Last summer, phone maker HTC raised eyebrows by announcing it would enable users to unlock the bootloaders on some of its most popular phones, enabling technically-inclined customers to root the ...

Samsung released its Android 16-based One UI 8 firmware with the Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Galaxy Z Flip 7 earlier this month. Among the myriad of new additions, the South Korean tech giant is said to have ...

Samsung gaat een van de grootste voordelen van het Androidbesturingssysteem verwijderen. In One UI 8 is het niet meer mogelijk om de bootloader te ontgrendelen. In het verleden werd dit gedaan bij ...

Xiaomi just launched its new “HyperOS” skin for Android devices, but in a bit of a twist of the knife to enthusiasts, the company is not only disabling the option to unlock the bootloader but is also ...

Check out the full statement below, obtained by Nokiamob.net (via XDA Developers): There is no change to our policy of allowing unlocking bootloader on Nokia phones. This was an inadvertent miss in ...

It is interesting that Google videos is requiring the bootloader to be locked? Sounds odd to me... That being said, the asus device is a great tablet... That's just stupid. So Asus should be ...

In the UK, a Zenfone buyer sued ASUS over the company’s broken promise to provide bootloader unlocking support for its phones. The buyer won, getting a full refund for the phone and their court fees, ...

Sony Ericsson heeft zijn bootloader unlocker online gezet. Gebruikers van nieuwe Sony Ericsson-smartphones kunnen daarmee hun toestel geschikt maken voor het draaien van custom roms. De Zweeds-Japanse ...

I've been writing about Android since 2011, with a focus on device reviews, Samsung and Google Pixel hardware, and the latest happenings in the ecosystem. In my entire writing career, I've reviewed ...