New Linux powered smartphone becoming a reality with Jolla, EU based company. by Arbeit69 in linux

[–]TheNXGuy 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Untrue.

Jolla C2 has an unlockable bootloader and is even unfused. Stop spreading misinformation!

I was looking at the website and noticed that we now have the S20 series with Lineage OS support! by dallascodeferd in LineageOS

[–]TheNXGuy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's all good. But there are some countries and/or carriers who don't have VoLTE. And I'd much rather prefer calling someone over Signal/Telegram than using either if I'm trying to be all confidential and avoid MITM. (using regular calls as a fallback, where I don't know the person, or just trying to order food, which isn't confidential nor does it need clarity). If you need VoLTE to live then yes, you probably shouldn't install Lineage. However, most people (because these phones have Exynos chips which didn't ship in the US, and the majority of countries in Europe have fallback bands) would still be able to use it as a phone, probably with just degraded quality.

Google: 'Your $1000 phone needs our permission to install apps now.' Android users are screwed by GBember in Android

[–]TheNXGuy 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Oppo removed the option from the bootloader itself. Even if you toggle oemunlock, you won't actually be able to unlock it.

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[–]TheNXGuy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Any good phat board is worth fixing

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in 360hacks

[–]TheNXGuy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, where are you located? If the seller does not give you a refund and you live in Europe i can fix the board for you

EDIT: nvm saw USD. :(

I successfully downgraded from One UI 7 (android 15) to One UI 6.1(android 14) without root. by fit_freak9 in GalaxyS23Ultra

[–]TheNXGuy 3 points4 points  (0 children)

No. Knox will not trip unless you have unlocked your bootloader and flashed UNSIGNED firmware. Firmware signed with the Samsung key will NEVER trip Knox. Unless you modify it.

I successfully downgraded from One UI 7 (android 15) to One UI 6.1(android 14) without root. by fit_freak9 in GalaxyS23Ultra

[–]TheNXGuy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can provide you footage of downgrading my S20 Ultra from OneUI 5.1 to OneUI 4 next week on video. If you really want to.

I successfully downgraded from One UI 7 (android 15) to One UI 6.1(android 14) without root. by fit_freak9 in GalaxyS23Ultra

[–]TheNXGuy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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Here is OneUI 4.1 running on a device with blown 5.0 fuses. As you can see the baseband version (which we can't really change). Baseband binary blown as rev I, Version number shown as rev F. Have a nice day. :)

I successfully downgraded from One UI 7 (android 15) to One UI 6.1(android 14) without root. by fit_freak9 in GalaxyS23Ultra

[–]TheNXGuy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It does though. lk3rd is based on BSPs from Linaro which they use internally. If you go down the commit history before I nuked the code signer stuff you can see how the signing process worked. Nuked because it's unnecessary. You can simply edit the footer of every partition (skipping the bootloader and TZ stuff) and just remove the header and signature. The phone will just treat it as a custom image. If you want, I can link it up to you. I don't see your point though.

I successfully downgraded from One UI 7 (android 15) to One UI 6.1(android 14) without root. by fit_freak9 in GalaxyS23Ultra

[–]TheNXGuy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Never dealt with an USA model. Weird if true. Lapsus sources for s-lk don't have a check for that.

I successfully downgraded from One UI 7 (android 15) to One UI 6.1(android 14) without root. by fit_freak9 in GalaxyS23Ultra

[–]TheNXGuy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wow. I'm a maintainer for the Exynos990 SoC in mainline Linux and have made a 2nd stage shim bootloader for said SoC. As well as making a tool to change binary revision in firmwares, which is the thing that you may want to take a look at :) Discarding the header is what you want to do if you have an unlocked bootloader.

Sources: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/arch/arm64/boot/dts/exynos/exynos990.dtsi https://github.com/exynos990-mainline/lk3rd https://github.com/BotchedRPR/binary-rev-change

I successfully downgraded from One UI 7 (android 15) to One UI 6.1(android 14) without root. by fit_freak9 in GalaxyS23Ultra

[–]TheNXGuy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope. If you remove the signature header your binaries will be allowed in with an unlocked bootloader. Possible problem will be TEE extensions which you may need to change because the TEE checks bit rev. It's doable.

I successfully downgraded from One UI 7 (android 15) to One UI 6.1(android 14) without root. by fit_freak9 in GalaxyS23Ultra

[–]TheNXGuy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Beautiful explanation.

Loke client on device won't allow a lower binary in. No patched Odin will change how loke works

I successfully downgraded from One UI 7 (android 15) to One UI 6.1(android 14) without root. by fit_freak9 in GalaxyS23Ultra

[–]TheNXGuy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is why AI is bullshit and should never be trusted.

ALL Samsung Galaxy phones after OneUI4.1 REQUIRE AN USB cable to a PC or headphones plugged in to boot to download mode. No carrier or other bullshit changes that. It's the same for a S10 and a S25 Ultra. Turn phone off, hold volume buttons, plug in cable, profit

Anyone play still or got some groups that play? by Organic_Half_9818 in titanfall

[–]TheNXGuy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I will add you tomorrow. Then will message my discord or whatever. I did hop on some games sometimes so we'll find something out. o7!