OEM Unlock available

[xbenjii]

Got my G5 from EE earlier this morning. Looks like there's an OEM unlock like there was on the G4.

 

[waylo]

The Tmobile one in the US has this same option too. And doing the fastboot oem unlock function works too.

And then it stops right there. Any attempt to write a custom recovery does not work.

Hopefully it will be a different story over there.

 

[the Doctor]

Got my G5 from EE earlier this morning. Looks like there's an OEM unlock like there was on the G4.

Having this option in Android settings does not mean that the bootloader is unlocked. The SD820 Galaxy S7 & S7E have this option as well, and their bootloader is locked down tight.

Edit:
Aaaand, the bootloader is locked on all variants of the G5 as well. Thanks, Qualcomm...

 

[KennyG123]

Got my G5 from EE earlier this morning. Looks like there's an OEM unlock like there was on the G4.

It is built in on all developer options on all Marshmallow running devices. But is only a security option for the user to allow it IF...IF it is available from the manufacturer/carrier.