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Hi all!!!
I'm considering to buy the Moto X, I have a couple if questions though:
If I unlock the bootloader through Motorola, does root become easier (I realize that it isn't simple otherwise)
Is the bootloader relockable?
If I unlock a brand new phone, I won't lose anything, correct? You only lose what you install other than stock, is that correct?
Thanx all in advance...
shaya4207 said:
Hi all!!!
I'm considering to buy the Moto X, I have a couple if questions though:
If I unlock the bootloader through Motorola, does root become easier (I realize that it isn't simple otherwise)
Is the bootloader relockable?
If I unlock a brand new phone, I won't lose anything, correct? You only lose what you install other than stock, is that correct?
Thanx all in advance...
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1. Yes if you unlock all you have to do is flash a custom recovery and supersu. Pwnmymoto is pretty easy too, though.
2. Yes but I don't think that will give you back your warranty
3. Unlocking will basically do a factory reset in the device. So if it's brand new and you haven't used it yet you won't lose anything. But if it's already set up and being used be sure to save anything important before you unlock.
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Thanx!!! Isn't there an issue with PwnMyMoto with the camera update? Also it's safe to assume that once rooted WiFi tethering (like with FoxFi) will work, correct?
shaya4207 said:
Thanx!!! Isn't there an issue with PwnMyMoto with the camera update? Also it's safe to assume that once rooted WiFi tethering (like with FoxFi) will work, correct?
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i would suggest replying to someone if you want them to respond to you otherwise it won't show up in their notifications if they aren't subscribed to the thread.
PwnMyMoto didn't screw up the camera update. It was built for the android OS that came stock on the phone. Maintaining root through the OTA/ camera update is difficult currently. But that is partly because all of the info on the updates haven't been released yet. As time goes on and things develop and those smarter than me decide to get things done we should be able to maintain root through the update and future updates with no problems. Also, safestrap was recently released and is working through bugs but it will be fully functional soon and we will be able to use roms through them and not take the updates.
wifi tethering only matters on vza at least if you have unlimited data. Otherwise, they don't charge to wifi tether anymore. you just can't go above your data limit. But yes, rooting allow those 3rd party tethering apps to work. They may even work without root actually. But with root you can change the stock tethering app and keep your carrier from knowing you are tethering.
@jayboyyyy Thanx!!!
Does it present any security issues to unlock a bootloader without rooting? I don't mean if you lose your phone, I mean is there a security issue with any apps you install?
That's always a risk. Read playstore comments before installing anything.
Has nothing to do with being rooted or not...or boot loader state.
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Cozume said:
Does it present any security issues to unlock a bootloader without rooting? I don't mean if you lose your phone, I mean is there a security issue with any apps you install?
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You could have asked at AC and I would answer it over there.
Unlocking bootloader and/or running custom recovery is a big risk. When you unlocked bootloader, all the partitions in your phone can be accessed and modified. I can flash custom recovery to your phone. Custom recovery give full root access to the phone. It is then easily possible to copy all your data from the phone and also disable the lock for your phone. Although if you encrypt your phone, then custom recovery will require the password to give access to the /data partition, which is where all the user datas are. I guess if someone is determine enough, then they can make an image copy of your phone and try to decrypt it.
If you want to keep your data safe, disable USB Debugging (because exploits can be used with ADB to gain access to the phone), use stock recovery and lock bootloader. However, if the phone brick then you can't get back your data in the phone.
eksasol said:
Unlocking bootloader and/or running custom recovery is a big risk. When you unlocked bootloader, all the partitions in your phone can be accessed and modified.
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but can an app do this? And if so, what permissions would the app need to do this. Also, I am not talking about flashing a custom recovery; just an unlocked bootloader.
eksasol said:
If you want to keep your data safe, disable USB Debugging (because exploits can be used with ADB to gain access to the phone), use stock recovery and lock bootloader.
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but can an app do harm to your phone if you have USB debugging enabled? I know a person who finds your phone can. I am asking about apps.
Cozume said:
but can an app do this? And if so, what permissions would the app need to do this. Also, I am not talking about flashing a custom recovery; just an unlocked bootloader.
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If the phone isn't root, then probably not, unless there is some security holes it can exploit. With root it is possible to modify the whole system. Motorola and HTC have an extra layer to prevent simple root to modify the system partition, but as you can see, just visit dev section if you want to remove it.
but can an app do harm to your phone if you have USB debugging enabled? I know a person who finds your phone can. I am asking about apps.
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It is possible for apps to get access to sensitive data and change system settings with USB Debugging enabled. Helium required it turned on to make backup of your contacts, sms and apps data for example.
If you have an older Android phone, you don't need to do anything except to enable USB Debugging and run a program to install root. But we're trusting apps like SuperUser and SuperSU to control apps access to root, so that's a layer of protection. But KitKat is much safer now.
You don't need root to install malware and virus to your phone. Just download an infected app or use unreliable app stores like Aptoide. Also if you have the option "Unknown sources" enabled, which almost all of us do, the app can utilize it to automatically install other apps in the background.
Point I'm trying to make is, if the phone have unlocked bootloader, or even locked bootloader with custom recovery, and someone else have a hold of it, then all bets are off.
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If the phone isn't root, then probably not, unless there is some security holes it can exploit. With root it is possible to modify the whole system.
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great, that is what I want to know. I knew a human being in possession of your phone could do more damage if it were unlocked, which is why I got rid of the bootloader unlocked warning message.
BTW - do you know if flashing the original kit kat boot logo to replace the bootloader warning message presents a problem for accepting the OTA update to 4.4.2?
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Motorola and HTC have an extra layer to prevent simple root to modify the system partition, but as you can see, just visit dev section if you want to remove it.
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Ok so then on my Moto X, since flashing a new logo doesn't even require root, it shouldn't have affected any system files and then it would be safe to take the OTA after removing the bootloader unlocked warning?
eksasol said:
It is possible for apps to get access to sensitive data and change system settings with USB Debugging enabled. Helium required it turned on to make backup of your contacts, sms and apps data for example.
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good to know!
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But we're trusting apps like SuperUser and SuperSU to control apps access to root, so that's a layer of protection.
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ok, that is how I understand it. Unless I give the app access to root through SuperSU, it can't.
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But KitKat is much safer now.
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why is this?
eksasol said:
Also if you have the option "Unknown sources" enabled, which almost all of us do, the app can utilize it to automatically install other apps in the background.
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thanks, Amazon app store required that to be enabled to load apps from their app store.
Cozume said:
great, that is what I want to know. I knew a human being in possession of your phone could do more damage if it were unlocked, which is why I got rid of the bootloader unlocked warning message.
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BTW - do you know if flashing the original kit kat boot logo to replace the bootloader warning message presents a problem for accepting the OTA update to 4.4.2?
Ok so then on my Moto X, since flashing a new logo doesn't even require root, it shouldn't have affected any system files and then it would be safe to take the OTA after removing the bootloader unlocked warning?
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That depend on the checking that the dev put in the OTA package. On the Nexus device, if you are missing any original system APK, modify the radio partition, modify GPS setting file, or modify the build.prop, etc, the OTA will fail. So I assume the same with Moto X OTA. The safest bet is to make sure all the partition are original first (except the /data partition where your data resides) before receiving an OTA.
ok, that is how I understand it. Unless I give the app access to root through SuperSU, it can't.
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Yes. The actual component of root isn't the SuperSU app, but a 'su' binary. Without the SuperSU app, anything can have full fledged root access. You need SuperSU to control that access.
why is this?
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For many reason, I'm not a developer so I can only talk about what I know and seen from a user perspective. It used to be that you can flash an exploited update.zip to modify the stock recovery of Android, in order to make it ignore the package signatures, so the recovery could flash any package without the correct signature. Now there are no such exploits for latest stock recovery. With USB Debugging enabled in Android 4.3 or newer, it would not even allow access when connected to a PC unless you accept to trust that PC in a pop up dialog in the phone, I'm not sure if it's mean the phone is totally invulnerable to exploits (like memory overflow), you'll have to ask someone smarter. Also apps like Framaroot that I just linked won't work anymore.
eksasol said:
That depend on the checking that the dev put in the OTA package. On the Nexus device, if you are missing any original system APK, modify the radio partition, modify GPS setting file, or modify the build.prop, etc, the OTA will fail. So I assume the same with Moto X OTA. The safest bet is to make sure all the partition are original first (except the /data partition where your data resides) before receiving an OTA. My guess is if you tried it with modified logo it will either fail or overwrite it.
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OK, I think I am going to unroot and flash back to stock just to be sure.
Thanks again! I would hit the thanks button but I used up all my thanks today and it won't let me.
Cozume said:
OK, I think I am going to unroot and flash back to stock just to be sure.
Thanks again! I would hit the thanks button but I used up all my thanks today and it won't let me.
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You already gave me enough thanks at AC.
eksasol said:
You already gave me enough thanks at AC.
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what is your user name there?
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what is your user name there?
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someguy
Why so paranoid? Have you read any posts on xda of such things....I haven't.
If you are sideloading apps the risk increases for sure. But apps on the play store would have tonnes of comments about it if the app was screwing up the system.
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someguy
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ok great!
kj2112 said:
Why so paranoid? Have you read any posts on xda of such things....I haven't.
If you are sideloading apps the risk increases for sure. But apps on the play store would have tonnes of comments about it if the app was screwing up the system.
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I am just trying to understand how all of this works.
Okay one thing why are you trying to unlock the bootloader without rooting?? Or did I read everything wrong? And yes unlocking the bootloader allows you to write to every partition of the phone. Except when HTC and you're s-on you have to manually flash the boot.img via fastboot. But with moto. There is no point in unlocking the bootloader if you're not doing anything. Two it voids your warranty. Three it can disable functions on your phone like features, camera options I think and yeah etc. But if you follow instructions you won't have any problems ever rooting or shouldn't if you semi have a brain and know how to follow instructions if not well you can somewhat brick :$ I don't mess with moto much but I have. Sorry this thread was in my latest and scrolling through xda. Lol. You can unlock you're phone straight from the moto website. But if you're not rooting. Eh no point.
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I just read this thread, particularly page 2 why we can't relock the Motorola bootloader (yet it seems), unlike Nexus devices, I think it's really bad for security.
edit: link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2575586&page=2
pball52998 said:
Okay one thing why are you trying to unlock the bootloader without rooting??
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I rooted but a friend of mine is unlocked but not rooted. She wanted to be unlocked because it wipes your device so wanted to do it before she got the phone all set up. She is afraid of rooting. Anyhow, maybe she shouldn't have unlocked but she did.
pball52998 said:
There is no point in unlocking the bootloader if you're not doing anything. Two it voids your warranty.
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She has the dev ed so it doesn't void her warranty. And she may want to Wifi tether in the future so I told her she needs to unlock and root for that so get the dev ed. She did and unlocked but is afraid to go any further.
pball52998 said:
You can unlock you're phone straight from the moto website. But if you're not rooting. Eh no point.
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It increases the phone's resale value to unlock it.
eksasol said:
I just read this thread, particularly page 2 why we can't relock the Motorola bootloader (yet it seems), unlike Nexus devices, I think it's really bad for security.
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I thought I saw a thread where someone could relock the Moto X bootloader.
And what about this?
Re-Lock Your Bootloader
It should just be a command like fastboot_oem_lock or something but idk. And two if she has the dev edition. Root that thing!!! XD that's what it's for!! Just install twrp via goo manager. Wipe factory reset all that good stuff. After making a back up. Notice after backing up. Then flashing rom and gapps In that order. I mean its a lot easier than htc rezound or htc one, htc in general and such lol.
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Wipe factory reset all that good stuff. After making a back up.
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well, I didn't wipe and do a factory reset when I rooted so I guess I did it wrong, lol! That is what she is afraid of - not doing it right and messing up her phone.
And I don't have a backup, but do I really need one if I can flash the factory images?
I used this method after I unlocked with sunshine to remove king-root and replace it with SuperSU. It worked great for me. Kingroot is gone and i have a permanent root and SuperSU installed. I was wondering if there is someone else who has unlocked their boot-loader and not yet installed TWRP who can give it a shot to see if my expereince was a fluke or the norm. It would be a nice addition for people who want root but don't want TWRP installed for one reason or another.
I used the second link in his post.
Replace_Kinguser_with_SuperSU-v2.4.zip
http://www.w0lfdroid.com/2015/05/How-to-Remove-Replace-KingUser-KingRoot-with-SuperSU.html
Thank you
HT123 said:
I used this method after I unlocked with sunshine to remove king-root and replace it with SuperSU. It worked great for me. Kingroot is gone and i have a permanent root and SuperSU installed. I was wondering if there is someone else who has unlocked their boot-loader and not yet installed TWRP who can give it a shot to see if my expereince was a fluke or the norm. It would be a nice addition for people who want root but don't want TWRP installed for one reason or another.
I used the second link in his post.
Replace_Kinguser_with_SuperSU-v2.4.zip
http://www.w0lfdroid.com/2015/05/How-to-Remove-Replace-KingUser-KingRoot-with-SuperSU.html
Thank you
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I previously used the above method you posted to permanent root an LG Transpyre on 5.1.1 that did not have the bootloader unlocked. Glad to see someone else knows about it. :good:
Maybe it will work on a locked bootloader Turbo for those who don't want to unlock their phones but just want root.
classic757 said:
I previously used the above method you posted to permanent root an LG Transpyre on 5.1.1 that did not have the bootloader unlocked. Glad to see someone else knows about it. :good:
Maybe it will work on a locked bootloader Turbo for those who don't want to unlock their phones but just want root.
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Can not unlock booloader root? I do not have a visa. $ 25 is a huge amount to me
Thành67890 said:
Can not unlock booloader root? I do not have a visa. $ 25 is a huge amount to me
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I don't think that is the case.
What I said was you don't need to install a custom recovery.
Give it a shot report back though. Worst that can happen is it does not work.
HT123 said:
I don't think that is the case.
What I said was you don't need to install a custom recovery.
Give it a shot report back though. Worst that can happen is it does not work.
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Agreed. I was just pointing out that I was able to use kingroot and wolfdroid's method to permanent root a phone (albeit an lg phone) that had a locked bootloader. Other people also had success doing that as well on other brands of phones. Will it work on a Turbo with a locked bootloader? IDK. However I would not be surprised if it does. I had a Turbo with a locked bootloader but sold mine else I would try it myself.
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Agreed. I was just pointing out that I was able to use kingroot and wolfdroid's method to permanent root a phone (albeit an lg phone) that had a locked bootloader. Other people also had success doing that as well on other brands of phones. Will it work on a Turbo with a locked bootloader? IDK. However I would not be surprised if it does. I had a Turbo with a locked bootloader but sold mine else I would try it myself.
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I agree, i apologize if it it came off otherwise. I think the question is if the sunshine process removes the protection and allow writing to the system partition. I unlocked prior to making my root permanent so i cant test again but am very interested to see if it works with a locked boot loader
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I agree, i apologize if it it came off otherwise. I think the question is if the sunshine process removes the protection and allow writing to the system partition. I unlocked prior to making my root permanent so i cant test again but am very interested to see if it works with a locked boot loader
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My thinking it that it probably will work because temp root can be obtained on a locked bootloader Turbo with kingroot. It's just that kingroot is unstable and often times does not survive reboot. However, wolfdroid's method is similar to using SuperSu Me(or SuperSume). It removes kingroot and replaces it with SuperSu, which of course is more stable and survives reboot.
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My thinking it that it probably will work because temp root can be obtained on a locked bootloader Turbo with kingroot. It's just that kingroot is unstable and often times does not survive reboot. However, wolfdroid's method is similar to using SuperSu Me(or SuperSume). It removes kingroot and replaces it with SuperSu, which of course is more stable and survives reboot.
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If security is disabled and the system can write to the system partition it will work, if not, then I assume Sunshine disables it in the process of unlocking the boot-loader. Hopefully someone with a stock Turbo who was going to unlock anyway can verify.
Not sure why you wouldn't want a custom recovery. With custom recovery you can make backups of your entire phone image in case you screw something up. Many times in the past I've flashed something that didn't work as I expected. And with ROOT, if you flash something you can screw up something system-related. Very easy to boot back into TWRP recovery and restore the previous day's backup I had made. Like a time machine to erase your mistake.
And it's FREE. Doesn't cost anything.
Yes, with Titanium Backup (a powerful app) you can restore previous versions of an another app. (I choose to save 3 days worth of apps in Titanium Backup.) But with a TWRP custom recovery backup (also called a "nandroid"), you can save and restore the ENTIRE phone, including all system apps, all settings, everything. Very powerful, useful tool.
I wouldn't have a rooted phone without custom recovery. That's one of the main reasons I always buy phones where I can unlock the bootloader -- to install custom recovery (like TWRP or CW) and root.
If you screw something up and come asking for help, the first thing someone is going to ask is, "Did you make a backup?" And they are talking about a custom recovery backup.
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Not sure why you wouldn't want a custom recovery. With custom recovery you can make backups of your entire phone image in case you screw something up. Many times in the past I've flashed something that didn't work as I expected. And with ROOT, if you flash something you can screw up something system-related. Very easy to boot back into TWRP recovery and restore the previous day's backup I had made. Like a time machine to erase your mistake.
And it's FREE. Doesn't cost anything.
Yes, with Titanium Backup (a powerful app) you can restore previous versions of an another app. (I choose to save 3 days worth of apps in Titanium Backup.) But with a TWRP custom recovery backup (also called a "nandroid"), you can save and restore the ENTIRE phone, including all system apps, all settings, everything. Very powerful, useful tool.
I wouldn't have a rooted phone without custom recovery. That's one of the main reasons I always buy phones where I can unlock the bootloader -- to install custom recovery (like TWRP or CW) and root.
If you screw something up and come asking for help, the first thing someone is going to ask is, "Did you make a backup?" And they are talking about a custom recovery backup.
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As far as why... some people like chocolate... some people like vanilla. The question is not the merits of a custom recovery, it is if one is required to have persistent root on the phone.
I personally don't care about a custom recovery. I prefer the stock rom at this point because without fail most custom roms have some minor bug that inevitably annoys the sh*t out of me. I want root because i want an ad blocker. I want an ad blocker because I use my phone as a proxy for web traffic on a computer with network monitoring software and i would prefer my internet traffic not be visible to my employer. There is zero reason for a custom recovery to do what i want to do.
Hey guys,
So before I go ahead an attempt to unlock my bootloader and root my phone, just wanted to clear a couple of things up first.
This is my first Huawei device, previous one was a Sony, so I'm a little unfamiliar with a few things.
1. Is unlocking the bootloader required for root? If not, could someone point me in the direction of a guide to root only?
On the Sony, as long as I had a compatible firmware, I could root without unlocking the bootloader.
2. Will I lose any DRM Keys, proprietary features (Force Touch, Themes etc) through unlocking the bootloader and/or rooting? If so, can these be restored afterwards, while retaining root?
Again, with the Sony, unlocking the bootloader would result in losing DRM Keys related to visual enhancements, and were required to be backed up (via TABackup) prior to unlocking the bootloader. These could then be restored after root, and function as normal.
3. If you do lose features, and they can't be restored while keeping root. If I flash a stock ROM back on, losing root in the process, will these features also be restored?
Thanks
djyoshii said:
Hey guys,
So before I go ahead an attempt to unlock my bootloader and root my phone, just wanted to clear a couple of things up first.
This is my first Huawei device, previous one was a Sony, so I'm a little unfamiliar with a few things.
1. Is unlocking the bootloader required for root? If not, could someone point me in the direction of a guide to root only?
On the Sony, as long as I had a compatible firmware, I could root without unlocking the bootloader.
2. Will I lose any DRM Keys, proprietary features (Force Touch, Themes etc) through unlocking the bootloader and/or rooting? If so, can these be restored afterwards, while retaining root?
Again, with the Sony, unlocking the bootloader would result in losing DRM Keys related to visual enhancements, and were required to be backed up (via TABackup) prior to unlocking the bootloader. These could then be restored after root, and function as normal.
3. If you do lose features, and they can't be restored while keeping root. If I flash a stock ROM back on, losing root in the process, will these features also be restored?
Thanks
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1) I used the SRK Tool (http://forum.xda-developers.com/p9-plus/development/tool-srk-tool-huawei-bootloader-root-t3405999) and it showed step by step on rooting. Unlocking bootloader seems to be one of the steps before rooting. Maybe you can ask somboons about it.
2) For me, unlocking the bootloader basically resets my phone. And added a warning just before the phone bootup to android (from cold state or off state) that the bootloader has been unlocked and the phone is not trusted now. Just need to restore the apps and other data through the HiSuite backups after unlocking and rooting seems to be fine. Not sure about DRM keys, and others as didn't try those out before doing bootloader unlock. But I did lost my remote set up as it was not part of the HiSuite's data backup.
3) Do a backup with HiSuite should be able to help you. Just need to identify in the HiSuite that the apps and their data is being backed up.
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1) I used the SRK Tool (http://forum.xda-developers.com/p9-plus/development/tool-srk-tool-huawei-bootloader-root-t3405999) and it showed step by step on rooting. Unlocking bootloader seems to be one of the steps before rooting. Maybe you can ask somboons about it.
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Thanks mate, I did have a look at that thread as well, and another (less detailed) post. Was just wanting to confirm if there was any other method without need for bootloader unlocking. Figure the less things to modify, the less chance of something going wrong, which has worked well for me so far.
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2) For me, unlocking the bootloader basically resets my phone. And added a warning just before the phone bootup to android (from cold state or off state) that the bootloader has been unlocked and the phone is not trusted now. Just need to restore the apps and other data through the HiSuite backups after unlocking and rooting seems to be fine. Not sure about DRM keys, and others as didn't try those out before doing bootloader unlock. But I did lost my remote set up as it was not part of the HiSuite's data backup.
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Any way to remove that message while retaining root? Sounds similar to the 'yellow triangle' back when I had an S2, but that was able to be removed, is this the same?
Not too worried about backing up apps & data at the moment, I haven't fully set up my phone as I realised it would most likely be lost upon rooting. But thanks for the heads up!
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3) Do a backup with HiSuite should be able to help you. Just need to identify in the HiSuite that the apps and their data is being backed up.
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Sorry I was more thinking along the lines of, if any P9+ exclusive features were to be lost during root, could they easily be restored simply by flashing a stock ROM again? Apps & app data seem to be easy enough to restore via HiSuite/Titanium etc
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Thanks mate, I did have a look at that thread as well, and another (less detailed) post. Was just wanting to confirm if there was any other method without need for bootloader unlocking. Figure the less things to modify, the less chance of something going wrong, which has worked well for me so far.
Any way to remove that message while retaining root? Sounds similar to the 'yellow triangle' back when I had an S2, but that was able to be removed, is this the same?
Not too worried about backing up apps & data at the moment, I haven't fully set up my phone as I realised it would most likely be lost upon rooting. But thanks for the heads up!
Sorry I was more thinking along the lines of, if any P9+ exclusive features were to be lost during root, could they easily be restored simply by flashing a stock ROM again? Apps & app data seem to be easy enough to restore via HiSuite/Titanium etc
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The orange colored message i read from somewhere that it's Android security implementation standard or something. There's red message also which renders the whole phone can not boot in unless being reset.
In terms of the exclusive apps, not that I know of. Checked with my friend who kept her device as it is, without all the unlock and rooting, and compare with my device which went through and upgrade, unlock and a rooting process - no missing apps noticed.
Thanks guys
prismfire said:
The orange colored message i read from somewhere that it's Android security implementation standard or something. There's red message also which renders the whole phone can not boot in unless being reset.
In terms of the exclusive apps, not that I know of. Checked with my friend who kept her device as it is, without all the unlock and rooting, and compare with my device which went through and upgrade, unlock and a rooting process - no missing apps noticed.
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I read ur conversation and I have been wondering if it's safe so thank you. But I still have 1 question "if I change my oem can I still use my 2 sims"?
prismfire said:
The orange colored message i read from somewhere that it's Android security implementation standard or something. There's red message also which renders the whole phone can not boot in unless being reset.
In terms of the exclusive apps, not that I know of. Checked with my friend who kept her device as it is, without all the unlock and rooting, and compare with my device which went through and upgrade, unlock and a rooting process - no missing apps noticed.
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So i've successfully rooted the phone, and yeah I get that 'your device has been unlocked and isn't safe' message on boot. It's not too much of a bother, besides being unsightly, but I don't really reboot my phone too often anyway.
I haven't noticed anything missing either, a few minor bugs have started to appear, but that might have to do with Xposed (I would guess).
Thanks for the advice & help!
Abdo2 said:
I read ur conversation and I have been wondering if it's safe so thank you. But I still have 1 question "if I change my oem can I still use my 2 sims"?
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Dear Abdo2,
I'm not knowledgeable about the term oem here.
But if it is an issue of dual sim usage, I presume it's built into the ROM? What I know is all P9+ are hybrid dual sim, so it should be part of the ROM that you have.
I'm using VIE-L29C636B170. And it have the dual sim support in-built...although I've not used it yet.
See if anyone knowledgeable to your question passing by here can answer you. If not, maybe you can try the question & answer thread. Or post as another new thread if really no one got your question.
Regards.
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djyoshii said:
So i've successfully rooted the phone, and yeah I get that 'your device has been unlocked and isn't safe' message on boot. It's not too much of a bother, besides being unsightly, but I don't really reboot my phone too often anyway.
I haven't noticed anything missing either, a few minor bugs have started to appear, but that might have to do with Xposed (I would guess).
Thanks for the advice & help!
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Dear djyoshii,
Good to know.
About the security message, one of it is mentioned here:
https://source.android.com/security/verifiedboot/verified-boot.html
For minor bugs, I'm not sure what you have. I've 3 games and 1 app that behaves not like when I used my previous phone (on Android 5.0). That's around 3-5% of all the apps that I used (meaning, majority works fine). Of those some of them related to Android 6.0 issue (actually the apps not updated for the Android version well). So, for me generally I would think it's marshmallow thing.
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Hi,
long time htc user (always totally unlocked) but looking to get a p9 plus for my wife (this is the important part).
can someone give me a simple answer...
if i only root the phone (for titanium backup mainly and maybe some cosmetic mods) will i be able to unroot it and return it under warranty?
phones here in Dubai are all unbranded so no problems there.
I have no need to unlock bootloader (yet )
gazzacbr said:
Hi,
long time htc user (always totally unlocked) but looking to get a p9 plus for my wife (this is the important part).
can someone give me a simple answer...
if i only root the phone (for titanium backup mainly and maybe some cosmetic mods) will i be able to unroot it and return it under warranty?
phones here in Dubai are all unbranded so no problems there.
I have no need to unlock bootloader (yet )
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Dear gazzacbr,
From what I tried (been a while since I last did this), one will have to unlock the bootloader first before rooting. Apparently rooting is the last step of the whole process (if you are using the SRK tools). Now, to go back to the status of unrooted, I just use the superSU's total unroot option to unroot. And to go further back to bootloader, there is an option within SRK tool but my last attempt failed to relock the bootloader back. Didn't spend so much time to play around with the unlocking the bootloader after that. So, I just use as is - unlocked bootloader with no root.
One thing you need to note, for titanium backup, I end up just using their own desktop application called HiSuite. It does backup app and app data for you. Not system apps' data though. For theme customisation, MIUI do have a friendly Themer app that you can use to change the look. The corresponding theme files (*.hwt) are zipped, so you can always use 7zip to open and edit the assets inside to the one that you want.
Ok, thanks for the good info @prismfire. As long as it could be rooted sometime later then thats fine. Will pick up one this weekend.
Am going to be jealous though as I guess it's a step up from my 'old' M8
Sent from my HTC One_M8 dual sim using XDA-Developers mobile app
Fingerprint on this device is disabled after i unlocked bootloader, I tried complete wiping the device multiple times as i thought this was my own fault since i had setup the device prior to unlocking bootloader. No dice.
I thought maybe that a wipe would clear the fingerprint cache or something and make it work.
After locking the bootloader the reader starts working again.
Was this supposed to be the expected behaviour?
I refuse to believe that they would completely disable it system wide instead of just preventing payments etc like normal.
As a side note, transferring user data from an old phone is also broken by bootloader unlock, errors out with "something went wrong" when hitting the copy button to start the transfer.
Just as another side note, the system partition cannot be erased with fastboot either, access denied error even with unlocked bootloader. I figured this out while trying to get my fingerprint reader working. I tried multiple commands and also mfastboot instead of android sdk fastboot
Good news BL is unlockable, bad news FP scanner gets disabled. How about unlocking the BL, rooting the phone with Magisk, and then relocking the BL? Will this work? I haven't got the phone yet, it's arriving next week. Thanks for sharing your findings.
I haven't had a chance to try that. This phone is now my daily driver and I'm working for the next few days so I won't be able to get around to trying until then. I'm sure it wouldn't work though because I believe the device wouldn't boot after the bootloader was modified since locking the bootloader after installing magisk would probably not work.
Might actually brick the device https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-5t/help/relock-bootloader-flash-magisk-t3840071/
darkdaemon32 said:
Might actually brick the device https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-5t/help/relock-bootloader-flash-magisk-t3840071/
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Certainly looks too risky
Hey, that's weird. I unlocked BL, flashed magisk and my fingerpring works flawlessly.
Hi all, can someone point me in the right direction/guide for unlocking BL and rooting my Motorola One Zoom (Retail US) I appreciate your feedback ??? really looking to get Viper4Android and some other rooted app goodies on my device. Thanks!
Jaysmith696 said:
Hi all, can someone point me in the right direction/guide for unlocking BL and rooting my Motorola One Zoom (Retail US) I appreciate your feedback ??? really looking to get Viper4Android and some other rooted app goodies on my device. Thanks!
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Hey, I'm gonna prepare a guide for BL unlocking, magisk and xposed for our device. Should be available in 4-5 hours from now.
rafikowy said:
Hey, I'm gonna prepare a guide for BL unlocking, magisk and xposed for our device. Should be available in 4-5 hours from now.
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You're the best! Thank you so much
Jaysmith696 said:
You're the best! Thank you so much
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Sorry but unfortunately I won't be able to prepare instructions tonight. Too busy before holidays. Will be back on 25th of Sep. But what can I say is that procedures to "unlock bootloader", "magisk" and "xposed" are very common for many devices (including moto one zoom) and can be easily found in the internet.
btw: PPH29.59-34 software update has just arrived (I live in Poland).
rafikowy said:
I unlocked BL, flashed magisk and my fingerpring works flawlessly
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Model №? FW Version?
OP, did you try Magisk?
I did not have a chance to try magisk as I was only testing unlocking to see if anything broke. And whenever I couldn't set it up with fingerprint I relocked and wanted to wait to see if others have the same issue. I'm on this fw https://mirrors.lolinet.com/firmwar...ubsidy-DEFAULT_regulatory-DEFAULT_CFC.xml.zip
Hi - I was on Motorola website and didn't see anything listed for device bootloader unlock for Motorola One Zoom, how were you guys able to do this?
You need to create a Motorola account but the pages are located here
https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/standalone/bootloader/unlock-your-device-a
https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/standalone/bootloader/unlock-your-device-b
Jaysmith696 said:
Hi - I was on Motorola website and didn't see anything listed for device bootloader unlock for Motorola One Zoom, how were you guys able to do this?
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darkdaemon32 said:
You need to create a Motorola account but the pages are located here
https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/standalone/bootloader/unlock-your-device-a
https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/standalone/bootloader/unlock-your-device-b
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Thanks darkdaemon, I was able to unlock Bootloader and root with Magisk, the only thing my Fingerprint lock method no longer enabled, I can't use pin, pattern or password, so my device has no way to screen lock ?
I'm just happy it's rooted, if there's a way to fix this I hope someone can shed some light ?
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Thanks darkdaemon, I was able to unlock Bootloader and root with Magisk, the only thing my Fingerprint lock method no longer enabled, I can't use pin, pattern or password, so my device has no way to screen lock
I'm just happy it's rooted, if there's a way to fix this I hope someone can shed some light
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I'm having the exact same issue after unlocking bootloader. I didn't modify anything at all and still my phone's lock function is completely disabled. Only way I could fix it was going back to stock and re locking bootloader. I'm currently without root or any modifications because of this. I'm also waiting on a fix
Have unlocked the BL straight upon receiving the device and FP scanner is working no problem. I didn't register any fingerprints (or set up any screenlock) prior to unlocking. My Build is PPH29-59-29, SW channel retgb.
This may be where my issue is. I had setup the phone and registered my fingerprints prior to the unlock. Im guessing that they are being stored somewhere that I cannot wipe such as /system or inside an enclave chip etc. Because the only partition I couldn't manually use an erase command for was /system as I was getting access denied error. I may get around to trying the Lenovo phone tool and/or removing fingerprints first to see what happens. I just need to find the time to mess with it.
crubbish said:
Have unlocked the BL straight upon receiving the device and FP scanner is working no problem. I didn't register any fingerprints (or set up any screenlock) prior to unlocking. My Build is PPH29-59-29, SW channel retgb.
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I don't know why you've got figerprint and everybody's not. I don't have one either. This is also a problem with phones from other manufacturers.
Would you mind seeing who the fingerprint scanner manufacturer is?
I have Goodix.
Maybe it depends. Or maybe the system will shutdown it after unlocking the bootloader.