Puzzled after testpoint & PDS repair

[JHanko]

Good evening gents...and ladies
I recently did a testpoint unlock and PDS repair. All went well with the help of this great forum. I just noticed that my BL is now 0A.30 and it was 0A.52 before the unlock. My questions are: How did it get changed and are there any advantages of having one over the other? I have no complaints as the phone is still working great. I would just like to have a better understanding of whats going on. Thanks,

Jeff

[BF]

the pds repair wrote the 0a.30 bootloader to it.

0a.30 supports rsa-removal and 0a.52 doesnt

[Dumba]

Its nice to have the older not so protected BL , but except unlock, which you have done, and the chance of RSA- removal ( which would allow you to patch, if there were any patches for the v3r, lol.) it gives no advantage or disadvantage. It doesn't make the phone slower or anything else. If you can, keep the lower bootloader just in case that in the future it might come in handy for patches.

[BF]

you could try this if you want:
New method for RSA-Removal
Success can be verified by changing the bootscreen, but if it starts up after you do the guide, it was successful

Always have a working backup when you mess with firmware

I don't know how similar V3i and V3r f/w is, but if they are similar, I could try porting some V3i patches for you. Specifically the ones to run iTunes

[Dumba]

Thanks B. but we only have less then 10mb memory and no slot, so no iTunes,lol. It isn't much there to be added with patches yet.

[BF]

Thanks B. but we only have less then 10mb memory and no slot, so no iTunes,lol. It isn't much there to be added with patches yet.

I didn't even realize V3r had no SD slot...
Think i'll go back to L7/L9 forums

Wait, you could create the db through the phone, and have a cool way to listen to your ringtones!!.... LOL... nevermind...

[mikekay10]

Both of them?

LOL

Wait, you could create the db through the phone, and have a cool way to listen to your ringtones!!.... nevermind...

[Dumba]

Hey, you two. I like my jingles, lol.

[BF]

Both of them?

LOL

Yup!, both of them
But I am stuck on L9 right now... There's just nothing left to do until I can get this RSA removed.... I miss messing with firmware

[JHanko]

you could try this if you want:
New method for RSA-Removal
Success can be verified by changing the bootscreen, but if it starts up after you do the guide, it was successful

Always have a working backup when you mess with firmware

I don't know how similar V3i and V3r f/w is, but if they are similar, I could try porting some V3i patches for you. Specifically the ones to run iTunes

I have already removed RSA. My first attempt at changing the "Hellomoto" splash screen resulted in a brick with critical errors. A stock reflash brought it back to life. BTW, will flashing with a stock backup re-enable RSA? I don't have time to attempt the splash screen change again right now, but I'll update when I do. Thanks,

Jeff

[BF]

I have already removed RSA. My first attempt at changing the "Hellomoto" splash screen resulted in a brick with critical errors. A stock reflash brought it back to life. BTW, will flashing with a stock backup re-enable RSA? I don't have time to attempt the splash screen change again right now, but I'll update when I do. Thanks,

Jeff

yes, it will reinstate rsa protection. and your critical error was either because you didnt flash cg1, cg3, cg7, cg18 all together, or some of them werent patched for rsaremoval, or because the wrong cg1 offsets got changed.

might be best to do it all at once. take your cg1,3,7,18 backup. then use the new rsaguide removal guide to remove rsa protection. then split your flash. use the samsung imager to change the bootscreen because it is handy for finding unknown offset locations for the splash, then recalc checksum, make new .shx, and flash

[JHanko]

Well, I fianally got it! Thanks for all your help. Just for reference: V3R R4515....D3R "Hellomoto" splash screen offset is 51B727.
[V3R R4515...D3R]
Hellomoto=51B727
Welcome=

Thanks again, and if there's anything I can do for you, Please ask!

Jeff

[BF]

maybe ill look into porting some patches then and u can test them... im sure some people would like patches such as 'clear sound and vibration' and 'itap 15k'... just general usability enhancments..

[JHanko]

maybe ill look into porting some patches then and u can test them... im sure some people would like patches such as 'clear sound and vibration' and 'itap 15k'... just general usability enhancments..

Sounds good.. Thanks,

Jeff