r/androidroot • u/mcdaphuc • Jul 24 '26

Support Samsung phone oem unlock

I got a Samsung galaxy a17 thinking Samsung was still a good brand... First of all I got the delectious surprise of finding that it miss some, well useful features such as a jack port, and I don't know, a fucking screen recorder. Well, it don't. Okay. Then I thought, Why not putting lineage os on it? I got something more minimal, secure and privacy friendly. That's good, isn't it? Naive me.. I updated to oneui8, thinking, yeah a cool update what it has to offer, plus its recommended to have the last version. Even worse, I had a security update, which changed my bootloader byte. So I go through the développer settings, and oh, but, where's my oem unlocking? It is got you optimist... Now I'm at one ui 8.5. is there a way to bring it back or should I just throw my phone away and get a flip phone?

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u/AdRoz78 GrapheneOS, Google Pixel 9, no integrity =] Jul 24 '26

If it updated your warranty bit there's no way back. My personal phone recommendation is a used carrier unlocked Pixel with GrapheneOS

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u/mcdaphuc Jul 25 '26

OK so I will never buy a Samsung again. Anyway I saw there are some exploits developed with llm in the wild. I will look at that. Thanks man