Today’s advanced technology has brought us near to the tools which help us to customize our smartphones according to our needs. There are a plethora of users out there who right way root their device the next day after its purchase. People want maximum performance which the stock OS may not provide as per their needs. Now, when we talk about customizing devices, this means we necessarily have to tweak the under-the-hood settings of the phone. One important aspect of the tweak is unlocking the bootloader. In case you want to root your phone, install a new custom ROM or recovery, it is a mandatory requirement that you unlock the bootloader. So, today we will discuss how to unlock bootloader on Xiaomi Redmi 8 and 8A.
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Device Overview
It’s important that we talk a bit about the device before moving ahead with the process. Redmi 8 is a dual-SIM smartphone launched on the 1st week of October 2019. It has a display of 6-inches with a resolution of 720 X 1520 pixels. Xiaomi Redmi 8 gets its power from a Qualcomm Snapdragon 439 chipset. The phone offers 3 GB of RAM and 32 Gb of inbuilt storage which is expandable up to 512 GB with SD-card. This phone runs Android 9.0 Pie-based on MIUI 10. It supports fast-charging as well. It comes with a 5000mAh battery(non-removable). Redmi 8’s camera setup brings 12+2 MP dual rear cameras followed by an 8-MP front camera.
What is Bootloader unlocking?
When you start your device, a piece of code executes which ensures the device is starting or booting up correctly and will perform as it is intended. Simply speaking a program that loads during the boot-up of the device, hence the name bootloader.
Usually, the bootloader is kept locked by default, so that, no one gets to mess around the smartphone. Also, when you unlock it, the warranty of your device finishes of. So, some people wait for some time until the device’s warranty runs out in its regular way. Then they begin to customize the device. Also, when the bootloader of the device is unlocked, your device will not receive official OTA updates.
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