[solved] Best Buy version cannot be bootloader unlocked?!

[mingkee]

Perhaps I have to shell out $35 restocking fee
I just got G7 from Best Buy and it's open market model. I ran fastboot command (fastboot oem get_unlock_data) and successfully retrieved required data, but after I sent the data, I got a return: "Your device does not qualify for bootloader unlocking."
Isn't the model sold by Best Buy open market?

Update: read #3 reply.
Now unlock data is accepted.

 

[fix-this!]

i just got mine yesterday too. its possible they didn't add it to the list yet. it was just released yesterday. either that or you entered the commands wrong.

 

[mingkee]

I resubmitted same code today, and now it's accepted.
OEM unlock code should be delivered through email in few hours.

 

[cubano2031]

What's the point of unlock the bootloader? I mean I Know if root but you broke the option to update the phone

 

[internetpilot]

What's the point of unlock the bootloader? I mean I Know if root but you broke the option to update the phone

The G7 should still get OTA updates with an unlocked bootloader. My Moto G5S Plus does (did).

 

[cubano2031]

Mine gets updates but i can't install any of the updates...same thing with my Moto Z3 play ...i got the updates but i cannot install the update...

 

[mingkee]

You will not be able to install OTA after it's rooted. You have to install full ROM and patch boot.img within and root again
Alternative method: if you have "the current" version full ROM, just flash the original boot.img and install OTA, and regain root using the method above with the latest full ROM

 

[maybeme2]

Can the new moto 7 be rooted (and if necessary unroofed). Otherwise what benefit is derived from merely unlocking the bootloader?

 

[internetpilot]

Can the new moto 7 be rooted (and if necessary unroofed). Otherwise what benefit is derived from merely unlocking the bootloader?

You can do some root-ish things once you've unlocked the bootloader and still not be rooted. It will probably mess up your OTA updates, though, if you're not careful. I unrooted my Moto G5S Plus and flashed back to stock so I could take the Oreo OTA and security updates. I had planned on re-rooting it afterward, but then decided not to since I can't get any 3rd-party ROMs working on Sprint anyway. But what I did do was use ADB to edit the build.prop (for wifi hotspot and Camera2 API), which was the only reason I was still rooting Moto phones anyway.