Hi,
Just came over from apple for a long time, selected best price/hw (non-noname) devices. I was always trying to jailbreak my phone, and thought Android a better place to come out from your sandboxed environment. At the end of the story I searched a lot in XDA forums and found with mate 20 pro and no bootloader code nothing can be done in an easy way. There are a lot of thread telling how to get bootloader codes , but currently the situation is this:
Funky - !Down! and if it would give, would cost a lot money, irrealistic high price.
Global unlock solutions - not answering or selling anything in real life.
ministery of solutions also unavaiable.
Huawei has no longer giving access to lower level access to the phone "bootloader". To be honest this is disgusting, more disgusting than with Apple, at least you know when you buy people working on jailbreaks and if you not updating one day you will be happy. With Huawei now we are in a crazy situation, during the firmware built they have associated a number from your imei and possible from Serial (as on huawei this field was mandatory for unlock code)...
Each device got a number, and potentially it would make sense to know the exact hashing algorithm when it checked, if we get that and use hashcat that could be a good solution as if i remember well it is 16 numbers for huawei devices, so brute force with hashcat, not on the actual phone is possible...
I was thinking of brute force, but they also reboot the phone each 5 times, so when you want to brute force 4 try reboot, this need time... I am really dissappointed that you buy an android phone and you are almost in the same cage as with apple iphone.
Guys someone please summarize what are the possibilities with boot loader, is anyone working to replicate the hashing mechanism?
This should be for geeks possible for brute force, just we need to elliminate the condition phone, how long does it take to virtually run a cloned boot loader on a PC and pass through a code in milliseconds? In theory , if we get the mechanism known and can utilize hashcat for cracking with numeric only password would be short journey.
Please make a summary what is the current progress and future plan with rooting and unlocking huawei newer devices
When i was holding my last "free" phone completely linux opened phone, it was allowing you to enter into the deepest boot loader and it brought up the next one for flashing like an eeprom, flash mode or persistant... I am quiet sure if you can't go deeper than fastboot you cannot brick your phone, so huawei's statement is not correct, yes could soft brick your phone, but as long as you have a flashing interface alll should go well. I am crying for phones like nokia n900 linux mobile, where actually was your decision what do you want to install into your phone without virtualization/containers/sand boxes.
Please keep us updated about the possibilities and future plans about the boot loader as in the last week I completely lost my trust in huawei, no one tell anything , I also wrote them if they can send me my code, but they simply ignoring my mail at huawei
I am bit beginner, but I guess I read almost every post about this problem, and each post outdated so just bring infos together, first post a long post
I'm one of the lucky ones that are rooted on the mate20 pro
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Buy and unlock code they pop up every now and then but you have to be fast. I got one for six dollars just last week. Root with magisk and you are all set.
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I think we need a new updated guide for the new people or does the old guides still stand up? I came from Samsung S8 so I have lots to learn as well.
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Tl;Dr if you want freedom with firmwares, kernels, root and easy life, you probably picked wrong device.
Code is generated in unknown way and code is tied into special partition in encrypted way that it's difficult to take it out. In previous android versions it was open text so it was possible to get it via exploits, but now no more. Like you mentioned, it's complicated to even brute force it and risky to play with partitions with high chance of making brick out of 1k$ device.
The base with unlock codes was open for engineers until mid of last year when Huawei started shutdown of unlocks. Services like funky, global and ministry are just middlemen who have contacts with Huawei engineers who can get the code when base with keys is open. Base was closed whole time from Jan to April 2019 (Huawei started hunting engineers breaking rules?), and then it suddenly opened for couple of days (that's why you see some happy faces here). They recently again closed it, so yes, it's expected that everyone is quiet now since nobody has access. It will be same until next opening happens (if it ever will?)
Ps: If you still want to play with high risks of making brick, there's telegram group "Big Huawei Exploits" where people are trying to figure out security workarounds, but it's far from average user experience of typical bootloader unlock without knowing internals of emui 9 and Huawei bootloader.
Ps2: full potential of root is not realized for our device due to problems with bootloader unlock (boomer), Huawei partitioning (twrp vs magisk, chose one ONLY) + xposed causes bootloop + incompatibilities with non-x64 drivers for many things like v4a which is making our device going bootloop.
djisgod said:
Buy and unlock code they pop up every now and then but you have to be fast. I got one for six dollars just last week. Root with magisk and you are all set. View attachment 4739171
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Where did you buy the unlock code for $6?
Here is where I got mine for 6 USD. https://sickw.com/?page=bootloader
I have not used it yet but I have if just in case. Others have bought from the same source and confirm that it works.
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crazynewfie said:
Here is where I got mine for 6 USD. https://sickw.com/?page=bootloader
I have not used it yet but I have if just in case. Others have bought from the same source and confirm that it works.
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wich did u pick?
crazynewfie said:
Here is where I got mine for 6 USD.
I have not used it yet but I have if just in case. Others have bought from the same source and confirm that it works.
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wich did u pick?
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Ignore this, they are not selling bootloader unlock code, they are selling reset code for locked devices, I paid 6$ for literaly nothing and 14$ to be spent at their site. if you got a phone FRP locked, then you can wipe your device and reconfigure, it not helps in OEM, I also asked them via e-mail they not support and will be not supported by them
szilveszter21 said:
Ignore this, they are not selling bootloader unlock code, they are selling reset code for locked devices, I paid 6$ for literaly nothing and 14$ to be spent at their site. if you got a phone FRP locked, then you can wipe your device and reconfigure, it not helps in OEM, I also asked them via e-mail they not support and will be not supported by them
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You got the wrong code. They were selling bootloader unlock codes but have taken then off the site for now. I successfully unlocked my bootloader using the code I purchased from https://sickw.com/?page=bootloader but they are no longer selling them.
crazynewfie said:
I think we need a new updated guide for the new people or does the old guides still stand up? I came from Samsung S8 so I have lots to learn as well.
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YES
well....
dimon222 said:
Tl;Dr if you want freedom with firmwares, kernels, root and easy life, you probably picked wrong device.
Code is generated in unknown way and code is tied into special partition in encrypted way that it's difficult to take it out. In previous android versions it was open text so it was possible to get it via exploits, but now no more. Like you mentioned, it's complicated to even brute force it and risky to play with partitions with high chance of making brick out of 1k$ device.
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Well I don't want to decrypt the roms I have no time to play so much with hascat, but if we can virtually load the Fastboot into a PC app where we can inspect the runtime memory that would make things easier, especially with someone who used to use assembly languages and reverse engineering...
There could be 2 type how they created the BL unlock code, alghorythm which using imei and possible S/N , or it just random, there should be a tiny database on each device of the bootloader code, as if they not giving "personalised fastboot" that means the required code, or the output of the creation process must persist somewhere , and don't forget if we can load the rom into a monitored environment we can see what going to be read from which address in runtime memory.
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The base with unlock codes was open for engineers until mid of last year when Huawei started shutdown of unlocks. Services like funky, global and ministry are just middlemen who have contacts with Huawei engineers who can get the code when base with keys is open. Base was closed whole time from Jan to April 2019 (Huawei started hunting engineers breaking rules?), and then it suddenly opened for couple of days (that's why you see some happy faces here). They recently again closed it, so yes, it's expected that everyone is quiet now since nobody has access. It will be same until next opening happens (if it ever will?)
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Well I am now using Iphone and Android as user, I enjoy debian based linux in my ipad which actually jailbreaked well. I just came originally from maemo, and there everything is possible, you can't actually brick an ARM board, the lowest level there will be a rom which contains the minimal OS which allows you to flash rootfs and mmc media afterward. I assume this is similar to Intel CPU + BIOS with ARM, you can make your computer unoperating, but you can't break down via a keyboard or any software your bios is the lowest level which allow minimal control over voltages and such thing what could enteraly destroy you pheripherias and devices. IF I thinking right the minimal system you can dig down in the layers right now is fastboot, which still seems to be some fancy stuff with too much additional information, can't we dig deeper? or flashing the flashing rom is only possible via diagnostic port what they used during the assembling of the devices? On nokia Geek devices you could go at the deepest level possible and implement multiboot for multiple operating system, rootfs and media was on different device not just different mount/partitions... I am but sad no one creating pocket computers, I got bit upset, so my new n900 is on it's way, however that device 10 year old construction, it is good for things like playing msdos games and some try with C/Cpp but nothing more, I am sure I will need to make the new openssl binary for being able to browse sha2 ssl sites
Idea
Guys, I digged a lot to understand the boot sequence and how the calls / components loaded. As far I saw all current android ARM systems use a Little Kernel opensource Bootloader, with modification. It is called A-BOOT and the interface what we communicate is fastboot. The bootloader verify of the signature each flashing each rom, and eventually during loading as well. With "unlocking" you get the ability to bypass the signature check. Eventually I looked into the rom files they encrypted that's a thing, but the question what it is in the runtime memory.
Just an idea if we have here someone friendly with ARM and assembly/memory inspecting and has 1 or more bootloader code already...
Is this approach possible for some extra geeks
download virtual ARM machine
load the rom , only the aboot required with oem application with it
check in vm's memory what happens when code entered incorrectly/correctly
As I read it secured for the rom images and signatures (from unathorized changes), I don't think the bootloader itself as an application has encrypted memory. So in theory "I am optimistic" if you have your S/N | you BL code, and the | runtime memory hash TADA we can rebuild the hashing alghorythm. I am not experienced with ARM at all, especially not with it cpu operation and memory adressing, so I would need some hyper geek who experienced. It is just an idea if reverse engineering is possible this way or not. Of course as I can see it need a lot of work without any return, but the challange is hard
P.S. first though thing I can imagine, you need usb driver for fastboot on virtual ARM, you need a connected client for fastboot protocol, so virtual USB service. You need to be able to set breakpoint in the virtual ARM box, those just what came into my mind even if u know arm/assembly...
But there is not other way to buy the code...
Damn...
hoho9043 said:
But there is not other way to buy the code...
Damn...
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I assume they will go with opened mind EMUI has no future Google has proven it today
On 01 June 2019 any online bootloader's unlock generators aren't available
They haven't been available for months
Apparently they're back again according to funkyhuawei.
djama29 said:
i can get bootloader code, 45$ +375257585263 WhatsApp Viber
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You have 4 posts.. only way I'd pay would be after it was successfully unlocked.
crixley said:
You have 4 posts.. only way I'd pay would be after it was successfully unlocked.
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I just received a code from him. He's legit
Quicker option than Global Unlocking Solutions at the moment. Accepts PayPal too.
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I tried all known methods for rooting but all failed.
Even when you unlock it there is still no TWRP available for the 701.
I asked the devs of twrp on their website to take a look at the 701.
If anyone has more knowledge about progress made on this subject please react here.
Sent from my superfast Asus Infinity TF701with Dock
Knock it Off Please
Ok, forum just opened and;
1. Posted in the development forum instead of General or Q & A (shame shame)
2. Flaming already starts
Knock it off people. Jeeze..... Things will come in good time. Unless of course you want to rush things and brick yer tabs
Keep it clean people.
MD
Now, if you have fastboot OEM unlock,
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Then perhaps you can pull your boot.img, separate zImage from Ramdisk, modify ro.secure=0, add RW comments, repack your boot.img, fastboot flash boot boot.img, then install BB and SU.
Just a thought.
MD
Moscow Desire said:
Now, if you have fastboot OEM unlock,
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Then perhaps you can pull your boot.img, separate zImage from Ramdisk, modify ro.secure=0, add RW comments, repack your boot.img, fastboot flash boot boot.img, then install BB and SU.
Just a thought.
MD
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Sad part the "Fastboot OEM unlock" won't work cause Asus has theirs encrypted. You have to use their unlocking tool to unlock your bootloader. Given fact it can work, been trying it for 2 days now and stupid app won't unlock my bootloader. Read my S/N may not be registered in their database so emailed them complaining about another service that doesn't work.
Tiger62651 said:
Sad part the "Fastboot OEM unlock" won't work cause Asus has theirs encrypted. You have to use their unlocking tool to unlock your bootloader. Given fact it can work, been trying it for 2 days now and stupid app won't unlock my bootloader. Read my S/N may not be registered in their database so emailed them complaining about another service that doesn't work.
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They'll get around to it. Heck, when I had to turn in my A701 to service center, they didn't even know it had been released Tried telling me it was a "leaked and illegal" tablet.
Good luck with the bootloader mate, but root after that should be pretty straight forward. (fingers crossed)
I think that unlocking bootloader is bad idea. After that the warranty will be void...
Moscow Desire said:
They'll get around to it. Heck, when I had to turn in my A701 to service center, they didn't even know it had been released Tried telling me it was a "leaked and illegal" tablet.
Good luck with the bootloader mate, but root after that should be pretty straight forward. (fingers crossed)
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Yeah well tried to call them and got the usual "just send it back" well not waiting 2-3 weeks just get to get it back. Since there is something wrong with the charge port anyways just gonna send it back to amazon to have new one in couple days. Gotta love the return policy.
HaPe000 said:
I think that unlocking bootloader is bad idea. After that the warranty will be void...
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Um thats just lame excuse from companies to force us to keep their crap on the devices we purchase. All my devices are rooted and unlocked and not one has died yet. After going through and disabling 2/3rds of crap on this tablet now I want that few hundred megabytes back in space. For as much crap I disabled I wouldn't be surprised im more close to 1gb back.
Moscow Desire said:
They'll get around to it. Heck, when I had to turn in my A701 to service center, they didn't even know it had been released Tried telling me it was a "leaked and illegal" tablet.
Good luck with the bootloader mate, but root after that should be pretty straight forward. (fingers crossed)
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What a morons sometimes. Strange because I had the issue with the connection between dock and tablet where the connection between the 2 for a split moment was gone when adjusting the tilt angle, I got an immediate replacement. This problem I guarantee you we will see more often showing up here.
And what the rooting concerns: when the TWRP devs have their version for the 701 finished, it will be not that hard anymore. Just takes some time before that is done.
And for the flaming thing sorry, but I don't like to get hit by childish behavior when just reporting and next to that by a guy that is probably half my age and just comes looking in here (look @ date I joined xda lol)
Thanks for removing that post.
Snah001 said:
What a morons sometimes. Strange because I had the issue with the connection between dock and tablet where the connection between the 2 for a split moment was gone when adjusting the tilt angle, I got an immediate replacement. This problem I guarantee you we will see more often showing up here.
And what the rooting concerns: when the TWRP devs have their version for the 701 finished, it will be not that hard anymore. Just takes some time before that is done.
And for the flaming thing sorry, but I don't like to get hit by childish behavior when just reporting and next to that by a guy that is probably half my age and just comes looking in here (look @ date I joined xda lol)
Thanks for removing that post.
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Hate returns. Took 3 months to get a refund. (welcome to Russia). Honestly, it was all due to rush jobs on CWM for the 510 and 700's. Bozos were in a rush to be the first, and used the "fstab's" from the wrong device. Bricked several tabs before I put a stop to it. Basically ruined the emmc memory. Mainboard replacements.
Well, I know folks are itchy to get things going. What starts as a joke, turns into flaming.
You folks always remember, takes 2 people for an argument. You all have the "Report Post" button on the toolbar. Please use it.
Honestly, I expect you folks to help each other out. Makes for a better forum.
Carry On!
MD
Snah001 said:
What a morons sometimes. Strange because I had the issue with the connection between dock and tablet where the connection between the 2 for a split moment was gone when adjusting the tilt angle, I got an immediate replacement. This problem I guarantee you we will see more often showing up here.
And what the rooting concerns: when the TWRP devs have their version for the 701 finished, it will be not that hard anymore. Just takes some time before that is done.
And for the flaming thing sorry, but I don't like to get hit by childish behavior when just reporting and next to that by a guy that is probably half my age and just comes looking in here (look @ date I joined xda lol)
Thanks for removing that post.
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well next time you may want to think twice before asuming someone younger than you. guess i am to young to know where the movie that reference came from. i already have the boot.img altered and ready to try. also dont ask for it, havent tested it yet so going to have to wait till amazon gives me new one. it really isnt hard to alter, moscow already gave instructions.
Update Amazon has shipped my new tablet so may be here tomorrow (i hope) if my new boot.img works and gives me root then I will pass it on, sadly though it won't be in a format in which you can just use a custom recovery, you have to flash it manually but if it works I will post how to flash it (all i need to remember is which tools to zip up in the entire SDK) LOL.
Interesting discussion..
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Tiger62651 said:
Um thats just lame excuse from companies to force us to keep their crap on the devices we purchase. All my devices are rooted and unlocked and not one has died yet. After going through and disabling 2/3rds of crap on this tablet now I want that few hundred megabytes back in space. For as much crap I disabled I wouldn't be surprised im more close to 1gb back.
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It is VERY lame. I sold my TF700 because of the slow I/O causing lag that I couldn't live with. Of course I had the bootloader unlocked, so the warranty was void. I divulged that info in the eBay auction for the most part (I didn't say the warranty was void because I didn't know that was the case. Ignorant, I know). Anyway, the new owner of my TF700 emailed me after a couple months asking me why ASUS was charging them $280 for fixing the faulty touchscreen. They said ASUS says it's not under warranty because of the unlocked bootloader. I felt bad for the new owners, having to fork out the money. They're $800 into the TF700 w/dock at this point.
So I would say: Think twice before unlocking the bootloader on the TF701, when custom-recovery even comes out for it.
Personally, with my TF701 that I ordered on newgg today, I am going to leave the bootloader locked for awhile. I can live with the stock ROM, hopefully with root access. Maybe after a few months I'll unlock the bootloader. It would be nice to do it in a way that didn't void the warranty. What an asinine policy by ASUS. There is no way the unlocked bootloader led to the touchscreen failing on my old TF700....no way!
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It is VERY lame. I sold my TF700 because of the slow I/O causing lag that I couldn't live with. Of course I had the bootloader unlocked, so the warranty was void. I divulged that info in the eBay auction for the most part (I didn't say the warranty was void because I didn't know that was the case. Ignorant, I know). Anyway, the new owner of my TF700 emailed me after a couple months asking me why ASUS was charging them $280 for fixing the faulty touchscreen. They said ASUS says it's not under warranty because of the unlocked bootloader. I felt bad for the new owners, having to fork out the money. They're $800 into the TF700 w/dock at this point.
So I would say: Think twice before unlocking the bootloader on the TF701, when custom-recovery even comes out for it.
Personally, with my TF701 that I ordered on newgg today, I am going to leave the bootloader locked for awhile. I can live with the stock ROM, hopefully with root access. Maybe after a few months I'll unlock the bootloader. It would be nice to do it in a way that didn't void the warranty. What an asinine policy by ASUS. There is no way the unlocked bootloader led to the touchscreen failing on my old TF700....no way!
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Gee thanks for the advice. Lets just say for practicality so you know when I got my Xoom 2 days later I rooted it. Couple years later works fine just slow now so time for new one. I have 701 right now and its blazing fast.
2nd let me shine some advise for you. For starters you can't "root" a device with a locked bootloader. Requires altering the boot.img to tell system to boot up differently and allow you access to the "restricted" file system. To access the flash portion of that requires you to open it up. One way or another you will have to unlock the bootloader to root the device. I myself just want root, I want to just remove the unwanted junk and free up that wasted space and install ad blocking software.
What each person chooses to do with the root is up to them, regardless if Asus wants to void the warranty or not. Just need little common sense and know how to use google to figure what you want to do. If your to cautious to do that then I highly suggest not touching it and leave it as is. To me its never a "think twice" once you root and have full access to the product you bought, it makes the device so much better to use and gets rid of unwanted bloatware. Especially the ad blocking apps which helps on phone contracts with capped data helps keep your data way down since ads use a lot of data.
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2nd let me shine some advise for you. For starters you can't "root" a device with a locked bootloader. Requires altering the boot.img to tell system to boot up differently and allow you access to the "restricted" file system. To access the flash portion of that requires you to open it up. One way or another you will have to unlock the bootloader to root the device. I myself just want root, I want to just remove the unwanted junk and free up that wasted space and install ad blocking software.
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Your statements sound completely wrong to me. Of course you can root without unlocking the bootloader. I have rooted two phones and my TF201, all without unlocking; I rooted the TF201 soon after buying it, and only unlocked the bootloader more than a year later.
Rooting doesn't force you to forfeit warranty service, but unlocking does. (Note that you can unroot a device before sending it in for service, but you can't "relock" an unlocked device.) So it makes perfect sense as Snake suggests to hold off on unlocking, at least until you are sure all the hardware in your device is working perfectly.
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Update Amazon has shipped my new tablet so may be here tomorrow (i hope) if my new boot.img works and gives me root then I will pass it on, sadly though it won't be in a format in which you can just use a custom recovery, you have to flash it manually but if it works I will post how to flash it (all i need to remember is which tools to zip up in the entire SDK) LOL.
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You can use a windows app called Virtuous Ten Studio (created by Diamondback ) Senior Mod and RD. It'll unpack your boot.img to allow editing ramdisk. Heck, it'll also de-odex, decompile apks with built in support for most API levels in a windows UI. No need to mess with apktools and such.
Free version in the XDA forums. Think you have to install latest MS .Net though. Can't remember. Give it a go. If you're a ROM cooker, it's a must.
An unlocked bootloader is usually 90% of the battle when getting full root (full means system RW access). Locked bootloaders is why rooting can involve finding exploits, which is why so many root apps are out there. Not saying what worked on the Acer 500/501, 510/511 and 700/701 tabs will work for the TF701, but it's worth investigating.
Moscow Desire said:
You can use a windows app called Virtuous Ten Studio (created by Diamondback ) Senior Mod and RD. It'll unpack your boot.img to allow editing ramdisk. Heck, it'll also de-odex, decompile apks with built in support for most API levels in a windows UI. No need to mess with apktools and such.
Free version in the XDA forums. Think you have to install latest MS .Net though. Can't remember. Give it a go. If you're a ROM cooker, it's a must.
An unlocked bootloader is usually 90% of the battle when getting full root (full means system RW access). Locked bootloaders is why rooting can involve finding exploits, which is why so many root apps are out there. Not saying what worked on the Acer 500/501, 510/511 and 700/701 tabs will work for the TF701, but it's worth investigating.
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Thanks for the windows tip but I use VMware with Ubuntu installed and have my harddrive mapped as network drive to transfer files between. Much easier this way. I will check out the program though may need it for some APK altering of certain app (I hope).
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Thanks for the windows tip but I use VMware with Ubuntu installed and have my harddrive mapped as network drive to transfer files between. Much easier this way. I will check out the program though may need it for some APK altering of certain app (I hope).
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Ha, I use a dual boot (win7 and Ubuntu). Old lappy didn't run too well with VM. Need any help, shoot me a PM. Will share what I know.
There's a few other things you can do im Ramdisk, like increase read ahead cache, run a service to update lto.dat automatically (GPS) and a few others.
I only boot to win7 when I want to unpack/repack and boot images when I do kernel builds. (I'm lazy)
MD
Moscow Desire said:
Ha, I use a dual boot (win7 and Ubuntu). Old lappy didn't run too well with VM. Need any help, shoot me a PM. Will share what I know.
There's a few other things you can do im Ramdisk, like increase read ahead cache, run a service to update lto.dat automatically (GPS) and a few others.
I only boot to win7 when I want to unpack/repack and boot images when I do kernel builds. (I'm lazy)
MD
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Yeah that works just pain to have to shut down windows to boot ubuntu. My PC is a power house, set VMware with 4gb of RAM and still not slowing my PC down LOL.
well new tablet in and little troubleshooting seems problem is bad charge cable, new one starts to charge 1/2 way in, other little flaky. but even new tablet fresh out of box wont let me unlock it so asus tw asked for screen shot of my ids, waiting reply.
Hello everyone
As i've had trouble lately to receive the bootloader unlock code from Huawei. I wrote them an email, and this was their response.
"Thank you for contacting Huawei Support UK and for the provided details.
In response to your enquiry, we would like to inform you that the unlock code application service has ended, as of July 25th 2018, to ensure user experience and safety. Moreover, unlocking the bootloader of a device voids the warranty and it wasn’t recommended since it was the source of multiple software issues due to unauthorized software modifications.
Huawei used to provide users with corresponding unlock codes to meet personalized requirements due to the usage of different ROMs, which is an extra service and does not belong to consumers' rights.
However, due to possible problems caused by unlocking your device (such as system built-in function failure, device freezing, and power consumption increase) we will no longer provide the code.
Should you have any further inquiries, please do not hesitate to contact us.
We wish you a nice day!"
So, as of now. The only way to get the bootloader unlock code, is to use dc-unlocker or any other software that can handle the task
Have a great day!
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Hello everyone
As i've had trouble lately to receive the bootloader unlock code from Huawei. I wrote them an email, and this was their response.
"Thank you for contacting Huawei Support UK and for the provided details.
In response to your enquiry, we would like to inform you that the unlock code application service has ended, as of July 25th 2018, to ensure user experience and safety. Moreover, unlocking the bootloader of a device voids the warranty and it wasn’t recommended since it was the source of multiple software issues due to unauthorized software modifications.
Huawei used to provide users with corresponding unlock codes to meet personalized requirements due to the usage of different ROMs, which is an extra service and does not belong to consumers' rights.
However, due to possible problems caused by unlocking your device (such as system built-in function failure, device freezing, and power consumption increase) we will no longer provide the code.
Should you have any further inquiries, please do not hesitate to contact us.
We wish you a nice day!"
So, as of now. The only way to get the bootloader unlock code, is to use dc-unlocker or any other software that can handle the task
Have a great day!
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Yes. At least for now, and at least for Mate 10/Pro. Honor View 10 has problems getting unlock code, same with P20. So for future devices not even dc may work.
And Huawei might just remove unlock from fastboot all together, as its not really needed if you can't use it properly.
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Yes. At least for now, and at least for Mate 10/Pro. Honor View 10 has problems getting unlock code, same with P20. So for future devices not even dc may work.
And Huawei might just remove unlock from fastboot all together, as its not really needed if you can't use it properly.
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They actually removed the option to receive the code for all their devices, which is a shame. It's like they're trying to control its users, with the excuse that it can be unstable.
It's not they're call to make, in my opinion, AND they're even stating that it voids warranty. We know the risks of this, so please stop now Huawei
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They actually removed the option to receive the code for all their devices, which is a shame. It's like they're trying to control its users, with the excuse that it can be unstable.
It's not they're call to make, in my opinion, AND they're even stating that it voids warranty. We know the risks of this, so please stop now Huawei
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Yeah, I meant getting unlock code through dc. Honor View 10 L04 can't, some L09 users seem to have trouble as well. P20 can't at all (if I remember correctly). And future devices probably can't either.
Yeah, you got a warning when getting the unlock code from them that it voids warranty. You got a warning when using unlock code on device.
I will not get a Huawei device in the future if I can't unlock it
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Yeah, I meant getting unlock code through dc. Honor View 10 L04 can't, some L09 users seem to have trouble as well. P20 can't at all (if I remember correctly). And future devices probably can't either.
Yeah, you got a warning when getting the unlock code from them that it voids warranty. You got a warning when using unlock code on device.
I will not get a Huawei device in the future if I can't unlock it
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Me Neither
Probably switch to OnePlus afterwards because of this, if they're not going to do anything about this
Do you know how much to unlock in DC site ? Thanks
ErnestoD said:
Do you know how much to unlock in DC site ? Thanks
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It states the price on their website.
But about 5 $
Just today I read about Huawei's succes which indicates they became top 2 seller all around the world surpassing Apple. We have been there when Samsung got it's hype and after that invented some bull**** called knox. So, maybe no need to give really significant credit to a company which is going to abuse it.
It's a shame that they have decided to go through this route. I fortunately got my bootloader unlock code for the Lite before it was too late, and I'm keeping it in two different locations, accessible online, until my warranty is over. That's how protective I am of the code. I certainly don't like that we'd have to rely on dc-unlocker's paid services to do what we were able to do for free.
if you can read chinese,you can get your mate 10 unlocked on the Chinesewebsite taobao
orluchi said:
if you can read chinese,you can get your mate 10 unlocked on the Chinesewebsite taobao
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For free? Sounds too good to be true, though make no mistake, I wish it's too good and true.
Update. As of BLA-C432B145+ you can't use DC/HCU to get unlock code. FW prior to this should be fine. However, downgrading seems to be no go either as B145 is now approved for installation in eRecovery (at least for me, was B137 a couple of weeks ago)
I'm not sure which build on other custs, but I guess you can check release date and compare.
If I can't root, I won't buy a phone. Huawei, I love your hardware, but if you stick by this decision it's goodbye for me when I next upgrade.
This decision Huawei made is completely sad, and irritating. They're decreasing the user made choixes, which should not happen. Android was build open, to advance user made choices and problems. If this stays. They're not worth my money anymore
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Update. As of BLA-C432B145+ you can't use DC/HCU to get unlock code. FW prior to this should be fine. However, downgrading seems to be no go either as B145 is now approved for installation in eRecovery (at least for me, was B137 a couple of weeks ago)
I'm not sure which build on other custs, but I guess you can check release date and compare.
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Clarification: You can still downgrade using NoCheck recovery or HuRUpdater, but that requires an already unlocked bootloader.
I did downgrade yesterday to BLA-L29C432B142, and there you can still get unlock code using HCU.
FH can't downgrade either apparently, so Huawei probably added a check to eRecovery that prevents downgrading :/
Also, the backdoor that DC-phoenix/FH Rebrand tool uses is broken as well in B145 (I assume B145, I'm on B148 and here it's not working).
I was seconds away from pulling the trigger on a Mate 10 Pro. Then I saw this. No way will I ever buy a Hauwei now. So dumb.
Tsun_Pooka said:
For free? Sounds too good to be true, though make no mistake, I wish it's too good and true.
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not for free,it will cost you 10usd maybe
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Clarification: You can still downgrade using NoCheck recovery or HuRUpdater, but that requires an already unlocked bootloader.
I did downgrade yesterday to BLA-L29C432B142, and there you can still get unlock code using HCU.
FH can't downgrade either apparently, so Huawei probably added a check to eRecovery that prevents downgrading :/
Also, the backdoor that DC-phoenix/FH Rebrand tool uses is broken as well in B145 (I assume B145, I'm on B148 and here it's not working).
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Sorry I've tried searching for it with no avail but what is HCU
kingkongous said:
Sorry I've tried searching for it with no avail but what is HCU
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Hcu-client. Its made by DC unlocker but supports newer phones. Newer firmware has closed the way they use to get unlock code though (may firmware or earlier will work, June works on some custs)
So it's possible to unlock the bootloader if new fresh mate 10 pro out of the box before update ? On alternative ROM's post, they say it's over like there is no alternative.
Just went to pick up my new S21 Ultra 512 from AT&T and it shipped with v2 firmware. As of now the bootloader is not unlockable! Needless to say, I returned without even opening the box. That sucks!
How do you tell if it has V2 firmware, my box doesn't say. Just software version G998USQU2AUB5
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SW/VER: The 5th number from the right (2). This number has to be a 1 for the bootloader to be unlockable.
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My tag doesn't have that sw version or the sm number ..
Samsung and AT&T partnered... what could go wrong?
If not on the box, in the "About Phone" menu under settings. I was looking to purchase a New factory unlocked phone on Ebay but the seller cannot provide the FW version. So, no go. Cheers
I got mine on launch day from tmobile and it was always a 2 so I dont know what youre talking about
If I'm not mistaken, T-mobile allows their bootloader to be unlockable. @sesnut, Did you unlock yours?
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If I'm not mistaken, T-mobile allows their bootloader to be unlockable. @sesnut, Did you unlock yours?
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Nope, none of the SM-G998U's are offered with Unlocked Bootloaders and at this time there are no options available to unlock these devices.
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Nope, none of the SM-G998U's are offered with Unlocked Bootloaders and at this time there are no options available to unlock these devices.
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Actually there is. @afaneh92 has an unlock service provided you are still on v1 firmware. The pricing is more than fair as this is currently the only way to unlock.
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Nope, none of the SM-G998U's are offered with Unlocked Bootloaders and at this time there are no options available to unlock these devices.
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Yep. You could pay like $150 to unlock the bootloader in the past, but if you updated the phone at all within the last 2.5 months, you'll be stuck with a locked bootloader. Hopefully someone manages to find a solution to unlock the bootloader completely without having to manipulate the steady partition. I literally only want root and I'm stuck without it for...well... forever, potentially... Which kinda stinks without having a Pixel this time... My last phone being a Pixel 3 had me a bit spoiled, as even if it wasn't rooted there still wouldn't be ads everywhere, lol.
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Interesting that they now have two IMEI's on the box. Could e-Sim finally be enabled. I wish you kept it. I wonder if it showed both IMEI's in Status Information
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Yep. You could pay like $150 to unlock the bootloader in the past, but if you updated the phone at all within the last 2.5 months, you'll be stuck with a locked bootloader. Hopefully someone manages to find a solution to unlock the bootloader completely without having to manipulate the steady partition. I literally only want root and I'm stuck without it for...well... forever, potentially... Which kinda stinks without having a Pixel this time... My last phone being a Pixel 3 had me a bit spoiled, as even if it wasn't rooted there still wouldn't be ads everywhere, lol.
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You have ads on the OS, system apps?
This:
Home - Package Disabler
The only NON-root solution that let’s you disable any unwanted packages that come pre-installed / installed with your phone / tablet.
www.packagedisabler.com
I use Karma Firewall as well. Both use very little battery. Zero issues with both.
Rooting be much more trouble than it be worth even if I could on the Note 10+... it's runs nicely now.
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You have ads on the OS, system apps?
This:
Home - Package Disabler
The only NON-root solution that let’s you disable any unwanted packages that come pre-installed / installed with your phone / tablet.
www.packagedisabler.com
I use Karma Firewall as well. Both use very little battery. Zero issues with both.
Rooting be much more trouble than it be worth
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All of the Samsung apps have ads built-in - so not necessarily the 'true' system apps. Thankfully enough, I've already removed all of those crummy apps over adb. But I've already tried things like fully customized AdGuard, but those just don't do the job for me. I'm a nerdy person, so I like having the full system rights and rooting my phones. But aside from that, AdAway is just a better service and keeps out the ads that things like AdGuard miss.
But all in all, let's just hope that us US nerds with Samsung phones get lucky and get an exploit leaked that allows for Snapdragon 888 Samsung phones in North America to be bootloader unlocked!
*Edit* - read my post again and I realized that my bottom statement is as likely as winning the mega millions lottery lol.
*Edit 2.0* - Response to @blackhawk:
It seems like Samsung's non-essential apps all have ads now. So things like their members app, the galaxy store, the weather app, Samsung Pay, etc. But the default frequently used apps (like messages and phone) don't seem to have any ads. But I've also removed every single Samsung app at this point and have loaded my phone with all Google apps for a little extra reliability.
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All of the Samsung apps have ads built-in - so not necessarily the 'true' system apps. Thankfully enough, I've already removed all of those crummy apps over adb. But I've already tried things like fully customized AdGuard, but those just don't do the job for me. I'm a nerdy person, so I like having the full system rights and rooting my phones. But aside from that, AdAway is just a better service and keeps out the ads that things like AdGuard miss.
But all in all, let's just hope that us US nerds with Samsung phones get lucky and get an exploit leaked that allows for Snapdragon 888 Samsung phones in North America to be bootloader unlocked!
*Edit* - read my post again and I realized that my bottom statement is as likely as winning the mega millions lottery lol.
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I don't think any of the Samsung apps I use on my N10+ have ads. Is this something new?
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All of the Samsung apps have ads built-in - so not necessarily the 'true' system apps. Thankfully enough, I've already removed all of those crummy apps over adb. But I've already tried things like fully customized AdGuard, but those just don't do the job for me. I'm a nerdy person, so I like having the full system rights and rooting my phones. But aside from that, AdAway is just a better service and keeps out the ads that things like AdGuard miss.
But all in all, let's just hope that us US nerds with Samsung phones get lucky and get an exploit leaked that allows for Snapdragon 888 Samsung phones in North America to be bootloader unlocked!
*Edit* - read my post again and I realized that my bottom statement is as likely as winning the mega millions lottery lol.
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I'm like you, but there are too many downsides to root on this device.
I've avoided Samsung since they started making it hard on their phones, since s6 I believe.
Have had Nexus and then OP...
Where I live, Samsung pay is just too useful, and I lived without it before and now I don't dare to break it on this device.
I see that as an "flashing holiday", which will last a couple years considering the price of the device!
Too bad, I used rooting aside from custom ROMs for system wide adblocking in the past, I found it very convenient...
kipue said:
Where I live, Samsung pay is just too useful, and I lived without it before and now I don't dare to break it on this device.
I see that as an "flashing holiday", which will last a couple years considering the price of the device!
Too bad, I used rooting aside from custom ROMs for system wide adblocking in the past, I found it very convenient...
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Totally understandable as Samsung Pay was the only Samsung app that I consistently used and it was super nifty! Unfortunately, they've permanently disabled it in North America (no more MST support) on the S21 series. So I'd much rather have root being that I reside in NA =(.
I'll just have to get extremely lucky to get root access though...
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Yep. You could pay like $150 to unlock the bootloader in the past, but if you updated the phone at all within the last 2.5 months, you'll be stuck with a locked bootloader. Hopefully someone manages to find a solution to unlock the bootloader completely without having to manipulate the steady partition. I literally only want root and I'm stuck without it for...well... forever, potentially... Which kinda stinks without having a Pixel this time... My last phone being a Pixel 3 had me a bit spoiled, as even if it wasn't rooted there still wouldn't be ads everywhere, lol.
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Yes, technically it is possible on select devices depending on the update status but how many users are we talking about? Who would ignore updates for months then out of the blue decide to pay someone to root their device and forego future updates, almost no one! If root is a high priority then aquire a Galaxy with the unlocked bootloader or a different make altogether, they're much more practical considerations.
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Yes, technically it is possible on select devices depending on the update status but how many users are we talking about? Who would ignore updates for months then out of the blue decide to pay someone to root their device and forego future updates, almost no one! If root is a high priority then aquire a Galaxy with the unlocked bootloader or a different make altogether, they're much more practical considerations.
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I agree, this is why I traded in two rooted Samsung phones. Not being able to fully update without loosing the unlock killed it for me. Thankfully I didn't loose all that much cash with the trade ins. I'm perfectly fine with my unrooted S21 Ultra and ADB. I won't root again unless it's a Pixel.
Bootloader unlock for Qualcomm SnapDragon Samsung GalaxyS21 (USA and Canada) and likely S22.
Will update post with more info soon, still need to compile.
Any Help welcomed.
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NO WAY..Im down to try anything to help. i got the 21 ultra tmobile unlocked
1st to be done is modify odin accordingly. it will need to be modified before hand to simplify the process for end users and reduce risk of fck ups. After that its simply implementing the code i already have.
jcole6197 said:
NO WAY..Im down to try anything to help. i got the 21 ultra tmobile unlocked
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jcole6197 said:
NO WAY..Im down to try anything to help. i got the 21 ultra tmobile unlocked
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What processor is your s21?
Snapdragon 888
jcole6197 said:
Snapdragon 888
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did you end up using one of the services? or did you find your own way? - to unlock BL
No I'm still locked
Following!
Update - Nothing major, havent had time to package or time to mod odin yet. Hopefully by monday.
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Update - Nothing major, havent had time to package or time to mod odin yet. Hopefully by monday.
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Definitely looking forward to this. What bootloader version is this geared to work for?
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Definitely looking forward to this. What bootloader version is this geared to work for?
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All up to the latest, BL5. I need someone with an S22 to test it very soon. very likely this method will allow S22 BL unlock too. it seems quite universal according to some of the contributers on Github
Great news!
This is awesome news! Just figured I'd ask considering currently only up to v1 is available for unlock and I believe that's paid only so didn't want to get my hopes up with having up to the Feb update v5 and it only work for say v4 lol
MoKanReefer said:
This is awesome news! Just figured I'd ask considering currently only up to v1 is available for unlock and I believe that's paid only so didn't want to get my hopes up with having up to the Feb update v5 and it only work for say v4 lol
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This will be free, full stop. The process im working on uses Legit Samsung/Qualcomm Dev resources to unlock the BL without triggering knox/screwing up "Secure Apps" like Samsung pay etc, but is also the reason its taking so long to finish. Essentially trying to replicate the "factory process" the engineers use to unlock their BL's during R&D.
This is very promising and you guys are awesome for all the hard work you put in!
I've been kicking myself since realizing only v1 could be unlocked prior. Was actually about to sell off my current factory unlocked S21 ultra and jump ship to RedMagic/ROG. Only hold back for either was the OS on both.
Still may if after dumping samsung's bloatware this thing doesn't stop heating up. Not exactly happy being stuck tethered to a cord using a "phone cooler" to even watch a video (pnp) & use Amazon. Let alone the space the bloat I don't use takes up.
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This is very promising and you guys are awesome for all the hard work you put in!
I've been kicking myself since realizing only v1 could be unlocked prior. Was actually about to sell off my current factory unlocked S21 ultra and jump ship to RedMagic/ROG. Only hold back for either was the OS on both.
Still may if after dumping samsung's bloatware this thing doesn't stop heating up. Not exactly happy being stuck tethered to a cord using a "phone cooler" to even watch a video (pnp) & use Amazon. Let alone the space the bloat I don't use takes up.
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If your phone is overheating check out an app called "Alliance Sheild X" - use it to open some of the internal engineer apps in the "Device Keystring" app. Just be CAREFUL playing with options - look up some of the settings you find, i know for fact there's some in there related to battery/charging current/ display voltage etc. again, use with caution, but if your technically inclined you might find some options that will help you accomplish lowering your devices temps as well as increasing battery life.
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If your phone is overheating check out an app called "Alliance Sheild X" - use it to open some of the internal engineer apps in the "Device Keystring" app. Just be CAREFUL playing with options - look up some of the settings you find, i know for fact there's some in there related to battery/charging current/ display voltage etc. again, use with caution, but if your technically inclined you might find some options that will help you accomplish lowering your devices temps as well as increasing battery life.
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Alliance Shield X uses a zero touch config with Knox Configure so device owner persists after factory reset, as well as reflashing firmware (nand erase included). The flash will appear to have been successful to the naked eye but alas, it will still be managed. The files exists in whichever part of the dynamic partition (A/B) is not in use, I wouldn't recommend using it. Looking forward to the BL unlock, awesome news to hear & appreciate your work immensely.
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Alliance Shield X uses a zero touch config with Knox Configure so device owner persists after factory reset, as well as reflashing firmware (nand erase included). The flash will appear to have been successful to the naked eye but alas, it will still be managed. The files exists in whichever part of the dynamic partition (A/B) is not in use, I wouldn't recommend using it. Looking forward to the BL unlock, awesome news to hear & appreciate your work immensely.
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Not meaning in terms of flash, but simply to use hidden system processes to have more granular control of battery etc. lots of hidden features on these phones. I just simply prefer ASX to find said hidden features in Device keystring, RLZDebug, Google Partner Setup, PreConfig, etc. used in conjunction with a desktop program you can find here on XDA, or simply ADB shell, you can do quite a bit of manipulation.
Also, DEX seems to have some interesting hidden bits too.
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Not meaning in terms of flash, but simply to use hidden system processes to have more granular control of battery etc. lots of hidden features on these phones. I just simply prefer ASX to find said hidden features in Device keystring, RLZDebug, Google Partner Setup, PreConfig, etc. used in conjunction with a desktop program you can find here on XDA, or simply ADB shell, you can do quite a bit of manipulation.
Also, DEX seems to have some interesting hidden bits too.
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What Dex hidden bits did you find? Could you post or DM a screenshot?
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Bootloader unlock for Qualcomm SnapDragon Samsung GalaxyS21 (USA and Canada) and likely S22.
Will update post with more info soon, still need to compile.
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Bootloader unlock for Qualcomm SnapDragon Samsung GalaxyS21 (USA and Canada) and likely S22.
Will update post with more info soon, still need to compile.
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This feels surreal! I wish I could help but it's all Greek to me. I'm a lowly end user, at Your disposal.....S21 Ultra US Tmob
So I have a galaxy note 9, and I've recently been using the s pen. because the touch screen hasn't been working all the time.. for instance, I can use the same part of the touch screen to open an app (lets say snapchat) for the same part of the screen it will stop working, then before you say its the app, ill get out of snapchat, to to my message app, and use my keyboard, and it will have the same issue, then ill get out of the app again, and touch where I was touching on the screen and it will work, I've managed to turn on the (show touches) in developer options, to show where its registering, and its not showing when I touch the keypad. I've tried to wipe this phone, I've tried to wipe the cache in recovery mode (its stock everything, stock recovery, stock operating system, and unrooted, and the bootloader is still locked) so I'm thinking it is a software malfunction, but I'm not 100% sure, because it sometimes registure as I touch somewhere else than I press, keep in mind (THIS IS WITHOUT S PEN) I would love if someone could help me to fix this issue, thank you soo very much if you want a video I can add a link to my google drive, where I can show you the issue
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Welcome to XDA
Any permanent magnets near the phone?
Does it fail to work in safe mode?
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Welcome to XDA
Any permanent magnets near the phone?
Does it fail to work in safe mode?
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No magnets, also no case, or screen protector. And no it doesn't work in safe mode, I've tried that too, sorry I didn't list it. I've even tried the (screen test) ill attach the pic of what i'm talking about, it tested fine, every test, and I tested it multiple times.
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No magnets, also no case, or screen protector. And no it doesn't work in safe mode, I've tried that too, sorry I didn't list it. I've even tried the (screen test) ill attach the pic of what i'm talking about, it tested fine, every test, and I tested it multiple times.
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Try clearing the system cache then go into safe mode and check it again.
If it's not hardware, software and you did a factory reset (tested right after reset with nothing loaded*) it may be the firmware is corrupted, reflash to same version. This almost never happens, possibility of a rootkit**. If a reflash fails to fix it is hardware either the display or mobo.
*if you used SmartSwitch, factory reset again without using SmartSwitch. If it's working after that, hand load with care...
**Android 8 and lower are suspectable to the worm X-Helper. It can evade removal by worming out of the user partition. It's a nasty one. There's methods to remove it now without reflashing I believe.
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Try clearing the system cache then go into safe mode and check it again.
If it's not hardware, software and you did a factory reset (tested right after reset with nothing loaded*) it may be the firmware is corrupted, reflash to same version. This almost never happens, possibility of a rootkit**. If a reflash fails to fix it is hardware either the display or mobo.
*if you used SmartSwitch, factory reset again without using SmartSwitch. If it's working after that, hand load with care...
**Android 8 and lower are suspectable to the worm X-Helper. It can evade removal by worming out of the user partition. It's a nasty one. There's methods to remove it now without reflashing I believe.
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how would i reflash to the same version? if its not rooted? or the bootloader isnt unlocked?
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how would i reflash to the same version? if its not rooted? or the bootloader isnt unlocked?
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I'm no expert but you can flash the same or latter official stock rom for the device without unlocking the bootloader.
My Galaxy Note 9 started doing the same thing 4 months ago. Some days it actually seems like its fixed but I mostly use the S-Pen instead. Its very inconvenient. I tried the safemode and I posted a few days ago in this forum asking about if I had to match the same base version. I was thinking about rooting it to see if that may fix the issue. Let me know how you make out. I can let you know if rooting the phone fixes mine. I sill need to figure out how to root mine because it is an AT&T phone from USA and seems the base version that is on mine is not all that popular based on m trying to find the matching base version firmware. Either way if you haven't figured out a fix for your by time I do the surgery on mine I will give you heads up on my success or failure to fix the screen issue.
nlellis8 said:
My Galaxy Note 9 started doing the same thing 4 months ago. Some days it actually seems like its fixed but I mostly use the S-Pen instead. Its very inconvenient. I tried the safemode and I posted a few days ago in this forum asking about if I had to match the same base version. I was thinking about rooting it to see if that may fix the issue. Let me know how you make out. I can let you know if rooting the phone fixes mine. I sill need to figure out how to root mine because it is an AT&T phone from USA and seems the base version that is on mine is not all that popular based on m trying to find the matching base version firmware. Either way if you haven't figured out a fix for your by time I do the surgery on mine I will give you heads up on my success or failure to fix the screen issue.
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Was it refurbished?.... I'm so upset.. just found out my phone was refurbished, the screen isn't original, the motherboard probably is original, the SIM card tray isnt original.. how I found this out, my phone back cover was blue and the body is black, so I decided to open the back cover, (yes I was careful) didn't break anything, and I found this sticker on the flex cable ( I will insert a picture of It), and it brought me to this site "mobile sentrix" where I found out I basically got scammed from a pawnshop selling to me for $200 such a scam, and I can't even return it because it's been well over a month now that I've had it, they would be like, "get out of my store" so I'm basically screwed..
This is the site that the screen came from that the pawnshop bought and sold as a fully working phone... I'm so upset
Keep in mind I'm not hating on that company, even if they scammed the pawnshop, I'm hating on the pawnshop that sold me that phone, and I tried to return it when I first paid for it, and showed him the problems and he got mad and said you get what you pay for and told me to get out of his pawnshop.. and I can sue him because it would caust way more to sue him than to get my money back, and I probably won't, I'd just get his shop shutdown, ughh
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I'm no expert but you can flash the same or latter official stock rom for the device without unlocking the bootloader.
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Found out that's not the issue at all, read my other posts..
liammmmnnnn said:
Keep in mind I'm not hating on that company, even if they scammed the pawnshop, I'm hating on the pawnshop that sold me that phone, and I tried to return it when I first paid for it, and showed him the problems and he got mad and said you get what you pay for and told me to get out of his pawnshop.. and I can sue him because it would caust way more to sue him than to get my money back, and I probably won't, I'd just get his shop shutdown, ughh
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If in the us take him to small claims court. Their rules vary by state. Fees are low, and if you win he pays the court costs!
Small claims court is an informal setting and the judge gives leeway to the participants. A lawyer isn't needed. Be respectful and state the facts, any evidence helps your case.
Don't let him slithzer away! Hammer em!
blackhawk said:
If in the us take him to small claims court. Their rules vary by state. Fees are low, and if you win he pays the court costs!
Small claims court is an informal setting and the judge gives leeway to the participants. A lawyer isn't needed. Be respectful and state the facts, any evidence helps your case.
Don't let him slithzer away! Hammer em!
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But I feel they could use the fact that I took the phone *apart* to their advantage, and say I could have tampered with it, I can't prove that I bought it like this, the only thing I can prove is that the stickers are on the parts of the phone
blackhawk said:
If in the us take him to small claims court. Their rules vary by state. Fees are low, and if you win he pays the court costs!
Small claims court is an informal setting and the judge gives leeway to the participants. A lawyer isn't needed. Be respectful and state the facts, any evidence helps your case.
Don't let him slithzer away! Hammer em!
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Also what would I win? Just getting my money back? I honestly want more, cause I know I'm not the first person he's done this too, like I don't want more for me, I want like his business shutdown or something, or like to be told that he isn't able to do that, also he lied to me and said the phone was 8gb of ram, when it only has 6gb, and he didn't even let me touch the phone or look at it much till I paid for it, and it's a "as is" pawnshop, so if I had a problem after he basically is gonna say I couldn't bring it back