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No going back: Pixel 10's Android rollbacks rumored to go away

Rollbacks for Android software might vanish from Google's flagship Pixel 10 phones.

Pixel 10 series may lock you out of downgrades with a future Android update

A new leak claims that Pixel 10 phones (except the 10a) will soon get a bootloader update to prevents downgrading to older ...
Hackaday

RP2040 Boot Loader Is A Worm

[Hunter Adams] has written a secondary bootloader for the RP2040 that uses an IR link and can be extended to behave like a polite worm virus. This allows the easy updating of a large cluster of ...
Android Authority

You told us: Your phone's bootloader isn't unlocked, or you aren't sure

Unlocking your phone’s bootloader is an essential step if you want to install alternative ROMs, beta versions of Android, different operating systems, or get root access for greater control. So it was ...
Android Police

Drastically reduced Xiaomi bootloader unlock policy raises questions over device ownership

Chris has reported for various tech and consumer goods outlets over the past decade, including Android Police and MakeUseOf since early 2022. Previously, he has contributed to outlets such as ...
EDN

7 tips for designing a robust Bootloader

Embedded software is never finished. The software always requires some tweak, adjustment, a feature addition or bug fix. It is just the way the world works. A product could be sent back to the ...
Bleeping Computer

The Intel Microcode Boot Loader Protects Older CPUs From Spectre

The Intel Microcode Boot Loader creates a bootable USB flash drive that automatically applies the latest Intel microcodes to your identified CPU so that you are protected from the speculative ...