Mastodawn

#Samsung devices from today can no longer install custom ROMs.

Odin is gone and the Download Mode is also gone, which makes life hard also for repair services that want to restore a device.

This is your daily reminder that #Android is a liability, and major hardware manufacturers who ship Google’s version of Android are a liability too.

We need to get Linux phones to work, and we need manufacturers who are aligned with our principles.

https://www.androidauthority.com/samsung-disables-odin-removes-download-mode-3648469/

Samsung's latest update is a serious gut punch to Galaxy power users

Samsung has released a controversial update that disables a tool widely relied upon by power users and service centers.

Android Authority

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myrmepropagandist 3d ago

@fabio

This is why phones are not real computers. You can't write a program and put it on your phone. Unless you make a server and make it a website. And now my husband will want me to make him a website for all his programs.

And I will make it since I need it for my horrible iphone.

I would love a linux phone, but I wonder if that will ever be workable. I have this goofy work app and I bet it won't run on that. And what about wireless payment?

Anyway this sucks.

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Radomír Žemlička

@futurebird @fabio At this point, I'm honestly willing to make sacrifices. I have a Pixel so I can use GrapheneOS, which is still a decent choice, but I'm quite cartain that my next phone will be a native Linux phone, not an Android. Most of what I use would be actually easier to do using Linux apps or through web apps. Sure, there are caveats. Tap to pay? Stick the debit card to the back of the phone. Banking app? External HW 2FA or SMS. I'm just so damn fed up with this privacy invasive and freedom limiting bullshit Android has become. It's sad.