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Root Notes from the frontlines...(my conversation with LG about the bootloader)

Apparently LG Open Source is based in Korea? I just sent them and email and got these in reply.
Period : 2013/02/04 ~ 2013/02/06

교육으로 인해 아래 기간동안 부재 입니다.
- 기간 : '13.2.4 ~ '13.2.6

급하신 용무가 있으시면 송미호 책임님(miho.song@lge.com)에게 문의 부탁드립니다.
감사합니다.
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from asher.lee@lge.com and
Period : 2013/02/04 ~ 2013/02/06

안녕하세요. QE실 설계품질팀 한일희 책임입니다.

외부 교육으로 2월 4일 ~ 2월 6일 3일간 교육입니다.

OSLT 업무 관련 문의 사항은 송미호 책임에게 문의 바랍니다.
급하신 용무는 전화주시기 바랍니다. (010-5588-0826 )

감사합니다.
수고하세요.
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from ilhee.han@lge.com.
Which, according to google, translate into
Absence is due to education during the period under
- Period: '13. 2.4 ~ '13 .2.6

If you hurry busy by (miho.song @ lge.com) songmiho responsibility to ask us.
Thank you.
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HelloQE quality seal design team is responsible hanilhui

February 4 to February 6 external training three days of training.

OSLT business-related inquiries, please contact the responsible songmiho
Hurry errand, please call: (010-5588-0826)

Thank you.
Thank you very much.
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zeest said:
Apparently LG Open Source is based in Korea? I just sent them and email and got these in reply.

from asher.lee@lge.com and

from ilhee.han@lge.com.
Which, according to google, translate into
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They are based in South Korea :p

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So morningcall =/= lg, it is metro!
Daniel: Hello. Welcome to LG Electronics U.S.A. Support only. How may I provide you with excellent service today?
Me: Hello. Can you give me any information on the morningcall or wallpaper security checks? Or loading a custom kernel? Alternatively, can you forward me to someone on your tech team?
Daniel: I understand.
Daniel: Let me see what I can do to assist you with this.
Me OK, thank you.
Daniel: Is morningcall a third party application?
Me: No, it is a bootup check that is standard on this phone, the lgms770, aka lg motion 4g.
Daniel: I'm sorry but we are custommer service, I can't forward you to a technicians.
Daniel: You can call them if you want to.
Me: Can you give me a phone number for them please?
Daniel: This is the number 800-793-8896
Me: Thank you.
Daniel: Is there anything else I can help you with?
Me: Can you tell me anything about morningcall?
Daniel: According to the information that we have, there isn't a default application with that name.
Daniel: There are third party applications with that name though.
Me: It is not an application, but a file. It is located in /system/bin. Can you give me information on the third party applications.
Daniel: Sorry, I don't have information about those since we don't support them.
Me: OK, thank you. Can you tell me where I can find information on them?
Daniel: Maybe you can try searching on the internet for that information.
Me: I have tried, and can not find any information on them. Can you tell me what company developed the application? Was it MetroPCS?
Daniel: Yes, metroPCS is the owner of the software.
Me:Thank you.
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Thats lg locking the bootloader

Why samsung isnt locking the bootloader on the s3 cuz metro has nothing to do with that
 
quechon said:
Thats lg locking the bootloader

Why samsung isnt locking the bootloader on the s3 cuz metro has nothing to do with that
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Actually, it is locked. Someone found a way to unlock it with some files that were leaked. I believe this is what happened, someone correct me if i am mistaken :)
 
Called LG's number, they told me metro is the only one with the info. Called Metro, they said they don't have the info, they only sell the phone :/ ahh circles...
 
Ya, right? The most I was able to get was what I posted earlier, which is that in LG's database, morningcall is listed as a third party application, developed by metro. DK if that is because this is true, or if they "falsely" listed it to avoid constant questions about it/throw it off.
 
zeest said:
Ya, right? The most I was able to get was what I posted earlier, which is that in LG's database, morningcall is listed as a third party application, developed by metro. DK if that is because this is true, or if they "falsely" listed it to avoid constant questions about it/throw it off.
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Actually the moron in CS probably was referring to morning call SMS a 3rd party app.
 
You can extract the partitions, but it's just a gigantic binary program. i believe this is correct.
Code: 
adb shell
su
dd if=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/aboot of=/sdcard/aboot.img
 
There's a thread about contacting lg it was called notes from the front line or something like that? I was going to post this there but can't find it D: Anyways.

[FONT=맑은 고딕]Dear Customer,[/FONT]

[FONT=맑은 고딕]Thank you for your interest on LG mobile phone.[/FONT]
[FONT=맑은 고딕]Currently we are considering methods and target models for bootloader unlock to allow customers to install a custom OS (Operating System).[/FONT]
[FONT=맑은 고딕]We are looking for efficient and safe methods to support it, and the target model will be selected with careful consideration. (e.g. technical barrier such as platform limitation and/or mobile carrier’s policy).[/FONT]
[FONT=맑은 고딕]We will let you know when we are ready to support unlocking the bootloader.[/FONT]
[FONT=맑은 고딕]It is regrettable that we cannot give you the answer right away, and we hope this information is helpful to you.[/FONT]

[FONT=맑은 고딕]Thank you.[/FONT]
[FONT=맑은 고딕]LG Developer site Team[/FONT]
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I hope this excites people. :turtle:
 
TheDemon said:
There's a thread about contacting lg it was called notes from the front line or something like that? I was going to post this there but can't find it D: Anyways.

I hope this excites people. :turtle:
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Someone got that same reply from LG a few months ago. Plus one saying that it's up to metro to decide. It's posted on that other thread.
 
TheDemon said:
There's a thread about contacting lg it was called notes from the front line or something like that? I was going to post this there but can't find it D: Anyways.

I hope this excites people. :turtle:
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Well... lets hope they do something for the Motion. I think we should spam their fb page, and email. ;)

Petition? :D
 
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