Motorola X - Unlock Bootloader
This page tells you how to use your code to unlock your Motorola X bootloader.
Requirements:
- You must have already received your bootloader unlock code from Motorola's web site, or the Chinese website/middleman that was selling them
- You have already installed the Motorola Drivers, ADB, Android Platform Tools, and mFastboot
Warnings:
- You will lose all media and content on your device and will need to reinstall all applications downloaded from Google Play.
- Applications may not work anymore.
- You may lose encryption support.
- You may lose some key functions like telephone, radio, and audio playback.
- You could cause permanent/physical damage to your device.
- Unlocking your bootloader will not change your device subsidy lock status
- The bootloader has 3 states which are displayed on the bootloader/fastboot screen. Locked, Unlocked and Relocked. We can not set it back to Locked.
Process: (mostly copied from Moto's web site)
You should have received an email with your Unlock Key. Inside the email is a unique 20-character alphanumeric code that you will use to unlock your device.
UNLOCK YOUR DEVICE
- Turn off your device.
- Start your device in fastboot mode.
- Connect the device to the computer with a USB cable. You'll get a confirmation message on the device to indicate that it's connected.
- Open a command window or terminal on your computer.
- Change the field to show the path to the tools folder within the Android SDK folder.
- Verify that the desktop and device are connected by entering the following in the command field:
fastboot devices
You should see that your device is connected.
- To unlock the bootloader, enter the following in the command line:
fastboot oem unlock UNIQUE_KEY
The UNIQUE_KEY is the code you received in the email. It is case-sensitive.
- If the line was entered correctly, you will see a message confirming that your device was unlocked.
Congratulations! Your device will now reboot and you will see the screen below.
You are now ready to ROOT you X with Unlocked bootloader
To remove the "Warning Bootloader Unlocked" screen on reboot, see -> Replacing the BootLogo graphic
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