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I'm curious to know what mechanism allows users of custom ROMs to register their device IDs, but not users of pre-installed ROMs on "unlicensed devices".
by incompatible 9y ago
I'm curious to know what mechanism allows users of custom ROMs to register their device IDs, but not users of pre-installed ROMs on "unlicensed devices".
- shkkmo 9y agoThe article says you have to tie the device ID to your google account. Presumably they don't have access to you google account.
- incompatible 9y agoIt also says the device ID is regenerated at every factory reset, so it can't have been pre-registered with Google.
- sbx320 9y agoIt doesn't need to be linked at the factory, you could just make the end user link it to their own Google account. As a cheap seller I'd just put a nice manual in the box which explained how to unlock Google services, going the same route as it is intended for custom roms.