Rekall Incorporated@lemm.ee to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · edit-21 month agoXiaomi will reportedly end its global bootloader unlock programwww.notebookcheck.netexternal-linkmessage-square83fedilinkarrow-up1164arrow-down11cross-posted to: hardware@lemmy.world
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minus-squareISOmorph@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up47arrow-down2·edit-21 month agoThe official process was a pain anyway, as it required sending personal identification data to China. Anyone that wants a custom ROM on their phone should be looking elsewhere, although I don’t know of any brand that makes that process easy anymore
minus-squarehiggsboson@dubvee.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down1·1 month agoPixel devices are trivially easy to unlock
minus-squareshortwavesurfer@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·1 month agoPixel or OnePlus
minus-squarehunt4peas@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoOnePlus phones have green lines on screen and damaging motherboard issues.
minus-squaredaellat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoHeard about this too I believe this was mostly an issue in India because of their slightly different models?
minus-squareshortwavesurfer@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoI’ve had the OnePlus 6 and the OnePlus Nord N200 and I’ve not seen those things occur but thanks for the information.
minus-squareAnivia@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoThose are prehistoric phones in no way relevant to this discussion
minus-squareJustMarkov@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month ago although I don’t know of any brand that makes that process easy anymore https://github.com/melontini/bootloader-unlock-wall-of-shame#ℹ️-safe-for-now-trollface
minus-squareRekall Incorporated@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoAgreed, the official process was a massive pain and borderline non functional.
minus-squareTonyOstrich@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoMy Fairphone 5 was easy to unlock.
minus-squareSudo Sodium @lemdro.idlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoSo far I couldn’t unlock the bootloader because whenever I add a number it tells me to try again tomorrow
The official process was a pain anyway, as it required sending personal identification data to China. Anyone that wants a custom ROM on their phone should be looking elsewhere, although I don’t know of any brand that makes that process easy anymore
Pixel devices are trivially easy to unlock
Pixel or OnePlus
OnePlus phones have green lines on screen and damaging motherboard issues.
Heard about this too I believe this was mostly an issue in India because of their slightly different models?
Seems like it.
I’ve had the OnePlus 6 and the OnePlus Nord N200 and I’ve not seen those things occur but thanks for the information.
Those are prehistoric phones in no way relevant to this discussion
The nord n200 is 2021
https://github.com/melontini/bootloader-unlock-wall-of-shame#ℹ️-safe-for-now-trollface
Agreed, the official process was a massive pain and borderline non functional.
My Fairphone 5 was easy to unlock.
So far I couldn’t unlock the bootloader because whenever I add a number it tells me to try again tomorrow