My P9 lite is rooted (with unlocked bootloader) and I received the OTA for Nougat. Can I flash it freely or should I not do it (any brick risk)?
Moreover, if it's safe to install it, will my bootloader be locked again like when I bought it (and no RELOCKED)?
Thank you
It's safe, u will just lost your custom recovery and root that's it. I upgraded myself. I am happy with the new update
I'm always a bit hesitate to relock bootloader if I'm on custom rom or rooted. I'm wondering what will happen if:
1. bootloader relocked.
2. OEM unlock is disabled from Developer option
3. device goes into bootloop or cannot boot up
At this point, does this mean device is essentially hard bricked since in fastboot, there is nothing I can do?
You should never, ever relock a bootloader if you are on a custom rom or rooted.
That's the thing. I'd very much wanna get LOS and Android pay working. If not locking bootloader, Android pay will not pass SafetyNet check.
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Rooted with magisk it will pass the SafetyNet checks.
as mentioned above if you are interested in having custom roms or rooting your phone you should not relock your boot loader, you are risking bricking your phone. There have been ways with Magisk(and other roots) on other devices (havent tried with the PH-1) to be rooted and still pass safetynet checks, bootloader should only ever be relocked if you are running 100% stock. Even when running stock i prefer to have the bootloader unlocked being able to flash a different recovery is worth having to pull out a card to pay for stuff (for me).
nrage23 said:
Rooted with magisk it will pass the SafetyNet checks.
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It seems magisk 14.3 having some issue for SafetyNet.
It works right after phone boot up, SafetyNet works. After certain time, it failed. Only reboot phone can make it works again.
As far as I know if your on stock ROM rooted and bootloader unlocked, ANDROID PAY will work with MAGISK
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As far as I know if your on stock ROM rooted and bootloader unlocked, ANDROID PAY will work with MAGISK
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thanks. I'll check it out.
I'm currently using Oreo beta along with the magisk boot image prepared by invisiblek and seeing this SafetyNet issue. Maybe Nougat stock is better in handling this situation.
Hi,
I have a G9350 (edge china) and I wanted to update from crappy port to official 8.0 oreo BUT I need root. And I've tried so many root methods (cf, SuperSU flash, Magisk, no-verity-opt etc) and everytime it roots (shows "set warranty bit" on boot, it gets into bootloop. Is it the cause of the system? Change the version? Or am I doing something wrong? (I use TWRP btw.)
I really do not want custom ROMs but I need root, is there any way to fix that?
Days ago, I had the wonderful idea of installing TWRP. I didn't want to install a custom ROM, I simply wanted TWRP + the current android. However, after I installed TWRP, the Android 8.0 was wiped out. I thought I would still keep the Android 8...
I tried to install many older versions (from April, June, July, August) of the stock ROM 8.0 via Odin, but all of them failed (as far as I learned, they failed because they had an older version than the Bootloader I had installed), then I successfully installed a stock ROM build from December.
Now, my phone doesn't pass the SafetyNet Test. It fails on "CTS profile match" (I read on the internet it is due to the unlocked Bootloader).
Interesting thing is: when I browse to "Developer Options -> OEM unlock", it says "Bootloader is already unlocked", even if the option is unset.
Now I have no TWRP (and I don't want to play with it anymore) and I have no root access.
Does anyone know how to "relock" the Bootloader or do anything that will allow me to pass the SafetyNet Test?
Hi,
I was unlocking the Bootloader earlier.
And after restoring back to stock I couldn't pass safetynet test.
Bootloader is locked now, so what could be the problem?