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9. Wait for your boot screen to appear on your phone. Once it does (it’s a big Android with START), type: fastboot oem unlock (Again, it’s ./fastboot oem unlock on a Mac) ...

There should be a switch there labeled â OEM Unlocking.â It allows you to unlock the bootloader (which takes some extra work). You want to see if this switch is grayed out.

Nexus 6 (aka Motorola Shamu) users, who are running the Android 5.0 Lollipop update can now unlock their device's bootloader manually, in just a few minutes time with Android SDK and fastboot.