[PETITION] [MASS CONTACT APRIL 4] Requesting ASUS to Unlock the SBKv2 Devices

[yoyomonk]

Hey guys! I want to share a thought with you.

One of the best ways to expand the use of our devices is by being able to do what we wish to do with them. I hope to use my Asus Transformer for a long time. It's a phenomenal device with many options (as seen on SBKv1 devices with Ubuntu).

However, with SBKv2 devices, we seem to have hindered functionality and overall more caution. It isn't only about flashing custom ROMs and OSes. The fear of bricking a device is scarier for SBKv2 device since we do not have the means to use NVFlash.

So I want to propose an idea to you guys. How would you feel about organizing together as a community via petition/facebook posts/tweets to appeal to ASUS to release the Secure Boot Key? I feel as a community of tablet enthusiasts, we should allow our voices to be heard. It worked for the TF201, why not for us?

Edit 1:

Link to Petition
http://www.change.org/petitions/asus-release-the-secure-boot-key-for-b70-asus-transformer-devices#

We now have a petition. Let's organize to try to find a good goal for number of signatures and date of petition

Edit 2:
The tentative date to tweet Asus is April 4th. Later tonight, I will post the various facebook and twitter pages of Asus, as well as other contact information

 

[pissos13]

I'm in!
I thought that the unlocking would be released when the one for TF201 also was...

 

[wolf849]

I'm in. But add SBKv3 As well (TF101G)

 

[dozer123456]

+1 for NvFlash for SBK2

 

[luna_c666]

Need a twitter and facebook bomb.

I propose we do this on one day!! Within a few hours, so we need to make an announcement on what day/when to twitter/facebook bomb them with;

Releasing SBK2 and 3
Releasing the kernel source for ICS

It should be far enough away that a large crowd of XDAers can organize, if it occurs too soon then we won't have the numbers needed to make a point..

 

[asolodoff]

I'm in!

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[Wdustin1]

I have a v1 but count me in!

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[AlcoholicDoc]

I'll be all over this!!!

 

[linuques]

You have my support. Lets do it.

 

[mrevankyle]

I am all for getting the SBK unlocked and the kernel source released but spamming is NOT the way to do it. I would suggest a petition or to contact asus directly. spamming their social networks which is just plain disrespectful

 

[neoprint]

You have my sword

 

[josteink]

I would suggest a petition or to contact asus directly. spamming their social networks which is just plain disrespectful

Locking down devices which we are supposed to own is disrespectful.

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[henkiez]

i'm in ! hope its helps.

 

[jozka.1]

I'm in!

 

[kinjal]

+1

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[yoyomonk]

I am all for getting the SBK unlocked and the kernel source released but spamming is NOT the way to do it. I would suggest a petition or to contact asus directly. spamming their social networks which is just plain disrespectful

While I agree a petition would be effective, I also think using the power of social networking might be a beneficial use of resources. Social networks allow a mass of people to share their opinion, and we can be respectful in doing so.

What might be better is this: Maybe we should begin a petition, and once we reach a goal, we can try to use twitter to show Asus the petition.

What should our goal of the petition be? Can the mods give us an idea of how many people regularly visit these forums?

 

[schorote]

ok, hello xda, this is why i registered here.
in the last days i spent many hours with this topic on google and div. forums.

my is a tf101g, b80, and no sbk1
right now it runs revolver rom and cwm

so what i got in mind is (and plz correct me if i am wrong):

if you flash one part at a time, you dount brick your pad, so first get cwm working, than your rom.

while your rom is working, you can flash recovery as much as you like. visa versa, you can flash your rom as much as you like, as long as you keep your recovery. But this has been said in other topics allready.

so the unknown sbks just protect the apx mode, witch is nassesery to flash a new bootloader. but this is the most wanted part so far, to get a real linux native working. infact i dont like the way presented right now over nvflash, i would like to see a more different way, booting in normel mode should fire a menu like cwms menu to select diferent os to boot.

so there are 3 ways to get there, but i didnt done so much kernel coding to tell if its posible:
first would be a chainboot in front of the kernel (in good old dos you can start linux right away) and because its in the kernel you would not need to flash the bootloader
2nd way would be to get the actual sbk by try and error. like bruteforce, but i do not know how fast and in whitch way we could check different generated numbers to se if they are a working sbk, and if its legal.
3 pray and wait for asus to react.

would be nice if some one of those cool guys from cwm or rom builders or sbk detect could tell how wrong i am with my thougths or send me to hell

schorote

 

[mrevankyle]

first would be a chainboot in front of the kernel (in good old dos you can start linux right away) and because its in the kernel you would not need to flash the bootloader
2nd way would be to get the actual sbk by try and error. like bruteforce, but i do not know how fast and in whitch way we could check different generated numbers to se if they are a working sbk, and if its legal.
3 pray and wait for asus to react.

would be nice if some one of those cool guys from cwm or rom builders or sbk detect could tell how wrong i am with my thougths or send me to hell

schorote

Concidering we do not have the kernel source yet and no one really feels like doing any soldering on their table to get access to the partition i do not think the first option is very plausable although it may be possible with a lot of work

The SBK key for SBK1 is
: 0x1682CCD8 0x8A1A43EA 0xA532EEB6 0xECFE1D98
i think that may be difficult to crack and would require a whole lot of brute force and a smidge of ignorance

Asus will never release it without incentive but we must go about it smoothly to make sure asus keeps a good connection with the devs. We do not want what happened to the htc devs to happen to us. Sure they eventually got back on the good side but there was a long hard time where they got nothing because of how hard they pushed.

 

[Wdustin1]

true don't wanna make them mad. Unfortunately they hold all the cards here

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[clouse2013]

Im in for whatever we decide to do as well. They unlocked the Prime and its BS that ours still isn't.

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