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Custom Recovery has finally made its way to the LG G5. Now before you get too excited this is currently only available for the international variant H850. The international variant is the only version of the device that has an official bootloader unlock method from LG. The other variants are...

If you were looking for a good reason to buy an LG G5 I may have found one for you! The LG G5 is now supported by LG's Official Bootloader Unlock tool! For now this is only available for the European H850 variant. You will need to obtain your device's ID and use it to unlock the bootloader on...

By now you are probably just as pumped about the HTC 10 as I am. I pre-ordered it as soon as pre-orders went live and expect to receive it any day now! I decided to grab the unlocked version which will only work on T-mo and AT&T, but the benefit of this version is that HTC will allow you to...

Normally to unlock the bootloader of a Xiaomi phone you would need to first register your phone with Xiaomi then wait 2-3 weeks for the unlock code. Developer "wolkenjaeger" ran into an issue with his device and did not have time to wait for the code so he figured out how to unlocke the...

It looks like Verizon has finally done something right! The Verizon Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge is totally sim unlocked and can be used on other carriers. This is great news considering that other carrier versions ship sim unlocked, but automatically lock the phone to the carrier once you...

Yesterday we learned that all US Snapdragon 820 variants of the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge were bootloader locked. The bootloaders are locked with in a way in which they need an OEM key to be unlocked. This is pretty frustrating for power users who bought the phones with hopes they would be able to...

One of the top reasons for me to purchase the Nexus 6P was the fact that I could buy it directly from Huawei and use it on any carrier that I wanted. This also meant my carrier, Verizon, couldn't add any of their own bloatware to the device! According to the FCC filings the Galaxy S7 will ship...

The $200 super budget phone from Huawei has just gotten a bit better. I reviewed this phone a few days ago. So far out of all the phones I have used in this price range the Honor 5X is my favorite. Obviously it cuts a few corners to get to $200 like no OIS, no nfc, and last gen wifi radios, but...

Earlier today I published my full review of the Honor 5X. Considering the price point this is one of the best phones your $200 can buy hands down. The one major problem I had with the device is the Emotion UI skin overlay. It is super heavy and just tends to bog things down. One way you can fix...

The Huawei Mate 8 can now be rooted! In order to root the Mate 8 you will need an unlocked bootloader. There are a few ways to go about this. The legit OEM method requires you to Make a Huawei ID and stay logged in for 14 days before being able to unlock the bootloader through their developer...

In an unprecedented move Verizon is allowing Moto X 2nd Gen phones to be bootloader unlocked via the traditional method. You can now head on over to the Motorola developer site and it will generate a proper bootloader unlock code. I am still not sure if Verizon had any say in this matter, or if...

The Huawei Mate 8 was shown off at CES the other day. It basically looks like a Nexus 6P with a janky Android overlay. Huawei's EMUI is not my favorite with its heavy theming and lack of an app drawer. It can quickly become a mess depending on how many apps you have installed on your phone. If...

TheRootNinja team including Beaups and Jcase decided to give us a tasty treat on Thanksgiving day. They released the first ever Bootloader Unlock method for the Droid Turbo. This will pave the way for all kinds of Roms and mods on that device. One of the main reasons these vulnerabilities are...

Unlocking the Bootloader on most phones is normally pretty simple. It simply requires that you boot the phone into fastboot and then run the "oem unlock" command. That won't work with the Zuk Z1. The reason for this is that the device does not show up as a fastboot device. You have to specifiy...

First off I would like to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving. Hopefully yours was as joy filled as mine. Nothing beats great food and time with friends and family! As I was sitting on the couch about to fall asleep from the Tryptophan I saw in my twitter feed a little teaser pic that P3droid...

Why buy the HTC One A9? If you were an early adopter you were able to preorder it at $399 which one could argue is too much for a phone with these specs. Maybe you just loved the design of the phone which is reminiscent of the iPhone 6 (don't tell an HTC fan boy this they will chop your head off...

Bootloader unlocking veterans probably did the same thing I did when they first got their Nexus 6P. Of course the first thing I wanted to do was get that bootloader unlocked and get TWRP installed. I plugged my 6P into my PC and proceeded to boot the phone into fastboot mode so I could unlock...

If you decided to skip the Galaxy S6 in favor of holding on to your Verizon Galaxy S5 you made a good choice! It took several months just to get the Verizon Galaxy S5 rooted. The Galaxy S5 community pulled their resources together pledging over $20,000 for a root method. Not long after the...

The OnePlus X is the mid range device from the makers of the "Flagship Killer" series. Surprisingly the OnePlus X is getting rave reviews, and is being touted as the best "Bang For Your Buck" device for 2015. I have yet to get my hands on the device, but it looks pretty amazing at the price...

Now that a Stock version of Android 6.0 Marshmallow has been posted for the LG G4 it would be nice if the phone's bootloader could be unlocked so you can take advantage. I kept my H815 review unit for months holding out hope that the bootloader would be unlockable. While several other variants...