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Motorola X - Unlock Bootloader

This page tells you how to use your code to unlock your Motorola X bootloader.

Requirements:

  1. You must have already received your bootloader unlock code from Motorola's web site, or the Chinese website/middleman that was selling them
  2. You have already installed the Motorola Drivers, ADB, Android Platform Tools, and mFastboot

Warnings:

  1. You will lose all media and content on your device and will need to reinstall all applications downloaded from Google Play.
  2. Applications may not work anymore.
  3. You may lose encryption support.
  4. You may lose some key functions like telephone, radio, and audio playback.
  5. You could cause permanent/physical damage to your device.
  6. Unlocking your bootloader will not change your device subsidy lock status
  7. 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

  1. Turn off your device.
  2. Start your device in fastboot mode.
  3. 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.
  4. Open a command window or terminal on your computer.
  5. Change the field to show the path to the tools folder within the Android SDK folder.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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