IGGYNo Guru Just Here To HelpPremium,MVM
join:2001-03-30
Chatham, IL | Thought this was a no no topic The software has been out for a bit now. Didn't realize till just now that it had become such a big deal. I'll have to read the other replies and the article in detail to find out if it's become widely used. I hadn't read anything in regards to it's use becoming as popular as previous forms of uncapping software released from this same group. This new software doesn't seem to have a working version in relation to the SB5100. Am I to assume that Motorola made design changes in the product? So that this type of hack is no longer possible?
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 Elite
join:2002-10-03
Orange, CT | Most of the modems that can be uncapped/are uncapped are SB4100s and SB4200s (a few SB3100s too) but SOME other modems can be uncapped. Many ISPs push firmware that cannot be uncapped and cannot be changed (without some advanced hacking of the modem).
Examples:
SB4100 - versions 4.4.2 and up are secure*
SB4200 - versions 4.4.2 and up are secure*
SB5100 - Currently all versions of firmware are secure (This modem cannot be hacked with a firmware change because no hacked firmware exists).
* = Changing the firmware with a boot interface is possible on the SB4100 and SB4200 but requires advanced hacking of the modem.
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IGGYNo Guru Just Here To HelpPremium,MVM
join:2001-03-30
Chatham, IL | "SB5100 - Currently all versions of firmware are secure (This modem cannot be hacked with a firmware change because no hacked firmware exists)."
It was my understanding that there had been some success with the 1st version of the SB5100 firmware. Which my ISP still uses that version for the SB5100. But maybe I misread. The old SB3100 sure was fun to play with a few years back though.:)
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said by Elite:
* = Changing the firmware with a boot interface is possible on the SB4100 and SB4200 but requires advanced hacking of the modem.
hehehe its not that advanced.. all you are doing it using an IC and placing jumpers to the correct pins.. After that you use hyperterminal (or telnet client in win9x) to connect to the modem, hit 2 for the modem to download the vxworks.st off your ftp, then having your modem boot w/ temp new fw.
If people are affraid to use a solder iron you can simply use a solderless breadboard and make everything in under 10mins minus the burns and frustration.  |
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