Hello all please help me. I have looked thru all the treads and I have found nothing that will help me. I have tried all methods of rooting that are listed and have not yet found one that will help. with the exception of using adb shell. I have never had to use this to root. as stated in title I have a droid ultra. version 24.3.7 obake_verizon, 4.4.4, Kernel 3.4.42-g845377b-00002-ge8e2fe0, build number SU6-7. my phone can not be found by rsd. I have searched for hours thru many forums and I have found nothing that can get this thing to root. I do have my unlock code but not another sim to test it. If this has been asked before I do apologize after searching for so long I got lost on where I have and have not looked. if you know of where it is posted just reply with the link and ill try it. if I have to use adb then I will have to learn but with the help of other members I have always been able to have a rooted phone. So MANY thanks to all that have helped me in the past. Thank you in advance.
1. Unlock your phone
2. Install TWRP custom recovery
3. Reboot into recovery and tell it to install SU when it asks
That's it. It will require you using adb at least to unlock. After that you should be able to do the rest from the phone.
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just curious, where did you get your unlock code?
Simunlock.net teerout
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ok, you have a sim unlock code. that should allow you to take the phone from one carrier to another (vzw -> att) that will not reflect on your ability to root your device. carrier (sim) unlock and root/ bootloader unlock are separate.
and with 4.4.4 on your droid, your stuck with me and the others with no root.
Teerout I wanted to add that I got the Sim unlock from there. I have not unlocked the boot loader. As of yet. Hope to accomplish in the am
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Sorry for the last post. It Did not update your comment. I guess I will be buying another phone or waiting.
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If you paid for a sim unlock code, I'm afraid you wasted your money. The phone is already sim unlocked (all Verizon phones are).
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Hello,
I bought a Captivate in USA, the cell works fine in my country (Chile). I want to install a customrom, but I don't know if it's possible considerating the problem of the Sim.
I appreciated if you help me
Thanks
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Hi, i bought a factory unlocked captivate from USA and never had a problem with custom roms. The sim never got relocked and i had flash over 20 roms on my phone. And i live in Argentina, without any access to an AT&T sim.
Though i would suggest, that you try to get your unlock code written down somewhere before you do custom roms, specially if you did not buy it factory unlocked. There is an app that gets the unlock code for you, I can't recall its name. Some of the phones get relocked after going back to stock; though I'm not sure if it is because they where manually unlocked instead of factory unlocked. What I do know is that when i tried to get my unlock code it wasn't anywhere, so I started flashing the phone hoping it didn't get sim locked.
If you don't get the code, flash and get sim locked there are several posts that explain how to unlock your phone. Those and the "universal sim unlock" gave me some peace of mind at the time.
Thanks!
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Back up your efs directory. It is possible to relock and be stuck if you don't. There is no factory unlock captivate. All are att and have to be unlocked via code.
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Hey all. My early upgrade is this weekend so I'm going to but a gs3 but I must be able to root and unlock boot loader.
Was looking at the unlock app
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mmmeff.ez.unlock
And see that the recent reviews saying they are having issues unlocking boot loader since update from Verizon.
Is the app broken now And or did they patch the phone so u cant unlock the boot loader?
I don't amt to buy this phone then end up not being able to unlock the bootloader (I can't stand anything other than aosp)
Lmk. Also how would I go about unlocking the boot loader without using that app or is that the only way to do so?
This is posted all over this forum. However, all you need to do is search for version 1.2 and it will unlock the bootloader, after you root, of course.
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the guide posted at the top of the dev forum should be your new best friend
HHF2 said:
This is posted all over this forum. However, all you need to do is search for version 1.2 and it will unlock the bootloader, after you root, of course.
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Here is my copy http://db.tt/TtOVCI1W . Just make sure you root first .
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Valkyrie743 said:
Hey all. My early upgrade is this weekend so I'm going to but a gs3 but I must be able to root and unlock boot loader.
Was looking at the unlock app
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mmmeff.ez.unlock
And see that the recent reviews saying they are having issues unlocking boot loader since update from Verizon.
Is the app broken now And or did they patch the phone so u cant unlock the boot loader?
I don't amt to buy this phone then end up not being able to unlock the bootloader (I can't stand anything other than aosp)
Lmk. Also how would I go about unlocking the boot loader without using that app or is that the only way to do so?
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The developer recommends version 1.2 and you can get that from here: http://rootzwiki.com/topic/32456-app-920-ez-unlock-14-easiest-way-to-unlock-your-bootloader/
There is a way to unlock the bootloader manually, but that takes a bit more effort and some terminal coding. I would definitely recommend just downloading EZ-Unlock v1.2 and using that. It's just a push of a button! That's what I did.
At the risk of being reprimanded.....
My phone is rooted and I have unlocked the boot-loader with One click "ez bootloader unlock." I have flashed numerous ROM's and continue to flash various ROM's... After flashing each new ROM and getting through the initial setup, I download ClockWorkMod from the play store, if not already part of the ROM, and then "One click ez bootloader unlock." I then run the "One click ez bootloader unlock" and then the ClockWorkMod for my model phone. I do this each time I flash a new ROM.
My question is whether this is unnecessary or not? I see that the later versions of "One click ez bootloader unlock" have a re-lock option, but I am unclear as whether or not it is unnecessary to unlock the boot-loader each and every time a person flashes a new ROM? Or under what circumstances would a person need to unlock their boot-loader after successfully unlocking it the first time?
It seems to me that once the boot-loader is successfully unlocked that a person would not have to unlock it again unless they ODIN back to Stock OEM, but I have not been able to google or search these forums successfully to find an answer, and for that I apologize, because I'm sure it's here somewhere, and some "Senior Member" will be quick to jump at the opportunity to point that out to me.... After a healthy dose of liquid courage, I am reluctantly asking the question here.... And if someone is so kinda as to answer my question, who knows, maybe it will help some other person who has the same question, but is afraid to ask, because of the harshness and lack of patience of some "Senior Members?"
A sincere thank you in advance to anyone who might answer my question. :fingers-crossed:
The only time you need to re-unlock the bootloader is if you Odin back to stock.
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Hi all,
Not got the G yet but looking to get one for my sister from Tescos as soon as I can. I see root is now resolved via "superroot", I see that people are getting SIM unlock codes from eBay etc. All good.
I see a lot of talk about flashing the factory rom over the Tesco one - but see many ifs/buts/maybes. Has this 100% been done by anyone?
Finally - if bootloader is unlocked, factory rom installed do I actually need to get a SIM unlock code too? (I would have hoped that would be enough but looking for confirmation from those that know!)
Cheers
Chris
ChrisCG said:
Hi all,
Not got the G yet but looking to get one for my sister from Tescos as soon as I can. I see root is now resolved via "superroot", I see that people are getting SIM unlock codes from eBay etc. All good.
I see a lot of talk about flashing the factory rom over the Tesco one - but see many ifs/buts/maybes. Has this 100% been done by anyone?
Finally - if bootloader is unlocked, factory rom installed do I actually need to get a SIM unlock code too? (I would have hoped that would be enough but looking for confirmation from those that know!)
Cheers
Chris
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If you want to use a different network other than tesco you will need to obtain an unlock code, unlocking the bootloader and flashing roms will not unlock the device to use other networks
Cheers for the info. Fair do's I guess....
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Hello, my name is Armando. This is my first post here, and I only have one question. First of all I want to say thanks to all you guys, I've found a lot of useful stuff here for my phone Ok, let's go for it:
I recently unlocked my Huawei Y511 to use it on any carrier, and it was succesful (I didn't unlock it by myself, a repairman did it). The problem is... my phone still got all the original carrier stuff (boot animation, some crappy apps and sounds) and I want to delete all of them. I rooted my phone before the unlock (temporary root which I found in this same forum: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2130276) and I leave all the stock ROM untouched before the unlock. I noticed that the guy who unlocked it used a "unlock box" named "SigmaBox" and he told me that my phone was able to be unlocked directly, without needing to wipe and reinstall all the software (I give him the phone, then one hour later I have my phone all unlocked, and it was the same way it was before it).
Now my question is... if I install a new ROM or whatever... will I lose my sim unlock?
I don't understand how he unlocked the phone, all I know is that he did a "direct unlock" but I don't know if he used unlocking codes. All I know is that he used some kind of USB box connected from my phone to a computer, and did his magic and surprise, phone unlocked.
Do you know what kind of unlock is this? And how does it work?
PD: Sorry for my bad english, my native language is spanish but I'm trying to improve my english skills (so I didn't use a translator).
I don't know much about unlocking. But I'm pretty sure that you won't loose the unlock status if you flash custom rom
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atulkris said:
I don't know much about unlocking. But I'm pretty sure that you won't loose the unlock status if you flash custom rom
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Thanks for your reply, and yeah, I think you are right.
After doing a little research, I found that a "direct unlock" is basically the generation and input of unlocking codes generated by both IMEI and carrier code, and the unlock box generated three codes which only one of them worked and the phone gets unlocked. So, my phone is
unlocked for ever and I won't lose my unlock status even if I install/update/reinstall the ROM.
If any of you guys know something else about this unlock procedure, please let us know!
Hi,
I unlocked the bootloader of my Z5 using Sony's official method (=receiving SONY unlock code after sending in the IMEI).
As you can tell from the enclosed screenshots, my phone is supposedly rooted - which is accomplished by unlocking the bootloader, isn't it? Unfortunately, any app I use to verify root is telling me I'm not (see attached png).
I've tried to find help (threads) in XDA on the web, but did not find anything that would explain this "phenomenon"... I'm at a total loss! Rooting past devices (plenty of other Android tablets and phones) has never been an issue - as it seems to be with the officially sanctioned SONY unlock process....
Anyone who can tell me what's going wrong?
Thanks much in advance!
AA
Unlocking bootloader doesn't give root access.
As of now you have to flash a custom kernel and then flash the SU binaries in recovery.
Thanks, Gamer649.... that explains.
Apparently, it also explains how lucky I have been in the past with rooting my devices by only following guides/instructions put together by fellow tinkerers on this fine board! :thumbup:
I did already push TWRP, and I had SuperSU (app) installed as well. Obviously that didn't cut it...
Now that I know what's missing, I'll check for those pieces and get them in place.
Thank you!
AA
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