Unlock the bootloader forcibly

marek_python

Yep, that was it. I wiped the phone and then downgraded. Now I'm gonna follow the tut and will report back. Thank you, Stefano, for your support.

Stefano

@marek_python Good luck. Follow the giude.

marek_python

Stefano, do you have by any chance the modified proinfo file ? The link in the tut (https://mega.nz/#!8ZJ01aZK!2WfKciJk1...EGua32_76hTBac) is broken.

Stefano

@marek_python I'm out at the moment, will send you link later.

marek_python

OK. Cheers.

Stefano

@Stefano https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ail3By0zWTU0GITQmvpyt9p3WzzvCUtD/view?usp=sharing

marek_python

Stefano, where should I dump the TWRP recovery image ? I left it on sdcard then I moved it into root directory but keep getting "error: cannot load TWRP_3.0_m86.img"
Where it should be located so it picks up on that ?

Stefano

@marek_python Need reboot to bootloader and from PC flash the recovery:
fastboot flash recovery TWRP_3.0_m86.img

marek_python

Yes, I know. I'm in fastboot mode and typed: fastboot flash recovery TWRP_3.0_m86.img but getting "error: cannot load TWRP_3.0_m86.img"

Hence I'm asking where it is looking for the file ?

Lakotaubp

@marek_python If I remember correctly you can go to the folder you have downloaded twrp to, open the terminal there then run the command.

Stefano

@marek_python Need to go on your PC to right directory, e.g. if you have downloaded TWRP to Downloads, then go to Downloads. (cd /Downloads ) if you're using Linux, not sure about Windows or Mac

marek_python

As turned out all I needed to do is to move the recovery file into in Windows and rename it to recovery.img . That should be noted in the guide. The fastboot won't pick up on the image unless it's called recovery.img

marek_python

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pat06

@Stefano Thanks a lot for the file !

pat06

@marek_python said in Unlock the bootloader forcibly:

(...) I followed the tuts on XDA site all UT community is aware of. However, I can't pass the point where I'm supposed to type "su" into terminal emulator. It just spits out "Connection to ui timed out" meaning it won't let me execute the commands where I need elevated privileges. And for overwriting the proinfo file I do need to be root in the session. So far I haven't found a way to go around it.

I had the same problem, Terminal just hangs. So I simply use

adb shell
su

and a then following with the procedure (using simply cp instead of dd)