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posted by janrinok on Monday May 28 2018, @12:53PM   Printer-friendly
from the it's-for-your-own-good dept.

The Inquirer reports that Huawei has ended the support for bootloaders on its devices. This greatly reduces the utility and desireability of the phones for developers and others keen on customization. It's for our own good, apparently:

"In order to deliver the best user experience and prevent users from experiencing possible issues that could arise from ROM flashing, including system failure, stuttering, worsened battery performance, and the risk of data being compromised, Huawei will cease providing bootloader unlock codes for devices launched after May 25, 2018," the firm burbled.

See also Android Authority on Huawei will no longer allow bootloader unlocking (Update: Explanation from Huawei).


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  • (Score: 3, Touché) by Kilo110 on Monday May 28 2018, @01:46PM (5 children)

    by Kilo110 (2853) Subscriber Badge on Monday May 28 2018, @01:46PM (#685125)

    Plenty of rapists here, judging by the #metoo movement. And I'd rather be stabbed than shot at. Better chance of making it out alive.

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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Ethanol-fueled on Monday May 28 2018, @02:18PM

    by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Monday May 28 2018, @02:18PM (#685131) Homepage

    #metoo is more a damage control ploy from and for their own ladies who knew of the raperies going on and yet did nothing to stop it because that was the same system that made them rich and famous. Nobody outside of Hollywood knows or cares what #metoo is anyway. It makes one wonder why it took so goddamn long for it to become public, Weinstein and/or one of his orgy-buddies has HIV perhaps?

  • (Score: 2) by shortscreen on Monday May 28 2018, @06:15PM

    by shortscreen (2252) on Monday May 28 2018, @06:15PM (#685251) Journal

    Most of that can be avoided by not going outside.

    Then you probably won't need a mobile phone either, so no need to worry about bootloaders.

    Stay in the basement. Win-win.

  • (Score: 3, Funny) by PartTimeZombie on Monday May 28 2018, @11:55PM (1 child)

    by PartTimeZombie (4827) on Monday May 28 2018, @11:55PM (#685352)

    There's no point in feeding that particular troll.

    He has never been to Europe, and gets all his knowledge of it from Fox and Friends.

    He probably thinks Paris is in Texas.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 29 2018, @02:39AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 29 2018, @02:39AM (#685411)

      Probably been watching too many videos posted by German girls scared to walk their neighborhood streets. Or just sickened by the sadistic rape gangs terrorising European cities.

  • (Score: 2) by EETech1 on Wednesday May 30 2018, @02:44AM

    by EETech1 (957) on Wednesday May 30 2018, @02:44AM (#686055)

    I'd rather be shot than have acid thrown in my face!