yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] strictlyphat:
Not true. I had a temp unlock done on the morning and a permanent unlock done 2 hours later.

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Use the filename that was downloaded. Or rename it.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] mepo12:
its been exactly 24 hours to the minute.... how do i know if i got the .bin? It still says in progress	2018-11-07 18:30:55
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] shusuke028:
Edit** Nevermind, just saw your time stamp lol.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] mepo12:
Finally came! maybe 30 minutes after it was supposed to. just flashed international OOS 9.0.5 im excited to see the difference!
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] shusuke028:
I'm so jealous :(. My time is a couple hours behind yours, so I'm just constantly refreshing my email/the progress page lol.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] djkinetic:
I should have mine sometime tomorrow night.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] mepo12:
it showed up on the records page first then was emailed a couple mins later!
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Dark Nightmare:
Manually, there's a thread in the guide section to manually root the device, follow that one, adb commands should be the same.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] mepo12:
followed it and flashed 9.0.5 perfectly. the script did everything for me pretty much!!
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] candleworth7808:
Owned phone for 5 days, was a JOD upgrade. No payments yet on EIP. Spoke to one Tmo help rep on Twitter, Bang! Now the wait begins. 6 days, 23 hrs??
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] djkinetic:
Just got my token a day early..color me excited.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] strictlyphat:
Every be warned unlocking bootloader drops your widevine cert to l3. Losing hd on most streaming apps.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] SmileBigNow:
I got the code a few days ago but didn't have a chance to unlock it.

Can somebody please give me a step by step instructions on how to do it, it's properly damn easy but I have never done it before so I don't wanna mess it up, also is there away to make a full back up before unlocking it so I should be able to fully restore my phone as this state after the unlocking process?
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] mang0:
https://www.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6t-unlock-bootloader-root/

Scroll down to the section on TMo variant.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] SmileBigNow:
Doesn't help me much because I am confused by this "fastboot flash cust-unlock <unlock_token.bin>” do I just write it like this or do I need to put in something in place of the word <unlock_token.bin> ?

And also there is no word about back up
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] BIGWORM:
It's whatever you name the unlock token file. When you download it, it'll be a string of characters, but you can rename it to whatever you want.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Shpongled01:
"Fastboot flash cust-unlock (tons of numbers and letters).bin" is the command.

I suggest just dragging the file over into your terminal instead of trying to type that non sense.

After issuing that command you'll have to "fastboot oem unlock" to actually unlock the BL.

As far as I know right now there's no way to easily backup because twrp has decryption issues, therefore we've been temp booting it instead of flashing it.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] SmileBigNow:
So I download the file and then drag it into the Command after I type this Fastboot flash cust-unlock? Does it matter where the bin file is located on my computer or anywhere is good?
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Shpongled01:
I guess it depends on what kind of fastboot & adb you have installed. If it's universal you're good anywhere I believe.

If you have the standard old stuff I'd put it in the same folder as fastboot.

When you drag it over you'll have to delete the reduntant filepath, or as the other dude stated, you can just rename to whatever fits your fancy, for example "Unlock-Token.bin"
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] SmileBigNow:
Afterwards I just hit enter and then I enter fastboot oem unlock ???
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Shpongled01:
Yeah, you'll see a success message or something saying you device is unlocked in the command window after flashing the token.

Then you'll have to enter the fastboot oem unlock command. Which will cause your phone to ask if you wanna unlock or not.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] SmileBigNow:
And once I answer yes few seconds later its unlocked, right?
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Shpongled01:
Have you ever unlocked a bootloader before? If so it'll be just like that.

In other words, yes :P

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It will of course wipe all of your data and then reboot and take a while to boot, and you'll have to go through the setup process again once it boots.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] SmileBigNow:
Well as I stated before I never did it, because I never even thought about it and needed it or could even, now that I have a OP it's literally the first time I could do it!
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Shpongled01:
Ah I gotcha. Well you seem to be on the right track, it's all easy peasy. Just make sure you always read things a few times and know what steps to take. Missing small things can become big hassles.

Let us know when you successfully get unlocked.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] SmileBigNow:
Will do, thanks a lot for your help, really appreciate
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] HaiKaiDo:
I've been wondering what in the world actually takes a while. Shouldn't the process be automated?
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] dchurch85:
I suittrd mine the night if the 2nd (Friday). I'm 4 normal days, but only 2 business days in. Could still be a few days.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] finkalink:
So I had to go through four different reps (2 on T-Mo site, 2 on through the [MENTION=259357]Tmobile[/MENTION]Help twitter), and finally the Twitter one let me unlock. They stated that two payments had to be on the phone, but they gave me a link to manually pay that two payments, and boom! I gave her my IMEI, and she flipped the switch on the backend to let me use the 'Permanent Unlock' feature of the Tmobile Unlock app.

As far as details, I'm Tmobile and I did the financing of the phone by trading in an old Nexus 6. I think the reason that 40 days minimum time limit was initially quoted was because they wanted those two payments locked in before they go further. Other reps told me I had to be fully paid off though, so I'm glad this one had the right news for me.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] treetolber:
I just had a chat session with a rep online. She said that for the same reason you told them that they would be able to unlock it after a few days of usage first. So I'm going to rush down to my local store and get one so I can start that process before T-Mobile decides to start blanket declining these requests.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] yungdetour:
Hello mates,

Nov 3 at 11:30 PM UTC, still awaiting.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Dark Nightmare:
It was in the HTC days, but i dunno how one plus does it.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] ozzmanj1:
I did the same, hated to get rid of my Shamu. I absolutely still love that phone, but I had mine for 4 years. Running Nitrogen and unencrypted made it a lot smoother, but it was at the point that it needed to be replaced.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Imotep95:
After you guys unlock the bootloader, can you use dual sim just like units from oneplus site?
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] hartleyshc:
No one has gotten their unlock bin files yet. So it's unknown.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Demonface.24:
Just submitted my request at about 7pm EST 11/6
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Exathi:
They won't unlock it for me
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] NikoZBK:
Are you talking about the SIM unlock from T-Mobile or the bootloader unlock from OnePlus
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] tech_head:
Probably the SIM.

FWIW, you can't BL unlock if the SIM is locked. At least on the T-Mobile 6T.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Dark Nightmare:
2018-11-03 21:43:42

Though I'm sure I submitted it around 17:43, not 21:43
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Exathi:
No I mean they won't permanently unlock my phone I'm trying to convince them
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Saythis:
Try saying you'll return the device and buy from Oneplus instead because you had expectations that paying off the device would mean you could unlock it. Then tell them you're willing to waive the 14 day return period for unlocking it.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Exathi:
Believe it or not I told them i was going to Spain for 30 days or more and unlocked the bootloader

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I believe bootloader unlock
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Dameon87:
You're talking about unlocking the sim, not bootloader. Sim is unlocked by TMobile. Bootloader is unlocked by One plus. Two completely different things.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] SmileBigNow:
Tell them you are flying out and you need to use your phone
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Flowah:
So the same blu-spark twrp works for TMo and non-TMo versions? After unlocking the bootloader, the method of booting into temp-TWRP recovery and rooting and Magisk is the same?
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] mang0:
People are successfully rooting with OnePlus 6T rooter, which I believe is the recommendation.

https://xdaforums.com/oneplus-6t/development/root-oneplus-6t-using-oneplus-6t-rooter-t3864238/
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] djkinetic:
I used the patched boot IMG without twrp needed.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] SmileBigNow:
the phone is now unlocked!thanks a lot for your help
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Dameon87:
Same. I'm not terribly trusting of something that I can't see exactly what's happening lol.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Dark Nightmare:
Just linked to this in the flashing thread, can't remember seeing it when I needed root and I'm lazy, but stuck with this method now since the app can't see my phone for some odd reason, lol.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] siloner:
Just got my unlock email from OP.... So IT IS safe to flash 9.0.5 without problems? Last time I kept up with it I think someone bricked it?
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Dark Nightmare:
https://xdaforums.com/oneplus-6t/how-to/guide-flashing-t-mobile-oneplus-6t-to-t3865966

Read before flashing, should answer all of your questions.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] siloner:
Thanks chief
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Bildo41383:
do i need to save the bin under a certain file or folder for this to work? im havinf trouble
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Krunk_Kracker:
Where ever your fastboot/adb files are, put it in that folder
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Bildo41383:
idk what im doing wrong, i keep getting a "cannot load" error...
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] nakamoniel:
Got mine yesterday, flashed bin thru fastboot, unlocked bootloader, immidietely flashed 9.0.5, flashed magisk thru sideload thru temp twrp, booted up, installed adaway, titanium backup and vanced youtube and gave it one more reboot. Man this phone is as close to nexus 6 as it could get. At less than 300 its like best possible upgrade I could have done. Loving it.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Bildo41383:
did you need to name the unlock. bin file for this to work?

NVM, got it.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Eliminater74:
Just applied for my unlock Token, So now its the 7 day waiting period, I had a few backup plans in store, but I decided to be honest and contracted T-mo though email, was contacted next day, and was told they would unlock my SIM.. Just glad I was able to get it done the legit way..
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Krunk_Kracker:
What are using for adb?
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] atrix_noob:
We all had it the legit way lol, nice hearing you did it. Now waiting for that bin file.

2 days have passed, 5 more to go.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Skenderbeggar:
If you rename your bin make sure there are no spaces in the name.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] sicerik 1980:
Just called TMobile and requested my sim unlocked, for the 4th time and they approved it just like that! Went thru the steps for requesting unlock code from One Plus and now we shall see. I'm so excited, I haven't flashed sine the LG v20 was out so hopefully I don't **** anything up lol.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] jimlightner:
Woohoo just got my unlock.bin..it was 7 days exactly.. unfortunately I'm at work till 6 am...been a LONG TIME SINCE I unlocked and rooted a phone.. can't wait..
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] RetroHetero:
Got my unlock.bin file this morning. Just finished unlocking the bootloader. It feels so nice to come from a S8+ to a phone I can unlock again. :3
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] BIGWORM:
I'm on the opposite end. It'd been a long time since I had NOT unlocked and rooted a phone (aka never), lol! I remember my very first smartphone, an OG Droid, was heavily modified to run the Verizon phone on Cricket still CDMA at time.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Krunk_Kracker:
I LOVED my OG Droid. Part of me wishes phones had slide out keyboards still.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] BIGWORM:
I'm like 99% sure you can find a peripheral attachment that produces something similar to that result. Though I do miss the full qwerty and navigation pad. It was pretty slick.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] ledvedder:
I just received my token. What's next? Hmm
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] mang0:
This of course! ? https://xdaforums.com/oneplus-6t/how-to/guide-flashing-t-mobile-oneplus-6t-to-t3865966/

The next 24 hours for me will be brutal.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] ledvedder:
That thread is a bit confusing. Is this the rom that I can flash, TMOUS_OPO6T_9.0_FULL_ROM.zip?
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] mang0:
That's the current Tmo rom we're on. You're looking for the 9.0.5 full zip under downloads in this thread (https://xdaforums.com/oneplus-6t/how-to/rom-stock-fastboot-roms-oneplus-6t-t3862516). Then follow the rest of the guide there.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] ledvedder:
When I type the fastboot flash cut-unlock command, it just sits at "waiting for device".
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] hartleyshc:
You're in fastboot mode, right?
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] ledvedder:
I'm all good now.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] jimlightner:
Okay got my token I hit download and nothing happens??.looked in my download folder and nothing.is there a trick or am I a idiot
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] justibasa:
I had the same issue. Ended up downloading it to my phone and transferring to the computer. You might try that.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] jimlightner:
I will thanks for the advice..
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] jimlightner:
No matter what I do I keep getting this
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Dark Nightmare:
you have to replace <unlock_token.bin> with the name of file you dowloaded, example:

fastboot flash cust-unlock sadsa343jkrj3hk3j32.bin

the name of my file was a mix of letters and numbers like a hex key, but i just changed the name to unlock.bin
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Addiso:
Rename your bin file to unlock_token and don't include the < >

Or simply type fastboot flash cust-unlock command and drag the bin file to the cmd and hit enter

Edit: ninja'd
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] jimlightner:
Tanks to [MENTION=4204048]Dark Nightmare[/MENTION] and [MENTION=4718504]Addiso[/MENTION] got it unlocked..it's been awhile since I unlocked a phone..BUTTT that's a simple process..what a Doof I am..
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] KMHartford:
I'm so glad, finially got it cooking with my unlock.bin. broke the hand cuffs off this 6t, bring on the roms, plus being stuck on stock T-Mobile 9.0.0 September is so gay knowing everyone else in the world has 9.0.5 November. I love this community!!!
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] phillymade:
Just got my SIM unlocked by Dee at TForce on Twitter, I still have an EIP as well, but now I'm about to get my bin code.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] SmileBigNow:
So there is a OS update for the T-Mobile OP6T and it won't install, yes my phone is BL unlocked and rooted, is it because of this?

And if it is how can I get it fixed?I mean to update?

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How could I go back to stock, lock the Bootloader and unroot? Need a step by step since I'm new to this stuff
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] KMHartford:
I went back to the T-Mobile rom and noticed this too .. the ota will download but will fail to install successfully maybe the bootloader has to be locked for it to update, there's no instructions to relock OP6t boot loader yet
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] SmileBigNow:
I'm on T-Mobile ROM, never changed it, I just unlocked the BL and rooted the device, you think this causes the installation issue?
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] ledvedder:
Is there any particular reason you went back to the T-Mobile rom? I'm considering it myself. Besides the option to bring up Google assistant from the power button, I'm not seeing any other big differences with the 9.0.5 international rom.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] KMHartford:
For some reason I think I'd be better off using t-mobile radio compared to the international version, although I don't see a different though but I just rather use t-mobiles, and I like the T-Mobile version of one plus launcher with the Google feed
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] SmileBigNow:
I didn't change ROM yet just unlocked the BL and rooted, now I wanna lock it back and unroot probably that's the reason for the failed update installation, is there a easy way of doing this 2 things?
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] KMHartford:
It must be because of the unlocked bootloader, I will retest once there are instructions how to relock the OP6t bootloader
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] ledvedder:
My T-Mobile rom didn't have the Google feed. It had the oneplus shelf.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] destinydmm:
I think you can side load the Tmo launcher. There might be an app here in xda somewhere about it
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] SmileBigNow:
So it's not possible yet to re-lock the BL?
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] KMHartford:
im pretty sure, no instructions yet though
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] SmileBigNow:
Fastboot oem lock won't work?
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] KMHartford:
trying now
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] mang0:
There was a guy over on another thread having difficulties going back to tmo rom and relocking bootloader.

https://xdaforums.com/oneplus-6t/how-to/guide-flashing-t-mobile-oneplus-6t-to-t3865966/post78185611
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] KMHartford:
nope although I can lock the bootloader, it flags the configuration corrupt and won't let me start the rom or wipe. so once you unlock its unlocked until we can get proper instructions to relock and restore
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] SmileBigNow:
And once it's unlocked we are officially screwed to get the latest OTA updates and we will always be stuck on the old build
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Dark Nightmare:
Or you can just flash the ota using adb sideload and twrp?
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] KMHartford:
because the bootloader is unlocked you can do whatever you want. Just can't take ota. Gotta wait for the full rom then you can flash
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] SmileBigNow:
Is the latest ROM already available to flash?
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] KMHartford:
Fastboot oem lock will lock the bootloader but you can't boot, flash or do anything, it's like a fastboot boot loop
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] SmileBigNow:
Maybe that's because you are rooted?
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] KMHartford:
Nope wasn't rooted. Fast oem lock will lock the bootloader but you won't be able to get out of fastboot. It puts the op6t in a fastboot boot loop. I'm fine with it being unlocked ?
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] SmileBigNow:
I wanna unroot and lock the BL just to get everything back to normal state
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Eliminater74:
Not sure on this device, but I know on my HTC10 from Carrier, unlocking the bootloader was possible, but relocking it would cause all kinda issues, but if its not carrier controlled then you can relock with no problem.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] KMHartford:
so far, once you unlocked with the unlock token, we are stuck unlocked until there is a way to prevent the fastboot bootloop. being unlocked is what I wanted so I cant complain, at least i can flash whatever i want
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] jimlightner:
Guy's just be patient thinks will take off for us..just make sure you know what you want to do before you unlock and root..make sure you know all the pros and cons..just my 2cents..
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] KMHartford:
I agree. be careful because you can brick your op6t and the warranty is already voided once you unlock for tmo buyers lol. if they find out you unlocked of course...
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] dami00976:
Imma be honest I've rooted every single phone because the Tom was always missing something. But man does this stock phone have everything, I just love it... I haven't had any of does issues anybody been having and I have the t mobile version... The only thing that maybe just maybe I'll root for is for the stereo speaker mod
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] ledvedder:
Problem is that the stereo speaker mod breaks the speakerphone.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] dami00976:
Well then I won't root. Dont see any reason for now
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] strictlyphat:
Be careful. Once you flash this you have no way of returning to stock. You will be stuck with an unlocked bootloader.

People are working on it but theres no solution in sight as of yet.

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Please add to OP since evryeone comes here to find out about the unlock.bin. Unlocking the bootloader is irreversible at this time.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Zachisimo:
Just received my token as I was reading on the forums
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] Haz3:
Done
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] strictlyphat:
thanks. for the unknowing it will help. i wanted to go back to stock to sell this tmo version and get the unlocked. but its gonna be hard since even stock tmo will have to be with unlocked bootloader.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] phillymade:
Well I don't know if anyone is still tracking, but I sent my code in and the wait begins for me.
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] jimlightner:
It was 7 days exactly for me down to the exact minute..
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] phillymade:
that seems to be the running time frame. Didn't think it changed or will at this point. It's just another week for development to happen and bugs get worked out
[OnePlus 6T  Guides, News, & Discussion] jimlightner:
Ya it didn't bother me to wait.. I'd say in about a month we'll see some really good progress as far as roms and twrp..?