If I go back to stock rom with this get back my warranty cause I'm sending in my phone tomorrow.
Lol don't just flash a stock rom... lock the bootloader too
Make sure everything is back to stock =] ull be fine
- Google
I read somewhere that unlocking the bootloader is "burning physically" a fuse onboard of the device that can be easily discovered by a technision !! but I don't know how much true this is !!! I hope it's not the case ...
I believe it is LIKE burning a fuse in other phones, a bit is changed elsewhere and remains that way after it is unlocked once, indicating it's been unlocked before.
On the Nexus S it is not like that. No indication whether it has been unlocked before as long as you are on stock rom, bootloader and recovery and you relock the bootloader (fastboot oem lock).
iGoogleNexus said:
Lol don't just flash a stock rom... lock the bootloader too
Make sure everything is back to stock =] ull be fine
- Google
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How do I lock the bootloader?
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1088494
working with nexus s
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If I want to take the phone back to stock, what do I have to do to get the OTA? The phone said unlocked even before we started rooting it. Do these phones come unlocked (sprint 4g)?
loveubuntu said:
If I want to take the phone back to stock, what do I have to do to get the OTA? The phone said unlocked even before we started rooting it. Do these phones come unlocked (sprint 4g)?
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What I did was install a stock nandroid through recovery, then relocked my bootloader. Your phone must have been previously rooted, because the phone's do not ship in that state. To re lock your boot loader just boot your phone into the bootloader, start the command prompt on your pc, and then type fastboot oem lock.
Thanks. to go factory condition though, I have to unroot first and then fastboot oem unlock, correct?
You maybe right, if that is how easy to unlock-lock, I may have unlocked it by fastboot oem locked and not remembered (it was late). This is a friends phone and I'm not used to having phones unlocked this easily.
You can leave the boot loader unlocked and still receive ota updates.
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loveubuntu said:
If I want to take the phone back to stock, what do I have to do to get the OTA? The phone said unlocked even before we started rooting it. Do these phones come unlocked (sprint 4g)?
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Yeah, OTA updating should have nothing do with whether your bootloader is locked or not
Rooting and unlocking the bootloader will not affect the ota, what will is custom system apps like non stock gmail, or a changed build prop (common from market enabler)
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I have an HTC Sensation (no duh lol). I rooted it and custom rommed it, but I got a few scratches and want to use my warranty/insurance to get a replacement. I unrooted and went back to S-ON. The only problem is that my bootloader is still unlocked. How do I relock my bootloader? Is it necessary to relock it to use my "Premium Mobile Protection" to get a replacement? Thanks in advance.
I have an HTC Sensation (no duh lol). I rooted it and custom rommed it, but I got a few scratches and want to use my warranty/insurance to get a replacement. I unrooted and went back to S-ON. The only problem is that my bootloader is still unlocked. How do I relock my bootloader? Is it necessary to relock it to use my "Premium Mobile Protection" to get a replacement? Thanks in advance.
In short:
How do I
1) Relock the bootloader
and
2) Remove the "RELOCKED" and make it say "LOCKED"
?
By no means am I savvy on this topic, but I'm looking into it myself, because I need to relock my bootloader.
Take a look: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1077019
I'm guessing you better have to RUU that came with the phone running BEFORE you try to relock it.
It's pretty unlikely that they'll look at your bootloader. As long as your S-On and have reflashed the original firmware you should be good to go. If you really want a refurbished phone that bad you could just throw yours n the trash and say it was stolen. You're going to have to pay the deductible either way.
I had to return my phone last weekend for a warranty exchange.
I followed this guide http://theunlockr.com/2011/10/03/how-to-unroot-the-htc-sensation-4g/, and it worked perfectly to get my phone back to how it came in the Box (Except the cracked screen)
I will try this on my phone before I want to sell it
Does it work?
Gushfevah said:
I had to return my phone last weekend for a warranty exchange.
I followed this guide http://theunlockr.com/2011/10/03/how-to-unroot-the-htc-sensation-4g/, and it worked perfectly to get my phone back to how it came in the Box (Except the cracked screen)
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Hey,
Can anyone confirm that the method posted by theunlockr actually reverts back the bootloader to ****LOCKED****?
Also, when I purchased the phone, it was running the stock Telstra GB Rom. With firmware version 1.17 I think. And at that point, the bootloader said nothing about it being locked or unlocked.
Thereby, I did the s-off, installed CWM recovery, permanently rooted and did SuperCID.
And then I flashed it with the stock EUR ICS ROM, which upgraded the firmware to 3.3something. and also locked the bootloader.
Is this normal?
I just want a way now through which I can flash ROMs and also lock the bootloader again (if I unlock it) if required for warranty purposes.
Thank you!
If you unlocked through htcdev unlock, you can only relock. You cant turn it to **LOCKED** again
Ok i know this is the dev section but there is no Q&A so i'm asking here.
I'm not really used to HTC, i just flashed CM on my girlfriend desire but it was already unlocked.
Now i friend that has unlocked chacha via htc-dev has a hardware problem. he has unlocked bootloader, stock GB rom and CWM recovery.
Now he wants to put it back to stock in order to get warranty reparation of phone from htc. the problem is that some key of the keyboard are not working and also the green phone botton, but he fears that they will say you rooted f**k you man pay for the repair.
He asked to me because i'm sort of the phone guy between my friend so i will help you, but can someone give me a guide of how to put it back to stock?
thanks in advace!
dago
It's not possible to revert HTC ChaCha(or any of HTC's phones) back to **LOCKED** as far as I know. But you can always revert back to stock rom and unroot as a result.
So there is no re-lock bootloader option?
ok! but as dar as i know just unlock it via htc dev should let the warranty alive. so how to unroot and falsh back original rom and recovery?? thanks
dagothe9 said:
So there is no re-lock bootloader option?
ok! but as dar as i know just unlock it via htc dev should let the warranty alive. so how to unroot and falsh back original rom and recovery?? thanks
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You can re-lock the bootloader but it will flag itself as **RELOCKED**.
There is a tutorial on how you can revert back to stock rom and recovery in forums. You will find it if you do a little research.
U can relock it with htcdev....but it will be flaged as relocked...
Sent from my HTC ChaCha A810e using xda app-developers app
you can lock bootloader by simply typing this code in the adb "fastboot oem lock"
nice info smell, they won't be looking for those kind of things if you have the stock room, I have a couple of almost dead keys because I slept with my phone under and the keys are too sensible to actually get away with it.
They repaired the keys once, then it happened again (because of the sleeping thing) and finally they changed the phone.
Plzzz help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
you can't
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Plzzz help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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well my friend sry but you can't restore this code
most of devices like samsung,motorola etc they have.... lets say a key for the bootloader(is the door) and this key if you root your device
breaks and the half key stays inside the door hole to reminds you that the key is broken(the devicesis root/unlockbootloader).
so if you root any motorola device the code state goes
automatically 2 and stays like this,you can flash again the stock rom and relock the bootloader sure
but the code stays 2 for ever.
i hope to help you
moto g XT1541 stock rom 6.0.1 lockbootloader
bromoxitos said:
well my friend sry but you can't restore this code
most of devices like samsung,motorola etc they have.... lets say a key for the bootloader(is the door) and this key if you root your device
breaks and the half key stays inside the door hole to reminds you that the key is broken(the devicesis root/unlockbootloader).
so if you root any motorola device the code state goes
automatically 2 and stays like this,you can flash again the stock rom and relock the bootloader sure
but the code stays 2 for ever.
i hope to help you
moto g XT1541 stock rom 6.0.1 lockbootloader
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I'm not exactly sure what you are saying, but I think the jist of it is how do you relock the bootloader... the answer is you cannot, once it is unlocked it will always report as unlocked, even if you reflash stock and find a way to relock the device.
When you unlocked your device, it was plainly stated in the disclosure on the website that once the bootloader is unlocked, it is irreversible.
yeap
acejavelin said:
I'm not exactly sure what you are saying, but I think the jist of it is how do you relock the bootloader... the answer is you cannot, once it is unlocked it will always report as unlocked, even if you reflash stock and find a way to relock the device.
When you unlocked your device, it was plainly stated in the disclosure on the website that once the bootloader is unlocked, it is irreversible.
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YEAAA we say the same think,but i use an othey way to say it.
i say in the end you can relock the bootloader (more or less) when i say this i mean that you put some partitions back in boot loader
so when you flash the stock rom you can take any ota update,but the main bootloader is unlock always.
i know that form my old moto g2gen, moto x2013!!!
bromoxitos said:
YEAAA we say the same think,but i use an othey way to say it.
i say in the end you can relock the bootloader (more or less) when i say this i mean that you put some partitions back in boot loader
so when you flash the stock rom you can take any ota update,but the main bootloader is unlock always.
i know that form my old moto g2gen, moto x2013!!!
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You could relock the bootloader on older Motos, but not anymore... Actually, it can be relocked but it will never report as locked or relocked, it will always be reported as unlocked. I don't how to be more plain in describing this.
And yes, you can take an OTA when unlocked, as long as you have a stock ROM and recovery and your bootloader is the correct version for your ROM. If your bootload and ROM are out of sync (ie. you have a Marshmallow bootloader and a Lollipop ROM), if your bootloader and ROM are out of sync, you could potentially get into a hard bricked situation.
ohh!!
acejavelin said:
You could relock the bootloader on older Motos, but not anymore... Actually, it can be relocked but it will never report as locked or relocked, it will always be reported as unlocked. I don't how to be more plain in describing this.
And yes, you can take an OTA when unlocked, as long as you have a stock ROM and recovery and your bootloader is the correct version for your ROM. If your bootload and ROM are out of sync (ie. you have a Marshmallow bootloader and a Lollipop ROM), if your bootloader and ROM are out of sync, you could potentially get into a hard bricked situation.
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not any more? damn....yea we say the same think,sry for my english,yea i khow what you talking about i brick my moto x like this!!! any way.
ty for the new info about bootloader.
you was 100%
were you a clear,thanks a lot,and i hope to help him
Once I sent my hard bricked phone to Motorola. I had unlocked the bootloader and done the stupid mistake of sideloading an older version and upgrading to a newer, but still older version. When it came back, it said it was Status Code 0.
Wonder how they did it.
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Once I sent my hard bricked phone to Motorola. I had unlocked the bootloader and done the stupid mistake of sideloading an older version and upgrading to a newer, but still older version. When it came back, it said it was Status Code 0.
Wonder how they did it.
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They flash the eMMC chip (internal storage chip) directly... If you could get the right image you could possibly do it yourself with a few hundred to thousand dollar investment in a proper JTAG flashing unit.
Key would be getting the right Image, this would be far more than just a normal stock fastboot image, and is probably generated on the fly per device due to differences in serial number, IMEI, etc. These types of images don't get leaked out.
acejavelin said:
I'm not exactly sure what you are saying, but I think the jist of it is how do you relock the bootloader... the answer is you cannot, once it is unlocked it will always report as unlocked, even if you reflash stock and find a way to relock the device.
When you unlocked your device, it was plainly stated in the disclosure on the website that once the bootloader is unlocked, it is irreversible.
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ok so what if you have never root unlocked, did nothing but use as intended to be.. never trying to do anything to it. wtf would i have a code 2 status then? care to sum that up for me.. cause 100% my situation.
wiytboi said:
ok so what if you have never root unlocked, did nothing but use as intended to be.. never trying to do anything to it. wtf would i have a code 2 status then? care to sum that up for me.. cause 100% my situation.
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You unlocked the bootloader... It doesn't matter if you actually changed anything else or not. Once it's been done, this status code can never go back to 0. If the status code is 2 and you didn't unlock the bootloader, then someone else did.
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You unlocked the bootloader... It doesn't matter if you actually changed anything else or not. Once it's been done, this status code can never go back to 0. If the status code is 2 and you didn't unlock the bootloader, then someone else did.
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No I didn't.. I don't even know how to.. I just found out about recovery mode.. Wait wait before i say that.. How do you unlock boot loader? Turning developer mode on? Going to recovery menu? I've never hard reset it.. Just soft or doing new device. You said it could work fine for a while then shirt out? Like guy I bought from did and then I bought used for couple years and then went tits up?
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No I didn't.. I don't even know how to.. I just found out about recovery mode.. Wait wait before i say that.. How do you unlock boot loader? Turning developer mode on? Going to recovery menu? I've never hard reset it.. Just soft or doing new device. You said it could work fine for a while then shirt out? Like guy I bought from did and then I bought used for couple years and then went tits up?
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You unlock the bootloader with a series of steps that includes submitting a code to Motorola and getting an unlock code back... Performing it forces a factory reset as well. It's not something you can do by accident.
The issue with Status Code 2 was that an official update could have detected that and refused to update properly or done something worse... That never happened.
If everything is working fine, the status being 2 isn't important, it just means the previous owners had unlocked the bootloader and likely rooted or otherwise modified the phone.
..I was already told by a friend here that if I again flash a stock rom in my sm-900p phone which I got unlocked for international GSM use (using from India) , it won't get locked again ...with all due respect to the friend who affirmed me already that it won't get locked ,can anyone else confirm that to me please ? I am not able to dare to flash the stock rom....since two days I am just waiting to take that step..presently I am using darkwolf rom but I want to flash with stock rom so that bootloader and modem gets updated and then on that version,I will flash this rom again ..that's my plan
If you mean will lock your bootloader, yes .
It will not lock your network again, if you already had a sim unlock/network unlock, it will remain as that even if you reflash, lock status is in a different memory not in the one overwritten by your ROM.
If you are talking about the bootloader, none of my motorola , samsung or htc devices relockes the bootloader once you have unlocked it, you have to manually relock it if you want to do that by any reason.