After installing /e/ can I re-lock the bootloader?
Regain your privacy! Adopt /e/ the unGoogled mobile OS and online services
After installing /e/ can I re-lock the bootloader?
Regain your privacy! Adopt /e/ the unGoogled mobile OS and online services
Only with the FairPhone3 for now
… but you can remove the nasty message
Related question: why can’t I re-lock my bootloader? What would happen if I ran fastboot oem lock?
On some device, You can brick your phone …
SkewedZeppelin
(DivestOS vs. /e/ OS - security and privacy easy - #83 by SkewedZeppelin)
this is pretty easy to support/enable, you just have to integrate the following into your builds :
sed -i 's/^\treturn VERITY_STATE_DISABLE;//' drivers/md/dm-android-verity.c
on all kernels, to restore verified boot that LineageOS disabledAs for device support (per the devices I build for):
On some device, You can brick your phone …
Here is a list of some relockable Devices - DivestOS Mobile
Yep. I figure if one plans to regularly update their ROM it’s probably best to keep it unlocked. For some devices the risk of screwing things up by constantly unlocking and relocking is too great.
I personally see no reason for relocking a device.
When your OEM pushes out an update you don’t have to unlock.
You can update your ROM just fine with bootloader locked.
I’ve had a locked Nexus 4 that started with Android 6 in-place upgraded all the way to 10 with no issue.
If I didn’t change the signing keys or need to eventually re-partition it for the bigger system images of the newer versions, it could’ve stayed locked all the way to 11.