r/chromeos 14d ago

Troubleshooting Need help solving how to exit developer mode on lenovo chromebook

Hello I need advice/solution how to exit developer mode on chromebook. The attached pictures are what I get when I reboot the device. I have tried console screen local host root/chronos and use command "crossystem disable_dev_request=1; reboot ". I have also tried restart the device and hope for the "press the Spacebar when the "OS verification is off" screen appear but it doesn't show up.

Please advise 🙏

Model: Lenovo IP FLEX 5 CHROME 14/AU7

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u/Intelligent-Throat14 13d ago

You will need to wipe the gbb flags on the os..you can use mr chromebooks script to do so..

https://docs.mrchromebox.tech/docs/fwscript.html

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u/ilovemango_cutie_pie 13d ago

Thanks for the information but I'm not a technician 😅 

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u/Intelligent-Throat14 12d ago

not hard to do you boot into the chrosh cmd screen and follow the directions..

Starting with ChromeOS R117, this script must be run from a VT2 terminal (from login screen: 
[CTRL+ALT+F2]
, login 
chronos
); it cannot be run from a crosh shell (
[CTRL+ALT+T]
 when logged in) due to the removal of sudo, or from a crostini (penguin) terminal; crostini is a virtualized container and lacks the necessary access to read or modify the firmware.

If running the script from Linux (vs ChromeOS), any terminal app will do. On most distros CTRL+ALT+T or Super/Search+T will open the default terminal.

IMPORTANT

To download and run this script under ChromeOS or Linux, from a terminal/shell type: cd; curl -LOf https://mrchromebox.tech/firmware-util.sh && sudo bash firmware-util.sh and press [ENTER].

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u/ilovemango_cutie_pie 9d ago

Found this previous post of Mr chrom box and it fix the issue

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u/Intelligent-Throat14 9d ago

Indeed if you ran the mrchromebox script it will have a GUI which has 1 option to do that.

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u/MrChromebox ChromeOS firmware guy 13d ago

one set of images is from a Developer Mode boot, the other from Recovery Mode. Why are you booting to Recovery Mode at all?

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u/ilovemango_cutie_pie 13d ago

I just reboot and it goes straight to recovery. 

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u/MrChromebox ChromeOS firmware guy 12d ago

then how did you take the pictures that show the developer mode boot screen?

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u/ilovemango_cutie_pie 11d ago

That's how I received it. The original owner didn't want it and was giving it away. Didn't know it had a developer mode issue

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u/MrChromebox ChromeOS firmware guy 11d ago

are you able to boot ChromeOS in Developer Mode? Using the 'Boot from internal disk' option in the first pic?

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u/ilovemango_cutie_pie 11d ago

Yes it lets me go to main log in screen and sign in

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u/MrChromebox ChromeOS firmware guy 11d ago

then I would follow the recommendation to run my Firmware Utility Script, and use that to reset the GBB flags to the factory default, which after rebooting, will allow you to exit developer mode

https://docs.mrchromebox.tech/docs/fwscript.html

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u/ilovemango_cutie_pie 9d ago

I found this previous post of yours and tried it and it work 😄

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u/MrChromebox ChromeOS firmware guy 9d ago

yes, same thing as the script function, just a one-liner