Unlock Bootloader

When you unlock the bootloader on a Samsung smartphone, you always get a warning screen each time the smartphone is turned on letting you—and everyone else who sees your screen—know that the bootloader has been unlocked. I remember the first […]

Many smartphones come with unlocked bootloaders these days. If yours isn’t unlocked, don’t blame the manufacturer necessarily; often it’s the carrier that chooses whether “their” device will be unlocked or not. Thankfully any Android smartphone can have its bootloader unlocked. […]

I want to unlock the bootloader of my Motorola smartphone without using a code from Motorola. Is it possible? And if so, how do I do it? Resolution: Unfortunately, there is no way to unlock the bootloader of any Motorola […]

Samsung now more than ever has smartphones coming with unlocked bootloaders. Often this is not the choice of Samsung but rather the phone carriers Samsung relies on for sales. The bootloader has always been an interesting topic for Samsung device […]

The LG V35 is one of the better smartphones you can get from the Life’s Good company at the moment. But it still comes with the same factory limitations you would come to expect from an Android operating system. More […]

The Samsung Galaxy A51 arrived with Android 10 out of the box and is upgradable to Android 12. These versions of the Android operating system on the Samsung A51 come with the bootloader locked, meaning you are not able to […]

The Samsung Galaxy S21 5G SM-G991U comes with a version of the Android 11 operating system out of the box that has the bootloader locked. Samsung didn’t use to lock its smartphone bootloaders; however, in recent years it has become […]

The Samsung SM-A025U is part of the Galaxy A02s series. The Galaxy A02s comes with Android 10 out of the box and is upgradeable to Android 11. Some Samsung smartphones come with the bootloader locked but not all. Historically not […]

The Samsung A10e came with Android 9.0 Pie out of the box and is upgradable to Android 11. Historically most Samsung smartphones have always had unlocked bootloaders, which is why you could easily get root access, aka full admin rights […]

The Samsung A32 comes in two variants: The standard Samsung A32 and the 5G variant. Both come with Android 11 out of the box and are upgradable to Android 12. In recent years, Samsung has changed its ways and begun […]

There is nothing wrong with opening your OnePlus 3T smartphone out of the box and leaving it exactly how it is and using the Android operating system how the Android developers and manufacturers have collectively pieced it together for you […]

Most Huawei phones do require their bootloader be unlocked before you can root or install a custom recovery on them, and the Huawei’s P9 Plus is no different. The phone requires you first to unlock the bootloader using the official […]

The Sony Xperia X Performance is the successor to the Sony X phone that was launched sometime ago. While both the phones mentioned here are identical, the former one packs more power than the latter one. As the name implies, […]

The Moto G4 is Motorola’s phone in its G series for the year 2016. The phone was launched in May 2016 and it came with Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow running on-board. As all the Moto G phones have offered some great […]

The bootloader is always going to be a part of the Android operating system, and they always have been. Usually, a bootloader comes locked. Manufacturers and smartphone carrier networks want this because it stops people from swapping over the stock […]

Unlocking the bootloader is what people who are itching to install a different ROM usually do first because it allows them to install a custom recovery. There are two types of recoveries that people can install on Android, and only […]

Unlocking the bootloader on the HTC 10 smartphone is the step you all need to take before you can do things like installing a custom recovery and root the device without bricking it in the process. Some devices need to […]

These are the guidelines to unlock the Verizon Motorola DROID Turbo so you can then move on to installing a custom recovery and rooting the device. Without unlocking the bootloader of your DROID Turbo smartphone first, neither of those two […]

Customizing a Lenovo smartphone can be fun provided you know what you are doing thanks to some clear guidance and sound advice. Sometimes the hardest part is not following the guide itself but knowing whether you need to have an […]

These are the guidelines to unlocking the Acer Iconia A700 device so you can go on to install a custom recovery and root the device. Once you have the Acer Iconia rooted and equipped with a custom recovery, you can […]

These are the instructions to unlock the bootloader on the Wileyfox Swift smartphone using adb commands and a computer running Windows, Mac OS X or Linux. Unlocking the bootloader on the Wileyfox Storm smartphone is the first step in customizing […]

These are the instructions to unlock the bootloader on the Huawei Honor 5X smartphone so you can begin with your customizing experience. Once the bootloader is unlocked, you can start checking out the guides for installing a custom recovery and […]

These are the guidelines to unlock the bootloader on Yu Yutopia smartphones so you can go on to start customizing your smartphone. Files You Need You will need to download the Yu USB Drivers on your Windows computer to unlock the […]

You must unlock the bootloader on the Xiaomi Redmi Note smartphone before you can start customizing your device with custom kernels, custom ROMs, gaining rooting privileges, or flashing a custom recovery. We have the guides available for you to flash […]

These are the steps to unlocking the Motorola Moto G Turbo Edition bootloader. You must unlock the Turbo Edition’s bootloader if you are to advance and install a custom recovery or get root access to the device. Both a new […]

Those of you who want experience a deeper relationship with your Huawei Mate 8 device will want to start customizing it to meet your needs. The first steps you need to take in order to customize the device is to […]

Unlocking the bootloader on the Verizon Motorola DROID Turbo is what you need before you can perform any custom operations on the smartphone. Those of you wanting to get root access to the internal system, install a custom recovery or […]