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Warning, this voids the warranty. Also make sure you backed up what you need to because it will wipe your device clean!
This method works on LG G6 T-Mobile US version.
Very simple to unlock the bootloader. I did. I will be testing if anyone is interested!
General > About > Build number 6 times> go back to developer options. Turn on OEM Unlock, and usb debugging.
FYI, the adb command works when the phone is "charging" you don't have to switch to "file transfer" to do any adb commands.
Connect your phone using the cable. tap okay or give access after you connect to the pc.
open cmd:
adb reboot bootloader
once you're in, type,
fastboot oem unlock
After than it should unlock to verify type:
fastboot getvar unlocked
and it will say yes or no!
then type
fastboot reboot
and you'll be all in!
To relock the bootloader:
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot oem lock
To verify your status type:
fastboot getvar unlocked
Does not work for the LG G600L version. adb reboot bootloader just reboots the phone into the system again.
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Now if only somebody can cook up TWRP well be set!
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Now if only somebody can cook up TWRP well be set!
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and some way to restore too! You know someone who can hook us up?
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and some way to restore too! You know someone who can hook us up?
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Can you relock the bootloader via "fastboot OEM lock" command?
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Can you relock the bootloader via "fastboot OEM lock" command?
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Yes, I tried it.
Just to mention, the counter up there ( I have in the picture up top) doesn't reset, but the bootloader locks fine with the fastboot oem lock!
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Yes, I tried it.
Just to mention, the counter up there ( I have in the picture up top) doesn't reset, but the bootloader locks fine with the fastboot oem lock!
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Cool.
I'm not too worried about the counter, just the ability to restore if needed & I'm not even too worried about that, however, having the option to do so is always welcome.
I like LG's U/I & feature set, I'm good with TWRP & Root,for Ad Blocking & bloat freezing.......
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Cool.
I'm not too worried about the counter, just the ability to restore if needed & I'm not even too worried about that, however, having the option to do so is always welcome.
I like LG's U/I & feature set, I'm good with TWRP & Root,for Ad Blocking & bloat freezing.......
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hopefully we will get twrp and go from there! at least back up!
Does LG actually refuse warranty service on bootloader unlocked devices for unrelated issues (which is technically illegal in the USA, probably EU too, but good luck forcing them to obey the law), such defective hardware components (mic, screen, charge port, infamous bootloop issue...) during the warranty period?
LG reliability has not been good, no way I want to get into a warranty fight with them if they actually reject warranty service based on bootloader unlocking.
Was the unlock counter there on the LG V20? I didn't think so (but don't actually have one), but if not, then that might be reason enough for me to go with the LG V20 instead of the G6, even though the G6 looks pretty nice.
Despite T-Mobile ****ty service in some areas I wouldn't leave T-Mobile aslong as I have JOD I don't need to worry about warranty or whatever and get new phones each time they come out, next in line s8
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Yes, I tried it.
Just to mention, the counter up there ( I have in the picture up top) doesn't reset, but the bootloader locks fine with the fastboot oem lock!
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Another warranty happily voided! :highfive:
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Despite T-Mobile ****ty service in some areas I wouldn't leave T-Mobile aslong as I have JOD I don't need to worry about warranty or whatever and get new phones each time they come out, next in line s8
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I love jod just restarted mine, jumped to a 200 phone paid that off and got all 3 of my jumps back. Now I'm set for the year lol
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I love jod just restarted mine, jumped to a 200 phone paid that off and got all 3 of my jumps back. Now I'm set for the year lol
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This is an awesome loophole. Just signed up for JOD. Not too worried about the counter, traded in a Knox tripped Note 5 with no issues when I was on the original Jump.
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This is an awesome loophole. Just signed up for JOD. Not too worried about the counter, traded in a Knox tripped Note 5 with no issues when I was on the original Jump.
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Yea works Everytime,plus I sold the 200 phone on swappa and got my money back ?
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Yeah, JOD seems like a nice workaround for the warranty issue. I tend to prefer to keep my phones 3 years, sometimes more, so I like buying them, especially if I can get them on sale, but it means I need the warranty to be worthwhile. I like messing around with a new phone, but once I get it working exactly like I want it, I don't like to mess with it a lot, just let it keep chugging until enough generations have gone by that the next phone is amazing. I wasn't quite ready to give up my LG G3, but it's dying...
So given all the LG reliability issues, or even if it was just avg phone manufacturer potential defects, I might have to go V20. Just wish I had seen the President's Day $360 sale in time to snag it!
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Yeah, JOD seems like a nice workaround for the warranty issue. I tend to prefer to keep my phones 3 years, sometimes more, so I like buying them, especially if I can get them on sale, but it means I need the warranty to be worthwhile............
So given all the LG reliability issues, or even if it was just avg phone manufacturer potential defects, I might have to go V20. Just wish I had seen the President's Day $360 sale in time to snag it!
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The V20 is $480 now,not quite the deal from last month,but,still a substantial savings over the original MSRP.
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Day #2 and still no TWRP to test!
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Damn... I Soooooo want root. The waiting is the worst part. I remember the Note 7 mega thread. There were like 5 guys working on root from the second they got the phone.
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Day #2 and still no TWRP to test!
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Damn... I Soooooo want root. The waiting is the worst part. I remember the Note 7 mega thread. There were like 5 guys working on root from the second they got the phone.
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Well, technically the phone is not out yet. I am afraid this phone would be unpopular. Do we need to approach someone and ask for this huge favor? I would be willing to test.
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Well, technically the phone is not out yet. I am afraid this phone would be unpopular. Do we need to approach someone and ask for this huge favor? I would be willing to test.
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You got that right it would unpopular especially with people complaining about lag and the screen feeling to small etc
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So heres the story. i called google because my power button wouldnt work.. they checked my IMEI and said it wasnt on their database.. so they transfered me to HTC. The rep told me that I have what they call a holiday nexus. there were only a 1000 made and given to google employees for testing. he told me that it had a different bootloader and that it was a collectors item. He said its value is significantly more than a normal nexus. I dont see a difference between this phone and a normal nexus one. nothing seems different other than the bootloader being unlocked from the start. Anyone care to share their thoughts and tell me what makes this phone any different?
It has S=OFF, so you can re-lock the bootloader with 'fastboot oem lock'
Also you should have an Android waving a QR code flag on the battery cover.
hmm yeah S is OFF but i dont have the Android waving a QR code flag on the back.. very weird. i wonder if the guy who sold it to me worked at google..
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i dont have the Android waving a QR code flag on the back.
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I'd love this battery cover:
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OH..I have that cover!
Check if you have S=OFF in fastboot, you might be a lucky boy...
I have one of these phones too, QR back cover and all. I doubt I'd be able to get it fixed under warranty if I need to since it was a gift from Google, so I won't be needing to relock it anyway.
OMG!
I would kill for one of those! jajaja
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So heres the story. i called google because my power button wouldnt work.. they checked my IMEI and said it wasnt on their database.. so they transfered me to HTC. The rep told me that I have what they call a holiday nexus. there were only a 1000 made and given to google employees for testing. he told me that it had a different bootloader and that it was a collectors item. He said its value is significantly more than a normal nexus. I dont see a difference between this phone and a normal nexus one. nothing seems different other than the bootloader being unlocked from the start. Anyone care to share their thoughts and tell me what makes this phone any different?
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I'm curious; did you purchase this on google.com/phone?
If not, where did you get it?
Maybe you can switch phones with cyanogen and he can play around with the bootloader to see if he can find out how the relocking of the bootloader goes. Maybe he might find something and can release something so people can relock their bootloaders. Just a thought.
If memory serves, it's not so simple & the holiday bootloader is 250kb too big for a retail phone.
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If memory serves, it's not so simple & the holiday bootloader is 250kb too big for a retail phone.
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CM is greatness. You just have to believe. haha.
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If memory serves, it's not so simple & the holiday bootloader is 250kb too big for a retail phone.
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I'm sure if Cyanogen get his hands on this phone, he'd find a way to tackle this...
faraz1992 said:
I'm sure if Cyanogen get his hands on this phone, he'd find a way to tackle this...
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agreed for the good of humanity you should trade/sell/give to someone smarter than me so we can all benift from it ;-)
Not to rain on the parade, but this has already been looked at length by the developers, and the phone is of no use.
i dont have the Android waving a QR code flag on the back.
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I'd love this battery cover:
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So there absolutely has to be a place where we can buy this cover
It's just a normal one
I also have a holiday nexus one with the QR code cover (btw this links to android.com/holidays but only on a Nexus One), which I rooted a few months ago. It seems to be completely normal before unlocking, with no superuser access and apparently a locked bootloader as well. The fastboot mode shows this text (after using fastboot oem unlock and Amon Ra recovery):
*** UNLOCKED ***
NEXUSONE PVT ENG S-OFF
HBOOT-0.33.2012 (PB9910000)
MICROP-0a15
TOUCH PANEL-SYNT0102
RADIO-4.03.00.21_2
[date]
Is this the same as a normal Nexus?
No. You can relock your bootloader.
Since the only real purpose of relocking the bootloader would be to have the phone officially covered by warranty, why is this really even useful on the "holiday" nexus if that is not covered under warranty at all anyhow?
It seems the only advantage is the battery cover then, which doesn't seem like too big of a deal.
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I'm curious; did you purchase this on google.com/phone?
If not, where did you get it?
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i got this phone off craigslist. traded my iphone 3g and 150 bucks for it. it was in perfect shape, didnt come with anything other than the phone. the guy i bought it off was very weird. he said like 5 words throughout the whole transaction. when i first got the phone, it did not have a rom installed on it. i could go into fastboot and a weird recovery. it had Hello World floating across the page when you rebooted into recovery. i just flashed the CM recovery put CM on it and its been working fine since.
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The "when the carrier allows it" statement looks like a backdoor for Motorola.
What the heck has the carrier to care about unlocking my device? The only thing i can imagine is the fear of removing simlock,but is there actually any simlocked device?
There are simlocked Milestones elsewhere i think.. some dude told me he got a Simlocked MS2.. but thats not the problem goddam it.. my Phone is Bought WITHOUT contract and WITHOUT Provider.. thats the good thing about Europe.. we have Sim Cards.. so we can use this phone with every provider.. the point is.. it doesnt get protected of any provider means their Backdoor WOULD NOT WORK on my device.. so i wanna see what they do now.. these idiots..
Been reading this - the motorola europe team have a serious lack of support for consumers who actually use the open-sourceness of a phone...
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Been reading this - the motorola europe team have a serious lack of support for consumers who actually use the open-sourceness of a phone...
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We'll i actually cant find a reason to not unlock it.. its so frustating... annoying motorola.. wish this conversations and all the hate would go strait to the American TV lol.. atleast they would get the message from us then
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We'll i actually cant find a reason to not unlock it.. its so frustating... annoying motorola.. wish this conversations and all the hate would go strait to the American TV lol.. atleast they would get the message from us then
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You could sue Moto or get a refund? In the UK the law is if you buy a product with an incorrect description you my get a refund if you apply for a refund within I think 6 years of purchase. I bought mine in March and it said 'latest version of android' and at the time of purchase it bloody well wasn't and isn't
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You could sue Moto or get a refund? In the UK the law is if you buy a product with an incorrect description you my get a refund if you apply for a refund within I think 6 years of purchase. I bought mine in March and it said 'latest version of android' and at the time of purchase it bloody well wasn't and isn't
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Im not sure about that law in germany.. but if it exists.. it cant be under 2 years.. and in that timeline motorolas "date" will happen..so i wait until 2012... (also i have some pay contract.. wich ends 2012) so lets see if they put a Diamond lock on it.. or a paper lock so that we can easily cut the paper with a scissor.. (hope you get my stupid metaphor)
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Im not sure about that law in germany.. but if it exists.. it cant be under 2 years.. and in that timeline motorolas "date" will happen..so i wait until 2012... (also i have some pay contract.. wich ends 2012) so lets see if they put a Diamond lock on it.. or a paper lock so that we can easily cut the paper with a scissor.. (hope you get my stupid metaphor)
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I understand -.-
Motorola are really bad when it comes to customer service outside of America. Me and 2 of my friends have the Milestone 2 (I only got one because I couldn't be bothered waiting for a LGO2X and they physical keyboard) and they aren't happy either. I know people with Gingerbread on their phones and they can install ROMs as they pick and choose; Motorola are just trying to cut corners tbh and their excuses don't work. Probably 80% of the MS2s were released SIM Unlocked so to say 'depends on carrier' is pathetic. Talk about negligence
I get your point regarding the law.
But no court in Europe or elswhere could get Moto to unlock their bootloader. Maybe you could get your money back, but who really wants to go to the court for this...?
I don't know if it's just me, but I read out of it that there actually IS unlocking. I mean they said regarding unlocking bootloaders: this feature will be enabled in future software releases (later in 2011). That's a good thing isn't it.
Have you got the link to the conversation?
....only if the carriers agree. which seems like a backdoor for doing something to me.....
oTToToTenTanz said:
I don't know if it's just me, but I read out of it that there actually IS unlocking. I mean they said regarding unlocking bootloaders: this feature will be enabled in future software releases (later in 2011). That's a good thing isn't it.
Have you got the link to the conversation?
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http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150245095025499.367729.121867580498
http://i.imgur.com/ahTVV.png
I meant the original one on Facebook
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I meant the original one on Facebook
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Read carefully... its the first link
I wonder the bootloader unlock issue is applying to which regions? Is it for all moto device around the world?
My milestone 2 is bought without any carriers, but the support of moto in Asia is much poorer than in Europe. Imagine at late 2011, moto bullshiting to Asian users that our devices "cannot" be unlocked, or simply ignore us =.=
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I wonder the bootloader unlock issue is applying to which regions? Is it for all moto device around the world?
My milestone 2 is bought without any carriers, but the support of moto in Asia is much poorer than in Europe. Imagine at late 2011, moto bullshiting to Asian users that our devices "cannot" be unlocked, or simply ignore us =.=
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You can always flash a foreing recovery/SBF.
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It depends on how moto would unlock our device.
Like sony ericsson, they offer bootloader unlock service that need to register the phone (IMEI I think), so that the phone will loss warranty.
Flashing a foreign sbf would not change the IMEI code, so if moto restrict the unlocking region.......
Let's see how it goes then xd
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You can always flash a foreing recovery/SBF.
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what takes them so long?
sony ericsson used a month from announcing to unlock the bootloaders to actually provide the service.
If the Function that checks the signatures is gone, we can do what we want.. no matter what they do.. we could put every Android OS on it..... even other operating systems.. thats not the problem.. also they should use the Nexus way.. a button in the bootloader to unlock it.. if you unlock it, it will show some text everytime you turn on the phone wich says "You lost your warranty by turning off the bootloader-lock" wich would be fine.. who cares if you want CM7 .. unlock it and loose your warranty.. its your own choose.. like on the Nexus.. and i would definately unlock it in the first second i got the Update lol
Nowadays, even Apple have their *ancient* versions of Mac OS to download in the institutional website - developers can download those 4MB ROMs and emulate it anywhere... Even I did it in my Nintendo DS once.
OK. That was a terrible, extreme and pessimist example... But, maybe one year after the ML2 went out of the stores ~ Motorola might play "cool" and release an unlockABLE bootloader.
aw yeah... that would be great - if only all of us were not with some brand-new "free to fly with CM and whatever" smartphones then (sometimes life teaches you the lessons the harder way). =/
well... at least in a far far away future our mothers may have their herited Milestones 2 with an awsome Custom ROM. \o/
I would say this thread is a some-what continuation of the attendance thread located: here
**What is our device**
Our device in the US is the: ZE551ML as indicated on the ASUS website.
If you are attending the event tomorrow, please be sure to ask many questions.
It seems like clemsyn contacted ASUS support and ASUS support said our bootloader is LOCKED!
One question that we have to ask is when will we be expecting a bootloader unlock tool? As you know, we can't do much with a locked bootloader. It won't be possible to flash custom ROMS without an unlocked bootloader, so please be sure to ask that! I'll be attending the event, but the more people that ask the more ASUS knows that we want to support this device on this forum.
What is there to do once we receive the unlocked bootloader?
1) Obtain Pre-Root (Already achieved and can be located here)
2) Compile CWM/TWRP Recovery (Not sure, I've never tinkered with recoveries)
** The Lenovo K900 uses an Intel processor and Recovery has been compiled on their forum on XDA**
Maybe we can use their GITHUB as an example: https://github.com/lenovo-k900 & https://github.com/xxx-man?tab=repositories
3) ROMS
Once we receive the unlocked bootloader and somebody compiles the custom recovery needed, it should be smooth from there!
I've developed lightly versions of stock ROMs in the past which is great for performance and battery life and have ported themes over from one device to another device.
I used to be an recognized contributor when I used to develop all the time for devices that I've had, I've been invited to the event tomorrow personally by ASUS and look forward to seeing the device and getting it in my hands!
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Noble Series is a free, community built, aftermarket firmware distribution of Android 5.0 (L), which is designed to increase performance and reliability over stock Android for your device.
And..... I do look forward to bringing my "Noble Series" to the Zenfone 2 in the near future once we have the recovery compiled for our device!
i have a gut feeling ours will be unlocked from asus at tommorows event, start off smooth so the ball gets rollin for them:silly:
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i have a gut feeling ours will be unlocked from asus at tommorows event, start off smooth so the ball gets rollin for them:silly:
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PM me on XDA man! I will definitely say hi at the event tomorrow
I can only wish ours will be unlocked at the event tomorrow
Direct link hello and here http://press.asus.com/events/
I asked the question about the boot loader on the launch here in the Philippines.. It seems some staff are not that knowledgeable.
MrKoji said:
I asked the question about the boot loader on the launch here in the Philippines.. It seems some staff are not that knowledgeable.
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I'll figure it out and see tomorrow when I attend the event.
I'm going to come back with as much information as possible, I'm already speaking to a developer and asking him to help us port a custom recovery.
Baby steps, baby steps
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I'll figure it out and see tomorrow when I attend the event.
I'm going to come back with as much information as possible, I'm already speaking to a developer and asking him to help us port a custom recovery.
Baby steps, baby steps
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Huhuhu, sounds quite promising indeed considering the amount of potential devs and supporting contributors here who are just aching to get started!
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to all goin to todays event, be safe and see you all there, i,ll be wearing a black and white skull do rag,lol,,steve
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to all goin to todays event, be safe and see you all there, i,ll be wearing a black and white skull do rag,lol,,steve
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I'll be attending, see you there! I'll be wearing slacks and a black polo t-shirt, haha.
Safe travels to all.
Finger crossed
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If you are here please say hi!
I'm wearing black slacks and a black polo t-shirt! Would love to meet some of you!
I'm here, hi!
NA got the 64GB 4GB Z00A which is the ZE551ML model.
Oh yeah and... bootloader is locked but in the near future they will be looking to unlock it..
I spoke to one of the Asus guys at the event. The bootloader is currently locked but he told me they were working with Intel to get a bootloader unlock. Apparently it's in Intel's court
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I spoke to one of the Asus guys at the event. The bootloader is currently locked but he told me they were working with Intel to get a bootloader unlock. Apparently it's in Intel's court
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I spoke to somebody as well and heard the same thing.
It'll probably be x weeks-x months to see if we receive a tool which sucks, I wanted to develop some cool things
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I spoke to somebody as well and heard the same thing.
It'll probably be x weeks-x months to see if we receive a tool which sucks, I wanted to develop some cool things [emoji14]
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I know.. it's such a nice device. Much nicer than I imagined. I asked for a red one and they gave me one hehe
I know Dees Troy has one coming to him but until we get the bootloader unlocked we are down the creek without a paddle (I know the expression is up the creek without a paddle but always thought this was wrong..if you're up the creek water flows down so it would be easy..if you were down the creek trying to go upstream without a paddle then I think that's worse so I say down instead of up)
The ASUS guy did say they know it's important to get it unlocked. He told me to email him to check on the status. He actually came up to me to talk to me because I was wearing my xda shirt
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I know.. it's such a nice device. Much nicer than I imagined. I asked for a red one and they gave me one hehe
I know Dees Troy has one coming to him but until we get the bootloader unlocked we are down the creek without a paddle (I know the expression is up the creek without a paddle but always thought this was wrong..if you're up the creek water flows down so it would be easy..if you were down the creek trying to go upstream without a paddle then I think that's worse so I say down instead of up)
The ASUS guy did say they know it's important to get it unlocked. He told me to email him to check on the status. He actually came up to me to talk to me because I was wearing my xda shirt
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Hey, I was the dude who walked up to you and asked you if you are developing for this phone! Haha, I hope we could get the Bootloader unlocked soon! I'll be checking in every other week or so with an ASUS employee that I know. I will make sure our bootloader will be unlocked!
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Hey, I was the dude who walked up to you and asked you if you are developing for this phone! Haha, I hope we could get the Bootloader unlocked soon! I'll be checking in every other week or so with an ASUS employee that I know. I will make sure our bootloader will be unlocked!
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Haha yeah the guy outside! That's funny Haha
I think it's cool they gave it to us with a active sim to use right away. I think it's good for like 10 days or so (my friend checked his)
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Haha yeah the guy outside! That's funny Haha
I think it's cool they gave it to us with a active sim to use right away. I think it's good for like 10 days or so (my friend checked his)
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It's pretty awesome, oh yeah and the active sim is unlimited everything until the 28th I'm pretty sure which is 10 days
I went to T-Mobile and checked, hehe.
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It's pretty awesome, oh yeah and the active sim is unlimited everything until the 28th I'm pretty sure which is 10 days
I went to T-Mobile and checked, hehe.
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This phone is incredibly fast.. I'm shocked how fluid everything is. Scrolling in Chrome or even through Tapatalk is buttery smooth. Usually one of the first things I do on a phone is go into developer options and set animations to .5, I don't feel I need to do that on that device. It just flies
Bought an edge S7, rooted like I have many of my Samsung devices. (12 of them since 2012).and yes I know the risks. Dropped my phone on table corner and cracked the screen, unusable. So I flashed back to stock and drove to Samsung service centre for a lcd replacement. $336 and a day later I pickup the phone. First thing I notice is a high pitch warning..... Says device is overheating, can't charge, bla, bla bla. So I reboot into recovery and it says device is 90c. Unrealistic temperature, actually impossible. I have flashed many Roms and made lots of androids and it never goes past 42c. I write Samsung repair shop complaining that the device is overheating falsely and I want to bring it back. His response:
Your phone is rooted, it is not performance as a standard function. Only we can replace the mainboard that to solve the issue
Best regards,
So how is this my fault? My edge was working perfectly before I brought it in and now it's my fault it's falsely overheating? Any ideas or advice? Obviously I refuse to pay for something the screwed up. I love Samsung but this is infuriating.
If you live in europe go to consumer protection. If you are currently non rooted and the phone behaves like that, it's obviously got nothing to do with software intervention.
omg it was ok to charge you for the screen... and not telling you is rooted or something back when u ask to bringis back again now its rooted ffs
Brava27 said:
Bought an edge S7, rooted like I have many of my Samsung devices. (12 of them since 2012).and yes I know the risks. Dropped my phone on table corner and cracked the screen, unusable. So I flashed back to stock and drove to Samsung service centre for a lcd replacement. $336 and a day later I pickup the phone. First thing I notice is a high pitch warning..... Says device is overheating, can't charge, bla, bla bla. So I reboot into recovery and it says device is 90c. Unrealistic temperature, actually impossible. I have flashed many Roms and made lots of androids and it never goes past 42c. I write Samsung repair shop complaining that the device is overheating falsely and I want to bring it back. His response:
Your phone is rooted, it is not performance as a standard function. Only we can replace the mainboard that to solve the issue
Best regards,
So how is this my fault? My edge was working perfectly before I brought it in and now it's my fault it's falsely overheating? Any ideas or advice? Obviously I refuse to pay for something the screwed up. I love Samsung but this is infuriating.
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I've seen a few teardowns with the S7 edge and they probably screwed somthing up when repairing the screen.... Sounds like their fault
... How many days did you have it before it cracked?
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dbaman said:
omg it was ok to charge you for the screen... and not telling you is rooted or something back when u ask to bringis back again now its rooted ffs
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Kjc99 said:
I've seen a few teardowns with the S7 edge and they probably screwed somthing up when repairing the screen.... Sounds like their fault
... How many days did you have it before it cracked?
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They want to charge me another $350 because the mainboard needs replacement. Says I caused the issue because I rooted the phone. Now the phone reads 90C on TWRP in recovery and tells me I am overheating when I power on the phone.
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I left the phone with a cracked screen and I come back with this.
How is this my fault???
Rooting does not cause this.
I know this doesn't help but having read so many Samsung after sales service posts of bad experience post S7 launch, it just bolsters my own personal choice of not rooting until warranty is up. I just don't do it myself. I understand why people want to do it, and the risks are accepted but it's exactly for this type of reason, where you get a company who will use root status as an excuse, why I don't.
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Did rooting cause this? Not likely. Is it fair? No. Is it widely recognized that Samsung can, and will, use the fact that a phone is rooted to deny warranty coverage. Yes.
Chris_c81 said:
I know this doesn't help but having read so many Samsung after sales service posts of bad experience post S7 launch, it just bolsters my own personal choice of not rooting until warranty is up. I just don't do it myself. I understand why people want to do it, and the risks are accepted but it's exactly for this type of reason, where you get a company who will use root status as an excuse, why I don't.
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Did rooting cause this? Not likely. Is it fair? No. Is it widely recognized that Samsung can, and will, use the fact that a phone is rooted to deny warranty coverage. Yes.
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What bugs me the most is that this happened after they gave me the phone. Not before. It started during the botched repair job. Ridiculous. Everyone roots, its part of XDA.
When I had a note 2 I sent it to Samsung to repair, I paid and had it repaired but it was returned to me with other issues, Samsung refused to take ownership and it was my word against theirs. Nothing I could do about it.
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What bugs me the most is that this happened after they gave me the phone. Not before. It started during the botched repair job. Ridiculous. Everyone roots, its part of XDA.
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Oh I'm not absolving Samsung and as I said, I get why people root right away. Just personally, I don't until warranty is up. Just a choice I make. XDA is much more then just about rooting though.
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What bugs me the most is that this happened after they gave me the phone. Not before. It started during the botched repair job. Ridiculous. Everyone roots, its part of XDA.
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I don't think he was flaming you for rooting, just explained that Samsung will use rooting against you and that's why he won't root because of this.
I agree with him but I chose to root accepting that Samsung could refuse repair. I recently sift bricked my S7 and knew I couldn't send it to Samsung so i spent days fixing it myself, lookily I did it but if I hadn't, it could have cost me a lot of money. But I accepted that risk when I rooted and I would do it all over again if I had the chance lol
$336 for the screen is way too expensive.
Argue the case with them, be polite and ask to speak to manager.
Failing that Phone them don't give until it's resolved.
Write in explain it was fine prior to screen being replaced.
Is it possible to overheat and damage the cpu or internal components from software changes? unless someone can prove it I thing its very unlikely in your case but maybe not impossible... wish the rest of the world gets it right like Europe and deem rooting a phone not to void the warranty.
nag them till they get sick of you but do be nice, nothing good comes from anger and abuse.
riz157 said:
Argue the case with them, be polite and ask to speak to manager.
Failing that Phone them don't give until it's resolved.
Write in explain it was fine prior to screen being replaced.
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Oh yes, I have over and over. I even emailed Samsung separately. Hoping for a positive result.
sonhy said:
Is it possible to overheat and damage the cpu or internal components from software changes? unless someone can prove it I thing its very unlikely in your case but maybe not impossible... wish the rest of the world gets it right like Europe and deem rooting a phone not to void the warranty.
nag them till they get sick of you but do be nice, nothing good comes from anger and abuse.
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It is possible but not as soon as you turn on the phone and it immediately shows 90C which is not possible.
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$336 for the screen is way too expensive.
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I agree, its absurd. It's like Samsung making money off their customers. Ridiculous.
I would dispute the charges with your CC company until they fix the issue. It sounds like they probably didn't seat the cooling system properly or some other internal board issue.
Hello.
Anyone got the phone bricked while using the Oreo Beta 2? I got my phone last week (bought it from a friend in Dominican Republic)in new condition/box sealed. The thing is that as soon as I opened the box I loaded the Oreo Beta 2 on the phone and I used it fine for a few days. Went on a four day long trip just to have my phone bricking itself using it on the first day of the trip at 75% battery, it does not bootup, no sounds, no image, nothing, came back today having access to a PC, read the forums, tried all the combinations of buttons (long pressing power, power+volup, power+voldown for 45 seconds+) and I get no response from the phone.
Then I connected the phone to my PC (USB-C to USB-A cable) and I get a response, the pc is detecting it as Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008, so there's some hope. I know LG phones can be recovered from this mode using a software called BoardDiag.
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Does anyone now any software/guide/method to do this with the Essential? I would like to try this because returning the phone to Essential from here is expensive and difficult.
Any help is appreciated, thank you.
the same to you.
I am currently having the same issue and have had to switch back to my Nexus 6P :'( I have contacted Essential and am hoping they can either somehow fix the issue or RMA the device.
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I am currently having the same issue and have had to switch back to my Nexus 6P :'( I have contacted Essential and am hoping they can either somehow fix the issue or RMA the device.
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I contacted them too yesterday, got a response stating that I can do an out of warranty replacement for $199... I can't do that, that's like buying the phone again, I would need to pay $200 returning them the bricked one and getting the replacement (I hate customs on this country).
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have you tried turning off phone, hold volume dowm, pluging a usb cable then powering on see if that send it to the bootloader?
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have you tried turning off phone, hold volume dowm, pluging a usb cable then powering on see if that send it to the bootloader?
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Yes, no luck on that, phone goes straight to 9008 mode again.
How are you out of warranty? Can't you send it back to your relative and then file RMA in his name to keep it in warranty? I would just do that. You shouldn't have to pay customs on a used device that you state you've owned. I've traveled all over and that's a typical work around to buying things from the states.
Besides you can also show then a receipt that you've already paid them once for it, and that you had to send it back for repairs...
Morutimeru said:
I contacted them too yesterday, got a response stating that I can do an out of warranty replacement for $199... I can't do that, that's like buying the phone again, I would need to pay $200 returning them the bricked one and getting the replacement (I hate customs on this country).
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...that's a really good deal tho.
Same boat here. Hard bricked while flashing Oreo beta 3. Phone being recognized as Qualcomm 9008. Completely dead can’t do anything with it. Essential offered to send me a new phone for 199$ which is too much for me.
Anyone found a solution for this hard beautiful brick?
Thanks.
hormosapiens said:
Same boat here. Hard bricked while flashing Oreo beta 3. Phone being recognized as Qualcomm 9008. Completely dead can’t do anything with it. Essential offered to send me a new phone for 199$ which is too much for me.
Anyone found a solution for this hard beautiful brick?
Thanks.
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Why aren't they replacing it? Flashing their software shouldn't void your warranty.
Essential have admitted it is down to included usb cable being usb 2 not 3 ,so they should be replacing it FOC
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They are refusing to do a replacement for me... pff I’m not supporting this company anymore.
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Morutimeru said:
They are refusing to do a replacement for me... pff I’m not supporting this company anymore.
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That's ridiculous! They've admitted that their own cables are causing problems and they won't honor your warranty. I smell a class action suit.
I have seen two different issues in this thread.
1. Brick after days of usage.
2. Brick while flashing.
Absolutely #1 should be replaced under warranty.
#2 should be since they have now said that the cable in the box is not good as a data cable. SMFH!
Morutimeru said:
Hello.
Anyone got the phone bricked while using the Oreo Beta 2? I got my phone last week (bought it from a friend in Dominican Republic)in new condition/box sealed. The thing is that as soon as I opened the box I loaded the Oreo Beta 2 on the phone and I used it fine for a few days. Went on a four day long trip just to have my phone bricking itself using it on the first day of the trip at 75% battery, it does not bootup, no sounds, no image, nothing, came back today having access to a PC, read the forums, tried all the combinations of buttons (long pressing power, power+volup, power+voldown for 45 seconds+) and I get no response from the phone.
Then I connected the phone to my PC (USB-C to USB-A cable) and I get a response, the pc is detecting it as Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008, so there's some hope. I know LG phones can be recovered from this mode using a software called BoardDiag.
Does anyone now any software/guide/method to do this with the Essential? I would like to try this because returning the phone to Essential from here is expensive and difficult.
Any help is appreciated, thank you.
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https://www.amazon.com/GPG-EDL-Cabl...UTF8&qid=1516750976&sr=8-1&keywords=EDL+CABLE
You might need that to start. then figuring how to get it back is the next step
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https://www.amazon.com/GPG-EDL-Cabl...UTF8&qid=1516750976&sr=8-1&keywords=EDL+CABLE
You might need that to start. then figuring how to get it back is the next step
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This thing looks like it might be magic...
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Morutimeru said:
They are refusing to do a replacement for me... pff I’m not supporting this company anymore.
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Did they replace your phone? I am in the same boat as yours. I was flashing the Stable build from Essential Website and it failed to flash some files. When I tried to reboot it turned into a very expensive paper weight.
They are asking for a $199 replacement fee, even though I followed the instructions on their page and for some odd reason it failed.
rukesh18 said:
Did they replace your phone? I am in the same boat as yours. I was flashing the Stable build from Essential Website and it failed to flash some files. When I tried to reboot it turned into a very expensive paper weight.
They are asking for a $199 replacement fee, even though I followed the instructions on their page and for some odd reason it failed.
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Nope, they didn't. I'm here with this expensive paperweight. I'm not paying those $199.
Any idea yet on how to solve this issue?