Do I need to manually unlock the bootloader or will Odin do it automatically?

[VXVish]

Hi,
I want to install twrp on my SM-P605. No root for now.
Currently, I am completely stock on 5.1.1. No root.

Do I need to manually unlock the bootloader using fastboot or will Odin automatically do it for me while flashing the twrp tar file?

TWRP file: twrp-3.1.1-0-lt03ltexx.img.tar

Thanks in advance

 

[ultramag69]

You shouldn't need to unlock the bootloader unless it's a carrier locked version (usually Verizon).
I have the P605 and just flashed TWRP via ODIN, had SuperSU on trhe sd card and flashed that to root, if you use a systemless version of SuperSU don't install it when exiting TWRP as it will ask if you want to. This may result in a bootloop.
Of course you could probably use Magisk now instead of SuperSU, just make suire to download Magisk Manager, you can find in a search, and the latest Magisk is 13.3....