i recently bought s9+ G965F as most of you know... unfortunately when i got hands on my phone today there was no oem unlock option..will i have to wait 7 days or it'll never come? I can't live without root..
i also have a g965f and i didn't have to wait 7 days for the option to show up, i could find it in developer options immediately
crossdeath said:
i also have a g965f and i didn't have to wait 7 days for the option to show up, i could find it in developer options immediately
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then why it's not showing mine? previously used phones had the option immediately also mine
The option is in developer options only. ..
But If you enabled OEM unlocking and restarted the phone then it would reset to factory resetting and OEM unlocking willl disappear for 7 days. Don't restart it in this 7 days.
Virgo_Guy said:
The option is in developer options only. ..
But If you enabled OEM unlocking and restarted the phone then it would reset to factory resetting and OEM unlocking willl disappear for 7 days. Don't restart it in this 7 days.
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yes i know that that's in developer option...but it should've showed out of the box...why it's not showing? wierd
wierd
Muntasir Mahmud Saif said:
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It will come in 7 days leave phone on ......sign into Google and Samsung account there's hundreds of threads on this subject just search
Thomasdmod said:
It will come in 7 days leave phone on ......sign into Google and Samsung account there's hundreds of threads on this subject just search
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searched and found but i was confused because i never faced this thing on my previous Samsungs
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Anyone else have a Swift 2 X?
I just got mine yesterday, set it up to get me to the weekend, but figure this weekend I'd take care of rooting it (and presumably unlocking the bootloader to do so).
Anyone else done it?
Is it as easy as fastboot oem unlock through ADB?
lyingit said:
Anyone else have a Swift 2 X?
I just got mine yesterday, set it up to get me to the weekend, but figure this weekend I'd take care of rooting it (and presumably unlocking the bootloader to do so).
Anyone else done it?
Is it as easy as fastboot oem unlock through ADB?
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Hello,
I have the Swift 2 plus but it should be the same. You have to turn on OEM unlocking in developer options then use fastboot as you said.
boa05 said:
Hello,
I have the Swift 2 plus but it should be the same. You have to turn on OEM unlocking in developer options then use fastboot as you said.
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Yeah, I figure to give it a go this weekend then...
I'd like to see a forum just for the 2X, maybe then there'd be some ROMS other than Cyanogen to pop on there
so about 8 days ago i saw there were updates for my S9 software available , at this time i was about to root and had oem unlock visible. anyway i thought it would be good to do the updates first as it said something about improving the camera stability which i thought would be worthwhile to do before root ( and then cant do OTA updates)
anyway after the updates the phone restarted and said something about security issue and restarted again. after that no OEM unlock available. i just waited 7 days with no restart and no OEM unlock is still not visible.
so yesterday i did full reset of device and will wait another 7 days, phone has no sim in it as im not using it. but it is signed into google but not samsung account. do we know if this good enough to get the OEM unlock after 7 days ?
its a long time to wait each time... had the phone over 2 weeks now and still using my s8 as i cant root this new one yet...
please can we confirm what exactly is required to make sure that after 7 days we see the unlock ?
insert sim card ?
google account sign in
Samsung account sign in
don't power off or reboot
i didn't insert sim or sign into Samsung last time.. not sure if necessary ?
would be good to make sure what is needed for sure.
I saw this on this forum, but my phone had OEM unlocking even on the first days of purchase.
I have the same problem with my s9+ have been waiting for 7 days since first start the phone but I did factory reset few times trying to get OEM but still no luck.
My wife s8 had the Oreo update this morning then I checked the dev mode after it completed and fuss what OEM is fine too arrrrrr
I believe you need a SIM.
Also factory reset will reset the timer. So dont do that!
Hi, any update in this. I'm currently experiencing the same thing. Did the OEM unlock eventually show up?
Samik7 said:
I have the same problem with my s9+ have been waiting for 7 days since first start the phone but I did factory reset few times trying to get OEM but still no luck.
My wife s8 had the Oreo update this morning then I checked the dev mode after it completed and fuss what OEM is fine too arrrrrr
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Lol everytime you factory reset you reset the counter, so your actually making it harder on yourself. Guys there is a ton of info out there on the 7 day wait, is suggest get to reading instead of everyone posting the same silly questions
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force70 said:
Lol everytime you factory reset you reset the counter, so your actually making it harder on yourself. Guys there is a ton of info out there on the 7 day wait, is suggest get to reading instead of everyone posting the same silly questions
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I haven't factory reset or anything and still hasn't showed up after 11 days. Any ideas?
Logan0829 said:
I haven't factory reset or anything and still hasn't showed up after 11 days. Any ideas?
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Unfortunately you just have to wait it out, there have been cases where weeks went by and then it just pops up.
Some people have had luck changing csc but doing that has caused others issues.
Even since the note 8 came out last year this isnt fully understood sadly
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force70 said:
Unfortunately you just have to wait it out, there have been cases where weeks went by and then it just pops up.
Some people have had luck changing csc but doing that has caused others issues.
Even since the note 8 came out last year this isnt fully understood sadly
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Well damn this sucks. Might just sell it for op6 or something then. Thanks tho.
can someone tell me the bootloder unlock timeout
360 hours in most cases.
For me 360 hrs, am still waiting.......
15 days and FYI dont sign out of miui account or do factory reset during that time. If you do you have to create a new account and start the wait over again.
mine is gonna be delivered. gotta wait 360hrs to unlock?
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mine is gonna be delivered. gotta wait 360hrs to unlock?
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Yes you do, and there is no way around it.
wow can you still use phone while that is going on?
Yes, you can.
mine came today. im loving it so far. i gotta start the unlocking process is there a guide?
mr_reaper said:
mine came today. im loving it so far. i gotta start the unlocking process is there a guide?
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The normal setup is:
- Go to Settings/Mi Account and logging in.
- Go to Settings/About phone and tap 7 times on MIUI version (to enable Developer Options)
- Go to Settings/Additional settings/Developer options and enable USB Debugging and OEM unlocking, in the same section go to Mi Unlock status and Agree the Permissions required, from the link you can download directly the MiUnlock Tool and then move it to your pc, now tap on Add account and device; this will bind your account and device.
- You can go to fastboot using buttons or downloading ADB installer https://androidmtk.com/download-15-seconds-adb-installer, if you set it up ADB installer you can go to fastboot mode by typing
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adb reboot bootloader
or same way you can go to it by shutting down device, then pressing and holding vol- and pwr at same time.
- Connect device to pc and open MiUnlock Tool that you previously downloaded, logging in, Tool will warn you two or three times, then tap on "Unlock now" usually users are receiving 360 hrs wait time.
- From here be careful trying to downgrade or formatting data or resetting the account trying some workaround cause the tool can reset this time and start again the countdown time.
My bootloader was unlocked without any waiting time with MiUnlock.
I thought I would wait very long and was ready for it.
How could this happen?
Thanks man
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usarov said:
My bootloader was unlocked without any waiting time with MiUnlock.
I thought I would wait very long and was ready for it.
How could this happen?
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Lucky you
The average time is 15 days
For me was 30 minute before 15 days :laugh:
so seems wait time is shorter now for some reason. Weird, I got a redmi note pro 64 gb and was able to adb in and flash twrp right away but I had to run the antirollback dummy.img first then it went off without a hitch. I restored the original firmware but I think the amazon seller was unlocking chinese versions and flashing the global ROM which made it work right but you still didn't have the LTE bands it should have had. So I returned it since that seller 'wireless place' seems to be doing this with all phones they sell.
usarov said:
My bootloader was unlocked without any waiting time with MiUnlock.
I thought I would wait very long and was ready for it.
How could this happen?
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Either they changed their unlock policy very recently, or most likely you experienced a lucky glitch on their server.
EDIT: Or what the quote below mentions. Does your phone have proper LTE bands?
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so seems wait time is shorter now for some reason. Weird, I got a redmi note pro 64 gb and was able to adb in and flash twrp right away but I had to run the antirollback dummy.img first then it went off without a hitch. I restored the original firmware but I think the amazon seller was unlocking chinese versions and flashing the global ROM which made it work right but you still didn't have the LTE bands it should have had. So I returned it since that seller 'wireless place' seems to be doing this with all phones they sell.
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Apparently not "all". I got my Mi 8 Lite from Wireless place. Took 15 days to unlock and it has all the bands. Working great on Cricket Wireless.
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Either they changed their unlock policy very recently, or most likely you experienced a lucky glitch on their server.
EDIT: Or what the quote below mentions. Does your phone have proper LTE bands?
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Apparently not "all". I got my Mi 8 Lite from Wireless place. Took 15 days to unlock and it has all the bands. Working great on Cricket Wireless.
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Yeah I just got a mi 8 lite 128 also, great looking phone works nicely but I went thru the process and yup 360 hours..........now if after 15 days it still doesn't work I still have 15 days to return it to amazon because that is the main reason I went with xiaomi. It was a oneplus or xiaomi and it was half the price for similar hardware specs not exact of course.
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Yeah I just got a mi 8 lite 128 also, great looking phone works nicely but I went thru the process and yup 360 hours..........now if after 15 days it still doesn't work I still have 15 days to return it to amazon because that is the main reason I went with xiaomi. It was a oneplus or xiaomi and it was half the price for similar hardware specs not exact of course.
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Some folks have reported theirs unlocked a few days shy of the 15 days. I kept checking mine about every other day just to make sure it was actually counting down. Even with 16 hours left, it would not allow me to unlock. Then on unlocking hour, I was busy and missed it by a few hours, but it immediately unlocked. I had TWRP on it within a few minutes, and rooted a day or two after. Yipee! Love the phone!
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Some folks have reported theirs unlocked a few days shy of the 15 days. I kept checking mine about every other day just to make sure it was actually counting down. Even with 16 hours left, it would not allow me to unlock. Then on unlocking hour, I was busy and missed it by a few hours, but it immediately unlocked. I had TWRP on it within a few minutes, and rooted a day or two after. Yipee! Love the phone!
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ah so you can hit the unlock button without it resetting or anything, I was trying to figure out a way to know how long has passed. So just doing the unlock procedure should tell me then I assume from your post.
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ah so you can hit the unlock button without it resetting or anything, I was trying to figure out a way to know how long has passed. So just doing the unlock procedure should tell me then I assume from your post.
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Yes .
Edit: Don't freak out because what it will say is very much in broken English (engrish). It will say something like "Failed to unlock after NNN hours" instead of something more obvious such as "NNN hours until unlock"
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I hope mine don't reset cause it updated to pie. I'm nervous but it still says 247 hrs left
Hi all!
I got this nice phone yesterday. I made a Mi account about 3 month ago, hoping that when i get the phone i can unlock it immediately. Sadly, MiFlash Unlock said that "You need to wait 360 hours..." etc.
But i found a way that could unlock immediately. :good:
- First of all, you need to download latest MiFlash Unlock. Get it here. (You need to update it in the app itself, just to be sure you have the latest version.)
- Sign in, Install latest drivers, connect Mi account & device etc.
- Go for unlocking, to the point where it says "You need to wait..."
Now the fun part:
I was reading guides and stuff in this forum, where i found a thread about 360 hours of waiting. There was a comment by @arddy1 (Thank you) which solved this issue.
- Download this MiFlash Unlock tool (This is an older version.)
- Sign in, go for unlocking (It'll still wipe everything so make backups)
- Reboot
- Enjoy
It's not 100% working but you can give it a try.
Hope i helped! Happy flashing :good:
So you're able to unlock instantly with that mi unlock right? Are you sure you have not waited 360h before?
In my case, that mi unlock version didnt make me unlock immediately, but to skip additional waiting hours. I still need to wait 360h before can unlocking.
I heard some old or admin mi account can unlock instantly. In your case, I dont know how it works. For normal account, normally you need to wait 360h on whatever any mi unlock version.
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So you're able to unlock instantly with that mi unlock right? Are you sure you have not waited 360h before?
In my case, that mi unlock version didnt make me unlock immediately, but to skip additional waiting hours. I still need to wait 360h before can unlocking.
I heard some old or admin mi account can unlock instantly. In your case, I dont know how it works. For normal account, normally you need to wait 360h on whatever any mi unlock version.
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I tried unlocking with the latest tool yesterday, which gave me the 360h waiting. Today i found your comment and tried. It worked instantly
Doesn't work for me, still got 173h left on both versions.
Weehee said:
Doesn't work for me, still got 173h left on both versions.
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How old is your Mi account? Maybe it's the cause of it.
I have a xiaomi account for some years now, this unlcoker tool did not change the wait time.
idirm said:
I have a xiaomi account for some years now, this unlcoker tool did not change the wait time.
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Interesting... Then it could be random. :/
Will try later.
Edit: it says binding time is too short.
latest unlock tool says 95 hours left.
I tried this version too, still have to wait 360 hours. You were lucky!
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I tried this version too, still have to wait 360 hours. You were lucky!
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I wonder how it worked for me :|
according to my theoretical & practical research old tricks like using old miflash, old account do not work. i used also this version with veteran account and it didn't decrease waiting time by a nanosecond. the only trick still working is when xiaomi gives you extra ~3 days to wait as a bonus for not using the device (who would use non-rooted device?), you can skip it with old miflash.
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according to my theoretical & practical research old tricks like using old miflash, old account do not work. i used also this version with veteran account and it didn't decrease waiting time by a nanosecond. the only trick still working is when xiaomi gives you extra ~3 days to wait as a bonus for not using the device (who would use non-rooted device?), you can skip it with old miflash.
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I've ordered one, should be here Saturday. Given that, I'm reading where you basically have to use the device during that 15 days? I'd honestly prefer not to until I can set it up how I prefer, from what you gather, using the old version will allow that?
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I've ordered one, should be here Saturday. Given that, I'm reading where you basically have to use the device during that 15 days? I'd honestly prefer not to until I can set it up how I prefer, from what you gather, using the old version will allow that?
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Good attitude. I'm strict too and i didn't use the device at all, and also borrowed SIM card for the registration process. So i got penalty 3 extra days for not providing Spyaomi enough of profiling data I can imagine excited sheep, having privacy in mind as last priority, will use the phone most actively during the first days, which is perfect for them.
You don't need to do it. After 15 days, get a bail from extra jail with old miflash. Just make sure to keep the account, i switched, and the countdown started over. After oem unlock, you can delete the account from phone, then delete it from the xiaomi website. Bye bye:victory:
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Good attitude. I'm strict too and i didn't use the device at all, and also borrowed SIM card for the registration process. So i got penalty 3 extra days for not providing Spyaomi enough of profiling data I can imagine excited sheep, having privacy in mind as last priority, will use the phone most actively during the first days, which is perfect for them.
You don't need to do it. After 15 days, get a bail from extra jail with old miflash. Just make sure to keep the account, i switched, and the countdown started over. After oem unlock, you can delete the account from phone, then delete it from the xiaomi website. Bye bye:victory:
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Great. That's what I'll do then.
This method is not working for me either, waiting time is around 347 hours, let xiaomi use my data for that time... lolz
Did you all connect your Mi accounts before unlocking?
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Did you all connect your Mi accounts before unlocking?
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yes I did
Tried following these instructions and it didn't work
Didn´t Work
123h again ;/
But I do not have to wait 30 more days because it's already the second device in a short time
Hi!, tried but not work for me, My account have some years, since the Redmi 3s (was my phone before)
this was about 6 month ago when left it at someone house.
its only just decided to lock it and now i cant remember the pin and has also removed it from the findmydevice on samsung website.
im trying to force it into download mode but its not have any of it.
been on to techs on samsung chat they was just reading from scripts lol
Try pressing volume down and power button at same time
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this was about 6 month ago when left it at someone house.
its only just decided to lock it and now i cant remember the pin and has also removed it from the findmydevice on samsung website.
im trying to force it into download mode but its not have any of it.
been on to techs on samsung chat they was just reading from scripts lol
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You can also remote to your tab and unlock it.
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You can also remote to your tab and unlock it.
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Tried everything, even sent proof of purchase to Samsung an asked them, they initially quoted me 25 but they said they can't do it full motherboard replacement 276 quid
i remember me pin was 33333333 all good, wont be doing that again