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Heya, I'm very new in the vast world of Android rooting and flashing and I've run into yet another problem trying to flash my N900A Note 3 variant. I finally got it SIM unlocked and rooted and just when I'm getting ready to flash I see something about bootloaders. I don't know how to check to see if it's locked but I'm more than certain it is. So, is there anyway to unlock the bootloader? I see people saying it can't be unlocked yet I see guides for unlocking them so really all I'm looking for is a straight answer.
And if I understand it right, Safestrap isn't something I want to do if it's not the 'real' thing, so if it can't be unlocked then I'll be looking into another phone. If I do, would it be better to get another Note 3 variant or the Sony Xperia z1s?
Thanks in advance.
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Heya, I'm very new in the vast world of Android rooting and flashing and I've run into yet another problem trying to flash my N900A Note 3 variant. I finally got it SIM unlocked and rooted and just when I'm getting ready to flash I see something about bootloaders. I don't know how to check to see if it's locked but I'm more than certain it is. So, is there anyway to unlock the bootloader? I see people saying it can't be unlocked yet I see guides for unlocking them so really all I'm looking for is a straight answer.
And if I understand it right, Safestrap isn't something I want to do if it's not the 'real' thing, so if it can't be unlocked then I'll be looking into another phone. If I do, would it be better to get another Note 3 variant or the Sony Xperia z1s?
Thanks in advance.
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AT&T models are locked at the bootloader, and there's no way to unlock them.
I have similar question....I have 9005 version and want to put new bootloader.....I put new NF2 modem and now i want to put NF4 bootloader....
Is it enough just to instal it through odin?
(Searched for instructions but couldn't find it.....)
Thanks....
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AT&T models are locked at the bootloader, and there's no way to unlock them.
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Okay, I have a few questions on this subject.
Safestrap is a work-around a locked bootloader right? If I use it to flash a rom would there be that much of a difference?
If using safestrap pretty much the same thing then why do people still prefer to have unlocked bootloader?
Because I see guides to unlocking bootloaders, does this mean that it's just AT&T that won't let us unlock this phone version?
Sorry for the questions, I just want this stuff cleared up.
mr_solo1337 said:
Okay, I have a few questions on this subject.
Safestrap is a work-around a locked bootloader right? If I use it to flash a rom would there be that much of a difference?
If using safestrap pretty much the same thing then why do people still prefer to have unlocked bootloader?
Because I see guides to unlocking bootloaders, does this mean that it's just AT&T that won't let us unlock this phone version?
Sorry for the questions, I just want this stuff cleared up.
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You can't change the kernel if your bootloader is locked, so safestrap only works with TW-based ROMs -- no cyanogenmod our other AOSP variants.
AT&T is one of the carriers that forces the OEMs to lock the bootloader. I believe Verizon is another one. No other carrier seems to care, or have enough power over the OEMs to force this.
Hi I recently got a T-Mobile Galaxy S5 and I despise Touchwiz. It looks ugly and more importantly it makes my phone extremely sluggish (it feels like my Moto G when it would run out of RAM). I want to root and put a ROM that's as near stock as possible (I'm assuming CM12.1 is the best option for that) but I haven't rooted since the Galaxy S2 so all the information I'm reading is super overwhelming. All these stickied posts seem rather outdated coming from like 2014 and such. I'm on 5.1.1 and I honestly just want as lagfree of an experience as possible. Can someone here please help me acheive this? I've been researching for 2 weeks now and I'm horribly confused. I keep reading about custom kernels and all that but all I want is my phone to not suck.
You'll get more answers in the correct forum
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s5/help
Have you tried a different Launcher first though? TouchWiz Launcher is terrible, Nova Launcher is what a lot of people use, myself too, super fast, smooth with 100x more customisation options
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You'll get more answers in the correct forum
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s5/help
Have you tried a different Launcher first though? TouchWiz Launcher is terrible, Nova Launcher is what a lot of people use, myself too, super fast, smooth with 100x more customisation options
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I use Nova, it's not enough to stop the dumpster fire that is Touchwiz
What are you confused about? Are you rooted?
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pnut22r said:
What are you confused about? Are you rooted?
Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk
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I'm not rooted. I'm confused because when I try to figure out how to root and flash my phone all I see is a bunch of different guides and I'm not sure which is the one I should do.
Not sure if the T-Mobile bootloader is locked, I know the Verizon one is, and another US carrier, if it is locked, it's a PITA
If it's not, flash CF Auto Root for the G900F with ODIN
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Not sure if the T-Mobile bootloader is locked, I know the Verizon one is, and another US carrier, if it is locked, it's a PITA
If it's not, flash CF Auto Root for the G900F with ODIN
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T-Mobile S5 doesn't come with a locked bootloader which is good. I have the G900T would that work?
Abu_The_Unicorn said:
T-Mobile S5 doesn't come with a locked bootloader which is good. I have the G900T would that work?
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If you're sure it's not bootloader locked, just flash this with ODIN
http://download.chainfire.eu/407/CF-Root1/CF-Auto-Root-kltetmo-kltetmo-smg900t.zip
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If you're sure it's not bootloader locked, just flash this with ODIN
http://download.chainfire.eu/407/CF-Root1/CF-Auto-Root-kltetmo-kltetmo-smg900t.zip
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How do I flash something with Odin? And will this work on 5.1.1?
Best do some reading before messing if you don't know how to use ODIN
And no, I don't believe it works with 5.1.1, there is a thread about rooting 5.1.1
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Best do some reading before messing if you don't know how to use ODIN
And no, I don't believe it works with 5.1.1, there is a thread about rooting 5.1.1
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Now do you see why I'm confused? There's so many things that I don't know but I can't find anyone to teach me
Abu_The_Unicorn said:
Now do you see why I'm confused? There's so many things that I don't know but I can't find anyone to teach me
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Was the same for me when I got mine, I spent 2-3 weeks reading every single thread I could before I decided I knew enough to root and be confident I wasn't going to brick it
And that was after I was already well experienced with Android, just a different device
Don't try taking shortcuts is my advice, asking for help and guides is one thing, but reading absolutely everything you can first is the only sure way to not kill your phone
Read this entire thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s5/general/warning-root-install-recovery-t-mobile-t3140807
And then
http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmo...t/root-kernel-root-method-fof6-5-1-1-t3158005
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Now do you see why I'm confused? There's so many things that I don't know but I can't find anyone to teach me
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You can ask me questions if you get stuck at one point I'd love to help a fellow android user. Just either post here or send me a private message of where you're at and we will go from there.
Hey y'all thanks for taking a peek at this thread.
We, the people over at the forum for the Moto G4 Play, have had a lot of trouble figuring out how to remove the Amazon ads from our XT1607. You guys have found that simply flashing your gpt.bin and oem.img from a non-amazon XT1625 to an amazon XT1625 works simply enough.
Problem is with our device the amazon oem.img is sparsed into two different chunks, but the non-amazon device has a single oem.img. We have tried many different routes to remove the Amazon Ads from our device but haven't been successful at all. Now we've hit a roadblock and can't figure out how to get around it; and we'd love for the developers of this subforum to help us out.
Check out our progress in this post I made.
Thanks!
be aware that Amazon G4 owners (me included) who used RootJunky's Amazon debloating method cannot receive updates. attempts to flash the stock Amazon ROM (to get updates) results in bricked phones. so de-Amazon'd G4 owners with locked bootloader are stuck. we may not be able to install the Nougat update.
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be aware that Amazon G4 owners (me included) who used RootJunky's Amazon debloating method cannot receive updates. attempts to flash the stock Amazon ROM (to get updates) results in bricked phones. so de-Amazon'd G4 owners with locked bootloader are stuck. we may not be able to install the Nougat update.
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Damn. We really need to figure out a way to root this device without unlocking the bootloader.
Ditto on this thread! ... Love my G4 play but not the AMAZON bloatware, want to delete it! ... Please help us get rid of this waste of space...
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Damn. We really need to figure out a way to root this device without unlocking the bootloader.
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That won't happen no matter how hard you figure. It was done on the older Qualcomm chipsets and since then the RSA key has been beefed up to the point that if someone could break what they call the Qfuse and unlock the phone, they would be doing a lot more than just unlocking phones. There have been lame attempts in the near past that didn't go well for those trying so don't count on unlocking the bootloader without Amazon's or Lenovo's blessings.
This is now working (ended up not having to affect the systemui files, it was even simpler).
I am thinking about rolling up the solution into an apk so you guys can run it easily.
This thread seems pretty dead though. Anyone interested in an apk?
Still Interest
Hey...like me, I'm sure there is a lot of interest if there is a workable method to unlock the boot loader.
tnx...
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This is now working (ended up not having to affect the systemui files, it was even simpler).
I am thinking about rolling up the solution into an apk so you guys can run it easily.
This thread seems pretty dead though. Anyone interested in an apk?
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Hey...like me, I'm sure there is a lot of interest if there is a workable method to unlock the boot loader.
tnx...
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Removing ads and unlocking the bootloader are two completely different things. The bootloader on the Amazon phone will never be unlocked until Amazon allows it.
YEs! Show me how....
ledothis said:
This is now working (ended up not having to affect the systemui files, it was even simpler).
I am thinking about rolling up the solution into an apk so you guys can run it easily.
This thread seems pretty dead though. Anyone interested in an apk?
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I"M INTERESTED IN UNDERSTANDING HOW YOU DID IT, yes!
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I"M INTERESTED IN UNDERSTANDING HOW YOU DID IT, yes!
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check out the link in the original post. He works through it over there.
Isnt any threads on this device.
Figured Id start one.
At first glances. No root. Oem u lock is in dev options. No fastboot does have dl mode. I doubt root will come anytime soon.
I do really like this device. I have averaged 6 to 8 hours of sot time
Been attempting to pull a stock image for restores with lgup and flashtool
So everyone knows the cricket version is downgraded. Only has a 1.4 ghrtz quadcore i stead of the. Octacore. And only 2 gb of ram verus the 3 i see everywhere else.
Camera reminds me of the g2s
Kingo kingroot and all the one clicks dont work. Next will be zeroing the laf to see if i get fastboot. The no root debloater app doesnt work on this device either. So finding root is a must.
Im assuming as owning many lg phones the bootloader is not locked but signed so without the signing key and a modified laf partition to enable fastboot with accepted unlock commands or an engineering bootloader
Unlock will be highly inprobable for some time. Or unless a exploit such as bump or loki or something very similar
Just got this phone 2 days ago and it's pretty snappy and I am quite pleased with it honestly. The fingerprint scanner was the selling point... And price lol. With root this device would be no doubt​ a beast.
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Just got this phone 2 days ago and it's pretty snappy and I am quite pleased with it honestly. The fingerprint scanner was the selling point... And price lol. With root this device would be no doubt​ a beast.
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thats funny my finger print scanner has yet to reconize my finger i registered both my pointer fingers twice and still nothing.im a mechanic so my prints are pretty trashed but i tried for like 4 or 5 hours and just switched it back.
all im waiting for is a stock firmware as of rite now no atni roll back is implented or 0. so first firmwares usually is first rooted or moded takes a load of messing with laf and recovery partitions
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thats funny my finger print scanner has yet to reconize my finger i registered both my pointer fingers twice and still nothing.im a mechanic so my prints are pretty trashed but i tried for like 4 or 5 hours and just switched it back.
all im waiting for is a stock firmware as of rite now no atni roll back is implented or 0. so first firmwares usually is first rooted or moded takes a load of messing with laf and recovery partitions
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My fps works great, I'm sorry you're not sharing the same experience there was an update yesterday morning, it took a while to install but I'm still at 7.0 so it couldn't have been anything too major
mycosmicmind said:
My fps works great, I'm sorry you're not sharing the same experience there was an update yesterday morning, it took a while to install but I'm still at 7.0 so it couldn't have been anything too major
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It started working great. Thanks for responding. Doesnt miss a beat.
I love it now. I dont know what it was. Im a mechanic so i naturally have greasy dirty hands and i may have tried to set it up then
TheMadScientist420 said:
It started working great. Thanks for responding. Doesnt miss a beat.
I love it now. I dont know what it was. Im a mechanic so i naturally have greasy dirty hands and i may have tried to set it up then
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I very much enjoy it, and this phone. It's funny, when I tried kingroot I think it was it read my phone as a G6 I wonder if there is a rooting method for the LG G6 we could try?
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I very much enjoy it, and this phone. It's funny, when I tried kingroot I think it was it read my phone as a G6 I wonder if there is a rooting method for the LG G6 we could try?
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ive been all over it trying and trying ive started looking into other lg methods with locked bootloaders and nougat
the v20 just got nougat to so hopefully between the g6 and v20 root methods that may come to be we can adapt one to us
sucks the old root injection throws secure bot cause nougatchecks system to see if modified its gonna be mnore of a systemless root from what i see and know
The v20 uses the dirty santa exploit to obtain root.
The LG G6 doesn't have root yet.
If the bootloader is signed, Safestrap is how we got around it on AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note 3 n900a. Still have to have root first tho.
It looks like boost, cricket, T-Mobile, Straight Talk all have the LG Stylo 3 so far. So alot of people will own these because their cheap.
I'd like to get one myself but without root and ROMs no thanks.
Help
Has anyone found a solution to the root of a lg m430 yet???
Off thread device;
Anyone currently looking into the Stylo 3 straight talk bootloader unlock? (Does it just come down to lg bridge recognizing the device?)
TheMadScientist said:
It started working great. Thanks for responding. Doesnt miss a beat.
I love it now. I dont know what it was. Im a mechanic so i naturally have greasy dirty hands and i may have tried to set it up then
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Mechanic here as well. It was tricky. But i got it
Just got an LG Stylo 3 (Cricket). I'm on board to help anywhere I can.
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So everyone knows the cricket version is downgraded. Only has a 1.4 ghrtz quadcore i stead of the. Octacore. And only 2 gb of ram verus the 3 i see everywhere else.
Camera reminds me of the g2s
Kingo kingroot and all the one clicks dont work. Next will be zeroing the laf to see if i get fastboot. The no root debloater app doesnt work on this device either. So finding root is a must.
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Have you attempted zeroing it yet?
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Have you attempted zeroing it yet?
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I did not. I gave the device up pretty quickly
Please excuse me if this is a silly question. What would running "fastboot oem unlock" do, if anything, to this model? Apparently, unlocking the bootloader on the LG Stylo 3 Plus is this simple (assuming OEM unlock is turned on in dev options, of course). I realize the non-plus model is different, and Cricket's LG-M430 even more so, but has anyone tried running this command and can confirm it doesn't work? I wonder why LG would freely allow the Plus to be unlocked, but not this model...Perhaps Cricket had some say in this?
Also, (another noob question) am I correct in thinking that rooting without first unlocking the bootloader will NOT trigger some unwanted mechanism of the bootloader? From what I've read, a locked bootloader only verifies the integrity of the kernel and recovery, and will not check for "illegal" root access. Are there any built in mechanics that check for root? I ask out of curiosity, as I am aware there are currently no root exploits for this phone. It seems like you all agree unlocking the bootloader is the most logical first step. Is there any benefit to figuring this out first over trying to simply root the device? Thanks in advance. I'm very interested in understanding all this, and am hopeful that I'll be able to somehow contribute in getting this model rooted.
Nihilian said:
Please excuse me if this is a silly question. What would running "fastboot oem unlock" do, if anything, to this model? Apparently, unlocking the bootloader on the LG Stylo 3 Plus is this simple (assuming OEM unlock is turned on in dev options, of course). I realize the non-plus model is different, and Cricket's LG-M430 even more so, but has anyone tried running this command and can confirm it doesn't work? I wonder why LG would freely allow the Plus to be unlocked, but not this model...Perhaps Cricket had some say in this?
Also, (another noob question) am I correct in thinking that rooting without first unlocking the bootloader will NOT trigger some unwanted mechanism of the bootloader? From what I've read, a locked bootloader only verifies the integrity of the kernel and recovery, and will not check for "illegal" root access. Are there any built in mechanics that check for root? I ask out of curiosity, as I am aware there are currently no root exploits for this phone. It seems like you all agree unlocking the bootloader is the most logical first step. Is there any benefit to figuring this out first over trying to simply root the device? Thanks in advance. I'm very interested in understanding all this, and am hopeful that I'll be able to somehow contribute in getting this model rooted.
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The way that they locked the bootloader prevents you from getting anywhere close to fastboot. LG has this locked down severely.
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stylo 3 root
So why is there root for stylo 3 plus but not the stylo 3?
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So why is there root for stylo 3 plus but not the stylo 3?
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3 plus have unlockable bootloader
i did rooted the oneplus 6t to get the oneplus McLaren logo on startup by a normal 6t.
with the twrp flash.
i did install the McLaren module by magisk and works for so far.
phone boots up with no probs at all except one thing i am trying to figure out.
when the phone boots up there is a for a few seconds the message bootloader unlocked with a Orange triangle and goes then into the McLaren logo and starts up further as a normal unrooted 6t.
anyways no i am trying to figure out how i can get rid off/bypass that google bootloader unlock message in the first few seconds at startup.
found out that it is possible to get rid of the message by other brands/types of phones.
but i cant put the things together howto do this on a 6t nor find any related information on the web.
it is not a really big issue/problem for me.
but i want to write a howto get the complete McLaren experience on a normal 6t included fingerprint animation themes and the ar thing (for the booklet) so far i have everything complete except that message.
and to make a complete howto i also want to include how to get rid of that message.
also i found out that there is a way to buy the McLaren back cover so it Will look and handle as a McLaren edition and then the only difference Will be the extra ram what is missing and the warp charge (hardware related stuff which cant be changed).
any help on this one is appreciated.
PS i know i can get rid of the message by unrooting it and locking the bootloader again but that's not what i am looking for.
trying to keep the McLaren things altogether without going back to full stock (and without bricking the phone off course).
best regards.
Short answer is you can't.
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Short answer is you can't.
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I doubt that but lets wait what others have to say about it
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I doubt that but lets wait what others have to say about it
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It's been possible before with certain older devices, it's more complicated than you think. Chances are very slim.. closer to a not possible, if ever.
Addiso said:
It's been possible before with certain older devices, it's more complicated than you think. Chances are very slim.. closer to a not possible, if ever.
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I indeed found out that it is very complicated on other phones but it could be done on older phones i Will wait the reactions on this xda thread thanks in advance for replying.
No need for this thread when there's already a WIP thread: https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6t/development/wip-dissecting-bootloader-aka-rid-t3878470
Thread in the wrong section (I don't even know in which section it should go, let's say Q&A), and subject is as mentioned above been discussed since years for OnePlus phones and the short answer will always be the same
YOU CAN'T GET RID OF THAT SCREEN WHILE UNLOCKED
Read the thread linked above should have been the first thing done
SpasilliumNexus said:
No need for this thread when there's already a WIP thread: https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6t/development/wip-dissecting-bootloader-aka-rid-t3878470
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Go to that thread and you will find that it isn't possible.
You will need a signed boot loader from OnePlus that does not have the splash screen. Good luck with that.
It has to be there for Android trusted boot. Google requires it.
Thanks for pointing out the right topic didn't find it sorry forum posting it in the wrong section made a thread over here because xda said when i made a account i couldnt posted it in the developer section because i am a junior member (found that a bit funny,i am familiar with Linux backtrack, android rooting and all the stuff what Comes with it and also a bit programming with Windows) but thanks anyways topic can be closed i Will continue on the wip thread as a junior ? my wife got her degree in Windows networking programming but she has to ask me always hunny can You help me with something i cant solve (and i haven't got any degrees at school Just plain old hobby playing with software and stuff)
Some devices have fixed for that like https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/guide-remove-unlocked-bootloader-warning.4069207/
So stop say that "YOU CAN'T DO THAT"
Any news on this matter for OP?
Michel oneplus said:
i did rooted the oneplus 6t to get the oneplus McLaren logo on startup by a normal 6t.
with the twrp flash.
i did install the McLaren module by magisk and works for so far.
phone boots up with no probs at all except one thing i am trying to figure out.
when the phone boots up there is a for a few seconds the message bootloader unlocked with a Orange triangle and goes then into the McLaren logo and starts up further as a normal unrooted 6t.
anyways no i am trying to figure out how i can get rid off/bypass that google bootloader unlock message in the first few seconds at startup.
found out that it is possible to get rid of the message by other brands/types of phones.
but i cant put the things together howto do this on a 6t nor find any related information on the web.
it is not a really big issue/problem for me.
but i want to write a howto get the complete McLaren experience on a normal 6t included fingerprint animation themes and the ar thing (for the booklet) so far i have everything complete except that message.
and to make a complete howto i also want to include how to get rid of that message.
also i found out that there is a way to buy the McLaren back cover so it Will look and handle as a McLaren edition and then the only difference Will be the extra ram what is missing and the warp charge (hardware related stuff which cant be changed).
any help on this one is appreciated.
PS i know i can get rid of the message by unrooting it and locking the bootloader again but that's not what i am looking for.
trying to keep the McLaren things altogether without going back to full stock (and without bricking the phone off course).
best regards.
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Try using Universal SafetyNet Fix module. It hides the unlocked bootloader from system too
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Try using Universal SafetyNet Fix module. It hides the unlocked bootloader from system too
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That module does nothing for the message that appears during boot.
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That module does nothing for the message that appears during boot.
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My xiaomi device doesn't know that the bootloader is unlocked anymore, idk
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My xiaomi device doesn't know that the bootloader is unlocked anymore, idk
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That's the difference. You talking about Xiaomi in a OnePlus thread, very different breed. Many apologies fam.
On my other phones there's been a method to cover it up. For Motorola devices, there are many custom splash screens that are an overlay, covering the words with an image
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On my other phones there's been a method to cover it up. For Motorola devices, there are many custom splash screens that are an overlay, covering the words with an image
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It's impossible on this device because the OnePlus 6/6T is made different from other devices and that warning cannot be modified due to how it is made. This was the very first thing I set out to do and from searching on our forums I learned this to be true. It's impossible on 6/6t.
flash713 said:
It's impossible on this device because the OnePlus 6/6T is made different from other devices and that warning cannot be modified due to how it is made. This was the very first thing I set out to do and from searching on our forums I learned this to be true. It's impossible on 6/6t.
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This is something a lot of people need to understand.
All androids devices are not equal. Depending on the device even the bootloader is different so the same tricks don't work on all devices.
Has their been ways for other devices? Yes by exploiting a hole in the system. This is still an actively updated device. You will have to wait a few before a hole like that can be found and more importantly not patched.
Now on the other hand. This is Xda. Nothing is impossible. So by all means dig in and find the hole and come back and share it. I'm sure there are those here willing o help.