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> I really didn't want to root the phone, but nothing else did what I needed Shame that rooting is such a pain, and risks bricking the device. (Apparently Goog
by montebicyclelo 1y ago
> I really didn't want to root the phone, but nothing else did what I needed
Shame that rooting is such a pain, and risks bricking the device. (Apparently Google's introduction of an anti-rollback bootloader this month has caused a few people's devices to get bricked when they tried to root.)
- hparadiz 1y agoSeriously. Why is using your own pocket computer so hostile to user intent these days?
- surajrmal 1y agoBecause the world is full of malicious entities who want to exploit people and most people do not need root.
- ycuser2 1y agoThat's right, but why make rooting almost Impossible? Why they are fighting rooting at all? They could make rooting easier, for example in the hidden developer menu.
- me-vs-cat 1y agoBy malicious entities, do you mean the phone manufacturers, third-parties, or both?
- jwrallie 1y agoProbably malware makers? Some phone manufacturers use that argument to explain why they prevent users from becoming root. I still read it as phone manufacturers on my first pass!
- goodpoint 1y agoThe hardware is owned by the user but the OS is essentially owned by Google or Apple. The user is a tenant or a cow to be milked. The main goals is preventing a spread of "google play" alternatives with paid apps.
- coolcase 1y agoWhat about running the userland app?
- subscribed 1y agoAnti-rollback is a security feature. I'm sorry you find yourself limited by Google - coming from the GrapheneOS user this is the only reasonable secure hardware platform of all the Android landscape. I hope rooting will be easier for all the interested.