yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] bobby janow:
Stop with the nasty innuendos. For your information he is charging. And none of us here need you telling us that it's nice to donate. We know what to do when there is a donate link for a service that has already been provided such as a new rom / kernel / theme. This "exploit" should be made public and a donate link provided with his signature once it has been proven to work on the 2 XL and/or the 2. I know the OP said they were working on it for this device so we'll wait for his assessment.

If he wants to claim the bounty then claim it and post the method if he can figure it out. Otherwise there is a paid section on XDA that might be more appropriate for this type of service.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Sass86oh:
By

Well It was about that time I noticed that this cute little school girl was actually an 80 foot tall crustacean from the Paleolithic era...
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
I hate it when tequila does that! ??
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] mrjaydee82:
Well well I’m the 1st Verizon Pixel 2 XL with unlocked boot loader in the world

Well almost working...so damn close
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] PILLMUZIK3600:
It worked?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] pimpmaneaton:
Well now, this has me excited.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] bobby janow:
Me too, almost.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] x3reme85:
Wow finally some good news ?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] pimpmaneaton:
Is there a pop up that appears when the toggle was first switched?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] mrjaydee82:
Update- We we were able to flip the OEM unlock switch but when we go into the bootloader it won't allow the unlock. It's very close... we're gonna try again tomorrow and should be successful...so darn close
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] mrjaydee82:
Yes gives you the warnings and all
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] ceelos218:
Good luck. And F**k Verizon ?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Psych0t1c20:
Gotta love good progress.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] nelsonTituaAa:
You gave me life!! Thanks for the update! I pledge $50!!
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] cirenj:
So anxiously waiting if there has been progress made today.... crossing the fingers...
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] ArkhamKnight:
Crossing my fingers. Want to use that rootless Pixel launcher :(
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] mrjaydee82:
We’re working on the method now
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] PILLMUZIK3600:
OPPA!!!!!!!!!
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
if u guys need some help and insight let me know.. more minds better than none..
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] bobby janow:
Good luck guys. I don't own a 2xl but a Pixel 2. I don't unlock or root any longer however.. I will throw in 20 bucks if the method is released to the public.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] baknblack:
I've got a og pixel but I pledged 50 just cause I wanted it done, lol.

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I just need to check this thread from time to time so I know who gets the money.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] mrjaydee82:
I pmd you
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] djkinetic:
Looking forward to when you get it successfully done. Hopefully the method either gets shared. I wanted to contact the dev but his account had been locked temporarily by xda last I checked.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] bobby janow:
Agree. To me, if it's not shared then it's not successfully unlocked. Also, this method needs to be reversible and re-doable or it's not successful, imo. I will not allow anyone into my device that I don't know when I wish to unlock the device after I get the Pixel 3. I don't unlock devices that have my banking account and AP on it.

I'm not surprised that the person who claims unlock has been banned here. He flouted the admins orders to cease what he was doing. I'm not sure if it was with this unlock or the FRP / stolen phone scam, but this was not a true donate method according to XDA rules. We now have a couple of excellent, true devs working on this so now it's a wait and see event. If either of these 2 guys put out the method then you can be sure it's legit.

I believe there is a thought going around that if the exploit is published then Verizon will close it very quickly. There might be something to that but what is to prevent a VZW engineer contacting the person and seeing what they do and closing it that way? So I don't buy it. Besides, Verizon needs to know at this point that they should just allow those that want to unlock their bl a way to do it as in the Google phone. (don't even get me started on the fact that anyone who really wants it can get it with that device) But the exploit of lock_critical proves the point. They should work on other ways to determine if the bl is unlocked and how to prevent those devices from being on government and corporate networks that don't want it. In other words, put your efforts on things that really matter not on things that don't. Preventing bl unlock only affects perhaps a couple of hundred people most of them on XDA and in this thread. ;)

So I call on Vzw to give up the ghost and stop the IMEI block. 99% of corporate / government users don't even know what a bootloader is. My wife thinks it's some kind of construction machine for building development and hauling away dirt. Figure out a way to positively identify a device with an unlocked bl and give the entities that don't want rooted devices on their network a way to block those devices. A simple policy declaration on your employment agreement should cover that.

Anyway that's my morning coffee rant so now I better work it off with an exercise class at the local gym. Good luck to the OP here this should be fun to watch.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
i think he was onto something but went about it in the wrong way lol i spoke with him briefly yesterday on messenger.. he does have the oem switch toggled but unlock still fails in fastboot..

i dont know how he enabled the switch but last i messaged him i was asking for logcats when toggling the switch so i could determine if it was visual or if it was actually changing the unlock bit but nvr got the logcats (it was late and i think hes in another country.)

what appeared to be happening was the switch is toggled to allow oem unlock but on a reboot to fastboot the switch turned off before he could unlock the device.. basically its toggled on during runtime but soon as you reboot it flips off.. this is why i was wanting logcats because its a possibility that its visual and not actually changing the bit on the misc partition..

how do i know the bit is on misc partition? simple. it tells you when u run a getprop lol. but also i ran logcat and toggled the switch on my google variant and saw what it actually does as seen in the screenshot..

if anyones found a way to write to the misc partition, we might have a way to set the bit manually... however this most likely will require temp root/root shell :-/
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] bobby janow:
[MENTION=3812611]elliwigy[/MENTION] Yeah he's from Morocco if I recall. 5 hours later than EST. So we're back to the temp root thing. I recall JCase saying that from the get go. He said if you can get me temp root then I'll get your bootloader unlocked. Hasn't happened yet. Verizon needs to stop this silliness and release the memo.. er.. I mean release the IMEI lock.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
personally i dont think its an imei lock lol.. to my understanding its simply a bit on a non volatile partition then u simply run the commands in fastboot lol.. so like i stated, he was onto something but since hes the only one atm who knows how to toggle the switch theres not much we can do lol.. i have a google variant so i cant test stuff out.. the misc partition is on the device already and isnt a partition flashed when u flash updates n such so we cant really test that way either.. im sure theres willing soles lol if we could say get into edl and have the right programmers n such then maybe we could force the partition that already has the oem unlock bit set

i could swear on my first p2xl i was able to adb reboot edl but havent since..

if anyone has time n wants to work together on this pm me
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] snipinu:
Anyone ever heard of https://chimeratool.com? Could be a solution!? I emailed them asking if Pixel XL could be used to unlock bootloader. We shall see. Latest version is Feb 2018, added support for more HTC devices which the Google Pixel seems to use an HTC bootloader.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] bobby janow:
I'm sure you'll get someone to work with you. But as for IMEI, I go back to the EE UK version that some have. After a period of time, I think it's 6 months, you can contact them with your IMEI and they will activate the switch on a reboot / system reset. And when Google was having the problem at the very beginning release of the 2 XL there were some that couldn't toggle the switch even on the Google version. They fixed something internally I presume, told users to factory reset and then the switch became active. How could they do that if it's a bit on the partition? Something had to phone home for the unlock to be active again.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] lucky_strike33:
This pixel 2 xl is lg device.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
this is a pixel 2 xl thread.. but yes,ive heard of chimera tool but wont buy it lol.. most the things those boxes do u can do for free on ur own.. the p2xl i think is more LG,not HTC..

but anyway,lots could be done if could get into edl mode or even diag mode.. if could get into diag mode could use QXDM possibly to maybe unlock the bl.. it has some pretty handy tools for peek n poke and can change alot of the NV items..

i would proceed with caution tho as always with those boxes, typically if those boxes could unlock the bootloader on a device like the pixel itd prolly be known already.. thats my opinion lol

i messed around a ton with qualcomm software on the s8+ which also has the same chipset.. this phone seems like itdbe easier to crack than a locked down sammy device..

again, if n e one has a p2xl and nothing but time pm me lol we can get this thing unlocked eventually
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] woundedworld:
I have a Verizon Pixel 2 XL and willing to donate my free time to this cause. I'm no developer but have had my fair share of soft bricks, but nothing so terrible that couldn't be fixed. Feel free to message me if you're willing to walk me part of the way. As long as I don't permanently brick my device.. I'm more than willing.:confused:
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
pm sent with telegram link.. there isnt really any risk at this point lol
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] johnfranckiv:
Count me in.. pixel 2 xl noty main phone..
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
pm me and ill send u slink
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Sass86oh:
I'm in too, whatever u guys need.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
pm me for a link to tgram
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] yijinsa:
I am too, thanks guys
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] maflin18:
Might as well get me in on this, too.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
link sent..
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] thompatry:
Add me in to the list
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] New Rising:
Not a developer but if I can help with anything send me the link please.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] ArkhamKnight:
I'm willing to assist in any way possible as well
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
whoever wants in pm me lol i jyst been mostly researchin all day
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] bobby janow:
I'm feeling a little left out here. [emoji16] what's going on?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
i just created a tgram chat for ppl that want to contribute and test stuff simce mines already unlocked lol
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] bobby janow:
Lol. Yeah I see that. Just would like to see some action here. But that's ok. Just keep us posted. I have a Pixel 2 not an XL.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
thing is theres never action here lol just back and forths and false claimsso far lol
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] b00ster23:
Arghhh... couldn't pm....Have the VZW P xl-2 as well...send me the telegram link if you would please.tia :):)
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
only sharing via pm.. dont wanna post it cuz we'll have 100s of spectators lol.. the point is to get ppl to test stuff, dont want it cluttered lol
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] b00ster23:
Understand.... will PM when I get to work
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] bobby janow:
Can you at least tell us what, if any, progress has been made and what's going on in the thread?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] cirenj:
I'll throw my phone into the ring if there has been some progress made...
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] djkinetic:
put in a PM to take part of testing on Tgram.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] bobby janow:
And thanks to Telegram this thread has dropped dead. Great.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] JerichoAbles:
Seems so, I want an update at least
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] b00ster23:
Telegram didn't kill the thread.... There's not really been anything to post. Right now, it's just ideas being tossed around.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] ralph97:
https://www.androidinfotech.com/2017/12/root-google-pixel-2-xl-verizon-oreo-8-1.html

Has anyone tried to follow this guide?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
I don't know but, I would venture to say that many of these guys on this thread are doing everything possible to unlock their Verizon P2XL's. This guide has been out since the end of December. Had it been a legit method, I would think it would be all over these forums. Just my opinion is all ?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] djkinetic:
That post is nothing but bull...the post on unlocking the bootloader involves sending the command unlock critical which used to work on the pixel 2 but never worked on the pixel 2 xl. The command was never intended to unlock Verizon pixel 2 only but an oversight allowed it to work. The exploit / bug has since been patched in the last Verizon update about a week after it was found. So that command aside from never working on the pixel 2 xl now no longer works on the pixel 2..this has been covered in another thread since last month.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] bobby janow:
I was being slightly facetious, but the fact is there at least used to be discussion here. Now there is none other than requests for the Telegram group where it seems all the discussion is at this point. I'm just saying it would have been nice to have it here. I think you might be missing out on some valuable input since it's an exclusive group now and not public.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] PILLMUZIK3600:
Telegram went down yesterday due to child porn..
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] djkinetic:
U can always request access to the room but there hasn't been any new progress..and Eli and some others are only recently starting their work with the device on IDA..if there is anything noteworthy on progress then it will be posted..till then go outside and and enjoy life...having a locked bootloader on ur pixel will not kill u in the next few months if it hasn't already...point is let the devs do their work.

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It's back up on the play and app store.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] bobby janow:
Seriously? Please don't patronize me or tell me how to live. I don't need life's lessons from you, but thanks for the thoughts.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
this us abounty thread, not a development thread
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
a link has been provided to anyone thats pmd me.. ill post thelink here thoughso ppl dont complain.. itll just be agroup where you have 100s of members who arent contr8buting anything and turn it into a random off topic chat where no progress will be made lol wasnt what i had in mind at all but oh well

https://t.me/joinchat/DxwvAlA2wtmhO1KfkBEwRg
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
i posted the link for u to join.. ull b dissapointed by the outcome tho, just saying lol
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] djkinetic:
Telegram chat doesnt kill dev..whining on XDA does..history repeating itself.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] nelsonTituaAa:
Doesn't even let me join. Tried searching but no luck. Ill be patient and wait for an update through here. Thanks again bro.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] bobby janow:
Nonsense. Utter nonsense.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] djkinetic:
Dev chat in a bounty thread is off topic.. But hey nonsense.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] bobby janow:
Perhaps but inquiring minds want to know. Just an update now and again would do just fine.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] michaelbsheldon:
I demand unicorn sparkles
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] btonetbone:
Update: there is no update.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] bobby janow:
Look in the mirror.

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No. But saying whining is nonsense. It's demeaning and inaccurate.

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So in the past 2 days nothing? No chat? No attempts? No success or failures? Why bother then? Maybe someone here can help without going off grid.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] djkinetic:
Idk why feel you’re entitled to minute by minute updates from developers..everyone who is actually contributing something is doing so because they’re nice enough to donate their free time and knowledge. No one is getting paid to do so ...and this bounty thread is nothing new..very rarely if ever are entire bounties collected. So anyone contributing isn’t doing so for the money. Everyone wants updates but the truth is updates and progress don’t come overnight and it can take weeks or months for real progress to happen. Don’t like the rate of progress no one is stopping you from learning ida and researching and taking a stab at it yourself. You’re posts about telegram killing this threads dev talk do nothing but annoy the actual developers that are working on this for everyone. The XDA community has a history of driving away talented developers...the telegram chat was created to filter out the nonsense and be a place for ppl that want to contribute actual useful information towards the process..now that you have complained and Eli has posted the link publicly to appease you..that room will likely be flooded with useless posts and members just wanting to join and watch..so there’s a bit of truth to when I say XDA kills development.. everyone not just you should stfu, stop whining and complaining there’s no progress and be thankful there’s anyone even bothering to put time into this when they could be doing something else with their free time.. as I’ve said before when progress is made it will get posted be patient let the devs do their work unbothered otherwise learn something and actually be useful to the process.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
tgram chat is public now so should be able to search
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
ive said this in other threads related to research and development andillsay it here, we cannot post an update when theres nothing to update anyone on...

i work all week so most time i have is on the weekends... so theres not been much of anything being discussed or tested as theres nothing to test...

so asking for updates is impossible.. to some its just as bad as asking for etas as well
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
this is actually 100% accurate lol
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] eushaun99:
From what I've read, he doesn't even have a pixel 2 XL, only a regular pixel 2. So even if there's any breakthrough it wouldn't even benefit him.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] CyberpodS2:
Not to mention, incremental updates before release only gives prying eyes from big brother fodder for the insurgency. Much better to get it live and in the wild in a single swoop. Much like having your "towel" with you... ?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] karandpr:
Just an update.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] bobby janow:
That's too bad.. And it looked so promising only a few days ago. What happened?

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@djkinetic You are missing the point entirely in your defense of this process. Do you know the reason this thread went to Telegram? Not because the person took his ball and went home. It's because he got banned from XDA due to violating the rules. I don't even know if he is a dev but merely a hacker, to wit his frp hack bypassing Google security and requiring private payment.

So you might want to put your sanctimonious thoughts on the shelf for a little while. No one is whining about no progress.. well a little.. but that's more about Verizon locking down the bl. This thread had a life before the hacker came along and now it's more about morals and how devs have a life.

We know this, no one is asking for an ETA. The XDA community is vibrant and fun. Telegram is not. I wouldn't even join now that it's public. Whatever needs to be said can be said here other than you know who.

Anyway good luck to those wanting this supposed exploit to unlock the bl. Someone mentioned me not having an XL 2. I'm not sure it matters, that's unclear. But still not the point. Let's lighten up a bit and get back to having fun with this. It's not life and death but merely entertainment.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Haz3:
The "dev" that got suspended isn't even in that telegram chat afaik....
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] bobby janow:
I'm not surprised. I think he's a lone wolf out for the money not the community.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Haz3:
I wouldn't be surprised in the slightest