Unlocking the Bootloader - BEWARE POTENTIALLY UNLOCKS REGARDLESS OF CHOICE.

mastridonicus

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Apologies as this is the first kind of thread like this I made.

I got my 256GB Surface Duo and decided to unlock the bootloader first thing just to get it out of the way for now before customizing it.

I did it the adb method after enabling Dev options and USB Debugging:
Code:
adb device
showed the device.

Code:
adb reboot bootloader
Rebooted me into the bootloader

Code:
fastboot flashing unlock
And I got a warning message, I decided I was going to screen shot it for here, so I selected DO NOT UNLOCK BOOTLOADER.

Well, on mine (recovery version 10/2020.812.86/202008120086) it just went ahead and did it anyway. It didn't even reset to defaults, it just boot looped until I got it into recovery and factory reset it there.

Will add pics if I can recreate the process. Just sharing for now.