Unlock ANY Pixel from Carrier
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webhook
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It still works now.
I used the following two documents to help me root my Pixel 5.
thattechguy_69
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Will this work with Pixel 7? I am trying to switch to a custom ROM but my carrier is blocking it, is an unlockable bootloader possible? I don't need the SIM Unlock.
webhook
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What carrier though? If it's Verizon, no bones for you today, this puppy ain't getting modded.
thattechguy_69
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Thank you this actually worked, needless to say it is a temporary solution but still a solution, I will never buy a Verizon phone ever again, they seriously go out of their way to screw their customers over, despite the stupid phone no longer being in a contract with them.
Hello,
I have a pixel 6 and am looking to root my phone (pixel 6 - android 13) to reinstall a clean version.
Indeed it is in MDM so impossible to unlock the OEM from developer mode, Impossible to execute adb commands such as fastboot flashing unlock. Recovery or factory reset does not change anything either and the phone always resets every 2 hours.
Also it has the December 2022 update which no longer allows removing the oobconfig (protected) package.
Is there any other way to root the phone, maybe someone has found a solution now ?
NB: the SIM works.
Thank you so much !
I have a pixel 6 and am looking to root my phone (pixel 6 - android 13) to reinstall a clean version.
Indeed it is in MDM so impossible to unlock the OEM from developer mode, Impossible to execute adb commands such as fastboot flashing unlock. Recovery or factory reset does not change anything either and the phone always resets every 2 hours.
Also it has the December 2022 update which no longer allows removing the oobconfig (protected) package.
Is there any other way to root the phone, maybe someone has found a solution now ?
NB: the SIM works.
Thank you so much !
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webhook
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Do you know how he made it work? His earlier post was saying Dec security patch locked everything and he couldn't get it work.
TIA
webhook
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He got it to work, he just tweaked Device Setup. I did the same and it unlocked my SIM
webhook
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My device is Pixel 4a 5G locked to Verizon. I used to do the oobconfig method before it got patched.He got it to work, he just tweaked Device Setup. I did the same and it unlocked my SIM
Hello,
Strangely the SIM works very well and I did nothing in particular. However, this remains problematic since the phone resets every 2 hours and I do not have sufficient rights for enable OEM unlocking and unlock the bootloader
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UPDATE AS OF 16 OF MAY 2023:
The security patch of December of 2022 fixed the patch, so it doesn't work on this version and newer ones.
The project is still alive and I am working to get the exploit to work on newer version, but for now haven't found any.
However due to the complex nature of the project and that I have little free time, expect this to take sometime until a new exploit is available.
If anyone has any ideas or suggestions please let me know! Any help is welcome
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Hey everybody!
So recently I bought a Google Pixel 4 XL. The thing is that in Europe they are too expensive compared to the US, so I bought one that was from AT&T(used of course). However is that I need to use my SIM on the phone, but of course, the phone refused to allow me to use my SIM from Spain. ⛔️
So after hours of research, I found a way to unlock it. Here are the steps:
1. Remove your SIM card if it is on the phone
2. Do a factory reset
3. Do OFFLINE SETUP. Also, DON'T PUT ANY PASSWORD OR ANY TYPE OF SCREEN LOCK
4. Once you are on the main screen, enable USB Debugging.
5. Connect the phone to the computer (I assume you already have the USB drivers, platform-tools downloaded and knowledge on how to use ADB commands
. If you don't have the SDK downloaded, head to this link and follow the instructions
)
6. Inside the platform-tools folder, open a terminal window and run "adb shell"(on mac, once you are on the directory you have to run "./adb shell") and then "pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.google.android.apps.work.oobconfig" (run them without quotes)
After this, you can already connect the phone to the internet and put your SIM in
.
This didn't unlock the phone though
. What we have just done is this:
When we connect the phone to the internet, it verifies if it should lock the SIM or not. So we did a setup without internet, so the phone can't do that. After that, we uninstall the package responsible for doing this.
So when we connect it to the internet, it won't check the SIM lock
However, the bootloader is still locked and grey out. This is because this app is responsible to grey or not the bootloader switch. If it is from a carrier, the package will disable the switch, and if not you will have the ability to unlock it. As we kill the app before it could do its job, the bootloader will be waiting until the package gives its answer.
Special thanks to this Jorge Cortés to make this post possible.
If you find the post useful, consider buying me a cup of coffee please with Revolut.
6Hello all! Happy to know the guide worked out for many people.
I haven't updated to december update, nor did a factory reset recently, but it can be the case.
There have been some months since I publish the guide so it wouldn't surprise me that google found it and fix it.
If you already run the exploit of course it won't reverse, but if you haven't and you already updated you are probably out of luck unfortunately.
Another thing I see commonly is why the OEM unlock google still is grey out. As I said on the guide, this DOES NOT UNLOCK THE BOOTLADER, it just don't let the phone check wether it is from a carrier or if it unlocked. As a consequence the SIM card will work as it didn't verify if it should lock some carrier or not, but in order to unlock the bootloader, the package that my script removes needs to tell the system that the phone is free, which for those who use this exploit isn't the case.
I am still working on that, but that is way more harder, especially for people running the latest software, as new software usually patches this things, making the exploit useless for newer versions.
I will keep working on the unlock method, and will have a look on how to update this to the new December 2022 security patch.
Though if anyone has any ideas or suggestions please let me know, it really helps a lot!3
I solved this with a third party app called Netguard, went to advance settings and allowed system apps. Look for device setup app in netguard and block it from wifi. You can now connect to any wifi without changing anything .
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