Bootloader unlocking: Difference between revisions

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| [[Google Pixel|Google]]|| Easy (non-Verizon)<br>Medium<ref>https://joshspicer.com/root-pixel-1 {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2025}}</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]]|| UnavailableEasy (Outside of North America and One UI 7 and older versions)
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>

| 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 &#124; 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.

Prior to One UI 8.0, Devices sold outside of North America had the OEM Unlock option to unlock the bootloader.

From One UI 8.0, Samsung has removed the ability to unlock the bootloader in all regions.<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><ref>{{Cite web |last=Leon |first=Jean |date=2025-07-26 |title=One UI 8 Could Be Killing Part of the Core Essence of Android |url=https://www.androidheadlines.com/2025/07/samsung-one-ui-8-prevents-unlocking-bootloader-galaxy-phone.html |access-date=2025-07-27 |website=Android Headlines |language=en-US}}</ref>

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| [[OnePlus]]|| Easy (non-[[T-Mobile US|T-Mobile]])<br>Medium ([[T-Mobile US|T-Mobile]])|| Command-line, except on T-Mobile US variants where an unlock code is needed

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| [[Xiaomi]]|| Hard (MIUI powered devices)<br>Very Hard (non-Chinese HyperOS powered devices)<br>UnavailableImpossible (China Mainland)

| Requires a 3-7 day old Mi account (limited to one device per month and three devices per year).

On devices with [[Xiaomi HyperOS]] outside mainland China, you need to request bootloader unlock permissions in the Xiaomi Community app before proceeding with bootloader unlocking. Requires a 1-month-old Xiaomi account.

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For Mainland China devices with HyperOS, bootloader unlock has not been available since February 2025.

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| [[Asus]]|| UnavailableImpossible || Unavailable since August 2023, when first-party apps were removed and servers were shut down.

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| [[Sony Mobile|Sony]]|| Medium || Command-line, request code at Sony website

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| [[Motorola]]|| Varies widely between model and SoC manufacturer<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-04-08 |title=[Guide]Un/locking Motorola Bootloader |url=https://xdaforums.com/t/guide-un-locking-motorola-bootloader.4079111/ |access-date=2025-06-12 |website=XDA Forums |language=en-US}}</ref>

UnavailableMedium (Except Verizon, AT&T, TracfoneTracFone)

Impossible (Verizon, AT&T, TracFone)

| Command-line, request code at Motorola website

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| [[Realme]]|| Medium-Hard (China Mainland and India)<br>UnavailableImpossible (global) || Command-line, after installation of the in-depth test app and submitting an application for in-depth testing.

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| [[Nothing (company)|Nothing]]|| Easy || Command-line

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| [[Huawei]]|| Medium-Hard (Kirin SoCs, select Huawei phones)

UnavailableImpossible (others)

| Select Huawei phones using the Kirin SoC can have their bootloader unlocked unofficially via potatonv: https://www.xda-developers.com/huawei-honor-bootloader-unlock-potatonv/

For other devices, bootloader unlock has not been available since July 2018.

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Any phones bought from mainland China and in depth-test's device support lists: Depth test regardless of SoC (the depth test app can be downloaded from Oppo's website). Command line using adb and fastboot.

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| [[HMD Global|HMD]]-[[Nokia]]|| UnavailableImpossible || N/A

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|[[Vivo (technology company)|Vivo]]

|UnavailableImpossible as of May 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=vivo Smartphone FAQs {{!}} vivo India |url=https://www.vivo.com/in/support/questionList?categoryId=10047&FAQId=10204 |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=www.vivo.com |archive-date=2022-11-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221129234638/https://www.vivo.com/in/support/questionList?categoryId=10047&FAQId=10204 |url-status=live }}</ref>

|N/A

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| [[LG]]|| Hard || Possible<ref>{{cite web |title=V60 Bootloader Unlock and Magisk Root |url=https://xdaforums.com/t/v60-bootloader-unlock-and-magisk-root.4358785/ |website=XDA Forums |access-date=24 July 2025}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=July 2025}} by flashing bootloaders with QFIL utility (Unofficial).

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| [[Tecno Mobile|Tecno]]|| Medium || Command-line. Requires Tecno ID account at least two weeks old.