Getting root on a Winkhub through UART
Channel: Josh Houghtelin
Date: 28/10/2016

Excuse the narrative, I was bored.

This video follows the guide written by Matt Carrier found here: https://mattcarrier.com/post/hacking-the-winkhub-part-1/

Rather than holding things in place with Legos, I just solder some male headers to the UART through holes.

The USB TTL adapter I used: http://us.banggood.com/Wholesale-Warehouse-USB-To-TTL-COM-Converter-Module-buildin-In-CP2102-New-wp-Usa-27989.html?p=0D17213812505201602T

I copy the wrong line of text around 4:02 so it loads the wrong kernel but the results are the same, a root shell. If you're following this you'll definitely want to copy the app_boot line, not the app_boot_bad line. =)