What's the point of an unlocked bootloader when roms still work?

[patfactorx]

I know a lot of ppl been hammering these OEMs for unlocking their phones but it seems that every locked bootloader phone can still flash roms. I think we can stop giving them a hard time now.

 

[srkmagnus]

Re: What's the point of an unlocked bootloader when roms still wo

Deeper customizations, such as overclocked kernels.

 

[Officerpolabear]

Re: What's the point of an unlocked bootloader when roms still wo

Not only that but it's also easier to root it, well so I've heard...

 

[anon(21022)]

Re: What's the point of an unlocked bootloader when roms still wo

I know a lot of ppl been hammering these OEMs for unlocking their phones but it seems that every locked bootloader phone can still flash roms. I think we can stop giving them a hard time now.

Locked bootloader -> developers spend their time searching for security exploits to root the phone and gain access to all the functions needed to install ROMs and modify the system; users wait a long time before they can install ROMs or root their phone

Unlocked bootloader -> developers/users spend their time developing/porting/installing/using ROMs

 

[srkmagnus]

Re: What's the point of an unlocked bootloader when roms still wo

Not only that but it's also easier to root it, well so I've heard...

Not necessarily. Phones can be rooted before launch but have a locked bootloader.

 

[primetechv2]

Very true. My Motorola Triumph has a locked bootloader, or at least it did. Rooting it was a simple process of running Gingerbreak, and although the bootloader was "locked" we found a method of getting around it soon after. ROMs followed for that love-deprived device shortly after.

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[SellnCLT85]

Re: What's the point of an unlocked bootloader when roms still wo

The main benefit of unlocked bootloaders is a decrease of soft bricked/bricked devices.