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by 9cb14c1ec0 537 days ago
> but it is an extra pain.

I've bricked several Samsung devices trying to flash Lineage on them. It is important to follow the Lineage installation instructions very closely.
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nubinetwork 537 days ago
It used to be dirt easy, i remember my s5 was just "fastboot oem unlock" and flash the new image...

Sure you'd lose knox, but nobody really uses it anyways... But from what lineage is saying, it seems Samsung made unlocking impossible on North American devices.

I'm not sure what the law side of things is like for this, because I recall it being mandated that phones could be sim unlocked after contracts expire... someone should try seeing if there is a legal requirement for unlocked bootloaders.

Edit: I wish apps would also stop whinging about unofficial OSes or devices being rooted... banking apps, mostly.

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catlikesshrimp 536 days ago
> someone should try seeing if there is a legal requirement for unlocked bootloaders.

The EU is only now applying usb chargers. They will be ironing appstores next. USA, maybe not with the next president.

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9cb14c1ec0 536 days ago
> it seems Samsung made unlocking impossible on North American devices.

It is possible to unlock them. It just takes about 20 steps and multiple reboots.

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