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 ...

In June, HTC announced that the era of locked bootloaders would soon be over, and that future devices could have their bootloaders unlocked via a software upgrade. However, there was no word as to ...

Still, it’s pretty amazing to see any custom ROM support for these devices, as Amazon’s Echo products have generally been much more locked down than its Fire Tablets and Fire TV devices, which have ...

The Korean giant always brings a plethora of devices to entertain the mid-range segment throughout the globe. One such device among the flock is Galaxy M51 which was recently launched carrying ...

You probably already know this, but you can unlock the Legend, its just fairly complicated. Not sure how much use it is on such an old device though. With so little RAM, running modern Android might ...

Corbin is a tech journalist and developer who worked at Android Police from 2016 until 2021. Check out his other work at corbin.io. Asus revealed the Zenfone 7 and 7 Pro last month, following months ...

Manuel Vonau was Android Police's Google Editor until April 2024, with expertise in Android, Chrome, Pixels, and other Google products. For five years, he covered tech news and reviewed devices after ...

LG pulled the plug on its mobile phone business earlier this year, promising some level of support for its devices for a limited period of time. The Android developer community is well known for ...

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 ...

Planning to unlock the bootloader on your Android handset? Think twice, if you plan on having access to on-device Gemini Nano.