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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?
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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
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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
jun.seba said:
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.
I had a interesting Chat session today with a Moto CSR here is the log:
Me: I purchased a Used Motorola Droid RAZR HD (Verizon) Retail Version Phone. The purpose was to work on android development. I am interested in unlocking my bootloader for that purpose. The phone itself is out of warranty and therefore I am not concerned about voiding the non-existent warranty. Your Bootloader Unlock webpage here seems to not allow me to do so as it is not developer edition.
Me: From my understanding a Dev Version is the only phone listed. However as previously stated I am out of warranty and wondering if it were possible through customer support to unlock my bootloader.
Gerald Ray: I see. Thanks for the information. Please know that here with Motorola we do not advice to unlock the Bootloader of our phones and for that we don't have steps to do it. If you need further assistance, you may check our nearest Repair Center in your area.
Me: Sorry your response is not clarifying.
Me: Is it possible to unlock the bootloader of a Retail XT926 Motorola Droid RAZR HD that is a Non-Developer version?
Gerald Ray: Yes, it is possible.
Me: I live in Sacramento California where is the nearest Motorola Repair center?
Gerald Ray: This is the site to check: http://www.service-center-locator.com/motorola/motorola-service-center.htm
Gerald Ray: Is there anything else that I can assist you today aside from this?
Me: based on the information provided it seems there are no service centers in my immediate area
Gerald Ray: I understand. You may check the nearest one.
Me: Does this require for me to be there in person?
Gerald Ray: You may try calling them first. We have phone numbers from that site.
Me: Ok thank you
I have emailed three of the service centers provided on the webpage he indicated to get their response to this possibility. I will update the thread once I get confirmation or denial of the ability to unlock the bootloader from the service center.
This thread has potential!
As long as the latest ota hasn't been applied, you can unlock the boot loader. Not sure why you're going through all the hassles of calling a csr.
That is unless you're talking about a phone that does have the latest ota which patches the boot loader unlock exploit.
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I hoping it works because I have a RAZR Maxx HD... That I would like to unlock the boatloader.
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TheGman125 said:
I hoping it works because I have a RAZR Maxx HD... That I would like to unlock the boatloader.
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Unless another exploit has been found for the latest ota, and believe me we would know if there was, you will not be able to unlock the bootloader unless the phone was already unlocked before the ota.
The ability to unlock the bootloader on the hds was due to a security exploit in the code that existed before the latest ota. Using this exploit, Dan came up with code that fooled the phone into unlocking the bootloader. Once it did this, there was an eFuse that was blown to signal that the bootloader was unlocked. This fuse cannot be reset ever back to a locked state.
However, if you applied the ota before unlocking the bootloader, then what the ota did was patch/fix the exploit which means Dan's unlocking code no longer works, therefore you cannot unlock the bootloader.
It took Dan a long time to find the exploit. He has stated he does not have the time to look for a different one. In fact, there may not be another one. We were lucky that the first one was even found.
So unless Motorola decides to allow the hds to be part of the unlocking tool, I would not hold my breath.
The only other hope for you is if someone were to get kexec running on the HD. However, since because of the (now closed) exploit, no one has attempted it. Since a lot of people have their phones unlocked, I don't think the developers are working on kexec.
Plus, with the HDs being about a year old, and newer phones especially are being released, I just don't see anyone putting forth the time and effort to do this.
But, you could always put out a bounty to see if you raise enough cash to give someone if they attempt and succeed. Usually these don't result in anything coming to fruition.
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Unless another exploit has been found for the latest ota, and believe me we would know if there was, you will not be able to unlock the bootloader unless the phone was already unlocked before the ota.
The ability to unlock the bootloader on the hds was due to a security exploit in the code that existed before the latest ota. Using this exploit, Dan came up with code that fooled the phone into unlocking the bootloader. Once it did this, there was an eFuse that was blown to signal that the bootloader was unlocked. This fuse cannot be reset ever back to a locked state.
However, if you applied the ota before unlocking the bootloader, then what the ota did was patch/fix the exploit which means Dan's unlocking code no longer works, therefore you cannot unlock the bootloader.
It took Dan a long time to find the exploit. He has stated he does not have the time to look for a different one. In fact, there may not be another one. We were lucky that the first one was even found.
So unless Motorola decides to allow the hds to be part of the unlocking tool, I would not hold my breath.
The only other hope for you is if someone were to get kexec running on the HD. However, since because of the (now closed) exploit, no one has attempted it. Since a lot of people have their phones unlocked, I don't think the developers are working on kexec.
Plus, with the HDs being about a year old, and newer phones especially are being released, I just don't see anyone putting forth the time and effort to do this.
But, you could always put out a bounty to see if you raise enough cash to give someone if they attempt and succeed. Usually these don't result in anything coming to fruition.
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That sounds like a good idea... Would you be able to help with that? The devices are still good and a lot of people like my self would like to try 4.3 and get that great battery life on most if my devices.
Now, could we create community in Google+ and twitter to increase awareness of the bounty?
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Since my tiny hopes of N5 coming on Verizon is now official dashed, I need to unlock my phone...
i'll be patiently waiting for this thread to update!
Sorry to bring up an old thread, but apparently, no news from the op with a reply is bad news.
Hey Gang!
I was all set to get started helping to get AOSP ported (working with Untouchab1e) and it seems TMO has locked the bootloader something previously was reserved for att.
Needless to say I'm very upset, and will be returning the device.
There is no way around this right?
Not be surprised, Z, Z1s are also locked.
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Hey Gang!
I was all set to get started helping to get AOSP ported (working with Untouchab1e) and it seems TMO has locked the bootloader something previously was reserved for att.
Needless to say I'm very upset, and will be returning the device.
There is no way around this right?
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Very disappointing.
But please, note that it's not sony fault: Sony does not permanently lock the bootloader.
The problem here is the carrier. Sony will unlock your device if the device is sim unlocked, that's the only way to unlock but you need to pay the Unlock Code and have to send to Sony directly.
As you can see in Lollipop, SELinux is actually locking the root acces, so, you need to unlock the bootloader and change the kernel.
If you want to root a locked device running Lollipop, it's currently impossible, so BE AWARE!
P.S. I'm not saying that the Z3 is in Lollipop, but the update is imminent.
HTC does not charged for unlock code, only Sony does this!
All sony phones that will be shipped to a carrier to sell them comes with the "bootloader unlockable=NO", the others that are allowed to unlock bootloader comes directly from Sony, so don't be surprised with this issue, always has benn like that.
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HTC does not charged for unlock code, only Sony does this!
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Well, if you are talking about SIMLOCK code, you have to purchase it to your carrier. In my country (I don't know others), the law say that if the phone have 2 years and you don't renew contract, the carrier MUST have to unlock your device for FREE. Otherwise, purchase the SIMLOCK code. Sony will refuse to unlock the bootloader if the phone is SIMLOCKED.
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Very disappointing.
But please, note that it's not sony fault: Sony does not permanently lock the bootloader.
The problem here is the carrier. Sony will unlock your device if the device is sim unlocked, that's the only way to unlock but you need to pay the Unlock Code and have to send to Sony directly.
As you can see in Lollipop, SELinux is actually locking the root acces, so, you need to unlock the bootloader and change the kernel.
If you want to root a locked device running Lollipop, it's currently impossible, so BE AWARE!
P.S. I'm not saying that the Z3 is in Lollipop, but the update is imminent.
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Interesting, so if I was able to convince t-mobile to sim unlock I could then send that to sony? how does one do this? link possibly?
I got a suggestion to try selling it on craigslist than paying the difference to get the international version.
Anyone really want one now?
Pay off your phone if you are on EIP, then activate and use your phone at least 45 days (I guess), T-Mobile will unlock your phone free of charge.
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ehh....I'm gonna be receiving mine tomorrow in the mail but this might bug me a little. I've rooted/unlocked all my previous phones (galaxy 2-4) and I'm pretty used to being able to do that. I'm hoping that this phone is just so awesome that I won't feel the itch to flash things anymore.
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Pay off your phone if you are on EIP, then activate and use your phone at least 45 days (I guess), T-Mobile will unlock your phone free of charge.
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bootloader lock and sim lock are completely different
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bootloader lock and sim lock are completely different
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I knew it. My answer was for sim unlock.
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I don't much care about the bootloader, but not being able to root and in turn not being able to use xposed might be cause for a return....if only the nexus 6 was a more reasonable size.
nycbjr said:
Interesting, so if I was able to convince t-mobile to sim unlock I could then send that to sony? how does one do this? link possibly?
I got a suggestion to try selling it on craigslist than paying the difference to get the international version.
Anyone really want one now?
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Yeah!! I've followed this tuto: http://www.htcmania.com/showthread.php?t=746342 for a client, he told me that sending from GT to UK were no problem an he paid the taxes. At the phone arrived from Sony UK, the bootloader was allowed to unlock. You may think that is better to sold the locked phone and pay the difference to get a phone, but my client don't think so and he gave me the chance to probe that SIMLOCK method is actually functional.
Hope it work for you if you wanna try.
(My client's phone was a Xperia Z2 locked by Claro)
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I don't much care about the bootloader, but not being able to root and in turn not being able to use xposed might be cause for a return....if only the nexus 6 was a more reasonable size.
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Root may still be possible, sit tight.
You can obtain an Unlock Code through Sony choosing Sony Xperia Z3, however the fastboot unlock command is restricted (that would have been TOO easy!).
Code:
fastboot -i 0x0fce oem unlock [insert code here]
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FAILED (remote: Command not allowed)
finished. total time: -0.000s
While I'm sure it won't work, has anybody tried the Towel/Quick Root exploit that worked for the Z1s and the Z2 to obtain root without unlocking the BL? These T-Mo variants sometimes surprise us ...
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While I'm sure it won't work, has anybody tried the Towel/Quick Root exploit that worked for the Z1s and the Z2 to obtain root without unlocking the BL? These T-Mo variants sometimes surprise us ...
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Towelroot says that the device isn't compatible.
wow and i was about to jump from the S5 guess ill be sticking with my S5 since that has a unlocked bootloader and root
So I sold the tmo, and ordered the D6603 international dual sim. Should be here mid next week. I can then start working on getting AOSP on the Z3
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So I sold the tmo, and ordered the D6603 international dual sim. Should be here mid next week. I can then start working on getting AOSP on the Z3
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You mean D6633?
There is an Enable OEM Unlock option that is appearing in the Developer Options of the N6 and MX14 running 5.1 and if it is not checked, you cannot unlock your bootloader. If you unlocked via Sunshine or purchased a code for your device from the Chinese code seller, we do not know what is going to happen wrt this Enable OEM Unlock option for your phone if you upgrade to 5.1.
Until we do, it is safest to not upgrade and stay unlocked until 5.1 drops and the situation becomes clearer.
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There is an Enable OEM Unlock option that is appearing in the Developer Options of the N6 and MX14 running 5.1 and if it is not checked, you cannot unlock your bootloader. If you unlocked via Sunshine or purchased a code for your device from the Chinese code seller, we do not know what is going to happen wrt this Enable OEM Unlock option for your phone if you upgrade to 5.1.
Until we do, it is safest to not upgrade and stay unlocked until 5.1 drops and the situation becomes clearer.
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I don't think this is going to be an issue. People said in the N6 forums that they were able to unlock via fastboot without ever changing that setting in developer options. They hadn't even booted the phone into Android yet, just took it out of the box, put it in fastboot and unlocked.
I can't imagine the OTA would lock the bootloader, but who knows...
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I don't think this is going to be an issue. People said in the N6 forums that they were able to unlock via fastboot without ever changing that setting in developer options. They hadn't even booted the phone into Android yet, just took it out of the box, put it in fastboot and unlocked.
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But others relocked after unlocking and didn't check the box then flashed something, ended up in a bootloop and were unable to unlock again to repair their phones.
Regardless, you cannot rely on what happens with a Nexus device. These MX13's were never intended to have unlockable bootloaders, whereas the Nexi were intended to have unlockable bootloaders.
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I can't imagine the OTA would lock the bootloader, but who knows...
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I don't think it will relock the bootloader either. I am more concerned about those who relock then take the update not realizing that they will not be able to unlock again.
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These MX13's were never intended to have unlockable bootloaders, whereas the Nexi were intended to have unlockable bootloaders.
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Except the Developer Edition units that are identical in every way to the retail versions, but the unlock code is obtainable.
Regardless, I will wait until the process is confirmed and use the same process that I did to update from 4.4.2 to 4.4.4. Reflash stock /recovery and a clean /system, take OTA, then reflash TWRP and flash SuperSU. I value my root to much to risk it.
Didn't intend to say you were wrong in my first post, just that people had the same thoughts when the N6 came out and it wasn't a problem. People freaked out when My Verizon updated a while back and it requested root permissions, too. It's an abundance of caution, I get it.
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Except the Developer Edition units that are identical in every way to the retail versions, but the unlock code is obtainable.
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The GSM Dev Ed is not identical to the AT&T MX13. But still, so what? None of us know how this is going to be implemented in 5.1. We can speculate all we want but we will know for sure once it is released.
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Regardless, I will wait until the process is confirmed and use the same process that I did to update from 4.4.2 to 4.4.4. Reflash stock /recovery and a clean /system, take OTA, then reflash TWRP and flash SuperSU. I value my root to much to risk it.
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Rather than take the OTA, I would use Motorola Device Manager to upgrade - it leaves a copy of the fxz on your computer.
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, just that people had the same thoughts when the N6 came out
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No, they could not have had the same thoughts as the N6 was always an unlockable device. You don't have to use Sunshine or purchase an unlock code to unlock the N6. So whatever thoughts anyone has had about the Enable OEM Unlock feature wrt how it would work with the N6 have nothing at all to do with this thread. The situations are totally different.
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and it wasn't a problem
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On the contrary - it has been quite a problem for a lot of people with N6's who relocked their bootloaders. That is well documented on the N6 forum.
Why would I relock my bootloader to take the OTA? Why would I relock for any purpose?
Running the soak test of Android 5.1 and there is no Enable OEM Unlock option on it..
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Running the soak test of Android 5.1 and there is no Enable OEM Unlock option on it..
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The option only appears when you update to 5.1 with your bootloader locked.
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Except the Developer Edition units that are identical in every way to the retail versions, but the unlock code is obtainable...
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Most would expect that for those Moto freely gives away the bootloader unlock code for (on their web site), should be ok and not impacted. At least that is what we hope, otherwise Moto could have a bunch (maybe a small bunch) of angry users on their hand
But the thought about a warning or caution was directed toward those with ATT, Republic Wireless, or Verizon (non-dev) units who either purchased their bootloader unlock code from the China seller (or middle man) when it was available, or used Sunshine in order to bootloader unlock... since those devices were not ever intended to be bootloader unlocked.... There is uncertainty over this new "check box" in the rom. Moto could leave it out for those models (especially since ATT and RW use their own roms, VZW could be a little trickier since all XT1060's, dev and non-dev use the same rom), and if so, how does that impact any user who had a code and didn't use it yet, or unlocked, and might later want to relock for some reason.
For Sunshine, the concern would be due to changes in the phone's bootloader, TZ, or other parts that might be included in the update which might close that exploited vulnerability down. Think back to how some of the early Root/WPDisable processes were said to be "permanent" only to find they were NOT when the next OTA came out and "un-did" the hack.
So yeah, as you said...
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It's an abundance of caution, I get it.
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Why would I relock my bootloader to take the OTA? Why would I relock for any purpose?
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Some people relock b/c they think it is more secure if they lose their phone or it gets stolen.
it leaves a copy of the fxz on your computer.
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it leaves a copy of the fxz on your computer.
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Motorola Device Manager does, yes if you upgrade using MDM, you will have a copy of the fxz on your computer.
Any Updates on this situation?
It's almost been a month. Has anything new been discovered? I'd like to know if I can update to 5.1.
dont know about 5.1 but when i flashed 4.4.4 removing cm 12.1 on my att moto x it didnt relock my bootloader hope this stays same with 5.1 i used sunshine to unlock.
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It's almost been a month. Has anything new been discovered? I'd like to know if I can update to 5.1.
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The 5.1 OTA for ATT, Republic Wireless and Verizon hasn't been available yet, so I doubt anyone has tried it.
The only ones upgrading to 5.1 right now are those with a bootloader that is unlockable via code from Moto's web site.
I haven't seen Jcase, Beaups, or anyone related to Sunshine make any comments.
Further... I asked in the Sunshine thread...
See JCASE's response -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=61503326&postcount=3529
I have an XT1060 (VZW), unlocked via Sunshine. I recently switched to T-Mo, and although the VZW build worked fine, I wanted Lollipop, so I flashed the stock T-Mo 4.4.4 build, and then sideloaded the 5.1 update. I am still unlocked and everything is working fine. I'm not sure if this totally mimics your situation, but I can say that the 5.1 update rolling out to T-Mobile doesn't affect the bootloader status for Sunshine unlocked devices.
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I have an XT1060 (VZW), unlocked via Sunshine. I recently switched to T-Mo, and although the VZW build worked fine, I wanted Lollipop, so I flashed the stock T-Mo 4.4.4 build, and then sideloaded the 5.1 update. I am still unlocked and everything is working fine. I'm not sure if this totally mimics your situation, but I can say that the 5.1 update rolling out to T-Mobile doesn't affect the bootloader status for Sunshine unlocked devices.
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Exactly what I've done, converted my mother's Sunshine unlocked BL Verizon Moto X into a T-Mobile one. I'm waiting for the OTA instead of sideloading to see how things go. I'm guessing by your experience she shouldn't have any problems taking the OTA update to 5.1.
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Exactly what I've done, converted my mother's Sunshine unlocked BL Verizon Moto X into a T-Mobile one. I'm waiting for the OTA instead of sideloading to see how things go. I'm guessing by your experience she shouldn't have any problems taking the OTA update to 5.1.
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How did you convert it, I'm considering converting my att moto x to retail version. Btw its bootloader is unlocked
So i still havent came across a legit V20 Factory unlock method for sprint variant that doesnt involve rooting and flashing the US996 Rom anything out there?!
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So i still havent came across a legit V20 Factory unlock method for sprint variant that doesnt involve rooting and flashing the US996 Rom anything out there?!
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no and there never will be.. its not factory unlockable its bootloader locked. The root method is replacing the locked bootloader with the us996 unlocked one. No other way around it. You can buy a unlocked version if you would prefer but the LS997 is locked and most likely all newer phones will be locked going forward.
So those pages saying they can unlock it for a fee are lying?
The reason i havent done it with the root method is because ive heard its really buggy and unstable. And something about static screen which idk what it is lol
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So those pages saying they can unlock it for a fee are lying?
The reason i havent done it with the root method is because ive heard its really buggy and unstable. And something about static screen which idk what it is lol
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uicc sim unlock isnt unlocking the bootloader.
2 diffrent things. If you own your ls997 and its paid for sprint will unlock for free,
otherwise your asking someone to help you unlock a either stolen device or one that's not legally allowed to be unlocked since you haven't fully paid for the phone. The later is something that's prohibited on XDA
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The uicc card slot is unlocked with dirty santa as a SIDE EFFECT, was not the intentions of unlocking the device.
The process was targeted at the boot-loader and the ability to have it unlocked to be able to customize the device and change the software.
The UICC unlock is something else, and can't be discussed on here really. If a MOD would like to correct me, i'm pretty sure device unlocking, and anything related to that is a no-go topic. Legally Sprint or any other company for that matter has to provide the unlock for the device once it completes its term or is paid off, other wise there's a reason why it cant be "unlocked" by them, usually theft is the reason, or past due / delinquent acct
Ohhhhhhh i see..