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Fucking manufacturers should be forced to unlock the bootloader once they stop supporting a phone
this post was submitted on 31 Oct 2026
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There are only bad reasons for the bootloader to not be user-unlockable from the start.
This was apparently already patched in AOSP in October and if you use GrapheneOS and opted into security preview updates, you're already covered.
It does not brick your phone. It causes problems with cellular features.
Joke's on them. Google already bricked my LTE chip.
From Google "Third-party stores are insecure" and "We won't fix VPN bugs in all Android versions."
Classic Google ignoring devices people still use that are bootloader locked meaning you can't even update them to a secure OS even if you wanted to. And allowing vendors to prevent phones from getting security updates. The phone industry is a total scam.
So you buy a new one every 2 years.
Don't most phones get security updates for like 7 years now?
No. Has to be enforced by each country/region.
What? Since when? I have never heard of the same phone having different support windows in different regions. How would that even work? You go on holiday with your old phone and suddenly get several years of security updates when you're in a different country?
As per the other comment at this time, when a cell maker wants to sell their products in a country/region, they make a deal which may involve security updates for the phones sold in that country/region.
The device is Region coded
I'm stuck on an old version of Android. I guess I'm getting a new phone when I get that text.
If it's older than android 12 it might be safe. I'm still riding a 9.
damn they should really stop making all these new vulnerabilities
This is capitalism at work guys. The only way out is to end it is from the root cause.
So what is in the SMS
The imposter from among us.
A bomb