Samsung is removing several options from the Android recovery menu with the latest updates for Galaxy phones. Specifically, the update is removing:
Apply update from ADB
Apply update from SD card
Wipe cache partition
View recovery logs
Run graphics test
Run locale test
They want to lock us out of owning the devices we fucking paid for.
The sad thing is the average consumer neither understands nor cares.
Fairphone has been great so far, spreading the word that there are alternatives and when it’s time for an upgrade, vote with your wallet
Still not available/supported in most of the world, unfortunately. Hopefully they get big enough to open up soon.
I’m personally in the states, if that helps, but I agree it needs to take off in more places
Welp, next phone is gonna be a challenge to pick.
I feel these companies are forgetting the lessons from the mid 2000’s. When you remove the hardware features from your devices, which only the most advanced users use. It doesn’t mean you’ve locked it down, but instead invited these users to find alternative ways to bypass your security.
PS3 had Linux support. PS3 removed Linux supper. PS3 was cracked wide open.
Xbox One has a Dev mode, devs who wanted to play emulators on their Xboxes could. So the hardware was left be.
Their goal is to have no ways to bypass it. Sure, it’s an ideal that might not hold up, but they will keep trying over and over and over again
Backed up by server-side authorization, and supported by powerful entities such as banks or governments. They will not stop trying
Surely they will never stop trying, and the challenge will get certain people really worked up to be creative in how to do it.
Remember iOS used to have a huge community on hacking the phone. The interest slowed down after Apple sort of implemented the features people used that for. iOS is certainly more secure nowadays, but there’s no shortage of vulnerabilities being constantly discovered, and with vibe coding apparently being integrated even large companies, I suspect more and more dumb vulnerabilities will be looming just waiting to be exploited.
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I should have gotten the pixel 9 instead of the s24 ultra. At this point it might just be more economical for me to sell mine at a loss and scrounge up for a pixel 9 and install graphene OS
Man I fucking hate this. I like the s24u because of the stylus. Sure I might use it 3 to 4 times a month, I’m always grateful that the pen is bluetooth and can act as a camera remote control, fingerlessly control my phone and just the precision a stylus has.
Man fuck my life this is such bullshit
How can I block any further updates from samsung? 😬
Pixel is doing the same later this year. We have to leave big tech devices altogether. I got the fairphone and its fun again, lineage tying a new phone in 2007.
After Google decided to ban sideloading (their alleged “change of heart” is increasingly looking like a PR exercise), I decided to not buy any more devices devices based on American platforms.
My A73 works fine, but I planning to get a Jolla phone later his year. Going to use both in parallel to aid in switching.
I do wish European banks and eGov services started porting their apps to SailfishOS.
If I download the latest software update on my s23 ultra, I will no longer be able to sideload?
