Anyone who is interested in rooting a device, applying a custom ROM or just generally tinkering with their device will now and understand the importance of having an unlocked bootloader. This is ...

Have an LG smartphone and want to unlock the bootloader so you can install a custom recovery, custom ROM, or other firmware? Now you can do that… maybe. LG’s last few flagship phones have shipped with ...

Time to sharpen your coding and tinkering skills. LG G4 users have assembled and managed to collect over $2000 USD. The purpose? Giving it all to the first person to come up with a new root method or ...

Even though certain platforms don’t really care much about hacking into phones any more, rooting Android devices is still one of the most popular reasons why people love the operating system. Sadly, ...

Many moons ago, LG had promised the release of an official bootloader unlock tool for its G3, but the company didn't make good on its word. It seems that the plans were never forgotten though, because ...

LG shut down its smartphone division earlier this year, but promised to continue providing Android updates for its latest flagship phones through 2022. Want to keep using up to date software on an LG ...

LG pulled the plug on its mobile phone business earlier this year, promising some level of support for its devices for a limited period of time. The Android developer community is well known for ...

Ryan is a tech/science writer, skeptic, lover of all things electronic, and Android fan. In his spare time he reads golden-age sci-fi and sleeps, but rarely at the same time. His wife tolerates him as ...

European LG G7 ThinQ and LG V30 handsets get Bootloader Unlock Tool support from LG. The company states on the official website for the tool that those two devices have support for the European market ...

It's a little bit exasperating for the more tech-savvy smartphone tinkerers who own an LG V20 to learn that some smartphones under LG do not support unlocking the bootloader. Android phone ...