https://eu.community.samsung.com/t5/other-smartphones/unlocking-the-bootloader-on-one-ui-8-0/m-p/14181652#M60149 l have an 16 lte too the oem unlock was removed from developer options l dont know maybe if you factory reset and ignore the updates you might get it back Thu, 19 Feb 2026 12:45:29 GMT FXPixel 2026-02-19T12:45:29Z https://eu.community.samsung.com/t5/other-smartphones/unlocking-the-bootloader-on-one-ui-8-0/m-p/14181530#M60146 <SPAN>Tried unlocking the bootloader of my Galaxy&nbsp;A16 LTE. ITS on One Ui 8.0 with the Binary on the latest so downgrading wasn't an option.</SPAN><DIV><SPAN><BR /></SPAN></DIV><DIV><SPAN>I tried contacting samsung support in hope of getting it unlocked remotely, however they said they couldn't. SS(s) shown shows the response.</SPAN></DIV><DIV><DIV><BR /></DIV><DIV><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper" image-alt="image"><img src="https://eu.community.samsung.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/3392262i8960F6DBC19C5E21/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="image" alt="image" /></span></DIV><FIGCAPTION data-before="Image description" class="badge" tabindex="0"><FONT size="2">The response i got when they replied to my query from a few days ago.</FONT></FIGCAPTION><DIV><BR /></DIV><DIV><DIV><BR /></DIV><DIV><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper" image-alt="image"><img src="https://eu.community.samsung.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/3392261i569E8B4876087152/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="image" alt="image" /></span></DIV><FIGCAPTION data-before="Image description" class="badge" tabindex="0"><DIV><FONT size="2">The response when I questioned about OTA updates.</FONT></DIV></FIGCAPTION><DIV><BR /></DIV><DIV>Is there any other way, possibly a Samsung developer sees this and can help me out?</DIV></DIV></DIV><DIV><BR /></DIV><DIV><BR /></DIV> Thu, 19 Feb 2026 12:22:04 GMT https://eu.community.samsung.com/t5/other-smartphones/unlocking-the-bootloader-on-one-ui-8-0/m-p/14181530#M60146 end3r 2026-02-19T12:22:04Z https://eu.community.samsung.com/t5/other-smartphones/unlocking-the-bootloader-on-one-ui-8-0/m-p/14181574#M60147 That's really annoying, I'd heard contacting them has worked in the past Thu, 19 Feb 2026 12:32:51 GMT https://eu.community.samsung.com/t5/other-smartphones/unlocking-the-bootloader-on-one-ui-8-0/m-p/14181574#M60147 arianwen27 2026-02-19T12:32:51Z https://eu.community.samsung.com/t5/other-smartphones/unlocking-the-bootloader-on-one-ui-8-0/m-p/14181589#M60148 bru 🥹 Thu, 19 Feb 2026 12:35:16 GMT https://eu.community.samsung.com/t5/other-smartphones/unlocking-the-bootloader-on-one-ui-8-0/m-p/14181589#M60148 end3r 2026-02-19T12:35:16Z https://eu.community.samsung.com/t5/other-smartphones/unlocking-the-bootloader-on-one-ui-8-0/m-p/14181652#M60149 l have an 16 lte too the oem unlock was removed from developer options l dont know maybe if you factory reset and ignore the updates you might get it back Thu, 19 Feb 2026 12:45:29 GMT https://eu.community.samsung.com/t5/other-smartphones/unlocking-the-bootloader-on-one-ui-8-0/m-p/14181652#M60149 FXPixel 2026-02-19T12:45:29Z