Let people know in the comments whether this works!ĥ. Attempt flashing the recovery of your choice via: fastboot flash recovery From a command prompt enter: fastboot oem unlockĥ. Hold vol up, bixby, and power (to go into Fastboot)ģ.
Also assuming the device is not modified from its factory state etc.Ģ. Type in CMD in the address bar, and hit Enter. Once you have created the fastboot command list, head over to the platform-tools folder. I'm going to try flashing twrp and rooting later today, but I thought someone who may not want to wait 7 days could try this and see if even though it 'fails' the bootloader may unlock anyway!Īssuming you have Fastboot and the proper USB drivers etc. Likewise, you could create the fastboot commands for all the stock firmware files using the below syntax: fastboot flash partition-name file-name-with-extension. Then I saw that Fastboot had an OEM unlock command, so I tried that, but it said it failed.īut then today, the 7 days were up again, and oem unlock finally appeared in my dev options again, and behold, OEM Unlock was already true! I tried the date manipulation trick and it never worked. Press the Power button to confirm and select this option. Press the Volume Down or Volume Up button until the Yes option is highlighted. Type the following command into the Command Prompt. I bought my S9 and waited the 7 days,did the unlock and accidentally let it wipe and reboot, so I had to wait the 7 days again. Connect the PC to your OnePlus 5 via a USB cable. This is potentially a MUCH easier way to OEM Unlock the S9.
