How To Unlock Bootloader on Motorola One Hyper via ADB Fastboot

Lenovo-owned smartphone brand Motorola has launched its first-ever pop-up selfie camera device called Motorola One Hyper. The handset is running on the Android One program based on Android 10.0 out-of-the-package. Therefore, it also ensures that the device will receive two consecutive years of major Android updates and three years of frequent security patch updates. If you Here in this guide, we will share with you an in-depth guide to Unlock Bootloader on Motorola One Hyper via ADB Fastboot. Similar to the Android smartphones, Motorola One Hyper handset also comes with a locked bootloader. The handset runs on Android 9.0 Pie under Android One out-of-the-box. Therefore, it can be unlocked easily with a few steps which are mentioned below.

If you are new to rooting, then you should know that the unlocking bootloader of an android device is the first and important step in the Android rooting process.

Motorola One Hyper Software Update Tracker

Motorola One Hyper Specifications: Overview

The device has a 6.5-inches Full-HD+ IPS LCD display at a resolution of 1080×2340 pixels. It runs on Android 10 with Android One support and powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 675 SoC. While the device packs Adreno 612 GPU, 4GB RAM, 128GB of internal storage. The storage is expandable up to 1TB via a MicroSD card.

It sports a dual rear camera setup of a 64MP (f/1.8) wide-angle sensor and an 8MP ultrawide sensor. The rear cameras have PDAF, an LED flash, HDR, Panorama support. While the front features a 32MP (wide, f/2.0) motorized pop-up selfie camera with HDR mode.

The phone is backed by a 4000mAh battery with 45W fast charging support. It has the Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, a 3.5mm audio jack, Bluetooth 5.0, GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, NFC, USB Type-C port, etc. In terms of the sensors, it has a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor, gyroscope, an accelerometer, proximity, and a compass sensor.

Unlock Bootloader: Overview

The Bootloader is a program that starts whenever a device is powered on to activate the right operating system. It packages the instructions to boot the OS from the kernel. Like a smartphone, tablet, or PC, etc.

A Locked or Unlocked Bootloader is what gives you access to root a device easily. If you root your device, it means you have superuser or administrator access to the operating system that runs on your phone. Therefore, you can change some of the system settings, manage customizations, tweaks, etc.

Unlocking your Android Device Bootloader may get security issues. Android users often unlock their device bootloaders to root and install Custom ROMs. But it may void your device warranty sometimes. If your device bricked or stuck into bootloops, etc. For the same reason, Android doesn’t come rooted, smartphone OEMs also don’t want to unlock bootloader or root your device. It’s totally your choice and needs.

By Unlocking the device Bootloader may void your device warranty. We are at GetDroidTips will not be responsible for any type of bricking/damaging to your phone while/after following this process. Do it at your own risk.

Pre-Requirements:

  • To Unlock Bootloader on Motorola One Hyper via ADB Fastboot, you need a laptop or PC.
  • Keep your device battery charged up to 50% at least for a smoother process.
  • It’s highly recommended you to take a complete backup of your device internal data. All of your device data will delete.
  • You need a USB cable to connect your device with PC.

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Warning!

Please Note: This method is only for Motorola One Hyper. It will wipe all of your device internal data completely. Make sure to keep a backup.

Steps to Unlock Bootloader on Motorola One Hyper via ADB Fastboot

  1. You need to enable the developer option to activate OEM unlock and USB Debugging
  2. To enable the developer option, Go to your Settings -> About Phone -> Now tap on the Build Number 7-8 Times until you see a toast message “You are now a developer!
    Developer Options
  3. Go back to settings -> Now you need to enable the OEM Unlock by going to Settings -> Developer Option and Enable OEM Unlock and USB Debugging

    OEM and USB Debugging
  4. Download and Extract the Downloaded ADB fastboot Zip file on your PC.
  5. Now connect your phone to the computer using USB Cable.
  6. When you connect your Phone to Computer, please wait until all the drivers get installed.
  7. In your ADB fastboot folder open a command prompt window by pressing Shift Key + Right Mouse Click powershell
  8. Now type the command in your command window
    adb devices
  9. If you see a pop up to allow USB Debugging on your phone, Click OK allow usb debugging
  10. Now type the command below to reboot your phone to bootloader
    adb reboot bootloader

bootloader mode

  1. Once your phone reboots into bootloader, make sure your phone shows the bootloader locked and then type the command below to make sure fastboot drivers are installed properly.
    fastboot devices
  2. This command will list the connected devices. If your phone’s serial number shows up you are good to go and may continue. If the phone is NOT listed this indicates that your drivers are not installed correctly. To continue the setup, you must fix your drivers to list your device under fastboot devices.
  3. If the phone is recognized by the command above, proceed to boot into bootloader by tapping down the volume down button on your phone and select the BOOT TO DOWNLOAD MODE option with power key. Now you can unlock the bootloader with the following command: Remember that this step will wipe EVERYTHING off the phone
    fastboot oem get_unlock_data

    Fastboot Unlock

  4. Now command will return a string which you need to copy the string to notepad with a single line by deleting all spaceNotepad
    (Note: Only copy the highlighted sections above. Do not copy the INFO or (bootloader) prefix)
  5. To Get Bootloader Key for Motorola One Power – Open the website Motorola’s unlock the bootloader site by Signing up or Log in via Google Plus accountMoto Bootloader Unlock
  6. Now paste the string from Notepad to the box shown on the website (Check Screenshot below)Unlock Key
  7. Once you click the “Can my device be unlocked?” you will receive a mail with an unlocking key.
  8. Now copy the unlock key and type the following command and enter.
    fastboot oem unlock UNLOCK_KEY

    Here UNLOCK_Key is the place where you have to paste the unlock key which you copied from the email.

  9. That’s it! Your device will unlock. hah! Have fun!

I hope you successfully unlocked the bootloader on your device. If you have any questions about this method, leave a comment below.

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