How To Unlock Bootloader in Samsung Galaxy A22? [OEM Unlock!]

Here is How To Unlock Bootloader on your Samsung Galaxy A22 or OEM Unlock, all you need to do is follow some simple steps and your phone will be free from the locks.

About Samsung Galaxy A22

Samsung Galaxy A22 comes with a Super AMOLED Display
It packs a Quad camera of 48MP Wide Angle Primary Camera, a 5MP Ultra-Wide Angle Lens, a 2MP Macro Camera teamed with another 2MP Depth Camera on the rear side, and a 13MP front shooter
It is powered by MediaTek Helio G80 chipset with 4GB RAM and 128GB of the storage
Lastly, 5000mAh battery with 15W Fast Charging compatibility.

Key Specifications

MediaTek Dimensity 700 MT6833
6 GB RAM
128 GB internal storage
5000 mAh battery
Triple (48+5+2) MP Rear, 8 MP Front Camera
6.6 inches (16.76 cm)
Dual, Nano-Nano SIM
Android v11

Full Specifications

Why Unlock Bootloader?

Unlocking Bootloader is simply removing the security lock provided by the manufacturer. Manufacturers secure your device by creating a bootloader lock for their smartphones.

After unlocking the bootloader your phone can enter into recovery mode, and without unlocking you can’t boot and flash any custom ROM on the device.

The main reason behind this lock is that users can’t alter their official stock ROM, and stay to the OS provided officially on the phone.

There are some advantages and disadvantages of unlocking the bootloader on your Samsung Galaxy A22. So please read these points given below carefully.

Advantages of Unlocking Bootloader

There are some main advantages of unlocking the bootloader on any Android device. There must be anyone reason you are reading this guide.

Root your phone after Unlocking Bootloader.
You can flash Custom ROMs or Recovery on your Samsung Galaxy A22.
More options will be available for customizing the phone
Easily Flash various Software/firmware to your device.

Disadvantages of Unlocking Bootloader

The phone’s Warranty will be lost but you can get it back by unrooting and by completely restoring the stock ROM.
During flashing, files may Brick your phone.
After unlocking the bootloader of your smartphone you may not receive OTA Updates
You may face errors while using some Google Apps such as the Google Play store or YouTube.

Warning: All the tutorials/ guides shown in this blog are not tested for each and every smartphone. As the process of unlocking the bootloader is almost same for any device.

Infofuge.com is not responsible for loss and damage to your smartphone. Try these methods with your own risk!

How To Unlock Bootloader in Samsung Galaxy A22?

Follow some straightforward steps and your phone will be free from any restrictions provided by the manufacturer. We have provided 2 methods in case one method is not working for your device. In case, the required setting for method 1 is not provided on your phone you can always choose the second method, you won’t be stuck anywhere if you are choosing the second one.

Method 1:

This method is straightforward as you won’t require a PC/Laptop to perform the steps. All the steps can be performed within the device itself.

First, backup the Android device completely.
Enable the Developer Options on your Samsung Galaxy A22 device.
Go to the phone Settings menu.
Scroll down to the bottom part and tap on About Phone → tap on Build Number 7 times continuously.
Now, Go back to the main Settings menu again and scroll down.
Tap on the Developer options → to enable the “OEM Unlocking” option.

All done. You have successfully unlocked the bootloader on your Samsung Galaxy A22!

Method 2:

If you cannot see the “OEM Unlock” option on Samsung Galaxy A22, you can follow the below steps.

1. First Setup ADB and Fastboot Drivers on your PC/Laptop. follow the below steps:

Download ADB and Fastboot Tool
Extract It and Run It
Next, Press Y/Yes to install ADB and Fastboot or N/No to skip
Press Y/Yes to install ADB system-wide or N/No for current users only
Again Press Y/Yes to install Drivers or N/No to skip
Continue Driver installation

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2. Connect Your Samsung Galaxy A22 to your PC via the original USB Cable.

3. Open the ADB folder. It will be located in this location C:\adb.

4. Now open CMD by typing “cmd” on Address Bar and Hit Enter, as shown in the screenshot below.

5. Once the Command Window is opened, type the following commands.

fastboot devices

Hit Enter, you will see some random string that means your phone is connected successfully to pc. Next type in

fastboot oem unlock

Hit Enter, This command will unlock your Samsung Galaxy A22 Bootloader. Next type

fastboot reboot

This will reboot your phone.

6. Congratulations! You have successfully Unlocked the Bootloader on the Samsung Galaxy A22. I hope this guide helps you to unlock the bootloader on your phone, feel free to comment down below if you have any queries regarding this guide.

Now you can install TWRP Recovery on your Samsung Galaxy A22 (TWRP File May Or May Not Be available as per the development). Furthermore, there is so much more to do after unlocking the bootloader such as rooting and installing custom ROMs on the Samsung Galaxy A22.