Hacking Donating My Extra TX SX For Reverse Engineering

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Well if TX is smart about protecting their product they might do what other companies do with their electronics, at least from what I’ve seens in the audio industry with OPamps, where they cover all the components of the board with this black goo which is impossible to remove without destroying the whole thing... even though I highly doubt they will, will have to see

You can still get the payload out with clever use of a linux SoM running in gadget mode, that provides the proper VEN and ID, then just vacuums up the payload. The dongle wont know it from an actual switch, and will shoot the payload at it.

As for low cost alternatives:

The A5-V11 hardware ("3g / 4g router 150m" devices available from china, BOTH the "with battery" and "without battery") is a now KNOWN working platform for auto-injection of arbitrary FG payloads. The "with battery" version is self powering, and can also function as a portable USB power bank. (possibly making it useful on roadtrips for a little extra play time.)

Any number of other battery backed mini-routers could also be adapted, that target just happens to be very inexpensive and small. Retr0id's compact C-based fusee injector opens a lot of doors.

I am going to try again with the zsun pretty soon.

What we would need to see is if the payload itself further communicates with the dongle to get a unique ID that is used for activation of the tx os. We could then reverse the payload to further interrogate the dongle in the SoM gadgetmode rig to get that kind of information out, then reimplement the communication in a revised injector.
 
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You can still get the payload out with clever use of a linux SoM running in gadget mode, that provides the proper VEN and ID, then just vacuums up the payload. The dongle wont know it from an actual switch, and will shoot the payload at it.

As for low cost alternatives:

The A5-V11 hardware ("3g / 4g router 150m" devices available from china, BOTH the "with battery" and "without battery") is a now KNOWN working platform for auto-injection of arbitrary FG payloads. The "with battery" version is self powering, and can also function as a portable USB power bank. (possibly making it useful on roadtrips for a little extra play time.)

Any number of other battery backed mini-routers could also be adapted, that target just happens to be very inexpensive and small. Retr0id's compact C-based fusee injector opens a lot of doors.

I am going to try again with the zsun pretty soon.

What we would need to see is if the payload itself further communicates with the dongle to get a unique ID that is used for activation of the tx os. We could then reverse the payload to further interrogate the dongle in the SoM gadgetmode rig to get that kind of information out, then reimplement the communication in a revised injector.
I've got a Zsun on the way to mess with :)

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But here among us. What does the TX OS check in the console? so that it only works in one. And, could that "ID" be changed with the verified TX OS and placed on other consoles so that the TX OS can be used?
Either cracking the OS (harder) or changing the system's unique keys (easier, but will only boot CFW probably) would allow one to use SX OS on another console.
 

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Rei ...if you get this, could you post a disassembly here. Id LOVE to see the chips used.
They probably ripped the info from them, but anyway the dongle doesn't probably matter much as a device to send payloads we can use almost anything and Kate will release a DIY cheap chip to do it later...

We want is their software;).
 

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They probably ripped the info from them, but anyway the dongle doesn't probably matter much as a device to send payloads we can use almost anything and Kate will release a DIY cheap chip to do it later...

We want is their software;).
I just want to see the chips :>
 

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And I want the software... I would buy if it cost 10eur, but not the price TX asks just 4 the software to even require the same steps as launching atmosphere 4 free...

The hardware is probably not that much interesting and the magic is all in the software as the chip a lot of ppl already have in mind other devices that are way cheaper and can do the same or even using just a phone which goes with me already everywhere...

Ps: anyway I'm way more interested in seeing their solder version, can't wait to see some extra feature. Specially regarding to memory, that extra feature would buy me right away.
 
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And I want the software... I would buy if it cost 10eur, but not the price TX asks just 4 the software to even require the same steps as launching atmosphere 4 free...

The hardware is probably not that much interesting and the magic is all in the software as the chip a lot of ppl already have in mind other devices that are way cheaper and can do the same or even using just a phone which goes with me already everywhere...

Ps: anyway I'm way more interested in seeing their solder version, can't wait to see some extra feature. Specially regarding to memory, that extra feature would buy me right away.
Im not interested in the actual payload at all.
I prefer my games in physical condition and with online play <3
To each his own !
 

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I hate physical stuff... On my PC, PS3 or PS4 I only have bought digital games.

No more dvd\gamecart changing, just chose the game icon and it's loading. And at least on Sony side I also buy games at big discounts and don't need to wait for a dvd to arrive or do a ~80KM trip to the store to bring a game...
 

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