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No way yet to unlock bootloader of Amazon prime variant?

Hi! I have a moto g4 play, which sadly is an Amazon prime variant. I just wondered if there was some exploit which would let us to unlock the device without getting the code from moto . :/
Thanks in advance

Nope, not that this time

Can I root Moto g4

Hey I'm wondering if anyone has rooted there Moto g4 xt1625 Amazon prime exclusive phone.im wondering if it works

ric1998 said:
Hey I'm wondering if anyone has rooted there Moto g4 xt1625 Amazon prime exclusive phone.im wondering if it works
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You can't unlock the bootloader on the Amazon Prime version and without an unlocked bootloader, you can't root. There may be work-arounds so check in the Moto G4 Plus section because it's more active and pretty much anything you can do to a G4+ works on the plain G4.

G4 PLUS rom on nornal G4

Hi guys, I have a xt1625 Amazon Moto g4 with unlocked bootloader
I've seen that custom ROM are working on plus and non plus
My question is, can I flash stock plus on my device?
Or it is possible to flash retail rom on my phone?

mark62726 said:
Hi guys, I have a xt1625 Amazon Moto g4 with unlocked bootloader
I've seen that custom ROM are working on plus and non plus
My question is, can I flash stock plus on my device?
Or it is possible to flash retail rom on my phone?
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it is not possible to install the custom rom of the MOTO G4 plus in the MOTO G4 XT1625 but the custom rom are developed for both

mark62726 said:
Hi guys, I have a xt1625 Amazon Moto g4 with unlocked bootloader
I've seen that custom ROM are working on plus and non plus
My question is, can I flash stock plus on my device?
Or it is possible to flash retail rom on my phone?
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Yes, it is possible to install G4 plus roms in G4, without any problem. G4 / G4 plus has the same codename (athene).
Sent from my [device_name] using XDA-Developers Legacy app

Yes, it works without any problem, I'm using a XT1644 firmware on a XT1622.

Prime Exclusive G5 plus

Hello I bought the Prime exclusive moto g 5 plus 64gb storage and 4gb of ram .
THIS ONE.
According to this post I'll not be able to root it, unlock boot loader or install a custom recovery, is this true??, it seems like a normal xt1687 (mine is xt1687 too acording to fastboot) in my opinion, is there any difference between mine and a non-amazon one??.
I downloaded the G5 plus toolkit and got the unlock boot loader information with no problem, also found an option in developer settings section that says "OEM UNLOCKING (Allow boot loader to be unlocked)"

What versión do you have? Xt1687? If your answer is yes, youll able to root unlock etc, i know cuz i have the same version. Greetings

Armando Lopez said:
What versión do you have? Xt1687? If your answer is yes, youll able to root unlock etc, i know cuz i have the same version. Greetings
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In fasboot mode says xt1687, thanks for the answer

amazon version is harder to unlock and you can get bricked

M1810 said:
amazon version is harder to unlock and you can get bricked
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Is there a especial block that amazon puts in their phones firmware then??

ajvg said:
Is there a especial block that amazon puts in their phones firmware then??
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You have to go through Motorola to get the code to unlock the bootloader. They will know whether you have an Amazon Prime device, and I don't believe they will give you the code. At least I believe that was the issue when the phone originally came out.

Can only retail versions be bootloader unlocked?

I'm thinking about pickup up a used G5 Plus as a backup for my wife's Amazon version. I plan to unlock the bootloader and flash LineageOS 16. Is it safe to assume only the retail versions (software channel retus) can unlock the bootloader? I know in addition to the Amazon version, there is a Consumer Cellular version also.

lmacmil said:
I'm thinking about pickup up a used G5 Plus as a backup for my wife's Amazon version. I plan to unlock the bootloader and flash LineageOS 16. Is it safe to assume only the retail versions (software channel retus) can unlock the bootloader? I know in addition to the Amazon version, there is a Consumer Cellular version also.
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All devices bootloader can be unlocked, you can install ROM in it after unlocking the bootloader. software channel is just to receive the updates, nothing more than that.

riyan65 said:
All devices bootloader can be unlocked, you can install ROM in it after unlocking the bootloader. software channel is just to receive the updates, nothing more than that.
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There are multiple XDA threads saying that there are no Amazon variants on which the bootloader can be unlocked.

lmacmil said:
There are multiple XDA threads saying that there are no Amazon variants on which the bootloader can be unlocked.
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I got a Moto g5 (Cedric) which is amazon version, but I was able to unlock the bootloader. So this device also able to unlock it's bootloader. As far I know Amazon version just mean it includes it apps as system app not as user app.

riyan65 said:
I got a Moto g5 (Cedric) which is amazon version, but I was able to unlock the bootloader. So this device also able to unlock it's bootloader. As far I know Amazon version just mean it includes it apps as system app not as user app.
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There was a short period of time when the Amazon versions were able to be unlocked, but that time has passed.