I am about to buy an unlocked atrix and was wondering if it can be locked again? I am with Bell, and the phone was bought from a Bell certified store, but the owner unlocked it, and therefore the warranty will not be covered. If down the road, I send it in for repairs directly to motorola, do they even care that the phone was once locked to Bell, but is now unlocked? Thanks
Unlocking does not void warranty. Also you cant lock an unlocked phone
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bimmerboii said:
Unlocking does not void warranty. Also you cant lock an unlocked phone
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+1 warranty wont be voided cause of that.In fact many carriers give away the unlocking code is ur account is in good standards.
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Good Evening Folks
Sad news from the Camp. Ive also been given a Z2 locked with both BL and SIM.
Just to keep you posted, 360Root, Kingo Root & Vroot dont work.
I think Sony may have just made this thing Impenetrable
I'm not sure why they would lock it down so much. I'm a bit of an HTC fan boy, but the Z2 specs bettered the M8. I took a chance with Sony for a change because of this.
Reading through this forum has made me change my mind though, yes the phone is awesome, but I want an android phone so I can mod it how I wish. I can't own a phone on a 2yr contract without root!
Vodafone can have the Z2 back at the weekend and I'll have another look at the M8 or consider the S5
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I'm not sure why they would lock it down so much. I'm a bit of an HTC fan boy, but the Z2 specs bettered the M8. I took a chance with Sony for a change because of this.
Reading through this forum has made me change my mind though, yes the phone is awesome, but I want an android phone so I can mod it how I wish. I can't own a phone on a 2yr contract without root!
Vodafone can have the Z2 back at the weekend and I'll have another look at the M8 or consider the S5
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Exactly this. My z2 goes back tomorrow and I'm getting the s5 instead.
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So Z2 does not have the possibilty of root? Any version?
At the moment only the ones with unlockable bootloaders can b rooted
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I have the M8 so im not exactly jumping to change. Im going to keep my phone for now, the Z2 will remain and ill get it unlocked etc, but all i need is root to be honest
Wonder if you can flash a rooted stock firmware ^__^
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At the moment only the ones with unlockable bootloaders can b rooted
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Are those the international versions?
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I'm not sure why they would lock it down so much. I'm a bit of an HTC fan boy, but the Z2 specs bettered the M8. I took a chance with Sony for a change because of this.
Reading through this forum has made me change my mind though, yes the phone is awesome, but I want an android phone so I can mod it how I wish. I can't own a phone on a 2yr contract without root!
Vodafone can have the Z2 back at the weekend and I'll have another look at the M8 or consider the S5
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Get it from some were else then you will regret it with the s5 and m8 not bad really
But if your from uk get it from third party companys and would be unlocked u can even upgrade through third party companys and should be unlockable
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Exactly this. My z2 goes back tomorrow and I'm getting the s5 instead.
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I've just been offered a fantastic upgrade deal on the z2, via Phones4u in the UK. The issue with root and bootloaders has me kinda worried. I too don't want to be stuck with a phone I can't root & flash. If I got a z2 with an unlockable bootloader, does this mean I can root and flash whatever I want? Roms & kernels etc?
As far as I know the z2 cannot yet be returned to stock for warranty issues either.
Z2 or wait for g3. Hmmm I need to decide
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Quite sure they aren't.
Locked bootloaders = Phones bought on contract
The full price upfront ones are unlockable, in fact the process has been explained on the Sony developer site itself.
rowlers said:
I've just been offered a fantastic upgrade deal on the z2, via Phones4u in the UK. The issue with root and bootloaders has me kinda worried. I too don't want to be stuck with a phone I can't root & flash. If I got a z2 with an unlockable bootloader, does this mean I can root and flash whatever I want? Roms & kernels etc?
As far as I know the z2 cannot yet be returned to stock for warranty issues either.
Z2 or wait for g3. Hmmm I need to decide
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Phones4u will give you simlock free, unlockable bootloader device.
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Phones4u will give you simlock free, unlockable bootloader device.
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Yeh I thought so... Just need the TA backup solution.
Things are very much different from my Samsung gs3!
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Yeh I thought so... Just need the TA backup solution.
Things are very much different from my Samsung gs3!
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The problem is we can't backup the TA partition without root...
I'll soon have my Z2 and worried about this, I don't want to unlock the bootloader before I backup the TA partition but I need root also...
An exploit will be found when enough developers got this phone
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I went to London yesterday and today and stayed over, and this phone is beautiful, espec... the CAMERA!
I want root, however i can sacrifice on the locked bootloader
I have the M8 so i can flash and mod to my hearts content!! I also have my unlock code ready to go just need a non Voda SIM.
I wonder if.... Unlocking the SIM suddenly triggers a BL unlock ^__^ (Kidding, This wouldnt happen in a million years)
I would also like to add, id be happy to test any root exploits!!
From what I know so far there is no way to root without voiding your warranty. By unlocking boot loader is the only way to use to backup. However unlocking the boot loader makes you lose the drm which you need for warranty service. So if you are not afraid to lose warranty and drm, you can go over to Sony website and it gives you a step by step guide to unlock the boot loader.
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From what I know so far there is no way to root without voiding your warranty. By unlocking boot loader is the only way to use to backup. However unlocking the boot loader makes you lose the drm which you need for warranty service. So if you are not afraid to lose warranty and drm, you can go over to Sony website and it gives you a step by step guide to unlock the boot loader.
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Think youve missed the point of the thread... We know that we CANT unlock the bootloader... We WANT to, but we cant root until someone finds an exploit
Bumping a bit.
I have a simlock free device, but i guess i will still lose the DRM-keys if i unlock, right?
If so.. heard anything new, if anyone have found an working exploit?
I will return my phone if this can't be fixed asap. =(
Three UK
riso123 said:
Exactly this. My z2 goes back tomorrow and I'm getting the s5 instead.
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Just in case you were wondering, Three UK ship the Z2 with SIM unlock. I also typed in *#*#service#*#* and guess what?
Bootloader Unlock Allowed: YES
This is a two year contract on the one plan from Three UK. The phone arrived today.
I found a website to get stock firmware files for the Moto X 2013
https://androidfilehost.com/?a=show&w=files&flid=44728
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Josephdbrewer25 said:
I found a website to get stock firmware files for the Moto X 2013
https://androidfilehost.com/?a=show&w=files&flid=44728
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I believe tomsgt uploaded those when motofirmware.center shut down
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sd_shadow said:
I believe tomsgt uploaded those when motofirmware.center shut down
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I'm glad tho. Just thought I'd share it
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Hi OP
Thanks for sharing.. very handy.. i had hard bricked my phone. My phone only boot in to "fastboot" mode... no recovery and nothing... This XML will help me to bring my phone back to life. Thanks again.
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Hi OP
Thanks for sharing.. very handy.. i had hard bricked my phone. My phone only boot in to "fastboot" mode... no recovery and nothing... This XML will help me to bring my phone back to life. Thanks again.
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Hey, no problem. Just thought I'd share. I'm glad I found it too. I had to reflash the radio, lol. Which variant do u have?
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Hey, no problem. Just thought I'd share. I'm glad I found it too. I had to reflash the radio, lol. Which variant do u have?
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Mine is EU variant (UK retail). I had sent my phone to Moto service centre thinking that they would fix it. After 6 weeks they asked me to pay £14.40 and returned the phone unrepaired with the reason that my phone was rooted. Now I have to find my way of fixing it.
smohanv said:
Mine is EU variant (UK retail). I had sent my phone to Moto service centre thinking that they would fix it. After 6 weeks they asked me to pay £14.40 and returned the phone unrepaired with the reason that my phone was rooted. Now I have to find my way of fixing it.
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Wow. Hope that site helped, pm me if u need any help
smohanv said:
Mine is EU variant (UK retail). I had sent my phone to Moto service centre thinking that they would fix it. After 6 weeks they asked me to pay £14.40 and returned the phone unrepaired with the reason that my phone was rooted. Now I have to find my way of fixing it.
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Yes just found out myself the Motorola tech support sucks. For a carrier unlocked Android phone how do u find out about updates? They said contact the carrier..why when the device isn't carrier branded..
Forgive me as this is off topic
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Josephdbrewer25 said:
Yes just found out myself the Motorola tech support sucks. For a carrier unlocked Android phone how do u find out about updates? They said contact the carrier..why when the device isn't carrier branded..
Forgive me as this is off topic
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I forgot to mention one more thing here. When the device was returned to me, the back cover was broken. The service centre didn't bother breaking the back cover. I have escalated the case and still pending with them for the past three days. **** services. I regret having selected Moto product. I recently bought Moto Style which I am now thinking that I should not have selected moto product anymore.
So Costco is having a sale on the Moto G 4th 32GB for $165, I thought only Amazon version with Ads that cannot be unlocked, but I tried to unlock it and says not qualify.
Anyone else having this issue? Any way around it? Thank you
is it sim unlocked
There is no free lunch...
Mine from Costco is unlockable.
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yes
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is it sim unlocked
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yes, it is, you can use it on all
Costco
Thanks for this info. What method did you use? tia
sprof said:
Mine from Costco is unlockable.
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Be more exact when asking a question. What did you do precisely to unlock it.
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So I just unlocked a brand new Prime ads G4 and I was just curious, has anybody tried unlocking a recent G5 Plus to see if they're unlockable too?
I got the Amazon version too trying to get rid of he ads
Seriously guys try searching. It's part of the xda rules.
That said- here's the link
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3598515
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mindmajick said:
Seriously guys try searching. It's part of the xda rules.
That said- here's the link
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3598515
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I'm not trying to remove ads on a locked and unrooted Amazon Prime device.
I'm asking if anybody with an Amazon Prime G5 Plus purchased recently has managed to unlock it.
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I'm not trying to remove ads on a locked and unrooted Amazon Prime device.
I'm asking if anybody with an Amazon Prime G5 Plus purchased recently has managed to unlock it.
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Gotcha. Misunderstood the question. (Actually answered the other guys question)
As far as i know.. no one has unlocked it and no one is working on it
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