Over the past few years, a suspicious number of companies have started to

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2024-10-28 12:30:05

Over the past few years, a suspicious number of companies have started to "take care of your data", aka block/strictly limit your ability to unlock the bootloader on your own devices.

While this may not affect you directly, it sets a bad precedent. You never know what will get the axe next: Shizuku? ADB? Sideloading? I thought it might be a good idea to keep track of bad companies and workarounds.

If you own a MediaTek device exploitable by mtkclient you can unlock the bootloader using that. If it also happens to be an OPPO/Realme device and you need to access fastboot: lkpatcher (web version)