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[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] kirschdog1:
What is the fastboot command to unlock bootloader? I keep trying fastboot flash cust-unlock xxxxxxxx.bin of course with my correct unlock token and it says something about not being able to preform commannd xxxx.bin?
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Dark Nightmare:
fastboot flash cust-unlock name-of-your-unlock-file.bin

fastboot oem unlock
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] jkeith1:
The bin goes in the same folder as your fast boot?
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] mang0:
Yes, whatever folder your tools are in.

*edit: well you could point to whatever location it's in as well. but if it's in the same folder you don't need the path.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] BIGWORM:
You may want to update OP. =)
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Haz3:
Hahaha yup
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] myredfast:
FYI... in case someone else has this issue. Adb would only show my device when typing <adb devices> when the phone was actually on no matter how my USB config was set. When in fastboot adb would show my device at all, it was blank. Kept trying to fix w/o success. Just typed in the flash command with options and it worked anyway.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] shusuke028:
Glad you figured it out! But when you're in fastboot mode, in order to see if your device is detected, you should run 'fastboot devices', then your device should show up. 'Adb devices' will only show if your device is in recovery, or if your phone is on.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] nima0003:
It's possible with msmtool now
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] myredfast:
That makes sense, all the comments say otherwise lol thanks for the info for future!!!
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Desertio:
Mine is still "in progress" also. I can't complain though. I had the Oneplus 6T for all of 4 hours before i got the sim unlock done. I told the tech that i talked to, that I am a developer and unfortunately have to unlock SIM before i can unlock the Bootloader. He gave me the standard talk about the technicalities and what-not then proceeded to authorize the unlock right then. So, I'm pretty happy to be in this waiting line rather than the other one.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Taebom:
After many failed attempts with T-Mobile for getting my sim unlocked I finally got it done through a service. Just waiting on OnePlus now ?
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] hartleyshc:
Do those still work? Like the old stick in another Sim and type in a code type of thing?
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Taebom:
Kinda like that. You can just do a simple Google search. Not sure if it's allowed here so PM is ?️ if anyone is interested.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Dark Nightmare:
There are app unlock services available, much like sim unlock services, sometimes a bit pricey though, noticed samsung devices have some kind of backdoor that make them cheaper oddly enough.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] hartleyshc:
Yeah I think the last phone I sim unlocked was my work provided S4. It was super easy. Go into the phone service menu, change a setting, stick in a new sim and that's it.

But it makes sense that they're unlock app services. Since that's at least how TMobile unlocks their phones. I've just been out of loop with this for so long with my last 3 phones being Nexus phones, I was curious as to how it's done now.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Dark Nightmare:
Two methods I know of:

1. Seller has access to the t-mobile database and marks device as eligible (this one is iffy and t-mobile locks them out every now and then, last I was reading it was employees on the inside doing it on behalf of sellers for a price i assume, it was a big problem when they first started the app program)

2. Some devices like samsung devices have an engineering/development mode for the modem if I remember correctly what I had to type in, this gives access to the seller who then runs a program of some sort that clears the device lock within the device itself. (I'm still curious how this works)
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Samsung also has octoplus boxes that have that capability.. 3rd party of course and they are highly suspect...
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Flyinace2000:
Just got the email from OnePlus that my bin is ready. How serious is the "your warranty is voided" notification?
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Dark Nightmare:
As far as we know t-mobile nor OP seem to care, despite showing you that warning.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] wase4711:
Is this possible?

I called asking them to unlock my phone for a international trip, ie "temporary" unlock..they said sure, go to the unlock app, turn off wifi, and it should show temp unlock..I did that, and it showed up..

I then rebooted, and opened the app again,and asked for a permanent unlock; a minute later, it came back and said "your phone has been permanently unlocked!!

I rebooted, went into developer option, and OEM unlock showed up! I activated the slider, got the warning about the dangers of unlocking it, and did it anyways, and it seems to be unlocked!

Could this actually be a permanent unlock, or in 10 days or so, when they have decided I am "back" from my international trip, they re-lock it?

thanks
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] stealthj:
This is a permanent unlock.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] wase4711:
thanks, thats what I thought, but it seemed way too easy...
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] nima0003:
Now go submit for your bin
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] wase4711:
yeah, not in a big rush to root; I only want root for viper, which has some issues now, and for some custom roms, which there really aren't many/any right now, so I can wait a bit..
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] treetolber:
So I just received confirmation that my bootloader unlock.bin token was ready to download. So I follow the link in the email, click the download button and nothing happens. No download what so ever. Anyone else experience this?
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] _nkay_:
I downloaded like an hour ago. When you click download, an alert pops up that says unlocking bootloader will void warranty. Any chance that alert popup is disabled?
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] treetolber:
Ahh. I guess I have it disabled in IE and Edge, so I tried in Chrome and voila! Thanks!
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] sparky2029:
Hey guys can someone possibly help me getting the unlock code. Everytime I enter the fastboot oem get_unlock_code command I get stuck at waiting for device. If any one can help that would be awesome. Thanks in advance!
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] candleworth7808:
When in fastboot open device manager and fix driver issue
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] wase4711:
there is also an all in one tool in one of the threads that will install the proper driver so you can complete the process..
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] sparky2029:
I was able to get the unlock code successfuly but now when entering in me IMEI on the OnePlus site to submit it, it says please enter a valid IMEI even though it's my correct one

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I'd anyone having a problem entering the IMEI while applying for the bin? I'm POSITIVE I'm entering it in right and making sure there are no errors and it's still saying enter a valid IMEI. Can anyone shed some light if they had a similar problem?
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Taebom:
Just double check with the *#06# code.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] sparky2029:
I did about 20 times

Now I'm getting " pcba code of this IMEI cannot be found"
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] sparky2029:
It FINALLY went thru, I gave up last night after saying it was the wrong IMEI and tried again this morning and after the 2nd try it went thru. I hope no one else will go thru this problem!
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
Am I supposed to be waiting on any kind of email from OP about this like a confirmation or something? I didn't get anything after I did this yesterday on their page
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Taebom:
Just go to this page and check application. https://www.oneplus.com/unlock_token
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] _nkay_:
You'll get an email.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
Thanks for that guys. Apparently something happened cause they can't even find anything pending so I guess I'll start over.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] 5ud0:
Sent mine just now and joining the waiting room :cowboy:
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Desertio:
Got my unlock bin in 6 days from the application date. Flashed without a hitch then rooted without custom recovery. Working perfectly. Can't wait for Official TWRP and some aweseome ROM's to come out. Good luck everyone still waiting.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] sparky2029:
What guide did you follow to root? If you don't mind me asking

I should be getting my unlock bin on Friday hopefully and I want to make sure I'm following the right guide
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Desertio:
https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?ur...share_tid=3865898&share_fid=3793&share_type=t
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] sparky2029:
Thank you, appreciate it
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] KOLIOSIS:
Got my token today (unlock_code.bin) & placed it in my ADB folder,booted into F/B & when I flash it,I get this message

cannot load unlock_token .bin

I tried re-naming it to unlock_token.bin,to match the fastboot command & likewise with the original name (unlock_code.bin) & I get the same message.

I double-checked the OEM Unlock toggle,so I'm at a loss.

Anyone know what I'm doing wrong?

I even opened the token up,to see if there was a code to copy-paste,but,it was all Chinese text,that didn't work,LOL.

EDIT:

I tried once again & for whatever reason,it worked this time.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] wase4711:
not that unusual for ADB to be weird one minute, and fine the next...I guess the end justifies the means!
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Desertio:
Glad you got it done.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] KOLIOSIS:
THX! :good:

Thought I was having a blonde moment (it happens,A LOT,LOL).

I did try several times before posting & my "blonde moments" w/ADB-Fastboot are usually typos,but nothing this time.

Of course,the 1st attempt after I posted my WTH,it worked....

My ol' Gateway PC is F***ing w/me,coulda swore I heard a very faint chuckle through the PC speaker, LOL..................... :laugh:
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Desertio:
I had a blonde moment doing mine also. I refused to type cd before my directory and couldn't figure out why tf it would go there.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] champ784:
Was able to Facebook message a rep and talk to them about unlocking my phone because I told them my wife was going to England for two months and needed a good international phone to travel with. She tried to get me to stick to temporary unlocking, and though she continued to tell me she could only do the temporary unlock, the app let me do a permanent one and now the app is completely gone! Success! She said her computer shut off in the middle of our conversation and that she wasn't able to verify my temporary unlock, but I guess she couldn't stop me from getting through the permanent one?... Whatever, I'm not gonna question it! Submitted bootloaderunlock.bin today and should hopefully get it soon! Glad I was able to do it so quickly!
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] KOLIOSIS:
I think I figured out why the token wouldn't flash:

As I mentioned earlier,my token is named unlock_code.bin

However,the command given by OnePlus on their site is unlock_token.bin

I had to go thorugh the B/L unlocking process again (soft brick trying to load up a fastboot ROM) & used the MSM Tool to restore to out-of-box condition.

Anyhoo,I was having the same problem as before,getting this message when using the OnePlus command : cannot load unlock_token .bin

I just altered the command to match the token name exactly as I got it & it worked on the 1st try w/that.

Soooooooo,if anyone is having issues,perhaps some unlock codes from OnePlus are named differently,IDK..

Just thought I'd share,perhaps it'll save others from hitting the proverbial brick wall.

Also,if anyone is curious & I'm sure it's been mentioned,the SIM Unlock survives using the MSM Restore tool.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] sparky2029:
Thank you for sharing that. As I was also curious if a factory reset would re-lock the SIM
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] KOLIOSIS:
Yeah,I'm 99% positive this is the case w/SIM Unlocking on any device.

Regardless of what you do to the phone,once you reset,or have to recover & restore to out-of-box condition,a Permanent SIM Unlock survives anything.

That's been my experience w/other mfgs phones as well.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] sparky2029:
Okay awesome, that's good to know
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] kwkw480:
Whelp! Now I'm waiting for my unlock code as of today :)
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] KOLIOSIS:
When I got mine,it was exactly 7 days,virtually right down to the minute,about 2-3 minutes after the 7-day mark, I got the email from OnePlus.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
Does anyone know why we have to wait 7 days to begin with? HTC, Moto, etc give theirs instantly so what's the deal with OnePlus and tmo?
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Dark Nightmare:
Probably T-Mobile trying to discourage users from modifying the device.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
That's kinda what I was thinking too. Or maybe just in case when an exploit is found to bypass the sim unlock deal, OP probably verifies it with tmo
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Dark Nightmare:
Based on the time of release, the process appears automated, so you’re probably right, they do have some kinda of database check in place... I think something I previously came across supports this.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] sparky2029:
Does it look like I applied correctly? I see everyone's says in progress and mine says applied. Just want to make sure this is right.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
Mine says the same thing. "Applied"
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] sparky2029:
At least I'm not the only one. Hopefully it's right. If it is I should have mine tomorrow morning around 7:30 am
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
Funny thing is that we both applied the same exact day but mine was four hours later lol.

Ya, hopefully we both get ours tomorrow ?
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] sparky2029:
I sure hope so! I did my wife's a couple hours after mine because she wanted to pleay with her new phone, I just wanted to get mine unlocked as quick as possible?

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I sure hope so! I did my wife's a couple hours after mine because she wanted to play with her new phone, I just wanted to get mine unlocked as quick as possible?

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I sure hope so! I did my wife's a couple hours after mine because she wanted to play with her new phone, I just wanted to get mine unlocked as quick as possible?
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] KOLIOSIS:
You're good,that's how they all look when you've done it right.

Give it exactly seven days & minutes later,you'll get the email w/the unlock.bin.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] nima0003:
Yeah, they changed the website since we did ours so your good.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] sparky2029:
Okay cool. Today's the 7th day and it's 10 mins past the time I submitted it so I'll give it some time. Hopefully I get it

Edit: I received it. Now off to unlock the bootloader and root this baby. Thank you everyone for the help!
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] sparky2029:
So I got my bootloader unlocked successfully but now after my phone restarted the unlock app is back on here and I can no longer toggle oem unlock in developer options, it's greyed out. Is that normal?
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] nima0003:
No not at all, flash international rom
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] sparky2029:
Does oem unlock have to be toggled to flash it?
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] nima0003:
No, bootloader has to be unlocked though which means it SHOULD be.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] sparky2029:
I'm sorry guys I'm an idiot. I just saw it was greyed out so I thought it got messed up but it's toggled on and greyed out so I think I'm good
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] nima0003:
Definitely the first time I seen TMobile re lock a phone.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] sparky2029:
They didn't relock it, I just overreacted when I saw the unlock app back on here. But it's all good, it's still unlocked
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
Ya man, it greys out on most new phones in the unlocked position because oem unlock was already run :)

Edit; how'd you get the dark and red theme
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] marcmarshall:
I noticed a post on the dual sim thread. The poster said his phone unlocked immediately after the SIM was inserted at the store. He it might have been cause there wasn't enough time for the network to register the lock.

I got my phone on release day and financed it on my account. I decided to check anyway. I ran the unlock app and was surprised that the permanent lock ran. The phone rebooted after and confirmed I am permanently unlocked. My advice is to not assume you can't unlock until you try the app.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] nima0003:
Yup that was me
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] sparky2029:
Yeah I just freaked out a bit. All good now. I'm rooted and everything :) I however didn't flash the international version though, I wasn't sure what the upsides of having that over the regular TMobile version was. And the theme is just the dark mode enabled with red accent, however I'm now using substratum with red accents
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] moist_line:
Hello everyone, the phone has been with me for about 3 or so days. I called t-mobile to get it unlocked a few hours ago and after the long conversation I was given the 40 day wait policy but after being persistent and speaking further with the support personnel, I was given a "temporary 30 day unlock" as she put it. So I opened the unlock app but instead clicked on the permanent unlock and the phone went through the cycle and said gave me the message that it is "permanently unlocked" to my surprise.

Now I followed the steps to get the unlock token but after entering the required information I get the message "PCBA code of this IMEI number cannot be found." Am I missing something here or is this really just the nature of a temporary unlock even when the unlock app had already disappeared. Appreciate the help :)

EDIT: Disregard the message above. I guess it takes time? It worked all of a sudden LOL
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
Same exact thing happened to me. I am thinking their website doesn't exactly get much attention from their team. But it works so lucky us huh lol
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] sparky2029:
That happened to me also. I finally gave up after trying about 100 times and the next morning I tried again and it went through
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] DriftorX:
Hello All,

Im trying to request my bootloader bin file. Im on the request page and enter all the information and click submit. It gives me a message saying that "PCBA code of this IMEI number cannot be found" any suggestions ?

BTW I just read the post above me to and Ive waited two days to try it again.

Update:

Just tried it again and it went through.

Status : Applied

Update time : 2018.12.01 12:00:28
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
I think you only have to just close the browser and start again . That's what I did it worked perfectly
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] jimmydee62:
My question is show picture of status can you supply me that address so I can look at my status?

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I had the same issue the first time I did it but ran it a second time and it went through hope this helps.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] KOLIOSIS:
Go here:

https://support.oneplus.com/app/ans...-bootloader-for-oneplus-6t-(t-mobile-version)

Scroll down until you see this:

OEM Unlock Service Webpage (Link)

Click on the link,sign-in & click on Check My Application.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] jdidtht:
Boom! 7days days on the hour,
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] moist_line:
Really cool how it's working out for TMobile customers. So is the wait really about 7 days or so? And how is our warranty policy with TMobile or OnePlus at this point?
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] wase4711:
If you've read this thread, you already know the answers to your first 2 questions..and, your warranty is with TMobile for now
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] jimlightner:
Quick question how'd you get substratum to work?I've been trying and I can't get anything to stick
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] sparky2029:
I didn't do anything special. I just downloaded substratum and swift black, checked off the overlays I wamted, clicked build and update, reboot and then go to manager and click enable and everything worked fine
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] jimlightner:
Ya I figured it out..lol..had a brain fart I was missing a step..been awhile since I've had a rooted phone just trying to remember everything.thanks for the response
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] sparky2029:
Right on lol, glad you got it working
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] moist_line:
I'm a bit lazy hehe. And plus, I'd like to know if there are others who got theirs a bit earlier.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] jamieg71:
I unlocked sim by calling in and they did an override, now sim unlocked. On the OnePlus page to request your unlock token it asks for your unlock code, I was never given an "unlock code" they did it through the app. What have people been putting in that box so you can submit your imei?

Edit, never mind, should have read better...
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] cd85233:
Hey guys so I got tforce to unlock my phone but no code. Just did it via the app. Is there a way to get the code?

Never mind saw the post above mine... Duh.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] sparky2029:
Glad you got it unlocked. Did you pay it off or are you on EIP?
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] cd85233:
I am on EIP, only one payment made so far. I asked very politely via twitter and the rep did it for me within an hour. I said something along the lines of, "Long time T-Mo customer with no desire to leave, can you guys make an exception to your unlock policies?"
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] sparky2029:
Awesome. Same boat for me, except I haven't even made one payment yet, although I've been a customer for over 10 years and have 8 lines with them. Took 3 tries though to get someone to do it
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] jr313:
Just got my phone Sim locked, I am also paying monthly , but asked politely on Twitter and the rep had no problems with helping me! Just waiting for my token from oneplus!
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] michael4561smith:
Unlock Mobile

Is it compulsory to unlock mobile for switching network carrier?
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
Yup, it's a must.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] cyberg0d:
any devs need a carrier unlock? only doing it for people that really need it done to help the community. can only do the tmobile unlock not the bootloader