They care about your data, which is why they’ve taken steps to ensure they always have access to the data that they care so much about.
this post was submitted on 04 Dec 2025
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they are collecting it to protect it, like a British Museum
And like a British museum, they won't let you have it back.
But they will let visitors come and check it out!
For a fee
So..almost every company.. It would have been easier to make a list about the companies who do allow bootloader unlock
even companies that don't sell phones anymore; who's still buying windows phones?!
Samsung? I'm pretty sure I saw bootloader unlocking in developer options though...
DO NOT UPDATE to OneUI 8
Checks System Info
OH SHIT.
The Amazon Fire Phone is conspicuously absent from this list.
Wait what, Energizer makes phones?
Smhhh