Guest PaulOBrien Posted September 30, 2013 Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 I am currently looking for a handful of Beta testers for my Hudl root.Pre-requisites:The ability to laugh in the face of dangerComplete disregard for the wellbeing of their tabletNerves of steelA Hudl running software version 20130923.020558A Linux machine from which to perform the rootBasic knowledge of how to download a zip file, extract it, then run a script from the terminalIs this you? Then reply below! :)P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest glossywhite Posted September 30, 2013 Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 I am currently looking for a handful of Beta testers for my Hudl root. Pre-requisites: The ability to laugh in the face of danger Complete disregard for the wellbeing of their tablet Nerves of steel A Hudl running software version 20130923.020558 A Linux machine from which to perform the root Basic knowledge of how to download a zip file, extract it, then run a script from the terminal Is this you? Then reply below! :) P Yep it's me. Go for it... spill the beans... :) Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Blundell Posted September 30, 2013 Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 Have to check what build number I've got tomorrow but sure, what's the next step? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 Hi Sign me up! Comfortable with Linux.. Unsure of the build version, basically got the hudl home a couple of hours ago.. (first android device, however ive been jailbreaking iOS devices for about 5 years), havent updated the firmware to "version 1.2" to be safe, I decided to sniff the update procedure in wireshark (requests to device.mobile.tesco.com and d21u4yd4ydm3pd.cloudfront.net seem interesting) attempting to spoof the update procedure into exiting without finding an update on the server however its all TLS encrypted :( Also tried exploring the filesystem with gMTP but its correctly sandboxed.. therefore i have a q 1) is it ok to download the initial update to the device, so i can actually use the bloody thing before rooting it? :) Other than that let me know how/when you want me to test it Cheers, Ltf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PaulOBrien Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 Check the build number in Settings -> About -> Hudl updates.Yeah, go ahead and do the initial update - I tried to wireshark it and failed too! :(P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PaulOBrien Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 Root instructions PM'd to you three!P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest darknessss Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 Yes please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TescoHudl Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 Hi, I'm also interested in this; any chance i can have the root instructions also? Cheers. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tautology Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 I joined the forum just to find out more details on rooting the Hudl :-) In terms of intercepting the updates, the process appears to use certificate pinning to ensure it talks properly to the backend server (I decompiled and baksmali'd the appupdater package). Intercepting it using burp caused it to fail. I was trying to root it through DNS poisoning, but the certificate checks failed me. More than happy with using Linux and an old hand at getting Android to do stuff for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MrAkufu Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 Sign me up too. I have everything I need ready! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PaulOBrien Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 learntofly has rooted his device and confirmed all is well. Sending some more instructions now! :)P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TescoHudl Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 (edited) Sending some more instructions now! :) P Thank you, that's great. Edited October 1, 2013 by TescoHudl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BASS4V Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 Hey guys was poppin? Very much interested in being a beta tester. I have most OS at my disposal and am very comfortable with rooting. I all ears if you want to include me as soon as. Tesco have really restricted the potential of this Archos designed tablet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest glossywhite Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 Paul, do you use "git" to store patches, root tools etc? I'm currently researching it - seems the efficient, logical way to work. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tautology Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 It worked perfectly and I've browsed to /data/data which normally indicates root or system through ES FIle Manager. The only problem was getting the utility to work, due to driver problems on my Window box I ended up using a Linux VM on my work laptop which was 32 bit Fedora, meaning I had to download a compile a whole load of stuff to get it working. I want to see whether I can mangle the Tesco apps, so a bit of decompiling may be in order! I'd already noticed it had busybox, so I can now put sqlite3 and gdbserver and have a good cheap tablet for some Jelly Bean hackery! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MrAkufu Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 Works fantastically well. No issues thus far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BASS4V Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 Can someone please message me the method... Been waiting for a while Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 @BASS4V check your inbox i replied to you earlier today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PaulOBrien Posted October 2, 2013 Report Share Posted October 2, 2013 Paul, do you use "git" to store patches, root tools etc? I'm currently researching it - seems the efficient, logical way to work.Thanks.I use git via Bitbucket for lots of things. Can someone please message me the method... Been waiting for a whileIt's stickied in the Hudl forum now.P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BASS4V Posted October 2, 2013 Report Share Posted October 2, 2013 Guys could I get some help, i keep getting met with no such command or directory when running the sudo script in terminal. I am running the latest ubuntu through virtual box on my mac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PaulOBrien Posted October 2, 2013 Report Share Posted October 2, 2013 'apt-get install sudo' first BASS4V.P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BASS4V Posted October 2, 2013 Report Share Posted October 2, 2013 Aahhh...so that should sort out that problem right?! Or could there be anything else ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PaulOBrien Posted October 2, 2013 Report Share Posted October 2, 2013 Well, that should sort out the problem, of course.P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PaulOBrien Posted October 2, 2013 Report Share Posted October 2, 2013 Closing this topic as the root is now out of Beta.P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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