Microsoft's secure boot policy for Windows 8 has some Linux advocates up in arms, as it will be all but impossible to install Linux on any ARM machine designed for Windows 8. Is Microsoft tipping the ...

Samsung appears to have a hit on its hands with the new Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge -- the reviews are glowing and carriers are having trouble keeping them on the shelves. However, some users are up in arms ...

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 ...

Less than a week after the Motorola Moto G 2015 model went on sale, folks have already figured out how to root the phone and install a custom recovery. This opens the door for running apps that ...

Just days after developers rightfully complained that the Transformer Prime would ship with an encrypted bootloader, Asus has backed down. Gentlemen, start your ROMs ...

Google‘s new Pixel phones have an unusual issue. Not all of them, but a few early buyers of the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro have noticed that the devices have arrived with an unlocked bootloader. It’s ...

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I know that normally the answer is a quick "no", and I know the usual reasoning behind it... but I'm hoping that perhaps someone here has managed to find a roundabout way to lock the bootloader ...

LG is shutting down its mobile developer website on December 31. You won’t be able to get a bootloader unlock key for your phone thereafter. So you should get the ...

Pressing the backspace key 28 times can bypass the Grub2 bootloader’s password protection and allow a hacker to install malware on a locked-down Linux system. GRUB, which stands for the Grand Unified ...

Pressing the backspace key 28 times can bypass the Grub2 bootloader’s password protection and allow a hacker to install malware on a locked-down Linux system. GRUB, which stands for the Grand Unified ...

Xiaomi‘s wide variety of devices have resulted in lots of interest from developers and users together. Following the release of many different Xiaomi devices priced at any budget, developers have ...