Hi,
Regarding bootloaders, im intending on getting an S6 from Amazon (Full price). Are these likely to have an unlocked or unlockable bootloader via "fastboot oem unlock" rather than exploit out the box?
Not sure i want an S6 if i have to potentially wait months for an exploitable bootloader like some Note 4's?
TheBlueRaja said:
Hi,
Regarding bootloaders, im intending on getting an S6 from Amazon (Full price). Are these likely to have an unlocked or unlockable bootloader via "fastboot oem unlock" rather than exploit out the box?
Not sure i want an S6 if i have to potentially wait months for an exploitable bootloader like some Note 4's?
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Yes, any sim free phone will allow to unlocked the boot loaderbut it is very unlikely that any phone will have bootloader unlocked out of the box unless is it an second hand unit but then there will be no warranty .
i cant find oem unlock under dev options im guessing this carrier cant unlock the bootloader, was thinking about rooting....
LGMONO said:
i cant find oem unlock under dev options im guessing this carrier cant unlock the bootloader, was thinking about rooting....
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Not sure but I'm pretty sure the us models do not have oem unlock. Don't know if they are rootable yet. I have been buying f model and or Chinese snap dragons
Hello I'm I just bought the note 20 ultra unlocked version and I wanted to know if any one has found a way to root the SM-N986U1 version.
I know some people one the forms were saying certain versions of the phone would not show OEM unlock. Mine is one of them.
I didn't know if maybe there is a method I can use other than having to select the OEM unlock before going through the root methods?
Without going through a paid service.
Thanks for any help ?
underoath403 said:
Hello I'm I just bought the note 20 ultra unlocked version and I wanted to know if any one has found a way to root the SM-N986U1 version.
I know some people one the forms were saying certain versions of the phone would not show OEM unlock. Mine is one of them.
I didn't know if maybe there is a method I can use other than having to select the OEM unlock before going through the root methods?
Without going through a paid service.
Thanks for any help
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There is a method and it's a paid method. It's all described in this forum or under guides.
The model is SM-A015M. It has a Snapdragon processor.
This is a question I tried to solve myself, but I don't know if it's impossible or I'm just dumb and don't know how to do it.
I've followed a lot of guides, a lot of them telling me to do the same:
"Go to Developer Options and enable OEM Unlock, then boot your phone in Download Mode and hold the Volume Up key to unlock the bootloader. Think you did it? No, because Samsung has the Secure boot thingy. So you skip all the setup steps, but remember to connect to a network. After that, enable Developer Options and you should see the OEM Unlock option grayed out."
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And that last part is what ruins everything, OEM Unlock is enabled, but it's not grayed out. Furthermore, I cannot check if the bootloader is unlocked or not via fastboot since I've seen that Samsung doesn't support it. Although, I've used
adb reboot bootloader
which takes me to another screen that obviously says
device state: LOCKED
And I've tried to flash Magisk before with Odin (I don't understand Heimdal fully, to be honest), of course it ended in a failure. I've seen that having a Snapdragon processor makes the bootloader impossible or just very hard (And I'm hoping it's just very hard, 'cause as I'm writing this, it's obviously impossible).
I wonder... If I can't unlock the OEM, why does the developer options give me the choice to unlock or lock it if it doesn't change a thing in the end?
Look inside here:
How to Unlock Bootloader on Samsung Galaxy A01? OEM Unlock!
Hey, there in this guide, I will show you the easiest method to Unlock Bootloader on Samsung Galaxy A01. This smartphone was recently launched, and in
www.rootingsteps.com
jwoegerbauer said:
Look inside here:
How to Unlock Bootloader on Samsung Galaxy A01? OEM Unlock!
Hey, there in this guide, I will show you the easiest method to Unlock Bootloader on Samsung Galaxy A01. This smartphone was recently launched, and in
www.rootingsteps.com
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It's not the exact same guide, in terms of words. But I'd be doing the same I did before, so that doesn't work.
sanmsung mobile phones with a that use a snapdragon in north america and south america, and europe that cannot be unlocked
the ones usually sold in asia are the ones you can unlock
and don't even waste more time,samsung took extra steps just so that their mobile does not get unlock and rooted, at least on the snapdragon version
you trip the knox, and prolly will brick your mobile, or at least lose functionality
agonoize said:
sanmsung mobile phones with a that use a snapdragon cannot be unlocked
the ones that use a qualcomm (usually sold in asia and europe) are the ones you can unlock
and don't even waste more time,samsung took extra steps just so that their mobile does not get unlock and rooted, at least on the snapdragon version
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every Samsung phone that has a snapdragon has a Qualcomm chip as Qualcomm the company makes snapdragon the product.
it's simply not true to say all snapdragon Samsungs can't be unlocked. I'm trying on an unlocked phone now.
it's snapdragons sold in North America and maybe South America (not sure on that last bit) that can't be unlocked.
Need a new phone and an unlocked bootloader for rooting. Can get one with
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Only to have said it: to root a phone's Android phone's bootloader MUST NOT got unlocked before.