So with this update including a kernel, does that mean the bootloader has to be unlocked to install said new kernel?
Doesn't exactly sound like a good thing?
should be a great thing honestly...yes our search is dumbed down (but ive yet to use it once)...but the new baseband should hopefully improve radio performance...
Can't the devs find the encryption in the OTA and copy paste to crack the bootloader? Sign the encryption to other kernels?
I thought they cracked the X.
Can't the devs find the encryption in the OTA and copy paste to crack the bootloader? Sign the encryption to other kernels?
Thats almost like saying youre gonna walk into a bank and look for the "keys" they use to unlock the vault, then proceed to unlock the vault and take the "loot", and walk out without getting caught on a monday morning. Maybe not so much as that but it is a tall order.
The droid x originally shipped with an un-encrypted bootloader. It wasn't until it was out for like more than a year that an OTA came along and ruined paradise with an encrypted bootloader.
False. It was released locked down.
Sounds just like something Verizon would do. Lure us rooted users in with new baseband files with possibly better radio performance.
So tempting.... evil Verizon.
amenIf it was that easy, the Droid X bootloader would have been unencrypted years ago, so don't get your hopes up.
never, still have notI thought they cracked the X.
WHAT!? i owned a DX from day 1...it was ALWAYS encryptedThe droid x originally shipped with an un-encrypted bootloader. It wasn't until it was out for like more than a year that an OTA came along and ruined paradise with an encrypted bootloader.
and youre still wrongI said it was released un-encrypted, not "not locked down".
They found a way to bypass the bootloader with what's called a second-init boot, basically a hack, on the Droid X. I've not been following XDA super close, but I believe that's what they're trying to do on the VZ GS3....Hopefully we'll be able to get that.
I am rooted, so I'm just going to click no or maybe freeze the update apk until they root the image and restore Google search. I'd love a baseband update though...
But it is possible right? Compare the lines of code and hit the lottery?
They found a way to bypass the bootloader with what's called a second-init boot, basically a hack, on the Droid X. I've not been following XDA super close, but I believe that's what they're trying to do on the VZ GS3....Hopefully we'll be able to get that.
I am rooted, so I'm just going to click no or maybe freeze the update apk until they root the image and restore Google search. I'd love a baseband update though...
After updating will we have to go through all the apps we disabled and disable them again?
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