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[Google Pixel 6 Pro] RebelPat:
I don't never really post on here...I"m not that good with computers...I certainly ain't got no degrees or college education like I'm sure most of y'all on here do. But I will say one thing when I wanna do something I'ma figure out how to do it whatever it takes. So I don't know if Verizon pays people to go on this forum and say that can't be done but y'all don't listen to em. I just bought a Pixel 6 Pro today Security Patch was still October 2021. I haven't even been fooling with the phone for a hour and I managed to use dirty pipe exploit to gain a root shell on a VERIZON Pixel 6 pro. Now like I said I ain't no computer pro an I ain't got no college degree but I'm pretty sure that if I can do that I can unlock the bootloader too. So yea anyone tells you sumthin can't be done its cuz they don't want you to do it, cuz ain't nothing impossible if you want it bad enough. Anyway, dirty pipe exploit you wanna root your pixel 6 pro from verizon DON'T LET IT SECURITY UPDATE and find the dirty pipe exploit on github. Now you gotta change the run.sh so that the dirtypipe binary is run with "-f" at the end or its gonna say unsupported product. Do that then run run.sh and run adb shell and then su and you got a temporary root.

Dirty Pipe Exploit (if you brick your phone that's on your body)
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] Nergal di Cuthah:
The people who say there is no way to unlock bootloader, mean it can't be done without an exploit of a temporary flaw. Flaws get patched. Flaws leave you exposed to security issues (in your case dirty pipe).

Those that say there's no way are informing that there's no legitimate way to root.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] roirraW "edor" ehT:
Exactly what @Nergal di Cuthah says. Is it possible it will happen? Yes, although usually, it's a device-specific or device series-specific temporary flaw that just maybe with a lot of work and experimentation might be able to be used to either unlock a Verizon device's bootloader. Keeping everyone who has a Verizon device to try to keep all OTAs away (probably very hard unless you never connect to Wi-Fi and mobile data), so that such exploits aren't patched is highly impossible, so at best an exploit will allow a relatively select few to take advantage of.

I was able to unlock the bootloader of my Verizon Pixel 1 (the last carrier device I bought) while it was on Android 7.10, and when updated to 7.1.1 fixed the flaw that allowed the bootloader to be unlocked. So yes, it does happen. It is wrong to generally tell those who ask about unlocking their Verizon bootloader that yes, they can since that's an unknown factor.

An alternative is giving a more complex answer, which is tedious and gets very old for how many times those with Verizon devices ask the question. So some legal-esque vague answers such as:

This is a messy answer and giving it to anyone who asks this question is probably just leading to a lot more messy answers, as surely they will then ask other questions to which we might not know the answer.

I suppose we can translate the above answer to something easier but still very vague like:
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] Lughnasadh:
Yes, gaining temporary root on the Pixel 6 Pro with a locked bootloader via Dirty Pipe is well known. I don't believe it survives a reboot though.

But the question is, have you unlocked your bootloader? And have you also updated to the most recent security update?

Because if you have to stay on the October security patch and have to do the exploit every time you reboot, well, that's not really feasible for most.

So the real question is, can the bootloader be unlocked via Dirty Pipe, will it stay unlocked during subsequent security updates and will you be able to root thereafter.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] LLStarks:
There's also a new 0day floating around today.

But the point remains: Unless you can override get_unlock_ability, root probably is not enough to unlock the bootloader.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] RebelPat:
Well as I said I'm no phone expert I just like doin stuff that I'm not supposed to be able to (rooting phones for example). But after hard-bricking the first pixel and returning it and bricking another one (although this one still has fastboot but apparently unlike motorolas with locked bootloaders you can't even flash a factory boot image back on via fastboot and it won't boot into recovery) and after finding out that even AT&T lets you unlock the bootloader after you've paid off the phone (which makes sense since it then becomes YOUR PHONE not AT&T's phone) I've decided to go back to AT&T and leave the unlocking of verizon bootloaders to people with college degrees...But I still believe it can definitely be done I mean if you acheive root there has to be a way to modify some data value or something to change the oem unlock to allow, I just don't know how to do it and I can't keep driving a hour to verizon and telling them my phones broke there gonna start getting susipiscous eventually, but i still firmly believe that it can be done and anyone who says it can't probably works for Verizon.

Edit:

Oh an to answer your question about system updates, usually once I root a phone an can get the bootloader unlocked I jus install lineageOS and manually add the su binary as well as the lines into init.rc an install a generic SuperUser app (not Magisk) I think its Phh Superuser so that I'll have root access. An I know someone is prolly gonna say "but how do you use apps that can detect root?" Well it took me awhile to figure that one out....But then I found frida which works like a charm on pretty much 99% of apps that try to detect root if you run it with a frida-antiroot script.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] 96carboard:
This whole unlock/root/jailbreak thing comes down to two things; numbers, and technology.

Technology is the easier thing to address. Some things are easier to hack than others because of the quality of the code behind it. The fruit company sells design/lifestyle, not technology, and consequently, what they sell is subject to bad code and easy exploits -- pretty, but ineffective. The stuff underlying Android is a lot more well developed and secure and this makes the job a lot harder.

But numbers is the more interesting part here. How many people HAVE non-unlockable verizon version of pixel 6 or pixel 6 pro? The answer is that its a *small* subset of the total number of people who have pixel 6 [pro]. How about how many people in total have iFruit? All of them.

But that's not all there is to it, because people, like myself, who know that they need their phone to be unlockable, will specifically buy it from NOT-verizon so that it CAN be unlocked. The result then is that you've got 10 or 20 people IN TOTAL with non-unlockable pixel 6 [pro] who want to unlock it, and everybody else really doesn't care because it doesn't help them at all since their phone is already unlocked.

Why would you buy a phone that is intended so that it can't be unlocked when you want a phone that is unlocked?

If you want to fix this problem, TELL the vendors through your wallet. Imagine if everybody refused to buy phones unless they were unlockable, then they would ALL be unlockable.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] phaelkyn:
Pretty sure I already know the answer but I'm going to ask anyway.

I have a new in box Pro 6, from vzw sadly. Never powered it on.

Is there any possibility that I could get the bootloader unlocked prior to it connecting to a network of any kind?

Dirty pipe seems promising but there is no link between it and an unlocked vzw bootloader that I can find. Asking before I set up the device and likely kiss an unlocked bootloader goodbye for the life of this device.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] Namelesswonder:
There is none at the moment, and probably won't be for the foreseeable future. My best bet for you is to either just deal with it or resell/trade for an unlocked one.

You can do many things to compromise Android to gain root now, and certainly in the future, but it's just going to be a transient root. The attack surface of the bootloader is small, and most importantly, the knowledge is kept secret. Only Google and hardware vendors have access to the inner workings, and only Google is the one to be able to generate the unlock token for a device to allow it's bootloader to unlock itself.

You could try bruteforcing the token for a device, or the key and algorithm for all devices, but it's a numbers game with the odds so infinitesimally small for you. The number of unlock tokens is massive, more than the number of grains of sand on Earth, more than the number of stars in the universe, more than the number of stars in a billion universes. You can't bruteforce it, you're going to have to find a flaw in the bootloader. Problem is, Google has a vested interest in making sure there are no flaws, as they have already patched several of them before.

Previously you could unlock the Verizon Pixels via a flaw in the bootloader, which was patched. Later you could unlock them again along with the Verizon Pixel 2 due to an oversight on Google's part with them handing out unlock tokens, which was also patched. That's where it ended, there haven't been any exploits or oversights since.

It would be nice for an exploit to be discovered, because regardless of the differences in the unlockable variants versus the permanently locked variants, they are all going to be the same if (and a guaranteed when) Google is no longer is generating unlock tokens (read: they cease to exist or their servers go down.)

Which is actually the current situation of my Pixel 6a. It's unlockable, but I can't unlock it, because Google hasn't begun creating unlock tokens, because I got it two days before launch.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] phaelkyn:
Thanks, that is what I figured. It's still a tough pill to swallow.

And thanks for the larger context, too.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] Talysdaddy:
The reason Verizon can easily unlock phones isn’t from their own choosing, it’s bcuz the FCC sold them a bunch of bands and one of the requirements with the sale was to allow users the freedom of choice and go with any carrier they chose hence them not carrier locking phones. This was way back before they even had the 60 day rule, Verizon phones came unlocked out of the box.. I’m no XDA writer, just a plain old dude that’s messed around with phones since the turn of the century. Your rant is a broken record that we see in every Verizon bootloader thread on every device here. There’s always someone who made the mistake and bought a Verizon device only to be butthurt when they discover they’re locked the funk down. What’s surprising is your lengthy resume here combined w/ the vast experience you say you have, yet still made that boo-boo.. You clearly didn’t write anything on Verizon, too bad, so sad.. We usually these sort of out bursts from newbies.. A few of them were pretty determined too, emailed everyone they could at Verizon hoping to over turn the way they conduct their business, only to be simply ignored.. womp womp..

The smarter ones gave up and bought an unlockable device.. curious on what an experienced XDA column writer would do,

besides starting to read what others here also wrote…?
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] Lughnasadh:
Think you're directing your unpleasantries at the wrong person.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] Az Biker:
Not sure who this condescending, self adulating nonsense was intended for, but it certainly isn't me.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] JR_44:
Would DirtyCred CVE-2022-2588 and it's higher privileges make this possible?
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] LLStarks:
Assuming the Pixel is vulnerable, these exploits have only been useful for temporary root access. Sometimes only very narrow escalated access.

Maybe someone can be bold and try to rewrite the build.prop to allow OEM unlocking, but all of this is insanely risky and inviting permanent bricks.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] electronika:
The thing I hate most about this situation is how badly Verizon even tells people about this. I've asked their support about this multiple times and they ALWAYS say it will be unlocked after multiple days... even if you clarify you mean OEM unlocking. Frankly if I didn't suspect it enough to find this thread I would have bought the phone and been disappointed. The whole thing sucks because carrier deals are always better than Google store trade-ins, but no root is a dealbreaker.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] rester555:
Unfortunately, chat support at Verizon does not focal with the engineers of google nor verizon themselves. They don't understand this because the phone is bootloader locked and can't be unlocked by Verizon's direction. So their cue cards for customer service don't even touch this issue. They have no clue and the best way to know is by going to XDA. I am not sure if google chat can confirm that with you. I think it will be hit or miss with their chat support.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] sensation4gking:
Let me know what happens after 60 my days, just got my vzw pixel 7 pro
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] vonDubenshire:
I need to follow up on this later with my documentation on why they did it (you're right) but they have no excuse anymore
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] vonDubenshire:
That's only SIM, won't happen. OEM toggle for unlock CAN be connected, as T-Mobile and AT&T do, but Verizon has a policy against it
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] artiabella:
So I contacted Verizon after purchasing a Pixel 6 Pro second hand from a retailer.

Almost same song and dance on Twitter. One variation: if I could track down the original owner (far chance in hell, right?) They would unlock it.

Same answer:. No it ain't gonna happen
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] anthonyguseman:
so this implies they'd unlock the bootloader if you were the original owner? or are they just using the word "unlock" too loosely and mean service-wise
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] Nergal di Cuthah:
Sim-unlock not bootloader
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] Yeedatoy:
I just woke up this morning and was casually freezing a bunch of system apps using hail on my pixel 4A 5G Verizon. I never even finished paying the phone off, yet it wasn't blacklisted. I've tried this a million times, basically everything to unlock the bootloader with no avail, I'm currently or was currently on the latest Android 13 update. I have no idea what I did, but after freezing several system apps like I said have done thousands of times before, I went to developer options to turn on debugging and noticed suddenly OEM unlock wasn't grayed out anymore. 15 minutes later and I'm running Proton AOSP on a Verizon 4a 5G
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] Yeedatoy:
All I can say is if you're on the latest Android 13, freeze all of your carrier apps but don't freeze the work config app, aka the device setup app with the blue icon. I didn't reboot, nothing. Like I said I've done it more times than I can count on this phone, so perhaps it's a bug on the latest Android 13 so hurry up and don't update until you have achieved it. I was on Xfinity mobile for 6 months before I stepped paying the device off, but I posted the screenshot with the partial IMEI so you can see it begins with a 35. What a freaking Christmas present. I was actually looking to getting another device, I even have a case for the device I was planning on getting.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] ballin2much:
Do you have a more in depth guide to this?
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] JR_44:
I'm running March 2022 firmware on my Pixel 6 waiting for a potential exploit, but doing the above seems very enticing.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] Yeedatoy:
Honestly I wish I did, but I'm not sure exactly what made it happen. I wasn't trying this time, I was just setting the device back up to run the apps I used since I could only use the device for limited purposes considering it was wifi only. I downloaded HAIL and Shizuku, connected Shizuku through wireless debugging and started freezing system apps. There's sim manager and sim toolkit. I froze sim toolkit because manufacturers use it to push unwanted **** to the device. I froze all apn related apps, but the reason I didn't freeze the device setup/oob.work config app is because it is what actually allows the device to detect an internet connection. If you freeze it, oem unlock will usually say "please connect to the internet." Ive done this on every update, so I would say your best chance is to be on a13 December patch because there must be a flaw.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Questions & Answers] Rachsutha:
xz2 Unlocked and cannot be locked again.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Questions & Answers] AnirudhUppaluri:
Why we cannot relock Bootloader for Xperia XZ2 ?

But when I restart my device it says something like lock 🔒 the bootloader to check for.....

Even I lost Xperia services and more... please let me know if their is a way to get back.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Questions & Answers] farukr1:
Unfortunately there is no way to relock as a user. If you have Sony support in your region try asking them if they can do it.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Questions & Answers] mak6021:
Blocking the loader on this model is not possible!!
[Xiaomi Redmi 7 Questions & Answers] aohanhongzhi:
how should I close the notice for cherishos？

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[General Questions and Answers] cloneme:
I can't find in my S9 settings, how to view my photos in landscape mode when phone is turned horizontally on it's side. Any help please.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] NLS:
Since some of you in here *might* have contacts in HTC... has anybody heard of any update over 1.90 any time soon?

Touch Pro hasn't got any official updates, we have a few confirmed bugs, its firmware version is in fact "older" than Diamond's latest (if we take that they go with parallel version numbering), so... will Touch Pro get any attention from mothership?
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] trimax84:
Got my P6P today and should have just come here first. Instead I've been figuring this out the long way and here are some thoughts...

Coming from my BL unlocked Pixel 4 on Android 12 rooted, I didn't think it would be that much of a leap. But maybe I forgot how I did it.

I first had to remember how to enter the phone menu by dialing *#*#4636@#*#* because I forgot that gem and my Google unlocked, BL unlocked phone was not autoset to dual sim dual standby. Two Verizon reps didn't now why I wasn't showing two SIMs/IMEIs either. Eventually got my main number loaded onto the eSIM which fortunately does not wipe away with factory reset because a lot of those followed.

Rooting took a bit of troubleshooting for me since I still old fashioned ADB and apparently I'm the only one that didn't come here to read the genius idea of adding --disable-verity --disable-verification to their fastboot line in the flash-all.bat! But eventually got that added and I like the idea of the future proofing that I saw in another thread for preventing reboots and injecting the patched magisk boot img after an update.

Speaking of updates, the Nov factory images on google servers have both given me corrupted phones and bootloops. Any tips for why? Do I have to wait for a Google-Fi version (bought the Google unlocked from Google Store)?

But I'm up and running now. Granting SU and working on SafetyNet. Next I'll be reading all of the bright ideas here that would have made my life easier. Love this site :)

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[LG G8 Questions & Answers] petrusalvesba:
hello I have a lg g8 at&t G820UM20t that works only with at&t chips, but I live in Brazil and it is not possible to use at&t, I would like to know if there is any way to unlock it to use with other carriers
[LG G8 Questions & Answers] MrLeronex:
It's probably possible to completely flash a firmware dump from another g8 with medusa box.
[LG G8 Questions & Answers] AsItLies:
I just went through this, don't know what a medusa box is but the firmware dump from another g8 won't work. I understand that the locking happens in nvm / ufs memory, nothing to do with the firmware.

I used remote unlock service, only about 25 bucks and it was relatively easy (relatively, there's numerous apps u have to install and quite a few details to pay attention to). You can find them on the tele group for v50/G8.

cheers
[LG G8 Questions & Answers] petrusalvesba:
where can i find this tele group for v50/g8 ?
[LG G8 Questions & Answers] AsItLies:
It's a tele-gram group, follow this link.

ask for lg-unlock.
[LG G8 Questions & Answers] AsItLies:
You can also visit this website. It's the same place but this is the web info about the service and all the options they provide. But when it comes time to doing it best to have tele app so u can communicate.

cheers
[LG G8 Questions & Answers] petrusalvesba:
I hired the service for 30 dollars and it really works the unlocking was done very fast and with a great service

thanks for the recommendation
[ASUS ROG Phone 5 / 5s] nguyenvancanhno1:
i am using rog phone 5 tencent chinese version and now i want to install it via international version. help me
[ASUS ROG Phone 5 / 5s] chairman011:
There are threads here that will provide this info for you.
[ASUS ROG Phone 5 / 5s] JazonX:
https://xdaforums.com/t/repair-rog-...ootloader-to-modify-country-cn-to-ww.4353865/

Asus ROG phone 5: unlock bootloader and root guide

Asus rog phone 5 guide note: you follow this guide on your own responsibility. also You should note that unlocking via the official Asus app will void warranty and blacklist the device for future otas. bootloader unlock: ! note that unlocking...

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[Sony Xperia 1 II Questions & Answers] ilovesony:
This patch camera does not work

https://xdaforums.com/t/kernel-magisk-patched-stock-android-11-kernel.4225561/

The boot.img patched with magisk cannot start normally

Firmware version：XQ-AT52_Customized HK_58.1.A.5.395-R11B

boot_X-FLASH-ALL-2389.img has been uploaded, I hope someone can help me

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SJUT0HHWNntMMvn6IBlGNvqlEBVaew59/view?usp=sharing
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] Arctic Matt:
Here are the .rm addresses of some BBC radio stations for live broadcasts.

I got these by installing Real Player Alternative (google it!) on my pc which plays the streams back through Media Player Classic. I then brought up the "Playlist" function in Media Player Classic and hovered the mouse over the encoded address which gave me the true .ra stream information to put into Real Player for PPC.

I have tested all the streams on my x7500 and they work a treat. I get a coach from Balsfjord to Tromsø (1,5hrs) every day and it has a free wifi connection for the passengers so now I listen to the BBC.

This method will also work to get stream information for shows kept on the BBC iplayer for 7 days. So if there is a live broadcast you missed you can listen anytime.

If you put these addresses into a text file and then rename the file name extention .rm e.g. Radio2.rm (not the stream address!) on your Advantage you can use them as buttons on something like claunch that will auto open in Real Player PPC.

rtsp://rmlive.bbc.co.uk/bbc-rbs/rmlive/ev7/live24/radio1/live/r1_dsat_g2.ra

rtsp://rmlive.bbc.co.uk/bbc-rbs/rmlive/ev7/live24/radio2/live/r2_dsat_g2.ra

rtsp://rmlive.bbc.co.uk/bbc-rbs/rmlive/ev7/live24/radio3/live/r3_dsat_g2.ra

rtsp://rmlive.bbc.co.uk/bbc-rbs/rmlive/ev7/live24/radio4/live/r4_dsat_g2.ra

rtsp://rmlive.bbc.co.uk/bbc-rbs/rmlive/ev7/live24/radio5/live/r5_dsat_g2.ra

rtsp://rmlive.bbc.co.uk/bbc-rbs/rmlive/ev7/live24/6music/live/6music_dsat_g2.ra

rtsp://rmlive.bbc.co.uk/bbc-rbs/rmlive/ev7/live24/bbc7/live/bbc7_dsat_g2.ra

The BBC is soon to switch it's iPlayer audio streams over to AAC but the method should work again so long as you can open the stream in Media Player Classic to get the address and then find a new piece of Software that will play AAC streams on the Advantage. (I think Mort's Player may do this already).

enjoy
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] Paultnl:
Another way is to go to www.bbc.co.uk/mobile/radio/listen for WM and RM links for all BBC radio stations
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] imaginarynumber:
or

http://www.radiofeeds.co.uk/pda/