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Hey everyone, made a tutorial showing how to unlock the bootloader on your Nexus 9! I'll make rooting videos and more soon enough.
Hope they help.
How to unlock the bootloader:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJEORWbf658
How to root the Nexus 9:
http://youtu.be/5jwoPx5mB7Y
Unboxing and hands on:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8K5WAmwRH7o
Doing it as soon as i get home .
That's the first nexus device I've seen that doesn't use Google's bootloader, very interesting!
Sent from my Nexus 10 using Tapatalk
Good news: You can unlock the bootloader under the development tab in settings. http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/1...-6-9-requires-checking-box-developer-options/
lary50 said:
Good news: You can unlock the bootloader under the development tab in settings. http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/1...-6-9-requires-checking-box-developer-options/
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Thanks for that, I kept getting permission denied. All is well now ?
I wonder what HTC means when they say ,"this *may* void your warranty" when unlocking the bootloader. Did the all the other nexus devices say that in the bootloader before they were unlocked?
Deltadroid said:
Did the all the other nexus devices say that in the bootloader before they were unlocked?
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My nexus 4 did.
I guess it's fine as long as it's not being permanently marked with some bit set somewhere so their service department can see. The device can be locked again.
pantmunu said:
Doing it as soon as i get home .
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same there but them i get it i will
Edit: no need to set up adb or fastboot
i have ubuntu haha
Deltadroid said:
I wonder what HTC means when they say ,"this *may* void your warranty" when unlocking the bootloader. Did the all the other nexus devices say that in the bootloader before they were unlocked?
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They did. Although you can just type fastboot oem lock and it should relock the bootloader without wiping any data.
Will wait till root is available to unlock it
mk92595 said:
Will wait till root is available to unlock it
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No way. Unlocking wipes the device, but rooting doesnt. I plan to unlock mine the second I get it. That way I can start loading data and stuff onto it and start using it. Then, when root is available, I don't have to wipe my data at that point to do it becuase I was already proactive about unlocking the bootloader.
qbking77 said:
Hey everyone, made a tutorial showing how to unlock the bootloader on your Nexus 9! I'll make rooting videos and more soon enough.
Hope they help.
How to unlock the bootloader:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJEORWbf658
Unboxing and hands on:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8K5WAmwRH7o
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Hey great tutorial!
I got 1 problem.
I installed the latest android the latest sdk of android on my pc.
Followed the tutorial from you to setup adb. although its from 2011
and when i tried to do: 'adb devices' nothing happened.
The list stayed empty and my nexus 9 didn't have a pop up.
I had the nexus 9 unlocked with the screen on.
berendspruijt said:
Hey great tutorial!
I got 1 problem.
I installed the latest android the latest sdk of android on my pc.
Followed the tutorial from you to setup adb. although its from 2011
and when i tried to do: 'adb devices' nothing happened.
The list stayed empty and my nexus 9 didn't have a pop up.
I had the nexus 9 unlocked with the screen on.
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Same there win 8
But I unlocked it
On Ubuntu
berendspruijt said:
Hey great tutorial!
I got 1 problem.
I installed the latest android the latest sdk of android on my pc.
Followed the tutorial from you to setup adb. although its from 2011
and when i tried to do: 'adb devices' nothing happened.
The list stayed empty and my nexus 9 didn't have a pop up.
I had the nexus 9 unlocked with the screen on.
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If you're on Windows, it could be a driver problem. You can check on it in Windows device manager. If you need to install the driver, Open the Android SDK manager and make sure the USB driver is installed, and install any available updates. If that doesn't work, you can find the Google nexus USB driver by itself and install it using the windows device manager. You can search for the relevant step by step guides here on the forum or elsewhere online.
mrkvchm said:
No way. Unlocking wipes the device, but rooting doesnt. I plan to unlock mine the second I get it. That way I can start loading data and stuff onto it and start using it. Then, when root is available, I don't have to wipe my data at that point to do it becuase I was already proactive about unlocking the bootloader.
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I already installed everything I need. also with ADB you can backup apps easily.
mk92595 said:
I already installed everything I need. also with ADB you can backup apps easily.
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But you'll have to reinstall everything when you unlock the bootloader. I know its not hard to do with ADB, but I don't understand why you'd bother backing up and restoring everything when you can just unlock the bootloader right away and save yourself from wiping to root once you're already established on the device. Well, to each his own I guess.
If i unlock my nexus9 do i still get android OTA's?
hill67 said:
If i unlock my nexus9 do i still get android OTA's?
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Yes
mrkvchm said:
But you'll have to reinstall everything when you unlock the bootloader. I know its not hard to do with ADB, but I don't understand why you'd bother backing up and restoring everything when you can just unlock the bootloader right away and save yourself from wiping to root once you're already established on the device. Well, to each his own I guess.
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I already have my Nexus 9. Everything is already installed.
Hey there.
So I tried to use the Nexus Root Toolkit to sideload the OTA, but now when I try to boot my phone it just shows the white google screen and doesn't do anything. I can use ADB and fastboot and get into the bootloader but I can't flash the factory image because I never checked the "Allow OEM Unlock" tick since I didn't plan on unlocking the bootloader. Can anyone help me out here?
Durvid said:
Hey there.
So I tried to use the Nexus Root Toolkit to sideload the OTA, but now when I try to boot my phone it just shows the white google screen and doesn't do anything. I can use ADB and fastboot and get into the bootloader but I can't flash the factory image because I never checked the "Allow OEM Unlock" tick since I didn't plan on unlocking the bootloader. Can anyone help me out here?
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This is exactly why you should never mess with updates or flashing anything with a locked bootloader. If a factory reset doesn't fix it you're likely out of luck.
if your bootloader is locked still I can't see how flashing an OTA would effect this.
Have you tried to flash just the original bootloader from the android version on your device ( not the version you wish to update to )
Fastboot flash bootloader bootloader.img
DON'T USE A TOOL KIT ! UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING ! There where clear instructions on how to flash OTA's on this site and likely in the toolkit.
Unfortunately this is a case of NOT reading before doing things, I have yet to see anyone recover from this.
Best of luck tho, but it might be a lesson learned the hardway a.k.a RMA
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if your bootloader is locked still I can't see how flashing an OTA would effect this.
Have you tried to flash just the original bootloader from the android version on your device ( not the version you wish to update to )
Fastboot flash bootloader bootloader.img
DON'T USE A TOOL KIT ! UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING ! There where clear instructions on how to flash OTA's on this site and likely in the toolkit.
Unfortunately this is a case of NOT reading before doing things, I have yet to see anyone recover from this.
Best of luck tho, but it might be a lesson learned the hardway a.k.a RMA
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I'll attempt this. Weirdly enough when I look at device info in adb it shows it as being on the newest version. But Yeah I'll attempt to flash what I was on before.
Yeah, I mean I've done this before with no issues on my Nexus 6 and there were no issues but that was unlocked when I got it. I just thought you didn't have to unlock the bootloader to sideload OTA's? I may be wrong.
hutzdani said:
if your bootloader is locked still I can't see how flashing an OTA would effect this.
Have you tried to flash just the original bootloader from the android version on your device ( not the version you wish to update to )
Fastboot flash bootloader bootloader.img
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Yeah like I thought, "Device is locked. Cannot Flash Images"
I wish I had known they added that "Allow OEM Unlock" Switch in Lollipop. Would have solved my problem if I had that toggled.
Durvid said:
Yeah like I thought, "Device is locked. Cannot Flash Images"
I wish I had known they added that "Allow OEM Unlock" Switch in Lollipop. Would have solved my problem if I had that toggled.
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You just said you had a nexus 6 unlocked, how did you not know the switch existed?
hutzdani said:
if your bootloader is locked still I can't see how flashing an OTA would effect this.
Have you tried to flash just the original bootloader from the android version on your device ( not the version you wish to update to )
Fastboot flash bootloader bootloader.img
DON'T USE A TOOL KIT ! UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING ! There where clear instructions on how to flash OTA's on this site and likely in the toolkit.
Unfortunately this is a case of NOT reading before doing things, I have yet to see anyone recover from this.
Best of luck tho, but it might be a lesson learned the hardway a.k.a RMA
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akellar said:
You just said you had a nexus 6 unlocked, how did you not know the switch existed?
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I bought it used on /r/hardwareswap and whoever I got it from had already unlocked it.
I know someone advised you to try to flash a bootloader, but it isn't going to work of your bootloader is locked. What build were you on and which OTA zip did you try to flash?
Heisenberg said:
I know someone advised you to try to flash a bootloader, but it isn't going to work of your bootloader is locked. What build were you on and which OTA zip did you try to flash?
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I started on 6.0 MDB08L and was trying to flash 6.1 MMB29M
Durvid said:
I started on 6.0 MDB08L and was trying to flash 6.1 MMB29M
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OK, but I need the name of the zip please.
Heisenberg said:
OK, but I need the name of the zip please.
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Sorry, it's
533df5ddfa4297997634a8553f0122be5cca4c09.signed-angler-MMB29M-from-MDB08L.zip.
Grabbed it from here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Nexus6P/comments/3w6qzd/easy_how_to_sideload_ota_601/
Durvid said:
Sorry, it's
533df5ddfa4297997634a8553f0122be5cca4c09.signed-angler-MMB29M-from-MDB08L.zip.
Grabbed it from here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Nexus6P/comments/3w6qzd/easy_how_to_sideload_ota_601/
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OK, just needed to make sure you had the right one. What have you done to troubleshoot so far?
Heisenberg said:
OK, just needed to make sure you had the right one. What have you done to troubleshoot so far?
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I've tied to flash stock, but can't do that due to the bootloader being locked, tried to just hard reset but it just does the same thing where it gets stuck on the Google logo. I checked the manufacture info in the toolkit and everything is clean. Tried to flash the old bootloader but like you said I can't flash since I'm locked. Not really sure what else to do :/
Durvid said:
I've tied to flash stock, but can't do that due to the bootloader being locked, tried to just hard reset but it just does the same thing where it gets stuck on the Google logo. I checked the manufacture info in the toolkit and everything is clean. Tried to flash the old bootloader but like you said I can't flash since I'm locked. Not really sure what else to do :/
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Honestly, I think you're pretty much screwed unfortunately. You could talk to Google support and see if they'll RMA the phone.
Heisenberg said:
Honestly, I think you're pretty much screwed unfortunately. You could talk to Google support and see if they'll RMA the phone.
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Yeah I think they would do it since I technically didn't void any warrantys or anything. I appreciate the help. What do I need to make sure to do if I do this again in the future? Definitely "Allow OEM Unlock", and do I have to unlock the bootloader? I was under the impression that you didn't have to to flash an OTA.
Durvid said:
Yeah I think they would do it since I technically didn't void any warrantys or anything. I appreciate the help. What do I need to make sure to do if I do this again in the future? Definitely "Allow OEM Unlock", and do I have to unlock the bootloader? I was under the impression that you didn't have to to flash an OTA.
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Definitely unlock the bootloader, it isn't needed to flash an update via the stock recovery, but it is needed to get out of sticky situations like this. If your bootloader was unlocked now you'd be up and running in ten minutes.
Durvid said:
Sorry, it's
533df5ddfa4297997634a8553f0122be5cca4c09.signed-angler-MMB29M-from-MDB08L.zip.
Grabbed it from here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Nexus6P/comments/3w6qzd/easy_how_to_sideload_ota_601/
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Hilarious that the top comment is mine telling you why doing this is a bad idea
Heisenberg said:
Definitely unlock the bootloader, it isn't needed to flash an update via the stock recovery, but it is needed to get out of sticky situations like this. If your bootloader was unlocked now you'd be up and running in ten minutes.
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Yeah, I'll probably wait for the update over the air for a while and maybe if I feel reallly eager I'll just make sure I unlock and such. Annoying that you can't unlock via fastboot anymore without that toggle. I get that Google is trying to make Android super secure but It's not too useful for folks like us. Sure it's bricked a lot of devices.
akellar said:
Hilarious that the top comment is mine telling you why doing this is a bad idea
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I've done it before with other devices. I wouldn't say it's inherently bad. It's just that there was one toggle that I wasn't aware of that caused the issue. You live and you learn.
THIS IS NOT MY IDEA !
I found this in a N9 thread and it worked according to the user with the issue, apply this with the correct t factory image ( do it with the version you have on your device not the one you tried to update to ! )
This might not work but its worth a try ! Before doing this read about ADB and Fastboot !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Try and understand the basics and know what the commands are doing to help backtrack e.C.t
If it does work - go to settings and allow OEM Unlock and USB debug !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then go read from reputable sources how to flash images manually via adb !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'd follow vomers guides.
Had this problem with another device cool thing to remeber is that on locked devices the only thing that is different is that there is a signature before the MAGIC header so the solution is to pull the android stock images from https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images. Once done extract the images in both the zip and the tar that is inside the zip. You will see recovery.img inside the tar. One thing about the boot process of TWRP is that it enables adb in preboot meaning while in the boot loop you should have access to adb. With access to adb all you need to do is dd the images over the corresponding partitions: i.e.
PLEASE NOTE NOT FOR THE FEINT OF HEART. I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR YOU BRICKING YOUR DEVICE.
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adb push recovery.img recovery.img
adb shell dd if=recovery.img of=/dev/block/<recoverymmcblock>
I dont know if the default recovery has adb push update so id probably recommend doing this on every partition thats inside the tar, i.e. system, boot.
Hello:
I am trying to follow the instructions to unlock the bootloader on my Sprint G900P Galaxy S5.
I installed the ADB SDK, the Samsung USB driver, turned on USB debugging on my phone, and connected it to my computer.
I typed adb reboot bootloader and the phone rebooted into a screen to download software to it.
Next, I typed fastboot oem unlock and I get a message on the screen < waiting for any device >
and it does nothing.
This is strange because obviously the computer was able to send the adb command to the phone so there is communication.
Why would is stop at the fastboot step?
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Neil
Ummm dude your booloader is already unlocked since it's from Sprint. You just go into your Dev options and toggle on OEM UNLOCK and your all set
gurnsey101 said:
Ummm dude your booloader is already unlocked since it's from Sprint. You just go into your Dev options and toggle on OEM UNLOCK and your all set
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When I go to Developer Options, I do not see an OEM UNLOCK option. Any ideas?
NeilAgg said:
When I go to Developer Options, I do not see an OEM UNLOCK option. Any ideas?
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It's most likely already unlocked.
kicker63 said:
It's most likely already unlocked.
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I went to Google Play Store and installed the Root Checker by Clivin Inc.
When I ran the app, it says: Your device is not rooted
I am not sure where to go from here.
NeilAgg said:
I went to Google Play Store and installed the Root Checker by Clivin Inc.
When I ran the app, it says: Your device is not rooted
I am not sure where to go from here.
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Hi,
Just wondering what are you going to achieve ...
1. Don't bother with any "oem unlock" options as there is no any in your phone model. Your bootloader is uncloked by default and that's it.
2. Rooting is different story - if you didn't root your device yet then the root checkers will tell you exactly this -> so you need to root your phone to get different reply
Many40 said:
Rooting is different story
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I did not realize that. Thanks for the info.
I used the SkipSoft Unified Toolkit to root the device.
Thanks,
Neil
I'm searching all over the internet for a method to root this damned phone. All of the thread that i saw mention to unlock the bootloader but, apparently, there was an official method before but now it's not available anymore. I'm struggling to find even the drivers for this phone. There is an updated guide?
I am also suffering bro. please inform if you get to know anything about unlocking bootloader of this phone for free.
mahesh_gupta said:
I am also suffering bro. please inform if you get to know anything about unlocking bootloader of this phone for free.
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I'm also struggling. I have one of these and I'm not sure if DC-Unlocker still works or not, because I'm having issues with the correct drivers. I have the right drivers for fastboot, but not for regular adb mode. The phone always registers as CDC Serial
all you have to do is extract the zip file, make sure your phone has adb debugging enabled, plug it into the computer, and run the script and it will debloat your phone and enable you to slide the oem unlocking toggle in developer options that was previously greyed out
********WARNING*********
this script will remove the keyboard app from your phone leaving you without a way to type, i dont know which exact package it is but you can always look them up and just remove that line from the script. otherwise make sure you have a usb-otg cable and keyboard to use or a program like Vysor/scrcpy or you wont be able to type. just reinstall gboard or whatever other keyboard you use and it will be fine
PrivyetCyka said:
Thank you. Tested is working to enable the OEM unlocking on T-Mobile phone.
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Just getting the unlock token from Oneplus. Successfully flash and unlocked bootloader. Is it have any way to unlock network?
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Have been flash global rom 10.5.7 and the update to beta global rom, network still locked.
Fastboot erase modemst1 and modemst2 also can't unlock network.
Hey does this mean what I think it means. Can you unlock a bootloader and convert to global if your phone is network locked? Can someone explain how I can unlock bootloader after enabling oem unlocking?
Yes, can covert to Global but sim remain locked.
Follow this link to covert.
Thank you. I went ahead to start the process and the oem unlock switch worked after some trouble having my pc recognize my phone in fastboot. Submitted it through oneplus and waiting on an unlock token. OP has my thanks for creating this script. Been waiting for this since I got the device. Surprised there isn't more interaction on this thread.
hendavi said:
Yes, can covert to Global but sim remain locked.
Follow this link to covert.
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I don't know why this script doesn't work on my device and can't unlock my device OEM. Do you need to pay attention to when using this script? Does the device need to disconnect the network?
runcieliao said:
I don't know why this script doesn't work on my device and can't unlock my device OEM. Do you need to pay attention to when using this script? Does the device need to disconnect the network?
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As I done before if you have wipe all data and start your phone without sign in google account it wont work. You need to sign in a google account then run the script.
hendavi said:
正如我之前所做的那样，如果您已擦除所有数据并在不登录 Google 帐户的情况下启动手机，它将无法正常工作。您需要登录一个 google 帐户，然后运行该脚本。
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thankyou
Does anyone know if this works on Android 11?
Edit: Just wound up going for it and it worked flawlessly, Ungrayed the OEM Unlocking on my T-Mobile device that they wouldn't unlock
hendavi said:
Yes, can covert to Global but sim remain locked.
Follow this link to covert.
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Anyone know what actually locks the sim slot? And how can it persist even on Global rom? On Tmo devices there is a "Device Unlock" app that gets deleted after you sim unlock the phone by carrier.
But global rom doesn't have the proprietary unlock app, so what is actually keeping it locked? Does the modem have the locking instructions in it?
Yes, something like that which is impossible to remove.
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Yes, something like that which is impossible to remove.
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The previous OP devices it was possible after flashing Int. rom.
Question is where/how did they place the restrictions now. It had something to do with the modem after the t-mo app unlocks the phone.
But I don't think backing up and restoring a modem from an unlocked OP8 and flash it to locked OP8 will work as intended anymore.
I guess no one cared enough to reverse engineer this again
hendavi said:
Just getting the unlock token from Oneplus. Successfully flash and unlocked bootloader. Is it have any way to unlock network? View attachment 5421891
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Have been flash global rom 10.5.7 and the update to beta global rom, network still locked.
Fastboot erase modemst1 and modemst2 also can't unlock network.
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what does your unlock bin look like cause mine looks like jibberish? tried flashing mine and it said it cant verify it
Snekxs said:
what does your unlock bin look like cause mine looks like jibberish? tried flashing mine and it said it cant verify it
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I think is same if open with notepad
hendavi said:
I think is same if open with notepad
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Yeah mine looks the same. Did you flash it from your computer or flashed from your device's storage?
Snekxs said:
Yeah mine looks the same. Did you flash it from your computer or flashed from your device's storage?
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Flash from computer. ..
hendavi said:
Flash from computer. ..
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weird been doing that and no luck at all