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Hello everyone,
I am wondering if there are any ways to know if the Huawei P20 Lite has its bootloader unlocked or not without erasing all of its datas. I am looking for a way to root it without paying for its bootloader code, as I am unsure if these are scams or if my phone is already unlocked.
I bought it on amazon, it's not affiliated to any mobile company, so I thought maybe it's unlocked... Or are the mobile company lock different from the bootloader lock ? It's also from EU (France); ANE-LX1 (C109) model.
I am a complete neophyte into this, as the only other phone I ever root was a Samsung Galaxy Note 4, which was a very easy task.
I saw guides on how to root it without its bootloader code but I have no idea which to trust. I don't ask for you to search for me; I have tabs and tabs opened but I am also anxious by the idea of trying anything that could lock it and force me to pay for its bootloader.
Thanks for your answers ! Have a good day ! (6:25 am when I'm writing this here ^^)
EDIT : Well the more I read about rooting it the more I'm thinking it's not for newcomers.. Any tips/easy guides ? Because I feel like every guides I found are assuming that you already know things.. Which I don't :c
Ysull said:
Hello everyone,
I am wondering if there are any ways to know if the Huawei P20 Lite has its bootloader unlocked or not without erasing all of its datas. I am looking for a way to root it without paying for its bootloader code, as I am unsure if these are scams or if my phone is already unlocked.
I bought it on amazon, it's not affiliated to any mobile company, so I thought maybe it's unlocked... Or are the mobile company lock different from the bootloader lock ? It's also from EU (France); ANE-LX1 (C109) model.
I am a complete neophyte into this, as the only other phone I ever root was a Samsung Galaxy Note 4, which was a very easy task.
I saw guides on how to root it without its bootloader code but I have no idea which to trust. I don't ask for you to search for me; I have tabs and tabs opened but I am also anxious by the idea of trying anything that could lock it and force me to pay for its bootloader.
Thanks for your answers ! Have a good day ! (6:25 am when I'm writing this here ^^)
EDIT : Well the more I read about rooting it the more I'm thinking it's not for newcomers.. Any tips/easy guides ? Because I feel like every guides I found are assuming that you already know things.. Which I don't :c
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Hello,
- "I am wondering if there are any ways to know if the Huawei P20 Lite has its bootloader unlocked or not" -
everytime the phone starts up, it goes to a screen saying: "Your device has been unlocked and can't be trusted..." (the most reliable method)
- "Or are the mobile company lock different from the bootloader lock ?" - yes, you can check SIM-lock status in "Project menu" - dial *#*#2846579#*#* from the phone dialer, select Network Information Query > SIM Lock Info
- "how to root it without its bootloader code but I have no idea which to trust." - best way to brick your phone
If you intend to unlock your bootloader , you have to downgrade to Oreo - EMUI 8.0 via HiSuite , then you must downgrade to lower build number with Google patch 04.2018-06.2018 . Now you can get bootloader unlock code for 4euros - DC-Unlocker.com or hcu-client.com.
Each bootloader code is permanent, it wont expire, you can use the same bootloader code to unlock if your bootloader will be lock again for some reason.
For further explanations try asking here.
Edit: you can use also paid service :
https://ministryofsolutions.com/huawei-bootloader-unlock-paid-service-html
I am sure if you have found this forum, you are also looking for the ability to root the LG K92. Unfornatuely, it looks like as it stands currently there is no known way to root the K92.
There was one glimmer of hope on another thread https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/root-aquired.4253159/ but it looks like that may have been a dead end as well.
Am I understanding, unless there is a exploit to gain root access from the Android 10 OS, the only possible way would be to get the bootloader unlocked. I have a K929AM (LG K92 from AT&T) and, as I am sure you already know, LG does not have that on the supported list for bootloader unlocking. In fact, it looks like all of the K series phones do not have bootloader unlocking supported. When you try to boot to Bootloader, it boots into the OS and if you boot to fastboot, you get fastbootd where the OEM unlock does not even appear to work.
According to https://lgk20.com/lg-k92-5g-root-bootloader-unlock-twrp-custom-rom-lmk920am/ (scroll to the bottom) we would expect to see a "bootloader unlock page" but I am not even sure if the LG K92 has one of these and, even if it does, if it would be accessible.
Does anyone have any suggestions on any unsupported methods on how to unlock the bootloader on this phone? I would be happy to test anything at this point. If we can somehow figure this out, this method may work on other K-series devices which would be a big win. So far, the only menus I can access are FASTBOOTD and Download Mode.
To add to this, it looks like it is possible to access the Bootloader (bootloader unlock page) from the LG K20. https://lgk20.com/lg-k20-plus-unlock-bootloader-metropcs-mp260-t-mobile-tp260/2/
I am wondering if it is possible to somehow force the K92 into this menu even if short circuiting something on the board.
Anyone have any ideas?
After rooting my Z2 and backing up the TA partition, I've discovered that the bootloader is not unlockable (it's a Vodafone branded device).
Is there a nefarious way in which to bypass this? I understand that the whole point is to keep it locked, but it's an old enough device so I may have missed where it's possible.
Otherwise what are my options for an up-to-date custom rom? As indicated, I've already achieved root and have TWRP installed. I tried flashing Lineage via recovery but got an E: unknown command [log] error.
I'm in the same boat unfortunately. I bought a used phone that had Vodafone UK. It was marked as SIM-unlocked, and that seems to be true; the service info doesn't show any filled checkmarks nor counters in SIM lock information. However, bootloader seems to be locked forever - flashtool reports "Bootloader status : NOT_ROOTABLE" and phone's service menus also say that rooting status is "bootloader unlock allowed: no".
I wasn't even aware there are Sony phones that are not SIM-locked but are still boot-locked without any way to unlock.
I would really want to upgrade from Android 6 to at least 7 because there are some specific apps that work only from A7. Wondering if there is any custom ROM that would run on stock A6 kernel but with everything else from A7? It should be possible to install such a ROM even on a bootlocked device, right?
Since posting I've discovered some answers. The bad news is that, no, custom ROMs are limited without an unlocked bootloader.
The potentially good news is that you can pay for an aftermarket SIM unlock, which has the side effect of also allowing the bootloader to be unlocked.
I've not tried it myself, but do a search for "Sony cable unlock credits" for some leads.
Yea I also am stumbling upon this same news, in my city there are some shady areas so I will ask around and see if anyone is capable of doing it and will let you know.
So far my phone has bootloader locked, sim locked with 3 attempts left so I will work on unlocking those and then rooting the phone and digging deep after
Lets cross our fingers that somethings comes up
So far online , I find only old videos and outdated information, websites down and nothing else.
One thing is for sure, if your bootloader can be unlocked, you just go to sony official website and follow their instructions and its free and easy,
But if it says ""bootloader unlock allowed: no" then...lets see what can we do.
Hey I am willing to pay, why not if its going to unlock the bootloader 100%
Hi, I have no doubt this is a common question, but I'm here because after researching all day on this website and others, I have heard conflicting narratives and want to see if I can get some clarity with someone who has knowledge on this.
TLDR; I am wondering if all U.S. phones with Snapdragon cannot be normally rooted by just enabling OEM unlock/unlocking bootloader and must be rooted in an expert/costly method. Or if accounts from people saying they enabled OEM unlock on their Moto G Powers I read were not just fictional or with non-U.S. phones.
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I live in the U.S. What I understand is that all U.S. Android phones with the Snapdragon chipset are impossible to easily root because they cannot have their bootloaders unlocked. I found this to be the case with the (unlocked, not carrier-specific) U.S. Moto G Power 2021 phone I just bought. I cannot tick OEM Unlocking in Developer settings, it's greyed out. I found users here and on other forums saying that it's possible to conventionally root Moto G Power 2021 phones, which I thought up till recently because I easily got an ID from the Motorola website, but obviously couldn't proceed with fastboot because OEM Unlocking is disabled and I can't change that. (in CMD fastboot said exactly this: OEM must be unlocked to proceed.)
Oddly, some users said that the option stopped being greyed out after a few days or a week. I contacted Motorola to see if this is a design thing but they were of no help, just telling me not to root as if I was unaware it voids warranty. Notably, just as many users said that the option would always be disabled, which began to make sense given what I learned next.
It was soon after I found people saying that all U.S. Android phones with Snapdragon consciously lock bootloader. All carrier-specific and unlocked varieties. (Consequently, there are services that do it for you, but this costs money and I'm interested in a phone I can root myself for free.) I was surprised it took me as long as I did to hear of this, and afterwards I searched for this specifically to get more clarity but didn't find any articles or documentation. It explains everything, of course, except for why I read some people (including here) were able to enable OEM Unlocking on their Moto G Power 2021 devices. (perhaps they were not U.S. phones but this was not mentioned.)
At this point if there's no way to enable OEM unlock I'm simply going to return the phone as I want a phone that I can root.
Snapdragon Androids disabling OEM unlock/bootloader unlocking is simply because of U.S. company decisions, because non-U.S. Android phones with Snapdragon do allow it. Because of this, I'm looking at international/European GSM Androids with Snapdragon, (such as the Xiaomi Mi A3) which the majority of anywhere-near-recent Androids clearly have, that would allow me to do this. I'm going to be as sure as I can it will be compatible in the U.S. (I use AT&T) and that it will be feasible to root for free.
Thanks for reading, especially if you got this far.
To root a phone's Android it isn't needed to unlock phone's bootloader. Android is rooted as soon as SU binary is present in Android's file system.
jwoegerbauer said:
To root a phone's Android it isn't needed to unlock phone's bootloader. Android is rooted as soon as SU binary is present in Android's file system.
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Motorola system partition is write-protected, the bootloader must be unlocked for permanent root.
KindleMatchLight said:
Hi, I have no doubt this is a common question, but I'm here because after researching all day on this website and others, I have heard conflicting narratives and want to see if I can get some clarity with someone who has knowledge on this.
I live in the U.S. What I understand is that all U.S. Android phones with the Snapdragon chipset are impossible to easily root because they cannot have their bootloaders unlocked...
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See the CID and OEM unlock posts
[Guide]Un/locking Motorola Bootloader
UnLocking and ReLocking Motorola Bootloader https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/standalone/bootloader/unlock-your-device-a Moto Bootloader Unlocking site Re-Locking see Post #4 More about bootloader UnLocking Post #2 Can my...
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If you get the bootloader unlocked
[Guide] Root Motorola with Magisk (UnLocked Bootloader)(Non-TWRP method)
Root Motorola Devices with Magisk Note: This method has been working with most Moto Devices that the Bootloader can be UnLocked. If the Bootloader cannot be Unlocked this method will not work. Please only use this as a reference. If you require...
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sd_shadow said:
Motorola system partition is write-protected, the bootloader must be unlocked for permanent root.
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Absolute nonsense.
KindleMatchLight said:
Hi, I have no doubt this is a common question, but I'm here because after researching all day on this website and others, I have heard conflicting narratives and want to see if I can get some clarity with someone who has knowledge on this.
I live in the U.S. What I understand is that all U.S. Android phones with the Snapdragon chipset are impossible to easily root because they cannot have their bootloaders unlocked. I found this to be the case with the (unlocked, not carrier-specific) U.S. Moto G Power 2021 phone I just bought. I cannot tick OEM Unlocking in Developer settings, it's greyed out. I found users here and on other forums saying that it's possible to conventionally root Moto G Power 2021 phones, which I thought up till recently because I easily got an ID from the Motorola website, but obviously couldn't proceed with fastboot because OEM Unlocking is disabled and I can't change that. (in CMD fastboot said exactly this: OEM must be unlocked to proceed.)
Oddly, some users said that the option stopped being greyed out after a few days or a week. I contacted Motorola to see if this is a design thing but they were of no help, just telling me not to root as if I was unaware it voids warranty. Notably, just as many users said that the option would always be disabled, which began to make sense given what I learned next.
It was soon after I found people saying that all U.S. Android phones with Snapdragon consciously lock bootloader. All carrier-specific and unlocked varieties. (Consequently, this there are services that do it for you, but this costs money and I'm interested in a phone I can root myself for free.) I was surprised it took me as long as I did to hear of this, and afterwards I searched for this specifically to get more clarity but didn't find any articles or documentation. It explains everything, of course, except for why I read some people (including here) were able to enable OEM Unlocking on their Moto G Power 2021 devices. (perhaps they were not U.S. phones but this was not mentioned.)
At this point if there's no way to enable OEM unlock I'm simply going to return the phone as I want a phone that I can root.
Snapdragon Androids disabling OEM unlock/bootloader unlocking is simply because of U.S. company decisions, because non-U.S. Android phones with Snapdragon do allow it. Because of this, I'm looking at international/European GSM Androids with Snapdragon, (such as the Xiaomi Mi A3) which the majority of anywhere-near-recent Androids clearly have, that would allow me to do this. I'm going to be as sure as I can it will be compatible in the U.S. (I use AT&T) and that it will be feasible to root for free.
Thanks for reading, especially if you got this far.
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You must wait, I believe it was several days of the device being online (wifi at least) to get it to permit unlocking the bootloader. I know with mine (US Xfinity Wireless), out of the box, it was gray, but 2 or 3 days later it was able to be toggled and I unlocked and got Magisk installed easily, using the patch stock boot.img method, and flashing it via fastboot beyond that. So you can do it, just can't do it before you activate the thing properly I think is the main block there you're describing. So perhaps those outside the US (with US models they can't toggle) can connect to a VPN'd wifi network and have it look like it's in the US, maybe.
There's a lot that can be done on these with just tinkering to get it there is all. But make sure you have your stock firmware is all, so you can quickly get it back into bootloader and just a flash away to fix anything really.
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Absolute nonsense.
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Okay. Legit question here... How does one go about injecting SU binary to the system on the moto g 2021 series with secured boot?
Why should SU binary get housed in /system/... ? It's irrelevant where it's located, the main thing is that it's available and executable. Even Magisk doesn't store it in /system/.. but in /data/..
Because folder /data/local/tmp by default is mounted as RW my recommendation is to store it there. Using this storage place isn't conflicting with SELinux and/or AVB.
Code:
adb devices
adb push <FULL-PATH-OF-SU-BINARY-ON-PC-HERE> /data/local/tmp/
adb shell "chmod +x /data/local/tmp/su"
When you have to run a shell command what requires elevated rights, then you run
Code:
adb devices
adb shell "/data/local/tmp/su -c '<SHELL-COMMAND-HERE>'"
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To root a phone's Android it isn't needed to unlock phone's bootloader. Android is rooted as soon as SU binary is present in Android's file system.
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it needs to be unlock
Hi there,
since LG ended its bootloader unlocking Service on December 31 - 2021, is there a chance that there will be an unofficial unlocking method in the near future?
Just got a LG G5 h850 which is still looked :-(
Thanks
[UNLOCK][UNOFFICIAL][G4] Unlock ANY* LG G4 device with UsU
About UsU = Unofficial secureboot-off/steadfasterX Unlock *works with any G4 model. Even though the h818 can be unlocked as well the touch display does not work anymore (should be possible to resolve but.. read on). so I decided to remove it...
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Install /e/OS on a LG G4 (AR,PX,L,P,T) - “h815_usu”
@dave-x, any news? Is this working for h850?
NO it did not work!!!
so I tried
Unlocking the bootloader
Download and Boot FWUL/mAid
Always download the latest iso file
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Start SALT (folder LG)
Select backup and create a full backup of your device
Check ARB value (must be 0, 1 or 2 but not higher then 2)
Open the Advanced menu
Select Unlock G4 (UsU)
Follow the instructions
but since i have a G5 850
when i select Unlock G4 (UsU)
I get an ERROR message saying: "Your Download mode version is not supported ! Downgrade to LP or MM !
So I´m not sure what that means..
Hi there. I am a user of LG G5 h860. The loader is locked. Please tell, are there any ways to unlock loaders in 2022? Are there alternative ways to download the firmware?
Greetings from Ukraine!
I also have H850 ZAF and would love to run lineageos
It does not look like you will be successful. Unlocking bootloader inofficially is not really easy, as it requires hacking the public key infrastructure used to protect the bootloader.
Check out there: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...-for-offline-bootloader-unlock.3603855/page-5
All emails towards LG will be rejected explaining that they do not offer the unlock service anymore. Unbelievably dissapointing, but true. Also I bought the h850, but now I have no use anymore for it. Wasted money.
Just came across this thread, so I just bought a replacemnt h850 from ebay. Very disapointed by LG. :-(
Is there a way to unlock the bootloader today, a friend of mine gave me his phone to unlock it but it isn't so easy I realized. Thanks for all help.
I would move on. I did, even though I've recently bought H850 for family member. Nobody is working on hacking old, cheap, obsolete phones and there is 0% chance LG is changing their minds.
this is very bad, I ordered the phone from eBay from the EU 850 (180eur) version from the seller with a 1 year warranty, new, unopened packaging. In our country there is a service that does unlocking, unlock bootloader, upgrade to LineageOS. I don't know if they will do it for LG G5 if there is a big problem with the bootloader.
I'll have to stay with Android 8 if I get the update. The phone will have if I understand the gsm arena site Android 6 from factory.
Maybe someone smarter than me, this Black Hat Briefings presentation will help find a way to unlock our phones?
I am a noob so I understand a maximum half of it, but maybe it will help someone find a solution.
https://i.blackhat.com/USA21/Wednesday-Handouts/us-21-Breaking-Secure-Bootloaders.pdf
This looks plausible?
Could just be clickbate but someone went to a lot of trouble to make it if so
dave-x said:
NO it did not work!!!
so I tried
Unlocking the bootloader
Download and Boot FWUL/mAid
Start SALT (folder LG)
Select backup and create a full backup of your device
Check ARB value (must be 0, 1 or 2 but not higher then 2)
Open the Advanced menu
Select Unlock G4 (UsU)
Follow the instructions
but since i have a G5 850
when i select Unlock G4 (UsU)
I get an ERROR message saying: "Your Download mode version is not supported ! Downgrade to LP or MM !
So I´m not sure what that means..
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it meant downgrade to MarshMallow, which the g5 does have, so this could work
dave-x said:
NO it did not work!!!
so I tried
Unlocking the bootloader
Download and Boot FWUL/mAid
Start SALT (folder LG)
Select backup and create a full backup of your device
Check ARB value (must be 0, 1 or 2 but not higher then 2)
Open the Advanced menu
Select Unlock G4 (UsU)
Follow the instructions
but since i have a G5 850
when i select Unlock G4 (UsU)
I get an ERROR message saying: "Your Download mode version is not supported ! Downgrade to LP or MM !
So I´m not sure what that means..
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Doesn't "LP" mean "Lollipop" and "MM" mean "Marshmallow"
JakoDel said:
it meant downgrade to MarshMallow, which the g5 does have, so this could work
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I tried to downgrade my H850 to MM. But it didn't work. Same error message "Your Download mode version is not supported ! Downgrade to LP or MM !".
I think it only works for G4.
dave-x said:
[UNLOCK][UNOFFICIAL][G4] Unlock ANY* LG G4 device with UsU
About UsU = Unofficial secureboot-off/steadfasterX Unlock *works with any G4 model. Even though the h818 can be unlocked as well the touch display does not work anymore (should be possible to resolve but.. read on). so I decided to remove it...
forum.xda-developers.com
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dannychow said:
I tried to downgrade my H850 to MM. But it didn't work. Same error message "Your Download mode version is not supported ! Downgrade to LP or MM !".
I think it only works for G4.
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This appears to be a tool for the G4, not the G5. Unless I'm missing something about them adding G5 functionality, my guess would be that's why it doesn't work.