http://androidcommunity.com/verizon-galaxy-s-4-bootloader-unlocked-before-release-20130521/
Seems legit...
There is already a thread about 6 down from this one discussing it.
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Well here's a pretty nice bomb shell just dropped by S-E....
http://blogs.sonyericsson.com/developerworld/2011/03/29/unlocking-the-boot-loader-in-the-new-xperia%E2%84%A2-smartphones/
Not for X10, at least not yet, but way to go for S-E!!
(PS: The XDA forum tells me that it's already posted in the Arc dev forum too. But I don't generally look there... and I guess many others don't either.)
It's also already posted in the General forum, a while ago even ^^ Still, good news!
Hey all,
I'm new to the forums, but have been following for a while while I had the HTC Evo, and now the Photon. Has anyone been able to get an overclock on it yet? I've read a few things about the bootloader not being unlocked, and then something about a custom kernel being needed. Just wondering if anyone has info on that yet. I searched around the forums but didn't come up with anything. if there is, sorry for posting twice. Thanks!
There are a couple of 'unlocked bootloader' threads in the Development forum.
No, there isn't anything yet. Source code was release less than a week ago. I'm sure these devs are working as fast as they can to get us custom kernels and fix the unlock that borks 4g. check the dev section or even hop on IRC.
Cool Thanks Guys. I'll head over there and check it out. And I'm not sure what the IRC is. I've read a blurb about it in one of the other threads I was reading through, but it wasn't very specific as to what it was. Sorry still new here.
en. miu i.com /forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=304198
I cannot post the full link due to xda forum link prevention (i've got less then 10 posts.)
Anyway.
I saw this on the miui forums, looks very promising but I'm not flashing in until I see some more reputable people flashing it.
If someone could flash it and report back the results, that would be great.
Do we have a root yet, or will we for the H31 version? I found an article claiming a root on Android tech for the H31, I can't link yet, but it's easy to find.
And unlocking the bootloader, was an article on it also.
It was recently posted 27/07/2016 so fairly recent. Thanks guys.
H831 is on ice for the moment.. There's a bounty up for the root process!
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Not yet
There has been pretty extensive coverage right from the beginning about what G5 models were bootloader unlockable and rootable. This has been well discussed and documented elsewhere in the general G5 forums. Generally I understand that LG setup some models to have unlockable bootloaders (but not our model) just like they did with the G4. As a result, I have no faith at all in that posted "solution" - not found here at XDA. The forum/thread to follow regarding all things H831 is: http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g5/how-to/canadian-lg-g5-discussion-t3383425. If there is any news it will make a big splash there and elsewhere I dare say.
I want to unlock the bootloader of my G5, but I am scared a bit of voiding my warranty if some problems come up in future (it's only been a bit more than 24 hours with G5). I've heard of unofficial way of getting the unlock code and I've heard stories of people relocking their bootloaders, but I am not sure.
So, if and how can I relock H850 bootloader?
And where can I find that unofficial way of unlocking it? (I know that it costs some money. However, google didn't help me.)
ashirviskas said:
I want to unlock the bootloader of my G5, but I am scared a bit of voiding my warranty if some problems come up in future (it's only been a bit more than 24 hours with G5). I've heard of unofficial way of getting the unlock code and I've heard stories of people relocking their bootloaders, but I am not sure.
So, if and how can I relock H850 bootloader?
And where can I find that unofficial way of unlocking it? (I know that it costs some money. However, google didn't help me.)
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There is no unofficially way to unlock the bootloader, when You ask for the unlock.bin to LG the warranty you'll lose the warranty, so even if You relock it (which is possible) LG will anyway know trough the device id and the imei which Smartphone are locked and which are not.
They cannot void your warranty just based on the fact you requested the unlock.bin
As for how to unlock there is plenty of information about it in threads here, just read it. As for an unofficial way of unlocking - the fact that you couldn't find anything in google leads me to believe it either does not exist or is a recent discovery in which case I'd wait since it will find its way here sooner or later once it's validated.
I remember browsing through reddit and xda three days ago and in some thread people were discussing the ways of unlocking G5. One person said that if official way doesn't work (because only h850 is supported on LG website), you can buy unlock *stuff* (file or code, I don't remember) on this other website for 1.99 or 0.99. Others said they will try and after trying they were really happy because it worked.
I'm not sure where it was, but I think it was on XDA. Could it have been removed by mods?
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They cannot void your warranty just based on the fact you requested the unlock.bin
As for how to unlock there is plenty of information about it in threads here, just read it. As for an unofficial way of unlocking - the fact that you couldn't find anything in google leads me to believe it either does not exist or is a recent discovery in which case I'd wait since it will find its way here sooner or later once it's validated.
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This in theory, the practise is different, there are reports on both cases in xda, so it's better to report the worst case.
ashirviskas said:
I remember browsing through reddit and xda three days ago and in some thread people were discussing the ways of unlocking G5. One person said that if official way doesn't work (because only h850 is supported on LG website), you can buy unlock *stuff* (file or code, I don't remember) on this other website for 1.99 or 0.99. Others said they will try and after trying they were really happy because it worked.
I'm not sure where it was, but I think it was on XDA. Could it have been removed by mods?
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There was nothing like this on xda, maybe a simple thread where users tried to find a different way to unlock the bootloader