Re: How do nonroot Android & nonjailbroken iOS run SMB servers to connect to each other & Windows?

On 27 Apr 2025 19:56:36 GMT, Frank Slootweg wrote :

  However, someone in comp.mobile.android pointed out that (non-US)
Samsung phones have a bootloader unlock switch in the 'Developer
options' and indeed my Samsung (Galaxy A51) has such a switch, without
any comments that it will wipe the device.

Again I agree that Frank brings up a good point, in that I ran SuperSU (as
I recall) many moons ago on my Samsung Galaxy S3, and, I do think I've seen
that non-US A325G versions (mine is a US version) can unlock the booloader.

Even my bootloader version would have been able to be rooted had it
remained at subversions below around 3 or 4 or 5 (I don't recall the exact
cutoff), but mine have steadily been updated from that to 6,7,8,9,A,B...
until it's now at H.

Note I have a thread on XDA Developers will all the gory details; but my
point is even USA bootloaders used to be unlockable - but, alas no more.