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Root Missing OEM Unlock on Samsung Galaxy S4 i9505

Hoegali

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Nov 20, 2016
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Hi,

I am intending to install TWRP on my Samsung Galaxy S4 i9505 with the aim of installing a custom ROM but am not seeing the 'OEM Unlock' option under 'Developer Options'

I have looked at the below guides for resolving this issue but neither appear to be suitable for the S4.

https://www.xda-developers.com/fix-m...galaxy-note-8/
https://www.thecustomdroid.com/fix-missing-oem-unlock-toggle-samsung-galaxy-devices/

Does anybody know how to resolve this?

Thanks
All Galaxy S4 models... except for AT&T and Verizon, have unlocked bootloaders.

See, also...

[International] Rooting Galaxy S4 - Dummies Guide


 
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I see both these guides use Odin. Are there any guides which do not use Odin? I am a linux user and this would mean running Windows on a virtual machine.

I used ADP the last time I did this.
I also use linux and to flash twrp on my old Note 4 I used Jodin3. It's Odin for linux and mac.

I uploaded it to my github account for you to download if you need it. You can also google it if you prefer to get it from it's official source.

Jodin3 zip download...
https://github.com/GameTheory-/jodin3/releases

It's written in java to make it cross-platform. Here's the source code...
https://github.com/GameTheory-/jodin3
 
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