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Google is blocking rooted Android phones from using RCS messaging

• andy99 3y ago
  That sounds great. It's effectively a man in the middle attack and I don't want it but they kept switching the defaults to use it. Time to root my phone I guess.
  • fsflover 3y ago
    Or time to consider truly free GNU/Linux phones.
    • josephcsible 3y ago
      Are there any practical phones that are truly free, including the baseband?
      • fsflover 3y ago
        Not including the baseband, but Librem 5 runs an FSF-endorsed OS (PureOS) and has a removable modem with a hardware kill switch. (My daily driver.)
      • 0xedd 3y ago
        Can't wait for the perfect candidate. Vote with your wallet. I'm daily driving the PinePhone. It is listed as beta. It has bugs. That's OK.
        • andy99 3y ago
          I bought a pinephone but I couldn't get it working (I could get calls, no internet) despite a fair amount of playing around. Would have loved to switch but ended going back to android.
          • fsflover 3y ago
            You should ask for a help on the pine64 forums. They're usually helpful.
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• greenyoda 3y ago
  Previous discussions: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39569559 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39569559 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39567226 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39567226