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TWRP encryption and s-off

I'm sorry. I'm a noob and trying my best, but am confused. I unlocked bootloader, flashed TWRP and then SuperSU. I'm able to root my phone, but whenever I go into TWRP, it says the phone is encrypted. I understand that without it the radio won't work. Is there a way around that? I keep people talking about s-off. If I use Sunshine to s-off, will it decrypt my phone and allow the radio to work???

When you go into TWRP just press "cancel" at that screen.
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rebelde80 said:
I'm sorry. I'm a noob and trying my best, but am confused. I unlocked bootloader, flashed TWRP and then SuperSU. I'm able to root my phone, but whenever I go into TWRP, it says the phone is encrypted. I understand that without it the radio won't work. Is there a way around that? I keep people talking about s-off. If I use Sunshine to s-off, will it decrypt my phone and allow the radio to work???
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And no S-Offing won't decrypt the Data partition. You can use TWRP to format/decrypt it but why?

rebelde80 said:
I'm sorry. I'm a noob and trying my best, but am confused. I unlocked bootloader, flashed TWRP and then SuperSU. I'm able to root my phone, but whenever I go into TWRP, it says the phone is encrypted. I understand that without it the radio won't work. Is there a way around that? I keep people talking about s-off. If I use Sunshine to s-off, will it decrypt my phone and allow the radio to work???
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What version is twrp are you using? As of 3.0.2-4, twrp was able to decrypt data. You probably have to format data in twrp for this to work, however, but you should really read through the twrp thread under the roms section, as I'm not 100% on this. But if you're not on at least -4, and preferably -5, then that's likely your issue.
If you're on the latest twrp, do you have a startup pin enabled? If so, that's what twrp is looking for.
Anyway, the latest twrp works 100% with decrypting data both with and without startup pin. If you do use startup pin, twrp will accept the same pin you use to start your device.
The thing where twrp always asks for a pin and you just press cancel should no longer be the case on new setups.
Just FYI, formatting data in twrp will wipe everything off of you internal storage, including user data (pictures, etc)

jollywhitefoot said:
What version is twrp are you using? As of 3.0.2-4, twrp was able to decrypt data. You probably have to format data in twrp for this to work, however, but you should really read through the twrp thread under the roms section, as I'm not 100% on this. But if you're not on at least -4, and preferably -5, then that's likely your issue.
If you're on the latest twrp, do you have a startup pin enabled? If so, that's what twrp is looking for.
Anyway, the latest twrp works 100% with decrypting data both with and without startup pin. If you do use startup pin, twrp will accept the same pin you use to start your device.
The thing where twrp always asks for a pin and you just press cancel should no longer be the case on new setups.
Just FYI, formatting data in twrp will wipe everything off of you internal storage, including user data (pictures, etc)
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Thank you so much! I was using an older version of TWRP ---not the most recent. I repeated the steps using the newest one, and everything is working as it should! I have another question. I had an LG G5 before this pone, and the Note 5 before that. Whenever I wanted to take those previous phones to stock, I'd flash firmware with either odin or LGUP. How do I go about tacking the HTC 10 back to stock??

rebelde80 said:
Thank you so much! I was using an older version of TWRP ---not the most recent. I repeated the steps using the newest one, and everything is working as it should! I have another question. I had an LG G5 before this pone, and the Note 5 before that. Whenever I wanted to take those previous phones to stock, I'd flash firmware with either odin or LGUP. How do I go about tacking the HTC 10 back to stock??
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Which variant of the device do you have? US Carrier version? US Unlocked? International?

jollywhitefoot said:
Which variant of the device do you have? US Carrier version? US Unlocked? International?
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I have the T-Mobile version.

rebelde80 said:
I have the T-Mobile version.
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See post #2 here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-10/how-to/unlocked-official-ruu-t3378540
RUU (Rom Update Utility) will get you back to stock (and wipe your internal storage too, so make sure to back everything up first. It won't touch your external SD Card).
There are two formats and both do exactly the same thing.
EXE - runs on windows, so it's dependent on your windows drivers working properly. It will just run through some screens and flash the stock rom and firmware. If this works, it's easier than Odin as there are really no options. You just have to next through several screens. Common problems with RUU.exe's are windows driver issues, antivirus blocking key install files, incomplete downloads, and no access to a windows computer (linux and mac people).
ZIP - more reliable than exe in my opinion. You can use fastboot to flash it in download mode, but there is another method that is easier, especially for people not too familiar with fastboot.
Here is that method:
Download the RUU zip file from the second post at the above link.
rename the zip file to "2PS6IMG.zip" (without quotes)
Place this zip file on the root of your EXTERNAL SD card
Reboot to download mode
In the yellow text at the bottom of the screen, download mode will notify you that it found a 2PS6IMG file on your sdcard and ask if you want to press VOL+ to flash it or VOL- to cancel.
Obviously press VOL+ and it will do the rest
Download mode should restart once or twice and when the flash is complete, it will tell you to press the power button to shut down the device (I have no idea why it forces this shutdown, but obviously, once the device has been shutdown, just hold the power button down to start it back up

Hi I'm confused how do I know the US variant equivalent if my phone is from telcel Mexico?

GRIDSpawn said:
Hi I'm confused how do I know the US variant equivalent if my phone is from telcel Mexico?
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Sorry, I'm not familiar with telcel. You could start by finding your cid and mid and software number.

jollywhitefoot said:
Sorry, I'm not familiar with telcel. You could start by finding your cid and mid and software number.
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My cid is HTC 332 and my mid idk my latest OTA was 1.50 or something like that

GRIDSpawn said:
My cid is HTC 332 and my mid idk my latest OTA was 1.50 or something like that
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If you got it from Telcel México then you should have MID: 2PS650000, you can check it also in the back of the phone (there it would show two less zeroes but the correct MID is 2PS650000)
I have one from Telcel, I unlocked the bootloader via HTC Dev, S-Off via Sunshine, changed the CID to BS_US001 (didn't change the MID as is the same as the US unlocked version) and flashed the RUU exe 1.80.617.1
Now I have a US unlocked version without all the bloatware from Telcel, also as a plus I was able to SIM unlock the device as the Telcel ROM is hardlocked and doesn't let you enter a SIM unlock code (didn't show a prompt to input the code when I entered another SIM from a different carrier), flashing the US unlocked RUU did the trick as the prompt for entering the SIM unlock code appeared right away when I inserted my AT&T SIM.
I'm pretty happy with the phone right now without the Telcel stuff, the only thing I'm worried Is not having a backup of the original recovery to return it to stock for warranty, hope it doesn't fail soon lol.

ReaperHack said:
If you got it from Telcel México then you should have MID: 2PS650000, you can check it also in the back of the phone (there it would show two less zeroes but the correct MID is 2PS650000)
I have one from Telcel, I unlocked the bootloader via HTC Dev, S-Off via Sunshine, changed the CID to BS_US001 (didn't change the MID as is the same as the US unlocked version) and flashed the RUU exe 1.80.617.1
Now I have a US unlocked version without all the bloatware from Telcel, also as a plus I was able to SIM unlock the device as the Telcel ROM is hardlocked and doesn't let you enter a SIM unlock code (didn't show a prompt to input the code when I entered another SIM from a different carrier), flashing the US unlocked RUU did the trick as the prompt for entering the SIM unlock code appeared right away when I inserted my AT&T SIM.
I'm pretty happy with the phone right now without the Telcel stuff, the only thing I'm worried Is not having a backup of the original recovery to return it to stock for warranty, hope it doesn't fail soon lol.
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Thank you so much for your answer and one more question do you have 4g? ( I believe you do because you supposed to have that us unlocked version)
Thanks!!!

GRIDSpawn said:
Thank you so much for your answer and one more question do you have 4g? ( I believe you do because you supposed to have that us unlocked version)
Thanks!!!
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Yes, full 4G LTE signal with both Telcel and AT&T, actually is the same hardware and bands AFAIK, you should have no issues with data speed.

updating firmware

hi.
1.
propably it's too late now to ask this and search box doesn't really help nowdays since it gives me thousands of results.
when we flash a kdz to update our firmware, modem and bootloader , our bootloader locks again and we need to contact LG to unlock it ?
if yes,
~we can use the same unlock.bin from before or we definately contact LG again ?
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is there any other way to update the firmware, modem and bootloader without flashing the whole kdz ?
~maybe if there is any way on linux we can extract the kdz and get the .img files ?
~maybe a tool that gives us a choice what to flash from the kdz like the mtk devices have (the mtk devices don't use kdz, we already have the .img files) ?
flashing genysis rom for example, i saw it was flashing bootloader, modem, etc. Is it possible genysis rom to be able to update our firmware, modem and bootloader ?
And sorry ! Close to 1 and half years or more to ask this question but i really need it to be cleared for me and everyone and i will edit the title later properly if there is a way so that everyone can find it with the search box.

kessaras said:
hi.
1.
propably it's too late now to ask this and search box doesn't really help nowdays since it gives me thousands of results.
when we flash a kdz to update our firmware, modem and bootloader , our bootloader locks again and we need to contact LG to unlock it ?
if yes,
~we can use the same unlock.bin from before or we definately contact LG again ?
2.
is there any other way to update the firmware, modem and bootloader without flashing the whole kdz ?
~maybe if there is any way on linux we can extract the kdz and get the .img files ?
~maybe a tool that gives us a choice what to flash from the kdz like the mtk devices have (the mtk devices don't use kdz, we already have the .img files) ?
flashing genysis rom for example, i saw it was flashing bootloader, modem, etc. Is it possible genysis rom to be able to update our firmware, modem and bootloader ?
And sorry ! Close to 1 and half years or more to ask this question but i really need it to be cleared for me and everyone and i will edit the title later properly if there is a way so that everyone can find it with the search box.
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in my case of h811 it stays always unlocked . the best way to upgrade is to do a KDZ. thats a clean installaion. selecting the refurbished option. so it wipes everything.

raptorddd said:
in my case of h811 it stays always unlocked . the best way to upgrade is to do a KDZ. thats a clean installaion. selecting the refurbished option. so it wipes everything.
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Oh very nice. It stays unlocked ? Great. That's what I needed to know.
Then kdz or other method doesn't matter.

kessaras said:
Oh very nice. It stays unlocked ? Great. That's what I needed to know.
Then kdz or other method doesn't matter.
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but us h811 dont need .bin file. all am saying for h811 we just enter command thats it. no bin file request. and i think it should be unlocked. maybe if LG changes board or something inside then yes it would be locked. am just guessing.

[SOLVED]*HELP*Stuck on eRecovery - Bootloader Locked

THANKS @mrmazak !!! You saved my phone! And it did what I have been trying to do, the files you gave link of are Oreo! Thanks!
I have an Honor 7x 4/32. I wanted to try the Oreo, but OTA didn't show up. So i checked the OEM unlocking for just in case, and later on, downloaded & installed Oreo update via Firmware Finder app's DNS guide. Checked the compability and BND-AL10 looked fine even though EMUI said BND-L21C432 since the sticker on back said it is BND-AL10. Besides, I couldnt find L21C432 with 4/32 config. So I thought it was rebranded by the guy I bought from.
After update is installed, and it is performed by EMUI, it rebooted into eRecovery and even if i shut it down, it boots back to it. I am a noob and cannot install TWRP on guides because bootloader is locked.
All solutions I found online includes TWRP and I couldn't find a way to flash twrp.img, i get error like "writing 'recovery'...FAILED (remote: not allowed)"
It is called soft brick I guess. What should I do now?
I am so desperate right now... I tried factory reset and wipe cache, still on eRecovery. Drained the battery and tried again, no change.
Solution from @mrmazak :
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Service rom doesn't need unlocked bootloader.
Service rom BND-L21C432
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=11050483647474828964
1. Unzip download
2. copy the dload folder to root of sdcard(external card)
3. power on phone holding all three buttons
4. After phone finishes and reboots, unlock frp and bootloader, if needed
5. Use Huru or HWOTA to flash correct firmware for your model/ region.
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Any ideas?

iTzCommander said:
Any ideas?
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Try service rom .

you gotta unlock ur bootloader for starters. then flash a modified twrp that can flash stock imgs. good luck.

mrmazak said:
Try service rom .
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Yeah but i cannot do that, factory reset doesnt work and I have no access to change rom since bootloader is locked

iTzCommander said:
Yeah but i cannot do that, factory reset doesnt work and I have no access to change rom since bootloader is locked
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Service rom doesn't need unlocked bootloader.
Service rom BND-L21C432
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=11050483647474828964
1. Unzip download
2. copy the dload folder to root of sdcard(external card)
3. power on phone holding all three buttons
4. After phone finishes and reboots, unlock frp and bootloader, if needed
5. Use Huru or HWOTA to flash correct firmware for your model/ region.

mrmazak said:
Service rom doesn't need unlocked bootloader.
Service rom BND-L21C432
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=11050483647474828964
1. Unzip download
2. copy the dload folder to root of sdcard(external card)
3. power on phone holding all three buttons
4. After phone finishes and reboots, unlock frp and bootloader, if needed
5. Use Huru or HWOTA to flash correct firmware for your model/ region.
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I'm downloading now, since it has no bill or whatnot, I cannot deliver it to official technical service.
I hope it works. I will update my first entry with results.

How do I delete this post?

mrmazak said:
Service rom doesn't need unlocked bootloader.
Service rom BND-L21C432
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=11050483647474828964
1. Unzip download
2. copy the dload folder to root of sdcard(external card)
3. power on phone holding all three buttons
4. After phone finishes and reboots, unlock frp and bootloader, if needed
5. Use Huru or HWOTA to flash correct firmware for your model/ region.
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Thanks man..let me try...

Thanks to this post, Saved a lot of time and money. Thank You so much. Works on 4/64 model in India. BND-AL10

Back to Stock
Please provide link to go back to Stock from Service ROM. and how to do it. Service ROM doesn't supports voLTE

Update a locked P20 with stock roms

Hi to all,
i have a P20 branded (and with bootloader locked), with verey delayed software updates.
I would like to if i could update it using the roms downloaded through Firmware finder, and which is the procedure, since i tried to download the latest update.zip found on FF, unpacked in the dload directory of my phone, rebooted on stock recovery (vol up+vol down + power) and had a generic error.
thanks a lot for your informations.

Packing yourself a 'non-working' dload with extracted update.app from original firmware found on Firmware Finder won't work...
To force an update with a locked bootloader, you could :
-Try to update with FirmwareFinder's DNS, Hisuite 5 and an IMEI-approved OTA-MF ; You'll be updated without any userdata erased.
-Use a working dload firmware for your model and cust to update. Download said dload archive for free from http://androidhost.ru ; Your SDcard or your USB-OTG must be ExFAT formatted for dload update to work !!!
All your userdatas will be erased this way.
-Buy your bootloader's unlock code online from a third-party. Unlock your bootloader. Install a working twrp custom recovery. Use HuRUpdater with any updated firmwares for your model and cust you can find with FirmwareFinder. You'll be updated without any userdata erased.

oslo83 said:
Packing yourself a 'non-working' dload with extracted update.app from original firmware found on Firmware Finder won't work...
To force an update with a locked bootloader, you could :
-Try to update with FirmwareFinder's DNS, Hisuite 5 and an IMEI-approved OTA-MF ; You'll be updated without any userdata erased.
-Use a working dload firmware for your model and cust to update. Download said dload archive for free from http://androidhost.ru ; Your SDcard or your USB-OTG must be ExFAT formatted for dload update to work !!!
All your userdatas will be erased this way.
-Buy your bootloader's unlock code online from a third-party. Unlock your bootloader. Install a working twrp custom recovery. Use HuRUpdater with any updated firmwares for your model and cust you can find with FirmwareFinder. You'll be updated without any userdata erased.
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Can i used this ExFAT method to flash rollback update to p20 with unlocked bootloader and locked frp (kinda like bricked) cuz i go to huawei customers support and they sayed if they flash me android 8.1 my phone will die?

cropp7 said:
Can i used this ExFAT method to flash rollback update to p20 with unlocked bootloader and locked frp (kinda like bricked) cuz i go to huawei customers support and they sayed if they flash me android 8.1 my phone will die?
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Working dload archives should upgrade fine with your model's and cust's archives.
Working dload archives should downgrade fine with unlocked bootloader.
Only some users are reporting successfull dload downgrades WITH a locked bootloader on SHT and CMR for now. Most fails.

oslo83 said:
Working dload archives should upgrade fine with your model's and cust's archives.
Working dload archives should downgrade fine with unlocked bootloader.
Only some users are reporting successfull dload downgrades WITH a locked bootloader on SHT and CMR for now. Most fails.
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My bootloader is unlocked but frp is locked, and im kinde of scary to do it cuz coustomer supp's told me that it gona die but i dont know how much they lied me cuz i dont think there is possible fail with dload methout.

cropp7 said:
My bootloader is unlocked but frp is locked, and im kinde of scary to do it cuz coustomer supp's told me that it gona die but i dont know how much they lied me cuz i dont think there is possible fail with dload methout.
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Unlock the bootloader again and FRP will pe unlocked.

zgomot said:
Unlock the bootloader again and FRP will pe unlocked.
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i can't re-lock it its gives me
FAILD [remote: risk] somthing like that i cant rember the all

Does it do the same if you UNLOCK?

zgomot said:
Does it do the same if you UNLOCK?
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its giving me faild u need to unlock FRP but my frp is blocked cuz i accidentaly press restore deffaults in dev options and now my OEM Unlock options is untouchable

cropp7 said:
its giving me faild u need to unlock FRP but my frp is blocked cuz i accidentaly press restore deffaults in dev options and now my OEM Unlock options is untouchable
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Sounds bad. I'm out of ideas, sorry.

zgomot said:
Sounds bad. I'm out of ideas, sorry.
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No problem ty for trying im waithing the official andorid 9 update then customer supp sayed they will flash it.

Question Possible to go from 8 Pro + CN to EU version?

A bit sick of the UI but worried that since the 8 Pro + version is not available in Europe there may be issues. Is there anyone who tried this? Is it possible to install stock firmware from another region?

Ultimatum99 said:
A bit sick of the UI but worried that since the 8 Pro + version is not available in Europe there may be issues. Is there anyone who tried this? Is it possible to install stock firmware from another region?
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I know this doesn't answer the first part of your question directly but it works the other way. I have installed CN on my EU model. Interesting that there's a few extra settings in the CN such as updating the GPU directly.
I'm on the latest CN firmware V2.26 and the battery is much better but probably due to all the battery saving default settings.

Ultimatum99 said:
A bit sick of the UI but worried that since the 8 Pro + version is not available in Europe there may be issues. Is there anyone who tried this? Is it possible to install stock firmware from another region?
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Yes, you can change the payload_properties.txt in the rom of the region you want to flash. Change the text "nx729j_un" or "nx729j_**" for " NUBIA_SUBVERSION to "nx729j". Put the modified rom in the root directory and use local update. You do not have to unlock the bootloader to do this. If this does not work then you have to unlock the bootloader and flash the recovery of the rom in the region you want to change to and use sideload to flash the rom. However the second method might mess up your phone and you might not be able to boot your phone.

Ultimatum99 said:
A bit sick of the UI but worried that since the 8 Pro + version is not available in Europe there may be issues. Is there anyone who tried this? Is it possible to install stock firmware from another region?
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nfc isnt working anymore after i try this on my UN (eu/un) phone

Ultimatum99 said:
A bit sick of the UI but worried that since the 8 Pro + version is not available in Europe there may be issues. Is there anyone who tried this? Is it possible to install stock firmware from another region?
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yes possible: https://romprovider.com/red-magic-8-pro-nx729j-convert-global/

does any guide for RedMagic 8Pro from Global to CN rom? (I couldnot flash at Local Update in Setting)

leequan2009 said:
does any guide for RedMagic 8Pro from Global to CN rom? (I couldnot flash at Local Update in Setting)
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for me works rm7 pro variant. reboot is also helpful in some cases. you need to try and try

leequan2009 said:
does any guide for RedMagic 8Pro from Global to CN rom? (I couldnot flash at Local Update in Setting)
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In the payload_properties.txt, change the text "nx729j_un" for " NUBIA_SUBVERSION to "nx729j". Put the modified rom in the root directory and use local update. You do not have to unlock the bootloader to do this. If this does not work then you have to unlock the bootloader by go to bootloader and in the command window type
fastboot flashing unlock
Follow the direction to unlock the phone
You need to extract the payload.bin from the CN rom, then use payload dumper or fastboot enhance to extract recovery.img from the payload.bin. Go to bootloader and flash the recovery of the CN rom (fastboot flash recovery recovery.img)
Then reboot to recovery, choose English when you see "Wipe data" type
adb reboot sideload
Once your phone boots into sideload mode (When you see the two error line at the bottom of the screen) type
adb sideload NX729J-update.zip (this is the CN rom you want to flash)
Whether the transfer is successful or not you can wipe the data and reboot the phone. If the transfer is successful you will be in the CN rom, if not you should be back to your own Global rom. The sideload will load the new rom to the other slot so it should not change the current slot.

I'm terms of unlocking the bootloader all I have to do is go into fastboot mode (with OEM unlock, USB debugger selected on the phone of course) and type in the "fastboot flashing unlock" command and whatever next steps I'm supposed to do? Also I have not set fingerprint and or security pin on this phone yet and I've read that people are having issues with them after unlocking bootloader. Is your bootloader unlocked? If so are you having pin/fingerprint issues and if not was there anything you need to do to avoid the issue when unlocking the bootloader? TY!