Are we sure about the Fairphone? I set one up with LineageOS the other day and had no issues, nor did I have to register anywhere, as far as I can remember.
On Fairphone, for every OEM unlock you need a working internet connection, and for the first OEM unlock you need to get an activation code from Fairphone using your phones IMEI/serial number. So I’d say this classification is correct.
I also have a Fairphone and everything worked without problems, but it is still 100% controlled by Fairphone even on already sold devices.
considering that fairphone decided to include an unnecessary option on their site to “request for an unlocking code” even tho their devices can be easily unlocked via dev mode. I kinda understand the thought of the github author/s that it would just take a board meeting and deciding to enshittify their product, the possibility of it is super low but not zero.
Are we sure about the Fairphone? I set one up with LineageOS the other day and had no issues, nor did I have to register anywhere, as far as I can remember.
On Fairphone, for every OEM unlock you need a working internet connection, and for the first OEM unlock you need to get an activation code from Fairphone using your phones IMEI/serial number. So I’d say this classification is correct. I also have a Fairphone and everything worked without problems, but it is still 100% controlled by Fairphone even on already sold devices.
Not sure about older Fairphones. I have a FP5.
See https://www.fairphone.com/de/bootloader-unlocking-code-for-fairphone
There is a bypass to do it offline
https://www.datenrei.ch/blog/2024/05/25/fp-oem-unlock-all.html
Still deserves the spot on the list though
I must be misremembering then! Thanks for the correction.
tbf, I’m not sure about older Fairphones (I have a FP5 and I needed to do that)
considering that fairphone decided to include an unnecessary option on their site to “request for an unlocking code” even tho their devices can be easily unlocked via dev mode. I kinda understand the thought of the github author/s that it would just take a board meeting and deciding to enshittify their product, the possibility of it is super low but not zero.
They also have anti rollback, You cannot lock the bootloater if current rom security version is older than the one it had before.
They do warn of this but still bad as it makes the phone a brick if you do lock it.