- cross-posted to:
- privacy@programming.dev
- cross-posted to:
- privacy@programming.dev
This is a list of phone manufacturers that lock their bootloaders to prevent people from installing custom operating systems (LineageOS etc) to remove bloatware and spyware/tracking.



Samsung? I’m pretty sure I saw bootloader unlocking in developer options though…
DO NOT UPDATE to OneUI 8
Checks System Info
OH SHIT.