[Moto G7 Play Questions & Answers] EmileLonghart:
So, "bad key" is ok? I don't know? Reminds me of the days where the first Xbox I thought had a bad CMOS battery and the timer could never work, so I always had to reset the time/date on everytime only to figure out until it was too late that it was a capacitor meltdown.

I'm just worried about the "bad key" one day crashing the entire phone's stock firmware and Android OS. Ya know?

I personally don't understand what "left it 2 minutes to boot".

I can still get to the bootloader by pressing the power button and volume down. Once I'm in the bootloader, I get on over to the recovery and I tried your method back then and again just know(for re-curiosity), but it wouldn't work.

A while back, I found also other ways of trying to get into recovery mode by holding the volume up button the pressing power button. Pressing the power button for 10 seconds then volume down. Pressing the power button for 10 seconds then volume up. Pressing the volume down for 10 to 15 seconds then pressing the power button. Pressing the volume up button for 10 to 15 seconds and then pressing the power button.

Each method couldn't get me into recovery mode and even before using the LMSC I couldn't ever get into recovery mode by those same methods said before. And, I'm surprised that it has a locked recovery mode on stock. But, it has an unlock bootloader? That happens to be something that I don't know about and would like to find some info on.

I also checked out [MENTION=4989646]linuxas[/MENTION]sassain guide on how to install android 10. I don't know much about custom roms and, personally, I own a Nokia 6.1 as a work phone(cell phone and home phone on my AT&T carrier) and it has Android 10 cause it runs Android One.

However, that is my cell phone. And, Android One is great in that I don't mess with too many settings and I get constant updates that are sent out and help the phone run as my daily cell phone.

Plus, I notice that I use my Huwaei Y536A1 Fusion smartphone as my daily device(I own two now thanks to my father upgrading his cellphone too). I use it to listen to music, watch videos, etc. All the while, the Huwaei runs Android 4.4.3 KitKat, and I'm happy with it. When set up correctly in the settings, the phone can last just as long as the Nokia6.1 and Moto G7 Play in battery life when watching a YouTube playlist for almost 8 hours. It's crazy how this old phone can work so easily.

I decide to try and upgrade to this Moto G7 Play and that's when the "N/A" issue along with me using the LMSC to "rescue" the phone only to get "bad key".

So,....I'm pretty stupid in trying to fix this Hahaha XD

Either way, I'm ready to completely mess with the phone if need be cause it cost me only $30. I'm just wanting to fix this strange "bad key" issue now also with not getting into "recovery mode". And the "unlocked bootloader"(I don't know if this is an issue)? I can get into recovery mode on my Nokia 6.1 and Huwaei Y536A1 Fusion easily, just don't know why with this Moto G7 Play. Weird?

Yet, the Moto G7 Play still powers on and runs like it always does. I go into Settings>System>Developer Options and still find "OEM unlocking" greyed-out and saying "Bootloader is already unlocked" everytime since the day I bought it. It's just weird?

Anywho, flashing into Android 10 is kinda a "no go" considering "TWRP", I believe it's called?, has no official flash on Moto G7 Play which should be called "Channel", right? I would have to do something called a "dirty root" as described by another user to install something called "Magdisk", right? , And then flash a custom rom like Android 10 which all of this as I'm noticing in each forum seems to be a great hassle among many users. However, I'm only describing what I'm reading/seeing and considering the experience I'm having with this Moto G7 Play. I'm not too confident flashing it just yet.

So, still the questions do apply in that....

1.) I would still like to find a way to remove "bad key" whenever I boot up. Even if the "bad key" happens to never be removed from the stock firmware, but from the bootup screen at least. I don't know if this will require a "root" to happen for it, but I'm willing to try. Yet, I don't think it'll work considering I have no idea how to do it for this exact Moto G7 Play(Model: XT1952-6 by MetroPCs) and many others on this XDA platform can't seem to do it either.

2.) It seems the "unlock" bootloader" is not going away even if I use the "fastboot oem lock" on the Moto G7 Play. The bootloader shows it's unlocked and the developer options shows it's OEM unlocked. Which is weird cause I never unlocked it, and it came *unopened* by MetroPCs on a pallet that a Walmart employee and friend found a note on it saying for it "Goes onto clearance". So, I believe that there is a much, MUCH deeper rooted problem considering the "N/A" at the beginning of the bootup and now "bad key" at the bootup. I'm just wondering if the "unlocked bootloader" happens to be an issue".

3.) Same as "bad key" and "unlocked bootloader", I still got no idea on how to get into "recovery mode" I've heard from the Walmart employee that getting into "recovery mode" is important considering it could help me repair. I can't access it by volume and power button presses. And while typing this, I'm starting to try the fastboot methods yet still show up with the same issues in that all I get to is "No command". I'm still *highly unfamiliar* with "ADB/Fastboot" and I know of the many albeit confusing-to-me tutorials guide on these XDA Forums. I have only looked up ways for the Moto G7 Play by MetroPCs methods into getting into "recovery mode" yet to avail.

Will still say, thank you for the reply and sorry I type way, way, WAY too long. I'm just trying to cover all the basis on this Moto G7 Play by MetroPCs and it's current state. I thought I would go here as a last resort to see if I could get info and/or help on this smartphone. Plus, if anybody has future issues like I do, hopefully, I can leave a more coherent guide for others who are beginners(and I mean actually beginners) like me to find a better and easier way to comprehend the issue with there Moto G7 Play.

Thank you and hope you have a nice day.