Coming back to Samsung

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FilthyFord

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I am looking to come back to Samsung, if I do I'll be buying direct from Samsung and will be getting the unlocked version. Has Samsung locked down even there unlocked version from being rooted or is it still just the vendor branded phones that can't be rooted.
 

It_ler

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I am looking to come back to Samsung, if I do I'll be buying direct from Samsung and will be getting the unlocked version. Has Samsung locked down even there unlocked version from being rooted or is it still just the vendor branded phones that can't be rooted.
Oem unlock (unbranded / free for other providers) is different from bootloader unlock which is needed for flashing custom firmware/recovery, etc. ... usually for rooting.
Exynos variants are in general easier to bootloader unlock and root than snapdragon variants.