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Huawei really needs to give everyone bootloader unlocks so that people can move to LineageOS in the meantime.

• techntoke 7y ago
  They will probably lose support from mobile carriers at that point.
  • gruez 7y ago
    why would carriers care about bootloader unlocks? it's different from a carrier lock, which prevents a phone from being used on another carrier.
    • tgsovlerkhgsel 7y ago
      Doesn't an unlocked bootloader almost automatically allow bypassing of the carrier lock?
      • pas 7y ago
        if allows baseband chip firmware update, then yes
        • gruez 7y ago
          aren't those signed anyways?
          • pas 7y ago
            even if it is, you can probably do an update with an unlocked one. (so the update is not device specific, not tied to IMEI)
  • bpye 7y ago
    Why would they care now? Their devices are essentially dead in the water in western markets.
    • ovi256 7y ago
      Check out the double digit growth they have in the EU. Google is fighting hard to keep their app store on Huawei devices, because they don't want 10Ms of users to force-adopt alternative app stores.