It's a little bit exasperating for the more tech-savvy smartphone tinkerers who own an LG V20 to learn that some smartphones under LG do not support unlocking the bootloader. Android phone ...

TeamAndIRC released their SunShine bootloader unlock for the original Moto X and the DROID family from last year (MAXX, ULTRA, and Mini), this afternoon. The unlock tool comes in the form of an .apk ...

Have an LG smartphone and want to unlock the bootloader so you can install a custom recovery, custom ROM, or other firmware? Now you can do that… maybe. LG’s last few flagship phones have shipped with ...

LG has now updated its list of phones that support the bootloader unlock tool, adding the G6 into the mix. To be more specific, it's actually the phone's European variant, which carries the model ...

LG’s bootloader unlock tool now supports the U.S. version of the G5, though it’s important to note that this is just in relation to the unlocked model of the U.S. version, and not the carrier-branded ...

Anyone who is interested in rooting a device, applying a custom ROM or just generally tinkering with their device will now and understand the importance of having an unlocked bootloader. This is ...

Jaime has been a fan of technology since he got his first computer when he was 12, and has followed the evolution of mobile technology from the PDA to everything we see today. As our CCO, he’s ...

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In June, HTC announced that the era of locked bootloaders would soon be over, and that future devices could have their bootloaders unlocked via a software upgrade. However, there was no word as to ...

Amazon has always used a heavily augmented version of Android for their tablets. They do this because it makes their products distinctive in the marketplace and locks people into the Amazon ecosystem.

[Image: HTC Dev] The long, arduous wait for HTC’s unlockable bootloader is finally over– if own a global SIM-unlocked Sensation, that is. Sorry, HTC EVO 3D ...

Ryan is a tech/science writer, skeptic, lover of all things electronic, and Android fan. In his spare time he reads golden-age sci-fi and sleeps, but rarely at the same time. His wife tolerates him as ...