Rekall Incorporated to [email protected]English • edit-22 months agoXiaomi will reportedly end its global bootloader unlock programwww.notebookcheck.netexternal-linkmessage-square82fedilinkarrow-up1166arrow-down11cross-posted to: hardware
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish44•edit-22 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish19•2 months agoPixel devices are trivially easy to unlock
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•2 months agoOnePlus phones have green lines on screen and damaging motherboard issues.
minus-square@daellatlinkEnglish2•2 months agoHeard about this too I believe this was mostly an issue in India because of their slightly different models?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•2 months agoThose are prehistoric phones in no way relevant to this discussion
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•2 months ago although I don’t know of any brand that makes that process easy anymore https://github.com/melontini/bootloader-unlock-wall-of-shame#ℹ️-safe-for-now-trollface
minus-squareRekall IncorporatedOPlinkfedilinkEnglish3•2 months agoAgreed, the official process was a massive pain and borderline non functional.
minus-squareSudo Sodium linkfedilinkEnglish2•2 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
Well, Pixel still unlocks freely.
Assuming you dont get the phone through your carrier
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
https://github.com/melontini/bootloader-unlock-wall-of-shame#ℹ️-safe-for-now-trollface
Agreed, the official process was a massive pain and borderline non functional.
My Fairphone 5 was easy to unlock.
So far I couldn’t unlock the bootloader because whenever I add a number it tells me to try again tomorrow