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Oneplus 6 stuck on 'unlocked bootloader' warning upon restart

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      ronbillock @magdesign
      last edited by 25 Oct 2021, 17:23

      @magdesign Can you explain further? I have this problem. Do you mean I need to try and reboot about 12 times just to get the 1+6 to go into UT? Is that each time the device is restarted or just a one-time effort to get the device to restart into UT regularly?

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        ronbillock @portu51
        last edited by 25 Oct 2021, 17:26

        @portu51 Is this an ongoing issue? If so that about kills any use as an everyday device.

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          ronbillock
          last edited by 25 Oct 2021, 17:38

          I have the same issue. I flashed UT and things appeared to work just fine. As soon as reboot the device hangs on the warning screen and does not go to UT (or anywhere). I have read people's comments but nothing really seems very repeatable or logical of a solution in order to use the 1+6 as a daily phone if running UT?

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            TotalSonic @ronbillock
            last edited by 25 Oct 2021, 17:42

            @ronbillock - what works for me on my OnePlus 6t is to hold the volume up button and the power button simultaneously - and then it will boot into UT. Sometimes I have to do this more than once, but it eventually works.

            Best regards,
            Steve Berson

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              ronbillock @TotalSonic
              last edited by 25 Oct 2021, 17:55

              @totalsonic Not for me. That puts me into Fastboot. From there 'Start' hangs me on the warning screen and 'Recovery' puts me on the Halium Recovery screen. I am tempted to select 'Factory Reset' to see what happens and maybe start over.

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                Lakotaubp
                last edited by 26 Oct 2021, 06:55

                Not having the device myself I can only really use the the info on the device page. The help section at the bottom does give a Telegram group https://t.me/ubports_op6 that should be a good place to start for device specific help.

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                  toughcaddy @Digital_Wookiee
                  last edited by 29 Oct 2021, 10:47

                  @digital_wookiee My Oneplus 6 has the same problem after I installed Ubuntu Touch. What works for me is I simply use the power button alone several times. To be precise, when the "Bootloader is unlocked" warning persists for more than 2 minutes, I hold the power button to turn off the phone, and then hold the power button again to switch the phone on. Two or three times usually does the trick, namely, the bootloader warning stays for only several seconds, after which Ubuntu loads successfully.

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                    toughcaddy @toughcaddy
                    last edited by 29 Oct 2021, 13:21

                    @toughcaddy P.S. This bootloader warning seems to get stuck when you choose the "reboot" option within Ubuntu on Oneplus 6. My advice is to always choose the "shut down" option in Ubuntu instead of "reboot" and then to use the power button to turn the phone back on. If the warning gets stuck, then use the power button alone several times as described above.

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                      magdesign @ronbillock
                      last edited by magdesign 11 Jan 2021, 11:54 1 Nov 2021, 11:46

                      @ronbillock
                      Yes it is like this.... sometimes it will boot into UT on the first boot, sometimes on the 5 or so, and sometimes it takes up to 15 attempts..... it might make you a bit nervous in a stress situation but it will boot some time...
                      I am still trying to figure out any workaround, like connecting the USB cable, holding some buttons etc. so we could report a low-end trick to the devs 😉

                      this should not be a daily usage breaker since you will not reboot your phone 100 times a day?

                      Edit:
                      As @fantastic_sky46 reported, the dev branch seems to boot better now...

                      Oneplus 6 (A6003)
                      UBports 16.04 RC 2021-W32

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                        Lakotaubp @magdesign
                        last edited by 1 Nov 2021, 13:40

                        @magdesign The boot fix was merged into Dev last week and should be in the next RC update.

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                          toughcaddy @toughcaddy
                          last edited by 3 Nov 2021, 22:54

                          @toughcaddy I found a better solution than pressing the power button alone several times. First, enter the "Recovery mode" (not "Reboot to recovery"!) by holding the volume up and power button. When you reach the fast boot mode choose "Recovery mode" by pressing the volume up and down buttons and make your selection by pressing the power button. When in the Recover mode, select Advanced and then Power off. After that, try using the power button alone. If you still get stuck in the bootloader warning more than once, then repeat the Recovery mode procedure. With this approach, I never have to turn off and on my OnePlus 6 more than two times before it loads Ubuntu successfully.

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                            magdesign @Lakotaubp
                            last edited by magdesign 11 May 2021, 10:13 5 Nov 2021, 10:12

                            @lakotaubp
                            Thanks,
                            switched to RC channel (on 04.Nov. 2021) and booting seems to work fine now!

                            @toughcaddy
                            Just switch to RC channel or wait for the next release.

                            @Digital_Wookiee
                            I guess you can mark the thread as solved or partly solved ... 😉

                            Oneplus 6 (A6003)
                            UBports 16.04 RC 2021-W32

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                              toughcaddy @magdesign
                              last edited by 14 Feb 2022, 18:12

                              @magdesign Thanks, the Release Candidates worked fine for a while, but the latest small update (February 12 or 13, I think Ubuntu Touch 45, size 6 MB) resurrected this problem, I haven't been able to boot my phone into Ubuntu Touch for 2 days now. I have tried what worked before a hundred times, nothing works.

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                                magdesign @toughcaddy
                                last edited by 14 Feb 2022, 23:39

                                @toughcaddy
                                weird.
                                did you try to install stable with the ubports installer?
                                for me this always fixed stuff without loosing data on the phone.

                                Oneplus 6 (A6003)
                                UBports 16.04 RC 2021-W32

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                                  toughcaddy @magdesign
                                  last edited by 15 Feb 2022, 08:10

                                  @magdesign You're a lifesaver!! Using my Ubuntu notebook and UBPorts Installer, I was able to install the latest stable OS, 16.04 OTA-21, without losing any of my previous data. It doesn't get stuck in the bootloader warning.

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                                    al7iss @c00k
                                    last edited by 1 Mar 2022, 10:40

                                    @c00k Thanks! it works 👌
                                    although for me, I had to hold the 3 buttons, volume up, down and power botton connect to pc then launch MSM tool

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                                      toughcaddy @toughcaddy
                                      last edited by 27 Mar 2022, 10:49

                                      @toughcaddy Just wanted to give Oneplus 6 users a heads up that the latest stable version of UT, OTA-22, has the same problem with the bootloader warning. OTA-21 was free of this problem. Unfortunately, OTA-22 even fails to boot the very first time after installation via the "Updates" option in system settings within Ubuntu Touch. I was able to get past the bootloader warning (i.e. boot into UT) only after I installed the latest release candidate via UBPorts Installer, as described in my previous message. One has to select the RC channel in the UBPorts Installer during the installation.

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                                        toughcaddy @toughcaddy
                                        last edited by 27 Mar 2022, 10:52

                                        @toughcaddy No matter how unhappy I am with possible problems in the current release candidate, I am planning on forgoing all updates for at least 1 year.

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