OnePlus just informed me they will NOT unlock bootloader for a device on bought on Ebay.
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idonthatevests said in OnePlus just informed me they will NOT unlock bootloader for a device on bought on Ebay.:
@oldbutndy > Some N10 models can be unlocked without requesting a vendor key.
MODEL BE2026 - factory non carrier locked model for USA
UPDATE: as of 2026 Jan 27, there is a seller on ebay offering MANY factory sealed New-In-Box BE2026.
Seller has tested a few units, by charging, and batteries seem OK. (100% charged). Replied quickly and thoroughly to my questions so far. GOOD !
My hesitations: brand new seller (0 feedback as of this morning), no returns, & 2x average price of 10 recent used BE2026 sold over past 45 days on ebay (usually under $100, unless already converted to UT).
One more hesitation: IF 1+ 8 Pro gets UT port, it would be better for my needs than N10 (faster CPU & wired ext display, etc), so I would rather buy used 8 Pro than new N10, if similar price. -
@oldbutndy not really it would help a lot yes but you can use standard reverse engneering software to check it, also engneering roms have unlocked bootloader so you just compare that to the oldest release if an engneering rom exists.
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@oldbutndy i dont think a port will just happen somebody needs to activly work on it, with amount of money you spent on N10s if you sell those and buy a used Fairphone it would be better.
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@ChromiumOS-Guy said in OnePlus just informed me they will NOT unlock bootloader for a device on bought on Ebay.:
i dont think a port will just happen somebody needs to activly work on it
That's true, but from what I heard, that is happening. Well, at least for the 8 and 8t. Haven't heard about the 8 Pro.
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@ChromiumOS-Guy said
@oldbutndy not really it would help a lot yes but you can use standard reverse engneering software to check it, also engneering roms have unlocked bootloader so you just compare that to the oldest release if an engneering rom exists.
I actually spent more time looking into this yesterday. I did sequential question search using google AI, and asked about finding a bit to change, etc. The answers sounded reasonable (AI is sometimes very good at that, so I am not sure if all were true ...) For one thing, it said the setting was in special partition. It might have said encrypted. And that the special protection firmware in the T-Mobile models check any changes to that partition. I saved the interaction to a file, but have not edited it for clarity yet.
But it was convincing enough to completely give up on BE2028, and the Metro model (# ?). -
@oldbutndy i actually know the partitions youre looking for because I had to recover IEMI (a whole other can of potentially ilegal worms) you want to mess around in nvdata/cfg/ram i doubt it but you can check protect1/2 (sometimea called R/L) most likely its in some sort of *loader.bin i tell you the bootloader configs usually sit in some preloader so check for that.
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@ChromiumOS-Guy
Thank You. I might follow that up when I have a bit more time & energy.
I bought an easy-to-unlock BE2026 via Ebay, which arrived a couple days ago, and got UT installed.
I still have a BE2028 to try to unlock. Not worth a huge effort now, though. -
Thanks for all the helpful knowledge and suggestions you've provided all over the forums. I've learned so much.
Just an update. I recently tried to unlock a OnePlus Nord N10 5g phone. Unfortunately, OnePlus didn't give me an unlock token and I tried the recommendation of using oppo decrypt/encrypt to use the Global BE2026 firmware and package it as BE2028 (Project ID=20888) to match the phone model in hopes that the Global firmware would allow the option to directly unlock the bootloader from the phone or adb/fastboot (e.g. without requiring/begging OnePlus support).
I was able to use oppo decrypt/encrypt and built the new .ops file. MSMDownloadTool applied the fireware to the phone without issue. However, it did not allow unlock directly from the phone (still needed OnePlus support to send me an unlock token).
I may give the N100 a try since it seems this model did allow the unlock directly for you (e.g. OnePlus Support not required). It seems more and more, vendors are putting the cab-bash on giving out unlock tokens. I'm interested in trying on a phone where I definitely do NOT need vendor to unlock.
As a side topic, I did see an announcement recently that in 2027, Motorola will release some models (didn't say which ones) with Graphene OS. So, that is promising for the future.
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@Leroy_Linux
Hi, I think the GLOBAL model number is BE2025.
The easy to unlock (Oneplus unlock token not required) North American model is BE2026. -
I think we're in agreement. When I said Global I was referring to the firmware for the easy unlock. The 2 models of the OnePlus Nord N10 5g with the direct bootloader unlock (e.g not requiring OnePlus support to give you a token) are the BE2026 which from the Ubuntu Touch device page informs to apply the Global firmware Oxygen 10.5.7 and the BE2029 which informs to apply the EU firmware Oxygen 10.5.7 in order for Ubuntu Touch to work properly (Halium needs to interact with those specific firmware).
For this particular phone, other devices, for example BE2028 (T-Mobile) and another for Metro, are generally tied to a particular carrier initially, require unlock token from vendor support regardless if Global or EU firmware is applied directly to the device.
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