What is advantage of SoftSPL?

[mirekluza]

Ok, I know it is a clever thing... But what it brings to normal user... Shelltools work. Sometime it does not end, so I cut it after 30 minutes - no problem, everything is ok. No need to check the ROM safety. What is better on SoftSPL? Is there something which shelltool cannot do?
I am not ironic, I am relly interested in knowing
Mirek

[dharvey4651]

Ok, I know it is a clever thing... But what it brings to normal user... Shelltools work. Sometime it does not end, so I cut it after 30 minutes - no problem, everything is ok. No need to check the ROM safety. What is better on SoftSPL? Is there something which shelltool cannot do?
I am not ironic, I am relly interested in knowing
Mirek

SoftSPL tempoorarily CID unlocks your G4 device and allows you to upgrade via RUU instead of shelltool. It can flash some roms that shelltool can not.

I was unable to flash faria's The Real Thing rom with shelltool but it finished flashing in 6 minutes with SoftSPL. It can also flash roms that include custom splash screens and radios all at once instead of just flashing the OS.

There are your advantages. I hope this helps you make up your mind. :)

P.S. - I'm not making any of this up... I just got my G3 yesterday so I was using SoftSPL before I got my G3 which is now CID unlocked..

[the-equinoxe]

- Soft SPL is designed to fake your CID into superCID, and it starts the normal RUU.
- Shelltool is an alternative, it doesn't beat the RUU, especialy not the fast sSPL/hard-SPL.

[mirekluza]

Thanks. Though just a small comment to shelltools not being able to flash some ROMs - I think it is not true - I flashed at least 8 different ROMs ok, including the mentioned "faria real thing" - actually this was my first ROM.
But anyway - it is better to have more options to do the same and I guess SoftSPL has more potentiall for future development.
Mirek

[mestrini]

One thing G4 CID locked owners should do (in case it proves to be possible) is to enter sSPL bootloader and do a 'r2sd all' backup to an SD card ;)

[starkwong]

However...although it is possible to make a backup to SD Card in CID-locked G4, however if something messed up, then sSPL should be unable to be loaded, and OS should also be unable to restore because of the security level problem, right?

[the-equinoxe]

However...although it is possible to make a backup to SD Card in CID-locked G4, however if something messed up, then sSPL should be unable to be loaded, and OS should also be unable to restore because of the security level problem, right?

almost true, but if you are stuck on true bootloader, then you won't be able to use the sSPL, it only works from within WM.

That would only work with a hardSPL

[mestrini]

However...although it is possible to make a backup to SD Card in CID-locked G4, however if something messed up, then sSPL should be unable to be loaded, and OS should also be unable to restore because of the security level problem, right?

Who knows? Bootloader checks security level before allowing 'r2sd all' but it never mentions it when restoring... maybe it doesn't check.

[the-equinoxe]

Who knows? Bootloader checks security level before allowing 'r2sd all' but it never mentions it when restoring... maybe it doesn't check.
I couldn't restore a r2SD sd after I relocked the CID for testing purposes.
So a sSPL created r2SD SD won't work without sSPL.
You could try to put the r2SD sd IN and then start sSPL..