Hi All,
I don't have my phone yet but upon looking at all the complexities of unlocking/rooting, I'm thinking I want to unlock it just in case I decide to dive in more after I've become accustomed to the phone and learned what I would like it to be able to do (beyond what it already can). I honestly will probably only root and maybe flash a kernel. Don't think I need a ROM (we'll see though... I used to be a very flash-happy person in my past...) I will probably root it as well, but I'm not even sure about that just yet.
So my question is this: is it simple to just unlock the bootloader to make sure it's unlocked for down the road, if I decide to customize more? Also, is it quick/easy to root, if I decide to do that as well up front? If so, does rooting just affect Android Pay?
Go to the Pixel XL parent forum:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-xl
And do a search for thread titles containing "Verizon" to find all your answers.
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Did the same. Just unlocked, flashed boot to root via fastboot and a kernel via fastboot. Still don't have twrp on mine.
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My girlfriend has this tablet and I rooted it for her because she saw me getting free in app purchases with freedom and wanted xmod for clash of clans. It was easy because I had a note 3 at the time and I pretty much knew everything about rooting.
But I jumped ship to ios a few months ago and I forgot some of the stuff. I'm still experienced with odin but I can't remember how to unroot the device and lock the bootloader (was it even locked? I really forgot).
So anyway we eventually broke up and I wanted to unroot the tablet in case she ever needs the warranty.
Is it enough to just flash an original firmware with odin and everything will be back to the original state? Do I need to do something else?
I'm currently on this custom ROM with the following baseband, radio, whatever (it's in my native language but the version numbers are there):
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So I've got a Pixel XL I got from Bell here in Canada. I kinda assumed the bootloader wouldn't be unlockable the way direct from Google phones are and thought I would need to use the Verizon unlock method. I was gonna do this today before downloading the November update just to be sure I didn't lose the ability. Well I thought I would try it the regular way first with "fastboot oem unlock". Anyway I get the option on my phone to select yes or no if I want to unlock after putting in the comand. Do the Verizon versions do this or does that mean the Bell version is bootloader unlockable out of the box with no special expolit? If so I don't think I'll unlock the bootloader right now because of the required whipe and I was just doing it so I didn't lose the ability.
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You should be able to just unlock it.
Sweet! That's great to hear. Bell didn't mess with the bootloader.
I'm trying to get this phones bootloader unlocked. I want viperfx installed and yes I know most will agree I'm mental if I do that as I heard it limits me to 48000khz but I have my reasons & don't care. Can anyone point me in the right direction or tell me if it's doable? I don't care about the phone other than to make calls, install viperfx and listen to music, and data plus wifi need to work also! Very necessary. Anything else I don't need functional and don't give a $++T about future updates and security patches. Am I living a pipe dream cuz I'm coming up with nothing with my research. Willing to take certain risks & any help be great. If it isn't possible I'll just trade for a phone that I can unlock & root easily.
Any help be awesome
I'm running.....
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actually you can get it unlock bootloader now, please read in this docs, but you must install the version number "11g" in order to do it to root and upgrade to "20g"
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fdeO9jmm8ewwRX_G0MaGHsVfIVtxgh0yRK0-Yypcl_E/edit?usp=drivesdk
hey everybody i recently got my hands on an android head unit from amazon
i have atatched some pictures of the devises "specs"
im really looking for help to root the head unit.
i have seen plenty of forums taking me to a russian forum where i think i found out i can root without flashing however all of there links are not good for the downloads
i would like to root the device without flashing if possible however if i have too i will.
i have seen lots of other people posting firmwares that are pre rooted , however they all seem to have different software from mine for example mine is yt9216c_AHD_00005_V004_20200804 but the firmwares i have found are yt9218 etc.. are these safe to flash i take it this means they will have a different version of android or does it mean something else?
if anyone can help me root this device i will happily pay a reward!
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I am currently in possession of a carrier unlocked Razr 5G with an unlocked bootloader, that I have rooted via a Magisk patched boot image. I don't know the first step in porting TWRP to this phone. However, if someone will work with me, I will gladly offer my phone to do so.
I have a friend working on it.
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I'll release in a bit, just working on touch
Noice... should take a look to see if GSI is portable to this thing, I'm looking forward to this be my next upgrade (Maybe an incentive to keep my next job and keep on with the plan payments, lol), so I want a phone that can run real programs and have my handy DriveDroid install ISO's into work servers and stuff... Still running on a rooted Honor 5X running android 9 since it's capable of doing that stuff and still cuts it for my needs running OmniROM