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[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] Blue305:
thats a lot :(

and that i was thinking too, if u wipe the phone off, and install the software of a global variant, will it be sim unlocked?
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] cam30era:
No.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] Blue305:
That's cool. Any idea on how that can be done?
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] cam30era:
"Second verse, same as the first" ;)
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] r3wn5:
Has anyone tried some online services for sim unlock?
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] warrior26ro:
to flash firmware u need to have the bootloader unlock but will not solve the problem with ee sim lock i already flash all the version , i think is locked like iphone without posibility to input the code cause i did with custom room and is same problem .Only think i manage to test on device was to do FRP from xtc2clip that was build for HTC phone and this is build by HTC but is missing some function to be able to remove sim lock .
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] marvi0:
Anyone tried an 02 sim as ee and 02 are now linked?
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] vkh2k1:
O2 sims don't work in EE Pixel's, as far as I know 02 are not part of BT/EE !
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] FSOP:
Errr no they're not...

And it won't work with BT either as they have different cores and operator codes.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] Stephen:
Moderator Information,

We do not allow discussion on changing IMEI numbers on this site.

Many thanks,

Stephen
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] Blue305:
didn't know you can change the imei oO
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] warrior26ro:
u can`t change by hand but there is already a method to unlock ee lock but cost 50pounds and u need bootloader unlocked or at least u didnt update to 7.1.1 and u are able to perform the bootloader unlock
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] richwright1:
Can you elaborate on his? Don't mind paying the money but didn't think it was possible getting around the 6 month wait time
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] cam30era:
Look at post #52 above. He can't elaborate.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] tampitzel:
If anyone still cares, google pixel ee can be sim-unlocked via volcano box. I know a guy in Romania who can do it via TeamViewer. The requirements are that the phone was not updated to 7.1.1 (needs to be 7.1) OR that it was bootloader-unlocked prior to upgrading to 7.1.1.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] Blue305:
Sent you a pm.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] djcristi:
useless, all pixel EE that are available are 7.1.1
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] warrior26ro:
Even if they are 7.1.1 if u are lucky to find one with bootloader unlock it can get network unlock in 2 min or u can buy neverlocked that are declared stoled :)) and get same method unlock to be able to use it again cause they get blacklisted worldwide like Iphone
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] sivens:
Ok I have question and maybe someone will help me :)

When I unlock bootloader and flash last android version for unlocked firmware ex. NMF26V that will remove simlock from device ? No I have locked devices because pixel isn't available in my country :/

On device I have version NMF26U and simlock on EE in UK
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] nookcoloruser:
No. You will still be simlocked, but just on a different firmware. You would have to go the route hinted at above ...
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] sivens:
Ok thank so I will have to wait until june when I will be able to unlock it in EE :(
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] kalinskym:
Possible to unlock Google Pixel XL EE yet without the need of going through EE and on latest version.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] superhaer:
Yeah, it would be so cool being able to unlock one of those sim locks on the Pixel XL EE version. Hopefully someone will crack that thing soon :)
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] superhaer:
From what I can gather the latest version of volcano box software can actually unlock 7.1.1 and remove the SIM lock on EE. Or at least so they claim so I need to get in touch with someone who can do this for me and I'm willing to pay up to $100 for this to be done. I am in Gothenburg Sweden and if you know how to do this and are close by please contact me.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] Blue305:
Pm [MENTION=3903474]warrior26ro[/MENTION]. He did mine and it's working flawless.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] superhaer:
Thank you, will try that :)
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] warrior26ro:
to be able to perform network unlock u need to have bootloader unlock or phone rooted if u have this i can perform unlock on any EE even if u have 7.1.1 .
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] radical:
And plz chk imei before and after unlock ;) ;);)
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] flrtyt:
Hello (Salut warrior)

Hello warrior....( Sunt din Romania și am văzut că poți să decorezi pixel la 7.1.1 cum pot sa vorbesc și eu ceva cu tine in privat)
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] roxanap:
Any updates?

Hi guys,

Any updates on unlocking this device? Many thanks.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] akelvie:
Hey guys so I bought a pixel and its locked to EE, unfortunately i didn't read into it before i bought it. Anyway if i bought an EE sim only sim card would the pixel be unlocked and i could use my EE sim card? Or is it locked to that specific person that originally bought it. I read somewhere that it won't work if you put a brand new sim card in it if the contracts only a few days old.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] warrior26ro:
You can use only EE sim that's all u can do if is blocked in EE cause I presume is on 7.1.1 software from February .
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] y2grae:
Am i right in thinking, sim unlock will then enable EE Pixel to open bootloader?

In developer options:

OEM Unlocking - Unavailable on mobile locked devices

so... with sim unlocked, this should ungrey our OEM Unlocking switch?

this is only a theory until we get an EE Pixel unlocked.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] warrior26ro:
No the grey will remain u can't enable or disable
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] y2grae:
That suggests it is for mobile locked devices, so when the handset is not locked anymore... Surely we will see that change
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] warrior26ro:
[/QUOTE]no might no change even when the phone is unlocked still grey cause is a little diference in boot lock between google unlock version and the ee that have custom block made for orange.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] y2grae:
I'm still holding out hope for unlockable bootloader when sim lock is removed ...
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] Stephen:
Moderator information,

Thread cleaned. Promotion of paid unlock services are not allowed on XDA.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] MKD73:
I'm still a little confused about mobile-locked device. Reading back it does seem that once the SIM lock (mobile lock) is removed the OEM unlock becomes available.

I'm still baffled that there is no bounty thread for BL unlock on these EE devices . I would pay £50 for my bootloader to be unlocked
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] jpfinch:
hey guys.

is there a way to unlock google pixel handset without spending a fortune or contacting network?

thanks
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] y2grae:
I'm holding out for the six month network unlock personally.

A lot of people on Verizon thread obviously needing this fix... But I'm hoping the greyed out is different with EE. Especially as their tech department apparently don't know what a bootloader is... I doubt they'd actively lock it down.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] buzzboy:
Sim unlock is completely unrelated to OEM (Bootloader) unlock.

I'm on EE. The bootlader lock is the same on EE as Verizon. If you're hoping to unlock your bootloader running 7.1.1, then you're out of luck. And most likely indefinitely.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] y2grae:
the oem toggle on EE model states it is unavailable on sim locked... so when sim lock is removed....

that's my hope

not that directly sim lock = oem unlock

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i think it is a nominal charge after six months, EE will unlock - which, in theory should make the EE models able to unlock bootloader.

it does seem a different message to the verizon models
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] warrior26ro:
the bootloader is grey even if the phone is network free now and im talking about my phone and the network lock is like iphone lock linked to imei . so ....... u can use the brain .
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] y2grae:
ok, so

when it says "mobile locked devices" surely that is about network lock...

and don't be so insulting... the devices haven't been unlocked by the network yet (six months before they do)

u can use the brain... long walk, short pier
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] warrior26ro:
EE sim

OK if your oem unlock become available turn on that to blue restart phone in fastboot and if you have adb and u need to have it do one of this 2 commands "fastboot oem unlock" or "fastboot flashing unlock"
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] valentyn82:
?

Hello.

Any idea when it will be available bootloader unlock solution?

My Device version-bootloader is “8996-012001-1701181700” I tried unlocked via dePixel8 ... But it is not working
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] bobby janow:
I'd go with never.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] Rezaei_12:
Has anyone with sim locked EE phones managed to get them unlocked yet?
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] SULEY1:
EE pixel XL

I have the pixel XL 7.1.1 will pay you any amount to unlock my phone so pls text me back thanks

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I have the pixel XL 7.1.1 will pay you any amount to unlock my phone so pls text me back thanks
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] y2grae:
confirmed on the EE thread in q&a

https://xdaforums.com/pixel-xl/help/google-pixel-xl-sim-lock-ee-uk-t3501733

EE when unlocked can unlock bootloader
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] bobby janow:
I don't see a single confirmation.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] y2grae:
Apart from the guy who said he he unlocked from EE after 6 months and then could unlock bootloader you mean?
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] bobby janow:
Exactly. Apart from him.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] jjayzx:
Noob account and says unlocked with no proof and vanishes, just like the rest.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] y2grae:
in fairness, he can't go back in time, undo the locking etc to prove it was a locked BL prior to it.

If i'd found out, first thing i'd have done would be unlock.. rather than film it for proof...
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] iCheeseee:
imgur .com/a/Wl5F4

Got my EE pixel unlocked today.

Didn't manage to grab a screenshot before the phone was unlocked but you can see it now gives me the option to allow the bootloader to be unlocked.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] y2grae:
http://imgur.com/a/Wl5F4

cheers for this.

still think people will call fake on it.

14th of May when I can unlock and it's a ten day process, so i'm going to be pestering them from the 4th onwards
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] bobby janow:
What exactly does that show?
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] y2grae:
three people have said they have received unlock codes and now can unlock their bootloaders...

apart from a full youtube video, what more do you actually want to see?

there is going to be some serious humble pie from you

should have said in previous post "bobby janow" will still call fake on it....
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] valentyn82:
Hello.

Unlocking was done by EE? Due to expiration of the contract?

You called Support EE for unlocking.

PS: Be more explicit as you have done?
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] bobby janow:
Received unlock codes? What a crock.. that is not bootloader unlock it's just a bunch of BS. This is not what anyone is looking for even if it's true, which I highly doubt.

A Youtube video? Come on man, you're kidding right?

Humble pie? What are you even referring to? Even if you get your so called "unlock code" (yeah right) what would that do for the rest of us? This is ridiculous already.

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He's done nothing. It's a joke and dare I say it.. no I won't.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] y2grae:
EE handsets are simlocked to EE.

After 6months you can call them and get your handset unlocked

The OEM unlock on EE (different to Verizon) states unavailable on mobile locked devices.

EE have mobile locked. When you get your unlock come through it isn't mobile locked anymore.

Surprisingly, round the 6month of release point we now have three separate users saying they've had their unlock and they can now unlock bootloader.

If you're not on EE then this isn't the thread for you in the first place, if you are then why are you so adamant that this can't happen?

Infact why are you so adamant this can't happen full stop?

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Oh and "what would it do for the rest of us?"

If you're on EE, as per the thread... It'd mean you could unlock your bootloader and flash ROMs/root etc....
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] bobby janow:
3 separate users? We've seen no proof. Show us some proof not a silly screenie.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] y2grae:
Proof...

Hence the video comment.

You want someone to invite you over for the weekend whilst they receive it to show you it all in action?

Sake... What more can these people do other than take screen shots?

Oh wait, they can get in their delorean and go back in time just for you

What network are you on?

oh and regarding unlocking a device on EE

read this

http://ee.co.uk/help/getting-started/joining-ee/unlocking-your-device

now it's been 6 months pretty much since the 7.1.1 came in to play, and it's six months for EE to unlock a phone (read the link before you argue that)

but it's all just a conspiracy and the people with screenshots are just faking it.... /sarc
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] bobby janow:
Wow I can even unlock an Apple device. What's the bootloader unlock command for that? This is a joke.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] y2grae:
firstly, can you actually answer a question before you go off on your "i'm not listening la la la" with fingers in ears approach...

who is your provider? EE?

with the apple comment - do you know a bootloader from a sim unlock?

just so happens, on the pixel it appears to be tied to it.

Verizon and EE have locked their pixels differently

ok, you're sounding like you don't understand what's actually going on here.

you can sim unlock your EE device after 6 months.

the oem switch in developer options is tied to sim lock - "unavailable on mobile locked devices"

once the sim unlock is recieved, this is no longer a mobile locked device.

following so far?

we've had people who have followed this process, recieve their sim unlock - which has then changed the oem unlocking. THAT is what the screen shots were showing.

if you don't believe it, fine.

if you don't understand it, fine

however, it's time to stop being the person who doesn't actually understand what people are saying and showing...
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] bobby janow:
Not pertinent to this discussion. Would it matter if I had them or some friends of mine? Why do you care? Frankly, it's none of your business either.

That's actually what the discussion is about. You have not proved that and until you do the rest of your so called arguments are moot. Prove that and I'll give you the win here. Nothing you have said, posted or screen shot has shown that to be true. I'll even take a statement from the provider that once you sim unlock you can magically bootloader unlock the device. I'm sure a lot of folks would like to see that. So now, put your money where your condescension is.

Hmm.. interesting choice of words.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] y2grae:
Bravo - on a quote SPECIFICALLY about EE branded/sold Pixel XL's it is 100% relevant to this discussion. I'd also suggest if you weren't on EE you should maybe leave this alone....

Again... proof... what do you want as proof?

i've spoken to tech support on EE and 99.99% don't know what a bootloader is... it's not in their remit to know this, so your statement from EE is not going to come easily or quickly

i think (once again) you don't understand what is being implied here. (hence why the first point is kinda important/relevant/pertinent/insert any long word to make you feel smarter...

end of this is, EE customers have reported and shown on screenshots (you may not consider this proof, but you aren't Judge here....) that when the sim unlock (which if you read the link i posted previously) is achieved from the network themselves (a 10 day process and £8.99) - that this has the knock on effect of allowing the OEM switch to be selectable.

this has then allowed fastboot to open the bootlocker...

am i going too fast for you here?

seriously.. tell me if i am.

so

for me and the rest of us on EE, there is seemingly an unlock method following the 7.1.1 update that makes sense considering the message on the oem unlock switch.

if you don't have an EE phone then you won't have seen it (apart from in the screenshots that have been posted)

sorry that this goes against all that you believe in, but by now, frankly, I really don't care.

you can believe the EE bootloader can't be unlocked by this method, but make your own thread for "potential non EE customers who don't believe the EE bootloader can be unlocked following 7.1.1 by having the network sim unlock your handset."

i hope you have fun there
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] bobby janow:
I think you went too fast for your own brainless post. Seriously, tell me if I'm incorrect. A "seemingly" unlock method? So far all we have is your rhetoric and condescending attitude, which really serves no purpose other than to perhaps make yourself feel better? I don't really know your motivation but until you show proof that a sim unlock will make the device bootloader unlockable when it wasn't in the first place, well then you are just blowing hot air and sounding immature.

So dispense with your attitude and show us the money. I don't believe you have any proof at all. Prove me wrong.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] y2grae:
Firstly, it is you with the attitude that has the issue here.

you've waltzed into a thread about a UK network mobile, and shown zero respect to anyone, so you get treated with the same lack of it.

your iphone comment seriously means that you don't understand what you are on about... is the world flat to you?

i'll go slow here

thread about EE sim unlock

this is ONLY for phones on EE (this is why i asked if you were on EE - a question you've dodged EVERY SINGLE TIME I'VE ASKED YOU)

The bootloader is locked on EE. The OEM switch is greyed out.

same as verizon, except - the message on the greyed out is different.

the screenshots provided, whilst they may not be "proof" according to your jaded self, comply with the given theory that when the mobile is unlocked from its sim lock, that the OEM slider would stop being greyed out.

the screenshot provided by one user, imo, confirms this. resulting with bootloader able to be unlocked. not as a direct action of the network, but by proxy of them sim unlocking it

i'm sorry you don't agree with this, however, you also seem to find the prospect of a network unlocking its phone for a customer to be alien....

if this still doesn't sit with you...

I have a ball, perhaps you'd like to bounce it?
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] buzzboy:
I think we should all hold fire and wait for some definitive proof. I have doubts myself, only because I've never heard or seen any past cases where sim unlock gives the ability to unlock the bootloader on any other device prior to the Pixel. But as an EE customer myself, I would love it to be true. (I was lucky with my Pixel and used Depixel8).
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] y2grae:
I think what's been provided fits with the mobile locked OEM switch.

Verizon and EE are very different

As I've stated I'm getting my code soon, so, what would you like as proof when it happens?

My six month date is 14th so I'm going to be shouting at them from the 4th

My bootloader is locked and I was settling in to life on stock

I missed depixel and got 7.1.1 so I'm hyped that this
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] bobby janow:
But don't you think if it were true it would be well known and reported by more than one person? One of the issues here is that there are very few people who know what it is that determines the oem unlock switch to be toggle-able. It's been theorized that it was the sim and that has been shown to be a false flag. The images are identical as are the bootloaders so we know it's not that. Perhaps the IMEI? No one has denied that but neither have they confirmed it.

So maybe the one individual that posted a screenshot was lucky or never checked it before the sim unlock on the device. I would like to see a device with an IMEI (black out some of it) showing it grayed out and then the same device with it not grayed out. Until I see that I consider it bl locked for eternity. lol Ok, well maybe not that long but..

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First correct thing you've said all day. Well you also called me jaded, which technically is not correct but I can grant you skeptical. Very skeptical at that.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] y2grae:
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First correct thing you've said all day. Well you also called me jaded, which technically is not correct but I can grant you skeptical. Very skeptical at that.[/QUOTE]

i'd say really very f'ing skeptical ;)

with EE you have to wait 6 months before the pixel can be sim unlocked.

7.1.1 is approx six months old.

(mine upgraded almost out of the box and my six months is up very shortly)

there have been 3 independent (unverified) reports of this happening.

I'm doubtful but very optimistic as I know EE aren't verizon - EE seriously don't know what a bootloader is.

the bootloader being locked out on a sim lock seems totally google's work, and I think that'd be a better avenue for "official" confirmation. I'd hope google know their phones.

I'm under no illusions that Verizon bootloaders are locked for eternity.

But the greyed out message on the oem lock is different to the EE version.

which leads to Verizon actively (or getting google to actively) close it off

here is a screenshot of my developer options
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] bobby janow:
Yes, I saw those 3 unverified reports. If you get your toggle switch to turn on then I think we can consider that verified. But remember there was a thread about that with the Verizon phones. Someone thought the sim contacted Verizon and then it became not unlockable. That never panned out, many people tried it and failed. There was even a Reddit thread that confirmed it didn't work. That's why I'm leery of this working. But it's all speculation since I, or anyone that is in the know, have not seen what it is that determines the toggle. It can't be Verizon since some people got vzw replacements and could unlock.

I've been told to reverse engineer the device on my own to find out what causes the lock. I can't do that nor do I care that much. But if someone who knows could chime in it would put this all to rest. My feeling is they are being entertained by the speculation but who know. I wish you luck as I'm sure there are a bunch of folks that would like to do this as well. I guess we'll know soon enough.