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Unlocking the Motorola Bootloader with a TrustZone Exploit

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Re: Unlocking the Motorola Bootloader with a TrustZone Exploit

#21

Please, please, please tell me this will lead to my Motorola Droid Turbo being unlocked. I want CyanogenMod so badly! I also want to be able to edit my hosts file and make it so I don't waste any bandwidth any more.

It will work on the Turbo! :)

But you'll either need a version old enough to be vulnerable to this TrustZone exploit, or you can wait a couple of weeks until I release a new exploit (which also works on the Turbo).

Re: Unlocking the Motorola Bootloader with a TrustZone Exploit

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I'm in the same place. I really wanna try and see if it works, but I'm scared of bricking my phone.

This guy could make a lot of money from the bounty threads. 5k+ was the last reading IIRC.

Don't think I'll collect it, but I will release all the details so people can do it themselves.

Re: Unlocking the Motorola Bootloader with a TrustZone Exploit

#23
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Vote for devices? Companies? Jake, the election is rigged! Walk with me down this garden path, if you please... :) Regulation of the manufacture and distribution of medicine is a good thing. 'Regulation' just means that corporations and individuals aren't blindly trusted to do the right thing with regards to medicine. That's because bad medicine generally has a profound impact on people's lives. Somebody could put so…

If you want a unlocked phone, then buy one. Asking for more restrictions makes you _less_ free, and costs more. What you are suggesting is to take money from others so you can be ignorant about what electronics you are buying. "As devices become our primary source of information, the devices become more important. More powerful and potentially more dangerous." Ya, hence governments want power over them. How's that ki…

Your comment has been downvoted, I guess. I don't see why. I think the is important so I'm willing to walk/think through your argument. Of course! :) That's discourse.

The kill switch and blackbox chips are exactly the sort of thing I want to avoid.

I'm not sure how we'd get there from the rule I want. I guess the rule I want is "No machine shall disobey its owner". And device manufactures could be punished if they sell devices that are found to disobey their owners.

Seems to me that would address the fritz chip, and the kill switch, etc.

Related: are all rules inherently bad? Or do we just have a lot of bad ones and no reason to think new ones would be better?

Re: Unlocking the Motorola Bootloader with a TrustZone Exploit

#24

Please, please, please tell me this will lead to my Motorola Droid Turbo being unlocked. I want CyanogenMod so badly! I also want to be able to edit my hosts file and make it so I don't waste any bandwidth any more.

It will work on the Turbo! :) But you'll either need a version old enough to be vulnerable to this TrustZone exploit, or you can wait a couple of weeks until I release a new exploit (which also works on the Turbo).

>It will work on the Turbo! :)

Since people seem to put the Turbo/Mini/Maxx in the same group, would it work on any of them? :)

Re: Unlocking the Motorola Bootloader with a TrustZone Exploit

#25
post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It will work on the Turbo! :) But you'll either need a version old enough to be vulnerable to this TrustZone exploit, or you can wait a couple of weeks until I release a new exploit (which also works on the Turbo).

>It will work on the Turbo! :) Since people seem to put the Turbo/Mini/Maxx in the same group, would it work on any of them? :)

I believe so

Re: Unlocking the Motorola Bootloader with a TrustZone Exploit

#26

Please, please, please tell me this will lead to my Motorola Droid Turbo being unlocked. I want CyanogenMod so badly! I also want to be able to edit my hosts file and make it so I don't waste any bandwidth any more.

It will work on the Turbo! :) But you'll either need a version old enough to be vulnerable to this TrustZone exploit, or you can wait a couple of weeks until I release a new exploit (which also works on the Turbo).

You have made my day/week. It is comforting to know that only a few more weeks and I might have a fully functional cyanogenmod install on my phone.

Re: Unlocking the Motorola Bootloader with a TrustZone Exploit

#27

Please, please, please tell me this will lead to my Motorola Droid Turbo being unlocked. I want CyanogenMod so badly! I also want to be able to edit my hosts file and make it so I don't waste any bandwidth any more.

It will work on the Turbo! :) But you'll either need a version old enough to be vulnerable to this TrustZone exploit, or you can wait a couple of weeks until I release a new exploit (which also works on the Turbo).

Make sure to claim this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/droid-turbo/general/bounty-u...

Re: Unlocking the Motorola Bootloader with a TrustZone Exploit

#28

Please, please, please tell me this will lead to my Motorola Droid Turbo being unlocked. I want CyanogenMod so badly! I also want to be able to edit my hosts file and make it so I don't waste any bandwidth any more.

It will work on the Turbo! :) But you'll either need a version old enough to be vulnerable to this TrustZone exploit, or you can wait a couple of weeks until I release a new exploit (which also works on the Turbo).

crossing fingers for 8960 compatibility someday :-)

Re: Unlocking the Motorola Bootloader with a TrustZone Exploit

#29
post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you want a unlocked phone, then buy one. Asking for more restrictions makes you _less_ free, and costs more. What you are suggesting is to take money from others so you can be ignorant about what electronics you are buying. "As devices become our primary source of information, the devices become more important. More powerful and potentially more dangerous." Ya, hence governments want power over them. How's that ki…

Your comment has been downvoted, I guess. I don't see why. I think the is important so I'm willing to walk/think through your argument. Of course! :) That's discourse. The kill switch and blackbox chips are exactly the sort of thing I want to avoid. I'm not sure how we'd get there from the rule I want. I guess the rule I want is "No machine shall disobey its owner". And device manufactures could be punished if they s…

I appreciate that. I prob lost a few points on snark. To your question, if you ask for people to make rules for you, don't be surprised when they make rules you don't like. The vast majority of the time, power acts to increase it's influence.

Re: Unlocking the Motorola Bootloader with a TrustZone Exploit

#30
post #4

Oooh sunshine is about to take a hit I guess. added: wish you could subscribe to users on HN, I missed all your previous goodies wow you make it all look so easy, but it's not at all

Thanks! I'm also on twitter in case that helps (@laginimaineb). As for Sunshine - I'm publishing a new (even broader) zero-to-TZ saga, complete with exploits, but I'm not going to create a product out of it. So ultimately, as long as there are people behind Sunshine who are willing to make it work with relative ease, I'm sure most people won't mind spending a few dollars to unlock their device. As for the more tech-s…

Have you considered contributing to android-rooting-tools?

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