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I unlocked my bootloader several months ago, but now my SIM card readers (both of them) have gone out. I have no idea how, no water damage or anything like that has happened. They just stopped working. So I went complete stock firmware, locked bootloader, everything but I am still unable to take OTA updates like a new phone would be able to. I think this is because they banned my device from OTAs which I believe they do if you have messed with the device. I need to RMA my device so my question is would it be better to say that I didn't tamper with the device and run the risk of them finding out I did, which is pretty likely seeing as how my device has been banned from OTA updates, or tell them that I did unlock it and all of that but that I have relocked it and I am back to stock? If any of you have had a similar issue how did ASUS handle that? Thanks!
E3AANG11E3 said:
I unlocked my bootloader several months ago, but now my SIM card readers (both of them) have gone out. I have no idea how, no water damage or anything like that has happened. They just stopped working. So I went complete stock firmware, locked bootloader, and all of that but that I have relocked it.
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How to you relock bootloader?
mr_gourav2000 said:
How to you relock bootloader?
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Since I am a new user I cannot post links. But Google "Zenfone 2 bootloader unlock" and I followed the instructions of Grekky's Blog.
there is no such thing as relocking the bootloader. only thing you can do it flash the stock image to make it look stock (since an unlocked bootloader has a white splash screen) but im sure asus knows of this and will still check and see that the bootloader is indeed unlocked and not warranty it.
This is just something we all accepted as a consequence of unlocking our bootloaders. hell i have a screen thats getting worse and worse with a yellow/brownish line coming from the top of the phone, but alas i have an unlocked phone too.
You can replace the white splash screen by flashing a black splash screen image to try and cover up unlocking your bootloader. http://forum.xda-developers.com/zenfone2/themes-apps/551-black-white-splashscreen-twrp-flash-t3141945 . If the reseller has no clue about custom recoveries and trying to flash a rom you'll be safe.
They fixed it, no questions asked. And yes, I was able to relock the bootloader.
Is this possible to skip? Can we unlock with adb / fastboot or is that not going to work / likely to brick the device?
Unlock Resposibly
adb or fastboot unlock will only work after 14 days of waiting. It is to allow you to rethink your decision. OEM unlock will obviously void your warranty and applications like Android pay will stop working. Trust me, relocking will not be easy as unlocking. Even if you somehow get it relocked, Android pay will still not work for you. So, unlock responsibly.
Thanks for the reply . I'm really doing it for root access, modifying the hosts file, changing fonts and boot animation, but the latter two aren't necessities.
I don't use Android pay (don't use contactless) but I am a little concerned that online banking will cease to function when the phone is on a stock firmware and rooted. If there's an effective system wide ad blocker I may use that instead.
For hosts file, I recommend dns66, available through fdroid, no root required.
i have found that many banking apps will continue to work with root provided you also have a hide root app installed but android pay is a no go.
jk77 said:
For hosts file, I recommend dns66, available through fdroid, no root required.
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Thanks! First I've heard of fdroid, looks very useful, and dns66 does exactly what I was planning on doing.
Need to put Android 10 so only way is custom ROM. How to put custom rom without OEM unlock?
cutom rom
Albert612103 said:
Need to put Android 10 so only way is custom ROM. How to put custom rom without OEM unlock?
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there is no way. Should be rooted
CHEERS
Hello guys.
For those having bootloader unlock server issue (normally everybody), there's a post on the Lenovo forum that gives the origin of the issue:
https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/P2-P2a...-bootloader/m-p/4574568/highlight/true#M12457
In fact, the problem seems coming from an non renewed SSL Certificate in the Lenevo server tracking the OEM Unlocking requests.
The suggestion given by fls2 is to change the date of the P2 phone to a previous date than the 10 July 2019 and the Bootloader Unlocking process should be launched.
That's what I've done with a second P2 I bought that has its bootloader locked.
I set the date to 10th of April 2019 and the phone is now waiting for 14 complete days to engage the OEM Bootloader unlock instead of the usual Lenovo ID error pop-up.
I'll wait for the process to end and see if everything went fine, but it seems that it should be OK as it was with my first P2 phone.
I'll keep you informed if there are some trouble in the process but I stay confident.
In case of success, we should address a very big "thank you" to fls2 for pointing out the issue with Lenovo server.
20 days have passed since registered. Always shows error.
Unable to unlock OEM.
Don't know what to do...
Hello everyone,
As I have written in my last post, I've used the suggested method of manually changing the date to one before the 10th July 2019.
So, as I've said, the 14 days counter has been correctly launched and I was able to see the counter evolving from 14 to 2 days.
Then I was a little bit busy and I haven't followed my P2 phone until last week-end.
When I tried to consult the status of the bootloader unlocking request, I had the same annoying pop-up telling me there's a problem with my account.
The date was fixed to 10th of April 2019 manually, but still had connection error pop-up.
I then tried to switch to current day date of the week-end (29/02/2020), and tried to check again the bootloader unlock status: Annoying pop-up again.
Before giving up, I've tried putting another date manually but at least 14 days after the one I've put when I made my first request and still before the 10th of July 2019, so I switched to 10th of June 2019.
This time, when I checked the bootloader unlock request, I've got no error and had a positive bootloader unlock message that told me the phone is going to reboot and erase all user data that are present.
The phone has rebooted in Fastboot mode and I was able to send the awaited "fastboot oem unlock" command from my laptop.
I didn't try to reboot the system and see if the fastboot command will work if I go in fastboot mode by myself, because I didn't want to miss the opportunity to succeed in unlocking the bootloader of this phone.
I let the people brave enough to try if they feel comfortable with that.
Now this phone is working with an AICP Android Q ROM that seems very stable.
@ Albert612103
20 days have passed since registered. Always shows error.
Unable to unlock OEM.
Don't know what to do...
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Try to follow my steps.
There's no reason I've succeded and you cannot.
I'm sure you'll be able to unlock your bootloader as I've done.
If you have some question, just feel free to ask.
I'm trying to unlock the bootloader too. Is there any way to avoi waiting 15 days? I'm still using the Stock Rom by default (Android 6).
According to the last comment in the Lenovo forum, the changing date no longer works.
Thanks
xavicosco said:
I'm trying to unlock the bootloader too. Is there any way to avoi waiting 15 days? I'm still using the Stock Rom by default (Android 6).
According to the last comment in the Lenovo forum, the changing date no longer works.
Thanks
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AFAIK, no. You need to wait that. Also there is bigger problem than that which its the unlocking bootloader (server problem). Just you can read above, for no reason you cannot unlock bootloader.
mahmutpekkara said:
AFAIK, no. You need to wait that. Also there is bigger problem than that which its the unlocking bootloader (server problem). Just you can read above, for no reason you cannot unlock bootloader.
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@mahmutpekkara somehow I managed to unlock the OEM. It took me few attempts tho, so I'm guessing their servers are not always operating. No needed to change the date in my case.
Only 3 days remaining, so hopefully everything goes well.
So, after 15 days waiting I was getting the message ''Server sync data success'. I managed to get thru by signing off and signing in again with another account. Flashed properly and enjoying Syberia OS
Hello all,
I'm thinking of buying a bricked Huawei Watch and reflashing it.
Seller says it got bricked during an update and can't start but it can enter the fastboot menu.
My question is- is there a chance it can't be unbricked or it can be fixed for sure? I have 0 experience with smartwatches so I'd appreciate any information on the subject
Anyone?
In general, if you can fastboot/bootloader it you can flash a recovery, and with a recovery you can ADB sideload a ROM.
Obviously I have no way of knowing what you might get buying a "bricked" one...so don't take that as any kind of guarantee.
yoan.boychev said:
Hello all,
I'm thinking of buying a bricked Huawei Watch and reflashing it.
Seller says it got bricked during an update and can't start but it can enter the fastboot menu.
My question is- is there a chance it can't be unbricked or it can be fixed for sure? I have 0 experience with smartwatches so I'd appreciate any information on the subject
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If the seller is being honest and the only thing that went wrong was a bad OTA, you should be able to resurrect it fairly easily.
Actually, now that I think about it, the bootloader on that watch is still locked. Have the seller unlock it and show proof that it worked. If the bootloader cannot be unlocked for whatever reason, the watch will be significantly harder, if not impossible, to resurrect.
TheSt33v said:
If the seller is being honest and the only thing that went wrong was a bad OTA, you should be able to resurrect it fairly easily.
Actually, now that I think about it, the bootloader on that watch is still locked. Have the seller unlock it and show proof that it worked. If the bootloader cannot be unlocked for whatever reason, the watch will be significantly harder, if not impossible, to resurrect.
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If someone is selling a failed OTA as a bricked device, I doubt they know HOW to unlock a bootloader.
Tigerlight said:
If someone is selling a failed OTA as a bricked device, I doubt they know HOW to unlock a bootloader.
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You're assuming that the seller isn't lying. If the seller knows how to put the thing into bootloader mode, and he does, I think it's a pretty good bet that he also knows how to unlock and lock the bootloader.
Honestly, I don't buy the whole failed OTA story. I think the dude messed around with the watch without knowing what he was doing, bricked it, and is now trying to minimize his losses.
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You're assuming that the seller isn't lying. If the seller knows how to put the thing into bootloader mode, and he does, I think it's a pretty good bet that he also knows how to unlock and lock the bootloader.
Honestly, I don't buy the whole failed OTA story. I think the dude messed around with the watch without knowing what he was doing, bricked it, and is now trying to minimize his losses.
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Fair points. I think the lesson here is ALWAYS be cautious of sold as bricked, obviously.
But I still feel the point stands that IF it can get to bootloader it is generally recoverable barring actual hardware failure.
Tigerlight said:
Fair points. I think the lesson here is ALWAYS be cautious of sold as bricked, obviously.
But I still feel the point stands that IF it can get to bootloader it is generally recoverable barring actual hardware failure.
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You're probably right. The only snag I can possibly think of would be if for some reason it could not wipe the device. Unlocking the bootloader triggers a wipe, and if the wipe doesn't happen the unlock might not happen. Also, if something is wrong with the USB connection, bootloader unlock might be impossible for that reason.
is it true that relocking a unlocked bootloader erases everything, but you can re-unlock it ever again on xiaomi devices?
testask123 said:
is it true that relocking a unlocked bootloader erases everything, but you can re-unlock it ever again on xiaomi devices?
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yep i already tried it
khazzey said:
yep i already tried it
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there's no tool to re-unlock it? its forever locked?
testask123 said:
there's no tool to re-unlock it? its forever locked?
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Just use xiaomi flash tool, as it can also re-lock your bootloader.
Hi,
I am new Poco F3 owner,
I got the Amazon black Friday deal £50 off,
my variant has 8gb of rom & 256gb of ram, all this for £269.00p,
what an Amazing price and also comes with 2 years warranty here in the UK.
I have been a LG users for many years, using the (G2, G4, and for now a G7) .
I have installed many custom roms on these devices over the last 8 years.
Unlocking/locking there bootloader have been relatively straight forward.
I asking the same question that I am sure has been asked many times before,
once my 7 days are up and i have unlocked my bootloader and i then lock it again,
but then further down the line i decide to unlock it again,
do i have to wait another 7 pointless days.
I'm loving the new poco F3, apart from the firmware is a bit restrictive,
hence why I'm unlocking the bootloader.
What a great community the F3 has , long may it continue,
regards,
Johnr64
johnr64 said:
Hi,
I am new Poco F3 owner,
I got the Amazon black Friday deal £50 off,
my variant has 8gb of rom & 256gb of ram, all this for £269.00p,
what an Amazing price and also comes with 2 years warranty here in the UK.
I have been a LG users for many years, using the (G2, G4, and for now a G7) .
I have installed many custom roms on these devices over the last 8 years.
Unlocking/locking there bootloader have been relatively straight forward.
I asking the same question that I am sure has been asked many times before,
once my 7 days are up and i have unlocked my bootloader and i then lock it again,
but then further down the line i decide to unlock it again,
do i have to wait another 7 pointless days.
I'm loving the new poco F3, apart from the firmware is a bit restrictive,
hence why I'm unlocking the bootloader.
What a great community the F3 has , long may it continue,
regards,
Johnr64
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No, you only have to wait the first time.
This waiting time is not so pointless as it seems however. It is there to discourage a.o. the many traders flashing (often fake) 'global' roms on Chinese phones and selling them as genuine global models for extra profit. So in the end it's only for your protection, because flashing roms invalidates warranty.
so just to clarify there is no limit on unlocking and relocking this phone right?
testask123 said:
there's no tool to re-unlock it? its forever locked?
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xiaomi unlock tool its infinite dont worry, but be extreme cautious when you are locking your bootloader make sure your are in your right stock rom and dont forget to unlock again when you are going to flash custom roms and recovery
To lock the bootloader you can simply use "fastboot oem lock" in fastboot mode. Note that doing so will (obviously) factory reset your phone.
user0u said:
To lock the bootloader you can simply use "fastboot oem lock" in fastboot mode. Note that doing so will (obviously) factory reset your phone.
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ok, another question:
in the event where i lose my phone an unlocked bootloader can bypass any password protection if they have the knowledge right?
is there any way to protect the phone from this?
testask123 said:
ok, another question:
in the event where i lose my phone an unlocked bootloader can bypass any password protection if they have the knowledge right?
is there any way to protect the phone from this?
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If you mean screen lock, yes they can bypass it. But they cannot get into your banking apps or others which have their own passwords.
If you are really keen on it, just lock the bootloader.
Simple question. I am suffering from an ATT Bootloader locked Pixel 6 Pro. I joined the Android 12 Beta (June Feature Drop). I am aware I cannot downgrade back to Android 12 public because of the public being on the February Update while the Beta is March.
I am aware I can downgrade once the March update for Public is released.
My question is...
"If I try Android 13 DP2 this weekend just to play w/ it. Will I be able to downgrade to Android 12 Public (March Release) when it comes out?"
I remember a few years w/ my Pixel 4xl once you went up (for example from 11 to 12) with a locked bootloader, you could not go back. Is that still the case??
don't do it. Don't risk it. call at&t and tell them you're travelling internationally. good chance they'll unlock it (of course only if your account is in good standing)
There have been 3 or 4 users on here with a locked bootloader who couldn't use their phone after enrolling in the beta. yes you should be able to un-enroll - but what happens if something goes wrong?
Listen to @Alekos don't do a thing. It's only 3 days unti March release then unenroll and wipe the device. With a locked bootloader if this is your DD don't play around. Unless you're a gambling man where the house always wins.
Alekos said:
don't do it. Don't risk it. call at&t and tell them you're travelling internationally. good chance they'll unlock it (of course only if your account is in good standing)
There have been 3 or 4 users on here with a locked bootloader who couldn't use their phone after enrolling in the beta. yes you should be able to un-enroll - but what happens if something goes wrong?
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I'm totally doing this thanks for tip. I had to pay my current bill and they said 48 hours I'll be able to request an unlock again and they'll unlock it with at&t
koobie777 said:
I'm totally doing this thanks for tip. I had to pay my current bill and they said 48 hours I'll be able to request an unlock again and they'll unlock it with at&t
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Update on this. Well since my device isn't paid off they can only do a temporary unlock from the dates I specified. Any suggestions? Maybe damage it on purpose and unlock OEM right out of the box? Lol
koobie777 said:
Update on this. Well since my device isn't paid off they can only do a temporary unlock from the dates I specified. Any suggestions? Maybe damage it on purpose and unlock OEM right out of the box? Lol
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what are you looking to try? the Developer Preview or QPR3? Just know the risks. If you really, really want to try betas, and something goes wrong, just be aware of your options (if any).
12.1 just came out today. try to just enjoy your phone.
one thing, if they do unlock your device for that short period of time, check the OEM Unlocking option in developer options, maybe you can "beat" the system.
Alekos said:
what are you looking to try? the Developer Preview or QPR3? Just know the risks. If you really, really want to try betas, and something goes wrong, just be aware of your options (if any).
12.1 just came out today. try to just enjoy your phone.
one thing, if they do unlock your device for that short period of time, check the OEM Unlocking option in developer options, maybe you can "beat" the system.
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I'll try it out yeah "beat the system". I just want root or maybe beta. I also wanna check out kernels or crdroid.
There's no beating the system. Bootloader is locked out of box, even before sim is inserted.
Pay off or don't enroll in betas you can't recover from.
LLStarks said:
There's no beating the system. Bootloader is locked out of box, even before sim is inserted.
Pay off or don't enroll in betas you can't recover from.
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this is 100% real. my comment should be remove. there's no beating the system with BL Unlock. false hopes cause issues.