Warning: Theoretical and last ditch effort to save a bricked unlocked device only.
I'm curious... I found a thread that some have hacked the MSM Download tool to allow flashing of any ops file. So if it's possible, could This Tool used with the Tmobile MSM Download unzipped get those who are unlocked unbricked to the Tmobile setup, then use the other thread Here to switch back to Unlocked? I do not have an unlocked phone, but I'm curious if someone is willing to give this a try on their bricked phone that can't return it now.
Note: If this swaps you to the Tmobile software, there's no guarantee you'll have anything but a phone that cannot be bootloader unlocked again. Since unlocked have no unlock token, trying to do so with a phone that isn't technically Tmobile may be an issue.
I take no responsibility for anyone flashing anything to anything. This is just a friendly sharing of information, and you do what you do at your own risk. I will not be held responsible for the apocalypse.
Older tools simply don't work, already tried during my earlier attempts of conversion.
I do believe that unlocked can be "full-converted" with MSMDT to TMo, but as you already said, that might end up with a deadlocked BL.
AndyYan said:
Older tools simply don't work, already tried during my earlier attempts of conversion.
I do believe that unlocked can be "full-converted" with MSMDT to TMo, but as you already said, that might end up with a deadlocked BL.
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I figured if someone has missed their return deadline, it's something that could be used to get their "Brick" up and running, and hope that OP finally releases the MSMDT for unlocked someday.
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Warning: Theoretical and last ditch effort to save a bricked unlocked device only.
I'm curious... I found a thread that some have hacked the MSM Download tool to allow flashing of any ops file. So if it's possible, could This Tool used with the Tmobile MSM Download unzipped get those who are unlocked unbricked to the Tmobile setup, then use the other thread Here to switch back to Unlocked? I do not have an unlocked phone, but I'm curious if someone is willing to give this a try on their bricked phone that can't return it now.
Note: If this swaps you to the Tmobile software, there's no guarantee you'll have anything but a phone that cannot be bootloader unlocked again. Since unlocked have no unlock token, trying to do so with a phone that isn't technically Tmobile may be an issue.
I take no responsibility for anyone flashing anything to anything. This is just a friendly sharing of information, and you do what you do at your own risk. I will not be held responsible for the apocalypse.
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I have an unlocked phone bought from their website only .. i am going to try this and see if it works .. thanks
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I have an unlocked phone bought from their website only .. i am going to try this and see if it works .. thanks
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Note, this is only for terminally bricked phones. Do not use it phone is working.
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Note, this is only for terminally bricked phones. Do not use it phone is working.
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my phone got the Your device is corrupt my friend with the little link thingy at the bottom .. because i had it bricked for so long ( since august) now i cant even get the battery to charge so i can try this little hack .. but this gives me a little hope .. i will let the phone on the charger for few days see if it will work ..
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my phone got the Your device is corrupt my friend with the little link thingy at the bottom .. because i had it bricked for so long ( since august) now i cant even get the battery to charge so i can try this little hack .. but this gives me a little hope .. i will let the phone on the charger for few days see if it will work ..
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Hello, I know it has been posted here million times but I would not like to brick my phone.
I just got my Moto Atrix before 5 months. Quite like the phone but I heard you need to root and unlock the device to experience a great and fast smarthphone so I did. I was using CM7 all the time.
I unlocked my bootloader / root using this thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1302423
Everything works great but my Wi-fi is starting to weird out and it does not want to work correctly. I wanted it to return it to the shop, so they could fix it / get me a new phone but when I was there the last time, the girl rebooted my phone and saw there the "unlocked" text on Moto logo. She just gave me the phone and said to go out. I would like to remove that Text from there but dont know how. I was reading a lot of posts but everyone was saying : once you unlock bootloader, its permanent. Yes, I know it. I read all FAQs before flashing.
All I want is to remove the text so I can return them the phone.
Thanks
The only known way to do this is to flash the stock SBF. But it has to be exactly the one that was installed before any modding. Yes, that means you'll have to remember what exactly version and variant of the stock firmware you had before. SBFs are extremely dangerous so make absolutely sure you know what you're doing.
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The only known way to do this is to flash the stock SBF. But it has to be exactly the one that was installed before any modding. Yes, that means you'll have to remember what exactly version and variant of the stock firmware you had before. SBFs are extremely dangerous so make absolutely sure you know what you're doing.
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so if I mistake SBF and flash the bad one I will be bricked and I can use phone as hammer ? Am I getting it right?
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so if I mistake SBF and flash the bad one I will be bricked and I can use phone as hammer ? Am I getting it right?
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Very likely.
removing unlocked text
You may want to try this before flashing sbf. This method worked for me. . No guarantee it will work for you . but i think it just might. first thing is to flash the 2,3,4 4591 fruitcake. then update to 2.3.6 45141 from the official motorola software update. the unlock text should be gone if you are successful in doing this. I did this several months ago because my camera led burnt out. good luck. also you may want to try to go to a different store or service center. :fingers-crossed:
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I wanted it to return it to the shop, so they could fix it / get me a new phone but when I was there the last time, the girl rebooted my phone and saw there the "unlocked" text on Moto logo. She just gave me the phone and said to go out.
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You can't return to Motorola? I have not heard of, or read of anyone having issues with an unlocked bootloader when sending in for warranty. Is there a reason you have to return to the shop and not Motorola?
It doesn't need to be the same and exact SBF that was on it originally, it just has to be a SBF that is compatible with your phone. I remember I soft bricked an atrix while rooting it, and flashing an old AT&T SBF hid the UNLOCKED white text.
Basically you need to find out which SBF would be compatible with your phone. It shouldn't brick your phone unless you downgrade firmware, which is a huge no no on the atrix
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You can't return to Motorola? I have not heard of, or read of anyone having issues with an unlocked bootloader when sending in for warranty. Is there a reason you have to return to the shop and not Motorola?
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Got the phone from O2, I dont know if I can return it back to Motorola.
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You can't return to Motorola? I have not heard of, or read of anyone having issues with an unlocked bootloader when sending in for warranty. Is there a reason you have to return to the shop and not Motorola?
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In Singapore, Motorola would not even accept the phone if its only rooted. As long as the phone is modified in some way (unlocked bootloader/ rooted), your warranty is void.
Sent from that Atrix.
tatperson said:
As long as the phone is modified in some way (unlocked bootloader/ rooted), your warranty is void.
Sent from that Atrix.
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Not necessarily my friend. When you unlock the bootloader the text displayed states that unlocking your bootloader MAY void your warranty. It at no time says WILL void your warranty. Now, in Singapore you may have problems returning a phone, but I am assuming he/she is in the UK if on O2. There are a number of threads where people have returned unlocked phones to Motorola and had them repaired or replaced without issue.
OP, doesn't matter if you bought your phone from O2. It will still have a Motorola warranty on it. As long as you are buying new or refurbished from a reputable dealer, then you should be fine. You can go to Motorola's website and check if your phone is in warranty or not.
At the end of the day, worst they can do is tell you that your warranty is void.
i just got mine fixed, no problem with unlocked text on
the only problem they will lock your phone forever before return to you
Bottom line is, no matter what you do, Motorola can easily tell if you've tampered with your phone in an "undesirable" way, and it's ultimately up to them whether that will be a problem or not. Sometimes they are generous and don't care, other times they are merciless *****es and will make your life hell (and charge you for it). YMMV.
Hello guys!
I have troubles unlocking my Atrix for a while........
I am rooted with 2.3.4/4.5.91 AT&T stock version.
When I try to unlock my device I get OEM Unlock is not implemented....
Now I know that this is due to the fact that the bootloader is not unlockable. That's why I try to flash the sbf file with the one that is unlockable but this is where i actually fail...............
When I try to Flash the phone with RSD Lite (I have tried with both 4547-fix-try2.sbf and with the big one 1.4GB) it goes to 100% when the phone is suppose to reboot. The phone actually reboots but get stuck at the MOTO LOGO while the RSD Lite gives me the ERROR Unable to Re-enumerate something.... Even if i w8 an hour is still dosnt boot until i pull off the battery. Then my phone starts normaly.........
I have tried to go into fastboot after the freez and try the fastboot oem unlock but still I get the OEM Unlock is not implemented.....
I guess that the whole reason for not unlocking the phone is that I am unable to flash the sbf file.
I want to point out that I have all drivers installed and working correctly.
Also I am unable to Install 2.3.6 OTA Update. It downloads it from the servers and when the phone reboots it gets the triangle mark and unable to update then loads normally .....
So everything points out to not being possible to update sbf...
I am asking for any solution or sugestions since I have tried everything on the forums... I love the phone it's been surving me good for 1 and a half year already. I am not afraid of breaking it since it had its times. Only newer version would save it from replacement (tried of that laggy blur interface....)
PS: Thats wierld phone i cant even hardbreak....
I would be realy happy if someone can help ... ;(
Noone ;(
you've got yourself a blocked bootloader. No one has been able to get passed it. Unfortunately you can't unlock it.
Sorry bro... You got unlucky and got an atrix with an impossible boot lock. There is one method i know of.. It hard bricks so many phones it wasnt worth the devs time to finish.
Dohhh
Well may u link the thread so I can see it
Would be interesting to me..
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you've got yourself a blocked bootloader. No one has been able to get passed it. Unfortunately you can't unlock it.
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I am not sure if this is true. I have a permalocked boot loader and only know this to be a problem on 4.5.141. I may be wrong but I would keep at it.
But you do seam to get the same error on phone. It is strange that you cannot OTA. I was locked on 4.5.141 and just took the soak test OTA to I think it was 4.5.145 or something like that
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I am not sure if this is true. I have a permalocked boot loader and only know this to be a problem on 4.5.141. I may be wrong but I would keep at it.
But you do seam to get the same error on phone. It is strange that you cannot OTA. I was locked on 4.5.141 and just took the soak test OTA to I think it was 4.5.145 or something like that
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Have you tried to unlock again after the OTA? Would be interesting to know if its unlockable now.
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Have you tried to unlock again after the OTA? Would be interesting to know if its unlockable now.
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Yes tried and failed. Same error message as 4.5.141.
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Yes tried and failed. Same error message as 4.5.141.
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Damn Motorola. Wont give ice, wont give you the options to make your phone better. Makes me double glad I went to Samsung.
pre4speed said:
Damn Motorola. Wont give ice, wont give you the options to make your phone better. Makes me double glad I went to Samsung.
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On the galaxy note here. Selling atrix Friday. Held off to try the soak. Nothing great in it so selling.
My wife is keeping her atrix on cm10 for now.
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On the galaxy note here. Selling atrix Friday. Held off to try the soak. Nothing great in it so selling.
My wife is keeping her atrix on cm10 for now.
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Im not selling mine. Gonna keep as a backup. I've actually got 2 atrixes, one is my bf and I keep the other for the backup to his and in case my Sammy (skyrocket) dies. Its not a bad phone just the manufacturer has burned too many bridges over wide rivers.
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Im not selling mine. Gonna keep as a backup. I've actually got 2 atrixes, one is my bf and I keep the other for the backup to his and in case my Sammy (skyrocket) dies. Its not a bad phone just the manufacturer has burned too many bridges over wide rivers.
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Just put cm10.1 jelly beer on note today. Very smooth and fully functional. I recommend. Sorry to OP for off topic
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Just put cm10.1 jelly beer on note today. Very smooth and fully functional. I recommend. Sorry to OP for off topic
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I agree, we got a little off topic.
Hey,
I've bought a G2. After I rooted it, I noticed the "rooted"-status in the downloadmode. I've read about it. I now fear that I can not exchange the unit if something is broken. The warranty is void?
So i tought about to send it back to amazon (14 days time to send it back) and get another phone?! Do you think this is ja good idea or stupid?
Thx for help.
I've never rooted a phone before but I read that when you successfully unroot the LG G2, the 'rooted' status goes away.
From what I've read, G2's bootloader is unlocked, so you can root and unroot withou LG knowing it. But take a look to the thread "return to stock".
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I've never rooted a phone before but I read that when you successfully unroot the LG G2, the 'rooted' status goes away.
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The problem is, that I can no longer unroot the device, when it should be broken. That is the real problem...
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whit "another phone" i mean not a G2. i think i will buy the Sony Z1 or Htc One
I have reconsigned (returned?... send back... you know what i mean :silly: ) the device. I think I'll buy a Sony. So I have no problems with the root.
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I have reconsigned (returned?... send back... you know what i mean :silly: ) the device. I think I'll buy a Sony. So I have no problems with the root.
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hope you don't mess the sony up! the g2 is a far better phone than the sony - if you root, you can unroot and the "rooted" returns to" unrooted" better luck next time
it sounds to me like you have messed your phone up and now you want to send it back and you expect a new one. if I was the person at the other end I would have voided your warranty and if you cant sort it im afraid you should not be flashing anything until you know what you are doing there are far too many people doing this and then returning their phones as "faulty" when basically they messed it up what happens when you do the same to the sony -will u just send that back as well- no wonder manufactures are making it more difficult for people to root in the first place please don't keep doing this as it just makes it worse for the rest of us,who flash stuff and know what they are doing--rant over, hope you take a little time to learn what you are doing in future.
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hope you don't mess the sony up! the g2 is a far better phone than the sony - if you root, you can unroot and the "rooted" returns to" unrooted" better luck next time
it sounds to me like you have messed your phone up and now you want to send it back and you expect a new one. if I was the person at the other end I would have voided your warranty and if you cant sort it im afraid you should not be flashing anything until you know what you are doing there are far too many people doing this and then returning their phones as "faulty" when basically they messed it up what happens when you do the same to the sony -will u just send that back as well- no wonder manufactures are making it more difficult for people to root in the first place please don't keep doing this as it just makes it worse for the rest of us,who flash stuff and know what they are doing--rant over, hope you take a little time to learn what you are doing in future.
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no haha. i think you don't understand me (or i'm to dopy to write understandable english....). the device is not broken. i was thinking about, what could happen, if the device is broken and rooted. i know how to root or flash some rom. that is not my problem. the problem is, that LG has a rootchecker and Sony literally allows the root and flashing roms without unlocking the bootloader. this is why i want to send the G2 back and buy a new Z1.
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no haha. i think you don't understand me (or i'm to dopy to write understandable english....). the device is not broken. i was thinking about, what could happen, if the device is broken and rooted. i know how to root or flash some rom. that is not my problem. the problem is, that LG has a rootchecker and Sony literally allows the root and flashing roms without unlocking the bootloader. this is why i want to send the G2 back and buy a new Z1.
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To my understanding most of the newer devices have indicators buried in the settings to list rooted.
As long as the device powers on you can unroot the LG with the return to stock method and it will show unrooted. You just boot into download mode, and run the tools listed.
If it doesn't power on... then does it matter? It wouldn't be viewable under standard warranty anyways.
Enjoy the other phone if that's your choice, but you made a poor one IMHO.
digitard said:
To my understanding most of the newer devices have indicators buried in the settings to list rooted.
As long as the device powers on you can unroot the LG with the return to stock method and it will show unrooted. You just boot into download mode, and run the tools listed.
If it doesn't power on... then does it matter? It wouldn't be viewable under standard warranty anyways.
Enjoy the other phone if that's your choice, but you made a poor one IMHO.
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Agreed but it still shows rooted in download mode after going back to stock.
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Agreed but it still shows rooted in download mode after going back to stock.
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I don't believe so.
I have the ATT version, and I nuked it with a bad flash and a brain fart that caused me to forget to backup first in TWRP.
I couldn't get anything on the device so I did the restore to stock using the flash tool, and when I was done I'm pretty sure it showed green until I rooted it again.
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I don't believe so.
I have the ATT version, and I nuked it with a bad flash and a brain fart that caused me to forget to backup first in TWRP.
I couldn't get anything on the device so I did the restore to stock using the flash tool, and when I was done I'm pretty sure it showed green until I rooted it again.
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Ah mine showed rooted but I tried the back to stock for all variants and it didn't work (worked the first time not the second) so then I did the vzw only back to stock and that worked but still showed rooted in download mode.
After the unroot yesterday the "rooted" in the downloadmode was gone too
OK I have question for developing if possible or someone more qualified than myself it's about the bootloader on verizon s4 I know it's locked down but I wondering if there is a way to go back to a previous version and unlock the bootloader
OK so here is what I did I tried unlocking bootloader with ez unlock for the s3 by the way this was my s4 i545 I tried this on .OK so I installed gave superuser permissions it said wasn't sure if my bootloader was unlocked but had a button to unlock it so I pressed it and it did something not sure what then it said it was successful. OK I then backed out and all my apps still worked phone still working until I powered down to try and get into download mode then phone bricked and yes hard bricked I know I can probably use jtag service for phone but my question is. If somehow it did unlock my bootloader can we use this and flashfire to maybe flash an older firmware like say the one that has an unlock able bootloader maybe
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OK so here is what I did I tried unlocking bootloader with ez unlock for the s3 by the way this was my s4 i545 I tried this on .OK so I installed gave superuser permissions it said wasn't sure if my bootloader was unlocked but had a button to unlock it so I pressed it and it did something not sure what then it said it was successful. OK I then backed out and all my apps still worked phone still working until I powered down to try and get into download mode then phone bricked and yes hard bricked I know I can probably use jtag service for phone but my question is. If somehow it did unlock my bootloader can we use this and flashfire to maybe flash an older firmware like say the one that has an unlock able bootloader maybe
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so your phone is bricked. is there anyway to get back the phone to usual or just throw it into the ocean? i think i have the same problem as you and my phone is "bricked". does it fixable?
Booboobanget said:
so your phone is bricked. is there anyway to get back the phone to usual or just throw it into the ocean? i think i have the same problem as you and my phone is "bricked". does it fixable?
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If you are unable to get into dl mode, JTAG is required. Stop messing with the bootloader when you have no clue how it works
Matthew M. said:
If you are unable to get into dl mode, JTAG is required. Stop messing with the bootloader when you have no clue how it works
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no by all means let him mess with it all he wants one less noob in this sub
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no by all means let him mess with it all he wants one less noob in this sub
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That's the stupidest thing i've seen on this board yet. But i haven't been here long. Samsung is a team full of selfish bastards for boobytrapping these things and trying to pawn them off as Look-see this here is android it's customizeable all you want, then they screw you into taking their lollipop crapware, and then they screw you into not being able to flash your way out of it.l And here you are saying crap like this. This place i thought was here for people to learn, but i've seen quite a few pricks here already in my short time. A lot of really smart helpful people. Two types that should be kicked off this place- idiots like you and people who talk too much like me.
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no by all means let him mess with it all he wants one less noob in this sub
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I always love coming here and reading your opinions. It gives me the greatest joy in life.
OK I have question for developing if possible or someone more qualified than myself it's about the bootloader on verizon s4 I know it's locked down but I wondering if there is a way to go back to a previous version and unlock the bootloader
Short answer: no, probably not.
Longer answer: if you want an unlocked bootloader, get a Nexus. I know that sucks, but I'm tired of messing with all this locked down.... stuff. I'll get my Nexus 6 in the mail tomorrow.
Long answer: sometimes, but it's a long, dangerous trip. (Not noob friendly at all-trust me, I've been there over and over)
If you remain undaunted, figure out what exactly which bootloader you have, and do some googling.
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If you are unable to get into dl mode, JTAG is required. Stop messing with the bootloader when you have no clue how it works
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fortunately for everyone reading this, youre wrong. this brick is fixable with the boot.img file for the bootloader you were on when ya bricked it mounted to a sd card of equal size to the internal (if the phone came with a 16 but there was a 32 option, you can also use a 32). The hardware will look for the bootloader on the internal, and if it fails, it moved to internal sd, and if THAT fails, it looks finally on usb. There are many threads about this, and i personally fixed an sch-i535 in the EXACT same way.
also, not nice to chastise people when youre as wrong as they are...... so be nice......
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Short answer: no, probably not.
Longer answer: if you want an unlocked bootloader, get a Nexus. I know that sucks, but I'm tired of messing with all this locked down.... stuff. I'll get my Nexus 6 in the mail tomorrow.
Long answer: sometimes, but it's a long, dangerous trip. (Not noob friendly at all-trust me, I've been there over and over)
If you remain undaunted, figure out what exactly which bootloader you have, and do some googling.
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now this guy is on the right path. If you have a locked bootloader, the only ways to unlock it is if the carrier decides that its ok for samsung to issue a tar.md5 that can do it, a dev figures out a way around the security or if you were to connect the motherboard to a JTAG to force a previous firmware onto it that already has an unlocked bootloader. So if yours is locked, youll need to wait for an unlock or be clever enough to dink around with the coding and get it done yourself. That last option is not likely, not that im doubting your knowledge, its just that its nearly impossible to do so.
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fortunately for everyone reading this, youre wrong. this brick is fixable with the boot.img file for the bootloader you were on when ya bricked it mounted to a sd card of equal size to the internal (if the phone came with a 16 but there was a 32 option, you can also use a 32). The hardware will look for the bootloader on the internal, and if it fails, it moved to internal sd, and if THAT fails, it looks finally on usb. There are many threads about this, and i personally fixed an sch-i535 in the EXACT same way.
also, not nice to chastise people when youre as wrong as they are...... so be nice......
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now this guy is on the right path. If you have a locked bootloader, the only ways to unlock it is if the carrier decides that its ok for samsung to issue a tar.md5 that can do it, a dev figures out a way around the security or if you were to connect the motherboard to a JTAG to force a previous firmware onto it that already has an unlocked bootloader. So if yours is locked, youll need to wait for an unlock or be clever enough to dink around with the coding and get it done yourself. That last option is not likely, not that im doubting your knowledge, its just that its nearly impossible to do so.
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might wanna fact check before you got calling others out the sd recovery boot.img has not worked on the i545 since *NC5 it was removed for whatever reason (likeky to hamper attempts at unlocking it)
this has been confirmed by multipl devs
vzw s4 bootloader unlocking is completely dead stop giving false hope
btw good thread necro bro
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might wanna fact check before you got calling others out the sd recovery boot.img has not worked on the i545 since *NC5 it was removed for whatever reason (likeky to hamper attempts at unlocking it)
this has been confirmed by multipl devs
vzw s4 bootloader unlocking is completely dead stop giving false hope
btw good thread necro bro
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this is fact "bro". Ive walked a few people thru this process and helped them revive their "hardbricked" phones. Is it guaranteed to work on every baseband? No, there arent any guarantees in any of this stuff. And there wasnt any mention as to what baseband he was on.....
I never said that its unlockable, i was suggesting how one could go about unbricking their phone as opposed to throwing in the ocean.
and for your trolling, get a day job... youre terrible at it "bro"....
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this is fact "bro". Ive walked a few people thru this process and helped them revive their "hardbricked" phones. Is it guaranteed to work on every baseband? No, there arent any guarantees in any of this stuff. And there wasnt any mention as to what baseband he was on.....
I never said that its unlockable, i was suggesting how one could go about unbricking their phone as opposed to throwing in the ocean.
and for your trolling, get a day job... youre terrible at it "bro"....
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verizon section version phone verizon problems ONLY
bro
check your ignorance at the door please I don't need to be nice to wrong.ppl especially when they walk around acting like they know stuff and don't have a clue
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verizon section version phone verizon problems ONLY
bro
check your ignorance at the door please I don't need to be nice to wrong.ppl especially when they walk around acting like they know stuff and don't have a clue
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youre kidding right? i said BASEBAND!!! as in VERIZON BASEBANDS for the VERIZON S4....
bro....
im not gonna go thru my PMs to find the messages that i have from people who have had success fixing their phones with boot.imgs... even if i did, youre likely the type to say im faking it anyways... so just keep up the troll attitude, dont offer any help to anyone with your wrong info and just offer dead ends and "youre screwed" answers when there is an alternative...
bro... gawd, do you think this is jersey shore? who says bro anymore to people they dont know? is your chest all stuck out too? pffft...
Hi,
Originally I had opened this thread in LG 5 AT&T forum. But, after a request from @Nitro1max1, I understood that he is right and it should be reached for more useres.
Please find the link for requesting LG to open our bootloader - https://www.change.org/p/lg-electro...utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink
Hopefully, we could make a change together.
last thing, this is the origina thread - https://forum.xda-developers.com/at...se-kdz-tot-t3587926/post71887733#post71887733
I will switch updating here since it will be more convinent to update in one single place.
Cheers,
Mor
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What happens when we reach 100 people?
Hopefully, LG will pay attention to our request. This device is no longer a valuable asset for LG (the newly LG G6 is out), therefore I guess we will have a fair odds with getting an unlocking method.
H840 now officially can unlock bootloader
I signed even though I know they will give a sh...t
The real question is who is the one who holds the responsibility for locking the bootloader,LG or AT&T?
I've included both of then in the petition, but, it will be easier to know who have the upper hand here.
About the H840, they are so lucky
Well, I got some idea that might work - but, maybe someone will prove me wrong.
While searching around for methods to unlock the boot-loader for AT&T varient, I came across lots of information about bricked phones. A method that had been proposed there, is to use some device that have JTAG protocol in order to revive the phone.
Digging around the JTAG subject, I found out that it's basicly an interface that have the ability to write new bootloader and pushing new .kdz images.
So, with using some common sense, it might be, that AT&Ts owners could use this method in order to flash the european bootloader into their system and bypassing this whole signed bootloader issue. after that, flashing a new european .kdz file will support this new bootloader that will transform the phone to EU modle.
Only thing is the IMEI and other modem related drivers needs to be taken in consideration.
What do you think about it?
P.S - I'm trying to get in touch with some JTAG box that might give a clearer picture about this subject.
ForMartha said:
Well, I got some idea that might work - but, maybe someone will prove me wrong.
While searching around for methods to unlock the boot-loader for AT&T varient, I came across lots of information about bricked phones. A method that had been proposed there, is to use some device that have JTAG protocol in order to revive the phone.
Digging around the JTAG subject, I found out that it's basicly an interface that have the ability to write new bootloader and pushing new .kdz images.
So, with using some common sense, it might be, that AT&Ts owners could use this method in order to flash the european bootloader into their system and bypassing this whole signed bootloader issue. after that, flashing a new european .kdz file will support this new bootloader that will transform the phone to EU modle.
Only thing is the IMEI and other modem related drivers needs to be taken in consideration.
What do you think about it?
P.S - I'm trying to get in touch with some JTAG box that might give a clearer picture about this subject.
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No... nononononono. JTAG will not work, look around the threads. I'll say it one more time:
THE ONLY WAY, ONLY. WAY. THIS PHONE WILL GET A BOOTLOADER UNLOCK OR PERSISTANT ROOT IS BY CREATING A NEW EXPLOIT. DONE. THAT'S IT. LITERALLY NOTHING ELSE WILL WORK.
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No... nononononono. JTAG will not work, look around the threads. I'll say it one more time:
THE ONLY WAY, ONLY. WAY. THIS PHONE WILL GET A BOOTLOADER UNLOCK OR PERSISTANT ROOT IS BY CREATING A NEW EXPLOIT. DONE. THAT'S IT. LITERALLY NOTHING ELSE WILL WORK.
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Well - you made your point with saying it.
I had looked in the threads but I didn't understand what lockes us with flashing new boot partition using JTAG method (it's like mounting the entire emmc to a point where it can be written with new bootloader etc.)
Please let me know what I'm missing here..
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Well - you made your point with saying it.
I had looked in the threads but I didn't understand what lockes us with flashing new boot partition using JTAG method (it's like mounting the entire emmc to a point where it can be written with new bootloader etc.)
Please let me know what I'm missing here..
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You can find the full explanation if you dig around, but basically for the G5 (and most devices) the bootloader unlock is not located in aboot, it is an actual change in the whole bootchain. You can modify aboot to disable a sig check, but that is not the same as unlocking the bootloader and doing so will break the signature of the aboot.img and hard brick your device.
Question is, what is the real differance between H850 to H820. they are sharing the same physical parts, but the bootloader is diffarent. so, by using external tool that will flash the new bootloader, it could be done, right?
Signed.
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THE ONLY WAY, ONLY. WAY. THIS PHONE WILL GET A BOOTLOADER UNLOCK OR PERSISTANT ROOT IS BY CREATING A NEW EXPLOIT. DONE. THAT'S IT. LITERALLY NOTHING ELSE WILL WORK.
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few days ago LG G5 SE (H840 - Euro) was added to list of unlockable devices (probably it's a coincidence and not related to this petition, but also give a hope to owner of other G5 devices)
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few days ago LG G5 SE (H840 - Euro) was added to list of unlockable devices (probably it's a coincidence and not related to this petition, but also give a hope to owner of other G5 devices)
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Yep, I agree. I tend to belive that it's LG's move. let's hope that they will do the same for the H820.
Meanwhile, I've spend sime time speaking with @autoprime (thanks for your time!) and the way he sees it is the following :
1. Finding some exploit in the H820 bootloader that will pretty much will effect all the other devices. Question is, if one will find it - will he share it on XDA or sell it to Qualcomm or LG. Time will tell.
2. Finding some leaked debug bootloader (one which the development team is using or the tech system) - That way we will be able to flash custom boot.img (AKA some open recovery).
Meanwhile, I'm doing some digging around for finding exploits.
Now, let's have our finger crossed for one to happen.
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The real question is who is the one who holds the responsibility for locking the bootloader,LG or AT&T?
I've included both of then in the petition, but, it will be easier to know who have the upper hand
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You have to take into account that for carrier-specific models, the CARRIER is actually the customer of LG, not the end user.
Only if you buy an unlocked device you are LG's customer.
So I'd guess that LG cannot provide a bootloader unlock for carrier-specific devices, this goes against the contract. Of course things change when the carrier agrees to the unlocking. But do you really think your carrier will allow this?
T-Mobile USA doesn't seem to care, but Verizon and AT&T?
Here in Europe carriers sell the regular H850, they "just" add additional bloat, so you can flash stock KDZs and unlock the bootloader. But the American carriers seem to stick to a different approach. Customers need to vote with their wallets to change this, but I think most people just don't care.
Well said BabelHuber,
Still, I have wish that it will be released eventually.
LG needs to do this or it will be my last LG phone.
Signed
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