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[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] bruman2012:
This was my noob mistake :P

Thanks for the help everyone..

I didn't even need to reinstall the factory image (my 8.1.0 was booting fine in normal mode anyways).

I apparently was just trying to adb in bootloader when I should've used fastboot.

But yeah

PS C:\Pixel> cd platform-tools
PS C:\Pixel\platform-tools> fastboot.exe boot twrp-3.2.3-1-sailfish.img
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [ 0.707s]
booting...
OKAY [ 1.049s]
finished. total time: 1.756s
PS C:\Pixel\platform-tools> adb.exe reboot recovery
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
PS C:\Pixel\platform-tools>

Then it rebooted to the new recovery (TWRP), flashed the installer zip... all good, boots normal..

Just need to root with magisk, install a custom rom, good to go :good:
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] nolanjb:
Awesome I'm glad it worked!
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Homeboy76:
We all make mistakes, good job getting your bootloader unlocked.:)
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] bruman2012:
Thank you :)

And thank you everyone again for the easy step-by-step.

It was actually very easy but the process is stress-inducing especially if you've never done it before because one wrong move can cause some serious headaches.

I decided to go with [ROM][OFFICIAL][8.1.0]FireHound-v4.8.1 For Google Pixel[Sailfish] for my first rom, keeping on 8.1.0 for the time being (although I did fastboot the vendor images to both slots per instruction)... and yeah, reflashed the twrp installer, rebooted to recovery, installed gapps, reset.. booted up fine, set it up.. rebooted to recovery again, flashed Magisk, got root. Loving it everything seems to be working perfectly so far.

Might go with a 9.0 build later down the line but I think it's a good first rom to mess with and seems stable :)

Funny thing is my storage is almost completely gone because I did full backups of the Stock Rom pre and post root (6gb each, 12gb total) and once I installed Firehound (4.7GB). Of course I backed up EVERYTHING just to be sure not just the data, but still... something to go on an external storage :)
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] kinfolk248:
go forth and prosper little jellybean lol
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] HueyT:
Dude, after 6 months of giving up on this Pixel XL VZW unlocking, I went back to it and BAM !!! your magic "adb shell am start com.android.chrome" did the trick (regular opening chrome with my fingers DID NOT WORK). Thank you very, very much. :good:

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You may want to add this into the OP: "adb shell am start com.android.chrome" to open Chrome and browse around is needed to unlock some phones as the regular finger job of opening Chrome DID NOT WORK. I did not discover this but someone else did.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] DhA4G:
Bootloader Unlock

Hi,

Does the unlock work on the Verizon Pixel 2 XL on the latest official Android P with October Patch?
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] lafester:
Wrong forum.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
Negative. :(
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] defens23:
I am getting the Pixel 3 and want to give my Verizon Pixel XL to my son. My phone is rooted using Magisk and the bootloader is unlocked. Just want to be clear about what you posted. I can leave the bootloader unlocked and just sideload the October update and this will unroot the phone? If so will he be able to receive OTA updates?
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] perfectswanson:
No I do not get OTA updates I have to do it manually from the unlocked bootloader. You know install the factory images. I'm on the August update and as of right now I've been posting about not being able to update. Updating from the bootloader is not working I even booted up Linux and couldn't get it to do that either. I'm not sure what's going on right now but just a forewarning my brother. I'm about to attempt to know to sideload the update but I have a feeling that's not going to work very well. If you try any update uninstall magisk, then update.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Sass86oh:
Unless you actually relocked the boot loader by submitting the fast boot flashing lock command anytime after you unlocked it originally then your boot loader is still unlocked and you can just root the device the same way you did originally. Once you unlock your boot loader the option will be greyed out in developer options as a safety measure in order to prevent you from accidentally locking the boot loader with TWRP of some other unsigned code present because it would trigger boot loaders refusal to allow the phone to boot up and there would be no way to manually switch the setting in dev options to allow for the unlock command to be used in order to use fast boot to fix the problem. If you factory reset your device it doesn't lock the boot loader. You have to manually issue the relock command and if you haven't done that then your boot loader is still unlocked. You just have to reflash TWRP and then you can root the device. The bootloader is intended to prevent the use of fast boot to flash unsigned software. It has nothing to do with the phone being wiped clean with the install of factory firmware. Even if your phone is from Verizon there is no method for a relock to take place unless you issue the command through fast boot.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Curtismaximus:
Alright, I know this is probably the wrong place to ask this so don't hate me. I cannot for the life of me get adb to run on my Windows 10 laptop. Every time I try and open the app it immediately closes. I've been working on it for a few days now and I'm out of ideas. I've been reading and watching videos but nothing seems to make it work. If anyone has any ideas let me know what I can do to fix it.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] HueyT:
ADB only works if your phone is running and working fine in regular mode, with USB-C cable plugged in, AND USB debugging ticked "on" in "Developer Options" (tap the build version area 4-5 times). You also have to allow permission to do this in your phone when screen pops on. Test with "adb devices" to see if it's recognized. If it has several servers listed, type "adb kill-server" to rid of the servers and recheck with "adb devices" and it should list just your device (......................HTxxxxxxxxx)

Fastboot only works if your phone is in "BOOTLOADER" mode (get into it by using volume down and power button combination and then plug in USB-C)

"Minimal ADB and Fastboot" and latest Google USB drivers are best to do this along with a good USB-C to USB-A cable (some cheap cables are only for charging and not data transfer--original one that came with phone is best)
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Curtismaximus:
Thanks for the help! I tried adb devices under C:\> and it says "adb' is not recognized as an internal or external command. What USB Preference should I use? File Transfer?

Edit: I think I finally figured it out. I went through cmd prompt to access adb through C: and it worked the first time. So if anyone has trouble in the future make sure you unzip the platform-tools straight to the C: and then access adb through C:\platform-tools\adb
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] HueyT:
Cool, sorry but I was out. Yeah, you have to "CD" to specific subdirectory of the adb or fastboot commands. Your files also have to be there also. I put all mine to directory "adb" so easier to "CD \adb" to change to that subdirectory
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] perfectswanson:
I wasn't able to update using the factory images, until just now. What I had to do is copy and paste each command from the flash-all.bat, that worked fine. It didn't take long, either. Since your phone is already rooted, you used TWRP and have no original recovery in your recovery partition; I'm skeptical of TWRP's sideload feature, so I suggest updating it using the factory images. If flash-all.bat doesn't work for you, just copy and paste each line into the command line. Don't worry if you see "archive does not exist". Also make sure you have the latest adb fastboot files from google. I love this phone. Your son will enjoy it as well. I also heard some of the Pixel 3 features will be coming to the older pixels too!
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] alecthenice:
I think this post tells us how to get around the adb failed response

https://alephsecurity.com/2018/01/22/qualcomm-edl-2/

Can someone make a guide I don't know how to implement this myself? I'm not familiar with manipulating the dev info part here That is required to allow the oem unlock command. I have a lot of faith someone out there will read this and make sense of it.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] post-mortem:
To all, please keep in mind that the flash-all script will wipe out all user data, by default. If you want to preserve user data, you need to omit the "-w" from the line which flashes the new image.

Feel free to ask others for assistance. Make sure you K ow what you're doing, before you do it!
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Phalanx7621:
If you hold in shift on the keyboard and right click the mouse in the folder where your ADB and fastboot stuff is located you can just open a command prompt there from the right click menu.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] hupo224:
Wow this is really great. I picked up my first pixel phone today and was seriously worried I would not be able to root/rom it. Thank you so much
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] jaysongrube:
I second this. Tried it word for word and was a no go.. scrolled through this forum and seen this.. put "adb shell am start com.android.chrome" in the command prompt and that did it.

Thanks
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] zmedhaug:
in case anyone was wondering I couldn't get this to work on the Pixel 3. Never could get OEM Unlock to toggle. just stays greyed out.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] matalo:
I just got a used Verizon Pixel XL and even using the adb command to open chrome I still cannot get oem unlock to disable as it is greyed out. 8.1 with the April security updates applied.

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Scratch that. After resetting twice I was able to enable the oem unlock. Thanks!
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] defens23:
Is there any way to block OTA's from even coming in?
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] perfectswanson:
There is an option for it in the developer options. If you've installed TWRP you cannot sideload updates. I believe this is why I don't get OTA updates (even if I tell it to check for updates). Either way you won't get OTA updates. You will need to update manually with fastboot.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] xilanhthanki:
Does this still work on Pie October update?

I followed all steps but could not make the OEM unlocking toggle enable.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] perfectswanson:
No, I believe it's June 2018 only.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Clayton993:
I just got my Pixel 2 RMA in the mail from Verizon tonight. It came loaded with OPM2.171026.006 and I still haven't installed the sim card.

I spent hours reading this post and several others, trying everything I could and they all failed at the fastboot commands.

As my last ditch attempt. I factory reset twice, skipped setup, signed into my Google account and bam, the OEM unlocking wasn't grayed out anymore. So I toggled it, went to fastboot and used "fastboot oem unlock" and it actually unlocked the bootloader. I must of got lucky because I don't think this is a Verizon variant even though it came from Verizon.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Homeboy76:
Not sure about October, but it works on the September's Factory image (Page 43, smokinjoe.. post).
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Clayton993:
Can someone test a theory I have? Follow all the directions in the OP and AFTER enabling oem unlocking, log into your Google accounts through the settings (user & accounts>add account) and then try the fastboot commands? This is what I did last night and it worked for me.

I don't know if this will work for Verizon phones but I got a RMA last night from Verizon and was able to unlock the bootloader and install twrp and magisk.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] mackentosh:
I was just about to try it, bummer
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Phalanx7621:
It works on October updat. Several people have already tried it and reported success.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] DuMKaSD:
Don't know if this was asked already, but I'm about to get an RMA Pixel, which usually ships with 7.1.2. I unlocked the bootloader before without issues, but what I'm wandering is will we be able to tick OEM unlocking on and leave it at that without actually unlocking the bootloader and take Pie Update? I want to have an option of unlocking the bootloader down the road, but still have it locked for now (mainly for when Android Q port comes out)
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] lafester:
No, that will not do anything to ensure that you can unlock later. Best to do it now if you think you might want it down the road.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] 132ikl:
Not working on 8.1.0, OG Pixel XL.

The phone app is uninstalled successfully, but after connecting to the internet and going to Google, the OEM Unlocking is still greyed out even after waiting a few minutes with the screen open.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] post-mortem:
Exit the settings, then go back into it.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] crazykas:
worked perfectly on my verizon pixel. Thanks [MENTION=5642246]burduli[/MENTION]
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Homeboy76:
At step 8 try opening chrome this way:

Code:

adb shell am start com.android.chrome
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] GbizzleMcGrizzle:
So everything worked until I rebooted into the bootloader and when I check to see if it's unlocked it just hangs on "waiting for any device" any ideas?

thanks

Edit: the unlock slider is staying ungreyed out after multple reboots but my phone wont recognize my sim as being inserted

Edit: It's the adb shell uninstall command, once I run that the SIM is no longer available

Edit: Well after hours and hours i've realized my biggest problem is I can't connect to my phone in bootloader for some reason it just doesn't act like it's being connected. I've tried it in OSX Windows 10 and Linux same problem. )Interesting enough though i couldn't connect at all in osx until I installed bootcamp and windows and then later it worked...) .

So if anyone knows why I can't connect to my phone in bootloader mode please...
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] HueyT:
Bad USB cable or port?
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] GbizzleMcGrizzle:
I bought a new USB cable and it works otherwise just not when the phone is in bootloader. I just keep getting my head against a wall with this
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] post-mortem:
You have the latest fastboot? What does it say when you type "fastboot --version" ?

ADB does not work in bootloader mode.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] HueyT:
"adb devices" works?
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] GbizzleMcGrizzle:
Fastboot version 28.0.1-4986621

Installed as /usr/local/bin/fastboot

I know adb doesn't work in bootloader mode fastboot should though right?

[MENTION=5803877]HueyT[/MENTION] Yes ADB does work
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] post-mortem:
Yes. When in bootloader mode, fastboot should work.

I don't know if it will work, but while looking around I found this:

sudo $(which fastboot) devices
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] GbizzleMcGrizzle:
Yeah it doesn't return anything. I Appreciate it though. Just wish I could figure out why this is, I've never had trouble like the before. I think tomorrow morning I'm going to go to Best buy and try to hijack one of the display computers and see if maybe it's my computer that's the problem

Edit: so I booted into bootloader and plugged my phone into some HP at Best buy and I didn't see anything pop up on device manager idk if it should especially because it told me I couldn't use device manager on a guest account... Still seems odd

Edit: does anyone think I could try and side load a factory image downloaded from Google to restore my phone? The website says the boot loader doesn't need to be unlocked but... I'm not sure

Edit: I just pulled it an old 2006 MacBook to try and it wouldn't even connect in adb mode. Something has to to be up I feel like it should be a simple fix
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] danielson2047:
Does this still work with pie?
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Phalanx7621:
Yes
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] post-mortem:
It sounds like a driver issue. AFAIK, bootloader mode requires a different driver for communication vs. other modes. It's been a long time since I've troubleshooted hardware problems in Linux, so I'm not sure how to best go about that. Being a Linux user, though, you should be quite familiar with having to look things up!
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] frankiepiv:
Pixel 3?

Has anyone tried this for the verizon pixel 3 XL, which seems to be straight from Google with the vzw sim pre inserted (I'm hoping that's it, and taking out the sim will make it work) but I don't have the money or experience to try this, I can't afford to brick this
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] GbizzleMcGrizzle:
Well thing is I've tried this in Linux OS X & Windows so I'm not sure what slavish drivers I'm missing along the way I figured one of em had to have it right but idk...

Edit: well woke up this morning and the phone no loner will charge... Seems to be it was a hardware issue the whole time. I'm hoping google will warranty the phone... If not I'm kinda hoping replacing the daughterboard wil fix it
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Homeboy76:
Yes, Page 56 1st post
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] frankiepiv:
Thanks
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] tweaked:
Than you would no better than me. I just browsed his FB and though I saw it. I found him to be skeevy and didnt spend alot of time caring.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] GokuSSJgod:
Does this work on Verizon Pixel 2 XL? I HEARD it ungreys the OEM unlock but they fastboot doesn't work or something?
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] PresidentMcCain:
You could give it a try and find out ;)
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] GokuSSJgod:
It allows you to enable OEM unlock but the fastboot commands don't work. For anyone wanting to know. Unlike mr pow (he's a baller)
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Bramton1:
Can anyone point me to a good root guide for after I do this?
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
From the man himself! :good::good:

https://xdaforums.com/pixel-2-xl/how-to/guide-unlock-flash-root-pixel-2-xl-t3702418
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Bramton1:
So I've been reading about after people unlock the bootloader, the OEM Locking option in Developer Mode goes back to greyed out. However, a reboot seems to have fixed this issue. Would it be a good idea to do this BEFORE reinserting the SIM card?
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] 1maginary:
Wifi on my Pixel doesn't work. I have an ethernet to USB adapter so I can connect to the internet without the SIM card, but the option stays grayed out. Anyone know how to get around this? Do I *need* WiFi?

fwiw: My SIM card isn't from Verizon, I'm not even in the US, but my Pixel is the Verizon variant.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Bramton1:
TY, although I probably should have been more specific. Going to need to root a Pixel, not a Pixel 2 (technically not even a XL, but there's been no mention about this in those forums).
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
Ah! Yeah your unlikely to find that here since this is a pixel 2/P2XL thread. Probably need to check your device specific forums :good:
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Bramton1:
Will do, but... umm... you may want to check what forum you're currently in.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] ace_choker:
So this definitely doesn't work permanently on the 2 xl? Would it be worth resetting my phone to do or should i wait and see if another method comes out?
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] amend:
FYI This is actually a Pixel XL thread and forum, not a Pixel 2/2XL forum. Although I'm sure posts about whether the bootloader unlock extends to the Pixel 2 or not are likely welcome.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
Bwahahahahaha!....what a schmuck I am. Guess I got confused seeing it in the P2XL section with a link to this site. My apologies to all. In my face! ?
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] tweaked:
It requires connecting to the internet without a sim.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] 1maginary:
Which I have. The ethernet adapter allows me to connect to the internet without the SIM card. I even mentioned that in my original comment.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] tweaked:
Well its not working. This fix was found using a USB analyzer. That is all the fix there is. No extra info. No huge breakthrough on it. Just a leak... We can read you that again if you want. But it says to connect wifi. Nothing about ethernet. It even says on the oem unlock in the dev options ...."Connet to wifi or contact blah blah blah:. Thanks for testing that ethernet acess doesnt work. lol:eek:
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] jegaa69:
Tanks so much worked for me!
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Homeboy76:
If you have a 'Pixel/Pixel XL (1st Generation) go here:

[Guide] Pixel XL Android 8.1.0 (OREO) Unlock/Lock Bootloader + Install Stock Images/Custom kernels/TWRP Recovery/Systemless ROOT + May Security Patch
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] ayybee:
So I successfully unlocked (thank you so much OP! was just about to buy the service on facebook) does anyone know how to install twrp? I keep getting a "decrypt password" prompt when I try to flash it and can't figure out what password it's asking for... (it's not my pin.)
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] skyline_kid:
If anyone is wondering, this still works on the October Pie update.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] aaron828:
I just tried on my Verizon pixel 2 XL with the Oct.5th update and it still stuck in the locked state for me.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
That's because it's only for the original Pixel XL.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] TriggsIsMe:
I did it on a pixel 2 and the first part, after you type the command and restart, and my OEM slider was active. I could slide it. Then I went into bootloader and the unlock oem failed and now its grayed out again.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] post-mortem:
Follow the instructions here: https://developers.google.com/android/images#top_of_page

The command you want is fastboot flashing unlock.
[Google Pixel XL Guides, News, & Discussion] TriggsIsMe:
I tried that as well. Didn't work. I might have some good news though. There's a woman selling and identical model to mine except it's Google's not Verizon.

She said she'd swap it for my pixel plus $50