A thread of (ir)relevant things surrounding the Vortex V3.

To Be Filled By O.E.M.

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The Specification Things:
CPU: 4x ARM Cortex-A53 @ 1.5GHz
Chipset: MediaTek MT6737
GPU: Imagination Technologies PowerVR GE8100
RAM: 2GB
Storage: 16GB eMMC
Ports: 1x USB-C
Connectivity: WiFi ...

Here you can see all the relevant and easily accessible test points of the device, they are hidden behind the label with the model, S/N etc.
From left to right:

1v8, FORCE_USB_BOOT (EDL), GND, Tx, Rx

So, you want to replace the stock bootloader with something slightly saner? Come with me, I will show you how i proceeded and how you can replicate it!


[odsek]
lk2nd bringup

First, I downloaded a precompiled lk2nd-msm8952 (since the MSM8956 is seemingly from the same family/related to it) and ...

SBL logs + initial dmesg

Format: Log Type - Time(microsec) - Message - Optional Info
Log Type: B - Since Boot(Power On Reset), D - Delta, S - Statistic
S - QC_IMAGE_VERSION_STRING=BOOT.BF.3.3.C3-00002
S - IMAGE_VARIANT_STRING=EAASANAZA
S - OEM_IMAGE_VERSION_STRING=ny21gitapp04
S - Boot Config ...

So... you would expect that you can root this like any other device, right? well, mostly.

After I dumped the boot.img from the eMMC i started it back up, installed Magisk, patched the boot image and tried to fastboot boot it at first. To my surprise, it accepted the custom boot.img, and started up ...

I wanted to dump the firmware on this, so i can have it backed up, that i can root it, and analyze it or god knows whatever people that know stuff do.

i started researching the internet to see what people have done to this device, and similar units.
I stumbled across this XDA (blergh, what happened ...

...I am going to murder every single person involved on creating this annoying piece of shit bootloader.

aaanyways.. one of the problems that it has, is that it is "locked", not in the classic "you cant boot custom binaries on it until you unlock it" but rather in the sense of "you cant execute a ...

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A thread of (ir)relevant things surrounding the Zebra TC56 (falcon/ironman) or potentially other devices based on the atlas platform. It's a quite underwhelming* Android barcode scanner shitter thingy.

To Be Filled By O.E.M. - considering that there is still ongoing experiments ...

To be filled by O.E.M.

To be filled by O.E.M.