libera/#maemo-leste/ Wednesday, 2022-03-09

calebtheythem[m]hey all! D4 and Photon Q arrived today (huge thanks Wizzup !), the D4 is stuck on the "a sim card is required to operate this device" screen00:13
uvoscalebtheythem[m]: tap top left, top right, bottom right, bottom left in that sequence several times00:14
uvosalso you dont need android at all to install leste00:14
uvosalso i would recomend just installing los over the motorola android if you plan on using android00:15
calebtheythem[m]uvos: definitely switching to Maemo :P00:15
uvosthen i would just ignore the stock android00:16
calebtheythem[m]ah ok cool00:16
calebtheythem[m]no need to bootloader unlock!?00:17
calebtheythem[m]these old devices sure are nice :D00:17
uvosbootloader is locked with no way to unlock00:17
calebtheythem[m]oh00:17
calebtheythem[m]oof00:17
uvoswe hijack the boot process by injecting parameters into the cmdline of the android kernel00:18
uvosand just boot a totaly different userspace00:18
calebtheythem[m]ah i see00:18
calebtheythem[m]with the kexecboot stuff?00:18
calebtheythem[m]funnn00:18
calebtheythem[m]impressed that the default kernel has working kexec XD00:18
uvosit dosent00:19
calebtheythem[m]oh ... this just gets more and more cursed lol00:19
uvoswe (or rather the los people) managed to get it to load a custom kexec kernel module via some rather involed shenanigans00:20
calebtheythem[m]wow ok00:20
calebtheythem[m]that's pretty impressive00:20
duuudeuvos: could that be done with every locked android phone?00:46
Wizzupuvos: awesome will try after breakfst01:17
uvosduuude: somehow load hacked kexec? yeah thats the standart method to work around locked bootloaders on lots of devices (altho these days locked bootloaders are somewhat rare)09:55
Daanct12uvos, lies09:56
uvosduuude: the method we use to inject kernel parameters? we dident invent it & it was first documented in some LG phone iirc, but its a vunerability not that manny android bootloaders have09:57
Daanct12just buy carrier android phones09:57
uvosDaanct12: true, i mean amoung retail devices09:57
uvosDaanct12: it used to be that manny companys dident let you unlock even on those09:57
uvoseg. motorola09:58
uvosthats fairly rare these days (cant think of an example)09:58
Daanct12heh, blackberry also doesn't because s e c u r i t y09:58
uvosblackberry dosent produce phones anymore09:58
Daanct12well, before they stop doing that09:59
Daanct12i think vivo also doesn't09:59
Daanct12but those are obscure android devices09:59

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