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Every single time these new SELinux changes in AOSP come up before the release of a new Android version there's some FUD about root access dying and bla bla bla
by veeti 12y ago
Every single time these new SELinux changes in AOSP come up before the release of a new Android version there's some FUD about root access dying and bla bla bla. Guess what? It never happens.
Buy an open device (for example, Nexus) that lets you flash whatever software you want through the bootloader and thus recovery. Nothing prevents you from removing this security policy, which makes complete sense: nothing in Android's userland needs write access to /system, so it may as well be blocked completely.
- higherpurpose 12y ago"Just buy Nexus". Sure: http://www.droid-life.com/2014/04/29/report-google-ditching-nexus-program-in-favor-of-new-silver-line/ http://www.droid-life.com/2014/04/29/report-google-ditching-...
- LukeB_UK 12y agoRumours aren't a good base for disputing someone's point.
- drdaeman 12y agoOpen devices are rarer and have limited hardware options. Say, I didn't found any affordable multi-SIM phone that fit my tastes available at the local retail (i.e. I wasn't willing to wait for a month for a remote purchase to ship) when I needed one.
- izacus 12y agoWell you should address complaints to operators like AT&T and Verizon which force bootloader locks to your phones. Here in EU pretty much most of the new Androids are fully unlockable including phones that ship with completely locked bootloaders on Verizon and AT&T. Demanding that Google ships an OS with security vulnerabilities because US telcos demand bootloader locking is ludicrous.