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Why not just unlock the bootloader and install a custom ROM? As you describe it your phone still worked perfectly fine.

addison-lee 5y ago
I can’t speak for who you’re replying to but having to maintain my phone like that sounds awful. I have my computer that I can endlessly tinker with—I want my phone to be a phone and just work.
- nazgulsenpai 5y ago
  This is one of the main reasons I used Windows Phone 7 phone for so many years. All of the phone features, enough smart features to make it great for work, and none of the distractions -- ironically, the things that made it a commercial failure.
nazgulsenpai 5y ago
I'm an Android user for the ability to do this exact thing, but there's a huge difference in unofficial vs official software support. While you can certainly flash a custom ROM to an Android phone when software update support ends, clearly first party updates would be preferred, at least from a security perspective.
happytoexplain 5y ago
This is a really bold use of "just". Many people (even technically competent ones) don't want to bother, if they have other options.
vmception 5y ago
Translation: “now I can never use cryptocurrency apps because I compromised my own phone and others will take advantage of that when I least expect it”
LanternLight83 5y ago
As a Galaxy S8 user, I absolutely would, but I have the International Edition with a Snapdragon processor (G950U), and the only remaining (safe / reliable) root methods only apply to the models with the Exynos chip.
moh_maya 5y ago
Bank apps don’t work. Some enterprise security apps don’t work. Rooting is a pain, and custom boot loaders require investment of mental bandwidth that I’d much rather dedicate elsewhere. Which isn’t to say I don’t see the value of it; a couple of years ago, used to play with them. But priorities have changed, and I just want a phone that works. Switched to iPhone after being on android all this time (with a brief dalliance with Microsoft phone on the lumia 910, which I think is still one of the best smartphone UIs) for the same reason as parent.
elzbardico 5y ago
I was an android early adopter, had my share of custom roms and their attendant issues with drivers. Enough to me. I admire those projects, but no, thanks, I have better things to do with my time.

I can’t speak for who you’re replying to but having to maintain my phone like that sounds awful. I have my computer that I can endlessly tinker with—I want my phone to be a phone and just work.

nazgulsenpai 5y ago
This is one of the main reasons I used Windows Phone 7 phone for so many years. All of the phone features, enough smart features to make it great for work, and none of the distractions -- ironically, the things that made it a commercial failure.

nazgulsenpai 5y ago

I'm an Android user for the ability to do this exact thing, but there's a huge difference in unofficial vs official software support. While you can certainly flash a custom ROM to an Android phone when software update support ends, clearly first party updates would be preferred, at least from a security perspective.

happytoexplain 5y ago

This is a really bold use of "just". Many people (even technically competent ones) don't want to bother, if they have other options.

vmception 5y ago

Translation: “now I can never use cryptocurrency apps because I compromised my own phone and others will take advantage of that when I least expect it”

LanternLight83 5y ago

As a Galaxy S8 user, I absolutely would, but I have the International Edition with a Snapdragon processor (G950U), and the only remaining (safe / reliable) root methods only apply to the models with the Exynos chip.

moh_maya 5y ago

Bank apps don’t work. Some enterprise security apps don’t work. Rooting is a pain, and custom boot loaders require investment of mental bandwidth that I’d much rather dedicate elsewhere. Which isn’t to say I don’t see the value of it; a couple of years ago, used to play with them. But priorities have changed, and I just want a phone that works. Switched to iPhone after being on android all this time (with a brief dalliance with Microsoft phone on the lumia 910, which I think is still one of the best smartphone UIs) for the same reason as parent.

elzbardico 5y ago

I was an android early adopter, had my share of custom roms and their attendant issues with drivers. Enough to me. I admire those projects, but no, thanks, I have better things to do with my time.