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Old 07-07-2016, 03:09 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?
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Old 07-07-2016, 03:13 PM   #287
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Old 07-07-2016, 03:18 PM   #288
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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?
Perhaps also use the 'check for update' command, then warn user if something is ready to be sent their way.
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Old 07-07-2016, 03:47 PM   #289
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Perhaps also use the 'check for update' command, then warn user if something is ready to be sent their way.
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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Old 07-07-2016, 04:06 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.
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Old 03-22-2018, 03:25 PM   #291
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Is this still relevant on current firmwares?

The dir hack with update.bin.tmp.. does still work?
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Old 03-23-2018, 04:04 AM   #292
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1) No
2) Yes - although it must be spelled correctly
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Old 03-31-2018, 06:45 AM   #293
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