07-07-2016, 02:09 PM | #286 |
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I also saw a reference to /mnt/us/system/release_notes and /etc/releasenotes_url.txt in the PW2 5.7.2 firmware, by dumping `strings usr/bin/otav3`.
As well as threats to abort the update download -- those release notes might be needed to find the availability of updates. Possibly some more things that can be modified or locked to interfere with the OTA sensing capabilities? |
07-07-2016, 02:13 PM | #287 | |
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EDIT: Hmm... I tried to give you a nice number pattern, but it is much higher now. Somebody else must have given you a big karma bump just to mess with me (or I messed up myself). Oh well, you have a lot more karma than you did a moment before. Now you can give more too... Last edited by geekmaster; 07-07-2016 at 02:19 PM. |
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07-07-2016, 02:18 PM | #288 | |
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07-07-2016, 02:47 PM | #289 |
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We can turn radio off (set airplane mode) automagically with lipc commands if we sense an impending update (perhaps a KUAL extension than launches a cron job or something).
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07-07-2016, 03:06 PM | #290 |
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The update blocking becomes more important because of Step 7.
I tell people how to choose any firmware version available for their model. If they load anything other than 'most recent' I am sure they will want it to stay that way. |
03-22-2018, 02:25 PM | #291 |
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Is this still relevant on current firmwares?
The dir hack with update.bin.tmp.. does still work? |
03-23-2018, 03:04 AM | #292 |
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1) No
2) Yes - although it must be spelled correctly http://knetconnect.com/koa2/KOA2_Jai...agicparlabel-9 On the subject of "Hack" - Please view the link at the right hand side of the first line of my signature. |
03-31-2018, 05:45 AM | #293 |
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Thank you knc1
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05-08-2022, 07:30 AM | #294 |
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Even if its jail broken it will be updated ? How could this affect the jailbreak then?
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05-11-2022, 04:26 AM | #295 |
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JB will survive if you do the right things:
1) Switch off Wi-Fi 2) Reboot twice 3) Re-install JB Hotfix. Main idea is to avoid any subsequent combination of upgrade and factory restore without JB hotfix re-install in between. |
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