When I go into my developer options I see "Enable OEM Unlock". I was under the impression that this allowed us to unlock our bootloader's.
If this isn't true, will an unlocked bootloader ever be announced for the g4?
It not gonna happen only hope is if someone finds a hole. Like bump with the g3. But over a year old prob not gonna happen.
TheMadScientist420 said:
It not gonna happen only hope is if someone finds a hole. Like bump with the g3. But over a year old prob not gonna happen.
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Why don't we try to get someone that has an unlocked bootloader for the G4 like the international version to dd the bootloader partititon and then upload it here. Then we just dd it back to our Sprint G4 using root. It might not work and lg tools will probably detect the phone as the international version but it is worth a try. I am willing to try it... But first I need to get my hands on a LS991 G4.
l33tlinuxh4x0r said:
Why don't we try to get someone that has an unlocked bootloader for the G4 like the international version to dd the bootloader partititon and then upload it here. Then we just dd it back to our Sprint G4 using root. It might not work and lg tools will probably detect the phone as the international version but it is worth a try. I am willing to try it... But first I need to get my hands on a LS991 G4.
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lg g4 sprint is *****y, i dont have any insurance, i am using it in other country, or i might have tried it. I already bricked it like 20 times, and last brick was so hectic, when eventually i recovered from it. we need laf partition i guess, if you have insurance and warranties? why not try it?
cjc2040 said:
When I go into my developer options I see "Enable OEM Unlock". I was under the impression that this allowed us to unlock our bootloader's.
If this isn't true, will an unlocked bootloader ever be announced for the g4?
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It does kinda theres always a slim possiblilty but probly not gonna happen. The option is there. I just got a g stylo and after i installed twrp if i dont uncheck oem unlock. The device secure boots. So it is part of it but now all of it.
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cjc2040 said:
When I go into my developer options I see "Enable OEM Unlock". I was under the impression that this allowed us to unlock our bootloader's.
If this isn't true, will an unlocked bootloader ever be announced for the g4?
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l33tlinuxh4x0r said:
Why don't we try to get someone that has an unlocked bootloader for the G4 like the international version to dd the bootloader partititon and then upload it here. Then we just dd it back to our Sprint G4 using root. It might not work and lg tools will probably detect the phone as the international version but it is worth a try. I am willing to try it... But first I need to get my hands on a LS991 G4.
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Ive tried a few diffrent ways a while back. If u nuk your laf partition u can load fastboot but it doesnt reconize any commands. The the bootloader unlock code is unique to each device. All bootloader partition are encrypted with a 64 bit key.which is the unlock.bin lg sends u. 64 bit security is bassicly uncrackable.
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cjc2040 said:
When I go into my developer options I see "Enable OEM Unlock". I was under the impression that this allowed us to unlock our bootloader's.
If this isn't true, will an unlocked bootloader ever be announced for the g4?
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sunilromy said:
lg g4 sprint is *****y, i dont have any insurance, i am using it in other country, or i might have tried it. I already bricked it like 20 times, and last brick was so hectic, when eventually i recovered from it. we need laf partition i guess, if you have insurance and warranties? why not try it?
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The unlock for g4s wont come in modified partition in my opinion. It will be a work around that the bootloader will think what ever images being flashed are officialy signed by lg hence secure boot errors.
Nothing is impossible. Just highly unlikely. All the greatest of minds and devs have moved on. No one wants to work this hard to do it. Imo. I think are only hope lies in someone cracking the g5. Then may also work on older models. But from the looks g5 is locked down even tighter.
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l33tlinuxh4x0r said:
Why don't we try to get someone that has an unlocked bootloader for the G4 like the international version to dd the bootloader partititon and then upload it here. Then we just dd it back to our Sprint G4 using root. It might not work and lg tools will probably detect the phone as the international version but it is worth a try. I am willing to try it... But first I need to get my hands on a LS991 G4.
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I went as far as trying internat Firmwares modified. Nogo. I have looked and compared coding on unlocked and locked bootloaders and cant be done just by hacks. If u were to get internat firmware to boot still have to give lg the unlock code and iemi Which they have in a database and comes back to a sprint varient
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l33tlinuxh4x0r said:
Why don't we try to get someone that has an unlocked bootloader for the G4 like the international version to dd the bootloader partititon and then upload it here. Then we just dd it back to our Sprint G4 using root. It might not work and lg tools will probably detect the phone as the international version but it is worth a try. I am willing to try it... But first I need to get my hands on a LS991 G4.
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I went as far as trying internat Firmwares modified. Nogo. I have looked and compared coding on unlocked and locked bootloaders and cant be done just by hacks. If u were to get internat firmware to boot still have to give lg the unlock code and iemi Which they have in a database and comes back to a sprint varient
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Now no one please dont take me as since i cant do it no one can. In no way am i saying this. Im saying i have tried many of the methods and all end in fails
@TheMadScientist420 you are doing a great job. I too believe in same. ""Nothing is impossible. Just highly unlikely" , I wasted so many hours on lg g4 to get band unlocked . I reached so close, but .. lg, sprint :S lg sucks.
LOOK at htc 10, phone isnt in the market properly and they already have rom and bootloader unlocked even on verizon which doesnt support official bootloader unlock.. lg sucks big time. I like my lg g4 but i am waiting for htc 10 price reduction.
Ive beek kickin it old skool on my international note 1. And a few more i buy sell trade phones of all sorts not much for phone shops in my area so i do quite well but even general public for some reason wont buy my g4 even with 6 month lg warranty left.
I want another g3. Thats where lg started losin it. I still got my g2. But its more a sentimental phone now i keep put up
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Ive beek kickin it old skool on my international note 1. And a few more i buy sell trade phones of all sorts not much for phone shops in my area so i do quite well but even general public for some reason wont buy my g4 even with 6 month lg warranty left.
I want another g3. Thats where lg started losin it. I still got my g2. But its more a sentimental phone now i keep put up
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its 100% true. LG, lack of marketing, locked bootloader, poor strategies probably killing LG.
I trade phones, too,i buy phones from usa probably sprint, verizon, uscellular phones, but unfortunately, lg upset me. very few people actually want it.
few days ago i compared it side by side with note 5, i was surprised display quality looks much more better then note 5, front camera also better. back camera distant views were much more clear on lg g4. sound of lg g4 was better :s i guess except battery backup, lg g4 was worth then samsung note 5
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besides the chinese connection which may or may not be working , I dont need the spam nor do I need links having access to PP accounts . I guess my Moto X will continue to be a paperweight , My Note OG will continue to be my DD , since it has never failed me . Too bad Android is going the way of the proprietory scams (apple,windows ) and I dont blame the Devs like some people in here , , ya gotta figure if Microsoft, Google, Apple or HP ,Oracle see's what these guys are doing and says "I want that kid " , "yore hred kid , but you cant release anymore code to the public, trust me you'll be compensated well" , why wouldnt they take that offer ?
Just wish there was something else we could do ?
Get the Dev Edition
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It's AT&T that refuses to allow Motorola to unlock their model ...
I've seen nothing but happy customers from the Chinese code seller...the phones he could unlock anyway.
So a bit of spam, or an unlocked bootloader..... Seems most go for the unlock.
As said, dev edition is your only other choice. Sell the one you have and you'll be most of the way to the DE cost.
I don't know of anyone on here who has gotten any spam using the PayPal method with the Chinese guy. If you don't have an unlockable version or a dev version, it will likely be the only possibility ever. Motorola have locked these things down tight.
Vintage144 said:
I guess my Moto X will continue to be a paperweight
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Just wish there was something else we could do ?
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Well, you could start by buying phones that actually suit your needs. Some versions of the X were bootloader-locked. This was known from the outset. So whose fault is it that you own a "paperweight"? It's not the developers, or Google, or Microsoft, or anyone else.
You could have bought a dev edition. You could have bought from a carrier who allowed unlocking. You could have skipped the X altogether... so, why?
I'd like it if Big Red offered more unlockable phones, but I go into any phone purchase with eyes wide open. I decided the Moto X suited my needs even bootloader-locked. So you won't hear any complaints from me: it's my own fault if I don't like it. I don't hear a lot of Ford F350 owners complaining about their gas mileage, and there aren't a lot of Prius drivers that think their car is a paperweight because it can't haul a boat.
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I dont need the spam nor do I need links having access to PP accounts
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I used the Chinese PayPal method and haven't received any spam what so ever, only a single email with my code. Would highly recommend that option to anyone.
wasnt referring to spam from the chinese guy and that would be the option Id take , as for the paperweight , should have stayed with stuff I know like Samsung and HTC anyway , theyve never let me down , there isnt some are some arent!
No disrespect intended.....but you didn't like the X three months ago even, why haven't you just sold it????
Just curious.
I used the chinese MM method. Sent the payment via paypal as instructed and received the code less than 24 hrs later.
Unlocked BL, rooted phone, and installed GravityBox today. Noticed literally no extra lag so far and the increase in functionality, customization, and my satisfaction of the phone has increased exponentially.
If you're worried about spam, can't you just make a temporary email account?
jamesino said:
I used the chinese MM method. Sent the payment via paypal as instructed and received the code less than 24 hrs later.
Unlocked BL, rooted phone, and installed GravityBox today. Noticed literally no extra lag so far and the increase in functionality, customization, and my satisfaction of the phone has increased exponentially.
If you're worried about spam, can't you just make a temporary email account?
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Where can I find that Chinese mm method?
androiddoglover6969 said:
Where can I find that Chinese mm method?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x/general/china-middleman-t2751177
Only generally works with phone made in 2014 though. Check the lower right corner of the sticker on your box for the manufacture date.
jamesino said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x/general/china-middleman-t2751177
Only generally works with phone made in 2014 though. Check the lower right corner of the sticker on your box for the manufacture date.
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Semi off topic:
If I rooted my phone to 4.4.2. and I have a bootloader locked, doing a factory reset will entitle me to keep my root? Or will I lose it?
And what if I do a factory reset on my rooted moto x on 4.4.2 when my bootloader is unlocked. Will I be able to keep my root when doing factory reset? I am trying to get rid of this "com.motorola.process.system" because I've tried wiping cache and dalvik and safemode and date and time method doesn't work.
androiddoglover6969 said:
Semi off topic:
If I rooted my phone to 4.4.2. and I have a bootloader locked, doing a factory reset will entitle me to keep my root? Or will I lose it?
And what if I do a factory reset on my rooted moto x on 4.4.2 when my bootloader is unlocked. Will I be able to keep my root when doing factory reset? I am trying to get rid of this "com.motorola.process.system" because I've tried wiping cache and dalvik and safemode and date and time method doesn't work.
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See my reply to this same question you asked in another thread. You're out-of-luck.
Please follow my instructions in the other thread. You'll have to re-flash the stock 4.4.2 rom, and you will NOT be getting root back without BL unlock.
Sorry...its posted all over this forum that you cannot take the 4.4.2 OTA - it patches the BL exploits we used.
samwathegreat said:
See my reply to this same question you asked in another thread. You're out-of-luck.
Please follow my instructions in the other thread. You'll have to re-flash the stock 4.4.2 rom, and you will NOT be getting root back without BL unlock.
Sorry...its posted all over this forum that you cannot take the 4.4.2 OTA - it patches the BL exploits we used.
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I didn't take the 4.4.2 OTA...
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samwathegreat said:
See my reply to this same question you asked in another thread. You're out-of-luck.
Please follow my instructions in the other thread. You'll have to re-flash the stock 4.4.2 rom, and you will NOT be getting root back without BL unlock.
Sorry...its posted all over this forum that you cannot take the 4.4.2 OTA - it patches the BL exploits we used.
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Alright. Just bought the unlock bootloader service.
If you want a bootloader unlock for AT&T Moto X, you could just get the Rogers Moto X.
They are both XT1058 and the Rogers one is bootloader unlockable on the Motorola website. I unlocked 3 there myself.
scorpion667 said:
If you want a bootloader unlock for AT&T Moto X, you could just get the Rogers Moto X.
They are both XT1058 and the Rogers one is bootloader unlockable on the Motorola website. I unlocked 3 there myself.
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Good call, but hopefully that'll be useful for those with that 1058 model. I am on XT1049.
scorpion667 said:
If you want a bootloader unlock for AT&T Moto X, you could just get the Rogers Moto X.
They are both XT1058 and the Rogers one is bootloader unlockable on the Motorola website. I unlocked 3 there myself.
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That's what I have. Unlocked on moto site.
On the tmo lg g4
Yes. Enable OEM unlock on the dev options.
20degrees said:
Yes. Enable OEM unlock on the dev options.
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Lucky us then
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With the TMO version unlocked you'd think we'd have a simpler root method than flashing the entire /system partition, wouldn't you?
Barsky said:
With the TMO version unlocked you'd think we'd have a simpler root method than flashing the entire /system partition, wouldn't you?
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There is. Check the dev section
Edit: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3172936
[TOOL] One Click TWRP (No root needed)
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coolmaster121 said:
There is. Check the dev section
Edit: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3172936
[TOOL] One Click TWRP (No root needed)
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Great. Thanks
G4 newbie here, so the bootloader is fully unlocked on the T-Mobile version then? You don't have to do the official LG Developer unlock method that currently only the 815 EUR model can do?
When ROMs drop, you have full access to the phone? Just want to confirm, I had a non EUR model on AT&T that worked great, but was sick of not having any access to the system. Does the H811 have the bands required for AT&T?
Fully unlocked. No LG dev stuff.
20degrees said:
Fully unlocked. No LG dev stuff.
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Question to anyone willing to answer:
How did people figure out that enabling OEM unlock made the bootloader be unlocked on the T-Mobile variant? I'm wondering because we have very little info on the H812 variant to determine if this technique would work. And please don't give me that canned answer "IT ONLY WORKS ON H815 and H811", as I know what I'm doing... I just want to understand why the H811 T-Mobile is different and if other more obscure variants could also have this solution.
Thanks!
I Attempted to flash the twrp one click recovery to my friends LG G4 H811 TMOBILE, I went to developer mode, checked the box to OEM UNLOCK, and whenever the phone reboots to Fastboot or Download mode, if done by the H811 one click bat script, the phone only reboots regularly, if i manually adb reboot-fastboot then the screen shows a barcode, and the phones IMEI number. Whats up with this?
pr0xych41ns said:
I Attempted to flash the twrp one click recovery to my friends LG G4 H811 TMOBILE, I went to developer mode, checked the box to OEM UNLOCK, and whenever the phone reboots to Fastboot or Download mode, if done by the H811 one click bat script, the phone only reboots regularly, if i manually adb reboot-fastboot then the screen shows a barcode, and the phones IMEI number. Whats up with this?
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If you want root H81110N, just go this route. Much easier and works. http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-g4/development/h81110n-stock-rooted-image-t3191038
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karendar said:
Question to anyone willing to answer:
How did people figure out that enabling OEM unlock made the bootloader be unlocked on the T-Mobile variant? I'm wondering because we have very little info on the H812 variant to determine if this technique would work. And please don't give me that canned answer "IT ONLY WORKS ON H815 and H811", as I know what I'm doing... I just want to understand why the H811 T-Mobile is different and if other more obscure variants could also have this solution.
Thanks!
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The H811 Tmo is different because the carrier, TMO, decided to allow it to be unlocked. That is pretty much all there is to it. I am sure that is frustrating to non H815 and H811 owners.
coolmaster121 said:
Originally Posted by Barsky
With the TMO version unlocked you'd think we'd have a simpler root method than flashing the entire /system partition, wouldn't you?
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There is. Check the dev section
Edit: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3172936
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The first post in that thread says:
"T-Mobile USA LG G4 H811 10H. WILL NOT WORK ON 10N."
I have the 10N. I also don't have a Windows computer. Where can I find instructions for obtaining root? (I prefer a manual method using Linux commands if possible.)
I picked up the Best Buy unlocked version. Which I assumed was the Android One version(?) but I'm not seeing anything about it on this phone. Anyways, I'm not familiar with some of the lingo for this phone in the threads, so I'm not sure what to look for compatibility-wise. I came from the S9+ so I have to figure all that out. Is it bootloader unlockable, and rootable? Is it the A1 version? Is there a benefit to changing the firmware to A1(if that's even possible, running 8.1)?
Thanks for all the input.
Android One has the badge or logo on the back. You can use Motorola's website to definitively determine if your phone call be unlocked. Typically, the one from Amazon isn't.
Neffy27 said:
Android One has the badge or logo on the back. You can use Motorola's website to definitively determine if your phone call be unlocked. Typically, the one from Amazon isn't.
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To be clear, you're talking about the bootloader? The phone itself is the best buy unlocked version. I really would like to flash Android One on it, as long as everything is working correctly.
I don't know of anything else besides "unlock of bootloader".
Just be aware, there's no return from unlock of bootloader. You do that process, safety net is broken and modified flag is tripped. There are no factory signed official images provided by Lenovo. If all steps are followed to a T from these forums, phone will always be functional. You have ways around safety net via Magisk if Google Pay is important to you.
Neffy27 said:
I don't know of anything else besides "unlock of bootloader".
Just be aware, there's no return from unlock of bootloader. You do that process, safety net is broken and modified flag is tripped. There are no factory signed official images provided by Lenovo. If all steps are followed to a T from these forums, phone will always be functional. You have ways around safety net via Magisk if Google Pay is important to you.
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I meant as in sim unlocked. Do I need the bootloader unlocked in order to root or flash A1? If I unlock it will I still receive updates and function a normal if I keep it stock rom?
I have been trying to find up to date directions to unlock the bootloader on my phone with absolutely no luck. No where does it say a compatible unlock to work with the new 8.1 software. I would love to install A1 on my sim unlocked version of my x4. I can't find an up to date version to root or anything. It's so annoying that I am about to just return this phone and buy something else. The development for it on here is ridiculous. The communication and instructions are just as bad.
Nickdroid86 said:
I have been trying to find up to date directions to unlock the bootloader on my phone with absolutely no luck. No where does it say a compatible unlock to work with the new 8.1 software. I would love to install A1 on my sim unlocked version of my x4. I can't find an up to date version to root or anything. It's so annoying that I am about to just return this phone and buy something else. The development for it on here is ridiculous. The communication and instructions are just as bad.
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You're obviously not looking hard enough and clearly your first time with an A/B partition phone. Motorola has their website to unlock the bootloader. One quick Google, first result: https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/standalone/bootloader/unlock-your-device-a
Install twrp, and you can flash root of your choice. Magisk or SuperSU. https://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x4/how-to/guide-how-to-root-moto-x4-install-twrp-t3806460
Not sure what you mean by ridiculous. A few people have been hard at work to give us 3 custom ROMs already.
Not to mention the instructions to get a specific stock firmware flashed.
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Nickdroid86 said:
I meant as in sim unlocked. Do I need the bootloader unlocked in order to root or flash A1? If I unlock it will I still receive updates and function a normal if I keep it stock rom?
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The phone will work with any sim. Though recommend you verify the bands the phone is compatible with the carrier of choice. Unlocking bootloader as it's been said multiple times in these forums, breaks OTAs. Topjohnwu has guide around it:
https://github.com/topjohnwu/Magisk/blob/master/docs/tips.md
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Or just then the phone.
Neffy27 said:
You're obviously not looking hard enough and clearly your first time with an A/B partition phone. Motorola has their website to unlock the bootloader. One quick Google, first result: https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/standalone/bootloader/unlock-your-device-a
Install twrp, and you can flash root of your choice. Magisk or SuperSU. https://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x4/how-to/guide-how-to-root-moto-x4-install-twrp-t3806460
Not sure what you mean by ridiculous. A few people have been hard at work to give us 3 custom ROMs already.
Not to mention the instructions to get a specific stock firmware flashed.
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The phone will work with any sim. Though recommend you verify the bands the phone is compatible with the carrier of choice. Unlocking bootloader as it's been said multiple times in these forums, breaks OTAs. Topjohnwu has guide around it:
https://github.com/topjohnwu/Magisk/blob/master/docs/tips.md
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Or just then the phone.
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I'm not finding anything saying it's compatible with certain build numbers and/or 8.1 and I'm not looking to brick my phone which seems like people are. I can do a quick Google search but it's not going to say what's compatible.
Nickdroid86 said:
I'm not finding anything saying it's compatible with certain build numbers and/or 8.1 and I'm not looking to brick my phone which seems like people are. I can do a quick Google search but it's not going to say what's compatible.
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FWIW, I picked up a carrier unlocked Moto X4 from Best Buy this morning and I was able to get a bootloader unlock code from the Motorola site, install Magisk & restore apps via TitaniumBackup. YMMV.
Nickdroid86 said:
I'm not finding anything saying it's compatible with certain build numbers and/or 8.1 and I'm not looking to brick my phone which seems like people are. I can do a quick Google search but it's not going to say what's compatible.
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I'm not understanding what you're saying. Is what compatible? The build number is firmware related which is what I'm assuming you want to switch, between firmwares.
Why don't I see anyone talking about V40 Verizon, I have one, firmware V405UA20f and it doesn't have fastboot, can't enable oem unlock in deverlop setting. It's like using an iPhone lock. So what should I do if I want to root it and install a new rom?
Thanks
ShanaSGC said:
Why don't I see anyone talking about V40 Verizon, I have one, firmware V405UA20f and it doesn't have fastboot, can't enable oem unlock in deverlop setting. It's like using an iPhone lock. So what should I do if I want to root it and install a new rom?
Thanks
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I've been a longtime rooter of cell phones, ever since the LG Ally. This particular phone doesn't seem to beg to be rooted, in my honest opinion. There is so much that can be done without rooting, and it also affords one to backup the phone on the external SD card. I can quite happily live with the phone as is in stock form.
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Einsteindks said:
I've been a longtime rooter of cell phones, ever since the LG Ally. This particular phone doesn't seem to beg to be rooted, in my honest opinion. There is so much that can be done without rooting, and it also affords one to backup the phone on the external SD card. I can quite happily live with the phone as is in stock form.
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Yes, thanks for your opinion, I'm fine with the original rom, but I'm a little worried about the battery and customizations in my phone, I want to fix something. There must still be another way to root?
ShanaSGC said:
Yes, thanks for your opinion, I'm fine with the original rom, but I'm a little worried about the battery and customizations in my phone, I want to fix something. There must still be another way to root?
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I never get US Carrier phones because they hate root and will try anyway to try disable or remove something so you cant do it, because they want you to use as is and they sucks with optimizations for new OS and slows down phone. This is why I get the US Unlocked model when LG releases it but sadly the V50 did not get a US Unlocked so Ill get the V60 if it does.
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I never get US Carrier phones because they hate root and will try anyway to try disable or remove something so you cant do it, because they want you to use as is and they sucks with optimizations for new OS and slows down phone. This is why I get the US Unlocked model when LG releases it but sadly the V50 did not get a US Unlocked so Ill get the V60 if it does.
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Hope it does, btw I am in Vietnam and I can use Vietnam sim, so my phone is the unlocked version, isn't it?
Cause my phone still have Verizon app so im not sure
ShanaSGC said:
Hope it does, btw I am in Vietnam and I can use Vietnam sim, so my phone is the unlocked version, isn't it?
Cause my phone still have Verizon app so im not sure
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Theres an international unlocked and an US unlocked model. You can tell by going into about phone and looking what model you have. Your phone was probably sim unlocked if it has verizon apps as an pre installed app. The international unlocked V40 variant should be V405EBW and the US unlocked variant is the V405QA7
So I've got a g977u model. bought it from someone I work with. have bo idea where they got it. Here's the deal. The phone was bought from Verizon because I live in the United states. it fuxked up 2 verizon sim cards when I got it. The phone still isn't paid off. But. att and tmobile and us cellular sim cards work in the phone. There is no "OEM unlock" option in developers options. but I didn't do anything special to get the other sim cards to work. JUST INSTALLED THEM. I want to root the phone but can't find a clear method. everything I find always states to toggle OEM unlock. I'm guessing this phone is already unlocked. Because it is working on other carriers. FULLY. DATA AND call/MMS.
Do I need to downgrade to pie to get the root complete. AND THEN go through the process of upgrading and patching the new firmware with magisk to get back to the newest firmware. and any clear method to root would be helpful I'm new at this. I would like a hand holding guide but I'll settle for one that isn't totally ambiguous. thanks.
Truff1epig said:
So I've got a g977u model. bought it from someone I work with. have bo idea where they got it. Here's the deal. The phone was bought from Verizon because I live in the United states. it fuxked up 2 verizon sim cards when I got it. The phone still isn't paid off. But. att and tmobile and us cellular sim cards work in the phone. There is no "OEM unlock" option in developers options. but I didn't do anything special to get the other sim cards to work. JUST INSTALLED THEM. I want to root the phone but can't find a clear method. everything I find always states to toggle OEM unlock. I'm guessing this phone is already unlocked. Because it is working on other carriers. FULLY. DATA AND call/MMS.
Do I need to downgrade to pie to get the root complete. AND THEN go through the process of upgrading and patching the new firmware with magisk to get back to the newest firmware. and any clear method to root would be helpful I'm new at this. I would like a hand holding guide but I'll settle for one that isn't totally ambiguous. thanks.
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It is sim unlocked. The bootloader is not unlocked if it holds true it's a permantly locked bootloader to being from a US carrier. You might want to do some more reading since you believe buying a sim unlocked device is the same as bootloader unlocked. No offense intended. But you will want to study a lot better so you do not damage your device trying things that would not be compatible.
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I may be wrong on the perm locked bootloader but in the past they have been in the US
My OP was all inquiry.
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It is sim unlocked. The bootloader is not unlocked if it holds true it's a permantly locked bootloader to being from a US carrier. You might want to do some more reading since you believe buying a sim unlocked device is the same as bootloader unlocked. No offense intended. But you will want to study a lot better so you do not damage your device trying things that would not be compatible.
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I may be wrong on the perm locked bootloader but in the past they have been in the US
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That entire post was asking questions. Because I don't fully understand about the unlocked bootloader. everything I'd read that I could find on the the 5g s10 kept.referring.to the OEM unlock option in developer settings. Which on my phone it's not there. So I was asking.if that meant it was OEM unlocked because I am.able.to use t mobile, att sim cards on my phone. Yes it sometimes has a notification that says the inseeted8 sim card is not from Verizon. but it.is easily dismissws away and the phone data and.talk continue to work. So maybe it is my fault I didn't ask plainly enough but if.it isn't oem.unlocked then how am.i able to use it on other carriers. Fully. and.is that not some.sort of chance if only a slim one that the phone is bootable. I mean I can read and read until my eyes hurt but the learning goes better if I have something real going on in my hands. even all my bull**** burner Android.phones seem to be models that don't have a root method. so again any actual help you could offer aside from your encouraging first message would be very helpful. stay COVIID free!
Truff1epig said:
That entire post was asking questions. Because I don't fully understand about the unlocked bootloader. everything I'd read that I could find on the the 5g s10 kept.referring.to the OEM unlock option in developer settings. Which on my phone it's not there. So I was asking.if that meant it was OEM unlocked because I am.able.to use t mobile, att sim cards on my phone. Yes it sometimes has a notification that says the inseeted8 sim card is not from Verizon. but it.is easily dismissws away and the phone data and.talk continue to work. So maybe it is my fault I didn't ask plainly enough but if.it isn't oem.unlocked then how am.i able to use it on other carriers. Fully. and.is that not some.sort of chance if only a slim one that the phone is bootable. I mean I can read and read until my eyes hurt but the learning goes better if I have something real going on in my hands. even all my bull**** burner Android.phones seem to be models that don't have a root method. so again any actual help you could offer aside from your encouraging first message would be very helpful. stay COVIID free!
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you need to go read some more.. you are trying to mix sim unlock with bl unlock which r two very different things.. no ur not oem unlocked and u dont see it cuz its not an option for u.. if ur phones sim unlocked then go use it on w.e carrier u want but oem unlock doesnt mean anything in regardsto using ur phone on other carriers..
and no, root is also not possible