The much-awaited OnePlus 8 and 8 Pro are available in the market officially with the flagship hardware specifications as the successors of OnePlus 7/7 Pro lineup. Both the OnePlus 8/8 Pro models support 5G and offer a punch-hole display. Now, if you’ve purchased any of the OnePlus 8/8 Pro models and customized your handset by unlocking the bootloader & now you want to relock the bootloader on OnePlus 8 and 8 Pro then you can follow this full guide.
Android is known for its unlimited customizations that most of the users can perform by following the proper steps. As the bootloader comes with each and every Android device in locked status, it’s necessary to unlock it first in order to manually flash any custom firmware, custom module, custom recovery, enable root access, and more. However, the stock firmware and its performance or stability are unmatchable. So, if you want to go back to the stock ROM again, the bootloader should be locked.
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Bootloader Unlock on OnePlus Device
Each and every Android device comes with a locked bootloader from the manufacturer due to some security reasons. That’s why if you’ve unlocked the device bootloader previously, you should probably know that the system gives warning that after unlocking the bootloader, the device gets vulnerable.
In order to get additional features and customization functionalities, the Android device users unlock the bootloader or enable root access. It allows users to flash any custom firmware, increase system performance, improve battery backup, enhance visualizations, and more. However, there are some disadvantages of bootloader unlocking as well.
i tried all of the above but the option relockbootloader does not appear.
when i type fastboot oem lock it stays at <waiting for any devices
what did i do wrong