Hi guys i have the dev edition moto x. I rooted it and unlocked the bootlaoder, because i wanted to try out custom roms. i amtr now trying to put the phone back to stock. I followed the guide and i got the stock image back on the phone, but for some odd reason the bootloader wont get locked. I get sst lock failure in the command window. I need to send this phone back. any advice?
It's impossible to lock it again. If you have the pure edition you didn't lose your warranty anyway so don't worry.
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AGISCI said:
It's impossible to lock it again. If you have the pure edition you didn't lose your warranty anyway so don't worry.
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You can relock your bootloader.
flameinthefire said:
Hi guys i have the dev edition moto x. I rooted it and unlocked the bootlaoder, because i wanted to try out custom roms. i amtr now trying to put the phone back to stock. I followed the guide and i got the stock image back on the phone, but for some odd reason the bootloader wont get locked. I get sst lock failure in the command window. I need to send this phone back. any advice?
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Always read and read some more before you take someone's word.
Straight from the horses mouth.
https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/answers/prod_answer_detail/a_id/91987/p/1449,8620
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You can relock your bootloader.
Always read and read some more before you take someone's word.
Straight from the horses mouth.
https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/answers/prod_answer_detail/a_id/91987/p/1449,8620
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Actually that does NOT put it back to locked. There are 3 bootloader states:
Locked
Unlocked
Relocked
Once you unlock it, it is impossible to go back to locked. He can only change it to "relocked" which anyone can see that it has been unlocked before. Try searching the forums more and you will see what I mean.
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Actually that does NOT put it back to locked. There are 3 bootloader states:
Locked
Unlocked
Relocked
Once you unlock it, it is impossible to go back to locked. He can only change it to "relocked" which anyone can see that it has been unlocked before. Try searching the forums more and you will see what I mean.
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Relocked would be re-(LOCKED)
hence it is locked. Meaning that you can only flash signed images. You are right in the fact that people can see that it has be unlocked before. But when its relocked the bootloader is still locked.
matt99017d said:
Relocked would be re-(LOCKED)
hence it is locked. Meaning that you can only flash signed images. You are right in the fact that people can see that it has be unlocked before. But when its relocked the bootloader is still locked.
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... For warranty purposes "relocked" does not help. With relocked they WILL know that he unlocked it.
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For warranty purposes it does not matter when you have the pure edition. They have already said that its still covered under warranty.
In the first post he says he wants to lock it to send it back, but the point is that it does not matter and that they will know anyway.
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In the first post he says he wants to lock it to send it back, but the point is that it does not matter and that they will know anyway.
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Even if he never unlocked they would assume it has been unlocked anyway and if unlocking a Pure Edition would void the warranty (which it apparently doesn't) his warranty would already be void. When you put your ID string into the website to get the unlock code it very clearly tells you that once you click continue they update the device as unlocked in their records whether you actually unlock it or not because you asked them for the unlock code.
Well if he has dev edition moto x instead of pure edition then he probably needs to search OG moto x thread not the 2014 moto x
This is all irrelevant. Unlocking the bootloader on an XT1095 will not void the warranty per Motorola's website. Also per their website....requesting and have the unlock code for your device sent to you is the same as actually unlocking the device. In other words, they know what devices they sent out unlock codes for and as soon as they send that code they then assume that it was used and the device was unlocked. It does not matter if you decide not to use the code, if they sent it, then they consider it used on the device. They caution about that in the verbage that they want you to read before requesting the code. That of course does not apply to the Pure Edition (XT1095) since they consider that model a developers edition. So unless you have somehow damaged the device and it will no longer work properly, it really does not matter if the bootloader is unlocked or locked.
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It used to be that you had to unlock in order to root etc.
But now with one click root applications like SuperOneClick etc, is there any reason to unlock the bootloader? Is it required for any custom ROM procedures?
Paul22000 said:
It used to be that you had to unlock in order to root etc.
But now with one click root applications like SuperOneClick etc, is there any reason to unlock the bootloader? Is it required for any custom ROM procedures?
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Not really (although it does make things easier to flash - using fastboot is very convenient.)
But then again, is there any reason to not unlock it? It has been shown numerous times that HTC will honor the warranty despite an unlocked bootloader, while it has never been shown that HTC has refused warranty service because of an unlocked bootloader.
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Not really (although it does make things easier to flash - using fastboot is very convenient.)
But then again, is there any reason to not unlock it? It has been shown numerous times that HTC will honor the warranty despite an unlocked bootloader, while it has never been shown that HTC has refused warranty service because of an unlocked bootloader.
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Ah, so the only thing unlocking does is provide access to using "fastboot"?
I know; I warranty swapped mine that was bootloader unlocked I'm just asking for general information.
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Ah, so the only thing unlocking does is provide access to using "fastboot"?
I know; I warranty swapped mine that was bootloader unlocked I'm just asking for general information.
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Yes, unlocking your bootloader = the ability to flash images to your Nexus One using fastboot. That's it.
What if I am not planning on using a new rom? I want to stay on stock, but say, just want to overclock. I don't want to lose any data.
Would that make sense to just root?
brettbellaire said:
What if I am not planning on using a new rom? I want to stay on stock, but say, just want to overclock. I don't want to lose any data.
Would that make sense to just root?
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I think you can just root then via SuperOneClick.
I have another question about unlocked bootloader. How can I tell if my bootloader its unlocked? I know usually I have to flash slp to unlock it or set S-off and if I'm not sure it should still be locked, but when I flashed modaco rom it said something about unlocking bootloader. I didn't want to but couldn't abort! So when I boot into bootloader it doesn't say unlocked but any way to tell beside that?
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I have another question about unlocked bootloader. How can I tell if my bootloader its unlocked? I know usually I have to flash slp to unlock it or set S-off and if I'm not sure it should still be locked, but when I flashed modaco rom it said something about unlocking bootloader. I didn't want to but couldn't abort! So when I boot into bootloader it doesn't say unlocked but any way to tell beside that?
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You'd see a padlock icon at the bottom of the 'X' screen as you boot up if you are unlocked.
Thanks, so I'm locked.
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How come people aren't talking about this? Would I be able to root if the bootloader is unlocked?
BaconDrips said:
How come people aren't talking about this? Would I be able to root if the bootloader is unlocked?
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The popular carriers like AT&T and VZW don't allow it - so that prevents a large group from doing it.
Cause most carrier phones don't have their option to unlock the boot loader. But yes if you do unluck the boot loader you can root. But you can also root without unlocking thanks to jcase's pwnmymoto root method.
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How come people aren't talking about this? Would I be able to root if the bootloader is unlocked?
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Most people aren't talking about it because I guess they figure you know whether or not you bought a phone that could be unlocked. If you are bootloader unlocked then yes - you just flash su.zip in cwm or twrp and you are good to go.
So if you are on Sprint or T-mobile, US Cellular or international go for it.
Unlocking the bootloader voids warranties as well...doing it through the website makes that void permanent whereas if you did it without the website you can still have your phone go through the warranty process as long as you unroot and relock the bootloader. that's what i love about the nexus devices
Ugh!!!
Glad I ran into this. I was going through the process to unlock my XT1080M on the site...looks like I'm waiting for the non-Chinese path.
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Glad I ran into this. I was going through the process to unlock my XT1080M on the site...looks like I'm waiting for the non-Chinese path.
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There's no 'non Chinese' path for Verizon phones. Unless you have a developer edition
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Droyyd said:
Unlocking the bootloader voids warranties as well...doing it through the website makes that void permanent whereas if you did it without the website you can still have your phone go through the warranty process as long as you unroot and relock the bootloader. that's what i love about the nexus devices
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While this may be true for Nexus devices, it doesn't apply to the Moto X.
The Moto X bootloader has 3 states:
Locked, Unlocked, and Re-Locked
Once you have unlocked, if you subsequently re-lock, the status changes to "Re-Locked". You can NEVER get it back to "Locked". So regardless of whether you get your code from the official Moto Unlock site or the Middleman, they still know that you had unlocked previously. There is no way around this...
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There's no 'non Chinese' path for Verizon phones. Unless you have a developer edition
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Hence the reason I am waiting.
Radio2006 said:
Hence the reason I am waiting.
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Waiting for what?
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Radio2006 said:
Hence the reason I am waiting.
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rocketsaucev2 said:
Waiting for what?
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Exactly! I'm not sure what he is waiting for. An BL unlock exploit to come along? Dan Rosenburg (author of the Razr M Bootloader exploit) has said himself that it is extremely unlikely that a new Moto BL unlock exploit will EVER come along.
@Radio2006 : The "china" method could end tomorrow. It is 99.999% sure to be the ONLY way you will ever get unlocked. If being unlocked is important you, I would urge you not to wait.
Its China method quick, before it ends again....maybe for good....
Or it won't happen. The bootloader won't be "cracked". If it could be, it would be by now.
I'd get in on the China method, or accept a life of no proper root for your device. And no developer made updates after the X stops getting official updates.
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Exactly! I'm not sure what he is waiting for. An BL unlock exploit to come along? Dan Rosenburg (author of the Razr M Bootloader exploit) has said himself that it is extremely unlikely that a new Moto BL unlock exploit will EVER come along.
@Radio2006 : The "china" method could end tomorrow. It is 99.999% sure to be the ONLY way you will ever get unlocked. If being unlocked is important you, I would urge you not to wait.
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Hey, gee thanks guys. I didn't know that. The China method has already shut down according to an XDA post that I read earlier. So I was hoping that something would occur later.
Radio2006 said:
Hey, gee thanks guys. I didn't know that. The China method has already shut down according to an XDA post that I read earlier. So I was hoping that something would occur later.
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It closed earlier this year, then reopened a couple months later. It is still available now. Find the thread titled "China Middleman Back?" Thread.
Good luck!
You rock bro...just sent the payment. Thanks again.
BaconDrips said:
How come people aren't talking about this? Would I be able to root if the bootloader is unlocked?
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I think only developer phones can be unlocked.
dhru1405 said:
I think only developer phones can be unlocked.
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Nope. Lots of moto x variations can be unlocked. And they all can do anything a dev edition can do, except keep their warranty.
I was wandering if there is a way to relock the bootloader, so if my phone bricks, or presents any sort of problems in the future, i can still get the warranty support
If you request an unlock code from Motorola then no, even relocking won't help. If you unlock the bootloader on a non Developer Edition you void your warranty.
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Rhiannon224 said:
If you request an unlock code from Motorola then no, even relocking won't help. If you unlock the bootloader on a non Developer Edition you void your warranty.
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but what if i requested the code and didn't unlocked would it still voided my warranty?
Savassi12 said:
but what if i requested the code and didn't unlocked would it still voided my warranty?
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Yes, requesting the code voids the warranty.
****, now that everything its ****ed up, i might as well as unlocking this piece
Even if you do/can relock the bootloader it has a separate flag to indicate the warranty is void in the phone.
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****, now that everything its ****ed up, i might as well as unlocking this piece
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You didn't take 5 minutes and read that on the page you got the unlock code from? Wow
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I was wandering if there is a way to relock the bootloader, so if my phone bricks, or presents any sort of problems in the future, i can still get the warranty support
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You can relock your bootloader by running fastboot oem lock but this would not restore your warranty. The phone would still show as re-locked instead of locked, so they would still know that it has been unlocked and re-locked. Afaik, it would also still show the Bootloader Unlocked Warning Message even if u re-lock it.
Steve-x said:
Yes, requesting the code voids the warranty.
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I don't think just requesting the code would void your warranty.
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Afaik, it would also still show the Bootloader Unlocked Warning Message even if u re-lock it.
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did you try that yourself? I am exchanging my moto x and i unlocked my bootloader. Im afraid that they wont take it
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did you try that yourself? I am exchanging my moto x and i unlocked my bootloader. Im afraid that they wont take it
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I haven't tried it myself, but i have read about people who have.
soo i havent unlocked yet, just requested the code, if i dont unlock, will i still get the warranty?
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soo i havent unlocked yet, just requested the code, if i dont unlock, will i still get the warranty?
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I think so...
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I don't think just requesting the code would void your warranty.
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Simply requesting an unlock code will void your warranty.
See below.
c19932 said:
did you try that yourself? I am exchanging my moto x and i unlocked my bootloader. Im afraid that they wont take it
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Don't be surprised if/when they deny your request to exchange your phone.
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soo i havent unlocked yet, just requested the code, if i dont unlock, will i still get the warranty?
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I think so...
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Sorry, your warranty disappeared the moment you sent in the bootloader unlock code request.
https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/standalone/bootloader/unlock-your-device-a
You have only yourself to blame. Once you get the unlock code, your device is no longer covered by the Motorola warranty; in other words, please don't blame us if things go wrong, even if they appear unrelated to unlocking the bootloader.
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From the legal terms link:
5.The*following*applies*to*all*devices,*except*for*Developer*Edition devices:
Obtaining an unlock code voids all warranties.*Once*you*get*the*unlock*code your device is no longer covered by the Motorola warranty,*or*any*other*warranty*provided with the device. Neither Motorola,*nor your wireless carrier shall*have*any*duty*to provide warranty or customer support for unlocked devices.
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You can relock your bootloader by running fastboot oem lock but this would not restore your warranty. The phone would still show as re-locked instead of locked, so they would still know that it has been unlocked and re-locked. Afaik, it would also still show the Bootloader Unlocked Warning Message even if u re-lock it.
I don't think just requesting the code would void your warranty.
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It does and it states that on Moto site when you request the code.
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You do not lose your warranty on these any more. Moto posted this in November.
http://motorola-blog.blogspot.com/2013/11/you-asked-we-listened-announcing.html
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You do not lose your warranty on these any more. Moto posted this in November.
http://motorola-blog.blogspot.com/2013/11/you-asked-we-listened-announcing.html
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This is just for Dev Editions.
Sorry. I am a VZW customer so when people talk about unlocked bootloaders I think dev edition.
Hey guys,
I am currently trying to get my Moto X back to stock and relock the bootloader. Not because I need to, but just because I want to. I have a retDe XT1092 which I have converted to a XT1095. Is there any way to get the phone back to software status official and relock the bootloader? It doesn't matter to me that Motorola does know that I was unlocked before, I just want to relock it. I hope you guys can help me.
May I ask why you want to relock it? There really is no benefit to relocking it. :/
Anyway the command is:
fastboot oem lock
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I know, but want to keep myself from flashing on this phone. I am trying to get away from rooting on non-nexus phones.
Yeah I've tried that multiple times, but as long as your software status isn't official the oem lock will fail. I'd guess this happens because most images you can download are not signed images.
Is your phone still converted to 1095? If so that is why lock wont work.
You would have to flash back the 1092 de image to be unmodified.
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Okay good to know. I thought this wouldnt matter. But are there even any existing official images for the 1092?
Moto x firmwares:
http://www.filefactory.com/folder/dd05c058d3ff8dbe/?sort=created&order=DESC&show=25
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These aren't official. I've already tried them. If you flash those you won't be able to relock the bootloader. This is the reason why I opened this thread because I don't know any way of accomplishing my goal.
Bl4ckX said:
These aren't official. I've already tried them. If you flash those you won't be able to relock the bootloader. This is the reason why I opened this thread because I don't know any way of accomplishing my goal.
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One thing is official and other thing is carrier, and I think you need the firmware of your carrier, the one who came with your phone before the flashing. Maybe if you tell us we can find it for you.
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One thing is official and other thing is carrier, and I think you need the firmware of your carrier, the one who came with your phone before the flashing. Maybe if you tell us we can find it for you.
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His is retde. And these are official, they are leaks from motorola.
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One thing is official and other thing is carrier, and I think you need the firmware of your carrier, the one who came with your phone before the flashing. Maybe if you tell us we can find it for you.
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I was able to get the signed firmware from motorola, You have to start with fastboot oem lock begin and then flash. After flashing you use the fastboot oem lock and the bootloader will relock, however, you will still get the unlocked warning message. You will have to flash the modified logo.bin to make it go away.
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His is retde. And these are official, they are leaks from motorola.
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If you are so convinced that these are official I am willing to try them out but I am pretty sure they aren't
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I was able to get the signed firmware from motorola, You have to start with fastboot oem lock begin and then flash. After flashing you use the fastboot oem lock and the bootloader will relock, however, you will still get the unlocked warning message. You will have to flash the modified logo.bin to make it go away.
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This doesn't sound right. Using oem unlock begin the phone will check if each and every image is signed. You shouldn't be able to flash a modified logo.bin and the message should actually go away by itself. Are you sure your relock attempt didn't fail?
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If you are so convinced that these are official I am willing to try them out but I am pretty sure they aren't
This doesn't sound right. Using oem unlock begin the phone will check if each and every image is signed. You shouldn't be able to flash a modified logo.bin and the message should actually go away by itself. Are you sure your relock attempt didn't fail?
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I am 100% sure they are official because they are signed by motorola. If they were not official they wouldn't have motorola's signature.
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I am 100% sure they are official because they are signed by motorola. If they were not official they wouldn't have motorola's signature.
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I am currently downloading the XT1092 retDe image. I will report back in 6hours when I am back from work and this damn free download is finished. It takes forever..
The bootloader unlocked message would be a signed Motorola image since it is shipped with the phone. The bootloader essentially has a toggle that would switch between the normal and the unlocked message. I assume the toggle just doesn't get switched back when you OEM lock. It's not like he flashed a different custom logo or anything.
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Correct. You will notice the status message when you enter the bootloader there is a status code. 1=LOCKED 2=RELOCKED and 3=UNLOCKED. Once you unlock the bootloader, you can never go back to status 1 again and you will always get the bootloader unlocked message. If you read the message it states that the bootloader HAS been unlocked. There is a counter trigger in the phone telling it how many times it has been unlocked. When I had my old Galaxy S2 Skyrocket I remembered a program that would "RESET" this counter, but I do not believe one exists for Motorola. Once you unlock your bootloader there is no going back.
http://i5.androidxda.com/main/Motorola_Bootloader_Warning.png
Yeah I know about this relocked state, but it doesn't matter as I don't want to RMA the phone. I just want it locked but I wasn't able to accomplish a successful oem lock and I am now searching for a way to do so.
Edit: So this morning after the download had finished I brought my X to fastboot mode. And for whichever reason the software status was set to official even on the XT1095 image. I would have sworn that this wasn't the case when I flashed it and I have no idea why it changed. And a big thanks to you @AGISCI after typing "fastboot oem lock begin" I could flash the Image you linked here and software status stayed official and I was even able to relock the bootloader. So I simply must have had wrong images in the past, because I did entirely the same process I did now, 3 times already and it didn't work out at all.
So thanks again guys. The only annoyance is that I can't get rid of the bootloader unlocked message. This one seems to stay.
I've read mixed things and dont' know what can and can't be done. I purchased an XT1095 from ebay that had device protection activated. The phone is running android 5.1 with the 60.16 bootloader. The phone has a locked bootloader. My thought is if I can downgrade to 5.0, it will let me start the phone without a google account, and then I can unlock it and go from there. Problem is, I haven't had any success yet. I can get the phone into fastboot and recovery mode, but I cannot get it to flash a lower version bootloader or system image (I get invalid preflash validation errors) and the system image says it's not signed properly. There's gotta be a way to downgrade it, but I can't find a solution. Any ideas?
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I've read mixed things and dont' know what can and can't be done. I purchased an XT1095 from ebay that had device protection activated. The phone is running android 5.1 with the 60.16 bootloader. The phone has a locked bootloader. My thought is if I can downgrade to 5.0, it will let me start the phone without a google account, and then I can unlock it and go from there. Problem is, I haven't had any success yet. I can get the phone into fastboot and recovery mode, but I cannot get it to flash a lower version bootloader or system image (I get invalid preflash validation errors) and the system image says it's not signed properly. There's gotta be a way to downgrade it, but I can't find a solution. Any ideas?
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You wont be able to flash anything if your bootloader is locked...its an xt1095 unlock the bootloader. There are many posts on how to do this for the xt1095 you basically get a code from moto that you apply through adb fastboot. After you unlock bootloader you can flash stuff BUT NEVER EVER EVER EVER EVER try and downgrade the gpt or bootloader EVER. Just the system and boot images.
just to be sure you got it NEVER TRY TO DOWNGRADE THE BOOTLOADER OR GPT .
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You wont be able to flash anything if your bootloader is locked...its an xt1095 unlock the bootloader. There are many posts on how to do this for the xt1095 you basically get a code from moto that you apply through adb fastboot. After you unlock bootloader you can flash stuff BUT NEVER EVER EVER EVER EVER try and downgrade the gpt or bootloader EVER. Just the system and boot images.
just to be sure you got it NEVER TRY TO DOWNGRADE THE BOOTLOADER OR GPT .
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I thought the system image is supposed to be flashable even when not locked. Motorola's instructions for returning something to stock has the bootloader and partition flashed - what's the point in doing that if you can't downgrade it?
Anyways, I have tried to unlock it, but since it is running android 5.1, it requires me to set the OEM Unlock option in Android Developer's Settings. Unfortunately, when the phone boots up, I cannot get into any settings without entering the google account information that was used to protect the phone in the first place. So I'm stuck - 5.1 won't let me get far enough to set the setting to unlock so I can't unlock bootloader to revert back to an earlier system version.
darkprime said:
I've read mixed things and dont' know what can and can't be done. I purchased an XT1095 from ebay that had device protection activated. The phone is running android 5.1 with the 60.16 bootloader. The phone has a locked bootloader. My thought is if I can downgrade to 5.0, it will let me start the phone without a google account, and then I can unlock it and go from there. Problem is, I haven't had any success yet. I can get the phone into fastboot and recovery mode, but I cannot get it to flash a lower version bootloader or system image (I get invalid preflash validation errors) and the system image says it's not signed properly. There's gotta be a way to downgrade it, but I can't find a solution. Any ideas?
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Try flashing the 5.1 images. I don't know if that will work but it seems like it might since you're not technically downgrading which would require an unlocked bootloader. Just follow all the commands on Motorola's website.
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There is nothing you can do. This is an anti-theft protection. You need to contact the seller and have him login to the account... then after that, the account can be removed. If the seller does not help you, then sorry to say but you have a paperweight because there is absolutely no way around this.
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AGISCI said:
There is nothing you can do. This is an anti-theft protection. You need to contact the seller and have him login to the account... then after that, the account can be removed. If the seller does not help you, then sorry to say but you have a paperweight because there is absolutely no way around this.
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Not quite...I got motorola to accept it under warranty to replace it. The IEMI says the phone was bought in Feb. 2015, so it still has a chunk of warranty left on it.
That surprises me... so if I steal a motorola phone that still has warranty they will send me a replacement that is unlocked just because it is under warranty? Seems like that is a huge problem.
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That surprises me... so if I steal a motorola phone that still has warranty they will send me a replacement that is unlocked just because it is under warranty? Seems like that is a huge problem.
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Is that really a huge problem? They will know who claimed the warranty and I'm sure can notice if anyone is abusing that. Not perfect, but not terrible either. Besides, when the phone is turned in for a warranty, how does Moto know that the reason it's locked out is not due to my own google account?
Supposedly the warranty is only with proof of purchase, which you don't have since you bought it from someone else on ebay. That is a big issue because that undermines the whole reason for having this option on the phone.
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AGISCI said:
Supposedly the warranty is only with proof of purchase, which you don't have since you bought it from someone else on ebay. That is a big issue because that undermines the whole reason for having this option on the phone.
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The person on ebay ran a storefront and I have a receipt from it - I did buy it. The warranty doesn't say you can't buy it from a 3rd party, nor does it say you have to to be the first end-user.
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The person on ebay ran a storefront and I have a receipt from it - I did buy it. The warranty doesn't say you can't buy it from a 3rd party, nor does it say you have to to be the first end-user.
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Mototola's warranty:
https://www.google.com/url?q=https:...6FUuSQ&usg=AFQjCNEGjgEU48cZkqSs2Y72u8W2SgI-mw
The very first thing it says is that it is for the first owner only and is non transferrable.
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Mototola's warranty:
https://www.google.com/url?q=https:...6FUuSQ&usg=AFQjCNEGjgEU48cZkqSs2Y72u8W2SgI-mw
The very first thing it says is that it is for the first owner only and is non transferrable.
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Ok, I stand corrected, but Moto doesn't know if I was the first end user or not. I'm sure I wasn't, but good businesses will honor warranties even when technically against the agreement, terms, or expiration.
Anyways, back on topic - if someone knows of something else I can try while I still have the phone, I would like to hear it.