01-06-2013, 10:13 PM | #1 |
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Rooting PB 611?
Hello, I've got a PB611. I've searched quite a bit, but I couldn't find any info on rooting the device, at least not in English. Has anyone at all found a way to gain full root access to the non-Android models of PocketBooks? What about flashing custom firmware?
PS. Why are there no thread prefixes for Basic 611/613 (aka Basic New)/622 (aka Touch)? |
01-30-2013, 09:16 PM | #2 |
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there is no such info yet
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01-31-2013, 07:44 PM | #3 |
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Thanks. Has anyone been working on it? Is it because it's too hard, or because there's no interest?
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01-31-2013, 10:00 PM | #4 | |
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The other option is to try to hack the firmware installation procedure, but that is complicated, and also seems to be secure. It looks like they use public/private keys to check for tampering in the firmware before installation, so pre-inserting stuff in the firmware to help with rooting would probably require getting ones hands on PB's private key. That's pretty unlikely, I would say. The firmware contents aren't encrypted, so if you could write your own installer, you could modify the firmware contents, and install them on a device with an old enough firmware that can be rooted. You would have to pretty much duplicate the official upgrade procedure, which would be difficult because a lot of it is done by binary executables rather than shell scripts. Getting it wrong would likely leave one with a useless device (because the firmware installation procedure requires a working system). So, the odds are low, and the price is high. Finally, PB has made the device pretty hackable without requiring root, so it's usually easier to find a way to do something without root than to try to figure out how to root the device. Edit: the old rootable firmwares were for the Pro and previous models. I don't think the new models ever had a firmware version that could be rooted. Last edited by rkomar; 02-01-2013 at 12:16 AM. |
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02-01-2013, 05:46 AM | #5 |
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That's understandable, although really pretty unfortunate in the sense that they could've done so much better with regards to openness -- it's hackable, but at the same time, third-party apps still stay very much second-class. Had they made it fully open, and defined proper protocols, extension points and ways to install things without requiring poorly-documented changes in five different places (like when you install CoolReader), it could've combatted a lot of the ecosystem disadvantage they have compared to Kindle and other products offered by companies with huge platforms to back them with.
Either way, thanks for the detailed reply! |
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02-17-2013, 04:07 PM | #7 |
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Yes, that is understandable. I suspect the Adobe DRM is also an issue. It's pretty annoying what a mess the whole situation is.
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