I wonder if this was to patch that exploit for the exynos processor reported a few weeks back. The side effect of course is a relocked bootloader. That's why I didn't understand why everyone was bringing so much attention to it. Let's pray that Adam can unlock this new bootloader.
The OTA is a side effect of a relocked bootloader, not the fix itself. The original exploit didn't use the Exynos exploit, so I doubt it matters, UNLESS the new bootloader in the OTA has closed the original unlock method.
The exploit needed to be patched. Wayyy too easy for malware to exploit it and screw you.
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I wonder if this was to patch that exploit for the exynos processor reported a few weeks back. The side effect of course is a relocked bootloader. That's why I didn't understand why everyone was bringing so much attention to it. Let's pray that Adam can unlock this new bootloader.
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Why don't you just not get OTA update? problem solved.....
dcdgoth said:
Why don't you just not get OTA update? problem solved.....
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What if we use insurance to replace our phones and we get one with this locked bootloader? Or what about people buying new phones? My wife's iPhone 4 was actually more valuable with iOS 5 than iOS 6. The iSheep still do not have a jailbreak for iOS 6.
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Don't be shocked if you end up with a locked device.
If you care about an unlocked bootloader, you may want to pass on it.
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Thanks for this information. I already learned the hard way on my Transformer Infinity to never update before unlocking. This will give me a reason to unlock my Note 2, root it, and install CleanROM, which is also what I have on my Infinity.
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What if we use insurance to replace our phones and we get one with this locked bootloader? Or what about people buying new phones? My wife's iPhone 4 was actually more valuable with iOS 5 than iOS 6. The iSheep still do not have a jailbreak for iOS 6.
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Reverting back to stock is so easy....all you need to do is odin flashing stock tar file....which will relock and unroot your phone with working OTA update. And I was referred to current rooted rom users. I don't think they need to be re-unlocked nor re-rooted. Flashing another updated rom and kernel will pretty much take care of everything. Besides, adrenalyne already has bootloader safe OTA update working......so there is no point of worrying. However, if someone is planning to buy a new phone and needs his or her phone updated, then yes.
just unlock it. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=36895425#post36895425
AdamOutler said:
just unlock it. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=36895425#post36895425
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Thanks Adam. I really enjoyed your videos.
Bump.
Looks like my warning was correct.
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Bump.
Looks like my warning was correct.
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Thanks! Because of your warning I stayed away from the ota.
Thank you!
mike91t said:
Thanks! Because of your warning I stayed away from the ota.
Thank you!
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This. Thank you. Not that I have a problem with being stock, just would have put a bummer on me.
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if I used Odin to flash a completely stock tar image with just a root injected into it and then did the ota would I still be rooted? and what does the ota add anyways
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spikebball96 said:
if I used Odin to flash a completely stock tar image with just a root injected into it and then did the ota would I still be rooted? and what does the ota add anyways
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Fixes the exynos exploit, locks the bootloader, and updates the radio. Possibly some other minor patches looking at the patch file sizes.
Stay away from the ota unless you use the safe one I created in another thread. Ignore AdamOutler's comment in this thread as it turned out to be wrong and people got locked up in the process.
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Yes I stayed away from it as well and went ahead and unlocked the bootloader and now im happily running Jelly Beans rom so thank you. My question for you or anyone. Since im unlocked and on a complete new rom is this exynos exploit still on my device? If so how do u get it taken care of? Thanks and sorry for a noob question.
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INCREMENTAL said:
Yes I stayed away from it as well and went ahead and unlocked the bootloader and now im happily running Jelly Beans rom so thank you. My question for you or anyone. Since im unlocked and on a complete new rom is this exynos exploit still on my device? If so how do u get it taken care of? Thanks and sorry for a noob question.
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Depends on the kernel. I couldn't tell you with third party kernels, but the latest stock one from the ota closes the exploit and is safe to flash.
Ok thank you, I have that perseus kernal or something like that with the overclock feature. Learn something new everyday lol
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I have done some research as to how I would go about rooting this phone but I'm a little confused to say the least. Let me first say that I am on a mac and the first phone I rooted was Inspire. This was also the last phone I rooted because of how complicated it was. My main question is does unlocking the bootloader mean that the phone is rooted and I can just install a rom? If so how would I install a rom after unlocking the bootloader? Is there anything else I should be doing? As I said I'm very unsure how to go about this so any information is appreciated. Thanks.
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No. All unlocking the bootloader does is remove security protection on certain partitions. After you unlock the bootloader, you need to flash a custom recovery from fastboot. Once you have a custom recovery, you can use it to either flash a rooted update.zip or a rooted custom rom.
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As a person who bricked allot of phones learning, if you don't you don't understand how the process works or understand how to do it, I would leave your phone alone. The benefits you gain from rooting wouldn't benefit you much. If you skip a step or do something wrong you will end up with a nice paper weight. Not trying to discourage you, it is your phone after all.
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cagrant said:
As a person who bricked allot of phones learning, if you don't you don't understand how the process works or understand how to do it, I would leave your phone alone. The benefits you gain from rooting wouldn't benefit you much. If you skip a step or do something wrong you will end up with a nice paper weight. Not trying to discourage you, it is your phone after all.
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It is really quite difficult to brick an HTC phone that doesn't have S-OFF. As long as the bootloader is there, there is always a path to restore the phone's functionality.
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No. All unlocking the bootloader does is remove security protection on certain partitions. After you unlock the bootloader, you need to flash a custom recovery from fastboot. Once you have a custom recovery, you can use it to either flash a rooted update.zip or a rooted custom rom.
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I'm hoping to find a step by step guide to walk me through exactly how I would go about this. For example I know I have to flash a rom but what rom should I be flashing? Now I know this is a matter of option but I guess I'm asking what has the least amount of bugs, best stability/battery life, etc. I know you need a kernel but is that something that gets installed when I flash a rom or does that need to be done separately. The main reason for doing this is customization, battery life and actually getting updates the os. Again any input is appreciated.
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I'm hoping to find a step by step guide to walk me through exactly how I would go about this. For example I know I have to flash a rom but what rom should I be flashing? Now I know this is a matter of option but I guess I'm asking what has the least amount of bugs, best stability/battery life, etc. I know you need a kernel but is that something that gets installed when I flash a rom or does that need to be done separately. The main reason for doing this is customization, battery life and actually getting updates the os. Again any input is appreciated.
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Maybe there is a tutorial in android dev. I'm not sure tho. The which rom is the best question is kinda frowned on here, i've seen mods close threads for it. It's just asking to start a flame war.
The kernel is also known as the boot.img. you will find it inside the rom.zip for any custom rom. Untill we have S-Off it cannot be flashed with the rest of the rom in recovery. You need to extract it and flash it from fastboot using the command "fastboot flash boot boot.img".
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Maybe there is a tutorial in android dev. I'm not sure tho. The which rom is the best question is kinda frowned on here, i've seen mods close threads for it. It's just asking to start a flame war.
The kernel is also known as the boot.img. you will find it inside the rom.zip for any custom rom. Untill we have S-Off it cannot be flashed with the rest of the rom in recovery. You need to extract it and flash it from fastboot using the command "fastboot flash boot boot.img".
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I apologize I wasn't trying to start anything. I just really don't have any idea as to which rom would suit my needs best so I was just looking for advice/opinions from people who are more knowledgeable then me.
Now you said I would need to extract the kernel, is the kernel in a zip file with the rom that after extracted I would both flash separately? I believe fastboot is the screen with the solid black background and the yellow text with options is that correct? "fastboot flash boot boot.img" is that a option I would select or is that a command I need enter? Sorry for all of the questions I just want to be clear on exactly what I need to do as I don't want to make my phone unusable.
I've been having interest issues so the only access I have is my phone. Hopefully it will be fixed in the next couple of days so I can check out the development section for a tutorial on rooting.
Again thanks everyone for the help so far.
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I apologize I wasn't trying to start anything. I just really don't have any idea as to which rom would suit my needs best so I was just looking for advice/opinions from people who are more knowledgeable then me.
Now you said I would need to extract the kernel, is the kernel in a zip file with the rom that after extracted I would both flash separately? I believe fastboot is the screen with the solid black background and the yellow text with options is that correct? "fastboot flash boot boot.img" is that a option I would select or is that a command I need enter? Sorry for all of the questions I just want to be clear on exactly what I need to do as I don't want to make my phone unusable.
I've been having interest issues so the only access I have is my phone. Hopefully it will be fixed in the next couple of days so I can check out the development section for a tutorial on rooting.
Again thanks everyone for the help so far.
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So is there any tutorial out there for mac users?
I've been searching with no luck. Everyone is using the one click windows tool
mrbro0ks said:
I have done some research as to how I would go about rooting this phone but I'm a little confused to say the least. Let me first say that I am on a mac and the first phone I rooted was Inspire. This was also the last phone I rooted because of how complicated it was. My main question is does unlocking the bootloader mean that the phone is rooted and I can just install a rom? If so how would I install a rom after unlocking the bootloader? Is there anything else I should be doing? As I said I'm very unsure how to go about this so any information is appreciated. Thanks.
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This should do it. The toolkit makes it very simple to unlock,root and install custom ROMs on your device. The second link provides an in-detail tutorial.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1994961 ----Toolkit
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2066390 ----Tutorial
Any word on how far people are or how close people are to unlocking the Bootloader?
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has anyone found or started to work on an app to unlock your bootloader. like easy un lock on the galaxy s3
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I doubt that will happen. The only reason that existed was because someone leaked a unlocked bootloader. So unless that happens for the GS4, I don't think you'll see an ez unlocker app.
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like easy un lock on the galaxy s3
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I actually prefer the way it is now. The phone is basically unbrickable because you can't break the bootloader, but we can flash kernels, ROMs and recoveries without issues.
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If we are able to keep using the Loki workaround is there a need to unlock the bootloader? Does this mean we will have to make sure not to accept any OTA's before we get a custom ROM on our phone? If there is an OTA that gets through to my phone, does this mean I wont be able to reroot if they patch the Loki exploit?
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If we are able to keep using the Loki workaround is there a need to unlock the bootloader? Does this mean we will have to make sure not to accept any OTA's before we get a custom ROM on our phone? If there is an OTA that gets through to my phone, does this mean I wont be able to reroot if they patch the Loki exploit?
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That is kind of my point...we already have the things that an unlocked bootloader gives you. The only thing is maybe unlocking for use on another network, but that is a pretty small population, and they can just get the dev version since they can't use the subsidy anyway.
The devs will make sure to break OTAs on the custom ROMs, and having a custom recovery prevents them, too. Or just flash an AOSP based ROM and forget it.
Or to put it simply, don't fix what ain't broke.
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The only reason I ask is because I want to flash a custom Rom that is debloated and tweaked for more performance or a smoother interface. Am I able to do all that as the phone is now without unlocking the boot loader? And if so what are the risks of using the Loki tool?
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That is kind of my point...we already have the things that an unlocked bootloader gives you. The only thing is maybe unlocking for use on another network, but that is a pretty small population, and they can just get the dev version since they can't use the subsidy anyway.
The devs will make sure to break OTAs on the custom ROMs, and having a custom recovery prevents them, too. Or just flash an AOSP based ROM and forget it.
Or to put it simply, don't fix what ain't broke.
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I'm still learning about the custom recovery. I created one using GOO, does that automatically stop OTA's, or should I try and do the file renames and freeze with TiBu?
There will still be work done to try to get a full unlock rather than a workaround. VZW will find a way to patch dans exploit. What happens to people who buy the phone after that? SOL? or if you break yours and have to get a replacement, and that one has the patch? Dans exploit is fantastic, but we should still look for a permanent solution.
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Hey all. Was just wondering if we have roms for our G3 yet.
Thanks in advance
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Just stock.
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Hey all. Was just wondering if we have roms for our G3 yet.
Thanks in advance
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Bootloader still hasn't been unlocked yet.
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Bootloader still hasn't been unlocked yet.
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A locked bootloader will only prevent loading a custom recovery and custom kernels.
I have a Note 3 (wife has a G3), and my Note 3 is still bootloader locked, but I'm able to load Touchwiz-based ROMs that use the stock kernel.
The trick is that a sort-of-custom recovery developed that loads prior to the OS, but not from the locked bootloader environment. (I don't know how it works... it just does.) It's called SafeStrap, and it was developed initially by HashCode.
I'm not sure if something like that is possible on the G3, or if it's a Samsung-only thing. It is a glimmer of hope for a Plan B though.
Good luck to all! I'm looking forward to putting ROMs on the wife's phone.
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A locked bootloader will only prevent loading a custom recovery and custom kernels.
I have a Note 3 (wife has a G3), and my Note 3 is still bootloader locked, but I'm able to load Touchwiz-based ROMs that use the stock kernel.
The trick is that a sort-of-custom recovery developed that loads prior to the OS, but not from the locked bootloader environment. (I don't know how it works... it just does.) It's called SafeStrap, and it was developed initially by HashCode.
I'm not sure if something like that is possible on the G3, or if it's a Samsung-only thing. It is a glimmer of hope for a Plan B though.
Good luck to all! I'm looking forward to putting ROMs on the wife's phone.
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It's highly unlikely we'll see safe strap for this device A) because Hashcode is no longer working on Safestrap projects as he's focusing on a new career and B) they are still working on unlocking the bootloader. The devs are confident they can get it unlocked, and, failing that, there may be a loki-style by pass so we could still get a custom recovery and anything safestrap like would be unneeded.
Safestrap is typically only used when a boot loader unlock or bypass is deemed virtually impossible.