ijeff@lemdro.idM to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 10 months agoXiaomi won't give Android updates if you unlock your bootloader9to5google.comexternal-linkmessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up1139arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1138arrow-down1external-linkXiaomi won't give Android updates if you unlock your bootloader9to5google.comijeff@lemdro.idM to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square59fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoOnce its unlocked it trips a fuse on a hardware level. A pixel is better but not perfect
minus-squareanonymous_bot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·10 months agoI think that’s Samsung. The Pixels don’t have a fuse AFAIK.
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoI’ve never owned a Samsung device. I just know that unlocking a pixel voids the warranty
minus-squareanonymous_bot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 months agoNo it doesn’t. Also you can just relock the bootloader. Google doesn’t care.
minus-squareTheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoNot enforceable in Europe. The OEM would have to explicitly prove that the bootloader unlock is what caused the issue that brought about the warranty claim.
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.
Not enforceable in Europe. The OEM would have to explicitly prove that the bootloader unlock is what caused the issue that brought about the warranty claim.