Android fastboot oem unlocking

android unlock fastboot
Holy picture Holy · May 28, 2017 · Viewed 35k times · Source

So I have got my phone in the bootloader and I want to unlock it so I type fastboot oem unlock <KEY> and I get this

D:\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>fastboot oem unlock ***************
(bootloader) slot-count: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
...
(bootloader) Check 'Allow OEM Unlock' in Android Settings > Developer
(bootloader) Options
OKAY [  0.008s]
finished. total time: 0.009s

Any ideas on how to fix?

Answer

Zakir picture Zakir · Jun 3, 2017

Try this:- (Note - This worked for me till Android L,M and N on Qualcomm's MSM chipsets)

  1. Enable developer Menu from Settings
  2. From Developer Settings Enable OEM Unlocking
  3. adb reboot bootloader
  4. fastboot oem unlock-go
  5. Device will reboot
    Partitions will get unlocked

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