Possible S-Off

[Bravozero]

Breaking News via Twitter:

From @dmeadows013

Big news. @Evil_DevNull has cracked the #Rezound's bootloader. S-OFF here we go!

 

[Thadrow]

Breaking News via Twitter:

From @dmeadows013

Big news. @Evil_DevNull has cracked the #Rezound's bootloader. S-OFF here we go!

Yes. Possibly at end of the night.

I think evil is trying get his hands on another rezound to further his theory

 

[Cares]

Exciting news. Anything further develop from this?

 

[Bosgarage57]

YAY, this is good to hear!

 

[Mordecaidrake]

I think that dev has given up and posted it as a think tank item, looking for any and all input. It appears that in order to do it the sim card will need to be involved which he's burnt out several sims in the process.

 

[WorldOfJohnboy]

I think that dev has given up and posted it as a think tank item, looking for any and all input. It appears that in order to do it the sim card will need to be involved which he's burnt out several sims in the process.

Currently, they have Perm Root, but no S-Off yet. He tweeted that they are taking the process off of Twitter and/or and Message boards, so we will not be getting updated any more. The last tweet was:

ONLY update for you guys to think about, the exploit we are trying, exploits the sim card chip. Reason for burn ups. We have spares.

They burnt 2 of 9 SIM chips so far according to a tweet I saw.

I'm not giving anyone positive, negative or false hope, this is all we know from previous tweets.

 

[Mordecaidrake]

I thought only temp root was achieved? I'm sure s-off will be achieved, it's just a matter of time.

 

[Cares]

What's perm root but no s off? I thought they were mutually inclusive?

 

[xRogerxC]

What's perm root but no s off? I thought they were mutually inclusive?

Yeah, the dev in question has not provided proof of anything yet. I'm not trying to be negative, but until a method for S-off and root is published, it doesn't exist.

Sent via my HTC Rezound 4G LTE phone

 

[annduhroo]

I would seem that his particular method is frying SIM cards...

Edit: ^^^ as stated above ^^^

 

[SurfingJerry]

I'm new to android. What exactly is s-off. Obviously part of rooting, which I understand, but how is s-off different?

 

[Dovahkiin]

I'm new to android. What exactly is s-off. Obviously part of rooting, which I understand, but how is s-off different?

S-On = Security On
S-Off = Security Off

It's literally that simple, but the abbreviation makes it seem more complicated than it is.
Basically, it's the lock they have on the bootloader. Our goal as a community, with all credit going to the devs at work, is to acheive S-Off. By unlocking the phone, we can then flash custom ROMs and undervolted kernels. This way, we can receive Ice Cream Sandwich faster, and undervolted kernels can save us battery power at an even greater rate.
Needless to say, it's important to us.

 

[humpagardengnome]

Sadly, this threads a month old and all the promise it began w/ is vacant, curse you Verizon. I love ya, but your policies are like floatin terds that just swirl but never go down when ya flush. Open source dev. and it's fans under Big Reds contract deserve a chance to be heard, not served a plate of tough cookies and shut out. I shouldn't rant here about it but Lord knows it sure won't be heard by the suits making the policies. So I just needed to stomp my feet like a 3yr old for a minute. I'm good now.