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- How can iodéOS (Lineage fork) be installed on phones with bootloaders locked?
I just don't understand how they can create an installer that works with bootloader locked phones, and then the OS remain completely secure.
Barring exploits, phones with a locked bootloader can't be flashed with a different OS by design.
Well, to be fair, I did in the past unlock my Fairphone's bootloader, and then re-lock it as per the iodéOS instructions. But, presumably, that only works with certain devices and certain OSes?
After you unlocked it, it was no longer locked, and you could do the install. It had to be unlocked for that part. Many phones have no available unlock.
it doesn't support phones with locked bootloader. i believe the list is talking about their fancy installer, even if it doesn't work one can probably manually install like any other custom rom
I am on a fairphone with iode and a locked bootloader.
i mean phones with manufacturer imposed bootloader locks that cannot be overriden by the user e.g. all samsung phones after OneUI8, verizon pixels..