[Samsung Galaxy S10 5G Questions & Answers] StaticNebula26:
Alright, I'm not the most advanced power user, the most advanced thing I've done to this phone is use online guides to use adb to remove bloatware and bixby then use a button mapper app to use google assistant instead.

I'm sorry if you'd had to answer all of these questions before or if there was a clearly visable guide that explains these questions.

I have an AT&T snapdragon S10 5g. This is my third s10 5g, AT&T didn't allow the previous two on their network even though both were unlocked, just both were originally verizon phones, so I'm pretty attached to it.

I want to ask a couple questions about what rooting can improve, what it breaks and what are some things specific to the SD s10 5g that i will have to know.

Bootloader Questions

1. How do I unlock the fabled bootloader?

I've heard of two services that can unlock snapdragon bootloaders, sampwnd and unsamlock.

2. If anyone has used both, or even if you've only used one, which one was cheaper/what kind of price can I expect, and which one did you have a better experience with/which one was an easier process?

3. Once the bootloader is unlocked, I've heard there are "recoveries" like twrp. Is there a good guide to all of this that's applicable to the SD s10 5g?

4. Is there a way to relock the bootloader?

5. If so, what are the advantages, do I gain any features back, is it safer, etc.?

6. Would I have to re-pay those unlocking services if i unlocked it, relocked it, and wanted to unlock it again?

Carrier Questions

1. Since AT&T is really tight with what phones they allow, do they have any way of knowing I unlocked the bootloader/have a different rom?

2. If AT&T could find out, are there any horror stories of phones getting remotely and/or automatically disabled for that reason?

3. Can I fix that if it did happen? Preferably while keeping the roms and stuff but if not, can I reflash it to stock to get it re-enabled? or will I have to once again spend another couple hundred dollars to just hope to find another AT&T s10 5g or at this point, a different phone entirely?

ROM Questions

1. What kind of roms are available for the SD s10 5g?

2. Can I use exynos s10 5g roms as well?

3. Can i get better performance, better security like micro g, or battery life increases out of these roms?

4. If so, what do you recommend for each or any combination of the three?

Knox Questions

I heard unlocking the bootloader trips knox. From what I've read, this disables secure folder and other enterprise features, samsung health, and samsung pay. I also heard it can mess with biometric authentication but i can't find where I read that to be honest. I use the whole "use your fingerprint to verify your identity" in the apps where i can because its easier than passwords. It would be annoying and i would want an alternative if that was bricked, but also I might still consider rooting if that's all it breaks. If the entirety of biometrics is disabled, then I'm just straight up not doing this, It's too important to me.

1. What does tripping knox do?

2. Are there alternatives to all the features it breaks? like for example, if samsung pay breaks, can I use google pay? is there a FOSS pay service or something?

Thank you for being patient with me. I might reply with any further question I have.