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I got curious about what you actually did in your phone hacking days only to go to your profile and discover that you're the person behind unrevoked. My first

I got curious about what you actually did in your phone hacking days only to go to your profile and discover that you're the person behind unrevoked. My first ever phone was the Evo 4G and I spent many hours tinkering with it and running ROMs thanks to unrevoked so let this be a belated thank you for your efforts.

mmastrac 12y ago
There was a bunch of us in the unrevoked days that contributed to the success of the project (everything from the userland parts to the UI that actually drove the installer). I was one of the guys deep in the radio for hours at a time, and occasionally the Android system source but it was definitely a high-functioning team that made it happen. :) The Evo4G was our first and biggest coup, and we used that as a shim to get lots of press coverage shaming the carriers and manufacturers, as well as contacts inside of both HTC and Sprint that led to our eventual "victory" with HTC's official unlock program. Glad you found it useful!
- L_Rahman 12y ago
  The early days of Android were really something else. Today we're fortunate enough to be able to take Nexus devices, one line bootloader unlocks and production devices shipping with CyanogenMod for granted. What are you working now that you're no longer spending inordinate amounts of time unlocking phones?
  - JshWright 12y ago
    You must not be a Verizon customer...
    - gcb0 12y ago
      You are because you want to. Also, the grandpatent post that eats the marketing BS of the nexus devices... You still don't have access to ALL the hardware. You can only use alternative versions of Android that Google provided you with because you have to reuse driver binary blobs and such. So stop spreading that falsehood.
      - icebraining 12y ago
        What falsehood did grandparent wrote? All s/he claimed is that you can unlock the bootloader and run CyanogenMod, nobody said anything about having "access to ALL the hardware".
      - eropple 12y ago
        The post you refer to said nothing about "all the hardware" and Ubuntu seems to be able to get along with binary blob drivers on Nexus devices, besides. Who's spreading falsehoods, here?
      - L_Rahman 12y ago
        I'm under no delusions that I have access to all the hardware and I hope there comes a day when we do. Till then however, it would be unfair to not acknowledge that we have made some strides in gaining more access to our devices by default compared to just a few years ago.
        gcb0 12y ago
        How? I still can't put a new kernel and use my radio chip, audio chip, camera, digitizer... Exactly the same as the first nexus. In fact it was a little better with the g1 :)
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mmastrac 12y ago

There was a bunch of us in the unrevoked days that contributed to the success of the project (everything from the userland parts to the UI that actually drove the installer). I was one of the guys deep in the radio for hours at a time, and occasionally the Android system source but it was definitely a high-functioning team that made it happen. :) The Evo4G was our first and biggest coup, and we used that as a shim to get lots of press coverage shaming the carriers and manufacturers, as well as contacts inside of both HTC and Sprint that led to our eventual "victory" with HTC's official unlock program. Glad you found it useful!

L_Rahman 12y ago
The early days of Android were really something else. Today we're fortunate enough to be able to take Nexus devices, one line bootloader unlocks and production devices shipping with CyanogenMod for granted. What are you working now that you're no longer spending inordinate amounts of time unlocking phones?
- JshWright 12y ago
  You must not be a Verizon customer...
  - gcb0 12y ago
    You are because you want to. Also, the grandpatent post that eats the marketing BS of the nexus devices... You still don't have access to ALL the hardware. You can only use alternative versions of Android that Google provided you with because you have to reuse driver binary blobs and such. So stop spreading that falsehood.
    - icebraining 12y ago
      What falsehood did grandparent wrote? All s/he claimed is that you can unlock the bootloader and run CyanogenMod, nobody said anything about having "access to ALL the hardware".
    - eropple 12y ago
      The post you refer to said nothing about "all the hardware" and Ubuntu seems to be able to get along with binary blob drivers on Nexus devices, besides. Who's spreading falsehoods, here?
    - L_Rahman 12y ago
      I'm under no delusions that I have access to all the hardware and I hope there comes a day when we do. Till then however, it would be unfair to not acknowledge that we have made some strides in gaining more access to our devices by default compared to just a few years ago.
      - gcb0 12y ago
        How? I still can't put a new kernel and use my radio chip, audio chip, camera, digitizer... Exactly the same as the first nexus. In fact it was a little better with the g1 :)
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