Is there a way to remove the "unlock" icon on the boot screen without relocking the boot loader?
MagicMan3 said:
Is there a way to remove the "unlock" icon on the boot screen without relocking the boot loader?
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Nope. Not unless we can get our hands on an engineering bootloader, which will likely allow flashing of all partitions on the device.
Anyways, how often do you have to look at that little lock? A few seconds on every boot?
I assume someone has tried, but does the USB jig for the SGSII work on the SGN?
It's a badge of honor
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I tried my SG2 jig and it just puts it into bootloader mode.
It's not a big deal, just like my phone "perfect" lol
MagicMan3 said:
I tried my SG2 jig and it just puts it into bootloader mode.
It's not a big deal, just like my phone "perfect" lol
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The unlock icon does make your Nexus perfect!!! They way they should be unlocked...
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There is a buyer for my Samsung Galaxy Nexus and he wants it asap, unlucky me i have the lock symbol on the display ( after unlocking bootloader and rooting ) can any one please help me in a way i can get rid of the lock symbol ??? and does the mobile remain rooted or root will be lost ??
I don't really see what you're asking... so are you referring to the the lock symbol on boot "open" or "closed"? Or a homescreen lockscreen?
And what do you want it to be? What do you want to do? Are you trying to restore to stock? You're not telling us.
martonikaj said:
I don't really see what you're asking... so are you referring to the the lock symbol on boot "open" or "closed"? Or a homescreen lockscreen?
And what do you want it to be? What do you want to do? You're not telling us.
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when i first get my mobile when turning on it gives only google word, but after bootloader unlocked now it gives the google word and on the button of the screen ( open lock ) symbol....i just want to get rid of the symbol but remain rooted.... dont know if you know it is like the SGS2 with the yellow traingle
mrlove6 said:
when i first get my mobile when turning on it gives only google word, but after bootloader unlocked now it gives the google word and on the button of the screen ( open lock ) symbol....i just want to get rid of the symbol but remain rooted.... dont know if you know it is like the SGS2 with the yellow traingle
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That just means the bootloader is unlocked. Why do you want it locked again? It makes no difference to the experience. It just allows you to flash things via fastboot and/or hack the phone. Relocking the bootloader is a bad idea if you intend to ever unlock it again, because that completely wipes the device.
If the person you're selling it to wants the phone back to stock, just locking the bootloader DOES NOT DO THAT. You need to flash the Google Images and then relock the bootloader.
martonikaj said:
That just means the bootloader is unlocked. Why do you want it locked again? It makes no difference to the experience. It just allows you to flash things via fastboot and/or hack the phone.
If the person you're selling it to wants the phone back to stock, just locking the bootloader DOES NOT DO THAT. You need to flash the Google Images and then relock the bootloader.
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i know bro, but the buyer will not agree because of the warranty thing....etc
mrlove6 said:
i know bro, but the buyer will not agree because of the warranty thing....etc
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But if its rooted then just relocking the bootloader isn't going to help him get a warranty. Turning the phone in rooted is just as bad.
Restore it to stock then relock the bootloader. That's the only way he'll have his warranty.
Just flash the stock images and then the command "fastboot oem lock"
Warranty Accepted!
Changing ownership of the device voids the warranty with most carriers. (At least in the US). Do some research before you spin your wheels.
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Download the galaxy nexus toolkit. Will do it easy
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Now when my Nexus boots - I see a lock sign (which is in fact unlocked lock) at the bottom of the screen.
What are the consequences to leave it unlocked? Somebody can hack into my phone? Data erase by accident?
Thanks!
Well in case of warranty troubles when the service power on the phone and the first thing they see is that the bootloader is unlocked you may be denied warranty.
code777 said:
Well in case of warranty troubles when the service power on the phone and the first thing they see is that the bootloader is unlocked you may be denied warranty.
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Thanks! (that's a good argument to lock it)
And besides warranty?
bullka said:
Thanks! (that's a good argument to lock it)
And besides warranty?
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Well, nothing. With an unlocked boot loader, you can root your phone and have fun with it. If something goes wrong you can always relock. Not like its hard. Your phone is technically easier to hack, but only by you. The idea of rooting is that you can have software that isn't approved, but most is completely harmless
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bullka said:
Now when my Nexus boots - I see a lock sign (which is in fact unlocked lock) at the bottom of the screen.
What are the consequences to leave it unlocked? Somebody can hack into my phone? Data erase by accident?
Thanks!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24671746&postcount=11
There's no reason to lock it again.
Once you Unlock the bootloader on the Gnex... is there a way to remove that annoying little unlocked pad at the bottom during start up? I know the S2 had an ugly yellow triangle when you rooted and there was a way to get rid of that, just wanted to now if this is possible. Tnx in advanced.
fastboot oem lock
or
google bootunlocker, use it to lock your bootloader
Stop using odin/tooklits.
Mach3.2 said:
fastboot oem lock
or
google bootunlocker, use it to lock your bootloader
Stop using odin/tooklits.
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Right, I appreciate it but I want the bootloader to be unlocked WITHOUT displaying the unlock pad. Any way of doing THAT?
Logo Me is the name of the app that allows you to customize that, i believe.
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Hey there, is there possible to remove that ugly black screen after unlocking bootloader that appears every boot and freezes 5 sec? Thanks in advance.
LaurynasVP said:
Hey there, is there possible to remove that ugly black screen after unlocking bootloader that appears every boot and freezes 5 sec? Thanks in advance.
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Do you want to relock the bootloader or you want to let it unlocked?
I would keep it unlocked and skip the black screen if possible...
I'd like to keep it unlocked since I need root, is it possible to remove it somehow?
LaurynasVP said:
I'd like to keep it unlocked since I need root, is it possible to remove it somehow?
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I don't think that this is possible to do, even changing the splash logo you can't do that. You could try to relock the bootloader but I never tried doing that on a custom ROM, only on the stock one. I don't remember if after relocking the bootloader with the bootloader status as relocked the initial boot menu is shown. Anyway you could try. I suggest the mauronofrio's tool if you're on Windows. If you are on Linux you have to use the adb and fastboot commands
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DD3Boh said:
I don't think that this is possible to do, even changing the splash logo you can't do that. You could try to relock the bootloader but I never tried doing that on a custom ROM, only on the stock one. I don't remember if after relocking the bootloader with the bootloader status as relocked the initial boot menu is shown. Anyway you could try. I suggest the mauronofrio's tool if you're on Windows. If you are on Linux you have to use the adb and fastboot commands
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I assume [re]locking your BL on custom ROM will cause hard-brick. I need root so can't lock BL
LaurynasVP said:
I assume [re]locking your BL on custom ROM will cause hard-brick. I need root so can't lock BL
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I never tried it but at the end maybe yes. I don't think hard brick but it depends on what you exactly mean with hard brick (all the people think the hardbrick as something different lol)
DD3Boh said:
I never tried it but at the end maybe yes. I don't think hard brick but it depends on what you exactly mean with hard brick (all the people think the hardbrick as something different lol)
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I tried this and yes it cause hard brick to my zuk z2 plus. But i somehow make my exit from hard brick.
I used to have a ZTE Axon 7 that used pretty-much the exact same warning screen as the ZUK Z2. For certain ROMs on the device you had to flash a different bootloader, as provided by developers on XDA. I remember in one of the flashable bootloaders, the developer was able to remove the warning screen somehow. So I think it is possible to do this on the ZUK as well. It just needs someone to look into it.
rajatsinghsp said:
I tried this and yes it cause hard brick to my zuk z2 plus. But i somehow make my exit from hard brick.
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Yeah just a thing, you can now relock bootloader on z2, on specific Roms. I made a guide for it and it works 100%
DD3Boh said:
Yeah just a thing, you can now relock bootloader on z2, on specific Roms. I made a guide for it and it works 100%
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That sounds great. Although I just went and read your guide and I noticed it says the 5-second bootloader warning will still be there. Is there no way of getting rid of the warning completely even with a locked bootloader?
If you have no plans to root the phone is there any reason to unlock the bootloader?
It would probably break Safety net and Android pay. BUT if you're unlocked, you have ability to flash factory images. That could be beneficial something goes really bad and your device won't boot up. You're also less secure with it unlocked.
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You can always lock and unlock the bootloader when you want.
I would say you should at least have the option checked on in the Developer settings.
So just in case something happened and you can't fully boot the phone. you can still get into it and unlock the bootloader and do what you need to do.
This happened to a friend of mine where something happened and couldn't fully boot and couldn't unlock bootloader cause the option was never checked.
I don't believe the unlock option stays enabled after it boots up.
I would argue why WOULDN'T you unlock the bootloader? Regardless of rooting, an unlocked bootloader is a safety net for when things go south. Phone decides to bootloop tomorrow? No big deal, flash the latest images via fastboot and start from scratch.
Sure there's the counter argument of the phone being much less secure and vulnerable in the hands of a person who is tech savvy and stole/found your device. I'm not worried about my phone being stolen so I ALWAYS unlock my bootloader.
Pain-N-Panic said:
I would argue why WOULDN'T you unlock the bootloader? Regardless of rooting, an unlocked bootloader is a safety net for when things go south. Phone decides to bootloop tomorrow? No big deal, flash the latest images via fastboot and start from scratch.
Sure there's the counter argument of the phone being much less secure and vulnerable in the hands of a person who is tech savvy and stole/found your device. I'm not worried about my phone being stolen so I ALWAYS unlock my bootloader.
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or just flash the full OTA image without an unlocked bootloader.
mngdew said:
You can always lock and unlock the bootloader when you want.
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Does re-locking the bootloader wipe the phone?
foosion said:
Does re-locking the bootloader wipe the phone?
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Yes, it does. That's why you should unlock or lock the bootloader when flashing factory images.
mngdew said:
Yes, it does.
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Thanks
mngdew said:
That's why you should unlock or lock the bootloader when flashing factory images.
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I don't understand what you mean by this.
You have to unlock the bootloader to flash a factory image and you can eliminate the w flag so that flashing the factory image won't wipe the phone.
uicnren said:
or just flash the full OTA image without an unlocked bootloader.
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Very true. If the phone goes into booploop due to a bad zip or whatever other reason you have a bricked device with no options to recover.
It's healthy for me to unlock my Bootloader ASAP on XDA!
Unlocking the bootloader was always the very first thing I did when I got a new phone. However, I use Android Pay all the time, and Google seems very determined to break AP for unlocked bootloaders with every new patch. Sure, someone usually finds a way to get it working again, but that sometimes takes time, and I simply use AP too much to deal with it. As long as AP won't work officially with an unlocked bootloader, mine stays locked unless I'm flashing an image, and even then, gets locked right after. Luckily, OTAs are posted by Google now, often at the same time as the Factory Images, so it hasn't really been an issue for me.
akenis said:
It would probably break Safety net and Android pay. BUT if you're unlocked, you have ability to flash factory images. That could be beneficial something goes really bad and your device won't boot up. You're also less secure with it unlocked.
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Thank you what actually is compromised when phone is unlocked?
uicnren said:
or just flash the full OTA image without an unlocked bootloader.
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How can you flash with a locked bootloader?
painfree said:
Thank you what actually is compromised when phone is unlocked?
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Data?
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.ho...unlocking-your-android-phones-bootloader/amp/
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painfree said:
If you have no plans to root the phone is there any reason to unlock the bootloader?
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If you ever contemplate going onto the Verizon network, when you first boot up after placing VZN sim into the phone,
the ability to ever unlock again is eliminated. You could relock it, but it will have the Unlock option in Developer
Option greyed out forever after that. I would unlock it maybe because of Verizon thing, but also to be able to flash factory a image in case I ever mess up the phone.
michaelbsheldon said:
If you ever contemplate going onto the Verizon network, when you first boot up after placing VZN sim into the phone,
the ability to ever unlock again is eliminated. You could relock it, but it will have the Unlock option in Developer
Option greyed out forever after that. I would unlock it maybe because of Verizon thing, but also to be able to flash factory a image in case I ever mess up the phone.
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As long as you have the Google version it should never grey out on you at least that's how it was with the first pixels. I have Verizon I've never had it grey out.
jt3 said:
Unlocking the bootloader was always the very first thing I did when I got a new phone. However, I use Android Pay all the time, and Google seems very determined to break AP for unlocked bootloaders with every new patch. Sure, someone usually finds a way to get it working again, but that sometimes takes time, and I simply use AP too much to deal with it. As long as AP won't work officially with an unlocked bootloader, mine stays locked unless I'm flashing an image, and even then, gets locked right after. Luckily, OTAs are posted by Google now, often at the same time as the Factory Images, so it hasn't really been an issue for me.
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This. Android Pay is pretty convenient and I always told myself I didn't need it compared to unlock+root. Wish Google would allow AP with unlocked bootloader but I can understand why they don't from a security standpoint.
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foosion said:
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I don't understand what you mean by this.
You have to unlock the bootloader to flash a factory image and you can eliminate the w flag so that flashing the factory image won't wipe the phone.
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When you unlock the bootloader, phone is wiped automatically.