RSS Bot@lemmy.bestiver.seMB to Hacker News@lemmy.bestiver.seEnglish · 4 months agoXiaomi global bootloader unlock policy has changedxiaomitime.comexternal-linkmessage-square4linkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down12file-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
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minus-squarejet@hackertalks.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 months agoTldr: you are not buying a phone, you are renting it from them. You have to use their external service to unlock the bootloader, up to one time per year. No more.
minus-squarezecg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 months agoAnd that’s still better than most phones offer: https://github.com/melontini/bootloader-unlock-wall-of-shame
Tldr: you are not buying a phone, you are renting it from them.
You have to use their external service to unlock the bootloader, up to one time per year. No more.
And that’s still better than most phones offer: https://github.com/melontini/bootloader-unlock-wall-of-shame