In a move that might not sit well with the custom ROM community, Huawei has announced that it’s halting its bootloader unlock program indefinitely. The company says that it’s taking this decision to provide a better user experience to its customers. To that end, it’s shutting down the bootloader unlock program indefinitely for its devices and even those handsets sold under its Honor brand.
Huawei says that this decision is based on its aim to provide users with a better experience and avoid issues that are caused by ROM flagship.
Huawei had a separate website up for those who wanted to unlock the bootloader on their device. They could sign into the website with their Huawei ID and input their phone’s information to obtain a code that would be placed in the unlock command.
It really was that simple to unlock the bootloader of a Huawei device but that’s no longer going to be the case. Huawei has officially confirmed that smartphones and tablets released by May 24th, 2018 will not be eligible to receive a code. That’s not all. The devices that were released before May 24th, 2018 are only eligible to receive a code 60 days after this date after which they will become ineligible as well.