This is a list of phone manufacturers that lock their bootloaders to prevent people from installing custom operating systems (LineageOS etc) to remove bloatware and spyware/tracking.
Bootloader Unlock Wall of Shame
https://github.com/zenfyrdev/bootloader-unlock-wall-of-shame
11 Comments
FauxLiving@lemmy.world · 64 pts · 268d
They care about your data, which is why they’ve taken steps to ensure they always have access to the data that they care so much about.
PiraHxCx@lemmy.ml · 43 pts · 268d
bhamlin@lemmy.world · 38 pts · 268d
And like a British museum, they won't let you have it back.
philophilsaurus@sh.itjust.works · 30 pts · 268d
But they will let visitors come and check it out!
FauxLiving@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 268d
For a fee
ThunderLegend@sh.itjust.works · 25 pts · 267d
So..almost every company.. It would have been easier to make a list about the companies who do allow bootloader unlock
eldavi@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 267d
even companies that don't sell phones anymore; who's still buying windows phones?!
QuestionMark@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 267d
Samsung? I'm pretty sure I saw bootloader unlocking in developer options though...
DO NOT UPDATE to OneUI 8
Checks System Info
OH SHIT.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 268d
The Amazon Fire Phone is conspicuously absent from this list.
umbrella@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 268d
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 268d
Yeah but it would be funnier if they listed it
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 267d
Wait what, Energizer makes phones?
Minimac@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 267d
Smhhh
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 267d