This is my 2nd Nexus the 1st one had an unlocked symbol every time I turn the phone on and now the one I have says locked in fastboot mode
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all that means is you can flash custom roms and recoveries.
but you don't have to root if you flash a custom rom.
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This is my 2nd Nexus the 1st one had an unlocked symbol every time I turn the phone on and now the one I have says locked in fastboot mode
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Download this app from the market, if it works as advertised it will tell you if you're rooted or not: http://www.appbrain.com/app/root-checker/com.joeykrim.rootcheck
Are you saying that your first phone had an unlock symbol out of the box? If so, it had to be a used phone...
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Hello everyone i need some help. I got verizon s3 from ebay and when i turn it on theres opened lock shows on screen with the word unlocked on the bottom. What is it stands for and how can i get rid of it? Everytime i search on google i get discussions about bootloader. Is that what it is? Thanks up front for any info.
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Leo2005 said:
Hello everyone i need some help. I got verizon s3 from ebay and when i turn it on theres opened lock shows on screen with the word unlocked on the bottom. What is it stands for and how can i get rid of it? Everytime i search on google i get discussions about bootloader. Is that what it is? Thanks up front for any info.
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Try to reboot couple times, make sure the message is legit. If it is, unlock means your phone is unlock (bootloader unlocked), which means you could flash custom rom/kernel etc... It's a good thing for people who like to play with custom rom.
Well...thats for my girl who doesnt want any custom rom and dont want to have any extra signs. My note 2 from att has a custom rom and doesnt show any signs on boot. Is this lock for verizon only? Thanks for reply.
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Try to reboot couple times, make sure the message is legit. If it is, unlock means your phone is unlock (bootloader unlocked), which means you could flash custom rom/kernel etc... It's a good thing for people who like to play with custom rom.
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Of the bootloader is unlocked then the screen week quickly flash. Not show unlocked I would guess it means dim unlocked.
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The unlocked icon means that the boot loader is unlocked. This is what show up on all Verizon smartphones that have the boot loader unblocked. This is actually a good thing as it will allow you to use a custom ROM, set root privileges, and delete the garbarge-ware that is included on you phone that you probably will never use.
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The unlocked icon means that the boot loader is unlocked. This is what show up on all Verizon smartphones that have the boot loader unblocked. This is actually a good thing as it will allow you to use a custom ROM, set root privileges, and delete the garbarge-ware that is included on you phone that you probably will never use.
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No on the s3 if the boot loader is unlocked the initial screen with only Samsung will flash very quickly.
If it boots and the Samsung shows and has an unlocked lock that says custom under it, then you have a modified system WITH A LOCKED BOOT LOADER. By unlocking the boot loader this will go away.
I have no idea what the lock with unlocked under it means; however if you're sortied about it OP go into the development thread and follow droidstyle's guide to restore it back to bone stock.
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Sounds more likely about sim card. I flashed the phone back to stock because it was freezing all the time then did factory reset and its asking for activation. Tried to activate at the store and it doesnt activate...freezing up after couple min. So i guess it is something to do with sim unlock?
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It means there is custom software on the phone, but the bootloader is NOT unlocked.
The custom software could be as simple as having Root access, or it could be a full custom ROM. You have two options to make it go away:
1) Unlock your Bootloader
2) Return to fully stock. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1867253
Hi there... I have some questions about the boatloader, My phone is already yet roted by a apk named "framaroot" but if I want to flash a kernel o a new room I need to get a recovery menu.
In sample words how I can fully unlock my phone, I read something about a "TA " for to not void the warranty.
please tell whith full details, what I neeed to do.
Thanks
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If it says not allowed ,you can't unlocked them and can't flash a custom kernel right now and your sort of stuck. Maybe in the future, there will be a recovery kernel for our phones but some of the devs have tried and ran into problems, so you might not either.
Depends on the carrier you bought it from if they allow bootloader unlock or not. Yours doesn't.
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If it says not allowed ,you can't unlocked them and can't flash a custom kernel right now and your sort of stuck. Maybe in the future, there will be a recovery kernel for our phones but some of the devs have tried and ran into problems, so you might not either.
Depends on the carrier you bought it from if they allow bootloader unlock or not. Yours doesn't.
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If we pay to the carrier to remove the sim lock the bootloader will pass to allowed?
My phone is free, not have SIM lock
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Have you tried flashing another ftf file from another country? (backup TA first) then try unlocking
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hi all,
im fairly new to all this so please be gentle.
i have a samsung galaxy s4 i9505, runs on vodafone based in UK.
i have been trying to flash it to PAC-MAN however when i do it shows an error in the top left corner saying "kernel is not seandroid enforcing".
i have been reading around and im not sure where im going wrong, any ideas?
thanks
Chris
Hi Mate,
There are a couple things I want to confirm with you:
1) Have you unlocked your bootloader?
2) Do you have a custom recovery installed (CWM/TWRP)?
3) Did you download the right (ROM) file/s for your phone?
Hi jay
Could you expand on point 1 it think I have unlocked the boot loader.
2 I'm running twrp
3 I believe it's the correct one for the phone. pac_jfltexx-Black-Power-Edition_20131104.zip
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Hi jay
Could you expand on point 1 it think I have unlocked the boot loader.
2 I'm running twrp
3 I believe it's the correct one for the phone. pac_jfltexx-Black-Power-Edition_20131104.zip
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Given you've installed TWRP, I can assume you have unlocked the bootloader of your phone. Just to check however, do you know how to boot into bootloader mode with your phone (google to find out if you don't)? Also, when you manage to get into bootloader, do you see anywhere an image of a lock (which is unlocked)? We can continue after you've confirmed this.
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Given you've installed TWRP, I can assume you have unlocked the bootloader of your phone. Just to check however, do you know how to boot into bootloader mode with your phone (google to find out if you don't)? Also, when you manage to get into bootloader, do you see anywhere an image of a lock (which is unlocked)? We can continue after you've confirmed this.
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so i get to the recovery Team Win Recovery Project v2.6.3.1 and there is no lock icon.
Hi I'm new to the gs3 forum but I think I have unlocked the bootloader. When I got the phone I rooted it right away and then tried to install twrp not knowing that the phone had the 4.3 update problem. .. so the phone did brick then I Odined back to stock but still had root and when I rebooted the phone after installing safestrap and on the Samsung boot screen it shows an unlocked lock (which in the gnex means bootloader is unlocked) but I'm to afraid to text it.
Can anyone confirm if this is what I think it is. Unlocked bootloader.
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Hi I'm new to the gs3 forum but I think I have unlocked the bootloader. When I got the phone I rooted it right away and then tried to install twrp not knowing that the phone had the 4.3 update problem. .. so the phone did brick then I Odined back to stock but still had root and when I rebooted the phone after installing safestrap and on the Samsung boot screen it shows an unlocked lock (which in the gnex means bootloader is unlocked) but I'm to afraid to text it.
Can anyone confirm if this is what I think it is. Unlocked bootloader.
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It isn't.
That unlocked padlock basically means "something not stock is installed in the phone".
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Damn! I'm stuck on 4.3
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Hi everyone
i have a error at when i boot up - unfortunately, the process com.google.process.gapps has stopped .
i cant get into the phone .because when I'm doing the final setup it just kept going back to the final setup.
I have try all! but i cant rest the phone or put new rom on it.
and when i try to Unlock the (lock state) i get i unlocked - but when the phone is restarting is got locked again.
I have trying to use - Android ToolKit and Nexus Root Toolkit but i cant get ,my phone to work.
I hope some can help me. And tell me what to do.
thx a lot for your help
henrikdk551 said:
Hi everyone
i have a error at when i boot up - unfortunately, the process com.google.process.gapps has stopped .
i cant get into the phone .because when I'm doing the final setup it just kept going back to the final setup.
I have try all! but i cant rest the phone or put new rom on it.
and when i try to Unlock the (lock state) i get i unlocked - but when the phone is restarting is got locked again.
I have trying to use - Android ToolKit and Nexus Root Toolkit but i cant get ,my phone to work.
I hope some can help me. And tell me what to do.
thx a lot for your help
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First, don't use a tool kit, use fastboot. But if you're unlocking the bootloader and it doesn't unlock it's most likely your emmc has failed and you'll have to rma the device
Boot into the bootloader and from your pc with your device connected to it type
fastboot oem unlock
Then reboot. If your device is not unlocked it's most likely bad emmc.
See rootSU's roll up sticky in the general forum of none of this makes sense to you
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First, don't use a tool kit, use fastboot. But if you're unlocking the bootloader and it doesn't unlock it's most likely your emmc has failed and you'll have to rma the device
Boot into the bootloader and from your pc with your device connected to it type
fastboot oem unlock
Then reboot. If your device is not unlocked it's most likely bad emmc.
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all this x3
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jd1639 said:
First, don't use a tool kit, use fastboot. But if you're unlocking the bootloader and it doesn't unlock it's most likely your emmc has failed and you'll have to rma the device
Boot into the bootloader and from your pc with your device connected to it type
fastboot oem unlock
Then reboot. If your device is not unlocked it's most likely bad emmc.
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rootSU said:
all this x3
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x5!!
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