Most new Amazon Echo devices are powered by Amazon’s Linux-based Vega operating system. But older models shipped with a custom version of Android that’s been locked down to make them feel more like an ...

Compact utility loaders, stand-on track loader, mini skid steers – whatever it is you want to call them – have been booming in popularity in recent years, and it's easy to see why. These little ...

For years, Android users have knocked iOS for being a "walled garden," with the iPhone locking users into Apple's ecosystem and limiting how far they can stray outside of the company's guidelines.

Muhammad Qasim is a certified Google IT Support Professional. Image: Xiaomi Xiaomi will no longer be providing official support for unlocking the bootloader on some older devices after it ...

For a long time, the ability to unlock a phone’s bootloader has been a fundamental part of the Android experience for a certain type of user – the power user. What exactly is a bootloader? Simply put, ...

Samsung is blocking its phones' bootloaders with the upcoming One UI 8 update. A recent report from an XDA Developers contributor says that Samsung has started disabling bootloader unlocking on ...

A toggle that would let Samsung owners install custom software has disappeared on phones shipping with the new OS, and One UI 8 beta builds for the Galaxy S25. A toggle that would let Samsung owners ...

This revelation suggests that Samsung has intentionally made the change and One UI 8 does have the OEM Unlocking option disabled for everyone. Since the bootloader does not have the code to unlock ...

Samsung’s upcoming One UI 8 update is locking down bootloader access on Galaxy devices worldwide, ending an era of flexibility for enthusiasts and developers. One UI 8 removes OEM Unlock toggle ...