Microsoft & Nokia made it very difficult to modify the system by locking down the bootloader of Windows Phone devices. Now with more developments and availability of better tools, it is very easy to unlock the bootloader of Lumia phones. An unlocked bootloader opens many customization …
Samsung held a press conference today detailing the results of its investigation into the battery fires that plagued its Galaxy Note7. Reports of phones catching fire appeared soon after it went on sale August 19, 2016. After an initial investigation identified faulty batteries from one of …
Several users have asked me for help regarding rooting their Nokia phones. The most common requests come from the owners of Nokia 6.1 Plus (Nokia X6), Nokia 7 Plus, Nokia 6.1, Nokia 7.1 and Nokia 7. Unsurprisingly, Nokia develops all these phones on the same software …
LG’s bootloader unlocking policy is quite annoying as the company tends to whitelist only a handful of regional device variants to be unlocked via their official portal. The situation isn’t always their fault, though, as U.S. carriers tend to make the decision to block bootloader unlocking. …
When you have just started using Linux, you’ll find many things that are different from Windows. One of those ‘different things’ is the concept of the root user. In this beginner series, I’ll explain a few important things about the root user in Ubuntu. Please keep …
