I cant acsess dev mode but i have an rasspery pi 4 to use as an external programmer. What are the thinks i need to know? And where do i download file to flash. Its an ho chromebook g3 btw
I have a similar issue with a Chromebook Pixelbook but the organisation that manages it cannot deprovision it due to some administrative technical issues that they have (they said they have multiple devices under the same ID and it would deprovision all of them)
. All they could was to turn off automatic re-enrollment.
However I don tknow why but I still get the enrollment screen. They told me to open it and wait about 30 minutes for it to update the new setting and then do a powerwash. I did it but still get the enrollment. This is why flashing it might be the only option and either reinstall ChromeOS or better just Windows.
I managed to get through it ! I simply did a recovery using the Chromebook recovery utility and then it did not ask me for the enrollment again ! The organisation also said they turned off automatic enrollment for me, maybe thats why it worked. They said they did not completely un enroll, just turned it off or something. Initially they said I should just keep it on for 30 minutes and then powerwash and it should not ask for the login. That did not work untill i did the Recovery.
Actually first I did the recovery in developer mode and then I switched back to normal mode and it worked again !
I tried to do a recovery but sadly that didint work. I have since the foten my self an rasspery pi 4 so i am going to try to flash the bios ship. Honestly pretty tired of this machine and i am not going to be sad if it breaks
DId you manage to get in touch with the organisation that is controlling it?
I know what you mean, if nothing works out, you have nothing to lose but try to flash it. I think the hardest part is to re-assemble everything together.
I would have done the same. Anyway I wont buy another chromebook again but for now I am happy i can continue with it. Let us know how it worked out for you. Good luck!
If you are unable to contact the organization or deprovision the device normally:
Go into recovery mode (esc + refresh + power button) and press tab.
Find "kernver’ and determine what version it is by looking at the last number of the string.
(ex: kernver=0x00010005)
I will tell you instructions for a specific method depending on what kernver you have.
Go to recovery then press tab..
What’s the kenver or hell. Just post a screenshot
Can you screenshot the whole recovery screen
Alright, perfect!
The method you are going to use is Br0ker.
- Get a Br0ker shim for your board (Ex: octopus, reef, dedede)
- Go into the “Dev mode” screen (“OS Verification is OFF” screen), plug in your shim, and press Esc + Refresh + Power Button
- Navigate your way to payloads and select Br0ker
- Follow the instructions, but keep the USB plugged in still
- Go back to the dev mode screen. “Developer mode is disabled by system policy” should be gone.
- Once you start to transition, you can finally unplug the USB.
- To absolutely make sure the organization will NOT mess around again, go to the VT2 Terminal (Ctrl + Alt + Right Arrow), log in as root and put these commands in order:
echo enterprise-unified-state-determination=never > /tmp/chrome_dev.conf
echo enterprise-forced-re-enrollment=never >> /tmp/chrome_dev.conf
echo enterprise-initial-enrollment=never >> /tmp/chrome_dev.conf
mount --bind /tmp/chrome_dev.conf /etc/chrome_dev.conf
initctl restart ui
After that, go through the Chromebook setup like how you usually would, and enrollment should now be disabled! (until you powerwash or switch to verified mode)
I usually go to https://dl.mrwork.shop/ for my Br0ker shims by the way.
Hi there , sorry to hijack this thread , but I have the same issue.
My kernver = 0x00010006
can you help me out with instructions how to remove enrollement from my pixelbook go ?
thanks in advance !