> Won't unlocking the bootloader make banking apps not work anymore? Depends on how paranoid your bank is. There's this SafetyNet thing that checks for "system

> Won't unlocking the bootloader make banking apps not work anymore? Depends on how paranoid your bank is. There's this SafetyNet thing that checks for "system integrity". It's part of Google Services. For now, it's possible to bypass these checks using Magisk, but I've read that Google is testing the new method involving TrustZone — a hardware trusted execution environment within the SoC where you aren't one of the trusted parties. > Also, how do I do all you said above? (I need a step by step tutorial). There should be plenty on xda-developers.com > Also is it reversible? On Google devices, yes, completely. You can reflash the factory images that Google provides and relock the bootloader. On others... it varies, on Samsung especially. > Are there any other security implications? If you leave the bootloader unlocked, anyone with physical access to your device will be able to reboot it into the bootloader and load arbitrary code with OS kernel privileges. From there they'll be able to modify the installed system. They won't be able to read the /data partition [right away] because it's encrypted with your password/pattern. IMO it's really a shame you can't re-lock the bootloader with your own signing key.