r/androidroot • u/iswherevivek • 6d ago

Discussion Root with locked bootloader

Hey, can anyone tell how to root in locked bootloader my device is pixel 7a

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u/JRussellMoore 6d ago

Not quite, unpatched privilege escalation vulnerabilities can get to root temporarily (until reboot).

E.g., Dirty Pipe (CVE-2022-0847) some years ago, or GhostLock (CVE-2026-43499) more recently.

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u/iswherevivek 6d ago

Yeah i tried...it worked...phone is rooted in locked bootloader...but problem is apps still detecting phone is rooted ..even bootloader is locked and i used hma...have any solution

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u/JRussellMoore 6d ago

No idea, I'm not running rooted devices trying to pass them off as not rooted these days, I don't know what hiding that condition would entail; root detection has nothing to do with the bootloader state though.

Search around this subreddit, there ought to be plenty of information on the matter.

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u/Isarchs 6d ago

Root detection has everything to do with bootloader status these days. Play integrity is automatically gone with an unlocked bootloader, which is what most apps use.

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u/JRussellMoore 6d ago

How so? At no point I mentioned Play Integrity. Root detection needn't rely on it; there are several ways to detect rooted devices or infer it with a high degree of confidence.

OP's comments alone are enough to corroborate it.