Many advanced smartphone users are tempted to unlock their device in order to gain administrator (root) access and complete control over it. The task is possible with Samsung’s latest Galaxy Z Fold 3. It was also previously reported that unlocking the bootloader on the Galaxy Z Fold 3 smartphone causes the camera to malfunction, but Samsung has since corrected this issue. So, let’s see how to unlock the Bootloader of the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 smartphone.

How to Unlock the Bootloader of Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3

If you want to unlock the bootloader on your Galaxy Z Fold 3, the first thing you should do is make a backup of your phone, because once you start the process of unlocking the bootloader, it will erase all of your data.

Unlocking the Galaxy Z Fold 3 is a simple and straightforward process. The following are the steps to unlocking the bootloader on the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 smartphone:

• First, before unlocking the Galaxy Z Fold 3 bootloader, please make a backup of your smartphone data.
• Then, on your mobile device, go to the Settings menu.
• Tap on About Phone and then Software Information at the bottom of the screen.
• You must now continuously tap the Build Number 7 times.
• It will make your phone’s Developer Options available.
• Open the Settings menu once more, and then Developer Options, which may be found near the bottom of the screen.
• Enable the OEM Unlocking toggle in Developer Options.
• Turn off your smartphone once that is completed.

• After turning off the device, press and hold the volume up and volume down buttons at the same time while connecting your Galaxy X Fold 3 to your PC via USB cable.
• When the warning screen appears, simply tap and hold the volume up button once more.
• On your phone, you will not see a prompt to unlock the bootloader.
• Simply press and hold the volume up button to unlock the bootloader and erase all of your phone’s data.
• Allow a couple of minutes for the process to complete.
• Finally, your phone will restart and boot into the operating system on its own.
• Done.