I sim unlocked my phone and then tried unlocking my bootloader just to check if it would go through with the process. it said complete and that it was unlocked. And when i try flashing a custom kernel it doesnt work and says rooting status unknown. Any way to fix?
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Hi there,
I've recently got a new phone - Xperia Active.
It's locked to a Skinny Mobile Network as the packaging says "This phone will only work with Skinny Sim!". - I bought this from site similar to ebay. The phone is brand new - won in a competition.
http://skinny.co.nz/
I spoke to customer service who told me that it would cost $30 to unlock it but if i am with them for 9 months, it's free.
The questions I had in mind are:
1) Is it safe to flash a custom firmware on a 'locked sim network' phone?
2) What is the steps I have to take to flash a custom firmware i.e. expeacer's muiu or Real ICS ??
3) After 9 months i decide to unlock my phone (sim lock), would anything stuff up i.e if i stick another sim card in, the menu doesn't show up for entering the network unlock code.
Update:
checked my bootloader settings. It says: Unlock bootloader allowed: No
Furbus said:
The questions I had in mind are:
1) Is it safe to flash a custom firmware on a 'locked sim network' phone?
2) What is the steps I have to take to flash a custom firmware i.e. expeacer's muiu or Real ICS ??
3) After 9 months i decide to unlock my phone (sim lock), would anything stuff up i.e if i stick another sim card in, the menu doesn't show up for entering the network unlock code.
Update:
checked my bootloader settings. It says: Unlock bootloader allowed: No
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Custom firmware means a combination of custom Rom and custom kernel
1. You can only flash custom Rom's which have support for locked bootloader and I don't think you will get any problem with it (I'll better leave it for someone else to answer because I've never used a network locked phone)
2. As said above you can only flash custom Roms with locked bootloader and you can NEVER FLASH A CUSTOM KERNEL. You cannot use Roms which require their own custom kernel.
3. NO. you can stick up any sim after unlocking your phone with the unlock code your network provider (skinny) gives you . As your network provider said you can purchase the unlock code by paying 30 bucks or wait for nine months and get it from them for free. Either way you need a unlock code to use other sim cards.
and I'm sorry you can never use Roms which require custom kernels even if you have unlocked your network locked phone because your phone says "bootloader unlock allowed:NO" it means you can never use custom Roms like Cyanogenmod or other custom Roms which requires their own kernel to be flashed prior flashing the Rom .
To flash a custom kernel you need a unlocked bootloader and to unlock your bootloader your phone has to say "bootloader unlock allowed:yes" unfortunately yours says NO
EDIT: I learned that you could ask the network provider to change the bootloader status to yes after getting through the prescribed period of 9 months or after paying 30 bucks. After getting it to show 'yes' you can unlock the bootloader and flash custom kernels.
HIT THANKS IF I HAVE HELPED YOU!
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I used the Xperia C method and my Rooting Status say: Bootloader Unlock allowed: Yes; after this process I try to install TWRP with this tutorial: http://forum.xda-developers.com/xpe.../bootloader-unlocked-custom-recovery-t3285521
And I have some troubles. I check my Rooting Status again and this turn to No from Yes. Now my bootloader Secured say Yes, when it say No. And now i can't unlock my bootloader (again).
1.- This screenshot it is when I made my bootloader unlock process. http://prntscr.com/9hiiu
2.- This screen it's when I tried to flash TWRP; the status secure say Yes, after the unlock... http://prntscr.com/9m7ji1
IDK What I have to do.
Can't see your images. Also the thread clearly stated it was only C4 TWRP. The C5 Ultra version is available for Beta testing. If you can flash the recovery your Bootloader is Unlocked simple.
Yes I know. The problem is before the tutorial, thank you very much for responding. Look, what happens is that I had already unlocked the bootloader; Unlock Bootloader I said: Yes. Now I tried to do the procedure you posted, I realized that now Bootloader Unlock my cell saying: No, so I failed in the attempt to flash the recovery. My question was, why after saying Bootloader Unlock: Yes, Unlock Bootloader went on to say: No, and thus the secured: yes.I do not understand what could have happened, why it changed the configuration ?, this was in a period of one week before you will post the tutorial.
Will said bootloader survive an ota update on c4 & c5?
I unlocked my bootloader successfully.[ After waiting for more than 2 months] I haven't flashed any kind of custom recovery neither rooted it.
Whenever I go to developer options it shows my bootloader unlocked status but at the same time OEM unlocked status got disable. And when ever I toggle it on and go back or Activate any other settings it got disable. So my question is is it suspicious?
Will it affect my system?
Can I flash the custom recovery?
What are the chance of getting my bootloader locked again?
And second question a bit off topic what if I don't flash lazy flasher and boot in to system without rooting?
And when to flash lazy flasher ?
I unlocked my bootloader successfully.[ After waiting for more than 2 months] I haven't flashed any kind of custom recovery neither rooted it.
Whenever I go to developer options it shows my bootloader unlocked status but at the same time OEM unlocked status got disable. And when ever I toggle it on and go back or Activate any other settings it got disable. So my question is is it suspicious?
Will it affect my system?
Can I flash the custom recovery?
What are the chance of getting my bootloader locked again?
And second question a bit off topic what if I don't flash lazy flasher and boot in to system without rooting?
And when to flash lazy flasher ?
Fine.
Is there any way to relock the bootloader on exynos s9+? Ive tried reflashing stock via Odin but the bootloader is still unlocked and not allowing me to use android pay etc.
I know knox will be tripped but there's no reason that I can't use android pay with a non rooted phone surely? I've tried the root checker app as well and that shows that I do not have root.
When I check in developer options it says the bootloader is already unlocked and the slider is to the left for the oem unlock option. I have tried to slide it to the right which factory resets the device but then on going into developer options again it still shows as the same status (bootloader already unlocked with oem unlock slider to the left)
What can I do to get my phone properly back to stock?
Thanks
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Is there any way to relock the bootloader on exynos s9+? Ive tried reflashing stock via Odin but the bootloader is still unlocked and not allowing me to use android pay etc.
I know knox will be tripped but there's no reason that I can't use android pay with a non rooted phone surely? I've tried the root checker app as well and that shows that I do not have root.
When I check in developer options it says the bootloader is already unlocked and the slider is to the left for the oem unlock option. I have tried to slide it to the right which factory resets the device but then on going into developer options again it still shows as the same status (bootloader already unlocked with oem unlock slider to the left)
What can I do to get my phone properly back to stock?
Thanks
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Actually there is a good reason why google pay wouldn't work even if the device isn't rooted. There are Payment/banking (and other apps I am sure) require that the device be secure. With the bootloader unlocked the security on your device is severely weakened.
Did you root the phone at all, flash anything to the phone or do anything to modify it at all (something like this as an example). If there was nothing at all done to the phone other then toggling the oem unlock, then it sounds like flashing the proper firmware to the phone, unticking the oem unlock option and factory resetting the phone should work.
If knox is tripped then there is no reversing that. Google searching also shows this would be a likely cause as to why you can not relock the bootloader.. Once knox is tripped it is irreversible (this is because it is an E-fuse), not even flashing stock will not make it go away.
I think your best bet at this point might actually be to have root and then use Magisk to hide root from the apps you want to use. I'm not sure which apps this will work for but it's probably worth looking into since there may be no going back with your bootloader
Thank you for the help guys. I did suspect that may be the case and I wouldnt be able to relock but it seemed some people were able to.
Will just root with magisk and use magisk hide to make it work. Thanks!