Mine is no longer grayed out. I did not do anything new today and all the sudden I could toggle it today. From the bug tracker, it appears many others are experiencing the same thing. Go check yours out.
OEM Unlocking grayed out
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Mine is not grayed out as well on pixel 3 after 3 weeks of it being grayed out
I have 3 of the 3s(first order and 2 RMA units), received the 3rd with it working, and the previous 2 now are toggleable. Just spent my first day with the 3rd. The battery is pretty bad compared to my pixel 2. Wondering if it's worth giving one of the others a shot to see if it's better. Seems like it's bad for most though?
Can confirm my original phone is now unlockable out of nowhere. Magisk and titanium backup installed ?
Mine is buyed on bestbuy and still grayed out.
Even I update the new OTA.
Even I update the new OTA.
if i read that right, and you got it from best buy, then you dont have the unlocked version. So yours will be greyed out, best buy carries the verizon version which is bootloader locked.
But I see the Software Version on the box is PD1A.180720.030, not .031.
And I can use the phone without version sim card, it is NTT Docomo.
Is it still the verizon version?
its not sim locked which would allow you to use another carrier, but from my understanding you wont be able to unlock the bootloader. From past experiences best buy does not sell the unlocked version of the pixel phones.
Thank you for your help.
Now I can stop the stupid wating, return it and buy a new unlock one.
BTW. The seller which is from bestbuy tell me the phone that I bought is unlock version. Damn it!
They mean SIM unlocked, and it is. You can put any SIM in it you want.
It is not bootloader unlocked.
Most stores and tech support people do not understand the difference.
I have had my pixel 3 a few days, decided I wanted to root etc I am on EE I'm the UK, was gutted to find out I can't because OEM unlock greyed out, then after thinking of every way possible I can return the phone out of the blue I get a system message to say it's been unlocked??? How random
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The message you see there is related to SIM unlocked, not an unlocked bootloader. It simply means just what it says. You can use the phone on any carrier.
EE phones SIM unlock and bootloader unlock are linked as one, as soon as I got the message I went into Dev options and voila, OEM unlock available.
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I didn't know that. You learn something new every day. Just like they say.
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Try connecting to the internet. Cheers to Best Buy returns customer service. I stormed back into the store thinking they sold me a locked phone, and as I explained to the service girl what I was trying to do, she looked at me like a crazy person when I said 'root' and OEM Unlock. Then when I showed her, she was like um, it says connect to the internet. I did so, and it was un-grayed. Leave it to customer service to teach a software engineer over here the simplest solution! I feel so silly, it said "Connect to the internet" right there inside the grayed out box.
Try connecting to the internet. Cheers to Best Buy returns customer service. I stormed back into the store thinking they sold me a locked phone, and as I explained to the service girl what I was trying to do, she looked at me like a crazy person when I said 'root' and OEM Unlock. Then when I showed her, she was like um, it says connect to the internet. I did so, and it was un-grayed. Leave it to customer service to teach a software engineer over here the simplest solution! I feel so silly, it said "Connect to the internet" right there inside the grayed out box.
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