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Unless this google certification is stored in hardware, that's not the case. You can flash Android phones with a custom bootloader, use that to flash AOSP (open
by the_pwner224 7y ago
Unless this google certification is stored in hardware, that's not the case. You can flash Android phones with a custom bootloader, use that to flash AOSP (open source core android)/LineageOS, and for most people doing that the next step is to flash gapps on top of that.
Here's a popular gapps distribution: https://opengapps.org/#aboutsection https://opengapps.org/#aboutsection
Google's requirements mainly apply to OEMs bundling gapps into their stock images.
- KaoruAoiShiho 7y agolocked bootloader in huawei I think, even if they open it it's not really a normal sideload and will be hard enough to not be a generally applicable solution.
- lucb1e 7y agoI've got root on my Huawei P10 lite since day one (would have returned the phone if it were closed), not sure where you got the idea that unlocking the bootloader is not possible.
- KaoruAoiShiho 7y agoThat's just what I heard online, but maybe it's different between models.