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Custom ROMs have had just about enough of being Android's second-class citizens (www.androidauthority.com)
submitted 3 months ago by FutileRecipe@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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TL;DR

  • Efforts like Graphene OS face increasing pressure from apps that refuse to run on non-standard Android.
  • The custom ROM project characterizes Google’s approach to device attestation as incomplete and flawed.
  • Graphene OS is prepared to take legal action if Google won’t let it pass Play Integrity checks.
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[–] Mwa@thelemmy.club 0 points 3 months ago (3 children)

ngl a unlocked bootloader would be a security nightmare but you can put any rom on any android 8+ device they are called gsi roms

[–] vividspecter@lemm.ee 0 points 3 months ago

ngl a unlocked bootloader would be a security nightmare

So, like a desktop or laptop? Sounds fine to me.

[–] ozymandias117@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

How does one flash a ROM without unlocking the bootloader these days?

Shouldn't that break Android Verified Boot?

A pure GSI image could use a Google key, I suppose, but others shouldn't, right?

[–] Mwa@thelemmy.club 0 points 3 months ago

You have to unlock it fire and flash the gsi rom

[–] FinnFooted@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago

I'm not an expert, but I had an expert explain that an unlocked boot loader is only risky if you think someone nefarious is physically able to get their hand on your phone. Is that true?