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Are you thinking of sim lock? Android and ios boot mechanism are pretty identical: secure boot -> unlock modem -> unlock user area. There are some differences
by daghamm 2y ago
Are you thinking of sim lock?
Android and ios boot mechanism are pretty identical: secure boot -> unlock modem -> unlock user area. There are some differences in where in the CPU this happes and how it is protected but Pixel phones are pretty close to iPhone even if we look at such details.
- shuckles 2y agoNo I’m not. So if what you say is correct, why does this announcement have a section for “Factory Restore Protection” as a new feature if Android phones have already worked this way?
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- daghamm 2y agoFRP was introduced in Android 5, this announcement is about improving it.
- shuckles 2y agoThe “improvement” it describes involves taking it from being nonfunctional to functional. The original comment I responded to suggested that it was previously a client side validation that could be easily bypassed.