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This kind of bullshit is why I'm done buying devices I can't root.
by causi 3y ago
This kind of bullshit is why I'm done buying devices I can't root.
- ravenstine 3y agoI've found that as long as the bootloader can be unlocked and I can install a custom ROM, there's virtually no reason to obtain root. GrapheneOS is good enough on its own that I've had no desire to use root.
- stavros 3y agoWhen people say "root", they usually mean "unlock the bootloader". "A device I can root" fundamentally means "a device whose bootloader can be unlocked". Though, Google banning unlocked devices from using Google Pay was a really user-hostile decision.
- causi 3y agoSome things are difficult to do without root depending on the ROM. Accessing displays' highest brightness mode at will, using a file manager that can actually see and manipulate every file on the device, using custom gesture utilities, altering over-underscan settings, undervolting the SoC, etc.