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Beware:My BOOTLOADER just LOCKED via an OTA update UEKG4!

My stock unrooted wifi galaxy tab 10.1 just received an update OTA that seems to have done nothing except LOCK my unlocked bootloader. It was only 11.2mb and during the update process my tab went into download mode, then to a command line looking interface with commands related to encrypting bootloader. I no longer have the unlocked symbol upon boot up. Look out for update version UEKG4!
EDIT: Google videos app has been loaded as well, but not in the market, just the app.

Very odd. What region are you in? I just did an update check and there was no update available.

I am in the US. I cant find anything else that it may have updated. No extra apps, features, or apparent bug fixes. Just locked bootloader.
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wow, thanks for the warning.

Yes, thank you for the warning. As a heads up to anyone that has even an inkling of interest in rooting your tablet. DO NOT TAKE OTA's until they have been looked through by the devs. Just look at the evo 4g forums on here

I guess I am confused, my tab was/is locked but I have CW recovery and a custom rom. So what is the big deal?

Yeah, i was wondering the same thing.
Just because, i guess....

Ota update is online, just checked and is showing in the update section. I'm in Romania on a US retail tablet EKF3 ROM!

BTW how do you tell if your device is locked or unlocked?

bossei said:
BTW how do you tell if your device is locked or unlocked?
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If it is unlocked, there is a picture of a Lock during bootup and it shows as open.
If it is locked, then there is no picture at all.
(at least this is how my 2 different tabs showed up)

elkniwcire said:
My saftetock unrooted wifi galaxy tab 10.1 just received an update OTA that seems to have done nothing except LOCK my unlocked bootloader. It was only 11.2mb and during the update process my tab went into download mode, then to a command line looking interface with commands related to encrypting bootloader. I no longer have the unlocked symbol upon boot up. Look out for update version UEKG4!
EDIT: Google videos app has been loaded as well, but not in the market, just the app.
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After reading your post I went to settings /updates and there it was just like you said 11.2mb update, I'm afraid to update since mine is unlocked a well also it says to remove any pulses short cuts from the main page so Google video could get installed. Update or no to update?

capufo said:
After reading your post I went to settings /updates and there it was just like you said 11.2mb update, I'm afraid to update since mine is unlocked a well also it says to remove any pulses short cuts from the main page so Google video could get installed. Update or no to update?
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Wait.let the devs look at it. No point in losing unlocked boot loader for google videos.
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droxid said:
Wait.let the devs look at it. No point in losing unlocked boot loader for google videos.
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I updated it now I'm locked and no new app was installed.

So why does it matter if you get a locked bootloader again? I because as far as i know... it doesn't!
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kh0annguyen said:
So why does it matter if you get a locked bootloader again? I because as far as i know... it doesn't!
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Locked bootloaders will limit what can be flashed to the Tablet, we can get custom roms that are based off samsung sources.
Locked bootloaders will not be able to flash TABUNTU unless poitee can find a way around it...

im not trying to be rude or anything guys. But you should really look into what a locked and unlocked bootloader really is. If you haven't noticed, we can flash cmw. That means we can flash roms, kernels, and root. There is no reason to be worried at all. It makes no difference to have a locked or unlocked bootloader unless you wanna flash something that needs a different bootloader. Which there isn't much right now except for tabuntu.

I'm in NJ and showing no update available.

Received the update. CWM and root were retained.
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Ansextra said:
I'm in NJ and showing no update avail
I'm at Pennsylvania and I was able to get it with no problems.
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In delaware nothing yet
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Remove bloatware - Dev Edition

Just got the Dev edition - purchased mainly to stay on the unlimited plan and didn't expect to root until I'm bored with stock (~6 months).
Although, I would unlock if it means it will allow removing the bloat. Anyone know if this is possible when unlocked? I'd try but want to stay under warranty for as long as possible.

Warranty is voided with an unlocked boot loader anyways. What do you mean u are still under warranty? What was the point of getting the dev edition if your not going to unlock it?
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jarzy00 said:
Warranty is voided with an unlocked boot loader anyways? What do you mean u are u still under warranty? What was the point of getting the dev edition if your not going to unlock it?
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The Dev edition is not shipped 'unlocked' - It still requires you to unlock it yourself. Therefore I'm still under a warrenty from motorola.
If I could remove bloat it would give me a good reason to void that warranty.
What else will unlock give me at this time? No ROMs yet.... and don't expect quality support of a rom for some time.
As I stated, the main reason for the dev edition was staying on the unlimited plan and the bonus of future ROM support (fingers crossed). The dev edition cost was the same as from verizon without contract. And as a bonus I have that little "Development Edition" signature on the kevlar back

Whattt! How'd you get it for the same cost?! I thought it was full retail price?
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He said "same cost from Verizon without contract". The developer edition is the same price as the retail version at full, non subsidized price.

That's what happens when I read too fast and go on this at work when I'm not supposed to lol.
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If you unlock the bootloader you can do what you please with the device. If you decide to unlock then you will want to visit me @ www.aosp.us and download a recovery (both ClockworkMod and TWRP) and also get a full XML file made for the dev edition.
wado1971 said:
Just got the Dev edition - purchased mainly to stay on the unlimited plan and didn't expect to root until I'm bored with stock (~6 months).
Although, I would unlock if it means it will allow removing the bloat. Anyone know if this is possible when unlocked? I'd try but want to stay under warranty for as long as possible.
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Thanks for the info.
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Dev edition same amount of bloatware as retail?
Does the Razr M developer edition have the same bloatware as the retail version? Since it is purchased direct from Motorola, I presumed VZW did not pack their garbage on there.
Thanks.

Verizon was sure to pack it with a bunch of apps. Just about everything can be disabled except media sync and backup assistant.

doohickey said:
Does the Razr M developer edition have the same bloatware as the retail version? Since it is purchased direct from Motorola, I presumed VZW did not pack their garbage on there.
Thanks.
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The firmware is one and the same.

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The firmware is one and the same.
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Is it branded too? with the verizon logo on the bottom?

Yes it has Verizon logo on front. It also has a Developer Edition logo on the back below the other Verizon 4G LTE logo.

jarzy00 said:
Warranty is voided with an unlocked boot loader anyways. What do you mean u are still under warranty? What was the point of getting the dev edition if your not going to unlock it?
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I have a Dev Edition and I have not unlocked it yet either for one simple reason....
I want Moto JB first with all the bugs worked out. I can still get the OTA if I unlock the boot loader first but I'm not much for tempting fate. Once my phone is on JB and stable, the boot loader is getting unlocked, I'm rooting, and pulling all the Vz bloat and spyware off my phone.
I'm not really waiting for KLP from Moto.
Does anyone have an RSD image for the RAZR M? I keep one for the Atrix 4G just in case. I love insurance.

mk1151 said:
I have a Dev Edition and I have not unlocked it yet either for one simple reason....
I want Moto JB first with all the bugs worked out. I can still get the OTA if I unlock the boot loader first but I'm not much for tempting fate. Once my phone is on JB and stable, the boot loader is getting unlocked, I'm rooting, and pulling all the Vz bloat and spyware off my phone.
I'm not really waiting for KLP from Moto.
Does anyone have an RSD image for the RAZR M? I keep one for the Atrix 4G just in case. I love insurance.
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one was released yesterday, check in this forum.

jimmydafish said:
one was released yesterday, check in this forum.
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Yep - I saw it after I asked... and there is now a very handy how-to page live as well.

So what is the best process to remove or disable bloat ware once unlocked etc?
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Unlock Bootloader without Moto Site

I made excite? jajajja .... no, I have no way to unlock just open this topic to see if anyone knows how to unlock the devices that do not have developers edition

From what I understand you have an XT926 which can't be unlocked. Only the XT925 & XT926 dev edition can be unlocked through Motorola
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saloums7 said:
From what I understand you have an XT926 which can't be unlocked. Only the XT925 & XT926 dev edition can be unlocked through Motorola
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I have xt925 but i think is not the dev edition

juan272 said:
I have xt925 but i think is not the dev edition
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There is only 1 version of the XT925 and it can be unlocked through Moto the steps are detailed on the moto page
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saloums7 said:
There is only 1 version of the XT925 and it can be unlocked through Moto the steps are detailed on the moto page
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I put the fastboot code into moto page but they say that my device not support bootloader unlock

Is that the only restriction? If a code is it, you could just use a fake code, or hex exit in a new code to the unlocking program.
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juan272 said:
I put the fastboot code into moto page but they say that my device not support bootloader unlock
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Double check to make sure you entered the correct code its pretty big might be a typo in there
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saloums7 said:
Double check to make sure you entered the correct code its pretty big might be a typo in there
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I try about 20 times!!!!!!

If you have any apps frozen, unfreeze them and reboot and maybe that will work. If you've removed anything from withing /system, put it back and put the correct permissions and if you don't have those files (if there was anything deleted) then perhaps someone can provide them for upload, then give that a try.
Lastly, if you flashed a ROM that isn't from you carrier or your country, then perhaps using the appropriate tools (I haven't used them so can't point out what they are, other than to say they exist) to put the stock ROM back will allow you to unlock.
Last resort, you can try to get it replaced under warranty stating that you're a developer and need this feature, however if you're rooted I would guess that they'd would be a lot more inclined to check for that replacing a handset as rooting voids the warranty and unrooting, sadly, doesn't remove the info stored on the device that checks to see if the phone had been rooted in the past. You can unroot and if your countries laws are protective enough, though, you might be able to ask them to show how rooting the device caused the failure. In my case, the contract was signed with my carrier who has to be certified as a reseller and they never showed me any warranty documentation, so I was locked into the purchase of the handset over 24 months and am covered by the verbal details of the warranty, which were "everything but physical damage" since they unboxed it and handed it to me activated after I signed. It wouldn't be hard to cancel my contract and hand back the handset if I was refused a warranty repair on these grounds. That they opened the box without me asking is probably enough. That said, consumer protection is top notch in world here.
Short version of the last part though, you can always try a warranty replacement. You'd have to look into if there's a fee in the case that you weren't covered by the warranty. As long as the bootloader is unlocked (and you aren't rooted), you still have you're warranty since the code didn't activate, and I haven't read the page thoroughly enough, but if the page says receiving the code voids the warranty then you can still argue that it was defective prior to receiving it by citing that the code didn't work. If you can unroot, and you live somewhere that the issue of the evidence of your root, or whatever, can be easily turned over to a consumer protection body, then it might be worth the trouble.
Also, you can probably call and ask for a new code. Any way you go about doing any of the above though though, be persistently polite. It goes a long way over trying to be forceful.
I'm likely about to unlike my phone by the way, assuming I can find a ROM that looks appealing enough to try out. I'll try it with the multitude of frozen system apps and the handful of additional ones still in place, first, and see how it goes.

Would it be possible to root the droid razr maxx hd if it is not a the developers edition?? Please help.

brian_199 said:
Would it be possible to root the droid razr maxx hd if it is not a the developers edition?? Please help.
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If you're on JB then you need to downgrade to ICS using the appropriate ROM for your carrier, use a tool to root, download an app that will allow you to bakcup the root and unroot the device, then upgrade to ICS, then reinsert the root. The instructions are scattered because there's 2 differant models of the phone to deal with and there isn't any consolidated thread that involves all those steps. I haven't had to downgrade and have a differant model than what the maxx version is so that's really as much help as I can be, but the answer is supposedly "yes, you can do this" and its the prefered way for a lot of people from what I gather.
Be sure to backup any data on your sdcard before you begin. I didn't lose any since mine was just keeping root on an OTA upgrade from ICS to JB, but I don't know if you lose it or now when you downgrade.
Hopefully someone else can be more helpful that what I was. There are threads where various carrier versions for both ICS and Jellybean are hosted, as well, so you'lle need to find your carrier's ICS. If it isn't available in the thread then search my posts and someone linked me off to a download for a Telstra ROM and further back in the URL revelealed hosting a heap of ROMS though I wouldn't know which one you would need specifically.
The only issue I ran into, though my experience is possibly only covering half of what's involved for you, was that after I reinserted root, only apps that had permission prior to the upgrade had root permission; I couldn't add any. Other people have had a problem with superuser being inserted with wrong file permissions. The thing I did was to update the binary, this didn't work, then installed SuperSu and updated the binary which also didn't work, then I did a cleanup for installing another su app from the market from withing SuperSU... can't remember from this point, either installed another root app or uninstalled and reinstalled SuperSu (which scared the hell out of me I'd lose root at the time so I think this is what I did), then updated the binary and things were fine. Note that I never uninstalled the regular SU app that the injection tool for ICS put on the phone during this process though. At the end of it, I ended up with SuperSU and no normal su, which the injection tool installs. There hasn't been a huge issue with this though it has happened to some others.

[Q] My Razr M is not rootable, is there a way to downgrade to a lower version?

Ok so my whole problem is that im on system version 183.46.15.XT907 when its supposed to be 183.46.10.XT907. My question is that is there a way to get to 183.46.10.XT907. again? I've been at this for hours and i'm in desperate need for help.
If you would like to see a picture of exactly please PM it will not let me place a picture as i am a new user

rockketman123 said:
Ok so my whole problem is that im on system version 183.46.15.XT907 when its supposed to be 183.46.10.XT907. My question is that is there a way to get to 183.46.10.XT907. again? I've been at this for hours and i'm in desperate need for help.
If you would like to see a picture of exactly please PM it will not let me place a picture as i am a new user
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As of now there is no way of rooting or downgrading with a locked bootloader.
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That's a bummer, but for root part, maybe or maybe not. I don't think it's possible as Motorola took out some vital codes from Kit Kat ROM which allows root.

ATTACK said:
As of now there is no way of rooting or downgrading with a locked bootloader.
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I was able to flash it down to .10 but my kernel was after June 3rd, something like July 27th or whatever and yeah this doesnt allow it to work. Oh well, I'm switching to an S3 In less than a month.
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rockketman123 said:
ATTACK said:
As of now there is no way of rooting or downgrading with a locked bootloader.
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I was able to flash it down to .10 but my kernel was after June 3rd, something like July 27th or whatever and yeah this doesnt allow it to work. Oh well, I'm switching to an S3 In less than a month.
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Unlocked or locked? Kernel date and screenshot as proof please, including the AP Fastboot screen.
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I suspect it's already unlocked as it's impossible to downgrade the kernel on a locked RAZR M (OEM signatures, you know).

AndyYan said:
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Unlocked or locked? Kernel date and screenshot as proof please, including the AP Fastboot screen.
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as I'm a new user I cant post a screen shot but the imgur link is i(.)imgur(.)com/xiZuIyq(.)jpg and i(.)imgur(.)com/cA6W6Oi(.)jpg
I went from 4.1.2 Rooted and was never able to unlock the bootloader then flashed to 4.4.2 on the .15 then flashed to .10
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You're outta luck. You ahould have flashed .10 first and unlocked the bootloader before you hop between the ROM version... .15 version permanently lock the bootloader.
EDIT: I looked at the pictures, however, I am suspicious of the claim. The reason being, the bootloader will check the kernel version, and if it's not agreed with the bootloader security key file (tz.mbn), the bootloader will refuse to touch it. If anyone else with the locked phone tries this harebrained experiment and come out without a softbrick, I may have to eat my sock.

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You're outta luck. You ahould have flashed .10 first and unlocked the bootloader before you hop between the ROM version... .15 version permanently lock the bootloader.
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yeah when i flashed over i "accidentally" did the wrong version (tut linked me to a wrong version I suppose) and now im piss out of luck, but like i said im not worrying about it since s3 within a few weeks or so. Hopefully one day it's able to Root though B)
EDIT: what exactly are you suspicious of? The claim that I went from 4.1.2 flashed to 4.4.2 but on .15 then down to .10?

If the eventual RAZR M update gets screwed up like the first one, it may get unlocked but I have grave doubt because Verizon have learned their lesson on this one: root = bootloader unlock, at least in the case of early Kit Kat update.

fellas i have received two moto M today and seems like this cant either root because this stupid 9mb of .15 update, since the kernal is after jun 3
towelroot
well any new exploit around the coner to try?

No root exploits right now, unfortunately. It's getting harder and harder to exploit the Kit Kat.

Rootted droid razor m 183.46.10 4.4.2 unlock bootloader

I HAVE ROOTTED DROID RAZOR M 183.46.10 4.4.2 UPDATED CAN ANY ONE TELL ME HOW TO UNLOCK BOOTLOADER I HAVE TRIED EVERYTHING LIKE motopocalypse PLEASE HELP !!!!!!!!!

For now - sigma box with pack 2 only.
There is no 'free" ways to unlock your device at this moment....

jamil.ah said:
I HAVE ROOTTED DROID RAZOR M 183.46.10 4.4.2 UPDATED CAN ANY ONE TELL ME HOW TO UNLOCK BOOTLOADER I HAVE TRIED EVERYTHING LIKE motopocalypse PLEASE HELP !!!!!!!!!
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[INDEX] Motorola Droid Razr M (2015)
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FWIW, the APK version didn't seem to want to work for me, but the zip worked fine from my PC. You need to use the OEM Moto USB cable (or identical one), too. Just did it twice the past few days.

topshot said:
FWIW, the APK version didn't seem to want to work for me, but the zip worked fine from my PC. You need to use the OEM Moto USB cable (or identical one), too. Just did it twice the past few days.
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What are you talking about? You unlocked bootloader with .zip'ed motopocalypse on latest firmware?

Shmaks said:
What are you talking about? You unlocked bootloader with .zip'ed motopocalypse on latest firmware?
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If you bother to read the OP (or the title), he's not using the latest firmware (and neither am I) so he can still unlock it. However, if he updates to the latest BEFORE unlocking, he indeed will be screwed.

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If you bother to read the OP (or the title), he's not using the latest firmware (and neither am I) so he can still unlock it. However, if he updates to the latest BEFORE unlocking, he indeed will be screwed.
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Except it's not the system version that matters it's the kernel version that does.