HMD Global recula: it will unlock the bootloader of your devices and they ask you which one you want them to start with

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Problems with the _bootloader_. I have already experienced this situation on Android with other brands. A movement on the part of the companies that users do not like at all, especially those who like to tinker more with the bowels of their mobile phones and the operating systems that drive them. We are talking about blocking the _bootloader_ of mobile phones"

And Nokia (HMD Global) seems that had not learned from the mistake of other manufacturers who chose to take the same stepThis is to lock the _bootloader_ of your phones. In this way, users were prevented from installing ROMs, for example, and although this is not usual (at least not in the majority of users), the impossibility of doing so has caused quite a stir.

But before we continue, let's talk about what the _bootloader is_ It is a mechanism that is responsible for selecting the kernel, a component basic system boot that is stored in a secure area. The bootloader is a program that is responsible for loading and running the operating system by starting the device in a known initial state.

Blocking the _bootloader_, as in this case HMD Global has done, causes the device to only run operating systems approved by the manufacturer on dutyIn this way, to install a different version of Android, we must either change the _bootloader_ or, what is more practical, unlock it.

Yes, the bootloader can be unlocked

And having said all this, it seems that the commotion caused has made HMD Global think about the decision adopted That's at least which is deduced from the words of Mikko Jaakkola, Director of Technology of HMD Global who has assured that they will unlock the _bootloader_ of each model, one by one.

In this way, with this movement, it has helped them to give themselves, because they have asked users to tell them which model they want them to start with in process and incidentally suggests that they explain what modifications they would add or what are the objectives that lead them to ask to have the bootloader unlocked.

In this way, the only thing left to know is whether Nokia, or rather, HMD Global, will finally allow freedom to unlock the _bootloader_ of all its phones or just some.Will they provide access to the kernel sources in their models? These are open questions but I'm sure users like being able to

We remember in passing that some manufacturers have come to offer official instructions to unlock the _bootloader_ of their phones. A step that, however, can have an important but: the loss of the guarantee of the device.

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