Remember the original Quest headset that Meta (then Oculus) trumpeted back in 2019? Meta seems to hope you don’t, since the ...

Root My Galaxy is an open-source tool using the GhostLock Linux exploit for temporary root access on select Samsung Galaxy flagship phones.

The best source for Android OS news. Co-host on the Android Faithful podcast. Like the Google Nexus series, the Google Pixel smartphones are among the easiest devices to unlock the bootloader, root, ...

The Quest virtual reality headset gets a fully unlocked bootloader thanks to the QuestStack tool, which automates a complex ...

To be clear, this does NOT work on the Google Pixel 2 or Pixel 2 XL. Attempting this on those devices could cause major issues up-to-and-including bricking the phone. Don’t try it! That’s it! You now ...

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OnePlus is making a considerable change with its Android 16 update which will require users to fill out an application before having the ability to unlock their bootloader. In a post this week, ...

I’m Adam Conway, an Irish technology fanatic with a BSc in Computer Science and I'm XDA’s Lead Technical Editor. My Bachelor’s thesis was conducted on the viability of benchmarking the non-functional ...

Six vulnerabilities in the widely used U-Boot bootloader have been discovered that could allow attackers to execute malicious code during device boot, potentially enabling stealthy firmware attacks ...

Computer scientists recently discussed several vulnerabilities that were discovered in Android bootloaders using the BootStomp tool. How do Android bootloaders work, and what are the risks of the ...