All About Moto E: How to Unlock Bootloader of Moto E with Screenshots

Friday, February 20, 2015

CAUTION: UNLOCKING YOUR BOOTLOADER WILL VOID YOUR WARRANTY. PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK.

CAUTION: UNLOCKING THE BOOTLOADER WILL WIPE / FACTORY RESET YOUR DEVICE. IT WILL DELETE EVERYTHING FROM YOUR DEVICE

STEP:

Take full backup of your device.
Install the latest Motorola USB drivers with the help of this tutorial HERE.
Choose either

[ Recommended ] Download Minimal ADB and FASTBOOT and set up from my tutorial HERE.
Download Android SDK and set up from my tutorial HERE.

Put your device in fastboot mode [ Power off, then press the power and volume down buttons simultaneously ].
Open command prompt either by

Open desktop icon of Minimal ADB and FASTBOOT if you have that.
If you have Android SDK then go to "C:\androidsdk\platform-tools\" open command prompt by holding shift and right click and press command window here.

Connect your device to pc in USB DEBUGGING mode. If you don't know how to do that than follow this tutorial HERE.
Now type this in command prompt fastboot oem get_unlock_data
A string will appear on command prompt . Copy the whole string.
Paste the string in notepad and remove empty spaces such that the whole string is in single line.
Next, go HERE and sign in using your google account or Motorola ID; Scroll down and copy paste the string from step 9. Now click on "Can my device be unlocked?". A REQUEST KEY button will appear.
Check I Agree option. After this you will receive an email ( on email id you used while signing in ) containing your unlock key.
Copy the string form the email received from Motorola. Make sure the device is still connected.
Now to check the connection type in command prompt fastboot devices.
Now type fastboot oem unlock KEY and hit enter. [ IMP: Replace KEY with the sting from email ]
Wait till Bootloader unlocked warning appears in your MOTO E.