Unlocking Bootloader on Samsung Galaxy S8+

On this page, you will learn to unlock bootloader on Samsung Galaxy S8+ and if you see Oem unlock option in developer options then you don’t have to follow the rest of the tutorial.

Unlocking bootloader in Samsung S8+ made easy and you can simply enable developers mode where you can perform OEM unlock. In this article, you will learn how to unlock bootloader on Samsung Galaxy S8+ smartphone. You will be able to unlock bootloader on Samsung Galaxy S8+ after you are done following this guide.

For some reasons, I don’t prefer you to unlocking bootloader because you might end up voiding your Samsung Galaxy S8+’s warranty. That’s the main reason people unlock bootloader not worrying too much about the warranty is that they are going to get a newer version of their Android smartphones. You can use this guide only on Samsung Galaxy S8+ no other Samsung smartphone but if you have different Samsung phone, then you should try installing WinDroid Toolkit.

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Pre-requisites:

• Make sure your phone is 80% charged (If you phone goes dead in the middle of the process, you might end up bricking up your device)
• USB cable
• Take necessary Android backup
• USB drivers installed on your computer
• Install Samsung Kies 3 (that’ll install necessary drivers)

Method #1: How to unlock Bootloader on Samsung Galaxy S8+

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Method #2: How to unlock Bootloader on Samsung Galaxy S8+

Follow the steps to unlock bootloader on Samsung Galaxy S8+:

• Enable USB Debugging under developer options

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• Download Modaco’s Superboot files (9 MB) (store them to your computer)
• Extract the .zip file on your computer
• Connect your Samsung Galaxy S8+ to your PC via USB cord
• Open extracted folder i.e., superboot folder
• Run fastboot-modaco-windows.exe inside it

• Now, select open command window here (Ctrl + R)
• For Windows: In the directory, open Command Prompt (Shift + Right-click > Open Command Prompt)

• For Mac and Linux: Use Terminal to navigate to the ADB / Fastboot directory
• In the command prompt, type the following and hit enter:

adb-windows reboot bootloader (and wait for the device to reboot)

After the device is rebooted run this command that will unlock oem unlock (unlock bootloader in Samsung Galaxy S8+):

fastboot-windows oem unlock

Congrats, you have successfully unlocked bootloader on Samsung Galaxy S8+.

NOTE: You should understand one thing that your smartphone warranty will be void on unlocking bootloader on your Samsung Galaxy S8+. Read the disclaimer and don’t skip steps.