Google confirms: Unlocking your phone's bootloader breaks local Gemini features

Planning to unlock the bootloader on your Android handset? Think twice, if you plan on having access to on-device Gemini Nano ...
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The Long, Slow Push to Make Phones Boot Faster

Starting with Android Oreo (version 8), the operating system switched to a faster decompression algorithm (LZ4), which allowed the bootloader to unpack the kernel faster. The boot animation was also ...
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Some Android Phones Are Becoming More Like iPhones In One Crucial Way

For years, Android users have knocked iOS for being a "walled garden," with the iPhone locking users into Apple's ecosystem and limiting how far they can stray outside of the company's guidelines.
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Samsung's One UI 8 Reportedly Kills Unlocking Bootloader

Samsung’s One UI 8 update reportedly removes the option to unlock the bootloader on many Galaxy devices. This change impacts advanced users who customize their phones with custom ROMs or root access.