HONOR is now offering a limited number of bootloader unlock codes via the XDA forum. The HUAWEI sub-brand requires applicants to be a member of the forum to qualify for a code. The codes only apply to ...

Huawei has announced that it will stop providing bootloader unlock codes for its future devices. The confirmation follows an issue Huawei/Honor handset owners were experiencing earlier this month in ...

HONOR India said it will provide bootloader unlock codes to those that visit its service centers. Device owners must bring some documentation before they get their codes. HUAWEI previously announced ...

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Most OEMs are pretty bad about supporting their software in the long run, but Huawei does do a pretty solid job of giving its users options. For a while now, the company has given its customers the ...

Samsung is blocking its phones' bootloaders with the upcoming One UI 8 update. A recent report from an XDA Developers contributor says that Samsung has started disabling bootloader unlocking on ...

Realme 3 Pro and Realme 5 Pro received the Realme UI update last month. The update disabled the usual process of unlocking bootloader, but Realme is to the rescue here as a new way is already ...

Smartphone bootloader firmware should be secure even if the operating system is compromised. But researchers have found five flaws in major chipset vendors' code that leave the process vulnerable. The ...

Apple has taken legal action to remove from GitHub its source code for iBoot after the boot ROM chip code showed up there this week, Naked Security reports. iBoot, which is enabled when an iOS device ...

Apple's walled garden is partly made possible through its closed, proprietary software. While Microsoft has made a U-turn on its stance on Linux and open source in general, Apple remains steadfast in ...

A bootloader is typically used to update application code on a microcontroller. It receives the new program from a host, writes it to flash, verifies the program is valid, and resets the ...