So a few days ago I picked up my X4 on Amazon to replace my dying old Samsung, (XT1900-7, 4/64) for 125€ which is a steal for the specs you get. After playing with it for a while I decided to unlock the Bootloader so I can root it. When I tried the fastboot oem get_unlock_data in fastboot mode It only says "Invalid Command" then I realised I have the Amazon Prime version (which had Alexa installed), which allegedly cannot be unlocked, and was stuck in Android 8. So after a lot of googling I tried Sideloading Pie in fastboot, which didn´t work. Applying update from SD Card also didn´t work (couldn´t mount /sdcard). So I followed this method here: https://xdaforums.com/moto-x4/how-to/rom-upgrade-directly-to-pie-8-0-locked-t3876127 (thanks to TeamRainless). I downloaded the factory signed Image from the MEGA Link: https://mega.nz/#!QQ1mgKpS!ce2kysojSUv9pzA-V4YE4kv5jg0S7X5X1lNrIWn6su0. I put the zip file (DO NOT RENAME THE FILE!) in the root folder of my internal storage, then checked the update manually in the Settings, and voila! It applies the Pie update in the 30 Minutes and now I have the retail version of the ROM without Amazon apps on it.
I applied all patches until September 2019 (PPWS29.69-37-5). I rebooted into fastboot mode and ran the fastboot oem get_unlock_data as usual and now I get the 5 lines of code I could use to unlock the device. I logged into Motorola website and pasted the code, accepted all the T&Cs, got the unlock code in my Email and now my phone is unlockable. I ran this in fastboot fastboot oem unlock *code given in email* and the phone was unlocked. When I rebooted the phone all my data was deleted so if you want to do this back up your data first! I hope this gives hope to all of you who bought the Amazon version without knowing. Good luck trying and stay healthy guys!
https://postimg.cc/gallery/XXVR3H3
I applied all patches until September 2019 (PPWS29.69-37-5). I rebooted into fastboot mode and ran the fastboot oem get_unlock_data as usual and now I get the 5 lines of code I could use to unlock the device. I logged into Motorola website and pasted the code, accepted all the T&Cs, got the unlock code in my Email and now my phone is unlockable. I ran this in fastboot fastboot oem unlock *code given in email* and the phone was unlocked. When I rebooted the phone all my data was deleted so if you want to do this back up your data first! I hope this gives hope to all of you who bought the Amazon version without knowing. Good luck trying and stay healthy guys!
https://postimg.cc/gallery/XXVR3H3
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