Hi,
I'm new to Android. I'm checking out the CyanogenMod guide and it says:
If the Bootloader on the Nexus S has already been unlocked, you may skip this section.
.. how do I check if my nexus comes unlocked or not?
Thanks
Power off the phone hold and continue to hold the volume up button and press the power button. Use the volume keys to toggle down till recovery lights green. Press power buttom. If you see the custom recovery titled: Clockworkmod then it has been unlocked. Or the other method to bypass this has been done.
Or more simply if you are the first owner of the device and are new to android you don't have a unlocked bootloader because you have not done the precess needed to root the device.
jerrycycle said:
Power off the phone hold and continue to hold the volume up button and press the power button. Use the volume keys to toggle down till recovery lights green. Press power buttom. If you see the custom recovery titled: Clockworkmod then it has been unlocked. Or the other method to bypass this has been done.
Or more simply if you are the first owner of the device and are new to android you don't have a unlocked bootloader because you have not done the precess needed to root the device.
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Ummm your bootloader can be unlocked without changing recovery.
Just turn the phone off. Hold volume up and power, this will get you into bootloader mode.
Look for lock state. It'll say either unlocked or locked.
If its unlocked, you'll see a lock under Google upon turning the phone on
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I suppose someone should add that unlocking the bootloader while simple enough in comparison to other devices, will erase the internal SD of the phone so make a backup if you have anything you don't want to lose
It is possible to root the nexus s without unlocking the bootloader thus not losing data. I did the oem unlock on one device and the non oem unlock on another. There is a thread for it in the sticky.
Other than buying a replacement volume button, does anyone know of a way to push the volume button without the button itself? I want to do a hard reset because I can't remember the PIN to unlock the phone. Afterwards, I'd need to flash a stock ROM & root it again.
Thanks
Hey guys !
I have a rooted Nexus 5 with unlocked bootloader. Recently I experienced the rattling power button problem and I had to remove it from the mainboard.
Since I don't have a power button anymore, I am not able to boot my phone when it runs out of battery without a pc and using fastboot command (I plug it through USB + press the Vol- button, then it boots the bootloader and I use fastboot reboot command to boot android).
I have an external USB battery, so I can boot into bootloader mode when i'm not at home and do not have battery anymore on my phone. But the problem is that an external battery, as far as I know, is definitely not able to run fastboot commands
So the question is : Is there any way to remap hardware buttons by modifying the bootloader (for example Vol- to switch between bootloader options, and Vol+ to confirm) so that I can boot my phone without a pc ?
im trying to unlock the bootloader.
i reach the part where all i have to do is press the vol up button to unlock the bootloader....but it does not work.
i can press the vol down button to cancel tho.
no other buttons work in the screen therefore leaving me unable to unlock the bootloader, any suggestions?
After unlocking bootloader
i found that i just pressed power button only once (not longpress)
it turn on
before unlock bootloader
i pressed power button long time and it finally turn on
how can i fix it??
it's really annoying