c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk · Sunshine@piefed.ca · 10 Sep 2026 16:49

Thoughts on Punkt Phones? 🇨🇭

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@Successful_Try543@feddit.org · 10 Sep 2026

What’s wrong with the bootloader being locked? It’s only a problem if it can’t be unlocked and also relocked again.

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- @maam@feddit.uk · 10 Sep 2026
  
  It keeps people locked to an outdated version of android.
  
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  - @Successful_Try543@feddit.org · 10 Sep 2026 · edited
    
    No. As I said, only if it cannot be unlocked.
    
    Edit: My Fairphone has a locked bootloader too. I could unlock it, install another Android, /e/-OS, and was perfectly able to relock it again to prevent unauthorized manipulation.
    
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    - @devfuuu@lemmy.world · 10 Sep 2026
      
      I’m pretty sure that when people mention a “locked bootloader” it’s refering to the fact that we can’t unlock it at all. What you are describing as it being locked is the default everywhere. What almost no device at all supports is the users being able to unlock it.
      
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