I am rooted and unlocked, using adam's EZ Unlock 1.2 tool and running AOKP 4. I am about to flash a rooted "stock" ROM and am not sure if my bootloader will be unlocked after that flash, is their a way to tell if your bootloader is locked or not?
Thx
When our phones boot up there's two splash screens before the boot animation. The first one just says 'Samsung' and the second one says 'Samsung Galaxy SIII' and the way to tell easily if your bootloader is unlocked is if that first one that just says samsung flashes by in .5/1 second. If it doesn't and stays on the screen for 2-4 seconds then it's not unlocked.
If you're flashing it through a custom recovery, then it shouldn't lock your bootloader as it should only be writing to the system partition.
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damastah said:
If you're flashing it through a custom recovery, then it shouldn't lock your bootloader as it should only be writing to the system partition.
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lol I didn't even catch that. I literally just saw the "how do you tell" part.
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i rooted my s3, then i unlocked the bootloader. i still havent flashed anything but now when i reboot my phone i get the custom notification with the unlocked padlock. did i do something wrong or is this normal.
edit: i used a windows based program to root and i used twrp to flash the unlocked bootloader
I am waiting on a stable completely functioning rom before flashing.
krbernier said:
i rooted my s3, then i unlocked the bootloader. i still havent flashed anything but now when i reboot my phone i get the custom notification with the unlocked padlock. did i do something wrong or is this normal.
edit: i used a windows based program to root and i used twrp to flash the unlocked bootloader
I am waiting on a stable completely functioning rom before flashing.
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Sounds like it's not unlocked if you still have the custom boot screen. What method did you use to unlock?
You are not unlocked. When your bootloader is unlocked that Samsung screen just flies by. No padlock no waiting.
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Thanks! i used a windows batch file to do the unlock...guess ill give it another go.
worked thanks!
My SGiii now does this when booting. I have root. I used the devFS root method. I to my knowledge I have not flashed the boot loader. Is this what people were talking about by adding one to there flash counter? If so I might as well flash cwm.
Is my warranty void now?
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Xiuix said:
My SGiii now does this when booting. I have root. I used the devFS root method. I to my knowledge I have not flashed the boot loader. Is this what people were talking about by adding one to there flash counter? If so I might as well flash cwm.
Is my warranty void now?
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Has nothing to do with flash counter. It shows that software is modified and is caused by root. Unlocking the bootloader will get rid of lock. Warranty is void only if you don't revert to stock before return.
Hi when I rooted and tried to flash twrp I soft bricked my phone and when I Odin back to stock a flashed safestrap I rebooted and on the boot screen it showed an unlocked lock with the word custom below it. So doesn't that mean that my bootloader is unlocked?
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siouxhockey11 said:
Hi when I rooted and tried to flash twrp I soft bricked my phone and when I Odin back to stock a flashed safestrap I rebooted and on the boot screen it showed an unlocked lock with the word custom below it. So doesn't that mean that my bootloader is unlocked?
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It doesn't, that custom padlock is known to show up on completely stock firmware. It's not really an indicator of much of anything.
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Hello xda
Title says it all. I have unlocked my bootloader without a problem, I have tried every single way to root the moto G and have had no luck now.
I've tried the super boot methods 1 & 2
#1 the .bat file works and says its complete but upon a reboot of the phone super su is no were to be seen and have no root access. Tried about 7-8 times.
Method 2 apparently works correctly and gives me the hab recovery error but when I click the recovery option in bootloader to progress it just boots me out and boots up the phone or takes me into the recovery screen saying no commands.
I'm running 4.4.2 with unlocked bootloader what other options are available? Cheers
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Never mind another attempt has got me rooted.
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Slight problem after finally gaining root.
I can't get any custom ROM to boot up? They just hang at the boot logos. Could someone please help. Thankyou
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Likely need to do some wiping... What partitions did you wipe when you installed the ROM?
Try wiping cache and dalvik should fix it
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Likely need to do some wiping... What partitions did you wipe when you installed the ROM?
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Had to down grade to 4.3 seems to allow me to boot ROMs must if been the 4.4 bootloader
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ykdr-scott said:
Hello xda
Title says it all. I have unlocked my bootloader without a problem, I have tried every single way to root the moto G and have had no luck now.
I've tried the super boot methods 1 & 2
#1 the .bat file works and says its complete but upon a reboot of the phone super su is no were to be seen and have no root access. Tried about 7-8 times.
Method 2 apparently works correctly and gives me the hab recovery error but when I click the recovery option in bootloader to progress it just boots me out and boots up the phone or takes me into the recovery screen saying no commands.
I'm running 4.4.2 with unlocked bootloader what other options are available? Cheers
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Flash a custom recovery and install SuperSU with a ZIP file
Hello I have a chinese opo with cm11s installed.Whenever I run bootloader unlock it says time taken 0.00 sec
okay.Now Im not sure maybe the seller has unlocked the boot loader. Is there a way to know before flashing custom recovery?Thanks.Will flashing custom recovery on locked bootloader will brick my device?
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No it will not brick your phone. If your phone's bootloader is locked, it will simply not let you flash a custom recovery. If its unlocked, then it'll flash the custom recovery.
Ensure that update CM recovery in developer options is disabled (to enable the menu, tap build # 10 times in about phone and then go back into developer options)
Thanks it worked,I was right it was already unlocked
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Now can I update system officially with twrp.I have unchecked update cm recovery.I saw someone said that the update bricked his phone with twrp installed
Here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2825514
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should i update?
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that guy used cwm... it seems that that recovery caused his brick.
i think you should use twrp or philz one...
Hey everyone,
So, I have a verizon Galaxy s3 4g (i535) and I have been searching for days now for a way to unlock my bootloader so that I can flash a recovery and then flash some new ROMS. I tried flashing a recovery through odin but it failed, I tried flashing it through the apps available in appstore like TWRP Manager, ROM Manager, Flashify even used the terminal emulator and then entered the code to flash the recovery image I had in my sd card etc but everytime I use these tools it says that the recovery has been flashed and then when I reboot to recovery, I get the screen which says that a wrong version of android was flashed and that I should contact verizon and that screen keeps on coming even when i restart the phone, until I get my phone into download mode and then restart it. I have read alot of threads but couldn't find any at all. So is there any way to unlock my bootloader or to flash a recovery and then flash ROMS without unlocking the bootloader?
Would be really thankful if anyone could help.
hamid.ishfaq said:
Hey everyone,
So, I have a verizon Galaxy s3 4g (i535) and I have been searching for days now for a way to unlock my bootloader so that I can flash a recovery and then flash some new ROMS. I tried flashing a recovery through odin but it failed, I tried flashing it through the apps available in appstore like TWRP Manager, ROM Manager, Flashify even used the terminal emulator and then entered the code to flash the recovery image I had in my sd card etc but everytime I use these tools it says that the recovery has been flashed and then when I reboot to recovery, I get the screen which says that a wrong version of android was flashed and that I should contact verizon and that screen keeps on coming even when i restart the phone, until I get my phone into download mode and then restart it. I have read alot of threads but couldn't find any at all. So is there any way to unlock my bootloader or to flash a recovery and then flash ROMS without unlocking the bootloader?
Would be really thankful if anyone could help.
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When the bootloader is locked, especially on this specific phone the SCH-I535 your stuck with it and there is no way to unlock the bootloader. You can't run custom roms or a custom recovery either
You can however install safestrap as a recovery and there are a few bootloader locked roms you can also install
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hamid.ishfaq said:
Hey everyone,
So, I have a verizon Galaxy s3 4g (i535) and I have been searching for days now for a way to unlock my bootloader so that I can flash a recovery and then flash some new ROMS. I tried flashing a recovery through odin but it failed, I tried flashing it through the apps available in appstore like TWRP Manager, ROM Manager, Flashify even used the terminal emulator and then entered the code to flash the recovery image I had in my sd card etc but everytime I use these tools it says that the recovery has been flashed and then when I reboot to recovery, I get the screen which says that a wrong version of android was flashed and that I should contact verizon and that screen keeps on coming even when i restart the phone, until I get my phone into download mode and then restart it. I have read alot of threads but couldn't find any at all. So is there any way to unlock my bootloader or to flash a recovery and then flash ROMS without unlocking the bootloader?
Would be really thankful if anyone could help.
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Yea I had the same issue like he said there's no way to unlock it only way you can flash ROMS is buy a rooted S3 that's what I did cause I couldn't take being on a locked bootloader phone I got mine from Ebay that's one way you can fix that problem now I'm running AOSB 4.4.4
I know how to unlock the BL,look at the screenshot.
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yuzhongdatou said:
I know how to unlock the BL,look at the screenshot.
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You do realize this photo proves nothing, right? This post could just as easily come from someone with an unlocked bootloader who subsequently flashed AOKP and also the VRUDNE1 modem. I'm using SlimKat with the same modem, doesn't mean my bootloader was locked with the VRUDNE1 4.4.2 update.
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SlimSnoopOS said:
You do realize this photo proves nothing, right? This post could just as easily come from someone with an unlocked bootloader who subsequently flashed AOKP and also the VRUDNE1 modem. I'm using SlimKat with the same modem, doesn't mean my bootloader was locked with the VRUDNE1 4.4.2 update.
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Amen to that man, people don't seem to get that the bootloader cannot be unlocked once the OTA is taken. I grow seriously tired of repeating myself a million times
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So what's the deal then? You know there's a $1,400+ reward for unlocking it if you're serious. I'll gladly give you props for being first if you're right.
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So what's the deal then? You know there's a $1,400+ reward for unlocking it if you're serious. I'll gladly give you props for being first if you're right.
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I'm unsure of what information your looking for exactly
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