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[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] computerfreek274:
No that was from my already unlocked pure Google pixel. The msg being the same on locked Verizon or pure unlocked phone would be the same as we are running the same firmware and most importantly the same system.apk it is all about the bootloaders. I am sure no mater what command you give it. With the Verizon based lock in the bootloader you are not getting past it. Unless they messed up and overlooked some small detail. I did not try it on the Verizon phone as hard to get my 16 year old son from his hands. I got my self the unlocked pixel as he was begging me for a pixel. So why buy a 2nd locked phone.

I hope soon to push out my own kernels and tweaks I been working on. Just playing around right now. Just too busy to do anything like this. We have a short summer in northern NH. Anyways I will see about any kind of logs post boot I can lock and relock it and see what happens. But I am not willing to open my phone to find tap points to a serial interface. Lol I owe way too much money on this phone.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] cleopete:
Tell that to my unlocked Note 4.

Though in all fairness, I think that exploit was a fluke allowed by accidentally leaked code.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] StankFiss:
And it was a Verizon phone? And is this root or bootloader unlock? Also not a DE version of the note 4 Verizon.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] cleopete:
It was retail VZ, still using it as a wifi device. Development has slowed down these days, but for a while there were a lot of ROM options. MODest is still going strong, and was probably the best stock ROM anyway.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] IndyRoadie:
I still have a Verizon non Dev, rooted Note 4 as well. There is still a Verizon Note 4 forum here, you can easily confirm this
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] lucky_strike33:
Any can try that?

adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.android.phone

adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.android.server.telecom

adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.google.android.setupwizard

adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.google.android.storagemanager

adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.android.cellbroadcastreceiver

adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.android.emergency

adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.google.android.packageinstaller

adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.android.providers.settings
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] unimatrix725:
OMG... GeoTwatz

I don't call raking live wires over a cpu a hacker! Sorry no way was GeoTwatz a true hacker! I also recall him stealing some1 work on iTard r00t...? Besides he got lucky & was hired by was it ??

ANYWAY This thread has Shifted Way Off Topic! Mods should close it....
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] mrkhigh:
This indeed is off topic, but I think the PlayStation scene, iphone scene and anyone who has used towelroot would disagree with you.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] d33dvb:
And there was never any root, the end.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] gabi.ailincai:
I'm assuming that to get these apps back I'd have to factory reset. I was planning on a factory reset once the stable Android P is out, I'll try this out then on my Verizon 2 XL.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] TonikJDK:
I am not an expert, but assuming it even works I think removing some of those is going to leave your phone unusable. Com.android.providers.settings for example.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] gabi.ailincai:
That was my thought as well, so I'd have to factory reset the phone to bring them back. The phone would factory reset anyway when I toggle the OEM unlock on, so this should do no harm, but if it doesn't work I'd just be resetting for nothing.

I'll come back with an update next month :)
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] TonikJDK:
I am not sure a factory reset will bring them back. FDR only resets user data and settnings.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] siggey:
You must reflash stock to revert that back, but if you are bootloader locked you can't, so I hope I'm wrong but I think that this is a closed path
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] slogar25:
Those commands only disable system apps. We would need root to be able to permanently delete anything on system. A factory reset will restore those apps.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] t_house:
Hmmm, I'm using a 4 year old Verizon retail S5 that had root thanks to Geohotz. To one up that, our bootloader was unlocked a couple years ago. So in the past 4 years, I have a Samsung Galaxy S5 that is bootloader unlocked, rooted, and running Lineage. So you may want to rephrase your rant or admit that you were wrong. Anything made by man can be hacked by man. Development is admittedly slow on Verizon phones but it's not as dire as you are making it out to be.

Sent from my kick ass S5 that Verizon no longer has locked down!
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Sass86oh:
Yeah the dude responsible for the first unlocked iPhone ever and the original ps3 jailbreak both accomplishments then resulted in two separate and well evolved custom firmware scenes wasn't a true hacker.... So what would he have needed to accomplish for you to consider his contributions to be the work of a legit hacker?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
by chanve anyone try to disable phone to show the switch then enable phome then toggle oem unlock on?

my guess is, to truely enable oem unlock it needs the phone apk.. if not its just visual
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Thaiban:
Still waiting any solution to fix that *___°
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] GokuSSJgod:
Since Google no longer replaces phone zahramay if it was about retail well I got them to do it before before the policy changed so I will be getting a refurbished one hopefully this one will have the OEM unlocking switch I'm hoping so
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] actionracingphotos:
I was able to toggle the oem unlock with the method used on the og pixel but could not unlock in fastboot.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] lucky_strike33:
Yea it resets when rebooting to fastboot

---------- Post added at 01:03 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:55 PM ----------

When doing the og pixel method, why not flash back the user com after ticking on the OEM unlock? Is that possible to flash user com after deleting it? Wish I could try since I don't have the Verizon one anymore.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
i mean thats already known n not what i suggested nor even the same device lol but ok
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] criswellc90:
This may be a dumb idea and it probably doesn't work on these devices with non-removable batteries, but when you did it, did you try holding the power button to force it to power down immediately instead of going through the shut down process?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] lucky_strike33:
Would this work?

When doing the og pixel method, why not re flash the user com after ticking on the OEM unlock? Is that possible to flash user com after deleting it? Wish I could try since I don't have the Verizon one anymore
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] bot42:
Tell me if someone already tried this. First create altered stock firmware that can be flashed with LG flash tool containing systemless root. Then put the pixel into download( not fastboot) mode and use LG flash tool to flash the rooted version of the stock firmware. Oh for those that don't know download mode can be accessed by powering off the phone, then press and hold the volume up button while plugging in the Usb, ps have LG flash tool and firmware ready to go.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] bot42:
Deleted
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] headcreepz:
Was this successful?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] bot42:
I don't know, I'm still just trying to see if anyone has already tried it. It might be futile but I was wondering if this avenue had even been explored yet?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] sasory:
In theory, if someone rebuilds the bootloader, it will be just a flash in this mode
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] MColbath:
We have already messed with the LG Download Mode. The problem is that it's encryption is different than the other LG devices, so it LGLAF and LG Flash won't work. Actually, google has the laf partition included in the factory images if you want to look at it.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] gabi.ailincai:
I've tried this and then I couldn't get into the Settings app - it kept crashing. Rebooting the phone gave an error stating that the system/data is corrupted and that I'd have to factory reset.

I then did a factory reset and tried the same stuff without uninstalling the Settings app, but the toggle is still greyed out, so no joy. I tried just for kicks to get into the bootloader, neither the 'unlock' nor the 'unlock_critical' commands worked, which I guess is expected given that the toggle from the developer options is unchanged.

I'm on the stable Android Pie, if that helps - I had just updated before starting to test.

Although factory resetting is a pain for me, I'd still be up for testing stuff out, so shout out if any ideas come up.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] boredherobrine13:
Reading through the thread and saw this. It makes alot of sense. We can't change OEM_unlocking because its not a local system variable. The bootloader itself is probably identical to the GP edition Pixel 2s, but the system checks googles whitelist to see if we can oem_unlock. So...what if we set up our own private network, and we used a Man In the Middle type attack to make a "fake" IMEI database that uses the same link and structure as google, so we could trick the device into thinking it's contacting the /real/ server when it's actually contacting the "man in the middle" Could this maybe be done with a raspberry pi and a wifi router?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] knightsolidus:
But the connection its encrypted (https) how to uncrypt!?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] gcodori:
Has anyone tried kingo, kingroot, or the madcow exploit (which I'm sure has been patched by Google)?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] AdamDevlopper:
If you go some posts back you can see that I've already discussed this, the app oobconfig is the one. I've tried using fiddler but the connection goes under a tunnel and as my skills I can't really do much.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] boredherobrine13:
Hmm... Same. Any way we could change our IMEI temporarily (ie write it down, find some generous person on these forums with a Google unlocked IMEI who'd let us use theirs temporarily, do the unlocking, then change the IMEI back to our own?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
[MENTION=7995787]boredherobrine13[/MENTION]: Don't discuss it (against XDA rules). Don't even think about it (unless you want Bubba doing the nasty to you as you pick up the soap in the shower). What you propose is most definitely illegal and can net you up to 15 years when caught.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] boredherobrine13:
Oh...didn't know it was that serious....if you don't mind me asking...why? I'm generally unfamiliar with laws related to this stuff.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
Well here's the law in question: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1029

The government takes this really seriously, but in short IMEI cloning is a form of fraud. Even if you have someone perform the act on a single device you own you're still breaking the law, because you know the device has been tampered with. That will net you a hefty fine, prison time, or both. Then there are the issues regarding unauthorized access to services, e.g. bypassing a blacklist, and conspiracy to commit fraud by having someone else do the IMEI swap. Having the tools to alter the IMEI is also illegal.

You don't want to do it or think about it.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] digitalmorphinex:
I'll throw up 100. The absolute only reason I really want root is to change my font style. [emoji22][emoji22]
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] otrobruno:
same thing right here! I only want to be able to root for flashing another font.

at least I really like the new contacts and phone apps, hope the calendar get this new interface too
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] SirDoogieHouserMD.Esq2000:
Lmao, Imei cloning is illegal, but deceptively stealing something of value is fraud.

Knowingly changing IMEI with intent to commit fraud is conspiracy to commit fraud. Maximum penalty for changing IMEI is 3 years.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] mac796:
I wish they would take credit card fraud seriously
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
I'm no lawyer, and I know deals are made all the time, but this is pretty much cut and dried. You of course provide no evidence to back up your statement, so why should anyone take your word for it?

P. S. If you claim to be a lawyer, you'll be expected to show proof of that.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] TonikJDK:
Changing the IMEI is specifically illegal in some countries, quite a few actually. For example England and India. It is not illegal in the US, however if you are doing it to hide a stolen phone or to commit fraud you could be prosecuted under that.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] bobby janow:
I can't find an actual law in the US that says changing the IMEI is a crime. Now if you do it with the intent to defraud or obtain something of value then that might fall under another statute. There was a proposal in '12 but it doesn't seem to have gotten out of committee. In the UK they did pass a law making it illegal but I don't think there is one here yet. I also believe that if you change it and then sell the device that would constitute fraud but I'm not a lawyer either so I'll defer to those that are.

Wow this thread has gone completely off the rails. Oh well, it's still active so I guess it's ok with the mods.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] SirDoogieHouserMD.Esq2000:
The fine and jail time for fraud and related activity in connection with access devices depends on the value of the telecommunications services that we're stolen. Read your link.

3years? It doesn't matter, nothing you said was true.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
I provided the link to the relevant legalese upthread; note that the link is not to the 2012 bill, which died in committee. As to the moderators allowing this, we're not discussing how to change the IMEI, but the consequences of doing so. On a side note, the last time the topic of the legality of changing the IMEI popped up I had people who swore up and down that doing so was somehow legal, simply because they couldn't find anything prohibiting it. This is despite XDA's rules.

Regardless of the length of the actual punishment, I think we can all agree that it is most definitely illegal. We I think can also agree that we do not want XDA to get into trouble for it. Which is why we try to avoid discussing it, and try to avoid thinking about it.

A person changing the IMEI, even if only for personal purposes, is in violation of subsection a, paragraph 1, and may also be in violation of paragraphs 2, 5, 7 and 9. Under subsection c, paragraph 1, violations of subsection a, paragraphs 1 and 7 both are subject to a fine, imprisonment for up to 10 years, or both. Violation of subsection a paragraph 5 and 9 ups the term of imprisonment to not more than 15 years. Should this happen after already having been convicted of a crime under this part of the US code, the maximum term of imprisonment is 20 years. There is nothing in the penalties subsection of this part of the US code which provides for a maximum term of 3 years. Subsection b paragraph 1 provides a penalty for anyone who conspires with a group to break the law, and that penalty is the maximum fine permitted, up to 5 years, or up to 7-1/2 years in prison.

Everything I said I can back up with documentation and facts. What do you have other than opinion?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] sasory:
Hey friends! Enough of this flood! Let's look for a working way to unlock the bootloader from Verizon Pixel
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] bobby janow:
Wake up.. you're having a bad dream.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] SirDoogieHouserMD.Esq2000:
What part of intent to commit fraud don't you understand?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
The person whose question spawned this discussion had intent. Subsection a, paragraph 9 however doesn't require intent at all. Merely using a device that has been so modified is sufficient.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] gcodori:
Has any of these been looked at? Is there a way to check out the stuff reported by Krypotwire in detail?

https://boingboing.net/2018/08/14/tweaks-made-to-android-os-are.html
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] siggey:
Seamus is an apple fan, wired is only on the apple side from the beginning, this is terrorism made to acquire other costumers.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] gcodori:
I feel like I'm not getting what you're saying. Seamus? Wired, as in the magazine? Terrorism? WAT??

Don't do drugs, kids
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] siggey:
World is beautiful because everyone can believe what he want, old man. And sorry, but I think your discussion is OT here. You can open your UFO thread somewhere... Here we speak about Verizon temp root bounty..... But if you want we can speak about mangos...
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] IndyRoadie:
Pretty sure you do that with the Andromeda/Substratum set up..
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
Only on Android 8.x. Andromeda and Substratum no longer work with an unrooted Android 9 device due to themes needing to be signed with the system key. So...since the Verizon P2XL can't be rooted at this time, no themes for you if running Android 9.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] gcodori:
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UFOs? Mangos? :confused:

DAFUQ??

I posted about newly discovered vulnerabilities in Android that could allow for root access. You took one hit of the crack pipe and started talking about terrorists, some dude names Seamus, mangos and UFOs. Then tell me I"M the one off topic.

Crack is whack.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] siggey:
Oh you are right, crack is good here.... But probably also near you, that post about discovered vulnerability on customized version of Android.... On a pixel forum...

From the page you linked:

If you’re looking for a place to point an accusing finger, aim it toward the crackerjack software devs working for Android smartphone manufacturers like Asus, LG and ZTE. Their meddling with Google’s code to give their company’s handsets their own special flavor are where the security headaches begin and end.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] jjj551280jjj:
potential great news, I spoke with a member of verizons "Software Services" team, this representative was very knowledgeable on verizons modifications of OEM device firmware and claimed to be part of the team responsible for getting devices ready for the end user, his answers to my questions followed very close to what everyone else has been told "We do not have to unlock your bootloaders, only remove carrier limiting firmware on the device" ... BLAH. This all changed however after speaking with him about the potential for an unlock by reverse engineering the bootloader, he was very happy to tell me that Verizon does not modify its bootloader at all, and that "All pixel devices have the capability of locking up when accessing the Verizon network, they just lack the provisioning out of the box." That really got me thinking, tonight I will start working on disassembling my nam memory (the code to enable diag mode is 000000) and you can use CDMAtool or DFS by booting into LG Download mode (Vol - when plugging into a PC) if all goes well, we may have a way to reenable the method of disabling com.android.phone to achieve bootloader unlock
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] jjj551280jjj:
not to get anyone too excited, but I was dinking around with pm, looking at permissions and disabling almost everything that wasn't settings, or required for settings, I DID manage to get the developer OEM unlock menu to check, and getprop showed [sys.oem_unlock_allowed]: [1], I don't have to time until tonight to go into the bootloader and try to unlock as I have plans shortly, but I will get into all of that tonight, and if it works, I will have a working bootloader unlock method for the pixel 2xl VZW.

P.S. Im running the latest android 9.0 OS version and this DID require editing my nam using DFS
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Gerr1985:
Assuming you got it, and it works... many bounties will be paid to you!
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] jjj551280jjj:
I don't want the bounty, I just want to get back at Verizon for @#$&ing me over, if it works everyone should donate their bounty payoff to early termination fees ?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] headcreepz:
Keeping my fingers crossed!!
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] jjj551280jjj:
How to unlock bootloader:

BEFORE ANYTHING RESTART THE DEVICE.

once restarted go into settings and do a factory data reset WITH YOUR VZW SIM INSERTED.

once it hits the "G" logo with the loading bar, force reset into the bootloader, and then boot into recovery.

NOW REMOVE YOUR SIM CARD, and reinsert until the FIRST POP feeling. not entirely. For whatever reason when the initial reset is done without the sim card it DOES NOT work, and it does not work without the sim partially inserted.

Factory data reset the device -TWICE- and then reboot with no sim, and skip throught the set up menu.

enable ADB in settings and enter the following commands:

taimen:/ $ pm uninstall --user 0 com.android.vzwomatrigger

Success

taimen:/ $ pm uninstall --user 0 com.android.phone

Success

taimen:/ $ pm uninstall --user 0 com.verizon.llkagent

Success

taimen:/ $ pm uninstall --user 0 com.customermobile.preload.vzw

Success

taimen:/ $ pm uninstall --user 0 com.qualcomm.ltebc_vzw

Success

taimen:/ $ pm uninstall --user 0 com.verizon.mips.services

Connect to wifi, go to google.com and search anything. wait 3-5 minutes, payload.

IMPORTANT: DO NOT RESTART AND BOOT INTO BOOTLOADER- USE HARDWARE BUTTONS TO FORCE RESTART INTO BOOTLOADER
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] nomisunrider:
Awesome!

Looking forward to hear results from others.