Is there another way to unlock the boatloader on a Moto Z Force (Verizon)? I went to Motorola's site and I got the response that my device isn't eligible and I can't get a code to unlock. Anyone have any ideas or suggestions?
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-- Duckie
Nope, and a quick search would have told you so. Verizon branded Moto devices are notoriously hard to unlock. There is no official way, and no unofficial way that I am aware of.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-z/how-to/moto-z-droid-bootloader-unlock-code-t3514832 for the brave (or stupid). Some guy wanted to lead us on saying it was doable. Your choice if you believe him and want to try.
guys, I seriously need some answers here.
I just bought a Moto G4 and now I'm getting totally confused by posts like "amazon won't allow any bootloader unlocks" and stuff like this. Also the motorola unlock website seems to be taken down
(Or do I just need to follow these steps: https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/standalone/bootloader/unlock-your-device-a) ?
Can anyone tell me, if I can still install LineageOS on my Moto G4? 2y ago I flashed my Moto G and everything worked fine, so actually I should be familiar with the process...
Thanks!
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Ah, there is a "Moto G (4th Gen.) - Amazon Prime Exclusive" - nice info. And jeah: following the instructions above did get me to an unlocked Moto G4
https://mobilesupport.lenovo.com/us/en/solution/MS87215
Please give a detailed info for unlocking bootloader and flashing my Moto g4 play running official nougat
With my XT1609 Verizon Moto G4 play on Nougat, not a chance. Most sources say it is impossible.
fischerms said:
With my XT1609 Verizon Moto G4 play on Nougat, not a chance. Most sources say it is impossible.
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True for Verizon branded handsets; works a treat for almost every other XT16xx variant.
Davey126 said:
True for Verizon branded handsets; works a treat for almost every other XT16xx variant.
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Please help me with my X1602 on 7.1.1. Bootloader is unlocked.
Thanks in advance
Moto G4 Play XT1602 bootloader unlock.....???
i just purchased XT1602 DUAL SIM .......is it possible to unlock its bootloader in 2018....??
Because.......After an extensive search on google.......i've known that Lenovo(motorola) discontinued providing bootloader unlock keys for OLDER moto G phones INCLUDING g4 play....!!!
Its worth to mention....that,,,Lenovo discontinued bootloader unlock support for ZUK smartphones in 2017
So.....can anyone please CONFIRM me......whether g4 play XT1602's bootloader can be unlocked or not....???
maharshiharish said:
i just purchased XT1602 DUAL SIM .......is it possible to unlock its bootloader in 2018....??
Because.......After an extensive search on google.......i've known that Lenovo(motorola) discontinued providing bootloader unlock keys for OLDER moto G phones INCLUDING g4 play....!!!
Its worth to mention....that,,,Lenovo discontinued bootloader unlock support for ZUK smartphones in 2017
So.....can anyone please CONFIRM me......whether g4 play XT1602's bootloader can be unlocked or not....???
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Try it and find out. No harm can come from the attempt. What worked yesterday may not be applicable today; asking the community yields little relevant information if what you claim is true.
Help needed to root G4 play (XT1602)
Hello there!
I have unlocked the bootloader of my Moto G4 play XT1602 by the usual fast Boot mode. Now i just want to root my phone and not going to install any Rom. I have heard that if I root the phone while on nougat, the phone will lose its IMEI no. and also the sim slots are not going to detect any sim.
So, can anyone help me regarding this??
Is it possible to root without any problems on nougat?
my xt-1603 wasn't working yesterday and it worked today, just do it one time per day, it worked for me.
How did you just Unlock bootloader of Moto G4 Play in 2020 It has been discontinued by the developers yes..
Can anyone pls explain if my g4play xt1602 can be unlocked ?
I want to flash Los 17.1
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Scav52 said:
Hello there!
I have unlocked the bootloader of my Moto G4 play XT1602 by the usual fast Boot mode. Now i just want to root my phone and not going to install any Rom. I have heard that if I root the phone while on nougat, the phone will lose its IMEI no. and also the sim slots are not going to detect any sim.
So, can anyone help me regarding this??
Is it possible to root without any problems on nougat?
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Sir can you pls explain how did you unlock bootloader?
Without AT&T's help?
No, you can contact AT&T, https://www.att.com/deviceunlock
Yes you can. I've done it with a site called unlockplus.
Here you go. Flash one of these KDZ to carrier unlock the phone. You want the ones that say "open" -- which means they are not locked to a carrier.
https://lg-firmwares.com/lg-lmv350ulm-firmwares/firmwares/
https://lg-firmwares.com/lg-lmv350em-firmwares/firmwares/
Top link is for North America Google Fi variant.
Bottom link is for Central/South America -- but if you use that, you do NOT want Claro. You want the other one (carrier unlocked) MIA.
Yeah, flashing an unlocked firmware won't unlock this device. Why in the world would you post something ridiculous like this? How can you have 8185 posts and not know what unlocking means? smh
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Yeah, flashing an unlocked firmware won't unlock this device. Why in the world would you post something ridiculous like this? How can you have 8185 posts and not know what unlocking means? smh
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So your saying that wont work.. I was just about to figure out how to flash it. Good thing i didnt or i would have more than likely bricked it.
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Yeah, flashing an unlocked firmware won't unlock this device. Why in the world would you post something ridiculous like this? How can you have 8185 posts and not know what unlocking means? smh
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Just so you know, you're replying to a guy who (besides other feats) made it possible for anyone to carrier unlock virtually any LG V30 model no matter what carrier it was on previously. And that was made exactly by crossflashing. So yeah, I would kinda listen to him.
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Yeah, flashing an unlocked firmware won't unlock this device. Why in the world would you post something ridiculous like this? How can you have 8185 posts and not know what unlocking means? smh
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Because that's EXACTLY how we carrier unlock the LG V30/V30+. We flash carrier unlocked firmware over carrier locked firmware -- specifically AT&T and Sprint variants. The principle should be the same with the AT&T LG V35.
Besides the two carrier locked North American LG V30 phones (AT&T & Sprint), some of the European LG V30 are also carrier locked. Cross flashing the region appropriate "open market" firmware carrier unlocks them.
I haven't done it on LG V35, but I've done it many, many times on the predecessor LG V30/V30+.
We flash V30 firmware and forth at will to carrier unlock the phones, get fastboot flash commands, bootloader unlock, install TWRP and root. The simplest of all these goals is carrier unlock.
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So your saying that wont work.. I was just about to figure out how to flash it. Good thing i didnt or i would have more than likely bricked it.
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He says it won't work. Whereas I've carrier unlocked several LG V30/V30+ doing EXACTLY that. And so have hundreds of other people. I've written a couple of guides on the subject.
While I've not done it on LG V35, I suggested this method because it seems reasonable and logical based on the immediate V30 predecessor.
Something similar (cross flashing) also worked on the LG V20. However, in both cases we had Dev Patched LGUP to use. IF it doesn't work for the LG V35, that would be why -- because perhaps the appropriate .dll has not been used to create LG V35 dev patched LGUP.
I can't guarantee it will work on LG V35, the way I can guarantee it does for the LG V30.
lg V35
You can flash it and it will boot (not dead, frozen or stuck in Qualcomm 9008 mode like when you normally flash mismatched firmware, picks up signal fine)
Yes I am aware of how to unlock G6, V30 and G7 by flashing a different firmware and I have unlocked several HUNDRED of them. Even LS998 on V22B firmware.
This will flash successfully (I use Octopus tool, the newest LGUP tool is not released so can't do it that way) but it will still show the V350AWM model and will still be locked to AT&T. Only it will remove the AT&T bloatware.
It is a good solution to flash these if you brick your device. But it won't unlock them.
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You can flash it and it will boot (not dead, frozen or stuck in Qualcomm 9008 mode like when you normally flash mismatched firmware, picks up signal fine)
Yes I am aware of how to unlock G6, V30 and G7 by flashing a different firmware and I have unlocked several HUNDRED of them. Even LS998 on V22B firmware.
This will flash successfully (I use Octopus tool, the newest LGUP tool is not released so can't do it that way) but it will still show the V350AWM model and will still be locked to AT&T. Only it will remove the AT&T bloatware.
It is a good solution to flash these if you brick your device. But it won't unlock them.
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1) Well debloating V35 is at least one advantage others will like, even if it won't carrier unlock it -- and this answer is much better than your first attempt. Can you also now access the bootloader on the V35 and do fastboot flash commands work when, once you flash the open market KDZ? Cross flashing carrier locked North America V30/V30+ to open market US998 allows this, besides carrier unlocking them.
2) If you are aware of how to to carrier unlock AT&T H931 V30 and Sprint LS998 V30/V30+ by flashing different firmware -- like to the US998 V30 open market KDZ -- as well as other LG phone series (G6/G7) using the same technique, and you say you have carrier unlocked "several hundred" by using that technique (with Octopus box, it seems), then your previous insulting post looks like it was written by someone totally ignorant of this Frankenstein process which we use every day to carrier unlock phones like this...
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Yeah, flashing an unlocked firmware won't unlock this device. Why in the world would you post something ridiculous like this? How can you have 8185 posts and not know what unlocking means? smh
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zeek6228 said:
You can flash it and it will boot (not dead, frozen or stuck in Qualcomm 9008 mode like when you normally flash mismatched firmware, picks up signal fine)
Yes I am aware of how to unlock G6, V30 and G7 by flashing a different firmware and I have unlocked several HUNDRED of them. Even LS998 on V22B firmware.
This will flash successfully (I use Octopus tool, the newest LGUP tool is not released so can't do it that way) but it will still show the V350AWM model and will still be locked to AT&T. Only it will remove the AT&T bloatware.
It is a good solution to flash these if you brick your device. But it won't unlock them.
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I have pulled the RSA certs from every model V35, G7, and V40 that are currently available, and LG learned their lesson from the WTF V30 exploit .. they use different certs for every model.
If you have cross flashed the V35, or G7 .. you are only flashing boot and system. If you had flashed an RSA signed partition, you would have had a brick.
I will be glad to post the certs if you like.
-- Brian
Oh sorry I didn't mean it to be insulting at all but flashing these files will not unlock it.
I'm new on this forum. Sorry for being disrespectful.. Everyone is very thankful to you Only WTF? Why would you suggest to flash something if you never tried it before?
To flash I did flash these firmwares but I used Octopus box (super highly recommended)
Lets do something constructive here though. If you have signed cert files let me test it. I have a couple AT&T V350AWM, we can brick them, it is OK. I'll load anything and post results here.
Again sorry about insulting retort but a forum like this should have only 100% clean reliable info.
Hello everyone,
I just bought a LGV35 form eBay for a few bucks but has bad imei is there any chance that I can unlock the phone? I want to use it outside USA, any idea or can somebody help me?
Regards
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I have pulled the RSA certs from every model V35, G7, and V40 that are currently available, and LG learned their lesson from the WTF V30 exploit .. they use different certs for every model.
If you have cross flashed the V35, or G7 .. you are only flashing boot and system. If you had flashed an RSA signed partition, you would have had a brick.
I will be glad to post the certs if you like.
-- Brian
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Interesting, since the G7 and even V35 was released before V30 WTF was discovered (mid-May 2018). @TxanMoe started the WTF thread with his "crazy" story May 14 -- and you helped him unbrick his phone soon after that. I wrote the WTF instructions on May 21.
Well, V35 was released beginning of June 2018, but it was already in the pipeline by May 2018.
The RSA stuff for every variant is probably more an extension of what LG started with T-Mobile H932...
Very sad.
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Interesting, since the G7 and even V35 was released before V30 WTF was discovered (mid-May 2018). @TxanMoe started the WTF thread with his "crazy" story May 14 -- and you helped him unbrick his phone soon after that. I wrote the WTF instructions on May 21.
Well, V35 was released beginning of June 2018, but it was already in the pipeline by May 2018.
The RSA stuff for every variant is probably more an extension of what LG started with T-Mobile H932...
Very sad.
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Well, let me clarify. I have only been able to check models that have a KDZ that I can pull the certs from. Any model that either never has KDZ (AT&T or Sprint), or if a KDZ isn't publicly available yet .. I haven't been able to check since I can't get anyone to dump abl.
I will try to post a list of the ones I have checked when the holidays are over.
-- Brian
Hi
I have a lg v35 at&t unlocked and I'm using another carrier(metro pcs) but i can't update it to the latest software version.
Is there any way to get the latest software version?
rapidrayo said:
Hello everyone,
I just bought a LGV35 form eBay for a few bucks but has bad imei is there any chance that I can unlock the phone? I want to use it outside USA, any idea or can somebody help me?
Regards
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I bought one too. It's bad esn. So someone can help to unlock to use it outside USA? I already tried unlocking company but they didn't find the code... Thanks:good:
Klenti said:
Hi
I have a lg v35 at&t unlocked and I'm using another carrier(metro pcs) but i can't update it to the latest software version.
Is there any way to get the latest software version?
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How did you go about unlocking it? Did you buy it from ATT without a contract.. Did you use an unlocking service or from att directly for unlock?
Klenti said:
Hi
I have a lg v35 at&t unlocked and I'm using another carrier(metro pcs) but i can't update it to the latest software version.
Is there any way to get the latest software version?
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If you put an AT&T MVNO sim in it, it should update. When I put a Red Pocket Mobile (MVNO) sim in my v35 along with wifi working, it updated the software to version V350AWM10w even though the phone was not yet activated on the red pocket network. If you can find a pre-paid AT&T sim, it should also work, but I'm guessing there.
(note, my v35 is locked to AT&T, I wonder if your phone being unlocked might have some other 'thing' that might be stopping it from updating)
Hi!
Since LG shut down their services to officially unlock boot in December 2021, we have to deal otherwise.
In the past DirtySanta was able to unlock LG V20 H990 independently. We need to expand this method for ours LG G5, including H850 and others. These phones are similiar and comes from the same period, it might be possible.
[ROOT] DirtySanta comes for the H990
Took a while to work things out, but DirtySanta has been successfully extended to international versions of the LGE V20. While I have tried to ensure this works for anyone, this may fail. I also do not provide any warranty! The result of a...
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For now this seems as the best option.
It seams it was already adapted to branded versions of LG G5, can it be used on rest of them?
[GUIDE] Full ADB Root, System RW, and DM-VERITY Off for Sprint LG G5! [ZV4]
UPDATE Thanks to thjubeck for testing this, it seems that this userdebug kernel actually works on all devices running antirollback v0 and running Marshmallow! I only have the Sprint variant, so be careful!!! Enjoy root guys :D A bit of a...
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Good to know someone did it !
I'm stuck with locked bootloader and from my searches, LG does not want to deal with only a few people asking stuff about a 5 years old devices.
Keep me informed if there's some news !
I like this idea and would really appreciate bootloader unlock for H850 international models
I would love that as well, I'm trying to get a G5 H850 refurbished. It makes me reallly angry at LG, because without custom ROMs this phone is just landfill material.
Please kind developers,, help us save this phone from the trash!