How I Freed My Android Tablet: A Journey in Reverse Engineering
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Ray Tayek
Nov 7, 2016, 1:31:36 PM11/7/16
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Posted by EditorDavid from the longing-for-Linux dept.
Slashdot reader ttsiod is an
embedded software engineer at the European Space Agency, and
shares this story about his quest to "dominate" his new tablet:
Just like it's predecessor, I wanted to run a Debian chroot
inside it -- that would allow me to apt-get install
and run things like Privoxy, SSH SOCKS/VPN tunnels, Flask
mini-servers, etc; and in general allow me to stay in control.
But there was no open-source way to do this... and I could
never trust "one-click roots" that communicate with servers in
China... It took me weeks to reverse
engineer my tablet -- and finally succeed in becoming root.
The journey was quite interesting, and included both hardware
and software tinkering. I learned a lot while doing it -- and
wanted to share the experience with my fellow Slashdotters...
He writes that "I trust Debian. Far more than I trust the Android ecosystem," and describes everything from how he probed the boot process and created his own boot image to hunting for a way "to tell SELinux to get off my lawn".
He writes that "I trust Debian. Far more than I trust the Android ecosystem," and describes everything from how he probed the boot process and created his own boot image to hunting for a way "to tell SELinux to get off my lawn".
-- Honesty is a very expensive gift. So, don't expect it from cheap people - Warren Buffett http://tayek.com/
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