Comment on Samsung’s One UI 8 might shut down bootloader unlocking on Galaxy phones

just_another_person@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• artyom@piefed.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  There's definitely no law in the US. In fact the vast majority of Android device bootloaders come locked. Pretty much just Pixels and Galaxies that allow this.

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  • neblem@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    And even when it comes to Galaxies, you can’t buy from a carrier in the US or you’ll often get a special version that, you guessed right, has a locked bootloader. (Two phones now, never again).

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    • Eagle0110@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Even the non-carrier variants in the US, misleadingly called “International variants” despite of being regional to the US, have locked bootloader.

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      • neblem@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yuck, TIL.

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    • DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I bought unlocked phones from samsung’s website and got locked bootloaders

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      • WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        that probably only means that its carrier unlocked, so that you are not forced to use a specific carrier that someone decided for you.

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  • MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yeah they might come locked, but the owner needs to be able to remove that lock if they want to.

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  • just_another_person@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    …wikipedia.org/…/Unlocking_Consumer_Choice_and_Wi…

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    • DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That’s Carrier Unlocking, not Bootloader Unoocking.

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    • artyom@piefed.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Did you have a question?

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• thejml@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  As long as they grease the right palms in the US it’s fine.

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