Izindaba ezishaqisayo ngempela zivela ezweni laseMelika, e-United States, njengoba kubonakala sengathi izinhlobonhlobo ze Samsung Galaxy S4 ithengiswe nabathwali baseMelika ifika ne i-bootloader ikhiyiwe ongeke uyivule. Futhi isivele iqinisekisiwe yi-AT&T, ngakho-ke ama-ROM afana ne-CyanogenMod awakwazi ukufakwa.
Lezi zindaba zavela komunye ngaphandle kukaSteve Kondik ngokwakhe, umdali weCyanogenMod, osanda kushiya inkampani yaseNingizimu Korea. Lokhu kwaqinisekisa ukuthi i- Samsung Galaxy S4 u-opharetha i-AT&T ube ne-bootloader engakwazi ukuvulwa, into ekhathaza abasebenzisi abaningi. Umsebenzisi ngokwakhe ukuqinisekisile ukuthi, ngempela, kunjalo. Kodwa akuyona yodwa, kusukela uBrian Klug, wase-AnandTech ukuqinisekisile ukuthi kwenzeka futhi ngamamodeli abanye opharetha.
Okwamanje asazi ukuthi kwenzekani ngamamodeli wabaqhubi baseSpain, nakuba sizobathinta ukuze sithole ukuthi ngabe kunjalo noma cha.
I-bootloader engavuleki ibalulekile uma sifuna ukufaka amanye ama-Custom ROM afana ne-CyanogenMod. Akubalulekile ukufaka amanye ama-firmware noma agxilile, kodwa kubalulekile kuwo wonke lawo ma-ROM ane-kernel ehlukile, njengoba kwenzeka kwabaningi.
Uma kwenzeka okufanayo eSpain, kuyinto ekhathazayo ngempela, ngoba ikhawulela kakhulu ukwenza kube ngokwakho esingakwenza nge-smartphone. Kunoma yikuphi, sizolinda ulwazi mayelana nalokhu ngaphambi kokwenza ukuhlola okubanzi.
Kodwa-ke, kubonakala sengathi kuya ngokuya kuvame ukuthi ama-smartphones athengiswa nabathwali abe ne-bootloader engakwazi ukuvulwa. I-HTC ilandela isu elifanayo kakhulu nefulegi layo lamanje futhi isivele ingeyakudala esimweni se-Sony nama-smartphones ayo e-Xperia asatshalaliswa nomsebenzisi.
Hhayi-ke, ngizoyithenga ku-yoigo ku-phonehouse njengoba ngihlala ngenza ngoba bakunikeza i-smartphone yamahhala