Best Android Phones With Unlocked Boot loaders For 2017

Google’s Nexus 5X 

This is easily your best option to begin your journey into rooting Android. Why? Simple: the Nexus 5X is made by Google and is very easy to root – Google provides you with most of the tools to do it! Plus, if you really screw up and the phone stops working, you can download an image from Google and revert it back to its factory settings. Simples.

There is also a large development community around the Nexus 5X, so you’re in good hands when it comes to downloading and installing custom ROMs or if you have any questions about what you’re about to undertake.

The Nexus 5X doesn’t cost a lot and is the perfect phone to cut your rooting-teeth on. If I were you, I’d get a Nexus 5X to practice on while running your current phone alongside it. That way you get to learn as you go without affecting you access to a mobile phone.

OnePlus 3 & OnePlus 2 

If you’re looking for a phone with decent specs and a low-ass asking price the OnePlus is the place to go. The Chinese upstart has made a name for itself by producing some of the best Android phones in the business – and then pricing them at frankly insane price points.

There is an active community around both phones, but the OnePlus 3, mostly because it is available without invite, is arguably the more popular of the two with Android enthusiasts. Either handset is easy to mod, though, and both can be picked up for next to nothing.

On a budget? Go for the OnePlus 2. Feeling flush? The OnePlus 3 is the one for you – it has better specs, improved hardware and a very decent camera.

Nexus 6P 

Now that Google’s Pixel phones are here you can expect to see some pretty hefty price cuts to Google’s old flagship, the still-awesome Nexus 6P. This handset was one of the finest Android ever released and it was a truly fitting end to Google’s Nexus brand.

More expensive than the Nexus 5X, but still a bargain for the specs, design and hardware, the Nexus 6P can be picked up online for A LOT less than its Pixel counterparts. If you’re looking for a brilliant handset to begin your rooting journey with, the Nexus 6P is just about one of the best places to start.