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How to Lock Bootloader?

Solution to Lock Bootloader:- Go to Fastboot Mode,
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fastboot oem relock (Bootloader unlock code without bracket)
I finally submitted my device to service centre
Needed a help in locking bootloader of Honor 8 Pro Indian Variant DUK- L09 C675.
I flashed Latest Oreo update through TWRP with the help of DUK_FullOTA_ROM_flasher method but the bootloader is still unlocked....
If anyone could help me with this as I have to visit service centre related to mic issue.

Connect to your computer, restart to fastboot mode and use "fastboot oem lock". Make sure you have a stock recovery and ROM on it, because the locked bootloader will not boot anything else.

aserraric said:
Connect to your computer, restart to fastboot mode and use "fastboot oem lock". Make sure you have a stock recovery and ROM on it, because the locked bootloader will not boot anything else.
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Relocking bootloader by this method will erase all data?

arunpkrt said:
Relocking bootloader by this method will erase all data?
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No, it won't. But you should still have a backup whenever you mess with fastboot.

Pixel XL Android P DP4 soft brick

Hi,
Like the title says, my Pixel XL is bootlooping.
The only thing that works is getting to bootloader, I can't even get to recovery without it booting again. The biggest problem is that it's OEM locked and obviously I can't unlock it via developer options.
Is there any way to unlock it without booting to the OS?

Don't Ask said:
Hi,
Like the title says, my Pixel XL is bootlooping.
The only thing that works is getting to bootloader, I can't even get to recovery without it booting again. The biggest problem is that it's OEM locked and obviously I can't unlock it via developer options.
Is there any way to unlock it without booting to the OS?
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OEM unlock must be toggled before unlocking bootloader or CMD won't work, Can't you flash stock OTA in the recovery? https://developers.google.com/android/ota You can sideload the zip and should flash it to save your device once you get into the OS unlock your bootloader and avoid a situation like this again

liam_davenport said:
OEM unlock must be toggled before unlocking bootloader or CMD won't work, Can't you flash stock OTA in the recovery? https://developers.google.com/android/ota You can sideload the zip and should flash it to save your device once you get into the OS unlock your bootloader and avoid a situation like this again
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Thanks, but like I said - I can't get into recovery mode and the phone is OEM locked.

Don't Ask said:
Thanks, but like I said - I can't get into recovery mode and the phone is OEM locked.
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Sorry missread... My bad Contact Google sounds like an RMA job for this one

Hey, if you can get into the bootloader, there's a high chance you can use fastboot. Using a computer to install adb/fastboot and then using the command line to run
`fastboot reboot recovery` (without the ticks)
Worth a shot, but if you can't get into recovery, I'm afraid the recovery might be failing as well.

khoanguyen96 said:
Hey, if you can get into the bootloader, there's a high chance you can use fastboot. Using a computer to install adb/fastboot and then using the command line to run
`fastboot reboot recovery` (without the ticks)
Worth a shot, but if you can't get into recovery, I'm afraid the recovery might be failing as well.
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I've tried that as well with no success, it simply starts boot looping again.
I read somewhere about EDL mode, does something that like actually work for the Pixel?

Don't Ask said:
I've tried that as well with no success, it simply starts boot looping again.
I read somewhere about EDL mode, does something that like actually work for the Pixel?
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Hey, yeah I looked into EDL mode. No luck unfortunately, looks like it requires special files manufacturers only have access to. Is there any way you can do a RMA?

OEM Locked, and Device is corrupt. Unfixable?

So, long story short I recently decided to try and root my oneplus7t I unfortunately made some mistakes and somehow corrupted some files. I read elsewhere in the forum that I could download the stock rom which I did and then use flash-all and that would allow me to go back to the factory settings so I could lock the oem and just go back to normal because I was tired of the headache. Unfortunately, after using flash-all I locked the oem thinking everything should be stock and it would work properly. But it says device is corrupt and trying to unlock the oem says oem unlocking is disabled.
So did I just completely brick my phone? I don't know of anyway to fix it at this point :/.

kschmitz4 said:
So, long story short I recently decided to try and root my oneplus7t I unfortunately made some mistakes and somehow corrupted some files. I read elsewhere in the forum that I could download the stock rom which I did and then use flash-all and that would allow me to go back to the factory settings so I could lock the oem and just go back to normal because I was tired of the headache. Unfortunately, after using flash-all I locked the oem thinking everything should be stock and it would work properly. But it says device is corrupt and trying to unlock the oem says oem unlocking is disabled.
So did I just completely brick my phone? I don't know of anyway to fix it at this point :/.
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Can you still boot into bootloader via the hardware keys, whatever that combo is on the 7t?
Boot to bootloader or recovery and factory reset it or so.

Josh McGrath said:
Can you still boot into bootloader via the hardware keys, whatever that combo is on the 7t?
Boot to bootloader or recovery and factory reset it or so.
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I can get to the bootloader but it's Device State -locked and when I tell it to boot into recovery it says the device is corrupt. When I use fastboot to oem unlock it says I cannot, and I can't flash when oem is locked either.

kschmitz4 said:
I can get to the bootloader but it's Device State -locked and when I tell it to boot into recovery it says the device is corrupt. When I use fastboot to oem unlock it says I cannot, and I can't flash when oem is locked either.
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Try
fastboot erase userdata and
Fastboot erase cache
Let me know if that works or not we will move on. Probably won't work since it's bootloader locked
You may have to contact OP and while you're at it, get the MSM tool for us all :good:

It says erase is not allowed in locked state . I think this is probably all she wrote for this one. I think I'm just going to send it back tbh, the whole reason I was trying to root it was because it didn't work with Sprint like they said it would. and I was wondering if I could find a way too make it work with custom software. Thanks for trying

Are you able to flash one of these Fastboot ROMs?

Maybe Sideload can work!
https://support.oneplus.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4583/kw/7t here is official stock file.
https://forums.oneplus.com/threads/how-to-do-flash-through-adb-sideload.509377/
https://www.the***********.com/sideload-ota-update-stock-recovery-adb/
Please refer above links for your knowledge purpose maybe it can help.....

I unfortunately no longer have Twrp installed as I did a flash-all with a stock rom already . If I try and flash recovery it says "flashing is not alllowed in lock state". Sideloading wasn't functional back when I had twrp either as the functionality for it is still in progress. I'll probably try contacting support one more time and see if I can get a T2 who can unbrick it, otherwise I'm just going to send it back. Thanks for the attempts guys!
Edit: As to the flashboot roms I flash-all'ed one of them and that's how I got into this mess :/.

kschmitz4 said:
I unfortunately no longer have Twrp installed as I did a flash-all with a stock rom already . If I try and flash recovery it says "flashing is not alllowed in lock state". Sideloading wasn't functional back when I had twrp either as the functionality for it is still in progress. I'll probably try contacting support one more time and see if I can get a T2 who can unbrick it, otherwise I'm just going to send it back. Thanks for the attempts guys!
Edit: As to the flashboot roms I flash-all'ed one of them and that's how I got into this mess :/.
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I ended up needing to flash the fastboot 10.0.3 firmware and was able to do a local upgrade to 10.0.4 that way, then flashing a patched boot.img via fastboot

I can't run any flash commands as my oem is locked. I don't suppose there's anyway around that?

kschmitz4 said:
I can't run any flash commands as my oem is locked. I don't suppose there's anyway around that?
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How did you flash twrp with it oem locked??That doesnt make sense

I had twrp on it when the oem was unlocked, I was trying to reset the device to stock, so I did a flash-all and then oem locked it. But for some reason the repair was unsuccessful, and now it says my device is corrupted and I forgot to turn on oem unlocking in the settings on my phone after the flash-all before I did the oem-lock.

kschmitz4 said:
I had twrp on it when the oem was unlocked, I was trying to reset the device to stock, so I did a flash-all and then oem locked it. But for some reason the repair was unsuccessful, and now it says my device is corrupted and I forgot to turn on oem unlocking in the settings on my phone after the flash-all before I did the oem-lock.
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You should have no issues reflashing the stock images

I cannot flash anything. Because my OEM state is locked.

Boot to Stock Recovery ?
Holding for a long time Volume Down + Power Buttons while booting your phone ?

Volume down plus power button takes me to "Your device is corrupt and will not boot"

kschmitz4 said:
Volume down plus power button takes me to "Your device is corrupt and will not boot"
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Looks like you will need the MSM tool to fix this issue. You'll have to contact OP support and they will remote in your PC, load their software and flash it 100pct back to stock.
Also, disconnect them before they can delete the MSM tool so we can have it here in the community

kschmitz4 said:
Volume down plus power button takes me to "Your device is corrupt and will not boot"
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Press volume up/down and power, reboot to fastboot. Unlock bootloader again. Install update from settings, reboot and install it again. (local install)
Factory reset in setting, reboot fastboot, lock bootloader. Reboot and untick unlock bootloader in developer settings.

Don't know if it's too late but I believe there's a working MSM tool now

Unlocking bootloader without permission trom xiaomi?

Hey guys, Is IT possible to unlock bootloader without approval trom xiaomi? I used mi unlock app on my Pc before approval, and It seems that my phone Is succesfully unlocked. Even in console on Pc it days that the device Is unlocked.
However, I can't flash twrp (It still boots into factory recovery), so I cannot root.
Any help on this case? Do I still need approval and do unlock process again after that?

zoniqon said:
Hey guys, Is IT possible to unlock bootloader without approval trom xiaomi? I used mi unlock app on my Pc before approval, and It seems that my phone Is succesfully unlocked. Even in console on Pc it days that the device Is unlocked.
However, I can't flash twrp (It still boots into factory recovery), so I cannot root.
Any help on this case? Do I still need approval and do unlock process again after that?
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What happens when you flash twrp?I mean it says failed or successful.
You can run this fastboot command to get bootloader status: fastboot oem device-info

Ww222 said:
What happens when you flash twrp?I mean it says failed or successful.
You can run this fastboot command to get bootloader status: fastboot oem device-info
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Actually..I got it to work. But when it booted into twrp, I doesn't have magisk copied on phone storage.
Then I tried to reboot phone normally, but I got bootloop. Then I flashed fastboot rom and then it booted into system, but my phone is locked again.

Question Bootloop to fastboot logo and back in lock state

Hi everybody,
yesterday I tried flashing the stock pocof3 rom back onto my phone, but since it got stuck in a bootloop at the fastboot logo. Showing the poco logo for a milisecond and then straight to fastboot..
(before this I flashed twrp and the arrowOS recovery and images a few time trying, without succes, to install this rom)
Last thing I did was flash via the mi-flash tool and did't see the "clean and lock" selection so it's also in lock state again.
I cant get adb to find the phone although the mi-flashtool is finding it.
anyone any tips?
I tried the vol up power trick, but this didn't help, keeps loading into fastboot

Did Mi Flash give an error message after trying to flash?

dreamytom said:
Did Mi Flash give an error message after trying to flash?
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I dont recall giving an error, so i dont think so
now it is though, when trying to flash the firmware. error erasing boot_ab (failed: erase not allowed in lock state)

Kaayman said:
I dont recall giving an error, so i dont think so
now it is though, when trying to flash the firmware. error erasing boot_ab (failed: erase not allowed in lock state)
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I'm not sure, but you may still be able to flash official ROMs.
But in "Configuration" make sure Erase is disabled

Kaayman said:
I dont recall giving an error, so i dont think so
now it is though, when trying to flash the firmware. error erasing boot_ab (failed: erase not allowed in lock state)
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BAD NEWS... your Poco is bricked. You cannot flash ANYTHING using a PC when your bootloader is locked.
(I did same thing on a Mi11 5g last week and ended up selling it on eBay for spare & repairs
I tried sideload flash, miflash, copying update.zip to internal storage via ADB, and many other options - all without success).
- if your POCO is under warranty in your country (i.e. not a chinese import)... contact Xiaomi Support they can re-flash correct ROM
- Ask your local phone repair store... they *might* be able to flash original ROM back by using "Chimera" engineering software.

dreamytom said:
I'm not sure, but you may still be able to flash official ROMs.
But in "Configuration" make sure Erase is disabled
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this doesn't seem to be an option. there is a checkbox with "erase all" but all are already unchecked

dezborders said:
BAD NEWS... your Poco is bricked. You cannot flash ANYTHING using a PC when your bootloader is locked.
(I did same thing on a Mi11 5g last week and ended up selling it on eBay for spare & repairs
I tried sideload flash, miflash, copying update.zip to internal storage via ADB, and many other options - all without success).
- if your POCO is under warranty in your country (i.e. not a chinese import)... contact Xiaomi Support they can re-flash correct ROM
- Ask your local phone repair store... they *might* be able to flash original ROM back by using "Chimera" engineering software.
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This is what I feared already..

Kaayman said:
This is what I feared already..
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- Bootloader was re-locked whilst a custom ROM was in the phone.
(MIUI with Locked bootloader will not boot up where ROM is not stock or does not match the region/product code).
You cannot apply for bootoader unlock because you cannot boot up into Android and request the unlock via Developer mode.
You cannot remotely (via PC cable) flash any ROM into a Xiaomi / POCO phone whilst botloader is locked.
You are in a chicken and egg situation.,,, but if you find a way to repair your phone, please let us know how you achieved it.
Good luck!

If the system hasn't booted up yet there is a chance that you will be able to unlock bootloader again. Try it.

mar.ur said:
If the system hasn't booted up yet there is a chance that you will be able to unlock bootloader again. Try it.
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That's what I'm thinking too ...
Connect the phone to pc and do the bootloader unlock again via the mi unlock app - you don't need to apply again and stuff as long as you're able to recognise the phone inside app correctly

Rstment ^m^ said:
That's what I'm thinking too ...
Connect the phone to pc and do the bootloader unlock again via the mi unlock app - you don't need to apply again and stuff as long as you're able to recognise the phone inside app correctly
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thanks everyone for all the replies!
tried unlocking it via the mi unlock tool (latest) but it says (in chinese) its locked by nr 123***456 by searching the phone - can't unlock
edit:
google lens translates:
X The phone has been locked by the account number 661****647 by searching the phone, Can't unlock
but it's not the nr. of my account..

dezborders said:
- Bootloader was re-locked whilst a custom ROM was in the phone.
(MIUI with Locked bootloader will not boot up where ROM is not stock or does not match the region/product code).
You cannot apply for bootoader unlock because you cannot boot up into Android and request the unlock via Developer mode.
You cannot remotely (via PC cable) flash any ROM into a Xiaomi / POCO phone whilst botloader is locked.
You are in a chicken and egg situation.,,, but if you find a way to repair your phone, please let us know how you achieved it.
Good luck!
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Is it not even possible to flash Official ROMs?
Isn't there like a system that it checks the signature of the ROM and if it's a signed ROM it allows the flash? Or am I mistaken?

dreamytom said:
Is it not even possible to flash Official ROMs?
Isn't there like a system that it checks the signature of the ROM and if it's a signed ROM it allows the flash? Or am I mistaken?
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Nope bootload locked = no 'remote' flashes via pc
Apparently there is an 'authenticated user' mode for Xiaomi engineers in MiFlaah and also an EDL Emergency Download Mode which you can trigger by shorting out 2 pins on the motherboard so bypass bootloader lock and flash any ROM
Neither were available options for me

dezborders said:
Nope bootload locked = no 'remote' flashes via pc
Apparently there is an 'authenticated user' mode for Xiaomi engineers in MiFlaah and also an EDL Emergency Download Mode which you can trigger by shorting out 2 pins on the motherboard so bypass bootloader lock and flash any ROM
Neither were available options for me
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I also tried to simulate a local OTA by copying update.zip to internal storage using ADB push command and booting into recovery mode to flash ... But it doesn't work for me

dezborders said:
Nope bootload locked = no 'remote' flashes via pc
Apparently there is an 'authenticated user' mode for Xiaomi engineers in MiFlaah and also an EDL Emergency Download Mode which you can trigger by shorting out 2 pins on the motherboard so bypass bootloader lock and flash any ROM
Neither were available options for me
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I'm now in the procedure to sent it back under warranty. any idea if this is possible and what the cost would be if not under warranty?
If all fails i'll try the shorting by pins, should be interesting

I think a warranty repair claim is your best bet ... I have never read anywhere that unlocking bootloader invalidates Xiaomi warranty (Unlike Samsung and so many other brands!)
If warranty repair is re refused try a few independent repair shops
Last resort is get the back cover off the phone and short out the EDL pins
Good luck!
Let us know if you manage to get your phone booting up again

See this thread (last post) for a possible workaround via a 3rd party recovery image to flash EU rom
[Solved] Stuck in fastboot with locked bootloader
HI there! After multiple problems with the custom ROMs I tested, I finally decided to go back to the stock ROM by downloading it from the official thread. I extracted the .tgz archive, run the "flash_all.bat" program, which failed by saying it...
forum.xda-developers.com

Kaayman said:
I'm now in the procedure to sent it back under warranty. any idea if this is possible and what the cost would be if not under warranty?
If all fails i'll try the shorting by pins, should be interesting
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I once hardbricked (complete blackscreen, not even Fastboot reachable) a Poco F3.
I requested a replacement from Amazon and that worked.
I said a software update bricked it.
Of course having to do that is really bad, but I was scared of opening the back.

dezborders said:
See this thread (last post) for a possible workaround via a 3rd party recovery image to flash EU rom
Bootloop to fastboot logo and back in lock state
Hi everybody, yesterday I tried flashing the stock pocof3 rom back onto my phone, but since it got stuck in a bootloop at the fastboot logo. Showing the poco logo for a milisecond and then straight to fastboot.. (before this I flashed twrp and...
forum.xda-developers.com
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You pasted the current thread, do you have the link to the thread you meant?

Kaayman said:
You pasted the current thread, do you have the link to the thread you meant?
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