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How to Unlock Bootloader of Oneplus 6/6T

The year 2018 was the year when smartphone manufacturers started to improve the camera. Oneplus also stepped up and launched its camera-centric phone. Oneplus 6 and Oneplus 6T both the phones offer OIS have dual camera setup. The phones also featured 6.41 inches of bezel-less AMOLED display. The phones were launched on Android 8.0 Oreo and are currently running the latest Android 10. Oxygen Os provides a lot of customization and it also gives an option to root your device. Users can root their stock firmware running Oxygen Os. For that, you first need to unlock the bootloader of your device. So if you want to learn on How to unlock Bootloader of Oneplus 6/6T then continue reading it and by the end of the article, you ‘ll be having your phone unlocked.

What is Bootloader?

According to Google “A bootloader is a vendor-proprietary image responsible for bringing up the kernel on a device. It guards the device state and is responsible for initializing the Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) and binding its root of trust”. Confused? So am I! let us leave all this aside.

In simpler terms, a Bootloader is a software that runs every time your phone boots (start). It contains a set of instructions that tells the device which program to load at what instance. It also decides whether to boot your device to ‘Android OS’ or to the ‘recovery mode’. Consider it a gateway, leading towards a road having all directions in technical jargon. hence, if you aren’t comfortable with the technical terms, you may get ‘lost’ in the way (if that happens, just remember us!).

Downsides of Unlocking the Bootloader

The biggest downside of unlocking the bootloader is that the warranty of your device would be void. But why do the manufacturers do this? The answer is simple. All the OEMs ship their devices with a locked bootloader so that the users could only use the stock OS that comes pre-installed.

The device vendors do not want the users to try out the customized version of the OS as they are launched by third-party sources such as LineageOS or Resurrection Remix. The manufacturers are in no way related to these creators, hence they distance themselves by voiding the warranty of the device.

How to Unlock the Bootloader of Oneplus 6/6T

In order to unlock the bootloader of your device, follow the below-mentioned points. Make sure not to skip any one of them.

Prerequisites

  • Your entire data would be wiped off. So before beginning with the process, make sure to make a complete backup of your device.
  • Enable USB Debugging and OEM Unlocking: Go to Settings > About Phone > Tap on ‘Build Number’ 7 times > Go back to ‘Settings’ > Head over to ‘Developer Options’ > Enable ‘OEM Unlocking’ > Also enable ‘USB Debugging’ from there only. You may also read our guide on how to enable it.
  • Download ADB and Fastboot Tools for executing various commands.

Steps to Unlock Bootloader of Android Devices

  1. Connect your device to PC via USB cable.
  2. Navigate to the folder where you have installed Android SDK and Platform Tools.
  3. Inside the folder, while pressing the ‘Shift’ key, right-click on an empty location.
  4. Select ‘Open PowerShell window here’.
    Unlock Bootloader Android Devices- Open PowerShell window here
  5. Type the below code to boot your device to fastboot/bootloader mode:
    adb reboot bootloader
  6. Now type the below code to unlock the bootloader of your Android device. Executing the below code will also wipe off all the data from your device.
    fastboot oem unlock
  7. If you get a confirmation message on your phone’s screen, reply in affirmative (‘Yes’, ‘I agree’, Unlock the Bootloader’, etc).
  8. Reboot the device by typing the below code:
    fastboot reboot

That’s it. You have successfully unlocked your device’s bootloader. The first boot may take a little longer than usual. That is completely normal. With an unlocked bootloader, go ahead and try rooting your deviceflashing various custom ROMs and installing tons of amazing mods, including GCam.

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  • Using this command “adb reboot bootloader” I can reboot the bootloader in fastboot mode. BUT when I use this command “fastboot oem unlock” is display “waiting for any device”