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Destroy your boot (lemmy.world)
submitted 6 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 83 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 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...

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 days 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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days 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...