OEM Unlocking Greyed out after Android 8.1 Update. (Lenovo Tab4 10) - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello all, I'm new to this forum but am very preset on a computer forum I wont mention because I'm not aware of the link rules here.
I purchased a Lenovo Tab 4 10, I enabled OEM Unlocking, Unlocked the Bootloader to root my tablet, and when I booted back into the Android OS it had an update, so I updated it, rebooted, re-enabled Developer Options because it had turned it off after the Android update, now OEM Unlocking is greyed out, I've cleared cache, factory reset it, tried tricking it with dates, waited 10 days to see if there was a lock period, and it's still greyed out, tablet Bootloader now says "LOCKED" and I can not Re-enable OEM Unlocking to unlock my Bootloader again.
I'm Stuck and Any Help or Ideas would be Appreciated, I can find almost nothing on this tablet. so any help is greatly appreciated!
The Specs of my Lenovo Tab4 10 ( this is NOT the Plus or the LTE Version.) are below.
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Model: Lenovo TB-X304F
Kernel Version: 3.18.71
Build Number: TB-X304F_S001014_181113_row
Hardware Version: Lenovopad TB-X304F
Software Version: TB-X304F_RF01_181113
RAM: 2GB
Storage: 16GB
CPU: Qualcomm Snapdragon 425

Viper_Security said:
Hello all, I'm new to this forum but am very preset on a computer forum I wont mention because I'm not aware of the link rules here.
I purchased a Lenovo Tab 4 10, I enabled OEM Unlocking, Unlocked the Bootloader to root my tablet, and when I booted back into the Android OS it had an update, so I updated it, rebooted, re-enabled Developer Options because it had turned it off after the Android update, now OEM Unlocking is greyed out, I've cleared cache, factory reset it, tried tricking it with dates, waited 10 days to see if there was a lock period, and it's still greyed out, tablet Bootloader now says "LOCKED" and I can not Re-enable OEM Unlocking to unlock my Bootloader again.
I'm Stuck and Any Help or Ideas would be Appreciated, I can find almost nothing on this tablet. so any help is greatly appreciated!
The Specs of my Lenovo Tab4 10 ( this is NOT the Plus or the LTE Version.) are below.
I Thank Everyone For Their Time
Model: Lenovo TB-X304F
Kernel Version: 3.18.71
Build Number: TB-X304F_S001014_181113_row
Hardware Version: Lenovopad TB-X304F
Software Version: TB-X304F_RF01_181113
RAM: 2GB
Storage: 16GB
CPU: Qualcomm Snapdragon 425
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Welcome to the forums. From my understanding, the OEM unlocking switch is greyed out if the bootloader is already unlocked. But you say it's locked so I'm not sure what happened. I recently just got this tablet a month ago and one of the first things I did was unlock the bootloader. But the other day I saw that it said it was locked in the bootloader so I may be in the same boat. Haven't looked back in settings to see if the switch is greyed out for me or not.
For the future, if you want to stick around here, this tablet doesn't have it's own forum which is kinda of annoying. But owners of these tablets seem to all be posting in the Lenovo Thinkpad forum. Here's a link to one of the threads for this tablet. Maybe ask in there.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/thinkpad-tablet/general/twrp-root-tab-4-plus-tb-x704l-f-tb-t3664407
One question. Was this update something that came out recently? Someone else said they had an update yesterday for another version of the tablet and was wondering if the Wifi only version had one too. I'm currently not near my tablet to check

There is No update unfortunately for me. due to the lack of support with this product I am going to buy a Dragon Touch 10.6" tablet because there seems to be more people that have tested this than my Tab4 10. thank you for your time.

Viper_Security said:
Hello all, I'm new to this forum but am very preset on a computer forum I wont mention because I'm not aware of the link rules here.
I purchased a Lenovo Tab 4 10, I enabled OEM Unlocking, Unlocked the Bootloader to root my tablet, and when I booted back into the Android OS it had an update, so I updated it, rebooted, re-enabled Developer Options because it had turned it off after the Android update, now OEM Unlocking is greyed out, I've cleared cache, factory reset it, tried tricking it with dates, waited 10 days to see if there was a lock period, and it's still greyed out, tablet Bootloader now says "LOCKED" and I can not Re-enable OEM Unlocking to unlock my Bootloader again.
I'm Stuck and Any Help or Ideas would be Appreciated, I can find almost nothing on this tablet. so any help is greatly appreciated!
The Specs of my Lenovo Tab4 10 ( this is NOT the Plus or the LTE Version.) are below.
I Thank Everyone For Their Time
Model: Lenovo TB-X304F
Kernel Version: 3.18.71
Build Number: TB-X304F_S001014_181113_row
Hardware Version: Lenovopad TB-X304F
Software Version: TB-X304F_RF01_181113
RAM: 2GB
Storage: 16GB
CPU: Qualcomm Snapdragon 425
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I´ve got a similar problem, but I was already on Android 8 when I decide to Unlock Bootloader, an it was available from developers option, but I decide to perform a factory reset, letting the OEM Unlock Bootloader check (don´t know why yet, because when you unlock the bootloader it gets factory reset anyway), and after the reset I looked and now the option was greyed an unchecked, I was reading about and what I could find that you need to flash a stock rom so that maybe the problem could be solved.
There are two links that let me download a stock rom for the Lenovo Tab 4 10.
https://blogthetech.com/flash-file-lenovo-tab-4-10-tb-x304f-firmware-download-stock-rom/
https://firmware247.com/lenovo-tab4-a10-tb-x304f-firmware/
Don´t know which could work yet.
If you try, let me know.

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Suckmymfdick17 said:
Hello friends of XDA, I have a big problem between hands, I have a MOTO Z and I had it in android 7.0 since last year the update to andorid 7.1.1 did not arrive and I felt that with android 7 the battery was consumed very quickly, so I tried to find the update to flash it and just about 3 days ago I found it, I proceeded to download it and flash it in fastboot and adb.
The thing is that a few months ago, browsing through my phone (I had already rotated it, and unlocked the bottloader, I decided to re-block the bootloader, and remove the root, which never worked at 100) I got into the developer options, and I saw an option that until then I didn't know about its "OEM Unlock"function, as it was turned on and deactivated because I thought it didn't work.
Returning to the update flashing I proceeded as usual, with the commands, I proceed to restart the device and show the image of the boot of motrola but then it shows me a message in red letters.
"Startup Failed"
"failed to pass validation, backup to fastboot.
I thought it was a compatibility problem with the downloaded version of 7.1.1 so again I decided to flash the stock rom 7.0 but when I finished and restart the same message appeared.
I started to investigate and it seems that the OEM blockade is responsible for not being able to install any Stock Rom, or anything, and now I have a nice brick with Moto mods and I can't use it.
I wanted to unlock OEM in fastboot but nothing. sends message from "ALLOW OEM UNLOCK IN SETTINGS"
There is way to unlock the OEM from pc or fastboot without needing to be unlocked from the android settings, as in my case it is impossible for me,
I'd be very grateful for your help friends, I know it's a bit tedious to read but it's the only phone I have and I feel weird without it on the street.:bueno::bueno::llorando:
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Try to boot in Fastboot flash twrp and flash ressurection remix rom. It's great rom. Forget about locking. I had the same problem like you as I was trying to flash stock ROM and lock bootloader.
I gave up on this.
knjigo said:
Try to boot in Fastboot flash twrp and flash ressurection remix rom. It's great rom. Forget about locking. I had the same problem like you as I was trying to flash stock ROM and lock bootloader.
I gave up on this.
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Well, when the root didn't work properly, I flashed the phone again and blocked the bootloader. Will I still be able to install TWPR or should I lose my phone?
Suckmymfdick17 said:
Well, when the root didn't work properly, I flashed the phone again and blocked the bootloader. Will I still be able to install TWPR or should I lose my phone?
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What do you mean with "I blocked my bootloader"?
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tjgibri said:
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I solved it, I finally flashed the stock rom to my phone and it works.
Apparently my pc was not flashing the stock rom in adb, and the phone turned off when loading the software. I did it 3 times until I load correctly and start well.
if you have the same problem apparently then OEM Blocking is not responsible. You have to flash the most current rom or the one that you had by default when the brick happened to you, you flash it in a normal way with commands of adb and ready, I would have to come back to life.
download from firmware center MotoZ Griffin the most current rom stock at 7.1.1
echo92 said:
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Only lock a bootloader after ensuring you've flashed all the stock firmware and it is all the same patch level as your bootloader. Hopefully you'll find newer firmware that you can repair with.
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build number A105MUBS6BUC2
is there any way to still be able to root and unlock the bootloader?
I don't care if I have to install rom from other countries, I just want to be able to root and install custom roms.
About the tutorials I saw on the internet, they were just the most common ones like delaying the date and looking for an update, I saw a tutorial in which the person left and entered the developer settings until it appears, I already did a hard reset and tried to make oem unlock appear with all the tutorials.
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I forgot to mention, when I go into download mode, instead of being in the prenormal, mine is in normal.
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I forgot to mention, when I go into download mode, instead of being in the prenormal, mine is in normal.
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