Re:Critical Bluetooth vulnerability in Android
by mavhc on Friday February 07, 2020 @10:31AM
(#22266885)
According to Nokia: Unlocking a device means you may lose some of its functionalities, including – but not limit to – telephone, radio, audio, video, payment, encryption and DRM.
Re:Critical Bluetooth vulnerability in Android
by krn on Friday February 07, 2020 @11:13AM
(#22267396)
As with probably all Android devices, unlocking the bootloader breaks the SafetyNet[1].
And any custom Android ROM requires drivers to be able to completely support the hardware of a particular device.
[1] https://www.howtogeek.com/241012/safetynet-explained-why-and...
That's true. Just like Samsung, Huawei, OnePlus, and any other Android manufacturer except Nokia, Xiaomi maintains its own Android ROM, called MIUI[1]. It's not as vanilla as Android One, but at least it also receives monthly security patches.
> Among which is the need to "sign up" online for bootloader unlock and wait for a timeout period. They do this because resellers used to ship bootloader-unlocked versions with "unofficial" mods of sorts, often with customers being none-the-wiser. Not an issue on the 'Mi A' line, for whatever reason.
It's not an issue with Xiaomi Mi A line, because Xiaomi's reputation is not affected as much if there is something wrong with a smartphone that is not running its custom ROM.
Nokia has only recently started allowing to unlock the bootloader of some of the models, and has a similar process[2].
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIUI
[2] https://www.nokia.com/phones/en_int/bootloader