yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bastard81:
the phone has not had many updates suspects. But customer service said that we should not upgrade the system leaves a bad taste in your mouth ... is to think that there is something under .... I look forward to some skillful developer decides to prepare a better rom than the original.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] akikoo:
The online store's customer service can not help you with the phone when the

OTA update breaks its functionality.

You should direct your anger at Silent Circle.

https://support.silentcircle.com/customer/portal/emails/new
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bastard81:
just wrote to customer service, waiting to have their answer. ;)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] kenfalco_14:
Bought phone on myefox.it at the end of december made two updates, 3.04 and 3.07 good for battery optimizationand security. Yesterday this last one, this morning surprise, phone can't make nothing, only whats app works, no music, no pics, no wifi, no surf, no phone, nothing. Sent mail to myefox, no responde until now...S

Thank very very much to doks for this very good rom.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] icke88:
thanks so much, had the same problem after updating.

First I was thinking that i lost my imei with installing the update (because after the rom 3.0.8 was disabled, there was no imei in the settings -> informations).

Do anybody have a 3.0.4 or 3.0.6 (raw, not na) and would share it? I don't like the 3.0.7

Thanks
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Donkey5:
It is again so obvious that this is a dam chinese fake, a original security vendor would never sell the phone without an update. I believed all the users that bought that its authorised resellers or from Silent circle's website itself would not face such an issue.

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I took a look at the video on antelife. The charger, cable and accessories are all non-silent circle!!! OMG!! These a*hole took advantage of buyers ignorance of what is an authentic product and pirated it all. Now, i am wondering where their battery comes from.... i hope not another samsung note case.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] akikoo:
The product's quality is top notch. How did you see that those products were not by Silent Circle?

It's Silent Circle that let us down.

Edit: The proof that the phone is by Silent Circle is that the ROM download doxz was able to find installs _without any problems_ into these phones.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Donkey5:
Ya!! SC let us down!! They dam idiots! Selling $650 on their website, together with their official resellers sites. So stupid! What a stupid way to do business. Allowing antelife, efox and coolicool to sell at $130 to cannibalize their own business, and fooled those who thought it was authentic! Just like how ppl could believe that an brand new ipad, never used, selling at a ridiculously low price is not a scam! It was Rolex's fault too when there are peddlers in streets of new york selling Rolex. No one could tell that it was fake. Dam bloodly Rolex!

i bought mine original one from Silent Circle's partner Dialoghub in HK.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] yvanoszb:
This seems strange to me, because it was in the advertisment of the page of efox, that security issues are solved within 72 hours with an update. Now they tell not to update the system - this is hillarious.

The phones look and feel prety original. I don't think they are cheap copies - but I could imagine a deal between the factory and the seller because, as you can read in different news, the blackphone sold bad and Silent Circle got in money problems.

So how could we solve the problem? How are the phones blocked? Could we patch that?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] kovikee:
I also bought one for antelife.com...

I open one dispute is PayPal...

Antelife (AUKEY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED) wrote:

Do not worry, the phone is original, the original phone system does not have multiple languages, we Brush home-made system, but can not upgraded, we will provide a ROM to you solve your problem later.

What do you think PayPal full refund??
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Mcgiver59:
I think the BP2 is not a copy. Simply that Silent Circle is not very honest. What interest for Antelife, MyEfox, CooliCool to make a copy of an unknown smartphone for a large majority of us all.

Silent Circle blocked the IMEI codes to bug us. The only interest of this smartphone is its price and certainly Silent OS which is a big ****.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] kovikee:
​

I do not think **** because almost stock android, but it is not worth 600-800$... Silent Circle is not fair...
[Miscellaneous Android Development] AntonioXVII:
Drivers

Anyone has the drivers? Maybe i can put the rom from ADB if i have the drivers, because only let pur the comand "sideload" and if i put another comand as for example "adb install <file>" return "close" .. so maybe i need the drivers. Anyone have them? or where can i get it? :confused::(
[Miscellaneous Android Development] c_masucco:
Hi, I have ROW version, could I install NA version? I'm from Argentina and I need LTE B4, ROW doesn't has it.

Thanks!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Mcgiver59:
Does anyone have a solution for Root?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] kenfalco_14:
This guy is a beaver...
[Miscellaneous Android Development] talon1812:
Driver for Blackphone 2

Did you ever get the usb driver for this phone?? It is very elusive. Silent Circle really sucks. I bought my phone from Coolicool.com and OTA to latest 3.08 renders the phone useless. No sound, no wi-fi and the Silent Circle OS is disabled as well. This is really crappy for Silent Circle to do this.

I don't know if these are black or gray market phones, but it still sucks. So far, I have been totally unimpressed with the phone, but I have it, so I'd like to get it working again.

Coolicool sent me a link for the ROM to flash it, but no directions. Can't flash from SD card, because it doesn't have one. Doesn't recognize OTG drive.

This phone is a great big pain in the ass.

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I also bought mine from Coolicool.com, which is AUKEY. I didn't realize that they were the same company.

Mine is now disabled with no sound, no wi-fi and Silent OS is disabled as well.

Coolicool sent me a link for the ROM to flash it back, but NO directions, which flash program is everyone using for this phone??? No USB driver.

https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0B-lxI3zjIYCmbEhGNno1ZDlwczQ&export=download

There is the link that they sent me.

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Coolicool sent me the link for the ROM to flash back. Mine was disable, too.

Are these black or gray market phones??? WTF??

https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0B-lxI3zjIYCmbEhGNno1ZDlwczQ&export=download
[Miscellaneous Android Development] kovikee:
Antelife (AUKEY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED) wrote:

the phone is quality product.

but the original blackphone just have english and chinese ,we add others languages with it ,so the system of phone couldn't be update ,

if you update it ,the phone couldn't be used .,

if you already update the phone ,and have problems ,we have a ROM of phone ,and we can give you to resolve the problems ,don't worry ,

thanks
[Miscellaneous Android Development] akikoo:
Please ask coolicool how to flash that rar file. It contains rom version 3.0.3a.

The other rom files are zip files which can be installed through the phone's own recovery menu.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] altrin:
Thanks for the ota 3.0.7. I updated my phone from 3.0.4 in 3.0.7. Work great.

I am waiting for trusted update. I buy this phone from Aukey and I like this phone.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Mcgiver59:
The Rom 3.0.7 works very well.

Why put in 3.0.3a ?

My bp2 was running with rom 3.0.8 before Silent Circle upgraded to 3.0.8.p.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] fabi_92:
sorry but .... you saying too many stupid things.

Inviato dal mio Nexus 5 utilizzando Tapatalk
[Miscellaneous Android Development] kenfalco_14:
Don't care about him, he's another beaver...
[Miscellaneous Android Development] loaded2107:
silent-circle-bricks-grey-market-blackphones-with-os-update/
[Miscellaneous Android Development] kovikee:
This would have wrote in November and you can not take it....
[Miscellaneous Android Development] yvanoszb:
Was anybody able to find out the reason our phones are blocked? Do they use the imei number? Or are there any other hardwareparts which make the identification of chinese sold phones?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Donkey5:
https://androidcommunity.com/silent...f-blackphone-2-with-software-update-20170130/

They caught clones and chinese taking out of the manufacturing line to sell.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] kenfalco_14:
System offers me two updates: OTA BP2 3.3.0 and Setup wizard 3.0.5. Useless telling better to not make it...:cool:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Donkey5:
I am telling you!! This phone is not original and the accessories in the box such as charger and cable are not original too from what i saw on the website. With these, i am assuming that the parts used in your stolen phone are not original too including the BATTERY. So beware! Before this fake phone's battery explodes in your car, just like a samsung note 5. And if this happens, you are going to blame yourself and Silent Circle is not going to be accountable like samsung, becos, this is not their authentic phones!!

Silent circle promises to patch vulnerabilities within 72 hours. And SO, if you are using a older or a much older version, it means that you are using a OS with vulnerabilities that is publicly exposed. You are naked to hackers.

I am trying to protect your safety instead of being a beaver!!

What did you just paid a $130 bucks for? An explosion that might happen which we dont know, or an OS that is open for hackers?

There are 2 options here.

1. Ask for refund, file a case.

2. dump the phone. .. such that it would not create more ****.

More mistakes does not make it right!

Guys, i am done here. Good luck!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Mcgiver59:
A good imagination

You do not have to tell anything. It is not because Samsung has had problems with S7 that it is necessary to generalize the smartphones that burn. I do not think this smartphone is a copy, sorry to contradict you
[Miscellaneous Android Development] fabi_92:
what...

patch vulnerability in 72 hours ????

this guy here don't buy this smartphone at 100 dollars for the silent circle (pseudo) security. but for the hardware..

about smartphone bomb... I'm with the user above.

Donkey i can't understand you, honestly..

Inviato dal mio Nexus 5 utilizzando Tapatalk
[Miscellaneous Android Development] afirdaus.ab:
Don't be an A-hole.

I can guarantee you that the Black Market BP2 IS the original and authentic, or else why would SC went to all the trouble to create update to kill the phones.

You can tell by the built, you'd think it's the same as the other cheap chinese phones??

What happened was, there's a "leak" in their manufacturing line, which obviously SC did not come down to the factory to supervise.

Say they're supposed to manufactured 100 phones a day, the factory manufactured 110, 10 goes to the black market. Normal thing in outsourcing.

Faked accessories? They super cheap and easily available, why bother "surplusing" the originals? and people wouldn't normally mind..

IT'S LICENSING ISSUE! Go to Settings --> About Phone, Silence Circle License. The update just checks and records IMEIs that doesn't have the license, THAT'S ALL.

I bet if we have the license file, problemo solve.

Fake battery??? Refer to my "leak" theory. and you can immediately tell if the battery problem, slow charging, excessive heat, fast drain.. Sorry, I don't experience that.

Well, we did get updates up to 3.0.7, so what does that tells you??

Bottom line is, SC is trying to cover loss by plugging the "leak", which should not happened IF THEY SUPERVISE THEIR MANUFACTURING LINE! Even authentic buyer complained SC support sucks, what about their manufacturing line??

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I find this comment interesting:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Donkey5:
Good luck! U can choose to be right. i am not stopping you. i am not saying to be right either. i am choosing to be safe and choosing what works.

The choice is yours.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] kenfalco_14:
thank you

Thank you mom, we will be good and we will put a condom...:angel:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Donkey5:
Thank you son! Be responsible! Stop ppl from using stolen, fake or pirate goods. Stop f*king with your con job. The real *** creates life. ;)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] afirdaus.ab:
Well, If SC get someone to actually supervise their manufacturing line in China, ALL this could have been avoided.

BTW, I've just check with SC, my phone is authentic, it's just that it's "unlicense"..
[Miscellaneous Android Development] sirio155:
I upgraded to version 3.07 even I and everything has regularly begun to function. So that the battery is discharged soon do it at all?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] FumiJ:
Blackphone 2 is a really good smartphone to protect the privacy according to this review found here and feedback here.

[YOUTUBE]/watch?v=wHe005of30U[/YOUTUBE]
[Miscellaneous Android Development] afirdaus.ab:
But the problem is, we wont be getting any updates after this. So, we'll see...
[Miscellaneous Android Development] scytalemk:
I have 3 Blackphones 2 bought from Antelife for 100 us$, and I can confirm that this phones are original Blackphones Original pzckage, accesories, charger.... I'm not sure how they appeared on black market, but I can tell that Silent Circle is making a big mistake by delibearately bricking phones. They will lose a lot of customers, because who will buy phone who can be deliberately bricked by manufacturer even by mistake.

Anyway, if someone have bricked phone with 3.0.8 update, just flash the phone with 3.07 firmware via stock recovery, and again you will have full working phone with nothing deleted on phone.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bleubolt:
little donkey

Its pretty obvious this "Donkey" user works for silent circle, he joined the same day the discussion started, and only has positive things to say about the ****ty silent circle company. what a retard. Donkey go eat some Donkey d!ck
[Miscellaneous Android Development] kovikee:
Please help me!

Broken the back cover. It is possible to order parts from all this .....?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] kenfalco_14:
Better buy another one to the grey market...XD
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bastard81:
Someone eventually managed to have roots in the silent Os 3.0.7 system? I've looked everywhere but did not find anything about it ...
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Rapyer:
How do you flash back to 3.0.7 without a rom?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] akikoo:
(North America)

BP2-OTA-3.0.7-RC3-candidate-NA-1482330514.zip

https://transfer.sh/PEO7H/bp2-ota-3.0.7-rc3-candidate-na-1482330514.zip

(Rest Of World)

BP2-OTA-3.0.7-RC3-candidate-ROW-1482330514.zip

https://transfer.sh/IeQRl/bp2-ota-3.0.7-rc3-candidate-row-1482330514.zip

Copy the zip file to your sd card.

Power off your phone.

Put the sd card into the sd card/sim card tray.

Press volume up and power button until your phone turns on.

Keep the volume up button pressed down until you land in the recovery menu.

From there you can select the menu entry apply update from sdcard.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] mirageqb:
where to download 3.0.8 in the ZIP format?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Rapyer:
You guys should raise an issue with paypal, at least get a partial refund. phones sold not as they claimed.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] scytalemk:
Can somebody succeed to optain a root to 2.0.8 rom?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Donkey5:
What an idiot! i have never said anything positive about SC. I have only said, what i have seen, and what i think is the right thing to do, with these phones are either pirated, stolen or whatever. All of you would have bought it because of its security and privacy, yet there is nothing privacy or security about it now!

you are all happily using 3.0.7 without knowing what are the vulnerabilities or patches updated on 3.0.8. No idea! what you are exposed to on the mobile apps pre-installed on your phones?

How is any of my msgs positive? Stupidity needs to have a limit.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] mizkun:
3.0.8 not 3.0.8p which bricks the phone

Hi Guys, many thanks for the rom, just go my phone back to 3.0.7.

I checked the updates after allowing the phone to upgrade its applications and i received a 9mb update to 3.0.8 not the 808mb version which bricks the grey market phones, my phone is currently running 3.0.8 without issue not the 3.0.8p which bricks.

if i can help with any other info please message me
[Miscellaneous Android Development] mirageqb:
as well as from what version 3.0.7 were updated?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] kenfalco_14:
Please have a limit. Shut up!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Ibi09:
3.0.8p seems to be the problem

Hi guys,

just managed to get back to 3.0.7. - but as I remember, I also got an OTA update to 3.0.8 which worked quite ok for a few days. After the installation it said something like "New updater installed" (or something similar).

After the update to 3.0.8p the phone was bricked.

As 3.0.8 got only 9 MB, I was wondering, if 3.0.8 is only used to check the IMEI number and detect if the phone is a black/grey market device (which might be the purpose of the new "updater"). In case the IMEI is not on the whitelist, the 3.0.8p OTA is provided, while "official" devices do not get this p-version.

Is there a possibility to dd the 9 MB OTA as it is downloaded first to the phone and you have to prove the installation. If so, is it possible to check what's in this package (unfortunately I do not have the knowledge to do that).

It would be also interesting to know, if official devices get an 3.0.8p OTA, or if they only get the 3.0.8 9 MB file without further.

Regards Ibi
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bastard81:
For now I have tried to update to 3.0.8 via 9mb of renovation is all working well. (I was not able to take the 9 MB of renovation though) Now we see if the phone continues to function or not.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] akikoo:
Home › Release Notes › Silent OS 3.0.8

https://support.silentcircle.com/customer/en/portal/articles/2729229-silent-os-3-0-8?b_id=4315

They fixed the "licensing issue" ...
[Miscellaneous Android Development] mizkun:
support.silentcircle.com/customer/en/portal/articles/2729229-silent-os-3-0-8?b_id=4315

They fixed the "licensing issue" ...[/QUOTE]

Just remember that unauthorized devices will still try to download 3.0.8p this full upgrade still disables the phone.

as i have tried it.

Phone restored to 3.0.7 and then upgraded to 3.0.8 ( 9MB ) update not the full 808MB one, all working again.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bastard81:
I'm sorry for repeating the question, but if someone has managed to get root on the device? as?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] LoneWolfSK:
Still no root. I must say I won the situation: bought the phone for 110€ total, sold it for 200€, OTA and stuff still working, all cool, even got an email from the Chinese store with the rom link and the description of the issues. Gave the link to the buyer in case the phone gets bricked, but I am only wondering how to disable the OTA update?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] yvanoszb:
How to download 3.0.8 instead of 3.0.8p?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] kenfalco_14:
Check the size of update, 3.08 is 9 MB instead 3.08p is 808 MB...
[Miscellaneous Android Development] blackb3:
Has anyone of you raised an issue on PayPal due to the bricking situation?

Yes, I might be able to get my Blackphone 2 working again. But besides that, I know now that it's not a genuine product which e.g. I can't sell on ebay as any "normal" phone.

Has anybody managed to get at least a partial refund from the seller? I bought the phone on efox-shop com I think the seller's company might be the same for most of the shops we've all bought our Blackphones (Aukey).
[Miscellaneous Android Development] yvanoszb:
The updater only suggests 808 MB, how can I change that?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] kenfalco_14:
What version have you now installed? 3.0.7 ?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] mizkun:
Hi yvanoszb

follow instructions below - note this will wipe the phone.

1, download 3.0.7 the links can be found at the start of this thread.

2, copy zip file to a fat32 formatted micro sd card.

3, power off phone and insert the micro sd card only.

4, power on phone holding volume up and power together, once the screen powers up release buttons and wait for recovery menu.

5, in recovery menu follow steps below

a, perform wipe cache partition

b, perform factory reset / wipe data

c, select update from scared

d, select downloaded 3.0.4 zip file and press power to install.

once completed restart phone .

5, once phone powers up this can take 20 min skip though setup menu, making sure you still have no sim installed.

6, once phone booted connect to wifi only

7, go to settings and select app updater, allow phone to download and install all updates.

8, restart phone

9, now go to settings and select update , you will now notice you have the update for 3.0.8 ( 9Mb ) once updated phone will ask you to update to 3.0.8 ( 808Mb ) skip this file as this update will just brick your phone.

I have just followed this on my phone again and its worked perfectly.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] yvanoszb:
Thank you!

Yes I have installed 3.0.7.

I'll skip 3.0.8 because I don't want to flash it again.

BTW: I discussed with AUKEY. They offered me to send the phone back. There is no other ROM installed as they said in the first answer, because they can't offer another one except 3.0.4.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] dasaratha:
Blackphone 2

Hello good evening friends

Buy a phone at (coolicool).

After complaining, I received the following information:

---

Sorry for the problem. The original phone don’t have the multi-language. We flash the phone before send to you. So it has multilanguage, but it can’t update. If you update it, it can't work well. we can provide you the flash file. OK?

we will try our best to solve the problem. Sorry for the problem. If you have updated it, we can send you a ROM file to recover it. ​​

Here is the file attached You can try to flash it,You can try to flash it, after it can work.

I leave the link of the Rom, which they have put on the phone.

But I do not know how to do it. Can somebody help me.

Thank you in advance for your help.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] mizkun:
Yep same issue I had, I would not use the file they have sent as its missing instructions and the flash software, go to the start of this thread and download 3.0.7 and follow the same instructions I have listed about 3 posts back. hope this helps :)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] yvanoszb:
I received the same ROM from AUKEY.

I flashed it after packing as .zip and then I updated.

Then 3.0.8p and unlicensed - so the story with the languages is not the truth. This maybe right for other chinese phones but not for the Blackphone series.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] wopot:
with this old

3.0.3a-RC1 or BP2-QPST-3.0.3a-RC1-473426261 ROM

you can downgrate your device and maybe can create a local root shell with Dirty COW ( aka CVE-2016-5195) found here: support.silentcircle .com/customer/en/portal/articles/2623851-silent-os-3-0-5?b_id=4315

so you can edit

/etc/init.d/

for upgrate with the 3.0.7 ROM

and than by OTA the small (9MB) 3.0.8

dirtycow.ninja
[Miscellaneous Android Development] akikoo:
Do you happen to know which dirtycow exploit you can use on Android?