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Root Help, I need some advanced thinkers.

For work I have to use mobileiron, which detects everything from root to the unlocked bootloader. I am not sure if it simply detects the unlocked bootloader or detects because of the warning that comes up, I would guess its the latter.
So not only can't I root, I can't unlock my bootloader in the current state. At the very least I would like to enable wifi tether, and I would do that through TWRP but then I can't unlock my bootloader. So way to relock without wiping.
So I guess the question is for people who don't know about MobileIron is will we be able to unlock the bootloader without setting off any other options? or is there way to at least edit build.prop without root or unlocked bootloader?
I guess ideally if I could root without unlocking the bootloader then unroot that would solve my problems. Thoughts anyone?

Here is a thought, although it might fail. You could unlock your bootloader, boot TWRP without flashing(fastboot boot twrp-rgvrg.img), make your changes, then boot back into the bootloader and relock it.
Still can't say for sure it would work and it will virtually guarantee your userdata be wiped.

Buy a second phone for work related purposes
I'd never spend so much on a phone just to let my company lock it down

You could always test out various configs and see what trips the software or not. You might be able to keep TWRP and root just turned off via supersu and everything work. Similar to android pay. You might not even be able to unlock the bootloader. Anything in between in possible.
Regardless it is pretty trivial to go back to stock and get everything locked back up again. So there is little risk in trying.
If it were me I'd try root and see if it worked. No? Ok, try to disable root with supersu. Will work or not. If not then make your host file edits for adaway and such and then completely remove root. See if that works.
You can also try to unlock the bootloader now as stock and see if it impacts the software. See exactly where it trips and prevents you from using it. Then work from there.
If nothing works, go back to 100% stock and lock the bootloader again. At least you gave it a go and had some fun for the evening. If I had to guess something in between will work and you can work around the limitations.

Questions about bootloader and otas

I'm getting a 6p for Christmas and I have a question.
Say the 6p is on Marshmallow, and I decide to unlock the bootloader (just that, no root or anything) on MM. Will I be able to update to 7.1.1 via ota (no I don't want to sideload or flash) without issues? Or is there a process to it like updating bootloader, vendor, radio or whatever else. Or does the Ota file contain the updated boot.img and vendor etc.

ricbaez said:
I'm getting a 6p for Christmas and I have a question.
Say the 6p is on Marshmallow, and I decide to unlock the bootloader (just that, no root or anything) on MM. Will I be able to update to 7.1.1 via ota (no I don't want to sideload or flash) without issues? Or is there a process to it like updating bootloader, vendor, radio or whatever else. Or does the Ota file contain the updated boot.img and vendor etc.
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Yes, you can unlock then update via OTA. OTAs patch every partition permitted there are no modifications done to system and boot.
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ricbaez said:
I'm getting a 6p for Christmas and I have a question.
Say the 6p is on Marshmallow, and I decide to unlock the bootloader (just that, no root or anything) on MM. Will I be able to update to 7.1.1 via ota (no I don't want to sideload or flash) without issues? Or is there a process to it like updating bootloader, vendor, radio or whatever else. Or does the Ota file contain the updated boot.img and vendor etc.
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Why would you want to unlock the bootloader if you don't intend to root or install a custom recovery? I don't understand what the benefit is.

jhs39 said:
Why would you want to unlock the bootloader if you don't intend to root or install a custom recovery? I don't understand what the benefit is.
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I actually intend to install megapixel rom

jhs39 said:
Why would you want to unlock the bootloader if you don't intend to root or install a custom recovery? I don't understand what the benefit is.
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@ricbaez
No disrespect, but I would say why would you NOT unlock the bootloader on a Nexus? Especially when you first get the phone because unlocking wipes it. Unlocking the bootloader allows you to use MANY more tools in the event your phone boot loops or becomes unresponsive. There are dozens of threads where people are completely screwed because they did NOT unlock the bootloader and so cannot salvage their device with ADB/Fastboot. If you bought a Nexus, one of the selling points is that Google ALLOWS the owner to unlock the bootloader right in the Dev Options! Even if the OP is not going to root or install a custom recovery, if he/she does not unlock the bootloader, they are going to be S.O.L. if the phone won't boot. There are many examples of this since Google has gone to the monthly security OTA's and updates. Or... simply put, if you are unlocked you can flash full Google images and use ADB/Fastboot. If you are locked, you can only sideload an OTA with the stock recovery and that hasn't been working out well for so many people here on XDA.
To the OP. Recommend you unlock your bootloader first thing which will wipe the phone and start you out fresh. Unlocking the bootloader will not prevent you from receiving OTA's. Make sure your Google login works properly. Login. Logout. Login. Then do whatever the F you want with your phone, knowing you will have serious options to recover in the event things go south for any reason. Next would be installing TWRP. Good luck!

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@ricbaez
No disrespect, but I would say why would you NOT unlock the bootloader on a Nexus? Especially when you first get the phone because unlocking wipes it. Unlocking the bootloader allows you to use MANY more tools in the event your phone boot loops or becomes unresponsive. There are dozens of threads where people are completely screwed because they did NOT unlock the bootloader and so cannot salvage their device with ADB/Fastboot. If you bought a Nexus, one of the selling points is that Google ALLOWS the owner to unlock the bootloader right in the Dev Options! Even if the OP is not going to root or install a custom recovery, if he/she does not unlock the bootloader, they are going to be S.O.L. if the phone won't boot. There are many examples of this since Google has gone to the monthly security OTA's and updates. Or... simply put, if you are unlocked you can flash full Google images and use ADB/Fastboot. If you are locked, you can only sideload an OTA with the stock recovery and that hasn't been working out well for so many people here on XDA.
To the OP. Recommend you unlock your bootloader first thing which will wipe the phone and start you out fresh. Unlocking the bootloader will not prevent you from receiving OTA's. Make sure your Google login works properly. Login. Logout. Login. Then do whatever the F you want with your phone, knowing you will have serious options to recover in the event things go south for any reason. Next would be installing TWRP. Good luck!
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You are right. I wasn't aware that people were having boot loop issues on phones running stock Android but that apparently is the case. But as long as USB Debugging and Allow OEM Unlock are ticked in the developer options you should be able to unlock the bootloader later through ADB if you need to. I assumed the warning about my phone being insecure since my bootloader is unlocked that pops up every time I boot was there for a reason. There is no security issue created by unlocking your bootloader?

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You are right. I wasn't aware that people were having boot loop issues on phones running stock Android but that apparently is the case. But as long as USB Debugging and Allow OEM Unlock are ticked in the developer options you should be able to unlock the bootloader later through ADB if you need to. I assumed the warning about my phone being insecure since my bootloader is unlocked that pops up every time I boot was there for a reason. There is no security issue created by unlocking your bootloader?
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It's cool, and I respect your decision to stay locked if you decide that is best for you. I suppose you could set Allow OEM unlock in Dev settings AND USB debugging in USB just in case, but if for some reason you could not boot, unlocking bootloader would then wipe userdata and your backups would be gone before you could transfer them off. In the end it's up to the individual to choose security vs, recoverability. Many ppl are getting locked out of their phones in the interest of security (or just the default settings). As it turns out, they were just trying to perform a monthly security update and hosed their phone. Stock rom, stock recovery, unrooted. Every Nexus phone I've owned (Galaxy?) has been unlocked so that I could use all the tools available to get myself out of a bind if needed. I don't give a sh!t about the boot up warning, because I know that my nandroid and FF backups can get me back home in the event of a lockup. Unlocking will not stop you from receiving OTA's if you are stock. Even if you are not, unlocking will allow you to use ADB, custom recoveries, toolkits, etc. If you end up in a bootloop and your bootloader is locked you are S.O.L. plain and simple. Each to their own though... if you need encryption and value high security of your data over recoverability then you may want to stay bootloader locked. As owners of a Nexus phone we have that option. Many others do not. Cheers my friend!

Thank you guys everything was successful, unlocked it in no time, downloaded 7.1.1 and it's perfect. NOw time to flash twrp and MegaPixel Rom

How do I relock bootloader on Nougat B25

Hi, I am a total noob to all of this. I had LineageOS (took me roughly 10 hours to install) and decided I wanted to use Daydream, so I somehow was able to get back to stock and upgraded OTA to Nougat. Now I want to lock the bootloader as some apps (Android Pay, Netflix, etc.) will not work/download offically with an unlocked bootloader. I've read about using the 'fastboot oem lock' command, however, fastboot is not working for me. When I try to boot to bootloader the phone just boots into the system.
Before when I unlocked I had to roll back to Marshmallow as the guide I was following said it was not possible to install LineageOS from Nougat. Do I basically follow those instructions again and when I get to the unlock part I lock it instead? Or is it possible to do this from Nougat without having to rollback? Any help is greatly appreciated.

jazzytones said:
Hi, I am a total noob to all of this. I had LineageOS (took me roughly 10 hours to install) and decided I wanted to use Daydream, so I somehow was able to get back to stock and upgraded OTA to Nougat. Now I want to lock the bootloader as some apps (Android Pay, Netflix, etc.) will not work/download offically with an unlocked bootloader. I've read about using the 'fastboot oem lock' command, however, fastboot is not working for me. When I try to boot to bootloader the phone just boots into the system.
Before when I unlocked I had to roll back to Marshmallow as the guide I was following said it was not possible to install LineageOS from Nougat. Do I basically follow those instructions again and when I get to the unlock part I lock it instead? Or is it possible to do this from Nougat without having to rollback? Any help is greatly appreciated.
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Did you search for a guide? I've seen a bunch over the last month, and surely at least one is for the A2017U
Also, you should know that relocking the bootloader is a very dangerous thing to do. I've seen a bunch of bricks because of this. If you can, avoid locking the bootloader.
Netflix is not really a problem. You can just download the APK and install it, it's not "extra-official". Android Pay is another matter though. Does it detect if the bootloader is unlocked? are you sure you're just not passing safetynet because of root?

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Did you search for a guide? I've seen a bunch over the last month, and surely at least one is for the A2017U
Also, you should know that relocking the bootloader is a very dangerous thing to do. I've seen a bunch of bricks because of this. If you can, avoid locking the bootloader.
Netflix is not really a problem. You can just download the APK and install it, it's not "extra-official". Android Pay is another matter though. Does it detect if the bootloader is unlocked? are you sure you're just not passing safetynet because of root?
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There is no guide for A2017U on Nougat B25 for locking the bootloader. I've seen tons of people do it successfully on various forums in other scenarios (on A2017G or on a different build). I'd really like to use Android Pay but I guess I will avoid locking unless I need to warranty the phone since there is some risk (but in all my life I've never had to warranty a smartphone). But even if bricked, can I use EDL to restore the phone?
Android Pay is detecting the bootloader is unlocked, yes, because I do not have root. Same with Netflix, my device is 'incompatible' on the Play Store due to unlocked bootloader. I sideloaded Netflix but ideally I'd have it through the Play Store for auto updates. Netflix updates the app every couple days.

jazzytones said:
There is no guide for A2017U on Nougat B25 for locking the bootloader. I've seen tons of people do it successfully on various forums in other scenarios (on A2017G or on a different build). I'd really like to use Android Pay but I guess I will avoid locking unless I need to warranty the phone since there is some risk (but in all my life I've never had to warranty a smartphone). But even if bricked, can I use EDL to restore the phone?
Android Pay is detecting the bootloader is unlocked, yes, because I do not have root. Same with Netflix, my device is 'incompatible' on the Play Store due to unlocked bootloader. I sideloaded Netflix but ideally I'd have it through the Play Store for auto updates. Netflix updates the app every couple days.
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You can only restore stuff through EDL if your brick is not of the ultimate, send-to-ZTE type. If you end up having a DFU brick (I'm not 100% sure if it happens on U models, but it sure does on Gs and chineses) you would have to send it to ZTE and claim that you don't know why it doesn't work, or pay a fee for them to fix it if you tip them off about what you did. Or get your hands dirty (or rather clean) and tear apart the device then get to EDL via test pads. I had to do that...
Also I don't believe that Netflix updates are critical. See, I tried a bunch of custom ROMs , and to avoid having to browse and download every app I got my apps' APKs from /data/app. So essentially I've been using a nearly one month old Netflix. And it works just like it did back then

Bump I'm in the same boat, I need to relock my BL and am on B25. Can this be done without downgrading?

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Bump I'm in the same boat, I need to relock my BL and am on B25. Can this be done without downgrading?
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I think you can flash an A2017U_FASTBOOT_UNLOCK_EDL through MiFlash and get fastboot, search a bit for that

Removing Unlocked bootloader warning

I want to remove 'Unlocked bootloader warning' which displays whenever I power on my phone(zenfone max pro m1 4gb). In one of my previous phone I overcome this problem by flashing logo.bin file. So, can this bootloader Unlocked warning be removed by flashing original splash partition?If yes, please provide the twrp flashable file or suggest some other method to do so.

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Yes we need it. I also had this on my moto x pure

i +1 this
the startup time is significantly increased by this

Same problem here..that warning kinda annoying.

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we need it

Agree with you guys man. Wish we could do something about it!
Change the splash.img or something.

Relocking bootloader
Hello, I tried to root my lenovo k8 note twice but i was not successful to do so. Later, i discovered that banking apps didnt worked anymore even though my phone was not properly rooted(as per apps like root checker and universal unroot). I think its probably becuz of unlocked bootloader or may be encryption that i removed before formatting while in recovery. But i'm not sure and now, i dont want to root my device. Is there a way to make it as it was before i tried to root it? Any help is appreciated...

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TA-1116: bootloader and root

Hello,
I have a brand new TA-1116, on Android One 10.
Of course i'd love to unlock bootloader, install TWRP and root it.
It's unclear for me what i should do:
1) downgrade to DRG237B firmware (Anyone can confirm my TA1116 can use this downgrade without risk ?) to go to Orea 8.1
2) order an unlock code (where, please ? i found unlocklocks.com but i don't see the price).
3) go into dev mode to toggle unlock bootloader (mandatory ?)
4) fastboot flash unlock <my_unlock_file>
5) install TWRP fastboot flash recovery <twrp latest>
6) flash magisk from twrp for systemless root
Any advice is welcome
If you can root without Magisk, i'd like too. I need to run titanium backup and get rid of that BABE app (??? wtf Nokia ???) and more apps i don't need.
Thank you VM !

Answer: the downgrade is not possible without unlocked BL.
The unlock service does not need to go back to 07/2018, it is a matter of minutes and everything is left unlocked. Yay !

Graveen said:
Answer: the downgrade is not possible without unlocked BL.
The unlock service does not need to go back to 07/2018, it is a matter of minutes and everything is left unlocked. Yay !
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Hello,
I am very happy when seeing this post. Can you help me to unlock bootloader & root for the Nokia 6.1 plus TA-1116.
My last security patch is 2020-07
Thanks,

Bootloader unlock isn't officially or in a free manner supported, it's a paid service, join the telegram community for the device there are bl unlockers for different time zones contact anyone with your timezone for the service it's approx $6-7
Do not hover over random sites there's been only one site from the beginning that I can't mention here, bootloader unlock and other services, get this job done over telegram and save yourself the hassle.