amaccuish 21 hours ago

It should be said though that only Pixel, Fairphone, and maybe some Motorolas support relocking the bootloader with a custom OS.

Without that ability, anyone can plug in to your phone and write whatever they want to the internal flash and your phone will be none the wiser.

  • JCattheATM 10 hours ago

    The OnePlus6T supports it, it will still display a warning but it will be locked.

  • lucb1e 20 hours ago

    Happens to me all the time. Also on laptops, secureboot is such a life saver any time you're out and about

    ...it's sure nice this exists and is available to anyone but it's not seriously a risk if you're not of interest to people who are willing to physically show up and bug your hardware in a way that requires quite a bit of preparation

  • Klonoar 13 hours ago

    Some Sony models (not the Verizon one last sold in the USA) should too, no?

amelius 20 hours ago

Routinely? How often do you buy a new phone? :)

Or maybe it is because mobile computing is just stuck, and it won't move even in decades ...

  • Nux 17 hours ago

    Alright, perhaps "routinely" is a strong word, but all my phones run non-stock and I don't buy devices I can't do this on.

    All in all I must have installed 3rd party roms on 6-7 devices with good results.