Hello,
New to this forum as is shows it is my first post, and i have a problem with my Blackphone that i hope you guys could help me with it.
I have a Blackphone first generation with PrivatOS with some files on it and locked screen ( forgot the password / pin actually ),i didnt use the phone for a while since i had some problem downloading and purchasing some apps considering the lack of options compatible with the phone when it was first released and prior to opening the Silent Store.
I've tried several methods i found online such as :
Disable your lock screen using custom recovery and “Pattern Password Disable” (SD card needed)
but no success i get the error ( invalid arg ) when i try to flash the zip file on the SD card.
also i wanted to try this method : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2244741
but i am using a Macbook Pro OSX El Capitan 10.11.2
So i ma not sure how to go from here ?
Issue with file manager
Saw i've been trying several method to tackle this problem since i didnt get any reply from the 56 views so far, but i hope someone could explain how to get over this issue i am having trying to apply Method 4 or Method 5 at this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2620456
I was able to download and install all the required applications, from Android SDK and JDK also adb not to forget Android file manager. But i have a problem with the file manager, since i forgot the pin and i am trying to recover some files from the phone it is frustrating to not be able to apply any of these methods because the file manager wont connect the device while it is locked.
Every time i try to type in the command ad devices in Terminal or adb shell i get a return error of device not found, and i guess its because the file manager is not allowing me to do that since the phone is locked.
Any idea how to get over this problem ?
The whole point of that phone is to prevent just what you are trying to do.
Indeed
zelendel said:
The whole point of that phone is to prevent just what you are trying to do.
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Yes indeed i understand which is the dilemma am in, but that is the point of all phonee pin locks and there are methods to bypass them for most of the phones as i could see all over the internet, this one should not be any different i guess.
I even tried to use the password pattern disable file, but i guess when i flash the file from an SD card i guess some kind of error in the header, am assuming the header in the code of the file should be modified to the OS of this particular phone .
From what i could see the only issue here is the different OS on this phone.
Any suggestions ?
janusjanus said:
Yes indeed i understand which is the dilemma am in, but that is the point of all phonee pin locks and there are methods to bypass them for most of the phones as i could see all over the internet, this one should not be any different i guess.
I even tried to use the password pattern disable file, but i guess when i flash the file from an SD card i guess some kind of error in the header, am assuming the header in the code of the file should be modified to the OS of this particular phone .
From what i could see the only issue here is the different OS on this phone.
Any suggestions ?
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You would be amazed. This one and the black berry device. Both are meant to be uncrackable by default. I know one secure phone even prevents anything but charging over usb
zelendel said:
You would be amazed. This one and the black berry device. Both are meant to be uncrackable by default. I know one secure phone even prevents anything but charging over usb
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I am so far, i really assumed that it is possible to so without the factory reset, but i guess that is the only option.
I still have couple of options that i could think of and maybe try,
1- Modify the Pattern Password Disable .zip in order for it to be compatible with Privat OS, easy to say hard to do, since i have no idea how to start tampering with these files and rewrite the coeds in it.
2- Trying to update the firmware on the phone with an SD card which will bypass the pinlock i guess, as i read in one of the posts on the blackphone support website, as a solution for faulty upgrade through the phone.
BTW i didnt try it, but i could see alot of posts for Blackberry to bypass this sort of problem, non for Black phone specifically
I appreciate your sweft reply and attention, hope you could come up with better ideas !?
Another attempt
zelendel said:
You would be amazed. This one and the black berry device. Both are meant to be uncrackable by default. I know one secure phone even prevents anything but charging over usb
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So, i had to try using the pattern_password_disable.zip in order to see if it is good, and applying the same instruction here i was not able to unlock my Samsung Trend lite 2.
First i downloaded the file into an sdcard, the zip file and tried to flash the .zip from the recovery mood, but the phone did not find anyfiles on the SDcard, so i tried to apply updates from ADB, and when i wrote the comand as instructed on the phone
PHP:
" ad sideload +filename+ "
i got an error
E: footer is wrong
E: signature verification failed
then the phone tried to open it again and i got the same erorr
after that the phone rebooted into the home screen with the pattern lock, i've tried several random guesses but it didnt unlock. ( i know the right one for this phone ).
And since i realized that my mac got connected to the devices while it was in the recovery mood, and i confirmed that by typing adb devices in terminal and the device showed up, i thought of trying the same with the BlackPhone
but i also got the same error
as shown in the picture.
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I wanted to apply the same commands mentioned in the post i've mentioned
PHP:
adb devices
adb shell
cd data/system
rm *.key
but when i type adb shell
i get the error, closed
so any idea on what is going on, i just want to understand my mistake here since these instructions should work on the Samsung !?
Screen shot of Blackphone
http://postimg.org/image/m0tsja4qn/
janusjanus said:
So, i had to try using the pattern_password_disable.zip in order to see if it is good, and applying the same instruction here i was not able to unlock my Samsung Trend lite 2.
First i downloaded the file into an sdcard, the zip file and tried to flash the .zip from the recovery mood, but the phone did not find anyfiles on the SDcard, so i tried to apply updates from ADB, and when i wrote the comand as instructed on the phone
PHP:
" ad sideload +filename+ "
i got an error
E: footer is wrong
E: signature verification failed
then the phone tried to open it again and i got the same erorr
after that the phone rebooted into the home screen with the pattern lock, i've tried several random guesses but it didnt unlock. ( i know the right one for this phone ).
And since i realized that my mac got connected to the devices while it was in the recovery mood, and i confirmed that by typing adb devices in terminal and the device showed up, i thought of trying the same with the BlackPhone
but i also got the same error
as shown in the picture.
I wanted to apply the same commands mentioned in the post i've mentioned
PHP:
adb devices
adb shell
cd data/system
rm *.key
but when i type adb shell
i get the error, closed
so any idea on what is going on, i just want to understand my mistake here since these instructions should work on the Samsung !?
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Any suggestions
janusjanus said:
http://postimg.org/image/m0tsja4qn/
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Still awaiting any suggestions ?
Related
Method outdated and risky.
Improved method: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...5#post17148825
Hi Everybody, Im Jcmaster and im Kind of new in this forum, i have been following this forum for some time ind i think its time to give something to this comunity, i have been searched for a while and found nothing like this, i'dont know if this is ilegal (i dont think so) or if it is in the wrong section but i will continue any ways.
Ok this is to all the people who had they phones bricked while doing this, First of all, i succesfully Bricked my phone and bring it back to life by doing the following.
I was reading all the messages from people who bricked their phones by doing this tutorial and i did not understand how they did it so i tried to brick my phone to see how to fix it, but the only way i could do this was by skiping the last step, umount /efs, when i did not make this and restarted my phone, the phone get bricked, it onli lighted up the screen and do nothing.
Once i managed to brick my phone i just downloaded the KPN gingerbread rom, and the brazilian rom, y followed this tutorial to unbrick my phone: This is The Tutorial
I Installed the KPN with the OPS and the Modem files of the brazilian rom, once i got the rom running my phone was kinda messy, some random error messages and many more, so i did a wipe of the chache and dalvik and restarted the phone an it was ok, and the i installed the Fla.sh rom via odin and thats the rom im runing now and i dont have any problem, well thats how i bricked/unbricked my phone on purpose, and dont forget the last step, umount/efs. i hope it works for somebody because i worked with me.
Firts Things First, I'm not responsible for a, Brick or semibrick that may come with this tutorial i have succesfully unlocked 15 Phones and by the thime they dont have any problem, so i suggest to read the entire post as many times is needed to understand the entire procedure & clarify all the doubts that you may have.
If you have a cuestion, please ask it, its better to wait some time until you have an answer that brick your phone, and also your cuestions are usefull for other people.
Once this is understood lets proceed.
Ok ill start with the Requirements.
You Will Need:
Your Samsung Galaxy Ace (obviously)
The original Usb Cable that comes with the phone.
Your Computer (I will use Windows XP for the demonstration, because i dont know how to do it with other O.S)
Your Phone has to be Rooted
Samsung Kies Installed Wich can be found HERE
ADB wich comes with Android SDK and can be found HERE
Ok Once you have all that stuff we can continue.
I will not teach how to Root your device because custom roms are already rooted and if you have a stock rom there are plenty tutorialn on hou to root it, and also i will not teach you how to install Kies because its realle easy and anyone can do it, i will only teach you how to install Andoid SDK and the specific ADB Package OK lets start.
Once you have downloaded the Android SDK Run the Installer trough all the steps to install it, I recomend to Install it in "C:" disk so it makes easier to make al the further steps, if it ask for the Java SDK just download and install, restart the Android SDK Installer and continue, Once its Fully Installed open it and do this next steps:
1-Go to the "Available Packages" Option on your left Menu
2-Click on the "Refresh" Button ond the bottom Right and wait until it finish
3-From Items select the "Andoid SDK platform-tools, revision 6" Item
4-Click the "Install Selected" button on the botton right and wait until it finish
5-Now you can either close the SDK or leave it open.
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Now that you installed the SDK and the ADB its time to set the Path so the cmd.exe recognizes the ADB, there are two methods, One With cmd.exe (console) and one with the My PC Properties, i will explain bot of them.
Cmd.exe (console) Method.
Click on your start button and select "Run" from the Start Menu, type cmd.exe on the box and press enter.
Once the CMD its open write the next Text: set PATH=%PATH%;C:\android\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools
The text Write in Bold means your SDK Installation Directory, thats why i told you to Installa the sdk In C: Disk, just check that your Installation Directory is the same as mine or modify the line according to your needs.
My PC Properties Method.
Open My PC, and Right click on a blank space,
Select "Properties" from the just opened contextual menu,
On My PC Properties select the "Advanced Options" Tab
On the "Advanced Options" tab click on the "Environment Variables" button.
Now Mark the "Path" Variable and click the "Edit" Button.
At the end of the line add this text:
;C:\android\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools
Remember that The text Write in Bold means your SDK Installation Directory, thats why i told you to Install the SDK In C: Disk, just check that your Installation Directory is the same as mine or modify the line according to your needs.
Ok now you have completly installed the android SDK and the ADB (Android Debugging Bridge) and you can now do the final steps to Unlock or Get the Unlock Code for Your Samsung Galaxy Ace.
Ok now that you have Installed all the necessary programs:
Connect your SGA to your Computer via the included USB Cable. (the drivers should be installed by now, Kies installs them automaticaly)
Click on you start button and open the "Run" option, on Run type cmd.exe and press enter.
Now on Cmd.exe type the next text to acces the ADB Shell:
cd C:\android\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools
Remember that this means your Android SDK Installation directory, so if you get an error, check that the route is well writed and if you installed it in a diferent directory just modify the line so it fits to your needs, just remeber to pur - instead of spaces and \ (not / ) to indicate folders.
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Now that you are in "C:\android\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools" type: adb shell
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Now That you are in adb shell type the next command: su
At this point you have to give root premission to adb shell on you Phone
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Ok now that adb shell has root premission and its inside you phone, type the next line:
cd /
Now be carefull and notice that there are spaces in the line and that we are using / instead of \
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Ok now that you typed cd / type the next line: mount -o remount rw /
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Ok Now type: mkdir /efs
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And now type: mount -o nosuid,ro,nodev -t vfat /dev/block/stl5 /efs
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And now type: cat /efs/mits/perso.txt
And you will get some strange characters on the screen and a 8 digit number, thats your unlock code, copy it in paper or in a Notepad file, but check it twice so you get the correct number, also the number provided is unique so dont try to use your number with other phones or use my number with yours.
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Ok Now that you Have your Code just type: umount /efs
And disconnect your phone from your computer, turn off your Phone and insert a SIM from another company, it will ask for the Unlock Code, just type the code that you just get and you are done, your phone is now unlocked and without brick risk.
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Now you can check that your cellphone is unlocked by typing the next code on your numeric keyboard, like if you where doing a call: *#7465625#
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And thats it, its really easy, and its really safe if you read everything, and clear your doubts.
All the images are mine and i learned this from a friend of my, but its tested in 15 Samsung Galaxy Ace Phones an none get hurt XD,
Well thats it, remember to comment and ask as many times you need, im glad to answer all of your questions, se you later
great tutorial. very detailed and easy to understand.lucky for me my phone is already unlocked out of the box
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Thank you Im gonna try it
This works with every android? or every samsung android?
Or its just ACE?
once again GREAT TUTORIAL
Gh0s7_Hun73r said:
Thank you Im gonna try it
This works with every android? or every samsung android?
Or its just ACE?
once again GREAT TUTORIAL
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I havent tried, but maybe it can work i just tried with galaxy ace because one friend of my bought several of them to sell and i unlocked them all, well its just matter of trying
Just tried on mine. Works perfect!!!!!!!! Thank youuuuu
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Thanks for ur contribution......... Luckily we dont have network lock in our country
Now thanks to you, I dont have it either
hehehehehe .... This may encourage other to buy ACE..... More Aces Strong community
ThanKS! i got the code.
I was denied access trying to go to into SU because I made a mistake in Cmd.exe (console) Method.
I then tried My PC Properties and it worked.
umount /efs did not do anything so i just used exit.
Deserves to be in development thread.
Did you follow the steps with the SIM installed and registered, or without SIM?
Even i use preunlocked ace, i have to admit that this tutorial is well writen. Straighforward and easy to understand. Good one will click that thanks button once i get on my pc later
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I did it with my SIM on the phone lol. Then when i got the code, i switched the sim for another provider and after i put the pin it asked for the code. Put it and "phone not restricted" message apear
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Very nice and easy to understand tutorial...thanks
rjtd said:
Did you follow the steps with the SIM installed and registered, or without SIM?
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The first time i tried this i had the original telcel sim on the phone, then when i finished i restarted the phone with other company (movistar) sim, and for the tutorial my phone was already unlocked and the original telcel sim on
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wow, just tryed it 5 min ago, and it WORKED
Thank you so muhc, you save me some euros
terminal
could i do this from terminal on my phone instead of thru ADB?
wow! it really worked
hats off to you my friend
dg1598 said:
could i do this from terminal on my phone instead of thru ADB?
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I havent tried but you can give it a try, butt i dont thin it will work.
I have done the proces but after I type SU I receive a message permision dennied, I have updated my phone with the new Telcel Ginger version and rooted with the acegingeroot file, wht can I do??
thanks
Hi everyone
My phone screen is completely smashed but it appears that the phone can still turn on. I've connected it to the laptop and it seems to connect (installing driver, etc) but it doesnt come up on windows explorer. Presumably because the phone is encrypt + PIN locked. I tried tapping randomly on the phone screen but my guess is that it is not registering but even if it is it would be impossible to get the right decryption code in.
1. Is there a way to display the screen output either on TV / Monitor / Computer ?
2. Even better can I get the display replicated on the laptop with a USB connection and navigate through that
I suspect the answer to all of this is no and I just have accept the photos are gone. Any ideas are welcome.
Thanks for reading
yeancheant said:
Hi everyone
My phone screen is completely smashed but it appears that the phone can still turn on. I've connected it to the laptop and it seems to connect (installing driver, etc) but it doesnt come up on windows explorer. Presumably because the phone is encrypt + PIN locked. I tried tapping randomly on the phone screen but my guess is that it is not registering but even if it is it would be impossible to get the right decryption code in.
1. Is there a way to display the screen output either on TV / Monitor / Computer ?
2. Even better can I get the display replicated on the laptop with a USB connection and navigate through that
I suspect the answer to all of this is no and I just have accept the photos are gone. Any ideas are welcome.
Thanks for reading
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Mini hdmi. If your screen is unresponsive though there isn't much point.
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Screen is smashed pretty bad though - don't think it is going to work. Will the mini hdmi work without the phone turn on pass the decryption password stage. Thanks for your help
yeancheant said:
Screen is smashed pretty bad though - don't think it is going to work. Will the mini hdmi work without the phone turn on pass the decryption password stage. Thanks for your help
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Really unsure. I use cm10 so tv out is unsupported but the mini hdmi cables can be picked up on ebay pretty cheap.
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theres not much you can do if you got a pin or screen security.did you enable usb debugging?
Do full wipe try to look into pictures of recovery.
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If you had USB debugging enabled, then you can easily use ADB to copy out your files
Paulius7 : what do you mean by full wipe - I can't see anything on the screen at the moment
Jokesy: The phone is probably stuck at the password to decrypt in which case I suspect adb wouldn't work. I haven't used that before but might give it a go
Thanks for all the suggestions
yeancheant said:
Paulius7 : what do you mean by full wipe - I can't see anything on the screen at the moment
Jokesy: The phone is probably stuck at the password to decrypt in which case I suspect adb wouldn't work. I haven't used that before but might give it a go
Thanks for all the suggestions
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Did you have USB debugging enabled?
We can still access adb via CWM recovery
I said. You can look into pictures if you can reach CWM(recovery mode)
Full wipe-Is Clean everything but not pictures
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Paulius7 : The screen is smashed - so I can't really get into CWM - unless I do it blindly and then guess the number of clicks to eventually do full wipe. But I don't understand how full wipe can help "Do full wipe try to look into pictures of recovery. "
Jokesy: I installed resurrection remix - don't know if USB debug is enabled by default. Either way I'm going to download the android sdk and give it ago and see .
yeancheant said:
Paulius7 : The screen is smashed - so I can't really get into CWM - unless I do it blindly and then guess the number of clicks to eventually do full wipe. But I don't understand how full wipe can help "Do full wipe try to look into pictures of recovery. "
Jokesy: I installed resurrection remix - don't know if USB debug is enabled by default. Either way I'm going to download the android sdk and give it ago and see .
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ICS or Jelly bean?
also its ICS
Somehow my previous entry didn't stick.
So .. the good news is usb debug is on. Downloaded android sdk and java. I'm new at this and this is what happened
adb devices - found the phone
adb shell - got in with root
ls /sdcard/ - empty! presumably due to the encryption or PIN
tried it on the new replacement S3
ls /sdcard/ - all the files came out
any ideas ? I appreciate your help Jokesy and we have seen progress although I accept that the chance of reaching our end point still remains low
yeancheant said:
Somehow my previous entry didn't stick.
So .. the good news is usb debug is on. Downloaded android sdk and java. I'm new at this and this is what happened
adb devices - found the phone
adb shell - got in with root
ls /sdcard/ - empty! presumably due to the encryption or PIN
tried it on the new replacement S3
ls /sdcard/ - all the files came out
any ideas ? I appreciate your help Jokesy and we have seen progress although I accept that the chance of reaching our end point still remains low
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no that's because /sdcard is not mounted.
follow this tutorial
Boot to recovery, then follow these steps:
1. Connect your device to your pc
2. Open command prompt from Adb folder. (hold shift key, then right click on a blank space, select open command window here)
3. #check if your device is connected via adb by typing in the command window:
adb devices
4. adb shell
5. mount sdcard
6. ## check the directories of the sdcard just to be sure by typing:
ls /sdcard
7. exit
8. adb pull /sdcard \mysdcard
wait for the process to finish
Check you C: drive for a folder named "mysdcard". all the files and folders in your internal storage will be there.
If you face any errors, let me know
Good luck
doesn't seem to work
tried mount sdcard and mount /sdcard and mount /sdcard/
it says mount:can't read 'etc/fstab': No such file or directory
yeancheant said:
doesn't seem to work
tried mount sdcard and mount /sdcard and mount /sdcard/
it says mount:can't read 'etc/fstab': No such file or directory
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what kernel were you running before your screen broke?
default resurrection remix during the installation - i think its siyah
yeancheant said:
default resurrection remix during the installation - i think its siyah
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were you using adb from recovery?
probably not earlier. i've tried again - blindly getting into recovery - and i think i did as windows then say installing adb driver - but now when you do "ls" there is no sdcard. tried mount sdcard and the same error message
Hi guys, I'm here to learn something about Android Security System.
I have this Sapphire TV BOX
model: DWI259S / UIW4020ETI / UIW4020ETI2 (Sapphire)
SoC: Broadcom BCM7271
The goal of this post is to understand how I can gain root access on this device
I know how to turn it in recovery mode .
if you are interested you can read this Reddit post from ams_sharif
"You can boot to recovery by switching the unit off ( the black button in the back), then while holding the power button (the one on the side, next to the pair button) turn the set top box on until the recovery shows up."
This is what I see.
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I tried to flash an update.zip in order to see if I can execute command through any script, but the verification of the signature fails.
I tried to click on "Apply update from USB" (that is adb sideload) , but connecting the tv box on the pc nothing happen, no device found neither with "adb devices"
I tried also to click on "Reboot to bootloader" but "fastboot devices" command return nod devices connected.
My idea was to read the recovery image from fastboot extract it and try to compile my own TWRP
Do you have any suggestions to guide me in the right way?
@element14
When you enter
Code:
adb devices
and don't see an entry listed under the “List of devices” section, then your device isn't connected to PC.
Same is case when you enter
Code:
fastboot devices
Recovery option "Apply update from USB" isn't equal to "adb sideload". This option assumes the Update.Zip you want to flash is located on USB-device connected with your TV box.
With regards to rooting your TV box you can try to flash Chainfire's SuperSu Pro.
BTW: TWRP isn't a recovery image you compile in order to flash, it's merely a touch-enabled replacement for device's Stock Recovery menu as shown by you
Example screenshot:
jwoegerbauer said:
@element14
When you enter
Code:
adb devices
and don't see an entry listed under the “List of devices” section, then your device isn't connected to PC.
Same is case when you enter
Code:
fastboot devices
Recovery option "Apply update from USB" isn't equal to "adb sideload". This option assumes the Update.Zip you want to flash is located on USB-device connected with your TV box.
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I tried to flash a custom script that use the
Code:
u_print()
function , but the signature verification fails i get an
Code:
errorr:21
jwoegerbauer said:
With regards to rooting your TV box you can try to flash Chainfire's SuperSu Pro[/url].
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Are you sure that I can flash an unsigned zip like superSu , with a stock recovery and locked bootloader ?
jwoegerbauer said:
BTW: TWRP isn't a recovery image you compile in order to flash, it's merely a touch-enabled replacement for device's Stock Recovery menu as shown by you
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The TWRP is an open source project , all the source code is avaiable. But to have it works , you need the original kernel .
I tought , If I can unlock the bootloader I can read the image of the recvoery.img and from it extarct the kernel
Thanks for your answer.
@ element14
did you manage to make the device usebale?
Hello, i am also interested to reset\flash this device but I couldn't find any useful guide, did you manage to root it or flash it, I want to use it as android STB.
As long as you can establish an USB-connection ( read: ADB connection ) then you can root any device's Android OS, otherwise NOT.
Any updates on this topic? It would be great to know if someone was able to root it.
If this is the etisalat version of this box I have gotten APKs to work on it.
xilogofficial said:
If this is the etisalat version of this box I have gotten APKs to work on it.
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What apk exactly?what you can do with this apk? And how you installed?
element14 said:
What apk exactly?what you can do with this apk? And how you installed?
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I think it lets you install any APK on the device. Check https://emiratestel.github.io/website
There is only one port. Is there any other way? And how can i play videos from usb
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I think it lets you install any APK on the device. My method:
Going to apps list:
- insert usb
- click browse
- go up to internal storage, press ok, click Apps
part 1
- go to apps list, keep usb inserted
- scroll to Files, click it, click open
- if it opens skip to part 2
- else it will crash and show the first time boot
- go to apps list again while keeping usb inserted
- open files again
part 2
- connect a mouse to other USB port, navigate into the USB and into where you placed your APKs
- double click the apk to install it
- on first time install, it will show an error about unknown sources
- click settings on the prompt
- enable all sources shown
- continue installing the app
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There is only one usb port. Is there any other way? And how can i play videos from usb
there's another on the bottom, or use a USB hub.
you can't play videos from USB without installing third party apps.
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If this is the etisalat version of this box I have gotten APKs to work on it.
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Good Day! Appreciate your support . Dear Exactly Etisalat TV box model: DWI259S, but it is locked on Etisalat home page with their logo as I don't have Etisalat subscription any more, in that situation how possible to browse an APK file as you said in below steps? 2nd thing there is no standard Firmware available by Manufacturer (Technicolor), Please make a video or at least solve with help of photos and help us close this topic. Till date solution is not yet provided, Please help, Thanks and appreciate your support
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element14 said:
Hi guys, I'm here to learn something about Android Security System.
I have this Sapphire TV BOX
model: DWI259S / UIW4020ETI / UIW4020ETI2 (Sapphire)
SoC: Broadcom BCM7271
The goal of this post is to understand how I can gain root access on this device
I know how to turn it in recovery mode .
if you are interested you can read this Reddit post from ams_sharif
"You can boot to recovery by switching the unit off ( the black button in the back), then while holding the power button (the one on the side, next to the pair button) turn the set top box on until the recovery shows up."
This is what I see.
I tried to flash an update.zip in order to see if I can execute command through any script, but the verification of the signature fails.
I tried to click on "Apply update from USB" (that is adb sideload) , but connecting the tv box on the pc nothing happen, no device found neither with "adb devices"
I tried also to click on "Reboot to bootloader" but "fastboot devices" command return nod devices connected.
My idea was to read the recovery image from fastboot extract it and try to compile my own TWRP
Do you have any suggestions to guide me in the right way?
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Any Luck dear, Please advise as I want the same solution and receive same error 21.
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Any Luck dear, Please advise as I want the same solution and receive same error 21.
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Hi
Can you please share the APK please ?
any update on this? did anyone managed to finally root this device or least sideload and apk?
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Can you please share the APK please ?
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Can you please share the APK please ?
Hey All
Its been a while since I got to play with anything these days but I recently found one of these POS 10in touchscreen units in the dumpster and it fires up into a menu running android. So I was hoping I could reflash this and use it like a tablet given it's also got a small thermal printer in it, so maybe try and save it from e-waste
I searched online for more details and came across this HERE which is identical to what I have so hoping I can root it and flash it with a clean android?
I would love to repurposed this to use as a touch screen tablet or similar, since it's got a GSM module and can take an SDCard too as I opened it up and took some pictures and I managed to get it in a recovery mode as well - from the PIX its using a rockchip RK3368
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I am not sure if the mini usb port is a OTG port to try and use ADB but I have not been able to do much with it and hoping someone can guide me through to possibly a reflash or ways to unlook root and add in another bootloader/rom
I've downloaded the files from citaq website but so far not been successful to do much with it, has anyone played with these and turned them into something more practical for the home?
Here's hoping for some tips - Apology if this is in the wrong section, move as needed :good:
Cheers
Kosti
@Kostiz
Device actually is running Android 5.1.1. It seems it has only 1GB RAM what is far too little to run a full fledged Android.
As long as you don't replace device's Stock Recovery by TWRP or similar recoveries, after a successful rooting don't install Magisk and/or Xposed Framework, you're on the safe side to play with, IMHO.
As 1st step check whether device is accessable by means of both ADB and Fastboot.
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@Kostiz
Device actually is running Android 5.1.1. It seems it has only 1GB RAM what is far too little to run a full fledged Android.
As long as you don't replace device's Stock Recovery by TWRP or similar recoveries, after a successful rooting don't install Magisk and/or Xposed Framework, you're on the safe side to play with, IMHO.
As 1st step check whether device is accessable by means of both ADB and Fastboot.
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Hey, Thanks for chiming in!
So in order to get ADB and or Fastboot its suggested to enable USB debugging in the device system settings, but I am not sure on how to do this, would it be safe to assume this is already USB debug is already enabled?
Could I back up the original stock recovery
I'm a little green on the whole process hence looking thought I'd ask here, I don't think I even have an OTG cable handy
I will see if I can load ADB on a windows box and try and talk to this unit
Cheers
Kosti
@Kostiz
An OTG-cable isn't needed, because the recovery menu
doesn't give you the opportunity to load something from an USB-device
OK, some success!
I went back and connected a mini USB straight to the PC and ADB driver installed detected the android device.
Ran ADB in windows powershell
So whats the best method to backup the entire ROM, and recovery files in the event I stuff this up?
Do I use just ADB for this or someother tools?
I did try one tool here from the vendors website but stuck as not sure what the Chinese characters mean..
Is the fact that this is only 1G i couldn't run Android at all and needs to be stripped down?
Cheers
Kosti
@Kostiz
Android Oreo Go Edition is a lightweight distribution of Android that runs better than normal Android on devices with <= 1 GB of RAM
How to backup device's Stock ROM is eplained here.
Thanks again mate!
Seem I have to do a lot of reading and thankfully everything is here, just got to spend time to read and have a go!
BTW how do I go about using volume rockers and power button to move around the menu in recovery when there is none but only the two buttons as shown the reset and recovery buttons on the main board?
BTW, the current ROM installed boots into a special menu, all other settings are hidden, would there be a way to enable seeing all the items and when getting the the settings (gear icon) that pops up in the corner, only takes me to the standard wifi menu to choose a wifi, so it seems everything else is hidden, if by enabling these I could potentially not need to do anything other than stop the default application from starting up - if that makes any sense
Could I just get back into a adb shell and try
adb shell
su
pm enable applicationname
I have to read up on rooting first I assume before I do much more, this is getting exciting, LOL :good:
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BTW how do I go about using volume rockers and power button to move around the menu in recovery when there is none but only the two buttons as shown the reset and recovery buttons on the main board?
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You use Android's HOME button to navigate within the Recovery menu, use POWER button to select option.
Hi, fellas! Please help me with one of these Citaq H10 POS. All we have is bootloop with some custom ROM showing vendor's logo.
Forcing it into recovery gives me some dead android screen with "No command" text.
Please guide me through this challenge, cause I have no other option but to ressurect it somehow.
Good news is that I have another one that is working fine, so we could try cloning it or something. Please help!
Yet I can't attach pics, cause of few posts, but if needed I can PM some.
citaq h10-2
I am also stuck with this machine citaq h10-2 , i did use a wireless kb to move up/down and not the 2 buttons on the motherboard , i can talk with it with ADB but all you can do is put it in sideload to upload new firmware and put it in fastboot but in fastboot you only get a black screen , what I have don is > opened up developer mode but you have no OEM UNLOCK tick box in side so running any bootloader unlock dose not work and i have run them all, if you google this machine for flashing new firmware you only get XDA this forum, unless any body knows another place to get the info from please let us know as i do think this would make a nice tablet with printer, the firmware is 5.1.1 and would love to put 6.0 or above on it but. i did download some firmware and used sideload to install it but it come up with error , i did try and make a backup but cannot do it ?, I think the firmware was from a galaxy s5 , I am not into all this firmware flashing so I am learning as I go along and if I brick it up well it was for free any way as the takeaway was shutting down and he gave it to me so no loss, if any body knows how we can get 6.0 or above on this machine please let us know.
A big thank you to all that can help put android 6.0 or above on this tablet.
Did you guys take a look at the solution here ? It worked for me ! All with a 2k ohm resistor...
Hola, alguien tiene la Rom de este dispositivo?
So I have a Infinix Note 12 pro 4g x676b. The manufacturer of this model has another model with the same name which is more popular. Now let me get to the point. I wanted to root this phone with magisk. its android 12. I tried a few tutorials for it but i realised i need twrp, but this phone model dosent have a twrp img. So i tried the method of fastboot and adb. i patched my boot.img using magisk and then try to patch it to my mobile using my pc. The adb device gets detected and i get it into fastboot. But in fastboot the device does not get recognized. I tried installing all the drivers but the manufacturer does not provide any. I got every unnofical driver installed but still it dosent detect. And also my phone does not get detected in device manager either in other devices or portable devices. What do i do now?
May be this guide is useful:
How to get into fastboot and How to exit fastboot INFINIX Note 12 (2023)? - HardReset.info
The Fastboot Tutorial will show you the easiest way to access the hidden model called fastboot. Check out the secret combination of keys that will boot your device into fastboot.
www.hardreset.info
xXx yYy said:
May be this guide is useful:
How to get into fastboot and How to exit fastboot INFINIX Note 12 (2023)? - HardReset.info
The Fastboot Tutorial will show you the easiest way to access the hidden model called fastboot. Check out the secret combination of keys that will boot your device into fastboot.
www.hardreset.info
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that is not my question tho. My phone does not get recognised on my windows pc
potatosil said:
that is not my question tho. My phone does not get recognised on my windows pc
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It is getting recognised as Unknown device?
A PC-connection isn't required at all, you can run ADB and/or Fastboot commands from phone, too. Note: Android must got rooted.
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Take note that a phone's Android is rooted if SU is present in Android's filesystem.
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A PC-connection isn't required at all, you can run ADB and/or Fastboot commands from phone, too. Note: Android must got rooted.
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i am asking my question to get my phone rooted. If it was already rooted i wouldnt have made a thread
potatosil said:
that is not my question tho. My phone does not get recognised on my windows pc
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It is a driver related problem.
You may be able to get your work done using wireless adb, although flashing stuff wirelessly is very risky (if the connection breaks whilst the flashing is still going on).
mvikrant97 said:
It is getting recognised as Unknown device?
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not even an unknown device just nothing is there
potatosil said:
i am asking my question to get my phone rooted. If it was already rooted i wouldnt have made a thread
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To root a phone's Android Fastboot isn't needed as you suppose : ADB is the correct tool.
Most people instead of adb.exe what comes with Android SDK use adbLink2 app what provides a link between your Android device and your computer.
adbLink2 features:
Install Programs without Android SDK
ADB/Fastboot enabled command-line
Busybox for root and non-root
Built-in WIFI/USB remote
Manage devices via USB or IP address
Root-aware File Manager for Android devices
Install/Uninstall Apps
Connect to devices ad hoc
Manage multiple devices from one PC
Edit XML and other files on your devices
Log file viewer for adbLink2
Hyperlinked HTML Help
adbLink2 is available for Windows, macOS and Linux/ChromeOS
BTW to clarify things, you obviously don't know of:
1.
Before I define root, it's important to understand why it exists and how it works. It's because Android uses permissions ( Linux-based permissions, to be exact ) in the file structure. Every file, every folder and every partition has a set of permissions. These permissions decide who can read a file ( look at or access the contents without changing them ), write to a file ( be able to change the contents of that file, or create a new file inside a folder or partition ) and execute a file ( run the file if it's a type that can run, like an app ). This is done based on users and permissions - certain users have access, while users who don't have the right permissions are blocked from having access.
When you first set up your phone and turn it on for the first time, you are assigned a user ID. If another user logs in via Google, they are assigned a different user ID. When an app is installed on your phone, it's also assigned a user ID of its own. The system itself is a user and other processes that need to run on your phone may have their own user ID. Everything that can do anything to any files on your Android is a user.
2.
To get elevated permissions ( root access ) you place the SU binary ( SubstituteUser ) in a spot that it can run when it's called to run - that's called a PATH - e.g /data/local/tmp. If any app is in user ID's PATH it will run without telling the system exactly where it is. You also need to make sure the SU binary is in a spot that your user ID has permission to execute ( run ) files. Any other app ( Google Play has plenty of apps that need root permissions ) will also need the same access. When you use a method to root your phone, all this is sorted out by the folks who built the root method.
3.
This is where root comes in. The SU binary uses flags when it's run to tell the system what user ID you want to switch to. For example, if I run the SU binary on my Google Pixel phone like this "su Jim -c 'mount - o rw,remount -t auto /system'" I will run the mount command as the user Jim ( after supplying Jim's password ). If I run the SU binary with no flags or arguments, it switches me to the root user. Normally you would need to supply a password, but since "root" is an unused user on Android it has no password. Running the command "su" will switch you to the user root, and assign you the user ID of 0, and put you in the root group. You are now the Super User.
4.
As the Super User you can do anything to any file, folder or partition on your Android. By anything, I mean literally anything. You can remove bloatware apps and you can also remove essential system files that break your phone. You can also do things to the hardware like change the CPU frequency and ruin your phone forever.