We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. The weekend has come and gone and yes, the bootloader on Verizon’s Galaxy S3 remains locked. We have root in a ...

HTC has some good news for anyone who’s wanted to root their Android phones: The company announced late Thursday that it will no longer be locking the bootloaders on its phones. Confirmed via a post ...

Since the release of the original Galaxy S smartphone, Samsung has quickly become the golden child of the Android platform. While its fellow Android vendors struggle to find profitability with the ...

It appears that Asus is in the midst of some serious backlash from Eee Pad Transformer Prime owners as the device has been discovered to have a locked and encrypted bootloader. Needless to say, this ...

We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. Unlocking the bootloader and rooting your Galaxy Nexus is really only half the battle. There may come a time ...

Motorola recently announced their latest Android smartphone for AT&T, the Motorola Atrix HD, and now Motorola has confirmed that the handset will come with a locked bootloader. Motorola announced the ...

What use is having a lock when you leave the door wide open anyway. That's the puzzle that OnePlus 6 owners are now facing after it was discovered how the phone may be fundamentally insecure right at ...

For obvious security reasons, Android requires users to take a number of steps before it should be possible to unlock a smartphone’s bootloader and boot a modified firmware image. But with the OnePlus ...

I know that normally the answer is a quick "no", and I know the usual reasoning behind it... but I'm hoping that perhaps someone here has managed to find a roundabout way to lock the bootloader ...

Listen up, hackers. This one’s for you. Motorola’s Droid 3 is finally out and about in all of its tech spec glory, but one thing’s missing: an unlocked bootloader. That’s right, Motorola’s gone and ...

Verizon has confirmed that it is locking the bootloader on the Samsung Galaxy S III, which puts up a small hurdle for Android hackers. Verizon has confirmed that it is locking the bootloader on the ...

Based on Samsung's hacker-friendly track record, you'd generally expect one of it smartphones to come with an unlocked bootloader, making it easy to update or tweak with unofficial ROMs. That's not ...