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[–] warmaster@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I remember being excited about android updates. Now I just want Linux on phones to be usable

[–] Squizzy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

My white whale

[–] Mwa@thelemmy.club 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Not updating if they take away Installing 3rd party apps and bootloader unlocking.

[–] Willdrick@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

That ship has sailed, i got my s22 nuked by an auto update in March 🫠

[–] Squizzy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

My pixel has an update they call security patch but it is a fix for charging speeds, camera shutter, etc.

Fear every update

[–] Mwa@thelemmy.club 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

well ig i got lucky i attempted to root so it does not allow the update.
next time my phone may be (If Google does not do the sideloading thing):
Motorola (if they put GrapheneOS)
Google Pixel(idk if it will be easy to find)

[–] JetpackJackson@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago

Its awful and I want to throw my phone out the window... And get a linux phone