So if I bought my phone rooted and with a custom rom and unlocked for any carrier,if I went back to stock would it become relocked?
No, once it's unlocked it'll remain unlocked
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So I just bought this phone off craigslist and my question is does this phone come prepared rooted. Cause I already have cwm recovery on it but the boot loader is locked buy on the bottom it says unlocked can I flash ROMs or does it have to be completely unlocked
Nvrm it's rooted and fine to flash rocking Slim Bean
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I want to buy the phone from local carrier, but I wonder if the bootloader (Sony's vocabulary) can be locked, so I don't get the ROOT and ability to flash cm rom, custom kernel etc....
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The bootloader comes locked, but a simple fastboot command will fix that. They're also supposed to all be carrier unlocked.
arc_u said:
I want to buy the phone from local carrier, but I wonder if the bootloader (Sony's vocabulary) can be locked, so I don't get the ROOT and ability to flash cm rom, custom kernel etc....
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All Nexus devices are unlocked by default. In Canada at least.
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Beremus said:
All Nexus devices are unlocked by default. In Canada at least.
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The Verizon Gnex was a carrier exclusive. Since then, some are scared it might happen again.
Hey guys,
I just bought the nexus 4 from a guy and its working awesome. The only "problem" I have is that the guy before me was playing around with the nexus. And now I have a locked bootloader, no SU binaries/root but CWM?? Is it possible to have CWM with a locked bootloader?
Anyways, i dont want to play around with it because the original store that sold this nexus will blame me for playing around with it if something actually happens.
So can i update it to key lime pie when it comes out without any problems?? Or can i remove CWM without unlocking the bootloader(i have alot of apps)?
Thanks
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You can flash a ROM and then relock the bootloader. Just unlock it and start again
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You can flash a ROM and then relock the bootloader. Just unlock it and start again
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Can i update it without removing the nonfunctional recovery?
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It's better to go back to 100% stock so you know exactly what's been done
You can always use this if you're rooted. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.segv11.bootunlocker
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Hey, If i want to get back my warranty for some reasons on the nexus 4 after rooting and with custom recovery and rom, after unroot and locking the bootloader again, will i be able to use my warranty again?
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Yes, but you're better off flashing the stock factory image from Google. Follow efrant's guide in General for full instructions
Sorry for late replay but I used the nexus 4 root tool kit wugfresh and it asked if im on custom rom or stock, i was on paranoid android rom so i selected custom rom, the made an unroot, I think it automatically extracted google image and flashed then made the unroot, is that okey? , when i compared it with a fully stock never rooted nexus 4 of someone here, mine had darker colors, but after research some people said that their are many nexus 4 have warmer screen colors.
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I want to know if I flash a stock ROM such as lollipop to my unlocked AT&T phone, would it relock to default network? I unlocked it by purchasing an unlock code from a website.
thanks
No, once you're unlocked it will stay unlocked even if you flash the stock firmware with Odin.
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