as from my other thread my n1 was sent back with a ill fitting back so i received it back today with the same imei number same serial number according to repair the bezel was replaced but there is no unlock padlock anymore is that usual
They gave you back your warranty, how nice of them
At least we now know there is a way to relock the phone, no?
SBS_ said:
They gave you back your warranty, how nice of them
At least we now know there is a way to relock the phone, no?
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exactly what i was thinking
did you tell them the bootloader was unlocked?
xxmonsterx said:
did you tell them the bootloader was unlocked?
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nope they never asked
How crazy is that???
It is possible to lock the bootloader, but you have to be working at HTC to do it.
liam.lah said:
It is possible to lock the bootloader, but you have to be working at HTC to do it.
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It is possible to lock the bootloader, but you have to be working at HTC to do it.
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...for now?
I reckon they have some sort of flashing box that just obliterates everything and replaces it with official software.
dont they just have to flash back the original spl, which we dont have?
norman505 said:
dont they just have to flash back the original spl, which we dont have?
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That's what i think.
Unless someone can get that, no luck. Though it's probably a good thing that we can't relock the bootloaders.
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I just got my phone back and they re-locked the bootloader, updated the radio to 5.08.00.04 and updated the hboot to 0.35.0017.
I thought it wasn't possible to re-lock the bootloader.
I guess I have some work to do.
Its not possible for the average ley person to relock the bootloader. HTC built the phone, so they have stronger kung-fu...
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paesan said:
I just got my phone back and they re-locked the bootlaoder, updated the radio to 5.08.00.04 and updated the hboot to 0.35.0017.
I thought it wasn't possible to re-lock the bootloader.
I guess I have some work to do.
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Its not possible for the average ley person to relock the bootloader. HTC built the phone, so they have stronger kung-fu...
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replacing the motherboard is probably faster cheaper and easier for them
kaiser_tytnii said:
replacing the motherboard is probably faster cheaper and easier for them
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I bet that is what they did. I sent the unit back on 12/22, they got it on 12/23 and sent it back on the same day. I got it back today 12/24. It is the same shell because I has a full skinomi skin on it. It does look like they took off the screen protector and put it back on because it had alot of air bubbles under it. Anyhow, I just unlocked it, flashed Amon 2.0 then flashed MM gingerbread v.10. Gingerbread looks great.
Actually I think the first thing they do as part of their testing is to reset the phone back to defaults - including re-locking the bootloader.
I've sent mine in twice. The first time they could not replicate the problem so they just sent it back.
Both times it came back fully wiped with a re-locked bootloader.
Their Kung-Fu is strong indeed
I sent mine back for a broken screen and they relocked my bootloader. They reflash everything some how
I would guess that the first thing HTC do it to get a standard image on the phone and benchmark it, so that know exactly what they are working with...
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HTC service will just replace the motherboard.
So its why you got wiped and relocked phone.
For leaks preventing, they dont have any tools for work with hboot or radio.
The old motherboard must be sended to head office, where it will be repaired and used again or just destroyed.
Actually its the ways they did with WM devices, but i dont think HTC changed it for android
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HTC service will just replace the motherboard.
So its why you got wiped and relocked phone.
For leaks preventing, they dont have any tools for work with hboot or radio.
The old motherboard must be sended to head office, where it will be repaired and used again or just destroyed.
Actually its the ways they did with WM devices, but i dont think HTC changed it for android
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don't that change also the IMEI #?
It would change the IMEI, and probably it's serial number too.
HTC can set S-OFF to relock the bootloader.
Tim4 said:
HTC service will just replace the motherboard.
So its why you got wiped and relocked phone.
For leaks preventing, they dont have any tools for work with hboot or radio.
The old motherboard must be sended to head office, where it will be repaired and used again or just destroyed.
Actually its the ways they did with WM devices, but i dont think HTC changed it for android
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As I said in my earlier post ... the first time I sent my phone in they sent it back because they could not replicate the problem. The bootloader was re-locked even though they did not do any repairs on the phone.
It is part of the testing process. They need to make sure they are 100% stock before they run their tests.
I think the reason why the bootloader can't be relocked is because nobody has the original SPL. Could be wrong, though.
cnunez1987 said:
I think the reason why the bootloader can't be relocked is because nobody has the original SPL. Could be wrong, though.
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The SPL in the retail phones lacks the oem lock command altogether. It only exists in the larger SPL in the holiday phones that won't fit on the retail version's NAND.
Not true, mine is retail and is S-OFF (see link in my sig).
Unfortunately it seems there is no way to use it to help others though.
My phone came back with the same IMEI# and serial #. It does not look like they changed the motherboard.
With the galaxy s, I was able to re-lock the phone when I had to send it in for repair. I need to know if I am able to do that with the atrix, because should I need to send it in, I definitely don't want my warranty being voided. Anyone know if this is possible, once unlocked?
thanks
Are you referring to root not unlocking the bootloader? If so, yes, you can unroot. Push the unroot button on superoneclick. Rooting does not void the warranty though.
no, referring to unlocking the phone so I can used it on another carrier
cajonez said:
Are you referring to root not unlocking the bootloader? If so, yes, you can unroot. Push the unroot button on superoneclick. Rooting does not void the warranty though.
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no, im referring to unlocking the phone so it can be used on different carriers
jun.seba said:
no, referring to unlocking the phone so I can used it on another carrier
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They wouldn't care about that don't worry.
How did you manage to relock the Galaxy S? For any GSM device once it's unlocked it can't be re-locked.
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They wouldn't care about that don't worry.
How did you manage to relock the Galaxy S? For any GSM device once it's unlocked it can't be re-locked.
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one of the geniuses on xda came up with a way to pull the unlock code off the phone. so i was able to go back and forth.
I've talked to some Bell reps before though, and they said that they wouldn't take the phone back if it's unlocked. I'm trying to buy it from Bell, and run it on Rogers
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one of the geniuses on xda came up with a way to pull the unlock code off the phone. so i was able to go back and forth.
I've talked to some Bell reps before though, and they said that they wouldn't take the phone back if it's unlocked. I'm trying to buy it from Bell, and run it on Rogers
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Well I remember that to unlock the Samsung you had to have root because the code was hidden inside the phone. The atrix is different you will have to get the code from somewhere (bell or buy it) Then put it in and its unlocked. I had the milestone it was on Telus and I unlocked it to work on Rogers Im going to be doing the same to the atrix.
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Well I remember that to unlock the Samsung you had to have root because the code was hidden inside the phone. The atrix is different you will have to get the code from somewhere (bell or buy it) Then put it in and its unlocked. I had the milestone it was on Telus and I unlocked it to work on Rogers Im going to be doing the same to the atrix.
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but its not possible to re-lock it? and from what ive been told, they wont accept it if its been unlocked. i had a ton of problems with my SGS, and i dont want to end up with a bricked phone i cant get fixed
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but its not possible to re-lock it? and from what ive been told, they wont accept it if its been unlocked. i had a ton of problems with my SGS, and i dont want to end up with a bricked phone i cant get fixed
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im 99% sure you can't re-lock can you tell me how its done on SGS
RacecarBMW said:
im 99% sure you can't re-lock can you tell me how its done on SGS
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=761045
its a very simple process
Heh... I returned one of my old Captivates to the AT&T warranty reps with a custom rom on it... he poked through the settings and if he DID notice... he didn't say anything. So I'm not really sure where their limits lie.
I was just looking on these forums for this.. so no possiblity i assume?
Appreantly bell has issues a warning not to accept atrix that are unlock to be returned.
Hey guys i need some advice/help.
I returned my phone because of some screen issues and when it came back i noticed something strange, before returning my phone i already had unlocked my bootloader so i wanted to check if this still was the case. So i booted in to the bootloader screen and noticed the the device status had changed to an engineering device (see picture).
So now the questions what can i do with a engineering device or what does it mean, is my bootloader still unlocked or do i need to unlock it again or will unlocking it again remove the engineering status.
Christ! Engineering Bootloader haha...
What happens when you do OEM Unlock?
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Christ! Engineering Bootloader haha...
What happens when you do OEM Unlock?
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I wouldn't do that. This might change the status from Engineering to Unlocked and he might never be able to change it back to Engineering again.
I think this is a status that is reserved for servicing the phone and allows engineers to do all sorts of things to the phone, even more than what can be done when Unlocked.
I hope some dev can shed some light on this.
The Holy F-ing Grail!!!! LOL
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Christ! Engineering Bootloader haha...
What happens when you do OEM Unlock?
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No need to unlock it again.. Just flashed a custom recovery with success..
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Hi guys i have a "motorola confidencial property" phone with the same problem,can you help me to update android? the OS have some bugs,thanks in advance from Argentina
What's the problem? Op said he was able to flash recovery.
Guessing when they were working on it they forgot to relock it for customer status. Someone might pay you good money for that device.
Badd_blood said:
Guessing when they were working on it they forgot to relock it for customer status. Someone might pay you good money for that device.
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i have two of this if someone is interested ahahahahah
I have a major problem, I need to know if it will be possible to flash a custom rom on a nexus 6p. It seems that it will be hard because of that new bootloader.
smilehead said:
I have a major problem, I need to know if it will be possible to flash a custom rom on a nexus 6p. It seems that it will be hard because of that new bootloader.
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What do you mean? Any bootloader version on this device can be unlocked.
Heisenberg said:
What do you mean? Any bootloader version on this device can be unlocked.
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Sorry, I'm new to this stuff. I thought they can change the bootloader when you upgrade. Thanks for the help though
smilehead said:
Sorry, I'm new to this stuff. I thought they can change the bootloader when you upgrade. Thanks for the help though
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The bootloader does get updated. But you can unlock any bootloader, and updating it doesn't lock it again. Take a look at my guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/general/guides-how-to-guides-beginners-t3206928
Oh, because i was afraid of the phone won't boot because of the android n won't boot if the phone has a unlocked bootloader.
smilehead said:
Oh, because i was afraid of the phone won't boot because of the android n won't boot if the phone has a unlocked bootloader.
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Nope, nothing like that to worry about. The locked/unlocked status won't stop it from booting.
Thanks. I can now upgrade in peace
I am set to unlock the bootloader after permanently unlocking this phone. I am worried of the warrning that they talk about concerning the warranty. Is there a way to lock the bootloader up before sending it off for warranty to T-Mobile?
You know you can just restore the phone back to stock, and relock the bootloader right?
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You know you can just restore the phone back to stock, and relock the bootloader right?
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And T-Mobile will never know?
OhioYJ said:
You know you can just restore the phone back to stock, and relock the bootloader right?
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Also if I flash the international version on my T-Mobile phone, will I be able to flash the T-Mobile version back?
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And T-Mobile will never know?
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No, they will never know. I sent phones in that had root, fastbooted all the original firmware and they were fixed and returned to me. Now if you were talking Samsung, that's a different story.
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No, they will never know. I sent phones in that had root, fastbooted all the original firmware and they were fixed and returned to me. Now if you were talking Samsung, that's a different story.
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Also, is there a way to skip the 7 day wait for the email from OnePlus to be able to unlock the bootloader?
IllyaK said:
Also, is there a way to skip the 7 day wait for the email from OnePlus to be able to unlock the bootloader?
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That's a no on this
IllyaK said:
Also, is there a way to skip the 7 day wait for the email from OnePlus to be able to unlock the bootloader?
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I didn't but the T-Mobile version so I wouldn't have to wait on anything.