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Root URGENT: Really Serious Bug in Galaxo 1.5 (probably in android)

atbeyi

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Jan 12, 2010
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I am using GalaxHero today i tried to fastboot the 4.6.1 recovery, but i just forgot to plug in the cable so in a few seconds the phone booted up, after than i realised that the phone did not ask me for pin, i tried it several times and it never asked me my pin.

steps to see how it happens:
1- shut down your phone in any way (by removing the battery/long press the right call button (end button)/ adb shell restart)
2- boot the phone with fastboot option (long press the two call buttons at the same time)
3- don't plug in cable if plugged in remove it
4- wait for a few seconds the usual booting routine will go on (android and theme splashes)
5- you will see that it does not ask you to enter your pin. but you may make calls, connect to internet as usual.

can anyone else confirm this? or is it only me?
 
I am using GalaxHero today i tried to fastboot the 4.6.1 recovery, but i just forgot to plug in the cable so in a few seconds the phone booted up, after than i realised that the phone did not ask me for pin, i tried it several times and it never asked me my pin.

steps to see how it happens:
1- shut down your phone in any way (by removing the battery/long press the right call button (end button)/ adb shell restart)
2- boot the phone with fastboot option (long press the two call buttons at the same time)
3- don't plug in cable if plugged in remove it
4- wait for a few seconds the usual booting routine will go on (android and theme splashes)
5- you will see that it does not ask you to enter your pin. but you may make calls, connect to internet as usual.

can anyone else confirm this? or is it only me?

asks me for pin every time, cannot replicate it and im using galaxhero ii5 recovery 4.4
and yes im doing fastboot each time
 
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I am using GalaxHero today i tried to fastboot the 4.6.1 recovery, but i just forgot to plug in the cable so in a few seconds the phone booted up, after than i realised that the phone did not ask me for pin, i tried it several times and it never asked me my pin.

steps to see how it happens:
1- shut down your phone in any way (by removing the battery/long press the right call button (end button)/ adb shell restart)
2- boot the phone with fastboot option (long press the two call buttons at the same time)
3- don't plug in cable if plugged in remove it
4- wait for a few seconds the usual booting routine will go on (android and theme splashes)
5- you will see that it does not ask you to enter your pin. but you may make calls, connect to internet as usual.

can anyone else confirm this? or is it only me?

Yeap, I can replicate this scenario also in 1.6. No PIN number asked!

I7500XXJB2 (official 1.6)
Recovery 4.6.1
 
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last night i talked with drakaz in dev irc channel, he and Willd said that it happens sometimes. as i see not so much person cares about this issue but this is the worst bug i've ever seen in a phone.

* drakaz said that this maybe a samsung bug. cause it can be redone without galaxo/galaxhero.
 
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odd

EDIT

try this, put sim card into an old phone like a nokia etc and enable sim pin security on that phone then put it back in the galaxy and see if it does the same

i have a feeling that maybe the galaxy doesnt enable sim security properly thus it having this affect on some of you and not all of us

i had my sim pin enabled from 3 phones ago and i cannot bypass it at all.

would suggest its still a bug with galaxy as it means it cannot secure the sim correctly
 
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Its not possible to use a sim card without entering the PIN unless there is a problem with the SIM's personalisations.

The phone should never (and I cant beleive it does) cache the SIM pin.

If we are talking about the android lock screen, thats different. There are loads of ways to bypass that :)

I expect in this case one of the following is happening

- Personalisations on the SIM are broken
- Pin was never set in the first place - but then why ever ask for it?
- SIM interface was never restarted (but shouldnt happen from cold boot)

I'm inclined to think this cant be happening from a cold boot
 
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well i was thinking of this scenario KAM

sim didnt have pin function enabled on it prior to being placed on handheld
user sets sim pin security on the galaxy
galaxy doesnt write to the sim security section correctly
fastboot some how reads past the corrupt security section on sim

while im inclined to believe you KAM there are too many people here replicating it
 
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Yeah, the only plausible explanation is what you're saying - the PIN was never actually set. I assumed that people set the pin, and cold boot and get a PIN prompt first. Which makes you wonder why would it ask for a pin then.

OR the SIM card is provisioned incorectly and isnt locking the correct fields (highly unlikely).

We're definatly talking about a SIM pin and not the phone pattern lock right :-/ ?
 
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Its not possible to use a sim card without entering the PIN unless there is a problem with the SIM's personalisations.

The phone should never (and I cant beleive it does) cache the SIM pin.

If we are talking about the android lock screen, thats different. There are loads of ways to bypass that :)

I expect in this case one of the following is happening

- Personalisations on the SIM are broken 3 different sim cards/ 3 different providers have been checked just by me.
- Pin was never set in the first place - but then why ever ask for it? all 3 cards asks pin with normal boot on android phone (samsung galaxy) and different phone models. (Hp Ipaq 500 series, nokia 1100)
- SIM interface was never restarted (but shouldnt happen from cold boot)

I'm inclined to think this cant be happening from a cold boot

and as i've mentioned before i may make calls, connect to internet over 3g and/or edge (which one is avaliable at that moment)

last night i have talked drakaz and willdd in the dev irc channel (i am sure you know but : irc.freenode.net / #i7500) and he said that this happens sometimes.

there are different people who says that this can be reproduced by themselves too.

and also there are some other turkish guys who says that after my mentioning of the problem they have tried and they lived the same problem.

thats not about screen lock thats about sim lock.
 
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