The new Samsung Galaxy XR, the first Android XR headset, features a surprising, working bootloader unlocking option for developers.

We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. As a bit of heads-up here, we wanted to let you know about a change that Google made to the bootloader in ...

Google has started rolling out an update for its enrolled Pixel testers for a bootloop issue that plagued Android 16 QPR2 ...

Will was the Phones Editor at Android Police from August 2022 to May 2025, which usually meant his desk was covered in a dozen different smartphones at any given time. Prior to that, he was a news ...

For years, Android users have knocked iOS for being a "walled garden," with the iPhone locking users into Apple's ecosystem and limiting how far they can stray outside of the company's guidelines.

South Korean phone manufacturer LG has released a security update last month to fix a vulnerability that impacts its Android smartphones sold over the past seven years. The vulnerability, tracked ...

I know that normally the answer is a quick "no", and I know the usual reasoning behind it... but I'm hoping that perhaps someone here has managed to find a roundabout way to lock the bootloader ...