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Re:Google: 'Your $1000 phone needs our permission to install... by queenkjuul on Sunday August 31, 2025 @05:05PM (#45087084)
Unlocking the bootloader is step 1 in rooting the device (usually) and is absolutely required to install an alternate OS (like grapheneOS)

And yeah majority of phones simply won't let you do that anymore

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