Comment on New Qualcomm exploit chain brings bootloader unlocking freedom to Android flagships

agent_nycto@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• ozymandias117@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Qualcomm and most phone manufacturers try extremely hard to make sure you can’t run your own operating system on their hardware.

  A bug in their security preventing you from installing your own operating system has been found on a specific Qualcomm chip - the Snapdragon 8 gen 5, which, at least for some Xiaomi phones, lets programmers load their own versions on the devices

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  • agent_nycto@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Oh dope thank you

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