Hello fellaz.
I have RN7 with UNlocked bootloader (OrangeFox recovery installed). So far I have global stock rom installed (MIUI11), but I plan to try some custom roms and maybe later go back to original stock rom. How can accidental re-lock of bootloader happen?
Will flashing of stock rom from Xiaomi re-lock my bootloader? Does flashing method fastboot/recovery matter? What I should be careful about so that I avoid bootloader re-locking?
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Is it possible to restore to stock and re lock the boot loader after installing Soak Test Nougat? I tried everything with fastboot. I was successful in reverting back to stock but I can`t seem the re-lock the boot loader. Any help appriciated!
No
You need to wait for stock nougat rom, for flash
Because to relock your bootloader you need to flash all the files from the rom, and if you updated to soak nougat, you wont be able to flash marshmallow gpt.bin and motoboot.bin (there are 2 files that you cant flash, i am not 100% sure if these are them) so you need to wait for the nougat rom to flash and then you will be able to relock the bootloader
Saludos
ivan290 said:
No
You need to wait for stock nougat rom, for flash
Because to relock your bootloader you need to flash all the files from the rom, and if you updated to soak nougat, you wont be able to flash marshmallow gpt.bin and motoboot.bin (there are 2 files that you cant flash, i am not 100% sure if these are them) so you need to wait for the nougat rom to flash and then you will be able to relock the bootloader
Saludos
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That's why I don't update to N soak test(or n modem) . I'm waiting for this stock N rom too, then it's more safe in case of hardware problems like my zuk has encountered....
OK just to be clear, there is absolute no way to re lock the boot loader now? I needed to restore to stock now because I am replacing my G4 Plus at Amazon and I don`t want to send the phone with unlocked boot loader. But I don`t think they will notice.
Hi guys i am on npj25-93.11. i unlocked my bootloader to install miui 8 on my device but unfortunately there is no way to install on it till the xaomi release the miui for nougat 7
So i want to lock my bootloader again.
rajeshsharma29744 said:
Hi guys i am on npj25-93.11. i unlocked my bootloader to install miui 8 on my device but unfortunately there is no way to install on it till the xaomi release the miui for nougat 7
So i want to lock my bootloader again.
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Why do you want to lock your bootloader again?
Because there is an update showing my phone npj25 93 14
I want to install it
I am confuse to install with unlocked bootloader
Here at my location there is no pc for upcomming 3 months
I don't want to take the risk
You can't lock your bootloader without a PC.
Having root and Xposed bricks your device so if you don't have them you can update with no risk por problem
As far as I understand, installing OTA updates are not affected by your bootloader lock status, they should install whether your bootloader is locked or unlocked (and I've noted in some cases OTAs may possibly re-lock your bootloader after installing). You will need a stock recovery and unmodified kernel - any modifications applied after unlocking your bootloader may cause the update to fail and/or, as Johann has mentioned, may brick your device.
Motorola's help page on this: https://mobilesupport.lenovo.com/us/en/Solution/MF91999
Ive never seen it before. Ive installed 3 cook ROM and they all have screen freeze bug (inspite they are stable ROMs). Pls help me out of this loop. I just typed about 400 words and it freeze and I have to type this again. Im writting with angry pls help this newbie.
Im using zenfone 5 T00F
This bug cannot be fixed . Its due to booloader.lock your bootloader and get back to stock rom . Or else use custom roms that works with locked bootloader .
Thank you! But.. How to lock bootloader? With fastboot?
You can use any automated script for that . Or manually lock it by flashing the dnx and ifwi files through fastboot .
But after I relock the bootloader, can I flash new ROM? And after relock, does it affect to the ROM which im using?
You are facing screen freeze issue because of your unlocked bootloader. There is no way to fix this issue. Only solution is just revert back to stock firmware. Otherwise there is no option for that.
You can also use any ROM which required locked bootloader. But I don't guaranty you about stability and performance .
No. After relocking the bootloader you will not able to flash the custom ROMs. And also after relocking the bootloader, twrp recovery will also not work.
Custom ROMs, custom kernel, twrp recovery needs unlocked bootloader.
Hello all.
Im a little bit confused about the bootloaders and their marriage with their standard ROMS.
I am in MM B13 in a 2017 unlocked using bkores toolkit and would like to check Nougat ROMS.
What happens if, from this MM unlocked state I flash an official Nougat for 2017? Is safe? Could I eventually flash a TWR to return to my "original and safe" state? Could I flash back an "official" MM B13 for example?
I am guessing that maintaining the phone in the unclocked area is safer than recover the lock. Is this true?
There is a "Universal bootloader" for Nougat ROMS. How "Universal" is this bootloader? Does this bootloader runs in MM?.
If I apply a SD "complete" update (being MM B13 or Nougat), do I relock the phone's bootloader?
If I upgrade fro MM to N, do I lost the possibility of flashing a custom recovery? (TWRP). This is a non go for me, as you cannot go back...
Hope you can answer these questions
Regards
jrotaetxe said:
Hello all.
Im a little bit confused about the bootloaders and their marriage with their standard ROMS.
I am in MM B13 in a 2017 unlocked using bkores toolkit and would like to check Nougat ROMS.
What happens if, from this MM unlocked state I flash an official Nougat for 2017? Is safe? Could I eventually flash a TWR to return to my "original and safe" state? Could I flash back an "official" MM B13 for example?
I am guessing that maintaining the phone in the unclocked area is safer than recover the lock. Is this true?
There is a "Universal bootloader" for Nougat ROMS. How "Universal" is this bootloader? Does this bootloader runs in MM?.
If I apply a SD "complete" update (being MM B13 or Nougat), do I relock the phone's bootloader?
If I upgrade fro MM to N, do I lost the possibility of flashing a custom recovery? (TWRP). This is a non go for me, as you cannot go back...
Hope you can answer these questions
Regards
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Forget about the bootloader thing for now - it should be universal for MM and N. Not gonna relock itself.
-If you want to go back from a custom ROM (you'd have the A2017X_Universal_Bootloader, the ROM and the modem that goes with your device, plus a version of TWRP installed) what you would do, at least in A2017Gs and Us, is to flash a stock recovery zip to get the stock recovery. After that you reboot to the recovery, and you'll get to MiFavor's recovery. from there you would flash an official zip and every partition would be overwritten with what's on the zip. I suspect that ZTE packs every update with everything in it so that you can roll back, say, from Nougat to Marshmallow officialy, without messing everything up.
OR you can use MiFlash to reflash everything with a computer. Just download the full EDL file from 4PDA and flash, you'll get full stock (but still unlocked BL anyways)
So yeah, you CAN get back to full stock anytime.
-Don't just try to relock the bootloader. AFAIK if you relock it and you have root or TWRP or somesuch you can brick your device. I'd advise against trying to do that, but if you must, look at a guide or two at least.
-Yeah, pretty universal. I wonder why you'd want a custom MM ROM though. if you want to go back to stock MM it will get replaced by another one anyways.
-Already addressed, no
-I don't know the exact case with A2017 phones, but you said you cannot go back? You can. If you're on official N and want to roll back all you have to do is put an official MM zip on your SD or internal storage and go to Updates.
That being said, you still can use axon7tool on Nougat if it supports A2017 phones, which it should. You use EDL mode to flash the recovery. it is what I always do on my A2017G.
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Forget about the bootloader thing for now - it should be universal for MM and N. Not gonna relock itself.
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So...
i) Bootloader unlocked is safer than locked and problems can arise if i try to relock.
ii) I can flash from SD every official thing published by ZTE if I flash previously ZTE recovery. (bootloader still unlocked). From that startpoint, I could reflash TWRP using fastboot or EDL. Once in TWRP, every ROM is flashable if partition compatible...
iii) I can stay with my unlocked bootloader with every MM or N. Important things are the modem and other stuff. N is not much different from MM and I like Xposed....
Big, big THANK YOU!!!!
jrotaetxe said:
So...
i) Bootloader unlocked is safer than locked and problems can arise if i try to relock.
ii) I can flash from SD every official thing published by ZTE if I flash previously ZTE recovery. (bootloader still unlocked). From that startpoint, I could reflash TWRP using fastboot or EDL. Once in TWRP, every ROM is flashable if partition compatible...
iii) I can stay with my unlocked bootloader with every MM or N. Important things are the modem and other stuff. N is not much different from MM and I like Xposed....
Big, big THANK YOU!!!!
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i)Yeah
ii)Every LOS-based ROM is flashable if you flash the Universal Bootloader and the corresponding modem for your device, except stock roms and maybe stock-based roms (not sure)
iii)Yeah
Thank you again, my annonimous friend.
Had a quick query on the relocking of the bootloader. So, I am planning to flash back the full stock ROM and relock the bootloader. Will this ensure that I get any future updates (OTAs) as on a new phone?
Yes, as long as you flash the correct firmware for your software channel.
That depends....
If you have flashed any Oreo ROMs, it is highly likely you will boot stock ROM to no signal. This forces you to unlock again in order to get signal.
I been trying to lock and back to stock for a while. I'm hoping official Oreo will solve the efs problems.