We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. As a reminder, unlocking the bootloader of your phone allows you the opportunity to do things like flash a ROM ...

While rooting the OnePlus 3 is an easy process, before you do it you need to do perform a few other important steps: install ADB and fastboot, creating a backup, flash custom recovery, and unlock the ...

We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. Before we start, I’ll just get this out of the way. Yes, we know that you can use a 1-click tool, like the one ...

Ryne was ostensibly a senior editor at Android Police, working at the site from 2017-2022. But really, he is just some verbose dude who digs on tech, loves Android, and hates anticompetitive practices ...

There is now a bootloader unlock request form on OnePlus’ official website. Requesting to unlock the bootloader of a OnePlus device would go against the company’s history in a big way. However, it’s ...

Have an LG smartphone and want to unlock the bootloader so you can install a custom recovery, custom ROM, or other firmware? Now you can do that… maybe. LG’s last few flagship phones have shipped with ...