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.
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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.
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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.
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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
Okay so I just got a replacement on my Verizon Google pixel and after everything was setup I noticed that in the developer options it gave me the option to unlock my Bootloader. I know the Verizon models are locked and after 7.1 the exploit was patched. I have all the Verizon bloatware so is this just a bug or is it possible? I turned off all automatic updates just in case so should I go ahead and try?
youtu.be/yYbhMk4fnLM
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Okay so I just got a replacement on my Verizon Google pixel and after everything was setup I noticed that in the developer options it gave me the option to unlock my Bootloader. I know the Verizon models are locked and after 7.1 the exploit was patched. I have all the Verizon bloatware so is this just a bug or is it possible? I turned off all automatic updates just in case so should I go ahead and try?
youtu.be/yYbhMk4fnLM
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If you want to try unlocking your bootloader go for it. But there's not much benefit to unlocking your bootloader unless you plan to root or flash a custom rom or custom kernel or something. Simply unlocking the bootloader but otherwise staying fully stock will not allow your phone to pass safety net so you won't be able to use Android Pay. There have been a few other posts from Verizon customers where they got phones with the option to unlock the bootloader enabled so you probably just got lucky.
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Okay so I just got a replacement on my Verizon Google pixel and after everything was setup I noticed that in the developer options it gave me the option to unlock my Bootloader. I know the Verizon models are locked and after 7.1 the exploit was patched. I have all the Verizon bloatware so is this just a bug or is it possible? I turned off all automatic updates just in case so should I go ahead and try?
youtu.be/yYbhMk4fnLM
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If it was shipped from Carol Stream, Illinois and if you pop in your SIM and the Verizon website calls it a non-VZW phone., then you got a Google Edition. Since OEM unlocking is not grayed out on yours, it's almost for certain a Google Edition. Same happened to me, the bloatware came when the Verizon SIM was inserted.
I agree with the above jhs39 post, though, only do it if you have a reason. I wanted the Pure Nexus ROM and ViPER4Android so I did it.
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If you want to try unlocking your bootloader go for it. But there's not much benefit to unlocking your bootloader unless you plan to root or flash a custom rom or custom kernel or something. Simply unlocking the bootloader but otherwise staying fully stock will not allow your phone to pass safety net so you won't be able to use Android Pay. There have been a few other posts from Verizon customers where they got phones with the option to unlock the bootloader enabled so you probably just got lucky.
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I don't have the need for it unlocked now but is it possible that an update can remove the option as I do want to flash a rom in the future.
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If it was shipped from Carol Stream, Illinois and if you pop in your SIM and the Verizon website calls it a non-VZW phone., then you got a Google Edition. Since OEM unlocking is not grayed out on yours, it's almost for certain a Google Edition. Same happened to me, the bloatware came when the Verizon SIM was inserted.
I agree with the above jhs39 post, though, only do it if you have a reason. I wanted the Pure Nexus ROM and ViPER4Android so I did it.
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Ah I see. It was shipped from that location and I checked the IMEI on Verizon's website and it says it's not capable for some reason so I'm guessing it's a GE.
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Ah I see. It was shipped from that location and I checked the IMEI on Verizon's website and it says it's not capable for some reason so I'm guessing it's a GE.
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Yeah but it really is capable, just put the SIM in
If you plan on flashing custom in the future then I would unlock now so you don't have to lose all you're data later. Rather wipe while it's new and doesn't have months of data on it.
You never know when you might get screwed over by an update and or want to flash back a version.
I say unlock to give yourself a few more exit strategies should anything go wrong and if you decide to root and rom at some point later you aren't gonna wipe your device.
If you want to pass safety net for android pay you just need to flash a custom kernel.
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I don't have the need for it unlocked now but is it possible that an update can remove the option as I do want to flash a rom in the future.
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That's true. But if you use Android Pay or any other apps that require safety net they will stop working unless you flash a custom kernel. If that doesn't matter to you then you should unlock the bootloader while you can.
There's a pretty good deal on the phone, so I started thinking about it as an option. My main problem is the locked bootloader, so there would be no option to update it after Huawei decides to pull the plug. How many years of support can we expect for the device?
You can expect two major Android releases, and some security updates after that.
So is it confirmed this phone is bootloader locked for all regions? Really wanted this phone as an alternative to the s10, since I cant go without an unlocked bootloader
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So is it confirmed this phone is bootloader locked for all regions? Really wanted this phone as an alternative to the s10, since I cant go without an unlocked bootloader
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There is an option in the developer options to allow the oem to be unlocked. So who knows, anything can happen.
Just bought this phone couple weeks ago. I just learned that unlocking the bootloader sometimes takes days. I've been looking around and I found apps that claims they could unlock the bootloader instantly without waiting time. Wonder if anyone tried an unofficial way of unlocking the device and I want to know whether it is safe. Anyone?
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Just bought this phone couple weeks ago. I just learned that unlocking the bootloader sometimes takes days. I've been looking around and I found apps that claims they could unlock the bootloader instantly without waiting time. Wonder if anyone tried an unofficial way of unlocking the device and I want to know whether it is safe. Anyone?
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Listen bruh if any unofficial way will come, then it will be only for those who are having problem while unlocking bootloader even after waiting for the given time,
More like it's the last resort, also it's risky so it is always recommended to go for official because it is safe and trustworthy, while unofficial has risks of phone getting bricked
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Listen bruh if any unofficial way will come, then it will be only for those who are having problem while unlocking bootloader even after waiting for the given time,
More like it's the last resort, also it's risky so it is always recommended to go for official because it is safe and trustworthy, while unofficial has risks of phone getting bricked
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I totally get this. That is why I asked if someone did actually tried some of these. I've seen YT videos claiming it could unlock the bootloader in an instant. Tbh though,it's just ridiculous to wait for days just to unlock the bootloader. I've given up and the used the official way. Now, I have to wait for a week.
Hello everyone. I installed the developer preview for Android R and i'm over it. I wanna go back to stock and I tried sideloading the OTA image and I get this message
update package is older than the current build. Downgrade not allowed.
My bootloader is locked so I can't flash the image through fastboot. I need help.
May update released might want to try that one.
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May update released might want to try that one.
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I tried but it didn't work.
I was on the phone with t-mobile to see if they could unlock my phone but we're having issues with the unlock app.
I miss the days of typing in a code and getting your phone unlocked.
As you have just learned, the developer previews are not the same as beta releases. With the beta releases, you can "quit" the beta program and have the old OS version reinstalled via an OTA update The preview releases have no such OTA reset ability. Therefore, you should not participate in the preview releases unless your phone is unlocked.
If the May release doesn't let you revert back, then I think the only option you will have is to wait until the beta is released. Join the beta and have it installed on your phone and then quit the beat and hope that the OTA update takes you back to stock Android 10. In theory I think it will.
you should use the flashall.bat script if you're installing the factory image. Though this will earase data. Just make sure you have USB debugging on
EDIT: I think you should still be able to unlock your bootloader
EDIT2: After reading a bit more I see that on carrier specific devices, OEM unlocking is greyed out until the phone is sim unlocked. But after you get the app working everything should work fine. Did you use another sim thats not from T Mobile?
RicardoSal24 said:
you should use the flashall.bat script if you're installing the factory image. Though this will earase data. Just make sure you have USB debugging on
EDIT: I think you should still be able to unlock your bootloader
EDIT2: After reading a bit more I see that on carrier specific devices, OEM unlocking is greyed out until the phone is sim unlocked. But after you get the app working everything should work fine. Did you use another sim thats not from T Mobile?
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I put a different sim on the phone and it worked but it's b/c I did the temporary unlock. After 30 days the phone will be locked again. The phone won't let me unlock the bootloader unless it's a permanent unlock. The problem is I'll have to wait 30 days for the phone to re-lock. I wish t-mobile could just give me a code...
Lucky for me this phone isn't my daily driver but I wanted to revert to stock android b/c I got an invite to test out the Ratio launcher by Blloc. It's incompatible with Android R.
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I put a different sim on the phone and it worked but it's b/c I did the temporary unlock. After 30 days the phone will be locked again. The phone won't let me unlock the bootloader unless it's a permanent unlock. The problem is I'll have to wait 30 days for the phone to re-lock. I wish t-mobile could just give me a code...
Lucky for me this phone isn't my daily driver but I wanted to revert to stock android b/c I got an invite to test out the Ratio launcher by Blloc. It's incompatible with Android R.
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Your best bet would be to just wait until you can permanently unlock it. I got mine from best buy and only recently did I bother with flashing roms on it.
I have a TMO device and had a temp unlock, and obviously it doesn't allow oem unlocking to be enabled. I DM'd TMOhelp on twitter and was able to get a permanent unlock there. They told me that I'd have to wait for my temp unlock to expire before I could perm unlock, but I didn't. If you have trouble with the app, just clear the storage and cache data for it. Once it is actually perm unlocked you'll immediately get a notification and be prompted to restart the phone. After that you should see oem unlocking enabled in dev options and be able to hit bootloader and unlock it.