The US version of the Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphone has a locked bootloader which prevents users from easily loading custom firmware on the phone. That’s not surprising, since most Android phones sold ...

Samsung appears to have a hit on its hands with the new Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge -- the reviews are glowing and carriers are having trouble keeping them on the shelves. However, some users are up in arms ...

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What they say and what they mean... What they are saying is: Allowing users unrestricted access to their phones operating system can jeopardize the security of their customers data and the reliability ...

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

One good thing with the Pixel phones bought directly from Google (and other places in Australia) is that the bootloader can be unlocked for users to tinker with the software as they see fit. This is ...

Samsung is about to make a major change that will affect every Galaxy user, even if most won’t notice it at first. With the upcoming One UI 8 software update, Samsung is removing the ability to unlock ...

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 ...

Check out the full statement below, obtained by Nokiamob.net (via XDA Developers): There is no change to our policy of allowing unlocking bootloader on Nokia phones. This was an inadvertent miss in ...

Microsoft's secure boot policy for Windows 8 has some Linux advocates up in arms, as it will be all but impossible to install Linux on any ARM machine designed for Windows 8. Is Microsoft tipping the ...