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Hey everyone, made a tutorial showing how to unlock the bootloader on your Nexus 9! I'll make rooting videos and more soon enough.
Hope they help.
How to unlock the bootloader:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJEORWbf658
How to root the Nexus 9:
http://youtu.be/5jwoPx5mB7Y
Unboxing and hands on:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8K5WAmwRH7o
Doing it as soon as i get home .
That's the first nexus device I've seen that doesn't use Google's bootloader, very interesting!
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Good news: You can unlock the bootloader under the development tab in settings. http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/1...-6-9-requires-checking-box-developer-options/
lary50 said:
Good news: You can unlock the bootloader under the development tab in settings. http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/1...-6-9-requires-checking-box-developer-options/
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Thanks for that, I kept getting permission denied. All is well now ?
I wonder what HTC means when they say ,"this *may* void your warranty" when unlocking the bootloader. Did the all the other nexus devices say that in the bootloader before they were unlocked?
Deltadroid said:
Did the all the other nexus devices say that in the bootloader before they were unlocked?
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My nexus 4 did.
I guess it's fine as long as it's not being permanently marked with some bit set somewhere so their service department can see. The device can be locked again.
pantmunu said:
Doing it as soon as i get home .
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same there but them i get it i will
Edit: no need to set up adb or fastboot
i have ubuntu haha
Deltadroid said:
I wonder what HTC means when they say ,"this *may* void your warranty" when unlocking the bootloader. Did the all the other nexus devices say that in the bootloader before they were unlocked?
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They did. Although you can just type fastboot oem lock and it should relock the bootloader without wiping any data.
Will wait till root is available to unlock it
mk92595 said:
Will wait till root is available to unlock it
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No way. Unlocking wipes the device, but rooting doesnt. I plan to unlock mine the second I get it. That way I can start loading data and stuff onto it and start using it. Then, when root is available, I don't have to wipe my data at that point to do it becuase I was already proactive about unlocking the bootloader.
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Hey everyone, made a tutorial showing how to unlock the bootloader on your Nexus 9! I'll make rooting videos and more soon enough.
Hope they help.
How to unlock the bootloader:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJEORWbf658
Unboxing and hands on:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8K5WAmwRH7o
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Hey great tutorial!
I got 1 problem.
I installed the latest android the latest sdk of android on my pc.
Followed the tutorial from you to setup adb. although its from 2011
and when i tried to do: 'adb devices' nothing happened.
The list stayed empty and my nexus 9 didn't have a pop up.
I had the nexus 9 unlocked with the screen on.
berendspruijt said:
Hey great tutorial!
I got 1 problem.
I installed the latest android the latest sdk of android on my pc.
Followed the tutorial from you to setup adb. although its from 2011
and when i tried to do: 'adb devices' nothing happened.
The list stayed empty and my nexus 9 didn't have a pop up.
I had the nexus 9 unlocked with the screen on.
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Same there win 8
But I unlocked it
On Ubuntu
berendspruijt said:
Hey great tutorial!
I got 1 problem.
I installed the latest android the latest sdk of android on my pc.
Followed the tutorial from you to setup adb. although its from 2011
and when i tried to do: 'adb devices' nothing happened.
The list stayed empty and my nexus 9 didn't have a pop up.
I had the nexus 9 unlocked with the screen on.
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If you're on Windows, it could be a driver problem. You can check on it in Windows device manager. If you need to install the driver, Open the Android SDK manager and make sure the USB driver is installed, and install any available updates. If that doesn't work, you can find the Google nexus USB driver by itself and install it using the windows device manager. You can search for the relevant step by step guides here on the forum or elsewhere online.
mrkvchm said:
No way. Unlocking wipes the device, but rooting doesnt. I plan to unlock mine the second I get it. That way I can start loading data and stuff onto it and start using it. Then, when root is available, I don't have to wipe my data at that point to do it becuase I was already proactive about unlocking the bootloader.
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I already installed everything I need. also with ADB you can backup apps easily.
mk92595 said:
I already installed everything I need. also with ADB you can backup apps easily.
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But you'll have to reinstall everything when you unlock the bootloader. I know its not hard to do with ADB, but I don't understand why you'd bother backing up and restoring everything when you can just unlock the bootloader right away and save yourself from wiping to root once you're already established on the device. Well, to each his own I guess.
If i unlock my nexus9 do i still get android OTA's?
hill67 said:
If i unlock my nexus9 do i still get android OTA's?
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mrkvchm said:
But you'll have to reinstall everything when you unlock the bootloader. I know its not hard to do with ADB, but I don't understand why you'd bother backing up and restoring everything when you can just unlock the bootloader right away and save yourself from wiping to root once you're already established on the device. Well, to each his own I guess.
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I already have my Nexus 9. Everything is already installed.
Two things first while this has been said already make sure to go into developer settings and enable the OEM unlock option. Secondly it's going to have a screen saying erasing when you reboot after unlock. It will take a while and you'll want to reboot thinking its stuck but it seems like encryption makes the wipe take like 5 or 6 minutes. YMMV but I accidentally let it download stuff before I unlocked the bootloader so I'm sure that made it take longer.
hungmung said:
Two things first while this has been said already make sure to go into developer settings and enable the OEM unlock option. Secondly it's going to have a screen saying erasing when you reboot after unlock. It will take a while and you'll want to reboot thinking its stuck but it seems like encryption makes the wipe take like 5 or 6 minutes. YMMV but I accidentally let it download stuff before I unlocked the bootloader so I'm sure that made it take longer.
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Thanks for this.
I am hesitant to unlock the bootloader until I can confirm that it's being done safely by many...already saw someone brick their device by not checking OEM unlock and/or rebooting too soon!
However, I'd like to get it done so I don't have to worry about erasing my data again!
i thought it was supposed to be checked to begin with (as opposed to the N9 which was not checked)
http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/1...-6-9-requires-checking-box-developer-options/
it's old news, but thanks for the reminder
For what it's worth, when I unlocked the bootloader on my Moto X, the factory reset portion seemed to take a very long time there, too. Not sure if it was because there was no status updates on the screen like other methods show (SBF shows each step, from recovery shows steps in yellow (from what I remember), etc). I think it -feels- like it takes longer because of that. It just said "wiping" or "resetting" or something like that when I did it.
This is how I unlocked the BL on my N6,
enable developer options
make sure enable oem unlock is checked
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot oem unlock
once this happens the phone will reboot, for me it didnt wipe data automatically, it just put me at the recovery screen (stock) if this happens you need to wipe data manually or the phone will not boot.
power + vol up then choose wipe data/factory reset
wait for it to complete will take about 5 minutes
reboot system
djkinetic said:
This is how I unlocked the BL on my N6,
enable developer options
make sure enable oem unlock is checked
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot oem unlock
once this happens the phone will reboot, for me it didnt wipe data automatically, it just put me at the recovery screen (stock) if this happens you need to wipe data manually or the phone will not boot.
power + vol up then choose wipe data/factory reset
wait for it to complete will take about 5 minutes
reboot system
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If you click the start option after it returns you to the bootloader screen it will wipe itself and you get the erasing message.
I'm gonna be completely stock for a couple of weeks to have a baseline of the device and 5.0 when chainfire and TWRP roll out their magic I will unlock bootloder/flash root/install custom recovery. Taking my sweet time for now
My phone actually got stuck on the android screen after it erased everything. I got scared and started looking for a factory image after 30 minutes. Google didn't release it yet so I ended up holding the power button and itnjuat rebooted fine. I thought I caught a brick before I could use the phone
sgloki77 said:
I'm gonna be completely stock for a couple of weeks to have a baseline of the device and 5.0 when chainfire and TWRP roll out their magic I will unlock bootloder/flash root/install custom recovery. Taking my sweet time for now
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unlocking the bootloader doesn't affect performance, so why wait if you're going to root later on? seems like extra work to unlock/wipe data after using for a while.
not sure how it happened but i ran "fastboot oem unlock" even without selecting the checkbox in developer options and it still ran the process. maybe it's only necessary if you had a pin to lock your phone.
tflogic said:
not sure how it happened but i ran "fastboot oem unlock" even without selecting the checkbox in developer options and it still ran the process. maybe it's only necessary if you had a pin to lock your phone.
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yea what checkbox are you guys talking about? for every nexus device ive ever unlocked its dev options-->enable usb debugging-->adb reboot bootloader-->fastboot oem unlock. done. are there additional steps w nexus 6?
indianajonze said:
yea what checkbox are you guys talking about? for every nexus device ive ever unlocked its dev options-->enable usb debugging-->adb reboot bootloader-->fastboot oem unlock. done. are there additional steps w nexus 6?
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Yes, on the Nexus 6 and Nexus 9, you need to check "Enable OEM Unlock" in the developer options.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/1...-6-9-requires-checking-box-developer-options/
indianajonze said:
yea what checkbox are you guys talking about? for every nexus device ive ever unlocked its dev options-->enable usb debugging-->adb reboot bootloader-->fastboot oem unlock. done. are there additional steps w nexus 6?
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There is a new option in the Developer Options menu in 5.0
http://www.droid-life.com/2014/11/0...nable-oem-unlock-option-in-developer-options/
I don't see it on my N7, but that might be because my bootloader is already unlocked.
fury683 said:
There is a new option in the Developer Options menu in 5.0
http://www.droid-life.com/2014/11/0...nable-oem-unlock-option-in-developer-options/
I don't see it on my N7, but that might be because my bootloader is already unlocked.
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its not on my N5 with 5.0 either. must be unique to N6 and N9. interesting...
indianajonze said:
its not on my N5 with 5.0 either. must be unique to N6 and N9. interesting...
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Is your bootloader already unlocked?
fury683 said:
Is your bootloader already unlocked?
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sure. since the day it was born
indianajonze said:
sure. since the day it was born
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Guessing it may not show up if the BL is already unlocked, since it wouldn't prevent anything from happening.
My "OEM unlock" was checked when I took the phone out of the box. Had no issues unlocking the bootloader or wiping data. Works like a charm with an unlocked bootloader (as a Nexus should).
Acrono said:
My "OEM unlock" was checked when I took the phone out of the box. Had no issues unlocking the bootloader or wiping data. Works like a charm with an unlocked bootloader (as a Nexus should).
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My OEM Unlock was not checked. Received my Nexus 6 from Google Play today and installed the 191MB OTA before going into developer options.
Lucke said:
unlocking the bootloader doesn't affect performance, so why wait if you're going to root later on? seems like extra work to unlock/wipe data after using for a while.
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I don't mind restoring data/settings after a wipe, I do that all the time when switching ROMs, and now you can restore your user apps through NFC from another device so you don't need root/tibu on the initial install
development is going to take some time to kick into gear so I will enjoy the device as a regular user , I hope xposed get support for 5.0 asap though
I've always been a Samsung fan, but this phone is packed with features I like. With samsung , unlocked BL then twrp, then flash SU..done. is LG a little different or is it Nouget that is making the process harder or even not possible? Any thoughts from any LG veterans?
Bubba Fett said:
I've always been a Samsung fan, but this phone is packed with features I like. With samsung , unlocked BL then twrp, then flash SU..done. is LG a little different or is it Nouget that is making the process harder or even not possible? Any thoughts from any LG veterans?
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AFAIK it's Nougat. This is my first LG device, coming from HTC 10. I've had many others, just never LG.
lightninbug said:
AFAIK it's Nougat. This is my first LG device, coming from HTC 10. I've had many others, just never LG.
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Did you get the phone yet? Try to unlock? I think i saw you involved over at the s7 edge root thread when i was watching that right? The things I'm going to have to get used to is power button and no physical home/back buttons however if root is achieved and maintained through FW updates I think this phone will be the best out there and development for LG should rise.
Bubba Fett said:
Did you get the phone yet? Try to unlock? I think i saw you involved over at the s7 edge root thread when i was watching that right? The things I'm going to have to get used to is power button and no physical home/back buttons however if root is achieved and maintained through FW updates I think this phone will be the best out there and development for LG should rise.
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No.. thought I was getting it today via UPS... Guess I was tracking the wrong package lmao (stoner moment)... The G pad X came today instead... Lammmmme!!!
LG blocked fastboot commands since MM so the standard would usually be Unlock BL, flash recovery then flash SU.
But its not the case anymore.
Now its Unlock BL wait till an official.tot or .kdz to be released or leaked from LG, then repack it with root or a recovery and flash via LGUP or LG Tool.
just curious, what do you need root for?
phones nowadays come great out of the box. just disable what you dont need.
Z51 said:
just curious, what do you need root for?
phones nowadays come great out of the box. just disable what you dont need.
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Are you really on XDA posting this?...What do we need root for???... Maybe head to the T-Mobile forums bro.
lightninbug said:
Are you really on XDA posting this?...What do we need root for???... Maybe head to the T-Mobile forums bro.
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Does someone really need to want to root his phone to be on XDA? There's a whole lot of learning and shared experience going on out in those threads and there's not one rooted V20 to be found.
The fact of the matter is, a lot of people who come to XDA shouldn't be allowed anywhere near an ADB command or a one touch root.
On my short time with the Note 7, XDA showed me that it really wasn't smart to root that phone. Rooting broke too much of the stuff I used, and the developers didn't get enough time to iron out those problems. If they root this phone, I won't be doing it to mine until I see how all of the problems shake out.
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Does someone really need to want to root his phone to be on XDA? There's a whole lot of learning and shared experience going on out in those threads and there's not one rooted V20 to be found.
The fact of the matter is, a lot of people who come to XDA shouldn't be allowed anywhere near an ADB command or a one touch root.
On my short time with the Note 7, XDA showed me that it really wasn't smart to root that phone. Rooting broke too much of the stuff I used, and the developers didn't get enough time to iron out those problems. If they root this phone, I won't be doing it to mine until I see how all of the problems shake out.
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I think that's a good opinion. Mine is I want to be the administrator of my $800 hand computer. Not tmobile. Not LG, Samsung , or anyone else. I bought it. It's mine. If I want to block ads, or change the color of my clock then I should be able to. I agree on waiting for bugs to be fixed, but being able to flash a backup or backed up app is a nice feature. I miss the days where root came easy and we owned the rights to our devices. It's bull5hit!
Bubba Fett said:
I think that's a good opinion. Mine is I want to be the administrator of my $800 hand computer. Not tmobile. Not LG, Samsung , or anyone else. I bought it. It's mine. If I want to block ads, or change the color of my clock then I should be able to. I agree on waiting for bugs to be fixed, but being able to flash a backup or backed up app is a nice feature. I miss the days where root came easy and we owned the rights to our devices. It's bull5hit!
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Amen to that lol! Do you know how long does it take to restore every single app when you dont have titanium backup installed and your device rooted? (i have 113 user apps in my lg g3), you can easily take up to 2 hours installing and setting up. while when you have titanium, you can sit there and drink up your coconut juice while it does everything on its own and everything already set up, and it is pretty quick too. Also, i hate ads. unless the benefit me (that's how i found out about the LG V20 lol) Not to mention that many of the ads out there are either scam or viruses . Also, rooting is the way to really owning your device. a device is not yours until whatever thing you want to do can actually be achieved because you (the owner) wanted to and not because the company wanted to. :good:
I need root for adblocking and xprivacy , that's it. No root within 15 days, its getting returned.
Amd4life said:
I need root for adblocking and xprivacy , that's it. No root within 15 days, its getting returned.
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Lol you might as well return it now then. Beucase i doubt it will be done that quick. I mean, i bought this phone because of its great features. And even though i like to root, flash, and all that, well, i have set up my mind in a balanced mode and said "well, chances to get root are 50%, sure i like to root my phone but probably it wont be possible ". To be honest i usually wait about 3 month before buying a new released smartphone because by around that time, they usually have root and have gotten bugs already fixed. But i couldnt resist the offers on this one LOL. so, if it doesnt get root, i will stuck with it for a while anyway.
Amd4life said:
I need root for adblocking and xprivacy , that's it. No root within 15 days, its getting returned.
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I'm in the exact same boat as you. My V20 is sitting all pretty on my desk. T-14 days before I return it if no root. Been rocking the OnePlus 3 with an awesome ROM since the first Note 7 recall. Absolutely loving it. Got the V20 only because of the screen, camera, and supposedly better sound--all of which are probably marginal upgrades compared to OP3 especially considering it's well over twice the price.
V521 didn't have root until update was released. I grabbed and uploaded the ROM, and soon rooted .dz was there.
Confirmed: Similar to T-Mobile LG G5 there are not flash commands in fastboot to write a new recovery. Will need someone to create a TOT file to get us TWRP and root I think.
confirmed that I have unlocked my t-mobile bootloader also. TRY THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!!
booted into fastboot mode by
a) powering down the device
b) putting the cable into the PC USB drive
c) hold down - volume down button, insert USB-C cable into the phone.
d) check the USB drivers in device manager.
e) I manually installed USB driver using the google USB drive from SDK tools 2.2 (LG drivers may also work)
f) cmd, run as administrator, changed directory to my adb folder
g) fastboot oem device, listed my device (so im good to go)
h) [FONT="]fastboot oem unlock (doing such will erase your phone)
I) fastboot getvar unlock[/FONT]
j) fastboot reboot
device boots with security warning (ie bootloader unlocked), boots fine, clean device
went back into fastboot tried to compile a basic TWRP using my v10 TWRP as a basis....fail on my coding skills ( I am still learning)
using command fastboot boot XXX.img
c:\adb>fastboot boot v20.img
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [ 0.700s]
booting...
FAILED (remote: unknown command)
finished. total time: 0.721s
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lightninbug said:
Are you really on XDA posting this?...What do we need root for???... Maybe head to the T-Mobile forums bro.
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Don't get your panties in a bunch. It was a simple question. I come on here to make money. I fix phones for a living and I come here to fix what people attempting to root broke and brought to me to fix. If you don't want to root, you don't have to. If you do, then by all means root your phone. No need to be a **** about it.
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Amd4life said:
confirmed that I have unlocked my t-mobile bootloader also. TRY THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!!
booted into fastboot mode by
a) powering down the device
b) putting the cable into the PC USB drive
c) hold down - volume down button, insert USB-C cable into the phone.
d) check the USB drivers in device manager.
e) I manually installed USB driver using the google USB drive from SDK tools 2.2 (LG drivers may also work)
f) cmd, run as administrator, changed directory to my adb folder
g) fastboot oem device, listed my device (so im good to go)
h) [FONT="]fastboot oem unlock (doing such will erase your phone)
I) fastboot getvar unlock[/FONT]
j) fastboot reboot
device boots with security warning (ie bootloader unlocked), boots fine, clean device
went back into fastboot tried to compile a basic TWRP using my v10 TWRP as a basis....fail on my coding skills ( I am still learning)
using command fastboot boot XXX.img
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Apparently LG disables boot/flash. I'm going to try to get a tmobile TOT file tomorrow. I'm working on updating a TOT extractor tool right now to work it.
Can someone run this:
Code:
fastboot getvar all
Bubba Fett said:
I think that's a good opinion. Mine is I want to be the administrator of my $800 hand computer. Not tmobile. Not LG, Samsung , or anyone else. I bought it. It's mine. If I want to block ads, or change the color of my clock then I should be able to. I agree on waiting for bugs to be fixed, but being able to flash a backup or backed up app is a nice feature. I miss the days where root came easy and we owned the rights to our devices. It's bull5hit!
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I will most likely root my phone when the time comes. I am not against rooting at all... I rooted all of my phones except the Note 7. What I'm saying is that root isn't for everyone, not everyone should root their phone even if they think it's the thing to do and that I think there's a place at XDA for people who don't want to learn ADB commands.
Please dd and pm me your frp, ftm, and if you are willing to, factory reset and then enable oem unlock, and send your userdata partition, all with the oem unlock allowed.
Thanks!
bump?
What is this needed for? I've upgraded to the 4XL but still have my 2XL for right now.
wgrant said:
What is this needed for? I've upgraded to the 4XL but still have my 2XL for right now.
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The request is probably for this thread. People are trying to use the recently rediscovered exploit to finally be able to bootloader unlock Verizon Pixel 2 XL phones.
wgrant said:
What is this needed for? I've upgraded to the 4XL but still have my 2XL for right now.
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On the LG V40 if the frp partition from a phone with the OEM lock flag triggered is dd'd to another device, the bootloader will allow unlocking, additionally, the ftm partition on the v40 seems to carry the imei so I assume the same is true for the Pixel, I'd understand if you didnt want to share that partition but I think if the phones imei registers as a Google store one, that could help trick it into working.
Is there any way an exchange can be done here for the Verizon software that enables WiFi calling, volte, voicemail, and video calling? Is that Verizon software out there somewhere? If you guys are trying to root and unlock vzw phones you'll be wiping and starting with a fresh phone anyway. Is that a good time to extract these files and provide them?
I have a Verizon Pixel 2 XL on Android 9 [last security patch]. Bootloader unlocked :good:
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I have a Verizon Pixel 2 XL on Android 9 [last security patch]. Bootloader unlocked :good:
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Could you follow this guide: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2450045 to get frp and ftm partitions? Then PM them to @Whoareyou
Thanks again!
Unfortunately I already was able to get these from someone with a Google Store unlocked one, the dd'd partitions didnt stick through a reboot, and it wasnt able to oem unlock, ive been messing with the oemlock-bridge-client, so far chaning the device_lock status from 1 to 0 does nothing :/
shwise said:
Could you follow this guide: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2450045 to get frp and ftm partitions? Then PM them to @Whoareyou
Thanks again!
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I updated to Android 10 Security Patch October 6 2019. But I will do what I can.
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Unfortunately I already was able to get these from someone with a Google Store unlocked one, the dd'd partitions didnt stick through a reboot, and it wasnt able to oem unlock, ive been messing with the oemlock-bridge-client, so far chaning the device_lock status from 1 to 0 does nothing :/
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Could you try flashing those from temp root, hard powering off (holding button) and then booting to BL?
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Could you try flashing those from temp root, hard powering off (holding button) and then booting to BL?
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I'll try when I get home, but I don't know if it'll be any different than using the "reboot bootloader" command.
No offence but,why are people still trying to unlock/root the "unlockable/unrootable" variants of this phone? Its like what 3-4 years old? Like i get trying to root/unlock them when they 1st come out even though like come on you should've known by now. But now there are way better phones. Everyone is offering good deals for trade in's. I think its time to give up.
I would not have even rooted android 10 if Google music had a dark mode. (literally the only thing i use root for now) Oh and to fix the things google ****ed up like the lock and unlock sound and battery sound.
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No offence but,why are people still trying to unlock/root the "unlockable/unrootable" variants of this phone? Its like what 3-4 years old? Like i get trying to root/unlock them when they 1st come out even though like come on you should've known by now. But now there are way better phones. Everyone is offering good deals for trade in's. I think its time to give up.
I would not have even rooted android 10 if Google music had a dark mode. (literally the only thing i use root for now) Oh and to fix the things google ****ed up like the lock and unlock sound and battery sound.
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I expect to get two more years out of this phone.... It'd be nice to have root options.
krolla03 said:
No offence but,why are people still trying to unlock/root the "unlockable/unrootable" variants of this phone? Its like what 3-4 years old? Like i get trying to root/unlock them when they 1st come out even though like come on you should've known by now. But now there are way better phones. Everyone is offering good deals for trade in's. I think its time to give up.
I would not have even rooted android 10 if Google music had a dark mode. (literally the only thing i use root for now) Oh and to fix the things google ****ed up like the lock and unlock sound and battery sound.
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It's 2 years old
Quick and simple bc after sifting through this website I accidently figured it out. First use the script from this post - https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/oneplus-pure-debloat.4157691/ then check dev options and OEM unlocking should be ungreyed out. Grab your oneplus unlock by running this command - "fastboot oem get_unlock_code" Then go to - https://www.oneplus.com/unlock_token submit your token and serial number and wait exactly one week to the day. Download this tool https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...ck-twrp-factory-image-stock-recovery.3358711/ and you can unlock the bootload with your unlock.bin file. After that whats next is up too you!
I don't know about SIM unlocking, however I did figure out which package specifically enables the toggle for OEM unlocking in the Developer Options.
So I took a look at the debloat thread linked above and I went through the list of packages and I was uninstalling them on my phone one by one until I found the one that enabled the toggle for OEM unlocking in the Developer Options.
When I uninstalled the package com.qualcomm.qti.uim, the toggle for OEM unlocking was no longer greyed out.
That's a great find. Is it enough to simply force-stop the package or does it need to be disabled/uninstalled?
Might try this on the OP9 or OP10 if I get one.
LLStarks said:
That's a great find. Is it enough to simply force-stop the package or does it need to be disabled/uninstalled?
Might try this on the OP9 or OP10 if I get one.
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I didn't see if force stopping it worked or not so I wouldn't be able to answer that. I just uninstalled it with adb.
Title of tread said sim-unlocking, after reading through, it only mentions bootloader unlocking via the OnePlus website and all in one flashing tool. Yes it may bypassed the carrier restriction for bootloader unlocking, but is the phone actually sim unlocked? As you can use it with another carrier?
But I agree, finding out com.qualcomm.qti.uim being the toggle for bootloader unlock is great find.
I disabled com.qualcomm.qti.uim via ADB myself and while 'OEM Unlocking" is no longer grey and you can enable the option the bootloader for me is still locked. My OnePlus 8T model is through T-Mobile
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I disabled com.qualcomm.qti.uim via ADB myself and while 'OEM Unlocking" is no longer grey and you can enable the option the bootloader for me is still locked. My OnePlus 8T model is through T-Mobile
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gotta complete the whole process homie.. AFTER doing the uninstall or disable of com.qualcomm.qti.uim, then you gotta flip the toggle and then reboot to bootloader. after that you need to run the fastboot command, "fastboot oem get_unlock_code"... copy that code to your clipboard, then go to the Oneplus website, fill out the form and paste that code in the proper field.
After that it does take exactly one week... (to the minute) and you will need to go back to this site and you will see it change to download. Download that file and flash it via fastboot, then confirm you want to unlock and its done!
Now after that you have to remember to NEVER flash a stock firmware via fastboot again, otherwise you will re-lock your bootloader. I cannot confirm whether or not you will be able to, or even need to flash the unlock token again, but in the case of Samsung phones, when you flash the bootloader unlock token, you DO NOT get a second chance. If you unlock it once, and then accidently re-lock via flashing stock, you will be stuck with a locked bl. (EDIT: you CAN flash stock with samsung, as long as the bootloader version isnt changed. If you upgrade the BL then you are stuck!)
(Now theres a simpler way around all this but you must do your research, and look into converting your TMO-US fw to TMO-EU ... this can be done without unlocking the bootloader. And after the conversion, if you disable the OP mentioned file, you can simply toggle, and run the "fastboot oem unlock" command and thats it... no token file needed! And i am in Texas, so i can confirm 100% that ALL of the bands are active and available, and i get 5g with absolutely no problem... In fact my phone runs quicker and gets better battery life on the EU fw. )
Then when your phone is fully paid off, simply flash back to the US fw and you can have them Sim unlock you and you can either go thru the normal unlocking process, or you can go back to the EU... but either way no foul, no harm!
So to get T-Mobile to do it on their end do this.
Go on their site and facebook, keep telling them this. "I'm a developer who can't develop app's on my device, can you please allow my phone to be unlocked." Most will tell you it needs to be paid off, but you quite possibly will get that disgruntled worker or guy who just doesn't care. Took me 5 tries, then the guy I got was like, "okay I'll do it for you!" #boomdone
Social engineering at its finest.
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So to get T-Mobile to do it on their end do this.
Go on their site and facebook, keep telling them this. "I'm a developer who can't develop app's on my device, can you please allow my phone to be unlocked." Most will tell you it needs to be paid off, but you quite possibly will get that disgruntled worker or guy who just doesn't care. Took me 5 tries, then the guy I got was like, "okay I'll do it for you!" #boomdone
Social engineering at its finest.
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I have had this same issue. I bought the 8T+5G from OnePlus online store TMobile version (because the unlocked versions were sold out). Been back and forth betwee TMobile and OnePlus for 4 days, and OnePlus finally says they nor Tmobile can unlock the device until it has been used on Tmobile's service for 45 days (part of the unlock policy). I knew this, but thought surely someone can help me. OnePlus assured me that the IMEI number does not enter into the system as an unlockable phone until after the 45 days, and that NOBODY can unlock the phone until then... Am I screwed for 40 more days???? This in my opinion is a scam to force people to use a service they may not want.
i am shop in istanbul come to me oneplus 8t 5g t-mobile i ask whole world for simlock no one can and one of customer tell me i can unlock he take device for 3 hour he come back and device unlocked and he tell me i can do anything in oneplus phones i got crazy how he did this ? anyone know how ?
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I have had this same issue. I bought the 8T+5G from OnePlus online store TMobile version (because the unlocked versions were sold out). Been back and forth betwee TMobile and OnePlus for 4 days, and OnePlus finally says they nor Tmobile can unlock the device until it has been used on Tmobile's service for 45 days (part of the unlock policy). I knew this, but thought surely someone can help me. OnePlus assured me that the IMEI number does not enter into the system as an unlockable phone until after the 45 days, and that NOBODY can unlock the phone until then... Am I screwed for 40 more days???? This in my opinion is a scam to force people to use a service they may not want.
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Does this still work on the recent 8T phones? Please do keep us updated on your situation. I'm thinking about buying this phone unlock the boot-loader, Sim unlock and get Lineage on it. I don't mind 45 days if they actually unlock it
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Does this still work on the recent 8T phones? Please do keep us updated on your situation. I'm thinking about buying this phone unlock the boot-loader, Sim unlock and get Lineage on it. I don't mind 45 days if they actually unlock it
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Yeah. I'm going to wait it out. Counting down the days I'm chained to T-Mobile (38 left). I actually wanted their service so it isn't an inconvenience, but I hate being forced to do anything, much less wait to do what I wanted to do from day one, which is Flash Roms. I'm looking at Lineage too. So I will update this post once I get to that point. Here's hoping they keep their word, because my 15 day return policy on the phone runs out in two days.
Alright folks I've been with Samsung over a decade and just got my first Oneplus (8T+5G KB2007) so don't start yelling at me just yet. Got this thing on Amazon and appears to be new. I'm sim/network unlocked through TMO. My OEM Unlock was never greyed out. I can toggle no problem. However, I went through the debloat described above because of the following problem: Sticks on "waiting for any device" after running "fastboot oem get_unlock_code" Please tell me this is an easy fix. I already reinstalled the google driver through SDK Manager bla bla bla.... Am I missing something simple? Any help would be appreciated. THX
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Yeah. I'm going to wait it out. Counting down the days I'm chained to T-Mobile (38 left). I actually wanted their service so it isn't an inconvenience, but I hate being forced to do anything, much less wait to do what I wanted to do from day one, which is Flash Roms. I'm looking at Lineage too. So I will update this post once I get to that point. Here's hoping they keep their word, because my 15 day return policy on the phone runs out in two days.
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I should've done more research myself. Galaxy was about to quit on me so I grabbed this one specifically because it was rated as one of the very top phones for development. If it wasn't such a rush I would've spent more time.
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Alright folks I've been with Samsung over a decade and just got my first Oneplus (8T+5G KB2007) so don't start yelling at me just yet. Got this thing on Amazon and appears to be new. I'm sim/network unlocked through TMO. My OEM Unlock was never greyed out. I can toggle no problem. However, I went through the debloat described above because of the following problem: Sticks on "waiting for any device" after running "fastboot oem get_unlock_code" Please tell me this is an easy fix. I already reinstalled the google driver through SDK Manager bla bla bla.... Am I missing something simple? Any help would be appreciated. THX
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Have you checked if your phone is properly connected to your computer? Check using "fastboot devices" to see if your device is detected, and if it is not, then go within the Windows Device Manager and install the appropriate driver from Google, which can be found by searching "Google Fastboot Driver".
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Have you checked if your phone is properly connected to your computer? Check using "fastboot devices" to see if your device is detected, and if it is not, then go within the Windows Device Manager and install the appropriate driver from Google, which can be found by searching "Google Fastboot Driver".
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It doesn't show it shows under adb devices but not fastboot devices. Let me find the fastboot driver real quick and try. Thanks
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It doesn't show it shows under adb devices but not fastboot devices. Let me find the fastboot driver real quick and try. Thanks
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[Guide] Fix Device Not Showing Up In Fastboot Mode (Windows 10/11)
You sir are saint...I've been trying to get fastboot to recognize my OP6T for the last 8 hours. Thank you so much!
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[Guide] Fix Device Not Showing Up In Fastboot Mode (Windows 10/11)
You sir are saint...I've been trying to get fastboot to recognize my OP6T for the last 8 hours. Thank you so much!
forum.xda-developers.com
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Holy ****.... finally! I just needed the OnePlus_usb_driver_setup.exe in order to install the right driver from said directory. Big thanks man. Really!
TommyQuid said:
Does this still work on the recent 8T phones? Please do keep us updated on your situation. I'm thinking about buying this phone unlock the boot-loader, Sim unlock and get Lineage on it. I don't mind 45 days if they actually unlock it
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So it was actually 40 days, I don't know why I said 45. Anyway, even after (48 days), it took me calling TMOBILE and having someone talk to their (OEM team) and start a conversation with them. 3 days later I was able to SIM unlock the phone. I was able to toggle OEM unlocking. Did the Fastboot command to get the Unlock Code, and sent it to OnePlus for "7 days". What the crap is all of this hassle? I left Android and went to Apple for 7 years. When I left, you could unlock a bootloader in minutes. For being so keen on allowing us to unlock our phones, it seems they give you a Circus of Hoops to jump thru "on Their timeline". Anyway, I actually think I may have screwed up the code because it was displayed on two lines from Fastboot. I sent it as one line. Hoping they sort it out and I don't have to reapply and wait another 7 days. What a mess!
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So it was actually 40 days, I don't know why I said 45...
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Thanks for the update