On Wed, 02 Sep 2015 12:57:00 +0200 Paul van der Vlis <p...@vandervlis.nl> wrote:
> > PS: Note that the galaxy nexus has a proprietary and signed > > bootloader, so I wonder how much time it's worth. > > Do you know any Android phone with a free bootloader?? Yes. Phones that can be supported by Replicant, given enough work for it: * The GTA04. * The LG Optimus black. Can be found second hand real cheap. * The Neo900, probably not released yet. Background information: ----------------------- For most phones, the SOC(System on a chip) contains some (ARM) code burned into the chip, this code is read-only. This is commonly called the bootrom. That code is executed first, it's then responsible for loading the bootloader from storage(microSD, flash, etc). On most phones that bootrom verify the bootloader signature, here however theses 3 phones are left unlocked, so you can run whatever you want. The Openmoko GTA01 and GTA02 also have no signature checking activated, but they're way too slow. There is also a more recent LG phone which signing private key has leaked. We'd need to check with the SFLC before doing anything. I also wonder if that private key could sign bootloaders for other LG phones. Denis.
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