From ddb03f815d33523a0526d38e3cf6fe423906b4bf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Micay Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2019 06:23:59 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] further explanation of signing / downgrade prot --- static/usage.html | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/static/usage.html b/static/usage.html index d7eb9d28..de798746 100644 --- a/static/usage.html +++ b/static/usage.html @@ -158,8 +158,10 @@ the releases page and installed via recovery with adb sideloading. The zip files are signed and verified by recovery, just as they are by the update client within the OS. This includes providing downgrade protection, - which prevents attempting to downgrade the version and triggering the verified boot - downgrade protection.

+ which prevents attempting to downgrade the version. If recovery didn't enforce these + things, they would still be enforced via verified boot including downgrade protection + on modern devices (Pixel 2 and later) and the attempted update would just fail to boot + and be rolled back.

To install one by sideloading, first, boot into recovery. You may do this either by using adb reboot recovery from the operating system, or by selecting the