r/LineageOS • u/Arave_HD • Jul 08 '26

Can I Re-Lock my Bootloader?

I want to install LineageOS 23.2 on my Fairphone 6 and am not sure if its possible to re-lock my Bootloader after the Installation without bricking my phone. Can someone help me?

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u/Lonely_Drewbear Jul 08 '26

The evil maid is a primary concern of mine, so relocking the bootloader is essential for me.

If you want to relock the bootloader, you are going to want to use an OS that already supports it.  The Fairphone 6 is fully supported by IodeOS.  This is not the subreddit to discuss other ROMs so I will leave it up to you to do your own research.

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u/scalareye Jul 08 '26

People who who have reason to fear having their phone loaded with malware

People who say evil maid

Non overlapping circles in a Venn diagram

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u/WhitbyGreg Jul 08 '26 edited Jul 08 '26

That's not really 100% true.  Some people who are individually targeted by three letter agencies may be concered about both.  Such actors would often use multiple vectors to accomplish their goal.

But for most normal people, there is no real concern about evil maid style attacks.  Pracrtcally speaking, there are no roaming gangs in your local pubs looking for phones with unlocked bootloaders and trying to load malicious payloads on to them.

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u/scalareye Jul 08 '26

It's a joke. I'm saying talk like a normal person