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So I updated my FRD-L04 to the Nougat Beta, and while I was following the instructions and Flashesd the Update. For some reason I lost TWRP and cant boot into recovery, my bootloader is unlocked.....however in developer options OEM Unlock is grey out and i cant enable it.... So when ever i try to run a command through fastboot it says is not allow.... and when i try ti re-lock the bootloader i get FAILED (remote: root type is risk)... I try to roll back package from Huawei website but that also fails..... Now i dont know what to do.
I am in the same boat. Did the new beta via twrp. My usb debug was greyed out but i was able to to get it to turn on for short moments.
I have now lost twrp and now the phone wont even boot the the Android 7 beta os!
I have fastboot but when i try to fastboot flash system or cust they both fail. My bootloader is still unlocked tho.
edit: I downloaded the beta flashable zip and the update that is seperate. I took out the boot recovery cust and system from them and was able to flash them via fastboot. The phone now boots back to the android 7.0 beta. Phew!!!!!
Now to attempt downgrade to 6.0 adn get twrp back
You should look for a downgrade package
Since you have lost TWRP, I think you will have to reinstall it and root your device again.
DarkGuyver said:
Since you have lost TWRP, I think you will have to reinstall it and root your device again.
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I tried thta multiple times, but when i flash recovery it says its not allow, again i think is because i can enable oem unlock on settings
You should look for a downgrade package
CronaMell said:
You should look for a downgrade package
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Like I mention on my initial post I have already tried the downgrade package..but it does not work. I can't enable oem unlock since is grayed out ... my boot loader is unlock and I can't use the phone but NFC Bluetooth etc does not work.. I even tried to flash the downgrade package recovery and boot image through fast boot but it's not allow since I can't enable oem unlock...
I'll research a bit and see If I can find something
Hi,
I recently got a brand new s6 G920A AT&T version from an authorized reseller. To my surprise the firmware on it is very old - 5.0.2 with sw version G920AUCU1AOCE
I have heard that this firmware was a pre-release/developer/engineering version of s6 and has unlocked bootloader. Is that true?
How do I find if the bootloader is locked or unlocked in my samsung s6 or for that matter in *any Samsung* phone? Is it possible to check using Odin or some other tool on whether the bootloader is unlocked?
Please let me know your thoughts or ideas! If the above is true, I could perhaps extract the unlocked bootloader and share it with everybody else!!
Thanks!
Alright Interesting...
Use ADB:
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1. Make to go to about device and tap build number 7 times.
2. Go to developer options (Above About Device)
3. Check usb debugging and oem (Just in case)
4. Connect your phone to your computer via usb cable (Of Course)
5. Download ADB Fastboot if you haven't already =====> https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317790
6. Install it and after that it should be set-up
6. Type the command fastboot devices
7. Then type fastboot oem device-info (BTW I am sorry for letting you know now but i think you might need to be in downloading mode or something to use the commands)
8. It should tell you if it is unlocked or not
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Method 2:
1. Boot up the phone normally then open the phone application and go to the dialer
2. *#*#7378423#*#*
3. Then service info --> configuration
4. Then it should say one of the following:
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1. Bootloader unlock allowed --Yes >> This means that your Bootloader is Locked
2. Bootloader Unlocked - Yes >> This means that your Bootloader is unlocked
I hope i was helpful to you, if not then i'm sorry to have wasted your time.
Thanks @ROOT67! Let me try both options out and get back on this thread.
ROOT67 said:
Use ADB:
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1. Make to go to about device and tap build number 7 times.
2. Go to developer options (Above About Device)
3. Check usb debugging and oem (Just in case)
4. Connect your phone to your computer via usb cable (Of Course)
5. Download ADB Fastboot if you haven't already =====> https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317790
6. Install it and after that it should be set-up
6. Type the command fastboot devices
7. Then type fastboot oem device-info (BTW I am sorry for letting you know now but i think you might need to be in downloading mode or something to use the commands)
8. It should tell you if it is unlocked or not
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Method 2:
1. Boot up the phone normally then open the phone application and go to the dialer
2. *#*#7378423#*#*
3. Then service info --> configuration
4. Then it should say one of the following:
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1. Bootloader unlock allowed --Yes >> This means that your Bootloader is Locked
2. Bootloader Unlocked - Yes >> This means that your Bootloader is unlocked
I hope i was helpful to you, if not then i'm sorry to have wasted your time.
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Both the methods did not work! Please see for details below.
ROOT67 said:
Use ADB:
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1. Make to go to about device and tap build number 7 times.
2. Go to developer options (Above About Device)
3. Check usb debugging and oem (Just in case)
4. Connect your phone to your computer via usb cable (Of Course)
5. Download ADB Fastboot if you haven't already =====> https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317790
6. Install it and after that it should be set-up
6. Type the command fastboot devices
7. Then type fastboot oem device-info (BTW I am sorry for letting you know now but i think you might need to be in downloading mode or something to use the commands)
8. It should tell you if it is unlocked or not
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I could not put it in fastboot mode. Do we know if the Samsung s6 supports fastboot mode? If so, how to put it in fastboot mode?
Also as a side note, in developer mode under settings, I could find check box for USB debugging but not for OEM. There was another post which said that OEM checkbox was added under developer options only after bootloader lock was introduced in 5.1.1 firmware. Not sure if this is true.
Method 2:
1. Boot up the phone normally then open the phone application and go to the dialer
2. *#*#7378423#*#*
3. Then service info --> configuration
4. Then it should say one of the following:
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1. Bootloader unlock allowed --Yes >> This means that your Bootloader is Locked
2. Bootloader Unlocked - Yes >> This means that your Bootloader is unlocked
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When I dial this number, nothing happened. Is there a different number for Samsung s6?
It's not a pre-release/developer/engineering firmware. It's just a really old firmware which released for public officially.
jilebi said:
Both the methods did not work! Please see for details below.
I could not put it in fastboot mode. Do we know if the Samsung s6 supports fastboot mode? If so, how to put it in fastboot mode?
Also as a side note, in developer mode under settings, I could find check box for USB debugging but not for OEM. There was another post which said that OEM checkbox was added under developer options only after bootloader lock was introduced in 5.1.1 firmware. Not sure if this is true.
When I dial this number, nothing happened. Is there a different number for Samsung s6?
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No other number is available that i know of, like the person above stated it is a old firmware version and with that said i would highly try to prevent any updates from installing. I would love to help you out, but since i have no idea as to what would be needed to tell if the bootloader is unlocked, but i do know since Samsung is against us rooting and using our devices the way we want, it is safe to assume the bootloader is locked and because you have at&t variant. Your best bet to get your device bootloader information is to look around on the XDA forums.
Do you have any details on whether the bootloader was locked or unlocked for this old version? How can one test or check if bootloader is locked?
forumber2 said:
It's not a pre-release/developer/engineering firmware. It's just a really old firmware which released for public officially.
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Do you have any details on whether the bootloader was locked or unlocked for this old version? How can one test or check if bootloader is locked?
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All AT&T branded nearly-new (including S6) Samsung devices has a non-unlockable locked bootloader.
There's no way to test that.
here are a couple of test scenario that i can think of. let me know your thoughts on them
- if the device is rooted, load a custom recovery like TWRP. next, try to boot into custom recovery. if it boots into custom recovery, bootloader is unlocked. if not, try to restore factory recovery using odin.
- if the device is rooted, load a custom ROM. next, try to boot into custom ROM. if it boots into custom ROM, bootloader is unlocked. if not, try to restore factory ROM using odin.
Will these test scenarios work? If not, what are the potential issues you see?
forumber2 said:
All AT&T branded nearly-new (including S6) Samsung devices has a non-unlockable locked bootloader.
There's no way to test that.
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here are a couple of test scenario that i can think of. let me know your thoughts on them
- if the device is rooted, load a custom recovery like TWRP. next, try to boot into custom recovery. if it boots into custom recovery, bootloader is unlocked. if not, try to restore factory recovery using odin.
- if the device is rooted, load a custom ROM. next, try to boot into custom ROM. if it boots into custom ROM, bootloader is unlocked. if not, try to restore factory ROM using odin.
Will these test scenarios work? If not, what are the potential issues you see?
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- There's no custom recovery or custom kernel for SM-G920A, because of the reason I've wrote above.
- Installing a custom ROM doesn't require an unlocked bootloader unless the ROM doesn't require custom kernel. (Custom ROMs for SM-G920A don't require custom kernel (except leaked engineering/debugging kernel from Samsung for disabling dm-verity))
forumber2 said:
- There's no custom recovery or custom kernel for SM-G920A, because of the reason I've wrote above.
- Installing a custom ROM doesn't require an unlocked bootloader unless the ROM doesn't require custom kernel. (Custom ROMs for SM-G920A don't require custom kernel (except leaked engineering/debugging kernel from Samsung for disabling dm-verity))
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Got it. Thanks. That makes sense.
Here is another option. For making custom recovery, my understanding is that partition info is needed. If the device is rooted e.g. using Pingpong (which works for this Android version), then one can get a partition info and compile TWRP for G920A. If so, can one try to install custom recovery like TWRP and verify if bootloader is locked? It feels to me that this may work. Do you see any flaws?
One possible flaw is that if bootloader is locked, it will prevent recovery from loading. So the phone will be without a working recovery. In that case, can factory recovery be re-installed using Odin?
Also, will any of the above steps trigger the KNOX flag?
jilebi said:
Got it. Thanks. That makes sense.
Here is another option. For making custom recovery, my understanding is that partition info is needed. If the device is rooted e.g. using Pingpong (which works for this Android version), then one can get a partition info and compile TWRP for G920A. If so, can one try to install custom recovery like TWRP and verify if bootloader is locked? It feels to me that this may work. Do you see any flaws?
One possible flaw is that if bootloader is locked, it will prevent recovery from loading. So the phone will be without a working recovery. In that case, can factory recovery be re-installed using Odin?
Also, will any of the above steps trigger the KNOX flag?
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You don't have to get partition info, and compile TWRP. All S6 variants are using same partition name scheme and there are no difference on TWRP builds between S6 variants (except kernel and DTB).
The bootloader won't allow you to flash any custom recovery image (via Odin or in Android OS). If you could flash it, It won't boot it up anyway.
I don't have any idea about the KNOX trigger on AT&T variant devices, but I think it won't increase anyway.
forumber2 said:
You don't have to get partition info, and compile TWRP. All S6 variants are using same partition name scheme and there are no difference on TWRP builds between S6 variants (except kernel and DTB).
The bootloader won't allow you to flash any custom recovery image (via Odin or in Android OS). If you could flash it, It won't boot it up anyway.
I don't have any idea about the KNOX trigger on AT&T variant devices, but I think it won't increase anyway.
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Sorry, I perhaps misunderstood from your last post that since custom recovery is not available for G920A it implied its partition info was different from other variants. If it is the same partition structure for all variants, then I guess we can use the TWRP for the G920F international version for which bootloader is unlocked.
Now that we agree that TWRP is available for use on G920A, the next question is how to load it. My thought is that if the device is rooted that means one can use dd at root shell prompt to write TWRP to the recovery partition, without using Odin or the current bootloader. Do you agree?
Not sure I understand why you say that if one could flash TWRP it would not boot anyways. If bootloader is unlocked (which is what we are testing here), then it should boot, right?
jilebi said:
Sorry, I perhaps misunderstood from your last post that since custom recovery is not available for G920A it implied its partition info was different from other variants. If it is the same partition structure for all variants, then I guess we can use the TWRP for the G920F international version for which bootloader is unlocked.
Now that we agree that TWRP is available for use on G920A, the next question is how to load it. My thought is that if the device is rooted that means one can use dd at root shell prompt to write TWRP to the recovery partition, without using Odin or the current bootloader. Do you agree?
Not sure I understand why you say that if one could flash TWRP it would not boot anyways. If bootloader is unlocked (which is what we are testing here), then it should boot, right?
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A custom recovery is not available for G920A, because no one could try any custom recovery on G920A due to locked bootloader.
Yes you can write the recovery image via dd at root shell prompt.
And yes, If bootloader is unlocked, it will boot it up.
Sorry to ressurect this old thread, but can you (or anybody else who is knowledgeable) answer the following?
1. Since custom recovery is not available for G920A, which of the Tmobile/Sprint/International versions of TWRP custom recovery would you recommend to use for testing if bootloader is unlocked, using either ODIN or dd method?
2. If bootloader is unlocked, you are suggesting below that it should boot up. However, if it is locked, then will the phone still boot up? i.e. if one does not go into recovery mode, will it still boot up or does the bootloader check if both recovery and kernel are signed and if it finds that the recovery is unsigned, will it also prevent the signed kernel from booting up?
Thanks!
forumber2 said:
A custom recovery is not available for G920A, because no one could try any custom recovery on G920A due to locked bootloader.
Yes you can write the recovery image via dd at root shell prompt.
And yes, If bootloader is unlocked, it will boot it up.
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I already unlocked the bootloader, happens anything if I turn off oem unlock in developer settings or will the bootloader relock?
Maik_ said:
I already unlocked the bootloader, happens anything if I turn off oem unlock in developer settings or will the bootloader relock?
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Turned it off once by accident but turned on again.. Nothing changed
I don't think anything changes unless u relock it via fastboot, which at that point as long as u can boot back into the OS, u can always unlock it again, relocking bootloader will format ur data and u will no long be rooted or have twrp installed
locking your bootloader with root etc installed can cause major problems so before doing that you should flash a stock firmware otherwise you will be locked out
Why would you want to do this? There is no benefit to it if you plan to stay rooted.
Need to find something to do. You bored
iElvis said:
Why would you want to do this? There is no benefit to it if you plan to stay rooted.
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I want to disable developer options, but if I do that OEM-Unlock automatically turns off and I don't want to reboot because I dont want that I lock myself out.
Your cat will get knock up..........again!
Maik_ said:
I want to disable developer options, but if I do that OEM-Unlock automatically turns off and I don't want to reboot because I dont want that I lock myself out.
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Just turning off Developer Options won't relock your bootloader. You can only do that manually in fastboot. But you'll also lose USB debugging, which means adb won't work anymore in case something goes wrong. (But leaving USB debugging on all the time isn't the best idea anyway.)
Hello everyone
I think I did that mistake
I have twrp installed on my phone Samsung SM-G532F . my phone was working just fine but I have locked the oem for no reason .
now when I turn off the device and tried to turn it on it shows { Custom binary blocked by FRP. (boot. img) }
and when I open recovery mode it shows { Custom binary blocked by FRP. (recovery. img) }
the download mode is working and shows that the FRP lock is on .
I tried to flash the stock recovery with odin but since the FRP is locked it failed .
the adb is not working because the device cannot boot , even the battery symbol when I plug my phone with a charger is not displayed and shows the error { Custom binary blocked by FRP. (boot. img) }
any ideas will help a lot .
omer123137 said:
Hello everyone
I think I did that mistake
I have twrp installed on my phone Samsung SM-G532F . my phone was working just fine but I have locked the oem for no reason .
now when I turn off the device and tried to turn it on it shows { Custom binary blocked by FRP. (boot. img) }
and when I open recovery mode it shows { Custom binary blocked by FRP. (recovery. img) }
the download mode is working and shows that the FRP lock is on .
I tried to flash the stock recovery with odin but since the FRP is locked it failed .
the adb is not working because the device cannot boot , even the battery symbol when I plug my phone with a charger is not displayed and shows the error { Custom binary blocked by FRP. (boot. img) }
any ideas will help a lot .
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You cannot boot with a custom recovery and a locked bootloader. As to how to fix this, you need to ask in the Samsung forums. This is for OnePlus 6.
If you have a oneplus look in the forum for msmdownloadtool and follow the steps, you can revive your phone.
If your phone its a samsung, search in samsung forums for a tool to unbrick your phone.
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You cannot boot with a custom recovery and a locked bootloader. As to how to fix this, you need to ask in the Samsung forums. This is for OnePlus 6.
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I was finally able to solve this issue with flashing the official firmware with odin . now I will never touch the oem unlock button ever again :laugh: . but thank you for your reply .
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Toni Moon said:
If you have a oneplus look in the forum for msmdownloadtool and follow the steps, you can revive your phone.
If your phone its a samsung, search in samsung forums for a tool to unbrick your phone.
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I downloaded and flashed the official firmware with odin and it worked . thanks for the reply
I did this once on my OnePlus X, disabled oem unlocking in developer options. phone and recovery worked fine. I did a backup. Flashed a new rom to test it. The rom had AOSP recovery in the zip, overwriting twrp (opx has separate recovery partition). I flashed gapps affter the rom and the setup wizard was crashing so I could not boot in the home screen. Tried TWRP, its gone. Tried to boot to twrp via fastboot, oem locked. Had to do hard brick reset. Backup and data, gone.
TLDR, you should leave it on, unless you are on stock firmware.
After flash a rom you must flash twrp recovery again, restart in recovery and flash gapps and magisk
First of all you have to flash combination file associated with your device model through ap slot of odin.
Then your phone will turn on and you can access settings through which you can turn on oem unlock.
Then you can install your desired rom into your device
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First of all you have to flash combination file associated with your device model through ap slot of odin.
Then your phone will turn on and you can access settings through which you can turn on oem unlock.
Then you can install your desired rom into your device
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This isn't a Samsung device.
Maik_ said:
I already unlocked the bootloader, happens anything if I turn off oem unlock in developer settings or will the bootloader relock?
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I also accidentally turned off oem in rooted phone , Does my bootloader locked or I can safely reboot
I restored the stock firmware using Odin, but now I see that the bootloader is still unlocked.
When try to lock it again the system says: "If OEM unlock is turned off, your phone will be reset to factory default settings after restart. This will erase all of your data... " etc.
My question is: will the firmware be still in place? I don't mind everything being wiped, because most of it will be restored anyway when I login to Google and Samsung again.
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I also accidentally turned off oem in rooted phone , Does my bootloader locked or I can safely reboot
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No
I rooted my s7, latest version of 8.0 United Kingdom (g930fxxu4esae build r16nw.g930fxxs5esf6). I used TWRP and magisk.
All was well until I rebooted, then got the dreaded "custom binary blocked by frp lock". I was able to take the stock rom and install the AP file, and now it's working again except that of course root is gone. I suspect that if I attempt to root again, I will run into the same error on a reboot.
I've done some googling but haven't found anything really reliable sounding about getting around this problem.
EDIT: UPDATE: I've flashed the latest version of BTU on phones 1 and 2. I've successfully rooted phone 1 and it seems to be sticking. Phone 2 I'm still working on, it doesn't have to be rooted though as it's more of a backup for gaming. Thanks again to everyone in this thread for all the good advice and info.
You are going to have to re flash you current firmware unrooted and before you root, enable OEM unlocking in developer options AFTER setting up your google account(you have to use the same google account as you did before), unfortunately there is no way of force enabling OEM unlock with a flashable zip on the s7, well least to my knowledge. FRP lock is googles factory reset protection, which stops people from factory resetting a phone and then just use their google account instead of the one they don't know the password too, and it stops custom binaries like trwp from booting and even a stock binary that has been rooted from booting because it thinks you could be trying to bypass FRP.
Enabling OEM unlocking with disable FRP lock on the device, allowing you to use custom binary and boot normally without the checks.
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You are going to have to re flash you current firmware unrooted and before you root, enable OEM unlocking in developer options AFTER setting up your google account(you have to use the same google account as you did before), unfortunately there is no way of force enabling OEM unlock with a flashable zip on the s7, well least to my knowledge. FRP lock is googles factory reset protection, which stops people from factory resetting a phone and then just use their google account instead of the one they don't know the password too, and it stops custom binaries like trwp from booting and even a stock binary that has been rooted from booting because it thinks you could be trying to bypass FRP.
Enabling OEM unlocking with disable FRP lock on the device, allowing you to use custom binary and boot normally without the checks.
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Correct basically turn FRP lock off it's a pain in the ass.
Also @kettir this is the final release of BTU not the one you have in your post 》》https://www.sammobile.com/samsung/galaxy-s7/firmware/SM-G930F/BTU/download/G930FXXU5ESD2/270504
cooltt said:
Correct basically turn FRP lock off it's a pain in the ass.
Also @kettir this is the final release of BTU not the one you have in your post 》》https://www.sammobile.com/samsung/galaxy-s7/firmware/SM-G930F/BTU/download/G930FXXU5ESD2/270504
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Thanks for more great advice and info. It appears that now the requirements are:
Download the latest BTU as per your note because I like it better
Flash it to attain a "stock" system.
Go through the minimum setup after reboot and get developer options.
Set up google account
Enable OEM unlocking (and USB debugging of course)
flash TWRP
go into recovery immediately
Use TWRP to flash magisk
go back into download mode immediately
flash only the AP from the stock firmware
And this might, possibly, achieve root with magisk, while keeping the stock bootloader. That is, if I understand what TWRP and magisk are actually doing to the system. I.e., TWRP replaces the system part that handles recovery, while magisk roots the phone without changing the system, so that TWRP is the problem for FRP.
So I Was Trying To Unlock My Note's OEM By Flashing A custom rom, But TWRP Says Failed, Any Help?
What steps have you followed to unlock your bootloader?
Enabling the OEM Unlocking toggle is the first step. If you are unable to do this, the bootloader cannot be unlocked and flashing custom firmware is not possible.
I Still Haven't Unlocked It, But I Flashed It With Twrp And Rebooted Then LineageOS Wasn't Installed, Download Mode Hasn't Been Affected.
(UPDATE) Fixed The Failed Problem And Rebooted With Lineage Os, Download Mode Still Hasn't Been Affected