OnePlus is making a considerable change with its Android 16 update which will require users to fill out an application before having the ability to unlock their bootloader. In a post this week ...

Samsung's Android 16-based One UI 8 update reportedly removes the option to unlock the bootloader on many Galaxy phones.

If you’re an Android enthusiast interested in tinkering with your phone, consider these brands first. When you turn on a switched off Android phone, it doesn’t boot straight to the Android operating ...

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Xiaomi has made it more difficult to unlock the bootloader of its phones running HyperOS, requiring users to achieve level 5 on the Xiaomi community forum and limiting them to unlocking three ...

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 ...

Xiaomi just introduced strict restrictions to unlocking the bootloader on its HyperOS-running phones, citing security and data protection. While MIUI devices offer some amount of flexibility in ...

Esper editor Mishaal Rahman confirmed this is due to a vulnerability in the Android 12 bootloader. Android is open source, and that means it is potentially vulnerable to "downgrade attacks." ...

If you want to flash Android 13 onto your Pixel 6, Pixel 6 Pro, or Pixel 6A, you won’t be able to flash back to Android 12 later because of a bootloader update.

As a bit of heads-up here, we wanted to let you know about a change that Google made to the bootloader in Android 13 for the Pixel 6, Pixel 6 Pro, and Pixel 6a. In short, you won’t be able to ...