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fastboot oem unlock?

So I heard that the XOOM can be unlocked from fastboot.
I did the same process to my Atrix and it said it completed it with a happy OKAY.
ran the command "fastboot oem unlock" from the Atrix in it's fastloader mode.
It gave a friendly OKAY.
I haven't a clue if it is really unlocked. I just figured this might be helpful info, or maybe not.

While I highly doubt it's that easy on our phones, it's interesting that it returned an OK on the command. Can any proper devs chime in? Does it just give an arbitrary 'OKAY' once the command completes, whether successful or not?

DarkSi08 said:
While I highly doubt it's that easy on our phones, it's interesting that it returned an OK on the command. Can any proper devs chime in? Does it just give an arbitrary 'OKAY' once the command completes, whether successful or not?
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If you do a "fastboot oem anything" it will return OKAY
I am pretty sure its not doing anything. The phone just return OKAY to whatever oem command you try to execute and doesnt do anything.

uskr said:
If you do a "fastboot oem anything" it will return OKAY
I am pretty sure its not doing anything. The phone just return OKAY to whatever oem command you try to execute and doesnt do anything.
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I can confirm that the fastboot oem *anything* command gives "... OKAY" no matter what is typed.
A for effort though, OP

What does all this mean?
Code:
C:\Users\Ryan>fastboot getvar all
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 1000
(bootloader) product: olympus
(bootloader) secure: no
(bootloader) mid: 001
(bootloader) version: 0.4
(bootloader) serialno: 02884xx
(bootloader) version-baseband: currently un-supported
all: Done
finished. total time: 0.004s
"(bootloader) secure: no"... I'm sure that doesn't mean what I think it does, does it?

I also believe you just gave out your serial number
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neer2005 said:
I also believe you just gave out your serial number
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LOL, nice.
Anyway, I'm sure it was a false alarm... Looked promising, but cant' do anything.
Sorry to make a mess of the forum.

[Q] Oem unlock freezes, unseen error

Hello, so i got a asus nexus 7 wifi model, never seen it working. Recovery says booting failed. The one thing that works is fastboot. So i decided to reflash everything. But when i run fastboot oem unlock after about 6mins i get FAILED (remote: () as i understand no error.
I tried 3 drivers, official, naked and from asus nexus toolkit everytime same result. I tried few different pc's diferent usb ports. So maybe someone had a same problem and knows what to try next.
Bootloader version 4.13
full log:
...
(bootloader) erasing userdata...
(bootloader) erasing userdata done
(bootloader) erasing cache...
(bootloader) erasing cache done
(bootloader) unlocking...
FAILED (remote: ()
finished. total time: 391.390s
Thx in advance

xz33r0x said:
Hello, so i got a asus nexus 7 wifi model, never seen it working.
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I hope you didn't pay much for it. At this time there is no known workaround, as APX mode on the N7 has not been cracked with an nvflash-like tool.
You might consider donating it to the folks at androidroot.mobi, or... becoming the person that breaks into APX on the N7.

bftb0 said:
I hope you didn't pay much for it. At this time there is no known workaround, as APX mode on the N7 has not been cracked with an nvflash-like tool.
You might consider donating it to the folks at androidroot.mobi, or... becoming the person that breaks into APX on the N7.
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I didn't pay for it at all yeah have read about apx. Just was wandering is there any other options, or the nand is dead like a brick

Cant unlock the bootloader.

My HTC cant unlock its bootloader right after pasting this command on cmd
fastboot oem get_identifier_token
The error is as follows:
C:\adb>fastboot oem get_identifier_token
...
(bootloader) [KillSwitch] : /dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/frp
(bootloader) [KillSwitch] Last Byte is 0X00, disable unlock
(bootloader) [KillSwitch] oem unlock Turn Off!
Is there any solution with this?

zixtee said:
My HTC cant unlock its bootloader right after pasting this command on cmd
fastboot oem get_identifier_token
The error is as follows:
C:\adb>fastboot oem get_identifier_token
...
(bootloader) [KillSwitch] : /dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/frp
(bootloader) [KillSwitch] Last Byte is 0X00, disable unlock
(bootloader) [KillSwitch] oem unlock Turn Off!
Is there any solution with this?
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You have to go to developer options and enable the bootloader unlocking.
Sent from my HTC One A9 using XDA-Developers mobile app

AcidNoteZ said:
You have to go to developer options and enable the bootloader unlocking.
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i cant go there because im stuck on google account login.. i factory reset my device and sadly i forgot the email i used

zixtee said:
i cant go there because im stuck on google account login.. i factory reset my device and sadly i forgot the email i used
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Umm back button and skip google account login

then?

schmeggy929 said:
Umm back button and skip google account login
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then?

zixtee said:
then?
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Settings/About/Software information/More tap Build number 7 times. Back button to Settings/Developer options

if setup forces a google login, and u dont have the credentials, you'll have to flash RUU

OMJ said:
if setup forces a google login, and u dont have the credentials, you'll have to flash RUU
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Yep. This is the new "killswitch", so if your phone is stolen the crooks cannot simply wipe it and use it as their own, they need to know the google account/password that was previously used.
If you want to disable the killswitch you need to remove your google account PRIOR to the wipe. I found this out the hard way when selling an old phone on ebay...ended up having to give the buyer my google password so he could use the phone. There is no way around this, unless you are S-OFF, in which case you can disable the killswitch manually (fastboot erase frp). Kind of lame that using an RUU allows the crooks to bypass the killswitch. (Are you sure it does?)

Oneplus 6T qualcomm crash dump error, recovery not working

Hi,
I have oneplus 6T which has suddenly started giving qualcomm crash dump error after normal reboot. I have tried msm tool to flash. Tool shows success but when it boots the mobile at end , same crash dump appears again. have also tried multiple version of msm. Also visited service center but they are suggesting motherboard replacement.
Now i want to try manual flashing. Phone is in bootlocked state. also OEM is not unblocked. Is it possible tounlock OEM when my phone is not booting. also is it possible to change boothlocked state to unlock?
I can go to fastboot by pressing vol UP + DOWN and power button but on selecting recovery option it still goes to same crash dump state.
Please suggest what options do i have?is there any way to recover?
Thanks

If your device is a global model 6t then put it in fastboot mode manually then try "fastboot oem unlock* and see what happens.. Unlocking the bootloader won't fix a hardware issue but it won't hurt anything either. ?
Have you ever unlocked your bootloader and then locked it afterwards? If so I wouldn't recommend it again. I've seen a few people screw up their devices that way on here. I've never since Nexus S days when I began modding my phone's locked a bootloader. I always unlock and leave them unlocked.
**I'd either sell it as is online or get motherboard replaced then unlock bootloader and install whatever you'd I like but don't lock the bootloader after you unlock it. That's just my opinion. I've been on XDA a long time and had many devices over the years and I remember reading about people on 5 or 6 phone's I've had in my past screwing up their phones that way..
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Thanks for responding
yes device is global model of 6T.
I have not unlocked /locked bootloader in past.
"fastboot oem unlock" gives error as "FAILED (remote: Flashing unlock is not allowed)"
flash713 said:
If your device is a global model 6t then put it in fastboot mode manually then try "fastboot oem unlock* and see what happens.. Unlocking the bootloader won't fix a hardware issue but it won't hurt anything either. ?
Have you ever unlocked your bootloader and then locked it afterwards? If so I wouldn't recommend it again. I've seen a few people screw up their devices that way on here. I've never since Nexus S days when I began modding my phone's locked a bootloader. I always unlock and leave them unlocked.
**I'd either sell it as is online or get motherboard replaced then unlock bootloader and install whatever you'd I like but don't lock the bootloader after you unlock it. That's just my opinion. I've been on XDA a long time and had many devices over the years and I remember reading about people on 5 or 6 phone's I've had in my past screwing up their phones that way..
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Did you tried different older versions of MSM Tool?

Dafelleant said:
Did you tried different older versions of MSM Tool?
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Hi,
yes tried couple of older versions too (listed below).
ANDROID+10+OOS+10.3.5+fajita_41_J.47_200717.zip
ANDROID+10+OOS+10.3.2+fajita_41_J.44_200222.zip
6T_MsmDownloadTool_v4.0.59_OOS_v9.0.13.rar
Every time on completion of msm flashing in all the above versions, I still get qualcomm crash dump error.
My question is: Is it necessary for bootloader to be in unlocked state for msm tool to work? if no, is there any other command to unlock the bootloader on a bricked phone as "fastboot oem unlock" and "fastboot flashing unlock" fails with the message "not allowed".
thanks again for responding to the post.

ms2020 said:
Hi,
yes tried couple of older versions too (listed below).
ANDROID+10+OOS+10.3.5+fajita_41_J.47_200717.zip
ANDROID+10+OOS+10.3.2+fajita_41_J.44_200222.zip
6T_MsmDownloadTool_v4.0.59_OOS_v9.0.13.rar
Every time on completion of msm flashing in all the above versions, I still get qualcomm crash dump error.
My question is: Is it necessary for bootloader to be in unlocked state for msm tool to work? if no, is there any other command to unlock the bootloader on a bricked phone as "fastboot oem unlock" and "fastboot flashing unlock" fails with the message "not allowed".
thanks again for responding to the post.
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As far as I know no. Because in order to unlock your bootloader you must have access to the screen so that after you send the unlock command you can use your volume buttons to confirm and power button to select yes and then it does its thing...

flash713 said:
As far as I know no. Because in order to unlock your bootloader you must have access to the screen so that after you send the unlock command you can use your volume buttons to confirm and power button to select yes and then it does its thing...
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Hi,
The only screen i have access to is "fastboot mode " which has options like start, power off, restart bootloader, recovery mode.
When i choose recovery it goes back to same qualcomm crashdump.
i have tried sending "fastboot oem unlock" from pc while i am in fastboot mode. but gives error as
FAILED (remote: Flashing Unlock is not allowed
)
finished. total time: 0.005s
Thanks

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None of what I had typed will work because your bootloader is blocked correct?
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ms2020 said:
Hi,
The only screen i have access to is "fastboot mode " which has options like start, power off, restart bootloader, recovery mode.
When i choose recovery it goes back to same qualcomm crashdump.
i have tried sending "fastboot oem unlock" from pc while i am in fastboot mode. but gives error as
FAILED (remote: Flashing Unlock is not allowed
)
finished. total time: 0.005s
Thanks
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I think the only thing that may work would be a programmer box (ex: Octopus, Mudusa..) and I'm not even sure if it would or not. I was just about to buy two before this stupid Corona bs hit and made me broker than broke. If you had one of these programmer boxes I'm talking about you may be able to fix it but I'm not 100% sure of it and they cost anywhere from $75-300 depending on which one you're looking at. They make many different programmer boxes and they all are compatible with and do slightly different things.. Sorry I couldn't be of any real help man. I hope you can get this fixed.
I'm quite sure the reason you're being denied when trying to send the bootloader unlock command is because your switch in developer options on your device isn't switched to enable bootloader unlock.

yes you are right ... got same error
fastboot boot twrp-3.4.0-2-fajita.img
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [ 0.678s]
booting...
FAILED (remote: boot is not allowed in Lock State)
finished. total time: 0.697s
thanks for your reverts .
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None of what I had typed will work because your bootloader is blocked correct?
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I think the only thing that may work would be a programmer box (ex: Octopus, Mudusa..) and I'm not even sure if it would or not. I was just about to buy two before this stupid Corona bs hit and made me broker than broke. If you had one of these programmer boxes I'm talking about you may be able to fix it but I'm not 100% sure of it and they cost anywhere from $75-300 depending on which one you're looking at. They make many different programmer boxes and they all are compatible with and do slightly different things.. Sorry I couldn't be of any real help man. I hope you can get this fixed.
I'm quite sure the reason you're being denied when trying to send the bootloader unlock command is because your switch in developer options on your device isn't switched to enable bootloader unlock.
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ms2020 said:
yes you are right ... got same error
fastboot boot twrp-3.4.0-2-fajita.img
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [ 0.678s]
booting...
FAILED (remote: boot is not allowed in Lock State)
finished. total time: 0.697s
thanks for your reverts .
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Have you tried formatting data and then reboot system? I know that sounds kinda dumb but if I were you I would definitely try that. It might boot up to system. To do this you can plug up to your computer and open command window and manually set phone in fastboot mode where you see the "START" screen. Then from PC terminal do: sudo fastboot -w (hit enter) and then once it wipes , push power button on your device which should still be at the screen that reads START. Your device should then reboot. I'd give that a try for sure if I were in same situation.
What did the service center quote you price wise on motherboard replacement?
The process looks doable I think..
https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/OnePlus+6T+Motherboard+Replacement/129570
I'm assuming motherboard is the mainboard. If so OnePlus has the 6t main board costing more than I paid for my mint 8gb 128gb OnePlus 6t.
https://www.oneplus.com/support/repair-pricing/details?code=9
If you end up trying everything and just can't get it fixed ...
If the cost to repair is two hundred plus dollars I would sell it online as is and add some money to it when you can and grab another used device from swappa.com . I paid $200 for my 6t near mint condition on swappa about 5-6 months ago.

Hmm, unlocking the BL is a mute point if you didn't open the developer options and check usb debugging and oem unlocking... So as the phone is borked at moment, I like the idea of reformatting but I wouldn't reboot after the format.. but have MSM ready to go and use the edl tab in twrp to start the msm...flash away..

tried the format with -w,
erase-successful-but-not-automatically-formatting-cant-determine-partition-type........
looks like locked bootloader will not let me do anything
flash713 said:
Have you tried formatting data and then reboot system? I know that sounds kinda dumb but if I were you I would definitely try that. It might boot up to system. To do this you can plug up to your computer and open command window and manually set phone in fastboot mode where you see the "START" screen. Then from PC terminal do: sudo fastboot -w (hit enter) and then once it wipes , push power button on your device which should still be at the screen that reads START. Your device should then reboot. I'd give that a try for sure if I were in same situation.
What did the service center quote you price wise on motherboard replacement?
The process looks doable I think..
https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/OnePlus+6T+Motherboard+Replacement/129570
I'm assuming motherboard is the mainboard. If so OnePlus has the 6t main board costing more than I paid for my mint 8gb 128gb OnePlus 6t.
https://www.oneplus.com/support/repair-pricing/details?code=9
If you end up trying everything and just can't get it fixed ...
If the cost to repair is two hundred plus dollars I would sell it online as is and add some money to it when you can and grab another used device from swappa.com . I paid $200 for my 6t near mint condition on swappa about 5-6 months ago.
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hi,
even though format didnt work tried with msm too after the command to format but same result.
formating throws error as
erase-successful-but-not-automatically-formatting-cant-determine-partition-type........
looks like locked bootloader will not let me do anything
lilbrat said:
Hmm, unlocking the BL is a mute point if you didn't open the developer options and check usb debugging and oem unlocking... So as the phone is borked at moment, I like the idea of reformatting but I wouldn't reboot after the format.. but have MSM ready to go and use the edl tab in twrp to start the msm...flash away..
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ms2020 said:
hi,
even though format didnt work tried with msm too after the command to format but same result.
formating throws error as
erase-successful-but-not-automatically-formatting-cant-determine-partition-type........
looks like locked bootloader will not let me do anything
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Well that's not good.. as flashing with msm wouldn't matter whether the bootloader is lock or not ... As it automatically relocks it anyways... Has me stumped..

Are you sure you didn't flash anything that wasn't specifically made for your model device? I mean after you started to fix the crashdump issue?
Want to hear something crazy.. Two days ago when we were first commenting about this crashdump deal, about an hour after we stopped chatting I took a shower, got out and went to grab my OnePlus 6t off the Dash ac charger and yep, you guessed it!!! Crashdump mode!!!! ?????
I swear man! And I wasn't messing with my device when it occurred either. I was not able to get out of it by manually holding power+ volume -&+ until I saw fastboot mode and then selecting start using power button like the three other times I've experienced this. So I went ahead and booted twrp, and did a clean install of OOS and formatted data and that worked. Is this **** contagious?! ? Tripped me out! Haha!!
I'd give the data format command: fastboot -w then run msm tool like the other user said to do. See if that works.

that sounds creepy.. you getting is 'crashdump':laugh:
i guess what is different in my case is i did not unlock oem. And so none of the commands are working. Phone was working fine and one morning fingerprint scanner did not reco. my finger so i thought of rebooting instead of other method to open and i get this error. i know there was no physical mishandling on my part so its difficult to believe that its a hardware failure and needs main board replacement as service center suggests. i have tried only msm tools (stated here in previous msgs) after service center gave a huge bill (230+)for repair.
and other commands as you stated but none of them have worked anyways so not sure if i did something wrong while self repair.
guess will do one more round format plus msm...

ms2020 said:
that sounds creepy.. you getting is 'crashdump':laugh:
i guess what is different in my case is i did not unlock oem. And so none of the commands are working. Phone was working fine and one morning fingerprint scanner did not reco. my finger so i thought of rebooting instead of other method to open and i get this error. i know there was no physical mishandling on my part so its difficult to believe that its a hardware failure and needs main board replacement as service center suggests. i have tried only msm tools (stated here in previous msgs) after service center gave a huge bill (230+)for repair.
and other commands as you stated but none of them have worked anyways so not sure if i did something wrong while self repair.
guess will do one more round format plus msm...
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Far as I know fastboot and adb commands should still work but not commands like booting custom recovery...etc .. Also developer options and usb debugging needs to be set to "on" as well in settings. It sure seems like they would have made some alternate way to access these settings but if they did I've never heard of it. Tell you the truth I've never even used fastboot and adb on anything other than a device that is bootloader unlocked except to unlock the bootloader usually a a day or two after I get my device.. I really have no clue what works and doesn't with BL locked.
What mind boggles me is all over our OP6/6t forums you see people talking about this crashdump issue. And although I've been there 5 or 6 times on my 6t I've always been able to get out of it by holding down power + volume +&- until I see the fastboot screen then releasing. And I guess many people cannot do that. I wonder why? Maybe there are two different crashdumps...? Sure seems that way to me. I've always been able to hold my buttons down and get out of it by rebooting from fastboot mode. Many report they cannot do that. ?
(I wasn't even gonna mention crashdump. My luck my phone will go to it and I won't be able to get out of it like I've been able to before.) ?
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sudo fastboot oem device-info
Use that command to show whether device is bootloader unlocked or not. See what it says if you type that in?
Maybe see what this shows afterwards as well:
sudo fastboot gatvar all
I believe your developer options and usb debugging was probably not flipped on as well, in settings?

bro fixed aleady? i got fix for you.

i have tried the commnads you have stated earlier.. still giving output here.
fastboot oem device-info
output below
...
(bootloader) Verity mode: true
(bootloader) Device unlocked: false
(bootloader) Device critical unlocked: false
(bootloader) Charger screen enabled: true
(bootloader) enable_dm_verity: true
(bootloader) have_console: false
(bootloader) selinux_type: SELINUX_TYPE_INVALID
(bootloader) boot_mode: NORMAL_MODE
(bootloader) kmemleak_detect: false
(bootloader) force_training: 0
(bootloader) mount_tempfs: 0
(bootloader) op_abl_version: 0x31
(bootloader) cal_rebootcount: 0x31
OKAY [ 0.027s]
finished. total time: 0.028s
so it's locked
fastboot gatvar all gives the list of options that you can use with fastboot
most of the commands dont work and gives below error
FAILED (remote: Erase is not allowed in Lock State)
yes developer options and usb debugging was probably not flipped either
flash713 said:
Far as I know fastboot and adb commands should still work but not commands like booting custom recovery...etc .. Also developer options and usb debugging needs to be set to "on" as well in settings. It sure seems like they would have made some alternate way to access these settings but if they did I've never heard of it. Tell you the truth I've never even used fastboot and adb on anything other than a device that is bootloader unlocked except to unlock the bootloader usually a a day or two after I get my device.. I really have no clue what works and doesn't with BL locked.
What mind boggles me is all over our OP6/6t forums you see people talking about this crashdump issue. And although I've been there 5 or 6 times on my 6t I've always been able to get out of it by holding down power + volume +&- until I see the fastboot screen then releasing. And I guess many people cannot do that. I wonder why? Maybe there are two different crashdumps...? Sure seems that way to me. I've always been able to hold my buttons down and get out of it by rebooting from fastboot mode. Many report they cannot do that. ?
(I wasn't even gonna mention crashdump. My luck my phone will go to it and I won't be able to get out of it like I've been able to before.)
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sudo fastboot oem device-info
Use that command to show whether device is bootloader unlocked or not. See what it says if you type that in?
Maybe see what this shows afterwards as well:
sudo fastboot gatvar all
I believe your developer options and usb debugging was probably not flipped on as well, in settings?
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not yet..
gazitonmoy said:
bro fixed aleady? i got fix for you.
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FAILED (remote: Flashing Unlock is not allowed) Error

Hello, I just purchased a new "unlocked" 8 pro and attempted to unlock the bootloader. While in fastboot mode when I run the command
Code:
fastboot oem unlock
in my terminal I get "FAILED (remote: Flashing Unlock is not allowed). Does anyone know what this means? Is there a way around it or is the phone does this mean the phone is actually locked? Thanks.

You need to activate oem-unlock in developer settings first.

xtcislove said:
You need to activate oem-unlock in developer settings first.
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That did it! Thanks!

i cannot activate oem unlocking in develper options. I have a Oneplus Nord n10 5g the Tmoblie Version be2028.
Any suggestions I have been stuck here awhile?

Deth Inc said:
i cannot activate oem unlocking in develper options. I have a Oneplus Nord n10 5g the Tmoblie Version be2028.
Any suggestions I have been stuck here awhile?
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Why not ask in your own device thread? If there are any special steps needed the folks there will know more.