A new leak claims that Pixel 10 phones (except the 10a) will soon get a bootloader update to prevents downgrading to older ...

Rollbacks for Android software might vanish from Google's flagship Pixel 10 phones.

Google wants to tighten software downgrade protections on the Pixel 10 series. According to the Mystic Leaks Telegram channel ...

In the UK, a Zenfone buyer sued ASUS over the company’s broken promise to provide bootloader unlocking support for its phones. The buyer won, getting a full refund for the phone and their court fees, ...

Years ago, unlocking the bootloader on Android phones was more common. While far fewer people do it now, there is still a niche that likes to test advanced software modifications and more. That said, ...

Dallas was working on cars at a Honda dealership rocking a MyTouch 4G when Artem and the gang started Android Police. It was this very website that got him into Android in the first place — he'd sneak ...

A new Qualcomm GBL exploit is reportedly affecting Qualcomm SoCs, mainly the latest Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5. This enables bootloader unlocking on flagship phones that were previously difficult to ...

Google has deployed quantum-resistant encryption across Android 17's security stack, covering bootloader, keystore, and app ...

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.