[Honor 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] Tecalote:
My first Android Phone was Huawei P6, followed by: Huawei P7 – P8 – P9 – Mate 9 – Honor View 10. My whole family and all my friends use Huawei mobile phones. I was always happy with all Huawei devices and the same with Honor View 10.

I look forward to the new technology announced by Yu Chengdong (Richard Yu) and confirmed by [MENTION=9182872]Honor_CEO_George[/MENTION]:

https://xdaforums.com/honor-10/how-to/omg-technology-announced-richard-yu-t3795669

I use Root since I had my first device. I never bricked any phone. I never had a malware or other security problem, because I had the devices always on the last Security Patch Level and I would not give to apps or processes Root permission, which I cannot trust.

I feel safer when I can decide for myself, what apps are allowed to do and whether they get full access to external SD. And I can uninstall apps that I do not need.

Like [MENTION=1140856]zelendel[/MENTION] has written in his xda-signature: „Security is an illusion” – then it is with locked Bootloader and with unlocked Bootloader the same. :o

There are many other security issues also with locked Bootloader. Example Face Unlock:

https://www.kaspersky.com/blog/face-unlock-insecurity/21618/

With Root I have the possibility to adapt the Firmware to my wishes or just to install an Android Open Source Rom. And that makes a mobile phone valuable for many users. Exactly for this reason, the Open Source program was launched by Honor USA.

When the Unlock page was taken offline and Chris@Honor_USA activated the Google form for a few days, over 1000 submissions were received for the unlock code in less than 72 hours.

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=76422331&postcount=9

With this example you can get an idea of how many users Huawei / Honor will lose if the Bootloader Unlock would no longer exist.

Huawei is currently the world’s No. 3 maker of smartphones. I dont think this company like to lose customers. Companies like Huawei /Honor want to grow.

But maybe the announced Bootloader lockdown has other reasons. [MENTION=5958484]mudnightoil[/MENTION] supposed: “From what I'm hearing, this indeed may well be a play to get the US authorities (and by extension networks) on board with their stuff again”

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=76686377&postcount=258

The Wall Street Journal reports following:

“The Trump administration has cited Huawei, as a threat to American leadership in the race to develop the future of mobile communication. Washington’s treatment of Huawei has exacerbated tensions with Beijing as the two sides do battle over trade issues. Meanwhile, the heightened U.S. scrutiny, tied originally to fears the Chinese government could use Huawei for cyber-subterfuge, has unsettled some allied countries where the company has big business.

The Justice Department investigation into Huawei follows administrative subpoenas on sanctions-related issues from both the Commerce Department and the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, according to these people.

The Chinese company came under U.S. pressure when a congressional report concluded both Huawei and ZTE could be a tool for state-sponsored spying or sabotage. U.S. officials say Beijing could order the companies to take control of the telecom equipment they make to disable communications, spy or launch other cyberattacks.

Washington sees itself battling China for control of an increasingly digital world, and since late last year has taken additional steps to curb the two companies.

Huawei and ZTE have denied they are a threat. A Huawei spokesman said the company is employee-owned and that no government has ever asked it to spy on or sabotage another country. He said Huawei poses no greater risk than its rivals, given they share a global supply chain.

President Donald Trump in December signed a bill that bars Huawei and ZTE equipment from U.S. nuclear-weapon infrastructure, while Sen. Cotton and lawmakers in both the House and Senate have sponsored legislation to ban the U.S. government and its contractors from using electronics from the two companies….”

https://www.wsj.com/articles/huawei-under-criminal-investigation-over-iran-sanctions-1524663728

Richard Yu, CEO of Huawei's consumer business, called the developments in the U.S. "ridiculous" and said that its rivals are playing politics.

"Our competitors are using some political way … to try to kick us out from the U.S. market but we have no issue at all. We are transparent … we are a leading high-tech, innovative company," Yu said on Sunday. "But they cannot compete with us on product, on technology, on innovation, so they compete with us using politics."

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/25/huawei-us-issues-rivals-using-politics-to-kick-it-out-of-us-richard-yu.html

You can see Huawei has a lot to deal with.

Whatever the reason for the announced Bootloader lockdown could be, I stay with Huawei over the next years. I have enough Huawei Phones at home for the next years together with the Unlock Codes. ;)

But same as many Users I would not buy another Huawei phone, without the possibility to have Root, Custom Recovery and Custom Rom.

The winds are whispering a lot right now - I heard yesterday from a source I can trust: "Huawei is working on a compromise solution for Bootloader Unlock". I'm curious how this will look. :cool:

In any case, I believe in Huawei / Honor and that there will be a satisfactory solution and I also believe in the Honor Open Source program.

I agree with the words of [MENTION=8814170]Chris@Honor_USA[/MENTION] : “Sit tight through this rough patch and keep our fingers crossed…” :good:

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=76680134&postcount=885