Rekall Incorporated@lemm.ee to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · edit-23 months agoXiaomi will reportedly end its global bootloader unlock programwww.notebookcheck.netexternal-linkmessage-square82fedilinkarrow-up1164arrow-down11cross-posted to: hardware@lemmy.world
arrow-up1163arrow-down1external-linkXiaomi will reportedly end its global bootloader unlock programwww.notebookcheck.netRekall Incorporated@lemm.ee to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · edit-23 months agomessage-square82fedilinkcross-posted to: hardware@lemmy.world
minus-squareISOmorphlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up47arrow-down2·edit-23 months 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-squareHiggs boson@dubvee.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down1·3 months agoPixel devices are trivially easy to unlock
minus-squareshortwavesurfer@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·3 months agoPixel or OnePlus
minus-squarehunt4peas@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoOnePlus phones have green lines on screen and damaging motherboard issues.
minus-squaredaellat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoHeard about this too I believe this was mostly an issue in India because of their slightly different models?
minus-squareshortwavesurfer@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months 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-squareAnivialinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoThose are prehistoric phones in no way relevant to this discussion
minus-squareTonyOstrich@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoMy Fairphone 5 was easy to unlock.
minus-squareRekall Incorporated@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoAgreed, the official process was a massive pain and borderline non functional.
minus-squareSudo Sodium @lemdro.idlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months 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
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My Fairphone 5 was easy to unlock.
Agreed, the official process was a massive pain and borderline non functional.
So far I couldn’t unlock the bootloader because whenever I add a number it tells me to try again tomorrow