• MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Many people on Reddit told me that Motorola mobiles in the US don’t have unlockable bootloaders.

    Does Samsung have locked bootloaders in the US, or is that carrier-specific?

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      1 year ago

      Samsung is a separate kettle of fish in that they make things difficult while keeping the bootloader technically unlocked. Things like a lack of fastboot option, or bespoke for Samsung security changes, and a whole mess of other things. Carriers do also impose addition restrictions for locked models.

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        1 year ago

        Does Odin still work for Samsung devices in the US? I was warned against getting a budget Samsung because someone said ODIN is just for the European models

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          1 year ago

          From what I can tell, Odin should still work on US devices, but I don’t think that its been kept current with devices and Android versions. Most of what I’m seeing is support for Android 9.0 and later, which is pretty out of date at this point. That being said, it’s not something I’ve messed with much, so I’m happy to defer to someone else with more direct experience.