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authorDaniel Micay <danielmicay@gmail.com>2019-07-13 06:19:39 -0400
committerDaniel Micay <danielmicay@gmail.com>2019-07-13 06:20:59 -0400
commit2dcc6ea4ff393af4ce97a1796877ba311dc6bd04 (patch)
treea2766b1dffdcaca0f5c259e6cbe6c42d007524f7
parent4df79719ecac9db6b753b8e67da3bfbb1534dc19 (diff)
no need for ADB enabled in the OS to sideload
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sideload the update with adb. For example:</p>
<pre>adb sideload blueline-ota_update-2019.07.01.21.zip</pre>
+ <p><strong>You do not need to have adb enabled within the OS or the host's ADB key
+ whitelisted within the OS to sideload an update to recovery. Recovery mode does not
+ trust the attached computer and this can be considered a production feature. Trusting
+ a computer with ADB access within the OS is much different and exposes the device to a
+ huge amount of attack surface and control by the trusted computer.</strong></p>
+
<h2 id="default-connections">
<a href="#default-connections">Default connections</a>
</h2>