Users hoping to tinker with a Verizon Google Pixel 2 are encountering a locked system. This guide is intended to help users unlock the bootloader. Many Android power users were reportedly not too ...

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It’s been possible to unlock the bootloader and root the latest Amazon Fire HD 8 tablet since January. But up until recently the only known method for doing that involved prying open the tablet’s case ...

Now, unlock the bootloader by typing the following command: fastboot oem unlock You will get ‘finished’ output in the command prompt and phone will reboot. If you get any problem while unlocking the ...

Buy a Google Pixel or Pixel XL smartphone from the Google Store and all you need to do to unlock the bootloader is allow OEM unlocking in the Developer Options settings, connect to a computer with a ...

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If you own the Verizon variant of the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 - and have been ruing the fact that it has a non-unlockable bootloader - you're in for some good news. Thanks to a modification, the Samsung ...

Unlike Poco X2, the Poco X3 NFC features a single punch hole camera cutout in the display for a better viewing experience. It houses a 6.67-inch full HD+ IPS LCD display protected with Corning Gorilla ...

ASUS’s bootloader unlock tool has been unavailable for many months now. The company previously denied reports that its phone could no longer be bootloader unlocked, assuring users that the policy had ...