Breaking Google's Android Licensing Verification Library (LVL)

[howtomen]

lol cool vid except can you actually show us how to get this? no! lol check out my video /watch?v=4POrooMmWrI thumbs up so everyone can see!

[mcg18993]

What is the window that pop out?

[LTDanno360]

this is not public info and is illegal lol

[mcg18993]

@LTDanno360 who cares!? If you really want to do "legal" stuffs, stick with the iPhone. Android is for the people who have the pirate spirit.

[quinndeathflower]

so it is adb

[storm7052]

erm, can someone explain how this is actually done because this guy isnt actually telling us

[TheLordAdonis]

Lots of questions about root. No, you do not need root "typically". Meaning that, if done right, and assuming the option to install from "Unknown Sources" is part of your phones options then - No Root At All. I won't go into it, but assuming a "production" signature the phone could care less. If you do not have the ability to allow installs from unknown sources and there's just a debug signature you might run into some issues. Parsing Errors and the alike. But not even root will sove that.

[TheLordAdonis]

For those looking to get something for nothing... Really? It takes a great programer to make something as awesome as Apparatus and it's worth every cent. Can you really play such a great game and NOT want to support the makers? Really? It's $2.87 US. I'll loan you the money before I'd hack it for you. If hacking is anything more than an awesome education in java, android, and programing I think you're doing it wrong and for the wrong reasons. Personally.

[TheLordAdonis]

I decompile dex files to learn from them. To see how it works. Circumventing the system is merely the Chucksum that I use to gague my level of understanding. To date - every app that I have modded, I have either paid for or unsintalled and deleted the install file. I support devs mainly because it's easier to get updates through the market than having to download updated apk files pull from my phone, mod them, reinstall.. blah heck with that. And really, 99 cents.. or even 2.99 isn't that much.

[TheLordAdonis]

1st to the nay sayers. Hacking, at least to me, isn't about getting things for free. It's about understanding something at such a fundamental level that the barriers put in place to restrain you are torn down. Since I have started exploring ways to circumvent LVL and other such things, I have actually purchased MORE apps than I did previously. I've never released anything I've hacked to anyone so it isn't about fame. If you want fame just go ahead and arrest yourself - thats ALL fame gets you.

[jeovafarias]

consegue denovo?

[krazyape6446]

wow... what the fuck thats sad

[ALEXAKA110]

Does your phone have to be rooted in order to do this ? my friend tried rooting his nor the service or sound worked.

[kengwei]

You are destroying the eco system of Android Market and make it less competitive to Apple's App Store. With each app pricing at only 0.99 dollar or a bit more, why do you want to do this to kill everyone in the Android Market? I hope your apps will get hacked if you ever do your own app on Android market.

[TheLordAdonis]

@kengwei Ok, first - assuming a jailbreak on an iphone, there's a dozen or so markets that one can download in which ALL the apps are free. Second, he isn't showing how its done, just that it can be done. Thirdly, as per the report that goes hands in hand with this video, the reason this can be done is mostly because programers are not usuing LVL correctly. I'll attest to that. There's a switch block code used to verify whether some is or is not valid. I can't tell you how many switch blocks

[tderb2992]

Is this just the terminal he's using?

[TheHackish]

@tderb2992 well kinda, essentially he's using Android Debugging Bridge (ADB), he is just using the terminal to send the commands to adb :)

the same can be done with cmd in windows :D

[mspamed]

Wow this man really has guts I would never even dream about messing with Google... O_o

[Rexsteele1]

how to do this?

[jrfps]

i know a lot of serious developers THAT "never" will launch GOOD (DECENT ) games for android or iphone.

you pirates can keep stealing crap sholvewares!

and that's all you can steal,idiots.

you are proud to say that do not pay for anything

but you are idiots who pay for expensive devices!

[siriusgamer]

@jrfps Personally, as a pirate, my concept is that i've already paid enough money buying the expensive phone plus the service plan. So, if I spent money to buy an expensive phone, plus money to pay for the bills, why shouldn't everything else be free?

[isaacwaller]

@siriusgamer because the developer of the apps you are stealing gets none of that money. plans are too expensive, yes. should the app developers who work hard to create these apps be punished; no.

[adirm18]

@siriusgamer the money you pay is for the maker of the phone and the service provider

if everyone would think like you then what we will have is great phones with NO GAMES

since the makers of the games will not get paid so they wont make games

it is ok to do what i do

i D/L a game free then if i like it i buy it

you should do the same since that way all the lame games that are paid will not get paid and only the good one will

so we will all get only great games to go with our amazing android

[incorporateapps1]

@siriusgamer

well, because if you don't pay for the apps there will be no developers (GOOD developers) and you will end up with an expensive brick. Way to go!

[RockylvrCP]

@jrfps 1. Screw You.

2. Go back to your money cave because it sounds like that's where you came from.

3. I am a pirate and i don't pay SHIT for anything. I could waste my money on other things then simple letters and numbers that translate in "entertainment" on these "devices". You people waste so much money on simple "Apps" and you don't even realize it.

[rockstar8577]

@RockylvrCP Just saying that apps are just letters and numbers is a bad comparison. That's like saying it would be alright to kill someone because they are just atoms after all that translate into humans.

[angelusp777]

its free and open

[oglysol]

uhh, why is this so great? I can also install Android APK files.

would be much better if you showed how to create the crack itself.

[MrDrRobotsSr]

I'll be honest, while I'm excited about this, I can't help but feel bad for some of the actually talented developers out there. However I do think that there's an upside to this; there probably won't be as many crappy paid apps anymore, and developers can always take the Valve approach and say "Make a really good app, and people will want to support it"

[yeomond]

one question, so your able to update the app from the marketplace?

[rholando]

me convencieron ahora si me compro mi android :D

[german199denuevo]

increible

[Texzor]

whats the name of this fine audio track?

[TheOlliks]

@Texzor LIQUID SOUL - 6.15 AM

[comicguy00]

@Texzor Liquid Soul - 06.16 AM

[johnhurt888]

whats the big deal, ANY app, including IPHONE apps can be cracked.

look on the internet. you'll find sites with tons of iphone apps.

[angelusp777]

haha sorry for the android devs!

[tylerchodosh]

alot of work to do tht i just download license keys when i get tht msg from the android market much easier

[P2PFire]

What's the ID on this track...sounds so familiar.

[archon810]

@P2PFire The track info is included right under the video.