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Fairphone allows re-locking the bootloader with the /e/ rom flashed.
by thg 5y ago
Fairphone allows re-locking the bootloader with the /e/ rom flashed.
- sleavey 5y agoThe annoying thing about unlocking or relocking the bootloader is that it wipes your phone. Unless you're paranoid that someone can give you a rootkit while you're not looking, as long as you use full device encryption then leaving the bootloader unlocked isn't too bad. Plus, it lets you upgrade your bootloader and OS later. I stupidly relocked the bootloader after installing LineageOS and now I can't upgrade the OS major version without wiping everything.
- thg 5y agoI'm in the same boat with my Fairphone and /e/. ;) For me, re-flashing wouldn't even be that much of a hassle since I have contacts and all in my Nextcloud instance and would only have to make a backup of Signal (I barely use my phone - about 2-3 hours total per month), but I just can't get myself to do it. Should have sticked with my trusted ol' Nokia 3110c I used for a good 13 years, but alas I sent that in to Fairphone for recycling after I bought my Fairphone 3 last year (which I only bought in the first place because finding CNG gas stations is such a hassle here in Germany).