- cross-posted to:
- android@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- android@lemmy.world
This is a list of phone manufacturers that lock their bootloaders to prevent people from installing custom operating systems (LineageOS etc) to remove bloatware and spyware/tracking.
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So…almost every company… It would have been easier to make a list about the companies who do allow bootloader unlock
even companies that don’t sell phones anymore; who’s still buying windows phones?!
Samsung? I’m pretty sure I saw bootloader unlocking in developer options though…
DO NOT UPDATE to OneUI 8
Checks System Info
OH SHIT.
They care about your data, which is why they’ve taken steps to ensure they always have access to the data that they care so much about.