Have I accomplished the first hardbricked pixel? :D

[sanogueralorenzo]

Hello guys. Long story short.

I managed to lock bootloader with a custom kernel by accident

So I couldn't unlock bootloader again because it wouldn't boot up to the system and any other solution wouldn't work because it required unlocked bootloader.

did fastboot continue and managed to boot into the system to enable unlock bootloader again from settings

fixed it.

Would be nice to have it in the main guide in a section: If you relocked bootloader with custom kernel...

 

[clockcycle]

Hello guys. Long story short.

I managed to lock bootloader with a custom kernel by accident

So I couldn't unlock bootloader again because it wouldn't boot up to the system and any other solution wouldn't work because it required unlocked bootloader.

did fastboot continue and managed to boot into the system to enable unlock bootloader again from settings

fixed it.

Would be nice to have it in the main guide in a section: If you relocked bootloader with custom kernel...

It is actually a sticky in the general forum http://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel/how-to/psa-read-relocking-bootloader-t3494614

 

[sanogueralorenzo]

It is actually a sticky in the general forum http://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel/how-to/psa-read-relocking-bootloader-t3494614

I don't think anyone would relock after reading that, but my point is that if you are in a google play pixel or xl there is still an easy solution but hard to find out there.

https://www.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/comments/5cbc9m/bricked_pixel_xl/

If you managed to relock with a custom kernel for ex. you will be stuck in the bootloader since you can no longer do oem unlock (need to enable it from developer settings but your device won't boot ).

If this is your case you can just do fastboot continue to start the OS, enable dev settings and enable OEM unlock from there.