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Hi

I've had some hard time trying to unlock my GT-I9060I's bootloader (so I can install unsigned custom ROMs) but I didn't succeed.
Thins I've tried so far:
  • Installed Android SDK
  • Installed ADB and Fastboot drivers
  • Changed the android driver to Android Bootloader Interface
The problem seems to either be my computer not recognizing the phone in fastboot mode or simply my phone not booting in fastboot mode (even though
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adb reboot bootloader
rebooted my phone)
How can I unlock my bootloader?
 
Okay, looking at your device...
A Samsung phone, lucky you. I know a ton about these since I've owned and rooted so many I've lost count.

Try this for me real quick, have you installed Samsung Kies? http://www.samsung.com/in/support/usefulsoftware/KIES/
This should be compatible with your device since it's a "galaxy" brand device. Install this and tell me if you get any errors, and/or you've installed it. :)
 
I'm guessing you installed Kies 2 because of the date of release of your device.

Open your command prompt for ADB and type in this command "abd list" and paste the results for me.
 
I've installed Kies3. Here is what "adb list" generated:

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Android Debug Bridge version 1.0.32
Revision eac51f2bb6a8-android

 -a                            - directs adb to listen on all interfaces for a c
onnection
 -d                            - directs command to the only connected USB devic
e
                                 returns an error if more than one USB device is
 present.
 -e                            - directs command to the only running emulator.
                                 returns an error if more than one emulator is r
unning.
 -s <specific device>          - directs command to the device or emulator with
the given
                                 serial number or qualifier. Overrides ANDROID_S
ERIAL
                                 environment variable.
 -p <product name or path>     - simple product name like 'sooner', or
                                 a relative/absolute path to a product
                                 out directory like 'out/target/product/sooner'.

                                 If -p is not specified, the ANDROID_PRODUCT_OUT

                                 environment variable is used, which must
                                 be an absolute path.
 -H                            - Name of adb server host (default: localhost)
 -P                            - Port of adb server (default: 5037)
 devices [-l]                  - list all connected devices
                                 ('-l' will also list device qualifiers)
 connect <host>[:<port>]       - connect to a device via TCP/IP
                                 Port 5555 is used by default if no port number
is specified.
 disconnect [<host>[:<port>]]  - disconnect from a TCP/IP device.
                                 Port 5555 is used by default if no port number
is specified.
                                 Using this command with no additional arguments

                                 will disconnect from all connected TCP/IP devic
es.

device commands:
  adb push [-p] <local> <remote>
                               - copy file/dir to device
                                 ('-p' to display the transfer progress)
  adb pull [-p] [-a] <remote> [<local>]
                               - copy file/dir from device
                                 ('-p' to display the transfer progress)
                                 ('-a' means copy timestamp and mode)
  adb sync [ <directory> ]     - copy host->device only if changed
                                 (-l means list but don't copy)
                                 (see 'adb help all')
  adb shell                    - run remote shell interactively
  adb shell <command>          - run remote shell command
  adb emu <command>            - run emulator console command
  adb logcat [ <filter-spec> ] - View device log
  adb forward --list           - list all forward socket connections.
                                 the format is a list of lines with the followin
g format:
                                    <serial> " " <local> " " <remote> "\n"
  adb forward <local> <remote> - forward socket connections
                                 forward specs are one of:
                                   tcp:<port>
                                   localabstract:<unix domain socket name>
                                   localreserved:<unix domain socket name>
                                   localfilesystem:<unix domain socket name>
                                   dev:<character device name>
                                   jdwp:<process pid> (remote only)
  adb forward --no-rebind <local> <remote>
                               - same as 'adb forward <local> <remote>' but fail
s
                                 if <local> is already forwarded
  adb forward --remove <local> - remove a specific forward socket connection
  adb forward --remove-all     - remove all forward socket connections
  adb reverse --list           - list all reverse socket connections from device

  adb reverse <remote> <local> - reverse socket connections
                                 reverse specs are one of:
                                   tcp:<port>
                                   localabstract:<unix domain socket name>
                                   localreserved:<unix domain socket name>
                                   localfilesystem:<unix domain socket name>
  adb reverse --norebind <remote> <local>
                               - same as 'adb reverse <remote> <local>' but fail
s
                                 if <remote> is already reversed.
  adb reverse --remove <remote>
                               - remove a specific reversed socket connection
  adb reverse --remove-all     - remove all reversed socket connections from dev
ice
  adb jdwp                     - list PIDs of processes hosting a JDWP transport

  adb install [-lrtsdg] <file>
                               - push this package file to the device and instal
l it
                                 (-l: forward lock application)
                                 (-r: replace existing application)
                                 (-t: allow test packages)
                                 (-s: install application on sdcard)
                                 (-d: allow version code downgrade)
                                 (-g: grant all runtime permissions)
  adb install-multiple [-lrtsdpg] <file...>
                               - push this package file to the device and instal
l it
                                 (-l: forward lock application)
                                 (-r: replace existing application)
                                 (-t: allow test packages)
                                 (-s: install application on sdcard)
                                 (-d: allow version code downgrade)
                                 (-p: partial application install)
                                 (-g: grant all runtime permissions)
  adb uninstall [-k] <package> - remove this app package from the device
                                 ('-k' means keep the data and cache directories
)
  adb bugreport                - return all information from the device
                                 that should be included in a bug report.

  adb backup [-f <file>] [-apk|-noapk] [-obb|-noobb] [-shared|-noshared] [-all]
[-system|-nosystem] [<packages...>]
                               - write an archive of the device's data to <file>
.
                                 If no -f option is supplied then the data is wr
itten
                                 to "backup.ab" in the current directory.
                                 (-apk|-noapk enable/disable backup of the .apks
 themselves
                                    in the archive; the default is noapk.)
                                 (-obb|-noobb enable/disable backup of any insta
lled apk expansion
                                    (aka .obb) files associated with each applic
ation; the default
                                    is noobb.)
                                 (-shared|-noshared enable/disable backup of the
 device's
                                    shared storage / SD card contents; the defau
lt is noshared.)
                                 (-all means to back up all installed applicatio
ns)
                                 (-system|-nosystem toggles whether -all automat
ically includes
                                    system applications; the default is to inclu
de system apps)
                                 (<packages...> is the list of applications to b
e backed up.  If
                                    the -all or -shared flags are passed, then t
he package
                                    list is optional.  Applications explicitly g
iven on the
                                    command line will be included even if -nosys
tem would
                                    ordinarily cause them to be omitted.)

  adb restore <file>           - restore device contents from the <file> backup
archive

  adb disable-verity           - disable dm-verity checking on USERDEBUG builds
  adb enable-verity            - re-enable dm-verity checking on USERDEBUG build
s
  adb keygen <file>            - generate adb public/private key. The private ke
y is stored in <file>,
                                 and the public key is stored in <file>.pub. Any
 existing files
                                 are overwritten.
  adb help                     - show this help message
  adb version                  - show version num

scripting:
  adb wait-for-device          - block until device is online
  adb start-server             - ensure that there is a server running
  adb kill-server              - kill the server if it is running
  adb get-state                - prints: offline | bootloader | device
  adb get-serialno             - prints: <serial-number>
  adb get-devpath              - prints: <device-path>
  adb remount                  - remounts the /system, /vendor (if present) and
/oem (if present) partitions on the device read-write
  adb reboot [bootloader|recovery]
                               - reboots the device, optionally into the bootloa
der or recovery program.
  adb reboot sideload          - reboots the device into the sideload mode in re
covery program (adb root required).
  adb reboot sideload-auto-reboot
                               - reboots into the sideload mode, then reboots au
tomatically after the sideload regardless of the result.
  adb reboot-bootloader        - reboots the device into the bootloader
  adb root                     - restarts the adbd daemon with root permissions
  adb unroot                   - restarts the adbd daemon without root permissio
ns
  adb usb                      - restarts the adbd daemon listening on USB
  adb tcpip <port>             - restarts the adbd daemon listening on TCP on th
e specified port
networking:
  adb ppp <tty> [parameters]   - Run PPP over USB.
 Note: you should not automatically start a PPP connection.
 <tty> refers to the tty for PPP stream. Eg. dev:/dev/omap_csmi_tty1
 [parameters] - Eg. defaultroute debug dump local notty usepeerdns

adb sync notes: adb sync [ <directory> ]
  <localdir> can be interpreted in several ways:

  - If <directory> is not specified, /system, /vendor (if present), /oem (if pre
sent) and /data partitions will be updated.

  - If it is "system", "vendor", "oem" or "data", only the corresponding partiti
on
    is updated.

environmental variables:
  ADB_TRACE                    - Print debug information. A comma separated list
 of the following values
                                 1 or all, adb, sockets, packets, rwx, usb, sync
, sysdeps, transport, jdwp
  ANDROID_SERIAL               - The serial number to connect to. -s takes prior
ity over this if given.
  ANDROID_LOG_TAGS             - When used with the logcat option, only these de
bug tags are printed.
 
Sorry I must've forgotten the command. Try "adb devices" That's what I meant to do. Sorry. This command should list your device if it's connected and USB Debugging is enabled.
-Make sure your device is connected by USB and USB Debugging is on when you start the command prompt and enter that command.
 
There you go:
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List of devices attached
adb server is out of date.  killing...
ADB server didn't ACK
* failed to start daemon *
error:
error:
That's odd because it would show up my device's serial before installing Kies.
 
Okay. I'm going to attach two files, they're going to include Odin3 and the boot.tar
Extract the boot.tar.zip file to a folder, it will have a .md5 file in it.
Extract the Odin3.zip to a folder, Open Odin and wait.
Turn off your device, and boot into download mode by holding VOLDOWN+HOME+Power and this screen should come up
Press Volume up.
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Return to the Odin window. On the right side, it should say PDA and have a option to select a file. Select the .md5 file you extracted earlier.

It should now look similar to this
oWiD8wj.jpg

Click start and wait for everything to finish, your phone will reboot.

Tell me if this is all successful and we will continue from there.
http://imgur.com/a/bkFhp if you need bigger pictures
 

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It seems to get stuck, here's the Odin log:
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<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> boot.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/008> Odin v.3 engine (ID:8)..
<ID:0/008> File analysis..
<ID:0/008> SetupConnection..

UPDATE: it failed:

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<ID:0/008> Odin v.3 engine (ID:8)..
<ID:0/008> File analysis..
<ID:0/008> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/008> Can't open the serial(COM) port.
<ID:0/008> Added!!
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
 
Ok, Root Checker says my device is rooted. If my booloader is unlocked that means I can install a custom recovery?
 

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Yes. Being rooted requires bootloader to be unlocked, which is what we did by installing the .md5 file.

If you know how to install recoveries without messing up your device, go right ahead. I'd go ahead and use Titanium Backup and backup your apps for when you install a new rom. :)
 
Ok, I've just tried installing CWM Recovery and now when I try to boot into recovery mode I get a red exclamation mark in the top left corner and cannot access recovery mode. How can I fix that and use my CWM Recovery?

I've read some articles and I guess it has to be the flash counter. I've tried to reset the counter with Triangle Away, but when I try to boot into recovery I keep getting the red exclamation mark.
 
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