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Root [WIP][DEV] Custom Recovery/Bootloader unlocking Work In Progress Thread

zimlokks said:
what if someone had a unlocked bootloader how would they know?
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well on our phone its not so easy

if you do

adb reboot recvoery

your phone will be factory reset, this is a function of the boot loader that complicates things for us

the main thing is if you try to flash a custom recovery or kernel you will get a Signature security error message when try to boot into the kernel or recovery you flashed


so if you had a unlocked boot loader it would not do these things
 
Well I just tried the 1.0 apk and somehow got that morningcall error, so lets not use half boot with 1.0 .

Safety notice: my phone started to overheat pretty bad while those two were working in concert, so if anyone is willing to give a second opinion on this...pleaaaaaase be careful.
 
cretinoid said:
well on our phone its not so easy

if you do

adb reboot recvoery

your phone will be factory reset, this is a function of the boot loader that complicates things for us

the main thing is if you try to flash a custom recovery or kernel you will get a Signature security error message when try to boot into the kernel or recovery you flashed


so if you had a unlocked boot loader it would not do these things
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yea i thought so...i have a thought someone out there has a unlocked bootloader and doesn't even know it
 
zimlokks said:
yea i thought so...i have a thought someone out there has a unlocked bootloader and doesn't even know it
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i would be willing to bet every single androiud device i own on that not being teh case. this device shipped with a secured bootloader. they wouldnt start making a new batch with it unlocked (would require massive software testing and a new kernel source zip to match the new software)

for a mid range prepaid device, you can almost count on there never being an unlock for THIS device. if its made for other lg's great except afaik this is the only lg made with the msm8960 :/
 
well wat i mean is maybe one out of all our motions has a unlocked bootloader. maybe a person who is just a regular phone kinda guy no rooting nothin at all. sush as that one lucky person with his droid razr but i would believe its Metro who locked down the boot loader. they're trying to keep up with the dev. community...
 
Shabbypenguin said:
for a mid range prepaid device, you can almost count on there never being an unlock for THIS device. if its made for other lg's great except afaik this is the only lg made with the msm8960 :/
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There's the spectrum 2 & a few more just don't remember the names but they're I know they're LG
 
jpizle said:
What processor does my connect have? Would it be of any use?
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if you post your aboot file, I will try it, but I am pretty sure it will not work

you have to be rooted

adb shell
su
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p5 of=/sdcard/mmcblk0p5.img
exit
exit
adb pull /sdcard/mmcblk0p5.img

then upload the mmcblk0p5.img some where for me

this is assuming mmcblk0p5 is your aboot, it should be, but it may not be
 
Shabbypenguin said:
wasnt aware the spectrum 2 was msm8960, the regard you can cross off that list as we know it has a secured bootloader... :/
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I tried the LG Escape too, it would not boot, besides it looked secured from what I could see with a hex editor, so we can cross that off too.
 
cretinoid said:
it think that may be an 8960 too

if someone gives me the aboot file for it, I will try it
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Can the aboot be found in the source code? If so, here's a link http://www.lg.com/global/support/opensource/opensource-detail.jsp the model number is lgls860
 
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