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[–] [email protected] 64 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Custom bootloaders, recovery and ROMs are more quickly going from a nerdy gimmick to a necessity.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

All the more surprising that Google of all brands makes it so easy to do on their devices

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Most of google doesnt care about ongoing hardware sales, so the software teams can do cool things.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Samsungs Fold devices lose their camera functionality if you custom root 😂

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Extreme bummer. I am actually dreaming of getting a Fold. Maybe as custom ROMs develop, I am sure it's just they have not yet understood how to properly implement it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Samsung has deliberately fucked the user.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

i have heard of custom Roms and even TWRP, but custom Bootloaders?!