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by foresto 243 days ago
That would be interesting. I have long wished that Sony phones would allow re-locking the bootloader to an OS signed with my own keys.

Some of their Xperia Compact models have been excellent, but they haven't been making them like that in recent years. Dare I hope for a return of their truly compact flagship phones and GrapheneOS support?
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ysnp 243 days ago
As far as I'm aware, their flagship Xperia phones do support bootloader re-locking [1]. The problem is they haven't fulfilled GrapheneOS's other requirements: https://grapheneos.org/faq#future-devices

[1] https://github.com/chenxiaolong/avbroot/issues/299#issue-232...

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foresto 243 days ago
> As far as I'm aware, their flagship Xperia phones do support bootloader re-locking [1].

The last one I tried (xperia z1 compact) bricked itself when I tried to re-lock the bootloader. Maybe it's safe on newer models?

If they ever make another good compact model, I suppose I should look for re-locking reports on it. Thanks for the link.

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