Samsung disabling bootloader unlock and what Google is doing with Android reminded me that Bootloader Unlock Wall of Shame exists.
And also that FSF’s LibrePhone project exists, but not much progress has been seen from that.
Samsung disabling bootloader unlock and what Google is doing with Android reminded me that Bootloader Unlock Wall of Shame exists.
And also that FSF’s LibrePhone project exists, but not much progress has been seen from that.
Why? Do you think they should be ranked worse because the company is bad? Unlocking the bootloader on every Google Pixel I ever had (1XL, 2XL, 3XL, 4a, 5a) is completely trivial. It’s literally just a toggle in the dev settings, zero issues whatsoever.
There’s even an online flash tool for the pixels if you find all the standard adb tooling a bit too complicated or not to your liking. I’d actually put them in “safe for now” tbqh, but Fairphone stays in “caution” for using the online doohickey the other user mentioned.