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If a person is on the market for an easy to unlock/root Android phone which you would suggest?
by elkos 5y ago
If a person is on the market for an easy to unlock/root Android phone which you would suggest?
- bcraven 5y agoAny Pixel phone. The 3a is nice and cheap second hand.
- phh 5y agoDenied list: - Oppo - Vivo - Unisoc/Spreadtrum nonames/unknown brands - Huawei - Honor Annoying list: - Realme (supposedly ok, but needs to wait for "deep testing apk" for specific model which can take forver) - Xiaomi/POCO (needs to wait up to one month after first boot) Should be ok, but YMMV: - Asus/ROG - Nubia/ZTE/RedMagic - Mediatek nonames/unknown brands - Qualcomm nonames/unknown brands Ok: - OnePlus - Samsung (EXCEPT US MARKET) - Moto - Pixel
- izacus 5y agoPixel is pretty much the primary choice - you don't need to contact the OEM for unlock, the firmware sources are published and you can even relock the phone with your own firmware which others mostly don't allow.
- SXX 5y agoDoes cusrom re-locked firmware pass SafetyNet hardware attestation?
- phh 5y agoNo, it doesn't. Hardware attestation includes pubkey used to sign firmware. Yours will obviously be different from Google's. (Note that Hardware Attestation doesn't in itself "pass" or "fails", it simply does a signed report of whether bl is locked or not, and which is the pubkey. It's really SafetyNet's server-side interpretation which fails) SafetyNet is NOT meant to ensure your device is secure, but only to ensure that it is running the firmware Google certified the smartphone with (including its known flaws and malwares)
- stavros 5y agoXiaomi is my goto.