Thread: PW4 5.14.1 locked kernel?
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Old 01-26-2022, 03:02 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by eddie.t.h View Post
Hello!
I connected via terminal to my pw4 running 5.14.1 software and discovered something scary. In this software there is no console for emergency FAT partition sharing and software reload. It looks like the last way to repair these devices yourself has been cut off.
Shame on Amazon!
recovery-util is presumably still there somewhere as it's needed to apply firmware updates (unless this has changed recently?) - what happens if you keep pressing Enter around this point in booting?

It's not even the biggest d*ck move we've seen from Amazon on the newer models; having Secure Boot enabled and a locked bootloader means that it's impossible to load even an Amazon signed U-Boot or kernel.

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Originally Posted by JSWolf View Post
There goes jailbreaks.
He says with such confidence
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