Motorola recently took the wraps off of “Unlock My Device,” a webpage that will guide you through the process of unlocking your Motorola Android phone as long as you’re willing to agree to the company ...

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Anyone who is interested in rooting a device, applying a custom ROM or just generally tinkering with their device will now and understand the importance of having an unlocked bootloader. This is ...

Have an LG smartphone and want to unlock the bootloader so you can install a custom recovery, custom ROM, or other firmware? Now you can do that… maybe. LG’s last few flagship phones have shipped with ...

ASUS has released a bootloader unlock tool for the ASUS Transformer Pad 300, one of its Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich tablets. First discovered by Android Police, the bootloader unlock tool is ...

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If you run a Moto X or any of the DROID family of devices from 2013, or one of a handful of other devices from HTC from 2013, then you now have a way to unlock the bootloaders for those devices thanks ...

Amazon has always used a heavily augmented version of Android for their tablets. They do this because it makes their products distinctive in the marketplace and locks people into the Amazon ecosystem.

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LG shut down its smartphone division earlier this year, but promised to continue providing Android updates for its latest flagship phones through 2022. Want to keep using up to date software on an LG ...

LG pulled the plug on its mobile phone business earlier this year, promising some level of support for its devices for a limited period of time. The Android developer community is well known for ...