Huawei Will Stop Providing Codes To Unlock Device Bootloader

Before now, we usually use Codes to unlock Bootloader of Huawei phones in order to root them and customize to our liking but that will now be a bygone as Huawei has announced it will officially stop providing all Bootloader unlocking codes to developers and its customers.

Few weeks ago, Huawei removed the page that provided codes to unlock the bootloader on Huawei and Honor devices but users were still able to get the unlock codes by requesting for it through email.

However, in the company's latest announcement;

“To provide a better user experience and avoid problems caused by ROM flashing, the unlock code application service will stop for all products launched after 2018-5-24. For products released before this date, the service will stop 60 days after this announcement.

Thanks for your understanding. We will continue to provide quality services”

This means that for devices launched after 05/24/2018 this page will not offer the unlock codes, while for those launched before that date they have 60 days to request it if they wish before the service ceases.

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So Huawei users should already be prepared to say goodbye to rooting and installation of custom ROMs on their devices. It's quite unfortunate.

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Uncertified Phones: Bad News For Android Devices On Custom ROM

Google, the owner of Android OS is very determined to ensure that every Android device is clean, certified and safe for use. Hence Google is disabling support for phones which are not officially certified by the manufacturer.

In other words, if you installed or flashed a custom ROM on your Android device, chances are that you may not be able to login to any google app or services anymore.

This was happening particularly to those who were using smartphones with unlocked bootloaders or running a custom ROM.

Today, Google has confirmed to Android Police the statement in which it acknowledged this practice.

"Certified Android devices offer users consistent experiences when using apps from Google and the Play Store… as well as Google Play Protect]. We acknowledge that some manufacturers are building and selling devices that have not been certified by Google."

This means that from now on, devices that are not certified with Google will be explicitly exempted from signing into Google Apps. This measure is to save you from some manufacturers that releases phones with secret bugs and security issues that could result to something more dangerous to the user.

Google also revealed that there is no cost in getting hardware certified so it's expected that every phone maker should have their products certified if it runs on Android Operating System.

If your phone is affected, you will see a message like this "this device is not certified by google" whenever you try to sign in to any google app.

And as you know, an Android phone is made up of Google apps including Gmail, Google Map, Google Search, Chrome, Playstore, Calender, Gsuites, Blogger, Google services, notifications and so on. If you are not able to sign in, your Android phone will be useless or won't perform optimally.

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