- LiveLM ( @LiveLM@lemmy.zip ) English1•2 hours ago
Cool.
My country has limited choice in phone OEMs. Soon the only unlockable choice will be Motorola.
And when they too stop allowing it, I guess I can go fuck myself🖕The hell is the point of putting more powerful silicon in the damn things if they’ll just keep restricting what you can do with them more and more each year?
I fucking hate tech companies, man.
- AItoothbrush ( @AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip ) English3•5 hours ago
It was a matter of time. We really need a good(or at least better) company to step up and make a phone. A framework phone would be fire but its gonna take years if they wanna fo it.
- potentiallynotfelix ( @potentiallynotfelix@lemdro.id ) English2•6 hours ago
- ZeroPoke ( @ZeroPoke@lemmy.ca ) English3•7 hours ago
My current phone is an F5. One of my worst Android experiences has been this phone before I put a different ROM. Never would buy another one without being able to unlock the bootloader.
- nossaquesapao ( @nossaquesapao@lemmy.eco.br ) English11•13 hours ago
If that’s true, the temperature in the frog’s pan goes up a little more… soon, we will lose all freedom in the mobile world :(
- darcmage ( @darcmage@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 6•12 hours ago
I feel like I’m limited to pixel phones since they’re the only widely available phone that doesn’t void the warranty for unlocking the bootloader. I haven’t tried roms in a few years but I like having that choice. Fairphones can be a little hard to get. Are there other options? Lineage support would be ideal.
- blackris ( @blackris@discuss.tchncs.de ) English1•7 hours ago
There is also Shiftphone. The 8 model is supposed to come out in january 25. They explicitly support custom roms.
- darcmage ( @darcmage@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 1•4 hours ago
If they stick with a Samsung manufactured 750G, it’ll be limited to the low end market. There’s nothing wrong with that but it’s not really an option for the western mid to high end market.
- catloaf ( @catloaf@lemm.ee ) English2•11 hours ago
I’ve been using Pixels for a while and I’ve been perfectly happy.
Well, except for my 6 having a green tint to the screen, but that was fixed in a software update a while back.
- darcmage ( @darcmage@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 1•10 hours ago
I don’t have any complaints with the 6 either other than the fingerprint reader being a downgrade compared to older models. I don’t plan to upgrade until the 10/10a with a TSMC tensor and hopefully major improvements in performance and efficiency. Would be nice to have more choices without sacrificing this admittedly obscure principle.
- infeeeee ( @infeeeee@lemm.ee ) English16•15 hours ago
The source on this is one guy from X (formerly Twitter), from Vietnam.
I mean, it sound plausible and expected, but it’s not some official news.
- ISOmorph ( @ISOmorph@feddit.org ) English19•15 hours ago
The official process was a pain anyway, as it required sending personal identification data to China. Anyone that wants a custom ROM on their phone should be looking elsewhere, although I don’t know of any brand that makes that process easy anymore
- higgsboson ( @higgsboson@dubvee.org ) English7•13 hours ago
Pixel devices are trivially easy to unlock
- ReallyActuallyFrankenstein ( @ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com ) English14•15 hours ago
Well, Pixel still unlocks freely.
- Papamousse ( @Frederic@beehaw.org ) English1•15 hours ago
can we use Google Wallet to tap pay with an unlocked bootloader?
- ReallyActuallyFrankenstein ( @ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com ) English3•15 hours ago
I do with my Pixel 7 Pro. You need Magisk + Play Integrity Fix by Chiteroman at the moment.
- Papamousse ( @Frederic@beehaw.org ) English2•12 hours ago
yeah, on previous phones I played cat-and-mouse with magisk and all kind of patch to have Wallet work, but it breaks every 2 or 3 weeks and you have to chase down how to re-fix it…
- ReallyActuallyFrankenstein ( @ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com ) English2•11 hours ago
It’s slightly more reliable right now, but for sure, it’s going to be cat-and-mouse for awhile at least. Google is phasing out legacy Play Integrity checks, and while it looked like there was no future for workarounds after they deprecated legacy methods, now at least it looks like the community has replicated a functional full keybox attestation chain so there’s hope we can continue to workaround indefinitely into the future.
So yes, while you don’t need to program your own solution and can just - in the end - install a pre-built fix still, it takes attention to keep up. If the above all sounds like gibberish, it’s a good indication of the level of commitment you have to have to keep up with it. For me, it’s worth it, but definitely understand, it gets tiresome.
- shortwavesurfer ( @shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip ) English6•15 hours ago
Pixel or OnePlus
Agreed, the official process was a massive pain and borderline non functional.
- Wait A Minute ( @chottomatte@lemdro.id ) English1•14 hours ago
So far I couldn’t unlock the bootloader because whenever I add a number it tells me to try again tomorrow
- Wait A Minute ( @chottomatte@lemdro.id ) English1•10 hours ago
When I was trying to unlock the bootloader, Mi flash tool told me there’s an update (v7.?) and gave me the link to download the newer version, when I tried to download it every browser I used gave an error in the website even with VPN Now reading this news , even if it’s still unofficial… I was wondering if Xiaomi retracted the update because it’s actually preparing to close the program
- Fisch ( @Fisch@discuss.tchncs.de ) English2•12 hours ago
So that’s why unlocking the bootloader on my dad’s phone doesn’t work. This really sucks, I hope there’s some other way to do it because HyperOS is straight ass.
- Blaze ( @Blaze@lemmy.zip ) English2•14 hours ago
Sad to hear
- Wait A Minute ( @chottomatte@lemdro.id ) English1•14 hours ago
I’ve decided a long time ago I won’t buy Xiaomi phone again unless it’s my only choice… if that’s true then it’s no more a choice Anybody knows what are OnePlus and Oppo polices with unlocking bootloader ?
- Papamousse ( @Frederic@beehaw.org ) English1•15 hours ago
Same for PoCo ? It seems the PoCo F3 is one of the phone with the most custom ROM development on XDA, very popular.