Is there any Unofficial Bootloader unlock method? - Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Questions & Answers

I'm tired of waiting 720 hours, and now my mi unlock tool "unlock" button grayed out, need unofficial bootloader unlock method.

Jay Pane said:
I'm tired of waiting 720 hours, and now my mi unlock tool "unlock" button grayed out, need unofficial bootloader unlock method.
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Stop creating same threads over and over again.. There has been more than 1, just use search. And no, there is no alternative method, just wait.

Jay Pane said:
I'm tired of waiting 720 hours, and now my mi unlock tool "unlock" button grayed out, need unofficial bootloader unlock method.
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wait like the rest of us. i might have to wait a month when i get my replacement back. or build a time machine.

raptorddd said:
wait like the rest of us. i might have to wait a month when i get my replacement back. or build a time machine.
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Thank you, and what do you mean by you got your replacement back

Incogn said:
Stop creating same threads over and over again.. There has been more than 1, just use search. And no, there is no alternative method, just wait.
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So rude

Jay Pane said:
So rude
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Atleast i follow forum rules. This is not miui forum, people dont spam here.

Jay Pane said:
So rude
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No he is right.
On the other hand, you are thinking wrongly. 720 hours is nothing for whyred.
The question is why?
Why? Because there's no ROM here we can call really stable, at the moment. Especially since it was switched to Android 9.
Take a look at the alleged LOS15.1, which is supposed to be "stable". I have that device since early May. It's now early october. I started using the ROM end August.
I keep finding issues. I reported bugs, and nothing is done about it (not even looked upon the official Jira), in months.
Look at the bluetooth for example, even sending/receiving a simple file fails.
Some others will tell you "yeah it's ok for daily use", blablabla. I had other roms, there's nothing to debate.
So it seems the most android 8 based roms are abandoned and some slow progress on versions for 9.
I guess your 720 hours is a blessing in disguise, one way or another you'd have to wait anyway. It gives you time to research how to do.
Oh yes because if you want a decent firmware, kernel, camera, rom, etc... you'll need to patch your phone more than frankestein has stitches.

htchd2sucks said:
No he is right.
On the other hand, you are thinking wrongly. 720 hours is nothing for whyred.
The question is why?
Why? Because there's no ROM here we can call really stable, at the moment. Especially since it was switched to Android 9.
Take a look at the alleged LOS15.1, which is supposed to be "stable". I have that device since early May. It's now early october. I started using the ROM end August.
I keep finding issues. I reported bugs, and nothing is done about it (not even looked upon the official Jira), in months.
Look at the bluetooth for example, even sending/receiving a simple file fails.
Some others will tell you "yeah it's ok for daily use", blablabla. I had other roms, there's nothing to debate.
So it seems the most android 8 based roms are abandoned and some slow progress on versions for 9.
I guess your 720 hours is a blessing in disguise, one way or another you'd have to wait anyway. It gives you time to research how to do.
Oh yes because if you want a decent firmware, kernel, camera, rom, etc... you'll need to patch your phone more than frankestein has stitches.
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Thank You

Jay Pane said:
Thank you, and what do you mean by you got your replacement back
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had mine unlocked and camera and sensors stopped working sent it back for warranty and ill get a new phone wich means ill haveto wait again to unlock.

Related

locked bootloader

has anybody asked the dev of safestrap, or even tried it out yet? the locked bootloader is the next big problem, i assume. and as far as i get it the "fire os" is the same on "fire"-devices.
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2556677
meningitiscerebrospinalis said:
has anybody asked the dev of safestrap, or even tried it out yet? the locked bootloader is the next big problem, i assume. and as far as i get it the "fire os" is the same on "fire"-devices.
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2556677
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JCASE demonstrated booting unsigned code from USB... so we dont NEED to unlock the bootloader although it would be nice.
What we really need is a custom recovery and a way to boot it.. perhaps JCASE will chime in now that the root is out..
last i saw his signature says he is away for an undetermined amount of time :crying:
wavrunrx said:
last i saw his signature says he is away for an undetermined amount of time :crying:
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lol his sig has said that for an undetermined amount of time
May be we can write custom recovery using dd an then boot it?
I would think anyone that is willing to test unknown methods either has money to burn or a hardware flasher.
Just checked safestrap, no luck.
May be we can port loki. Platform looks similar for me, but offsets is different.
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iRet said:
Just checked safestrap, no luck.
May be we can port loki. Platform looks similar for me, but offsets is different.
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Looks like a few people have been looking into this, but haven't seen much activity recently. Just chiming in to see if there have been any advances on this front? Either progress, or a determination that it's too difficult at this point?
drumst1x said:
Looks like a few people have been looking into this, but haven't seen much activity recently. Just chiming in to see if there have been any advances on this front? Either progress, or a determination that it's too difficult at this point?
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So I was thinking about 2nd-init and getting SafeStrap working. I need to keep looking and figure out the best place to start the 2nd-init.
rbox said:
So I was thinking about 2nd-init and getting SafeStrap working. I need to keep looking and figure out the best place to start the 2nd-init.
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Thanks for answering Happy to hear that people are still trying this. I'm wondering, once Android TV is released, the hardware on this device seems to be pretty powerful and it might be a great experience, if we can figure out how to get it on there.
Good luck, rbox! And thx for the xposed mods
Just be aware that the first thing that will stop working with an unlocked bootloader will be Netflix HD. I don't have Prime so can't comment on that.
You will be limited to 720x480 resolution - 1750kbps.
drumst1x said:
Thanks for answering Happy to hear that people are still trying this. I'm wondering, once Android TV is released, the hardware on this device seems to be pretty powerful and it might be a great experience, if we can figure out how to get it on there.
Good luck, rbox! And thx for the xposed mods
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I was able to find the best spot to do the 2nd init, and it seemed to be working, but unfortunately I'm having some problems getting TWRP to actually display even though I'm doing exactly the same thing I did with clockwork. Luckily it's a long weekend, so I should have some time to debug it.
rbox said:
I was able to find the best spot to do the 2nd init, and it seemed to be working, but unfortunately I'm having some problems getting TWRP to actually display even though I'm doing exactly the same thing I did with clockwork. Luckily it's a long weekend, so I should have some time to debug it.
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thank you for the work u put into this device. i got it a few days back and have it decked out i hope by the end of summer this device will have a working recovery and maybe a rom or 2
CLran619 said:
thank you for the work u put into this device. i got it a few days back and have it decked out i hope by the end of summer this device will have a working recovery and maybe a rom or 2
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Summer only has a couple of weeks left... I also hope we can crack the bootloafer or at least get boot strap or something similar working, but I am not going to hold my breath. I AM very happy with how well it is working though, especially as an xbmc/kodi box! Hope we can get the mic button working in kodi.

[Q] Pure Android ROM?

Is there a stable (fully working) vanilla/pure android ROM out there yet?
Yes, but they are hidden from people who don't search first...
qbanlinxx said:
Yes, but they are hidden from people who don't search first...
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Teach me! Or please give me your take on what I need to do in order to empower myself with the best info.
bucknut614 said:
Is there a stable (fully working) vanilla/pure android ROM out there yet?
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Yea but it's top secret since you did not post this in the correct section we can not tell you
Nothing out there that is fully working... Still waiting
Sigh. The bad habit of posting before searching seems so much worse in the G3 threads than any other phone I've owned -__-
cvsolidx17 said:
Sigh. The bad habit of posting before searching seems so much worse in the G3 threads than any other phone I've owned -__-
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I was thinking the same thing until I remembered what the gs3 q&a section looked like. On any given day you would see the same question get answered about five times.
Nothing yet.
Items not yet working:
Camera
Bluetooth
LED Light stays on initially until connected to a charger.
Lockscreen will sometimes momentarily freeze on unlock.
With Lollipop around the corner I don't really see these things getting fixed just yet. I would put money on the fact that the devs are going to be more focused on getting a functional Lollipop ROM before spending a ton of time on working out these nagging issues.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2915194
aaronrw said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2915194
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Fyi thats based on lg stock not aosp
ThePagel said:
Fyi thats based on lg stock not aosp
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Just a heads up is all
Sorry to those of you that were angered by my original post, that was not my intention....But it sounds like we will see 5.0 by the end of the year. I just wonder how much LG will change it so I will probably root and install a custom ROM anyways.
bucknut614 said:
Sorry to those of you that were angered by my original post, that was not my intention....But it sounds like we will see 5.0 by the end of the year. I just wonder how much LG will change it so I will probably root and install a custom ROM anyways.
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You can always flash a stock based ROM once it's released too.
My camera is working so they should have it fixed soon

Nougat Beta Completed - Official update due in January to S7 and S7 Edge

Samsung apparently has sent out a final notification to all those enrolled in the Nougat Beta that there will be no more updates and that the beta ends officially on December 30th and that they will attempt to push out the official update to everyone in January. Hope this means they were able to quash all major bugs.
http://www.androidcentral.com/galaxy-s7-and-s7-edge-receive-nougat-update-january
And it is officially Android 7.1.1, at least for those in the US.
Hopefully we get it soon, I would love some Nougat. At this point I prefer to not have to root my phone to get updates because it's a hassle without being able to unlock the bootloader. I was rooted for awhile and IMHO stock runs butter unless you spend hours customizing it. I love debloating but I would prefer a fully unlocked/rooted phone to a partial solution.
I don't have high hopes for when we get this updated because of verizon but we eventually will, about 2 years after everyone else
JerseyDubbin said:
Hopefully we get it soon, I would love some Nougat. At this point I prefer to not have to root my phone to get updates because it's a hassle without being able to unlock the bootloader. I was rooted for awhile and IMHO stock runs butter unless you spend hours customizing it. I love debloating but I would prefer a fully unlocked/rooted phone to a partial solution.
I don't have high hopes for when we get this updated because of verizon but we eventually will, about 2 years after everyone else
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I haven't been rooted for over a year. I was on an LG G3 before my S7 and so far, I haven't found a real need to root. Before, I rooted because I used TiBu to backup my apps, but with the G3, they had their own backup utility that worked just like TiBu, but it's only for LG devices.
But with how Google Play uploads settings now, that appears to work just fine for me as well, so at this point, I have no reason to root. Plus, I really love Samsung Pay so I don't want to lose that.
This is the first device I have owned that I have never rooted. No need to. Faster than anything I have ever owned and mine never slows down for my usage. It's the first device that I feel works as intended. I also wasted a few years of my life with this stuff and just don't have the motivation anymore. Especially without an unlocked bootloader and custom recovery, I'd never.
JediDru said:
This is the first device I have owned that I have never rooted. No need to. Faster than anything I have ever owned and mine never slows down for my usage. It's the first device that I feel works as intended. I also wasted a few years of my life with this stuff and just don't have the motivation anymore. Especially without an unlocked bootloader and custom recovery, I'd never.
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Agree completely. The root process works well etc but I had to go through xposed and do a lot of tweaks to get it running well for really no gain over what I had stock.
JediDru said:
This is the first device I have owned that I have never rooted. No need to. Faster than anything I have ever owned and mine never slows down for my usage. It's the first device that I feel works as intended. I also wasted a few years of my life with this stuff and just don't have the motivation anymore. Especially without an unlocked bootloader and custom recovery, I'd never.
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I completely agree. The G3 was the first phone I ended up not rooting. I did at first because I was just in that mode of, get a new phone, root, flash a custom ROM. But as I started getting used to a lot of the features, and found that the battery life wasn't bad, coupled with running Greenify in non-root mode, I could make the battery last 1.5 days. So, over the last year of the two years I owned it, I didn't root.
With the S7, no need to root. This is smoothest phone I've had yet. The quality of the phone itself is excellent. So, this phone will not be rooted.
It appears the official Nougat OTA is being pushed out, with beta testers getting it first.
Anyone on here that has gotten the Nougat OTA notification yet? I'm holding off on accepting until I know better on how it performs, etc.
http://www.androidcentral.com/stabl...ing-galaxy-s7-and-s7-edge-starting-beta-users
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It appears the official Nougat OTA is being pushed out, with beta testers getting it first.
Anyone on here that has gotten the Nougat OTA notification yet? I'm holding off on accepting until I know better on how it performs, etc.
http://www.androidcentral.com/stabl...ing-galaxy-s7-and-s7-edge-starting-beta-users
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Nothing on my end yet.
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was there ever a second beta OTA sent out to Verizon testers? I didn't get into the beta but side loaded the only 7.0 beta build OTA that was floating around and my build number is NRD90M.G930VVRU4ZPK4. Was there an update to after that? Trying to figure out if the Nougate beta -> final OTA (assuming someone pulls it) will work on my phone or if I'll need to find the intermediary beta OTAs or else wipe clean and start from scratch.
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was there ever a second beta OTA sent out to Verizon testers? I didn't get into the beta but side loaded the only 7.0 beta build OTA that was floating around and my build number is NRD90M.G930VVRU4ZPK4. Was there an update to after that? Trying to figure out if the Nougate beta -> final OTA (assuming someone pulls it) will work on my phone or if I'll need to find the intermediary beta OTAs or else wipe clean and start from scratch.
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I believe there were only two betas for VZW phones and then they cancelled the beta testing for VZW-based phones. Not sure why. Kind of sucks. Probably Big Red had something to do with it.
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Nothing on my end yet.
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Same here, tried rebooting and checking again a few times and still nothing.
Oh well
I spoke to Verizon about this and they dont know when the update will be out.
SoerenHelmer said:
I spoke to Verizon about this and they dont know when the update will be out.
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Of course they don't. They have to add crapware, disable a bunch of stuff and add backdoors.
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SoerenHelmer said:
I spoke to Verizon about this and they dont know when the update will be out.
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That's their usual response.
I've read US-Based carriers have no ETA yet. Grr.
iBolski said:
I've read US-Based carriers have no ETA yet. Grr.
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I swear searching around the interwebs for information on release dates has at least as much mis-information as looking for information on the election candidates during the election. So much trash.
But I haven't found anyone stating they heard definite dates. I'm thinking it will be late January at this point maybe early Feb before it hits our phones.
i have given up speculating anything that involves verizon. nothing would surprise me.
Take it where its coming from but it looks like some US non-beta testers are starting to see the update. "Unlocked" phones only but still....
http://www.theverge.com/2017/1/19/14321980/samsung-galaxy-s7-edge-android-nougat-update
I have an official unlocked US model, but nothing yet. I expect to see the update by the weekend. Crossing fingers.
lickwid said:
I have an official unlocked US model, but nothing yet. I expect to see the update by the weekend. Crossing fingers.
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I believe unlocked models should be getting it before us on Verizon. But, there was a story out that stated OTAs for some reason have stopped being pushed out and Samsung has acknowledged this and is looking into why it happened.
http://www.droidviews.com/samsung-galaxy-s7-android-nougat-problems-firmware-delivery-stops/
Whether the "bug" is in the firmware itself or with the update process that sends out the notifications is not mentioned.

TWRP availability for Mi Mix 3

Hello all,
I was wondering how long will it take to release a official or modified TWRP for Xiaomi Mi Mix 3.
This doesn't belong in this section.
This does not belong in this section, but I do have a compiled TWRP here but its just untested.
I won't post a topic about it unless I know it works reliably enough: https://github.com/smiba/android_device_xiaomi_perseus/releases
(Also since again this is untested, the risk is 100% on the user who installs this.)
Your post does belong in this section I believe some standard formatting is preferred. OP was making a request, which definitely does not belong here.
That said, thank you for putting together TWRP for this device, but does any one have unlocked bootloader at this point such that it can be installed?
djbosanac said:
Hello all,
I was wondering how long will it take to release a official or modified TWRP for Xiaomi Mi Mix 3.
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@djbosanac It is logical to ask this question but it is another thing to do something, STUPID. OK, you just bought yourself a $450-$700 dollar phone and you would be stupid and try to install an untested version of TWRP? @simba has not recieved the phone yet (if you would read). So do not be stupid and install it UNLESS YOU KNOW CODING YOURSELF! Then, once you brick your device, you are going to scream bloody murder asking everyone to help you unbrick it!
Hey, I have seen it before.
So, chill for a week or two. Once people get their devices things move forward.
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@djbosanac It is logical to ask this question but it is another thing to do something, STUPID. OK, you just bought yourself a $450-$700 dollar phone and you would be stupid and try to install an untested version of TWRP? @simba has not recieved the phone yet (if you would read). So do not be stupid and install it UNLESS YOU KNOW CODING YOURSELF! Then, once you brick your device, you are going to scream bloody murder asking everyone to help you unbrick it!
Hey, I have seen it before.
So, chill for a week or two. Once people get their devices things move forward.
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You need to chill.
Itaintrite said:
You need to chill.
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Ya, I am going to chill on this device. I have not purchased it, yet. It looks tempting because I like everthing about it but because it does not have band 71, it is a real phone killer for the t-mobile croud. If I do get one it would be the international version. I really, really, really love the slider. I mean, that is really cool what xiaomi has done with this phone. There will be a lot sitting on the fence for a while, I am sure about that. Your thoughts on the phone?? Did you purchase one?
I have TMobile and band 71 is a non issue. Very few areas even support it
stu5797 said:
I have TMobile and band 71 is a non issue. Very few areas even support it
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I have t-mobile and a lot of areas do support band 71, now. I think what you meant was if the area that you live in is not going to get band 71 until 2020 it may be ok to purchase a non band 71 phone now, then I agree. What I think is most want the lower bands to penetrate into buildings so they can receive calls and stuff like ATT. For most t-mobile customers (like myself) it is a hard sell. What I love is the bootloader is unlocked, slider, camera, GPS, etc. I am waiting for the global rom to see if it will support volte. I might get the "palace special" with the 10GB.
What I am worndering, right now, is if broadcomm hard coded the shut down codes into their gnss GPS chip so that people in the United States will not be able to receive the european and china GPS signals. If that is the case then a software upgrade after November 16th will not ever allow anyone in the United States to recieve the european GPS signals. Again, another deal killer.
I have a Mix 3 in my hands. Will look for a fastboot rom as backup and then test this TWRP.
Congrats! Did you successfully add Google Apps?
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I have a Mix 3 in my hands. Will look for a fastboot rom as backup and then test this TWRP.
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Does the bootloader have the 72 hour lock on it as others had said?
vq8acsxht said:
Does the bootloader have the 72 hour lock on it as others had said?
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No, my account is already qualified
GPS work in USA?
ernicoats said:
GPS work in USA?
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Even though this thread has been off topic for some time and will be disguarded anyway; Anyone in the US, receiving L1/L5 Gallio GPS signals? and/or the China sats? I am just curious whether broadcomm hard coded those off (shut them down) based off position.
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No, my account is already qualified
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You're saying that if you unlocked a Xiaomi device before there's no waiting time? That'd be pretty sweet.
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mansonstein said:
No, my account is already qualified
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What do you mean by "Qualified" ?
smiba said:
This does not belong in this section, but I do have a compiled TWRP here but its just untested.
I won't post a topic about it unless I know it works reliably enough: https://github.com/smiba/android_device_xiaomi_perseus/releases
(Also since again this is untested, the risk is 100% on the user who installs this.)
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The phone was bricked with black screen after 'fastboot boot twrp.img', 'fastboot devices' and 'fastboot reboot' still works.:crying:
but, thx, anyway.
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The phone was bricked with black screen after 'fastboot boot twrp.img', 'fastboot devices' and 'fastboot reboot' still works.:crying:
but, thx, anyway.
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It's not very likely you brick a phone by just booting the recovery.img..... do you just mean it didn't boot into TWRP?
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It's not very likely you brick a phone by just booting the recovery.img..... do you just mean it didn't boot into TWRP?
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Oh, yes, I just mean twrp did not boot. I should use 'halt' instead of 'brick'

oem unlock???

Hey can anyone check if this would also work on a505u???
Scrolling down user confirms it works for 9.0
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...-rmm-fix-oreo-8-1-oem-unlock-fix-dez-t3877764
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Just because it says 9 means nothing. Do you even understand firmware?
SP6RK said:
Hey can anyone check if this would also work on a505u???
Scrolling down user confirms it works for 9.0
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...-rmm-fix-oreo-8-1-oem-unlock-fix-dez-t3877764
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Just because it says 9 means nothing. Do you even understand firmware?
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Dude im asking a question im not saying it will give oem unlock.
If you're trying to find the OEM unlock there is a trick to doing it that I found that worked great for me.
https://www.xda-developers.com/fix-...y-s9-samsung-galaxy-s8-samsung-galaxy-note-8/
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If you're trying to find the OEM unlock there is a trick to doing it that I found that worked great for me.
https://www.xda-developers.com/fix-...y-s9-samsung-galaxy-s8-samsung-galaxy-note-8/
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So you have the a505u?because its not possible on mine...im already past the 7 days.
SP6RK said:
So you have the a505u?because its not possible on mine...im already past the 7 days.
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That's cuz U variant is not unlockable.. problem here is u got one person who doesn't know much being given answers by someone else who also doesn't know much...
elliwigy said:
That's cuz U variant is not unlockable.. problem here is u got one person who doesn't know much being given answers by someone else who also doesn't know much...
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Would there be any other way exept for samsung rolling out an update with it fixed?
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Would there be any other way exept for samsung rolling out an update with it fixed?
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No. It is not unlockable, period. Nothing is broken at all. They intentionally lock the BL and don't allow unlocking it. There's no other way or exploits to unlock it.
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SP6RK said:
So you have the a505u?because its not possible on mine...im already past the 7 days.
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Sorry I just bought this phone literally 5 days ago. I have a GN model and after researching the U models are said to be unlockable. Ahhh well...
juniorD said:
Sorry I just bought this phone literally 5 days ago. I have a GN model and after researching the U models are said to be unlockable. Ahhh well...
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It kinda sucks how im not able to unlock it...i hope there is a way later on but o well i am kinda happy with the phone...its faster than my old one i just wanted to be able to build a rom on it even of i had it all buggy...
SP6RK said:
It kinda sucks how im not able to unlock it...i hope there is a way later on but o well i am kinda happy with the phone...its faster than my old one i just wanted to be able to build a rom on it even of i had it all buggy...
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It is a great phone honestly but the fingerprint scanner really really sucks. I just went ahead and disabled it because its so bad and I have up to the January patch. Its so inconsistent its embarrassing. I'm scouring the net now to see if someone created a patch or kernel to help improve this problem.
SP6RK said:
It kinda sucks how im not able to unlock it...i hope there is a way later on but o well i am kinda happy with the phone...its faster than my old one i just wanted to be able to build a rom on it even of i had it all buggy...
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u couldve found its not unlockable before purchasing it lol.. just sayin
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It is a great phone honestly but the fingerprint scanner really really sucks. I just went ahead and disabled it because its so bad and I have up to the January patch. Its so inconsistent its embarrassing. I'm scouring the net now to see if someone created a patch or kernel to help improve this problem.
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8/10 screen fingerprint readers will have that problem
elliwigy said:
u couldve found its not unlockable before purchasing it lol.. just sayin
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Tell you the truth i was unsure the other versions worked on my sim card and i needed a phone so i did prime shipping on it and got it the next day i really did not care at that point if it had root since im trying to get the s20 ultra in a couple months but i really like the a50 and it makes me kinda sad there is no oem unlock to the us version
Edit: when i was reading through quickly i thought magisk wasnt supported for a while in stock rom.
SP6RK said:
Tell you the truth i was unsure the other versions worked on my sim card and i needed a phone so i did prime shipping on it and got it the next day i really did not care at that point if it had root since im trying to get the s20 ultra in a couple months but i really like the a50 and it makes me kinda sad there is no oem unlock to the us version
Edit: when i was reading through quickly i thought magisk wasnt supported for a while in stock rom.
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magisk requires an unlocked bl.. period.. installing it in daemon mode or system mode is also possible but that defeats the purpose and you need an unlocked bl to even do that
elliwigy said:
magisk requires an unlocked bl.. period.. installing it in daemon mode or system mode is also possible but that defeats the purpose and you need an unlocked bl to even do that
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Actually thinking about it i have forced magisk into a phone with a locked bootloader (figo gravity...idk lol long time ago) but on 6.0...im sure that samsung has more security on their phones so it might not let me force the img through odin since its not even signed.
SP6RK said:
Actually thinking about it i have forced magisk into a phone with a locked bootloader (figo gravity...idk lol long time ago) but on 6.0...im sure that samsung has more security on their phones so it might not let me force the img through odin since its not even signed.
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again, magisk requires an unlocked bl to use. this has always been the case. and no u cant force flash in odin.

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