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Destroy your boot (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 days ago by maris@lemmy.world to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] latenightnoir@lemmy.blahaj.zone 82 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

At this point, bricking a smartphone by flashing dodgy ROMs is a rite of passage.

Edit: at least it was before everyone started bootlocking like assholes...

[–] andybytes@programming.dev 2 points 8 hours ago

Amen

[–] irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You can unlock the bootloader of almost any phone in the EU.

Now, there will be literally no custom firmware for it, but its still possible.

[–] latenightnoir@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 day ago

Well, that would be nice, but it's still not all of them. Unfortunately, I own a Zenfone 10 as my main driver, and Asus have not released the unlock tools they promised since Zenfone 9. And, afaik, this is applicable to a lot of the top producers, with a few exceptions.

I can't wait for the new regulations to properly settle in, hopefully we'll start seeing full unlocks with the upcoming generations...