Did Your Phone Come With a Unlocked Boatloader - Samsung Galaxy Nexus

I recently received a Galaxy Nexus From Bell Mobility it came with unlocked boatloader. Has anyone else on Verizon or any other carry received there phone with a unlocked boatloder out of the box. Not modified by you
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I think someone else played with that puppy before you

That's what I was thinking but the place I ordered it from has now idea how come it would be like that nor what a unlocked boat loader told me to contact samsung. Odd thing my phone seems to be one of those developer phones and I have no idea how to confirm this. I have a development ID number but my phone says retail. So I am thinking it not a full production phone but I have no idea how to confirm this or rest my fears that it is not a dev but a full retail phone. Any thoughts would be great
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LTE G-Nex came locked. Looks like it might have been returned/oddity?

Here is a screenshot of my phone
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Looks like you got a repackaged unit.

Completely sealed box. No signs of tampering
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How can you tell it is unlocked? Mine appeared to be factory sealed but oddly the sticky plastic thing on the back of the phone had some kind of grit or dirt all over one part of it. Very odd if it came like that from the factory.
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fescen9 said:
How can you tell it is unlocked? Mine appeared to be factory sealed but oddly the sticky plastic thing on the back of the phone had some kind of grit or dirt all over one part of it. Very odd if it came like that from the factory.
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You will have an unlocked padlock on the google splash screen if the bootloader is unlocked.
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My Galaxy Nexus is originally from Bell. I didn't notice the unlocked item on the Google splash screen. Although I did flash my device without root with the stock 4.0.2 via Odin by Chainfire and now I notice the unlocked icon during a phone boot up. Does this mean my boot loader is now unlocked?
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My Galaxy Nexus is originally from Bell. I didn't notice the unlocked item on the Google splash screen. Although I did flash my device without root with the stock 4.0.2 via Odin by Chainfire and now I notice the unlocked icon during a phone boot up. Does this mean my boot loader is now unlocked?

i bought 2 gnex (one for me and my gf) sim free
the 2 unit were sealed brand new and the 2 came with unlocked bootloader(bought in germany(saturn) so i think thats normal (please someone from germany can they confirm that?)

the gnex units sold by saturn and media markt came with an unlocked bootloader.
It seems that they have been patched by samsung due to the volume bug - after production.
The units from amazon which were available 2 weeks later, have a locked bootloader and were already patched in the factory.

i also read (take this with a grain of salt) that yakjuxw are unlocked models but im not sure if this is true though all yakjuxw i saw came with a unlocked one (except the ones that were sim locked)

I bought mine from Vodafone Portugal (and 2 friends more, in the same day) and the 3 devices came with yakjuxw and unlocked bootloader. I already changed mine to yakju and left the bootloader unlocked.. I don't think there is any reason why I should lock it... is there?
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I worked in retail, sealing phones and other electronics for three years. I know what to look for. There is often a smell that is different if it was open. Another indication is the sticky ness of the plastic. The final is why it is sealed and repackged. Often the prepackaged film is not but on the same and the accessories are often not sealed the same way.
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The Wicker King said:
I worked in retail, sealing phones and other electronics for three years. I know what to look for. There is often a smell that is different if it was open. Another indication is the sticky ness of the plastic. The final is why it is sealed and repackged. Often the prepackaged film is not but on the same and the accessories are often not sealed the same way.
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Mine had the seal from Samsung, as well as my friends' devices. All three came with unlocked bootloader. I guess it was a huge coincidence if all three had been open before.

got one from saturn in germany with locked bootloader so it seems not generally

the 2 gnex that i had were also sealed from samsung im sure about it because i check it always before i open a package

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No HTC seal on box, have I been given a refurbished or returned unit?

Just received my desire from Devicewire, not on contract but sim free version. I noticed that there was no HTC seal on the bottom of the box, does this mean I have been given a returned phone? I also noticed there is a virgin media widget? Also homepage on the browser is virgin media?
Apart from a tiny bubble in the glass (bottom left, you can hardly notice it) and a back cover that doesn't fit snug, everything else is fine.
My concern is that I will have problems when upgrading the firmware due to some virgin media connection? For example will I only be able to upgrade the firmware with VM firmware?
if you look around on this site you'll see that the general consensus is that due to stock shortages, HTC shipped some phones that were meant to be locked by Virgin, but in fact are still unlocked phones. I don't have one myself, but you shouldn't have any issues with it
that being said, I'd be a bit off-put by that, couldn't stand looking at a branding if I didn't buy it that way in the first place. I mean, the phones are usually knocked down in price due to branding and contract deals..
I'd send it back and demand an unbranded one, but you may have to wait.
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oh yeah, the seal...
sounds to me like someone opened your box for one reason it another, I'd find out why...
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I got a completely unlocked unbraded one from superetrader.co.uk and it didn't have a seal on, but the seal was inside the box ready to be used. So don't worry about not having a seal
mine was also unbranded, etc... I had a seal on the box AS WELL as inside the box.
maybe just confusion in the HTC packing plant at the moment ...
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thanks guys for the info. It looks like they just didnt apply a seal at the factory, maybe they were destined for a carrier who adds some doc into the box and then applies their own seal.
I have one of the phones with Virgin branding, too, also from devicewire. I emailed them about it and they assured me it came direct from HTC themselves.
So I emailed HTC and they said it was a firmware bug, where using a sim on the t-mobile network, as virgin is, produces this branding. they assured me the phone is fully sim free and won't have any trouble being updated. I posted the email in the thread about the April 7th phones. i'll dig it up when I'm next on my pc.
I'm assuming you're on t-mobile?
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Arrhhh, very interesting. Thanks for the heads up on that. I have used devicewire many times and never had a problem with them, so I thought it was a bit unusual for them.
Mine came without a seal aswell. The seal was in the box unused though.
yes I'm on T-Mobile
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In case you hadn't seen it yet, here's my post from the other thread:
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For anyone that is actually curious, I emailed HTC about the rogue Virgin Media branding on mine:
Hi,
I ordered a SIM free HTC Desire from devicewire.com, and while the phone itself is just fine, I noticed some branding for Virgin Media. There was a shortcut on the homescreen (I assume to the website but I deleted it), the browser's homepage was set to Virgin Media and there is a Virgin Media scene that I can't delete. Devicewire assure me that the phone is a SIM free unit delivered directly from HTC so I was wondering if you had any idea as to why this branding is there?
More importantly, I'd like to confirm that this branding won't affect my ability to update the phone with HTC supplied firmware upgrades.
I look forward to hearing your comments.
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And here's their reply:
This is normal. There is a very minor bug in the generic rom in that whenever it sees a SIM from a netork that uses the T-mobile network (T-Mobile, Virgin, Fresh etc) it creates that virgin link and scene.
this will be fixed in the update so it is nothing to worry about. It is definitely a SIM free device you have.
Best regards,
Pete W
HTC
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So, assuming that's accurate I guess it's mystery solved!
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When I bought my Touch HD from the carphone warehouse it was unbranded and didnt have the seal. That was in the box. I was told that is how HTC distribute them. It was/is so that networks can brand them and then apply the seal.
Im not sure if thats right or wrong but it was covered by warranty.

[Q] SIM Locked ?

Does anyone know if the Galaxy Nexus from O2 uk have SIM Lock?
If so, will it be easy to get rid of?
Shen
All Nexus phones are SIM unlocked it's enforced by Google
AllGamer said:
All Nexus phones are SIM unlocked it's enforced by Google
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That's what I thought, but a quick Google showed that some Nexus S phones are locked...maybe it's a frequency lock...
AllGamer said:
All Nexus phones are SIM unlocked it's enforced by Google
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Not necessarily. Three UK have said that their Galaxy Nexii are locked.
i have the Nexus S, and no, it was never locked in any shape or form
you either get the GSM version of the CDMA version
that's all
just like the new GN, you either go for the GSM version, or the CDMA version
This is, I have one waiting for me to buy at the O2 store, the kind helper said he'd keep it for me until I arrive....
AllGamer said:
i have the Nexus S, and no, it was never locked in any shape or form
you either get the GSM version of the CDMA version
that's all
just like the new GN, you either go for the GSM version, or the CDMA version
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ahh cool, cheers mate. (*and LTE)
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Not necessarily. Three UK have said that their Galaxy Nexii are locked.
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WTF? that's new, that would really suck, the whole concept and ideal behind Nexus phones are unlocked and easy ROOT out of the box
Wow! 3 really like to screws things around
just like Verizon in USA, adding their crapware into stock AOSP
AllGamer said:
WTF? that's new, that would really suck, the whole concept and ideal behind Nexus phones are unlocked and easy ROOT out of the box
Wow! 3 really like to screws things around
just like Verizon in USA, adding their crapware into stock AOSP
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i spoke to 3 yesterday, spoke to a couple of their representatives to confirm if there was a SIM lock on the phone, they confirmed that there was
Vodaphone said their Nexus S are locked, but they weren't. The stupid O2 Customer Services say all O2 phones are sim locked.
Some are lock and some aren't. Same as the nexus s.
I would personal always presume network direct phones will be locked unless told otherwise.
Meh, I'll just have to put my GiffGaff in it if it is, until I get SuperCID on it.
just buy it from retailers that offers unlocked version to avoid problem then.
don't give business to 3, and let them die a painful and slow death by locking their phones
AllGamer said:
just buy it from retailers that offers unlocked version to avoid problem then.
don't give business to 3, and let them die a painful and slow death by locking their phones
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I'm not buying it from 3, I'm buying from O2......and I refuse to wait another 7 days for it.
3 will always be locked unless you get it from CPW ect. And there firmware is usually written pretty deep into the phone.
its either Phones4U or another independent now, or wait 2 weeks until CPW are allowed to sell it on all Networks. The rest are going to be Network Locked, I'm going to Jamaica January and do not want to be stuck on some waiting for Updates O2 Firmware so no way in hell am I getting it from O2 Direct.
They told me it was OK lol got my unlock code in less than 24 hours.
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All Nexus phones are SIM unlocked it's enforced by Google
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Not sure , here in #Reunion Island , same in #France , with #SFR Galaxy Nexus is sim locked
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1374830
Yeah you call off it

Repair centre changed product code

Product code changed
Just got my GN back from Samsung
Its fixed
The fools at repair centre samsung use in the UK have changed the product code from the one Google updates to one that does not
Used gn checker
Have complained to Samsung
This sucks.
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you mean yakju to yakjuXX? where XX is a country code?
Just flash it back. Its easy.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1392310
Is there non root way of doing it?
you don't need root to flash the factory original images.
Unlock bootloader, flash stock image, lock bootloader. Done
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used this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21851755#post21851755
all sorted
plus
The UK repair centre Samsung use is going to get a mega telling tomorrow off from Samsung
as THEY sent it out back to me bootloader unlocked !
samsung due to ring me at 2pm 5 minutes from now
sishgupta said:
you mean yakju to yakjuXX? where XX is a country code?
Just flash it back. Its easy.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1392310
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yes, the repair centre changed it to yakjuxw
but it went in a yakju
You're not the only one. I got my screen replaced and got the phone sent back with the bootloader unlocked. Not a big deal locking it (use 'fastboot oem lock' command) but they should have done that when the device left their end. They certainly will raise a fuss if they saw a device with an unlocked bootloader sign.
I have it on video
I filmed me opening the package incasw it was damaged
The unlocked symbol is in plain view
video of
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajIml3bXoOs
cirian75 said:
The fools at repair centre samsung use in the UK have changed the product code from the one Google updates to one that does not
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So what?! Doesn't even make a difference to updates.
It doesnt? That is news to me.
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So what?! Doesn't even make a difference to updates.
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It does
the samsung code is only on 4.0.1
most google codes are on 4.0.2, some on 4.0.3, plus their "repair" was a bodge.
You're funny.
No matter how much complaining, videos, etc, so what? You can easily convert it back, also what do you expect Samsung to do now? Give you money? Apologize? Give you a hand job?
Relax. Sheesh.
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The point is now a lot of people are having their warranty ruined by Samsungs repair centre.
got my replacement sealed new GN today
and its Yakju out of the box
strange
its on 4.0.1
It has not asked for 4.0.2 upadate yet?
I though we were all on 4.0.2 with "Yakju" now ?
Maybe it isn't yakju...
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ran GN Checker from the market.
says its updated by google.

[Q] German replacement phones already unlocked?

Hi
I'm with my third Gnex now and this and the 2nd one already came with a unlocked bootloader. Is that normal for a replacement phone? I kust gpt the phone without any package and without battery and back cover. When I returned the 2nd one I locked it again.
So I wanted to now if thats necessary? I got my phone at vodafone germany
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Hmm I remember people getting replacement evo 3d with s off I think its some what common I always restored my evos to stock when I had sprint but I guess some people are just braver
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Could be possible. They might just be lazy when they're re-flashing refurb phones and just leaving the bootloader unlocked.

Epic Touch Developer Edition

I was web surfing and I came across talk of "developer edition" phones. Is there a such thing as a "developer edition" Epic Touch, and if so what are the differences between the two?
The developer edition comes with a clear see through body so you can see the insides transform from circuits to brick as you refine your developer skills.
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......LoL.
Pp.
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The Developer Edition is basically a Verizon thing because they want the bootloader locked. Our phone's bootloader is already unlocked so there's no need for another version.
datajosh said:
The Developer Edition is basically a Verizon thing because they want the bootloader locked. Our phone's bootloader is already unlocked so there's no need for another version.
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Correct, the developer edition is just a way for verizion to profit off of their nazi device policies. The developer editions cost more and the regular versions on Verizon have bootloaders that are locked up so convoluted the majority of the time it will brick the device if you tamper with it. The sgs3 on vzw has a emmc disable code in the bootloader if you tamper with it it triggers the code and locks the emmc essentially making the device into a nice doorstop. The only difference between the standard device and developer edition is the bootloader and price, otherwise everything is identical. If I remember correctly the sgs3 developer edition was around $600 vs $300 at launch. All devices in vzw are more expensive than their counter parts on other carriers, and they don't have the greatest of selections because a lot of manufacturers don't want to adhere to the no tamper policy and make the devices brick themselves when the bootloader is tampered with. HTC just doesn't support the htcdev unlock method for Verizon phones, Motorola, prior to being bought by Google didn't have a problem locking them up tighter than a frogs ass, and Samsung couldn't come to an agreement on the sgs2 line with Verizon so they didn't even have an sgs2 option. Even the galaxy nexus was locked up until Google sued the pants off of vzw for something to the tune of $80m for violating their contract and won. After that vzw started offering developer editions and a marked up price almost double the standard counterpart.
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+1 to Motorola locking crap down. My first Android was a backflip on AT&T. It came out in March 2010, I bought it in May because it was the ONLY Android on AT&T at the time. We didn't get root until November.
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+1 to Motorola locking crap down. My first Android was a backflip on AT&T. It came out in March 2010, I bought it in May because it was the ONLY Android on AT&T at the time. We didn't get root until November.
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My wife has my old photon, I got rid of it as soon as the et4g was available cuz unlocking that thing was a giant pain in the ass. It broke one thing or another, mainly 4g but it constantly had problems. I ended up doing no unlock stock with root only for her and no recovery or anything cuz it was too much hassle. Now tho I guess they have a pretty solid workaround for the bootloader issues but she doesn't want me to flash her phone so I haven't tried messing with it again, which makes it easier for me anyways. I already have a et4g, evo 4g, kindle fire and sgs3 I flash regularly. My dad got the sgs3 which he likes to break and make me fix on the regular. Sometimes I think he does it just to annoy me
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EViiiiLLL, that was a g2k moment for me. (g2k- good2know)
Thanks.
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Pretty sure the developer edition of phones with locked bootloaders are sold straight through the manufacturer, not the carrier.
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Pretty sure the developer edition of phones with locked bootloaders are sold straight through the manufacturer, not the carrier.
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Verizon carries them online I saw the dev edition sgs3 on there when I was suspending a line on my moms account for her. That was actually the first time id seen one. They were charging 599$ on contract for it I was like wtf is that 599$ on contract you can buy the damn thing brand new off contract for that price, and its all to get the unlocked bootloader with no kill switch. I've seen a fee articles about the vzw sgs3 having something in the bootloader where if you unlock it it triggers an emmc lock and hard bricks the phone. I didn't like vzw before cuz they have stupid ass policies and don't do a damn thing to help you when u have an issue but after I saw that I realized just how forked up they really are. All they care about its $$$$ once they get you to sign your contract they cast you off and don't give a flying fart in the wind about u any more. They don't even prorate the etf, you have a month left and want out you're paying $350 ota getting sent to collections to be raked over the credit score coals
ETA: I meant to add I'm not sure if the one I saw I the vzw site was actually sold directly thru vzw or if it just linked to the vzw compatible sgs3 thru another seller or the manufacturer site or whatever. But either way vzw shouldn't be forcing people to have to buy a device a full price just cuz they don't want to be restricted with what they can do with their phone
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Verizon carries them online I saw the dev edition sgs3 on there when I was suspending a line on my moms account for her. That was actually the first time id seen one. They were charging 599$ on contract for it I was like wtf is that 599$ on contract you can buy the damn thing brand new off contract for that price, and its all to get the unlocked bootloader with no kill switch. I've seen a fee articles about the vzw sgs3 having something in the bootloader where if you unlock it it triggers an emmc lock and hard bricks the phone. I didn't like vzw before cuz they have stupid ass policies and don't do a damn thing to help you when u have an issue but after I saw that I realized just how forked up they really are. All they care about its $$$$ once they get you to sign your contract they cast you off and don't give a flying fart in the wind about u any more. They don't even prorate the etf, you have a month left and want out you're paying $350 ota getting sent to collections to be raked over the credit score coals
ETA: I meant to add I'm not sure if the one I saw I the vzw site was actually sold directly thru vzw or if it just linked to the vzw compatible sgs3 thru another seller or the manufacturer site or whatever. But either way vzw shouldn't be forcing people to have to buy a device a full price just cuz they don't want to be restricted with what they can do with their phone
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They would never put a 'protection' like bricking the emmc just because you unlocked the bootloader. That would be counterproductive for Verizon and Samsung. The only bricks reported from flashing the unlocked boot loader are from people who didnt read the directions properly and jumped the gun
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They would never put a 'protection' like bricking the emmc just because you unlocked the bootloader. That would be counterproductive for Verizon and Samsung. The only bricks reported from flashing the unlocked boot loader are from people who didnt read the directions properly and jumped the gun
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They were able to flash the leaked unlocked bootloaders, but the original bootloader would lock up the emmc when trying to find an exploit to unlock the stock bootloader. Im not sure it was intentionally designed like that but that's what a lot of people were speculating when it first occurred. And knowing how anti root and unlock Verizon is I wouldn't put it past them. This was only a few days after launch tho. Now there's a leaked bootloader you can Odin that's unlocked that came from the dev edition. It seems alot of locked bootloaders now disable something in the device if tampered with. The Motorola bootloaders disable 4g and it took almost 10 months to find a workaround for the photon bootloader to keep 4g and get full unlock. It wouldn't really be counter productive from a profit standpoint since you'd have to purchase another device since Verizon doesn't have the greatest warranty policies. My mom had a phone that's screen completely died 2 weeks after purchase and they wouldn't replace it because it has a chip in the chrome paint on the branding that was there at purchase time. Verizon is pretty shady, they will lie to you to get you to bend to their will. Right now we're fighting with them over plans, she has just a basic phone/txt no data plan that she renewed in Feb, and they are forcing her to go to one of the new everything plans by Nov, and she's been on the same plan for 11yrs with the only addition the entire time being unlimited txt 4 years ago.
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They were able to flash the leaked unlocked bootloaders, but the original bootloader would lock up the emmc when trying to find an exploit to unlock the stock bootloader. Im not sure it was intentionally designed like that but that's what a lot of people were speculating when it first occurred. And knowing how anti root and unlock Verizon is I wouldn't put it past them. This was only a few days after launch tho. Now there's a leaked bootloader you can Odin that's unlocked that came from the dev edition. It seems alot of locked bootloaders now disable something in the device if tampered with. The Motorola bootloaders disable 4g and it took almost 10 months to find a workaround for the photon bootloader to keep 4g and get full unlock. It wouldn't really be counter productive from a profit standpoint since you'd have to purchase another device since Verizon doesn't have the greatest warranty policies. My mom had a phone that's screen completely died 2 weeks after purchase and they wouldn't replace it because it has a chip in the chrome paint on the branding that was there at purchase time. Verizon is pretty shady, they will lie to you to get you to bend to their will. Right now we're fighting with them over plans, she has just a basic phone/txt no data plan that she renewed in Feb, and they are forcing her to go to one of the new everything plans by Nov, and she's been on the same plan for 11yrs with the only addition the entire time being unlimited txt 4 years ago.
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Umm.. not really.. bootloader looked for a signed kernel, much like Motorola phones. If the kernel on the boot partition isnt signed the bootloader will reject it and stop the boot process. Simple solution is to flash the stock signed kernel with Odin. You were able to modify other partitions such as the recovery partition and system.
As for motorola, they're notorious for making **** not work.
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Umm.. not really.. bootloader looked for a signed kernel, much like Motorola phones. If the kernel on the boot partition isnt signed the bootloader will reject it and stop the boot process. Simple solution is to flash the stock signed kernel with Odin. You were able to modify other partitions such as the recovery partition and system.
As for motorola, they're notorious for making **** not work.
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Yea Motorola is a pain to do anything on, I was just going by what vzw sgs3 owners had been *****ing about on release week. Only sgs3 I've played with is the sprint version, so i haven't had any personal experience with what the vzw version was doing, but from my experience with Verizon over the last 11 years of dealing with them for my mom I wouldn't put it passed them to brick phones for tampering. I hadn't kept up with what happened afterwards tho just read in passing that people were having huge issues that mimicked our brick bug when trying to exploit the stock bootloader to unlock it. I ran into similar issues with a friends original Droid on Verizon when I was trying to root it for him where it wouldn't even turn on after trying to flash a modified bootloader and ended up having to get him a replacement. My wife has my old photon and that thing was a ****ing nightmare to try and modify. Next time I upgrade ill be sticking to Samsung or nexus devices, cuz I'm sick of having to jump thru a hundred hoops to unlock and root my phones.
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