Calling verizon and having them troubleshoot my phone, right now its stock with unlocked bootloader....NOT rooted. Is that ok or do you think they will find out and void my warranty? dunno if I want to authorize remote access but they will probably have me read off my settings.....
Dragonsla said:
Calling verizon and having them troubleshoot my phone, right now its stock with unlocked bootloader....NOT rooted. Is that ok or do you think they will find out and void my warranty? dunno if I want to authorize remote access but they will probably have me read off my settings.....
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If it is stock with just an unlocked bootloader you will be fine. They would not be able to tell unless they had the phone in their hands.
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Is anybody able to help, for some reason my wifi has stopped working all together, I have flashed different kernels, roms and have now just reflashed the stock google 4.0.2 image but it is still greyed out and just says turning wifi on when i try to turn it on....I have flashed the phone from the stock carrier image so am unsure if they will honor the warranty.
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Paul
Pranksta02 said:
Is anybody able to help, for some reason my wifi has stopped working all together, I have flashed different kernels, roms and have now just reflashed the stock google 4.0.2 image but it is still greyed out and just says turning wifi on when i try to turn it on....I have flashed the phone from the stock carrier image so am unsure if they will honor the warranty.
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Paul
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If restoring the stock image didn't work, you should lock the bootloader and send it to Samsung repair service with warranty
It came with a branded rom when i brought it tho which would mean I have voided the warranty wouldnt it?
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It came with a branded rom when i brought it tho which would mean I have voided the warranty wouldnt it?
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are you sure it was branded? i might be wrong, but there's no branded galaxy nexus. Maybe you just bought with a mobile provider, but it's not branded
it was a yakjudv i think and i flashed it to yakju..
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it was a yakjudv i think and i flashed it to yakju..
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ok, but it's still google Stock Image you downloaded from the official website right? I think that cannot invalidate your warranty, unlocking the bootloader does, having a yakju image doesn't
but they would know that flashing the google image requires unlocking the bootloader?
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but they would know that flashing the google image requires unlocking the bootloader?
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I don't think they'll act like *****es trying to avoid your warranty. But if you really want to be sure, just open a thread requesting yakjudv image; probably someone has it and can share it with you.
Same thing happend to me, in the end I flashed back to stock and relocked my bootloader contacted Negri Electronics and rma'd mine. I'm stuck using my old Dell Streak now while my baby is in the shop. Really sucks especially with AT&T doing all their throtling and such now I was worried that i'd get throtled because I couldnt use my wifi. Good luck to you man.
Ok, my phone was unlocked and rooted. I did the update for Verizon a while back. Lost root, but i'm not sure if I lost unlock. I'm getting a replacement from VZW and what makes me think that it is still unlocked is a padlock that is nearly locked but not all the way. This is on the black screen with Google above it, and not latter where you can slide it.
I did try searching, but I couldn't find something like this.
So, if it is unlocked I would follow this, right?:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1392310
and scroll to: Q. I want to send my phone back so I need to flash a stock rom and relock the bootloader?
Thank you!
Edit: Found a pic: http://mainframereview.com/newsite/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/samsung-galaxy-nexus-review-zach4.jpg
Seems like the bootloader is unlocked, but it is not rooted. Btw root checker is telling me that it is unrooted also my wi-fi tether doesn't work any more. So, the guide above should work right?
Yes. It's unlocked or you wouldn't see the lock. Yes, before you send it back flash stock and relock.
Allons-y
Xfanatic said:
Yes. It's unlocked or you wouldn't see the lock. Yes, before you send it back flash stock and relock.
Allons-y
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Thanks!
Okay so I just got a replacement on my Verizon Google pixel and after everything was setup I noticed that in the developer options it gave me the option to unlock my Bootloader. I know the Verizon models are locked and after 7.1 the exploit was patched. I have all the Verizon bloatware so is this just a bug or is it possible? I turned off all automatic updates just in case so should I go ahead and try?
youtu.be/yYbhMk4fnLM
The0nlyboss said:
Okay so I just got a replacement on my Verizon Google pixel and after everything was setup I noticed that in the developer options it gave me the option to unlock my Bootloader. I know the Verizon models are locked and after 7.1 the exploit was patched. I have all the Verizon bloatware so is this just a bug or is it possible? I turned off all automatic updates just in case so should I go ahead and try?
youtu.be/yYbhMk4fnLM
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If you want to try unlocking your bootloader go for it. But there's not much benefit to unlocking your bootloader unless you plan to root or flash a custom rom or custom kernel or something. Simply unlocking the bootloader but otherwise staying fully stock will not allow your phone to pass safety net so you won't be able to use Android Pay. There have been a few other posts from Verizon customers where they got phones with the option to unlock the bootloader enabled so you probably just got lucky.
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Okay so I just got a replacement on my Verizon Google pixel and after everything was setup I noticed that in the developer options it gave me the option to unlock my Bootloader. I know the Verizon models are locked and after 7.1 the exploit was patched. I have all the Verizon bloatware so is this just a bug or is it possible? I turned off all automatic updates just in case so should I go ahead and try?
youtu.be/yYbhMk4fnLM
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If it was shipped from Carol Stream, Illinois and if you pop in your SIM and the Verizon website calls it a non-VZW phone., then you got a Google Edition. Since OEM unlocking is not grayed out on yours, it's almost for certain a Google Edition. Same happened to me, the bloatware came when the Verizon SIM was inserted.
I agree with the above jhs39 post, though, only do it if you have a reason. I wanted the Pure Nexus ROM and ViPER4Android so I did it.
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If you want to try unlocking your bootloader go for it. But there's not much benefit to unlocking your bootloader unless you plan to root or flash a custom rom or custom kernel or something. Simply unlocking the bootloader but otherwise staying fully stock will not allow your phone to pass safety net so you won't be able to use Android Pay. There have been a few other posts from Verizon customers where they got phones with the option to unlock the bootloader enabled so you probably just got lucky.
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I don't have the need for it unlocked now but is it possible that an update can remove the option as I do want to flash a rom in the future.
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If it was shipped from Carol Stream, Illinois and if you pop in your SIM and the Verizon website calls it a non-VZW phone., then you got a Google Edition. Since OEM unlocking is not grayed out on yours, it's almost for certain a Google Edition. Same happened to me, the bloatware came when the Verizon SIM was inserted.
I agree with the above jhs39 post, though, only do it if you have a reason. I wanted the Pure Nexus ROM and ViPER4Android so I did it.
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Ah I see. It was shipped from that location and I checked the IMEI on Verizon's website and it says it's not capable for some reason so I'm guessing it's a GE.
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Ah I see. It was shipped from that location and I checked the IMEI on Verizon's website and it says it's not capable for some reason so I'm guessing it's a GE.
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Yeah but it really is capable, just put the SIM in
If you plan on flashing custom in the future then I would unlock now so you don't have to lose all you're data later. Rather wipe while it's new and doesn't have months of data on it.
You never know when you might get screwed over by an update and or want to flash back a version.
I say unlock to give yourself a few more exit strategies should anything go wrong and if you decide to root and rom at some point later you aren't gonna wipe your device.
If you want to pass safety net for android pay you just need to flash a custom kernel.
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I don't have the need for it unlocked now but is it possible that an update can remove the option as I do want to flash a rom in the future.
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That's true. But if you use Android Pay or any other apps that require safety net they will stop working unless you flash a custom kernel. If that doesn't matter to you then you should unlock the bootloader while you can.
My phone is not rooted I've checked. It's unlocked but I'm not sure if it's by Sprint or some other method coz look at these screenshots weird right. Btw I got this update and I'm not sure weather to update or not coz I don't want to lose my unlock in case it relock to Sprint, any help appreciated thanks
Simple way to find out if was ever rooted, put phone in download mode and check knox warranty void status
it says binary official and knox is void
should i update???
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it says binary official and knox is void
should i update???
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No point on flashing or updating, knox is void and samsung pay won't work anymore on devices that have tripped knox
If I update will it relock?
Depends the way it was unlocked , I did mine on a remote service and didn't relocked after any update
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Depends the way it was unlocked , I did mine on a remote service and didn't relocked after any update
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Thats the thing i dont know how it was unlocked but i reckon it shouldnt relock cause it says official status and works with non-sprint sim. I bought it second hand thats why i dont know.
I updated and it did not relock hew
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SO I managed to get into download mode on my SM-t575 but it says that its managed by an organisation and was wondering if anyone knows how to disable the Knox on it ?
Thanks loads
Hi, does anyone know how to do this ?
Thanks
a year later and still trying to get into this tablet
anyone have any ideas ?
Thanks
Hello @Rixsta_musicman! Do you mean to be able to unlock the bootloader? I don't think there's ever a way to "disable" Knox, at least not anymore (i.e. disabling the bootloader will trip Knox and there's no way around it). Your device is a carrier device, correct? Has mobile data capability? If so, then see @googlephoneFKLenAsh's post below, which probably applies to you too:
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Samsung devices (at least those with snapdragon cpus) on T-Mobile are not eligible for bootloader unlock anymore from 4-5 years ago.
The only option is to get the Wi-Fi only model. No cellular model in the US supports bootloader unlock, no even for the carrier-free unlocked model if it ever exists.
Or wait for an exploit for unofficial bootloader unlock which is possible but very low chance and you may need to pay 3rd party services to unlock if it happens.
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Thanks, the device has a pin code to get in that I am not sure what it is and i want to be able to get in and root it, there's no way to get past the knox pin. It does have mobile capability yes, Ill check this post thanks a lot
Protected by knox cloud apparently
Im not sure if it was on T-Mobile though originally and the device is from the UK