From b5eb9809b47b9b1ab4148e090844e0aea9705d7a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Micay Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2019 08:15:21 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] split out dedicated section for signify --- static/install.html | 24 ++++++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/static/install.html b/static/install.html index a3b38109..7b5c5cf4 100644 --- a/static/install.html +++ b/static/install.html @@ -64,12 +64,6 @@

You should have at least 2GB of free memory available.

You need the unlocked variant of one of the supported devices, not a locked carrier specific variant.

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To verify the download of the OS beyond the security offered by HTTPS, you need the - signify tool. Some package repositories refer to it as signify while - others refer to it as signify-openbsd due to a legacy mail-related tool - with the same name. If you don't have a way to obtain signify from a trusted package - repository, such as on Windows, skip the additional verification. This is an important - step, but it only makes sense if you can chain trust from your existing OS install.

It's best practice to update the stock OS on the device to make sure it's running the latest firmware before proceeding with these instructions. This avoids running into bugs in older firmware versions. It's known that the early Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL @@ -91,6 +85,24 @@ fastboot from several years ago are still shipped by Linux distributions like Debian and lack the compatibility detection of modern versions so they can soft brick devices.

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+ Obtaining signify +

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To verify the download of the OS beyond the security offered by HTTPS, you need the + signify tool. If you don't have a way to obtain signify from a trusted package + repository, such as on Windows, skip the additional verification. This is an important + step, but it only makes sense if you can chain trust from your existing OS + install.

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On many distributions, signify is available via a signify package in + the official repositories. On Debian-based distributions, the package and command name + were renamed to signify-openbsd. Following Debian tradition, the + signify package and command are an unmaintained legacy mail-related tool for + generating signatures. +

Enabling OEM unlocking