ijeff@lemdro.idM to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 1 year agoXiaomi won't give Android updates if you unlock your bootloader9to5google.comexternal-linkmessage-square70fedilinkarrow-up1165file-textcross-posted to: xiaomi@lemdro.id
arrow-up1165external-linkXiaomi won't give Android updates if you unlock your bootloader9to5google.comijeff@lemdro.idM to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square70fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: xiaomi@lemdro.id
minus-squarehenfredemars@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoIs this not the case with the pixel?
minus-squarejacktherippah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoIt is the case for a Pixel. Flash stock, relock and no one will know you’ve messed with your device.
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoOnce its unlocked it trips a fuse on a hardware level. A pixel is better but not perfect
minus-squareanonymous_bot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoI think that’s Samsung. The Pixels don’t have a fuse AFAIK.
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoI’ve never owned a Samsung device. I just know that unlocking a pixel voids the warranty
minus-squareanonymous_bot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoNo it doesn’t. Also you can just relock the bootloader. Google doesn’t care.
minus-squareFutileRecipe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year ago I just know that unlocking a pixel voids the warranty And how do you “just know” that? Any sources? Everything I’ve read and even done with my Pixel says otherwise, though I do return to stock and relock before returning. https://support.google.com/pixelphone/thread/94497368/will-unlocking-bootloader-custom-rom-void-my-pixel-warranty https://android.gadgethacks.com/news/psa-unlocking-your-pixels-bootloader-does-not-void-your-warranty-0175739/
Is this not the case with the pixel?
It is the case for a Pixel. Flash stock, relock and no one will know you’ve messed with your device.
Once its unlocked it trips a fuse on a hardware level.
A pixel is better but not perfect
I think that’s Samsung. The Pixels don’t have a fuse AFAIK.
I’ve never owned a Samsung device. I just know that unlocking a pixel voids the warranty
No it doesn’t. Also you can just relock the bootloader. Google doesn’t care.
And how do you “just know” that? Any sources? Everything I’ve read and even done with my Pixel says otherwise, though I do return to stock and relock before returning.
https://support.google.com/pixelphone/thread/94497368/will-unlocking-bootloader-custom-rom-void-my-pixel-warranty
https://android.gadgethacks.com/news/psa-unlocking-your-pixels-bootloader-does-not-void-your-warranty-0175739/