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Forgive me if this is stupid, its the only solution I have been able to come up with to my original issue (here if anyone has a better solution http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2798335)
Because I cant access my recovery I need to flash a stock firmware to basically wipe the slate and start again. The only issue I have is that the only ftf file I can find for the UK is unbranded whilst my phone is locked on EE, if I was to flash the unbranded file will it play nicely or are things going to go from bad to worse? I would guess that it probably wouldn't work, but it there's no harm in checking.
so nobody knows the answer to this?
SxcKieranGrr said:
Forgive me if this is stupid, its the only solution I have been able to come up with to my original issue (here if anyone has a better solution http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2798335)
Because I cant access my recovery I need to flash a stock firmware to basically wipe the slate and start again. The only issue I have is that the only ftf file I can find for the UK is unbranded whilst my phone is locked on EE, if I was to flash the unbranded file will it play nicely or are things going to go from bad to worse? I would guess that it probably wouldn't work, but it there's no harm in checking.
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It should work but I think the SIM won't work. Then again, I don't know anything about locked carriers (Never had one).
If your bootloader is unlocked, try the EMMA service by Sony. It finds your phone's stock firmware if you're on a custom ROM with unlocked bootloader.
HussainQ said:
It should work but I think the SIM won't work. Then again, I don't know anything about locked carriers (Never had one).
If your bootloader is unlocked, try the EMMA service by Sony. It finds your phone's stock firmware if you're on a custom ROM with unlocked bootloader.
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Thanks for the reply. I don't have a unlocked bootloader though and without the possibility of unlocking it too.
SxcKieranGrr said:
Thanks for the reply. I don't have a unlocked bootloader though and without the possibility of unlocking it too.
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Try the Sony Update Service.
It should automatically find the latest firmware for your device and flash it.
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Try the Sony Update Service.
It should automatically find the latest firmware for your device and flash it.
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You absolute hero! finally I've got stock back. I owe you a beer.
SxcKieranGrr said:
You absolute hero! finally I've got stock back. I owe you a beer.
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I don't drink -_-
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I don't drink -_-
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Then I'll have one for you.
Has anyone managed to unlock their bootloader on Global stable rom that your phone shipped with?
I'm specifically asking Indians. And of course I'm asking about Snapdragon variant which ships here.
If it didnt unlock on Global stable, what did you do next?
Also please don't post about the unofficial hack method. I'm well aware about that. I want to know about official method.
I also have the same query, please anyone give a proper answer.
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for unlocking you need china dev rom
_ehsun said:
for unlocking you need china dev rom
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And we can get that only by mi flash right ?
Hit Thanks if I helped you ?
thakurneel said:
And we can get that only by mi flash right ?
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yes, Tutorial: http://en.miui.com/thread-235865-1-1.html
if you're not a developer or custom roms lover, you don't need unlocking, flashing and unlocking are risky and so many people got bricked, think twice before any action
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yes, Tutorial: http://en.miui.com/thread-235865-1-1.html
if you're not a developer or custom roms lover, you don't need unlocking, flashing and unlocking are risky and so many people got bricked, think twice before any action
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I'm very much interested. I have been doing this on all my phones but this xiaomi nonse is just another level.
BTW have you unlocked your bootloader? Which ROM did it originally come with?
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BTW have you unlocked your bootloader? Which ROM did it originally come with?
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no i haven't and mine comes with china stable
Unlocked it on global stable 7.2.3.0
fcukmayank said:
Unlocked it on global stable 7.2.3.0
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Official or unofficial method?
Official method
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Official method
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You're kidding, right? How can that be possible man. I have the same version and have got approval too. It didn't work for me. Stopped at 50 percent. How did you do it?
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You're kidding, right? How can that be possible man. I have the same version and have got approval too. It didn't work for me. Stopped at 50 percent. How did you do it?
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Well
I got that 50%error too
I was at 7.1.8.0 got ota to 7.2.3.0
Then i logged out and factory reset it(optional)
Signed it and synced again and let it be for 3-4 days
Tried it and it went through
Maybe it is due to slow syncing with chinese server
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Well
I got that 50%error too
I was at 7.1.8.0 got ota to 7.2.3.0
Then i logged out and factory reset it(optional)
Signed it and synced again and let it be for 3-4 days
Tried it and it went through
Maybe it is due to slow syncing with chinese server
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Could you please upload boot.img of your MIUI ROM as your unlocked boot.img could save a lot of life's
akhil17kr said:
Could you please upload boot.img of your MIUI ROM as your unlocked boot.img could save a lot of life's
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How will it help as you can't flash anything on locked bootloader
thakurneel said:
Has anyone managed to unlock their bootloader on Global stable rom that your phone shipped with?
I'm specifically asking Indians. And of course I'm asking about Snapdragon variant which ships here.
If it didnt unlock on Global stable, what did you do next?
Also please don't post about the unofficial hack method. I'm well aware about that. I want to know about official method.
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I managed to unlock bootloader on Global 7.2.3.0 ROM.
I faced the 'stuck at 50%' problem too. It didn't work for me on Dev nor Global ROM. The Mi unlock tool said it couldn't verify accounts.
But after waiting for about a week I tried again and it worked!
Apparently Xiaomi's unlock process has some bugs and the accounts fail to verify properly. You have to give it time to sync.
Also in developer settings make sure to enable OEM unlocking. The Dev ROM has this enabled by default so maybe that's why more people had success with it (and maybe why people were reporting that unlocking on Global doesn't work).
hulgo said:
I managed to unlock bootloader on Global 7.2.3.0 ROM.
I faced the 'stuck at 50%' problem too. It didn't work for me on Dev nor Global ROM. The Mi unlock tool said it couldn't verify accounts.
But after waiting for about a week I tried again and it worked!
Apparently Xiaomi's unlock process has some bugs and the accounts fail to verify properly. You have to give it time to sync.
Also in developer settings make sure to enable OEM unlocking. The Dev ROM has this enabled by default so maybe that's why more people had success with it (and maybe why people were reporting that unlocking on Global doesn't work).
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Well I already unlocked by unofficial method. Running aosp happily now. Never plan to go back to laggy miui.
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How will it help as you can't flash anything on locked bootloader
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I have already unlocked by unofficial method , by your official method boot.img , some good guy will be able to make modified boot.img of your officially unlocked one in which we don't need to delete bootloader file to switch between MIUI ROMS to prevent bootloop and bootloader relock problem again.
So request to you upload it.
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thakurneel said:
Well I already unlocked by unofficial method. Running aosp happily now. Never plan to go back to laggy miui.
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Dude I've dialer lag in recent tabs or view full call logs . Do you have also same problem ? if yes , any way to solve this as seeing call logs is so irritating with lag.
thakurneel said:
Well I already unlocked by unofficial method. Running aosp happily now. Never plan to go back to laggy miui.
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Dude I've dialer lag in recent tabs or view full call logs . Do you have also same problem ? if yes , any way to solve this as seeing call logs is so irritating with lag ?
akhil17kr said:
Dude I've dialer lag in recent tabs or view full call logs . Do you have also same problem ? if yes , any way to solve this as seeing call logs is so irritating with lag ?
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Yes there is a little lag. No idea how to resolve.
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Yes there is a little lag. No idea how to resolve.
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Do you know if the same lag was also in v3 version or it's only in v4 ?
[Snapdeggon Variant]
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Hello, the unofficial method to unlock the bootloader given over at http://forum.miui.co.in/forum/mi-de...5165-redmi-note-3-snapdragon-unlock-the-beast is not working for me, no matter how many fastbboot ROMs I flash with Mi Flash Tool, or upgrade / downgrade using stock RECOVERY ZIP files.
Everytime same error, at fastbbot oem unlock-go it says "Invalid unlock token" or something like that.
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I have already received confirmation sms for Official unlock, but that method not working, it is stuck at 50% and says "Please verify that same mi account should be logged in to device" or something like that.
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Are these known issues already? And if yes, any other workarounds???
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Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks a lot !!!
It is a common known issue. I unlocked by first bricking my phone by flashing MIUI rom when unofficially unlocked, then my phone unlocked using the miflash unlock tool. Alternatively you could flash the global dev or china dev rom in order to unlock
justinxfan said:
It is a common known issue. I unlocked by first bricking my phone by flashing MIUI rom when unofficially unlocked, then my phone unlocked using the miflash unlock tool. Alternatively you could flash the global dev or china dev rom in order to unlock
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I tried that, tried the global dev as well as global stable.
So which one should I go for now, china dev or stable?
And any other way to unlock??
shanx_verma said:
I tried that, tried the global dev as well as global stable.
So which one should I go for now, china dev or stable?
And any other way to unlock??
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For me China dev worked so try China dev
justinxfan said:
For me China dev worked so try China dev
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So flash China Dev then unlock officially?
Also, won't it really result in exchange of modem partitions instead of Indian modem that I currently have?
shanx_verma said:
So flash China Dev then unlock officially?
Also, won't it really result in exchange of modem partitions instead of Indian modem that I currently have?
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I did unlock the bootloader unofficially with the very method you quoted . May be I can help you in that method.
manishbhakuni14 said:
I did unlock the bootloader unofficially with the very method you quoted . May be I can help you in that method.
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Thanks, but its unlocked now.
At present, I'm now looking for a way to switch over from unofficial unlock to the official one.
Anyone?
shanx_verma said:
Thanks, but its unlocked now.
At present, I'm now looking for a way to switch over from unofficial unlock to the official one.
Anyone?
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First you have to switch to miui rom and relock your bootloader . Then pray that you don't get stuck at 50 % .
I got the permission to unlock bootloader two weeks ago but stuck at 50% .
I flashed every rom be it global stable or Dev , china stable and dev and that too every previous version of MIUI (Wasted so much of data) but to no avail .
Finally I unlocked the bootloader unofficially .
Xiaomi is ****ing lazy to update our account on there server....
So doesn't matter what rom you install you have to wait atleast a week to unlock
shanx_verma said:
Thanks, but its unlocked now.
At present, I'm now looking for a way to switch over from unofficial unlock to the official one.
Anyone?
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Hey bro a little update . I unlocked the bootloader unofficial way and it was over a week after I got the confirmation SMS . So wanted to go back to MIUI with locked bootloader state for official unlocking .
Flashed the fastboot rom through MiFLash and I was back to MIUI with locked bootloader state and then unlocked it officially .
Hope it helps .
manishbhakuni14 said:
Hey bro a little update . I unlocked the bootloader unofficial way and it was over a week after I got the confirmation SMS . So wanted to go back to MIUI with locked bootloader state for official unlocking .
Flashed the fastboot rom through MiFLash and I was back to MIUI with locked bootloader state and then unlocked it officially .
Hope it helps .
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I hope so too.
Can you tell me, which exact ROM you were on, at the time of unlock?
shanx_verma said:
I hope so too.
Can you tell me, which exact ROM you were on, at the time of unlock?
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7.5.3 Global Stable .
manishbhakuni14 said:
7.5.3 Global Stable .
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Thanks a lot, that eases a lot of confusions. So no requirement to be at a China developer ROM to unlock officially, right? Yay !!!
shanx_verma said:
Thanks a lot, that eases a lot of confusions. So no requirement to be at a China developer ROM to unlock officially, right? Yay !!!
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Yep did it with two devices after a week of confirmation sms . No trying in between so lets say after you have flashed global give it a go if it doesn't happen then do not try in between and try after straight 7 days .
manishbhakuni14 said:
Yep did it with two devices after a week of confirmation sms . No trying in between so lets say after you have flashed global give it a go if it doesn't happen then do not try in between and try after straight 7 days .
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That should work out awesome. Will surely try it first thing in morning.
Thanks again buddy, you've been really helpful !!!
shanx_verma said:
That should work out awesome. Will surely try it first thing in morning.
Thanks again buddy, you've been really helpful !!!
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Anytime dear .
manishbhakuni14 said:
Anytime dear .
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And finally, I have been succesful in unlocking officially.
This thread may be closed now.
shanx_verma said:
And finally, I have been succesful in unlocking officially.
This thread may be closed now.
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Congrats glad i helped you .
I wanna request permission to unlock bootloader via en.mi.com/unlock, but its always error like this after login my mi account.
do you have any solution ?
Thank You
there's no one can help me ?
Unlock your bootloader unofficially. It's a lot quicker. Plus, there's more chances of locking your bootloader again after flashing a custom ROM. don't find it necessary for permission to something that might get locked again.
Take a look at this tutorial for unlocking bootloader unofficially: https://youtu.be/CxVM7yrHTSE
Make sure you give exact credentials as in your MIUI account.
If your issue persist, raise a help request in MIUI forum regarding your account issue.
Else try signing with different account and check
http://en.miui.com/unlock/
HParra97 said:
Unlock your bootloader unofficially. It's a lot quicker. Plus, there's more chances of locking your bootloader again after flashing a custom ROM. don't find it necessary for permission to something that might get locked again.
Take a look at this tutorial for unlocking bootloader unofficially: https://youtu.be/CxVM7yrHTSE
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Will that work with any fastboot rom? Like the latest global dev?
TempestZ said:
Will that work with any fastboot rom? Like the latest global dev?
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GLOBAL STABLE 7.1.8.0 Rom Works perfectly. Its best to use this rom when unlocking your bootloader unofficially. Which rom are you currently on?
HParra97 said:
GLOBAL STABLE 7.1.8.0 Rom Works perfectly. Its best to use this rom when unlocking your bootloader unofficially. Which rom are you currently on?
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I'm on 6.10.13 Global Dev version but I'm stuck at the 50% bug
TempestZ said:
I'm on 6.10.13 Global Dev version but I'm stuck at the 50% bug
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are you using global rom 7.1.8.0 ? follow this guide as well. The links in this thread should be provided once you reply with a thank you....http://en.miui.com/thread-253680-1-1.html
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are you using global rom 7.1.8.0 ? follow this guide as well. The links in this thread should be provided once you reply with a thank you....http://en.miui.com/thread-253680-1-1.html
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I'll try it on 7.1.8.0 version to be sure later today. thanks
TempestZ said:
I'll try it on 7.1.8.0 version to be sure later today. thanks
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no problem. let me know how it goes
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no problem. let me know how it goes
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I tried to do it on 7.1.8, worked to unlock but I got strange bug, battery appeared as -2% and it didn't let me boot into recovery. So I locked the bootloader again just in case and started again but I used the latest stable rom, replaced the file and flashed. Then I flashed TWRP and I'm now running a custom ROM without problems and with an unlocked bootloader. Thank you for your help
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Will that work with any fastboot rom? Like the latest global dev?
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TempestZ said:
I tried to do it on 7.1.8, worked to unlock but I got strange bug, battery appeared as -2% and it didn't let me boot into recovery. So I locked the bootloader again just in case and started again but I used the latest stable rom, replaced the file and flashed. Then I flashed TWRP and I'm now running a custom ROM without problems and with an unlocked bootloader. Thank you for your help
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no problem pal ?
Dear All,
I refer to this below thread for a bit of history;
https://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-x/help/restore-xperia-x-dual-f1522-to-stock-t3587368
After the success of flashing the stock rom and relocking the bootloader I tried to launch the camera but i keep getting the above message!
FYI I didn't have my TA partition backed up as well as the DRM keys thing-ies.
Any idea of what could be causing this?
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Dear All,
I refer to this below thread for a bit of history;
https://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-x/help/restore-xperia-x-dual-f1522-to-stock-t3587368
After the success of flashing the stock rom and relocking the bootloader I tried to launch the camera but i keep getting the above message!
FYI I didn't have my TA partition backed up as well as the DRM keys thing-ies.
Any idea of what could be causing this?
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I couldn't find the error message your taking about. Briefly read what u said and understood some. So youunlocked bootloader, installed custom recovery and a rom, and manged to flash to official firmware and are having problems with the camera.
As someone mentioned in that other thread you gave, when you block bootloader l, you lose the TA part ions which contains DRM, which can help camera to work as Sony wants it. The lost TA is lost likely causing issues., thus I recommend rooting to do man which have fixes for the lost DRM (not a replacement for the list ones) , so your camera will function correctly again. Be u seen you never made aback up of the TA, you've permanently lost them, even after relocking the bootloader.
P. S. I'm sure someone mentioned a similar thing to you no in the other thread.
Hope I helped u in some way.
Hey man,
Thanks for the thorough reply. So you think I have no hope of getting the camera to work while maintaining the stock firmware with locked bootloader?
saifallah said:
Hey man,
Thanks for the thorough reply. So you think I have no hope of getting the camera to work while maintaining the stock firmware with locked bootloader?
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That right, I think you dont have any reason to come back to stock firmware when you lost DRM key, because some rom have DRM fix like poision rom and pexorom. In addition, I am using posion rom which is really stable and fixed all your problem.
Glad to be not the only one with this problem.
But (what sucks) i cant sell my X because of this sh*t.
mstrack said:
Glad to be not the only one with this problem.
But (what sucks) i cant sell my X because of this sh*t.
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don't be annoy, We just had TWRP a litte time ago so developers need time to build our device rom =))
ps: No thing is perfect :3 just use that on positive way :3
mstrack said:
Glad to be not the only one with this problem.
But (what sucks) i cant sell my X because of this sh*t.
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Why not?
I always sell my Phones rooted in Spain or Germany. Many people like to buy a pre rooted and working phone.
With Poioson rom for example, all ist working fine and stable.
max26292 said:
don't be annoy, We just had TWRP a litte time ago so developers need time to build our device rom =))
ps: No thing is perfect :3 just use that on positive way :3
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Im just blaming sony...im not happy with the X...and i paid the full price at launch
Oel said:
Why not?
I always sell my Phones rooted in Spain or Germany. Many people like to buy a pre rooted and working phone.
With Poioson rom for example, all ist working fine and stable.
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Tbh, i never tried to sell a phone with custom rom....
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That right, I think you dont have any reason to come back to stock firmware when you lost DRM key, because some rom have DRM fix like poision rom and pexorom. In addition, I am using posion rom which is really stable and fixed all your problem.
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Yea makes sense but I was just hoping to go back to being able to receive ota updates. Plus if i ever decide to sell the phone, i'm gonna have to slice a chunk of its price
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Glad to be not the only one with this problem.
But (what sucks) i cant sell my X because of this sh*t.
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It truly is a ****ty situation, wish I considered reading more before unlocking my bootloader ( and calling hell on myself)
saifallah said:
It truly is a ****ty situation, wish I considered reading more before unlocking my bootloader ( and calling hell on myself)
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Just unlock your bootloader again and camera will start working. Use FlashTool by Androxyde and Xpirifirm to update your phone when when new firmware is release.
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Just unlock your bootloader again and camera will start working. Use FlashTool by Androxyde and Xpirifirm to update your phone when when new firmware is release.
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Thanks man, already did so. Now to decide whether I run the stock rom or install poison rom