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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This reminds me of that time where my mum entered the fastboot menu on her phone by mistake. She panicked and I just told her to restart, making sure she holds only the power button this time. It also reminds me of the first time I got into my first smart device (my Tablet's) bootloader by mistake. I was 10, my parents had just bought me the tablet like a week ago and I was at my grandma's so I understandably panicked a lot. But of course, no damage was done.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Now phones lock bootloaders, to protect others from making the same mistake you did.

Isn't that so nice of them? /s

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

That /s is carrying so much of that comment. I'm running a custom ROM, BTW.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Usually you can still enter fastboot, just not do anything except factory reset, or flash signed firmware.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Conversely me, the first time I did this on my Galaxy S2: H A C K E R M A N