The weekend has come and gone and yes, the bootloader on Verizon’s Galaxy S3 remains locked. We have root in a round about way, but as you have probably read across Android forums, this phone is going ...

One of the biggest advantages of Android over other mobile operating systems is the freedom users have to install different versions of the system on their phones. Since Android is Open Source, you ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

If you are thinking of purchasing a new Kindle Fire HD tablet, you might be interested to learn that unlike the original Kindle Fire that shipped with an unlocked bootloader, the new Kindle Fire HD ...