totally forgot i bought one of those pieces of junk
Meta enables ADB on deprecated Portal devices [video]
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Re: Meta enables ADB on deprecated Portal devices [video]
#22Interesting, does that mean we might get root support on the old unsupported Quest devices too? The Q1 is already discontinued and no more updates yet still locked down, and they did something similar for the Ofulus go, providing a rooted boot image for it Next would be recovery tools too, so they're not paperweights
What’s this about the go? What are the options for that device?
Re: Meta enables ADB on deprecated Portal devices [video]
#23Apple Desktop Bus? That's a really old peripheral standard...
Re: Meta enables ADB on deprecated Portal devices [video]
#24Nice. I have a 3rd gen Echo Show 8 that's collecting dust and I direly wish I could sideload an actually useful UI onto it, but there aren't any methods of doing so yet. Can't wait until Mythos is public so I can set it on pwning the damn thing.
ha! that's the first such take on mythos I've seen
it'll be interesting for sure. I don't mean to be discourging- but it seems like taking a swing at an Echo is a right of passage in reverse engineering circles.
Re: Meta enables ADB on deprecated Portal devices [video]
#25The blog post with the details on our update today which is a bit more complete than Boz's video: https://developers.meta.com/horizon/blog/build-apps-for-port...
Wow, this feels weird. It reads like "hey guys, we don't care about this product anymore. Although you can continue to support it using AI because we're too lazy" Respect to Meta for unlocking ADB though.
I'm pretty sure they've been EOL for a while now.
Re: Meta enables ADB on deprecated Portal devices [video]
#26It is sad that it takes a Meta developer having some fun to realize they should open up ADB.
This isn't the repairability and reuseability of old devices mindset people have been begging for. This is some guy using internal privileges to having some fun, and deciding the rest of us should get a piece of the fun as well.
This is a "happy story" in the same way it is a "happy story" when some kid successfully fundraises a classmate's cancer treatment because the healthcare system neglects them.
Re: Meta enables ADB on deprecated Portal devices [video]
#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
Wow, this feels weird. It reads like "hey guys, we don't care about this product anymore. Although you can continue to support it using AI because we're too lazy" Respect to Meta for unlocking ADB though.
This really sounds like a "damned if you do, damned if you don't" type of comment.
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Re: Meta enables ADB on deprecated Portal devices [video]
#28can anyone paste a copy for those without meta accounts
"Build Apps for Your Portal with AI"
Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20260605034512/https://developer... / Text: https://pastebin.com/Y2gZx3Pn
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> Andrew Bosworth (Boz) - 7h - "The dev tools we shipped last week for Quest also work on Portal devices! Here is a little home hub I vibe coded a few months back as we started to play with this. Build one yourself!"
Video mirror - expires in 3d: https://storage.to/hJe8xld92
Re: Meta enables ADB on deprecated Portal devices [video]
#29for those who aren't familitar with Meta's product line: "Meta Portal (also known as Portal) is a discontinued brand of smart displays and videophones released in 2018 by Meta." a tablet with feet, focused on video-calls.
Re: Meta enables ADB on deprecated Portal devices [video]
#30It is sad that it takes a Meta developer having some fun to realize they should open up ADB. This isn't the repairability and reuseability of old devices mindset people have been begging for. This is some guy using internal privileges to having some fun, and deciding the rest of us should get a piece of the fun as well. This is a "happy story" in the same way it is a "happy story" when some kid successfully fundraise…
boz is the CTO