Hi. I bought my galaxy nexus yestarday and it comes with unlocked bootloader! Is this normal? The box was factory sealed. Also is this why i cant update my phone sw to 4.0.2?
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Yes it comes locked
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dumbdroid said:
Hi. I bought my galaxy nexus yestarday and it comes with unlocked bootloader! Is this normal? The box was factory sealed. Also is this why i cant update my phone sw to 4.0.2?
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No, that is not normal. If you are running a stock ROM with the phone unlocked I think you will still get OTA updates. 4.0.2 seems to not have been pushed to all phone just yet. You can also just manually update to 4.0.2.
Shouldn't come unlocked. Take it back.
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I'm not taking it back, just not a big deal...and it saves me the work when going custom rom route...maybe tomorow
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In Australia I believe at least 1 carrier (vodaphone) have delivered unlocked..
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That makes sense, because mine it's also sim locked to vodafone.
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there have been reports of others walking out with unopened gnex's that were unlocked. just a lazy oversight.
Might be an engineering phone. That's why I say take it back.
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I bought mine from Verizon and it was unlocked
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It is sounding to me like there may be some confusion between an Unlocked SIM versus an Unlocked Bootloader. Are we sure the OP isn't referring to the device being SIM Unlocked, which to my knowledge is true for the majority of Galaxy Nexus and for that matter Nexus devices in general? I can't name a device that i've seen with an Unlocked Bootloader from factory. Am I just straigt up wrong here?
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There is no confusion, unlock bootloader for sure....used to have a nexus s, same lock animation on startup.
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ztm.000 said:
Might be an engineering phone. That's why I say take it back.
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Why would he take it back? If he does have an engineering bootloader, it could help all of us. (I've been searching for an engineering bootloader.)
@OP, could you tell us the version of your bootloader?
Thanks.
Bootloader version: PRIMEKJ10
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Bootloader version: PRIMEKJ10
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Thanks. That's not an engineering bootloader, it is a shipping bootloader.
MrNineties said:
It is sounding to me like there may be some confusion between an Unlocked SIM versus an Unlocked Bootloader. Are we sure the OP isn't referring to the device being SIM Unlocked, which to my knowledge is true for the majority of Galaxy Nexus and for that matter Nexus devices in general? I can't name a device that i've seen with an Unlocked Bootloader from factory. Am I just straigt up wrong here?
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Actually there are many reports of people walking out of a store (whether GSM or VZW nexus) and having an unlocked bootloader from the factory. They're not engineering/development OS, either. Just some people got lucky.
hotleadsingerguy said:
Actually there are many reports of people walking out of a store (whether GSM or VZW nexus) and having an unlocked bootloader from the factory. They're not engineering/development OS, either. Just some people got lucky.
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How is it lucky? It takes all of 10 seconds to unlock your bootloader.
I received mine from Sweden, it was on ICS 4.0.1 with locked bootloader. Phone seemed horrible in battery life - 6-7 hours of use. Now with OpenKang 4.0.3 b11 and franco kernel 7.1 it exceeded my expectations - this device rocks!
"fastboot oem unlock". Why lucky?
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Actually there are many reports of people walking out of a store (whether GSM or VZW nexus) and having an unlocked bootloader from the factory. They're not engineering/development OS, either. Just some people got lucky.
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Just got confirmation on Portuguese android forum that all galaxy nexus from vodafone comes with unlocked bootloader.
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Hi everyone,
Has anyone tried to SIM unlock one of these things and been successful?
It's not arrived yet but I've bought one that's currently locked to O2, I'm hoping the tool capable of unlocking the Note 2 will work.
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RavenY2K3 said:
Hi everyone,
Has anyone tried to SIM unlock one of these things and been successful?
It's not arrived yet but I've bought one that's currently locked to O2, I'm hoping the tool capable of unlocking the Note 2 will work.
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The model 5100 come factory sim unlocked.
Cheers, I asked the question before I got the device, it was on eBay listed as locked to O2 but, when I got it, I put my Three SIM into it and its not locked at all lol.
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Ok so it's been a while since I've had a samsung. Last one was a nexus on verizon. I had a RAZR for several years now I have an s4 I picked up cheap. I want to switch to tmobile but I can't find any phones with an unlockable bootloader. I can't find a single thread how to do it yet I see custom kernel threads everywhere. Is the note 3 bootloader unlockable? I don't want to switch and not be happy.
Thanks
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stickjohnonaah said:
Ok so it's been a while since I've had a samsung. Last one was a nexus on verizon. I had a RAZR for several years now I have an s4 I picked up cheap. I want to switch to tmobile but I can't find any phones with an unlockable bootloader. I can't find a single thread how to do it yet I see custom kernel threads everywhere. Is the note 3 bootloader unlockable? I don't want to switch and not be happy.
Thanks
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The bootloader is not locked on tmobile note 3 phones.
Does it come factory locked and needs to be unlocked or does it come from tmobile fully unlocked?
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stickjohnonaah said:
Does it come factory locked and needs to be unlocked or does it come from tmobile fully unlocked?
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The phone is completely unlocked. I had no issues with bootloaders with android 4.3 or 4.4. The only thing, if you are planning on rooting your device the chances are that you will trip the Knox counter and that will void your warranty, if you care. There have been some methods to not trip Knox but I already tripped mine so I have not explored that option. I really love the phone and the options root/custom Roms provides.
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Does it come factory locked and needs to be unlocked or does it come from tmobile fully unlocked?
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Thanks for the reply that is great news. I miss messing with kernels and radios and such as I did on my nexus. I rooted this busted s4 I'm on now with safe root supposed to not trip knox. After if replace the screen I'll sell it and buy a note 3 and switch over.
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I know that it isn't unlocked yet but will it get unlocked? I usually order international ones because they are unlocked easy. Will this be the same?
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Ok so I have a question I'm looking at buying a note 8 from a guy originally from ATT he uses it on metro pcs and says there is no ATT boot logo has this had an unlocked firmware already flashed? Will this work on vzw?
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