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Due to organizational requirements the bootloader needs to be locked. So, here go the questions:
After flashing factory image (5.1.0 (LMY47E), is it safe to re-lock bootloader?
And when, after the final reboot and before setup?
And, will the command, fastboot oem lock, wipe EVERYTHING off the phone, like fastboot oem unlock does?
And does the Developer options setting, "OEM unlocking", need to be turned on prior to the lock?
Thanks
No one has proven that locking the bootloaders does not cause a "brick". We have seen people lock after 5.1 and get a bootloop. This becomes a brick because they cannot unlock to fix it. We don't know if the update causes the loop or the lock does.
By the way, this was a completely stock Nexus 6 (5.0.1), no root, no apps other than Google. Before the factory image flash, the "OEM Unlocking" setting in Developer Options was persistent during power on/off. Now, with 5.1 the setting turns itself off during power on/off.
So, should I re-lock the bootloader and satisfy organizational requirements and risk a boot loop or proceed unlocked? Kinda feel like a "deer in the headlights" !
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By the way, this was a completely stock Nexus 6 (5.0.1), no root, no apps other than Google. Before the factory image flash, the "OEM Unlocking" setting in Developer Options was persistent during power on/off. Now, with 5.1 the setting turns itself off during power on/off.
So, should I re-lock the bootloader and satisfy organizational requirements and risk a boot loop or proceed unlocked? Kinda feel like a "deer in the headlights" !
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Well its your choice. I recommend not locking it. However, if you do lock it and end up bricked, at least we know its the locking that causes the loop and not the flash but.... Is it worth it?
If your organization is supplying the device ( or the money for the device) you have no business unlocking it. At my organization people are fired for such things.
If they are not compensating you somehow then I don't see how they can make requirements on your device.
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And if it is the unlocking/locking that causes the boot loop (hard brick) then any flashing operation that requires unlocking the bootloader will require that the system remain unlocked forever. A penalty that will afflict a portion (large?) of the Nexus 6 community. Was this an issue before 5.0? Makes one wonder if this is by design or accidental.
DebianDog said:
If they are not compensating you somehow then I don't see how they can make requirements on your device.
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Yes we totally can. If you work for my company and decide you would rather use your own device for corporate email and data, that data is ours. You may use your own device but we will manage it. If it gets stolen, we will wipe it. You will adhere the same policies for corporate owned data as you will with a phone supplied by us. You will have lock screen, you will be unrooted. You will keep your bootloaders locked. Or you can use this sh*tty Nokia.
My hardware, but if I want to utilize it in the organization, then I must abide by their rules.
This post was not meant to be an organizational ethics discussion, just a request for guidance. If anyone can give me input on the original questions, I would greatly appreciate it. Especially the wipe side effect of the lock operation. Do not want to spend a lot of time configuring the device if it will be erased.
Thanks in advance
clairez said:
My hardware, but if I want to utilize it in the organization, then I must abide by their rules.
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Yep. Absolutely.
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No one has proven that locking the bootloaders does not cause a "brick". We have seen people lock after 5.1 and get a bootloop. This becomes a brick because they cannot unlock to fix it. We don't know if the update causes the loop or the lock does.
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Just a little thinking out loud here. Wouldn't it be safe to have OEM Unlock checked under dev options, lock the bootloader, if you happen to bootloop OEM Unlock is still checked so you could still unlock? And then upon first boot OEM Unlock would get unchecked.
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Konfuzion said:
Just a little thinking out loud here. Wouldn't it be safe to have OEM Unlock checked under dev options, lock the bootloader, if you happen to bootloop OEM Unlock is still checked so you could still unlock? And then upon first boot OEM Unlock would get unchecked.
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Safe? No.. The flag resets at boot. Boot loop partially boots and it could be enough to reset the flag "at first boot"
Pretty much everything is an unknown here. We do t even know where the "enable OEM unlock" flag is set. Is it in the BL or one of the various partitions? What effect would setting the flag and wiping the OS have? We just don't know.
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Safe? No.. The flag resets at boot. Boot loop partially boots and it could be enough to reset the flag "at first boot"
Pretty much everything is an unknown here. We do t even know where the "enable OEM unlock" flag is set. Is it in the BL or one of the various partitions? What effect would setting the flag and wiping the OS have? We just don't know.
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Good point. That's why more heads are better than one. I still think my theory would work, but yet I wouldn't be willing to risk my N6 on it, wouldn't suggest others do either.
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clairez said:
Due to organizational requirements the bootloader needs to be locked. So, here go the questions:
After flashing factory image (5.1.0 (LMY47E), is it safe to re-lock bootloader?
And when, after the final reboot and before setup?
And, will the command, fastboot oem lock, wipe EVERYTHING off the phone, like fastboot oem unlock does?
And does the Developer options setting, "OEM unlocking", need to be turned on prior to the lock?
Thanks
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1. Unsure at this point. If everything is stock (including recovery), I would suspect that it would be OK, but it has not been verified yet.
2. After you flash the bootloader, radio, boot, system and recovery images, and format data and cache, then would be the time to re-lock and then boot into Android.
3. Yes. But based on what I gather, the process of wiping on an N6 (when unlocking or locking the bootloader) is done via the stock recovery. So, if you have a custom recovery when you lock, I suspect that it will give you a boot loop.
4. I don't know.
Update - Success
I re-locked the bootloader and the device is working normally, no boot loop. I will continue testing over the next few days and then share what I learned.
Thanks for the help ...
Upgraded to 5.1, booted system OK
rechecked the OEM unlock option and rebooted to fastboot and locked bootloader.
No bootloop or other issues noticed.
Hope this helps.
clairez said:
I re-locked the bootloader and the device is working normally, no boot loop. I will continue testing over the next few days and then share what I learned.
Thanks for the help ...
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Interesting. And you were 100% stock?
Perhaps the loop isn't caused by the lock itself then. Good to know, though still people need to be cautious
androiduser2011 said:
Upgraded to 5.1, booted system OK
rechecked the OEM unlock option and rebooted to fastboot and locked bootloader.
No bootloop or other issues noticed.
Hope this helps.
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A few question, for understanding:
Rooted?
Stock or TWRP recovery?
Encrypted?
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rootSU said:
No one has proven that locking the bootloaders does not cause a "brick". We have seen people lock after 5.1 and get a bootloop. This becomes a brick because they cannot unlock to fix it. We don't know if the update causes the loop or the lock does.
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This happened to me literally tonight. I tried to lock the boot loader which was successful, from there the device would start to root into teamwin recovery. So from there I tired to flash a fully stock rom but the bootloader was locked. And then because you need permission from the OS to unlock the bootloader I was stuck. What I did is from the locked bootloader I ran the stock oem flash from a fresh download and check from wugs with the force flash enabled (make sure everything is right) miracles of miracles it worked and came back to me.
I learned my lesson. Never shall my bootloader be relocked unless my phone is out of my possession. I'm spending the rest of the time making sure that nobody can get to my data. I love the phone, but that data is my life.
So basically, we need to confirm that being 100% stock will safely allow the relocking of the bootloader on 5.1 per official instructions from Google. If it can be determined that having TWRP recovery installed is the cause of bricks then users can be instructed to be sure stock recovery is installed before relocking. My own thoughts are that this is a bug of sorts with the new security features of lollipop and I'm sure the talented folks here will get it figured out. I'm 100% stock on LMY47D that I sideloaded. Not sure I can afford to risk my 6 but I offer any assistance I can to help get this figured out.
Evolution_Freak said:
So basically, we need to confirm that being 100% stock will safely allow the relocking of the bootloader on 5.1
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Some of the "bricks" happened after fully flashing stock, i.e they had stock recovery. They had a locked bootloader, an OS that didn't boot and a recovery that couldn't flash anything. If they had TWRP installed, they could format data and flash a rom.zip no problem.
Hey Folks,
I was curious to know if you have unlocked your bootloader, and then locked it again via fastboot oem lock command, if you wanted to unlock the bootloader maybe in the distant future again, would you need to use the same unlock key that was given to you by moto?
Thanks!
alternetconcept said:
Hey Folks,
I was curious to know if you have unlocked your bootloader, and then locked it again via fastboot oem lock command, if you wanted to unlock the bootloader maybe in the distant future again, would you need to use the same unlock key that was given to you by moto?
Thanks!
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Yes the one you got in your mail.
Take care not to lose it.
I am not sure if they give it again
adity said:
Yes the one you got in your mail.
Take care not to lose it.
I am not sure if they give it again
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Ah okay great.
Thank you!
I've unlocked my bootloader but have never once considered relocking it. Why would you lock it after unlocking it in the first place? I can't think of a single benefit.
nhizzat said:
I've unlocked my bootloader but have never once considered relocking it. Why would you lock it after unlocking it in the first place? I can't think of a single benefit.
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I've seen some people claim they want to be as "close to stock as possible" when selling their phone. Unfortunately it doesn't really make a difference.
There are 3 states for the 2013 Moto X bootloader:
LOCKED Status:0
Unlocked Status:3
Locked Status:2
note: Status 2 is also known as relocked.
As users we can toggle it to either Status 2 or Status 3, but we can never set it back to Status 0. On Status 2 or 3, you'll get the Bootloader Unlocked warning message at reboot (where replacing the LOGO.BIN with custom one will hide the message).
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Hey Folks,
I was curious to know if you have unlocked your bootloader, and then locked it again via fastboot oem lock command, if you wanted to unlock the bootloader maybe in the distant future again, would you need to use the same unlock key that was given to you by moto?
Thanks!
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Have you managed to lock it?
alexhdkn said:
Have you managed to lock it?
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I didn't actually. I just tried right now but got the following message.
(bootloader) FAIL: Please run fastboot oem lock begin first!
The reason I wanted to re-lock it was for purposes of my phone getting stolen. I'm assuming if it was relocked, the person wouldn't get the joy of installing a custom recovery.
Yeah kind of silly. In any case, couldn't get it to lock.
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I didn't actually. I just tried right now but got the following message.
(bootloader) FAIL: Please run fastboot oem lock begin first!
The reason I wanted to re-lock it was for purposes of my phone getting stolen. I'm assuming if it was relocked, the person wouldn't get the joy of installing a custom recovery.
Yeah kind of silly. In any case, couldn't get it to lock.
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There is a process to re-lock which involves flashing the stock rom first, etc. and it does wipe the phone.
So if you re-lock, you'll also lose root. (at least until you unlock, flash custom recovery and root).
KidJoe said:
There is a process to re-lock which involves flashing the stock rom first, etc. and it does wipe the phone.
So if you re-lock, you'll also lose root. (at least until you unlock, flash custom recovery and root).
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Yeah. I think I realized that I would need to wipe my phone again to re-lock it. I turned it back to stock so I can get the OTA which should hopefully come out soon.
I guess once they allow us to download stock 5.0.2, I'll do a re-lock then.
Thanks though for the info.
hello guys ) i just wanna ask if its possible to flash android m with nexus root toolkit or no ??
Apparently, yes. https://plus.google.com/113329792100896065459/posts/ZFUJD6Yn4hm
jj14 said:
Apparently, yes. https://plus.google.com/113329792100896065459/posts/ZFUJD6Yn4hm
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thank you for the fast reply
Yes I followed those steps and flashed it perfectly.
BossJ said:
Yes I followed those steps and flashed it perfectly.
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yeah same here, everything went more then well.
Should I relock the bootloader after flashing M ?
M5Rahul said:
Should I relock the bootloader after flashing M ?
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NOOO!!!!
To many folks have encountered an issue that soft-bricked their device afterwards.
You will still receive OTA with an unlocked bootloader.
M5Rahul said:
Should I relock the bootloader after flashing M ?
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you can relock it (safer) but if you want to flash any new rom later you will loose all your data. cause everytime you flash you need to unlock the bootloader. its up to you
stricker said:
you can relock it (safer) but if you want to flash any new rom later you will loose all your data. cause everytime you flash you need to unlock the bootloader. its up to you
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Hang on now, lets be clear about the advice that we're giving here.
Yes, a locked bootloader is safer if a thief were to get his hands on your device. However, locking the bootloader has a whole host of other problems linked to it. For example, if you end up in a boot loop with a locked bootloader because something breaks in the rom or kernel, if you have stock recovery, you can never unlock the bootloader again, without sending it for repair.
I would suggest people using experimental ROMs should keep their bootloader unlcoked to avoid this
danarama said:
Hang on now, lets be clear about the advice that we're giving here.
Yes, a locked bootloader is safer if a thief were to get his hands on your device. However, locking the bootloader has a whole host of other problems linked to it. For example, if you end up in a boot loop with a locked bootloader because something breaks in the rom or kernel, if you have stock recovery, you can never unlock the bootloader again, without sending it for repair.
I would suggest people using experimental ROMs should keep their bootloader unlcoked to avoid this
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If I did lock the boot loader, can it not be unlocked again using NRT ? I'm wondering since this (Android M) is an official release from Google, there should be a way to unlock the Boot loader if someone wants to roll back to lollipop ... Am I wrong in this assumption ?
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M5Rahul said:
If I did lock the boot loader, can it not be unlocked again using NRT ? I'm wondering since this (Android M) is an official release from Google, there should be a way to unlock the Boot loader if someone wants to roll back to lollipop ... Am I wrong in this assumption ?
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It's a security feature whereby if you do not have "enable OEM unlocking" set in the rom, you cannot unlock the bootloader. If you don't have it set, have stock recovery then have a rom that will not boot, you cannot set that, ergo cannot unlock the bootloader. If you're going to mess with exxperiemental previews, I would suggest not re-locking the bootloader.
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It's a security feature whereby if you do not have "enable OEM unlocking" set in the rom, you cannot unlock the bootloader. If you don't have it set, have stock recovery then have a rom that will not boot, you cannot set that, ergo cannot unlock the bootloader. If you're going to mess with exxperiemental previews, I would suggest not re-locking the bootloader.
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I just checked and the 'OEM unlocking' option is turned on under Dev Options.
So, can I unlock the bootloader and flash back to 5.1.1 ?
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M5Rahul said:
I just checked and the 'OEM unlocking' option is turned on under Dev Options.
So, can I unlock the bootloader and flash back to 5.1.1 ?
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If you like.
Hello I have a new Moto G6. I have enabled developer options and I've enabled OEM unlocking. But it doesn't seem to stay enabled between reboots? I just bought this yesterday. I'm trying to unlock the bootloader, but I can't unless OEM unlocking stays enabled. Am I missing something? I know there's currently no root for the G6, but still I think I should be able to unlock it, or am I mistaken?
jloh1963 said:
Hello I have a new Moto G6. I have enabled developer options and I've enabled OEM unlocking. But it doesn't seem to stay enabled between reboots? I just bought this yesterday. I'm trying to unlock the bootloader, but I can't unless OEM unlocking stays enabled. Am I missing something? I know there's currently no root for the G6, but still I think I should be able to unlock it, or am I mistaken?
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That just allows the bootloader to be unlocked. You still would need to actually unlock it following the unlocking guide thread in the guides section
dejello said:
That just allows the bootloader to be unlocked. You still would need to actually unlock it following the unlocking guide thread in the guides section
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Yes I know this is not root, this is just unlocking the bootloader, yes I do have a key from motorola. But I can't do anything if OEM unlocking will not persist between reboots. I'm just trying to unlock the bootloader. And yes it is unlocked for sims.
jloh1963 said:
Yes I know this is not root, this is just unlocking the bootloader, yes I do have a key from motorola. But I can't do anything if OEM unlocking will not persist between reboots. I'm just trying to unlock the bootloader. And yes it is unlocked for sims.
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I said nothing of root. Unless I am missing something from your original post, "Allow OEM unlocking" just allows the bootloader to be unlockable. After you tick it, reboot directly into fastboot mode (not back into android, that'll untick it again).
[GUIDE] Unlock Bootloader - This states after enabling OEM Unlock in settings (from within Android) to reboot into the bootloader (This guide says power off and then power back on while holding volume down, if you have debugging on you can just "adb reboot bootloader"). Rebooting back into Android with the bootloader still locked I believe does untick the OEM Unlock option.
ok thanks, I'll try again.
I have the XT 1925-6 US unlocked version. One of the first things I do with a new phone is to enable Developer Options and toggle OEM Unlock even though I may not Unlock the Bootloader right away.
The OEM Unlock toggle has stayed persistently on through numerous reboots with the Bootloader still locked.
Hmm.. Well I could have sworn I had seen what was described before, however it has been a while. I unlocked mine all in one go so I can't say. If it's supposed to stay on then I'd really be curious why it isn't for jloh
dejello said:
Hmm.. Well I could have sworn I had seen what was described before, however it has been a while. I unlocked mine all in one go so I can't say. If it's supposed to stay on then I'd really be curious why it isn't for jloh
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I tried it again and it worked, thanks. I guess I rebooted android at first. Thank you.
Hello everyone, I recently got a Pixel 7!
I have yet to unlock my pixel, but I was wondering if relocking the bootloader would be as it was never unlocked.
Assuming that, possibly, I restore the stock rom and relock the bootloader will my pixel show the bootloader unlocked warning at boot?
Most importantly, the "OEM Unlock" settings under "Developer options" will be greyed out or forced on? Will it show something like "bootloader already unlocked"?
Or would it be exactly as if I never unlocked it?
Thanks for your replies
philosoraptor7 said:
Hello everyone, I recently got a Pixel 7!
I have yet to unlock my pixel, but I was wondering if relocking the bootloader would be as it was never unlocked.
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Essentially yes
philosoraptor7 said:
Assuming that, possibly, I restore the stock rom and relock the bootloader will my pixel show the bootloader unlocked warning at boot?
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No, this screen only displays if the bootloader is unlocked
philosoraptor7 said:
Most importantly, the "OEM Unlock" settings under "Developer options" will be greyed out or forced on? Will it show something like "bootloader already unlocked"?
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If you relock the bootloader, data will be wiped, which means that the OEM Unlock toggle is reset to Off.
philosoraptor7 said:
Or would it be exactly as if I never unlocked it?
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Don't need to ask the same question twice
philosoraptor7 said:
Thanks for your replies
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Happy to help
If you want to restore your device to stock and relock the bootloader in one go, use the Android Flash Tool
I did it when I was returning the first Pixel 7. No problem
Thanksss