Locked and unlocked boot loaders
Boot loaders may be locked or unlocked. Locked boot loaders don't allow you to perform modifications to the device's firmware by implementing restrictions at the boot loader level, usually done through cryptographic signature verification. Hence, unsigned code cannot be flashed to the device. In other words, in order to run any recovery image or your own operating system, the boot loader needs to be unlocked first. Unlocking the boot loader could result in serious security implications. If the device is lost or stolen, all data on it can be recovered by an attacker simply by uploading a custom Android boot image or flashing a custom recovery image. After doing so, the attacker has full access to the data contained ...
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