he bootloader unlocking feature essentially enables users to install custom ROMs on their smartphones.
Apologising whole-heartedly over trouble and disappointment caused by lack of support for bootloader unlock feature on the latest LG smartphones, the Korean tech giant has now indicated that future devices coming from the company might come with the much-talked about feature. The official reply made via an email to XDA developers quotes LG as hinting that it’s currently working out the finer details of how to go about offering the feature in future devices.
The official email (now posted on the XDA forum by Wolfgart) further reveals that LG is looking to provide much ‘safer’ bootloader unlocking feature for developers, as well as a dedicated server accompanying the same. interior discussions are on even as we speak, to decide the course of action, namely the target models and the exact timeline to roll out the feature for developers. Since a lot of finer detailing ranging from technical restrictions, security issues to the policy of mobile carriers is to be kept in mind and worked about, the final decision to roll out the feature might just be sometime in the making, confirmed LG.
For those still scratch their head over the whole thing, here’s some brief insight. The bootloader unlocking feature essentially enables users to install custom ROMs on their smartphones. Developer forums like the popular XDA are known to offer such custom ROMs from time to time along with detailed instructions regarding the same. LG providing the feature in its future devices is surely a welcome step for developers, however, as things stand now, there is still sometime before that actually happens. LG has however assured that it will shed more light over the future of the feature as and when it decides its support policy. In all probability, the upcoming the LG G3 Stylus smartphone expected to lauch in Q3 this year might come with the feature, however, this is not a one hundred per cent guarantee. So keep your fingers crossed for more to come.
