The "S" stands for "Security".
S表示安全
As scotty2 says, "s-off is the switch that says 'alright, do whatever you want to do - good luck!"
就像scotty2说的:“s-off是一个说“好吧,你爱做什么就做什么-祝你好运”的开关”
So here's how it works- normally when you boot up, HBOOT (the bootloader) says to the radio, "are you S-ON or S-OFF?" If the radio says "S-ON" then the bootloader WILL prevent you from using most of its commands, and WILL write protect system and recovery. If the radio says "S-OFF", then it will NOT prevent you from using most of its commands, and it will NOT write protect system and recovery.
下面是它具体是怎么工作的----通常当手机启动的时候HBOOT(bootloader 就是常说的 SPL)对无线基带(radio)说:“基带呀,你现在是S-ON还是S-OFF呀?”。无线基带(radio)会去检测自己的这个标记,如果基带返回结果是S-ON 那么HBOOT就会阻止你使用它(HBOOT)带的大部分命令,并且会将system分区和recovery分区进行写保护。如果无线基带返回”S-OFF“,那么HBOOT你就可以使用HBOOT带的很多命令。并且系统和recovery分区也不会被写保护。
Even phones that have been "permarooted" still have an S-ON radio.
即使是手机被”永久root“了,Radio依然还是S-ON的。
But- you say, system and recovery haven't been protected since scotty2 figured out how to defeat the emmc protection... That's what permaroot is all about, isn't it?! So surely the radio must already be S-OFF!
可是-你会说,自从scotty2找到克服emmc 写保护的方法之后system分区和recovery分区就没有被写保护了。。。那个不就是永久root吗?因此无线基带应该就是S-OFF了阿?
Nope. You've had "Label" S-OFF. Not Radio S-OFF.
不!,你只是有了一个S-OFF的标记,你的Radio并没有被S-OFF。
As scotty2 puts it, "[by patching HBOOT], we forge [messages to HBOOT] so it always looks like the radio says it's S-OFF." This works great so long as you've got a hacked HBOOT. But here's the problem-- people have been getting into trouble by flashing factory firmware over their rooted firmware. First thing it does before writing the ROM is overwrite their patched HBOOT. HBOOT turns on read-only mode on the recovery and /system, and the poor folks get locked out of their phones with the old firmware still there.
就如scotty2解释的,”通过对HBOOT打补丁,我们强制对HBOOT发送消息,告诉HBOOT,radio返回的是S-OFF。“ 这个方法工作的非常好,因此你们得到的是一个修改过的HBOOT。然后问题出现了--人们在已经root了的固件上刷写HTC提供的官方固件的时候发生问题。刷官方固件的第一件事情就是用固件自带的HBOOT去刷写手机上已经打过补丁的HBOOT。HBOOT就打开了system和recovery分区的只读模式,可怜的孩子,机器就被锁了。
Having "real" radio S-OFF, scotty2 says, "will save people from almost-bricking-by-way-of-reflashing-factory-firmware." It also means you'll have unrestricted access to messing with your phone's radio. Although- he notes, the android kernel itself restricts your access to the radio partition. For your safety.
拥有真正的 基带S-OFF,scooty2 说”将会拯救那些刷官方固件而变砖的人“。也意味着你将有无限制的鼓倒你的手机的radio的权限。尽管-他说,andorid的kernel 会阻止你访问无线分区。