How to unlock OnePlus Region Lock
In this small tuto i will teache you how to unlock all Oneplus region locked.
I am not confirm this method will work on all OnePlus.The region lock will only apply on China version, global version is not affected. If you have a global Oneplus version you can unlock it but you must convert to chinesse version.
To check the Region Lock, dial *#*#3932433284#*#* and check the state
state: 1 - The region lock is currently locked.
state: 0 - The region lock is activated, but temporary disabled. (Not in the blacklisted area / Using a China SIM)
state: -1 - The region lock is not activated, but if you use a SIM from blacklisted area, the state will become 1.
state: 2 - The region lock is existed, but it is unlocked.
Method
First you must unlock oneplus bootloader, To unlock Oneplus Bootloader stay tuned and fllow instructions
Unlock Oneplus Bootloader
Enable USB Debugging
- On your phone, go to Settings > About phone > Version and tap the Version number 7 times to unlock Developer Options.
- Then go to Settings > System & Updates > Developer options and enable USB debugging.
***Warning: Unlocking Bootloader Will Erase All Phone Data!!!***
1. Enable OEM Unlocking
Open Settings > System > Developer options.
Enable OEM Unlocking.
2. Reboot the Phone to Bootloader Mode
Open your terminal or command prompt.
Type the following command to reboot your phone into bootloader (fastboot) mode: adb reboot bootloader
3. Verify Device is Detected in Fastboot Mode
After your phone restarts into bootloader mode, check if your device is detected by your PC in fastboot mode by typing: fastboot devices
Your device should appear in the list. If it does, proceed to the next step.
4. Unlock/lock the Bootloader
To unlock the bootloader and erase all data on the device, type the following command: fastboot flashing unlock
To lock the bootloader and erase all data on the device, type the following command: fastboot flashing lock !!!!!ROOTED USERS CANNOT LOCK BOOTLOADER!!!!!
A prompt will appear on your phone asking to confirm the unlock/lock process. Use the volume buttons to select Yes and press the power button to confirm.
5. Wait for the Phone to Restart and Format
After confirming the unlock, your phone will erase all user data and automatically restart.
The phone will be reset to factory settings during this process.
6. Phone is Now Unlocked
After the phone restarts, the bootloader will be unlocked, and you can now use fastboot to flash custom images, ROMs onto the device or unlock Region.
Unlock Regio Lock
- Download magiskapk manager on your device and install it.
- Obtain the correct init_boot.img, boot.img, and Full OTA for your device model and OTA version.
- Obtain init_boot.img and boot.img from extracted OTA via fastboot FlashTool. Open Fastboot Firmware Flasher and navigate to Drivers tab and click on Install new drivers and then Test Drivers while your phone is connected it will restart multiple times to test
Next Frimware unpacker tab - File picker - OTA zip
Select Mode - Full- Press to unpack. - Copy your original init_boot.img and boot.img files (corresponding to your OTA version) to the internal storage of your device.
- Open Magisk apk Manager, select init_boot.img and create a patched image init_boot_patched.img.
- Do the same with boot.img
- Copy both patched files to pc.
- connect device and reboot to faastboot mode.
- adb reboot bootloader
- Flash the patched images one by one.
- fastboot flash init_boot init_boot_patched.img
- fastboot flash boot boot_patched.img
- fastboot reboot
- All done, Now you can unlock region lock easily.
- Open magisk and install Oplus-Region-unlock Module
- Reboot device
- check the region status