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Question about bootloader unlocking and rooting on Samsung Galaxy OneUI 8.0 devices #117

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Hi,I have a question regarding Samsung Galaxy devices running OneUI 8.0. I understand that for newer devices with OneUI 8.0, it is no longer possible to unlock the bootloader. However, for older devices that already had their bootloader unlocked before updating to OneUI 8.0, is it still possible to root and achieve everything as before after flashing OneUI 8.0?Thank you for your help!
Please excuse my English, I used a translator to write this.

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salvogiangri

salvogiangri commented on Jul 31, 2025

@salvogiangri
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I've opened an XDA thread in the past week explaining how Samsung completely got rid of the OEM Unlock feature in One UI 8.0. Unfortunately every device which runs One UI 8.0 is affected, so if you want to keep your bootloader unlocked you must stay on One UI 7.0 or below until a new solution to flash custom binaries is found (currently the only way would be via a EM Token just like on USA/Canada devices).

zandatsu07

zandatsu07 commented on Aug 9, 2025

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ju-cat

ju-cat commented on Aug 27, 2025

@ju-cat

@salvogiangri So, we should wait before upgrading ? Or is it safe aslong as the bootloader is unlocked ?

MHBdev2

MHBdev2 commented on Sep 25, 2025

@MHBdev2

@salvogiangri
You mention the possibility of installing unsigned files using
EM TOKEN
I searched all over the web for information about this method and it seems that the last time it was available for purchase/use was in the days of the note10....
Is there actually any possibility in the world to unlock a bootloader?
Paid or in any way

salvogiangri

salvogiangri commented on Sep 29, 2025

@salvogiangri
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@salvogiangri So, we should wait before upgrading ? Or is it safe aslong as the bootloader is unlocked ?

Any device updating to One UI 8 is permanently losing the ability to unlock the bootloader, even if it was unlocked previously.

salvogiangri

salvogiangri commented on Sep 29, 2025

@salvogiangri
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@salvogiangri ...
Is there actually any possibility in the world to unlock a bootloader?

The only method possible right now is to downgrade the bootloader executable containing the unlock code to the One UI 7 one, which is abl.elf for Snapdragon devices, sboot.bin for Exynos device and lk-verified.bin for MTK devices. Flashing back that specific file via Odin will restore the unlock feature. Please note that this method will stop working the moment Samsung will bump their rollback protection bit in the firmware, so my personal advice is not to update to One UI 8 unless you're going to flash a custom ROM which can run just fine with an older firmware.

fk4mil

fk4mil commented on Oct 4, 2025

@fk4mil

Ok, if I want to have One UI 8 and higher, I have to lock the bootloader, but unfortunately, the Knox flag will remain. Is there a chance for the patch to work with Shizuku?

IvanIsOK

IvanIsOK commented on Nov 29, 2025

@IvanIsOK

I think its really dumb from Samsung to do that. Its my device and i can do what i want with it.

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