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OS 3.0.2 downgrade now possible with DowngradeFix
« on: June 15, 2011, 06:20:27 pm »
Good news! :)

If you have installed the 3.0.2 OS without the 3.0.1 Boot2 (so if you're still on the 1.4 Boot2), a new software way of downgrading the OS has just been released.

It just does the same thing as Nleash, but in a different way.


Check here:
http://ti.bank.free.fr/index.php?mod=news&ac=commentaires&id=1184


Note that unless they really want to, I don't credit new Nspire hacks developers anymore.
So the author of the tool is unknown in the TI-Bank database.


If you have installed the 3.0.1 Boot2, you'll still need to downgrade it with an RS232 interface, befor being able to remove the 3.0.2 OS downgrade protection with this new software tool.


Have fun.
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OS 3.0.2 downgrade now possible with DowngradeFix
« Reply #1 on: June 15, 2011, 08:09:49 pm »
You guys rock :w00t:
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Re: OS 3.0.2 downgrade now possible with DowngradeFix
« Reply #2 on: June 15, 2011, 10:56:12 pm »
Split topic and moving to news. This is awesome!
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Re: OS 3.0.2 downgrade now possible with DowngradeFix
« Reply #3 on: June 15, 2011, 10:57:14 pm »
This means we have code execution on 3.0.{1,2}?
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Re: OS 3.0.2 downgrade now possible with DowngradeFix
« Reply #4 on: June 15, 2011, 11:05:40 pm »
From what I gather on TI-BANK, when you installed OS 3.0.2 you must have ran it through TNOC first to remove Boot2 3.0, removing the other downgrade protection that was present in it. Now what you do to remove the 2nd anti-downgrade protection that is present in OS 3.0.2 itself, is that you delete the OS via maintenance menu, then send a fake OS called DowngradeFix that will launch ASM code, thanks to an exploit found in Boot2 1.4, removing the anti-downgrade protection.

One concern I have, though, is if it's compatible with the regular TI-Nspire? Because I only see a CAS file present in the download ???
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Re: OS 3.0.2 downgrade now possible with DowngradeFix
« Reply #5 on: June 15, 2011, 11:11:28 pm »
Damn, that was fast! O.O Great work guys!  :thumbsup:
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Re: OS 3.0.2 downgrade now possible with DowngradeFix
« Reply #6 on: June 15, 2011, 11:14:29 pm »
Quote from: Art_of_camelot on June 15, 2011, 11:11:28 pm
Damn, that was fast! O.O Great work guys!  ;D
^ It's amazing what you guys do over there.
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[21:10:36] <DJ_O> OS 3.0.3 just got released and DowngradeFix doesn't work in it :(
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[21:10:40] <DJ_O> j/k
« Last Edit: June 15, 2011, 11:15:52 pm by Deep Thought »
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Re: OS 3.0.2 downgrade now possible with DowngradeFix
« Reply #7 on: June 15, 2011, 11:16:23 pm »
just curious, are you using the same buffer overflow on zips as in the other ndless/nleash?
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Re: OS 3.0.2 downgrade now possible with DowngradeFix
« Reply #8 on: June 15, 2011, 11:21:07 pm »
Well, that's awesome, good job guys :)
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Re: OS 3.0.2 downgrade now possible with DowngradeFix
« Reply #9 on: June 16, 2011, 12:48:49 am »
Quote from: Deep Thought on June 15, 2011, 11:14:29 pm
Quote from: Art_of_camelot on June 15, 2011, 11:11:28 pm
Damn, that was fast! O.O Great work guys!  ;D
^ It's amazing what you guys do over there.
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[21:10:36] <DJ_O> OS 3.0.3 just got released and DowngradeFix doesn't work in it :(
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[21:10:40] <DJ_O> j/k
THat said, they responded quite fast to the TNOC downgrade breaking on OS 3.0.1 D:
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Re: OS 3.0.2 downgrade now possible with DowngradeFix
« Reply #10 on: June 16, 2011, 03:36:33 am »
Yay. great work, whoever did it.
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Re: OS 3.0.2 downgrade now possible with DowngradeFix
« Reply #11 on: June 16, 2011, 03:37:52 am »
Wow, this is great news! Congratulations to all the people who made this possible :)
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Re: OS 3.0.2 downgrade now possible with DowngradeFix
« Reply #12 on: June 16, 2011, 05:52:44 am »
The Boot2 1.4 is the same on CAS and non-CAS.

So just rename the tnc extension into tno and you can send the file on a non-CAS.


But as said in the end of my news, DowngradeFix is not a "good" solution.
You need the old 1.4 Boot2.

Most people with the 3.0.2 OS will also have the 3.0.1 Boot2 (which came preloaded into their Nspire, or which they didn't remove before updating as they weren't aware of the problem).

And in that configuration, there is currently no way to downgrade through software... :(
You cannot execute Asm code at the 3.0.1 Boot2 "Install OS" screen, and you need an RS232 interface to downgrade the Boot2... Although it's quite cheap, to my advice very few people are going to deal with that... :(
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Re: OS 3.0.2 downgrade now possible with DowngradeFix
« Reply #13 on: June 16, 2011, 06:18:23 am »
Good to see this file released - I wondered if, and when, it would be released :)

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just curious, are you using the same buffer overflow on zips as in the other ndless/nleash?
Nope, this is something completely different :)
boot2 1.4.1571 has a stack-based buffer overflow in its OS parsing code.
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Re: OS 3.0.2 downgrade now possible with DowngradeFix
« Reply #14 on: June 16, 2011, 06:21:22 am »
I already bought the RS232, just in case :P

And now I'll upgrade to 3.0.2 after «TNOCing» it :D
what diferences will I find between 3.0.1 and 3.0.2 others than the bugs fixed?
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