What use is having a lock when you leave the door wide open anyway. That's the puzzle that OnePlus 6 owners are now facing after it was discovered how the phone may be fundamentally insecure right at ...

HTC has some good news for anyone who’s wanted to root their Android phones: The company announced late Thursday that it will no longer be locking the bootloaders on its phones. Confirmed via a post ...

For obvious security reasons, Android requires users to take a number of steps before it should be possible to unlock a smartphone’s bootloader and boot a modified firmware image. But with the OnePlus ...

I know that normally the answer is a quick "no", and I know the usual reasoning behind it... but I'm hoping that perhaps someone here has managed to find a roundabout way to lock the bootloader ...

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Custom ROM aficionados will have to add the HTC Incredible S to the ever-growing list of Android devices whose bootloaders are signed and locked. Like the Motorola Droid 2 and Droid X, Milestone and ...

A security researcher discovered a vulnerability on the OnePlus 6 lets you bypass the phone’s locked bootloader with any modified boot image. You need physical access to the phone to take advantage of ...

One of a few issues people have noticed with the smaller Google Pixel 2 is some units’ missing option to unlock the bootloader. While it’s not something that would annoy everyone, enthusiasts use this ...

Just days after developers rightfully complained that the Transformer Prime would ship with an encrypted bootloader, Asus has backed down. Gentlemen, start your ROMs ...

If you’ve ever bought a carrier-branded phone before, it should come as no surprise that said carrier wants to keep that phone on their network at all costs. Many times this comes in the form of ...

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Following the debacle surrounding the locked bootloader issue on Asus’ quad-core Transformer Prime Android tablet, it appears that Asus is trying to rectify some early wrongs. The outfit is offering ...