Hello
I am on android 9 beta, however, Google pay does not work because of the unlocked boootloader. If I block the bootloader, will I return to android 8 or will I stay on Pie?
Bootloader has nothing to do with the OS. Unlocking of Bootloader provides you the ability to upgrade or downgrade the system manually. It is just like a main door at your home.
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So i used FH to rebrand and install the Android 9 Beta version on my P20 Pro.
During this i had to unlock the bootloader. So now, whenever i restart my phone, it warns me about not being safe. Could this also be why Google Pay does not work?
Questions:
How do i lock the bootloader again
Will this factory reset my phone?
I recently got an XT1900-1 on EBay and tried to unlock the bootloader on the way to rooting the phone. The Motorola site told me that the bootloader could not be unlocked. The phone is carrier unlocked. I thought that maybe since I was attempting to unlock a still-unactivated phone that *could* later be activated on AT&T or Verizon, I might have better luck if I inserted a Sprint SIM (since I'm on Sprint). Is that right, or is there another reason? Though the phone is not marked as an Amazon phone and Alexa is not in the app drawer, Alexa does show up in the list of hidden apps on the phone. Is this enough to make it an Amazon phone? I sure thought I had the retail version.
So if I'm being refused a bootloader-unlock code because of Amazon, would I have better luck with a new Moto X4? They're available on EBay in the Android One variant with Nougat instead of Pie. If I got one of those phones, could I root it and keep it from upgrading to Pie? I see that Android One updates still seem to be coming. The latest update my current XT1900-1 has is from January 2020.
I also have the XT1900-1 version and mine was completely unlockable. One issue with Moto X4's unlocking is that once you unlock it, there is no way to make it as clean as it was, meaning the phone will trip some value and it's just not possible to revert it back to the locked bootloader with everything stock. You can flash the stock ROM and relock the bootloader but the integrity check will fail and you will get Play Store not certified error, which renders Google Pay (NFC) and some apps useless/un-installable. Now, if you want to root the phone, you're gonna have to keep the BL unlocked of course, so even if you didn't prevent it from updating to Pie, you can always flash Nougat back on the phone, granted you have the stock images. If the Moto's website told you that your phone is not unlockable, then there is no way for you to unlock the phone If you get an unlockable version (non-Amazon), you can get the code and unlock the device to do whatever you want with it. Once you get it, you can enable Developer settings and disable Automatic system updates from there to avoid installing newer versions. Cheers!
So, I've had this phone a while. I had some bad experiences with rooting in the past, so I swore not to attempt to root this one. But, the whole point of Pixels are they're unlocked and you can do whatever you want. I upgraded to android 12. For whatever reason, I cannot send emails in Gmail since upgrading to android 12. Verizon sent me a new phone and the new phone worked on android 11 and as soon as I upgraded to android 12, i lost my ability to send emails and also, if I delete an email on the web, it takes sometimes hours for it to reflect on my phone.
I just wanted to unlock the bootloader so I could downgrade back to android 11... no root. Then re-lock my bootloader. But, my oem unlocking is greyed out.
dorlow said:
So, I've had this phone a while. I had some bad experiences with rooting in the past, so I swore not to attempt to root this one. But, the whole point of Pixels are they're unlocked and you can do whatever you want. I upgraded to android 12. For whatever reason, I cannot send emails in Gmail since upgrading to android 12. Verizon sent me a new phone and the new phone worked on android 11 and as soon as I upgraded to android 12, i lost my ability to send emails and also, if I delete an email on the web, it takes sometimes hours for it to reflect on my phone.
I just wanted to unlock the bootloader so I could downgrade back to android 11... no root. Then re-lock my bootloader. But, my oem unlocking is greyed out.
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If you purchased your phone from Verizon then you will not be able to root it because Verizon doesn't allow the bootloader to be unlocked on most of their flagship devices.
I've unlocked previous pixel bootloader's that I got from Verizon.
dorlow said:
I've unlocked previous pixel bootloader's that I got from Verizon.
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I think back when the P1 and P2 came out you could but I do recall there being a work around to unlocking the bootloaders on Verizon Pixels because of exploited vulnerabilities. I could be wrong.
This belongs in the Q/A section, not the Roms section.
As for Verizon Pixels, general rule of thumb is you won't be able to unlock the bootloader. Best way around this is buying the phone directly from Google, the carrier unlocked version.
I have a Moto Edge S pro, and he came with the global ROM, and of course, with the BL unlocked. My question is: if I root my device, will I be able to install android 13??? Cause he still on Android 11 and it takes a lot of battery, and using root can I block the bootloader? Or just using the unlocked bootloader, can I update my phone by myself? If yes, how? I saw here a lot of manuals but I'm not confident to do by myself without help, can someone help me? Thank you everybody!!!
There is no problem
I have official ROM 13
After the update locked the bootloader
and no problem(moto edge s pro)
sadra9074 said:
There is no problem
I have official ROM 13
After the update locked the bootloader
and no problem(moto edge s pro)
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Ok, I downloaded the stock rom (using the RMSA) but how can I know that it's already the one with android 13? Because my BL still unlocked and I know I have to put the command to lock again. So, if I install again the stock ROM of android 11 and block the BL, when my phone turns on, will I be able to update using OTA?
My suggestion that once the bootloader unlocked on a motorola phone let it stay unlocked then flash whatever compatible rom you want but don't lock back. Sometimes under special circumstances locking back can brick a phone. If there is an anti-rollback protection in your phone then it can brick the phone with locked bootloader and previous Android version.
I created this topic because I can't find a way to unlock the bootloader of my Asus Rog Phone 3. Regarding whether or not I unlocked it before, I would think not, since it was a high-end phone, when I bought it, it did not cross my mind unlock bootloader, root, install GSI roms, among others.
My Rog Phone 3 had Android 12 installed, I tried to Downgrade to Android 11, Downgrade to Android 10, and then use the Asus Original Unlock tool (using all its versions) without favorable results to unlock bootloader.
I also tried EDL Unbrick, although I don't know if there is any tool to unlock bootloader with EDL, tools, anyway, I open this question to see if there is any way today to unlock the bootloader of my Asus Rog Phone 3 (it has 12GB of RAM, It is optional, just in case.) Someone who can help me or access me, I would be very grateful, excuse my English. My goal is to unlock bootloader to root it and then install GSI roms, especially install GSI roms ..