LG is shutting down its developer website, last chance to unlock your bootloader

06 December 2021
The website will no longer be available after December 31, 2021.

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  • 06 Dec 2021

Anonymous, 06 Dec 2021Sad but LG is dead. Only TVs are good.And monitors + regular home appliance.

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    • Anonymous
    • nYE
    • 06 Dec 2021

    Time to claim the code for my G8S just in case then.

    LG promised to update the G8S up to android 12, but considering my G8S still doesn't even have 11, I at least can go the custom ROM way at certain point (custom ROM support on the G8S is near non existent)

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      • Anonymous
      • 7sj
      • 06 Dec 2021

      What about h870ds.
      Can you unlock /root the most difficult phone ever?

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        • Anonymous
        • mxn
        • 06 Dec 2021

        AnonD-909757, 06 Dec 2021Where did I EVER say it was bad COMPARED to iOS? I was tal... moreWhat the hell's wrong with Linux? It doesn't have locked bootloaders or anything like that, the only thing that can't be freely modified on a PC running Linux is the BIOS, which isn't a big deal.

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          • Anonymous
          • 7X1
          • 06 Dec 2021

          Well for those who fail to unlock the bootloader after the dealine. Its resail value gonna tank or the phones gonna be garbage.

            Anonymous, 06 Dec 2021what is bootloader? how to unlock? where from to get it?Try searching the internet for answers 🔎

              famakate, 06 Dec 2021you obviously forgot that sony is still making phonesand asus?

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                • Anonymous
                • 6wN
                • 06 Dec 2021

                Sad but LG is dead. Only TVs are good.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • TSN
                  • 06 Dec 2021

                  1. LG fans buy the top end flagship V series before, solely for its DACs. They definitely do not care about OS/software updates.

                  2. Unless if you're relatively new to Android, ROM flashing and LG in particular, then you'd already know there's close to no diff even when/if an LG phone's bootloader is unlocked or not. Most you could do is slap a recovery in and root but not much else. No "replacement ROMs" etc. Compared to the rest of droid brands, 3rd dev support for LG is just plain bad and always has been for like forever. EXCEPT for that last Nexus 4 mako.

                  That AND the fact that LG has already announced that they're shutting down their smartphone biz EIGHT MONTHS AGO but people are still dumb enough and bought some K and W phones afterwards...

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                    • Anonymous
                    • M3w
                    • 06 Dec 2021

                    AnonD-909757, 06 Dec 2021To me, the fact that you need an online service to unlock a... moresome company even require you to register and login in in order to get the key

                      famakate, 06 Dec 2021you obviously forgot that sony is still making phonesSony doesn't sell phones where i live
                      They left a lot of countries

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                        • JQn
                        • 06 Dec 2021

                        famakate, 06 Dec 2021and the best oled TV'sthat's true

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                          • D0Y
                          • 06 Dec 2021

                          Crying with lg g8x

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                            • pZV
                            • 06 Dec 2021

                            Johedt, 06 Dec 2021What does ANDROID have to do with LG's policy? LolBecause that's a typical Android thing, many brands does that.
                            There shouldn't be a NEED to unlock the bootloader in the first place.

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                              • pZV
                              • 06 Dec 2021

                              lesonoeu, 06 Dec 2021What about apple? Do you know how many obstacles you have t... moreNever said Apple and iOS was better, I just said Android was awful.

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                                • pZV
                                • 06 Dec 2021

                                [deleted post]Where did I EVER say it was bad COMPARED to iOS?
                                I was talking in general, as an OS, and in fact comparing it with computer OS, such as Linux which it is build upon.

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                                  • Johedt
                                  • PIA
                                  • 06 Dec 2021

                                  AnonD-909757, 06 Dec 2021To me, the fact that you need an online service to unlock a... moreWhat does ANDROID have to do with LG's policy? Lol

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • j{g
                                    • 06 Dec 2021

                                    springer222, 06 Dec 2021Since LG supports bootloader unlocking for few recent phone... moreThey should release they unlocking key or whatever or just update all the phones to allow then to have the bootloader unlocked offline.

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • j{g
                                      • 06 Dec 2021

                                      [deleted post]Apple does not want you jailbreaking or sideloading any apps on their devices.

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • j{g
                                        • 06 Dec 2021

                                        Wait, you need to be online now to unlock the boot loader? For gods sake..