I want to unlock my bootloader to get root access but i want to know is there a way to relock it again if i want to sell it or if something go wrong and get back my warranty ? ( sorry for my bad english )
You can make a TA-backup before unlocking, restoring that will lock the bootloader.
However, if your phone breaks in a way where the PC won't be able to recognize it, you won't be able to restore the backup.
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I'm getting close to getting a new phone, and there is specific data from my Motorola Photon Q that I want to move onto my computer to put onto my new phone, but all the websites and searches for ways to root this phone say I have to unlock the bootloader, which in turn means I also have to delete all the data from my phone.
Is there a way to root my phone without having to delete all the data or unlock the bootloader?
Napa39 said:
I'm getting close to getting a new phone, and there is specific data from my Motorola Photon Q that I want to move onto my computer to put onto my new phone, but all the websites and searches for ways to root this phone say I have to unlock the bootloader, which in turn means I also have to delete all the data from my phone.
Is there a way to root my phone without having to delete all the data or unlock the bootloader?
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When you rooting photon q or unlock bootloader you dont loose anything, some one wrote somewhere a bulls...
you dont lose anything from your phone, only flesh to stock or wipe / factory reset cause this not unloading bootloader or root
It is in fact, possible to root the Photon Q without unlocking your bootloader. It's called Towelroot. I did that, and it worked perfectly.
i'm thinking of unlocking the bootloader to flash AOSP or good old Cyanogenmod is it possible to go back and re-lock the bootloader afterwards if i want to go back to the official software ?
Yes you can, it's called restoring the TA partition
You can but that won't get your DRM keys back since they are lost forever. I see no benefit of it since it's unlocked once and in service center they rarely check if the bootloader is unlocked, at least in my country
Hi guys,
It might sound dumb but I was wondering if it was possible to relock the bootloader while keeping root.
In fact, I did not want to modify my Honor 8 that much too soon but I enjoy playing some games on my phone using a pad, I did not want to spend alot so I just went with a pad I already have, the DualShock 4. It works well except the button mapping in native Android games, that's why I have to root to use Sixaxis app to solve the issue.
So I may have to root my device soon but I don't plan any other modification to the system atm and I particularly hate the warning message when you boot (gosh, I hated it on my Moto G but it was easy to replace).
That leads me to the thread title: Is it possible to root and then get rid of the unlocking message (relock the bootloader or anything else would be okayish)?
I just want to get root access on the phone for my gamepad issue and eventually setup some typical things such as a real adblocking solution (DNS66 is not bad but hosts file is still the way to go imo) and maybe Xposed.
Is there a way to reduce the modification on the phone? (Thus the idea of relocking it, I was thinking that maybe, once relocked it won't show the message. But maybe relocking just wipe the phone again? (as unlocking it does))
Thank you guys
thats possible to relock bootloader .but if u used flash custom recovery and SuperSu.zip to root your phone , after rooted device , please reflash stock recovery vi fastboot and relock your bootloader
I don't think it's possible to relock the bootloader and keep your device rooted.
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I don't think it's possible to relock the bootloader and keep your device rooted.
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It was possible with the Nexus 5 and a few other phones to root it and then relock it. Obviously the only way to know if that's the case on this phone is to try it. But you just have to make sure that the stock recovery is there instead of twrp before relocking.
One brave soul needs to try it though. [emoji4]
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Well, I'll wait until someone who has a rooted device give it a try.
That screen would really annoy me... I always thought it was dumb to put that kind of screen... Damn, no need to remind us that it is unlocked if WE DID IT OURSELVES.
Hey, i have android 10 stable installed in my phone. Just before i updated my phone (while i still was on 9.0.9), i also unlocked my bootloader, nothing else, no twrp or root. Now i would like to relock my phone again, because google pay is not working anymore, and im not willing to root my phone, because updating problems all the time etc. so can i relock my bootloader just by using command "fastboot oem lock" on fastboot mode? or do i have to do something else before that? also, is there possibility to brick phone somehow? if so, is there a way to fix it, while using OOS with android 10? i know this is stupid question but i hope someone could anwer it. Its not first time, when something is changed due new android update, and all previous guides are wrong.. =/
only reason i unlocked my phone, was that when i had oneplus 1, it bricked somehow oneday, and only way to get it back working, was empying whole phone, but there was possibility to recover data, if bootloader is unlocked, but i didnt have that, so i lost everything.. so i unlocked this one, to prevent that problem, but now i have new, because Android Pay is not working..
I think you can use "Fastboot oem lock" as always, but it will wipe all your data (It's no way to skip that). I think it won't brick your phone
Yes, it won't brick your phone, just wipe your data.
Relocking succeed, thank you..
Hello. What's the easiest way to backup everything (and I mean everything, including detailed app data) before unlocking my bootloader? I want to flash a custom kernel with minimum modifications to anything else, and obviously I want to take a backup of everything before I lose them with the unlock process, but I haven't been able to find a way to do so on a stock ROM that's not even rooted.
Or is there a way to root my phone before I unlock it?
I've never had a OnePlus device before, so here I am, asking dumb questions. :silly:
Also, one more question (in three parts, sorry!): since some of the newer apps, especially banking apps, have started using stricter safety procedures, they can detect an unlocked (or even merely rooted) device, and so they don't work. 1) Is there any way I can use a custom kernel on a locked (or relocked) bootloader? 2) Is it possible to use a custom kernel on an unlocked phone that's not rooted? 3) If neither of the two is possible, how can I prevent said apps from detecting my unlocked bootloader and rooted phone?
Thank you very much in advance for taking the time to answer all of my questions.