https://archive.is/2nvO0As first noted by GalaxyClub and spotted by others too, Samsung is removing several options from the Android recovery menu with the latest updates for Galaxy phones. Specifically, the update is removing:Apply update from ADBApply update from SD cardWipe cache partitionView recovery logsRun graphics testRun locale testThe only options remaining are “Reboot system now,” “Wipe data/factory reset,” and “Power off.”
Why do people buy smartphones? They can't do anything fliphones can't.
Don't care. Still using my S7.
>>108257527>Android is not locking downcorrectso far samsung is
I just won't update, and hope that by the time I need a new phone there's some improvements in open source phone OS.
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>>108257527Not my problem. I don't use Samsung.
>>108257527take away sideloading i'll just get an iphone or open source phone. i have no loyalty to the android brand or samsung brand.
>>108257527So, how to protect from this shit? Flash TWRP before they do this? Custom ROM? After they do it, can you flash it via adb and 'fix it' or is it already lost?
>>108257808linux pc no more phones
>>108257808literally just dont do OTA updates. if you must update do it over usb.
>>108257808Same way consolefags avoid their hacked system from being banned/wiped. Just don't update.
>>108257527What updates? Android actually get updates?
>>108258199>>108258218The last time my phone updated it didn't offer me a choice. I might be safe because I'm still on Android 10 and I ported my device off the original carrier.
>>108257527>scamsung
>>108258233all OTA programs on androids are "protected apps" meaning you can't disable them normally but ofc its meaningless protection since ADB ignores this and you can tell your device or router to block all network ports related to it.
>>108258220There's a major update every year and smaller security updates bi monthly.
>>108257527>overre-ackheh
>>108257527This is not a surprise. The removed the OEM unlocking option in 16. I have an A9 tablet I use for flying and had to downgrade it to 15 in order to root the device so I could install adaway, and debloater to remove their fucking garbage bloat. Really wish any other android make would make a decent tablet to compete with the ipad mini.
>>108258494android tablets are dead. chink handhelds finished them off.
Samsung has always been cucked. Dunno if its still the case but I remember tripping knox to unlock the bootloader would permanently lock your battery from charging past 80%.
>>108257554Still using my S8 kek
>>108258494>>108258535Android tablets never had a chance compared to the iPad because of the striking difference between how their app distribution works.Y'see, the iPad App Store will, by default, only show you apps made for iPads. You have to hit a toggle to show iPhone apps that'll run on iPads. Same applies to the Mac App Store. It'll only show you Mac apps unless you hit the toggle to show iPhone/iPad apps.Google Play, on the other hand, just shows you everything. Phone apps, tablet apps, etc... all mashed together in lists and search results. It will happily let you install designed-for-phone apps on an Android tablet and let the user have a shit experience. Same applies to Chromebooks. They'll show you phone and tablet apps that run like shit on Chromebooks and let you install them without warning.
>actually Android is Linuxcope harder and kys. you've never used Linux or a distro and it shows.
We should boycott everything Samsung because of the RAM prices. No more phones and no more washing machines and no more anything else from Samsung. This even solves the specific problem in the OP en passant.
That's it. I'm making my own phone
How the fuck do I avoid this. Scamsung forces updates
>>108259098remove the updater apk with adb if you don't want to unlock the bootloader
Just don't buy their shit. Simple
>>108257536are you retarded? normies care about social media slop and would feel like dorks using flips. many other reasons but that's the first to immediately come to mind
>>108257536The problem is you, not everyone else
>>108259098At least back on my old Galaxy S7 Edge, it would show system-modal dialogs asking if I wanted to update now, tonight, or later, and the later option would disappear after a couple uses. But I found that if I opened the notification shade and opened any app through a notification or the settings gear, it would cancel out the modal, and since neither now nor tonight had been tapped, it did neither.
>>108257527>4 year old phone, just werks>update to OneUI 7>battery life goes to shit>fix it by wiping cache partition>now they're removing that optionas soon as this shit breaks I'm never coming back to this cunt of a company
jewdroid has been compromised for ages
You should have seen this coming a mile away with all of the news coming out of Google, and Samsung being Samsung.You might as well just buy an iPhone at this point.
>>108257578samsung is androidpeople don't buy androids. they buy samsungs.
>>108257527There is still pooxel10 + glowienos route
>>108260637this, although I still like to do file operations from time to time
>>108257536Uber and Lyft.
>>108257536>They can't do anything fliphones can't.I hate 'tardphones too, anon...But: ORLY?SSH? Do much o that on your flip phone? PS1/N64/PSP/Gameboy etc? What about pilotin' a drone, does your flip phone do that? Does your flip phone ring the spam caller back then hold down * because they'll have a headset right in their ear? Does it ring them back if they try to hang up?etcetcetc>>108257808>So, how to protect from this shit?I've got a hammer?Next time, buy a computer you can control.
>>108257527All because people started talking about Israel on Tiktok.
>>108260948Only one demographic targets scamsung. Oddly enough, they have many common features with those that target crapple...
>>108257527I love how Samsung is turning into shit version of Apple.
>>108257527use case ?
What in case there is only iSheep or Shitsung or some local shitty brands (globally nonames) like in Japan? I already had this problem and rotting fruit or local brand was not the way...
>>108257527Samshit deserves to die. I'm going on the pixel train for now.
>>108257527Windows phones failing was a disaster. You had more freedom there than on stock android preinstalled
>>108257527On you for buying gookslop. The chinks make better phones these days.
>>108257536I'm not. When my old iphone dies I'm getting a dumbphone.
>>108257527Samsung has been working hard to make itself the most locked down android brand that only braindamaged sheep buy. Similar to apple. This choice makes sense in that context. Full control at all cost.
>>108257527Samsung is the Apple of Android. Locked down junk, switch to a different brand.
>>108257527Is it the same case for Pixel? If I had to use Android it’d be against my will and it’d be one of those.
>>108257527Using Samsung devices is retarded anyway.Yeah, I sure wish I had shittier, duplicated versions of every stock app because Samsung wants me into their ecosystem, while Google won't allow them to use the Play Services / Store without preinstalling THEIR shitty stock apps.Android is such a mess.
>>108257527Now would be a good time to pick up a GrapheneOS-compatible device, before the normies get on to the idea and drive up the price, which is more likely after all the authoritarian shit that's being spun up gets shoved through. I snagged a mint Pixel 8a 128GB yesterday for €150. Not even stolen or locked. It's fine.
>>108260501Android itself is forcing developers to fix themselves or you won't be able to install their apps, no "sideloading" won't work either. Fuck jewgle, literally no reason not to buy and iPhone if they follow through with that garbage
>>108263951>FixDox
>>108257536I have to use google authenticator app for byod wfh shit
>>108259098Buy a chinkphone or a motorola or a gimmickphone like clicks communicator or litephone
>>108257527Come home, yellow man
>>108262444samsung is nice because it's all open source
>>108257527Well, there goes my reason for using Android.I guess iPhone it is now.
>>108264091>because it's all open sourceEven the literal jew spyware?Where I sauce on that?
>>108262316No you won't
>>108257536Dumbphones have 2g and 3gThey very """conveniently"""" shut that down so you can't call or text anymore
>>108257536Banking apps. That's literally it. Most functionality has been pulled from websites.
>>108265647>They very """conveniently"""" shut that down so you can't call or text anymoreAnd a 'tarphone isn't?>>108265648>Most functionality has been pulled from websites.Sounds like grounds for prosecution.Discrimination.
>>108259098>always leave less than 1 GB of storage available>never connect to wifiIn combination these things foil the update jew in my experience
Literally the entire reason behind using an android is that it's an open platform and ultimately you can choose to do whatever you want with it. Take that away, and what's even the point of bothering with android at all? If they're going to lock it all down, I may as well just get an iphone
>>108257761I’ve already made the switch a few months ago when google and Samsung really started sucking dicks over this decision. It’s really not bad
Yeah customization and not being locked to an apple or microsoft store is why android took most market share.Android or the flagship android brand choosing to undo that is very foolish.Ceasing to be a pocket computer and just becoming a spyware phone and camera.
Consumer tech is really so sad right now.From pc components being priced out of the market, to phones being locked down.While electronic tech in autos or appliances is worse than those things before they had tech.The whole field went from fun and improving life to burdening humanity.
>>108265228https://opensource.samsung.com/uploadList?menuItem=mobile
the only reason to get a scamsung is to make your own cheap snapdragon emulation handheld
The next phone I get will probably be some cheap chinese knockoff phone because if it's going to spy on me either way I'd rather give my info to a gov't that can't do anything to me.
>>108266026Shill post. You can't make me buy an iShit devices.I would rather be locked in a concrete box than use any faggot appleshit device.
>>108257527>NOOOOO I WONT BE ABLE TO INSTALL MUH HECKIN SHITAPPS MADE BY A BASEMENT CHUD ANYMOE NOOOOOOOh no! What will you do when you have to use professionally made apps fully vetted for safe use now????
>>108267029Chat is this 1) ragebait or 2) retard?>>108264886>One OEM locks down their already KNOX locked down phones>Welp, better switch to this other OEM which has locked down their phones much harder for 10+ yearsAmerilards, everyone.
>>108266885based
>removed menu toolsno they didn't, they just hid how to access them
>>108267029Or you can use a version that doesn't call home, doesn't spy on you, can be saved to reinstall later, and can be installed on any os version or phone even if not officially listed or updated to work on that phone (by does). Google play store apps often won't even have a version for your phone once it is a few years old even if the current version would work fine it prevents installation by just being unavailable.
>>108267223On top of that google and everyone given access to google's records or listening to its data flow sent back and forth for updates and account info gets a list of every app and tool on your device. Maybe you don't want everyone from the government to hackers to private companies knowing every tool and app you use catalogged for reference by every corporation and world government.
Yeah but no one updates their sammies. If you update you'll get phone breaking glitches or defects like the green line on the display. Updates are CANCER.
>>108267257I update all the time. Never a single issue. Why do you come to the Internet and lie? Are you Indian by chance? You are, aren't you?
>>108258220the updates do not seem to be beneficial - they fuck you in the ass, so of course, android users will tell you that there are no updates as the updates are basically an erect BBC waiting outside your home - you best ignore it.
>>108267284Look up the updates bricking S23Us all over the world.
>>108267299I have known women that update or even buy a new expensive high end phone because the old version doesn't support the latest emotes and so they cannot see when they are in a text.The level of npc is beyond your comprehension.
>>108267360i told you that updates are just erect BBCs in front of your house. those women leave the door open.
>>108267372I need erect BBCs
>>108267454if old phones are better, we may just end up with people who buy like 10 old phones and use them forever.
why are all of your commends deleted? you did not even break rules, you probably are deleting them yourself and those commends are perfectly safe for the board.
>>108267477I'm sorry I added a video that came from 4chan as part of the joke and it didn't display. I tried again and same thing.This board must have a restriction and without the webm the post wasn't funny enough to be worth having posted.
>>108267257I stopped updooting my S23U because I don't like the UXUI changes in oneUI7, shrimple as.I dread the day this thing dies.
>>108267783OneUI 8 is better though, 8.5 is probably even better.>wahhhh I'm a baby duck who imprinted on OneUI 7 and can't use a slightly different UI>better stick with this old version with tons of exploits
>>108267816NTA, I downgraded to A15/oUI7 to get the OEM unlocking option back. I don't give a fuck about their UI, juwst wanted to root my a9 mini tablet to debloat it so it would be smooth and reliable in flight. Would really be nice if someone made a tablet to compete with the ipad mini.
>>108267816I'll wait for it to be better before updooting then, at that point I might've already left for applel or some chinky brand.7 is cancer btw, wish I could go back to 5 but I can at least tolerate 6.
>>108267853>tabletYou have already lost>OEM unlocking to break KNOX when you could just use Universal Android Developer...before you even began>>108267856>buying SamsungBig mistake
>>108267871Bigger screen is better to fly with. Phone screens are too small to brief plates with. Name another viable competitor in the small tablet segment that has cell access specifically it has a GPS receiver that isn't the ipad mini.If I want root access, unlocking it is the easiest method. It's nice to debloat it on the device as well as being able to run adaway to block ads. That combined with afwall keeps apps off the internet that have no business accessing it.
zero fucking surprise its Samsung who starts this first. However as our good friends at FDroid indicate - https://keepandroidopen.org/ - we need to push back against this garbage. Make Samsung (and eventually, Google) take such a blow in terms of PR that they reverse course, similar to how Discord suddenly is trying to get around their garbage about Palantir identity verification and claim it wasn't 'really' their plan to require it etc.
>>108267054>1) ragebait or 2) retard?Do they need to be mutually exclusive?I'll put my money on both.>>108267114>they just hid how to access themEnlighten us o wise one. How are they accessed now?
>>108257536I can't play miku tap tap game on a flip phone
>>108267816What exploits? None of that shit matters. No one's hacking my phone, and I'm not downloading random crap. I don't need the latest updates, no one does. Especially not at the risk of breaking my phone.
>>108267856Yeah 6 is okay, 7 looks so bad I've disabled all updates and I'll 100% get some fancy chinkphone in the future if Sammy doesn't get back in shape
>>108268389Ah, we have a zoomer here who never installed Windows XP after EOL just to instantly get malware without doing anything. Everyone look at this little guy, isn't he precocious?I can't imagine the amount of stupid you'd have to be to be on /g/ and be afraid of updates. Is this wintoddler syndrome?
>>108260948Found the burger
>>108259905>>108259924>>108261492>>108261521>>108262316>>108263968>>108265647>>108265648>>108268107Why give this docile cunt a (You)?
>>108267029>What will you do when you have to use professionally made apps fully vetted for safe use now?Say that again: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/malicious-android-apps-on-google-play-downloaded-42-million-times/
>>108267029Bait or not, I still think you're the type to throat dragon dildos.
>>108268596I like farming for replies, so I like to give back to the community
>>108257527my old nokia made in finland does not have this problem
