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If Samsung didn't lock down the bootloader so fucking tight on my $500 phone I wouldn't have to care what the telco does.
by steve-howard 15y ago
If Samsung didn't lock down the bootloader so fucking tight on my $500 phone I wouldn't have to care what the telco does.
- jsight 15y agoWhich Samsung Android device has a locked bootloader?
- nuclear_eclipse 15y agoMost of the non-Nexus phones technically have a locked bootloader, so that people can only run firmware signed by the carrier. In practice, there are ways of jailbreaking the vast majority of locked phones, but there are some people who don't want to void their warranty or don't want to use community ROMs.
- jsight 15y agoAFAIK (and some google searching seems to confirm) the Galaxy SII does not have a locked bootloader. I believe that the original Galaxy S was also unlocked. So which Samsung Android devices have locked bootloaders? Motorola and HTC tend to lock their bootloaders more often (though this situation is improving).
- steve-howard 15y agoI'm so sorry, I was incorrect. I briefly owned a Nexus S which had an unlocked bootloader. I currently own a Motorola Photon, and even though there are ways to flash the bootloader, doing so cripples 4g (I believe this is by design).