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Sunmi v2 Unblock - install fresh OS - Root
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Sunmi v2 Unblock - install fresh OS - Root
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Kerossen2K
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Dec 28, 2016
Hi guys,
I have a sunmi v2 android PDA, and i want to remove blocked OS.
I can't find bootloader, or i dont know how to enter on it, also i want to install a recovery mode to flash a new ROM.
Someone can help me please with this problem?
Thank You.
I have a sunmi v2 android PDA, and i want to remove blocked OS.
I can't find bootloader, or i dont know how to enter on it, also i want to install a recovery mode to flash a new ROM.
Someone can help me please with this problem?
Thank You.
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kaz1233
New member
Apr 27, 2021
Hi, I have the same problem. Did you find a way to do it?
Can you tell me please?
Thank you
Can you tell me please?
Thank you
Locodgets!
Member
Oct 3, 2021
I have V.1.. Firstly, are you guys able to allow installation of apps from "Unknown Sources"?
Jack_the_Stripper
New member
Jan 11, 2022
Just wondering if you ever managed to load android onto the V2 and remove the Sunmi OS? I have managed to enable dev mode and allow untrusted sources but on installing google play services and store all I get is crash reports and have to factory reset.
Thanks
J
Thanks
J
wesleybr90
New member
Jul 5, 2016
Can you tell me what you did to install apps from untrusted sources? and what progress have you managed to make?
Jack_the_Stripper
New member
Jan 11, 2022
Can you tell me what you did to install apps from untrusted sources? and what progress have you managed to make?
To enable untrusted sources I had dev mode on but under security > device admin > unknown sources. I don't know if you need to enable dev mode to turn that on but if so go to about > build number > tap until it enables. I'm not really a software guy and was hoping someone on the internet would have a solution to rooting the device and maybe ADB it, I did ask a software engineer friend of mine and he did some research on them, these things talk to Sunmi's servers on boot with the current FW so they are heavily locked down, so progress wise for me is it's been in a drawer since January and I'm hoping someone will have a way to root the thing :S
Noob Sailbot
New member
Mar 31, 2022
So I have no idea about Android things but I bought secondhand Sunmi V2 that is locked on Glovo aplication.
For the last week I managed to do some research about that:
1. The thing runs custom OS with some kind of recovery-from-boot.p thing that prevents most of modifications, cause after reboot it reverts some system things.
2. I tried to use SP flash tool to do full backup, made mine scatter file and thing I have no idea about
3. Managed to download TWRP recovery to device recovery partition with use of SP flash tool, this did not do anything and the thing booted to Phoenix recovery as normal....
4. With the help of WWR 2.51 I managed to install applications on it...
5. Installed Kingroot, didnt do anything, installed, APKPure, works nice, Magisk, dont know how to root...
6. Tried installing google play, it says it is installed, cant uninstall it nor open it...
7. Can't and don't know how to enter fastboot...
8. I am afraid to flash complete ROM from some other same chipset device...
9. After powering up, Sunmi connects to its own server and does some kind of evil magic to preinstall software and settings.
10. I contacted Sunmi, they kinda don't want to help, cause I will resell device after unblocking it.
11. Fount "that guy" from youtube that does unlocking it, on the minus side he wants money for unlock... and from his videos he flashes complete EMMC_USER bin to device to unlock google play.
Do anyone know which steps can I take further to try to unlock it by myself?
I have some spare time at work to do this kind of playing around.
Update:
I managed to extract system.img from device and I am able to browse files on it, the plan is to see can i change some files and setting in it and reflash it back to device. This is all overwhelming to me as I have no experience in android development.
For the last week I managed to do some research about that:
1. The thing runs custom OS with some kind of recovery-from-boot.p thing that prevents most of modifications, cause after reboot it reverts some system things.
2. I tried to use SP flash tool to do full backup, made mine scatter file and thing I have no idea about
3. Managed to download TWRP recovery to device recovery partition with use of SP flash tool, this did not do anything and the thing booted to Phoenix recovery as normal....
4. With the help of WWR 2.51 I managed to install applications on it...
5. Installed Kingroot, didnt do anything, installed, APKPure, works nice, Magisk, dont know how to root...
6. Tried installing google play, it says it is installed, cant uninstall it nor open it...
7. Can't and don't know how to enter fastboot...
8. I am afraid to flash complete ROM from some other same chipset device...
9. After powering up, Sunmi connects to its own server and does some kind of evil magic to preinstall software and settings.
10. I contacted Sunmi, they kinda don't want to help, cause I will resell device after unblocking it.
11. Fount "that guy" from youtube that does unlocking it, on the minus side he wants money for unlock... and from his videos he flashes complete EMMC_USER bin to device to unlock google play.
Do anyone know which steps can I take further to try to unlock it by myself?
I have some spare time at work to do this kind of playing around.
Update:
I managed to extract system.img from device and I am able to browse files on it, the plan is to see can i change some files and setting in it and reflash it back to device. This is all overwhelming to me as I have no experience in android development.
Last edited: Apr 1, 2022
So I have no idea about Android things but I bought secondhand Sunmi V2 that is locked on Glovo aplication.
For the last week I managed to do some research about that:
1. The thing runs custom OS with some kind of recovery-from-boot.p thing that prevents most of modifications, cause after reboot it reverts some system things.
2. I tried to use SP flash tool to do full backup, made mine scatter file and thing I have no idea about
3. Managed to download TWRP recovery to device recovery partition with use of SP flash tool, this did not do anything and the thing booted to Phoenix recovery as normal....
4. With the help of WWR 2.51 I managed to install applications on it...
5. Installed Kingroot, didnt do anything, installed, APKPure, works nice, Magisk, dont know how to root...
6. Tried installing google play, it says it is installed, cant uninstall it nor open it...
7. Can't and don't know how to enter fastboot...
8. I am afraid to flash complete ROM from some other same chipset device...
9. After powering up, Sunmi connects to its own server and does some kind of evil magic to preinstall software and settings.
10. I contacted Sunmi, they kinda don't want to help, cause I will resell device after unblocking it.
11. Fount "that guy" from youtube that does unlocking it, on the minus side he wants money for unlock... and from his videos he flashes complete EMMC_USER bin to device to unlock google play.
Do anyone know which steps can I take further to try to unlock it by myself?
I have some spare time at work to do this kind of playing around.
Update:
I managed to extract system.img from device and I am able to browse files on it, the plan is to see can i change some files and setting in it and reflash it back to device. This is all overwhelming to me as I have no experience in android development.
Thank you for the update, Im following this thread to see how this goes. Im trying to unlock my Sunmi V1 too
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Noob Sailbot
New member
Mar 31, 2022
I managed to brick it, stuck at boot looping... Somehow I redownload boot and system from my backup with SP flash tool and got it working back again...
So I tried using ASSAYED Kitchen and remove some Bloatware, rebuild it, and upload it back to device, used two files: System.img and boot.img... This bricked my device.
What am I doing wrong? This must surely be my error. Do I need to do something to recovery partition?
UPDATE:
Managed to install custom recovery TWRP, made it myself using Carliv Image Kitchen
UPDATE 2:
Even thou TWRP seems working, It does not mount any partitions: /data, /system... Invalid argument...
Does anyone know how to fix it easy way? because I cant find too similar custom TWRP to Sunmi...
Any custom system.img that I flash with SP tool does not want to boot, never, and even if I only open ASSAYED Kitchen, do nothing and repack it. Is the only way to install it with TWRP?
So I tried using ASSAYED Kitchen and remove some Bloatware, rebuild it, and upload it back to device, used two files: System.img and boot.img... This bricked my device.
What am I doing wrong? This must surely be my error. Do I need to do something to recovery partition?
UPDATE:
Managed to install custom recovery TWRP, made it myself using Carliv Image Kitchen
UPDATE 2:
Even thou TWRP seems working, It does not mount any partitions: /data, /system... Invalid argument...
Does anyone know how to fix it easy way? because I cant find too similar custom TWRP to Sunmi...
Any custom system.img that I flash with SP tool does not want to boot, never, and even if I only open ASSAYED Kitchen, do nothing and repack it. Is the only way to install it with TWRP?
Last edited: Apr 8, 2022
Noob Sailbot
New member
Mar 31, 2022
BIG UPDATE:
I have done 99% of the job!
I could write full from zero to hero tutorial for this, but basically I used TWRP to recover /data/system/users/0/package-restrictions.xml and edit it as I pleased and unlock google play.
I have done 99% of the job!
I could write full from zero to hero tutorial for this, but basically I used TWRP to recover /data/system/users/0/package-restrictions.xml and edit it as I pleased and unlock google play.
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tantbb2027
New member
Apr 12, 2022
BIG UPDATE:
I have done 99% of the job!
I could write full from zero to hero tutorial for this, but basically I used TWRP to recover /data/system/users/0/package-restrictions.xml and edit it as I pleased and unlock google play.
I am also looking forward to the results you have done
So amazing!!
Noob Sailbot
New member
Mar 31, 2022
I am slowly loosing interest in this. Whatever I do it is just endless loop...
When I modify package-restrictions.xml and settings_secure.xml files I got GooglePlay and Maps and stuff, but first time you connect the device to internet, SunmiBaseService overwrites them with options used for this DeviceID.
I renamed this SunmiBaseService to something else, got this working, but then since the whole thing runs on this sunmi backbone you can't install any apk's. I can normally install apks using USB and enabled BaseService.
It would be best if I could have just normal Android on this thing since it is unusable if you block BaseService, and if you would do any system upgrade on some point in time it would overwrite and install this service by itself. Like I said, it is endless loop. Even after contacting sunmi my region cant't have this for private use.
I can provide all files used in this process, my scatter files, my TWRP recovery and else...
The question is is it possible to port clean Android to this device, like we install new windows on a PC?
When I modify package-restrictions.xml and settings_secure.xml files I got GooglePlay and Maps and stuff, but first time you connect the device to internet, SunmiBaseService overwrites them with options used for this DeviceID.
I renamed this SunmiBaseService to something else, got this working, but then since the whole thing runs on this sunmi backbone you can't install any apk's. I can normally install apks using USB and enabled BaseService.
It would be best if I could have just normal Android on this thing since it is unusable if you block BaseService, and if you would do any system upgrade on some point in time it would overwrite and install this service by itself. Like I said, it is endless loop. Even after contacting sunmi my region cant't have this for private use.
I can provide all files used in this process, my scatter files, my TWRP recovery and else...
The question is is it possible to port clean Android to this device, like we install new windows on a PC?
SpeedyUnlockers
New member
Apr 19, 2022
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Cheers Guys/Gals
We at Speedy Unlockers can unlock and return your device back to original use as an android unit.
We get rid of custom OS and install google play again, working as it should.
- Deliveroo
- FoodPanda
- Flipdish
- Any locked OS, we can remove it for you
Check us out at https://speedyhut.com/unlock/
Cheers Guys/Gals
Last edited: Apr 21, 2022
SpeedyUnlockers
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Apr 19, 2022
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- Flipdish
- Any locked OS, we can remove it for you
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Once purchased, download our preperation guide to get ready.
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Velcis Ribeiro
Senior Member
Jan 31, 2012
Porto Alegre
Hello guys, any news for Sunmi? I got one, but i wan't to remove the OS, or enable Play on it.
SpeedyUnlockers
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Apr 19, 2022
Hello guys, any news for Sunmi? I got one, but i wan't to remove the OS, or enable Play on it.
Hi Velcis
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Hi guys,
I have a sunmi v2 android PDA, and i want to remove blocked OS.
I can't find bootloader, or i dont know how to enter on it, also i want to install a recovery mode to flash a new ROM.
Someone can help me please with this problem?
Thank You.So I have no idea about Android things but I bought secondhand Sunmi V2 that is locked on Glovo aplication.
For the last week I managed to do some research about that:
1. The thing runs custom OS with some kind of recovery-from-boot.p thing that prevents most of modifications, cause after reboot it reverts some system things.
2. I tried to use SP flash tool to do full backup, made mine scatter file and thing I have no idea about
3. Managed to download TWRP recovery to device recovery partition with use of SP flash tool, this did not do anything and the thing booted to Phoenix recovery as normal....
4. With the help of WWR 2.51 I managed to install applications on it...
5. Installed Kingroot, didnt do anything, installed, APKPure, works nice, Magisk, dont know how to root...
6. Tried installing google play, it says it is installed, cant uninstall it nor open it...
7. Can't and don't know how to enter fastboot...
8. I am afraid to flash complete ROM from some other same chipset device...
9. After powering up, Sunmi connects to its own server and does some kind of evil magic to preinstall software and settings.
10. I contacted Sunmi, they kinda don't want to help, cause I will resell device after unblocking it.
11. Fount "that guy" from youtube that does unlocking it, on the minus side he wants money for unlock... and from his videos he flashes complete EMMC_USER bin to device to unlock google play.
Do anyone know which steps can I take further to try to unlock it by myself?
I have some spare time at work to do this kind of playing around.
Update:
I managed to extract system.img from device and I am able to browse files on it, the plan is to see can i change some files and setting in it and reflash it back to device. This is all overwhelming to me as I have no experience in android development.Thank you for the update, Im following this thread to see how this goes. Im trying to unlock my Sunmi V1 too
BIG UPDATE:
I have done 99% of the job!
I could write full from zero to hero tutorial for this, but basically I used TWRP to recover /data/system/users/0/package-restrictions.xml and edit it as I pleased and unlock google play.
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