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1. There is exactly one device sold in the entirety of the US that can have the bootloader locked on a custom rom - ironically, the Google pixel. 2. Bootloader
by const_cast 1y ago
1. There is exactly one device sold in the entirety of the US that can have the bootloader locked on a custom rom - ironically, the Google pixel.
2. Bootloader locking matters because many (most?) apps will just refuse to run.
3. Why? Because Google built up the attestation API which severely handicapped those 99.9% of devices from running custom roms.
4. Even on the 0.1%, the Google pixel, it won't pass full attestation - so some really picky apps like banking won't run. Only stock android untouched will run those apps.
It didn't use to be this way 10 years ago.