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| [[Google Pixel|Google]]|| Easy (non-Verizon)<br>Medium<ref>{{cite web | title=Rooting your Bootlocked Pixel Phone (Verizon Edition) | url=https://joshspicer.com/root-pixel-1 }}</ref> (Verizon) || Command-line (unlocked variant, not restricted to carrier, and non-Verizon carrier variants when paid off fully)
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| [[Samsung Galaxy|Samsung]]||
* Some very old Android versions - available with usual flashing tools.
Impossible (North America and One UI 8 and newer versions)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-07-26 |title=Bootloader unlocking option removed from One UI 8.0 |url=https://xdaforums.com/t/bootloader-unlocking-option-removed-from-one-ui-8-0.4751904/ |access-date=2025-07-27 |website=XDA Forums |language=en-US}}</ref>▼
* North American versions
** Below March 2021 security update - Freely unavailable, commercially available (requred unlock tokens that are officially unobtainable, but obtainable by third parties through yet publicly unknown means, resold as paid shady services available in Telegram and Discord), additionally modified flashing tools and firmwares are required<ref>https://xdaforums.com/t/closed-android-unsamlock-bootloader-unlock-for-samsung-us-canada-devices.4215101/</ref><ref>https://xdaforums.com/t/2023-sm-g950u-u1-w-rev8-root-method-android-9-snapdragon-models-via-bootloader-unlock-token.4060701/</ref>.
** Above March 2021 security update - unavalable.
* Other versions
** Below One UI 8.0 - freely available.
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| Enable option that allows OEM unlock (if it exists) in Development settings, then unlock bootloader in Download mode.
[[Samsung Knox]] (on supported<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.samsungknox.com/en/knox-platform/supported-devices |title=Device Compatibility Knox Solutions | Samsung Knox |access-date=2024-12-05 |archive-date=2024-12-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241207152737/https://www.samsungknox.com/en/knox-platform/supported-devices |url-status=live }}</ref> devices) will be permanently tripped if modified or custom firmware is flashed, so [[Samsung Wallet]], Secure Folder and applications made use of the Knox framework will be permanently unusable even if the bootloader is re-locked.
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