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I feel stupid for ever giving Samsung this much info to begin with. But oh, they had such compelling reasons to do it. Like trading in my old phone to get a dee
by AdmiralAsshat 4y ago
I feel stupid for ever giving Samsung this much info to begin with. But oh, they had such compelling reasons to do it. Like trading in my old phone to get a deep discount on a new one directly from Samsung, and bypassing all the carrier bullshit! Or locking down all of my devices, so that someone who steals my phone can't factory reset it without supplying my Samsung account credentials!
- NoboruWataya 4y agoWhen I saw this thread I went and checked my inbox to see if I had received an email telling me I was caught by this breach. I haven't, but what I do have are like five emails from my carrier in the last two weeks desperately trying to get me to upgrade to the latest Samsung phone. I have a Samsung from three years ago. I don't want to upgrade or replace it until it actually breaks, as constantly upgrading phones strikes me as wasteful. However, when I see this shit as well as all the Samsung apps they don't let you delete or disable from your phone, I am very tempted to just splash out on a Pixel to install GrapheneOS.
- SapporoChris 4y agoMany of the Samsung devices can be rooted. Example: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/samsung-galaxy-s8-root-snapdragon-sampwnd.3659305/ https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/samsung-galaxy-s8-root-sn... The forum itself is a good place to start looking.
- gzer0 4y agoI've had the opposite experience. S8, S9 Plus, S22+, all of them for some reason cannot unlock the bootloader. At this point I would recommend a Pixel of any variety. It's much much simpler to root and get GrapheneOS installed. Save yourself the headache (and the data leaks).