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The only thing between you and infinite control on most Android devices, including pixels, is repeatedly tapping the About entry in the menu.
by vorpalhex 6y ago
The only thing between you and infinite control on most Android devices, including pixels, is repeatedly tapping the About entry in the menu.
- saurik 6y agoHuh?... developer mode on an Android device doesn't even give you root access (which isn't that powerful these days due to SELinux), much less "infinite control": if you want to modify the lock screen or how notifications work or any other myriad things that Android doesn't provide extensibility points for, you need to jailbreak your device, just as you would for iOS. Some devices provide the ability to do an official "bootloader unlock", which actually gives you real control, but the vast majority do not. (aside) The lack of basic understanding of how all of these restrictions work is so annoyingly pervasive that I have seriously been in arguments with people at conferences who are adamant about how open these Android devices are, and then when I challenge them what device they have they have a jailbroken Samsung on Verizon (the worst combo) and I have to walk them down memory lane to remind them of what exploit they must have downloaded (as I used to know most of the key players; I've taken a step back from the DEFCON scene, though, as the toxicity was getting to me).
- vorpalhex 6y agoGoogle, Samsung, Lenovo, and Nokia all support unlocking and flashing, including AOSP builds that are rootable. Yes, if you want to root your phones specific image you'll need to tweak it to support root. TWRP isn't a jailbreak, nor is ADB or Lineage.