Not in iodè
Not in calyxOS
Both are privacy and security focused with verified boot. root and root debugging is not part of this philosophy…
Both are possible to root
But is not suggested and not supported and not the Default
resetprop is a feature of Magisk to change read-only properties, so no. But installing the Magisk app and fastboot booting a Magisk patched boot.img should be enough for this to work.
That’s a function declared somewhere else in the script, has been used before to flash the other partitions. It’s essentially a fancy way of saying fastboot flash foo with some error handling. ${FASTBOOT_BIN} is just a variable to point to the included fastboot.
It does, that’s why we need to set ro.boot.flash.locked to 1 so the system thinks the bootloader is locked and the toggle gets enabled.
1 Like
But only in /e/OS
Not in iodè and calyx because of verified boot. Both does not allow to boot any not signed images, recoverys or kernels
1 Like
We are talking unlocked bootloader here, that only applies if you locked it, I’m running Magisk on Calyx right now.
How else would I have been able to change that property on a Calyx device that got changed to get_unlock_property=0?
The part in bold is important here. This isn’t a way to revive bricked phones, only a possibility to maybe save people beforehand.
4 Likes
I would like to give this a try since I want to use CalyxOS with a locked bootloader. However, I’ve never used Magisk or patched a boot.img to use it – would it be possible for you to point me in the right directions to get started/roughly guide me what I need to do? I would very much appreciate the help!
thanks a lot hirnshushi.
You show a working but not so easy way.
I think, no problem for an expierienced user. But for a novice, it is more than easy.
Maybe there will be an easy solution in the future…
2 Likes
Sure 
Keep in mind that I haven’t tested this, because I didn’t lock my bootloader afterwards and I can’t guarantee that there’s no possibility left to brick your phone!
With that out of the way, download the boot.img and the Magisk.apk (for others trying this on a different ROM, please use the corresponding boot.img for that ROM!) from those two links to your PC…
…and enable ADB debugging on your FP4 if you haven’t already.
- Install the Magisk app by either running
adb install Magisk-v24.3.apkor transferring the.apkto your phone adb reboot bootloaderandfastboot boot calyx-3.3.2_magisk_boot.imgshould boot you into a Magisk enabled Calyxadb shell su -c 'resetprop ro.boot.flash.locked 1'should show a prompt on your phone screen to grant root privileges…- Change OEM unlocking to on in Developer options.
adb reboot bootloaderand most importantly check iffastboot flashing get_unlock_abilityactually returns1
Pray to the ancient gods 
fastboot flashing lock
There might be, I only went with the tools I know, so others more knowledgeable in low level stuff maybe can help here 
10 Likes
Thank you very much for the guide – OEM re-enabling worked! After having booted with the patched boot.img and issuing adb shell su -c 'resetprop ro.boot.flash.locked 1', OEM unlocking can be toggled again and in fastboot, get_unlock_ability is back to 1.
Before attempting to lock the bootloader, I rebooted again normally without the patched boot.img. OEM unlocking still is set to “on”, but again cannot be toggled anymore (greyed-out) – is this same for you? For me, it would be enough (I do not need to change OEM locking as I did not before on e/os as long as it is ON).
Just want to confirm everything before I attempt locking…
EDIT: Just realized, that OEM unlocking is grayed out regardless of the state of get_unlock_ability as it can be only toggled after issuing adb shell su -c 'resetprop ro.boot.flash.locked 1' granting super-user rights. As it stays “ON”, I should be safe locking the bootloader… (being nervous, nevertheless)
2 Likes
I’m glad it worked without problems so far 
That’s correct, yes, ro.boot.flash.locked is set back to 0 once you reboot, that flag gets set automatically if the bootloader is unlocked. We only changed it temporarily to make the OEM unlocking toggle changeable.
I hope it is, I wish you luck.
3 Likes
The gods were with me: Re-locking the bootloader worked – I am running CalyxOS now with locked bootloader 
For the record after re-enabling the OEM unlock toggle and OEM unlocking like described, I did:
- boot into fastboot mdoe
fastboot flashing lock_critical- rebooting into Calyx, reenabling USB debugging and granting connected PC adb rights
- rebooting into fastboot mode
fastboot flashing lock- rebooting into CalyxOS
I am very happy this worked, thank you!
7 Likes
I’m really glad this worked 
Not gonna lie, I was really nervous about this as well!
4 Likes
Congratulations!
For the record: what is the state of the OEM-toggle and fastboot flashing get_unlock_ability now that you have locked the bootloader?
2 Likes
Without having changed anything, OEM toggle is now “OFF”, but not grayed-out anymore (can be toggled). Don’t know about the state of get_unlock_ability yet, will check ASAP, but I assume it is 0 now.
2 Likes
Not greyed out is to be expected, but “OFF”, hmm…
I don’t like that it keeps resetting. We really need to know at which point this happens, if it got reset when locking the bootloader again this could have still bricked the phone.
Edit: Ok, after some digging, turns out the devinfo partition that gets flashed with the updated script stores that kind of information and the answer was in this forum all along 
Now we need to figure out why it doesn’t get saved
Just had a look and indeed get_unlock_ability was set to 0 (setting OEM unlock to “OFF”) after issuing fastboot flashing lock (was not the case after fastboot flashing lock_critical).
Yes. At least in my case, in summary the state of OEM unlock was affected at two occasions:
- after flashing: OEM unlock went from “ON” to “OFF” (
get_unlock_abilityfrom1to0) and OEM unlock toggle disabled (grayed out) - after bootloader locking (
fastboot flashing lock): OEM unlock went from “ON” to “OFF”, but remained active (i.e. can be toggled)
2 Likes
Whopsie, that’s a problem, it should be ${FASTBOOT_BIN} --set-active=a.
I’ll fix that for the next release.
You are correct 
3 Likes
As suggested I contacted the support and was able to send the Fairphone to a repair shop.
The cost was 30€.
After 2-3 weeks I got it back and it was restored to its factory default state.
6 Likes
For completeness (didn’t have access to my FP4 earlier): mine looks like this (from Stock to CalyxOS, bootloader locked):
And
’get_unlock_ability is 0
2 Likes
Definitely don’t lock your bootloader in that case (as you are probably already know )!
Since my method of unlocking the OEM switch works, but for @cosmic get_unlock_ability was reset to 0 again afterwards , better not to tempt fate. as well, tread very carefully here.
The only safe path forward is to wait for the Calyx devs to release a new version based on the updated Fairphone stock images, which they confirmed they will.
Edit: Should have reread your post
get_unlock_ability definitely shouldn’t have been reset to 0 again, so let’s hope this gets fixed with the next CalxyOS release. You might have to wipe your phone again then, though 
3 Likes