Hey folks. Got a Dev edition here, which as I understand is easy to unlock. Question is must I lose my data when doing so? And if yes, how can I backup before unlocking? If I had root, I would run titanium backup, but given that I can't get root until I unlock, this seems like a chicken and egg problem....
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Yes, doing the. Mfastboot oem unlock will factory reset the phone. You will lose apps and data. I am not familiar with a way (while not rooted) to back up everything and restore after unlocking such that everything is the same.
I may be wrong.....just going from memory of what I've read, but I think an app called helium can backup without root. Then you'd need to transfer the backup off the phone, cause everything is gone when you unlock. Pics too.
Hm. Can anyone confirm this happens for sure? On the Galaxy Nexus, people said the same thing but it turned out that if you just typed fastboot oem unlock without flashing any partitions that no data was actually erased. I just can't understand why unlocking would be linked to erasing.
Thanks!
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zAlbee said:
Hm. Can anyone confirm this happens for sure? On the Galaxy Nexus, people said the same thing but it turned out that if you just typed fastboot oem unlock without flashing any partitions that no data was actually erased. I just can't understand why unlocking would be linked to erasing.
Thanks!
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Unlocking erases everything. On any device I've owned. The x for sure.
Why? Dunno. Lol
Unlocking the bootloader will reset the phone back to factory fresh condition as stated. When I unlocked my Moto X it was factory reset. Same for when I unlocked the bootloader in my Nexus 10, Droid Razr M, Incredible and Eris. I think this is the normal behavior.
There are ways to back up your data and apps even without an unlocked or rooted phone. There is a toolkit in this forum somewhere for the Moto X that will do that as well as a market app (Helium?). I used the toolkit here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x/development/tool-moto-x-toolkit-v1-2-1-t2477132
But I did that while at 4.4, before the OTA update to 4.4.2.
Any tool to recover files from a recently formatted device by unlocking the bootloader? thanks.
No. "Format" means "Blotto Everything". That's exactly what happens.
IMO seems to be a commercial "feature" more than a technical limitation. The simply want to discourage you to unlock the bootlader. All along the process, there is a warning message telling you that unlocking the bootloader will make the phone less secure. A subliminal message from Xiaomi : Blessed be the freely included uninstallable without root - and by extention unlocking the bootloader... D'oh!- bloatware package ! Or go to hell with your data if you dare to spit on it!
If you are able to install twrp, does that mean that the phone is already unlocked? I've already deleted my stock android and I couldn't see any options there at all of unlocking the oem directly in the settings, but I was able to install twrp itself (2.6).
Dear Community,
I recently decided to unlock my bootloader and so I backed up my TA partiton/DRM Keys and went ahead. Today, I reflashed stock marshmallow to get rid of my custom ROM, and I re-rooted so that I could restore my TA partition. I restored my TA partition via the Back-up TA v9.11 tool, that completed successfully, but I'm unsure whether my bootloader has now been locked, or if it is still locked. Does restoring the TA partition automatically re-lock the bootloader or is an additional step required?
My aim for the whole process was to lock my bootloader and flash the Concept software?
P.S. In my device config settings it now says 'Bootloader Unlock allowed: yes'.
Thanks in advance.
I managed to unbrick my Iphone now I lost the identification by fingerprint, and I do not know how to recover a restore by hisuite is possible, is it possible to reblock the bootloader?
hi, i wanted to unlocked the bootloder of my note 8,
is there any way to retain data and unlock bootloader?
or create a image of /data to restore later?
i just need my data to survive any how.
Not really, you need good backups.
AFAIK you need a custom recovery, meaning an unlocked bootloader, to create a full partition backup, there are people claiming you can make a partial backup through adb but I've never tried it.
Just back as much of your data as you can to google and make a local backup file from settings and every app that has that option and hope you won't loose much.
vinay said:
hi, i wanted to unlocked the bootloder of my note 8,
is there any way to retain data and unlock bootloader?
or create a image of /data to restore later?
i just need my data to survive any how.
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Simple answer: NO.
Bootloader is locked for security purpose. When you unlock it you get a back door(kind of). Which gives you access to data and other stuffs. That is why backing up data before unlocking bootloader is not possible.
But you can backup photos, videos, whatsapp chat things like these.
Is there any way to unlock bootloader without data loss?
Idk somesort of linux kernel exploit? (It runs hecking old kernel)
Thanks for any response in advance!
Ok sooo, on this model i somehow menaged to unlock without a wipe.
I'm not sure how?
I just followed normal unlock steps but decided to turn off phone instead of reset.