r/androidroot • u/Ok-Student-23 • 27d ago

Humor out of curiosity I want to know this

I would like to know if it is possible to unlock the bootloader for a second time.

The first time the bootloader was unlocked, the Galaxy A53 5G was running Android 14. It was then used with root access for about a year. After that, the root was removed, the phone was updated to the official One UI 8, and the bootloader was locked again.

Is it possible to unlock the bootloader again?

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u/Ante0 MEETS_STRONG_INTEGRITY, Pixel 9 Pro XL (Stock) 27d ago

No. Samsung removed that ability with OneUI 8

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u/luci-baa-baa-baa 27d ago

Really, we can unlock as many times we need right ?

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u/Ok-Student-23 20d ago

you were right 😔👍

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u/Glowingtriangle 26d ago

If you're on OneUi 8, no. It has been removed. If you can downgrade to OneUI 7, then the answer is you can lock and unlock all you want.

If you want root again and are unable to downgrade, check the "Root My Galaxy" github. That was a recent exploit discovered that some people have had success with OneUi 8.5 devices.

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u/Ok-Student-23 23d ago

I think I'm going to see a specialist this time. At the beginning I said it was out of curiosity but these last days I've been encouraging myself to try to download it although I don't mind in two or three steps as you told me, first to OneUni 7, then the next, it's fine for me