• MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Many people on Reddit told me that Motorola mobiles in the US don’t have unlockable bootloaders.

    Does Samsung have locked bootloaders in the US, or is that carrier-specific?

    • GeekSquad1992@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      1 year ago

      Samsung is a separate kettle of fish in that they make things difficult while keeping the bootloader technically unlocked. Things like a lack of fastboot option, or bespoke for Samsung security changes, and a whole mess of other things. Carriers do also impose addition restrictions for locked models.

      • MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Does Odin still work for Samsung devices in the US? I was warned against getting a budget Samsung because someone said ODIN is just for the European models