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-squarebitwolf@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-210 months agoSince you cannot unlock the bootloader without going into the OS now, I prefer to leave it unlocked but stock. That way, if the device ever cannot boot, I can at least Adb pull my data off the device from fastboot.
minus-squareFutileRecipe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months ago I prefer to leave it unlocked That’s makes it much less secure and is a wide attack surface. https://grapheneos.org/install/web#locking-the-bootloader
minus-squareCarlos Solís@communities.azkware.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoIs there a way to lock the bootloader and keep a ROM different from the one the device shipped with? Or do I need to relock and reunlock every time I need to update the custom ROM, with all the data loss this implies?
Since you cannot unlock the bootloader without going into the OS now, I prefer to leave it unlocked but stock.
That way, if the device ever cannot boot, I can at least Adb pull my data off the device from fastboot.
That’s makes it much less secure and is a wide attack surface.
https://grapheneos.org/install/web#locking-the-bootloader
Is there a way to lock the bootloader and keep a ROM different from the one the device shipped with? Or do I need to relock and reunlock every time I need to update the custom ROM, with all the data loss this implies?