The newer "CR-49" Chromebooks use an NVRAM "write protect" flag, not a physical flag. ***You have to be able to boot it into dev mode (blocked by any competent sysadmin on managed ones), and then you need to go into the terminal.*** [link|https://docs.mrchromebox.tech/docs/firmware/wp/disabling.html|MrChromeboox] has instructions for most of them. Others are the same but you boot it into developer mode and run the shell command, then:
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The newer "CR-49" Chromebooks use an NVRAM "write protect" flag, not a physical flag. ***You have to be able to boot it into dev mode (blocked by any competent sysadmin on managed ones), and then you need to go into the terminal.*** [link|https://docs.mrchromebox.tech/docs/firmware/wp/disabling.html|MrChromeboox|new_window=true] has instructions for most of them. Others are the same, but you boot it into developer mode and run the shell command, then:
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flashrom --wp-disable.
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flashrom --wp-disable
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***''This is the only way on Chromebooks newer than the CR-48. Google learned a lot of lessons from the ARM CR-48 series being easily hacked by script kiddies to remove MDM from them illegitimately.''***
The newer "CR-49" Chromebooks use an NVRAM "write protect" flag, not a physical flag. ***You have to be able to boot it into dev mode (blocked by any competent sysadmin on managed ones), and then you need to go into the terminal.*** [https://docs.mrchromebox.tech/docs/firmware/wp/disabling.html|MrChromeboox|new_window=true] has instructions for most of them. Others are the same but you boot it into developer mode and run the shell command, then ***flashrom --wp-''disable.''***
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The newer "CR-49" Chromebooks use an NVRAM "write protect" flag, not a physical flag. ***You have to be able to boot it into dev mode (blocked by any competent sysadmin on managed ones), and then you need to go into the terminal.*** [link|https://docs.mrchromebox.tech/docs/firmware/wp/disabling.html|MrChromeboox] has instructions for most of them. Others are the same but you boot it into developer mode and run the shell command, then:
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flashrom --wp-disable.
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***''This is the only way on Chromebooks newer than the CR-48. Google learned a lot of lessons from the ARM CR-48 series being easily hacked by script kiddies to remove MDM from them illegitimately.''***
The newer "CR-49" Chromebooks use an NVRAM "write protect" flag, not a physical flag. ***You have to be able to boot it into dev mode (blocked by any competent sysadmin on managed ones), and then you need to go into the terminal.*** [https://docs.mrchromebox.tech/docs/firmware/wp/disabling.html|MrChromeboox|new_window=true] has instructions for most of them. Others are the same but you boot it into developer mode and run the shell command, then ***flashrom --wp-''disable.''***
***''This is the only way on Chromebooks newer than the CR-48. Google learned a lot of lessons from the ARM CR-48 series being easily hacked by script kiddies to remove MDM from them illegitimately.''***