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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.

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[-] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 65 points 1 week ago

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.

[-] PiraHxCx@lemmy.ml 44 points 1 week ago

they are collecting it to protect it, like a British Museum

[-] bhamlin@lemmy.world 40 points 6 days ago

And like a British museum, they won't let you have it back.

[-] philophilsaurus@sh.itjust.works 31 points 6 days ago

But they will let visitors come and check it out!

[-] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 30 points 6 days ago
[-] ThunderLegend@sh.itjust.works 22 points 6 days ago

So..almost every company.. It would have been easier to make a list about the companies who do allow bootloader unlock

[-] eldavi@lemmy.ml 4 points 6 days ago

even companies that don't sell phones anymore; who's still buying windows phones?!

[-] QuestionMark@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago

Samsung? I'm pretty sure I saw bootloader unlocking in developer options though...

DO NOT UPDATE to OneUI 8

Checks System Info

OH SHIT.

[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 6 points 6 days ago

Wait what, Energizer makes phones?

[-] Minimac@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 days ago
[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

The Amazon Fire Phone is conspicuously absent from this list.

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 7 points 6 days ago

i see it mentioned as a brand to avoid though

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

Yeah but it would be funnier if they listed it

this post was submitted on 04 Dec 2025
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