There's undoubtedly a third party hack app that will unlock it. Search your mfg and model with words like unlock and root. Also, include this search term when you search Google: site:xda-developers.com hth Janina Linux for blind general discussion writes: > Hi! > I think i need to unlock the bootloader. > Sadly my Nokia 8 isn’t allowed to do this. > The manufacturer has blocked this. > /A > > > 15 mars 2018 kl. 15:49 skrev Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx>: > > > > You could see it as mass storage but it won't do a proper backup, you > > need to tap the build version a few times then go in now unlocked > > developpers options and allow usb debugging or similar ... > > > > 2018-03-15 7:42 UTC−04:00, Linux for blind general discussion > > <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx>: > >> I'm pretty sure it depends on the manufacturer and possibly > >> distributing carrier of the phone. Ideally, the phone would act like a > >> USB mass storage device that gives the host machine full access to the > >> phone's internal storage, but most phone makers are probably too > >> paranoid about consumers doing things they don't approve of and have > >> likely crippled access to the internal storage, limiting USB mass > >> storage access to the android equivalent of a home partition/directory > >> if not requiring specialized software to access internal storage or > >> blocking access entirely. > >> > >> So yeah, you'll probably need to use something on the phone itself, > >> and even there, you might run into your phone's maker trying to make > >> life harder for no adequately explained reason. > >> > >> -- > >> Sincerely, > >> > >> Jeffery Wright > >> Bachelor of Computer Science > >> President Emeritus, Nu Nu Chapter, Phi Theta Kappa. > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Blinux-list mailing list > >> Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > >> > > > > > > -- > > Michaël Caron Couturier > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list mailing list > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- Janina Sajka Linux Foundation Fellow Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures http://www.w3.org/wai/apa _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list