Some Google Pixel 8 phones reportedly have an unlocked bootloader out of the box
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- 26 Oct 2023
Anders, 22 Oct 2023"Honestly, we would love to learn exactly how this sit... moreYes, consumers will surely listen to you ... 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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- 24 Oct 2023
you have to suffer, 23 Oct 2023even developing countries won't buy no name phones wit... moreNice joke
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- 23 Oct 2023
GregLu, 22 Oct 2023Xiaomi seems to have problem with model made in India too. ... morenetworking problems, deadboot, combusting battery, or any other components gone defective. especially made in india xiaomi devices
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- iJp
- 23 Oct 2023
I guess no pixel review before christmas right?
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- 23 Oct 2023
GregLu, 22 Oct 2023Xiaomi seems to have problem with model made in India too. ... morePerhaps you didn't notice.. their quality is going downhill since 2018. All made in China phones and designed in California. Battery gate/Flickers/Green line issues on display - Not defending but there are hard facts.
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- 23 Oct 2023
Banking apps work even with root, get some native speakers on board gsm
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- 23 Oct 2023
you have to suffer, 23 Oct 2023even developing countries won't buy no name phones wit... moreXiaomi phones have much better value for money and specs that equivalently priced Google or Samsung phones. You can basically get upper midrange or flagship specs for the price of a Google Pixel with a Xiaomi.
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- 23 Oct 2023
This is excellent news because it is one step closer to installing a custom ROM so that these stupid Pixel phones can finally have 5G SA/ 5G NSA, ViLTE and VoNR (or at least VoLTE support) in unsupported countries (99% of the world where it was never released.)
Currently, ALL Pixel phones from 2020 (Pixel 5, Pixel 4a) up to the latest Pixel 8/8 Pro (2023) do not support 5G, ViLTE and VoNR/VoLTE when purchased and/or used in an unsupported country because of INTENTIONAL SOFTWARE BLOCKING by Google which the latter denies and lies to its teeth repeatedly blaming the local network service provider for the problem instead of the Pixels' blocking software. Good luck international travelers to ever having 5G, VoLTE /VoNR, or ViLTE when traveling to an unsupported country with a Pixel phone.
Installing a custom ROM is the only solution to travel to or use of Pixel phones in unsupported countries, and an unlocked bootloader makes it one step easier and faster. So yeah, excellent news for unsupported countries which Google's Pixel software blocks.
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- 23 Oct 2023
Anonymous, 22 Oct 2023Developing country citizens would rather buy the newest che... moreeven developing countries won't buy no name phones with trash unusable mt6580 chip
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- 22 Oct 2023
Anders, 22 Oct 2023Apples quality control seems to have gone downhill since th... moreXiaomi seems to have problem with model made in India too. Perhaps it's in QC or something else 😕
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- 22 Oct 2023
Anonymous, 22 Oct 2023„Especially @ Apple, everything was top notch,“
5 words:... moreYep, I had G2 with burned screen, G3 with Bootloop and G4 with MB issues. But these price weren't as today and the picture quality taken on G3/G4 was superb at the time. Better than S7 (I had both at the times).
But right now it's right out of the box 😆
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- 22 Oct 2023
LosEstupido, 22 Oct 2023we're kind of coming back to the old days where most a... moreHow old? 12 years ago still had to unlock my sony.
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- 22 Oct 2023
GregLu, 22 Oct 2023Sadly, the same comment can be made about the QC on iPhone ... moreApples quality control seems to have gone downhill since they moved more manufacturing to India.
Not hating on India, it might be a coincidence. But it does appear that way
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- 22 Oct 2023
Anonymous, 22 Oct 2023And who told you iPhone 15 pro has a glass back issue?! som... moreIt is an issue. Foxconn put the metal backplate on the phone itself rather than the frosted glass back. It may help with the phones integrity itself but it raises issues with the back glass itself though.
I would slap on a case and be done with it, but its still something people worry about
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- AngryLithuanian
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- 22 Oct 2023
10 years ago it was a welcome feature now it's a problem. People living backwards.
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- 22 Oct 2023
imtiredokay, 22 Oct 2023A lot of people in developing countries is still having the... moreDeveloping country citizens would rather buy the newest cheap Xiaomi or no name chinese phone than get old Pixels. Unless they reach a certain popularity level like LG phones in the used markets.
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- 22 Oct 2023
YUKI93, 22 Oct 2023But if you want to use GrapheneOS on Pixel phones, you stil... moreNormies out number the techies so this becomes an issue. Like their banking apps not running. My bank just recently required their app to turn off Developers Options. Looking to use a different finance related app as I hate re enabling 0.5x everytime.
Nromies ruining everything is a perpetual issue.
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- 22 Oct 2023
there are no security problem with unlocked bootloader because for use any financial app or just add payment to play store you need to setup some kind of password and after that yours data is encrypted.
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- 22 Oct 2023
GregLu, 22 Oct 2023Sadly, the same comment can be made about the QC on iPhone ... more„Especially @ Apple, everything was top notch,“
5 words: You are holding it wrong
Also, the Titanium Powerbooks had paint chipping and stuff, there were always issues, and the same is true with other manufacturers. People look with rose-tinted glasses back at LG, but the LG G3-5 era had lots of bootloops, same for the LG Nexus 5X. Just as an example
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- 22 Oct 2023
But if you want to use GrapheneOS on Pixel phones, you still need to unlock the bootloader. So I really can't see this being a concerning news anyway.